** ALASKA. 6780-6825 approx., March 26 at 0709, huge wideband buzz at S9+10, the sound/pitch of it constantly varying. Must be HAARP testing per new publicized schedule centered on 6.8 MHz. Still going past 0721 when I quit. Apparently not on website, but UAF had sent a physical letter to an amateur mailing list about this, even tho hams cannot QSO it, so why not to the one-way SWL community? As jpg it`s uncopiable into text, but appears in the WOR iog tnx to Don Moman, Sheldon Harvey, Ken Zichi.
For this date, the subject to change schedule was 0707-0717 in an ``HF Ocean Scatter Window experiment``. These 10-minute windows are at a wide variety of times thru April 2, from as early as 0626 to as late as 0858, sometimes twice per night. Could also be transmitting during Launch Support Window at 0500-0700 24 March thru 2 April; and 1230-1430 3-7 April. Only frequency given is 6.8 MHz, and QSL cards offered for reports to: HAARP, P O Box 271, Gakona AK 99586.
For those unfamiliar, HAARP stands for High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program. It has been subject of wild conspiracy theories about its true purpose. More about HAARP in general: https://haarp.gi.alaska.edu/ (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** ALBANIA [non]. See USA: WRMI 7780
** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RCUSB, Sat March 26 at 1438 tune-in, LRA36 is on the air, only S1-S3 into Brasília #1 KiwiSDR, only a trace into Pardinho, and Campo is offline. 1442 ID, usual programming, historical talk segments, frequent IDs alternating with songs. 1450 weather conditions: Celsius high of 0 degrees; contact info; 1451 ID with 15476, 96.7 frequencies. 1455 RNASG ID; 1505 ID, song; 1509 ID; 1510 Antártida themesong as if closing? NO, 1513.7 starts over, ``a partir de este momento``, multilingual ID/greetings including English. But cuts off air at 1516.5*. Rather sloppy operation. We owe tnx to the proprietor of two Brasília KiwiSDRs, both with T2FD antennas, Fernando Castellani, PT2FHC for audiblizing this beyond.
BTW, I missed checking for LRA36 on March 23, as usually active also on Wednesdays but have seen no report of it then. Manuel Méndez was also hearing it earlier today; his full report to the WOR iog:
``Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain --- LRA 36 still repeating the 2021 programs "El Lejano Sur". No news about the four woman 2022 team yet. Log via SDR Kiwi remote receiver in Montevideo, Uruguay. No signal here in Reinante, NW of Spain at the moment.
ANTARCTICA, 15476usb, LRA36, Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel, Base Esperanza, *1353-1425, 26-03 open with song, comments by female, Base Esperanza song, "Programa nº 13 de El Lejano Sur", "Presentando el programa quien les habla la Teniente Primero Estafanía Pérez", "Les recordamos que estamos transmitiendo desde Base Esperanza, Sargento Cabral de la Antártida Argentina...", "Programa dedicado a celebrar el día de la Antártida Argentina". "El Lejano Sur, todos los miércoloes de 11 a 13 por LRA 36, Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel". Weak to fair signal`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** BELIZE. 7066 LSB, March 26 at 0707, V31XX calling CQ contest. 40m is crammed full of phone stations due to some contest. I`ve heard this one before on another band. QRZ.com: ``V31XX Belize flag Belize, QSL MANAGER: K4XS DIRECT ONLY WITH SASE/GREEN STAMPS, Bill Kollenbaum, Consejo Shores, Corozal District, Belize`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA [and non]. 6000, March 26 at 0622, RHC English is still on here: had been off by 0600, S9+20. also 6060 S9+10 with a LAH; 6100 S9+30; and 6165 S9+20 with CCI from Japan in Arabic via France. But that`s about to be canceled per A-22 HFCC as of March 25. No Cuba listing there of course from recalcitrant RHC, but we see these collisions: 03-04 Turkey English to ME; 0430-0451 Japan in Russian via Germany, not France and presumably defaulting to English on weekends (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** SPAIN. 7158 LSB, March 26 at 0710, ED1R calling CQ Contest. The 40m band is crammed with phone stations tnx to some contest. QRZ.com: ``ED1R Spain flag Spain, Papa3 Contest Club, SPANISH CONTEST STATION, AVILA, Spain. => ( SSB – CW – RTTY ), ITU 37 - CQ 14 - Loc IN70ou - AVILA (Spain). INFO: We Started in 2010, our station is located in central EA in rural and cultivated area, is near to Madrid (90 km aprox) and 380 km to atlantic coast (CT). Generally active in major International HF Contests also sometimes V-UHF. Station optimized as MS or M2 category. Now Follow us: TWITTER - FACEBOOK - YOUTUBE. We are very active on Facebook, you can see all pictures from each contest or works in stn. Old pictures at: WWW.ED1R.COM`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2131 monitoring: confirmed UT Saturday March 26 at 0130 on WRMI 9395, S9/+20 into Maryland SDR.
Also confirmed UT Saturday March 26 at 0400 on R Angela via WBCQ, 4790, S7/S5 into Maryland SDR, for once without the widespread east-coast whine QRM, no CODAR either, but still with occasional uteblaaps. Same for FTIOM before 0400, and earlier measured as only +2 Hz off-frequency, unlike all the other Classic WBCQs. Next:
1930 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE [may be pre-empted for Flashpoint
Ukraine special due to major Pres. Biden speech in Warsaw at 1716 UT]
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7730 to WNW or 7780?
0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0430]
1330 UT Sunday WMRI Europe via Ch 292 Germany 9670
2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323-Italy [ex-2100]
2230 UT Sunday WRMI 5950 to NNW [to be canceled?]
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to WNW [ex 7730]
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW
0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW; 9455 to NNW
2230 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed?]
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW; 9455 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S; 9395 to NNW [new]
Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
Thanks this week for financial support from Gerald T. Pollard, Raleigh NC, who sent a generous equinoxial check on a US bank to Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702
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** U S A. 7780, Sat Mar 26 at 0619, as I tune in, immediate ID for Radio Tirana, Albania, S9+10, what? A new time for this. As of today, WRMI skedgrid at the top shows 7780 off the air after Ukraine relay until 0600. However, contradictorily, the System H program grid shows Tirana now on 7780 daily except Wednesdays 0600-0630. However2, 7780 is now much stronger than 7730 which is only S6/S8 with TOMBS and // 5850, 5890, etc., etc.
Thus I conclude that the supposed exchange as of March 27 has already happened. 7780 had been on NE antenna, 7730 on NW antenna thisaway. Now it`s 7780 to NW and 7730 to NE. Entire program sked of each however, has not yet been swapped, how confusing. The program skeds are still dated effective more than a year ago, March 14, 2021! As for the Shortwaves for Freedom - sponsored shows, their A-22 update shows nothing additional, but 7730 instead of 7780 for the R. Svobodas at 02-03 & 04-05 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
This report dispatched at 1855 UT March 26
