** CUBA. 11930 > 11860, March 28 at 0607, pulse jamming still running in middle of night on these channels of R. Martí continuing A-22 in daytime only; the incompetent DentroCuban Jamming Command (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** JAPAN [non]. See USA: WRMI: 5985
** MEXICO. 28171 CW, March 27 at 2213-2219, only one beacon audible on 10m, but good sporadic-E signal, despite doldrums of March, Es MUF commonly 70+ MHz on DXMAPs. The autokeying is strange, too compressed without enough space between letters. Finally I copy it as 3 short dashes, then XE1FAS/ B EK09VB with a big pause before the B. QRZ.com:
XE1FAS Mexico flag Mexico
SEGURA WALLS ALEJANDRO
31 PONIENTE 2926 COL.EL VERGEL
PUEBLA, PU 72410 Mexico
I suppose these names be patronymic, matronymic, given. He`s very active in many modes, with photos: https://www.qrz.com/lookup/xe1fas
``BEACONS : 28.171 , 24.929.5 , 50.030 ALL CW , (XE1FAS/B EK09VB ) 15 WATTS , LOOP ANTENA TRIBANDER ,OPERATED INTERVAL 20 SECONDS , 2260 MTS HIGH, I APRECIATED A REPORT, FIRST MEXICAN BEACON IN 12 MTS AND 160 MTS , BEACON IN 2.000KHZ 160 MTS BAND 3 WATTS ANT QUARTER VERTICAL ANTENA, IN OCTOBER APROX PUT IN THE AIR 472-479 HZ NEW BEACON .`` [sic]
The nine in his locator seemed more like another zero to me. He is also on the WJ5O beacon roster: 28.171 XE1FAS C PUEBLA, MEXICO # 5W, VERTICAL NEW 30 Sept 10 Then I proceed to log a bunch of phone hams contesting, grouped below (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** NEW ZEALAND. 11725, March 28 at 0601, BBC News soon with usual optional cutaway ID, 0606 into BBC Newsday with no NZ ID. As on sked, for Monday 7-8 pm local, this hour total relay of BBC, and far better than any BBC frequency of its own to here, S9+10/20, by far the 25m SSOB. Yet unseems // 7345 which is BBC Ascension (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** RUSSIA [non]. A few minutes after my last report was dispatched, I check 9370 one more time via Pskov, Russia, remote, at 1959 March 27 and now it`s on VG, just in time to hear it closing and off 2000*. At beginning of 1900 hour and various times amid, I never heard it, but Richard Langley replies:
``Glenn: On 26 March, Radio Svoboda on 9370 kHz was on the air before 19:00 UTC. But the transmitter went QRT at about 19:06 UTC. It returned to the air at about 19:53 UTC and continued to the end of the broadcast. What was the problem? On 27 March, all was normal. I record the frequency daily using the U. Twente SDR receiver. Don't hesitate to reach out for info on the recordings`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** RUSSIA [non]. 7730, UT Monday March 28 at 0223 check, the R. Svoboda relay in Russian via WRMI is now here ex-7780, S9+10, while TOMBS cult is on 7780 and weaker S9 into Missouri SDR. Svoboda hours remain 02-03 & 04-05, never 02-04 as in a Radio World article. The reason for switch from 7780 to 7730 on the 44-degree antenna is that the 17th! harmonic of 7.78 MHz on 132.26 MHz was interfering with aeronautical communications east of WRMI. Now the 17th harmonic of 7.73 MHz on 131.41 MHz is not to be a problem (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** TURKEY. 9830, March 27 at 2209, VOT English has made the big A22 switch to here, ex 5960 an hour later. Huge RTTY QRM from USN Puerto Rico about which TRT does not give a damn, year after year. However, I can almost eliminate it by LSB tuning and bandwidth less than 3.0 kHz, not something every listener is willing or able to do. Furthermore, VOT itself is undermodulated today tho reading S9+20/25 and not sure if that include the RTTY signal, Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** TURKEY. 15375.000, March 28 at 1525, algo weak and right on frequency compared to 15000.000 WWV. Must be TRT, only thing on 15375 at any time, 1300-1600 in HFCC A22; contrary to my March 27 measurement on 15375.733, which I should have pointed out was exactly the same offset previous days above 11815. Something`s not erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** UKRAINE [non]. 7730, March 28 at 0500, WRMI relay of Ukrainian Radio now here ex-7780, S9+10 into Maryland SDR. Only Ukrainian language 0500-0508+, seems like speech by Pres. Zelenskyy, but interrupted by a different voice at 0507, so perhaps press conference or interview; maybe English segment delayed to later in hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2131 monitoring: confirmed Sunday March 27 after 2000 UT on IRRS via AM Italia, 1323 kHz, S9+20 but noisy into nearby Noale SDR. Also at same one-hour earlified time on WRN Europe webcast.
Also confirmed Sunday March 27 at 2230 still on WRMI 5950, altho deleted from schedule, pending a new program? S9+15/20 into Knoxville SDR.
Also confirmed UT Monday March 28 at 0030 on WRMI 7780 ex-7730, S7/S9+5 into Missouri SDR; yet 7730 with swapped programming is stronger, S9+15/20. Weaker signal on 7780 is because it`s not really on the 285 degree WNW antenna which had been 7730, but on a 222-degree log-periodic, i.e. right off the side to our direxion.
Also confirmed UT Monday March 28 at 0130 on earlified WRN North America webcast.
Also confirmed UT Monday March 28 at 0300 on Area 51 via WBCQ 6160v, S9+10 into Maryland SDR. Next:
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
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** U S A. 4790, UT Monday March 28 at 0240, `Concert Hall` on R. Angela of WBCQ is playing Beethoven`s Ninth, finally arriving to the choral `Ode to Joy` movement about 10 minutes later, S5/S7 into Maryland SDR, and thankfully without the wideband whine which had been QRMing 60 m all over the east coast. But there are occasional uteblaaps of a few seconds each. At 0340-0348 I time them to find they occur exactly 4:00 minutes apart! So why??? By 0345 U. Bill is filling with a salsa version of Beethoven`s Fifth (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 5985, March 28 at 0400, I`m monitoring WRMI via Brownsville TX TWR SDR, when it`s time for NHK World Radio Japan`s Spanish broadcast which has just been canceled. It`s only S5/S6 but better S9/+15 at TWR Bonaire, this 222 degree beam toward C America. Regular lovely `Sakura` opening theme, but modulation chopped at 0401, dead air of carrier still on rest of semihour, as if WRMI just realized it was supposed to be canceled but nothing yet to replace it. Was probably starting automatically to play back last edition uploaded to server, yesterday`s? 0430 modulation resumes with variety program in Spanish. I suspect it`s `La Rosa de Tokio`, but skedgrid calls for it to be on UT Sunday, not Monday when `Viva Miami` supposedly occupies the entire semihour. Seems interrupted at 0459 for ID, but unknown what`s next as I am over to 7730 for Ukraine relay, q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 9955 & 9455, March 28 at 0609, no signals from these WRMIs tho propagation is fine, S9+20 of TOMBS on 9395. All three are supposed to be 24h per new skedgrid dated March 27. BTW, 9395 & 9455 are no longer shown as same azimuth, rather 355 on 9395, 285 on 9455, which explains the disparity in signals to the east coast but not the Midwest (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) More WRMI: RUSSIA, UKRAINE [nons]
** U S A. 9940, March 27 at 2207, WTWW-2 rock programming on here again, S9+45! Supposedly a WTWW-3 frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 7505, March 28 at 0632, WRNO absent again; not noted yet whether on air at all earlier from 0100 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
10-meter logs during WPX contest: ARGENTINA, BONAIRE, BRAZIL, CHILE, COSTA RICA, URUGUAY
Lots of F2/TE signals, none above 28600, which would tie me up for hours if I logged and researched each beyond these few March 27 at 2213-2225; after only one beacon, see MEXICO. With qrz.com lookups:
28312 USB, March 27 at 2220, CX9ARH contesting
CX9ARH Uruguay flag Uruguay
Roberto Gonzalez Hohn
Jose Maria Navajas 1263
Montevideo 12500
Uruguay
several nice photos
28345 USB, March 27 at 2222, CE7VP, CQ contesting
CE7VP Chile flag Chile
Javier "Javi" Capdebilla Alvarado
P.O. Box : 42
Quellon, Chiloe Island, 5790000
Chile
already logged him recently
28357 USB, March 27 at 2223, LO7H, contest
LO7H Argentina flag Argentina
CONTEST CALL
Gustavo D. Taboada (LU7HW)
Villa Nueva, Cordoba.
Argentina
28373 USB, March 27 at 2223, TI5VWR, recorded contest calls, different
sounding live voice for contacts
TI5VWR Costa Rica flag Costa Rica
Luis Fernando "Lou" Montalto
P.O.Box: 1
Belén 4005
Costa Rica
28399 USB, March 27 at 2224, PQ5B, contesting
PQ5B Brazil flag Brazil
Contest Team
Rua Afonso Pena, 772
Florianopolis, SC 88070650
Brazil
28410 USB, March 27 at 2225, PJ4K
PJ4K Bonaire flag Bonaire
Rich Smith, N6KT
Bonaire, Bonaire
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
