** BRAZIL. 15189.895 approx., April 18 at 2330, S1/S3 in Brazuguese, so R. Inconfidência, Belo Horizonte, the only ZY left on 19m. For a long time it had been on the plus side of 15190, but others have also been reporting it on the minus lately. Seems quite low-powered, but better chance here than on 6010 if on air at all (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CHILE. 28490 USB, April 17 at 2133, CE7VP, Javier on Chiloé island in Patagonia, working US stations and then CO5AT Cuba. 10m is hardly wide open but this guy really gets out; heard him before with details. Only other signal now is algo on 28435 USB. And as usual, not a trace of any CW beacons in the 28150-28350 range (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CHINA. 15760, April 18 at 0244, S5/S7 Chinese with heavy flutter: Aoki lists nothing here but CNR1 jamming and Sound of Hope (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CHINA. 13530, April 18 at 1425, Chinese S7/S9 vs CODAR; JBA carriers also on 13130, 13020, all well-established Sound of Hope and consequently CNR1 jammer frequencies (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 6000, April 18 at 0222, no signal in English from this RHC, leaving only 6165 for that, S9+10/40 somewhat undermodulated. Something`s always wrong at RHC. At 0605, RHC English only on 6165 and 6060; 5040 in Spanish (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 5055, April 18 at 0224, JBA carrier, no doubt the 5025/5040 leapfrog mixing product another 15 kHz beyond; but no reverse leap upon 5010, where weakish WRMI is heard alone. 5055 at 0607 April 18 bears some JBA music. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 11860, April 18 at 0622, wall-of-noise S6/S7 jamming against nothing while 11930 is ditto at S7/S8. Radio Martí frequencies NEVER in use at night: the incompetent DCJC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 9640, April 18 at 2336, RHC music somewhat undermodulated and distorted compared to // 11760 and weaker // 9535. Used before but a new? frequency now for the transmitter which used to be on 9710 until switch to 9650 at 0000. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA [non]. 9490.053V, April 18 at 0230, Radio República ID, via RMI via FRANCE is S9+20 and slightly wavering making measurement a chore, but here at one instant; as usual, this defective transmitter dedicated to it. But is well over jamming if any (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** EGYPT. Correxion: Brazilian time in this corrected, not 2215-2230:
9899.951, April 16 at 2227, R. Cairo suptorted music, S9+30 into UTwente; at 2236 can recognize talk in Portuguese distorted, so now ``9900`` is the 2215-2330 Brazilian service instead of English at 2115-2245 which is now scheduled and sometimes heard on 9440, but nothing there now. That would require two transmitters at once; possible? So I keep checking for subsequent emissions: (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** ERITREA. 7140, April 18 at 0257, steady JBA carrier no doubt VOBME INTRUDING in the ham band; but not the other VOBME 7180, nor Ethiopia 7110, yet? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** FRANCE. 11995, April 18 at 0625 African language S5/S7, 0628-0630* song. It`s RFI in Hausa at 0600-0630 & 0700-0730 daily (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** TAJIKISTAN. 15515, April 18 at 0245, preacher in English, S7/S9 with heavy flutter. Aoki shows it`s AWR via Orzu at 0200-0300 daily. Should include Wavescan but not known to do so. Nice of the Tajix who are 90% Moslem to accommodate Protestants; allegedly religious freedom exists now (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U K [non]. I`m not a big Doctor Who fan, so can`t get roped into rerun marathons, whether seen already or not, but seeking adventure, would not mind watching a totally new episode on BBC America, like April 17 first at 1810 UT and an `extended` replay April 18 at 0000, `Legend of the Sea Devils`. Extensions were a few minutes of behind-the-scenes actor interviews, totally breaking characters.
But I have the same old complaints about how BBC/Am handle it --- quite apart from the original produxion values, SFX, and the story:
1) Commercial breaks are extremely abrupt, annoying: cut to and cut from, no fade to black, nothing to bump. Perhaps the original on BBC plays uninterrupted, and no thought has been given into natural act/scene breaks, but that`s no excuse.
2) Various British accents and general mumbleness of some of the actors: try as I must, cannot always understand every word; even with stereo headphones and nothing to distract. Recommended however for full impact of the music and ambiance.
3) Therefore, closed captions are required, which means I can`t watch it with someone else who finds them obtrusive.
4) But the CC flash on and off far too rapidly, quite apart from the original rate of speech. Even the two-liners get only a second or split second on screen, not always enough time for me, anyway, to read them! Of course they have to keep up with the dialog, but instead of leaving one caption on until the next one, there is always an unnecessary pause between them when one might have been reading/absorbing each in full. The CC are of course from script synched with the original, not applied on-the-fly live later, so there is NO excuse for this.
5) Somehow there is not much gore to be seen, but it wouldn`t be DW without extreme violence. It`s in the genes.
6) The Dr`s roots are showing: even in this fantastical universe, obviously fake blonding is a thing.
7) There are no closing credits, as exhibited here. Tough luck, crew. Only major opening credits (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2134 monitoring: confirmed Sunday April 17 from 2001 UT on IRRS via AM Italia: unlike Friday, today both 918 and 1323 are running //. Into nearby Noale SDR, 918 is much better, S9+15 sometimes cutting to S9+8, experimenting? While 1323 is only S9 and much noisier. They were // with rock music earlier tuning in at 1955.
Also confirmed Sun Apr 17 at 2243 the 2230 on WRMI-8 5950, S8/S9 into Knoxville SDR. Yes, still appearing tho deleted weeks ago from the System L sked grid for ``Harlene Summers``, ever pending? Fine with me.
Also confirmed UT Monday April 18 at 0030 on WRMI-13 7780, S8/S9+5 into Knoxville SDR with some storm crashes.
Also confirmed UT Monday April 18 from 0302 on Area 51 via WBCQ, 6159.949, S9/+10 into Knoxville with ACI de 6165 Cuba. W8BUG SDR think WWV 5000 is +22 Hz off! So must subtract 22 from where it thinx WBCQ be, minus 29/30 Hz already. Johnny Lightning had ``Gotta Go`` at 0300 so after a long pause, WOR started 2 minutes late. But I caught the end of me before 0331 so was complete. By 0333 I was hearing Morse code, apparently not HRI: see separate report. I suspect HRI does not do a new show every week, so subject to pre-emptions?
WOR 2134 also confirmed UT Tuesday April 19 at 0030 on WRMIs: 9395 & 9455 both S9+30 into Missouri SDR, and synchronized virtually identical, except modulation on 9455 has a bit more bass. Next:
2230 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed by Cuba]
1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, Australia 5035-USB or 3210-USB
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW; 9455 to WNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S; 9395 to NNW
Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
Thanks this week for financial support from Henry Blackwood for a contribution via PayPal in US$ but not necessarily to woradio at yahoo.com
One may also contribute by MO or check on a US bank to Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 5950, eQSL received from TRSW for Howdy Neighbor Oklahoma, UT April 17 at 0000-0100 via WRMI: https://www.w4uvh.net/TRSW_HowdyNeighbor_Oklahoma_eQSL_WRMI_Hauser.pdf Or #133 via http://www.worldofradio.com/QSL.html
The reply came from Terry Colgan who has been handling TRSW publicity, and is now openly producer of these shows. He also says:
``The announcers you hear are real people, not synths. We recruited friends to read scripts for a couple of programs each, so you’ll listen to different voices in the following months. Salli announced the Oklahoma program and does next week’s salute to New Mexico. Elizabeth, Sara, and Michelle will be heard during May. We have two guys announcing soon, Guy and Eric. By Summer’s end, we’ll select a permanent male and female announcer. Tune in anytime you want to hear music by Texas artists and about the state. Our program schedule’s attached. Regards and 73. tc Terry Colgan, Producer. Texas Radio Shortwave, http://www.facebook.com/texasradiosw It’s the ONLY place to be!`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 15770, April 17 at 2140, classical music on WRMI-9, still too much of a rarity. I bet it`s R. Prague Int`le in French, which features such a Sunday concert: yes, exactly per System H WRMI skedgrid (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 4980, April 18 at 0226, WRMI-4 is AWOL again which happens quite a bit; but April 19 at 0050 it`s back with TOMBS cult. Also off and on, the 4975 JBA parasitic spur (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 4790, April 18 at 0227, Bach Brandenburg Concerto as a string of them featured on this week`s Radio Angela `Concert Hall` on WBCQ; S9+10 with lite CODAR QRM, but the high storm noise level prevents any enjoyment.
Say, why not escape it up to the 11 or 13 MHz band? WBCQ is anything but frequency-agile. One transmitter must stay on one frequency unless there be a permanent change, not undertaken lightly, I guess requiring grinding a new crystal and other laborious adjustments (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 6159.949, UT Mon April 18 at 0333, following WORLD OF RADIO q.v. on Area 51 via WBCQ, some Morse code, not Hobart Radio International as usually, despite being on the A51 program sked for this date. I keep listening and switch to the A51 webcast to hear, on and on, some `radio art` produxions from a wide variety of sources, `Short Wave - Long Distance`. Evidently this was a project involving Wave Farm, Winter SWL Fest, NASWA, David Goren. I found this about it on the agenda for the 2022 fest, UT Saturday March 5:
``0400-0600 The best of “Short Waves/Long Distance” 2022 Huzzah! It’s the return of Short Waves/Long Distance, a world wide open call for compositions using shortwave sounds. SW/LD is sponsored by NASWA, Wave Farm and Montez Press Radio to celebrate the 35th Winter SWL Fest and Wave Farm’s 25th anniversary. <wavefarm.org>
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An ID mentioned 7570 WRMI, where this apparently was originally broadcast. Meanwhile, a quick check of 6160- sometime after 0400 found it had defaulted to the TOMBS cult, so SW/LD was webcast only. I listened to the whole thing until 0530 back to A51 fill music. Too bad there was no advance publicity about it (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 9940, April 18 at 0236, S9+30 of dead air, must be WTWW-3 which is mainly active before sunset nominally for Ukraine; Tedson forgot to turn it off? Guess what: for once TWO OTHER WTWWs are also on air now, 5085 & 5830, so it is possible to run three at once: unless I have been fooled by some other carrier on 9940 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** VANUATU. 7890, April 18 at 0620, JBA carrier from R. Vanuatu 3945 x 2; while 11835 = 3945 x 3 is S7/S9 in conversation. 0632 somehow calls itself ``Voice of Papua New Guinea`` and I think some other nearby countries. Next song: ``Leavin` on a Jet plane`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED. 12004.50 LSB, April 18 at 0239, 2-way contact in Spanish, or rather a multi-way net, INTRUDERS (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED. 17925.3 USB, April 17 at 2137, one side of a Spanish contact, as if an ham; background noise surges in vox pauses. This is supposed to be an aeronautical band. First time in many months I have heard *anything* on it as I frequently cross it between the BC band below and the real ham band above. Could be drug smuggler with aircraft engine noise (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
This report dispatched at 0249 UT April 19
