** CUBA. 11830-11855 & 11908-11955 approx., April 11 at 1454, expanse of jamsplat if not full pulse jamming. Tuning upwards I at first think it`s centred about 11845, a long-gone Radio Martí frequency. But there is full jamming against current RM on 11860 and more splat on its plus side, obscured by 11880 CRI relay. And another range certainly coming out of the other RM jammed channel, 11930. In their zeal to suppress any dissent, the Cuban Commies don`t give a damn about what collateral damage it may cause, even to their own other broadcasts (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 15370, April 11 at 2016, RHC French at S9/+10 but distorted with hum; while in a switch, // 15140 has OK modulation at S9+20. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 5025, April 12 at 0013, Radio Rebelde back on air at S9+25 after missing last night, and now with OK modulation; but for how long? Something must be wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 11850, April 12 at 0457-0502*, dead air averaging S9 and the SSOB. Got to be RHC; also much weaker 11700 with JBA Spanish goes off about same time. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 13700 // 13780, April 12 at 1343, last half of EHC `En Contacto`, acknowledging reception report for 11840! That frequency was replaced last year by 11850, demoting 11840 to only that minus 10 kHz JBA spur, so was it what they really heard?! Or is this another oldshow rerun? On to Pedro Sedano`s monthly report from AER in Spain with the current sked for WWCR Spanish, L-V 21-22 on 15825. He always laboriously spells out postal addresses of stations which are anything but Spanish, including H-A-S-H-V-I-L-L-E [sic]! I think he also blew the ``1300`` but will have to listen again. Then the Spanish skeds for safely Commie stations VOK and VOV, with their addresses. Final segment back to Arnie at home via marvelous fibre-optic line for propagation, but all he does is somehow connect the pandemic with 900-km DX between E & W Cuba on 2 meters --- tropo or Es? This week`s hostess seems named Maya Quiroz. Of course, any announcer can handle it, since Arnie writes the whole script, including third-person references to himself. Also filled some time with vintage Radio Rebelde clips. 6000, April 12 at 1343, presumed RHC carrier still on here, JBM, before I ascend to 13 MHz for En Contacto. 13620, April 12 at 1350, leapfrog mixing product of RHC 13780 over 13700 another 80 kHz lower, this time with enough // modulation to make it certain. Reverse leap on 13860 is however a JBA carrier. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA [and non]. 15140, April 12 at 1558, JBA carrier means RHC must be off instead of continuous, uncovering OMAN. 11760 RHC is still running for midday. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NEW ZEALAND. 11725, April 12 at 0502, NO signal from RNZI tho scheduled here daily 0459-0658; nor other nights. If really still on there, zero propagation where it used to be a standout, SSOB by far on 25m, in fact its best frequency of all (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6925-USB, April 12 at 0010, S9 of rap music. These logs say it`s Texas Radio Shortwave on an Easter theme until 0030: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,65462.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SAUDI ARABIA. 15205.060, April 12 at 1600, S8-S9 in Arabic, not // 15435v, not measured. These fit for B-19 schedule from SBC, Qur`an and General services respectively (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2029 monitoring: Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria: ``Reception of World of Radio#2029 via WRMI-09 Okeechobee, April 11: https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2020/04/reception-of-world-of-radio2029-via.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tC3Y9FhuqJk&feature=youtu.be 1300-1330 on 15770 RMI 100 kW / 044 deg to WeEu English Sat, weak`` Also confirmed UT Sunday April 12 starting at 0313 on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, Wentzville MO during the Gateway 160 Meter Radio Newsletter; tried via different KiwiSDRs nearby in IL, KY, none in MO; and got best results from Edinburgh, Indiana. Next: 0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE [presumably still not 9395] 0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE 0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW [or 6160v?] 0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 to SSE 0900 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 32100-USB or 5045-USB 1800vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania? to WNW 0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html Thanks this week for financial support from Doug Brown of London, Ontario and Seminole, Florida who sent a US$ cheque to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 One may also contribute via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 6159.91, April 12 at 0009, WBCQ at S9/+20 with music, yet rough copy in noise level. Last-minute notice came from Larry Will that due to maintenance, Area 51 would be on 6160 instead of 5130 Saturday night from 2300. Unknown yet whether that will still apply for the Sunday night span, including WORLD OF RADIO at 0300v UT Monday (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 7570, Sat April 11 at 1534, survey of all WRMI frequencies, 10! of which are scheduled for Brother HyStairical`s live Sabbath service --- any social distancing in the tabernacle? --- finds no signal on this one but TOMBS or at least a carrier on 5800, 5850, 5950, 7730, 7780, 9395, 9455, 9955; 5010 also listed but not checked. Only 15770 is on with something else, SMTV (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5085, April 12 at 0012, WTWW-2 tune-in finds TONITO already running earlier than usual, S9+30/40 somewhat distorted organ music and I`m not near the computer for the $tereo webcast. Applause between selexions, and considerable hum, background noise during pauses, but doesn`t sound like air compressor. 0030 during final piece other extraneous noises, animal? 0032 outro as again a performance by guest Len; 0033 finished, into a Morse CQ as hamstuff resumes (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 3215, April 12 at 0019, gospel huxter on presumed WWRB before 3215 switch to WWCR at 0100. On air weekends only, but in A-season normally ascends to 5050. Not yet, so when? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. 18143-USB, April 12 at 1847, KW6J/7 contact with someone in Waukesha WI, unheard. We have sporadic E opening from AZ per DX MAP showing MUF of 30 MHz over NM in between (but nothing heard on 21 MHz band except JBA carrier from 21525 WRMI). QRZ.com: ``KW6J/7, BRIAN C STAPLETON, 642 RAMONA DR, CORONA DEL MAR CA 92625`` But I think he`s in AZ now, says he goes back and forth to CA. 18131-USB, April 12 at 1851, another OM in Phœnix judging from local refs, inviting check-ins to YL-System net or something like that. But neglecting to sign his own call. 18145-USB, April 12 at 1852, among a few other phone sigs on band, Oz? accent, says he is ex-RAF, worked in Saudi Arabia as civilian, VE7UHS. DX Map unshows any Es UHF over this path, Rob Hatch in West Kelowna BC, with lots of photos: https://www.qrz.com/lookup/ve7uhs (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 11895, April 12 at 0503, after 11850 & 11700 CUBA go off, this is the OSOB, S8-S9 and JBM? Aoki shows CRI English via Kashgar, EAST TURKISTAN, land of imprisoning and brainwashing native Uyghurs; but also RFA Chinese via SAIPAN which of course requires additional CNR1 jamming; still there at 0602 sounds like Chinese, so likely the latter. If really Saipan, could be noticeably off-frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) 75, Glenn This report dispatched at 1947 UT April 12 _ Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ _______________________________________________ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/dsl.html