** ARGENTINA [non]. 9395, Friday April 10 at 2100, the nominal ``Italian`` hour of RAE relay via WRMI starts in Spanish by host Fernando Farías, 2102 into the voz of Arnaldo Slaen with abbr`d Actualidad DX, about IRRS War Room Pandemic show, Honduran FM station, Radio Cuarentena. 2110 into French introduced as the second of their multi-lingual shows from homes; very much like if not identical to what I was hearing last night, April 10 at 0100 on 9395. I am afraid that listeners abroad may not appreciate the baggage and credibility issues Steve Bannon drags with him into WRP, one who bears considerable responsibility for the presence of the ignorant, incompetent, forever-impeached acting president Drumpf (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 5025, April 10 at 0553, R. Rebelde is S9+20/30 but JBM/suptorted. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba; 5040 RHC in English at same signal level and with usual squealy defective modulation but readable. Something`s always wrong at RHC. 5025, April 11 at 0217 check, now it`s off, let us hope for much-needed repairs; while 4765 R. Progreso and 5040 RHC remain on (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** GUATEMALA. 4055, April 11 at 0218 check, R. Verdad is off; despite local noise level of S9+20, I should be able to detect at least a carrier. A ``Good`` Friday thing? The perennial question: should pious broadcasters transmit more, or less, upon holy days? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6931-USB, April 10 at 2323, pirate music S7-S8, 2326 W&M folksong with guitar; 2330 DJ maybe ID but caught only ``all-natural radio``, more music to close; 2342 another announcement, being heard in northern New England; long reverb repeats every few words. 2344, ``Yeti Radio signing off``, another song, still going until 2350*. Oops, just a break, soon back on. More logs here: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,65375.0.html I thought I heard some John Prine, as did others; End of log above for Free Radio Weekly with 0000 UT deadline nigh. But this station really keeps going: 2357, mentions Walmart, cut off for music. April 11: 0009 announcement; 0023 WALMART plug as others have noted; 0041 still going but frequent cut-outs. Without a carrier we keep getting faked out that they`ve pulled the plug. 0110 ``gonna keep goin` for a helluva long time``, ``Here Comes the Sun`` song to 0121* apparently final stop (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6880-USB, April 10 at 2324, another pirate with music at S5-S6. Many more logs here again as Radio 48: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,65371.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SAUDI ARABIA. 15434.985, April 10 at 1518, poor signal in Arabic; also seems to be a weaker carrier low-hetting closer to 15435.000, but nothing else is scheduled. Not even KSA is in HFCC of course, but Aoki/NDXC shows it at 1450-1700-1800 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 9830, April 10 at 2229, with the Bogotá SDR still running after monitoring WOR on 9955, I check whether VOT makes it to air today: yes, poor signal there, but to my surprise it`s the IS and ID in English, 2230 timesignal and sign-on --- 30 minutes late! A new something-erroneous at Emirler, unless they have without notice and inexplicably decided to retime the eastern North American service. After a few minutes of news, now monitoring direct a bit better, back to Turkish music fill, except at 2252 a brief spot with the also-American advice about coping with COVID-19, and back to more music until cut off the air right at 2300* when presumably only slightly more than half of today`s broadcast has radiated (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2029 monitoring: confirmed first American SWBC, Friday April 10 at 2200 on WRMI 9955, VG via Bogotá SDR with no jamming audible. Since there were some problems with podcasts, I monitor the whole thing to be sure it`s totally intact; it is. Also confirmed starting at 0130 UT Sat Apr 11 and ending at 0159 on all three WRMIs: 5010 VP, 5850 VG, 7780 JBA with erratic uteblasts on the plus side. Next: 0900 UT Saturday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB or 5045-USB 1130 UT Saturday WRMI 9955 to SSE 1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE 1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315] 0900 UT Sunday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB or 5045-USB 0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE 0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE 0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW 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. (7490.1v), UT Sat Apr 11, tune-in WBCQ webcast with `Allan & Angela Weiner WorldWide` in progress, as the couple are axually arguing about some issue to do with COVID-19. At 0021 the 7490 webcast goes silent but keeps running connected. So I switch to (5130) Area 51 webcast and hear them still going a little longer, until it too stops, then several starts and stops; 0024 music fill as the outage is upline, like between FL and MD or ME. Then 7490 webcast is back while 5130 in music. Maybe they eventually got back together. Dipping in and out, seems to be same CV19 topic until last few minutes when he gets into his repair super-power searchlights including virus-killing UV; they were once used at Cape Canaveral to light up night launches. Still not hearing from our regular monitor of AAAWWW, John Carver in mid-north Indiana; hope it`s only continued computer problems and he can get a message to us that he`s OK. Meanwhile, mark your calendar for May 5, per this from A & A April 9: ``Hi Glenn, Radio has been a beacon of hope and a way to spread good feelings in bad times for over a century. In that spirit, WBCQ The Planet will present WBCQ's Big Broadcast of 2020 as a special simulcast on 5130 and 7490 on Tuesday, May 5 from 2200 to 2300 UTC [presumably meaning 21-22 UT] (5pm-6pm EDT in the US). This special broadcast will feature the presenters and music of some of WBCQ's most innovative music offerings including Marion's Attic, Uncle Bill's Melting Pot, From the Isle of Music, Behavior Night and the Lost Discs Radio Show. This is a chance to escape that COVID-19 gloom for an hour and maybe discover a new favorite program in the bargain. Hope you are well and safe, Allan & Angela`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5085, April 10 at 0552, WTWW-2 is so weak at only S9/+10 that I can`t hear the spurs on 5072.1 and 5097.9! Since neighbor 4840 WWCR is just as weak, we know the MUF has dropped out, a propagation problem. The 5830 & 5935 pair are similar at JBA level. 18 hours later, 5085 is already on and almost up to usual strength with spurs (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 87.9 FM, a church in Detroit is transmitting services to cars, per a tip from TRMS: https://www.freep.com/story/life/2020/04/06/metro-detroit-churches-drive-in-coronavirus-pandemic/5100571002/ I haven`t heard it of course, but serves as a reminder to look for more of these especially over Holy-Day weekend; others might be on AM or even CB. Michigan is already full of 87.9 pirates, judging from Harold Frodge`s logs around Midland (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) This report despatched at 0409 UT April 11 _ 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. 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