World of Radio

** CUBA. 7355 & 6030 & 5980, Feb 20 at 0723, wall-of-noise jamming, and slightly lighter pulse jamming on 7375, 7435, all Radio Martí frequencies which are OFF the air at this hour. Something`s always wrong at the incompetent DentroCuban Jamming Command. Think how many undernourished Cubans could have been fed nutritious meals for the juicy cost of all this …

** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RCUSB, Feb 19 at 1515, NO signal of LRA36 this Saturday into three Brazilian SDRs. When active, normally closes no earlier than 1530 and often much later (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. 515 MCW kHz, Feb 19 at 0706 UT, PN, 25-watt ND beacon at PoNca City is OFF again; had been on again 24 hours …

Germany: The storm of 18/19 February 2022 also affected the operation of Radio HCJB’s shortwave station in Weenermoor (East Friesland). On 19 February, the frequencies 3995 and 7365 kHz were missing. Only 5920 kHz was operational. (Bernd Seiser 19 February 2022 via WOR io group)

** EGYPT. 9899.605v, Feb 18 at 2115 via UTwente, certainly R. Cairo on signature off-frequency, and signature extremely distorted but not suppressed modulation. Should be in English, but my brain cannot lock onto it as English, or Arabic, but what? Intonation seems more like Russian, maybe, which is an RC language but scheduled at 19-20 on 9510. I cannot recognize …

** ASCENSION. 21630, Feb 18 at 1557, S4/S5 open carrier, 1558 Bow Bells, i.e. BBC about to open one hour only of English aimed 114 degrees at half power 125 kW per HFCC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 9700, Feb 18 at 0740, S9/+20 of dead air from the only RHC still transmitting; sleepyrators zzz? Something`s always wrong at …

** CUBA. 11850, Feb 18 at 0052, RHC Spanish is S+30 but as usual, JBM, suptorted. Parasitic carriers with no modulation detected but achieving S8 on 11840, S9 on 11860, which by this hour bears no jamming or Yemening. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 11950, Feb 18 at 0053, RHC Mesa Redonda splitaway undermodulated …

** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RCUSB, Feb 16 at 1520, no signal of LRA36 into two Brazilian SDRs, but JBA this Wednesday into Brasília, and Montevideo, S1-S2 with 1525 ID, 1527 Antárdida themesong, past 1547 but gone before 1603. Sam Sánchez, Oregon had it as early as 1414 via Brasília; and Wolfgang Büschel, Germany, 1500-1520 via Montevideo (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** …

** EGYPT. 9899.60, Feb 15 at 2121 check, R. Cairo is 100% improved: NO signal into UTwente! However, at 2204 UT, Andy Reid, Ontario tells the WOR iog: “With varying degrees of audio quality, I don’t believe it is the transmitters. They are on now in English 9900 with some audio squeaking though. I did hear the word “president“!“ (Glenn …

Biden propone recorte presupuestario a Radio y TV Martí 05 de enero de 2022 – 15:01 – Por REDACCIÓN La propuesta de la administración Biden de recorte presupuestario a Radio y TV Martí ha generado reacciones de los legisladores en el sur de Florida WASHINGTON – La administración del presidente Joe Biden tiene planes para hacer nuevos recortes presupuestarios a …

** CUBA. 9700, Feb 14 at 0712, S9/+10 of dead air, trace? of modulation, the only RHC frequency still emanating. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 15140, Feb 14 at 2228, RHC still on here, S9+5 in Spanish, instead of scheduled 2130* after French // much weaker 15370. Checking all bands next few minutes, no …

** CUBA. 6100, Feb 13 at 0732, only RHC still on, but Spanish instead of English, S9/+40 without humbuzz; to continue with weekly 0800 Esperanto? zzz. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U K. I`ve been audioviewing a looped replay of the Feb 13 hour of Radio Emma Toc, about World Radio Day: https://www.mixcloud.com/live/RadioEmmaToc/ As James …

** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RCUSB, Feb 12 at 1525, RNASG confirmed on this Saturday, JBA S1 music into Brasília SDR; LRA36 ID; Pardinho a trace in the noise; Campo best at S2. 1550 about “la noche polar“; 1554 “todo por hoy“, Antártida themesong and apparently off, nothing further heard. Sam Sánchez, Oregon had been hearing it via same remotes as early …