~ Mongolia may be three quarters of the globe away, depending on where you live, not to mention it was a seldom heard target when it aired in the mornings on 12085 kHz, but that allowed no pause to WRMI when it came to relaying their programing. The Voice of Mongolia is carried by WRMI Tuesday-Saturday at 0130-0200 UTC (in English, no less) on 5800 kHz. WRMI also carries relays of Radio Ukraine International, Radio Slovakia, Radio Prague, Radio Taiwan, Radio Tirana, RAE-Argentina, and, just lately, the Voice of Indonesia, which airs daily in English on 7780 kHz from 0800-0900 UTC. The full lineup of these foreign relays tends to vary a bit. Several of these broadcasts are otherwise gone from shortwave.
~ Russia’s war against Ukraine has affected the amateurs there (of course!) and one of them has written a book about it. Vlad, US7IGM, has authored “War Diaries, A Radio Amateur in Kyiv” which tells the story of how his ham friends helped him get his family out and how the war has kept him there. The book is available through Amazon in a Kindle edition.
~ Spring used to be time to check for the Papua New Guinea outlets down on 90 meters. Those days have vanished, as have most of the PNG stations. All that’s left are Radio Vanuatu and maybe its harmonics, SIBC and perhaps the Aussie hopefuls down in the 4- to 5-MHz range. The spring season tends to put an emphasis on a particular global area but the hunting’s not so
