** ALGERIA [non]. 9620, June 15 at 0602, RTA via FRANCE, Arabic song accompanied by self-imposed beep QRM; not always applied here, but it should be never (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** AUSTRIA [and non]. 5930v, June 17 at 0030, LAH from two signals, about 40 Hz either side of 5930.000, one of them talk in unID language; helped by absence of WWCR-3 from 5935 until carrier on at *0036, and deadly Gene Scott modulation cut on at 0041. After that to avoid splash, LSB tuning preferred. 0105 recheck, only one very weak signal circa 5930. EiBi and Aoki/NDXC agree that the only thing on 5930 is BBC Dari via Moosbrunn at 0030, but supposed to continue at 0100 in Pashto. Is the Moosbrunn site now subjected to offfrequenciness or other problems? Or could transmissions have been shifted to another site more capable of inaccuracy, such as UAE? As of 16 June, HFCC still shows Austria, 300 kW at 95 degrees (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA [and non]. 245-MCW kHz, June 12 at 0540 UT, dash and YZE, ND Beacon at Gore Bay, Ontario, 1000 watts, to be decommissioned Sept 10, 2020. Also 245-MCW, mixing with very different pitch, FS, which is 400 watts at Sioux Falls - Rock, South Dakota. I was tuned to 246-USB. Storm noise not too bad tonight, none very close (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA. 413-MCW kHz, June 16 at 0620 UT, dash and YHD, 250 watt NDB at Dryden, Ontario; presumably what I copied as YHM. 382-MCW kHz, June 16 at 0623, dash and YPL, 1000-watt NDB at Pickle Lake, Ontario. Storm noise level not bad tonight (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CHINA. 12870, June 11 at 1359, just-in-time check for CNR1 jammers below 13200 finds only this one at S2-S4 with music until 1400*. 24 hours later not even this, poor conditions (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CHINA. 12800, June 13 at 1346, CNR1 jammer at S8-S9, none higher WOOB but 15165. Tuning down past 11 MHz, mostly JBA or JBA carriers presumed same: 12190, 11360, 11170, 11150, 10960, 10920, 10820. Also sounds like same talk on 12140 but not synchronized at all; supposed to be RFA Burmese via Tinian (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CHINA. 13130, June 14 at 1352, CNR1 jammer at S6-S8, presumably also the JBA carriers on 13070, 12870, 12820; further bands not tried today, time for breakfast. BTW, it`s a long time since I have heard any Firedragon musical jamming instead (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CHINA. 12880, June 15 at 1352, CNR1 jammer at S6-S7; also JBA carriers presumed more of same on 12800, 12820, 12950; other ranges not checked (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CHINA. CNR1 jammer survey, June 16 at 1347-1355; some JBA carriers or VP, some stronger with S-readings: 14920; 13920 S4-S6; 13160; 13070; 13020 stronger; 12880 S5-S8; 12550 S5-S8; 11460; 11440; 11170 S3-S5; 11150; 11100; 11070; 10820. At 1429: 16100; 15110 S9/+10; 14850 S8-S9; 14500, June 16 at 1435, S5-S7 of open carrier, suspected another of these as it is on the Aoki/NDXC roster of *jammed SOH frequencies (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CHINA. CNR1 jammer survey, June 17 at 1335, despite a new line noise level 12.3-13.4 MHz peaking about 12.8: JBA carriers on known frequencies 12550, 12800, 12880, 13130, 13160 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 6000, June 12 at 0158, RHC English S9+20/30 but suptorted as very often it be; // 6145 is sufficient at S9+20. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 13660, June 13 at 1343, RHC S9 and distorted on this leapfrog mixing product of S9+10/20 13740 over S9+20/30 13700, another 40 kHz beyond; no equivalent reverse leap on 13780 but a JBA carrier maybe that, as nothing else listed; except Aoki/NDXC still shows a fundamental RHC on 13780, NOT. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 11670, June 13 at 2256, RHC is S9+10/15 of dead air, but when modulation start will it be horribly distorted today? 11760 is splattering plus/minus 10 as often now; 11800 is undermodulated but not JBM; 15370 is undermodulated. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 13572, 13636; 13764, 13829 approx., June 16 at 1344 and still 1436, extremely distorted spurblobs out of 13700-AM RHC; the inner ones much stronger than the outers; with F# tone. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** FRANCE. 7390, June 16 at 0526, RFI French with self-imposed beepery QRM, instead of upon an Algerian relay (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** JAPAN. 13680, June 14 at 2132, harp music and Japanese talk, S3-S8; it`s NHK direct, 300 kW backwards from 235 degrees at 21-24, not often heard (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** MEXICO. The 6m DXMAP shows an MUF spike to 106 MHz somewhere south of here, so altho most spots are much lower, I figure it`s worth trying for a decent sporadic E FM DX session, and so it is, the first here this ``summer`` since mid-April. Altho it`s pretty hot in the car, at least it`s not in the sun, so the Nissan stock radio is primary, with the DX-398 secondary, antenna out the window. The latter has RDS but none of the DX signals are strong/stable enough to decode if any, but at least I can keep track of two frequencies at a time. This starts UT Sat June 13 at 0028. I try <92 MHz first, but nothing makes it thru all the ACI or CCI. I might miss some US stations, but q.v. a few, as I`m alert for frequencies speaking Spanish. All these from my notes on my receivers in real time, no remotes, and no recordings. Prime reference source, the WTFDA FM Radio Station Database. Distances city-to-city, not exact coords, distancefromto.net 0028, 93.3 Spanish, ``La Banda 93``, caller on phone then music, and soon super-hype voice actor (SHVA) as ``La Nueva`` with no further numbers. One or both non-IDs? The latter gets one hit: ``XHPNVO-FM 93.3 EL SALTO DGO MEX 6.0 kW 101.2 m 23-46-42 105-21-37 Spanish HD GRUPERA LA NUEVA 93.3``. 1575 km = 979 stmi 0030, 93.5, Spanish talk, VG but no RDS; advice show mentions ``las bubis`` 0033, 95.3, Spanish music mixing with KOKC translator - which really gets out 100 km from a tall tower 0033, 97.3, PSA about Corona Virus in Spanish and a segment in an Indigenous language; ``radio y televisión mexicana --- contigo``. Then repeating phone number 4-12-13-14, in Udalá (?). Nothing fits in the db, but there are about 4 stations in the northern tier of states. The MUF in this opening. 0035, 93.1, Spanish ID as ``Hits FM 93.1`` and ad for algo on Canal 6; 0037 ID again, PSA about CV cuarentena from the Cámara de Diputados; 0039 ID as XHCTO, Torreón, Coahuila, and a third Hits non-ID. 0046, ``Habla Corazón``, from same station? program name? 0049 announcer asks for reports (not DX, I assume), acknowledges listeners in Parral, León, Torreón. Listed as: ``XHCTO-FM 93.1 TORREÓN COAH MEX 38.56 kW 208.0 m 25-31-29 103-27-19 Spanish SPANISH TEEN HITS - JUVENIL HITS FM``. 1304 km = 810 stmi 0040, 92.9, ad for Colegio España, ``92.9 España FM, definiendo la nueva cultura``, about UNES, ``estamos en tu cabeza``, Viz.: ``XHUNES-FM 92.9 DURANGO DGO MEX 10.0 kW 54.0 m 24-02-53 104-37-47 Spanish ESPAÑA FM College ESPAÑA FM Universidad España``. 1521 km = 945 stmi 0048, 92.1, Spanish rap mixing with norteña music 0051, 92.3, music and Spanish ID? missed; 0055 TC for 7,55 and temp 33 grados, music; time means it`s here in the CDT zone, not PDT, so distinct from what I hear next; see Torreón below later on 92.3. 0057 ``La Bestia 92.3``, Diputados PSA, CCI, then ToH ID as XHMMF, Mexicali, Baja California. 0103 ``la mula blanca``, apparently not the name of a different station. Viz.: ``XHMMF-FM 92.3 MEXICALI BC MEX 21.9 kW 48.08m 32-38-18 115-38-17 Spanish SPANISH HITS BALADAS LA BESTIA GRUPERA``. 1637 km = 1017 stmi Had to run inside for another logbook, so resuming after a break: 0118, 92.3, ``Caliente`` slogan, Spanish music, CCI in Spanish and English(Kansas?). Viz. one hit and in the PTA = probable target area: ``XHTRR-FM 92.3 TORREÓN COAH MEX 15.0 kW 208.0m 25-31-29 103-27-19 Spanish CALIENTE REGIONAL MEXICAN LA CALIENTE``. 1304 km = 810 stmi 0119, 92.7, romantic music in Spanish 0122, 96.5, romantic music in Spanish above the Okies, soon f/out 0125, 90.7, romantic music in Spanish, too much ACI both sides 0128, 93.1, Spanish music, 0129 DJ with advice like 93.5 earlier. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) See also USA for same opening ** MEXICO. Greg Hardison replies to my previous log under USA: ``Glenn: -- "0113, 90.3, fringe local relay of KHYM...mixing with another English station with GEICO ad, perhaps 100 kW KFLR..." Hmmm, GEICO's pretty blatantly commercial; I don't think they burn their resources with Bible-barkers. My money here would be squarely on EE-lango XHITZ, "Z-90" for San Diego, from Tijuana. As far as my recollection, TJ 90.3 has been pop-ish in English since its inception in 1972. Further backing that would be your subsequent recept of Sports (KWFN) on 97.3. I have to chortle at GEICO, which twice over the years has quoted me @ circa 3 times what I pay for auto insurance! Mucho 73z. -- GREG HARDISON`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6880-USB, June 12 at 0035, S4-S6 pirate with C&W music, sounds like Willie Nelson; continuous hard rock tunes then; 0100 sharp very quick unreadable ID? by two voices, W&M; again at 0103.5 also uncopiable; not checked again until 0148 off. No doubt HFU loggers will have the answer: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,68232.0.html ``Radio 48 (via Mix Radio International?)`` until 0109* and yes, with Willie Nelson at 0034 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6965-USB, June 14 at 0156 tune-in, pirate music S9/+10, 0157 Wolverine Radio/echoing ID, SSTV and off. Fortunately my local scratchnoiseblob is away. Many more logs here starting at 0025: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,68316.0.html Theme was songs with various colors in their title, and SSTV showed a rainbow (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6935-USB, June 14 at 0156, weak pirate music S4-S6, unreadable ID, gmail address, surprise brief CW including ``O NOV`, SSTV to 0155.8* following in the trax of Wolverine; logs here say it was Radio Nova, with views of the fuzzy SSTV image: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,68319.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6935-USB, pirate Radio Nova log in last report got an unsolicited e-QSL in about an hour: http://www.w4uvh.net/RadioNova-QSL17.jpg with same street/sky view in India? as on SSTV, the 89th entry at http://www.worldofradio.com/QSL.html with this note: ``Thanks for your report via WOR that you received our broadcast this evening. It's good to know that we were making it to Oklahoma. We hope your reception next time will be better. An eQSL verifying your reception is attached. 73, RADIO NOVA`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6925-USB, e-QSL received June 16 from Texas Radio Shortwave for my reception May 23 at 0024, with apology for delay: http://www.w4uvh.net/TRSW%20Orbison%20Tribute%20eQSL%20-%20Hauser.jpg now #90 via http://www.worldofradio.com/QSL.html thanks (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. 341-MCW kHz, June 13 at 0627 UT check, Enid`s only NDB, EI at Woodring Airport is back! Also at 1300 UT. Nominal 25 watts not far away but as always JBA. Had disappeared in mid-March and absent when tuned by almost every night since until 3 months later. You may assume it remain until I report it gone again (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. 515-MCW kHz, June 14 at 0558 UT, NDB PN in Ponca City is OFF --- first time I`ve noticed it absent. Easy come, easy go? Just after 314-MCW kHz, EI in Enid came back after 3 months, and not long ago 255-MCW kHz, SW in Stillwater came back. All allegedly 25 watts, but PN was always much stronger, also than the other regular groundwave Okie, 350-MCW kHz, RG at Will Rogers World Airport, SW OKC All three of those still running, altho EI has CCI from OIN in Oberlin KS, almost the same pitch too. PN still off at 1347 UT, the others still on (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. 515-MCW kHz, June 14 at 2140 UT check, NDB PN from Ponca City is already back on after AWOL last night. It`s always had, and still does, a slight `chirp` on its tone modulation. The other three much weaker nominally 25-watt Okies are also still on, 255, 341 and 350 kHz (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) {515 off again June 18 at 1425} ** OKLAHOMA. See USA: FMDX report 104.5 and 96.5 items ** SPAIN. 9690, June 12 at 2200, REE English this Friday has Alison Hughes discussing the economic consequences of COVID-19 in Spain, and still at 2226 check, so no music fill? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 9830, June 12 at 2200 and still 2226, no signal in English from VOT; something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 9830, June 13 at 2250, VOT is on with music, but ruined by local scratch-noise blob spanning 9810-9850; another one vs the pirate band, 6950-6985 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 9830, June 15 at 2247 check, VOT is not off today, music at S7-S9+10 and no RTTY (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 9830, June 16 at 2227 check amid English hour to North America, not a signal from Voice of Turkey, where something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 9830, June 17 at 2247, quick check for VOT finds it`s on today, but I can still remark ``something`s always awry at Ankara``, as just as I tune in, the YL is claiming this is the 1230 broadcast on 15450, into IS (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 420-MCW kHz, June 16 at 0618 UT, 25-watt NDB, FQ at Fairmont, Minnesota; I was tuned to 418-USB. 415-MCW kHz, June 16 at 0619 UT, 25-watt NDB, IY at Charles City, Iowa. 408-MCW kHz, June 16 at 0620 UT, 25-watt NDB, JDM at Colby - Wheatfields, Kansas. 395-MCW kHz, June 16 at 0621 UT, 25-watt NDB, ULS at Ulysses, Kansas. Storm noise level not bad tonight; also got a couple from CANADA, q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) See also CANADA [and non] ** U S A. 13565-CW, June 13 at 1416, K6FRC HIFER beacon from Patterson CA is JBA, no wonder: From QRZ.com, he also has beacons on 10 and 6 meters. ``No S.A.S.E. required! It is a pleasure to respond to all mailed QSL cards and reception reports. Respect for tradition demands it.`` Linx to: http://www.k6frc.com/ ``K6FRC HiFer (FCC Part 15.225) Frequency = 13.565 MHz. Power = 1.8 milliwatts Location = Patterson, California - USA To receive a colorful QSL card, http://www.k6frc.com/images/QSL.GIF please mail your reception report or QSL card to: K6FRC/B c/o Paul Shinn P.O. Box 175 Valley Springs, CA 95252 K6FRC monitoring station K6FRC beacon map http://www.k6frc.com/audio/K6FRC.mp3 K6FRC radio jingle`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) Also below on 10m ** U S A. 14914-USB, June 16 at 1432, YL voice briefly, beep and off, in Civil Air Patrol style, nothing more in the next minute. One of a huge roster of CAP frequencies in the February 2020 CIDX Messenger, labeled ``Net 1`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 18157.5-USB, June 13 at 1819, AE0CB, west of Denver, at 9000` where there was 2`` of snow at 30 degrees; working K6QAV Steve, unheard; the OSOB. Fonetik was Charlie Brown John, but eventually concluded John was his handle, not part of call. Yes: AE0CB USA flag USA Jon L Hardesty 229 Antler Ln Golden, CO 80403 Explanation from https://www.qrz.com/lookup/ae0cb MY RADIO STATION AEØCB: LOCATED ON THE TIP TOP OF A MOUNTAIN IN GILPIN COUNTY COLORADO, ELEVATION 9000 feet. THE ANTENNA IS TEMPORARILY ON TOP OF MY QTH @ 45 feet AND IS A VERTICALLY POLARIZED 12 METER 5/8 OMNIDIRECTIONAL GROUND PLAN[E]. THE STATION IS 1/2 MILE FROM GOLDEN GATE STATE PARK AND 30 MILES SOUTH OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK. {that`s Golden Gate Canyon State Park --- gh} I LOOK FOWARD FOR YOUR CONTACT ON THE HF BANDS 73's BEST OF FUN ON YOUR RADIO ADVENTURES FROM COLORADO. Location info: My mailing address is for Golden, Colorado. My physical location is not Golden Colorado it is 25 miles to the west of Golden in the county of Gilpin and my closest city is Central City, Colorado 4 miles south by line of sight, confusing I know. JON {767 km = 476 miles from Enid, short sporadic E skip; not into FM} This is a view from my front deck looking west to the Continental Divide.`` [and more illustrations] (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 25000, June 14 at 1720, WWV S8-S9 due to short-skip sporadic E opening, with HF spots all over the country; yet no activity on the 24890-24990 12-meter hamband (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 28224.4-CW, June 12 at 2151, K5GJR/B JBA over and over from this beacon, only signal I`m getting on a quick 10mb scan during sporadic E opening. A K5 must be fairly close. Here he is, from https://www.qrz.com/lookup/k5gjr/b ``K5GJR USA flag USA Primary only for: K5GJR/B Randy L Bates, Corpus Christi, TX 78415 USA Hello All, I'm active on most bands 160-70cm's. I have a 10mtr beacon that runs 24/7 at 28.224.5, consisting of a Radio Shack HTX100, putting out 2.5 watts, using a Pico keyer kit I assembled, into a Antron A-99 vertical antenna at 40'... 73s Randy k5gjr`` CC is 957 km = 595 statute miles from Enid. Far enough for many logs of TV KIII-3 and KRIS-6 back in the analog era (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 28231-CW, June 11 at 1750-0180, sporadic E barely audiblizes a beacon, WA4FC/B, viz.: https://www.qrz.com/lookup/wa4fc/b WA4FC USA flag USA Primary only for: WA4FC/B FIELDCOMM ASSOCIATION PO BOX 4006 Chester, VA 23831 USA ``Beacon info (we want your reports!!): Please visit www.fieldcomm.org/beacon to send your report to us and for station details. QSL card reception reports are also appreciated. WA4FC/B operates on 28.231, 50.078, 144.280, 222.060, 432.300, 903.280 and 1296.280 MHz from the central Virginia area. 10, 6 and 2m are in Prince George, Virginia - grid FM17hd. 70 cm is in Richmond, Virginia - grid FM17gm. 1.25, 23 and 33 cm is located in Goochland County - grid FM07wu. The 10m and 6m transmitters operator with 5 watts into a 10m AR-10 vertical and 6m loop at 200 feet. . .`` http://www.fieldcomm.org/v3/?page_id=296 which linx to: http://www.fieldcomm.org/v3/?page_id=2238 whereupon I entered a reception report on their form: ``Enid OK, reception only. June 11 at 1750-1800 UT, deep fades out and back so it took that long to copy it all, I think: series of dits and WA4FC/B, another series of dits and FM17 alternating. Only one heard on 10m tho I did not search deeply; not much on phone either except WZ4L Nashville TN on 28410-USB. A QSL would be nice, e or p, but apparently not for reception reports here?`` I then got a reply from KD4BPZ asking for my address to QSL; tnx (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 28231-CW, June 15 at 1439, dits and FM17 gridsquare, alternating with WA4FC/B, the beacon in Virginia again today via HF if not VHF sporadic E. I am beginning to wonder where all the hundreds of other beacons are on the list? 28400-USB, June 15 at 1441, hardly any phone activity on 10m, but an unID here as he does not enunciate his call clearly or at all in handovers, but he is ``in the mountains, Gary, across from the Blue Ridge Mountains`` --- that narrows it down (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 28264-CW, June 17 at 0019, JBA beacon fading out and in, DE AB8Z/B PARMA --- as listed in 10m roster: 28.264 AB8Z C PARMA, OHIO # 5W, VERTICAL i.e. in QRZ.com: AB8Z USA flag USA Primary only for: AB8Z/B JOHN C THOMAS, PARMA, OH 44129-3929, USA. 28415-USB, June 17 at 0024, WA3PBL /fonetik/ calling CQ 10, QRZ, only phone signal on band: WA3PBL USA flag USA, CHRISTOPHER E HUDAK, MC DONALD, PA 15057 USA ``Chris is a Broadcast engineer and has tweaked the knobs on many broadcast transmitters. He enjoys building, tinkering, and playing with all sorts of RF gear, antennas, and computers. Loves Dxing, working the low bands and frequents 160 meters. During the latest solar Cycle, Chris managed to fill in a few remaining blanks and completed the ARRL Five band DXCC award 80 through 10 meters! The transmitter photo is one of the original transmitters used at KDKA through the early 1970's along with a few other pics from the KDKA archives shown below. Scroll down the page to see various photos from around the WA3PBL ham shack along with a few pics of the antenna farm. The main 160/80 meter transmit antenna consists of a 3- wire shunt fed unipole built around the Rohn tower supporting the legendary Moseley TA-33 tri-bander. Thanks for stopping by ! smiley 73' - Chris WA3PBL.`` . . . https://www.qrz.com/lookup/wa3pbl HF sporadic E but nothing caught into VHF FM band today (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. 28290-CW, June 14 at 1726, JBA beacon; try again at 1757 when it`s slightly better, enough to copy: AL AL AL DE WJ5O/B WJ5O/B WJ5O/B. QRZ.com: ``WJ5O Primary only for: WJ5O/B WILLIAM H HAYS Troy, AL 36079 USA Regardless of where We are in the sunspot cycle, I'm 99% a 10 Meter Operator. The WJ5O propagation beacon can be heard on 28.289.3 MHz and has been in operation since June 1992 running two Watts into a roof mounted Vertical. Please "click" on My page to see the beacon set-up and a current listing of Worldwide Ten Meter Beacons. http://www.qsl.net/wj5o/ USAF retired SMSgt 1971 (Aircraft Maintenance)`` I had already crossed his path by searching on ten meter beacons, to find the very same guy is responsible for this huge frequency list! https://www.qsl.net/wj5o/bcn.htm and his own entry is: ``28.2893 WJ5O C TROY ALABAMA # 2W VERTICAL New Frequency 25 Jan 14 C=CONTINUOUS I=INTERMITTENT #=CONFIRMED AS ACTIVE OR HEARD`` Yes, it was on the low side of 28290-, and now we know the AL means Alabama rather than part of a grid square. Also: 28231, WA4FC/B, Prince George, Virginia audible again, 1723 June 14; 28276.5, unID at 1726, just too weak, but the only one on this exact frequency is: ``28.2765 XE2WK C VICTORIA, TAMAULIPAS MEX # 5W, VERTICAL NEW new Call July 09``. During all this only a couple of JBA phone signals in the 28.4+ MHz area, but plenty of hetty AM pileups on CB, mainly 27025, and LSB freebanders on 27405, 27425, etc. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 28300-CW, June 17 at 1839, K6FRC/B beacon overtakes a couple much weaker ones slightly lower. First time I`ve heard him on 10m, but numerous times on 13565 with 1.8 milliwatts and no /suffix. 10 m beacon roster does not show that exact call, rather three others: ``28.300 K6FRC/B3 TRACY, CALIFORNIA 10W, VERTICAL QRT prior to 2016 28.300 K6FRC C TRACY, CALIFORNIA # 100W, "POGO stick" VERTICAL Freq change 8 July 09 28.300 K6FRC/B2 TRACY, CALIFORNIA 10W, VERTICAL Backup transmitter for K6FRC/B`` Tracy is further up I-5 toward Stockton, from Patterson, the 13565 QTH. Sporadic E opening. From 1808 I was trying to copy some JBA beacons on 28299 and one just slightly lower above 28298. At 1828 I almost got the higher one: VVV DE K4J__ and more ending with SK. But there is no K4 listed around 28300. 28380-USB, June 17 at 1813, one phone ham audible, N6OPR, Bob, in Gilbert AZ; and his 10-10 number is 45715. QRZ.com: N6OPR USA, ROBERT L FARROW, GILBERT, AZ 85298 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 28410-USB, June 11 at 1802 after copying the VA beacon on 28231, sporadic E, not much phone activity on 10m except: WZ4L, Sam in Nashville TN, running 110 watts, in contact with JBA WA3IJC, Bob with 100 watts. QRZ.com lookups: WZ4L USA flag USA, SAMUEL W ADKISSON, LA VERGNE, TN 37086 USA WA3IJC USA flag USA, Robert K Mc Cutcheon, HARRISBURG, PA 17109 USA Another very quick check of 10m, June 12 at 0027 finds one signal on 28400-USB, just going off without a call, mentioned contest? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [non]. 7460, June 16 at 0526, S9/+10 African language, mentions Somali, also with bits of French voiced-over, but chopped off the air in mid-word at 0529*; there was also some noise on the carrier. It`s VOA in Kinyarwanda via BOTSWANA at 0500-0530 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2038 contents: Antarctica non, Armenia, Brasil, Bulgaria, Canada and non, China and non, Cuba, Germany, Iran non, Japan and non, Korea North & South non, New Zealand non, Sarawak non, Somalia, Spain, Sudan South non, Sweden, Taiwan and non, UK and non, USA and non, Vanuatu, Zanzibar; AM stereo; ATSC 3.0 DTV transition; new QSL site; who needs high-power shortwave? And the propagation outlook WOR 2038 is available as of 2346 UT Thursday June 11 (mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2038.m3u (mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2038.mp3 Or via http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html Also linx to podcast services. The shortwave broadcasts should be: 0900 UT Friday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB 2200 UT Friday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE 0130 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW, 5010 to S, 7780 to NE 0900 UT Saturday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB 1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE 1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0400] 0300 UT Sunday WRMI 5800 to SSE 0900 UT Sunday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB 0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE 0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, reconfirm? 0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 or 6160v to WSW 0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE 0900 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB 1800vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy 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 Ron Trotto, who sent a contribution via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com PayPal not necessarily in US funds as they will convert. One may also contribute by MO or check in US funds on a US bank to: Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2038 monitoring: confirmed first WRMI broadcast, Friday June 12 at 2200 on 9955, S6-S8, no jamming or only a trace? Same at 2226 recheck. Also confirmed UT Saturday June 13 at 0130 on WRMIs: 5850 VG S9+30/40; 5010 S9+10/20 and noisy but slightly better than 7780 S9/+10 when checked at 0144. Next: 0900 UT Saturday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB 1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE 1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0400] 0300 UT Sunday WRMI 5800 to SSE 0900 UT Sunday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB 0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE 0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, reconfirm? 0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 or 6160v to WSW 0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE 0900 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB 1800vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy 0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2038 monitoring: confirmed Saturday June 13 on WRMI 15770, JBA as usual, at best, but should be good to east coast and Europe. Next: 0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0400] 0300 UT Sunday WRMI 5800 to SSE 0900 UT Sunday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB 0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE 0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, reconfirm? 0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 or 6160v to WSW 0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE 0900 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB 1800vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy 0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2038 monitoring: confirmed UT Sunday June 14 at 0300 on WRMI 5800, following R. Tirana IS, VG at TWR Bonaire remote. Next: 0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE 0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, reconfirm? contradictory schedule 0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 or 6160v to WSW 0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE 0900 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB 1800vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy 0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2038 monitoring: confirmed UT Monday June 15 at 0130 & 0230 on WRMI 7780, VG via Maine SDR. (Also on WRN webcast at 0130 June 15; and still on 7780 at 0230 despite contradictory WRMI info of something else there.) Also confirmed at 0300 June 15 on Area 51 via WBCQ 5130, good at Rochester NY but S9 here vs high storm noise level. Also confirmed at 0330 June 15 on WRMI 9955, F-G S9/+10 here, no jamming audible. Also confirmed from 1800.8 UT Monday June 15 on IRRS 7290-Bulgaria as heard via UTwente SDR, VG but usual rough modulation. Spotchex until 1830 did not find any interruptions. Earlier on 7290: Iran went off at 1750*. IRRS OC on at *1756.5; 1758.8 cut on modulation, fragment of some unknown report; 1800 IRRS ID and address this time pronouncing Milano correctly, Feature Story News from Washington quick headlines, right into WOR. At end 1830, fragment of hymn by child; IRRS ID recommending tuning via USB synch, which is N/A now as far as avoiding ACI. Next: 0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2038 monitoring: confirmed JBA Wed June 17 at 2100+ on WBCQ 7490v. Missed checking UT Thu June 18 at 0100 on WRMI 7780; did anyone hear it? Next WOR 2039 should be ready by early UT Fri June 19 for first WRMI airing at 2200 on 9955 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9330, June 12 at 1848, no signal here from WBCQ-6, off, or 500 kW WLCR just not propagating? 1859 check on UTwente, it`s on and audible. But at 2156 back here definitely off -- maybe it was an antenna rotation hiatus (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 7490, UT Sat June 13 at 0000, after FKB gospel huxter finishes, WBCQ with a spot commercial for SDRs; 0001.5 dead air; 0002 a few seconds of old favorite song ``Wheels``; 0003 another tune; 0004 ID for AM 780, Monticello-Presque Isle, and a bit of USA Radio News, cut off; 0004.5 finally ``William Tell Overture`` theme of `AAAWWW` starts, 0007.8 among his first words, ``confusion``. 5130 and 6159.9 were not on at 0000, but at 0003 at least a carrier from 5130 but can`t make out any mod. 6159.9 on by 0019 check, running 17 seconds behind 7490; and 5130 VP, unknown delay. However, I`ve just noticed sporadic E MUF up to 106 MHz, so away I go hoping to catch an FM DX opening here: see MEXICO, and USA. John Carver fills us in on the rest of `AAAWWW`: ``Tonight's show started on 7490 four minutes late this evening and no signal on 5130, and 6160 was carrying something else. Six minutes in, 5130 and 6160 were both carrying AAWWW but then 6160 went into Mama Mia or some such. Allan and Angela in the studio. Allan blamed the late start on computer problems. 6160 back to AAWWW by the next check. Opening talk about America and the world a "ball of confusion". The foam in Allan's headphones began to break apart and he had black flecks of it on his face and shirt. Then back to the ball of confusion. A very animated Angela this evening went into a long rant that I won't get into as it was a bit distasteful. Phone call at 0019 from a caller who said that both Allan and Angela were correct and then went on to say that most of the problems in this country were due to vaccines and the way they were administered. Another call immediately from a nurse that defended vaccines and stated that vaccines and good hygiene are what has kept us alive and healthy. Another immediate phone call from a gentleman who is learning how to drive a truck and complaining about how difficult it was. Allan then launches an appeal for racial diversity and acceptance. Then a long discussion between Allan and the animated Angela about recent events in this country. Closing prayer at 0056 and then reading of two emails at 0058. Program was off the air at 0100 in the middle of a sentence. John, Mid-North Indiana`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5085, UT Sun June 14 at 0032, WTWW-2 has started `TONITO`, organist introducing piece by Duke Ellington. I swiftly abandon the distorted 5085 for clear $tereo webcast via http://wtww.us/pages/listen-live/tx2.php Apparently a guest performance with a live applauding audience. Yes, at 0058 Bob Heil outros as George performing in Buffalo; still no program title, and WTWW hastens to revert to rock music (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 4840, June 16 at 0613, dead air from WWCR-3. TOMBS is supposed to start at 0600 M-F; was it dead clear thru until 1200? One can only hope (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 17775-, June 17 at 1822, KVOH is S9+10 steady with gospel song in Spanish, but just barely modulated (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. Sporadic E opening, UT Saturday June 13, mainly from N/W MEXICO, q.v., but also AZ: 0101, 92.3, traffic report about I-17 freeway, and State Road 89, then weather by YL sponsored by Howard Air, news about marches in ``The Valley``, all of which mean it has to be Phœnix AZ, viz.: ``KTAR-FM 92.3 GLENDALE AZ USA 98.0 kW 545.0 m 33-19-58 112-03-48 HD KTAR Arizona's News Station NEWS/TALK KTAR NEWS``. See 0135 below 0104, 95.1, lucky ID right at tune-in ``95.1 KTTI``, C&W beer song. ``KTTI 95.1 YUMA AZ USA 50.0 kW 75.0 m 32-38-31 114-33-34 COUNTRY TODAY`S BEST COUNTRY KTTI``. 1584 km = 984 stmi 0113, 90.3, fringe local relay of KHYM with commercials for Dodge City, Woodward, i.e. 490-watt KHEV Fairview OK, mixing with another English station with GEICO ad, perhaps 100 kW KFLR, Family Life Radio, Phœnix. (db does not show KHEV as KHYM relay) {see MEXICO} 0121, 97.3 sports talk in English, Es fades, soon gone, not // OK on 1390 or 640. No such station in AZ. Could be 50 kW KWFN San Diego CA, also with several low-power co-channel relays in the area, including one for Dan Sheedy 0135, 92.3, ``KTAR News`` and fade-out as opening is ending? 1340 km = 833 stmi. Same bearing as Mexicali heard earlier 0135, 91.9, music in English, seems like Es strength rather than KS fringe but could be 48 kW KBDD, Winfield (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, WOR) ** U S A. 93.5-WBFM MHz, June 15 at 0100 UT, in a futile bandscan for sporadic-E DX as possible by the MUF maps, I stop here for a while as a weak signal is fading completely out and back up as if it were ionospheric --- but it`s only grounwavic at fringe-range, C&W music, ID as ``KKDT, Burdett-Hays-Great Bend``, Kansas, one minute of totally dispensable Fox `news`, back to C&W. Burdett doesn`t even make it into index of my Rand McNally road atlas, and I don`t see it anywhere between Hays and Great Bend. I have to break out the hefty Large-Scale Rand McNally, to find its population was 247, so why does such a tiny town get a 95 kW ERP FM station? Maybe CoL is the only place a new full-power signal could be shoved in? But radio-locator.com shows its site is nowhere near Burdett, which is halfway westward from Great Bend to Dodge City. Instead, site is halfway between Ness City and Hays, well north of Burdett; approx. 300 km = 185 miles from Enid. 22 hours later in another Es search I`m getting it likewise (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, WOR) ** U S A. DXMAP shows sporadic E MUF above 100 MHz in one spot NE of here, so time to head for the car to tune for DX, June 17 at 2100 UT. It takes me a lot longer to research the info and write these reports. Main resource is the WTFDA FM Database. See its headers for what the various parameters mean: separate H&V kW ERPs and metric HAAT towers altho they are almost always the same. Distancefromto.net are city-to-city approx., not to coordinates. 2114, 93.1, CCI to weak Kansan might be DX and so it is, atop now with ID ``93.1 WZAK, Cleveland`` R&B, ads: ``WZAK 93.1 CLEVELAND OH USA 27.5 27.5 189.0 189.0 41-16-50 81-37-22 HD 96B6 WZAK-93.1 Cleveland - URBAN AC CLEVELAND'S R&B LEADER`` 1508 km = 937 statute miles 2126, 96.5, PSAs about a religious event on E Pittsfield Rd canceled, AC 570; ballots in western NY; ``a community service of WPEL``, fax 570-278-1442. VG full quieting brief peak; 2129 TC for 5:30 and SRN News starting before it`s really 2130. WPEL in NE PA, close to NY: ``WPEL-FM 96.5 MONTROSE PA USA 57.0 57.0 140.0 140.0 41-51-16 75-51-50 7CB7 WPEL-FM Information RELIGIOUS TEACHING/EASY LISTENING YOUR STATION FOR INFORMATION & INSPIRATION`` 1986 km = 1234 stmi 2130, 96.7, unID local weather, too cool for OK! It must be 90+F here; then I go inside where it`s a little cooler and more comfortable, with the DX-398 whose telescopic I can manœvre vs lots of ACI and CCI from KS and OK. 2149, 97.3, ad for something on Rt 13 between Ithaca and Dryden; 2150 mention Ithaca again; 2218, adstring including Airhard (Erhard?) Energy.com, something in Newfield; JonRayhomes.com, fingerlakestopten.com; Democratic DA candidate in Tompkins Country; Finger Lakes forecast: 54/86 and next day 61/86 F, from ``WENY News on 97.3``. What?? WENY-FM is on 97.7 in Big Flats NY! O, they refer to WENY, the unrelated(?) *TV* station in Elmira. The other clues all lead to Ithaca, i.e: ``WYXL 97.3 ITHACA NY USA 26.0 26.0 268.0 268.0 42-27-54 76-22-23 HD 9669 WYXL97.3 LITE ROCK 97.3 TODAY'S VARIETY 97.3 Adult Hits ADULT CONTEMPORARY LITE ROCK 97.3`` 1950 km = 1211 stmi 2153, 104.5 rap in Spanish, but signal is too steady and there are no known SS in the PTA, just three translators in far New England. Rather than a DX capture I guess it was really our semi-local, since it then went into English promo for KZZW 104.5, ``we deliver the hits``, English rock but there is CCI from something else in English. Would be second EE Okie I`ve heard mixing in SS songs, after Oasis. 2201, ``Hottest music in the Tri-State Area, KZZW, 104.5, Mooreland-Woodward``, OK. NYC/CT/NJ may think they own that monicker, but there are 3-states everywhere, in this case OK/TX/KS. I remember when this station came on air a few years ago, initially stunting with classical, sure not to last. ``KZZW 104.5 MOORELAND OK USA 62.0 62.0 365.0 365.0 36-16-23 99-26-45 54A4 KZZW CONTEMPORARY HIT RADIO 104.5 KZZW`` 119 km = 74 stmi 2202, 92.1, ``WOLF-FM, --- [some HD IDs missed], Syracuse`s 92.1, The Wolf``: ``WOLF-FM 92.1 BALDWINSVILLE NY USA 25.0 25.0 99.0 99.0 43-09-10 76-11-35 84A5 COUNTRY 92.1 THE WOLF`` Baldwinsville just NW of Syracuse 1982 km = 1231 stmi 2204, 96.5, Dollar Bank Loan Experts ad; plug iHeart Radio podcast from 10/16/72, Non-IDs at 2205 & 2208 as ``Mix 96.5``. May be mixing with KRAV Tulsa fringer which is Mix 96.5, but we never heard of Dollar Bank in OK. Search indicates it operates only in OH, PA, VA. There are too many iHeart stations everywhere, but Wikipedia shows no 96.5s in PA, NY; there is one in Cleveland OH, WAKS, branded as KISS FM, so maybe that`s it. 1508 km = 937 stmi Searching everywhere for slogan as Mix 96.5 on 96.5, gets 5 hits, not including KRAV-FM Tulsa, none in this opening`s PTA. That`s because the Slogan field for KRAV shows merely Mix 96, altho 96.5 does appear as part of PS Info and Radiotext fields. 171 km = 106 stmi 2210, 93.3, Roswell Park Cancer hospital ad; 2212 Litehouseauto.com, Ike`s Auto Repair, phone 763-8945. Roswell Park is in Buffalo, but Lite House Auto is in Lakewood NY, and the phone matches Pikes (not Ike`s) Auto Repair of Ashville NY, both of which are just outside Jamestown in western NY, so this is: ``WWSE 93.3 JAMESTOWN NY USA 26.5 26.5 196.0 196.0 42-05-06 79-17-22 A998 WWSE-FM No Program Type or Undefined ADULT CONTEMPORARY SE 93`` 1721 km = 1070 stmi 2213, 93.1, adstring, attorney at 800-565-7187; Zero Draft Insulation; ``This is KNN, the Kia News Network`` being cute, really an ad for Kia of East Syracuse. RDS captured on this one: static 93Q plus 5 blank spaces, nor sure if sent that way or incomplete; more ads, Plato`s Closet; PSAs alz.org-cny, Boys` & Girls` Club of Syracuse. Therefore: ``WNTQ 93.1 SYRACUSE NY USA 97.0 97.0 201.0 201.0 42-56-48 76-01-28 HD 78FA 93Q The #1 Hit Music Station 93Q Title & Artist CD name Top 40 CONTEMPORARY HIT RADIO 93 Q`` 1993 km = 1239 stmi 2227, 99.5, 1-800-663-7636, Insight for Living, addresses in BC and TX; 2229 Financial Moments with Tom Copeland, the gospel-huxter take with Biblical quotations; 2230, ``You are listening to North America`s most powerful Christian radio station, WDCX``, next g.h. In Touch with Dr. Charles Stanley. Strong but no RDS. ``WDCX-FM 99.5 BUFFALO NY USA 110.0 110.0 195.0 195.0 42-38-07 78-46-05 HD 5CDF LIFE FM 99.5 WDCX SERVING BUFFALO TORONTO AND BEYOND WDCX Serving Buffalo, Toronto & Beyond-Now Playing PROGRAM/S RELIGION/CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN LIFE FM // WDCZ-970`` So the power is 110 kw ERP, rather than the usual limit of 100, why? Grandfathered like Grand Rapids? Big deal; I can think of several SW stations with more than that, but never mind them! 1775 km = 1103 mi 2232, 106.9, traffic report from ``570 WSYR now also on 106.9 FM``:: ``WSYR-FM 106.9 SOLVAY NY USA 9.0 9.0 124.0 124.0 43-00-10 76-11-58 HD 1681 - 'CKNX' WSYR NewsRadio 570WSYR Now on 106.9FM WSYR NewsRadio 570WSYR Now on 106.9FM Talk NEWS/TALK FM NEWS RADIO 106.9 WSYR`` 1988 km = 1235 stmi 2238, 96.5, CCI including RDS 96.5 and four spaces; then AC/DC_/_, and aurally ``Mix 96`` again, so at least part of that KRAV Tulsa. 2241, 95.1, Ads for Ron Burgundy podcasts from iHeart; attorney vs robocalls 1-800-300-2990, Kenneth Wallace; Palmer`s Direct-to-You Market, with unlimited Angus beef; 900 something Henryetta; Allstate; JCP.com; Bob John`s Used.com cars; has RDS icon but blank at first; Rochester weather; Tom Wall`s restaurant; iHeart Radio app for podcasts; now RDS shows I_RADIO_ --- the underscores here indicate a blank, no underscore really on the RDS. The first blank must be for a Heart symbol; is that possible? Not on my DX-398; 2245 ``Radio 95-1`` ``WAIO 95.1 HONEOYE FALLS NY USA 50.0 50.0 146.0 146.0 43-02-01 77-25-18 HD 1437 (KBPN) RADIO 95-1 RADIO 95-1 RADIO 95-1 RADIO 95-1 Classic Rock CLASSIC ROCK RADIO 95.1``. Honeoye Falls --- how do you pronounce that?? --- is south of Rochester. 1877 km = 1166 stmi Now the opening seems fading away; I hope so as this is tiring and I need a break. But at 0040-0050 UT June 18, I`m back at the dials as there is a 100+ MHz MUF blob to the north, so maybe Manitoba? Nothing. See also UNIDENTIFIED (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, WOR) ** VANUATU. 11835, June 13 at 0615, RV 3 x 3945 harmonic is JBA tonight, and the 2 x 3945 on 7890 is almost as good with a trace of audio. This gives me an excuse to refer to Ron Howard`s neat 6-minute recording of his earlier 11835 reception: http://bit.ly/2UvGw9G And he has posted many other clips on the WOR iog (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 9375-9410 approx., 1439 UT June 12, wandering local noiseblob at 360-kHz intervals now here causing heavy QRM to 9395 WRMI. These continue below 11 MHz, but overall seem not as strong as originally (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 92.1, June 17 at 2104 UT as I am starting a sporadic E session which turns out to be from OH, PA and NY, a meteor burst of Spanish music lasting maybe 3 seconds. 96.5, June 17 at 2136 UT another bit of Spanish bursts in to the caradio, Mexicans likely. These are surprising, as we are nowhere near any Class I, II or III meteor showers per 2020! info at: https://www.amsmeteors.org/meteor-showers/2017-meteor-shower-list/ Just Class IV weak MS with spans, peak dates; or maybe just random: Daytime Arietids (ARI) May 22-Jun 24 Jun 07 June mu Cassiopeiids (JMC) May 18-Jun 15 Jun 08 beta Equulids (BEQ) Jun 07-Jun 30 Jun 14 Northern June Aquilids (NZC) Jun 05-Jul 22 Jul 02 phi Piscids (PPS) Jun 08-Aug 02 Jul 04 Southern June Aquilids (SZC) Jun 09-Jul 17 Jul 05 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)