** ALGERIA. 17600, Aug 20 at 2122, S0/S1 direct with flutter, JBA M&W talk, unsure language, and the OSOB - Spain still gone from 17855. This still there past 2200. Only 17600 anywhen in EiBi is R. Algérienne, Béchar, only at 18-20 UT, but they typically do not adhere to any schedule. Aoki has nothing on 17600, but HFCC shows not only 18-20, but Béchar also at 08-13, all 300 kW at 131 degrees. Recheck via UTwente at 2300, still a JBA signal. At 2320 it`s still locked onto 17599.994+ but inaudible (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ALGERIA. 17600, Aug 23 at 1909, JBA signal, presumably new activity from here; nothing much else on band except France 17850 and Spain 17855. Also checked 21450, nothing heard from another RTA as reported (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RC USB, Aug 19 at 1515-1615, no signal of LRA36 into LU4AA remote in Argentina; checking just in case Friday substitute for Wednesday debacle. Less seriously, I mistyped as LR4AA in last report (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RCUSB, Aug 20 from 1445 past 1530, no signal from LRA36 into Argentine remote this Saturday. At first I was camping on Gary Pence, and briefly sometime before 1500 heard some music, but he may have switched to a different frequency. Still nothing at 1809 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RCUSB, re my LRA36 report on Aug 20 with some music heard via remote camping, Gary Pence, KM5X, Dallas, replies: ``I felt like the music from about 1443z to 1450z could have been a copycat as a carrier was detected in the waterfall, so I was trying different modes to try to confirm`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RCUSB, Aug 24 at 1450-1550, NO signal this Wednesday from LRA36 into Buenos Aires SDR. So maybe will again try to make-good with an emission on Friday circa 1500 or 1800 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** BRAZIL. 11710-11725 approx., peaking circa 11719, August 24 at 0125, S9 FMish extremely distorted spurblob, modulation peaks matching 11780 RNA which is S9+20/30; and matched by more of same on the plus side, approx. 11830-11850, peak about 11842 vs Cuban spurcarrier on 11840 out of 11850, q.v. At 0132 I put R75 in FM mode, and find tuned to 11842, the Portuguese talk is almost recognizable rather than nothing but hash in AM mode; but do not find the same on the minus side circa 11719. Similar FMish hash is wideband in the 11.9-12.1 MHz range, but have also heard it when 11780 is off or weak, so evidently something local, like emanations out of a nearby FM receiver, which would be more expectable circa typical 10.7 MHz IFs. I have not been able to match that diffuse source to any local station (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA. 335 MCW kHz, Aug 19 at 0650, dash and YLD, 1000 watt ND beacon at Chapleau, Ontario, which is between Sault Ste-Marie and Timmins. A regular in winter but first time heard in months. 332 QT Thunder Bay and 248 WG Winnipeg also audible (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA. 3330, Aug 21 at 0636, S9 of open carrier/dead air from CHU! While 7850 is OK, nominal. Checked at 1525, System Status https://nrc.canada.ca/en/chu-short-wave-station/ shows nothing amiss since May 30! So much for that (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 5040, Aug 18 at 0555, RHC in English, but no signal on 11670. 05-06 and 23-24 are the only nominal hours for English on 5040. It usually goes back into unscheduled Spanish after 0600 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 15140, Aug 18 at 1424, RHC S9/+10 but distorted. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 5040, Aug 19 at 0640, RHC English at S9/+20; natch, after mention last time that`s it`s usually in Spanish after 06. Unknown whether really also in English after 05. Only other still on is 6100, JBA and not sure which language - unless it`s also sked Korea North propagating as early as 15:40 local. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 13680, Aug 19 at 2037, S7/S9 of suppressed modulation spikes only, presumed RHC Spanish where something`s always wrong (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 13605, Aug 20 at 2125, JBA strings of weak beeps/tones at different pitches audible with BFO from slightly different offsets, as sometimes heard after-hours from Cuban jammers, as if they are playing around communicating with each other (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 5040, Aug 21 at 0413, RHC is off. 6060 is on in Spanish; 6165 much weaker than 6000 in English. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 15140, Aug 23 at 1910, no signal from RHC, first English hour missing, sometimes alternate 15370 neither. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 11850, Aug 24 at 0128, RHC is S9+10/20 but JB modulated in presumed Spanish, also with JBA parasitic carrier on 11840 vs RNA Brasil, q.v., spurblob. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** EAST TURKISTAN. 11775, Aug 20 at 1810-1840+, very nice Chinese traditional instrumental music nonstop on CRI via Kashgar, standard accusation, scheduled as German 18-20 UT, but one of the languages they can`t be bothered to utter anymore; VG S9/+20 into Canary SDR I am rechecking for Nigeria 11770 but which gets nothing but splatter from this. Continues past 1900 without a break or any announcement (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** EGYPT. 9439.995, Aug 19 at 2136, NO signal of R. Cairo in English unto Canary SDR (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** EGYPT. 9440, Aug 20 at 2209, no signal direct nor later via UTwente, from R. Cairo in English. No loss, since if on, would be hugely distorted, unusable like it has been for many months (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** EGYPT. 9440, Aug 21 at 2220, nothing but weak whine audible direct from R. Cairo; much stronger JBM carrier on 9900, i.e. the English and S. American services, respectively. Something`s always egregious in Egypt (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** EGYPT. 9439.995, Aug 22 at 2200, R. Cairo, no English signal into UTwente, just rapid clicking noises. 9439.995, Aug 23 at 2126, it`s on at S9+35, but extremely suptorted, useless. Something`s always egregious in Egypt (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** EGYPT. 9439.994+, Aug 24 at 2200, nothing but whine on big carrier in English from R. Cairo, into Maryland; and at 2203, S9+35/40 when measured by UTwente. Something`s always egregious in Egypt (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** FRANCE. 17850, Aug 23 at 1908, French from RFI to CAf, much weaker than overshadowing 17855 Spain direct to NAm. Such geo/frequencial adjacency is surely inadvisable and unnecessary; RFI sked 17-20 per EiBi (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** FRANCE. 17850.2, Aug 24 at 1747, RFI in French but with terrible loud chirping as if QRM, but seems to be out of Issoudun itself; does not interrupt but overlays weaker program modulation. One might also suspect Noblejas 17855 doing this but it`s not on yet; by 1758 when REE is on, its IS makes big clangs against 17850. The 17850 signal is off for a minute at 1759*-*1800, when a beam change from 165 to 160 degrees is scheduled, why? Another 5 degrees less to 155 at 1859-1900 is scheduled, why? and also an antenna change from a 217 to a 207 for the third hour until 2000. It`s the same before and after 1800, chirping vs program mod. This could be mistaken for jamming. Above: direct. At 1847 I check Maryland SDR: still getting chirping centered about 17850.2, very much below the 17855 splash. Originally the rate was roughly 4 chirps per second, now down to 2, but slightly irregular. Goes off at 1859* as expected; *1900 resumes just as before. Hey! Is NO ONE paying attention to their own broadcasts at ISS, TDF, RFI, or MBR? Must have been thus three hours straight, and quite possibly other times/frequencies from same defective transmitter (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** GERMANY. 17720, Aug 24 at 1750, Horn-of-Africa music, S2/S4, off by 1800 check. EiBi shows AWR in OO = Oromo? to EAf via D-nauen site from 1730; also 1630-1700 Amharic same. NB: at other dayparts AWR on 17720 via Guam, Madagascar (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** GREECE [non]. 5130-, UT Sat Aug 20 at 0238-0300, `Greek Music Refuge` as programmed by Zach Liangas and presented by U. Bill Tilford on WBCQ Radio Angela, S9/+10 but noisy into Maryland SDR; would have been better on a higher band such as 9420 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** GREECE [non]. 9420, Aug 21 at 1420, algo JBA during VOG`s last timespan; what else? CHINA, of course, per EiBi and Aoki it`s both CNR 13 at 1058-1805 from Lingshi 725 site; and CNR 6 at 0900-1605 from Beijing 491 site; among other times (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** IRAN [non]. 5829.929, Aug 21 at 0051, into Maryland SDR, JBA signal not in English and certainly not WTWW, q.v. USA; rather as sked Iran International TV, the UK-based clandestine, listed in Aoki at 1330-0530 via Tashkent, UZBEKISTAN, which has a well-known track record of offfrequenciness; recheck at 0129, however, same kind of signal shows within 1 Hz of nominal: if same service, has site switched? Or maybe a blocker, ever jammed? EiBi has it only at 1600-0400 via Tashkent (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ITALY. 18155 USB, Aug 21 at 2208, IK4GRO calling CQ/DX 17, JBA several times without reply; and not much else on band. QRZ.com: IK4GRO Italy flag Italy LAURO ZANOLI VIA DEGLI ESPOSTI 19 41018 S.CESARIO S.P. MO Italy https://www.qrz.com/db/IK4GRO shows Ferraris, family, equipment, cat (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** KOREA SOUTH [non]. 11880, Aug 24 at 0129 bit of classical music, 0130 ID in AmerEnglish as ``KBS World Radio`` and back into Spanish hour as relayed from VOA Grimesland NC. VG signal here despite aimed south, 176 degrees with 250 kW. Would that we could hear KBSWR as well in English, which they refuse to relay from NC, and insist on trying direct at 13-14 on 15575 which does not propagate most of the year over mostly night path, but the antenna cannot run on a lower band such as 9 MHz. HFCC shows more English at 02-03 & 03-04 on 9580 at 81 degrees, not for S America but only CIRAF 45 = Japan next door. Anyhow 9580 is blocked by Cuba relay of CRI. I could understand the Spanish service and it might well be worthwhile, but I refuse to do so while KBSWR won`t serve US in English (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** MALDIVES [non]. 11620, Aug 22 at 1527, V of Martyrs Korea, secret site is S3/S7, YL in non-English presumed really Dhivehi; chopped off after 1529 just in time for OM S/off in English and 1530*. If Vatican still follow, inaudible here in degraded conditions (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** MALDIVES [non]. 11620, Aug 23 at 1527, presumed Dhivehi and some music, 1529 s/off in English, did he say KVOM Maldives? As in Voice of Martyrs Korea, and off 1530* in time for Vatican opening Arabic; listening via Iceland SDR where it`s poor, and India much better. Noting frequency offsets but uncertain whether SDRs be correctly calibrated: I think not. As to secret site for VOMK, Aoki shows Tashkent, Uzbekistan, but from unusually good reception here, and not being significantly off-frequency, I doubt that. While Wolfgang Bueschel is convinced it`s Pao Chung, Taiwan (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NIGERIA. 7254.936, Aug 20 at 0626, Voice of Nigeria is back! I have been checking for it every night after 0600 so am sure this is the first date reactivated. S9+10/20 undermodulated in presumed Hausa on signature skewed frequency. My last previous observation: ``7254.9v, July 12 at 0635, NO signal from VON nor has there been for several weeks, checked almost every night after 0600; nor have I seen any other reports about this, nor other possible frequencies 9690-, 11770-, 15120 being heard at any hours.`` Before then it had been sporadic: you never knew whether it would be on after 0600 or not. I had not logged it assiduously so unsure when it last appeared. Originally had three transmitters, but two of them already collapsed. 7255- would sometimes be on before 0600 with musical prélude and neat drumming IS. Nominal sked was 0600-1100 including English 0800-1000; and 2000-2100 per Aoki. 15120 might also appear evenings in DRM. 11770- was also previously scheduled at 1500-2100 including English at 1630-1900, but Aug 20 at 1620, none of it into Canary Islands SDR, just JBA on-frequency from presumed PBS Xinjiang, Urumqi, East Turkistan, land of imperialist ChiCom genocide against Uyghurs and other Moslems (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NIGERIA. 7254.94, Aug 21 at 0647, VON obviously on again tonight, S9/+10 but no modulation, open carrier dead air (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NIGERIA. 7254.9+, Aug 22 at 0555 first check, no signal yet from VON, but by 0603 Hausa is underway, S9+20/30 with sufficient modulation. Wolfgang Bueschel says it did come on at 0558 with IS, I missed (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NIGERIA [and non]. 7255 LSB, Aug 23 at 0558, American ham QSO boldly in progress, complaining about taxes in Alabama, no VON yet, but 7254.94 cuts on late at *0601 becoming the S9+10/20 BFO, pitching the hams only slightly offtune; they keep going, as VON Hausa is undermodulated. Recheck at 0634, all gone already (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NIGERIA. 7255-, Aug 24 at 0610 check, VON is on (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6930 USB, Aug 19 at 2317, howling and laughing, audience reaxion to someguy speaking about ticket prices, vs heavy storm noise level adding up to S3/S7. Three more as unID here: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,100843.0.html as of 2329, maybe more IDed later? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6933 USB, Aug 20 at 0126, heavy jazz/guitar S9, 0128 ID overdone that I can`t understand, ``--- Radio``, more past 0136. These say it`s Thunder Chicken Radio, at 2341 moved up from 6930 USB as in previous report: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,100843.0.html Never heard any SSTV beepery while I was retuned (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6960 AM, August 20 at 0127, soft rock S9/+10 but undermod compared to 6933 USB station; then, ``I wanna hold your hand``. 0129 SFX and Ballsmacker Radio ID: still on a reliable Friday night schedule? Many more logs here: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,100854.0.html Seems the keyword for song titles was ``hold`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6926 USB, Aug 22 at 0122, undermod pirate with song, S5/S8 vs HSNL, long pause past 0124, off? Meanwhile, switching back and forth to 6920 station, so bound to miss something. 0155 on with ``Shut the #uck up`` song. Mostly unID, but one report as ID: ``WWWW The Drunk Fox?`` https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,100959.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6920 AM, Aug 22 at 0124, rock music, S9/+20 much stronger than 6926 USB simulstation. Switching back and forth to that, so bound to miss something. 0126, 6920 off. 0129 some spoken comments with music, maybe DJ, not IDs; until: 0136 YL bot voice seems to be reading a current HFU reception report to Clever Name Radio, mentioning 6917, 6920. Apparently this be CNR per many reports: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,100958.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. 515 MCW kHz, Aug 23 at 1902 UT, PN, 25 watt ND beacon at PoNca City, is off. When on it has the bestsig of all, day and night by groundwave, about 79 km = 49 statute miles, city to city. I expect it to be back, eventually (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** PHILIPPINES. 9370, Aug 18 at 1427, 1 kHz tone at S2/S4, 1429 JBA Yankee Doodle, 1430 unknown language. VOA sked as Myanmarianese, er, Burmese via Tinang (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SCOTLAND [non]. Re Encore: another encore. I wrote: ``Brice, I was concerned that for the 01 UT Sunday Aug 21 broadcast on WRMI, your website playlists are only dated 6 and 13 August - until it was clear the program being played now is the 6 August one... 73, Glenn`` This was on 5850 and 7730, about equal into Maryland SDR, somewhat less noisy on the upper. Wonder which ep will play 25 hours later at 02 UT Monday on 5950? Says he will fix it (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SCOTLAND [non]. 5950, UT Mon Aug 22 at 0200, `Encore` classical music via WRMI: same episode as 25 hours earlier on 5850 & 7730. Now it`s clear that this is the correct Aug 20 episode; the mistake was the playlist header as Aug 6 instead of 20, now fixed. Meanwhile, WBCQ R. Angela, Concert Hall has started part II of `Parsifal` on 5129.975, S8/9+5 into Maryland (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 17855, Aug 19 at 2033, NO signal of REE direct, surely off the air despite propagation degraded and no other signals on 16 mb. Nor at 2134 into Canary Islands SDR. 15520 S4/S6 at 2033, and 11940 JBA carrier direct. But at 2134 to Canary, 15520 is VG but now in Arabic like // 11670 good but with squeal --- and 11940 in Spanish has horrible distortion like Aug 17; none checked on Aug 18. Something`s always nogood at Noblejas. 2200 tokEnglish on Friday, now on all three, but same situation. Without 17855, none very good to Maryland; despite way offbeam toward ME, best on 15520 via Canarias. Topix: report from Beirut, and interview someone from British embassy (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 17855, Aug 22 at 2150, the REE frequency for N America is back on, having been absent since at least Aug 17, S9+5/25 direct and the OSOB, so far in Spanish; but also for Monday 2200 English when checked via UTwente SDR: 17855 not so good; 15520 very poor; 11940 with good modulation restored; 11670 or rather 11669.992+, with echo, long-path? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 17855, Wed Aug 24 at 2200, token English from REE, VG here as well as 15520 and 11940 into Maryland SDR. No competition from Turkey or Egypt in English, both failures. After the news, 2205 report from correspondent in Beirut about resurgence in tourism to Lebanon (beware of explosions!). 2210, Justin Coe recalls that he used to do a segment translating columnists from major Spanish newspapers, long before podcasts and not preserved; he stopped 10 or 15 years ago because of permission issues. Would like to resume it, having run across a recent column as he was about to recycle El País, by Leila Guerrerio(sp?) about móbiles = cell phones. Still no permission and has not been able to reach her, so just talks about it. 2219 Amy Egan about a jazz pianist whose name I don`t catch (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 9830.018, Aug 19 at 2201, VOT English is on today, S9+45/50 into UTwente but with squeal! I am not going to put up with that. Autonotch does not work on it, and removed only by narrowing bandwidth too far, below 2.37 kHz. It`s equally bad on LSB and USB so part of the DSB modulation. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler. Off by 2255 so no extra German and Portuguese tonight (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. Another time typo at the end of this item, wrote 2355 instead of 2255, fixed above. While it`s ultimately my fault, there would be less chance of this if there were not twice-annual one-hour real time shifts due to stupid DST, down with! 9830.018, Aug 19, at 2201, VOT English is on today, S9+45/50 into UTwente but with squeal! ... (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 9830, Aug 20 at 2213, VOT is on, but only S4/S6 direct vs RTTY on plus side, undermodulated. 2229 into UTwente, somewhat undermod but sufficient at S9+30/40 and no RTTY, +002+ Hz high, opening `Feeling Supreme`, this time natural remedies for hoarseness until 2235. 2250 sign-off schedule, as sound level seems to fade independently of signal level, strange. 2251 IS to 2255*, off just in time to avoid switch to extraneous German IDs (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 9830, Aug 21 at 2218, no signal direct from VOT, just RTTY. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 9830.001+, Aug 22 at 2202, VOT English is VG S9+40/50 into UTwente but somewhat undermodulated; also caught until 2256* (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 9830+, Aug 24 at 2200, NO signal from VOT English into UTwente, but a weak synch loch onto +.003+, no doubt China. So I can listen to simulSpain, q.v., without regrets. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler. But by recheck at 2230 after REE, VOT is belatedly on with `Wednesday Commentary` - or is it `Weekly`, S9+45/50 into UTwente at +.002+. IS after 2255 starts interspersing German IDs, except they are no longer allowed to say ``Die Stimme der Türkei --- rather ``Hier ist die Stimme Türkiye`` -- no ``der``, so preposition included? 2300 timesignal and keeps going in extraneous German, very brief sign-on without all the satellite parameters, news starting with Jerusalem, 2315 music break, 2320 a talk feature, as the sleepyrators snooze on past 2323; skidoo (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) {cut off at 2334.5*} ** UKRAINE [non]. (7730), catching up on `Ukraine: Security Issue` from web instead of WRMI at 0500: for Aug 17, day 173? accented fast-talking OM. Russia lost more than 44K personnel. Crimea turned into military base, lots of explosions by Ukrainian counter-offensives, ``de-militarization of peninsula``. More bridges destroyed in Kherson region. Relatives reported disappeared. Abducted a journalist, fate unknown. Russia fires up to 800x a day on Ukrainian targets. Few Russians want to fight in Ukraine, so ``recruiting`` in Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and trained in Chechnya. For Aug 16, Day 174, by accented YL, including: railway connexions suspended in southern Ukraine; explosions in Crimea, now military base instead of tourist destination; could take a sesquimonth to liberate part of Kherson region. Russia actively using Belarusian territory for attax on Ukraine. 24 Aug is Ukraine`s independence day when increased shelling is expected; be prepared for air raid sirens. Russia launched more than 22,000 strikes of which only 300 landed on military facilities. Kremlin enjoying keeping the world in tension. More danger at Zap. nuclear plant. Only an ``iron curtain`` can save us from Russia (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** UKRAINE [non]. (7730), catching up with `Ukraine: Security Issue` from archive rather than UR1 relay by WRMI at 0500: Aug 18, day 176: http://ukr.radio/images/ckeditor/files/files/ENG_NEWS_18_08_22.mp3 Including: Trainloads of heavy Russian weapons. Shrapnel dangerous for civilians, not just missiles themselves. Russians even deliberately injure themselves in order to avoid fighting, be evacuated. Russians confiscating cars. Zap. power plant situation increasingly tense. Claim Ukrainians are making provocations. Turkish pres. visiting Ukraine, inspecting grain exportation. Risk of radiation leak at plant. Aug 19, day 177: http://ukr.radio/images/ckeditor/files/files/ENG_NEWS_19_08_22.mp3 Including: Kharkiv suffers most losses since beginning. Russia used $3 million missile to destroy dormitory of hearing-impaired people, no military targets nearby. Is only 15 km from Russian frontline. Donbas settlements destroyed every day, but have not been able to capture entire Donbas. Russians aim exclusively at civilian targets as in several cities. R stepping up nuclear blackmail. Mig31s deployed in Kaliningrad with hypersonic missiles threatening Poland and Lithuania neighbors (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** UKRAINE [non]. 7730, Aug 21 at 0503, UR1 via WRMI, reconfirmed in English for `Ukraine: Security Issue`. Since there is always something else I want to hear/see at local midnight, I`m finding it more convenient to catch up later ondemand, and slowing possiblized. For August 20, day 178 of Comrade Vlady`s war, http://ukr.radio/images/ckeditor/files/files/ENG_NEWS_20_08_22.mp3 including: Russia has lost almost 45K troops KIA, more than 6000 tanx et al. Explosions at R bases in occupied Crimea. Bombarding U cities and villages mostly in the south and east. High probability of strikes from Belarus`, Caspian and Black Seas. Mariupol a mess. R chooses to destroy all living beings in U. 25K pills of potassium iodide delivered to city threatened with nuclear exposure from Zap. plant. For August 21, http://ukr.radio/images/ckeditor/files/files/ENG_NEWS_21_08_22.mp3 including: Massive missile strikes on Mykolaiv region. Five missiles launched at Odesa, hit granary but two shot down. Three ships in Black Sea armed with cruise missiles, one of them a sub. More local resistance in Zap. area, 60% controlled by Russia. Lyudmila says all windows broken, wishes occupiers would all die. Zap. plant may be disconnected from power grid by Russians (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** UKRAINE. (7730), `Ukraine: Security Issue` for Aug 22 = day 180: http://ukr.radio/images/ckeditor/files/files/ENG_NEWS_22_08_22.mp3 including: missile fired from Black Sea region: Over past day, Russia lost 7 tanx, helicopter, 4 air defense systems. 9 Russian drones destroyed. Prepared for 24 August, be especially vigilant for Independence Day. Mariupol show-trials of POWs, absolutely disgusting. U shall not tolerate mistreatment of heroes. Metal cages assembled in theater. World vs Russia case of genocide at UN International Court of Justice. R accuses U of genocide, justifying aggression. Forbes Ukraine magazine lists 30 under 30 outstanding people. 20,000 Starlink terminals received from Musk company for internet access (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 293 MCW kHz, Aug 19 at 0648, FBY, 25-watt ND beacon at Fairbury, Nebraska - a regular in winter but first time audible in months (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 4095+, Aug 21 at 0639, DW ID on CW after upward sweeps, then some more CW I can`t copy. JBA in high storm noise level, first time logged since March 2, the ``Desert Whooper`` beacon. I had also just checked 2097.3 for single-letter beacon A, from anywhere but Quartzsite AZ, but not making it yet if still on (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 28289.3 kHz CW, Aug 23 at 1903, AL AL DE WJ5O/B, beacon at Troy AL is the OSOB, sporadic E barely accomplishing this much, from the proprietor of the 10m list of hundreds of others, 99.99? % never heard. I thought this was on the + side of 28290 but did not try to measure (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2151 monitoring: confirmed UT Thursday August 18 at 0030 on WRMI 9395, S9/+10 direct with storm crashes. Also confirmed UT Thursday August 18 at 0130 on WRMI 5010, S9+20 with storm crashes. WORLD OF RADIO 2152 contents: (Alaska non), Algeria, Antarctica, Bangladesh, Chile, China, France, Georgia/Abkhazia, (Germany), India, Indonesia, Korea South, (Kuwait), Lithuania, Madagascar, Malaysia, (Monaco non), Netherlands, North America, Perú, Romania, Solomon Islands, Spain, Taiwan and non, Turkey, (UAE), USA, Vanuatu; propagation outlook -- () Countries mentioned along with others not in order WOR 2152 is available as of 0030 UT Friday August 19, 2022 (mp3 stream) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2152.m3u (mp3 download) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2152.mp3 Or via http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html Also linx to podcast services. The shortwave+ broadcasts should be: Note: WMRI Europe and Unique Radio, Australia, are temporarily suspended. Also some airings on WRMI are canceled. 0130 UT Friday WRMI 5850 to NW, 7730 to NE 0330 UT Friday WRMI 7780 to SW 1430 UT Friday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed? by Cuba] 1815 UT Friday IRRS 7290-Bulgaria to WNW, 14580?; 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy [pre-empted this week = 3rd Friday] 2030 UT Friday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy 0400 UT Saturday WBCQ 5130 to WSW 1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to SW 0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0430] 2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW 0300vUT Monday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW 0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 2230 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed by Cuba] 2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html A noncommercial service for which financial support is appreciated to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702, by money order or check on a US bank. Or via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) Confirmed first airings UT Friday August 19 at 0130 on WRMIs: 5850 VG direct; 7730 back on air this week, S9/+15 into Maryland SDR. Also confirmed UT Friday August 19 at 0330 on WRMI 7780, S9/+10 into Maryland SDR. Also confirmed Friday August 19 at 1430 on WRMI 9955, S7/S9 direct but vs high local line noise level. Not confirmed and not checked Aug 19 at 1815 on IRRS 7290 & 1323, as expected to be pre-empted on third Friday, so we were out voting early. Did anyone not hear it? Confirmed Friday August 19 at 2054 the 2030 on AM Italia, 1323 kHz, S9/+20 into nearby Noale, atop some song CCI, what? Neither Romanian SDR is getting it and one has me JBA. Kuwait is not getting Iran. UK stations are very low power. That leaves 10 kW from Tanzania? Unsought. Or some of the several China super-stations adding up to over 1300 kW, but the music sounded Western. 2100 IRRS SW ID and FSN without the CCI? But with storm crashes from Croatia to Poland. Next: 0400 UT Saturday WBCQ 5130 to WSW 1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to SW 0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0430] 2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW 0300vUT Monday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW 0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 2230 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed by Cuba] 2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2051 monitoring: ``5850 UNITED STATES WRMI 1033, Just after BBC newscast (on 9410), a tardy tune-in to World of Radio, but confirming the px is running on schedule, with Glenn reporting halfway thru that Italy has chosen 9/11 as date to cut off MW broadcasts in the country. Heard very good to excellent with Grundig Satellit 205 and indoor short wire. NOTE: px followed up by good ID by M ann, then one of those Overcomer broadcasts with someone playing piano over a bunch of moaning and groaning -- Very Good Aug. 17 [Wed] Rick Barton-AZ`` WORLD OF RADIO 2152 monitoring: confirmed UT Sat August 20 at 0400 on WBCQ Radio Angela, 5130, S9+10 into Maryland SDR. This is now the only Friday-evening time on SW. Also confirmed Sat Aug 20 at 1600 and 1930 on WRN North America webcast. Also confirmed Saturday August 20 from 1932 on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO, VG S9+15 above lite storm crashes into nearby Warrenton SDR. Next: 0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to SW 0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0430] 2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW 0300vUT Monday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW 0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 2230 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed by Cuba] 2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2152 monitoring: confirmed UT Sunday August 21 at 0030 on WRMI 7780: S7/S9 into Knoxville SDR with HSNL = high storm noise level; better into Maryland over SNL at S9/+10. Also confirmed UT Sunday August 21 at 0329 on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO, S9+20/30 direct about 3 minutes into so started about 0326. Next: 2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW 0300vUT Monday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW 0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 2230 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed by Cuba] 2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2152 monitoring: Confirmed Sunday August 21 from 2000.5 on IRRS SW via AM Italia, 1323 kHz, Villa Estense, S9+5/15 atop SAH and QRM from 2? understations, one with pop music; into nearby Noale KiwiSDR. Confirmed UT Monday August 22 at 0030 on WRMI 7780, S9/+10 into way offbeam Maryland SDR. Also confirmed UT Monday August 22 from 0301.5 on WBCQ Area 51: JL ``gotta go`` at 0300, then considerable pause, S7/S9 into Maryland SDR on 6160 minus 63 Hz = 6159.937 with QubaRM splash from 6165, the two stations refusing to distance from each other. Next: 0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 2230 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed by Cuba] 2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2151 monitoring: ``From: Richard Lemke, St. Albert, Alberta, Canada, the desk of Richard’s listening Post, Radio: JRC NRD-535 HF, Antenna: random long wires in the trees, Dear Glenn: WRMI: 9395 kHz, QSB fading, noise, 0031, 0044, 0059 (45333), 0059, August 18 UTC 2022 [Thu]`` WORLD OF RADIO 2152 monitoring:: confirmed UT Tuesday August 23 at 0030 on WRMI 9395, S9/+10 into Maryland SDR; after a few extraneous words intruding between WRMI ID and WOR. Next: 2230 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed by Cuba] 2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2152 monitoring: ``From: Richard Lemke, St. Albert, Alberta, Canada, the desk of Richard’s listening Post, Radio: JRC NRD-535 HF, Antenna: random long wires in the trees, Dear Glenn: World of Radio, 7780 kHz, not beaming towards Alberta, monitoring and confirming the latest for #2152, 9955 kHz, listen creek fm/stream internet. 40 years of shortwave listening since 1982, Aug 19, 20. 60th Anniversary time at CIDX gathering in Sherwood Park, Sep 16-18, 2022. WRMI: 5850, static QRN, stormy slight improved, 0130, 0144, 0158 (45343), 0159, Aug 19 UTC 2022 [Fri] 9955, S5 signal, slight voice heard, 1459, August 19 [Fri] 9395, static QRN, 0031, 0043, 0059 (45343), 0059, Aug 23 [Tue] 9955, web stream, fm creek listen, 9955 S7 signal, standard disclaimer, 2258, Aug 23 [Tue] 9395, static QRN, 2330, 2342, 2359 (45443), 2359, Aug 23 [Tue] 5850, 1030 (55433), dark outside, went to sleep, Aug 24 [Wed] (Lemke, Richard -AB) 73’s, Have a nice weekend, Richard`` Confirmed Tuesday August 23 at 2230 on WRMI 9955, S9/+5 into Maryland KiwiSDR, above lite pulse jamming from Cuba, increasing by 2300 against R. Libertad. Also confirmed Tuesday August 23 at 2330 on WRMI 9395, S7/S9 direct vs storm noise level. Also confirmed Wednesday August 24 at 2122, JBA direct on WBCQ 7489.9, but much better via Maryland SDR at 2128 during Vanuatu clip at -72 Hz = 7489.928. Next: 0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW {confirmed} 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S {confirmed} Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html A noncommercial service for which financial support is appreciated to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702, by money order or check on a US bank. Or via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9955, Thu Aug 18 at 1430, WRMI back on the air at this hour, with Spanish DX show `Frecuencia al Día`, boding well for WOR 24 hours later (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9330, Aug 18 at 1428, JBA signal presumably the 500? kW WBCQ/WLCR, very QRP? Or propagation? WRMI is not degraded. Note: when setting up a SW station in the US, it`s far more advantageous to put it as far *south* as possible than north. WWV e-mail for 1500 is missing, so I axually listen at 1718, but she is still quoting the 1200 report too! instead of 1500, which was: ``:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2022 Aug 18 1200 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 17 August follow. Solar flux 123 and estimated planetary A-index 31. The estimated planetary K-index at 1200 UTC on 18 August was 3. [but by 1800, K-index increased to 5] Space weather for the past 24 hours has been moderate. Geomagnetic storms reaching the G2 level occurred. Radio blackouts reaching the R1 level occurred. Space weather for the next 24 hours is predicted to be strong. Geomagnetic storms reaching the G3 level are likely.`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. (7489.9), UT Sat Aug 20 at 0000, WBCQ webcast of `AAAWWW`, starts right off with ``look up`` to see how insignificant humans are in light of the Webbscope -- *another* repeat, 4th? time, of the mid-July show; never mind. Then why did AW plug this earlier today with a twit giving the phone number as if it would be new? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9330.122, Aug 20 at 2210, WBCQ/WLCR in English, pretty far off-frequency, S9+10/20 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9330v, Aug 22 at 1537, NO signal from WBCQ`s World`s Last Chance Radio; what`s wrong now? Almost as if WLCR fell off the edge of the flat earth (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9330, Aug 24 at 1803, NO signal from WBCQ/WLCR; what`s the matter now? PA neighbors 9275 and 9265 are audible. By 2053 it`s on at S9+10 about 9330.15 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 4840, Aug 19 at 0637, WWCR with S9+20 of dead air *again* instead of TOMBS. Something`s nonfunxional at Nashville (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 4840, Sat Aug 20 at 0646, John fulfilling music request on VORW, VG and not dead air! New time for his Main Show A, UT Sat 0600-0700, while B is at 0400 UT Monday on same WWCR (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5085, Aug 21 at 0010, WTWW-2 is OFF, and so are all other possible frequencies. Storms are not over Lebanon but east of there in TN. Looking around the website we find streams still running. Long outdated ``schedule`` says `Theater Organ From the Ozarx` is ``about 7:30 pm Central`` on Saturdays = 0030 UT Sundays. The time was never reliable, but I have not run across it at all for many weeks. Is it canceled? I inspect Bob Heil`s business website about mikes and other audio equipment, heilsound.com and find no mention at all of any theater organ broadcast under the old or newer `Under the Arch` name. Back on the WTWW website, claims SFAW =PPPP on 5830 is 8 pm-midnight, but 5830 is still off the air at 0136 UT. Instead there is something very weak in non-English: see IRAN [non]. WTWW`s Listen Live menu now has additional options: Old Time Radio; source? and even Classical! Source? Will have to listen more to that. Only announcement heard was a std TOH WTWW jingle ID at 0100 employing a fragment of Our National Anthem as produxion music, and as if on ``shortwave`` which this certainly is not. 5085 on by 0412 check with rock; no idea when it finally fired up; along with JBA spur about 5098 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9475, Aug 21 at 1420 & 1526, no signal from WTWW-1 even tho it`s Sunday morning prime time for Passé Pastor Pete Peters on Scriptures for America; is #1 transmitter totally down? Or despite its number, of lowest priority now below rock music and Ted`s ham stuff? Even tho SFA in Colorado are absentee owners (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 15745-15755, Monday August 22 at 1532, hybrid DRM at S8-S9, from WINB, yet SSOB, stronger than 15770 WRMI and JBA 15825 WWCR. Benn Kobb of www.experimentalradio.news posted about this to WOR iog August 21: ``WINB Unknown Signal --- I was interested to hear the reference to WINB in the latest World of Radio. The mysterious data emissions of WINB were the subject of considerable discussion at this year's NASB conference here in Washington. I don't know if anyone has publicly disclosed the content of this nonbroadcast data. But the apparent connection between WINB and Parable Broadcasting is notable. Parable is one of the companies waiting for an FCC construction permit to build an International Broadcast station. The principals of Parable hold executive positions at Ursa Navigation Inc. (UrsaNav), a LORAN company in Massachusetts; and at Tagence, an IT firm in Virginia. While its shortwave station will be in Illinois, Parable is based in Virginia. UrsaNav was the co-applicant with Parable for a local permit to build a purported international "Christian" radio station in Kane County, IL. UrsaNav is licensed for microwave station WRAL663 at WINB's site in Red Lion, PA. Independent consulting engineer Alex Pilosov raised questions about WINB and Parable in an FCC filing. Excerpts: "In 2018, WINB applied and received authority to broadcast DRM content, specifying 10 kHz emission bandwidth and emission code of 10K00G9W (single 10 kHz data channel). "WINB did not disclose any transmission of private data in its application for 'DRM datacasting.' In fact, WINB is transmitting standard DRM signals in the upper 5 kHz portion of its assigned spectrum, and non-DRM digital data in the lower 5 kHz. Such transmissions are not permissible per [FCC Rule] §73.758, nor are they part of the DRM specification. Furthermore, WINB itself confirmed that the lower 5 kHz is, in fact, 'a data stream.' "It can be reasonably inferred to be experimentation of shortwave data transmission engineered by UrsaNav, in order to be used by Parable," Pilosov wrote. None of the UrsaNav/Parable principals have backgrounds in religious broadcasting - or any broadcasting, as far as I could determine. I believe Parable has no real evangelistic mission but will function as a private data link to overseas financial centers.`` The mention of this on WOR was a new multi-frequency schedule for WINB DRM, via Ivo Ivanov: https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2022/08/new-schedule-of-winb-red-lion-in-hybrid.html ``New updated schedule of WINB Red Lion in Hybrid DRM mode from August 16; all 015 kW / 062 deg: 0700-0930 on 9265 INB to WeEu English Mon-Fri, ex 0700-1000 0930-1100 on 13655 INB to WeEu English Mon-Fri, ex 1000-1100 1100-1400 NF 13720 INB to WeEu English Mon-Fri, ex 15750 kHz 1400-1500 NF 15675 INB to WeEu English Mon-Fri, ex 15750 kHz 1500-1700 on 15750 INB to WeEu English Mon-Fri, ex 1100-1700`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 15670-15675-15680, Aug 23 at 1453, WINB DRM on new hybrid frequency, before resuming 15745-15750-15755 at 1500. Only poor signal direct. After 1500 I try to monitor it via SDRs in PEI, Maine, and Iceland but keep getting error messages (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 920, Aug 24 at 0301 UT, ID for Family Radio, KYFR, Shenandoah-Omaha, hymns. Was not aware they shoot for Omaha but indeed major lobe goes that way from site barely on the IA side of the MO frontier, S of S`doah. Radio-locator fringe contour even reaches Wichita and Yankton. But address from FCC, possibly outdated, is in Sacramento CA. Maybe that is still the FM station being uplinked on their satellited network, but NRC AM Log shows address is for FR HQ, Franklin TN, now a hotbed of gospel-huxterism, Oakland and Okeechobee long gone. Main QRM is CBS Sports Radio, no doubt KARN Little Rock, as its only other 920 is El Paso. The real reason I`m tuning 920 is to not hear KLMR, Lamar CO, which the latest NRC DX News of Aug 30, published Aug 22, says is among the stations notifying FCC they are off the air: ``920 KLMR CO Lamar Silent July 23, severe water damage from storm`` Indeed I do not hear it now tho easy in the past as our closest CO in the SE corner, 418 km = 260 miles city-to-city. Better on 5 kW day power non-D around SR/SS, while 500 W night aimed SE, not so much ESE thisaway with a notch almost due east. SR/SS August UT: 1200/0145; September: 1230/0100. I then check the website https://www.klmrradio.com/ Nothing on homepage nor disgraced FB about KLMR being off the air! Including around July 23 tho plenty of weather warnings. Still as of Aug 23, FB posts dated Aug 21. But listen live link does not connect. https://player.cloudradionetwork.com/klmram 25/7 also have/had a separately programmed -FM; what about it? 920, another check at midday Aug 24, 1806 UT: JBA carrier detected in hi line noise level: KYFR, or KLMR?? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) {advance from next report: UT Aug 25 at 0132-0140, on DX-398: KYFR dominant; nulled, sportstalk KARN and a bit of Spanish, no KLMR which ought to be audible just before sunset if on} ** U S A. 930, Aug 18 at 0606 UT, music station, ``102.7, the ---`` mixing with sports WKY OKC. Since it`s only on paper, I hunt thru all 51 stations on 930 in the new NRC AM Log, and find the only one with a 102.7 FM connexion is: WFAT Battle Creek MI, U4 5/1 kW, `The Fat One` pretending to be an FM station only, yet with nothing but a translator, W274AQ, CLR = classic rock format. At radio-locator, night pattern shows a null notch thisaway to the SW, favoring the north, probably to protect WTAD Quincy IL not WKY; day pattern not so notched. Reverse lookup of all 102.7 stations in the WTFDA FMDB agrees the only 930 relay match is WFAT! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 1130 kHz, Aug 18 at 0603 UT, soft rock atop KWKH sports making medium SAH, no doubt KLEY Wellington KS on 250 W daytime power rather than one watt at night, in its latest spate of modulation instead of nonstop dead air. Something`s always wacky in Wellington. Hey, NZ DXers should seek this (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2152) ** U S A. 1130, Aug 19 at 1424 UT, KLEY Wellington KS is still with live air of rock (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. Re my unID Catholic or at least Christian Spanish Aug 4 and 5 between 06 and 07 UT on 1160: have not been able to hear since, but this from Terry Krueger, FL, correlates: ``1160 FLORIDA WRLZ St. Cloud 0735 8/6/22 Nonstop soft Spanish Christian vocals, man top of hour “Esta es WRLZ, Orlando [sic]… El Corazón de Dios.” Peaking very good, so 2500 watts daytime, or 500 night? TLK`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. ``Dear Glenn, Congratulations on your successful reception report of KQKD 1380 which was found to be correct. Please see the attached QSL in PDF format. There were 39 successful reports received. Thank you for your participation. Vy 73 de Joe Miller KJ8O, Courtesy Program Committee. ​*** Avoid internet congestion, real radio uses airwaves. *** Joe Miller, KJ8O, Hemet, CA,`` Aug 19 Redfield SD, January 15, 2022. Here it is: https://www.w4uvh.net/KQKD1380QSL_220115.pdf Or #134 via: http://www.worldofradio.com/QSL.html Somehow my original report of this is missing from the Roundup for that week, so here it is now: 1380, Jan 15 at 0601-0641 UT, monitoring the MW DX test from KQKD, 1380, Redfield SD. My report to CPC for eQSL: Thanks for the test! First time I`ve heard KQKD, which is about 580 miles north of me in Enid OK. I heard the VVV DE KQKD IDs immediately at 0601 UT January 15. I then recorded 0605-0636 UT and later went thru the file to pick out two areas with VVV VVV VVV DE KQKD KQKD KQKD - several times. Most of the rest of the time if anything could be heard, it was sweep tones upward, or solid tones. The recorder timing may not be too accurate, but should be correct within 1 or 2 minutes. Solid tones: 0611, 0612, 0616, 0627 Sweeps upward: 0613, 0625, 0629, 0631, 0635 Siren - varying tone: 0615 The first clip of Vs and IDs at about 0611; second clip about 0623. One must listen closely but I am sure I copied ``KQKD`` several times. https://www.w4uvh.net/KQKDDX1.mp3 https://www.w4uvh.net/KQKDDX2.mp3 This was on my Icom R75, which runs off an east-west 100-foot longwire, not well positioned for north/south reception. On MW I turn off the preamps to avoid overload. Dominant station among lots of QRM was Mexican music, probably KMUS Sperry/Tulsa OK, some 110 miles east of here, 250 watts at night. I also heard this on my DX-398 receiver with internal antenna only, sweeps at 0607 UT. This allowed local 1390 KCRC Enid to be somewhat nulled. In both cases tuned on LSB to minimize KCRC. FYI, I did not employ any remote SDR at any time for this test. Some background info about KQKD would also be of interest, such as what the call letters may signify, either by original choice or subsequent slogan formation. Looking forward to an eQSL. Thanks, and 73, (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 1430, Aug 18 at 0600 UT, WPLN Madison TN [near Nashville = Public Library of Nashville], ID as 24 hours, back to BBCWS relay with `Newsday`. Presumably cheating on 15 kW ND day facility (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2152) ** U S A. 1530, Aug 21 at 0430 UT, I happen to tune across WCKY as they are plugging Keith Olbermann [ex-MSNBC] for ``Worst Person in the World`` each morning on his iHeart podcast; then ID as ``ESPN 1530, Home of the Bengals`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VANUATU. 7260, Aug 18 at 0555, no signal from R. Vanuatu, nor after 0600 on 11835. Had been checking every night, except Aug 17, when Manuel Méndez, Spain, Lúcio Otávio Bobrowiec, Brasil, and Ron Howard, California found it already absent from all known frequencies. There they go again (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2152) ** VANUATU. 11835, Aug 20 at 0632, R. Vanuatu reconfirmed as still AWOL. BTW, Ron Howard`s sesquiminute clip of it appears at the end of WOR 2152 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VANUATU. 7260, Aug 23 before 0559, no signal detectable from R. Vanuatu; while VON not yet up on 7255, but splash from 7265 French. 11835, no signal at 0635. So remains AWOL. However, Harold Sellers, BC reported it on 11835, Aug 22 beginning to fade in at 0804 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VANUATU. 11835, Aug 24 at 0610 check, no signal from R. Vanuatu on 3 x 3945, presumed still off SW (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)