** ALGERIA. 17600, Aug 12 at 2202 & 2207, Ifrikya FM still on the air
past nominal 2200* and JBA direct despite major geomag storm (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 9700, Aug 12 at 0423 RHC English still running later than
usual, S9+25/35 direct and VG modulation, show is `Sustainably
Speaking` about agriculture, M&W alternating, seems apolitical, soon
into next program, Economic Report. Meanwhile the nominal English
frequency 6000 is JBA carrier only, and 15230 is also on at S9+5/15
with dead air! Something`s always wrong at RHC. Same at 0437 recheck.
Hope 9700 be off before NZ come up! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** FRANCE. 7340 // 13735, Aug 12 at 1513-1559.7*, Issoudun with French
and heavily accented English weather info for sailboat race. I`m
checking following this in BDXC-UK Communication, first report I`ve
seen this year about MiniTransat: ``13735 1505 MiniTransat Sailing,
France. Maritime wx, OM, FF, EE // 7340 333 24/07 GS = Gabby Simmonds
Worcester Sony ICF-2001D, MLA-30+``
13735, from 1458 past 1500, NO signal at all direct. Propagation very
degraded with little else on band outside USA. So by 1513 I`m tuned to
UTwente where 13735.001- is audible poorly at S7/S8, as to be expected
at short skip distance, much better on 7340.000- at S9+5/10, YL in
heavily accented English with weather info, foneticizing e.g. NNW as
November November Whisky. Mixed with French and hard to tell when
she`s switching languages. 1522 ``that`s all the weather today`` and
over to OM in French, seems like race standings. 1529 music bits. 1530
she`s back talking about Olympix, medal counts, etc. 1532 familiar
``Nuits de Paris`` song, not sure of proper title; and many other
songs filling out the hour. First several minutes would play a tune
for only a minute or so, fade it down, and start another; must be a
very impatient DJ. Chopoff at 1559.7*
But which race is this for? The big one with SWx broadcasts like this,
La Boulangère Mini Transat, does not appear to be in progress now nor
in July. In fact this website
https://minitransat.fr/
has nothing about this year, but lots about 2023, when arrival dates
ranged from November 8 to 18. That`s the one from France to Canarias
and then to Guadeloupe. This site shows many other races including
some starting 19 July, 18 and 24 August; I wonder which and how many
merit SW broadasts:
https://www.classemini.com/?mode=courses
These two entries in today`s HFCC update could be a clue, note
effective dates:
7340 1500 1600 27W,36,37W ISS 250 266 0 146 1234567 120724 250824 D
4950 Fra F TDF TDF 4613 MT
13735 1500 1600 27W,36,37W ISS 250 256 0 217 1234567 120724 250824 D
17400 Fra F TDF TDF 4614 MT
I also searched serial #s 4612 and 4615 for more, unfound. These are
also in EiBi without datespans, not Aoki (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** NEW ZEALAND. 9700, Aug 12 at 0608, Britishish English, presumed RNZ
now, risking RHC collision if on later than last check in its English
at 0437 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** OKLAHOMA. 1170, Aug 12 at 0613 UT, instead of Olds from NewsOn6,
KOTV Tulsa with 10-second loops of 3 seconds of tone and ``This is the
TSN? Dallas Cowboy Channel``. Nobody paying attention at this sorry
excuse for a 50 kW clear channel station, demoted to TV audio when
they get around to it. Unclear how an unused offtopic satellite
channel could get plugged into on the air (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)
** SPAIN. 17855, Mon Aug 12 at 2200, token English from SNR is a JBA
carrier direct to here! Extremely unusual due to major geomagnetic
storm. Slightly better on 15520 off the back at 2207 and the others
17715 & 15390 JBA carriers. By UTwente check at 2227, all are JBA.
Here`s why:
``:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt
:Issued: 2024 Aug 12 2100 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction
Center
Solar-terrestrial indices for 12 August follow.
Solar flux 272 and estimated planetary A-index 126.
The estimated planetary K-index at 2100 UTC on 12 August was 5.67.
Space weather for the past 24 hours has been severe.
Geomagnetic storms reaching the G4 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 expected.
Radio blackouts reaching the R2 level are expected``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** TURKEY. 11785.010-, Sun Aug 11 at 2158, VOT not off the air,
S9+25/35 into UTwente, not checked direct, with IS, ID. 2200 s/on as
if the 1230 on 17620. Something`s always awry at Ankara. 2201 olds by
Efsun the accentuated. 2217 ending sports, and multi-lingual ID filler
reel. 2219 music. Slightly distorted due to overmodulation. 2224
`Weekly Analysis` about Israel genocide against Palestinians in Gaza,
by John Hunter?, foreign policy researcher, in Jeddah? Not sure of
those names. 2229 music. 2232 `Letterbox` finally starts with host
Halil, who is OK, but weather is hot and humid, 30-33 degrees, yet in
a couple [?] months it will be freezing cold in Ankara.
First, reception report from Siddartha --- in India, asking how many
tigers are there in Turkey? None, except in zoos. Pakistani wants QSL.
Another from Siddartha. Another Pak reports on Spanish broadcast, tnx
for QSL, Halil is glad to know since some don`t get theirs in the
mail. Terry Downson?, Australia, 9875 report, gets up early to hear
it. Jayanta Chakroborty, India. Someone from SE Poland. Rimantas --
from ``Letonia`` reception report: Rimantas is a Lithuanian, not
Latvian name, but Letonia means Latvia; confused them? Anatoly Klepov,
Moscow, wants QSL as usual. Does not know he`s the editor of RUS-DX?
Andrei -- in Tomsk. Another from ``Letonia``. Time`s up at 2245. 2246
``Dear listeners, bye-bye, I love all of you`` and fill music *before*
the `L`Box` outro plays at 2250.5. 2251 headlines, leading with Israel
massacres 100 Palestinians. 2254 s/off of 17620. 2254.7 IS once and
off*, finesse (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** TURKEY. 11785, Aug 12 at 2159, VOT English a JBA carrier direct. By
2227 check into UTwente, only JBA, incredible. At least we can tell
they are not off the air, so not TRT`s fault, rather major geomag
storm: see WWV report under SPAIN (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A [non?]. 7460, Aug 12 at 0427 African language at S9+25/30,
stronger than 7435 Martí via Grimesland, 0430 drop to dead air, no ID
and off at 0430.45*. HFCC Aug 12 still shows this as VOA BOTSWANA in
Kin, 100 kW at 350 degrees, not exactly favorable for us, as I suspect
a NC substitution. 7435 also has a `hollow` sound, perhpaps due to
prop disturbance, different beamangle (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2255 monitoring: confirmed Sunday
August 11 at 2000 on WRN webcast for Europe.
Also confirmed, Sunday August 11 at 2130 on SW Gold Radio, Germany,
6159.999+ at S8/S9 and 3975.003- at S9+15.
Also confirmed, Sunday August 11 at 2330 on WRMI 7570, S9+10/20 into
Georgia SDR, immediately following world music fill, no ID break.
Also confirmed, UT Monday August 12 at 0057 the 0030 on WRMI 7780,
S8/9+10 into Georgia SDR.
Also confirmed, UT Monday August 12 from 0304.8 on Area 51 via WBCQ,
6160 -70 Hz = 6159.930, S9+20 direct but barely readable vs noise
level, starting late after something with laughter, 0304.7 WBCQ ID.
0315 when measured into Maryland SDR, also bothered by OTH radar
approx. 6157-6170!
Also confirmed UT Tuesday August 13 at 0330 on WRMI 7780, S3/S7 into
Maryland SDR. Next:
1300 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?];
2000 UT Tuesday IRRS 1323-Italy;
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW;
2330 UT Tuesday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
1930 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160;
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW;
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S;
1630 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 6160.
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** U S A. 9955 & 5010, Aug 12 at 0421, both these WRMIs are off
already, another UT Monday-only thing, while otherdays keep running
past 0700 as I frequently log. But never shown as such on the WRMI
skedgrids (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED. 891 kHz, Aug 12 at 0305, het again to WLS 890, presumed
ALGERIA. No other 9/kHz JBA carriers in perfunctory incomplete
bandscan vs high storm level just north of here (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED. 9330-9350, Aug 12 at 2210, weak OTH radar, neatly
between two worthless gospel huxters, WLCR and squealing WWCR (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
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This report dispatched at 0336 UT August 13
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