** ANTARCTICA [and non]. 15475.98 RCUSB, Sat Aug 27 at 1435 tune-in
via LU4AA remote, nothing yet, but 1441 recheck, LRA36 is already
underway with tangos; 1443 ``más austral``, ``Radio Nacional, nos
une`` canned ID, more music. 1459 sign-on with staff list; talking
about Patagonia. 1501 another sign-on, the multilingual one; 1503 the
Antártida song.

1505 the LU4AA remote craps out, can`t access it anymore, so try all
the others in Argentina, Uruguay, Brasil. No LUs as good as 4AA was.
Best left is PT2HFC, Brasília #1 which employs Arnie`s favorite
antenna, T2FD: Tilted Terminated Folded Dipole:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T2FD_antenna

1510 music, 1512 ID, music, live greetings by YL to the 18th program
of 2022. 1514 mentions ``día de la radiodifusión``, today = 102nd
anniversary of broadcasting in [my joke] Alta Antártida = Argentina,
as previously publicized to be celebrated all weekend by 49 or 50
stations nationwide. 1521 fade-out, or off?

1535 resuming with sign-on ``A partir de...``, brief extraneous talk
like 2-way QRM? Back to YLs, mentioning something happening in 1952y,
history stuff. 1537 contact info platforms, 1538 music. 1541 refers to
27 de agosto de 1920; 1546 tango. 1549 about ``Horacio Guarany``
[pseudo.], Argentine singer *1925-2017*
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horacio_Guarany
https://youtu.be/1ZaRCC_e3W0

YLs chatting, becoming JBA, 1552 joined by OM voice. 1603 best
reception now via Pardinho, Brasil with a G5RV antenna.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G5RV_antenna

At 1609 I notice that Bruce Churchill, Carlsbad CA, is also on PT2HFC
SDR. Off by 1611, just as well as since 1606, I`m mainly listening to
KUCO for `The Score`, this week filmusic from summer blockbusters.
Missed first airing Friday at 19-20 UT while out & about. BTW, at 1650
briefly some tango-like tune there.

Bruce Churchill later reports: ``So, LRA-36 15475.98 on this morning
at 1540 tune with nice S3 signal from PT2HFC SDR in Brasilia – woman
commentator, ID’s by man (probably recorded), usual good Argentinian
music. ID by man at 1616 and then nominally off (although a strange
music segment for about 5 sec or so was heard at 1617) and then xmtr
shutdown. Signal faded to S2 after about 1550-1555. Checked my
favorite Iceland site at Bjangtangar, but nothing heard there.
Normally LRA-36 needs to be on later for Iceland to get a decent
signal. Bruce`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 6060, Aug 27 at 0621, only RHC English still on, S9+20
undermodulated. 5040 still on with Spanish, music. Something`s always
wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NIGERIA [and non]. 7254.9+, Aug 27 at 0616, VON is on again, S9/+10
direct, undermodulated Hausa. At 1655 into Canary SDR, 7255- is on but
VP S5 vs S7 storm crashes, 1700 ID and news, SAM frequency as
7254.9335v. 1804 recheck, now much better at S9/+10, news mostly
readable. 1810 program ID as ``Africa Hour`` so continental content.
1825 about desertification. 1832 plugs various apps for reaching VON.
1848 about economy, but modulation stops, then fades back up, studio
error? Much depends on how heavy the accent of various voices: the
anchorette is bestte, sorta mid-Atlantic. I guess Nigerians can cope
with English variously accented depending on the original native
language.

Nigeria is now the only African country even attempting an external SW
service in English, so VON should be valued, treasured - disregarding
egregious Egypt. And also dissing gospel huxters originating or
relaying. Plus disregarding various `target` broadcasts into Africa.

Signal into Canary should be much better if it`s really 250 kW aimed
moreorless thataway. At 1852, UTwente gets nothing usable, just DRM?
noise but does lock onto 7254.934. No DRM EiBi listed closer than 7245
RRI Saftica at 18-19.

Back to Canary, hit *1857 by on-frequency 7255.0 big carrier as she is
upwrapping Africa Hour. 1858 drum & flute IS still audible under it.
1900 CRI theme for Turkish hour from far Kunming, now with horrible
low het, both unusable as VON presumably goes into Fulfulde as
scheduled 1900-2000 on 11770 like preceding English was supposed? to
be as in Aoki. At UTwente, Turkish clear with no QRM. BTW, current
EiBi lists nothing for VON (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. Nondirexional beacon DX finally picks up, still some storm
crashes audible, but not too close or strong; and local line? noise
level has diminished slightly which had been blocking all weak signals
in the 370-420 kHz range. Aug 27 at 0627-0633 UT bedtime bandscan
finds these:

341 MCW, DNI under stronger than usual local EI EnId, but no sign of
the other co-channel, OIN OberlIN KS. DNI Sherman/DeNIson TX, almost
OK, is rarely audible, 25 watts. BTW, Woodring AP, home of EI, has got
megabux for improvements in runway, hangar, as the great majority of
traffic there is axually related to Vance AFB, for which Woodring is
backup, overflow.

353 MCW, LI, LIttle Rock AR, 400 watts
356 MCW, ODX, OrD NE, 25 watts
359 MCW, SDR, SnyDeR TX, 25 watts
379 MCW, RUE, RUsselvillE AR, 25 watts
395 MCW, CA, Newton/Harvs KS, 25 watts
Searching on the strange name Harvs leads to various businesses
elsewhere belonging to people nicknamed for Harvey, not this. CA = for
CAnsas? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2153 monitoring: confirmed UT
Saturday August 27 at 0400 on WBCQ Radio Angela, 5130 minus 27 Hz into
Maryland SDR = 5129.983, S9+5/10.

Also confirmed Saturday August 27 at 1600 and 1930 on WRN N America
webcast.

Also confirmed Saturday August 27 from 1936 UT on WA0RCR, 1860 AM,
Wentzville MO, steady S9+16 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 Area 51 6160v 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)

** U S A. Re: 1010 kHz, Aug 26 at 0615 UT, bigsig where normally
nothing is very dominant at night, ads citing area code 904, ID sounds
like ``KNSL`` and FM 92.5, then sports talk. Per new NRC AM Log, this
has to be WJXL, Jaxonvil Beach FL, U4 50/30 kW.``

``I think the "KNSL" was their slogan "10-10 XL." These guys appear to
have had serious problems with their night DA for at least 2 years.
They've been a nightly catch on my last 2 or 3 annual sessions at the
Nevada-Utah border, and they were even noted with a strong signal here
in San Diego last October. They run lots of local ads so they're
usually pretty easy to spot. 73 Tim Hall, Chula Vista CA``

West instead of, or in addition to east, surely gains WJXL a lot more
landmass coverage! But bad news for legal 1010s in LA, TX, etc. Also,
on July 1, Terry Krueger in the FL Panhandle complained ``always WJXL
sports pest`` while he was trying to DX other 1010 stations (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VANUATU. 11835, Aug 27 at 0617, RV still absent (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

This report despatched at 1955 UT August 27
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