** BRAZIL. 9664.932, Aug 18 at 0659, RVM S1/S3 JBA. Again suffering
from high noise level something in the neighborhood (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** CHINA. 13020, Aug 18 at 2327, Chinese vs clickkery 13000-13025 like
OTH radar. A longrunning ChiCom CNR1 jamming vs Sound of Hope
frequency. I had not been in habit of checking this area lately. Also,
13530 at 2330 with JBA music vs CODAR (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 5025, Aug 18 at 0710, R. Rebelde is OFF. No RHCs found on any
band. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** EGYPT. 9439.994, Aug 18 at 2134, R. Cairo S9+25/45 into UTwente but
with extreme distortion, total loss. Something`s always egregious in
Egypt (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** EUROPE. 9290.017, Aug 18 at 2010, presumed R. Spaceshuttle
International, poor signal with rock music, interspersed with DJ talk,
Dick Spacewalker, S7/S8 into UTwente, probably too close, getting
residual groundwave or backscatter. 21st anniversary special supposed
to last all weekend, See http://spaceshuttleradio.freeservers.com/
It`s after 1400 Aug 18 but I do not see anything more specific about
birthday schedule than 9290. Website has roster of everyone(?)
reporting or QSLed over the years. I`m there once for: ``21st of April
2012, VOR Extra, 15843 usb``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** IRELAND. 13264 USB, Aug 18 at 2329, YL with VOLMET, about
Copenhagen. This is Shannon (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 101.5, Aug 18 at 1820 UT, KOCD Okeene still dead air in
$ tereo for at least the tenth day, first noticed Aug 9 (Glenn Hauser,
Enid, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. Tropo up from OKC, Aug 18 at 0510 UT. On RF 36 I am
getting decode, so explore all the subs into the STB. As I flip thru
the channels, I am getting input from two *different* RF channels.
This is very confusing. At each stop on the virtual span I change to
RF to see where it`s really coming from.

36-1, first the PSIP ID is KUOKCD1 which means it`s RF36;
36-1, later just KUOK which is RF 29. That`s Univision on both
36-2, UNIMAS, RF 29
36-2, UNIMAS, RF 36
36-3, this number is skipped!
36-4, Catchy, RF 36
36-5, H&I, fades below threshold before I can check
36-6, seems another one here I did not get to

For KUOK-CD, RF 36 & virtual 36, rabbitears.info shows:
36-1 KUOK
36-2 Unimas
36-3 [skipped]
36-4 StartTV
36-5 H&I
36-6 3ABN
48-1 Estrella

Catchy is a Comedy channel. Its website does lead to 36.4 KUOK for ZIP
73101:
https://www.catchycomedy.com/schedule/

Rabbiters.info has lots of stations on that net, mostly translators,
but nothing for Market 50, OKC:
https://www.rabbitears.info/search.php?request=network_search&network=Catchy+Comedy

Note: adding to the confusion, the *real* plain old KUOK is in far
Woodward, RF and virtual 35 with UNI, never? seen here, 8 kW ERP. Are
the OKC KUOKs considered as subsidiaries/satellites/relays of the
Woodward one? Surely it`s the other way around. RF 36 site in OKC is
just east of Santa Fe Ave on SE 49th St.

Note also, RF 29 KTUZ with its panoply is really licensed to Shawnee,
which is rather too far out to be considered a suburb of OKC. Its
transmitter site is really among the NE OKC antenna farm, halfway
between Kelley & Eastern a few blox south of Britton Road (Glenn
Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** SPAIN. 17855, Fri Aug 18 at 2200, token English from SNR, not
opening with multi-lingual IDs so guess that was a fluke or optional.
Again no sign of Justin Coe, just cohostessed by Amy Egan and Marilín
Quintana. VG signal into Maryland SDR. 2207 first feature is about
some cyclist from Toledo who won the Tour de France and just died at
age 95. 2216 contact info. 2217 forests in flames in Spain, including
Tenerife, interviewing someone there with a very heavy accent hard to
understand (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 11785.009, Aug 18 at 2200, VOT English, not off the air, VG
signal into UTwente, mod OK except rather distorted during music. 2222
ending `Weekly Analysis`, music; 2225 multi-lingual ID filler reel;
etc. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2204 monitoring: NOT confirmed
Friday August 18 at 2030 on IRRS SW via AM Italia, 1323 kHz - instead
some preacher or storyteller with a heavy Irish? accent. Maybe same
thing as on the European Gospel Radio stream but not synch. WOR still
shows at this time on the NEXUS-IBA Friday program schedule! Next:

0130 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW
1930 UT Saturday WRMI webcast only:
http://wrmi.listen.creek.fm/stream
and phonecast: +1-641-741-1762
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to SW
0245vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0457]
1130 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 [NEW, unconfirmed][jammed by Cuba?]
[also see 1930 Sat]
2000 UT Sunday WRMI web/phonecast only? [not Aug 13]
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
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-LSB
1030 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-LSB [previous #2203]
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW

Thanks this week to Gwynn Reel for a contribution via PayPal to
woradio at yahoo.com, ``I've been a listener since the 1980s. I
appreciate your accurate, detailed content!``

One may also contribute via MO or check on a US bank in US funds to:
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 1130 kHz, Aug 18 at 1520 UT, KLEY Wellington KS has resumed
modulated rock music instead of dead air for days & nights (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report despatched at 0104 UT August 19
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