** AUSTRALIA. 9323 USB, Aug 29 at 0647, JBA talk, no doubt the
Austravel Safety Net, VMD750 as discovered much better last night.
Also have similar reception on 10125 USB from VK hams as heard several
times before but tough to ID - and still no HK3QQ (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** CHILE. 28446 USB, Aug 29 at 2050, CE4PS contacting a K4 among other
quick QSOs. As often on 10m, seems almost dead, no beacons, just a
signal or two ideally located to break thru. Only one other from
DomRep, 28457? QRZ.com: ``CE4PS Chile flag Chile, Philip A. "Phil"
Smith, Pichilemu 3220000, Chile, QSL: PO Box 70 Pichilemu. Web SDRs is
killing ham radio. PUT a better ANTENNA. We can tell if you are faking
the QSO!!! Let's sell all rigs and buy a phone with internet. How about
that?`` And he also Xs out FT8 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** COSTA RICA. 24960 USB, Aug 29 at 2053, TI2JS, Javier in San José
working an EI - Ireland. First DX I`ve heard for some time on 12m.
QRZ.com: ``TI2JS Costa Rica flag Costa Rica, Javier A "Javi" Salazar,
P.O. Box 789-2010, San Jose 10105, Costa Rica (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 15140, Aug 29 at 0030, something in Spanish as I bring up the
Missouri SDR pre-tuned to this frequency, before checking 9395 for
WOR; then right back to 15140 but it`s gone by 0031. Must have been
another far-overrun by RHC where something`s always wrong (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 9565, Aug 29 at 0649, mixed with pulse jamming against no
Martí, rapid two-tone beepery, unlike slow regular ones heard before
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 5025, Aug 29 at 0703, R. Rebelde is OFF. 28 hours before,
Marshall Reel reported: ``To paraphrase GH, something is REALLY wrong
on Cuban radio! This recording is Cuba's Radio Rebelde 5025 khz around
0302 UTC last night 8/28/23, playing what sounded like a movie
soundtrack in English. Similar audio played the rest of the night
until around 1100 UTC (7 AM Havana time) At that time I recorded
normal programming in progress. Heard in Damascus, MD with RSPdx and
80 meter elevated loop antenna.

strange audio link
https://youtu.be/faS5OeJucAY

back to normal link
https://youtu.be/WMyo6ywLD5Y
Marshall Reel``

Ron Howard then IDed the movie excerpt: ``Audio from the "Van Helsing"
(2004) action horror film. YouTube, at 6:44 on video, "Next time stay
close . . ."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8qPauK6iAk&t=417s
Ron``

And later from Ron: ``Aug 29 - No Cuba on 5025, checking 0718, 0755,
0828, 0845 and 0905 UT. Ron (California)`` SAWA! (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** MEXICO. Re: ``6200 AM, Aug 28 at 0638, Japanese song at S7,
presumed pirate Hikari FM, signal improved. BTW, why include ``FM`` in
name of a station on AM/SW? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)`` --- Ron Howard
replies:

``Hi Glenn - Perhaps due to originally when the station started
playing Japanese music, they were downloaded off an FM station in
Tokyo?

Aug 29 - Hikari FM (6200 AM) from 0728+ UT; cutting through the
summertime QRN (static) with Japanese songs; the usual ID in English,
plus song IDs in Japanese and English. My audio -
https://app.box.com/s/zcfyqhqzbe18p1x7nr9acr8afheu1mgf
Played nice song "Yorokobi ni saku hana" by ACO -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqBhjwbs8U0
Ron California`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 11785.010+, Aug 29 at *2200 carrier on just in time for
timesignal, usual jumbled and incomplete sked at s/on. 2202 headlines
by better speakerine, and details. S9+35 into UTwente and somewhat
distorted overmodulation. Soon settles down to usual 11785.009+. 2207,
jingle and midcast ID. 2210 already about cuisine, sports. 2213 very
distorted music bit and `Review of the Turkish Press`. 2215 song. 2218
`Weekly Commentary` about AI, military applications, apparently by an
American, read by badax. Next check at 2255, already off (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2205 monitoring: confirmed UT
Tuesday August 29 at 0030 on WRMI 9395, S9+5/20 into Missouri SDR.

NOT confirmed Tuesday August 29 at 1300 on WRMI 9955, rather sounds
like World Music fill before and after the ToH ID. I`ve informed Jeff
about this and three other System B/9955/webcast schedulings that are
not happening. He says they won`t start until later in Sept. Next:

2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB
1030 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB [previous #2204]
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 for financial support from Robert W Gruska, Glendale
NY, who sent a postal MO to Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702
[also for checks on a US bank], ``toward your work and presentation of
World of Radio and the DX-Loggings each week for over four decades.
Thanks for your continued efforts keeping the radio hobbyist community
informed of the latest developments whether it is Shortwave, Medium
Wave or FM``

One may also contribute, not necessarily in US funds via PayPal to:
woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VANUATU. 7260, Aug 29 at 0643, R. Vanuatu continues to provide a
good signal every night, but this time it`s wobbly as if beat from
another station on slightly different frequency; but I decide it`s due
to unstable ionosphere, as WRMI 7780 is similarly heard, but not 7730
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 7300+, Aug 29 circa 0300, I start running UTwente in USB
to catch last night`s unID --- but never anything on or about 7300 by
0642 when I also start checking direct. Nor was there anything into
Missouri SDR (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 9709.4 approx., USB, Aug 29 at 0650, JBA 2-way in Spanish
including whistling, a sure sign of amateurism, INTRUDERS (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 2307 UT August 29