** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RCUSB, Sat Aug 13, via Buenos Aires remote
start listening at 1440, but nothing until cuts on S7/S9 at 1523 amid
music, 1524 formal sign-on, quadrilingual, for this ``Ciclo Radial
2022 Esperanza Audaz``, staff names and themesong. 1529 historical
items; 1532 song; 1535 ``Radio Arcángel San Gabriel, su compañía``,
then ``live`` YL chat starting with María, for this programa No. 15 of
Esperanza Audaz, referring to other bases, some transitory, about
Melchior this time, as same stuff I heard on Wednesday. So I suspend,
especially since a 137 MHz sporadic E patch east of here beckons me to
the FMDX caradio --- yet nothing but tropofringers. Recheck for LRA36
at 1605, off already (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** BRAZIL. 9664.935, Aug 13 at 0619, RVM with music; has been fairly
stable around here for several nights (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** BRAZIL. 9818.791, Aug 13 at 0630, presumed R 9 de Julho, JBA on
signature skewed frequency and slightly wavering. Last measurement a
dekanight ago was .793, margin of error (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 15140, Aug 13 at 1701, RHC Spanish, distorted. Something`s
always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** EGYPT. 9440, Aug 13 at 2150, R. Cairo, English, very strong into
UTwente but extremely distorted suppressed modulation. Something`s
always egregious in Egypt (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 95.3, Sat Aug 13 at 1545 UT, // 1520, KOKC
translator with call-in show about nutrition? not excluding praying,
so an infomercial as sked `Great Health Live`. Checked because of CCI
from algo, hoped-for Es or at least tropo DX.

100.1, Aug 13 at 1700 UT, ``The Spirit of the West``, i.e. KWFX
Woodward, listed as ``Spirit Country``, 100 kW, but mostly blocked
here by my closest local, 99.9 KVBN-LP (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** SAO TOME E PRINCIPE. 6079.996, Aug 13 at 0416, VOA English about
Afghanistan, into UTwente, no sign of any other signal such as R.
Marumby, Brasil. Even to Brasília SDR, no ZY but VOA VP S4/S5 and
minus 4/5 Hz. 0622 recheck direct, 6079.998 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 9830, August 13 at 2202, no signal from VOT English into
UTwente, nor later in hour checked direct. Something`s always
erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** UKRAINE [non]. 7730, Aug 13 at 0500-0507, UR1 via WRMI, via
Maryland SDR, `Ukraine: Security Issue` for Aug 12 = Day 170 of
Putin`s war. Best YL announcer. Including: still shelling Kharkov;
various other attax; civilian casualties in Mykolaiv; over 43K Russian
casualties so far; Russia recruiting mercenaries from Syria, Mali,
Laos, Uzbekistan [what a motley group]; Zap. nuclear plant still being
shelled (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 347 MCW kHz, Aug 13 at 0625 UT, AFK, 25-watt ND beacon at
Nebraska City NE, encountered JBA between 341 Enid and 350 OKC; easy
in winter and now the central storm noise abated abit (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2151 monitoring: confirmed NOT on
9395 anymore at 0130 UT Saturday August 13, as per revised sked. Also,
7730 is *on* the air after 0130 with algo, unlike 24 hours ago when
WOR should have aired there.

Also confirmed UT Saturday August 13 at 0400 on WBCQ Radio Angela,
5130 minus 27/28 Hz into Maryland SDR, = 5129.9725, S9/+10.

Also confirmed on WRN North America webcast, Sat Aug 13 after 1600 and
1930.

Still not confirmed on WRMI 15770, Sat Aug 13 at 1950, as still on
skedgrid for System B, but fill music instead of original replacement
gospel huxter on System C.

Confirmed Sat Aug 13 at 1947 about 8 minutes into on WA0RCR, 1860 AM,
Wentzville MO, VG steady S9+16 into nearby SDR north of Warrenton, so
started about 1939. Next:

0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to SW
0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0430]
1324vUT Sunday WMRI Europe via Ch 292 Germany 9670 [finale]
2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy
2230 UT Sunday WRMI 5950 to NNW [to be canceled? still August 7]
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; 5950 [NEW] 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

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** U S A. 9330.051, Aug 13 at 0617, WLCR/WBCQ in English, back to the
plus side, from the minus side 24 hours ago (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 96.7, Aug 13 at 1550 UT, after nothing much, suddenly a
strong signal with football talk, about TX Rangers, DFW, and soon JBA
again, only KTCK-FM Flower Mound TX, which really gets out when it
catches a wave, as also heard Aug 11 at 1554, 381 km = 246 miles.
Faded in and out like sporadic E which I was hoping for, with a
137-MHz MUF patch east of here (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

98.3, Aug 13 at 1654 UT, Open carrier, dead air, must be from 97 kW
semi-local KQZQ, Kiowa KS, just a few km and fewer miles from OK.
However, pretends to be a Pratt station, site more than halfway from
Kiowa, north of Medicine Lodge. Still dead for a few minutes, not
rechecked until 1935 when it`s alive with country. BTW, Kiowa was the
last known location of Scott Becker, onetime partner of Allan Weiner
until becoming a nonentity to WBCQ (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 2343 UT August 13

** EGYPT. 9440, August 12 at 2144 and 2159 chex, R. Cairo is AWOL
again in English, no signal to UTwente, and no loss, where something
is ever egregious if on (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SPAIN. 17855 & 15520 & 11940, Friday August 12 at 2200, REE token
English all good into UTwente; news mostly about monkeypox. 2205 Amy
Egan`s feature about Rosalía de Castro, poet from Galicia who made the
Gallego language respectable in 1863; and songs. Died at age 49 of
uterine cancer (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 9830.002, Aug 12 at 2200, VOT English, VG S9+35/40 into
UTwente, VG signal and modulation, no whine or other complaints this
time, but because of simulSpain and BBC World News America on
PBS/OETA, I can`t pay attention until 2231 when `Feeling Supreme` is
opening, this time about food order ---? Heavily-accented YL. No, it`s
*Foot Odor* remedies starting with soaking them in lemon water. Wow,
such a helpful SW station, info provided nowhere else! Same catchy
theme plays at end 2237; into Turkrock. 2242 DYKT? = `Did you know
that?` 14-km-long beach, and a Roman era tunnel 1380 m long, 7 m hi, 6
m wide, for water. Brief DYKT O&C theme includes beeps. After usual
disorganized recitation of English sked, chopped off air at 2255*
following only first two notes of IS (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** UKRAINE [non]. 7730, Aug 12 at 0500-0505, UR1 via WRMI, `Ukraine:
Security Issue` with the too-fast-talking-heavily-accented guy,
including: Russia has a shortage of manpower for the war; there should
be a Nuremberg-like trial of war criminals; more shelling of power
plant could lead to nuclear disaster (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2151 monitoring: NOT confirmed,
first broadcast UT Friday August 12 at 0130 on WRMI 7730 because it`s
OFF THE AIR! Tuned in at 0124, no signal to UTwente nor Maryland,
still off at several chex, but back ON by 0159 in time for Brother
Scare, replacing R. Liberty at 0200-0300 but still at 0400-0500 per
skedgrid, but 7730 is supposed to be on 1530-0630+, so hope this be
only a one-time anomaly, especially since this happens to be the only
WOR airing to the NE on 44-degree azimuth, good for the east coast and
Europe, and S Asia? As WOR is no longer anytime on 15770 either tho
still shown on skedgrid as Saturday 1930!

Confirmed, however, first broadcast UT Friday August 12 at 0130 on
WRMI 5850 to the NW; only S7/S9 into Maryland SDR, S9+30 into Missouri
but stormnoisy, as also direct. Best into Georgia SDR at S9+25 and
less noisy.

Also confirmed UT Friday August 12 at 0330 on WRMI 7780 - again on
Georgia SDR but no signal now feared also off; but on and audible into
Missouri, S7/S9+10, noisy and not solid; despite way offbeam to the
SW, best almost northward into Maryland, S5/S8.

Also confirmed Friday August 12 at 1430 on WRMI 9955, S7/S9 direct and
no jamming audible. 1428 preceded by ME? music buffer.

Also confirmed Friday August 12 from 1815.4 on IRRS SW via AM Italia,
1323 kHz only, good into nearby Noale SDR, with CCI in German from
Romanian minolity service, sometimes overcoming during fadeup circa
1839; meanwhile the alt. or ex-frequency, 918 kHz has NO signals to
cause QRM! //7290 via Bulgaria also, not checked until 1823 but
presumably on from 1801.

Additional monitoring before and after: 1323 kHz from 1753 tune-in,
songs in Spanish, unknown program or fill; 1759 opens ``Country
Jamboree``, but shortly it`s ``Country Style USA``, a US Army
produxion, so originally on AFRTS? 1800 ``IRRS SW Milano, signing on``
which must be confusing for listeners on MW which is already on.
`Feature Story News` including 1803 `Spotlite`. 1805 UN News. 1808.5
songs in English. 1814 open show of Irish music, soon chopped off 1815
for ID and 1815.4 WOR. Afterwards: 1844 song, ID, 1845 more music till
7290 chopped off at 1857*; 1323 continues to 1859 ``IRRS SW signing
off`` offering QSL for reports to Milano PO Box which is otherwise
denied, and Verdi theme, QRM from brief tone presumably Romania
closing; 1323 still going at 1902..

Missed checking the WOR 2151 repeat at 2030 Fri Aug 12 on 1323 only,
but has been quite reliable especially when 1815 had succeeded. Did
anyone hear it? Note that next Friday 19th, being the third in August,
WOR will be pre-empted by some monthly music show on SW & MW at 1815,
but still at 2030 on 1323 only. Next:

0400 UT Saturday WBCQ 5130 to WSW
0700 UT Saturday Unique R, Australia 5035-USB or 3210-USB
[suspended; see below]
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to SW
0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0430]
1324vUT Sunday WMRI Europe via Ch 292 Germany 9670 [finale]
2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy
2230 UT Sunday WRMI 5950 to NNW [to be canceled? still August 7]
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; 5950 [NEW] to NNW
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW
1100 UT Wednesday Unique R, Australia 5035-USB or 3210-USB
[suspended; see below]
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S

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Tim Gaynor notifies us Aug 13: `` Unique Radio Australia off air ---
Hi everyone, Unique Radio will be on hold for a while whilst I move,
due to a new job in radio. I will let you when it's back. The internet
where I'm located isn't so good on uploads and this is a problem. I
have tried to upload several times, on podcasts and they were really
too slow and stopped. So whilst I investigate and search for a decent
building and better internet speed, the station will be on hold.
However, Jen will continue on her streamed programs as usual. This
also applies to the shortwave. Thanks for your understanding. Tim``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9329.938, Aug 12 at 0630, WLCR/WBCQ in English now
off-frequency-minus rather than +plus, S7/S9 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. (7490), Aug 13 at 0000, WBCQ webcast of `AAAWWW` is another
rerun of a rerun originally July 16, a quadriweek ago since he starts
off referring to the first Webb spacescope images which were released
July 12. Never mind (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VANUATU. 11835, Aug 12 at 0626, RV, 3 x 3945, with music and
Bislama talk, ``b`long`` frequently, the genitive preposition, S5/S8
and with side-tuned BFO, double-pitch from apparent unstable
transmitter, rather than external QRM.

7890, Aug 12 at 0633, JBA on 2 x 3945 with similar warble.
And also confirmed as inaudible on 3945 itself (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 6079.997, Aug 12 at 0636, algo JBA; I have assumed this
be VOA English via SAO TOME at 0400-0700, but it used to be much
further off-frequency. Checking because Manuel Méndez, Spain,
reported: ``6080, Radio Marumby, Curitiba, BRAZIL, 0640-0653, 07-08,
Portuguese, religious songs and comments. 15421``. EiBi shows this one
with strange hours of 1000-0800, but Aoki as 24 hours. Normally I`d
not consider 3 Hz off as consequential, but what about VOA? MM had I=5
no QRM, and the language, content clinch it as not VOA, so we need
exact current measurements of frequency of both, perhaps at other
hours (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0017 UT August 13

** EGYPT. 9439.995+, August 10 at 2115, R. Cairo, S9+25/40 into
UTwente, humwhine but timesignal cuts thru 1:20 late at 2116:20! 2117
YL undermodulated announcement in English, almost readable with
program summary; 2118 news? Autonotch helps reduce the whine, i.e. vs.
self-QRM rather than external het/QRM, but it also increases
distortion level of what`s left. 2119 talk briefly sounds like another
language, maybe French, why? Not Arabic. English talk mixed with music
so guess not news, yet. 2130 another timesignal, this time only 35
seconds late. Of course only a few seconds of each would be due to
internet delay. Something`s always egregious in Egypt. As far as I
monitor today. Date correct, omitted from last report (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 350 MCW kHz, Aug 11 at 0658 UT, RG, ND beacon
at OKC is back on air after missing yesterday.

341 MCW kHz, Aug 11 at 0700 UT, OIN, ND beacon at OberlIN, Kansas is
JBA but not local EI EnId on same frequency. But by 0703 can hear them
both alternating, JBA; with different periods, at first the three dits
from Enid must have been mixed with those from OIN (Glenn Hauser,
Enid, WOR)

** UKRAINE [non]. 7730, Aug 11 at 0500.5-0507.6, UR1 via WRMI, VG into
Maryland SDR, with `Ukraine: Security Issue` for Aug 10, Day 168 of
Putin`s war; by YL announcer, not the one with perfect English, but
sufficient: they never ID themselves; including: nuclear power plant
concerns, with 6 reactors supplying 20% of Ukraine`s power. IAEA not
so worried? Sham referendum in Kherson for joining Russia. Ukraine`s
counter-offensive could be rapid once fully supplied with weapons
which have been arriving too slowly (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2150 monitoring: confirmed UT
Thursday August 11 at 0130 on WRMI 5010, S6/S8 into Maryland SDR with
storm crashes, but at 0154 better S9/+12 into Bonaire with no
crashes.

NOT confirmed, UT Thursday August 11 at 0130 on WRMI 9395 via Maryland
SDR: instead, a DX program in Italian! About Vietnam Democracy Radio.
No, not the late Roberto Scaglione, but RAE which is on new August 7
schedule at 0100-0200 UT Thursdays --- and I see that our other 0130
on 9395, UT Saturdays is also replaced, by Argentina, in Spanish.

WORLD OF RADIO 2151 contents: Algeria, Angola, Antarctica, Australia,
Brasil, Canada, China, Congo DR, Cuba, Egypt, France, Germany, Iran,
Italy, Korea South, Kuwait, Lithuania, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand,
North America, Somalia, Spain, Sudan South, Taiwan, Turkey, Ukraine,
USA, Vanuatu; remote receiving; Milwaukee DX Get-together; propagation
outlook; bumper stickers we`d like to see

WOR 2151 is available as of 0030 UT Friday August 12, 2022

(mp3 stream) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2151.m3u
(mp3 download) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2151.mp3

Or via http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html
Also linx to podcast services.

The shortwave+ broadcasts should be:

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
2030 UT Friday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy
0400 UT Saturday WBCQ 5130 to WSW
0700 UT Saturday Unique R, Australia 5035-USB or 3210-USB
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to SW
0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0430]
1324vUT Sunday WMRI Europe via Ch 292 Germany 9670 [finale]
2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy
2230 UT Sunday WRMI 5950 to NNW [to be canceled? still August 7]
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; 5950 [NEW] to NNW
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW
1100 UT Wednesday Unique R, Australia 5035-USB or 3210-USB
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S

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Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702, by money order or check on
a US bank.

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(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. DXMAP Es MUF spikes 137 MHz east of here, so worth checking
for FM DX on the caradio, Aug 11 at 1554 UT. Trouble is, tropo is also
way up from OK and KS, boosting many semi-open frequencies with
spoilers. No Es DX heard in next few minutes, but at least a couple
from TX and NE, as in WTFDA FM DB:

96.7 at 1554, ad with (972) area code, i.e. Dallas:
KTCK-FM 96.7 FLOWER MOUND TX SPORTS RADIO 1310 & 96.7, THE TICKET 90.0
kW 621.0 m All Sports all the time - KTCK The Ticket - //KTCK 1310 ---
381 km = 236 miles

100.3 at 1558, ``KZ 100`` sung ID, country:
KZEN 100.3 CENTRAL CITY NE COUNTRY KZ-100 100.0 kW 562.0 m Nebraska FM
NEBRASKA'S BIGGEST FM KZ-100 --- 525 km = 326 miles

92.3 at 1559, St Joseph`s Indian School ad, not so bad any more,
stjo.org then ``Z92 KMZE`` so it`s only Woodward OK, the main fringer
here. Where is it? Unsaid, finally found at website: ``We are located
in central South Dakota, where Interstate 90 crosses the Missouri
River. Our community, Chamberlain, has a population of approximately
2,500 people.`` and it`s for Lakota (Sioux), hardly an Okie tribe, but
I`m not getting SD. Is it Catholic as name implies? Yes, admittedly in
the FAQ.

96.7 at 1604, Kansas political ad has taken over from TX: besides two
translators, one of two ``full`` powers, but not very, surprisingly
close to each other, 127 km = 79 miles, north of here:
KSOB relays:KMMM-1290 96.7 LARNED KS TRUE COUNTRY - THE MIGHTY 1290
3.0 kW 81.0 m --- 226 km = 141 mi
OR:
KMPK 96.7 MCPHERSON KS ADULT CONTEMPORARY MIX 96.7 6.0 kW 75.0 m ---
221 km = 137 mi

So these few logs cover a north/south span of 906 km = 562 miles,
city-to-city, not site-to-site. I also heard one Perseid meteor
scatter burst somewhere. Thursday is WORLD OF RADIO produxion day so I
can`t spend hours of FMDX digging; but MUF soon falls anyway (Glenn
Hauser, Enid OK, WOR)

** VANUATU. 11835 & much weaker 7890, Aug 11 at 0657, RV harmonix of
3945 reconfirmed still active. See Ron Howard`s reports on the WOR iog
of content details (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

TIPS FOR RATIONAL LIVING

THE DISTORTED GOSPEL OF THE CHARLOTTESVILLE RALLY KEEPS SPREADING
By Amanda Tyler Aug 11, 2022

https://sojo.net/articles/distorted-gospel-charlottesville-rally-keeps-spreading-white-christian-nationalism

This report dispatched at 0044 UT August 12

** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RCUSB, Wed Aug 10 at 1445 tune-in via Buenos
Aires remote, LRA36 already on with music prélude, nice reception
better than usual, S8/S5. 1500 sign-on with quadrilingual ID including
English that this is in Spanish; in Ciclo Radial 2022, staff list;
1502 Antártida themesong; 1505.5 general clima info including winds up
to 200 kph. Talk about another base founded in 1947, Melchior, like
about it here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melchior_Base
and info about research during the 1957-58 IGY, which was really a
sesquiyear. 1511 ID as ``Radio Arcángel San Gabriel, su compañía``.
1512 finally the YLs start chatting live on this the 15th program of
2022, with guitar background, for today`s date Wed 10 August, and
admit they were not on last Wednesday but Friday instead; when no one?
checked for it, was it at 1500 UT or as once before then, 1800 on
Friday? Something about another base in Orcadas, temp minus 8. 1517
phone numbers and all the other contact info. 1520 violin & keyboard
music. 1525 canned ID with another catch-phrase, ``Nacional, nos
une``; this-week-in-history starting with 8 August. 1532 contact info
again, but chopped off air at 1532.5*, never to return by 1545 when my
first hour on the SDR times out. This keeps happening: why don`t they
turn it back on? Maybe no one notices (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 11880, August 10 at 2314, RHC English is on, somewhat
distorted. 13680, August 10 at 2316, RHC Spanish music is distorted,
overmodulated. 13650, August 10 at 2317, CRI `Portuguese` music-only
relay is buried by continuous racket, OTH radar? Which extends from
13622 to 13656; all as heard via Maryland SDR. Something`s always
wrong at RHC/Radio Cuba. The Other Side:

``OPINION Fires in Matanzas: Divine Curse or Governmental Negligence?
For months, the regime has been downplaying a series of events in
Cuba, dismissing them as' accidents' or 'coincidences'.
JUAN ANTONIO BLANCO | Miami:``
https://diariodecuba.com/cuba/1660064092_41493.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 350 MCW kHz, August 10 at 1836 UT, RG, ND
beacon at Will RoGers World Airport [how many cities anywhere really
have a *world* airport?!], is unusually OFF, checked direct right
after local mean noon 1832. The others: 341 MCW, EI, EnId, is better
heard than usual from a few km away; 332 IC, wIChita KS is JBA; 515,
PN, PoNca City is still strongest; 255 SW StillWater is still off.
Also still high local line? noise level peaking in the 380-420 kHz
area, allowing only a JBA carrier on 395 from one Kansan and/or
another and nothing on 407 (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** SPAIN. 17855, Wednesday August 10 at 2200, REE`s token English,
missing since mid-July resumed Aug 8 and now again with Justin Coe,
Letterbox/Mailbox/DX program, a bluesy edition, after news from Spain.
2205.6 hard rock, outro as ``Communication Breakdown`` by Led
Zeppelin, but it`s a cover - apropos after the hiatus. 2209 explains
absence has not been due to heat, but the coincidence of one person on
vacation and the other on sick leave. There once were 6 Americans and
6 Brits in the English service, not any more. But SWBC is not yet
over, as the French service has a new person, and English will be
getting another in September. Justin has been on vacation somewhere in
the US, visiting thrift stores and buying blues records, since he also
does a blues show on Radio 3.

2212 to first mail, from Alan Roe, UK, welcoming him back; and says
Amy Egan is better. Second, from Joe Ihnat in Pennsylvania. 2214
another blues song by the Joe Healy Band. 2219 a June 19 letter from
Bruce Lee in Australia, who wants a QSL, but none are available. Maybe
will be in future, Justin doesn`t know. Then a 7 May from Dwight
Hitchins in Jamaica, Virginia, USA --- really? No such town in my
atlas indices. But Wikipedia says it`s in Middlesex County, 2K
population, unincorporated. He also wants QSL --- maybe, with
management change? 2224 another blues, ``All You Need`` by Matt
Schofield. 2225 last letter from Richard Lemke, Alberta, July 10, who
wants a schedule: don`t have any of those either. Things are rather
random at REE. 2228 a song for Richard, ``The Letter``, to 2230
timesignal and into French.

Only 5 listeners are greeted covering a 4-month period. How many more
might have piled up? So, good to have them back, but it was extremely
rude for no one immediately to make any explanation or apology on the
air about why it was missing, even if neither regular English
announcer were available. Whatever became of Gil Carbajal?

Today I was listening first via UTwente getting 17855 well, but some
deep fades, so switched to Maryland SDR in the storms, as this higher
frequency overcomes most of the crashes which spoilt WBCQ reception
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 9830.007+, Aug 10 at 2157, VOT IS and English ID, VG
S9+35/45 into UTwente, so it`s on today but I am going to SPAIN
instead for token English resumption, q.v. Caught TRT again until
2254* (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** UKRAINE [non]. (7730), Aug 10 at 0500, missed monitoring UR1 via
WRMI, `Ukraine: Security Issue`, so listened later instead via:
http://ukr.radio/images/ckeditor/files/files/ENG_NEWS_09_08_22.mp3

This time it`s the heavily-accented fast-talking guy; including:
specified as for Aug 9 = Day 167 of Putin`s war, altho I had copied a
previous edition as 168? Hard to keep track. Russian advances are very
slow and small. Ukraine holding them back in the south. Russia has
lost 70-80K KIA so far, says Pentagon (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2150 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, monitoring and confirming the latest for #2150, 9955
kHz, listen creek fm/stream internet, 40 years of shortwave listening
since 1982, August is this guy’s birthday month, birthday boy, WRMI:

5850, static moderate QRN, 0130, 0142, 0158 (45343), 0159, Aug 5 [Fri]
9395, static, QRN, 0130, 0143, 0158, (45333), S8 signal levels, 0159,
Aug 6 [Sat]
9395, 0030, 0044, 0059, Aug 9 [Tue]
9955, web stream, fm creek listen, 9955, stormy, and jamming, 2243,
2249, 2258, Aug 9 [Tue]
9395, jingle, voice hearing late, 2330, 2344, 2358, 2359, Aug 9 [Tue]
5850, 1030, 1044 (55433), 1059, Aug 10 [Wed]
(Lemke, Richard -AB) Good listening, Richard, August 10, 2022``

Also confirmed Wednesday August 10 from 2100:23 on WBCQ 7490 minus 71
Hz = 7489.929 into Maryland SDR, S7/S9 with heavy storm crashes:
Blitzortung shows lightning all over Virginia and beyond. Next:
0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S; 9395 to NNW

Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html

New WOR 2151 should be ready for download and first SWBC, from 0130 UT
Friday August 12 on WRMIs 5850, 7730.

Thanks this week for financial support from Joe Caberlin, VE1EJ,
Ontario, for some US$ to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702;
preferably 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, Aug 10 at 1840, WRMI is JBA with Brother HyStairical
attempting to sing, same as on blaster 9980 WWCR. WRMI skedgrid is
self-contradictory: transmissions atop shows TOM at 15-22 on #3 System
E 9955. But the System E program sked shows TOM this hour 18-19, only
on 5 other frequencies. System B, which accounts for 9955 usage most
of the time, is ``internet only`` with other programming until 1900
when it switches to 15770 for one hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VANUATU. 11835, Aug 10 at 0636, RV at S6/S8 on 3 x 3945, talk and
music; still hearing ``double-het`` of slightly different frequencies
beating when tuned to 11834-USB, not explained but not China (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 11947, Aug 10 at 0635, rapid RTTY INTRUDING into
exclusive worldwide broadcast band (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report despatched at 2332 UT August 10