** TURKEY. 9830, Wed Aug 26 at 2214, VOT S9+50! VG via UTwente but
with some hum, not even tried directly, already finishing `Turkey`s
Tourist Attraxions` and next into `This Day in History`, the latter
voiced by the `Letterbox` guy which is what I am expecting, ranging
from something Turkish in 1071y (when ``August 26`` if any, was
somewhen else) to the death of Charles Lindbergh in 1974y. 2217 his
canned COVID-19 PSA; 2218 music break but no `Letterbox`; 2224 the YL
with `Did You Know That?` about Hatay, UNESCO Creative City of
Gastronomy --- Well, the only Turkish city in the Top Ten here is #8,
Gaziantep!
https://lifeofdoing.com/unesco-creative-cities-of-gastronomy-foodie-destinations/
By 2230, more music fill, it`s quite clear this is another week with
no Letterbox (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2048 monitoring: Re: ``Slept past 1330 UT Sat
Aug 22; did anyone hear 1300+ on WRMI 15770?`` --- Yes, direct here in
NB. Reception very good. Preceded Shortwave Radiogram. Recorded both.
-- Richard Langley``

Also confirmed Wed Aug 26 from 2100:17.5 on WBCQ 7490v, good via
Rochester SDR.

Also confirmed UT Thu Aug 27 at 0100 on WRMI 7780, good S8-S9 via
Rochester SDR.

Also confirmed UT Thu Aug 27 at 0130, new time on WRMI 5850, good
S9+10 via Rochester and VG direct; and new 5010 VG S9+15 via TWR
Bonaire.

Next WOR 2049 should be ready by early UT Friday August 28 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0146 UT August 27

** CHINA. CNR1 jammer survey, August 26 at 1414: none in 15s, 14s, 13s
nor any higher than 12190, S4-S6; skipping 25m inband; 11440 S4-S6;
11100 S5-S7; skipping 31m inband; 9155 S7-S9 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 13740, Aug 26 at 1411, RHC S9+20 but JBM during `Sonido
Cubano` music, while // 13700 is only S9+10 but fully modulated.
Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** EAST TURKISTAN. 13710, Aug 26 at 1411, M&W conversation in American
English, which means it must be CRI: yes, scheduled this hour only via
Kashgar, land of ChiCom persecuting Uighurs. I was expecting Sa`udi
Arabia but that`s not till later, q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** FRANCE. 5970, Aug 26 at 1516, via UTwente SDR, marine weather in
French by OM, keeps talking about whiskey --- those sailors! British
DX Clubbers, who don`t need a remote, first reported this yesterday,
for another Atlantic yacht race, HFCC-registered ``for new
organisation`` at 1500-1600 on this and four other ISSoudun
frequencies, 6105, 13730, 15300 and 17800, but no signals there.
Available for entire A-20 season, mixture of 225, 255 and 250 degrees
and 100 or 250 kW, but 5970 is 255 degrees at 250 kW, to CIRAFs 27SW &
37NW which basically means the Bay of Biscay between France and Spain;
unneeded 17800 would go as far as CIRAF 81S = middle of North
Atlantic, into 11 = Caribbean.

Recheck at 1522, now marine weather by YL in English with considerable
French accent; SW and NW direxions are clarified by fonetix including
whiskey. 1524, ``that`s all for the weather`` and says will be no
broadcast tomorrow as most should have arrived at destination by then,
Azores? and ``Mission: Impossible`` theme. 1525.4 to dead air until
off at 1530.1*. However there is a trace of some other talk
modulation, QRM or Issoudun leakage? BBC Pashto via Oman is also sked,
but don`t hear it after ISS off. It seems the current race is only
along the coast of France; Azores curtailed:
http://lessables-lesacores.geovoile.com/2020/tracker/

https://www.classemini.com/course-fr-les-sables---les-acores-en-baie-de-morlaix-1.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** ITALY [non]. 7290, Wed Aug 26 at 1801, IRRS via Bulgaria via
UTwente, `Feature Story News` headlines, *then* 1802 IRRS Aïda theme
and sign-on, into `Life Matters`, anti-abortion show from California.
But also dealing the George Floyd case and BLM; somehow connecting the
murderous officer`s name to chauvinism and the godless French
Revolution. This is under the European Gospel Radio subset rather than
NEXUS-IBA or IPAR. Usual heavy splash from both 7280 and 7290 and the
warbling from 7291 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** KIRITIMATI. 846 kHz, Aug 26 at 0636 UT, JBA carrier from presumed
R. Kiribati, quite a regular now, and should be pullable well further
north and east of here. I don`t expect to get any audio, and for some
DXers that means they don`t care just to detect the carrier, no matter
how certain and obvious it may be (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SAUDI ARABIA. 13710.014, Aug 26 at 1501, SBC Qur`an service has
taken over from CRI East Turkistan, q.v. Aoki shows the handover at
1457 as if closely coördinated despite SA no longer active in HFCC. By
1519 I check it via UTwente SDR, where there is an excellent S9+40
local-quality signal on AMSynch matching my measurement, and wideband
9 kHz does it justice. I keep the incomprehensible classical Arabic
beautiful music with lite reverb, artificially applied? Or really from
inside a mosque? going in background past 1715; occasional
interruptions for ID or brief spoken sermonizing like 1645-1648; and
longer talk-only after 1650; still Qur`aning at 1740 recheck; off at
1759, scheduled until 1757*. All violating Separation of Mosque and
State, ha2 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SPAIN. Re previous report of birdsong show on REE, 9690: later
found it in podcast archive from original broadcast last March under
title ``Las aves``:

``Radio 5 En clave de 5 --- Sábados a las 21.05 horas. En Radio
Exterior miércoles a las 11.05 UTC [NOT when I heard it]

En clave de 5 - Las aves - 21/03/20 21 mar 2020

Desde el comienzo de los tiempos el canto de las aves ha inspirado a
los compositores. Escucharemos ejemplos de Janequin, Rameau,
Rautaavara, Saint-Saëns, Messiaen y otros.

https://www.rtve.es/alacarta/audios/en-clave-de-5/2105-clave-cinco-140320-aves-2020-03-20t11-39-39197/5542672/
reproducir audio`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 400-MCW kHz, Aug 26 at 0648 UT, ND beacon AHQ, which is 25
watts from Wahoo, Nebraska.

417-MCW kHz, Aug 26 at 0651 UT, ND beacon IY, 25 watts from Charles
City, Iowa (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2048 monitoring, Next:
2100+UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5850 to NW [NEW][System F sked adds 5010 to S]

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** U S A. 4840, Aug 26 at 0632, this WWCR is S9+30 of dead air. 3215
with perpetual #1 squealing is S9+10/20 of BS.

5890 is also S9+10/20 but with double audio! BS plus some other talk
slightly lower, or seems so because BS is always screaming, maybe what
is supposed to be on 4840? Soon a Silver Solutions ad for ingesting
metal, not a good idea. Then resuming talkshow, name sounds like
Bosent Mopela?? But 0635 stops, leaving BS audio only. NO, program
sked shows after 0600 weekdays, TOMBS is supposed to be on all three.
Maybe intruder was from 1300 WNQM (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VANUATU. 11835, Aug 26 at 0625, Radio Vanuatu 3 x 3945 back to
normal, music at S3-S5; while 2 x = 7890 is S4-S5 but JBA (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 710.4, Aug 26 at 0637 UT, het upon the 710.0 stations,
not 711! So not Morocco, getting too late anyway for that. It`s strong
enough to DF on the hand-held altazimuth wrist-mounted DX-398 as
slightly clockwise from E-W, like 100/280 degrees which isn`t SE
enough for Cuba and not NE enough for Eurafrica, so likely an
off-frequency domestic, and certainly neither of my closest dominants,
KGNC and KCMO. So what else is near that axis? KFIA Carmichael CA, U4
25000/1000 i.e. Sacramento; WNTM Mobile AL, U2 1000/1000; two in GA,
one in SC, which cannot be ruled out despite being daytimers. Locals
near these areas please check for offfrequenciness; apparently
intermittent, as not audible a bit later at 0651 (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

This report dispatched at 1820 UT August 26

** CHINA. CNR1 jammer survey, August 25 at 1354-1400*: none in 16s;
15165 good; none 14s; 13835 JBA; 12230, 12190, 11460 JBA carriers;
11440 Chinese S3-S8; 11170, 11150, 11120, 11100 JBA carriers; 11070
reached just in time for 1400* timesignal (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CHINA. CNR1 jammer survey, Aug 25 at 2354: 14980, JBA probably
Chinese with Doppler flutter; no others in the 15s, 14s, 13s or 12s
until 2400 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** MADAGASCAR. 6135, Aug 25 at 0408, Maine SDR is getting a weak S4-S5
signal singing, presumed RNM; no het from another just below, like
Brasil (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SPAIN. 9690, UT Wed Aug 26 at 0006, REE is S9+25/35 with bird
calls, then morphing into mixing with unfamiliar orchestral piece,
announcement soon as subject ``canciones de pájaros en la música
clásica``, then 0010 excerpt of Ottorino Respighi`s ``Pines of Rome``
with song of nightingale [ruiseñor]. REE may be deficient in English
but certainly provides some excellent programming in Castilian. Via
WOR Hitlist, program sked at
https://www.rtve.es/radio/radio-exterior/programacion/
shows 0130-0230 UT Wednesday is: `En Clave de 5`. What? The sked
labels the times UTC but they are really UT+2! So axually 2330 UT
Tuesday to 0030 UT Wednesday; also on 11940. Each program has an
individual hotlink but not this one, rather back to a generic page!
But I finally find it among huge roster of programas,
https://www.rtve.es/alacarta/audios/en-clave-de-5/
with 199 podcasts, but not latest episode originally last Saturday is
something else; maybe a repeat from long ago but searching the entire
file does not find it. The title means ``In the Key of 5``, referring
to the Radio 5 network (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 9830, Aug 25 at 2244, VOT is on today with Turkish music
fill reading S9-S7, but much weaker than 9690 Spain (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** U S A. 1130, Aug 25 at 1521 UT, now there is an S9+10 carrier here
on the R75 and longwire, but just barely modulated; as KLEY Wellington
KS is attempting a comeback after yesterday`s JBA when I was mobile
north of Enid. Circa 1830 I`m back in the car inside Enid hearing a
trace of something --- on that radio it`s hard to tell if an open
carrier is involved, no strength meter. At 2128 again on the R75 like
earlier, S9 and JBM vs noise level of S8. By 2312 on the NRD-545, KWKH
sportstalk is propagating but with a fast SAH maybe remnant of KLEY.
BTW, correcting previous report: that`s ``Wheat capital`` of the
world, not ``what capitol``! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VANUATU. 11835, circa 0600 UT Aug 25, no signal at all from R.
Vanuatu x 3, apparently off --- or intermittent per other reports:

``Aug 25 - From 0355+ (last checked 0550), had no signal from R.
Vanuatu (harmonic 11835); only CNR2 being heard. Very unusual for RV
to be off the air; there are no weather issues there. Ron California``

``Fair signal of Radio Vanuatu on 3rd harmonic 11835 kHz at 0645 UTC,
but around 0655 only CNR-2 being heard. Fair signal on 2nd harmonic
7890 kHz at 0700 and poor signal on 3945 at same time via SDR
Brisbane`` - Ivo Ivanov, Aug 25 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 7348-CW, Aug 25 at 0607, too fast CW for me to copy
much, but starts with VVV and ends with K; no DE after VVV but maybe
later inside repeating marker. Then goes into a non-marker contact
including a lot of numbers. Recent UDXF iog logs of this frequency as
FEMA ALE/USB from places such as Denver, Kansas City, Thomasville GA,
Maine, Maryland, by patrice privat earlier around 0400 (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0202 UT August 26