** CUBA. 15140, Aug 12 at 1500, squealy RHC is on this early with ID and 1501 introducing Sunday Esperanto // 11760. 15140 was not on at previous check circa 1430 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 6185.002, Aug 12 at 0054, S8-S9 carrier but no modulation audible, XEPPM? Haven`t heard much from it lately, needs further chex. Aoki/NDXC shows nothing else on 6185 thruout our evenings, not even China. EiBi shows XEPPM span as 2200-0509. Don`t you believe HFCC listing Manokwari, Indonesia! in English!! at 01-05!!!
Harold Sellers, BC, reported to the WOR iog: ``6185 MEXICO Radio Educacion (?) at 0307. Somewhere — but I can’t find it now — I read a report that a flood in their building had knocked Radio Education off the air, but there was a weak station in Spanish here tonight. Hopefully them, back on. - Aug. 7 Sellers-BC``
XEPPM is a regular log for Manuel Méndez in Spain. His latest report: ``MEXICO, 6185, Radio Educación, Ciudad de México, 0457-0503, 05-09, music, extremely weak. 15311. (Méndez)`` I guess he meant 5 August like some other logs in the same report sent on that date (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ROMANIA. 9730, Aug 12 at 0044, RRI English with mailbag, unusually weak and poor at S6-S8 with flutter, much less than 9925 KBC via Germany which is S9+10/20 without flutter. Almost the same path except Romania is a bit further. RRI should have 3 X the power of Nauen, but suspect it`s QRP. Romanian language transmitter on 9790 is still AWOL. RRI English // 7375 is still normally loud (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 12695.5-CW, Aug 11 at 2229, VVV VVV VVV CQ DE KFS --- it`s the OSOB heard with an ID marker --- as I have tuned the entire 12 MHz marine band which is mostly vacant now. So KFS, California, really stands out; but it`s not a really funxional coastal station, rather an MRHS Saturday legacy activation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1942 monitoring: via UTwente SDR, 6190-CUSB, Saturday August 11 first checked at 1415 during Media Network Plus, nothing audible, but by 1432, WOR has started and JBA, improving to better by 1450-1500* check. Alan Gale, England, hears it direct: ``Hi Glenn, World of Radio was audible for the full half hour on HLR today at 1430 UT on 6190 kHz. The signal wasn't too strong at the start, but had come right up in strength by the end. Attached is a short mp3 showing the start and finish. Alan``
WOR 1942 confirmed starting late at 0348 UT Sunday August 12 on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, MO, good.
Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, reports: ``GERMANY, Reception of World of Radio via HLR on 9485-CUSB, August 12:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/08/reception-of-world-of-radio-via-hlr-on_12.html
1030-1100 on 9485 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg to CeEu English Sun, good signal. Wrong frequency announcement:"...HLR SWSce on 7265 kHz", instead of 9485!`` Next:
Sun 2330 WBCQ 9330v to WSW [maybe]
Mon 0130.5 WRMI 5850 to NW, 7780 to NE
Mon 0300v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW
Mon 0330 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Mon 0400 WRMI webcast only, non-direxional
Mon 2330 WBCQ 9330v to WSW [maybe]
Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW
Tue 2030 WRMI 7780 to NE, 5950 to WNW [or #1943?]
Tue 2130 WRMI 5950 to WNW [or #1943?]
Full schedule for WOR on all outlets, not just SW; podcast linx:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9955, August 11 at 1400, since it`s Saturday, WRMI does not sign off but radiates Blalock the Blaster; some weeks instead at this hour, it`s Slovakia in Spanish; you never know which it will be (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9395, Sat Aug 11 at 2200, `Voice of the Report` of the Week is starting; John is ill-informed about his own schedule. Says this is the Thursday Aug 9 edition, also to be heard on Friday Aug 10 and Sunday Aug 12 (but not Sat Aug 11!). Also audible on much weaker // 7780. He thinx that since the 11580 broadcast was canceled, the triplicated frequencies also were canceled. Same situation a week ago. Lists frequencies he is on at some time or other: 9955, 9395, 7780, 7730, 7570, 7490, 5950, 5850. 7570? This is one WRMI frequency which had been dedicated to nothing but BS, but the skedgrid now shows it opening an hour earlier on Sundays only for VORW at 2200 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5129.928, Aug 12 at 0058, WBCQ Area 51 talking about Bob, ``Church of the Subgenius Hour of Slack``, an erstwhile gospel huxter parody, discussing whether this be episode 343 or 344 or 343 and a half. Recheck at 0325, has drifted slightly to 5129.940, both about 0.1 kHz higher than usual spot (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 9370, Aug 11 at 1500 via UTWente SDR I check in case WWRB could have resumed Radio Munansi for Uganda --- instead I hear YL in unknown language mentioning ``kiloHertz`` several times. Aoki/NDXC shows VOA Burmese via THAILAND at 1430-1530. (As well as long-abandoned WWRB Overcomer on 9370 at 11-01!) I also check 15240-, another frequency WWRB previously employed for Munansi and nothing there but strong splash from 15245 in English = CRI via Kashgar (no sign of VOK English during same hour, same frequency). Aoki also still lists Munansi via WWRB Sat & Sun at 15-17 in Mus+ic, and 17-21 in Lug+anda (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 15809.961V, Aug 12 at 1430, WTWW-3 is on at S9+20, first time heard in several days, country music // only S9+10 WTWW-1 9475 SFAW. Higher carrier is wobbly, vibrating slightly vs BFO, unlike other signals like 15825 WWCR. Recheck at 1830: 15809.9+ is OFF. What is the schedule for it? Just on Tedwhims (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 6955-AM, Aug 12 at 0041, JBA carrier, the OSOB which might be a pirate even tho it`s a normally active Saturday evening. Four reports of an unID carrier here much earlier during the Aug 11 daytime, but none now:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,45011.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 89.3, Aug 12 at 0550 UT, I select this open frequency to listen for meteor bursts at the annual Perseid peak. The best one comes at 0551, minor ones at 0556, 0559, 0600 with some talk but no ID, 0610. Nothing further as I am dozing off. This on the PL-880 with telescopic antenna only. Also let the DX-398 run all night on 92.1, but no RDS capture to be seen.
From http://spaceweather.com/ via Mike Terry, WOR iog: ``The Perseid meteor shower is expected to peak this weekend with 100 or more meteors per hour. The best time to look is during the dark hours before sunrise on Sunday, August 12th, and again on Monday, August 13th. At those times, the shower's radiant will be high in the sky, spewing meteors in all directions`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report despatched at 1932 UT August 12
