** ALBANIA [non]. 9395, Aug 22 at 0230, S9+20/30, ``R. Tirana International`` via WRMI after IS and s/on claiming to be webcast only! No regular programming of news but instead a holiday special lexure about an Islamic holiday in honor of Abraham being willing to sacrifice not only himself but his family to the will of god (The seminal Big Mistake!!). This takes only 4 minutes, then nothing but music from 0235, no announcements for rest of broadcast, not even at s/off. At 0240 the mood changes drastically to good upbeat folk music. The IS loops at start and finish have a hum lacking during the rest of broadcast (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 6000, Aug 21 at 0629, RHC English is S9+10 but JBM; << // 6100 & 6165 more modulation and // 6060 plenty. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 13740, Aug 21 at 1359, transmitter for CRI is on with open carrier, while other transmitter with RHC Spanish can still be heard under. Today China Plus relay manages to start modulating on time, at 1400, but RHC Spanish continues underneath a while longer. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 6165 > // 6000, UT Wed Aug 22 at 0336 I happen to tune RHC just when Arnie Coro is starting `DXers Unlimited`. First topic sounds like ``ELBE``, some propagational apparition observed in Russia? Hard to follow so postponed to look up later, but no luck. It`s not about the river in WW II. Maybe not the right letters; did anyone get it? DXUL ends at 0347 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 11670, Aug 22 at 0352, S7-S8 of dead air, or is it JBM? Maybe trace of RHC which is scheduled until 0400; weaker but louder RHC is on 11700, supposedly until 0500 per NDXC/Aoki. Earlier in evening, 11670 was inbooming in strength and modulation. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. 11860, Tue Aug 21 at 1400, jamming noise is unimpeded just as it has been for at least a semihour; Greenville does not get the R. Martí carrier on until 1402, off and on again, modulating finally just before 1403 atop jamming (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NIGERIA. 7255-, Aug 21 at 0627 check, VON is missing again tonight from its Hausa hour, normally a bigsig (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1944, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1943 monitoring: presumed final repeat on WRMI, Tuesday August 21 at 2030 on 7780 & 5950; since I am just finishing up 1944, and previous weeks have been unable to hear these in the daytime, not checked.
WORLD OF RADIO 1944 contents: Alaska, Albania non, Australia and non, Brasil, Canada non, China, Cuba and non, France, Germany, Korea North non, Kuwait, México, Mongolia, Nigeria and non, Perú, South Carolina non, Tonga, Ukraine, USA, unidentified, propagation outlook
WORLD OF RADIO 1944 ready for first airing Tuesday August 21 at 2130 on WRMI 5950 --- no point in checking now either for inaudible signal, but likely aired as uploaded in time, replacing 1943 on the server. Not aired Aug 21 at 2330 on WBCQ 9330v, as it had been most Tuesdays, but not last week either. Next:
Wed 1030 WRMI 5950 to WNW
Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v to WSW [was off for lightning last week]
Wed 2100.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Wed 2330 WBCQ 9330v to WSW [maybe]
Thu 2330 WBCQ 7490v to WSW [NEW --- surprise airing last week, &?]
Thu 2330 WBCQ 9330v to WSW [maybe]
Fri 2330 WBCQ 9330v to WSW [maybe]
Sat 0631 HLR 6190-CUSB to WSW
Sat 1431 HLR 6190-CUSB to WSW
Sat 1930v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND
Sat 2130 WBCQ 9330v to WSW [maybe, or 2330?]
Sun 0310v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND
Sun 1030 HLR 9485-CUSB to WSW
Sun 2130 WRMI 7780 to NE [NEWish]
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 #1944?]
Tue 2130 WRMI 5950 to WNW [or #1944?]
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. 5129.83, UT Wed Aug 22 at 0210, this WBCQ is back on for the weekly W5KUB ham show; it had been missing past days and off again at 0351 check. So the transmitter is OK. Maybe Brother Scare has withdrawn from 24/7 on this frequency, except for times reserved for other programs, only the latter continuing? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5830, Aug 21 at 0628, WTWW-1 is still off; not due to propagation as neighbor 5935, WWCR is inbooming (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5890, Aug 22 at 0214, WWCR is S9+30 of dead air, no modulation resuming until 0218 during this one-hour span of 5890 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 0541 UT August 22
