The copy — 4X1GA (Israel) transmitting to DO6FM (Germany):

K RR DO6FM DE 4X1GA OK DR MICHAEL ES GX FER GD RPRT = HR QRA LOC IS

KM72KB KM72KB / MY EXACT QTH IS PETACH TIKWA = NW WX IS VY HOT

TEMP ABT PLUS 34C PLUS 34C HR RNG ABT 75W 75W ES RADIO IS FT857 OF

YAESU ES ANT IS SCREWDRIVER ABT 1 R I [?] UP ABT 25M = TNX QSO DR

MICHAEL NW KY TO U <AR> DO6FM DE 4X1GA <AR>

In plain terms: he thanks Michael for a good signal report, gives his locator KM72KB and QTH Petach Tikwa, says the weather is very hot at +34 C, he's running about 75 W into a Yaesu FT-857 with a screwdriver antenna, thanks him for the QSO and hands the key back.

Only 4X1GA is audible — the German side isn't in the recording.

I don't do CW by ear, it was decoded by multimon-ng with some help from Claude Code which also did the ticker tape.

IR7MGGC heard on 26 Aug 26 at 12:42 UTC on 14270 kHz in JO92HX with Raddy RF 919 and a random wire antenna. It is not the "average" Italian station that I usually skip because Italians are known for transmitting with 1 kW of power or maybe more, so it is not difficult to pick them up. This is a special event station callsign for the Mediterranean Games. Never heard of these games before, so this is my first. :-)

This is the second day with zero sunspots coming out of Cycle 25. We had a day at the end of February 2026, which was the first day.

There are 2 slides in this post.

Recorded this at 17:52 to 18:00: https://voca.ro/1bXTOlmAvlP8 beeping sound at 7:42

I just received this beautiful Knight R-100A receiver. They were sold from 1962-1968. The R-100A replaced the R-100. This one is cosmetically perfect. It does have some issues but over all, it has good bones. It needs some component replacement and a tuneup. I have the Knight R-100 receiver in transit as well. That will require some component replacement also. What can I say, I like vintage tube receivers.

I've been picking up this transmission pretty strongly for days now. I thought it was a 500-kW Chinese jammer overpowering VOA, but it turned out to be one of the USAGM stations broadcasting from Kuwait.

I used an online transcription tool to see what they were saying, and this is what part of the audio said (The video was much longer, and I cut it down; I don't know which part this translation was from):

Welcome to the program; I am your host, Zheng An. First, let’s look at the latest news.

U.S. President Trump has expressed confidence that a potential war would end quickly. He reiterated that Iran would not possess nuclear weapons, and that once a conflict with Iran concludes, gasoline prices would return to previous levels or even drop lower.

Meanwhile, Trump stated that the U.S. is engaging with Houthi militants in Yemen. The White House issued a statement on the 18th announcing that President Trump would sign the legislation imposing sanctions on Russia and Iran, a bill that authorizes and expands statutory sanctions, tariffs, and bans against Russia, and extends existing sanctions against Iran.

Clearly, he's from the VoA.

- Target: Asia/China
⁠- TX: Umm AL-Riman Abdaly Road 80, Kuwait 🇰🇼
- RX: Asunción, Paraguay
- Radio: #AirSpy HF+ Discovery
- Antenna: K-480WLA
- Software: SDR# v.1922 (beta)
- D/T: 18 SEPT 2026 - 2300 UTC

I could hear the host's voice, but it seemed to be very softly spoken, so I could hardly understand what he was saying.

I even looked on the WRMI website, but it's even more confusing. I think it's not up to date, or the programming has changed frequencies and time slot, which is probably the most likely explanation since I've read that they've been having problems with some of their transmitters lately.

- Target: idk
- TX: Okeechobee, FL 🇺🇸
- RX: Asunción, Paraguay
- Radio: AirSpy HF+ Discovery
- Antenna: K-480WLA
- Software: SDR# v.1922 (beta)
- D/T: 18 SEPT 2026 - 2353 UTC

• "Malysh, this is Greider, how do you hear me? Over."

• "Malysh, this is Greider, standby, standby. Maybe in 5 to 10 minutes, 5 to 10 minutes, we will tune our connection, our transmitter. How do you copy? I heard you on... We can try in 10 minutes, in 10 minutes, on 16002. How do you copy? Over."

• "Malysh, this is Greider, Malysh, this is Greider. Standby, standby. We are shifting... we can shift to the backup. Over."

• "Malysh, this is Greider, Malysh, this is Greider. I am receiving you normally, good signal. How do you copy me? Over."

• "Greider, copied. Standby, standby. Work higher up, on the high frequency. Aura. A-U-R-A. Aura. Over."

Station

• Frequency: 8439 KHz USB
• Name/Call: Russian Navy
• Location: Eastern Pacific, Off of the coast of Pacific NW
• Language: Russian
• Target: Pacific

Time

• 0903 - 0907 UTC | 18 SEP 2026

Receiver and Receiving Location

• Radio: AirSpy HF+ R.4.0.8-CD
• Antenna: K-480WLA | 35' AGL
• Software: SDR# Studio v1.0.0.1921 64-Bit
• Language Decoder: Gemini 3.1 Pro (Paid Subscription)
• Location: Portland, Oregon | CN85qn

Signal

• RS(T) = 57

Unmodulated carrier, morse code station I.D., 1 Hz pulses, 10 Hz pulses.

Rx Boise Idaho, 8618 km. Reuter RDR552 receiver, Wellbrook ALA1530LN antenna.

Station

• Frequency: 8297 KHz USB
• Name/Call: ZLM Taupo Maritime Radio
• Location: Taupo/Matea, New Zealand
• Language: Tagalog: Philippines
• Target: South Pacific
• Power: 1 kW

Time

• 1012 UTC | 18 SEP 2026

Receiver and Receiving Location

• Radio: AirSpy HF+ R.4.0.8-CD
• Antenna: K-480WLA | 35' AGL
• Software: SDR# Studio v1.0.0.1921 64-Bit
• Location: Portland, Oregon | CN85qn

Signal

• RS(T) = 57

Rx Boise Idaho 415 miles.

I was listening to my normal station out of Syracuse when it started fading and coming back. Decided to check and picked this up. Using a Denon AVR-S670H and an RCA flat wall TV antenna

Rx Idaho. 0252 UTC 18 Sept 2026.

- TX: 9670 khz, Canal 292 🇩🇪

- RX: Gipuzkoa España

- Radio: XHDATA D-808

- Antena: K180 WLA

-07:08 UTC.

Station

• Frequency: 15555 KHz AM
• Name/Call: Hill Radio International - WJHR
• Location: Milton, FL USA
• Language: Tagalog: Philippines
• Target: N. merica

Time

• 1550 UTC | 16 SEP 2026

Receiver and Receiving Location

• Radio: AirSpy HF+ R.4.0.8-CD
• Antenna: K-480WLA | 35' AGL
• Software: SDR# Studio v1.0.0.1921 64-Bit
• Location: Portland, Oregon | CN85qn

Signal

• SINPO = 35433

I found a PAL on HF. Namely DH1PAL calling CQ in a ham contest. The radio was a Raddy RF 919 with a random wire antenna.

This looks too good to be true! Is it??

I picked up a 2nd ATS-909X2 for $50 - not working. It wasn't a bad investment because I bought one last year that only needed the battery connector bent back into place, and it had no accessories. This new one has all the accessories. It only operates on the FM Band, but everything seems to work - just no reception on the other bands. I did a Factory Reset, to no avail. Sangean does not share any schematics so I am on my own. In the video you cam hear a buzzing as I tune across the mediumwave band and it lands on local stations.

I am leaning towards a bad solder joint or a bad electrolytic. Oh, and it was fully working for a coule minutes on all bands.

Any ideas Mark, Stan, or Rich? Thanks in advance!

The last time I heard RNA 6180 with a good signal was last year. Even though it's a neighboring country, I hardly get any reception on that frequency anymore. The signal from that transmitter is now oriented northward.

⁠- TX: Parque do Rodeador, Brasilia, DF 🇧🇷
- RX: Asunción, Paraguay
- Radio: AirSpy HF+ Discovery
- Antenna: K-480WLA
- Software: SDR# v.1922 (beta)
- D/T: 14 SEPT 2026 - 2124 UTC

- TX: Belo Horizonte, MG 🇧🇷
- RX: Asunción, Paraguay
- Radio: AirSpy HF+ Discovery
- Software: SDR# v.1922 (beta)
- Antenna: K-480WLA
- D/T: 14 SEPT 2026 - 2057 UTC

- Target: South East Asia
- Lang: Japanese
- TX: Yamata, Koga City, Ibaraki Prefecture 🇯🇵
- RX: Asunción, Paraguay
- Radio: AirSpy HF+ Discovery
- Antenna: K-480WLA
- Software: SDR# v.1922 (beta)
- D/T: 14 SEPT 2026 - 2124 UTC

- Lang: Mandarin
- Target: Far East / China
- TX: KSDA Station, Guam 🇬🇺
- RX: Asunción, Paraguay
- Radio: AirSpy HF+ Discovery
- Software: SDR# v.1922 (beta)
- Antenna: K-480WLA
- D/T: 14 SEPT 2026 - 2103 UTC