Texas Radio Shortwave, August 16 and 20

 August 16, 2026

1000  6070  Channel 292  Eur  The Music of Joe Ely    

August 20, 2026

1900  3975 + 6160  Shortwave Radio Gold  Eur  The Music of Boz Scaggs    

Unless otherwise shown, programs are one hour long.

Programs for Europe (Eur) and beyond on 3975 and 6160 kHz over Shortwave Radio Gold in Winsen, Germany, are transmitted with 1 kW into crossed dipole antennas.

Programs for Europe (Eur) and beyond on 6070 and 9670 kHz over Channel 292 in Rohrbach, Germany, are transmitted with 10 kW into an inverted V antenna.

Programs for North America (NAm) and beyond on 9670 kHz over Channel 292 are transmitted with 10 kW into a 10.5 dB gain beam antenna.

Texas Radio Shortwave uses a version of The Yellow Rose of Texas as its Interval Signal/Signature Song.

Texas Radio Shortwave verifies correct, detailed reception reports by electronic QSL. This includes reports from listeners using remote receivers (SDRs). Texas Radio

Shortwave's email is texasradioshortwave@protonmail.com.

Many TRSW programs are archived at www.mixcloud.com/texasradiosw.

Texas Radio Shortwave's Facebook page is www.facebook.com/texasradiosw.

Texas Radio Shortwave's Listeners' Group Facebook page is www.facebook.com/groups/580199276066655/.

texasradioshortwave@protonmail.com

(TRSW)      

Independence Day Coverage from India's Akashvani

AIR QSL

India is celebrating its 80th Independence Day on 15 August 2026. 

Details of special programs by Akashvani for the occasion include:

On August 14, 2026 (Friday) 1330 UTC Akashvani will air the Address to the Nation on the eve of Independence Day in Hindi and English by Smt. Droupadi Murmu, Hon'ble President of India. All stations of Akashvani will relay the address on mediumwave, FM and shortwave. 

Live Streaming: https://akashvani.gov.in/radio/live.php

 

August 15, 2026 (Saturday) 0130-0240 UTC 

Red Fort

Akashvani  Home Service stations will broadcast live commentary in English and Hindi on the Flag Hoisting and Prime Minister's address to the nation. The address will be held at the Red Fort, New Delhi, 0130-0240 UTC on August 15 on the following schedule:

English

15260 kHz (Bengaluru)- 250 kW   

Hindi

9740 kHz (New Delhi) -  100 kW

15410 kHz (Bangalore) - 250 kW

Baluchi, Burmese, Indonesian and Nepali external services will not air on August 15. The External Service will begin with India's national anthem, Vande Mataram. 

Reception Reports may be posted online at: https://feedback.prasarbharati.org (or)  via email: spectrum-manager@prasarbharati.gov.in

Postal Address:

Director (Spectrum Management & Synergy)

Akashvani/ All India Radio,

Room No. 204, Akashvani Bhawan

Parliament Street

New Delhi110001, India 

(SW/RP/FH-Teak Publishing)

Barbados on Shortwave

 

Special thanks to Ray Robinson and Jeff White for sharing this week's Wavescan feature on Barbados

Jeff: If you were a shortwave broadcast DXer back in the 50’s, 60’s or 70’s, Barbados was probably on your want list.  Most people know that Barbados is in the group of islands known collectively as the West Indies, but where exactly?  Here’s Ray Robinson to tell us more.

Ray: Thanks, Jeff.  Most of the islands in the West Indies form an arc running from north to south down the eastern edge of the Caribbean, separating the Caribbean from the Atlantic.  Well, if you go about two-thirds down that arc, and then eastward out into the Atlantic just over 100 miles, there you will find Barbados, all on its own.

It’s a small, roughly triangular-shaped island, just 21 miles long (north to south) and 14 miles wide, with a relatively flat, undulating landscape, though there is one hilly area known as Scotland District in the north central part of the island, with the highest point being Mount Hillaby at 1120 feet.  The island is surrounded by 56 miles of coral reefs just offshore.  Barbados has a tropical monsoon climate, and yet has no rivers or lakes.  All drinking water is collected from underground springs and the aquifer.

Barbados has been an independent country, separate from the United Kingdom and a member of the United Nations, since 1966.  Its capital, Bridgetown, is located in the south west corner of the island, containing about one third of the country’s 280,000 inhabitants.  As such, it is one of the world’s most densely populated islands.  90% of all Barbadians, known locally as Bajans, are of black Afro-Caribbean ancestry, with the remainder being mostly Europeans from the UK, plus a handful of Portuguese, Irish, Germans and Italians.  There are also a few Asians from Hong Kong and India, but they make up less than 1% of the population.  Notably, Bridgetown is home to one of the oldest Jewish synagogues in the Americas, dating from 1654.

English is the only official language of the country, which is used for communications, administration and public services all over the island, although the language of everyday life is the primarily oral Bajan Creole, which lacks a standardized written form.

An undersea telegraph cable first reached Barbados in 1872.  It was in 1912 that an Anglo-French company first announced plans to establish a wireless station on Barbados, but soon afterwards they withdrew their offer.  Then, the following year in 1913, the Marconi company in England announced their plans to establish a wireless station on the island, though likewise, this project was never implemented either.

Consequently, a group of local wireless enthusiasts took the matter in hand and constructed their own wireless station, which was installed at St. Ann’s Fort.  This station was made up of a spark transmitter and a crystal receiver and it adopted the internationally recognized callsign VPO.  It is understood that V was a prefix for Barbados, and PO stood for Post Office as in the system in use in England.  With this primitive equipment, operators were able to communicate in Morse Code with ships up to 100 miles out at sea.

In the early 1920’s, a new wireless station was installed adjacent to the Dover Beach cable station and it was constructed by the American RCA company according to British Post Office specifications.  This new communication station was inaugurated on December 1, 1924, under the same original callsign VPO.

Then in 1943, a complete new radio communication station was constructed at a place called Bearded Hall, in the south-central part of the island.  The electronic equipment for this new station was assembled at the Marconi factory in England and it was originally planned for installation in Singapore, as a replacement for equipment that was lost when a ship was sunk by enemy action in 1940.

However, when Singapore fell to the Japanese in February 1942, that new consignment of equipment was diverted to Barbados instead.  And so the large new station with a transmitter hall and several towers supporting multiple antennas was constructed in 1943 and inaugurated early in 1944, still under the same callsign VPO.

Five years later, in 1949, a new callsign was allocated for this Barbadian station and VPO became ZNX.  Then, at the time of independence in 1966, another callsign was allocated and ZNX became 8PO.

But back in 1934 and 35, absent any local broadcasting service, a Barbadian amateur operator, Thomas A. Archer, VP6YB, began transmitting the results of cricket test matches on 7022 kHz primarily for the benefit not just of local listeners, but listeners in Jamaica, Trinidad and other Caribbean islands as well.

Perhaps in response to that, the first radio program service in Barbados was installed in 1935 as a Rediffusion system, or cable radio as we would call it today.  The first subscriber was connected on April 2, and with no local studio, all programming consisted of relays of shortwave transmissions from the BBC in London and commercially operated stations in the United States and Canada.

Five hours of daily programming was initially available on the cable radio system from the distribution point of Radio Distribution (Barbados) Ltd in Trafalgar Street.

The first location of Redifusion in Bridgetown was Trafalgar Street, 1947

      

A local production studio was installed in 1947, and in 1951 the system was bought by the Rediffusion Service Ltd of London, England.  In the 1950’s and 60’s, it was a common sight to see a Rediffusion speaker box hanging in the corner of the front room of a Barbadian home.

Programming had been expanded to cover 6am – 12 midnight, and as well as many locally-produced shows, they also included popular comedy shows from the BBC such as The Clitheroe Kid, The Goon Show and The Navy Lark, and panel shows like ‘Just a Minute’ and ‘My Word’.

Local Barbadian religious leaders were given their own time slots, and programs like Billy Graham’s ‘Hour of Decision’, Herbert W. Armstrong’s ‘The World Tomorrow’ and the Church of the Nazarene’s ‘Showers of Blessing’ were also carried from the USA.  Interestingly, cable radio in Barbados didn’t come to an end until November 30, 1997, by which time local radio and TV had supplanted the usefulness of this older system.

Medium wave radio broadcasting was introduced into Barbados when the government set up the Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation, or CBC (not to be confused with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation).  On December 15, 1963 the CBC launched Radio Barbados, with 10 kW on the split channel 785 kHz.  The station ID during that early era was:  “This is Radio Barbados, the Voice of the Eastern Caribbean, 785 on your radio dial.”  Sometimes though, the channel was announced as 790.  The transmitter and antenna tower were installed together with the Cable & Wireless communication station ZNX at Bearded Hall.  Upon independence in 1966, this station was assigned the Barbadian call 8PX, and around eight years after its inauguration, the frequency was changed from 785 to 900 kHz.

CBC Headquarters

A second medium wave station was launched in Barbados on May 1, 1981 using the slogan ‘The Voice of Barbados’.  This station, also with 10 kW (which was more than enough to cover the small island), took over the previous channel of the government station, 790 kHz, and it was owned and operated by the previously mentioned cable radio system, using pretty much the same schedule and program content.  Today, this station, the Voice of Barbados, is still operating on 92.9 FM and online, and last year, 2025, they were celebrating 90 years since the launch of their Rediffusion service.

But what’s the story about shortwave radio from Barbados?  Well, as I mentioned earlier, shortwave broadcasting began in 1934 when amateur radio operator Thomas Archer carried live descriptions of major sporting events on behalf of the Barbados Radio Association over his station VP6YB.  These occasional and intermittent program broadcasts were last noted in the United States in December 1939.

However, soon afterwards, from 1940 until the end of the war, the shortwave communication station operated by Cable & Wireless, VPO, introduced a daily half-hour news bulletin which was heard at a good level with 5 kW on 3950 kHz.  After the war, this station continued to broadcast occasional special news events to the BBC in London on 11475 kHz.  In addition, occasional commentaries on major sporting events, mainly cricket, tennis and horse racing, were broadcast for reception and relay by radio stations on other islands throughout the Caribbean.

These occasional special events were heard quite widely over VPO and subsequently ZNX until well into the 1960’s, with listings included in the World Radio Handbook for most years from 1952-1965.  In 1962, ZNX was known to be using 5040 and 7547 kHz for these program broadcasts.

Many reception reports were received from listeners in North America, Europe, New Zealand and Australia.  Cable & Wireless was noted as a good verifier of transmissions from their station under all three consecutive callsigns; VPO, ZNX & 8PO.  Letters were used to verify programming under the callsign VPO.  Under the subsequent callsign ZNX, QSL cards were initially in the style of duplicated cards; and then in the mid-1960’s, a printed QSL card with a yellow ornamental bar was introduced.

It’s understood that in the 1980’s, several religious organizations approached Cable & Wireless, enquiring about the possibility of using shortwave 8PO as a relay station for their programming.  However, nothing came of those ventures.

These days, of course, most radio broadcasting in Barbados is on FM with about 20 stations, including a BBC World Service relay on 92.1 MHz.  But the good news is, if Barbados is still on your want list, CBC Radio Barbados, 8PX, is still broadcasting with 10 kW on 900 kHz medium wave, in parallel with their main FM station on 94.7 MHz.  So, maybe it’s time to brush the dust off your old medium wave loop antenna and get hunting!  On the same frequency, 900 kHz, there is a 100 kW station in Mexico City and a 50 kW station in Minneapolis, but with a good loop, you might just be able to null those out.

Back to you, Jeff.

(Ray Robinson, Wavescan)

Throwback Thursday - What Happened to Them Afterwards? Swiss Radio at Lenk

 

Swiss Radio, Bern

Welcome to Throwback Thursday. This week's edition originally broadcast on March 4, 2001.   

Switzerland is a delightful tourist country, with high snow-covered mountains, huge valleys with rapid streams flowing through them, and picturesque, clean villages.  This country is a photographer's delight, with beautiful flowers growing profusely, contented cows grazing on deep green pastures, and pretty girls dressed in colorful folk costumes.

Switzerland is noted also for its long-time neutrality during times of nearby warfare, for its humanitarian aid with the International Red Cross, and for its locale as the scene for the League of Nations and the United Nations.  Swiss watches have become famous worldwide, as is also the delightful quality of their folk music.

On the international radio scene, Switzerland is also held in very high regard for the quality and the reliability of their shortwave broadcasts.  Millions of people throughout the world have become familiar with the beautiful music box rendition of their tuning signal.

The story of radio in Switzerland goes back to the early wireless days, and it is linked with the watchmaking industry.  Before the advent of wireless and the telephone, the only way that country clockmakers could get an accurate time was to travel with a clock to the capital city and check it against a reliable public clock.  When the clockmaker returned home, he could share the accurate time setting with other clockmakers in nearby areas.

When spark wireless stations were established in several countries of Europe, it was no longer necessary for the clockmaker to travel in order to obtain accurate time.  He could simply tune in to a wireless station on his wireless receiver.  In the year 1911, Swiss watchmakers began making wireless receivers that could tune in to the time signals from station FL on the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

The first official radio broadcasting station in Switzerland was inaugurated on August 22, 1922 under the callsign HB2.  This station was located in Lausanne and its programming consisted mainly of weather reports and locally produced Swiss folk music.

On shortwave, the first station was located at Schwarzenburg.  It was constructed in the year 1939, and before it became fully operational, it was mysteriously burned down.  However, it was quickly rebuilt.

The next location in Switzerland for a shortwave transmitter was Beromünster, followed by Sottens, Lenk and Sarnen.  The transmitter base at Lenk was located near the common Swiss borders with France and Italy.

The station at Lenk became operational in 1974, and, at full capacity, it was on the air with two BBC transmitters at 250 kw.  This station was on the air for a period of 24 years, and it was closed in 1998.  Many international radio monitors all around the world have received prized QSL cards from Swiss Radio International verifying their reception of the Lenk radio station. 

At a regional radio meeting last year, I talked again with George Zeller, who is a columnist with the monthly magazine, Monitoring Times.  I asked him what happened to SRI at Lenk.  George, an American, has visited Switzerland on several occasions, checking out his ancestral heritage and also visiting major radio stations.  He stated that the two transmitters at Lenk were installed in an underground bunker.  The antennas are also gone, and the site is once again a cow pasture.

Maybe a visiting photographer will see the restored beauty of this country scene and will take a picture of it in color, little realizing that this was the location of a large and important international shortwave station operated by Swiss Radio International.

(Adrian Peterson, AWR Wavescan 04 March 2026)  

August programming from FTIOM and Uncle Bill's Melting Pot

 

From the Isle of Music, August 2026

This month, we feature some of the winners of various categories of Cubadisco 2026. Cubadisco is Cuba's most prestigious discographic awards. 

Friday, August 14, 2026, 9670 kHz, 1800 CEST (1600 UTC), repeat on 3955 kHz at 2400 CEST (2200 UTC)

 

Uncle Bill's Melting Pot, August  2026

This month, special guest Ian Brennan, a GRAMMY-winning producer with a massive trove of world music projects will help us present some of his unique work, including the new Oman Bagpipe Singers release and other fascinating recordings from around the world.   

Friday, August 21, 2016: 9670 kHz at 1800 CEST (1600 UTC), repeats on 3955 kHz at 2400 CEST (2200 UTC) 

 

In addition to terrestrial listening, we do accept reception reports using remote sdrs provided both your own physical location and the location of the sdr are included. EQSLs only for either.

William "Bill" Tilford, Owner/Producer 

Solar Eclipse over parts of Western Europe on August 12

 

For additional information and  path maps, consult https://nationaleclipse.com/maps/main/2026-total-solar-eclipse-maps.html

A reminder that there will be a rare Solar Eclipse visible over part of Western Europe, including the UK, tomorrow late afternoon/evening, which could have some interesting effects on propagation on MW/LW and the lower SW bands. 

The total eclipse starts in the Arctic around 1700 UTC, passing through part of Greenland and Iceland, but the main area of totality will be in Spain where it ends just after 1830 UTC over the Balearic Islands.  Map and more details in August Communication - pages 5 and 6 and also in the attached page in case your printed copy has not arrived yet. 

Here in the UK the partial eclipse will peak around 1810 UTC (1910 BST) with between 90 and 95% totality. But DX could be possible in the half hour or so before and after this peak.

Some possible MW stations to try for:

Spain: 540 (Barcelona), 666 (Barcelona), 783 (Barcelona), 873 (Zaragoza & Santiago de la Compostela), 990 (Bilbao), 999 (Madrid), 1026 (Oviedo), 1044 Valladolid), 1081 (La Coruña), 1179 (Valencia), 1287 (Burgos).                    

Portugal (630 Miranda do Douro & 666 Bragança) 

Algeria (LW 252, 531, 576, 891, 981, 1422)                          

Morocco LW 171.

531 kHz could be an interesting channel with initially the Faroes and then Algeria potentially being enhanced. 

Listeners in the south of England could also try for BBC Radio Scotland on 810 kHz

It may help to check the bands the day before (i.e today!) or the day after to enable you to make a comparison during the eclipse. And if you have an SDR, you could to record sections of the band during the eclipse 

I noticed when DXing during previous solar eclipses in 1999 and 2015 (in the far north of Scotland) the effects on propagation were quite short-lived, but those eclipses occurred during the daytime whereas this one is happening towards the onset of sunset when DX signals start to fade in under normal conditions. 

Good luck, and do let us know what you hear!

(Dave Kenny/BDXC) 

Updated Music on Shortwave, Version 4

 

an updated version (version 4) of my "Music Programmes on Shortwave" PDF file for the current A-26 broadcast season is now available to download from the permanent link at https://app.box.com/s/kbdxb4c5lwpju0kpoi27aiwc35br2g2a 

Tiny URL http://tinyurl.com/shortwaveprograms 

You will also find here my "at-a-glance" single-page PDF A-26 program grids for the English language programmes on shortwave of CGTN Radio, Voice of Turkiye, and Radio Romania International, along with recently updated grids for BBC World Service and Radio Taiwan International.

I hope that you find these of interest.

As always, I appreciate any updates or corrections.

(BDXC/Alan Roe, Teddington, UK)

Update on Radio Taiwan International French service

 

Classic RTI QSL

Dear listeners,

The French service of Radio Taiwan International is pleased to remind you that, during August 2026, we will be broadcasting live from the Taipei Tamsui transmission centre in northern Taiwan to Europe and North Africa.

To mark the occasion, our French-language program will be broadcast on shortwave every Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 7 to 30 August. Here are the frequencies and broadcast times:

15145 kHz: from 17:00 to 17:30 (UTC)

11850 kHz: from 17:30 to 18:00 (UTC) 

Due to recurring interference on the 11995 kHz frequency, reported by our listeners during the German service's broadcasts in July, the French service will use the 11850kHz frequency. We would like to thank all listeners who have helped us over the last few days to check the feasibility of using this frequency.

A special QSL card will be sent to you in confirmation of any listening reports you may send us by email to the RTI French Service address:

fren @ rti.org.tw

(WWDXC Top News 1661/10 Aug 2026)

Update on NHK World Radio Japan broadcasts

 JAPAN   

NHK World Radio Japan has reduced their temporary Japanese transmission to the Middle East from August 1; via KDDI, a national telecommunication provider at the Koga-Ibaragi-Yamata Japan site and MBR Nauen, Germany.

The new schedule from August 1 is as follows:

from Yamata JP transmitter site

1700-1900 12060 (regular transmission) 300 kW  305 deg

2200-2350 17800 (regular transmission) 300 kW  305 deg

From Nauen transmitter site

0100-0300  9440 125 kW  117 deg

0300-0400 11960 250 kW  117 deg

0400-0500 13750 250 kW  117 deg

The programs are also available online at

https:\\www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/ja/  (outside Japan only)

(WWDXC Top News 1661/10 Aug 2026)

Weekly Propagation Forecast Bulletins-August 10, 2026

 Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts

:Issued: 2026 Aug 10 0153 UTC

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#                Weekly Highlights and Forecasts

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Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 03 - 09 August 2026

Solar activity was at very low to low levels throughout the period,

with no R1 (Minor) or greater events observed. Other activity three

CMEs associated with DSFs on 03 Aug, which arrived on 07 Aug, as

well as two CMEs without clear source locations on 04 Aug, which

arrived at Earth on 08 Aug. 

No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit.

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit was at

normal to moderate levels throughout the period. 

Geomagnetic field activity reached G1-G2 (Minor-Moderate) storm

levels on 08 Aug following the arrival of CMEs that left the Sun on

04 Aug. Active conditions were observed on 03-04 Aug following the

arrival of a CME that left the Sun on 30 Jul. Quiet and quiet to

unsettled levels prevailed throughout the remainder of the period. 

Forecast of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 10 August - 05 September 2026

Solar activity is expected to range from very low to low levels

throughout the outlook period. 

No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit.

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is

expected to reach high levels on 12-16 and 22-23 Aug. Normal to

moderate levels are expected to prevail throughout the remainder of

the period. 

Geomagnetic field activity is likely to reach G1 (Minor) storm

levels on 11 Aug due to the anticipated arrival of a CME that left

the Sun on 08 Aug, and again on 19 Aug due to recurrent CH HSS

influences. Active conditions are likely on 10 and 17-18 Aug, while

quiet and quiet to unsettled conditions are likely to prevail

throughout the remainder of the outlook period. 

Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt

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#      27-day Space Weather Outlook Table

#                Issued 2026-08-10

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#   UTC      Radio Flux   Planetary   Largest

#  Date       10.7 cm      A Index    Kp Index

2026 Aug 10      90          12          4

2026 Aug 11      90          20          5

2026 Aug 12      92          10          3

2026 Aug 13      92           5          2

2026 Aug 14      95           5          2

2026 Aug 15      95           5          2

2026 Aug 16      95           5          2

2026 Aug 17     100          15          4

2026 Aug 18     105          12          4

2026 Aug 19     105          20          5

2026 Aug 20     105           8          3

2026 Aug 21     110           5          2

2026 Aug 22     115           5          2

2026 Aug 23     115           5          2

2026 Aug 24     115           5          2

2026 Aug 25     115           5          2

2026 Aug 26     110           5          2

2026 Aug 27     105           5          2

2026 Aug 28     105           5          2

2026 Aug 29     110           5          2

2026 Aug 30     110           5          2

2026 Aug 31     105           5          2

2026 Sep 01     105           5          2

2026 Sep 02     100           5          2

2026 Sep 03     100           5          2

2026 Sep 04      95           8          3

2026 Sep 05      95           8          3

(NOAA)

U.K. Propagation Update

 

RSGB

RadCom Assistant Editor | August 7, 2026

Compiled by G0KYA, G3YLA and G4BAO on 6 August 2026.

The Sun was mostly settled last week with very little to report.

The solar flux index declined to 108 by Thursday, 6 August, with most of the sunspot activity being on one half of the solar surface.

Geomagnetic conditions have also been settled with a Kp index mostly below 3 for the past few days.

A coronal mass ejection impacted the Earth and pushed the Kp index to 5.67 on Sunday, 2 August, but conditions recovered within 24 hours.

We’ve even been almost solar flare free with, at the time of writing, only seven minor C-class events over the past three days.

So this all bodes well for HF propagation.

24 and 28MHz are mostly only open to Sporadic-E. Some multi-hop paths are still opening up to the Far East especially, so don’t write off 10m, even if you have to listen to noise for much of the day.

F2-layer propagation still favours North-South paths on the 10m band.

Next week, DX to be worked includes :

• E51KEE from the Cook Islands;

• YS/WE9G in El Salvador;

• UK/SP9DLM from Uzbekistan;

• OX3LX operating from Greenland.

Later in the week look for A50QO in Bhutan; J68TT from St Lucia and OJ0JR and OJ0YL working from Market Reef.

NOAA predicts that next week the Sun will remain pretty calm and be in the 105 to 110 range. The Kp index is forecast to be mostly around 2 to 3 so conditions should remain fair but not disrupted.

And don’t forget the solar eclipse on Wednesday, 12 August. The RSGB has many activities planned, including two HF contests, WSPR activity and medium- and long-wave monitoring.

See the August issue of RadCom for details.

VHF and up propagation: 

Compiled by G3YLA and G4BAO.

The main theme of the weather during the coming week is one of some settled high pressure with tropo options, especially early in the week. This is likely to be interrupted by occasional periods of low pressure with rain for northwestern areas.

The summer weather patterns typically produce a more showery type of rain, even from fronts, giving a reasonable chance of rain scatter. However, activity may be low in the south and east.

Of the two modes mentioned , next week will probably be more biased towards tropo than rain scatter.

The Kp index made a brief excursion to 5 last week but seems a bit quieter now. However, it’s useful to check now and again in case we find some radio aurora.

The meteor scatter options feature strongly this week as the Perseids meteor shower peaks around Wednesday, 12 and Thursday, 13 August. It’s quite interesting to simply leave a receiver on a meteor scatter calling channel to hear the transient signals.

The Sporadic-E season continues and, since meteor debris plays a role in providing the ionisation required, the Perseids week is always worth checking for a surprise opening.

In terms of jet stream weather patterns, the stronger hints come from looking east towards the Baltic. However, other directions are not to be ignored since even quite small features, such as a slow-moving severe thunderstorm, can have an influence.

For EME operators, Moon declination reaches maximum today, 9 August, when Moon window length and Moon elevation will be at their peak.

Path losses are at their lowest at perigee tomorrow, 10 August. 144MHz sky noise is low to moderate until Wednesday, 12 August, when the Sun is close to the Moon in the sky due to the partial eclipse that day.

https://rsgb.org/main/blog/news/gb2rs/propagation-news/2026/08/07/propagation-news-9-august-2026/

(Mike Terry, UK?BDXC)

Jen's Special: The Music of Alt-Punk Music Fest on August 9

 

Get ready and tune in to Jen's August 9 program at 1700-2100 UTC+

Jen's Special: The Music of Alt-Punk Music Fest in Blackpool, GB.

http://uk4-vn.mixstream.net:8104/index.html 

For your contact pleasure

Jenur@proton.me

Jen In The Rad