DW Radio, via Sines, Portugal, on 6180 at 0457 UTC in
English. Multiple IDs, into DW Radio News at TOH, 1st
item about protesters in Iran after Rafsanjani speech.
SIO-433, with splatter from below from Vietnam-Sackville.
Broadcast targeted to Central Africa. (Bryant-KY, E1,
July 18)

RHC, Havana, Cuba, on 6140 on 0510 UTC in English. YL w/
nx report on Taliban successes against US troops in Af-
ghanistan. Tremendous signal, but only a trace of audio
making it through. Something must be wrong at the trans-
mitter, resulting in strange SIO of 552. //6010 seems OK.
// a weaker spur on 6220. (Bryant-KY, E1, July 18)

R.Australia, Shepparton, Australia on 9580 at 0840 UTC in
English. M & YL with report on 40th anniversary of Neil
Armstrong's stepping onto the lunar surface. SIO-454,
much stronger than //9590. (Bryant-KY, E5, July 18)

RNZI, Rangitaiki, New Zealand, on 6170 at 0855 UTC in
English. Classical mx up to TOH, 5+1 pips at top of hour,
M w/ ID and into news. 1st item about New Zealand investi-
gators helping w/ investigation of Jakarta hotel bombings,
2nd item about accidental shooting death of 11-yr old NZ
boy. SIO-454, good. (Bryant-KY, E5, July 18)

NHK, via Sackville, Canada,on 9795 at 0945 UTC in
Japanese. Standard Japanese social grouping, one male,
several females, lots of talk and giggling. SIO-343, fair
to good. Targeted to S Am, some of the signal must be
skipping over. (Bryant-KY, E1, July 18)