** AUSTRALIA. 28455 USB, Dec 25 at 2309, VK2XZ making quick contacts.
QRZ.com: ``VK2XZ Australia flag Australia, Rob VK2XZ, Southern
Highlands, POB 891 Bowral NSW 2576, Australia`` Apparently his surname
is classified unless it`s legally changed to `VK2XZ` - can you do that
in NSW? A broader websearch finds it: Robert James Long (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** BRAZIL. 28472 USB, Dec 25 at 2310, PY3PA Paulo with quick contacts
including KP4TV. QRZ.com: ``PY3PA Brazil flag Brazil, PAULO SANTOS,
DAVID RIBEIRO, 555, AP.201, TOMAZETI, CEP 97065-000, SANTA MARIA - RS,
Brazil`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CHILE. 28505 USB, Dec 25 at 2313, CA3PHX, Mauro in quick contacts.
QRZ.com: ``CA3PHX Chile flag Chile, Mauricio "Mauro" Pacheco, La
Florida santiago chile, Wsp +56984082037, Chile`` - lots of equipment
and face photos (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** EGYPT. 9439.860+, Dec 25 at *2116, S9+35 silent carrier cuts on
into UTwente, after nothing at 2115. Soon talk, extremely suptorted,
2218 ``Radio Cairo presents -- Turkey(?)`` sounded like. Something`s
always awful at Abis and/or crappy at Cairo (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** EUROPE. 7399.906-, Dec 25 at 1644 into UTwente, S7 rock music from
R. Marconi International; 1647 English announcement with frequencies,
mostly unreadable, 1648 back to music. 1726 another announcement break.
Nothing heard there on 11390. 1800 s/off announcement.

Tnx to Manuel Méndez who had just posted: ``MARCONI RADIO
INTERNATIONAL 25th December SCHEDULE - Please be advised that Marconi
Radio International (MRI) will be on the air 25 December 2024, as
follows: 1330-1800 UT on 7400 (50 w) and 11390 kHz (25 w).`` (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** FRANCE. 21580, Dec 25 at 1609, OSOB JBA, this hour in Hausa from
RFI via Issoudun (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** KIRITIMATI. 846 kHz, Dec 25 at 0735, still zero signal from R.
Kiribati: would have been just the day to turn it back on. I check
almost every night just in case; it used to be a regular JBA carrier,
so far east from the rest of Kiribati, about the same longitude as
Hawaii, that it could be detected as early as 0430 (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6935 USB, Dec 25 at 0156, S9+10 of Xmas carols,
jazzed up and frantic, such as Jingle Bells, The First Noel; 0208 Ho
ho ho, wish you a merry Xmas and HNY. 0221 again with Two Dog Radio
ID. 0306 still going with ho3`s. More reports here until 0243*:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,138837.0.html
Followed from 0246 by Santa Claus Radio, really same station?:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,138839.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SPAIN. 9690, Wed Dec 25 at 2259, RNE S9+30/40 direct, 2300 TS and
token English. No signal here on 12030 but JBA carriers on 17715 &
17755, but at 2326 into UTwente, 12030.000+ is there at S8/S9. Opening
previews feature about tiny Xmas trees, one of 2 centimeters in
Galicia, but that`s huge compared to one of 10 micrometers which can
be seen only thru an electron microscope. And later, more Xmas
traditions. 2302 no news but Xmas in Mideast: pope calls for
ceasefire; there were 1000 Xians in Gaza; let`s try to celebrate;
Xians in Syria asked to scale back celebrations - preceding seems by
their Lebanon correspondent. 2304 contact info including
english@rtve.es. 2305 tune `Rockin` Around the Xmas Tree` and on about
the tiny ones (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 5960.004-, Dec 25 at 2258, VOT with IS, S9+10/20 but JBA
direct vs HNL. 2226 into UTwente when measured, S9+35/45 music, 2329
`The Middle East and Turkey` about Pres. E`s address to a group of 8
countries, V8, or what? music, 2353 s/off as if 1330 on 13635, awry, 6
notes of IS before chop at 2354* uncovering Chinese, no finesse,
erroneous (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U K. 11900, Texas Radio Shortwave, *0300-0400* UT Dec 25, 250 kW
from Woofferton: Too weak JBA direct to OK; sufficient into Maryland
SDR, S7/S9, opens with YL ID amid jingling bells; holds up for full
hour except for increasing fast flutter - true SW sound! (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 28278 CW, Dec 25 at 2308, VVV DE W7UUU/B, with loong pauses.
Ditto my Dec 4 log, q.v., not listed: Dave Ellison, Burley WA. 28300
K6FRC also in (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2274 monitoring: confirmed UT
Wednesday December 25 at 0030 on SW Radio, Germany, 3975.003, S9/+10
into UTwente.

Also confirmed UT Wednesday December 25 at 0030 on WRMI, 9395,
S9+15/20 into Maryland SDR.

Also confirmed Wednesday December 25 at 2030 on SW Radio, Germany,
3975, JBA into recommended Bedford UK SDR; no signal into UTwente.

Also confirmed Wednesday December 25 at 2226 the 2200 on WBCQ 7489.93,
S9+10/20 but noisy direct. Next:

0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S;
1730 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 3975.

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** U S A. 12160, Dec 25 at 1622, WWCR-2 surrounded by gunk, squeals
out to plus/minus 10 kHz, center S9+45. Same transmitter elsewhen on
5935, 7490, 9350. However, at this time cannot be blamed on TOMBS feed
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VANUATU. 9960, Dec 25 at 0618, JBA carrier from reactivated R.
Vanuatu; via remotes, Ron Howard first reported it back at 0245; and
after 0658 changed to 3945. Unfortunately, still fails to radiate
convenient harmonix on 7890, 11835, which I routinely check in
bandscans (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VATICAN. 9710, Dec 25 at 0718, RCC style chanting, can`t discern
language, S3/S4 direct. Now is major VR frequency both in local
evenings and mornings, tho not sked at this exact time per EiBi,
presumably Xmas special. Detailed multi-lingual schedules here, date
by date, everything but - frequencies!
https://www.vaticannews.va/en/epg.html#schedules
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report despatched at 0045 UT December 26