** CUBA. 15140, Jan 17 at 2028, no signal from RHC during first
English hour, as has now been missing for months. Something`s very
wrong at RHC; but an opportunity for The Other Side:

``DDC Today: Cuba as a Gateway for Russian Cyberespionage in Latin
America --- READ TODAY THE CUBA OF TOMORROW January 14, 2025

There is an aspect of the agreements reached between Havana and Moscow
that goes unnoticed: technological penetration through digitization.
JOSÉ LUIS REYES | Madrid

Miguel Díaz-Canel visits the pavilion of the Cuban-Russian firm
Voltah-Aicros at FIHAV 2024. (Aicros/X) [caption]

Among the numerous agreements, deals and collaboration agreements
between Moscow and Havana that have been announced in recent years,
the energy, metallurgy, transport and tourism sectors stand out. But
one area is barely mentioned: the penetration of Russian computer
companies on the island.

Computer development firms, especially cybersecurity ones in Russia,
have begun, discreetly, to set their sights on Cuba with two purposes,
according to their own statements: to export software and applications
to implement their technologies in new markets, displacing those of
the West; and seeking to reach Latin American countries to which they
have little access...``
https://diariodecuba.com/cuba/1736857347_59328.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** EGYPT. 9440, Jan 17 at 2116, R. Cairo English sesquihour still
missing, not even a totally distorted signal into UTwente (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 1640 kHz, Jan 17 at 0655 UT, KZLS Enid back to dead air
on an S9+43 steady signal like 10 kW daypower. Still/again dead at
1640 UT check. Jan 16 at 1646 I had heard it modulating again and
assumed its long silence were over. Altho I never heard anything but
dead air in random chex for a week, I can`t be positive it never
modulated; looks like it`s off and on, for who knows how long (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 1670 kHz, Jan 17 circa 2230 UT, Virtual DJ Radio relay
still going in Enid, best near S Van Buren & W Owen K Garriott
intersexion. Isn`t this being aired anywhere else on local low-power
AM or FM? (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 95.1, Jan 17 circa 2230 UT, OG&E Tree of Lights Xmas
transmitter still on, dead air in $ tereo, from downtown Enid (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 4724 USB, Jan 17 at 0700, tail of alfanumeric fonetik crypto
exercise by US military: starts with CBIA4... and ``This is Drag-race,
out`` to 0702.6* (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2278 monitoring: confirmed first
SWBC, Friday January 17 at 1313 the 1300 on WRMI 15770, JBA direct.

Also confirmed Friday January 17 at 2130 on IRRS SW via AM Italia,
1322.999-, S9 into UTwente across Europe. At 2127 robotic YL ID, vamp
music, 2128 other music, IRRS ID and WOR 2278.

Also confirmed Friday January 17 at 2320 the 2300 on WRMI 9955, S9/+10
into Maryland SDR off the back, inaudible in Brasília.

Also confirmed Friday January 17 at 2330 on SW Radio, Germany,
3975.002, S7/S9 into UTwente. Next:

0400 UT Saturday WTWW 5085 [has been off the air];
0930 UT Saturday WRMI 9455 to WNW [has been off air; or 7730];
1530 UT Saturday SW Radio, Germany 6160;
1830 UT Saturday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM [2000/2200];
0000 UT Sunday WTWW 9475 [suspended];
0100 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?];
0330vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415; as late as 0600];
1130 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?];
2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323-Italy;
2230 UT Sunday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
2330 UT Sunday WRMI 7570 to NW [and/or 7780];
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW;
0930 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 6160;
2030 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to SW;
1400 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?];
1500 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?];
2100 UT Tuesday IRRS 1323-Italy;
0030 UT Wednesday WRMI 9395 to NNW;
0030 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
2030 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW;
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S;
1730 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 3975.

Thanks this week for a generous contribution from Doug Brown, London
ON and Seminole FL, a check in US funds to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684,
Enid OK 73702.

One may also contribute via PayPal in US funds but not necessarily, to
woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VATICAN [non]. 15565, Jan 17 at 1530, Vatican Radio signing on in
Amharic, mentioning Facebook etc., S9+5/15 the SSOB exceeding 15770
WRMI, and very little else on almost vacant band. I assumed this would
be via MADAGASCAR, coincidentally aimed thisaway, but HFCC, EiBi and
Aoki all show this and all 15565 VR broadcasts are direct from SMG. Of
course, we have long suspected something strange with their own
antenna, no suppression of back-radiation, or even reversed azimuth!
15565 continues until 1830 with azimuth adjustments depending on
language, 135 degrees to SE for Amharic, i.e. 315 degrees NW backwards
USward (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 2338 UT January 17
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