** CUBA. 5025, Dec 19 at 0428, R. Rebelde remains active S9/+10 but
overmodulated distorted and nothing on X2 = 10050. Still at 0740 now
S9+10/20 on 5025 only, still overmodistorted. Something`s always wrong
at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 5040, Dec 19 at 0430, RHC music in Spanish is only S5/S6,
much weaker than normal. At 0739, 5040 is S8/S9 and undermodulated;
while 2 x 5040 = 10080 is S9+10/20! I keep listening on 10080, and at
0741, DX/media program `En Contacto` theme and opening: topix to be
history of the telegraph leading up to electronic communication, solar
and geomagnetic activity, and cellular phones. Telegraph started in
1832 by a Russian, they claim, but I don`t listen to the rest of it.
At this hour, of course, RHC Spanish is supposed to be off the air,
but playing back what probably aired six hours earlier. Something`s
always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 6060, Dec 19 at 0736, RHC English with S8/S9 of humbuzz only;
6165 with cleaner open carrier at S8/S9. Something`s always wrong at
RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 15140, Dec 19 at 1631, RHC is S9/+10 in suptorted Spanish.
Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** EGYPT. 9439.995, Dec 19 at 2139, no R. Cairo English into UTwente.
Nor at later chex. Something`s always amiss at Abis (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** INDONESIA [non]. 7780, Mon Dec 19 at 0803, S6/S8 WRMI relay with
music, anthem? 0804 VOI ID, but then into a song rather than ToH news.
2 am CST is far too late for me to be awake and no way I`m up for
another hour to hear this (Glen Hauser, OK, WOR)

** KIRITIMATI. 846 kHz, Dec 19 at 0742, JBA carrier from R. Kiribati;
also three other splits, see unID (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** KOREA NORTH. 11710, Dec 19 at 1642, S7/S9 of sweet EZL music: must
be VOK from that Paradise during French hour to NAm. Seems the same
but JBA on // 9435. EiBi shows CNR1 Beijing site also on 11710 long
hours including this, inconvenient if true (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** KOREA NORTH [non]. 9990, Dec 19 at 1640, Korean at S5/S7. It`s RFA
via SAIPAN at 15-19 & 21-22 per EiBi (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NIGERIA. 7255-, Dec 19 at 0735, no VON signal (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6950 USB, Dec 19 at 2354, S7/S9 of pirate music,
Xmassy? The OSOB = only station on band. 2356 misc. noises; 2359
soong, no ID circa TXoH; Dec w0 at 0005 SSTV beepery but very
repetitive unlike the usual but the standard end-of-picture beeps at
the 0009 end: then followed by a voice ID but so ``produced`` it`s
unreadable. Many reports here of Thunder Chicken Radio
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,107021.0.html
with several previous SSTVs but this one was a cartoon drawing of T.C.
himself. Nothing more for a while and tuneout as evidently signed off
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SPAIN. 9690, Dec 19 at 2315, token English from REE on Monday,
S7/S9 into Maryland SDR, Amy Egan interview with Pauline --- about
funding for artists. Not the solid bigsig; somewhat weaker but
sufficient off back of ME beam on 12030; 11940 to SAm much weaker; no
signal on 11685 to Africa (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY [non]. 5960, Dec 19 at 2304, no signal from VOT English into
UTwente. Nor at 2315 when XJPBS Chinese is on instead with no
competition, also 2330, from EAST TURKISTAN, land of imperialist
ChiCom genocide against Uighurs and other Moslems (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** U S A. 13563.5 CW, Dec 19 at 1626, PCO ID over and over from HIFER
beacon in Pine, COlorado, and occasional long dashes. JBA but better
than JJBBA CW trace on 13565, no doubt K6FRC California. Also with QRM
from CODAR swirshes (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 15016 USB, Dec 19 at 1632, alfanumeric crypto message, S9+10
with self-imposed roar/whine, ending with ``44 characters, this is
Acid Rain; out`` at 1633*.

8992 USB, Dec 19 at 1635 in continuing bandscan I happen to run across
this again, S9+10 and time to copy it complete by fonetix: ``I say
again: MQFWNCVC2EJYSIXLZ7SHAS3K7LUBXA this is Acid Rain, out`` to
1636*. Possibly I mixed up letter S with figure 5 in reading my
copying; correxions welcome. But what do they really mean? EiBi calls
these ``US Air Force Messages``, 24h available, also on 4724, 11175.
The colorful tactical IDs change every day, or every hour? (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [non]. 15180, Dec 19 at 1629, `Yankee Doodle Dandy` IS at
S7/S9, 1630 opening VOA English with newscaster ``by remote`` soon
attributing something to Reuters. Aoki shows 1630-1700 M-F is via
Pinheira, SÃO TOMÉ in ``Sud`` language - I guess that means Sudanese
dialect of Arabic, but WRTH 2022 had no such listing. Rather English
as in EiBi. Strangely enough, not noticeably off-frequency! (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2169 monitoring: confirmed Sunday
December 18 at 2100 on NEXUS/IBA IRRS SW & MW, via AM Italia, 1323
kHz, S9+15/20 into nearby Noale SDR; no significant QRM.

Also confirmed UT Monday December 19 at 0030 on WRMI 7780, S8/S9
direct; fortunately back on air unlike 24 hours ago.

Also confirmed UT Monday December 19 at 0400 on WBCQ Area 51, 6160
minus 65 Hz = 6159.935, S8/9+10 into NH SDR. Next:

0130 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0030 UT Wednesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S

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Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702, ``Am sending it to you in memory
of Brian Alexander (May 1, 1957 - Dec. 26, 2012). I once enjoyed his
many African logs. Thank you for your many excellent contributions to
our radio hobby over the decades!``

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** U S A. 5130 minus 12 Hz = 5129.988, Dec 19 at 0424 into NH SDR,
WBCQ R. Angela `Concert Hall` with complete opera Fidelio by
Beethoven, has some brief intermittent 2-way QRM, lo fi, sounds like
Russian language. WBCQ signal is fading down, so switch to a Rochester
NY SDR increasing the skip distance, but does not help much, 0453 into
Shakespeare sonnet (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9330v, Dec 19 at 1637, WBCQ-6 still not back on air this
Monday after a week off for heavy antenna maintenance, but projected
by AW to resume today, and by end of week with full frequency
flexibility at last. Altho numerous other bands and frequencies were
registered originally, currently HFCC has nothing but 9330 except for
some apparently deleted SPC Sofia relays. And FCC still has no B22
skeds up since A22!

9329.814V, Dec 19 at 2345, back on at S9/+10 but fluttery in
Brazuguese, not solid signal and wobbling slightly, also still way
off-channel (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 5085, Dec 19 at 0217, ``WRMI Legends`` here S7/S9, // 9455.
Didn`t we see this coming? 0232 DJ named Clark? promoting Xmas pixure
contest as on wtww.us and then, Xmasmx. Still on at 0428 check.
Leading up to:

WOR iog 0431 UT Dec 18: ``USA. There are teasers being aired on WRMI
Legends that 5085 kHz will be used for WRMI Legends very soon. Talk on
the Legends Facebook page suggest that tuning of the antenna and
transmitter could be achieved quickly. There is no indication as to
which transmitter would be used, or hours of transmission or what
effect this will have on other frequencies being used for WRMI
Legends, or on other programmes being transmitted by the re-tuned
transmitter. Alan Roe, Teddington, UK``

0516 UT Dec 18: ``Hi George, Can you block them from using 5085, or
would you want to? How are things going now? Glenn``

0653 UT Dec 18: ``Glenn, Our return to 5085 is set for January 15,
2023. The 5085 transmitter is in total disrepair. Modules are being
repaired. It is expected to return at 100 KW. George McClintock
12-18-2022`` and then I post his reply to the WOR iog.

WOR iog: ``There is programming on 5085 kHz right now (0107 UTC, Dec.
19). "Feliz Navidad" by José Feliciano, preceded and followed by "WRMI
Legends" identification. I was only able to see a carrier with my SDR
at my location with no audio; went to visit someone else's KiwiSDR to
hear what I described above. Things are going to get awkward if WRMI
and the revived WTWW both intend to use this frequency at the same
time … 73, Ricky Leong, Calgary, Alberta, Canada``

``Thanks, Ricky for the heads up. 5085 with S9+10 signal into Masset,
BC at 02:58 UTC tune-in. Classic WTWW programming. So, presumably,
this is via a transmitter in Okeechobee? 73, Walt`` Salmaniw

0315 UT Dec 19: ``5085 apparently ex-4980 missing which was on 160
antenna like 9955, hardly ideal for inside NAm. This 5085 is much
weaker here than the real WTWW was. // much stronger 9455. Glenn``

0318 UT Dec 19: ``Glenn, of course, is correct. Gave a WRMI ID at
03:00. I agree that the signal was less by 10 to 20 dB compared to the
"real" WWTW. 9455's signal into Masset is also very nice. Walt``

George McClintock of the real WTWW called me UT Dec 20 about 0030 to
tell me that he has got 5085 back on the air already, testing with PPP
audio at about 70 kW. He says WRMI can keep on 5085 tonight and
tomorrow night, but WTWW takes over from Wed night = UT Thu Dec 22,
also daytime on 9475, from #2 transmitter, and will stay on rather
than waiting until Jan 15. New modulator cards to be delivered 12/21.
Lots of them in #1 were burned up. Computers are also a mess, Ted
refusing to supply passwords or cooperate otherwise. #1 will be
activated later but #3 may not be restorable. He leaves it on a few
minutes longer for me to check:

Yes, PPP on 5085 blasting in here as before peaking 40 over 9 until
cut off at 0038.6* UT. Also detectable were the +/- circa 13 kHz
parasite spur carriers just barely audible about 5072 & 5098 like
before. No sign of RMI yet on 5085 or 4980 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 7570, 7730, 7780, Dec 19 at 0732 check, all three WRMIs are
on // with TOM but not BS voice right now (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9980, Dec 19 at 1640 and 1946 chex, WWCR-4 is OFF, TOMBS
frequency; others normal at 1946, 12160, 13845, 15825. By next check
2352, 9980 is back on blasting BS at S9+30/40 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VANUATU. 7260, Dec 19 at 0734, RV still here, JBA S5/S7, not on
7890 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA split MW carrier search, Dec 19 at
0752: besides TP 846 Kiritimati, likely sources: 882 Canary Island or
Spain; 1215 UK; 711 Western Sahara (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 7612-USB, VP Dec 19 at 1624, 2-way in colloquial
Spanish, cambio (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0127 UT December 20

** CUBA. 11760, Sun Dec 18 at 1600, RHC announces continuing on 11760
and 15140 and FM; 1602 opening weekly Esperanto, also on much weaker
15140, claiming sked is Sun 0800 on 6100; 1600 on 11760-only; 2230 or
2330? on 15730. At the Esp`o service they haven`t a clue when and
where they are really being transmitted: 0800 has been AWOL lately,
used to appear on some 6 MHz channel not always 6100 but all of them
off earlier today; 1600 has been on +15140 for years; third airing has
been reported in B22 at 2130 on 13680 or somewhere. Also both
announcers can`t break themselves of Spanish habits, misaccentuating
Ameriko and politiko as ``Amériko`` and ``polítiko`` (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** FINLAND [non]. eQSL, reply to my report to R. Strömsö, 3955 via
Germany via UTwente SDR, indirectly into Oklahoma, Dec 17 at 1952-2000
UT:

``Thank you for your report! Radio Strömsö is a SDXL club programme
relayed by Texas Radio Shortwave, and edited by DJs Tricky Trev and
Heppu Hyypiö from Scandinavian Weekend Radio.

Finnish DX Association (SDXL) is the largest Finnish DX club with
history going back to year 1958. We publish a magazine Radiomaailma
(Radio World) and we have a web site at http://www.sdxl.fi During the
boom days in 1970s-1980s we had more than 2000 members in a country of
5 million. Today the club has almost 500 members.
DX club radio programmes used to be a regular feature in 1950s, 1960s,
when various stations around the globe did broadcast special
broadcasts. This kind of activity was common especially in Sweden, but
also Finnish clubs did organise such broadcasts from Spanish stations,
Rome, Prague, HCJB, Tangier, even from Radio Australia. In 1960s the
only English language show from Radio Finland was DX Mailbag, produced
by Finlands DX Club.

It was unexpected that broadcast was 19 UTC. We were told it should
have been 18 UTC. This is puzzling because every day there is
scheduled Radio DARC at 19 UTC. It would have been simplest thing to
keep Radio DARC in usual slot and transmit Strömsö at 18 UTC but no,
it was DARC that was switched to previous slot.

Attached is your eQSL. We wish you a peaceful Yule and a happy New
Year!
SDXL / Radio Strömsö``
https://www.w4uvh.net/Stromso-88-Hauser.jpg
or #136 via:
http://www.worldofradio.com/QSL.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** INDONESIA [non]. 7780, Sunday Dec 18 at 0805, I am awake enough to
hear WRMI still relaying VOI in English, ID and news, S5/S7. Still
unknown whether replaced by something else on Fridays as allegedly
scheduled (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NIGERIA. 7255-, Dec 18 at 0804, no VON signal (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** TURKEY [and non]. 5960, Dec 17 until 2354* VOT English to NAm has
been VG into UTwente, but off too soon for another collision at 0000
of extra German vs Mighty KBC via Germany. Rather, XJPBS collides.
Only one more chance Dec 24/25 before KBC quit 5960 Nauen for 5950
WRMI 22 hours later into another year (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. A couple 10m CW beacons JBA, Dec 18 at 1606 & 1609:
28243, VVV DE AA1SU/B, as in WI5V roster which is right up to date,
then qrz.com:
28.243 AA1SU C ESSEX JUNCTION, VERMONT # 5W, DIPOLE OTA after 5 yrs
off 13 Dec 2022
AA1SU USA flag USA, PAUL N GAYET, 11 CHERRY STREET, ESSEX JUNCTION, VT
05452, USA

28216, fast: DE K3FX/B and four power-down dashes:
28.216 K3FX C NEPTUNE CITY, NEW JERSEY # 5W, 1/2 VERTICAL.
K3FX USA flag USA, CHARLES P BAKER, PO BOX 134, BRADLEY BEACH, NJ
07720-0134, USA
10 METER CW PROPAGATION BEACON: ♦ 7 ERPw on 28.2160 MHz ♦ Icom
IC-706MKIIG ♦ Super CMOS 3 Controller ♦ Cushcraft AR-10 half-wave
vertical @ 50' AGL / 65' ASL ♦ Farthest Confirmed Reception - 14,135
km (8,783 statute miles) by ZL2IFB in Hastings, New Zealand (RF80hl)
at 0138 UTC 15-APR-2010 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2169 monitoring: confirmed Saturday
December 17 at 2042 about 8 minutes into so started circa 2034 on
WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO, S9+20 groundwave into nearby SDR.

NOT confirmed UT Sunday December 18 at 0030 on WRMI 7780, because it
is OFF the air, checked at Maryland and Missouri SDRs; meanwhile 7730
& 15770 are on with other programming; see WRMI log for more.

Confirmed UT Sunday December 18 at 0418 on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO, S9/+22
into Missouri, also happening to check at same point as afternoon, 8
minutes into so started circa 0410. Next:

2100 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW
0400vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW
0130 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0030 UT Wednesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S

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http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html

A noncommercial service for which financial support is appreciated.
Thanks to Ron Howard, Monterey CA, for a check on a US bank to Glenn
Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702, ``Am sending it to you in memory
of Brian Alexander (May 1, 1957 - Dec. 26, 2012). I once enjoyed his
many African logs. Thank you for your many excellent contributions to
our radio hobby over the decades!``

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

** U S A. 7780, Dec 18 at 0030, WRMI missing and so is WOR, so I
inspect all other WRMI frequencies into Maryland SDR. Also off: 4980,
5010, 9455. Skedgrid still dated Dec 13 shows only 4980 is supposed to
be off, before *0200; besides 7730 24h but has just resumed. Confirmed
ON: 5800 SMTV, 5850 English, 5950 TRSW, 7570, 7730, 9395, 9955. At
0130 UT Sun Dec 18, 5850 confirmed amid `Encore` classical music, but
not on 7730 and no signal on 15770 into Maryland SDR. At 0802, all
three 7s are on, 7570, 7730, 7780, see INDONESIA [non] (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9955, Sunday December 18 at 1559, WRMI is still on with Etón
ad, unlike weekdays when the 1530 DX/media program strip is
dispensable (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VANUATU. 7260, Dec 18 at 0803, R. Vanuatu still here, VP (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-oceanic JBA split MW carrier search, Dec 18 at
0743 UT: 711, 882, 1215, but nothing on 846 as Kiritimati TP is
usually silent Sundays; others likely TA, Western Sahara, Canary Is,
UK respectively (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

Glenn Hauser logs December 17-18, 2022

** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RCUSB, Sat Dec 17 at 1458, LRA36 is already on
with songs, S5/S8 into Argentine SDR I am sharing with someones in
Chicago, Bochum; 1502 another song, but disappears at 1505* before any
sign/on. I jiggle tuning to 15475.00 USB, but cannot detect any
reduced carrier. Just in case, I keep listening to the noise until
1549 but never resumes. Quite a bust today and barely managed a
semihour back on Wednesday (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 5040, 6000, 6060, 6100, 6165, 10080, etc., Dec 17 at 0721, NO
signals at all from RHC. At least one of them is usually remaining.
Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA [and non]. 5025, Dec 17 at 0724, R. Rebelde music is S9+20/30
but somewhat overmodulatedistorted. Nothing on 10050, clear for Gander
VOLMET 10051 USB. That station should have been raising a ruckus about
the harmonic, if they knew what was happening; and still could (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** FINLAND [non]. 3955, Dec 17 at 1952, I remember that the Radio
Strömsö special should be on at 19-20, instead of erroneous originally
publicized time of 18-19. Yes, there it is into UTwente SDR, S5/S7 in
music, best heard at <6 kHz bandwidth on AM or AM Synch. 1953 English
talk about visiting S. island; 1955 contact info; 1956 old Xmas carol;
1958 Texas R SW outro; 1959 TYROT IS but cut to Channel 292 = GERMANY
ID; and that soon overridden by very strong open carrier producing
medium SAH which proves to be from 2000 KBS World Radio in German,
listed via Woofferton UK relay (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** KIRITIMATI. 846 kHz, Dec 17 at 0732, JBA carrier from R. Kiribati.
See UNIDENTIFIED for a few others at this hour (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** MALI [and non]. 5995, Dec 17 at 1852, since it`s Saturday I
remember to tune in for ORTM`s token English broadcast weekly. Canary
SDR gets it S7/S8 but must use AMNarrow, LSB or SAL mode to avoid
stronger signal ACI from 6000, NHK via France until 1900. Also weaker
CCI on 5995: only listed is Korean radio war, if it`s this week`s Echo
of Hope frequency. Something about friendly relations with China,
Tunisia also mentioned, a coalition. M reader is enunciating slowly
and clearly but still a struggle to follow the gist. Alternating W has
heavier accent and speaks faster. Presentation by ambassador about
students learning Chinese, English, a ceremony in November? 1903 till
next week and into music. 1907 I go back to The Met via KUCO for the
first intermission feature during Rigoletto. Next week: The Magic
Flute, in English (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NIGERIA. 7255-, Dec 17 at 0720, no signal from VON (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. Now we know what really accounts for the drastic changes
at 90.1, KUCO FM we have previously covered. Found on the homepage Dec
17:

``What's Happening with KUCO Programming? Many of you have probably
noticed some changes taking place with KUCO's programming. KUCO is the
ONLY radio station still playing CDs. Our CD players are failing at an
alarming rate and there are no options to repair or replace them. It's
crucial we digitize our music library as soon as possible. This is a
MASSIVE undertaking with a projected timeline of five years. In order
to speed up this process, we are TEMPORARILY using a streaming service
so our extremely small staff can spend their time converting our CDs.
All of KUCO's current on-air staff is still here and we are all
working feverishly to complete this critical upgrade. We appreciate
your patience and we will be back with our local hosts in January.
Thank you for your support and Happy Holidays! Best, Jeff Hagy``

Other disruptions continue: `From the Top` dropped off at 1646 UT Dec
17, soon replaced by backup music from KUCO for 4 minutes. After 1703
I`m hearing jazz piano and percussion instead of `The Score` as
scheduled. Faked out: that really is `The Score` or transition to it
at 1706 (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2169 monitoring: confirmed UT
Saturday December 17 at 0130 on WRMI 5850, S9+20/30 into Missouri
SDR.

Also confirmed UT Saturday December 17 at 0500 on WBCQ Radio Angela,
5130 minus 17 Hz into NH SDR = 5129.983, S9/+15.

Also confirmed Saturday December 17 at 1700 on WRN N America webcast.
Next:

2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to SW
0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415; as late as 0530]
2100 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW
0400vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW
0130 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0030 UT Wednesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S

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A noncommercial service for which financial support is appreciated.
Thanks to Ron Howard, Monterey CA, for a check on a US bank to Glenn
Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702, ``Am sending it to you in memory
of Brian Alexander (May 1, 1957 - Dec. 26, 2012). I once enjoyed his
many African logs. Thank you for your many excellent contributions to
our radio hobby over the decades!``

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

** U S A. (7490v), UT Sat Dec 17 at 0100-0201, WBCQ webcast of
`AAAWWW`, starts with a sneeze, somehow relates that to Free Speech;
A&A arguing about whether microphoniums are open, usual banter. 0106
announces that Angela became a US citizen last Friday which is why
there was no new show. The process took some 4 years and would have
lasted longer without some legal help: but they did it the right way.
Never mentioned whether she renounced Canadian citizenship, which the
US considers optional despite wording of the Oath. They go thru some
typical citizenship test Q&A.

Quick check of the SW frequencies into NH remote: 6159.936, 7489.938,
5129.997; while 3265v & 9330v are off. 0125 datestamp of 16 Dec YOOLF
2022 and trimulcasting. SuperStition has been off since Monday Dec 12
and hope to have it back on by following Monday; as a crew has been
retuning the antenna. ``Glenn Hauser, get it right``, accusing me of
getting it wrong. Anything ``wrong`` has been due to lack of explicit
info out of AW about what is really going on, forcing us to speculate!
Asks for prayers for some staff who are hurting. Does not mention
``electrocuted`` this week as twice before, never with any details of
how it happened, how serious if not deadly, and who exactly is
suffering. God knows?

Ant has been under maintenance since summer. It was almost built when
they got it in 2017/18 but then Ampegon went bankrupt and
knowledgeable engineers could not come over from Switzerland, because
of pandemic. Now someone from Germany is leading the work. Expensive,
e.g. a single cap costs $ 20K. Supporting tube is 10 to 15 ft diameter.
Ant is 4 vertical x 4 horizontal dipoles = 16. SS antenna is as
impressive as the Grand Canyon when you stand under it, rather than
just looking at photos. Maintenance should be completely finished by
end of next week = 24 Dec. It`s 52 degrees in Fla which they consider
frigid, and worry about how cold it has to get before Angela`s horses
need to be blanketed. 0137 excerpts of articles from Radio World, in
defense of AM radio in cars; and of analog by WFMU GM; 0149 BBC
planning to be online only by 2030y ``only 8 years from now`` -- make
that 7. 0054 a few emails only from political supporters. Yes, they
could not resist some digs at Biden vs their ``real`` president T****.
Usual wrapup, prayer, joining Hal Turner about a minute late (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 7730, Dec 17 at 0716, for first time since hurricane
destruxion, a carrier here as I tune across every night, S7/S9 and
maybe a trace of modulation, presumed WRMI. This was on NE antenna,
and since then 15770 has had to substitute for it even tho totally
inappropriate propagationally at night, so will 15770 now be off or
reduced? Compared to 7780 on SW antenna, which is S9 with TOMBS. AND,
7570 on NW antenna with TOMBS, is OFF! The 7554-7584 range is occupied
by some kind of noise presumably ute not DRM, which 7570 normally
overrides. Lou Johnson, GA, posted to WRMI fb circa 23 UT Dec 16 that
7730 is back! with no further info or replies.

7730 is also audible Dec 17 at 1916 with gospel huxter, S7 into
Maryland SDR and // much stronger 15770, S7/S9+15. WRMI skedgrid shows
7730 as WRMI-1, 44 degrees to Europe at NO times 24h! While 15770 is
WRMI-9, also 44/Eu and scheduled 24/7. So what antenna is 7730 really
on now? There are about two dozen entries of 7730 in several program
skedgrids, never removed while imaginary. BTW the waterfall shows a
45-degree-angled ionosonde running upward, and I do hear it blip as it
crosses 15770 at 1928; and another at 1929, 1932 (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** VANUATU. 7260, Dec 17 at 0720, S7/S9 music from RV still here, no
7890 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-oceanic JBA split MW carrier search, December 17
at 0732: besides 846 KIRITIMATI, q.v.: 855-two making slow beat about
1 Hz, likely Spain; 1098 slower beat about 32/minute = 0.53 Hz. At
this late hour I would assume one be 25 kW, V7AB, Marshall Islands;
other maybe RNE5 Spain of which there are four ranging 5 to 25 kW, if
not too late for 25 kW from Slovakia, where all MW is being turned
off. And there are numerous further 1098 TPs, including a megawatt
from somewhere in China. And one more JBAC on 1107, likely Spain, of
which there are five RNE5 ranging 10 to 25 kW (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 88.1 FM, Dec 17 at 0224 UT, partial announcement in
Spanish ``escúchenos las 24 horas ... mejor compañía`` vs CCI from
maringal Okies KMSI & KWOU. Probably UStation rather than Mex. For the
first time this winter, checking for DX on the cold caradio, as DXMAP
showed Es FM DX between PA & AR an hour ago up to 100 MHz, and it
might have slipped into OK. But that`s all I get in bandscanning
bottom half of FM band continuously since 0213 when there was some
lite classical on 88.1 unexpected from either Okie: sked on KGOU/KWOU
at 8 pm Fri is `Snap Judgment` about storytelling:
https://www.kgou.org/show/snap-judgment - nothing else unusual but
some stupid ballgames with horrible modulation on 92.1, mentioning
Spencer, OK?; 93.5, Cougars, KS? Quit at 0235 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

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with a gallery of the 121 ``traitors`` re-elected by Republicans

This report dispatched at 2014 UT December 17

** BRAZIL. 9664.976, Dec 16 at 0709, RVM with music, then bird calls,
S5/S7 but always good modulation level, and almost on-frequency lately
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 6060, Dec 16 at 0720, RHC S9 of dead air; and 6165, S9+20 of
dead air. Cannot tell whether the DA is in Spanish or correct English.
Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 5025, Dec 16 at 0722, R. Rebelde with music at S9+20, but no
show on 10050; no RHC 5040 & 10080 either. Something`s always wrong at
RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** EGYPT. 9439.995, Dec 16 at 2145, R. Cairo S9+15/25 into UTwente
with humbuzz and extremely distorted music modulation; have they no
shame? Something`s always egregious in Egypt (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** INTERNATIONAL INTERNET. As I feared, it seems there will be no new
Winter Solstice Paul Winter performance this year; rather, this:
https://www.stjohndivine.org/calendar/42599/paul-winters-43rd-winter-solstice-on-youtube

``Paul Winter's 43rd Winter Solstice on YouTube
Wednesday, December 21, 2022 7 PM - 10 PM {EST = 00-03 UT Thu Dec 22}
Livestream

Artist in Residence Paul Winter's 43rd annual Winter Solstice
Celebration, in the form of a video retrospective, will be streamed
free on Youtube on the evening of Wednesday, December 21, at 7pm.
Entitled Solstice Saga, this epic three-hour journey interweaves
iconic performances from the first four decades of this event at New
York's Cathedral of St. John the Divine.

The cast of performers includes the Paul Winter Consort; Russia's
Dmitri Pokrovsky Ensemble; Brazil's Ivan Lins, Fabiana Cozza and
Renato Braz; Ireland's Nóirín Ní Riain and Uillean Piper Davy
Spillane; Procol Harum's Gary Brooker; griot singer Abdoulaye Diabate
of Mali; Noel Paul Stookey of Peter, Paul and Mary; and the West
African dancing and drumming of the Forces of Nature Dance Theatre.

Consort players include singer Theresa Thomason; cellist Eugene
Friesen; oboist Paul McCandless; keyboardists Paul Halley, Paul
Sullivan and Jeff Holmes; flutist Rhonda Larson; euphonium player
Clark Goering; bassist Eliot Wadopian; drummers Jamey Haddad and Ted
Moore; percussionists Glen Velez and Café; and myself on soprano sax.

For more info and to stream the online-only performance, visit
PaulWinter.com ``

But which still says ``there are no upcoming events``! {meanwhile I am
enjoying a sequence of trax via https://solsticeconcert.com/ (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** KIRITIMATI. 846 kHz, Dec 16 at 0730, JBA carrier from R. Kiribati,
with heavy splash from 840 WHAS, presumably a regular music break
during C2CAM. No other 9/kHz split TP or TA carriers detected (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NIGERIA. 7255-, Dec 16 at 0715, no signal from VON (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** ROMANIA. 9440, Dec 16 at 0711, German, S6/S9 with flutter. It`s RRI
via Tsiganeshti this semihour only (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SPAIN. 9690, Fri Dec 16 at 2304, token English from REE M/W/F is
already upwrapping news and into features: first, about a new
Cervantes center/institute in LA/Hollywood which has just opened,
unlike the other ones in US at Chicago, Albuquerque, Harvard and
Seattle. Much about promoting Spanish language and culture, especially
to the 50 megaSS now in USA, expected to balloon to 111M in some
future year I missed. 2311 song break. 2312 pt 2 of an interview with
a Dr Peabody of WHO Europe about the three respiratory viruses now
infecting Europe. 2320, brief report from Lebanon correspondent on how
NGOs are performing Xmas magic. 2322 REE asks for contacts via email
or a multidigit whatsapp. 2323, final part of series about Spanish
stupidballgame players who have made history. I am simulistenng to
TURKEY q.v. which has defaulted to music (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 5960.003, Dec 16 at 2301, TRT is S9+40/45 into UTwente but
NOT in English, not even talking like news on hour, rather presumed
Turkish music for the rest of the hour, with occasional very brief
announcements which sound like Turkish or at least Turkic. Axually
this is a quite enjoyable concert, a respite from the attempted
English shows requiring one to strain to understand them. Maybe lost
feed and instead plugged into one of the domestic channels.
Something`s always erroneous at Emirler and/or awry at Ankara. At 2355
& 2356 two very quick drops in transmission, but right back on as if
attempting to turn it off without success. After pause, 0000 still on
with timesignal and into Turkish? talk, news? Finally does go off and
stay off at 0003.6* Dec 17, uncovering as always the XJPBS from East
Turkistan, std denunciation. No extra German tonight. Since this was
mostly music and SPAIN q.v. mostly talk, I had no problem listening to
both at same time, altho some cannot tolerate such ``cacophony``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2169 monitoring: confirmed first
SWBC, UT Friday December 16 at 0330 on WRMI 7780, despite SW beam
better reception into Missouri SDR at S9/+10 than into Louisiana or
Maryland.

Fri 0830 on WRMI 5010, 5850 unchecked; anyone hear those?

Not confirmed Friday December 16 at 1530 on WRMI 9955: still off the
air when first checked at 1520: but still on the webcast at 1550
check.

Confirmed Friday December 16 at 2130 on IRRS SW via AM Italia, 1323
but not 918 or 207 kHz, S7/S9 into nearby Noale SDR, but with crashes,
nearest storm area circa Serbia across to south Italy; following
`Counterspin` with Jeanine Jackson tuned in at 2128, but chopped off
in progress at 2130 for ID and WOR. Next:

0130 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW
0500 UT Saturday WBCQ Radio Angela 5130v to WSW
2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to SW
0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415; as late as 0530]
2100 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW
0400vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW
0130 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0030 UT Wednesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S

Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html

A noncommercial service for which financial support is appreciated.
Thanks to Ron Howard, Monterey CA, for a check on a US bank to Glenn
Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702, ``Am sending it to you in memory
of Brian Alexander (May 1, 1957 - Dec. 26, 2012). I once enjoyed his
many African logs. Thank you for your many excellent contributions to
our radio hobby over the decades!``

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

** U S A. 9955, Dec 16 at 0707, WRMI with TOMBS is S6/S5, JBA vs pulse
jamming; while 9395 & 9455 are *much* stronger with other programming
and no jamming (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [non]. 9330, Dec 16 at 0712, still NO signal from WBCQ-6,
rather Cuban Spy Numbers hour on this Friday, voice mixed with digital
blaapps and beepery, steady S9+10. Still nothing at 1713 check (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VANUATU. 7260, Dec 16 at 0715, RV still here and JBA (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0122 UT December 17

** CHINA. 7270, Dec 15 at 0739, music at S5/S6 not noted before,
besides checking 7255 & 7260. Aoki shows only PBS Nei Menggu, Hohhot
839 site, Inner Mongolia (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 10080, Dec 15 at 0730, RHC news in Spanish, S9+10/20,
mistuned transmitter leaving only a JBA carrier on 5040; 0731, // 6100
still on in wrong language, program ID as ``Desde la Habana, de lunes
a sábado 8 a 11 de la noche``. Something`s always wrong at RHC.
Recheck at 0800, both 10080 & 5040 are off.

5025, Dec 15 at 0731, R. Rebelde ID in passing, S9+20/30, no signal
however on its double, 10050 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 6165, UT Thu Dec 15 at 0732, `Ed Newman` with RHC Mailbag,
offering one of those coveted pocket calendars, new issue for 2023. I
used to get them: they are just one small card with portrait of some
rev`ly figure on the other side. Only RHC English still on air.
Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 13700, Dec 15 at 1600, RHC Spanish still on with live
timecheck for 11 am; program title seems ``Cuba online``. No spurs
now; off by next check 1620. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** KIRITIMATI. 846 kHz, Dec 15 at 0716, can`t detect R. Kiribati now
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NIGERIA. 7255-, Dec 15 at 0737, no signal from VON. At first there
was something but disappeared, presumably an ham (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 341 MCW kHz, Dec 15 at 0725, OIN, 25 watt ND
beacon at OberlIN, Kansas, mixing with EI, Enid. Both equally weak
JBA, despite localism. Often noted but logged for the record.
Sometimes they take turns, others atop each other as periods differ
(Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** U S A. 356 MCW kHz, Dec 15 at 0723 UT, ODX, 25 watt ND beacon at
Ord, Nebraska. Would have been great chance for matching callsign ORD,
which is nowhere on dxinfocentre.com list elsewhere (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2168 monitoring: ``From: Richard Lemke, St.
Albert, Alberta, Canada, the desk of Richard’s listening Post, Radio:
JRC NRD-535 HF, Antenna: random long wires in the trees. Dear Glenn:
Confirming World of Radio #2168, WRMI:
9395, 0130, 0158 (45433), 0159, December 13 UTC 2022 [Tue]
9395, 0031, 0058 (45443), 0059, December 14 UTC 2022 [Wed]
5850, 1030, 1037 (55433), 1058, December 14 UTC 2022 [Wed]
9395, 0130, 0144, 0159 (45443), 0159, December 15 UTC 2022 [Thu]
(Lemke, Richard -AB) 73’s, Richard, Dec 15, 2022``

Confirmed UT Thursday December 15 on WRMIs: 5010, S9/+10 into Bonaire
SDR; 9395, S6/S8 into Maryland SDR.

WORLD OF RADIO 2169 contents: Afghanistan non, Antarctica, Argentina
non, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Congo, Cuba, Ethiopia, Europe, (France),
Germany and non, India, Indonesia, International Internet,
International Vacuum, Iran non, Korea South and non, (Kurdistan),
Myanmar, Netherlands and non, New Zealand, Nigeria non, Oklahoma,
Perú, (Pridnestrovye), Russia, Spain, (Taiwan), Turkey and non, UK,
USA, (Uzbekistan), Vanuatu, Vietnam; propagation outlook
(countries mentioned along with others not in order)

WORLD OF RADIO 2169 available from 0142 UT December 16:

(mp3 stream) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2169.m3u
(mp3 download) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2169.mp3

Or via http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html
Also linx to podcast services.

The shortwave+ broadcasts should be:

0330 UT Friday WRMI 7780 to SW
0830 UT Friday WRMI 5010 to S [NEW]
0830 UT Friday WRMI 5850 to NW [NEW]
1530 UT Friday WRMI 9955 to SSE [webcast only?]
2130 UT Friday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy
0130 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW
0500 UT Saturday WBCQ Radio Angela 5130v to WSW
2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to SW
0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415; as late as 0530]
2100 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW
0400vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW
0130 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0030 UT Wednesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S

Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html

A noncommercial service for which financial support is appreciated.
Thanks to Ron Howard, Monterey CA, for a check on a US bank to Glenn
Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702, ``Am sending it to you in memory
of Brian Alexander (May 1, 1957 - Dec. 26, 2012). I once enjoyed his
many African logs. Thank you for your many excellent contributions to
our radio hobby over the decades!``

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

** U S A. 9330v, Dec 15 at 0745 & 1623 chex, WBCQ/WLCR is OFF. Latest
twit from Allan Weiner dated Dec 13: ``Working on the great antenna at
WBCQ’s world Superstation. Testing and tuning to insure full usage
5-22 MHz. One of the most powerful free speech stations. The few left.
Tune us in. 9330/7490/6160/5130 khz. Join us. wbcq@wbcq.com for all
the info. Beaming to our world ⚡️📻. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF
RADIO 2169)

** U S A. 5890, Thu Dec 15 at 0742, WWCR-4 is ON, despite sked as
overnight only on Sat & Sun with TOMBS. It`s S9+20/30 of some rap
gospel-huxtering, so probably not TOMBS and not // 4840 while the
other one, 3215, is still off. Not // either 5850 WRMI (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** VANUATU. 7260, Dec 15 at 0738, R. Vanuatu still here, S8/S9 so not
on 3945/7890/11835 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2169)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA split MW carrier search, Dec 15 at
0317; only 774 kHz, two beating 4 Hz apart, presumably SPAINs, and
nothing on 684. Next check at 0715, still 774s and now JJBBA on 684.
In mwoffsets, of the five RNEs on 774, the lowest was 773.9978 and the
highest 774.0016, i.e. 3.8 Hz apart; others in between measured as
long ago at 2015y (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0156 UT December 16