** 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

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. (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)

TIPS FOR RATIONAL LIVING

The 14th Amendment, Section 3, Plainly States What to Do with an
Attempted Coup
https://www.michaelmoore.com/p/14th-amendment-plainly-states

Section 3: Disqualification from Holding Office

“No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or
elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or
military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having
previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of
the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an
executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the
Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection
or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies
thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House,
remove such disability.”

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

** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RC USB, Wed Dec 14 at 1455 tune-in via
Argentine remote, LRA36 already on with song, only S6 so not enough to
overcome noise level. 1501 standard canned sign/on, multi-lingual
advisory, staff names, ``Nacional, la radio pública``; 1502.5 theme
song; 1506 recitation with musical background; 1507.7 song; 1511.7 ID
ending with ``su compañía`` and start live YLs chatting led by María
Eugenia, as programa #35; 1519 strength surges briefly to S7/S8; 1526
contact info; 1527.7 song; 1530.4 ID with `Nacional, nos une``,
this-week-in-history starring with 12 diciembre. I have to quit now
for an appointment, but did not miss much as Gary Pence says it
dropped off sometime between 1532 and 1545.

Here`s info about the 2022 and 2023 seasons, including full names of
the four women now and then; from Radio Magazine, on FB originally in
French, into Spanish via Juan I. Gutiérrez, AER Foro DX, a lot better
than a machine-translated English version:

``ANTÁRTIDA: LRA 36 Radio Nacional Arcángel Gabriel, la emisora ​​más
austral del mundo es la única emisora ​​estatal que transmite desde la
Antártida en onda corta. Características que, sumadas a que se trata
de una estación de Estado operada por personal militar del Comando
Conjunto Antártico, la hacen única frente a otras radios.

Por segundo año, Radio Nacional LRA 36 estará dirigida por un equipo
profesional y técnico integrado exclusivamente por mujeres. Así lo
anunció el Ministro de Defensa el pasado 7 de diciembre: El acto contó
con la presencia de la Presidenta de Radio y Televisión Argentina,
Rosario Lufrano, el Comandante del Grupo Antártico, Brigadier General
Edgar Fernando Calandín, Adrián Korol, director de Radio Argentina en
el Exterior, y Malvinas, Antártida y Atlántico Sur Secretario del
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Guillermo Carmona.

El nuevo equipo tomará el relevo de Romina Zabalza, María Eugenia
Rodríguez, Claudia Beatriz Albarracín y Mariela Churquina, quienes ya
llevan un año en el cargo.

Además del servicio de FM local, LRA 36 Radio Nacional Arcángel
Gabriel tiene alcance internacional a través de onda corta. El
objetivo de su programación es difundir la cultura argentina, pero
sobre todo el trabajo de las Fuerzas Armadas en las bases antárticas,
la labor de investigación científica y, fundamentalmente, el apoyo a
la histórica reivindicación de soberanía del territorio antártico.

La Estación Base Esperanza reflejará en su nueva parrilla el contenido
cultural y científico argentino y, en particular, las actividades que
se desarrollan en la Antártida.

La emisora ​​tendrá, en enero, la matinal de Panorama Nacional de
Noticias, a cargo del periodista Marcelo Ayala y su grupo de
producción estará integrado por Lorena del Carmen Alvarado, María
Victoria Menéndez, Noemí del Valle Cisneros, Ariadna Verónica Berrardo
y Adriana Novakoski y la técnica de operación del cabo primero de la
marina Nicole Valdebenito.

Puede escuchar la radio en 15476 kHz y confirma informes de escucha
por QSL. LRA36 Arcángel Gabriel, Base Esperanza, Antártida, Argentina
o lra36nacional@gmail.com`` By postal be sure to include code 9411
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** ARGENTINA [non]. Re my last report copying the RAE in English times
on the WRMI skedgrid, Harold Sellers replies quite differently:

``According to my recent monitoring I believe RAE’s English
programming is carried by WRMI as below.
0200-0230 5800 Th, 5850 Mo & We, 9395 Tu & Fr
0500-0600 Th 7780
2330-2400 We 7570
Harold Sellers, Vernon, BC`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CANADA. 750, Dec 14 at 0726, CKJH liner between rock songs, exactly
like last night, never with call letters, but beachradiosk.ca Chuckle.
Second of two nights WSB off for maintenance. Melfort appears to be
the dominant signal all over USA. There are no other US powerhouses at
night except 20 kW Portland OR, but it`s cardioid into Pacific, deep
null eastward. Well, also 50/50 kW ND KFQD Anchorage, which might have
a chance were it not for CKJH. The Spanish I heard last night was
probably R. Progreso, Cuba. Others I have heard before: KAMA El Paso
TX, 1 kW; KOAL Price UT, 6.8 kW (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 5025, Dec 14 at 0734, R. Rebelde remains reactivated, VG here
but no 10050; nor RHC on 5040 & 10080. The other side:

READ TODAY THE CUBA OF TOMORROW --- December 14, 2022 POLITICS
Why are the ballot boxes in Cuba guarded by children and not by
security forces? 'The clearest proof of the banality and theatricality
of the Cuban electoral system.'
YOAN MIGUEL GONZÁLEZ PIEDRA | Holguín``...
https://diariodecuba.com/cuba/1670970511_44022.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 6060, Dec 14 at 0739, S9+20 of dead air from RHC; also 6165,
S9+10. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** EGYPT. 9439.995, Dec 14 at 2242, no signal into UTwente from R.
Cairo in English for a sesquihour from 2115. Something`s always amiss
in Abis (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** KIRITIMATI. 846 kHz, Dec 14 at 0728, only 9/kHz split JBA carrier
is here, R. Kiribati (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NIGERIA. 7255-, Dec 14 at 0740, no signal from VON (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA [and non]. Don`t you believe that `StarDate` is on KGOU
Norman and its satellites, daily at 7 AM & PM CST = 13 & 01 UT. Still
not having located it on the `upgraded` KUCO, if at all, I bring up
the KGOU stream at 0100 Dec 14. Instead, after the `Fresh Air` opening
teaser, this news hole is filled by `National Native News` as on KGOU
sked, with nothing specified for 7 AM. Looking again at the website,
somewhat obscure is link to affiliates:
https://stardate.org/radio/affiliates
upon which is a USA map where you have to click on a state.
Considering that all OK entries are wrong, I would not believe any
without confirming. Guess what: publicradiofan.com doesn`t know of
any, just as a podcast. Furthermore, StarDate website credits for show
does not even mention the only voice we always hear, Billy Henry,
ex-Sandy Wood. It does name several people behind the scenes in
scripting and produxion. He is elsewhere on the site or search on his
name.

Next I try KUNM Albuquerque NM as it and all its relays are on the
affiliate list: 7 pm [MST] except Sundays 6:30 pm - CONFIRMED, UT Wed
Dec 14 at 0200 on KUNM webcast, even tho it is too insignificant to
appear on KUNM`s own skeds, as if `Espejos de Aztlán` start at 7 pm
sharp, lunes a viernes. Music after StarDate is certainly nothing
Hispanic. O, on Tuesdays, `Home of Happy Feet` starts at 7 altho the
title is `centered` as if it start an hour later (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** SPAIN. 9690, Wed Dec 14 at 2300, token English from REE, billboard
of features starts with something about silly ballgame players, so I
ditch it for TURKEY q.v. instead. But a quickcheck later finds it`s VG
into Maryland SDR, while 12030 & 11940 are JBA and 11685 inaudible if
it even be on (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY [and non]. 5960.001, Dec 14 *from a few seconds before 2300
timesignal, VOT S9+35 into Utwente. Now seems to be coördinating with
BBC Oman until 2259.5* so as not to overlap with IS. Usual sign-on
with jumbled English schedule, and soon there is surging caused by
open carrier from PBS Xinjiang, Urumqi, East Turkistan, land of ChiCom
genocide against Uighurs and other Moslems, which has also just opened
on a slightly different frequency making subaudible heterodyne - SAH
fading. Not until 2311.7 do the ChiCom bring up the relayed CNR1
modulation, after which the CCCCCCI is rather annoying. As usual, VOT
is undermodulated so that I have to open SDR and own volume controls
to max, but aside from the QRM would be sufficient considering how
strong the signal is. After news and music break, 2322 feature title
now sounds like `Clipping Files`? It`s about genetic diseases and
social media addixion causing depression, narcissism. At the closing
it sounds more like `Gripping Piles`, more next week. 2326,
multilingual ID filler reel. 2328, `Weekly Commentary`, by some prof.,
can`t understand name or institution, about Xi`s official visit to
Sa`udi Arabia, what effect it could have on the ME. Usual too-heavy
accent by YL reader. 2353 recheck closer to 5960.002, already in TRT
IS and the CCCCCCI is even worse. 2356 begins interspersing German
IDs. 0000 Dec 15 still on, signing on German, mixing with ChiCom
anthem. 0008+, enough cacophony. Something`s always erroneous at
Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2168 monitoring: confirmed UT Wednesday
December 14 at 0030 on WRMI 9395, S8/9+10 into Maryland SDR.

Also confirmed Wednesday December 14 at 2205 the 2200+ on WBCQ 7490-,
S8/S9 direct but vs S5/S6 high noise level, really unlistenable. Via
Maryland SDR, however, it` S9+10/20 -58 Hz offset = 7489.942. Next:

0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S

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** U S A. eQSL from Texas Radio Shortwave for `Yellow Rose of Texas`
test via WRMI 15770, Dec 11 at 2022 UT:
https://www.w4uvh.net/TRSWtestviaWRMI15770_Hauser.pdf
or #135 via:
http://www.worldofradio.com/QSL.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VANUATU. 7260, Dec 14 at 0740, S6/S9 of Bislama talk from R.
Vanuatu, best signal yet on this fundamental (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0015 UT December 15