** CANADA. 15034 USB, Dec 18 at 1550, Trenton Military, ID citing time
as ``1450 zulu`` - a sesquimonth after DST, they`re still stuck an
hour off! Robovoice cannot notice the contradixion, then correctly
citing time of a reading somewhere as 1500. Certainly hope in matters
of life & death, Canadian Forces can be more accurate. As always, some
reports received, others ``no report received``. Since all times are
always Zulu, local DST changes should be irrelevant and ignored! with
no effect on announced times (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CHILE. 28460 USB, Dec 18 at 2314, CE8MGZ calling QRZ, CQ in
English. QRZ.com: ``CE8MGZ Chile flag Chile, WALTER CESAR MARAMBIO
GARCIA, avenida mirador #5153 ciudad los llanos 2 las compañías altas,
CIUDAD : La serena. 4 región, CP 1700000, Chile`` - also another CE
heard and from JAPAN, q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CHINA. 9660, Dec 18 at 1556, S7/S8 soft Chinese song belies the
nefarious purpose of this, CNR1 jamming from Kunming site vs Sound of
Hope. I notice both EiBi & Aoki now show transmitter sites of many
jammers; how do they know? Well, this is registered in HFCC as if
normal non-jammer. Of course hundreds of SOH frequencies are never in
HFCC. OTOH, WOOB jamming such as just below 19, 16, 15, 13 and 11 MHz
are never registered. I guess HFCC puts up with this since something
from China is better than nothing (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** JAPAN. 28420 USB, Dec 18 at 2307, JE1RXJ, Tokyo, beaming toward and
working N Americans in English. QRZ.com: ``JE1RXJ Japan flag Japan,
Takeshi "Tack" Goto, 15-11 Saiwai-cho, Hiratsuka-City,kanagawa
254-0804, Japan``

28435 USB, Dec 18 at 2311, JA1UTQ in Spanish calling CQ DX South
America. QRZ.com: ``JA1UTQ Japan flag Japan, KATSUMI HAGIWARA, 2-191-2
HATANAKA, OME 198-0061, TOKYO, Japan``. I`m also hearing SAm, see
CHILE (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 1670, Dec 18 circa 2045 UT, Virtual DJ Radio,
Enid, much stronger than before, even reaching downtown Enid now from
its source circa the junxion of US 81 and US 412, continuous rock
music. 2259 now even audible at home but CCI from skywave talk, either
WOZN WI or WMGE GA (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 95.1, Dec 18 circa 2030 UT, pirate still going with local
quality reception only in downtown Enid, Xmasmx, so wonder if it be a
``holiday-special`` only (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SPAIN. 9690, Wed Dec 18 at 2258 direct, S9+20/30, also 12030
S9/+10, 17715 S9/+10, 17755 JBA S8/S9 = noise level. 2300 token
English from SNR; preview topic about mental health at the workplace.
2301 news leads with Israel/Hamas ceasefire closer? (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** TURKEY. 5960.004-, Dec 18 at 2257, VOT not off the air, S9/+10
direct. 2329 into UTwente when measured, S9+30/40 but usual 6CI and
rhumble, with Efsun about algo, outro as `Unexpected Twists of Fate`,
2331 music. 2336 `The Middle East and Turkey`, visit of Turkish
intelligence official to Syria: Damascus was once an Ottoman province.
2342 `Sports Panorama` with Efsun again. 2352 she also provides
headlines, 2353 s/off, three or four notes of IS before chopoff 2354*,
no finesse. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler, uncovering
Chinese (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2273 monitoring: confirmed UT
Wednesday December 18 at 0051 the 0030 on WRMI 9395, S9+20/25
direct.

``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, Hello Glenn: Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays.
WRMI, USA, World of Radio #2273, 9395 kHz, 0030, 0045, 0051, 0055
(4-55433), (45433), 0059, December 18 UTC 2024 (Lemke, Richard -AB)
Typed, December 18, 2024  73’s,
Richard Lemke``

Also confirmed Wednesday December 18 at 2059 the 2030 on SW Radio,
Germany, 3975.002+, S8/9+15 into UTwente.

Missed checking Wed Dec 18 at 2200 on WBCQ 7490; anyone hear it?
Next:

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

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** VANUATU [non]. 9960, Dec 18 at 1557, S5/S7 JBA talk. Per EiBi it`s
VOA Burmese via PHILIPPINES at 1430-1630. Yet Aoki shows nothing but
RV on 9960 altho not on this hour. Ron Howard reported all known
frequencies OFF:

``Random monitoring since Dec 17, from 0355+ UT, has found Radio
Vanuatu silent on 2485, 3945, 5040, 7260 and 9960, through 0500 UT, on
Dec 18.

https://pg.usembassy.gov/earthquake-alert-u-s-embassy-port-vila-vanuatu-december-17-2024/
". . . The U.S. Embassy in Port Vila has sustained considerable damage
during the earthquake and is closed until further notice. . ." Ron,
San Francisco`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1476 kHz, Dec 18 at 0434, JBA carrier, soon blocked by
start of some local noiseblob. The only 9/kHz carrier audible in
complete MW bandscan. Surely it`s TWR Benin, which starts at 0419, so
I have been checking for it often. I guess right now higher-latitude
paths from Europe are attenuated. Per mwlist, it`s 150 or 200 kW, but
with outdated sked; the only possible competition powerwise would be
200 kW from UAE (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 7535.5 USB, Dec 18 at 0737, JBA 2-way in Spanish (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0041 UT December 19

** NEW ZEALAND. 13755, Dec 17 at 0723, RNZP music is only S3/S5
direct, unusable. This used to be inbooming (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 95.1, the Enid FM station I`ve been hearing is *not*
KOKJ-LP. I finally emailed an address on the FCC CP info, and got a
reply UT Dec 17 from  TC Chattam, who says ``The antenna is in Tacoma,
WA, a BSW because I have ordered it yet. And the tower is still
on the ground because I’m waiting for a height ruling from the FCC
before I build it. When I go on air for testing you’ll know it’s my
station because my ID’s are very distinct.``

So it must be a pirate, which coincidentally chose `his` frequency.
Thomas Chattam, Jr., and I were also in contact in November *2013* as
he was involved in a previous LP project for 100.9, which never
happened; instead, KGWA 960 got that frequency for its FM translator.
TC adds:

``I retired at KG in 07 and went to KWTV 9 as chief engineer for the
Radio Oklahoma network. Retired from there now and thinking about a
station for a hobby to teach kids about radio. I have a Jazz library
and all the music from the Rocket when it was on the air. Just have to
see later. If this turns into a job I don’t want to do it.``

Meanwhile, the 95.1 pirate is still on with nothing but music whenever
tuned, only in downtown Enid achieving full quieting over KQCV/KICT,
such as various chex between 2100 & 2300 UT Dec 17. Remember at first
on Dec 11, I did hear one announcement about ``Downtown Enid
Leadership`` which lent an air of respectability to it (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 5960.003+, Dec 17 at 2315, VOT English not off the air,
S9+20/30 into UTwente with rhumble and CCCCCCI, music. 2317, `That`s
Why` with Efsun the axentuated, about ``that humble mineral, salt``
and the rôle it played before there was refrigeration. 2323 music.
2328 `Weekly Commentary` penned by someone, also read by Efsun the
axentuated, about why 2024 has been something or other, a watershed
year? 2340 music. 2345 `Turkey`s Geomarked Products` - hazelnuts. 2348
music. 2352 s/off as if the 1330 on 13635. Something`s always awry at
Ankara. 2353 IS. Off a few sex before 2356, so no German (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 341 MCW kHz, Dec 17 at 0750 UT, OIN, 25-watt ND beacon at
OberlIN KS in the NW corner, is JBA, in the continued and now
permanent absence from 341 of EI at Woodring Airport, EnId (Glenn
Hauer, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2273 monitoring: confirmed UT
Tuesday December 17 at 1419 and 1521 chex the 1400 & 1500 on WRMI
9955, my voice JBA, undermodulated S7/S9.

Also confirmed Tuesday December 17 at 2100 on IRRS SW via AM Italia,
1322.997, S9 but noisy into UTwente. Next:

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.

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** U S A. Re 1650, KSVE El Paso TX, on air or not? ``1650 KSVE
(tentative)  TX. El Paso  12/15, 2310 {EST = 0410 UT Dec 16}. I had
just reported to Glenn Hauser I have not been hearing KFOX, and well,
there they were, at local sunset. We have been hearing KBJD regularly
here, but not hearing KSVE. But at 2300 we were hearing obvious sports
talk (in Spanish) covering the Christmas music that KBJD was playing
at the time. Of course, the sports showed up after the on-the-hour ID.
The sports broadcast faded out, but we did get the clear legal KBJD ID
by woman at midnight Eastern. We didn't hear the KSVE ID, but there
isn't another likely suspect on 1650. I think they are still on the
air. They were never really reliable here (that would be KBJD).
(DX-402 and Terk loop) --- Rick Barton-AZ`` (via Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** VANUATU. At 0726 UT Dec 17, I find no signal on 9960, 7260 or 7890.
Here`s why, At 0803 UT: ``Subject: Vanuatu quake --- Tuned in to 9960
at 0600 on 12/17 (this evening) on the Half Moon Bay SDR, but no sign
of R. Vanuatu. Not heard on other reported frequencies either.
Listening to the news on the BBC at 0735, I found out that Vanuatu had
been hit by a 7.3 quake earlier in the evening (0147 UTC, according to
the USGS). The BBC interviewed someone in Port Vila who said the power
had gone out 10 minutes after the shaking stopped and all comms were
down. He was ONLY able to talk to the Beeb because he had a generator
and a Starlink terminal. Magnitude 6 quakes are not uncommon in
Vanuatu, but this one was, as they say, a different order of
magnitude. Numerous 5ish aftershocks. Chuck Albertson, Seattle``

And on the WOR iog: At 0726 UT Dec 17: ``There has been a 7.3
magnitude earthquake in Vanuatu. ABC News has rolling updates here:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-17/earthquake-hits-vanuatu-tsunami-warning-live-blog/104736454

No sign of Radio Vanuatu on 9960 or 7260 this evening. The VBTC
Facebook page is posting updates including pictures of the damage
around Port Vila. https://www.facebook.com/vbtc.vu -- Matt Francis,
Bilgola Plateau, NSW, Australia``

At 0750: ``Videos from VBTC Facebook site show significant damage and
several collapsed buildings; not looking good at the moment. There are
VBTC reporters with video clips accessible through the Facebook page.
Bruce`` Churchill

At 0804: ``One source speaking to RNZ Live said communications to 
Vanuatu were gone, and he was only able to connect via the Starlink 
service.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/536941/live-large-7-point-3-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-near-vanuatu
Extensive damage reports now coming through. -- Matt Francis, Bilgola
Plateau, NSW, Australia`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0006 UT December 18

** CANADA. 300 MCW kHz, Dec 16 at 0724, dash and YIV, 500 watts at
Island Lake, MB.
382 MCW kHz, Dec 16 at 0746, dash and YPL, 1000 watts at Pickle Lake,
ON (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CHINA. 15755-15760-15765, Dec 16 at 2308, DRM noise at S9+10. Per
Aoki it`s CNR1 from Qiqihar 202 site vs SOH long hours from 22 to 15
UT. Only AM signal, not DRM as in Aoki, on 13m, Dec 16 at 2306, is on
21530, as from Dongfang, Hainan site. On the contrary, EiBi shows CNR1
on 21530 as DRM, and 15760 as not DRM. Anyhow, DRM makes for fine
jamming! Tnx a lot, Consortium (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** MEXICO. 570, Dec 16 at 0604, choral NA, and no ID after, off? Most
likely XEBJB, Monterrey NL.

660, Dec 16 at 0605, choral NA, fades by 0607 finish. Most likely XEFZ
Monterrey NL.

739.98 approx., Dec 16 at 0608, LAH against KRMG 740.00, no doubt
XEQN, Torreón, Coahuila (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NEW ZEALAND. 17675, Dec 16 at 2354, JBA S5 signal of RNZP even into
Hawaii SDR. For at least the last week I have had little or no
reception of this direct in the 21-07 UT period, nor after 07 on
13755, which used to be VG, the SSOB. Has the trans-Pacific MUF
dropped drastically? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 95.1, Dec 16 around 1800 UT, KOKJ-LP remains at very
limited range, full quieting for only a few blox around downtown Enid,
otherwise losing out to KQCV/KICT. Xmasmx, long pause at hourtop
between cuts, very undermodulated, and NO ID whatsoever, still none
ever heard in random chex (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SPAIN. 9690, Mon Dec 16 at 2300, token English from SNR, VG
S9+20/30 direct, previewing something about gravity waves. 2301.5 news
leads with something about bribery involving pandemic equipment. 2314
discussion of retrieving plastix from the sea and recycling it. 12030
is JBA carrier, no longer a suitable alternative to 9690 so they
better keep that running! Even weaker JBA carriers on 17715, 17755: at
least they are on the air for somewheres (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 9610, Sun Dec 15 after 2130 into UTwente, mixture of two
stations, apparently China in Mongolian atop, the other presumably
VOT, but useless. So I have to try a sesquihour later for the
Letterbox, should 5960 succeed.

5960.003v, Sun Dec 15 at 2257 into UTwente, VG S9+25/40 but it`s not
the IS! Rather music presumably Turkish past 2300 hourtop, brief
announcement at 2301 and more music. They`re running the wrong program
feed! Something`s always erroneous at Emirler, or was this awry at
Ankara? 2304.7 abrupt cut to olds in English in progress as mis-spoken
by Efsun the axentuated. There is also the usual rhumble and CCCCCCI.
2316 she outros the olds. 2316.5 TRTVOTVorld.com promo, music. 2321,
``always-by-your-side`` promo, `Letterbox`, this time with a YL other
than Efsun. Says she started 15 years ago, and refers to some guy
announcer, and notes that there is no `DX Corner` now - indeed. Her
accent is OK, but speaks too rapidly and with imperfect reception,
it`s again hard to copy names or even locations of those called:

1) some guy, Evanchik? with a 28 Nov report, mentions program about
Turkish women heroes - like on a previous L`box; and a 55-year-old
song. 2) Siddartha ---, 11-16 Nov reports. Asks about popular TV
series in Turkey? they are about love, crime, religion, medical; and
some recently got a Golden Butterfly award in Istanbul. 3) Anatoly
Klepov, Russia, perennial, all he wants is a December QSL: is there a
different one each month? His reception was 45444. 2327 pause for one
of her favorite songs. 2332, 4) India, sent recording to ID language?
Yes, it`s Turkish. 5) Hungary, for QSL. 6) Bangladesh, 33333 report
for 9660.

Hostess remarx: in 2025 some changes in TRT departments. TRT Global
will be umbrella over all foreign language services, not yet known how
this will affect VOT SW. 7) David Strong?, where? for QSL. 8) W.
Bengal, plugs World AIDS Day - like on a previous L`box. She adds that
Ricky Hein called wondering if they got his letter? Not yet. 2337.7
closing song inside L`box. 2343.5 L`box outro, 2344 music, 2348
``a-b-y-s-`` again. 2349 music. 2353 s/off as if 1330 on 13635, awry.
2354 six notes of IS before chop* uncovering Chinese, no finesse but
no German (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY [non]. NO signals from VOT English direct, Dec 16 at 2300 on
5960, some JBA carrier with Doppler flutter on 9610. At 2332 check
into UTwente, only Chinese on 5960, Mongolian? on 9610. Something`s
extremely erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U K [and non]. ``Morse Code: Ready to Transmit --- Glenn, This is
also available on the BBC Sounds website, also their Documentary
Podcast. Good piece - the team from Belarus was the favorite, but the
Romanians had the World Champion on their team. All of the East
European teams sounded delighted to be in North Africa. Regards, Chuck
Albertson, Seattle, Wash.`` (via Glenn Hauser, WOR)

** U S A. Digging deep for ND beacons, JBA carriers, too many choices
in USA: Dec 16 at 0600 UT on 335 kHz; Dec 16 at 0720 on 272 kHz;

280 kHz, Dec 16 at 0721, JJBBA carrier but only one listed in DXIC:
GYZ, 50 watts at Guernsey WY.

338 MCW kHz, Dec 16 at 0726, RYN, 400 watts at Tucson AZ.

379 MCW kHz, Dec 16 at 0745, RU, which is really RUE miskeyed,
Russellville AR. Copied best tuned to 379.6 USB. See also CANADA
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2273 monitoring: Also confirmed
Sunday December 15 at 2000 on IRRS SW via AM Italia, 1322.999- kHz,
S9+5 into UTwente across Europe.

Also confirmed Sunday December 15 at 2256 the 2230 on SW Radio,
Germany, 3975.002, S7/S9 into UTwente.

Also confirmed Sunday December 15 at 2330 on WRMI 7780, S7/S9 into
Maryland SDR, but S9+10/18 into south Texas SDR - we were expecting to
be back on originally scheduled 7570 which reactivated early UT
Saturday, but it`s off again. Meanwhile an explosion and power failure
at Okeechobee intervened about 0415 UT Sunday, so all frequencies were
off for a while. At 2310 I found not only 7570 off but also 5950, 9955
- just pulse jamming, and 15770. Apparently also on: weak 7730, good
9395, and 5850.

Also confirmed UT Monday December 16 at 0030 on WRMI 7780, S9+10/20
into S TX SDR.

Also confirmed UT Monday December 16 at 0410 about 8 minutes into so
started circa 0402 on Area 51 via WBCQ 6160 -67 Hz = 6159.933, S6/S7
into Maryland SDR; first check at 0400 direct was JBA carrier: this
WBCQ continues to be much weaker than formerly.

``2030 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 3975: S9+10/20 db on
Weston-Super-Mare, UK
http://websdr.uk:8076/?f=3975.00amz7
Suprisingly also fine on UTwente. S9 + 20 db. With MUF 3.1 the Winsen
tx normally did not reach Twente because of about 200 km distance.
Thanks Glenn, nice show. 73 Lesley`` Illingworth, Bremerhaven

Also confirmed Monday December 16 at 2030 on SW Radio, Germany,
3975.002-, S9+10/15 into UTwente. Next:

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.

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** U S A. More from WRMI on FB - why rely on that descredited
platform?
``WRMI Radio Miami International -- 1849 UTC Sunday December 15: A
Florida Power and Light investigator finally showed up here, 13 hours
after the power went out. There is a definite transformer blown, and
they need to get a specialist repair team here to fix it. However,
there is a very large colony of bees inside the small building where
the transformer is located, so they have to get the FPL bee team to
get rid of the bees before they can work on the transformer.
Realistically, they say it's likely to be tomorrow (Monday) before
they can possibly repair the transformer. This means that transmitters
#3-10 will be off the air until at least late Monday. We have put
transmitter 2 (7730 kHz) on the air at low power with a generator.
Transmitters 11-14 have power and will be on as of 2200 UTC today. We
may switch frequencies on some of them. Stand by for updates.``

- I hope ``get rid of`` doesn`t mean exterminating the poor bees.
More:

``Per FB: "0115 UTC Monday December 16: A Florida Power and Light
truck is here now, and another is on its way. Together, the crew
thinks they can repair the electrical transformer. But we don't know
how long it will take. Meantime, a professional bee removal company
has eliminated that problem. At the moment, we have 7730, 9395, 5850,
7780 and 5950 kHz on the air, plus our Internet stream which airs the
9955 kHz programming. Hopefully the others will be back soon. Thanks
for your patience"

While this all may be true, some frequencies, such as 5950, may be at
low power. I can't seem to get 5950 anywhere over the Rockies  - Tony
Pavick, Hope BC Canada``

Chex for which WRMI frequencies are on or off: Dec 16 at 0535: ON:
ONLY 7730 with TOMBS // 5890 WWCR. All these are OFF: 5010, 5800,
5850, 5950, 7570, 7780, 9395, 9455, 9955, 15770.

Dec 16 at 0713, ON: only 9955, 9395, 7780; 7730 deadair or JBM, 5850.

Dec 16 at 1541: ON: only 9395 with TOMBS. All others OFF except a VP
signal on 17790, probably RRI Romanian overlap at 15-16. Still only
9395 at 1613 check into Maryland SDR.

Dec 16 at 2309: 9395 unusually is OFF. Most of the rest are on except
5010, 9455: 15770 TOMBS, 9955 algo undermodulated, 7780 & 7730 JBA,
7570 VG S9+20 RAE in Portuguese, 5950 TOMBS S9+30, 5850 French
S9+10/20, 5800 TOMBS S9+10/20, 5050 music S9+10/20.

Updates on disgraced FB: ``WRMI Radio Miami International 0800 UTC
Monday December 16: A crew of four Florida Power & Light electricians
was here at WRMI all night long, fixing one of the two transformers
that supply the power for transmitters 1-10. As of about an hour ago,
we are back on our regular schedule again. There is still a bad
transformer that needs to be replaced, probably later today, but we
can operate with one of the two transformers until the other comes
online. We may have to shut down briefly when the other transformer is
installed, but we are basically back on schedule again until further
notice. Thanks to FPL cable splitter James and his crew for their hard
work overnight, and thanks to our listeners for bearing with us during
this difficult circumstance`` - and later:

``1730 UTC Monday December 16: Well folks, we are off the air again
(except for 7730 kHz, which is on a generator), as Florida Power and
Light has delivered a new transformer for us and they are installing
it now. As soon as it is installed, we should have everything back on
the air in the coming hours`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 5890, Dec 16 at 0530, this WWCR is much like 5935,
surrounded by gunk = varying squealy spur peaks at least plus/minus 10
kHz.

5980, Dec 16 at 0531, leapfrog mixing product of WWCR 5890 over 5935
another 45 kHz higher: weak audio from both audible as usual. This can
mystify loggers as despite being a real transmitted signal, does not
appear in Aoki, EiBi, nor HFCC! Theoretically, a reverse leap could
land on 5845, and in the absence of 5850 WRMI, I do find some carrier
there but no recognizable modulation (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 1650, is KSVE El Paso TX on the air at all, since the
overnight tone is no longer heard? I`m not hearing their Spanish
sports format earlier. I never got a definite answer from someone in
El Paso, so I asked Rick Barton, near Phoenix to check it out. His
reply Dec 15 at 2338 UT:

``Re: Is 1650 KSVE on? Glenn. I'm not hearing them at all. They used
to be in and out, along with a few other regulars, with KBJD being
dominant on the channel. To be fair, I haven't heard KFOX for a few
days either. I'll keep listening and will report if I do hear them.
For now, I'd say they're off. 73 - Rick``

And at 0408 UT Dec 16: ``Stop the presses.....! Glenn, Getting Spanish
lang. sports right now on 1650. Will be sending one of my updates in
the morning. Hoping for an ID here at the moment. 73 Rick`` (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 21612 USB, Dec 16 at 2306, JBA 2-way maybe English,
INTRUDERS, why not? Hardly any broadcasters bother with 13m. Only bc
signal was 21530, no doubt CNR1 jammer vs SOH as in Aoki, except NOT
in DRM as shown there, from Dongfang, Hainan site (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

This report dispatched at 0103 UT December 17

** CANADA. 300 MCW kHz, Dec 15 at 0728 UT, dash and YIV, 500 watts at
Island Lake, MB. Is this LW or MW? depends on which sideband (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA [and non]. 1040 kHz, Dec 15 at 0424 UT, wobbler under WHO;
this time not accompanied by same vs 870 WWL (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 9790, Dec 15 at 0331, CRI English relay S9+25 in English, but
modulation somewhat suppressed and extremely distorted; instead of
5910 as supposed to be in B24. Something`s always wrong at RacioCuba
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. RF 17, Dec 15 at 1628 UT, K17JN-D Enid, still mis-IDing
at K17JI-D, and *still* no audio on 17-1 3ABN. Who cares? No closed
captioning either. But still same programming on 17-6 with audio
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. RF 27, Dec 15 at 1700 UT, surprise, KFOR-TV ``4`` is
repeating its 75th anniversary special from last June`s
semi-sesquicentennial; complete 28-minute program and other anniv
stuff on website:
https://kfor.com/video/kfor-75th-special-the-visionaries/9777776/
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. MCW NDB bandscan Dec 15 at 0358-0405 UT:

210, JBA carrier. Nothing in NAm per RNA; DXIC has IOB, 25 watts,
Mount Sterling KY - but could be a birdie.

326, MA, 400 watts at Midland TX.

329, PMV, 25 watts at Plattsmouth NE

359, GGF, 25 watts at Grant NE - more definite than my Oct 6 log.
Grant is in southwest Nebraska, south of Ogallala

414, JBA carrier. Too many possibilities: closest is 25 watt GL at
Goodland KS; others in NE, OH, KY, MT (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 293 MCW kHz, Dec 15 at 0725 UT, NDBs UI qUIncy IL mixing
with FBY FairBurY NE. Takes a while for them to lessen overlap with
slightly different periods. RNA list shows 6.60 seconds for FBY and
6.180 for UI (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 385 MCW kHz, Dec 15 at 0742, UWL, 25-watt NDB at New Castle
IN, new for me? No, but rarely logged, previously Jan 24, 2018 and Oct
25, 2022 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2273 monitoring: confirmed UT
Sunday December 15 at 0117 the 0100 on WRMI 9955, S9+28 into Georgia
SDR.

Via Ricky Leong, Calgary: ``Message on WRMI's Facebook page: `0645 UTC
Sunday:  There has been a large explosion, probably of one or more
transformers, at the WRMI transmitter building which occurred at
approximately 0415 UTC Sunday. Electrical power is out to most of our
building, and most of our transmitters are off the air. We still have
power for transmitters #11-14 which are 7570, 5850, 7780 and 5010 kHz.
7570 kHz is scheduled to be off the air until Sunday evening, but the
other three frequencies will be on the air until at least their normal
sign-off at 1500 UTC Sunday. Florida Power and Light is sending a crew
to our site as soon as possible to determine the exact cause of the
problem and to repair it. We'll update you as soon as we have more
information.`
Source:``
https://www.facebook.com/wrmiradio/posts/pfbid022utT7r6EmBjZRb5Ly6gmh1mExn6YZNjzLSWAEqayCdvFUdBbUXqQ8hyd66H2ebjDl

A reply from Joseph M Caracciolo: ``the explosion you heard is one or
more high voltage expulsion fuses opening the primary voltage feed to
one or more transformers. They opened (exploded) due to a primary or
secondary short on one or more of the transformers or possibly a short
downstream from the transformers`` - does he have inside info?

Update via William Fenech: ``1600 UTC Sunday December 15: We are still
without power in most of our transmitter building. Florida Power and
Light has promised several times to send a crew out to investigate and
repair the problem, but no one has arrived, and no one has been able
to give us any information by telephone either. This is very unusual,
as we generally have very few power outages here, and they are usually
very short if they occur. But they are totally absent now. Hopefully
they will respond soon. Meanwhile, all frequencies are off the air at
this time.``

At 1618 UT Dec 15 into Maryland SDR, no signals from the WRMIs which
would be on, 9395, 15770 and 17790.

WOR 2273 also confirmed UT Sunday December 15 at 0356 already underway
early on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO, S9/+10 direct, finishing the nominal
0415 at 0416.5, so started circa 0348.

Anyway, Next WORs scheduled:

2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323-Italy;
2230 UT Sunday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
2330 UT Sunday WRMI 7570 to NW [back on, after 7780, last 6 weeks];
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW;
0400vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW;
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.

As a noncommercial service, financial support welcome, via PayPal in
US funds, but not necessarily, to woradio at yahoo.com

One may also contribute by MO or check on a US bank to:  
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. 5935, Dec 15 at 0430, as always, this WWCR with
PMS puts out a horrible spurfield of varying carrier peak squeals
between 5925 and 5945, and even weaker ones another 5 kHz to 5920 vs
WTWW, and 5950 vs WRMI if on. Makes it impossible to locate even a JBA
carrier from Voz Missionária, Brasil which Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal
measures on 5939.7v. Coincidentally, Zacharias Liangas reports Dec 15
using an Australian SDR:

``5935 WWCR-2 woman with prayer. 0935 with male speaker – prayer?-.
The signal suffers a bit from a series of hum strings spaced around
2+5 kHz in both sidebands. The Signal is rather steady with very fast
fades up to -20dbm, maximized at -60dbm in the H Valley kSDR`` (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Dec 15 at 0405:
657, 675, 819, 855, 1044, 1053, 1089, 1305. Mainly Spainly, UK; 675
major signal is 600 kW from Qatar. 819 major signal is 300 kW from
Egypt; this was stronger than 855 Spain (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report despatched at 1954 UT December 15

** OKLAHOMA. 28434 USB, Dec 13 at 2314, KJ5CMP, Isaiah in Oklahoma
contacting Oregon. Unusual to hear any Okie on 10m, too close for
skip, so this one must be quite near. His signal drops drastically as
he moves/switches antenna. Then calling CQ when I finally copy his
fonetix. ARRL shows Russell, Isaiah L, 10400 N US Hwy 81, Enid. Hey,
look at this with photos at QRZ.com:

``Hello Everyone, smiley - My name is Isaiah Russell. I am 13 years
old. I passed my Technician test in August, 2023, and upgraded to
General December of 2023. I come from a family of Ham Radio operators
such as my late great grandad, my grandmother, grandad, my Dad
(N5VOF), my Mom (KJ5CMS), and my older brother (WD5JR). I enjoy
traveling and look forward to getting into POTA. God Bless, 73 KJ5CMP
yes LICW K-120`` (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 95.1, Dec 13 at 2230, `Washington Watch` on Bott Network,
KQCV when I am trying to pull in new KOKJ-LP Enid - subject is
preserving AM radio in cars. ``Today`s`` episode appears at the
far-Christian
https://bottradionetwork.com/ministry/washington-watch/
Guest is Troy Miller of NRB, starting 27 minutes into the 54-minute
show (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** SPAIN. 9690, Fri Dec 13 at 2258, REE not off the air, VG S9+40/50
direct, also on 12030 at S9+10/20, JBA carriers on 17715, 17755. 2300
open token English, preview topic Project Zero about education. News
includes 41K migrants to Canary Islands this year; 766 applicants for
euthanasia, which year? Of which 334 were granted, but dozens died
already. There is normally a 6-7 day waiting period for this in Spain.
Voicer from Leb. correspondent about Syria. She pronounces ``rebels``
as ``reebels``. 2309 into ``Project Zero: learning outside/in``
interview (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 9610, Dec 13 at 2257 JBA signal, maybe VOT IS, and nothing
on 5960 direct. Here we go again? No, by 2259, 5960.004- *is* on at
S9/+10 with English s/on, but insufficient vs noise level. At 2326
into UTwente when measured, S9+30/35 yet the 6CI quite underaudible,
song. 2329, `That`s Why`
with Efsun the axentuated, repeat about the ``lost continent,
Zelandia`` almost as big as Australia, not Gondwonaland as I guessed
before. 2338 music. 2353 s/off as if 1330 on 13635: something`s always
awry at Ankara. 2354 IS. 2356 restart IS and off before any German,
uncovering Chinese (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 5960.017-, Sat Dec 14 at 2305, VOT English VG into UTwente,
S9+40/45. But at 2306 my attention to BBCWS for the Morse Code
documentary. 2330 back here during song; 2333 more music; 2336
another; 2340 another - *never* identifying the music in any way. 2344
another after a pause with the 6CI audible underneath. 2351
multi-lingual ID filler reel. 2353 s/off as if the 1330 on 13635:
something`s always awry at Ankara. 2354.5 IS. 2356 pause and restart
IS with German IDs twice per minute, off at 2357.3* (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** UKOGBANI [non]. 11645, Dec 13 at 2300, BBCWS via USAGM Tinang,
PHILIPPINES fairly good directly off the back of Indonesian beam, but
at 2306 I want best reception possible, via remote in Jakarta,
somewhat better than Bandung, for much-publicized documentary, `Morse
Code: Ready to Transmit`, recorded at an international competition in
Tunisia. Nice publicity for ham radio too. I`m the only User of this
remote (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 251 MCW kHz, Dec 14 at 0752 UT, AM, 100-watt ND beacon at
AMarillo TX.

293 MCW kHz, Dec 14 at 0757 UT, UI, 30-watt NDB at qUIncy IL,
overcoming usual owner FBY FairBurY NE (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2273 monitoring: confirmed Friday
December 13 at 2300 on WRMI 9955, S9+20/30 and undermodulated.

Also confirmed Friday December 13 at 2335 the 2330 on SW Radio,
Germany, 3975.002+, S7/S8 into UTwente.

Also confirmed UT Saturday December 14 at 0400 on WTWW 5085. Had been
off until *0354 as George was hoping to get it going in time for WOR.
I monitor a few minutes OK, but by 0415 recheck it`s off again; tnx
for trying! Meanwhile the new webcast was playing Scriptures for
America rather than // 5085.

Also confirmed Saturday December 14 at 1548 the 1530 on SW Radio,
Germany, 6160.002+, S9+5/15 into UTwente but as usual with ACI from
6165 which is CRI in Pashto via Urumqi, EAST TURKISTAN, std.
denunciation.

Also confirmed Saturday December 14 at 1700 on WRN North America
stream.

Also confirmed Saturday December 14 at 1835 the 1830 on SW Radio,
Germany, 3975.002-, S8/S9 into UTwente with some storm crashes.

NOT confirmed Sat Dec 14 at 2030 on WRMI webcast only: like last week,
instead something in German tho WOR still on the skedgrid!

Confirmed Saturday December 14 at 2030 on WRN N America webcast; and
at 2100 on WRN Europe webcast.

Also confirmed Saturday December 14 at 2111 about 8 minutes into so
the 2030v started around 2103, on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO, S9+20 into
nearby SDR. Next:

0100 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?];
0330vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415; as late as 0600];
2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323-Italy;
2230 UT Sunday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
2330 UT Sunday WRMI 7570 to NW [back on, after 7780, last 6 weeks];
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW;
0400vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW;
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.

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US funds, but not necessarily, to woradio at yahoo.com

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** U S A. 7570, Dec 14 at 0223, WRMI-11 finally back on air some two
months after hurricane damage, to feedline? with TOMBS at S9+30/35. If
it stay, WORLD OF RADIO Sunday at 2330 should return to 7570 toward NW
instead of temporary shift never shown on skedgrid to WRMI-13, 7780
toward SW (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. Pre-`AAAWWW` chex of WBCQs, UT Sat Dec 14 at 0043, into NH
SDR: 3265 & 5130 off. 6160 -71 Hz = 6159.929. 7490 -77 Hz = 7489.923
at S6/S7. 9330.000 S9/+10. Before 0100, into Maryland SDR, 5130 -25 Hz
= 5129.975 is now on, so I listen there as `WTO` theme starts, Allan
interjects ``the hits just keep on comin```, and ``Gang``. Notes it`s
63 degrees in Deland of Fla on Friday 13th - so this is live and new.
Angela`s first love is her horse, not Allan, couldn`t catch horsename.
Lance Cook is general manager in Maine, runs the Superstation. Never
heard his name before, and is nowhere on the website wbcq.com - only
five other names listed as Our Staff. The Ampegon antenna cost $ 8
million. It has a tubular sexion, 10-12 feet diameter. ATU inside it
has to be cooled, but that failed accounting for off the air ~3 days.
Mechanical Service Co. fixed it. They are good for showing up on short
notice when there is a problem. 0122 unusually plays some music, and
fiddling around with linx, gets some more tunes on. 0128 simulcasting
on 7490 & 5130, on 13 December, YOOLF 2024, from Studio #9 in Fla.
0130 Angela`s favorite song, ``You Piss Me Off``. 0156 recheck into
emails (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. Firing Line with RFE/RL, BBC on dangers reporters face:
``Firing Line with Margaret Hoover --- With media freedom threatened
worldwide, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty journalist Alsu
Kurmasheva-recently released from wrongful detention in Russia-Nobel
laureate Maria Ressa and the BBC's Jonathan Munro discuss the dangers
reporters face abroad. Guests: Alsu Kurmasheva, Maria Ressa, and
Jonathan Munro. Broadcast In: English Duration: 0:26:46 HD CC``. Seen
on OETA UT Sat Dec 14 at 0230; OETA provides live streaming: is this
geoblocked or available everywhere?
https://www.oeta.tv/live/
This Dec 13 episode is here:
https://www.pbs.org/wnet/firing-line/
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VANUATU. 9960, Dec 14 at 0748, JBA carrier so RV still running here
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. Geminid Meteor Shower DX: I have no funxional hi-gain
external FM antennas any more, but I perceive a couple of meteor
scatter pings on the DX-398 with telescopic pointed vertically, Dec
14: 101.5 at 0532 UT; 88.1 at 0738 UT over weak KWOU (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0004 UT December 15