** ALGERIA [non]. 6060, Dec 22 at 0405, Arabic IDs from RTA and 0406
into Qur`an. Heavy CCI from RHCuba with humbuzz. TDA is scheduled
04-06, southward from FRANCE toward Algerian outback and Sahel in the
protracted absence of registered imaginary SW broadcasts from inside
Algeria. Something`s always wrong at RHC. And how is TDA supposed to
know Cuba is there if not in HFCC? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98-RCUSB, Dec 22 at 1500, LRA36 is on again this
Wednesday, S5-S6 music, 1502 Base Esperanza ID; off at 1541 check: via
Brasil SDR where I had to camp as two were already tuned for this.
Others report it went off at 1530 or 1532* (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 9700, Dec 22 at 0408, RHC English is here tonight instead of
6165, S9+20 but undermodulated. Something`s always wrong at RHC. See
also ALGERIA [non] (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 15140, Dec 22 at 2000, RHC continues in Spanish, what
happened to English? Something`s always wrong at RHC. About today
being ``dia del educador`` since 1961, and hyping Cuba as ``territorio
libre --- de analfabetismo``, land free of illiteracy. Is this another
lie? Venezuela also makes that claim --- then why are those the two
least free countries in Latin America?

Then 2004 weather report from Dr. José Rubiera,
https://www.cibercuba.com/noticias/2019-01-23-u164415-e164415-s27061-jose-rubiera-celebro-su-cumpleanos-72
including snow in Labrador, -14 in Calgary, also bits of US, Mexico,
Central America and Caribbean predixions. He also appears in English
around :15 past those hours. En seguida: deportes (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** EGYPT. 9899.599, Dec 21 at 2208, R. Cairo, S9+30 into UTwente in
English but very distorted. Something`s always egregious in Egypt
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** MADAGASCAR. 15355, Dec 22 at 1950, S5-S7 in unknown language, seems
a sermon with hymn breaks; 1957 AWR theme briefly, 1959*. Aoki shows
Ibo via Talata at 1930-2000; 15355 resumes at 2030 in French via
Austria (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. Checking out Part 15 FMs in Enid to go with Xmas Sound
and Light shows, UT Dec 22 from 0017 past 0100, the two regular ones
each year: Singing Xmas Trees, at the NE corner of Oakwood and Oak in
an (ex?) oil field lot: 89.5 MHz, seems only three tunes looping:
Chipmunx, Jingle Bells and I Wanna Hippopotamus for Xmas. Quite short
range; we parked a little too far for full quieting, and it was hard
to make out the ``worm`` along the fence.

In the Pheasant Run barrio, address hard to make out but maybe 5701 on
that street, the usual house and trees with a longer stereo loop
including Mannheim Steamroller and quiet carols alternating, on 94.9
MHz with greater range of a couple blox.

We did not find the third one in another neighborhood, but maybe this
one on 95.1 which made the front page of the Dec 22 Eagle:

``Local light show brightens the holidays
Kat Jeanne | Enid News & Eagle 21 hrs ago lightshowhouse

The Sudlow Family Light Show is on display at 2442 Edgewood Drive in
Enid. (Photo provided)

An Enid family is putting on its fifth annual light show outside of
their home with thousands of programmed lights and music.

The light show is at 2442 Edgewood Drive and runs 5:30-10 p.m. Sunday
through Thursday and 5:30-11 p.m. Friday and Saturday. {CST = UT -6}

“On Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, it is pretty packed outside of
our house,” Ryan Sudlow said. “People will just line their cars up and
down the street and stay and watch the program. The whole point of
this is to make sure we have done our part to make people’s
Christmases a little bit brighter.”...
https://www.enidnews.com/news/local-light-show-brightens-the-holidays/article_bd17a9ea-62af-11ec-8f37-47a9e141a19c.html

I assume similar things are running all over, but I never see any
other reports of such ``local DX`` (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** TURKEY. 5960, Dec 21 at 2300, VOT is S9+45, English VG into
UTwente. Something`s not erroneous in Emirler today (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2117 monitoring: ``From: Richard
Lemke, St. Albert, Alberta, Canada, From the desk of Richard’s
listening Post, Radio: JRC NRD-535 HF, Antenna: random long wires in
the trees, Dear Glenn: World of Radio #2117, confirmed, below with
details, Merry Christmas, Happy New Year 2022, Details:

5850 kHz, QRN, QSB fading, 0141, 0148, 0155 (55433), (55434), 0159,
Dec 17 UTC 2021 [Fri]

9955 kHz, 1540, S7 signal howling sounds, 1544, Dec 17 UTC 2021 [Fri]

5950 kHz, jamming, other noise, 0030, 0043, 0058, 0059, Dec 19 UTC
2021 [Sun]

9955 kHz, S7, S8, S9 signal, 2343 half way mark, 2330, 2344 (45433),
2358, Dec 19 UTC 2021 [Sun]

7730 kHz, 0030, S9 signal, 0043, 0058 (45433), 0059, Dec 20 UTC 2021
[Mon]

9955 kHz, QSB fading, 2330, 2359 (45433), 2357, Dec 21 UTC 2021 [Tue]

5850 kHz, QRN, 1032, 1040 (55444), 1059, Dec 22 UTC 2021 [Wed] (Lemke,
Richard -AB)``

Confirmed Tuesday December 21 at 2330 on WRMI 9955, good into Maryland
SDR. Chopped off gospel huxter still going at 2330, no ID, and not
Wavescan as scheduled before.

Missed zzz Wed Dec 21 at 1030 on WRMI 5850; but Richard Lemke got it,
above.

Confirmed Wednesday December 22 from 2200:23 on WBCQ 7490 minus 47 Hz
= 7489.953 into Virginia SDR, S9/+10; S9+10/20 direct at 2222. Next:

0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW, 5010 to S

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UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, December 22 at
0409, earlier than usual for me so a somewhat different selexion, and
tuning downwards: 1584-2, 1566, 1458, 1215, 1161, 1152, 1125-2, 1107-,
963, 855-2, 846!-TP, 837, 774-2, 711, 693, 684, 612, 531 kHz. -2 means
at least two carriers beating. 846 presumed TP Kiritimati, almost
sundown there already. 1566 suspected TWR Benin. 1584 has low-power
Euro/ME only, perhaps most likely 2 x 5 kW SER in Spain and/or another
SER in Ceuta (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report despatched at 0044 UT December 23

** CUBA. 6165, Dec 21 at 0735, indecisive RHC S9+20 with music
presumably English hour, instead of 9700, and no other RHCs active
this late. Something`s always wrong at RHC.

The other side:
``READ TODAY THE CUBA OF TOMORROW
December 21, 2021 EMIGRATION
'Cuba will be a stopover, but not my country anymore' --- People in
Cuba are desperately looking for money to make it to Nicaragua.
JORGE ENRIQUE RODRÍGUEZ | La Habana``
https://diariodecuba.com/cuba/1640030479_36326.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SAUDI ARABIA. 13710.051, Dec 21 at 1541, Qur`an at S9-S6; always
heard off-frequency, but this time I take time to measure, SRI/SBA
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 18131-USB, Dec 21 at 1536, K8C, ``The Christmas Train``,
pausing to ``offload some liquid``; had intermittent carrier QRM on
18132, jhamming? See my Dec 16 log when he was on 18127-USB (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. Re WORLD OF RADIO monitoring, which I confirmed starting UT
Mon Dec 20 at 0359.5 on Area 51 via WBCQ 6160-, John Carver replies:

``Glenn, For what it's worth I tried to listen to WOR on Area 51.
About eight or nine minutes into the broadcast it just disappeared.
Never did come back. In the previous four weeks I heard another
partial show once and nothing the other times. The last four weeks or
so I'm lucky if I get to hear an hour or two of Area 51 programming
before it disappears. No axe to grind or anything. John``

I asked him, ``John, Tnx, reminds me that just because a WOR starts
doesn`t mean it will air to the conclusion. I need to recheck toward
the end. This time do you think it faded out or transmitter went off
the air completely? Glenn``

``As far as I could tell, Glenn, I believe the transmitter was on the
entire time. I thought the feed had dropped and was waiting for it to
come back. That happens a lot. It got down to only three or four
minutes left and I turned it off. Probably should have left it on to
see if the next program started on time. The S meter stayed up while I
was waiting for the program to pick up again. Thanks man. John``

Next:
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed?]
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW, 5010 to S

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Our non-commercial broadcasts and website depend on voluntary
support. Thanks this week to William T. Hassig, Mt. Prospect, IL, for
a Winter Solstice contribution on a US bank to:
Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702.

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

** U S A. 9455, Dec 21 at 0727, as Jeff had predicted, this WRMI-5 is
back on air; first noted missing Dec 2 and ever since. But it`s wacko
paranoid preaching by BBB on YWS or T2P, NOT what`s on the System F
9455 schedule, Family Radio in Spanish! S9+10; and the other 31ms are
also propagating this nightmiddle, 9955 also S9+10 but louder with
TOMBS, and 9395, S9+20 with Xmasmx on guitar. System E sked calls for
TOMBS on 9395, not 9955 where System B is supposedly world music on
internet only. But the transmitter grid at 07-08 shows 9395 with SMTV
cult, 9955 with TOMBS. Too bad the WRMI skeds cannot be accurately
coördinated (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9955, Tue Dec 21 at 1547, beepery from `SW Radiogram`: this
new without notice WRMI time unknown to Kim: https://swradiogram.net/
Altho I mentioned it back on Dec 10 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9385, Dec 21 at 0730, S2-S3 of English talk, sounds like M.
Angelica, so WEWN is active. So poor, but modulation seems OK.

15610, Dec 21 at 1913, S3-S4 of English RCC stuff into PEI SDR, also
so poor, but mod seems OK on WEWN afternoon. SAM shows carrier offset
minus 78v Hz, quite a bit = 15609.922v. Kiwis are sometimes
mis-calibrated, so I check another, E Falmouth MA, Cape Cod: MUCH
better here and offset as only +5 Hz. And on this S9+15 signal I can
hear that WEWN squeal (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 6114 approx., Dec 21 at 0732, still RTTY INTRUDING, QRM
to 6115 R. Nikkei, JAPAN unless tuned with narrow USB. I assume it
also interfere with CONGO when on 6115 earlier before 0600, right,
Ron? Can anyone ID the RTTY source? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 2058 UT December 21

** CUBA. 9700, Dec 20 at 0750, S5-S6 in Spanish not English, so it`s
RHC, and no other frequencies by now on 5 or 6 MHz. Could not hear it
at 0400 on 9700 or 6165 when WOR was on 6160-. Something`s always
wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 11760, Dec 20 at 1617, S9+20 of dead air in Spanish from RHC;
while the only other midday frequency, 15140 is S6-S8 and
undermodulated. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** GERMANY. 9670, Dec 20 at 0751, TOMBS at S6-S9, i.e. via Channel
292, one of my better receptions of Rohrbach, unfortunately with
repulsive but lucrative programming (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 1000, Dec 20 at 1939 UT on caradio, KTOK OKC just barely
modulated in some network talkshow -- so it`s their fault, not one of
my receivers. 2001 recheck during local news, normal modulation; 2007
Hannity show back to undermodulation. So it`s sporadic and no one is
paying attention in the control (?) room. It`s hard to think of any
show more deserving of undermodulation (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 1640 kHz, Dec 21 at 0154 UT check, KZLS Enid is talking
but KQOB 96.9 is musicking, certainly not //. New NRC DX News says
they are, but the original story from

https://radioinsight.com/headlines/215834/alice-to-give-way-to-conservative-talk-in-oklahoma-city-as-long-running-lma-comes-to-end/
says not until January 1:

``Alice To Give Way To Conservative Talk In Oklahoma City As
Long-Running LMA Comes To End --- by Lance Venta December 3, 2021

96.9 The Eagle Alice 96.9 KQOB Enid Oklahoma City 1640 KZLS

After being leased to Cumulus Media and predecessor Citadel for the
past nineteen years, Champlin Broadcasting will resume programming
96.9 KQOB Enid/Oklahoma City on January 1, 2022.

That will mean the end of Variety Hits “Alice 96.9” as Champlin will
flip KQOB to a simulcast of Conservative Talk “1640 The Eagle” KZLS
Enid. Champlin also owns Classic Country “99.7 Hank-FM” KNAH Mustang
in the Oklahoma City market.

KQOB held a 2.1 share in the October 2021 Nielsen Audio ratings. 1640
KZLS held a 0.2 share. The 100 kW 96.9 signal will help the station
better compete against iHeartMedia’s 1000 KTOK and Tyler Media’s 1520
KOKC/95.3 K237GE. Lance Venta``

I`ve long suspected KZLS too be operated out of OKC, not Enid. 96.9 is
that station with a tall tower ~halfway between Enid and OKC west of
Crescent, inheriting the original Enid allocation for KCRC-FM, later
KNID, obviously trying to penetrate the huger OKC market. Likewise
KZLS is partway to OKC from Enid, site E of Hennessey and unusually
for an X-bander, direxional NNW/SSE, which makes it a tougher catch
for TA and TP DXers. KQOB call was originally to suggest ``Bob``
handle to spelling-challenged Okies. Champlin Broadcasting derives
from a long-gone oil company, successor Hiram Champlin, who appears
also to own the undeveloped ``kite field`` where I try daytime DXing
in northern Enid (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** TURKEY. 5960, Dec 20 at 2300, NO signal from VOT English into
UTwente nor at some later random chex during the hour. Something`s
always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2117 monitoring: someone did hear
the WMRI Europe broadcast via Channel 292, Germany, Sun Dec 19; tnx,
Art: ``Glenn -- I did hear WOR on 9670 this morning, a bit after 1330.
Couldn't consistently read it, but it was clearly you. Regards, Art
Delibert, North Bethesda, MD``

Also confirmed Sunday December 19 at 2100 on AM Italia, 918 kHz, S9+10
via Noale SDR, atop some CCI, SAH, following double ID as ``IRRS
Shortwave``.

Also confirmed Sunday December 19 at 2330 on WRMIs: 9955, S9+10/20
into Pardinho, Brasil SDR; and 5950, S9+20/30 into Missouri SDR.

Also confirmed UT Monday December 20 at 0030 on WRMI 7730, VG direct

Also confirmed UT Monday December 20 at 0130 on WRMI 9395, only S8-S9
into Missouri SDR.

Also confirmed UT Mon Dec 20 at 0230 on WRN North America webcast

Also confirmed UT Mon Dec 20 from 0359.5 on Area 51 via WBCQ 6160,
minus 55.5 Hz into Missouri SDR = 6159.9445, S7-S9 and no Habana ACI
on 6165. Next:

2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed?]
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW, 5010 to S

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

Our non-commercial broadcasts and website depend on voluntary
support. Thanks this week to William T. Hassig, Mt. Prospect, IL, for
a Winter Solstice contribution on a US bank to:
Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702.

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

** U S A. 15770, Dec 20 at 1614, WRMI-9 is gone again; nothing on
disgraced FB about this since Dec 17 when it had come back. And yes,
9455 WRMI-5 is *still* gone without notice for weeks now. I asked Jeff
White about these and he replies Dec 20 at 1826 UT: ``Glenn: 15770 is
undergoing repair and maintenance today, but should be back on later
today. 9455, with any luck, should be back on tomorrow. Jeff``. Then
at 2011: ``15770 is back`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0217 UT December 21

** BOLIVIA. 5952.459, Dec 19 at 0016, Radio Pio Doce on its signature
split frequency, as measured at three Brazilian SDRs; JBA carrier but
some audio of energetic talk and music best at Brasília #2 if tuning
SAU or AMN to avoid WRMI 5950. No longer there by 0100. Tnx to tip
from Lúcio Otávio Bobrowiec in Brasil to the WOR iog at 2313 Dec 18.
It`s been inactive for months. Both LOB and I found the last previous
log of it was by him on April 20, 2021, and that was also after
months` absence (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** EGYPT. 9899.591, Dec 18 at 2209, R. Cairo is S9+40 into UTwente,
but extremely distorted English modulation, unusable. As usual (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 1000 kHz, Dec 19 at 1758 UT, KTOK OKC is dead air; ID
fires just before 1800, back to dead air news. This on the R75; but
after 1805 on other radios portable, PL-880 and DX-398, there is weak
modulation of a talk show which chex out // KTOK stream not
synchronized. Maybe the R75 put an internal overriding signal on 1000?
Have not noticed this before. And/or KTOK is really very
undermodulated (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. RF 27, Dec 18 at first check 1602 UT, NO signal from
KFOR, NBC in OKC. Altho we are at edge of marginal level-1 tropo blob,
all other channels seem normal except for a BAD signal on 21. KFOR
must really be off the air! It pops back on at *1606 with `Meet the
Press` underway (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 5960, Dec 18 at 2352, VOT English has been well modulated
and strong direct but with a bit of a squeal, now signing off this
``1330 on 12035`` broadcast, chopped off air before interval signal
can complete one play. So no German to collide with KBC this week
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2117 monitoring: confirmed UT
Sunday December 19 at 0030 on WRMIs: 7730 VG direct; 5950 S9+40 into
KB0FX MO SDR, but with a het from Bolivia, q.v. unless avoided.

Also confirmed UT Sun Dec 19 at 0419.5 at the midpoint so started
early about 0406 on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO, S9+10 as far away as
Knoxville but with considerable too-close CWQRM; another 160m
contest?

I`m rarely awake in time to check Sun 1330 on WMRI Europe 9670 via
Channel 292, Germany. Did anyone hear it Dec 19? Next:

2100 UT Sunday IRRS 918-Italy, 207?-Italy, 1323?-Italy
2330 UT Sunday WRMI 5950 to NNW
2330 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed?]
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW
0130 UT Monday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0400vUT Monday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed?]
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW, 5010 to S

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

Our non-commercial broadcasts and website depend on voluntary
support. Thanks this week to William T. Hassig, Mt. Prospect, IL, for
a Winter Solstice contribution on a US bank to:
Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702.

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

** U S A. 5085, UT Sunday Dec 19 at 0053, WTWW-2 is starting `TOUTA`
early(?) as usual, distorted here so I switch immediately to $ tereo
webcast. Bob Heil says there will be Xmasmx the next three weeks; ends
abruptly at 0143, ID and back to ham or rock stuff (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Dec 19 from 0709
UT: 558, 639, 684, 693, 774, 837, 846-TP, 855-2, 936, 999, 1044, 1107,
1125, 1215 kHz. 936 used to be a regular from presumed 200 kW Agadir,
Morocco, but first time even a JBA carrier detected in a long time
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** UNIDENTIFIED. 6940 AM, Dec 18 at 2316, S4-S6 of barely audible
pirate music, past 2357, barely avoiding utebonker circa 6942-6945.
More logs here all unID indicating strongest in W North America:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,90419.0.html

6925 AM, Dec 18 at 2317, JBA carrier weaker than 6940, also as unID:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,90412.0.html
Coastal Rock Radio has been there but no one supposes it now (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 1940 UT December 19