** AUSTRIA [and non]. From Alan Holder, G4ZBH, Isle of Wight, U.K. on
the WOR iog: ``Hello Glenn, Regarding the "No COVID at Wiener
Philharmoniker". According to the BBC commentator for the programme
screened in the U.K., apparently all members of the orchestra were
tested for COVID on a daily basis to ensure none was infected. It
seems that the programme went out "live" on January 1. I did notice
some unfamiliar faces among the players this year. They could be new
members, or maybe replacements for those who had to drop out because
they caught the virus. Like you, I always greatly enjoy this concert.
I can also get it via Astra satellite with German (Austrian accent)
commentary, which I much prefer to the English announcer.`` (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 13632 & 13769 approx., Jan 3 at 1555, RHC spurblobs, S6,
unreadable even in FM mode, but with signature F# tone; also JBA on
13838 = 68-69 kHz intervals from 13700-AM which is S9+10/20.
Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6929-USB, Jan 2 at 2300, ID as I tune in, ``Goat
Cheese Radio 2021``, S8-S9, ``As Time Goes By``, 2304 another song by
same singer, others report as Billie Holiday and I do not disagree.
But from 2305 keeps cutting out. Someone politely calls this a medley,
but sounds to me like CD skipping from one track to the next in bits
of a variety of songs by same singer. Since there is no carrier it`s
tantamount to turning the transmitter off and on. Enough of that;
anyhow I`ve got the ID. See:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,76413.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 341-MCW kHz, Jan 3 at 0002 UT, ND beacon EI, Enid, is
back on; in fact I think it was already circa 0715 Jan 2, but did not
make it into my dozing log notes. But still AWOL are: 255-MCW, SW,
Stillwater; and 350-MCW, RG, Oklahoma City.

341-MCW kHz, Jan 3 at 1553, EI is off again, only OIN Oberlin KS
audible, and the other two Okies are still off (Glenn Hauser, Enid,
WOR)

** U K. BBCWS New Year`s Concert --- in case you missed or could not
hear it at 1906 UT Sat and/nor 1206 UT Sun, here it is:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct1d06
73, (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR iog)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2067 monitoring: confirmed Saturday
January 2 at 2100 UT on WA0RCR, 1860-AM local quality via nearby
Warrenton MO KiwiSDR, until ending at 2110:25, so started circa 2041.

Also confirmed Sat Jan 2 at 2300 on WRMI 7780, VP direct.

Also confirmed UT Sun Jan 3 from 0416:35 on WA0RCR, The Gateway
160-meter Radio Newsletter, 1860-AM, Wentzville MO, VG via Warrenton
SDR; and just before that was also audible tho poorly way out at
Token`s Mohave, California SDR, which I had up checking KVOH, 60 miles
away.

Making it almost coast-to-coast as Andy Robins tells me: ``Hi Glenn: I
thought you might like to hear how WOR sounds at some distance from
the Wentzville, Missouri, "160-Meter Gateway" station on 1860 kHz. The
attached recording was made using a KiwiSDR near Zion, Pennsylvania,
that has a 220-meter BOG antenna oriented at 60/240°. Reception
quality varied from poor to pretty good with a lot of fades, some of
which were rather lengthy. On this occasion (UT Sunday, January 3),
the program started at 0416.

I can't receive WAØRCR here at home. With WTOU 1660 kHz less than two
miles away (10 kW day/1 kW night), I must use a mediumwave stop-band
filter at all times. That effectively kills 160 meters too,
unfortunately. I hope you are getting started on a New Year that's
significantly better than the one before. 73, Andy Robins, Kalamazoo,
Michigan USA``

Next:

2300vUT Sunday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 5800 to SSE
0430 UT Monday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
1901vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5800 [presumed resumed]
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE [ex-0100, presumed
resumed]
and also new 5010 to S [unconfirmed]

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 George McClintock, Nashville TN, who sent a check
in US$ on a US bank to
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 USA

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 Sun Jan 3 at 0120, WTWW-2 has just started `Theater
Organ Under the Arch`, so I switch to webcast for $ tereo; ends at 0153
in typical 30+ minute variable block (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 15555-USB, Jan 3 at 1557, S6 JBA gospel huxter, as WJHR is
active again, quite irregularly audible, not necessarily on Sundays
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. Re 1220, WCPH, Etowah, TN, "... how to pronounce it...",
Greg Hardison, CA, says: ``In North Georgia, it's [EHT' (as in
"EThnic", but with a hard-"T") - oh (as in "Ohio") - wa (as in
"WAter")]. EHT'-oh-wah: accent on the first syllable. Hope this
helps!`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. The Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival is again being
broadcast, presumably for a 13-week series which usually appears in
the second quarter as lead-in to the July/August event, e.g. Sundays
16-17 UT on KUCO-FM, January 3 featuring Mendelssohn`s Octet; outro as
recorded in *2019* since the 2020 probably was missed. Should be on
many other classical stations via the WFMT network (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. Date and time were missing from this; now added!

Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carriers, not a thoro search but
stepping 10 kHz on USB I hear the telltale hets from plus 1 kHz
against the following domestic frequencies: 530, 620, 710, 890; and
1430; at 0052 UT January 1 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 1917 UT January 3

** AUSTRIA [non]. Comment sent via PBS Great Performances webform:

``No COVID at Wiener Philharmoniker? --- Always anticipated and
enjoyed. New Year concert is obviously heavily post-produced with
dancing outside in the summer; yet there was no audience in the hall
due to COVID. Yet, not a mask anywhere on the non-blowing musicians,
and no social distancing. WHEN was that actually recorded??? It would
appear to be pre-COVID except for the zero audience. It may be for
``2021`` but I could not catch any (c) year at end of the credits.
Were the musicians really voluntarily put at risk? Will there be
follow-ups on how many were infected or died as a result of this?``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 9700 & 6145, Jan 2 at 0706, neither RHC English frequency is
on, but 6100 remains at S9+10 but of air that is dead. Something`s
always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 13771 & 13629 approx., Jan 2 at 1453, RHC FMish F# spurblobs
but only S1, from 13700-AM plus and minus ~71 kHz; lower one blox JBA
13630-AM carrier, i.e. VOA Kirundi at 1400-1500 Sat & Sun only via
VATICAN, violating Separation of Church and State; spurs still same at
1539 without the 13630. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** ERITREA [non]. 17545.051V, Jan 2 at 1534, JBA off-frequency and
wobbling audibly as I try to measure it to about 17545.060, i.e. the
Sat & Wed-only Bayto Yaikl clandestine via RMI via presumed Issoudun,
FRANCE defective transmitter. At 1550 I check same via South Africa
TWR KiwiSDR in SAM mode displaying offset plus carrier cycling between
34 and 65 Hz; S7-S9, quite readable about COVID-19. No signal at all
via the Qatar Qiwi; there are none closer to Eritrean target (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** GERMANY. 11900, Jan 2 at 1458, outro of `Christ Gospel` huxter
program with Jeffersonville, Indiana address, then sign-off of Bible
Voice Broadcasting at Newmarket, Ontario address; with long/short path
echo and off 1500*. Aoki shows Saturday only at 1400-1458 via Nauen,
Christ Gospel as first semihour only. HFCC shows 250 kW at 102 degrees
for CIRAF 41 = Pakistan/India/Bangladesh. Short path Nauen to Enid is
8079 km = 5020 stmi. 24900 minus 5020 for long-path would be 19880
stmi. Difference 19880 minus 5020 = 14860. 14860 divided by speed of
light 186,000 mi/sec = .08 second delay or about 1/12 of one second
echo. We are probably getting primary signal off-the-back direct which
would be aimed 282 degrees (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** IRELAND [and non]. 13264-USB, Jan 2 at 1456, VOLMET by YL in
English, S4-S5, i.e. Shannon. No better, 13270-USB Gander OM (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NIGERIA. 7255-, Jan 2 at 0706, VON succeeds on air, S7-S9 but JBM =
just barely modulated; why bother? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 13565-CW, Jan 2 at 1455, HIFER beacon K6FRC quite clear with
continuous IDs from Patterson, California, claimed to be only 1.8
milliwatts; the only one audible on the 13550-13570 ISM Part 15 band,
no WV from WV on 13555 now; but always the non-IDing pulsing on 13560
which could be from local store or medical RF devices, and/or
propagated (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2067 monitoring: slept thru the Sat
Jan 2 airing at 1300-1329 on WRMI 15770; anyone hear it? Next:

2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
2300 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 to NE
0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415; as late as 0500]
2300vUT Sunday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 5800 to SSE
0430 UT Monday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
1901vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5800 [presumed resumed]
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE [ex-0100, presumed
resumed]
and also new 5010 to S [unconfirmed]

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 George McClintock, Nashville TN, who sent a check
in US$ on a US bank to
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 USA

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

** U S A. 1220 kHz, Jan 2 at 0707 UT tune-in, immediately hear very
slow Morse code IDs for WCPH, about four in a row; 0708 sweeps going
upward; 0710 VVV WCPH IDs at `normal` speed. 0711 continuous 1 kHz
tones with a couple brief pauses; 0713 VVV WCPH IDs very slow and some
fading; 0715 no tones heard, maybe voice announcements but totally
unreadable. I`m tuning in USB which may help audiblize the MCW.

Thruout, WCPH quite distinct from the rumble of multiple AM stations,
nothing readable from any of them. Nothing further needed to be sure I
heard it, even after the first 10 seconds. Others reported it started
an hour earlier from 0600 UT instead of publicized 0700-0900, with
full day power of 1000 watts on day pattern --- but listed as U1
nondirexional day and night, 1000/109 watts. Congrats to WCPH on its
65th anniversary.

This on my Icom R75 fed by 100-foot east-west longwire, a few feet
above snow on the ground, favoring reception from the east. Not
necessary to check via alternative DX-398 with internal antenna only.
Please eQSL.

Etowah is between Knoxville and Chattanooga, east of I-75. 1351 km =
858 statute miles city to Enid. I`m still not sure how to pronounce
it, as I don`t recall ever hearing it uttered during all my years in
Knoxville; but spelt backwards it is Hawote. It is certainly an
interesting name. Googling on it I discover first that there is an
Etowah in Oklahoma, a tiny town SE of Norman: ``ETOWAH. Located in
Cleveland County, Etowah lies on Etowah Road eleven miles east of
Noble. Historian George Shirk noted that the town name was derived
from a Cherokee settlement in Georgia,`` says the Oklahoma Historical
Society. Wikipedia says, ``Etowah is a Muskogee (Creek) word (Muscogee
spelling: italwa) for 'town'/'people'/'tribe'``. More here about the
WCPH Etowah:
https://www.cityofetowahtn.com/2229/History-of-Etowah
(Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, WOR)

This report despatched at 1920 UT January 2

DX/SWL/MEDIA PROGRAMS UPDATE JANUARY 1
http://www.worldofradio.com/dxpgms.html
WRMI entries not fully updated yet

WORLD OF RADIO HITLIST UPDATE JANUARY 1

Hi Glenn, Happy New Year! My latest Hitlist update.
https://www.w4uvh.net/hitlist.htm

1) Guam - KTWR, TWR-Asia: Added entry, including blogspot page
containing programme & frequency updates (Thanks to Mike Sabin, Asia
Broadcast Technical Operations Director)

2) Romania - R Romania Int: Added link to RRM domestic service 2-week
schedule. Play list for the Sunday Radio Concert Season programme on
RRI can be found by checking the previous Friday entry at 1900 on the
RRM webpage)

Unless there's a major change anywhere, the next update will be late
January. Best wishes and 73 (Alan Roe, UK)

** COLOMBIA. Re: [WOR] 4940 kHz. - La Montana --- ``Happy New Year,
Glenn! Believe the 2021 WRTH has 4940 as La Montana Colombia, 1 KW.
Ron Howard``

So it has, page 166 - somehow I assumed it would not be in WRTH yet.
[As only SW station in frequency list, location Maicao but:] Station
DC26) as if it were in Bogotá. Info apparently from Rafael Rodríguez,
who really is in Bogotá, as QSL manager just as he was for the 5910 &
6010 stations really in Puerto Lleras; but did not bother to inform
us. The WRTH entry also shows an oficina address as Red 4-72
Unicentro, Bogotá. Does anyone ever really hear an ID as ``La Montana
Colombia`` - or Montaña? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA [non]. Rechecking for the ND beacons missing last night:
still absent at 0253 UT Jan 2 are: 255 SW Stillwater; 341 EI Enid; 350
RG OKC. Enid got about 6 inches of snow overnight early UT January 1;
somewhat melting during the day but plenty remains on ground.
Fortunately not enough freezing rain icing here to cause problems
before snowing.

On 341-MCW kHz I am hearing only OIN OberlIN, Kansas; on 350-USB, only
dash and YKQ, which is really on 351-MCW from Fort Rupert -
Waskaganish, Quebec; also on 351-MCW itself a mixture of YKQ and IN,
which is really on 353 from International Falls, Minnesota (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2067 monitoring, next:
1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE
2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
2300 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 to NE
0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415; as late as 0500]
2300vUT Sunday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 5800 to SSE
0430 UT Monday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
1901vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5800 [presumed resumed]
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE [ex-0100, presumed
resumed]
and also new 5010 to S [unconfirmed]

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 George McClintock, Nashville TN, who sent a check
in US$ on a US bank to
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 USA

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 Jan 2 at 0100, WBCQ webcast of `AAAWWW``,
turns out to be 99% political this week. ``Wake up; the Republic is at
Stake``; Angela has been injured, sticking herself on a spine of a
huge century plant by the Fla studio; but she still looks
``delicious``. Both of them have fallen for the conspiracy narrative
that Trump had to have won, Biden is a joke but if inofficed will lead
to takeover of America by socialist/communism headed by the CCP ---
what`s that? Allan has a `brain fart`, then remembers it`s the Chinese
Communist Party, which is trying to conquer the world, especially the
US, including not least via its bio-weapon the COVID virus. [Not
addressed, Occamly, why would the ChiCom capitalists want to kill off
so many of their customers?? Not to mention the negative image.] After
datestamp at 0121 that it is January 1, YOOL 2021, plays a 20-minute
podcast? thru a phone-patch which tries to convince that there was
massive elexion fraud, and since this thing has been banned from FB,
YT and TW, it must be true! On and on; finally 0153 some e-mail,
prayer and off. Simultaneously I was getting the new episode of Dr
Who, which made a lot more sense (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. Re `Escape From 2020` special on WBCQ:
``Hello Glenn, Glad you enjoyed the show. Listeners were duly warned
that the first three minutes would be as ugly as the year, like the
old man / new baby thing in images of yore. We did get beautiful soon
after. I wish more entertainment programs would get into the act (pun
intended) with specials. Long-term, time sharing might even be a way
for two programs who can't pay their own way in isolation to get
together and get on the air. Who knows. An eQSL is attached.
https://www.w4uvh.net/HAUSERESCAPEFROM2020QSL.pdf
73, -- William "Bill" Tilford
Tilford Productions LLC
5713 N. St. Louis Av
Chicago IL 60659-4405
tel: 773.267.6548``

Now #107 at http://www.worldofradio.com/QSL.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 4980, Jan 2 at 0231, WRMI seems powered up to S9, axually
readable with SMTV-sounding talk; ACI from 4985 RTTY and 4980 soon
fades way down so maybe just a fluke. Again it`s barely too late to
compare to next WRMI on 5010 which must have just closed, leaving
5010- Madagascar without a het.

5800, UT Sat Jan 2 at 0354, WRMI with pop music in Spanish, ID in
Spanish, 0356 to Zorba fill music. I was going to check what occupy
the 03-04 UT Sat hour this week; evidently neither `TRSW` nor `Encore`
but should have got there earlier. Maybe more Freedom Synergy Radio?
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9975, Jan 2 at 0249, KVOH is only S4-S5, insufficient; at
0303 I check it via TWR Bonaire SDR to find its longer skip reaching
at S7-S8, sufficient with music and preaching. First wanted to check
Key West Kiwi but it was offline (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0551 UT January 2

** AUSTRIA [non]. (91.9), Jan 1 at 16-18 UT, just enjoyed the New Year
Concert from Vienna, via WUOT $ tereo webcast, penul-concluding as ever
with the Blue Danube Waltz --- why do I keep thinking of Cashmere
Bouquet? The American hostess voice-overing English comments, Lisa
Mullins in Boston, needs to work on her German pronunciation, e.g.
``Musikverein``. A rather different version is scheduled on PBS TV
tonight, 0300 UT Saturday on OETA, visual elements added such as
ballet dancers, scenic views of nature and grand architecture (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CANADA. 276-MCW kHz, Jan 1 at 0733 UT, dash and YEL, 200-watt ND
beacon from Elliot Lake, Ontario; tuned to 275-USB (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** CUBA [and non]. 7435, Jan 1 at 0528, heavy jamming against no R.
Martí; also on 7355, 7335, each with a different sound. The temporary
extension of RM to 0400-0600* was to expire after 5 December per HFCC;
unsure if that soon but definitely gone now; why? That supposedly
applied to 7435, 7355, 6030 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 6100, Jan 1 at 0525, RHC in Spanish instead of English with
NYE special also commemorating the 62nd anniversary of The Revolution.
Nothing heard on 11670 like last night.

6145, Jan 1 at 0525, RHC English again reverted to A-season frequency
instead of 9700, // distorted 6000. Something`s always wrong at RHC
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA [and non]. Heavy ice/snowfall seems to have knocked off
some ND beacons normally heard on groundwave, 1441-1447 UT after
sunrise Jan 1:

255-MCW, No SW, StillWater, nor earlier at 0731 UT
341-MCW, No EI, EnId, just OIN from OberlIN, Kansas
350-MCW, No RG, Oklahoma City, Will RoGers World Airport

These are still on in the 1441-1447 UT check Jan 1:
267-MCW, HET, 25 watts from HenryEtTa OK; tuned to 265-USB
293-MCW, FBY, 25 watts from FairBurY, Nebraska, regular often ignored
332-MCW, IC, 400 watts from wIChita - pICnIC, Kansas; no Canadian QRM
338-MCW, TU, 30 watts from TUlsa; not often heard
407-MCW, HRU, 25 watts, HeRington, KansUs; regular; tuned to 405-USB
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SAUDI ARABIA [and non]. 11745.0, Jan 1 at 1455, S9 ME music and
talk about Ibrahim; 1459 music modulation with some breaks in it.
Similar strength to 11815 Turkey. This is Al-Azm Radio, the AFRTS of
SA, so not clandestine as some calify it; see pages 357 and 522 of
WRTH 2021, where it`s among `Clandestine and Other Target
Broadcasts``, site presumed Jeddah but not confirmed. Often heard in
bandscans but now I log it for the record. Google translates the name
as ``Determination`` which seems quite appropriate for messing with a
neighboring country`s affairs, Yemen. Meanwhile, the clandestine
Republic of Yemen Radio is blocked on 11860 by Cuban jamming and R.
Martí. It used to be well heard before OCB usurped. BTW, the American
Forces Network does exist in SA via several FM frequencies in Jeddah
and Riyadh (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 305-MCW kHz, Jan 1 at 0744 UT, mixture of two NDBs when
tuned to 303-USB, very hard to untangle, but seem to hear ``ROM`` and
``OI``. These lead to:
OI, 25 watts at Sioux City - Tommi, Iowa
RO, 150 watts at Roswell, New Mexico
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) See also OKLAHOMA [and non]

** U S A. 13555, Jan 1 at 1448, HIFER beacon WV definitely copied,
from Richwood, West Virginia, after trace on Dec 28. Now it`s better
than trace of K6FRC California on 13565; at least there are no Cuban
spurblobs today to avoid. But both encounter CODAR QRM (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2067 monitoring, next:
1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE
2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
2300 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 to NE
0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415; as late as 0500]
2300vUT Sunday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 5800 to SSE
0430 UT Monday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
1901vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5800 [presumed resumed]
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE [ex-0100, presumed
resumed]
and also new 5010 to S [unconfirmed]

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 George McClintock, Nashville TN, who sent a check
in US$ on a US bank to
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 USA

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

** U S A. 7490v, in WOR iog discussion and on WOR 2067, I point out
the .0015% frequency tolerance FCC allows on WBCQ license; afraid I
got it wrong as David Freeborough explains:

Re: [WOR] Vague FCC info on WBCQ --- ``Hi Glenn, 0.0015% = 0.000015 =
15 parts per million. At 7490 kHz that's a frequency error of 112.35
Hz. David``

That still seems awfully lax; a SW frequency that far off is bound to
cause harmful interference to co-channel stations. I personally would
tolerate no more than say, plus/minus 10 Hz. WBCQ is anyway beyond
tolerance, typically lately up to 180 Hz high, but I doubt will be
facing megadollar fines, increased by inflation index (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 1816 UT January 1, 2021 - not 2020

** BRAZIL [and non]. 11905-11910-11915, Dec 31 at 0627, DRM noise from
RNA resumed experiment S9/+10 to here direct, maybe would be
decodable. [WORLD OF RADIO 2067]

Tried it for NYE, Jan 1 at 0201; not enough S/N into Bonaire, but
11780-AM is VG altho somewhat distorted with NYE talk and MPB, leading
up to 2021y at 0300 UT = local midnight, when I am listening again,
retuned just in time at 0259 until -- until --- cut off the
transmitter during MPB at usual 0300* sharp, no countdown, no
timesignal, no nothing!

Quickly retuned Bonaire at 0300 to 6180 to hear --- to hear --- bigsig
from La Voz Alegre, Florida gospel huxters with gringo accent, back
via MADAGASCAR, but with a fast SAH underneath, maybe RNA still on
there but useless.

It was a busy WOR Thursday produxion day among other things, so I
missed any earlier Jahrwechseln via SW, even Spain at 23 UT, WWV at 00
UT. Nor will there be any Guatemala at 06 UT but celebrations here!
Freezing rain is closing in, so who knows whether we shall have power
and internet into 2021 (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, WOR)

** CANADA. 335-MCW kHz, Dec 31 at 0641 UT, dash and YLD, which is
1000-watt ND beacon at Chapleau, Ontario. I was tuned to 334-USB
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CHINA. I am seldom up to check for CNR1 jammers before 1400 UT; in
autumn and A-20 season there would be loads of them WOOB above & below
11 MHz and also circa 13 MHz. So at 1359 Dec 31 I hasten to scan
around 11 MHz, and, nothing; maybe on but not winterpropagating (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 11670, Dec 31 at 0628, RHC Spanish is still on here beyond
usual closing; something`s always wrong at RHC. At least it prove
there be propagation approaching 12 MHz in the nightmiddle (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 13555 approx., Dec 31 at 1425, RHC spurblob with F# tone is
offset a little more than usual into the ISM/Part 15/HIFER band: then
also found around: 13629 S4-S6; 13700-AM fundamental S9/+20; 13772;
13844 QRMing 13845 WWCR on its LSB, tsk2; and 13915 weakest. So these
are multiples of plus/minus 71-72 kHz. It`s about time this hit WWCR;
so far keeps missing Martí. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NIGERIA. 7255-, Dec 31 at 0632, no signal from VON; nor have I
noticed it lately; could be on 11770- instead but not propagating;
anyhow not to be heard on either now, nor possible 9690- (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 475+MCW kHz, Dec 31 at 0636 UT, had not heard Dave Frantz`s
WWW WA4SZE BEACON for several nights, but back on now from Manchester,
TN (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2067 contents: Australia, Brasil, Canada,
Colombia, Cuba, El Salvador, Eritrea, Korea South, Newfoundland &
Labrador, New Zealand, Romania, South Carolina non, Spain, Sri Lanka,
Sudan, Taiwan non, Turks & Caicos, USA; and the propagation outlook.

Completed just in time for first airing anywhere, UT Friday January 1,
2021 on WRMI 5850, VG S9+35/45 into Missouri SDR; but canceled as I
feared on 5010 to the south as checked via Bonaire. The 01-02 hour now
has 5010 paired with whatever be on 7780 instead of 5850; at least
this should now apply to both for the final WOR repeat UT Thursdays at
0130, if reclaimed from `Mundo Sorprendente` specials.

WOR 2067 is available as of 0127 UT Friday January 1, 2021
(mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2067.m3u
(mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2067.mp3

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

The shortwave broadcasts should be:

0130 UT Friday WRMI 5850 to NW [confirmed] [5010 to S canceled]
0130 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 to NE [canceled]
1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE
2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
2300 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 to NE
0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415; as late as 0500]
2300vUT Sunday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW
0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE [canceled]
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 5800 to SSE
0430 UT Monday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
1901vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE [canceled]
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5800 [presumed resumed]
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE [ex-0100, presumed resumed]
and also new 5010 to S [unconfirmed]

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 George McClintock, Nashville TN, who sent a check
in US$ on a US bank to
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 USA

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

** U S A. (7490), Jan 1 at 0300, WBCQ webcast since 7490 reception is
insufficient, of Uncle Bill`s NYE special hour, `Escape from 2020`,
with portions of his and other WBCQ programs; but the first thing is a
real turn-off, screaming ``365 [sic, sick] days`` in honor of last
year. 0329 Tom Call amateur Theatre; 0334 Cosmikdebris and Jane,
concluding with FTIOM, and a bit of Spike Jones until 0400. An
enjoyable diversion (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. Received December 30: ``Ahoy Glenn - Here's a TRSW rarity
and Collectors Item. Yours was the ONLY report received on our
December 27 program via WBCQ and here's your Exclusive eQSL.
https://www.w4uvh.net/TRSW_ShipInABottle_eQSL_Hauser.pdf
[now via http://www.worldofradio.com/QSL.html
as #106]
The report by the way was correct. This design isn't one of our
limited edition eQSLs so Cap'n Ric added the proper text to recognize
your "accomplishment." You and the Cap'n may have been the only people
listening to the broadcast. 73 and Arrgghh. Always be yourself.
Unless you can be a pirate. Then always be a pirate. Texas Radio
Shortwave
https://www.facebook.com/texasradiosw
Sailing into your ears from the Lone Star State``

The reports said: ``Contrary to other listings Texas Radio Shortwave
Xmas show is at 0300-0400 UT Sunday on WBCQ 6160v and A51/61 webcast,
starting at 0303, instead of 0200-``; [later:] It`s not the same Xmas
program at all that was on WRMI last night, but: ``Camel Rock `n` Roll
Dance Party``, recorded in NYC 1956 when smoking was supposedly kool,
er --- gh`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9975, Dec 31 at 0630, KVOH is only S3-S5 as it`s often faded
way down into the night over the almost 2-megameter path, closer than
Habana. Ray Robinson says some programming changes from January 2 for
UT Tuesdays-Saturdays: ``Scott Martin's 'Song in the Night' will be
moving to 0600-0700, in place of the repeats of 'Jazz Session'. But,
we will still have a nightly hour of Big Band music on the schedule in
'Swing Shift', at 0200-0300`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2067)

** U S A. (101.1), Thu Dec 31 at 1735-1900 UT, caught the last half of
Susan Ohori`s world music show in KSFR Santa Fe NM webcast, and indeed
she is still calling it `Beyond Borders`, whatever the schedule may
show (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carriers, not a thoro search but
stepping 10 kHz on USB I hear the telltale hets from plus 1 kHz
against the following domestic frequencies: 530, 620, 710, 890; and
1430 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0413 UT January 1, 2020

HAPPY & SAFE NEW YEAR TO ALL