** CUBA. 9700, Dec 26 at 0557, RHC English is back here, after switch
back to 6145 last night, // much weaker 6000. Something`s not wrong at
RHC.

Also about 9700, Kenneth Vito Zichi, Williamston MI reports in the
MARE Tipsheet: ``9700 RHC *SPANISH* (yes, something is always wrong,
but really, not so horrible with this mistake) mostly EZL Cuban music
w/brief SS announcements -- which was a good listen! 444+43+ decent
modulation as this channel usually has, 0405-0420 19/Dec RSPdx +SDRuno
+ANC-4 +randomwire --Zichi MI`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** GERMANY. Re my report of 9670, 0400+ UT Dec 26, Channel 292 with
RNEI, or ``OSR``?

``Hi Glenn, merry Xmas and happy New Year 2021! That's OHR, Offshore
History Radio. Often used by Channel 292 as a 'filler' between hours
booked by scheduled broadcasters. Heard here with a very weak signal
on 9670 at 0410-0420 this morning, Dec 26. Looks like RNEI either was
aired an hour earlier (current Channel 292 sked shows 0300 today) or
was cancelled for some reason. 73, Dmitry Mezin, Kazan, RUS``

And from Roger Thauer, Germany:
``1.)

https://rnei.org/2020/12/21/radio-northern-europe-internationals-christmas-special-announcement/
https://www.channel292.de/s/cc_images/teaserbox_2484508986.jpg

I had seen the 0300z entry in the schedule for ch292 beforehand. So I
had already checked the situation at 0300z / 04.00 CET on the 9670
kHz. But, since there was no signal on various KIWI SDRs between
Moscow and Kamschatka, not a trace of a transmitter carrier.

2.) An hour later, the situation as described by Glenn. I was i.a.
also back on the Novosibirsk SDR and saw another user from the USA,
probably him.

3.) The midday broadcast from RNEI via ch292 also on 9670 kHz (on
ordered 293° ===> UK/IRL/US) on yesterday, December 25th, at least
worked. The DRM QAM16 SNR (at the end of the show) reached a peak
value of 17 dB in Carlow [IRL]. roger`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2066 monitoring: at first not
confirmed Sat Dec 26 at 1300-1306 on WRMI 15770, JBA carrier only; but
by recheck at 1326 has surged to S9+10/20! 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 [but not last week]
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
1900vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5800 to SSE [but not last week]
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE [pre-empted] [ex-0100]

Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
WOR is always a SW program first, but as stations make it harder to
hear, I can`t blame people for accessing a reliable alternative.

Our non-commercial broadcasts and website depend on voluntary support:
thanks this week to Gerald T. Pollard, Raleigh NC,
who sent a generous Solsticial 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. Re my report of TRSW Xmas special on WRMI, 5800, UT Sat Dec
26 at 0300-0400:

``Ahoy Glenn - Thank you for your reception report, which was correct.
Attached is your limited edition eQSL.

https://www.w4uvh.net/TRSW_2020_TexasChristmasMusicSpecial_eQSL_WRMI_Hauser.pdf
[via http://www.worldofradio.com/QSL.html
now #105]

Here's the program's playlist:

TRSW - 2020 Texas Christmas Music Special - Playlist
The Yellow Rose of Texas - Mitch Miller & His Orchestra (Part)
Nosotros 3 Kings - Beto y Los Fairlanes (Live)
Please Come Home for Christmas - Marcia Ball (Live)
Pretty Paper - Roy Orbison (With the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra)
Silent Night - Destiny’s Child (Feat. Beyonce)
What’s This - Flyleaf
When It’s Christmas Time in Texas - George Strait
Cowboy Christmas Ball - Michael Martin Murphey (Live)
What Child is This? - Eric Johnson and Van Wilks (Live)
You, Me and a Christmas Tree - Asleep at the Wheel (Feat. Ray Benson)
West Texas Christmas - Spur 327 Band
Boogie Woogie Santa Claus - Angela Strehli
Santa Bring My Baby Back (to Me) - Charlie Sexton
Blue Christmas - Willie Nelson
I Hear Jingle Bells - Freedy King
Santa! Don’t Pass Me By - Freddy Fender
Gonna Wrap My Heart in Ribbons - Hank Thompson (Feat. The Brazos
Valley Boys)
Christmas in Harlem - Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra (Feat. Jack
Teagarden)
The Yellow Rose of Texas - Mitch Miller & His Orchestra (Part).

Aired December 25, 2020 (Channel 292) and December 26 (WRMI and WBCQ)
Runtime = 59:40.

Cap'n Ric and the Crew hope you had a Merry Christmas and that you'll
have s safe New Year. 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``

Same program is further scheduled on WBCQ 6159.93v, UT Sun Dec 27 at
0200-0300 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 830, Dec 26 circa 0600 UT, no more echoing heard on WCCO.
Replying to my previous reports, Scott Blixt, Minnesota DX Club:

``Re: [MDXC] Why is WCCO 830 echoing? I live here in MN near the Twin
Cities. I did not listen when you did so I`m not sure of any echo
that`s going on. But I will listen more carefully to see if I do hear
it.

WCCO does indeed have a back up transmitter site located just North of
Anoka MN. They own the old KTWN/KANO tower that was 1470 back in the
day. I know a fellow DXer who lives a few blocks away. He mentions to
me that they overload the front end of his radio out when they are
using this transmitter

It is only miles from the Coon Rapids site they use on a day to day
basis. Perhaps someone else in the MDXC will have more info to share``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. RF 15, Dec 26 at 1643, marginal tropo blob from here into S
and SE Kansas visiblizes KSNW-DT ``3`` Wichita. The only DX decoding
via my broken antenna; and despite my ``local`` KOPX OKC on RF 15.
Only Wichita station making it, not even Bad signals on open others.
First time I think since repacked from RF 45 altho many times KOPX has
been QRMed out by something, probably this. Subchannels:
3-1, KSNW-DT [NBC]
3-2, T`Mundo --- yes, apparently apostrophied in tiny font PSIP, not
Telemun as in rabbitears.info
3-3, ION
3-4, TCN --- True Crime Network, a.k.a. Justice but no such ID seen.
I also got some good freeze-frame breakup shots, all-red & white
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 1952 UT December 26

** BRAZIL. 9665v, Dec 25 at 2314, lucky RVM English ID just as I tune
in direct, with frequencies 9665, 5940 and another, AM or FM (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** BRAZIL [and non]. 9819.1 approx., Dec 25 at 2317, het about here to
a 9820.0 signal. R. Nove de Julho nominal 9820 has been on the minus
side of 9819 for quite a while, but maybe this be it up a bit; during
this hour both V. of Beibu Bay Radio, China and CNR2 CBR are
scheduled. At 0125, Vilhena, Brasil SDR in SAM mode shows carrier at
plus 136v Hz from 9819, JBA to the ear. But is Beibu off-frequency
too? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CANADA. Re my last report about Saskatchewan ND beacons, ``only two
of them are 3-letters starting with Y. Most are only two letters, some
even a letter and a number --- never heard one of those --- and six
are Z + two letters``

``Glenn, the number-letter ones are privately owned and not maintained
by NavCan. The two-letter beacons are usually locator ‘outer-marker’
beacons associated with a particular runway. A few years ago many of
the two-letter ones had a ‘Z’ added to them. Most if not all of these
three-letter ones are ‘approach’ or ‘enroute’ beacons. Steve / VE7SL``
McDonald (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** GERMANY. 9670, Dec 26 at 0400 I`m trying to hear R Northern Europe
International xmas special as sked via Channel 292. Not for N America
since the beam is 60 degrees for SE Asia. A bit too north for that so
I try the Novosibirsk SDR first --- it is getting something S4-S5, but
very noisy and QRMed, Chinese on 9675. Nothing else is sked on 9670 at
this hour. I do make out some rock music and Dutch announcements,
later English, but too bad to listen to. How about New Delhi or Qatar?
No signals at all there. Yet at 0430 I check Novosib again as they are
saying something like ``OSR Offshore Radio`` and music continues,
``American Pie``. So it`s an hour, not half an hour.

RNEI has another Xmas broadcast UT Thu Dec 31 at 0100 on WRMIs 5010 &
5850 which will surely be better for us. That is its regular spot.
Their publicity at
https://rnei.org/2020/12/21/radio-northern-europe-internationals-christmas-special-announcement/
says there are some ``data features`` such as comb stereo (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** ROMANIA [and non]. 7220, Dec 25 at 2307, Xmas discussion in
English, clip in Romanian, so RRI hour, 300 kW at 300 degrees from
Galbeni, but intended only for W Europe, not us beyond. Is it at a
higher vertical angle than for multihops? Considerable CCI from
Vietnamese, which is CRI via Xi`an not thisaway (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** TURKEY. 5960, Dec 25 at 2302, no signal from VOT English to North
America. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2066 monitoring: NOT confirmed UT Saturday
December 26 at 0130 on WRMI 7780 --- replaced by Wavescan. Checking
the skedgrids, most of the Systems have been updated as of Dec 24 or
25, jumbling programming around, involving further reduxions to WOR;
still including several imaginary airings in the 21-22 and 10-11 UT
hours. From http://www.tinyurl.com/WRMIfqs here is what we now find on
WRMI:

Fri 0130 on 5010, 5850
Sat 0130 on 7780 - canceled
Sat 1300 on 15770
Sat 2300 on 7780 -- never on sked but heard, maybe still?
Mon 0030 on 7730
Mon 0130 on 7780 - canceled
Mon 0230 on 5800, 7780
Mon 0430 on 9955
Tue 0100 on 7780 - canceled
Tue 0330 on 5800 - ? Freedom Synergy Radio last week, but not on sked
Wed 2300 on 9955
Thu 0130 on 5010, 7780 -- ex 0100 on 7780 --- but expected to be
pre-
empted Dec 31 for Mundo Sorprendente

BTW the skedgrid is confused regarding 5010 in the 01-02 UT hour: on
System D it`s // 7780; but it`s also on System F // 5850!

So here is the revised `next` schedule including other stations:

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
1900vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5800 to SSE [but not last week]
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE [pre-empted] [ex-0100]

Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
WOR is always a SW program first, but as stations make it harder to
hear, I can`t blame people for accessing a reliable alternative.

Our non-commercial broadcasts and website depend on voluntary support:
thanks this week to Gerald T. Pollard, Raleigh NC,
who sent a generous Solsticial 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. 5800, UT Sat Dec 26 at 0300, WRMI succeeds in airing the
Texas Radio Shortwave Xmas special of Texas artists; opens briefly
with YROT alla marcia theme; Third Mate Susan opens with a set of 3
concluding with Roy Orbison until 0311; another 3-song set starting
with Beyoncé; she sings Silent Night. At 0315 I am getting it direct
at S9+20 but the damn xmas high local noise level is S9+10, too much
to overcome, so I am mainly listening via Bonaire remote where it`s
S9/+15 but without the noise. 0318 Xmas Time in TX. Susan announces
each 3-song set, preceded by a Merry Xmas jingle with a medley. I
listen to the whole hour but do not try to copy name of every Texan
and song. 0322 e-QSL offer, cowboy poet; 0326 polka; 0333 Spur 327
Band, West TX Xmas; 0342 Willie Nelson, Blue Xmas; 0345 Jingle Bells
new version; 0354 Xmas Nite in Haarlem; 0356 outro and e-QSL offer
again; more to come in 2021; 0356.5 YROT theme plays out to 0359 WRMI
ID (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. (6160v), UT Sat Dec 26 at 0100-0200, `AAAWWW` on Area 51/61
webcast for convenience at the computer, not checking 6160 or 7490
direct: ``brown xmas`` at Maine, no snow now and it`s axually warmer
than in central FL where the Weiners are. Astronomy lesson. 0116 calls
J.P. to ask him about his 60-year-old Xmas lights; 0129 datestamp as
25th of December YOOL 2020. 0130+ discussing taking vaccine or not,
science can be corrupt. Trump mentioned only briefly once or twice.
0145 IEEE article about Fessenden`s Xmas eve first broadcast ever;
Allan acknowledges that it is disputed but gives him benefit of doubt.
0154 items from last week`s Free Radio Weekly, twice referring to SSTV
as ``single sideband TV`` instead of slow-scan. 0158 prayer; 0200
webcast switches to Lumpy Gravy. At least on webcast and probably on
air, both of them are somewhat ``in the red``,
overmodulating/distorting even in ordinary speech (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** U S A. 5085, Dec 25 at 2259, dead air from WTWW-2, about to open?
Very strong S9+40/45 yet plus/minus ~13 kHz spur carriers not
detected. QRN level alone is S9+20. But at 0302 Dec 26 I notice on the
MO remote that 5085 is off.

9475-, Dec 25 at 2312, WTWW-1 SFAW day frequency still unusually on,
S9+40/50 but undermodulated, hummy (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. Reply to my KFCD 990 TX log: ``KFCD was rather dominant on
990 here in IL last night. 73 KAZ`` from Neil Kazaross, near Chicago,
who to the NE should be in null even of their day pattern NW/SE. So
maybe they were totally out of whack, or non-direxional (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** VATICAN [non]. 9580, Dec 25 at 2313, 1 kHz tone at S8-S9. It`s VR
via USAGM Tinang, Philippines, about to start beaming Vietnamese
half-sesquihour at 2315 due west, violating Separation of Church &
State. Shux, I don`t expect these relay exchanges to be abolished with
a pious Catholic president, which is likely the most critical thing I
will have to say about dear Joe (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0450 UT December 26

** CANADA. 257-MCW kHz, Dec 25 at 0726 UT, dash and XE, 100-watt ND
beacon at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

290-MCW kHz, Dec 25 at 0721 UT, dash and QR, 100-watt NDB at Regina,
Sask. High local noise level is a little less in this part of the
band, but also storm noise from Louisiana area preclude much else.

Is there something about Sask? Of 28 SK listings at dxinfocentre.com,
only two of them are 3-letters starting with Y. Most are only two
letters, some even a letter and a number --- never heard one of those
--- and six are Z + two letters (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** COSTA RICA. First item in last report was typoed --- ha: ``OOSTA
RICA - A new country! :) 73, Jim K5JG`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA [and non]. 6145, Dec 25 at 0437, RHC English reactivated here!
A-20 frequency is back instead of B-20 9700 --- deliberate, or a
mistake? Maybe for holiday an inexperienced sloppyrator substitute
remembers only where this transmitter used to be tuned. Or decided
that 9 MHz band is too high to propagate reliably? Well, at 0454, I
find that Spanish on 9650 is still S9+25 and always weaker 9535 still
audible too. Back at 0437, 6145 is // 6000 but as usual it`s JBM.
There is also something JBA talking not // on 9700, which would be
Turkey at 0350-0656 per Aoki/NDXC, a good reason for RHC to avoid 9700
during those two sesquihours. By 0659, 6145 is wrapping up another
English hour and 0700 to dead air. By now nothing is on 6000 or 9700.
Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 7490v, Dec 25 at 0400, no show for scheduled Texas Radio SW
Xmas special via WBCQ; 7490 inaudible, but webcast is carrying usual
conspiracy-wacko talkshow. TRSW does not seem to be on 6160v either.
For some weeks, WBCQ has been turning off 7490 NLT than 0430 when WHRI
starts, so two reasons why an hour special at 0400 should never have
been booked. Better luck, we hope, the next publicized time for TRSW
Xmas, 0300-0400 UT Sat Dec 26 on WRMI 5800 --- tho that might be iffy
too, as for at least three nights this week, WRMI has dedicated that
hour to Freedom Synergy Radio replacing everything else on the
schedule. Missed checking what happened UT Friday (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** U S A. 5830, Dec 25 at 0438, WTWW-1 is on with SFAW at S9+30/20 but
with continuous ``popping`` sound caused by modulation peaks but not
during pauses. With BFO I can also hear/see that the carrier is
split-secondly dropping down in coordination. Clearly transmitter is
ailing. And it`s *still* on at 1523 S9/+10 and 1612 chex attaining
SSOB status as who else around here would be on 51m in daytime? Oh
well, CFRX on 49mb and WRMI on 50 mb but much weaker.

At 1845 I check via KB0FX SDR in MO, finding 5830 off, algo JBA on
9475, Iran in Hausa listed at 1820-1920; while 5085 WTWW-2 is running
Xmasmx in daytime, but dumps off promptly at 1846*.

9475, however, by own recheck at 1940 now is WTWW-1 on with SFAW and
the second SSOB at S9+20, below S9+30/40 9980 WWCR TOMBS (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 990, Dec 25 at 0448 UT, dominant signal in Spanish plugging
churches in Irving TX, 214 AC phones, so it`s not XET Monterrey and
certainly not CBW Winnipeg, ``clear`` channel 50 kWs which ought to
have this channel to themselves at night, but there are loads of
supposedly diminished-power US stations, including this one, KFCD, CoL
Farmersville TX, U4, 7000/920 watts. Must be on day power and pattern
of NW/SE lobes favoring us, rather than tiny night lobe to the SW. But
the gospel huxters think they don`t have to follow secular rules
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 2043 UT December 25

** OOSTA RICA [non]. 7780, UT Thu Dec 24 at 0100, WRMI pre-empts WOR
2065 for `Mundo Sorprendente` from Berny Solano, which originally airs
on Radio Costa Rica, 930. Reports are invited to Apartado 582/2200,
11101 San Jose, or to mundosorprendentecr@gmail.com so I e-mail him:

``Hola Berny, Acabo de escuchar su programa navideño de Mundo
Sorprendente a través de WRMI 7780, 01 a 02 TU del 24 de diciembre.
Acá en Oclajoma, la señal es muy débil, así es que me puse en varios
receptores remotos: Holanda primero, pero mejor en estado de Maine con
tiempo limitado, después de Rochester NY, llegando bastante bien. Todo
reemplazando a otra emisión de mi programa World of Radio.

Un placer escucharle en OC. Al iniciarse, a mediados 0132, y hacia el
final 0153, ofreció QSL y calendario 2021 con paisajes de CR, así es
que quisiera pedirselo.

Dentro del programa siempre música navideña y una variedad de saludos
hasta charlas. Pude entender algunos de los nombres: Rubén Guillermo
Margenet desde Rosario, Argentina; antes de él, una sueca hablando
español perfecto, como no, semi-colombiana la hija del fallecido
Henrik Klemetz, pero ¿cuál es su nombre? 0144, Jorge García, Barinas,
Venezuela; 0145 un cuento de Oscar Wilde; 0153 finalizando; 0157 otra
música del oriente medio RMI para llenar la hora.

Anticipo el próximo programa, la semana que viene.
73, Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 USA``

No reply yet. Repeats scheduled next night, UT Dec 25 at 0200 on 5800,
which in a quick I heard starting; and one more time at 0400 on 9955.
And another special show for New Year exactly one week later at all
three times (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 5040, 6000, 6100, 9700, Dec 24 at 0706, no RHC English
signals at all; usually 6100 or 9700 is still on altho not always for
the full hour. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** CUBA [non]. 9490, Dec 25 at 0320, R. República via FRANCE loud &
clear into Bonaire SDR with trop-pop music, holiday wishes and
greetings, qualifying as an Xmas show? No jamming audible there or in
NB per Richard Langley who tipped on this (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TAIWAN [non]. 5800, UT Thu Dec 24 at 0300, `Freedom Synergy Radio`
again for the third night in a row occupying this WRMI hour, replacing
several programs still showing on the skedgrid; to be 5, or even 7
nights a week? But the TRSW Xmas special has already been publicized
for UT Saturday Dec 26 at 0300-0400. You would never guess from the
name what this program is really about: pro-Taiwan, anti-ChiCom, with
a Latin American accent. Evidently restored on WRMI after a break
since August, but slow to show up on the skeds (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WORLD OF RADIO 2066)

** TURKEY. 5960, Dec 25 at 0007, S9+10 but undermodulated music, could
be Turkish as another overrun of VOT English for a bonus hour in
German as happens occasionally; too strong and too on-frequency for
Xinjiang PBS from East Turkistan, land of imperialist ChiCom
persecution of Uyghurs and other Moslems (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2065 monitoring: confirmed
Wednesday December 23 from 2200:20 on WBCQ 7490.18v, S7-S9 but VP vs
HNL here.

Also confirmed Wed Dec 23 at 2300 on WRMI 9955, S9+25 about equal to
Cuban jamming and losing out to it.

As expected, not confirmed UT Thu Dec 24 at 0100 on WRMI 7780,
pre-empted by `Mundo Sorprendente` --- see COSTA RICA [non]

WORLD OF RADIO 2066 contents: Antarctica, Armenia, Brasil, Canada,
China, Colombia, Costa Rica non, Eritrea non, Europe, France, Germany,
Greece, Iran non, Italy, Japan, Korea North and non, Korea South,
Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar,, Nigeria, Sa`udi Arabia, UK non, USA, Vanuatu,
Vatican, unidentified 2580; SWL Fest; WRTH; propagation outlook

WOR 2066 is available as of 0112 UT Friday December 25
(mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2066.m3u
(mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2066.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 & 5010 to S [confirmed]
0130 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 to NE
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 [new, ex 0400 Mon]
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW
0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 5800 to SSE
0430 UT Monday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
1900vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 to SSE
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE [pre-empted]

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 Gerald T. Pollard, Raleigh NC,
who sent a generous Solsticial 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

WOR 2066 first airings confirmed UT Friday December 25 at 0130 on
WRMIs: at Bonaire SDR, 5010 S8/S9+15 and 5850 S5-S8; due to azimuths
quite the opposite direct to here (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 830, Dec 24 at 0544 UT, WCCO Minneapolis is again echoing,
like it was last night around 0730 during `Our American Stories`. It`s
now clear this is not just affecting that show as in a coincidental
second station on its network, since I could not find any.

This time I DF it and find both null at the same angle, i.e. both
coming from WCCO. Furthermore, there is no breakaway second audio
during commercial space at 0552; 0556 ``Sports Net All-Night`` I think
they call it; yes, sports talk. To clinch it, the ID just before 0600
is only for ``News-Talk, 8-3-0 WCCO``, into CBS News.

The split-second delay does not vary, but its severity does, as if
there are two signals independently propagating, rather than a
double-audio feed into one transmitter. Sometimes the echo almost goes
away, briefly. Besides, it affects programming from different network
and local sources. If this were SW, it could seem like short/long path
echo all around the world.

So this all points to one of my theories, WCCO running a second
transmitter, perhaps testing a backup. A similar thing happens with
KKOB 770 Albuquerque which does have a low-power co-channel fill-in
relay not exactly synchronized in Santa Fe at night, but none such is
known for WCCO.

The question is, whether this self-QRM is heard in the local area?
Perhaps the main transmitter totally override it out to a certain
distance. Surely others beyond MN can also hear the echo.

I am copying this and my previous report to the Minnesota DX Club,
where perhaps someone can confirm or explain what`s happening and why.
I am aware of no replies on any list so far to my report last night
filed under UNIDENTIFIED [and non]. Replies now:

``Clearly being heard with the echo in western NY 0636z. Must be moon
bounce! Jim Renfrew, Clarendon NY``

Ha2, no, the echo delay would be a lot longer than split second.

``Glenn, I’ve copied John Hansen, the program director at WCCO. Maybe
he can help us figure it out. Alan Furst, Kansas City``

``Glenn, Here’s John’s response to your report.

`He nailed it. Except it wasn’t a test. It’s happening for reasons
they haven’t figured out yet. I was waking up engineers just before 1
am last night. John` via af``

``The FCC license database shows only the primary ND1 50 kW
transmitter for WCCO, and no other transmitters on 830 kHz are shown
within 100 miles.

The KKOB license records show the gap-filler transmitter in Santa Fe,
listed as 230 watts under the main KKOB license as an “Experimental
Synchronous” transmitter.

KKOB’s use of this system makes sense, since their nighttime pattern
from the main site in Albuquerque puts Santa Fe in the null. Combined
with the mountainous terrain, this could make reception of the primary
site difficult at night, even though Santa Fe is only 60 miles north.
{axually mountains are not in the way between North Valley ABQ KKOB
site, and SF, but a stiff uphill grade --- gh}

But WCCO is non-directional at night, and the surrounding terrain is
flat, so I can’t imagine why they would need to use a second
gap-filler transmitter.

The SAH certainly points to this being an RF effect, rather than
something in the audio feed, though perhaps an inadvertent dual audio
feed to the transmitter site could cause it - especially if one feed
was direct (via an STL), while the other was via a wired or fiber
optic path.

Or, some kind of weird propagation between WCCO and Enid? Simultaneous
long and short path reception of an HF station can certainly produce a
noticeable echo, but it would be almost impossible for this to happen
on 830 kHz. Jim Barrett, Elmira, NY``

Glen[n], Listened last night for about an hour after getting your
post. Slight delay or echo heard here in Alabama (near Birmingham) as
well. KGLA Norco LA, is a frequent visitor, but not audible last
night. Heavy storm static to my Southwest was making reception of Gulf
Coast area difficult.

A similar effect occurs here often on 960 AM with WERC mixing with
another station --- both running “Coast to Coast AM” but there is a
slight delay. In this case, I’d suspect a temporary hiccup in the
audio chain more than a backup transmitter, but it would be nice to
know for sure. 73, Les Rayburn, N1LF, 121 Mayfair Park, Maylene, AL
35114``

``Glenn, I aircheck/record WCCO's 102.9 HD-2 signal 24/7 for any
breaking news that I would want to post on RadioTapes.com and there
was no echo noted. I realize you were listening to their AM signal,
but wanted to rule out there was echo in the programming. Before
COVID, WCCO was discussing moving their main transmitter location to
their backup transmitter site in Ramsey, MN and sell the current
property in Coon Rapids, MN where they have been broadcasting from
since the 1920s. Last I heard, WCCO was waiting for FAA approval to
install a taller tower in Ramsey. Tom Gavaras``

Aha, so there are two sites potentially. Coon Rapids is a NW suburb of
MSP, while Ramsey is quite further out in the same direxion.
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2066)

Re "UNIDENTIFIED. 6900-6950, Dec 11 at 1402, very wideband rapid
pulsing with multi-carriers and tone, S9+10 with some fading. Maybe
another kind of OTH radar, wiping out most of the pirate band (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)"

``Glenn, I've never reported this, but the pirate band is almost
always unusable in our mornings due to OTH. My guess is that it's
Chinese, but that's only a guess. 73, Walt Salmaniw, Victoria/Masset
BC`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0350 UT December 25