** CUBA [and non]. 13571 approx., Dec 28 at 1535, spurblob of jazz
from RHC 13700-AM, and then find more at 64-65 kHz intervals, better
in FM than AM, and unreadable in SSB: 13636 S9 with F# tone; 13765 S9;
13830 vs victim in AM, i.e. VATICAN in Amharic; 13895; 13960 trace;
13505. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR [and non]. 2598-USB, Dec 29 at 0143 UT,
roboyl with marine weather in English, VP vs high LLNL, but there is
some `reverb` as from two not exactly synchronized transmitters. Only
one scheduled at this time, from 0137, is VOK from somewhere in
Labrador, per: https://dxinfocentre.com/mb.htm

2598 is supposed to be time-shared with 5 or 6 other stations in NL
and Québec, not simulcast. However, EiBi does show two simul sites for
this 0137-0200 broadcast, cw and hd, which translate to
cw - Cartwright NL 53N42'30" - 57W01'17"
hd - Hopedale NL 55N27'24" - 60W12'30"
Both of which are on Labrador mainland, not island rock. Same roboyl
voice on 2749-USB but not checked whether // which is sometimes
deliberate as I recently logged from Québec (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA [and non]. Thread resulting from my Dec 27 log of KTOK:

``BTW, have not heard IBOC noise from KTOK for ages, tho still flagged
as -I in 2020-2021 NRC AM Log. IBOC ``reported off Dec 2009`` here:
http://www.topazdesigns.com/iboc/station-list.html
(Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)``

``Glenn et al., The listing of IBOC, as I have stated many times
before, does NOT pretend to track who turned this feature on or off.
It is a listing of those who are authorized to use the digital mode.
73, Wayne Heinen, Editor, NRC AM Radio Log, Aurora, CO``

``Wayne, Sorry, I did not realize that. In that case it would be
helpful to have a separate symbol denoting stations which are axually
in `HD` now. And full- or part-time, day and/or night?

I was under the impression that, unlike pure HD, anystation could run
hybrid HD ad lib without specific permission. Has FCC ever denied it?
They certainly don`t care about adjacent QRM!

Is there any way to check this thru AM Query? I don`t see anything
about HD for KTOK, one way or another; nor for KFAQ which we know is
running it. Could be deeply buried. 73, Glenn``

``Glenn, There is a link on the amq page that takes you to this list…
I usually check it against the database each year prior to publication
however this year, due to my shoulder replacement, I didn’t get all
the usual proofs done. You’ll find both KTOK and KFAQ on the list

https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/sta_list.pl
73 Wayne Heinen``

``Wayne, Tnx but that link gets: `Station Search Error --- You must
specify search criteria values. Go back to the previous web page and
try again.`

But, but, I am not coming from a previous web page. O, here it is:
https://www.fcc.gov/media/radio/digital-radio

which leads to: To obtain a list of stations authorized for "hybrid"
operation (analog + digital signals), select one of the following
links: [ AM |

which leads to:
https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/sta_list.pl?Service=AM&digital_status=H

which then leads to:
https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/sta_list.pl

i.e. the exact same URL Wayne gave but it won`t work directly, of 241
stations, alfabetical order by callsign, who cares about frequency or
location? which leads to KTOK info:
`Digital status: hybrid` -- and that`s all --- Glenn``

``Scott Fybush Dec 27 #15519 --- It's a notification, not a
permission. FCCData.org shows whether a station (AM or FM) has
notified digital operation; the flaw, as we see, is there's no process
for indicating cessation of digital operation.``

``As I'm sure you know, the FCC's Prime Directive is "please don't
bother us with details" and, really, licensees aren't required to run
HD in either MA3 or MA1 so why should they care? Same for C-QUAM (for
the 8 stations that still use it! :-D)

I think the listings in the NRC AMRL are fine. The editor (a recently
elected ARRL Life Member!) might consider fleshing out the -I and -$
code definitions to prevent this sort of complaint in future (not that
you can eliminate 100% of complaints ...) -- Peter Laws | N5UWY |
plaws plaws net | Travel by Train!``

``[nrc-am] IBOC Listing in NRC AM Radio Log JZinOK 2:41am #15530
In the case of KTOK, digital notification was made in 2006, but we
haven't used it in many years. It's rather worthless to us now, as
KTOK is carried on KXXY-FM HD2. KWPN 640 Moore OK also has given
notification, but dropped the HD a long time ago. Several FM's here
have given digital notification, but do not use it. All of the iHeart
FM's in OKC use HD. John Zondlo, Yukon, OK`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2066 monitoring: confirmed Monday
December 28 from 1900:49 on IRRS 7290 Bulgaria as heard via UTwente
including any internet delay. Open carrier is on by 1855; 1859:51
cut-on IRRS sign-on; 1900:20 Feature Story News headlines, then WOR.
Only my final word cut off at 1929, ``disclaimer``. As always,
extremely annoying splash from both sides cannot be escaped by LSB,
USB, AM Synch or narrow bandwidth: Vietnam 7280 is worse than East
Turkistan 7295 despite second- vs first-adjacency. Recheck at 1949,
has faded? to JBA carrier on 7290. Next:

0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 [canceled; confirmed]
0230 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 [canceled; reconfirmed]
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5800 [pre-empted for FSR this week; confirmed]

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]

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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:
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** U S A. 4980, Dec 29 at 0234, WRMI-5 is poorly audible by Bonaire
KiwiSDR, S6-S7 in English, bits of Xmasmx and SMTV talk including ID
at 0244. Must use AM-Narrow to avoid 4985 RTTY. This is on skedgrid as
SMTV for many hours including this one, on 285 antenna but no
comparison to the bigsig we get on 7730 same azimuth. 4980 is the
frequency supposed to be home for 5950 programming bumped off there by
elimination of 9455, but supposedly long-delayed until it is up to
full power, maybe exciter only so far. If that`s the azimuth, 4980
ought to be stronger closer to its aim, at the TWR RGV SDR of
Brownsville TX --- but it is not, only JBA! Something is strange about
all this (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Dec 28 at
0135-0142 UT, contrary to usual method, I`m tuning in 9-kHz steps
downward from 1 kHz above the channels, so anycarrier making a 1 kHz
het can be recognized: 1503, 1422, 1296, 1215, 1107, 1089, 1053, 936,
909, 891*, 882(2), 837(2), 774(2), 747, 711, 639, 621. *strongest. (2)
= at least two carriers beating.

There would have been more below 700 kHz, but currently the local line
noise level is much higher in the 700-300 kHz range, as well as many
SW ranges. Earlier in the afternoon, driving around the neighborhood
tuned to open 1040 kHz where traces of WHO might have been otherwise,
the LLNL did not correlate with any lingering Xmas lighting, but
continued buzzing over a much wider area; and it`s just as bad daytime
as nighttime. Tnx a lot, OG&E (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 7530, Dec 28 at 2207, S9/+10 open carrier where normally
nothing; only Aoki shows nearby possibility maybe on early:
``7530 2230-2300 TWN Suab Xaa Moo Zoo(Vo.Hope) Hmo Tamsui Dist 1-7``
It`s also shown same in WRTH 2020 as religious based in Thornton,
Colorado, under USA, not target/clandestine. Website leads to:

http://www.hmongdistrict.org/HiddenPages/SuabXaMooZoo(RadioMinistry).aspx
where there is no info about any current broadcasts, at least not in
English, and the `listen` link leads to a page to *buy* songs.

SXMZ no longer appears in the WRTH 2021, my copy just arrived, at
least not under USA, in the religious broadcaster cross-ref, in the SW
frequency list, nor under Target: Laos or Vietnam. On Nov 5, 2020, Ivo
Ivanov included it in a multi-site roster of ``Winter B-20
frequencies, unregistered in HFCC Database (updated)`` but I find no
recent logs of it. Back on April 25, 2020, Ivo had it in a list of
``missing clandestine transmissions``, some of which were
subsequently reported. None of this researched until later, so I did
not recheck after 2230 for any showup; QRX another day. Of course in a
shared fixed band, carrier could be a ute (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 13555-CW, Dec 28 at 1520, JBA traces of CW, maybe
finally something besides 13565 K6FRC on the HIFER band, not now.
https://www.lwca.net/sitepage/part15/index.htm
shows ``13554.98~ WV Richwood WV EW98rf CW (h 2020/12)``
but there are 14 more between 13555 and 13556. This was really too
weak to attempt an accurate measurement. I did get WV last Feb 27 at
1455 and March 4 at 1516. Richwood is in the Allegheny Mountains east
of Charleston (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0437 UT December 29

** CHINA. 9860, Dec 27 at 2320, Firedragon jammer of traditional
instrumental-only music with lots of percussion, is S9+20/30 with
victim barely audible under, i.e. RFA Mandarin via TINIAN this hour
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** COLOMBIA. 4940, Dec 28 at 0145, usual gospel huxtering in Spanish
from mystery missionary station, S7-S8 into Bonaire SDR. Here, it`s a
JBA carrier vs S9+10 HLNL, while by 0505 at Bonaire during devotional
of pious platitudes and then citing Lucas XVII, it`s S8/S9+ but quite
sufficient. Aoki/NDXC now lists this as:

``4940 0000-2400 CLM La Montana Colombia Spa Maicao 1-7``
And this has now been copied by aggregators such as short-wave.info/

But how were this name and location determined? Perhaps Ron Howard can
find out from his Japanese DX contacts. Maicao is in NE Colombia,
right on the Venezuelan border and on the main highway across the
northern tier, thus a prime destination for Venezuelan refugees or at
least visitors. Further north than the previous DF/guesses (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** KOREA SOUTH. 9805, Dec 27 at 2321, Chinese at S9+20/30 with K-Pop,
i.e. as you would expect, KBSWR as scheduled this hour 100 kW at 205
degrees, so why is it inbooming over here? I guess this does not
provoke ChiCom jamming (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2066 monitoring: confirmed Sunday
December 27 at 2300.2 on Area 51 via WBCQ 6159.94v, S9/+20; IS & ID
loop was playing already at tune-in 2257.

Missed checking 0030 UT Mon Dec 28 on WRMI 7730; anyone hear it?
Confirmed no longer at 0130 UT Mon on WRMI 7780, instead Wavescan.

Confirmed UT Mon Dec 28 at 0230 on WRMI 5800, VG S9+15/20 to Bonaire
SDR, and 7780, S9+5/10 to UTwente SDR; also on WRN webcast

Confirmed UT Mon Dec 28 at 0450 the 0430 on WRMI 9955, VG S7-S9 into
Bonaire KiwiSDR while it`s only a JBA carrier here. Next:

1900vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5800 to SSE [pre-empted for FSR]
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. 5950, UT Mon Dec 28 at 0300-0400, `Encore` of classical
music via WRMI, ex-9455, VG via Missouri SDR but somewhat distorted;
direct at 0354 seems less distorted at S9+20 but not enough to
overcome high local xmas noise level of S9+10. Also the transitions
between music and announcements are noisy as if surging automatic
volume control were engaged in produxion (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 5085, Dec 28 at 0521, WTWW-2 is strongly on and modulating
rock music. Wolfgang Bueschel also noted the dead air earlier:
``some logs of Dec 26 re US private broadcaster. 5085even WTWW only
empty carrier signal at 0718 UT on Dec 26, and two accompanied
spurious strings seen on 5072.020 and 5097.980 kHz exact. S=9+30dB
powerful noted in Cape Canaveral FL, as well as on NJ and MI states.
Also accompanied by 60, 120, 240, 360, and 480 Hertz spur buzz strings
from the mains. wb`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 830, more replies to thread I started, ``Why is WCCO 830
echoing?`` on the IRCA iog:

Mike VE7SKA cn88/B.C. Dec 24 #15359

``I too have been noticing the echoes on WCCO the last few evenings &
think Glen[n] probably has the answer that the station is testing a
second, auxilliary transmitter. Often echoes on the same frequency
indicate the same syndicated program is being transmitted on two
different DX stations with slight offsets or lags in audio. However,
in this case as others have noted, there are some differences in the
fades that can be heard indicating two transmissions in very close
proximity. 73 Mike, Salt Spring Island BC``

Scott Fybush Dec 25 #15381 IRCA iog:

``WCCO is one of the rare AM stations (I know of fewer than a dozen
around the country) with a full-power auxiliary transmission facility
at a different location. If you look on FCCData.org (by far the best
way to parse the FCC's databases), you'll see it listed under the
BXL-19991004ACA application - the "X" is the giveaway that it's an aux
license:

https://fccdata.org/?lang=en&appid=417231&facid=9642

As others have mentioned on this thread, this is a shorter tower than
the main one - 127.6 degrees at 830, so it will have different skywave
propagation characteristics from the big 194 degree main tower a few
miles to the south in Coon Rapids. (I believe the aux site in Ramsey
used to be a site for the 1470 station licensed to Brooklyn Park,
which has since moved elsewhere.)

Most of the former class A "clear channel" 50 kW AMs have shorter
auxiliary towers at their licensed transmitter sites, sometimes fed by
a completely separate transmitter, sometimes just with RF switching to
allow them to be fed by the normal transmission chain. (Which is
usually more than one transmitter - typically an older transmitter
will be retired to backup duty when a new transmitter arrives;
sometimes big AM stations run alternate mains, with transmitter A
operating for a week, then transmitter B, then back to A, which is a
good way to be pretty sure you have a working standby if the on-air
transmitter fails.)

In those cases, you'd almost never see the main and aux tower both on
the air simultaneously; even if there's a second tower, the RF
interaction between two towers both on the air at the same site would
start tripping alarms immediately.

Even in the rare cases with off-site auxes, there's usually some kind
of fail-safe that keeps both from running at once. Not that it *never*
happened at WBZ, but when the 10 kW aux site at our studio location
was on, we all knew it, because the co-located TV station started
complaining about interference to its video chain. (And now that site
is gone, anyway.) Here in Rochester, WHAM 1180 can't use its backup
site on one tower of sister WHTK 1280 unless the engineers manually
switch WHTK to non-directional operation from another tower in the
four-tower array.

All of which is to say: as nearly impossible as it is for a big 50 kW
AM to be operating simultaneously from two sites, WCCO appears to be
one of the very few places where it actually could happen - two
completely separate sites with separate transmission paths, neither
shared with any other station that would be affected, both operating
unstaffed most of the time, and no co-located studios where someone
would immediately notice the problem.

(And now I'm kicking myself for forgetting to check 830 at 5 AM ET as
I was driving in to WXXI for my airshift this morning. If you're
wondering, we have just one transmitter site, but multiple
redundancies there - multiple audio paths to get to the site, an
emergency studio/newsroom on site that we've yet to actually use, a
generator for power backup, a recent Nautel transmitter that's
actually two redundant transmitters in one, and a 1955-vintage RCA
transmitter that still runs like a charm and gets exercised on the air
now and then.)`` -- Scott Fybush, Rochester NY (via gh, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 7719.5-LSB, Dec 27 at 2308, ``over`` in English just as
I get it tuned in, nothing further for a few minutes. Maybe military
such as MARS, but LSB make me suspect it`s a second harmonic from
``80`` meter ham band, i.e. from 3859.75; nothing there either at a
quick check (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 7739.9, Dec 27 at 2308, JBA carrier S6-S7, nothing
listed on 7740; maybe Sound of Hope? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS

``DX Juke Box on Thursday night from Radio Nederland was a "must hear"
on my schedule. I hand copied all of Glenn Hauser's tips, and marked
them in WRTH and White's Radio Log for "my personal targets to chase"
list. And now in 2020, I'm still chasing Glenn's tips, as well as all
of the input from this great group of dedicated DXer's. Thanks to all
of you, and I wish you all a Very Happy and Satisfying 2021! 73, Mike
Gorniak`` (WOR iogroup)

This report dispatched at 0600 UT December 28

** BRAZIL. 9664.90 approx., Dec 27 at 0153, RVM with gospel huxter
yelling in Brasuguese, S6-S7, back on minus side of 9665 after a brief
while on plus side. No USA or Cuban signals on 31m now, strange
propagation.

9664.926, Dec 27 at 0625, RVM music at S2-S4, with JBA LAH, probably
DPRK closer to 9665.000 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** BRAZIL. 9818.721, Dec 27 at 0630, JBA carrier while other ZYs are
making it but little else on 31m, so presumed R. Nove de Julho on its
usual way-off frequency. Maybe the one on 9819.1 I heard recently was
really something else, such as China. Not that the ZYs can`t vary too,
as with RVM (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** BRAZIL. 10000, Dec 27 at 0626 UT, Observatório Nacional, IDs and
Brazuguese time announcements with pips every dekasecond, only S2-S3
and equal to or above WWV or WWVH, with which it is well-synchronized.
Not expecting to hear PPE Rio at this hour, but why not? ZY
broadcasters just below are audible but little else on 31m (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 1000 kHz: See OKLAHOMA [and non]

** CUBA. 9700, Dec 27 at 0630, RHC English at S9+30, overmodulating
with splatter out to plus/minus 23 kHz = 9677-9723. Something`s always
wrong at RHC.

6100, meanwhile Dec 27 at 0646 is splashing only plus/minus 13 kHz =
6087-6113. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 13567 approx. at S9, 13633 at S9+10, Dec 27 at 1410, RHC
spurblobs with F# tone best readable in FM mode, out of 13700-AM which
is S9+20/30; matching on plus side 13767 and 13836 approx., and a JBA
trace circa 13905. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 1000, Dec 27 at 0204, dead air on KTOK OKC, so
I can hear some weak Spanish perhaps XEOY, and from the SE some
whoop-whooping, like the defective Cuban transmitter, Artemisa, as
Terry Krueger, Niceville FL, reported:

``1000 CUBA Radio Artemisa, Artemisa, 1115 7/15/20. The spastic
wobbling noise source, still here after at least two-three years.
You'd think by now they could have fixed this.``

0206 UT after 2+ minutes of dead Foxhole, KTOK comes to life with
theme music and opening Joe Pag talkshow interviewing media critic
Sharyl Attkisson.

BTW, have not heard IBOC noise from KTOK for ages, tho still flagged
as -I in 2020-2021 NRC AM Log. IBOC ``reported off Dec 2009`` here:
http://www.topazdesigns.com/iboc/station-list.html
(Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** ROMANIA. 6130, UT Sun Dec 27 at 0143, RRI is S9+20 with `DX
Mailbag`, saying there has been a sharp rise in reception reports and
letters about programming this year since more people are staying at
home listening. 0144 acknowledging report from Japan hearing RRI on
6040 DRM via Sweden remote. Other frequency now is 7325 (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 5850, Dec 27 at 0650, caller accuses Brother
Scare of ``vomiting lies out of his mouth``, played so BS may then
denounce him; via WRMI (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2066 monitoring: confirmed Saturday
December 26 from 2042.7 UT on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, Wentzville MO, VG
local-quality pickup via Warrenton KiwiSDR.

Also confirmed Sat Dec 26 at 2300 on WRMI 7780, S9+10 but poor with
storm noise at UTwente; nearest lightning on Blitzortung is again
along the west coast of Greece into central Mediterranean, about 1100
statute miles or 1800 km away. But VG S9+15 at Maine SDR.

Also confirmed UT Sun Dec 27 starting at 0414:54 on WA0RCR, 1860-AM,
MO via Warrenton SDR. Next:

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 [pre-empted]
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. From disgraced FB we find explanation of FSR as temporary?
But not about their doing it already the previous week:

``WRMI Radio Miami International December 24 at 5:12 PM · Freedom
Synergy Radio will transmit special programs at 0300-0400 on UT
Sunday-Thursday December 27, 28, 29, 30 and 31 (that's Saturday,
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday night local time in the
Americas) on 5800 kHz. Reception reports will be verified with a
special Freedom Synergy Radio QSL card. Send reports via our website
www.wrmi.net or by email to info@wrmi.net`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 7780, 7730, 7570, Dec 27 at 0149, all three WRMIs are JBA
carriers, not just 7780; while 7490.1 WBCQ is S9/+10. It`s rare indeed
for `BCQ to be stronger than southerly-advantaged `RMIs on 7 MHz band,
very strange propagation, or something is amiss at Okeechobee.
Meanwhile Martí is blasting in from Grimesland (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** U S A. 6159.93, UT Sun Dec 27 at 0141, WBCQ Area 51 discussing
movies, very poor direct. At 0150, 7490.1 is S9/+10 with music.

Contrary to other listings, the Texas Radio Shortwave Xmas show is at
0300-0400 UT Sunday on WBCQ 6160v and A51/61 webcast, starting at
0303, instead of 0200-; as `Lumpy Gravy` is wrapping up its 0200-0300
hour. Nor is TRSW the same Xmas program at all as on WRMI last night,
but: ``Camel Rock `n` Roll Dance Party``, recorded in NYC 1956 when
smoking was supposedly kool, er --- (Glenn Hauser, WOR iog via WOR)

** U S A. 5085, UT Sun Dec 27 at 0027, no signal from WTWW-2 into
Maine SDR; usually it`s running even earlier on Saturdays. No TOUTA
organ music to be heard, next check 0147 a JBA carrier much like 5935
WWCR neighbor, strange propagation or exciter only? Also vs HLNL here
of S9+20, but 4840 WWCR is audible with S9+20 reading.

By 0211 now 5085 is S9+45! But air is dead! At 0651, 5085 is still
dead air at S9+20/40. I wonder if the AT&T Nashville bombing have
impacted Lebanon as it seem to have disrupted communications in
general over central TN and adjacent states.

9475-, Dec 27 at 0637, JBA carrier, likely WTWW-1 day frequency at
night, with signature offset minus measured at 9474.977; and nothing
else is scheduled at this hour; 5830 night frequency is off now as it
was at 0147 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 830, more about WCCO echoing for two nights, not since:

Re: WCCO Problem --- Seems the backup was kicking on so two
transmitters were on at the same time causing an echo. John hasn’t
heard what caused it. WEEP in Pittsburgh used to have a similar
problem when the 1 KW backup would come while the 50 KW main was on
air. Weird stuff always happens when staffing is thin.

One of the network shows we [KMBZ] air in KC, Ground Zero didn’t send
their show to the satellite center last night. So dead air at 9 PM. I
guess Radio Havana Cuba is doing their distribution. I’ll let you know
when I hear more from WCCO - Alan Furst`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 1954 UT December 27

** 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