** CANADA. 218-MCW kHz, Dec 13 at 0746 UT, dash and RL, which is
980-watt NDB at Red Lake, Ontario.

223-MCW kHz, Dec 13 at 0747 UT, dash and YYW, 1000-watt NDB at
Armstrong, Ontario. Also audible tuned to 222-USB.

233-MCW kHz, Dec 13 at 0748 UT, dash and QN, 500-watt NDB at Nakina,
Ontario, new? here. Where`s Nakina? North of the Lake Superior hump,
east of Lake Nipigon.

401-MCW kHz, Dec 13 at 0813 UT, I am awake later than I would like,
but try to make some use of it: dash and YPO, which is 500-watt NDB at
Peawanuck, Ontario.

413-MCW kHz, Dec 13 at 0816 UT, dash and YHD, 250-watt beacon at
Dryden, Ontario (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) More under USA

** CHILE? 7610.0-AM, Dec 12 at 2308, weak continuous music, JBA S8-S9
via Pardinho, Brasil SDR with lighting crashes from a few little
storms over SP state. Weaker S7, less signal but also less noisy at
Santiago SDR. I`m checking this right after I hear some guy on WRMI
7780 mention Claudio Galaz` logs of RCW again = Radio Compañía
Worldwide, considered to be a Chilean pirate, mainly reported by him.

Why not try to fix it with TDOA? 2312 first try puts it in the NE
corner of Brasil on the coast. I doubt that. Next try using SDRs in
DR, Paraguay, Chile lands at 41.20 south, 68.30 west, which is N
central Argentina. I would still not rule out really Chile. 2340
finally hear an announcement, sounds like Dino Bloise, but back to
music rather than `Frecuencia al Día` which CGT has also heard on this
station. Reception now better tho crashier at Pardinho. 2352 briely
some ``running water`` ute QRM (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 6100, UT Sun Dec 13 at 0736, no RHC English, and all other
frequencies are off. Bodes ill for Esperanto at 0800. 6100 is normally
at least the one staying on past 0700. Something`s always wrong at
RHC. But at 0820 rousing I do find 6100 back on during Esperanto,
S9+20 but undermodulated. Next Esperanto also confirmed at 1610 on
11760 & 15140 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** RUSSIA. 4625, Dec 12 at 2358, the ``Buzzer`` in well via UTwente,
two-tone, lower-higher buzzy pulses continuously. Andy Reid had just
reported it from Ontario to the WOR iog: ``[WOR] The Russian buzzer is
propagating well as of this writing. 4625 2353 UT Dec 12``. First I
try Maine SDR but no go there, so doubt it will reach OK either.
Switching UTwente between USB and LSB by 0022 Dec 13, I notice that
the second, higher tone is hardly audible when tuned in LSB, both of
them equally, in USB. This thing has been subject of doomsday
scenarios and quite a mystery as to its real purpose (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** U S A. 251-MCW kHz, Dec 13 at 0750 UT, AM, 100-watt NDB at
Amarillo, Texas.

412-MCW kHz, Dec 13 at 0814 UT, CMY, 30-watt NDB at Sparta - Fort
McCoy, Wisconsin. I was tuned to 411-USB.

414-MCW kHz, Dec 13 at 0815 UT, SU, 40-watt NDB at Sioux City, Iowa. I
was tuned to 412-USB (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2064 monitoring: confirmed Saturday
December 12 starting at 2035, ending at 2104, on WA0RCR, 1860-AM,
Wentzville MO, including the clip of ``17790 IS`` not edited out;
local quality pickup by nearby SDR at Warrenton.

Also confirmed Sat Dec 12 at 2300 on WRMI 7780, S9+10 via UTwente.
This immediately followed the R. Tirana IS until 2300, no ID break.

Also confirmed UT Sun Dec 13 at 0414 on WA0RCR, 1860-AM via remote,
already at the RCI-cuts item, so started early circa 0412. Next:

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
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5800 to SSE
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE

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** U S A. 7490.15v, UT Sun Dec 13 at 0407, WBCQ in `Shortwave Saturday
Night`, Pirate Joe, J.P. Ferraro monolog about COVID-19, Trump vs
SCOTUS. I am standing by to hear what happen at 0430 when WHRI is
scheduled to start 7490. Just before then, PJJP is saying he would
never expect to thank the Federalist Society, but gives that credit
for SCOTUS justices, even Drumpf appointees, being
strict-construxionists denying his attempts to steal the elexion ---
when he is chopped off the air abruptly at 0430* --- does he know WBCQ
is doing this to him? Maybe pre-recorded but obviously recent/current.
His show is supposed to run until 0500.

7490.0, a few seconds later before *0431, a stronger signal cuts on
without ID, but obviously WHRI, now with gospel music and huxters;
0447 ``Hello, Overcomer`` but this is not TOMBS. 0459 ending RW
Ministry from McHenry MD, NO ID; 0500, `Christian Worship Hour`. 0558
fill music, 0558.5 ad to support Voice of Martyrs, the persecuted
Yazidi Christians in Iraq --- WHRI used to insert these between Voice
of Vietnam relays on 7315, incongruously. 0559 finally `Onward
Christian Soldiers` militaristic crusader theme and ``WHRI, Cypress
Creek SC`` ID, itself cut off by 0600* before music can finish, how
rude! All this as heard for convenience via Warrenton MO SDR still
running after WOR check earlier.

6160v, what`s on the other WBCQ? At 0422 UT Sunday December 13, A
``pagan`` show from Wisconsin, claiming to be on WBCQ Friday nights,
see the sked --- ?? NOT there or now for either frequency. By 0431,
6160 in song, 0437 an off-key parody of ``Also Sprach Zarathustra``;
0438 musing that may start a new transmitter on ``5100`` weekends, and
call it ``Area 51`` --- so decades-old recording referring to its
original frequency, later 5110, 5130, and gone; 0441 as a `countdown`
program dated Dec 10, 2001; ``Seldom Heard Radio`` with Frederick Moe,
36 West Main[e?] St., Warner NH, unclear website. One I find:
http://seldomheardradio.blogspot.com/
Lotsa stuff but dating from 2005 to 2010y only, not before or since.

The Area 51 sked merely names this hour ``Listener`s Choice``:
http://zappahead.net/#2020-1212-area51

On all other days of week, 6160v has been carrying a far-right wacko
live? conspiracy talkshow at 0400-0600 except for UT Mondays the
weekly white racist `Herald of Truth` at 0400-0500, both of which were
originally on WBCQ 7490v, but had to move and bump other programs off
6160v due to WHRI on 7490 from 0430. Once WBCQ buys WHRI, presumably
this can be rearranged more equitably. Or everything but World`s Last
Chance flat-earthiness gets blown off, like 9330.

The talkshow is *still* shown on the WBCQ skedgrid as on 7490, not
6160! Don`t blame listeners if confused about which station they are
really hearing on 7490, especially since WHRI suppresses any ID until
sign-off! Meanwhile I have been looking at the WBCQ websked to try to
figure out what is going on. At first it is very strange with spurious
words replacing some entries in the days-of-week columns: On, You,
Know. Header says something about New Year programs. Also popping up
is an offer to translate this page from Italian! Now, or always? How
about never possibly. Maybe it is being edited or hacked. It`s back to
normal by 0519 altho still incorrect (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. Via Lubbock SDR, still tuned to last night`s unsuccessful
9975 check for KVOH, Sat Dec 12 from 2020, I am hearing some S5-S7
music hard to place, but VOA Korean via Thailand is listed 1900-2100.
Oh oh, 2033, Spanish ``Ésta es --`` algo and then recognizable praise
music in Spanish, so looks like KVOH is on long before 0000, a time
not authorized, testing instead of 17775? No sign of VOA which is 250
kW at 38 degrees thisaway.

LSB needed to avoid VG 9980 WWCR, which is why KVOH is not supposed to
start until WWCR off at 0000. Maybe it`s still there somewhere, but on
website I haven`t found any KVOH program schedule for the 24h
streaming, or the former 17775 which would not be in Spanish midday
Saturday; just the new 00-07 SW segment.

[BTW, believe it or not, during this I am multi-tasking to the fifth
degree: KVOH panned to mostly one earphone from one SDR; WOR via
WA0RCR via another SDR, panned to the other earphone, including the
``17790 IS`` at 2050 which is not clipped out for ham radio, so does
not qualify as music? Plenty of ham modes employ tones in a similar
way and that`s obviously kosher; also two PBS TV channels, one of them
muted with captions; and continuing interjexions from my neighbor who
knows more about medieval Spain than the TV scholars. I, anyway, once
visited Córdoba well into the last century --- the one in Spain, not
the lesser copies in Argentina or México, or almost Alaska. That is:
``The Ornament of the World tells the story of a remarkable time in
history when the Muslims, Christians and Jews forged a common cultural
identity that frequently transcended their religious differences.``
Make that six, also writing this.]

9975: At 2049 into Spanish sermon about ``delitos`` = sins, 2051
mentions Los Ángeles``, 2054 ID La Voz de la Esperanza, carol ``El
Tamborilero``.

Ray Robinson only replies that it`s a ``Low power test.`` How low?

Still at 2214 with music. So is KVOH now all set for a real full-power
broadcast after 0000 UT Sunday December 13 as scheduled? NO! Check at
0048, nothing there via Lubbock SDR, nor at 0103 direct. 0300 when
`Wavescan` scheduled: still not via Lubbock; 0600 still nothing
direct. So it seems KVOH has not one, but two broken transmitters.
Maybe they should try broadcasting to Americas via Zambia. Hmmm,
wasn`t that originally part of the plan, at least S America? (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 5085, UT Sun Dec 13 at 0124, WTWW-2 still ham news, but 0128
recheck, now `TOUTA` has started, so I switch to $ tereo webcast.
Xmasmx of course, and Bob Heil says it will be nothing-but, for rest
of year, finishing at 0157 and back to inorganic rock (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9260-9265-9270, Sunday December 13 at 0738, DRM noise above
9265, but something else digital below 9265, surely WINB hybrid which
supposedly does this M-F only, and on 7315 from 0700, not 9265 until
1000! What`s going on? I have yet to get around to listening to what
programming they put on half a DRM signal, likely little but gospel
huxters, when I am conveniently on computer to access a DRM-capable
SDR, M-F 12-17 UT on 13655-13660. Here`s one DRM sked:
http://www.owdjim.gen.nz/chris/radio/DRM/Schedules.php
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 1947 UT December 13

** ERITREA [non]. 17545+, Sat Dec 12 at *1529, I think a JJBBA carrier
may cut on as I am QRX for Bayto Yaikl. After breakfast by 1541 it`s
surged to JBA, enough to try to measure it, but as I toggle
lower/upper BFO to compute the center, it keeps fluxuating roughly
17545.05 to 17545.07. Anyhow, it`s still active on Saturdays as well
as Wednesdays.

Then to remotes, as I also want to try TDOA DFing since there is still
doubt whether site really be ISSoudun, FRANCE. There are far too many
in Europe, too few in Africa & Mideast on the Kiwi roster. Little or
nothing at Qatar, Canary, Ukraine, while TWR RSA is getting it well,
S7-S9, but you need at least two, preferably three or more.

RSA in SAM mode also shows carrier Hz offset constantly fluxuating
plus: 62.1, *67.6, 64.7, 61.7, 57.0, 51.7, 45.0, *36.8, 42.6, 47.6,
51.5, 54.9, 58.3, 61.3, 63.7, 65.8, *67.4, 65.6, 62.2, 58.5, 53.2,
47.2, *37.7, 41.0, etc., etc. I`ve starred the maxima and minima, 67.6
& 36.8 in one cycle, 67.4 & 37.7 in the second. Already wrapping up
around 1554 citing kHz, to cutoff at 1558* (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** ROMANIA. 6170-6175-6180, Dec 12 at 0704, DRM noise I had not
noticed here before: it`s RRI in German at 0700-0730, 90 kW, 307
degrees from Tsiganeshti (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [non]. 17895, Dec 12 at 1601, I still have the Qatar KiwiSDR
running after trying to get Bayto Yaikl 17545 on it, so tune around
the 16mb for anything else, finding nothing but VOA YL news here,
S7/S9+10; 1605 outro as ``via remote, Laurel Berman`` (sp?), working
from home, I guess, and into `Nightline Africa`, OM host I think says
he is originating from Accra, Ghana. So they don`t have to avoid Pack
or Reilly in the hallways, studios or offices! 17895 site is BOTSWANA
at 16-18, preceded by SAO TOME at 15-16, which is preceded by Sa`udi
Riyadh at 12-15.

[BTW, I strongly suspect the NPR newscasters on the hour are also
working-from-home, due to different audio quality and slight delays]
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2064 monitoring: slept thru the Dec
12, Sat 1300 on WRMI 15770; did 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 [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
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5800 to SSE
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE

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 Chuck Ermatinger and Keith Wyatt who sent
contributions via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com -- in US funds but
not necessarily

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

** U S A. 9975, re reactivated KVOH I have yet to hear, not on around
0200 Dec 12; but Ivo Ivanov was hearing it by 0630 on a California
remote. Ray Robinson points out about the new program schedule; the
header timing until 1100 refers to part of the webcast, not broadcast;
and SW times are 00-02 Spanish, 02-07 English. Perhaps it will be on
UT Sunday, but never on UT Monday, the delayed Sabbath.

17775- remains off after 1600 Saturday Dec 12 when `Wavescan` would
have aired; unclear if & when it will be fixed, but maybe not soon as
KVOH have turned on another transmitter for 9975, a long dormant but
always registered transmission they could have been doing all along
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 1814 UT December 12

** BRAZIL [and non]. 11905-11910-11915, Fri Dec 11 at 2210, at the
Brasília KiwiSDR, main signal is in AM mode, Japanese, i.e. NHK from
the antipodes as already scheduled on 11910, tho a bit of DRM noise
underneath. When switched to DRM reception, no decode of course. RNA`s
second frequency choice is not so good either. The local SDR used to
get enough DRM signal to decode, but not as well as further.

I soon switch to Bonaire SDR: now that`s getting RNA-DRM, with SNR 14+
dB, S7-S8, and 13.06 kbps, instead of 14.06 as before. The particular
DRM mode has changed as someone noted. I`m checking now, whether `A
Voz do Brasil` is on this transmission since the format of Nacional FM
96.1 is mostly music? Yes, it is: 2224 a snippet of `White Xmas` ---
really, in the tropix? and EBC ID. 2225 a segment produced by
government Justice Dept., R. Justiça. Now the S/N has climbed to 17,
S7-S8; concludes with ``até segunda``, i.e. back on Monday; 2230
switch to `O Jornal do Senado`, also até segunda, so AVDB is made up
of segments by various government entities. I wonder if everything has
to be pro-Bolsonaro? I`m not going to listen enough to decide. Recheck
at 2316, now classical music which I have not encountered before on FM
96.1, instead of MPB; but at SNR around 15 is suffering dropouts
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SCOTLAND [non]. 5800, UT Sat Dec 12 at 0300, once again this week,
WRMI is giving `Encore` a non-encore, but rather all the other airings
are, as this is the first one, and a time Brice Avery continues to
overlook? in his publicity; a secret bonus? I listen to most of it now
so I don`t have to catch it some other time. I happen to have the
Anna, Texas SDR running to check for KVOH 9975, so switch it to 5800
--- not so good, somewhat noisy, while Brasília would be better for
this if not RNA itself. At least `Encore` is never in DRM, so no
dropouts! However, via Anna there are several, like seven, brief
interruptions to the classical music by YL gospel huxter in Spanish,
and stronger on the meter, S9+25 vs S9+5, yet the tuner keeps
displaying 5800! I hasten to switch back to Brasil whether it`s really
happening to 5800 WRMI? Not quick enough, but I don`t think so. Occurs
again at 0354. Must be a defect at Anna, which is north of Dallas on
the way to Sherman. Or someone in Anna is messing with 5800 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2064 monitoring: confirmed UT
Saturday December 12 at 0130 on WRMI 7780, S9+10 into UTwente. BTW
this edition unusually has a clip, not just me talking, of the 17790
gaming IS and WRMI ID --- wait for it. 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 [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
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5800 to SSE
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 to SSE
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE

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thanks this week to Chuck Ermatinger and Keith Wyatt who sent
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not necessarily

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

** U S A. (7490.1v), UT Sat Dec 12 at 0104, WBCQ webcast of `AAAWWW`
starts with ``a dear friend passed away``, but apparently not a human,
rather the Arecibo radio-telescope, which AHW also dealt with last
week, but this week keeps on about it past 0120, how important it
is/was for scientific research, but somehow mixes in racism and
politix, blaming `Moonbats` and the government for not spending more
on it. 0126 anti-obesity; blaming China for inventing COVID-19 since
previous virus did not do enough damage, and this one is
``smarter``.

Even in wake of latest SCOTUS ruling, AHW is sure Trump will get the
next 4 years --- ``or we`ll never have an accurate presidential
elexion again`` [???]. Angela`s comments mix in, but she tends to yell
more than Allan, distorting her modulation, and generally sounds even
more radical than Allan.

0136 he timestamps this as 11 December, YOOL 2020; from Studio 9 in
central FL where I think he said they had some frost; judges temp by
how little clothing Angela is wearing. Still looking for 1 or 2 or
more good engineers to hire for work at Monticello on the
SuperStation. WHRI takeover? Still delayed approval from FCC due to
COVID, working at home. 0140 a caller upon whom I zone out more. 0148
reads an article from Radio World about CHU Canada; 0158 benedixion
and over (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 17775-, re KVOH still missing in my last report, Ray
Robinson replies at 0137 UT Sat Dec 12 on the WOR iog:

``Hi, Glenn. It's not a power issue - that came back late Tuesday
night [UT Dec 9]. And BTW, it hasn't quite been a full week. We were
on last Saturday as normal. But, with regard to this week, I can't
answer, because I don't really know. Our engineer has been trying to
get to the root cause of a shorting problem in the transmitter, that
he thought was fixed yesterday, but obviously wasn't. We'll be back as
soon as we can, but look for us now on 9975 from 0000 UT. New schedule
is here: http://voiceofhope.com/schedule/kvoh_program_grid.pdf
Ray.``

Shows Tue-Sun *0000-0300 UT Spanish, 0300-0700* UT English, yet
heading says until 3 AM Pacific = 1100 UT! I replied:

``Ray, Since 0150 UT Saturday to 0200, checking remotes in Texas and
Bonaire, no signal on 9975. Is it really on? Have not checked my own
radio yet. Which transmitter is that, the Shoffner-Harris? I suppose
the sked days of week refer to US not UT -- so Wavescan would be UT
Sun & Tue at 0300, right, not UT Sat & Mon? Glenn``

No 9975 signal either here when checked at 0218. Ray replied: ``Hi,
Glenn. No, KVOH is not on (although it should be!). And, yes, the
sched days are North American, not UT. Ray.`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. Re <<< 18124-USB, Dec 11 at 1545, K4NYM calling ``CQ Parks
on the Air``, from #4646 in central Florida, but did not catch name of
it. Hams are always coming up with excuses for contests, hi.>>>

``Yes, many hams love contests, cf <https://www.contestcalendar.com>,
but POTA is not really a contest. It’s an *ongoing* operating activity
for hams who like to operate away from home, visiting parks.
73, Saul W3WHK Broudy, Philadelphia, PA. USA`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0500 UT December 12

** AZORES [non]. 13306-USB, Dec 11 at 1553, GLO9680 ID repeatedly in
2-way comms, aircraft to ground I assume, also re-referring to
position 37N, 40W. Search on call leads right to a flight tracking
site for today, from MCO Orlando to SMA Santa Maria - Açores. Which
fits for approaching Azores from WSW. Company is GOL despite callsigns
as GLO----. All about this twice-weekly flight:
https://www.airportia.com/flights/g39680/orlando/vila_do_porto/

EiBi shows 13306 as a North-Atlantic ATC frequency shared by ground
stations New York, Gander, Keflavik, Shannon as well as Santa Maria.

Santa Maria is a minor island; why is it the major air terminal
instead of Ponta Delgada on the next major island, São Miguel? Lajes,
NATO base, is on a third island, Terceira (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CANADA. 392-MCW kHz, Dec 11 at 0712 UT, ND beacon ML -- at times
seems like a third letter but there is definitely a dash so it`s not
plain old 25-watt ML in Monroe, Louisiana, but 500-watt ML in La
Malbaie - Charlevoix, Québec. La Malbaie is on the left bank of the
St-Laurent, not quite as far as Rivière-du-Loup on the right.

326-MCW kHz, Dec 11 at 0723 UT, NDB YQK, which is 200 watts in Kenora,
Ontario (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CHINA. 7435, Dec 11 at 1435, romantic Chinese songs, S9+10/20 and
one of best signals on band, announcement in Russian and more song, as
CRI sked this hour from SZG site at 37 degrees, i.e. for DVR/DBP and
carrying on far beyond to us. Simulsked is CRI Nepali hour westward
from Kunming, but no sign of it here. How considerate of the ChiCom to
double up, reducing overall frequency occupancy (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** CUBA [and non]. 5980, Dec 11 at 0249, vs Cuban pulse jamming
against no Martí, I heard two other weak stations mixing, and they are
not WWCR and WWCR as 5890 is not on yet so cannot leap over 5935. One
music and one talk; I soon recognize the music as IRAN`s IS, yes, as
the two-sesquihour Spanish service is just concluding; and Aoki/NDXC
shows the other must be AWR in another PJ, Punjabi via AUSTRIA. I
should think the Spanish from Sirjan would be a bit of a QRM problem
in the Punjab, as well as the 0200 Urdu in the Pakistan; counting on
skip-distance factor, azimuth? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 6000, Dec 11 at 0251, RHC is S9+10/20 but as usual on this
transmitter, just barely modulated: I can make out the news sounder
and presumed English. Something`s always wrong at RHC, but not
complaining since that facilitates my adjacent 5995 & 6005 logs (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** ERITREA [non]. 17545+v, Dec 11 at 1543, no signal from Bayto Yaikl,
so Friday is another DOW it is inoperative via France; next to
reconfirm whether it still be Saturdays from 1530 as well as
Wednesdays (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** GUATEMALA. 4055, re TGAV missing, finally word about this received
from Dr Madrid on Dec 11:

Transmitter Radio Truth Dec 11 at 3:33 PM - Véalo en Español al final

Dear Friends of Radio Truth: Radio Truth's Omnitronix 1000 burned out
on the fifth of December 2020 by 10:00 o'clock in the morning. Both
power modules were burned out, so, Radio Truth is out of air ever
since.

We fixed Module 'A' today and I went to test it. It worked alright
during five minutes, and then, a fuse burned out. We plan to review
tomorrow. Module 'B' has a card with a burned area on the printed
circuit. It may need a new card, or rebuilding the old one. So, this
is the reason why we are off air on short wave.

However, we are on the air of Internet through our Web Site
Radio Verdad | Estación Educativa Evangélica de Chiquimula
Open the red link.
http://www.radioverdad.org/?q=escuchar-en-vivo

Beginning yesterday, we are also transmitting on Radio Truth
International via satellite on the same frequency of 4055 Khz, and we
need your reports if you get to tune it.

May God bless you and keep you on a good health.

Dr. Édgar Amílcar Madrid
Manager and Director
Radio Truth,
Chiquimula, Guatemala, C. A.``

The ``satellite broadcast on 4055`` refers to an unexplained method
supposed to give worldwide coverage which he has been expecting for
years, and which we think is a scam (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SAUDI ARABIA. 13785+, Dec 11 at 1356, JBA carrier slightly offset+,
so UAE? Kuwait? Close, but Aoki/NDXC shows the only 13785 is ``R.
Saudi``, in Arabic at 1200-1357, whew, almost missed it; and before
1200 is on ``13780``. No time to measure it (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SUDAN SOUTH [non]. 6005, Dec 11 at 0329, Arabic about Akhbar, or is
it Akbar, and Radio Tamazuj ID, 0330 `Horn of Africa` music, S9+10/20.
Site? MADAGASCAR at 0330-0430. //? I can`t remember but EiBi shows
7315 France and 11650 also Madagascar. S.S. isn`t really in the HoA,
the Somalia elbow, but close enough. 0344 more IDs in passing. Despite
its JBM, 6000 RHC is so strong that it still helps to tune to
6005-USB. Could be worse if fully modulating and splattering like it
does later on 6100 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TAIWAN. 6865.117, Dec 11 at 1410, VP S3-S4 in Chinese? talk, as
Sound of Hope is listed by EiBi on 6865.1; no jamming which would
likely be on 6865.0. Comparing to CNR1 jammers on 6125 & 6070, does
not match (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TAIWAN [and non]. 6075, Dec 11 at 1421, CNR1 jammer mixing with
something else in Chinese, i.e. target RTI. // 6125, CNR1 only
non-jammer and probably also an RTI/CNR1 mix on 6180. When previously
heard until 1600*, 6075 was CNR1 only with no sign of Taiwan, off
earlier? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** THAILAND. 6765-USB, Dec 11 at 1359, multi-tone IS, 1400
announcement, maybe English but only made out ``kilohertz`` and off.
Not in Aoki/NDXC, but in EiBi as Bangkok Meteorological Radio on
6765.1, never specifying SSB where applicable. Might have been .1 but
in very weak SSB with no carrier it`s hard to pinpoint; whew, almost
missed it. Sked is 1200-1400 and two-hour broadcasts alternating with
one hour off thruout the 24. // 8743 but nothing by the time I tune
by. Used to QSL nicely and maybe still does despite elimination from
WRTH years ago as too utility, I guess (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 326-MCW kHz, Dec 11 at 0719 UT, ND beacon ODX, 25 watts at
Ord, Nebraska. Ord is in central NE between Elyria and Scotia. A nice
``DX`` catch, but why not ``ORD``? There is no such NDB in Chicago
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 7457-USB, Dec 11 at 1430, AFA4UY, AF MARS net inquiring
about relays; net designator is 4TX2 uttered by next station,
stronger, AFS43O, all fonetikaly; latter call is strange format, and
ending in letter O, not number zero.

Searching on latter call and MARS leads to one very significant hit,
which might be interesting for further reading of 151 pages, and
*unclassified*:
https://www.qsl.net/aga6la/AFMARS_MOI-2020%20_12-22-2019.pdf

AIR FORCE MARS OPERATING INSTRUCTION (MOI)
Effective 01 January 2020 Revised as of 01 December 2019
Issuing Authority; Headquarters USAF MARS
COMPLIANCE WITH THIS PUBLICATION BY AFMARS MEMBERS IS MANDATORY
THIS IS A USAF MARS POLICY DOCUMENT

Incredible amount of mily-burocratic info, but not the specifics we
need such as frequencies, skeds, and full roster of callsigns with
names and locations. However, searching within on AFS43O we find that
to be in Georgia, not TX, as part of the 44th AF MARS Communications
Group. No hits on AFA4UY, 7457 or 4TX2 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 18124-USB, Dec 11 at 1545, K4NYM calling ``CQ Parks on the
Air``, from #4646 in central Florida, but did not catch name of it.
Hams are always coming up with excuses for contests, hi. QRZ.com:

K4NYM flag USA, William F Brown, PO BOX 1980, AUBURNDALE, FL 33823
https://www.qrz.com/lookup/k4nym
has more info on his thing, POTA, lots of certificates and leading to
``I chronical my POTA activities on my website`` http://www.k4nym.com
and https://parksontheair.com/
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [non]. 9775, Dec 11 at 0304, VOA news in English concluding
with its jingle, poor S7-S9. BOTSWANA site is sked, 03-05 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2064 contents: Austria,
Bougainville, Brasil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia?, Eritrea non,
France, Goa, Germany, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Korea North &
South, New Zealand, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Russia, USA,
Vanuatu, Vietnam; radio energy; Hitlist; propagation outlook

WOR 2064 is available as of 0056 UT Friday December 11
(mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2064.m3u
(mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2064.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
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
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5800 to SSE
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 to SSE
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE

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 Chuck Ermatinger and Keith Wyatt who sent
contributions via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com -- in US funds but
not necessarily

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

Confirmed UT Friday December 11 at 0130 on WRMI 5010, noisy S8-S9, and
5850, VG S9+20/30 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 17775-, Dec 11 at 1506 & 1542 chex, NO signal from KVOH. It
has now been off for a full week; still due to SCE powercuts vs fire
hazard? What`s the latest, Ray? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** ZANZIBAR. 6015, Dec 11 at *0329, as Ron Howard has tipped, ZBC cuts
on about now, nothing there a minute earlier, S8-S9 but VP with YL in
presumed Swahili talk. Allegedly still on 11735 in their evenings, but
not heard here in a long time, underpowered? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. Re 4095.37, my log of a carrier, from Desert Whooper?
Joe Caberlin, Ontario replies at 1324 UT Dec 11: ``4095.4, barely
readable on WO7I sdr rx 7:14 a.m. EST [1214 UT], 60 bpm. 73 joe``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 5995, Dec 11 at 0345, algo JBA here, unseems
off-frequency so not BBC via UAE in Arabic as previously noted? Or
ZNBC Radio 1, ZAMBIA? EiBi shows it from *0412, irregularly
earlier/all-night. Tuning LSB to minimise 6000 RHC, just barely
modulated but very strong (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

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)

UNIDENTIFIED. 7515.5-USB, Dec 11 at 1432, 2-way in Spanish discussing
putas, lots of cambios on split frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 1937 UT December 11

** BRAZIL. 11905-11910-11915-DRM, Dec 10 at 0300, Nacional FM 96.1
music is still the modulation on the RNA test, VG into Bonaire SDR
with an S/N fluxuating around 20 dB. Four hours earlier it was not
decoding (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CANADA. 396-MCW, Dec 10 at 0724 UT, dash and YPH, which is 500-watt
NDB at Inukjuak, Quebec. I last logged it at 0759 UT Nov 29, 2019 when
I researched it: ``on the east shore of Hudson Bay, 2845 km = 1768
statute miles from me. `Inukjuak is a northern village located on
Hudson Bay at the mouth of the Innuksuak River in Nunavik, in the
Nord-du-Québec region of northern Quebec, Canada. Its population is
1,757 as of the 2016 Canadian Census. An older spelling is
Inoucdjouac; its former name was Port Harrison. Wikipedia``` (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** COLOMBIA? 4940, Dec 10 at 0346, VG via Bonaire SDR, anonymous
mystery missionary station, reportedly carrying webcast of Fuerza de
Paz Radio. Here it is for further comparison:

http://www.invubu.com/radio/show/station/fuerzadepaz/Fuerza-de-Paz.html
but it is *not* the same when I check now, one in music, the other in
talk; or far out of snych (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** GUATEMALA. 4055, Thu Dec 10 at 0556, no signal from TGAV Radio
Verdad, before nominal sign-off circa 0610 except earlier UT Mondays.
Also as of Dec 10, Rick Barton in AZ says he has not heard it since
1100 Dec 2.

We keep getting notices from Dr Madrid about his audiovideos on
Youtube, which appear to be his priority, but nothing about the SW
being down. There was however news about this Dec 5 on Cadena DX FB:

``Édgar Amílcar Madrid Morales December 4 at 11:53 AM --- ``DISCULPAS
El transmisor de Radio Verdad se quemó. Estoy intentando repararlo con
la ayuda de Dios. Ahora transmitimos por Internet`` as forwarded Dec 5
by:

``Jose Hernandez Madrid shared a post. December 5 at 2:43 PM --- Nos
informa el amigo Édgar Amílcar Madrid Morales, que Radio Verdad, está
fuera del aire en Banda Tropical, por los 4055 Khz, por avería grave
en el transmisor.``

Spanish ``se quemó`` = it burned itself, but is that more like English
burned up, or burned out --- not the same. He did say, trying to
repair it, and with god`s help, which implies it could be the former
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** INDIA. 11560, Dec 10 at 1524, S Asian music at S4-S6, so AIR is
modulating today unlike 25+ hours ago when John Figliozzi, Halfmoon
NY, was getting dead air at S9+20, 1415 when supposed to switch from
Dari to Pashto (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** PUERTO RICO. 391-MCW kHz, Dec 10 at 0725 UT, NDB DDP which is 1000
watts from San Juan - Dorado. Always neat to hear this far one, often
absent from bandscans. Also audible when tuned to 389-USB. BTW, I
habitually tune downward, and may well doze off before I get to 200 or
even 300 kHz (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 410-MCW kHz, Dec 10 at 0716 UT, NDB BA which is 25 watts
from Columbus - Clifford, Indiana. Also heard when tuned to 408-USB;
and on 410 CCI from something weaker. There are lots listed on 410.

404-MCW kHz, Dec 10 at 0721 UT, NDB XCR which is 25 watts from Little
Falls - Camp Ripley, Minnesota

400-MCW kHz, Dec 10 at 0723 UT, NDB AHQ which is 25 watts from Wahoo,
Nebraska (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 475+ kHz, Dec 10 at 0714, WA4SZE BEACON is still active from
Dave Frantz at WWRB Manchester TN; very slow CW and stronger than the
NDBs lower.

Except for some birdies, there is quite a blank area below down to
426-MCW, where the UV beacon is heard again. 428 is the highest listed
conterminous US NDB channel, for POH in Arkansas. In between I think
it used to be a marine ship/shore CW band, apparently abandoned (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2063 monitoring: confirmed Wednesday December
9 from 2100:21 on WBCQ 7490.16v, S9+10/20, as always precisely timed
like that, and not last week`s show this week.

Also confirmed Wed Dec 9 at 2300 on WRMI 9955, VG S9+20/30 into
Bonaire SDR, with jamming under JBA.

Also confirmed UT Thu Dec 10 on WRMI 7780, S9 into UTwente SDR.

New WOR 2064 should be ready by early UT Fri Dec 11 for first
broadcasts at 0130 on WRMI 5850 & 5010 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9955, Dec 10 at 1528, this WRMI-3 is still on with Jesus
song fill, but then Jeff White outros as having been Freedom Synergy
Radio and offering QSL for this on 5800 [sic] reporting to
radiomiami9@gmail.com. 1529 starts a couple words of Spanish, 1530
switches to Brother Scare with quite a buzz, now // 9455 with somewhat
less buzz (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 17775-, Dec 10 at 1518, no signal from KVOH; power still
shut off for fire danger? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Dec 10 at 0600:
531, 558, 612, 621, 693, 711, 774, 855, 882, 891 ... where I stopped.

Resuming at 0709-0713: 891, 909, 1044, 1053, 1089, 1098, 1107(2),
1116, 1215 and none higher (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 4095.37, Dec 10 at 0557, constant JBA carrier; is that
the DW ``Desert Whooper`` beacon last reported slightly higher, and
not yet heard directly here? Or a local birdie. Joe Caberlin in
Ontario has been keeping after it via remotes in the West:

Dec 5, frequency not mentioned: ``Checked about 5 sdrs at 2055z and
the best signal was on KFS SDR, 69.27.184.58:8076 barely s 3 to 4. 73
Joe``

Dec 8: ``4095.8 lsb, transiting 60 pips per minute approximately;
transmitting about 60 dots per minute now. 1109 UT.
websdr3.sdrutah.org.8093 Northern Utah WebSDR - Server #3`` (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 1900 UT December 10