** AUSTRALIA [and non]. 5045-USB, Dec 25 at 0807 awake this late I
hope to hear at least a trace of Unique Radio, NSW, which is supposed
to be active M/W/F, especially Xmas and Boxing Day Thu; including
WORLD OF RADIO at 0900 --- but cannot; while JBA carriers are
detectable from the other Pacificans, weaker to stronger: < 5055 4KZ <
5020 Solomons < 5040 Vanuatu (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. 5980, Dec 25 at 1534, soft songs at S6-S7. Too early for
Turkey before *1700, scheduled this hour as CRI in Japanese so also
USward (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 13562 S7 & S9 13838 approx., Dec 25 at 1537, second-order
spurblobs out of 13700-AM RHC at 138 kHz displacements. The lower one
barely far enough from 13565 K6FRC beacon JBA. First-orders about
13631 S9 and 13769 S7-S8, plus/minus 69 kHz. Then I seek and find
traces of further orders: 13908 S4-S5, 13977 S3; and 13493. During
`Sonido Cubano` music which this time is better audible in FM mode on
the closest ones. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 11660, Dec 25 at 2250, RHC `Jazz Place` VG S9+30 as I tune by
--- on wrong frequency! English 2200 hour should be on 11880. Well, 8
and 6 can look a lot alike in some fonts; could Xmas Day have brought
an unfamiliar substitute operator in? Excellent modulation too, a
rarity on RHC. Spanish are on usual 11760, 11850. But at 2252, 11660
abruptly cuts off --- better go before gh notices, but too late! I
then retune to 11880 expecting it to come up but never does by 2256,
beyond a couple of split-second attempts to turn it on? Hour almost
over anyway, so let it go. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU. 5980, Dec 26 at 0008, JBA carrier under Cuban jamming, so
seems R. Chaski in another extended broadcast beyond timer cutoff
between 2354 and 2355 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SPAIN. 9690, Dec 25 at 2300, REE English with early Xmas music, as
Alison Hughes has previewed, but unusually weak signal mars enjoyment,
S9 fading to S7 instead of solid over 9. Normally VG by this hour, but
11940 and 12030 are propagating even less. Instead I listen for a
while to Voice of Turkey, q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** TURKEY. 5960, Dec 25 at 2301, VOT has managed to come on the air in
English to us, first with news, a lot of it about Turkey`s aid to
Libya; 2307 Review of the Turkish Press; 2309 Review of Foreign Media;
2313 Today in History, Dec 25 events not starting with 6 BCE; 2315
songs past 2330. Recheck at 0008 Dec 26, 5960 is still on, with that
occasional bonus German transmission. Something`s always wrong at
Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** UKRAINE [non]. 7780, Dec 26 at 0230, RUI via WRMI via UTwente, VG
with their special Xmas show about customs; which religions celebrate
on Dec 25 or Jan 6; not always a strict ortho/catho dichotomy. `This
is a music show equally well-received previous hour. Best audio on
this with AMSynch mode (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U A E. 11655.116, Dec 25 at 1619, JBA carrier way off-frequency. Of
course! It the DHA site during this semihour only with IBRA Radio
Ibrahim in Afar from Sweden (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2013 monitoring: confirmed
Wednesday December 25 from 2200:20 on WBCQ 7490.03v, the reliable
postponed start time, after canned ID, after dead air at 2159.5, after
Bing Crosby Xmasmx instead of `Financial Survival`.

Also confirmed UT Wed Dec 26 at 0100 on WRMI 7780, VG at UTwente, and
unusually good here, S9/+10. Also as usual, Bob Zanotti gets his name
in edgewise just before I start, after the full ID.

WOR 2014 should start SWairing Friday Dec 27 at 0900 on Unique Radio,
NSW, 5045-USB low-power; and on WRMI at 2300 on 9955 (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5800, Dec 25 at 2231 and several later chex by 0102 UT Dec
26, NO signal from this WRMI, nor on ex-9425 nor ex-ex-6060, so no
SMTV nor RAE relay after 0100. What happened? Still shown as before on
the skedgrid (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 4840, Dec 25 at 0811, S9+20 of dead air from WWCR instead of
TOMBS, but far more than enough, he does continue to modulate with
squeal on 3215. The others: 5935 PMS at S9+40/50; 5890 off as it
should be altho was on with its own dead air back at 0519, also S9+50.
Isn`t it incredible how so many stations are incapable of fulfilling
their most basic funxion --- transmitting with modulation?! (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9980, Dec 25 at 2234, poor S9-S6 gospel huxter in English
but very undermodulated, hard to follow. 2256 recheck slightly better
closing `Chosen Generation` show; 2258 re-introducing another episode
of same with Pastor Gray, but cut off at 2300:23 for WWCR sign-off
``until later today``. 9980 can blast in earlier, but MUF has now
dropped, and such degraded modulation is very unusual for WWCR. #4
transmitter is scheduled on 9980 for only 10 hours a week, M-F 21-22
Financial Survival and 22-23 Chosen Generation, supposedly with Pastor
Gregory Young per pdf skedgrid. This is the same transmitter as on
5890 later with completely dead air (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** U S A. 610, Dec 25 at 1904 UT, dead air from KCSP Kansas City;
still dead past 1907 in case it were just a newshole failure, but if
modulating it would be daffy sports talk, a far cry from the ancient
WDAF. Could it be that everyhuman possibly responsible be away on
holiday? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 6340.9, Dec 25 at 2229, big ute pulser as I am seeking
the Radio Piranha International beacon publicized for 6342, by Jorge
Garcia Dec 25 on HCDX:

``Dear friends. This evening, and the coming days until the 2nd of
January 2020 we will be active with our Beacon transmitter on 6342 kHz
CW. from 23 utc (or before) until 08.00 utc. 10 watts of CW power. 73'
from Jorge``

But soon he changed that to 6343, perhaps for the same reason. Not
audible yet here on either. Is it from South America, or Europe?
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

[Typo in my previous report subject; should have been Dec 24-25]

This report dispatched at 0250 UT December 26

** CUBA. 6145, Dec 24 at 0720, RHC English is S9-S7 and
undermodulated, while 6060 and all others are off this night.
Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** CUBA. 6000, Dec 25 at 0244, RHC English is S9+25 of dead air while
the only //, 6145 is just barely modulated S9+10.

6000, by 0518 Dec 25, has achieved suptorted modulation; while 6100 is
now on VG as is 6145 with some musical CCI, i.e. this hour from
ROMANIA. And now 6060 & 5040 are still in Spanish. Something`s always
wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GERMANY [and non]. `Gruss an Bord`, the annual NDR special for
German mariners asea on Xmas eve: Quick chex just after 1900 and 2100
Dec 24 find all frequencies JBA carriers at best into OK. O well, we
are hardly aboard. Others further east or using SDRs had better luck.
One more check at 2238: 6145 Nauen & 6155 Armenia both VP S7-S9 but
less flutter on the latter. Perhaps someone will have recorded for
those wanting to hear it (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** JAPAN [non]. 7410, Dec 25 at 0507, NHK Warudo Radio Japan news in
English, S9+5, but Qur`an audible under. Since NHK is via FRANCE,
could it be a local mixture with Algerian relay? NO, also sked on 7410
before and after 0500 is SAUDI ARABIA`s Qur`aning. I wonder how that
worx in NHK`s South African target (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** KIRITIMATI. 846, Dec 25 at 0450, carrier here stronger than several
of the regular TA ones from Algeria, Spain, UK, and since there are
only low-powers in Europe on 846, as usual I assume this one really be
TP from London where the sun is already setting on one of the Xmas
islands, on Xmas day! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MADAGASCAR. 5009.92 approx., Dec 25 at 0236, weak S7 off-frequency
on the NRD545, no doubt RNM. 5010 WRMI is now off, but earlier at 0102
there was a het upon it measured on the R75 at 5009.961, so I am
wondering if it`s also the RNM carrier overnight in margin of error,
or something else, such as INDIA, or what? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** MADAGASCAR. 15155, Tue Dec 24 at 1840, Xmasmx is S9-S7 but JBM,
among few signals on band: it`s AWR English at 1830-1900. Logged this
before noting that two sites are listed: Sri Lanka only on Saturdays
where I guess the SDAs don`t mind working; axually barely in to local
Sunday. The Talatans need to pay more attention to Madulation (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NEWFOUNDLAND. 2899-USB, Dec 25 at 0523, ATC asks for stations
standing by for Gander, then YL contacts, mentions 8901 secondary. Per
EiBi this frequency shared with Keflavik and Shannon. See also unID
5598 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NORTH AMERICA. 4015-USB, Dec 25 at 0230, nondescript pirate music
at S9+10, 0235 ID over music I think as Radio Free Whatever; 0252
another longer announcement but fading down; next song to be ``Get to
the Point``. Yes, it`s R.F.W. per these many logs:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,61605.0.html
Maybe not tonight, but this area is inhabited by MARS nets, best
avoided by pirates. Many of them are higher up in the 4`s (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6938-USB, Dec 24 at 2325, old news report about a
presidential Xmas party, outro as Columbia Broadcasting System; 2328
ID as ``You are listening to WFDR, New York; merry Christmas`` and
off. Many more reports here:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,61596.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NORTH AMERICA. 7469.99, Dec 25 at 0250, Station YHWH about as
strong as I`ve heard him, S9+10 peaking to 25, with anti-Christmas
sermon, concluding with request that listeners record and distribute
worldwide his two one-hour lexures. 0254 ``one last thought`` about
Yahweh`s plans, 0255 into themesong ``Days of Hard Life``, briefly cut
off and resuming; but I have to rush off to catch WUOT`s repeat of
FONLAC the opening of which I had missed, pro-arte of course.

Greg Hardison replied earlier, ``Here goes a link to the
sometimes-discussed "opening theme" used by YHWH:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ru9hkV7MMWo
As Glenn notes, some call it creepy. I would just say it's...well,
IMHO, *bad*. Some alternatives could be suggested here, including
"Guantanamera", Talking Heads' "Life During Wartime" or "Crosseyed and
Painless" (great group! I've seen them live four times); or anything
from Wall Of Voodoo's first album, or from the "Commercial Album" by
The Residents`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TURKEY. 5980, Dec 24 at 1909, music at S4-S5 already as VOT Turkish
to WEu barrels what`s left of 500 kW USward, a sesquihour earlier than
I first noted it yesterday. Now it`s almost as strong as 5950 WRMI
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TURKEY. 7265 // 7280, Dec 25 at 0248 VOT Spanish in music, poor
S6-S7 but slightly weaker on the latter; as to be expected from
azimuths of 290 and 252 degrees, 7280 for further south in Latin
America. Certainly a lack of frequency diversity; they should at least
be on adjacent bands (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5890, Dec 25 at 0519, WWCR with S9+50 of dead air as seems
to happen at least once a week when this transmitter is supposed to be
off (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1680, Dec 24 at 1837 UT, 5 minutes after local mean noon,
weak music must be KRJO Monroe LA, which of course dominates at night,
but now via daytime skywave. Translator tail ``My 99.7 FM`` wags this
dog (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 5598-USB, Dec 25 at 0500, ATCs wishing Merry Xmas,
mentions Santa Maria, backup 3491. North Atlantic route frequency
shared by NY, Gander, Shannon, and Azores. No mention of S. Claus
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 6024.95, Dec 25 at 0245, intriguing JBA carrier, and
still there at 0516 but remeasured to 6024.96. Brings to mind the
inactive? seldom reported Red Patria Nueva, Bolivia, since Bryan
Clark, NZ had it on ``6025`` in August 2018. But in May 2015 both
Thomas Nilsson and Christoph Ratzer agreed upon 6024.97. Nothing on
current listings would likely be so off-frequency --- Tibet or Russia,
which is in DRM anyway as I have previously heard. Could it be back on
the air for Xmas eve, at least? In fact, it`s in WRTH 2020 at
0930-0300 as if not inactive. But at 0110 Nov 10 this year, Claudio
Galaz, Chile remarked with a log of Tibet that there was no
interference from RPN (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 6230-AM, Dec 25 at 0510, JBA talk on what could be a
leapfrog mixer from Cuba of RHC 6060 Spanish over 6145 English another
85 kHz beyond --- but I cannot make a match with either on second
receiver. Possibly Iran radio war sometimes here but supposedly not
after 0400, and now rather late to be propagating from Iran or
Uzbekistan; not in USB so not NZ marine weather either (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 0702 UT December 25

** ALGERIA. 891, Dec 23 at 0700, weak talk presumed RTA Arabic
separable from WLS (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ANTARCTICA. No Carols across Antarctica, 7995-USB after 2300 UT Dec
23. Zero results trying numerous SDRs in NZ, Australia, elsewhere.
VE6JY did have some 2-way on 7993-USB, Spanish? O, not on my own
receiver either for the first few minutes. This was publicized as from
McMurdo, but intended for intracontinental contacts only, difficult
beyond at mid-day near summer solstice, and so it was (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CANADA. 300 kHz, Dec 23 at 0709 UT, dash and YIV, 500-watt ND
beacon from Island Lake, Manitoba; I was tuned to 301-USB (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CANADA. Re CHU announcement style, Richard Langley replies Dec 22:

``Glenn: I've heard both the full and abbreviation forms of UTC in
both English and French but I'm not sure what the schedule is for
these alternating forms. Today, when starting the recording for WRMI
on 7780 kHz, I recorded CHU for a few minutes as I usually do. But I
started early: a few minutes before 2000 UTC. Before the hour, the
English announcements used "Coordinated Universal Time" and the French
ones "UTC." After the hour, the English ones were still "Coordinated
Universal Time" but the French ones were "Temps Universel Coordonée."
I'll contact the NRC officer to see if he can shed some light on what
is used when. As for the period of silence, for 9 seconds, after the
hour, this is normal:
https://nrc.canada.ca/en/certifications-evaluations-standards/canadas-official-time/nrc-shortwave-station-broadcasts-chu
-- Richard Langley`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 13768 & 13632, Dec 23 at 1538, AM/FM spurblobs at S9-S8 out
of RHC 13700; also weaker second-orders at double the 68 kHz
displacement, 13837 & 13564 approx. During `Sonido Cubano` music show
which does not deserve such maltreatment. Something`s always wrong at
RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) see also UNIDENTIFIED

** EAST TURKISTAN [non]. Lest you think Aoki and I are alone in
recognizing this as a ``country``, the Dec 23 episode of 1A from WAMU
and NPR is all about how the ChiCom are brainwashing the Uyghurs, as
heard on KGOU Dec 23 at 1606 UT; 34-minute podcast:
'For Their Own Good': The Detention Of Muslim Ethnic Groups In China

https://www.npr.org/2019/12/23/790834485/for-their-own-good-the-detention-of-muslim-ethnic-groups-in-china
NPR is so smart that it shows KOSU as my NPR station, despite the fact
that this program is NOT on KOSU, but KGOU (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6949.9-USB, Dec 22 at 2159, checking for publicized
Texas Shortwave pirate broadcast from 2200 around 6950, there it is
already on at S9 with `Feliz Navidad` song soon morphing into inglés;
then a solo in English with guitar; 2203 OM ID as ``Xmas radio special
on Texas Radio Shortwave, in the state of Texas``; offering QSL for
reports to texasradiosw@gmail.com --- 2207 some fading, 2212 similar
ID by YL voice and fade some more, at first wondering if off (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 88.1, Dec 23 at 1442 UT, KWOU Woodward in at no strain
tnx to fog, for StarDate, and Oklahoma news from KGOU cutting away
from NPR Morning Edition.

Another KGOU relay, KQOU 89.1 in Clinton with 40 kW is overcoming or
at least mixing with local Enid 89.1 translator K206CA of KNYD 90.5
Oasis Network. Harbingers of TV DX too. FCC FM Query for KQOU
erroneously still claims ``This facility relays KCCU FM (Facility ID
8484),`` i.e. Lawton which disposed of it years ago.

RF 20, Dec 23 from 1558 UT, UHF bandscan with nothing much of interest
except this: enough signal to be Good and decode, except it`s black
and silent. There is an easily-tropoed full-power KQCW in Muskogee,
hard to believe so defective. Also several translators around OK, but
strongly suspect this is the fake Enid station (its Community of
License), KBZC-LD, which per FCC TV Query has a LIC on RF 42, an APP
and a CP both on ch 20, all at the same coordinates which are *really*
in the NE OKC antenna farm,
``NAD83: N 35° 35' 52.1", W 97° 29' 23.2" (35.597806, -97.489778)``
and with 7.2 kW could not possibly serve Enid 100 km away under normal
conditions --- also lacking any 7-channel programming of shopping and
other nonsense, not serving OKC either. Steady signal but gradually
fades out. LIC to DTV America which was hoping to make a buck with
stations like this all over. Wasn`t this the one supposed to repack to
channel 9? Now TV Query and W9WI.com show no Okies of any sort on 9. I
used to see traces of KBZC on RF 42 and even decoding, but not for
some weeks. At first I also had KTEN-26 Ada, KTPX-28 Okmulgee, and
unID on RF 11 (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. Part 15 Xmas music and light shows in Enid surveyed
0015-0215 UT Dec 24. Two annual ones visited first:

Singing Xmas Trees, in the oil well lot at the NE corner of Oak and
Oakwood: usual stuff but some variations in music loop repeating every
few minutes: and still on 89.5; relatively clear, too far from KWGS
Tulsa, but adjacent bigsig on 89.7.

Pheasant Run, on the western edge of Enid off Garland: residence with
elaborate sound & light show on NF this year 102.5; previously 99.7
and 97.7 IIRC, no longer viable. Mostly well synched but one slow
tune, Silent Night, still has rapidly flashing lights to accompany, a
real clash. Some real station takes over 102.5 a couple blox away.
Fog-induced tropo has been up today with unusually mild temps.

Lakeside addition in NW Enid right across Purdue from the KGWA towers,
i.e. SE corner with Oakwood: for the first time this year, a small
show on 87.9 in a crowded street so difficult to park and see and hear
it at the same time. CCI from something else on 87.9 --- stronger
signal but undermodulated, and we never did locate it.

Across Willow there is another well-lit neighborhood with Xmasmx heard
on 87.9, but no sign about it and no visual match; this one has
greater range. While it`s hard to find a really clear frequency on the
FM band, better frequency coordination is needed. Enidbuzz.com
allegedly has a list of these things, but have not found it (Glenn
Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TURKEY. 5980, Dec 23 at 2032, surprise S9-S6 with deep fades, W&M
dramatic dialog in Turkish; 2036 mood music and on to another program.
This early, only other significant signals on 49 m are 6070 CFRX and
5950 WRMI. Yet this is surely VOT as scheduled in Turkish, 17-22, 500
kW at 310 degrees for W Europe, but USward beyond. Something`s not
wrong at Emirler! Nor is there much of anything from Eurasia on the 40
m band (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 8152-USB, Dec 23 at 2212, a maritime net from North Carolina
is just closing, called ``Doo Dah``! NCS credits Ursa Minor and KPK,
IDs self as KNC [fonetikaly], and says immediately following is the
Do-Little Net which is unstruxured, i.e. open for conversations, first
somebody describing spotting a waterspout. Recheck at 2242, about QSY
to ch 72 VHF; 2259 however still activity on 8152-USB. Later just in
time, I search out more info on this at:
https://www.ssca.org/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=710182&module_id=283983

``Trans-Atlantic Radio Net

SSCA's Trans-Atlantic Cruisers' Net (SSCA TACN) is in operation during
the traditional Trans-Atlantic crossing seasons of mid-April thru
early July and mid-October thru Christmas.

The primary participants are:

Glenn Tuttle, Coastal Station KPK, Punta Gorda, FL
Chris Parker, Coastal Station WCY, Lakeland, FL
Jim West, Coastal Station KJM, Ellijay, GA
Dick Giddings, Coastal Station, KNC, Dover, NC ****

The morning SSCA HF Radio Service Net will remain with a start time of
1215 hrs UTC year round on frequency 8104. Please adjust your local
time accordingly.

The afternoon net will start at 1700 hrs Eastern Time on frequency
8152 and is called the Doo Dah/SSCA Trans-Atlantic Cruisers' Net. Then
when the Doo Dah Net/SSCA TACN concludes (usually 10-15 minutes) all
net controllers and relay stations will switch to frequency 12350 to
pick up the vessels farther out at sea. . .``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2013 monitoring: confirmed Sunday
December 22 at 2130 on WRMI 7780, poor.

Also confirmed UT Monday December 23 at 0130 on WRMI 7780, good via
UTwente SDR.

Also confirmed UT Monday December 23 at 0230 on WRMI 7780, good via
UTwente and also 9395, poor over there.

UT Monday 0230 is also a time for WOR on World Radio Network,
satellite and internet, so I check the latter webcast, to hear: WOR
2011 from two weeks ago! Not even WOR 2012 from one week ago. Yet I
had uploaded both 2012 & 2013 successfully by the usual deadline on
Fridays and both were acknowledged. Last week I was concerned because
2011 still played instead of 2012, which had disappeared from the
server where I put it. Now both 2013 and 2012 are missing. WRN
apologizes and says they will look into preventing this again.

WOR 2013 confirmed from 0359 UT Mon Dec 23 on Area 51 webcast, but
extremely overmodulated/distorted, same as main WBCQ webcast. I
notified Larry Will but he said they sounded fine to him. Yet on my
Winamp player the two WBCQs are peaking into the red, while on same
player e.g. WRMI is at normal level. Anyhow, WBCQ 5130 checked at 0427
finds OK modulation at fair S8-S9. However, my last several words
after ``World of Radio ---`` were cut off so HRI could start even tho
running a minute early.

Also confirmed UT Mon Dec 23 after 0430 on WRMI webcast, while 9955
was JBA.

Due to sleep or holiday activities I miss checking next WOR airings:
Mon 0900 & 0930 on Unique Radio 5045-USB; IRRS Mon 1901 on 7290; and
WRMI UT Tue 0100 on 7780 --- out on Xmas audiovisual tour, but caradio
cannot stop scan on 7780 memory, presumably just too weak. Did anyone
hear any of these? Next:

0900 UT Wednesday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE

Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. (7490), UT Mon Dec 23 at 0115, trying to hear `Encore`
classical music via WBCQ webcast since 7490 is poor, and I didn`t have
a chance to listen to the whole hour Sat at 2100 on WWCR 9350 --- but
the WBCQ webcast is overmodulated/distorting into the red on the
Winamp meter, so also unlistenable, shux.

But Brice Avery tells me, ``Hi Glenn, 9350 kHz at 2100 WWCR is going
well. Reception reports from Spain, France, Italy and Germany as well
as Canada and all over the US from Maine to California. Often high
quality audio too. Happy Christmas to you, Brice.`` (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. ``Glenn, further following up on 1110 kHz: At a check around
1340 UT December 23 I heard KVTT mixing with KTEK here in Houston, so
a confirmation that KVTT is on the air. Not hearing the usual reverb
in their audio, however. Houston sunrise 1314, so still plenty of
skywave on the AM band at that hour. Stephen Luce, Houston, Texas``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 6030, Dec 23 at 2208, S9+10 of open carrier with hum,
probably USAGM Grimesland NC with test/check for Radio Martí which
this season is not starting until 0000; and no jamming yet either. It
sure isn`t CFVP. Harold Sellers nearby is still unhearing it (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 11499-12034, Dec 23 at 1542, spurblobs similar to RHC on
13 MHz band, but no trace of programmodulation, at intervals of 48-49
kHz, but cannot match these to RHC or any source on the 11 MHz band.
Possibly of local origin, but cannot match them to household devices
either, computers or TVs; fortunately, they are not constant (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 0604 UT December 24

** CUBA. 5040, 6145, and even 6060, UT Sun Dec 22 at 0721, unusual
combo of RHC frequencies in English at this late hour, during Arnie
Coro`s other show as Science Editor, `Breakthru`. Usually only 6145 is
on after 0700. Not 6000 or 6100. Something`s always wrong at RHC
(Glenn Hauser, OK,, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 13768 approx., Dec 22 at 1433, spurblob from RHC 13700,
matched by a weaker one around 13632; `En Contacto` soon starts, Arnie
remarking about lack of manchas solares. By 1445 already filling with
theme music, Marta claiming meterbands they are on but lacking 41m ---
what does she know? Then I confirm on JBA 7340. 1446 back to AC about
lack of sunspots. Really short of material this week, more theme music
fill in show introduced as ``15 minutos``, 1449 over a minute early to
`En Cía. del Dr.` Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KURDISTAN [non]. 11530, Dec 22 at 1439, chanting music, presumed
Dengê Welat via PRIDNETROVYE; weaker similar music on 11540: could
that be the Turkish jammer? Then 11530 into talk, while music
continues on 11540 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 17655, Dec 22 at 1713, VOA Portuguese Portuguese is S9+20/30
and the OSOB, proving that 16m can still work. But I think this be
winter sporadic E from Grimesland NC to here, as on 6m map with MUF up
to 26 MHz between us. Also stronger than anything on 19m, topped by
RHC 15140 at S9+20. Other USA signals on 15825, 15770 remain very
weak. AFAIK so far there has been hardly any winter Es activity
reaching VHF TV or FM bands (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 7570, Dec 22 at 0726, WRMI-11 is still off the air, AWOL.
Latest skedgrid shows it supposed to be nothing but 22-11 TOMBS, 11-14
SMTV (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 6018.85-USB, approx., Dec 22 at 0724, 2-way INTRUDERS in
unknown language (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 7475, Dec 22 at 0727, S5-S6 open carrier again when
nothing is scheduled; ute? This was once a Voice of Greece frequency,
but for years nothing but 9420 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 9200-USB, Dec 22 at 1450, 2-way in Spanish with clix,
laughing, discussing putas and madres, still going past 1513 check
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 1944 UT December 22

** ALGERIA [and non]. 891 kHz, Dec 22 at 0144, 1 kHz het upon WLS,
from presumed RTA near Algiers; so then a quick look for other TA
carriers: 531, 576 also Algeria; 936 Morocco, 1215 UKOGBANI (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ARGENTINA [non]. 5800, UT Sun Dec 22 at 0136, another check to
confirm RAE AAM is still on here, and so it is with porteño accent
about pop song ratings of the past; even tho there are no new programs
produced on weekends; so a repeat of Friday`s? The WRMI program sked
does not account for this broadcast at all; the transmission sked
above it shows RAE at 01-02 not specifying days of week, but a
separate RAE relay sked says UT Tue-Sat. I would not be surprised if
it`s also airing on UT Monday. Off at 0200*. 5800 has just been
switched from XMTR 3 TO XMTR 10 and now has a much stronger signal
than ever before; more at USA: WRMI (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** CANADA. 7850-CUSB, Dec 21-22 before and after 2400/0000 UT, I`m
checking CHU instead of WWV for correxion factor to my watch before
computing Chaski slippage, see Perú. CHU has managed to stay on here
since last revival, altho reportedly at reduced power; sounds fine to
me.

It seems the time announcements each minute have introduced some
variation in wording; or did I just not notice before? Of course,
French comes first one minute, English the next, but the first one I
heard in English as ``UTC`` the abbr., not ``Coordinated Universal
Time``. Next one in French first, but also gives the English abbr. UTC
pronounced in French rather than TUC. But after that the full term
alternating ``Coordinated Universal Time`` with ``Temps Universel
Coordonné``. Also at ToH and Top of Day, there were several sex of
silence at 0000:00 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6934.885V-AM, Dec 21 at 2318, pirate with gospel or
blues music, slightly varying as I try to measure but at one point as
above. Off around 2330. These reports say it was Captain Morgan SW,
between 2254 and 2332 on 6934.9-AM:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,61473.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU. 5980, Dec 21 at 2353, R. Chaski carrier under Cuban jamming
until autocutoff at 2354:40*; so back to normal slippage after
yesterday`s prolonged transmission. Last measurement was 2354:46.5* on
Dec 17, 4 nights ago, so averaging 1.6+ seconds earlier per. Let`s
compute average over much longer timespan: first exact timing in
current cycle was Nov 26 until 2355:27.5*, so now 47.5 seconds earlier
over 25 days = average 1.90 seconds each (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** SCOTLAND [non]. 9350, Saturday Dec 21 at 2059, WWCR-2 cut on a few
sex after cut off 12160, during steel drums IS, 2100 right into
classical music on `Encore` from Radio Tumbril. Excellent
local-quality signal for the rest of the hour, and *no* squealing like
on ex-6115 at 0100 UT Sundays. Another chance is UT Mon 0100 on WBCQ
webcast and weak 7490v (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2013 monitoring: this Sat at 2055
UT, cannot hear it vs noise level on 1860-AM from WA0RCR, MO.

WRMI program skedgrid shows WOR incorrectly on System H: UT Sunday
0230 on 9395; should be UT Monday. Radio Tirana reconfirmed at 0230 UT
Sunday Dec 22 on 9395.

Confirmed UT Sun Dec 22 at 0426 on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, MO, about 10
minutes in, so started circa ontime 0416, good S9+20. Next:
2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to NE
0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 9395 to NNW
0400vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 6160v?
0430 UT Monday WRMI 9955 to SSE
0900 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB
0930 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB [another episode]
1900vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania? to WNW
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
0900 UT Wednesday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE

Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5800, Dec 21 at 2057, WRMI IS & ID loop, VG S9+30, better
than ever before on this frequency, especially so early; as now
scheduled via XMTR #10 at 2100-0200, first with SMTV. By 2315,
S9+20/30 during SMTV cable TV plugging, irrelevant for us. Almost as
strong as 5850, and more than 5950. Much more than 9955, now running
the swapped transmitter #3 formerly on 5800. Both modulation level and
power must be much superior on #10 than #3; but that`s bad news for
programming on 9955 which also has to confront Commie jamming. If only
we could know the true output power and modulation level of each
transmitter, but no doubt proprietary info. One cannot believe most SW
stations are really running their licensed rated power such as 100 or
50 kW.

5800, UT Sat Dec 22 at 0136, another check to confirm RAE AAM is still
on here, see ARGENTINA. Again I compare the signals: 9955 is JBA
carrier; 9455 & 9395 audible; 5950 S9+30 but soft, SMTV listing its
WRMI frequencies; 5850 S9+45; and 5800 S9+35. Also at 0153 I notice
that 7570 is off again, more transmitter problems? While 7780 & 7730
are on OK (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 7490.032v, Dec 22 at 0238, WBCQ measured here, closer to
nominal after hovering around +.060 for weeks. Earlier at 0132 VP
signal, could tell it was indeed `AAAWWW` taking a call-in, so not
sure if yesterday`s or an oldie. Anyhow, John Carver says there was no
info about programming or the super-station. Meanwhile S-S on 9330.00
is at S9+40, so the disparity can hardly be blamed on current
propagation.

5129.989v, Dec 22 at 0238, this WBCQ VP with Area 51 measured also
closer to nominal, but not quite right on. Of course, no signals on
6160v or 3265v (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5085, UT Sun Dec 22 at 0135, Xmasmx on theatre organ,
somewhat distorted modulation; show must have started a few minutes
ago on WTWW-2. Bob Heil was also being heard for quite a while after
0000 talking about ham radio. At 0152 mentions ``from new studio in
Illinois``. Organ show ends at 0159, Bob closing without uttering the
word Ozarx, nor is there a produced outro which might have done so;
suppressed into dead air for a minute? Has the show title been
changed, or not? How about `Theatre Organ from The Gateway`, close
enough? Fairview Heights suburb is NNW of Belleville just east of
Saint Louis.

K9EID has quite an illustrated bio at qrz.com including:

``K9EID USA
ROBERT G HEIL
5800 NORTH ILLINOIS STREET
FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, IL 62208

During my beginning days of Amateur Radio I began a career playing the
Wurlitzer Theatre organ at the Fox Theatre in St. Louis as the protege
of Stan Kann who not only taught me how to play but taught me how to
'listen' - mentally dissect what one hears - by tuning and voicing the
thousands of pipes in that Magnificent Fox organ. I became the
substitute organist for Stan at the age of 15 and continue to play
these magnificent theatre organs. Little did I realize that learning
to listen would be so very important in my later years as I began
designing and building large concert sound systems for some of the
world's leading groups starting with WB6ACU and the James Gang.

Those two ham radio friends changed the world of Rock n Roll sound
stages. The Grateful Dead, the Who, Z. Z. Top, Humble Pie, J. Geils,
Peter Frampton, were just a few of the scores of groups that we blazed
the concert trail with our large mega KW sound systems. In 2006, the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland opened a display room with
many pieces from those early touring days that scored the way for
entertainment concert systems used today. Heil Sound is the only
manufacturer in the Rock Hall and it should be noted that all of my
ability to design and build these ground breaking systems was learned
- and I continue to learn from my Amateur Radio background.
NEW ! THEATRE ORGAN CD Call 618 257 3000
"Theatre Organ from the Ozarks" [sic] each Saturday 7:00pm [sic] cst
on WTWW 5.085 kHz [sic].``

After WTWW ID, 0200 surfin` music and supposedly live DJ about to take
Xmassy requests (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 3185, UT Sun Dec 22 at 0202, S9+35 of dead air from WWRB,
which must have just QSYed from 3215 in deference to squealing WWCR-1
with Martha Garvin`s Musical Memories featuring guest vocalist Kay
Welch. No hurry to hear Manchester`s gospel huxters sure to follow.
3185 span seems quite variable; Ken Zichi, MARE Tipsheet heard it UT
Monday Dec 16, ``0350-0431*, carrier off at 0432:35`` (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. Stephen Luce, Houston TX, replies: ``Glenn, regarding your
listening on 1110: KVTT can severely QRM KTEK at my northwest Harris
County (Houston) QTH during critical hours, so will have to do a late
afternoon check to see if there is any sign of the DFW station. I
have noticed in the past that KVTT can be somewhat late in signing on
in the morning, as I will only hear a mix of KTEK and residual skywave
from KFAB. KVTT audio is rather distinctive the times I've heard it,
with a bizarre reverb added to all programming`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. Re: Paul Winter Solstice Celebrations - only the Friday
night concert was to be live-streamed, but playbackable at will via
http://solsticeconcert.com/livestream/
Skip past the first 14 minutes of silence (unless you want to get in
the mood?) Also there were four altogether including a Saturday
matinee at 19 z (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 6925-LSB, Dec 22 at 0204, Brazuguese mentions ``palavra
de deus`` but soon weaker reply in QSO. First one could have been
strong enough to do a pirate broadcast to us from Brasil (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 7523.5-USB, Dec 22 at 0154, 2-way in Spanish, expletive
puta soon uttered (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 0513 UT December 22