** CANADA. 223 kHz, Dec 20 at 0742 UT, dash and ND beacon YYW, which
is 1000 watts at Armstrong, Ontario.

245 kHz, Dec 20 at 0744 UT, dash and NDB YZE, 1000 watts at Gore Bay,
Ontario. Where`s that?

``Gore Bay is a town on Manitoulin Island in Ontario, Canada. Located
on Gore Bay, a bay of Lake Huron's North Channel, it is one of the two
incorporated towns of Manitoulin District, of which it is the
administrative and government seat. The town's name is believed to be
referencing to the gore-shaped harbour. Wikipedia``

What`s a gore-shaped harbour?

``A gore is a sector of a curved surface [1] or the curved surface
that lies between two close lines of longitude on a globe and may be
flattened to a plane surface with little distortion. [2] The term has
been extended to include similarly shaped pieces such as the panels of
a hot-air balloon or parachute, [3] or the triangular insert that
allows extra movement in a garment. [4]`` Wikipedia

258 kHz, Dec 20 at 0745 UT, dash and NDB ZSJ, 1000 watts at Sandy
Lake, Ontario. Did they run out of Y`s? The only beacon on 258 kHz,
per dxinfocentre.com --- where`s that? ``Sandy Lake First Nation is an
independent Oji-Cree First Nations band government. The First Nations
community, in the west part of Northern Ontario, is located in the
Kenora District, 227 km northeast of Red Lake, Ontario. Its registered
population in June 2007 was 2,474. Wikipedia``

260 kHz, Dec 20 at 0748 UT, dash and NDB YAT, 1000 watts at
Attawapiskat, Ontario; where`s that?

The Attawapiskat First Nation is an isolated First Nation located in
Kenora District in northern Ontario, Canada, at the mouth of the
Attawapiskat River on James Bay. Wikipedia

Wishing for a summer with clean water in Attawapiskat --- Ontario
First Nation's residents have faced an endless crisis since signing
Treaty 9 in 1905, says elder
https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/attawapiskat-water-hope-1.5224371

272 kHz, Dec 20 at 0749, dash and YQA, 400 watt NDB at Muskoka Falls,
Ontario, ``TO BE DECOMMISSIONED 2020-03-26``. Where`s that? ``Muskoka
Falls is a village southeast of Bracebridge just a couple of minutes
east off Highway 11.`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 13632 & 13768, Dec 20 at 1525, S7-S8 spurblobs from 13700
RHC, mush in SSB mode, more readable in AM than FM mode, the latter
adding the F# tone. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 245 kHz, Dec 20 at 0742 UT, ND beacon FS, 400 watts at Sioux
Falls - Rock SD. Mixing with YZE CANADA q.v., same frequency but very
different pitch (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9955, Fri Dec 20 at 1616, surprised to hear song here,
undermodulated compared to 9395 & 9455 which are supposed to be on
all-day with TOMBS, but 9955 stopping at 1500 weekdays; 1619 ``music
memories and so much more`` WRMI ID by BB. Recheck at 1757, 9955 still
on with music, weaker than the others. WRMI skedgrid still shows 9955
off at 1500-2200, but has Jeff decided to run it all day too,
prolonging the Oldies?

As for 9425 test, still no show, but XMTR 3 at 2100-2400 has been
corrected to 5800 instead of 6060, and also 0000-0200. And latest
item on WRMI FB: ``WRMI Radio Miami International 16 hrs · Testing
5800 kHz now from 2100-0200 UTC 19/20 December.``

7780 also heard Fri Dec 20 at 1620 in German, i.e. RAE at this strange
time hardly suitable for Europe (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** U S A. 1110 kHz, Dec 20 at 1456 UT, RCC call-in show hosted by
Patrick, inquiry about angels from Gilbert AZ; soon wrapping up but
Hour 3 to follow; fades for TOH ID, but Houston FM and Relevant Radio
mentioned, then brief NBC News, 1504 fading out. Has been looping
approx. NW/SE inhabiting null of KFAB Omaha with SAH of 1 Hz or less.
I would have expected 50 kW daytimer in The Metroplex, KVTT but its
format is Asian --- not a trace of it, halfway to Houston! Off the
air?

This is KTEK, CoL Alvin TX, on the Relevant roster at
https://relevantradio.com/listen/stations/
with two different maps and lists: O&O; and affiliates. Clearly, they
are Irrelevant in Oklahoma. Current program was the ``Patrick Madrid
Show``. KTEK is 2.5 kW direxional daytimer, aimed thisaway; while KVTT
much closer and stronger has unfavorable pattern close to nulling us
but has been heard before. Should still be on 39 kW reduced power
critical hours (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 12082-USB, Dec 20 at 1613, 2-way in colloquial Spanish,
INTRUDERS since the SWBC band extends to 12100 per ITU; which doesn`t
stop broadcasters being intruders above that (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 1817 UT December 20

** ALGERIA. 891 kHz, Dec 19 at 0705 and still 0717, carrier hetting
WLS 890. The RTA transmitter on 891 used to be our best Algerian
signal into deep North America, but missing for years. Reports from
Spain and elsewhere in Europe had just reported it reactivated first
with 1 kHz tone tests, like recently on 576 kHz from another site.
WRTH 2020 shows 891 as 600 kW, but half power at 1900-0600. Likewise
half-power hours for 576 and 252 kHz; and none of them shown as having
been inactive (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2013, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** NORTH AMERICA. 7470, Dec 19 at 0344 tune-in, anti-Christ pirate,
Station YHWH back on his old evening frequency, fair and recognizable,
but with a medium SAH, which would be from Deewa Radio, via
Lampertheim, Germany, scheduled 0100-0400. No SAH at 0402 check; 0425
recheck, in music, his theme tune, Days of Hard Life? Others call it
creepy but I`ve not heard it straight thru; 0427 brief talk and off by
0428*. Had not heard him for a few days in the afternoon on 25mb where
first noted reactivated (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2013, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** TURKEY. 6125, Dec 19 at 0403, no signal from VOT English to W North
America, just some residual Cuban pulse jamming despite Radio/TV Martí
finishing at 0400. I leave receiver on with BFO until TRT carrier cuts
on very late at *0416 over jamming; 0417;40 JIP modulation in song;
S9+10/20 including the jamming. 0420 `Turkey Tourism` program about
Anatolia. Something`s always wrong at Emirler.

5960, Dec 19 at 2336 check, no signal from VOT`s other broadcast to
NAm. Something`s always wrong at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2013 monitoring:

WOR 2013 is available as of 0505 UT Friday December 20
(mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2013.m3u
(mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2013.mp3

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

WORLD OF RADIO 2013 contents: Alaska, Albania, Algeria,
Argentina non, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Bhutan, Bolivia,
Brasil, Canada, China, Cuba, Denmark, France, Germany
and non, India, Iran non, Korea South & North, Kurdistan non,
Mali, Nigeria, North America, Pridnestrovye. Solomon Islands,
Sudan South non, Sweden, Turkey, UK, USA, Vanuatu, Vietnam,
unidentified; and the propagation outlook

The shortwave broadcasts should be:

0900 UT Friday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB
2300 UT Friday WRMI 9955 to SSE
[usually starts with heavy jamming but steadily abates]
0130 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 to NE, 5850 to NW, 5010 to S
1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE
2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415]
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. 9425, Dec 19 at 2134 & 2150, no signal from SMTV via WRMI
unlike the last two days; back on 5800? Not there either -- until 2325
check now 5800 is back on at S9+10 with the SM again promoting
Buddhism. There was nothing in HFCC or on WRMI website about 9425, but
Mike Terry found an FB post dated Dec 18 that they were experimenting
with 9425 until further notice, at 2100-0200. I guess that notice
already arrived (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2013, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 0540 UT December 20

** BRAZIL. 6180, Dec 18 at 0009, RNA on again, in the clear before
CRI/CUBA hits by 0100; slightly better than // 11780 (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CANADA. 7850-CUSB, Dec 18 at 1924 and still at 0255 Dec 19, CHU
back on this air! To stay this time? Last time I heard it was Nov 29
but only briefly, gone again. System status as of 0215 UT Dec 19
https://nrc.canada.ca/en/chu-short-wave-station/
shows 7850 back on air as of Dec 17 at 1430 but think we would have
noticed it earlier if really on to stay by then (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 6060, Dec 18 at *0000:24, RHC Spanish cuts on the air with
frequency schedule, interrupted by modulation and/or carrier cutting
off and on and off and on again; S9+30 when on. Something`s always
wrong at RHC. So WRMI, q.v., could still safely use 6060 before 0000
as still claimed on its skedgrid, but now on 9425 instead (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MALI. 13630, Dec 18 at 1856, S9+10/20 open carrier, 1900 sharp
China-Plus sign-on in English, first news about Macau; also weaker //
11640 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU. 5980, Dec 17 until 2354:46.5* approx., R. Chaski carrier
cutoff under Cuban noise jamming despite no OCB; that would make it 2
seconds earlier than two nights ago, averaging only one per, so maybe
in margin of error (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SAUDI ARABIA. 15225, Dec 18 at 1515, ME music with flutter. Had not
noticed this before next to RHC, but it`s SBC program 1 from 1500 per
EiBi, from 1450 per Aoki/NDXC, from 1500 per HFCC, 500 kW, 295 degrees
to NW Africa. JBA by 1549. Most of the daytime, 19m is a deadband
except for Cuba and bits of the few US stations (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2012 monitoring: confirmed Wed Dec
18 from 2100:20 on WBCQ 7490.045v, soon remarking that 576 kHz Algeria
is 600 kW, 30x the power of another FM station on AM, WSB with 50 kW;
make that only 12x! It`s hard to imagine any American MW station
running 600 kW.

Also confirmed UT Thu Dec 19 at 0100 on WRMI 7780, VP S7-S9 in noise.

First airings of WOR 2013 should be:
Fri 0900 on Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB
Fri 2300 on WRMI 9955
Sat 0130 on WRMI 5010 5850 7780
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9425, Dec 17 at 2302 & 2352, Dec 18 at 0002, SMTV on WWMI
new frequency remains on the air as I first reported yesterday; but
I`m out and don`t check whether it`s really the new RAE in Spanish
frequency too after 0100 Dec 18.

WRMI skedgrid late Dec 18 still shows no 9425! Just imaginary 6060 at
2100-2400 and 5800 at 0000-0200. 6060 BTW is neither occupied by RHC
until *0000:24 Dec 18 cut on with frequency schedule.

9425, Dec 18 at 2157, SMTV is already on as expected, and in case
there were any doubt, 2159.5 WRMI ID by Zanotti. 2351 SMTV still
audible, but by 0128 Dec 19 recheck inaudible, apparently faded out
like the other 9 MHz WRMI channels with K-index of 2 (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 4840, Dec 18 after 0700, dead air from this WWCR again,
while 3215 and 5935 continue modulating their gospel huxters (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. Momentous day Dec 18 for impeaching acting president Drumpf,
all-day coverage of House debate on major TV networx and cable news
channels --- but it`s business as usual on radio.

At 0017-0025 UT Dec 19 I scan the AM band twice for any // altho not
synchronized, to live TV coverage, and find such ONLY on 1170 KFAQ
Tulsa, and 1110 KFAB Omaha! The latter has cut away for ads at 0022,
but resumes by 0028.

Everything else is normal music, gospel-huxtering, sports or talk
formats, even the all-news stations like WBBM 780. Most of those
stations tilt far-right, but the event is rather important, with
Republicans and Democrats evenly alternating their different-universe
speeches. On FM it`s even worse, no one carrying it except KOSU from
NPR.

After 0100 shortly before the final voting on the Articles, I also
check TV channels via cable, to find live coverage ONLY on:
KFOR-4-NBC, KOCO-5-ABC, CSPAN-1, I24, CNN, MSNBC; Fox ``news`` shows
Rep. Schiff summing up on split screen while an anchor talx over him;
typical. KWTV-9-CBS did have all-day coverage, until 2330 UT when it
was the only major network still doing evening news, altho mostly
about Topic T (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1150, Dec 19 at 0023 UT, Mexmx roughly WSW-ENE with KSAL
nulled; maybe per NRC AM Log, Albuquerque KNMM listed at 1500/105
watts in Spanish but format undefined beyond that. Or El Paso KHRO,
5000/380 Radio Ministar in Spanish but supposed to be religious (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1520.7, Dec 18 at 1913 UT, once again, weak but constant
het upon 1520.00 KOKC OKC. Glad once before at midday I made sure that
het was 1521.00 as in Sa`udi Arabia, but not this; again suspecting
winter skywave from one of our closer 1520s, such as KRHW Sikeston MO
in the southeast; others in IA and TN about the same distance. KRHW is
supposed to have a null toward KOKC but we are slightly north of that
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 0310 UT December 19

** ALBANIA [and non].  15770, Tue Dec 17 at 2043, R. Tirana via WRMI
in mailbag reading reports from listeners. Is there a program sked? No
direct entry for that on the Hitlist.

Hoping for some info on missing CRI via Cërrik, I have renewed
correspondence with Drita Çiço, formerly with Radio Tirana:

``Hello Drita, A long time since we contacted. I hope you are doing
well. And that the quake did not affect you.

We have been noticing the absence of most of the CRI relay broadcasts
via Cerrik. We are wondering if this is because of earthquake damage?
Do you have any definite information about that?

Continue to enjoy the Radio Tirana broadcasts via WRMI. Best holiday
wishes, Glenn``

She replies:

``Hi Glenn, Yes, it is a long time. I retired last year. At present, I
work at the library of a private university. University Metropolitan
Tirana. A lot of problems with earthquake here. Thanks God, we had no
problems at home. Thanks for asking.

As for CRI, I now phoned to the Chinese CRI representative in Tirana.
She told me that they have technical problems, did not want to give
details about earthquake. She said they don't know anything yet
(meaning top management), when CRI will come back on the air.

How are you and the others? Especially Noel and Wolfy? Keep in touch.
All the best from sunny warm Tirana, Drita
fb: Drita Parid Cico (daily access)
Drita Cico (occasionally accessed)
Mob: +355 68 46 22077``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CANADA. 406 kHz, Dec 17 at 0731, dash and YLJ, 40-watt NDB at
Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan, which is NW of Prince Albert on the way to
Cold Lake, Alberta. dxinfocentre.com/ndb.htm shows this as the only
beacon on 406.

401 kHz, Dec 17 at 0732 UT, dash and ND beacon CPO as I copied it
dozing off, but must have been YPO, 500 watts at Peawanuck, Ontario
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 6000, Dec 17 at 0352, RHC English is S9+30 but just a trace
of JB modulation; // 6145 is merely undermodulated but audible.
Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** CUBA. 5910, Dec 17 at 0354, CRI music in Cantonese hour relay is
just barely modulated, like 6000 RHC itself. Something`s always wrong
at RadioCuba. Both supposed to be from Quivicán site and could
leapfrog unto 5820 but not audible there now (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 13768 approx., Dec 17 at 1539, spurblob best audible in AM
mode, out of 13700 RHC; much stronger than its opposite circa 13632.
Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** SWAZILAND. Re 4760 TWR, conflicting info about languages at
0330-0415, Peter W Hansen provides another version:
``Hi Glenn, TWR website has 0400-0415 as Ndau language,
0330-0400 M-F as Shona
0345-0400 Sat as Shona
0330-0345 Sat as Ndebele
and 0330-0400 as Shona And Ndebele with different programs`` (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 412 kHz, Dec 17 at 0730 UT, ND beacon CMY, which is 30 watts
at Sparta - Fort McCoy, Wisconsin. I was tuned to 410-USB (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2012 monitoring: confirmed UT Tuesday
December 17 at 0100 on WRMI 7780, fair S7-S9. Next:

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

Aussie Tim Gaynor informs us that Unique Radio is currently active
with WOR also scheduled Fridays at 0900 on 5045-USB; Mondays 0900 &
0930 on 5045-USB or 3210-USB --- presumably latest and previous
episode with a frequency change in between?

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

** U S A. 9425, Dec 17 at 2120, woman with heavy accent in English
rambling on about Buddhism, impossible to follow her point; sure
sounds like The Supreme Master, on new frequency. Yes, 2130 into some
music, outro as ``Treasured Jewel``, and SMTV website, announcements.
Got to be WRMI, which had been scheduled on 5800 starting at 2100 for
SMTV but no signal there, despite 5950 audible.

9425 sounds like one of WRMI`s undermodulated transmitters; it`s
S9/+10 but much softer and weaker than 9395 & 9455, halfway between
them with other programming. Still not shown at
http://www.tinyurl.com/WRMIfqs
So far *no* WRMI entry in Jeff`s HFCC on 9425, just updated today.
Must have been a tempting choice since nothing is registered on it
anywhen --- but HFCC omits all Voice of Korear usage, conveniently
finishing 9425 at 2057. Nothing about this on WRMI FB either. Nor at
https://suprememastertv.com/en1/worldwide/
There is no link to this on the Hitlist, not under WRMI. Now, how late
will 9425 last rather than 5800, previously scheduled until 0100 with
SMTV, plus another hour of RAE AAM in Spanish? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 2251 UT December 17

** CUBA. 13630 & 13770, Dec 16 at 1440, FMish/AM spurblobs from RHC
13700-AM about 70 kHz displaced today; and a much weaker double at
13840; if any at 13560, buried under local constant RF ID or some
other ISM transmission. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 11760, Dec 16 at 1554, big dead air from this RHC, while
15140 & weaker 15230 modulate. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA [and non]. 11930 & 11860, Mon Dec 16 at 1506, Radio Martí well
atop wall-of-noise jammers opening `Revoltillo` show with host
greeting listeners around the world including Alemania, Houston,
several towns in Cuba including Bejucal = RHC/spy/jammer SW site;
interspersed with SFX such as rooster, sheep; nice weather in Miami,
25 grados. By 1622 recheck, both are below the jamming (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KOREA SOUTH. 4885, Dec 16 at 1435 VP music from Echo of Hope back
here this week ex-4890; Ron Howard will have surveyed all the latest
jumparounds as of Mondays; yes, already:

``Last Monday (Dec 9): 3985 // 4890 // 6000 // 6255 // 6355 // 9105
This Monday (Dec 16): 3990 // 4885 // 6000(?) // 6250 // 6355 //
9100`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KURDISTAN [non]. 11530, Dec 16 at 1452, Kurdish music with
chanting, only one station, Denge Welat, no Turkish jamming. Had been
on 11540 for several days whenever checked. Nothing there either now.
A few seconds before 1500, another carrier comes on, extremely smooth
site transition, presumably from PRIDNESTROVYE to FRANCE, as music
keeps playing; timesignal 38 seconds late, ID and YL talk interspersed
with news stingers. Before 1500 it was S6-S8 with flutter; afterwards,
only slightly steadier here, both aimed away from us, but Issoudun
crosses more below the auroral zone (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** PERU. 5980, Dec 15 at 2350, JBA carrier from R. Chaski vs Cuban
noise jamming against nothing else; until autocutoff at 2354:48.5*
My last check was Dec 10 until 2354:59*, i.e. now 10.5 seconds earlier
over a 5-day period, keeping up the average timer slippage slightly
over 2 seconds per noctem. At some eventuality, they will figure it`s
too early and will reset the timer closer to 2400; but they obviously
don`t care about abruptly interrupting whatever programming be
outgoing on SW (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SWAZILAND. 4760, Dec 16 at 0337, African language vs CODAR on both
sides, from TWR scheduled 0330-0415. EiBi and Aoki/NDXC do not agree
on the Zimbabwean language breakdown. EiBi: 0330-0345 Ndau, 0345-0415
Shona; Aoki: 0330-0400 Shona, 0400-0415 Ndau. Ndau has twice as many
speakers in Moçambique than in Zimbabwe (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2012 monitoring: confirmed UT
Monday December 16 at 0130 on WRMI 7780, S8-S9 after a 1-second
musical interlude to avoid any dead air after ID. I have added a
second of dead air at the end of WOR, so now there is no overlap by
the too-hasty WRMI automation.

Also confirmed UT Mon Dec 16 at 0230 on 7780 and 9395 vs hi noise
level here; both OK via UTwente SDR, 7780 thataway better than 9395
off the side.

Richard Langley, NB reports on his 7780 recording last Sunday evening,
15-16 December UT:

``21:30 World of Radio (#2012; no words cut off nor overridden this
week)
01:30 World of Radio (#2012; no words cut off nor overridden this
week)
02:30 World of Radio (#2012; no words cut off nor overridden this
week) -- Richard Langley``

WOR 2012 also confirmed by gh starting at 0402 UT Mon Dec 16 on Area
51 webcast; and VP S5-S6 on WBCQ 5130 at 0429 check.

Also confirmed at 0430 UT Mon Dec 16 on WRMI 9955, VG S9+20 atop some
lite pulse jamming before fading down a bit. Reception quality of this
airing is extremely variable here.

Also confirmed starting at 1901:12 Mon Dec 16 on IRRS 7290 Romania?
Huge -50 dbM signal at UTwente SDR (carrier already on at 1857 with
some hum, ACI from China; 1859:25 cut on modulation amid Aïda in
progress, quick IRRS sign-on; pause, 1900:30 four headlines from
Feature Story News, London, but American accent: India protests;
Schumer on impeachment; new MPs in parliament; Russia testing
transpolar nuclear missile system). Next:

0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE

Unique Radio, NSW website now says will be active Dec 25-26, and maybe
elsewhen, with WOR times as: Mon 0900 & 0930 on 5045-USB or 3210-USB?
Not clear. Wed and Fri 0900 on 5045-USB.

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

** VANUATU [and non]. 5040, Dec 16 at 0720, JBA carrier, presumably
VBTC which has just reactivated SW with its new transmitter as
anticipated before yearend, and reported heard elsewhere. It`s too
late for Cuba on 5040, and too early for India. Same time more JBA
carriers from fellow Pacificans, 5055 presumed 4KZ Queensland; and
5020 Solomon Islands. Reawake at 1046 for quick check, still only JBA
carriers on all. Missing is 5045 for Unique Radio, but that would be
USB, no carrier, currently suspended and/or on 3210-USB instead.

VBTC on FB Dec 15 about this in Bislama/Pidgin:

``VBTC blong yumi evriwan
https://www.facebook.com/vbtc.vu/
VBTC 21 hrs ·

Good morning VBTC Technical team wetem ol technician blong Kordia mo
Hanjin oli stap testem ol frequencies blong Short Wave Transmitters
long ol following frequencies mo ol time ia
0600-0900 3945 Khz
0900-1200 5040 Khz
1200-1800 7260 Khz
1800-2200 5040 Khz
[local = UT + 11]
Sapose anyone i kasem ol frequencies ia plis contactem Radio Vanuatu
long 23026 or 22999``

So not 2485, and 5040 instead of 5055 as originally registered; relax,
4KZ. 5040: 07-11 UT & 22-01 UT. 2485 and 5055 are still shown in HFCC
as of Dec 16, but not updated since Dec 10, mixed in with NZ FMO info:
http://hfcc.org/data/schedbyfmo.php?seas=B19&fmor=RNZ

Ron Howard reports to the WOR iog: ``5040, Radio Vanuatu, random
listening on Dec 16. Their signature song "You Are the Only One," sung
by the "Black Brothers," heard at 1105, 1123 and while mixing with AIR
Jeypore at 1223; reception blocked at 1128, with the start of AIR IS,
via Jeypore, which was stronger than Vanuatu; still mixing together at
1248, so seems to still be testing``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 2887-USB & 3016-USB, Dec 16 at 0705 in bandscan, weak
intermittent aero contacts. EiBi shows 2887 is New York for Caribbean
routes; 3016 north Atlantic routes, any of NY, Gander, Shannon,
Azores. Santa Maria was mentioned = Azores but probably a handoff from
one of the others (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 5006, Dec 16 at 1434, JBA carrier; JG2XA propagation
studier? See previous discussion (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 5798, Dec 16 at 0724 and 1437 chex, JBA carrier here not
noticed before, and not at this time from WRMI 5800. Nothing in EiBi
or Aoki; could be ute (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 13740, Dec 16 at 1554, fair signal with flutter, rough
guess Swahili? well after RHC is finished. Nothing in EiBi or Aoki,
before 1700 RFI in French; but HFCC shows HCJB via AUSTRIA
multilingual at 1530-1630 on Saturdays only. This is the
Russian/Chechen service, but now it`s Monday, so what? (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 1936 UT December 16