** CUBA. 6165, Dec 21 at 0735, indecisive RHC S9+20 with music
presumably English hour, instead of 9700, and no other RHCs active
this late. Something`s always wrong at RHC.

The other side:
``READ TODAY THE CUBA OF TOMORROW
December 21, 2021 EMIGRATION
'Cuba will be a stopover, but not my country anymore' --- People in
Cuba are desperately looking for money to make it to Nicaragua.
JORGE ENRIQUE RODRÍGUEZ | La Habana``
https://diariodecuba.com/cuba/1640030479_36326.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SAUDI ARABIA. 13710.051, Dec 21 at 1541, Qur`an at S9-S6; always
heard off-frequency, but this time I take time to measure, SRI/SBA
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 18131-USB, Dec 21 at 1536, K8C, ``The Christmas Train``,
pausing to ``offload some liquid``; had intermittent carrier QRM on
18132, jhamming? See my Dec 16 log when he was on 18127-USB (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. Re WORLD OF RADIO monitoring, which I confirmed starting UT
Mon Dec 20 at 0359.5 on Area 51 via WBCQ 6160-, John Carver replies:

``Glenn, For what it's worth I tried to listen to WOR on Area 51.
About eight or nine minutes into the broadcast it just disappeared.
Never did come back. In the previous four weeks I heard another
partial show once and nothing the other times. The last four weeks or
so I'm lucky if I get to hear an hour or two of Area 51 programming
before it disappears. No axe to grind or anything. John``

I asked him, ``John, Tnx, reminds me that just because a WOR starts
doesn`t mean it will air to the conclusion. I need to recheck toward
the end. This time do you think it faded out or transmitter went off
the air completely? Glenn``

``As far as I could tell, Glenn, I believe the transmitter was on the
entire time. I thought the feed had dropped and was waiting for it to
come back. That happens a lot. It got down to only three or four
minutes left and I turned it off. Probably should have left it on to
see if the next program started on time. The S meter stayed up while I
was waiting for the program to pick up again. Thanks man. John``

Next:
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed?]
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW, 5010 to S

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** U S A. 9455, Dec 21 at 0727, as Jeff had predicted, this WRMI-5 is
back on air; first noted missing Dec 2 and ever since. But it`s wacko
paranoid preaching by BBB on YWS or T2P, NOT what`s on the System F
9455 schedule, Family Radio in Spanish! S9+10; and the other 31ms are
also propagating this nightmiddle, 9955 also S9+10 but louder with
TOMBS, and 9395, S9+20 with Xmasmx on guitar. System E sked calls for
TOMBS on 9395, not 9955 where System B is supposedly world music on
internet only. But the transmitter grid at 07-08 shows 9395 with SMTV
cult, 9955 with TOMBS. Too bad the WRMI skeds cannot be accurately
coördinated (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9955, Tue Dec 21 at 1547, beepery from `SW Radiogram`: this
new without notice WRMI time unknown to Kim: https://swradiogram.net/
Altho I mentioned it back on Dec 10 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9385, Dec 21 at 0730, S2-S3 of English talk, sounds like M.
Angelica, so WEWN is active. So poor, but modulation seems OK.

15610, Dec 21 at 1913, S3-S4 of English RCC stuff into PEI SDR, also
so poor, but mod seems OK on WEWN afternoon. SAM shows carrier offset
minus 78v Hz, quite a bit = 15609.922v. Kiwis are sometimes
mis-calibrated, so I check another, E Falmouth MA, Cape Cod: MUCH
better here and offset as only +5 Hz. And on this S9+15 signal I can
hear that WEWN squeal (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 6114 approx., Dec 21 at 0732, still RTTY INTRUDING, QRM
to 6115 R. Nikkei, JAPAN unless tuned with narrow USB. I assume it
also interfere with CONGO when on 6115 earlier before 0600, right,
Ron? Can anyone ID the RTTY source? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

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** CUBA. 9700, Dec 20 at 0750, S5-S6 in Spanish not English, so it`s
RHC, and no other frequencies by now on 5 or 6 MHz. Could not hear it
at 0400 on 9700 or 6165 when WOR was on 6160-. Something`s always
wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 11760, Dec 20 at 1617, S9+20 of dead air in Spanish from RHC;
while the only other midday frequency, 15140 is S6-S8 and
undermodulated. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** GERMANY. 9670, Dec 20 at 0751, TOMBS at S6-S9, i.e. via Channel
292, one of my better receptions of Rohrbach, unfortunately with
repulsive but lucrative programming (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 1000, Dec 20 at 1939 UT on caradio, KTOK OKC just barely
modulated in some network talkshow -- so it`s their fault, not one of
my receivers. 2001 recheck during local news, normal modulation; 2007
Hannity show back to undermodulation. So it`s sporadic and no one is
paying attention in the control (?) room. It`s hard to think of any
show more deserving of undermodulation (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 1640 kHz, Dec 21 at 0154 UT check, KZLS Enid is talking
but KQOB 96.9 is musicking, certainly not //. New NRC DX News says
they are, but the original story from

https://radioinsight.com/headlines/215834/alice-to-give-way-to-conservative-talk-in-oklahoma-city-as-long-running-lma-comes-to-end/
says not until January 1:

``Alice To Give Way To Conservative Talk In Oklahoma City As
Long-Running LMA Comes To End --- by Lance Venta December 3, 2021

96.9 The Eagle Alice 96.9 KQOB Enid Oklahoma City 1640 KZLS

After being leased to Cumulus Media and predecessor Citadel for the
past nineteen years, Champlin Broadcasting will resume programming
96.9 KQOB Enid/Oklahoma City on January 1, 2022.

That will mean the end of Variety Hits “Alice 96.9” as Champlin will
flip KQOB to a simulcast of Conservative Talk “1640 The Eagle” KZLS
Enid. Champlin also owns Classic Country “99.7 Hank-FM” KNAH Mustang
in the Oklahoma City market.

KQOB held a 2.1 share in the October 2021 Nielsen Audio ratings. 1640
KZLS held a 0.2 share. The 100 kW 96.9 signal will help the station
better compete against iHeartMedia’s 1000 KTOK and Tyler Media’s 1520
KOKC/95.3 K237GE. Lance Venta``

I`ve long suspected KZLS too be operated out of OKC, not Enid. 96.9 is
that station with a tall tower ~halfway between Enid and OKC west of
Crescent, inheriting the original Enid allocation for KCRC-FM, later
KNID, obviously trying to penetrate the huger OKC market. Likewise
KZLS is partway to OKC from Enid, site E of Hennessey and unusually
for an X-bander, direxional NNW/SSE, which makes it a tougher catch
for TA and TP DXers. KQOB call was originally to suggest ``Bob``
handle to spelling-challenged Okies. Champlin Broadcasting derives
from a long-gone oil company, successor Hiram Champlin, who appears
also to own the undeveloped ``kite field`` where I try daytime DXing
in northern Enid (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** TURKEY. 5960, Dec 20 at 2300, NO signal from VOT English into
UTwente nor at some later random chex during the hour. Something`s
always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2117 monitoring: someone did hear
the WMRI Europe broadcast via Channel 292, Germany, Sun Dec 19; tnx,
Art: ``Glenn -- I did hear WOR on 9670 this morning, a bit after 1330.
Couldn't consistently read it, but it was clearly you. Regards, Art
Delibert, North Bethesda, MD``

Also confirmed Sunday December 19 at 2100 on AM Italia, 918 kHz, S9+10
via Noale SDR, atop some CCI, SAH, following double ID as ``IRRS
Shortwave``.

Also confirmed Sunday December 19 at 2330 on WRMIs: 9955, S9+10/20
into Pardinho, Brasil SDR; and 5950, S9+20/30 into Missouri SDR.

Also confirmed UT Monday December 20 at 0030 on WRMI 7730, VG direct

Also confirmed UT Monday December 20 at 0130 on WRMI 9395, only S8-S9
into Missouri SDR.

Also confirmed UT Mon Dec 20 at 0230 on WRN North America webcast

Also confirmed UT Mon Dec 20 from 0359.5 on Area 51 via WBCQ 6160,
minus 55.5 Hz into Missouri SDR = 6159.9445, S7-S9 and no Habana ACI
on 6165. Next:

2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed?]
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW, 5010 to S

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support. Thanks this week to William T. Hassig, Mt. Prospect, IL, for
a Winter Solstice contribution on a US bank to:
Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702.

One may also contribute via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds to:
woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 15770, Dec 20 at 1614, WRMI-9 is gone again; nothing on
disgraced FB about this since Dec 17 when it had come back. And yes,
9455 WRMI-5 is *still* gone without notice for weeks now. I asked Jeff
White about these and he replies Dec 20 at 1826 UT: ``Glenn: 15770 is
undergoing repair and maintenance today, but should be back on later
today. 9455, with any luck, should be back on tomorrow. Jeff``. Then
at 2011: ``15770 is back`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

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** BOLIVIA. 5952.459, Dec 19 at 0016, Radio Pio Doce on its signature
split frequency, as measured at three Brazilian SDRs; JBA carrier but
some audio of energetic talk and music best at Brasília #2 if tuning
SAU or AMN to avoid WRMI 5950. No longer there by 0100. Tnx to tip
from Lúcio Otávio Bobrowiec in Brasil to the WOR iog at 2313 Dec 18.
It`s been inactive for months. Both LOB and I found the last previous
log of it was by him on April 20, 2021, and that was also after
months` absence (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** EGYPT. 9899.591, Dec 18 at 2209, R. Cairo is S9+40 into UTwente,
but extremely distorted English modulation, unusable. As usual (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 1000 kHz, Dec 19 at 1758 UT, KTOK OKC is dead air; ID
fires just before 1800, back to dead air news. This on the R75; but
after 1805 on other radios portable, PL-880 and DX-398, there is weak
modulation of a talk show which chex out // KTOK stream not
synchronized. Maybe the R75 put an internal overriding signal on 1000?
Have not noticed this before. And/or KTOK is really very
undermodulated (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. RF 27, Dec 18 at first check 1602 UT, NO signal from
KFOR, NBC in OKC. Altho we are at edge of marginal level-1 tropo blob,
all other channels seem normal except for a BAD signal on 21. KFOR
must really be off the air! It pops back on at *1606 with `Meet the
Press` underway (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 5960, Dec 18 at 2352, VOT English has been well modulated
and strong direct but with a bit of a squeal, now signing off this
``1330 on 12035`` broadcast, chopped off air before interval signal
can complete one play. So no German to collide with KBC this week
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2117 monitoring: confirmed UT
Sunday December 19 at 0030 on WRMIs: 7730 VG direct; 5950 S9+40 into
KB0FX MO SDR, but with a het from Bolivia, q.v. unless avoided.

Also confirmed UT Sun Dec 19 at 0419.5 at the midpoint so started
early about 0406 on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO, S9+10 as far away as
Knoxville but with considerable too-close CWQRM; another 160m
contest?

I`m rarely awake in time to check Sun 1330 on WMRI Europe 9670 via
Channel 292, Germany. Did anyone hear it Dec 19? Next:

2100 UT Sunday IRRS 918-Italy, 207?-Italy, 1323?-Italy
2330 UT Sunday WRMI 5950 to NNW
2330 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed?]
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW
0130 UT Monday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0400vUT Monday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed?]
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW, 5010 to S

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support. Thanks this week to William T. Hassig, Mt. Prospect, IL, for
a Winter Solstice contribution on a US bank to:
Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702.

One may also contribute via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds to:
woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 5085, UT Sunday Dec 19 at 0053, WTWW-2 is starting `TOUTA`
early(?) as usual, distorted here so I switch immediately to $ tereo
webcast. Bob Heil says there will be Xmasmx the next three weeks; ends
abruptly at 0143, ID and back to ham or rock stuff (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Dec 19 from 0709
UT: 558, 639, 684, 693, 774, 837, 846-TP, 855-2, 936, 999, 1044, 1107,
1125, 1215 kHz. 936 used to be a regular from presumed 200 kW Agadir,
Morocco, but first time even a JBA carrier detected in a long time
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** UNIDENTIFIED. 6940 AM, Dec 18 at 2316, S4-S6 of barely audible
pirate music, past 2357, barely avoiding utebonker circa 6942-6945.
More logs here all unID indicating strongest in W North America:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,90419.0.html

6925 AM, Dec 18 at 2317, JBA carrier weaker than 6940, also as unID:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,90412.0.html
Coastal Rock Radio has been there but no one supposes it now (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

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Via TWR Kenya with very noisy system in most bands using a V6LVP antenna and many timeouts

11890 KTWR 1436 with S9 signal and max SNR 10db with full errors sounding as a CD was stuck . AAC transmission . cannot listen to  it for more than 3 minutes
11560 AIR in 1428 with traditional Hindu song (?) then talks in Tajik
11620 AWR in Burmese as IDed , program starts with a very sexy female voice with S8 max signal
11745 S Arabia al Alam 1433 man talking in Arabic and underground music S15  (ie S9+15)
15420 BBC Somali 1436 as per eibi at S9 , with horn of Africa songs and talks by woman mentioning Ahmed
15580 VoA Now !! 1439 wit the strongest signal in the band at S20 wit hot disco song (Lipstick? )
15720  Radio Japan 1441 in Hindi mentioning Iran S8 via Malagasy

Very sad that the MW bans is full of nose at -80 dbm level
--
Via Namibia in Oranjenmud
729 poss Kapse Kanal in Dutch 1448  phone ins between two males ,Hard mentioning Krist . and Facebook , ...you to trust God . their web page verifies that the station is Christian! S20
828 Magic 828 with pop song of 70s .ID at 1453 in English , mentioning the upcoming program and that we are coming to Christmas (surely ) 1455 many commercials S10
567  Cape Talk 1457 talks in English mentioning  CBD  ID at 1500 this is eye witnessing news. News by Miaspiss  first on covid -58 dbm S20
The only AM signals in the band

Via Cyprus
No 7110 this time !
7140 VoBM at 1500 poor carri
er at S7-9 with poor audio , MOSTLY TALKS
7205 exact R Omdurman Sudan , 1516 man with news in Arabic 1517 with song ,Mix with Xinjiang  S9+10
7215  CRI  Nepali 1519 hindi song of 80s S20
7665 CNR in double against RFA 1525-28 S9+15
1278 Radio Kermanshah 1529 ID program in Farsi  S9

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** CUBA [and non]. 9700, Dec 18 at 0650, JBA music not // RHC so must
be Turkey, but RHC not on alternates 6165 or 6145 either. It is still
on in English 5040, 6000, 6060 with buzz, and 6100 just barely
modulated. Somethings` always wrong at RHC. At 0659 I notice that 5040
has switched to Spanish, despite no Spanish scheduled anywhere after
0600. Something else wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 11760, Dec 18 at 1606, RHC Spanish S9/S7 with humbuzz.
Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** JAMAICA. 18157.5 USB, Dec 18 at 1603, 6Y6Y concluding contact with
a W7 who says he is QSYing away; then 6Y6Y worx some more simplex.

``6Y6Y Jamaica flag Jamaica
QSL ADDRESS ONLY : OPS at 6Y Lester Veenstra, 452 Stable Lane, Keyser,
WV 26726, USA. Page managed by W8YCM
My annual holiday operation on, The Beach, Negril Jamaica for
2021-2022 wil start last Sunday of Nov 2021. Operation is from: Coral
Seas Resort, Negril Beach, Westmorland Parish, Jamaica``
[illustrated:]
https://www.qrz.com/lookup/6y6y
and BTW I see for lookups, calls may be lc or uc after the slant:
https://www.qrz.com/lookup/6Y6Y
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6919.978 AM, Dec 18 at 1613, JBA music, presumed the
very active pirate seemingly in western N America, Radio Pushka. Which
means rifle in Bulgarian, or more generically, gun in Russian (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 11840, Dec 18 at 1820, no signal from Station YHWH,
anti-Christ pirate; nor anything like it elsewhere on 25m. He used to
be fairly active but not always, middays, especially weekends? If
anyone could have heard, Rick Barton in AZ, but his last report of
Josiah was exactly four weeks ago, Sat Nov 20 until 1811*. On Sept 5,
7 and 8 he was using 9700, 9720, 9775 in the 1440/1755 period, so we
should look around those too. Night frequency 7475 last reported Nov
6; previously quite active on 7470 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2117 monitoring: barely confirmed Dec 18 the
UT Sat 0230 on 9395 WRMI; at 0242, JBA carrier direct; trace at
Missouri remote reading S5, and nothing to Winnipeg; slightly better
to northern Utah, S3-S4, enough to be sure it`s my voice if not
recognize it as current edition, but surely it is. Hope there was
sufficient reception somewhere, but the MUF tends to plummet after
dark in the swamp; yet in the nightmiddle it`s often back up, e.g.
9955 good around 0700.

Also confirmed Sat Dec 18 at 1700 on WRN for N America webcast.

Also confirmed starting at 2032 UT Sat Dec 18 on WA0RCR, 1860-AM MO,
S9+10 into nearby KB0FX remote. Next:

0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7730 to WNW
0030 UT Sunday WRMI 5950 to NNW [to be canceled in January]
0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415; as late as 0530]
1330 UT Sunday WMRI Europe via Ch 292 Germany 9670
2100 UT Sunday IRRS 918-Italy, 207?-Italy, 1323?-Italy
2330 UT Sunday WRMI 5950 to NNW
2330 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed?]
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW
0130 UT Monday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0400vUT Monday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed?]
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW, 5010 to S

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One may also contribute via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds to:
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** U S A. (7490.9v), UT Sat Dec 18 at 0100, WBCQ webcast not even
trying SW for `AAAWWW`. Unusually starts with a rock tune, but it`s
really A&A, not TimTron. Most of hour consumed with discussion of AM
Radio, and SW, whether they have a future? Maybe will last another ten
years.

Mentions that Angela`s maiden(previous?) name was Milberry (sp?) and
she grew up in Toronto, not NB. 0132 some brief anti-government remarx
implying that Pres. Biden is a criminal; and that COVID-19 is a
bio-weapon by China [but, but, why would they want to kill so many of
their own people and countless customers elsewhere?]. Allan does
advocate vaccination.

Would like to get a used solid-state transmitter for their 780 station
in Maine as electric bill for tube-type keeps going up. 0138 finally
datestamp at 17 of December YOOLF 2021.

For 9330 transmitter, staff have found a way to regulate the
temperature of water cooling the big final amplifier tube, heat
exchanger, bypass valve; needs to be not too hot, not too cold, circa
90-100 F. Also they are finally about to get the backup Diesel
generator on line, capable of 2 megawatts at 4160 volts, 3-phase.
Testing it Wednesday caused some interruptions in 9330. Needs to have
it available when commercial power is flickering as in storms, not
good for the transmitters.

Now on 7490, 6160, 4790; maybe will get 3265 back on ``sometime this
summer`` [as if we are already into `this` winter], but have no
clients for it [you would if you moved the 7490 ones there for dark
low-MUF winter nights!].

Seeing lots of sunspots checked on their solar-scope daily, so
propagation is looking up. NO phone calls interrupting, and only a
couple emails at 0157; 0159 prayer, and almost 0201 JIP Hal Turner.
John Carver`s version:

Tonight's show started on time on 4790, 6160 and 7490. 6160 was
listenable this evening for a change and 7490 was plagued with heavy
interference that sounded like Hams on SSB. Allan and Angela in the
studio. Program opened with a song about AM radio. Opening chatter
about the song quickly changing to talk about AM radio in general. At
0120 Allan read an article on radio listening in the world which
revealed that more people outside the US listen to radio than the
people living here. Fewer smart speakers used world wide than here
also. After that the talk returned to AM radio.

A bit later Allan mentioned that they had made some modifications to
the transmitter at the superstation. Including some changes to the
cooling system so that in winter slightly warmer water would be pumped
to cool the tube to keep from pumping freezing water onto a hot tube
which would lead to problems with the tube. He also announced that
they have finally completed work on the backup generator for the new
transmitter. He stated that the brief outages recently of the
transmitter had to do with checking the backup power source. He also
said that on backup power the transmitter would be receiving slightly
less power than normal.

Reading of a few emails at 0157 and closing prayer at 0159. Program
was off at 0200. John, Mid-North Indiana`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 720 kHz, Dec 18 at 1619 UT, WGN Chicago still in well by
skywave with `Home Sweet Home` DIY show on ``AM 720``, 312 AC. This is
161 minutes after Enid SR at 1338 UT.

670 bears a SAH between weaker signals of 76/minute or 1.27 Hz, no
doubt KLTT and WSCR. MWoffsets shows WSCR as exact and KLTT as 1.8 Hz
plus (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 1130 kHz, Dec 18 at 1617 UT, KLEY Wellington KS is still
musicking at steady S9+10, as it was on bandscan yesterday and another
later today, instead of usual dead air (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. Another low-noon MW bandscan attempt to find a quiet spot in
or near Enid, this time driving along Southgate on the SE corner of
Enid, a little further from 960 & 1390. But even dirt sideroads have
powerlines along them, and major line along Southgate is very noisy.
At spots part of the MW band may be clean, but not the rest of it. One
which is good below 1200 is on a curve to the south by Woodring
Airport -- maybe the standing waves happen to cancel out there? From
there and an earlier stop between 1908 and 1923 UT Dec 18, paying less
attention to frequencies/stations I noted yesterday:

650, C&W music, likely WSM Nashville, fast SAH likely KGAB Wyoming
700, song, medium SAH, probably Metroplex TX and WLW?
720, only trace of a SAH now from WGN and KSAH
850, Spanish, so KJON TX not KOA Denver, which can make it on GW to
the north side of Enid
990, Spanish much stronger, so KFCD TX
1050, rumble SAH from the two Okies, one way off frequency
1090, music and medium SAH. KEXS near KC/MO is not unusual, the other
maybe KAAY LR/AR, skywave since its GW coverage is poor
1200+ high noise level, but:
1340, KGHM MWC/OKC is dead air at 1923

After this, heading home, I rest my ears on the dead air of 960 KGWA,
and the tail wagging the dog, 100.9 translator, from 1934 UT until
finally cut on during ad at 1959; was no one paying attention? What to
do about paid advertisers, refund, make-good, or hope no one but y.t.
notice? Non-ID as ``Talk 100.9 KGWA``, but then full legal ID with
translator call and 960, but the static RDS on FM shows ``KGWA-FM``
which is *not* its real callsign. Into Fox ``news`` on the hour, but
1906 back to dead air!

Sob, this is the station pushing far-right extremist talkshows, such
as Lush Rambo for as long as he lasted. KGWA owner is also behind the
Big Deal local promotion in downtown Enid of ``world`s tallest Xmas
tree`` --- except it`s not a single tree but several stuck together,
which have been blown apart by high winds, and repaired.

My next holiday project: check out the three locations in western Enid
which have featured music & light shows on Part 15 FM frequencies in
years past (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report despatched at 2203 UT December 18
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