** NORTH AMERICA. 7300.287v, Sept 24 at 0639, JBA talk in HSNL,
tornado warnings east of OKC. The Christian pirate previously logged
but last heard on Sept 17, also UT Sunday. Tnx to tips from Walt
Salmaniw at 0600 and Eric Fetters-Walp at 0630 who first heard it at
0425 after tip from Lucas Bandura as of 0300, each on a different
exact variable frequency. Never any IDs, it seems, but plays
recorded/podcast sermons. Their best reception on easterly SDRs such
as in WI, NC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SWAZILAND. 9585, Sun Sept 24 at 1455 music, 1456 talk seems French
but strange accent, maybe Malgache, since this is the TWR for
Madagascar, French on weekends, Malgache M-F. Must be longpath, one of
best signals on band, stronger e.g. than WRMIs (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2209 monitoring: not confirmed UT
Sunday Sept 24 at 0000 on WRMI 9955; still on sked and supposedly
starting ``later in Sept`` but too late now. Instead still replaying
the same `Viva Miami` interview with a staff member.

WRMI is revamping its systems effective October 2, so maybe things
will be more reliable then, and/or with more transition problems.

Also not confirmed UT Sunday Sept 24 at 0030 on WRMI 7780; instead
some kind of music with regular spoken bits, seems like in a loop.
This airing had been reliable for some months.

Confirmed UT Sunday September 24 starting at 0408, the 0315v on
WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO, S9+18 into nearby remote, with heavy storm noise.
Followed ARRL Audio News.

Not checked Sun Sept 24 at 1030 on WRMI 9955; did anyone hear it?
Next:

2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW
0300vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW
0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1300 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [planned late in Sept]
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB
1030 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB [previous #2208]
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 9955 to SSE [NEW; also webcast, phonecast]
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1400 UT Thursday WRMI 9955 to SSE [NEW; also webcast, phonecast]

Thanks this week to Gerald T. Pollard, Raleigh NC, for a generous
quarterly check for autumn 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. 5130.175v, Sept 24 at 0649, WBCQ`s Trumpmitter is back,
first time heard since Sept 7 lightning strike. First hearing a
woman`s voice but it some MAGAcreep pushing T at a rally, applause. S9
direct but vs high storm noise. Later see this from Zach Liangas,
Greece at 0651:

```WOR] 5130.15 back --- Allan Weiner said in X on 22z: ``That’s
right. Warm up them tubes and start listening tonight. Lots of great
stuff on the shortwaves. 7490/6160 and 5130 khz is back. In the quiet
of your “radio shack” tuning in our world. Can’t get any better. Radio
- very personal, human. The way it should be. Get tuning`` Just tuned
via Concord kSDR with 2x6.2 kHz wide audio and -81dbm signal --
Zacharias Liangas, Radio monitor esp on signal analysis``` --- Since I
refuse to join X, am not allowed to see his posts there (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 1949 UT September 24

** ANTARCTICA [and non]. 15475.98 RCUSB, Sat Sept 23 at 2143 first
check, LRA36 is on with interview about southern Argentina, and the S
Atlantic islands, S9+10 into Argentine SDR, but there is always some
background noise, which more carrier would help overcome. Presumably
started well before 1800 as usual. 2256 still going with music past
2308; now since 2300 there is a bit of ACI from 15480 Chinese, CNR1
Beijing site. 2322 the `Antártida` themesong starts; used to play in
the opening but haven`t caught it for a long while --- yet chopped off
the air after a few seconds: guess that was their cue to quit (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 6100, Sept 23 at 0652, S8 of dead air, presumably RHC which
otherwise has not shown much activity on this frequency lately.
Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 11760, Sept 23 at 1510, S6/S8 of dead air in Spanish; also
15140 with S9+10 of DA. By 1521, mod resumed on 15140. Something`s
always wrong at RHC. The Other Side:

``READ TODAY THE CUBA OF TOMORROW September 15, 2023 OPINION
Something stinks in Cuba -0- After 65 years of subsidizing a disaster,
the new plan is to… subsidize more! Now it is called a 'special
financing scheme.' The case of Suchel Camacho. RAFAELA CRUZ | La
Habana
Suchel Camacho workers. (Trabajadores)

After six and a half decades of triumphant revolution, the main
newspaper of the Cuban capital still deems it fit to announce that
"washing soap is assured for the patients of the prostrate and
incontinent program. In addition, two bars of soap will be distributed
to children under two years of age, one to people in vulnerable
situations, and to the entire population, according to family
unit..."``
https://diariodecuba.com/cuba/1694794537_49781.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** EGYPT. 9439.995, Sept 23 at 2142, no signal in English from R.
Cairo into UTwente: something`s always egregious in Egypt (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** GERMANY. 15690.038, Sept 23 at 1518, algo JBA outstix sorethumbly
on 1-kHz-step BFO tuning. Listed is R. Farda via Biblis at 0530-1630.
AFAIK, Iran does not bother to jam this (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** KURDISTAN [non]. 11510, Sept 23 at 1513, JBA S3/S6 music, seems two
carriers beating, presumably Recep jammer and Dengê Gel; nothing now
on the alternate 11.5+ MHz channels (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 6159.9, Sept 23 at 0653 S9 of dead air
instead of TOMBS on WBCQ. Satellite feed from Walterboro may have
failed with no one noticing (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 11785.003, Sept 23 at 2155, VOT is not off the air today,
IS and IDs in English, S9+40 into UTwente. Usually on .009 so this may
be different transmitter. Modulation fairly good but max bandwith
setting does not help, 13.53 kHz, why that precise number? At least no
ACI to prevent such largesse. Altho Argie SDR confirmes 11780 RNA
Brasil is not off the air. After news, 2211 multi-lingual ID filler
reel. 2213 song. 2218 `The Captain`s Log`, travelog since 7 months
about Black Sea, now shifting to some seaside cities such as Sakarya?
which I find somewhat inland east of Istanbul. 2226 song. 2230
`Gripping Piles`. 2233 song. 2237 `Turkey`s Geomarked [sic] Products`
from Tokat, weaving. 2239 song. 2244 ``always by your side``, song.
2249 ``TRT with you every hour``. 2250 s/off as if 1230 or some other
earlier broadcast. Fragment of IS to 2251.7* chop, no finesse.
Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U A E. 15310.129, Sat Sept 23 at 1520, algo JBA off-frequency.
Listed is BBC Arabic for Sudan, via DHA site this semihour only, daily
per EiBi, but M-F only per Aoki (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 28461 USB, Sept 23 at 1527, W1DED calling CQ Maine QSO
Party; QRZ.com: ``W1DED USA flag USA, Kevin E Thomas, 235 LITTLEJOHN
RD, Yarmouth, ME 04096 USA`` -- typical single-hop F2 distance,
skipping over most of USA, with little else on 10m, not even a CW
beacon (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2209 monitoring: confirmed first
SWBC, UT Saturday September 23 at 0130, on WRMI 5850, JBA on a
portable with inadequate antenna but no doubt VG otherwise aimed
thisaway.

Also confirmed Saturday September 23 after 1600 on WRN N America
webcast.

Also confirmed Saturday September 23 after 1930 on WRN N America
webcast.

Also confirmed Saturday September 23 after 1930 on WRMI webcast only.

Also confirmed Saturday September 23 starting at 1955 the 1930v on
WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO, S9+15 into nearby SDR with some storm crashes.
Next:

0000 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 to SSE [planned late in Sept]
0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to SW
0245vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0457]
1030 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 [jammed by Cuba?]
2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW
0300vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW
0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1300 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [planned late in Sept]
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB
1030 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB [previous #2208]
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 9955 to SSE [NEW; also webcast, phonecast]
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1400 UT Thursday WRMI 9955 to SSE [NEW; also webcast, phonecast]

Thanks this week to Gerald T. Pollard, Raleigh NC, for a generous
quarterly check for autumn 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. 7489.9, UT Sat Sept 23 at 0000 WBCQ with `AAAWWW` --- both
A`s together in Fla, heatwave 100 degrees, watermelons exploding, and
for a change does intro in a few minutes instead of midway that it`s
4th of August 2023 - so a repeat; never mind. Whew, he also said the
first half would be political (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. 5800, Sept 23 at 0648, S9+20 of dead air; got to
be WRMI forgetting to turn #10 off at 0400 as per sked. Maybe plugged
into TOMBS feed also failing to reach WBCQ 6160-. A trace of pulse
jamming against nothing too: believe there was briefly some Cuban
exile programming on this, which made it a target forevermore (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 5980, Sat Sept 23 at 0649, the WWCR leapfrog mixing product
of 5890 over 5935 another 45 kHz beyond is back since TOMBS on 5890
overnight occurs only on weekends. And strongest ever? S9+10. But no
jamming audible on ex-Martí frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 6059.4 approx., Sept 23 at 0651, the ``bonker`` has
invaded the 49m band: sounds like hammering on an anvil. Perhaps to
celebrate the arrival of Autumn at 0650 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 2345 UT September 23

** FRANCE. 7410-7415-7420, Sept 22 at 0155, DRM decoding OK into
Maryland SDR, talk in French till chop at 0157*. Displays as from TDF,
SNR of 18.8. Jean-Michel Aubier, France says these unlisted broadcasts
of RFI programming are for St. Pierre & Miquelon. I wonder what the
DRM receiver penetration be there in that bit of overseas France.

6010-6015-6020, Sept 22 at *0200, DRM cuts on as I have already
retuned from 7415 on the Maryland SDR. Not as good as 7415 was, with
dropouts, SNR 14.4, more RFI French (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** KURDISTAN [non]. 11520, Sept 22 at 1455, VP music past 1501.
Suspected Dengê Gel and/or Turkish jammer. No other signals
11500/11550 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SPAIN. 17855, Fri Sept 22 at 2200, token English from SNR,
``Optimum`` internet out so forced to listen direct: no problem in
this case, VG S9+20, also sufficient on 15520 for ME, just a bit of
fading; insufficient on 17715 for S America, and JBA on 11670 for
Africa. 2206 after the news, another interview about Spanish film fest
in London (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR0

** SWAZILAND. 11880, Sept 22 at 1459 open carrier, 1500 TWR IS once
and s/on mentioning Somali. Yes, that`s Manzini, scheduled at
1500-1530, extended weekends to 1545. Good signal, presumably
long-path (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 11765, Sept 22 at 1456, VOT IS and ID in some language,
S5/S8 with flutter. Aoki shows Dari at 1500-1530, Pashto at 1530-1625
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 11785, Sept 22 at 2200 and further chex direct, no signal
from VOT English, not even a JBA carrier. Something`s always erroneous
at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2209 monitoring: confirmed Friday
September 22 at 2055 UT the 2030 on IRRS SW via 5 kW AM Italia, 1323
kHz, S9/+10 with some storm crashes into nearby Noale SDR, finally:
``Optimum`` internet connectivity has been out and in, mostly out,
since yesterday. Lite CCI presumed Smooth Radio, Brighton, England,
500 watts, but not for much longer. Via Mike Barraclough: ``The former
Southern Sound (now Smooth Radio) transmitter on 1323 kHz is to close
at the end of September 2023:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=US5eRYJmbgs
MWCircle iog``. Per WRTH that leaves on 1323 a 30-watter in UK, some
Romanians and Iran, which I have suspected not be on air as late in
night as WOR. Next:

0130 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0000 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 to SSE [planned late in Sept]
0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to SW
0245vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0457]
1030 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 [jammed by Cuba?]
2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW
0300vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW
0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1300 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [planned late in Sept]
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB
1030 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB [previous #2208]
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 9955 to SSE [NEW; also webcast, phonecast]
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1400 UT Thursday WRMI 9955 to SSE [NEW; also webcast, phonecast]

Thanks this week to Gerald T. Pollard, Raleigh NC, for a generous
quarterly check for autumn 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. 860, Sept 21 circa 18 UT, KKOW Pittsburg KS is back on air,
after missing yesterday (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VATICAN. 17605, Sept 22 at 1505, YL in Arabish, SSOB at S9/+10.
Aoki shows it`s R. Tamazuj in Juba dialect at 1500-1600, but R.
Dabanga which follows at 1559-1657 in Darfur dialect switches to
France site (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 5100 CW, Sept 22 at 0656, beeps at the rate of 25 per
minute, and soon found the same thing on 4800 CW. What? In bandscan I
found no broadcasters above 5000: no WRMI, Rebelde, WTWW or WBCQ.
Vanuatu not 5040 but still on 7260 a few more minutes (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 2326 UT September 22

** BRAZIL [and non]. 11780, Sept 21 at 0210, RNA reactivated after
missing about a week, during hyper-enthusiastic yelling as if in
futebol, but it`s rather late and there are bits of birdlike SFX. VG
into Maryland SDR, and no doubt would have also been if checked
direct. Chopped off the air in progress at 0230* sharp; normally would
run to 0300. Let the SDR run for a while squelched, but no return. And
// 6180 is now off the air, clearing the way for La Voz Alegre, MWV
Madagascar Spanish gospel huxter hour which has always been in
collision. What next? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2209)

** CUBA. 15140, Sept 20 at 1925, RHC English on BST-1 caradio, YL is
muffled and soft-spoken, can`t follow her, 1928 OM is quite readable
outroducing her as Alejandra García, and into sports. Also squeal on
carrier. Something`s always wrong at RHC. The Other Side:

READ TODAY THE CUBA OF TOMORROW September 19, 2023
EMIGRATION Cuba: the country of broken families
The industry uses the suffering of Cuban families as a bargaining
chip. In many cases, they rupture. In the best ones, they are
separated for many years.
YOAN MIGUEL GONZÁLEZ PIEDRA | Holguín
A senior in Havana's Central Park. (Diario de Cuba)

Sandra, a 31-year-old Holguin mother, is struggling tremendously to
care for her two children, alone, because her husband has recently
left the country. Doybel, her eldest son, is 11 years old, and Lesly
is just two. Alexey, her spouse, is another young Cuban father who is
in Mexico "waiting for his turn on the application to enter the United
States," she explains....``
https://diariodecuba.com/cuba/1695048377_49822.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** FRANCE. Here`s the identity of my Sept 17 unIDRM circa 7415:

``[WOR] TDF in DRM Mode --- Here in NB, noted TDF with a DRM
transmission in French today (20 September) on 7415 kHz tuning in at
0135 UT. Wasn't getting much audio initially but improved continuously
to almost constant audio before the transmitter left the air abruptly
at 0157. Didn't hear an ID so not sure of source of audio. There was
also a line of text transmitted: "Diffusion DRM assurée par
l'opérateur TDF".

Also subsequently found them in DRM with French on 6015 kHz at 0220 UT
but with little audio decoding and transmitter off shortly before
0230. What I heard sort of sounded like a domestic program rather than
RFI but couldn't be sure. Same text line decoded. Is there any regular
schedule of these TDF transmissions? -- Richard Langley``

``Hi Richard, As far as I can find there is no published schedule of
these transmissions. Some have been registered in HFCC in the past,
but not this lot. If anyone has a reliable source of information on
these I'd like to know so I can keep the schedule used by KiwiSDRs
updated. At the moment I'm just going on what people are logging at
random, and deleting the entries when no-one has reported it for a
while. I really think this should be something the DRM Consortium
could be doing rather than publishing the largely fictional schedule
on their website. Cheers, Chris`` Mackerell, NZ (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WORLD OF RADIO 2209)

** OKLAHOMA. Sept 21 around 18 UT, OG&E crew spotted at work nearby:
they are replacing an electric pole for some reason, but they say the
transformer atop is not a new one. I thought maybe this was finally in
response to my line noise complaint, and it does seem to have
diminished somewhat, but still very buzzy as I approach the pole later
with my DX-398 on MW and SW. It had also been a noise peak area
driving by on caradio. They blamed a new cable TV provider installing
on their poles (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2208 monitoring: confirmed now thrice in a
row on WRMI: UT Thursday September 21 at 0030 on WRMI 9395, VG
direct.

Also confirmed UT Thursday September 21 at new time of 0100 on WRMI
9955, S9 into Maryland SDR with no jamming audible. `Circuit Rider`
gospel huxter was chopped off in progress, but 0100 is his endtime
also on other nights.

Also confirmed UT Thursday September 21 at 0130 on WRMIs: 5010, S9/+10
into Bonaire SDR; and 9395, S9+15 into Maryland SDR. Next:

Also confirmed Thursday September 21 NEW TIME at 1400 on WRMI 9955,
S8/9+10 direct vs high storm noise level, no jamming audible. As also
happens elsewhen, preceding program, `Midnight Cry` gospel huxter gets
chopped off for ID at 1359.5 just as he is attempting to utter his
website.

WORLD OF RADIO 2209 contents: Algeria, Antarctica, Australia, Brasil,
Canada, Colombizuela, Cuba, Denmark, France, Germany, Indonesia, Iran
non, Japan, Korea South, Kurdistan non, Maldives non, Netherlands, New
Zealand, North America, Oklahoma, Russia, Turkey, USA, (Uzbekistan),
Vanuatu; Pacific-Asian Log; propagation outlook --- (country mentioned
along with others not in order)

WORLD OF RADIO 2209 available from 0044 UT September 22
(mp3 stream) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2209.m3u
(mp3 download) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2209.mp3

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

2030 UT Friday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy
0130 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0000 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 to SSE [planned late in Sept]
0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to SW
0245vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0457]
1030 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 [jammed by Cuba?]
2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW
0300vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW
0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1300 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [planned late in Sept]
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB
1030 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB [previous #2208]
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 9955 to SSE [NEW; also webcast, phonecast]
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1400 UT Thursday WRMI 9955 to SSE [NEW; also webcast, phonecast]

Thanks this week to Gerald T. Pollard, Raleigh NC, for a generous
quarterly check for autumn 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 [and non]. WRMI 9955 schedule: since I was not hearing any
jamming vs WORLD OF RADIO at 0100 UT Thu Sept 21, I took a look at the
System B skedgrid to see just when jamming would now be ``necessary``
--- and see NO obviously Cuban exile programs on it any more. There
used to be a weeknightly strip at 6 or 7 pm ET, Radio Libertad, was
it? Gone. Maybe for a while, as not included on the outdated Aoki
entries for 9955. Of course the Cubans will still jam any ex-exile
frequency for years to come, at least sporadically; I recently noticed
poor Brother Scare late at night getting pulse-jammed. What about the
Programming page? No exile programs there either. What happened to
them? At least there is still Radio República on RMI via France 9490
and jammed (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2209)

** U S A. Re: WTWW coming back by end of Sept? --- On Sept 14 I reply
to George McClintock: ``George, Tnx. Does this mean something other
than Scriptures for America? Or would there again be some SFA too?
Glenn``

``Glenn, New programming in the beginning. Then later SFA. George
McClintock 9-15-2023`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) 5085, later 9475

THE TINY TRAP

On MSNBC at 0204 UT Sept 20, Laurence O`Donnell refers to Vietnam as
``that tiny country the size of New Mexico``, having been bombarded so
excessively.

Yes, per my Almanaque Mundial of 1987y, Vietnam of 329,556 sqkm vs New
Mexico of 315,115 sqkm --- but TINY? Come on. Drastically different
shapes so difficult to eyeball compare (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0114 UT September 22