** CANADA. 257-MCW kHz, Dec 25 at 0726 UT, dash and XE, 100-watt ND
beacon at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

290-MCW kHz, Dec 25 at 0721 UT, dash and QR, 100-watt NDB at Regina,
Sask. High local noise level is a little less in this part of the
band, but also storm noise from Louisiana area preclude much else.

Is there something about Sask? Of 28 SK listings at dxinfocentre.com,
only two of them are 3-letters starting with Y. Most are only two
letters, some even a letter and a number --- never heard one of those
--- and six are Z + two letters (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** COSTA RICA. First item in last report was typoed --- ha: ``OOSTA
RICA - A new country! :) 73, Jim K5JG`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA [and non]. 6145, Dec 25 at 0437, RHC English reactivated here!
A-20 frequency is back instead of B-20 9700 --- deliberate, or a
mistake? Maybe for holiday an inexperienced sloppyrator substitute
remembers only where this transmitter used to be tuned. Or decided
that 9 MHz band is too high to propagate reliably? Well, at 0454, I
find that Spanish on 9650 is still S9+25 and always weaker 9535 still
audible too. Back at 0437, 6145 is // 6000 but as usual it`s JBM.
There is also something JBA talking not // on 9700, which would be
Turkey at 0350-0656 per Aoki/NDXC, a good reason for RHC to avoid 9700
during those two sesquihours. By 0659, 6145 is wrapping up another
English hour and 0700 to dead air. By now nothing is on 6000 or 9700.
Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 7490v, Dec 25 at 0400, no show for scheduled Texas Radio SW
Xmas special via WBCQ; 7490 inaudible, but webcast is carrying usual
conspiracy-wacko talkshow. TRSW does not seem to be on 6160v either.
For some weeks, WBCQ has been turning off 7490 NLT than 0430 when WHRI
starts, so two reasons why an hour special at 0400 should never have
been booked. Better luck, we hope, the next publicized time for TRSW
Xmas, 0300-0400 UT Sat Dec 26 on WRMI 5800 --- tho that might be iffy
too, as for at least three nights this week, WRMI has dedicated that
hour to Freedom Synergy Radio replacing everything else on the
schedule. Missed checking what happened UT Friday (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** U S A. 5830, Dec 25 at 0438, WTWW-1 is on with SFAW at S9+30/20 but
with continuous ``popping`` sound caused by modulation peaks but not
during pauses. With BFO I can also hear/see that the carrier is
split-secondly dropping down in coordination. Clearly transmitter is
ailing. And it`s *still* on at 1523 S9/+10 and 1612 chex attaining
SSOB status as who else around here would be on 51m in daytime? Oh
well, CFRX on 49mb and WRMI on 50 mb but much weaker.

At 1845 I check via KB0FX SDR in MO, finding 5830 off, algo JBA on
9475, Iran in Hausa listed at 1820-1920; while 5085 WTWW-2 is running
Xmasmx in daytime, but dumps off promptly at 1846*.

9475, however, by own recheck at 1940 now is WTWW-1 on with SFAW and
the second SSOB at S9+20, below S9+30/40 9980 WWCR TOMBS (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 990, Dec 25 at 0448 UT, dominant signal in Spanish plugging
churches in Irving TX, 214 AC phones, so it`s not XET Monterrey and
certainly not CBW Winnipeg, ``clear`` channel 50 kWs which ought to
have this channel to themselves at night, but there are loads of
supposedly diminished-power US stations, including this one, KFCD, CoL
Farmersville TX, U4, 7000/920 watts. Must be on day power and pattern
of NW/SE lobes favoring us, rather than tiny night lobe to the SW. But
the gospel huxters think they don`t have to follow secular rules
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 2043 UT December 25
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Lugo, Spain
Logs in Friol
Tecsun S-8800 and PL-880, cable antenna, 8 meters.
ANGOLA, 4949.7, Radio Nacional de Angola, Mulenvos, 1835-1850, 24-12, 
Portuguese, comments. 15321.
ARMENIA, 6030, NDR, Greetings on Board via Noratus, *1900-1950, 24-12, 
German, comments, songs,  id. “Gruß an Bord”, greetings. 33433.
BOLIVIA, 3310, Radio Mosoj Chaski, Cotapachi, 2312-2325, 24-12, Quechua, 
comments. Very weak. 15321.
BRAZIL
4885, Radio Clube do Pará, Belém, 2050-2110, 23-12, Portuguese, 
religious program “um programa da Igreja Evangélica...”, id. “Radio 
Clube do Pará...”, at 2100 soccer comments. 23422.
Also heard 0659-0720, 24-12, relaying Radio Bandeirantes program, news,  
“Radio Bandeirantes, primeiro journal”. 35433.
6010, Radio Inconfidencia, Belo Horizonte, 0703-0715, 24-12, Brazilian 
songs, Portuguese, comments. Very weak. 14321.
6135,1, Radio Aparecida, Aparecida, 2033-2056, 23-12, Portuguese, 
religious comments, id. “Radio Aparecida”. 24322.
6180, Radio Nacional da Amazonia, Brasilia, 2038-2054, 23-12, Brazilian 
songs. // 11780. 14321.
9665, Voz Missionaria, Camboriú, 2043-2051, 23-12, Portuguese, religious 
comments. 35433.
9550, Radio Boa Vontade, Porto Alegre, 2106-2116, 23-12, Portuguese, 
religious songs and comments. // 11895.1. QRM on 9555. 22322.
9818.8, Radio 9 de Julhio, Sao Paulo, 2040-2048, 23-12, Portuguese, 
religious comments. 14221.
10000, Time Signal Station Observatorio Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, 
2157-2202, 24-12, time signals, female voice announcements: 
“Observatorio Nacional, 19 horas, 0 minutos, 0 segundos”. 23322.
11780, Radio Nacional da Amazonia, Brasilia, 2108-2117, 23-12, 
Portuguese, news, id. “A Radio Nacional, Brasilia”. // 6180. 35433.
11815, Radio Brasil Central, Goiania, 2110-2119, 23-12, Portuguese, 
news. 23432.
Also 0740-0835, 24-12, program “Brazil Sertanejo”, Brazilian songs, 
Portuguese, comments, id. “Radio Brasil Central, Goiania”. 25322.
11895.1, Radio Boa Vontade, Porto Alegre, 2104-2115, 23-12, Portuguese, 
religious songs and comments. 14321.
15190, Radio Inconfidencia,  Belo Horizonte, 1657-1745, 23-12, Brazilian 
songs, id. “Inconfidencia”, “Rede Inconfidencia de Radio”. 25322.
CANADA, 6070, CFRX, Toronto, 0505-0533, 25-12, English, comments, songs. 
15321.
COLOMBIA?, 4940, religious station, 0448-0630, 24-12, Spanish, religious 
comments, program “Tu Historia Preferida”, religious songs, at 0603 “Son 
las 2 con 1 minuto”, (Venezuelan time), Colombian songs, program 
“Lecciones de la Historia”. 25432.
Also 0505-0633, 25-12, Latin American and religious songs, religious 
comments. 25422.
CUBA, 4765, Radio Progreso, Bejucal, 0446-0458*, 24-12, Spanish, 
comments, news. 35433.
ECUADOR, 6050, HCJB, Pichincha, *0925-0936, 24-12, Andena music, 
Quechua, comments. Very weak. 15321.
ERITREA, 7140, Voice of Broad Masses, Asmara, 1610-1655, 24-12, East 
African songs, Vernacular, comments. Strong ham QRM at times. 32432.
ETHIOPIA
6090, Voice of Amhara State, Addis Ababa, 0506-0520, 24-12, Vernacular, 
comments. 35433.
6110, Radio Fana, Addis Ababa, 1650-1705, 24-12, East African songs, 
Vernacular, comments. 24322.
GERMANY, 6085, Radio Mi Amigo International, Kall Krekel, *0758-0815 , 
24-12, pop songs, id. “You are tune to Radio Mi Amigo International, 
broadcasting every day on shortwave, ...bringing back the golden era of 
off shore AM radio”. 35433.
ITALY, 11389.6, Marconi Radio International, *0901-1045, 25-12, interval 
signal, id. “Marconi Radio International”, email address for QSL, pop 
songs, songs “A Horse With No Name” by America, “Summer Nights” by 
Olivia Newton John, “Radio Gaga” by Queen and other, at 1000 id. In 
Italian, “Marconi Radio International”, email address for QSL, id. In 
English and Spanish. 25322.
INDIA
4950, AIR, Kashmir, 1628-1650, 23-12, Hindi, comments. Very weak. 15321.
Also 1730-1740*, 24-12, English, news, Vernacular, comments. Very weak. 
15321.
5040, AIR, Jeypore, 1650-1710 , 23-12, Hindi songs and comments. 15321.
JAPAN
6055, Radio Nikkei 1, Chiba Nagara, 0743-0825, 25-12, Japanese, 
comments. 15321.
6115, Radio Nikkei 2, Chiba Nagara, 0750-0820, 24-12, pop songs in 
English, Japanese, comments. 25322.

Also 0745-0818, 25-12, Japanese, comments, pop songs in English. 15321.
KYRGYZSTAN, 4010.2, Kirgyz Radio, Bishkek, 1627-1800*, 23-12, Kirgyz 
songs and comments. Very weak audio. 15321.
MADAGASCAR, 5009.9, Radio Nasionaly Malagasy, Ambohidrano, 1740-1810, 
23-12, Vernacular comments and songs. 15321.
MALAYSIA, 9835, Sarawak FM, Kajang, 1023-1040, 25-12, Malaysian 
comments, songs. 24322.
MALI
5995, Radio Mali, Bamako, 0745-0815, 25-12, French, news about Mali, 
comments, id. “ORTM”. 45444.
MEXICO, 6185, Radio Educación, Ciudad de México, 0508-0525, 24-12, 
classical music. 25322.
Also 0550-0828, 25-12, Spanish, comments, id. “Cultura México, Señal 
Internacional, … Radio Educación”, songs. 25322.
NETHERLANDS, 3920, Radio Piepzender, Zwolle, 1920-1935, 23-12, rock 
songs, Dutch, comments. 35433.
PERU
4764, Radio Huanta 2000, Huanta, 2255-2322, 24-12, Peruvian songs, 
Spanish, comments. Very weak. 15311.
4775, Radio Tarma, Tarma, 2249-2324, 24-12, Peruvian music, Spanish, 
comments,  songs. 15321.
SUDAN
7205, Sudan Radio, Al Aitahab, 1636-1650, 23-12, Arabic songs and 
comments. 24322.

Also heard 0452-0515, 24-12, Arabic comments. 25322.
9505, Voice of Africa, Al Aitahab, 1707-1733, 24-12, French, comments, 
music, at 1715 English, id. “The Voice of Africa from Sudan Radio, 
please stay tune”, news, comments. 24322.
TANZANIA, 11735, Zanzibar Broadcasting Corporation, Dole, 1715-1735, 
23-12, Swahili, comments, songs. 25322.
TAJIKISTAN, 4765, Tajik Radio, Dushanbe, 1723-1731, 24-12, Tajik, 
comments. Extremely weak. 15311.
UNKNOWN/FRANCE, 7800, Atlantic 2000 International, 1459-1530, 25-12, 
interval signal, identification, male and female voices "This is 
Atlantic 2000 International", songs and comments in French. 25432.
USA, 7730, Hobart Radio International via WMRI, Okeechobee, 0830-0900, 
24-12, English, id. “WMRI, Okeechobee, Florida”, “This is Hobart Radio 
International...”, “The Voice of Tasmania”, English, special program 
“Christmas and New Year”, comments, songs. 25432.
VATICAN/ITALY, 7305, Vatican Radio, Santa Maria di Galeria, 1830-18920, 
24-12, Christmas Eve Holy Mass. // 5970, 6080 and 7230. 44444.
ZAMBIA
4965, Voice of Hope Africa, Lusaka, 1722-1735, 23-12, English, religious 
comments. // 6065. 25322.
5995, Zambia NBC, Radio 1, Lusaka, 0440-052, 24-12, Vernacular, 
comments. 15321.

Also heard 1701-1723, 24-12, Vernacular comments. 24322.
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** OOSTA RICA [non]. 7780, UT Thu Dec 24 at 0100, WRMI pre-empts WOR
2065 for `Mundo Sorprendente` from Berny Solano, which originally airs
on Radio Costa Rica, 930. Reports are invited to Apartado 582/2200,
11101 San Jose, or to mundosorprendentecr@gmail.com so I e-mail him:

``Hola Berny, Acabo de escuchar su programa navideño de Mundo
Sorprendente a través de WRMI 7780, 01 a 02 TU del 24 de diciembre.
Acá en Oclajoma, la señal es muy débil, así es que me puse en varios
receptores remotos: Holanda primero, pero mejor en estado de Maine con
tiempo limitado, después de Rochester NY, llegando bastante bien. Todo
reemplazando a otra emisión de mi programa World of Radio.

Un placer escucharle en OC. Al iniciarse, a mediados 0132, y hacia el
final 0153, ofreció QSL y calendario 2021 con paisajes de CR, así es
que quisiera pedirselo.

Dentro del programa siempre música navideña y una variedad de saludos
hasta charlas. Pude entender algunos de los nombres: Rubén Guillermo
Margenet desde Rosario, Argentina; antes de él, una sueca hablando
español perfecto, como no, semi-colombiana la hija del fallecido
Henrik Klemetz, pero ¿cuál es su nombre? 0144, Jorge García, Barinas,
Venezuela; 0145 un cuento de Oscar Wilde; 0153 finalizando; 0157 otra
música del oriente medio RMI para llenar la hora.

Anticipo el próximo programa, la semana que viene.
73, Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 USA``

No reply yet. Repeats scheduled next night, UT Dec 25 at 0200 on 5800,
which in a quick I heard starting; and one more time at 0400 on 9955.
And another special show for New Year exactly one week later at all
three times (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 5040, 6000, 6100, 9700, Dec 24 at 0706, no RHC English
signals at all; usually 6100 or 9700 is still on altho not always for
the full hour. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** CUBA [non]. 9490, Dec 25 at 0320, R. República via FRANCE loud &
clear into Bonaire SDR with trop-pop music, holiday wishes and
greetings, qualifying as an Xmas show? No jamming audible there or in
NB per Richard Langley who tipped on this (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TAIWAN [non]. 5800, UT Thu Dec 24 at 0300, `Freedom Synergy Radio`
again for the third night in a row occupying this WRMI hour, replacing
several programs still showing on the skedgrid; to be 5, or even 7
nights a week? But the TRSW Xmas special has already been publicized
for UT Saturday Dec 26 at 0300-0400. You would never guess from the
name what this program is really about: pro-Taiwan, anti-ChiCom, with
a Latin American accent. Evidently restored on WRMI after a break
since August, but slow to show up on the skeds (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WORLD OF RADIO 2066)

** TURKEY. 5960, Dec 25 at 0007, S9+10 but undermodulated music, could
be Turkish as another overrun of VOT English for a bonus hour in
German as happens occasionally; too strong and too on-frequency for
Xinjiang PBS from East Turkistan, land of imperialist ChiCom
persecution of Uyghurs and other Moslems (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2065 monitoring: confirmed
Wednesday December 23 from 2200:20 on WBCQ 7490.18v, S7-S9 but VP vs
HNL here.

Also confirmed Wed Dec 23 at 2300 on WRMI 9955, S9+25 about equal to
Cuban jamming and losing out to it.

As expected, not confirmed UT Thu Dec 24 at 0100 on WRMI 7780,
pre-empted by `Mundo Sorprendente` --- see COSTA RICA [non]

WORLD OF RADIO 2066 contents: Antarctica, Armenia, Brasil, Canada,
China, Colombia, Costa Rica non, Eritrea non, Europe, France, Germany,
Greece, Iran non, Italy, Japan, Korea North and non, Korea South,
Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar,, Nigeria, Sa`udi Arabia, UK non, USA, Vanuatu,
Vatican, unidentified 2580; SWL Fest; WRTH; propagation outlook

WOR 2066 is available as of 0112 UT Friday December 25
(mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2066.m3u
(mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2066.mp3

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

The shortwave broadcasts should be:

0130 UT Friday WRMI 5850 to NW & 5010 to S [confirmed]
0130 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 to NE
1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE
2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
2300 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 to NE
0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415; as late as 0500]
2300vUT Sunday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW [new, ex 0400 Mon]
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW
0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 5800 to SSE
0430 UT Monday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
1900vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 to SSE
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE [pre-empted]

Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html

Our non-commercial broadcasts and website depend on voluntary support:
thanks this week to Gerald T. Pollard, Raleigh NC,
who sent a generous Solsticial check in US$ on a US bank to
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 USA

One may also contribute via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to:
woradio at yahoo.com

WOR 2066 first airings confirmed UT Friday December 25 at 0130 on
WRMIs: at Bonaire SDR, 5010 S8/S9+15 and 5850 S5-S8; due to azimuths
quite the opposite direct to here (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 830, Dec 24 at 0544 UT, WCCO Minneapolis is again echoing,
like it was last night around 0730 during `Our American Stories`. It`s
now clear this is not just affecting that show as in a coincidental
second station on its network, since I could not find any.

This time I DF it and find both null at the same angle, i.e. both
coming from WCCO. Furthermore, there is no breakaway second audio
during commercial space at 0552; 0556 ``Sports Net All-Night`` I think
they call it; yes, sports talk. To clinch it, the ID just before 0600
is only for ``News-Talk, 8-3-0 WCCO``, into CBS News.

The split-second delay does not vary, but its severity does, as if
there are two signals independently propagating, rather than a
double-audio feed into one transmitter. Sometimes the echo almost goes
away, briefly. Besides, it affects programming from different network
and local sources. If this were SW, it could seem like short/long path
echo all around the world.

So this all points to one of my theories, WCCO running a second
transmitter, perhaps testing a backup. A similar thing happens with
KKOB 770 Albuquerque which does have a low-power co-channel fill-in
relay not exactly synchronized in Santa Fe at night, but none such is
known for WCCO.

The question is, whether this self-QRM is heard in the local area?
Perhaps the main transmitter totally override it out to a certain
distance. Surely others beyond MN can also hear the echo.

I am copying this and my previous report to the Minnesota DX Club,
where perhaps someone can confirm or explain what`s happening and why.
I am aware of no replies on any list so far to my report last night
filed under UNIDENTIFIED [and non]. Replies now:

``Clearly being heard with the echo in western NY 0636z. Must be moon
bounce! Jim Renfrew, Clarendon NY``

Ha2, no, the echo delay would be a lot longer than split second.

``Glenn, I’ve copied John Hansen, the program director at WCCO. Maybe
he can help us figure it out. Alan Furst, Kansas City``

``Glenn, Here’s John’s response to your report.

`He nailed it. Except it wasn’t a test. It’s happening for reasons
they haven’t figured out yet. I was waking up engineers just before 1
am last night. John` via af``

``The FCC license database shows only the primary ND1 50 kW
transmitter for WCCO, and no other transmitters on 830 kHz are shown
within 100 miles.

The KKOB license records show the gap-filler transmitter in Santa Fe,
listed as 230 watts under the main KKOB license as an “Experimental
Synchronous” transmitter.

KKOB’s use of this system makes sense, since their nighttime pattern
from the main site in Albuquerque puts Santa Fe in the null. Combined
with the mountainous terrain, this could make reception of the primary
site difficult at night, even though Santa Fe is only 60 miles north.
{axually mountains are not in the way between North Valley ABQ KKOB
site, and SF, but a stiff uphill grade --- gh}

But WCCO is non-directional at night, and the surrounding terrain is
flat, so I can’t imagine why they would need to use a second
gap-filler transmitter.

The SAH certainly points to this being an RF effect, rather than
something in the audio feed, though perhaps an inadvertent dual audio
feed to the transmitter site could cause it - especially if one feed
was direct (via an STL), while the other was via a wired or fiber
optic path.

Or, some kind of weird propagation between WCCO and Enid? Simultaneous
long and short path reception of an HF station can certainly produce a
noticeable echo, but it would be almost impossible for this to happen
on 830 kHz. Jim Barrett, Elmira, NY``

Glen[n], Listened last night for about an hour after getting your
post. Slight delay or echo heard here in Alabama (near Birmingham) as
well. KGLA Norco LA, is a frequent visitor, but not audible last
night. Heavy storm static to my Southwest was making reception of Gulf
Coast area difficult.

A similar effect occurs here often on 960 AM with WERC mixing with
another station --- both running “Coast to Coast AM” but there is a
slight delay. In this case, I’d suspect a temporary hiccup in the
audio chain more than a backup transmitter, but it would be nice to
know for sure. 73, Les Rayburn, N1LF, 121 Mayfair Park, Maylene, AL
35114``

``Glenn, I aircheck/record WCCO's 102.9 HD-2 signal 24/7 for any
breaking news that I would want to post on RadioTapes.com and there
was no echo noted. I realize you were listening to their AM signal,
but wanted to rule out there was echo in the programming. Before
COVID, WCCO was discussing moving their main transmitter location to
their backup transmitter site in Ramsey, MN and sell the current
property in Coon Rapids, MN where they have been broadcasting from
since the 1920s. Last I heard, WCCO was waiting for FAA approval to
install a taller tower in Ramsey. Tom Gavaras``

Aha, so there are two sites potentially. Coon Rapids is a NW suburb of
MSP, while Ramsey is quite further out in the same direxion.
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2066)

Re "UNIDENTIFIED. 6900-6950, Dec 11 at 1402, very wideband rapid
pulsing with multi-carriers and tone, S9+10 with some fading. Maybe
another kind of OTH radar, wiping out most of the pirate band (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)"

``Glenn, I've never reported this, but the pirate band is almost
always unusable in our mornings due to OTH. My guess is that it's
Chinese, but that's only a guess. 73, Walt Salmaniw, Victoria/Masset
BC`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0350 UT December 25
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JRX Logs: December 23-24, 2020Receiver: Sony ICF-SW100Antenna: Degen 31MS & Sony AN-71
All times and dates are Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), same as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

ASCENSION ISLAND** 12095. Wed, Dec 23, 2020. 1901-1912, BBC, Ascension Island-ASC, in English. Man and woman announcers talk news; 1906 ID - BBC News; 1911 Man and woman in conversation with a woman. Good reception.

AUSTRIA** 9630. Thu, Dec 24, 2020. 0515-0525, Adventist World Radio, Moosbrunn-AUT, in Hausa. Man talks, preaching; 0522 Man talks with music background. Good reception.
** 9715. Thu, Dec 24, 2020. 1820-1830, Bible Voice, Moosbrunn-AUT, in English. Woman talks; 1823 Man talks; 1825 A religious chant by choral; 1828 Woman talks and says ID, website; A song. Good reception.

BRAZIL** 15190. Wed, Dec 23, 2020. 1600-1615, Radio Inconfidencia, Contagem-MG, in Portuguese. Woman announcer presents news in "Reporter Inconfidencia"; 1605 Announcements; A musical program with brazilian songs; 1613 Local time and song. Fair reception.

CHINA** 9655. Thu, Dec 24, 2020. 1943-1953, China Radio International, Kashgar-CHN, in Turkish. Man announcer says about coronavirus; 1944 ID by man announcer and songs by female singer. Very good reception.

CLANDESTINE** 15410. Wed, Dec 23, 2020. 1650-1658, Eye Radio, SM di Galeria-CVA, in Sudanese. Man talks; A conversation with a man; 1654 A song by female singer; 1658 Man talks, ID. Fair to poor reception.

COLLISION** 11780. Wed, Dec 23, 2020. 1730-1740, A collision between Radio France International, in Fulfulde, and Radio Nacional da Amazonia, in Portuguese: RFI with news by man and woman announcers, and RNA with brazilian songs.Note: A slight advantage to RFI transmission!

CUBA** 15140. Wed, Dec 23, 2020. 1914-1928, Radio Habana Cuba, Bauta-CUB, in Arabic. Man and woman announcers present news; ID and news continue; 1927 Man talks, ID, website and a song; 1928 IS and ID. Fair to good reception.
** 15140. Wed, Dec 23, 2020. 1930-1940, Radio Habana Cuba, Bauta-CUB, in Creole. Woman and man announcers talk news; ID. Good reception this time.

FRANCE** 6040. Thu, Dec 24, 2020. 0505-0515, Radio France International, Issoudun-F, in French. Man and woman announcers present news. Good reception.
** 6105. Thu, Dec 24, 2020. 0335-0345, NHK World Japan, Issoudun-F, in Japanese. Woman talks; 0337 Woman talks, with music background; 0339 A pop song. Very good reception.
** 7315. Wed, Dec 23, 2020. 1940-1957, Radio Algerienne, Issoudun-F, in Arabic. Man and woman announcers in long conversation with a woman. Very good reception.
Parallel log on 7375iss, fair reception.
** 9725. Thu, Dec 24, 2020. 1832-1842, Radio France International, Issoudun-F, in French. Man and woman announcers talk news in RFI Afrique; 1839 ID and news. Very good reception.
** 11780. Wed, Dec 23, 2020. 1719-1729, Radio France International, Issoudun-F, in Bambara. Man and woman announcers talk news, presumably; 1729 Ends. Very good reception.
** 15300. Wed, Dec 23, 2020. 1640-1650, Radio France International, Issoudun-F, in Hausa. Man and woman announcers talk news during this log. Good reception.

KOREA SOUTH** 9740. Thu, Dec 24, 2020. 1843-1853, KBS World Radio, Kimjae-KOR, in Spanish. Woman presents a korean class; 1846 "Al son de Korea" and two korean traditional songs. Fair reception.

MADAGASCAR** 15420. Wed, Dec 23, 2020. 1630-1640, BBC, Talata-Volonondry-MDG, in Kinyarwanda-Kirundi. Time pips and woman says ID and next, presents news; 1637 Woman and man announcers present news. Good reception.

MALI** 15125. Wed, Dec 23, 2020. 1618-1628, China Radio International, Bamako-MLI, in Arabic. A chinese song; 1620 Man talks with music background. Very good reception.

PHILIPPINES** 9925. Thu, Dec 24, 2020. 1902-1917, Radyo Pilipinas, Tinang-PHL, in Tagalog. Woman announcer presents news; 1917 Woman and man announcers talking. Very good reception.

ROMANIA** 6150. Thu, Dec 24, 2020. 0345-0356, Radio Romania International, Galbeni-ROU, in Spanish. Woman says sport news; 0350 Space dedicated to "La cancion del dia"; 0354 Man and woman say RRI sked in spanish, website and other addresses; 0356 IS. Fair to good reception.

SAO TOME E PRINCIPE** 6080. Thu, Dec 24, 2020. 0325-0335, Voice of America, Pinheira-STP, in English. Man and woman announcers talk news during this log. Good reception.
** 9830. Wed, Dec 23, 2020. 1846-1856, Deutsche Welle, Pinheira-STP, in Hausa. Man talks; 1849 A conversation with a woman; 1854 ID. Fair reception.

SAUDI ARABIA** 9675. Thu, Dec 24, 2020. 1932-1942, Saudi Radio International, Riyadh-ARS, in Turkish. Woman announcer talks during this log; Talks in turkish slow! Fair reception.
** 13710. Wed, Dec 23, 2020. 1702-1715, Saudi Radio International, Riyadh-ARS, in Arabic. Man talks; 1712 Qur´an chant. Good reception.Parallel logs on 15205riy, very poor; 17560riy, out.

THAILAND** 9975. Thu, Dec 24, 2020. 1918-1928, Voice of America, Udon-Thani-THA, in Korean. Woman talks; 1924 Man and woman announcers talk. Fair reception.

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** CANADA. 278-MCW kHz, Dec 23 at 0713 UT, dash and NM, which is
500-watt ND beacon at Matagami, Quebec (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA [and non]. 6100, Dec 23 at 0555 and 0607 chex, no signal in
English from RHC here; at 0556, 5040 seems Spanish with multi-lingual
ID, including Guarani & Quechua? 6000 in English is S9+10/20 but
suptorted. That leaves 9700 which is VG S9+20 and somewhat
overmodulated with fast SAH: NHK is in HFCC but not in Japan`s own
Aoki/NDXC list; could also be Turkey on late, causing Arnie to nix
this one at least before 0656. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glen
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 13765 & 13635 approx., Dec 23 at 1514, distorted FMish
spurblobs with F# tone only S3 from RHC 13700-AM, 65 kHz plus and
minus. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** FRANCE. 15285.0545V, Dec 23 at 1601, JBA carrier and audibly
cycling up and down as I try to measure it, captured here at one
instant; R. Manara via RMI for NIGERIA. Ivo Ivanov says it`s not from
Secretbrod, Bulgaria as suspected due to this defect, but presumably
really Issoudun, France as registered (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 13565-CW, Dec 23 at 1512, K6FRC HIFER beacon from CA is JBA;
standard remarx (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2065:
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE [pre-empted! for two weeks v below]

Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html

Our non-commercial broadcasts and website depend on voluntary support:
thanks this week to Doug Brown, London, Ontario who sent a generous
check in US$ on a US bank to
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 USA, and comments:
``Thanks for another year of great programs, in what has
otherwise been a dark year full of bad news``

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

** U S A. The 0100 UT Thursday final airing of WOR on WRMI, 7780 is
being pre-empted this week and next, and I hope, resuming in January.
From disgraced FB:

``WRMI Radio Miami International, Yesterday at 11:21 AM ·

Recuerda, El “Mundo Sorprendente” con Berny Solano desde Costa Rica
para la Navidad se transmitirá para las Américas el jueves 24 de
diciembre a las 9:00 pm hora de Miami en 5800 kHz (0200 UTC viernes 25
de diciembre). Será repetido el jueves 24 a las 11:00 pm hora de Miami
en 9955 kHz (0400 UTC viernes 25 de diciembre). Y habrá una
transmisión especialmente para Europa y el Noreste de Norteamérica a
la 0100 UTC jueves 24 en 7780 kHz (será en la noche de miércoles 23 de
diciembre en las Américas.)``

With translation, but I suspect it is only or mainly in Spanish:

``Remember, The ′′Surprising World′′ with Berny Solano from Costa Rica
for Christmas will be broadcast for the Americas on Thursday, December
24 at 9:00 pm Miami time at 5800 kHz (0200 UTC Friday 25 of December).
It will be repeated Thursday 24 at 11:00 pm Miami time at 9955 kHz
(0400 UTC Friday 25 December). And there will be a special
transmission for Europe and North America at 0100 UTC Thursday 24 at
7780 kHz (it will be on Wednesday night, December 23 in the Americas.
) Translated``

And a previous item said there would be another such show for New Year
exactly one week later. IIRC, Berny originally invited me to
participate in this show, but I had to decline, already spending too
much time doing stuff in English (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 4980, Dec 23 at 0557, JBA carrier, perhaps WRMI exciter
only, certainly not projected full-power transmission, nor anything
from Asia at this hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 1130, Dec 23 at 0726 UT, Spanish music dominant instead of
KWKH, which is never strong here away from its night pattern; but must
have been in a fade as by 0732 back up to make a fast SAH with the SS;
0737 romantic music; 0741 ``Radio Vida`` ID and a carol.

In the IRCA Mexican Log, of the five 1130s, none is a Radio Vida.

In the NRC AM Log, the only US or Canadian Radio Vida on 1130 is:
WYXE Gallatin TN, D1, 2300 watts, psra 5.4, CH 940, SS religious and
// WSBI 1210 Static [sic] TN, also a daytimer.

And it is a known cheater: From NRC DX News January 7, 2020, a log
from over a year ago in 2019y:

``1130, WYXE, TN, Gallatin – 12/6 2234 [EST] – On after sunset with
Spanish language religious music,"...Radio Vida" slogan by female
announcer, more music. Fair mostly over usuals WBBR & WDFN. // to Tune
In stream. First time heard at this location. (PS-ON)``

My E/W longwire does favor this town NE of Nashville. As for its
sibling, even my 2013 Large Scale Road Atlas by Rand McNally does not
index any place called Static in TN! Radio-locator agrees on the name
altho does not depict it on coverage map, which shows site exactly on
the KY/TN border further from Nashville; even zoomed in cannot tell
which state it`s in; nearest towns are Byrdstown TN and Albany KY. The
border in this area looks like a straight E-W line, but on closer
inspexion it`s slightly tilted. Latitude as licensed is 36-27-22 if
that helps. But I don`t have to worry since I haven`t yet heard WSBI
and don`t count states, but if I did it would be by site, not city
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** UNIDENTIFIED [and non]. 830, Wed Dec 23 at 0720 UT, WCCO with
monolog about some sport, not its format --- and furthermore with a
continuous quick echo from *another* station with same program /
network; makes slow SAH of 24/minute = 0.4 Hz; and a weaker third
understation with music. Break at 0729 IDs show as `Our American
Stories`.

Program has a huge archive of ``non-political`` shows and
http://www.ouramericannetwork.org/find_station
but you have to click on each state. I do that for every one of the 14
states represented in NRC Log on 830, regardless of language, format
or daytimishness, and not a one of them matches to anything on 830.
Except for WCCO Tue-Sat at 1-2 am [CT]. Our American Network is not
among the numerous ones on the NRC AM Log list page 276, and thus with
an abbr. to show in individual listings.

By night power and format, I figure the two most likely are WCRN
Worcester MA, U4 50/50 kW, which I have never heard, night pattern
nulling the west, but its website program schedule confirms it is not
the one. The other is WEEU, U4 20/6 kW Reading PA, but there is no
program sked to be found on its website. Night pattern is all to the
SE.

KGLA Norco LA, U4 5000/750 is the common QRMer to WCCO, but it`s
listed as Spanish, Radio Tropical. Drastic format change?

A remote possibility is that WCCO is testing a different/backup
transmitter site, if any? QRMing itself. Now I wish had tried to DF
them separately but this was on E-W longwire (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 2139 UT December 23
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