** CUBA. 13700, Sat Dec 21 at 1614, RHC still on here past usual
closing, but no spurs; then found also on 15230, 15140, 11760, 9535,
7340; seems to be a speech from an echoey venue, so maybe a special
event. Something`s always wrong(?) at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU. 5980, Dec 20 at 2350, stronger carrier than usual from R.
Chaski under wall-of-noise Cuban jamming against nothing else. From
2353 I am watching my watch to time the exact second of autocutoff now
expected before 2355 --- but it keeps on going!!

I`ve had enough by 0007 Dec 21, but recheck at 0020 and stillstill on;
there had been numerous deep choppy fades, false-stops. Could it be
something else? Possibly, but not two carriers, so I suspect Chaski is
just staying on later for the holidays, rather than having reset the
timer closer to nominal 2400*. Note: ``closer`` may be pronounced
either way (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 13565-CW, Dec 21 at 1612, K6FRC HIFER beacon is JBA,
somewhat later than usual here, but never in the afternoon or evening
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2013 monitoring: confirmed first N
American SWBC, Friday December 20 starting at 2300:37.5 on WRMI 9955,
initially below the Cuban jamming; for some reason starting late,
after full WNYW-style ID, but apparently not upcut; ends almost
exactly 29 minutes later at 2324:37 by when signal is good and
unjammed. In fact, clear by 2306 and generally good for the rest altho
some deep fades after 2310.

Missed checking next airings UT Sat Dec 21 at 0130 on WRMIs 5010,
5850, 7780, as I was engrossed in Paul Winter Consort Solstice Live
concert streamed. Also missed checking Sat 1300 on WRMI 15770,
sleeptime as usual. Did anyone hear them? Next:

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. 9955, Dec 20 at 1910, this WRMI is still on with music,
unusually filling the 15-22 UT break; but Dec 21 at 1618 check it`s
off again. WRMI skedgrid http://www.tinyurl.com/WRMIfqs now shows 9955
& 5800 have swapped transmitters, #3 on 9955, #10 on 5800, both still
160-degree antennas, with 9955 still limited to 1100-1600 & 2130-0500
max. Also: 15770 no longer running pointlessly all-night with TOMBS,
off the air from 23 until 12.

7780, Dec 21 at 1620, WRMI is VP in German with mandatory music bed,
i.e. RAE relay even tho it`s Saturday. At 1717 I get around to
checking it on UTwente, to find zero signal, so surely neither an hour
earlier despite aimage at Germany across the dayside.

5800, Dec 20 at 2235, WRMI still resumed here with SMTV, good,
presumably for entire 21-02 UT span including RAE after 01; after
experiment on 9425. Latest info from Ivo Ivanov implies 9425 be still
in use (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. Due to the live webcast of the Paul Winter Consort Solstice
concert, I miss checking AAAWWW on WBCQ this week, UT Sat Dec 21
starting at 0000, but our reliable monitor John H Carver, Jr reports:

``Tonight's show started a few seconds late on 5130. 7490 is there
this evening but terribly noisy. Opening talk of Christmas and the
weather. Allan read the Wikipedia definition of Christmas and the
talk, while turning a bit political, continued for over forty minutes
until a phone call from Pirate Joe at 0143.

Reading of emails at 0152. The automation problem noted the last three
weeks has still not been corrected so at 0154 the program was
interrupted by nonstop station IDs till the top of the hour. 5130
continued on at 0200 with a poetry show. John, Mid-North Indiana``

Wonder if he previewed any special holiday programming, which is often
the only way to know about it? Maybe this AAAWWW will repeat UT Sun
0100 on 7490v as often happens into this `available time slot` (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. I was planning on hearing this year`s broadcast of Paul
Winter Consort Solstice from the Cathedral of St John the [allegedly]
Divine in NYC, as scheduled from 0300 UT Sat Dec 21 on WUOT webcast,
or 0400 on KGOU webcast; but earlier in evening sought out website:
https://solsticeconcert.com/wintersolstice/#venue
to find that a *live* stereo audio+video stream was now available on
Youtube linked from that site, starting at 0030 UT. I missed only the
first six minutes and stayed with it until the end 3 hours later,
including a 15-20 minute intermission after 0200. First time I have
been able to see as well as hear it. This was the 40th annual
performance, axually thrice on Thu/Fri/Sat evenings in NYC, so the
next and last one UT Sunday from 0030 should also be audiovisible,
axually closer to the real Solstice, which will be at 0419 UT Dec 22.

The radio broadcasts are *not* the current year`s performance! They
are condensed to only two hours, with commentary added. It would have
had to be a very quick job to produce the Thursday night performance
for broadcast thus the next night. So instead they play one from last
year? NO, one of the stations labeled it as the 38th annual
performance, without admitting that would have been from two years
ago, but hearing it, was announced as the 37th --- from three years
ago! ALL of them are certainly worth hearing even more than once, and
of course evergreens such as ``Icarus`` are always played within.

This live event also caused me to miss monitoring both AAAWWW on WBCQ
at 0100, and WOR on WRMIs at 0130, qq.vv. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 1836 UT December 21
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Manuel Méndez
Lugo, Spain
Logs in Friol
Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters
CONGO, 6115, Radio Congo, Brazaville, 17801-1822, 20-12, French, 
comments. . 13321. (Méndez)
CONGO, D. R., 6210.2, Radio Kahuzi, Bukavu, 1720-1818* , 20-12, 
religious songs, Vernacuar comments. Very weak. 15311. (Méndez)
GERMANY
3995, HCJB Germany, Weenermoor, 1802-1815, 20-12, German, religius songs 
and comments. 15321. (Méndez)
6085, Radio Mi Amigo, Kall Krekel, 1545- 1605, 20-12, pop songs, 
English, comments. 34433. (Méndez)
6150, Radio Marabu, Dathlen, 1556-1608, 20-12, pop songs, German, 
comments. 23322. (Méndez)
ERITREA
7140, Voice of Broad Masses, Asmara, 1610-1525, 20-12, Vernacular 
comments, East African sons. Ham QRM. 22432. (Méndez)
ETHIOPIA
5950, Voice of Tigray Revolution, Addis Ababa, 1657-1710, 20-12, East 
African songs, Vernacuar comments. 44434. (Méndez)
6090, Voice of Ahmara State, Addis Ababa, 1618-1628, 20-12, East African 
songs, Vernacular comments. 32432. (Méndez)
6110, Radio Fana, Addis Ababa, 1701-1722, 20-12, Vernacular comments. 
34433. (Méndez)
INDIA
4810, AIR, Bhopal, 1705-1733, 20-12, Hindi songs, at 1730 id. “All India 
Radio”, news in English. 25322. (Méndez)
4910, AIR, Jeipor, 1720-1732, 20-12, HIndi songs, at 1730 news in 
English. 15321. (Méndez)
4920 ,AIR, Chennai, 1705-1712, 20-12, Hindi songs. QRM from China on the 
same frequency. 21421. (Méndez)
5040, AIR, Jeypore, 1702-1715, 20-12, Hindi songs. 25322. (Méndez)
NEW ZEALAND, 6115, Radio New Zealand International, Rangitaiki, 
1622-1648*, 20-12, English, news, pop songs. 34433. (Méndez)
SUDAN
7205, Sudan Radio, Al Aitahab, 1605-1615, 20-12, Arabic, comments. 
34433. (Méndez)
9505, Voice of Africa, Al Aitahab, 1646-1738 , 20-12, East African 
songs, French, comments, id. “La Voix de l’Afrique”, at 1715 English, 
id. news, comments. 34433. (Méndez)
ZAMBIA, 5915, Zambia NBC, Radio 1, Lusaka, 1748-1805, 20-12, Vernacular 
comments, at 1759 English, advertisements, news. 15321. (Méndez)

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** 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
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** 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
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