** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RCUSB, Sat Dec 2 at 1835, LRA36 is underway, with music, S4/S6 into Argentine SDR; 1838 `Uniendo Voces` mostly talk; 1852 ``Antártida`` song. Circa 1920, NO signal direct. 2052 music, 2102 ID; by 2157 I am getting trace of a signal direct. At 2300 much better S9 direct about same as intermittent line noise peaks, lively music. Back to Arg remote at 0006 Dec 3, still on about meteo conditions, S9 peaks. 0028 continues, weaker (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RCUSB, continued from last report: the Saturday broadcast of LRA36 continued into UT Sunday Dec 3, still via Argentine remote at 0133, S5/S6, but not at next check 0201 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ARGENTINA [non]. See USA: WOR monitoring, for pointless RAE IDs looping on WRMI 9955 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** AUSTRALIA. I see that Unique Radio has changed schedule again, including WORLD OF RADIO 2 episodes, Wed 12-13 UT; CKUT International Radio Report is also back on sked but Tue 13-14 UT, 2 eps. 5035 USB or 3210 USB. https://www.uniqueradio.biz/ And ``WE WILL BE TAKING AN OPERATIONAL BREAK FROM DECEMBER 21 2023`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** BRAZIL [and non]. 11815, Dec 2 at 0747, R Brasil Central music but considerable CCCCCCI, as CNR1 jamming is scheduled here until 0800 against RTI (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CHAD [non]. 12050, Dec 6 at 0734, African screeching, then talk, at S5/S6 the SSOB, R. Ndarason Internationale, via ASCENSION; only a few other weak sigs on 25m, #2 being 11830 = BBCWS English via SÃO TOMÉ (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 6000, Nov 30 at 0728, this RHC unusually on late, S7/9+30, undermodulated YL in English: worse, seems inherently soft-spoken. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 15230, Dec 4 at 2315, S9/+10 of dead air, obviously RHC, and its *only* signal I can find now anywhere else on the 6, 9, 11, 13 or 15 MHz bands with special attn to known channels whether supposedly sked at this hour or not -- except: 13650 the absolutely pointless CRI ``Portuguese`` relay with nothing but fill music for years. Something`s very2 wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 6000, Dec 5 at 0437, RHC with music in English? service, but not on any other known frequency; 11760 something else, 12000 no harmonic, 15230 JBA something else? No, nothing but RHC listed ever on that. Something`s very2 wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 11760 // 15140, Dec 5 at 1629, RHC Spanish found only on these, S4/S5 on the lower and S5/S6 on the upper, but 11760 sounds louder (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 15230, Dec 5 at 2324, only active RHC frequency, in Portuguese. None others found on 13, 11, 9 or 6 MHz bands; but the CRI relays are on, at 2321, 5990 is S9+20/30 undermodulated; 13650 music-only VG too. JBA carrier on 11980, probably 2 x 5990 as nothing scheduled fundamentally on 11980 at this hour. Something`s very wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 11760, Dec 6 at 1535, RHC music audio cutting out intermittently // much weaker 15140; lyric ``no quiero`` repeating. 1538 ID inviting contacts to musica@rhc.icrt.cu for `Sonido Cubano` program. Had not noted such an email before rather than usual enet or etecsa. On their website I cannot find any email address displayed. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** EGYPT. 9440-, Dec 4 at 2156, S9+10/20 of deadair except for some hum direct, obviously R. Cairo about 5 Hz low halfway thru `English` sesquihour. Something`s amiss at Abis. Other days recently no signal at all, so this is progress (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** EGYPT. 9439.995, Dec 5 at 2131, R. Cairo, S9+20/35 into UTwente, YL with news headlines, distorted but understandable; 2132 ID including ``Voice of Africa`` [?], feature of music and talk much more distorted. Something`s egregious in Egypt (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** FRANCE [non]. 11760, Dec 5 at 0438, checking RHC frequencies, this one possible until as late at 0830 per EiBi, instead S9+10/20 of Swahili with r-f-i ID pronounced in French in passing and a .sw webref. Yes, via MADAGASCAR at 0430-0500 only (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** INDONESIA. 7289.93, Dec 2 at 0810, tho I`d rather not be, finally I am semi-awake late enough to try for RRI Nabire - and there it is! on signature off-frequency, S4/S7 of music. Frequently reported by Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, including right now: ``INDONESIA. 7289.93, RRI Nabire Pro 1, from 0745 till suddenly cut off in mid-song at 0820* UT, Dec 2. Seeing as Christianity is a major religion in this area, they have already started playing some Xmas songs ("Jingle Bells" and "Joy To The World"). My music audio is at -`` https://app.box.com/s/1vumzt35he346hgkb4pbvyqbmss36b91 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** INDONESIA. 7289.93, Dec 3 circa 0800, no signal from RRI Nabire, unlike last night. Wolfgang Bueschel agrees: ``Today Sunday Dec 3rd: 7289.9v N O T nothing heard or visible on various remote SDR units in Asia and America of RRI Nabire in 0745-0815 UT time slot`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** MALDIVES [non]. 11620, Dec 6 at 1526, secular-sounding song, S9/+20, 1529.5 very quick English saying you can now hear us at vomkorea.com and off at 1530* sharp. It`s the mostly-Dhivehi service which habitually puts in such a good signal here on the opposite worldside of the target, from secret site believed probably to be RBAustralia. I had not checked this 1500 broadcast for quite a while. Website converts to https://vomkorea.com/en/ which implies in English, but really mostly Korean, and no Maldives mentioned on homepage - unless it`s in Korean! Internal site searching does lead to several stories in English about it: https://vomkorea.com/en/?s=maldives It seems that Christians are persecuted, prosecuted there. Does VOMK/M encourage them to stay underground or seek martyrdom? They should be wary of anything with Martyrs in its name. This explains the situation: https://vomkorea.com/en/2023/08/29/vomk-report-268/ (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6930 USB, Dec 2 at 2325 rock and DJ talk, S9+10. Many reports at HFU say it`s WDOG. Some editors refuse to publish linx to that: why? https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,122068.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. 11840, Nov 30 at 2059, JBA talk, 2100 music. Tnx to a DAYPIRATE ALERT from Rick Barton, AZ, that YHWH was on, good there at 2045. Axually more like 11839.96 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2219) ** OKLAHOMA. RF 17, K17JN-D, Enid, still misnaming itself K17JI-D as of Dec 3. Compare current info about it here: https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=k17jn-d Display Physical Channel Channel Call Sign Network/Programming 17-1 17.1 K17JN-D 3ABN 17-2 17.2 QuoVida Amazing Facts TV 17-3 17.3 SmrtLfS Hope Channel 17-4 17.4 HopeCh1 LLBN 17-5 17.5 AmFacts 3ABN Music Radio 17-6 17.6 LLBN-EN Radio 74 17-7 17.7 3ABN-RL [Blank] and no note about wrong callsign! to what I monitored on UT Nov 25: 17-1, K17JI-D [sic] = main 3ABN channel 17-2, 3ABN-PR = Proclaim 17-3, skipped, why? 17-4, 3ABN-ES = eSpanish 17-5, 3ABN-KD = Kids = Hope Channel 17-6, skipped, why? 17-7, 3ABN-RD Audio only 17-8, 3ABN-RL Audio only - but silent! 17-9, skipped, why? 17-10, 3ABN-MR Audio only (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** SPAIN. 9690, Fri Dec 1 at 2300, token English from SNR, VG direct. 2310 feature is interview about a Forbidden Art Museum in Barcelona which opened at Octend, such as that of Ai Weiwei. See! https://www.museuartprohibit.org/en (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 9690, Mon Dec 4 at 2300, no signal in English from SNR, as forewarned due to electrical work at the Noblejas power station. May or many not be back on in time for next token English, Wed Dec 6. Was there a non-SW Englishow anyway? So far no podcast since Dec 2, easily reached via WOR Hitlist, at https://www.rtve.es/play/audios/emision-en-ingles/ (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 9690, Dec 5 at 2318, REE already back on air after publicized outage starting Dec 4 for work at the Noblejas power station. Almost passes for Castilian, but it`s really Sefardí as sked this semihour Tuesdays. S9+30, also on // in ascending frequency order, descending strength: 12030, 17715, 17755 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 9690, Dec 6 at 2322, token English from SNR confirmed, S9+10/30 into Maryland SDR, but no time to listen. Still no podcast for Dec 4 so presumably no show, but shortly could hear today`s Dec 6 that way (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SWAZILAND. 11660, Dec 5 at 1628, TWR tinkling music-box IS and IDs as from eSwátini, S4/S5 with flutter, probably longpath. HFCC says Amharic/Oromo at 1630-1700 on 13 degree beam (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TAIWAN [non]. 15320, Dec 2 at 0300 & 0325 recheck, zero signals from RTI in English, or anything else, into KiwiSDRs in Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam. Despite s/off announcements on the only English broadcast at 1600-1700 on 9405, well heard direct. Also, another program schedule version via Alan Roe in Dec NASWA Journal shows the mailbag, `Status Update` at 1645 not only Wed but also Tue, while previous programming during those hours differs. I have not yet confirmed whether it axually air on Tuesdays (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 5960.005, Nov 30 circa 2315, VOT English confirmed not off the air for at least 7 days in a row since Nov 24, a full week! May be setting a record (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2219) ** TURKEY [and non]. 5960.004, Dec 1 at 2300, VOT again not off the air in English, S9+10 direct vs S9 line noise level = VP, no comparison to simulSPAIN 9690. Caught last few words of s/off into IS at 2353.6, S9+30 into UTwente, until 2355* uncovering the 6CI, std denunciation (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR ** TURKEY. 5960.005, Dec 2 at 2305, VOT again not off the air, detectable direct, vs S9+40 noise level; R75 Noise Blanker helps. UTwente next at 2344, multi-lingual ID filler reel, S9+20/30; s/off and start IS at 2353.6, restart 2356 with German IDs. 0000 timesignal and s/on as ``Die Stimme von Türkije`` - previously I heard them omitting the ``von``; times, SW and satellite frequencies for midday and evening broadcasts, not this extraneous one! Still on past 0028; shall we expect Portuguese at 0100? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 5960, Dec 3 at 0100, continued from last report, VOT is off, so no extra Portuguese after much of previous hour with extra German (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY [and non]. 5960.005, Dec 3 at 2324, VOT English not off the air, S9+30/35 into UTwente; 2343 ``always-by-your-side`` promo and `Did You Know That`` on an Istanbul museum, voiced by the ``badax`` = woman with a heavy accent; 2353 ``with-you-every-hour`` promo; and s/off with sked times of UT+3 labeled as UTC; 2354 IS; 2356 restart IS with German IDs; to 2357* uncovering the CCCCCCI. Something`s always awry at Ankara. 5960.005, Dec 4 at 2300, VOT detectable direct vs noise level, not off the air. Via UTwente S9+20/30: 2334 `Feeling Supreme/The Healing Spring` on the benefits of satiating foods; well, yes. 2340 ``always-by-your-side`` promo, music. 2344 `La Bamba` theme and `New Day, New Choices`, missed topic. 2348 ``with-you-every-hour`` promo, `Did You Know That` on an Adana dish. 2353 s/off with sked of B23 frequencies but all times wrong UT+3 called ``UTC``. Something`s always awry at Ankara. 2355 IS twice before plugpull uncovering the CCCCCCI from East Turkistan, std denunciation (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 5960.005, Dec 5 at 2320, VOT detectable direct, S9+10 on generous meter but JBA, between occasional local noise bursts of S9+40. S9+35/40 into UTwente, 2347 ``always-by-your-side`` promo, and multi-lingual ID filler reel, 2349 song. 2352 ``with-you every hour`` promo and s/off, this time with correct! UTs and B23 frequencies! But incomplete, ignoring this very broadcast. 2353 IS starts; 2356 restarts with German IDs twice-minutely. Dec 6, 0000 almost accurate timesignal and s/on extraneous German; right into Nachrichten, uses same stingers/liners as English. 0009 Tuerkische Presseschau; 0011 ``mit Ihnen alle Stunden`` promo, Musik. 0015 multi-lingual ID filler reel; usw. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY [non]. 5960.000, Dec 6 at 2324, no signal from VOT into UTwente, ceding the frequency to XJPBS in Chinese(?), from East Turkistan, land of imperialist ChiCom genocide against Uyghurs and other Moslems. As soon as I saw the exact frequency before hearing it, I figured it could not be Turkey. Something`s erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 28230.8 CW, Dec 4 at 2158 EEEEEEEE NG7I/B etc., 10m ham beacon among many others; WI5V list: ``28.2308 NG7I C RITZVILLE, WASHINGTON 2 WATTS, VERTICAL new start date 6 Dec 2021`` -- and QRZ.com: ``NG7I USA flag PATRICK C PADGETT, 704 S Washington St., Ritzville, WA 99169 NG7I/B beacon is at 28.230.8 Mc running an IC-706 w/Picokeyer at 5w to a Hy-Gain Penetrator 500 at 20'. Send me a QSL and I'll send you one back. No need for an SASE or anything like that. Here's the QSL card for the beacon:`` {cheesecake sitting on edge of roof straddling antenna pole} (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 28265 CW, Dec 2 at 2315, DE K6SSB/B repeating. Not in WI5V beacon roster on any frequency, and no beacon mentioned on his QRZ.com: ``K6SSB USA flag USA, Matthew J Iaconis, 650 Ash Ct, Brentwood, CA 94513, USA`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. ``Hi Glenn! Re your reception of K6SSB on 28265 on Dec 2, you may also find it useful to check the https://rxx.classaxe.com/en/rna/signals database, which lists nearly 700 10m ham beacons that are or were transmitting from North America, in addition to the WI5V roster and the QRZ.com website. Although there are many more NDB receptions being added to this database daily, there’s a small group of us who have contributed our 10m receptions to this database recently. K6SSB was logged four times in October 2023. Steve Howe, Saint Albans, Vermont`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2218 monitoring: ``From: Richard Lemke, St. Albert, Alberta, Canada, the desk of Richard’s listening Post, Radio: JRC NRD-535 HF, Antenna: random long wires in the trees, Dear Glenn: Update, confirming WOR #2218, WRMI, 9395 kHz: 0130, 0145 (45433), S8.5, S9 signal, 0159, November 28 UTC 2023 [Tue] 0030, 0044 (55433), (45433), 0059, November 29 [Wed] 0130, 0144, S9 signal, 0159 QRN; 0230 (45443), November 30 [Thu] (Lemke, Richard -AB) 73’s, Richard`` Confirmed UT Thursday November 30 at 0130 on WRMI 9395, S9+10/30 into Maryland SDR. Also confirmed UT Thursday November 30 at 0130 on WRMI 5010, S9+10 into Bonaire SDR. Also confirmed UT Thursday November 30 at 0230 on WRMI 9395. ``Jason, a week later, Wed at 5:05+ PM ET, still dead air on 7490, 5130 and stream after JP finished. VG signals anyhow into NH, back to primary transmitter? Glenn`` [to Jason boardop of WBCQ Classic, his reply:] ``Hi Glenn, This was a computer issue again (again, sorry about this). I took a look at what went wrong and found the issue and was able to fix it so we should be good to go for next week. Jason`` WORLD OF RADIO 2219 contents: Antarctica, Bolivia, China, Cuba, Denmark, Europe, (France), (Germany), Guam, Iran, Kiritimati, (Korea North), Newfoundland, New Zealand, North America, Oklahoma, Papua New Guinea, Romania, (Slovenia), Spain, Sudan South non, Switzerland non, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet non, Turkey, Ukraine, (UAE), UK non, USA, (Uzbekistan), Vanuatu, Vatican, Zambia; propagation outlook -- (countries mentioned along with others not in order) WOR 2219 available from 0203 UT Friday December 1: (mp3 stream) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2219.m3u (mp3 download) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2219.mp3 Or via http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html Also linx to podcast services. 2130 UT Friday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy 2300 UT Friday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also webcast, phonecast; jammed?] 0130 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW 1630 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE 2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 0100 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?] 0330vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415; as late as 0600] 1130 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 [also webcast, phonecast; jammed by Cuba?] 2100 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW 0400vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW 0130 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to SW 1400 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?] 0030 UT Wednesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB 1030 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB [previous #2218] 2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW or 5130v? 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S 0230 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW Thanks to Doug Brown, London ON, for a generous cheque on a US bank to: Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702; and says ``Thanks for all you do for this great hobby of ours`` Or one may contribute via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2219 monitoring: not confirmed Friday December 1 at 2130 on IRRS SW via AM Italia, 1323 kHz, JBA into UTwente but no CCI, enough to tell it`s #2218 instead. I was late in uploading it to IRRS server! They now have 2219 for further airings. This also reminds me to be sure WRMI has it ASAP. I seem to be getting forgetful. Via Dec BDXC-UK Communication, note this: ``A test transmission has been heard on 1323 kHz from the Brighton (Southwick) transmitter which used to carry Smooth Radio Sussex. The announcement stated “This is an engineering test transmission to establish the feasibility of new commercial and community radio stations. If you can hear this broadcast we would be very grateful for your reception report. You can email broadcastconsultant@gmail.com Thank you for listening and enjoy the music we have for you as part of this test transmission.” (mediumwave.info 12-13 November)`` So WOR from Italy on 1323, Fri 2130 & Sun 2100, may regain CCI, but so far clear even unto UTwente. WOR 2219 confirmed Friday December 1 at 2300 on WRMI 9955, S9+10/30 direct but undermodulated. Next: 0130 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW 1630 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE 2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 0100 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?] 0330vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415; as late as 0600] 1130 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 [also webcast, phonecast; jammed by Cuba?] 2100 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW 0400vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW 0130 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to SW 1400 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?] 0030 UT Wednesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB 1030 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB [previous #2218] 2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW or 5130v? 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S 0230 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2219 monitoring: confirmed UT Saturday December 2 at 0130 on WRMI 5850, S7/9+10 into Maine SDR; would surely be better closer to NW boresight from FL. NOT confirmed Sat Dec 2 at 1630 on WRMI 15770, rather a gospel huxter as now shown on the websked. This airing did not last long. May have already been gone last Sat when not checked. Still shows WOR, Thu 1500 on 9955, which I thought was already canceled; check again? Confirmed Saturday December 2 at 1700 on WRN North America stream. Also confirmed Saturday December 2 at 2034 about 2 minutes into so started circa 2032 on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO, VG S9+20 into nearby SDR; also underway the 2030s on WRN N America webcast and RMI webcast only. Next: 0100 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?] 0330vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415; as late as 0600] 1130 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 [also webcast, phonecast; jammed by Cuba?] 2100 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW 0400vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW 0130 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to SW 1400 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?] 0030 UT Wednesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB 1030 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB [previous #2218] 2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW or 5130v? 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S 0230 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2219 monitoring: confirmed UT Sunday December 3 at 0100 on WRMI 9955. Also confirmed UT Sunday December 3 finally at 0532 about 3 minutes into, so started circa 0529 after nominal 0415, on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO, good direct but with CWQRM encroaching during some 160m DX contest. Also confirmed Sunday December 3 circa 1145 the 1130 on WRMI 9955, VG S9+20 direct. Next: 2100 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW 0400vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW 0130 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to SW 1400 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?] 0030 UT Wednesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 1200 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB [ex-1000] 1230 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB [previous #2218][ex-1030] 2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW or 5130v? 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S 0230 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2219 monitoring: Confirmed Sunday December 3 at 2100 on IRRS SW via AM Italia, 1323 kHz, S9 across Europe to UTwente with no CCI. Also confirmed UT Monday December 4 at 0030 on WRMI 7780, S9/+10 into Durango2 SDR, as best one in Maurice LA has been offline - but here at least, no noise blast audible during first 14 seconds! Also confirmed UT Monday December 4 at 0400 on Area 51 via WBCQ 6159.35, S9+10 direct, sufficient except during intermittent line noise bursts to S9+30! Next: 0130 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to SW 1400 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?] 0030 UT Wednesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 1200 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB [ex-1000] 1230 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB [previous #2218][ex-1030] 2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW or 5130v? 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S 0230 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2219 monitoring: confirmed UT Tuesday December 5 at 0030 on WRMI 9395, S9+30 into Missouri SDR. Also confirmed UT Tuesday December 5 at 0330 on WRMI 7780, S9/+10 into Missouri SDR, but only JBA into TWR Brownsville SDR closer to its aiming. Again, no noise blast ute QRM spoiler audible during first 14 seconds; that over & done with? Also confirmed Tuesday December 5 at 1426 the 1400 on WRMI 9955, S4/S6 direct. Next: 0030 UT Wednesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 1200 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB [ex-1000] 1230 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB [previous #2218][ex-1030] 2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW or 5130v? 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S 0230 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2219 monitoring: ``From: Richard Lemke, St. Albert, Alberta, Canada, the desk of Richard’s listening Post, Radio: JRC NRD-535 HF, Antenna: random long wires in the trees. Dear Glenn: Update, confirming WOR #2219, This time of year the Christmas lights, QRN, WRMI: 9395, 0130, 0145 (45433), TV QRN, 0159, December 5 UTC 2023 [Tue] 9395, 0030, 0044 (45343), 0059, December 6 UTC 2023 [Wed] (Lemke, Richard -AB) 73’s, Richard`` Confirmed UT Wednesday December 6 at 0054 the 0030 on WRMI 9395, S7/S9 into way offbeam UTwente. Wed Dec 6 at 1504, I check 9955 to note whether WRMI be on the air or not: indeed, is on air, with surprise airing of WOR 2219! Skedgrid still shows `Frecuencia al Día` instead; so unknown whether a one-time error or deliberate. WOR does appear on sked Thursday at 1500, need to recheck as that seemed to have been canceled. 9955 stays on after 1530 with utterly pointless RAE multi-lingual ID reel over and over past 1541, presumably entire semihour, instead of RAE French scheduled M-F. Off after 1600. WOR 2219 also confirmed Wednesday December 6 at 2200 on WBCQ 7490 minus 86 Hz = 7489.914, S7/S9 into NH SDR; after two weeks of dead air instead. Just before 2200 I think I heard Pirate Joe say he would no longer be on SW/WBCQ after Dec 31. Is that correct? Next: 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW {confirmed} 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S {confirmed} 0230 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW {confirmed} Thanks to Doug Brown, London ON, for a generous cheque on a US bank to: Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702; and says ``Thanks for all you do for this great hobby of ours`` Or one may contribute via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. Checking WBCQ activity pre-AAAWWW, Dec 2 at 0043, first trying W1NT NH SDR, but it`s disabled due to 160m contest: and it was disabled previous weekend for some other ham contest, why? To discourage cheating? Maine one is really too close but into it: 3265 off; 5130.252 ATATT S7/9+10; 6159.933 TOMBS S8/9+10; 7489.944 FKB S7/S9; 9330+ WLCR PP S9/+10. Its calibration is pretty close but unstable: WWV 5 & 10 MHz displaying within 1 or 2 Hz. After 0100 seems like may be a new show, 80 degrees today in central FL which NWS confirms. Angela is half-nekkid again (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5130+, Dec 2 at 0123 I happen to recheck `AAAWWW` on WBCQ just as Allan is saying he doesn`t want to talk about the 7490V transmitter problems, but they were caused by a ``vacuum capacitor the size of a dill pickle`` - now we know! Also datestamp as Dec 1 so it is a new show after some weeks off. As for the standard opening, I can`t imagine any other SW personality always introduced as ``half-nekkid`` of even ``half-naked`` --- and BTW, *which* half? oooh. Of course on an aural-only medium anyvoice could be fully naked and we`d never know it if not mentioned (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9455, Dec 6 at 0738, WRMI-5 music overmodulated distorted, splatter down to 9405, and even detectable down to 9350 on other side of another WRMI, but the modpeax continue to match 9455 during the only Fámily Radio hour in Spanish. Something`s outoforder at Okeechobee. #5 has been a splatterer before (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5085, Nov 30 at 0430, WTWW blasting in, S9+60 peaks so that the parasitic spurs circa 5072 & 5098 rate S9+10 and modulation audible on them for first time (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5085, Dec 2 at 0431, WTWW continues to blast in, S9+50 so that modulation is also audible on much weaker spurs 5072.1 & 5097.9. After another gospel huxter, ex-bishop Bob Biermann restarts ``weekend edition`` of `Truth 2 Ponder`, explaining that he has been undergoing treatment for bladder cancer the past year. More surgery is sked for Tuesday, and he hopes to have enough shows recorded by then to last thru his recovery. Then in January will be immunotherapy. Meanwhile he ``covets`` prayers - I guess in this case coveting is not sinful; anyhow I wish him well. 5085, Dec 2 at 2317, WTWW blasting in S9+40 with preacher; I was about to assume serious transmitter problems, breaking up and frequency wobbling rapidly, until I realized the R75 noise blanker still engaged, unable to cope with extremely strong signal (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9265V, Dec 4 at 2312, WINB S9+20/30 of music, but with BFO, carrier is very rapidly wobbling, a longtime defect of this but much worse now than lately. Maybe not noticeable in AM tuning (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 1510 kHz, Dec 3 at 0637 UT, traditional choral Xmas carols, with WLAC nulled about 6 Hz away. I`m checking following reports that R. Monumental, Ecuador was being widely heard in N America, but unlikely to be this. 0700 English ID mentions translator but I can`t copy any calls. Another try at 0800: KPLS Littleton CO plus 97.7 and 92.9. NRC AM Log shows that`s the `K-plus` group, with KPLS-FM on 97.7 and K225CZ on 92.9. Unless a daytime cheater, I figured it would likely be this, due to paucity of 1510 night stations around here; yet, seemingly unlikely due to tight NNE/SSW pattern both day and night, so we are very much in a null; out of whack? KPLS is also remarkable with a much *higher* power at night, 10/25 kW. Night coverage: https://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=KPLS&service=AM&h=N Own website shows nothing but 1510, and programming, other stuff such as Radio 74 International, correlate with 3ABN = 7DA TV network. WLAC is dominant signal here, 50 kW, but direxional night with 3 big lobes and 2 deep nulls toward Spokane and Boston: https://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=WLAC&service=AM&h=N As for the 6 Hz SAH, that does not compute for WLAC vs KPLS, but does fit recent measurements for WLAC vs Quito at http://mwlist.org/mwoffset.php?khz=1510 However it seems that KPLS varies (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 1540, Dec 4 at 0803 UT, (479) area code ad for something in Scranton, -- what?? ``True Country``, weather info, then ``Real Country``. Not Pennsylvania, but Arkansas. As in NRC AM Log, it`s KLYR, Ozark AR, as ``True Country``. Ozark is east of Ft Smith on I40, Scranton further and off I40 to the south. 479 is NW Arkansas. Not bad for one watt! Could it possibly be on 500 watt day power? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 1590, Dec 6 at 0751 UT, ballad in Spanish, break for ID as ``Ambiente Clásico Radio``, another tune. What?? NRC AM Log has several USSS on 1590, but no such slogan. Nor anything fits in exhaustive IRCA Mexican Log. Google search finds immediately, a story from late Aug after the NRC AM Log deadline and printing: https://rbr.com/ambiente-clasico-secures-chicago-am-ownership/ ‘Ambiente Clásico’ Secures Chicago AM Ownership By Adam Jacobson - August 29, 2023 It`s the new format and ownership of WCGO, Evanston IL, which had been Korean, 10/2.5 kW. Radio-locator still shows yet another outdated format, ``Chicago`s News Talk``. Ambiente was already reported by IRCAns in September. Nitetime coverage map has a notch thisaway to its SW, major lobe northwards: https://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=WCGO&service=AM&h=N but daytime is non-direxional: https://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=WCGO&service=AM&h=D Some IRCA reports also suspected ND day pattern at night (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 1630 kHz, Dec 2 at 0809 UT, KKGM Ft Worth TX with Black Information Network promo and joint ID for 1630 & 970 in DFW. 970 would be KHVN, also licensed to Ft Worth, why both? For ancient radios without X-band? No longer heavenly but keeping previous calls. Radio-locator shows night coverage of 270-watt 970 from site just NE of FW, ``local`` contour falls short of Dallas; unlike 1 kW 1630 which from site further NE of FW halfway to Irving, exceeds almost to Balch Springs, both ND. Studio address axually in Dallas (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 1690, Dec 4 at 0805? UT, Virginia references, ``the Commonwealth``, into `Red Eye Radio`, i.e. WPTX Lexington Park, Maryland, address in Mechanicsville, both of which are in SW MD, quite close to VA partially in coverage area; 10/1 kW, but NRC AM Log does not show it with RER, rather AC/EZL format. Per that the only RER on 1690 is WMLB in GA. IL or CO are the regular 1690s heard here. Nicely displaying RER affiliate list at https://www.redeyeradioshow.com/red-eye-radio-affiliates/ agrees that its only 1690 is ``WMLB-AM`` Atlanta -- and every single MW station is shown with an ``-AM`` suffix, which is nonsense! There was no sign of two stations mixing, and I can`t imagine a Georgian with Virginia references as ``the Commonwealth``. Website https://1690wptx.com/ asserts ``more music, less talk`` and is quite Marylandish. The VA refs I thought were local, just before rejoining RER. Schedule at https://1690wptx.com/schedule is not very helpful, nothing but ``regular programming`` 24/7!! Now I`m wondering if without embargo it had to be WMLB (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. Greg Hardison has the answer to my quandary over VA vs GA on 1690: "... 1690 is 'WMLB-AM` Atlanta ..." - WMLB is owned these days by some r/wing reactionary in Virginia, same owner of WJFN/820 in Chester and of late, WJFP/740 also in Chester, the one just outside of Philly, along with possibly one or two others in the mid-Atlantic area. I've seen indications in the past that all of the above are programmed out of the Hub at WJFN, including local mid-Virginia sponsors and references. Cheaper that way; saved overhead=more money left to give to trump. My own funds say that you indeed did receive WMLB, on 1690, with Red Neck Radio.`` Tnx, Greg (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 1690, Dec 4 at 2320 UT, several Relevant Radio, Catholic promos during break in a talkshow, of course KDMT Arvada CO, dominant now but some deep fades. Official Dec sunset is 2330 UT, so still on 10 kW daypower (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Nov 30 at 0435-0440, including some not usually detected but all are extremely weak JJBBA: 576, 612, 711, 774, 855, 891, 1008, 1089, 1107, 1161, 1305 and two beating on 1710 = pirates or TIS (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Dec 1 at 0435: 855, 891, 1044, likely Spain, Algeria, Spain (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 6012 USB, Dec 2 at 2322, INTRUDERS, weak 2-way, Spanish? vs hi line noise level; hmm, that frequency seems familiar (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 6200 USB, Dec 2 at 2324, JBA 2-way talk also with a JBA carrier, maybe not a pirate (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)