** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RC USB, Dec 8 at 1805, LRA36 is on this Friday, S3/S5 into Argentine SDR in talk, 1816 music, 1820 IDs, more chat. Off or fadeout by 1900 check. May be active other weekdays but have not sought it; has regular multihour emissions on Saturdays (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RC USB, Saturday Dec 9 at 1756, LRA36 already underway with talk into Argentine SDR. Too much else going on Saturday afternoons to pay much attn to it, starting with Met Opera new season at 1800, vs Talking Machine Show on WWCR 12160. Rechex find LRA36 still going at 1928, 1957, 2056 at S7, 2158 S5, 2217. And still at 0012 UT Dec 10 ID with frequency; 0039 still when I check direct: a trace (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RCUSB, UT Sun Dec 10, the Saturday LRA36 broadcast from before 1800, keeps on going into Argentine remote: at 0125 check, 0206 rock music, 0228, 0300 S7 music, finally off circa 0352* -- well after local midnight (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CHINA [non]. 5910, Dec 13 at 0446, no signal from CRI via CUBA supposed to run to 0500, when on blasting away poor Alcaraván Radio, COLOMBIA, which now lux out with music about 5909.7. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 11930, Dec 7 at 0736, pulse jamming against nothing as R Martí is never on 25m at night; and for first time with matching spurpeaks of jamnoise about plus/minus 7 circa 11923 & 11937: sure, why not, just like broadcasts can spurify. Jamming against nothing also running now on 11860, 9565, 5980, 5800 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 6000, Dec 9 at 0438, NO signal from RHC English, and then unfound on any other known frequency on 6, 9, 11 or 15 MHz bands. Something`s very2 wrong at RHC. 5025 Rebelde also missing, as often but not always. However, 5910 China relay is blasting in. Next check at 1630, music on 15140 // much weaker 11760 must be RHCs (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 6000, Dec 10 at 0423, RHC manages to be on air this time, S9+30/40 English but suptorted = suppressed and distorted undermodulation. Not found on any other frequency. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 15140, Sunday Dec 10 at 1614, RHC in weekly Esperanto, S6/S8 // 15140 S7/S9 yet 11760 is much better and louder. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 4765, Dec 11 at 0509, R. Progreso still on past local midnight playing `Let It Be` -- yes, a song from the Free World, S9+30 but somewhat undermodulated. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba; 5025 Rebelde is on now despite sporadic appearances (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 6000, Dec 11 at 0513, RHC S9+20/30 but JBM in English, and not at all anywhere else. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 5990, Dec 12 at 2318 CRI relay is S9+30/40 but JBM. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 6000, Dec 13 at 0447, RHC S9+20/30 but JBM in presumed English. They can`t even keep one transmitter going properly. No other Cubans on 5, 6 or 9 MHz bands. Something`s very wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** EGYPT. 9440- & 9442+, Dec 9 at 2212, no signals from R. Cairo into UTwente; something`s egregious in Egypt (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** EGYPT. 9439.989, Dec 10 at 2136, S9+30 of totally deadair in English from R. Cairo into UTwente, twice as far off-frequency than usual 9439.995, so different transmitter, or old one jostled? Something`s egregious in Egypt (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6955 USB, Dec 12 at 2314, rock music S9+20. These reports since 2147 with SSTV images say Thunder Chicken Radio: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,122545.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. 275 MCW kHz, Dec 11 at 2319 UT, 25-watt GUY Guymon is the only somewhat unusual NDB audible (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. Finally heard from OG&E guy Dec 13, that two bad insulators had been found less than a mile away, and indeed the SW intermittent arcing/buzzing seems to have stopped. Still a loud continuous buzz worst on LW, apparently something else and he doesn`t have a radio tuning LW (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** SPAIN. 9690, Friday December 8 at 2300, token English from SNR, S9+30/40 direct, poor on 12030 and inaudible on 17715, 17755. First about a Council of Europe conference; 2305 interview with an exile in Denmark about how beneficial women`s football was in Afghanistan; then a refugee from Cameroun (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 9690, Mon Dec 11 at 2300, token English from SNR: after news, 2308 first interview about El Camino de Santiago having become a UNESCO World Heritage Site two sesquidecades ago. 2320 about anniversary of Berlin Wall falling in 1989y, and start in Madrid of a 7-year exhibition about it with several heavy sexions of the Wall itself. S9+30/40 direct (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 9690, Wed Dec 13 at 2300, after ``Camelot`` song in English, token English from SNR is VG direct; preview topic after news to be the month-long Xmas lite festival at Vigo which has drawn various complaints such as light pollution (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SWITZERLAND [non]. 11970, Dec 8 at 1907, another special by C.M. Obrecht presenting his own music as publicized for 19-20 UT today via Woofferton UK for Africa, such as Ghana and Madagascar. Believe it or not, I`m getting him best via Maryland SDR, rather than several checked from Iceland, Holland, Spain, Cyprus, Qatar [Kuwait are AWOL], South Africa. Nice electronic music with bells. 1909 German announcement; 1924 English but fading down, and just about out by 1930 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY [and non]. 5960.005, Dec 8 at 2300, VOT not off the air, S9+10/20 direct vs intermittent local noise bursts to S9+40. 2350 check into UTwente, S9+25/35 but the badax is speaking about something. 2353 outro theme for `Did You Know That`, and right into s/off English schedule: all wrong times in UT+3 but called UTC, current B23 frequencies. Don`t you believe it! 2355 ID plays one sesquitime and chopoff uncovering the CCCCCCI from East Turkistan, standard denunciation. Something`s always awry at Ankara (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 5960, Dec 9 at 2300, VOT English not off the air, sufficient signal direct since the noise bursts have just about stopped, for now? Fingers crossed. It`s my delayed napping hour, so TRT has the honor of overlaying thru headphones any other household distraxions, with the music breaks most appreciated while I couldn`t say much about the talk subjects, after the first feature, `Captain`s Log`. Accurate but incomplete English sked at s/off until IS starts at 2353.5 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY [and non]. 5960.005, Dec 10 at 2319, VOT not off the air, S9+35/45 into UTwente, 2320 `Weekly Analysis` by John -- but read by a different YL voice than the usual ones, something about Israel & Hamas. Says Israel has committed ``mass genocide`` -- guess that`s even worse than mere genocide. 2352 ``with-you-every-hour`` promo; 2353 s/off with correct but incomplete English sked overlooking this very broadcast. 2354 IS. Still on at 0000 timesignal several seconds early and opening German, but off by next check 0006 Dec 11, uncovering XJPBS East Turkistan, land of ChiCom imperialist genocide against Uyghurs and other Moslems. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler. 5960.005, Dec 11 at 2339, VOT not off the air in English, S9+30/40 into UTwente, ``always-by-your-side`` promo, `Feeling Supreme/The Healing Spring` on natural remedies for osteoporosis; 2346 ``with-you-every-hour`` promo, `Did You Know That`, badax on a 1,255 km-long river. 2351 s/off with English schedule, all-wrong local times called UTC. Seems they have about 3 different versions of the s/on/off with a variety of defects, alternating. 2352 IS, and off by 2353* uncovering the 6CI of only S9+15/25, which had been an undercurrent, std denunciation. Something`s always awry at Ankara (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY [and non]. 5960.005, Dec 12 at 2259, VOT is not off, IS with English ID, 2300 opening with the 3-hour-off-local-time-called-UTC sked. S9+10/20 vs S9+40 intermittent local noise bursts, but even between them not solid L&C reception. No time to listen meanwhile, until: 2353, S9+30/40 into UTwente, same wrong s/off sked as at s/on, 2354 only 6 notes of IS before chopoff uncovering ChiCom, etc. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY [and non]. 5960.005, Dec 13 at 2327, VOT not off the air, S9+20/40 into UTwente, starting `Weekly Commentary` by some professor that ``Biden has already lost Arab-American support``; read by the badax I am not going to strain to understand. 2345 `Feeling Supreme/The Healing Spring`, repeat about osteoporosis. 2353 canned s/off version with correct but incomplete schedule. 2353.5 IS. 2356 restart IS with German IDs. 0000 Dec 14, timesignal few seconds early and s/on extraneous German, into news. Still going past 0010; something`s always erroneous at Emirler. 0014 finally cutoff abruptly uncovering ChiCom music. Ooops, at 0019 hearing German again, so must have resumed, past 0028+ (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) {until 0058*!} ** U K [non]. 12095, Dec 10 at 1618, Russian at S9+10/20, newish WRN service via DHA site, one of strongest signals on band, surely the strongest extracontinental, slightly better even than R. Martí via NC on 11930, S9/+20. It`s 250 kW, 345 degrees from UAE so also favors us far beyond western Russia, e.g. Denver, less than 10 degrees away from Enid. HFCC of Dec 6 however, has this registered only at 14-15 UT. Aoki misses it completely, but EiBi: 12095 1530-1600 RUS WRN Vsemirnaya Radioset R EEu /UAE 12095 1620-1630 RUS WRN Vsemirnaya Radioset R EEu /UAE 12095 1630-1700 SVK Radio Slovakia Int. R EEu /UAE 12095 1530-1600 Sunday UN United Nations Radio R EEu /UAE I doubt there really be a break 1600-1620. Vsemirnaya obviously means Worldwide, Всемирная, but Radioset? It`s really радиосеть = radio network (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 379 MCW kHz, Dec 10 at 0418, local line noise has abated but now there is heavy noise from a straight line of storming from the RGV of TX to the PA/NY border, heaviest in LA/MS/AL/TN, so I can detect a few JBA DX beacons, but copy is difficult. But ongoing, should be low-noise nights of both kinds. On 379 first seems like SU? Nothing listed. At 0454 I am more sure that it is RS. Only this is close enough to that, also geographically, as in the RNA reference classaxe, previously logged: ``379 RUE Russellville AR 25w 08Oct23 Tony reports it is mis-keying as 'RU' . . . no E`` 408 MCW kHz, Dec 10 at 0419, OJ? or maybe OLA? nothing even fuzzily similar at RNA or DXinfocentre. 326 MCW kHz, Dec 10 at 0416, MA, no doubt about this ND beacon, 400 watts at Midland TX (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 4095, Dec 13 at 0441, sweeps upward are JBA from `Desert Whooper` which periodically CWs as DW. Vs S9 local noise level. Often passed in bandscans but seldom bothered to relog. Likewise I always check 2097.3 for the single-letter beacon A from Anywhere except Quartzsite AZ, but haven`t heard a trace of it since last winter? Must be QRT. Must pause on 2097 USB for at least 11 seconds since its cycle was 10 sex (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [non]. 6170, Dec 11 at 0515, S9+10/20 in African language. EiBi shows VOA Hausa via ASCENSION this semihour only (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2219 monitoring: 9395 kHz, 0130 (4-55343), QRN, 0159; 9395 kHz, 0230 (4-55433), QRN, 0259 December 7 UTC 2023 [Thu] (Lemke, Richard -AB) 73’s, Richard`` Confirmed UT Thursday December 7 at 0130 on WRMI 9395, S9+20 into Maryland SDR. Also confirmed UT Thursday December 7 at 0130 on WRMI 5010, S4/S6 into Georgia SDR Also confirmed UT Thursday December 7 at 0230 on WRMI 9395, S9+20/40 into Georgia SDR Altho shown on the skedgrid, still NOT confirmed Thursday December 7 after 1500 on WRMI 9955, rather something musical. WORLD OF RADIO 2220 contents: Australia, Canada, China, Cuba, (Cyprus), Egypt, France and non, Germany and non, Hawai`i, Indonesia, Iran, Korea South and non, (Lithuania), (Madagascar), Maldives non, Myanmar, Netherlands, North America, Romania, Spain, Sudan South non, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tunisia, Ukraine non, USA, Zambia; propagation outlook - (countries mentioned along with others not in order) WOR 2220 available from 0204 UT Friday December 8: (mp3 stream) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2220.m3u (mp3 download) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2220.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 1200 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB 1230 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB [previous #2219] 1500 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [unsked but confirmed last week] 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 S. P. McGreevy, Keeler, CA, for aF generous contribution via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com --- ``DXcellence forever!`` One may also contribute via MO or check on a US bank to: Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2220 monitoring: confirmed Friday December 8 at 2138 the 2130 on IRRS SW via AM Italia, 1323 kHz, S9+7 across Europe to UTwente; S9+16 into nearby Noale SDR, and no QRM at either. Also confirmed Friday December 8 at 2300 on WRMI 9955, S9+10/20 direct, undermodulated but no jamming audible. Next: 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 1200 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB 1230 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB [previous #2219] 1500 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [unsked but confirmed last week] 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 2220 monitoring: confirmed UT Saturday December 9 at 0130 on WRMI 5850, S7/9+10 into NH SDR. Also confirmed Saturday December 9 at 1700 on WRN North America webcast. Also confirmed Saturday December 9 at 2030 on WRMI webcast only and WRN North America webcast. Also confirmed Saturday December 9 starting at 2043 the 2030v on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO, S9+18 into nearby SDR; including the 1:43 clip of Myanmar 5985 with some music, at 2054. Also confirmed Saturday December 9 at 2100 the WRN Europe webcast. 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 1200 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB 1230 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB [previous #2219] 1500 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [unsked but confirmed last week] 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 2220 monitoring: confirmed UT Sunday December 10 at 0100 on WRMI 9955, S9+25 into Missouri SDR. Also confirmed UT Sunday December 10 at 0551-0557 on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO, S9+18, so the nominal 0415v started way late circa 0528. Overtime HamSat ending at 0512 and into ARRL news which must have lasted ~16 minutes. Also confirmed Sunday December 10 at 1138 the 1130 on WRMI 9955, S9+30 with no jamming audible. 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 or 3210-USB 1230 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB [previous #2219] 1500 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [unsked but confirmed last week] 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 2220 monitoring: Also confirmed Sunday December 10 at 2100 on IRRS SW via AM Italia, 1323 kHz, S9+5 and no QRM into UTwente across Europe. Also confirmed UT Monday December 11 at 0030 on WRMI 7780, S9/+10 but noisy into Durango2 SDR; still no noise blast first 14 seconds. Also confirmed UT Monday December 11 at 0400 on Area 51 via WBCQ 6160-. 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 or 3210-USB 1230 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB [previous #2219] 1500 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [unsked but confirmed last week] 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 2220 monitoring: NOT confirmed UT Tuesday Dec 12 at 0130 on WRMI 9395: replaced without notice by `Teachers Corner`, mostly music but 0138 brief announcement, and skedgrid already updated to show that at 01-02. Confirmed UT Tuesday December 12 at 0330 on WRMI 7780, JBA direct. Also confirmed Tuesday December 12 at 1400 on WRMI 9955, S9+10/20 direct. Next: 0030 UT Wednesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 1200 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB 1230 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB [previous #2219] 1500 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [unsked but confirmed last week] 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 2220 monitoring: confirmed UT Wednesday December 13 at 0030 on WRMI 9395, S9+20 direct. Brief awakening, sometime before 1300 Wed Dec 13 tried for Unique Radio, Australia, 5035 USB but as expected zero signal from this LP direct. Also confirmed Wednesday December 13 at 1520 on WRMI 9955, S5/S7, the unscheduled 1500 supposedly on Thu instead of Wed. Not confirmed Wed Dec 13 at 2200 on WBCQ 7490 -48 Hz = 7489.952 into Maryland SDR -- instead replaying last week`s 2219. They should have had access to the latest 2220 as usual. Compared to WWV 5 & 10 this SDR is accurately calibrated. Next: 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW {confirmed} 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S {confirmed} 0230 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW Thanks to S. P. McGreevy, Keeler, CA, for a generous contribution via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com --- ``DXcellence forever!`` One may also contribute via MO or check on a US bank to: Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 7490-, Friday December 8 at 2312, S9+20 direct, music show on WBCQ, novelty song about bumblebees, whistling; 2315 asks for donation to a Hershey NE address, but can`t catch name of program; says he enjoys restoring old songs; 2320 his own version of `Wayfaring Stranger`. Look it up on WBCQ program sked? ``Available time slot``, not very helpful. Broad websearch on WBCQ Hershey finds it: `Harmony Barn Sessions`. It is on the sked but only at 1930-2000 Saturday on 7490. Dec 9 at 0057 checking NH SDR for WBCQs: 7489.957 with FKB, S4/S6; 6159.932, S5/S7 algo; 5130.289 with ATATT, S7/S9; 3265+ off. 0059 on 7490 webcast music instead of FKB; 0100 WTO theme; 0103 interjexion ``sixty``; 0104 opening that it`s live Dec 8 from FLA on 7490 & 5130, and Angela is in a pink robe. They are so attracted to each other that no sex for an hour will be difficult. Impromptu so they never know what they will be talking about; size of TV screens, etc. How shortwave was getting started in late 20s (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. PS to my AAAWWW WBCQ log last time: later, circa 0148 UT Dec 9, Allan recommends for a blind listener, a SW radio with *knobs*, like the ATS-909. On the contrary, direct frequency entry is a must for finding anything, once they master the layout of the keypad! which in fact the `909 also has (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. (7490-), UT Mon Dec 11 at 0000, WBCQ webcast with music instead of `Le Show`, 0005 outro `Plain Old Doug Show`, which has replaced `Ginga Brasil` and Uncle Bill says his `Melting Pot` will be on next Sunday at 2300. Very unusual for WBCQ to be running late like this; had not noticed any buffering buildup and is more or less the same on 7490v via Virginia SDR. `Le Show` starts immediately from beginning, so maybe it too would run over past 0100 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. Re my 7490v + webcast WBCQ report, on Dec 12, Uncle Bill responds: ``Plain Old Doug Show has been filling in for Ginga Brasil! which will return January 14, the second and fourth weeks. PODS will be doing Christmas Eve and NYE (US) as well {UT Mondays}. However, January starts a weekly Plain Old Doug Show, Mondays at 0200-0230 UT on 7490. Yeah, the timer was off at the station, I believe that has been addressed. My UBMP this weekend will be vintage Brazilian funk plus Greek laika cinematic music hits`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9455, Dec 11 at 0521, WRMI-5 is OFF despite nominal 24/7 usage; should be `Legends` at 04-06 or -07 in self-contradictory skedgrid. 9395 still on with TOMBS and much weaker 9955, // 9265 WINB. Something`s off at Okeechobee (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) WINB see below ** U S A. 9455, Dec 12 at 0749, this WRMI is AWOL again tonight. Next check at 2312 it`s on at S9+10/20 but JBM. Something`s outoforder at Okeechobee (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9455, Dec 13 at 0454, WRMI is not off the air but S9+20/30 with `Legends` promo, very undermodulated i.e. not quite qualifying as just-barely, and moremod on // 5050 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9265v, Dec 11 at 0521, WINB with hymn on TOMBS // but not synchro 9395 WRMI. Latest program sked dated Dec 3 shows this TOMBS segment daily at 0502-0658; then DRM somewhere from 0700, weekends from 0800. I thought all WINB DRM had been dropped months ago. DRMRX.org sked shows no WINB. But HFCC has these registrations, all imaginary?: 07-08 daily 7330; 08-09 S/S 13655; 08-11 M-F & 09-10 S/S 9265; 11-12 M-F 15125; 12-17 M-F 15725. [I should not have to punxuate these, but some destinations delete the line breaks, saving trees?] WINB never disclosed the purpose or who was sponsoring these broadcasts which were hybrid, half programming, half encrypted? digitalism (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. Early UT Mon Dec 11, WTWW & WWCR are on, ops normal, despite tornado hitting Nashville, I know not where exactly, much worse in Clarksville, already devoid of SW stations (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 3215, Dec 13 at 0440, WWCR is suptorted with talk, yet S9+20/30; wiggle that patchcord. Not // 4840, 5890 or 5935 with OK modulation. Dead giveaway that no one at 1300 WWCR Ave can stand to constantly listen to their own gospel huxters to detect and fix any problems, yet they foist them upon the wideworld. Scheduled this hour on WWCR-1 is `Call to Decision` --- sorry, Butch (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 7505, Dec 13 at 0451, S9+20 of deadair from WRNO, then some JBM music, at first suspected as an understation but nonesuch scheduled, so guess it`s WRNO itself. 0746 recheck, S9/+25 of deadair only. Something`s messed up at Metairie (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 660, Dec 11 at 0526 UT Navajo chanting, segué to country song in English, culture clash! Suspect KTNN, AZ/NM, dominating channel, so on 50 kW ND day pattern not protecting NYC? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 1130 kHz, Dec 13 at 0803 UT tune-in, just as rock music breaks for ID as KLEY Wellington KS and two FM translators -- no shame, obviously 250 watt day power instead of legal ONE WATT at night; normally dominates KWKH and anything else here. Used to be on 100.3, but moved to 104.1 K281DI per WTFDA FM DB, which yet still shows branding as 100.3 The Wave. No hits if you search on KLEY in the `Relay of` field: it has to be KLEY-1130, and no other translator hits either with that. Format AC, no longer Country as in NRC AM Log. At least it`s not jointly IDing with sibling station, probably same computer bank, KKLE 1550 Winfield KS which is bluegrass. 1130, Dec 13 at 1901 UT I listen again carefully for ID: no `The Wave` branding, just `a My Town Media station` - I think, hard to understand but that is the current licensee; second translator chex as K281DI, and the first one maybe a -262- which = 100.3, so is that still on the air? No such xltr anywhere in KS per FCC and WTFDA (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Dec 13 at 0432: 891, 963, 1431 kHz; Algeria and two more intriguing ones (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JJBBA MW carrier search Dec 10 at 0409-0414: 531, 855, 891, 1431, 1494; 1710-2 NAm TIS or pirates (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW 9/kHz carrier search, Dec 11 at 0459: 567, 576-2, 684, 738, 774, 891, 1107, 1125, 1296, 1341, 1503, 1566, 1710. Later on a 10/kHz bandscan at 0527 another one not noted earlier: 711 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 810.6 kHz approx., het against 810 stations, no audio pullable but seems too strong to be a local birdie and nonesuch noted here before. Nothing any more than +045 Hz in mwoffsets list; 0529 UT Dec 11 and none of it next night (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 1090 kHz, Dec 13 at 0802 UT, maybe trace of a tone under presumed KAAY AR. KMXA Aurora CO had been reported intoning all night; still? It`s 50/0.5 kW. Could be mistaken for a TA or TP het from 1089 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) WORLD OF RADIO HITLIST UPDATE Hi Glenn, My latest Hitlist update, Dec 9: https://www.w4uvh.net/hitlist.htm 1) Albania - R Tirana: Added new link for R Tirana live stream (Thanks to Jean-Michel Aubier via WOR iog mail list) 2) Germany - Media Broadcast: Changed link to point to the landing-page to access the MBR frequency schedule (to ensure that the latest schedule is accessed) (Thanks to Alex Miatlikov in WOR iog mail list for alerting to a revised B23 schedule) 3) India - Akashvani: Added link to archive of recent "Spotlight" programme The next update is scheduled for end of December. Best wishes and 73, Alan Roe