** ALGERIA [non]. 6060, Dec 25 at 0430, Arabic talk with humbuzz, which the uninformed might assume is a messed-up FRANCE transmitter rather than CCI from Habana which is providing little programmatic modulation. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RCUSB, Dec 29 at 1419 tune-in via Brasil SDR, LRA36 is active again this summer Wednesday, only S6-S7 with songs. 1428 M&W discussing something, probably Argentine; 1430 full ID as ``LRA36, R Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel``; music. 1440 different ID as ``Nacional Antárdida Argentina, en todo el país, la radio pública``, more music; 1450 fading down to JBA music, but still on past 1459, 1507, 1512; 1515 long ID; 1528 sign-off announcement, Antártida themesong heard for first time today until 1532* when carrier is also off. O, for the good old days when I could pull it in direct over a mostly-water path; one more check at 1454: no. Power was then probably 10 kW rather than below 1 kW now (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** AUSTRIA. 6155, Dec 23 at 0641, non-classical music from Ö1, now S9+10/20, much better than usual. Until tonight I had been disappointed by poor signals during our only chance to hear ORF, the wake-up domestic service relay from 0600 to 0710/0720; even tho the English news capsule at the end was long ago eliminated. 0644 AustroGerman announcement, novelty song; 0647 TC for 7:47 and finally some Brahms. Moosbrunn 300 kW transmitters except for this are exclusively to relay foreign stations (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** BRAZIL. 9666.385, Dec 24 at 0728, RVM keeps creeping upward, now here, one of best extracontinental signals overnight, S4-S7 with good modulation in songs, 0730 pause for 4:30 timecheck (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** BRAZIL. Calculating the creep rate upward of RVM, over a period of 62 days between my measurements, Oct 23 to Dec 24, the difference between 9666.086 and 9666.385 is 299 Hz, or 4.82 Hz/day or cycles per second per day, which also amounts to an acceleration. That is, if the creep be constant; and also note that at the .086 measurement it was unstable. If one were to remeasure it every 24 hours, it should ascend by almost 5 Hz each day, or 1 Hz every 4 hours and 48 minutes (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** BRAZIL. 9666.388, Dec 26 at 0711, R. Voz Missionária, music could be secular, S4/S5. Dec 24 it was at .385, so in 48 hours it drifted up only 3 Hz, contrary to my calculation based on previous bimonth averaging 4.8 Hz per day. We`ll see how it average out over a week or so (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** BRAZIL. 9666.468, Dec 29 at 0311, RVM is one of better 31m signals except Cuba, while Americans are almost gone. Upcreepward continues, my last previous measurement 9666.388, Dec 26 at 0711, i.e. 68 hours ago and 80 Hz apart, or average of 1.18 Hz/hour or 28.2 Hz/day, so clearly not the same rate as intervals before (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA. 250 MCW kHz, Dec 24 at 0723 UT, dash and FO, ND beacon of 1600 watts at Flin Flon, Manitoba. A number of other Canadians audible, but this one not often. No Blitz storms anywhere in or around North America (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA. 362 MCW kHz, Dec 26 at 0725 UT, dash and SB, 500 watt NDB at Greater Sudbury, Ontario. 300 MCW kHz, Dec 26 at 0728 UT, dash and YIV, 500 watt NDB at Island Lake, Manitoba, almost 54 degrees N latitude. Two of the less common Canux; unlike regulars I seldom relog, YXL 346 Sioux Lookout, and always strongest WG 248 Winnipeg (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA. 257 MCW kHz, Dec 29 at 0706 UT, dash and XE, 100 watt ND beacon at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. No sign of the USonians normally heard on 257, JYR in Nebraska or FWC in Illinois. Had logged XE only twice before on Dec 25, 2020 and Feb 17, 2021 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CHINA. 7220, Dec 23 at 1547 good S8-S9 song, in English? Most likely CRI Japanese from Jinhua site this hour, ergo aimed sorta thisaway; rather than also EiBi-listed hour of VOV in Vietnamese to North Africa. No QRhaM (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CHINA. 9155, Dec 24 at 2319, Chinese S7/S9+10, CNR1 jammer on a 24h Sound of Hope frequency per Aoki (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA [and non]. 9700, Dec 23 at 0550, VP signals SAHing, presumably Turkey and // 6000 RHC English. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA [and non]. 6060, Dec 23 at 0550, RHC still colliding with Algeria via FRANCE. At 0646 S9+20 in the clear, mailbag in English, but somewhat distorted. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA [and non]. 6100, Dec 23 at 0551, RHC VP here in wrong language Spanish not English, // much better 5040; also ACI from 6105 Arabic = Algeria via France at 0500-0700. Same at 0637 recheck, S9/+10. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 6000, UT Thu Dec 23 at 0643, RHC mailbag in English, S9+30 but undermodulated; // 9700 S9+10 also u-m. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 9700, Dec 23 at 0727, RHC English still on here only, S9 but undermodulated. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA [and non]. 9710, Dec 24 at 2324, RHC Spanish is distorted and with heavy CCI adding up to S9. Commies vs Commies! since the otherstation is surely CNR1 until 2330 per Aoki; and CRI after 0000. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 4747 & 4783 approx., Dec 25 at 0422, scratchy parasitic spurs out of 4765 R. Progreso which itself is suptorted vs CODAR. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA [and non]. 6165, Dec 25 at 0431, RHC English is S9+10 here cozying up to the 6160 corpse of Brother HyStairical, and // equal strength but somewhat louder 6000; rather than alternate 9700 where a JBA carrier must be Turkey in the clear. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA [non]. 6030 & 7355 & 7435, Dec 25 at 0435, the uppers without much jamming with ``Blue Xmas`` in English, Elvis? R. Martí seems an Xmas hit-parade of yearsgoneby, then ``What Child Is This?`` in Spanish, Ricky Martin? I think the SS title is not ``¿Qué Niño Es?`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA [and non]. 13740, Dec 25 at 2308, S9+40 of dead air from RHC, same with some hum on 15230, S9+5. Spanish succeeds but suptorted on 15370, S9/+20. Something`s always wrong at RHC. But 13650 CRI ``Portuguese`` of Chinese music only is VG S9+30 way over the Japan CCI (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 12000, Dec 26 at 0704, RHC English S6/S8, sufficient, as 2 x 6000 which is S9+10/20. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 9700, Dec 26 at 0709, RHC still on here instead of 6165 and in Spanish instead of English, S5/S7. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 15230, Dec 26 at 2325, RHC is S9 but just barely modulated in Brazuguese. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA [and non]. 9700, Dec 27 at 0650, RHC English, music mixing about equal level with TRT Turkish, making a fast SAH, nearing end of a 3-hour collision when RHC leaps to here instead of 6165, where there are also collisions, with NHK. Something`s always wrong at RHC. I won`t say ``awry at Ankara`` since VOT is duly registered here, but if they were really on the ball would avoid Cuba whether official or not (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 13636 & 13764 approx., Dec 27 at 1603, S9 FMish extremely distorted spurblobs, with F# tone and some program modulation, out of 13700 RHC which is S9+10 but itself undermodulated; just in time as all cut off late at 1604.5*. No time to seek second-orders at 2 x 64 kHz further out. Something`s always wrong at RHC; but it`s been a while since these have upshown (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 9700, Dec 28 at 0315, RHC English here not 6165, only S5-S7 during Chief Meterologist slot. The other side: ``CORRUPTION --- The campaign against GAESA hotels is not anti-Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero grumbles about the losses from the campaign to boycott tourism to Cuba. Juan Antonio Blanco, Miami 24 Dic 2021 - 17:19 CET On December 17 Prime Minister Manuel Marrero condemned "a media campaign against tourism in Cuba," in reference to the call to boycott tourist trips to the island, but his whining about how the losses that this campaign inflicts on "Cuba" and the "Cuban tourism industry" constitutes a botched charade. What is Manuel Marrero's role as Prime Minister? ...`` https://diariodecuba.com/cuba/1640362784_36406.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 9650, Dec 29 at 0316, RHC Spanish, suptorted S9+10/20, instead of 9710; and no 9700 English either; weaker // 9535. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 6060, Dec 29 at 0723, S9+10 of humbuzz only from this sole RHC transmitter still on. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** EGYPT. 9899.598v, Dec 27 at 2123, S9+20/30 of dead air in English into UTwente, and way off-frequency from 9900, R. Cairo still wasting its kW by failing to feed from studio to transmitter - weakest link syndrome. At 2200 however I do detect a trace of timesignal a few seconds late. Something`s always egregious in Egypt (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** EGYPT. 9899.6, Dec 29 at 2202 quick check direct, R. Cairo at S8/S9 but extremely suptorted, unreadable, presumably English. Same old story. Why in the world don`t they either fix it or turn it off again? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ETHIOPIA [and non]. 7110, Dec 25 at 0434, VP talk at S7-S9, R. Ethiopia. Neighbours: Eritrea JBA on 7140, no 7180; Sudan 7205 S8-S9 just barely modulated (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** GERMANY [non]. For the first time this year, the annual `Gruss an Bord` from NDR carried on SW for mariners asea, Dec 24 at 1800-2100 was supposed to employ WRMI, on 15770, among several other sites. But from 1800 onwards, 15770 continued with the SMTV cult as normally scheduled. I reminded Jeff about 15770 at 1806, but still SMTV at 1828. 15770 is JBA into UTwente anyway, so maybe not good into North Atlantic either. ``Go Tell It On The Mountain`` at 1831. 1845 still SMTV on 15770. And at 1936 recheck. 6080 Uzbekistan is best into UTwente, tho it can`t be aimed thataway. [Later:] Axually, HFCC shows 6080 Uzbekistan is 301 degrees aimed back toward Europe, CIRAF 27-28-29 with 125 kW. It also claims WRMI 15770 is 125 kW, despite all Okees being 100 or less. Meanwhile, Harald Kuhl, Germany reported to BDXC that the SW program in German from 1800 was not `Gruss an Bord`, but something else. He phoned MBR and they got it corrected by 1900. So, screwups everywhere. I stopped checking 15770 before 2000, but Richard Langley reports: ``So will the frequencies be extended by an hour so the full three hours can be transmitted? Likely not. And still no joy with WRMI on 15770 kHz. At 2000 UTC, Radio for Peace International started. By about 2030 UT, WRMI is now broadcasting Gruss an Bord on 15770 kHz. Don't know when it started. Usual powerful signal into NB. -- Richard Langley`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) See also USA [and non] ** GERMANY [and non]. P.P.S. to the Gruss an Bord saga, in the WOR iog: ``WRMI initially went to music after an ID at 2100 UT but they joined the Gruss an Bord church service some minutes later. WRMI carried the whole last hour and at least the beginning of the news bulletin/program starting at 2200. Could only listen for a minute past 22:00 as the Christmas Eve dinner was on the table. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all. -- Richard Langley`` {15770} ``No such shortwave relay between 2100 and 2200 was booked at all. I they did it for the reasons I suspect: I doubt that it saved anything. Anyway, I meanwhile got it confirmed that indeed in the old format until last year the last round of recorded greetings went out via NDR Info Spezial only. And the accidental shortwave relay of the children`s programming is particularly ironic: Until last year it was part of the FM program schedule and then thrown out there as part of the reformatting. Their farewell from FM was a masterpiece of the genre to spice children`s programming with satire and sarcasm for adults. Those who understand German should not miss it, it's a miracle that no one did prevent it from being broadcast. https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/info/sendungen/mikado/Der-Abendzauberwald,abendzauberwald100.html Kai Ludwig`` (via Glenn Hauser, WOR) Richard Langley, [WOR] Gruss an Bord 2021: A Review of the Problems ``Broadcast of the 2021 edition of Gruss an Bord from Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) via shortwave transmitters had some major problems. Despite advanced notice that indicated otherwise, this year, the program was broadcast only by the NDR Info network within Germany unlike in past years when it was carried by both the NDR Info and NDR Info Spezial networks. The program via NDR Info and the SW relays was scheduled between 1800 and 2100 UT on 24 December. The SW relays were handled by Media Broadcast. Problem 1: Media Broadcast fed the SW stations the audio from the NDR Info Spezial network. That network was carrying children's programming (as usual on weekdays) from 1800 to 1900 UT. In particular, it was the Mikado program ("the program for children of all ages! Every week there is children's news, radio plays, reports, book tips and much more"), which was taken up on this occasion mostly by a play called "Hilfe, die Herdmanns kommen!" (Help, the Herdmanns are coming!) read by the actor Henning Venske. This is a nativity play that threatens to sink into chaos and is apparently a favourite on Christmas Eve in Germany. So that was what mariners around the world heard on SW for the first hour. The mistake was discovered by MB after a call from Harald Kuhl (DL1AX). On or around 1900, almost all of the SW transmitters started to relay Gruss an Bord. Except for WRMI. Problem 2: For the first time, WRMI was to participate in the SW relays of Gruss an Bord and supply a signal to mariners in the North Atlantic on 15770 kHz. WRMI normally carries the audio of Supreme Master TV in the 1800 to 2000 time slot on 15770. And that is what they broadcast on Christmas Eve, having forgotten to switch feeds on this occasion or their control software had a fault. And at 2000, the regularly scheduled Radio for Peace International program was initially broadcast. At some point during the first half hour, WRMI joined the Gruss an Board program in progress. So, WRMI carried very little of Gruss an Board. At about 2100, there was a WRMI ID, which was followed by at least 6 minutes of music, likely the "Oldies" programming. But at some point, they re-joined NDR Info, which was then carrying a church service (Catholic Christmas mass from the Basilika Sankt Clemens in Hannover). In past years, a church service was an integral part of the Gruss an Bord program. But it was dropped from the program this year. WRMI stayed with the NDR Info programming right up to and past 2200 UT, carrying at least the first part of the overnight ARD Infonacht news programming (ARD = Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland -- no wonder they abbreviate it). Let's hope we have no problems with Gruss an Bord in 2022 should it continue to be broadcast. -- Richard Langley`` ** GERMANY. 15269.904, Dec 29 at 1455 weak talk perceptibly off-frequency before measuring until 1459*. Aoki shows this hour only is VOA Kurdish via Biblis. So much for German precision? Or USAGM; other sites imprecise São Tomé, Saipan/Tinian, Thailand (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ITALY. 207 kHz, Dec 26 at 2103.7 tune-in via Noale SDR, immediately hear S S S, 3 Morse dots repeated several times, then long talk in Italian, unreadable. It`s S6 with fast SAH, Iceland? Carrier offset up to 1 Hz minus. So AM Italia is still commemorating the Marconi anniversary, a biweek after the original date December 12 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** KOREA SOUTH [and non]. 6000, Dec 24 at 0741, checking RHC frequencies but this one normally off by a sesquihour earlier, yet something weak is here and also with jamming noise. Must be Echo of Hope, instead of alternate 5995. No report from Ron this week about its current jumparounds, but Dec 24 Aoki has it on 6000 from 0500 but no indication of jamming (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. Fog this morning, Dec 23 at 1510 UT, so there ought to be some tropo enhancement TV. Hepburn maps predict we`re on edge of Level 1, but up to level 4 blob south/eastward as of 1500. Most `open` channels 8-36 show BAD signals into the STB, but only one decodes, RF 26 as KOTV Tulsa on 6-1; KQCW-SD on 6-2; and NewsOn6 on 6-3; soon fading as does the visible fog (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. RF 25, 9-2, KWTV news playback Dec 25 about another sound & light show home, ``The Lights on Rockwood`` in Edmond; glimpse of 88.3 sign for FM frequency. Continues until 12/31 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** PERU [and non]. 4808.81V, Dec 27 at 0025, Santiago, Chile SDR lox onto a JBA carrier here, after Lúcio Otávio Bobrowiec, Brasil tipped the WOR iog: ``Hi all. R. Logos is on at 0005 UT on 4808 (to avoid noise on 4810). Religious music. 73 Lucio Brasil`` My recheck via same SDR at 0148 finds it on 4808.83V. Meanwhile, direct at 0127, the only carrier I can detect is very close to 4810.00. There is no longer any other known broadcaster, like India, around 4810. The noise is this per EiBi: ``4810.1 0000-2400 Martinique FUF French Navy STANAG F Car u`` but the bulk of it is above 4811. At 0155 I check another SDR, Brasília #1, and hear S3/S5 the religious music past 0202, no ID break, but displays only ~5 Hz below 4810.000. Must listen in LSB to avoid the STANAG (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** PUERTO RICO. 391 MCW kHz, numerous beacon bandscans last 5+ weeks have not found any signal from San Juan / Dorado, DDP, allegedly 2 or even 3 kW, since I did log it once on November 16. It used to be regular last winter. But RNA shows it last logged by someone on 2021-12-25 (Glenn Hauser, OK, Dec 28, WOR) ** ROMANIA. 6145, Dec 23 at 0550, strong music not RHC, 0552 S9+10 Romanian, sure sounds like an adstring. RRI Galbeni scheduled 0500-0600 to W Europe & USward, but chopped off at 0557*. Must be a domestic program relay, but not specifically delineated as such in WRTH 2021 nor current EiBi (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2118) ** SPAIN. 12030, Dec 23 at 1549, REE IS at S9+30/40 despite Mideast aiming, also weaker 11670 toward Africa, both programming from 1600 weekdays; nothing yet on Americas frequencies 9690 & 11940, which don`t start until 1855 weekdays, if on air at all (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 9690, Dec 24 at 2323, REE in Spanish about Cristo; evidently blown away our token English semihour. Does Spain have a State Religion, you-know-what? Not a solid signal even here (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 12030, Dec 25 at 1610, REE with ``Jingle Bells Rock`` in English, during Spanish program; 1612 introducing a Boston Pops medley; S8/9+10 much better off the back of ME beam, than on 9690 thisaway, LUHF/OWF trumping azimuth. REE really needs a Propagation 101 lesson (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 9690, Wed Dec 29 at 2300, REE token English preview of feature to be about Magritte: but same was said Mon Dec 27 which I took to be a repeat and also tuned out, so another repeat of repeat? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TAIWAN. 9690, Mon Dec 27 at 1612, poor signal in Japanese, not // 12030 where REE Spain is strong off the back from ME beam. It`s clandestine Furusato no Kaze from Japan via 300 kW, 2 degrees from Paochung for Korea North, daily at 1600-1630 -- certainly enough to QRM the weak REE signal when it starts at 1500 weekends, but not until 1900 weekdays, the so-called North American service. Also, CGTN Bengali via Kunming is on 9690 at 1500-1600. Standard remark about REE frequency mismanagement (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 5960, Dec 25 at 2313, VOT English employing the just-barely-modulated transmitter yet S9/+25. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 9700: see CUBA [and non] ** U K. Radio Emma Toc World Service: I watched and listened to the much-publicized live webcast, Dec 28 at 1600-1720 UT, via https://www.mixcloud.com/live/RadioEmmaToc/ Jim = James Salmon says it`s a test but he certainly seems to have it together. No problem for him to keep talking constantly, acknowledging live contacts; plays some short audiovideos he`s edited down including two made at WRMI, including revelation of the ``Jesus Stick``. And entire thing will be available for playback. He was really on SW WRMI earlier this year and maybe shall be again (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U K. 5450-USB, Dec 25 at 0425, VOLMET by roboYL with Britishish accent, S7 vs S6 noise level. Some items are ``no information available`` instead of ``no report received`` at Trenton. Very hard to make out airport names but several are something-international. Sometimes ``her`` words overlap. This is as EiBi calls it, ``RAF Volmet Military 1`` from site ic in G-land, 24 hours. Encountered during a full 2000-7505 kHz bandscan with little of interest (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U K [and non]. I try to catch `BBC World News America`, the 2200 UT edition which is delayed one hour on PBS via OETA to 2300; for a broader worldview than on US nets. But currently nix the America part as staff are on holiday and it originates with unknown anchors in London. Dec 29 they were standing by for a G. Maxwell verdict, and when it came about 2310 blew away the rest of the world for this BREAKING NEWS, anchor and NYC correspondent winging it repetitively for the rest of the semihour. Another annoyance recently is stepping up of the percussion liners every few minutes, as if the real news need to be hyped in that way. Of course other nets do some of that but not to such an extent. At least today the B.N. overcame a lot of it (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 486 kHz, Dec 24 at 2040-2047 UT, no signal detectable at closest SDRs in northern North Carolina, for special Fessenden commemoration broadcast, including music, scheduled for 24 hours starting 2000 UT Dec 24 (and again Dec 31), from WI2XLQ. This year`s publicity does not specify location but last year it was Forest, Virginia, a suburb of Lynchburg. Unfortunately no Kiwi SDRs nearby. Power not specified either but presumably very low, ``Part 5``. Last year it was 150 watts carrier output, maybe 15 watts ERP. Perhaps will get out better at night, if really on. Here is *last* year`s info: http://www.arrl.org/news/virginia-radio-amateur-will-commemorate-1906-fessenden-christmas-eve-broadcast And less detail this year: http://www.arrl.org/news/view/experimental-station-will-recreate-1906-fessenden-transmissions (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 486 kHz, Dec 25 at 0205 UT, I`m trying to hear the Fessenden special. Not reaching direct, nor two SDRs in northern NC, but yes, to another one at Bakersville which has 8 RX. It shows carrier offset of minus 95 to 101 Hz, i.e.. more like 485.9. Music at S5 vs a lot of noise, and robot YL IDs every few minutes, such as 0218, 0227, ``This is WI2XLQ, in Forest, Virginia, on 486 kHz``; long pause, O Holy Night and one or two other instrumental carols. Occasionally the YL is followed by an OM voice or by himself at 0258: ``glory to god in the highest, peace and goodwill toward men`` or something like that. Seems like a kind motto, but it`s both sexist and religionist. I have recorded and will probably feature ID on next WORLD OF RADIO. Reminder, WI2XLQ schedule is 2000 UT Dec 24 to 2000 UT Dec 25, and again exactly one week later on NYE/NYD. More details in my previous report (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. I`m waiting and waiting for some winter sporadic E to reach the FM band. DXMAP often shows MUFs circa 72 MHz, but that`s not enough. Finally I settle for something inferior, seeking 28+ MHz ham beacons on 10 meters. December 28 at 2020, 2026 I detect only two: 28214.2 CW, W6REK/B calls alternating slow sequences and fast ones. Maybe really the frequency listed at https://www.qsl.net/wj5o/bcn.htm ``28.2143 W6REK C SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA # 25W, VERTICAL`` It`s JBA requiring multiple passes to copy, new log here, and nearby in CA: 28300.0 CW, K6FRC/B, stronger and easy copy, also the one on 13565 but it`s in Patterson; all three near the Bay Area, limited opening: ``28.300 K6FRC C TRACY, CALIFORNIA # 100W, "POGO stick" VERTICAL Freq change 8 July 09``. Recheck at 2046: all gone. At first I also tuned up 28 MHz but did not hear any phone signals; nor on 25- MHz band nor on 21+ MHz band but see WRMI 13m log. There was some skip activity on the 27 MHz CBand (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) {The WJ5O list, which is historical as well as current, shows two other K6FRCs on 28300, but not with the exact call I copy with the /B} ** U S A [non]. 11610, Dec 25 at 1607, talk in unknown language, S9-S5 with heavy flutter. Aoki shows VOA Somali via Woofferton UK at 1600-1800. 11830, Dec 25 at 1609, similar fluttery signal to 11610. That`s Deutsche Welle in Amharic via Issoudun, FRANCE at 1600-1700. Anyhow, the North Atlantic backward path is disturbed (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2117 monitoring: confirmed UT Thursday December 23 at 0130 on WRMIs: 5010 S7-S8 into Maryland remote; 9395, S9+10/20 into Missouri SDR, following 0128 `Sound of Silence`. WOR 2118 should be ready early UT Fri Dec 24 for first broadcasts at 0130 on WRMIs 5850 & 7780 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2118 contents: Abkhazia, Algeria and non, Antarctica and non, Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, (Colomba), Cuba and non, Egypt, France, India, Italy, (Kashmir), Netherlands, New Zealand, North America, Oklahoma, Romania, Russia, San Andrés and non, (Sa`udi Arabia), UK, USA, Zanzibar; unidentified 6114; propagation outlook - ()Countries mentioned but not in order. WOR 2118 is available as of 0123 UT Friday December 24, 2021 (mp3 stream) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2118.m3u (mp3 download) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2118.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, 7780 to NE 0330 UT Friday WRMI 5985 to S 1530 UT Friday WRWI 9955 to SSE [jammed?] 1915 UT Friday IRRS 7290-Bulgaria to WNW, 14580 harmonic; 918-Italy 2130 UT Friday IRRS 918-Italy 0230 UT Saturday WRMI 9395 to NNW 2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7730 to WNW 0030 UT Sunday WRMI 5950 to NNW 0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415; as late as 0530] 1330 UT Sunday WMRI Europe via Ch 292 Germany 9670 2100 UT Sunday IRRS 918-Italy 2330 UT Sunday WRMI 5950 to NNW 2330 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW 0130 UT Monday WRMI 9395 to NNW 0400vUT Monday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW 2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed?] 1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW 2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S 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, for a generous Winter Solstice contribution on a US bank to: Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702. One may also contribute via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds to: woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2118 monitoring: confirmed first SWBCs, UT Friday December 24 at 0130 on WRMIs: 5850 VG direct, 7780 S9+10/20 into UTwente. Also confirmed UT Fri Dec 24 at 0330 on WRMI 5985, JBA direct and into Querétaro SDR, but S9+5 off the back into Knoxville. Also confirmed Fri Dec 24 at 1530 on WRMI 9955, S9/+10 direct, no jamming audible. Also confirmed Fri Dec 24 at 1915 on IRRS SW 7290 via Bulgaria, and 918 kHz via AM Italia, Villa Estense, the latter VG S9+18 into nearby Noale KiwiSDR; but 7290 JBA into UTwente. I had started listening to both about 1903, when 7290 seemed dead air at S8 with heavy ChiCom ACI de 7295 unless LSB-tuned; but 918 VG S9+18 with `Feature Story News`, 1904 ID, 1905 ``UN News``, 1908 music. By 1907 I could detect same modulation on 7290. WOR still going on both at 1925, but not positively confirmed lasting until 1944; rechecked at 1959, 918 interrupts a commentary about Iran vs USA, for ``IRRS signing off`` with the other Aïda theme, but 918 stays on air with FSN again from 2003.5. Next WORs: 2130 UT Friday IRRS 918-Italy 0230 UT Saturday WRMI 9395 to NNW 2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7730 to WNW 0030 UT Sunday WRMI 5950 to NNW 0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415; as late as 0530] 1330 UT Sunday WMRI Europe via Ch 292 Germany 9670 2100 UT Sunday IRRS 918-Italy 2330 UT Sunday WRMI 5950 to NNW 2330 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW 0130 UT Monday WRMI 9395 to NNW 0400vUT Monday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW 2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed?] 1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW 2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2118 monitoring: Confirmed Friday December 24 at 2130 on IRRS via Italia AM, 918 kHz, S9+18 into nearby Noale SDR. Also confirmed UT Saturday December 25 at 0230 on WRMI 9395, S9+5/10 into Missouri SDR. Next: 2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7730 to WNW 0030 UT Sunday WRMI 5950 to NNW 0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415; as late as 0530] 1330 UT Sunday WMRI Europe via Ch 292 Germany 9670 2100 UT Sunday IRRS 918-Italy 2330 UT Sunday WRMI 5950 to NNW 2330 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW 0130 UT Monday WRMI 9395 to NNW 0400vUT Monday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW 2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed?] 1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW 2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2118 monitoring: confirmed Saturday December 25 at 1700 on WRN North America webcast. Also confirmed starting at 2052 Sat Dec 25 the 2030v on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, Wentzville MO, VG S9+10 into nearby Warrenton SDR. Also confirmed UT Sunday December 26 at 0030 on WRMI 5950, S9+20/30 direct, and about two words behind on WRMI 7730 S9/+30. Note, from next week/month/year, the UT Sun 0030 WOR on 5950 is to be replaced by something else, which looks interesting: https://www.postcardpanorama.com/ About Tammy Walker: https://www.tdwalker.net/ Postcard Panorama: a brief introduxion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEehsYgrqaU Her previous programs on 5130, I was not aware of at the time: https://www.shortwavesshortpoems.com/ WOR 2118 also confirmed UT Sun Dec 26 at 0419 about 6 minutes into so started circa 0413 on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, VG S9+10 into Warrenton. As usual slept thru the Sun Dec 26 1330 on WMRI Europe via Ch 292 Germany, 9670; anyone hear it? Next: 2100 UT Sunday IRRS 918-Italy 2330 UT Sunday WRMI 5950 to NNW 2330 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW 0130 UT Monday WRMI 9395 to NNW 0400vUT Monday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW 2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed?] 1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW 2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2118 monitoring: as usual I zzz thru the Sun Dec 26 airing at 1330 on WMRI Europe via Channel 292, Germany. Did anyone hear it? Confirmed Sunday December 26 from 2100.7 on IRRS Shortwave via AM Italia, 918 kHz, S9+19 into nearby Noale SDR. Way over interference. Also confirmed Sun Dec 26 at 2341, the 2330 on WRMIs, 5950 S9+25 into Knoxville SDR, 9955 S9+10 and much less loud with some jamming; and still no signal on 4980. Also confirmed UT Monday December 27 at 0030 on WRMI 7730, S9+20 to Missouri SDR. Also confirmed UT Monday December 27 at 0130 on WRMI 9395, S9/+10 direct. Also confirmed UT Monday December 27 at 0230 on WRN N America webcast Also confirmed UT Monday December 27 at 0400 on Area 51 via WBCQ 6160-, minus 55 Hz offset at Maryland SDR = 6159.945, S5-S6. Just before 0429, my final words after ``concluding ----`` chopped off for HRI to start. What`s the big hurry??? At least no RHC ACI tonight since it`s on 9700 instead of 6165, but from *0430 HRI gets ACI from NHK Russian via Nauen, Germany. NHK is scheduled on 6165 until 0500* and again *0600-0630 in Arabic via France. Next WORs: 2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed?] 1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW 2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2118 monitoring: confirmed Tuesday December 28 at 2330 on WRMI 9955: at Maryland remote, tuned in at 2328 to end of `Wavescan` at S9, but drastic fadedown into noise/jamming by 2330! Sundown+ MUF plunge if not a brownout got us. At 2333 I change to further and wester SDR in Missouri, where we`re VG S9+10/20, no jamming audible. But by 2354 it`s faded down to S6-S9. 2355, another change to SDR further and norther, Winnipeg: slightly better S7-S9, and can tell not cut off or overlapped at 2359 conclusion. As usual zzzed the Wed 1030 on WRMI 5850; hope someone heard it. Confirmed Wednesday December 29 from 2200:21 on WBCQ 7489.96v, S9+20 direct vs high local line noise level. Next: 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW {confirmed} 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S {confirmed} 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, for a generous Winter Solstice contribution on a US bank to: Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702. One may also contribute via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds to: woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. P.S. to the Gruss an Bord saga; after I, et al. stopped listening, at 2127 UT: ``As far as I could tell using the U. Twente SD receiver, all the non-WRMI transmitters switched off, on or around 2100 UT. WRMI initially went to music after an ID at 2100 but they joined the Gruss an Bord church service some minutes later. -- Richard Langley`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) see GERMANY [and non] ** U S A. 9960, Dec 28 at 0742, enough TOMBS audio here to match it to S9+20 WRMI 9955, confirming this as a spur of that; and no doubt the matching one on 9950 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 21525, Dec 28 at 2032, WRMI is S9+25 instead of usual JBA, so sporadic E certainly in play here. Unfortunately nothing but gospel huxters here including the notorious and dead Tony Alámo tnx to ``Radio Africa``, not even any DX programs (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. (7489.9v), UT Sat Dec 25 at 0103 on WBCQ webcast, SW not even checked, `AAAWWW` theme `WTO` is ending, immediately clear it`s live referring to Xmas cheer, Xmas even in Fla. About searchlight they illuminate for Xmas somehow forming a star in the sky. Webb space telescope to launch tomorrow [1220 UT from GUF]. 0112.5 music pause, ``O Holy Nite``. Angela is even more animated than usual, having imbibed `less wine than you think`, but yells more and more during the hour. Important: WBCQ has a new general business phone number, also for call-ins: (207) 286-5483. No longer in use is 538-9180. Allan starts to explain why but Angela blox him. At 0130 ``Uncle Bill in Chicago`` calls it [except he told me had really moved away from Chicago!], and replies to something A&A had mentioned, alleging that there was a 3-month shift in calendars, causing confusion about when Xmas really was, in March? I know this is wrong and at 0138 e-mail WBCQ and UB the following, but Allan never mentions it before program ends: ``NOT 3 months, only 11 days lost in calendar switch: A&A, There was NOT a 3-month change from Julian to Gregorian! Originally only 10 days; 11 days in the USA, etc., per https://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/julian-gregorian-switch.html Gregorian Calendar Introduction Worldwide Year of Switch Country Days Removed 1582 France (most areas), Italy, Poland, Portugal, Spain 10 days 1583 Austria, Germany (Catholic states) 10 days 1587 Hungary 10 days 1610 Germany (Prussia) 10 days 1700 Germany and Switzerland (Protestant areas) 10 days 1752 United States (most areas), Canada (most areas), United Kingdom (and colonies) 11 days 1872/1873 Japan 12 days 1916 Bulgaria 13 days 1918 Estonia, Russia 13 days 1923 Greece 13 days 1926/1927 Turkey 13 days Note: The list only includes countries that officially used the Julian calendar before the Gregorian calendar was introduced; countries that switched from a different calendar system to the Gregorian calendar, such as Saudi Arabia in 2016, are excluded. In some cases, it shows a simplified version of events. Each country is listed by its current name, although its official name may have changed since the calendar reform.`` 73, Glenn Hauser 0139 starts to read from new Free Radio Weekly just in, but interrupted. Datestamp: 24 December, YOOLFASJC, 2021, from Studio 9 in Fla. 0140 interrupted by guy who put his dentures in, Carl in western Pennsylvania, and they agree on ``gotta get the buggers``. 0143 back to FRW. Only two logs of mine in this issue and he mentions both but without credit. He butchers the one about ``anti-Christ`` pirate YHWH, giving 1840 as a frequency instead of time, and lisdexicizes the real frequency as 11480 instead of 11840. He also doesn`t get it that this item is about YHWH NOT being heard for a month. May I suggest that people read exactly what I write to have a better chance of getting it right. 0147 they love the Trans-Siberian Orchestra -- so do I -- and play ``Carol of the Bells``, much like the World`s Last Chance theme, but they don`t draw the connexion. 0151 frequencies as 7490, 6160, 4790. 0156 some email. Mentions again as earlier that Angela has been horse-riding today. Evidently she does that a lot. 0159 prayer, 0200 dead air on this feed, 0201 abrupt JIP Hal Turner. John Carver`s version: ``Tonight's show started on time on 4790, 6160 and 7490 with 7490 having the best signal. Allan and Angela in the studio. Allan has fired up one of his famous search lights for Christmas Eve, representing the Christmas Star. Then some talk about the launch of the new space telescope tomorrow and what they hope to accomplish with it. Allan comments on how well Angela is lubricated this evening. Then he plays some music sent in by Ross from the Cape. Angela then sings a joke version of Jingle Bells. Allan read from a piece entitled The Real Meaning of Christmas. Allan then announces a new phone number to call his show and someone uses it at 0131 to state that because of a change in calendars Christ was actually born in March. Allan then plays part of a tape that the gun toting preacher has sent them. Phone call at 0140 and after that Allan reads highlights from the newest Free Radio Weekly. At Angela's urging Allan plays a video at 0148. Shades of the old Trailer Trash Radio show. Playing films and videos over the radio! Reading of an email at 0157 and closing prayer at 0158. Program was off the air at 0200. John, Mid-North Indiana`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9330, Dec 28 at 2034 check, NO signal from WLCR/WBCQ, crashed again. Neighbour 9265 WINB achieves S9+15 with 1/10 the nominal power (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 7505, Dec 25 at 0437, WRNO S9+20 in undermodulated Hindi; I can`t detect anything Xmassy or even Xianny about it (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 6115, Dec 23 at *2159, WWCR-1 is back on this frequency, just signing on and 2200 into Spanish, as I tune in during WORLD OF RADIO 2118 recording. Notice about 6115 & 3215 being off the air has been removed from website. Span here is 22-02 UT. No 6114 RTTY audible now, but WWCR so strong that could block, or discourage, it. 3215, Dec 24 at 0735, other WWCR-1 frequency is also back, with TOMBS, S9+10/20. Span is 02-12 UT. Harold Frodge, MI, had heard 3215 as early as 0202 UT Dec 23. 4840, Dec 24 at 0735, this WWCR is S9+20/30 of dead air instead of TOMBS; happens all too frequently; or rather, make that: not frequently enough. 5890 still going with S9+40 of BS; and 5935 PMS hitting S9+50! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 15555-USB, Dec 25 at 1600, no ID from WJHR, but hymn about a garden, soon gospel huxter referencing Mark IX, S7-S4, so fairly good now. I sometimes hear traces, usually nothing at all. Also Dec 26 at 1609, all too brief piano music before back to g.h., S9 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 3215, Dec 26 at 2328, S9/+25 of dead air from WWRB; not to be outdone by CUBA, some modulation missing at Manchester (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9975, Dec 28 at 0309, zero signal from KVOH, off the air, holiday break? Or is it propagation. WRMIs and other USignals on 9 MHz band are JBA at best, even 9330, but WRMI still VG on 7570. Amazingly there are no KiwiSDRs in the Los Ángeles area to confirm it on groundwave; the nearest is San Diego where would not expect to hear it anyway, and I do not at 0354 check. WWV also JBA on 10000, but by email as of 0300 says K index 2, SF 124, no storms, which ought to mean sufficient conditions (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9975, Dec 28 at 0741, KVOH not heard, but would have signed off by now. Re my earlier zero signal at 0309, I later asked Ray Robinson at 0425: ``Hi Ray, Zero signal on 9975 tonight. Wonder if KVOH is off the air or propagation? Holiday break? 73, Glenn`` Reply at 0637 I did not see till later: ``Re: No 9975 -- Weather-related outage. Storm damage caused a short in the high voltage power supply.`` And at 0648: ``Hi, Glenn. We're actually back on again now (0645 UTC). Ray`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9975, Dec 29 at 0319, KVOH is indeed back on air but JBA as domestic MUF has plunged. Even 9330 WLCR/WBCQ at 0318 is a JBA carrier. 500 kW doesn`t do you any good if you insist on sending above the current MUF. 31m WRMIs also JBA. Cuba and Brasil, qq.vv., still much better (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 1130 kHz, Dec 27 at 1950 & 2046 UT chex, KLEY Wellington KS once again has reverted to continuous air that is dead. In past has also let this run all-night 24 hours obviously on 250 watt day power rather than licensed one watt night. Tough luck, KWKH! Anyhow, the electric bill must be negligible. Something`s always wrong at Rockin`-M Media - based on a cattle brand logo (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 1130 kHz, December 28 at 2044 UT, KLEY Wellington KS, still strong steady signal of rock music dead air (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 1690 kHz, Dec 27 at 2052 UT, talk station pausing for WVON ID/promos, and fading down. Skywave already in play from Chicago into the E-W longwire here and not much other X-band activity able to overcome the high local noise level. Nothing even on 1700 and a little KC/MO starting to show on 1660. CoL Berwyn IL which is 658 statute miles = 1029 km away (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Dec 26 at 0715-0721: 549, 558, 612, 639, 684-2, *693, 747, 774-2,, 837-2, 846-TP, 855, 882-2, 909, 954, 999, 1044, 1053-2, 1089, 1107-2, 1215-2 kHz. *strongest. -2 means at least two carriers beating - some slow, some faster. Maybe I should time them and compare to mwoffsets (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 5050, Dec 24 at 2310, JBA carrier. Only thing fitting in Aoki is Beibu Bay Radio, Nanning, China from 2300. WWRB is not on air this day and no longer on 5050 anyway. Nothing yet on 5060 from Xinjiang, land of imperialist ChiCom genocide against Uyghurs and other Moslems. Xmas eve and NY eve used to be fruitful times for rare LA or other tropical stations reactivating or extending schedules, but nothing else of interest on 60m now (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED [and non]. 6114, the RTTY INTRUDER, had been heard every night but not Dec 22 around 0700 check. Ron Howard replied to my previous inquiry: ``Hi Glenn - Dec 22, checking 6115 kHz between 0525 to 0610 UT. Japan starting to slowly fade up; no trace at all of Congo; normally Japan would be coming up about 0500, so tonight was rather poor; no RTTY or any kind of QRM; Japan with mostly non-stop pop songs (Ricky Martin - "Livin' La Vida Loca," etc.). Ron (California)`` 6114, Dec 23 at 0546 the RTTY is back, vs JBA 6115 carrier presumed JAPAN not CONGO; still at 0640 when Nikkei music has grown to S6, the RTTY evitable by USB tuning, but that should not be necessary! I search the UDXF iog on 6114 and only get possibly unrelated hits: ``LOG 4 to 6 MARS 2016 + RUSSIAN NAVY, SCHWEITZER ANDRE 07854 RCV : Russian Navy Sevastopol 1525z CIS-12/AT3004D/USB Encrypted messages – (QYT4 Mode Actived : RIR98 de RCV QYT4 ….) In Dx – Qsx 6114 (05Mar16) (F5JBR) 06114 RIR98 : Russian Navy 1528z CIS-12/AT3004D/USB Encrypted messages – (QYT4 Mode Actived : RIR98 de RCV QYT4 ….) In Dx – Qsx 7854 (05Mar16) (F5JBR)`` i.e. almost 6 years ago in France, first Russian navy log said to QSX = reply on 6114, and then a 6114 log itself (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2118) UNIDENTIFIED [and non]. 6114, Dec 29 at 0724, no RTTY INTRUDER any more now or any other time at various chex; gone by the time WWCR reactivated 6115 in the 22-02 span, tho doubt that had anything to do with it. Now Nikkei Japan 6115 is in the clear with music (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 6974.9, Dec 24 at 2315, JBA music on mushy distorted carrier. Nothing reported in HF Underground. 6925 AM, Dec 24 at 2317, pirate music VP S8-S9 vs S7 noise level. More reports as unID: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,90650.0.html Again at 0433 Dec 25, JBA carrier here (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED [and non?]. 9950, 9960, 9965, 9970, Dec 27 at 0652, JBA carriers on all of these while TOMBS on WRMI is very strong on 9955, splashing at least upon 9950. What could these be? Both EiBi and Aoki have nothing on any except 9970 CNR1 jamming and Sound of Hope! The always incomplete and misleading HFCC shows `HBN` PALAU on 9965, 24 hours, but we know that`s merely available, their true usage much less than that but possibly changed to include this time and day? BTW, HFCC attributes 9965 to ``Republic of Palau`` rather than that ministry in West Virginia which now owns & runs it. I suspect 9950 & 9960 most likely be 5 kHz parasitic spurs out of WRMI 9955, just like they constantly produce on 4975 from the 4980 transmitter, and now an even weaker one also detectable on 4985 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)