** ALASKA. 9600, Dec 27 at 2204, sitting here in USB, blips cross the frequency exactly once every two seconds, sounding just like an ionosonde except more often. During this minute there is one extra uncoördinated blip, but seriously doubt it`s an asteroid reflexion. Surely radar wavelengths would be more effective; is this a publicity stunt? Earlier chex at 1741 and 1908 heard nothing. This is a HAARP experiment, monitored by many others in the WOR iog, directly and remotedly, as explained here via Don Moman: https://www.hamsci.org/article/participate-haarp-experiment-studying-near-earth-asteroids and here via Chris Mackerell: https://www.gi.alaska.edu/news/haarp-bounce-signal-asteroid-nasa-experiment (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ALASKA. Re: [WOR] HAARP Asteroid Bounce Experiment --- If I had read thru the linked publicity about it first, I might not have remarked about a publicity stunt. They indicate HF signals can penetrate better below the surface than radar. Here`s more via IRCA iog from Russ Edmunds Dec 27: ``Scientists plan to hit an asteroid with more than 9.6 million radio waves from HAARP`` https://interestingengineering.com/science/hitting-an-asteroid-with-radio-waves Hey, that`s a lot more impressive than ``9.6 MHz``! Yet the article keeps referring to it as ``low-frequency`` rather than standard scientific nomenclature, high-frequency. Low, only by comparison (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ANTARCTICA [non]. 15475.98 RC USB, Sat Dec 24 at 1500-1505+ NO signal from LRA36 into any of the four remaining Argentine KiwiSDRs, nor at occasional chex following semihour as I am mainly listening to: FONLAC in web stereo via WUOT rather than offtarget BBC SW: Festival Of Nine Lessons And Carols -- for the music if not the lessons. WUOT repeats it at 0300 UT Dec 25. More about that and still audible: https://www.yourclassical.org/story/2022/12/01/a-festival-of-nine-lessons-and-carols (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RCUSB, Wed Dec 28, LRA36 check via favorite Argentine remote, shared with someones in Los Ángeles and Essen, finds it S9 with song prélude at 1457 tune-in. 1501.5 standard canned s/on with multi-lingual advisory that it`s monolingual, staff names; 1503 themesong, recitation and another song as I am distracted by breakfast. 1513 live YLs as programa 38, last one of the 2022 cycle, but I can`t make out whether there will be a break next few weeks as likely. 1518.5 mentions 17 dic 1952 = base founding? Signal now fading down, and chops off at 1520.7* never to return by 1540 when I quit. Earlier I had also tried to get the webcast via https://www.radionacional.com.ar/ Antarctica is at the bottom, appropriately of the drop-down at Emisoras: which goes to this but only an error message: https://vmf.edge-apps.net/embed/live.php?streamname=sc_rad32-100131&autoplay=true Also got this: ``Hi, Glenn: ANTARCTICA. This Wednesday‘s broadcast which I‘ve heard via an Argentine SDR as usually popped up at 1456 UT amid a typical LA song. Strength was quite strong until 1516 when the signal disappeared unfortunately. It didn’t reappear until tune-out at 1540. Let‘s hope for a longer session this coming Saturday. Bye from Germany, Joachim Kornek, Dortmund`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA. 258 MCW kHz, Dec 24 at 0728 UT, dash and ZSJ, 1000 watt NDB at Sandy Lake, Ont., one of the rarer ones along with several common ones; but I would really like to DX some ``new`` ones (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA. 290 MCW kHz, Dec 23 at 0759 UT, dash and QR, 100 watt NDB at Regina SK. Some other regular Canadians also in (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CHINA. 11525, Dec 24 at 2325, S9/+10 of CNR1 jamming vs RFA Chinese via Tinian scheduled at 23-24 and 20-21. More of a slight echo from second jammer or longpath than anything from the victim. Nothing similar anywhere else inside 25m band, nor in the 11.0 MHz area (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CHINA [and non]. 9455, Mon Dec 26 at 1651, S9/+10 Chinese dominant, vs another Chinese, i.e. CNR1 jamming vs RFA SAIPAN; heavy fast SAH and at least one more signal buried with music, WRMI TOMBS, sounds the same as 9395 and WWCR 9980. I`ve always been amazed that FCC is fine with WRMI vs jammed USAGM on 9455, per Aoki sked: MWF 16-17 & daily 19-21 Saipan, 21-22 Kuwait. However, Dec 26 at 1921 check, WRMI is alone on 9455; and 9395 is OFF (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 530, Dec 27 at 0707, `Clair de Lune` by Debussy, soon outro as `Claro de Luna` by the Lawrence Welk orchestra! Surprised he edged so close to classical. And ID as ``Radio Enciclopedia, la emisora de música instrumental``. Some lite Spanish talk CCI under, likely a Rebelde, two listed in WRTH 2022. CMBQ 530 is at Villa María CH. Enciclopedia has a few other frequencies elsewhere, 670, 1280, 1310. We generally consider its format EZL. R. Musical Nacional, CMBF is much more widespread, but nothing compared to Rebelde absolutely everywhere. Originally put on 530 to block R. Martí relayed for a while from Turx & Caicos. Originally mixed in brief ``encyclopedic`` facts with the music, but I think quit that long ago, yet retained the name (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 6165, UT Thu Dec 22 at 0730, RHC English with `Ed Newman` presenting Mailbag, S9/+10 undermodulated. Only RHC frequency still on. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 6165, Dec 23 at 0736, S9+20/30 of dead air in English; also 6060, S9+10/20 with hum; also even 6000, S9+20/30 with hum. ALSO: 12000, S6/S9 of DA at 0743 on 2 X 6000. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA [and non]. 5025, Dec 23 at 0740 overmodulatedistorted music at S9+30 from R. Rebelde, blasting away 5020 carrier from SOLOMONS, inescapable even with LSB tuning. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba. But nothing on X2 = 10050 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 5040, Dec 23 at 0741, RHC Spanish S9/+10 but JBM; much better on X2 = 10080, S9+10/20 sufficient mod level but distorted. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 15140, Dec 23 at 1649, no signal from RHC on one of the two frequencies supposed to remain on past local noon, still going on 11760. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 11760, Dec 23 at 2245, dead air at S9/+10, then JBM seems in Spanish // 13680; while at 2248, 13740 is also on in DA, maybe trace of modulation, S9/+10. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 11880, Dec 24 at 2322, S9+10/20 of dead air from RHC. Ditto 11850 except for JBM in Spanish, and the latter still flanked by JBA carrier spurs plus/minus 10 on 11840, 11860, the only RHC frequency with that defect. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 6000, Dec 25 at 0205, RHC English, S9+45 but with huge humbuzz; // 6165 is S9/+20 with less mod and less hum. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 6060, Dec 25 at 0811, RHC in Sunday Esperanto! S7/S9. First time confirmed, at least by me, first airing this season; could be on 6100. You never know which 6 MHz channel will be on this late, if any. Also Esp`o after 1600 on usual 11760 & 15140. Despite announcements, third airing may be at 2130 on 13680 or somewhere. Just before or after 1600, other RHCs were dead airing and/or turning off: 9710, 9535, 15230, 13700. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 6000, Dec 26 at 0704, only Cuban channel still on but S8/9+10 of dead air. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 15140 & 11760, Dec 26 at 1646, the only two RHC frequencies supposed to run past 1600 are absent. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 15140, Dec 26 at 2032, no RHC on only frequency for first English hour of the day, just as it was missing already at 1646. One wonders if back in the RHC studios at the Radio Progreso building, they care or even be aware of how screwed up are the transmissions out of Bauta et al - the weakest but vital linx to axually reaching listeners. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. Dec 28 at 0724, no SWBC frequencies active on 4, 5, 6, 9, 10 MHz -- but the jammers against nothing on 5, 6, 7 and 9 MHz bands are still pounding! Ivo Ivanov has concluded that the main Bauta site is totally down, while some RHC frequencies attributed to Quivicán are still running. Something`s very wrong at RadioCuba. From 2334 Dec 28 I spot check some known RHC and CRI relay frequencies at the NH remote: OFF: 11760, 6000, 15230, 13680, 11670; ON: 13650, 11850 suptorted, 5990 VG; algo on 9710 unseems Cuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** EGYPT. 9439.995, Dec 24 at 2130, NO signal of R. Cairo in English, via UTwente. Something`s always amiss in Abis (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** EGYPT. 9439.995, Dec 26 around 2130 direct, no signal from R. Cairo in English; still zilch at 2159 check into UTwente. Likewise Dec 27 at 2237 onwards into UTwente. Something`s always amiss at Abis (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** EGYPT. 9439.995, Dec 28 at 2210, another day with no signal, no loss, no English from egregious R. Cairo (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** FRANCE. 15185, Dec 25 at 1605, S7/9+10 but JBM. EiBi shows at 1600-1630, clandestine Oromiya Public Media in TIG via Issoudun. Standard remark about sites not bothering with modulation. Something`s incredulous at Issoudun (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) {WRMI brokered} ** GERMANY [non]. 15770, Dec 24 at 2011, Gruss an Bord, yearly NDR special for German mariners asea, VG S8/9+10 via WRMI into Maryland SDR. Full span 1800-2100 but I gather from numerous posts to the WOR iog that WRMI was OFF for the first bihour, apparently due to power failure in FL. Also via several other sites and frequencies I do not try. All in German, of course, except for songs in Englisch, ``Small Town Girl`` at 2014. ``All I want for Xmas is You`` at 2053; Live audience with applause. Roger in Germany says: ``You can listen to the pre-produced show here: https://mediandr-a.akamaihd.net/progressive/2022/1222/AU-20221222-1420-2100.mp3 (~175 MB, mp3 128 kbps, 48kHz, joint stereo) As live music was played, no rights issues and file is 183 minutes long including the music. roger`` 2059.5, 15770 cuts to WRMI ID with a different ``Okeechobee`` song than usual; 2100 into ``Voice of Italy``, a.k.a. ``I Love Italy`` but mainly in Italian (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** INDONESIA. 7289.960, Dec 25 at 0802, JBA carrier, likely my first capture finally of RRI Nabire, on north coast of New Guinea, which Ron Howard hears just about every night but on 7289.94 as of Dec 23 with both Islamic and Xmas stuff, in any case violating Separation of Mosque/Church and State. Timespan varies widely from somewhat before 0800 until blocked at 0931, but often off much earlier. Now it`s slightly stronger than the Vanuatu 7260 JBA carrier (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** INDONESIA [non]. 7780, Dec 23 at 0800, march music at S9 via WRMI; 0801.5 VOI English sign/on mentions no SW frequencies but voinews.id and then a song before starting news at 0804.5, past time for me to shut eyes and ears. This is Friday so confirms OTH Radio is NOT replacing it as on the Dec 10 fb publicity; see USA: WRMI (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** IRAN [non]. 5829.9 approx., Dec 25 at 0203, JBA carrier, no doubt the only station on ``5830`` anywhen per Aoki, Iran International TV audio, clandestine via Tashkent, UZBEKISTAN, in the absence of any WTWW-1, all the way from 1330 to 0530, and always off-frequency-minus not shown by Aoki (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** KIRITIMATI. 846, Dec 23 at 0745, no JBA carrier detectable from R. Kiribati, off? Nor any other 9/kHz splits (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** KIRITIMATI. 846 kHz, Dec 24 at 0710, JBA carrier from R. Kiribati, but no other 9/kHz splits (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** KIRITIMATI. 846 kHz, Dec 27 at 0711, JBA carrier from R. Kiribati is audible tonight, and Gary Pence agrees it was on and making it earlier to Hawaii SDRs. I do not hear any other 9/kHz splits (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** KIRITIMATI. 846, Dec 28 at 0728, JBA carrier, so R. Kiribati is on; no other 9/kHz splits detected (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** MADAGASCAR. 15355, Dec 26 at 2025, jaunty song in French, chopped off at 2029*. How rude: no sign-off, goodbye, outro, no announcement at all. It`s AWR via Talata at 2000 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** MEXICO. From the WOR iog UT Dec 22 starting at 0131, from me: ``[WOR] XEPPM seems back --- While scanning for Pres. Zelenskyy`s speech on SW, I ran across some S7/S9 music on 6185 about 0047 - and it`s off/frequency minus like XEPPM used to be, about 6184.97. And nothing else scheduled. It was still missing when checked last night. Glenn`` --- replies: At 0156: ``Yep - I'm not hearing any readable audio yet, but there's definitely a signal there for the first time in weeks. It's a solstice miracle! Eric Fetters-Walp, Lake Stevens, Washington`` ``Hearing music on 6185 during a 0430-0440 check UT December 22. No announcements, but consistent with XEPPM programming. Signal weaker than typical XEPPM reception at my Houston QTH. Has been off the past three weeks. More checks needed! Stephen Luce, Houston, Texas`` At 0532: ``I was disheartened last night when checking for XEPPM, thought maybe they quit SW by this time. YES, tonight we are hearing a woman presenter here, a lot of talk about Christmas, some music and they are back. (Of course, Mexican Spanish). 73 - Rick in Arizona`` Barton gh` further chex: at 0338, undermodulated Spanish S7/9+10. 0728, no signal, so not yet all-night or until 1000v* as before. ``Dec 22 - Checking 6185, at 0735 UT, found no one there. Ron (Calif.)`` Howard (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2170) ** MEXICO [and non]. 6185-, Dec 23 at 0735, S7/S9 of soft music, so XEPPM is back to running post-midnite. Ron Howard monitored much more: ``Dec 23 - Mexico on 6185: 0655 UT - Open carrier with no audio. 0918 - Contemporary instrumental music with sounds of many birds; good audio level; fair reception. 0940 - The same type of music; continuing with good audio. *0943 - CHBC (China) suddenly on with music; no introductory ID; much stronger than Mexico's signal. *0954 - UNID station on the air for a brief time (not as strong as VOK's signal); in perhaps Japanese(?) and mixing with China & Mexico. *1000 - Extremely strong start of Voice of Korea, in English; unable to confirm what happened with Mexico after 0954. Ron, California`` Other reports on the WOR iog: ``I finally heard some readable audio on this newly reactivated station around 0145 UTC on Dec. 23 and again when I checked between 0545 and 0602. But after a female announcer talked for a couple minutes just after 0600, the audio seemed to stop. I checked a few closer SDRs and found the same thing -- the signal was still showing, but no audio. Perhaps Radio Educación isn't broadcasting on shortwave as far into the night as it did before its hiatus? Eric Fetters-Walp, Lake Stevens, Washington`` ``Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain [at 0652]: Hi Eric, same here, at 0555, 23-12, strong carrier but very weak audio, unreadable comments. From 0600 only carrier. ``Nice ID after a jazzy tune at 0732 on 6184.97, 10/S9 in Dallas, TX. Gary, KM5X`` Pence ``Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain: Radio Educación, 6185, checked again at 0740, 23-12, classical music. Weak`` ``Just checked back at 0802 UT, and indeed I hear classical music, though Brazil is providing interference from 6180 kHz. Eric Fetters-Walp, Lake Stevens, Washington USA`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** MEXICO. 6185-, Dec 24 at 0733, XEPPM S9/+10 with jazz song in Spanish (Glenn Hauser, oK, WOR) ** MONGOLIA [non]. And I do mean non: 5800, UT Tue Dec 27 at 0130, I decide to listen to VOM relay by WRMI, but instead in English it`s Radio Slovakia International, Xmas show! Now I see the WRMI skedgrid dated Dec 21 shows at the top #8 on 5800 at 01-02 with System H, RTI and RSI --- but the System H sked itself below, still dated Oct 21, yet displays V of Mongolia at 0130-0200 Tue-Sat. Harold Sellers had noticed mailbag repeats lately, so VOM may have canceled or been canceled. Never expect anything to last, or WRMI skeds to be consistent. Then I find that the latest and only VOM file on the server is dated September 19! No wonder it`s time to quit. I`ve saved it for posterity but not sure where to put its 44 MB (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NETHERLANDS [non]. 5960, Dec 25 at 0015, The Mighty KBC via Nauen, GERMANY, for the last time. I just tried it at UTwente and heavy mix with E Turkistan CCCCCCI. Also caught the very last minute at 0159 direct, S9+20 and no QRM now. Last thing they did was appeal for more sponsors. From Jan 1 to be on WRMI 5950, Sundays at 22-24, time collision with 7490 WBCQ shows Marion`s Attic and Uncle Bill`s Melting Post. UB says he does not mind the competition, not going to move and likes being adjacent to Harry Shearer`s `Le Show` on 7490v from 0000 UT Mondays (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NEW ZEALAND. 13755, Dec 28 at 0727, RNZP is S9/+10; yet hardly anything audible one band down on 11 MHz. Of course the S Hemisphere part of the path is at high summer (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NIGERIA. 7254.934, Dec 25 at 0806, JBA carrier, no doubt VON, first time detected in more than a week on signature off-frequency; nominally from *0555 used to be bigsig here. Should be in English 08-10. So Nigeria is not yet a defunct SWBC country, but trying hard (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NIGERIA. 7255-, Dec 26 at 0657, VON is S9+10/20 but JBM - maybe hearing some drumming IS (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NIGERIA. 7255-, Dec 27 at 0714, VON at S9+10/20 but JBM, so its sporadic activity remains pointless. Something`s astonishing at Abuja (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NIGERIA. 7255-, Dec 28 at 0721, VON with S9/+10 of dead air. More reliably on lately, if only they could figure out how to modulate it (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6925 USB, Dec 25 at 0157, S7/S9 of Santa Clausish ``ho3, Merry Christmas`` in a loop mixed with a wide variety of SFX, baaas, bleats, other animal and bird noises, farts? or fake farts, over & over & over. 0202 also some uteblaapps add to cacophony. Even worse at 0208 but off at 0230 check. The only pirate activity heard on Xmas eve -- unID by me, but reported by no one on HFU! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. 255 MCW kHz, Dec 28 at 0745 UT, SW, 25-watt NDB at StillWater, is back! After chex every day or night, had been missing starting Dec 12. 350, RG at OKC, still off (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. 350 MCW kHz, Dec 23 at 0753 UT, RG, NDB at Will RoGers World Airport, OKC, is unusually, OFF. Frigid but no heavy snow as excuse. The other Okies: 255 SW Stillwater still off; 267 HET HenryEtTa audible; 341 EI EnID on; 515 PN PoNca City on. RG still off at 1915 check. How can any World airplanes land without it. BTW, a too-heavy military airplane landed without authorization at the Stillwater airport, tearing up the runway (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. 350 MCW kHz, Dec 24 at 0720, RG NDB in OKC still off (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. 6950, Dec 26 at 1655 UT, AM signal cutting on and off with sports talk - must be fifth harmonic of local 1390 KCRC. Yes, it is //. Was tuning pirate band just in case on a holiday. Have not had any problem with KCRC harmonix in years beyond 2780 = X2 always a weak distorted. Same sound now on 4170 = X3, nothing on 5560 = X4. Something`s loose at KCRC, and it`s not especially windy now. Another check at 1943: 6950 & 4170 still like before; nothing on 5560 or 8340, the X4 and X6, but a weak blob on 9730 = X7. Harmonic panoplies tend to favor all-odd or all-even ones (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. 90.1, KUCO-FM: it appears the staff are too busy converting CDs to digital files to keep their own schedule up to date; or are they just winging it? Does all that conversion have to be played in real time? No wonder it`s a ``5-year project``. I keep running across `Performance Today` from APM, like: Dec 23 UT Fri 0100 instead of KUCO`s own `Performance Oklahoma` at its alleged new time; and PT again, Fri 1600 UT instead of `The Score` cinemusic. PT is an excellent program and we`re glad to have it back, but not at the expense of the above and who knows what else. When KOSU ditched classical a few years ago, I urged KUCO to pick up PT, but as I recall, they turned it down because of expense. Surprise: check after 20 UT Friday finds `The Score` resumed at its original time! And at 2137, Kent Anderson says that local programming will resume on Monday January 2 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. RF 17, Dec 24 at 2115 UT, K17JN-D, Enid`s only local TV transmitter, is back! Checking for it every day, was still off yesterday since Dec 12. 3ABN is primary, with three more Adventist video subchannels, and three audio-only, same as before. Wish I had thought of it half a sesquihour earlier as 3ABN has scheduled episode 5 of a 2019 series about Adventist World Radio, as I have publicized. Other weekly airing is UT Thursday at 0430 so maybe catch it then. Too much was going on at 2030 today! WOR on WA0RCR, Gruss an Bord on WRMI, Jen`s Xmas Eve special on Unique Radio webcast, KUCO`s post-opera vocal music. 3ABN? Three Angels Broadcasting Network, the trio being a thing for the 7DAs (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** PERU [and non]. 4775, Dec 25 at 0145, JBA carrier vs CODAR swirshes, presumed R. Tarma. Once upon a year, Xmas eve was a fertile time for Latin American DX as stations would stay on late or even temporarily reactivate idle SW transmitters which still worked. Not any more: the only LA signals, little more than carriers on 60m are this and usual: 4885 Brasils, 4940 Colombizuela, 4985 Brasil. Plus Cuba of course on 5025 but not on 4765 or 5040 which ought to be on now. None at all on 3 or 2 MHz bands. Maybe, better luck, NY Eve? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) {and only a few other OAs may be active} ** SAO TOME. 13750.063, Mon Dec 26 at 2034, JBA signal. Aoki shows it`s VOA Hausa, daily except Sundays. Pinheira is one of USAGM`s most successful and reliable offfrequenciers (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SAUDI ARABIA. 9675, Dec 26 at 2050 I`m listening to some nice ME music during my dozenap, fair sufficient signal direct, but chops off abruptly at 2057*. Aoki shows SBC in Turkish at 1755-2057 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 9690, Fri Dec 23 at 2300, token English from REE, VG direct but some deep fading; others useless, 12030, 11940. Xmas eve show, after the news, Hélena Rigobert with Xmas traditions and carols peculiar to Spain, ending with that Coca-Cola ad tune with multilingual otherlyrix, or was it Pepsi (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 9690, Mon Dec 26 at 2300, REE English entirely of obscure to us Xmas carols from Spanish regions, dispensing with any news as Amy says it`s pre-recorded for their Boxing Day off. Día de Boxeo? Don`t get hit. Turkey declines to compete by keeping 5960 silent (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 9690, Wed Dec 28 at 2315, Token English from REE about a bill pending in congress to allow people to choose their gender of record; and about Trans- and LGBTQ rights in general; how right wing and Catholix are opposed; even some feminist groups. VG into NH SDR (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY [non]. 5960, Dec 23 at 2300, JBA carrier direct, so suspect VOT be AWOL again, conceding to the competition from Spain; 2351 check of UTwente: nothing but Chinese from East Turkistan, standard denunciation (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 5960, Dec 24 at 2312, S7/9+10 direct of dead air from VOT English, then maybe a trace of modulation. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 7265, Dec 25 at 0210, S7/S9 of dead air, broadcast or ham? VOT in Spanish scheduled. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 5960, Dec 25 at 2300, VOT in English, VG signal into Maryland SDR but undermodulated; likewise at 2348 check direct. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY [non]. 5960, Dec 26 at 2300, NO signal from VOT English into UTwente, clear frequency after BBC OMAN to 2259.5*. I keep monitoring and by 2312, CNR1 relay by XJPBS, EAST TURKISTAN, std denunciation, is S8/S9 alone on frequency and Chinese continues thru rest of hour; as VOT cedes the N American Mon 2300 audience --- me and who else? to simulEnglish from SPAIN, 9690, q.v. This also negates the chance for extra German at 2400. 5960.003+, Dec 27 at 2253, VOT IS already running into UTwente at S9+20/30, overriding BBCWS English via OMAN, with V. of Tuerkiye IDs interspersed. Other days, VOT has deferred to BBC, waiting to crash-start at *2300, when now the TS and s/on with sked commences. Good modulation level but some hum. And there is still an understation, must be XJPBS Urumqi modulating earlier than usual from the land of imperialist ChiCom genocide against Uyghurs and other Moslems. 2301 news about natural gas in the Black Sea; complaints about Anti-Turk propaganda in Paris by the PKK; China relaxing zero-COVID policy; NK UAVs wiolated SK airspace; Serbia vs Kosovo; lots of holiday international passenger traffic thru Istanbul airport. 2310 Review of Turkish Press about nat/gas discoveries in Black Sea; PKK propaganda in Paris; Sa`udi investment in Turkey. 2312, multi-lingual ID reel filler. 2315, Weekly Commentary by Jonathan --- Harvey, a journalist who focuses on ME/NAf, but not now: about Scottish independence, is a breakup of UK possible? 2328 music break. 2338 finally another talk feature, Turkey`s Geo-something? about a ``neat dish`` whose name I can`t discern. 2340 more songs until 2353 sign/off with jumbled schedule again. 2355 IS starts playing. 2356 interspersing German IDs twice a minute, ``Hier ist die Stimme Tuerkiye``. Still going at 0000 UT Dec 28, 5+1 timesignal and opening German citing earlier time and frequency, Nachrichten. Hier wir gehen again, fuer haulang? Zeit zu finalisieren dieses rapport. Achtung! Kaput zu 0005.5. Uncovering XJPBS at S8 also on 5960.003+ but reloaded, shows 5960.000+ (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 5960.000+, Dec 28 after 2300, VOT English VG into UTwente, but soon pumping fading caused by XJPBS carrier slightly different SAH frequency, and almost as annoying as its modulation added later. Approx. 2320-2330, `Weekly Commentary`, same one as heard before about Scottish separatism. It may be weekly, but broadcast more than one day per week. 2353 recheck, drifted up to 5960.002, signing off and a bit of IS until cutoff at 2355* uncovering East Turkistan, std denunciation (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** UKRAINE [non]. From the WOR iog UT Dec 22, starting with me at 0035: ``[WOR] Pres. Z. about to address Congress --- At 0030 UT Thu, coverage of Pres. Zelenskyy`s address to US Congress is about to start, and multiple TV networks are on it, like CSPAN1, MSNBC, PBS, CNN - for those only listening to SW, where what do you bet, not a single US SW station will find it worth airing. Glenn`` ``I am pleased to report Radio Martí appears to be carrying the speech with simultaneous translation in Spanish. Can hear it on 7435 and 9565 kHz at the moment (0048 UTC) 73 Ricky Leong, Calgary, Alberta, Canada`` ``No point in trying to hear VOA English anywhere at this hour. No active US private SW frequencies on it. At 0050-0055 I did a quick MW scan during his speech, and it was absolutely nowhere. Stations will not deviate from their talk, sports or whatever commercial format. If we had any public radio stations audible on MW, maybe there? Even less point in checking FM, except KOSU with NPR -- No, not even there. Glenn`` Pundits later compared this to Winston Churchill in Dec 1941 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2170) ** U S A. 329 MCW kHz, Dec 23 at 0755 UT, PMV, 25 watt ND beacon at Plattsmouth, Nebraska. Not heard in quite a while, but now the noise level has abated just enough (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 353 MCW kHz, Dec 24 at 0717, LI, 400-watt ND beacon at LIttle Rock AR. Strangely, I was hearing it better tuned to 352 and even 351 USB than listed 353 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 420 MCW kHz, Dec 25 at 0750 UT, PK, 25-watt ND beacon at Olathe/Herbb KS, on the edge of the persistent local noise span roughly 370-420 peaking circa 395 obscuring any other beacon DX in that range. Olathe is a SW suburb of KC (Glenn Hauser, oK, WOR) ** U S A. 486 AM kHz, Dec 25 at 0231, no signal direct into any of my antennas and receivers from WI2XLQ, commemorative experimental station in Forest VA. But via Maryland SDR, audible S7 with lots of storm crashes, none closer than Bermuda or central Mexico. Frequency offset fluxuates minus 75/78 Hz, = 485.925/922. ``O Holy Night``, from 0626 W & M brief announcements I miss and more violin music. 0643 more announcements, WI2XLQ ID, in honor of Fessenden 1906. Explained here: http://www.arrl.org/arrlletter?issue=2022-12-22 ``On Christmas Eve, 1906, Canadian inventor, experimenter, and entrepreneur Reginald Fessenden claimed to have made his first voice -- and music -- broadcast from Brant Rock, Massachusetts, although his account of the event over the years has been disputed. Nonetheless, Brian Justin, WA1ZMS, of Forest, Virginia, will make his annual program recreation on 486 kHz to commemorate Fessenden's accomplishments. Justin will broadcast for 24 hours beginning at 1800 UTC on December 24, with a repeat transmission on New Year's Eve, beginning at 1800 UTC, as Fessenden was reported to have done on both nights in 1906. Justin will transmit on 486 kHz, under authority of his FCC Part 5 Experimental License WI2XLQ, using equipment substantially more modern than Fessenden's gear. Justin will use a home-brew setup to achieve Heising modulation similar to what was used in amplitude modulation (AM) transmissions during World War I. Justin explained that Fessenden's transmitter was a high-speed alternator, a predecessor to the Alexanderson Alternator still in use today at the historic Grimeton Radio Station in Sweden. Modulation then was achieved using a carbon microphone, but Justin will use a laptop computer for his audio broadcast. Justin said there is a cult-like following of amateur radio and shortwave listeners who tune in for the annual broadcast. Justin has been licensed since 1976 and is an ARRL Life Member.`` 486, Dec 25 at 0749 UT, my 100-ft W/E longwire gets a JJBBA carrier on 486, so probably that. Unsaid how much power is running. Also heard last year, only via remotes (Glenn Hauser, not cult-like, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 7283 USB, Dec 25 at 0211, contrary hams in USB instead of customary LSB on 40m, K9WT with huge S9+25 signal, tech discussion with JBA contact K9FP as they finally ID by 0215. QRZ.com: K9WT flag USA, JOHN A VENDELY, 2825 Hard Way Lane, Malabar, FL 32950-3603 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 13089 USB, Dec 23 at 1645, robotic marine weather with barometric readings for many Pacific areas specified by geo coördinates, lickety-split. Can even the most seasoned navigator visualize where these are as they zip by? Scheduled 1630-1705 is NMC, USCG Point Reyes CA, per EiBi, with several other spans daily alternating with NMN Chesapeake VA, NRV Guam, NMO Honolulu. They also have several fax broadcasts which might be more usable if receivable clearly, on other frequencies. The 1630 voice bc from NMC is also listed on 8764, 17314. EiBi never specifies what is in SSB rather than AM (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2169 monitoring: confirmed UT Thursday December 22 at 0130 on WRMIs: 9395, S9+30/40 into Missouri SDR; 5010, VP S9+10 into same, but S9/+20 into Bonaire. WORLD OF RADIO 2170 contents: Antarctica, (Bulgaria), China and non, Cuba, Egypt, (France), Germany, Guatemala non, International Internet, Iran and non, Kiritimati, Kurdistan non, Luxembourg, México, Mongolia non, Nigeria, Oklahoma, (Pridnestrovye), Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine non, USA; propagation outlook (countries mentioned along with others not in order) WORLD OF RADIO 2170 available from 0151 UT December 23: (mp3 stream) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2170.m3u (mp3 download) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2170.mp3 Or via http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html Also linx to podcast services. The shortwave+ broadcasts should be: 0330 UT Friday WRMI 7780 to SW 0830 UT Friday WRMI 5010 to S 0830 UT Friday WRMI 5850 to NW 1530 UT Friday WRMI 9955 to SSE [webcast only?] 2130 UT Friday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy 0130 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW 0500 UT Saturday WBCQ Radio Angela 5130v to WSW 2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to SW 0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415; as late as 0530] 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 0030 UT Wednesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 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 Like our website, a noncommercial service for which financial support is appreciated. Thanks this week to Gerald T. Pollard, Raleigh NC, who sends a generous quarterly seasonal check for Winter Solstice to: Glenn Hauser, P O 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 2170 monitoring: confirmed first SWBC, UT Friday December 23 at 0330 on WRMI 7780, S9/+10 direct but VP due to high local noise level; VP into various remotes: Athens GA, Maryland, Brownsville, Missouri, best S/N at Maurice LA, S9/S7 and some intermittent QRM, SSB? also at Athens. That`s what we risk so far outside broadcast bands. Missed checking, ZZZ, Fri Dec 23 at 0830 on WRMIs 5010 & 5850; appreciate anyone already awake at that hour reconfirming from time to time. See also WRMI about OTH Radio. Missed checking Fri Dec 23 at 1530 on WRMI 9955, presumed still off air after 1500, but probably still on webcast; anyone hear either? Confirmed at 2156 Friday December 23 the 2130 on IRRS/NEXUS/IBA via AM Italia, 1323 kHz only, Villa Estense, S9+10/20 into nearby Noale SDR with choppy fast SAH but no modulated QRM, suspect the Romanian carrier still on. 2158 IRRS announces 1323 signing off until 19 CET tomorrow, so daily sked is 18-22 UT only? But does NOT go off, rather 2200 `Feature Story News`, which some Bulgarian keeps mishearing as ``Future --`` that would be a neat trick! Plus at 2205 VOA News in English; 2210 some big band music till really off at 2211*, leaving nothing but ACI splash from 1332 very strong Romania Actualitatsi with, what else, rock song in English, `Eugene`, before 2215 talk in Romanian. Next: 0130 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW 0500 UT Saturday WBCQ Radio Angela 5130v to WSW 2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to SW 0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415; as late as 0530] 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 0030 UT Wednesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 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 2170 monitoring: confirmed UT Saturday December 24 at 0130 on WRMI 5850, S3/S6 into Georgia SDR but sufficient. NOT confirmed UT Sat Dec 24 at 0500 on WBCQ R. Angela. As far as I can tell by checking remotes in NH, NY, MD, OH and MO, it`s off the air, presumably due to wind-caused power outages as explained on AAAWWW. At first there seems to be a JBA fluttery carrier into Missouri, but then as on waterfall see same things every 10 kHz above and below, so must be something internal to SDR; same around 7490. 5130 had been on earlier for `Greek Music Refuge` at 0330, but reception too poor to enjoy; and as a matter of R Angela policy, no webcasts or ondemand; unless they also happen to be on another transmission, like UBMP is. Missed checking Sat Dec 24 at 1700 WRN webcast of WOR but I know they have the latest file and will confirm it later. Yes, confirmed at 2030. Also confirmed starting at 2035 on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, Wentzville MO, S9+25 into nearby Warrenton SDR. Next: 0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to SW 0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415; as late as 0530] 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 0030 UT Wednesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 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 2170 monitoring: Bill Tilford explains about WBCQ 5130 missing at 0500 UT Sat: ``All three "classic" WBCQ freqs (5130, 6160, 7490) tripped off some time after 0400. FTIOM was cut short on 5130. Bad storm action, but everything back up tonight`` Unlike last week when off the air, confirmed UT Sunday December 25 at 0030 on WRMI 7780, as always starting with ~10 seconds of self-imposed noise burst atop my opening, quick pause and one more second of it. A minute earlier I found 7780 to be JBA into Missouri SDR, so now I`m on Maurice, Louisiana, where it`s S7/S8 but strangely lo-fi audio: narrow bandwidth, sounds exactly the same at AM and AMNarrow settings; somewhat better at SAS = synch with fake stereo. Also confirmed UT Sunday December 25 ending at 0417 on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, Wentzville MO, so started way early circa 0348! Various preceding ham shows must have run short or absent for holiday. Nominal WOR time as Vern always announces, is from 0415. 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 0030 UT Wednesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 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 2170 monitoring: Also confirmed Sunday December 25 at 2100 on IRRS via AM Italia, 1323 kHz only, S9+10/20 into nearby Noale SDR; again with ripple SAH from another carrier, Romania? but no modulated QRM; that`s gone before the end at 2129. Following until 2100 some anonymous music show from Wales produced for IRRS. Also confirmed UT Monday December 26 at 0030 on WRMI 7780, S8 but noisy. However does not start with self-imposed overriding noise burst. Hope that has been repaired for good. Also confirmed UT Monday December 26 from 0402.7 on WBCQ Area 51, 6160 minus 62 Hz = 6159.938 into Missouri SDR, S9+5/15, after JL running late and ``11-L Radio signing off``. Next: 0130 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 0030 UT Wednesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 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 2170 monitoring: confirmed UT Tuesday December 27 at 0130 on WRMI 9395, very steady S9+20 direct; Jeff still starts his ``The world is in turmoil`` commercial between the ID and WOR. Next: 0030 UT Wednesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 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 2170 monitoring: confirmed UT Wednesday December 28 at 0030 on WRMI 9395, S9+32 into Missouri SDR. Via Bill Tilford, WBCQ advises that the 7490 transmitter is temporarily off the air, so its programming has been moved to 5130, most of it before 0300 so not conflicting with Radio Angela. So that means our next WOR should also be on 5130 instead of 7490: 2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW [5130 instead temporarily] Yes, it was: JBA carrier on 5130 direct; poor S8/9+10 and noisy into VA SDR showing -21 Hz; but VG S9+5/15 into NH SDR at -14 Hz. 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 Like our website, a noncommercial service for which financial support is appreciated. Thanks this week to Gerald T. Pollard, Raleigh NC, who sends a generous quarterly seasonal check for Winter Solstice to: Glenn Hauser, P O 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. 4980, Dec 22 at 0732, WRMI with TOMBS // 5010 et al. 4980 just resumed with Legends at 23-05 but now running it longer. Yet not as such on the skedgrid updated Dec 21. Other changes: WRMI-1 on 7730 to 160 degrees but BLANK 24h. WRMI-2 ALSO on 7730, 44 degrees to Europe, with wide variety of Systems and shows 24h! It now matches exactly what`s shown for WRMI-9 on 15770, also 44 degrees, 24 hours (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2170) ** U S A. 7780, Fri Dec 23 at 0800, WRMI still relaying V of INDONESIA, q.v., rather than OTH Radio as publicized on fb: ``WRMI Radio Miami International December 10 at 10:25 PM · OTH Radio “OTH Radio! Powered By Icom, For The Love Of All Things Radio! Remember the good old days, when radio was fun to listen to? When the DJ made you laugh and the music was so good! Those days are BACK! From The Jackson 5 to BonJovi, Three Dog Night To ZZ Top, OTH Radio packs an hour each weekend of Classic Hits from the 70’s and 80’s. Why “OTH?” You’ll find out what it means on Christmas Weekend 2022. Classic Hits, some laughs and memories from the way radio USED TO SOUND LIKE! Hear OTH Radio around the world on WRMI on the following days, times and frequencies: To Australia/New Zealand/The Pacific: Fridays at 08:00 UTC on 7780 KHz. To North America: Saturdays at 23:00 UTC/6:00pm Eastern on 9395 KHz. To Europe/North Africa/Middle East: Saturdays at 12:00 UTC on 15770 KHz. Have a song request? Send them to OTHRequests@gmail.com Catch you on the air! Larry Deyoe, Host of OTH Radio, Powered By Icom! For The Love Of All Things Radio!`` Over The Horizon? Off The Hook? Or one of these? https://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/OTH However, Alan Roe`s Music on SW skeds show at 0800 Fridays 5850 instead, as I found later, too late to check today. In that case, replaces WORLD OF RADIO! at 0830. Leaving us only on 5010, maybe (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 7780, Dec 25 at 0800, WRMI presumably starting V of Indonesia relay on VP signal, but I hear the same 10+second noise burst at first that infests WOR transmissions on 7780 WRMI-13. However, different Systems are scheduled, C at 0800, D at 0030. BTW, 7730 seems off again, no trace despite 24h schedule // 15770 toward Europe (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9395, Dec 25 at 1557, now this WRMI frequency is absent; still TOMBS on 9455; 9955 also off despite supposed Sunday extension. Something`s odd at Okee (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 4980, Dec 26 at 0433, WRMI S9+25/30 with news about Ukraine by computer voice which mispronounces some words; 0435 outro as from Alexander on WRMI Legends. Items seem current rather than legendary (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) WRMI vs USAGM and jamming: see CHINA [and non] ** U S A. 9955, Dec 27 at 0132, this WRMI-3 is S9+20 of dead air! And still so at 0156 recheck. Sked shows `Circuit Rider` is supposed to air at 0130-0200 UT Tue-Fri. I`m fairly certain it`s about gospelhuxtering rather than electronix (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9329.761, Dec 22 at 0739, WBCQ/WLCR in English at S9/+10, way off-frequency the lowest yet. The winds here are howling, 40 mph gusts forecast, as intermittent noise appears on MW & SW, probably rattling power lines; and we are headed for extreme windchills like -24 F, and lows circa zero F, Thu & Fri. 9329.838 is where Maine SDR finds it at 1917 Dec 22. Despite proximity ought to be in skip zone, but S9/+15 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2170) ** U S A. 9329.8v, Dec 23 after 2200, WBCQ-6 SuperStition is off again; wonder what`s wrong now? 7489.9v, Fri Dec 23 at 2250 I catch the last dekaminute of `Behaviour Night` ancient music, good reception direct in all-dark winter path; 2300 Sir Scratchy finishes and this WBCQ carrier cut immediately: strange but obviously deliberate: why? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. (7489.9v), UT Sat Dec 24 from 0100 on WBCQ webcast, `AAAWWW`, another new live show; Angela always suspects her mike isn`t really on, but confirmed it is. It`s 46 degrees in Deland of Fla, really chilly for them and going down further. Discussion of how Dec 25 as Xmas was just chosen by the RCC as admittedly no one knows when JC was really born. Against more giga$ of aid for Ukraine. They continue to denigrate President Biden as an incompetent ``puppet``. They imagine that if T**** were in power, he would broker peace between Ukraine and Russia. They dismiss the 845-page Jan 6 Committee report with all the evidence against T**** about the insurrexion. I`m so sad that these intelligent couple allow themselves to be so delusional. For those who would dare to read or skim it, here it is online: https://january6th.house.gov/sites/democrats.january6th.house.gov/files/Report_FinalReport_Jan6SelectCommittee.pdf Pres. Biden`s Xmas address, 8:21; open your hearts to this good man: https://www.c-span.org/video/?525038-1/president-biden-urges-unity-christmas-address Allan laments that plain old radios are hard to find in stores, even his local Walmart -- finally he found one ``clock radio`` that has AM/FM. At 0145, datestamp as 23 of Dec, YOOLF 2022, from Studio 9 in Fla where temp is descending into the 30s. Angela worx at horse farm, Deep Creek Stables, Didion Springs, and they are blanketing the horses, not used to such frigidity. 0147 reads more emails than usual, none contradicting their politix but reinforcing. No Free Radio Weekly to quote since Dave Turnick is rotating editor this week and never finishes it until next morning, after the 0000 UT deadline. 0152, explanation of WBCQ outages: really high winds cause power to trip off every half hour all day, which is hard on transmitters, especially the SuperStition, so Al orders 9330 turned off until the winds die down. Electrical grid around there is 100 years old except for WBCQ part reconstructed a few years ago. Unfortunately, WBCQ`s own 2-megawatt Diesel generator is not yet operational. It has a 30-kilogallon fuel tank, with heaters to keep the Diesel from gelling, and in well-insulated building. They run over into Hal Turner time again, JIP about 0202. I wanted to hear his opening whether he still claim to be on KYAH 540 in Utah, which has changed ownership/calls but is currently off the air, not even 13 watts at night; so I check his website where indeed KYAH is still shown as his only domestic affiliate along with SW WRMI and WBCQ. I also see that he believes Putin that Zelenskyy is a Nazi! I did not check SW frequencies during AAAWWW but 5130 was absent for WOR at 0500; yet at 0730, long after BCQ is normally off, there is S7/S9 of dead air with flutter on 7489.937. At 0734, S7/S9 of dead air also on 6159.937, exactly same offset (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9330-, Dec 25 at 1558, WBCQ-6 is still/again off; too windy yet, or what? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 7490v, Sun Dec 25 at 2310, WBCQ in `UBMP` featuring some naughty Xmas tunes. I try to listen to WBCQ webcast: it`s running but just barely modulated! Not enough to hear with all my volumes at max. Likewise for `Le Show` at 0000 Dec 26. So forces me to listen on SW, direct or via remotes, like S9+10/15 into Maryland. Rechecked later, stream still JBM past 0500, like that for 6+ hours?! Direct reception was sufficient for `Marion`s Attic` until 2300 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 6160-, Dec 26 at 0703, WBCQ S9 with rock music, certainly not usual TOMBS after-hours of Area 51 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9330-, Dec 26 at 0707, WBCQ-6 SuperStition off the air, and no Cuban spy either on Monday. Still no WLCR at 1717. What`s the problem now? Surely not still too windy. Closest NWS info to Monticello is Houlton AP where it`s west at 14 gusting to 24 mph (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5130-, UT Wed Dec 28 at 0100, WBCQ 7490 programming temporarily here while the 7490- transmitter is out of order. Confirmed as on sked, the South Sudan Messianic who wants to put a SW station on air there, ``Operation Nehemiah Missions With Messianic Rabbi William Levi``. Copy is tough because of his accent and some overmodulation distortion. 7490 webcast was restored after dead air there too, but will it still be running even tho SW is on 5130? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9330v, Dec 28 at 2216, WBCQ-6/WLCR is still/again off. No twits from AW to explain this now nor 7490 downage (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5085, Dec 22 at 0330 check, no signal yet from WTWW, tho WRMI Legends has skidaddled back to 4980. At 0541 via George McClintock: ``George is authorized usage of 5085 and 9475 kHz for WTWW. Regards, Tom Lucey`` of FCC. ``George, That`s a rather informal note -- Good; from when? Did not hear any 5085 tonight. Glenn`` ``His full e-mail is as good as a license to broadcast. George McClintock 12-22-2022``. WTWW back on 5085, Dec 22 at 2355, as George calls me to check on the spurs he`s working to eliminate: still there now and a bit stronger than last time, 5072.1 & 5097.9; SFA PPPP programming and stays on past 0206 check. He does not have programming arranged yet for daytime (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2170) ** U S A. 5085, Dec 27 circa 0030, the real WTWW is on with PPP, and at 0056 check, still the JBA carrier spurs plus/minus 12.9 kHz, as I check them for George who also tells me that Ted had not even registered frequencies for #1 transmitter, altho that was what SFA was paying him to run (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 13845 & 15825, Dec 22 at 1617, NO signals from these WWCRs. K index at 15 was only 3. Must be OFF or there would at least be JBA carriers. 12160 is still inbooming S9+30 and the other WWCR 9980 is also silent as it has been most days lately. Survey of other USignals finds normal reception from WRMIs, 13820 R. Martí, 15755 WINB DRM, even JBA 15555 USB WJHR. At 1652 I check Maine SDR for WWCR and it too is hearing nothing but 12160. At 1916, however, all 4 WWCRs are on and into Maine SDR (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 4840, Dec 23 at 0739, S9+20/30 of dead air from WWCR, while 5935 is normal, the only WWCR succeeding, as 3215 & 5890 are scheduled off overnight except weekends - tho 5890 caught with algo Thu Dec 15 at 0742. Something`s abnormal in Nashville. FWIW, 9980 TOMBS is on at 1647 Dec 23 rather than silent most of the day; 12, 13 and 15 also on (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 770 kHz, Dec 25 at 0217 UT, I hit here on a routine bandscan, without really trying, KATL again, ad for M&A`s Convenience Store in Miles City. At first I thought it was Emily`s. There is an M&A chain, but further research leads to M&H in Miles City! Good they have lots of local ads. Montanan must still be stuck on 10 kW ND day facility, accidentally or deliberately? dominating 770: 50 kW KKOB NM nulls thisaway toward WABC and 50 kW ND WABC too far, beyond 2 megameters. Note to eds.: ``thisaway`` is American slang, not two separate words (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 1100 kHz, WCGA in Woodbine, SE Georgia scheduled for a special DX test Dec 24 at 0500-0700 UT. I heard it last time in April, but check again and record for a QSL. 0608 tune in, tone sweeps upward audible under WTAM Cleveland, even before I null it on the rotatable DX-398 with internal antenna only. WTAM is 50 kW ND; WCGA is a 10 kW ND daytimer. 0609, continuous 1 kHz tone; 0610 sweeps upward. I record at 0618-0623 and later can just barely make out Morse code VVVs and at 0621, WCGA several times. Here`s my 2-minute clip I will be submitting as evidence for eQSL: https://www.w4uvh.net/WCGA_MorseID_20221224_0621.mp3 It`s most readable around halfway in, followed by continuous tone. So that`s it. Tnx for the test. Another one is coming at same hours Dec 25 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VANUATU. 7260, Dec 22 at 0734, R. Vanuatu still here and VP. Ron Howard also reports it 0610-0731 with severe weather warning, and news about Fiji leaning more toward ANZUS rather than China (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VANUATU. 7260, Dec 23 at 0734, RV is S8/S9 with flutter but VP, still here, not 5040 or 3945 and multiples (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VANUATU. 7260, Dec 24 at 0729, RV is S7/S9 with flutter on my generous meter but JBA YL talk. Rodney Johnson, got it better, WOR iog: ``Greetings From Minnesota! Got a nice little present tonight! 7260, 0755 24 DEC 2022 - RADIO VANUATU (VANUATU) in BISLAMA from EMPTEN LAGOON. SINPO = 35222. ?Language?, music DJ'd by a female announcer. ID @ 0800z fb Xmas jingle ("we wish you a merry Xmas" notes on single instrument) and male announcer reading. //stream on https://www.vbtc.vu/en/listen-online-2/ Backyard fence antenna, Etón e1XM, 2.5 kW, Omni, bearing 262°. Received at Plymouth, United States, 12006 KM from transmitter at Empten Lagoon. Local time: 0155. http://swldx.tumblr.com 73s --Rodney`` Gary Pence also sent a recording of their Xmas greetings in English, French, Bislama at 0701 UT as heard via Maui SDR; including ho-ho-ho from Santa. Ron Howard also replies to my previous report: ``Hi Glenn - Nice to find we were listening to 7260 at the same time, but I was enjoying decent reception 0701-0750 UT, on Dec 23. 0701-0715: News/sports/weather warning in Bislama. 0715: Briefly in French. 0717: Long schedule of "weekend activities" and RV program schedule in Bislama. 0722+: Played many Xmas songs and several segments with listeners calling-in to "wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy/Prosperous New Year 20-23." Very enjoyable listening! Ron California`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VANUATU. 7260, Dec 26 at 0658, JBA carrier from R Vanuatu; while Ron Howard says ``non-stop listening 0640-0840 UT, Dec 26. Outstanding reception the whole time; nicely readable; probably my best ever reception. My audio posted at bit.ly/3YQ7SqE --- Ron California`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VANUATU. 7260, Dec 27 at 0715, R. Vanuatu with JBA music at S8/S9. Quite reliable here lately rather than on better-heard 11835 = 3 x 3945 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VANUATU. 7260, Dec 28 at 0722, JBA carrier reconfirming RV is still here instead of 5040 or 3945 and harmonix (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 970, Dec 25 at 0222 UT, plug for unitedchurch.ca - so a Canadian? NO, not a single one on 970. Seems to be indigenous-orientated, but I wonder outgrowth of which sect? Or deliberately nondenominational. Of a few USA RELs on 970, could merely be our closest, KCFO Tulsa. But detailed websked shows the nauseating Sebastian Gorka now (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 1017 kHz, Dec 26 at 0712 UT, JBA carrier I would like to think be TONGA already post-sunset, but no lower 9/kHz splits, not even 846 Kiritimati which could be off. At 0715, unusually detect a few more at topend, 1503, 1539, 1584, unlikely Pacificans. Only TA country all four have in common is Spain, 5 or 10 kW synchros of RNE5 or SER. But then there is Spain on most frequencies (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA 9/kHz split MW carrier search, Dec 27 at 0322 UT: only 684 & 855, Spain the usual suspects. No others in quick scan of entire MW band, but NAmQRM splash is fierce. Except there is a het upon CHHA 1610 Toronto, about 1610.65. Could be local birdie but if so never noted before. Or an off-frequency TIS/HAR somewhere on this otherwise `clear` channel, or a pirate. Except for CHRN Montréal, which I never hear, exactly blocked on the way by CHHA. Anyone else with anything on 1610.65? Not until 0515 UT do I check it on Missouri SDR: CHHA only (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 1610.65 kHz, Dec 28 at 0733, JBA carrier again as het to 1610.00 CHHA Toronto; I ask again, is anyone else hearing it? (Glenn Hauser OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 5051.0, Dec 26 at 0659, open carrier of S8/S9 at this strange spot, while NO US or Cuban signals above 5000, and 4980 WRMI also absent (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. Re my 5051.0 open carrier Dec 26, Ron Howard replies: ``Hi Glenn - I also heard the open carrier on 5051.0, on Dec 26. Then on Dec 27, checked at 0737 UT and noted: 5020 - SIBC; 5025 & 5040 - No Cuba; 5051.0 - UNID weak carrier still here! Listened for a while and heard no audio; 5055.0 - Radio 4KZ (Australia) still on this frequency. Ron California`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 5051, Dec 28 at 0726, S7/S9 open carrier still here. Ron Howard has also been hearing it. Maybe not SWBC but an idle ute, such as RTTY on standby (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)