** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RCUSB, Jan 5 at 1428, 1538 chex, no LRA36 signals, just S5 noise level this Wednesday into two Brazilian, one Uruguayan SDRs; nor at 1538. Well, at first check when someone in Salem OR was already on frequency, so I camped, I almost heard trace of modulation, but must have been imagination-level or extremely underpowered or underpropagated. We`ll see if Manuel report it (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** AUSTRALIA. (5035-USB), Dec 31 at 2159, I`m not trying to hear Unique Radio via a remote, but bring up the NYE special webcast that Jennifer Weinbrum has started. Direct link is: http://uk4-vn.mixstream.net:8104/index.html?sid=1 I am ``1 of 50 listeners, listener peak: 6``, whatever that mean. Jen did a count-up, rather than -down for 2200 UT = 2022y in [part of] Africa, but her clock was 2 minutes slow, at least via the web. Continuous stereo music since including something Horn-of-Africa-ish. Spot chex past 2330 still hear music only. She is going to conclude with a Unique Radio DX test, much like US MW stations with various distinctive sounds, 0900-1000 UT January 1, in four quarter-hour segments (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** BRAZIL. 9666.546, Jan 2 at 0722, RVM continues upward drift, S6/S8 music. My last measurement was 9666.468, Dec 29 at 0311, just over 100 hours ago, up 78 Hz, or .78 Hz/hour, or averaging 18.72 Hz/day (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA. 351 MCW kHz, Jan 3 at 0422 UT, dash and YKQ, 500 watt NDB at Fort Rupert / Waskaganish, Québec. I was tuned to 350 USB, another check for RG in OKC, still AWOL. This is at the southern tip of James Bay near the Ontario border (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA [non]. 11790, Mon Jan 3 at 1607, Horn-of-Africish song, talk mentions Iesus Christ, S7/S9. It`s Bible Voice in Oromo via Nauen, GERMANY, per Aoki Sun/Mon/Tue only with other Ethiopian languages in a convoluted schedule until 1800. What a shame Canada`s #1 SW voice to the world are gospel huxters instead of RCI (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 6000, Dec 30 at 0729, RHC English still on here and nofrequency else, except JBA carrier on 12000; S9+10/20 but undermodulated on 6000 which is normally off a sesquihour earlier. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 15230, Dec 30 at 1539, RHC only a trace of modulation, while `Sonido Cubano` music show is well audible on // 15140, 13700, 11760, 9710. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 12000, Dec 31 at 0700, S5-S6 of JBA English with whine, 2 x 6000 RHC. 6000 itself is S9+20 with same pitch whine but JBM, until chopped off at 0701.5*. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA [and non]. 9700, Jan 1 at 0732, still 0743, S9+20/30 of dead air from RHC in English, or Spanish? No other frequencies still on, 5 or 6 MHz bands. 5040 is open for JBA carrier, presumably Vanuatu. India would not be audible this early, but Jose Jacob reports that AIR Jeypore has closed 5040 permanently! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 5025, Jan 1 at 0733, R. Rebelde is OFF! Normally 24 hours. And Jan 1 is an important Revolutionary anniversary. Another year-end QRT? Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 5025, Jan 2 at 0727, R. Rebelde is back on with music, S9+10/20 after AWOL 24 hours ago (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 12000, Jan 2 at 0425, RHC English is S9 but undermodulated VP on 2 x 6000. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) See also TURKEY [and non] ** CUBA. 6100, Jan 2 at 0731, S9/+10 RHC English is buried by its own humbuzz, which is usually found on 6060, no doubt same transmitter but by now no other frequencies are on. Maybe this one remain pending weekly Esperanto at 0800 Sunday. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA [and non?]. 5040, Jan 3 at 0432, S7-S9 open carrier, RHC? Too weak unless something be drastically wrong; too strong and too early to be Vanuatu. 5025 Rebelde is also much weaker than usual. Something`s always wrong? at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 9650, Jan 3 at 0450, RHC Spanish, S9+20, overmodulated & distorted, modulation cutting out. This is the Antillas service supposed to switch from 9710 at 0000. // always weaker 9535 for C America. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 9700, Jan 3 at 0452, RHC English here instead of alt. 6165, VG S9+30 and good modulation; propaganda claiming Cuba is ``not on its knees``, and the ``economy is viable``. Time for another link to The Other Side, altho not exactly the same subject: ``Like the Prosecutor's Office, Cuban judges turn their backs on justice in the trials against 11-J protesters --- They have not challenged the lack of arguments to support the crime of sedition, nor the absence of impartial witnesses against the accused. Lucía Alfonso Mirabal, La Habana 03 Ene 2022 - 16:29 CET`` https://diariodecuba.com/derechos-humanos/1641223798_36544.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 13680, Jan 3 at 2101, RHC in Brazuguese. This frequency still not picked up by Aoki or EiBi, altho I already reported it Dec 17 at 2121. It may be sporadic. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 11850, Jan 4 at 0222, RHC Spanish is S9+10 but JBM, along with JBA carrier parasites 11840 & 11860, while 11760 is much better; and 5040 is S9+20/30. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 5025, Jan 4 at 0225, R. Rebelde only S9, must be QRP, as 4765 Progreso hits S9+20, and 5040 RHC S9+20/30. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 5040, Jan 4 at 0727, RHC S9+20/30 in Spanish, on way beyond when any Spanish is supposed to SW. In fact it was still going at 0840 per Bryan Clark in NZ, and could pose a problem for Vanuatu if it resume. At least Jeypore, India is out of the way. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) see also VANUATU; UNIDENTIFIED ** EGYPT. 9899.598, Jan 4 at 2112 & 2118, NO signal from R. Cairo fracas today into UTwente (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** EGYPT. 9900-, Jan 5 at 2219, NO signal from R. Cairo into UTwente, but somehow heard are some tonebeeps. Maybe NMA have finally got our message to turn it off until and unless fixed (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** JAPAN [and non]. 7445, Dec 30 at 0726, quite a mess collision at about equal levels from NHK direct in Japanese, and KBS World Radio in Korean via UK. You`d think these neighbors could get along better; or did they agree to ``share``? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** MEXICO. 1670+, Jan 3 at 0720, music making a low audible heterodyne on the plus side of talk from WOZN Wisconsin, which had been the dominant 1670 here, surely the new, Mexican as Terry Krueger, Niceville FL, has just measured: ``1670.05 MEXICO XEFCR Reynosa, Tamaulipas 0718 12/23/21 Still here and on the high side with nonstop pop oldies``. Otherwise I have a tough time getting Mexican X-banders (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. 350 MCW kHz, Jan 2 at 1523 UT, NO signal from RG, ND beacon at Will RoGers World Airport, OKC. This has been a very reliable constant `local`, more so than other Okies and Kansies: not my receiver as 515 PN Ponca City still in well; KS on 332, 395. Maybe due to extreme cold snap in OKC: WRWA low a sesquihour earlier was 12F. Still off at 1818 UT Jan 2 (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. 350 MCW kHz, January 3 at 1555, RG, NDB at OKC is still off the air. Guess flights into/outof Will Rogers World Airport don`t really need it. Other Okies remain off for a long time: 255 SW Stillwater, and 341 EI Enid (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. 350 MCW kHz, Jan 4 at 1606 UT, RG, 400 watt ND beacon ``Gally`` at Will Rogers World Airport, southwest OKC, is BACK! Had been off for 2 days. AFAIK there were no crash landings during (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** PERU. 4810, Jan 1 at 0738, music JBaudible on LSB vs Martinique STANAG on USB, presumably R. Logos, maybe extended for New Year (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** PERU. 4810.0, Jan 4 at 0725, JBM talk and music S9 audible in LSB mode only vs STANAG, presumed R. Logos. Some may hear it best by tuning to 4808 as read-out but the carrier frequency is what counts (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** PUERTO RICO. 391 MCW kHz, Dec 30 at 0739 UT, DDP, ND beacon at San Juan / Dorado, is JBA, with occasional storm crashes from AL/GA. I think I have discovered how to hear DDP: Post an item a few days before about it *not* being heard (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. At 2220 UT Dec 31 I posted: ``[WOR] *2022 in Spain --- REE Spain usually has quite a NY celebration before and after 23 UT. I suppose the token English will be skipped, 9690, 11670, 11940 and/or 12030. Glenn`` 9690 is by far best into Virginia SDR when I start listening at 2240, much better than 12030 and just detectable on 11940, 11670. Radio Nacional is being relayed, pop music, greetings from celebrities; 2300 chimes, cheers and explosions, ``Feliz 2,022``; could hear someone speaking English in background. 2304 song ``Año Nuevo de Esperanza``; 2317 playing an archive NY greeting from someone in 1963, more peppy music (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY [and non]. 9700, Jan 2 at 0357, RHC is S7/S9 with undermodulated music // 6000 English service. At *0358 hit by fast SAH from VOT IS, as now the two are colliding about equally, TRT starting a 2-sesquihour transmission in Turkish thisaway. Something`s equally erroneous at both stations (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 11815, Jan 2 at 1601, Turkish news? S9/S6 with flutter. VOT still here, not 11810 as someone reported. Way over trace of Japan co-channel (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 11815v, Jan 3 at 1606 UT, VOT Turkish is strong enough to audiblize squeal on transmitter, much like WEWN; could it be the same model? Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 5960, Jan 3 at 2302, NO signal from VOT English to North America, into Maryland SDR. Just in case also checking UTwente, where it pounds in on the way to us - not there either at 2307, but weak Chinese is already on instead of *2310. Now that makes a JBA carrier into Maryland. Still no TRT at 2355. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY [and non]. 5960, Jan 4 at 2333, VOT manages to transmit today unlike yesterday, during a recipe, S9+35/40 into UTwente, +18 Hz carrier offset with some hum but sufficient modulation. 2359 recheck now Chinese is dominant, but ripple SAH from another carrier, maybe TRT remnant but soon off. 2400 timesignal and anthem, ZRGD ID, now reading +12 Hz carrier offset (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 6125, Jan 5 at 0424, VOT is S9/S7 but undermodulated to JBM, unusable. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 347 MCW kHz, Jan 4 at 0422 UT, AFK, 25 watt ND beacon from Nebraska City NE. Not often heard. Tuned in USB, with bleed from reactivated 350 RG OKC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 397 MCW kHz, Jan 2 at 0739 UT, JBA ND beacon seems like CIT, tho last letter uncertain. It`s really CIR, 25 watts in Cairo IL. RNA notes: ``20181130 - Bill Stewart reports a 'hic-up' on the 'R'. Often sounds like CIN`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 485.9 kHz, Jan 1 at 0725 UT, JBA carrier direct, perhaps the Fessenden experimental special from Forest VA, WI2XLQ, during final 24-hour broadcast to end at 2000 UT Jan 1. Not trying harder to hear it now, since I definitely had it last week via closer remote at Bakersville NC, about 310 km = 192 statute miles away. (Distancefromto.net is screwed, insisting that Forest VA is in San Antonio TX or the UK, so I measure Lynchburg VA instead). Lots of IRCA MW DXers were trying to hear it this week. Here and I expect far beyond, there are storm crashes from a line running from SE OK thru AR into KY, much like the Xmas tornado track (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. Re 486 kHz, WI2XLQ, On the IRCA iog, Kraig W Krist says: ``Reception report, including brief recording of ID, emailed to Brian. Already received an email confirmation of reception. I actually heard transmission on 485.951 kHz. Brian admitted transmitter varies a bit. He wrote the following. "The MOPA rig does drift a few hundred hertz every 4 to 6 hrs. If I’m in the shack and see the freq counter or waterfall display is >150Hz off from 486, I just give the “wavelength” control a fine trim to get it back on 486. It’s a 1921 design (wavelength back then, not frequency!) and I’m happy the thing stays as stable as it does given it’s just an LC tank with a UV-201A tube as the oscillator. The L is just cloth covered wire wrapped on a cardboard tube mounted on ceramic standoffs to the wooden chassis. " I've created a QSL card for Brian to use when confirming reception of WI2XLQ. To see the WI2XLQ QSL for the December 31, 2021/January 1, 2022 transmission on 486 kHz, go to the USA section of http://www.kg4lac.com For those having heard the transmission commemorating Reginald Fessenden's accomplishments send a valid reception report to Brian Justin, WA1ZMS, using wa1zms@att.net 73, Kraig, KG4LAC`` (via Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) {no QSL by Jan 6} ** U S A. 2097.3 CW kHz, Jan 2 at 0720 UT, one-letter beacon, A, is JBA every dekasecond vs noise level, as it has consistently been lately, from anywhere but Quartzsite AZ (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5000, Dec 31 at 2359, mandatory monitoring of WWV up to ``zero hours, zero minutes, Coordinated Universal Time`` and full top-of hour ID after 0000 UT January 1, 2022, but no mention of the true Jahrwechsel. Must do it again at 0600 when it`s local midnight (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 28300 CW, Dec 30 at 1911, K6FRC/B beacon again from CA, some sporadic E not reaching FM band. 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. 28286.5 CW, Dec 30 at 1913, WB0BIN, beacon with calls fast and slow alternating. Often heard before rather than hundreds of others listed by WJ5O: ``28.2865 WBØBIN C SABIN, MINNESOTA # 7W, GP VERTICAL New 22 Apr 18`` Zero in the call is really Scandinavian *letter* crossed O (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2118 monitoring: confirmed UT Thursday December 30 at 0130 on WRMIs: 9395, S9 into Missouri SDR; 5010, S9+10 but JBA vs noise level at Boa Vista, Brasil TWR SDR. WORLD OF RADIO 2119 contents: Abkhazia, Antarctica, Argentina, Australia, Bhutan, Brasil, Canada, Canary Islands non, China, Côte d`Ivoire, Cuba, Dominican Republic and non, Egypt, Germany, India, (Ireland), Korea South and non, Malaysia, Netherlands, Perú, Russia, Ukraine, USA, (Uzbekistan), Vatican and non; propagation outlook () countries mentioned along with others not in order WOR 2119 is available as of 0119 UT Friday December 31, 2021 (mp3 stream) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2119.m3u (mp3 download) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2119.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 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 Richard Terry Colgan, Austin TX, for a contribution via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds to: woradio at yahoo.com One may also contribute by MO or check on a US bank to: Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 WOR 2119 confirmed UT Fri Dec 31 at 0130 on WRWI 7780, S9/+10 but noisy direct, likewise at Virginia SDR; better S9+10 and not noisy into Maine SDR. BUT 5850 is OFF the air! Not heard direct or at remotes. It is back on by 0159 when WOR is over, maybe a bit earlier (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2119 monitoring: confirmed UT Fri Dec 31 at 0330 on WRMI 5985: as usual here their weakest signal, JBA and theme barely recognizable vs noise level; Virginia SDR gets S9+10/15 with adjacent jamming splash from 5980. TWR Boa Vista S9+5/15 including high noise level making it JBA. Knoxville TN SDR is best, only S6/S9 but less noise. Also confirmed Friday December 31 at 1530 on WRMI 9955, S9/+10 direct, no jamming audible. Also confirmed Friday December 31 at 1915.4 on IRRS via AM Italia, 918 kHz, Villa Estense, S9+10 into nearby Noale SDR, above CCI from La Inter, Madrid. As usual I tuned in earlier also to SW // 7290 via Bulgaria. VP at 1900 S7-S8 into UTwente and seemed just barely modulated with `Feature Story News`; LSB required to minimize ChiCom ACI splash from 7295. Instead of UN News and other talk, 1905-1915 played some Xmas music; at 1925 WOR is S5-S6, too much splash to listen on narrow AM or AM Synch, so I move out to a better skip distance, west Iceland, better S5-S7 on SAL mode, complete to 1944. Also confirmed Fri Dec 31 at 2130.5 on AM Italia 918 kHz again, S9+10 over the CCI, after unknown talk show chopped off at 2130 for IRRS ID. Recheck at 2157, 918 is already off the air! So at least two minutes of WOR chopped off instead of only one last time. Now La Inter, Madrid is atop 918. Next: 0230 UT Saturday WRMI 9395 to NNW 2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7730 to WNW 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 2119 monitoring: confirmed UT Saturday January 1 at 0230 on WRMI 9395, S8/S9 into Missouri SDR, and still holding up at 0256. Also confirmed Sat Jan 1 at 1723, the 1700 on WRN N America webcast Also confirmed Sat Jan 1 at 2034 UT about 2 minutes into so started circa 2032, on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, Wentzville MO, VG steady S9+8 into nearby Warrenton Kiwi SDR. Next: 0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7730 to WNW 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 2119 monitoring: confirmed UT Sunday January 2 at 0030 on WRMI 7730; at 0048 via Knoxville SDR S8/9 Also confirmed UT Sunday January 2 at 0452 on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, MO, S9+10 into nearby KiwiSDR, about 4 minutes into so started late circa 0448. Missed checking Sun Jan 2 at 1330 via WMRI Europe, 9670 via Channel 292, Germany. 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 2119 monitoring: confirmed Sunday January 2 at 2101 on IRRS SW vis AM Italia, 918 kHz, S9+19 into nearby Noale SDR, atop CCI likely Madrid; following 2100 full IRRS ID with address. Also confirmed Sun Jan 2 at 2330 on WRMIs: 9955 S9 into Maryland SDR, no jamming audible; and 5950 at S9/+10. Also confirmed UT Monday January 3 at 0030 on WRMI 7730, VG S9+10/15 into Missouri SDR. Also confirmed UT Monday January 3 at 0130 on WRMI 9395, S9/+5 into Missouri SDR. Also confirmed UT Mon Jan 3 after 0230 on WRN North America webcast. Also confirmed UT Mon Jan 3 at 0402 on Area 51 via WBCQ 6160, -57 Hz into Missouri remote = 6159.943, VP signal after a coughing fit from 0358 by JL?, 0402 ID. Next: 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 2119 monitoring: missed checking Tuesday January 4 at 2330 on WRMI 9955; anyone hear it? Next: 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 2119 monitoring: Richard caught two WRMI airings I missed on Jan 4 & 5: ``From: Richard Lemke, St. Albert, Alberta, Canada, From the desk of Richard’s listening Post, Radio: JRC NRD-535 HF, Antenna: random long wires in the trees. Dear Glenn: World of Radio #2119, confirmed, below with details, Merry Christmas, Happy New Year 2022, Details: Something happened to the 5850 kHz transmitter. I couldn’t hear it at 2330, 0030, and even 0130 UT when World of Radio should been aired, everything came back at 0200, when VORW was heard again, December 31 UT 2021, Thursday evening. 7730, QRN, 0030, 0045 (45433), 0059, Jan 2 UT 2022 [Sun] 9955, QRN, S9 signal, 2330, 2344 (45433), 2359, Jan 2 UT 2022 [Sun] 9955, S9 signal, good strength, 2329 (55433), 2342, 2356 (45443), 2359, January 4 UT 2022 [Tue] 5850, QRN, 1030, 1045 (4-55443), 1059, Jan 5 UT 2022 [Wed] (Lemke, Richard -AB)`` Confirmed Wednesday January 5 from 2200:23 on WBCQ, 7490 +172 Hz offset per Maryland SDR, VG S9+13. Had been on minus side, now bumped to plus. Direct measurement at 2328: 7490.152. Next: 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW {confirmed} 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S {confirmed} (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 7730, UT Fri Dec 31 at 0035 tune-in, lots of clips some in English and the great music of the defunct Radio Sweden, which left SW in 2010 -- it`s the topic of `La Rosa de Tokio` on WRMI this week, presumably with some further repeats (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5800, UT January 1, 2022 from 0200, WRMI with `Nochevieja Panamericana` special hour provided by Uncle Bill Tilford, and Luis Vallebueno co-hosting, mostly in Spanish but some English. VG reception direct to the R75 and E-W longwire on 5800, but even better SINPO 55555 via the Knoxville TN SDR, at steady S9+18. The // 7780 is VP by comparison, but at 0220 I do find it S9/+10 into UTwente SDR. Anyhow I`m at the computer so prefer to listen that way; and also keep an eye on several TV NYE specials. Here`s a summary of what I heard after the first few minutes, and reported to Luis for eQSL: 0209 greeting in English from Alan Roe, UK 0210 Carlos Gardel music 0213 music from Maracaibo 0217 costumbres de Venezuela 0221 Gayle Van Horn greeting 0222 pasacalle traditional ritmo, Ecuador 0225 Thomas Witherspoon greeting 0229 ID by Bill in English, YL voice in Spanish 0230 Jeff White greeting; WRMI Okeechobee now for 8 years + many more 0231 merengue from Dominican Republic 0234 Fred Waterer greeting 0235 Veracruz music, Cuban influenced 0242 Julho in Brasil in English introduces a NYE pop song from 1951 0245 vals from Perú 0248 greeting from Guillermo Glenn Hauser in Spanish: formerly with [Espacio DXista], Radio Enlace, Mundo Radial; still welcomes input in Spanish for World of Radio after 2100+ episodes 0249 song from Chile 0254 ``5 para las 12`` song 0258 QSL info in Spanish and English: at least 15 minutes of details, SINPO, etc. to vallebueno@gmail.com 0259.5 to Zanotti WRMI ID (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5950, UT Sunday January 2 at 0030-0045, new show debut on WRMI, `Postcard Panorama`. Tammy Walker mixes poetry with radio stuff, interesting combination with listener input. Last several minutes turned over to the voice of DJ Roseanna of Radio Northern Europe International; checking her website http://rnei.org I find among other things some stats we don`t see elsewhere concerning WRMI, here concerning boresights of the NW and NE beams: ``5850 KHz (2.378 Megawatts EIRP) AM – Targeting the USA and Canada, 7780 KHz (3.28 Megawatts EIRP) AM – Targeting North-East coast America and Northern Europe, Note: EIRP levels are calculated based on the ERP information from the transmission companies`` As for `Postcard Panorama`, this is the only known airtime, but I have the impression there may be one new show per month, repeated weekly. Anyhow, each month, not week, has its own theme. See: 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/ (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. (7489.9v), UT Sat Jan 1 at 0100, WBCQ webcast with `AAAWWW`, but Allan`s initial comments sound familiar: picking nose, toilet paper, Angela taking horse-riding lessons. Yes, it`s a rerun so tune-out by 0105. From mid-north Indiana, John Carver agrees: ``For what it's worth, Glenn. 4790 and 6160 are carrying Brother Scare tonight instead of Allan's show. Signal from 7490 went to hell about half way through the program. Impossible to copy now. I still believe tonight's program is a rerun. John, Old and in the way`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 7505, Dec 30 at 0727, S9/+10 of dead air or trace of modulation; in Hindi, Chinese, or English? from WRNO (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 7505, Jan 4 at 0228, no signal from WRNO. But it`s on at 0723, S9+10/20 but distorted praise music. Something`s always mis-modulated at Metairie (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. 12050, Dec 30 at 1540, NO signal from WEWN Spanish. If it stay off, clearing channel for Ndarason at 19-21, which per EiBi follows this convoluted site switcheroo schedule: 12050 1900-1930 Mo-Sa TCD Radio Ndarason Int. KNU WAf /ASC 12050 1900-1930 Su TCD Radio Ndarason Int. KNU WAf /UAE 12050 1930-2000 TCD Radio Ndarason Int. KNU WAf /UAE 12050 2000-2030 Sa-Th TCD Radio Ndarason Int. KNU WAf /ASC 12050 2000-2030 Fr TCD Radio Ndarason Int. KNU WAf /UAE 12050 2030-2100 TCD Radio Ndarason Int. KNU WAf /ASC WEWN, RCM, is still off at 1748 check. Probably due to Blitz over central Alabama, Georgia: https://www.blitzortung.org/en/live_lightning_maps.php?map=30 Shux; 1902 check, WEWN back on 12050, no Ndarason. 15610 English also started, Es boost so can hear the squeal. Apparently live show commenting on ``insane weather`` B`ham are having, T-storms this morning (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9385, Jan 3 at 0448, S4/5 of dead air, must be WEWN English (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 4840, Jan 1 at 0736, S9+30/40 of dead air except for some hum on this WWCR, while the others are OK, 3215, 5890, 5935. This happens again and again. Is anyhuman present at 1300 WWCR Avenue overnight? That would seem to be prudent with 4 x 100 kW SW and 1 x 50 kW MW transmitters running. The place burned down once before, or was it twice? If so, dozing or not paying attention. However, no loss with repugnant programming, mostly dead Brother Scare or dead Gene Scott (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5935, 5890, 4840, 3215, Jan 5 at 0425, all four WWCR transmitters are OFF!!! Not for storms as Blitzortung tho not checked until 0602, shows absolutely no storms anywhere in North America. Good riddance? Nothing on homepage to explain. But by 0615 recheck, all are back on except 3215 the BS is incredibly weak, must be ailing, S6-S9, while 4840 hits S9+40 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5085, Jan 3 at 0433, WTWW-2 is unusually off this early, and along with it the parasitic spurs circa 5072 & 5097. Then I see this posted at 0415: ``[WOR] 5085 transmitter problems --- Not sure whether anyone else noticed, but 5085 suddenly dropped off the air sometime about an hour ago (now 0413). Clearly a fault of some sort. Just now, I'm catching microsecond bursts of speech, so they're trying to fix things at WTWW. I was enjoying their music program while working in the shack. Hope they make it back soon! 73, Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5830, Jan 4 at 0230-0241+, and still/again past 0358, S9+20 of dead air from WTWW-1 except for some hum; meanwhile 5085 WTWW-2 is nominal. Wake up, Ted. PPPP`ll get you (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5830, Jan 5 at 0426, WTWW-1 is S9+30/20 of dead air, like last night? Maybe it`s not Ted to wake up; when I was on WTWW, the programming of old SFA tapes and anything else was handled remotedly by some guy in Pennsylvania (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 3360, UT Mon Jan 3 at 0255, I go to the Athens GA remote which is still tuned for me to 3360, but NF from WWRB is off already. Did not get it reconfirmed at all this weekend. Span seems shorter on Sunday night than Saturday (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 1030, Jan 3 at 1546 UT, YL in Spanish. Got to be KCTA Corpus Christi TX, I thought, until finding one other possibility in NRC AM Log, WGSP 50 KW Memphis TN. And KCTA program schedule shows English at this time, in fact very little Spanish: Sat 19-21 UT only. https://kctaradio.com/blog/program-schedule/ BTW, KCTA stands for Know Christ The Answer, a back-formation? Maybe that`s why so little Spanish, hard to come up with a KCTA slogan; any ideas? Korpus Cristi Tejas Abla? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 1130, Dec 28 at 2158 UT, very strong plug for ``LSU sports station``, so KWKH Shreveport LA, skywaving while still on 50 kW day power and non-direxional pattern, way over the open carrier from KLEY. At night KWKH is much less favorable, direxional westward. Date correct; overlooked in previous report (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 1130, Jan 3 at 1550 UT, KLEY Wellington KS still dead-airing, for the record (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 1200, Jan 3 at 0722 UT, the original ``Clear Channel`` station, WOAI San Antonio with C2CAM reincarnation nonsense has severe QRM from a gospel huxter in English, sometimes overriding WOAI. Hard to separate by nulling, since this has to be KFNW West Fargo ND, almost exactly opposite direxions from here. U4 50/13 kW, night pattern supposed to be totally northward; day pattern with lesser lobe to the south. At times, WOAI also gets battered by WRTO Chicago but not now (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 1200 kHz, January 4 at 0744 UT, once again gospel huxter fighting it out with WOAI San Antonio, making a SAH, no doubt KFNW on day pattern or ND, and could easily be day power of 50 kW. About it from ``North American News``, edited by Andrew Brade, January Medium Wave News: ``1200 KFNW West Fargo, ND – station has a CP and Programme Test Authority for a new antenna installation, at a new site, with the same facilities as previously. The station is still licensed for 50 kW days and 13 kW nights, both with a directional array from a four- tower installation of which three are used during the day. The pattern for the directional array is to the north. Pending the relocation of the towers, KFNW had been operating under a non-directional STA since June 2021 with 10 kW days and 3.25 kW nights`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 1540.21, Jan 5 at 0441 UT, big het against 1540.00 signals, identified months ago and still going whenever checked, all night, the 10 kW *daytimer* WKVQ, Eatonton, Georgia, little or no modulation as if that make it OK. KGBC Galveston TX used to be on the minus side of 1540 but not heard lately (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VANUATU. 5040, Dec 30 at 0725, JBA carrier presumably RV, with Cuba off (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) See also CUBA; UNIDENTIFIED ** VATICAN. 13830, Jan 2 at 1527, S Asian? song, S9/+10, announcement and 1528 VR IS, 1530 ID ``Ye ---`` mentions Ethiopia. This is VR Amharic at 1530-1600 from SMG site, but no other language from it or anywhere is scheduled before 1530. Remarkable signal, about the same as 13820 Martí, another example of VR capability to serve far from its intended targets. [later:] I bet what I heard at first 1527 was VR in Malayalam, frequency switching misaligned. Per WRTH 2022, that`s supposed to be on 7320 & 9595 both Tinang, USAGM Philippines, violating Separation of Church & State, at 1510-1530, so immediately preceding on program feed line (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Jan 3 at 0427, perfunctory and not digging to the usual depth, finds stronger ones on 612, 711, 882, 1053, 1107, 1215. 612 surely not the just-reactivated only MW from Jordan, 100 kW, but the 300 kW from Morocco, like 711 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, January 4 at 0242: 531, 612, 639, 837, 855; and that`s all (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, January 5 at 0433: 657, 684, 747, 774-2, 909, 999, 1089, 1107, 1215, 1611? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 600, Jan 3 at 1552 UT, sports talk and ad in skywave remnant; daytime groundwave WMT IA is only a trace at best. ESPNs are KROD El Paso TX and KVNA Flagstaff AZ (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 620, Jan 3 at 1543 UT, Spanish from KTNO The Metroplex TX unusually in daytime has CCI from algo making a fast SAH maybe 10 Hz. Skywave remnant, also showing up on many other frequencies. Two most likely/closest/westward sources are: KJOL Grand Junxion CO, and KTAR Phoenix AZ, both 5 kW ND. Will MWoffsets help? As usual, no: CO not measured, AZ/TX only 0.7 Hz apart. Next candidates, KMNS IA and WJDX MS (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 4095.95 approx., Jan 5 at 0429, extremely slow Morse code beacon ID as TCO repeated several times, and then TE2- sent once, that is the last character is dash, -....- Much stronger than trace of DW desert whooper nearby. Several other reports of TCO here: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,91200.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 5040, Jan 5 at 0724, JBA carrier, I guess Vanuatu rather than Cuba by now, agreed Ron or Bryan? O, we should not rule out the possibility of something 3 x 1680 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 5055, Jan 4 at 0728, JBA carrier. I might guess 4KZ, Innisfail, Queensland, but sunset in nearby Cairns is not until 0855. Aoki shows Vanuatu also on 5055 as well as 5040, but neither now? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) WORLD OF RADIO HITLIST UPDATE Hi Glenn, Happy New Year! My latest Hitlist update. https://www.w4uvh.net/hitlist.htm 1) China - CGTN Radio/China R Int: Added links to new CGTN Radio webpages; Updated links to old (but still valid) CRI programme schedules 2) France - TDF: Updated link to B-21 freq schedule 3) Romania - R Romania Int: Added link to Facebook page of programme "Zi-le D-Alead-Ale Noastre" which usually has a livestream of Sunday 1900 UT broadcast and details of guests 4) USA - VOA: Updated links to "Border Crossings" and "Music Alley" podcasts 5) USA - WBCQ: Added link to Lost Discs Radio Show webpage 6) Zanzibar - ZBC: re-instated link to ZBC home page The next update is scheduled for late January. Best wishes and 73, Alan Roe WORLD OF RADIO SCHEDULES updated Dec 31 http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html DX/SWL/MEDIA PROGRAMS updated January 4 http://www.worldofradio.com/dxpgms.html TIPS FOR RATIONAL LIVING We are pleased that even here in deep-red Enid OK, our right-leaning local newspaper dares to front-page this: https://www.enidnews.com/news/politics/false-narrative-deepens-divide-as-jan-6-anniversary-approaches/article_7b37c6d8-6a91-11ec-aa77-27ef3db25134.html