** ALGERIA [non]. 6060, Dec 25 at 0430, Arabic talk with humbuzz,
which the uninformed might assume is a messed-up FRANCE transmitter
rather than CCI from Habana which is providing little programmatic
modulation. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** BRAZIL. Calculating the creep rate upward of RVM, over a period of
62 days between my measurements, Oct 23 to Dec 24, the difference
between 9666.086 and 9666.385 is 299 Hz, or 4.82 Hz/day or cycles per
second per day, which also amounts to an acceleration. That is, if the
creep be constant; and also note that at the .086 measurement it was
unstable. If one were to remeasure it every 24 hours, it should ascend
by almost 5 Hz each day, or 1 Hz every 4 hours and 48 minutes (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CHINA. 9155, Dec 24 at 2319, Chinese S7/S9+10, CNR1 jammer on a 24h
Sound of Hope frequency per Aoki (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA [and non]. 9710, Dec 24 at 2324, RHC Spanish is distorted and
with heavy CCI adding up to S9. Commies vs Commies! since the
otherstation is surely CNR1 until 2330 per Aoki; and CRI after 0000.
Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 4747 & 4783 approx., Dec 25 at 0422, scratchy parasitic spurs
out of 4765 R. Progreso which itself is suptorted vs CODAR.
Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA [and non]. 6165, Dec 25 at 0431, RHC English is S9+10 here
cozying up to the 6160 corpse of Brother HyStairical, and // equal
strength but somewhat louder 6000; rather than alternate 9700 where a
JBA carrier must be Turkey in the clear. Something`s always wrong at
RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA [non]. 6030 & 7355 & 7435, Dec 25 at 0435, the uppers without
much jamming with ``Blue Xmas`` in English, Elvis? R. Martí seems an
Xmas hit-parade of yearsgoneby, then ``What Child Is This?`` in
Spanish, Ricky Martin? I think the SS title is not ``¿Qué Niño Es?
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** ETHIOPIA [and non]. 7110, Dec 25 at 0434, VP talk at S7-S9, R.
Ethiopia. Neighbours: Eritrea JBA on 7140, no 7180; Sudan 7205 S8-S9
just barely modulated (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SPAIN. 9690, Dec 24 at 2323, REE in Spanish about Cristo; evidently
blown away our token English semihour. Does Spain have a State
Religion, you-know-what? Not a solid signal even here (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** U K. 5450-USB, Dec 25 at 0425, VOLMET by roboYL with Britishish
accent, S7 vs S6 noise level. Some items are ``no information
available`` instead of ``no report received`` at Trenton. Very hard to
make out airport names but several are something-international.
Sometimes ``her`` words overlap. This is as EiBi calls it, ``RAF
Volmet Military 1`` from site ic in G-land, 24 hours. Encountered
during a full 2000-7505 kHz bandscan with little of interest (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 486 kHz, Dec 25 at 0205 UT, I`m trying to hear the Fessenden
special. Not reaching direct, nor two SDRs in northern NC, but yes, to
another one at Bakersville which has 8 RX. It shows carrier offset of
minus 95 to 101 Hz, i.e.. more like 485.9. Music at S5 vs a lot of
noise, and robot YL IDs every few minutes, such as 0218, 0227, ``This
is WI2XLQ, in Forest, Virginia, on 486 kHz``; long pause, O Holy Night
and one or two other instrumental carols. Occasionally the YL is
followed by an OM voice or by himself at 0258: ``glory to god in the
highest, peace and goodwill toward men`` or something like that. Seems
like a kind motto, but it`s both sexist and religionist. I have
recorded and will probably feature ID on next WORLD OF RADIO.

Reminder, WI2XLQ schedule is 2000 UT Dec 24 to 2000 UT Dec 25, and
again exactly one week later on NYE/NYD. More details in my previous
report (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2118 monitoring: Confirmed Friday
December 24 at 2130 on IRRS via Italia AM, 918 kHz, S9+18 into nearby
Noale SDR.

Also confirmed UT Saturday December 25 at 0230 on WRMI 9395, S9+5/10
into Missouri SDR. Next:

2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7730 to WNW
0030 UT Sunday WRMI 5950 to NNW
0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415; as late as 0530]
1330 UT Sunday WMRI Europe via Ch 292 Germany 9670
2100 UT Sunday IRRS 918-Italy
2330 UT Sunday WRMI 5950 to NNW
2330 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW
0130 UT Monday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0400vUT Monday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed?]
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S

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support. Thanks this week to Gerald T. Pollard, Raleigh NC, for
a generous Winter Solstice contribution on a US bank to:
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** U S A [and non]. P.S. to the Gruss an Bord saga; after I, et al.
stopped listening, at 2127 UT: ``As far as I could tell using the U.
Twente SD receiver, all the non-WRMI transmitters switched off, on or
around 2100 UT. WRMI initially went to music after an ID at 2100 but
they joined the Gruss and Bord church service some minutes later. --
Richard Langley`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. (7489.9v), UT Sat Dec 25 at 0103 on WBCQ webcast, SW not
even checked, `AAAWWW` theme `WTO` is ending, immediately clear it`s
live referring to Xmas cheer, Xmas even in Fla. About searchlight they
illuminate for Xmas somehow forming a star in the sky. Webb space
telescope to launch tomorrow [1220 UT from GUF]. 0112.5 music pause,
``O Holy Nite``. Angela is even more animated than usual, having
imbibed `less wine than you think`, but yells more and more during the
hour.

Important: WBCQ has a new general business phone number, also for
call-ins: (207) 286-5483. No longer in use is 538-9180. Allan starts
to explain why but Angela blox him.

At 0130 ``Uncle Bill in Chicago`` calls it [except he told me had
really moved away from Chicago!], and replies to something A&A had
mentioned, alleging that there was a 3-month shift in calendars,
causing confusion about when Xmas really was, in March? I know this is
wrong and at 0138 e-mail WBCQ and UB the following, but Allan never
mentions it before program ends:

``NOT 3 months, only 11 days lost in calendar switch: A&A, There was
NOT a 3-month change from Julian to Gregorian! Originally only 10
days; 11 days in the USA, etc., per
https://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/julian-gregorian-switch.html

Gregorian Calendar Introduction Worldwide
Year of Switch Country Days Removed
1582 France (most areas), Italy, Poland, Portugal, Spain 10 days
1583 Austria, Germany (Catholic states) 10 days
1587 Hungary 10 days
1610 Germany (Prussia) 10 days
1700 Germany and Switzerland (Protestant areas) 10 days
1752 United States (most areas), Canada (most areas), United
Kingdom
(and colonies) 11 days
1872/1873 Japan 12 days
1916 Bulgaria 13 days
1918 Estonia, Russia 13 days
1923 Greece 13 days
1926/1927 Turkey 13 days

Note: The list only includes countries that officially used the Julian
calendar before the Gregorian calendar was introduced; countries that
switched from a different calendar system to the Gregorian calendar,
such as Saudi Arabia in 2016, are excluded. In some cases, it shows a
simplified version of events. Each country is listed by its current
name, although its official name may have changed since the calendar
reform.`` 73, Glenn Hauser

0139 starts to read from new Free Radio Weekly just in, but
interrupted. Datestamp: 24 December, YOOLFASJC, 2021, from Studio 9 in
Fla. 0140 interrupted by guy who put his dentures in, Carl in western
Pennsylvania, and they agree on ``gotta get the buggers``.

0143 back to FRW. Only two logs of mine in this issue and he mentions
both but without credit. He butchers the one about ``anti-Christ``
pirate YHWH, giving 1840 as a frequency instead of time, and
lisdexicizes the real frequency as 11480 instead of 11840. He also
doesn`t get it that this item is about YHWH NOT being heard for a
month. May I suggest that people read exactly what I write to have a
better chance of getting it right.

0147 they love the Trans-Siberian Orchestra -- so do I -- and play
``Carol of the Bells``, much like the World`s Last Chance theme, but
they don`t draw the connexion. 0151 frequencies as 7490, 6160, 4790.

0156 some email. Mentions again as earlier that Angela has been
horse-riding today. Evidently she does that a lot. 0159 prayer, 0200
dead air on this feed, 0201 abrupt JIP Hal Turner. John Carver`s
version:

``Tonight's show started on time on 4790, 6160 and 7490 with 7490
having the best signal. Allan and Angela in the studio. Allan has
fired up one of his famous search lights for Christmas Eve,
representing the Christmas Star. Then some talk about the launch of
the new space telescope tomorrow and what they hope to accomplish with
it. Allan comments on how well Angela is lubricated this evening. Then
he plays some music sent in by Ross from the Cape. Angela then sings a
joke version of Jingle Bells. Allan read from a piece entitled The
Real Meaning of Christmas.

Allan then announces a new phone number to call his show and someone
uses it at 0131 to state that because of a change in calendars Christ
was actually born in March. Allan then plays part of a tape that the
gun toting preacher has sent them. Phone call at 0140 and after that
Allan reads highlights from the newest Free Radio Weekly. At Angela's
urging Allan plays a video at 0148. Shades of the old Trailer Trash
Radio show. Playing films and videos over the radio! Reading of an
email at 0157 and closing prayer at 0158. Program was off the air at
0200. John, Mid-North Indiana`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 7505, Dec 25 at 0437, WRNO S9+20 in undermodulated Hindi; I
can`t detect anything Xmassy or even Xianny about it (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 5050, Dec 24 at 2310, JBA carrier. Only thing fitting in
Aoki is Beibu Bay Radio, Nanning, China from 2300. WWRB is not on air
this day and no longer on 5050 anyway. Nothing yet on 5060 from
Xinjiang, land of imperialist ChiCom genocide against Uyghurs and
other Moslems. Xmas eve and NY eve used to be fruitful times for rare
LA or other tropical stations reactivating or extending schedules, but
nothing else of interest on 60m now (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 6974.9, Dec 24 at 2315, JBA music on mushy distorted
carrier. Nothing reported in HF Underground.

6925 AM, Dec 24 at 2317, pirate music VP S8-S9 vs S7 noise level. More
reports as unID:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,90650.0.html
Again at 0433 Dec 25, JBA carrier here (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0543 UT December 25

** BRAZIL. 9666.385, Dec 24 at 0728, RVM keeps creeping upward, now
here, one of best extracontinental signals overnight, S4-S7 with good
modulation in songs, 0730 pause for 4:30 timecheck (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** CANADA. 250 MCW kHz, Dec 24 at 0723 UT, dash and FO, ND beacon of
1600 watts at Flin Flon, Manitoba. A number of other Canadians
audible, but this one not often. No Blitz storms anywhere in or around
North America (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 9700, Dec 23 at 0727, RHC English still on here only, S9 but
undermodulated. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** GERMANY [non]. For the first time this year, the annual `Gruss an
Bord` from NDR carried on SW for mariners asea, Dec 24 at 1800-2100
was supposed to employ WRMI, on 15770, among several other sites.

But from 1800 onwards, 15770 continued with the SMTV cult as normally
scheduled. I reminded Jeff about 15770 at 1806, but still SMTV at
1828. 15770 is JBA into UTwente anyway, so maybe not good into North
Atlantic either. ``Go Tell It On The Mountain`` at 1831. 1845 still
SMTV on 15770. And at 1936 recheck.

6080 Uzbekistan is best into UTwente, tho it can`t be aimed thataway.
[Later:] Axually, HFCC shows 6080 Uzbekistan is 301 degrees aimed back
toward Europe, CIRAF 27-28-29 with 125 kW. It also claims WRMI 15770
is 125 kW, despite all Okees being 100 or less.

Meanwhile, Harald Kuhl, Germany reported to BDXC that the SW program
in German from 1800 was not `Gruss an Bord`, but something else. He
phoned MBR and they got it corrected by 1900. So, screwups everywhere.

I stopped checking 15770 before 2000, but Richard Langley reports:

``So will the frequencies be extended by an hour so the full three
hours can be transmitted? Likely not. And still no joy with WRMI on
15770 kHz. At 2000 UTC, Radio for Peace International started. By
about 2030 UT, WRMI is now broadcasting Gruss an Bord on 15770 kHz.
Don't know when it started. Usual powerful signal into NB.
-- Richard Langley`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** KOREA SOUTH [and non]. 6000, Dec 24 at 0741, checking RHC
frequencies but this one normally off by a sesquihour earlier, yet
something weak is here and also with jamming noise. Must be Echo of
Hope, instead of alternate 5995. No report from Ron this week about
its current jumparounds, but Dec 24 Aoki has it on 6000 from 0500 but
no indication of jamming (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 486 kHz, Dec 24 at 2040-2047 UT, no signal detectable at
closest SDRs in northern North Carolina, for special Fessenden
commemoration broadcast, including music, scheduled for 24 hours
starting 2000 UT Dec 24 (and again Dec 31), from WI2XLQ. This year`s
publicity does not specify location but last year it was Forest,
Virginia, a suburb of Lynchburg. Unfortunately no Kiwi SDRs nearby.
Power not specified either but presumably very low, ``Part 5``. Last
year it was 150 watts carrier output, maybe 15 watts ERP. Perhaps will
get out better at night, if really on. Here is *last* year`s info:
http://www.arrl.org/news/virginia-radio-amateur-will-commemorate-1906-fessenden-christmas-eve-broadcast
And less detail this year:
http://www.arrl.org/news/view/experimental-station-will-recreate-1906-fessenden-transmissions
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2118 monitoring: confirmed first
SWBCs, UT Friday December 24 at 0130 on WRMIs: 5850 VG direct, 7780
S9+10/20 into UTwente.

Also confirmed UT Fri Dec 24 at 0330 on WRMI 5985, JBA direct and into
Querétaro SDR, but S9+5 off the back into Knoxville.

Also confirmed Fri Dec 24 at 1530 on WRMI 9955, S9/+10 direct, no
jamming audible.

Also confirmed Fri Dec 24 at 1915 on IRRS SW 7290 via Bulgaria, and
918 kHz via AM Italia, Villa Estense, the latter VG S9+18 into nearby
Noale KiwiSDR; but 7290 JBA into UTwente.

I had started listening to both about 1903, when 7290 seemed dead air
at S8 with heavy ChiCom ACI de 7290 unless LSB-tuned; but 918 VG S9+18
with `Feature Story News`, 1904 ID, 1905 ``UN News``, 1908 music. By
1907 I could detect same modulation on 7290. WOR still going on both
at 1925, but not positively confirmed lasting until 1944; rechecked at
1959, 918 interrupts a commentary about Iran vs USA, for ``IRRS
signing off`` with the other Aïda theme, but 918 stays on air with FSN
again from 2003.5. Next WORs:

2130 UT Friday IRRS 918-Italy
0230 UT Saturday WRMI 9395 to NNW
2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7730 to WNW
0030 UT Sunday WRMI 5950 to NNW
0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415; as late as 0530]
1330 UT Sunday WMRI Europe via Ch 292 Germany 9670
2100 UT Sunday IRRS 918-Italy
2330 UT Sunday WRMI 5950 to NNW
2330 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW
0130 UT Monday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0400vUT Monday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed?]
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S

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a generous Winter Solstice contribution on a US bank to:
Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702.

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** U S A. 6115, Dec 23 at *2159, WWCR-1 is back on this frequency,
just signing on and 2200 into Spanish, as I tune in during WORLD OF
RADIO 2118 recording. Notice about 6115 & 3215 being off the air has
been removed from website. Span here is 22-02 UT. No 6114 RTTY audible
now, but WWCR so strong that could block, or discourage, it.

3215, Dec 24 at 0735, other WWCR-1 frequency is also back, with TOMBS,
S9+10/20. Span is 02-12 UT. Harold Frodge, MI, had heard 3215 as early
as 0202 UT Dec 23.

4840, Dec 24 at 0735, this WWCR is S9+20/30 of dead air instead of
TOMBS; happens all too frequently; or rather, make that: not
frequently enough. 5890 still going with S9+40 of BS; and 5935 PMS
hitting S9+50! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 2111 UT December 24

** AUSTRIA. 6155, Dec 23 at 0641, non-classical music from Ö1, now
S9+10/20, much better than usual. Until tonight I had been
disappointed by poor signals during our only chance to hear ORF, the
wake-up domestic service relay from 0600 to 0710/0720; even tho the
English news capsule at the end was long ago eliminated. 0644
AustroGerman announcement, novelty song; 0647 TC for 7:47 and finally
some Brahms. Moosbrunn 300 kW transmitters except for this are
exclusively to relay foreign stations (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CHINA. 7220, Dec 23 at 1547 good S8-S9 song, in English? Most
likely CRI Japanese from Jinhua site this hour, ergo aimed sorta
thisaway; rather than also EiBi-listed hour of VOV in Vietnamese to
North Africa. No QRhaM (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA [and non]. 9700, Dec 23 at 0550, VP signals SAHing, presumably
Turkey and // 6000 RHC English. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA [and non]. 6060, Dec 23 at 0550, RHC still colliding with
Algeria via FRANCE. At 0646 S9+20 in the clear, mailbag in English,
but somewhat distorted. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** CUBA [and non]. 6100, Dec 23 at 0551, RHC VP here in wrong language
Spanish not English, // much better 5040; also ACI from 6105 Arabic =
Algeria via France at 0500-0700. Same at 0637 recheck, S9/+10.
Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 6000, UT Thu Dec 23 at 0643, RHC mailbag in English, S9+30
but undermodulated; // 9700 S9+10 also u-m. Something`s always wrong
at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. Fog this morning, Dec 23 at 1510 UT, so there ought to be
some tropo enhancement TV. Hepburn maps predict we`re on edge of Level
1, but up to level 4 blob south/eastward as of 1500. Most `open`
channels 8-36 show BAD signals into the STB, but only one decodes, RF
26 as KOTV Tulsa on 6-1; KQCW-SD on 6-2; and NewsOn6 on 6-3; soon
fading as does the visible fog (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** ROMANIA. 6145, Dec 23 at 0550, strong music not RHC, 0552 S9+10
Romanian, sure sounds like an adstring. RRI Galbeni scheduled
0500-0600 to W Europe & USward, but chopped off at 0557*. Must be a
domestic program relay, but not specifically delineated as such in
WRTH 2021 nor current EiBi (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2118)

** SPAIN. 12030, Dec 23 at 1549, REE IS at S9+30/40 despite Mideast
aiming, also weaker 11670 toward Africa, both programming from 1600
weekdays; nothing yet on Americas frequencies 9690 & 11940, which
don`t start until 1855 weekdays, if on air at all (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2117 monitoring: confirmed UT
Thursday December 23 at 0130 on WRMIs: 5010 S7-S8 into Maryland
remote; 9395, S9+10/20 into Missouri SDR, following 0128 `Sound of
Silence`. WOR 2118 should be ready early UT Fri Dec 24 for first
broadcasts at 0130 on WRMIs 5850 & 7780 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2118 contents: Abkhazia, Algeria
and non, Antarctica and non, Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, (Colomba),
Cuba and non, Egypt, France, India, Italy, (Kashmir), Netherlands, New
Zealand, North America, Oklahoma, Romania, Russia, San Andrés and non,
(Sa`udi Arabia), UK, USA, Zanzibar; unidentified 6114; propagation
outlook - ()Countries mentioned but not in order.

WOR 2118 is available as of 0123 UT Friday December 24, 2021

(mp3 stream) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2118.m3u
(mp3 download) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2118.mp3

Or via http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html
Also linx to podcast services.

The shortwave+ broadcasts should be:

0130 UT Friday WRMI 5850 to NW, 7780 to NE
0330 UT Friday WRMI 5985 to S
1530 UT Friday WRWI 9955 to SSE [jammed?]
1915 UT Friday IRRS 7290-Bulgaria to WNW, 14580 harmonic; 918-Italy
2130 UT Friday IRRS 918-Italy
0230 UT Saturday WRMI 9395 to NNW
2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7730 to WNW
0030 UT Sunday WRMI 5950 to NNW
0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415; as late as 0530]
1330 UT Sunday WMRI Europe via Ch 292 Germany 9670
2100 UT Sunday IRRS 918-Italy
2330 UT Sunday WRMI 5950 to NNW
2330 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW
0130 UT Monday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0400vUT Monday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed?]
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S

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http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html

Our non-commercial broadcasts and website depend on voluntary
support. Thanks this week to Gerald T. Pollard, Raleigh NC, for
a generous Winter Solstice contribution on a US bank to:
Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702.

One may also contribute via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds to:
woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED [and non]. 6114, the RTTY INTRUDER, had been heard every
night but not Dec 22 around 0700 check. Ron Howard replied to my
previous inquiry:

``Hi Glenn - Dec 22, checking 6115 kHz between 0525 to 0610 UT. Japan
starting to slowly fade up; no trace at all of Congo; normally Japan
would be coming up about 0500, so tonight was rather poor; no RTTY or
any kind of QRM; Japan with mostly non-stop pop songs (Ricky Martin -
"Livin' La Vida Loca," etc.). Ron (California)``

6114, Dec 23 at 0546 the RTTY is back, vs JBA 6115 carrier presumed
JAPAN not CONGO; still at 0640 when Nikkei music has grown to S6, the
RTTY evitable by USB tuning, but that should not be necessary!

I search the UDXF iog on 6114 and only get possibly unrelated hits:

``LOG 4 to 6 MARS 2016 + RUSSIAN NAVY, SCHWEITZER ANDRE
07854 RCV : Russian Navy Sevastopol 1525z CIS-12/AT3004D/USB Encrypted
messages – (QYT4 Mode Actived : RIR98 de RCV QYT4 ….) In Dx – Qsx 6114
(05Mar16) (F5JBR)

06114 RIR98 : Russian Navy 1528z CIS-12/AT3004D/USB Encrypted messages
– (QYT4 Mode Actived : RIR98 de RCV QYT4 ….) In Dx – Qsx 7854
(05Mar16) (F5JBR)``

i.e. almost 6 years ago in France, first Russian navy log said to QSX
= reply on 6114, and then a 6114 log itself (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD
OF RADIO 2118)

This report dispatched at 0129 UT December 24

** ALGERIA [non]. 6060, Dec 22 at 0405, Arabic IDs from RTA and 0406
into Qur`an. Heavy CCI from RHCuba with humbuzz. TDA is scheduled
04-06, southward from FRANCE toward Algerian outback and Sahel in the
protracted absence of registered imaginary SW broadcasts from inside
Algeria. Something`s always wrong at RHC. And how is TDA supposed to
know Cuba is there if not in HFCC? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98-RCUSB, Dec 22 at 1500, LRA36 is on again this
Wednesday, S5-S6 music, 1502 Base Esperanza ID; off at 1541 check: via
Brasil SDR where I had to camp as two were already tuned for this.
Others report it went off at 1530 or 1532* (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 9700, Dec 22 at 0408, RHC English is here tonight instead of
6165, S9+20 but undermodulated. Something`s always wrong at RHC. See
also ALGERIA [non] (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 15140, Dec 22 at 2000, RHC continues in Spanish, what
happened to English? Something`s always wrong at RHC. About today
being ``dia del educador`` since 1961, and hyping Cuba as ``territorio
libre --- de analfabetismo``, land free of illiteracy. Is this another
lie? Venezuela also makes that claim --- then why are those the two
least free countries in Latin America?

Then 2004 weather report from Dr. José Rubiera,
https://www.cibercuba.com/noticias/2019-01-23-u164415-e164415-s27061-jose-rubiera-celebro-su-cumpleanos-72
including snow in Labrador, -14 in Calgary, also bits of US, Mexico,
Central America and Caribbean predixions. He also appears in English
around :15 past those hours. En seguida: deportes (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** EGYPT. 9899.599, Dec 21 at 2208, R. Cairo, S9+30 into UTwente in
English but very distorted. Something`s always egregious in Egypt
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** MADAGASCAR. 15355, Dec 22 at 1950, S5-S7 in unknown language, seems
a sermon with hymn breaks; 1957 AWR theme briefly, 1959*. Aoki shows
Ibo via Talata at 1930-2000; 15355 resumes at 2030 in French via
Austria (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. Checking out Part 15 FMs in Enid to go with Xmas Sound
and Light shows, UT Dec 22 from 0017 past 0100, the two regular ones
each year: Singing Xmas Trees, at the NE corner of Oakwood and Oak in
an (ex?) oil field lot: 89.5 MHz, seems only three tunes looping:
Chipmunx, Jingle Bells and I Wanna Hippopotamus for Xmas. Quite short
range; we parked a little too far for full quieting, and it was hard
to make out the ``worm`` along the fence.

In the Pheasant Run barrio, address hard to make out but maybe 5701 on
that street, the usual house and trees with a longer stereo loop
including Mannheim Steamroller and quiet carols alternating, on 94.9
MHz with greater range of a couple blox.

We did not find the third one in another neighborhood, but maybe this
one on 95.1 which made the front page of the Dec 22 Eagle:

``Local light show brightens the holidays
Kat Jeanne | Enid News & Eagle 21 hrs ago lightshowhouse

The Sudlow Family Light Show is on display at 2442 Edgewood Drive in
Enid. (Photo provided)

An Enid family is putting on its fifth annual light show outside of
their home with thousands of programmed lights and music.

The light show is at 2442 Edgewood Drive and runs 5:30-10 p.m. Sunday
through Thursday and 5:30-11 p.m. Friday and Saturday. {CST = UT -6}

“On Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, it is pretty packed outside of
our house,” Ryan Sudlow said. “People will just line their cars up and
down the street and stay and watch the program. The whole point of
this is to make sure we have done our part to make people’s
Christmases a little bit brighter.”...
https://www.enidnews.com/news/local-light-show-brightens-the-holidays/article_bd17a9ea-62af-11ec-8f37-47a9e141a19c.html

I assume similar things are running all over, but I never see any
other reports of such ``local DX`` (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** TURKEY. 5960, Dec 21 at 2300, VOT is S9+45, English VG into
UTwente. Something`s not erroneous in Emirler today (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2117 monitoring: ``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 #2117, confirmed, below with
details, Merry Christmas, Happy New Year 2022, Details:

5850 kHz, QRN, QSB fading, 0141, 0148, 0155 (55433), (55434), 0159,
Dec 17 UTC 2021 [Fri]

9955 kHz, 1540, S7 signal howling sounds, 1544, Dec 17 UTC 2021 [Fri]

5950 kHz, jamming, other noise, 0030, 0043, 0058, 0059, Dec 19 UTC
2021 [Sun]

9955 kHz, S7, S8, S9 signal, 2343 half way mark, 2330, 2344 (45433),
2358, Dec 19 UTC 2021 [Sun]

7730 kHz, 0030, S9 signal, 0043, 0058 (45433), 0059, Dec 20 UTC 2021
[Mon]

9955 kHz, QSB fading, 2330, 2359 (45433), 2357, Dec 21 UTC 2021 [Tue]

5850 kHz, QRN, 1032, 1040 (55444), 1059, Dec 22 UTC 2021 [Wed] (Lemke,
Richard -AB)``

Confirmed Tuesday December 21 at 2330 on WRMI 9955, good into Maryland
SDR. Chopped off gospel huxter still going at 2330, no ID, and not
Wavescan as scheduled before.

Missed zzz Wed Dec 21 at 1030 on WRMI 5850; but Richard Lemke got it,
above.

Confirmed Wednesday December 22 from 2200:23 on WBCQ 7490 minus 47 Hz
= 7489.953 into Virginia SDR, S9/+10; S9+10/20 direct at 2222. Next:

0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW, 5010 to S

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UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, December 22 at
0409, earlier than usual for me so a somewhat different selexion, and
tuning downwards: 1584-2, 1566, 1458, 1215, 1161, 1152, 1125-2, 1107-,
963, 855-2, 846!-TP, 837, 774-2, 711, 693, 684, 612, 531 kHz. -2 means
at least two carriers beating. 846 presumed TP Kiritimati, almost
sundown there already. 1566 suspected TWR Benin. 1584 has low-power
Euro/ME only, perhaps most likely 2 x 5 kW SER in Spain and/or another
SER in Ceuta (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report despatched at 0044 UT December 23