** CUBA. 9330, Friday Dec 3 at 0725, YL Spanish spy numbers, almost
continuous, but very brief pauses between groups of 5, and no digital
noises, S9+20/30 and somewhat distorted. Not a trace of WBCQ-6
SuperStition, which supposedly has been ignoring this collision, and
which per EiBi is sked between 0654 and 0850 on days 1357 =
Mon/Wed/Fri/Sun (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. 7110-LSB, the ham net Ron Howard has been
hearing after 11 UT, with clip featured on WOR 2115 --- name of the
net is ``Cafecito Mañanero``, not Cafetero as I first thought. ``A
little morning coffee``. Searching on that name hits a song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETmWYOLr16U
but not the one on the net nor are some other hits about the net
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. Dec 3 at 1545 UT, we are at the edge of a small tropoblob
as high as Level 3 on Bill Hepburn`s predixion map, i.e. between here
and Tulsa, OKC. So DTV bandscan finds BAD signals on many `open` RF
channels including: 10, 11, 12, 28, 34, 35, 36, mostly corresponding
to Tulsa market; local K17JN-D is overcome by DX QRM. Only DX decodes
are RF 14, KOCY-LD, virtual 48-3 OKC; and RF 20, KQCW Tulsa, 19-1.

Another check at 1723: add more BADs on 8, 21, 22, 26. And now
decoding RF 31 - OETA DT DTV 3-1, i.e. KOET Eufaula, rarely seen
(Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA - says, ``As
a journalist I need to ask --- the tough questions:

“Can someone who has been in the hobby consistently for decades
explain to me why Glenn Hauser has such seething contempt for R.
Habana Cuba in general and for Arnie Coro in particular?

Admittedly, RHC's technical and operational competence has room for
improvement and I get that people might not like the country's
government but there must be something else going on here. For
example, was there some public insult at a convention years ago or
maybe one of them ran off with the other one's wife or does GH have
personal connections with the Cuban expat community?“``

Here is my reply:

``Nothing so personal. Altho in US terms I am leftist, I am also
anti-communist wherever it exist. Communism gives (democratic)
Socialism a bad name, especially for those who can`t tell the
difference.

Cuba jams my program - even if inadvertently since it`s on WRMI 9955
which at *some other times* does carry exile programming. I have much
more right to complain than others in the DX community who are not in
such a position.

RHC`s own operations are beyond incompetent, and they also impact
other SW stations. Why should I not call them out whenever they screw
up? As I do some other stations.

Arnie is or was frequency manager for RHC, so naturally any failures
there would be his.

I used to exclaim, `Tnx a lot, Arnie!` whenever complaining about
jamming. When it became clear that he is ill, I stopped doing this. As
for Arnie & jamming, a subject he avoided on his show, but one time
went so far as to justify jamming Radio Martí, since it broadcast
instruxions on how to build bombs or carry out `terrorist` acts. I
rather doubt that, but who knows?

Of course, jamming policy is probably above Arnie`s pay grade and we
can hardly expect him to oppose it, whatever his true feelings may be.
He is however, proud of his role in establishing RHC soon after The
Revolution.

Cuba blames USA for its problems, of course never conceding that it is
their own rotten government. This hardly makes friends over here. RHC
toes the propaganda lines, so is beneath contempt as a source of true
info about Cuba.

I have no connexions with the exile community, but I do see some
interesting opposition stuff from DDC, Diario de Cuba, which I have
started linking, just to get the other side out.

The closest to a public insult was Arnie once calling me a
`self-styled expert`. I am far too modest for that: I have never
styled myself as such; that is for others to assess`` (Glenn Hauser,
WORLD OF RADIO 2115)

Also, Colin and another guy recently inquired about recording an
interview with me. Maybe, but not necessary? A number of previous
interviews are linked on my website:
http://worldofradio.com/audiomid.html#gh
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2115 monitoring: NOT confirmed UT
Friday December 3 at 0330 on WRMI 5985: at 0328 tune-in, open carrier
at S6/S8 instead of IS & ID ``top of hour`` loop and dead air
continues past 0330 for several minutes, no modulation! Not rechecked
until 0353, via Maryland SDR, S6-S7 finding WOR now playing at the
proper point to have started at 0330. So modulation came on sometime
inbetween.

Also confirmed Friday December 3 from 1915:15 on IRRS via AM Italia,
918 kHz, Villa Estense, into nearby Noale SDR at S9+5/10 atop SAH and
CCI in Spanish from R. Inter, Madrid, and signs of a third station
underneath.

Simultaneously on IRRS SW, 7290 via Bulgaria, but VP into UTwente with
heavy ACI from East Turkistan 7295, improved but not eliminated by LSB
tuning. I had tuned in there by 1900 and hearing nothing but a carrier
at first, but then I can tell that programming has started, much
better on 918, with Feature Story News, including Spotlight segment at
1903 for a sesquiminute, 1904.5 headlines again, 1905 IRRS ID offering
``special numbered QSL card`` for reports, only? to their P O Box in
Milano; 1905.5 News in brief from the United Nations; 1909 rock song
fill; 1913.7 promo for the next TUC Radio show but don`t say when! and
another song. 1914.7 IRRS ID; and 1915:15 start WOR. Most of this
prélude has been escuched on 918, but then I check 7290 again to find
it JBA to UTwente. Bring up SDR in western Iceland where it`s quite
better, in LSB Synch mode SAL, S3-S4. And still going on both
frequencies past 1930, complete until 1944, when I find that UTwente
7290 reception has improved. Next:

2130 UT Friday IRRS 918-Italy
2330 UT Friday WRMI 5950 to NNW
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 [to be reconfirmed]
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, 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 Doug Brown, London, Ontario for a
generous US$ cheque on a US bank to
Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702
and comments, ``Thanks for another year of great information and DX
tips.``One may also contribute via PayPal, not necessarily in US
funds, to woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9455, Dec 3 at 0727, WRMI-5 is still absent again tonight.
It`s on the same azimuth, 285, as WRMI-13 on 7730 but when on always
inferior to it in strength and modulation. Skedgrid claims 9455 is 24
hours, predominantly TOMBS and SMTV but a few scattered hours of
otherstuff (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 7505, Dec 3 at 0723, WRNO with music distorted, then English
gospel huxter (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

TIPS FOR RATIONAL LIVING

MeidasTouch Launches New “The Politics Girl” Podcast
November 17, 2021

https://hillreporter.com/meidastouch-launches-new-the-politics-girl-podcast-117951
Not the one linked above but there was a really good one up to 0500 UT
Dec 3 concluding `The Eleventh Hour` on MSNBC, where Brian Williams
also said his last show would be in one week = Thursday night, before
leaving MSNBC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 2054 UT December 3

** CUBA [and non]. 9700, Dec 2 at 0648, JBA carrier, probably TURKEY
instead of RHC English, but can`t be certain as RHC often runs past
0700 here only. But now at 0649, English is still running on 6060,
6000, 5040; while 6100 is in Spanish, S9+20 overmodulated. Somethings`
always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** KIRITIMATI. 846 kHz, Dec 2 at 0640 UT, JBA carrier from R.
Kiribati, the only one in a 9/kHz MW bandscan, as the Trans-Atlantix
are not making it due to higher latitude propagation blockage (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2114 monitoring: confirmed UT
Thursday December 2 at 0130 on WRMIs into Missouri SDR: 9395 S9+20;
5010 S7-S9 but modulation is much softer. At 0150 I check the TWR DR
SDR closer to the 5010 azimuth: zero! Not even hearing 5025 Cuba and
5040 only a trace. This rx is deaf. But conditions are not good: 5010
is only JBA into Brasilia #2 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2115 contents: Australia, Canada,
China, Cuba, Dominican Republic and non, Egypt, Europe, Germany,
India, Italy, (Latvia), Kashmir non, Korea South and non, México,
Myanmar non, Netherlands, Norway, Russia and non, Solomon Islands,
Turkey, UK, USA, (Venezuela), Zanzibar; propagation outlook
()Countries mentioned but not in order

WOR 2115 is available as of 0120 UT Friday December 3, 2021
(mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2115.m3u
(mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2115.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
1915 UT Friday IRRS 7290-Bulgaria to WNW, 918-Italy
2130 UT Friday IRRS 918-Italy
2330 UT Friday WRMI 5950 to NNW
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 [to be reconfirmed]
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, 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 Doug Brown, London, Ontario for a
generous US$ cheque 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

Confirmed first broadcasts UT Friday December 3 at 0130 on WRMIs 5850
VG direct; and 7780, S9 into UTwente SDR (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9455, Dec 2 at 1533, no signal from this WRMI, must be off,
as 9395 and 9955 are in well (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 7505, Dec 2 at 0647, WRNO S9+20/30 with music but distorted
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9265V, Dec 2 at 0653, WINB S9+20 with Brother Scare
attempting to sing, // 7570 WRMI; but by 0655, 9265 has split to
``Somewhere Over the Rainbow`` on piano, 0656 disrespectful
talk-over!! ``Star Spangled Banner`` in sign-off, followed by a few
notes of some other music before 0658* chopoffair. Program sked dated
Nov 7 does show 9265 sign-off at 0657* daily following TOMBS, and 0700
starting DRM but not specifying frequency, but has been on
7375-7380-7385, not checked tonight (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 2097.3 CW, Dec 2 at 0644 UT, single-letter beacon A is
JBA of one sit patiently on 2097-USB for at least 10 seconds.

4095.65 CW, Dec 2 at 0645, DW IDs amid sweepups from the Desert
Whooper beacon. There used to be another one just above 4102 with ID
as W but have not been detecting it (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 10860, Dec 2 at 1525, JBA music, the only WOOB audible,
none in the 11s, 12s, 13s or 14s, and suspected of CNR1 jamming but
unlisted as such in Aoki or EiBi. At 1535, another JBA carrier on
8880, the latter also unlisted and gone without preamps or with
attenuation, so presumably a local mix (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0144 UT December 3

** CUBA. 9700, Dec 1 at 0715, RHC English at S9+20, still on this late
while none remain on 5 or 6 MHz bands. Something`s always wrong at RHC
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** EGYPT. 9900V, Dec 1 at 2108, R. Cairo S8-S9 into UTwente, but the
worst sound yet! Extremely distorted talk, language unknown. Synch
mode driven crazy, trying to lock onto, but rapidly going in and out
of lock with exact frequencies flashing too quickly to copy, but some
of them about 9899.742, 9899.867 and occasionally on plus side like
9900.027. 2113 adding random tones to mix, not sure if transmitted or
messing up the SDR. Mis-time signal at 2115:43; and I comprehend
nothing but ``31 meter band`` in sign-on; 2128 checking direct I find
only a JBA signal on about 9899.58. Something`s still egregious in
Egypt (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SPAIN. 9690, Dec 1 at 2130, VP JBA signal of S7 about even with
noise level, presumably REE but hardly propagating; even less on 11940
and 12030. WWV reports: ``Solar-terrestrial indices for 01 December
follow. Solar flux 86 and estimated planetary A-index 16.
The estimated planetary K-index at 2100 UTC on 01 December was 3.
Space weather for the past 24 hours has been minor. Geomagnetic storms
reaching the G1 level occurred`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2114 monitoring: Richard Lemke, Alberta,
reports: ``Dear Glenn: World of Radio #2114, confirmed, below with
details, B21 season, Keep Christ in Christmas, Details:

5850 kHz, also heard on 9955 kHz, 5850 kHz, 0130, 0142, 0158, S9
signal, 0159, 5850 kHz, Nov 26 UTC 2021
[UT Friday; 9955? Not supposed to be then, rather also 7780]

5950 kHz, jamming, siren, noise, 2337, 2343 (45433), 2359, Nov 26 UTC
2021 [Friday]

5950 kHz, jamming, 0057 (55434), (55433), 0059, 5950 kHz, Nov 28 UTC
2021 [Sunday; if there is jamming how can I=5? Maybe he classifies
jamming as N. Only jamming around here is on 5954]

9395 kHz, old style tube TV QRN, 0137, S7 signal, 0159, Nov 29 UTC
2021 [Monday]

9955 kHz, 2331, 2359 (55433), (55434), 2357, Nov 30 UTC 2021 [Tue]

5850 kHz, 1030 (55433), confirmed, 1059, Dec 1 UTC 2021 [Wed]
(Lemke, Richard -AB)``

Confirmed Wed Dec 1 at 2200+ on WBCQ 7489.9v, but JBA into DX-398 with
internal random wire; by 2225 it`s BA = slightly better so I can
recognize it as the current 2114 edition. Next:

0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW, 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 Steve McGreevy, N6NKS, Keeler CA for a
contribution via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com and says,
``LOOOOOONNNGGG overdue, Glenn(!), and thanks very much for your
endless wonderful work for the DX community!``

One may also contribute by MO or check in US funds on a US bank to
Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 5970, Dec 1 at 0714, WEWN Spanish is back on with music,
S9+10, after absence a few nights (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0020 UT December 2

** BRAZIL [and non]. 6180, Dec 1 at 0245, CRI Chinese via CUBA
dominates. I think there is music from RNA way under it, but // 11780
is also so weak I can`t match them for sure. At 0300, La Voz Alegre
from MADAGASCAR takes over 6180 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CHINA. CNR1 WOOB jammer survey Dec 1 at 0005-0010, not in the order
tuned, JBA u.o.s.: None in the 10s; 11410 S6-S5; none in the 12s;
13020 S5-S4; 13130 S9-S8 with flutter; 13920; 14920 S9-S7; 14980;
16160 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 9650, Dec 1 at 0013, still no show of RHC Spanish on new
scheduled frequency, nor on ex-9710, rather China there. RHC is still
on 9535. Something`s always wrong at RHC. 0130 check: 9710 China in
Spanish with music background. But:

9640, Dec 1 at 0133, RHC is here! Not 9650 but very distorted and
splattering up to 9650 on remote in Missouri; // 9535. Something`s
always wrong at RHC. 0228 check, 9640 is S9, undermodulated and not
distorted direct.

9700, Dec 1 at 0228, RHC English S9/+20, // 6000 only (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** ECUADOR. 6050, UT Mon Nov 29 at 0231, tune-in to national anthem
which I had not heard in a long while, as the sad 1 kW remnant of HCJB
is signing off earlier than on UT Sat & Sun. What surprises me is how
strong it is into Missouri SDR, S9/+15, much better than I ever get it
direct; until 0232*, and SAM shows carrier offset minus 5.8 Hz (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR) {Date correct, missed in last report}

** EGYPT. 9899.59v, Nov 30 at 2212, R. Cairo still trying, strong but
extremely distorted in talk which is probably English; via UTwente
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** KASHMIR [non]. 15170, Nov 30 at 1607 check, not only direct but at
UTwente, no signal from Kashmir Civitas for the second Tuesday in a
row, via ROMANIA; so last week`s absence not a fluke, suspended again
or finished (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6919.9 AM, Dec 1 at 0011, unID JBA music, only
pirate now, none on 6925 for a change. Nothing reported now in HFU,
even as ``6920`` where there have been some logs recently at other
times (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** THAILAND. 13750, Dec 1 at 0003, R. Thailand news in English with
American accents, S9-S6 with flutter, best heard here in some time
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2114 monitoring: confirmed Tuesday
November 30 at 2330 on WRMI 9955, fair-good, sufficient into random
interior wire and DX-398; some jamming maybe audible at fades. Next:

1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW, 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 Steve McGreevy, N6NKS, Keeler CA for a
contribution via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com and says,
``LOOOOOONNNGGG overdue, Glenn(!), and thanks very much for your
endless wonderful work for the DX community!``

One may also contribute by MO or check in US funds on a US bank to
Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Nov 30 from 0727
UT, not in the order tuned: 621, 684, 693, 711, 747-2, 765-2, 774-2,
828, 846-TP?, 855-2, 882-2, 909, 999, 1089, 1107-2, 1125-2, 1215* ---
*strongest.

Note 774, where there are normally two, altho mwoffsets shows nothing
more than 3 Hz minus from Spain. But at this late/early hour both W
Europe and E Asia could be propagating, remnants converging on deep
North America; as Walt Salmaniw, BC reported Nov 28 to IRCA: ``Happen
to be listening to 774, and heard a local ID for JOUB (NHK2 Akita) at
0720 UT. 1566 HLAZ booming in already, with readily heard cochannel
Chinese. All this via my Masset SDR`` Mwoffsets shows JOUB is exactly
774.0000 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Dec 1 from 0202
UT, when signals beyond W Europe are possible but it seems these are
not: 531, 585, 684, 774, 837, 882, 999, 1089, 1098, 1116, 1125, 1152,
1215, 1305 kHz (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 2097.3 kHz, Dec 1 at 0207 UT, single-letter beacon A is
JB audible every dekasecond, from anywhere but Quartzsite AZ (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 9245-9250-9255, Nov 30 at 1559, sounds like DRM noise
but nonesuch listed (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0353 UT December 1