** CANADA. 284-MCW kHz, Jan 4 at 0715, dash and QD, 500-watt
non-direxional beacon at The Pas, Manitoba.

300-MCW kHz, Jan 4 at 0717 UT, dash and YIV, 500-watt NDB at Island
Lake, Manitoba, but weaker than QD.

[and non] 332-MCW kHz, Jan 4 at 0719 UT, dash and QT, 1000-watt NDB at
Thunder Bay, Ontario, way over nearby 400-watt IC Wichita KS, which is
ten times as close (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 9700, Jan 4 at 0704, S9+ dead air and off, as RHC English has
decided enough is enough without another hour repeating. Then I find
two JBA signals slightly askew from 6100 and 6000; see UNIDENTIFIED.
Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** KURDISTAN [non]. 11540, Jan 4 at 1545, Kurdish? YL talk, presumed
Dengê Welat, which recently jumped here from 11530 presumably because
of Turkish jamming. Aoki still has both on 11530 where nothing is
heard; EiBi already has D.W. on 11540 but no jammer shown; switching
from Moldova to FRANCE site at 1500 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. ND Beacons are still AWOL, Jan 4 at 0714, 0719 UT: 255 no
SW Stillwater but JBA algo else; 341 no EI Enid but OIN Oberlin KS;
350 no RG OKC.

BTW, my wideband high local line noise level seems to have abated
after the holidays, whew (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 960, Jan 4 at 0647 UT, I find that my local KGWA Enid is
in dead air. Apprehensively, I tune with headphones on the DX-398 with
Kaygee nulled as much as possible, which means favoring NE/SW, and
there are at least two talk stations mixing above the jumble. At 0657
I pull an ID from ``ESPN San Angelo`` --- see separate log under USA.
At 0659 KGWA modulation blasts back on for legal ID ``K265FL-FM [sic]
and KGWA, Talk 100.9`` and into Fox ``News``. Recheck at 0710, KGWA in
dead air again, then a Rush promo and back to DA; 0724 recheck,
again/still DA. KGWA automation is obviously screwed, and no one
around to notice or fix it; so how can they expect to have anyone else
listening? I might have scored some more understations but it`s very2
late, good night, almost. Must check more often for KGWA provision of
dead air beyond nightmiddles (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2067 monitoring: confirmed Sunday
January 3 after 2300 on Area 51 via WBCQ 6159.34, S7-S9 via Rochester
remote in SAM mode showing minus 66v Hz carrier offset. Closing word
``disclaimer`` overridden with HRI just too eager to take over. It
seems two seconds of silence at end of WOR files be still not enough.

Also confirmed UT Monday January 4 at 0030 on WRMI 7730, VG direct.

Also confirmed UT Mon Jan 4 at 0230 on WRMIs: 5800 S9+30 at Missouri
SDR; also 7780, S9/+10 at UTwente; also on WRN webcast.

Also confirmed UT Mon Jan 4 at 0430 on WRMI 9955, S7-S9 over jamming
at TWR Bonaire SDR.

Also confirmed Mon Jan 4 from 1900:42 on IRRS 7290 via Bulgaria, S9+25
into UTwente, but always with extremely annoying splash from 7280
Vietnam and 7295 East Turkestan which cannot be evaded by LSB or USB
or narrow bandwidth Synch AM; recheck at closing signal is weaker and
more QRMed but I can tell my last word, ``disclaimer`` is not chopped
off! Earlier: *1855 carrier on, S9+15/20; 1857 strength seems to bump
up to quieter and/or lesssplash; 1859:51 cut on bit of music mod and
IRRS ID falsely claiming this is in ``AM compatible, reduced carrier
USB, best tuned in USB`` --- NOT! And has not really been in that mode
for years. 1900:12 `Feature Story News` headlines, then WOR. On same
UTwente I fish around for WWV, RWM, CHU or anytimesignal as correxion
factor but can`t find any, not even faux Italcable. Next:

0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5800 [presumed resumed]
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE [ex-0100, presumed
resumed]
and also new 5010 to S [unconfirmed]

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 George McClintock, Nashville TN, who sent a check
in US$ on a US bank to
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 USA

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

** U S A. 960, Jan 4 at 0657 UT, ``ESPN San Angelo`` ID in the mix tnx
to dead air from my local KGWA Enid. On DX-398 with KGWA nulled as
much as possible toward SW/NE. ESPN ID holes are typically 2-3 minutes
before hourtop. That`s KGKL in TX, also one of the stations I used to
get during the midnight 5-minute Fox Hole that KGWA used to provide;
now its deadairness is random and unpredictable; see OKLAHOMA. KGKL
underwent a format change since the NRC AM Log was printed,
ex-news/talk/sport, ``The Voice of Concho Valley``, when it was U2
5000/1000 W with CP for U1 5000/116, so is it already only 116 watts
at night and now non-direxional? Night pattern used to be tight
WNW/ESE with null thisaway, but that did not keep me from hearing it
before: May 22, 2016 tentatively under similar circumstances as in
DXLD 16-21; April 12, 2015 as in DXLD 15-15, among others. Wikipedia:

``KGKL (960 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a sports format.[1]
Licensed to San Angelo, Texas, United States, the station serves the
San Angelo area. The station is currently owned by Townsquare Media
and before September 1, 2020; featured programming from Premiere Radio
Networks, WestwoodOne, Dave Ramsey, and Compass Media Networks. Bill
Lockwood's American Liberty program, based at News/Talk 1290 in
Wichita Falls, also aired on News/Talk 960 before the format change to
sports.[2] The station was awarded a construction permit on March 9,
2020 to become a Class D station, reducing power at night from 1,000
to 116 watts. On September 1, 2020, KGKL changed their format from
news/talk to sports, branded as "ESPN 960", with programming from ESPN
Radio. Ryan Hyatt's Raiderland also airs on ESPN 960, it is based at
Talk 1340 in Lubbock`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 6099.920, Jan 4 at 0706, JBA carrier after RHC is off;
what could it be? Aoki/NDXC and EiBi agree only KCBS P`yongyang on
``6100`` at this time.

6000.079, Jan 4 at 0708, JBA carrier after RHC is off; what could it
be? Aoki would suggest R. Guaíba, Brasil from 0700, except it`s not
been on SW for years; or AIR Leh, Ladakh, unlikely to propagate from
midday there even at midwinter. The Korean radio war is more likely,
currently in Aoki as on 5995, but maybe jumped to alternate 6000 this
week, i.e. Echo of Hope and/or jammer. No: Ron Howard reports VOH on
5990 this week, 5995 last week; so? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 2139 UT January 4

** AUSTRIA [and non]. From Alan Holder, G4ZBH, Isle of Wight, U.K. on
the WOR iog: ``Hello Glenn, Regarding the "No COVID at Wiener
Philharmoniker". According to the BBC commentator for the programme
screened in the U.K., apparently all members of the orchestra were
tested for COVID on a daily basis to ensure none was infected. It
seems that the programme went out "live" on January 1. I did notice
some unfamiliar faces among the players this year. They could be new
members, or maybe replacements for those who had to drop out because
they caught the virus. Like you, I always greatly enjoy this concert.
I can also get it via Astra satellite with German (Austrian accent)
commentary, which I much prefer to the English announcer.`` (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 13632 & 13769 approx., Jan 3 at 1555, RHC spurblobs, S6,
unreadable even in FM mode, but with signature F# tone; also JBA on
13838 = 68-69 kHz intervals from 13700-AM which is S9+10/20.
Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6929-USB, Jan 2 at 2300, ID as I tune in, ``Goat
Cheese Radio 2021``, S8-S9, ``As Time Goes By``, 2304 another song by
same singer, others report as Billie Holiday and I do not disagree.
But from 2305 keeps cutting out. Someone politely calls this a medley,
but sounds to me like CD skipping from one track to the next in bits
of a variety of songs by same singer. Since there is no carrier it`s
tantamount to turning the transmitter off and on. Enough of that;
anyhow I`ve got the ID. See:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,76413.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 341-MCW kHz, Jan 3 at 0002 UT, ND beacon EI, Enid, is
back on; in fact I think it was already circa 0715 Jan 2, but did not
make it into my dozing log notes. But still AWOL are: 255-MCW, SW,
Stillwater; and 350-MCW, RG, Oklahoma City.

341-MCW kHz, Jan 3 at 1553, EI is off again, only OIN Oberlin KS
audible, and the other two Okies are still off (Glenn Hauser, Enid,
WOR)

** U K. BBCWS New Year`s Concert --- in case you missed or could not
hear it at 1906 UT Sat and/nor 1206 UT Sun, here it is:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct1d06
73, (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR iog)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2067 monitoring: confirmed Saturday
January 2 at 2100 UT on WA0RCR, 1860-AM local quality via nearby
Warrenton MO KiwiSDR, until ending at 2110:25, so started circa 2041.

Also confirmed Sat Jan 2 at 2300 on WRMI 7780, VP direct.

Also confirmed UT Sun Jan 3 from 0416:35 on WA0RCR, The Gateway
160-meter Radio Newsletter, 1860-AM, Wentzville MO, VG via Warrenton
SDR; and just before that was also audible tho poorly way out at
Token`s Mohave, California SDR, which I had up checking KVOH, 60 miles
away.

Making it almost coast-to-coast as Andy Robins tells me: ``Hi Glenn: I
thought you might like to hear how WOR sounds at some distance from
the Wentzville, Missouri, "160-Meter Gateway" station on 1860 kHz. The
attached recording was made using a KiwiSDR near Zion, Pennsylvania,
that has a 220-meter BOG antenna oriented at 60/240°. Reception
quality varied from poor to pretty good with a lot of fades, some of
which were rather lengthy. On this occasion (UT Sunday, January 3),
the program started at 0416.

I can't receive WAØRCR here at home. With WTOU 1660 kHz less than two
miles away (10 kW day/1 kW night), I must use a mediumwave stop-band
filter at all times. That effectively kills 160 meters too,
unfortunately. I hope you are getting started on a New Year that's
significantly better than the one before. 73, Andy Robins, Kalamazoo,
Michigan USA``

Next:

2300vUT Sunday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 5800 to SSE
0430 UT Monday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
1901vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5800 [presumed resumed]
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE [ex-0100, presumed
resumed]
and also new 5010 to S [unconfirmed]

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 George McClintock, Nashville TN, who sent a check
in US$ on a US bank to
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 USA

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

** U S A. 5085, UT Sun Jan 3 at 0120, WTWW-2 has just started `Theater
Organ Under the Arch`, so I switch to webcast for $ tereo; ends at 0153
in typical 30+ minute variable block (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 15555-USB, Jan 3 at 1557, S6 JBA gospel huxter, as WJHR is
active again, quite irregularly audible, not necessarily on Sundays
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. Re 1220, WCPH, Etowah, TN, "... how to pronounce it...",
Greg Hardison, CA, says: ``In North Georgia, it's [EHT' (as in
"EThnic", but with a hard-"T") - oh (as in "Ohio") - wa (as in
"WAter")]. EHT'-oh-wah: accent on the first syllable. Hope this
helps!`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. The Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival is again being
broadcast, presumably for a 13-week series which usually appears in
the second quarter as lead-in to the July/August event, e.g. Sundays
16-17 UT on KUCO-FM, January 3 featuring Mendelssohn`s Octet; outro as
recorded in *2019* since the 2020 probably was missed. Should be on
many other classical stations via the WFMT network (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. Date and time were missing from this; now added!

Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carriers, not a thoro search but
stepping 10 kHz on USB I hear the telltale hets from plus 1 kHz
against the following domestic frequencies: 530, 620, 710, 890; and
1430; at 0052 UT January 1 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 1917 UT January 3

** AUSTRIA [non]. Comment sent via PBS Great Performances webform:

``No COVID at Wiener Philharmoniker? --- Always anticipated and
enjoyed. New Year concert is obviously heavily post-produced with
dancing outside in the summer; yet there was no audience in the hall
due to COVID. Yet, not a mask anywhere on the non-blowing musicians,
and no social distancing. WHEN was that actually recorded??? It would
appear to be pre-COVID except for the zero audience. It may be for
``2021`` but I could not catch any (c) year at end of the credits.
Were the musicians really voluntarily put at risk? Will there be
follow-ups on how many were infected or died as a result of this?``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 9700 & 6145, Jan 2 at 0706, neither RHC English frequency is
on, but 6100 remains at S9+10 but of air that is dead. Something`s
always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 13771 & 13629 approx., Jan 2 at 1453, RHC FMish F# spurblobs
but only S1, from 13700-AM plus and minus ~71 kHz; lower one blox JBA
13630-AM carrier, i.e. VOA Kirundi at 1400-1500 Sat & Sun only via
VATICAN, violating Separation of Church and State; spurs still same at
1539 without the 13630. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** ERITREA [non]. 17545.051V, Jan 2 at 1534, JBA off-frequency and
wobbling audibly as I try to measure it to about 17545.060, i.e. the
Sat & Wed-only Bayto Yaikl clandestine via RMI via presumed Issoudun,
FRANCE defective transmitter. At 1550 I check same via South Africa
TWR KiwiSDR in SAM mode displaying offset plus carrier cycling between
34 and 65 Hz; S7-S9, quite readable about COVID-19. No signal at all
via the Qatar Qiwi; there are none closer to Eritrean target (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** GERMANY. 11900, Jan 2 at 1458, outro of `Christ Gospel` huxter
program with Jeffersonville, Indiana address, then sign-off of Bible
Voice Broadcasting at Newmarket, Ontario address; with long/short path
echo and off 1500*. Aoki shows Saturday only at 1400-1458 via Nauen,
Christ Gospel as first semihour only. HFCC shows 250 kW at 102 degrees
for CIRAF 41 = Pakistan/India/Bangladesh. Short path Nauen to Enid is
8079 km = 5020 stmi. 24900 minus 5020 for long-path would be 19880
stmi. Difference 19880 minus 5020 = 14860. 14860 divided by speed of
light 186,000 mi/sec = .08 second delay or about 1/12 of one second
echo. We are probably getting primary signal off-the-back direct which
would be aimed 282 degrees (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** IRELAND [and non]. 13264-USB, Jan 2 at 1456, VOLMET by YL in
English, S4-S5, i.e. Shannon. No better, 13270-USB Gander OM (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NIGERIA. 7255-, Jan 2 at 0706, VON succeeds on air, S7-S9 but JBM =
just barely modulated; why bother? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 13565-CW, Jan 2 at 1455, HIFER beacon K6FRC quite clear with
continuous IDs from Patterson, California, claimed to be only 1.8
milliwatts; the only one audible on the 13550-13570 ISM Part 15 band,
no WV from WV on 13555 now; but always the non-IDing pulsing on 13560
which could be from local store or medical RF devices, and/or
propagated (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2067 monitoring: slept thru the Sat
Jan 2 airing at 1300-1329 on WRMI 15770; anyone hear it? Next:

2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
2300 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 to NE
0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415; as late as 0500]
2300vUT Sunday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 5800 to SSE
0430 UT Monday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
1901vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5800 [presumed resumed]
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE [ex-0100, presumed
resumed]
and also new 5010 to S [unconfirmed]

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 George McClintock, Nashville TN, who sent a check
in US$ on a US bank to
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 USA

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

** U S A. 1220 kHz, Jan 2 at 0707 UT tune-in, immediately hear very
slow Morse code IDs for WCPH, about four in a row; 0708 sweeps going
upward; 0710 VVV WCPH IDs at `normal` speed. 0711 continuous 1 kHz
tones with a couple brief pauses; 0713 VVV WCPH IDs very slow and some
fading; 0715 no tones heard, maybe voice announcements but totally
unreadable. I`m tuning in USB which may help audiblize the MCW.

Thruout, WCPH quite distinct from the rumble of multiple AM stations,
nothing readable from any of them. Nothing further needed to be sure I
heard it, even after the first 10 seconds. Others reported it started
an hour earlier from 0600 UT instead of publicized 0700-0900, with
full day power of 1000 watts on day pattern --- but listed as U1
nondirexional day and night, 1000/109 watts. Congrats to WCPH on its
65th anniversary.

This on my Icom R75 fed by 100-foot east-west longwire, a few feet
above snow on the ground, favoring reception from the east. Not
necessary to check via alternative DX-398 with internal antenna only.
Please eQSL.

Etowah is between Knoxville and Chattanooga, east of I-75. 1351 km =
858 statute miles city to Enid. I`m still not sure how to pronounce
it, as I don`t recall ever hearing it uttered during all my years in
Knoxville; but spelt backwards it is Hawote. It is certainly an
interesting name. Googling on it I discover first that there is an
Etowah in Oklahoma, a tiny town SE of Norman: ``ETOWAH. Located in
Cleveland County, Etowah lies on Etowah Road eleven miles east of
Noble. Historian George Shirk noted that the town name was derived
from a Cherokee settlement in Georgia,`` says the Oklahoma Historical
Society. Wikipedia says, ``Etowah is a Muskogee (Creek) word (Muscogee
spelling: italwa) for 'town'/'people'/'tribe'``. More here about the
WCPH Etowah:
https://www.cityofetowahtn.com/2229/History-of-Etowah
(Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, WOR)

This report despatched at 1920 UT January 2

DX/SWL/MEDIA PROGRAMS UPDATE JANUARY 1
http://www.worldofradio.com/dxpgms.html
WRMI entries not fully updated yet

WORLD OF RADIO HITLIST UPDATE JANUARY 1

Hi Glenn, Happy New Year! My latest Hitlist update.
https://www.w4uvh.net/hitlist.htm

1) Guam - KTWR, TWR-Asia: Added entry, including blogspot page
containing programme & frequency updates (Thanks to Mike Sabin, Asia
Broadcast Technical Operations Director)

2) Romania - R Romania Int: Added link to RRM domestic service 2-week
schedule. Play list for the Sunday Radio Concert Season programme on
RRI can be found by checking the previous Friday entry at 1900 on the
RRM webpage)

Unless there's a major change anywhere, the next update will be late
January. Best wishes and 73 (Alan Roe, UK)

** COLOMBIA. Re: [WOR] 4940 kHz. - La Montana --- ``Happy New Year,
Glenn! Believe the 2021 WRTH has 4940 as La Montana Colombia, 1 KW.
Ron Howard``

So it has, page 166 - somehow I assumed it would not be in WRTH yet.
[As only SW station in frequency list, location Maicao but:] Station
DC26) as if it were in Bogotá. Info apparently from Rafael Rodríguez,
who really is in Bogotá, as QSL manager just as he was for the 5910 &
6010 stations really in Puerto Lleras; but did not bother to inform
us. The WRTH entry also shows an oficina address as Red 4-72
Unicentro, Bogotá. Does anyone ever really hear an ID as ``La Montana
Colombia`` - or Montaña? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA [non]. Rechecking for the ND beacons missing last night:
still absent at 0253 UT Jan 2 are: 255 SW Stillwater; 341 EI Enid; 350
RG OKC. Enid got about 6 inches of snow overnight early UT January 1;
somewhat melting during the day but plenty remains on ground.
Fortunately not enough freezing rain icing here to cause problems
before snowing.

On 341-MCW kHz I am hearing only OIN OberlIN, Kansas; on 350-USB, only
dash and YKQ, which is really on 351-MCW from Fort Rupert -
Waskaganish, Quebec; also on 351-MCW itself a mixture of YKQ and IN,
which is really on 353 from International Falls, Minnesota (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2067 monitoring, next:
1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE
2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
2300 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 to NE
0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415; as late as 0500]
2300vUT Sunday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 5800 to SSE
0430 UT Monday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
1901vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5800 [presumed resumed]
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE [ex-0100, presumed
resumed]
and also new 5010 to S [unconfirmed]

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 George McClintock, Nashville TN, who sent a check
in US$ on a US bank to
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 USA

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

** U S A. (7490v), UT Sat Jan 2 at 0100, WBCQ webcast of `AAAWWW``,
turns out to be 99% political this week. ``Wake up; the Republic is at
Stake``; Angela has been injured, sticking herself on a spine of a
huge century plant by the Fla studio; but she still looks
``delicious``. Both of them have fallen for the conspiracy narrative
that Trump had to have won, Biden is a joke but if inofficed will lead
to takeover of America by socialist/communism headed by the CCP ---
what`s that? Allan has a `brain fart`, then remembers it`s the Chinese
Communist Party, which is trying to conquer the world, especially the
US, including not least via its bio-weapon the COVID virus. [Not
addressed, Occamly, why would the ChiCom capitalists want to kill off
so many of their customers?? Not to mention the negative image.] After
datestamp at 0121 that it is January 1, YOOL 2021, plays a 20-minute
podcast? thru a phone-patch which tries to convince that there was
massive elexion fraud, and since this thing has been banned from FB,
YT and TW, it must be true! On and on; finally 0153 some e-mail,
prayer and off. Simultaneously I was getting the new episode of Dr
Who, which made a lot more sense (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. Re `Escape From 2020` special on WBCQ:
``Hello Glenn, Glad you enjoyed the show. Listeners were duly warned
that the first three minutes would be as ugly as the year, like the
old man / new baby thing in images of yore. We did get beautiful soon
after. I wish more entertainment programs would get into the act (pun
intended) with specials. Long-term, time sharing might even be a way
for two programs who can't pay their own way in isolation to get
together and get on the air. Who knows. An eQSL is attached.
https://www.w4uvh.net/HAUSERESCAPEFROM2020QSL.pdf
73, -- William "Bill" Tilford
Tilford Productions LLC
5713 N. St. Louis Av
Chicago IL 60659-4405
tel: 773.267.6548``

Now #107 at http://www.worldofradio.com/QSL.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 4980, Jan 2 at 0231, WRMI seems powered up to S9, axually
readable with SMTV-sounding talk; ACI from 4985 RTTY and 4980 soon
fades way down so maybe just a fluke. Again it`s barely too late to
compare to next WRMI on 5010 which must have just closed, leaving
5010- Madagascar without a het.

5800, UT Sat Jan 2 at 0354, WRMI with pop music in Spanish, ID in
Spanish, 0356 to Zorba fill music. I was going to check what occupy
the 03-04 UT Sat hour this week; evidently neither `TRSW` nor `Encore`
but should have got there earlier. Maybe more Freedom Synergy Radio?
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9975, Jan 2 at 0249, KVOH is only S4-S5, insufficient; at
0303 I check it via TWR Bonaire SDR to find its longer skip reaching
at S7-S8, sufficient with music and preaching. First wanted to check
Key West Kiwi but it was offline (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0551 UT January 2

** AUSTRIA [non]. (91.9), Jan 1 at 16-18 UT, just enjoyed the New Year
Concert from Vienna, via WUOT $ tereo webcast, penul-concluding as ever
with the Blue Danube Waltz --- why do I keep thinking of Cashmere
Bouquet? The American hostess voice-overing English comments, Lisa
Mullins in Boston, needs to work on her German pronunciation, e.g.
``Musikverein``. A rather different version is scheduled on PBS TV
tonight, 0300 UT Saturday on OETA, visual elements added such as
ballet dancers, scenic views of nature and grand architecture (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CANADA. 276-MCW kHz, Jan 1 at 0733 UT, dash and YEL, 200-watt ND
beacon from Elliot Lake, Ontario; tuned to 275-USB (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** CUBA [and non]. 7435, Jan 1 at 0528, heavy jamming against no R.
Martí; also on 7355, 7335, each with a different sound. The temporary
extension of RM to 0400-0600* was to expire after 5 December per HFCC;
unsure if that soon but definitely gone now; why? That supposedly
applied to 7435, 7355, 6030 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 6100, Jan 1 at 0525, RHC in Spanish instead of English with
NYE special also commemorating the 62nd anniversary of The Revolution.
Nothing heard on 11670 like last night.

6145, Jan 1 at 0525, RHC English again reverted to A-season frequency
instead of 9700, // distorted 6000. Something`s always wrong at RHC
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA [and non]. Heavy ice/snowfall seems to have knocked off
some ND beacons normally heard on groundwave, 1441-1447 UT after
sunrise Jan 1:

255-MCW, No SW, StillWater, nor earlier at 0731 UT
341-MCW, No EI, EnId, just OIN from OberlIN, Kansas
350-MCW, No RG, Oklahoma City, Will RoGers World Airport

These are still on in the 1441-1447 UT check Jan 1:
267-MCW, HET, 25 watts from HenryEtTa OK; tuned to 265-USB
293-MCW, FBY, 25 watts from FairBurY, Nebraska, regular often ignored
332-MCW, IC, 400 watts from wIChita - pICnIC, Kansas; no Canadian QRM
338-MCW, TU, 30 watts from TUlsa; not often heard
407-MCW, HRU, 25 watts, HeRington, KansUs; regular; tuned to 405-USB
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SAUDI ARABIA [and non]. 11745.0, Jan 1 at 1455, S9 ME music and
talk about Ibrahim; 1459 music modulation with some breaks in it.
Similar strength to 11815 Turkey. This is Al-Azm Radio, the AFRTS of
SA, so not clandestine as some calify it; see pages 357 and 522 of
WRTH 2021, where it`s among `Clandestine and Other Target
Broadcasts``, site presumed Jeddah but not confirmed. Often heard in
bandscans but now I log it for the record. Google translates the name
as ``Determination`` which seems quite appropriate for messing with a
neighboring country`s affairs, Yemen. Meanwhile, the clandestine
Republic of Yemen Radio is blocked on 11860 by Cuban jamming and R.
Martí. It used to be well heard before OCB usurped. BTW, the American
Forces Network does exist in SA via several FM frequencies in Jeddah
and Riyadh (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 305-MCW kHz, Jan 1 at 0744 UT, mixture of two NDBs when
tuned to 303-USB, very hard to untangle, but seem to hear ``ROM`` and
``OI``. These lead to:
OI, 25 watts at Sioux City - Tommi, Iowa
RO, 150 watts at Roswell, New Mexico
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) See also OKLAHOMA [and non]

** U S A. 13555, Jan 1 at 1448, HIFER beacon WV definitely copied,
from Richwood, West Virginia, after trace on Dec 28. Now it`s better
than trace of K6FRC California on 13565; at least there are no Cuban
spurblobs today to avoid. But both encounter CODAR QRM (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2067 monitoring, next:
1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE
2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
2300 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 to NE
0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415; as late as 0500]
2300vUT Sunday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 5800 to SSE
0430 UT Monday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
1901vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5800 [presumed resumed]
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE [ex-0100, presumed
resumed]
and also new 5010 to S [unconfirmed]

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** U S A. 7490v, in WOR iog discussion and on WOR 2067, I point out
the .0015% frequency tolerance FCC allows on WBCQ license; afraid I
got it wrong as David Freeborough explains:

Re: [WOR] Vague FCC info on WBCQ --- ``Hi Glenn, 0.0015% = 0.000015 =
15 parts per million. At 7490 kHz that's a frequency error of 112.35
Hz. David``

That still seems awfully lax; a SW frequency that far off is bound to
cause harmful interference to co-channel stations. I personally would
tolerate no more than say, plus/minus 10 Hz. WBCQ is anyway beyond
tolerance, typically lately up to 180 Hz high, but I doubt will be
facing megadollar fines, increased by inflation index (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 1816 UT January 1, 2021 - not 2020