** CUBA. 11760, Dec 27 at 2312, no signal direct from RHC`s #1 legacy
channel. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** EGYPT. 9900-, Dec 27 at 1851, S5/S8 of dead air or maybe trace of
modulation, direct. R. Cairo sked 17-19 in Turkish, slightly on the
low side. Something`s egregious in Egypt (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** MADAGASCAR. 13670, Dec 27 at 1900, S9/+10 African song; MWV
starting Arabic hour, following English at 1800 (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6930 USB, Dec 27 at 2320, S7/S9 music about = noise
level. These take it as 77LJS, as one reported it ``sounds like``
that:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,123309.0.html
Has the derivation of that name been explained? They say it was
playing classical choral music (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY [and non]. 5960.005, Dec 27 at 2300, VOT English back on the
air after AWOL yesterday, but insufficient direct. Via UTwente from
2334, S9+25/40 ending `Feeling Supreme/The Healing Spring`, music.
2338, ``always-by-your-side`` promo, `Gripping Piles` about
sustainability. 2344 ``with-you-every-hour`` promo, music. 2353 canned
s/off by the badax, totally wrong incomplete times and frequencies for
expired A23. Those people are so out of it, clueless. If they can`t
even utter their own sked accurately, why should we believe anything
they say? Something`s always awry at Ankara. 2354 IS to 2355*
uncovering Xinjiang PBS, std denunciation (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U K Q O G B A N I [non]. 11825, Dec 27 at 2316, English discussion
of Ukraine, including interview with former SOTH Nancy Pelosi; maybe
year-in-reviewish. VG signal from BBCWS despite via USAGM Tinang,
PHILIPPINES, westward for Indonesia, this hour only. I will refrain
from remarking it`s a violation of SOCAS, despite UKetc. being a
theocracy (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. Re: Justin Austin on VOA `Music Time in Africa` Dec 22:
``Merry Christmas and all that! You may have already checked, but this
is indeed a young African American baritone. Check out
http://www.justin-austin.com
73, Randy Stewart`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 17700, Dec 27 at 1855, S9+10/20 of open carrier; by 1900,
VOA French has started, the SSOB by far, from Grimesland (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2222 monitoring: confirmed UT
Wednesday December 27 at 0030 on WRMI 9395, S9+20/25 into Missouri
SDR.

Missed checking Wed Dec 27 at 1500 on WRMI 9955, unsked but had
appeared last 3 weeks; anyone hear it this week?

Confirmed Wednesday December 27 at 2205 the 2200 on WBCQ 7490, S9/+15
into Maryland SDR displaying almost 7490.000 with slight variations.
Is that possible? Rechecking WWV later vs calibrations, accurate with
WBCQ only +3 to +8 Hz off, incredible! Perhaps a different transmitter
or relayed elsewhere? Next:

0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S
0230 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW

Thanks this week for a generous quarterly check on the Winter
Solstice, from Gerald T. Pollard, Raleigh NC, on a US bank to:
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702

As noncommercial services, financial support appreciated, or via
PayPal,
not necessarily in US funds, to woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9275, Wed Dec 27 at 1849, no signal from WMLK, supposedly
sked 17-22 UT except SabbaSaturdays; what`s wrong? Prop OK from
neighbor 9265 WINB (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 15610, Dec 27 at 1901 and next few minutes, no signal from
WEWN English, supposed to start at 1900; what`s wrong? Prop OK as
15555 WJHR and 15825 WWCR are VG with sporadic-E boost. 12050 Spanish
on as usual (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 1360, Dec 27 at 1907, `Jingle Bells`, a secular carol! then
``Merry Christmas from the Catholic Radio Network``, for which it`s
not over yet, then `I Saw Three Ships``. It`s KPHN, El Dorado KS with
EWTN, address in KC,MO, ordinary groundwave. Would same be on 15610
now if WEWN were on? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report despatched at 0027 UT December 28

** BRAZIL [non]. 4885, Dec 26 at 0304 & 0758 chex, R. Clube do Pará is
still off; hope they are not gone for good. Leaves 4940 Venezuela as
only significant 60m S American overnight.

4885, Dec 26 at 2312, JBA carrier, so is Pará back? 4985 presumed R.
Brasil Central is there, so further ZY propagation OK. NO 4885 signal
into Bonaire at 2341. As I suspected, it`s likely the other 4885, Echo
of Hope, Korea South, and/or jamming from Korea North, both operating
long hours per Aoki and propagable to here around sunset (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** COLOMBIA [and non]. 5909.98 approx., Dec 26 at 0309, Alcaraván
Radio, Spanish talk barely audible vs S9/+10 of dead air from 5910.00
CRI relay via Cuba - or maybe a trace of English modulation from it
too. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 6000, Dec 26 at 0311, RHC S9+20/30 but just barely modulated,
presumably English, yet the only frequency left to attempt it.
Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 5990, Dec 26 at 2314, S9+20/30 of undermodulated English on
CRI relay. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** EGYPT [non]. 9439.995, Dec 26 at 2113-2127 check, NO R. Cairo,
English signal into UTwente. Something`s egregious in Egypt (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 960, Dec 26 at 2301 UT, KGWA Enid is finally back on air,
with local news; it was still off about 3 hours earlier. So much for
our KMA, KZIM reception (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** PALAU. 9965, Dec 26 at 0812, S3/S5 gospel huxter in English. Hope
Radio starts no earlier than *0807 M-F, later on weekends. See
extremely convoluted sked in Aoki. No indication of any current
callsign; formerly KHBN, T8BZ, T8WH, ex-World Harvest Radio and on
website the transmitters are still named Angel 4, Angel 5; and ``Angel
3: Launch TBA!`` https://www.hoperadio.net/ also with some views;
operates out of West Virginia. Seems like some T8++ callsign ought to
apply now. Is the USA FCC involved in this or not? FCC has quit
posting seasonal skeds at

https://www.fcc.gov/general/high-frequency-stations-seasonal-operating-frequency-schedules
but the last one, for A22! did include `KHBN` on 9965 as well as 9930,
15680. This time no residual Cuban jamming on 9965 against long-gone
R. República, Costa Rica (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY [non]. 5960.001, Dec 26 at 2302, no signal direct from VOT;
by 2323 a JBA carrier, not enough to be VOT, rather XJPBS; yes, into
UTwente at 2334, nothing but Chinese from East Turkistan, land of
imperialist ChiCom genocide against Uyghurs and other Moslems.
Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 332 MCW kHz, Dec 26 at 0802 UT, I can barely make out IC, so
the Wichita KS NDB survives, and this time no mixture heard from QT
Ontario (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2222 monitoring: confirmed UT
Tuesday December 26 at 0330 on WRMI 7780, S9 into Maryland SDR, way
off the SW azimuth, and much better than Durango2 closer to its aim.

Also confirmed Tuesday December 26 at 1408 the 1400 on WRMI 9955,
S9/+15 direct, just as I am talking about Cuban jamming, accompanied
by some of that right now! Next:

0030 UT Wednesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1200 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB
[Unique Radio on Operational Break, this week only but still
streaming]
1230 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB [previous #2221]
1500 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [unsked but confirmed last 3 weeks]
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW or 5130v?
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S
0230 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW

Thanks this week for a generous quarterly check on the Winter
Solstice, from Gerald T. Pollard, Raleigh NC, on a US bank to:
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702

As noncommercial services, financial support appreciated, or via
PayPal,
not necessarily in US funds, to woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. 5800, Dec 26 at 0307, anti-China comments in
English, presumably `Freedom Synergy Radio`, pro-Taiwan via WRMI - and
with heavy Cuban noise jamming even tho not in Spanish. Jamming
unabated at 0758 check despite against nothing long after WRMI be off
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [non]. 5085, Dec 26 at 0306, no signal from WTWW; had been on
reliably evenings; just a holiday break? Still not on before 2400
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 960, in the protracted absence of my local KGWA, dominant
signal at night continues to be KZIM Cape Girardeau MO: Dec 26 at 0209
UT, ``River Radio`` weather, joint ID with KSIM Sikeston MO. Also Dec
26 at 0805, ``River Radio`` IDs, weather, into C2CAM. So River Radio
is definitely their branding now. But see OKLAHOMA, KGWA back on by
2301 Dec 26 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carriers, Dec 26 at 0300: only a
het to 710 from 711, i.e. Western Sahara.

Dec 26 at 0508: 684, 711, 891. 684 presumably RNE Sevilla, Spain, not
heard much anymore since power cut from 300 to only 150/100 kW;
westish there is also a 50 kW Tunisia (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 6100, Dec 26 at 2316, fluttery music, S9+10/20. Likely
CRI `Portuguese` from Beijing site, which would be // 13650 Cuba
relay; or KCBS P`yongyang. Nothing else scheduled per Aoki. Several
other East Asianish signals around 6 & 7 MHz at local sunset (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0012 UT December 27

** BRAZIL. 4885, Dec 25 at 0615, NO signal from R. Clube do Pará, very
unusual to be absent, must be an Xmas holiday. Nor anysig into Bonaire
SDR at 0655 check. No tropical signals added for the occasion, rather
subtracted (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CANADA. 332 MCW kHz, Dec 25 at 0619 UT, dash and QT, JBA NDB at
Thunder Bay, Ont., 1000 watts. If any Canadian can make it thru my
local noise level, this is it. Much closer IC, Wichita KS, still
cannot be detected, but at night it would usually be even weaker than
QT (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 15140, Dec 25 at 1622, JBA carrier, presumably again RHC
something very wrong on QRP, while 11760 inblasts, but... (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 11760, Dec 25 at 1632, RHC is S9/+10 unlike JBAC // 15140,
but modulation at good level is rapidly cutting off and on; wiggle
that patchcord! Totally unlistenable. Something`s always wrong at RHC
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** KIRITIMATI. 846, R. Kiribati, continues to be inaudible and
presumed off, Dec 25, neither direct JBA carrier as was frequent last
winter; nor now 0658 via Oahu SDR. I`ve been checking 846 direct
almost every night around 0430 and/or 0730. Ron Howard and Gary Pence
not hearing it either. A night or two ago Kaneohe SDR was out of
order, but now is getting something on 840 from the upper 48, see USA
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. Xmaseve pirate activity, three at once:

6961 USB, Dec 24 at 2328, S9, sounds like a ham QSO talking directly
to one person, mentions WA1ZMS, but not sure whose call that be. About
the 486 kHz special experimental broadcast, but then mixes in some
music. Many logs here as Zeeky Radio Shroomus Show:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,123149.0.html

6935 AM, Dec 24 at 2329, JBA music. These logs ID it as Pirate Radio
Boston, with Charlie Loudenboomer:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,123152.0.html

6875 USB, S9+10/20 of music, strongest by far. Many logs here as Radio
48 on MRI:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,123148.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. More pirates on Dec 25, as tuned direct:
6880 AM, Dec 25 at 2251, S9+ music. Mix Radio International logs
earlier but none later than 2153:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,123226.0.html

6950 USB, Dec 25 at 2253, music. Radio Free Whatever per these logs:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,123225.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 960, Dec 25 at 0752 UT, KGWA Enid is OFF; Merry Xmas! 2
or 3 other stations audiblized but can`t catch any ID and/or stay
awake past 0800. Still off at next check 1614, leaving a couple very
weak signals.``KGWA`` is still going on 100.9 FM, but how can that be,
with no AM to ``translate``? AM listeners deprived of their far-right
talkshow lineup.

For almost a year, KGWA has been on U1 250/250 W ND STA instead of U3
1000/1000 watts. This situation has been unnoticeable at local range
of about 3 miles from site. FCC info about KGWA via NRC DX News, by
advanced masthead issue dates:

Feb 7, 2023: applies for STA as one tower needs to be replaced
Feb 21, 2023: STA granted, during tower repairs
Sept 19, 2023: granted STA extension, 6 more months

We recall the protracted period circa 2013-14 when KGWA would provide
a dead-air ``Fox hole`` instead of news at local midnight, allowing DX
in from as far as CFAC Calgary; and another spell Jan 4-7, 2021. See
USA in this report for what else I`m hearing now (Glenn Hauser, Enid,
WOR)

** SAO TOME E PRINCIPE. 13750, Dec 25 at 1626, S9/+20 open carrier,
the SSOB except for domestix 13820, 13845; 1627 `Yankee Doodle Dandy`
IS and ``Voice of America, Washington DC, signing on``, more YDD; 1629
cut to a bit of African music; 1630 3-note VOA sounder and Swahili
s/on, as sked 1630-1700 daily via Pinheira (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SPAIN. 9690, Mon Dec 25 at 2301, token English from SNR, no news,
to be about carols from different regions of Spain and languages;
first, attempt by the French department at their own carol, but the
tune sounds familiar. Good signal direct (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 5960.003, Dec 24 at 2344, VOT not off the air, S9+30/40 but
somewhat distorted into UTwente: slightly different offset than usual
.005 so maybe different transmitter. `New Day, New Choices`, something
about mental health; 2347 song; 2353 totally wrong s/off sked 3 hours
off; 2354 IS to 2355*. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler, awry
at Ankara.

5960, Dec 25 at 2300, VOT English s/on sked, S9+20/30 direct but no
time to listen; already off by 2356 UTwente check (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2222 monitoring: confirmed Sunday
December 24 at 2100 on IRRS SW via AM Italia, 1323 kHz, S9+10/20 into
nearby SDR, not on 918 or 207; and 1323 also S9 into UTwente across
Europe, no QRM at either.

Also confirmed UT Monday December 25 at 0035, the 0030 on WRMI 7780,
S9/+10 but noisy into Durango2 SDR.

Also confirmed UT Monday December 25 at 0401, just underway from 0400
on Area 51 via WBCQ 6160 -67 Hz = 6159.933 into NH SDR, S5/S7 with
storm noise tho no Blitz closer than the GOM south of NOLA. Next:

0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to SW
1400 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?]
0030 UT Wednesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1200 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB
[Unique Radio on Operational Break, this week only but still
streaming]
1230 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB [previous #2221]
1500 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [unsked but confirmed last 3 weeks]
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW or 5130v?
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S
0230 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW

Thanks this week for a generous quarterly check on the Winter
Solstice, from Gerald T. Pollard, Raleigh NC, on a US bank to:
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702

As noncommercial services, financial support appreciated, or via
PayPal,
not necessarily in US funds, to woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** U S A. 7505, Dec 25 at 0609, WRNO, not off the air but VG,
surprisingly with Johnny Cash song ``A Boy Named Sue``, not exactly
religious, but 0610 YL DJ as ``Country Roads on WRNO``, and over to OM
about Satan, whew, back to Topic A (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 15825, Dec 25 at 1625, WWCR-1 the SSOB with sporadic-E
boost, S9/+25 but still rather distorted (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 840, Dec 25 at 0658 UT, checking Kaneohe, Oahu, KiwiSDR for
846 Kiritimati, q.v., instead see a trace on 840 which I know can`t be
Hawaii nor anywhere in Pacificasia. Most likely California, which is
not than unusual to Hawaii on MW with nothing in between, Modesto
about 3960 km = 2460 stmi; Xmasmx pauses at 0700 for KMPH, Modesto ID.
So this is ``international`` DX in reverse (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 960 kHz has been opened up for DX tnx to the silence of
local KGWA: see OKLAHOMA. Nearest other 960s are KMA Shenandoah IA,
533 km=331 stmi; KGKL San Angelo TX, 597 km=371 stmi; KZIM Cape
Girardeau MO, 748 km=465 stmi. Also stn in AR and another in TX.

Dec 25 before 1700 UT, only traces of a couple weaksigs into the R75
and longwire, so I`m into the frigid car which should pull a little
better. ABC news is JBA at 1700, mentions Colo. Sprs. but that would
just be an item in nat`l news. Lite ACI from the 950 & 970 fringe
stations which are stronger. 1704 local weather by YL voice, but
cannot make out any details except current temp 34 degrees. 1705
singing ID? 1706 Chip Davis with `Mannheim Steamroller`s American
Xmas`.

Brrr, back inside to check the streams: KGKL San Angelo is indeed
still ESPN, so nix that. At 1719, KMA is in `Mannheim Steamroller`s
American Christmas`, hosted by Chip Davis, MHSR founder: seems also
includes Xmasmx by other performers. KZIM Cape Girardeau MO, remote
other possibility is emitting nothing but clicking on its stream; but
see separate log later.

By 1800 UT Dec 25, KMA stream sure enough, is with ABC news. Plenty of
ads before and after but no local weather follows; 1806, back to
Mannheim Streamroller`s American Christmas, with Chip Davis who claims
it`s heard all over the country via hundreds of stations: on KMA,
presumably a holiday-only diversion from its usual talk format. Anyhow
I`m sure KMA is the one I have been getting direct. This time of year,
some residual midday skywave could be in play; there is some slight
slow fading, but also at that awkward distance where groundwave is
also possible over this good-conductivity path (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK,
WOR)

** U S A. 960, Dec 25 at 2254 UT, local KGWA still off. Dominant is
KZIM, Cape Girardeau MO, promo for its app, weather. 2256 outro Sean
Hannity name-dropping, KZIM ID, adstring including something in Cape
Girardeau and Marion [IL]; ``RiverRadio`` slogan at least in
commercial connexion, not shown in NRC AM Log; ToH joint ID with KSIM
1400 Sikeston MO. Official FCC sunset for KZIM in Dec is 2245 UT [Jan:
2300], so should already have switched from 5 kW ND to 500 W
direxional. Night pattern is ``butterfly`` with 4 major lobes, one of
them almost thisaway; deep nulls to NW/SE/NE:

https://transition.fcc.gov/bureaus/mb/databases/querydata/AM_DA_patterns/bcc7a2d5599f4f83a5bbc1b6063ebeb7-3954.pdf
2315 recheck, even stronger, seems like same station but no IDs;
national ads, 2318 `Commodity Update`, Menards ad; playing a
``Wednesday`` talkshow about guns. Menards, home improvement store,
chex for Cape G but there are lots elsewhere (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VENEZUELA. 4940, Dec 25 at 0616, Station 4940 is on with YL, S9+32
direct; even better at 0655, VG into Bonaire SDR. Gianni Serra, Roma,
refers us to sources placing it at Rincón Hondo, Apure; TDOA DFing
long ago had led to somewhere in Apure state, but unconfirmed. These
show it there apparently without qualification:

``RE: the religious Radio Estación 4940 in Venezuela or Colombia, I
found out these webpages:

< https://fmscan.org/net.php?r=m&m=s&itu=VEN&pxf=Estaci%F3n+4940 >
< https://fmscan.org/transmitter.php?i=31300010 >
< https://radio-america-latina.org/am/fm.php?itu=Venezuela&region=apu
>
< https://www.mwlist.org/scanner.php?mode=0&area=9&MHz=4#top >

It is reported the site in Rincón Hondo, Apure - Venezuela, with 1 kW
TX power. But I do not know if news on these webpages about this Lat
Am Radio are reliable or not. 73 Gianni Serra`` (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA carriers, as hets during 10/kHz
bandscan, Dec 25 at 0750: 621 and 711, surely RNE Canarias, and SNRT
Western Sahara under Moroccan royal imperialism yoke (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 4800, Dec 25 at 0614, trace of something, music?
Bandscan for signs of any unusual LAm tropband activity for
Xmaseve/day. 0655 check at Bonaire finds nothing. WRTH 2024 shows
nothing but China on 4800, a bit too early to propagate even at
midwinter. Of course, any MW harmonix could land on 4800 from 1600,
1200, 960, 800, 600 - certainly not 5X *my* 960 which is off, see
OKLAHOMA (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 11514.9, Dec 25 at 1631, algo S3. Nothing listed on
11515 in WRTH 2024, Aoki or EiBi; but via WWDXC, BCDX, USAGM RMS
monitoring included it among Dengê Gel and/or Turkjam in mid-Nov. I
haven`t tried to track any of that lately, but this is their favorite
jumparound area (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report despatched at 0105 UT December 26

** GERMANY [and non]. Gruß an Bord underway from 1800 UT Dec 24 - the
annual greetings for German mariners from Norddeutscher Rundfunk via
SW relays:

The lineup via AER El Dial:
1800-2100 en la ISS de 6030 250 kW / 251 grados al Atlántico Noreste
1800-2100 en TAC de 6080 100 kW / 301 grados a Europa
1800-2100 en 9635 NAU 250 kW / 130 grados al Océano Índico
1800-2100 en 11650 ISS 250 kW / 148 grados a Atlántico/Océano Índico (
S.Af )
1800-2100 en 13725 NAU 250 kW / 205 grados al Atlántico Sur
1800-2100 en 15770 100 kW / 044 grados al Atlántico Noroeste

Checking UTwente from 1803: 6080 via Uzbekistan best as to be
expected, aimed back toward Europe; axually 6079.980, S9+10/20. German
talk and audience applause, unseems synchro with 6030, 9635. 15770
WRMI via Maryland SDR is *not* //, rather novelty song in English.
IIRC, previous years the WRMI relays were also upmessed. By 1820,
15770 has joined, in German. Mostly German talk the next sesquihour.
Direct check at 1826: 15770 VP, 11650 JBA.

Inadvertent German lesson: correct name apparently as above. If it
were Greetings, plural, it would be Grüße = Gruesse (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. UT Sun Dec 24 circa 0040-0215 UT, our annual pilgrimage
to Xmas FM sound-and-light shows in Enid, the same two locations as
several previous years: NE corner of Oak & Oakwood, ex-oil well vacant
lot with the Singing Xmas Trees on 89.5 MHz, *very* part 15, could not
even hear it until less than a block away. Includes Chipmunx song -
Alvin!!

The other one is in the Pheasant Run Golf Course neighborhood, on the
western edge of Enid off Garland, on 94.9 MHz with much greater range
of a few blox; a residence with Pistol Pete OSU mascot, tree lights,
etc., flashing along with music variety, especially Mannheim
Steamroller. Certainly no one else is going to `DX` these, but I find
them an interesting media twist, and wish others would describe such
FMy shows near them (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** U K [non]. 21630, Dec 24 at 1559, BBC with Bow Bells, 1600 JIP
`Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols` - how rude: Ascension should have
started an hour earlier for this annual live broadcast. Presumably
also on 25900 from UK, too weak to tell. Both ordinarily open at 1600.
But I`ve already been hearing it L&C in $ tereo via WUOT Knoxville
stream from 1500. About the only church service I`m willing to
tolerate, because of the beautiful music, a redeeming quality. Some
stations repeat FONLAC, such as KWTU Tulsa, UT Dec 25 at 0400; or even
Xmas morning (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 400 kHz MCW, Dec 24 at 0806, AHQ, a 25-watt NDB at Wahoo,
Nebraska, which is just west of Omaha. Heard before but it`s been a
long time, Nov 6, 2021. Manages to overcome the S9+20 local noise
level. Several other intriguing carriers but none readable except:

329 kHz MCW, Dec 24 at 0801, PMV, 25-w NDB at Plattsmouth NE.

293 kHz, FBY, 25 watts at Fairbury NE, no sign of it lately in
numerous tunebys, wonder if still on air? Used to be most reliable
Nebraskan. Classaxe says it`s 50 watts, last logged Dec 5, 2023 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2222 monitoring: confirmed UT
Sunday December 24 at 0100 on WRMI 9955, presumably, as heard by
recording of webstream while out on Xmas FM monitoring.

Also confirmed, UT Sunday December 24 starting at 0535 on WA0RCR, 1860
AM, MO, S9+18 into nearby remote, very late after nominal 0415.

Missed zzz checking the Sun Dec 24 at 1130 on WRMI 9955; anyone hear
it? Next:

2100 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW
0400vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW [? not last week]
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to SW
1400 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?]
0030 UT Wednesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1200 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB
[Unique Radio on Operational Break, this week only but still
streaming]
1230 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB [previous #2221]
1500 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [unsked but confirmed last 3 weeks]
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW or 5130v?
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S
0230 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW

Thanks this week for a generous quarterly check on the Winter
Solstice, from Gerald T. Pollard, Raleigh NC, on a US bank to:
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702

As noncommercial services, financial support appreciated, or via
PayPal,
not necessarily in US funds, to woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** U S A. Re: ``3265.149, Dec 23 at 0201, WBCQ as `AAAWWW` is running
way overtime. Just now checked as he mentioned ``3265`` was now
testing on air, nowhere near full 50 kW power, maybe exciter only. But
I find it quite strong into NH SDR, S6/S8 and as good or better than
7490! Hal Turner finally JIP at 0203``

Uncle Bill responds: ``I checked with the station on this myself
because I found the signal strength for 3265 disturbing - turns out it
was running on a 1 kW backup`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 1955 UT December 24