** CANADA. 278-MCW kHz, Dec 23 at 0713 UT, dash and NM, which is 500-watt ND beacon at Matagami, Quebec (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA [and non]. 6100, Dec 23 at 0555 and 0607 chex, no signal in English from RHC here; at 0556, 5040 seems Spanish with multi-lingual ID, including Guarani & Quechua? 6000 in English is S9+10/20 but suptorted. That leaves 9700 which is VG S9+20 and somewhat overmodulated with fast SAH: NHK is in HFCC but not in Japan`s own Aoki/NDXC list; could also be Turkey on late, causing Arnie to nix this one at least before 0656. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glen Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 13765 & 13635 approx., Dec 23 at 1514, distorted FMish spurblobs with F# tone only S3 from RHC 13700-AM, 65 kHz plus and minus. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** FRANCE. 15285.0545V, Dec 23 at 1601, JBA carrier and audibly cycling up and down as I try to measure it, captured here at one instant; R. Manara via RMI for NIGERIA. Ivo Ivanov says it`s not from Secretbrod, Bulgaria as suspected due to this defect, but presumably really Issoudun, France as registered (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 13565-CW, Dec 23 at 1512, K6FRC HIFER beacon from CA is JBA; standard remarx (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2065:
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE [pre-empted! for two weeks v below]
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 who sent a generous check in US$ on a US bank to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 USA, and comments: ``Thanks for another year of great programs, in what has otherwise been a dark year full of bad news``
One may also contribute via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to: woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. The 0100 UT Thursday final airing of WOR on WRMI, 7780 is being pre-empted this week and next, and I hope, resuming in January. >From disgraced FB:
``WRMI Radio Miami International, Yesterday at 11:21 AM ·
Recuerda, El “Mundo Sorprendente” con Berny Solano desde Costa Rica para la Navidad se transmitirá para las Américas el jueves 24 de diciembre a las 9:00 pm hora de Miami en 5800 kHz (0200 UTC viernes 25 de diciembre). Será repetido el jueves 24 a las 11:00 pm hora de Miami en 9955 kHz (0400 UTC viernes 25 de diciembre). Y habrá una transmisión especialmente para Europa y el Noreste de Norteamérica a la 0100 UTC jueves 24 en 7780 kHz (será en la noche de miércoles 23 de diciembre en las Américas.)``
With translation, but I suspect it is only or mainly in Spanish:
``Remember, The ′′Surprising World′′ with Berny Solano from Costa Rica for Christmas will be broadcast for the Americas on Thursday, December 24 at 9:00 pm Miami time at 5800 kHz (0200 UTC Friday 25 of December). It will be repeated Thursday 24 at 11:00 pm Miami time at 9955 kHz (0400 UTC Friday 25 December). And there will be a special transmission for Europe and North America at 0100 UTC Thursday 24 at 7780 kHz (it will be on Wednesday night, December 23 in the Americas.) Translated``
And a previous item said there would be another such show for New Year exactly one week later. IIRC, Berny originally invited me to participate in this show, but I had to decline, already spending too much time doing stuff in English (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 4980, Dec 23 at 0557, JBA carrier, perhaps WRMI exciter only, certainly not projected full-power transmission, nor anything from Asia at this hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 1130, Dec 23 at 0726 UT, Spanish music dominant instead of KWKH, which is never strong here away from its night pattern; but must have been in a fade as by 0732 back up to make a fast SAH with the SS; 0737 romantic music; 0741 ``Radio Vida`` ID and a carol.
In the IRCA Mexican Log, of the five 1130s, none is a Radio Vida.
In the NRC AM Log, the only US or Canadian Radio Vida on 1130 is: WYXE Gallatin TN, D1, 2300 watts, psra 5.4, CH 940, SS religious and // WSBI 1210 Static [sic] TN, also a daytimer.
And it is a known cheater: From NRC DX News January 7, 2020, a log from over a year ago in 2019y:
``1130, WYXE, TN, Gallatin – 12/6 2234 [EST] – On after sunset with Spanish language religious music,"...Radio Vida" slogan by female announcer, more music. Fair mostly over usuals WBBR & WDFN. // to Tune In stream. First time heard at this location. (PS-ON)``
My E/W longwire does favor this town NE of Nashville. As for its sibling, even my 2013 Large Scale Road Atlas by Rand McNally does not index any place called Static in TN! Radio-locator agrees on the name altho does not depict it on coverage map, which shows site exactly on the KY/TN border further from Nashville; even zoomed in cannot tell which state it`s in; nearest towns are Byrdstown TN and Albany KY. The border in this area looks like a straight E-W line, but on closer inspexion it`s slightly tilted. Latitude as licensed is 36-27-22 if that helps. But I don`t have to worry since I haven`t yet heard WSBI and don`t count states, but if I did it would be by site, not city (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** UNIDENTIFIED [and non]. 830, Wed Dec 23 at 0720 UT, WCCO with monolog about some sport, not its format --- and furthermore with a continuous quick echo from *another* station with same program / network; makes slow SAH of 24/minute = 0.4 Hz; and a weaker third understation with music. Break at 0729 IDs show as `Our American Stories`.
Program has a huge archive of ``non-political`` shows and http://www.ouramericannetwork.org/find_station but you have to click on each state. I do that for every one of the 14 states represented in NRC Log on 830, regardless of language, format or daytimishness, and not a one of them matches to anything on 830. Except for WCCO Tue-Sat at 1-2 am [CT]. Our American Network is not among the numerous ones on the NRC AM Log list page 276, and thus with an abbr. to show in individual listings.
By night power and format, I figure the two most likely are WCRN Worcester MA, U4 50/50 kW, which I have never heard, night pattern nulling the west, but its website program schedule confirms it is not the one. The other is WEEU, U4 20/6 kW Reading PA, but there is no program sked to be found on its website. Night pattern is all to the SE.
KGLA Norco LA, U4 5000/750 is the common QRMer to WCCO, but it`s listed as Spanish, Radio Tropical. Drastic format change?
A remote possibility is that WCCO is testing a different/backup transmitter site, if any? QRMing itself. Now I wish had tried to DF them separately but this was on E-W longwire (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
This report dispatched at 2139 UT December 23
