** CANADA. 407 MCW kHz, Dec 9 at 0741 UT, HRU in Kansas unusually counters a dashing underbeacon barely copiable as ZHU, which is only 95 watts from Montreal / St-Hubert, Québec. New here.
328 MCW kHz, Dec 9 at 0755, dash and YTL, ND beacon of 1000 watts from Big Trout Lake, Ontario (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 9700, Dec 9 at 0721, RHC English still on this time at S9+30; at 0724 only other English is 6060, S9/+10 undermodulated. 5040 still on at S9+30 but in Spanish. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. A few ND beacons among the Canadians, not new but not too frequent, Dec 9 at 0738-0744 UT:
420 MCW kHz, FQ, 25 watts from Fairmont, Minnesota
414 MCW kHz, SU, 40 watts from Sioux City, Iowa; tuned to 412
392 MCW kHz, FMZ, 25 watts from another Fairmont/Beklof, Nebraska
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2115 monitoring: confirmed UT Thursday Dec 9 at 0130 on WRMI 5010, S8/9+10 into Bonaire SDR; and 9395 S8-S9 into Maryland SDR. Direct at 0144 check: 5010 S6-S9 but 9395 JBA carrier!
WORLD OF RADIO 2116 contents: WRTH ceasing publication; (Abkhazia), Afghanistan non, Alaska [300 miles N of Anchorage, not 30], Algeria non, Antarctica, Argentina, Australia non, (Bangladesh), (Belgium), Brasil, China, Cuba, Egypt, Ethiopia and non, (France), Georgia, Germany and non, India, Indonesia, (Iran and non), Italy, Jordan, Japan/Korea North, Korea South non, Malaysia, Netherlands, (New Zealand), (Russia non), Sri Lanka, Taiwan and non, UK, USA, Vatican and non; Pacific Asian Log; Propagation outlook ()countries mentioned not in order
WOR 2116 is available as of 0242 UT Friday December 10, 2021
(mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2116.m3u
(mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2116.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 [2115 replayed]
0330 UT Friday WRMI 5985 to S
1915 UT Friday IRRS 7290-Bulgaria to WNW, 918-Italy, 207?-Italy
2130 UT Friday IRRS 918-Italy, 207?-Italy
2330 UT Friday WRMI 5950 to NNW [canceled? and/or 4980/4975 to SSE]
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, 207?-Italy
2330 UT Sunday WRMI 5950 to NNW [and 4980/4975? to SSE]
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
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Because of recording problems, 2116 was not ready by 0130 UT Friday December 10, so 2115 replayed on WRMI: confirmed on 5850 VG S9+20/30 direct, but 7780 JBA; but 7780 S9/+10 into UTwente at 0155.
First broadcast of WOR 2116 this week at 0330 UT Friday December 10, confirmed S8/S9+5 into Bonaire (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED. Re my 1656+ kHz carrier during TA bandscan, Dec 4 at 0410: Very unlikely, but here is one reported in Europe, not 1655, in DX Fanzine: ``1656 19.11.21 2310 PIR R. Drieland, Holland, DD: MX. F. RP = Roberto Pavanello in Vercelli (Italy). RX: EGZ DX 10, Icom R-71. ANT: EGZ LPF1R ferrite loop for reception of MW, 30-metre long wire`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic Just Barely Audible MW carrier search, December 9 at 0730-0735 UT, not in the order tuned: 612, 639, 657, 684, 693, 711, 774-2, 837, 846-TP, *855-2, 882, 999, 1044, 1098, *1107-, 1125, 1134, 1215 kHz. *strongest, likely Spain (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
This report dispatched at 0512 UT December 10
