1-5.12       Nothing noted.
6.-20.12    Vacation trip to Tenerife, Canary Islands.
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21.12        Fair to good reception from before midnight  and the following 17 hours.  Unfortunately I
                 could not listen 0915 - 14.20 UTC.   6 hour break and then NA signals again.
22.12        Much like the day before. I only listened three hours around midnight and one around sunrise.
                 Fade in around 21 UTC again and now better readability than 21-22.12. 
23.12        A fine sunset surf started just before our local midnight and several rare stations got a
                 boost in signal this night. Later KALT-1610 was heard with fine signal but only network px.
                Second half of the night no good and nothing more that day.
24.12        Not much in the night. Better in the morning and day, but I did not listen many minutes...
25.12        Fair reception I guess from my video tape, but I did not listen at all...
26.12        The night did not give much. And I overslept sunrise...
27.12        A few powerful stations after sunrise on the lower half of the MW band.
28.12        Did not check the dark hours or tape anything. A couple of stations after sunrise.
29-31.12   Nothing of interest. Only a few PQ/NF with severe distortion.


North America    (UTC)

  600  22.12  0716  CJWW Saskatoon SK  about to leave AM? "Hot New FM 97"  BOS
  620  27.12  0824  CKCK Regina SK  "62 Cool"  BOS
  640  27.12  0807  CFYI Richmond Hill ON  "Toronto's Talk Station CFYI"  BOS
  710  21.12  0809  KIRO Seattle WA  fighting with a couple of other NA stations  BOS
  740  21.12  1432  CBX Edmonton AB  "CBC News, Edmonton"  BOS
  750  21.12  0852  CJVR Melfort SK  Good with an ID.  Another NA station here as well.  BOS
  760  21.12  0905  WJR Detroit MI  "Talk Radio WJR".  Also heard 27.12 at 0806  BOS
  910  21.12  1427  CKDQ Drumheller AB  "7.27 on Q-91"  BOS
  950  22.12  0034  WWJ Detroit MI  fine ID   BOS
1000  21.12  1422  KOMO Seattle WA  "Komo Newstalk 1000". I did not listen much this day but
                                  NA stations every time I checked  2200 - 1530  UTC.   BOS
1010  21.12  2343  CFRB Toronto ON  "CFRB 1010"  BOS
1070  22.12  2108  CBA Moncton NB  with regional news  BOS
1100  25.12  2301  WTAM Cleveland OH  with a couple of fine ID:s  BOS
1110  25.12  2300  WBT Charlotte NC  was a surprise this early. But very fine ID.  BOS
1120  20.12  2312  KMOX St. Louis MO  "Voice of Saint Louis"  BOS
1150  27.12  0801  CKOC Hamilton ON  w/ ID and OLD  BOS
1170  21.12  0857  KJNP North Pole AK  w/ surprisingly good signal, QRK4+, on my antennas in
                                  wrong direction.  Best signal in years here.  BOS
1240  22.12  0821  CKIM Baie Verte NF  "VOCM" ID and Q2  BOS
1260  22.12  2156  CKHJ Fredericton NB  heard with a fine jingle between two Country records.
                                  Never heard this one before!  Only heard a handful times in Sweden.  BOS
           22.12  2200  WWJQ Zeeland MI  surprisingly good signal and several ID:s.   "WJQ Talkradio
                                  1260"  and "Alternative Talkradio".   Second time I heard this one.   BOS
           22.12  2300  WXCE Amery WI  next surprise here. Good legal ID.  Rare station but I have
                                  a QSL from a few years back.   I stayed on the for IL stn and...   BOS
           22.12  2357  WSDZ Belleville IL   was heard with a few "Radio Disney" announcements but
                                  would I be able to separate this one from the Disney stations in OH and MA?
                                  Yes!  A fine local jingle made  a report possible!  Heard this one as WIBV many
                                  years ago but too weak for report then.   BOS
1270  21.12  2348  CJCB Sydney NS  w/ a fine station web site promo  BOS
           23.12  0007  WXYT Detroit MI  with good ID on my video tape  BOS
1280  22.12  2112  WNAM Neenah WI  dominant on 1280 at these conditions   BOS
1300  22.12  2200  WXRL Lancaster NY  found on my unattended video recording here  Q3  BOS
           21.12  2330  WERE Cleveland OH  fair.  Also heard on the 24th at 0037   BOS
           22.12  2329  KGLO Mason City IA  with weather report  BOS
1360  22.12  0020  CKBC Bathurst NB  QRK 5 almost and X-mas greetings  BOS
1370  21.12  2324  WDEA Ellsworth ME  BOS
1400  21.12  0204  CBG Gander NF  w/ wx for Newfoundland and Labrador  BOS
1420  20.12  2305  WOC Davenport IA  good when I checked first time after two weeks abroad  BOS
1470  21.12  2147  WZOU Lewiston ME  "WLAM"  one of quite a few US this early  BOS
1500  24.12  0033  WTOP Washington DC    BOS
1600  22.12  0031  WAAM Ann Arbor MI   fine signal  BOS
           22.12  0805  KWOM Watertown  MN    a little off frequency, but good signal and NOS.  BOS
           20.12  2342  KCKK Lakewood CO    BOS
1620  21.12  0400  KBLI Blackfoot ID  with a fade in exactly on the hour with legal ID!  Now with their
                                 own px! Only 1620 mentioned.  Then down under WTAW/KAZP again.  Heard by
                                 GN five days earlier in Sweden for the first time.   BOS
           21.12  0200  WTAW College Station TX  on top most of the time on 1620 now.  BOS
           21.12  0202  KAZP Omaha NE   "Omaha's ESPN Radio 1620"    BOS
1650  23.12  0130  +KWHN Fort Smith AR  very fine peak for two minutes right on a station promo
                                  gate!  "NewsTalk 1320 KWHN"  ID so probably // to 1320.  These call letters
                                  now belongs to 1650, but slogan is the old one! Compare KWHN web site! 
                                  First time in Sweden!  Heard again two days later by SW here in Sweden.  BOS
           26.12  0405  KDNZ Cedar Falls IA  mentioned both 1250 and 1650 in ID   BOS
           25.12  0203  KBJD Denver CO  w/ good ID. But mostly soft music.  Also 0658 on the 25th.  BOS
1700  22.12  0659  KBGG Des Moines IA  don't like DX reports...   Also heard an ID on the 21st.   BOS
           21.12  0500  KTBK Sherman TX  with the 1310 standard ID.    BOS


Almost Identified   (UTC)

  740  21.12  0832  (tent)  CHWO  mentioned Toronto but I missed to record it....   BOS
  980  28.12  0659  UNID  Gave an ID when I did rewind the cassette. "Hometown Radio"  was noted
                                  and that could perhaps have come from CKRU ON.  Case closed...   BOS
1040  22.12  2130  (tent)  CJMS St. Constant PQ  very good with FF here.  Did not  try to identify
                                   this as I already hold a QSL from this rare station!  BOS
1400  23.12  0313  UNID  w/ a weak "1400 The Fan" and sports.  Time check for CST. Probably
                                   WDUZ Green Bay WI?    BOS
1610  23.12  0041  (tent)  KALT Atlanta TX  with Michael Reagan Show and network commercials.
                                  Fair to good for a while but nothing local.  Later some local sports. One team
                                  from Oklahoma.  Atlanta is not far from Oklahoma!  I even got a weak ID, but too
                                  week for 100% identification.  Also heard another night.    BOS 

Barbro and I spent two weeks under the sun in December, at least that was the idea, and therefore my antennas and my QTH were leased for a week to three experienced DX:ers from Stockholm and Skara.
I warned them that this could not match a Dxpedition even further to the north.  They gave it a try and  it turned out very well for them as these days were the by far best days this winter and probably for a few years too!  December 16th was extreme!  Anything east of the rockies was heard...  Report later.  All this while I was hospitalised for four days after having had some not too well done food...  I only was out in the sun for less than a week...  If I only had been home instead... Barbro got the same bug ...