** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RC USB, Sat Aug 26 at 1810, LRA36 just
signing-on with CW, vocal multilingual ID as I tune in, altho Manuel
Méndez, Spain was getting it on & off during previous hour musical
prélude/warmup. Of the three KiwiSDRs online in Argentina, one is
getting it best, S5/S6. 1906 still on with historical talk, background
music, still 1947. Not checked again until 2130 when it`s off (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 11760, Aug 27 at 1501, no sign of Sunday Esperanto on RHC;
rather song in Spanish past 1505; and 15140 which should be //, is JBA
direct. 1527 recheck via Missouri SDR, 11760 in Spanish drama? and
15140 dead air. Nor was any RHC frequency still on before 0700 Sunday
when Esperanto`s also allegedly on 6100, or somewhere. Something`s
always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** KURDISTAN [non]. 17470, Aug 27 at 1457, JBA carrier[s?], presumed
current spot for Turkish jammer and/or Dengê Welat, as nothing on
nearby frequencies; but another JBA carrier on 17490 which is used by
China/E Turkistan at various times but before 1500 registered as USAGM
in Bod/Tibetan via Biblis, consequently ChiCom-jammed (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)
** MEXICO. 6200 AM, Aug 27 at 0618, JBA music S3/S4 vs storm noise
peaks to S6, presumed pirate now called Hikari FM, as in Japanese.
Must have increased power to more than JBA carrier level. BTW, he told
someone that he was originally on FM in Chandler [Arizona] (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
** SAIPAN. 11675, Aug 27 at 1500, ID in English as Radio Free Asia,
and into Chinese. Nice to definitely hear that rather than the
inevitable jamming, maybe source of lite SAH. RFA sked 1500-1600, 100
kW, 300 degrees from Saipan (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** TURKEY. 11785.009, Aug 26 at 2230 quick check, VOT English hour is
S9+50/60! into UTwente SDR but music far too distorted. Something`s
always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2205 monitoring: confirmed UT
Saturday August 26 at 0130 on WRMI 5850, now the first SWBC, S9+10/20
direct vs some storm noise. Axually started 10 seconds later, unusual:
automation timer error? If only the 7780s could start 15 seconds
later, avoiding the noise blasts.
Also confirmed Saturday August 26 at 1600 on WRN to N America
webcast.
Also confirmed Saturday August 26 at 1949, the 1930 three ways: WRN N
America webcast; IRRS SW via AM Italia 1323 kHz into nearby remote;
and about 18 minutes into on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO, VG S9+15 into its
nearby SDR.
NOT confirmed at new time shown on WRMI skedgrid, 0000 UT Sunday Aug
27 on 9955, instead: Viva Miami!
Confirmed UT Sunday August 27 at 0030 on WRMI 7780, noisy S9+10 into
Missouri SDR, with noise blast QRM first 14 seconds.
Also confirmed UT Sunday August 27 at 0330 on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO,
S9+15 into nearby SDR, about 3 minutes into so started circa 0327.
Also confirmed NEW time UT Sunday August 27 at 1030 on WRMI 9955; by
recording a sample direct at 1056-1058 as I slept. Next:
2000 UT Sunday WRMI web/phonecast only? [not Aug 13 or 20]
2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW
0300vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW
0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1300 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [NEW; NOT Aug 22]
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB
1030 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB [previous #2204]
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
Thanks this week for financial support from Robert W Gruska, Glendale
NY, who sent a postal MO to Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702
[also for checks on a US bank], ``toward your work and presentation of
World of Radio and the DX-Loggings each week for over four decades.
Thanks for your continued efforts keeping the radio hobbyist community
informed of the latest developments whether it is Shortwave, Medium
Wave or FM``
One may also contribute, not necessarily in US funds via PayPal to:
woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 5950, UT Sun Aug 27 from 0000, `Texas Radio Shortwave`
featuring two WORLDS OF RADIOS from 1986y; good signal direct from
WRMI. After own introduxion, at 0002, #322 starts from April 1986.
Back then I was not organizing material in alfabetical order by
country, which made for a more interesting ``flow``, but a/b became
necessary to expedite produxion of thousands of episodes. Also more
non-gh-voice clips and airchex than I manage these days. And my voice
sounded about 37 years younger than it does now. I took much more
detailed notes than I am giving here, for my records, and in order to
qualify for a special QSL. 0131 starts next episode #342 which must
have been September 1986. One feature was a promotional recording from
NDXE, terrific new SW station being set up in Opelika, Alabama - at
that time we didn`t know that nothing would ever come of it, a scam?
The last bit of this ep had to be cut for time, just `YROT` theme
again without any formal outro. Tnx much to Terry Colgan for doing
this and to Mick Delmage for supplying these off-air recordings from
WRNO. The second one had some QRM and bandwidth switching at the
outset.
About NDXE, ``In Dixie``, Mark Bailey replied on the WOR iog:
``Thanks for sharing these! I only caught the last 2/3 of 342. I
thought it was interesting to again hear a pre-recorded promo about
NDXE. I vaguely remembered about that from back in the day, and had
certainly long since forgotten about it. Hearing it again got me
curious and I did some Google searching. Turns out NDXE's main
proponent, H. Dickson Norman, passed away in 2018
https://www.auburnvillager.com/obituaries/harry-dickson-norman-jr/article_dad06666-ddec-11e8-8c3f-47c3c4075b97.html
but as recently as 2015 had a Twitter feed, and was STILL claiming
that NDXE would be on shortwave "soon"
https://twitter.com/ndxeradio?lang=en
There are many who think Norman was nothing more than a con man. I
dunno, though. Either way, it remains an odd ordeal to me. In reading
his obituary, looks like he still made some sort of a career in the
radio broadcasting business`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, 2023, WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED. 7300.09, Aug 27 at 0617, JBA carrier. Wonder if another
pirate (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
This report dispatched at 1953 UT August 27
http://www.hard-core-dx.com/article.php?story=20230827201502768