WORLD OF RADIO and DX LISTENING DIGEST delays:
As you may have noticed, I have been producing these every week now for many years without a break. It`s been my pleasure and passion to do so. But I have been rather ill the past week, as some medical issues are catching up with me, cutting into the very long hours I needed to spend editing and typing at the desktop (in the long run, this may be a good thing...)
I was already running about a week behind in completing a DXLD issue after it was used as content for a WOR edition, while ideally, as once was possible, it would be complete or almost complete by recording time.
As of early UT March 27: DXLD 19-12 material as on WOR 1974 is still in raw unedited form, not ready for publication.
I have been gathering material for DXLD 19-13 and WOR 1975, but that process is not caught up yet. 1975 will not likely be ready for broadcast even later on Wed Mar 27.
If I don`t lose too much more editing time, I am thinking of finishing
19-13 first to avoid falling further behind; and working on completing
19-12 later on the side when possible.
I know stations and listeners depend on and expect a new edition every week but for the time being, I must ask people to stand by. Stations please just repeat 1974 until 1975 is notified or uploaded.
One thing I can still do is DX, as I was already DXing while on the bed most of the time! I will try to keep producing my log reports without too much delay.
Thanks for your understanding --- Glenn
** ALASKA. Caught the last part of Amanda Dawn Christie`s experimental transmissions via HAARP, UT Wednesday March 27, after referring to the schedule at:
https://www.ghostsintheairglow.space/transmissions
which confusingly refers to this day as ``March 26+1``
At 0239 and still at 0240, 4500 to the east is S9+10 with CODAR QRM, SSTV; noting heard on 4400 to the west. This is contrary to her sked for Sexion VII at 0233-0239 which said 4500 would be ``NATO fonetik alfabet x 3``, and 4400 would be ``counting to one hundred``.
The same frequencies continue for Sexion VIII, at 0239:30-0245:30. Retune to 4400-AM at 0245 just in time to hear the fonetik letters; I think the last three were TAY, and off at 0245.5. Considerably weaker than 4500 as to be expected, which at 0246 has been restored to CODAR only.
0246, frequencies have changed for Section IX, ``Spy Cameras from the Sky, and a Mystery Box in the Woods``: 6900-AM to the east is S9+10/20 with somewhat muffled and lo-key YL narration, mostly unreadable with possibly local device QRM, but I pick out a few bits, describing an object: ``On Sunday December 1``; ``who gave you the authority?``; ``RCMP``. Also some music in background. At 0254 it suddenly switches to SSTV, and then find it sounding the same as on S9 5100 to the west. Both stop before 0256*
0256.5, the only and final frequency is 3200, for Sexion IX, ``Not with a bang but with a WSPR``. This is the weakest, S5-S7 and is, as not specified, a CW message, which I am not recording and not up to speed to copy live, seeming repeated a few times until off at 0259:30*
There have been many other running reports of this from WOR iog contributors, which I have not digested before writing my report. I assume most or all will be posted audiovisually (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ARGENTINA [non]. 9395, March 26 at 2145, RAE Italian via WRMI is rather in Spanish for a dramatic reading with dramatic music of something by Borges about the tango; no translation necessary, apparently. 2152 back into real Italian for headlines also with annoying music, 2153 ciao! And WRMI 9395 ID, Oldies music fill at S8-S5, 2159 VOA ``news`` not quite on the hour --- so must have been recorded at least an hour ago (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA [and non]. 12120, March 26 at 1432 Chinese with sounder, S6 with flutter, also constant RTTY and CODAR QRM. A frequency a broadcaster should avoid, but not VOA PHILIPPINES in Mandarin this hour, so I am not sure whether this is the CNR1 jammer or not. Before 1400, FEBC is on 12120, and even earlier KTWR --- I hope listeners aren`t thinking VOA is also a gospel huxter by the company it keep (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 4765, March 27 at 0050, R. Progreso is on with mostly music, well atop CODAR above and below. A while ago, Wolfgang Bueschel was wondering if they were really starting at 0030 now as he was not hearing them that early; must have been an anomaly (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ROMANIA. 5935-5940-5945, March 26 at 0552, DRM noise at S4-S5, which is RRI Tsiganeshti as scheduled this semihour in Russian (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also UNID 5850
** SPAIN [and non]. 12030, March 26 at 1819, REE has heavy QRM from an extremely distorted and wide signal from 12021 to 12039 approx. At first I suspect a Noblejas transmitter is acting up again, but the ``modulation`` does not match up to REE-AM in the midst of it. What else could it be? WEWN has also broken down like this in past. But there own much weaker Spanish on 12050 sounds OK, and there is no spur match on 12070 or anywhere. At 1923, 12050 has two weak stations with a slow SAH, i.e. WEWN and Ndarason/Ascension. By 1922, REE is somewhat overcoming the QRM, another indication it`s not self. Maybe a totally different station mistuned to the wrong frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5896.5-USB, March 27 at 0031, joint Air Force/Navy MARS net, mostly VP-P; calls heard include NNA6AR, AFA6UB, NCS387, NCS307 (or are they NPS---? only these are not fonetik); ACA70 refers to a different frequency but never spoken in the clear; 0037 I think they were to close with SSTV but too weak to hear any beepery. Amid just as weak broadcast signals 5890 & 5900 which are not a problem (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1974 monitoring: confirmed Tuesday March 26 at 2030 on WRMI 7780, JBA. It`s unclear when 1975 will be ready: see my notice atop (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5130.48v, March 27 at 0208, WBCQ is on with dead air, no ham show audible (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7505v, March 27 at 0213, no signal from WRNO, which reminds me I have not heard it either for a few nights now (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 5845-5850-5855, March 26 at 0552, DEM noise at S5, sounds about the same as 5940 RRI; WRMI is the only 5850 station anywhen in Jeff`s HFCC, available at this hour but has not been using it. Possibly another special for the DRM GTG on Mallorca today, from Okee? I don`t think WRMI has ever run DRM (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
