DX LISTENING DIGEST 11-49, December 7, 2011
Incorporating REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING
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WORLD OF RADIO 1594 HEADLINES:
*DX and station news about: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Cuba
and non, Cyprus Northern and non, Diego Garcia, Ecuador non,
Equatorial Guinea non, France, Greenland, Haiti, India, Ireland, Laos,
Malaysia, Mauritania, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Puerto
Rico, Russia non, Sikkim, Spain, Tajikistan, USA and non
SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1594, December 8-14, 2011
Thu 0430 WRMI 9955 [confirmed on webcast]
Thu 1600 WRMI 9955
Thu 2200 WTWW 9479 [confirmed]
Thu 2230 WBCQ 7490 [confirmed with BBC QRM]
Fri 0430 WWRB 3195 and 5050
Fri 0600 WRMI 9955
Sat 0900 WRMI 9955
Sat 1600 WRMI 9955
Sat 1830 WRMI 9955
Sun 0500 WTWW 5755
Sun 0900 WRMI 9955
Sun 1630 WRMI 9955
Sun 1830 WRMI 9955
Mon 0330v WBCQ 5110v-CUSB [maybe] see http://www.worldmicroscope.com
Mon 1230 WRMI 9955
Tue 1030 HLR 5980 Hamburger Lokal Radio
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** AFGHANISTAN. B-11 of Radio Afghanistan in English and Urdu from
Nov. 27: 1530-1630 NF 7200 YAK 100 kW / 125 deg to SoAs, ex 6102 to
avoid CRI & AWR On some days transmissions starting around 1515 UT.
Fair reception in BUL (DX Mix News, Bulgaria, 01 Dec via DXLD)
Is it really appropriate to label a schedule like this ``B-11`` when a
station is not in HFCC, and makes its changes on non-HFCC dates? (gh)
7200, R Afghanistan was not heard in this new frequency at 1601 2 Dec.
There was only a random on-off carrier of ca. S20. An operator called
CE5MAM [CHILE?] was doing on 1606 CQDX with same level (Zacharias
Liangas, Thessaloniki, Greece, Standard rig: ICOM R75 / 2x16 V, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Radio Afghanistan, 7200, 1530 UT 5 Dec/11, Opening ID (still giving
frequency as 6100 kHz), English news read by a woman, with several
mentions of Afghanistan. Reception was fair at best. Signal slowly
improved, and seemed to peak to good level around 1610, but of course
not in English by then. Gradually faded thereafter, and went off at
about 1632 (Nigel Pimblett, DXing at Lamont, AB, Canada with Perseus
SDR and [Don Moman`s] log periodic antenna, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
7200, 5/12 1607-1632*, Radio Afghanistan, in Urdu, songs, talks, clear
ID at 1617 Radio Afghanistan.. Urdu...", signal around 9 but QRM from
CRI in Arabic on 7205. Sign-off at 1632 (Giampiero Bernardini, Milano,
Italia, RX: Winradio G33DCC Excalibur Pro, Ant: T2FD 15 m long, sw
blog: http://radiodxsw.blogspot.com/ dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** AFGHANISTAN [non]. 13700, 7/12 1237, Mashaal Radio, Iranawila, Sri
Lanka, in Pashto to Afghanistan, talks like reports with ID at the end
of each report, fair // 15760 weak (Giampiero Bernardini, Milano,
Italia, RX: Winradio G33DCC Excalibur Pro, Ant: T2FD 15 m long, sw
blog: http://radiodxsw.blogspot.com/ dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
See also KUWAIT; USA [non] for Mashaal skeds
** ALBANIA [and non]. 7425, Dec 1 at 0033 check, R. Tirana`s only
Albanian hour left to North America at 00-01, continues to have
moderate to heavy CCI from CHINA, and I continue to recommend that if
China will not move, Albania should, to 7420. This would also avoid V.
of Russia adjacent on 7430, with nothing adjacent any more on 7415.
There was a JBA carrier on 7420, presumably Hohhot, China, which
Tirana can easily overcome here in deep North America. If Tirana
causes QRM to that around China, tough luck, they`ve got it coming.
7425, Dec 4 at 0240 UT, R. Tirana is back here again after starting
the 0230 English broadcast a month ago on 7420. Vacillating? Good
signal and modulation tonight, and strong enough to push aside weaker
adjacent 7430 QRM, while 7420 and 7415 are vacant.
7425, Dec 6 at 0005, R. Tirana Albanian is still here, apparently the
poor signal with music rather than China atop. At 0248 check, English
is back on 7420 after being on 7425 48 hours earlier. If they both
can`t be on 7420, it would be more advantageous for 00 Albanian to use
it than 0230 English, but both would avoid 7430 adjacent V. of Russia
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
7465, R. Tirana, Shijak 2031-2037 Dec 6 German; S/on in progress with
several IDs; W announcer with news; fair (Scott R. Barbour Jr.,
Intervale, N.H. USA, NRD-545, MLB-1, 200' Beverages, 60m dipole,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
7530, 06/Dec 2125, R Tirana, in Englesh. YL Talk. At 2125 local pop
music. At 2127 end music and short anthem. Soon after, signal ID. At
2129 end transmission. 25432. 73 (Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana,
Bahia, 12 14´S 38 58´W, Brasil, Dipole antenna for 16 meters, Degen
1103 - All listening in mode of filter Narrow the 6 kHz, Escutas
(listening, my blog): http://www.ipernity.com/doc/75006 dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
7420, Dec 7 at 0230 check, R. Tirana`s only remaining English to NAm
is on this frequency tonight and also announcing it (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ALBANIA. 7210, Dec 6 at 0605, poor signal in Arabic; have been
wondering what this be: CRI via Cërrik, 05-07, 150 kW, 240 degrees,
says HFCC, in the clear at this moment, but blocked at 0530-0557 by
Romania in Russian, and until 0600 also registered VOR Moskva. But
Aoki shows VOR Spanish at 00-05 only; and also reminds us of R. Fana,
non-HFCC Ethiopia on 7210 in Amharic/Oromo (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** ANGOLA [and non] /INDIA, 4949.746, R Nacional de Angola, in
Portuguese from Luanda Mulenvos site, observed at 1747 UT with S=7
signal level, after AIR Radio Kashmir Srinagar on even 4950 ended
regular daily broadcast at 1740 UT. In slot till 1744 UT a very
annoying 260 Hertz interference whistle tone heard. All signals noted
on Colombo-CLN remote SDR unit, thanks Victor (wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews
Dec 4) 73 (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ANGUILLA. 11775, Dec 3 at 1347, dead air from DGS, The Valley, over
lite CCI; left a receiver on here, to find that PMS would finally
start modulating in progress at 1414:30 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
6090, University Network (presumed); 0114, 3-Dec; Dead Dr. Gene with
repeat of program about potters (just heard it a few days earlier).
SIO=544 with hum & 6100 Spanish splash -- probably RCI.
11775, University Network (presumed); 1530, 3-Dec; Rev. Barbi talking
about "First Peter" (Which one was Dr. Gene?). SIO=4+54 (Harold
Frodge, Midland MI, USA, M.A.R.E. DXpedition, Brighton MI, Drake R8B +
500' NEish unterminated bev, All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in
real time! dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ANTARCTICA. 15476, another Thursday no-show by LRA36, not even a
JBA carrier when checked at 1316, 1455 December 1 (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST) Nor Dec 8
** ARGENTINA. Nova emissora argentina em 1630 kHz --- Amigos,
sintonizei ontem à noite (entre 0000 e 0100 UT), com sinal muito
forte, uma emissora argentina em 1630, tocando apenas músicas em
espanhol, sem intervalos e apenas a cada meia-hora transmitindo a
mensagem "trasmite en prueba desde La Plata, Provincia de Buenos
Aires", "emisora en categoria 4" e "otorgada pelos decretos 1577/2009
e 1281/2001 de poder ejecutivo nacional". Alguém sabe de que emissora
se trata? 73's, (Marcelo Herondino Cardoso, Florianópolis - SC, 5 de
dez, radioescutas yg via DXLD)
Boa tarde! Também sintonizei esta emissora no mesmo horário aqui em
Americana-SP com o Rx Motobrás RM-PFD76AC. Sinal razoável. 73,s
(Adriano Mansette, Americana-SP, ibid.) Already heard and IDed in
Scandinavia, UK : see next issue
** ARGENTINA [and non]. 13363.5-LSB, Dec 3 at 2317 UT, two or three
guys with rapid play-by-play in conosur Spanish of some silly
ballgame; one of them interrupts frequently for quick commercial plugs
of about 5 seconds each, and at 2319 an ID for LS4, Radio Continental
goes by just as quickly, which I reconfirm in WRTH 2011 originates on
MW 590; this being one of the Argentine army SW relays to
Antarctica(?), a.k.a. LTA, which had a fair signal with some flutter,
while 15345+ R. Nacional and 15190 R. Inconfidência were much
stronger, but each with added carrier and extra sideband. No sign of
AFN Guam, which by a horrible coincidence is on almost the same SSB
frequency, when active, i.e. 13363.0-USB (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF
RADIO 1594, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ARGENTINA. 11710.81, 29/11 0351, RAE, Argentina, in French,
reports, fair (in USB to avoid CRI in Russian on 11710) - on 1/12 at
0035 ID in Portuguese and songs, very good! (Giampiero Bernardini, RX:
Winradio G33DDC Excalibur Pro - Ant: T2FD, Milano, Italia, dxldyg via
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
15345.21, 6/12 1954, RAE, end Italian program, economic talks, IDs,
fair (Giampiero Bernardini, Milano, Italia, RX: Winradio G33DCC
Excalibur Pro, Ant: T2FD 15 m long, sw blog:
http://radiodxsw.blogspot.com/ dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ASIA [and non]. USA-non/MARIANAS/TAJIKISTAN/UAE/China mainland, RFA
hit heavily by China mainland jamming against RFA Mandarin and Tibetan
services. Dec 2 at 6-7 UT noted
RFA Tibetan 21490 21670 21685 21695 17515 17715
RFA Mandarin 21540 15665 and many others on 25, 22, 19 and 16mb
(Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 2 via DXLD) See USA [non]
** AUSTRALIA [non]. Frequency changes of R. Australia in Indonesian
via BABCOCK
0000-0030 NF 9490 DHA 250 kW / 105 deg to SEAs, ex 9620
2200-2330 NF 9525 DHA 250 kW / 105 deg to SEAs, ex 9630
(DX Mix News, Bulgaria, 01 Dec via DXLD)
** AUSTRALIA. ABC unveils BBC-style merger of overseas TV/radio
Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) managing director Mark Scott
said today that parts of Australia Network and Radio Australia will be
merged along the lines of the BBC, a day after control and funding of
the overseas television service was handed permanently to the public
broadcaster. Mr Scott said the ABC was no longer compelled to separate
Australia Network and Radio Australia, after the cabinet decision on
Monday to hand the contract worth $223 million over 10 years to the
ABC.
“We’ve been offering Radio Australia for 70 years, and what this
decision now allows us to do is to bring these two very closely
together to basically create a seamless international broadcasting arm
for Australia in much the same way that the BBC does it for the UK,”
Mr Scott said in an interview on ABC News 24.
Read more from The Australian
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/media/mark-scott-unveils-bbc-style-merger-of-overseas-television-and-radio/story-e6frg996-1226215569263
Related story:
ABC awarded new contract to run Australia Network
http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/abc-awarded-new-contract-to-run-australia-network
(December 6th, 2011 - 16:25 UTC by Andy Sennitt, Media Network blog
via DXLD)
Much more about this:
http://kimelli.nfshost.com/index.php?id=12484
(gh, DXLD)
** AUSTRIA. 6155, Dec 6 at 0559, ``Radio Austria International`` IDs
still being used, in German, English, French, Spanish, languages it no
longer broadcasts otherwise, 0600 cut too late to news in German
already in progress (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** AZORES [and non]. AÇORES --- Antena 1 Açores status:
693, Santa Bárbara, Terceira island, is at just 3 kW, nominal 10
(Harris tx). Due to QRM, reception of this one here has always been
very tough.
828, Monte das Cruzes, Flores island, 1 kW, (solid stade Nautel tx).
The weakest tx of the remaining 2 active on the archipelago, but the
one providing the best signal here, regularly heard; but I haven´t
logged it for a few month´s time for it´s off since June last, but it
is estimated that a damaged insulator will be installed on 06 Oct
next.
The Flores tower is a folded monopole meaning it can take the VHF-FM
aerials on its top. That particular part was not bought as
[unofficial] instructions stipulate no further costs are to be
dedicated to the RTP MW stations. Their colleagues in Madeira simply
removed an insulator from one of the idle towers (maybe the collapsed
tower at Porto Santo island), and are despatching the item to Açores.
In my reports, I have once commented that small stations are usually
the most unwilling to disclose any information on their MW operation,
I mean here in Portugal at least. Nevertheless, they keep their MW
permits by paying them annually, but it´s "strange" that the lack of
activity doesn´t mean those licenses are simply revoked, which is
supposed to be the normal procedure by the radio authorities
http://www.anacom.pt and http://www.erc.pt
But then there seems to be this interesting regulation stipulating
stations operating on MW too get a higher subsidy for airing the so-
called political propaganda campaign prior to elections. I have not
ascertained whether this is actually true, but suppose the RTP chap
who provided me this piece of information knows what´s he talking
about.
All stations, state owned and private, are (regrettably in my view)
forced to provide time slots for airing the tapes, like for instance
Brazilian stations have to air the national news magazine `A Voz do
Brasil`, i.e. if this situation hasn´t changed (at least not all do
air that magazine at the same time, typically 2200-2300 UT).
So if their MW frequencies exist in the official lists because
licenses are being paid, no wonder why some thereof aren´t keen in
telling us about the actual situation... for, "officially" they do
broadcast on MW. Needless to say the b...dy subsidies I mentioned are
at the expenses of the taxpayer (Carlos Gonçalves via Mediumwave.info
via Nov Medium Wave News via DXLD)
** BANGLADESH [and non]. 4750.00, 1430-1500* 04.12, Bangladesh Betar,
Dhaka, Bengali dialogue mentioning Bangladesh several times, 43443,
QRM with Chinese Opera from Qinghai PBS-1, Xining (Anker Petersen,
heard on my AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire (which survived
the recent strong storm!), via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD)
The winter DX season is in full gear, here in northern NH. 4750,
Bangladesh Betar, Shavar 1150-1203 Dec 5 listed Bengali; Wailing,
Hindi-like vocals; very brief W announcer at 1154; tentative IS at
1200 followed by announcer; vocal music coming thru OK; vox not so
much; poor-very poor (Scott R. Barbour Jr. Intervale, N.H. USA, NRD-
545, MLB-1, 200' Beverages, 60m dipole, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
Bangladesh Betar, 4750, 1455 UT 5 Dec/11, Very nice signal with vocal
by a woman then short talk by a man in Bengali, including mention of
NHK and Radio Japan for some reason, before time pips and then off at
1500 (Nigel Pimblett, DXing at Lamont, AB, Canada with Perseus SDR and
[Don Moman`s] log periodic antenna, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
It has recently been reported that B.B. on FM goes into a relay of NHK
Bengali service right after the SW frequency signs off. 73, (Glenn to
Nigel, via DXLD)
** BELARUS. 6155, 03/12 2015, R Belarus, em inglês. YL fala e indica
ID logo após musica pop local. As 2020 OM fala e nova ID. Deu-me a
impressão que quando eu a sintonizei a YL falava em espanhol, mas o OM
após a mx falava inglês. As 2022 dá-se início a nx. 35433. 73 (Jorge
Freitas, Feira de Santana, Bahia, 12 14´S 38 58´W, Brasil, Degen 1103
- All listening in mode of filter Narrow the 6 kHz. Escutas
(listening, my blog): http://www.ipernity.com/doc/75006
condiglist yg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BELARUS. QSL: Belarus Radio, 11930 via Minsk, full-data ``Old
Church`` card in 122 days for a local post card and $2.00. v/s Larisa
Suárez. Email: radiostation-belarus @ tvr.by
Also received a very interesting multi-language folder covering the
history and present day mission of the station. QSL was stamped Radio
Minsk (Kivell, FL, QSL Report, Dec NASWA Journal via DXLD)
** BELGIUM. Recordings of David Monson (Brussels Calling) online
As we reported earlier this week, Radio Vlaanderen International will
close on 31 December. For the past few years, RVi broadcast only in
Dutch, but in what Keith Perron of PCJ Media calls ‘the golden era’,
the station had just as big a following as many other international
broadcasters. One aspect of the International Service that people
remember well was when David Monson hosted Brussels Calling. David
could just sit in front of the microphone and make anything come
alive.
During his time as host of Brussels Calling he released an album of
some of his best monologues. I was fortunate enough to know David
personally, and I still have a copy of the album. But many younger
people will not have heard them. Keith Perron of PCJ Media has
digitised the recordings, and made them available online. They include
what is widely considered to be the best of all David’s broadcasts,
entitled ‘In Flanders Fields (To those who fell)’. He did not have a
script - he rarely ever did - and what you hear is completely
spontaneous. At the time, this type of live international broadcasting
was a rarity.
Links to each of the recordings are on this page.
http://www.pcjmedia.com/home/1-latest-news/159-david-monson-on-belgium-radio-international
(December 2nd, 2011 - 16:28 UTC by Andy Sennitt, Media Network blog
via DXLD)
Comments on “Radio Vlaanderen Internationaal will close on 31 Dec”
#8 James on Dec 5th, 2011 at 23:17
Does the end of RVI have anything to do with the incoming Belgian
government?
#9 Guido Schotmans on Dec 6th, 2011 at 09:24
No, this was decided moths ago. The VRT wants a new extra television
channel and RVi will be sacrificed for that.
#10 Guido Schotmans on Dec 6th, 2011 at 20:28
More news and exclusive pictures here.
http://www.radiovisie.eu/be/nieuws.rvsp?art=00088837#replyform
#11 ruud on Dec 7th, 2011 at 13:05
Yes TV is -sexy- and certainly not AM radio.
927 is almost dead now, hardly any signal here in central Holland.
(MN blog comments via DXLD)
** BELGIUM. VRT/RTBF --- Hi all, Check these out. Pics from VRT/BRTF
[sic] Wavre and St Pieters-Leeuw
http://www.project1440.com/belgium-wavre-chausseedebruxelles-pictures.html
http://www.project1440.com/belgium-sint-pieters-leeuw-victormaloustraat-pictures.html
73, (Ary Boender, Netherlands, Dec 1, shortwavesites yg via DXLD)
** BELGIUM [non]. Frequency changes of TDP stations:
Voice of Asena in Tigrinya:
1700-1800 NF 12115 SAM 250 kW / 188 deg to EaAF Mon/Wed/Fri, ex 15360
E-SAT Radio in Amharic
1700-1800 on 15370 KCH 100 kW / 180 deg EaAF Tue/Thu/Sat/Sun, ex Daily
1700-1800 NF 15390 KCH 100 kW / 180 deg EaAF Mon/Wed/Fri, ex 15370
Daily
Dmetse Tewahedo in Amharic:
1830-1930 NF 12120 SAM 250 kW / 188 deg to EaAF Sat, ex 15370
(DX Mix News, Bulgaria, 06 Dec via DXLD)
** BOLIVIA. 4865 kHz, Radio Logos, Bolivia --- WRTH says power is 5
kW, but one of the engineers who helped set up their facility years
ago, says it's only 1 kW. Radio Logos is downloading the Spanish
language satellite service of HCJB, in Ecuador. This service is called
"ALAS" (an acronym meaning Wings if read as one word) and has been
logged DU in the early morning and in Europe at night. No local IDs
have ever been heard either DU [Down Under, presumably meaning in
Au/NZ rather than SAm] or in Europe. 4865 was earlier the SW frequency
of Radio Centenario La Nueva, also in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Brazilian
Rádio Verdes Florestas is also using 4865 kHz. This station identifies
on top of the hour as Brazilians do (Henrik Klemetz, Sweden, Dec 7,
dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1594, DX LISTENING DIGEST) viz.:
"What you are assuming is correct. Radio Logos is on 4865 kHz with 1
kW. They have an ALAS downlink." So says Ray Rising, K4LWJ, in an
email to me December 6. Ray is the engineer who set up their SW
facility several years ago.
Radio Centenario La Nueva, also in Santa Cruz, used to operate on this
frequency, but they are now only on 1160 medium wave (Henrik Klemetz,
Dec 7, WORLD OF RADIO 1594, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 4885, Dec 7 at 0625-0645, mostly music is poorly heard, but
enough signal to audiblize it past the high local noise level as
sometimes happens, presumed R. Clube do Pará, one of few known 24-hour
Brazilians left on 60m. Trying BFO to help it along, I find the
carrier is slightly unstable, hard to zero-beat (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 4925, 06/Dec 0020, BRASIL, R Educação Rural de Tefé, in
Portuguese. OM with ads judicial for cited. Very weak signal.
Constantly hear the name Tefé. 15321. 73 (Jorge Freitas, Feira de
Santana, Bahia, 12 14´S 38 58´W, Brasil, Dipole antenna for 16 meters,
Degen 1103 - All listening in mode of filter Narrow the 6 kHz. Escutas
(listening, my blog): http://www.ipernity.com/doc/75006 dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 5990, Radio Senado, *0750-0805, sign on with local music.
Portuguese announcements at 0753. Opening ID announcements at 0801.
Good. Dec 2 (Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg, PA, USA, Equipment: Icom
IC-7600, two 100 foot longwires, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1594, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
5990.000, Rádio Senado, Brasília heute am 4. Dez. mit der
Senderaufschaltung um 0746:40 UT. Ein richtiger CRASH start direkt
hinein in den Gesang einer Brasilianisch-Portugiesisch sprachigen
Sängerin. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
5990.000, Rádio Senado, Brasília today 4 Dec started at exact 0746:40
UT. A real CRASH start on Brasilian-Portuguese lady singer. 12
seconds ahead of web livestream
<mms://karazhan.senado.gov.br/wmtencoder/radio2.wmv>
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 4) 73 (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via WORLD
OF RADIO 1594, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. Rádio Transmundial - Amigos do Rádio --- No dia 7 de
dezembro, dia em que foi apresentado mais um Amigos do Rádio, deu pra
perceber que as ondas curtas de 25 m. da RTM em 11735 kHz, estava com
o áudio distorcido. Normalmente a RTM tem um áudio muito bom, bem
calibrado e equalizado. Deve estar em manutenção, pois a RTM é uma das
emissoras que prestigiam as ondas curtas. 73 (Luiz Chaine Neto,
Limeira sp, 7-12-2011, radioescugtas yg via DXLD)
** BRAZIL. 11925.19, 1/12 0046, Rádio Bandeirantes, Brazil,
commercials, talks, ID, fair in USB to avoid QRM from CNR (Bernardini)
15189.92, 1/12 0051, Rádio Inconfidência, Brazil, romantic songs, ID,
jingle, talks about the church of Santa Rita, fair, the only one
station on 15 MHz with an accettable signal! (Giampiero Bernardini,
RX: Winradio G33DDC Excalibur Pro - Ant: T2FD, Milano, Italia, dxldyg
via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
15189.89, Radio Inconfidência, 2229-2244, Portuguese talk. US pop
ballad by the Bee Gees. Brazilian ballads. IDs. Fair. Weak // 6009.99.
Dec 3 (Brian Alexander, PA, DX Listening Digest)
15190, Radio Inconfidência, Belo Horizonte, 1102-1155, 04-12,
Brazilian songs, male, Portuguese, comments, identification:
“Inconfidência”. 14322 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol and
Lugo, Grundig Satellit 500 and Sony ICF SW 7600 G, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST) see also EQUATORIAL GUINEA
[and non]. Who knows, maybe R. Africa makes an occasional appearance,
as isolated reports of it keep cropping up, the latest from Malaysia,
but it sure is elusive. I finally checked Dec 7 at 1950-1955 before
Ascension was on 15195, and all I could get was a JBA carrier,
slightly on the lo side, 15189.9 or so, which fits for Brasil, not
Equatorial Guinea, which when last active was right on frequency
despite all its modulation faults. And it used to have a decent
signal, not JBA. Would others please check today in the 20-23 UT
period for any sign of R. Africa vs. R Inconfidência. 73, (Glenn
Hauser, 2005 UT Dec 7, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1594, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
Rechecked at 2234, ZY has built up to quite a good signal, but still
heavy flutter, Brazilian talk, ID in passing. No sign of R. Africa.
Jorge Freitas in Bahia was also hearing nothing but R. Inconfidência
at 2120; at 0927 Dec 8 he was hearing neither (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** BULGARIA. R. Bulgaria is still kilowasting kilowatts by running
dead-air carrier long before start of next broadcast: 9400, Dec 6 at
0609. German is at 0630; same as they were doing in A-season on 11600
before 0530 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BURMA [and non]. DESPITE MEDIA REFORMS, DEMOCRATIC VOICE OF BURMA
JOURNALISTS REMAIN IN BURMESE PRISONS. Posted: 06 Dec 2011
Huffington Post, 30 Nov 2011, Jean-François Julliard, general
secretary of Reporters sans frontières: "[I]n September, and following
a visit by the UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights
in Burma, access to a number of previously banned foreign news
websites including Youtube, BBC, Reuters, The Bangkok Post, Straits
Times, Radio Free Asia, Irrawaddy, DVB, and the Burmese service of
Voice of America has been unblocked. Internet connections nonetheless
continue to be very slow.
Meanwhile, on September 14 this year, a Rangoon court imposed an
additional 10-year prison sentence on the jailed Democratic Voice of
Burma reporter Sithu Zeya, 21, on a charge of circulating material
online that could 'damage tranquility and unity in the government'
under the Electronic Act. His combined jail sentence is now 18 years.
Fourteen video journalists employed by DVB are still being held after
receiving long jail sentences. The detained DVB journalists include
Hla Hla Win, who is serving a 27-year sentence, and Sithu Zeya. His
father, U Zeya, is serving a 13-year sentence for supervising DVB's
team of video journalists."
The Irrawaddy, 29 Nov 2011, Lalit K Jha: "Congressman Ed Royce, the
chairman of the House Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and
Trade and a senior member of the Asia Subcommittee, said that any
stepped-up US engagement with Burmese leaders should be outweighed by
engagement with civil society leaders and the Burmese people through
Radio Free Asia broadcasts and other programs." (kimandrewelliott.com
via DXLD)
** CANADA [and non]. 6030, Dec 5 at 0640, ``Here Comes Santy Claus``,
by cowboy singer, Gene-Autry-like, or himself? No jamming for a
change, on this UT Monday during a Cuban radio war truce, allowing
CFVP`s hectowatt to penetrate from Calgary, two megameters away.
However, from only slightly further in the opposite direxion, overkill
RHC English frequencies nearby, 6010 and 6050, not to mention 6060 and
6125, were overloading and desensitizing the FRG-7, so CFVP audible
only at minor peaks (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1594, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. 6069.970, CFRX Toronto in English language, with night
program of recorded crowd Live show recordings, "laughter and
happiness" ... at 0855 UT Dec 3 at S=9+15dB signal level, on remote
SDR unit in NC-USA.
6159.980, strange ECHO heard at CBN/CBU network from CKZU Vancouver
and CKZN St. Johns, when news read at 0900-0905 UT. There was a
NOTICEABLE TIME DIFFERENCE between the two Canadian domestic outlets
on shortwave channel. S=8 fluttery signal noticed on remote SDR unit
in NC-USA. From 0905 UT two different programs heard then, the
stronger signal covered by piano bar singer music, the lower signal
featured with female announcer. (wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 3) 73
(Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA [and non]. 9625, Dec 2 at 1445, CBC NQ buried by Vietnamese,
i.e. R. Taiwan International during this hour, CBC evidenced only by
the lo het it makes by being off-frequency. Also scheduled on 9625
this hour is South Africa in Portuguese, and until 1428, Iran in
Japanese. Can Sackville really overcome all this at least in Northern
Quebec? I doubt it. However, since no one else is targeting CIRAF 2-4
(really all of northern Canada), it looks just fine on the HFCC books
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHAD. 6164.96, RNT, 2225-2359+, still on the air with an extended
schedule. French and vernacular talk. Wide variety of Afro-pop,
African hi-life music, Euro-pop plus a US pop ballad by Celine Dion.
Poor to fair with some adjacent channel splatter. Covered by Radio
Netherland at their 2359 sign on. Dec 3 (Brian Alexander, PA, DX
Listening Digest)
Zambia / Chad, 6165 back to normal? Radio Chad, 6165 N'Djamena. Dec 5,
2011, Monday. 0215-0227. Almost nothing to be heard. There is an OM
speaking, but too weak to make out the language. Sunrise today is as
early as it gets this year, and starts to get later from December 8.
Jo'burg sunrise 0308 (Bill Bingham, RSA, UT Dec 5, DX LISTENING
DIGEST) See also ZAMBIA
6164.96, RNT, 2330-2359+, still here with extended schedule.
Vernacular and French talk. Fair but covered by Radio Netherland at
their 2359 sign on. Dec 7 (Brian Alexander, PA, DX Listening Digest)
** CHINA. 12230, 29/11, 0347 Firedrake, Chinese music jammer, good
(Giampiero Bernardini, RX: Winradio G33DDC Excalibur Pro - Ant: T2FD,
Milano, Italia, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Firedrake on 12300 kHz --- Mr. Hauser - A few days ago in your daily
logs (via bclnews) you mentioned picking up the Chinese Firedrake on a
new frequency, 12300 kHz. I can confirm that I have also picked up the
signal as of this morning. Here's the info:
12300, good signal at 1044 to shutdown at 1100. No other frequencies
appeared to be on the air (checked from 8400 to 14970), but this one
was clearly audible with only some slight fading. Received in Houston,
TX, using a Yaesu FRG-100, random length longwire. Also heard on the
Kaito KA1102 using just the whip antenna (Raymond Lang, Dec 1, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Firedrake has been sparse lately, propagation or operation?
12500, Dec 1 at 1311 very poor with some music I could not be positive
was FD, but a known FD frequency; no others from 9 to 17 MHz by 1315
12500, Dec 2 at 1355 is the only FD I can detect up to 19 MHz by 1400
except:
6045, Dec 2 at 1354, Firedrake mixed with other programming, confirmed
by // 12500. VOA Chinese via Thailand at 12-14 is the target, probably
also CNR1 jamming
Not getting my full FD fix, I decide to find as many CNR1 frequencies
as possible on a single band, 6 MHz, Dec 2 at 1404, and later check
Aoki whether they are legit (if overkill) or jamming:
5945: legit, Beijing 572 site
6000: legit, Beijing 572
6030: legit, Beijing 572 (but before 1400 jams Ming Hui Radio, Taiwan)
6085: jams R. Taiwan International
6105: jams VOA Chinese via Tajikistan
6125: legit, Beijing 572 and Shijiazhuang 723 sites
6135: JSR Tokyo Sea Breeze in Friday English has CNR1 splash from much
stronger signals 10 kHz both up and down
6145: jams RTI, and incidentally PBS Qinghai, if really on, unheard
6175: legit, Beijing 572
Another FD scan before 1500 Dec 2: nothing found 7-19 MHz by 1458
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENIG DIGEST)
11500, Firedrake. 0036 December 2, 2011. Clear and good, but fading
down already by 0050 (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater, Florida USA
27.55.83 N, 82.46.08 W, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Glenn, here are my most recent logs of the infamous "Firedrake"
Firedrake logs 2 DEC 2011
0028 11500 G
12230 G
13920 G
13970 G
1030 12230 JBA
1120 12230 Poor
12300 Poor
1152 12230 Fair
12500 G
13920 VG, off 2 secs before 1200
1246 12300 F/G
15900 flux : P/F/G
1255 12600 VG
1337 12500 G
2333 13970 G/Fluterring
14700 G/Fluttering
16980 Fair/Fluttering
(Leonard J. Rooney, Delaware County, Springfield PA, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
EAST JAMMERSTAN:
12230, Crash & Bang Chinese Music Jammer; 0442, 3-Dec; strong // 13850
& 13920 both strong; // 13970 & 14700 weaker; // 15900 much weaker. No
vox heard on any. 12230 also heard weak at 1454 with no others found.
12670, Crash & Bang Chinese Music Jammer; 0016, 3-Dec; weak under weak
vox. Too weak to tell if // others.
13850, Crash & Bang Chinese Music Jammer; 0017, 3-Dec; // 13920,
13970, 14700, 15900, 16100 & 16980; all strong & without vox audio.
(Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, M.A.R.E. DXpedition, Brighton MI,
Drake R8B + 500' NEish unterminated bev, All logged by my ears, on my
receiver, in real time! dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Firedrake music 10-11 UT Dec 3, but 11-12 UT mostly Chinese male and
female voice announcer heard.
12230
12300
12500
12670
13920
13970
14700
14970
15900
16100
16700
16980
73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, Germany, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Firedrake Dec 3, before 0700:
17450, first found here during drumming passage, very poor at 0654.
New for me, and only one previous report of this one, Nov 13 at 1049
from Arthur Antonio Raimundo in Goiás. Several other signals now on 17
MHz, including CRI Chinese on 17650, German on 17720, EAST TURKISTAN
16980, fair at 0657
16700, very poor at 0657, and vs local cable DTV bubble jammer box
16100, very poor at 0656
15900, poor at 0657
14700, poor at 0658
13970, very poor at 0658
13920, fair at 0658; no others down to 10 MHz by 0700
Before 1400:
17100, very poor with flutter at 1357
13970, very poor at 1352, mixing Chinese talk presumably Sound of Hope
13920, fair at 1352; none lower, nor higher in the 14s, 15s, 16s, 18s
The latest DXLD, http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld1148.txt
contains a periodic compilation by Harold Frodge of all reported
Firedrake frequencies this year, ``Crash & Bang Chinese Opera Music
Jammers``; Steve Handler also puts out his own Firedrake monitoring
grid, but it`s restricted from publication (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Hi Glenn, Today, before 1400 UT, I heard the Firedrake in the
following frequencies followed by SINPO. Time 1345. All audible
transmissions ended at 1400.
16100 kHz- 55545
16700 kHz- barely audible
15760 kHz- No signal
14700 kHz- No Signal
13970 kHz- 35433
13625 kHz- Another station here, seems Chinese but no ID
13130 kHz- 24323
12600 kHz- No signal
12230 kHz- No signal
Receiver- Sangean ATS803A, Antenna- 50 ft wire
I always follow the Firedrake according to your reported frequencies.
BTW, I always like your comments about RHC. My parents took us out of
that hell back in 64. Never looked back. Best 73s (Guido Santacana,
KP4FAR, Puerto Rico, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Firedrake Dec 4:
12600, good at 1447; none in the 9s, 10s, 11s, 13s, 14s, 15s, 16s,
17s, 18s.
At 1524 none at all found, not even 12600
Firedrake Dec 4, before 2400:
16700, fair at 2357; none in the 17s, 18s
16100, very good at 2357
14970, fair at 2359
13920, fair at 2359-2400*; none in the 12s
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
13970, 5/12 1125, Firedrake, Chinese music jammer, fair (Giampiero
Bernardini, Milano, Italia, RX: Winradio G33DCC Excalibur Pro, Ant:
T2FD 15 m long, sw blog: http://radiodxsw.blogspot.com/ dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Firedrake Dec 5, before 1400:
15900, very poor at 1352
14970, very poor at 1349; none in the 16s, 17s, 18s
12230, JBA at 1354; none in the 13s
11500, poor at 1354; none in the 10s
9200, very good at 1355; none in the 7s
Before 1600:
9200, good at 1535; none higher up to 19 MHz by 1538
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
All RFA Mandarin channels are covered with FULL FIREDRAKE music,
-- not CNR1 word echo today.
1700-1800 6020TIN 7415TIN 7445TIN 9355SAI 9455SAI 9905PAL
11945TJK 13670TIN
73 (Wolfgang Büschel, 1739 UT Dec 5, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
I'm hearing it [presumably Firedrake] loud and clear at 1805 UT with
very slight QSB on 9455, moderate signal with deep QSB on 9355,
nothing heard on the other frequencies 73s (Tony, NW UK, 20m NW of
Manchester, ibid.)
9835, NF, CNR 1, 2208 5 Dec, YL talks in Chinese with many program
mentions. Found to be in synch with 4800 and 9825 (Zacharias Liangas,
Thessaloniki, Greece, Standard rig: ICOM R75 / 2x16 V, DX LISTENING
DIGEST) Not new, just unlisted as such since it`s really jamming RFA
Tibetan via Lampertheim, Germany, per Aoki (gh, DXLD)
Firedrake Dec 6, before 1500:
14970, fair at 1451
9200, good at 1455, with flutter; no others 19-7 MHz by 1457
Firedrake Dec 7:
9200, very poor at 1427; no others by 1439 up to 19 MHz
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA [non]. 9540, 03/12 0937-0945, TAIWAN, SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng,
(PRESUMIDA) em chinês. Não parecia ser uma QRM sobreposta da China,
nem firedrake com música folclórica chinesa. Entendi como uma
apresentação do tipo noticiário em chinês (idioma identificado), por
OM e YL que se alternavam. Sinal muito fraco e desvanecendo (Jorge
Freitas, Feira de Santana, Bahia, 12 14´S 38 58´W, Brasil, Degen 1103
- All listening in mode of filter Narrow the 6 kHz. Escutas
(listening, my blog): http://www.ipernity.com/doc/75006
condiglist yg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
SOH, 12175, about 10 kHz up, ex 12165, from Dushanbe-TJK Yangi Yul
relay in 16-17 UT slot Dec 4, only SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chinese talk,
no jamming, no Firedrake music. 73 (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Dec 3: 5050, Beibu Bay Radio, broadcasting from Nanning,
Guangxi (according to Aoki; distance 7610 km). Audio/video available
at: http://youtu.be/B8MhgAG6m_M
Best regards, (Tudor Vedeanu, (Gura Humorului, Romania), Eton E1XM,
100m longwire with Wellbrook UMB balun, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST) Time?
** CHINA. 4800, CNR-1, Geermu 1108-1122 Dec 5 Chinese; W announcer
until ad string at 1110; various announcers with talk show-like
banter; fair in ECCS-USB
4950, V. of Pujiang Shanghai 1142 Dec 5 CC; R & B blues-like mx!!; M &
W banter over mx; poor; //5075-fair.
5050, Beibu Bay Radio Nanning 1140-1200 Dec 6 listed Vietnamese; W
announcer with lengthy talk; ballad at 1150; poor & pretty much
unusable by ToH; // 9820-audible under co-channel CNR-2; first time at
my locale I've had so much as a whiff of BBR on this frequency.
7260, UNIDENTIFIED, 1036 Dec 5; Two stations colliding; presumably
Xingjiang PBS-China with Chinese talk & Mongolian Radio 2-Mongolia
with indigenous music; fair-poor.
7270, presumed Nei Menguu PBS, Hohot 1042-1103 Dec 5 listed Mongolian;
M & W announcers with alternating talk & music bridges; indigenous
music at 1055; brief M & W announcers at ToH; presumed ID over music
into M & W with news; fair-poor in ECCS-USB; tentative // 9705-very
poor (Scott R. Barbour Jr. Intervale, N.H. USA, NRD-545, MLB-1, 200'
Beverages, 60m dipole, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. 10000, Dec 5 at 1359, under strong WWV, hear CW ID for BPM,
and I thought a quick voice announcement instead of WWVH? Just before
WWV voice announcement (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. CHINA RADIO INTERNATIONAL CELEBRATES 70TH FOUNDING
ANNIVERSARY --- English.news.cn Beijing December 3, 2011
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-12/03/c_131286393.htm
A ceremony was held here on Saturday to celebrate the 70th founding
anniversary of the state-run China Radio International (CRI), the
country's only radio with world service. The event was attended by
more than 700 people, including the country's major publicity
officials, leaders of top news organizations, foreign diplomats and
representatives of overseas listeners.
Li Changchun, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political
Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee,
praised CRI's 70 years of service in a congratulation letter, urging
the station to build a world first-rate broadcaster with increasing
global influence.
Li urged CRI to create favorable international opinions about China
and constantly boost China's soft power by further enhancing its news
coverage. Liu Yunshan, a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC
Central Committee and head of the Party's publicity department, said
at the ceremony that CRI should further introduce China to the outside
world with enhanced communications skills.
The Beijing-based CRI was founded on December 3, 1941 in Yan'an,
northwest China's Shaanxi province, the capital of the CPC from 1936
to 1948.
The station now broadcasts to the world around the clock in 61
languages, the most among media worldwide. The radio also has
television and mobile phone information service, as well as
newspapers. The station broadcasts more than 3,000 hours of programs
on a daily basis in 2011, and have received more than 3 million
letters from overseas listeners in 2011 (via Mike Terry, dxldyg via
DXLD)
CRI - on air & ears ---
By Syed Ali Nawaz Gilani, Saturday, December 03, 2011
THE China Radio International (CRI), official broadcasting agency of
the Peoples´ Republic of China (PRC) is celebrating 70th Anniversary
of its successful transmission. Established as Xinhua Radio Station in
Yanan, northwestern China on December 03, 1940, the CRI in its long
journey has acted as a skylight on New China, besides being witness to
the rise of an Asian superpower. After its relocation to Beijing, the
CRI has the unique honour of announcing dawn of New China on October
1, 1949. . .
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2011\12\03\story_3-12-2011_pg7_16
(via Zacharias Liangas, DXLD) pk = Pakistan, not Peking, hi hi (gh)
** CROATIA. 3985, Croatian Radio; 0442-0500+, 3-Dec; Pop tunes in
unknown language; one was a rap tune with a few English lyrics thrown
in; Hravatska IDs at ToH into presumed language news. SIO=443 with
minimal ARO QRM; // 7375 via Germany; SIO=4+44- with pulse QRM
(Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, M.A.R.E. DXpedition, Brighton MI,
Drake R8B + 500' NEish unterminated bev, All logged by my ears, on my
receiver, in real time! dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. I'm hearing the talk station under Enciclopedia-530 as well.
It's indeed parallel to shortwave 5025 but about a second late (Doug
Smith W9WI, Pleasant View, TN EM66, 0428 UT 1 Dec, NRC-AM via WORLD
OF RADIO 1594, DXLD)
Here too, with Enciclopedia way over Rebelde most of the time. Dueling
Cuban anthems at midnight EST. Thanks for the tip, Doug! (Steve
Francis, Alcoa, Tennessee, WORLD OF RADIO 1594, ibid.)
Another Cuban on AM 530? Hi, It looks as if Radio Enciclopedia with
its instrumentals on AM 530 is no longer alone. I also think they may
have cut power. It sounded last weekend as if Cuba added a Radio
Rebelde on 530. It sounded just like SW 5025, but about a second
behind. Can anyone try and tune this, and tell me what they hear?
Adjusting my Select-a-Tenna, it seems as if the new 530 is due south
of me, maybe just a tad west of Santa Clara. cd (Chris Dunne, IIRC,
Pembroke Pines FL, ``3 days ago`` as of Dec 4, WTFDA Forum via WORLD
OF RADIO 1594, DXLD)
Chris, I have been getting another faint station under Enciclopedia,
and it sounds like it is Spanish. The best reception I got sounded
quite like a woman speaking Spanish. However, I just tried it now, and
all that is at 530 for me is Enciclopedia. If they have cut power, I
can't detect it; the signal sounds just like it always has. An
instrumental version of "Copacabana" was playing at 6:35 or so. Being
as there are traveler's information stations on 530, and I don't know
what all else, I cannot say for sure what the other station I have
been hearing very faintly under Enciclopedia is. I'll keep listening
though! (OzarksDXer, Springfield MO, ibid.)
There's been a Radio Rebelde outlet heard the past couple of years at
our Long Beach island ( NJ ) DXpedition - including 10 days ago. It's
also been reported by others (Russ Edmunds, 15 mi NW Philadelphia, PA,
ibid.)
Hi Chris, around 1:30 pm, I rotated my outside loop and only picked up
the regular 530 with instrumentals. I rotated around and only picked
up splatter from WFLF 540 in Orlando. I will play around at night and
see what my GIANT outdoor loop picks up on 530. Have a safe trip back
to Ocala Sunday. Once again, our condolences (Ron [Gitschier?], North
Central Florida, 1 day ago, ibid.)
** CUBA [and non]. Sobre modificación a horario B11 --- Saludos Bueno:
Modificamos el horario B11. Estamos utilizando 6000 kHz en Español de
12 a 13 UT. En los próximos dias, y teniendo en cuenta que el promedio
de manchas solares de Noviembre fue de 96.7, es posible que hagamos
otros cambios. Atentamente (Prof. Arnaldo Coro Antich, Radio Habana
Cuba, Dec 1, to and via José Bueno, Spain, Dec 2, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
As usual, incomplete info from Arnie: so what frequency does 6000
replace? As in DXLD 11-46, the `original` Nov 13 schedule had three of
them on during that single hour: 12-13 6010 6140 6150. Answer below
The DentroCuban Jamming Command continues to be hit and miss as far as
doing its job at the right times against R. Martí: 5980, Dec 2 at 0723
while RM is in some dramatization, NO jamming audible, while 6030 and
7405 were walls of noise. Fine with me.
13740, Dec 2 at 1356, RHC programing // 13670 and 13780, instead of
open carrier warmup for CRI English relay from 1400. Did not keep
listening to find when CRI would come on, but there at 1451.
Heavy noise jamming against VOA Spanish 1300-1400 was also running on
13750 for at least a few more minutes from 1356 Dec 2.
15575, Dec 2 at 1357, poor BBC WS English frequency bothered by Cuban
jamming bleed from 15590 against VOA.
13750, Dec 4 at 1410, RHC on nonsensical Sunday-only frequency, and
this time 9850 is absent, as `Amigos de Cuba` themed mailbag program
is starting: no dissing allowed there!
I did not start early enough to find whether 13750 was on 13690
instead before 1400 as last week due to jamming VOA on 13750 daily
until 1400. 13750, not 9850 also applied to `En Contacto` at 1435-
1451. Manolo keeps promoting the Dec 25 show, repeated Jan 1, which
will name all their listener-contactors during 2011y.
9810, Sunday Dec 4 at 2352 UT, middle repeat airing of RHC`s `En
Contacto` in progress as Manolo conveys good news that the special QSL
cards designed by a Guatemalan listener, commemorating Manolo &
Malena`s 35th anniversary on RHC (tho she has now retired/withdrawn),
of which only ten were printed, have been reprinted, so it`s not too
late to send a report and get one of those rarities. Responding to an
inquiry, Manolo mentions something else that gets my attention: in
giving the new times for EC since Nov 13, he says that Cuba`s time
change was on that date.
I thought it was Oct 30, as in previous years it was the last Sunday
in October; in 2010: Oct 31. I`m quite sure that when I checked
http://www.timeanddate.com/time/dst/2011.html
in late October 2011, it did show Oct 30, 2011, but now it too shows
Sunday Nov 13, 2011 as the DST end date. So that explains why RHC`s
Spanish and some of its other programming abruptly shifted one real UT
hour later on that date. Why Nov 13? Just to be out of step with the
Great Satan, er, I mean Imperialismo Yanqui; and the rest of the
world.
It does not explain why any serious international SW service would be
governed by local time changes --- either stay on UT constantly, or
change on the dates in your target area(s), NOT local time, which
should be irrelevant (unless you are really talking to yourselves).
Nor does it explain why any DST is necessary in a tropical country
where there is little variation in sunrise-sunset times.
Manolo gave these Sunday times for EC: 1435, ``sobre 2340``, meaning
approximately --- must have started around then this week, but some
weeks already at 2335; and 0235 [UT Mondays].
I had started listening on 9810, then found 9710 was stronger, but
modulation there cutting out below peaks; skipping 25m, 13690 was
better, and 13640 was best. Why would the European antenna roughly 90
degrees off from here surpass the S American antenna, roughly opposite
from here?
9540, Dec 5 at 1357, tuning across RHC, caught partial frequency
announcement including ``13680`` which has been abandoned this season.
1358 asserts ``las nueve de la mañana en todo el territorio nacional``
and starting `news`. They should turn on Radio Reloj in the RHC
studios to find out what time it really is. Furthermore it`s
rhetorical fluff always to say ``all over the country``. Of course
it`s the same time all over Cuba, in one single timezone. But let`s
hope the time is two minutes fast only at RHC. At least this station
has never employed timesignals, which would be far beyond its
capabilities to convey correctly (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
6120, Dec 6 at 0600, RHC IS badly squeezed between adjacent RHC
English stronger on 6125, and CRI Sackville on 6115; there is a one-
hour overlap of two RHC services only 5 kHz apart at 05-06, Cubans vs
Cubans!
6050, Dec 6 at 0601, ``Ed Newman`` is upwrapping the English hour
late, ``hasta mañana``. The previous morning, RHC was running two
minutes early in its timechex. Then at 0602 on this and the other
three overkill English frequencies, 6010, 6060 and 6125, a minute of
Spanish, promo for 22 de dic., 50th anniversary of Cuba`s
alfabetization campaign = literacy. (But what good is literacy if your
freedom to read is controlled??) 0603 reopening English altho Ed just
said goodbye; audio glitched so the ``Habana`` was missing, just said
``Radio – Cuba``, and claims to be streaming at radiohc.cu
6000, Dec 6 at 1236, RHC is here in Spanish // 6140 and with CCI from
the China/Taiwan radio war, Commies vs Commies, on 6150. The point is,
original Nov 13 schedule had RHC on 6010 at 12-13, and online sked
still shows that, but Prof. Arnie told José Bueno, Spain, that they
had since started using 6000 without saying what it replaced! Now we
know, but why? Surely not deliberately to give XEOI a clear frequency
for an hour, but that`s the effect; see MEXICO. The usual N. Korean
jamming noise remains on 6015, and 6003, rather close to RHC, more
Commies vs Commies!
9805, Dec 6 at 1311, noise jamming vs nothing, a frequency used by R.
Martí in the A-season but not the B-season. (This leapfrogging a
current jammer on 9565 could explain why Steve Handler heard some
jamming on WYFR 9355 at a very different time, 2305 Dec 3.)
13670, Dec 6 at 1450, RHC is absent from this scheduled frequency, and
still gone at 1528 check. Still on all the other 19, 22, 25 and 31m
frequencies, except:
11760, Dec 6 at 1454, open carrier/dead air, and still such as 1527.
Wake up at the transmitter site! The cost of electricity wasted on
this, not to mention needless multiple // frequencies, and all that
jamming, could have fed countless nearly starving Cubans due to food
rationing. But, first things first!
15380, Dec 6 at 1530 I carefully copy the confused RHC frequency
announcement:
15380, 15230 until 16
9540 until 16; 13-16 on 9850
13680 until 16; 13780 and 13680 too
[sic twice; 13680 replaced by 13670 when it`s on]
11760, 11840, 11690 until 16; from 13 on 11750 until 16
5955, Dec 7 at 0622, RNW Dutch now via VATICAN during this first hour,
audible with NO jamming for a change! Has the DentroCuban Jamming
Command finally agreed that R. República is gone from near this
frequency? Time will tell. RHC still propagating extremely strongly on
its 6 MHz frequencies.
BTW, Aoki lists 5954 República as a 600-watt non-direxional
transmitter in Limón, Costa Rica, i.e. the former facility of long-
gone R. Casino, an unwarranted assumption as ELCOR may have acquired
the frequency-license only. And Aoki no longer has it on 9965.
9540, Dec 7 at 1425, RHC missing from this unneeded frequency, still
going strong on 9850 and all the 25m channels. 13670, Dec 7 at 1433,
is on, having been missing 24 hours earlier. There`s always something
a-missing at RHC, an endless source of anomalies to monitor (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
9355, USA, WYFR, 2309-2315, English. Family Radio’s “For the Record”
program. Talking about child transplant patients. Heard jamming
apparently directed against this broadcast. // 9430 no jamming heard.
This frequency is registered by WYFR as Spanish but they were clearly
broadcasting in English. Is Cuba jamming this program assuming it is
in Spanish per the schedule? 12/3/11 (Steve Handler, IL, NASWA
Flashsheet via DXLD)
What kind of jamming? Like that heard on known Cuban targets, lite
pulsing or multiple-pulsing amounting to wall of noise? Seriously
doubt they would deliberately jam WYFR, and I`ve never noted any Cuban
jamming on this frequency, but they`re so incompetent that anything
could happen.
Guess what: 9355 works out as a leapfrog mixing product of 9805 over
jammed 9565. 9805 used to be jammed when R. Martí was using it in the
morning in A-11, and that`s enough for it to be on a blacklist of
jamming targets now; however, with RHC now using 9810 at 22-06, no
jamming heard on 9805 when I checked Dec 6 after 0000, nor on 9355.
Next time you hear jamming on 9355, check for a match on the
appropriate leapfrog channels; also one of them could be a jammer
frequency and the other an RHC frequency at the same site (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [non]. 7210-LSB, haven`t heard the counter-revolutionary rants
from Nelson Roig in Pennsylvania lately, so looked for him Dec 6 at
1247 and there he is on his favorite frequency, no ID for a while, but
his polemical style and voice quite recognizable. Is talking about San
Pedro Sula, Honduras, where he apparently had visited, being a
``cornucopia`` of good food, unlike the shortages in Cuba.
Said he will be 70 in January, left Cuba in 1961 (or 1971?) and never
went back. Has taken good care of himself, never smoked, only an
occasional glass of wine with a good meal, takes aspirin and vitamins
daily, has never been sick, and will continue sexually active into his
80s. 1257 finally inserts an N1NR ID, with KP4YAY.
Several other weaker stations heard in his net, including one who has
his voice processed to sound like a hi-pitched cartoon character.
Gives no IDs, so we wonder if he`s really a Dentro-Cuban? Nelson has
to ask him repeatedly to say again, speak clearly. 1259 begins some
musical ACI from a 7205 and/or 7215 broadcast (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD
OF RADIO 1594, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CYPRUS. 15240-15265, Dec 4 at 1418, intruding OTH radar, hi pulse
rate, presumed from here? Mainly blasting a broadcaster on 15245, i.e.
Poland in Russian via Woofferton UK (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CYPRUS NORTHERN [and non]. 6150.03, R Bayrak, 0255, Dec 3, carrier
only, definitely weaker than last summer. According to my observations
they have been stuck on this split frequency since Dec 2010 after a
spell on 6150.73. All it takes to make sure this is R Bayrak is to
measure the exact frequency and if it's about 30 (Wolfgang Bueschel
says 37) Hz up from nominal 6150 then you don't need any further
evidence it's them.
Moreover, R Record [BRAZIL] is currently on 6150.00 (or only very
slightly lower). Heard here in the clear almost every morning after
0715 when Vienna closes on 6155 (Martien Groot, Schoorl, Netherlands,
Dec 3, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1594, DX LISTENING DIGEST) see
UNIDENTIFIED 6150
** DENMARK. As of November 1st 2011 DR (Danmarks Radio) has been
authorized by the Danish Ministry of Business and Growth to use
Kalundborg 243 kHz and 1062 kHz for transmission of nationwide radio.
Conditions for use:
243 may be used with either analog AM (max 300 kW) or DRM (max 60 kW)
1062 may be used with either analog AM (max 250 kW) or DRM (max 50 kW)
More - in Danish:
http://www.itst.dk/frekvenser-og-udstyr/frekvenser-til-radio-og-tv/frekvenser-til-radio/filarkiv/img-X25135414-0001.pdf
Please note, that DR only has got the authorization for using the
frequencies; if DR will use it is another story. Now, only 243 kHz is
used a couple of hours a day for service messages on AM. By the way, a
couple of weeks ago I tried to listen in on 243 kHz from Portugal -
but nothing heard! (Ydun Ritz (6/11-2011), Mediumwave.info via DXLD)
** DIEGO GARCIA. 4319, AFN, 1609 2 Dec is now clear from QRM with good
audio. A nice rock song possibly from Bryan Adams, then a typical
Christmas song was played. S4 level (Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki,
Greece, Standard rig: ICOM R75 / 2x16 V, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERR.: 4319/USB, AFN, Diego Garcia; 2114...2231+,
3-Dec; Financial pgm? to military announcement at 2118 into music
program. Poor copy due to tfc on 4320/USB. Not // Key West relays.
4320 QRM gone at 2227; program was pop music -- still not //Key West.
SIO=2+42 w/weak trill QRM (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, M.A.R.E.
DXpedition, Brighton MI, Drake R8B + 500' NEish unterminated bev, All
logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
12759 usb, AFN: 1100 Music, good audio; audio better on 12758.95. Last
couple of days that I have been listening there has been a lot of
music which was never heard before; even request songs (Manikant
Lodaya, Asia, Dec 7, WORLD OF RADIO 1594, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ECUADOR. 4815, R. El Buen Pastor, Saraguro 1038-1050 Dec 6 Spanish;
M announcer with religious talk & Santa Maria's; choral music at 1041;
announcement/ad string at 1045; instrumental music at 1049; poor
(Scott R. Barbour Jr. Intervale, N.H. USA, NRD-545, MLB-1, 200'
Beverages, 60m dipole, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ECUADOR [non]. Germany: HCJB Global, Vozandes via Germany now have
their latest test transmission programme schedule (dated 2 December
2011) on their website at
http://www.andenstimme.org/uploads/media/Schedule_Program_30102011_02.pdf
The schedule on 3995 is:
0500-0600: German
0600-0630: Low German
0630-0700: Russian
0700-0800: German
0800-0900: mo-sa= English; su= Spanish
1600-1700: German
1700-1730: Low German
1730-1800: Russian
1800-1900: German
1900-2000: mo-sa= English; su= Spanish
English programmes
0800 & 1900 Mon-Fri (60 mins): "Rock Solid"
0800 & 1900 Sat (60 mins): "Spotlight" and "All that Jazz"
Spanish programme
0800 & 1900 Sun (60 mins): "Música del Ecuador"
German programmes include:
0500, 0700, 1600 & 1800 Mon (30 mins): "Look in the mail from
listeners"
0500, 0700, 1600 & 1800 Sat (30 mins): "For DX-er" (Alan Roe,
Teddington, UK, Dec 6, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1594, DXLD)
** EGYPT. 6270, Radio Cairo; 2052-2101+, 2-Dec; M in French with
chants; French continued past 2100. Aoki shows German before 21.
SIO=4+54- with slightly muted audio. 2152-2203+, 2-Dec; Arabic chant,
continued past 2200. 0407, 3-Dec; M in Arabic with Arabic music; music
crisp but voice somewhat distorted (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA,
M.A.R.E. DXpedition, Brighton MI, Drake R8B + 500' NEish unterminated
bev, All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! dxldyg via
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
[and non]. 15160, Dec 2 at 1453, music and Russian announcement from
RRI, with continuous 1000 Hz tone behind it. Presumed R. Cairo runup
to 1500 Uzbek service rather than jamming or mystery tester (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. Saturday, November 26, 2011 --- Radio Africa in
Bata, Equatorial Guinea was heard on 26 November 2011. An English
language broadcast of music and talking was monitored from 1940 to
2100 UT on 15190 kHz. Reception (SINPO) at 1940 was 15221 -- poor
signal strength and poor atmospheric conditions, yet speech and music
was audible; at 2000 reception was degraded to 13221 due to strong
inference from Family Radio [Ascension] on 15195 kHz; after 2100 UT
signal dissolved into static. Reception report was sent by email and
post.
Website:
http://www.radiopanam.com/qslreports.php
Address:
Pan American Broadcasting
7011 Koll Center Pkwy Ste 250
Pleasanton, CA 94566-3253
United States of America
Email: infor @ panambc.com
Posted by T.L. Breyel at 11:03 PM (Malaysia) (from
http://shortwavedxer.blogspot.com/2011/11/radio-africa-equatorial-guinea.html
via WORLD OF RADIO 1594, DXLD)
Since this is after R. Pilipinas finishes with 15190 at 1930, and
nothing but Brasil is known on 15190 during this time, which would not
be in English more than incidentally, it looks like this may be a real
log of R. Africa altho no ID is reported. Was the programming
religious?? Around here, it should clash with Inconfidência as late as
2300, previous variable closing time for R. Africa. Please monitor in
Europe and North America! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Who knows, maybe R. Africa makes an occasional appearance, but it sure
is elusive. I finally checked during this time period on Dec 7 -- at
1950-1955 before Ascension is on 15195, all I could get was a JBA
carrier, and it`s slightly on the lo side, 15189.9 or so, which fits
for Brasil, not Eq. G., which when last active was right on frequency
despite all its modulation faults. And it used to have a decent
signal, not JBA. Would others please check today in the 20-23 UT
period for any sign of R. Africa vs. R Inconfidencia.
73, (Glenn Hauser, 2005 UT Dec 7, WORLD OF RADIO 1594, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
At this time, 2120, R Inconfidência in frequency, px “The Voice of
Brazil”. No signal of R Africa. 73 (Jorge Freitas, Unidos Pelo Asfalto
[?? What`s that tagline about?], Feira de Santana, Bahia, 12 14´S
38 58´W, dxldyg via DX LISETENING DIGEST) No connexion with following:
** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. INTERNATIONAL RADIO AND TELEVISION OF EQUATORIAL
GUINEA GOES LIVE ON THE WEB
Broadcast System Reaches Equatoguineans Around the World via Internet
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/international-radio-and-television-of-equatorial-guinea-goes-live-on-the-web-134851708.html
MALABO, Equatorial Guinea, Dec. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --
Equatorial Guinea has officially launched its International Radio and
Television broadcasting system online.
The online portal's programs will cover the West African nation's most
important news and use live streaming to make it easier for
Equatoguineans around the world to obtain information about events in
their country.
The Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism sees this initiative
as a strong contribution to the nation's effort to reach out beyond
its borders.
"There are many Guineans who live in other parts of the world," said
Minister of Information, Culture, and Tourism Jeronimo Osa Osa Ecoro.
"We wanted to inform them, along with those interested in the country,
about major events that are occurring at home like the African
Summit."
The government of Equatorial Guinea is making efforts to improve
telecommunications in the country as a part of its overall plan to
develop its infrastructure. The online streaming of its International
Radio and Television will be carried out by the company GMS/UVEAUVEGE,
which has the necessary technology for the live broadcast. The
broadcast is transmitted to Spain via satellite and then relayed to a
streaming server that distributes it online.
"We hope to continue to move forward in our efforts to increase public
interest in Equatorial Guinea," said Minister Osa Ecoro.
About Equatorial Guinea
The Republic of Equatorial Guinea (La República de Guinea Equatorial)
is the only Spanish-speaking country in Africa, and one of the
smallest nations on the continent. In the late 1990s, American
companies helped discover the country's oil and natural gas resources,
which only within the last five years began contributing to the global
energy supply. Equatorial Guinea is now working to serve as a pillar
of stability and security in its region of West Central Africa. The
country hosted the 2011 Summit of the African Union. For more
information, visit http://www.guineaecuatorialpress.com
SOURCE Republic of Equatorial Guinea (via PRN Newswire via Dec CIDX
Messenger via DXLD)
TROTS: REG is also one of the most corrupt and repressive regimes in
Africa. Why bother with this when all they should do is keep the SW
6250 transmitter going, now off the air for many months? And/or 5005,
gone much longer? Website also promotes direct satellite broadcasts at
http://www.guineaecuatorialpress.com/microsites/television_nacional_guinea.php
Para poder ver tu cadena de televisión favorita debes sintonizar la
frecuencia:
EN EUROPA: 10.721-V MHz del satélite Eutelsat W3A, POLARIDAD VERTICAL
EN ÁFRICA: 12.728-H MHz del satélite Eutelsat W3A POLARIDAD HORIZONTAL
(Glenn Hauser, DXLD) TROTS = The Rest Of The Story
** ERITREA. 4770.011 [Tentat.] Voice of the Broad Masses of Eritrea,
Asmara, according to DSWCI DBS: of Px 2 at 0400-1000, 1300-2000 Ar /
Afar / Amharic / Oromo / Saho / Bilen. Noted at 1738 UT, Dec 4, S=4-5
just above threshold. Signal noted on Colombo-CLN remote SDR unit,
across the Indian Ocean (wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 4) 73 (Wolfgang
Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ERITREA [non]. 15360 06/Dec RUSSIA (Relay), Voice of Asena, in
Tigrinya. Aoki broadcast day list 2,4,6. Eibi broadcast day list
1,3,5. OM talk. At 1727 short music and YL talk. QRM from a strong
echo signal that came out in 1730, but returned to 1731, possible
jammer? At 1735 short music Arabic. Announcers talk animatedly. Always
short style Arabic music, and talk again. 25322 (Jorge Freitas, Feira
de Santana, Bahia, 12 14´S 38 58´W, Brasil, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** ETHIOPIA [non]. Dec 5: CLANDESTINE. 7175, Voice of Oromo Liberation
Front. Probably broadcasting from Germany. Aoki says this is Voice of
the Broad Masses, but it actually sounds like VOLF, which publishes
its broadcasts on the internet at
http://www.oromoliberationfront.org/sbo.html
Maybe both are the same station with different names. At the end of
the recording you'll hear jamming from an unknown source.
http://youtu.be/p83S_LQPq1w
Best regards, (Tudor Vedeanu, (Gura Humorului, Romania), Eton E1XM,
100m longwire with Wellbrook UMB balun, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
Time? 1429 GMT, says the screen. See WRTH 2011 page 504: there are
three `Oromo` clandestines with similar names and overlapping
websites. V of Oromo Liberation Front did have broadcasts via Germany
on 25m; V. of Oromiya Liberation was not on SW; V. of Oromo
Liberation, HQ in Germany also via Issoudun, and via transmitters of
VOBME in Eritrea, which would be what`s heard on 7175, as Germany
would not be out of band and 7175 is also used for VOBME itself. The
jamming sounds just like DRM, a technique used by ETHIOPIA, and
provided by the ChiCom (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Congrats to Eton E1, is a great tabletop rx these days.
re 7175, see Aoki frequency list,
or IARU newsletter
http://www.iarums-r1.org/iarums/7100r1.pdf
http://www.iarums-r1.org/
7175 Vo Broad Masses 2 (Dimtsi Hafas 1400-1530 UT Bile/Saho 100 kW
NonDir Asmara-Selae Daro ERI VBME2 b11
You hear the signal from Asmara Eritrea, and against jamming in "WHITE
NOISE" mode, originate from Ethiopian security government. vy73 de
Wolfy df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EUROPE. Sunday December 18th FRS-Holland will be on air with its
annual special December broadcast. The broadcast will be on 7600 //
5800 between 0752-1400 UT/08:52-15:00 CET. More info follows next
week. That day we will feature a wide variety of quality pop music
from the past 45 years along with several radio related programme
items.
FRS-Holland offers you the opportunity to send in your December
greetings to radio friends and relatives. Your contributions are
highly appreciated and will add something special to our programmes!
You can easily produce a little (written) message and send it to
[frs@frsholland.nl]. It only takes a few minutes of your spare time.
We raffle a radio DVD among those who participate in our December
broadcast with their Seasonal greetings. We'd like to ask you to do it
as soon as possible as some shows will already be recorded this
upcoming weekend. Don't hesitate but just do it! If you have the
opportunity to send in an audio (mp3) clip you are more than welcome!
The staff of FRS-Holland hopes to hear from you...
73s, Peter Verbruggen on behalf of the staff
a Balance between Music & Information joined to one Format....
FRS-Holland
P O Box 2702
6049 ZG Herten
The Netherlands
e-mail: < frs.holland @ hccnet.nl>
e-mail: < frs @ frsholland.nl>
(via Roberto Scaglione, Dec 6, shortwave yg via DXLD)
** EUROPE. Pirate QSL: Malta Radio, 6937, full/data `Gull Flying Over
Ocean`` card via e-mail as an attachment in 5 months for a report sent
to: shortwavemalta @ hotmail.com The station claims to be operating
from a Mediterranean country (Chris, Lobdell, MA, QSL Report, Dec
NASWA Journal via DXLD) Could it be --- MALTA??? Cagey (gh, DXLD)
** FINLAND. 25000, 5/12 1112, Mikes, Espoo, Finland, time bips, fair
(Giampiero Bernardini, Milano, Italia, RX: Winradio G33DCC Excalibur
Pro, Ant: T2FD 15 m long, sw blog: http://radiodxsw.blogspot.com/
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** FRANCE. Several reports were sent to Paris on their various sites
and all were returned ``refused``. I tried again using different
addresses and they were all returned to me as ``refused`` (Marlin
Field, MI, QSL Report, Dec NASWA Journal via DXLD) Presumably RFI
You must have done something to tick them off, hi! Can anyone help
Marlin with a good current address? (Sam Barto, ed., ibid.)
** FRANCE [and non]. The strike at RFI starting early Monday Nov 28
has continued all week, but not always reflected in programming. Thu
Dec 1 at 0621, 7220 is in English news about soccer, // 9765, while
9805 is in Hausa. I continue to think 7220 is a mistake, wrong
language with Hausa scheduled, and if they meant it to be English it
would not be cutting off halfway thru the one-hour broadcast
continuing on 9765.
17690, Fri Dec 2 at 1359 already on air with musique, via GUIANA
FRENCH, 1400 RFI Musique ID instead of Spanish news.
The strike at RFI is now in its sixth day. 7220 // 7390 Dec 3 at 0623
with RFI Musique (song in English at the moment) replacing English
news which earlier replaced Hausa on 7220, and replacing French on
7390 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Radio France International, 17850 Issoudun. Dec 3, 2011, Saturday.
0708-0727. Latin American ?? music. ID at 0713 "Radio France
International", followed by a song in French, then back to Latin
American. Then several in French. Presumably RFI is still strike-
bound. Aoki B11 says it should have gone off-air at 0700, but my log
shows I also received it here at this time on November 16. Poor-fair.
But apart from the BBC WS on 17640 (via Seychelles) and Sonder Grense
on 9650 (Meyerton), this is the only SW station audible right now at a
higher frequency than BBC WS on 6190 kHz. Jo'burg sunrise 0308.
Radio France International, 15300 Issoudun. Dec 3, 2011, Saturday.
1658-1713. French. Time pips at 1700, then french songs. Good, but
still apparently strike-bound. Jo'burg sunset 1648 (Bill Bingham, RSA,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
17630, Dec 3 at 2110 UT, RFI Musique with musique and soon ID as such,
replacing Spanish service via GUIANA FRENCH, as the grève continues;
excellent signal.
7220, Dec 4 at 0615, RFI is back in business, English news, or rather
sports segment about football, instead of strike-filling RFI-Musique;
but 7390 French service is still in musique. English also JBA on //
9765, but 7220 goes off as usual at 0630, apparently mistaken feed
instead of scheduled Hausa. Other Hausa frequency 9805 too weak to be
sure of.
17690, Dec 4 at 1421 via GUIANA FRENCH, RFI with music, but then
Spanish narration, so this service too is (temporarily?) back to
programming instead of RFI-Musique fill. Is the strike over or not?
Seems they `roll` it, hitting and missing different services from day
to day.
17620, Dec 4 at 1427, however, the French service direct, is still en
grève with RFI-Musique, including an ID in English as RFI-Music, then
didgeridoo, in laudable eclecticism (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** FRANCE. Glenn: I also heard the 1400 RFI Spanish broadcast with
content, sted fill music. A quick check now (1907) finds programming
on RFI French via satellite. This was part of a 10-minute newscast,
which ended with an announcement that programming may (still) be
disrupted by the strike.
I've heard occasional newscasts during the strike, and some feature
program slots are being filled with reruns. Keep in mind that the
strike is not all or nothing. Clearly, some staff or administrators
are making an effort to provide some programming. But hearing programs
does not mean the strike is over.
The Communist daily Humanité notes that France's foreign affairs
minister has not commented on the RFI-France 24 merger, except through
a comment made by government spokesman Bernard Valero, who said: "the
fusion isn't an option, but a necessity. The BBC and Deutsche Welle
have done it before us."
Meanwhile, Marie-George Buffet, the communist member of the
parliamentary committee on "audiovisuel extérieur," has renounced the
plan and given her full support to RFI personnel. "The workers are
pushing to maintain the editorial independence of their radio service,
so that it presents to other countries the voice of France and not
that of the French government," Humanité quotes Buffet as saying. "We
must renounce the fusion with France 24, which could lead to the
disappearance of RFI," she says (Mike Cooper, Dec 4, WORLD OF RADIO
1594, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
5925, Dec 5 at 0634, RFI news in French // 7390, so strike not in
effect here at the moment.
17690, Dec 5 at 1601, RFI Musique already replacing news in Spanish,
VG signal now as during previous airing at 1400 on exactly same
parameters, 250 kW, 305 degrees from GUIANA FRENCH, including
southern/eastern USA among official CIRAF targets. HFCC says 1600-1630
is M-F only, while Aoki says both are sevendays.
Announcement in French, not Spanish, at 1603 reminds us that RFI en
Phnom Penh is on four-score-and-twelve MHz. 1608 playing Aretha in a
song similar to R-E-S-P-E-C-T.
15300 direct checked at 1606 is newsing in French, unstricken (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
RFI staff have voted overwhelmingly in opposition to the pending
fusion of RFI and the France 24 television channel. In voting on
Monday, 558 were against the merger and 26 were for it. Unions say
there are 781 employees at RFI. Meanwhile, workers voted unanimously
to continue their strike for another day. Another staff meeting is
scheduled to take place Tuesday at 2pm on the 7th floor of the Maison
de Radio France. "No reform and no business project can take place
without the support of personnel," the unions warn (Mike Cooper, GA,
Dec 5, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Further chex of RFI vs strike situation, Dec 6: 7220, Dec 6 at 0605,
English news in progress; avoid the middle of the semi-hour when they
are always talking about stupid ballgames. MUF is quite low, only weak
signals on 9 MHz except Gabon 9580, so can`t // RFI to 9765.
7390, Dec 6 at 0607, French service playing musique instead; rather
undermodulated too, and with crackles maybe from QRM rather than self.
21690, Dec 6 at 1320, French service is talking instead of musiquing,
but I expect there will be more rolling strike outages. Latest update
Dec 5 from Mike Cooper, GA [as above]
7220, Dec 7 at 0615, RFI news in English instead of Hausa, repeating
headlines (called ``main points`` in Euro-parlance), then at 0616
instead of sports reports, calling in correspondent in Congo DR about
delay in reporting elexion results. Meanwhile 7390 French service was
en musique (Glenn Hauser, OK, Dec 7, WORLD OF RADIO 1594, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
RFI workers voted unanimously Wednesday to continue their indefinite
strike. They also called on director-general to meet with a workers
committee on Thursday regarding the "organizational fusion" with the
France 24 television channel. "It's the least one can ask of the
boss," the unions say. They also are taking up a collection to
financially support striking workers. They also plan to e-mail people
who have contacted RFI in support.
Meanwhile, "Le Canard enchaîné," the weekly newspaper, noted in
today's edition that RFI is still providing "essential" services --
filling up the hours with music and "especially," commercials for a
new partner of the Audiovisuel extérieur de la France, the Bank of
Lebanon. The newspaper notes that bodyguards for the bank's top
official used automatic weapons to spray bullets in a Beirut nightclub
in February 2010, apparently targeting a competitor. "They sure know
how to choose sponsors for French public broadcasting," the Canard
wryly notes (Mike Cooper, GA, Dec 7, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GERMANY. SIGNING OFF: All SWR network stations; 576, 666, 828,
1017, and 1413 kHz, are to be switched off end of 2011. [emwg]
1539, Evangeliums Rundfunk (700 kW) is scheduled to be switched off
end of 2011. [emwg] (via NRC International DX Digest Dec 2 via DXLD)
** GERMANY. American Forces in Europe on 1143 kHz is almost
unlistenable here because two equal strength transmitters are carrying
the same audio programming separated by 2-3 seconds. Overnight 1143,
1107 and 873 were all in // carrying the Power Net. At breakfast time
noted semi-local programming but with weather report that covered
Germany, Norway & Baghdad. 73s (Steve Whitt, Near York, England, Oct
27, MWCircle yg via DXLD)
** GERMANY. Re: Panoramio Images: Berlin-Britz SW site
> > http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/31954514.jpg
>
> Picture taken from westerly view before 2005year, like at
> 52Â 26'51.21"N 13Â 25'32.41"E
> Older easy reserve MW antenna in grey colour in foreground.
> Visible on G.E. images from Oct 2000 onwards,
> but dismantled already on image in September 2005
This was the nighttime antenna for 990 kHz, consisting of two crossed
dipoles and producing no groundwave but a steep upwards skywave signal
only, as a specialty (as opposed to, as an example, the 1575 kHz
system at Burg with plain horizontal polarization) with circular
polarization.
This antenna had to be shut down in 1995 because it produced in the
vicinity of the transmitter site too high fieldstrenghts which have no
longer been tolerated at this time. For the same reason also planned
tests of 1359 kHz for Evangeliums-Rundfunk from Köpenick never took
place: A ban has been imposed over switching on the 250 kW
transmitters there ever again.
Thus since 1995 only the vertical mast can be used for 990 kHz
anymore, which resulted in a severe deterioration at night.
> After 56 years alternate reception path to the audience on
> eastern communist block, even to German national minorities in
> Baltics, Poland, CSSR, Hungary and Romania, 6005 kHz service was
> taken out of service in July 2007, after severe damage and beyond
> repair on the 100 kW TX unit.
In fact replacing the burnt through transformer would have been too
expensive for doing it within the regular "mediumwave maintenance"
scheme. And taking one away from Jülich was no option either, the
transmitters there were called S 4001 as well but differed from the
Berlin-Britz one in some ways, unfortunately also in regard of the
transformer in question.
> > http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/53696290.jpg
>
> Older RIAS Berlin steep angle antenna of 20 kW (at present 17 kW on
> 6190 kHz), started service on 6005 kHz to communist Germany GDR
> target on 15 August 1951, during nighttime and winter months.
The transmitter sits in the shack in front of the antenna, to the
left, probably (I don't recall exactly) even behind the window besides
the door.
Recently I saw some questions about this: The 1950 vintage transmitter
is rated at 20 kW and, for obvious reasons, no longer run at full
power; the usual power level is now 17 kW after it were 14 kW and even
less for some time.
Officially the whole thing does no longer exist at all, it lingers
around under cover of the mediumwave operations. So asking about 6190
kHz when a failure occurs could in fact be counterproductive if it
makes the matter too prominent.
Some unrelated story that just came to my mind when mentioning the
Berlin-Köpenick site (by 1989 in use for 693 and 1359 kHz with 250 kW
each, 891 kHz with 5 kW and for 93.1 MHz): The outdoor broadcasting
van was out in Köpenick. The main control room engineer asks to "turn
off your music". -- "I have no music running!" -- "Of course you have,
I hear it!!" -- "I have now turned down all faders", which did not
help at all. And in this moment the music went into bep-bep-bep- bep-
bep-beeep, "sieben Uhr, Berliner Rundfunk" and the engineers chin
dropped because he suddenly realized what was going on. To put it
short, they had to gave up stereo and managed just barely to set up a
mono feed that was sort of clean (something that happened not too
seldom, but usually for other reasons!). (Kai Ludwig, Germany, Dec 5,
shortwavesites yg via DXLD)
** GERMANY [and non]. A few historical heritage newscast movies from
around Europe found on the new www.EUScreen.eu. 73, Guido.
Kurzwellenstationen der DW
http://www.euscreen.eu/play.html?id=EUS_09D9B825A1AA42EA97992FB3F5BB17E5
Relaisstation der DW in Sines
http://www.euscreen.eu/play.html?id=EUS_CC1C3F1ABC034B27B89B5AC62D7CEA3F
(Guido Schotmans, Belgium, MWCircle yg via DXLD)
** GERMANY. MV Baltic Radio / R Gloria this Weekend --- Dear
Listeners, MV Baltic Radio is on the air this Sunday the 4th of
December 2011
MVBR Schedule:
0900-1000 UT on 9480, 1 KW Repeat of Radio Gloria (From last month)
1000-1100 UT on 9480, 1 KW MV Baltic Radio
1300-1400 UT on 9480, 1 KW MV Baltic Radio (Repeat from 1000 UT)
Due to Technical reasons the last transmission from MVBR on 6140 kHz
will be on the 25th of December 2011. MVBR on 9480 will continue in
2012 as normal. Good Listening (Tom Taylor, Dec, 2 also via Joe
Talbot, DXLD) What technical reasons? (gh, DXLD)
So, since 2012 MVBR (and RGI, EMR) will be on air only using their own
1 kW tx? (Vitaliy Lisovskiy, Kharkiv, Ukraine, 73s! dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Hi, Tom has replied to me as follows: "Yes, MVBR and EMR via 1 kW.
Radio Gloria via 1 kW and Radio 700 on 6005 kHz. There may be extra
low power relays added in 2012. EMR will Transmit every 3rd Sunday in
2012 on 9480, with a repeat on the 4th Sunday. We may do 2 hour
programmes from time to time." (Mike Terry, ibid.)
Thanks for useful info. So MVBR becomes DX for non-Europeans :)
(Vitaliy Lisovskiy, Kharkiv, Ukraine, ibid.)
9480, Radio Gloria International, 0950-1000*, 04-12, pop music, male
with comments in English, identification: “Radio Gloria International”
“Many Thanks to MV Baltic Radio to support this transmission”. 45444.
9480, MV Baltic Radio, *1000-1015, 04-12, identification and comments
in German and English, “MV Baltic Radio”, pop music. 45444 (Manuel
Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol and Lugo, Grundig Satellit 500 and
Sony ICF SW 7600 G, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
9480, 1040-1100* Sunday 04.12, R Gloria Int., via MV Baltic R,
Goehren, German talk and playing "Zeppelin", 1058 closing ann and
schedule, 55444
9480, *1100-1200* Sunday 04.12, MV Baltic R, Goehren, German, non-stop
hard rock music, 55444 (Anker Petersen, heard on my AOR AR7030PLUS
with 28 metres of longwire (which survived the recent strong storm!),
via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD)
** GREECE. Dec 3: 1565 - a pirate station which constantly ruins my
attempts of receiving All India Radio on 1566 kHz. Must be at least
700 km away from my location, very good signal here as usual, just
like a few other Greek pirate stations I can receive here on MW
between 1611 - 1700 kHz (I wonder what's the output power?).
http://youtu.be/OWYBlZe2laI
Best regards, (Tudor Vedeanu, (Gura Humorului, Romania), Eton E1XM,
100m longwire with Wellbrook UMB balun, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST) Time?
** GREECE. The deputy Minister by the Prime Minister, Mr. Vyronas
Stamatopoulos, inaugurates the Shortwave Broadcasting Center of the
National Radio and Television Foundation in Aulis, Boeotia:
http://www.euscreen.eu/play.html?id=EUS_C2D738C5CA6746CD9A5C6AA1C19427A4
(Guido Schotmans, Belgium, MWCircle yg via DXLD) a.k.a. Avlis
Continuando nosso projeto "Arquivos Abertos", trazemos para vocês mais
alguns áudios interessantes, para não dizer curiosos, arquivados por
Antônio Ribeiro da Motta nas últimas décadas. Esta semana trazemos uma
série de identificações da emissora estatal grega, A Voz da Grécia.
Visitem: Áudios da Voz da Grécia
http://www.ondascurtas.com/16-audios/101-aqui-atenas-a-voz-da-grecia
73 a todos! (Marcelo Vieira, Maringá - PR, radioescutas yg via DXLD)
15630, Dec 6 at 1528, VOG is already on air in Greek talk, with
squishy QRM from WEWN 15610 spur on 15628. Supposedly starts at 1600;
just an anomaly, or are they reëxpanding their schedule toward 24
hours? Still a big blank spot on 9420 around 0600 (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GREENLAND. AMMASSALIK RADIO CEASES OPERATION
Coastal radio station Ammassalik Radio (OZL) in Tasiilaq on the
Eastern coast of Greenland closed down for good yesterday December 1st
2011. It was from this site KNR until recently could be heard twice a
day on 3815 kHz. Full story (in Danish) here:
http://knr.gl/da/nyheder/ammassalik-radio-melder-over-and-out
Best 73s (Stig Hartvig Nielsen, Denmark, Dec 2, HCDX via WORLD OF
RADIO 1594, DXLD) Viz.:
It is something of an era ending, when Coastal Radio Service
Ammassalik Radio from today, on 1 December, reorganized so that all
coastal radio functions transferred to Aasiaat Radio.
Ammassalik Radio was established in 1925 and came to serve the East
Coast Seafarers throughout 86 years.
But technological progress makes now an amalgamation of coastal radio
service possible, and it fits very well with that in time have become
fewer and fewer calls to Ammassalik Radio.
VHF and MF frequencies that previously operated from Ammassalik Radio,
will from today be served from Aasiaat Radio.
Coverage areas and service levels will be unchanged and the only
consequence for users will be that they continue to say "Aasiaat
Radio" instead of "Ammassalik Radio" when they call the coast radio.
- And if any of habit comes to call on Ammassalik Radio, we'll make
sure to call is redirected to Aasiaat says coast radio boss Carl Johan
Colberg soothing.
He is even in Tasiilaq right now, to say goodbye to the 86-year-old
Coastal Radio Station. The closure cost no jobs. Three employees are
in Kulusuk, where they will work with the weather balloon launches,
five others transferred to another job on the coast.
Coastal Radio Service receives about 10,000 reports a year.
Approximately 400 of them relate to sea rescue reports, ranging from
engine problems for actual shipping accidents, the rest consists of
seafarers who will call home for the family, or people who say their
route when they need from one place to another. So keep an eye on the
Coast Radio on reaching home safely (Google translation via DXLD)
Angmagssalik is the spelling I am familiar with, confirmed in an atlas
circa 1980. Which is closer to the real pronunciation; or is it Danish
vs Greenlandic? (Glenn Hauser, DXLD)
** GUIANA FRENCH. DRM dezembro --- Olá amigos, O Consórcio DRM fará
novas transmissões especiais para o Brasil - provavelmente via
Montsinéry - com o seguinte scked:
De 05 a 09 de dezembro
Das 1100 às 1300 UTC
Em 15315 kHz ou 17495 kHz
De 12 a 16 de dezembro
Das 1200 às 1400 UTC
Das 1600 às 1800 UTC
Em 17495 kHz
De 19 a 21 de dezembro
Das 1800 às 2000 UTC
Em 17495 kHz
A possível configuração de emissão será:
DRM Mode: B
Bandwidth: 10 kHz
MSC: 64 QAM
SDC: 16 QAM
Code Rate: 0,6
Audio: AAC + SBR
O grupo DRM-Brasil convidou os radioescutas para gerarem o maior
número de logs possível vindos de diferentes partes do Brasil.
Compartilhem seus relatos pela radioescutas. Eles também serão
inseridos na última coluna Loggings do ano. Grato Ataliba PP5AZF pela
informação (Flávio PY2ZX Archangelo, Dec 5, radioescutas yg via DXLD)
Logs at : http://www.drmrx.org/forum/showthread.php?t=2377
(Alokesh Gupta, dxldyg via DXLD)
DRM da TDF em 17495 kHz --- Muito boa recepção do sinal DRM da Guiana
Francesa: http://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/sdr/sdriq.htm#a
Com SDR-IQ + SpectraVue + DReaM e dipolo para 20 metros.
73 de (Roland, PY4ZBZ, 7 Dec, radioescutas yg via DXLD)
Olá pessoal, Bem copiada a R. Nacional FM de Brasília retransmitida
pela TDF Guiana Francesa em 17945 kHz DRM nos últimos 30 minutos do
sked dia 06 dez 2011. Por volta das 1243 Z houve alguns cortes na
emissão. Após o encerramento aconteceu uma segunda transmissão de de
aprox. 5 minutos a partir das 1310 Z. Por "sorte" a QRG escolhida não
está entre as mais ruidosas da banda considerando meu ambiente local.
Picos de 19,3 dB SNR.
A recepção do áudio não foi integral, mas os momentos de queda foram
bem pontuais. Cheguei decodificar utilizando uma antena dipolo para
VHF. Na maior parte do tempo utilizei dipolo para 7 MHz, SDR-IQ, RX-
340, Dream e Scan320 (versões antigas). (Flávio PY2ZX Archangelo,
ibid.) See also FRANCE [and non]
** HAITI. My wife, DX-398 and I took a trip on a Holland America liner
out of Fort Lauderdale 11/26-12/3 and visited Grand Turk, San Juan,
St. Thomas and a little Bahamian island owned by the line. This is not
meant to be an exhaustive analysis of all receptions, but rather just
some comments on some noteworthy things.
The liner cruised by Hispaniola twice but only one Haitian station was
ever noted - 4VEF-840. Since the band was loaded with Dominican
Republic stations, I have to wonder if the Haitians are off the air or
are operating at extremely reduced power or just on limited schedules.
No Haitian FM signals noted either (Pete Taylor, Tacoma, WA, IRCA via
DXLD)
The former 4VEH on 1030 has never returned, so 840 is the only AM on
the north cost of Haiti, there are a couple FM's running low power on
short sticks, you can hear them in a plane south of the Turks (Jerry
Kiefer, Pómpano Beach, WORLD OF RADIO 1594, ibid.)
Interesting report, Pete. Many of the Caribbean stations are heard
often here on Cape Cod. Haiti on 840 does quite well early evening
(mixed with Brazil) and later on (mix with Cuba with WHAS nulled).
(Mark Connelly, WA1ION, at South Yarmouth, MA, NRC-AM via WORLD OF
RADIO 1594, DXLD)
** HAWAII [and non]. 5 KW DIRECTIONAL STATION AUTHORIZED ON 1450
The FCC today issued Mark C. Allen a permit for a 5,000-watt U3
station -- on 1450. 1450 is a "graveyard" channel where normally, only
Class C stations with a maximum power of 1,000 watts are permitted.
The difference is that Allen's station will be in Hilo, Hawaii. FCC
regulation 73.27 reserves the "graveyard" channels only in the
contiguous 48 states. Class B stations (and higher powers) are
permissible in Alaska, Hawaii, and the territories. To my
recollection, Allen's station is the only one taking advantage of this
opportunity (Doug Smith W9WI, Pleasant View, TN EM66, Dec 2, NRC-AM
via DXLD)
There are also no Class D AM's in Alaska or Hawaii (Paul Walker, PA,
ibid.)
There has really been no need to utilize this provision previously.
Alaska still has plenty of available channels although also lots of
space where there aren't sufficient potential listeners to support a
station. In Honolulu in particular, the band is quite crowded. I can't
say with any certainty how much of the band in Hilo is compromised by
Honolulu market stations by day, although that probably occurs at
night (Russ Edmunds, 15 mi NNW of Philadelphia, ibid.)
** ICELAND. 189, Rikisutvarpid, Iceland (presumed); 0512-0528+, 3-Dec;
English classic rock tunes; M host in Nordic language. Fair+ (Harold
Frodge, Midland MI, USA, M.A.R.E. DXpedition, Brighton MI, Drake R8B +
500' NEish unterminated bev, All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in
real time! dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. 4920, AIR Chennai. 0013 November 29, 2011. Interval signal
in progress, brief pause at 0015 into Vande Mataram, presumed Hindi
female from 0016. Clear and fair, though no sign of it the next couple
of days check at the same time.
5010, AIR Thiruvananthapuram. 0007 November 29, 2011. Carrier already
up at tune-in, 1000 cycle continuous tone from 0011, into interval
signal at 0018:18, Vande Mataram at 0020, Hindi male announcer 0021.
Clear and fair. On December 1: carrier up at 0007:19, 1000 cycle tone
from 0013:59, interval signal from 0018:26. On December 2: carrier up
0010:18, interval signal 0017:09.
9870, AIR Vividh Bharati, Benguluru. 0028 November 29, 2011. Bollywood
vocals, Hindi commercials 0029, three time sounders (three seconds
slow -- same slowness the next day, same time). Clear and fair (Terry
L Krueger, Clearwater, Florida USA 27.55.83 N, 82.46.08 W, dxldyg via
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. AIR Guwahati, 4940, 1530 UT 5 Dec/11, Heard through the
Chinese with beginning of English 9 o'clock news. Not often heard
here. English news also noted on 4970, 4920, 4895, 4880, 4835, and
4775. Oddly not on 4810, which was inaudible, though was the best
Indian signal yesterday at 1530 (Nigel Pimblett, DXing at Lamont, AB,
Canada with Perseus SDR and [Don Moman`s] log periodic antenna, WORLD
OF RADIO 1594, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Checking this morning (Dec 6th 1530 - 1545 UT) for the English news
from All India Radio showed the following: 4970 was about the best of
the 60m bunch, with others //'s (fair unless noted otherwise): 4810,
4880, 4895, 4910 (poor) 4940 (poor w/co-channel), 9425 (very good) and
9470. This time of the year our late sunrise makes for a nearly
perfect greyline match. I didn't check for the other regionals who
were not carrying the English news (Don Moman, Lamont AB, WORLD OF
RADIO 1594, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. AIR Observations - 5th Dec --- At 1500 UT following AIR
stations were carrying running commentary of 3rd One Day International
cricket match between India vs West Indies at Sardar Patel Stadium,
Motera, Ahmedabad
4810 - Bhopal missing on this frequency today, off air?
4880 - Lucknow
4910 - Jaipur
5010 - T'puram, strong hum in background
5040 - Jeypore also missing
4965 Shimla - Strong carrier, no audio.
Check in at 1624 UT - 5040 - AIR Jeypore back on air.
5015 - AIR Kingsway also carrying commentary.
Bhopal 4810 still missing.
4965 Shimla - audio is back during check at 0147 UTC, 6th Dec 2011
(Alokesh Gupta, Dec 5-6, dx_india yg via DXLD)
6th Dec 2011, 1533 UT Check in - AIR Bhopal back on air, was still
missing during my last check at 0250 UT today (Alokesh Gupta, 1536 UT
Dec 6, ibid.)
** INDIA. 9425, Dec 1 at 1445, AIR National Channel has been putting
in a good signal from Bangalore, but with constant humbuzz, in Hindi,
an echo apart from much weaker // 9470 Aligarh; meanwhile AIR VBS on
9870 from Bengaluru was very good atop ChiCom co-channel interference
(CCCCI = 401).
9425 also, Dec 2 at 1447 this time in English with very heavy accent,
or is it Hindi with English phrases mixed in? Like ``the most
important thing``. Listening further, seems to be all-English, YL
conversation about the differences between men and women. Still
humbuzzy. 1503, now clearly spoken English by YL about biosphere,
saving the planet, an objective I heartily endorse; 1505 music (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1594, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
9870, Dec 7 at 1414, AIR VBS military band is playing that march tune
often heard; is it news theme? Well atop CCCCI from Xian (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. AIR Bengaluru QSL --- Dear Friends, DX India is pleased to
announce the following. All India Radio, Bengaluru (Bangalore)
operating on SW with 500 kW transmitters will be issuing verification
letters directly for all reception reports. The reports shall be
addressed to:
Mr. T. Rajendiran
Superintending Engineer
All India Radio
Super Power Transmitters
Yelahanka New Town
Bengaluru 560065
Karnataka,
India
Email: rajendiran37 @ yahoo.com
Note.
1. The current B-11 schedule of the station is listed below in Target
Area wise, Time Order and Frequency Order wise.
2. This being a relay station, it does not announce as AIR Bengaluru.
3. All reception reports are appreciated but it is advisable to report
on broadcasts targeted to your area.
4. The reception report may be sent by email or post.
5. No return postage is needed.
6. Verification letters will be sent by post.
Please convey this message to other Dxers / Clubs etc.
Please see http://qsl.net/vu2jos/new.htm
Good luck ! Jose Jacob, VU2JOS
All India Radio : Bengaluru
Target Area wise schedule B-11 (6 x 500 kW transmitters)
UTC kHz Language Target Area
Asia
0000-0045 13795 Tamil SE Asia
0015-0430 6155 Urdu Pakistan
0215-0300 11735 Pushtu Pakistan, Afghanistan
0215-0300 11985, 15075 Kannada W. Asia
0300-0345 11735 Dari Pakistan, Afghanistan
0315-0415 15075 Hindi W.Asia
0845-0945 17875 Indonesian Indonesia
1000-1100 15235, 17800 English NE Asia
1115-1200 17740 Thai SE Asia
1115-1215 13710 Tamil SE Asia
1145-1315 15795, 17705 Chinese NE Asia
1215-1245 13710 Telugu SE Asia
1215-1315 11620 Burmese Myanmar
1330-1500 9690, 13710 English E SE Asia
1615-1730 13770 Hindi W.Asia
1730-1945 13640 Arabic W.Asia
2245-0045 7305, 13605 English E SE NE Asia
2300-2400 13795 Hindi SE Asia
India
0015-0430 6155 Urdu India
0025-0435 9870 Vividh Bharati
0900-1200 9870 Vividh Bharati
1245-1740 9870 Vividh Bharati
1320-0043 9425 National Channel
Australia/NZ
1000-1100 13710, 17895 English Australia/NZ
Africa
0315-0415 15075 Hindi East Africa & Mauritius
0415-0430 15075 Gujarati
0430-0530 15075 Hindi
1515-1600 11620, 13645 Gujarati
1515-1615 13605 Swahili
1745-1945 9445 English W.Africa
1945-2030 13640 French N NW Africa
Europe
1615-1715 11620 Russian E. Europe
1745-1945 7550, 11670 English UK & W. Europe
1945-2045 7550, 11670 Hindi
2045-2230 7550, 9445, 11670 English
All India Radio : Bengaluru Time wise schedule B-11
0000-0045 13795 Tamil SE Asia
0015-0430 6155 Urdu Pakistan
0025-0435 9870 Vividh Bharati India
0215-0300 11735 Pushtu Pakistan, Afghanistan
0215-0300 11985, 15075 Kannada W. Asia
0300-0345 11735 Dari Pakistan, Afghanistan
0315-0415 15075 Hindi E.Africa, W.Asia
0415-0430 15075 Gujarati E.Africa
0430-0530 15075 Hindi E.Africa
0845-0945 17875 Indonesian SE Asia
0900-1200 9870 Vividh Bharati India
1000-1100 13710, 17895 English Australia/NZ
1000-1100 15235, 17800 English NE Asia
1115-1200 17740 Thai SE Asia
1115-1215 13710 Tamil SE Asia
1145-1315 15795, 17705 Chinese NE Asia
1215-1245 13710 Telugu SE Asia
1215-1315 11620 Burmese Myanmar
1245-1740 9870 Vividh Bharati India
1320-0043 9425 National Channel India
1330-1500 9690, 13710 English E SE Asia
1515-1600 11620, 13645 Gujarati E.Africa
1515-1615 13605 Swahili E.Africa
1615-1715 11620 Russian E.Europe
1615-1730 13770 Hindi W.Asia
1730-1945 13640 Arabic W.Asia
1745-1945 7550, 11670 English UK & W. Europe
1745-1945 9445 English W. NW Africa
1945-2045 7550, 11670 Hindi UK & W. Europe
1945-2030 13640 French N NW Africa
2045-2230 7550, 9445, 11670 English UK & W. Europe
2245-0045 7305, 13605 English E SE NE Asia
2300-2400 13795 Hindi SE Asia
All India Radio : Bengaluru Frequency wise schedule B-11
6155 0015-0430 Urdu Pakistan
7305 2245-0045 English E SE NE Asia
7550 1745-1945 English UK & W. Europe
7550 1945-2045 Hindi UK & W. Europe
7550 2045-2230 English UK & W. Europe
9425 1320-0043 National Channel India
9445 1745-1945 English W. NW Africa
9445 2045-2230 English UK & W. Europe
9690 1330-1500 English E SE Asia
9870 0025-0435 Vividh Bharati India
9870 0900-1200 Vividh Bharati India
9870 1245-1740 Vividh Bharati India
11620 1215-1315 Burmese Myanmar
11620 1515-1600 Gujarati E.Africa
11620 1615-1715 Russian E.Europe
11670 1745-1945 English UK & W. Europe
11670 1945-2045 Hindi UK & W. Europe
11670 2045-2230 English UK & W. Europe
11735 0215-0300 Pushtu Pakistan, Afghanistan
11735 0300-0345 Dari Pakistan, Afghanistan
11985 0215-0300 Kannada W. Asia
13605 1515-1615 Swahili E.Africa
13605 2245-0045 English E SE NE Asia
13640 1730-1945 Arabic W.Asia
13640 1945-2030 French N NW Africa
13645 1515-1600 Gujarati E.Africa
13710 1000-1100 English Australia/NZ
13710 1115-1215 Tamil SE Asia
13710 1215-1245 Telugu SE Asia
13710 1330-1500 English E SE Asia
13770 1615-1730 Hindi W.Asia
13795 0000-0045 Tamil SE Asia
13795 2300-2400 Hindi SE Asia
15075 0215-0300 Kannada W. Asia
15075 0315-0415 Hindi E.Africa
15075 0315-0415 Hindi W. Asia
15075 0415-0430 Gujarati E.Africa
15075 0430-0530 Hindi E.Africa
15235 1000-1100 English NE Asia
15795 1145-1315 Chinese NE Asia
17705 1145-1315 Chinese NE Asia
17740 1115-1200 Thai SE Asia
17800 1000-1100 English NE Asia
17875 0845-0945 Indonesian SE Asia
17895 1000-1100 English Australia/NZ
73 (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur Radio, Raj
Bhavan Road, Hyderabad 500082, India, dx_india yg via WORLD OF RADIO
1594, DXLD)
** INDONESIA. 4750.018, RRI Makassar, Presumed, 1115-1130 Dec 3, Noted
a male chanting the Qur`an at tune in until about 1117. At that time a
second male comments in Indonesian language for a moment. At 1119 a
female comments until 1120 when music is presented. Signal was poor
(Chuck Bolland, Clewiston FL, 26N 081W, Excalibur, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 9525-, Dec 2 at 1442, VOI with music, 1443 YL Indonesian
announcement, fair signal metering S9+20 but undermodulated; at least
no ACI at this time, unlike the lost-cause English hour before it
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM. Wednesday, 07 December, 2011
INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTERS CALL FOR ACTION OVER JAMMING
International broadcasters - Voice of America (VOA), British
Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Deutsche Welle (DW), Audiovisuel
Extérieur de la France (AEF) and Radio Netherlands Worldwide (RNW) –
have condemned the deliberate interference of satellite broadcasting
signals to silence independent media and prevent free access to
information.
Meeting in London, the Directors General of these broadcasting
organisations issued a statement, noting, “We have seen an escalation
this year in the number of pressure tactics that have been used on the
media being accessed by audiences in Iran and other countries.
In particular, they noted an increase in deliberate interference –
known as “jamming” – of international satellite programming in
Persian. Satellite operators indicate interference originates from
Iran. According to the five international broadcasters it is intended
to prevent Iranian audiences from seeing foreign broadcasts the
Iranian government finds objectionable.
“We call upon the regulatory authorities to take action against those
who deliberately cause interference to satellite signals on the
grounds that this is contrary to international conventions for the use
of satellites. We specifically ask national telecommunications
authorities to take up the issue at an upcoming meeting of the
International Telecommunication Union in Geneva.
“We also call upon satellite operators and service providers to
recognise the importance of the role they play in ensuring the free
flow of information.” (BBG PR via Dr Hansjoerg Biener, DXLD)
OK, fine, but what about SHORTWAVE JAMMING?? (GH, dxld)
** INTERNATIONAL WATERS [and non?]. 12359/USB, Herb Hilgenberg's
Southbound II Net; 1958-2003+, 3-Dec; Reports from boat near Great
Inagua (Bahamas) & from Ticonderoga [?? New York?]; IDs as Soputhbound
Two; Herb in control (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, M.A.R.E.
DXpedition, Brighton MI, Drake R8B + 500' NEish unterminated bev, All
logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** INTERNATIONAL WATERS. MEMORIES OF A TRUE PIRATE RADIO GHOST SHIP
WaikatoTimes.co.nz, By Stephen Oliver, 5 December 2001
Looking back now upon the near vanished "frequency" of my youth;
through filtered static, "The Voice of Peace" radio ship hauls into
view, mist shrouded as memory. A ghost ship.
But in 1979, broadcasting "Somewhere In The Mediterranean" out of the
Port of Jaffa, Israel – this was an adventure waiting to happen to a
young broadcaster. I had not yet turned 30.
Some years prior to my signing on, an old trawler had been bought and
converted into a radio ship by Abe Nathan, an ex-fighter pilot in the
Israeli seven-day war against Egypt. His vision was to promote the
cause of peace and unity by radio broadcast throughout the region.
Apparently, he had made his money through a hamburger franchise called
David's Hamburgers.
This allowed him to purchase an old trawler and so realise his dream
of creating a working radio ship. Sort of a latter-day prophet with
microphone plus radio frequency afloat at an undisclosed latitude.
Well-publicised pirate radio.
Abe wore one colour, and that was black. He stated that he would wear
no other colour until peace was declared in the Middle East. He died
some years back, but not before he had decommissioned the ship and
scuttled it.
The floating radio station had served its time and had its day. There
was strong vision behind that radio ship. I was glad to be part of it
for a while – before the inevitable claustrophobia set in, surrounded
by rivets and metal got to me in the end, and I eventually took the
supply boat back to port. For the few weeks I was on board, however,
this was an adventure I shall never forget. On "Peace Day" in Israel,
I dedicated the Rolling Stones' Sympathy for The Devil to the cause.
The Israeli patrol boats who kept an eye on us would cruise by and
hurl empty shell casings with requests tucked inside onto the deck
with a resounding crash. For the weeks I worked on board that radio
ship, we played everything from classical music to rock`n'roll – along
with endless broadcasts in English and Hebrew, recorded by Abe Nathan,
promoting the message of peace as he saw it. Payment came in the form
of regular meals and a shared cabin, usually with one of the ex-Radio
Caroline pirate ship crew – mostly English guys...
More at:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/opinion/columnists/stephen-oliver/6085479/Memories-of-a-true-pirate-radio-ghost-ship
(via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD)
** IRAN. 9780, VOIRI via Sirjan, 2020 Oct 15 in English. Travelogue
show spotlighting Lake Perishan region. Area was home to last
population of Iranian lions which became extinct approx. 70 years ago.
Interesting program about conservation and Iranian environmental
protection agency. If only they would have programs like this to USA,
maybe they`d have more listeners. Solid steady signal (Stephen Wood,
Harwich MA, International Band Loggings, Dec NASWA Journal via DXLD)
Not unless they put NAm service on clear frequencies too (gh, DXLD)
11860, Dec 7 at 1429 piano music, 1430 ID in Russian as GIRI, choral
anthem; fair with flutter, 500 kW, 320 degrees from Sirjan, so also
USward (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** IRAN [non]. 74890 [sic: typo for 7480, via PRIDNESTROVYE], R Payam
e Dhoost [sic], 1828 2 Dec with YL with talks in Farsi. Mixed with
classical music, then IDing as Sedaye RPED, then a song followed. Ne
[no? new?] ID at 1832, S8 (Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki, Greece,
Standard rig: ICOM R75 / 2x16 V, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
7480 R. Payem e-Doost (Bahai) 1800-1845 1234567 Persian 500 116
Kishinev-Grigoriopol MDA 02924E4717N PAYEM b11 BAB (Aoki via DXLD)
** IRELAND. 3413/USB, EIP Shannon volmet, Ireland; 0421...0440, 3-Dec;
Always ID on the 10s.
5505/USB, EIP Shannon Volmet, Ireland; 2238, 3-Dec, ID at 2240.
8957/USB, EIP Shannon Ireland, Shannon volmet; 2209, 2-Dec; weak but
copyable; ID at 2210 -- always on the 10s (Harold Frodge, Midland MI,
USA, M.A.R.E. DXpedition, Brighton MI, Drake R8B + 500' NEish
unterminated bev, All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time!
dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1594, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ISRAEL. Re 11-48, Kol Israel: ``Doni Rosenzweig tells DXLD that on
Dec 5, 9985 will replace 15760. That of course will abut Brother Scare
on 9980 WWCR, and eventually, something on 9990 WTWW-2. Tho never on
more than two frequencies, I see in HFCC that Kol Israel has
registered plenty of alternatives for this 1500-1630 broadcast: 6990,
9390, 9985, 11595, 13850, 15760 --- so which will the other one be?
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)``
On Oct 2 it was 13850; I include again what I wrote back then.
Apparently they kept it, since on Nov 5 word was "the same frequencies
for now".
So until today they used 13850 and 15760, of which at least 15760 will
be replaced by 9985 but probably also 13850 by 11595, if I interpret
the somewhat confusing two "tweets" from Bezeq right?
----------
Oct 2: At 1454 I came on 13850 across something almost extinct now,
the Kol Israel IS. Didn't they use also a second transmitter for their
last remaining shortwave broadcast in Persian, above the 19 mB? Yupp,
there it was, on 15760, stronger than 13850 and with a slight hum that
did not appear to be on the // outlet. At 1500 program started with a
lengthy, apparently canned opening with read out of web adresses etc.,
then into live news. No trace of Iranian jamming on both frequencies.
Another question: Is this programme still relayed on Hotbird 6, 12.597
GHz v, as it used to be the case four years ago? If so it would to be
found on one of the feed channels WRN runs there, labelled with GBTS
plus a number. These channels are also used as feeds for shortwave
transmissions, so some familiar stuff could appear on them.
As a reminder: All own use of Hotbird by the IBA ceased in 2007. The
Amos 3 signals they kept use an extremely tight spotbeam that can not
be picked up much beyond Israel. Here is a disappointed blog post,
also with comments in English:
http://mittendrin.wordpress.com/2007/07/13/kein-arutz-33-mehr-auf-hotbird/
(In the unlikely case that "Arutz 33" rings a bell: Years ago its
audio was for weeks transmitted on shortwave instead of Voice of
Vietnam by mistake.)
And an article about the Persian programme of Kol Israel, with a photo
of the studio that must have been fitted out more than 25 years ago,
even including the headphones. Unfortunately no photo of the control
room, only a description of a crammed shack with ancient tape
recorders and a lone 17 inch CRT monitor:
http://www.n-tv.de/politik/politik_kommentare/Kol-Israel-informiert-glaubwuerdig-article376598.html
(Kai Ludwig, Germany, Dec 4, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Kol Israel now on 9985 and 13850 --- To answer it: 15760 has been
replaced by 9985, in this moment (at 1500) coming in here with a
signal just barely sufficient to match it with // 13850 which has been
kept and is stronger.
After a look into the files it appears that since April 2008 the range
of used frequencies was always limited to two ones out of 9985, 11595,
13850 and 15760, so far with 9985 and 11595 being preferably used
during winter but this time they choose another variant. The 6990 and
9390 registrations appear to be kind of left-overs from the times
until March 2008 when frequencies in this range were also in use,
especially on antennas beaming to Europe, also when the Persian
broadcast was on air.
And also this time I note no traces anymore of the bubble jamming that
used to always accompany the Persian broadcast of Kol Israel. Would be
remarkable if it is indeed unjammed now.
For reference this from 2008:
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/970564.html
(Kai Ludwig, 1516 UT Dec 5, ibid.)
There is jamming today (6th) affecting 13850 at 1510. It's necessary
to tune to the high side of the frequency for me to hear it due to the
strength of, and splash from, WWCR 13840. I don't hear anything on
9985 - or any of the other frequencies that Kai mentions. There is a
loud buzzing noise on 9390 but I don't hear any broadcast. 73 (Noel R.
Green (NW England), 1517 UT Dec 6, ibid.)
Kol Israel stopped service at 1521 UT on 9985 kHz yesterday. It may be
the trouble of the transmitter (S. Hasegawa, Japan, Dec 6, ibid.)
Jammer was there on 13850 y'day (5th Dec) also, no jamming was
observed on 9985. wbr [with best regards?], (Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi,
ibid.)
ISRAEL/IRAN: 9985 kHz 1500-1630 UT 40 ISR 250 kW 90 degr
Today Dec 6th, checks at 1550 UT and 1610 UT revealed that the
transmitter on 9985 is OFF at present, like the Japanese DXer Sei-ichi
explained.
Only a small probably ? jamming string seen on 9984.650 kHz. Much,
much stronger IBB Kuwait 9975 kHz in Dari (like Persian) language.
Usual Kol Israel Persian program loud and clear on 13850.044 kHz
today, as well as a lower browser string seen on 13849.910 kHz, but
nothing jammer like, on Greece, Moscow and German remote site
receivers. 73 (wolfy 1617 UT Dec 6, ibid.)
I tried, but there was a signal from R Israel, in 9985 and 13850. At
least for today. 73 (Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana, Bahiam 12 14´S
38 58´W, Brasil, ibid.) Guess you meant there was *no* signal (gh)
** ITALY. 5000.6, IDS IDS [sic] on 0440 30 Nov, cancione, etc. with
short talks in English and Italic (therefore from Italy?) and
signalled S5. Also heard on 1/12 (Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki,
Greece, Standard rig: ICOM R75 / 2x16 V, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Surely the IBF Milano revival tests you are apparently not aware of,
but music? And not really on standard frequency? (gh, DXLD)
** JAPAN [non]. 15720, Dec 3 at 1430, `Sakura` poorly audible, so must
be NHK, opening a language, scheduled Hindi via MADAGASCAR (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Frequency change of Radio Japan NHK World:
0430-0500 NF 6115 SIT 100 kW / 079 deg to EaEU, ex 6160# in Russian
1515-1600 NF 11600 ERV 200 kW / 100 deg to SoAS, ex 9515* in Urdu
# to avoid RL Belarussian on 6155
* to avoid RL Belarussian on same
(DX Mix News, Bulgaria, 06 Dec via DXLD)
** JAPAN. 9595, R. Nikkei, Tokyo-Nagara, 1121-1134 Dec 6 listed
Japanese; W & M announcer into classical-like music; animated
announcer at 1125 into plodding, calliope-like music thru BoH, sounded
like a vinyl album played at the wrong speed; fair; // 6055-poor
(Scott R. Barbour Jr. Intervale, N.H. USA, NRD-545, MLB-1, 200'
Beverages, 60m dipole, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KASHMIR. INDIA, AIR Srinagar, 4950.00. Heard daily, sometimes as
early as 0053 with carrier and continuous test tone until 0118. Then
AIR IS to 0120, into a national song by a chorus. Into language at
0121. This AIR station is usually the strongest AIR regional in NA`s
evening. When strong, usually Dushanbe (4765.07) is likewise (Jim
Young, ICOM 706, 756, and Grundig Satellite 500 + resonant 60-M sloper
and vertical. NW Coast of Oregon (October/November) and Wrightood CA
(home) in December, NASWA yg via DXLD) See also SIKKIM
** KOREA NORTH. KOREA D.P.R., 3219.913, Pyongyang BS via Hamnung site.
Seldom heard easy listening music a lady performing saxophone etc. at
1650 UT Dec 4. S=7 signal noted in Northern Japan.
3959.013, KCBS Pyongyang via Kanggye site, seldom heard easy listening
music on KRE transmissions.
3985, North Korean noise jamming against Echo of Hope from Hwaseong-
KOR, S=7 white noise signal, noted in Colombo-CLN, thanks Victor. 16-
18 UT (wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 4) 73 (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH [non]. Frequency change of Radio Free North Korea in
Korean:
1200-1400 NF 9380 TAC 100 kW / 065 deg to KRE, ex 11510
(DX Mix News, Bulgaria, 06 Dec via DXLD)
Frequency change of Voice of Martyrs in Korean:
1600-1700 NF 7485 DB 100 kW / 070 deg to KRE, ex 7530
(DX Mix News, Bulgaria, 06 Dec via DXLD)
** KOREA NORTH [non]. 7475, Open Radio N Korea, 1539 2 Dec with phone-
ins in Korean. Seems jammed by an on-off FSK type signal (Zacharias
Liangas, Thessaloniki, Greece, Standard rig: ICOM R75 / 2x16 V, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH [and non]. 6600, Voice of the People (list log); 2255-
2301*, 3-Dec; Singing heard under strong roar (jammer?); roar
disappeared at 2300:49 a few seconds before s/off when martial music
was heard. Aoki lists VoP in Korean with 2303 s/off (Harold Frodge,
Midland MI, USA, M.A.R.E. DXpedition, Brighton MI, Drake R8B + 500'
NEish unterminated bev, All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real
time! dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA SOUTH [and non]. 6600, Dec 5 at 1349, Korean talk well atop
noise jamming, which is unusual, and almost as much on // 6518, i.e.
V. of the People, clandestine from the South to the North, altho Aoki
says it`s 50 kW non-direxional, vs 250 kW from each jammer. Hmm, since
does not broadcast in English, we ought to learn its Korean ID as in
WRTH 2011: ``Inmin-e sori pangsong-imnida``, or ISPI, which would be
an appropriate initialism for a station really run by the S. Korean
National Intelligence Service! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA SOUTH [non]. FRANCE/KOREA, Frequency change of KBS World
Radio in French via TDF:
2000-2058 NF 5915*ISS 250 kW / 182 deg to NWAf, ex 5980 to avoid VOT
Turkish (DX Mix News, Bulgaria, 01 Dec via DXLD)
** KUWAIT. U S A (non), Winter B-11 of IBB via KWT 250 kW:
1730-2030 5780 070 deg ASH Dari/Pashto/Dari
0300-0400 5830 355 deg RFE Avari/Chechen/Circassian
2230-0300 5830 025 deg FAR Persian
2000-2100 5840 350 deg RFE Belorussian
0300-1400 5860 046 deg FAR Persian
1400-1600 6060 050 deg RFE Turkmen
0030-0100 6170 082 deg VOA Special English
1600-1800 7225 056 deg RFE Turkmen
1400-1500 7255 070 deg VOA Tibetan
2200-2300 7425 062 deg VOA English Sun-Thu
0400-0500 7435 355 deg RFE Russian
0100-0300 7470 070 deg RFA Tibetan
1600-1700 7550 050 deg RFE Uzbek
2300-2400 7550 070 deg RFA Tibetan
0030-0130 7560 070 deg ASH Pashto
1930-2030 7560 070 deg ASH Dari
2030-0030 7560 070 deg VOA English
1730-1800 9320 200 deg VOA Afaan Oromoo
1800-1900 9320 200 deg VOA Amharic
1900-1930 9320 200 deg VOA Tigrigna Mon-Fri
0130-0230 9335 070 deg ASH Dari
0230-0330 9335 070 deg AFG Pashto/Dari
0330-0430 9335 070 deg AFG Pashto
1130-1330 9335 070 deg AFG Pashto/Dari
1330-1430 9335 070 deg AFG Pashto/Dari
1430-1530 9335 070 deg ASH Pashto
0500-0600 9535 355 deg RFE Tatar
1530-1730 9975 070 deg ASH Dari/Pashto
1100-1400 11590 070 deg RFA Tibetan
1500-1600 11625 070 deg RFA Tibetan
1400-1430 11795 094 deg RFA Burmese
0100-0200 12020 070 deg AAP Urdu
0300-0400 12025 054 deg RFE Uzbek
0800-1300 12130 070 deg MAS Pashto
0230-0330 12140 070 deg AFG Pashto/Dari
0330-0830 12140 070 deg AFG Pashto/Dari/Pashto/Dari/Pashto
0830-1330 12140 070 deg AFG Dari/Pashto/Dari/Pashto/Dari
1330-1430 12140 070 deg AFG Pashto/Dari
1430-1730 12140 070 deg ASH Pashto/Dari/Pashto
1500-1530 13785 046 deg VOA Uzbek
0400-0430 15335 070 deg AFG Pashto
0430-0530 15335 070 deg AFG Dari
0430-0530 17530 070 deg AFG Dari
0730-1030 17530 070 deg AFG Pashto/Dari/Pashto
0700-0730 17680 250 deg VOA Hausa
0600-0700 17715 070 deg RFA Tibetan
0530-1130 19010 070 deg AFG Pashto/Dari/Pashto/Dari/Pashto/Dari
AAP=Radio Aap ki Dunyaa
AFG=Radio Free Afghanistan
ASH=Radio Ashna
FAR=Radio Farda
MAS=Radio Mashaal
RFA=Radio Free Asia
RFE=Radio Liberty
VOA=Voice of America
(DX Mix News, Bulgaria, 06 Dec via DXLD)
** KUWAIT [and non]. 5960, 29/11 0152 Radio Kuwait, Holy Kuran, good
signal, but QRM from VOA and, after 0200, Radio Japan via Canada
(Giampiero Bernardini, RX: Winradio G33DDC Excalibur Pro - Ant: T2FD,
Milano, Italia, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
VOA-Greenville at 0130-0200 is UT Tue-Sat only with Spe-cial Eng-lish,
so on Sun-Mon, should be clear until 0200. Had never noticed this here
where NHK dominates. Some Kuwait registrations are wrong/unused, but
apparently this one is real. HFCC shows 02-09, 250 kW, non-direxional
but Aoki shows *0150, 100 kW non-dir (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** KYRGYZSTAN. 4010, KGR1, Bishkek. 0012 December 2, 2011. Weak with
male in seemingly non-Russian (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater, Florida
USA 27.55.83 N, 82.46.08 W, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** LAOS. 6130.0, Lao National Radio, 1159.45 Jingle then into "Big
Bells" at 1200Z. ID by OM with distinct mention of "Lao" then anthem
into talks in [unknown] Language. Nice to get a positive ID on this
one; it's been a number of years since hearing it here. 12/3 (Chuck
RIPPEL, VA, Cumbre DX via WORLD OF RADIO 1594, DXLD)
Lao National Radio, Ban Chommani / Ban Chommany Neuk site
SW 6130 7145 kHz (formerly 4439 kHz). Two corner reflector quadrant
antennas for 41 & 49mb visible behind the tall communications mast at
18 00 32.19 N 102 37 51.37 E
<http://maps.google.de/maps?q=18+00+32.19+N++102+37+51.37+E&hl=de&sspn=0.007693,0.013937&vpsrc=6&t=f&z=18&ecpose=18.00889126,102.63093601,682.87,-0.008,0.756,0>
Former MW ex702 / 640 kHz 10 kW masts at north-western corner square.
18 00 36.53 N 102 37 46.63 E
(Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 3, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** LIBYA [and non]. Those of you thinking about the future of
worldwide free shortwave broadcasting vs. censored or blocked Internet
access in certain countries may be interested in our paper
http://www.klingenfuss.org/libya.pdf
(Klingenfuss Publications promotion via Wolfgang Büschel, DXLD)
** LIBYA. 11600.02, 1730-1801*, R TV Libye, Sabrata, French talk about
the revolution with French interlude music, now good modulation, 55444
Best 73, (Anker Petersen, heard on my AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of
longwire (which survived the recent strong storm!), via Dario
Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) Date missing, but other items in the
same report ranged from Dec 1 to 4 (gh)
11600, Radio Television Libya, 1654-1718 Dec 4. Light instrumental
music with man announcer talking in French. ID at 1700 followed by
more instrumental music programming and occasional French language
talks. Poor with deep fades but steadily improving to fair by tune out
(Rich D’Angelo, PA, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD)
11600, 1615 6 Dec, Radio Libya FS, Sabrata ID, walz music, song, talk
about freedom and liberation, in French. Bad voice modulation. 44433.
1099 km, Buoni ascolti! -- (Roberto Rizzardi, SWL I/0216/GR, Porto S.
Stefano (GR) Italy, Lat 42N43 - Long 11E12 - Locator grid JN52NK,
Receivers: ICOM IC-R71E, Sangean ATS909 with 2x80kHz Murata filters in
FM. Antennas: 15 meters outdoor random wire with RF System Magnetic
Longwire, Balun, Indoor self-made single-turn Loop, Telescopic and 7
meters indoor long wire antenna, Website:
http://diarioradio.blogspot.com/
Skype: robybenjy, playdx yg via DXLD)
** LUXEMBOURG. Historical heritage newscast movies from around Europe:
The CLT, Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion
http://www.euscreen.eu/play.html?id=EUS_93A57E3793DD46F4AB8D42ED6663855E
(Guido Schotmans, Belgium, MWCircle yg via DXLD)
** MADAGASCAR. 5010.19 AM, Radio Madigasikara, 0227-0240, tune-in to
local African music. Short 20 second IS followed by choral National
Anthem at 0231. Opening announcements at 0233:30. Malagasy talk. Local
African music. Still in AM mode. Weak. Poor. Dec 3 (Brian Alexander,
Mechanicsburg, PA, USA, Icom IC-7600, two 100 foot longwires, dxldyg
via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
R. Madagasikara, 5010.18, 1534 UT 5 Dec/11, Few words in French by a
woman, then into local choral music. Good level, but had been clearer
the day previous when the AIR station on 5010 was weaker (Nigel
Pimblett, DXing at Lamont, AB, Canada with Perseus SDR and [Don
Moman`s] log periodic antenna, DX LISTENING DIGEST) also AM?
5010.18 AM, Radio Madagasikara, 0220-0250, tune-in to local African
music. Short 25 second IS at 0225 followed by choral National Anthem
at. Local music at 0227:35 and opening ID announcements. Malagasy
talk. Local African music. Still in AM mode. Poor to fair but lost in
noise by 0250. Dec 7 (Brian Alexander, PA, DX Listening Digest)
** MALAYSIA. [Re 11-48] Voice of Malaysia discontinues shortwave
Via Indian DXing Co-operation Forum on Facebook: Email received by T.J
Breyel, Kuala Lumpur, from Voice of Malaysia says now online only:
http://shortwavedxer.blogspot.com/2011/11/short-wave-stations-in-malaysia.html
(Mike Barraclough, Dec 1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.:
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Short-wave Stations in Malaysia
VOICE OF MALAYSIA HAS DISCONTINUED ITS EXTERNAL SHORT-WAVE SERVICE.
I received the following email from Pimon Patiang, VOM Online Team:
"Thank you for your e-mail. Now Voice Of Malaysia broadcasting online
at http://www.vom.com.my
stay tune with were are team... start from 12 - 2 pm (Malaysia Time)
Bahasa Malaysia Language and 2 - 4 pm English Service and re-run until
midnite..." [04-06 & 06-08 UT and until 16 UT]
Only simulcast FM stations can be heard on short-wave now: RTM Klassik
Nasional / Radio 1 at 5965 kHz and RTM Radio Sarawak FM at 9835 kHz.
These stations broadcast daily around-the-clock from Kajang, Selangor.
A QSL card may prove difficult to obtain from either of these RTM
stations --- Posted by T.L. Breyel at 10:22 PM (via WORLD OF RADIO
1594, DXLD)
** MALAYSIA. Kajang. Latest additional Panoramio Images
http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/18789992.jpg
http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/14228281.jpg
(Ian Baxter, shortwavesites yg via DXLD)
Perhaps not everyone received the word yet: Since November only 5965,
6050 and 7295 kHz (in fact I saw also of them only 7295 confirmed
recently) are left there...
http://shortwavedxer.blogspot.com/2011/11/short-wave-stations-in-malaysia.html
(Kai Ludwig, Germany, Dec 5, ibid.)
Hi Kai & all, Thanks for fascinating & revealing posts Kai. I had
intended to repost that article as well, but slipped my mind.
Disappointing as always hearing of the closure of SW operations by
external broadcasters. One wonders just how long the domestic relays
from Kujang on SW will continue.
Does anyone have an email address for Timm Breyel? I see Timm only
lives only 20 km from the Kujang SW TX site (Ian Baxter, ibid.)
I sent a comment to his blog; it was not published. I sent him a
question via Facebook; it wasn't replied to, but he accepted me as a
'friend' ... 73, (Mauno, ibid.)
** MALPELO ISLAND. MALPELO 2012 ---> This is the latest information
released by the HK0NA DXpediton organizers on 28 November.
"Recently three US members (K4UEE, N4GRN and W6IZT) of the Malpelo
2012 DXpedition flew to Cartagena, Colombia and met with six of their
Colombian counterparts. The purpose of the two day meeting was to make
some critical decisions about the upcoming DXpedition to Malpelo
Island. Also, checklists and inventories were finalized and all team
members' responsibilities were assigned.
Since it is highly unlikely that the various Colombian authorities
will permit another DXpedition to Malpelo anytime soon; a decision was
made to extend the DXpedition to 16-17 days from the previous 12-14
day plan. The approximate dates of operations will be January 21, 2012
through February 5/6, 2012.
Four team members will travel with all equipment, radios, antennas and
infrastructure to Malpelo in early January. They will be transported
by the Colombian Navy. They will arrive about two weeks prior to the
rest of the team and will set up camp, the two operating sites, radios
and antennas. They will spend about 30 days on the island. This will
allow the rest of the team to begin radio operations immediately upon
arrival by chartered vessel.
As mentioned there will be two operating sites, each with a complete
complement of antennas and radios with amplifiers. The first operating
site will be co-located with the Colombian marine's camp on the east
side of the island. It is clear to East Coast USA, EU and Africa. In
order to have a clear shot at JA/Asia, the Pacific region and W6/W7;
the second operating site will be located near the top of the highest
mountain peak on the island. However, to lessen the physical risks to
the team members, the operating site will be located on platforms
situated below the actual peak.
Still, it will be a 45 minute uphill climb to reach the platforms. The
antennas for that site will be on the top of the mountain peak. At
times, there will be as many as nine stations QRV with the capability
of dual mode operations on all bands.
Safety of the team is paramount. We will be installing a winch system
to hoist team members and all of our equipment from our chartered
ship's Zodiac onto the island. From there, manpower will carry the
equipment the 300 meters straight uphill to the marine camp. The trail
to the elevated operating site is extremely dangerous. We will utilize
harnesses and safety ropes to minimize the risks. This is going to be
a difficult and expensive DXpedition. Every effort will be made to
maximize QSOs while protecting the safety of the team members. It is a
delicate balance. Your financial support is necessary and gratefully
accepted. Contributions can be made via our website at: www.hk0na.com/
sponsors (425 Dx News, 3 Dec, via Dave Raycroft, ODXA yg via DXLD)
Malpelo == bad hair? (gh)
** MAURITANIA. 7245, 29/11 0434, Radio Mauritanie, in Arabic, talks,
good signal but modulation a little low (Giampiero Bernardini, RX:
Winradio G33DDC Excalibur Pro - Ant: T2FD, Milano, Italia, dxldyg via
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
7245, IGIM chex: Dec 1 at 0438, it`s off unlike Nov 28 at 0407. But it
is on at 0622 Dec 1 with chanting; also Dec 2 at 0720 in Arabic talk
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
7245, IGIM, *0552-0630, abrupt sign on with Arabic talk. Local guitar
music at 0557. Local chants and wailing with guitar accompaniment at
0601. Fair. Dec 2 (Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg, PA, USA, Equipment:
Icom IC-7600, two 100 foot longwires, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
7245, Dec 3 at 0648, IGIM in Arabic music, somewhat chanty but with
instrumental accompaniment, not the Qur`anic soloist (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
7245, 03/12 0833, MAURETANIA, R. Mauritanie (presumida), em árabe. O
que parecia ser a leitura do Alcorão cantado. Até onde eu consegui
escutar seguiu-se essa programação, as 0845 parece que a leitura do
Alcorão finaliza e OM fala. Sinal muito fraco (Jorge Freitas, Unidos
Pelo Asfalto, Feira de Santana, Bahia, 12 14´S 38 58´W, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
[and non]. 7245, Dec 4 at 0623, no signal from IGIM, but next tuneby
0628 there it is, chanting, as 250 kW SMG has also just popped on
adjacent 7250, taking over from 10 kW usually inaudible Vatican Garden
unit.
7245, Dec 5 at 0639 and last check 0650, still not on the air this
date; you never know whether IGIM will be on late, on early, or not at
all. Yet, when on, there does not seem to be anything wrong with the
transmitter, and spot-on frequency. Are there severe power supply
unreliability problems even in the capital Nouakchott? (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) see also TAJIKISTAN
** MEXICO. Sunrise MW DX December 5, UT, only poor signals with no big
SRS boost at the moment:
700, Dec 5 at 1319 UT, poor signal with 8-note tune on fiddle repeated
over and over almost like an IS; 1320 gobierno federal PSA, 1321
another similar tune. 1325 a few words in unknown language, then
repetitive drumming; fading by 1330. Sounds quite rustic, an
indigenous station? Most likely XEETCH, La Voz de los Tres Rios,
Etchojoa, Sonora, which 2011 IRCA Mexican log says broadcasts in
Spanish, Mayo [sic], Yaqui and Garijio. BTW, I previously logged this
in late November 2010, but it was erroneously published in Dec 2011
CIDX Messenger as a 2011 log, along with several others.
Another indigenous on 700 is XEXPUJ, X`pujil, Campeche, La Voz de la
Sierra Norte [sic], LV del Corazón de la Selva, in Spanish, Mayan and
Choi languages --- but it`s a bit late in the day for it, and my log
was looping WSW. How in the world do you pronounce X`pujil?
710, Dec 5 at 1320 UT, ad or promotion mentions an auditorio
[building, not audience] somewhere, ``B-M Radio``, so XEDP in Ciudad
Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua, briefly atop QRM, KGNC? This slogan/corporate
name is not found in the IRCA Log, but here`s a view:
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/8957899
730, Dec 5 at 1323 UT, Radio Viva Villa singing ID, i.e. XEHB, San
Francisco del Oro, a.k.a. Hidalgo del Parral, Chihua2; as heard better
many October mornings. Its very name could be construed as anti-
American (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 6010, Radio Mil, Mexico DF, 0933-0955, 04-12, Latin
American and Spanish songs, identification: “Radio Mil”, Alex Ubago
song “Sin miedo a nada”, “En Radio Mil vive México”. Male. 14321.
6185, Radio Educación, Mexico DF, 0940-1005, 04-12, classic music.
24322 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol and Lugo, Grundig
Satellit 500 and Sony ICF SW 7600 G, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
6010, Dec 6 at 1240, weak Spanish YL in Radio Mil`s morning news
block, fortunately cleared by RHC moving to 6000 during this hour; see
CUBA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MOLDOVA. LAUNCH OF RADIO CHISINAU
December 1st, Romania's National Day, saw the official opening of
Radio Chisinau, the Romanian Radio Broadcasting Corporation's first
branch station in the Republic of Moldova, offering high-standard
programming to the local people. Radio Chisinau is a quality
broadcaster, powered by a team of young professionals. This new
station offers insight on cultural life, as well as modern news and
entertainment programs. Vlad Turcanu, editor-in-chief with Radio
Chisinau, talked about the circumstances in which this station was
born.
Vlad Turcanu: "The concept of public institution in the Republic of
Moldova failed in the early 2000s, after having gained significant
shape in the 90s. We had to limit ourselves to what private stations
offered. These had poorly structured programs, without the editorial
effort to satisfy the needs of listeners with a rich culture and a
thirst for knowledge. I hope that bringing the Romanian public radio
network to Chisinau will reconfigure the market and will boost its
development."
Radio Chisinau broadcasts on number of frequencies covering most of
Moldova. In Chisinau, the station can be heard on the FM band on 89.6
MHz, as well as online. A series of cultural events were held to
celebrate the launch of Radio Chisinau. These included a special
concert in the city's Central Square, with a number of Romanian and
Moldovan performers.
[Spanish version of above graf adds shortwave! ``En Chisinau se puede
escuchar en onda corta, en FM en la frecuencia de 89,6 MHz, así como
en línea.`` --- what`s with that?? gh]
This project is part of the Romanian Radio Broadcasting Corporation's
strategy to offer programming to listeners in the Republic of Moldova.
Radio Romania hopes that expanding the network for Romanian-speaking
listeners across the Prut River, on the airwaves or online, will
provide a direct, fair, balanced and impartial source of information,
while promoting Romanian cultural, artistic and linguistic values. -
from Radio Rumania Int. web page - (via Arnaldo Slaen, HCDX via DXLD)
But can they hear it in Tiraspol, Pridnestrovye?? (gh, DXLD)
http://www.arena.md/
Radio Rumania Internacional---La inauguración de Radio Chis,ina(u
http://bit.ly/uCj4T4
Audio 30.11.2011, 19:00
http://www.arenafm.md/buletine/em_363.mp3
(via Yimber Gaviria, Colombia, DXLD)
There`s a sedilla under the S and a soft sign over the A in Chisinau.
Look above how it got `transformed`, and if you can, on the noticiasdx
yg as received here: Chişinău (gh, DXLD)
** MOLDOVA [and non]. Re: Moldova: Grigoriopol - Maiac ## Panoramio
Image & Text
> Construction of the Moldavian radio center in the village
> lighthouse began in 1968 and lasted until 1975. Then, in
> 1986-87 was reconstructed.
At this time of the five PKV-500 shortwave transmitters three ones
have been upgraded to 1000 kW (in this modernized version now called
PKV-500-M) while two ones have been completely replaced by new units,
of a model called Kondor and allegedly even capable of a power level
of 2000 kW which, however, has never been used.
> To this day a unique
> special shortwave antenna, capable of changing its azimuth (ie,
> turning in a circle), and its signal can reach anywhere in the
> world. In the Soviet Union had been built just a few of these
But the next one not too far away, at Padarsko in Bulgaria.
> The Soviet radio station called "Voice of the
> Motherland," and served to the ideological struggle
I understand that "Radiostantsiya Rodina" were special broadcasts for
people who have left the USSR.
> In 1992, after the events in Transnistria, the radio center
> went out of control of Chisinau and Moldova ceased to broadcast the
> national radio transmission.
Actually Radio Moldova International used for some years during the
nineties the Galbeni site in Romania, there transmitters with a
specified power of 120 kW which would point at very old equipment --
anyway it was obviously in a terrible shape and the transmit signals
just useless.
> Nevertheless, continued broadcasting
> stations Transnistria, as well as Russian stations broadcasting
> their programs in Moldova, Ukraine and some other countries in the
> region.
I.e. Radio Moscow transmissions continued, at this time just nobody
abroad knew that certain shortwave frequencies originated from the
very transmitter plant that was in the news for the dramatic events
there.
> The first dish - medium wave, the height of 350 meters, fell in
1997.
This was actually a longwave antenna, for 234 kHz, out of use already
by 1992 it seems. The transmitter is now in use on mediumwave instead,
as third high power outlet besides 999 and 1548 kHz (at present it's
on 1413 kHz).
> These medium-wave broadcast antenna on
> the Transnistrian region, and could be used to work for the Balkan
> countries. In fact, they were "taken out" to Italy.
This passage appears to refer to the Zarya ("dawn") travelling wave
antenna for 1548 kHz (Kai Ludwig, Germany, shortwavesites yg via DXLD)
** MONGOLIA [non]. [Re 11-48:] ``Schedule of hops [= relayed] programs
of "Voice of Mongolia" in Russian through the Voice of Russia:
The first program on the air Mondays at 01.42 to 01.54 [Moscow
time?]``
No, it's UT. VOM's Russian programs are relayed via VOR on Mondays at
0142 UT and on Saturdays at 2142 UT. P.S. Anatoly Klepov, editor of
RusDX, must do something about translating (Aleksandr Diadischev,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MOROCCO. Frequency changes of RTV Marocaine in Arabic:
v0800-1500v NF 15349.2*NAD 250 kW / 110 deg to EaAf, ex 15341.2
v1500-2200v NF 15349.2*NAD 250 kW / 110 deg to EaAf, ex 15344.2 [sic]
* strong QRM VOT in Turkish till 1400 and RVA in Tagalog 1500-1600 on
15350 (DX Mix News, Bulgaria, 01 Dec via DXLD) Second ex-frequency was
15345v, never down to 15344.2 (gh, DXLD)
** NEPAL. FM LOGS 07 DEC 2011 (Wed) 0300-0400 UT
99.4 1 kW Shuklaphanta FM Kanchanpur, Mahendranagar Nepal
103.0 1 kW Radio Nepal Buditola
Audio Files: Radio Nepal 103.0 http://tinyurl.com/6uddmdf
Sony XDR-F1HD + Triax 5 Element Yagi Hor
(Alokesh Gupta, VU3BSE, New Delhi, dx_sasia yg via DXLD)
Also several AIR FM logs, but no idea how far away they were, nor the
Nepal logs. Distances are essential for evaluating VHF/UHF DX. And in
the case of Nepal, may we assume there were no mountains in the way to
that part of the country? I don`t see those places in a couple of
atlas, but New Delhi is only about 250 km from the western tip of
Nepal. Nice clip of 103.0 (Glenn Hauser, DXLD)
** NETHERLANDS [non]. Frequency change of Radio Netherlands WS in
Dutch:
1600-1655 NF 9755 NAU 500 kW / 143 deg to N&ME, ex 9750*
1630-1655 NF 11965 MDC 250 kW / 000 deg to EaAf, ex 11615#
* to avoid Voice of Russia in French on 9745
# to avoid All India Radio in Russian on 11620
(DX Mix News, Bulgaria, 01 Dec via DXLD)
** NETHERLANDS. Continuando nosso projeto "Arquivos Abertos", trazemos
para vocês mais alguns áudios interessantes, para não dizer curiosos,
arquivados por Antônio Ribeiro da Motta nas últimas décadas.
Encontramos uma edição completa do programa Radio Enlace, um áudio
bastante curioso no qual o tema principal foram os erros de gravações
nos estúdios da emissora. Uma ideia bastante original que mostra com
muito bom humor os bastidores do rádio. Visitem:
Áudio da Rádio Nederland [blooper show]
http://www.ondascurtas.com/16-audios/103-radio-nederland-e-os-erros-das-gravacoes
73 a todos! (Marcelo Vieira, Maringá - PR, radioescutas yg via DXLD)
** NETHERLANDS. I really miss having a good signal from Radio
Nederland Wereldemroep in Europe on shortwave. Perhaps if RNW scaled
down operations for Europe a good transmission would be financially
viable. A good idea would be to operate a low power transmitter – say
10-20 kW in the morning and evening for only half an hour to Europe.
They could even scale down the programme to, say, a news bulletin – 10
minutes and then music for the rest of the transmission.
If Laser Hot Hits can operate a great service on what must be a low
cost to Europe on 4015 kHz and now 6970 kHz, surely RNW could again
broadcast to Europe's DXers and shortwave listeners in English (Peter
Robinson, Making Contact, Dec World DX Club Contact via DXLD)
Dream on. It`s painfully clear that broadcasting to Europe, or NAm in
English is not a priority at RNW under any circumstances (gh, DXLD)
** NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR. 540 kHz, CBT Newfoundland a nice surprise
at this time with no sign of Hungary or Spain with news, including
Newfoundland items at 0932 UT (I presume 6 am breakfast news). By 0952
Hungary was back up to a good signal again.
I note that CBC in Newfoundland has four different breakfast shows
starting at 6 am local time so this is a good way to uniquely log a
specific transmitter site
* The St. John's Morning Show Weekdays 5:30-9:00 a.m. 640 kHz CBN
(probably also CBNA)
* The Central Morning Show Weekdays 6:00-9:00 a.m. Grand Falls-Windsor
540 kHz
* The West Coast Morning Show: Weekdays 6:00-9:00 a.m. 990 kHz
* Labrador Morning Show: Weekdays 6:00-8:30 a.m. (AT) 89.5 FM & 96.3
FM (Labrador)
* Nothing listed for Gander (CBG) or Bonavista Bay CBGY so not sure
what they carry (Steve Whitt, York UK, Nov 21, MWCircle yg via DXLD)
See also CANADA
** NIGER. 9705, La Voix du Sahel; 2024-2035+, 3-Dec; M in French with
chants & tunes; LVdS ID at 2034. SIO=353- (Harold Frodge, Midland MI,
USA, M.A.R.E. DXpedition, Brighton MI, Drake R8B + 500' NEish
unterminated bev, All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time!
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NIGERIA. 9690, 1647 2 Dec with a buzzying modulation. A discussion
between two men in Hausa. At 1657 Hausa drum music and 1700 OM with
station ID R Nigeria Lagos. S7 45333. At 1657 Romania starts under
their signal thereby not annoying them so much (Zacharias Liangas,
Thessaloniki, Greece, Standard rig: ICOM R75 / 2x16 V, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** NIGERIA. [not], 7275, Early morning check in 08-10 UT slot on
various remote receiver units revealed nothing heard anymore from
Abuja Nigeria regional station at present. Last time Abuja heard in
early October when the Thomcast engineer checked also the bigger
international service transmitter site in Abuja too. Today heard only
KBS World radio Kimjae in Japanese/Korean on this channel, and on
European monitoring posts also XJBS PBS Xinjiang, Urumqi in Uighur
domestic service (wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 4) 73 (Wolfgang Büschel,
dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1594, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
I`ve also been trying to hear Abuja on 7275 after Tunisia closes
around 0630, with no luck, but a few weeks ago there was a suspicious
JBM carrier (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1594, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** NORTH AMERICA. [Pirate]. 6925, Red Nose Radio, *0015-0018*, IDs.
Blues Christmas music. Fair. Dec 8 (Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg,
PA, USA. Icom IC-7600, two 100 foot longwires, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1640, KFXY OK, Enid, 11/9 0200 [presumably EST = 0700 UT]
unusually dominating the frequency with ID at the hour “KFXY, Enid-
Oklahoma City, bringing you the message…Faith 1640.” (NP-AB) (not
credited, but presumably Nigel Pimblett, Alberta, IRCA DX Monitor via
DXLD)
** OKLAHOMA. OK Enid 92.1 K274BZ K221FQ (Dec VHF UHF Digest via DXLD)
From listing of call changes old, then new. This is all VERY strange.
K274BZ would be on 102.7, but AFAIK was never on the air, just as well
as there is a strong OKC signal on that frequency! FCC FM Query
coverage map for 92.1 as ``Enid`` shows site NE of Covington, halfway
to US 412, and the coverage area is far from reaching the city of
license! Meanwhile in Enid we have KAMG-LP on 92.1 already! Searching
FCC on K221FQ we find it licensed to Enid, but:
K221FQ OK EDMOND USA
Licensee: MAGPIE COMMUNICATIONS OF OKLAHOMA, LLC
Service Designation: FX Translator Station (retransmits signal,
different channel than main station)
Channel/Class: 221D Frequency: 92.1 MHz Application
File No.: BPFT-20111101ALD Facility ID number: 77231
CDBS Application ID No.: 1456977
This station rebroadcasts KMGL (FM).
[104.1, OKC, WHY? Huge signal from hi tower already, near Edmond!]
36 12' 52.00" N Latitude
97 26' 36.00" W Longitude (NAD 27)
Change of Community of License from ENID, OK to EDMOND, OK
We`ve previously tried to figure out what this Magpie Communications
is up to, when they were supposedly relaying KGOU without its
knowledge on this imaginary 102.7 translator (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 89.5 MHz, Dec 3 at 1830 UT, parked near the intersexion
of West OK Garriott and Oakwood Rd in Enid, after consuming three free
pancakes at IHOP, there is a fully-quieted strong signal here with
hum. I assume it is a nearby car with an RF feeder left on. In the
next hour I drive a mile west and a mile east and I am still hearing
it, altho starting to lose out. That`s a lot of range for an RF
feeder. Then Dec 4 at 2150 I am again hearing it as far as another
two-three miles east, toward downtown Enid.
FCC FM Query for OK does not show any likely sources; there is a 205-
watt CSN satellator in OKC, which is enough to block 50 kW KWGS Tulsa
from getting into the OKC area, but that can`t be what I am getting in
Enid. Must keep an ear on 89.5. See DXLD 11-18 where I had another
89.5 carrier last May, discovered right across the street from IHOP at
Braum`s dairy store. If it keeps up I really must try to track it down
exactly. Or maybe someone`s `part 15` warming up for an Xmas sound and
light show like we had last winter?
BTW, the real Part 15 atop Emmanuel Baptist kilo-Church on West OKG,
97.7, ``WECS`` for Emmanuel Christian School, hasn`t come back on air
this fall, last heard circa June as the spring term was ending. Its
presumed antenna is still visible on the roof. It had much less range
than this 89.5 thingie (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
89.5 open carrier continues to be heard when I drive around western
Enid. It was strong one mile north of OKG/Oakwood, circa the First
Assembly of God (FAG) church, but I couldn`t convince myself it was
coming from there. Maybe it would be modulated during services? (gh)
** PAKISTAN. 3975, R Pakistan, Islamabad with Rawalpindi III
programme, carrier sign on Nov 27 at 0047:10, audio on *0047:48 with
Call to Prayer, 0055 inspirational talk in Urdu, hymn by men, 0100
ID:"Yeh Radio Pakistan-he", 45444 (Anker Petersen, Denmark, DSWCI DX
Window Nov 30 via WORLD OF RADIO 1594, DXLD)
Also heard at 1702-1717, Nov 19, English news, ID at 1710, presumed
Urdu program with vocals and ann, poor but presumably will get better
as winter approaches (Rich D’Angelo, DSWCI DX Window Nov 30 via DXLD)
Don`t you believe that the second logging, by D`Angelo, at hi noon in
PA, was also on 3975. We had it earlier elsewhere and it was really on
9470 (gh, DXLD)
** PAKISTAN. Winter B-11 schedule of Radio Pakistan:
Bangla
0900-1000 on 9665 ISL 100 kW / 118 deg to SoAS
11870vISL 100 kW / 118 deg to SoAS
Chinese
1200-1300 on 11845 ISL 250 kW / 070 deg to EaAS
15700 ISL 250 kW / 070 deg to EaAS
Dari
1445-1545 on 5095vISL 100 kW / 270 deg to WeAS
Gujarati
1145-1215 on 9805 ISL 100 kW / 147 deg to SoAS
11860vISL 100 kW / 147 deg to SoAS
Hindi
1045-1145 on 9805 ISL 100 kW / 147 deg to SoAS
11860vISL 100 kW / 147 deg to SoAS
Nepali
1000-1030 on 9665 ISL 100 kW / 118 deg to SoAS
11870vISL 100 kW / 118 deg to SoAS
Pashto
1345-1445 on 5095vISL 100 kW / 270 deg to WeAS
Persian
1700-1800 on 5900vISL 100 kW / 260 deg to WeAS
7470 ISL 100 kW / 260 deg to WeAS
Sinhala
1230-1300 on 9800vISL 100 kW / 147 deg to SoAS
11880 ISL 100 kW / 147 deg to SoAS
Tamil
1300-1330 on 9800vISL 100 kW / 147 deg to SoAS
11880 ISL 100 kW / 147 deg to SoAS
Urdu
0045-0215 on 11600 ISL 250 kW / 118 deg to SoAS
15490 ISL 250 kW / 118 deg to SoAS
0500-0700 on 15725 ISL 250 kW / 282 deg to N&ME
17830 ISL 250 kW / 282 deg to N&ME
0830-1105 on 15725 ISL 250 kW / 313 deg to WeEU, English 0905-0910;
1100-1105
17700 ISL 250 kW / 313 deg to WeEU, English 0905-0910;
1100-1105
1330-1530 on 11575 ISL 250 kW / 282 deg to N&ME
15290 ISL 250 kW / 282 deg to N&ME
1700-1900 on 7530 ISL 250 kW / 313 deg to WeEU, English 1700-1710
9470 ISL 250 kW / 313 deg to WeEU, English 1700-1710
(DX Mix News, Bulgaria, 06 Dec via DXLD)
** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3315, R. Manus, 1135 fair strength but audio
seemed weak. Music program with W announcer. Heard rapid-paced M join
in later after 1212. Sounded like soft Island music around 1236.
Peaked at that time. Still going at 1300. Nice to see this back on.
Only other in 90 mb noted were 3260 and 3205. (4 Dec.) The Wellbrook
continues to outperform the T2FD (slightly) on 60 meters. 73 (Dave
Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR and NRD-535D, Wellbrook ALA1530 and
T2FD, HCDX via WORLD OF RADIO 1594, DXLD)
** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. Today, 5 Dec, arrived nice full-data e-mail QSL-
card (.pdf) from Radio Fly, PNG. Full-data, well, the reception year
was marked 2011 instead of 2010, but I'm very pleased anyway (Jari
Savolainen, Kuusankoski, Finland, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1594, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Radio Fly e-QSL card - A background
Hi Jari, I'm very pleased to see that you too received an e-QSL from
Radio Fly. I put forward the suggestion to Kabua @ Radio Fly some 3-4
weeks ago that they develop a e-QSL. The idea was warmly welcomed by
Kabua. Some four days later Kabua sent me e-QSL, which is basically
the detail side of QSL that Ron Howard received.
Originally a PNG friend & myself, from as early as May 2010 had been
attempting to help Radio Fly develop a printed QSL. There has been so
many difficulties, delays & so many staff changes amongst it all in
attempting to finally get the QSL's off the ground. Ron Howard's
frequent communications have also been extremely helpful.
Ron is the only person that I know of to have actually received a
printed QSL. I was supposedly sent one, but it never arrived in the
post.
Having been somewhat frustrated with so many communications, but no
result I put forward the suggestion of a e-QSL to Radio Fly last
month. I'm delighted to finally receive a Radio Fly e-QSL & to now see
others receiving them.
This form of QSL will result in postage savings for Ok-Tedi mining,
result in dxers receiving their QSL's sooner & more reliably & perhaps
reduce QSL processing time by Radio Fly.
I think it's a win win situation for all.
The design of the QSL has three influences.
1. QSL Card design by the Radio Fly staff
2. Most of the QSL text has been sampled from the old NBC QSL cards,
some of the data is unfortunately factually incorrect.
3. The label of "Verification (QSL) Card" is mine, taken from my
sample of QSL sent to Rossie @ Radio Fly.
I've sent a sample, some 10 days or so ago, on how the e-QSL corrected
data text should read. Unfortunately I have heard from them since.
I guess we should be grateful for what we are receiving. I hope the
DXers reading this are appreciative of our joint efforts to make the
'Radio Fly' QSLs a reality.
PNG SW radio stations have been some of the most friendliest QSLers /
letter writers that I have come across in my 30+ years of QSLing.
Whilst I'm pleased that Radio Fly is DXer-friendly, I do certainly
wish I could say the same for NBC HQ in Port Moresby (Ian Baxter,
dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1594, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Ian - I also received a Radio Fly e-QSL about two weeks back, a
delightful card and very thrilling. You fellows did a great job on it,
warts and all - thank you! Sad to say, it has been very difficult
getting the PNG stations to respond to reports in recent times, and
any method to encourage QSLing - such as the one you devised with
Kabua - is most welcome! Congratulations Jari! Great work! (Bruce
Jensen, USA, ibid.)
Hi Bruce, Good to hear that you are another recent recipient of the
Radio Fly eQSL & thanks for your kind comments. The 'Radio Fly'
antennas in use are actually broadband dipoles, rather than that shown
on the Radio Fly QSL (which I suspect is just a blind copy from the
NBC QSL card). And I have no idea what the 100 meters refers to
(antenna elevation??) on the QSL. I would like to have this corrected,
but warts & all - it's a QSL :-) Cheers (Ian Baxter, ibid.)
Unfortunately, nowhere above do we see the e-mail address to use, but
it came from a person named Kabua (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1594,
DX LISTENING DIGEST) Here it comes:
On November 22, Mr. James Kaltobie suggested me by E-mail that e-QSL
is issued if the S-mailed QSL is lost. He introduced me the e-QSL
manager Mr. Kabua J. Momo. I sent E-mail to Mr.Kabua hoping the e-QSL,
attached the copy of my old reception report on May 29, 2010. He
promptly sent me the A4 size nice e-QSL with full data (year was
mistyped as 2011, same as in case of Jari) and signature, with kind
letter.
Mr. Kabua J. Momo is now a Broadcast Officer - Media & Public
Relations of Ok Tedi Mining Limited (P O Box 1, Tabubil, Western
Province, Papua New Guinea).
telephone +675 649 3924, fax +675 7190 9119
E-mail: kabua.momo @ oktedi.com
(Takahito Akabayashi, Japan, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 5039.18, R. Libertad, Junín, 1029-1035 Dec 6 Spanish; Huaynos
at tune/in; M & W announcers from BoH; poor (Scott R. Barbour Jr.
Intervale, N.H. USA, NRD-545, MLB-1, 200' Beverages, 60m dipole,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PHILIPPINES [and non]. [tentative] 9580, Next to even Africa No.
One signal, fair strength from Gabon via easterly long path from
Africa across Latin America, into Japan, noted an UNKNOWN station on
odd 9579.469 kHz, tine S=4 signal on remote unit in Japan. Probably
PBS Radio ng Bayan/DZFM/DZRM from Quezon City-Marulas, at 0545 UT Dec
2 (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 2, via DXLD)
** PHILIPPINES. 9615, RVA Palauig, 1016-1031 Dec 5 Chinese; "Live"
discussion of sorts; ballad with M & W talk-over; W announcer with
banter at 1027, a few bars of Amazing Grace at 1030 into more banter;
fair-good (Scott R. Barbour Jr. Intervale, N.H. USA, NRD-545, MLB-1,
200' Beverages, 60m dipole, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
15225, 7/12 1222, Radio Veritas, slow song, talks in Asian language
(reported as Karen), at 1230 ID and start a program in another
language, good (Giampiero Bernardini, Milano, Italia, RX: Winradio
G33DCC Excalibur Pro, Ant: T2FD 15 m long, sw blog:
http://radiodxsw.blogspot.com/ dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PHILIPPINES. 9825, 05/Dec 1810, R. PILIPINAS, in English. News at
1810 by YL. At 1819 ID by YL follows the local pop music. A 1822
vignette musical with music from the movie "Mission Impossible" by
OM, followed by email and postal address. Improves the signal after
1830, and ends the transmission in English and starts in Filipino.
35433. Amazing signal after 1840, almost local. 73 (Jorge Freitas,
Feira de Santana, Bahia, 12 14´S 38 58´W, Brasil, Degen 1103 - All
listening in mode of filter Narrow the 6 kHz. Escutas (listening, my
blog): http://www.ipernity.com/doc/75006
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PORTUGAL. Petição Pública --- Caros Amigos, Acabei de ler e assinar
a petição online: «Manter a onda curta RTP Internacional RDP
Internacional»
http://www.peticaopublica.com/?pi=P2011N9010
Eu pessoalmente concordo com esta petição e acho que também podes
concordar. Subscreve a petição e divulga-a pelos teus contactos.
Obrigado, (Álex Robert Bráz, 8 Dec, radioescutas yg via DXLD)
** PUERTO RICO. Re: 1660 Puerto Rico is back on --- Reported by a host
of listeners in this area, not only FD. First reported as unID to me
by Harry Holm on 5th October, Fredrik Dourén 10 days later.
The ID is "Sintoniza La Real Mix 107.7 (Real pronounced in SS)+ [LOL]
+ Esta es su WTCV canal 32, San Juan, WVEO Canal 17, Aguadilla, WVOZ,
canal 47, Ponce. Tu Canal de Videos, WTCV". N.B.: the announcement of
the FM channel "ciento siete punto siete" is followed by laughter. TCV
is apparently an acronym for "Tu Canal de Videos". Owners are the
International Broadcasting Corp., phone 787 274 1800. They also own
1660 WGIT, but this callsign is not mentioned on the air. (No need to
per current rules?) (Henrik Klemetz, Sweden, Oct 24, MWCircle yg via
WORLD OF RADIO 1594, DXLD)
Earlier this week I called the station and was told that the present
arrangement is a temporary one, and that by the year-end there might
be a return to "Radio Hit" (GIT sounds like Hit in Spanish). WGIT, La
Real Mix 107.7, WTCV and WVOZ all belong to the International
Broadcasting Corp., in San Juan. Address correct in WRTH 2011 (Henrik
Klemetz, Oct 29, ibid.)
1660, UNID from 0000 to 0100, I noted a Spanish station playing out a
recorded loop lasting approximately 1 minute with a segment by a male
voice followed by a female voice. I failed to ID clearly but maybe
Radio Luz, mentions "16-60". Does anyone know who this is? 73s (Steve
(Near York) Whitt, England, Nov 19, MWCircle yg via DXLD)
Here's a clear clip of the announcement at 2358 UT. A couple of
mentions of "Luz", seems to be religious, a mention of "isla" and an
ID is given which sounds like "Notiuno 16-60" but I don't think that's
the word! (Paul Crankshaw, Troon, Scotland, ibid.)
Here is most of it as I copied, before reading the next item:
``Como en el principio de nuestra historia . . . desordenada y vacía,
. . . dios. . . hágase la luz. Hoy en medio de la oscuridad que rodea
nuestra isla, pronto la luz de la verdad brillará más fuerte que nunca
en la prensa de los. . . Noti-Luz 16-60. . . noticioso sin ocultar``
(Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
There is one word I don't understand just after 16-60 but it is clear
that it is an announcement referring to Puertorico (nuestra isla).
"soon the light of truth will shine more than ever on the press of the
country" Maybe I`m wrong but it seems to me that Notiluz 16-60 will be
the new name of the station:
``Como en el principio de nuestra historia, cuando la tierra estaba
desordenada y vacía y dijo Dios "hagase la luz" hoy en medio de la
oscuridad que rodea nuestra isla pronto la luz de la verdad brillerá
más fuerte que nunca en la prensa del país. Notiluz 16-60 ..... la luz
lo que otros quieren ocultar`` 73's (Valter Comuzzi, Italy, MWC yg via
DXLD)
I agree with that except for the ending (gh, WORLD OF RADIO 1594,
DXLD)
Hello Valter, Thanks for the transcription. That is exactly what I
heard last night. But my signal was not as clear as Paul`s recording.
There is second announcement by a female voice too. 73 (Steve Whitt,
ibid.)
Hello everyone, I just opened my mail and found a msge from OM Barry.
Valter is of course quite right in suggesting NotiLuz 16-60 as the
next slogan for WGIT.
I reported this item, quoting the mention of the loop with "hágase la
luz" (let there be light) to a couple of people who sent me their
clips privately on Nov. 16. One of them forwarded the info to the
Nordx list one day later. (Obs. Sigge att det var Thomas Nilsson som
skrev).
I also sent this info to the Puerto Rican yahoo list a couple of days
ago, not that they are very interested in the local spectrum, but just
to show them that we are...
WGIT, known as "Radio Hit" and "la Gigante", has been off the air for
months and was heard some time ago relaying La Real Mix 107.7 and/or
WTCV, "tu canal de video". No PR DXer was able to tell me what was
going on so decided to call the station. I talked to two people, but
at that time, a few weeks ago, there was no official info as to what
was going to happen (Henrik Klemetz, Sweden, Nov 19, ibid.)
Hi all, the same man speaks in Spanish on 1660, beginning at 2215 UT.
Most[ly] romantic songs (Maurits Van Driessche, Belgium, Nov 19,
ibid.)
** ROMANIA. 9805, 6/12 1941, Radio Romania Int. DRM, in German,
Romanian music, good signal but audio stops, so non usable (Giampiero
Bernardini, Milano, Italia, RX: Winradio G33DCC Excalibur Pro, Ant:
T2FD 15 m long, sw blog: http://radiodxsw.blogspot.com/ dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** ROMANIA. QSL: The Overcomer, 15610 via the IRRS (Tiganeshti)
transmitter site, full/data card in 14 days, v/s. Brother Stair
(Edward Kusalik, Alberta, QSL Report, Dec NASWA Journal via DXLD)
Full data? You mean he axually gave the site? IRRS considers it
confidential (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA. Russian Woodpecker
http://www.southgatearc.org/news/december2011/russian_woodpecker.htm
More on the Russian OTHR. I thought I'd been to some interesting radio
places, until Mike Barraclough pointed me in the direction of this
video made in the Ukraine, the former home of the Russian over-the-
horizon radar system that plagued shortwave reception in the 1980's.
It was nicknamed the Woodpecker, which explains the jingle at the end
of the video. The giant curtain is still there, although because it is
so close to the old Chernobyl nuclear power station its within the
exclusion zone (via Zacharias Liangas, DXLD, who forgot to include the
attribution to Jonathan Marks, G8WGN; linx to 9+minute video)
** RUSSIA. 6074, Dec 1 at 1300, straining to hear the Russian Army CW
marker at the close-down of R. Rossii, 6075, Pet/Kam: nothing until
1301-1302+ after the RR carrier is off, can tell there is CW there but
cannot copy it whether tactical ID today is 8GAL or 2MTL.
6074, Dec 6 at 1259 I am standing by for R. Rossii, 6075, Pet/Kam to
close and the Russian Army tactical CW marker to start: as the final
RR timesignal is running at 1300, a few CW tones are heard, a very
tentative V. Pause, and then obviously hand-keyed, the standard marker
is sent: ``VVV CQ CQ CQ DE 2MTL 2MTL K`` from 1300.6 to 1301.5. Quite
clear copy today. What has become of the other call, 8GAL? Is it
really at another location? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA. 7320, Dec 2 at 0725, R. Rossii, Magadan, is now one of the
best signals on band, rivaling Tunisia 7335, but with BFO can tell the
carrier is wobbling slightly, also producing a hum in the AM mode.
Playing some chansons, i.e. songs in French, 0730 to dramatic reading
in Russian, 0733 two IDs (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA. 6135, Dec 4 at 0247-0300* UT, monitoring the St. Petersburg
site for special anniversary QSL offer, the last few minutes of VOR
Spanish to S America. When it starts before 0000, as previously
reported, it heterodynes another weak signal from R. Santa Cruz,
Bolivia on 6134.8, but by now 6135 is clear of any QRM, and none on
adjacents either. VOR is somewhat undermodulated; SINPO 25422 with
heavy fading thru our dynamic ionosphere.
Program is playing excerpts of some American tunes, including one
title I recognized for sure. 0256 outro as `Revista Cultural`, music
beat fill, 0259 quick sign-off mentions 41 and 49 metros, `Great Gate
of Kiev` IS four times, carrier off shortly after 0300. I had to
monitor this with portable DX-398 from the porch to get away from
computer and TV noise inside; reel-out antenna, temp 38 F and the
windchill increasing (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA. Saint-Petersburg, 5935.00 and 7205.00 at sign on (after TT)
at 1500 in Persian. Both channels buried by PBS stations in PRC, and
both poor on December 6. On 6135.00 at 2345 with transmitter turn on,
then TT started at 2350 to 2359. Pause, then into Spanish language
program at 0000 (7th). Have been in contact with Mikhail Timofeyev
prior to these receptions as well as after. He will verify reports
via snail mail with QSL card and pennant. Sent short mp3 recordings
of these receptions (Jim Young, ICOM 706, 756, and Grundig Satellite
500 + resonant 60-M sloper and vertical. NW Coast of Oregon
(October/November) and Wrightood CA (home) in December, NASWA yg via
DXLD)
** RUSSIA. 6145, 4/12 1844, Voice of Russia, DRM, double program, 1A
in French & 1B in English, (you select the button 1 or 2 on Excalibur
Pro in DRM mode in audio panel) both reports, good signal, sporadic
audio stops.
7300, 4/12 1849, Voice of Russia, DRM, double program, 2A in English &
2B in Russian, reports about elections, good signal but several audio
stops
7325, 5/12 1142, Voice of Russia, DRM, double program 1A in Russian,
1B in German, some audio stop, fair signal (Giampiero Bernardini,
Milano, Italia, RX: Winradio G33DCC Excalibur Pro, Ant: T2FD 15 m
long, sw blog: http://radiodxsw.blogspot.com/ dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** RUSSIA [non]. KAZAKHSTAN, New time for Voice of Orthodox in
Russian: 1630-1700 7515 A-A 200 kW / 310 deg to CeAs Tue/Fri, ex 1530-
1600 on same (DX Mix News, Bulgaria, 01 Dec via WORLD OF RADIO 1594,
DXLD)
** RWANDA. 6055, R. Rwanda, Kigali 2039-2100* Dec 6 vernacular; W
announcer with Afropops & familiar call-in program format; W announcer
over music at 2053; vocal music NA over native strings at 2057, not
instrumental NA as I've always heard in the past; pulled the plug at
2100; language definitely not French; fair (Scott R. Barbour Jr.
Intervale, N.H. USA, NRD-545, MLB-1, 200' Beverages, 60m dipole,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
6055, 07/Dec 2025, R Rwanda, in French. YL talks to a man on the
phone. At 2027 pop music. At 2029 YL talk. Moderate QRM from R Turkey
in 6050. At 2033 more one listener on the phone. Constant
interruptions from the phone line. YL soft voice. 33433. 73 (Jorge
Freitas, Feira de Santana, Bahia, 12 14´S 38 58´W, Brasil, dxldyg via
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RWANDA. Deutsche Welle relay, 15275 Kigali. Dec 3, 2011, Saturday.
1615-1657*. Amharic. YL talking, alternating with OM. Horn of Africa
song / music at 1630 then back to talk - echoey, sounds like OM is
talking through a PA system. YL then mentions "Sudan" at 1634 and
1635, sounded like "Deutsche Welle" in passing at 1639, "UNHCR" at
1643. In the last quarter hour, lots of mentions of people and places,
presumably the news or current affairs. Cut off in full flow at 1657,
carrier cut a few secs later. No DW jingle or formal ID heard. Fair.
Jo'burg sunset 1648. (Bill Bingham, RSA, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SAINT VINCENT. Logs FM_caribenhas --- Amigos, 90.7 MHz, 30/11 2344
UT, NBC SVG, Saint Vincent, OM fazendo comentários em English,
mencionando várias vezes "celebrate twenty-five" e "energized", o que
para mim não fazia o menor sentido, até que abri o site da emissora e
vi um enorme banner que explicou tudo. Vejam: http://www.nbcsvg.com/
Forte 73 (Fabricio Andrade Silva, PP5002SWL, Tubarão - SC Brazil,
Sony ICF sw 7600 GR, Antena Telescópica, Dec 2, radioescutas yg via
DXLD)
** SARAWAK [non]. 9835, 03/12 0924, MALAYSIA, RTM Sarawak FM, em
malásio. Programa de música pop local. As 0925 curta fala de YL e em
seguida música. As 0929 vinheta ID, e logo após OM e YL falam
animadamente. 35433 (Jorge Freitas-B)
11665, 05/12 0813-0827, MALASIA, RTM WI FM, em malásio. Balada
(Balada= 3. Pop. Canção romântica, para dançar.) local, as 0815 OM
fala pausadamente. As 0821 vinheta Wi FM e logo após mais musica
local. Leve QRM da CNR2 em 11660 em chinês. A situação muda
inesperadamente a partir das 0840 quando o sinal fica muito bom e sem
QRM, mas logo após as 0900 começa a degradar rapidamente. (Jorge
Freitas-B)
Nesse momento 1010, em 11665 a RTM Wai FM volta a ficar com bom sinal,
pode conferir a ID pelo site online
http://live-radio.blogspot.com/2010/10/rtm-waifm.html
(Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana, Bahia, 12 14´S 38 58´W, Brasil,
Degen 1103 - All listening in mode of filter Narrow the 6 kHz.
Escutas (listening, my blog): http://www.ipernity.com/doc/75006
condiglist yg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SIKKIM. AIR Gangtok is noted back on air today on 4835 after about
being off SW for about 3 weeks. Their sked is: 0100-0500, 1030-1600
73 (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur Radio, Raj
Bhavan Road, Hyderabad 500082, India, Dec 6, dx_india yg via WORLD OF
RADIO 1594, DXLD)
INDIA, AIR Gangtok, 4835.00: Heard carrier (presumed Gangtok) at 1409
on December 5. At re-check they were gone at 1420. Received an e-mail
from Jose Jacobs that Gangtok was back on the air today (6th). I found
them (presumed) on frequency at 1512 on the 6th. They were parallel
with other 60-M AIR regionals with news headlines by female announcer
after 6 time pips at 1530. They (presumed) were also heard with their
carrier coming on at 0051 this evening (7th), but lost in the splatter
from WWCR at *0059-.
Gangtok was heard often in Oregon in late October through the 9th of
November in the 1400-1530 time frame. They had transmitter problems on
the 9th and 10th, then have not been on the air until December 5. On
the 10th between 1445 and 1518 they (presumed) had various testing
carriers and sub-carriers on and off. The signal was extremely strong,
and I had hoped they were testing a higher powered transmitter. Will
continue to check (Jim Young, ICOM 706, 756, and Grundig Satellite 500
+ resonant 60-M sloper and vertical. NW Coast of Oregon (Oct/Nov) and
Wrightood CA (home) in December, NASWA yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1594,
DXLD) See also KASHMIR
** SOUTH AFRICA. Frequency change of Channel Africa in English:
0300-0355 NF 6155 MEY 250 kW / 019 deg to CEAf, ex 6120
(DX Mix News, Bulgaria, 01 Dec via DXLD)
** SPAIN. Historical heritage newscast movies from around Europe:
NORTHERN CATALONIA: RADIO LIBERTY TRANSFERRED TO SPAIN’S NATIONAL
RADIO
http://www.euscreen.eu/play.html?id=EUS_22FD895B80B046CEABD4E98A745718CC
http://www.euscreen.eu/play.html?id=EUS_B459E25043B742C0A2EC769435F42C4F
http://www.euscreen.eu/play.html?id=EUS_782CFBF8CFFF4E04BEA1B6623F9AF4D1
(Guido Schotmans, Belgium, MWCircle yg via DXLD)
** SPAIN [and non]. 15170, Dec 2 at 1454, open carrier/dead air over
weak music, 1457 OC/DA continues past 1500; 1501 modulation cuts on
for REE frequency announcement as 15125 to NW SAm, 9765 to CAm, 17850
to SNAm. Then I check 17850 and it is absent; also can`t hear anything
on 9765. Back to 15170 and it goes off a bit after 1502.
On M-F, 15170 (and also 9765) is scheduled 12-15, and the understation
until 1457 was Romania. 17850 is not supposed to *start until 1800 M-
F, 1600 Sat, 1500 Sun, so was that a sign-off announcement, a sign on
played at the wrong time, or a hear-us-next-on?
6055, Dec 5 at 0007 I notice that REE`s English hour is instead dead
air, open carrier. I leave a receiver on there for a bihour: no
automatic timesignal at 0030, FWIW. Still DA past 0100 when would
normally go into Castilian, still DA at 0145; finally at 0152 Spanish
modulation cuts on, and timesignal is back at 0200. Someone finally
woke up at Noblejas. Fortunately for regular listeners, I think the
English shows for Sundays are just repeats from earlier in the week
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1594, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SRI LANKA. 11905, SLBC, Ekala. 0032 November 29, 2011. Hindi
instrumentals, clear and fair. Only a weak trace of parallel around
7189.75 (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater, Florida USA 27.55.83 N, 82.46.08
W, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SRI LANKA. 11750, 04/Dec 1653-1751, Sri Lanka BC, in Sinhala. Local
pop music. At 1655 OM and YL talk. At 1659 local music. OM and YL seem
to interview a singer in the studio. At 1713 music. At 1616 ID for OM
and follows news. At 1718 a speech recorded. At 1724 local music. The
signal is improving. At 1732 the interview continues. At 1738
following sequence of local pop music. At 1743 ID vignette by OM. Back
to interview in the studio. At 1751 OM answer calls live, seems
listeners commenting on the singer (Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana,
Bahia, 12 14´S 38 58´W, Brasil, Degen 1103 - All listening in mode of
filter Narrow the 6 kHz. Escutas (listening, my blog):
http://www.ipernity.com/doc/75006
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SUDAN [non]. 11975, 4/12 1900, Afia Darfur, via São Tomé to Sudan,
ID, start broadcast, weak (Giampiero Bernardini, Milano, Italia, RX:
Winradio G33DCC Excalibur Pro, Ant: T2FD 15 m long, sw blog:
http://radiodxsw.blogspot.com/ dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SUDAN [and non]. SUDAN COURT ORDERS RELEASE OF DETAINEES ACCUSED OF
COLLABORATING WITH RADIO DABANGA
A Khartoum court today released three Darfurians accused of
collaborating with Radio Dabanga, an independent radio station
reporting on the situation in Darfur. They are part of a group of
seven Darfurians who were first arrested in 2010 by the Sudanese
security services and were repeatedly tortured during their detention.
The court dismissed the prosecution’s charges against four of the
defendants: Zakaria Yagoub, Abdelrahman al Gassim, Khalid Ishaq and
Adam al Nur Adam. Three others, Abdelrahman Adam Abdelrahman, Gaafer
al Sabky, and Kwather Abdel Haj were ordered released, but remain
charged with the lesser offenses of ‘undermining security and public
order’ and ’spreading lies’, which carry a maximum sentence of three
years imprisonment. The seven originally faced charges including
conspiracy against the state and espionage, punishable by the death
penalty or life imprisonment.
In October 2010 the Sudanese National Intelligence and Security
Service (NISS) arrested 14 Darfurians for alleged involvement with
Radio Dabanga. Several detainees were released without charge after
several months detention. The others were held in detention at
undisclosed locations. In June 2011 charges were brought against the
remaining seven. The prosecutor alleged that the detainees had been
illegally broadcasting from a studio in Khartoum. Court sessions were
repeatedly delayed at the prosecution’s request as witnesses could not
be produced.
On 4 December the court heard from prosecution witnesses and allowed
cross-examination of the detainees, before moving to dismiss most
charges. The next court session is scheduled for 13 December on the
lesser charges of threatening security and public order (article 63 of
the Penal Code) and spreading lies (article 66).
Mohammed Abdullah Duma, spokesman of the defence team, told Radio
Dabanga that they are happy with the Court’s decision to dismiss most
charges and to release the detainees. He says that the defence is
confident that the remaining charges will not lead to any convictions
since the prosecutor ‘failed to provide any evidence whatsoever’.
(Source: Radio Dabanga)( December 4th, 2011 - 19:01 UTC by Andy
Sennitt, Media Network blog via DXLD)
** SWEDEN [and non]. YouTube has 1980 SCDX program online -- if you
long for the days of George Wood and Sweden Calling DXers, there is
audio of an old SCDX show from sometime early in 1980, with the SR
display on the screen. For the record it is edition #1575. Type Sweden
Calling DXers in the YouTube search and you'll get the link for it. It
was from a midday airing for Europe at 1100 on 9630, with // 21690 for
Africa -- toward the end there's Arne Skoog's fiddle music, the
frequency announcements, the old RS tuning signal and language ID's,
and into the domestic news relay in Swedish at 1130.
There are other good vintage audio clips on YouTube, many from BBC,
Radio Moscow, DW, Radio Nederland, and many others; some have station
logos or QSL's on the screen (Joe Hanlon, NJ, Dec 4, DX LISTENING
DIGEST) See also SWITZERLAND
** SWITZERLAND. On YouTube there is an old audio clip from the early
70's from SBC (forerunner to SRI) with the opening to the Dateline
current affairs show -- there's the voice of one Paul Sufrin in it
(you may remember that later on he and Rob Brookes hosted the twice-a-
month Great Saturday Grapevine show). Note the music opening to the
newscast -- in later years it was used, I think, in SRI's Italian
service (Joe Hanlon, NJ, Dec 4, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also SWEDEN
** TAIWAN. Does anybody know a contact e-mail address for Voice of Han
(9745 kHz)? Thanks in advance! (Artur Fernández Llorella, Catalonia,
Spain, HCDX via DXLD)
http://www.voh.com.tw/voh98.asp?page=009
(Reijo Alapiha, Joensuu Finland, ibid.) Looks like a contact form, but
will it accept Roman/English? (gh)
** TAIWAN [and non]. 9409.988, Fu Hsing BS via Kuanyin in Chinese,
observed on poor S=5 signal at 0525 UT Dec 2. Endless talk by male
announcers. \\ 9774.008 poor S=5-6 signal, from 10 kW non-dir antenna
at Kuanyin.
15290.135, RTI CBSC Tainan in Chinese language at 0555 UT, Dec 2, hit
heavily by China mainland jamming. Rather S=8 jammer strength in JPN.
Replaced by Radio Australia English news service at 0600-0630 UT, when
also CHN mainland jamming stopped. RA via TWN on S=7 level. RA
featured bomb explosion attack in Afghanistan against NATO troops
(Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 2, via DXLD)
** TAIWAN. /AUSTRALIA, 11744.890, R Australia in Indonesian via
Tainan-TWN site noted at 0515 UT Dec 2 on remote unit in JPN, poor S=6
signal on back lobe.
9409.988, Fu Hsing BS via Kuanyin in Chinese, observed on poor S=5
signal at 0525 UT Dec 2. Endless talk by male announcers. \\ 9774.008
poor S=5-6 signal, from 10 kW non-dir antenna at Kuanyin.
15290.135, RTI CBSC Tainan in Chinese language at 0555 UT, Dec 2, hit
heavily by China mainland jamming. Rather S=8 jammer strength in JPN.
15290.135, Replaced by Radio Australia English nx service at 0600-0630
UT, when also CHINA mainland jamming stopped. RA via CBSC Tainan-TWN
on S=7 level. RA featured bomb explosion attack in Afghanistan against
NATO troops.
11605.110, RTI CBSC Tainan relay in Japanese at 0820 UT Dec 4. (wb,
wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 2/4) 73 (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** TAIWAN. 7555, Dec 6 at 1500, 3+1 timesignal, announcement in Thai
with Taiwan website; S9+20 but undermodulated; soon fading down. Per
Aoki it`s RTI at 15-16, 100 kW, 255 degrees from Paochung (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
QSL: RTI, 9735 via Tainan, full/data ``English Language Section`` card
with newsletter, schedule, folding hat, report forms and an RTI post
card. All in 29 days for a local post card (Kivell, FL, QSL Report,
Dec NASWA Journal via DXLD)
?? in A-11 and still B-11 the only RTI broadcasts on 9735 are in
Japanese, not English, 11-12 & 13-14. And are they still leaving
carrier on during the intervening hour? Gotta get that folding hat
(Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TAIWAN [non]. 6875, Dec 1 at 0620, RTI via WYFR still in German
instead of Spanish.
6875, ditto several weeks of previous almost-daily chex.
This recent item was a bit too brief: ``6875, ditto several weeks of
previous almost-daily chex`` It referred to a log of RTI via WYFR at
0639 UT Dec 3.
6875, Dec 5 at 0638, RTI still in German instead of Spanish via WYFR
Also, Dec 6 I managed to check before 0600: at 0558, 6875 was in
Chinese instead of English.
6875, Dec 7 at 0620, RTI via WYFR still in German, but instead of
usual big signal, only poor; wonder if they have started aiming at
Europe instead of Mexico, making the best of the wrong-language
situation? Nearby Cubans on 49m were extremely strong as usual. But
Tennesseans on 5755, 5890, 5935 were also poor instead of strong,
skipping long, I suppose (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TAIWAN. RTI Frequency changed from December 12 --- Radio Taiwan
International going to replace 9435 kHz by 9440 kHz at UT 1600-1700
from December 12, 2012. DXers and Listeners are requested to send
reception reports to RTI. Regards (Ashik Eqbal Tokon, Dec 4, HCDX via
DXLD) Language? Site? Why? Aoki shows: English via Tainan; clashing
with CRI English via Kashgar also on 9435 altho aimed at Europe (gh)
** TAIWAN. RTI "TOP 10" TAIWAN, CROSS-STRAIT, AND INTERNATIONAL NEWS
STORIES CONTEST
Radio Taiwan International is inviting listeners and web users all
over the world to select this year's "Top 10" Taiwan, cross-strait,
and international news stories. Participants will have a chance to win
one of great prizes such as smartphones, tablet computers and more
just by voting for the news story that they think is most important
Voting Date From 10:00 am on 12/2/2011 till 09:30 am on 12/30/2011
(Taiwan Time or UT + 8)
How to participate: Click to select anywhere from three to ten stories
from each category that you think were the most important this year.
Voting Vote Now>>
http://www.rti.org.tw/ajax/2011/2011_top10en/vote.aspx
Prizes
There are more than 100 prizes, such as smartphones, tablet computers,
MP3 players, retro-style radios, CD cases, jade book marks, and more!
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http://www.rti.org.tw/ajax/2011/2011_top10en/index.aspx
(via Alokesh Gupta, India, dxldyg via DXLD)
** TAJIKISTAN. 4765 - R. Tajikistan, Dushanbe - Tune in at 0215 to
barely audible signal with flute music. Extremely high noise level
with lots of static crashes likely associated with approaching storm.
Gradual increase in signal level revealed more music. String
instrument selection with vocals followed by brief announcement by YL.
More music with distinct Mid Eastern character mixed with Indian
influences. Very unique style. YL announcer returned with longer talks
in likely Tajik lang. Various music continued to TOH than deep voiced
OM into probable news. Nice to see 60 meters conditions improving.
Last couple of weeks even usual Brazilians haven been tough catches.
(Steve Wood, MA, UT Dec 7, Drake R8B 25 x 50 NE terminated Superloop
antenna WORLD OF RADIO 1594, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
On November 27, accept with 0803 UT? Tajikistan on 7245 kHz. First
there was the information release, then Tajik songs. 0823 UT - YL:
"the Program of the output of the day...", the story of a theatre
festival. ID has never heard of. 55344 (Grundig Satellite 750, long
wire to 8 meters)(Dmitry Puzanov, Almaty, Kazakhstan / "deneb-radio-
dx" via RusDX via WORLD OF RADIO 1594, DXLD)
In North and South America, we are much more likely to hear Mauritania
on 7245, even that late in the morning --- when it`s on the air at all
(Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1594, DXLD)
** THAILAND. Winter B-11 schedule of Radio Thailand (HSK9):
0000-0030 on 13745 UDO 250 kW / 006 deg to NEAm in English
0030-0100 on 13745 UDO 250 kW / 030 deg to NWAm in English
0100-0200 on 13745 UDO 250 kW / 038 deg to NEAm in Thai
0200-0230 on 15275 UDO 250 kW / 006 deg to NEAm in English
0230-0330 on 15275 UDO 250 kW / 006 deg to NEAm in Thai
0530-0600 on 12015 UDO 250 kW / 305 deg to WeEu in English
1000-1100 on 12040 UDO 250 kW / 136 deg to Asia in Thai
1000-1100 on 17630 UDO 250 kW / 300 deg to N&ME in Thai
1100-1130 on 7255 UDO 250 kW / 144 deg to Asia in Vietnamese/Khmer
1130-1145 on 7235 UDO 250 kW / 030 deg to Asia in Lao
1145-1200 on 7235 UDO 250 kW / 276 deg to Asia in Burmese
1200-1215 on 11870 UDO 250 kW / 154 deg to Asia in Malay
1230-1300 on 9720 UDO 250 kW / 132 deg to Asia in English
1300-1315 on 7465 UDO 250 kW / 054 deg to Asia in Japanese
1315-1330 on 7465 UDO 250 kW / 030 deg to Asia in Mandarin
1330-1400 on 7465 UDO 250 kW / 054 deg to Asia in Thai
1400-1430 on 9725 UDO 250 kW / 132 deg to Asia in English
1800-2000 on 9680 UDO 250 kW / 321 deg to WeEu in Thai/English
2000-2015 on 9535 UDO 250 kW / 321 deg to WeEu in German
2030-2045 on 9535 UDO 250 kW / 321 deg to WeEu in English
2045-2115 on 9535 UDO 250 kW / 313 deg to WeEu in Thai
(DX Mix News, Bulgaria, 06 Dec via DXLD)
** TIMOR LESTE. QSL CARD FROM 4W6A TIMOR LESTE -- The dx pedition 4W6A
Atauro Island (OC-232) Timor Leste confirm with QSL folder in 2
months. QSL manager M0URX Tim. Pictures available here:
http://blog.libero.it/radioascolto/10857447.html
73's (Francesco Cecconi, Central Italy, condiglist yg via DXLD)
** TRINIDAD & TOBAGO. Amigos, Acabo de ouvir coisas interessantes em
FM. Primeiro, foi uma emissora em inglês, nos 94.7 MHz, que a
princípio julguei ser a CBC de Barbados, tendo em vista a profusão de
logs que encontrei da referida. Mas, ao comparar com o streaming,
percebi que NÃO se trava da CBC. Aí começou aquela coisa do Sherlock
Holmes ... rs [risas == laughs, hi hi]
Embora não tenha ouvido a ID da rádio, ouvi o locutor falando sobre um
concerto (concert), citando depois certos artistas, como Stephen
Marley, Machel Montano e Amy Lee. Ouvi ele falando sobre tickets e
facebook. A princípio procurei mais sobre a artista Amy Lee, que é da
Banda Evanescance e descobri que essa banda fará 1 show em dezembro,
em Port of Spain, capital de Trinidad e Tobago.
Voilà, Trinidad e Tobago + facebook + tickets + Stephen Marley,
Machel Montano + Evanescence. Joguei tudo no google e achei o facebook
de uma tal de Star 947 FM 94.7 Mhz de POrt of Spain. Corri atrás do
streaming dessa emissora --- bingo! Ufa.
Então, mais uma caribenha ouvida, que nem constava de meus mateirais
aqui! 94.7 - Star 947 FM, Port of Spain EE, 0040, 06/12, Mx pop,
anúncios de shows, etc.
Além dessa, também ouvi uma estação da Band[eirantes] FM nos 94.7 MHz.
Alguém saberia me dizer de onde é essa Band FM? Obrigado, e forte 73 a
todos! (Fabricio A Silva, Tubarão SC, Brasil, Sony + telescópica, Dec
6, radioescutas yg via DXLD)
** TUNISIA. 7275, Dec 4 until 0630* IWT closes abruptly, apparently ex
-0627* so reset the timer? IWT = short for the Arabic ID as in WRTH
2011: ``Idh`atu-l-Wataniya at-Tunisiya``. Since it`s all in Arabic,
why keep referring to it by French name? // 7335 continues, free of
co-channel Vatican after 0620 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U K [non]. Cyprus, BBC WS relay, 13825 Limassol. Dec 3, 2011,
Saturday. 1605-1614. Football commentary, so I can't raise any
enthusiasm. But Aoki B11 says it is in Somali, whilst it is really
English. ID at 1611 "BBC World Service". This frequency and time on
Saturdays only. Fair - good. Jo'burg sunset 1648 (Bill Bingham, RSA,
DX LISTENING DIGEST) Same quandary as on 15370 in A-11, I believe (gh)
** U S A. 4593.5/USB, USAF MARS Net; 0047, 3-Dec; "Continuity check"
(Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, M.A.R.E. DXpedition, Brighton MI,
Drake R8B + 500' NEish unterminated bev, All logged by my ears, on my
receiver, in real time! dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7811/USB, AFN, Key West FL; 2110, 2-Dec; Dave Ramsey Show.
Strong; // 5446.5/USB strong but with trill bursts; // 12133.5 weak;
all from Key West (Frodge-DXP)
12133.5/USB, AFN Key West FL; 1504, 3-Dec; Yahoo Sports Radio to 1505
Home & Family Finance. SIO=2+43 with pulse QRM; // 5446.5, SIO=1+53-;
// 7811/USB, SIO=2+53; all from Key West (Harold Frodge, Midland MI,
USA, M.A.R.E. DXpedition, Brighton MI, Drake R8B + 500' NEish
unterminated bev, All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time!
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Not exactly
** U S A. VOA PROGRAM 'BUENOS DÍAS AMERICA' MARKS 50TH ANNIVERSARY
Washington, D.C. — December 8, 2011 — Press Release
Buenos Días América, Voice of America’s popular Spanish language radio
program, marks its 50th anniversary of broadcasting to Latin America
Friday, with a tribute to the pioneers of the show and the historic
events they covered, including the death of President John F. Kennedy
and the Apollo moon missions.
The live half-hour VOA program, which is broadcast throughout Central
and South America on AM and FM affiliate stations and satellite, is
also available on podcasts, the VOA website and on mobile.
Co-host Betty Endara [caption]
Show co-hosts Luís Facal and Betty Endara dedicate the first half of
Friday’s program to the anniversary, with comments from listeners and
station managers and stories about the personalities that make the
show one of the most well-known radio programs at VOA.
The late José “Pepe” del Rio, long-time host of Buenos Días América
[caption]
For a quarter of a century Buenos Días América was hosted by the late
José “Pepe” del Rio, one of VOA’s best known and most beloved radio
personalities. Del Rio, who charmed audiences from 1961 to 1986 with
his engaging style, was known to both presidents and working people
alike, and entertained his audience with an easygoing mix of informal
banter, international news, and live telephone interviews.
The Director of VOA’s Latin America Division, Alberto Mascaró, says
“Buenos Días América has a long history of informing and entertaining
people in the region, a legacy that will be carried into the future by
VOA’s team of talented broadcasters.”
VOA’s Spanish Service produces a range of radio, television and
Internet programs for the Latin American audience. Visit the VOA
website at http://www.voanews.com for more information about the
Spanish Service or any of our other language services.
For more information about this release contact Kyle King at the
Public Relations office in Washington at kking @ voanews.com
(VOA PR via DXLD)
Kyle, I am wondering why you mentioned every platform but shortwave
for Buenos Dias, America??? Are you not aware that it is still on SW,
its original medium?
However, it is jammed heavily by Cuba on all three frequencies, as
they consider it just as bad as Radio Marti. The fact that Cuba does
this could be a plus for the veracity and importance of VOA
broadcasts, you might have pointed out. Regards, Glenn Hauser, WORLD
OF RADIO (Glenn to Kyle, via DXLD)
Hi Glenn, The truth of the matter is it was an oversight. I didn't
mean to leave it off, but tend to think of that audience as a place
where people listen on affiliates. I would like to say we are grateful
for your interest in our broadcasts and always appreciative to see you
write about us. Pls feel free to contact us any time. All best, Kyle
(to gh, via DXLD)
Here`s the program`s webpage:
http://www.voanews.com/spanish/programs/radio/45706177.html
It`s at 1330-1400 UT M-F, on 9885, 13750, 15590 (Glenn Hauser, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Same:
http://www.insidevoa.com/media-relations/press-releases/VOA-Program-Buenos-Dias-America-Marks-50th-Anniversary----135259898.html
Nueva entrada en mi blog:
http://wp.me/p1LFri-eH
(via Horacio Nigro Geolkiewsky, Montevideo, Uruguay, dxldyg via DXLD)
Radio historian Horacio has also been involved in a project to amass
the names of all VOA Spanish announcers through the years; perhaps he
would explain something about this to us in English (gh, DXLD)
** U S A [non]. Frequency changes of IBB:
Radio Farda
1030-1130 NF 15410 BIB 100 kW / 085 deg, ex 11975 Farsi
1230-1430 NF 13635 WER 250 kW / 105 deg, ex 13680 Farsi
1530-1600 NF 11785 BIB 100 kW / 105 deg, ex 11750 Farsi
1600-1630 NF 11785 BIB 100 kW / 105 deg, ex 15410 Farsi
Radio Mashaal
1100-1300 NF 13700 IRA 250 kW / 334 deg, ex 13580 Pashto
Radio Liberty
0300-0400 NF 7425 BIB 100 kW / 088 deg, add. freq
Avari/Chechen/Circassian
0300-0400 NF 7435 LAM 100 kW / 055 deg, ex 7425 Russian
0400-0500 NF 7435 KWT 250 kW / 355 deg, ex 7425 Russian
1400-1500 NF 12010 BIB 100 kW / 075 deg, ex 12015 Turkmen
1400-1500 NF 12025 LAM 100 kW / 080 deg, ex 11715 Uzbek
1500-1600 NF 12025 LAM 100 kW / 056 deg, ex 7325 Russian
1600-1700 NF 9445 WER 250 kW / 075 deg, ex 7260 Tajik
1800-1900 NF 6140 LAM 100 kW / 055 deg, ex 6150 Russian
Voice of America
0100-0200 NF 9435 IRA 250 kW / 340 deg, ex 7325 English
1730-1800 NF 13625 BOT 100 kW / 010 deg, ex 11675 Afan Oromoo Mon-Fri
1800-1900 NF 13625 WER 250 kW / 135 deg, ex 11675 Amharic
1900-1930 NF 13625 SMG 250 kW / 139 deg, ex 11675 Tigrigna Mon-Fri
1900-1930 NF 11975 IRA 250 kW / 275 deg, ex 11615 Arabic "Afia Darfur"
Radio Free Asia
Mandarin
0300-0600 NF 21465 TIN 250 kW / 304 deg, ex 15150 Mon
0300-0600 NF 21480 TIN 250 kW / 304 deg, ex 15150 Tue
0300-0600 NF 21495 TIN 250 kW / 304 deg, ex 15150 Wed
0300-0600 NF 21510 TIN 250 kW / 304 deg, ex 15150 Thu
0300-0600 NF 21525 TIN 250 kW / 304 deg, ex 15150 Fri
0300-0600 NF 21540 TIN 250 kW / 304 deg, ex 15150 Sat
0300-0600 NF 21450 TIN 250 kW / 304 deg, ex 15150 Sun
[! According to this, these four RFA jammed services are now on a
different frequency depending on day of week, but on a regular
rotation --- so a bit more trouble, but still easy to match with
jamming. Is this correct? Latest HFCC shows a setup like this as from
Nov 24. They should take one more step, and mix up the frequencies *at
random* The intruder-busters are of course concerned by 21450 being in
the mix, encroaching into the 14m hamband --- gh WORLD OF RADIO 1594,]
[This rotation system started on November 23. RFA Mandarin 15150 kHz
at 03-06z replaced by another channel, but except Sats when I couldn't
trace. 21540 from Tinian - Northern Mariana Isls. is a rather regular
one. 73 wolfy df5sx – Wolfgang Büschel, Dec 5, dxldyg via DXLD]
Tibetan
0100-0200 NF 15610 TIN 250 kW / 295 deg, ex 15220 Mon
0100-0200 NF 15655 TIN 250 kW / 295 deg, ex 15220 Tue
0100-0200 NF 15635 TIN 250 kW / 295 deg, ex 15220 Wed
0100-0200 NF 15680 TIN 250 kW / 295 deg, ex 15220 Thu
0100-0200 NF 15640 TIN 250 kW / 295 deg, ex 15220 Fri
0100-0200 NF 15690 TIN 250 kW / 295 deg, ex 15220 Sat
0100-0200 NF 15645 TIN 250 kW / 295 deg, ex 15220 Sun
0600-0700 NF 21625 TIN 250 kW / 279 deg, add.freq Mon
0600-0700 NF 21640 TIN 250 kW / 279 deg, add.freq Tue
0600-0700 NF 21655 TIN 250 kW / 279 deg, add.freq Wed
0600-0700 NF 21670 TIN 250 kW / 279 deg, add.freq Thu
0600-0700 NF 21685 TIN 250 kW / 279 deg, add.freq Fri
0600-0700 NF 21700 TIN 250 kW / 279 deg, add.freq Sat
0600-0700 NF 21610 TIN 250 kW / 279 deg, add.freq Sun
1000-1100 NF 17580 BIB 100 kW / 085 deg, ex 17750 Mon
1000-1100 NF 17605 BIB 100 kW / 085 deg, ex 17750 Tue
1000-1100 NF 17585 BIB 100 kW / 085 deg, ex 17750 Wed
1000-1100 NF 17815 BIB 100 kW / 085 deg, ex 17750 Thu
1000-1100 NF 17810 BIB 100 kW / 085 deg, ex 17750 Fri
1000-1100 NF 17865 BIB 100 kW / 085 deg, ex 17750 Sat
1000-1100 NF 17595 BIB 100 kW / 085 deg, ex 17750 Sun
Uyghur
0100-0200 NF 17825 TIN 250 kW / 313 deg, ex 17850 Mon-Wed/Fri
0100-0200 NF 17815 TIN 250 kW / 313 deg, ex 17850 Thu
0100-0200 NF 17870 TIN 250 kW / 313 deg, ex 17850 Sat
0100-0200 NF 17805 TIN 250 kW / 313 deg, ex 17850 Sun
1600-1700 NF 12065 SAI 100 kW / 310 deg, ex 12080 Mon/Wed/Fri
1600-1700 NF 12035 SAI 100 kW / 310 deg, ex 12080 Tue/Thu
1600-1700 NF 12085 SAI 100 kW / 310 deg, ex 12080 Sat
1600-1700 NF 12075 SAI 100 kW / 310 deg, ex 12080 Sun
Vietnamese
1400-1500 NF 9400 SAI 100 kW / 285 deg, ex 9990
2330-0030 NF 15145 TIN 250 kW / 279 deg, ex 15170 Sun/Tue/Thu/Sat
2330-0030 NF 15135 TIN 250 kW / 279 deg, ex 15170 Mon/Wed/Fri
(DX Mix News, Bulgaria, 01 Dec via DXLD)
** U S A [non]. 6140, Dec 2 at 1459 Yankee Doodle Dandy, 1500 VOA
English news; is 15-16, 250 kW, 18 degrees from Udorn, THAILAND so
also USward, but only fair signal this late. Would this continue with
`Border Crossings`? Probably not: Aoki says ``sp`` presumably meaning
Spe-cial Eng-lish hour.
7520, Dec 6 at 1501, VOA news in normal English, 1505 introducing Eng-
lish Teach-ing and Spe-cial Eng-lish hour; quite good reception
despite being listed in Aoki as 275 degrees from Tinang, PHILIPPINES.
I would have guessed it`s on the 21-degree antenna USward. But HFCC
adds another 250 kW from there at 200 degrees, so maybe the total 500
kW accounts for it, and the 200 azimuth is opposite of 20 degrees
USward (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
SRI LANKA: 15580, Voice of America; 1651-1659*, 3-Dec; Nightline
Africa English program on African colonialism. Clear copy but subdued
by S20 OC, presumed to be VOA via São Tomé which signed on with YDD,
into English VOA News at 1700 (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA,
M.A.R.E. DXpedition, Brighton MI, Drake R8B + 500' NEish unterminated
bev, All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! dxldyg via
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 4690 kHz, Dec 4, somewhat distorted and intermittent audio
here at 0530 UT tune in, sports and talk, string of ads at 0546 with
mentions of Chicago and TalkRadio 670; 0605 mention of "in the studios
of Yahoo Sports Radio". // 670 on the eastern beverage. Altho signal
steadier past 0545, still breaking up so something amiss at the
transmitter site and causing the signal at 7 x 670 kHz. Nigel noted
other harmonics as well (Don Moman, Lamont, Alberta (SWL weekend here
with Nigel Pimblett already here and Mick Delmage to arrive tomorrow),
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Ha, when I saw the subject, I was sure this was going to be about
Cuba. Others would be: 1340, 2010, 2680, 3350, 4020, 5360, 6030[!];
should I go on? Hmm, maybe that`s why the heavy jamming on 6030, so
people can`t hear the ninth harmonic of R. Rebelde??? Naah (Glenn
Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1594, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Harmonics/Mixing products: 2010, UNID; 0122...0214+, 3-Dec; Northern
Illinois Univ. FB game. Fair peaks, in/out. Stations carrying NIU are
670 WSCR, 1360 WLBK & 1380 WTKJ. 2010 = 670 x 3.
4690, UNID; 0044, 3-Dec; Holiday Inn Express ad into sports program.
Disappeared into roar QRM after 2 minutes. Only MWBC harmonic would be
670 x 7. --- 670 WSCR must be throwing out harmonics! (Harold Frodge,
Midland MI, USA, M.A.R.E. DXpedition, Brighton MI, Drake R8B + 500'
NEish unterminated bev, All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real
time! dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1594, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. The WBAP and KSCS relays on 25910 and 25990 both come from
2221 E. Lamar St., in Arlington TX, not Fort Worth, altho not far way
from there. These are not STLs (studio transmitter linx), but IFB
(interrupted feed-back) transmitters (Mark Sills, TX, via George
Thurman, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
25910/FM, Fort Worth TX, WBAP studio link [sic]; 1750-1801+, 3-Dec;
Money Matters; 8-20 AM, 96.7 FM, WBAP Fort Worth-Dallas; 24-7 News
Room after ToH ID. VGood with some scratchiness & some near wash-outs.
25950/FM, Denver CO, KOA studio link; 1734-1650+, 3-Dec; Rush Limbaugh
pgm; promo for Mike Rose program; 8-50 KOA. Good but scratchy with
some near wash-outs.
25990/FM, Fort Worth TX, KSCS-FM studio link; 1733, 3-Dec; New Country
96-3 KSCS; ad for McKinney Toyota. VGood (Harold Frodge, Midland MI,
USA, M.A.R.E. DXpedition, Brighton MI, Drake R8B + 500' NEish
unterminated bev, All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time!
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
25 and 26 MHz STL's [sic] --- I know many of us in the NE USA have
heard KSCS and WBAP. I was surprised to see this list showing others
that may exist. Bill
25870 0000-2400 USA KLDE El Dorado, TX E USA
25870 0000-2400 USA WFLA Tampa, FL E USA
25910 0000-2400 USA WBAP Fort Worth, TX E USA
25950 0000-2400 USA KGON Portland, OR E USA
25950 0000-2400 USA KOA Denver, CO E USA
25990 0000-2400 USA KSCS Arlington, TX E USA
26100 0000-2400 USA KCCI Des Moines, IA E USA
26130 0000-2400 USA WIBC Indianapolis, IN E USA
26450 0000-2400 USA WLW Cincinnati, OH E USA
(Bill Nollman, 5 Dec, WTFDA via DXLD)
Source?? Some of those ring bells as having been heard in the past
decade, but not lately (Glenn Hauser, DXLD)
I've been monitoring these frequencies for the past several weeks. I
find that during daytime three are almost always present: WBAP, KSCS
and KOA. I have not heard any additional ones.
This may be out of the purview of this list, but during this period
I've also been hearing American truckers with southern accents on
26105 kHz. Once I heard a mention of Beaumont, presumably Beaumont TX.
Are these so-called NAFTA truckers making runs into Mexico and using
Mexican allocated CB transceivers? 26105 is significantly below the US
CB allocation (David Goren, WTFDA via DXLD)
Freebanders. All illegal....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeband#Freebanding_and_export_radios
Best time to try for the "broadcast aux" stations are during afternoon
radio drive time/evening TV news time. They will only be on the air as
needed. You can often hear some during sports games as well.
In Eastern Zone facing west .... 6:30 - 9:30 pm ET [2330-0230 UT]
In Pacific Zone facing east .... 12:30 - 3:30 pm PT [2030-2330 UT]
Closer to home, you can find these in the following V/U bands...
152.87 - 153.35 (30 kHz channels)
161.64 - 161.76 (30)
166.25
170.15
450 - 451 (12.5)
455 - 456 (12.5)
Some Canadian AM STL's can also be found in the 450 & 455 bands. US
STL's are in the 942-952 MHz band and Canadian STL's 953-960 MHz (both
using 62.5 kHz channels). Most 900 Meg sigs are better in WFM mode.
WVKS 161.70 Toledo seems to be a 24-hour station, like the
WBAP/KSCS/KOA stations on 26 Megs. wrh (Bill Hepburn, Ont., ibid.)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1593 monitoring: 1628 Dec 3, JBA on 9955, the
Sat 1600 airing on WRMI, repeating at 1830, Sun 0900, 1630, 1830,
Monday 1230.
Jeff White says the Michael Méndez show UT Fridays at 0430 is in
English. So there is never any need for jamming during that hour,
including blocking WOR 24 hours earlier, UT Thursday 0430.
On WTWW 5755: UT Sunday 0500.
On WBCQ 7490: Tuesday 2230 (at least it was last week, by surprise)
Larry Will advises that for financial reasons, schedule for Area 51
has to be reduced, so WORLD OF RADIO will no longer be heard, at least
for now, UT Mondays at 0400 on WBCQ 5110v-CUSB; nor International
Radio Report at 0430. Our thanks to Larry for availablizing WOR when
possible, and we hope financial support for A51 will pick up. New
schedule is here:
http://www.worldmicroscope.com/?p=2324
WORLD OF RADIO 1593 monitoring: starting 0333 UT Monday Dec 5
confirmed on Area 51 webcast,
http://www.splatterbox.us:5110/listen.pls
following Larry Will`s Free Radio (Live) program; and presumably also
on WBCQ 5110v-CUSB. This was a last minute change, after announcement
that WOR could no longer be carried after 0400 (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WORLD OF RADIO 1594, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
7490, Tue Dec 6 at 2229, WBCQ starts playing `Frecuencia al Día`, its
only Spanish program which is also a DX program, as usually happens
per schedule, rather than WORLD OF RADIO which unexpectedly appeared
here last Tuesday. Expect WOR at its usual WBCQ time of 2230 Thursday.
WORLD OF RADIO 1594 monitoring: first broadcast confirmed on WRMI 9955
webcast, UT Thursday Dec 8 at 0430. Besides numerous other webcasts,
further WRMI times when on SW: Fri 0600, Sat 0900, 1600, 1830, Sun
0900, 1630, 1830, Mon 1230.
On WTWW: Thu 2200 on 9479, UT Sun 0500 on 5755
On WBCQ: Thu 2230 on 7490; UT Mon 0330 [?Maybe] on Area 51 5110-CUSB
On WWRB: UT Fri 0430 on 3195, 5050 ex-5051
On HLR: Tuesday 1030 on 5980
Also on WRN via SiriusXM 120: Sat & Sun 1830, Sun 0930
Full schedule at: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9955, Dec 1 at 0623, can make out Jeff White speaking vs
pulse jamming, both signals poor, so `Viva Miami` as currently
scheduled at 0615 Tue & Thu. You never know whether WRMI will be
audible at this time, jammed or not (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 5050, Dec 3 at 2309, WWRB still with airtime sales barker
loop by Dave Frantz, // 3215 but promoting 3215 and 3195. Yes, back on
5050 ex-5051 for several weeks, no explanations or acknowledgments of
the 1-kHz shift and back. Still on 5050 at 0437 recheck Dec 4 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WBCQ is getting jammed right now at 7490. Jamming is mostly
lower sideband. Like Comment Thursday at 3:58pm via mobile .
(David Payne, https://www.facebook.com/shortwaveradio via DXLD)
Ain`t FB wonderful? ``Thursday`` means Dec 1; 3:58 pm means what
timezone?? Where`s Payne? Clicking on his name, West Virginia,
apparently. This is reckless reporting. What kind of jamming? On the
LSB of WBCQ? Or is WBCQ getting jamming from the LSB of something
above it? ``Jamming`` implies intent, or especially in the case of
Cuba, negligence. There is normally never any Cuban jamming anywhere
near 7490 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 15610, Dec 3 at 1355, WEWN missing, normally on air from
1200; the two Spanish frequencies, 11550 and 12050, were operational
nominally. Therefore, also missing were the constant squishy spurs
from the English transmitter, 15601 and 15619 being the worst.
Meanwhile, some intermittent ute was on 15605, a frequency not listed
for any broadcaster. All of WEWN`s signals back on at 1514 check.
15590-15630, Dec 3 at 2310, WEWN English quite strong on fundamental
15610 plus ``squishy`` spur field peaking around 9 and 18 kHz above
and below.
12030-12070, Dec 3 at 2313, WEWN Spanish fundamental 12050 is always
``squealy`` but now it`s resembling 15610 in also putting out a spur
field 20 kHz on both sides, main peaks about 8-9 kHz away (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
How come that I am hearing regular S9+++ signals and lots of "squishy"
adjacent noises from WEWN on 9390 at 1000UT+? This one is supposed to
be beaming at 335 degrees to SE Asia - really? - so even the reverse
beam angle at 155 deg is not towards me in NW England. And there are
no "echoes", and the signal is not a fluttery one. I had been trying
to work out what all of the adjacent hash was until I read Glenn's
reports. Is anyone hearing it in the target area I wonder? (Noel R.
Green, NW England, Dec 4, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Hello Noel, I checked via Hong Kong and Japan remote receivers at
1110: not heard at all in Hong Kong, just some undefined whistling.
Very weak in Japan, also there some whistling QRM. Seems to be for
China according to HFCC CIRAFs. 73, (Mauno Ritola, Finland, ibid.)
** U S A. 15825, Dec 3 at 1356, horrible modulation in gospel music
(?), but announcement about it from Columbia SC was clear; therefore
program audio partially far below broadcast quality.
Also, I am daring to hope WWCR has finally fixed severe problems with
number one transmitter, as have not noticed it splattering over half
the 19m band lately. This signal was merely spreading 15805-15845 or
so, so could not either make out the plus/minus 15.6 kHz spurs on
15809.4, 15840.6. Is anyone still hearing those parasites to #1 on
this or its other daypart frequencies, 7465, 3195, 3215, 7465? (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
7465, WWCR Nashville TN (presumed); 2109, 3-Dec; English Bible
thumper. S30; only hint of spur on 7480.6; 7450 too strong to detect
one on 7449.4 (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, M.A.R.E. DXpedition,
Brighton MI, Drake R8B + 500' NEish unterminated bev, All logged by my
ears, on my receiver, in real time! dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
15825, Dec 5 at 1604, WWCR-1 seems to have cleaned up its signal, not
splattering over half the 19m band, but how about the plus/minus 15.6
kHz spurs? I can still detect JBA carriers just below 15810 and above
15840; fundamental is strong but not super-strong at the moment which
would bring up the spurs, and possibly the splatter (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 11714.8, KJES God's Ranch, Vado NM (presumed); 1532, 3-Dec;
English thumping; "Don't eat the bread of idleness." SIO=444- with
weak co-channel oriental music -- not Chinese jammer. (Frodge-DXP)
15385, KJES God's Ranch, Vado NM (presumed); 1919, 3-Dec, English
robo-kids; "Keep your tongue from evil." SIO-4+54 (Harold Frodge,
Midland MI, USA, M.A.R.E. DXpedition, Brighton MI, Drake R8B + 500'
NEish unterminated bev, All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real
time! dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) It`s Lord`s Ranch, axually (gh)
11714.814, KJES religious program in English, bible reading by family
amateurs, like young girl and their mother at 1516 UT Dec 4, S=8-9
signal in NC-US rx post. (wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 4) 73 (Wolfgang
Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 15550/USB, WJHR Milton FL; 1649, 3-Dec; English preaching
screamer; sed the Bible is for English-speaking people. ID later.
SIO=354 (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, M.A.R.E. DXpedition, Brighton
MI, Drake R8B + 500' NEish unterminated bev, All logged by my ears, on
my receiver, in real time! dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Glenn, A few weeks ago I ran into Dave Grenowski (sp? I`m
sure) who is the engineer for this pair of stations in Newport NC. I
asked about the status of what`s going on and he said the WBOH
transmitter has been moved to the main site of WTJC. He is trying to
get it going on the 9 MHz frequency but having trouble. I volunteered
to help but haven`t heard from him. So in summation WBOH site is now
abandoned and both transmitters are now at the church in Newport.
I hope you find this info useful. 73 (Glenn Swiderski, NC, Dec 3, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
I was trying to find the correct spelling of the person mentioned
above on the FBN website but there is no search funxion, and the only
engineer mentioned on the tech support pages is David Robinson. I did
find this at http://www.fbnradio.com/faq.htm
``The greatest opportunity to reach a multitude of lost souls for the
Saviour was bestowed upon FBN in October, 1999. At that time, God gave
us a 750,000 watt ERP shortwave station, WTJC, which stands for
"Working Till Jesus Comes." Currently, WTJC is operating 24 hours
daily on 9370 kHz. WTJC broadcasts in English except for the
following: Chinese programming is aired from 8:30 - 9:00 PM, and
Arabic programs can be heard from 8:00 - 8:30 PM local Eastern time.
WTJC has had contacts from all 7 continents, including Neumayer Base
in Antarctica. We have heard from listeners in over 140 countries, and
all 50 states. As a result of our shortwave broadcasts, the most
exciting news of all is that we know of souls that have been saved in
China, Liberia, Costa Rica, Austria, and Poland, as well as here in
America! We praise God for the great things He has done!``
Wow, am I impressed, 750,000 watts! But then why can I barely hear
their modulation on 9370 sounding like maybe 10 kW? Full program
schedule fails to mention Arabic and Chinese. Does that mean 7 days a
week? That would be during EST, 0130-0200, and 0100-0130, both far
from prime listening time in Arabia and China. Wish we could check
ownership history of WTJC at FCC like we can for domestic stations, as
I would really like to see God listed as previous owner. Note that
WBOH info has been deleted as if it never existed (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Panoramio Image & more: WMLK Bethel
Nice newly posted image of the WMLK SW antenna.
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/59887600
Looks as though work is still progressing with SW antenna repairs &
maintenance according to recent updates to the WMLK station website.
Ref Aug 30, 2011.
http://www.wmlkradio.net/antenna_update_progress.htm
Imagery & short video with antenna/feedline maintenance photo stills
seen (Ian Baxter, NSW, Dec 6, SHORTWAVESITES YG, via DXLD)
** U S A [and non]. 9430, Dec 4 at 2348, Xmas music with organ has
taken over 9425 from AIR where I had been listening to Hindi comedy
music, including yodeling a bihour earlier in the madrugada there.
It`s // 9355, 15400, and best by far 15440.
So YFR is still emitting only one program stream from Okeechobee, due
to ``meltdown`` of automation system a few weeks ago, all English
instead of Spanish, Portuguese, French or English as originally
scheduled for B-11 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
6890, WYFR Family Radio, Okeechobee FL; 0300, 3-Dec; Promo for FR Xmas
& request for love offerings; sed they have 50 stations. Dull, dull
dull -- resurrect Harold. SIO=554 (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA,
M.A.R.E. DXpedition, Brighton MI, Drake R8B + 500' NEish unterminated
bev, All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! dxldyg via
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 21630, WHRI Cypress Creek SC (presumed); 1900, 3-Dec;
English religious program with Bro. Jesse Campbell. S6 only sig with
some distortion (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, M.A.R.E. DXpedition,
Brighton MI, Drake R8B + 500' NEish unterminated bev, All logged by my
ears, on my receiver, in real time! dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 17362-USB, Dec 3 at 2105 UT, robotic feminine voice with
high seas marine weather, for various coördinates in the NE Pacific,
several mentions of gale warnings, distances in ``nautical smiles``,
which certainly brought one to my landlubber face. As in DXLD 11-42,
this is listed as WLO Mobile AL, not KLB Kent WA. On inside antenna as
there was some transient thunder here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. CUMULUS SHIFTING KGO TO NEWS --- Wow, from
http://www.rbr.com/radio/cumulus-shifts-kgo-to-news.html
Cumulus is switching KGO 810 San Francisco, CA to news. Following from
RBR.
Local radio hosts Gene Burns, Gil Gross, Ray Taliaferro and John
Rothmann are out. 12/05/11 News will be delivered from 2:00 PM to
midnight. Ronn Owens will keep his 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Brain [sic]
Copeland keeps his weekend show according to the San Francico
Chronicle. KGO will now be ""KGO-810 - the Bay Area news and
information station." More information at
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/12/01/MNMM1M7B9E.DTL#ixzz1fQeMOsuy
(Dennis Vroom, Kalama, WA, Dec 2, IRCA mailing list via DXLD)
Wow! Looks like they will be losing one internet listener. I had my
bedside radio set to KGO mainly due to the intelligent discourse that
one could get from Ray and John, especially. John, in particular
provided a unique ability to give a unique historical perspective to
issues. I will be interested to see if he ends up on another station
(they may end up making it to my radio). I wonder if Dr. Bill will be
next to go - his science based programming would potentially be at
odds with an all news format (John Fisher, Canada, ibid.)
Wow!!! What a shock!!! That is too bad and very unfortunate. I wonder
what KGO's ratings will be like in the next book? They have been
News-Talk since the early 60s. I have been listening that long too,
since their first show done at the Hungry I with Les Crane. This is a
sad day. 73, (Patrick Martin, Seaside OR, ibid.)
I agree. This is very sad. KGO was a successful live, locally
programmed talk station for years. Going up against KCBS which has
been all news for a long time and now is available on both AM and FM
is going to be a real challenge for Cumulus.
I thought the ultimate goal for companies such as Cumulus, Clear
channel and others was to save money. If they intend to offer a live-
local presentation for news, they will still need a good sized staff
to do it right and that costs in the long run (Larry Stoler, ibid.)
Cumulus just came in and fired everyone is what I heard. KGO will
never be a top rated station again. I don't envy the receptionist at
KGO come Monday. The calls will flood the station. KGO had regular
listeners from Alaska to Mexico. Millions listened to the station. To
just throw out a format they have had for nearly 60 years is insane. I
agree, going head to head with KCBS is not going to be easy. I wonder
where KGO's air talent will end up? I know most were in their 60s &
70s, but still I cannot imagine Ray not being on the air. I wonder
with KGO changing format, if someone else will pick it up. Cumulus
probably bought KSFO too. Time will tell. But this really a sad day in
radio. KGO's talk shows are live and local too (Patrick Martin,
Seaside OR, ibid.)
Gil Gross is/was network, from elsewhere, no? (Glenn Hauser, DXLD)
** U S A. `Tis the season for daytime MW DX with the Sun approaching
its low noon nadir. Dec 3 at 1850 UT [18 minutes after local mean
noon] on caradio at a quiet hotspot store parking lot in western Enid,
I search for skywave signals, making sure I am far enough away from
the building and its security(?) MW noise sources:
830, just barely audible, seems to be discussion about football, heard
Minnesota mentioned, unseems play-by-play. Bothered by WBAP 820
splatter especially when emitting bits of music. 830 faded down by ID
time at TOH, but surely it`s WCCO, a megameter away. (1500 might do
better, but OK and TX stations are there.) Trouble is, the WCCO
website shows the 12-1 pm Saturday show is Yard & Garden. But when
clicking on podcast for that, it`s headed: ``Join us Saturday at 1 for
the S & S Tree Specialists Yard and Garden Show``. I couldn`t find
anything on the WCCO website about SBG broadcasts (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. KPWX 1130 format change --- Listeners on the Portland PDX
forum are reporting that KPWX 1130 has switched from Spanish to
Russian programming. Best regards, (Dennis Vroom, Kalama, WA, Dec 5,
IRCA via DXLD)
Dennis, I can hear choral type music under CKWX off the WSW EWE, and
the woman speaking does sound like a Slovak [sic] language. I wonder
what 1010 will be broadcasting, as I think they are Russian. Lots of
Russians in the Woodburn area in the valley. KWRC (KWBY) used to
broadcast Russian on the weekends back in the 70s. 73, (Patrick
Martin, Seaside OR, ibid.)
I just want to stress that KPWX is the easiest way to get OR in the
midwest. Having them as Russian may make them easier to notice during
sunset skip when they can come in. Does anyone know what slogan, if
any they use now? 73 KAZ (Neil Kazaross, IL/WI, ibid.)
1130 Mount Angel OR --- Listening at the moment (2345 UT Dec 7) but
battling with far stronger CKWX. I'm having to use my Misek Phaser to
good effect, mostly nulling CKWX. At times KTRP is well heard. It is
Russian, and seems to be of religious nature at the moment (Protestant
rather than Orthodox). I'll keep an ear open for an ID. Way down
compared to when I often heard the SS station over CKWX weeks and
months ago, especially in the late afternoon. Rapid fading noted. The
phaser sure does its thing, though! On all my other antennae (I have 3
to choose from), I'm unable to hear anything under CKWX. 73, (Walt in
Victoria, BC, Salmaniw, IRCA via DXLD)
Oops, using old information. Mt. Angel is, of course, PWX (Walt
Salmaniw, 2354 UT, ibid.) Yes, like you said? (gh)
1130 continues to impress! OK, playing with the phaser, KPWX was
strongly audible until 0035 UT [Dec 8] (4:35 pm local [Dec 7). CKWX
was nulled out completely. I then heard dead air, followed by a KRDU
ID at fair/good level; this is a religious station in Dinuba, CA which
is located in north-east CA near Fresno.
http://www.krdu1130.com/main.html
Nothing more was heard from KPWX. I can only conclude that at that
moment, KPWX switched over their night time pattern and power. Anyone
else hearing them now? (Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, IRCA, via DXLD)
** U S A. 1219.84, KMVL, TX, Madisonville – 10/8 0210 [EDT = 0610 UT]
– Nostalgia music ("Let it Be Me;" "A Million to One;" etc.); male
announcer with ID at 0220: "...1220 AM KMVL;" followed by more music.
They run nostalgia all night, then at 0700 ELT: Insight for Living
religious program. Separable on LSB from the 1220 group; only surfaces
a few minutes each hour. Not surprising, considering their 11-watt
flea power at night. This is my unID station of last week (John
Wilkins, CO, NRC DX News Oct 24 via DXLD)
That probably explains the het I sometimes hear on 1220 (gh, OK, DXLD)
** U S A. Houston has a "new" radio station. They have taken a Gospel
Music station and have made an ALL-NEWS station out of it. It is KROI
92.1. http://news92fm.com/
(GEORGE THURMAN, TX, Dec 2, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Sounded like ``all-commercials`` when I brought up the stream. Just
think, if it were only 0.4 MHz lower it could be commercial-free. Is
it part of a cluster of other stations there? (Glenn Hauser, DXLD)
** VANUATU. I know some of you on here have an interest in foreign
signals like I do, most of you listen over the air. I like to listen
online. I've made friends with presenters, technicians and station
managers at some very remote stations in South Pacific and South
Atlantic Ocean.
This link comes from the island of Vanuatu where the Vanuatu
Broadcasting & Television Corporation owns 3 signals. Radio Vanuatu
which I assume to be a more national service, TV Vanuatu and what I
assume to be a more localised service, Paradise FM 98.
One of their technicians sent me the link to their new website:
http://vanuatu2u.com/|
You can find a live 128K Stereo stream of Paradise FM 98 on there.
(Paul Walker, 3pm to 12midnight, 97.5 The Hound WDDH Ridgway, PA,
IRCA mailing list, via DXLD)
Thank you. Unfortunately the web site seems to be down, but can be
seen via Google cache and the direct link to Paradise FM stream works:
http://113.21.119.18/paradisefm
Could you please ask them what their plans with the other shortwave
transmitter, which is currently inactive? 73, (Mauno Ritola, Finland,
ibid.)
Mauno, I don't talk to them much but next time we cross paths, I will
try and remember to ask about the shortwave transmitter. The website
was working last night when I sent the email. Anyway, the stream and
station sounded decent (Paul Walker, Dec 5, ibid.)
** VATICAN [non]. 9790, Dec 6 at 1311 some classical music catches my
ear, but when I come back at 1313 it`s off the air. Must have been VR,
250 kW, 350 degrees via Palauig-Zambales, RVA Philippines, Chinese at
1228-1315 [sic] per Aoki {I see that the // 6020 site has been moved
to Irkutsk, when at least over here, it`s less of a bother to R.
Australia} (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VIETNAM. I recently re-visited the Voice of Vietnam webpages. The
site has improved a lot since my last visit some time ago, and now
includes a number of downloads of past broadcasts, and also downloads
of past editions of the Sunday Show going back to August. I downloaded
several episodes that I've missed on live transmission.
I've always thought of the Sunday Show as being more about "lighter"
topics, such as cultural events and values, traditional and folk
customs, music, instruments. But glancing through the list of topics
covered by available downloads reminds me that more serious topics are
covered also - such as these ones:
31 July 2011: "Life of Victims of Agent Orange in Vietnam"
9 October 2011: "Mine clearance in Quang Tri Province"
15 October 2011: "The Ho Chi Minh Sea Trail"
The 31 July edition about victims of Agent orange starts:
<<"More than 30 years after the war ended, the pain of war is still
visible in many Vietnamese families. Some have managed to overcome it
[...] but some others have continued to live in agony because of the
severe effects of this toxic chemical. Let's share with them in their
happiness and sorrow.">>
The programme then went on to describe the suffering endured by
victims of Agent Orange - even 30 years later - with children, and now
grandchildren continuing to be born with deformities. It continued
with talk of how some victims, however, have gone on to get married
and have healthy children. The programme continued with a mix of
stories about despair and hope.
<<"Happiness is still beyond the reach of many [...] families. In
1975, returning from battlefields, a war invalid married a
revolutionary volunteer. On their wedding day, happiness lit up the
faces of the bride and groom, but happiness did not live long in the
small house - all four children were born deformed [...] they now live
together in cramped and dirty conditions sharing little hope in the
future. They are living in agony amongst tears and hardship. Only the
old mother never surrenders to fate, trying to take care of her
children and encourage them.">>
I did wonder here about the lack of state support of this family if
they were in such desperate straits.
The programme, as is customary in the each edition, included plenty of
actuality - recorded quotes from people with voice-over translation,
and a lot of music throughout.
<<"Despite the devastating consequences of war, the Vietnamese never
give up their hopes for the future. In many regions of Vietnam,
thousands of Agent Orange children are going to school with their
parents and friends. Despite the physical disadvantages, they all
share the same aspirations to learn, to study and to better
themselves.">>
An interesting edition - perhaps a little overly sentimental at times
- but never-the-less kept my attention. And this is the case with most
of the editions of the Sunday Show on Voice of Vietnam.
I listened also to the editions of 9 and 15 October.
The 9 October edition looked at another legacy of war: the clearance
of land mines and unexploded ordnance in Quang Tri Province - again
with location interviews (with voice-over translations) with some of
the courageous people involved in this dangerous work.
The 15 October edition described the secret Ho Chi Minh Sea Trail
which secretly transported ships, men and armaments to the southern
battlefields during the war. The ships were disguised as fishing boats
and transported more than 80,000 soldiers during the period 1961 to
1975. I was previously well aware of the Ho Chi Minh Trail through the
Vietnam Highlands - but had not heard of the Sea Trail before.
Fascinating stuff.
Next month, I am hoping to provide a "by time-and-day" listing of some
music programmes on shortwave. If you have any recommendations of
music programmes, in any language, then please let me know. Have a
great Christmas and New Year, and happy listening! (L I S T E N I N G
P O S T b y A l a n R o e, Dec World DX Club Contact via DXLD)
12019.3, Voice of Vietnam; 1508-1518+, 3-Dec; English news to 1510
bumper into commentary re relations with China & Thailand. ID at 1518.
SO=343 (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, M.A.R.E. DXpedition, Brighton
MI, Drake R8B + 500' NEish unterminated bev, All logged by my ears, on
my receiver, in real time! dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VIETNAM [and non]. 7480 Vietnamese jamming sweeper
VIETNAM/PHILIPPINES, 7480, Even at 1426 UT Dec 5 the annoying
Vietnamese sweeper jammer is still on air. FEBA Manila in various
Vietnam/Laos border region vernacular languages is scheduled at 13-14
UT, and heavily jammed by Vietnamese government.
FEBA motto: "Taking the Gospel where traditional missionaries can't"
7480 at present 14-15 UT is scheduled according to Aoki list:
VOA "Radio Aap ki Dunyaa" in Urdu from Iranawila Sri Lanka site.
73 wolfy (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ZAMBIA. Zambia / Chad, 6165 back to normal? Hi Glenn, ZNBC2, 6165
Lusaka. Dec 4, 2011, Sunday. 1805-1935. An hour of Christmas music and
songs; Boney M (sp??) naturally, amongst others. Even a touch of New
Year with Auld Lang Syne. No news at 1900, but programming changed to
afro music. QRM from Chad is not too bad tonight, Zambia is quite
listenable. A weak and wavery het, faint foreign language voices in
the background during quiet passages, but not too much fading and
distortion. I can live with it. Jo'burg sunset 1649.
ZNBC2, 6165 Lusaka. Dec 5, 2011, Monday. 0227-0323. Carrier on at
0227, do I hear the Zambian sine wave or is it a slight het? No, it
was the sine wave, it stopped at 0242, giving way to the fish eagles.
Clear anthem at 0253, OM with ID and early morning greetings, day,
date, and programme announcements followed by OM singing then a new
jingle (or at least one I've never heard before). At 0301 over to the
VOA for "Daybreak Africa".
Chad is gone, at least for today, thank goodness. Maybe we have just
been going through a prolonged period of abnormally good propagation,
or maybe their transmitter couldn't handle the extra power output? No
sympathy for outlaw broadcasters, so far as I am aware Chad depends on
foreign aid so they should join HFCC. Fingers crossed, there is some
slight atmospheric QRN, but effectively back to normal this morning.
Jo'burg sunrise 0308 (Bill Bingham, RSA, UT Dec 5, DX LISTENING
DIGEST) See also CHAD
** ZIMBABWE [non]. 4895, Zwe Community Radio, 1851 2 Dec with a reggae
song or possibly hip hop, S5/S2 then 1856 heard a guitar music IS
(Channel Africa's??)then signoff.
4880, SWR Africa, 1856 2 Dec with oldies and S9/S2 QRN signal, 1859
heard ID similar to 4895, IS ()then 1859 YFR's IS and talks in unknown
language for several seconds then a dead carrier for at least 1 minute
(Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki, Greece, Standard rig: ICOM R75 /
2x16 V, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ZIMBABWE [non]. 9345, V of People, 1600 2 Dec with OM in African
English and local mentioning times and frequencies, S3-4.
9345, V of People again on 1825 2 Dec with OM with talks in p[resumed]
Shona with OM and YL with talks in-between music clips, S9, better in
NF to avoid some local noise, 25232 (Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki,
Greece, Standard rig: ICOM R75 / 2x16 V, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
RADIO VOP CHARTS WAY FORWARD --- Published on : 2 December 2011 -
4:04pm | By RNW Africa Desk (Photo: Flickr / tuija)
Radio VOP Executive Director John Masuku has said the company´s board
is discussing what action to take after it was denied a licence to
operate a commercial radio station by the Broadcasting Authority of
Zimbabwe (BAZ). . .
http://www.rnw.nl/africa/article/radio-vop-charts-way-forward
(via Zacharias Liangas, DXLD)
UNIDENTIFIED. Anyone know what the signal is on 4787.518 kHz? All I am
getting is a presentation on the Excalibur. There's no audio that I
can hear? I am wondering if it might be RRI FakFak? Any help will be
appreciated? Thanks (Chuck Bolland, Clewiston FL, 26N 081W, Excalibur,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. Cland, 5060.00, Voice of Oromo Liberation, Tentative,
0115-0130 Dec 3, Noted a weak signal here with some music fading in
every once in awhile as well as chatter by a female. Signal was less
than threshold (Chuck Bolland, Clewiston, FL, 26N 081W, Excalibur,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Chuck, If I were list-logging something on 5060 at this time, I would
pick PBS Xinjiang, EAST TURKISTAN, which is scheduled on the air at
2330-0300 and where sunrise at Wulumuchi was 0126 UT; while Asmera
would be in full darkness, would not expect VOOL to be on the air so
early, scheduled from 0400. And is it really active on 5060, seldom
reported? (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Just to add a bit to this, the last 2 days of our SWL weekend (Dec
5,6) I noted 4980 peaking nicely around 0100 UT well past 0130. This
should be PBS Xinjiang from Urumqui (as listed). 4 lo, 1 hi time
pips on the hour. //'s were 3990 pr-fr, 6120 pr w/co-ch, 7205 fr.
My notes also show that I noted 5060 at the same and it wasn't in
parallel (not that it should be) but seemed similar propagationally
from a fade in time and that all seemed to peak on the 160 deg
beverage (long path direction) and poor on everything else including
the 310 deg Asia beverage. My 100-kHz-wide Perseus recording of 4980
stops at 5058 or so! 4950 kHz that we suspect to be AIR Kashmir also
peaked around the same time, but not very well (Don Moman, Lamont, AB,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 6150, Dec 2 from 2300, trying to get something
identifiable here from R. Bayrak, TRNC: at 2305, two stations with
very poor signals on slightly different frequencies, says the BFO.
Some talk seems to have Brazilian intonation. But at 2308 a slight
surge from one of them is surely in Chinese. Bayrak may well be
somewhere down there, but not for sure here yet. It seems both it and
R. Record, São Paulo, play western pop music, and Bayrak sometimes
says something in English. We need to hear some definite Turkish talk.
Martien Groot, Netherlands, logging at 0255 Dec 3 the Bayrak carrier
only, reaffirms that it is stuck on 6150.03, (Büschel says 6150.037)
but the main signal I was getting was close to 6150.00, using the 5-
kHz step method against nearby signals with BFO. Martien says R.
Record is on 6150.00 or only very slightly lower. The Chinese is RTI
in Chinese at 22-24, which means it`s more likely CNR1 jamming I was
hearing. The latter may be turned on and off at odd times (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1594, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Re: 6150. It seems to me as though Radio Record, Brazil, is slightly
on the low side of 6150 whereas Radio Bayrak, Turkish Northern Cyprus,
is on the high side (Steve Lare, Holland, MI, USA, 2234 UT Dec 2,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also CYPRUS TURKISH
UNIDENTIFIED. 6445/USB, Choppy polytone; 2148, 2-Dec; only hear in
USB. (Frodge-DXP)
6932/USB, Polytone; 0011, 3-Dec; mixing with "pescadores" on 6933/LSB
(Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, M.A.R.E. DXpedition, Brighton MI,
Drake R8B + 500' NEish unterminated bev, All logged by my ears, on my
receiver, in real time! dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. Re 11-48: 7110, rechecking for the mystery Burmese-
language station, no longer anything there, Dec 1 at 1303 and Dec 2 at
1351. Was on air around 1230-1430. Did anyone ever identify it, from
or to Myanmar? It has not been entered in Aoki (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 7270.00, 0825, Dec 1, tune-in to pop music, then
suddenly into Bahasa Indonesia / Malaysia 0830. Seemed some kind of
magazine programme about life in America, on-the-spot reports about
farming, cancer patients, self-development with interviewees answering
in English. Several references to VOA so what is this? Excellent
signal noted to sudden 0848 s/off.
Had heard another mystery station playing pop songs on Nov 30 0815
tune-in to 0826 off on 7230 solidly blocking co-channel R Rossii,
possibly the same UNID testing? Did anyone else hear this? (Martien
Groot, Schoorl, Netherlands (TenTec RX340, 20 m. longwire, dxldyg via
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Sarawak 7270 is supposed to be closed down, but if it was in Malay,
worth investigating that. WB seems to be saying it was Malaysia: (gh,
DXLD)
On Dec 2nd at 0815-0822 UT I heard Mongolian here, S=8 in California,
mixed at 0831 UT with MLA FM radio, same also on Japanese remote SDR
units. probably scheduled
7270 PBS Nei Menggu 0600-0950 UT Mongolian 50kW 52degr from Hohhot
839 China site. But could be off a hour earlier at 0850 UT? 73
(Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.)
UNIDENTIFIED. 7530 kHz: s/on 2300 in Chinese (?) --- Hallo - looking
for Suab Xaa Moo, scheduled to start from 2230 on 7530 kHz (only
noise), I came across an UNID signing on at 2300, presumably
in Chinese or a dialect. An audioclip at: http://bit.ly/uN5RMw
Any help appreciated! -- 73, (Nils DK8OK Schiffhauer, Germany,
Excalibur, SDR-IP/GPS, Perseus, W-Code, 2 x 20 m active quad loop
(90 ), 42 m windom, DX-One prof, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Presumably on Dec 2; posted at 1405 UT Dec 3. Please include dates in
body of logs (gh, DXLD) Not sure, but could be Sound of Hope. Best
regards, (Mauno Ritola, ibid.)
Monitoring of Drifting SOH by Hiroshi
Dec. 2
2200-2230 7595
2230-2300 7580
2300-2330 7530 ***
2330-2400 7600
Dec. 3
2200-2230 7540
2230-2300 7590
2300-2330 7565 (2223-2400 firedrake)
2330-2400 7590
de Hiroshi (S. Hasegawa, Japan, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
We wouldn`t call it drifting, which implies it is not intentional;
surely trying to keep ahead of the jammers. Note the times also
`drift`, not just 2300-2330, and could occupy time previously listed
as Suab Xaa Moo, scheduled to start from 2230 on 7530 kHz, which Nils
found absent above. BTW, that is not in Aoki but instead the single
listing for it now is on 5930 since Nov 30:
``5930 Suab Xaa Moo Zoo (V of Hope) 2230-2300 1234567 Hmong-Blue/Njua
100 250 Taipei TWN 12124E 2509N HCM TDP b11 Nov. 30``
(Glenn Hauser, DXLD)
[non] Nils` blog entry later revised to: Sound of Hope, via Dushanbe
to China 7530 kHz, 23:00 UTC s/on in Chinese, 2.12.11. ID: „Xiwang zhi
sheng guoji guangbo diantai.“ Clandestine of Falun Gong. (TNX
Wolfgang!) Click here for their website.
http://sohnetwork.com/
(via gh, DXLD)
7530, 06/Dec 2232, TAIWAN (Relay), Suab Xaa Moo Zoo (presumed), in
Hmong. OM talk. At 2234 music. Without jammer? At 2239 OM returns to
speak. 25432 (Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana, Bahia, 12 14´S,
38 58´W, Brasil, Dipole antenna for 16 meters, Degen 1103 - All
listening in mode of filter Narrow the 6 kHz. Escutas (listening, my
blog): http://www.ipernity.com/doc/75006 dxldyg via DXLD)
Jorge, If it was definitely in Hmong, then SXMZ, but we must take into
consideration these recent reports instead: See above, maybe SOH: gh
OK, Glenn. The audio clip is in my blog,
http://www.ipernity.com/doc/75006/11878083/
I will also ask for help a colleague in China. 73 (Jorge Freitas,
Feira de Santana, Bahia, ibid.)
That does sound like something SE Asian, hmaybe Hmong, rather than
Mandarin. Think I hear the word `Hmong` once or twice, but also
`Taiwan`. The current TDP sked
http://www.airtime.be/schedule.html
does have SXMZ on 7530 at 2230-2300 daily rather than 5930 as in Aoki.
However, is this TDP schedule really up-to-date? It also shows ESAT at
1700 on 15370 instead of recently reported 15390. In the case of
opposition broadcasters, which most of these are, it may be helpful to
publish out-of-date schedules, disinformation to foil jamming (Glenn
Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 15535, 06/dec 1704, UNID, strong open carrier without
modulation at that time (Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana, Bahia,
12 14´S, 38 58´W, Brasil, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
At 1727 UT. 1000 Hertz test tone. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.)
Maybe some tx or antenna test at Wertachtal: 15535 RADIO DABANGA 1530-
1627 Arabic/Sudanese 500 150 Wertachtal-D PNW
We have got a lot snowfall today - also at Wertachtal - , for the
first time in this December season. 73 wolfy df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel,
Stuttgart, ibid.)
As per some of my recent logs, the tone is a leftover from the
Sudanese jamming against R. Dabanga, which also runs thruout its 1530-
1627 broadcast. We would sure like to know where it come from, but
can`t be Wertachtal.
We also got our first (light) snow today in Enid. Surely unknown in
Bahia. 73, (Glenn Hauser, ibid.)
Yes, Glenn. Here 30 C, very hot and sky blue. 73 (Jorge Freitas,
Unidos Pelo Asfalto, Feira de Santana, Bahia, 12 14´S 38 58´W, ibid.)
UNIDENTIFIED. 15720, "Arabic radio" (?) 0815 2 Dec with YL spelling
their email and web address in a near Arabic language. OM then with
talks in Arabic, S20, 55555. NO source was found to include this
frequency for that time (Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki, Greece,
Standard rig: ICOM R75 / 2x16 V, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 30680-30720: South American transmitter spur, 30.7 MHz
approx --- Keep a listen out around 30.7 MHz for a really weird
transmitter spur. Mainly 50 Hz hum with some frequency modulation.
Audio is South American type Spanish. Sometimes the hum gets less and
audio a bit better. It drifts so anywhere from 30.68 to 30.72 is
possible (Hugh Hoover, Portugal 1724 UT Dec 7, WTFDA via DXLD)
Would suspect RAE Argentina 2 x 15345v except it doesn`t vary that
much on the fundamental, which would be 15340-15360. Could be a higher
harmonic of algo: 5 x 6140v, or 6 x 5116.7v. What times do you hear
it? (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 89.5, open carrier in Enid: See OKLAHOMA
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UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS
++++++++++++++++++++++++
Acknowledged on WORLD OF RADIO 1594:
Thanks for a contribution via PayPal from Chris and Sarah Leslie (gh)
Hi, just to let you know, it's really cool & appreciated when you`re
able to put the links up to hear the frequencies online! Thank you, &
I'm enjoying your good work out here (Robin in SF, CA, Springer, PTSW
yg via DXLD)
PUBLICATIONS
++++++++++++
WORLD RADIO TV HANDBOOK 2012
Re 11-48: My copy has arrived, 672 pages of fascinating information.
Congratulations to Nicholas Hardyman and the large number of loyal
contributors around the world. This publication remains the definitive
source of information for DXers, be it over the airwaves or online.
73s (Mike Terry, England, Dec 5, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
It also arrived here in Copenhagen today, Monday. 73, (Erik Koie,
ibid.) Who will report first reception across Atlantic?? (gh, DXLD)
1956 QSL CARD COLLECTION
There are some very interesting 1956 QSL cards to be found in this
collection on flickr from Gary Soup, including one from Portugal,
which has now left shortwave (with the suspension of RDP and the
closure of the Sines transmitter site), and the Radio Australia QSL:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/garysoup/sets/72157623836075377/
(Making Contact, Dec World DX Club Contact via DXLD)
Nice slideshow --- many of the same cards are in mine; I started
collecting SW QSLs the following year (gh, DXLD)
BDXC WEB SITE UPDATES
The following have all been updated on the British DX Club web site:
*Africa on SW
*Afghanistan on SW
*External Services on MW
*Middle East on SW
*South Asia on SW
*United Kingdom on SW
All of the above surveys are compiled by Tony Rogers and have been
updated for December 2011.
*Sheigra DXpedition Report 2011 --- A report on the recent DXpedition
to Sheigra, including the MW and SW logs plus some photos of the
beverage aerials and landscape around Sheigra.
All of these can be found on the BDXC web site at
http://www.bdxc.org.uk - see Articles Index
(Dave Kenny, BDXC, dxldyg via DXLD)
"FROM DC TO DAYLIGHT" NEW HOME
Folks, thanks to the kind availability of the guys at DXCoffee.com
(and in particular of Giorgio Minguzzi, and Francesco Cozzi), my "From
DC to Daylight" radio blog (in the widest meaning of the term: OM,
SWL, BCL, "green radios", and whatever...) has a new home (and
furniture too!). Please, visit it here:
http://www.dxcoffee.com/ix1ckn/
and don't forget to leave your mark on the sand. I'll appreciate it!
73 (Chris Diemoz, - IX1CKN / HB9EYT / KC2YXI, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
SAMUEL CASSIO`S BLOG STAYS
Amigos, Há alguns dias havia informado um novo blog, no entanto,
continuarei apenas com o antigo no Ipernity, o endereço é :
http://www.ipernity.com/blog/76129
Muito obrigado, (Samuel Cássio Martins, São Carlos SP, Dec 5,
radioescutas yg via DXLD)
LANGUAGE LESSONS
++++++++++++++++
PORTUGUESE
Re 11-48: ``BRAZIL. 11765, Nov 26 at 2302, Súper Rádio Deus é Amor
[the accent on the e is absolutely required, so if it`s missing where
you read this, don`t blame me]``
Glenn, You surely mean the acc. mk. on the verb, but please note the
word "super" carries no accent. To explain what Glenn means, you could
even write the é w/o the acc. mk., but then the meaning of the stn
name would change to Super R God *and* Love, not SR God *is* Love.
(Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Carlos, If `super` does not need an accent in Portuguese, why isn`t
there an accent on countless verbs also ending in -r, such as `fazer`?
Or do you say `super` with stress on the second syllable? (Glenn to
Carlos, via DXLD)
Glenn, Precisely like in Latin, the prefix super-, which is simply
supposed to be used together with a word, e.g. superabundância,
superlativo, really carries no accent mark on either vowel, but the
stressed syllable is indeed su-.
The same can said of other prefixes like ante, anti, arqui, sobre,
hiper, inter; e.g.:
anti-higiénico, ante-sala; hiper-sensível, inter-regional, super-
homem, sobre-humano; but the hyphen is dropped if the following word
starts with a vowel, e.g. superabundância, hiperacidez.
So in terms of stress, or accent if you like, this word alone is what
we call a "palavra grave."
Needless to say the stress of the vowel varies according to the number
of syllables, so in "hiperacidez" for instance, you won't pronounce
the prefix hiper- with a stressed -i-; the stress goes to the syllable
-dância.
I hope that wasn't too confusing, and that I answered your question.
_______________
I remember one comment of yours years ago re. the accent mark on
letter u when at the end of the word, and I believe remember a few
Braz. names were given as examples. Regardless of being Brazilian
names, the final u carries no accent mark (which then must be the
acute one), unless if it is together with another vowel, e.g.:
Peru, country name; nu, naked (masc.) (nua, fem.), but Camboriú. I
confess that, sometimes, one is even tempted to apply ´ on Peru
because it sounds like it needs one [it certainly does in Spanish ---
gh], and in fact it's not that rare to find it written like -perú- on
price tags... for the bird called turkey which is what the word really
means in Portuguese.
Now, if you write this Braz. name without the accent mark, both
vowels, i & u, should be read together, pronounced yoo.
Verbs and correct pronunciation are really tricky business for non-
speakers. 73, (Carlos Gonçalves, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Still about the "acentos" --- Glenn, Check
http://publications.europa.eu/code/pt/pt-4100100pt.htm
and then scroll until you find these explanations:
Não levam acento agudo:
a)
as terminações «eia» e «eico» em que é invariável o som do «e»:
assembleia, ideia, seborreico
b)
os prefixos paroxítonos terminados em «r» (hiper-, super-, inter-)
quando ligados por hífen ao elemento imediato, por serem considerados
elementos prefixais sem vida à parte:
hiper-humano, inter-resistente, super-homem
c)
a vogal tónica «i» quando precedida da vogal «u», que com ela não
forma ditongo, nas palavras que antigamente se grafavam com trema:
aguista, aquista, linguiça, linguista
d)
as vogais tónicas «i» e «u» nos seguintes casos:
- quando, em vocábulos paroxítonos, forem precedidas de ditongo
I hope this explains why I said the prefix "super" (and others alike)
carry no accent mark, but please be free to ask more, if you want. 73,
(Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, ibid.)
ICELANDIC
Re 11-48: ``ICELAND, ÍSLAND (...) Here`s how to make the crossed d,
last letter of Rikisutvarpið, disregarding the other diacritix:
control-apostrophe d. Or for capital Ð, control-apostrophe, control-
shift-d, on MS-Word at least (gh, DXLD)``
Thanks for your other explanation on this, but the fact is that it
does work. I use another method (Fn to engage F10, then ALT+0240 for
d or 0208 for D, or 0254 for that other strange Icelandic letter |o,
but it isn't working at present due to a keyboard fault on certain
keys like Alt Gr, Ctrl and Alt. The only means to write those is to
use WORD and insert the needed symbol, at least until this is not
solved. 73, (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES
+++++++++++++++++++++++++
MALAYSIA: 8th GLOBAL SHORTWAVE COORDINATION CONFERENCE 9-13 January
The 8th Global Shortwave Coordination Conference will be held in Kuala
Lumpur from 9 to 13 January 2012. Participants of the three
coordination groups, representing around 90% of the shortwave in the
world, will take part in this conference to coordinate shortwave
frequency schedules for the A-12 (summer) season.
online registration
http://event.abu.org.my/gscc2012/event_reg/index.php
Link: http://event.abu.org.my/gscc2012/index.htm
(Via Yimber Gaviria, Colombia, dxldyg via DXLD)
Interesting that Voice of Malaysia has just stopped shortwave
transmissions (Mauno Ritola, Finland, noticiasdx yg via DXLD)
So? Many of the frequency managers obviously don`t axually listen to
SW, or they would resolve all the problems we keep finding. And the
90% is quite an exaggeration above axual frequency usage (gh, DXLD)
MUSEA
+++++
1937 RADIO TIMES TO DOWNLOAD
I found this at Keith Knight's excellent Wireless Waffle website, it
makes fascinating reading:
November 5, 2011 --- If you would like to see a full Radio Times from
the 1937 period please click on the link below
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/historyofthebbc/RT0682-LON-72dpi.pdf
More details at http://wirelesswaffle.wordpress.com/
(via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD)
RADIO PHILATELY
+++++++++++++++
ALEMANIA, RADIOFILATELIA, R. H. HERTZ CANCELLATION/MATASELLOS POSTAL
http://www.dumpyourphoto.com/files3/85831/fqZEXnB35LH.jpg
Dear RADIO friends: On November 13, 2011, Postal Administration of
Germany issued a pictorial postmark to commemorate the 125th
anniversary of the discovery of electromagnetic waves (Hertzian Waves
or Radio Waves).
-------
Estimados radio amigos: En 13 de noviembre de 2011, la autoridad
postal alemana emitió un matasello conmemorativo del 125 aniversario
del descubrimiento de las ondas electromagnéticas (ondas hertzianas u
ondas de radio)
It was done in 1886 by the German scientist Rudolf. H. HERTZ (1857 -
1894). He proved the practical existence of electromagnetic waves that
were previously predicted by James C. Maxwell.
El descubrimiento fue hecho en 1886 por el científico alemán Rudolf.
H. HERTZ (1857 - 1894). Demostró la existencia práctica de las ondas
electromagnéticas predichas teóricamente por James C. Maxwell.
(Via FABIO FLOSI, Brasil en/in Radiostamps YG via Horacio Nigro
Geolkiewsky, Montevideo, Uruguay, Mi blog: "La Galena del Sur", dxldyg
via DXLD)
DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- IBOC
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
ANOTHER ADVANTAGE OF ENDING AM IBOC (BESIDES CAUSING LESS INTERFERENCE
AND INCREASING AUDIO FIDELITY)
Here is an interesting comment from a powerful AM station that
recently shut off IBOC: "MDCL does not work with IBOC so the upside to
ending AM IBOC for us is the ability to do MDCL and save thousands of
$$...."
MDCL ("Modulation Dependent Carrier Level") is a technology that
allows AM stations to automatically reduce power consumption while
maintaining both audio quality and licensed coverage areas, see CGC
#1089 (CGC Communicator Dec 2 via Kevin Redding, ABDX via DXLD)
DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DRM See DENMARK; ETHIOPIA; GUIANA FRENCH;
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ROMANIA; RUSSIA
POWERLINE COMMUNICATIONS
++++++++++++++++++++++++
SHORTWAVE: AN OBSOLETE MEDIUM?
The following waterfall graphs show Shortwave spectrum usage on
a day in November 2011, location North Western Europe. Captures
are just 15 minutes long divided in 1600 kHz segments. Together
they represent roughly half of the total Shortwave spectrum ranging
up to 15.6 MHz. Note how busy Shortwave frequencies actually are.
Below the waterfall graphs a brief description is given of some of the
visible international signals during the short 15 minute captures.
-The services in the red areas will no longer be usable in vicinity of
Homeplug/powerline equipment. [MOST OF THE SPECTRUM --- gh]
-The services in the green areas will be partly protected by a -30dB
notch in Homeplug/powerline equipment. [i.e. ham bands ONLY – gh]
http://f1.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/sHnhTjWxZvkq48CsQh05Tg4CaMcwNJxtVslaSNtdTmFxvG1C9fnMU_pDoolmfmbiceDWPRABbT1JQNyCE-6tougZ1fHIiqo/Shortwave-An%20obselete%20medium%3F.pdf
(UKQRM yg via DXLD) These grafix really demonstrate the threat (gh)
RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM
+++++++++++++++++++++
THE CURSE OF PERSEUS/SDR RECEIVERS!
LEM 283: 7.-14.11.2009
by Håkan Sundman (HS) and Jim Solatie (JMS) in Lemmenjoki, Finland
Even though two years have passed since LEM283, we have listened
through about one third of the recordings. More than half of the top-
of-the-hour identifications still need to be checked, too. Perhaps we
will never have time to dig everything out. Scale of the problem:
24 top of hours in a day
7 days in DX pedition
117 10 kHz channels + 107 9 kHz channels (less duplicates channels
both multiples of 9 & 10
24 x 7 x 214 = 35952 top of hours to listen to.
Let’s assume that half can be ruled out as unproductive.
Then assuming 5 minutes to analyse each, means 1498 hours of post
analysis listening needed i.e. 4.1 hours a day, every day for a whole
year!!!! (via Steve Whitt, Oct 23, MWC yg via DXLD)
I think we can safely say that checking recordings and IDs of two and
more years ago (but also less than that) has hardly anything to do
with DXing. I know there are people who don't agree with me, but
surely in this case it is not a DXer DXing at the receiver, but a
computer who does all the DXing and the non-DXer just noting down what
the computer has done. Just my two cents. 73 (Herman Boel, ibid.)
I don't think we can. It is DXing, although delayed. The computer
doesn't ID that weak station, be it in live listening or from an older
recording. 73, (Mauno Ritola, ibid.)
PERSEUS & FM DXING WITH FM+
Ciao, sul mio blog info potete trovare una prova dell'FM+ ovvero come
ascoltare le FM con il Perseus, con diverse immagini:
http://radiodxinfo.blogspot.com/
73 (Giampiero Bernardini, Italy, Dec 3, HCDX via DXLD) You may of
course run the website thru Google translate (gh)
WINRADIO G33DDC EXCALIBUR REVIEW
For those interested or just curious, Scandanavian DX'Pert Bjarne
Mjelde wrote a review of the recently released, WinRadio G33DDC
Excalibur:
https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=12cKJKBTWGNtgLSdGOl3ZyVNTl_O7K8vntN-WtuGWP6A
(Chuck Rippel, Chesapeake, VA, Dec 1, NASWA yg via DXLD)
Si476x CAR RECEIVER INCLUDES EVERYTHING INCLUDING SHORTWAVE!
Extract from Silicon Labs press release [Austin TX]:
"Silicon Labs developed the Si476x receiver family to address these
major automotive industry trends. The Si476x receivers leverage
Silicon Labs’ patented digital low-IF technology and combine most of
the traditional external bill of materials into a highly integrated,
single-chip CMOS solution. The receivers provide unprecedented
flexibility, offering a modular architecture that supports scalable
multi-tuner designs. The Si476x supports all worldwide broadcast radio
bands including AM/FM, college FM, longwave (LW), shortwave (SW), NOAA
weather band, unparalleled FM RDS decoding and AM/FM HD Radio
reception. iBiquity Digital Corporation, the developer of HD Radio
technology, has certified the Si476x family to provide AM/FM HD Radio
tuner outputs and reception with compatible HD Radio demodulator ICs."
http://news.silabs.com/press-release/product-news/silicon-labs-automotive-tuners-drive-future-car-radio-technology
(via Mike Terry, UK, Dec 3, dxldyg via DXLD)
PARTS OF RADIO SHACK
UNCLE SKIP SOUNDS OFF: I had the occasion to walk into my local Radio
Shack store the other day and received quite a surprise. My local
store now has two aisles devoted to electronics parts and kits. This
is a far cry from the little corner of connectors and a few discrete
components that most of us have been used to seeing over the last few
years.
It is my understanding that “The Shack” is making a commitment to
return to home brewing. They are even beginning to ship their version
of the Arduino programmable controller which has enormous potential
for both hams and non-hams alike.
I applaud this return to better times for certain but I do see one
flaw in this business model that needs rapid reform. The sales staff
at the Radio Shack I was in was about a clueless about these two new
aisles of stuff as can be. I asked a few rudimentary questions and was
greeted with a shrug and the usual query about my current cell phone
plan.
Come on, Rat Shack! Get on the stick and bring your sales staff up to
speed so folks can have a dependable place to purchase parts once
again (Skip Arey, Ham Radio Report, Dec CIDX Messenger via DXLD)
Re 11-48, 11-47, 11-46: DXING THE NATIONWIDE EAS TEST, IMMINENT
I think it`s necessary to explain how this works. The Primary Entry
Point (Washington DC in this case) sends the alert to the Primary
Entry Points in each state / operating area (some states have more
than one). In Connecticut this would be WTIC AM 1080. In theory, they
all get it at the same time.
Not everyone monitors the PEP station but they should be monitoring
their "State Primary" or SP-1 (often there are several, MA has 5),
WDRC in the case of CT. The PEP station sends it via dedicated phone
line in our case. The participating (and non participating as well)
monitor the SP-1's and then rebroadcast it. NN and PN (National-non,
National-participating) are your last link in the chain.
Now add to this the fact that some boxes wait until it receives the
message to retransmit (TFT and others) and some boxes retransmit as
soon as they get the "duck farts" (Sage Digital Endec). The times are
all skewed --- by the time the alerts are heard at the non /
participating level, it can be delayed as much as (duration_of_
message * number_of_hops).
It sounded TERRIBLE, but I am hearing this was the fault of the
originator in Washington. More details will be forthcoming as the
post-mortem is done (Ron... KA1KJZ, Chief Engineer - WSAH TV,
Committee Member, CTBA EAS Committee, Nov 9, mwdx yg via DXLD)
REGARDING THE FIRST NATIONAL EAS TEST
FEMA IN THE SPOTLIGHT
o FEMA held a webinar on Tuesday, November 29, for a discussion with
industry experts and leaders on the Nationwide EAS Test findings,
lessons learned, observed technical challenges" etc. Following are
some comments on the Webinar:
o Since FEMA has not explained the botched audio leaving their
facility for the first National EAS Test, broadcast engineers have
figured out the likely cause. It's simple, and FEMA has apparently
seen this problem in earlier tests, see pages 1 and 2:
http://tinyurl.com/BotchedAudio
o Leslie Stimson provided this overview of Tuesday's Webinar:
http://tinyurl.com/Nationwide-EAS-Test-Discussed
o Some thoughts from another attendee of the Webinar:
http://www.earthsignals.com/press/?p=1218
o Opinions on the future of EAS vary widely. Marian Mustoe, Ph.D.,
says it is time to abandon national messaging over EAS and to
concentrate instead on local and regional messaging:
http://tinyurl.com/LocalizedEAS
(CGC Communicator Dec 2 via Kevin Redding, ABDX via DXLD)
FIDELITY --- INTERESTING QUOTE!
``"There is no limitation to the fidelity of AM radio. From a
mathematical standpoint, AM does better in frequency response than
FM." - Leonard Kahn (1982)`` [tagline of Kevin Raper, KJ4HYD, CE WCKI
WQIZ WLTQ, ABDX yg]
Chris Johns on Facebook comments:
"And very efficient. A couple of ten kilowatt Medium Wave transmitters
can cover the whole of Britain. In the states it means that even with
only a couple of Kilowatts for local radio stations the waveband is
always very interesting as you travel from county to county. Plenty of
choice." (Mike Terry, Nov 11, mwdx yg via DXLD)
Mostly true. The limitations are due to the available space between
channels. Put 30 kHz between channels, and AM radio could easily
provide 25 kHz of audio bandwidth. Although at the present 9 or 10 kHz
between channels, 25 kHz of audio bandwidth could still be transmitted
but the interference from adjacent channels would make the extra audio
bandwidth useless at night, just like the current use of adjacent
channels for hybrid HD digital is useless at night due to interference
(Bruce Conti, NH, http://www.bamlog.com ibid.)
Wider bandwidth would also make transmission antenna tuning more
difficult and increase selective fading distortion, no? (gh, DXLD)
Absolutely true. In the 60s and 70s I used to live near the border
between France & Germany. The German TV system had its audio modulated
in FM and the French system was in AM, but the latter was much better
in terms of treble response than the one in FM, as the AM audio
channel was wide enough to carry the higher-pitched sounds.
Also in AM the audio response is linear, whereas in FM treble response
has to be emphasized on the transmitting side an de-emptasized at the
receiving end or else there is too much noise.
And BTW in North America and Asia there is a 75 µs emphasis on VHF-FM,
while we in Europe use a 50 µs emphasis, and since most receivers are
made for the Asian/North- American market, when they are used in
Europe they do not reproduce the higher sounds. The upper limit of the
audio response will be about 12000 Hz instead of the usual 15000 Hz.
With AM this wouldn't happen. And, come to think of it, it would be
much more efficient to modulate transmissions between 88 and 108 MHz
in AM. There would be many more channels available. If you save 30 kHz
per channel in AM this would mean 10 times more channels since FM uses
300 kHz per channel! I've never really understood why they decided to
use FM (André Coville, France, MWDX yg via DXLD)
As far as I know, they have chosen FM in the 50s especially for mobile
use, because the new (FM) radio system should be usable in car radios.
FM is almost insensitive to QRM by ignition spark. I don't know if
ignition spark is still a problem, but in earlier days, it was, 73
(Udo, HB9ERD Isaenko, ibid.)
Ignition spark isn't a problem with FM, OK, but on the frequency band
chosen for FM broadcasts it wouldn't be much of a problem if AM were
used either. It's a problem only with lower bands such as LW, MW and
the lower part of SW.
Regarding car radios, it took manufacturers a hell of a long time to
manufacture decent FM sets, in the 50s & 60s most car radios here had
LW/MW and that was it. Good FM sets appeared only in the late 60s &
early 70s; and even then they had to use an AFC system to avoid
frequency drift.
And, come to think of it, I'm not really satisfied with the
performance of modern FM car radios either. When a programme is
carried in // on AM & FM I often switch to AM, especially if Optimod
is used. Regards, (André, ibid.)
And of course the capture effect is a plus for FM, altho it does not
really work if you have two or more signals of about equal strength
(Glenn Hauser, DXLD)
FCC PROVIDES ADDITIONAL SPECTRUM (413-457 MHZ) FOR MEDICAL MICRO-POWER
NETWORKS
These networks rely on new types of implanted medical devices that use
functional electric stimulation to, among other things, restore
sensation, mobility, and function to paralyzed limbs and organs:
http://tinyurl.com/AddedMedicalSpectrum
(CGC Communicator Dec 2 via Kevin Redding, ABDX via DXLD) encroaches
hams
RE 11-48, RUSSIA: RUSSIAN WOODPECKER REVEALED
...Defense Ministry. The source also said that the Kaliningrad station
will be the third of its kind, with the first two already working in
Leningrad and Krasnodar Regions...
...that the new station in Kaliningrad would allow control of the
entire European and Atlantic regions...
The Voronezh-DM early-warning radar that Russia is building in the
Kaliningrad region is being built at the old Dunayevka air base near
Pionersky. The construction site can be seen at Yandex Maps (my thanks
to Bernd Reuter for locating finding...
Seems the cold war airfield of Marienkhof (54 51 54 N 20 11 06 E) is a
place worthwhile to keep an eye on it :-)
The Wikipedia article does note that the decimeter band Voronezh is
located in Svetlogorsk (just north of the city of Kaliningrad), while
a meter band Voronezh is being constructed in Usolye-Sibirskoye
(north-west of Irkutsk and close to the current radar node at
Mishelevka). Although, I've seen no other official confirmation of
this either from MoD or the contractors (RTI Systems, etc.).
[source??? via Wolfgang Büschel, DXLD)
Google shows "over horizont radar kaliningrad" at Pionersky
(Neukuhren).
http://rt.com/politics/opens-kaliningrad-radar-station-459/
http://russianforces.org/blog/2011/01/early-warning_radar_in_kalinin.shtml
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pionersky,_Kaliningrad_Oblast
New building visible at
RUS Kaliningrad Woodpecker Radar, new building, 23_Nov_2011
54 51 26.46 N 20 10 55.47 E
on the Russian map southerly of the former airbase
http://maps.yandex.ru/?ll=20.182000%2C54.857000&spn=0.230026%2C0.074769&z=16&l=sat%2Cskl%2Cstv
Bing Maps and Terraserver have very old images of 2002 - 2009 span.
73 (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Russian woodpecker video:
http://www.southgatearc.org/news/december2011/russian_woodpecker.htm
(via Artie Bigley, DXLD)
EVERYTHING “WIRELESS” PASSES THROUGH YOUR BODY: CAUSE FOR HEALTH
CONCERN? --- Tucson Citizen, By DA Moraleson, December 4, 2011
There is a vast invisible world interacting with our bodies 24/7, no
spirits or angels or other supernatural entities needed. Right now all
the AM and FM channels are passing through your body. Right now the
local TV channels are passing through your body. Shortwave radio,
police and emergency signals. Nowadays it is not just your new wifi
network that is added to the list, but your neighbors’ as well. But
now there are millions of other transmitters called cellphones and all
the phones... Full story at:
http://tucsoncitizen.com/three-sonorans/2011/12/04/everything-wireless-passes-through-your-body-cause-for-health-concern/
(via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) Superficial, but leads to `huge`
alternet article (gh)
PROPAGATION
+++++++++++
NORTHERN ALERT
The latest episode of the Buffalo Airways series on the Canadian
History television channel has the crew from Yellowknife delivering
fuel to Alert, on the northern tip of Ellesmere Island. Which got me
thinking. What would pop up on the AM broadcast band during the long
polar night in this outpost, billed as the northernmost permanently
inhabited place in the world? The hamlet is mostly a military base so
the answers would likely be mostly theoretical but I'm curious (Harry
van Vugt, Windsor, Ontario, Dec 3, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
During quiet geomagnetic conditions, I guess Alert would have the
potential to hear just about any MW station operational, unless there
are unknown propagation effects from being located close to the
magnetic north pole.
My guess is based on decades being located in the European Arctic
(albeit at 71N, not 82N). (Bjarne Mjelde, Vadso, Arctic Norway, ibid.)
DOES BAD WEATHER AFFECT TRANSATLANTIC [MW] DX?
Hi. I've been DX-ing for many years, having built my first loop
antenna in the early 1980's to listen specifically to the Irish pirate
stations which operated at that time.
I'm ideally situated on the north-west coast of Ireland to receive
transatlantic stations, and am now onto my fifth or sixth home-made
loop antenna and listen regularly.
However, whilst looking through my logbook recently, I've noticed a
very poor or even non-existence of transatlantic DX during rail [hail?
rain? both??], this morning for instance, I had no problem receiving
numerous UK stations but not a solitary Canadian or US station.
So my question is, does bad weather affect transatlantic DX or were
conditions bad in general this morning? Sincerely (Chris Ridley, Nov
29, MWCircle yg via DXLD)
Hello Chris. Sounds like an enviable DX site OM. Weather conditions?
My opinion without any scientific rational! Yes. This current season
has brought lots of quiet spell with "A" indi[ces] regularly 5 or less
but little West coast. Why? I think it`s because of the dominance of
winds from the South West. A mid winter frost, clear sky and light
winds from the North West has brought me some fine DX. Rain is another
issue as it increases the noise levels for me. Finally snow. A layer
of snow seems to help with quiet reception conditions which means I
can hear the DX. Best wishes (Barry : -) N.S.Q. (Carlisle UK,
PERSEUS), Davies, ibid.) N.S.Q. No Scientific Qualifications just 47
years of impressions, hi!
Hello Chris and Barry! Two winters ago, in early December 2009, we
could hear Hawaii on MW in Fredriksfors. The weather was rainy and
foggy, around zero degrees, and we had not got any snow yet that
winter. As far as I can understand propagation on MW should not be
affected by wind, snow and fog, unless there are charged particles in
the atmosphere. 73 (Rolf Larsson, SM3GUJ, Sweden, ibid.)
Hi Barry, Weather can affect reception but I don`t [think] there is
any evidence that it could determine whether West Coast or East coast
stations are heard from the USA. I`m not aware of any work that
correlates these two factors, let alone identifies cause & effect.
Weather by its definition is too localised and also only really has
any significance below about 10 km in the atmosphere. MW wavelengths
are too long to benefit from atmospheric effects such as tropospheric
ducting which only becomes apparent above about 30 MHz.
Locally weather can affect ground conductivity at the receiving or
transmitting site after heavy rain or snow melt. And it can affect
noise levels, foggy weather can cause arcing on overhead power-lines
generating broadband buzzing & crackling, thunderstorms can cause
impulsive noise bursts. Heavy rain and wind can clean off dirt and
pollution from the insulators on overhead lines and reduce noise
generated by arcing. Windy weather can damage your antenna --- as it
regularly does mine. 73 (Steve Whitt, England, ibid.)
Well, my antenna blew down at the weekend, so yes it does affect TA DX
(Paul Crankshiaw, ibid.)
Hi Chris, Very poor trans-Atlantic DX here this morning too, but fine
weather. I even went out to inspect my antenna since reception was so
poor compared to yesterday morning. For the real cause you need to
keep an eye on the state of the ionosphere/geomagnetic field.
Last night the planetary K index hit ``4`` for the first time since
2nd November and that indicates a higher level of disturbance which
often results in poor high latitude MW propagation. High latitude
covers the path from UK to Canada. Regards (Steve Whitt, ibid.)
Hi Chris, There are several ways in which the weather can affect
reception, in my experience, though neither affects actual propagation
at medium frequencies.
The first effect is due to locally generated noise - wind and rain can
increase the noise from overhead power lines (from insulators,
transformers, etc.), and rain/hail static can increase the background
noise level quite dramatically at times, making reception of weak
stations difficult, since they can be masked by the noise.
Thunderstorms also, as Steve mentioned. The quietest conditions
experienced here in Clashmore are on still, cold, winter days when the
ground is frozen or there is a covering of snow. I need an RPA-1 low
noise preamplifier in front of my Perseus to reduce the front-end
noise figure to take advantage of such conditions.
Secondly, in some locations, ground (earth) resistance can vary with
weather conditions, and this may modify the characteristics of
antennas at both the receiving and transmitting sites. In my
experience, this effect is most noticeable when the antenna system at
the transmitting site is new or has recently been refurbished, and the
ground connections are pristine - over the years the ground
connections deteriorate, and low angle radiation becomes poorer.
Thirdly, it can blow down your antenna, as others have mentioned! The
recent 80 mph gales here damaged both my beverages, and during bad
weather I need to check them most days.
I wasn't listening this morning, though I suspect that your lack of
reception of North American stations is more likely to have been due
to the increase in geomagnetic activity, since the K index increased
to 4 overnight. Best trans-Atlantic propagation occurs when the A and
K indices are low (and have been low for a few days or more), although
this is a necessary, rather than sufficient condition for good
reception. Even if the indices are low, other solar effects can cause
attenuation of signals on northerly paths. Hope this helps. 73 (Martin
A Hall, Clashmore, Scotland. Perseus SDR, RPA-1 preamp, MFJ-1026
phaser (modified), beverages: 550m at 338 degrees, terminated, 506m at
279 degrees, terminated. http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/clashmoreradio/
ibid.)
Until Martin mentioned it, I`d forgotten about the direct static
induced in antenna wires by rain hail or snow. It particularly affects
Beverages and obviously is most noticeable in a quiet location like
Martin`s.
However, one can experience this in other ways --- I recall an early
DX-pedition with Mark Hattam when so much static built up on one our
wires that sparks were jumping in the shack! In those days the wires
came straight into the shack and connected directly to Hi impedance
antenna sockets on receivers. Nowadays I think everyone uses isolating
stepdown transformers with Beverages feeding 50 ohm receiver inputs,
and so the sparks are safely avoided but the rain/snow noise is still
present during a shower. 73 (Steve Whitt, ibid.)
Hi Chris, It's an interesting question and one that I have often
pondered on, but the answer must be no except in terms of the
localised reception problems already described by Steve and Martin.
In my case, I have never found any correlation here between weather
and MW propagation. The main effects on reception for me are that fog
or even very damp air make the overhead power cables on the nearby
railway line emit a broadband buzz. On the other hand, rain noise has
never been particularly noticeable here on MW (perhaps because it's
below the man-made background). Possibly I might also add an apparent
slight improvement if snow is on the ground. This might be the result
of a better, more reflective earth, or it may be nothing more than a
loose correlation between both snow and good DX propagation tending to
occur in the depths of winter. Of course, better ground conductivity
isn't always a good thing. Beverage antennas are said to operate
better over poor ground, while verticals - as used at most MW
transmitters - need excellent conductivity and usually rely on an
artificial ground plane to provide it. I'm not sure that my KAZ
antenna really cares one way or the other.
I think there is too much faith put into A and K indices. As Martin
says, they're a necessary, but not sufficient condition. Among other
factors, the polarity of the solar magnetic field (the Bz value) seems
particularly significant too.
One thought, Chris, on why you may be getting poorer reception during
rain - is there any possibility that rainwater on some surface is
bridging and partly shorting some part of your antenna or feeder? If
it's in an exposed place then sun and wind would dry it off quickly
once the rain stops and so reception would appear to go and up and
down more or less in step with the rain. Also, being on the coast, you
may have invisible salt deposits on all external surfaces so any
surface water would become more conductive than if it were just pure
rain. Rain getting into coax can have a disastrous effect too, but
once it's in it tends not to dry out, so that would only appear as a
long term deterioration. Best regards, (Jack Weber, ibid.)
Many thanks for all your replies to my question, but I feel I must
clarify one aspect regarding my antenna in relation to the answer
received from Jack Weber when he asked
- is there any possibility that rainwater on some surface is bridging
and partly shorting some part of your antenna or feeder? If it's in an
exposed place then sun and wind would dry it off quickly once the rain
stops...
My antenna is a home-made loop antenna which is situated (temporarily)
beside the bed, I don't sleep well, so when I wake early I can put my
headphones on, pull the antenna closer to the bed and listen without
waking my darling wife who has no problem getting her 7 or 8 hours
sleep per night. So rain or sun, fog or snow wouldn't ever come into
contact with my antenna (Chris Ridley, ibid.)
Oh well, it was a nice theory (Jack Weber, ibid.)
Hi, Also here in Southern Sweden the MW conditions towards North
America weren't very good this morning. The reason was a smaller
geomagnetic disturbance around midnight, K-index was 4. But it started
quite good before midnight:
The sun throws particles into the space; if they hit the earth, they
cause a geomagnetic disturbance (increasing K- and A-index). There are
particles of different sizes; the lighter ones travel faster and
arrive to the earth a couple of hours before the heavier ones. The
lighter ones activate the upper layers in the ionosphere where "our
beloved radio signals" reflect.
THEREFORE WE GET INCREASED CONDITIONS ON MW FOR SOME HOURS. THEN WHEN
THE HEAVIER PARTICLES ARRIVE, THEY ACTIVATE LOWER LAYERS WHICH ABSORB
THE SIGNALS, AND THE GOOD CONDITIONS SUDDENLY END.
This time the disturbance was not very strong, so in the morning I
still had the most common East coast stations here. At stronger
disturbances it might be a black-out in MW.
OK, actually the subject was about the WEATHER INFLUENCE on the radio
conditions. Aside from thunderstorm QRN and stormy or icy weathers
breaking antennas, I have not experienced any influence on MW or SW
conditions from the weather.
However, heavy snowfall can stop LW signals. I worked with weather at
the Swedish Meteorological Institute for 46 years (now retired). We
exchange weather charts with other countries and I remember those days
when the charts were sent by faximil [facsimile] on LW (today data
lines are used from computer to computer). At heavy snow falls, the
carts were blank.
Also the FM DX-ers know about TROPO conditions, that's caused by
temperature inversion in the atmosphere. Normally the temperature
decrese 0.65 C degrees for each 100 meters. But sometimes, especially
in Autumn and Winter high, the temperature might increase. Then the FM
signals are turning back towards the surface of the earth instead of
disappearing into the space. So we can hear FM stations within the
area of the high, especially within the 1020 hPa [= millibars] (/Sig,
Norrköping, Sweden, ibid.)
The increase in noise can be quite dramatic during a hail storm due to
static - up to S9 in a matter of seconds, drowning out all but the
strongest stations. Fortunately it usually subsides quickly as well
once the shower passes.
All the terminating resistors on my beverages will dissipate about 8
watts in total - the energy in the static burns out anything much
less. Fortunately the isolating/impedance matching transformers used
nowadays protect the receiver from this energy, as Steve says. When I
used a longwire with my old AR88D, many years ago, I fitted a neon
across the antenna input which would light up nicely if there was
static about! 73 (Martin A. Hall, ibid.)
Loop antennas are notorious for such phenomena, many are the times
that under stormy conditions there has been a spark ' ticking ' across
the S0-239 socket at the end of my 40m full wave horizontal loop. I
have also had more than one ' belt ' when unplugging the receiver
patch lead hi! 72, (Brian, G0NSL-QRP, BDXC-1262, ibid.)
60 YEARS OF TV DXING (1950-2011) --- Bob Seybold
I am saddened bv the passing of Bruce Elving and Mike Lapinkski, both
of whom I knew well. Their passing is a great loss.
I started DXing in 1950 at the age of 18. Two of my first known DXers
were Bob Cooper and Ron DeNeuf.
At first I noticed extra stations and co-channel interference when
tuning the channels on my parents’ home TV. At the time all we had was
a ch 4 yagi and a channel 12 yagi with separate leads and high band
and low band switches on the back of the set. Also (we had) a
Stromberg Carlson TV, a very good, sensitive TV with 4 stages of IF
and a super tuner.
Even with a simple antenna system, no amps or rotor, signals started
showing especially in the summer months when KPRC-2 showed on E skip
almost daily (no local on 2 at that time). Cleveland and Toledo showed
up watchable a lot at 150-200 miles. That started me going. I got a
camera and started taking pictures and writing stations for veries.
Then I decided I wanted to get into the TV repair business. To start
with, I got hired to install antennas for stores selling and servicing
TVs. Shortly thereafter I started my own business both servicing TVs
and installing antennas. Then I had access to many brands of antennas
and rotors, etc., and experimented with different makes. I installed a
new system on my parents` home and then another on my father’s barn
(cattle). So I had three systems to toy with, two with rotors, one
with a 60 foot flag pole which I turned with heavy pipe wrench. One
system had a low band yagi, and a high band yagi used for mainly
meteor scatter and E skip. Another had a 12 bay bowtie and a large
Channel Master VHF with rotor and pre amp. The third one had a 7 foot
dish and the largest Winegard available at the time.
The barn set went on every morning at 5am and almost daily was
loaded with burst signals as stations signed on. In my repair shop
many different custom TVs were used as I repaired them so I got to see
what brands were better or worse. At all times at least one TV was on
so any DX there was seen and if I left, one was on and being taped for
audio at least.
In the process of installing antennas I got to observe reception in
many different areas, especially with rotors. I even got to see DX at
customers’ homes. I remember one system I installed with no customer
at home where I got to see one of the biggest E-skip openings I ever
saw. It was in a valley which was open to the south and north but
blocked out to the east and part of the west. It was large Winegard
all band antenna with rotor and preamp. I expected an E skip opening
so I got the system up quickly, dropped leads quickly and hooked it up
quickly and turned on the TV. Skip was there instantly so I left the
TV on, rotated antennas in a prime direction away from locals and
started checking. I went back to securing leads, anchoring antennas
and doing frequent checks on the TV.
On this certain opening, every channel from 2 to 6 was four and five
deep with locals completely buried. With no customer present and I
stayed at least three hours dialing. I logged close to 60 skip
stations including almost every Texas low band, plus OK, AR, KS, etc.
This location was great for E skip because Buffalo at 40 miles was
hard to get but definitely receivable with a big system when skip
was not in. Enough on this for now.
As time went on, I covered large areas and got to see where the best
DX results would be. Then I discovered the high hills running as high
as 2,200 feet above sea level. My home location was 575 feet, so I
found this one location at 1850 feet high and a farmer friend (a
cousin) let me install a system on an abandoned home where electricity
was still available, so I installed a large system including more than
one system. One had a seven foot dish, one high and low yagi and
another Winegard all band, all on rotors but only the UHF had a pre-
amp.
Results were unbelievable. As a rule, 125 or more stations were seen
daily in spring to fall seasons. Seldom did I go up in winter. Some
winters I left the systems up but generally they needed repairs after
winter. After several years, one bad winter practically all systems
were useless and I never went back until this past season when I went
up there four times and tried simple small antennas on a 15 foot pole
and running 250 feet of electrical cord from the farmer’s barn and
small TV in my van. I also ventured to a few other spots, one 2200
feet up. with the TV running off the car battery and small antennas on
a ten foot pole.
Going back to some of the highlights of my DX career:
In hilltop areas snow-free reception of channel 13 in Missouri on open
terminals of the TV with no antenna attached. When I attached an
antenna, the station was buried by other channel 13s.
Receiving ch 5 Sudbury by opening the windows on my van with only one
whip rabbit ears antenna. Close the window and the signal disappeared
completely. When I attached the regular outside antenna, channel 5
Toronto buried Sudbury.
Reception of channel 51 in Texas at 4:30 am as they signed on. I
called the station from the farmer’s house while they were sleeping
and got to talk to a girl at the station who flipped out running
around the studios shouting that someone from New York State was
watching their station. Later that day the chief engineer called me at
home and we talked for an hour. They sent me a newspaper and printed
my name and much info.
Another occasion was at 2 am one morning. I was in the hills and WJJY
ch 14, Jacksonville, IL, turned their transmitter on for the first
time and I had a spotless picture that never faded and they said they
were testing their new 5 million watt station. That was over 500
miles. That station was seen every day from that time until the 5
million watter blew up.
Also received channel 26 Houston the first time they signed on also,
but never since.
Another highlight was receiving a channel 65 translator out of IL (ten
watts) during a convention I held in the high hills and witnessed by
several people attending, also a big Iowa opening as a convention
ended that year, proving what a high hilltop location means is daily
results at such locations.
Some examples were: Ch 16 South Bend 400 miles, ch 38 Chicago 430
miles, Ch 30 Connecticut 350 miles, ch 22 Burlington, VT 300+ miles.
Daily reception from these and others.
Art Collins rented a place in the hills one summer. He watched WGN-9
Chicago every day. It never faded out. He saw channel 11 WTCN
Minneapolis frequently at night at 700 miles. He saw WTMJ Milwaukee
every night when Buffalo 4 and Detroit 4 went off. He saw WCBS New
York on a meteor burst every morning at 5 am plus many others.
Also at the 2200 foot site whenever I went there with the 10 foot pole
and a portable TV operating off the car battery (small antenna), I was
able to see ch 39 Tennessee almost every night at over 600 miles with
sometimes co-channel from another 39 in TN further south, also ch 15
in AL often at 700 miles and ch 31 in AL often.
People who lived in the area told me that in earlier days when Buffalo
4 signed off early, they were able to watch ch 4 Nashville at 700
miles almost every night on a simple 4 element yagi.
I remember if I got up there early enough I was able to see ch 28 NC
clearly with pattern before ch 28 Wilkes-Barre signed on and Wilkes-
Barre was considered a tough haul but not at that spot. I used to get
up there in the late afternoon and DC 20 was always in at over 300
miles. Also Baltimore ch 67 (a weak station) was often seen. Of course
Philly stations were often in, also Hershey, Lancaster, Scranton were
seen on a daily basis. KY ETV stations were seen almost daily,
especially ch 38.
The only problem in some of the high locations was E skip. The low
band was so loaded with high powered signals that it was a battle for
E skip to break through, even Cleveland at 150 miles was so strong it
was hard to get it out.
When E skip occurred I went back home to lower levels and E skip made
it through easily. In a few occasions if skip occurred I had a small
antenna with me. I actually laid it on the ground and got results on
skip on high hills.
Now on my few trips up in the hilltops this season I did see some good
results especially at the 2200 foot spot from digitals in TN, Southern
OH, KY and conditions were only fair and slightly above normal. Also
saw some stuff at all high levels which I did not see at home.
However one duct opening into central and southern IL was seen at all
levels, high or low. Also looking back many years was the great
Thanksgiving opening back in the 1980s and Christmas opening 30 days
after that. I spent much time at the hills location on these
occasions. I often wondered what my totals would be if I had continued
to DX at those high locations.
A number of things happened that prevented by return to that. I am
sure 400 mile plus daily reception continued over the years. My
interest has risen as I see digital signals getting out too and I have
the remaining low power analogs to seek out plus the band now open for
Mexico and other countries.
I still have many other highlights to cover in my DX career and may do
a follow-up article. My phone is 716-934-7550 and I welcome calls
(Robert Seybold, 1865 W. Main Road, Silver Creek, NY 14136, Dec WTFDA
VHF-UHF Digest via DXLD)
Mailbox: DTV DX AND THE SUN?
Here’s an email I received a while back from WTFDA member Calvin
Glover. Calvin asked a question that I’m probably not qualified to
answer so I post it here for you all to see and possibly comment on.
By the way, he’s located on the outer banks of North Carolina.
I’ve noticed that my (fringe area) DTV reception almost always seems
to get better after sunset. During the day, the Hampton Roads (Drive,
VA) stations come and go at my OBX location, around 72 miles from the
towers. The VHF (Channels 7 and 13) stations almost never make it here
during the day. But at night, they do come in.
Now, I understand that sunset often brings on a thermal layering of
the atmosphere than promotes signal refraction and improves reception.
But I’m wondering if /something else/ might be at work at the same
time — namely a reduction in electrical noise from /the sun/.
It’s a pretty well demonstrated fact that ATSC/8VSB signals suffer
degradation and attenuation from electrical interference. But I’m
wondering if the sun is putting out just enough electromagnetic noise
that it disrupts these /borderline/ digital signals. Once the sun is
over the horizon, wouldn’t a lot of its electromagnetic output also be
over the horizon too?
I know that VHF digital stations really have a hard time pushing
through the curtain of terrestrial electrical noise. Maybe they are
also fighting something slightly bigger. And maybe this is just
another argument for allowing such stations to increase their power
outputs so that they can seen and heard in fringe areas --- beyond the
70-mile “circle of grace” that seems to govern DTV reception now. At
least the stations might have a better chance of covering their old,
analog footprints.
(Bear in mind what I said about my qualifications in the first
paragraph, but I would say this enhanced reception is due to an
inversion, either major or minor. Or if there’s no inversion at the
time, perhaps it’s due to a little more moisture in the air at that
time. Or perhaps it’s something else.)
If you want to comment, send me an email at mikeb @ wtfda.org and I’ll
print it in the next issue (Mike Bugaj, Dec VHF-UHF Digest via DXLD)
WINTER-NIGHT MUF DOLDRUMS
MUF was again quite lo tonite, nothing above 10 MHz and only a few
weak sigs on 9 MHz, such as Gabon 9580; none of the US signals were
audible, not even 9330 WBCQ. Meanwhile, WWV reported at 0600 the K-
index was 0 and the SF for Dec 6 was 154, no space weather storms, so
you would expect better propagation. Must be winter-night doldrums
setting in despite the figures.
In Enid we have just passed our earliest sunset of 2316 UT, now
starting to stay lighter later, but it will be another month before we
surpass our latest sunrise of 1344 (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, Dec 7, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
The geomagnetic field on 27 November was at quiet to unsettled levels,
with isolated high latitude active periods. The disturbed conditions
were caused by a CIR in advance of a weak CH HSS. Most of 28 November
was quiet. A 45 nT Sudden Impulse at the Boulder magnetometer at
28/2154Z signaled the arrival of a CME from 26 November. Unsettled to
minor storm periods followed at all latitudes. Quiet to unsettled
levels, with isolated high latitude active periods, returned by midday
on 29 November and lasted until early on 03 December. The exception
was the latter half of 30 November when a solar sector boundary
crossing and prolonged southward IMF Bz triggered minor to major storm
periods at high latitudes. Active to minor storm conditions were also
observed at high latitudes between 03/0900-1500Z with the passage of a
transient feature. The field returned to quiet to unsettled levels for
the remainder.
FORECAST OF SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY 07 DECEMBER-02 JANUARY 2012
Solar activity is expected to be at predominately low levels with a
chance for isolated M-class activity through the forecast period. No
proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit. The greater than 2
MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to be at normal
to moderate levels the entire forecast period
The geomagnetic field is expected to be at mostly quiet to unsettled
levels through most of the forecast period. Coronal hole high speed
streams are expected to bring active conditions on 14 November and
again on 26-29 December.
:Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt
:Issued: 2011 Dec 06 1957 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction
Center
# Product description and SWPC contact on the Web
# http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/wwire.html
#
# 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table
# Issued 2011-12-06
#
# UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest
# Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index
2011 Dec 07 160 5 2
2011 Dec 08 160 5 2
2011 Dec 09 165 5 2
2011 Dec 10 160 5 2
2011 Dec 11 155 8 4
2011 Dec 12 155 5 2
2011 Dec 13 155 5 2
2011 Dec 14 155 5 2
2011 Dec 15 160 5 2
2011 Dec 16 165 5 2
2011 Dec 17 165 5 2
2011 Dec 18 170 5 2
2011 Dec 19 170 5 2
2011 Dec 20 170 5 2
2011 Dec 21 170 5 2
2011 Dec 22 175 5 2
2011 Dec 23 180 5 2
2011 Dec 24 180 5 2
2011 Dec 25 175 5 2
2011 Dec 26 175 8 4
2011 Dec 27 175 8 4
2011 Dec 28 175 8 4
2011 Dec 29 175 8 4
2011 Dec 30 175 5 2
2011 Dec 31 170 5 2
2012 Jan 01 170 5 2
2012 Jan 02 170 5 2
(SWPC via WORLD OF RADIO 1594, DXLD) ###
TIPS FOR RATIONAL LIVING
++++++++++++++++++++++++
``The best way to be boring is to leave nothing out`` - Voltaire,
quoted in Bloomberg Businessweek (Wit & Wisdom, The Week, Nov 25, via
DXLD)
DXLD might be accused of that by those who have no idea how much chaff
I plow thru from multiple sources in order to Digest wheat of
significance (Glenn Hauser, editor, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###