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Thanks, Glenn WORLD OF RADIO 1653 headlines: *DX and station news about: Abkhazia, Angola, Argentina, Biafra non, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China and non, Cuba, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Europe, India, Indonesia, Korea North non, Kuwait, Netherlands, Oklahoma, Pakistan, Peru, Russia, Somalia non, Somaliland, Sudan non, Tibet non, USA SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1653, January 24-30, 2013 Thu 0430 WRMI 9955 [repeated 1652 this week] Thu 2200 WTWW 9479 [confirmed] Fri 0428v WWRB 3195 & 5050 [confirmed] Sat 0230v WBCQ 5110v-CUSB Area 51 [confirmed at 0245] Sat 0630 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Sat 0900 WRMI 9955 Sat 1600 WRMI 9955 Sat 1630 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Sat 1830 WRMI 9955 Sun 0500 WTWW 5830 Sun 0900 WRMI 9955 Sun 1630 WRMI 9955 Mon 0530 WRMI 9955 Tue 1200 WRMI 9955 Wed 0630 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Wed 1630 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Thu 0430 WRMI 9955 [or maybe 1654 if ready in time] Latest edition of this schedule version, including AM, FM, satellite and webcasts with hotlinks to station sites and audio, is at: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html or http://schedule.worldofradio.org or http://sked.worldofradio.org For updates see our Anomaly Alert page: http://www.worldofradio.com/anomaly.html WRN ON DEMAND: http://www.wrn.org/listeners/#world-of-radio WORLD OF RADIO PODCASTS VIA WRN: http://www.wrn.org/listeners/customize-panel/addToPlaylist/98/10:00:00UTC/English OUR ONDEMAND AUDIO: http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html or http://wor.worldofradio.org DAY-BY-DAY ARCHIVE OF GLENN HAUSER`S LOG REPORTS: Unedited, uncondensed, unchanged from original version, many of them too complex, minutely researched, multi-frequency, opinionated, inconsequential, off-topic, or lengthy for some log editors to manage; and also ahead of their availability in these weekly issues: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/index.php?topic=Hauser DXLD YAHOOGROUP: Why wait for DXLD? A lot more info, not all of it appearing in DXLD later, is posted at our yg without delay. When applying, please identify yourself with your real name and location, and say something about why you want to join. Those who do not, unless I recognize them, will be prompted once to do so and no action will be taken otherwise. Here`s where to sign up: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dxld/ ** ABKHAZIA. January 15, from 0700 to 9535 kHz accept Radio Abkhazia the Abkhaz. Announcer woman. Sing Abkhazian songs. SINPO 55333. Interference - hiss with a whistle. Drgen 1103. Antenna staff of 10 meters (Alexander Golovikhin, open_dx via Moscow Information DX Bulletin Weekly electronic periodical Number 824, January 15, 2013, Editor of the current number: Fedor Brazhnikov, Russia, via RusDX 20 Jan via DXLD) January 15, 2013 from 0700 accept Radio Abkhazia on the Abkhaz. Announcer woman. Sing Abkhazian songs. SINPO - 55333. Some kind of interference : the hiss with a whistle. ????? 1103. Antenna staff of 10 meters (Alexander Golovikhin, Togliatti, Russia / “deneb-radio-dx” via ibid.) January 17, 2013 took Radio Abkhazia at the 9535 kHz from 0700 to 0810. From 0700 to Abkhazia. Passed arias from operas. From 0800 to the Russian, Abkhaz news and a pop song. SINPO - 35343. Sent ??????. at two addresses: info@apsua.tv reklama@apsua.tv (Degen DE1103. Antenna staff of 10 meters. Alexander Golovikhin, Togliatti, Russia / “open_dx” via ibid.) GEORGIA [Abkhazia separated area], 9535.000, Jan 18th heard around 0730-0745 UT on very tiny S=6 signal strength level in peaks. R. Abkhaziya in Abkhaz from ex-jamming Sukhumi 5 kW shortwave signal there. Program on SW ends around 0800-0812 UT varying. At SDR unit on Twente NL University rx much weaker at S=4 to 6 level, just above threshold. Shortwave transmissions from Sukhumi are irregular, not every day on SW. Listeners from outside Europe can listen too via http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/ (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 18, dxldyg via DXLD) Radio Abkhazia was heard on Jan 18 with weak signal in Sofia, BULGARIA. 0755-0816 on 9535 SUK 005 kW / non-dir to CeAs Abkhaz, scheduled 0600-0800. SW transmissions are irregular, not every day, maybe: Mon/Tue or Wed/Fri. -- 73! Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. longwire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Someone with Russian national background should ask the station to extend their shortwave service by one hour til 0910 UT, due of recent Russia STANDARD TIME change, to allow regular morning reception in central and western Europe too. But signal increased here in Germany suddenly around 0754 UT, stopped transmission today at 0816:22 UT (Wolfgang Büschel, Stuttgart, Jan 18, DX LISTENING DIGEST) GEORGIA. R. Abkhazia was heard on Jan 18 with weak signal in Sofia, Bulgaria: 0755-0816 on 9535 SUK 005 kW / non-dir to CeAs Abkhaz, scheduled 0600-0800. SW transmissions are irregular (not every day) maybe Mon/Tue(or Wed)/Fri. Also noted on Mon, Jan. 21 0700-0801 again with weak signal, 25422 in Sofia (DX RE MIX NEWS #764 from Georgi Bancov & Ivo Ivanov. Mon Jan. 21, 2013, via DXLD) Radio Abkhazia heard on Jan 21 with strong signal in Romania, between 0700 and 0800 UT. They broadcast mostly music. At 0800 I heard the beginning of a news bulletin in Russian which was abruptly cut off after a few seconds. The transmitter was switched off at 0801 (Tudor Vedeanu (Gura Humorului, Romania), dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1653, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Presumably 9535 as usual (gh, DXLD) ** ALASKA [and non]. 9680, KNLS (tentative), Could only see the signal here at 1053 while listening to RRI Jakarta 9680.05. Of course Taiwan carrier came on at 1055, then RTI program started at 1100. (17 Jan.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, cumbre_dx yg via DXLD) ** ALBANIA. Giovedì 17 gennaio 2013, 1819 - 6040 kHz, R. TIRANA - Shijak, Italiano, "Conosciamo l'Albania". Segnale buono-sufficiente (Luca Botto Fiora, QTH G.C. 09E13 - 44N21, Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, bclnews.it yg via DXLD) ** ANDAMAN ISLANDS (INDIA). 4760, AIR Port Blair, 1217-1219 subcontinental music, W talk at 1220. One of the few mornings this season that I got audio. (17 Jan.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, cumbre_dx yg via DXLD) ** ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS. SNAKE TRIGGERS PANIC IN ALL INDIA RADIO :::: High Drama near ‘Drama Studio’ of AIR, Port Blair Andaman Sheekha Staff Correspondent http://tinyurl.com/a37gnox Port Blair, Jan 15: A snake today disrupted the programme production works of All India Radio Port Blair for nearly five hours. According to reports a long snake entered inside the audition studio of All India Radio Port Blair this morning. When someone noticed the snake, he immediately cautioned others and everyone inside the studio came out and cried for help. Soon a team of Forest Department was called to catch the snake. Though the snake was seen somewhere around 10.30 am but only by 3.30 pm, the snake could be caught, to the much delight of AIR staffs. This is not the first such incident in All India Radio Port Blair. Earlier in several occasions snakes had entered the studio and duty room area. Very recently a snake had bitten a lady causal announcer at night hours. Sources said that the jungle around the All India Radio’s Port Blair unit is infested with deadly snakes and in future human and wildlife conflict may yield fatal results. This is high time for the authorities of All India Radio, Port Blair to clean bushes and jungle around the studio and approach road to get rid of snake menace (via Alokesh Gupta, dx_india yg via DXLD) ** ANGOLA. RNA da Angola --- Na minha opinião, a maior conquista do DX em OT de lígua portuguesa é captar a Radio Nacional da Angola. Estou tendo o privilégio desde o último dia 13/01/2013 até a presente data. O sinal é excelente, como nunca ouvi antes, entre 03 e 04 UT em 4950 kHz. Confiram vocês também: (Elder vale Madeiros, 17 Jan, radioescutas yg via DXLD) Elder, Até poucos meses atrás ele chegava com excelente portadora, mas o áudio era praticamente inexistente. A emissora varia entre períodos sem nenhuma confirmação e outros em que é relativamente fácil de confirmar. Eu mesmo recebi dois QSLs para um único informe enviado há poucos anos. 73 (Ivan Dias Jr. - Sorocaba/SP http://ivandias.wordpress.com http://twitter.com/ivandiasjr ibid.) Radio Nacional de Angola - 4950 - Chegando agora RADIO NACIONAL DE ANGOLA --- Depois de muitos anos buscando condições ideais de escuta desta rádio, consego escutar neste momento a RADIO NACIONAL DE ANGOLA. Ela chega com sinais débeis neste momento, mas da para escutar perfeitamente a música em estilo Africano que está sendo tocada e comentarios do locutor. Segue detalhes da escuta: 19.01, 0407 UT, 4950, RADIO ANCIONAL DE ANGOLA, QTH = Mulenvos, PP, Programa de musicas locais seguidas e alguns comentários em Português de OM entre uma e outra música, Sinal SINPO 32333 (com QRM). Vejam a foto do scope do rádio em anexo onde dá para ter noção da intensidade da portadora. OBS - Essa rádio é de difícil escuta no Brasil. Há anos eu venho tentando. 73 (Marcelo Pera, PY2AE, Valinhos/SP, IC 756 PRO III + Antena 40 metros rotativa PP5UA a 15 mts de altura, radioescutas yg via DXLD) Parabéns, Marcelo, confirmou minha mensagem. Eu há escuto muito bem aqui no RN. Ressaltei a intensidade de sinal e o tempo de 03h de escutas entre 02h às 05h UT. Antes só conseguia apenas meia hora de escuta, entre 04h à 04:30h UT (Elder vale Medeiros, ibid.) Elder, Minha confirmação é de 2003. Na época o endereço que usei foi: CP 1329, Luanda, Angola. Lembro claramente que no mesmo período a emissora confirmou informes enviados para o email diop@rna.ao (algo pouco comum até então). Um fato curioso é que nos dois QSLs que recebi a frequência informada está errada (4940 kHz ao invés de 4950 kHz). Boa sorte! 73 (Ivan Dias Jr. - Sorocaba/SP, ibid.) Ivan, já tentei vários contatos para conseguir um cartão QSL e não consegui. Por favor, informe como vc conseguiu (Elder, ibid.) Olá Ivan e Elder, Ontem conseguí sintonizar em 4950 somente uma forte portadora, como o Ivan relatou, não havia áudio nenhum acompanhando essa portadora. O ponterinho "signal" do receptor em vários momentos até parava e firmava, uma boa portadora, com alguns fadings é claro. Mas o áudio nada. Será que é a RNA? Horário da recepção 00:10hs (Brasília) [0210 UT Jan 20] Abraço, (Cássio Santos, Jan 20, ibid.) Oi pessoal, Neste momento (22hs PT2), caso alguem queira escutar, a RADIO NACIONAL DE ANGOLA chega super bem em 4950 e com uma boa programacao musical, inclusive acabou de tocar 2 musicas seguidas de Roberto Carlos e depois ID. É a primeira vez que a escuto tao bem , mas tem que ter antena externa pois so na telescopica nao escuto. Abr (Marcelo Pera PY2AE, Valinhos/SP, IC 756 PRO III + antena 40omts PP5UA rotativa a 15 mts do solo, 0020 UT Jan 21, ibid.) 4949.75, R. Nacional Angola. End of news by W and nice canned ID by M at 2205:45, W again briefly with ID, then into Portuguese pop ballad, 2211 canned promo with mention of "Nacional Angola", then instrumental filler music, same studio W announcer briefly with TC, then into lively tropical song. Long talk feature 2215-2240. Surprised to find this at about 100% modulation for once!! Best heard in years. (21 Jan.) Listen to it at https://www.box.com/s/ib899d2cjmbvmz6vdesu 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, cumbre_dx yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1653, DXLD) See also VIETNAM [and non] --- confusion about 7216v ** ARGENTINA. 15820 kHz (LSB) Não Identificada --- Hoje de manhã ouví uma rádio na frequência de 15820 kHz com um sinal muito bom, 44444. Tocou muita música, Pet Shop Boys. A língua é espanhola, com locutores tipo FM. Mas não conseguí identificá-la, pois, desvaneceu rapidamente. O Interesante é que estava em banda lateral LSB. Alguém já a sintonizou? Seria uma pirata?? (Cássio Santos - Goiânia-Goiás, Brasil, Receptor: Yaesu Frg-7700, Antena: AOR SA7000, Jan 19, radioescutas yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1653, DXLD) Hola amigos Radioescutas! En 15820 (modo LSB) el Ejército Argentino tiene un feeder mediante el cual retransmite a emisoras de FM o de AM argentinas con destino a las islas del Atlántico Sur y la Antártida Argentina. 73s (Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina, WORLD OF RADIO 1653, ibid.) Cassio, Outrora esta era uma frequência utilizada por ‘feeders’ de emissoras argentinas conhecidas em banda lateral, dentre as quais a Radio Mitre. Não seria de novo? 73, (Rudolf Grimm, São Bernardo SP, ibid.) Olá Rudolf e Slaen? Realmente é mais uma frequência de "Feeders" do exército argentino. São Retransmitidas várias rádios da argentina em várias frequências de ondas curtas. Mas em 15820 é a primeira vez que escuto. Ontem mesmo já estavam transmitindo jogo de futebol. No site do Dr. Glenn Houser [sic], tem uma colega dexista da América do Sul que faz uma bela explanação sobre os "Feeders" e confirmou trasmissões nesta frequência também. Muito obrigado pelas informações, fico muito agradecido pela atenção de vocês. Abraço, (Cássio Santos, ibid.) ** AUSTRALIA. 4835, ABC/VL8A Alice Springs. After hearing this to 1407 on the 2nd, I was surprised to hear almost readable audio at 1417. So I ran the Perseus recording it to 1700. I could still differentiate between talk and music at 1430, and last heard audio (music) at 1438 for certain. More than 2 hours after sunrise and a full half hour longer than on the 2nd. The Perseus recording showed the signal visible all the way to 1621!!! That's 11:21 AM local here!! (6 Jan.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, cumbre_dx yg via DXLD) 4835, VL8A Alice Springs, NT, 1100 to 1130 best in LSB narrow filter, to avoid 4840, strong signal 17 Jan (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D -746Pro - R8 - long wire antennas, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4910, VL8T Tennant Creek 0820 to 0830* footprint of signal, transmitter not yet in darkness; better in a few months? 22 Jan (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D -Icom 746Pro - Drake R8 - 150 ft on the ground antenna, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. 9 JANUARY 2013: Decided to go out primarily to see how long 5995 R. Australia and 4835 ABC Alice Springs would stay in. I intended to go to 1700. But by 1450 it was evident it was going to be a total bust. So I packed it in. RX: Microtelecom Perseus SDR with ARR preamp. ANT: 315' Beverage (BOG) at 350 QTH: Pennsylvania State Game Lands #26 Duration: 1158-1455 UTC Solar Indices: Solar Flux = 153 A Index = 3 K Index = 0 No storms. X- Ray Flux was B7. Pinpoint 7 MHz MUF over 2 areas in northern Canada at the start. WX: Cirrus clouds. Low 30's. For quite some time while doing micro-DXpeditions I've been surprised at the how quickly the signals ramp up when laying out the BOG wire. After I started laying out the wire at 1049:45 this morning signals strengthen rapidly. Once again before 100' was rolled out, signals were near maximum strength. So, for shortwave, is 1 wavelength of wire really necessary?? A half wavelength?? And does getting the antenna up off the ground make any difference?? 4835, ABC/VL8A, Alice Springs. Huge signal with ID and news at 1330. Blasted out by return of WWCR on 1341 recheck, but it went off at 1342:27. Still got promo at 1405, then interview feature with a few words here and there by 1410, but then really faded quickly. Hardly getting audio at 1421, and just barely M announcer at 1429. Sync wouldn't even lock on at 1442. Was hoping and expecting it would still be audible by 1500 since I was listening at the quiet remote site with BOG near the latest sunrise. So I am disappointed. (9 Jan.) 73 (Dave Valko, Microtelecom Perseus SDR with ARR preamp, 315’ Beverage (BOG) at 350 , QTH: Pennsylvania State Game Lands #26, cumbre_dx yg via DXLD) ** AUSTRALIA. After 0700 UT Jan 17, finding R. Australia all over the place, initially with Oz news, on 9475 at 0701; then at 0708 I compare 12080 and 11945 again: the two are slightly out of synch, but so close I have a hard time deciding which one is the echo: finally: 12080, a split second behind 11945, so good evidence it is really Brandon following satellite feed from Shepparton (or Melbourne, if nearby Shep has a microwave/landline feed). This time 12080 registers S9+18 and 11945 S9+20, despite 11945 allegedly running ten times the power of 12080. Now 15240 is also on unlike last night; 13630 is best, and also heard on 7410 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. ABC Radio National Schedule --- G’day Glenn, Thought you might be interested in new Radio National schedule, some of which will be carried by R. Australia. http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/features/2013-schedule/ 73 (Ian Johnson, ARDXC, Jan 22, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. 15525, Sat Jan 19 at 2230, HCJB ID and frequency in English, very poor, then into Japanese, which per Aoki is UT Fri & Sat only, otherwise Chinese (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. 8113-USB, VMW Australia Weather 1230 OM with IDs 22 Jan (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D -Icom 746Pro - Drake R8 - 150 ft on the ground antenna, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRIA. 11955, Jan 21 at 1505-1520+ good signal with pursed lips, i.e. Türkish, mixing talk with Christianish music including 1515 ``Aleluya``. AWR scheduled 1500-1530, 300 kW, 120 degrees from Moosbrunn (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRIA. 18910, 0903, ORF in German for Australia at excellent level with extended news 27/12. Gone at 0935 check (sked 0900-0935). (Bryan Clark at Mangawhai (Northland), New Zealand, with AOR7030+, EWEs to North, Central & South America, 100m BOG to NE and Alpha Delta Sloper antennas, Jan NZ DX Times via DXLD) Radio Austria International non-appearance 0900 UT 22 Jan: Tuned in to Radio Austria International on 18910 kHz, which of course these days should have been a domestic service relay. There was a good clear signal there, but it was just a continuous loop of their interval signal, i.e. the Blue Danube waltz interspersed with multilingual ID's, until the tx went off air at 0933 UT. Incidentally, their website states the exact span for this broadcast as 0900-0933 UT and doesn't give a specific target area, merely describing it as "weltweit" [worldwide]. Nothing on 17860 kHz - dropped, as indicated on yesterday's WRTH update (David Kernick, England, Jan 22, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Fine this morning with programming starting at 0900 in German with news about North Korea (Stephen Cooper, UK, Jan 23, ibid.) ** BANGLADESH [and non]. 7250, Bangladesh Betar. Found here this morning with feature by W at 1238, then Hams blasted it. (8 Jan.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, cumbre_dx yg via DXLD) 1222 looks like Chinese on 4749.987 and 4749.997 Bangladesh came back on at 1223:22 in mid-talk by M and W, then immediately into subcontinental music. (9 Jan.) 73 (Dave Valko, Microtelecom Perseus SDR with ARR preamp, 315’ Beverage (BOG) at 350 , QTH: Pennsylvania State Game Lands #26, cumbre_dx yg via DXLD) 4750, Bangladesh Betar. Subcontinental music to 1148 brief talk by W, then nice ID by M at 1148:55. Continuous talk by M with at least 2 more IDs. Promo with mention of Bangladesh at 1150:35. Then intro with subcontinental music for next feature. Good this morning and probably the best yet this season. (11 Jan.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, cumbre_dx yg via DXLD) 4750, Bangladesh Betar, Shavar, 1127-1140 Jan 14; Announcer in listed Bengali; (Presumed) ID at 1130; various announcers and music bridges; Call-to-Prayer like chant at 1136; more announcers at 1139; poor-fair in ECCS-USB (Scott R. Barbour Jr, Intervale, N.H. USA, NRD-545, MLB-1, 200' Beverages, 60m dipole, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4750, Bangladesh Betar. Subcontinental music at 1158, W announcer briefly, pause, simple "Bangladesh Betar" ID, pause, then subcontinental music filler, 2 time ticks (pause for 2 seconds, not a fade), long time tick, then W announcer with ID announcement and presumed news. Amazing signal at this time. Probably the best heard this season. (18 Jan.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, cumbre_dx yg via DXLD) 7250, Bangladesh Betar, Jan 18 *1312-1322, 33433-32432, Nepali, 13121 sign on with IS, 1314 Opening announce, News. 15105, Bangladesh Betar, Jan 18 1228-1244, 32432-33433, English, IS, Opening announce, News (Kouji Hashimoto, Japan, RX and ANT: IC- R75+115m Sloper Wire, NRD-525+RD-9830+115m Sloper Wire, NRD-515+35m Long Wire, NRD-345+35m Long Wire, Satellite 750+30m Long Wire, DE- 1130, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4750, Bangladesh Betar. Popped on at 1143:26 while I was attempting to tune and get the exact frequencies of the 3 stations that were here. Even after Bangladesh signed on, I could still see all 4 signals here; 4749.950, 4749.987, 4749.991, and 4750.006. (20 Jan) 15105, Bangladesh Betar 1230 very poor here. 4750 was much much better!! (20 Jan.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, cumbre_dx yg via DXLD) 4750, Bangladesh Betar, 1145 tune in with subcontinental music to 1215 with om chat, strong signal 22 Jan (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D -Icom 746Pro - Drake R8 - 150 ft on the ground antenna, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4750, Bangladesh Betar, 1305 Bangla, Islamic chanting, 1309 man with Islamic message, tuned back at 1314 and heard some kind of discussion, check again at 1333 and playing Bangla songs. Poor Jan 23 (Harold Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia, Listening in my car with the Eton E1 and Sony AN1 active antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BHUTAN. 6035.04, BBS on Jan 17 with another extended schedule past 1600; tuned in at 1213 to find BBS mixing badly with PBS Yunnan (in Vietnamese till 1300, after which was in Chinese); by 1325 BBS had improved over PBS; 1330-1345 the often heard segment with a young girl singing (audio attached); usual format in English starting at 1500; poor to almost fair; QRM from both 6030 and 6040. Thanks to Jim Young (Calif.) who today measured them on 6035.038 (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BIAFRA [non]. Radio Biafra London in Igbo/English till Jan. 17 and cancelled: 1900-2000 on 11830 WER 125 kW / 180 deg to WCAf Thu/Sat Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, WORLD OF RADIO 1653, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOLIVIA. 3310, Radio Mosoj Chaski, Cochabamba, in there early with a good signal 1/21 with YL at 0930 in indigenous lang (Ralph Perry, Wheaton, Illinois, Drake R8B; Japan Radio NRD-545; Eton E1; Hallicrafters SX100; Dentron Super Tuner + Ameco PLF-2 + Palomar P-408 +Quantum Phaser antenna unit (customized for tropical bands); 335-foot bidirectional BOG 150 deg/330 deg for LA/SE Asia, DX Engineering RPA-1 preamp, Phased Longwire + Small Loop, Jan 23, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 3310, Radio Mosoj Chaski, Cochabamba, 0952 YL into Andean music, exotic Andean music a pleasure as strong signal 1002 YL comments 22 Jan (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D -Icom 746Pro - Drake R8 - 150 ft on the ground antenna, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOLIVIA. 3310.00, R. Mosoj Chaski, Cochabamba, 9/01 1034-1110, 33333, px bilingüe quechua y español news comentan sobre la OEA y sobre la Cámara de senadores y su comportamiento, mxf. NOTA mejor los escucho en LSB, no dan ID. http//www.comportco.com/~wfair/Photos/index.php?pg=18 (Pedro F. Arrunátegui, Lima, Chasqui DX Enero, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOLIVIA. 4716.70, R. Yatun Ayllu, Yura, San Antonio de Quijarro, 13/01 1030-1102, 22222+, programa bilingüe quechua, español iD “Por Radio Yatun Ayllu”, mxf, huayno (escuchado en compañía de Francesco Clemente) La recepción la he efectuado en compañía de mi sabueso Icom IC R72 acompañado del Mizuho KX-3, una grabadora Alesis Palm Track, una antena de hilo largo de 20 metros y una antena loop. Muchos 128´s, PFA Vivo en una casa muy pequeña, pero, sus ventanas se abren hacia un mundo muy grande (Pedro F. Arrunátegui, Lima, Chasqui DX Enero, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4716.70, Radio Yura, Ayllu Yura, only poor-fair signal on 1/12 at 1017 with folkloric music by quenas and OM announcements in Aymara. Also noted same time, 1/23 (Ralph Perry, Wheaton, Illinois, Drake R8B; Japan Radio NRD-545; Eton E1; Hallicrafters SX100; Dentron Super Tuner + Ameco PLF-2 + Palomar P-408 +Quantum Phaser antenna unit (customized for tropical bands); 335-foot bidirectional BOG 150 deg/330 deg for LA/SE Asia, DX Engineering RPA-1 preamp, Phased Longwire + Small Loop, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOLIVIA. 4795.8, Radio Lípez, Uyuni no logs, off the air (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D -746Pro - R8 - long wire antennas, circa Jan 18, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOLIVIA. 5580.2, Radio San José, San José de Chiquitos, 0000 to 0030 om en español, music, deep fades 14 Jan (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D -746Pro - R8 - long wire antennas, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOLIVIA. 6105.4, Radio Panamericana, La Paz, 1050 flauta andina solo 17 Jan, 1035 to 1100 jazz like with yl over music en español, flauta Andina 18 Jan (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D -746Pro - R8 - long wire antennas and XM - Cedar Key - South Florida, NRD 525D - R8A -E-5, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6105.48, Radio Panamericana, La Paz 1040 beautiful piano solo dominating the frequency, YL vocal at 1045 into flauta at 1047, 22 Jan (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D -Icom 746Pro - Drake R8 - 150 ft on the ground antenna, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOLIVIA. 6135a, R. Santa Cruz, 0056-0107* 14 Jan. Surprised & pleased to hear RSC very clear with Caribbean (Afro-Cuban-ish) & romantica songs to TOH & long close-down announcement with AM/FM (92.3, I think)/SW frequencies, street address, "Radio Santa Cruz, desde Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia", followed by their neat station song with flutes & cheeriness, audio off at 0107 but carrier seemed to hang about for at least a few minutes more (Dan Sheedy, Encinitas, CA PL600 + 8m X(f)X wire, via Bob Wilkner, DXLD) A joyful evening on Bolivian radio --- Today I tuned to Radio Santa Cruz on 6135 at 0055, still amazed at its relatively good reception over here, SINPO 33333 at times. Male Announcer reading ephemeris, followed by a lively tropical song by Los Wawancó. Very clear ID at TOH, "Radio Santa Cruz, 690 kHz onda media, 6135 kHz onda corta, 92.3 MHz frecuencia modulada, desde Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia", followed by PSAs. At 0114 I went to 6155 to listen to Radio Fides, which plays excellent music but unfortunately lacks a good signal over here, 23232. Great Latin oldies, including "Dueño de Nada" by José Luis Rodríguez, "Déjame Intentar" by Carlos Mata and "No Hay Nada Más Difícil que Vivir sin Ti" by Maná. After the first song, an ad for Multivisión, a cable TV company from La Paz. Finally, at 2231 [sic, probably means 0131 UT] I tuned to Radio Pío Doce on 5952, with hard-to-understand PSAs where some sentences could be understood like "Estoy harto de trabajar tanto", "Tenemos que trabajar duro por nuestros hijos", etc. Then back a news programme on 2234, time check in Spanish by a cheerful woman before changing to another language, I suppose it was Quechua. 33232 (Eduardo Peralta, Sony 7600GR, Buenos Aires ARGENTINA, UT Jan 19, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOLIVIA. 9625, 1537 11/11, R. Fides, La Paz, Spanish, music gospel, male voice, LT [?], última semi-etapa da reta final da voz da Bolívia de ciclismo internacional, 45333, 73 (PW8001SWL, JOVINIANO FURTADO NETO, AFO, RONDONIA, BRAZIL, Jan 22, Foram utilizados os seguintes equipamentos: RX: Degen DE 1103 e Motoglobe, Antenas: Dipolo meia Banda Sete MHz, radioescutas yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1653, DXLD) We thought 9625 was inactive, unlike 6155. Too bad this report was delayed 2+ months. Apparently put 9625 on only for this special event and/or only in daytime (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1653, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 3375.1, Brasil, Rádio Municipal São Gabriel da Cachoeira, 1005 locutor em português, into music bridge "onda curta kiloHerts ..." OM DJ over music, very strong signal this morning 22 Jan (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D -Icom 746Pro - Drake R8 - 150 ft on the ground antenna, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 3375.055, R. Municipal. Usual lively pops program. 0928 some USB traffic in Spanish. 0929 one of the guys played some music and then had a quick QSO. Nice canned full ID at 0936:35 giving only MW and SW frequency. Fortunately the two guys in USB didn't come on at this time. A little fady and noisy. (22 Jan.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, cumbre_dx yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1653, DXLD) Listen to it at https://www.box.com/s/0dnefa656wlbfvha3bgb ** BRAZIL. 4754.91, R. Imaculada [Conceição] (presumed). Pretty decent signal over 0000 ToH, and suddenly went off at 0023:17 in mid-talk. (22 Jan.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, cumbre_dx yg via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 4785, Brasil, Rádio Caiari, Porto Velho, RO, 0930 to 0950 melodic chorale vocal, OM DJ 0934, rich voiced comments 22 Jan (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D -Icom 746Pro - Drake R8 - 150 ft on the ground antenna, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 4845.28, R. Onda Tropicais (presumed) Sounded like nonstop ZY Pop ballads from 2315. Sounded like a fair amount of deadair between songs. Peaking around the BoH, but already fading at 2345. Still no announcement noted to 0000 ToH. Would have been tough to ID. (12 Jan.) 4845.25, R. Ondas Tropicais (presumed), 0027 excited talk by M announcer with mention of Paraná. 0028 nonstop ZY ballads then past 0038 when I tuned out. Music much lower modulation than the M announcer. Best signal in a while. Low modulation makes this difficult. (18 Jan.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, cumbre_dx yg via DXLD) Isn`t it still Rádio Cultura, with ``ondas tropicais`` merely specifying the band it`s on? (gh, DXLD) 4845, Brasil, R Cultura, Manaus, 1145 to 1200 conditions were at best mediocre here, but this was booming in at close to local levels, OM in Portuguese, Nice Brasilian music 22 Jan (XM - Cedar Key - South Florida, NRD 525D - R8A -E-5, via Bob Wilkner, DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 4885 At 0910 found 3 signals here. Pará on 4885.019, Acreana 4885.012, and unID on 4884.995. Could get audio on only Pará (best), and presumed Acreana. The unID signal wasn't there later after 1000. (22 Jan.) 4885.013, R. Difusora Acreana, 1014 "R. Difusora" ID during apparent news by M. 1017 what sounded like a "Jornal Difusora" ID. Mixing equally with Pará at this time, although Pará had the upper hand an hour earlier. 1021 long report by W in the field. 1026 TC and more news. Another short canned "Difusora" ID at 1031. (22 Jan.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, cumbre_dx yg via DXLD) 4885, Jan 22 at 0615 tune-in, ``Bom dia; você está ouvindo o clube da madrugada`` amid music, CODAR. This 10 kW ZYG362, R. Clube do Pará, Belém, continues to be the best all-night signal from Brasil on 60m, and stronger than usual tonight (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Glenn, I also heard R. Clube do Para 24 hours later at 0615 Jan 23. Strongest signal I have ever heard from the station. But didn't find any other unusually strong LA allnighters elsewhere on 60m. CODAR present but tolerable (Steve Luce, Houston, Texas, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 4974.98, R. Iguatemi. Full canned ID with frequencies by M 2301:15. (21 Jan.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, cumbre_dx yg via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 4985. Brasil, Radio Brasil Central, Goiânia - No logs off the air, RTTY often on frequency (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D -746Pro - R8 - long wire antennas, circa Jan 18, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 5939.84, Voz Missionária, 0218 found here with religious talk by M in Portuguese. Mentions of Halleluia. Talk with M phone caller. Good signal with much weaker 5940, BBC Cyprus in English. (15 Jan.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, cumbre_dx yg via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 6104.918, Jan 8 2204* Tentative, R Cultura Filadélfia noted a few times from about 2125. This evening sign off at 2204. Seems to be irregular as not heard lately maybe due to bad conds. Heavy splatter from the station on 6105 signing on at 2145 and signing off at 2145 (Thomas Nilsson, Sweden, SW Bulletin Jan 20 via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. [Re 13-03!] 11780, Jan 16 at 2153, 2217 and Jan 17 at 0027 chex, RNA/RNB is nominal in AM without wideband noise. But at next check, 0432 Jan 17, heavy noise surrounding 11780 which is still audible, out to plus/minus 50 kHz or so. Not the same as the wideband noise of previous nights, but RNB still has big problems affecting its unfortunate neighbors. Robert Lafore, location unknown, had reported earlier on Jan 16: ``Likewise a great signal from 11780 at 2207, the noise started for a moment, pretty much covering RNA. When I hear the noise start, RNA's carrier remains steady here. Several more pulses of noise at 2208 and 2209. It slowly builds, then abruptly off.`` Was this like what Robert was hearing at 2207-2209, and was anyone else hearing it in the meantime? I asked the dxldyg. Steve Luce, Houston TX, replied: ``I'm hearing much the same thing here in Houston at a 0500 check Jan 17. Noise is heaviest +/- 20 kHz either side of 11780, with the upper side the loudest. Weak noise extends down to 11710 and up to 11860. RNA signal is there, but covered by the noise. At an earlier check at 0130, the RNA signal was strong and clean, no sign of any noise.`` Earlier on Jan 16, Flávio PY2ZX Archangelo in Brasil told us, ``I made a phone call yesterday to EBC, the federal government company that coordinates several radio and TV stations, including RNA. I´m not sure if the problem is fully corrected, but now the technical sector for sure have the feedback. EBC is studying buying new SW transmitters, including capability for digital upgrade [sic] for DRM modes.`` By my next check at 0614 Jan 17, 11780 had been put out of its (and our) misery, off the air, while 6180 continued normally. May I suggest that they keep it off the air unless they can prevent the additional noise radiation (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1653, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 11780, 17/Jan 2307, RNA in Portuguese. Signal almost imperceptible. Suffering severe QRM from 11775 R Free Asia and Chinese jammer. 6180 also coming up with a signal well below the last two days. (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. Dipole antenna, 16 meters - east/west Escutas (listening, my blog): http://www.ipernity.com/doc/75006 dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Suspect what you had on 11780 this time was not RNA at all as in: (gh) At 2156 Jan 17 I was pleased to find no signal on 11780. This did not last long as I continued to tune downward and encountered an extremely distorted FMy blob centered on 11670 but recognizable as Brazilian Portuguese. If AIR GOS in English was there as scheduled until 2230, it was totally wiped out. I`m sure this signal is RNA as it`s still barely readable by slope detexion. After 2200 it intrudes upon NHK 11665. At 2328, still the blob on 11670 and now it`s stronger, spreading wider somewhat beyond plus/minus 5 kHz, worse during music. I don`t find any other peaks on the 11 MHz band, tho the background noise level may be slightly higher in the vicinity. Other signals further away continue to be unaffected. But it may well get worse (Glenn Hauser, OK, 2345 UT Jan 17, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Further chex of this UT Jan 18: by 0200 the extremely distorted FMy blob is centered closer to 11665; same at rechex 0421, 0512, 0558, 0705. Not there or not audible at next check 1335. So where will it be the next evening? 6180 remained nominal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Yes Glenn, I'm sorry to have to agree with you on this, but now a very strong signal at 2349 in +/- 11673 of RNA with heavy distortion. 73 (Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana, Bahia - Brazil, Jan 17, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) And out here in Eastern Newfoundland, I am getting the same blobby sound extending from 11660 to 11680. It was 2355 when I first checked it and it is still there now, just past 0000. It's very strong, though nearly impossible to pick out words. I'm listening with the Eton E10 and a two-metre wire by the window (Philip Hiscock, 0003 UT Jan 18, ibid.) Then at 0024 Jorge sends screenshot of waterfall on SDR in Netherlands, ranging about 11660 to 11675 and peaking 11669 (gh, DXLD) The RNA blob is still there during checks at 0325 and 0415 Jan 18. Extends from 11660 to 11676, with the strongest signal between 11664 and 11672. Audio is // to 6180. No signal on nominal 11780. The blob sounds much like an FM signal in AM mode, but no sign of the DRM-like noise from earlier this week (Steve Luce, Houston, Texas, UT Jan 18, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Also noted on the Twente WebSDR site in Netherlands. I cannot trace where it coming from as nothing on 11780 (Robin VK7RH Harwood, Norwood, Tasmania 7250, 0448 UT Jan 18, ibid.) 11682.200 {on waterfall screen 11659-11676 kHz range}. When switched the Perseus SDR to FM mode, could easily recognize Portuguese program of \\ RNA 6180 kHz, at 0150 UT Jan 18 in wideband range 11659-11676 kHz (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 18, DXLD) 11780-AM, Jan 18 at 2236, RNA is back to normal with good modulation, no spurs; ditto at rechex 2330, UT Jan 19 0135, 0342, 0615. Also still OK Jan 19 at 2220 and later (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1653, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11780, 18/Jan 2258, Brasil, RNA in Portuguese. Good signal. Here I did not notice any spurious signal on 25 meters, only one unidentified signal on 11525. I realized a modulation lower than the usual. Weak signal in remote radio from Nederlands. (Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana, BA-Brasilm Degen 1103 - Dipole antenna 16 meters, ibid.) 11780 19/Jan 1235 Brazil, RNA in Portuguese. Good signal. By the time I did not realize spurious signals. (Jorge Freitas, ibid.) RNA received well in Central CT, 0640-0655 UT 11780 // 6180. Both stations cutting through noise floor. OM speaking and into music/singing. Aoki listing of 11780 shows as 7.5 kW at 0(360)az. Both signals rated 45344 SINPO with propagation and noise effects using Grundig G5 and Tecsun PL-210. No apparent distortion / poor transmission. I did catch some distorted audio/Xmit last night during this time frame on 11760 that did interfere on 11780; not tonite (Paul S. in CT, UT Jan 20, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) That 7.5 kW info for 11780 is obviously nonsense. Perhaps Aoki confused it with the nominal power of R. Guaiba on 11785 (inactive, long gone and hard to imagine it even being authorized now 5 kHz away). RNA 6180 and 11780 transmitters are 250 kW as in WRTH, and sound like it, altho it is quite possible they are running somewhat less as the case with most aging units (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) I thought the same as you, Glenn. However, and although the 7.5 Kw is obviously wrong, I do wonder if they're outputting 250 Kw. Here in my town, reception in both freqs is almost identical, with 11780 sounding a bit better, but it clearly doesn't sounds as 250 Kw. If the TXs are old, maybe they're on 50 KWs or even less power. Does anyone knows how old their transmitters are? (Eduardo Peralta, Argentina, ibid.) Eduardo in Argentina, All we can do is speculate, lacking anything from inside RNA. But S Americans generally seem to think they are lower powered, than N Americans do, presumably because of unfavorable skip distances and direxionality (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) ** BRAZIL [and non]. RNA and others at 11 MHz --- Hello, On Jan. 16 I heard R. Nacional da Amazônia for short time (2354 to 2359) and it was perfect modulated S9+10 on 11780 kHz with some het from USA x China radio war at 11775 kHz (possible China Nat. R. 1 and R. Free Asia from MRA). The another nearest occupied channel was 11890 by China R. Int. English from Xian, S8. On Jan. 17, 2308 Z, the RNA signal was off frequency and heavily distorted modulation at 11670 kHz nearby 23 kHz of max BW. Curiously the speaker was reading a communication sent by SW listener of their 49m signal, much better on that time. At 11680 good signal (but capturing the splatter of RNA) from KCBS Pyongyang KRE with music. At 11665 R. Taiwan Int. was better decoded in LSB. On Jan. 18, 0026 Z, RNA seems tuned at 11668 kHz with 21 kHz of max. BW. At 11680 R. Havana Cuba was extremely strong in SS and at 11665 a stable signal with pop music of what could be Sarawak/Kai FM from Kajang MLA, S9. Later 0420 a big deep on the propagation, RHC remained strong at 11680 but weaker than hours ago (S9) and almost a carrier located at 11690, possible R. Okapi from Meyerton AFS. RNA still distorted on 11668.9 kHz but with 10 kHz BW. I also made some listenings from USA remote receivers on late Jan. 17 and the morning of 18. Super R. Deus é Amor (Curitiba) at 11765 kHz was clear in Austin and W1NT. Family Radio (Portuguese to Brazil) well tuned at 11565 in Austin and KA2GWR. WEWN Catholic R. (Vandiver) had wide side carriers as copied in N3UJJ and KA2GWR receivers around 0100. W1NT show the 11670 kHz of RNA and an "image" of the same signal at 11560 kHz (2332). Some FFTs can be found at: http://archangelo.net/temp/rna 73! (Flávio PY2ZX Archangelo, Brasil, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6180 e 11780 kHz // 980 kHz (Radio Nacional, Brasília) --- 6180, 22/01 0040, Rádio Nacional, Brasília DF BRASIL. Transmissão da programação da a Radio Nacional 980 kHz (Brasília). Entrevistas com ouvintes ao telefone, várias IDs (‘Radio Nacional’, ‘uma emissora da EBC’, nenhuma menção a Radio Nacional da Amazônia em mais de uma hora de sintonia, e sim muitas referencias a ‘Radio Nacional de Brasília’). À 0100 UT, o boletim de notícias ‘Nacional Informa’, e em seguida a identificação cheia de ‘Radio Nacional de Brasília’, e após, a continuação de contatos do locutor com ouvintes ao telefone de diversas partes do Brasil. Idêntica programação em 980 // 6180 // 11780 kHz no período sintonizado, 35443. Nota: Nenhuma referencia com Radio Nacional do Rio de Janeiro (1130 kHz), que seguia com programação própria. Também, quando é uma transmissão da Radio Nacional da Amazônia a identificação não é apenas de ‘Radio Nacional’ e sim ‘Radio Nacional da Amazônia’. Rx: Sangean ATS909x, antena: Telescópica. 73, (Rudolf Grimm, São Bernardo SP), radioescuta yg via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 11815, 0327, Radio Brasil Central back again 13/12, good in the clear with frequent jingle idents and Portuguese time checks, until strong Arabic on 11820 opens at 0400 (Bryan Clark at Mangawhai (Northland), New Zealand, with AOR7030+, EWEs to North, Central & South America, 100m BOG to NE and Alpha Delta Sloper antennas, Jan NZ DX Times via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. Lunedì 14 gennaio 2013, 0953 - 15191.2, R. INCONFIDENCIA (B), PP, tk OM+YL. SF-IN (Luca Botto Fiora, QTH G.C. 09E13 - 44N21, Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, bclnews.it yg via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. Rádio Gazeta 15325 kHz --- Ola colegas, A Rádio Gazeta em 15325 está chegando muito bem aqui em Goiânia-Go. O Sinal varía de 33333 para 22222. Na zona rural de Silvânia-Go, o sinal chega a 55555 todas as tardes/noites. Talvez tenham "mexido" em alguma coisa por lá (Transmissores/Antenas) ou é simplesmente a propagação mesmo. Ou seja, nunca tinha ouvido a Gazeta tão bem aqui no centro de Goiânia como estou ouvindo agora. Abraço, (Cássio Santos - Goiânia - Goiás, Receptor: Drake R8B + Antena Delta Loop + Balun 4.1, Receptor: Tecsun PL-660 + Antena Loop Sony AN-LP1, radioescutas yg via DXLD) Another catch of this rarity, said previously to be on a limited schedule of only a couple hours a day. And no time given! Timestamp on this post is 20 Jan 3:14 pm in the digest, which I think means 1714 UT, unless Goiás is not on DST in which case it would be 1814 UT (gh, DXLD) ** BULGARIA. 9450, Jan 20 at 0042, ID ``This is KBC Radio, broadcasting from Bulgaria`` just as I tune in after some music; only poor-fair signal. Kim Elliott continues to conduct digital text tests on this weekly 00-02 UT Sunday broadcast, which I have yet to try, but others report varying degrees of success (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. A possible loss of a valuable resource appears to have taken place. Kit Sage produced a very useful guide to closed Canadian AM stations. The old link http://www.bannisterdesign.com/canam/canam.htm no longer works and reverts to an empty page except for the words Bannister Design. The information held by Kit was obviously been compiled after years of research and it was a genuinely easy to use and useful tool. It would be very sad news if all this information is lost to the DX community. Should anyone know if Kit has moved to a new webmaster I am sure that many in the DX community would like to know either the new address or confirmation that Kit has withdrawn the website for good. 73's (Dan Goldfarb (owner of mwmasts Yahoo Group), Jan 22, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) The Wayback Machine has a snapshot if it from Oct 2008 http://web.archive.org/web/20081010154530/http://www.bannisterdesign.com/canam/canam.htm 73 (Tony, ibid.) ** CANADA. Mystery on 564 kHz - daytime - French language --- Heard on my Racal 6790/GM and my Collins R-390A, antenna Clifton Labs active antenna, preamp is a DX Engineering preamp, at approximately 11:00 a.m. AST and continuing on now at approximately 11:35 a.m. AST: [UT - 4] 564 kHz - French language spoken word programming - occasionally some music - at one point there was a bit of accordion music. Using the 3.2 kHz bw on the Racal and the 3.8 kHz bw on the Collins, so needless to say, pretty muffled. Seems to be a pretty steady, albeit very weak signal. I'm fearing it may be an intermod type thing at some point in the chain, but maybe there is something out there. I'll be checking out some mathematical possibilities [1/2. double, triple, combos of 455 etc.] but in the meanwhile if anyone has any ideas, I'd welcome them! [later:] Mystery solved? 24 kHz up and down from 540 --- With the help of my billingual 10 year old daughter, I think the mystery may be solved. The programming exactly paralleled that of 540 kHz CBGA-1 New Carlisle QC. So, my theory is either some sort of spur involving CBGA- 1's 10 kW transmitter, or some sort of mixing issue 24 kHz away. But wait, it gets better - our Francophone Phantom is also on 516 kHz! So, my theory is that CBGA-1's transmitter is sending out a spur 24 KHz above and below their carrier. This is the most DX fun I've had in months - not even Bell Aliant Fibre-Op 2.0 can spoil this :) (Phil Rafuse, VY2PR, Stratford PEI, Canada, Jan 19, ABDX via WORLD OF RADIO 1653, DXLD) Phil, how about the station in Windsor, ON? (toledohamradio, ibid.) CBEF in Windsor ON - I don't think I've ever picked them up in PEI. CBGA-1 dominates here by day - it and 810 CJVA in Caraquet NB are the strongest signals on MW here, keeping in mind that there are no AM stations left in PEI and very few in NS or NB - FM is the 'standard broadcast band' now in the Canadian Maritimes. At night, CBGA1 and CBT Grand Falls-Winsor battle for dominance. Both stations put out a pretty healthy signal and usually it is some degree of a mess. I will also mention that CBGA-1 has a lot of splatter. Almost makes me want to do a 'splatter DX' log. Or a "it seems like something is wrong at the transmitter site" log :) (Phil Rafuse, ibid.) CBEF moved to 1550 anyway (gh, DXLD) ** CANADA. Re 13-03, CBR 1010 down time: I have seen that REC publishes an alternative of 51 02 24N, 113 38 51W. This places the pair of masts / towers just North of the Trans Canada Highway. Unless Streetview or Digital Globe etc take a new image of this patch of land soon, we will not know how the two masts / towers line up. I would suggest that they are likely to be placed to give an azimuth at around 260 or 270 degrees - possibly parallel to the TCH itself. No doubt there will be plenty for our Canadian members to add and this will be a developing story. 73's and 88's (Dan Goldfarb, mwmasts yg via DXLD) ** CANADA. O Canada! 6030, CFVP Calgary, AB 1322 Jan 22. "Classic Country AM 1060" ID, then into Jimmy Buffet's "Margaritaville". Poor under the Chinese station. (Wilkins-CO) 6159.98, CKZU Vancouver, BC 1429-1439 Jan 22. Vancouver drive time traffic; area news at 1430. Fair signal, about even with the band noise. (Wilkins-CO) 6160.71, CKZN St. John's, NL 2355-0004 Jan 23. "As It Happens" in progress; "CBC Radio One" ID and program notes at 2359; CBC News at 0000; weather at 0004 for Newfoundland, then Labrador. Fair peaks but considerable QSB (John Wilkins, Wheat Ridge, Colorado. Drake R-8, 100- foot RW, dxingwithcumbre yg via DXLD) ** CANADA. Jueves, 27 de diciembre de 2012: CHR - 6754 kHz - TRENTON MILITARY Volmet - Trenton (CAN) - QSL --- Recibida en 6 días una primera confirmación por correo-e, anunciando el envío de otra por correo ordinario. Envié mi informe de recepción a Charles Raine, Corporal, Military Aeronautical Communications System (MACS) Operator. Thank you very much! charles.raine @ forces.gc.ca (Publicado por Mauricio Molano, http://moladx.blogspot.it/ via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) ** CANADA. 1961. Radio Canadá Internacional: “El Nacimiento de una Nación”. Disco de transcripción. Posted on enero 22, 2013 by La Galena del Sur http://lagalenadelsur.wordpress.com/author/lagalenadelsur/ El *Servicio Internacional de Radio Canadá*, en su momento, además de sus transmisiones diarias a través de *ocho estaciones de onda corta*, distribuyó a lo largo de su existencia *programas culturales en transcripción prácticamente en todos los países del mundo.* *Leer más... http://lagalenadelsur.wordpress.com/2013/01/22/1961-radio-canada-internacional-el-nacimiento-de-una-nacion-disco-de-transcripcion/ 73 (Horacio Nigro, CX3BZ, La Galena del Sur, Montevideo, Uruguay, Jan 22, condiglista yg via DXLD) Includes some of the audio ** CHILE. QSL ESPECIAL ÚLTIMA SEMANA CVC LA VOZ Estimados radio escuchas y amigos, Quiero primero saludarlos y agradecerles por sus reportes de sintonía de la última semana de transmisión de CVC La Voz por onda corta. Ya hace varios meses cerramos las transmisiones y hemos estado en proceso de desmantelamiento de la planta la cual está finalizando este mes. Quiero también disculparme por la demora en esta respuesta, pero hemos estado pasando por un proceso complicado desde el punto de vista técnico, administrativo y personal, producto de este cierre, y debido a esto y a la reducción drástica de personal que hemos experimentado, es que hemos tardado en enviar las QSL respectivas. Sin embargo, durante este mes estamos enviando una gran cantidad de ellas, pero temo que, debido a la demanda que tuvimos de esta QSL final, quizás no sea posible el enviársela a todos y cada uno. Hemos recibido demasiadas cartas y mensajes tanto vía email como por correo postal, lo que nos demuestra la gran cantidad de gente que nos escuchaba, lo cual nos deja muy satisfechos. Por ahora estoy adjuntando una copia escaneada de esta QSL y esperamos que dentro de este mes podamos hacérsela llegar a la mayor cantidad de ustedes. Adjunto también la lista de las tarjetas QSL ya enviadas. En lo personal, ya prontamente dejaré de trabajar para CVC, por lo que esta dirección de correo dejará de funcionar próximamente. Me despido agradeciendo nuevamente sus mensajes y reportes. Un saludo cordial! (via José A. Kucher, Jan 15, condiglist yg via DXLD) Writer is not shown, I assume someone other than Kucher. Says they have been overwhelmed by all the last-week QSL requests, and due to reduction of personnel may not be able to reply to all of them. A scanned QSL was attached to the original message, now here: http://www.w4uvh.net/CVCQSL.jpg Here`s the source, from Mauricio Molano blog via Dario Monferini, playdx yg, which goes on to quote the exact same message: Después de 5 meses, acabo de recibir un mensaje por correo-e de Antonio Reyes, Gerente General del sitio de Onda Corta de CVC-La Voz en Calera de Tango (Chile). Dice lo siguiente: (via DXLD) CVC-La Voz QSLs --- CHILE: CVC – LA VOZ via CALERA DE TANGO, 12130. Full-data 5.5 x 8 in. Special QSL for "Last week of short wave transmissions August 13 thru 17, 2012" staff, studios, & antennas cards in 5 months. Received 2 cards, probably because I sent both an e-report and a mail report, identical except the backside containing the data of one card is gray and the other aqua. Mailed from Chile, but has CVC’s U.S. return address: PO Box 2889, Miami, FL 33144. This station was often strong here regardless of the target. Hard to believe it was only 100 kW (Wendel Craighead, Prairie Village, Kansas, USA, Jan 23, cumbredx via DXLD) Wendel, 12130? When was that? I don`t remember that frequency ever for CVC Chile, certainly not in A-12, or A-11, checking old Aokis. Hmmm, I do recall that CVC once used 6065 from Chile, and Zambia too, but those were dropped long before the Last Week. Had you heard sometime a second harmonic of that? (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** CHINA. 4800, CNR1, Ge'ermu 1129 great signal with talk by M, one short and one long time ticks, "Beijing tsien" ID, fanfare with M, then talk by live M announcer. Usual 5+1 time ticks as ToH and ID by W, but much weaker then. Program intro at 1201, then peppy Chinese music. (18 Jan.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, cumbre_dx yg via DXLD) ** CHINA. Glenn, you are right about Gannan. It is not a place, but an autonomous area in the south of the Gansu Province. "Gan" is short for Gansu and "nan" means south. The regional capital is Hezuo. Actually Gannan is one of several outlying regions with a large Tibetan population. Xizang means West Tibet, so the other regions together make up an imaginary "East Tibet". Many years ago I received a QSL letter (in Chinese) from Gannan PBS for reception on 5971. They used a bilingual letterhead in Chinese/Tibetan, a most attractive piece of paper (Olle Alm, Sweden, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. 9820, Beibu Bay R., 1100, End of soft music and TC and ID by M "The time ??, 7 PM. Beibu Bay R.". Fair signal but severe co-channel QRM. (14 Jan.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, cumbre_dx yg via DXLD) ** CHINA [non]. 31m 9560-9580, Checking 31 meters the following noted: 9580, // 9570 0130-0140 UT CRI reading Shanghai Daily articles. 9580, CRI via Havana has some TVI/chroma/Flyback at times with rather undermodulated audio. Must be a tube-type TV near the mic. 9570, CRI via Cërrik, ALBANIA, a much cleaner copy, no "artifacts" noted as on 9580. Seemed to be in sync via tuning change. Finished comparisons to Catch Vatican R. in English [*0140 on 9560] with many reminders of Calls for Prayers. Hashy and a bit noisy fades every 3-4 seconds, but I am not in intended lobe of 90 azimuth (more like 300-310 az) (Paul S in CT using Tecsun PL-210 on whip only (opine: should grab a PL310, sloppy filter on this 210 model /opine), UT Jan 18, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9570 // 9580, Jan 18 at 0133, Fair to good signal of CRI English service. Both 9570 (Cërrik, Albania relay) and 9580 (Havana, Cuba relay) of equal strength. China, Albania and Cuba --- a cold war trifecta (David Williams, Sacramento, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. 11790 // 11885, Jan 19 at 0040, Fair to good signal of CRI English service. Both 11790 from Xi´an at 190 degrees azimuth and 11885 also from Xi´an at 200 degrees of equal strength. Entertaining music and a travel report on the Summer Palace. Kept me listening to the end (David Williams, Sacramento, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. 9905, Firedrake (presumed) at 1715. Plus, but seemed to use a slightly different format with selections and pauses between, including one that sounded like it was all bongos, although the performer was no Jack Costanza. Off by 1800, though the carrier remained on. 11/14 (Gerry Dexter, Lake Geneva WI, NASWA Flashsheet Jan 20, 2013 via DXLD) Lunedì 14 gennaio 2013, 0943 - 17080 + 16100, FIREDRAKE. SF-IN (Luca Botto Fiora, QTH G.C. 09E13 - 44N21, Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, bclnews.it yg via DXLD) Firedrake Jan 18: none found around 1353 UT, 12-16 MHz. Logs in our morning have been very sparse the past several weeks; more likely to catch it at other dayparts (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Very very bad propagation from Asia into Europe this morning, wb. TAIWAN/CHINA mainland Check of FIREDRAKE jamming and SOH operations from Taiwan, Jan 19, 07-08 UT. FIREDRAKE Chinese jamming music on 13430 13920 13970 14800 14980 15800 15900 16100 16920 17080 17250 18250 kHz. SOH word program only, on 10960 11230 11300 12320 12370 12500 12670 12800 12870 12980 13130 13270 13350 13530 14370 14700 14750 14870 15870 16250 16360 16600 17170 17300 17370 17900 18970 19970 kHz. All noted on remote sdr units in Asia and Australia (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 19, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1653, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 28 frequencies! so do you mean they were all clear of jamming? (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1653, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Found 3 of the Firedrakes: Around 2345Z Jan 19, 2013: 11970, 13530, and 14700. All fairly weak. They went off at 0000Z. On Jan 15th between 0040Z-0100Z, found: 12320, 12500, 13820, 14700, 14800, 14980, and 16100. At the time, did not find any lower nor higher (searched down to 2 MHz and up to 30 MHz). Looked for those today, but didn't hear anything (Greg Putrich, Minneapolis, MN, Jan 19, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Firedrake Jan 21: none found at 1450-1456 between 12 and 18 MHz. Firedrake search Jan 22 at 1450-1457: none found 12-18 MHz (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1653, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** COLOMBIA. 6010.12, La Voz de tu Conciencia, Puerto Lleras, big signals noted several recent mornings with nominal 1100 “sign-on” (but actually, often just a continuation of the overnight programming; perhaps just a legal s/on process for the day – i.e., do they need to play the national anthem and formally ID, once daily, perhaps?). Heard 1/12, 13 at *1101 with long, dramatic orchestra + vocal rendition of the HJ Himno Nacional, followed by ID and into usual programming (Ralph Perry, Wheaton, Illinois, Drake R8B; Japan Radio NRD-545; Eton E1; Hallicrafters SX100; Dentron Super Tuner + Ameco PLF-2 + Palomar P-408 +Quantum Phaser antenna unit (customized for tropical bands); 335-foot bidirectional BOG 150 deg/330 deg for LA/SE Asia, DX Engineering RPA-1 preamp, Phased Longwire + Small Loop, Jan 23, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6010.08, R. La Voz de tu Conciencia, Puerto Lleras, 15/01 0432-0505, 33333++, música, ID “Son las 00 horas en punto, escucha Radio La Voz de tu Conciencia”, música con temas religiosos, ID “En la Voz de tu Conciencia, estamos compartiendo para cambiar al mundo”, programa religioso. La recepción la he efectuado en compañía de mi sabueso Icom IC R72 acompañado del Mizuho KX-3, una grabadora Alesis Palm Track, una antena de hilo largo de 20 metros y una antena loop. Muchos 128´s, PFA Vivo en una casa muy pequeña, pero, sus ventanas se abren hacia un mundo muy grande (Pedro F. Arrunátegui, Lima, Chasqui DX Enero, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CONGO DR [non]. 11690, 0357, SOUTH AFRICA, Radio Okapi with piano & guitar interval signal, opening in French just before 0400 with jingle IDs, 25/12. Poor signal but improved to fair at 0440 recheck (Bryan Clark at Mangawhai (Northland), New Zealand, with AOR7030+, EWEs to North, Central & South America, 100m BOG to NE and Alpha Delta Sloper antennas, Jan NZ DX Times via DXLD) 11795, 21/Jan 1604-1610, No signal from R Okapi. Not in my QTH nor in Nederlands. 73 (Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana, Bahia, 12 14´S 38 58´W - Brasil, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) So is this transmission off the air, and how about the other one? O, WRTH 2013 already showed only one: 04-05 on 11690 via Meyerton. Latest EiBi and HFCC also show only the 11690. Aoki still has 11795 via UAE dated Oct 26- (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** COSTA RICA [and non]. 15125, Radio Exterior de España; 1844, 17- Jan; M in Spanish with ID after Star Trek bumper, into EZL music. SIO = 2+53 in USB needed to minimize strong hiss QRM centering about 15120 -- someone peeved at Nigeria? REE centers at about 15125.03 (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 125 ft. bow-tie; 85 ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed RW, logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST) No, it`s Nigeria itself in wonderful DRM (gh, DXLD) 15125, 20/Jan 1915 Costa Rica (Relay), REE in Spanish. Moderate signal with very strong QRM unidentified, but none of my power grid. The noise seems be from some other source, it has a different fading the signal. The noise makes it impossible to listen (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, Dipole antenna, 16 meters - east/west, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Why don't you try a magnetic loop antenna instead of your dipole? It would receive much less noise (Georgi Bancov, Bulgaria, ibid.) Hi Georgi, I and a friend, we are studying this and other possibilities. Thank you (Jorge, ibid.) Don`t forget that Nigeria is in DRM on 15115-15125 at 1830-2000. EiBi says M-F, while Aoki says every day. Did it stop around 2000? In that case your receiving antenna will not make any difference (Glenn, ibid.) I thought he has much local interference. Most of the sources are in vertical, so the magnetic loop would help a lot (Georgi Bancov, ibid.) Giorgi. I suffer a lot from electrical noise and I'm actually thinking of another type of antenna. Glenn. Yes, you're right. It's QRM of DRM from Nigeria. 73 (Jorge Freitas, ibid.) ** CUBA. 570, UT Monday Jan 21 at 0624, R. Reloj tix, but hard to copy the talk, 0625 minute marker exactly matches WWV, so one thing the Cubans manage to do right; and then instead of ``RR`` in code, chimes which replace it on Sundays even tho it`s now almost a sesquihour into local Monday. For 570, WRTH 2013 shows two Radios Reloj: 25 kW in Santa Clara, 1 kW in Pilón (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA [and non]. 5025, Radio Rebelde, 0146, Dave Valko Tip that Rebelde was off the air, reports on SM [social media?] second signal being heard, Mark Coady reporting 5040 Cuba on the air. Seemed transmitter issue, 0320 back for good after one false start. Never heard Peru behind, as Cuba transmitter hum seemed present. Charles Bolland and XM have tent. logs of Peru on 5025 when Havana low power. 10 January (Mark Coady, Dave Valko & Bob Wilkner, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Don Moore's web page on Radio Rebelde is very interesting for those who haven't seen it. http://www.pateplumaradio.com/central/cuba/rebel1.html (Fred Kincaid, MI, MARE Tipsheet Jan 18 via DXLD) & for those who have ** CUBA. 11880, Jan 16 at 2153, RHC supposed to be Portuguese but instead silence, dead air; ho hum, another SNAFU at this amateurish operation, which has never really got its act together in 52 years. Recheck at 2217, now it`s modulating, in English. The 21-23 transmission is allegedly aimed at Africa, and I understand it`s poorly heard in Europe, too far offbeam, but it`s always a bigsig here off the back. 9810, Jan 17 at 0617, RHC fair signal still going in Spanish instead of closing at 0600. No other lingerers found, as Spanish is supposed to be totally off SW after that hour. Checking out leapfrog mixing products involving the overkill four English transmitters, 6010, 6060, 6125 and 6165, Jan 17 at 0622, which I confirmed all synchronized so from same site: poor but readable between fades on 6270 (6060 over 6165); also audible on 6205 (6125 over 6165). Could not be sure of one on 6320 which would be 6010 over 6165, and also have to watch out for receiver-produced overloads, which disappear with attenuation unlike 6270 and 6205. 17730, Jan 17 at 1347 is today`s missing frequency, but very good signal on 17580 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Just listened to the Cuban spy station with numbers and digital data on 17480 around 2208 until 2224 when I turned my radio off (Eduardo Peralta, Sony 7600GR, Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA, Jan 17, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 17730, Jan 18 at 1354, RHC on here with poor signal, but the other 16m is missing today, no 17580 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11880, Radio Habana Cuba; 2217, 18-Jan; Spanish feature on Chile; Announcer upscrewed by mispronouncing Pinochet as "Pee-no-shay" using the French pronunciation, rather than the correct "Pee-no-chet". The Chileanos [sic] emphasize the "t". SIO=3+54 (Harold Frodge, MI, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11840, Jan 18 at 2238, RHC Spanish is undermodulated/distorted, no comparison to English on 11880. 9810, Jan 19 at 0625, RHC Spanish is on late again, music sounds like `Cuba Campesina`. Then found // on 6120 with ACI from stronger RHC English 6125; 0630 promo for RHC`s ``año 50`` --- that was two years ago. 5855-AM, Jan 20 at 0529, several Spanish YL 5-digit spy number groups, no digital burst interruptions in less than the minute I listened. 6060 // 6120 // 5040 // 9810, RHC music in Spanish service, Jan 20 at 0630, not // different music in English service on 6010 // 6125 // 6165. 6060 is supposed to be in English instead of Spanish after 0500. Another day, another anomaly at this slipshod station. By 0613 recheck, 6060 is now in English. 11750, Jan 20 at 1454, open carrier here while 11760 is nominal. RHC is all mixed up Sunday afternoon; so what else is new? 11880, Jan 20 at 2148, RHC is in Esperanto! instead of Portuguese. 11880, Jan 20 at 2226, RHC in Spanish! instead of English, and so // 11840. Also synchronized on 5040, but echoing on 9710 & 9810, so from the other site. 15370, Jan 20 at 2226, open carrier prior to scheduled Esperanto on Sundays only; 2230 IS and opening Esperanto with schedule of usual three broadcasts, no mention of 2130 when someone must have jumped the gun playing the wrong file or tape. 2230 on 15370 is the normal scheduled time for Esperanto on Sundays, tho you`d never know it by looking at RHC`s French schedule which leads you to believe that is on every day: http://www.radiohc.cu/fr/dinteret/frequences.html 6060, Jan 21 at 0609, RHC is still in Spanish again instead of English, supposed to start at 0500 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1653, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Spanish Numbers on 11530 at 2308 UT with series of five digits in a row, followed by digital hash noise sounding like a modem dialing. Signal getting stronger by 2312 UT on Monday, January 21, 2013. This bears further checking at other times and frequencies as well. Quality of signal was 66 db at 2313 UT. Best of 73's from (Noble West, Clinton TN, Tecsun PL380 DSP and Telescopic Whip Antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Here, at 2340, still in air with good reception. 73 (Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana, Bahia, 12 14´S 38 58´W - Brasil, ibid.) 5040, Jan 22 at 0613, RHC Spanish music, not // English talk on 6010, 6060, 6125, 6165, 6270. So it`s tonight`s anomaly, as 5040 is supposed to be in English during the 06-07 hour. Seems someone along the line tries to sneak in an extra hour of Spanish on at least one of the transmitters, and it must be admitted, six English frequencies after 0500 is overkill. 13780, Jan 23 at 1525, RHC is off, but I believe was on an hour or two earlier tuneby. 15230 & 15370, Jan 23 at 2346, RHC in Portuguese on both but not //. Then I find that 15230 is running 22 seconds behind 15370: separate playouts. Same also happens with French at 2100 on 11760 and 11880 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. My many requests over the years resulted in Radio Havana Cuba verifying - after a total of 5215 days - these six frequencies: 5970, 6050, 6110, 6140, 6150, 13680 kHz (Günter Jacob in Passau, Germany, Jan NZ DX Times via DXLD) 5215 days: did you remember to include several 29 Feb’s in your count? ) (Theo DOnnelly, ed., ibid.) 5215 divided by 365.25 = 14.28 years (gh) ** CUBA. CUBA VERÁ CANAL LATINOAMERICANO TELESUR CON 'SEÑAL ABIERTA' DESDE EL DOMINGO La Habana -- Los cubanos verán el canal de televisión latinoamericano “Telesur” en “señal abierta” y en “tiempo real” a partir del próximo domingo 20 de enero, durante unas catorce horas diarias, informaron hoy directivos del Instituto Cubano de Radio y Televisión (ICRT). La programación de “Telesur” se trasmitirá en dos bloques, uno desde las 8.00 de la mañana hasta las 4.30 de la tarde y otro, entre las 8.00 de la noche y la 1.00 de la madrugada, a través del canal estatal cubano Educativo-2, precisó su directora, Rafaela Balanza. El anuncio se dio a conocer durante un programa especial en el que representantes de los cinco canales estatales de la isla avanzaron algunos ajustes de programación. El Gobierno cubano es uno de los accionistas-fundadores del canal multinacional que inició sus trasmisiones en 2005, pero la televisión cubana actualmente solo emite breves resúmenes diarios. Cuba incluyó al canal latinoamericano en su programación televisiva a finales de 2007, con un resumen informativo nombrado “Lo mejor de Telesur”. La trasmisión que se realiza a través del Canal Educativo-2, era en principio de una hora de duración en la noche y ahora alcanza las dos horas y media. La televisión cubana dispone de cinco canales nacionales (dos de ellos especializados en temáticas educativas), 15 telecentros territoriales (en provincias y el municipio especial Isla de la Juventud) y una señal internacional, Cubavisión Internacional. Read more here: http://www.elnuevoherald.com/2013/01/18/1386955/cuba-vera-canal-latinoamericano.html#storylink=cpy (via Oscar de Céspedes, Jan 21, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** CUBA [and non]. CUBA YA USA CABLE SUBMARINO DE FIBRA ÓPTICA --- AP LA HABANA -- Cuba parece haber comenzado a usar el primer cable submarino de fibra óptica que conecta a la isla con el exterior casi dos años después de su instalación, de acuerdo con un análisis efectuado por una compañía que monitorea el uso mundial de internet. En un reporte publicado el domingo en el portal de Renesys, el autor del informe Dough Madory escribió que Cuba comenzó a utilizar el cable ALBA-1 el 14 de enero. Hasta ahora, el servicio de internet en la isla se proporciona por enlaces satelitales, los cuales son más lentos que las conexiones por fibra óptica. Desde hace una semana, dijo Madory, el flujo de datos mostró un tráfico significativamente más rápido hacia la nación caribeña y a la española Telefónica como proveedora del servicio de enrutamiento para la compañía estatal de comunicaciones de Cuba, ETECSA. La velocidad de enrutamiento se mide por el tiempo que toma enviar un paquete de datos a un lugar determinado y recibir confirmación en el servidor original, de manera similar a como los submarinos determinan sus ubicaciones con un pulso de radar. Madory escribió que la súbita mejoría en las medidas de latencia entre Cuba y cuatro ciudades de Estados Unidos, México y Brasil indica que el cable está en operación. Pero las velocidades no han llegado a niveles que indiquen que el cable se encarga de manejar todo el tráfico, lo que lo llevó a concluir que los datos de salida aún viajan por satélite. “Creemos que es probable que el servicio de Telefónica para ETECSA esté usando su nuevo cable asimétricamente (es decir, para tráfico unidireccional), sea por diseño o por defectos de configuración”, escribió Madory. Ni funcionarios del gobierno cubano ni representantes de Telefónica respondieron de manera inmediata a solicitudes de comentarios realizadas el lunes. Read more here: http://www.elnuevoherald.com/2013/01/21/1389205/cuba-ya-usa-cable-submarino-de.html#storylink=cpy TOMADO DE http://www.elnuevoherald.com/2013/01/21/1389205/cuba-ya-usa-cable-submarino-de.html (via Oscar de Céspedes, FL, condiglista yg via DXLD) Cuba and the Internet --- Thought this group might find the attached article interesting http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/22/us-cuba-internet-idUSBRE90L13020130122 (Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA USA, ODXA yg via DXLD) I did a quick web search and I found this paragraph in a USA National Public Radio article: ``The ALBA-1 cable was strung from Venezuela nearly two years ago with great fanfare, but authorities soon fell silent about it amid whispers of purported corruption and embezzlement involving the project.`` Still, I wonder if, once they had the thing, that they did not know how to integrate it into their society. – (Ron Hunsicker, Wyomissing, PA 19610-2102, ibid.) ** CYPRUS. 13660, Jan 18 at 0614, something in Arabish about Bin- laden; unusual to hear any such thing. HFCC shows BBC, 300 kW, 280 degrees via Cyprus at 06-07, and also 300 kW, 121 degrees at 05-07, i.e. two Cypriot transmitters during this hour for 600 kW total (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CYPRUS. 12032-12062, Jan 21 at 1447, strong OTH radar ``propeller`` noise, so strong that I can still hear it under bigsig WEWN 12050, so for once not just self-QRM with the squeal, but external QRM too! At 1451, heard just the same sound at 13885-13915. Usual assumption that it`s from Cyprus, but maybe not as these two spread about 30 kHz instead of 25. Lower one clear after 1500 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CZECHIA. Re: Czech pirate Radio Bílá Hora annual New Years Eve programming [Bila Hora = White Mountain] The Battle of White Mountain 11-06-2003 | Jan Velinger In today's edition of Czechs in History Radio Prague looks at the historical significance and fallout of the Battle of White Mountain, one of the most famous events in Czech history every student here at one time has learned by heart. The date of the battle was November 8th, 1620. The setting: a small, normally quiet hillside, just outside of Prague. But, the day would see a disappointingly one-sided affair, a battle that took less than two hours to lose by the Czech nobility. Defeated were the Protestants of the Bohemian Estates' army, vanquished by Austrian Imperial and Catholic forces. In a sense, the battle was an overture. The first military clash of many in the complex many-phased and multifaceted conflict that would sweep and divide Europe: the Thirty Years' War. The continent would be split along vicious, unrelenting religious and political lines. The players, the conflict, the event from which the kingdom of Bohemia never recovered - keep reading to find out more. Read the full story at http://www.radio.cz/en/section/czechs/the-battle-of-white-mountain (Thomas Nilsson, Sweden SW Bulletin Jan 6 via DXLD) More history: Inauguration of Radio Bílá Hora “Experimental broadcasting is successful on the medium wave frequency 1620 kHz which was chosen for history reasons. For those ignorant of our history recalls that on 8 November 1620 took place some kind of battle near Letohradu, the star of White Mountain, near Prague (now in Prague). The transmitter output stage, equipped with the tube RE125, delivers a voltage of 2.5kV at about 200W load and was used 07/09/2004 at the launch event. This 1620 kHz frequency was quite soon replaced by 1233 kHz. Already the next year, 2005, MW was replaced by SW, first in the 49 mb and quite soon by 3333 kHz. This frequency was chosen after a few nights of listening in the 90 mb, revealing that this frequency was completely free night after night.” If you will find out more about this rare station, translate the whole story from Czech language from their website at http://rbh.czechian.net/ During the last years Radio Bílá Hora has been transmitting on shortwave on New Year’s Eve only. The scheduled frequency in 2006 was 3333 kHz and Stig Adolfsson noted them on 3333.273 kHz when looking for Papuans. In 2010 you could find the station scheduled at 16 CET on 2345 kHz USB but the frequency in use was still just above 3333 kHz. In 2011 a move to 2458,3 kHz was announced but this year again reported by a few in SWB operating just above 3333 kHz. On New Year’s Eve 2012 Arne Nilsson heard and reported the station on 2541.56 kHz. Within a few hours he received a QSL-card by mail saying this was the last broadcast! (Thanks Arne for sharing this nice QSL with us.) From http://radio.ponik.net/index.php?text=11-piratske-radio-bila-hora (Thomas Nilsson, ibid.) QSL says 120 watts to a dipole on 2540 (gh) ** DIEGO GARCIA. Lunedì 14 gennaio 2013, 1847 - 4319-USB kHz, AFRTS - Inglese, parlato OM+YL. Segnale sufficiente. Ieri verso le 1600-1700 sembrava spenta (Luca Botto Fiora, QTH G.C. 09E13 - 44N21, Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, bclnews.it yg via DXLD) 4319-USB, AFN, 0000 to 0020 with music, 1.3k filter provided good audio 16 Jan (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D - 746Pro - R8 - long wire antennas, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. Miércoles, 26 de diciembre de 2012: HIC75 - 1580 kHz - RADIO AMANECER - Sto. Domingo (DOM) - QSL Aún me quedan grabaciones por revisar del 2009! y es que aquel mes de noviembre fue espectacular en cuanto a la propagación en onda media se refiere. Revisando lo grabado el día 23 de aquel noviembre, me encontré con una emisora religiosa en 1580 dando diferentes frecuencias de emisión que resultaron ser las de Radio Amanecer. Les envié la grabación correspondiente y en una semana he recibido la confirmación desde su correo-e: cabina @ radioamanecer.org (Publicado por Mauricio Molano, http://moladx.blogspot.it/ via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) ** EAST TURKISTAN. CHINA. 4850, Xinjiang PBS (presumed). Another outlet here at 0000 with time ticks and possible music. Signal wasn't that bad but the audio was extremely weak. The time ticks came through though. This is listed as Kazakh. (18 Jan.) 4980, Xinjiang PBS, 2338-2344 talk by W in presumed sked Uighur mixed with instrumental music. M announcer 2345, canned announcement, then instrumental music to 2351 brief announcement by W again. Distorted audio as Jim Young and Ron Howard noted. Heard nightly but best it`s been heard yet. (18 Jan.) 5060, Xinjiang PBS, 0000 usual time ticks, ID, fanfare music, then talk by W in Chinese. Fairly good signal and best heard in a while. (18 Jan.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, cumbre_dx yg via DXLD) ** ECUADOR. 3380.06, Dec 30 0057 (tentative) CRI, Centro Radiofónico de Imbabura with weak audio despite a fair signal. Heard here a couple of times lately before 0100. Also noted on Dec 28 with sign off at 0102* (Thomas Nilsson, Sweden, SW Bulletin Jan 6 via WORLD OF RADIO 1653, DXLD) Some history regarding this rare station: First logged in 2001 by Björn Malm [in Ecuador] with ID’s like: “Escuchan C.R.I., Centro Radiofónico de Imbabura, transmitiendo en 1230 kilociclos desde la ciudad de Ibarra” and “C.R.I. Radio – la diferencia en radiocomunicación”. /Björn Malm In SWB 1530 from Feb 2004 you could also read: 4609.99 kHz Centro Radiofónico de Imbabura, Ibarra 3/Feb/2004 0055 UTC. Some days ago I reported this station on its 2nd harmonic 6760.14 kHz (2 x 3380.07). 4609.99 kHz is a much more rare type of harmonic: MW 1229.92 + SW 3380.07 = 4609.99 kHz and 6760.14 kHz Centro Radiofónico de Imbabura, Ibarra 30/Ene/2004 0100 UTC. This is my unID, something I was not expecting because of the very good signal strength, the same strength as the fundamental frequency of: 3380.07 kHz. So it´s "nothing more" than a harmonic. /Björn Malm Next time the station was noted was in 2007 when Anker Petersen heard them on Dec 8 at 0100 on the fundamental 3380 kHz. /Thomas Nilsson And here you can find more information about withdrawn licenses for a lot of Ecuadorian stations. http://www.forumdesalternatives.org/ecuador-aparece-la-lista-corrupta-de-retiro-de-concesion-de-frecuencias-de-radio Here you can find address and telephone numbers for the station. (Also for R Oriental) http://www02.supertel.gob.ec/pdf/estadisticas/onda_corta.pdf (Thomas Nilsson, Sweden, SW Bulletin Jan 6 via DXLD) 3380.08, Centro R. Imbabura, 1006 surprised to find it on this early and fairly good. Usual nonstop HC music. 1016 usual canned AM ID over music. Heard again around 1027 although not as good. 1100 short canned announcement, then same canned AM ID, followed by live studio M announcer. Too far gone by this time. (9 Jan.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, cumbre_dx yg via DXLD) 3380.06, Jan 12, 2355, Tentative CRI Ibarra. Seems to have an early sign off as not there at recheck at 0055 (Thomas Nilsson, Sweden, SW Bulletin Jan 20 via WORLD OF RADIO 1653, DXLD) 3380.07, Centro R. Imbabura, 1020 a slightly faster version of "El Condor Pasa". Just before they played it they had the usual canned ID announcement followed by a short canned few words by M possibly an ID. No stronger than it has been. (17 Jan.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, cumbre_dx yg via DXLD) 3380, Radio Centro, 1043 YL vocalist en español into new song 1045 very strong signal 17 Jan, 1047 to 1050, flauta, beautiful music with very strong signal on 18 January (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D -746Pro - R8 - long wire antennas and XM - Cedar Key - South Florida, NRD 525D - R8A -E-5, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 3380.06, Centro R. Imbabura. Found OC at 0927. Still OC at 0932. Actually stronger than Municipal [3375, BRAZIL] at 0955. Finally noted usual M talk at 1109. (22 Jan.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, cumbre_dx yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1653, DXLD) ** ECUADOR. No sign of 4781.7, Oriental at 1210. Was recording Laos so didn't stick with it. Besides the one time I caught it going off just after 1200, I've noticed its absence between 1200-1230 several times now. (17 Jan.) 4781.68, R. Oriental. Does indeed go off just after 1200 daily. Went off at 1204:02 today. Still had bits of audio at 1200 too!! (18 Jan.) 4781.7, R. Oriental went off at 1204:05 today. (20 Jan.) 4781.67, R. Oriental. Went off today at 1202:20. So this is definitely a daily occurrence. (22 Jan.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, cumbre_dx yg via DXLD) ** ECUADOR. 6050, HCJB, Quito-Pifo, 2342-2359. Contemporary religious ballad music. Announcements between selections in Spanish by a man. ID by man at 2359. Moderate signal strength with heavy high side interference from REE via Nobeljas. 1/13/2013 (Jim Evans, Germantown TN, Perseus, IC-R75, RX-340, ALA100M Loop, Eavesdropper Dipole, Random Wire (90'), NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) ** EGYPT. 9905, Jan 17 at 0616, R. Cairo is unusually holding up over night path, good signal but Arabic distorted as always (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9965, Radio Cairo, 2316 English, man with news, ID at 2324 as “North American Service of Radio Cairo”, news continued. Weak, low and distorted modulation. Poor Jan 20 (Harold Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia, Listening in my car with the Eton E1 and Sony AN1 active antenna. Editor of World English Survey and Target Listening, available at http://www.odxa.on.ca dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 5005, R Bata, (Presumed), VERY weak from earlier. Still very weak 2025z (Mark Davies, Anglesey, Wales, Jan 17, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 15190, Radio Africa, Bata, 1722-1725. Male evangelist with fundamentalist religious talk in English. Poor signal strength but very readable with minimal fading. 1/16/2013 (Jim Evans, Germantown TN, Perseus, IC-R75, RX-340, ALA100M Loop, Eavesdropper Dipole, Random Wire (90'), NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) 15190, Radio Africa (presumed); 1841...1902+, 17-Jan; English, Word of the Living Water(?) with non-screaming huxter; 1902 right into Brighter Day Ministry without ID -- as usual. SIO=343 with slight het whine from 15191.2 -- presume Brasil (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 125 ft. bow-tie; 85 ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed RW, logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! WORLD OF RADIO 1653, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ERITREA. COUP ALERT!! Opposition websites say soldiers have taken over the Information Ministry and forced state TV to broadcast a statement. Eritrean TV on Hot Bird is currently off the air (Chris Greenway, UK, 1323 UT Jan 21, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Intriguing radio-related story from Eritrea Monday, January 21, 2013 5:17 PM http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/21/us-eritrea-siege-idUSBRE90K0J320130121 DISSIDENT ERITREAN TROOPS SEIZE MINISTRY By Aaron Maasho, ADDIS ABABA | Mon Jan 21, 2013 5:36pm EST (Reuters) - Dissident Eritrean soldiers with tanks took over the information ministry on Monday and forced state media to call for political prisoners to be freed, a senior intelligence official said. The renegade soldiers have not gone as far as to demand the overthrow of the government of one of Africa's most secretive states, long at odds with the United States and accused of human rights abuses. Eritrea has been led by Isaias Afewerki, 66, for some two decades since it broke from bigger neighbor Ethiopia. The fledgling gold producer on the Red Sea coast has become increasingly isolated, resisting foreign pressure to open up. Soldiers forced the director general of state television "to say the Eritrean government should release all political prisoners," the Eritrean intelligence source told Reuters on condition of anonymity. There was no immediate statement from the Asmara government. Between 5,000 and 10,000 political prisoners are being held in the country of about 6 million people, the United Nations human rights chief said last year, accusing Eritrea of torture and summary executions. State media went off air after the call for prisoners to be freed. The government-controlled television station started broadcasting again at around 1845 GMT with a short news bulletin that appeared not to mention the incident. The mutineers were low- to mid-ranking soldiers who sought a change in the constitution rather than a coup, said one regional expert with close connections in Asmara. About 200 soldiers with two tanks were involved and they had also surrounded the ministry, diplomats in the region said. It was unclear whether loyalist troops were moving against them. On a strategic strip of mountainous land, Eritrea is a tightly controlled one-party state. It has more soldiers per person than any country except North Korea. ISOLATION Eritrean opposition activists exiled in neighboring Ethiopia said there was growing dissent within the army, Africa's second biggest, especially over economic hardship. "Economic issues have worsened and have worsened relations between the government and soldiers in the past few weeks and months," one activist told Reuters. A senior European diplomat said there were clear differences between elements of the military and Isaias' administration. "It is a question of time before the full price of isolation is paid by the government in Asmara. Incidents such as this are mounting," the diplomat said, referring also to economic hardship for most Eritreans. Despite expectations for a gold mining boom that helped fuel economic growth of nearly 8 percent last year, per capita gross domestic product is less than $550 a year. Shares in gold companies with mines or projects in the country fell sharply on Monday. Toronto-listed Nevsun Resources Ltd was down 9 percent. Those in smaller explorer Sunridge Gold Corp were down over 26 percent. Chalice Gold also has a presence. Eritrea split from Ethiopia in 1991 and relations between them are perennially strained. Asmara has also accused the United States, a staunch ally of Ethiopia, of trying to topple Isaias. A U.S. diplomatic cable released by Wikileaks described him in 2009 as an "unhinged dictator". He survived an assassination attempt by a disgruntled soldier the same year, diplomatic sources said. Isaias has also accused the United States of spreading lies that he is sick. He has no obvious successor. "Isaias, sick or not, is a wily survivor and it would be a mistake to prematurely write him off," said J. Peter Pham, director of the Michael S. Ansari Africa Centre at the Atlantic Council. "On the other hand, there are few prospects of any amelioration of the economic crisis which, as it worsens, cannot but affect the relationship between the dictatorship and the forces that keep it in power." The United Nations' Security Council imposed an embargo on Eritrea in 2009 over concerns its government was funding and arming al Shabaab rebels in neighboring Somalia - charges Asmara denied. (Additional reporting by Tesfa Alem Tekle in Mekele and Richard Lough in Nairobi and Julie Gordon in Toronto; Editing by Richard Lough and Andrew Heavens) (via Myke D Weiskopf > www.myke.me http://www.facebook.com/shortwavemusic http://www.soundcloud.com/shortwavemusic DXLD) ** ERITREA [non]. 11560, 20/Jan 1720, Dimtse Rádio Erena, Kishinev, Grigoripol-Moldávia, Afar, Músicas pop's e arabes, 34533 (QRA: Álex (PR7006SWL) Robert, RX: Degen-DE 1103, ANT: Long Wire-15mts, radioescutas yg via DXLD) Misfiled under ETHIOPIA [non] in last DXLD ** EUROPE. PIRATES, 6208, R. Borderhunter, Canned IDs, 2352 ad for Dr. Tim newsletter, then into "SOS" by The Police. 2356 live ID, then jingle ID, then hellos to guys In the chat. 0042 "Sweet Child in Time". Went off at 0121:17. Good signal. (11-12 Jan.) Listen to this one at https://www.box.com/s/h2ic632089oj7b8ydhry 6305, R. TRX, Oldies Pops from the 50's including Elvis, The Everly Brothers, etc. 2354:14, 0002:10, 0007:30 canned ID by M "TRX Radio Radio. TRX on shortwave. TRX Radio ?? Country music, TRX Radio, TRX on shortwave". Went off abruptly at 0052:50. Got some nasty SSB traffic QRM after BoH. (11-12 Jan.) Listen to this one at https://www.box.com/s/evhaw8y0c4nxebjcnuak 6290, R. Powerliner, announcement at 0016 over music. 0035 Chris Lobdell said PL gave shout out to me, and then I heard the "Powerliner International" ID, followed by shout out to Chris. More announcements at 0040. Off without announcement at 0132:52. (12 Jan.) 6216, Wild Pig R., 0038 carrier here now that the SSB traffic on 6215 is gone. Just too weak to get any audio though. Went in LSB at 0205:13 and got music quite plainly. 0214 "Folsom Prison" by Johnny Cash. 0221:20 W vocal really came through. 0230 stronger during BB King song. Another nice peak 0235:00. 0237 jingle "Wild" with Pigs squealing!! And again over music at 0239. Still going at 0327+. Said was 100 watts but can do a max of 180. My first Hungarian Pirate!! (12 Jan.) Listen to it at https://www.box.com/s/rsh0zg1ag6qoahanuf9q 6204.85, R. Goudenster (Golden Star). Did get strains of music at 0831. Thought I heard voice around 0840. Faded. Too bad I couldn't get more details. (12 Jan.) 6286.57, R. Black Arrow. Alex got on and asked me to check. Signal on at 0844:28 and music at 0845. Voice at 0849. More music at 0851. 0853 another announcement, sounded like Dutch. Pulsing Dance music 0855. Went off at 0900. (12 Jan.) 6300.57, R. Black Arrow. Signal here at 0925. Pluto was getting music. Not quite strong enough here. Was going to write that it was as strong as Black Arrow before when Pluto got the ID. (12 Jan.) The conditions were very poor at 0610. S.F. = 169, A = 3, K = 1, with R1 radio blackouts and a B7 X-Ray flux. There was a large area of 6 MHz MUF between the UK and Iceland. To top it off, there was a cold front just to the west with thunderstorms making it quite noisy. I was only able to get audio on LHH 4026 for a second a couple times. Totally went downhill from Friday night. It was a warm 52 degrees and about 80% of the snow had melted. I would've liked to have gone out to the remote site to listen but conditions just weren't worth it. Made the right decision too. (13 Jan.) 6942.51, IMR (presumed). Signal up today at 0923:23. A little bit of music at 0931. A little stronger at 0935 but still not strong enough. A few stronger peaks in the next 10 minutes. Massive ear-splattering thunderstorm static crashes made it unbearable. (13 Jan.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, cumbre_dx yg via DXLD) ** EUROPE. --- Test day 19th January 2013 --- Hello friends, testing transmitter and antenna on Saturday. Frequency will be 15880 or if interfered some other on 15800-15880 area. Transmitting mostly on usb- mode but might have AM time to time as well. Times when most probably on air: 08-09 UT Mediterranean, Asia, Japan, New Zealand 10-11 UT Europe, India, New Zealand, Australia, South-America. 12-13 UT Europe, Mediterranean, North-Africa, Australia, Central-America, North-America. 14-15 UT Europe, Mediterranean, North-Africa, North-America. Hoping there is some conditions available! Reports welcome to sopaceshuttleradio @ yahoo.com (Dick Spacewalker, 18 Jan, via Tom Taylor, 0553 UT 19 Jan, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) Very good signal from Finnish pirate Spaceshuttle from 1145 tune-in on 15880 usb with oldies and ID in English “Radio Spaceshuttle Scandinavia”, 73s (Dave Kenny, Caversham, Berks., AOR7030 + 25m long wire, Jan 19, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) 15880, 19/Jan 1203-1233, Radio Space in English. Old rock and several IDs by OM. Fair signal in mode USB from remote radio in Twente, Nederlands. At 1231 ID, request of reception reports, email (Jorge Freitas, Brasil, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) N. EUROPE, 15880 USB, Space Shuttle Radio, 1211-1300 1/19. Heard their test this morning. Very poor at tune-in, but came up to the point where it was mostly readable after 1240, then faded somewhat. Classic American rock music from 1950s and 60s, recordings of American political events from late early 70s, many IDs. E-mailed the station and heard my own report mentioned on the air (Art Delibert, North Bethesda, Maryland, JRC NRD-535D, Pennant antenna with DX Engineering preamp, HCDX via DXLD) Strong here in Germany at 1420 UT on 15880 kHz USB. English announcements and top 40 pop songs. Slightly overmodulated during music and frequency drifting upwards (15880.140 kHz USB at 1445 UT) 73 (Harald Kuhl, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) ** EUROPE. LASER 558 TRIBUTE SITE PLANS SHORTWAVE BROADCASTS Blow the dust off those old SW radios, the original Laser 558 Tribute site will be on SW broadcasting to Europe and beyond from 1900 - 0000 GMT Friday - Sunday every week soon. More news on our web site later this week (Laser 558 Tribute site on Facebook, Jan 13) Webpage: http://www.laser558.eu/ (via Mike Barraclough, Jan 22, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1653, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ``Dust off``?? What in the world do they mean by that? (gh, WORLD OF RADIO 1653, DXLD) ** FALKLAND ISLANDS. VP8LP, Stanley, yakking away on 18165-USB at 0050 first VP8 in nearly forever. 18 MHz has been open a lot lately with some Euros inna AM & lotsa Japanese hams inna PM checks (Dan Sheedy, Encinitas, CA PL600 + 8m X(f)X wire) via Bob Wilkner, DXLD) With the decline of SWBC only, these a welcome alternative -rlw? (Bob Wilkner, ibid.) ** FINLAND. Lunedì 14 gennaio 2013, 0939 - 25000, MIKES - Espoo (Finlandia), T/s. SF-IN (Luca Botto Fiora, QTH G.C. 09E13 - 44N21, Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, bclnews.it yg via DXLD) ** FRANCE. Test transmission of Radio Joystick on Sun, Jan. 20: 1100- 1200 on 7330 ISS 100 kW / 050 deg to CeEu German, SINPO 35443 in SOF. Next transmissions will be on Feb. 3 and Mar. 3, every first Sun of the month (DX RE MIX NEWS #764 from Georgi Bancov & Ivo Ivanov. Mon Jan. 21, 2013, via DXLD) See mainly MALTA [non] ** GEORGIA. See ABKHAZIA ** GERMANY. Lutheran Hour "test period" on Oranienburg 693 kHz --- Dear Sir, thank you very much for your inquiry. Unfortunately, it is not about a new broadcaster coming on the air, but about an old broadcaster probably leaving the air or at least the station they are using now. As you know, the Voice of Russia drastically reduced its schedule which also affected their German service. Since 1993, the German service of the Voice of Russia has included some paid religious programmes from external customers. One of these is the German Lutheran Hour which in the 40s and 50s used to be a German branch of the US American Lutheran Hour but has now been financed by donations from Germany for decades. Actually, they have only one paid staff. In recent time, the German Lutheran Hour used to have three weekly short programmes (Mo We Sa 17.55-18.00 h UTC) within the four hour evening block of the German service of the Voice of Russia. When they received the short term announcement of the new schedule for the Voice of Russia just before Christmas, they checked the reception of the remaining medium wave frequency (Oranienburg 693 kHz) and were shocked. They were under pressure to book their time slots for the whole year, but were able to get January as a test period. In this situation, they contacted me as an experienced DXer they knew. I offered my help to provide a bridge into the DXing community and talked them into promising DXers a special QSL in return for their reports. Nonetheless, it was our understanding, that the Board of the Lutheran Hour would have to make their own decisions given the few alternatives for renting air time. On a very short notice, I launched an appeal for reception reports from the German speaking areas to assess the actual coverage of the remaining channel. In order to save time, all the reports are read and checked by me and I shall later pass the package on to the Lutheran Hour. In the meantime, I gave the Lutheran Hour weekly reports on the response and the reported coverage. Obviously, the Board should have taken its decisions by now, but not being a member of the Lutheran Hour I am not in a position to leak out information. All I can say, however, is that the QSL survey will not be extended. Kind regards, (Dr Hansjoerg Biener, Jan 23, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 693 Oranienburg a.k.a. Zehlendorf, 250 kW VOR per WRTH 2013 (gh, DXLD) 693 MW Berlin. There is a special action from Lutherische Stunde. They want to know how the signal comes around. It`s a 5 minute German program. Reports via snail mail or e-mail to the below addresses (e- mail maybe with audio file). There will be a special QSL card for this (will be sent in late March/April). Remaining tests at 1755-1800 on the following days: We Jan 23, Sa Jan 26, Mo Jan 28 and We Jan 30. Reports to: Dr. Hansjörg Biener / QSL-Aktion, Neulichtenhofstr. 7, 90461 Nürnberg, Germany, or Hansjoerg_Biener @ yahoo.de (Bollin in HCDX via DSWCI DX Window via DXLD) ** GERMANY. QSL: Norddeutscher Rundfunk via Wertachtal, 9850, full data "Das Beste am Norden" card in 16 days for English Airmail report and US $2.00 return postage. This was for the special Gruss an Bord program Christmas Eve. 73 (Al Muick, Whitehall PA USA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY. Test transmissions of Radio 700 from Jan. 15 via UNID transmitter: 0957-1302 on 9700 SINPO 35322 in Sofia, Bulgaria // 3955KLL, 6005KLL, 6085KLL. Frequency drifting from 9700.30 to 9700.00 for the first around 30 minutes! (DX RE MIX NEWS #764 from Georgi Bancov & Ivo Ivanov. Mon Jan. 21, 2013, via DXLD) ** GERMANY [non]. Frequency changes of Deutsche Welle from Jan. 23: 1330-1400 NF 9440 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg to WeAs Dari, ex 17860 SNG 1400-1430 NF 9440 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg to WeAs Pashto,ex 17860 SNG 1430-1500 NF 15630*DHA 250 kW / 060 deg to WeAs Urdu, ex 17860 SNG * strong co-channel from Voice of Greece in Greek (DX RE MIX NEWS #764 from Georgi Bancov & Ivo Ivanov. Mon Jan. 21, 2013, via DXLD) ** GERMANY [non]. Deutsche Welle has, as of January 1, dropped all Chinese on SW. These had been broadcast from Kranji and Dhabbaya. The only languages now available from DW on SW are Amharic, Dari, English, French, Hausa, Pashto, Portuguese, Swahili and Urdu. Their current schedule is at: --kvz (Kenneth Vito Zichi, MARE Tipsheet via DXLD) Leads on to transmission schedule by language, 01.01.13 update: http://www.dw.de/popups/pdf/22695751/shortwave-frequencies-winter-2012-2013.pdf Program schedule grid in English only to Africa: http://www.dw.de/popups/pdf/22695755/program-guide.pdf (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUAM. 5765-USB, AFN Barrigada, 1045 to 1050 om and yl in English, strong signal 17 Jan (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D -746Pro - R8 - long wire antennas, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Heard AFN AFRTS Guam sideband signal on Jan 17 in Brisbane, excellent powerhouse signal, when checked Pacific, Vanuatu, Solomon, PNG, INS etc. etc. (Wolfgang Büschel, Jan 18, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Time? But since then went off (gh) 5765-USB, Jan 18 at 1350, AFN is off again, no signal. 13363-USB, Jan 19 at 2217, very weak broadcast seems in English, so not Argentina, but AFN. S. Hasegawa, Japan reported at 1032 UT Jan 19: ``AFN-Guam operates on 13362 kHz now for 24 hours`` --- rather than nights on 5765-USB, but remains to be heard how long this last. 5765-USB, Jan 21 at 1442, AFN is back here, definitely in English but too weak to be sure it was NBC Today show or something else; had stuck on 13363 all night previously (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUATEMALA. 4800, Jan 18, 1200, Robert Wilkner says: Mark Coady has a possible log of 4800 Guatemala at 1200. A bit later had carrier on 4779.9, the old frequency. The below is posted on a social network. Radio Buenas Nuevas at 1208 in Spanish with a man with talk and ranchero-type music - Very Poor Jan 18 (Mark Coady, Ont., via Bob Wilkner via SW Bulletin Jan 20 via DXLD) Or some harmonic of a 600, 800, 960, 1200, or 1600? Have seen no other reports of this, not even on the ODXA yg; RBN has been off the air for years. LA SW Logs says last reported in May of 2009 (gh) ** GUIANA FRENCH. 6129.985, Surprisingly odd frequency from French Montsinery relay at 0914 UT on Jan 17. Heard NHK Radio Japan in Portuguese by male and female reader at S=8 only level, on back lobe signal side. Heard on remote SDR unit in FL-USA. Requested at 0900- 0930 UT daily. NHK address given at 0927 UT, followed by a female popular song performance (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 17, dxldyg via DXLD) Surprisingly odd? Only 15 Hz off (gh, DXLD) ** HAWAII. 1500, KHKA Honolulu, first fade-in 0559 on 9/12 with local adverts & promo for ”The new AM 15 hundred, News, Talk & Sport” (Bryan Clark at Mangawhai (Northland), New Zealand, with AOR7030+, EWEs to North, Central & South America, 100m BOG to NE and Alpha Delta Sloper antennas, Jan NZ DX Times via DXLD) So in what sense is it ``new``? (gh, DXLD) ** HAWAII. NMO - 2187.5 kHz - COMMSTA HONOLULU - Waihawa (HWA) - QSL Durante la madrugada del pasado día 7 de diciembre recibí tres llamadas selectivas digitales desde la estación costera de los Guardacostas estadounidenses en Hawaii. Dos de ellas llegaron con errores y podían prestarse a confusión, pero la tercera llegó sin ningún error: MAIZURU BENTEN/7JHF- J;(safety) ;from;[COMMSTA Honolulu/NMO] -USA; test ACK;12-12-07 01:32:19 La estación NMO es operada a distancia desde la "Communications Area Master Station Pacific (CAMSPAC)/NMC" en Point Reyes (California), así que allí dirigí mi informe de recepción. Lo envié por correo electrónico a la dirección que figura en su web: D11-PF-CAMSPACCWO @ USCG.MIL En pocas horas recibí una primera respuesta por correo-e dando las gracias y diciéndome que se lo pasaban al Jefe para que emitiera la correspondiente verificación, que ha llegado hoy por correo ordinario. La firma Daniel A. Connolly, Commander U.S.C.G. Thank you very much! (Publicado por Mauricio Molano, http://moladx.blogspot.it/ via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) ** HONDURAS. [Re 13-03, La Voz del Junco:] ``Used to be on SW, WTFK? IIRC, a split frequency somewhere amid the 49m band. Following article does mention onda corta but no frequency (gh)`` It was 6075 and it came in well here (well, "here" was Casselberry, FL for me then), including local daytime, in the 70's. Along with others like Radio Suyapa-6125, La Voz de Occidente-5960 and La Voz de Honduras-5875 (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ICELAND. 189, Gufuskalar 0000 to as late as 0900, 16 Jan and all week with strong signal (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D -746Pro - R8 - long wire antennas and XM - Cedar Key - South Florida, NRD 525D - R8A -E-5, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. 4819.992, AIR Kolkata (presumed), Apparently the one signing on at 1226:45 over top a weaker Xizang PBS with talk by M on 4820. Brief music on then talk by M, canned announcements just after 1230, then continuous talk by M. No English news relay. 1237 canned announcement by W mixed with jingle, then back to talk by M announcer. Surprised to hear this so strong. (11 Jan.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, cumbre_dx yg via DXLD) ** INDIA. 4896, AIR Kurseong (presumed), 1313 found off frequency here again. Just strong enough to get some talk by M. CODAR just killing it though. Presumed 4895 Mongolia also on. (9 Jan.) 73 (Dave Valko, Microtelecom Perseus SDR with ARR preamp, 315’ Beverage (BOG) at 350 , QTH: Pennsylvania State Game Lands #26, cumbre_dx yg via DXLD) ** INDIA. 4920, AIR Chennai, 1230 deadair, then English ID by W going into the news "This is All India R. The news read by ??". A little weaker than Xizang PBS on top. (11 Jan.) 4920, AIR Chennai, 1249-1250 couple canned presumed promos, then live M with ID 1250, instrumental music briefly and M continued. Best Indian on the band followed by Thiru. (16 Jan.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, cumbre_dx yg via DXLD) ** INDIA. 5040, AIR Jeypore, 1231 definitely // 4920 with English news by W. 4920 the best Indian on the band at 1234 with about 90% readable and above Xizang. (14 Jan.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, cumbre_dx yg via DXLD) ** INDIA. I am on visit to Indian Institute of Kanpur now. On the way at New Delhi, I met officials of AIR Spectrum Management. Problems with AIR Leh on 4660 and National Channel on 9470 was intimated personally to the concerned officials who will hopefully set it right soon. Info was also got on AIR Rajkot 1000 kW, that they have rescheduled their daytime DRM transmissions on 1080 kHz. There are no transmission now at 0430 to 0630 UT. At 0630 to 0815 AIR Urdu Service is now broadcast ONLY in DRM. There is no change in other recently published schedules from there. Yours sincerely, (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur Radio, Hyderabad, India Mobile: +91 94416 96043 http://www.qsl.net/vu2jos Jan 17, dx_india yg via DXLD) AIR National Channel 9470 OK --- The AIR National Channel on 9470 was noted on exact frequency and proper modulation last night (22 Jan 2013), after many months. They were noted drifting on various nearby frequencies with distortion for some months now. The same was intimated to the concerned officials in person during my visit to the AIR HQ, New Delhi last weekend. Now look out for any changes to AIR Leh 4660 which has been parked here for some months now, instead of using original frequency of 4760. Yours sincerely, (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur Radio, Hyderabad, India Mobile: +91 94416 96043, http://www.qsl.net/vu2jos Jan 23, dx_india yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1653, DXLD) Jose, So was this the source of the ``wandering banshee blob`` I logged numerous times below 9470, sometimes even below 9400? True, I have not heard it lately, but not always was it audible when propagation from S Asia was favorable (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1653, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ``Dear Glenn, Yes, this indeed was the faulty transmitter wandering on 9 MHz frequencies! Yours sincerely, Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur Radio, Hyderabad, India`` However, some checks Jan 23 by others found only a carrier on 9470 (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Jose, Thanks for the alert! Jan 23 found 9470 off the air around 1250. From 1340 to 1355 heard with intermittent audio, but mostly just open carrier with no audio. Seems they are still making adjustments to the transmitter. Carrier still heard on 4660 (Ron Howard, San Francisco, Calif., dx_india yg via DXLD) 9470 only empty carrier noted at 1835 UT. 73 (Wolfgang Büschel, df5sx DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. UNIDENTIFIED: 11580, 21/Jan 1957, in French. At 2000 Arabic music. 35433. Very weak signal in remote radio from Twente, Nederlands. At 2006 Om with quick talk, then Yl talk. Now in air. 11580, 21/01 2018, From 2014 Arabic instrumental music. The signal improved in Twente. At 2020 OM talk, then YL talk. At 2026 the same Arabic instrumental music, like an interval signal. At 2029 perhaps the ID by OM, but I did not understand. At 2030, end of transmission. All India Radio in new frequency? Aoki: 11710 ALL INDIA RADIO 1945-2030 1234567 French 500 280 Delhi (Khampur) IND (Jorge Freitas, Brasil, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) AIR schedule 1745-1945 English 9445(Kh) 11580(A) 13695(B) We.NoWeAfrica 1945-2030 French 9620(A) 11710(Kh) 13640(B) We.NoWeAfrica Maybe AIR Aligarh kept 11580 instead of 9620 kHz? 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) Yes Wolfgang, http://www.ipernity.com/doc/75006/14161299/ 73 (Jorge Freitas, ibid.) Yes, it's AIR, announcing 9620, 11710 and 13640 (Jean-Michel Aubier, France, ibid.) ** INDIA. India vs England cricket match via AIR Kolkata --- A nice 12 C at the San Francisco beach this morning. Announcer said it was "a little bit chilly" at "PC Stadium in Mohali" and "all the people here are wearing their woollies", for the India vs England cricket match today via AIR Kolkata (4820.0). Enjoyable listening, even with QRM! Brief MP3 audio at https://www.box.com/s/6tsru0jnol2egx7qrca5 (Ron Howard, CA, Jan 23, dx_india y g via DXLD SPECIAL BROADCASTS BY AIR FOR REPUBLIC DAY 2013 All India Radio will broadcast following special programs in connection with the Republic Day celebrations on 26th January, 2013 25 January 2013 (Friday) : Eve of Republic Day 1330 UT (1900 IST) onwards President' s address to the nation in Hindi & English. This will be broadcast by all stations of AIR on MW, SW, FM and by IGNOU Gyan Vani stations. Shortly after this broadcast, the local stations will broadcast its translations in local languages. SW Frequencies: http://www.qsl.net/vu2jos/sw/freq.htm MW Frequencies: http://www.qsl.net/vu2jos/mw/freq.htm FM Frequencies: http://www.qsl.net/vu2jos/fm/airfreq.htm 26 January 2013 (Saturday) : Republic Day --- Running Commentary of Republic Day parade from 0350 UT (0920 IST) onwards Hindi: 6155 (Bengaluru 500 kW); 9595 (Delhi), 11620 (Bengaluru 500 kW) English: 5990 (Delhi 250 kW); 15050 (Bengaluru 500 kW) Also try SW/MW/FM frequencies as per above mentioned links. The following regional stations will change from their morning frequencies on 60 Meters (4 & 5 MHz frequencies) to their day time frequencies between 0335-0350 UT as follows: 6000 Leh 6040 Jeypore 6065 Kohima 6085 Gangtok 6150 Itanagar 6190 Delhi 7230 Kurseong 7240 Mumbai 7280 Guwahati 7295 Aizawl 7315 Shillong 7325 Jaipur 7440 Lucknow The following stations are already scheduled to be on air daily at this time and will also relay the running commentary: 6020 Shimla 6110 Srinagar 7210 Kolkata 7290 Thiruvanthapuram 7335 Imphal 7380 Chennai 7390 Port Blair 7420 Hyderabad 7430 Bhopal Please send your reception reports to : spectrum-manager @ air.org 73, (Alokesh Gupta, Jan 23, dx_india yg via DXLD) ** INDIA. 11645, 21/Jan 2239, Extensive noise band that goes from 11639-11653. I believe it is All India Radio, DRM, in English (Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana, Bahia, 12 14´S 38 58´W - Brasil, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Yes, in EiBi and Aoki for 2245-0045, 250 kW, 132 degrees from Delhi / Khampur in DRM English; but not in HFCC. How come? It`s not like AIR is completely missing from B-12 HFCC, like it was in A-12. Many other transmissions are in there such as D = non-digital on 11620. EiBi shows: 11645 2245-0045 IND All India Radio DIGITAL E FE k Aoki shows: 11645 ALL INDIA RADIO(DRM) 2245-0045 1234567 English(Digital) 250 132 Delhi (Khampur) IND 07709E 2850N AIR b12 (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. NAUTEL LANDS LARGEST HIGH POWER AM TRANSMITTER ORDERS IN COMPANY HISTORY, 4.9 MEGAWATTS IN ALL [MW only] Investment by All India Radio to move to DRM digital AM radio changes dramatically the outlook for future cost effective receiver availability. Hackett’s Cove, Nova Scotia — Nautel today announced that the company has received orders for 21 additional medium wave AM transmitters and associated equipment from India’s Prasar Bharati. The orders for 100 kW and 200 kW transmitters join the earlier-announced order of six 300 kW DRM transmitters from All India Radio as the world’s largest digital radio deployment to date. All transmitters in the system will be configured for DRM30 transmission and will be used in 27 locations throughout India. All India Radio (AIR) serves the entire country of India via their analog broadcasting service, covering a broad range of languages and dialects through the country. The transition to digital broadcasting will allow AIR to use alternate platforms such as podcasting, SMS, webcasting and mobile services, and offer a 24-hour news channel along with other programming. Additional services such as Interactive Text Transmission and disaster warning are also planned. “This project is especially significant for Digital Broadcasting, for India, for the AM Radio broadcasting industry as a whole and of course for Nautel,” said Peter Conlon, Nautel President and CEO. “This deployment will bring unprecedented numbers of listeners to digital radio which in turn fosters receiver innovation and places India at the forefront of broadcasting. It also reinvigorates Medium Wave transmission and underlines the coverage advantages of the AM band which has been languishing in many parts of the world. For the broadcast industry as a whole, this is an unabashed validation that Radio is a medium that has a place in our mixed media world for decades to come. And finally for Nautel, this being the largest order in our company’s history, it is a great endorsement of Nautel technology, expertise and integration services by Prasar Bharati and All India Radio. We are honoured to participate with such world class organizations.” Nautel NX Series MW transmitters were first introduced in 2007. These high power transmitters occupy a surprisingly small footprint for their power and offer the industry’s highest efficiency (90%) along with AM precorrection, unmatched linearity and Nautel’s exclusive Advanced User Interface. Working with Nautel on the deployment are Comcon, Nautel’s in-country partner along with Altronic, providing RF test loads and Kintronic Labs, supplying matching systems for the project. The orders from Prasar Bharati include transmitters, DRM modulators/content servers, antenna coupling equipment and test loads as well as services. The project includes 6 Nautel NX300 (300 kW MW- AM), 10 NX200 (200 kW MW-AM) and 11 NX100 (100 kW MW-AM) transmitters. “This is an amazing project and we’re thrilled to be involved in it,” said John Abdnour, Nautel Regional Manager, Asia-Pacific. “It marks a significant commitment to the people of India to provide them with the best, most comprehensive radio broadcasting in the region. Using DRM- 30 gives AIR the unique opportunity to provide even more services to the many dialects and cultures found throughout the country” (from a Nautel press release Friday, January 18th, 2013 via Harald Kuhl, BDXC- UK yg via DXLD) Good news for the DRM industry, bad news for DXers. I wonder when we finally see a usable DRM portable receiver. It does not make sense to invest into new DRM-transmitters without having a good battery and/or solar panel driven receiver. 73 (Harald Kuhl, ibid.) DRM TO DEMONSTRATE DIGITAL RADIO BENEFITS AT INDIA’S BES EXPO 2013 Digital Radio Mondiale is to have its own booth (95B) at this year’s Indian Broadcast Engineering Society’s 19th International Conference and Exhibition. The show will take place in Halls N 12 and 12A, Pragathi Maidan, New Delhi, India from 29th to 31st January 2013. Very recently Prasar Bharati (All India Radio) awarded an order for 21 additional medium wave AM transmitters and associated equipment from DRM Consortium member, Nautel. The orders for 100 kW and 200 kW transmitters join the earlier announced order of six 300 kW DRM transmitters from All India Radio making this the world’s largest digital radio deployment to date. All transmitters will be used in 27 locations throughout India. DRM Chairman, Ruxandra Obreja, hails this development as: “the most significant development for digital radio in AM and receiver availability to date. Indian listeners will thus have a chance to hear their favourite channel in their chosen language in crystal clear quality with all the added benefits of the extra services that make digital radio an aggregator of all modern communication platforms”. Read - Nautel press release http://tinyurl.com/b978lvs With DRM now so high on the radio digitisation agenda in India, the Consortium intends to give BES participants and visitors a firsthand, live experience of the DRM benefits. In addition, several DRM members are to have their own booths at the event: Ampegon (Booth 59), Digidia (Booth 109), Harris (Booth 97) and Nautel/Comcon (Booth 87). BE, which recently joined the Consortium as a full member, will also demonstrate at booth 91 their new DRM+ capable transmitters, which might be another cost-effective solution for India’s third phase of FM privatization. Their new FM transmitter to be seen at BES broadcasts a DRM+ signal and an analogue FM signal simultaneously through one single transmitter. DRM experts from Consortium members Analog Devices, Fraunfofer IIS, NXP and RFmondial will also be attending both the BES exhibition and the conference. Representatives from Ampegon, Analog Devices, Digidia and Fraunhofer are also to make presentations at the Digital Radio Broadcasting session on the morning of the 31 st Jan. The session will be chaired by the Engineer-In- Chief, All India Radio (AIR) and will also include a presentation on the AIR DRM roll-out plans, now in full swing. If you want to come and experience digital radio for yourself at the BES Expo 2013 and meet senior DRM experts, come to booth 95B. For more information please write to: projectoffice @ drm.org About DRM Digital Radio Mondiale TM (DRM) is the universal, openly standardised digital broadcasting system for all broadcasting frequencies below and above 30 MHz, including LW, MW, SW, band I, II (FM band) and band III. DRM provides digital sound quality and the ease-of-use that comes from digital radio, combined with a wealth of enhanced features: Surround Sound, Journaline text information, Slideshow, EPG, and data services. DRM on short, medium and long wave for broadcasting bands up to 30 MHz (called 'DRM30&# 39;) provides large coverage areas and low power consumption. The enhancement of the DRM standard for broadcast frequencies above 30 MHz ('DRM+&# 39; [sic, ASCII garble?]) uses the same audio coding, data services, multiplexing and signalling schemes as DRM30 but introduces an additional transmission mode optimized for those bands. For more information and DRM updates please visit http://www.drm.org or subscribe to DRM news by writing to pressoffice@ drm.org (DRM Consortium Press Release via Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, Jan 23, dx_india yg via DXLD) Also reworked as if news: NAUTEL MEDIUM WAVE TRANSMITTERS TO BE USED IN WORLD’S LARGEST DIGITAL RADIO DEPLOYMENT Nautel has announced that the company will be participating in the world’s largest digital radio deployment in India. India’s public broadcaster Prasar Bharati has issued orders for six Nautel NX Series 300 kW medium wave transmitters configured for DRM30 transmission. The purchase is part of All India Radio’s plans to upgrade facilities throughout India to DRM30 digital broadcasting. All India Radio (AIR) serves 99% of the people in India via their analog broadcasting service, covering a broad range of languages and dialects through the country. They now plan to add the final percentage point to their coverage and convert all signals to digital in the process. This transition will allow AIR to use alternate platforms such as podcasting, SMS, webcasting and mobile services, and offer a 24-hour news channel along with other programming. Additional services such as Interactive Text Transmission and disaster warning are also planned. Nautel NX Series MW transmitters were first introduced in 2007. These high power transmitters occupy a surprisingly small footprint for their power and offer the industry’s highest efficiency (90%) along with AM precorrection, unmatched linearity and Nautel’s exclusive Advanced User Interface. Prasar Bharati’s purchase of six 300 kW Nautel NX Series transmitters brings the total deployment of this series to over fourteen megawatts, making it the most successful medium wave product line in the industry. Working with Nautel on the deployment are Comcon, Nautel’s in-country partner along with Altronic, providing dummy loads and Kintronic Labs, supplying matching systems for the project. “We are greatly honored to be part of this project,” said Hal Kneller, Nautel Regional Sales Manager – Europe and Africa. “As a member of the DRM Consortium executive and steering boards, it thrills me that Nautel has been chosen to bring India into the age of digital radio with this technology. Not only will listeners hear high quality sound on AM broadcasts, they will also enjoy many of the multi-media features that DRM has to offer. Millions of DRM receivers will now be in demand!” “What a tremendous opportunity for the radio industry in India,” said Peter Conlon, Nautel President and CEO. “Prasar Bharati and All India Radio have embarked on a project that will bring great flexibility and a world of possibilities to broadcasting in that country. Nautel is excited to be a part of this project, and we look forward to working with AIR as they proceed with their digital deployment.” http://www.radioinfo.com.au/news/11948 (Radioinfo.com via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) ** INDONESIA. 4749.95, RRI Makassar equal strength with Bangladesh at 1310. (9 Jan.) 73 (Dave Valko, Microtelecom Perseus SDR with ARR preamp, 315’ Beverage (BOG) at 350 , QTH: Pennsylvania State Game Lands #26, cumbre_dx yg via DXLD) 4749.950, RRI Makassar - Ujung Padang heard with tiny signal at 1017 UT Jan 17, but hit heavily by the two Chinese co-channel programmes. Heard on remote SDR unit in Australia (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 17, dxldyg via DXLD) ** INDONESIA. 4869.92, RRI Wamena. Awesome signal at 1304 with Indo ballad. Pulsing ute QRM. 1307 W host with short announcement, music briefly again, then W again. Back to music at 1309. Rock song 1316. Would've been a beautiful signal if not for the ute (9 Jan.) 73 (Dave Valko, Microtelecom Perseus SDR with ARR preamp, 315’ Beverage (BOG) at 350 , QTH: Pennsylvania State Game Lands #26, cumbre_dx yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1653, DXLD) 4869.913, Poor signal logged from RRI Wamena, just on threshold up to S=7, at 1016 UT Jan 17, hit by annoying ute noise scratch, but not CODAR signal type in range 4864 to 4867 kHz, at least. Heard on remote SDR unit in Australia (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 17, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1653, DXLD) ** INDONESIA. 6125.21, RRI Nabire (presumed), heard 0808-0850*, Jan 19, Bahasa Indonesia ann, sounded like Middle East music, 0816 South Asian music, 0842 more of a pop music genre. No ID heard, but odd frequency, irregular s/off (Bruce Churchill, CA, DSWCI DX Window via DXLD) ** INDONESIA. Voice of Indonesia in Spanish, listening in remote radio from Twente, Nederlands. 9525.8 (EIBI), 21/Jan 1726, , Voice of Indonesia in Spanish. OM talk. At 1730 disclosure of site. Strong buzz in the modulation. No signal in my QTH. Good signal in Twente. Azimuth of 30 to Europe?? 73 (Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana, Bahia, 12 14´S 38 58´W - Brasil, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) re 30 degrees --- I guess this is wishful thinking in Japanese Aoki list. HFCC B-12 registration request on limited schedule is 10 degr 11-16 UT to MLA, SNG, THA, Central and Eastern China, further during night path via Kamchatka, Alaska, CAN and USA. 290 degrees, 16-21 UT to ME/NE, Egypt, Sahel, West Africa. Some decades ago, VOI had an extensive schedule and used 30 degrees to Kamchatka, Alaska, CAN, CA, MEX, GTM, CTR; 316 / 318 degrees to Moscow and western Europe at 16-21 UT. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) ** INDONESIA. 9680.05, RRI Jakarta 1450-1507* Jan 19. Enjoyable gamelan music past ToH; went off arount 1507 per spot checks. Good QRM-free signal (John Wilkins, Wheat Ridge, Colorado. Drake R-8, 100- foot RW, Jan 19, dxingwithcumbre yg via DXLD) ** INTERNATIONAL INTERNET. RADIOS ONLINE: UN FENÓMENO NUEVO QUE SE HACE ESCUCHAR --- Unos 3.6 millones de argentinos ya sintonizan emisoras en la Web --- Por José Crettaz | LA NACION Los tres segmentos del nuevo mercado son los sitios web de una sola emisora, los de ofertas múltiples y las aplicaciones para teléfonos móviles. El dial se mudó del espectro a la Web, donde no hay AM ni FM. Allí compiten viejas fórmulas con nuevas propuestas, emisoras que reproducen la programación que ponen en el "éter" y nuevas alternativas que sólo se encuentran online. Y todo, ajeno a la ley de medios, que excluye Internet. . . FUENTE: http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1546747-radios-online-un-fenomeno-nuevo-que-se-hace-escuchar (Via Yimber Gaviria, Colombia, https://twitter.com/Nxdelaradio DXLD) ** IRAN. 5950, Voice of Islamic Republic of Iran - Sirjan, 2220-2332* Dec 26, man announcer talking in listed Bosnian language with some light instrumental music. ID at 2229 prior to more instrumental music before opening of another program, possibly Farsi (?). Into Qur’an recitation but signal was terminated shortly after program commenced. I guess someone forgot to shut down the transmitter at 2230. Fair (Richard D’Angelo, Wyomissing USA, Ten-Tec RX-340, Eton E1, Eton E5, R8B, Lowe HF 150, Alpha Delta sloper, RF Systems mini windom, Datong FL3, JPS ANC, Jan NXDX Times via DXLD) Giovedì 17 gennaio 2013, 0945 - 21510 kHz, Un minuto di VOIRI in italiano e s/off. Segnale sufficiente. Test tx? (Luca Botto Fiora, QTH G.C. 09E13 - 44N21, Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, bclnews.it yg via DXLD) ** ISRAEL. Google Street View comes to Israel: Yavne SW tranmission Site seen. Here's a sample: The short URL wouldn't work today :-( http://maps.google.com/maps?q=31+54+19N%0934+45+03E&hl=en&ll=31.900268,34.762927&spn=0.015758,0.033023&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=59.249168,135.263672&t=h&z=16&layer=c&cbll=31.900268,34.762927&panoid=FpyD6r-4jcO2ItvLr9jAfQ&cbp=12,299.8,,1,-4.77 Image date: February 2012 (Ian Baxter, NSW, Shortwavesites YG, Jan 17 via DXLD) 6885, Galei Zahal (presumed); 0124-0134+, 12-Jan; M in Hebrew with English & Hebrew pop & folk tunes; BoH spot mentioned "IGA" -- I'm betting that's not the Independent Grocers Association. SIO=3+33- with lengthy clatter burst at 0131. Nothing detectable on 15850, though getting a weak carrier on 15851 (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 125 ft. bow-tie; 85 ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed RW, logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST) Top Google hits: Israel Growth & Development Association [despite the D], Israel Gaming Association; Israel Goodwill Ambassador (gh, DXLD) 6885, G Zahal 21xx and 2209 Jan 19 with no program!!! Signal S9+20 (Zacharias Liangas, Greece, Jan 23, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ITALY. Lunedì 14 gennaio 2013, 0834 - 10 MHz, ASSOCIAZIONE AMICI DI ITALCABLE, Viareggio-LU (Italia), Musica e annunci orari. Segnale buono. I segnali orari erano perfettamente sincronizzati con un'altra stazione di tempo in sottofondo, probabilmente WWV o BPM (Luca Botto Fiora, QTH G.C. 09E13 - 44N21, Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, bclnews.it yg via DXLD) ** ITALY [non]. /ROMANIA, New B-12 of NEXUS-IBA IRRS Shortwave from Jan. 18: NEXUS-IBA/EGR/IPAR: 1900-2000 7290 SAF 150 kW / 290 deg to WeEu English 1st/2nd/4th Fri 1900-2000 7290 SAF 100 kW / 290 deg to WeEu English Sat/Sun 0900-1000 9510 SAF 150 kW / 290 deg to WeEu English 1st/2nd/4th Sat 1030-1300 9510 SAF 150 kW / 290 deg to WeEu English Sun Radio City: 1900-2000 7290 SAF 150 kW / 290 deg to WeEu English 3rd Fri 0900-1000 9510 SAF 150 kW / 290 deg to WeEu English 3rd Sat Universal Life (Radio Santec): 1500-1530 on 15190 TIG 300 kW / 100 deg to SEAs English Sun (DX RE MIX NEWS #764 from Georgi Bancov & Ivo Ivanov, Mon Jan. 21, via DXLD) ** JAPAN. 6055, Thursday Jan 17 at 1335, R. Nikkei in English --- OM speaker for a minute about Japan`s relations with China. Then interrupted by YL in Japanese, and another OM starts reading a text about how PM Abe should visit China like Nixon did. She takes this apart, keeps interrupting to explain the English words and phrases (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** JAPAN. 5985, R. Shiokaze (via Japan), 1330 s/on with long opening announcements in Japanese by M mixed with piano music. Fanfare, then talk by M from 1333 with short occasional bridges of the same electronic music signature. 1346 soft music, then intro by W and M announcer, and feature by different M. Seemed like the same opening announcement by M mixed with piano music at 1400 again, so probably another half hour program. Fading badly and hard to tell when the program ended exactly. Signal went off at 1429:58. (13 Jan.) 5985, R. Shiokaze, *1330 usual opening soft piano music but with W announcer this day. Sounded like mention of "?? This is…radio station…to you", but not sure of anything. Sounded like an address was given too. English is sked on Fridays. Was hoping to go out to listen for this at the remote site and maybe get a better clearer signal but it was cold and almost blizzard-like, so stayed home. (18 Jan.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, cumbre_dx yg via DXLD) 5985, Jan 18 at 1347, Sea Breeze from JSR, Yamata, JAPAN, is finally back in (heavily accented) English this Friday, about Bill Richardson`s trip to NK (which was unsuccessful in gaining release of American, or even seeing him); usual Myanmar het on hi side (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1653, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH. 11735, Jan 18 at 0617, military band music, rather Russian-sounding, {or at least Sovietish} poor with flutter. 0621 announcement in French, and now choral music. It`s VOK, of course, per Aoki 200 kW at 28 degrees. WRTH says this hour is to Latin America. French, a minor language in LAm, and in the middle of the night? Sure, why not?! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Is Canada a target? (Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Maybe, but ``Latin America`` usually means south of the US border with Mexico. It`s still the middle of the night in Quebec except on the west coast where there are few French Canadians (gh, DXLD) ** KOREA NORTH. 6480, Jan 21 at 1437, pulsating Juche jamming, alternating two pitches, against no audible target. Aoki says it`s on long hours, despite MND Radio using 6480 less than two hours a day, not including this one. Same type of jamming audible on 6360 = another MND frequency but not now; 6060 and 6003, different from that on 6518 and 6600 which are without the pitches, just noise (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. 7595, TAJIKISTAN, presumed R. Free Chosun Dushanbe, 1233-1246, Jan 15; M announcer with lengthy talks, each ending with brief W announcer over music; format continues thru tune/out; poor-fair in ECCS-LSB (Scott R. Barbour Jr, Intervale, N.H. USA, NRD-545, MLB-1, 200' Beverages, 60m dipole, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA SOUTH. 4924.982, Korean MND radio from JongAn, male announcer in Korean, Fair S=7-8 signal. at 1020 UT Jan 17. Heard on remote SDR unit in Australia (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 17, dxldyg via DXLD) 5150, Jan 20 at 1215, I am awake early enough, so check for the final MND Radio transmission of the day lastly using this frequency, and there it is, YL in Korean but very poor (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA SOUTH [and non]. 3479.987 fair \\ 3911.988 poor tiny \\ 4449.990 fair \\ 4557.000 strong: Voice of the People Kyonggi-do, noted all in parallel around 0950-1005 UT Jan 17, with Korean female reader program. Hit by North Korean D.R. mostly multi-tone jamming on 3480.236 and 4449.894 kHz. 4557 kHz outlet is the strongest at S=9+20dB strength in Australia (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 17, dxldyg via DXLD) ** KOREA SOUTH [and non]. Re: ``KBS World radio is returning the regular DX show every Sunday in its English service, and probably the program will be hosted by 4 peoples across the globe one in each week.`` as said earlier Wavescan-Indian DX Report presenter Prithwiraj Purkayastha will do a report on KBS "Weekly DX Tips" on every last Saturday of the Month as he said via the "Wavescan-Indian DX Report" facebook page - http://www.facebook.com/indiandxreport Dear Friends of INDIAN DX REPORT, We'd like to share a great news with all of you. After completing six successful episodes on Wavescan, the IDXR editor and presenter Prithwiraj Purkayastha will shortly start a monthly DX Report on KBS World Radio! It'll be a part of "Weekly DX Tips" presently hosted by Kevin O'Donovan in program Worldwide Friendship and Prithwiraj will join Kevin and team with his DX report from India every last Saturday in a month. DX tips from IDXR will be first aired on 26th January, Saturday. So please stay tuned and send us your valuable DX Tips, comments, suggestions and reception reports to 73's (via Partha Sarathi Goswami, Siliguri, W.B., India, Jan 23, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Good; now if they would only reaudiblize themselves in North America (gh) ** KURDISTAN. 3930, R Voice of Kurdistan, via Sulaimaniya, Iraq (presumed), *1510-1625*, observed almost daily Dec 20-Jan 12 and on Jan 02 also at 0555 with dominating Iranian jammer sound and tiny speech. Re-activated! (Rumen Pankov, Bulgaria, DSWCI DX Window via DXLD) Has been off the air most of the time since June 2012 (DXW Ed) ** KURDISTAN [non?]. CLANDESTINE, 4859.92, V. of Iranian Kurdistan, 0304 Koran-like vocal, then another Arabic vocal. W announcer at 0308. M at 0309 but the audio level was too low. Best heard yet. No jammer, just a bit of CODAR. (8 Jan.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, cumbre_dx yg via DXLD) ** KUWAIT. 15540, R. Kuwait, Jan. 6, poor-fair at 1940, talk in English about international sanctions on Iran; ID and military-style band music at 1942; at 1944 into upbeat pop songs; many in English; steady improvement in signal strength aft 1947 (Jim Ronda, Tulsa OK, NRD-545, R-75 + two PAR EF-SWL slopers, one external Eavesdropper, one attic-mounted Eavesdropper, NASWA Flashsheet Jan 13 via WORLD OF RADIO 1653, DXLD) 15540, Radio Kuwait (presumed); 1831-1839+, 17-Jan; Slow, monotone M in English with news to 1834+ fanfare into pop music. SIO=2+52+ with strong, wind-blow QRN (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 125 ft. bow-tie; 85 ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed RW, logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! WORLD OF RADIO 1653, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 21540, Jan 18 at 1443, big clear signal in Arabic, and no sign of Spain underneath, already off? Usual echoey REE audible on 21610. R. Kuwait has YL accompanied by piano music, talking about expensive real estate or apartments? in London, Belgravia, all with prices in the millions of American dollars; also mentions William Randolph Hearst, Bezos of Amazon. 1450 moves on to Mumbai; then mentioning Michael Bloomberg, Waltons/Walmart. Interjected between items is program/segment ID as ``Al-Ashri al-Wai`` or something like that; less sure of last word. Perhaps for rich Kuwaitis hunting for investments. Off the air at 1458. BTW, I am beginning to see reports of Kuwait`s English showing up again on 15540 after 1800, as we are almost a month past the Solstice and lowest nighttime MUFs. Checked here at 1800 Jan 18: zilch. 21540, Jan 22 at 1500, R. Kuwait still on the air in Arabic with good signal, tho some days cuts off earlier. YL with akbar headlines, just before 1502 over to OM, reverbed for effect with ponderous declamations accompanied by bits of Beethoven`s Fifth, but this cut off the air at 1504:41*. Transmitter ops have no finesse; who cares about the listeners? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1653, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** LAOS. 6130, Lao National R, Started the usual ToH routine early at 1258:30 [sic, sequential logs and next time below indicate must have meant 1158:30]; Asian instrumental signature followed by the bells, M with ID, fanfare, then announcement by M, and into presumed news by W at 1201:10. (11 Jan.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, cumbre_dx yg via DXLD) ** LAOS [and non]. 6129.98, LNR, 1148 pleasant SE Asian traditional music and long talk by M to 1154, then more music again. Usual ToH routine, and news by W. Choppy signal as usual, but stronger and best heard this season. Also getting a signal on 6130, probably Tibet, but no audio noted until after 1200. (17 Jan.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, cumbre_dx yg via DXLD) ** LIBYA. 18/1/13, 1126.5, 2011-2014 with several mentions of Libya then a medley of various Arabic songs, talks, 34544 (Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki, Greece, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Normal frequency should be 1125 kHz! (gh, DXLD) ** LIBYA. 11600, Radio Libye, at 2019 on 11/17. M in Arabic. A nasty het was partly assuaged using a narrow bandwith (Gerry Dexter, Lake Geneva WI, NASWA Flashsheet Jan 20, 2013 via DXLD) 11600, 20/Jan 1718, R Libia, Sabrata, Arabe, Apresentadora Fala, Curtos trechos de músicas instrumentais arabes, 45544 (QRA: Álex (PR7006SWL) Robert, RX: Degen-DE 1103, ANT: Long Wire-15mts, radioescutas yg via DXLD) ** MALI. 9635, RTV Malienne, Bamako *0800-0820 Jan 17, French; S/on in progress with W announcer and IS; M from 0802 thru 0820 fade out; poor-fair (Scott R. Barbour Jr, Intervale, N.H. USA, NRD-545, MLB-1, 200' Beverages, 60m dipole, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5995, Radiodiffusion-TV Malienne, 2340 typical sub-Saharan music with female chorus, stringed and percussion instruments, including balafon, 2357 man in French with possible news bulletin, 2400 national anthem and off. Poor Jan 20 (Harold Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia, Listening in my car with the Eton E1 and Sony AN1 active antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MALI. 15505, Jan 19 at 2228 open carrier, poor; 2230 just barely audible/modulated. Presumed the useless CRI Bamako II relay, scheduled here only for a Chinese semihour per Aoki. At least it still exists, apparently (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MALTA [non]. See FRANCE ** MEXICO. 540, Jan 18 at 0632 UT, `Hora Nacional` promo, 0633 PSA for Instituto Estatal Electoral, but didn`t hear which state; ``Sí, se puede`` federal PSA. Then ID as ``90.5, La Ranchera de Paquime, y 540 AM``, also mentions group BM Radio, and on to romantic music. XETX once again from Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, and still no sign of XEWA. Sounds like they stress it Paquíme, rather than Paquimé (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 610, Jan 17 at 0639 UT, music and soon ID as ``La Primera``, which means it`s XEBX, Sabinas, Coahuila, 500 watts at night, as IRCA, WRTH and Cantú all agree is the only such Mexislogan on 610 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 720, Jan 17 at 1444 UT, Spanish talk fades in mixing with ``Jew`s harp``, see UNIDENTIFIED. KSAH San Antonio? But it`s not sports talk. 1447 ``El Extremo 720`` and timecheck sure sounds like 8:47 = CST, not 7:47 = MST. Mexican federal PSAs, 1448 ``regresamos, 7-20 Extremo``, into music, ``Quizás3`` on piano. This slogan applies to XEJCC Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, 1/1 kW per IRCA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 960, Jan 22 at 0600-0605 UT, during local KGWA Fox-hole with remaining strong open carrier nulled: dominated by Mexican music, 0602 ID mentions ``Chihuahua, México``, so XEFAMA again, Ciudad Camargo, which is becoming famous around here for penetrating KGWA. Romantic music until KGWA modulation blasts back on at 0605 (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 970, Jan 20 at 1240 UT, just as I tune in, ``La Jota Mexicana, 9-70``, i.e. XEJ Juárez, Chihuahua (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 1050, Jan 17 at 1413, Spanish from N/S assumed to be XEG until the DJ mentions Kansas a couple times! Could there be an SS up there I haven`t noticed? But then mentions Nuevo Laredo, plays a canción from 1991/92y, CST TCs, more music, 1421 ``La Ranchera 10- 50``, clincher being SEP PSA from the Mexican federal government, so it really is XEG Monterrey NL in broad sunlight (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 1100, Jan 23 at 1252 UT, frenetic banda music looping NE/SW, quick announcement unreadable by SHVA, then a slow song. 1253 plays fanfares several times, 1254 YL introduces newscast with phone number, www. site mentioning Zacatecas. Possibly separate stations, as rechecking the bearing now it`s closer to N/S appropriate for Zac, i.e. per Cantú: 1100 XETGO Radio Cañón + FM 90.1 Tlaltenango, Zac. 5,000 400 And IRCA agrees; WRTH shows power as 5/0.5 kW. 1257 fading, as KFAB 1110 splatter overtakes (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 1560, Jan 19 at 0645 UT, ``en Radio Viva, proclamamos lo altísimo [``the most high``], Radio Viva 15-60`` on to gospel rock in Spanish. I figured this would be easy to look up, but no such slogan on 1560 in NRC AM Log. Nor Radio ``Vida``, as it could have been. NRC has the only SS:REL on 1560 as KVAN in Burbank WA, night power 700 watts. Soon lost in QRM and did not get a bearing on it. O, here is Radio Viva in the IRCA Mexican Log: XEJPV, Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, 10/-1 kW --- the minus really means presumed/suspected/estimated night power. WRTH 2013 says 1 kW fulltime, and Cantú says 1 kW daytime only: hardly (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 1570, Jan 19 at 1529 UT, Spanish, can it be XERF, or Tulsa? By golly, promo for `La Hora Nacional`, and it loops correctly for XERF, almost two hours after sunrise and about a megameter away. Sure helps to be La Poderosa (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGESET) ** MEXICO. Winter sporadic E opening, UT Jan 18, analog NTSC TVDX: 0029, ch A2 fades in with antenna S, there is an f in lower left, which leads me to net-4, and probably relay by XHY Mérida, as also peaks from the SSE. Checking the 6m Es maps, there is already a considerable opening over SE USA into the Caribbean, and now it`s moving westward. 0031, ch A2 now has a net-7 bug in the upper right, so must have moved on, probably to XHTAU Tampico, now peaking southward. Initially video only, then with audio. Show is fast-paced narrated by guy in a strange costume, with show logo in lower left DC, the letters going upward on a slant. About manufaxuring, showing produxion lines. 0035 A&V say ``DDC``, and net-7 promos. I search on that and find it means `Difícil De Creer`` = hard to believe = believe it or not. The first D is cut off my overscanned screen, too far into the corner. 0042 on A4, MUF rises to here, weak video de algo. 0046 on A2, DDC with quick credit crawl across screenbottom, odd time for program to end. 0100 and later on A2, weak CCI from several stations; still 0138, fading out around 0215. 0138 on A5, MUF briefly up to here, algo A&V Some more winter sporadic-E analog TV DX, UT Jan 23: 0303, after monitoring for hours, with antenna south, some weak video fades in on ch A2 0308, now audio adds, in Spanish. So that rules out Canada; will there be any analog Canadians left to DX this summer? 0330+, weak CCI on A2 lasts a bit longer (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MICRONESIA. 4755.514, PMA Cross Radio of Pacific Missionary Aviation, Pohnpei, at 1010-1020 UT Jan 17. Heard female reader with "You are listening to The Cross ...", talked also on 'Spirit...' chapter 12. S=9+10dB signal on remote unit in Australia. Four BUZZ peaks of +/- 60 Hertz like a garden fence noted each side (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 17, dxldyg via DXLD) 0820+, conditions weren't anything to write home about (G1 geomagnetic storm). The Cross 4755.49 was better than usual. 4755.492, The Cross. 1015 pretty good signal (relatively speaking) with English religious program. Came back at 1029 and caught promo with program sked, then into Christian pop/rock music. Went off at 1038:37 at the end of a live song. No ID heard. (18 Jan.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, cumbre_dx yg via DXLD) 4755.44 Unid. - looking for Micronesia - The Cross Radio 1020 on 18 and 9 Jan (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D - 746Pro - R8 - long wire antennas, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MOROCCO (SPANISH) [sic]. 9579.15, Radio Medi Un, 2253 French, popular Arabic music, male and female announcers, 2300 man, time pips, woman with news headlines with musical fanfare between items, poor and het from Gabon but after their 2300 s/off I checked back at 2336 and Medi Un was in the clear and good with Arabic vocals, although a bit fluttery. Jan 20 (Harold Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia, Listening in my car with the Eton E1 and Sony AN1 active antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Long ago site was in the Spanish colonial part (gh) ** MYANMAR. Looks like Thazin [7110] is gone, possibly for good. (16 Jan.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, cumbre_dx yg via DXLD) ** MYANMAR. 5985.818, Footprint of a rather PROPER signal from Myanmar radio Rangoon, noted at 1251 UT Jan 20 on remote unit in northern Sweden on greyline receiving target. Heard loud and clear phone-in program in Burmese, many caller on Mali intervention problem. 5915 and 7345 also heard in Burmese / or similar vernac rather tiny underneath CRI Mongolian co-channel at 1300 UT. Nothing noted on 7110 kHz though. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NETHERLANDS. SPECIAL ACTIVATION: RADIO NEDERLAND IN HF In the weekend of the 25th-26th and 27th of January 2013 a selected amateur radio team is given the opportunity to use the former Radio Nederland Wereldomroep antenna park in Zeewolde for short wave QSO's. During this weekend the station is NOT open to the public and contacts can only be made via Radio. Apart from the HF station and antennas the team shall try to operate a VHF station simultaneously. This is a Unique one time event and probably the last time that Ham Radio transmissions will be made from this location and Antenna's Operations will start at approximately 8 pm UT [2000] on Friday the 25th and will end at 1 pm UT [1300] on Sunday the 27 th so keep an eye out for us on the cluster and give us a huge pile up. We are looking forward to meet you on the air. The PH00ZWAT team Antenna park radio Nederland http://pd2rkg.com/2013/01/16/ph00zwat-speciaal-big-gun-station-25-tm-27-januari-2013/ http://www.qrz.com/db/PH00ZWAT (via Hugo, CE3BBC, Jan 22, condiglist yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1653, DXLD) Zeewolde? I guess this means what was always referred to as Flevo. Are those towers and antennas still up and usable? Apparently. On the QRZ.com page says ``towers up to 400 feet high, 8 stacked dipoles + curtain, 7 degree take-off angle, 22 dB gain`` WTFK??? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1653, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NEW ZEALAND. 5950, R New Zealand International. Not very readable at 1450. Nowhere even close to what it was the last time I was at the SGLs in mid-Dec. (9 Jan.) 73 (Dave Valko, Microtelecom Perseus SDR with ARR preamp, 315’ Beverage (BOG) at 350 , QTH: Pennsylvania State Game Lands #26, cumbre_dx yg via DXLD) 11725, Jan 19 at 0636, RNZI in that great Saturday-night request show finishing some Flanders & Swann, 0640 the unicorn song by the Irish Rovers. Fair to sufficient signal, whilst R. Australia was JBA to missing from 11945, 12, 13 and 15 MHz channels, no loss during `Grandstand` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NICARAGUA. 8989-USB, "El Pescador Preacher", 0000 to 0020 en español with religious messages with long pauses 16 Jan (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D -746Pro - R8 - long wire antennas, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NIGERIA. 6076.878, Jan 4 2225, UNID The station here has been more or less only a visible carrier during the last days. Drifting a lot. On Dec 30 noted on 6077.076 at 2258 and on 6077.091 at sign off at 2300. On Jan 1 noted on 6077.28 at 2250 by Martien Groot [Netherlands]. Yesterday, Jan 5, no trace at all of the carrier but conditions have been extremely lousy towards LA lately in my opinion. (Thomas Nilsson, Sweden, SW Bulletin Jan 6 via DXLD) 6077.156, Dec 17 2300*, R Kaduna: Follow up information. Thanks to the message below which was passed to me in a mail (dated Dec 10) from Mauno Ritola, I managed to find out the identity of the mysterious station heard on 6077+ the last months. Mauno said about the signal: “Today even weaker via Switzerland. We must wait for propagation change. James MacDonell in Nigeria hears Kaduna spur on 6077 kHz, but also on 6103 kHz.” This made me check my Perseus recording from Dec 17 again and I quite soon found that the signal was in parallel to R Kaduna on 6089.856 kHz. On this recording I couldn’t detect any spur near 6103 kHz and probably this spur is even weaker. Henrik Klemetz had been involved at several occasions listening to the few recordings, so I mailed him the two identical recordings of R. Kaduna from Dec 17. Henrik says in his reply: Yeah, that's probably the solution. Broadcast with no ads, institutional, religious, so far, it was right. Language: error Antenna direction: not quite right The conclusion in each case is that you have good receiving facility (but you knew that already before that)! These signals, which splashed over on both sides of the frequency + - 13 kHz is often affected by distortion and therefore become more difficult to identify than usual modulated signals. It is only for a relatively strong signal you can hear how it sounds. Will see if I have any suitable audio illustrations from South America, for example TIFC of 31 meters, will send you such a recording later. Thanks to Mauno for valuable brainstorming. Now we can devote ourselves to another unids! /Henrik Later a mail was sent to James MacDonell with thanks for the info passed to Mauno Ritola. James replies: ``Thomas, Although I am in an interesting location, I don’t do very much DXing these days. However, I am happy to help when able. I also have poor Internet access here but I was able to download your message with the audio files. They do sound like the same station and given that Radio Nigeria Kaduna is slightly off 6090 this seems to make sense. As there is no speech, I can’t make a positive ID, but it does sound something like Islamic recitation which would be typical of this station. Just checking now 1545 on 12/01/2013, the audio on 6090 is low but I can hear the spur in parallel around 6077 (I am not able to measure frequencies exactly). However, I can barely detect the spur around 6102, and it is always much weaker. I hope that is of help. James`` As a conclusion I should have stuck to my first assumption from Dec 14 which I sent to Martien and Mauno saying: I managed yesterday to get some audio of this one. It is not an LA but instead some Arabic sounding station. Sign off 2302. Maybe a little earlier the music was coming through a little better. The next day, Dec 15 the station was heard again with faint audio and I told them: I have to take a step back. Antenna direction peaks towards LA and music is more like a mass or something. We have to wait for more audio. Yesterday not as strong and has moved upwards a bit. Also sign off at exactly the same time. It is easy to be wise after the event but this last remark from me messed up the whole situation regarding the possible location of the station. Please note that it is almost impossible to hear the language when the audio is just at the noise level. Music is coming through a little bit better. At a few occasions I have also noted a slightly better reception on the antenna pointing in 210 degrees which corresponds to western Africa from my location. I am convinced that the station heard here last year is another one. That station signed off very late in the night and antenna direction was definitely towards LA. /TN (Thomas Nilsson, Sweden, SW Bulletin Jan 20 via DXLD) RADIO NIGERIA KADUNA AT 50 AND THE CHALLENGES OF THE NORTH On the 15th of March 2012, Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) Kaduna marked its 50th year of existence. A grand and befitting ceremony was organized for a week to mark the anniversary of the station, which was well attended by many distinguished Nigerians from all parts of the country, who added colour and glamour to the august occasion. The station now popularly known as Radio Nigeria Kaduna was established on the 13th of March 1962 as the Broadcasting Corporation of Northern Nigeria (BCNN) by the late Premier of the defunct Northern Regional Government, Sir Ahmadu Bello Sardaunan Sokoto. The name of the station was later changed to Radio Television Kaduna (RTK) and in 1973 it became Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) Kaduna, when the Television arm was taken over by the federal government as part of Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) and the radio arm was incorporated into the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) under a central-body at the national level. It is now one of the six FRCN network stations spread across the six geo-political zones of the country. Even though Radio Nigeria Kaduna was preceded by a few broadcasting stations in the north, that were established in the mid 1940s as relay stations, Radio Nigeria Kaduna gave birth to a more serious and sustainable broadcasting service in the region. By 1965, when the 25 kilowatts transmitter was supplemented with 200 kilowatts shortwave transmitter, Radio Nigeria Kaduna became the most powerful in the country. The station is still considered as the major Hausa radio broadcast station in the world with millions of listeners across the West-African sub-region. The birth of Radio Nigeria Kaduna came at a critical time when the Northern region attained self rule and many of the people in the north were ignorant about what that meant. The station came at a time when the Northern region was the least known part of Nigeria to the outside world. It also came at a time when northerners needed to forget about their ethnic, tribal and religious plurality and unite under one umbrella and live in peace and harmony with one another for the rapid development of the region. It was the full understanding of these challenges facing the region, that Sardauna deemed it necessary to establish a powerful radio station that will publicize policies and programmes of the government, promote peaceful and harmonious co-existence among all the northerners despite religious or ethnic affiliation, enlighten and educate the populace, and ultimately protect and defend the north and its interests. Over the years, and even after its transformation to FRCN Kaduna under the control of the federal government, Radio Nigeria Kaduna strove to maintain the philosophies behind its establishment. It also played a monumental role in nation building and uniting the people of the region and the country as a whole. One significant contribution of the station was the sense of responsibility and professionalism it displayed during the most trying time of this country in the aftermath of 1966 Civil War. The role of Radio Nigeria Kaduna in nation building is second to none. The popular attributes of radio as “a public rally of the millions” and “a companion in daily lives” can best be seen in the manifestation of Radio Nigeria Kaduna in the lives of millions of Nigerians, especially northerners. The station can be said to be the reason behind the high patronage of radio broadcasts by the Hausa-Fulani folks. It can also be conveniently argued that the station is responsible for making radio the major source of information among Hausa speaking people. The Station also rightfully deserves the credit of churning-out much of the finest journalists and broadcasters Nigeria has ever produced. However, it is rather unfortunate that Radio Nigeria Kaduna is among the few pillars for the development of the north established by the late Premier, which are still struggling to maintain their grip and sustain the legacies envisaged by the founding fathers. Most of the establishments of Sardauna that used to be source of pride to the north like the Textile and Cottage Industries, NNDC, Ahmadu Bello University, the New Nigeria Newspapers among many others have over the years been left to die or are at the verge of collapse. It is highly regrettable that the northern region, which forty to fifty years ago used to be the envy of all other regions in the country, has been woefully neglected by its leaders. It is very disheartening that Northern region that used to boast of having the most powerful radio station, the most influential newspaper, the most prestigious university, the most formidable political structure, the most viable economic base in the country, in short the region that used to lead the way for others to follow now has turned out to be the most backward and underdeveloped in all spheres of national life. The north has become a parasite where insecurity, begging and unemployment abound. Radio Nigeria Kaduna, which celebrates its 50th anniversary as one of the pillars established by Sardauna of Sokoto, could be said to be fortunate enough that it was taken over by the federal government, otherwise it would have been dead by now like the other institutions that remained under the control of the region. The occasion to celebrate 50th anniversary of the station, which is considered as the mouth piece of the north, should be a time for sober reflection on the series of predicaments of the region today. It should serve as a wake-up call for all the political, traditional and religious leaders in the region and indeed all northerners irrespective of religious or tribal difference to rise up to the challenge and revive the basic aim of establishing the Radio Nigeria Kaduna, which is to protect and preserve the cultural, political, economic and social identities and pride of the north. This is the time for all northerners to reclaim their lost glory and forge a better future for the region, amidst the rising uncertainty in the future of the nation’s federalism. Northerners should put their sinister and trivial interests behind, unite and set the region on a sustainable path for rapid socio, economic and political development. It is rather hypocritical to celebrate institutions that our actions over the years have defied the basic idea and philosophy behind their establishment. 50 years ago there was only Radio Nigeria Kaduna and a handful of other relay stations in the region. But today, there are over 50 radio stations spread across the region. The Radio Nigeria Kaduna should be seen to be leading the way in the area of broadcasting by exhibiting high sense of responsibility and professionalism in broadcast media content that will properly reposition and propel the northern region on the path towards rapid development. Abdulrahman Jafar El-Mamoon http://elmamoon.blogspot.se/2012/03/radio-nigeria-kaduna-50-and-challenges.html QSL’s from Radio Nigeria Kaduna http://home.wolfsburg.de/elbe/nigeria.html Radio TV Kaduna, 9570 kHz, aus dem Jahr 1971. http://www.willphillips.org.uk/QSLs/kaduna.htm 4.77 MHz, July 2000 (SW Bulletin Jan 20 via DXLD) ** NIGERIA. 7275, 0630, Radio Nigeria with commercials in English, idents 22/12 fair but mixed unID co-channel station. On 26/12 much clearer at 0630 with Christmas message (Bryan Clark at Mangawhai (Northland), New Zealand, with AOR7030+, EWEs to North, Central & South America, 100m BOG to NE and Alpha Delta Sloper antennas, Jan NZ DX Times via DXLD) ** NIGERIA. 15120, 20/Jan 1745, Voz da Nigéria, Ikorodu, Arabe, Comentários do apresentador, identificação da emissora, 44544 (QRA: Álex (PR7006SWL) Robert, RX: Degen-DE 1103, ANT: Long Wire-15mts, radioescutas yg via DXLD) ** NORWAY. QSL: NRK P1 via Radio Nordland, Bodø, 675. Full data "Verification of Reseption" (sic) card in 450 days for English airmail report and 2 IRCs and several follow-ups. There were several email follow-ups along with a follow-up via international priority mail with US $1.00 on 28 December 2012. QSL received 18 days later. This was for a reception on October 20, 2011 via remote receiver in Holland. V/s: Unni Nygard Tanzen, NRK Publikumsservice. In each case, the reports were sent to Radio Nordland, Bodø, but the QSL arrived from NRK P1, N- 7005 Trondheim. 73 (Al Muick, Whitehall PA USA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 530, the Enid area has a brand-new surprise radio station, a TIS/HAR, Jan 18 at 0623 UT, cycling two PSAs over and over, Smoky Bear vs wildfires, and sad story of Sarah Watkins, for http://dontalmostgive.org It`s a steady obviously groundwave signal, looping slightly E/W of due N/S, with Cuba still audible in its null. No ID on half hour or full hour at 0700. Still going at next check 1358 with same pair of spots, still no ID at hourtop, but by 1428 has changed to rotate several other PSAs, always attributed to the Ad Council: on crime prevention = protect your house by keeping lox locked, on behalf of US DOJ, National Crime Prevention Center, http://ncpc.org --- two on computer security, http://www.cybertipline.com --- supervise your kids online and encourage them not to post nude photos --- adopt-a-teen for foster- care --- asthma attacks, from EPA. Still no ID at 1500. Now blox weak NWS Wichita on 530. A transmitter hunt will be undertaken this afternoon! 530, the new TIS/HAR in the Enid area continues to be heard Jan 18. Around 2100 UT I set out to find it. Since it has been DF`d as almost N/S of central Enid, I head east and west to get it from other angles. Soon obvious that it`s from south, not north of Enid. From Garland & Garriott on the west side, it loops SE. So I drive south and east to home in on it, and indeed it gets stronger. As I approach Vance AFB, strength and angles indicate it`s obviously coming from somewhere on the base. I stop at the brand-new visitor`s center by the main/north gate (where several antique aircraft are permanently mounted), and enquire. Guess what: the airperson at the desk knows nothing about it, and the noise level inside is so extreme I can`t let her hear it. She does give me a phone number for further info. Altho I`m a USAF vet, you don`t just drive onto the base without permission. From the perimeter I can`t spot a likely antenna. The same group of Ad Council PSAs are still running in rotation over and over, repeating every few minutes. From listening, there is no clue this thing has anything to do with the military, let alone the USAF or Vance AFB in particular, and there are still no IDs. After some more phone referrals, someone suggests its purpose is to announce gate closings, etc. It turns out the civilian person likely to know all about it at the Comms Squadron is gone for the long weekend. Jan 19 at 1338 UT I monitor again, finding only two of previous PSAs are playing, about locks & home safety, kids & internet, alternating with a new one about the need for booster seats for post-baby kids. Why can`t they fill time with something more useful, like AFN instead of 5765-Guam? Another check Jan 19 at 2215 UT: now only two PSAs are alternating: asthma and booster seats. It will be interesting to determine its range. Can any further Oklahomans hear it? Only a few miles away it is weak enough to be nulled out for Cuba at night. On my way out to find it, around the intersexion of Randolph & Cleveland, there was co-channel QRM with a SAH. North-south HV powerline there raises the MW noise level, but also boosts other signals as a supplemental defacto re-radiating beverage antenna. 530, Jan 20 at 0620, Vance AFB, back to alternating only two Ad Council PSAs, the same two I first heard 48 hours earlier, about the same time of night, Smoky vs Wildfires, and Sarah Watkins, dontalmostgive.org --- so maybe there is some kind of ``program schedule`` about which PSAs play at certain dayparts. I`m sure the Ad Council could provide many more to increase the variety and our listening pleasure. 530, Jan 21 at 0622 UT, Vance AFB TIS is again back to the original two Ad Council PSAs alternating at this hour: Smoky/Wildfires and Sarah Watkins on behalf of dontalmostgive. This time, it`s the 10 kW Radio Enciclopedia in Habana which must be nulled, stronger than usual, and producing a fast SAH (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WORLD OF RADIO 1653, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 740, Jan 18 at 1401 UT, KRMG Tulsa claims to be from the ``24 hour Fox News center``, but local news about water rationing in OKC as the drought continues, extreme weather. What has Fox to do with local OK news on KRMG? Maybe they just denominate it that for the ``prestige`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 780, Jan 22 at 0647 UT, KSPI Stillwater is again running its 250 watt daytime carrier in the nightmiddle, obviously groundwave steady in null of WBBM, and oppositely audible too is music, no doubt newish KCEG in CO, allegedly 720 watts at night, but enough no doubt to prevent Pueblans from accessing any Newsradio from Chicago. KCEG is even better after 0700 as the KSPI OC helps to keep the QRN/QRM level down (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. Glenn, noted KEOR back on this AM 1355Z-1405Z 21JAN13 on drive to work in Langley. Also noted KEOR on the drive back tonite around 0200Z 22JAN13. As before, no IDs or voice announcements between Spanish language vocal music selections. Will check again in AM (Bruce Winkelman, Tulsa, OK, Jan 21, WORLD OF RADIO 1653, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 1120, Jan 22 at 0651 UT, daytimer KEOR Catoosa / Sperry / Tulsa is at first not audible even with KMOX nulled, tho Bruce Winkelman in Tulsa found it back on the air as of Jan 21, also long after dark UT Jan 22; by 0713, has faded in a very poor signal with Mexican music, presumably this. Seems they are running less power than before, rated 2 kW. Next check at 1423 also audible poorly with less KMOX. KEOR had been unheard at all for about a week. Also weak and alone at local mean noon 1830 UT (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) KEOR 1120 on this AM 1325Z 22JAN13, my first chance to check. I work in Catoosa today, (KEOR COL), be interesting to check how well they cover Catoosa if they're on when I get off at 0100Z this evening (Bruce Winkelman, Tulsa, OK, Jan 22, ibid.) KEOR had a nice signal on the car radio this evening (0105-0115Z 23JAN13) driving home from Catoosa. Still on as I type 0340Z 23JAN13 with a solid S9+40 (-32dBm) signal on the Excalibur SDR. I'll check again in the morning before work. Interesting that KEOR sounds weaker over in Enid (Bruce Winkelman, Tulsa, OK, Excalibur G31DDC SDR, 75 meter band inverted vee, center at 35 feet, ibid.) ** OKLAHOMA. 4170, Jan 17 at 1330, weak third harmonic of local KCRC 1390 which is always there and to be ignored, but now I notice that audio from only other local, KGWA 960 is mixing with it, strange (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OMAN. 15560, R Sultanate of Oman. Really nice signal at 1422 with usual Dance Pop music. 1428:10 ID jingle, then W saying the program was just about up and the news would be next. (9 Jan.) Listen to this one at https://www.box.com/s/k2587ulv57foaaprcefc 73 (Dave Valko, Microtelecom Perseus SDR with ARR preamp, 315’ Beverage (BOG) at 350 , QTH: Pennsylvania State Game Lands #26, cumbre_dx yg via DXLD) ** PAKISTAN. R. Pakistan currently on air again via two transmitters: 0045-0215 on 11570 ISL 250 kW / 118 deg to SoAs Urdu 0045-0215 on 15490 ISL 250 kW / 118 deg to SoAs Urdu 0500-0700 on 15735 ISL 250 kW / 282 deg to N&ME Urdu 0500-0700 on 17830 ISL 250 kW / 282 deg to N&ME Urdu 0830-1105 on 15725#ISL 250 kW / 313 deg to WeEu Urdu 0830-1105 on 17700#ISL 250 kW / 313 deg to WeEu Urdu 1200-1300 on 11570 ISL 250 kW / 070 deg to EaAs Chinese 1200-1300 on 15700 ISL 250 kW / 070 deg to EaAs Chinese 1330-1530 on 11645 ISL 250 kW / 282 deg to N&ME Urdu 1330-1530 on 15425 ISL 250 kW / 282 deg to N&ME Urdu 1700-1900 on 9560*ISL 250 kW / 313 deg to WeEu Urdu 1700-1900 on 11570*ISL 250 kW / 313 deg to WeEu Urdu # incl. English news bulletin 0905-0910 and 1100-1105 * incl. English news bulletin 1700-1710 (Ivo Ivanov, Jan 23, WORLD OF RADIO 1653, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15490, R. Pakistan, Jan 19 0126-0204, 33433-34433, Urdu, Talk and song and news, ID at 0200 (Kouji Hashimoto, Japan, RX and ANT: IC-R75+115m Sloper Wire, NRD-525+RD-9830+115m Sloper Wire, NRD-515+35m Long Wire, NRD-345+35m Long Wire, Satellite 750+30m Long Wire, DE-1130, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PALAU. 9905, Jan 21 at *1459 open carrier, then fade up Chinese talk, unMandarin so Cantonese as that`s the language scheduled at 14- 15 on other frequencies; 1500 RFA theme and English ID, into Mandarin. Now WTWW is vying for this same frequency, see U S A, as FCC OK`d it while IBB was already registered in HFCC from beginning of B-12 at 15- 20 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3315, NBC Manus, 1238 nice long Island song, 1245 M announcer in Tok Pisin with song announcement and greeting "...all the best" and talk with mention of broadcast, then lively dance pop song. 1250 canned announcement starting with male chorus 2-word jingle with last word sounding like Manus, and the ending with mention of "…NBC radio development…". Into dance song. 1254 studio M announcer again with song announcement, then a pop song. 1258 live M again briefly, then some sort of music jingle at 1259, and back to music. (9 Jan.) 73 (Dave Valko, Microtelecom Perseus SDR with ARR preamp, 315’ Beverage (BOG) at 350 , QTH: Pennsylvania State Game Lands #26, cumbre_dx yg via DXLD) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3385, NBC ENB, 1250 Coke ad, then more ads, and live W host announcer returned with TC and messages. Incredible strength at 1255 during Island pop song. 1258 song announcement, TC, W thanked listeners for participating in the program, nice ID with frequencies 98.0, 95.5, 3385 and another "NBC ENB" ID. (9 Jan.) 73 (Dave Valko, Microtelecom Perseus SDR with ARR preamp, 315’ Beverage (BOG) at 350 , QTH: Pennsylvania State Game Lands #26, cumbre_dx yg via DXLD) GUINEA. 3385, No NBC East New Britain today. (16 Jan.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, cumbre_dx yg via DXLD) 3385, R. East New Britain 1247-1330* Jan 18. Vocal music, M&W announcers; sounded like English news at 1300 but couldn't tell for sure since the otherwise fair signal was below my local noise level; pop music (Chicago, etc.), hosted by M followed. Went off about 1330 per spot checks (John Wilkins, Wheat Ridge, Colorado. Drake R-8, 100- foot RW, Jan 19, dxingwithcumbre yg via DXLD) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. Some PNG broadcasters heard on remote SDR unit in AUS in 0930-1010 UT slot, Jan 17. 3364.981, Strongest PNG signal this morning. Radio Milne Bay, Alotau, at S=9+10 to +15 dB level at 0945 UT. This is typically the best PNG station at Australian remote receiver. 3259.992, Tentative, Radio Madang in Pidgin, S=7 poor level, just above threshold noise level, at 0933 UT Jan 17. Flute music at 0938 UT. 3314.996, R Manus from Lorengau, also poor S=7 level at 0946 UT Jan 17. 3384.993, Radio East New Britain from Rabaul, fair signal of S=8-9 strength heard on remote SDR unit in AUS. 0948 UT Jan 17. 3905 minus 1 Hz, exact NBC New Ireland Kavieng above threshold but tiny poor at 0954 UT Jan 17 (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 17, dxldyg via DXLD) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 7324.95, Wantok Radio Light, 0825-0903, Jan 21. Christian songs; 0833 start of the preaching by Dr. Tayo Adeyemi of the New Wine Church, United Kingdom which ended at 0857; bird call and NBC news at 0902 which was // 3385; poor with weak signal (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. Note: after PFA`s monthly report in frequency order, all the other reports this week will be in a separate frequency order CHASQUI DX PFA – ENERO 2013 --- CQ, CQ, CQ…Aquí Pedro F. Arrunátegui para compartir algo con los que disfrutan y aman el DX latinoamericano, todas las horas son UTC, desde la tierra de los incas, les informo mediante este Quipus lo siguiente: 3329.54, R. Ondas del Huallaga, Huánuco, 9/01 0033-0105, 44444, advs Agropecuaria Falcón, lo mejor para su campo, ID “7 de la noche y 38 minutos en Radio Ondas del Huallaga”, mxf huayno. ID “Lo mejor de nuestros intérpretes del folclore nacional en Radio Ondas del Huallaga…” mxf. NOTA adjunto foto de Don Flaviano Llanos Malpartida celebrando sus 106 años de edad. Sus hijas Fabiola y Peggy acompañan a su padre en Radio Ondas del Huallaga. Él es propietario de Radio Ondas del Huallaga, capaz sea el propietario más viejo de una emisora en el planeta. (tnx Dario Monferini) 4789.97, R. Visión, Chiclayo, 8/01 2338-0005, 44444, música, ID “Está sintonizando a Radio Visión, una radio para todos” música pasillos, ID “Siempre gozando de la compañía de su Radio Visión”, programa Cancionero Andino, mxf, ID “Radio Visión, una radio para todos” 4824.48, R. La Voz de la Selva, Iquitos, 10/01 1058-1140 22222 news, ID “Radio La Voz de la Selva, es una emisora que llega a toda la región oriental” NOTA hay un zumbido que por momento la cubre casi toda; la escucho mejor en LSB. http//radiolvs.cnr.org.pe 4984.10, PERÚ, R. Voz Cristiana, Chilca, Huancayo, Junín, 6/01 1100- 1150, 55555, música religiosa, programa religioso, este es un programa preparado por el comité de damas de la iglesia para las mujeres. Música religiosa, ID "Y si es... cuando te pregunten qué escuchas, responde, yo escucho radio Voz Cristiana" (tnx R. Perry) NOTA: después de estar escuchando la señal en 55555, a las 1133 las señal de un momento a otro se cortó por completo; esperé hasta las 1150 y no volvió, aparentemente como si fuera un s/off en OC. Ese aparente s/off tan temprano, puede ocasionar que algunos de nosotros no logremos escucharla en otros momentos. (Escuchar grabación). Continuaremos monitoreando la estación a ver qué conseguimos. NOTA llamé telefónicamente (064-201011), me comuniqué con el señor Jansen Espinoza informándome que hay oportunidad de corta el servicio de OC por mantenimiento. (tnx R. Perry) [WORLD OF RADIO 1653] 5024.90, R. Quillabamba, Quillabamba, Cusco, 15/01 2140-2220 44444++ mxf y advs, programa avisos y mensajes, mxf huayno, ID “Por Radio Quillabamba`` (en quechua), programa Perú Andino, mxf. 5039.15, R. Libertad, Junín, Junín; 16/01 1155-1231, 55555, mxf y advs, ID “Por Radio Libertad”, programa El Noticiero Libertad, tratan sobre la desvaluación del dólar en Perú y la deuda norteamericana, ID “Muchas gracias por la oportunidad que nos da Radio Libertad”, advs Instituto San Ignacio le brinda las mejores carreras técnicas; http//www.rlibertadjunin.com 5980.00, R. Chaski, Cusco, 16/01 1234-1340, 44444, música bilingüe quechua y español, con temas religiosos, ID “Por Radio Chaski, región Inca”, música. NOTA: durante la programación citan el teléfono 509748. Como indican región Inka, llamo a ese teléfono con el prefijo 084, que corresponde al Cusco y me responde el pastor Valentín Quispe, quien me informa que están en periodo de prueba desde hace un mes que su señal se inician en la mañana a las 5:00 AM a 10:00 AM y en las tardes de 5:00 PM a 10:00 PM (1000 a 1500 y 2200 a 0300 UT). QTH: Alameda Pachacutec D-5, Cusco – La estación está dentro del mismo templo al costado del parque Urgiha - teléfonos 084-509748 y celular 9848-95084. Que es una estación que pertenece a la cadena de Radio Integridad de Lima 700 kHz, que los programas en quechua que ellos trasmite en quechua, lo pasan en español a partir de las 9:00 en Lima. Su planta de trasmisión se encuentra en el valle de Urubamba. [WORLD OF RADIO 1653] [with an audio clip, announcing 5980 only, so is it a SW-only station? http://www.w4uvh.net/chaski5980PFA.mp3 --- gh] NOTA: Durante su paso por Lima de Francesco Clemente, coordinamos una visita a mi QTH para efectuar una cacería DX nocturna. Así que vino con su Perseus quien acompaño al Icom en la cacería DX. En especial la onda media debido al horario. Se compartió un momento en casa con mi esposa e hija y luego a nuestro DX. Mi familia y yo estamos muy agradecidos de la visita de Francesco a nuestro hogar. La recepción la he efectuado del 6/01 al 22/01 en compañía de mi sabueso Icom IC R72 acompañado del Mizuho KX-3, una grabadora Alesis Palm Track, una antena de hilo largo de 20 metros y una antena loop Muchos 128´s, PFA Vivo en una casa muy pequeña, pero, sus ventanas se abren hacia un mundo muy grande (Pedro F. Arrunátegui, Lima, Chasqui DX Enero, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also BOLIVIA; COLOMBIA ** PERU. 3329.53, Perú Ondas del Huallaga, Huánuco 1035 to 1047 om en español, much improved signal "...en Peru ...mas... cinco en la .." 17 Jan (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D -746Pro - R8 - long wire antennas and XM - Cedar Key - South Florida, NRD 525D - R8A -E-5, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 4747.12, R. Huanta Dos Mil. Signal on at 0958:25 in mid-campo song. Presumed song announcement at 1000. Canned ID promo during song at 1003. Studio M announcer returned briefly at 1008 again. Long canned announcement by M at 1009 that sounded like a full ID announcement but the recorder was turned off before it ended. Poor conditions this morning. (21 Jan.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, cumbre_dx yg via DXLD) 4747.10, Radio Huanta 2000, abrupt s/on at *1007 on 1/23 with OM speaking over OA music riff (Ralph Perry, Wheaton, Illinois, Drake R8B; Japan Radio NRD-545; Eton E1; Hallicrafters SX100; Dentron Super Tuner + Ameco PLF-2 + Palomar P-408 +Quantum Phaser antenna unit (customized for tropical bands); 335-foot bidirectional BOG 150 deg/330 deg for LA/SE Asia, DX Engineering RPA-1 preamp, Phased Longwire + Small Loop, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 4775, Perú, Radio Tarma, Tarma, 1020 to 1100, ID as Radio Tarma, time check by om, very strong signal 16 Jan (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D -746Pro - R8 - long wire antennas and XM - Cedar Key - South Florida, NRD 525D - R8A -E-5, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4775, R. Tarma, 1000 usual canned opening ID by M followed by "Música Folklorica Nacional" program intro. (21 Jan.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, cumbre_dx yg via DXLD) Listen to it at https://www.box.com/s/zsakj4e0jekx0bzoulvv 4774.95, Radio Tarma, easy to take these guys for granted, as their signals just crush all competitors on 60 meters, nearly every morning! Noted 1/21 at 0955 abruptly switching on the carrier. At 0958, nice piano, strings and flute theme, followed by opening announcements, “Buenos días, amigos oyentes en Radio Tarma!” Gave details of onda media, onda corta and FM and then into terrific morning program, “Música Folklórica Nacional” hosted by OM and YL, who talk over the music all the time with time checks, greetings, introduction to next disco. Holds up every morning past 1100, one of the last OAs to fade out. Interesting that this family station is able to achieve the level of technical superiority that it does – hats off to the #1 shortwave signal out of Peru, today’s reigning champ! (Ralph Perry, Wheaton, Illinois, Drake R8B; Japan Radio NRD-545; Eton E1; Hallicrafters SX100; Dentron Super Tuner + Ameco PLF-2 + Palomar P-408 +Quantum Phaser antenna unit (customized for tropical bands); 335-foot bidirectional BOG 150 deg/330 deg for LA/SE Asia, DX Engineering RPA-1 preamp, Phased Longwire + Small Loop, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1653, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 4789.89, Radio Visión, Chiclayo, big signal 1/20 with La Voz de Salvación program. Listened 1055-1140 and signal still holding up at that point (Ralph Perry, Wheaton, Illinois, Drake R8B; Japan Radio NRD-545; Eton E1; Hallicrafters SX100; Dentron Super Tuner + Ameco PLF-2 + Palomar P-408 +Quantum Phaser antenna unit (customized for tropical bands); 335-foot bidirectional BOG 150 deg/330 deg for LA/SE Asia, DX Engineering RPA-1 preamp, Phased Longwire + Small Loop, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 4810, Perú, Radio Logos, Chazuta, Tarapoto remains silent now for about three weeks (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D -746Pro - R8 - long wire antennas and XM - Cedar Key - South Florida, NRD 525D - R8A -E-5, circa Jan 18, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4810, Perú, Radio Logos, Chazuta, Tarapoto, 1010 to 1020, return after four weeks silent. Weaker signal than when last heard. Best in LSB or narrow AM. Deep fades. 73s, (Bob Wilkner, Pompano Beach, South Florida, Jan 23, WORLD OF RADIO 1653, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Heard here as early as 0932, but too much ute above for any decent audio bits. Nearly gone by 1032 (Jim Young, OR, NASWA yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1653, DXLD) Hi Jim, You have the first log! Was compiling a list of Peruvians. Listing Tarapoto as silent. Great to wake up to this beautiful radioemisora. Seems stronger at 1038 to 1043 with exotic Peruvian music, Vocalist now with improved signal. LSB with the 746Pro as bandwidth adjustable to 1.7 (Bob Wilkner, ibid.) 1/23, Radio Logos 4810.00 with booming signal at 1105 check, nice segued OA music selections. Enjoyed modern-sounding Peruvian theme on guitar but with folkloric instrument sicu-sicu taking melodic lead . . . very cool fusion. Followed by schlocky MoR ballad (Ralph Perry, Wheaton, Illinois, Drake R8B; Japan Radio NRD-545; Eton E1; Hallicrafters SX100; Dentron Super Tuner + Ameco PLF-2 + Palomar P-408 +Quantum Phaser antenna unit (customized for tropical bands); 335-foot bidirectional BOG 150 deg/330 deg for LA/SE Asia, DX Engineering RPA-1 preamp, Phased Longwire + Small Loop, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1653, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 4955, Perú, Radio Cultural Amauta, Huanta, 1040 to 1100 very strong signal with flauta and om en español 17 Jan (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D -746Pro - R8 - long wire antennas, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 4984.14, Radio Voz Cristiana, Chilca, Huancayo, usual crazed preacher in Spanish noted 1056 on 1/12, fair to good QSA but big ruidos estáticos (Ralph Perry, Wheaton, Illinois, Drake R8B; Japan Radio NRD-545; Eton E1; Hallicrafters SX100; Dentron Super Tuner + Ameco PLF-2 + Palomar P-408 +Quantum Phaser antenna unit (customized for tropical bands); 335-foot bidirectional BOG 150 deg/330 deg for LA/SE Asia, DX Engineering RPA-1 preamp, Phased Longwire + Small Loop, Jan 23, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1653, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4984.2, Perú, Radio Voz Cristiana, Huancayo 1050 to 1110 energetic om en español 18 Jan (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D -746Pro - R8 - long wire antennas, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 0820+, conditions weren't anything to write home about (G1 geomagnetic storm). LAs were poor, however they improved to slightly above normal after 1045. 4984.15 Voz Christiana with long ad block 1101-1111 including many with echo. (18 Jan.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, cumbre_dx yg via DXLD) ** PERU?? 5024.912, UNID. Possibly R. Quillabamba. Noticed R. Rebelde has been off for the past 5 minutes and in its place is a very weak signal. 0150 definite music but too weak to tell what kind. Music again 0158 and 0201. Another even weaker signal popped on 5025.01 at 0158. Sounded like a M announcer at 0200. Went off at 0204:05. Later 0221, Rebelde was going off and on. Incidentally, Rebelde was a few Hz high on 5025.003. (11 Jan.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, cumbre_dx yg via DXLD) 5025 presumed, Radio Quillabamba, “strong tentative” has finally moved to “presumed” category, as have concluded Quillabamba assuredly the Peruvian heard multiple mornings of late in 1015-1048 time frame, underneath Radio Rebelde, mainly only audible during Rebelde talk segments. Only thing missing is el locutor saying the magic words, Radio Quillabamba, hi! On 1/12, 14, frequent and definite OA music selections, yipping huaynos and OM Spanish announcements including clear GMT-5 time-checks. Also, Quillabamba known to be currently active here per reports out of LA. (If the Cuban weren’t blaring in on this frequency, the Peruvian would probably be a pretty astounding signal.) Still need to perform some DX gymnastics to monitor this one, zero beating Rebelde carrier, passband shifting to low side and notching out as much of the Cuban as possible. Sometimes, the OA is quite well heard. Took many receptions to test RQ hypothesis and reach this conclusion. Unfortunately, cannot read a precision frequency for RQ due to Rebelde, so just calling it “5025” for now (Ralph Perry, Wheaton, Illinois, Drake R8B; Japan Radio NRD-545; Eton E1; Hallicrafters SX100; Dentron Super Tuner + Ameco PLF-2 + Palomar P-408 +Quantum Phaser antenna unit (customized for tropical bands); 335-foot bidirectional BOG 150 deg/330 deg for LA/SE Asia, DX Engineering RPA-1 preamp, Phased Longwire + Small Loop, Jan 23, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5024.92, R. Quillabamba (presumed), 1037 end of nice Huayno song and talk by M briefly with what sounded like mention of "Huanquipa". Went back to music then. Had to use LSB, shift the passband, and notch out Rebelde's center frequency to get this. Might just be possible at s/on with a lot of luck. (17 Jan.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, cumbre_dx yg via DXLD) 0820+, conditions weren't anything to write home about (G1 geomagnetic storm). LAs were poor, however they improved to slightly above normal after 1045. Presumed Quillabamba 5024.94 signed on somewhere between 1002-1020. (18 Jan.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, cumbre_dx yg via DXLD) ** PERU. 5039.22. Perú, Radio Libertad de Junín, Junín, 1045 "..nacional en peru ..cinco ... " music with yipping on 16 Jan, 1053 to 1110 om with ments de Peru, series of numbers by om 17 Jan (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D -746Pro - R8 - long wire antennas, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 5120.00, Radio Ondas del Sur Oriente, Quillabamba, a regular the past week or so, with irregular s/on anytime in the 1045-1100 slot, with signal usually holding up till fade-out around 1110. For example, good open carrier noted 1040 on 1/16 and programming abruptly started *1047. Music punching thru better than announcements, but clear and frequent ID mentions by OM of “onda corta” and “en Radio Sur Oriente” at 1047 s/on. Avisos de la hora for GMT-5 and nice, full ID en eco at 1057. Bassy huaynos. Also noted on 1/17, 22, 23 typically taking the air approx around 1047-49. Note: beware of Spanish speaking utility stn also here some mornings, at same time, with two male voices in Spanish. But the ute sounds much crisper, and the male voices have more treble, very different sounding from the SWBCer, so fairly easy to mentally sort out from Sur Oriente (Ralph Perry, Wheaton, Illinois, Drake R8B; Japan Radio NRD-545; Eton E1; Hallicrafters SX100; Dentron Super Tuner + Ameco PLF-2 + Palomar P-408 +Quantum Phaser antenna unit (customized for tropical bands); 335-foot bidirectional BOG 150 deg/330 deg for LA/SE Asia, DX Engineering RPA-1 preamp, Phased Longwire + Small Loop, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1653, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5120.008, Ondas del Suroriente (presumed), 1046-1049 talk by subdued M, then into Huayno music. Many very short canned announcements during song at but couldn't copy. 1057-1059 live M DJ returned and mentioned peruana, and ended with TC, then back to music. 1103 live M again but too far gone. Best signal here in a while. (22 Jan.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, cumbre_dx yg via DXLD) ** PERU. 5460.2, Perú, Radio Bolívar, Cd. Bolívar, 0020 to 0045 best in USB, música, deep fades 18 Jan (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D -746Pro - R8 - long wire antennas, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 6173.96, R. Tawantinsuyo. Nice ID by M at 1040:45 without taking a breath during usual news program. Another ID with TC at 1044:20. Much much better on the (tuned) Delta Loop than on the Wellbrook. (22 Jan.) Listen to it at https://www.box.com/s/o9tyvhy521gq3bp4rsah 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, cumbre_dx yg via DXLD) ** PHILIPPINES. 9581.763 - Today visible the peak of PBS Manila tentative, tiny signal on Osaka Japan remote sdr unit, at 0710 UT on Jan 19 (Wolfgang Bueschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 21 via DXLD) History: PHILIPPINES, 9581.766, Odd whistle signal heard around 0550 to 0555 UT Dec 13, noted on remote units in Australia and Japan. Probably PBS DZFM Radio ng Bayam, or DZRM Radyo Magasin FM in Filipino language, from older VoA tx site near Marulas, Quezon City (Wolfgang Bueschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 13, 2012, ibid.) ** PHILIPPINES. RVA Change --- Due to the interference brought about by ROMANIA and CHINA to the reception area, Radio Veritas Asia (RVA) implementing the following changes in their transmission effective from Sunday, January 27, 2013. Following are the changes: Old Freq. New Freq. UTC Antenna Language 11935 11855 0030–0057 SW-3 Tamil 11870 11915 1330–1400 SW-2 Hindi 11870 11915 1400–1427 SW-2 Bengali (From Technical Dept. RVA via Ashik Eqbal Tokon, Rajshahi, Bangladesh, Jan 18, dxldyg via DXLD) Frequency changes of Radio Veritas Asia from Jan. 27: 0030-0057 NF 11855 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SoAs Tamil, ex 11935# 1330-1357 NF 11915 PUG 250 kW / 300 deg to SoAs Hindi, ex 11870* 1400-1427 NF 11915 PUG 250 kW / 300 deg to SoAs Bengali, ex 11870* # to avoid China National Radio 5 in Chinese * to avoid Radio Romania Internatinal in Romanian (DX RE MIX NEWS #764 from Georgi Bancov & Ivo Ivanov. Mon Jan. 21, 2013, via DXLD) ** ROMANIA. Radio Romania International was heard broadcasting today - Sunday - in Romanian - the Sunday Curieriul Romanesc service - on 15260 & 17870 // 17780 & 21500. instead of the listed Sunday only French service. Maybe this particular French service has been dropped? The daily French began at 1100 on 15255 15150 17820 17870 as normal. (Noel R. Green (NW England), Jan 20, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Noel, This "particular French service" has been listed for several seasons. But it's wrong. RRI never broadcasted at this time (Jean- Michel Aubier, France, ibid.) But logged also the intermodulation on 14060 kHz, which has nothing to do with wrong language feed. [21500 leapfrog over 17780 --- gh] (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) Re RRI, 14060.0 kHz. Today (2013 Jan 20) at 1345 UT+ on 29405 kHz (German) to be heard even with a simple transistor radio: Radio Rumania International. 73 (Klaus DJ6LB, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 21 via DXLD) Formula RRI German Tiganeshti 9810 x 3 = 29430 kHz; ist Deine Frequenzanzeige korrekt? Oder verfaelscht das Simpelradio die Genauigkeit? 73 (Wolfgang Bueschel df5sx, ibid.) ** RUSSIA. 5930, R. Rossii, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, 0824-0836 Jan 17, Russian/English; M announcer in Russian with program featuring music from Alice Cooper; poor in ECCS-LSB (Scott R. Barbour Jr, Intervale, N.H. USA, NRD-545, MLB-1, 200' Beverages, 60m dipole, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5930, “Radio Rossii Kamchatka”/GTRK Kamchatka, via the Yelizovo transmitter site on the Kamchatka peninsula. Jan 21 tuned in at 0730 to hear their local/regional programming; not // to R. Rossii on 5940 or 7320; local news with countless mentions of “Kamchatka”; interviews; mostly good with several “Radio Rossii Kamchatka” IDs (attached audio); 0800 ended local program and became // 5940 and 7320; scheduled from 0710 to 0800 (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA. Arkhangelsk with the local broadcasting SW is (6160 kHz), heard it today 0650, ID "Radio of Russia Pomorye", the weather (-5 in Arkhangelsk in the morning), farewell with the audience, and then a song of one of the known groups 70-80 years (Dmitry Mezun [sic], open_dx via RusDX 20 Jan via DXLD) ** RUSSIA. Miércoles, 16 de enero de 2013: RV44 - 6195 kHz - GTRK Radio Buriatia / - Ulan-Udé (RUS) - QSL --- En la noche del pasado viernes 11 al sábado 12 de diciembre hubo buenas condiciones de propagación en onda corta hacia el este de Asia. Por aquellas lejanas tierras quedan, aún, algunos transmisores regionales de la radio rusa. Emiten, basicamente, la programación de Radio Rossii pero también incluyen los insertos locales que producen las compañías regionales de RTV de cada territorio. El emisor de Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (5930 kHz) llegaba bastante bien alrededor de las 2200Z y, para mi sorpresa, había algo molestando a la BBC desde Singapur en 6195 kHz. Tuve que esperar hasta pasadas las 0000Z para que la señal hubiera cobrado la suficiente fuerza como para poder identificar el idioma --- era lo que sospechaba: ruso! Luego, se trataba del emisor regional de Ulan-Udé. Y además, por suerte, a esa hora tienen el bloque de emisión regional durante los fines de semana. Pude grabar la melodía de identificación que emiten justo al comienzo de su programación (a las 0010Z, al terminar el boletín de noticias nacional) y algunas frases sueltas. Lo poco que permitía la fuerte señal de la BBC. Pero el emisor de Singapur se fue desvaneciendo según el sol subía en aquella ciudad-estado y Ulan-Udé crecía en intensidad según se aproximaba el amanecer allí. A las 0045 ya dominaba la frecuencia. Ayer, cerca de la medianoche (casi las 9 de la mañana de hoy en Ulan- Udé), envié mi informe de recepción a la compañía regional de RTV y en apenas una hora recibí respuesta con una tarjeta QSL electrónica en formato .doc firmada por Lyudmila Moiseeva, Chief of Broadcasting Service, GTRK "Buryatia" bgtrk @ bgtrk.ru moiseeva @ bgtrk.ru (Publicado por Mauricio Molano, http://moladx.blogspot.it/ via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) ** RUSSIA. Frequencies Moscow Taldom site. Von Andrey Shaydurov erhielt ich heute die aktuellen Frequenzen der Sendestelle Moskau Taldom. Taldom TX center - B12 frequency schedule 01.01.2013 - 30.03.2013 AM transmissions Radio Rossii (in Russian) 261 kHz 0100-2100 UT 9840 kHz 0400-0700 UT 12075 kHz 0730-1200 UT 7310 kHz 1230-1500 UT 5905 kHz 1530-2100 UT Voice of Russia (in Russian) 12070 kHz 0200-0400 UT 12055 kHz 1200-1600 UT 9790 kHz 1700-1900 UT DRM transmissions Voice of Russia 11635 kHz 0600-0900 UT (in English) 11635 kHz 0900-1000 UT (in German) 6000 kHz 2000-2100 UT (in Spanish) 6000 kHz 2100-2200 UT (in Portuguese) 73 (Christoph http://remotedx.wordpress.com A-DX Jan 15 via BC-DX Jan 21 via DXLD) That`s all? ** RUSSIA [and non]. 9840, Jan 17 at 0615, Russian with flutter, so here`s a R. Rossii broadcast which still exists, but had not heard for a few months. Spring must be on the way with propagation picking up! Or rather solar flux of 137 as of Jan 16 per WWV, which has nothing to do with earthly hemispheric seasons; K index at 06 was 3. HFCC shows this at 04-07, 250 kW, 260 degrees from a Moskva site. [non] BTW, lacking any B-12 info from REE, HFCC still lists old B11 info right next to RR: 00-04, 100 kW, 110 degrees from Cariari on 9840, a frequency which AFAIK they have never really used (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA. Voice of Russia has eliminated SW to North America, and no longer broadcasts in English to Europe expect in DRM. They have dropped their English to Africa down to one hour per day, and are on to South America in English 7 hours per day on one frequency at a time. for a full schedule, this is NOT Radio Moscow of old, that is for sure! Why not drop them a line and suggest they REALLY should not can SW to North America. If we don't tell them we're listening, how will they know they are missed? world @ ruvr.ru will get them a message. Send them that email today or you'll forget! --kvz (Kenneth Vito Zichi, MI, MARE Tipsheet Jan 18 via WORLD OF RADIO 1653, DXLD) ``You couldn`t do better than write`em that letter!`` (gh, WORLD OF RADIO 1653, DXLD) ** RUSSIA. UNID DRM on 6145 - Label Service 0 Posted by Marcel from Northeast France on the DRMRX forum http://www.drmrx.org/forum/showthread.php?t=2460) --- "16H45 UTC of 6145 I have DRM signal from Label Service 0 - SNR / 23 db very good no audio !!!! ID : FF0010" (Stephen Cooper, UK, Jan 18, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Heard here for the first time in 2009 year. 6145 Voice of Russia in Italian at 1800-1900 UT Dec 31, via Sovetsk Bolshakovo. SNR 29.5 dB, S=9+30dB. ID: VoRussia, Russian, ID: FF0010 (wb qth Stuttgart JN48OR, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 26/27/28/30/31, 2009) Winter B-12 schedule of Voice of Russia Moscow. DRM mode services schedule B-12, B-Version as of Jan 2, 2013 1700-1800 Italian 6145 DRM ch#2A Kaliningrad Bolshakovo 15 EUR 1800-1900 French 6145 DRM ch#2A Kaliningrad Bolshakovo 15 EUR my DRMschedule.ini (from DREAM) says: StartStopTimeUTC=1700-1800 Days[SMTWTFS]=1111111 Frequency=6145 Target=Europe South Power=15 Programme=VoR Language=Italian Site=Bolshakovo Country=Russia StartStopTimeUTC=1800-1900 Days[SMTWTFS]=1111111 Frequency=6145 Target=Europe West Power=15 Programme=VoR Language=French Site=Bolshakovo Country=Russia I think, the NO-audio-Label is only a transmitter-warm-up for the Italian Programm at 1700 UT. I'm 99.99% sure, that it is so........ http://www.rhci-online.de/DRMSchedule.ini this is the latest, which I use (in *DREAM* ) The audio quality of the Voice of Russia -with two audio channels-, however, is an acoustic nightmare, even at 30 dB SNR. (roger (from Germany) -Saxony-Anhalt-, ibid.) ** RUSSIA. Dear friends and colleagues on DX-hobby! 18 January 2013 gone from the life of the well-known and personally familiar with many of you in the Leningrad/St. Petersburg DX-East Alexey Osipov. Alexei was one of the founders (1986) and the permanent President of the St. Petersburg DX Club. For many years he has collaborated with the editors of the Handbook World Radio TV Handbook, and his name you can regularly see on the editorial page of the directory in the section "Contributors". Alexey was extremely good-natured, friendly and cheerful person. And so he will remain forever in our memory. In October 2012 Alexei was 60 years old (Alexander Berezkin, Saint- Petersburg, Russia / “open_dx” via Moscow Information DX Bulletin Weekly electronic periodical Number 824, January 15, 2013, Editor of the current number: Fedor Brazhnikov, Russia, via RusDX 20 Jan via DXLD) obit ** SAINT HELENA. Saint Helena Broadcasting Corporation is testing its new FM network. During the test transmissions SHBC is broadcasting St Helena news at 10 am, 12 noon and 5 pm local time (UT). There will also be public service and emergency announcements made following the news as necessary. Listeners are reminded this continues to be a test transmission until the final FM radio network installation is complete, and as such is subject to extended breaks in transmission as engineers continue to work on the transmitters. The FM radio frequencies on island are: Jamestown 102.7 MHz; High Knoll 90.5 MHz; Blue Hill 105.3 MHz; and Levelwood: 105.1 MHz. You can listen to the test newscasts on the internet at http://www.shbc.sh/L2_webcasts.html (Joe Buch, FL USA, Jan 20, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SARAWAK [non]. 9835, 23/Jan 0024, Malaysia, RTM Sarawak FM in Vernacular. American pop music years 80. No signal of QRM from All India Radio at the same frequency. At 0029 YL talk. 35433. 11655 [must mean 11665], 23/Jan 0022, Malaysia, RTM Wai/Sarawak FM in vernacular. Local pop music. At 0025 OM talk. 35433 (Jorge Freitas-B) (Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana, Bahia, 12 14´S 38 58´W - Brasil, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11665, 20/Jan 1726, RTM Wai FM, Kajang-Malasia, Malasio, Músicas diversas, identificação da emissora, 45544 (QRA: Álex (PR7006SWL) Robert, RX: Degen-DE 1103, ANT: Long Wire-15mts, radioescutas yg via DXLD) ** SAUDI ARABIA. 15250, BSKSA Riyadh, 1218-1231* Jan 15 English; Two M in interview re "competition"; M between techno music bits from 1221; W announcer over music at 1230 then pulled the plug; poor-fair; not able to make out much program detail (Scott R. Barbour Jr, Intervale, N.H. USA, NRD-545, MLB-1, 200' Beverages, 60m dipole, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5019.881, SIBC Honiara rather strong S=9+25dB fluttery signal into remote SDR unit in Australia, noted around 1025 UT Jan 17. Speech to the crowd on press conference on criminal investigation matter by police officer. Adjacent Cuban R Rebelde is no problem across the Pacific Ocean at this hour. Heard on remote SDR unit in AUS (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 17, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1653, DXLD) ** SOMALIA [non]. Radio Damal (Voice of the Somali People or Odka Bulshada Somaliyeed) 0400-0700 on 15700 DHA 250 kW / 205 deg to EaAf Somali 1830-1930 on 11615 WOF 250 kW / 128 deg to EaAf Somali 1930-2130 on 11955 DHA 250 kW / 225 deg to EaAf Somali (DX Re Mix News, via WORLD OF RADIO 1653, DXLD) ** SOMALILAND. No sign of Hargeisa at 1302. (8 Jan.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, cumbre_dx yg via DXLD) Haven't heard Hargeysa in a while either. (16 Jan.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, cumbre_dx yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1653, DXLD) AUDIOCLIP : RADIO HARGEISA --- Radio Hargeisa, Somaliland, 7120 KHz 1800 UT. [14 Jan] Audioclip available here: http://blog.libero.it/radioascolto/11865619.html 73's (Francesco Ceccone, Central Italy, RX: ICOM R71 + LW, condiglista yg via DXLD) Giovedì 17 gennaio 2013, 1817 - 7120 kHz, R. HARGAYSA, Dibattito o teatro. Segnale buono (Luca Botto Fiora, QTH G.C. 09E13 - 44N21, Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, bclnews.it yg via DXLD) 7120, R. Hargeisa: Jan 17 *1459-1514, 33333-35433, Somali, 1459 sign on with IS, Opening announce, Koran, Talk. Jan 17 1850-1859*, 35333, Somali, Talk, ID at 1850 and 1851 and 1858, 1858 Closing music, 1859 sign off. Jan 18 1328-1401*, 33333-35333-35433, Somali, HOA music and talk, ID at 1331 and 1339 and 1345 and 1352 and 1401, 1401 sign off. Jan 18 *1500-1512, 34333 Somali, 1500 sign on with IS, ID and Opening announce, Koran, Talk. Jan 18 1850-1901*, 25332-23332, Somali, Talk, 1900 Closing music, 1901 sign off (Kouji Hashimoto, Japan, RX and ANT: IC-R75+115m Sloper Wire, NRD-525+RD-9830+115m Sloper Wire, NRD-515+35m Long Wire, NRD-345+35m Long Wire, Satellite 750+30m Long Wire, DE-1130, WORLD OF RADIO 1653, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7120, R. Hargeisa, *1500-1525+ Jan 19. Open carrier at 1456, then usual sequence of anthem, opening announcement, and Qur`an. Somali talk ensued at 1506, followed by HoA vocals about 10 minutes later. "Fair minus" at tune-in and slowly deteriorating after that (John Wilkins, Wheat Ridge, Colorado. Drake R-8, 100-foot RW, Jan 19, dxingwithcumbre yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1653, DXLD) ** SOUTH AFRICA. 9885, Jan 22 at 0619, some station is modulating beneath a humroarwhine; sounds rather like V. of Nigeria used to on the 0440- 15120 broadcast which I haven`t heard in months. New frequency for them? Nothing but African/Ascension signals elsewhere on 31m, plus Brasil 9665. Tough to make out even the language, but finally decide it`s American English, 0627 mentions Pres. Barack Obama, continues past 0630. O, of course it`s just VOA, which during this hour only is 100 kW, 330 degrees via Meyerton USward, so SENTECH now rivals Ikorodu with severe technical issues. Do they know about this in Washington? 9885, Jan 23 at 0613 check, VOA English very poor signal, but modulation sounds OK unlike 24 hours earlier, Nigeria-like (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. USA(non), Cancelled frequency of Brother Stair The Overcomer Ministry TOM 1300-1400 on 15565 TRM 250 kW / 060 deg to SEAs English via MBR 2000-2100 on 7290 TIG 100 kW / 290 deg to WeEu English via NEXUS 2100-2400 NF 9905 TWW 100 kW / 180 deg to SoAm English via WTWW-2 (DX RE MIX NEWS #764, Georgi Bancov & Ivo Ivanov, Jan. 21, via DXLD) ** SPAIN. REE: Vadim Alexeyev program "Radio Panorama" was played Wednesday 2nd and 9th January 2013 from 1717 UT 11755 kHz, not as in the past year Tuesdays. Always listen to this program with great interest; there is a lot of useful information. By the way, the other existing DX program - "Club DX RRI" in Russian rarely gives something to do with DXing (Rumen Pankov-BUL, midxb Jan 15 via BC-DX Jan 21 via DXLD) 11680, Jan 15 at 2118, Fair to good signal monitored via remote radio in Virginia. Weekday 30 minute REE Portuguese service broadcast from Noblejas intended for South America. 15385, Jan 19 at 1645, Poor signal of REE's weekend sports program broadcast from Noblejas intended for Africa, occasionally find this weekday frequency active on Saturday. 15125, Jan 20 at 1917, Poor signal of REE's weekend sports program (Tablero Deportivo) broadcast from Costa Rica relay intended for South America. 21610, Jan 19 at 1704, Poor signal of REE's daily 30 minute program in Arabic broadcast from Noblejas intended for Middle East. Delightful Arabic version of foreign language IS at start of program. I believe I have now logged all REE non-Castilian language services: inglés, gallego, catalán, sefardí, ruso, francés, portugués and árabe. Is there a remaining euskara service? Reception of REE's French and English service on 6055 (2300 – 0100) has been very poor since Jan 18. Could be the vagaries of SW propagation, but worried me on Friday that the plug had been pulled (again). (David Williams, Sacramento, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SPAIN [and non]. 9765, Jan 20 at 2253, closing of `Desde el Infierno` with menacing tones and spooky music, 2255 REE ID and promos fill. This is via the COSTA RICA relay, only poor signal here aimed away from us. So this odd show is still on REE, scheduled Sundays after the 2200 news or non-news. 148 shows are available here including the latest: ``Desde el infierno - Demonios y males psíquicos - 20/01/13`` http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/audios/desde-el-infierno/ 15385, Jan 21 at 1453, bit of operatic music is faded out for closing announcement of weekly REE Emisión Sefarad with schedule claiming Mon 1425 on 15385; UT Tue 0115 on 11780; 0415 on 9690. Only fair signal on this 15385 for ME (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 21660, 1357 21/01, R. Exterior de Espanha, via Noblejas, Spanish, music, LT [?], news diversas, 35222, 73 (PW8001SWL, JOVINIANO FURTADO NETO, AFO, RONDONIA, BRAZIL, Jan 22, Foram utilizados os seguintes equipamentos: RX: Degen DE 1103 e Motoglobe, Antenas: Dipolo meia Banda Sete MHz, radioescutas yg via DXLD) Never heard on 21660 here around that time, but 21610; your error or theirs? (gh, DXLD) 17715, Jan 22 at 1455, REE, caught end of frequency announcement claiming that they would be on 15110 at 1900, then into IS. Except: 15110, bigsig direct to NAm was among the drastic cuts in November and no longer on the schedule, e.g. in http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld1251.txt So REE is still broadcasting disinformation about its own frequencies. 15110, Jan 22 at 1934, no signal from REE. Just making sure it`s still gone, as they had mis-announced it earlier today (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [non]. 11807-11923, 23/Jan 0035. Strong wide band of QRM from DRM transmission of the REE in Spanish on 11815 (Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana, Bahia, 12 14´S 38 58´W - Brasil, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) I hope you meant 11807-11823; via COSTA RICA (gh) ** SRI LANKA. 7190, 20/Jan 0210, Sri Lanka BC in Hindi. Local music. At 0212 OM seems talk in English. Modulation with sound very grave. At 0219 ID by YL. At 0220 local music. Weak signal with QRM of ham. Listening in remote radio from Twente, Nederlands (Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana, Bahia, 12 14´S 38 58´W - Brasil, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11750, 20/Jan 1727, Sri Lanka BC, Tricomalee, Sinhala, Participação do ouvinte por telefone, pedido de músicas, musicas locais, 45544 (QRA: Álex (PR7006SWL) Robert, RX: Degen-DE 1103, ANT: Long Wire-15mts, radioescutas yg via DXLD) ** SRI LANKA. 7580 IBB - Sri Lanka (Iranavila) Tarjeta QSL, V/S William S. Martin - Station Manager. Informe enviado a: svanderkoen @ sri.ibb.gov adjuntando archivo de audio. Demoro: 76 días. Corresponde a la emisión en persa de Radio Farda. Información recibida via http://dxencolombia.blogspot.com del amigo Pedro Salamanca. Más en http://dxdesdecolombia.blogspot.com/ (Rafael Rodríguez R., Bogotá D.C. - COLOMBIA, Jan 19, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** SRI LANKA [non]. Voice The of Tigers: 1530-1630 NF 11550 TAC 100 kW / 163 deg to CLN Tamil Sat, ex 12160 (DX Re Mix News via DXLD) ** SUDAN [non]. VATICAN CITY, 7315, Radio Dabanga, 0553, 17 Jan, Arabic. ID said several times. Interesting on. Off at 0557 with cute jingle sung by male. Have never heard this one before. Was interesting broadcast even if I could not understand the language. Music was different. An enjoyable listen (Robert Montgomery, [Levittown PA], R390a, NRD525, SE3, Clifton Labs Z1500 active antenna, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) 15535, Jan 22 at 1515, VG signal in Arabish, annoying echoes applied to some but not all voices, 1520 ID in passing as Radio Tamázuj, music. 1527 already changes to Radio Dabanga giving its e-mail address a few times, then pileup of voices, 1529 singing ID. Best European signal by far on 19m, S9+22, rivalled only by 15320. 15535 still VG at 1605, PNW scheduled until 1630. Guess what: both are via VATICAN 250 kW: 15535 at 150 degrees, 15320 with RVA relay at 130 degrees. SMG site retains its reputation for great coverage outside of target areas as antenna direxionality appears to be way out of whack. But I am not complaining (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1653, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SUDAN [non]. 17745, SRS (Woofferton) *1559-1615+ 4, 7 Jan. Percussion "IS" intro, M/W with opening IDs/sked/SMS & phone #s/p-mail address n Nairobi/website: http://www.srs.edc.org/ and email address; usually only English in a sea of Sudanese is "Sudan Radio Service" and "Education & Development Centre" -- slight echo on signal tho not so noticeable as on Tamazuj/Dabang from the SMG site) and it's strong enuf to show up as F-2IF (16835 kHz) on the long-suffering PL600 (Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA PL600 + 8m X+(f)X wire, via Bob Wilkner, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SURINAME. 4990, Radio Apintie, Paramaribo 0935 to 0950 deep fades with OM in Dutch, 22 Jan (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D -Icom 746Pro - Drake R8 - 150 ft on the ground antenna, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TAIWAN. Frequency change of WYFR Family Radio from Jan. 12: 1300-1400 NF 7580 TAI 100 kW / 250 deg to SEAs Vietnamese, ex 7540 (DX RE MIX NEWS #764 from Georgi Bancov & Ivo Ivanov, Mon Jan. 21, 2013, via DXLD) ** TAIWAN. 9950, Nippon no Kaze, *1300 Usual s/on routine with instrumental music and opening announcements in Japanese by W. Good signal and probably the best ever. (10 Jan.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, cumbre_dx yg via DXLD) ** TAJIKISTAN. [Re 13-03:] High power from Orzu is 972 (800 kW) and there is also 801 and a couple of others at that site at lower power (I'm not sure my notes from tuning up the 972 antenna or from our HF antenna work there have all the other data), but so far as I am aware, no 927, so it appears to be from Dushanbe (Ben Dawson, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TAJIKISTAN. 12 January 2013 From 0900 UT accept Radio "Ovozi Tojik" - "the Voice of Tajikistan" in the Russian language at a frequency of 7245 kHz. Reception - 25332. The reports they still do not confirm? I remember Shukhrat reported that sent them a letter. They answered or not? (Receiver: Degen 1103. Telescopic antenna: Dmitry Kutuzov, Ryazan,Russia / “deneb-radio-dx” via Rus DX via DXLD) ** TAJIKISTAN. 15745.296, Once again noted Voice of Russia in English via Dushanbe relay site, - I guess some 250 kW units put combined together at older Yangi Yul site. Jan 16 at 0805 UT, S=7 only signal in Germany (Wolfgang Bueschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 21 via DXLD) 4960, TAJIKISTAN, Voice of Russia, 1322 language (Pushto/Dari listed), woman with what sounded like news, checked again at 1402 and now in English with news. Very poor Jan 23 5885, TAJIKISTAN, Voice of Russia, 1254 English, playing some very unusual instrumental music, 1258:30 promotional announcement “find out about the most important events” on VOR, 1259 ID, frequencies. Poor Jan 23 (Harold Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia, Listening in my car with the Eton E1 and Sony AN1 active antenna. Editor of World English Survey and Target Listening, available at http://www.odxa.on.ca dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TIBET. 6025/6110, Xizang PBS (Lhasa-Baiding) 0052-0120 5, 7 Jan. Probably these guys just breaking the noise barrier with M/W chat in Tibetan with occasional short music breaks -- 6110 (100 kW at 220 degrees) better than 6025 (50 kW ND), other listed XPBS //s unheard (6200/6130 just JBA carriers, 7255 all (presumed) CNR2 (Baoji- Sifangshan) 'til 0100* then just hams, & 7385 all WHRI). "Window" for XPBS seems quite narrow (unheard before 0050 & gone by 0120), but still nice to hear (Dan Sheedy, Encinitas, CA PL600 + 8m X+(f)X wire, via Bob Wilkner, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TIBET [non]. New B-12 schedule of Voice of Tibet 1200-1230 on 11528 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to EaAs Tibetan, ex Chinese 1230-1245 on 15503 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan 1245-1310 on 15513 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan 1300-1330 NF 15427 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese, but no signal on Jan. 20 1310-1330 on 15522 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan 1330-1400 NF 7557 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese, but no signal on Jan. 20 1330-1430 on 11518 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan 1400-1430 on 15400 MDC 250 kW / 045 deg to CeAs Tibetan 1430-1500 on 17535 MDC 250 kW / 045 deg to CeAs Tibetan 1530-1600 on 15485 MDC 250 kW / 045 deg to CeAs Tibetan (DX RE MIX NEWS #764 from Georgi Bancov & Ivo Ivanov. Mon Jan. 21, via DXLD) 15485, V of Tibet (Talata-Volondry) *1525-1558* 8, 9, 10, 11 Jan. OC at tune/in, M/W with opening chat in Tibetan, quick Tibetan music outro into speeches (one with crowd noises + those big honkin' Tibetan horns in the background)/commentary/phone reports (occasional English words tossed in like "job-ability training"), brief Tibetan instrumental music bridges; close-down starts with quick announcement by W, short music bridge into closing chat by W with music bed & fade- up of instrumental music to 1558*. Firedrake jammer barely audible most days with a "peak" at 1540 or so, for some reason (Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA PL600 + 8m X+(f)X wire, via Bob Wilkner, WORLD OF RADIO 1653, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TUNISIA. 7335, Jan 17 at 0621, IWT is back on with Arabic music and talk, having been absent 24 hours earlier; also for a few more minutes // on 7275. 0717 recheck, 7335 still on and in (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TURKEY. 9820, Jan 17 at 0617, TRT Turkish talk matching always stronger // 9700, and with bad het from always off-frequency Brazilian on low side of 9820 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Short-Wave Frequency Schedule for 15350 kHz at 1353 GMT: I just finished listening to most of an hour of very nice music from Turkey on 15350. Sent from my iPhone (Des Preston, 1356 UT Jan 19, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** UGANDA. Lunedì 14 gennaio 2013, 1839 - 4976 kHz, UGANDA BC - Kampala, Inglese, molti IDs OM+YL. Segnale buono. Per alcuni giorni non l'ho ascoltata, forse era spenta (Luca Botto Fiora, QTH G.C. 09E13 - 44N21, Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, bclnews.it yg via DXLD) Good reception here of Uganda on 4976 kHz early this morning - heard with English news at 0405 UT tune-in, US-style news slogan at close of news at 0410, then death announcements etc. IDs as UBC Radio. SINPO 34433 (Alan Pennington, Longton, Lancashire, Sony 7600GR + telescopic, Jan 19, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) ** U A E. 11785, 20/Jan 1734, R Ibrahim, Dhabbaya - Emirados Arabes, Arabe, Músicas religiosas africanas, 44544 (QRA: Álex (PR7006SWL) Robert, RX: Degen-DE 1103, ANT: Long Wire-15mts, radioescutas yg via DXLD) ** U K. "... DUMBING-DOWN OF BBC RADIO 3 CONTINUES REMORSELESSLY ..." http://thedabbler.co.uk/2013/01/is-classical-music-dead/ (indeed deals primarily with BBC Radio 3) (Kai Ludwig, Germany, Jan 21, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) How depressing. Someone also named Kai appended a Comment (gh, DXLD) ** U K. BBC TO BRING AFRICA CUP OF NATIONS TO GLOBAL AUDIENCES The BBC is bringing comprehensive reportage of the 29th Africa Cup of Nations staged in South Africa from 19 January to 10 February to its global audience, on radio, TV, online and mobile. BBC reporters will be deployed in all five host cities – Johannesburg, Durban, Nelspruit, Port Elizabeth and Rustenburg – following the progress of all 16 teams from the group stages through to the final. Regular updates will be broadcast by BBC World News as well as the BBC’s TV programmes for Africa - Focus on Africa in English and BBC Swahili’s Dira Ya Dunia as well as BBC Arabic – on TV, radio and online. Locally the BBC World Service will bring commentary to African listeners in English on the opening game between South Africa and Cape Verde at the National Stadium, with commentary on other key matches including the quarter finals, semi-final and final in English, French on BBC Afrique, and Kiswahili on BBC Swahili. Audiences can follow the tournament daily at http://bbc.com/africanfootball as well as the BBC’s African language sites: bbcafrique.com, bbcgreatlakes.com, bbchausa.com, bbcsomali.com and bbcswahili.com SOURCE: ABU NEWS [as in Asia-Pacific, not Africa] http://www.abu.org.my/Latest_News-@-BBC_to_bring_Africa_Cup_of_Nations_to_global_audiences.aspx (Via Yimber Gaviria, Colombia, https://twitter.com/Nxdelaradio DXLD; also via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) Break out the earplugs vs vuvuzelas (gh, DXLD) BBC 9410, 2119 UT, is on the air now. Short-wave.info says 9410 leaves the air at 2100 UT. Sent from my iPhone (Des Preston, Jan 21, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Well, that source must be out of date. Current HFCC shows since 31 Dec, another hour has been added, 250 kW, 265 degrees from SEYCHELLES (Glenn to Des, via DXLD) Also as below: ** U K [and non]. Updated winter B-12 SW schedule of BBC: 0000-0030 on 5875 NAK 250 kW / non-dir to SEAs Burmese 0000-0030 on 9510 SNG 250 kW / 340 deg to SEAs Burmese 0000-0030 on 12025 SNG 250 kW / 330 deg to SEAs Burmese 0000-0100 on 6195 SNG 125 kW / 000 deg to SEAs English 0000-0100 on 6195 SNG 125 kW / 090 deg to AUS English 0000-0100 on 7360 CYP 300 kW / 097 deg to SoAs English 0000-0100 on 9410 NAK 250 kW / 290 deg to SoAs English 0000-0100 on 11750 SNG 100 kW / 340 deg to SEAs English 0000-0100 on 12095 SNG 100 kW / 320 deg to SoAs English 0000-0100 on 12095 NAK 250 kW / 255 deg to SoAs English 0000-0100 on 13725 NAK 250 kW / 025 deg to EaAs English 0000-0200 on 5970 SLA 250 kW / 063 deg to SoAs English 0000-0200 on 9740 SNG 125 kW / 013 deg to EaAs English 0000-0200 on 9740 SNG 125 kW / 135 deg to AUS English 0000-0200 on 15335 SNG 100 kW / 013 deg to EaAs English 0000-0200 on 15755 NAK 250 kW / 025 deg to EaAs English 0030-0100 on 5875 CYP 300 kW / 081 deg to WeAs Dari 0030-0100 on 7325 NAK 250 kW / 305 deg to SoAs Bengali 0030-0100 on 7435 WOF 250 kW / 075 deg to WeAs Dari 0030-0100 on 9510 SNG 250 kW / 340 deg to SEAs Bengali 0030-0100 on 12025 SNG 100 kW / 330 deg to SEAs Bengali 0100-0130 on 5875 CYP 300 kW / 081 deg to WeAs Pashto 0100-0130 on 6165 SLA 250 kW / 060 deg to SoAs Hindi 0100-0130 on 6195 SLA 250 kW / 035 deg to WeAs Pashto 0100-0130 on 7285 CYP 300 kW / 097 deg to SoAs Hindi 0100-0130 on 7445 WOF 250 kW / 075 deg to WeAs Pashto 0100-0130 on 11995 NAK 250 kW / 305 deg to SoAs Hindi 0100-0130 on 15510 SNG 250 kW / 315 deg to SoAs Hindi 0100-0200 on 11750 SNG 100 kW / 140 deg to AUS English 0100-0200 on 11750 SNG 100 kW / 340 deg to SEAs English 0100-0200 on 12095 NAK 250 kW / 275 deg to CeAs English 0100-0200 on 17685 SNG 250 kW / 013 deg to EaAs English 0100-0300 on 5940 CYP 250 kW / 064 deg to CeAs English 0100-0300 on 15310 NAK 250 kW / 290 deg to SoAs English 0130-0200 on 5875 CYP 300 kW / 081 deg to WeAs Dari 0130-0200 on 5980 SLA 250 kW / 050 deg to SoAs Urdu 0130-0200 on 6165 SLA 250 kW / 060 deg to SoAs Urdu 0130-0200 on 6195 CYP 300 kW / 077 deg to WeAs Dari 0130-0200 on 7285 CYP 300 kW / 097 deg to SoAs Urdu 0130-0200 on 7445 WOF 250 kW / 075 deg to WeAs Dari 0130-0200 on 9510 NAK 250 kW / 300 deg to SoAs Bengali 0130-0200 on 15270 SNG 250 kW / 315 deg to SoAs Bengali 0130-0200 on 15510 NAK 250 kW / 305 deg to SoAs Bengali 0200-0230 on 6140 SLA 250 kW / 035 deg to WeAs Pashto 0200-0230 on 6195 CYP 300 kW / 081 deg to WeAs Pashto 0200-0230 on 7445 CYP 300 kW / 077 deg to WeAs Pashto 0200-0230 on 9460 NAK 250 kW / 325 deg to SEAs Burmese 0200-0230 on 11975 NAK 250 kW / 355 deg to SEAs Burmese 0200-0230 on 11995 SNG 100 kW / 340 deg to SEAs Burmese 0200-0300 on 5875 CYP 300 kW / 101 deg to CeAs English 0200-0300 on 7435 SEY 250 kW / 270 deg to ECAf English 0200-0300 on 12095 SLA 250 kW / 063 deg to SoAs English 0230-0300 on 6140 SLA 250 kW / 035 deg to WeAs Dari 0230-0300 on 6195 CYP 300 kW / 081 deg to WeAs Dari 0230-0300 on 7445 CYP 300 kW / 077 deg to WeAs Dari 0230-0300 on 9560 CYP 300 kW / 097 deg to SoAs Hindi 0230-0300 on 11995 SLA 250 kW / 060 deg to SoAs Hindi 0230-0300 on 15510 NAK 250 kW / 305 deg to SoAs Hindi 0230-0300 on 17510 NAK 250 kW / 300 deg to SoAs Hindi 0230-0330 on 5985 WOF 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Farsi 0230-0330 on 6165 DHA 250 kW / 035 deg to WeAs Farsi 0230-0330 on 7410 CYP 300 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Farsi 0230-0330 on 9800 TAC 100 kW / 236 deg to WeAs Farsi 0300-0330 on 7445 WOF 250 kW / 075 deg to WeAs Pashto 0300-0330 on 9695 CYP 250 kW / 097 deg to SoAs Urdu 0300-0330 on 9820 CYP 300 kW / 077 deg to WeAs Pashto 0300-0330 on 11970 SLA 250 kW / 035 deg to WeAs Pashto 0300-0330 on 11995 DHA 250 kW / 060 deg to SoAs Urdu 0300-0330 on 17510 NAK 250 kW / 300 deg to SoAs Urdu 0300-0330 on 17760 NAK 250 kW / 305 deg to SoAs Urdu 0300-0400 on 5875 CYP 300 kW / 185 deg to NEAf Arabic 0300-0400 on 5940 SKN 300 kW / 110 deg to N/ME Arabic 0300-0400 on 5940 CYP 250 kW / 090 deg to N/ME Arabic 0300-0400 on 6040 SKN 300 kW / 140 deg to NEAf Arabic 0300-0400 on 6040 CYP 300 kW / 101 deg to N/ME Arabic 0300-0400 on 6065 CYP 300 kW / 121 deg to N/ME Arabic 0300-0400 on 6140 MEY 100 kW / 330 deg to WeAf English 0300-0400 on 7255 ASC 250 kW / 027 deg to WeAf English 0300-0400 on 7435 ASC 250 kW / 114 deg to SoAf English 0300-0400 on 9410 CYP 250 kW / 050 deg to WeAs English 0300-0400 on 9460 SEY 250 kW / 270 deg to ECAf English 0300-0400 on 12035 SEY 250 kW / 280 deg to ECAf English 0300-0400 on 12095 SLA 250 kW / 010 deg to WeAs English 0300-0500 on 5790 WOF 250 kW / 126 deg to N/ME Arabic 0300-0600 on 3255 MEY 100 kW / non-dir to SoAf English 0300-0600 on 6190 MEY 100 kW / 015 deg to SoAf English 0300-0600 on 15310 SLA 250 kW / 063 deg to SoAs English 0300-0700 on 17790 NAK 250 kW / 290 deg to SoAs English 0330-0430 on 7445 CYP 300 kW / 097 deg to WeAs Farsi 0330-0430 on 9695 CYP 300 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Farsi 0330-0430 on 11925 SLA 250 kW / 335 deg to WeAs Farsi 0400-0430 on 9815 CYP 250 kW / 147 deg to EaAf Somali 0400-0430 on 15490 SEY 250 kW / 295 deg to EaAf Somali 0400-0500 on 5875 CYP 300 kW / 173 deg to N/ME Arabic 0400-0500 on 7325 CYP 300 kW / 185 deg to ECAf Arabic 0400-0500 on 9410 CYP 250 kW / 077 deg to WeAs English 0400-0500 on 9915 CYP 250 kW / 121 deg to N/ME Arabic 0400-0500 on 11760 CYP 300 kW / 101 deg to N/ME English 0400-0500 on 11820 SLA 250 kW / 305 deg to N/ME Arabic 0400-0500 on 12015 MEY 250 kW / 330 deg to WeAf English 0400-0500 on 12035 CYP 250 kW / 175 deg to ECAf English 0400-0600 on 5915 SKN 300 kW / 140 deg to NEAf Arabic 0400-0600 on 7255 ASC 250 kW / 065 deg to CSAf English 0400-0600 on 12095 SEY 250 kW / 270 deg to ECAf English 0400-0700 on 5790 WOF 250 kW / 184 deg to NoAf Arabic 0400-0700 on 6005 ASC 250 kW / 027 deg to WeAf English 0400-0700 on 7325 WOF 250 kW / 170 deg to NoAf Arabic 0430-0500 on 6135 ASC 250 kW / 070 deg to CSAf French 0430-0500 on 7415 ASC 250 kW / 065 deg to CSAf French 0430-0500 on 15490 SEY 250 kW / 240 deg to SoAf French 0500-0600 on 7325 CYP 300 kW / 173 deg to N/ME Arabic 0500-0600 on 11760 CYP 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs English 0500-0600 on 11925 SEY 250 kW / 270 deg to ECAf Kinyarwanda/Kirundi 0500-0600 on 15360 SLA 250 kW / 010 deg to WeAs English 0500-0600 on 15490 CYP 250 kW / 175 deg to ECAf Kinyarwanda/Kirundi 0500-0600 on 15790 SLA 250 kW / 305 deg to N/ME Arabic 0500-0700 on 13660 CYP 300 kW / 121 deg to N/ME Arabic 0500-0700 on 15400 MEY 250 kW / 330 deg to WeAf English 0500-0700 on 15420 SEY 250 kW / 270 deg to ECAf English 0500-0700 on 15420 CYP 300 kW / 177 deg to ECAf English 0500-0700 on 15790 CYP 250 kW / 180 deg to ECAf Arabic 0500-0800 on 17640 CYP 250 kW / 173 deg to ECAf English 0530-0600 on 5975 WOF 250 kW / 160 deg to WeAf Hausa 0530-0600 on 6135 ASC 250 kW / 065 deg to WeAf Hausa 0530-0600 on 7305 ASC 250 kW / 065 deg to WeAf Hausa 0600-0630 on 6055 SKN 300 kW / 180 deg to NoAf French 0600-0630 on 6135 ASC 250 kW / 027 deg to WeAf French 0600-0630 on 7350 WOF 250 kW / 160 deg to NoAf French 0600-0630 on 11800 ASC 250 kW / 085 deg to CSAf French 0600-0700 on 9410 ASC 250 kW / 065 deg to CSAf English 0600-0700 on 9460 ASC 250 kW / 055 deg to WeAf English 0600-0700 on 9915 CYP 300 kW / 173 deg to EaAf Arabic 0600-0700 on 13660 CYP 300 kW / 280 deg to NWAf Arabic 0600-0700 on 15360 CYP 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs English 0600-0700 on 15790 CYP 250 kW / 101 deg to N/ME Arabic 0600-1400 on 15310 NAK 250 kW / 290 deg to SoAs English 0600-1500 on 12095 MEY 100 kW / 015 deg to SoAf English 0600-1600 on 6190 MEY 100 kW / non-dir to SoAf English 0630-0700 on 9440 ASC 250 kW / 065 deg to WeAf Hausa 0630-0700 on 9870 WOF 250 kW / 158 deg to WeAf Hausa 0630-0700 on 11800 ASC 250 kW / 065 deg to WeAf Hausa 0700-0730 on 11800 ASC 250 kW / 027 deg to WeAf French 0700-0730 on 15105 ASC 250 kW / 065 deg to WeAf French 0700-0800 on 11680 SKN 300 kW / 160 deg to NEAf Arabic 0700-0800 on 11770 ASC 250 kW / 027 deg to WeAf English 0700-0800 on 13820 ASC 250 kW / 055 deg to WeAf English 0700-0800 on 15400 ASC 250 kW / 065 deg to WeAf English 0700-0800 on 17830 MEY 250 kW / 328 deg to WeAf English 0700-0800 on 17885 CYP 250 kW / 280 deg to NWAf Arabic 0700-1000 on 15575 SLA 250 kW / 010 deg to WeAs English 0700-1000 on 17660 CYP 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs English 0700-1300 on 17790 SLA 250 kW / 063 deg to SoAs English 0700-1400 on 17640 SEY 250 kW / 270 deg to ECAf English 0800-0900 on 17830 ASC 250 kW / 065 deg to WeAf English 0800-1130 on 15400 ASC 250 kW / 027 deg to WeAf English 0800-1400 on 21470 SEY 250 kW / 240 deg to SoAf English 0830-1130 on 15710 SLA 250 kW / 035 deg to WeAs Pashto/Dari/Pashto 0830-1130 on 17720 NAK 250 kW / 300 deg to SoAs Pashto/Dari/Pashto 0900-1100 on 9740 NAK 250 kW / non-dir to SEAs English 0900-1100 on 11895 NAK 250 kW / 045 deg to EaAs English 0900-1100 on 15285 SNG 100 kW / 013 deg to EaAs English 0900-1100 on 17760 NAK 250 kW / 025 deg to EaAs English 0900-1600 on 6195 SNG 125 kW / 000 deg to SEAs English 0900-1600 on 6195 SNG 125 kW / 090 deg to AUS English 0900-1600 on 9740 SNG 125 kW / 013 deg to EaAs English 0900-1600 on 9740 SNG 125 kW / 135 deg to AUS English 0900-1700 on 17830 ASC 250 kW / 085 deg to CSAf English 1000-1300 on 11760 SLA 250 kW / 010 deg to WeAs English 1000-1400 on 15575 CYP 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs English 1100-1130 on 17780 CYP 300 kW / 147 deg to EaAf Somali 1100-1130 on 21595 DHA 250 kW / 205 deg to EaAf Somali 1100-1200 on 15285 SNG 100 kW / 025 deg to EaAs English 1100-1300 on 11895 NAK 250 kW / 025 deg to EaAs English 1200-1230 on 17780 ASC 250 kW / 027 deg to NoAf French 1200-1230 on 21630 ASC 250 kW / 085 deg to CSAf French 1200-1230 on 21720 WOF 250 kW / 170 deg to WeAf French 1200-1600 on 5875 NAK 250 kW / 025 deg to EaAs English 1300-1330 on 13865 SLA 250 kW / 010 deg to CeAs Uzbek 1300-1330 on 17790 CYP 250 kW / 057 deg to CeAs Uzbek 1300-1330 on 21590 CYP 250 kW / 057 deg to CeAs Uzbek 1300-1400 on 11760 SLA 250 kW / 320 deg to WeAs English 1300-1500 on 11890 NAK 250 kW / 025 deg to EaAs English 1300-1700 on 9410 SLA 250 kW / 063 deg to SoAs English 1330-1400 on 5865 NAK 250 kW / 325 deg to SoAs Bengali 1330-1400 on 9510 SLA 250 kW / 070 deg to SoAs Bengali 1330-1400 on 11850 SNG 100 kW / 340 deg to SoAs Bengali 1345-1430 on 7400 SNG 100 kW / 340 deg to SEAs Burmese 1345-1430 on 9900 SNG 100 kW / 340 deg to SEAs Burmese 1345-1430 on 11685 SNG 100 kW / 330 deg to SEAs Burmese 1400-1430 on 5865 NAK 250 kW / 300 deg to SoAs Hindi 1400-1430 on 7600 NAK 250 kW / 305 deg to SoAs Hindi 1400-1430 on 9510 SLA 250 kW / 070 deg to SoAs Hindi 1400-1430 on 12065 SNG 250 kW / 315 deg to SoAs Hindi 1400-1430 on 13865 CYP 300 kW / 097 deg to SoAs Hindi 1400-1430 on 15105 ASC 250 kW / 055 deg to WeAf Hausa 1400-1430 on 17780 ASC 250 kW / 055 deg to WeAf Hausa 1400-1430 on 21630 ASC 250 kW / 065 deg to WeAf Hausa 1400-1500 on 9810 SLA 250 kW / 035 deg to WeAs Dari 1400-1500 on 11950 CYP 300 kW / 077 deg to WeAs Dari 1400-1500 on 12035 SNG 100 kW / 340 deg to SoAs Bengali Sun/Tue 1400-1500 on 12045 SEY 250 kW / 300 deg to EaAf Somali 1400-1500 on 13635 DHA 250 kW / 090 deg to SoAs Bengali Sun/Tue 1400-1500 on 15150 SEY 250 kW / 295 deg to EaAf Somali 1400-1500 on 15350 DHA 250 kW / 080 deg to SoAs Bengali Sun/Tue 1400-1500 on 15710 CYP 300 kW / 317 deg to WeEu Dari 1400-1500 on 17870 CYP 250 kW / 160 deg to EaAf Somali 1400-1600 on 11760 CYP 300 kW / 090 deg to WeAs English 1400-1700 on 17640 CYP 250 kW / 180 deg to CeAf English 1400-1700 on 17780 ASC 250 kW / 055 deg to WeAf Hausa 1400-1700 on 21470 CYP 250 kW / 187 deg to SoAf English 1500-1545 on 7600 NAK 250 kW / 305 deg to SoAs Urdu 1500-1600 on 6175 SLA 250 kW / 050 deg to SoAs Urdu 1500-1600 on 7360 CYP 300 kW / 077 deg to WeAs Pashto 1500-1600 on 9490 MEY 100 kW / 015 deg to SoAf English 1500-1600 on 9810 CYP 250 kW / 081 deg to WeAs Pashto 1500-1600 on 9920 NAK 250 kW / 300 deg to SoAs Urdu 1500-1600 on 12065 CYP 300 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Pashto 1500-1600 on 12075 CYP 250 kW / 101 deg to WeAs Farsi 1500-1600 on 15710 CYP 300 kW / 317 deg to WeEu Pashto 1500-1600 on 15790 CYP 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Farsi 1500-1700 on 9505 CYP 250 kW / 097 deg to SoAs English 1500-1700 on 11780 SEY 250 kW / 300 deg to EaAf Somali Sat 1500-1700 on 15510 CYP 250 kW / 160 deg to EaAf Somali Sat 1500-1800 on 12095 SEY 250 kW / 280 deg to ESAf English 1500-2100 on 15400 ASC 250 kW / 027 deg to WeAf English 1545-1615 on 6135 SNG 250 kW / 315 deg to SoAs Tamil 1545-1615 on 7600 NAK 250 kW / 255 deg to SoAs Tamil 1545-1615 on 9855 SLA 250 kW / 115 deg to SoAs Tamil 1545-1615 on 11965 SKN 300 kW / 095 deg to SoAs Tamil 1600-1630 on 5865 NAK 250 kW / 300 deg to SoAs Hindi 1600-1630 on 9790 SNG 250 kW / 315 deg to SoAs Hindi 1600-1630 on 11750 CYP 300 kW / 101 deg to SoAs Hindi 1600-1630 on 13695 CYP 300 kW / 081 deg to SoAs Hindi 1600-1700 on 5875 CYP 300 kW / 097 deg to WeAs Farsi 1600-1700 on 6155 SLA 250 kW / 335 deg to WeAs Farsi 1600-1700 on 9915 CYP 300 kW / 090 deg to WeAs English 1600-1800 on 21660 WOF 250 kW / 170 deg to WeAf English 1600-2200 on 3255 MEY 100 kW / non-dir to SoAf English 1600-2200 on 6190 MEY 100 kW / 015 deg to SoAf English 1630-1700 on 5865 NAK 250 kW / 325 deg to SoAs Bengali 1630-1700 on 6135 SNG 250 kW / 315 deg to SoAs Sinhala 1630-1700 on 7465 SNG 250 kW / 320 deg to SoAs Bengali 1630-1700 on 7600 NAK 250 kW / 255 deg to SoAs Sinhala 1630-1700 on 9615 SLA 250 kW / 115 deg to SoAs Sinhala 1630-1700 on 9650 SNG 250 kW / 340 deg to SoAs Bengali 1630-1700 on 11860 SEY 250 kW / 270 deg to ECAf Kinyarwanda/rundi M-F 1630-1700 on 15790 CYP 250 kW / 177 deg to ECAf Kinyarwanda/rundi M-F 1700-1800 on 5865 NAK 250 kW / 300 deg to WeAs Dari/Pashto 1700-1800 on 5875 CYP 300 kW / 077 deg to WeAs Dari/Pashto 1700-1800 on 5910 SLA 250 kW / 035 deg to WeAs Dari/Pashto 1700-1800 on 9915 SKN 300 kW / 125 deg to N/ME English 1700-1800 on 15420 CYP 250 kW / 173 deg to CSAf English 1700-1800 on 17830 ASC 250 kW / 065 deg to CeAf English 1700-1830 on 5975 SLA 250 kW / 063 deg to SoAs English 1700-1830 on 7600 NAK 250 kW / 290 deg to SoAs English 1700-1830 on 9505 SNG 250 kW / 315 deg to SoAs English 1700-1900 on 6110 WOF 250 kW / 172 deg to NoAf Arabic 1700-1900 on 17640 MEY 250 kW / 005 deg to EaAf English 1700-2000 on 7375 CYP 300 kW / 185 deg to NEAf Arabic 1700-2100 on 5790 SKN 300 kW / 195 deg to NoAf Arabic 1700-2100 on 6195 SLA 250 kW / 305 deg to N/ME Arabic 1700-2100 on 7375 CYP 300 kW / 121 deg to N/ME Arabic 1700-2100 on 9915 CYP 300 kW / 280 deg to NoAf Arabic 1800-1830 on 5865 NAK 250 kW / 300 deg to WeAs Dari 1800-1830 on 5910 CYP 250 kW / 077 deg to WeAs Dari 1800-1830 on 6140 SEY 250 kW / 300 deg to EaAf Somali 1800-1830 on 7465 MEY 250 kW / 076 deg to SoAf French 1800-1830 on 7505 NAK 250 kW / 305 deg to WeAs Dari 1800-1830 on 9410 SEY 250 kW / 295 deg to EaAf Somali 1800-1830 on 9605 SKN 300 kW / 180 deg to NoAf French 1800-1830 on 9815 CYP 250 kW / 160 deg to EaAf Somali 1800-1830 on 11860 ASC 250 kW / 065 deg to WeAf French 1800-1830 on 15105 ASC 250 kW / 065 deg to CSAf French 1800-1830 on 17885 ASC 250 kW / 027 deg to WeAf French 1800-2000 on 5875 CYP 300 kW / 090 deg to WeAs English 1800-2000 on 5945 SLA 250 kW / 010 deg to WeAs English 1800-2100 on 5790 SKN 300 kW / 125 deg to N/ME Arabic 1800-2100 on 9430 WOF 250 kW / 170 deg to WeAf English 1800-2100 on 11810 ASC 250 kW / 065 deg to CSAf English 1800-2100 on 12095 CYP 250 kW / 187 deg to SoAf English 1830-1900 on 5865 NAK 250 kW / 300 deg to WeAs Farsi 1830-1900 on 5910 CYP 250 kW / 097 deg to WeAs Farsi 1830-1900 on 6140 SEY 250 kW / 270 deg to ECAf Kinyarwanda/rundi M-F 1830-1900 on 7425 CYP 250 kW / 185 deg to ECAf Kinyarwanda/rundi M-F 1830-1900 on 7505 NAK 250 kW / 305 deg to WeAs Farsi 1830-1900 on 9815 CYP 250 kW / 173 deg to ECAf Kinyarwanda/rundi M-F 1830-2100 on 9410 SEY 250 kW / 280 deg to ESAf English 1900-2000 on 6170 WOF 250 kW / 172 deg to NoAf Arabic 1900-2100 on 6005 SEY 250 kW / 270 deg to ESAf English 1930-2030 on 11890 ASC 250 kW / 055 deg to WeAf Hausa 1930-2030 on 15105 ASC 250 kW / 065 deg to WeAf Hausa 1930-2030 on 17885 ASC 250 kW / 055 deg to WeAf Hausa 2000-2100 on 5875 CYP 300 kW / 185 deg to ECAf Arabic 2000-2100 on 5875 WOF 250 kW / 172 deg to NoAf Arabic 2100-2200 on 5875 NAK 250 kW / 020 deg to EaAs English 2100-2200 on 5955 SEY 250 kW / 240 deg to SoAf English 2100-2200 on 6195 NAK 250 kW / 150 deg to AUS English 2100-2200 on 9410 SEY 250 kW / 265 deg to ESAf English 2100-2300 on 5905 SLA 250 kW / 060 deg to EaAs English 2100-2300 on 9915 ASC 250 kW / 065 deg to WeAf English 2100-2300 on 12095 ASC 250 kW / 027 deg to WeAf English 2100-2400 on 3915 SNG 100 kW / 160 deg to AUS English 2100-2400 on 5875 NAK 250 kW / 045 deg to EaAs English 2200-2300 on 5875 NAK 250 kW / 150 deg to AUS English 2200-2300 on 5885 MEY 100 kW / 330 deg to WeAf English 2200-2300 on 6195 SNG 250 kW / 013 deg to EaAs English 2200-2400 on 6135 KIM 250 kW / 285 deg to EaAs English 2200-2400 on 6195 SNG 125 kW / 000 deg to SEAs English 2200-2400 on 6195 SNG 125 kW / 090 deg to AUS English 2200-2400 on 7490 NAK 250 kW / 025 deg to EaAs English 2300-2400 on 5980 SLA 250 kW / 060 deg to EaAs English 2300-2400 on 9740 SNG 125 kW / 013 deg to EaAs English 2300-2400 on 9740 SNG 125 kW / 135 deg to AUS English 2300-2400 on 11955 SNG 100 kW / 090 deg to AUS English (DX RE MIX NEWS #764 from Georgi Bancov & Ivo Ivanov. Mon Jan. 21, via DXLD) ** U K [and non]. Updated B-12 schedule of BABCOCK relays: Voice of Vietnam 0100-0128 on 9640 WOF 250 kW / 294 deg to NEAm English 0130-0228 on 9640 WOF 250 kW / 308 deg to NEAm Vietnamese 0230-0258 on 9640 WOF 250 kW / 308 deg to NEAm English 0300-0328 on 6175 HRI 250 kW / 173 deg to CeAm Spanish 0330-0358 on 9640 WOF 250 kW / 294 deg to NEAm English 0400-0428 on 6175 HRI 250 kW / 173 deg to CeAm Spanish 0430-0528 NF 6175 HRI 100 kW / 315 deg to NWAm Viet, ex 7345 WOF 1800-1828 on 5955 MOS 100 kW / 300 deg to WeEu English 1830-1928 on 5955 MOS 100 kW / 300 deg to WeEu Vietnamese 1930-1958 on 5955 MOS 100 kW / 300 deg to WeEu French 2000-2028 on 6135 WOF 250 kW / 075 deg to NEEu Russian 2030-2058 on 6175 DHA 250 kW / 315 deg to WeEu German 2100-2128 on 6175 DHA 250 kW / 315 deg to WeEu German 2130-2228 on 7370 WOF 250 kW / 114 deg to SEEu Vietnamese Adventist World Radio 0100-0200 on 15445 TAI 100 kW / 250 deg to SEAs Vietnamese Sat EDC Sudan Radio Service Darfur Program 0400-0530 on 13720 DHA 250 kW / 255 deg to NEAf Arabic 1600-1730 on 17745 WOF 300 kW / 135 deg to NEAf Arabic Radio Okapi 0400-0500 on 11690 MEY 250 kW / 340 deg to CeAf French/Lingala Radio Damal (Voice of the Somali People or Odka Bulshada Somaliyeed) 0400-0700 on 15700 DHA 250 kW / 205 deg to EaAf Somali 1830-1930 on 11615 WOF 250 kW / 128 deg to EaAf Somali 1930-2130 on 11955 DHA 250 kW / 225 deg to EaAf Somali [WORLD OF RADIO 1653] BBC WS in DRM 0500-0700 on 3955 SKN 100 kW / 121 deg to WeEu English DRM 0700-0900 on 5875 WOF 100 kW / 114 deg to WeEu English DRM 0700-0900 on 7355 MOS 040 kW / 300 deg to WeEu English DRM Radio Japan NHK World 0130-0200 on 9785 TAC 100 kW / 163 deg to SoAs Hindi 0200-0300 on 11860 SNG 250 kW / 340 deg to SEAs Japanese 0400-0430 on 11730 TAC 100 kW / 236 deg to WeAs Farsi 0500-0530 on 6195 HRI 250 kW / 188 deg to CeAm Spanish 0500-0530 on 17760 DHA 250 kW / 305 deg to WeEu English 0800-1000 on 11740 SNG 250 kW / 000 deg to SEAs Japanese 0930-1000 on 6195 HRI 250 kW / 152 deg to SoAm Spanish 0945-1030 on 9860 SNG 250 kW / 140 deg to SEAs Indonesian 1000-1030 on 11740 SNG 250 kW / 000 deg to SEAs English 1030-1100 on 11740 SNG 250 kW / 330 deg to SEAs Burmese 1100-1200 on 9760 WOF 100 kW / 105 deg to WeEu English/Russ Fri DRM 1100-1130 on 11740 SNG 250 kW / 000 deg to SEAs Vietnamese 1130-1200 on 11740 SNG 250 kW / 000 deg to SEAs Thai 1200-1230 on 11740 SNG 250 kW / 000 deg to SEAs English 1230-1300 on 11740 SNG 250 kW / 000 deg to SEAs Thai 1300-1330 on 11730 TAC 100 kW / 141 deg to SoAs English 1300-1330 on 11740 SNG 100 kW / 000 deg to SEAs Vietnamese 1300-1345 on 12035 SNG 250 kW / 315 deg to SoAs Bengali 1315-1400 on 11925 HBN 100 kW / 270 deg to SEAs Indonesian 1400-1430 on 11695 TAC 100 kW / 163 deg to SoAs English 1400-1430 on 11925 HBN 100 kW / 270 deg to SEAs English 1430-1500 on 11740 SNG 250 kW / 330 deg to SEAs Burmese 1500-1700 on 12045 SNG 250 kW / 315 deg to WeAs Japanese 1515-1600 on 13870 DHA 250 kW / 060 deg to SoAs Urdu KBS World 0700-0800 on 6045 WOF 250 kW / 105 deg to WeEu Korean 1100-1130 on 9760 WOF 100 kW / 105 deg to WeEu English Sat DRM 1800-1900 on 7235 WOF 250 kW / 075 deg to EaEu Russian 2000-2100 on 9840 DHA 250 kW / 285 deg to NoAf Arabic 2000-2100 on 3955 SKN 250 kW / 106 deg to WeEu German 2100-2200 on 3955 SKN 250 kW / 175 deg to WeEu French 2200-2230 on 3955 SKN 250 kW / 106 deg to WeEu English Radio ERGO: 0830-0930 on 17680 DHA 250 kW / 225 deg to EaAf Somali Eternal Good News 1130-1145 on 15525 DHA 250 kW / 100 deg to SoAs English Fri Trans World Radio Africa 1300-1315 on 13660 KIG 250 kW / 030 deg to EaAf Afar Thu-Sun 1630-1700 on 11635 DHA 250 kW / 225 deg to EaAf Somali 1800-1815 on 5965 DHA 250 kW / 225 deg to EaAf Tigrinya Mon-Wed 1800-1815 on 5965 DHA 250 kW / 225 deg to EaAf Amharic Thu/Fri 1800-1830 on 5965 DHA 250 kW / 225 deg to EaAf Tigre Sat 1800-1830 on 5965 DHA 250 kW / 225 deg to EaAf Kunama Sun 1815-1845 on 5965 DHA 250 kW / 225 deg to EaAf Tigrinya Mon-Fri 1830-1845 on 5965 DHA 250 kW / 225 deg to EaAf Amharic Sun Radio Free Sarawak 1000-1200 on 15425 HBN 100 kW / 270 deg to SEAS Iban Radio Free North Korea: 1200-1400 on 7485 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to KRE Korean Radio Free Chosun: 1200-1400 on 7595 DB 200 kW / 071 deg to KRE Korean 2000-2100 on 7505 DB 100 kW / 071 deg to KRE Korean Nippon no Kaze 1300-1330 on 9950 TAI 100 kW / 002 deg to NEAs Japanese 1500-1530 on 9975 HBN 100 kW / 345 deg to NEAs Korean 1530-1600 on 9965 HBN 100 kW / 345 deg to NEAs Korean CMI Voice of Wilderness: 1300-1330 on 6275 DB 100 kW / 071 deg to KRE Korean Mon-Sat 1300-1430 on 6275 DB 100 kW / 071 deg to KRE Korean Sun Furusato no Kaze: 1330-1400 on 9950 TAI 100 kW / 002 deg to NEAs Japanese 1430-1500 on 9950 HBN 100 kW / 345 deg to NEAs Japanese 1600-1630 on 9780 TAI 250 kW / 045 deg to NEAs Japanese JSR Shiokaze Sea Breeze: 1330-1430 on 5985 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE various languges* 2000-2100 on 5955 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE various languges* * Jap Mon/Wed/Thu; Chi/Kor Tue; Eng Fri; Kor/Jap Sat; Jap/Kor Sun Open Radio North Korea 1400-1600 on 7540 DB 200 kW / 071 deg to KRE Korean 2100-2200 on 7480 DB 100 kW / 071 deg to KRE Korean Democratic Voice of Burma: 1430-1530 on 6225 DB 100 kW / 125 deg to SEAs Burmese 2330-0030 on 7510 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg to SEAs Burmese North Korea Reform Radio: 1500-1700 on 7590 TAC 200 kW / 070 deg to KRE Korean Voice The of Tigers: 1530-1630 NF 11550 TAC 100 kW / 163 deg to CLN Tamil Sat, ex 12160 Voice of Martyrs (Freedom) 1600-1730 on 7515 TAC 100 kW / 065 deg to KRE Korean Radio Ranginkaman/Radio Rainbow: 1700-1730 on 7550 KCH 100 kW / 100 deg to WeAS Farsi Mon/Fri IBRA Radio 1700-1800 on 12045 WOF 300 kW / 114 deg to N&ME Arabic 1730-1800 on 11610 MEY 100 kW / 035 deg to EaAf Somali 1730-1800 on 11785 DHA 250 kW / 225 deg to EaAf Swahili 1800-1945 on 9635 WOF 250 kW / 140 deg to NEAf Beja/Fur/Arabic 1900-2030 on 7445 SKN 300 kW / 180 deg to WeAf Fulfulfe/Hausa SW Radio Africa 1700-1900 on 4880 MEY 100 kW / 005 deg to SoAf English Radio Payem e-Doost 1800-1845 on 7480 KCH 500 kW / 116 deg to WeAs Farsi 0230-0315 on 7460 KCH 500 kW / 116 deg to WeAs Farsi Radio Taiwan International 1900-2000 on 3955 SKN 250 kW / 106 deg to WeEu German 1900-2000 on 9895 DHA 250 kW / 315 deg to WeEu French FEBA Radio 2145-2215 on 11985 ASC 250 kw / 027 deg to WeAf Pulaar Thu-Tue 1830-1845 on 15250 ASC 250 kW / 070 deg to WCAf French 1600-1630 on 12125 ERV 300 kW / 192 deg to EaAf Amharic Thu-Sun 1600-1630 on 12125 ERV 300 kW / 192 deg to EaAf Guragena Mon-Wed 1630-1700 on 12125 ERV 300 kW / 192 deg to EaAf Amharic 1600-1630 on 11875 KIG 250 kW / 030 deg to EaAf Afar 1630-1700 on 9850 DHA 250 kW / 230 deg to EaAf Tigrinya Sun-Wed 1630-1700 on 9850 DHA 250 kW / 230 deg to EaAf Amharic Thu-Sat 1700-1800 on 9595 KIG 250 kW / 030 deg to EaAf Orominya/Tigrinya 1700-1730 on 6180 DHA 250 kW / 215 deg to EaAf Somali 1730-1800 on 7510 ERV 300 kW / 192 deg to EaAf Silte 0800-0830 on 15220 MOS 300 kW / 115 deg to N/ME Arabic 1800-1930 on 9550 KIG 250 kW / 030 deg to N/ME Arabic 0230-0300 on 6125 DHA 250 kW / 045 deg to WeAs Dari, R Sadaye Zindagi 0300-0315 on 6125 DHA 250 kW / 045 deg to WeAs Mixed langs 1500-1530 on 9400 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg to WeAs Dari, R Sadaye Zindagi 1530-1600 on 9400 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg to WeAs Pashto 0000-0030 on 9390 TAC 100 kW / 131 deg to SoAs Bangla 0200-0230 on 7315 DHA 250 kW / 060 deg to SoAs Urdu Sun 0200-0215 on 7315 DHA 250 kW / 060 deg to SoAs Urdu Mon-Sat 0215-0230 on 7315 DHA 250 kW / 060 deg to SoAs Mixed langs Mon-Sat 1200-1230 on 15215 DHA 250 kW / 085 deg to SoAs Tibetan 1400-1430 on 7230 DHA 250 kW / 060 deg to SoAs Urdu, ex TAC 1430-1445 on 7230 DHA 250 kW / 060 deg to SoAs Mixed langs, ex TAC 1430-1500 on 9540 TAC 100 kW / 131 deg to SoAs Hindi 1500-1530 on 9390 TAC 100 kW / 131 deg to SoAs Bangla RTE Radio One 1930-2000 on 5820 MEY 100 kW / non-dir to SoAf English HCJB Global 2100-2145 on 7335 WOF 250 kW / 170 deg to NoAf Arabic Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation 2215-2245 on 6135 CYP 250 kW / 314 deg to WeEu Greek Fri-Sun 2215-2245 on 7220 CYP 300 kW / 314 deg to WeEu Greek Fri-Sun 2215-2245 on 9760 CYP 250 kW / 315 deg to WeEu Greek Fri-Sun Suab Xaa Moo Zoo 2230-2300 on 7530 TAI 100 kW / 250 deg to SEAs Hmong 1130-1200 on 11570 TAI 100 kW / 250 deg to SEAs Hmong Radio Australia 0000-0030 on 12005 DHA 250 kW / 105 deg to SEAs Indonesian 0100-0130 on 11780 SNG 100 kW / 340 deg to SEAs Burmese 0400-0500 on 17840 HBN 100 kW / 270 deg to SEAs Indonesian 1100-1300 on 6140 SNG 100 kW / 013 deg to SEAs English 1300-1430 on 9965 HBN 100 kW / 318 deg to EaAs Chinese 1600-1630 on 9580 SNG 100 kW / 340 deg to SEAs English 2200-2300 on 9890 DHA 250 kW / 105 deg to SEAs Indonesian 2200-2400 on 9855 DHA 250 kW / 090 deg to SEAs English 2300-2330 on 5955 DHA 250 kW / 085 deg to SEAs Burmese (DX RE MIX NEWS #764 from Georgi Bancov & Ivo Ivanov, Jan. 21, 2013, via DXLD) ** U S A. KEVIN KLOSE TO BE RFE/RL'S ACTING PRESIDENT AND CEO January 16, 2013 Washington, D.C. - The Broadcasting Board of Governors announced today that distinguished journalist and broadcast executive Kevin Klose will be the Acting President and CEO of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Acting in its capacity as RFE/RL's corporate board of directors, the Board voted unanimously to ask Klose to take on the position for up to one year, starting January 26. "As a former chief of both National Public Radio and RFE/RL, Kevin is seasoned at leading broadcasters through critical transitions," said Michael Lynton, the Board's presiding governor. "There is no more qualified person to manage this key part of U.S. international broadcasting than Kevin. We are thrilled that he will return to public service as we implement our media strategy in priority countries from Iran to Russia and across Eurasia." Klose was president of NPR from 1998 to 2008, and was named President Emeritus in 2008. Before joining NPR, he was president of RFE/RL from 1994 to 1997, overseeing its relocation from Munich to Prague. In 1997-98, he directed the International Broadcasting Bureau at the U.S. Information Agency. Prior to this, he was an editor and reporter for The Washington Post for 25 years, including stints as Moscow bureau chief, city editor and deputy national editor. A tenured professor at the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland, Klose served as dean of the journalism college from April 2009 to July 2012. He will be on leave from his faculty position while serving at RFE/RL. He earned a B.A. from Harvard and is the author of five books, including Russia and the Russians: Inside the Closed Society. "I am honored to be offered this opportunity and eager to lend a hand," Klose said upon accepting the position with RFE/RL. "I look forward to re-connecting with many friends in Prague and Russia and to working with the entire RFE/RL team." "We are grateful that Kevin has agreed to take on this task, and we thank University of Maryland President Wallace Loh for the university's swift response and flexibility," said Dennis Mulhaupt, chairman of the RFE/RL corporate board. "Kevin understands well from first-hand experience the special challenge and public trust that RFE/RL represents. I'd like to thank my colleagues for their speedy work in addressing RFE/RL's interim leadership needs - especially Susan McCue, the board's vice-chair, who has spearheaded the effort to recruit Kevin. We look forward to working with him." "Kevin Klose's deep experience in journalism and international broadcasting is unparalleled for this mission," McCue said. "His leadership and stable hand will build bridges to the future while ensuring that RFE/RL's long tradition of journalistic integrity and courageous reporting is honored." BBG Board member Victor Ashe noted, "Kevin Klose brings years of experience and is the right person to lead the rebuilding. RFE/RL is fortunate to have him as we face and resolve many difficult and serious issues. Thanks to my colleagues for all they have done to bring this about." The Board plans to engage a professional search firm during the coming months to identify and hire a successor president (via Hansjoerg Biener, WORLD OF RADIO 1653, DXLD) ** U S A. DOS IG REPORT ON THE ``DYSFUNCTIONAL`` BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS Key Judgments • U.S. Government broadcasting is characterized by journalism of the highest caliber and a widespread devotion to supporting democracy and freedom. This ongoing achievement is due to the commitment of the broadcast entities and professional staff. • The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) is also committed to the goals of U.S. international broadcasting but is failing in its mandated duties, including implementation of key aspects of its 5-year strategic plan. The Board’s dysfunction stems from a flawed legislative structure and acute internal dissension. • The Board is composed of nine part-time members, including eight private citizens who carry the title of Governor and the Secretary of State (ex officio). A part-time Board cannot effectively supervise all U.S. Government-supported, civilian international broadcasting. A chief executive officer (CEO) could coordinate the operational aspects of the broadcast entities and their support structure. • Although the legislation establishing the responsibilities of the Governors is clear regarding the boundary between supervision and day- to-day management, individual Governors have interpreted the law differently and determined their own fiduciary responsibilities, which has in turn impeded normal management functions. • Board dynamics are characterized by a degree of hostility that renders its deliberative process ineffectual. Board meetings are dominated by one member whose tactics and personal attacks on colleagues and staff have created an unprofessional and unproductive atmosphere. • Chronic vacancies and absences of Board members threaten the quorum required for the Board to act, limit the diversity of perspectives brought to discussion, and put at risk the bipartisan nature of the Board. • The Board’s bylaws and self-adopted governance policies are inadequate to govern appropriately the conduct of Board business. • The system of having BBG Governors serve concurrently on the corporate board of the grantees creates the potential for — and, in some cases, actual — conflict of interest, as perceived by many and gives rise to a widespread perception of favoritism in Board decisions. • A comprehensive travel policy that relates Board travel to strategic objectives and followup actions should be implemented. All findings and recommendations in this report are based on conditions observed during the on-site review and the standards and policies then in effect. The report does not comment at length on areas where the OIG team did not identify problems that need to be corrected. The inspection took place in Washington, DC, between September 10 and November 19, 2012. Much more detail in 28-page pdf which is no longer ``Sensitive but Unclassified`` http://oig.state.gov/documents/organization/203193.pdf (via gh, DXLD) Reaxion: HATCHET JOB http://laborweb.afge.org/sites/bbg/l1812/index.cfm?action=article&articleID=9ee48c2b-8f22-4372-b183-7decf38ff8ac The Office of Inspector General recently released results of an investigation into the Broadcasting Board of Governors (ISP-IB-13-07) that is obvious in its intent. Instead of being objective, it is primarily an assassination of the character of one Board member and one Board member alone - Victor Ashe. In fact, we have never seen an OIG report that was so brazen in its attempt to besmirch a person's character. The report spends a great deal of time characterizing Mr. Ashe’s legitimate concerns as a public servant as some sort of intentional attempt to disrupt Board proceedings. The report disregards the dedication of a public servant which includes fighting for transparency, accountability, responsibility to the U.S. taxpayer, addressing the concerns of the rank-and-file employees and attempting to further the ideals of U.S. international broadcasting. For this dedication to public service, he is reviled, belittled, besmirched and shamelessly attacked by the State Department OIG in what we view as a blatant attempt to shift responsibility from those within the bureaucracy who want, above all, to preserve their status and in our opinion to continue wreaking havoc on a once-great federal agency. If some of the recommendations in the report are instituted it would squelch all dissenting opinion on the BBG. The majority would be able to sanction any member holding a differing opinion and would allow the majority of the BBG members to remove any member they so choose. Another recommendation would apparently allow the BBG to keep its proceedings totally secret, sidestepping rules outlined in the Sunshine Act meant to foster transparency in the federal government. It is depressing that the governmental agency charged with investigating waste, fraud and abuse can be misused in this way. AFGE Local 1812 requests that a Congressional investigation be conducted to determine who was involved in this misuse of the Office of Inspector General and to prevent this from ever happening again. In the future, we will address and refute many other issues in this report individually. It would have been a better and wiser use of taxpayers’ monies to investigate why the BBG continually ranks as the worst managed federal government agency according to the annual OPM Human Capital survey than to invest all the time, and money this report must have cost, in order to viciously attack one member of the BBG board who refuses to go along with a sad status quo. The Inspector General has lost what little credibility it had as an impartial investigator of wrong-doing. The OIG should be above this but, sadly, it appears that it is not (AFGE Local 1812 via WORLD OF RADIO 1653, DXLD) POLITICS --- BOARD RUNNING VOICE OF AMERICA, RADIO FREE EUROPE IS CONDEMNED IN HARD-HITTING PROBE EXCLUSIVE: Board of Broadcast Governors member Victor H. Ashe, a friend of George W. Bush, is criticized By James Warren / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Sunday, January 20, 2013, 9:53 AM Outgoing U.S. ambassador to Poland, Victor Ashe, reflects on his five years in Poland to the Associated Press in Warsaw, Poland, on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009. Czarek Sokolowski/AP [caption] Victor Ashe, who roomed with George W. Bush, is under fire The White House-appointed board overseeing government-funded broadcasts to 100 countries is a dysfunctional mess beset by “acute internal dissension” revolving around a longtime friend of former President George W. Bush, according to a new inspector general’s report obtained by the Daily News. The damning investigation skewers the Board of Broadcast Governors, which oversees the Voice of America, Radio Free Europe, Radio Liberty and other broadcast entities that together employ 3,500 people and reach 190 million people worldwide each week at a cost to taxpayers of $750 million a year. The inspector general says the board is hobbled by chronic absenteeism, vacancies that have gone unfilled, outright conflicts of interest and “a degree of hostility that renders its deliberative process ineffectual.” Though it names no names, the report characterizes board meetings as “dominated by one member whose tactics and personal attacks on colleagues and staff have created an unprofessional and unproductive atmosphere.” It concurs with accusations that he impedes free board discussion and uses “outside media to support his views and attack colleagues and staff who disagree.” Several board sources confirmed that the controversial and powerful member is Victor H. Ashe, who roomed with Bush at Yale and served under him as U.S. Ambassador to Poland from 2004-2005. He was previously mayor of Knoxville, Tenn. The inspector general's report is silent on whether the board's problems are impeding its crucial but tricky mission: overseeing broadcasts that are supposed to inform people around the world while also supporting U.S. foreign policy. Asked why Americans should care if the board is dysfunctional, a former governor said, “This is the organization telling (the American) story worldwide." The nine-member, part-time, bipartisan board is appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. It has operated without a chairman since the resignation a year ago of Walter Isaacson, former managing editor of Time magazine and former chief executive of CNN. Only six of nine board slots are filled and those include one for outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who is represented by Tara Sonenshine, the undersecretary for state for public diplomacy and public affairs. The inspector general made eight recommendations for change. They include instituting a chief executive officer position, barring board members from also sitting on the separate boards of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and both the Asian and Middle East outlets, and penalizing board members for missing meetings. Contacted by The News, Ashe defended his record, saying he's pushed for greater transparency and asked "the inconvenient questions for the two-and-a- half years I have served on the board." He called the report "disappointing" for not identifying "a single area of waste" in the budget or citing what he said is low employee morale and the mistreatment of contract employees. He said he's the only board member who has attended every meeting since June, 2010 and who has challenged the effectiveness of operations in Moscow (what he calls the "meltdown of the Radio Free Europe office" there) and the wisdom of certain contracts. Asked for comment, the board said it, "We take their findings seriously and have enacted some of the recommended actions." "The report highlights the need for structural and other reforms that the BBG has been working toward as part of a long-term strategy to alter the Board’s day-to-day operational role even as it retains its mandate to provide strategic guidance and oversight. These proposed changes involve matters of governance and leadership, such as establishing the position of a Chief Executive Officer to run the agency. Some of the reforms can come about only through legislation, which the BBG intends to propose for congressional consideration this year, and we will look to Congress to support this effort." Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/board-running-voice-america-condemned-article-1.1243471#ixzz2IYLiyJh3 (via Frank DeMarco, DXLD) BROADCASTING BOARD ‘DYSFUNCTIONAL,’ IG SAYS By Al Kamen, In the Loop --- Posted at 07:00 AM ET, 01/22/2013 http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636597/s/27c65c4a/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Cin0Ethe0Eloop0Cpost0Cbroadcasting0Eboard0Edysfunctional0Eig0Esays0C20A130C0A10C210C7a392b240E618f0E11e20E9940A0E6fc488f3fecd0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iin0Ethe0Eloop/story01.htm Voice of America coffee cup. VOA no longer uses these colors, changing the logo to blue, gray and green several years ago. (David Byrd - David Byrd) [caption] It’s not often that an inspector general’s report uses the word “dysfunctional” several times. But the Broadcasting Board of Governors — which oversees the Voice of America, Radio Free Europe, Radio and (the un-watched) TV Marti, Radio Free Asia and so on — has managed to earn that. And, after reading the 20-page report, it’s hard not to conclude that the chronically troubled agency desperately needs a top-to-bottom overhaul. The BBG’s “dysfunction stems from a flawed legislative structure and acute internal dissension,” the report concludes, noting that a part-time board “cannot effectively supervise” the operations. There are openings on the nine-member board, but before you sign up, the report found that “board dynamics are characterized by a degree of hostility that renders its deliberative process ineffectual.” “Board meetings are dominated by one member” — apparently Victor Ashe, a former Republican Knoxville mayor and President George W. Bush’s ambassador to Poland — “whose tactics and personal attacks on colleagues and staff have created an unprofessional and unproductive atmosphere.” But the IG said the overall board is hampered by “chronic vacancies and absences of board members” . . .“fails to stand by its own decisions” and conducts “disorganized” meetings. They’ve failed to “impose discipline” on Ashe, the report said, and since the others “have allowed the tactics of one [board member] to hamstring the board, they bear some responsibility for its being dysfunctional.” Before we could call him, Ashe e-mailed us a response to the report, saying the un-named governor was “undoubtedly me.” The IG “failed to identify a single area of waste “ in the $730 million operation, he wrote, and “failed to discuss the low morale” at the broadcasting units. Ashe noted that he “had a perfect attendance record” at board meetings and has “raised numerous issues” on matters such “waste, low morale. . . and excessive travel to international conferences.” And the employee union quickly blasted the report as little more than a “hatchet job,” and ”primarily” a character assassination of Ashe. In a statement, the union said Ashe had raised “legitimate concerns” about an agency that “continually ranks as the worst managed federal government agency.” For its part, the board said in a statement Friday — Ashe withdrew his support for it over the weekend — that “the BBG appreciates the work” by the IG’s team and that the members “take their findings seriously and have enacted some of the recommended actions. . .” Quite unclear whether the dysfunctional Congress can improve the situation (Washington Post via DXLD) Also check out the comments Kim Elliott comments: http://kimelli.nfshost.com/index.php?id=14090 The OIG report lost me when it stated that "the inspection team takes no position" on whether the proposed CEO for US international broadcasting should be appointed by the Board or nominated by President and confirmed by the Senate. Basically, then, the team is taking no position on whether USIB is to be independent or government- controlled. Whether it is to have credibility or not. Whether it is to have an audience or not. The present presidentially-appointed IBB director Richard Lobo prudently stays out of content matters. A future presidentially- appointed IBB director could interpret the International Broadcasting Act of 1994 as license to pull rank and direct the VOA and OCB directors to adjust content to the pleasure of a future administration. The CEO could tell the board: I don't have to adhere to your directives. I was appointed by the President. It's unclear from the OIG report whether the CEO would have authority over all of USIB or just IBB, VOA, and OCB. If the latter, there is no need to create such a position. The CEO will be effective only he he/she can "knock heads" of all the several presidents and directors of all the several entities. The OIG recommendation to create separate boards for the grantee corporations (RFE/RL, RFA, and MBN) would prolong and exacerbate one of the major flaws of US international broadcasting: that there are multiple entities rather than just one entity. Inevitably, Job One for each of the grantee boards will be to preserve the grantee. As a result, the duplication of effort and the division of scarce resources, which force USIB to be more expensive and less effective than it should be, will persevere. Furthermore, the establishment of separate boards for the grantees will create more belligerents in the War of the Entities. The BBG and each grantee board will be locked in conflict from the start. Will the grantee board select the president of the corporation? That would undermine the authority of the BBG. Would the BBG continue to name appoint the corporation president? That would reduce the grantee board to a ceremonial (but costly) advisory role. The grantee boards would be the front line troops in the War of the Entities. VOA would have no such board to protect its front. In future battles of the War of the Entities, VOA would likely be thrashed. The OIG inspection team laments vacancies and absenteeism in the BBG. The creation of grantee boards would create even more instances of vacancies and absenteeism. The BBG should remain the board of RFE/RL, RFA, and MBN. Furthermore, the BBG should never meet to consider, in isolation, the matters of any one entity. USIB in its entirety, and the stewardship of the taxpayers' money, should always simultaneously be considered. And even though VOA and OCB do not have boards, the BBG should consider itself the de facto board for those entities no less as for the grantees. But even this would be only a fractional solution. The real solution is consolidation into one entity. Recommendation 3 of the OIG report addresses meeting attendance. BBG members tend to be senior executives, often of major corporations. How can they possibly have time to attend meetings and oversee USIB affairs? Elsewhere in the report, it is noted that one Governor (obviously Victor Ashe) "is retired and has more time to devote to BBG work," as if that were a problem. Ideally, all the Board members should be retired broadcasting and journalism professionals, so that they, too, would have "more time to devote to BBG work." Recommendation 4 is about meeting agendas, criticizing the time taken up by "resolutions honoring award winners, service anniversaries, and individual contributions to the organization." But are these public meetings really meetings? I always thought the real work was done in closed session, and that the public meeting is a dog-and-pony show, in which each entity has the opportunity to out-strut the other entities. As an interested citizen, I listen to these public BBG meetings, but in the background while doing something more substantial. In its lead-up to Recommendation 5, the report states: "To be effective, the Board should speak with one voice -- dissenting opinions should be captured in official meeting records and not aired publicly through the press or other outlets. As a collective agency head, the Board has an even greater responsibility to speak with one voice in representing the views of the agency." I can understand that the CEO (if there ever is one) and senior management team should speak with one voice. This will be easier to accomplish of there is one senior management team and not, as now, several. The BBG, on the other hand, is the bipartisan board of a government agency. The best way to conduct international broadcasting should be a matter of debate and discussion. Disagreements should be expected as part of the process. Without public avenues for this discussion, how do we know that the Governors are taking an interest in their work, and not simply rubber-stamping the plans drafted by staff? In any case, if there were one entity with one CEO, the BBG could focus on strategic matters and function less as a "collective agency head." The report singles out Governor Victor Ashe (without naming him) for particular criticism. Governor Ashe can be exasperatingly verbose. He often slows the pace of BBG meetings -- but, on the other hand, he also turns ceremonial meetings into real meetings. It is also true that the meetings (such as they are) are too short. I would rather a Governor err in showing too much interest in USIB than err on the side of "mailing in" his/her participation. Governor Ashe is also (interestingly, given he is a Republican) the voice of labor on the Board, and in USIB, the workers need all the help they can get. Perhaps instead of trying to stifle Governor Ashe, more Governors should join in the fray. Especially useful would be a Governor who interrupts meetings to call for real reform of USIB: consolidation into one entity and an unambiguous commitment to independent journalism (Kim Andrew Elliott, kimandrewelliott.com via WORLD OF RADIO 1653, DXLD) REPORT BLASTS FOREIGN BROADCASTING BOARD AS ‘DYSFUNCTIONAL’ AND ‘INEFFECTUAL’ --- The Federal Diary by Joe Davidson http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/report-blasts-foreign-broadcasting-board-as-dysfunctional-and-ineffectual/2013/01/22/1f3b1a84-64cd-11e2-9e1b-07db1d2ccd5b_print.html The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) oversees U.S. government broadcasting to foreign countries. Through those programs, people abroad get news of the day and gain insight into the United States. Uncle Sam should hope the listeners don’t also gain insight into the BBG, because it is one crazy place. More than one study has demonstrated that it’s a terrible place to work. The latest is an Office of Inspector General’s report released last week. It depicts an agency with a dedicated staff but with a governing board that is incompetent, useless and perhaps fatally broken. And with unusual candor, the inspector general places much of the blame on one member of the board — Victor Ashe, yet Ashe has strong union support. One labor organization said a better subject for study is why the BBG “continually ranks as the worst managed federal government agency.” The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Local 1812 called the report a “hatchet job” and urged Congress to investigate why the inspector general did its investigation. The AFGE said the inspector general was “so brazen in its attempt to besmirch a person’s character.” Local 1812’s president, Timothy Shamble, said Ashe has been “very gracious and nice to the rank and file.” Added Greg Burns, president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 1418: “He actually listens to the union’s insight. . . . None of the other governors take any interest.” But Ashe isn’t the main issue. Whatever problems can be linked to him, there are other structural defects that prevent the BBG from operating efficiently. Calling the BBG “dysfunctional,” the report said “a part-time Board cannot effectively supervise all U.S. Government-supported, civilian international broadcasting.” In response to the report, a BBG statement said, “The report highlights the need for structural and other reforms that the BBG has been working toward.” The response did not address Ashe. In the report, he is cited, not by name but by specific description (the report refers to the individual as a former mayor, and that description fits only Ashe), as a board member “whose tactics and personal attacks on colleagues and staff have created an unprofessional and unproductive atmosphere.” “Board dynamics,” the report said, “are characterized by a degree of hostility that renders its deliberative process ineffectual.” The inspector general is not alone in that view. “Having spent two years in meetings and discussions with Victor Ashe, I think the OIG gave him a very light going over,” said S. Enders Wimbush, a former member of the board. Ashe quickly came to his own defense. Upon learning the Federal Diary was covering the inspector general’s report, he volunteered a link to a union statement in his support. He also called the report “unwarranted, unfair and factually incorrect.” “I feel my membership at BBG plays an important role in these difficult times for employees,” he added. No matter who is correct about Ashe, it is clear that the Broadcasting Board of Governors is a terrible mess and not just because of this latest report. That’s a shame because the employees practice “journalism of the highest caliber,” according to the report issued by Deputy Inspector General Harold W. Geisel. They do so despite one report after another that, when taken together, can easily lead to the conclusion that the BBG is beyond hope. * In 2004, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found “overlapping language services, duplication of program content, redundant newsgathering and support services, and difficulties coordinating broadcast efforts.” * Almost four years ago, the Federal Diary wrote that the BBG could stand for “bottom of the barrel in government” because of the board’s low ranking in the Office of Personnel Management’s Federal Human Capital Survey. * In April 2010, Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) was quoted by Foreign Policy magazine as saying, “The BBG is the most worthless organization in the federal government.” * A few months ago, the Federal Labor Relations Authority issued a point-by-point rejection of a BBG appeal of a 2011 arbitrator’s decision involving the anachronistic Office of Cuba Broadcasting. The office, which falls under the BBG, had dismissed employees who criticized the agency to the GAO and congressional officials. * On the Best Places to Work in the Federal Government list for 2012, issued last month by the Partnership for Public Service, the BBG ranked last out of 22 agencies in its category. (The Partnership has a content-sharing relationship with The Washington Post.) The No. 1 recommendation in the inspector general’s report is for the BBG to create a chief executive officer position. Someone needs to get control of that agency. The main role of the board should be to protect the government journalists from interference by government officials, said Michael P. Meehan, one of the governors. The current structure, with nine part- time board members holding responsibility for the day-to-day management, just doesn’t work. “The board, the way it is structured,” Meehan said, “it is hard to function, for sure.” (Washington Post Jan 23 via David Cole, Mike Cooper, DXLD) Also see the comments http://ntdtv.org/en/news/china/2013-01-17/us-congressman-says-media-afraid-to-report-on-china-.html US CONGRESSMAN SAYS MEDIA "AFRAID" TO REPORT ON CHINA Facebook Twitter Digg Delicious Email Created: 2013-01-17 15:43 EST Category: China Embed: Facebook Twitter Digg Delicious Email US funded media like Radio Free Asia and Voice of America have been failing to report on major issues in China, according to US Congressman Dana Rohrabacher. [Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, US Congressman, (R-CA)]: “We also have China and the Chinese government exerting undue influence on our media because we have huge American corporations making quick and rapid profits from their association with this gangster regime in Beijing. And they're afraid to make the communists in Beijing mad at them.” And that’s has tremendous human rights implications. In an interview with NTD on Tuesday, Congressman Rohrabacher singled out China’s practice of forced organ harvesting from still living prisoners of conscience. [Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, US Congressman, (R-CA)]: “If they didn’t feel that they could get away with it, they wouldn’t be throwing religious believers in prison, they wouldn’t be harvesting organs, and they think they can get away with it and even the media in the United States won’t cover the issue. “ He believes there are two major reasons why media in the US and around the wrold are not reporting more about forced organ harvesting in China. Aside from the economic pressure, the other is the lucrativ organ tourism trade. [Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, US Congressman, (R-CA)]: “One of the reasons is there is profit making sale involved in this. There are a lot of westerners involved in this and getting organs from “Chinese donors”, who are really nothing more than political prisoners, and some of them are religious prisoners. And that, number one, makes our media ‘well we don’t want to cover that where Americans are involved in it.’” Rohrabacher hosted a US congressional hearing last September on the issue of organ harvesting. He also signed a letter to the US State Department demanding the US release any information it may have on the issue. NTD has obtained information from the offices of several Congress members, stating that the US State Department has not responded. His own official website has this: http://rohrabacher.house.gov/press-release/rep-rohrabacher-sounds-alarm-regarding-us-overseas-broadcasting-radio-free-asia-center REP. ROHRABACHER SOUNDS ALARM REGARDING U.S. OVERSEAS BROADCASTING; Radio Free Asia at Center of Controversy Jan 16, 2013 Issues: Foreign Affairs Today, Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) sent a letter to members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the House Appropriations Committee regarding serious problems in the overseas broadcast services funded by the U.S. government. Cong. Rohrabacher sites evidence uncovered after conducting a two year investigation while he was Chairman of the HFAC Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigation during the 112th Congress. His concerns focus on Voice of America (VOA) and Radio Free Asia (RFA), both under the supervision of the Broadcast Board of Governors. “In October of last year, Radio Free Asia President Libby Liu, precipitously fired Tibet Service Director Jigme Ngapo with no accompanying explanation,” wrote Rohrabacher. “There are indications that this was the result of foreign influence, which would be a major cause for alarm. She has repeatedly failed to respond to my letters requesting details of this unwise action.” There is no effective counterintelligence or vetting procedure for hiring employees; nor does the structure of the BBG and its agencies allow for adequate accountability to the American taxpayer. RFA is particularly susceptible to becoming a personal fiefdom due to its structure and we may be seeing signs of that right now. Broadcasting into Communist China and occupied Tibet is a case in point. “Jigme Ngapo needs to be reinstated as Tibetan Service Director to maintain the integrity and credibility of the RFA,” stated Rep. Rohrabacher, noting that the vast majority of RFA’s Tibet Service staff members signed a letter supporting reinstatement. Regarding China, Rohrabacher wrote, “I have repeatedly expressed my deep concern to VOA and RFA about their failure to cover important issues such as the ghoulish crime of forced human organ harvesting of political and religious dissidents [particularly the Falun Gong] in China, which is horrific and genocidal in nature. Calling attention to this subject infuriates the Chinese Communist government and VOA and RFA leadership refuses to give it the proper attention.” Rep. Rohrabacher is Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats (via DXLD) Rohrabacher is also a global-warming denier, which makes it hard to take him seriously about anything, but we`ll try in this case (gh) Clinton, twice during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing, blasted the BBG, Jan 23. Comments to Senate committee by SOS Clinton about BBG: http://www.w4uvh.net/BBGClinton.mp3 (via DXLD) More: http://www.usgbroadcasts.com/bbgwatch/2013/01/23/clinton-broadcasting-board-of-governors-is-practically-defunct/ Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said today that the Broadcasting Board of Governors, the federal agency in charge of U.S. international broadcasting, is practically defunct in terms of its capacity to tell a message around the world. HILLARY CLINTON: “Our Broadcasting Board of Governors is practically defunct in terms of its capacity to tell a message around the world. So we’re abdicating the ideological arena and we need to get back into it. We have the best values. We have the best narrative. Most people in the world just want to have a good decent life that is supported by a good decent job and raise their families and we’re letting the Jihadist narrative fill a void. We have to get in there and compete and we can do it successfully.” SEE VIDEO: Clinton: “‘We Have the Best Values. We Have the Best Narrative’:’We’re letting the Jihadist narrative fill a void’,” The Washington Free Beacon, Jan. 23, 2013. Ted Lipien, a former Voice of America acting associate director and former regional marketing director for the BBG, gave this comment to BBG Watch: Secretary Clinton is an ex officio member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors. She, like other BBG members, is beginning to realize that the BBG’s International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) executive staff, which runs the agency, has brought it to the brink of disaster and is still trying hard to marginalize the role of the Board, as seen in the latest Office of the Inspector General (OIG) report. The report has numerous and obvious shortcomings and includes unprecedented and completely unwarranted attacks on BBG members and their role. IBB executives managed to convince poorly-informed OIG inspectors that the IBB staff, not the Board, should be making decisions about U.S. international broadcasting. Recent actions by BBG members, such as their response to the crisis at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), suggest, however, that they may be finally ready to assert their authority over the IBB executive staff. Ambassador Victor Ashe’s efforts to bring accountability to the BBG and to prevent waste and mismanagement are now receiving support from other Board members despite the OIG’s incredible recommendation to put a stop to these efforts and to limit transparency. Secretary Clinton’s comments suggest that attempts to prevent reforms and to maintain status quo will not succeed. While Secretary Clinton will soon be leaving her post, I’m reassured that the next BBG chairman Jeff Shell, if he is confirmed by the Senate, is going to try to fix this very important institution. As correct as she was in her overall assessment of U.S. international broadcasting efforts, Secretary Clinton should have, however, given credit to rank and file BBG journalists who are doing an outstanding job, unless they are prevented from executing the agency’s mission, which has recently happened at RFE/RL. Those journalists who still can produce excellent programs with America’s pro-human rights and democracy message and deliver them around the world. But to be successful in the highly competitive international media environment, the BBG needs more programming and program delivery resources, just as much as it needs reforms. I understand how difficult it is to fund these broadcasting initiatives, but Secretary Clinton has repeatedly pointed out quite correctly that this is the most effective and economical investment enhancing US national security in these times of tight budgets. Still, the first order of business for BBG members is to reform the International Broadcasting Bureau and to increase their oversight over the management of the agency,” Ted Lipien said (via DXLD) ** U S A [non]. 9705, Jan 17 at 1354, English lesson, subject bowling (with SFX) and how the expression ``put your best foot forward`` is not to be taken literally. This is VOA Cantonese via SAIPAN at 13-15; no jamming audible, but a SAH maybe signifies it. 17680, Jan 19 at 1516, African singing and talking, poor signal. HFCC shows VOA Hausa via BOTSWANA, 100 kW, 350 degrees at 1500-1530 12060, Jan 21 at 0617 something in French, at a favorite morning hour for many broadcasters who haven`t given up yet on SW to Africa, so which is it? Soon, ID in passing as ``La Voix de l`Amérique``, and confirmed by // 9480. 12060 is Botswana and 9480 São Tomé per HFCC, both M-F only at 0530-0630 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. VOA COVERS PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION IN 43 LANGUAGES WASHINGTON, D.C. - Audiences around the world will be watching and listening to live VOA coverage of the inauguration of President Barack Obama on Monday, as he takes the oath of office and begins his second term in the White House. VOA's Persian Service, which is broadcast to Iran on direct-to-home satellite, is covering the president's swearing-in and inauguration ceremonies with a live TV broadcast from the parade route, and a 90- minute special profiling all 44 U.S. Presidents. Coverage in Persian and many of VOA's 43 separate language services will include simultaneous translation of the events, which will be carried on VOA websites and social media sites. VOA's Russian Service will broadcast an hour-long TV-web program that will be carried on Ustream, the VOA website, and on one of the leading independent TV-web broacasters in Russia. VOA correspondents along the inaugural parade route and around Washington will take part in a two-hour English-language TV special that will feature analysis by studio guests, and panoramic images of the U.S. Capitol, which is located just one block from the VOA headquarters. Spanish-language reporters will be providing all-day radio and TV coverage and feeding live updates to affiliate stations and networks throughout Latin America. The Indonesian, Burmese, Korean, Khmer, Creole, Ukrainian, Urdu, Bosnian, Serbian, and Macedonian services are also providing affiliates with live reporting. VOA services broadcasting throughout Africa will carry special inauguration reports, and Central Asian services including Uzbek, Armenian, Georgian, Kurdish, Turkish and Azerbaijan will bring their audiences live coverage. Building on the success of social media outreach during last year's political conventions, debates and election, VOA's Chinese Branch and other services will add live-blogging to their coverage and special web features with information about past inaugurations. The English- language TV special will be streamed on the main English website, VOANews.com, and most other VOA sites. Voice of America is the largest U.S. International Broadcaster with a worldwide audience of more than 134-million. Its news and information programs are broadcast on radio, television, mobile sites and the Internet. Hundreds of affiliate stations around the world carry VOA programs, which are also broadcast on shortwave and satellite. For more information about this release contact Kyle King at the VOA Public Relations office in Washington at (202) 203-4959, or write kking @ voanews.com For more information about VOA visit the Public Relations website at http://www.insidevoa.com or the main news site at http://www.voanews.com (VOA PR via DXLD) Kyle, You know what I am going to ask: will there be any special times and frequencies on shortwave for this, at least live for the noontime swearing-in ceremony and inaugural address, in English or any of the other languages, and if so what will they be? Thanks, (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO, Jan 18, via DXLD) Glenn. I'm not able to get that for you now but I'm cc'ing my friend Terry Wing in our English pgms div. He is my only hope on this long weekend. I'm afraid that's the best I can do for now. Sent from my iPhone (Kyle King, ibid.) Nothing from him by Sunday night (gh) VOA publicized that it would be carrying the Inauguration live in 43 languages, but WTFK? Nothing about shortwave in particular; would there be any special frequencies around 1700 UT? Who knows? I asked VOA for specifics. Still at 1630 UT Jan 21, no word from VOA about any special transmissions. WRTH 2013 frequencies for English before and after 1700 UT: Let us hope there are no transmission breaks interrupting the proceedings, with some of them extended before or after: until 1700: 4930bot, 6080mey, 9395ira, 13755sao, 15470lam, 15580sao, 17895wer from 1700: 13755bot, 17895smg, 15580smg, 6080sao If anyone notes what happens, and any additional secret frequencies, please report (Glenn Hauser, OK, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) At 1640 the only one audible here is 15580, while 13755 stix with Special English. At 1704 during President Obama`s Second Inaugural Address, 15580 has become poor after site change from São Tomé to SMG/Vatican; 13755 now carrying it too but very poor; and 17895 is now good having switched from Wertachtal to Vatican site, which has better offbeam coverage (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Live stream here http://www.voanews.com/content/obamas-public-inaugural-unfolding-in-washington/1587941.html (Mike Terry, UK, 1644 UT Jan 21, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Later same page linx to several videos and there was live video too. Only 4 rather inconsequential comments had been appended a sesquiday later. So how is the `audience` for VOA online? (gh, DXLD) 17530, Jan 22 at 1455, VOA very poor signal with USG editorial; seems it is against terrorism! Cut off incomplete at 1459:10* as like CRI`s language lessons, this is just a filler, dispensable to transmitter / site changes near hourtops. Had been 100 kW, 88 degrees via SÃO TOMÉ at 14-15 only (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) see also SOUTH AFRICA! ** U S A. 2800, WCKL, Catskill NY (5th harmonic) Finally got an ID on the harmonics. Got more of the ID during the "Sounds of Joy" promo at 1159 this morning. "....from 10 PM until midnight when WCKL brings you 'The Sounds of Joy'. Encouraging uplifting music....'The Sounds of Joy' here on your hometown radio station, WCKL Family 560 AM". I tried calling and got no answer on the on-air number and the office number has been disconnected. I wonder if they're in the process of being sold. (10 Jan.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, cumbre_dx yg via DXLD) Besides CKZU on 6159.996, and CKZN 6160.755, there was a signal on 6160.018 in the 0913-0924 period. It was actually stronger than CKZU but didn't get any audio. (12 Jan.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, cumbre_dx yg via DXLD) Why not another WCKL harmonic as heard by others? (gh, DXLD) Viz.: 5 second ID of WCKL 560 kHz harmonic on 6160 kHz January 11, 2013 at 1569 UT. http://misc.kg4lac.com\WCKL-2013-1-11-560kHz-harmonic-on-6160kHz-1459UTC.wav 73, (Kraig, KG4LAC, Krist, Manassas, Virginia, USA, Jan 18, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 26110/FM, KOVR-TV Sacramento CA (presumed); 1907-1924:41, 19-Jan; Apparently a taping of a show to be aired later; interview with a black author about the black experience, Jim Crow days, MLK, etc. At the end of the interview, there was mike shuffling, chit-chat with background folks; obviously not part of the program. Audio off at 1924:19 & carrier off at 1924:41. Solid vgood till about 1915 when QSBs got deeper & more frequent, but still with vgood peaks. They were not on at 1630 (Harold Frodge, MI, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1652 monitoring: ready just in time for first broadcast on WRMI 9955, UT Thursday January 17 at 0430. Barely confirmable on 9955, under wall-of-noise jamming; tnx a lot, Arnie! Easily confirmable on webcast. Remaining 9955 airings: Sat 0900, 1600, 1830, Sun 0900, 1630, Mon 0530, Tue 1200. Elsewhere: Thu 2200 on WTWW 9479; UT Fri 0430v on WWRB 3195 and maybe 5050; UT Sat 0230v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB; Sat & Wed 0630 & 1630 on HLR 7265-CUSB; UT Sun 0500 on WTWW 5830. Also on WRN via SiriusXM 120, Sat 1830. WORLD OF RADIO 1652 monitoring: confirmed on WTWW-1, 9479, Thursday Jan 17 at 2200, with the usual interruption during the opening for a canned ID. I missed monitoring the next airing, 0430v UT Friday on WWRB 3195 and maybe 5050. Did anyone notice whether there were any anomalies? Tim Noonan reports: ``Hi Glenn, 3195 had trouble getting the program started, but then they ran it in its entirety, a few minutes late.`` Don`t know if 5050 was also on this week. Next: UT Saturday 0230v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB; Sat 0630 & 1630 on HLR 7265-CUSB; UT Sun 0500 on WTWW-1 5830. On WRMI 9955: Sat 0900, 1600, 1830, Sun 0900, 1630, Mon 0530, Tue 1200. On WRN via SiriusXM 120: Sat 1830. 5110v-CUSB, Area 51 via WBCQ has live `Allan Weiner Worldwide` still running at 0230 UT Saturday Jan 19, but it`s JBA. So I go to webcast to be sure what`s happening. He wraps up late and WOR starts at 0241. About an hour later, the 5110v signal is better. On WRMI 9955: barely confirmed Saturday Jan 19 after 1600: very weak signal, and not sure if there is also very weak jamming. Slightly better at 1830, but jamming definitely there too; tnx a lot, Arnie! Next: Sun 0530, Tue 1200. On WTWW 5830: UT Sun 0500. WORLD OF RADIO 1652 monitoring: confirmed on WTWW-1 5830, UT Sunday Jan 20 at 0500, still interrupting my opening for canned ID. At outset, signal was rather weakish but rechecked at 0528 quite strong. Next airings: on WRMI 9955, Mon 0530, Tue 1200. On HLR 7265-CUSB: Wed 0630 & 1630 (need to be reconfirmed) WORLD OF RADIO 1652 monitoring: 0530 UT Sunday on WRMI 9955: at 0532 and still at 0558 chex, nothing but Cuban jamming audible. Tnx a lot, Arnie! Likely the same fate will meet the Tuesday 1200 repeat. ¿Have you complained to Arnie about this lately? WORLD OF RADIO 1653: just missed completing it in time for UT Thursday 0430 Jan 24 on WRMI, so first SW airing will be Thu 2200 on WTWW 9479. Then: UT Fri 0430v on WWRB 3195 (and we hope 5050); UT Sat 0230v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB; Sat 0630 & 1630 on HLR 7265-CUSB; on WRMI 9955: Sat 0900, 1600, 1830, Sun 0900, 1630, Mon 0530, Tue 1200. Also WRN via SiriusXM 120, Sat 1830 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 5085, Jan 20 at 0040, WTWW-2 is missing from its usual Saturday-night broadcast. Was not on day frequency 9905 either nor at 2221 Jan 19, and WTWW-3 was also absent from 12105, while WTWW-1 9479 remained. 9905, Jan 21 at 1424, WTWW-2 is on, testing this new frequency in the morning, with Joyce Riley on `The Power Hauer``, but NOT // same program on WWCR 7490 & 13845. Not only not synchronized, but totally different topic and guest. 9905 has a ``doctor`` at 1433 saying flu shots don`t work, are full of toxins and should be avoided. How many people will die as a result of his advice?? http://www.thepowerhour.com/schedule.htm does not show the ``doctor`` and his subject for any of the three hours for Jan 21, so must be testing by playing back an old show. 9905 modulation is a bit rough, and super-strong signal is splashing at least out to 9931 and 9879 (plus/minus 26 kHz) where there are weak spurs of matching pitches at 1424, woe betide the poor 2-way Spanish SSB intruder on 9878. Recheck at 1457, 9905 WTWW is off, just in time for *1459 R. Free Asia in Mandarin via PALAU until 1800, and then another bihour until 2000 via Tinian. BTW, WTWW-3 12105 is also on in Russian at 1447, along with WTWW-1 9479 with SFAW, all three going at once, unusual. B-12 FCC originally authorized WTWW on 9990 for 13-02 UT, and has not updated the schedule into a version 2 to show 9905 which had to replace it. Recheck at 1533, 9905 WTWW is back on as Joyce is wrapping up until tomorrow at this odd hourpart! And off immediately at 1535*, uncovering RFA again. Did not check for it further. 9479 & 9905, Jan 22 at 1934 check, both WTWW frequencies are absent (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 9370, Jan 20 at 0041, Brother Scare is still on here from WWRB, instead of night frequency 3185. It used to come on much earlier, so checking their current (?) but undated schedule at http://www.wwrb.org/schedule/combined.pdf in EST = UT -5, so should have switched at 0000 UT: ``Radio Station WWRB Transmitter Broadcast Schedule Global 1: 045 Dual Feed Rhombic 07.30 PM – 09.00 PM: 3.215 MHz 09.00 PM – 12.00 AM: 3.195 MHz Global 2: 150 Dual Feed Wide Spaced Yagi 07:00 PM – 12.00 AM: 5.050 MHz Global 3: 340 Dual Feed Rhombic 08.00 AM – 07.00 PM: 9.385 MHz [moved months ago to 9370 kHz] 07.00 PM – 08.00 AM: 3.185 MHz Global 4: Currently leased for shortwave propagation study.`` This appears to be more accurate than the individual transmitter program schedules which still show some long-gone frequencies. I wonder what the SW propagation study is all about, for whom, and WTFK?? 9370, Jan 21 at 1439, still no WWRB with BS, and not audible on night frequency 3185 either. By 1458 check, 9370 is on, very strong (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 7490, Sunday Jan 20 at 2235, tune in to WBCQ for `Marion`s Attic`, but she and Christine are gabbing for a good dekaminute about something being auxioned in which they have no financial interest. Where`s the nice scratchy music? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) WBCQ FM for sale --- Happened to come across this posting on radiotvdeals.com. Maine FM - Full Power, Commercial Market Rank Mkt 201+ Asking Price $1,000,000.00 Selling or Leasing More Properties in Same Mkt? Stand Alone Seller Financing Available? Do Not Disclose Will Seller LMA? Do Not Disclose Ad Headline Maine - WBCQ-FM Monticello (Presque Isle and Houlton) Maine is Available Description WBCQ 94.7FM Monticello ME is for sale. Class A FM. 6,000 watts from 377'. Covers Presque Isle and Houlton in Maine as well as Perth-Andover and Woodstock, New Brunswick. DealMAKER! 01/16/2013`` Selling it to keep the shortwave on the air? (Thomas Nyberg, Jan 22, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1653, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Sound like it is priced much too high for where it is located (Lou Gawab, ibid.) ** U S A. Here`s what the WEWN constant parasitic spurs look like, at plus and minus 9 and 18 kHz from fundamental, 11520: http://archangelo.net/temp/rna/5.remot-Austin-WEWN-17jan2013.png http://archangelo.net/temp/rna/9.remot-N3UJJ-WEWN-17jan2013.png [I forwarded these linx to WEWN --- gh] Flávio, PY2ZX, says: ``I made some listenings from USA remote receivers on late Jan. 17 and the morning of 18. WEWN Catholic R. (Vandiver) had wide side carriers as copied in N3UJJ and KA2GWR receivers around 0100. Some FFTs can be found at: http://archangelo.net/temp/rna 73!`` (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** U S A. 7506.4, Jan 18 at *0159, WRNO cuts on air joining gospel huxter in progress. Tuned in a minute earlier and there was *no* signal on 7505. There had been some reports that WRNO was on 7505 even, as early as 2300, switching to 7506.4 by 0200, but I`ve yet to hear any such thing. Only fair signal tonite, but modulation OK. 7505, Jan 19 at 0146 check, still no signal from WRNO as some have alleged. Recheck 0227, now it`s on, 7506.4v (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. `The Last Radio Playing`, a music program on WWCR, is highly recommended for anybody who likes blues and rock & roll. It can be heard four times each week: UT Sat 0600 on 3215 UT Sun 0500 on 3215 UT Mon 0100 on 3195 UT Wed 0000 on 5070 All the best, (Kent D Murphy, New Martinsville WV, Jan 14, by p-mail, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 13845, WWCR Nashville TN (presumed); 1609-1631+, 12-Jan; Not University Network; Talk about the origins of civilization as related to religions at tune-in, but wandered all over; new world order, the coming "Grand Tribulation", etc.; taking swipes at all religions (not your usual WWCR fare -- an antihuxter?); no BoH break. S35 with slight co-channel QRM -- probably studio bleed, which was not // Dead Dr. Gene on 11775 (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 125 ft. bow-tie; 85 ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed RW, logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST) Yes, WWCR-3 program schedule shows TUN pauses one hour Sat 16-17 for `The Zeph Report` with Frank Kime (gh, DXLD) 5935, 5890, 4840, 3215, Jan 17 at 0627, WWCR is missing from all four frequencies! Power failure, or urgent transmitter work, like to get rid of spurs, which requires retuning the traps? That`ll be the day. What a welcome respite from crap like Alex Jones on 4840. I can`t believe all the national attention this gun-nut has enjoyed since yelling at Piers Morgan on CNN. His rants were certainly nothing new to SWLs, part of the tremendous disservice WWCR renders to humanity. Next check at 1344, 7490 is on (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 660, Jan 17 at 1452 UT, KSKY Dallas is hard to null, but with KKOB inbooming on 770 more than an hour after sunrise, it`s time to look for KTNN Window Rock AZ --- yes, there it is with Burger King ad mentioning half a dozen towns where that exists in Navajoland. And it`s immediately! Followed by a McDonalds ad also mentioning its locations. Convenient juxtaposition for the comparative eater, but I doubt either of these fierce competitors would approve of such adjacency. KSKY makes SAH of 52/minute = 0.87 Hz with KTNN. Then news in English of AZ such as marijuana bust in Bagdad, and then of NM. Seems the cast is sponsored by the latter eatery, featuring a 300- calorie breakfast. At 1457 has switched to Navajo language, and 1508 still audible with Navajo chanting. KTNN official sunrise in January is 1430 UT; February, 1400 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Might want to check out 700 kHz - it appears that they may have shut-down their 500W HD noisemaster - if so, then they could restore 10 kHz audio on 700 AM and sound decent again instead of the brick-wall audio filter with HD-AM. Can somebody closer confirm that the HD is shut off on WLW-AM? I'm not getting it up here, but that doesn't mean that it's shut down. Thanks, (John, Toledo, Jan 23, ABDX via DXLD) Never notice much IBOC from WLW around here anyway (gh, OK) ** U S A. 720, Jan 17 at 1456 UT, talk in English, 1458 call-in re guns, to 257-KDWN and then full ID as ``Newstalk 720, KDWN``, meanwhile mixing with UNID ``Jews-harp`` music, 1500 the 7 o`clock news. Nice to hear KDWN Las Vegas NV again, now on legal 50 kW day pattern starting at 1445 in January; 1430 in February (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 720, Jan 18 at 1359 UT, ``ESPN Deportes`` ID, cut off for 1400 legal ID in heavily accented English, ``KSAH, Universal City`` (TX), with WGN nulled. No sign of Jew`s harp music today; later in hour Spanish from presumed XECJC, and no KDWN (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 770, Jan 22 at 0705 UT, ABC News ends, Albuquerque commercial about disabilities, 0706 `Red Eye Radio` --- so it`s either leakage from the KKOB 50 kW main in the North Valley here close to its null toward NYC, or the 230-watt non-direxional nite filler in Santa Fe with no separate callsign. Best in null of WBBM 767 IBOC noise. Wait a minute! I recently logged WABC NYC on the basis of `Red Eye Radio`, as the only 770 on that program affiliate list http://www.redeyeradioshow.com/article.asp?id=2531095#state-NM which still shows in ABQ it`s on KTBL 1050 (a subsidiary of KKOB). Now the KKOB schedule itself http://www.770kkob.com/page.php?page_id=702 confirms `Red Eye` is indeed on KKOB 770, M-F 12-4 am MT (07-11 UT), Sat 12-3 am, and 11 pm-4 am Sun. So has 770 exchanged overnight programming with 1050? The KTBL schedule still shows `Red Eye`: http://www.1050talk.com/common/more.php?m=10&mode=schedule&r=2 but starting at 11 pm MT most nites. What`s really on 1050? `Red Eye` made some claim to be #1; does that mean it`s ahead of C2C in ratings or affiliate coverage? WABC is certainly possible here, but will have to wait for at least a `Red Eye` echo with KKOB or KKOB (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 810, Jan 20 at 0630 UT, gospel music from NW/SE, and not much competition from WHB to the NE; 0637 ``glorifying his name, Victoria`s KLVZ, where love lives``. Victoria? Texas? Across the Strait of Juan de Fuca or Puget Sound from BC in Washington? No, KLVZ is in Brighton, Colorado, and the slogan matches in the NRC AM Log, address in Aurora, U4 2200/430 watts. The ``Victoria`` was pretty clear, but I don`t know of any such place around Denver. There is a Victor CO near Cripple Creek. Googling around, I find posts on http://www.denverradio.net at the end of July 2011, http://www.denverradio.net/newforum/viewthread.php?tid=8187 that its Spanish format was ending, and referred to having started as ``Radio Victoria`` on 1220. So apparently that slogan lives on in English. BTW, KLVZ is licensed to KLZ Radio (560). I see the similarity. Surprised I haven`t heard this before as night pattern http://transition.fcc.gov/ftp/Bureaus/MB/Databases/AM_DA_patterns/1412554-113432.pdf has major lobe to the SE, and another almost as major to the NNE, with a deep null at 75 degrees, which is not exactly the direxion to Kansas City (but New York?), other nulls roughly toward Seattle and LA. {Oops, I was thinking of 710, where WHB started: on 810 the stations to be protected are surely WGY and KGO.} {Also, checking FCC`s Call Sign History: KLVZ 09/10/2007 KLDC 04/05/1996 DKLTT 04/05/1996 KLTT 11/22/1982 KBRN What a mess; KBRN was the original Brighton station, on 800 and IIRC daytimer only, but sometime attained fulltime by shifting to 810. KLTT of course is now the 50 kW on 670} (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 810, Jan 22 at 0655 UT, novelty song in Spanish, 0657 ``La Sabrosita 810, Radio Rama``, more music. Mexican loops E/W so must be very close to the border west of here. But none of the XEs on 810 have that slogan according to Cantú, IRCA and WRTH. Of two RAMA group stations, 1 kW XESB in Santa Bárbara, Chihuahua is well-positioned, but it`s a Radio Mexicana (BTW, 810 bears 15 Mexicans, second only to 1340 with 17; why? So much for once clear-channel XEFW Tampico, whose 50 kW day must plummet to 1 kW nite). So I google on ``Sabrosita 810`` and that goes immediately to WMGC in Murfreesboro TN! http://www.lasabrosita810am.net/inicio.html where there isn`t much except a UStream link. NRC AM Log confirms that slogan, 24 hours, but only 6 watts at night! Yeah, sure, 5 kW day power is more like it, or maybe 500 watt PSRA power. FCC AM Query on the PSRA shows a complex schedule http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=4050 with 500 watts applying only to certain segments after 6 am local (now 12 UT), otherwise 10 or 16 watts, all in deference to WGY. Presumably RAMA would not apply to WMGC, so maybe that is not the acronym I heard (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) HUGE Mexican music-formatted signal on 810 (TN, MI or IN?) in ONTARIO at 2325 EST [0425 UT Jan 22]. Cx so-so to SSW - suspect weak Mexico City 620; other stuff, nothing huge outside of the above noted (Saul Chernos / Burnt River ON, 0417 [sic] UT Jan 22, amfmtvdx at qth.net via DXLD) La Sabrosita - TN on 810 - (Saul 0422 UT Jan 22, ibid.) Noted here at 2301 CLT with regional Mexican music and same "La Sabrosita" ID under WHB, which currently has an NBA game via ESPN Radio. WMGC's webstream is actually about 6 sec. ahead of the terrestrial side. Thanks for the tip, Saul! :) 73, (Rick Dau, South Omaha, Nebraska, Jan 21, ABDX yg via DXLD) This station has a history of not cutting power and has been written up and fined in the past for it. Mention those call letters to the Atlanta FCC office and you will get "THE LOOK" from them...... :) (Powell E Way III, SC, ibid.) ** U S A. WQST-AM, Forest, MS has fallen dark as of 12/31/2012 (850 daytime). In its place they have left the Internet stream on and doing the format on the internet as if it was business as usual. This seems highly unusual and I do not know if doing this local format would be a new model for failing AM stations in small towns. You can listen in by going to http://850AMwqst.com You can also find out more about the circumstances by going to http://sctonline.net (subscription required) The local AM dial during the day is getting pretty empty (Richard Lewis, Forest, MS, Jan 18, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Re 13-03: Glenn, KLRG 880 is pretty much an embarrassment on the airwaves of Central Arkansas. I've not listened in any length in several months, except for brief checks. Alex Jones, is a staple of the afternoon lineup and I've heard his show from Noon Central time (1800 UTC) to as late as 4pm CST/(2200 UTC). Of course any nut with money to burn can buy time on KLRG/K233BF. Speaking of K233BF: For the past several months I will also mention that KLRG's owners have established an FM translator -- K233BF on 94.5 -- for the 50 kW AM radio daytimer. K233BF is licensed to Greenbrier AR but the transmitter is actually located in North Little Rock and puts a nice signal into most of the core of Little Rock-North Little Rock AR. I've heard K233BF as far south as Wrightsville AR. If one counts K233BF, then Little Rock has THREE FM talk stations with conservative and/or far right viewpoints (not counting KBDO 91.7 the rimshot AFR Talk licensed to Des Arc AR). (Fritze H. Prentice, Jr., KC5KBV, Star City AR EM43aw, twitter.com/fritzehp Jan 20, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 880, Jan 17 at 1435 UT, *still* open carrier/dead air E/W with SAH in null of N/S KRVN NE, no doubt KLRG Arkansas, more 50+ kWh wasted. Do they know about this in Clearwater? Seems like its OC is still barely there at 1503, SAH mixing with religion in English, presumably KHAC AZ/NM (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 880, Friday Jan 18 at 1407 UT, from E/W, KLRG Sheridan AR is managing to modulate today! With `We-the-People` radio, host mentioning that it`s once-a-week, unless he gets more sponsors. Angle is that it`s 1776 again, i.e. time for another revolution with guns against the government. No problem from N/S KRVN this morning, much weaker. But what has become of `Imus in the Morning`, once heard on KLRG and still on his affiliate list for 5-9 am CST? http://www.imus.com/station-list/category/arkansas This show is not to be confused with a once 24/7 radio network of the same name which crashed in 2008. Now it applies only to central Arkansas as a nutty Tea-Party ``paleo-conservative`` show on KLRG Fridays at ``7-8 am`` (but now it`s after 8 am!), as in http://www.wethepeopleradioshow.com/ (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 920, Jan 17 at 1433 UT, announcer refers to http://slapstupidpeople.com That URL doesn`t work, so maybe meant http://slapstupid.com/ Then promo/ad for upcoming comedy night at Eagles in Lamar, so KLMR in Colorado. Apparently Eagles Lodge is a hotel rather than a fraternal organization (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 930, Jan 17 at 1423 UT with WKY carefully nulled, an interview in English about highway projects with someone representing ``O-Dot`` --- I could swear that`s mentioned several times, and if I were not certain WKY was still in Spanish as ``La Indomable``, I would have assumed it was about the Oklahoma Department of Transportation. ``Our state`` is in the Midwest, center of a 500-mile radius. But finally referred to Missouri instead of Oklahoma, so must be KWOC Poplar Bluff, close to a right angle from WKY. 1432 fades back in mentioning ``our state`s sales tax`` is only 4.2%. (The MO state rate is really 4.225% not including additional local taxes.) 930, by 1429 UT Jan 17, KWOC is losing out to something else in the WKY null, ad for Southwest Exteriors, phone 828-something, which leads directly to San Antonio TX, so KLUP again; and 1431 San Antonio mentioned (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 940, WCPC, MS, Houston [HOW-stun --- gh] – 1/12 2243 – Incomprehensible preacher who sounded just like Boomhauer from “King Of The Hill”. Aside from “Tupelo”, “Praise The Lord” and “WCPC” being said a few times, I have no idea what he was saying. Strong inblasting over the St. Ignace Catholix (WIDG). (Neil Wolfish, Toronto, MARE Tipsheet Jan 18 via DXLD) The creator of King of the Hill described Boomer as ‘one of those guys whose accent is so thick you can only sort of get the gist of what he is saying and never really understand it.’ And he grew up in Texas! :) –kvz (Kenneth Vito Zichi, ed., ibid.) ** U S A. [Re 13-03:] WTFK? 1030, 50/0.63 kW in Reedsport OR, nostalgia format, ``Your Coastal Connexion`` per NRC AM Log. Wonder what time Tim heard it? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) --- His log was in the same Tip Sheet: ``1030, KDUN, Reedsport OR - 0100 [UT] 1/5 - Long sought after KDUN was finally heard during SSS. When nulling WBZ I usually have trouble here with WQSE. Tonight the pest was XEQR which finally faded just before TOH leaving the frequency relatively open for KDUN's TOH ID to bubble up just at the right moment: "The most powerful voice on the Oregon coast, this is KDUN, Reedsport." Then into possible FOX News and soon gone again. I think I caught them just before their scheduled pattern change. Oregon #1 and state #47! (TROMP-MI)`` (Harold Frodge, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1030, Jan 17 at 1417 UT, lengthy traffic report for ``the metro``, mentioning I-35, I-635 and 435, and finally ``the Kansas side``, so it has to be KCWJ Blue Springs MO (Kansas City market), supposedly religious. 3.6 Hz SAH from another one, definitely religious, probably still KCTA Corpus Christi TX. I had quickly ruled out DFW, since it`s ``The Metroplex`` and tho there is an incomplete ring around Dallas, I-635, there is no 435. Likewise could be Minneapolis-St Paul, except all the rings there end in -94. I decry such crutches as ``the metro`` instead of mentioning a city`s real name. Oklahoma City is also ``the metro``, a 50% saving in syllables every time it`s uttered by lazy broadcasters (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1070, Jan 17 at 1409 UT, usual fast SAH in almost-null of off-frequency KLIO Wichita, but this time it`s not KNX: ``Hello, you`re on DIA``, Bobby taking quick phone calls, also mentioning full call WDIA. He and they all sound like they are black. Topix all over the place. Bobby is defeatist about ever stemming violence, so why try? This is the 50/5 kW Memphis TN I don`t often hear. Day pattern has major lobe to the south, but a minor lobe to the west: http://transition.fcc.gov/ftp/Bureaus/MB/Databases/AM_DA_patterns/646-6856.pdf (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Martes, 8 de enero de 2013. WTIC 1080 kHz Hartford, CT - QSL ¡No hay nada como alegrarle el día al ingeniero de una emisora! Bueno, sí! que te lo alegre él a ti con una QSL de primera! Y eso ha pasado hoy con el ingeniero de WTIC, Jeff Hugeabonne. 1080 kHz es otra de esas frecuencias dónde nunca pensé, antes de la "era Perseus", que fuera posible escuchar nada que no fueran las emisoras españolas que la ocupan. Pero el pasado día 29 de diciembre, durante las señales horarias de las 0300Z pude escuchar una vocecilla de fondo. Exprimiendo a tope las posiblidades del Perseus y retocando con el editor de audio, salió a relucir el locutor de WTIC y su inconfundible melodía marcando la hora en punto. Esta tarde hice llegar mi informe de recepción al Sr. Hugeabonne y en tres horas me ha respondido: "Mauricio, outstanding! nice catch. happy to confirm your reception. yes, the WTIC time tone is unmistakable. It has been in continuous use since WWII. Very nice receiving system. One of our staff uses a welbrook at his house for AM DX work and swears by it. http://www.radiointel.com/review-wellbrook.htm The Perseus is quite an amazing piece of gear. You can record the whole AM band and then go back at your leisure correct? most impressive ~more to follow~ Jeff Hugabonne, Chief Engineer W T I C". jeff.hugabonne @ cbsradio.com (Publicado por Mauricio Molano, http://moladx.blogspot.it/ via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) ** U S A. KAAY Off The Air http://mighty1090kaay.blogspot.com/2013/01/kaay-off-air.html MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 2013 --- KAAY Off The Air According to Doug Virden a couple of days ago, KAAY was definitely off the air, due to water seepage from the bad roof affecting the transmitter. When I was at the transmitter site almost two years ago this coming April, I could see evidence of leakage from the roof, near the newer transmitter. This isn't surprising that the current owner is running this once mighty station into the ground...after all, it's all about the money, isn't it? I have been involved in buy-outs before (non-radio/broadcasting) where new owners do "hatchet jobs" on businesses, refusing to invest in a thriving business, bleeding them to the last penny until they finally bankrupt the business and closing the doors or selling it off for pennies. I have jumped horses in mid-stream, missing the inevitable and I have had the horse shot out from under me once...so, I know what happens in business. Too bad, that business ethics no longer apply, that the dollar is their god and jobs don't matter. Even though we need jobs in America, some businesses are not willing to make the investment to keep businesses going. Why not feed the goose that lays the golden egg? No, some would rather butcher the goose and cut it open, looking for a mother lode of golden eggs, only to find there are none...and the goose is dead. The old axiom, "you got to break a few eggs to make an omlet" no longer apply, in these cases. Is KAAY destined to die a rotting death? What a horrible way for a giant, both in history and fame, to wither away. Can it be saved? At least made a National Historical Site? Anyone???? My opinion and mine only. Bud S. (staceys4@hotmail. com) Posted by at 6:59 AM (via Blaine Thompson, IN, Jan 21, ABDX via WORLD OF RADIO 1653, DXLD) Sad story about this legacy Top-40 blowtorch (Dick W., ibid.) Not surprising considering it's a SCUMulus station! The worst of the worst (JNR, ibid.) Anonymous January 22, 2013 at 2:34 PM --- The problem with it becoming a historical site is the company still will not spend money on the building. Also the RCA transmitter has been torn apart. I would say maybe about 25% of the RCA has been removed. The wall above the RCA has been partially busted out. Windows have been broken by vandals. The RF feed line has been destroyed by vandals as well (reply to original post, via DXLD) ** U S A. 1110, Jan 23 at 0638 UT, KFAB Omaha is splattering, first noticed the noise listening to KMOX 1120 and then WTAM 1100. Sounds normal on 1110 itself. The splat would be something normally expected close to Omaha with superstrong signal, so something may be out of whack, or the `wide` bandwidth setting of my DX-398 is slipping. At least KFAB dropped IBOC some time ago (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1260, Jan 17 at 1404 UT, ads in Spanish, so KDFC Boone IA is the usual suspect, quickly confirmed by area code 515 mentions for Maestro Sebastián and others (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1360, Jan 18 at 1504 UT, mentioning area codes 206 and 425, Emerald Heights Academy in Belleville (?). Something in the St. Louis MO area? The area codes will reveal. No, both of those are in the Seattle WA area and the Academy is a Catholic school in Bellevue. Religious teaching followed. Certainly not the 1360 up there, Spanish KKMO in Tacoma, but no doubt one of the EWTN English affiliates around here, KAHS in El Dorado KS, or KDJW in Amarillo TX (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1510, FLORIDA, (MIS), WQAM844, Licensee: City of Lakeland Radio (Lakeland Linder Regional Airport). 1455 January 12, 2013. Fair briefly with the usual long loop regarding Airport activities and events such as the annual Sun ‘N Fun airshow. FCC dB lists no less than three entries with different calls, two at Medulla Road (which would be this one), one as WPEP788 which I am fairly sure are the previous calls, for certain the one once used here as per QSL and large lapel pin collateral I received from them years ago. One of not many in-band TIS/MIS’s within Florida. 1640, FLORIDA, (TIS), WQOX737, Florida’s Turnpike-Polk Expressway at MM 18.6 eastbound lanes, Auburndale. FCC coordinates 28 4' 17.5" N, 81 49' 58.6" W. 1830 (1330 ET) January 12, 2013. FCC dB as typical shares multi-transmitter call signs in the same geography. Generic compu-female loop made for Turnpike use along Miami-Dade County, the very same loop heard on at least a couple of Turnpike TIS’s in October, 2012, referencing exits between Miami and Florida City; lots of good that does up here. Signal is not as good as the Lakeland transmitter, in fact the Lakeland transmitter co-channels pretty well in downtown Lakeland on Florida Avenue to I-4. 1640, FLORIDA, (TIS), WQOX737, Florida’s Turnpike-Polk Expressway at MM 8 westbound lanes, Lakeland. FCC coordinates 27 59' 47.3" N, 81 56' 3.9" W. 1500 January 12, 2013. Growingly strong signal from the I- 4 western terminus junction of the Polk Expressway to my exit at Florida Avenue where it was huge. Compu-female loop regarding lane closure and resurfacing on FL-570 (a/k/a the Polk Expressway). Problem is, the resurfacing is not on this portion of the Expressway, but rather on the eastern half, where the second transmitter is not carrying this message (Terry Krueger, Clearwater, Florida Low Power Radio Stations: https://sites.google.com/site/floridadxn/florida-low-power-radio-stations DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1650, KSVE, El Paso TX, romantic Spanish ballads mixed with KCNZ, 0905 22/12 (Tony King, Greytown (Wairarapa), New Zealand, with Tecsun PL380 and NE EWE antenna, Jan NZ DX Times via DXLD) A very rare log of this one, especially abroad (gh, DXLD) TONY KING of Greytown comments on a stunning night’s DX from North America on 20 December [two nites earlier] which lasted through till 11 pm [1000 UT]. He filled 2 cassettes with audio captured, mainly on the X-band (see Trail for details) with highlights including WOKB and WEUP. He is working on installing a EWE amplifier and making a start on an FSL project (NZ DX Times via DXLD) ** U S A. STRONG HET on 1680 --- Big mystery with blurbs of distorted unidentified audio coming through. Was wondering if others are hearing this? (Todd Skaine, Woodbury, MN, 2010, PL 310 or Toyota radio, 1148 UT Jan 22, IRCA via DXLD) Hi Todd - I checked here and found the same thing. It was WPRR Ada, MI on 1681. They have been noted on 1681 in the past for brief periods of time. I have no idea what would cause the jump in frequency by a full kHz. Anyway, they corrected things at 1325 UT this morning as I "watched" the signal jump from 1681 back down to 1680 on the SDR's waterfall display. Mystery solved! 73 (Tim Tromp, West Michigan, ibid.) ** UZBEKISTAN [and non]. 7505, Jan 17 at 1345, S Asian language giving address ending in @twr.in and then childish song/hymn, fair signal. HFCC shows TWR, 100 kW, 131 degrees via Tashkent, 1315-1615 to CIRAF 41 = S Asia. For the exact language we have to look elsewhere: EiBi shows it`s merely Hindi, altho the start and stop times vary by day of week. BTW, don`t you believe WRNO claims that they broadcast 24 hours on ``7505``. Registered, so available for 22-16 UT, but still only on at 02-05 on 7506.4, beyond legal FCC frequency tolerance (Glenn hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VANUATU. 3945.000, exact frequency Radio Vanuatu, Emten Lagoon Port Vila. Noisy rather poor S=7 reception at 0959 UT heard Jan 17. Heard on remote SDR unit in AUSTRALIA (Wolfgang Bueschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 17) BC-DX 21 Jan via DXLD ** VATICAN [and non]. 7249, Jan 17 at 0629, carrier is hetting 7250 bells from Vatican Radio, presumably American ham protesting this broadcast intrusion (but sanxioned as it`s not aiming at us), off and back on during VR opening the mass. [sanxioned meaning here, approved, not the opposite] 7250, Jan 19 at 0627, VR in Albanian, on early again; 0633 fair signal with Latin mass, as I check the others: 3975 is missing! 6075 is good, 9645 is poor with Brazilian het (Glenn Hauer, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Vatican Radio had its usual Arabic programme today (Jan. 19) at 0745- 0805 on 11740. But co-channel there was another Vatican R. transmission // 9850 which is normally Sundays only and labelled as Ukrainian (Liturgy) in their schedule. What I heard sounded similar. Did they think a transmission sent at 58 degrees to UKRAINE would not collide with one sent at 130 degrees to the ME?? Or did someone forget it's Saturday today? (Noel R. Green (NW England), dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 19 Jan 2013 at 0734 UTC Vatican Radio in Arabic via SMG received weak but fair copy on 15595 kHz in Darjeeling, West Bengal, India (Partha Sarathi Goswami, ibid.) The Pope`s Voice is vying with the Castros` voice for messing up its own transmissions: UT Monday Jan 21 at 0619, 6075 is on early and in French, also with some Gregorian chant, i.e. to Africa, not Europe, supposed to be only on 9660, 11625, 13765, all SMG and usually inaudible here in the winter. This time the other ``*0630`` frequencies are not on, i.e. 3975 and especially 7250, which often comes on early with Swedish/Finnish and 0620 Albanian. At 0627.5, 6075 dumps the French for a semiminute of IS, 0628 dumps that for closing of English broadcast! Which is no longer supposed to be on any frequency, SW or MW, per WRTH 2013 following the latest curtailments. 0629 shift to bells on 6075 prior to 0630 Latin mass. No pre-0630 signals noted from VR UT Jan 22, but at 0635, 6075 is in French, not Latin. Must have been a diversion, since at 0636 switches to Latin mass with Italian accent. Also on // 3975 and with a slight echo, 7250, so significantly different propagation path? 15770-15775-15780, Jan 22 at 1529, DRM noise, whence? Nothing in HFCC, why? But in Aoki: ``15775 VATICAN RADIO(DRM) 1530-1550 123456. English (Digital) 125 90 Santa Maria di Galeria CVA 01219E 4203N VAT b12`` and same on day 7 but until 1558. See also SUDAN [non] on how SMG signals get out so well (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VIETNAM [and non]. Re DXLD item on Angola / Vietnam, v7216 kHz: 7216.46, V of Vietnam, 1200-1330* Jan 12 and others. Noted several times this week on this frequency with half-hour transmissions in Chinese, Russian, Chinese, then off at 1330. Did not catch ID but this conforms to listed sked on nominal 7220. Fair/good signal with varying band noise and varying degrees of QRM from CRI-7215 (John Wilkins, Wheat Ridge, Colorado. Drake R-8, 100-foot RW, Jan 19, dxingwithcumbre yg via DXLD) 18/1/13, 7216.5 once again VoV, 2039, heard on this frequency, with news, S5 only (Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki, Greece, DX LISTENING DIGEST) VIETNAM/ANGOLA, Today Jan 20, I saw a peak on 7216.473 kHz at 1605- 1615 UT Jan 20, most probably Daclac Vietnam? Covered by CRI Russian 500 kW powerhouse Shijiazhuang in central China on 7215 kHz even, latter a SW broadcast site also used during VTN vv US war in the 70ties, as feeder to Cerrik Albania 7120 kHz relay of Radio Peking towards US. {I guess Victor in Ceylon or Bill in South Africa should check this channel more often, whether this tiny outlet coming from Angola - or Vietnam ?} 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) My comment is that Vietnam has returned to nominal 7220 kHz, hearing it in English at 2045. A carrier from presumed Angola visible on 7216.72 kHz. It used to produce audio during very auroral conditions even here, but has probably even lower power these days (Mauno Ritola, Finland, Jan 21, ibid.) ** VIETNAM. 7906-USB // 8294-USB, Ho Chi Minh Radio - Vietnam Coast Radio Station, *1305, Jan 14. Three alerts in English; heavy accent sounded like “All stations, this is Ho Chi Minh Radio”; fishing boat with disabled engine; “Vessels in vicinity requested to keep a sharp look out and assist. Please report directly any related information to Vietnam Coast Radio Station. This is Ho Chi Minh Radio over”. https://www.box.com/s/o9hsw8bqjsiz0bqrkh7u contains MP3 recording (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VIETNAM [non]. PALAU, 9930, Que Me via Palau, Jan 18 *1200-1212, 45444, Vietnamese, 1200 sign on with opening music, Opening announce, Talk, Three gongs at 1209 (Kouji Hashimoto, Japan, RX and ANT: IC- R75+115m Sloper Wire, NRD-525+RD-9830+115m Sloper Wire, NRD-515+35m Long Wire, NRD-345+35m Long Wire, Satellite 750+30m Long Wire, DE- 1130, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** WESTERN SAHARA [non]. 1550 kHz Sahara tonight --- I case you have not heard it before: SADR Radio from the Sahara is coming in very strong tonight on 1550 kHz. At 1845 UT playing local music. 73 (Harald Kuhl, QTH Goettingen/Germany, Jan 19, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) ** ZIMBABWE. [Re 13-02 & 13-03:] So they are running this frequency [6045] all-night, not 4828? (gh, DXLD) Today at 1920 UT I can see a carrier with weak audio on 4828 kHz, OM talking (Partha Sarathi Goswami, Siliguri, W.B., India, Jan 19, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) On Thursday, Jan 24 from 0210 to 0226 I am hearing a strong but very hummy carrier on 4828, up to s9+10. NO intelligible modulation, just occasional odd cluncking sounds like someone playing with a microphone. No change as of 0340-0350 around our local dawn (Jo'burg sunrise 0336), more cyclic fading (or even a SAH?) I would expect the signal to be fading out by now, although, having said that, ZNBC1 from Lusaka on 5915 is still fair. At 0418 we have an OM on Zimbabwe 4828, reading the news in English. Still a strong s9 to s9+10, but poor modulation and barely readable (Bill Bingham, RSA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) I am getting a low, infrequent, whistle like tone here at 0245. Codar interference is pretty heavy now also. Signal rises every few minutes a few dB's but then falls back into the Codar noise. There may be some type of audio but if it is there I cannot pull it up (Stephen Wood, Harwich, MA, UT Jan 24, ibid.) ** ZIMBABWE [non]. 12105, 21/Jan 1600, Madagascar (Relay), R Dialogue in English. ID by YL, at 1601 commentator external. 25433 from my QTH. Good signal in Nederlands. 73 (Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana, Bahia, 12 14´S 38 58´W - Brasil, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) WTWW off? UNIDENTIFIED. 720, Jan 17 at 1441 UT, continuous ``Jew`s harp`` twanging, goes on and on past 1447 as I am DXing XEJCC and again at 1456 mixing with KDWN; see MEXICO and USA. Can`t imagine WGN doing this. Surely not some local device, sounds just like intentional amplitude modulation from somestation. Only other 720 around here is KSAH Universal City TX. Possibly they were out of order? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 900, Jan 18 at 0649 UT, screaming gospel huxter in Spanish, loops N/S with SAH. I sure hope this is not what has become of the once mighty XEW (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 930, Jan 17 at 1429, as KWOC MO is giving way to KLUP TX [see logs under USA], I hear what sounds like ``KRDZ``. Except that`s 1440 in Wray CO. I know of no relationship between that and KRKY Granby CO, the nearest 930 in the state, which I have heard before, different ownerships. On 930 itself, no similar/fuzzy calls to KRDZ (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 1510-, Jan 19 at 1315 UT, once again there is a low het on low side looping NE/SW, pointing to KCTE Independence MO, but the main sports signal audible on 1510 IDs as WLAC. Just recently I had decided KCTE was back on frequency, so is another one off 1510 now? Or do they maybe have two different transmitters? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 1650, Jan 18 at 1422 UT, Spanish talk seems about European fútbol. Hard to DF with the splash from local KOAG 1640, but seems more like El Paso than Denver direxion. KBJD Denver is supposed to be religious, and KSVE El Paso is supposed to be ``María`` romantic music, so neither fits. A fast SAH develops at 1426 and soon overtaken by English, no doubt from resurgent KCNZ in Iowa (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 2660, Jan 17 at 1318, JBA carrier, and bits of music. Before QRT a sextahour earlier, I had tuned to this to remind me to check it first thing in the morning for likely 1330 harmonic I had previously detected when concentrating on 2910 third harmonic of XEVT. Really need to monitor 2660 deeper into the night, but likely further north and/or west than XEVT since that fades out a semihour earlier despite much stronger signal. Could well be US of American rather than US of Mexican. Also, comparing to 1660 signals, 2660 is very slightly on the hi side. 2660, Jan 20 around 1220 UT, very weak carrier here from a suspected second harmonic of 1330. Still seemed to be audible at 1455, which is rather late for anything at a distance (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Later: seems to be KGLD 1330 x 2, Tyler TX (gh) UNIDENTIFIED. 5015, 0930 to 0940 seemed Latin 22 Jan (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D -Icom 746Pro - Drake R8 - 150 ft on the ground antenna, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED [and non]. 5760.5-SSB, Jan 17 at 1334, intermittent Spanish 2-way I notice on the side of AFN Guam, active today 5765-USB (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 20/1/13, 9840, unIDed station with only hit songs of the 70-80 period; NO ID at 1230 neither at 1300 as they pass with only music Who can be? S0 15342 http://www.ipernity.com/doc/zliangas/14157176 (Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki, Greece, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. Empty carrier tx test on 15755 kHz, S=9+ signal in Germany, at 0815 UT Jan 16, seemingly from Woofferton, this Babcock is known for such on air alignment in our European mornings (Wolfgang Bueschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 21 via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. Fino alle 1345 UT ho sentito sui 15755 Trans World Radio, credo in una lingua del corno d'Africa ma non ci giurerei, ottimo segnale (forse Moosbruun/Wertachta l?). Frequenza in teoria in uso solo alla BBC, almeno così dice la combined skeds. Ciao (Matteo, 1408 UT Jan 18, bclnews.it yg via DXLD) HFCC shows only 15755 as BBCWS English from Thailand at 00-02 (gh, DXLD) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS ++++++++++++++++++++++++ ACKNOWLEDGED ON WORLD OF RADIO 1653: Glenn, Thanks very much for ALL you do (and have done) to promote the SWL hobby! Here`s hoping that the Core Fundamentals of the hobby will endure somewhat despite ever-changing alternate technologies (Joe Smith Jr, WPE1HRA, Sandown NH, with a contribution to P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702) TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED FUTURELY: Thanks to Henning Vahlbruch in Germany for a contribution in Euro via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com (gh) PUBLICATIONS ++++++++++++ WRTH B-12 SCHEDULES UPDATE FILE The B12 broadcast schedules update file is now available from the WRTH Website: http://www.wrth.com (and follow the links) the file is in PDF format and requires Acrobat 6 or greater to open it. The file contains updates to the International and Clandestine/Target broadcast schedules published in WRTH 2013. We hope you find this a useful accompaniment to the printed book. Best wishes/73 from WRTH Editorial team (WRTH, Facebook, 1340, Jan 21 via Mike Barraclough, dxldyg via DXLD) CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES +++++++++++++++++++++++++ NASB INVITES SHORTWAVE BROADCASTERS AND LISTENERS TO BIRMINGHAM NEWS RELEASE - January 18, 2013 The National Association of Shortwave Broadcasters (NASB) invites shortwave broadcasters, listeners, DXers and everyone with an interest in shortwave radio to its 2013 annual meeting, which will take place at shortwave station WEWN in Birmingham, Alabama May 15-17. The highlight of the meeting will be a visit to the large WEWN transmitter site in the mountains on the outskirts of Birmingham. From this picturesque location, WEWN's 500-kilowatt transmitters beam programs to the four corners of the earth. Meeting participants will travel up the mountain for a tour given by station engineers, followed by a barbecue lunch at the site. Various talks and presentations will take place at the headquarters of EWTN (Eternal Word Television Network), the owner of station WEWN, in Birmingham. Speakers will include WEWN's Terry Borders; Dr. Dowell Chow, President of Adventist World Radio; A.J. Janitschek of Radio Free Asia, Dave Hultsman of Continental Electronics and Mark Allen of Rohn Tower Company. There will also be an update on Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) and a tour of the EWTN television plant. There is no cost to attend the meeting, and lunch will be provided free of charge on Thursday and Friday. EWTN will host a reception with cocktails and hors d'ouevres on Wednesday evening. A special group rate of $75.00 plus tax will be available to participants at the local Holiday Inn Express, which will provide free transportation to the meeting location at EWTN. More details and an online registration form can be found at the NASB website, http://www.shortwave.org/meeting/meeting.htm Attachment: Photo of WEWN Shortwave studio in Birmingham (Jeff White NASB Secretary-Treasurer c/o WRMI Radio Miami International 175 Fontainebleau Blvd., Suite 1N4 Miami, Florida 33172 USA Tel +1-305-559-9764 Fax +1-305-559-8186 E-mail: nasbshortwave@gmail.com http://www.shortwave.org Jan 18, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ENCUENTRO DIEXISTA 2013 EN MÉXICO: YA HAY FECHA Y SEDE. El próximo Encuentro Diexista Mexicano en su edición XIX se llevara a cabo los días 18,19 y 20 de Julio, fechas ya definitivas, en Auditorio del Centro Cultural José Martí, ubicado en Dr. Mora 1, Col. Centro Delegación Cuauhtémoc (saliendo del metro Hidalgo y entre la Alameda Central y la Av. Reforma)México DF. Organiza Juan José Miroz: dx2013@live. com.mx Nuestro sitio del club en Facebook: Diexismo https://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/DiexismoExtremo/444937822228863/?notif_t=group_activity Nuestro sitio en Facebook sobre este Encuentro DX: https://www.facebook.com/#!/events/133904136772999/ Cordiales 73 y muy buenos DX de (Miguel Angel XE2ITX, 10AD222 y XE2004SWARL, Jan 22, noticiasdx yg via DXLD) WORLD OF HOROLOGY +++++++++++++++++ HFCC CHAIRMAN CIP ON WORLD RADIO DAY, VALUE OF SW Shortwave Broadcasting - Challenges and Opportunities http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/events/prizes-and-celebrations/celebrations/world-radio-day/shortwave-radio/shortwave-article/ (via Jose Bueno, Spain, [Spanish version], playdx yg via DXLD) LANGUAGE LESSONS ++++++++++++++++ PDF dictionary on line in AYMARA-CASTELLANO Dear DX-friends, For those interested in Latin American DX-ing, it may be of interest to know, that Dario Monferini has found this dictionary from Spanish to the Aymara language. http://www.aymara.org/biblio/diccio_tarapaca.pdf I visited the very friendly Aymara Indians on their reed island in Lake Titicaca in November 2006. Best 73, (Anker Petersen via DXPlorer via SW Bulletin Jan 20 via DXLD) NEW AUDIOS WITH LANGUAGES : Hmong, Hmong Blue, Tagalog, Khmer http://www.mediafire.com/?r8qe0k5p6n9kpkj,v6cm4qmbt8zbzwe,drghw9hcsfa1myq,q9ctmi4amyox9mo (Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki, Greece, DX LISTENING DIGEST) THE HOME OF THE PIONEERING MACAW ARIELLE This site deals with the abilities of one talking bird and is intended to be a resource for potential bird owners, anyone interested in speech perception, people who are interested in the development of language in nonhumans, and bird keepers who wish to share information about their talking birds. For information about my book describing Arielle's speech, click here to transfer to the site page for Another Kind of Mind. Arielle is a friendly Blue & Gold macaw. Macaws, like other parrots, can talk. She has a large vocabulary and has spoken more than 4000 different expressions. Arielle understands English. At times she speaks directly to her human friend. She freely vocalizes most days. Her speech contains sequences of statements about many topics, and she carries on conversations with herself and imagined friends. She is one of a handful of birds around the world who can communicate ideas through speech. The author formulated the idea of listening to her voluntarily spoken words as a new approach to interspecies communication. . . http://www.ParrotSpeech.com It really surprises me how bad people are at decoding short samples of speech. I have a hypothesis that I have been unable to test. As a kid I copied Morse code and we practiced with a code machine as a "contest" at lunch. One day I copied 80 wpm. I think the sensitivity to high speed language may be helpful. So far I have not located any of the old timers wishing to try listening to speech by a parrot, but think CW guys might have an advantage. On the other hand, "everyone knows" that parrots can't do the kinds of things I describe, so they are sure never to discover the phenomenon (Mike Dalton, Florida, W2NPN, Jan 21, DX LISTENING DIGEST) MUSEA +++++ RADIO JINGLES/STATION RECORDINGS If anyone likes radio jingles and the occasional aircheck/recording of a radio station, I've got a stream up and running for a bit. I will leave it up overnight and most of the day Wednesday. Listen to it by going to http://wma1.viastreaming.net/pauljingles or mms://wma1.viastreaming.net/pauljingles for Windows Media Player or http://wma.viastreaming.net/listen.pls?pauljingles for Winamp. Let me know what you think. I'm just doin' this for fun (Paul B Walker, Jr, Jan 22, IRCA via DXLD) I just loaded in about 20 more minutes of jingles before i go to work. I have just under 90 minutes in there. Mostly jingles, some id's.. some airchecks..... etc. Enjoy! (Walker, Jan 23, ibid.) SOME ODD RECORDINGS FROM BOGOTÁ IN 1993 I got some nice recordings from Henrik Klemetz the other day which I hope you will find interesting to listen to. Henrik says about the first one: “WWCR recording from April 23, 1993 where Glenn Hauser in his program World of Radio # 690 quotes Play DX, which in turn quotes the WRTH LA Newsletter which I, at the time, compiled in Bogotá and published in bulletins here and there. Listen to this nice recording: http://www.thomasn.sverige.net/WOR_690_17_abr_93_Glenn_Hauser_15420_WWCR.mp3 [I don`t recall WWCR ever on 15420; must`ve been WBCQ even then -- gh] Henrik also enclosed a few more exciting recordings from 1993 while he was living in Bogotá. He says about the first one which consists of the following stations: 1. 6085 Radio San Gabriel s/on in Spanish and Aymara, 5 local time, 4 in Bogotá, distorted sound due to the station. 2. 6203.4 Radio Cusco (out of business!!) 4 local time, ditto in Bogotá 3. 6194 Radio Metropolitana, La Paz, distorted recording in the beginning, my fault, Aymara 4. 4449.9 Radio Frontera, Pando, including political ads http://www.thomasn.sverige.net/R_San_Gabriel+R_Cusco+R_Metropolitana+R_Frontera_24+30_march_1993_Bogota.mp3 Radio Santa Cruz http://www.thomasn.sverige.net/6135_Radio_Santa_Cruz_27_feb_93_sign_on.mp3 Radio Cruz del Sur, Bolivia a little more clear... http://www.thomasn.sverige.net/4875.1_Radio_la_Cruz_del_Sur_La_Paz_13_may_93.mp3 La Voz de los Caras, Ecuador. http://www.thomasn.sverige.net/4795.4_La_Voz_de_los_Caras_Bahia_de_C._14may93.mp3 /Henrik Klemetz (Thanks a lot Henrik for sharing those old recordings with us. (/Thomas Nilsson, SW Bulletin Jan 6 via DXLD) DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- IBOC See U S A +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DRM See BRAZIL; COSTA RICA/NIGERIA; INDIA; ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ RUSSIA; SPAIN; UK/JAPAN; VATICAN; C & C RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM +++++++++++++++++++++ EXCALIBUR PRO HICCUP [it`s not Y2K, but ---] Love my Excalibur Pro, but when I turned it on just after the New Year: nothing -- except a message saying the app had crashed. I tried everything -- rebooting the computer, removing and reinstalling the software from the original disk, restoring my operating system to a date when I knew the radio was working: still nothing. Finally wrote to Grove Electronics, and Bob Grove clued me in: there was a glitch in the software that caused these radios to shut down when the calendar turned to 2013! He provided me the latest software, and all is well now. Would be nice if all radios could be fixed by e-mail! (Art Delibert, North Bethesda, Maryland, JRC NRD-535D, Pennant antenna with DX Engineering preamp, HCDX via DXLD) SDR-COM2 & Perseus: also IQ Data Files Analyser working excellent! Hi - Simon Brown's SDR-COM2 from yesterday's version on, is working also with Perseus. What fascinates me most, is the seamless presentation of even chained HF-files to one "living" sonagram. For example: I took nearly 300 chained Perseus files, representing 4400 to 5200 kHz from 1700 to 0200 UT with a frequency resolution of 0.024 Hz, weighing 144 GB. It took ten minutes to initially form the first sonagram, which after that from the XML file only needs a second. All is at its place: frequencies & times & dates are correctly shown: Just point with your mouse to the signal at that time you are interested in (sign/on, etc.), click, and listen. In my view, this is the strongest tool for all kinds of SWLing and monitoring we face since SDRs came to market. 73, (Nils, DK8OK, Schiffhauer, Jan 21, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Review of tecsun PL360 NEW https://sites.google.com/site/zliangas/pl360 (Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki, Greece, DX LISTENING DIGEST) PROPAGATION +++++++++++ P.I.G. Bulletin 130120 SOLAR & GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY FORECAST FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY 21 - FEBRUARY 16. Solar activity will continue to fluctuate at solar flux levels between 90 - 160 s.f.u. in next few weeks, depending on present activity of regions on solar disc. Present decrease will be followed by quick enhancement before the end of January. Occurrence of C class flares is expected at any time, isolated M class flares should occur after next solar activity enhancement, whereas X flares will be very exceptionally possible only. 27 days recurrence is very unreliable at present. Geomagnetic field will be: quiet on January 21, 27 - 28, 30 - 31, February 3, 5 - 6. mostly quiet on January 22, 29, February 1 - 2, 11 - 12. quiet to unsettled on January 23 - 26, February 4, 7 - 8, 16. quiet to active on February 9 - 10, 13 - 14. active to disturbed on February 15. High probability of changes in solar wind which may cause changes in magnetosphere and ionosphere is expected on January (24,) 26, (30 - 31), February (2,) 8 - 10, (12 - 13). Remarks: Parenthesis means lower probability of activity enhancement. Present irregular development reduces the reliability of forecasts. F. K. Janda, OK1HH, Czech Propagation Interest Group (OK1HH & OK1MGW, weekly forecasts since 1978) e-mail: ok1hh(at)rsys.cz (via Dario Monferini, WORLD OF RADIO 1653, DXLD) Geomagnetic field activity ranged from quiet to active levels. The period began under the influence of a positive polarity coronal hole high speed stream (CH HSS). Solar wind speeds increased from approximately 480 km/s to 590 km/s early on 14 January, but started to decrease by late on 14 January. The geomagnetic field responded with quiet to unsettled levels with an isolated minor storm period observed at high latitudes. As solar wind speeds continued to decrease to around 400 km/s by early on 16 January, mostly quiet conditions were observed. By 17 January, total field values (Bt) increased to 16 nT while the Bz component of the interplanetary magnetic field switched from maximum values of approximately +10 nT to -14 nT indicative of the arrival of 13 January CME. The geomagnetic field responded with quiet to active levels with periods of active to minor storm levels at high latitudes. By mid-day on 18 January, total field had decreased to around 7 nT as the CME effects waned. By 19 January, a small shock was observed in ACE data at approximately 19/1647 UTC. A corresponding sudden impulse was observed in the Boulder magnetometer (21 nT) at 19/1733 UTC. The shock arrival was consistent with the arrival of a glancing blow from the 16 January CME. Only quiet to unsettled conditions were observed from 18- 20 January with periods of minor storming on 20 January at high latitudes. FORECAST OF SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY 21 JAN - 16 FEB 2013 Solar activity is expected to be at very low to low levels until 30 January. A chance for M-class flares exists from 31 January through 15 February when Regions 1652 and 1654 return to the visible disk. By 16 February, very low to low levels are expected. 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 through 23 January. A chance for an increase to high levels on 24-25 January is expected due to CH HSS activity. A return to low normal levels is expected from 26 January through 09 February. Moderate to high levels are expected from 10-12 February due to activity from another CH HSS. Normal levels are expected again by 13 February through the end of the forecast period. Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be mostly quiet through the forecast period with unsettled periods expected on 23 January and 9-10 February due to CH HSS effects. :Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt :Issued: 2013 Jan 21 0520 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 2013-01-21 # # UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest # Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index 2013 Jan 21 105 5 2 2013 Jan 22 105 5 2 2013 Jan 23 100 8 3 2013 Jan 24 95 5 2 2013 Jan 25 95 5 2 2013 Jan 26 95 5 2 2013 Jan 27 90 5 2 2013 Jan 28 90 5 2 2013 Jan 29 90 5 2 2013 Jan 30 95 5 2 2013 Jan 31 100 5 2 2013 Feb 01 100 5 2 2013 Feb 02 110 5 2 2013 Feb 03 120 5 2 2013 Feb 04 120 5 2 2013 Feb 05 125 5 2 2013 Feb 06 125 5 2 2013 Feb 07 125 5 2 2013 Feb 08 125 5 2 2013 Feb 09 120 8 3 2013 Feb 10 120 8 3 2013 Feb 11 120 5 2 2013 Feb 12 120 5 2 2013 Feb 13 120 5 2 2013 Feb 14 120 5 2 2013 Feb 15 115 5 2 2013 Feb 16 110 5 2 (SWPC via DXLD) ###