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Thanks, Glenn WORLD OF RADIO 1659 headlines: *DX and station news about: Alaska, Algeria non, Argentina, Bangladesh, Canada, China, Eritrea non, France, Germany, Guam, Guatemala, Guiana French, Korea North non, Madagascar, Mongolia, Netherlands non, Nigeria non, Oklahoma, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Sarawak non, Solomon Islands, USA SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1659, March 7-13, 2013 Thu 0430 WRMI 9955 [repeated 1658 this week] Thu 2200 WTWW 9479 [confirmed] Fri 0428v WWRB 3195 [confirmed; not on 5050 this week] Sat 0230v WBCQ 5110v-CUSB Area 51 [confirmed] Sat 0630 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Sat 1430 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Sat 1600 WRMI 9955 Sun 0500 WTWW 5830 [confirmed] [DST shifts in North America start here:] Tue 1100 WRMI 9955 Wed 0630 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Wed 1430 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Thu 0330 WRMI 9955 [or maybe 1660 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/ ** ALASKA. HAARP --- is currently active on 9305 & 8605 kHz. Each frequency is 50 kHz wide (Dave Hughes, MO, 0259 UT March 6, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1659, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Too bad I missed the message. Nothing there now (0630 UT). First I've heard from HAARP in several years. I wonder how Dave got the message that they were active, and if so, what were they transmitting? White noise? More info please! (Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, 0645 UT March 6 ibid.) Walt, I was listening to RAE English service on the Twente receiver and someone posted, in the chat section, that HAARP was currently active on the aforementioned frequencies. I had no foreknowledge of the transmissions, just dumb luck that I was looking at the chat when they posted. It was the first time I heard HAARP since about 1999 or so (Dave Hughes, KCMO, ibid.) Walt Knodle, W7VS sent an article about artificial ionosphere produced by the HAARP facility in Alaska with a 3.6 megawatt signal on 69 meters [roughly 4285-4348 kHz --- gh]. Note that they are only able to produce the effect for 45 seconds. Read about it at http://phys.org/news/2013-02-scientists-densest-artificial-ionospheric-plasma.html I think the Wikipedia page at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Frequency_Active_Auroral_Research_Program gives a pretty good overview of the HAARP project. Also the September 1996 issue of QST has a nice article by K3NS titled, "The High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program." ARRL members can find and download it from the ARRL website with a search at http://www.arrl.org/arrl-periodicals-archive-search (QST de W1AW, Propagation Forecast Bulletin 9 ARLP009, From Tad Cook, K7RA, Seattle, WA, March 1, 2013, To all radio amateurs via Dave Raycroft, VA3RJ, ODXA yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1659, DXLD) My UNID 3250, apparently does not match description of HAARP (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1659, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also PROPAGATION ** ALGERIA [non]. 7295, March 7 at 0618, RTA via TDF FRANCE has been reliable here the past sesquiweek since it gained an extra hour after 0600, but now I am hearing two different Qur`anish programs at once! Equal level, apparently program feed mixup at Issoudun, the latest of many foulups they have been exhibiting. At 0621 one of them pauses for a YL announcement; then I tape a sample at 0622: http://www.w4uvh.net/rtatdfx2.rm (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1659, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ANDAMAN ISLANDS. 4760, AIR Port Blair. Talk by W announcer at 1159, sounded like a canned announcement, then 1200 brief announcement by W, then same instrumental subcontinental music heard on other AIR outlets (I think going into news), then same W again with presumed news headlines for 2 minutes, music bridge, W again, and 1204 M announcer. (17 Feb) (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+ and 153 foot vertical triangle Delta Loop, HCDX Feb 28 via DXLD) ** ANGUILLA. 1610, Caribbean Beacon, 0300-0320, John [sic] Scott program from the past, 1 March (XM - Cedar Key - South Florida, NRD 525D - R8A - E-5, via Robert Wilkner, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ANTARCTICA. 15476, another Friday, another month, so pro-forma check for LRA36: nothing audible at 1434 March 1. However, 19m propagation was pretty poor except for Cuba, so RNASG could have been on with no one the wiser (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ANTIGUA. DW Antigua Video: Low resolution but a gem. DW Caribbean Relay http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m8RND5xgmI This video shows a bit more about the social interactions of life at the station than we're used to (a nice surprise), but there's plenty of technical imagery to view. There's a interesting piece at the end of the video showing one of the other income generating businesses at the transmitter station. I won't spoil the surprise. It's a low resolution video, but I enjoyed it. As a footnote, whilst this station closed its SW operations in 2005, I still see the station with 2012 GE imagery as it was in 2003. (Ian Baxter, NSW, shortwavesites yg via DXLD) ** ARGENTINA. 13363.5, LTA, Argentina Armed Forces, Buenos Aires, 1420 2 Mar, LSB mode, program relay, 22222 (Mauro Giroletti, Italy, bclnews.it yg via DXLD) 13363.56-LSB, approx., March 3 at 0105, rapid Spanish with SBG coverage on a Saturday night, 0110 mentions Argentina, a webstite in .com.ar with the ``ar`` pronounced as one syllable; score is 1-0, so what game in the world could that be? Every night around 0100 with my Chaski check I have also been punching in this frequency for LTA or slightly lower USB from AFN Guam, but first time in weeks I have heard anything. Odds are certainly better on weekends. (Also 12759-USB for AFN Diego Garcia, but nothing more from it since my original logs.) 15820.36-LSB, March 4 at 0041, bigsig from LTA with silly pelota game coverage; checked this after finding nothing on alternate 13363.55- LSB. Recheck at 0058, 15820+ is gone and no 13363+ either; game over? 15345.04, March 4 at 0044, R. Nacional also has VG signal on AM with discussion of violent crime, human rights in Buenos Aires province. It`s about one click on the DX-398 fine tuning above nominal, weaker at 0058 but still going unlike LTA (Glenn Hauser, OK, during another power outage, WORLD OF RADIO 1659, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 13363.6/LSB, Radio Rivadavia relay; 2141-2201+, 6-Mar; lengthy Spanish commentaries with ad breaks 2145-48 & 2153-57; ToH ID mentioning onda media, into sports news. SIO=222 with buzz QRM; tough copy till near ToH when better (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 125 ft. bow-tie; 85 ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed RW, All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. 2368.48, R. Symban. Extremely weak but just peaking strong enough to get some music at peaks 1145:00, 1146:00, 1147:35- 1147:55, 1149:50-1150:10, 1153, 1154:20 (best). Definite male vocal at 1148. 1157 ballad with M vocal. First time noted with audio in about 18 months (27 Feb) (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+ and 153 foot vertical triangle Delta Loop, HCDX Feb 28 via DXLD) 2368.482, Radio Symban tiny S=5 noted in Brisbane at 1215 UT March 1. To compare with tropical band 2325 kHz ABC / VL8T Tennant Creek which was much stronger at S=9+20dB level (Wolfgang Büschel, DF5SX, FOOTPRINT logs on March 1st at 11-12 UT, taken in Japan and Australia SDR remote units, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) March 1 found excellent overall conditions! Radio Symban on 2368.48 from 1153 to 1250 with one of their best receptions ever; good signal strength; DJ playing Pacific pop and easy listening Pacific songs; language Pacific vernacular? Enjoyable listening even with heavy QRN. MP3 audio https://www.box.com/s/xhh6fq2qqp782hwk4m5z (Ron Howard, California, 1416 UT March 1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. 2325, ABC/VL8T, Tennant Creek. 1130 nice signal with chatter by M DJ, PSA, then ABC news starting with usual fanfare and ID by W doing the news. Later had a pop music request program and played CCR, Hot Chocolate, Moody Blues, and others. Started fading after 1200. (27 Feb) 4910, ABC/VL8T, Tennant Creek (presumed). Signal popped on at 2130:25 amid CODAR. Could definitely hear talk by M at times right at threshold level. 4835 there but QRMed by local noise. (19 Feb) (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+ and 153 foot vertical triangle Delta Loop, HCDX Feb 28 via DXLD) 4910, Tennant Creek, 0800 to 0830* carrier, stronger than 4835 Alice Springs, carrier, 1 March (XM - Cedar Key - South Florida, NRD 525D - R8A - E-5, via Robert Wilkner, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. 4835, March 1 at 1314, VL8A is still on 60 meters at night; March had been mentioned as a month to resume nighttime on 2310, but that depends on getting some replacement device to make the switch automatically, after that failed last year, it being out of the question to employ some Aboriginal or other Human to do it manually. 1315 timecheck for ``a quarter till eleven``, as NT and SA continue to revel in being out of step with the rest of Australia and the world. With advent of DST on March 10, WWCR plans to close 4840 an hour earlier at 1200 instead of 1300, which will be helpful for ABC listeners. At same time today, JBA carrier from the other VL8 on 2325, and 2485 again blocked by some ute blob, which seems to be something new, whence? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4835, ABC VL8A - Alice Springs, 1034, March 2 with live coverage of the end of the NTFL match between the Crocs and the Eagles; post game interviews; good reception (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4835 kHz -- noted at 1150 with male voices in conversation; at TOH, female announcer and pop music. Decent level, but getting too much splatter from 4840 to be readable. 3/3/13 (Art Delibert, N. Bethesda, MD, NRD515 and NRD535, Pennant antenna with DX Engineering amp, HCDX via DXLD) ** AUSTRALIA. Ozy Music Radio, 5050 kHz, 6 to 8 weeks away from testing from a new sight. You beauty! Keep tuning across this frequency! (direct from the man himself, Craig Allen). Maybe it`s sad that Radio Canada, Radio Nederland, Deutsche Welle slowly leaving or have left shortwave, but then we get these new stations on air, so one hand taketh the other one giveth! (unsigned, presumably Johno Wright, March Australian DX News via DXLD) Ozy Radio, a DX catch at best, is hardly equivalent to any of those (gh, DXLD) ** AUSTRALIA. 5960 DRM Australian meteo --- Ian, did you see this item in DXLD [13-09]? I narrowed the G.C. location in G.E. and BING a little bit; maybe for the outside world only to be heard AND DECODED on Brisbane + Sydney Perseus net units, or on DX_Tuners? 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, March 5 to Ian Baxter, cc to DXLD) Hi Wolfy, Thanks for the info. I did happen to see one posting about it in DXLD YG a day or so ago. I was surprised, BUT I didn't pursue the topic further. Your posting provided me with much more info. The choice of frequency is certainly interesting. I don't have a DRM SW receiver 'BUT' just last week I brought a 2nd hand portable DRM receiver from overseas. I'm hoping it arrives within the next few weeks - I'll then be able to report my DRM findings :-) when away from my noisy QTH. Cheers (Ian Baxter, ibid.) I think this is clearly not broadcasting. Actually I would consider it an out-of-band operation, like the other way round broadcasting transmitters using frequencies in fixed, maritime etc. bands. Do the telcom regulators think that in this case it's appropriate because a mode developed for broadcasting applications is in use? (Kai Ludwig, Germany, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5960, Australien in DRM, Bureau Meteo (0800 UT, 5960 kHz), in Australien gibt es wohl einen neuen DRM-(Test?)-Sender: http://web.acma.gov.au/pls/radcom/assignment_search.lookup?pACCESS_ID=1837539&pDEVICE_ID=2252611 RReports: (Daniel Kaehler-D, A-DX March 1, via BCDX March 5 via DXLD) ** AUSTRALIA [non]. 9965, here`s a sample of the buzz atop R. Australia, Chinese relay via PALAU, March 2 at 1427 UT: http://www.w4uvh.net/t8whrahum.rm (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. HCJB - Video of partial completion of new Kununurra antenna site http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrcyBK_-lqs (Ian Baxter, shortwavesites yg via DXLD) FYI, the new site is about 3 km WSW of the original site at these coordinates: 15 48 47s 128 40 02e JL (Jerry Lenamon, Radio 94.5, Waco, ibid.) Thanks, Jerry, Yes have that, but I didn't know until after looking at your message that this site is now seen in Google Earth. (I first saw it with Bing Maps last year). GE has a more recent image (Sept 2012), but the image from 2010 in Bing Maps provides a much clearer picture of the site. Also worth mentioning that masts at old site still there as of Sep 2012. :-) 73's (Ian Baxter, NSW, ibid.) Dear radio friends, HCJB Australia plans to expand its Japanese service. For A13 schedule, they will repeat weekend morning programs aired at 2230 UTC on 15525 kHz in the evening our time. It will be at 1100 UTC on 15400 kHz, Sat. and Sunday. This is a good news in the shrinking SW world. Wishing you FB DXing! (Toshi Ohtake, Japan Short Wave Club, P.O.Box 44, Kamakura 248-8691, Japan, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) ** AUSTRALIA. 8113-USB, VMW, Weather, 0940-0955 great signal 19 Feb (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D -Icom 746Pro - Drake R8 - Drake R7, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRIA. Moosbrunn --- According to the most recent Google Earth images the remaining antennas at Moosbrunn are; 2 x HQ 1 monopole 1 rotatable log periodic 1 fixed curtain 1 rotatable curtain All appear to be fed via underground feeders. It looks like all of the rhombics are gone. JL (Jerry Lenamon, Waco, March 4, shortwavesites yg via DXLD) ** AZERBAIJAN. Voice of Justice in Azeri was heard on March 1 with poor audio: 1400-1430 on 9677v SPK 010 kW / non-dir to CeAs Mon/Wed/Fri. Also morning: 0600-0700 on 9677v SPK 010 kW / non-dir to CeAs Tue/Thu/Sat, all confirmed. 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) SPK = Stepanakert site (WRTH) ** BAHAMAS. In years past, meaning the late '90s, I could hear ZNS1 1540 at the Mayport, FL Naval Station, about a half mile or so inland from the oceanfront in my car. This was when 1530 WOBS (WYMM) Jacksonville, FL was in disrepair and out of commission. Right now I prevent myself hearing 1540 ZNS1 here in Flagler County because of my 11 kW 1550 WNZF Bunnell, FL. I could flick it off for a moment when I roll over to the beach in my car, via the remote control for an instant and check (Ron Gitschier, Palm Coast, Flagler County, FL, Feb 20, ABDX via DXLD) FWIW, Bob, ZNS1 is easily heard in the Daytona Beach area during the daytime. The Bahama's 810 used to be easy to hear. It's still there if you turn your radio and null Orlando (Brian Goodrich, Greensboro, NC, ibid.) I never was able to hear ZNS1 in the daytime at Edisto Beach. Are they directional? (Bob Smoak, Bamberg, S. C., ibid.) Bob, I'm pretty sure ZNS1 is directional these days. They added the DA when they jumped from 10 to 50,000 watts (Brian Goodrich, Greensboro, NC, ibid.) Ron, Have you ever heard the 1540 in Nassau in the daytime? (Bob Smoak, Bamberg, SC, ibid.) Yeah ZNS1 is directional. Their pattern is to about 130 degrees to the southeast: http://transition.fcc.gov/ftp/Bureaus/MB/Databases/AM_DA_patterns/313006-65848.pdf I did a little DX'ing while I was visiting my parents over the holidays who live a bit inland in Deltona (not a typo for those not familiar with FL). I was barely able hear ZNS1 but after looking at the pattern in the link above, realized I was in the exact middle of the null. I would think that in NC the north lobe of the pattern pointing in your general direction would definitely make a difference. In Jacksonville you are not much further out of the null than I was in Deltona. Would be interested to hear Ron's report (John ];') Kugellager, ibid.) Also of note is that the ZNS1 National Service transmitter facility has been in various states of repair, and in the past seemed to be more non directional, had a segment or two of one of the twin towers dangling after a hurricane. For me to get ZNS1 now, I'd have to turn WNZF 1550 off for a brief moment. Once secured I can use one of the insulated guy wires as an antenna with my Radio Shack DX 398. When I do this, 1550 Tampa is about five or six LCD bars of 10! I'm standing on the ground network as well (Ron Gitschier, Palm Coast, FL, ibid.) I rarely even hear ZNS1 at night on skywave. When I was a kid, it came in quite well here in Bamberg. Does anybody remember a late night program called "Bahama Lullaby"? (Bob Smoak, Bamberg, S. C., ibid.) ZNS1 is directional, so that's why. I have almost never heard it after that happened (Powell E Way III, SC, ibid.) ZNS-1 1540 Bahamas has been on low power for a couple years. I don't know what it is, but it isn't 50K. ZNS History below: http://www.znsbahamas.com/history.php (Juan Gualda, Fort Pierce, FL, ibid.) 1540, ZNS-1, Nassau, 0150, Harry Belafonte singing "Island in the Sun," 1 March (XM - Cedar Key - South Florida, NRD 525D - R8A - E-5, via Robert Wilkner, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BANGLADESH. 4750, Bangladesh Betar. The two Chinese and Makassar were in the clear when Bangladesh went off at 1205:55. Came back on at 1212:55 and audio 15 seconds later. Really nice at 1216 with subcontinental music. Went off again at 1217:20, only to return at 1228:05. (17 Feb) (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+ and 153 foot vertical triangle Delta Loop, HCDX Feb 28 via DXLD) ** BANGLADESH. 15105, Bangladesh, Bangladesh Betar at 1230, 23 Feb (MR - Vero Beach - South Florida, Sony 2010 -NRD 515 - Drake R8B - ANC-4, via Bob Wilkner, DX LISTENING DIGEST) i.e. in English 15505, March 3 at 1418, Bangladesh Betar is making it thru again after winter months of non-propagation: characteristic hum which they still haven`t fixed, flutter, during S Asian music, and talk presumed Urdu, 1422 vocal music; weakening, 1429 announcement, 1429:50 dead air and off at 1430*. This transmission was also our best bet last fall. 15505, March 4 at 1401, 1414, no sign of BB today which was audible yesterday. Still wildly varying conditions, or transmissions? 15505, March 5 at 1402, big hum is back from Bangladesh Betar with presumed Urdu underneath; it was like this on March 3 but missing on March 4, typical. 15505, March 6 at 1520, big hum and Hindi, i.e. Bangladesh Betar is not only on the air but also propagating; same sound as for the 1400- 1430 Urdu broadcast heard a couple days previously (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1659, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BELIZE. 7198-LSB, March 5 at 0628, V31VJ is calling CQ DX and working simplex. Never says where he is; oh yeah, this means Belize. His QRZ.com page is not very informative, merely: Jim KB8TXZ during February & March (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOLIVIA. Viva Bolivia ! [Joan Baez+] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tG5CFRu8wsM (Robert Wilkner, FL, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOLIVIA. 4699.95, R. San Miguel. 0947:55 ID during announcements by M. Mensajes. Nice ID at end 0949:00. 1001 nice promo with mention of San Miguel, then live M announcer again. Heavy hum on the audio which has never been as bad. (27 Feb) (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+ and 153 foot vertical triangle Delta Loop, HCDX Feb 28 via DXLD) ** BOLIVIA. 4716.65, Radio Yatun Ayllu Yura, Yura, 0030 to 0130 enjoyable music on 21 Feb (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D -Icom 746Pro - Drake R8 - Drake R7, and MR - Vero Beach - South Florida, Sony 2010 -NRD 515 - Drake R8B - ANC-4, via Bob Wilkner, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOLIVIA [non]. 5580, Utility - Noticed a ute here 1100 to 1110, 27 Feb (XM - Cedar Key - South Florida, NRD 525D - R8A - E-5, via Robert Wilkner, DX LISTENING DIGEST) What kind of modulation?? (gh) ** BOLIVIA. 5952, Pio XII, Siglo Veinte, 1030-1100 with YL en espanol, good signal 27 Feb(Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D -Icom 746Pro - Drake R8 - Drake R7, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5952+? 5952.36 approx., March 5 at 0057, R. Pio XII, Siglo XX has better than usual signal tonight, clearly in Spanish. Back to this at 0112 after Chaski monitoring. Conversation in Spanish, despite Cuban jamming centered on 5955 against non-República 5954.3 or wherever it was, as the jamming can be avoided by LSB tuning, but that confronts another weaker carrier on 5950, and more splatter/overload presumably from 5935 WWCR. {P12 is strong enough even to be audible when tuned directly to 5955 jamming.} Radio Santa Cruz, 6134.8v also in well tonight with fewer problems (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5952.555, Radio Pio XII, 0200-0220 March 7, At tune heard a male in comments briefly, then changed to music. At 0208 a female is noted commenting in Spanish. Signal is fair, but the audio is suffering from interference (Chuck Bolland, Clewiston FL, 26N 081W, Excalibur, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOLIVIA. 6105.48, Radio Panamericana, La Paz, 1039 instrumental music into flauta andina 'la esperanza..." piano solo "la hora Panamericana`` 1045, beautiful flauta andina followed by "buenos días", 1100 signal still in, Tnx Carla tip, 20 Feb (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D -Icom 746Pro - Drake R8 - Drake R7, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOLIVIA. 6134.81, R. Santa Cruz. Strange things going on overnight. Continuous OC noted from 0309. Audio/programming noted on only even numbered hours. 0402:08 audio suddenly up with pleasant LA Pop song, not in progress. 0409 canned ID promo by W. Was OK in USB avoiding 6130 BBC, but then 6135 BBC Ascension came on at 0427. Perfectly clear then at 0459 when both BBCs off. But audio cut off in mid-song at 0502:38. 6135 BBC returned at 0530 in Hausa. Audio brought back up on Santa Cruz at 0601:55 and audible despite severe BBC QRM. Clearer at 0630 with BBC off, but then getting splash from 6125. Perfectly clear again at 0700 but went off at 0703:38. Some buzzing on the OC in the 0700 hour. Programming back on at 0801:53. Regular programming began with their usual s/on routine at 0849 and stayed on then. (17 Feb) (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+ and 153 foot vertical triangle Delta Loop, HCDX Feb 28 via DXLD) 6134.776, Radio Santa Cruz, 0141-0200 March 7, At tune in, heard steady upbeat music. At 0143 a male gives ID as "Radio Cruz" over music. Program of music continued. After the hour, noted a series of promos and ID as "... Radio Santa Cruz , ..." then back into music at 0207 UT. Signal was improving as time passed to a fair level (Chuck Bolland, Clewiston FL, 26N 081W, Excalibur, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BONAIRE. 800, Trans World Radio, Belnem. 0024 February 22, 2013. Good, riding post-sunset local with canned Spanish gospel program, female canned “Radio Transmundial, Bonaire…” at 0030, into another Spanish canned gospel program. WRTVH-2013 lists English until 0030. But not, at least on this local Thursday (Terry L. Krueger, Clearwater, Florida, USA, JRC NRD-535; ICOM IC-R75; Hammarlund HQ- 180A; Sony ICF-7600GR; Sangean PR-D5; Aqua Guide 705 RDF Marine Radio; GE Superadio III; JPS NF-60 Notch Filter; JPS ANC-4 Noise Phase; 1 X roof dipole; 1 X room random wire; Terk Advantage non-active portable loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 4785, Brasil, Rádio Caiari, Porto Velho, RO, 0950 to 1025 ID ...onda media etc. into Brasil music, good signal 27 Feb (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D -Icom 746Pro - Drake R8 - Drake R7, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 4805, Brasil, Rádio Difusora do Amazonas, Manaus noted 0928 to 1030 fade, good signal 19 Feb (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D -Icom 746Pro - Drake R8 - Drake R7, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 4877-, March 3 at 0058, fair signal with music, maybe religious. Chaski beckons so can`t stay with it, but off-frequency points to R. Roraima, Boa Vista, which varies; WRTH 2013 has it on 4878 but this was on low side of 4877, or 4876+ (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 4894.9, Brasil, Radio Novo Tempo, Campo Grande, 0000-0100 OM in Portuguese, frequency in kilohertz mentioned under Codar, 27 Feb (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D -Icom 746Pro - Drake R8 - Drake R7, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 4905: Ouvi muito bem a Rádio Relógio em 4905, dando notícias sobre o Rio de Janeiro, sobre um crime na Zona Norte, etc. A Emissora parece estar saindo da programação puramente evangélica. Bom sinal e boa modulação por aqui! (Thiago Teixeira, PY2415SWL, GG66rh São Bernardo do Campo - SP, 1 March, radioescutas yg via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 5015, Brasil, R Cultura, Cuiabá, 0300-0320 presumed 24 Feb (XM - Cedar Key - South Florida, NRD 525D - R8A - E-5, via Robert Wilkner, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 5035, Brasil, Rádio Aparecida, Aparecida, 0930 to 1020 mentions de Aparecida by announcer, good signal at first then fade 27 Feb (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D -Icom 746Pro - Drake R8 - Drake R7, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 11765, Brasil, Super Rádio Deus é Amor, 1500 to 1520 28 Feb (MR - Vero Beach - South Florida, Sony 2010 -NRD 515 - Drake R8B - ANC-4, via Bob Wilkner, DX LISTENING DIGEST). ** BRAZIL. 11780, March 5 at 0635, RNA/RNB with usual VG signal, talking about Villa-Lobos, so they are more serious than usual. Then playing a neat YL vocal version of ``Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. Escutas em OT e OC - relatório ref. fevereiro/2013 Amigos da lista, O relatório deste mês reporta algumas novidades. De positivo temos o retorno da R. Relógio do Rio de Janeiro em 4905 kHz, confirmado através de um contato telefônico que mantive com a funcionária Daniela do Depto. de Jornalismo. Os interessados em enviar informes de recepção podem fazê-lo usando o e-mail nossaradiorio@ gmail.com. Aliás, a denominação atual é Rádio Relógio e não, Rádio Nova Relógio. O primeiro informe neste sentido aqui na lista foi feito pelo colega Daniel, de Nova Xavantina/MT em 21/02. Em compensação muitos QRGs estão silenciosos. Cito aqui mais especificamente a R.Capixaba/Vitó ria (4935 kHz), R.Gazeta/São Paulo (5955 kHz e 15325 kHz); R.Canção Nova/C.Paulista (6105 kHz e 9675 kHz). Estes quatro últimos QRGs não são reportados na lista desde novembro/2012; já a R. Capixaba o último log foi em 04/12. Esses são os mais preocupantes, embora existam outros conforme pode-se ver na lista. Também muita reclamação com relação ao espalhamento do sinal da R. Brasil Central/Goiânia (11815 kHz), com informações de que o sinal espúrio mais forte em está em 11890 kHz. Será que não há meio deles saberem? RELATÓRIO REFERENTE ÀS ESCUTAS DE FEVEREIRO/2013 kHz Estação *Local* Horário Oper. P (KW) Confirmações 2380 R Educadora Limeira - SP 00:00-24:00 0,25 09/02 CS; 2410 R Transamazônica Senador Guiomard-AC 00:00-24:00 5(?) Vide Nota 1 3325 R Mundial S.Paulo - SP 00:00-24:00 2,5 Vide Nota 1 3365 R Cultura Araraquara - SP 05:00-24:00 1 10/2 GSC; 21/02 SRB (*) (**); 22/02 NS; 23/02 DWO; 25/02 RU; 3375 R Municipal S.Gabriel da Cahoeira-AM 00:00-24:00 5 Vide Nota 1 4755 R Imaculada Conceição Campo Grande - MS 00:00-24:00 10 26/02 GH(*); 4765 R Rural Santarém - PA 04:00-24:00 10 30/01 PFA (*) (**); 22/02 AR; 4765 R Integração Cruzeiro do Sul - AC 05:00-24:00 10 Vide Nota 1 4775 R Congonhas Congonhas - MG 00:00-24:00 1 Vide Nota 1 4785 R Caiari Porto Velho - RO 00:00-24:00 10 26/01 RW(*); 01/02 CG; 27/02 RW; 4785 R Brasil Campinas-SP 00:00-24:00 1 23/02 DWO; 4805 R Difusora do Amazonas Manaus - AM 00:00-24:00 10 01/02 CG; 03/02 RW; 13/02 PFA (*); 15/02 JFN e DWO; 19/02 RW; 4815 R Difusora Londrina - PR 00:00-24:00 10 26/01 GH(*); 01/02 CG e ID; 10/02 GSC; 15 e 23/02 DWO; 22/02 AR; 28/02 UG; 4825 R Educadora Bragança - PA 00:00-24:00 5 Vide Nota 1 4825 R Canção Nova Cachoeira Paulista - SP 00:00-24:00 10 03/02 CG; 10/02 GSC; 07/02 WB(*); 4845 R Cultura Manaus - AM 00:00-24:00 10 26/01 GH(*); 02/02 PSG(*1); 03/02 CG; 4845 R Meteorologia Paulista Ibitinga - SP 07:00-24:00 1 12/02 CS; 4865 R Alvorada Londrina - PR 00:00-24:00 5 Vide Nota 1 4865 R Missões da Amazônia Óbidos - PA 00:00-24:00 5 Vide Nota 1 4865 R Verdes Florestas Cruzeiro do Sul - AC 06:00-22:00 5 01/02 CG; 06/02 PFA(*); 4875 R Roraima Boa Vista - RR 00:00-24:00 10 01/02 CG e ID; 23/02 DWO 4885 R A Voz do Coração Imacul. Anápolis - GO 00:00-24:00 1 23/02 DWO; 4885 R Clube do Pará Belém - PA 00:00-24:00 10 01/02 ID; 01 e 04/02 CG; 02 e 03/02 RW e PSG(*); 22/02 AR; 4885 R Difusora Acreana Rio Branco - AC 04:00-23:00 5 04/02 PFA(*); 23/02 CG; 4895 R Novo Tempo Campo Grande - MS 00:00-24:00 5 01/02 ID; 03/02 CG e RW; 10/02 GSC; 23/02 DWO; 22/02 AR; 25/02 RU; 27/02 RW; 4905 R Nova Relógio Rio de Janeiro - RJ 00:00-24:00 5 21/02 DWO; 21/02 CS; 22/02 GSC; 22/02 AR; 25/02 RU; 4915 R Daqui Goiânia - GO 00:00-24:00 10 01/02 CG; 10/02 GSC; 12/02 CS; 23/02 DWO; 4915 R Difusora Macapá - AP 00:00-24:00 10 22/02 AR; 24/02 GH; 4925 R Educação Rural Tefé - AM 00:00-24:00 5 27/01 PFA(*); 01/02 CG e ID; 11/02 RW(*); 15/02 DWO; 4935 R Capixaba Vitória - ES 00:00-24:00 1 Vide Nota 1 4965 R Alvorada Parintins - AM 05:00-22:00 5 Vide Nota 6 4975 R Iguatemi Osasco - SP 00:00-24:00 1 02/02 CG; 07/02 WB(*); 10/02 GSC; 12/02 CS; 15 e 23/02 DWO; 22/02 AR; 4985 R Brasil Central Goiânia - GO 00:00-24:00 10 12/02 CS; 15/02 DWO; 24/02 CG 5015 R Cultura Cuiabá - MT 00:00-24:00 1 25/01 GH(*); 03/02 CG; 23/02 DWO; 22/02 AR; 24/02 RW (**) 5035 R Aparecida Aparecida - SP 00:00-24:00 10 07/02 WB(*); 10/02 GSC; 21/02 SRB(*); 23/02 DWO; 22/02 AR; 24/02 CG; 28/02 UG; 27/02 RW; 5035 R Educação Rural Coari - AM 05:00-23:00 5 Vide Nota 6 5940 R Voz Missionária Camboriu - SC 00:00-24:00 10 02/02 CG; 04/02 Costa; 10/02 GSC; 23/02 DWO; 5955 R Gazeta S.Paulo - SP 00:00-24:00 10 Vide Nota 1 5965 R Transmundial Santa Maria - RS 00:00-06:00 7,5 Vide Nota 1 5970 R Itatiaia Belo Horizonte - MG 00:00-24:00 10 02/02 CG; 04/02 Costa; 10/02 GSC; 12/02 CS; 23/02 DWO; 6000 R Guaiba Porto Alegre - RS 00:00-24:00 10 Vide Nota 1 6010 R Inconfidência Belo Horizonte - MG 00:00-24:00 25 02/02 CG; 10/02 GSC; 12/02 CS; 6060 SRDA Curitiba - PR 00:00-24:00 10 23/02 DWO; 6070 SRDA (Capital) Rio de Janeiro - RJ 00:00-24:00 7,5 28/02 GSC; 6080 R Daqui Goiânia - GO 07:00-03:00 10 12/02 CS; 6080 R Marumby Curitiba - PR 00:00-24:00 5 02/02 CG; 10/02 GSC; 6090 R Bandeirantes S.Paulo - SP 00:00-24:00 10 02/02 CG; 10/02 GSC; 12/02 CS; 6105 R Cultura de Filadelfia Foz do Iguaçu - PR 11:00-19:00 7,5 23/02 DWO 6105 R Canção Nova Cachoeira Paulista - SP 08:00-03:00 5 Vide Nota 1 6120 SRDA Curitiba - PR 00:00-24:00 10 01/02 GH; 02/02 CG; 10/02 GSC; 6135 R Aparecida Aparecida - SP 08:00-23:00 25 10/02 GSC; 6160 R Rio Mar Manáus - AM 00:00-16:00 10 Vide Nota 6 6180 R Nacional da Amazônia Brasília - DF 00:00-24:00 250 10/02 GSC; 11/02 KH (*); 15/02 GH(*); 12/02 CS; 23/02 DWO; 28/02 UG; 9515 R Marumby Curitiba - PR 10:00-23:00 10 03/02 Costa; 9530 R Transmundial Santa Maria - RS 07:00-18:00 10 11/02 GSC; 9550 R Boa Vontade Porto Alegre - RS 00:00-24:00 10 01/02 CG; 11/02 GSC; 9565 SRDA Curitiba - PR 00:00-24:00 20 02/02 CG; 10/02 GSC; 9585 SRDA S.Paulo - SP 00:00-24:00 10 10/02 GSC; 9630 R Aparecida Aparecida- SP 08:00-24:00 10 01/02 CG; 04/02 Costa; 07/02 WB(*); 9645 R Bandeirantes S.Paulo - SP 09:00-24:00 7,5 03/02 CG; 07/02 WB(*); 10/02 GSC; 12/02 CS; 28/02 GH(*); 9665 R Voz Missionária Camboriu - SC 08:00-24:00 10 01 e 04/02 CG; 07/02 WB(*); 10/02 GSC 9675 R Canção Nova Cachoeira Paulista - SP 00:00-24:00 10 Vide Nota 1 9695 R Rio Mar Manaus - AM 02:30-19:00 7,5 Vide Nota 6 9820 R Nove de Julho S.Paulo - SP 09:00-21:00 10 02/02 CG; 07/02 WB(*); 10/02 GSC; 17/02 GB(*); 11735 R Transmundial Santa Maria - RS 07:00-17:00 50 01/02 CG; 03/02 Costa; 11/02 GSC 11765 SRDA Curitiba - PR 00:00-24:00 20 03/02 CG; 10/02 GSC; 07/02 WB(*); 26/02 GH(*); 28/02 RW 11780 R Nacional da Amazônia Brasília - DF 09:00-03:00 250 10/02 GSC; 12/02 CS; 16/02 JFN; 07/02 WB(*); 28/02 UG; 11815 R Brasil Central Goiânia - GO 00:00-24:00 7,5 26/01 JR; 01 e 03/02 CG; 23/02 DWO; 24/02 CG 11830 R Daqui Goiânia - GO 08:00-03:00 10 Vide Nota 1 11855 R Aparecida Aparecida - SP 00:00-24:00 1 01/02 CG; 11895 R Boa Vontade Porto Alegre - RS 17:00-03:00 10 01/02 CG; 11/02 GSC; 11915 R Gaúcha Porto Alegre - RS 00:00-24:00 7,5 01/02 CG; 03/02 Costa; 12/02 CS; 16/02 ZL(*); 17/02 AM(*); 23/02 DWO; 11925 R Bandeirantes S.Paulo - SP 00:00-24:00 10 01/02 CG; 12/02 CS; 07/02 WB(*); 16/02 ZL(*); 26/02 GH(*); 15190 R Inconfidência Belo Horizonte - MG 07:00-16:00 5 29/01 ZL(*); 01/02 CG; 08/02 MV; 21/02 CG; 21/02 HF(*); 21/02 HF(*); 15325 R Gazeta S.Paulo - SP 14:00-16:00 1 Vide Nota 1 INFORMANTES AM - Al Muick, Whitehall PA, USA (via DXLD) / Microtelecom Perseus + Wellbrook ALA1530P active loop AR - Alex Robert, Duas Estradas-PB / Degen DE 1103 + LW 15 m. CG - Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal / Draker R-8E, JRC NRD-545; AR2 amp., 20 m T2FD, 45m inv. V, vários modelos de Beverage. Costa - Costa P.C., Rio de Janeiro-RJ / Degen 1103 + LW CS - Cássio Santos, Goiânia-GO (rx em Silvânia-GO) / , Icom IC-R75, Tecsun PL 660, Degen 1103 + LW 100m. + Quantum Loop V2.0 (para OT) DWO - Daniel Wyllyan Oliveira, Nova Xavantina-MT / Tecsun PL 660 + LW 7m. GB - Giampiero Bernardini, Milano, Italia (via DXLD) / FunCube Pro + Dipolo GH - Glenn Hauser (via DXLD) GSC - Giuseppe S. Cysneiros, S.Rita do Sapucaí-MG / Icom IC-R75 + Metaltec RC3-FM + Tecsun PL 660 c/telescópica HF - Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA / Drake R8B + antenas diversas. KH - Kouji Hashimoto, Japan / Icon IC R75 + 115m Sloper Wire (via DXLD) ID - Ivan Dias, Sorocaba-SP / Icom IC R75 + PAR EF-SWL JFN - Joviniano Furtadfo Neto, Alta Floresta d'Oeste- RO / Degen DE 1103 + dipolo para 7 MHz + LoopStick GE OM JR - Jim Ronda, Tulsa, OK - USA (via DXLD) MV - Michel Viani, Osasco-SP / Transglobe B481 + telescópica NS - Neto Silva, Planaltina-DF / Degen 1103 PFA - Pedro F. Arrunátegui, (?) / Icom IC R72 + Mizuho KX-3 + LW 20m + loop PSG - Partha S. Goswami, Siliguri, Índia (área rural) / JRC NRD 72 + Sony 7600 GR + antena V intertido + outros. Ver nota 5 RU - Renato Uliana, Indaiatuba-SP / Yaesu FT 897D + MFJ 1026 + Unifilar 20 m RW - Robert Wilkmer, Pompano Beach, South Florida USA / Drake R8B,NRD 535 + outros + antena customizada para a banda tropical. SRB - Scott R. Barbour Jr., Intervale, N.H., USA / NRD-545 + MLB-1 + Beverages 200 pés. UG - Ulysses Galetti, São Paulo-SP / Sony ICF 7600GR + loop magnética RGP3-OC + amplificador indutivo AIRP-DXCB WB - Wolfgang Büschel, NY, USA (via DXLD) ZL - Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki, Grécia (via DXLD) NOTAS 1. A ausêcia de recepção não indica que a emissora esteja desativada. Apenas não consta em nenhum relatório de escuta durante o período abrangido. 2. As confirmações de recepção foram as publicadas na lista Radioescutas do DXCB e as (*) em DXLD - World of Radio editadas por Glenn Hauser. 3. Os dados de horário de funcionamento e potência de transmissão foram extraídos do site da Anatel. Advirto, todavia que não são confiáveis. Andei verificando o horário de encerramento de algumas emissoras e constatei a não observância com os indicados no site. Quanto à potência, não há como aferir. 4. Os interessados em enviar QSL's podem consultar os endereços das emissoras acessando o link: http://dxways-br.blogspot.com do Rudolf W. Grimm. 5. No DXLD 13-06 lê-se o informe do dexista Partha Sarathi Goswami, Siliguri, W.B., área rural da India - sobre a recepção de algumas emissoras brasileiras entre elas a RNA, Clube do Pará e Cultura de Manaus. 6. O colega Arthur Raimundo (Manaus) informa aqui na lista que estão operantes os QRG's 4965 R.Alvorada, Parintins; 5035 R.Educação Rural, Coari e 6160 e 9695 da R. Rio Mar, Manaus. Estas duas últimas de formar irregular - poucas horas/dia. 7. No DXLD 13-08 GH agradece a Ken Zichi por uma listagem de emissoras brasileiras - operantes ou inativas - como uma atualização para o WRTVH [no, it was Frodge thanking Zichi for INPUT from WRTH 2012, not 2013! But better than 2011 --- gh] 8. CG nos reporta que a sintonia em 24/02 da R.Brasil Central foi feita em FM "com espalhamento incrível" em 11890 kHz. Enviou também a gravação correspondente. 9. Informações com (**) são presumíveis ou tentativos. (Giuseppe Cysneiros, March 5, radioescutas yg via DXLD) ** BULGARIA. R.I.P. On 3 March 2013 passed away Bulgarian DXer Mr. Ognyan Chengeliev at the age of 65. He was very active in the DX field from the end of 60s, mainly in Sweden Calling DXers program and as a member of several DX Clubs such as Danish SWCI where his # was 826. From January 1975 till June 1979 he was a political prisoner charged for exchanging letters by snail mail with “espionage DX clubs (according to prosecution)” such as DSWCI, Arctic Radio Club etc. After June 1979 he was pressured by the communist Committee for State Security (Bulgarian equivalent of Soviet KGB) to stop DXing, but he continued to listen regularly to broadcasts in English and Russian until his last days. A few years ago he completely lost his eyesight and died in poverty. He was living with his 99-year old mother in Sofia. May he rest in peace. In one of the edition of SWN monthly of DSWCI in 1990 there is a photograph of him together with Gabriel Iván Barrera and Rumen Pankov. Written by (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria after his funeral in Sofia on 5 March 2013, DX LISTENING DIGEST) obit Rumen also had his problems with the CSC, which we would like to read about in detail before an obituary (gh, DXLD) ** BULGARIA. (Re)Newed Brother Scare broadcasts: SOUTH CAROLINA [non] ** CAMBODIA [non]. 9960, March 3 at 1219, Cambodian talk, fair signal, no jamming, and no transmitter problem like there was yesterday for T8WH PALAU`s R. Australia relay later on 9965. At first I thought this was on 9965, that far from the Cuban jamming and no WRMI on 9955, but FRG-7 parallax misled me. 9960 does have the RTTY QRM which is there most of the time aside WRMI/jamming, and is worse by 1224. HFCC shows this is the BRB-brokered hour on HBN, and Aoki shows the details: Khmer People Power Movement on Sat/Sun/Mon such as today and Khmer Post Radio on other days, 100 kW, 270 degrees from Medorn. Recorded at 1229-1231 after change of speaker but no ID detectable, and no music. You could also hear how Cambodian sounds different from Vietnamese: http://www.w4uvh.net/KPPM9960.rm (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. CBEF 540 seems to be off air --- I could not detect French on 540 this morning [Mar. 1st] and Jerry Coatsworth, who is 40 miles from the transmitter site cannot hear it either [ODXAyg]. So it looks like 540 CBEF is now history (Andy Reid, Ont., 1550 UT March 1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1659, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Yes, indeed. 540 kHz, CBEF has gone silent, or rather has moved to 1550. The station has been transmitting on 1550 as well as 540 since just after the start of the year but the 540 transmitter shut down this past Friday. On the bright side, WDAK on 540 from Columbus, Georgia was booming in just now (apparently 38 watts night time no less!). On the dark side I really don't need another Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity right winger to listen to; but as Frank Magazine used to say, I digress. My buddies at the CBC here in Windsor have confirmed that 540 has gone silent and that the For Sale sign is going up on the property if it isn't already there. The 50-60 acre site just north of the metropolis of Amherstburg along the Detroit River is slowly being surrounded by subdivisions. On the other hand it would be a great site for a 50 kW sender on say 6005 transmitting the CBC's Radio 1 service to all of Nord America. Oh well, perhaps not. Her Majesty the Queen of Canada now broadcasts in French here in Windsor and Essex County on 1.55, 103.1 and 105.1 megacycles and en Anglais on 97.5 and 91.9 megacycles (Bill Leal, Windsor, March 2, ODXA yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1659, DXLD) ** CANADA. Application for transferral of CKUA-AM to another party Hi Glenn, Just found this on the CRTC website: https://services.crtc.gc.ca/pub/DocWebBroker/OpenDocument.aspx?AppNo=201303776 It's a request from CKUA-FM Edmonton to revoke its licence for re- transmitter CKUA-AM 580 kHz, part of the process to sell the AM facilities to another entity, who will separately apply for a licence to operate a new station on that frequency. 73, (Ricky Leong, Calgary BLOG | http://rickyleong.com/ PHOTOS | http://www.flickr.com/photos/rleong101/ March 4, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Ricky, Tnx for your news from time to time. Would it most likely be to a commercial entity? (Glenn, ibid.) South Fraser Broadcasting Inc.; does sound commercial (Ricky Leong, ibid.) ** CANADA. 1610 kHz, March 2 at 0635 UT, tropical music atop the IBOC from KATZ at times, while usually only the latter is audible infesting 1610. Very hard to get a fix on it, but presumed CHHA Voces Latinas in Toronto. No announcement before it faded down by 5 minutes later (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. CJWI Testing on 1410 kHz --- On a tip from Allen Willie in Newfoundland, the station is trying out its new home on 1410 kHz. My location in CT is close to WPOP 1410 5 kW at 35 km, so reception is faint with a bit of flutter. Using the PL-310 with 3 kHz BW barefoot. Latina music with French between selections. SINPO is 22433 due to WPOP co-channel (Paul S. in CT, 0237 UT March 6, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1659, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hello, I can hear them testing here in Montreal, but signal is rather weak, and actually get a mix of stations interfering with their broadcast. Just heard an ID, mentioning they were broadcasting from Saint-Constant, Québec, just south west of Montreal. I have made a recording and will put it online on youtube a little later (Gilles Letourneau, 0243 UT March 6, ibid.) [a little later:] Anyone who can`t hear CJWI: this is what I hear, lots of noise and stations mixed together but with a clear ID of testing and Saint-Constant location in French. This taken around 0145: http://youtu.be/nrfDQSwbV4M (Gilles, ibid.) Thanks for the YouTube efforts. I guess you have the reverse situation. Noted the meter at about S9+7 and some chop. Using the PL- 310 scaling (S+N/N : S/N in db micro) I was running about 45:22 early and 40:20: late (Paul S. in CT, ibid.) Gilles, So is it still also on 1610 for the time being, even while testing 1410? Could be both for a while if they have two transmitters. Is 1410 on the air continuously? For some reason they call themselves ``CPAM`` instead of CJWI (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1659, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. 6160.00, CKZU Vancouver, 1000-1030, mention of BBC and one of Vancouver 24 Feb, 1020 to 1100 discussion disabilities and possible changes 27 Feb (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D -Icom 746Pro - Drake R8 - Drake R7, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. 4750, CNR1, 0919-0953, March 2. Live news conference with frequent translations into English; given by Lu Xinhua, spokesman of the first session of the 12th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee; reporters (one from Australia) asking many questions; mostly about Hong Kong, but also a variety of other topics; // 7305 and 7345. Nice to catch CNR1 in English! (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA [and non]. 9550 kHz 1400 Trifecta REE CNR-1 CRI and VOA mia, Audio MP3 attached --- Hi Glenn, Attached is an audio MP3 tape that starts at 1359.35 and runs until 1401.25 GMT. At 15 seconds into the tape you can hear the REE interval signal. At 20 seconds into the tape you can hear the time tips with the ToH pip at 25 seconds into the tape followed by CNR-1 signing on in Mandarin on top with CRI's musical sign on underneath. Between 51 and 53 seconds into the tape you can hear underneath CNR-1, the CRI musical sign on end and a female go into what I assume is Vietnamese. HFCC shows 1400 sign on for VOA in Mandarin from Tinang, hence the explanation of why CNR-1 is there. HFCC also shows CRI in Vietnamese from 1400 to 1500 via Beijing on the frequency. I have no idea where the REE interval signal came from, other than China has been used as a relay. What do you think? (Steve Handler, Feb 28, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Steve, Must be another example of switching misprogramming, just like I have been reporting for years at 1358-1400 on 7435 & 7220 before the CRI Nepali service. Master control does have an REE feed coming in for a relay of that on another frequency ending at 1400. 73, (Glenn to Steve, IL, ibid.) So do you think that the REE interval signal was part of the CRI broadcast and both CRI and CNR-1 were broadcasting using different transmitters, at the same time on the same frequency, with CNR-1 being used to jam the incoming VOA Mandarin-? (Steve Handler, ibid.) Yes, there are plenty or at least some other instances of CNR1 jamming on frequencies also occupied by CRI transmissions. The jamming target probably is aware of that, but it doesn`t stop the jamming. Priorities (Glenn to Steve, ibid.) 9550, March 3 at 1357, open carrier as I am checking an inquiry from Steve Handler, who heard the REE IS here before 1400. Meanwhile, I am still hearing that starting at 1358 on 7435 before the CRI Nepali service as always. But 1359 and still no REE on 9550. Finally part of it plays for a few sex mixing with timesignal immediately before 1400, and then a mix of two, or maybe three Chinese signals: CRI Vietnamese service from Beijing site (which had just been in a 3-minute break); CNR1 jammer against VOA Chinese this hour only via Tinang, Philippines (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. QSL: Voice of Pujiang, 9705 kHz, F/D letter in 426 days for $1.00 and local postcard. The station is now part of China Business News Radio, apparently no longer broadcasts on 9705 (3280, 4950, and 5075 kHz are the present frequencies), and transmits from Zhenru Town in Shanghai (Ross Comeau - Andover-MA-USA, DXplorer March 1 via BCDX March 5 via DXLD) 9705 probably back in A-season (gh, DXLD) I also received a very nice separate letter from the v/s, which illustrates why reception reports that we send out sometimes do or do not get answered, and reads as follows: "Dear Sir, New Year's greetings from the Voice of Pujiang, Shanghai, P.R. China. I must say sorry for the late reply of your valuable reception report. I joined the station a half year ago. I was a SWLer and DXer in my senior high school days. A few weeks ago, I found several letters that accumulated at my colleague's desk, who didn't know how to reply. There are reception reports with which I am very much familiar. So, I am very happy take over the job to serve my fellow SWLers and DXers. We welcome your further reports. For Email reception reports, send to this Email address: I will confirm it with a QSL letter by email with full data. For reception reports sent by regular mail with an IRC or a dollar, I will confirm it with a full data QSL-letter by a regular mail. Our address is: Voice of Pujiang Floor 11, Radio Building No. 1376 Hongqiao Road Changning District SHANGHAI 200051 P.R. CHINA Sincerely yours, Qian Xiaoyan" (via Ross Comeau - Andover-MA-USA, DXplorer March 1 via BC-DX March 5 via DXLD) See DXLD 13-02 for original news about this (gh) ** CHINA. Selected Firedrake Logs prior ten days: [not in chrono order, like I try to file the rest of such logs, below this --- gh] 11500, CHINA (JAMMING) Firedrake, 1330-1333, The Sound of Hope is reported to use this frequency from 2000 to 1700 for a Mandarin language broadcast. It is my opinion that China is using Firedrake to jam or interfere with the Sound of Hope's broadcast. Firedrake // but about two-three seconds behind audio on 13130 and 13970 on 2/28/13. Also heard 1331-1336 // and in audio sync with 12670 on 3/3/13. 12370, CHINA (JAMMING) Firedrake, 1355-1356 with musical jamming. The Sound of Hope (SoH) which was not heard, is reported to be using this frequency from 2000 to 1700 for a Mandarin language broadcast and it is my opinion that Firedrake is being used by China to jam or interfere with the broadcast of SoH. Firedrake // and in sync with 13130 3/2/13. 12670, CHINA (JAMMING) Firedrake, 1331-1336 with musical jamming. The Sound of Hope (SOH) (not heard) apparently uses this frequency from 2000 to 1700 for a Mandarin language broadcast. It is my opinion that Firedrake is being used to jam or interfere with the SoH's broadcast. Firedrake // and in audio sync with 11500. 3/3/13 13130, CHINA (JAMMING) Firedrake, 1330-1335 with musical jamming. The Sound of Hope (SoH) which was not heard, is reported to be using this frequency from 2000 to 1700 GMT and it is my opinion that Firedrake is being used by China to jam or interfere with the broadcast of SoH. Firedrake // and in sync with 13970 and // but about two-three seconds ahead of audio on 11500 on 2/28/13. Also heard 1358 // and in audio sync with 12370. 3-2-13 13980, CHINA (JAMMING) Firedrake, 1340-1345 musical jamming. The Sound of Hope (SoH) which was not heard, is reported to be using this frequency from 2000 to 1700 GMT and it is my opinion that Firedrake is being used by China to jam or interfere with the broadcast of SoH. Firedrake // and in sync with 13130 and // but two to three seconds ahead of Firedrake's audio on 11500. 2/28/13 15400, CHINA (JAMMING) Firedrake, 1418 musical jamming. The Voice of Tibet (VOT) reportedly uses this frequency from 1400-1430 for a Tibetan language broadcast. It is my opinion that China may be using Firedrake to jam or interfere with the VOT's broadcast. 2/25/13. 15515, CHINA (JAMMING) Firedrake, 1342 with musical jamming. Most likely targeting the Voice of Tibet who uses frequencies a few kHz above or below this frequency. Firedrake // 11500 JBA 2/24/13 (Steve Handler, IL, March 3, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [Re 13-09:] The BUZZER is a new type of jamming introduced by the Chinese a few months ago and now becoming more widespread. The signal is DSB with no carrier and the audio is of the squarewave type with maximum audio strength about +/- 2.5 kHz from the suppressed carrier. Just as the buzzer starts it has a second or two of only carrier. I have no idea whether the buzzers are refitted voice/music jammers or are a new generation specifically made for the purpose. Anyhow, they are probably the result of the new harder line government that recently took office. Apparently the Chinese transmitters are tunable only in 5 kHz steps and the VOT people make use of this by using offset channels (Olle Alm, Sweden, 4 March 2013, WORLD OF RADIO 1659, DX LISTENING DIGEST) This, I think, clearly indicates that the jamming is being done with broadcasting gear. Also the behaviour of the new jamming signal to start with 1...2 seconds of open carrier is typical for the switch-on sequence of state-of-the-art broadcasting transmitters. But still I would guess that they indeed have developed a new, special noise modulator, being used with standard broadcasting transmitters. Not necessarily domestic made ones I think (Kai Ludwig, Germany, ibid.) Extended heavy FIREDRAKE music jamming noted today March 4! FIREDRAKE music jamming has something to do with 12th National People's Congress during the 1st Plenary Session at Peking in March 2013 (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 4, WORLD OF RADIO 1659, DX LISTENING DIGEST) MARIANA ISLS [Saipan and Tinian]/CHINA, 11790.027, RFA Saipan. Heavy China mainland FIREDRAKE music jamming against 18-20 UT RFA Mandarin from Agingan Point on Saipan, 1835 UT March 4. Same \\ program and also FIREDRAKE music jamming against RFA Tinian relay on 11965 kHz. At 19 UT also Firedrake music against RFA on 6025TIN, 6095TIN, 7385TAI- TWN, 9355SAI, 9455SAI, 9875PAL, 9905TIN. [and non]. 12th National People's Congress during the 1st Plenary Session Peking - jamming action against western propaganda stations [sic]. Checked VOA Mandarin service broadcast at 1100-1205 UT today March 5th. Only a single frequency carried FIREDRAKE music jamming: 15670 UDO Thailand / + BUZZER noise scratchy audio + CNR program spoken, - triple jamming. Other frequencies only covered both new BUZZER noise scratchy audio + CNR program spoken type: 6045UDO 9530TIN 9825SAI / TIN 11635UDO 11720TJK 12045TIN 13650TIN 15110TIN (Wolfgang Buschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 5, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1659, DXLD) Firedrake frequencies in use this morning between 1245 and 1300 sign off were 12230, 13920, 14700, 14750, 14980 and 17080. Nothing heard above or below those frequencies. From 1325 to 1337 this morning heard 13970, 14700, 14750 and also 12370 the only one of the four to sign off at 1330. From 1347 to 1355 this morning, 11500, 13970, 14700, 14750, and 12370 which must have signed back on between 1337 when I last checked and 1347. All My Best (Steve Handler, IL, March 5, WORLD OF RADIO 1659, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Firedrake March 5, with FE signals hot this morning, as equinox is imminent, before 1400: 11500, good at 1348 12370, very good at 1359 13970, very good at 1359; started scanning too late to catch any above 14 MHz before 1400* After 1400: 7390, very poor at 1417 under VOA Cantonese via Tinang, PHILIPPINES Before 1500: 11500, fair at 1449; none in the 10s 12230, good at 1449 13130, good at 1450 13920, good at 1450 but mixed with fax, Australia? 13970, fair at 1449 14980, very poor at 1451 15870, poor at 1459.5-1500* uncovered after unID blob goes off 15867 16100, good at 1454 but with more flutter than the others 17535, fair at 1454 vs V. of Tibet via Madagascar, unheard none in the 18s or 19s Firedrake March 6: 17535, fair at 1453 with flutter, vs V. of Tibet, Madagascar No others found 12-18 MHz before 1500 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1659, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I found Firedrake jamming on the following at 0530-0600 UT 7 March: 11970 12230 12370 12500 13130 13530 13710 (this one seemed to be against RFA & was ineffective) 14400 14800 Except for 13710 all seemed to be against Sound of hope. SOH was in clear on: 12670 13970 14870 14980 DH KCMO (listening on perseus receiver via Japan) (Dave Hughes, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1659, DXLD) Firedrake March 7, all with flutter; before 1300: 11500, very good at 1258 Circa 1330: 12230, very good at 1330 12670, poor at 1330 (I jotted 13670, but think I meant 12670) 13530, very good at 1330 13920, poor at 1332 13970, fair at 1332 14700, very good at 1333 14750, very good at 1332; 16100, very good at 1335; none in the 15s, 17s, 18s (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CLIPPERTON ISLAND. 21285-USB, March 4 at 0054 nabbed TX5K DX- pedition on its specified 15m frequency, after hearing the pileups on 21291-USB, its calling frequency. TX5K weak but enough to ID, working a JA at the moment but mostly Ws and Ks (Glenn Hauser, OK, during another power outage, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [and non]. Looking for some more of the TX5K DX-pedition which will last a few more days: 14195, March 4 at 1404, here`s a pileup so I bet TX5K is just below it: yes, on 14190-USB rather than publicized 14185. With hoards trying to make a 5-second contact, there are bound to be a few who don`t know that DX-peditions operate duplex, i.e. listening and transmitting on different nearby frequencies, to keep their own clear of QRM: so at 1406, W8CZN is calling several times on 14190; 1407 an AM carrier is atop the very poor signal of TX5K for a while, spoiler? At 1409 I do make out his ID, ``Tango X-Ray Five Kilo``. Try to explain that to a non-ham like my late aunt: visualize a dance floor, an x-ray machine, and 5 kilos of --- something? Another US ham invades 14190 at 1415, K1JKS, so someone else cuts in, ``he`s listening up-5``. This early, 40 meters might be working better, but couldn`t find a TX5K circa 7185 listed, which itself wouldn`t do as there`s a ragchew net on 7184-LSB from circa Colorado, including W0KJB Pueblo. Just where is Clipperton? Believe it or not, missing from the extensive index of the Reader`s Digest Great World Atlas. But it does figure in the seemingly smaller RD Bartholomew: it`s definitely tropical at 10 north/109 west, which means same latitude as northern Costa Rica, same longitude as the NM/AZ border, due south of that (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) TX5, CLIPPERTON ISLAND (Update). The TX5K team arrived at Clipperton Island at 0430z, February 27th, in the dark (and even with a full moon they can only just make out the island), so offloading onto the island did not start until daybreak. The TX5K Blog page states, "No one got sick on the way down - all are doing well and have enjoyed the wonderful food and hospitality of the Shogun Crew." Excerpts from the blog state that the team will need a whole day and part of the next day to offload and set up. This means do not expect the start of the DXpedition until late in the day (Pacific Time) on February 28th (it will most likely be March 1st in some time zones) - which is as planned. The team sends their thanks to everyone for your support of this DXpedition and send their love to their families. Then on February 28th, it was posted, "after spending hours circling the island looking for a suitable and safe place to land" the team began landing at 1300z. Later in the day, they posted "they have all life support, 2 out of 3 tents up, 20 members of the team on the island and that they have generators and lights that they can use to do some work into the night. They will set up radios tomorrow - so this is all great news. All are tired - but in very good spirits and doing well. It is hot there." By the time you read this, the TX5K activity will probably have started and it will be on 160-6 meters using using CW, SSB and RTTY. Frequencies were listed in last week's bulletin (OPDX.1101). Just a reminder that they will also have a quality QRO 6m station with a dedicated operator, Lance, W7GJ, - http://www.bigskyspaces.com/w7gj/TX5K.htm ready to do EME and terrestrial QSOs. Needless to say - this is huge news for the 6m community! QSL via the OQRS by ClubLog (Highly Recommended). This is the preferred method to use for your QSL confirmation. After the DXpedition ends, you can order either a direct or Bureau QSL card using the OQRS online QSL service provided by ClubLog. Using this convenient online method you can easily apply for their QSL card to be sent directly to your home or via the Bureau --- without having to send your QSL card at all. Direct QSLs are via Bob Schenck N2OO and the SJDXA QSL team: QSL Manager for TX5K, PO Box 345, Tuckerton, NJ 08087-0345, USA. Also, remember to use the DXA Web site http://www.dxa2.org/ which allows DXers to view the QSO log, and the status and activities of the DXpedition in near-real-time. The TX5K's Web page is at http://tx5k.org For updates, use the BLOG at: http://www.ky6r.com (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1102, March 4, 2013, Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW, Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio) [but postdated since:] via Dave Raycroft, March 1, ODXA yg via DXLD) 7185-LSB, March 5 at 0622 pileup is here, so bet TX5K DX-pedition is down-5. Yes, 7180-LSB with weak but readable signal at 0631 ID, ``listening up-5``. Replying to my previous reports, Julián Santiago Díez de Bonilla in the DF says Clipperton was taken away from Mexico thanks to Italian intervention partial to France: ``Glenn: las isla de Clipperton es en realidad un atolón ubicado en el Pacífico a 1200 kilómetros del Puerto de Acapulco. Este atolón perteneció a México hasta que por maniobras poco claras Francia ser apropio de ella en 1931 "gracias" a un laudo emitido en ese año por el rey italiano "Victor Manuel III" de Italia que fungió como juez entre Francia y México emitiendo una resolución totalmente parcial a los franceses. Hay un libro muy interesante llamado "Clipperton isla mexicana" de Miguel González Avelar editado por el Fondo de Cultura Económica en 1992 que habla de las implicaciones legales y políticas en el caso de Clipperton. Asimismo una historia novelada llamada "La isla de la pasión" de Laura Restrepo editada por "Alfaguara" en 1989 habla de la última guarnición mexicana que custodiaba la isla a principios del siglo XX. Saludos, Julián`` Very interesting. If it was Mexican before, there should have been some other name for it than the oh-so-English Clipperton, which is hardly French either. Has it any valuable resources? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Julián Santiago Díez de Bonilla answers my question about the name of this ex-Mexican island, site of TX5K ham DXpedition about to conclude: ``Glenn: "Clipperton" se encuentra en el Océano Pacífico a 10 13´ latitud norte y 105 26´longitud oeste. La isla -atolón- fué descubierta en 1526. Al establecerse en 1565 el circuito comercial entre Manila (Filipinas) y Acapulco (México) los marinos españoles que partían de la Nueva España (México) la tenían como punto de referencia nombrandola "Médanos" ó "Médano". El pirata inglés John Clipperton la avistó en 1705 por lo que en las cartas geográficas inglesas del Pacífico apareció como "Clipperton". En 1711 dos buques mercantes franceses la rodean y estudian desde el mar llamándola "Isla de la Pasión". Desde entonces un buen número de cartas geográficas le dan este nombre. Otros autores dicen que fué precisamente el navegante Fernando de Magallanes quien la bautizó como "Isla de la Pasión" entre 1519 y 1521, y que el nombre de "Clipperton" es solo un alias. Al ser un atolón tiene mucho azufre y sus derivados, así como grandes cantidades de guano. Saludos, Julián`` (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** COLOMBIA. 7150-LSB, March 5 at 0608 as I am fishing around for Clipperton, find some ham here with VG signal who keeps making lots of quick European DX contacts with mostly 5-9 signal reports as if this were a contest --- and he never gives his own call!! Almost. A few minutes later it goes by unexpectedly and I don`t copy it, but it sounds very strange. Mesmerized, I can`t tune away until I get the ID! Clipperton, QRX. FINALLY, he says it fonetikally again at 0621: HK/LU9ESD. Meanwhile he has mentioned that he is on the Caribbean coast of northern Colombia. Must be an Argentine visitor, with background noise or noisy vox, presumably duplex as I was not hearing any of his contacts on the same frequency. If I had found the other frequency, there his call might have been given more often, tho standard procedure for impatient hams is only to say their own calls over and over, hoping for a break in the pileup and a comeback. QRZ.com lookup shows: Manu Siebert, Estomba 487/91, 8000 Bahía Blanca, BA, Argentina, but he is QRV in HK-land until March 8, and was also involved in the HK0NA Malpelo 2012y DXpedition team (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** COSTA RICA. 5965, March 3 at 0700, REE relay is off, while it was on a few minutes earlier. This alone had been scheduled very late until 0800* and thought that was still the case (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. 1000, Radio Artemisa, Artemisa, Artemisa. 0046 February 22, 2013. Fair-poor, parallel big 1020. 1020, Radio Artemisa, unknown site, Artemisa. 0045 February 22, 2013. Big signal, horribly over-modulated with traditional Cuban vocals, female announcer, ID 0058 followed by four slow time sounders way off on timing. Another ID at 0100 and into pop-ish Cuban vocals. Parallel weaker 1000. 1050, Radio Victoria, Victoria de las Tunas, Las Tunas. 0110 February 17, 2013. Nice traditional Cuban vocals, female ID. At 0200, male canned, “Estancia [sic] en sintonía Radio Victoria…” Some XE co- channel. 1070, Radio Guamá, Guane, Pinar del Río. 0108-0150 February 20, 2013. Female-dominated newscast as should well be, mostly ruling the channel, but one other unidentified Spanish Latin American and a US English briefly in the mix. Radio Guamá is not DX from here, but the interesting thing was the 0130 male canned ID with at least 3-4 FM channels mentioned -- none copied – but all prefixed with the towns (La Palma was one, for instance). And what/who is/was Guamá? Me, being interested in all things Cuba, I note that the current Cubans think they found his bones after 481 or so years. And he was a fine example of an axe murder victim at the hands of a relative, caught in a sex scandal. All the makings for a TV reality show today. Proof is at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guam%C3%A1 (Terry L. Krueger, Clearwater, Florida, USA, JRC NRD-535; ICOM IC-R75; Hammarlund HQ-180A; Sony ICF-7600GR; Sangean PR-D5; Aqua Guide 705 RDF Marine Radio; GE Superadio III; JPS NF-60 Notch Filter; JPS ANC-4 Noise Phase; 1 X roof dipole; 1 X room random wire; Terk Advantage non-active portable loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. 1620, March 1 at 0542 UT, R. Rebelde is dominant on the FRG-7 E-W longwire, easily confirmed as // 1180 & 5025 with a slight echo, discussing some papa (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. 11690, March 2 at 1502, RHC modulation is unusually a bit distorted on this perpetually weak signal, and always also suffering from NAA RTTY on the lo side. Even when not distorted, does 11690 have a better signal in any direxion from Cuba that anyone would prefer to listen to instead of 11760, 11860, 15340, 17580 or 17730?? Hard to imagine it. 5955, March 3 at 0100, pulse jamming is here, despite no evidence that R. República, Costa Rica puny power has been active for months on 5954+; Harold Frodge also heard jamming Feb 23 at 1710 on 9965, an even more out-of-date República frequency. Same type of jamming against nothing heard on 5890 at 0101 March 3, the DCJC oblivious of the fact that evil VOA Spanish takes weekends off. 6010, March 3 at 0642, double anomaly from RHC. This English frequency is off, audiblizing 6005 BBC English Ascension; and 6060 is in Spanish instead of English, leaving only 5040, 6125 and 6165 for RHC English, which are overplenty. 5955, March 4 at 0112, DentroCuban Jamming Command is still attacking this frequency with pulsing where there is no sign of Radio República. Stronger than the same kind of jamming on 5890 where VOA is not on weekends [during another power outage in Enid] 11860, March 4 at 1357 tune-in, RHC is missing, then cuts on carrier at 1357:20, modulation on and off for a while as carrier remains (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. HM01 numbers station Escutas de hoje 4 de março: HM01 9240 kHz 09z 04/03 HM01 5855 kHz 10z 04/03 HM01 9155 kHz 10z 04/03 voice > RDFT (decoded with DIGTRX, encrypted file) 16223 > 72165184.TXT 970 bytes 14671 > 77072574.TXT 992 bytes 45616 > 04488536.TXT 973 bytes 03744 > 45750277.TXT 971 bytes 51102 > 05316545.TXT 1012 bytes 32807 > 88217834.TXT 963 bytes HM01 11530 kHz 17z 04/03 HM01 11635 kHz 21z 04/03 HM01 10715 kHz 22z 04/03 HM01 11530 kHz 23z 04/03 voice > RDFT (decoded with DIGTRX, encrypted file) 16224 > 72165184.TXT 970 bytes 14672 > 77072574.TXT 992 bytes 28761 > 32304763.TXT 1006 bytes new ! 03745 > 45750277.TXT 971 bytes 51103 > 05316545.TXT 1012 bytes 81601 > 05358004.TXT 961 bytes new ! 73 de Roland. http://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/en.htm March 4, radioescutas yg via DXLD) Escutas de hoje 6 de março: HM01 9240 kHz 09z 06/03 HM01 9155 kHz and 5855 kHz 10z 06/03 voice > RDFT (decoded with DIGTRX, encrypted file) 16225 > 72165184.TXT 970 bytes 14673 > 77072574.TXT 992 bytes 28762 > 32304763.TXT 1006 bytes 03746 > 45750277.TXT 971 bytes 51104 > 05316545.TXT 1012 bytes 81602 > 05358004.TXT 961 bytes HM01 11435 kHz 16z 06/03 HM01 11530 kHz 17z 06/03 HM01 11635 kHz 18z 06/03 HM01 11635 kHz 21z 06/03 HM01 10715 kHz 22z 06/03 HM01 11530 kHz 23z 06/03 voice > RDFT (decoded with DIGTRX, encrypted file) 18831 > 17171600.TXT 995 bytes NEW ! 14674 > 77072574.TXT 992 bytes 28763 > 32304763.TXT 1006 bytes 43161 > 35284671.TXT 966 bytes NEW ! 51105 > 05316545.TXT 1012 bytes 81603 > 05358004.TXT 961 bytes 73 de (Roland, http://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/en.htm ibid.) 6205, March 6 at 0622, the RHC leapfrog mixing product in English has an echo on it, i.e. 6125 over 6165, another 40 kHz higher. I then compare directly 6125 to all the other frequencies and find indeed that 6125 is an echo apart from 5040, 6010, 6060 and 6165 which are all synchronized with each other. So is 6125 now from the other transmitter site? Doubt it, and if it is really mixing with 6165 it would have to be at the same site. So either the 6205 mix is not transmitted but from overload in the receiver; or 6125 is getting its program feed via different routing even tho at the same site as the others (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Leapfrog the next graf for a follow-up 6000 // 6165 a mixed bag of tricks tonite. 6000 inglés was better quality than 6165, but they broke away early :56 to change to español cutting the repeat of the tribute short. Moving to 6165 gets noisy and buzzy with artifacts presumed from RHC side. At all hours 02-06 UT this was repeated, though their IS was a full 5-7 minutes early, so one had to listen between say :35-:45 or thereabouts. Rather sloppy IMHO. Professor Coro's DX show intro at 0627 UT seeming early as one expects a :30 start (Paul S. in CT, 0719 UT March 6, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11760, March 6 at 2112, RHC with open carrier/dead air instead of French, while the other French broadcast is nominal on 11880. 6125, March 7 at 0627, unlike 24 hours earlier, this RHC English frequency is in synch with all the others, meaning no echo on 6205 mixing product with 6165 // 6270, 6060 and 5040, but 6010 is off again. 11760, March 7 at 2042, RHC English has two Americans discussing the Cuban 5, instead of RHC`s constant blather about this, and things are starting to make sense. 2047 outro as having been from the Home Ground program on Yellowstone Public Radio. The original is here in archive for Feb 26, with wma and mp3 audio linx, guest being Bill Norris, lawyer for one of them, about how they did not get a fair trial: http://www.ypradio.org/programs/local/home_ground.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** DIEGO GARCIA. 4319-USB, AFN 0035 to 0045 per Scott Barbour tip, mixing with ute defeated by using 1.1k filter - 24 Feb (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D -Icom 746Pro - Drake R8 - Drake R7, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 12759-USB, March 7 at 0114, some broadcast with music is JBA, no doubt AFN. Hope this leads to another readable reception like I had once a few weeks ago (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** DJIBOUTI. 4780, R. Djibouti. Finally this came on at the s/on and not already in progress. Signal on with tone at 0259:30 and instrumental NA about 5 seconds later. W with opening announcements with mention of radio. 0301 into Kor`an going past 0312. Just fair signal with CODAR QRM. (20 Feb) 4780, R. Djibouti. Surprised to find this on late at 2235 with speech by M mentioning Somalia and Zanzibar. Ending with clapping. 2240 into funky HoA vocal music. 2241:45 W announcer starting with what sounded like R. Djibouti ID. Long period of deadair from 2242 until the signal went off at 2256:53. (20 Feb) (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+ and 153 foot vertical triangle Delta Loop, HCDX Feb 28 via DXLD) ** EAST TURKISTAN. 6075, March 3 at 0103, CRI English with fair signal, whence? Kashgar southwards, so long or short path along grayline? Which is better here than on 60 meters now (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ECUADOR. 3380, Radio Centro, 1050 to 1100 poor signal noted, transmitter issues? 19 Feb, 1100-1115 OM en español with ute on top, poor to fair signal 21 Feb., 1107 poor signal en español 27 Feb (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D -Icom 746Pro - Drake R8 - Drake R7, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ECUADOR. 42 photos of HCJB Quito Studio/office & former Pifo shortwave transmitter site: https://plus.google.com/photos/105613233570543041220/albums/5090487217797680513?banner=pwa (Ian Baxter, Feb 28, shortwavesites yg via DXLD) New Airport Quito inaugurated. Das ist doch der Flughafen, dem die HCJB Antennen im Weg waren, bzw. In der Einflugschneise standen? (Herbert Meixner, Austria, A-DX Feb 21 via BC-DX March 5 via DXLD) Die 6050 kHz Aussendung ist, glaube ich, das einzige Ueberbleibsel aus Quito von HCJB. Mein WRTH 1985 listet 29 (!) eingesetzte HCJB- Frequenzen, 1998 nur noch 18 HCJB Frequenzen. Dann ging's immer weiter bergab. - Schade! (Andreas Tschauder, Germany, ibid.) ** EGYPT. 9905, R. Cairo, Abis. Fades & noise with weak signal in Arabic at 0550 on 11/2 (Gavin Hellyer, Ararat Vic (Yaesu FRG8800, Kenwood R2000, ANTENNAS- 50 & 80m Long Wires, 30 m Loop, FRT-7700 ATU, 12m Half Wave Inverted V Dipole, ATU), March Australian DX News via DXLD) Heard 0610 in Arabic to North America 2/3, fair level with the usual shocking modulation and that’s how I came across the station! Chimes at 0700 then brief news then off by 0706 or died off, but suspect sign off. 42 years of listening and Cairo does not change! (John Wright, Peakhurst NSW (Icom R8500 EWE direction 350 degrees Tony Magon pre amp), March Australian DX News via DXLD) ** ERITREA. 4700.01, V. of the Broad Masses of Eritrea. 0257 usual IS with ID announcements. Tnx Ron Howard tip. (20 Feb) (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+ and 153 foot vertical triangle Delta Loop, HCDX Feb 28 via DXLD) 4700, Voice of Broad Masses, 0313, March 1. Thanks to Wolfy for initially pointing this one out to me; HOA music; // 7185; both unjammed (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ERITREA [non]. GERMANY. Radio EYC according to announcement or Radio EYS according to MBR schedule: 1730-1800 on 11810 WER 100 kW / 135 deg to EaAf Amharic Tue/Fri from Jan. 29. On March 5 good reception in Sofia. SINPO 45544 -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, dxldyg WORLD OF RADIO 1659, DXLD) Radio EYSC [Eritrean Youth Solidarity for Change] apparently, YouTube page here: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-1hHRhbV9tqHXqcmwI6ekA However, note different frequency given there (11840 rather than 11810 kHz), and why in Amharic if it's for Eritrea? - sounds like Tigrinya to me. Time and days fit though. [Later:] Just found their website, http://eysc.net, which has a file of today's broadcast on demand, showing the correct frequency (David Kernick, Interval Signals Online, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1659, DX LISTENING DIGEST) i.e. Tuesdays and Fridays, 8:30-9:00 pm Asmera time on 11810. Lot of English on that site if you want to know more about EYSC (gh, ibid.) ** ETHIOPIA. 5950, 03/Mar 0308-0320, V of Tigray Revolution in Tigrinya / Afar. Long sequence of local music. QRM from Iran at the same frequency. 34333 (Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana, Bahia, 12 14´S 38 58´W - Brasil, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ETHIOPIA [non]. New schedule of E-SAT Radio according to monitoring Feb. 1-Mar. 1: All frequencies are jammed by Ethiopia with broadband DRM-like white noise 1st/3rd week of the month 1700-1800 on 15390 secret / hidden site to EaAf Amharic Mon 1700-1800 on 15375 secret / hidden site to EaAf Amharic Tue 1700-1800 on 15380 secret / hidden site to EaAf Amharic Wed 1700-1800 on 15365 secret / hidden site to EaAf Amharic Thu 1700-1800 on 15360 secret / hidden site to EaAf Amharic Fri 1700-1800 on 15375 secret / hidden site to EaAf Amharic Sat 1700-1800 on 15370 secret / hidden site to EaAf Amharic Sun 2nd/4th week of the month 1700-1800 on 15360 secret / hidden site to EaAf Amharic Mon 1700-1800 on 15390 secret / hidden site to EaAf Amharic Tue 1700-1800 on 15395 secret / hidden site to EaAf Amharic Wed 1700-1800 on 15380 secret / hidden site to EaAf Amharic Thu 1700-1800 on 15390 secret / hidden site to EaAf Amharic Fri 1700-1800 on 15375 secret / hidden site to EaAf Amharic Sat 1700-1800 on 15360 secret / hidden site to EaAf Amharic Sun 5th week of the month 1700-1800 on 15360 secret / hidden site to EaAf Amharic Mon 1700-1800 on 15385 secret / hidden site to EaAf Amharic Tue 1700-1800 on 15395 secret / hidden site to EaAf Amharic Wed 1700-1800 on 15380 secret / hidden site to EaAf Amharic Thu 1700-1800 on 15390 secret / hidden site to EaAf Amharic Fri 1700-1800 on 15375 secret / hidden site to EaAf Amharic Sat 1700-1800 on 15360 secret / hidden site to EaAf Amharic Sun (DX RE MIX NEWS #770 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, March 7, 2013, via DXLD) ** ETHIOPIA [non]. QSL: CLANDESTINE: Voice of Oromo Liberation via Issoudun 13810, eQSL in 61 days for report + MP3 file sent to QSL- SHORTWAVE at media-broadcast.com V/s Michael Puetz (Bruce Portzer, Seattle, WA, March 2, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** FRANCE. 11996.430, More odd frequency hopping of Issoudun outlets of RFI French service at 18-19 UT, noted RFI here around 1840 UT March 4. But at 1852:10 UT TX hopped to odd 12001.000 kHz. Animated discussion in the German lang A-DX newsgroup Salzburg, about this odd frequency hopping of TDF/RFI installation. Resulting in the adoption of a 'silent opponent protest', of the engineers staff at Issoudun, against the plans, to establish of a new common TDF/M&B control center at Wertachtal in Germany instead (Wolfgang Büschel, March 4, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 5 via WORLD OF RADIO 1659, DXLD) [non]. 15360, March 6 at 1522, VG signal in Swahili talking about Kenya, no doubt the contentious elexion there with results being delayed; a special service? No, regular schedule 15-16 via SOUTH AFRICA. 1530 `Hi nii RFI`` ID and RFI sounders. I would not be surprised if under the circumstances, VOA is extending its midnite-specials in Swahili, 2100-2130 UT on 11875, 13740, 15265, beyond the originally planned March 4-5 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9805, March 7 at 0616, good signal in African language. Aoki shows it`s RFI Hausa from Issoudun, i.e. what used to be on 7295 until Feb 24 that frequency-hour was turned over to relay ALGERIA [q.v.]. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also KOREA SOUTH 9805 ** GERMANY. 7335, QSL "Gruss an Bord" program on Norddeutscher Rundfunk ("NDR") Hamburg via Wertachtal, Bavaria verified an electronic report with a 2-page full data "Verification - QSL" letter from v/s Wolfgang Heinemann, Senior Editor, a copy of the schedule for transmission used Christmas Eve, a Hamburg view card with hand written note thanking me for the report and an NDR Info pamphlet in the German language in 18 days. Wolfgang notes that Gruss an Bord is in its 59th year provides a popular platform for sailors to send greetings to relatives and for families to send season's greetings and best wishes for the New Year to relatives working on board ships over the holiday period. NDR rents shortwave frequencies so the program can be heard across the seven seas. They invite listening again next Christmas Eve although the frequencies will probably change (Rich D'Angelo-PA-USA, DXplorer Feb 24 via BC-DX March 5 via DXLD) ** GERMANY. 15215, as I was processing other recordings, also fixed this one up of the opening of R. Öömrang on Feb 21 at 1600, including the dead air before joined in progress, with some English segments for the first six minutes: http://www.w4uvh.net/amrum2013.rm NO ONE MAY use my recording to fake a report to it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) QSL: Radio OOoomrang [sic], 15215 kHz e-QSL in 2 days. Report sent to: michael.puetz @ media-broadcast.com v/s Michael Puetz (Christian Ghibaudo, Nice France, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) ** GERMANY. QSL: 9835, Radio Free Asia, Tibetan via IBB Lampertheim transmitter. Full data (with site), Special 16 Years of RFA broadcasting QSL Card (1996-2012) in 49 days (Edward Kusalik, Daysland, Alberta, Canada, Feb 28, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY [and non]. Updated official B12 Media Broadcast schedule http://www.media-broadcast.com/fileadmin/user_upload/Downloads/B12_operational_280213_MBR.pdf (via Akbar Indra Gunawan, Hard-Core-DX mailing list March 5 via DXLD) See NIGERIA [non] ** GERMANY. Radio 6150 reported back on 6070 with tests on February 27 at 2208 by Capt. Kidd on the Garry Stevens Pirate Free Radio Board, noted here March 1 at 0845 with a recording of Roger Day opening transmissions on Radio Northsea International, poor to fair strength on clear channel. S9 to S9+20 on the Twente online receiver (Mike Barraclough, Letchworth Garden City, UK, March 1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1659, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY. 24/2/13, 7265 HLR with S4 over S3 QRN (Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki, Greece, 28/2, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ?? 24/2 was Sunday, and I thought HLR was only on Sat & Wed. Did you mean 23/2, or even 27/2?? Time? Between other logs at 1445 and 1456, so you should have been hearing me on WORLD OF RADIO at 1430; were you? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY. Observations of Radio 700 on new test frequency on Fri, March 1: 0855 on 13820 KLL 001 kW / non-dir to CeEu in German. Frequency was moving from 13820.40 to 13820.00 for the first around 30 minutes until 0925 UT -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, Sony ICF- 2001D 30 m. long wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1659, DX LISTENING DIGEST) GERMANY/TAIWAN: Around 0945 UT March 1st logged 13820.003 Radio 700 from Kall Eifel noted with fair S=7-8 signal in Greece, and also co- channel adjacent [sic]: 13820.095, SOH Sound of Hope in Chinese from clandestine station at Taiwan. But poor and tiny on threshold level in Europe, Japan and Australia remote monitoring (Wolfgang Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Where is there more info about the broadcasts of Radio Sieben Hundert (Radio 700) in January on 9700 and in February on 13820 KHz (// 6085 stream)? Broadcast time is around 0900-1700. Last time observed on Feb 27 at 0923 e.g. with ID in German: “Radio Sieben Hundert Schlager” playing mainly old hits in German and in English and news in German from 55 minute of hour. Usually // 6085. Some problems with Fire Drake from Beijing (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria, written on March 3, 2013. Rx: Sony ICF2001D. Ant: Folded Marconi 16 meters long own made, WORLD OF RADIO 1659, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [and non]. 13820, Radio 700. New station, same station was heard in all January on 9700 but in February is on 13820; broadcast time is around 0900-1600 featured English and German old hits songs and talks in German, usually news in German from 55th minute of every hour. Last time observed on 20/2. From Radio 6150 wrote me they are using only 6070. On same 13820 daily there is Sound of Hope + Fire Drake 0500-0555 (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria (Sony ICF2001D, Folded Marconi 16 meters), March Australian DX News via DXLD) ** GERMANY [and non]. Latest MBR's changes: Mighty KBC Radio: 0000-0200 7375 NAU 125 kW / 300 deg NoAm English Sun, from March 3 Radio Joystick from March 3: 1100-1200 7330 MOS 100 kW / 283 deg CeEu German 1st Sun, ex ISS 100 Radio Free Sarawak: 1100-1300 11600 TRM 125 kW / 105 deg SEAs Iban effective from Feb. 10 New UNIDentified station: 1730-1800 11810 WER 100 kW / 135 deg EaAf Somali Tue/Fri from Jan. 29 [identified below and at ERITREA [non] --- not Somali Bible Voice Broadcasting Network: 1630-1645 15215 WER 125 kW / 075 deg SoAs Tamil Fri, ex Fri/Sun 1630-1645 15215 WER 125 kW / 105 deg SoAs Tamil Sun, ex Fri/Sun 1630-1830 9925 ISS 125 kW / 090 deg WeAs Farsi deleted from March 4 1800-1830 15335 NAU 100 kW / 150 deg EaAf Somali Sat/Sun, ex Fri-Sun Brother Stair TOM: 1900-2000 9835 WER 500 kW / 165 deg NWAf English deleted from Feb. 20 HCJB Global Voice: 2245-2300 11920 WER 100 kW / 240 deg BRA Kulina, deleted from Feb. 18 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY [and non]. Latest MBR's changes, updated [including]: Radio EYSC - Eritrean Youth Solidarity for Change 1730-1800 11810 WER 100 kW / 135 deg EaAf Tigrigna Tue/Fri eff Jan. 29 (DX RE MIX NEWS #770 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, March 7, 2013, via DXLD) ** GERMANY. QSL: Missionswerk Friedensstimme via Wertachtal 9605, sent QSL card and booklet in 67 days for report+CD+$2 sent to Postfach 100638, 51606 Gummersbach, Germany. V/s N. Berg (Bruce Portzer, Seattle, WA, March 2, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GOA. INDIA, 9809.972, AIR Panaji. 1220 found here off frequency mixing with CNR on 9810.003. Pleasant subcontinental music then talk by M at 1222. Gradually got really strong according to the Perseus display (wasn't listening at the time or recording). Also looked like CNR went off and VOA Saipan came on 9810.03. Will have to check this again. A busy frequency at this time. (22 Feb) (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+ and 153 foot vertical triangle Delta Loop, HCDX Feb 28 via DXLD) 11669.964, As usual odd frequency via Goa Panaji site, Dari/Pashto service to Afghanistan heard with subcontinental song around 1445 UT March 1st, S=8 signal into Europe. Requested at 1315-1530 UT daily. 15174.981, Odd AIR Goa Panaji site Gujarati service towards Indians in East Africa and Mauritius, scheduled 1515-1600 UT at 1525 UT poor S=6 signal sidelobe into Europe. 15184.956, As usual odd frequency via Goa Panaji site, AIR Gujarati language service noted at 0415-0425 UT on March 3. On Moscow SDR unit S=9 signal sidelobe into Europe. 15209.981, As usual odd frequency via Goa Panaji site, AIR Farsi language service at 0428 UT on March 3. On Moscow SDR unit S=9+15dB signal sidelobe into Europe (Wolfgang Büschel, March 1/3, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 5 via DXLD) ** GREECE. QSL: Radio Makedonias (ERT3) 9935, eQSL letter in about 2 days for followup to a December report. v/s Giorgos Kalientzidis, programc at ert3.gr who attached an e-brochure about Thessoloniki (Bruce Portzer, Seattle, WA, March 2, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GREECE. During the dark time here on 13820 [see GERMANY] is also heard the “pseudo’ 14th harmonic of radio ERA Sport, Greece with fundamental frequency MW 981 which is here with good signal reported on 7th harmonic of 6867.3L, all daily – last time on 20/2 (the 14th harmonic has to be on 13734!?!). [981 x 7 = 6867; 981 x 14 = 13734 --- gh]. By the way, ERA1/Kozmo/I phoni tis Hellados Radio is daily heard here on 6210 kHz = 15630 minus 9420 (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria (Sony ICF2001D, Folded Marconi 16 meters), Mar Australian DX News via DXLD) ** GUAM. 5765-USB, AFN Barrigada 0930 to 0950 YL English good signal 19 Feb (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D -Icom 746Pro - Drake R8 - Drake R7, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5765-USB, March 1 at 1316, nothing audible from AFN. It had been there every morning for a while, not logged. There is however some very weak 2-way SSB around 5777 at 1319 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) AFN Guam noted 1840-1855 UT on various units in Nagoya, Tokyo and northerly in Japan. S=9+20dB at 1840 UT March 1st, female and male talked about Singapore government, at 1853 UT greetings feature from Louisiana and New Jersey. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DXLD) 5765-USB, AFN, 0959, March 2. Promo for “AFN Wednesday”; into the Bill O’Reilly “Talking Points” show; fair (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5765-USB, March 2 at 1416 check, AFN is on weakly with talk, but unseems // NPR WESAT on KOSU-91.7, even allowing for the latter`s digital delay to match its own IBOC delay no one listens to. 13363 [sic] -USB, March 5 at 1421, AFN is on its `day` frequency instead of 5765-USB, talk show, 1424 PSAs re children, Iwo Jima, perhaps blocking ads on the NBC TV Today show? Still audible but weaker at 1447, unfortunately troubled by one of my cable DTV boxes` bubble-jamming; I unplugged the closest one, but that wasn`t it (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1659, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 13362-USB, AFN. 1529, March 5. A rare event to hear them on this frequency so late; normally they would have switched over to 5765-USB sometime before 1200, but today neither frequency was heard about that time; military PSA and a bit of US history; 1532 into TV audio feed; fair (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1659, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5765-USB, March 6 at 1258, AFN with Marine Corps report, PSAs, 1300 NBC `Today` show announcing it`s 6 March in NYC, storm approaching, with Matt Lauer & Savannah Guthrie. So it`s back on usual night frequency unlike 24 hours earlier. Tnx to Ron Howard who points out the correct day frequency is 13362-USB, where he also heard it March 5 around 1530, and not 13363 as I put it only from the FRG-7 analog dial, so correcting that item: 13362-USB, March 5 at 1421, AFN is on its `day` frequency instead of 5765-USB, talk show, 1424 PSAs re children, Iwo Jima, perhaps blocking ads on the NBC TV Today show? Still audible but weaker at 1447, unfortunately troubled by one of my cable DTV boxes` bubble-jamming; I unplugged the closest one, but that wasn`t it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUAM. 11685, March 2 at 1503, S Asian song, bothered by NAA RTTY on the hi side. HFCC shows this is KSDA in Tamil at 1500-1530. Or as WRTH would head this, ``INDONESIA`` where AWR Asia-Pacific HQ is now, with KSDA a mere remote transmitter site (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUATEMALA. 4055, R. Verdad, 0112-0150 Mar 3. Dr. Édgar Amílcar Madrid reading from Crónicas (Chronicles), chapters 4-6; ID at 0137 as Radio Verdad, Estación Educativa Evangélica & gave frequency, address (Ap. 5, Chiquimula), and e-mail address; soft instrumental music followed to 0150 tuneout. Fair signal (John Wilkins, Wheat Ridge, Colorado. Drake R-8, 100-foot RW, dxingwithcumbre yg via DXLD) 4055, March 3 at 1201 I check R. Verdad, which signs on much later Sunday mornings; used to be circa 1255, too late to get much here, but now on the frequency I am hearing 6 notes repeated every 13 seconds, four ascending and then one higher, and repeated prolonged, C-D-E-F-A- A in the C5+ range ending at 880 Hz; an IS I had not heard before, as I don`t catch them at sign-on time since I discovered TGAV 13 years ago. Recording, 20 seconds: http://www.w4uvh.net/TGAVis.rm Soon after I stopped the tape, at 1204.5 the NA started, which we know runs 4-5 minutes at sign off after 0600, so I moved on until recheck at 1213 with programming in progress. I sent my latest report above about the interval signal of 4055, to R. Verdad, and Édgar Amílcar Madrid, Manager and Director, replies: ``Dear Glenn: I am just waiting for a resolution from our Government regarding our license. It is due in June. The tune you recorded on the link is our "Electronic Call", which we play five minutes before we start transmission everyday. The tune was produced by DXer Pepe González, from Mexico. He produced it only once, and I multiplied it for making five minutes. It is played to make sure that everyone is ready to tune our opening programs. The tune belongs to the Evangelical chorus: "Everyday With Jesus", just the first stanza of it. That tune identifies "Radio Verdad", thanks Pepe González. Thank you for your constant interest in Radio Verdad. May God bless you`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1659, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUIANA FRENCH. 17875, Feb 28 from 2000 to 2100 UT. The "Disco Palace" DRM broadcast from Montsinéry hearing active again after a number of weeks silent. Usual 21 kbps with a SNR of 23 to 25 db on a UniWave Di-Wave 100 as connected to a 55 foot MLB antenna (David Zantow, Janesville WI, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1659, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 17870-17875-17880, March 1 at 2003, DRM noise is back, no doubt BRB`s The Disco Palace, which had been off for about a sesquimonth as the DRM transmitter at Montsinéry had failed. TDF bothering to repair this, and also the spurs, doesn`t exactly jibe with information that the MSY site will be closed down at the end of B-12 = end of March. Maybe there is still hope? But other users have already made plans to change to other sites in A-13 --- NHK, RTI and RMI. AFAIK, BRB has no plans to prolong TDP in DRM after March 31. Tnx to this tip from N9EWO: ``GUIANA FRENCH. 17875, Feb 28 from 2000 to 2100 UT. The "Disco Palace" DRM broadcast from Montsinéry hearing active again after a number of weeks silent. Usual 21 kbps with a SNR of 23 to 25 db on a UniWave Di-Wave 100 as connected to a 55 foot MLB antenna (David Zantow, Janesville WI, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)`` As usual at this time of day, March 1, there are hardly any other signals to be heard on 16m, AM, not because of propagation, but because of disinterest on the part of broadcasters in the W Hemisphere --- only TUNISIA in Arabic for a few more minutes on 17735; and 17885 in Hausa, i.e. BBC ASCENSION at 1930-2030, which fortunately today is not overcome by the DRM bleed which had often been the case (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1659, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUIANA FRENCH. 9490, March 5 at 0116, the R. República relay is very strong, and still can`t hear the former plus/minus 116 kHz spurs on 9374, or 9606, altho the latter is now suffering from DRM bleed out of 9630 Costa Rica. However, closer spurs to 9490 are back: these feature recognizable modulation // 9490 altho very distorted, and with variable squealing, and no specific carriers, circa 9504.75 and 9475.25 = plus/minus 14.75 kHz, and also circa weaker 9456 and 9524 = plus/minus about 34 kHz. 9476 & 9524 approx., squeaky spurs from 9490, R. República via Montsinéry, but not the +/- 116 kHz ones, March 7 at 0112. RMI plans to move this broadcast to Issoudun, FRANCE in A-13, so I asked Jeff White, ``What`s the story with MSY? Are they closing because almost all the business is pulling out, or is all the business pulling out because they are closing anyway? Any idea what will happen to the facility? I bet the jamming is a lot more effective vs Issoudun. 73, Glenn`` Jeff replied: ``Glenn: I don't know a lot about the reasons for the Montsinéry closing, but I understand it was a decision from TDF upper management. The last I heard, they had not decided what would be happening to the transmitters there. I imagine the antennas will be scrapped. Jeff`` He also confirms that Hamada Radio International is off the air but hopes to return; this service to Nigeria had been M-F at 0530-0600 via RMI via Nauen, Germany (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1659, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ICELAND. 189 kHz, Gufuskalar, 0600 to 0630 with intriguing music, beautiful 19 Feb (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D -Icom 746Pro - Drake R8 - Drake R7, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. 4895, AIR Kurseong. Gradually getting stronger from 1159, peaking around 1216. M and W announcer to 1211 subcontinental music bridge, then a number of canned announcements and dialog, then into Indian ballad at 1217. More talk at 1222. (17 Feb) (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+ and 153 foot vertical triangle Delta Loop, HCDX Feb 28 via DXLD) ** INDIA. 5050, AIR Aizawl, *1127, March 2. Reactivated yet again after being off for a short while; 1117 noted underneath Guangxi Beibu Bay Radio (BBR) with test tone signal till on with AIR IS; not heard March 3; erratic. Another possible challenge for the anticipated re- activation of Ozy Radio (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. 5990, March 7 at 0101:15 as soon as Cuba turns off the overrun CRI relay carrier, I hear weak S Asian music, no doubt what`s left of the 250 kW which AIR aims 334 degrees from Delhi (Khampur) for its hour in Sindhi and which I don`t see reported under any other circumstances (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. UNIDENTIFIED. 9510-9511, March 4 at 1326, distorted FMy spurblob, mostly talk and could be Chinese, not // CNR1 e.g. on 9845. Suspect this is V. of Tibet, ex-7413-7414 which has been missing for more than a week; sounds quite like it, extremely fouled up transmitter. Can`t pin to a specific carrier frequency in the mess. That would go off at 1330, but this one keeps right on, at 1353, 1400, 1415, but not at 1435 check, or has it faded? TAJIKISTAN site was suspected whence a lot of VOT transmissions emanate, but without any such problems (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 9510-9511, March 5 at 1349, no V. of Tibetish blob here today like there was yesterday, nor anywhere else in the vicinity; just a very weak undisturbed signal on 9510, which per Aoki should only be BBC in Bengali via OMAN (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Tnx to Sundar who replies on my unID: ``Hi, UNID on 9510 on 04 March was AIR spur, might be from its 9470 Aligarh station which disappeared at 1545 UT and not noted on 05 march. Sent from my iPod`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. GOVERNMENT TO ANNOUNCE FREE NEWS FOR FM RADIO IN 2014 With the budget bringing in hope for FM Phase III auctions, the government seems to be working around the clock to ensure further betterment of the medium. With repeated requests and plea from private FM radio operators, the government has agreed and is set to announce free news by 2014. Monitoring of content was one of the major reasons to restrict FM radio stations from broadcasting news. But considering the need of radio stations to air news, government has decided to work jointly with the Association of Radio Operators for India (AROI) and Broadcast Engineering Consultant India Limited (BECIL) to set up national monitoring service and self-regulation model to enable FM stations to broadcast their own news. Confirming the news with Radioandmusic.com, AROI secretary general Uday Chawla says, “India is the only free democratic country across the globe where there is no free news, so the government is working towards announcing that soon. Right now, the news being attained from AIR is a temporary step and by 2014 we should be able to set up the systems to monitor the content.” While the BECIL is working on setting up the technical systems for the monitoring service, AROI is currently in talks to form the regulatory model which should be ready by March. As per sources, the government has allocated huge budget for the entire project. BECIL chairman K Subramanian says, “BECIL will install the monitoring service systems. The project is in pre-mature stage as the government procedures take time.” The move will allow broadcasters, some of which are already owned by bigger standalone companies, to easily create their own content from various news agencies present. This will in turn also increase tie-ups further signaling newer revenue earning streams for the stations. As per sources, the content to be aired will be monitored very closely. “Presently, a lot of meetings are happening to work on a self- regulation model for the news broadcast by the players. While the technical systems should be ready in few months, we will try and finish the model by March,” Chawla adds. If all falls in place, 2014 will be a phenomenal year for players as FM phase III expansion policy will also come into play. Read more on radioandmusic.com Source (Chandni Mathur Via radioandmusic.com 4/3 via Jaisakthivel, ADXC, Tiruncelveli, India, dxldyg via DXLD) ** INDONESIA. INDONESIA/CHINA 4750 log: Footprint at 1035 UT March 1st in various SDR remote installations in Japan and Australia on 4749.951, RRI Makassar Ujung Padang, tiny signal, but readable well, local music program. and two CHN mainland programs on threshold level on 4749.989, PBS Qinghai and 4750.0, CNR1 Hailar (Wolfgang Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, dxldyg via DXLD) ** INDONESIA. 4869.919 kHz, odd frequency. Tentatively RRI Wamena, Propinsi Papua, on threshold level at 1210 UT on March 1 (Wolfgang Büschel, DF5SX, FOOTPRINT logs on March 1st at 11-12 UT, taken in Japan and Australia SDR remote units, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Wolfy, I also heard RRI Wamena (4869.92v) at about 1142, but subsequent checking found them off the air. Atsunori Ishida indicates 1227*; an early sign off. They continue to broadcast erratically; not on the air every day and somtimes signing off early (Ron Howard, March 1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA. 6125.18, RRI Nabire (presumed). Found on late this morning. 1146 soft music mixing with 6125 CNR. Certainly sounded like Celine Dion at 1155. 1157:50 into another romantic ballad with M vocal. 1200 W announcer then M announcer in definite Indonesian with presumed news at 1201. Mention of Jakarta. Went off at 1207:57. (23 Feb) (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+ and 153 foot vertical triangle Delta Loop, HCDX Feb 28 via DXLD) ** INDONESIA. Copying Voice of Indonesia on 9525.890 kHz at 1520 GMT with some lovely songs and 2 yl's talking in listed cc/Mandarin. If it wasn`t for CRI on adjacent 9525 kHz, VOI would be a really good signal. I cannot seem to "notch" CRI out enough to enjoy the music!! (Steve. UK. Calver, Flex Radio 1500, Half Size G5RV March 6, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Steve, Noted here in Calif. yesterday (March 5) with a nice signal till sudden off at 1507. My E1 measured 9525.88, but you are more accurate. Thanks (Ron Howard, ibid.) ** INDONESIA. 9680.05, RRI Jakarta, 1007, March 2. In Bahasa Indonesia with program promo and ID; fair to good (pre-jamming reception!). MP3 audio: https://www.box.com/s/ow2mhtceahm9u14lncs9 (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INTERNATIONAL. Tho there is still snow/ice in shady areas from last Monday-Tuesday, I am warmed by the Sun on the porch Saturday afternoon March 2 as I try the 15, 12 and 10m hambands at 1913-1930. Plenty of signals on 15 so I go up to 12: plenty of CW below 24910, but not a single SSB signal up to top 24990. This is strange. So try 10m: it`s chockablock with SSB signals every 1 or 2 kHz from 28308 to 28615. There`s ACI to everyone I tune in, even narrow filter on DX-398 not narrow enough. Yes, it`s a DX contest, obviously not applicable to 12m so everyone is on 10m instead, and propagation is propitious. To expedite this, I will just summarize what I logged in 17 minutes as I mainly tuned up part of the band, kHz by kHz, [plus QRZ.com lookups]: 1913 on 28340, VP5H, QRZ Contest. Regular report is ``5-9-K-W`` [TURKS & CAICOS, no further info] 1914 on 28350, CE1DY, does not give call with each contact, a no-no [Domingo Acevedo Altamirano, Antofagasta, CHILE] 1915 on 28490, HD2A [Sapo Loco Contest Team, Guayaquil, ECUADOR] 1916 on 28500, LU7YS [SERGIO LANDONI, SAN MARTIN DE LOS ANDES - PATAGONIA, NQ 8370 Argentina] 1917 on 28516, CR1Z, VG signal with accent, ``59K`` [RADIO ARCALA, AZORES; which island??] 1918 on 28521, CR2X, VG signal with American accent [The Azores- Finland Friendship Consortium, SÃO MIGUEL Island] 1919 on 28525, TO22C, Guadeloupe, 5-9-500 [Gildas Le Cloitre, F6HMQ, 77380 Combs-La-Ville, Guadeloupe, active till March 3] 1922 on 28566, VP2EC, American accent [RAY SAWTELLE, Shoal Bay East, Anguilla BWI] 1922 on 28571, LQ7E [Grupo DX Noroeste, JUNIN 6000, Argentina] 1923 on 28575, FG8OJ, French accent, Florida Germany eight Oscar Juliet, mixing his fonetik alfabets. Very good signal with 100 watts, from Guadeloupe but his ``CQ Contest``s go unanswered for a while [Bertrand Demarcq, Trezel, Saint-Francois 97118, Guadeloupe] 1925 on 28615, New York station was the highest before wasted spectrum 1928 on 28310.5, ZZ2T was the lowest SSB on 10m [WANDERLEY FERREIRA GOMES, IBIRAPUERA 04008-000 SAO PAULO - SP, Brazil] With so many stations and such an opening, I could have spent full time for hours logging them, just as hams go wild making contacts, but I have other things to do. Recheck 10m at 2300, less packed but still several signals, including: 28583.5, PY2LED [FERNANDO CORDOBA, ZIP: 09541-150 SAO CAETANO DO SUL- SAO PAULO, Brazil]. Another busy day on 10m for the USB contesters, already well open to S America, March 3 including with [QRZ.com info]: at 1406 on 28455 approx., LP1H, calling CQ Contest with no answers for quite a while; [RAMON DE LA RUA (LU5HM), PRIVATE ANTENNA FIELD, CORDOBA] Lots of other L- stations from Argentina. Also a PJ2. at 1412 on 28423, HK1NA [CONTEST CALL, DXARC, COLOMBIA, BARRANQUILLA] at 1415 on 28538, CE3CT [Roberto Ramírez, Chicureo, Chile] Like yesterday, I am not bothering to log the station each contacted at the moment, since I am not trying to QSL or prove anything, and that could be looked up online anyway; just to be sure the call I hear mentioned is the station transmitting, not the one contacted. I need to search out the TX5K Clipperton DXpedition; SSB frequencies: http://www.cordell.org/CI/CI_pages/CI_Frequencies.html 28575+, 24975+, 21285+, 18165-, 14185, 7185, 3785 Countdown clock shows it has another 6+ days to go (Glenn Hauser, OK, March 3, DX LISTENING DIGEST) see CLIPPERTON ** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM. 1967y, 237 MHz SATELLITE BACK ON THE AIR! http://www.southgatearc.org/news/february2013/radio_archeology.htm#.UTJcO1eRfOA American satellite starts transmitting after being abandoned in 1967 - An American satellite, abandoned in 1967 as a piece of Space Junk has begun transmitting again after 46 years. An Amateur Radio Astronomer in North Cornwall accidentally picked up the signal and after cross checking with various lists, has identified it as LES1 built by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and launched in 1965. The satellite failed to reach its intended orbit owing to a wiring error and has been drifting out of control ever since. Phil Williams, G3YPQ, from near Bude noticed its peculiar signal drift caused by its tumbling end over end every 4 seconds as the solar panels become shadowed by the engine. 'This gives the signal a particularly ghostly sound as the voltage from the solar panels fluctuates' Phil says. It is likely that the on board batteries have now disintegrated and some other component failure has caused the transmitter on 237 MHz, to start up when its in sunlight. LES1 is about the size of a small car, It is not likely to re-enter the atmosphere for a long time as the orbit is still relatively high. It poses no threat other than that caused by the thousands of other pieces of space junk in orbit. Phil says its remarkable to think that electronics built nearly 50 years ago, 12 years before Voyager 1, and long before microprocessors and integrated circuits, is still capable of working in the hostile environs of space. Listening to the signal you can easily imagine the craft tumbling over and over every 4 seconds and the transmitter starting up as the sun rises. He refers to the hobby as 'Radio-Archeology'! Phil Williams, G3YPQ, N. Cornwall (via Dick Pache, Ramsey Electronics, March 2, DXLD) So is that the exact frequency, and what is it transmitting to make it identifiable?? (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I'm not too familiar with the methods of tracking. But I guess the signal itself has no data, mainly a plain "carrier". Identification was made with calculating doppler shift and known position of LES1 at each moment. I guess someone can explain us the method in easy-to- understand words :-) See also http://www.edgarkaiser.homepage.t-online.de/Recording%20of%20LES1%20UHF%20beacon%20signal.pdf 73, (Jari Savolainen, Finland, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** IRAN [and non]. Radio Voice of Iranian Kurdistan in Kurdish and part in Farsi observed on several days in 2013, last time on Feb 22 and 26 with one in advance pre-recorded program aired as follows: On 3960v s/on 0224 IS, 0229 Singing Anthem, 0232 ID “Eira dengi Kurdistana Iran“, prayer and ID echo-sounded, etc. Close/down at 0424 already on moved 3968 KHz; On 4870 s/on usually 2–5 minutes later but with same procedure and same program as on 3960, respectively with later s/off on around 4876. There is an evening transmission with s/on at our early afternoon, close/down are 0424 for 3968 and 0432 for 4861 approx. Only Iranian jammers are heard now on V of Kurdistan’s 3930 kHz at 1505-1550v (on some days 1525-1625). About VOIK – it reminds me of “Our Radio“ [Bizim Radyo] in 70s when one and same program in Turkish was aired with delay from transmitter in Romania than those in East Germany (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria, written on March 3, 2013. Rx: Sony ICF2001D. Ant: Folded Marconi 16 meters long own made, DX LISTENING DIGEST) see also KURDISTAN [non?], 6165 ** ITALY. RAI MW - RaiWay vs. WRTH 2013 --- Ciao a tutti! Prendendo tutto con le solite pinze, cioè conoscendo il grado di aggiornamento di certa web, questo è ciò che risulta fino a poco fa, con il sistema di ricerca nel sito di RaiWay, in merito all'attività o meno delle onde medie RAI. Il confronto è fatto con l'elenco pubblicato sul WRTH 2013. - (secondo RaiWay) 567 Caltanissetta - assente 657 Bolzano - assente 657 Pisa - presente 693 Potenza - presente 819 Trieste - presente 873 Taranto - presente 900 Milano - presente 936 Trapani - assente 936 Venezia - presente 981 Trieste - presente 999 Vibo Valentia - assente 999 Perugia - presente 999 Rimini - assente 999 Torino - presente 1035 Pescara - assente 1035 Lecce - assente 1062 Ancona - presente 1062 Cagliari - presente 1062 Catania - presente 1062 Trento - presente 1107 Roma - presente 1116 Aosta - assente 1116 Cuneo - assente 1116 Palermo - presente 1143 Sassari - presente (ma non sul WRTH 2013) 1314 Matera - presente 1431 Foggia - presente 1449 Belluno - presente (ma non sul WRTH 2013) 1449 Biella - presente 1449 Bressanone - presente 1449 Brunico - presente 1449 Como - presente (ma non sul WRTH 2013) 1449 Cortina d'Ampezzo - presente (ma non sul WRTH 2013) 1449 Sondrio - assente 1575 Campobasso - assente 1575 Genova - presente 1575 Gorizia - presente 1575 Nuoro - presente 1584 Terni - presente - Ad una prima occhiata darebbe l'impressione che c'è un buon livello di aggiornamento dei dati RaiWay, in alcuni casi invece ci sono delle contraddizioni con le notizie circolate di recente. Anomala, infine, la presenza - sempre secondo RaiWay - di impianti che sul WRTH non sono più riportati. Può darsi che la comunicazione di disattivazioni dipenda dalle sedi regionali? - (Luca Botto Fiora, QTH G.C. 09E13 - 44N21, Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, March 1, playdx yg via DXLD) Ciao! ringrazio tutti coloro che si sono attivati per monitorare quello che avviene in onde medie in Italia. Negli anni passati al contrario le RAI operanti sulle onde medie Italiane erano quasi ignorate e questo ha contribuito ad avere errori nella redazione della lista Italiana sul WRTH da me compilata, basandomi sulle pochissime segnalazioni che circolavano in rete. Inoltre alcune assenze nella attuale lista sull'edizione 2013 sono dovute ad errori di trascrizione e stampa dal file originale alla versione cartacea; per esempio la assenza di RAI 1143 Sassari. Cio premesso, l'attuale panorama dei trasmettitori rimasti in funzione è desolante e apparentemente senza alcuna logica. Per esempio RAI 1062 Catania, oppure RAI 1449 Como che servono zone coperte perfettamente dai trasmettitori FM locali. Continuiamo a controllare gli sviluppi delle future disattivazioni, dato che purtroppo ne sono attesi altri nelle prossime settimane (Dario Monferini, ibid.) Ciao Luca, per la presenza (o assenza) di impianti RAI sul WRTH credo possa risponderti Dario. Invece per verifiche che ho fatto l'aggiornamento del sito di Raiway segue una velocità "ministeriale& quot;, ovvero sempre in ritardo ed anche di tanto. L'elenco che credo di aver inviato anche su questa lista la scorsa settimana è l'elaborazione fatta assieme a tanti ascoltatori sparsi per l'Italia ed il più aggiornato che c'è. Ora scrivo da fuori sede e non posso allegarlo, magari lo faccio stasera. Infine penso che la disattivazione non dipenda dalle sedi regionali proprio perché Raiway è società a parte (Alessandro Groppazzi, Trieste, ibid.) ** JAPAN [and non]. Re: JAPAN ENDING ENGLISH ON SW IN NORTH AMERICA I heard your note on this week's World of Radio that NHK is ending shortwave broadcasts in English to our region. For a long time they had round the clock broadcasts in Japanese or English with various channels from Yamata in use, notably 9505 during our morning hours-- best heard out on the west coast, but hard to receive here in the east. That was long before relay broadcasts from Sackville and Montsinery became reality in the late 1980's, and Sackville served its purpose to provide a dependable signal for just over 25 years, until the relay was switched off last fall. The decision to end shortwave to North America was a result of not only the presence of online listening at Radio Japan's website; from the start of 2013 NHK World began broadcasts via the World Radio Network, and they can be heard at the WRN website, or via SiriusXM, channel 120. Also NHK World TV has been appearing on many US cable systems. In my area it's on Comcast Xfinity channel 264, one of WYBE/MiND-TV's secondary channels (MiND = Media iNDependence). Other WYBE channels have RT-Russia Today and France 24 in English. It's also worth noting that SW broadcasts to Hawaii ended two years ago. That was a special service for Japanese expatriates or visitors to the Aloha State. I expect that some broadcasts to South America in Spanish and Portuguese will continue, likely using VOA Greenville or WHRI in Furman SC for the time being. Shortly you can view Radio Japan's summer frequencies from the HFCC website; it will also appear at NHK's site at the end of the month. My listening in Southern New Jersey confirms that some English frequencies aside from the Montsinery relay are heard: try 1000 (6 am EDT from 10 March) on 9625 direct, beamed to Oceania, or 1800 (2 pm EDT) on 15720 via the Madagascar relay, for Africa (should also be heard well in Europe). Thus we say, "Sayanora" to shortwave; hello to new ways to listen to NHK World! (Joe Hanlon, March 3, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11925, March 6 at 1413, NHK World Radio Japan is wrapping up news, fair signal, about the best we can do for this transmission which was once aimed to North America, but cut off before 1414 and then a series of switching foulups during `R. Japan Journal`: a few words of Thai; dead air, then resume today`s feature about Japanese women donating unwanted cosmetix to give to countries such as Nepal as a form of foreign aid, to help women there get jobs in the burgeoning makeup industry! 1421 suddenly switches to ``warta berita`` from Radio Japan for a biminute, i.e. Indonesian; 1423 back to cosmetix; 1426 music filler named ``Quebec`` (?) by a Japanese piano jazz player, adding sax, cut off at 1429:38*. 11925 is the PALAU relay, but suspect the problem was back at the studio master control, since neither Thai nor Indonesian is scheduled on NHK during this semihour: Indonesian at 1315-1400 also on 11925 KHBN; Thai at 1230-1300 on 11740 Singapore, among other times for each. I should have compared what was happening on 11925 to // frequencies for 1400 English, but uplooked later, the only one left is 11695 Tashkent, probably less audible if at all (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) So it is on later days ** JAPAN. Re: ``9760, Feb 28 at 0639, YL songs in Japanese, 0655 YL announcement in Japanese so is it an all-YL show? Then more pop music by YLs. R. Nikkei 2 here is the SSOB, as most other signals except Brazilians are attenuated. I had been noticing JOZ7 the last few nights with unusually good signal, and strangely stronger than JOZ3 on 9595, R. Nikkei 1, tho both are supposed to be 50 kW and of course from same Chiba-Nagara site. However, Aoki shows a slight difference in azimuth, 64 degrees on 9595 and 50 degrees on 9760, which is not enough to account for the disparity. NHK registers these frequencies at each HFCC on behalf of ``NSB`` as it still appears, showing both with antenna type 701, and with duplicate 24-hour availability in the opposite direxions, 244 and 230 degrees, which would be sensible to cover down as well as up the island chain (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)`` YES, 9760 kHz, Radio Nikkei is always a little bit stronger than 9595 (Wolfgang Büschel, Germany, March 1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH. Some of the Kujang transmitters are having a crosstalk problem. On 7570/12015 a second audio signal and a jamming signal are heard in the background. The same problem seems to affect two other transmitters, which have the audio of the first two in the background and whose audio is the background audio of the first two. The jamming signal is synchronous with the 6349/6360/6480 group of jammers. These seven transmitters thus must have something in common, like a shared transmitter hall or antenna field (Olle Alm, Sweden, 4 March 2013, DX LISTENING DIGEST) They have crosstalk also on their audio circuits. It was quite prominent on a recording of a satellite transmission, some time ago discussed in DXLD. Thus crosstalk of other program audio not necessarily arises at the transmitter plant. But of course such crosstalk from jamming signals is quite funny. Hasn't it being avoided in the USSR to use transmitter groups for both broadcasting and jamming at the same time for this very reason? I just heard that the shortwave equipment at Bolshakovo has not been used for broadcasting before 1989. All the best, (Kai Ludwig, Germany, ibid.) Re Kujang-KRE: I am very curious if the North-Koreans have bought new BBEF sender Made in China too, for the Foreign Service at Kujang. And when they will be introduced used regularly. The N Korean engineers took approx. 9 months from 'training course' at BBEF Beijing in June 2011, til the Kanggye transmissions in Korean language went really on air in March 2012. 73 wolfy (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) ** KOREA NORTH. Fixed frequency jammers. From mid December I have noted three fixed frequency jammers on 6060, 6360 and 6480. During mid winter propagation they could be heard in continuous operation from before 0800 until past 2300. During this time they did jam something only for a few odd hours, the rest being wasted output. Instead MND transmitters on 5150 and 6550 were free of high power jamming (Olle Alm, Sweden, 4 March 2013, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [and non]. 6360, March 4 at 1240, noise jammer with same sound as 6348, presumably against MND Radio, last known to be on 6360 during this hour; definitely on 5150, poor with no jamming, assertive YL Korean talk (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. 6135.00, Shiokaze/Sea Breeze/JSR via Yamata, JAPAN, 1359, March 7. Scheduled 1330 to 1430; ex-5910 (was there for about 30 days); switched back to this alternate frequency to get away from the jamming from N. Korea; ex-5910 in fact was jammed today. Tune in tomorrow for Shiokaze’s Friday programming in English. Now that Radio Madagasikara is again back on 6135.00, Shiokaze and the jamming to come will effectively block Madagascar! (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1659, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. 7315, 03/Mar 1715, UZBEKISTAN (Relay), Voice of Martyrs in Korean. YL long speaks dramatically. At 1726 quick music, then YL talk, maybe the ID when she spells something. End of transmission at 1730. Good signal in SDR from Twente, Without apparent jammer (Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana, Bahia, 12 14´S 38 58´W - Brasil, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA SOUTH. [While checking out FRANCE on 9805, q.v.]: Also on 9805, I spot something new and strange in Aoki, but not audible colliding here: ``9805 KBS FM 1 HLKA 0500-0630 1234567 Korean 250 ND Kimjae KOR 12650E 3550N KBS b12 Feb. 27`` --- a new home service relay, not in WRTH 2013 page 463 or 255 where KBS FM One is described as ``mainly Korean traditional and western classical music``. This is the only entry for it in Aoki. Is it on the air? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA SOUTH [non]. 11635, March 4 at 0110, KBS World Radio is still here in Spanish via GUIANA FRENCH, and WHRI is still on much stronger 9605 with its own UT-Monday-only programming of gospel music (Glenn Hauser, OK, during another power outage, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Freedom Park DX, Medford NJ: March 4 --- Took my Grundig G5 with a Sony 23-ft. rollup antenna to hear these stations at Freedom Park in Medford, NJ. KBS finally heard with good signal at *1300 on 15575 in English, later check at 1350 noted signal strength improved, and it showed when Korean was checked at 1405 (Joe Hanlon, NJ, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15575, March 6 at 1454, KBSWR in Korean, good with flutter, in the ``direct`` broadcast to NAm aimed at SAm. 15575, March 7 at 1334, KBSWR in English to North America, presumably still aimed at southern S America, is again well audible as the path is emerging from winter darkness. Modulation is a bit muddy, not crisp. No sign of BBC English due east from Cyprus, also supposedly here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KURDISTAN [non]. La Voz del Kurdistan Irani, 4860 y 6165 kHz Allí debajo del jammer de Teheran ha de estar, seguramente --- http://youtu.be/1UNO4c5OgOE 73 desde Montevideo (Rodolfo Tizzi, March 2, condiglist yg via DXLD) Viz.: ``Reception of Iranian jammer against The Voice of Iranian Kurdistan on 6165 and 4860 kHz by CX2ABP in Jaureguiberry, Uruguay (GF25hf). February 26, 2013 at 0326 and 0340 UT [respectively]. Receiver: National Panasonic DR-49. Antenna: 100 meters longwire.`` Rodolfo, How did you identify this? 6165 is not a known frequency of this clandestine; Aoki and EiBi do not have it on 6165, nor any 49m frequency. WRTH 2013 has it on 4875 and 3965, both variable. We could never hear this on 6165 unless RHC happened to be missing. 73, (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) Glenn: solamente es una suposición. Sé que LV del Kurdistan está en 4860 kHz, aunque no estoy seguro que esté en 6165. De todos modos, el jammer es el mismo. No sé si el gobierno de Irán interfiere alguna otra emisora además de ésta. Quizás tu puedas aclarar el tema. 73! (Rodolfo, ibid.) ** KURDISTAN [non]. I choose to take the opportunity to check out the reported hand-over of 11510: At 1558 SAH erupted on the strong Grigoriopol [PRIDNESTROVYE/MOLDOVA] signal. At 1600 sharp the Grigoriopol carrier was cut, the SAH disappeared and only the other, considerably fainter signal remained on 11510. No echo was apparent during the overlap, perhaps the satellite receivers at both sites are similar enough to avoid clear delays against the output of each other. Of note was a pretty high amount of non-linear distortion on the Grigoriopol signal that used to be clean before, perhaps already on the satellite source. The Secretbrod signal now is too faint to judge its modulation (Kai Ludwig, 1619 UT March 1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11510, 01/Mar 1959, BULGARIA (Relay), Denge Kurdistani in Kurdish. Local pop music. At 1902 OM talk, back music at 1903. Very weak signal, but audible, with little noise (Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana, Bahia, 12 14´S 38 58´W - Brasil, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KYRGYZSTAN [and non]. On February 5, from 1435 to 1450, Radio of Russia was heard by one program at 7310, 4050 and 6085, and three individual regional to 567, 5930 and 6160. At 0115 «Lara's Theme» from Doctor Zhivago» sounded on 4050 and 6085, and on 5930 // 6160 was another programme of the RR. On February 20, the RR was heard in Sofia at 1655 the 6195 and 4050 with the overall programme, and the 5905 was another program (Rumen Punkov, Sofia, Bulgaria, RUSDX 3 March via DXLD) See also RUSSIA [and non] [Another version:] 4050, Radio Rassii, Kyrgyzstan site. 0115, music program featuring Lara’s Theme from Dr. Zhivago movie (forbidden there till end of 80s) // 6085 Krasnoyarsk site, but another program was at the same time of R. Rassii on 5930//6160 (European stream), on 5/2 (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria (Sony ICF2001D, Folded Marconi 16 meters), March Australian DX News via DXLD) ** LAOS. Glenn, I cracked a very tough nut. Lao National Radio LNR: 6130, Full Data "Map" QSL card for 3 years worth of follow up reports since 2010. Used various addresses over the years found online, WRTVH, and old PPWBR's. Printed text v/s as "General Director" and station stamp on card (Stephen J. Price, Johnstown, PA, March 2, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6129.97, Lao National R. 1359-1410+ Mar 4. Sounded like English after 1400 but not strong enough to tell for sure; YL talk to 1407, then OM. Very weak by 1430. QRM from a Chinese-language station on 6125 (John Wilkins, Wheat Ridge, Colorado. Drake R-8, 100-foot RW, dxingwithcumbre yg via DXLD) ** LIBYA. Checked Libyan MW outlets on 'rather Nearby' remote Perseus on Zakynthos Greece rx unit. On still daylight path at 1345-1415 UT March 2nd. 675.006, LRTN Benghazi Arabic, with S=9+10dB signal at 1345 UT. 640 kilometers distance, daytime. {compare broadband local ERA Zakynthos on 926.993 kHz at tremendous S=9+70dB ! powerhouse around the corner} 1053.100, UNID station peak visible at 1400 UT, probably LRTN Tripolis. 896 kilometers distance, daytime. 1126.507, Powerful S=9+10dB signal on odd frequency from LRTN El Beida at 1410 UT. 560 kilometers distance, daytime. 1448.998, A little stronger than El Beida, noted LRTN Misratah transmission at 1420 UT at S=9+15dB level. 795 kilometers distance, daytime. vy73 (Wolfgang df5sx, Mar 2, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Another Libyan transmitter heard by me on this Zakynthos RX on 690.91 kHz (that is how this RX measures the QRG), fair signal during darkness, some “Voice of Free Libya” IDs heard but no location mentioned (Karel Honzik, CZECHIA, mwdx yg via DXLD) Re 690.899, 6 Feb Unid Lybia [sic] (presumed) Arabic, Holy Kuran,... Yes Karel, see my March 3 this morning log on exact 690.900 kHz: Noted only an Arabic program on 690.900 kHz on GRC rx at 0405 UT March 3rd, heavily interfered by adjacent BBC R5 and a Spanish station on even 693.000, as well as two lower signalpeaks on 692.996 and 693.003 kHz (wolfy df5sx, March 3, ibid.) ** LIBYA. Today March 1, Radio Libya on SW 11600 was observed at 1440, instead of 1600 UT (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, 1517 UT March *2*, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MADAGASCAR. 6135.00, R. Madagasikara (tentative). After recently being absent here, again heard March 5 with what sounded like French or Malagasy (did not seem to be Arabic via Yemen) and playing easy listening songs; 1435-1500*; with tx off at 1501; poor; tough copy due to strong adjacent QRM that neither USB or LSB seemed to help eliminate. Would like to think this was in fact Madagascar, but needs more monitoring to be positive! Thanks for the feedback from Martien Groot (Netherlands) and Mauno Ritola (Finland) who both listened to my poor quality recording. We all agree it did not seem to sound Arabic! 5010 has been without R. Madagasikara for a long time now. 6135.00, R. Madagasikara (presumed). Confident enough now to call this presumed; March 7 heard in either French or Malagasy at 1436; at 1438 into Hi-Life music and songs; audio ended at 1459 and tx off at 1503; poor with strong adjacent QRM. Will keep at this till I get a positive R. Madagasikara ID (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1659, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MADAGASCAR. QSL: 13730, NHK/Radio Japan Swahili to east Africa via Talata-Volon[on]dry transmitter. Full data (with site) Family (Nagano Prefecture) Monkey QSL Card in 10 days, after posting a follow-up report on their website, for a total of 2.5 months. V/s: nil (Edward Kusalik, Daysland, Alberta, Canada, Feb 28, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MALAYSIA. 7295, Traxx FM. 2335-2355 "Morning Zoo" program with hosts Kevin and Isabel. Pop music and chatter by hosts, sports news also. Very weak audio under apparent Mali [CRI Chinese BKO at 23-24 only]. Paralleled to the website audio stream which was about a second behind. Inspired to check this by Ralph Perry's mention of getting Klasik Nasional on 5964.7 which was also there at the same time but blasted by Turkey on 5960. (19 Feb) (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+ and 153 foot vertical triangle Delta Loop, HCDX Feb 28 via DXLD) ** MEXICO. 580, XEAV Canal 58, Guadalajara, Jalisco. 0000 February 26, 2013. Following up on the local evening hour vs. the local morning unidentified XE. A brief but clear seemingly live and convenient XEAV ID by male, then talk for a moment, but lost under WDBO and someone else weak. No Canal 58 slogan heard though. 580, MEXICO unidentified. 1142 February 23, 2013. Mexi-tunes, but no Anthem at 1200, lost to WDBO, Orlando on the back-ish side of the point to Mexico. 1158 February 24: Mexi-tune, 1200 male, “… la… México … XE…” but no anthem again, lost to WDBO. February 25: audio up at 1149, Mexi-tunes, male DJ front intro’ing a Los Tigres del Norte song next up, into at 1152. Mention of, “… cinco ochenta…” at 1200 by female. Lost once again to WDBO. Suspect XEAV (see evening log), but inconclusive without an ID or slogan. 1140, XEMR, Monterrey, Nuevo León. 0120 February 21, 2013. Mexi-tunes slowly overtaking Cuban stations Radio Rebelde and Radio Musical. Male canned ID with calls at 0130, but no Radio Esperanza slogan heard, if that’s still the slogan. 1560, MEXICO (presumed) unidentified. 0125 February 28, 2013. Almost all instrumental Mexican-themed EZL/elevator songs, lots of accordions and strings, a couple of soft female vocals, Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass-like (but not) tracks. All nonstop, no breaks, until 0203, male canned, “… 50 mil vatios de potencia…” and back to EZL Mexican-ish instrumentals, including “It’s Impossible” (the Perry Como hit turned instrumental here) at 0208. IF there was an ID at 0300, not captured, but one of those gobierno estado quasi-PSA things. XEINFO, México, DF http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/XEINFO-AM format doesn't seem to match, so/but who else could this be? (Terry L. Krueger, Clearwater, Florida, USA, JRC NRD-535; ICOM IC-R75; Hammarlund HQ-180A; Sony ICF-7600GR; Sangean PR-D5; Aqua Guide 705 RDF Marine Radio; GE Superadio III; JPS NF-60 Notch Filter; JPS ANC-4 Noise Phase; 1 X roof dipole; 1 X room random wire; Terk Advantage non-active portable loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [restarting, by frequency:] ** MEXICO. 730, March 3 at 1342 UT, gobierno federal PSA, Grupo Radiorama promo, Ke Buena ID with 107.1, i.e. the usual dominator XEHB, Hidalgo del Parral, Chihuahua, back to music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO [and non]. 960, March 2 at 0601, during KGWA Fox-hole of carrier only, clearly hear ID ``Desde Nuevo Laredo, escuchan XEK, la estación grande``. No XEW chimes, however. This was amid some ballad music which continued, so not sure if ID interrupted same on XEK or that was from another Mexican like XEFAMA, also heard previously. By 0604 also mixing in dueling banjos from `Deliverance`, probably from WABG in Mississippi (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 1300, March 6 at 1340 UT, deliberately stammering promos for effect, Radio México Noticias, quick list of international bridge traffic delays, including Zaragoza just downstream, weather, i.e. XEP Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua; 1342 Hugo Chávez bio (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 2910, March 3 at 1213 UT, XEVT, Villahermosa, Tabasco, 3 x 970 harmonic is peaking about now, as good as it ever gets. Recording: http://www.w4uvh.net/XEVT2910.rm Starts with timecheck for 6:13, and a few other peaks of readable Spanish audio, such as mention of ``mujer y el poeta``. Catching call letters is very difficult, rarely mentioned, but previously firmly IDed. Altho I`ve heard it many times, I haven`t yet seen a single other report of it from anyone (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 6010, XEOI reactivated March 8: details in next DXLD or already in the dxldyg and gh`s log reports ** MEXICO [and non]. 6185, R. Educación, México City. Very good this early evening, 0630 Spanish classical muisc, ID 0650 28/2 also heard 6030 R Marti and 6090 Anguilla Caribbean Beacon, all very good level at this time. Conditions favoured! (John Wright, Peakhurst NSW (Icom R8500 EWE direction 350 degrees Tony Magon pre amp), March Australian DX News via DXLD) 6185, March 3 at 0644, open carrier with encroachments from the higher pitches of Brasil 6180; no doubt XEPPM hasn`t turned off the transmitter yet after nominal 0600* (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MICRONESIA. (PONPEI), 4755.53, The Cross. 1155 Christian Pop music. Started another song for about a minute, then 3 telephone-like touch tones, and off at 1159:43. Was hoping to get an ID as it was doing fairly well, but no luck. (22 Feb) (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+ and 153 foot vertical triangle Delta Loop, HCDX Feb 28 via DXLD) 4755.44, Pohnpei - The Cross Radio, 1135 piano and instrumental music 1200* 24 Feb (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D - Icom 746Pro - Drake R8 - Drake R7, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4755+, March 3 at 1156 I am unfortunately awake, so a good time to check the carrier cutoff of PMA The Cross, not much modulation making it: 1159:40*. This compares to 1159:43* as reported by Dave Valko on Feb 22, and by Harold Frodge on Feb 24, while Ron Howard also heard it Feb 24 until 1159:40*. Perhaps there is a margin of error. I was wondering whether it would slide a few seconds per day earlier or later, like R Chaski, Perú, 5980 slides 5 seconds later (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4755.1 kHz -- The Cross, heard with music from 1127 tune-in; at 1129, female announcer with clear ID in English mentioning 88.5 but not the shortwave frequency and back to music, which continued until automated s/off just before 1200. Assuming they're still running the listed 1 kW, their sig propagates remarkably well, often audible here when others aren't. Maybe a good seaside antenna? 3/3/13 (Art Delibert, N. Bethesda, MD, NRD515 and NRD535, Pennant antenna with DX Engineering amp, HCDX via DXLD) ** MONGOLIA. VOICE OF MONGOLIA VIDEO --- A few months ago I videoed the Voice of Mongolia shortwave antenna farm at Khonhor, a town 30 km to the south east of Ulan Bator. The video was taken while traveling on the train from Beijing, a 30 hour journey. The railway loops around the transmitter site, almost completing a full circle. The video includes a close up pass of the antennas, passing through the Khonhor township and then the railway once again loops to show a final view of the antennas with the town in the foreground. Recorded around 1PM Ulan Bator time on Thursday October 4th 2012. Watch it on YouTube: http://youtu.be/rfUJWwCqbtg Cheers, (Mark Fahey, Sydney, Australia, March 4, 2013, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) V. of Mongolia heard today 3rd March 2013 with very feeble audio signing on in English to South Asia at 0900 UT on 12085. Splatter from adjacent Chinese station on 12080. I could identify it by the interval signal. I guess the European transmission on 12015 kHz at 1500 UT should be on too. The changes were probably effected from 1st March 2013. If you want hear a V.O Mongolia interval signal here is my clear recording: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkqFXAkwE9E (Supratik Sanatani, Kolkata, India, March 3, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1659, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Some changes for Voice of Mongolia effective from March 1 0900-0930 on 12085 U-B 250 kW / 178 deg to SoAs English, ex 1030-1100 1030-1100 on 12085 U-B 250 kW / 116 deg to EaAs Japanese, ex 0900-0930 All other transmissions remain unchanged: 0930-1000 on 12085 U-B 250 kW / 178 deg to SoAs Mongolian 1000-1030 on 12085 U-B 250 kW / 178 deg to SoAs Chinese 1400-1430 on 12015 U-B 250 kW / 178 deg to SoAs Mongolian 1430-1500 on 12015 U-B 250 kW / 178 deg to SoAs Chinese 1500-1530 on 12015 U-B 250 kW / 116 deg to EaAs Japanese 1530-1600 on 12015 U-B 250 kW / 178 deg to SoAs English (DX RE MIX NEWS #770 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, March 7, 2013, via WORLD OF RADIO 1659, DXLD) i.e. exchanged times of English, Japanese (gh) ** MYANMAR. 5985.80, R. Myanma, 1329-1336+ Mar 4. Usual IS, chimes, then YL with possible news in Burmese. Fair but no match for the band noise (John Wilkins, Wheat Ridge, Colorado. Drake R-8, 100-foot RW, dxingwithcumbre yg via DXLD) ** NETHERLANDS. Radio Nederland Internacional: Final de Europarade. Después de 30 años emitiendo música, Europarade se despide este miércoles. ¿Qué ha significado para ti este programa? Cuéntanos y compartiremos tu comentario en El Toque. El ritmo del Europarade aquí: http://bit.ly/gLgkEC Copiado de Radio Nederland / facebook (via Dino Bloise, FL, March 4, dxldyg via DXLD) [non]. QSL: 9895, Radio Nederland’s Spanish to Latin America via WHRI Cypress Creek transmitter. Full data (with site), Hologram windmill twister collection QSL card for a postal report in 32 days. First hologram type of card for me! (Edward Kusalik, Daysland, Alberta, Canada, Feb 28, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NETHERLANDS [non]. 7375, UT Sunday March 3 at 0006, The Mighty KBC via new site Nauen, GERMANY, and on new frequency (ex-9450 via Bulgaria finishing last week), is a NO SHOW --- but recheck at 0012 now it`s on. Kraig Krist who trax this every week, says it came on at 0007. I imagine that is how long it could have taken for KBC to reach someone at Nauen on the phone to remind them to turn on the transmitter. Initially the signal here does not seem any better than 9450 was; KBC jingle, with Eric van Willigen, some fading; 0026 it`s the `Great Jukebox` with EVW. By 0036 signal very good but markedly weaker than its two bigger neighbors, 7365 R. Martí with its own rock music (quite a reduxion in anti-Castro propaganda time lately), and 7385 WHRI. 0130 I was finishing up my lime sherbet and could hear 7375 on the kitchen table radio, which speaks well for KBC and Nauen, as Kim Elliott came on to introduce this week`s digital text parameters, and play the tones, which he himself expected to miss, being the keynote addresser at the SWL Fest. It was over in a minute, back to rock music (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1659, DX LISTENING DIGEST) IMO, much richer, full audio than Bulgaria transmitter. Kinda funny, at least to me. Eric would say, "We're using an old Russian transmitter. If the wind is blowing in the right direction...". Let's see... Nauen is in the old East Germany. Probably old RBI transmitter. GDR = probably Soviets. So, once again the Mighty KBC, or as I've now heard "KBC International" is probably still using a Russian transmitter. 73, (Kraig, KG4LAC, (for those who don't know) Manassas, Virginia, United States of America (for the sequester I thought I'd work 20% less. I wonder if this will actually work?) 0024 UT March 3, ibid.) It's indeed the antenna featured on this stamp http://www.jans-radioseiten.de/rbi/rbi1970.jpg However, it is not the original East Berlin made (not Russian, this applied to Königs Wusterhausen, shut down in 1993, and two of the three original 500 kW rigs at Nauen, shut down in 1997) transmitter. It has finally been closed and scrapped in 2000 after being used up until then by both DW and RNW. Instead it's now a West Berlin made transmitter from the eighties, in 2006 moved in from Jülich to revive this antenna because it would have been a shame to let it rust away. This way the transmitter of course escaped the decline of the complete Jülich station (Kai Ludwig, ibid.) Solid signal for KBC into Houston while listening 0130-0145 March 3. Yes, probably the same transmitter used for the now-defunct Voice of Croatia SW beam to NA. But audio compression is over the top; sounds as if it's being done twice, at the studio and again at Nauen. Add in the limited audio bandwidth and the result is rather harsh on the ears (Steve Luce, Houston, Texas, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1659, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Following are the KBC International digital test results from the March 3, 2013 7375 kHz via Nauen, Germany broadcast. [sic to show errors, except compacted by gh] **************************************************** 2013-3-3 0130 UTC MT63-1000 long interleave centered on 1000 Hz Hello Eric and KBC listeners everywhere. Kim Andrew Elliott here, but probably not listening, because just about now I'm giving the keynote speech at the Winter SWL Fest near Philadelphia. So would someone please record this for me? Coming up at just before 0200 UTC, MFSK32 with images will be centered on 1000 and 2000 Hertz. This is The Mighty KBC on 7375 kHz. **************************************************** 2013-3-3 0130 UTC PSKR125 centered on 2000 Hz Hello Eric and KBC listeners everywhere. Kim Andrew Elliott here, but probably not listening, because just about now I'm giving the keynote speech at tt-zetiOoírWL Fest near Philadelphia. So would someone please record this ok2snau Coming up at just before 0200 UTC, MFSK32 with images will be centered on 1000 and 2000 Hertz. This is The Mighty ô5 kHz. **************************************************** 2013-3-3 0130 UTC MSFK32 centered on 2500 Hz Hello Eric and KBC listeners everywhere. Kim Andrew Elliott here, but probably not listening, because just about now I'm giving the keynote speech at the Winter SWL Fest near Philadelphia. So would someone please record this for me? Coming up at just before 0200 UTC, MFSK32 with images will be centered on 1000 and 2000 Hertz. This is The Mighty KBC on 7375 kHz. **************************************************** 2013-3-3 0159 MSFK32 centered on 1000 Hz The Mighty KBC hopes you are getting good reception on our new frequency: u tuing Pic:169x112; with black and white image of AM 7.375.000 S9+10 see image here http://misc.kg4lac.com\2013-3-3-MightyKBC-0159-MSFK32-centered-on-1000Hz.jpg **************************************************** 2013-3-3 0159 MSFK32 centered on 2000 Hz This is The Mighty KBC, hoping you had good reception on our new frequency of 7375 kHz. Sending Pic:129x70C; with white KBC letters on blue background see image here http://misc.kg4lac.com\2013-3-3-MightyKBC-0159-MSFK32-centered-on-2000Hz.jpg 73, (Kraig, KG4LAC, Krist, Manassas, Virginia, United States of America, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NEW ZEALAND. 11725, March 3 at 0648, RNZI with feature about different versions of Israeli folksong `Hava Nagila`, some with clipbits by Harry Belafonte, Glen Campbell, Bob Dylan, Connie Francis. Of these, only Dylan is Jewish and his was the furthest-out. Soon wrapped up; presenter sounded American, probably from another US public radio documentary which RNZ National likes to relay around this time and no US SW station would dream of airing; then promoted `Sounds Historical` coming up at 8:00 [= 0705 UT]. 11725, March 7 at 0613, no signal from RNZI nor on 13725-13735 in DRM. R. Australia is audible tho weaker than usual, on 11945 and 12080, and not 13630, so I conclude RNZI is off rather than not propagating its usually good signal on 11725. Nothing found on the website about maintenance downtime, which they sometimes post in advance (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NICARAGUA. 8989-USB, "El Pescador Preacher", 0000 to 0010 with religious comments en español 27 Feb (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D -Icom 746Pro - Drake R8 - Drake R7, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [non?]. 8990-USB, Saturday March 2 at 2355 I look for the ``Pescador Preacher`` I have not had much luck hearing on 8989-USB, maybe not listening at just the right time. Now there is some other 2-way in Spanish 1 kHz higher, same as I had another night. At 2356 I can make out a much weaker USB on 8989, but too much QRM. Concentrating on what 8989 is saying, at 0001 March 3 I make out a few words, such as ``fortaleza``; 0005 his signal is gaining a bit, another ``fortaleza`` and ``señor Jesucristo``; it does sound like a monolog, i.e. sermon. This strange station not listed anywhere and probably unlicensed, has been pinned on Nicaragua only by inference from stuff he has said before, and QSOs he has also engaged in. Being fisher-orientated, could well be aboardship even outside Nicaraguan waters, who knows? Anyhow, this is an aero, not marine band, and early in the 2300 hour we were hearing Andrews crypto on 8992-USB (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NIGERIA. 15115-15120-15125, March 2 at 1904, no trace of DRM or AM from VON, with REE CR 15125 unnoised. Other Africans are propagating on 19m, best: 15275 DW Rwanda English good; 15580 VOA Botswana fair; 15480 AWR South Africa poor; 15400 BBC Ascension very poor. But NOT 15190 R. Africa: see PHILIPPINES. Seems like VON is missing more than it is on (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NIGERIA [non]. Hi Jeff, I was just looking thru the MBR schedule as of 28 Feb: http://www.media-broadcast.com/fileadmin/user_upload/Downloads/B12_operational_280213_MBR.pdf and notice that there are no entries for RMI, so are all your broadcasts via there gone, 7350 Hamada at 0530-0600 via Wertachtal; 11865 and 15315 which are still in HFCC. When did each stop? (Glenn Hauser, to Jeff White, via DXLD) Glenn: We don't currently have anything via MBR. Hamada Radio recently ended its broadcasts, but they are trying to make arrangements with new investors and hope to resume broadcasts soon, probably via MBR. (Jeff White, RMI, WORLD OF RADIO 1659, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6950.64-AM, approx., The Crystal Ship, pirate relayed from somewhere, March 4 at 0113 with music; 0116 dogs barking? At this point I go back inside and fire up the FRG-7 on D-cells, for much better signal with the longwire, 10 over 9. 0120 song ``Jack, Do It Again``; 0125 segué to more music; 0130 IDs for Crystal Ship by kidvoice and others, ad (PSA?) for dating website ebestiality.com presumably imaginary, with animal SFX; 0132 Donner Pass barbecue recipe plug, unknown music; 0137 another ID and music. 0141 our AC comes back on and the noise level jumps immediately; 0149 I think it`s off but no, just weakening; does seem to go off by 0200. Did not receive any e-mail tipoff about this broadcast, which sometimes comes from TCS (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Tnx to John Poet who eQSLed my last log of The Crystal Ship, Unchained: http://www.w4uvh.net/TCSUnchained.png the latest addition to my QSL gallery, only a fraxion of them all: http://www.worldofradio.com/QSL.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORWAY. Goodbye Sveio - Detonation Videos LOCATION: Sveio, Norway. Date: Feb 8-9, 2012 Those with an aversion to seeing SW transmission antennas coming down please avoid the videos below & skip this message. Six videos maybe too much for some. From memory this is the first time I'd seen a video where the curtain arrays come down (there's two videos below of that). Usually we just see the towers come down after detonation. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gf_bF9ogEsU (One mast down) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-ZcIjtwNNE (One mast down & smoke) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bk0QWWmYJRo (Close look at towers. Curtain Array on show laden ground where it fell. Workers) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JM-HpIJizAM (The video above shows the detonation at the curtain array anchoring points on the masts. The curtain array comes down before the masts) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVdQ14qmhP8 (One mast down) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYMiLB4wvDg (The video above shows the detonation at the curtain array anchoring points. Two curtain arrays down at once) (Ian Baxter, March 4, shortwavesites yg via DXLD) ** OKLAHOMA. 930, March 3 at 1309 UT, WKY, La Indomable in its token English pubaffs show in the Sunday morning ghetto when they hope listenership will be minimal: guest on `Sunday Morning Magazine` is from the Central Oklahoma Humane Society, about pets, then break for adstring: some kind of joint promotion in Spanish with Anheuser-Busch; ABC-TV ad in English for ``Red Widow`` premiering tonight; Home Depot in English; back to show with Phil Enzinga (sp?) host, who speaks perfect English, as does his next guest about Camp Clap-Hands, of the J. D. McCarty Center for developmentally disabled children (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 1170, March 6 at 1337, KFAQ Tulsa mentioning that the 61st & Peoria neighborhood is dangerous. Noted (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. KBIX 1490 --- Glenn, drove to Tahlequah yesterday for work and listened to 1490 both directions. No sign of KBIX-1490 at either time (1400Z +/- 01MAR13 and 0130Z +/- 02MAR13) while driving within 10-15 miles of KBIX tower site. The past couple of weeks I've "watched" 1120 for any sign of KEOR, with nothing but KMOX during most AM/PM drive times. 1340 KJMU non- existent as well during random tune-by's. 73, (Bruce Winkelman, Tulsa, OK, March 2, DX LISTENING DIGEST) No sign of KEOR here either (gh, Enid, DXLD) Until later ** OKLAHOMA. 1580, March 3 at 1334 UT, KOKB Blackwell is again in open carrier/deadair atop the skywavers, while its sisterstation 1020 KOKP Perry is programming nominally (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 1580 again, or more likely still, in OCDA around 2200 UT March 3 (gh, ibid.) ** OKLAHOMA. 1650, March 1 at 0543 UT, KYHN is still stunting, with program promos only, Geraldo Rivera red-white-and-blue bit at the moment. Just in from: -- Fritze H. Prentice, Jr, KC5KBV Star City AR EM43aw twitter.com/fritzehp facebook.com/SoutheastArkansasDXAndMediaReport ``Heard KYHN 1650 Fort Smith AR (with Oklahoma QTH) as it switched from nighttime 1 KW to 10 KW at 6:49 am CT (1249 UT) and it inboomed for nearly an hour, but it`s fading fast at 7:44 am CT/1344 UT. Same tired loop of "upcoming programming". This is the longest stunting that I can ever recall for a radio station. When KMJX 105.1 went from classic rock to classic country in early 2008, that station played Beatles tunes for 2 weeks. But KYHN has gone on at least 3 weeks with this tiresome promos of OU football, that snippet from Focus On The Family, Mike Huckabee, and of course Dennis Miller and that guy with the knock-off snacks, etc, etc, etc. The station *might* be worth listening to if programming such as Mike Malloy's weeknight talk program was part of the lineup, and other progressive talkers. It`s just another waste of broadcast spectrum IMHO.`` Official March sunrise is now 1230 UT instead of 1300 in February, so if they were trying for 1245, that doesn`t fit for either month. See for all the FCC info about it: http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?list=0&facid=87114 I first heard KYHN reactivated 3.5 weeks ago on Feb 12 at 1300+, which matches the date on the latest letter on Resumption of Operations in the Correspondence Folder: https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101541305&formid=910&fac_num=87114 which however says they came back on Feb 10-11: ``Date station went silent: 02/18/2012 Date station commenced operation: 02/10/2013 REPAIRS TO THE KYHN TRANSMITTER AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT WERE COMPLETED ON 02/11/2013 AND BROADCASTING RESUMED AS AUTHORIZED WITH 10 KW DAYTIME AND 1 KW NIGHTTIME.`` Of course the FCC won`t care if they stunt forever, not getting involved in programming matters. In case anyone doubt that this is really an Oklahoma station, despite promoing silly ballgames from OU rather than Arkansas, same document shows: Legal Name of the Applicant MS. KIM MEDIA, LLC 333 KERR BLVD SALLISAW OK 74955 - Telephone Number (include area code) 9187751107 E-Mail Address (if available) Call Sign KYHN Typed or Printed Name of Person Signing KIM GIRDNER Typed or Printed Title of Person Signing MANAGING MEMBER Altho the Community of License remains Fort Smith AR. While KWHN 1320 is separately licensed to CAPSTAR TX LLC. 1650 was originally supposed to be the X-band replacement for KWHN 1320, which continues with real newstalk programming, and the callsigns swapped back and forth. The KWHN calls were on the 1650 facility from 11/22/2000 to 04/03/2008 when it became KYHN. 1650, March 6 at 1308 UT, time for another recheck of KYHN Sallisaw, as I had not reconfirmed for a few days whether it`s still on and/or still stunting. Yes! Dial Global Sports promo about NFL; ``Coming soon to Arklahoma … Big AM 1650``, then promo from Cumulus` `Red Eye Radio`, which I had not caught KYHN plugging before, so now we know what will be on overnight if they ever get going for real (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1659, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also USA: 1650 KSVE ** PALAU [and non]. 9965, March 2 at 1423, big buzz atop R. Australia in Chinese which soon had an ID in passing. The ChiCom have started jamming RA in English, so surely they also hit RA in Chinese, which was previously suspiciously exempt. However, listening carefully, I don`t think this is externally imposed noise, but the T8WH transmitter itself very out of order. RA modulation cut off mid-ID at 1430 and the noise continues for another 20 seconds until it goes off. I taped a sample in case anyone is interested. It was similar to the Buzzing Service of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, as heard on 15435 at 1516 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. March 1 found excellent overall conditions! A fun morning! NBC Sandaun (3205) was again heard after being reactivated yesterday. Nice to have another PNG station to listen to (Ron Howard, California, 1416 UT March 1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 3204.967, NBC Sandaun, West Sepik, footprint, 1145 UT S=6 poor lousy signal, low modulation, islands pop song. 3259.995, NBC Madang, S=8-9 signal, stronger than NBC Sandaun, nice South Sea like island song at 1150 UT March 1st. 3364.985, NBC Milne Bay Alotau, The Voice of Kula. Island song announcement. Alotau was the strongest signal received in Australia at 1158 UT March 1st in 90 mb, S=9+5dB signal strength (Wolfgang Büschel, DF5SX, FOOTPRINT logs on March 1st at 11-12 UT, taken in Japan and Australia SDR remote units, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3260, NBC Madang, 1208-1211*, March 7. “NBC News in Brief”; item about quake in Taiwan followed by relay of the audio feed from “NBC National Radio . . 90.7 FM” with advertisement for BSP (Bank of South Pacific) given in English by an Australian; as usual suddenly off at 1211. Madang was the best of the NBC stations today. MP3 audio at https://www.box.com/s/r7xp0tr638lj6ahith81 (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. NBC Wewak Studio: YouTube --- The following YouTube video shows a quick snap shot of the NBC East Sepik (Wewak) studios. Skip to the 3m20sec mark. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-YJaFUB0Os 73's (Ian Baxter, NSW, Feb 27, shortwavesites yg via DXLD) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3345.03, NBC Northern, the Voice of Oro, heard again from 1140 to 1224 (March 4) with relay of “NBC National Radio, the Voice of Papua New Guinea” audio feed; frequent IDs as such and no local IDs heard; series of advertisements (BSP - Bank of South Pacific) and Public Service Announcements; 1204: “From 1973 to 2013, NBC National Radio marks forty years of service to the people of Papua New Guinea - 90.7 FM” followed by bird call and news; then program of pop hit songs in English (Tina Turner with “It Takes Two”, etc.); this was the strongest station of all the NBC stations today. Happened to note NBC Madang on 3260 was also carrying the NBC National Radio audio feed and in // before suddenly going off the air (as usual) at 1211. March 5 found 3345.03 silent during the same time period. Instead heard NBC East New Britain (3385) from 1122 till suddenly off just after the start of the NBC News in Brief at 1204. Mostly playing pop songs and DJ with dedications. Almost fair. During subsequent checking they did not return again. PNG continues erratic! (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3904.998, R. New Ireland (presumed). 1200 audible this morning and noticed it was just a few Hz below 3905. Looks like 3904.998. Island pop music, then presumed news by M. Sound bite from speech at 1209. Hams about .5 kHz below came on at 1211 ruining reception. 1212 brief music bridge, then talk by different M but impossible with the hams. (22 Feb) (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+ and 153 foot vertical triangle Delta Loop, HCDX Feb 28 via DXLD) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. Radio Fly: Several persons have asked me about this station, so here is my opinion: 3915 kHz: For a long time now I have daily heard a weak but steady open carrier; never any audio. In the past often heard their music and announcements, so I believe they must be running at very low power (not their former 1,000 Watts). Also 5960 is silent of R. Fly; now only China heard there. https://www.box.com/s/d5elxzqtgy755el9acsk contains MP3 audio of a former typical reception. We can only hope they will eventually go back to full power (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, March 1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1659, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Also, 5960 has been overtaken by a new 1 kW DRM transmitter at the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, regular hours, if any, unknown. (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1659, DX LISTENING DIGEST) V AUSTRALIA ** PERU. 3329.5, Perú, Ondas del Huallaga, Huánuco 1000 to 1100 with OM and music mixing with CHU notched, tnx Pedro F. Arrunátegui, Lima Peru, 1 March (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D - Icom 746Pro - Drake R8 - Drake R7, and XM - Cedar Key - South Florida, NRD 525D - R8A - E-5, via Robert Wilkner, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 4747.07, R. Huanta Dos Mil. 1030 pleasant OA campo music, then studio W DJ, and ad block with "R. Huanta" ID/promo at 1035:00. M announcer at 1036 with usual news program. (19 Feb) (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+ and 153 foot vertical triangle Delta Loop, HCDX Feb 28 via DXLD) [and non]. 4747-USB, unID en español 1025, at 1031 Peru, Radio Huanta carrier on as ute continues, 1034 Radio Huanta on, alas ute at rival level for next ten minutes, 1105 only Radio Huanta, 20 Feb. - Similar to 4800 previously noted español on 4800 (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D -Icom 746Pro - Drake R8 - Drake R7, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 4789, Perú, Radio Visión, Chiclayo, 0615 choral music, strong 19 Feb (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D -Icom 746Pro - Drake R8 - Drake R7, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. QSL: Radio Logos 4810, I sent a Spanish report with MP3 file to two addresses and received replies from both. The first reply (in Spanish) came from Pastor Jairo Sangama Saurin, agiazo at hotmail.com after 2 days. The approximate English translation according to Microsoft's on line translator: "Don't know how much encourages us to know that we heard from far away. Our approach to RADIO LOGOS are the native languages of Peru's Amazon jungle. It is true that our frequency is 4810 kHz on shortwave. We would like to continue to receive your news and also us would help economic to carry forward this project for the sake of the native communities of the selva." After 10 days, I also received a F/D eQSL showing an attractive mountain scene. v/s Ray Rising cp6rr at yahoo.com, but the reply came via Rafael Rodriguez (Bruce Portzer, Seattle, WA, March 2, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 4826.5, Perú, Radio Sicuani, Sicuani, Cusco 0000 to 0030 strong signal 27 Feb (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D -Icom 746Pro - Drake R8 - Drake R7, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 4939.9 tentative, Perú, Radio San Antonio de Atalaya, 0940 to 0955 deep fades en español, never strong here! 27 Feb (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D -Icom 746Pro - Drake R8 - Drake R7, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 4955, R. Cultural Amauta. Nice ID by live M after OA music at 1059:15. And another at 1100:00. Pretty good signal at this time. (19 Feb) (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+ and 153 foot vertical triangle Delta Loop, HCDX Feb 28 via DXLD) 4955, Radio Cultural Amauta, 1040 to 1130 with ID, 27 Feb (MR - Vero Beach - South Florida, Sony 2010 -NRD 515 - Drake R8B - ANC-4, via Bob Wilkner, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 4984.14, Voz Cristiana. Came on at 1100. Usual hardline religious preaching, then canned echo "…R. Voz Cristiana ?? AM" ID by M at 1101:55, then another short one. Probably best heard yet. (19 Feb) (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+ and 153 foot vertical triangle Delta Loop, HCDX Feb 28 via DXLD) ** PERU. 5039.22, Perú, Radio Libertad de Junín, Junín, 1035 to 1100 OM en español, under local thunder storms and summer t-storms in the Caribbean, 27 Feb (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D -Icom 746Pro - Drake R8 - Drake R7, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 5460.2, Perú, Radio Bolívar, Cd. Bolivar, 0100 program en español, deep fades 21 Feb; 0000 to 0100 OM with occasional music, best in USB, 27 Feb (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D -Icom 746Pro - Drake R8 - Drake R7, and XM - Cedar Key - South Florida, NRD 525D - R8A - E-5, via Robert Wilkner, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU [and non]. 5980, UT March 1 at 0059 again hearing music seems Chaski rather than CNR1 jammer, which is surely moving further and further into the dayside from wherever it is inside China. No timesig audible at 0100, but also due to 5990 CRI/CUBA spatter running over a few more sex. Urubamba then quite in clear with music until 0100:50, jingle, usual talk unreadable (I need to switch to my less bassy headphones), 0102 keeps repeating sounder with pauses, maybe automation stuck; 0104 Spanish mentions ``la verdad``, more bits of music and pauses. Cut off at 0107:18*. 5980, March 2 at 0059 I am hearing some music, unseems the CNR1 jammer any more, no 0100 timesignal audible, but bothered by splash from 5990 CRI via CUBA, and than runs over again tonight with one minute of English until 0101*. Then 5980 is in the clear with a marginally improved signal, which I hope continues vs our latening sunsets which will eventually surpass it. Instrumental music, sounder and tentative ID as ``Red Radio Integridad`` which is the Lima station R. Chaski relays in the evenings; the Spanish is more readable now, 0102 fanfare and announcement, 0102.5 mentions ``bendiciones`` and ``dios``; 0103.5 sounders, devotional message, ending at 0105 offering a copy of this #1065 from an Estados Unidos address. Hymn playing until cut off at 0107:23* = another five seconds later than last night as their timer continues to run slow. 5980, March 3 at 0035 I hear some Chinese, i.e. CNR1 jammer, mixed with something else under, i.e. Sri Lanka or Perú. I spend a few minutes looking for a // CNR1 legit or not but can`t find one propagating. (At 0037 I hear my nearest street light RF bursts as its dusk sensor turns it on.) This is on the main rx FRG-7, but by 0057 I am back out on the porch on the DX-398 where I have better results with R. Chaski, and CNR1 no longer audible, now into daytime fadeout? And I am all set to record, which I should have done last night, but this time there is too much splatter from 5990 CRI Cuba at first, and still splatter from something (WWCR 5935?) after 0100 when 5990 is off. This noise is audible 5960-5990. No use trying to record or copy R. Chaski/Red R. Integridad tonight, but at 0106 it`s talk instead of music, to cut off obvious with BFO at 0107:29*. Or maybe 0127:28.5 as I glanced away from my watch at the wrong time. 5980, March 4 at 0038, mixture of at least two stations, one of which is in Chinese, the CNR1 jammer. 5990 CRI/Cuba splatter again runs a little over 0100, and CNR1 has faded, so no timesignal heard, but then 5980 clears up for R. Chaski, Spanish announcement I think addressing ``amable auditorio``. There is still general line noise level, but not splatter from further away on 49m. 0101 usual sounders; 0102 ``estás escuchando ---``, 0104 talk about Biblia, cut carrier at 0107:34* During another power outage in Enid. 5980, March 5 at 0100 no CNR1 timesignal but R. Chaski is audible with soft instrumental music. I am recording it from 0059 for the next 8 minutes until cutoff, so you can hear what I hear each night. Watch out for the noise bursts; if my cassette recorder hold up (it`s getting wowy), I`ll keep trying and put up better ones if possible: http://www.w4uvh.net/chaski1.rm The music comes thru a lot better than the talk. 0100:40 sounder and announcement, 0101 maybe mentions onda corta, ``What a Friend`` theme they often play around here, sounders and more talk; 0102:40 music and more talk; 0103:25 local noise bursts; 0103:50 more sounder, Spanish, mention ``el equipo`` (the team); occasional modulation splatter too from algo; 0105:35 concludes tract with ``escríbanos a --- (Los Ángeles?)``; 0106 music, 0106:35 more noise bursts, so after staying in narrow AM Mode, I switch to offset BFO to be sure to catch the fin which is at 0107:38*. It was 44 degrees on the porch with the DX-398 and very windy from the north. 5980, March 6 at 0059, no CNR1 jammer or Cuban jammer, and music from R. Chaski is already audible thru 0100 when used to hear ChiCom timesignal. I record again for http://www.w4uvh.net/chaski2.rm You can hear when I switch between wide and narrow bandwidth on the DX-398; no local noise bursts tonight. ``Blessèd Jesus`` hymn, sounder, maybe mentions Radio Red? 0101 first time I have definitely heard, at 1:40 into recording: ``5980 kHz, onda corta`` along with ``What a Friend`` hymn. Followed by usual devotional, 0102.6 music and ``palabra de dios``, ``capítulo 23``; 0104 another sounder; 0105 ``se comunica con sus vecinos``; at 6:28 into recording, ``escríbanos a Momentos de Inspiración, P O Box 839, --- [can anyone make out the city and ZIP?], Estados Unidos``, with piano music, improving past 0107 until cut off at 0107:43*. 5980, March 7 at 0053, the CNR1 jammer is still audible and atop something else, either VOA victim or R. Chaski; and at 0100 I make out three time pips before cut off, uncovering not much at all from Urubamba tonight, even after 0101:15* when CRI/CUBA 5990 splash goes off, after an unwanted minute of `The Beijing Hour` in unscheduled English. With BFO, there is a JBA carrier on 5980, so I confidently take the time to tune around elsewhere before returning at 0107 to time the OA chopoff: 0107:48*. Every evening on the porch at this time, it`s getting lighter and lighter, of course, as twilight will soon become daylight and then sunlight, terminating this end of the path faster than the five-second-per night latening of the closedown (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1659, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 6173.9, Perú, Radio Tawantinsuyo, Cusco, 0020 to 0030 usual OM announcer in Spanish 27 Feb (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D -Icom 746Pro - Drake R8 - Drake R7, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PHILIPPINES. 11890, 03/Mar 1747, R Pilipinas in English. YL with lively conversation among some smiles. At 1749 the modulation was considerably low. Again became audible at 1751. OM talk at 1753 and ID. 25432 (Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana, Bahia, 12 14´S 38 58´W - Brasil, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15190, March 2 at 1905, R. Pilipinas/V of Philippines, conversation with laughter in Tagalog, mixing in phrases of English as usual (required?), fair signal but much better than usual, and no sign of Equatorial Guinea, or Brasil. Gone at 1935 check, s/off being 1930 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PHILIPPINES. 9600 & 12035, Vatican Radio, Vietnamese via Palauig, (Radio Veritas). Full data (with site as Philippines indicated on card), Pope Benedict’s German trip plus nativity event QSL card, plus a very interesting booklet on the Past and Present Facilities of Vatican radio’s History. Very impressive! Reply in 58 days. V/s illegible (Edward Kusalik, Daysland, Alberta, Canada, Feb 28, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PHILIPPINES. Dear Friends, Radio Veritas Asia going to Change some of its Frequencies for A13. Changes effective Sunday, 31 March 2013. From To UTC Language 9720 15355 2300-2327 Filipino 11915 11870 1330–1400 Hindi 11915 11870 1400–1427 Bengali 9810 15460 0000-0027 Sinhala 73 from (Ashik Eqbal Tokon, Rajshahi, Bangladesh, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PUERTO RICO. 1520, WVOZ, San Juan, religious music and YL with "Hallelujahs," one mention of Puerto Rico, ID at 2136 as "La Voz Boricua" 1 Feb (XM - Cedar Key - South Florida, NRD 525D - R8A - E-5, via Robert Wilkner, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA. The "buzzer", 4625 kHz. This one is again producing spurs on the higher side. This has happened several times before, so the transmitter probably has served its useful life. The signal of the buzzer is USB plus carrier, the carrier sometimes being reduced. Today it emits about 20 buzzes per minute. Years ago it was 59 bpm. In yesterday's short buzzes the basic audio frequency was increased slightly during each buzz, like so called chirp radar. In today's longer buzzes the basic audio frequency varies slightly up and down with three or four such periods in each buzz. A few months ago there was a period when the pitch was much higher than what we normally hear. I do not know if this was intentional or caused by a faulty feeder circuit. I happened to be tuned in when the pitch was all of a sudden turned back to normal. The audio from time to time contains crackling reminding of an old time telephone line (Olle Alm, Sweden, 4 March 2013, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Is it still online anywhere what someone (Rimantas Pleikys if I recall correct) has posted about the UVB-76 outlet years ago? It was a Geocities page, deleted by Yahoo just like all the others. Now only all the wild conspiracy stuff pops up on a Google search. Gist was that Povarovo is the receiving end of a voice channel from a staff office at Moscow (not Genshtab but a regional one if I recall correct). The buzzes obviously originate from a phone/comms console there. I already mused about standard gear that could be considered, just got no idea. Must be a pretty primitive set-up, not deserving any further trouble, since all it is supposed to do is buzzing away. All the best, (Kai Ludwig, Germany, ibid.) Thanks to recent comment of Olle, 4625.000 kHz, always exact like a standard frequency WWV or RMW, Institute of Metrology for Time and Space (IMVP), GP "VNIIFTRI", Mendeleyevo ... re Moscow [or moved away few years ago to different place ...] army buzzer -- I checked yesterday 4667.200 and 4709.400 kHz, which both I heard on Feb 11 very strong, but NOTHING heard yesterday. Maybe feeder line or antenna was SNOW COVERED in February - and mis-aligned then too. 3 websites at http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/09/ff_uvb76/ a lot of 33 foto images here at Povarovo wooden area 56 05'08.26"N 37 06'04.88"E http://www.panoramio.com/photo/47082034 56 04'59.07"N 37 06'00.94"E wolfy (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) I just (at 1250 UT) checked the buzzer spurs, and they were there as usual. Poor reception from East Asia during the day, so I have been unable to have a look at the jamming situation (Olle Alm, March 5, via Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) At 1405-1415 UT March 5th noted on remote SDR unit at Moscow westerly suburbs: main buzzer on 4625.000 kHz, but also same type of emission on 4583.6 4666.4 4707.720, 20 Hz wide hopping, 4707.720/4707.740 and back each second 4749.080, 10 Hz wide hopping, 4749.080/4749.090 and back each second 4790.410, 180 Hz wide hopping, 4790.410/4790.590 and back each second 73 wolfy (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) ** RUSSIA. 5905, 03/Mar 2036, R Rossii in Russian. Local pop music. At 2038 OM quick talk, then rock hard core. 25433. 73 (Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana, Bahia, 12 14´S 38 58´W - Brasil, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA [and non]. Maybe the streams of Radio Rassii are already 4 instead of previous 5, (without #4) because the transmitter in Kyrgyzstan on 4050 is with program // Stream 1 or 3 or Stream 5 in 2013. For example: Feb 20 at 1655 4050 // 6195 was (on 5905, MW567 etc. – another program was), on Feb 8 at 0115 4050 // 6085, on Feb 27 1800-1900 // 5905 etc. (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria, written on March 3, 2013, Sony ICF2001D. Ant: Folded Marconi 16 meters long own made, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also KYRGYZSTAN [and non] ** RUSSIA. Moscow ---------- Can't all read in the DX-portal: On Wednesday and Thursday, 27 and 28 February 2013. (there was Tuesday, but, unfortunately, the report did not have time), in Moscow will be held ??????????-measuring network performance synchronous broadcasting in the DRM in the range from 26 MHz. The approximate time of the works 0900-1500 MSK (0500-1100 UT), the channel 25900 kHz. We ask everyone who has the opportunity to receive the signal in the format of DRM, to inform about the results of their observations. Detailed reports (including screenshots and recording) can be placed in the Logbook on the Portal. Thanks in advance to everyone who will take part in monitoring (via Alexander Egorov, Kyiv, Ukraine / “deneb- radio-dx” “open_dx”, via RusDX 3 March via DXLD) ** SAIPAN. KFBS: [Saipan] YouTube Video _InsideOut KFBS Saipan: A Quick Look From the Inside Out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmO2mm9MPsc (via Ian Baxter, NSW, March 5, shortwavesites yg via DXLD) ** SARAWAK [non]. CLANDESTINE, 11600, R. Free Sarawak (via Palau??). Found by accident and hadn't realized this had moved here. 1211 editorial feature by M in BM with many mentions of Malaysia, Sarawak, Sabah. More usual features with long remote reports called in. Discussions. Speech excerpts. Suddenly cut off in mid-sentence at 1258. Pretty good signal but faded towards the end. (28 Feb) (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+ and 153 foot vertical triangle Delta Loop, HCDX Feb 28 via DXLD) Radio Free Sarawak via Sri Lanka (per Ivo Ivanov) on 11600 with fair to good reception; noted from 1135 to 1235 (March 2); in assume Iban; many IDs; 1204-1214 “Special News” due to the active military situation between Filipinos and Malaysians at Sabah. MP3 audio at https://www.box.com/s/2z8pudnm3dzz5jmj5ata (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1659, DX LISTENING DIGEST) R. Free Sarawak, 11600 // 15430 kHz on Mar. 2 at 1100-1300 UT. Test? de Hiroshi (S. Hasegawa, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1659, DX LISTENING DIGEST) RADIO FREE SARAWAK COULD THREATEN MALAYSIA'S RULING BARISAN NASIONAL http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/seasia/radio-free-sarawak-could-threaten-malaysias-ruling-barisan-nasional/576683 (via Bob Wilkner, March 5, DXLD) Viz.: Radio Free Sarawak Could Threaten Malaysia's Ruling Barisan Nasional Daniel Ten Kate | March 05, 2013 This picture taken on Feb. 8, 2013 shows members of the Iban tribe listening to a radio in the village of Menyang in Malaysia's Sarawak region. Villagers tune in regularly to a radio broadcast of Radio Free Sarawak which has become so popular that authorities have threatened to jam it, with activists and Malaysia's opposition handing out thousands of radios, and villages now planning their evenings around it. (AFP Photo) http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/media/images/medium2/20130305091610013.jpg At 7 p.m. on the Malaysian side of Kalimantan island, Luang Entiyang turns the dial on a transistor radio in search of an anti-government talk show as about a dozen villagers sit cross-legged on the floor waiting to listen. Similar meetings occur daily across the jungles of Sarawak, Malaysia’s biggest state and one that has underpinned the ruling Barisan Nasional alliance’s 55-year hold on national power. The two-hour broadcast by Britain-based Radio Free Sarawak, in which villagers call in to tell stories of land-grabs by palm oil companies, aided by local officials, has helped to pry loose Entiyang and other lifelong BN backers since it began in 2010. “It makes a great difference because we are listening and learning,” Entiyang, 61, said on Feb. 15 at his home in Melikin, a hillside village about a two-hour drive from Kuching, Sarawak’s capital. “If BN wins the election, the natives will have nothing. They will take all the land. Once they betray us, we say goodbye.” Opposition inroads in Kalimantan rain forests that hold a quarter of Malaysia’s parliamentary seats pose the biggest threat to Prime Minister Najib Razak’s tenure as he prepares to call an election in the coming weeks. The prospect of a loss has unsettled investors, who have made the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI Index the worst-performing benchmark in Asia this year on concern the country will undergo its first transfer of power since gaining independence from Britain in 1957. In Malaysia, Kalimantan is known as Borneo. “There’s been more of an awakening in these rural areas, but how much that’s going to translate into votes is still a little bit up in the air,” Bridget Welsh, a political science associate professor at Singapore Management University, said by phone. “We’re talking about easily 20 seats in Sabah and Sarawak that are gray, that are competitive, that fundamentally will make the difference in national power.” In 2008, Najib’s ruling BN alliance won 54 of 56 seats up for grabs in Sarawak and neighboring Sabah, cementing its 12th straight election win after peninsular Malaysia mostly split the other constituencies in the 222-member parliament. The opposition, which lost in 2008 by a 58- seat margin, is targeting at least 20 seats in the two states this year. Both Najib and opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim have made frequent visits to the two former British colonies that joined Malaysia in 1963, an area that has some of the highest poverty rates in the country and accounts for about half of its natural gas reserves and palm oil production. More than 60 percent of its 5.8 million people are Kalimantan natives, collectively known as Dayaks, who have traditionally lived off the land. Shortwave radio A move toward the opposition in the two states will be “enough to alter the shift in balance of power nationwide,” Anwar said in a Feb. 19 interview in Kuala Lumpur. Najib promised greater development in a visit to Sabah on Feb. 14, telling voters “there’s no need to think about the other parties,” according to state-run Bernama news agency. Radio Free Sarawak’s broadcasts are making that more difficult. Clare Rewcastle Brown, the sister-in-law of former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, founded the station in 2010 to provide remote villages with an alternative to state-run media. Funded by donors in Europe whom Brown declines to identify, RFS uses shortwave transmissions through London-based WRN Broadcast, whose clients include MTV and Nickelodeon. Local authorities tried to block the station during April 2011 state elections by pumping gospel music on the same wavelength from a broadcaster in Ukraine, according to Brown, who was born in Sarawak. After she protested, Ukraine’s government stopped the jamming. Najib’s coalition won 55 out of 71 seats in the local elections, seven fewer than in 2006. “We suspect there will be more attempts to jam us in the election,” Brown said by e-mail. “The anger and a new sense of unity and defiance is shown nightly over our show — native people, and most significantly headmen, are calling to say enough is enough and it is time for change.” The broadcasts mainly target moves by Abdul Taib Mahmud, Sarawak’s chief minister, who has ruled the state for 32 years, to lease land for palm oil plantations and build about a dozen hydropower dams by 2020, providing the capability to produce about 15 times more electricity than the state uses. Taib, 76, heads Najib’s coalition in Sarawak and oversees state portfolios for finance, planning and resources management. He declined a request to be interviewed. Anwar’s opposition alliance sees Radio Free Sarawak as a way to break BN’s grip on an area where thick forest, broken roads and spotty mobile-phone reception make campaigning tough. Since 2010, it has distributed 25,000 Chinese-made radios costing about 35 ringgit ($11) apiece to villagers, according to See Chee How, a local opposition leader. The rural electorates may help sway the national vote because some have four times fewer people than seats in Chinese-dominated urban areas that shifted support to the opposition in the 2011 state elections. Anwar’s coalition is “very optimistic” it could win at least 20 seats of the 56 available in Sabah and Sarawak, See said. “Now our message is spreading throughout Sarawak,” See said in a Feb. 13 interview in Kuching. “Rural people can see the relevance to protect their land, protect their rights, to get a fair share of economic gains. They are ready for change.” Najib’s alliance disputes that assessment. While BN may lose about six urban constituencies, it expects to retain all the rural Dayak seats, giving it 25 overall for Sarawak, according to Stephen Rundi, the coalition’s secretary-general in the state. The ruling coalition took 30 of Sarawak’s 31 seats at the last election. ‘Naughty’ Opposition claims that Taib is using his position for personal gain are unfounded, Rundi said. The government is working to tackle land problems, he said, particularly in “gray areas” where the boundaries between land belonging to the state and the indigenous people is not clearly demarcated. Taib in January called Radio Free Sarawak “naughty” and asked authorities to halt its operations, Bernama reported. Najib’s alliance has trained a network of loyalists in Sarawak’s remote villages over the past year to counter the radio broadcasts, Rundi said, without saying how. “They are talking about issues that are sensitive, and they play it repeatedly just to instigate people,” Rundi said in a Feb. 14 interview at his Kuching office. “Our strategy is to go to the ground as much as we can through the grassroots leaders to tell the people the truth and tell them not to be easily misled.” Najib’s alliance has considered setting up a competing radio station because state-run broadcasts use long-wave [sic] transmissions and can’t reach certain remote areas, according to Edward Kurik, executive secretary of Parti Rakyat Sarawak, a rural-based party that is part of BN. Even so, he said, rural people would vote for Najib because they are afraid of losing benefits such as fertilizer subsidies and free school lunches. “We are not people who dare take the risk,” Kurik said. “Why should we change if what we’ve got from the government is guaranteed? We are not born rich — we depend so much on the government and cannot lose this political power.” Sarawak’s poverty rate was 5.3 percent in 2009, compared with 3.8 percent for the whole country, according to government data. Sabah has a poverty rate of 19.7 percent. People involved with Radio Free Sarawak have faced threats, said Nicholas Mujah, who helps villagers bring lawsuits against palm oil companies that encroach on ancestral lands and was arrested last year for copying broadcasts on CDs. Threats, intimidation Peter John Jaban, a tattoo-covered Dayak who was one of the station’s first DJs, said he was detained last year under the Sedition Act. Villagers listening to the broadcasts are also intimidated, he said. “Authorities and police will threaten them, saying if you listen to this you will be arrested, or your village would not be given roads or electricity,” Jaban, who has been blocked from leaving Sarawak, said in Kuching. Rundi said the government “cannot just swallow” the “blatant lies” on Radio Free Sarawak. However, he said, the government opposed measures to intimidate people, including the use of gangsters by palm-oil companies to scare villagers. “The government is always against all force and intimidation by anybody,” Rundi said by phone. For indigenous people such as Entiyang, who worked for decades in a state-run medical clinic, taking cash to vote for BN became routine — including the 50 ringgit distributed on election eve in 2008. Najib’s alliance won his district that year with more than 80 percent of the vote. Rundi denied that BN buys votes, while acknowledging payments to party workers. Two years later, Entiyang disposed of the BN flag that hung above his house after palm oil companies began operating on what he and other villagers see as native land, and pressured locals to accept money in return for giving up their rights. He’s now involved in a lawsuit against the companies, United Teamtrade and Memaju Jaya, one of about 300 similar land cases around Sarawak. United Teamtrade has received a 60-year lease to develop the land from the Sarawak government and disputes claims that it’s encroaching on indigenous lands, John Su, a spokesman for the company, said by phone. The payments to villagers are a “goodwill gesture,” he said. A man answering to the name Tan Thian Siang, who is the managing director at Tetangga Akrab, which shares the same Kuching address as Memaju Jaya, hung up the phone when asked for comment. “We are anxious to hear on the radio how other villages are dealing with these problems,” Entiyang said as he picked up the radio. “Without this, we really were blind.” Bloomberg (via DXLD) ** SAUDI ARABIA. 17650, March 7 at 1600+, still no signal here from alleged Bambara language broadcast from BSKSA, apparently canceled some time ago, leaving the entire SW audience to VOA`s new service (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See U S A ** SLOVAKIA. INTENTEMOS QUE ESLOVAQUIA VUELVA A LA OC Intentemos que Radio Eslovaquia Internacional vuelva a la onda corta. ¡Envía tu correo! (13/02/2013, Día de la Radio) Hace unas semanas nos pusimos en contacto (E. Sahuquillo, S500) con Ladia y le mostramos nuestra inquietud histórica para que Radio Eslovaquia Internacional (RSI) volviera a la onda corta. La principal iniciativa fue enviar una carta al Director Mr. Vincent Stofaník (en inglés) solicitándole que hiciera todo lo posible para que RSI pudiera sintonizarse en los receptores de todo el mundo. Es una medida de presión pequeña, pero no baldía. Todos debemos actuar y seguro que conseguimos algo. Para ello bastan unas líneas en inglés (con el traductor de google es suficiente) y enviarlo al correo electrónico del Director, con copia a Ladia: ladislava.hudzovicova @ rtvs.sk --- tambien: rsi_spanish @ slovakradio.sk Aquí tienes un modelo de escrito (con su traducción al español) para que puedas dirigirte al Director de la Radio eslovaca con objeto de que puedan conocer, de primera mano, las inquietudes de los oyentes para que RSI vuelva a continuar su andadura por onda corta. Es importante que no asistamos como meros espectadores (oyentes) a lo que acontece en el mundo de la radio. Es hora de convertirnos en actores y transformar la realidad de nuestro futuro modelando nuestro presente. ¡¡Ánimo y adelante!! Emilio Sahuquillo, EA5-1020 El programa del día 18 de noviembre de 2012, en su espacio "cartas de los oyentes", nos daban esperanzas al responder una misiva nuestra. La trascripción literal de la respuesta que realizaron a la interpelación es la siguiente: Radio Eslovaquia Internacional, 18 de noviembre de 2012 Hilari Ruiz y José Portuondo Querido Emilio, ante todo recibe un cálido saludo de todos y cada uno de los integrantes de Radio Eslovaquia Internacional. De más está preguntar si te recordamos, ¡claro que sí! No nos hemos olvidado de ninguno de ustedes, y mucho menos de aquellos que nos apoyaron cuando fue decretado el cierre de las ondas cortas en Eslovaquia. Es cierto, muchos radioyentes de América Latina y el Caribe afortunadamente, y gracias a Radio Miami Internacional, aún nos escuchan por onda corta. Quiero decirte que el debate sobre la importancia de la onda corta ha resurgido nuevamente. Se escuchan rumores sobre este tema. Quién sabe si algún día las autoridades competentes nos sorprenden con una buena noticia. ¡Ojala y así sea! Creo que son muchas las personas que lo desean. Emilio, te enviamos un caluroso saludo y recuerda que la esperanza es lo último que se pierde. Hasta pronto. Modelo de escrito para remitir al Director de RSI y solicitar su vuelta de las transmisiones por O. C. *********** Mr. Vincent Stofaník (Director) vicent.stofanik @ rtvs.sk Rozhlas a televízia Slovenska; Mýtna 1; P.O. Box 55; Bratislava 15; 817 55; Eslovaquia; Fax: 00421-2-32506603 Dear Sir, I'm writing to you in relation to Radio Slovakia international. Radio Slovakia International (RSI) hasn´t been broadcasting, on a regular basis, its programs through shortwave. In the past I´ve expressed my concern on the implications this could entail in the information available for the rest of the world about your young country. I kindly ask you to return Radio Slovakia International to the shortwave dial. We would be very glad if we could enjoy again its entertaining and funny programs, and all the information on Slovakia. Also, I would like to express my disappointment with those responsible for RSI shortwave broadcast removal. Every day we remember and miss RSI in our radios! Yours faithfully. Signed: City, Country: *********** Estimado Sr. El motivo que me impulsa a escribirle es el siguiente. Hace ya un tiempo que Radio Eslovaquia Internacional (RSI) no emite, de forma regular, sus programas mediante la onda corta. En su momento manifesté mi preocupación y tristeza por la transcendencia que este hecho podía causar en la visión que el mundo tuviera de su joven país. LE PIDO, desde mi modesta posición, realice todo lo posible para que Radio Eslovaquia Internacional vuelva al dial de la onda corta y podamos disfrutar de una programación amena, entretenida, simpática y llena, ¡muy llena!, de contenidos informativos sobre Eslovaquia. Asimismo, para terminar, quiero manifestarle mi descontento con los responsables que tomaron la nefasta, y desafortunada, decisión de eliminar de forma permanente las transmisiones de RSI por onda corta. ¡¡Cada día seguimos recordando, y añorando, a RSI en nuestros receptores!! Esperando no haberle causado excesivas molestias, reciba un cordial saludo. *********** (Julio Martínez, March 5, noticiasdx yg via DXLD) ** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5019.880, SIBC Solomon Isls BC, Honiara with station ID at 1200 UT, powerful S=9+20dB signal in Australia. "Good Night" everyone, final announcement of the day/night. And played hymn as trombone choir music, choral group. And transmitter switched off exactly at 1201:25 UT (Wolfgang Büschel, DF5SX, FOOTPRINT logs on March 1st at 11-12 UT, taken in Japan and Australia SDR remote units, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1659, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOMALILAND. R. Hargeisa on 7120 kHz, Times of sign off, Feb 01 1900* Feb 02 1900* Feb 03 1901* Feb 04 1902* Feb 05 1900* Feb 06 1900* Feb 07 1900* Feb 08 1901* Feb 09 1900* Feb 10 1900* Feb 11 1859* Feb 13 1900* Feb 14 1900* Feb 15 1901* Feb 16 1900* Feb 17 1859* Feb 18 1859* Feb 19 1900* Feb 20 1900* Feb 21 1859* Feb 22 1901* Feb 23 1900* Feb 24 1859* Feb 25 1900* Feb 26 1859* Feb 27 1902* Feb 28 1900* (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) ?7120, Somalia, Radio Hargeisa at 0320 noted 28 Feb. (MR - Vero Beach - South Florida, Sony 2010 -NRD 515 - Drake R8B - ANC-4, via Bob Wilkner, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Usually *0330. Not sure what the ? before frequency means; uncertain identity? Approx. frequency? (gh) ** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. USA, More transmissions of Brother Stair from March 1: 1300-1600 on 9700 secret / hidden site to N/ME English 1700-2000 on 11650 secret / hidden site to FEAs English 1700-2000 on 11685 secret / hidden site to ECAf English 1900-2200 on 7400 secret / hidden site to WeEu English All times/frequencies are unregistered in HFCC database Probably transmissions sites are Kostinbrod and Yerevan -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire Feb 28, dxldyg via DXLD) Hmmm, then who announced this if no HFCC registrations have been filed? The transmission on 9700 is indeed on air. Found carrier already on when tuning in at 1356, with about the same level as Santa Maria di Galeria on 9695 where Radio Vatican let ring its interval signal over and over, with the upper sideband beating against the 9700 carrier and producing a nice inverted sound until the SMG transmitter finally cut off at 1400 sharp. On 9700 the modulation had been uncut shortly before 1459. The usual Overcomer feed, with further remarks being superfluous. And yes, I would also consider Gavar as possible origin of these revived (hardly new) transmissions (Kai Ludwig, March 1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) http://www.overcomerministry.org/ 9700 is from Kostinbrod, 55555+ in Sofia, but 1400-1700, not 1300-1600 Probably also from Kostinbrod 7400 1900-2200. Probably 11650 and 11685 from Yerevan, 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, 1615 UT Mar 1, ibid.) R.G. Stair is still or again on 9700. Immediately after 1600 the audio was completely garbled, sounding like a webstream at the fringe of collapsing. Later it stabilized again. I would not rule out that it is now another transmitter than in use until 1600, but this needs a closer look (Kai Ludiwg, 1619 UT March 1, ibid.) Oh-oh, what's this on 9700 now, at 1630? A very loud buzz, sounding like a video signal, almost completely overriding the program audio and spreading over +/- 10 kHz. I'm not absolutely sure about its origin, but I suspect it comes from the Kostinbrod transmitter itself, having developed a serious fault at some point between 1610 and 1630. And probably the other time conversions on the Overcomer website went wrong, too? I.e. it could turn out that 7400 will be on air 2000-2300 etc. (Kai Ludwig, 1638 UT March 1, iid.) Maybe 7400 will be 2000-2300, I have no idea. Very, very old transmitters in Kostinbrod, installed in 1956. Nothing on 11650 and 11685 1700-1705; maybe 1 hour later at 1800 till 2100. -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, 1707 UT March 1, ibid.) At 1800, 11650 and 11685 also from Kostinbrod, powerful signal in Sofia. Weak on 2nd harmonic 23300 and 23370. 1400-1700 on 9700 also weak signal on 2nd harmonic on 19400 (Ivo Ivanov, 1811 UT March 1, ibid.) 11685, 01/Mar 1847, BULGARIA (Relay), The Overcomer Ministry in English. YL and OM spell something. Follow OM speaking emphatically. Weak signal. On 11650 A very loud buzz (Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana, Bahia, 12 14´S 38 58´W - Brasil, ibid.) And 7400 will be at 2000 UT, maybe (Ivo, 1903 UT, ibid.) BULGARIA: The Overcomer, ID by Brother Stair, told about "The Kingdom of Heaven"; on both channels not far apart tonight at 1902 UT March 1. 11650 kHz, S=9+45 dB in Iceland, POWERHOUSE! scratchy modulation. 12 kHz wide signal visible on Perseus screen on 11644 to 11656 kHz. 11685 kHz, S=9+25 dB in Iceland, much better audio modulation here. Latter QRM by heavy adjacent 11690 kHz via AWR Moosbrunn Austria relay in Hausa to West Africa, S=9+10dB on Iceland reception equipment. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, 1916 UT, ibid.) At 1955, Nothing in my QTH. SDR in the Netherlands a strong signal on the chart, but there is no modulation. At 2000 religious hymn. At 2001 OM with ID and many references to God. Very good signal in SDR from Twente, good modulation. QRM from CRI on 7405 (Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana, Bahia, 12 14´S 38 58´W - Brasil, 2004 UT, March 1, ibid.) 7400 at 2000, not from Bulgaria, Kostinbrod -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, ibid.) QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, 2007 UT --- More times and frequencies of Brother Stair TOM from Mar. 1, via Kostinbrod, updated: 1400-1700 9700 SOF 050 kW / 126 deg N/ME English SINPO 55555+in SOF 1800-2100 11650 SOF 050 kW / 090 deg SoAs English SINPO 55555+in SOF 1800-2100 11685 SOF 050 kW / 195 deg ECAf English SINPO 55555 in SOF 2000-2300 7400 SOF 050 kW / 306 deg WeEu English SINPO 44544 in SOF All frequencies are not registered in HFCC database which is typical for Spaceline [BULGARIA] (Ivo Ivanov, March 1, DX LISTENING DIGEST) All frequencies registered in HFCC database Mar. 2, with WRONG time: 1300-1600 9700 SOF 050 kW / 306 deg WeEu English Brother Stair, TOM 1700-2000 11650 SOF 050 kW / 306 deg WeEu English Brother Stair, TOM 1700-2000 11685 SOF 050 kW / 306 deg WeEu English Brother Stair, TOM 1900-0100 7400 SOF 050 kW / 306 deg WeEu English Brother Stair, TOM -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, DX LISTENING DIGEST) More time and frequencies of Brother Stair TOM from Mar. 1, updated: 1400-1700 9700 SOF 050 kW / 126 deg N/ME English SINPO 55555+in SOF 1800-2100 11650 SOF 050 kW / 090 deg SoAs English SINPO 55555+in SOF 1800-2100 11685 SOF 050 kW / 195 deg ECAf English SINPO 55555 in SOF 2000-2300 7400 ERV 100 kW / 305 deg WeEu English SINPO 44544 in SOF Weak signal on 2nd harmonic 9700=19400; 11650=23300; 11685=23370 and not on 7400 (DX RE MIX NEWS #770 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, March 7, 2013, via DXLD) 11650, 03/Mar 2015, BULGARIA (Relay), The Overcomer Ministry in English. OM voice hoarse doing preaching. In // 11685 with a a bit better signal. On 11650 24432 (Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana, Bahia, 12 14´S 38 58´W - Brasil, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 3185, March 4 at 1232 open carrier with hum from WWRB, no Brother Scare. Next check at 1251, day frequency 9370 is now on with modulation, also on 9980 WWCR (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Well, WRMI is now selling air time to Brother Stair. Got to admit, love him or hate him, without him, several shortwave stations would be gone (Pat Blakely, SC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) [ ] (gh, DXLD) Unfortunately true. But still proof that a fool and his money are some party. ±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±± I will continue to be an impossible person so long as those who are now possible remain possible. ±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±± (Clara Listensprechen, ibid.) ** SPAIN. 6055, March 2 at 2304, YL singing cabaret song in English, ``No Way Out``. What else would you expect from French service of REE?? Followed by French announcement. This hour is supposedly endangered, on borrowed time, like English on same at 0000-0100, both having been briefly canceled in November before resuscitation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SPAIN. Para que vuelva REE a la OC --- Por la vuelta de REE a la onda corta para Europa y América del Norte y la emisión de tarjetas QSL en formato papel "La suma de todas nuestras peticiones haría posible la vuelta de REE a la normalidad" --- "Nadie comente un error más grande que quién no hace nada porque sólo puede hacer un poco" (13/02/2013, Día de la Radio) Tras la política de hechos consumados, que tan de moda se está poniendo en todas las emisoras internacionales, no podemos quedar impasibles. En el caso de Radio Exterior de España el hecho es muy sangrante, pues estamos hablando de una programación propia, de 24 horas de duración al día que, por imperativos no muy claros, siguen emitiendo con la excepción de la onda corta. A la vez que se comunicaba este cese (para Europa y América del Norte), Antonio Buitrago (de Amigos de la onda corta) nos comentó la eliminación de la impresión (y envío) de las QSL en formato papel (ahora eQSL). Nuestra postura, la de todos, debe ser contundente. Por suerte, en este caso, podemos dirigir la queja (por correo postal, electrónico, fax.) a la defensora del oyente (Dña. Elena Sánchez Caballero) y así manifestarle nuestro malestar por la pérdida de señal para estas zonas. Con un simple correo electrónico desde la página Web de la defensora (del espectador, el oyente y el usuario de los medios interactivos) podemos darle a conocer nuestra oposición y tristeza por las medidas adoptadas. Emilio Sahuquillo, EA5-1020 Modelo de escrito para remitir a la Defensora de oyente a través de los distintos cauces disponibles. El más sencillo, rellenando el formulario de la dirección Web: http://www.rtve.es/participacion/defensora/ O también enviando el escrito a la dirección: Dña. Elena Sánchez Caballero; Defensora del espectador del ente RTVE; Despacho 1/051, 052; Edificio Prado del Rey; Avenida Radio Televisión, 4; 28223 Madrid (España); Fax +34-91.518.32. 40. El correo electrónico desde el que me han respondido como enviado la queja a través del formulario Web es el siguiente: http://www.rtve.es@votaciones.rtve.es Aunque creo mejor que se remita por correo postal, fax o desde el formulario de la Web de la Defensora. Hay que tener en cuenta que el formulario de la página Web sólo deja 1500 caracteres por lo que habrá que adecuar el escrito a lo que nosotros consideramos más esencial. De esta manera nos "quejamos"; con textos que difieren un poco de la forma pero con el mismo contenido. *********** Estimada Sra., el motivo que me impulsa a escribirle es el siguiente. He tenido conocimiento, a través de distintos medios de comunicación, que las emisiones de Radio Exterior de España (REE), en onda corta para Europa y América de norte han cesado aprovechando las nuevas tecnologías que nos ofrece Internet, y solamente para estas zonas se utiliza la transmisión en DRM. Este cierre de emisiones no debería producirse en ningún momento ya que la radio en onda corta, y en distintos idiomas, supone una introducción a la cultura y el pensamiento de España en el mundo. Además las transmisiones en español son, para millones de personas, el contacto con su lengua materna y el acceso a una información veraz, rápida y sencilla al día a día del país. La onda corta, en este momento, no tiene competidor alguno. Y por ello no debemos rescindir ese vínculo directo hacia cualquier geografía y en cualquier idioma. De la misma manera me han comunicado que las tarjetas de verificación QSL (que se remiten a los oyentes internacionales como prueba de que sintonizan REE) se han suprimido, y en la actualidad sólo se envían en formato electrónico. Son muchos los países que fidelizan a sus oyentes con las tarjetas QSL, y el gasto que puede suponer ponerlas en circulación es muy pequeño comparado con la imagen de España que proyectan (tan de moda ahora en REE por ser la encargada de publicitar la "marca España"). Le ruego, por tanto, traslade mi queja a la persona, u órgano, responsable de tomar la decisión de limitar o cortar las transmisiones de REE en onda corta, así como la vuelta de los envíos de las tarjetas QSL. En espera de su pronta respuesta quedo a su disposición. Reciba mi más sincera admiración. Un cordial saludo. *********** (Julio Martínez, 5 March, noticiasdx yg via DXLD) One may support REE in a message online to the RTVE Ombudsperson. You should not have mixed in the plea for paper QSLs with the much more important objective of getting their broadcasts revived (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** SRI LANKA. 11750, 03/Mar 1740, SRI LANKA, SLBC in Sinhalese. YL talk. At 1742 local pop music. At 1745 OM phone conversation with the listener. At 1746 music. 25432 (Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana, Bahia, 12 14´S 38 58´W - Brasil, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11750, SLBC via older Ekala site - not Trinco. Heavy scratchy unclean audio on feeder line, heard at 1820 UT March 4. Scheduled 1630-1830 UT transmitter off sharp on time pip 1830 UT (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC- DX TopNews March 5 via DXLD) Regarding Ekala closure, - still the final decision hasn't been taken as of today as the rains have delayed the connection of the national power grid electricity main power lines to the Trinco station. I am planning a special QSL card for a final broadcast week and a special good bye Ekala broadcast. I think Adrian is also doing a special AWR Wavescan program (Victor Goonetilleke, Sri Lanka, 4S7VK, March 4, BCDX March 5 via DXLD) Hi Al, Thought you might like to see my original 1971 QSL card from Ceylon Broadcasting Corporation. I guess that makes me rather old! Was my first year when I starting to listen to SW radio. https://www.box.com/s/dcfgk79kzkg5h888niqi is back of QSL card and https://www.box.com/s/ua8p9f2stm35s7god6r7 is the picture on the front of the card (Ron Howard, March 1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Brings back pleasant memories. After my crystal set, in the late 60s, my first SW station heard using one of those 15 band transistor radios ($32, all of my savings at the time!) from Toronto, ON was Ceylon! I don't think that they were the SLBC yet at that time, and reception that evening was armchair, only using the built in whip. I was hooked! Those were the days!!! 73, (Walt Salmaniw, BC, ibid.) Walter, you did not tell me that when we met in Haida Gwai! Yes, it was first Colombo Calling, pre war days, then Radio Ceylon, which because the Ceylon Broadcasting Corporation, Then in 1972 Sri Lanka BC!! (G. Victor A. Goonetilleke, Sri Lanka, ibid.) ** SUDAN. 11300/USB, Khartoum ATC; 2137-2155+, 5-Mar; Numerous calls to "Khartoum"; don't recall ever hearing this before! Near continuous traffic. Suspect a rookie W ATC; many incorrect readbacks requiring repeats, delayed replies, cross-talk & squawks over traffic. About 2154 a different M ATC took over (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 125 ft. bow-tie; 85 ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed RW, All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST) How was their English, required worldspeak for ATC? (gh, DXLD) ** SUDAN. 7200, Sudan Radio. Noted in Arabic at 1450, but absent at *0230-0430* here, on 20 & 21/2 (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria (Sony ICF2001D, Folded Marconi 16 meters), March Australian DX News via DXLD) ** SUDAN [non]. GERMANY: 17745, Sudan Radio Service; 1640, 28-Feb; Orchestral Afro tune to M&W in Arabic with many mentions of Sudan; English ID at 1644+. SIO=3+53+ (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 125 ft. bow-tie; 85 ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed RW, All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TAIWAN. 15319.978, R Taiwan International from Paochung site in tentatively Cantonese service closing announcement at 0430 UT March 3, very poor signal in Europe. 9780.006, R Taiwan International in Chinese via Kouhu site of CBSC, S=7 noted in Tokyo remote unit at 1340 UT March 3. \\ very same on 11639.989 kHz also from Kouhu relay in Taiwan. S=9+10dB Chinese radioplay, up to S=9+10dB, but also CNR jammed. 11624.992, RTI in Amoy from Paochung site, S=7-8 strength at 1355 UT March 3. 11605.104, Already carrier on air at 1357 UT, into RFA Vietnamese service via Tainan site at 1400 UT March 3. S=8-9 on sidelobe in Japan. 9624.896, RTI station ID, puzzled me, rather Thai language at 1358- 1359 UT maybe taken from MW Thai feed? But then at 1400 UT into Vietnamese ID with their typical short words accentuation. Fair S=7 signal at 1403 UT. 11875.113, RTI Indonesian scheduled program, poor S=6 strength on backlobe into remote installation at Tokyo Japan. 1415 UT March 3. 7380.000, RFI Vietnamese service from Tainan TWN relay site. S=6 signal backlobe, no siren jamming heard on this channel. 14-15 UT scheduled. 7269.988, RTI Mandarin from Taipei site, totally covered by CNR spoken jamming at 1417 UT March 3. 7445.008 or 7444.991, Two peaks here odd frequency. RTI Mandarin service from Paochung, totally covered by CNR spoken jamming at 1422 UT March 3. Also co-channel CNR-Kazakh service from Beijing site, and CRI Mandarin from western China, both even channel (Wolfgang Büschel, March 1/3, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 5 via DXLD) ** TAIWAN [non]. Radio Taiwan International no longer on KFTL DTV Subchannel Since the beginning of February, I have noticed that the 24 hour relay of Radio Taiwan International on the digital TV subchannel 28.15 of KFTL-CD San Francisco, CA is no longer. For the past month, the subchannel has been displaying a message that the subchannel is available for lease. The PSIP channel label of "RTI" is still being broadcast for KFTL-CD 28.15. KFTL-CD is a low power OTA digital television channel in San Francisco covering a good portion of the SF Bay Area. The KFTL 28.15 subchannel used to carry RTI audio with a static image displaying "Radio Taiwan International". KFTL is going through a number of program changes recently since it was sold by Family Radio. The beginning of February also saw the audio relay of Family Radio station KEAR-AM 610 being dropped by KFTL on subchannel 28-10 replaced by infomercials. In more recent weeks all Family Radio TV programming has been dropped on the main 28.1 channel of KFTL. The Home Shopping Network remains on 28.2 - (Harry S., March 3, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TIBET. 4820, Xizang PBS // 7450 in Mandarin with talks by M and W, some soft instrumental music. Finally got both good enough to make a stereo recording. (17 Feb) (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+ and 153 foot vertical triangle Delta Loop, HCDX Feb 28 via DXLD) ** TIBET [and non]. 7414, March 1 at 1322 check, no more blob from V. of Tibet in Chinese. Last logged on Feb 23, had not really looked for it since. E Asian signals were weakish on 7 MHz today but still plentiful (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) see UNID 15867 CHINA (non), Voice of Tibet 7557/7547 1330-1400. Typical procedure from a few days of listening: 1330 VOT signing on on 7557, seems to be only in Chinese. 7557 has a co-channel strong digital ute. 1331 Buzzer jammer starting with center frequency on 7555. 1333 Firedrake jammer starting on 7555 1342 VOT switching to 7547. The switch is momentary, i.e. with no carrier break. 1344 Buzzer off 7555 1345 Firedrake off 7555 1347 Buzzer back, now on 7545 1348 Firedrake back, now on 7545 1400 all transmitters off within seconds. All times area somewhat variable. The Buzzer is a new type of jamming introduced by the Chinese a few months ago and now becoming more widespread. The signal is DSB with no carrier and the audio is of the squarewave type with maximum audio strength about +/- 2.5 kHz from the suppressed carrier. Just as the buzzer starts it has a second or two of only carrier. I have no idea whether the buzzers are refitted voice/music jammers or are a new generation specifically made for the purpose. Anyhow, they are probably the result of the new harder line government that recently took office. Apparently the Chinese transmitters are tunable only in 5 kHz steps and the VOT people make use of this by using offset channels (Olle Alm, Sweden, 4 March 2013, WORLD OF RADIO 1659, DX LISTENING DIGEST) This, I think, clearly indicates that the jamming is being done with broadcasting gear. Also the behaviour of the new jamming signal to start with 1...2 seconds of open carrier is typical for the switch-on sequence of state-of-the-art broadcasting transmitters. But still I would guess that they indeed have developed a new, special noise modulator, being used with standard broadcasting transmitters. Not necessarily domestic made ones I think. All the best, (Kai Ludwig, Germany, ibid.) ** TUNISIA. 17735, March 2 at 1910, IWT has good signal in Arabic, better than REE SPAIN 17755 fair, which are the OSOB (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TURKEY. The program schedule on the TRT website is sadly out of date, so here is their latest schedule compiled by monitoring over the last few weeks: Daily News / Review of Turkish Press Feature programs (see below) Question of the Month Music selection News headlines Monday features Ataturk in Memoirs Turkish People for Beginners Tuesday features This World is Ours Let's Learn Turkish Wednesday features Review of Foreign Media Letterbox Thursday features Household Environmentalist Istanbul Istanbul (or) Through History (alt weeks) Friday features The Blue Voyage Let's Learn Turkish Saturday features Turkey and World Agenda Our Culture (or) DX Corner (alt weeks) Sunday features The Blue Voyage Let's Learn Turkish (Alan Roe, March NASWA Journal: Listening Review and March BDXC-UK Communication: Listening Post, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TURKEY. Increased broadcast time on MW 702 Istanbul studio, observed 20-27 February – now s/on 0400 – 2000v daily. Own program in Turkish except some news from TRT Radio Haber program. Also heard 0400-0800 local programs on 927 Studio Izmir, 954 Radio Trabzon, with super strong signal radio Antalya on 891, on 1062 (s/on 0400-0530… 1430-1521 s/off) TRT TSR Radyo 6 in Kurdish and on Feb 27 at 1900 news in Arabic of TRT Arabiya (approx ID) on 630 kHz (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria, written on March 3, 2013. Rx: Sony ICF2001D. Ant: Folded Marconi 16 meters long own made, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** UGANDA. 4975.97, UBC Radio. Suddenly on in mid-program at 0301:40, with canned announcement by M and W in discussion. Brief music bridge, then live studio M announcer with greetings including date given. W announcer then joined in. Just fair and modulation not as good as it was on the 15th. (20 Feb) (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+ and 153 foot vertical triangle Delta Loop, HCDX Feb 28 via DXLD) 4976, Radio Uganda, Kampala, 2130-2135 with steady signal 28 Feb (MR - Vero Beach - South Florida, Sony 2010 -NRD 515 - Drake R8B - ANC-4, via Bob Wilkner, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4976, Radio Uganda, Kampala 0400 to 0445 om announcements and music, fair to good signal, thanks Mark Coady on 1 March (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D -Icom 746Pro - Drake R8 - Drake R7, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** UKRAINE. 11980, Radio Dneprovskaya Khvila. Again on air noted 17/2 from 0858 till 0900 only, other time 0800-0858 was with Ukrainian Radio 1 program. Announcing RDH in Russian and in Ukrainian. I am waiting for their QSL already 1 year almost (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria (Sony ICF2001D, Folded Marconi 16 meters), March Australian DX News via DXLD) ** UKRAINE. Mykola Tomenko: In April again may be problems with the broadcast of the national radio. 24-02-2013 - due to lack of funding The Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on issues of freedom of speech and information Mykola Tomenko believes that in April again there may be problems with the broadcasting of the programs of the national radio because of lack of funding, ???s?????? UNIAN. According to Mr Tomenko, the allocated funds will only be enough to April. He told about this during your stay in Poltava. <>, " said Mykola Tomenko. He noted that if the funds allocated will not, in the ?????? possible reduction of people and programs. <>, - said Mr. Tomenko. In his opinion, we need a government strategy is not only to preserve, but also the development of the national radio in Ukraine in three formats: ur-1, channel <> and ur-3 (<>). Mr.. Tomenko said he will demand that the President at a meeting of the national security and defense Council in the near future to consider the issue of information security. Let's remind, on February 5, at the request of the NRCU BRT Concern turned off all VHF transmitters and most of FM transmitters NRCU. According to the General Director of the national radio company of Ukraine Taras ????????, funds allocated by the national radio company of Ukraine Committee and to broadcast programmes in 2013, is only enough to work 32 FM transmitters. on 7 February, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov has signed the order of the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine to increase expenses to ensure the necessary volume of broadcasting of TV and radio programmes produced for the state needs, in the preparation of the bill on amendments to the state budget by 2013. on February 11, national radio company of Ukraine appealed to the Concern RRT with a request to include transmitters and restore the broadcasting of three channels of Ukrainian radio. Restored the broadcasting of the NRCU was on February 11. <> (via Alexander Egorov, Kyiv, Ukraine / “deneb-radio- dx” via RusDX 3 March via DXLD) ** U K. BBC ENDS £8.3M COMPUTER TRANSLATION PROJECT FOR CAVERSHAM THAT NEVER WORKED --- Ian Burrell, Independent, March 6: The BBC called it "Socrates" but, unlike the great Athenian philosopher, the crucial technology system at the corporation's global nerve centre has not added much to the sum of knowledge – only an enormous bill for the public. Journalists at the ornate Caversham Park building in Berkshire, from where the BBC has monitored foreign media broadcasts for more than 70 years, are aghast at the profligacy of a project that has cost £8.3m but is not operational. Staff are especially angry because the computer spending has coincided with a £3m cut in the department's budget and the loss of at least 60 posts. One said the computer system's name was better reflected by the words "spending our cash recklessly on a totally empty system". In a statement tonight, it was confirmed that the Socrates project had ended. Full article: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/spending-our-cash-recklessly-on-a-totally-empty-system-6-years-and-83m-later-theres-still-no-sign-bbcs-foreign-monitoring-technology-socrates-8523282.html (via Mike Barraclough, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) ** U S A. 6903.5-USB, March 3 at 0008, Army MARS led by AAM4TNC, also with AAT4YI; NCS says alternate frequency is ``KBE`` (all in fonetix) if conditions deteriorate here. Googling finds AAM4TNC was ``Bob Hanrahan, AF4QY, the State Training Officer with the Billet call AAM4TNC`` in the December 2001 issue of Ham Chatter, of the Brightleaf Amateur Radio Club, Greenville NC: http://www.w4amc.com/hc/pdf/hc0112.pdf (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [and non]. USA VOA Radiogram, all frequencies are registered from March 1: [corrected below] 0230-0300 on 5745 GB 080 kW / 190 deg to NEAm various languages 1300-1330 on 6095 GB 080 kW / 190 deg to NEAm various languages 1600-1630 on 15670 GB 080 kW / 045 deg to WeEu various languages 1600-1630 on 17860 GB 080 kW / 045 deg to WeEu various languages -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, March 2, dxldyg via DXLD) These could well become the first transmissions from Greenville to Europe after more than ten years. The last ones I remember took place around 1999, during the afternoon on 19 metres, exclusively for a certain VOA programme that has been taken off altogether in 2002 and with the lame excuse of being an equipment test... When did the regular service for Europe from Greenville cease? It seems that by 1990 it was already gone. But first of all, what will happen to USIB now, with Washington having jumped off the fiscal cliff? A labor union statement in last year said that confidential plannings were already under preparation for such a scenario which now became reality, going as far as winding up VOA altogether (Kai Ludwig, Germany, March 3, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1659, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [and non]. 15670 & 17860, March 2 at 1627 check, no signals from Greenville, where Ivo Ivanov reports VOA has now registered effective March 1, at 1600-1630, their new ``Radiogram`` service, outgrowth of Kim Elliott`s experiments with digital text modes via The Mighty KBC, via Bulgaria. Maybe weekdays only or not quite ready to start on VOA itself? These two are listed as 45 degrees to W Europe in various languages -- - that in itself is extraordinary, as VOA gave up on WEu, especially from Greenville, years ago. Surprised they still have a funxional northeastward antenna. Also scheduled from Greenville: 0230-0300 on 5745, 1300-1330 on 6095, both at 190 degrees to ``NE America``, Ivo says, but that azimuth is really the usual toward Cuba et al. All with the odd power of 80 kW. Note: these are AM signals, with various tones, not DRM signals. As of 1745 UT March 2, still nothing about these VOA transmissions on http://www.kimandrewelliott.com As of UT March 3 at 0000-0200, the KBC Radiograms continue, via new site, Nauen, Germany and new frequency 7375: http://voaradiogram.net/post/44143014790/digital-text-this-weekend-on-the-mighty-kbc-on-new ``VOA Radiogram is a Voice of America program experimenting with digital text and images via shortwave broadcasting. Digital text this weekend on The Mighty KBC, on new frequency 7375 kHz This weekend will be the first North America transmission of The Mighty KBC on its new frequency of 7375 kHz, from its new transmitter site: Nauen, Germany. The broadcast is UTC Sunday 0000-0200 (7 to 9 pm Saturday EST in North America). As in past weeks, The Mighty KBC is kindly granting time for digital text experiments. At about 0130 UTC, it will be the battle of the circa-100-word-per-minute modes. MT63-1000 (long interleave) will be centered on 1000 Hertz, PSKR125 on 2000 Hz, and and MFSK32 on 2500 Hz. At just before 0200 UTC, text and images in MFSK32 will be centered on 1000 and 2000 Hz.`` As I was monitoring the above page at 1748 UT, it disappeared, refreshed to http://voaradiogram.net/post/43892848625/like-the-ventriloquist-who-takes-a-drink-of-water-while as now linked from: http://kimelli.nfshost.com/index.php?id=14160 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) see NETHERLANDS [non] 5745, UT Tuesday March 5 at 0233, no signal from VOA Greenville, despite scheduling since March 1 for this half hour on the new `Radiogram` service. Apparently Kim Andrew Elliott is not back yet from the SWL Fest/vacation, or catching up on other work, to undertake this. Are they really going to fill a full semihour with these tones, rather than less than a minute at a time on The Mighty KBC? Reminder of all the times to check for this: 0230-0300 on 5745, 1300-1330 on 6095, 1600-1630 on 15670, 17860. I slept past 1330, but no sign of either after 1600, so I seriously doubt 6095 was on yet either (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) VOA Radiogram, starting date was not confirmed at the moment: 0230-0300 5745 GB 080 kW / 190 deg Cuba various from March 1 1300-1330 6095 GB 080 kW / 190 deg Cuba various from March 1 1600-1630 15670 GB 080 kW / 045 deg WeEu various from March 1 1600-1630 17860 GB 080 kW / 045 deg WeEu various from March 1 (DX RE MIX NEWS #770 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, March 7, 2013, via DXLD) Fixed NEAm to Cuba; See corrected version below report (gh) Still nothing heard on the scheduled frequencies for the new VOA Radiogram service, effective March 1, so I asked Kim Elliott: Hi Kim, So what is the target date for starting VOA Radiogram? So far I have not heard it, but will be checking at 1600 shortly. Glenn`` Kim replies March 5; Note this schedule corrects the original one about 1600 & 1930, not to mention limitation to weekends only. ``Glenn: Maybe this weekend [March 9-10] (soft launch), but more likely the next [March 16-17]. The program will air UT Sat and Sun: 0230-0300 5745 1300-1330 6095 1600-1630 17860 1930-2000 15670`` (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1659, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [and non]. 13670, March 4 at 2129, VOA concluding ``Yankee Doodle Dandy`` sign-on, mis-cue to a few notes of other music, then introducing in English its brand-new language, ``Bambara``. Super- signal off the back from Greenville, like all their 94-degree African beams also putting huge signal into backward deep North America at the first hop almost 2 megameters away. I listen for a while to familiarize myself with it, apparently the #2 language in Mali, per WRTH header, second to French (which is official, with Arabic nowhere on its list). And the French influence is clear with some words I recognize: The ID itself is close (no idea how they really spell it), ``La Voix de l`America``; also, ``administration``, ``gouvernement``, ``kilowatts``, ``Bamako``, and also their FM frequency pronounced in French, ``cent deux point cinq`` (102.5). Did not hear any SW frequencies mentioned, which would presumably be pronounced in French numbers too, as VOA tries to keep these secret, also deleting them from the PR which just came out to accompany the début: http://www.insidevoa.com/content/voa-debuts-bambara-in-mali/1615088.html Two other frequencies we fortunately already knew about thanks to Ivo Ivanov, are also audible: 9620 SÃO TOMÉ is fair & clear, 12025 BOTSWANA is very poor. And I forgot to check the other ST, 7325, but we hardly need any of those when we have Greenville. I can`t remember when VOA last added, rather than deleted a language, but Mali has got what it takes: serious conflict! Will VOA drop it if and when things settle down? Bambara is too insignificant to include in the ADDX roster of languages in IBC, http://www.addx.de/Hfpdat/plaene.php but I recall there are at least a few, so a quick check of likelies in the WRTH 2013 finds: Not from China Radio International! Not from V. of Russia (seems like it was in R. Moscow`s heyday) Not from Egypt, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, South Africa Not even from gospel huxters targeting Africa such as AWR, IBRA It was not even on Family Radio in its heyday as in WRTH 2011 All I can find currently in WRTH, searching with fingers and eyes, is: 15 minutes a week on TWR Africa via Benin MW 1566 http://www.eibispace.de/dx/README.TXT lists Bambara as BM, and says there are 2.7 megaspeakers of it in Mali. So where does BM appear in the full EiBi schedules? On Mali itself 5995 & 9635, of course, much of the time, but also: 1600 1800 ARS BSKSA Riad BM WAf 17650 2215 2245 Mo-Fr SWZ Trans World Radio BM WAf 1566/BEN Both of which contradict WRTH 2013, which as I said, under SOUTH AFRICA, shows TWR Bambara only at 2025-2045 Fridays on 1566, and no Bambara from BSKSA, so does that exist or not? Nothing about Bambara, Saudi or South Africa in the January WRTH update either. Wikipedia says Mali is 90% Moslem, 5% Christian, but such steep odds don`t keep the missionaries from trying to pry some converts away in many other countries. Current B-12 HFCC does show it from Saudi Arabia, but well-known for wooden info: ``17650 1600 1800 46-48 RIY 500 250 0 216 1234567 281012 310313 D BAMBARA ARS ARS ARS 2067`` Aoki March 4 is on the ball with the new M-F 2130-2200 VOA Bambaras on 7325 and 9620, but erroneously shows 12025 and 13670 in French; and no 17650 for BSKSA. So does the Saudi Bambara broadcast exist, or not??? If not, VOA has the SW audience in Bambara all to itself. Is there a website to go with it? Can`t find any starting at http://www.voanews.com which seems to be English-only, and internal searches don`t find it either. But knowing the VOA, could still be buried somewhere in there, inaccessible. Kim Elliott has missed this momentous development too; searching http://www.kimandrewelliott.com which hasn`t been updated since Feb 28 finds only one hit on the word Bambara: ``Saudi radio ends Turkish-language broadcast. Posted: 25 Jan 2007 --- Turkish broadcasts by "Jeddah radio," two hours per day, were transmitted for the past 35 years. Anatolia, 24 January 2007. The pan- Islamic nature of Saudi external radio is reflected in its languages: Arabic, Bambara, French, Indonesian, Pashto, Persian, Somali, Swahili, Turkish, Urdu, and Uzbek.`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1659, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Re: Did you hear about Bambara? Hi Glenn, Graham Mytton, retired head of BBC World Service audience research, likes to point out that Mali was one of the very few countries where Radio Moscow had the largest audience among international radio stations. This is because it broadcast in Bambara. I've been busy with the SWL Fest, VOA Radiogram, and my pesky day job (audience research), but hope to begin posting again soon to kimandrewelliott.com. 73 (Kim Elliott, March 5, WORLD OF RADIO 1659, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Re whether any SW station but VOA broadcasts in Bambara: no signal at 1600 UT March 5 on 17650, where R. Cairo shows in some listings with a bihour in Bambara. At 1638, still not even a JBA carrier on 17650 altho propagation from that area is quite poor today; it would be nice to have more certain confirmation of its absence from Eurafrican monitors. As for VOA`s biday of specials in Swahili at 2100-2130 on 15265, 13740, 11875, Robin Harwood in Tasmania says, ``This may explain why, Glenn: Kenyan presidential and parliamentary elections.`` And Wolfgang Büschel, Stuttgart adds, ``Our local TV on all channel (we get 60 excellent public broadcaster TV programs from all over Europe in various languages...) reported over and over again on Kenya national election in past weeks, and about heavy clashes some 5 years ago, when many Kenya people murdered by different vernacular gangs. So is a matter of national election report, special broadcast by VOA today. see for example http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jan/24/kenya-election-violence-fearful 73 wb`` So these would be at midnight in Kenya, where the local media are insufficient, or untrustworthy? VOA`s regular Swahili is at 1630-1700 on two of the same frequencies. Ivo also warned us that VOA has registered two days of special Swahili broadcasts during the previous half hour [before Bambara], March 4 & 5 only, 2100-2130; but we have no idea why. Checked these at 2127: fair on 13740 Botswana, poor with flutter on 15265 São Tomé; JBA so maybe that`s it on 11875 Sri Lanka, next to Cuba. 2129 into drumming (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) This may explain why, Glenn: Kenyan presidential and parliamentary elections (Robin L. Harwood, Tasmania, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Our local TV on all channels (we get 60 excellent public broadcaster TV programs from all over Europe in various languages...) reported over and over again on Kenya national election in past weeks, and about heavy clashes some 5 years ago, when many Kenya people murdered by different vernac gangs. So is a matter of national election report, special broadcast by VOA today. See for example http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jan/24/kenya-election-violence-fearful 73 wb (Wolfgang Büshel, ibid.) Glenn, Agora a pouco as 1656, em +/- 15259, mas com a modulação fora do centro da frequência, eu ouvi uma emissora em idioma africano. Eu ouvi falar em América e a essa hora quem transmite em Swahili é a VOA em 15265. Em anexo a gravação e o gráfico do SDR em Twente. A modulação só era audível quando afastada da frequência central conforme o gráfico. 73 (Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana, Bahia, March 2, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Guess so; includes barnyard sounds, cows? (gh, DXLD) ** U S A [and non]. B-12 SW schedule for Voice of America, Radio Martí 0000-0030 7430 IRA 250 kW / 073 deg SEAs Burmese 0000-0030 9325 PHT 250 kW / 283 deg SEAs Burmese 0000-0030 12120 PHT 250 kW / 283 deg SEAs Burmese 0000-0100 5980 IRA 250 kW / 020 deg CeAs Tibetan 0000-0100 7255 UDO 250 kW / 316 deg CeAs Tibetan 0000-0100 7495 UDO 250 kW / 030 deg EaAs Chinese 0000-0100 9545 UDO 250 kW / 030 deg EaAs Chinese 0000-0100 9645 UDO 250 kW / 311 deg CeAs Tibetan 0000-0100 11925 PHT 250 kW / 332 deg EaAs Chinese 0000-0100 15125 SAI 100 kW / 325 deg EaAs Chinese 0000-0100 15385 PHT 250 kW / 349 deg EaAs Chinese 0000-0100 17645 PHT 250 kW / 349 deg EaAs Chinese 0000-0300 9825 GB 250 kW / 174 deg Cuba Spanish Radio Marti 0000-0500 7365 GB 250 kW / 225 deg Cuba Spanish Radio Marti 0000-0700 6030 GB 250 kW / 205 deg Cuba Spanish Radio Marti 0030-0100 6170 KWT 250 kW / 082 deg SoAs Special English 0030-0100 7560 IRA 250 kW / 070 deg WeAs Pashto Radio Ashna 0030-0100 9325 UDO 250 kW / 280 deg SoAs Special English 0030-0100 9715 UDO 250 kW / 166 deg SEAs Special English 0030-0100 9790 PHT 250 kW / 315 deg CeAs Special English 0030-0100 11695 PHT 250 kW / 315 deg CeAs Special English 0030-0100 12005 PHT 250 kW / 270 deg SEAs Special English 0030-0100 15155 PHT 250 kW / 283 deg SoAs Special English 0030-0100 15205 PHT 250 kW / 200 deg SEAs Special English 0030-0100 15290 PHT 250 kW / 021 deg EaAs Special English 0030-0130 5925 IRA 250 kW / 334 deg WeAs Pashto Radio Ashna 0030-0200 5890 GB 250 kW / 164 deg SoAm Spanish Tue-Sat 0030-0200 9885 GB 250 kW / 172 deg SoAm Spanish Tue-Sat 0030-0200 12000 GB 250 kW / 184 deg SoAm Spanish Tue-Sat 0100-0130 7560 UDO 250 kW / 315 deg WeAs Pashto Radio Ashna 0100-0200 7460 IRA 250 kW / 332 deg WeAs Urdu Radio Aap ki Dunyaa 0100-0200 9435 UDO 250 kW / 300 deg WeAs English 0100-0200 11705 UDO 250 kW / 292 deg SoAs English 0100-0200 12020 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg WeAs Urdu Radio Aap ki Dunyaa 0100-0200 15155 PHT 250 kW / 270 deg SoAs English 0100-0400 9370 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg WeAs Pashto Deewa Radio 0100-0400 9545 BIB 100 kW / 088 deg WeAs Pashto Deewa Radio 0100-0400 12005 IRA 250 kW / 340 deg WeAs Pashto Deewa Radio 0130-0200 5960 GB 250 kW / 174 deg SoAm Special English Tue-Sat 0130-0200 7465 GB 250 kW / 183 deg SoAm Special English Tue-Sat 0130-0230 7560 IRA 250 kW / 334 deg WeAs Dari Radio Ashna 0130-0230 9335 IRA 250 kW / 315 deg WeAs Dari Radio Ashna 0130-0300 12120 UDO 250 kW / 280 deg SEAs Burmese 0130-0300 15115 PHT 250 kW / 283 deg SEAs Burmese 0130-0300 17780 PHT 250 kW / 283 deg SEAs Burmese 0230-0330 7360 WER 250 kW / 090 deg WeAs Persian 0230-0330 9445 BIB 100 kW / 105 deg WeAs Persian 0230-0330 9495 BIB 100 kW / 105 deg WeAs Persian 0300-0330 5885 SMG 250 kW / 146 deg SDN Arabic Afia Darfur 0300-0330 7275 SAO 100 kW / 052 deg SDN Arabic Afia Darfur 0300-0330 9845 BOT 100 kW / 350 deg SDN Arabic Afia Darfur 0300-0430 9885 BOT 100 kW / 350 deg CeAf English 0300-0500 15580 GB 250 kW / 094 deg CeAf English 0300-0600 4930 BOT 100 kW / 020 deg SoAf English 0300-0600 15560 TIN 250 kW / 315 deg CeAs Tibetan 0300-0600 17860 TIN 250 kW / 315 deg CeAs Tibetan 0300-0600 21570 TIN 250 kW / 315 deg CeAs Tibetan 0300-0700 6080 SAO 100 kW / 138 deg CSAf English 0300-0700 7405 GB 250 kW / 184 deg Cuba Spanish Radio Marti 0330-0400 9485 SMG 250 kW / 146 deg EaAf Somali 0330-0400 13580 IRA 250 kW / 263 deg EaAf Somali 0330-0400 15620 IRA 250 kW / 267 deg EaAf Somali 0330-0430 7275 SAO 100 kW / 100 deg SoAf Kinyarwanda 0330-0430 9400 BOT 100 kW / 010 deg SoAf Kinyarwanda 0330-0430 9775 SAO 100 kW / 100 deg SoAf Kinyarwanda 0400-0500 4960 SAO 100 kW / 030 deg WCAf English 0430-0600 9885 SAO 100 kW / 124 deg CeAf English 0500-0530 4960 SAO 100 kW / 030 deg WeAf Hausa 0500-0530 6020 SAO 100 kW / 000 deg WeAf Hausa 0500-0530 6035 ASC 250 kW / 027 deg WeAf Hausa 0500-0600 7290 BIB 100 kW / 105 deg WeAs Kurdish 0500-0600 9690 LAM 100 kW / 108 deg WeAs Kurdish 0500-0600 9760 NAU 100 kW / 105 deg WeAs Kurdish 0500-0630 15580 BOT 100 kW / 350 deg CeAf English 0530-0630 4960 SAO 100 kW / 030 deg WCAf French Mon-Fri 0530-0630 6020 BOT 100 kW / 010 deg WCAf French Mon-Fri 0530-0630 9480 SAO 100 kW / 335 deg WCAf French Mon-Fri 0530-0630 12060 BOT 100 kW / 350 deg NoAf French Mon-Fri 0600-0630 5945 BIB 100 kW / 126 deg SEEu Albanian 0600-0700 9885 MEY 100 kW / 330 deg CeAf English 0630-0700 15580 SAO 100 kW / 126 deg CeAf English 0700-0730 4960 SAO 100 kW / 030 deg WeAf Hausa 0700-0730 12070 SAO 100 kW / 000 deg WeAf Hausa 0700-0730 13780 SAO 100 kW / 020 deg WeAf Hausa 0700-0730 17680 KWT 250 kW / 250 deg WeAf Hausa 0700-0900 5980 GB 250 kW / 172 deg Cuba Spanish Radio Marti Tue-Sun 0700-0900 6030 GB 250 kW / 205 deg Cuba Spanish Radio Marti Tue-Sun 0900-1000 11855 UDO 250 kW / 030 deg EaAs Chinese 0900-1100 5980 GB 250 kW / 172 deg Cuba Spanish Radio Marti 0900-1100 9880 PHT 250 kW / 332 deg EaAs Chinese 0900-1100 12120 UDO 250 kW / 006 deg EaAs Chinese 0900-1100 13765 UDO 250 kW / 030 deg EaAs Chinese 0900-1100 21590 PHT 250 kW / 349 deg EaAs Chinese 0900-1200 6030 GB 250 kW / 205 deg Cuba Spanish Radio Marti 0900-1200 11720 DB 250 kW / 110 deg EaAs Chinese 0900-1200 13650 TIN 250 kW / 303 deg EaAs Chinese 0900-1200 15670 UDO 250 kW / 030 deg EaAs Chinese 1000-1030 11915 SAO 100 kW / 138 deg SoAf Portuguese Sat/Sun 1000-1030 17850 IRA 250 kW / 329 deg SoAf Portuguese Sat/Sun 1000-1400 9530 PHT 250 kW / 349 deg EaAs Chinese 1100-1130 11915 SAO 100 kW / 335 deg WCAf French Sat 1100-1130 13735 SAO 100 kW / 020 deg WCAf French Sat 1100-1130 15620 SAO 100 kW / 100 deg WCAf French Sat 1100-1130 17850 SMG 250 kW / 195 deg WCAf French Sat 1100-1300 5980 GB 250 kW / 190 deg Cuba Spanish Radio Marti 1100-1300 9805 GB 250 kW / 183 deg Cuba Spanish Radio Marti 1100-1400 5745 GB 250 kW / 174 deg Cuba Spanish Radio Marti 1100-1300 12045 PHT 250 kW / 332 deg EaAs Chinese 1100-1200 9825 SAI 100 kW / 325 deg EaAs Chinese 1130-1230 11965 PHT 250 kW / 283 deg SEAs Burmese 1130-1230 15555 PHT 250 kW / 283 deg SEAs Burmese 1130-1230 17850 IRA 250 kW / 073 deg SEAs Burmese 1200-1300 7520 IRA 250 kW / 049 deg SEAs English 1200-1300 9640 PHT 250 kW / 270 deg SEAs English 1200-1300 11750 PHT 250 kW / 021 deg EaAs English 1200-1300 12150 UDO 250 kW / 030 deg EaAs English 1200-1300 15110 PHT 250 kW / 349 deg EaAs Chinese 1200-1400 6045 UDO 250 kW / 030 deg EaAs Chinese 1200-1400 7405 GB 250 kW / 205 deg Cuba Spanish Radio Marti 1200-1400 11635 UDO 250 kW / 030 deg EaAs Chinese 1200-1500 5890 TIN 250 kW / 325 deg EaAs Korean 1200-1500 7235 TIN 250 kW / 329 deg EaAs Korean 1200-1500 9800 PHT 250 kW / 021 deg EaAs Korean 1200-1500 9825 PHT 250 kW / 332 deg EaAs Chinese 1230-1300 9810 SAI 100 kW / 270 deg SEAs Laotian 1230-1300 11965 PHT 250 kW / 283 deg SEAs Laotian 1300-1400 5745 GB 250 kW / 174 deg SoAm Spanish 1300-1400 7455 IRA 250 kW / 340 deg WeAs Pashto Deewa Radio 1300-1400 7520 PHT 250 kW / 332 deg SEAs English Sat/Sun 1300-1400 9370 BIB 100 kW / 088 deg WeAs Pashto Deewa Radio 1300-1400 9565 UDO 250 kW / 300 deg WeAs Pashto Deewa Radio 1300-1400 9640 PHT 250 kW / 270 deg SEAs English Sat/Sun 1300-1400 9885 GB 250 kW / 183 deg SoAm Spanish 1300-1400 11750 PHT 250 kW / 283 deg SoAs English Sat/Sun 1300-1400 12150 UDO 250 kW / 030 deg EaAs English Sat/Sun 1300-1400 13580 IRA 250 kW / 263 deg EaAf Somali 1300-1400 13750 GB 250 kW / 168 deg SoAm Spanish 1300-1400 15620 BOT 100 kW / 010 deg EaAf Somali 1300-1500 7295 NVS 250 kW / 120 deg EaAs Chinese 1300-1500 7390 PHT 250 kW / 332 deg EaAs Cantonese 1300-1500 9705 SAI 100 kW / 285 deg EaAs Cantonese 1300-1900 7495 UDO 250 kW / 300 deg WeAs Pashto Deewa Radio 1300-2200 11930 GB 250 kW / 184 deg Cuba Spanish Radio Marti 1330-1430 9325 PHT 250 kW / 270 deg SEAs Khmer 1330-1430 11965 PHT 250 kW / 270 deg SEAs Khmer 1400-1500 6105 DB 250 kW / 095 deg EaAs Chinese 1400-1500 7255 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg CeAs Tibetan 1400-1500 7480 IRA 250 kW / 332 deg WeAs Urdu Radio Aap ki Dunyaa 1400-1500 7520 UDO 250 kW / 280 deg SoAs English Mon-Fri 1400-1500 7530 TIN 250 kW / 275 deg CeAs Tibetan 1400-1500 9315 UDO 250 kW / 316 deg CeAs Tibetan 1400-1500 9370 PHT 250 kW / 315 deg WeAs Pashto Deewa Radio 1400-1500 9390 TIN 250 kW / 296 deg EaAs Chinese 1400-1500 9490 PHT 250 kW / 349 deg EaAs Chinese 1400-1500 9550 PHT 250 kW / 332 deg EaAs Chinese 1400-1500 9565 WER 250 kW / 090 deg WeAs Pashto Deewa Radio 1400-1500 9670 LAM 100 kW / 075 deg CeAs Tibetan 1400-1500 11840 LAM 100 kW / 108 deg WeAs Kurdish 1400-1500 11880 BIB 100 kW / 105 deg WeAs Kurdish 1400-1500 12150 PHT 250 kW / 270 deg SoAs English Mon-Fri 1400-1500 13580 NAU 250 kW / 120 deg WeAs Kurdish 1400-1500 15515 IRA 250 kW / 334 deg WeAs Urdu Radio Aap ki Dunyaa 1400-1500 15580 MEY 250 kW / 240 deg WCAf English 1400-1500 17530 SAO 100 kW / 088 deg EaAf English 1400-1500 17725 SAO 100 kW / 126 deg CeAf English 1400-1530 6080 SAO 100 kW / 030 deg WCAf English 1400-1700 4930 BOT 100 kW / 020 deg SoAf English 1400-1800 7455 UDO 250 kW / 305 deg WeAs Pashto Deewa Radio 1400-2000 15330 GB 250 kW / 205 deg Cuba Spanish Radio Marti 1400-2200 13820 GB 250 kW / 184 deg Cuba Spanish Radio Marti 1430-1530 9335 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg WeAs Pashto Radio Ashna 1430-1530 11965 PHT 250 kW / 270 deg SEAs Burmese 1430-1530 12120 PHT 250 kW / 283 deg SEAs Burmese 1430-1530 12140 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg WeAs Pashto Radio Ashna 1430-1530 13830 IRA 250 kW / 324 deg WeAs Pashto Radio Ashna 1430-1630 9355 PHT 250 kW / 270 deg SEAs Burmese 1500-1530 6100 UDO 250 kW / 316 deg CeAs Uzbek 1500-1530 9570 SMG 250 kW / 070 deg CeAs Uzbek 1500-1530 9585 LAM 100 kW / 075 deg CeAs Uzbek 1500-1530 9780 SAO 100 kW / 000 deg WeAf Hausa 1500-1530 11640 KWT 250 kW / 056 deg CeAs Uzbek 1500-1530 11750 SAO 100 kW / 020 deg WeAf Hausa 1500-1530 17680 BOT 100 kW / 350 deg WeAf Hausa 1500-1600 6140 UDO 250 kW / 018 deg EaAs Special English 1500-1600 7520 UDO 250 kW / 280 deg SoAs English 1500-1600 7575 PHT 250 kW / 200 deg SEAs Special English 1500-1600 9370 IRA 250 kW / 340 deg WeAs Pashto Deewa Radio 1500-1600 9760 PHT 250 kW / 021 deg EaAs Special English 1500-1600 9930 IRA 250 kW / 025 deg SoAs English 1500-1600 9945 IRA 250 kW / 315 deg SoAs Special English 1500-1600 11825 BIB 100 kW / 088 deg WeAs Pashto Deewa Radio, 1500-1600 11840 LAM 100 kW / 108 deg N/ME English 1500-1600 12150 PHT 250 kW / 270 deg SoAs English 1500-1600 13570 LAM 100 kW / 108 deg N/ME English 1500-1600 15580 IRA 250 kW / 255 deg EaAf English 1500-1600 17725 BOT 100 kW / 010 deg CeAf English 1500-1600 17895 SAO 100 kW / 100 deg WeAf English 1530-1630 9770 NAU 250 kW / 110 deg WeAs Dari Radio Ashna 1530-1630 9975 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg WeAs Dari Radio Ashna 1530-1630 11560 PHT 250 kW / 270 deg SEAs Burmese 1530-1630 12140 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg WeAs Dari Radio Ashna 1530-1700 6080 MEY 100 kW / 335 deg WCAf English 1600-1630 12080 MEY 100 kW / 015 deg SoAf Kirundi Sat 1600-1630 13580 IRA 250 kW / 267 deg EaAf Somali Sat/Sun 1600-1630 13740 SAO 100 kW / 100 deg SoAf Kirundi Sat 1600-1630 15460 SAO 100 kW / 100 deg SoAf Kirundi Sat 1600-1630 15620 BOT 100 kW / 010 deg EaAf Somali Sat/Sun 1600-1700 7405 UDO 250 kW / 300 deg SoAs Bangla 1600-1700 7560 UDO 250 kW / 319 deg CeAs Tibetan 1600-1700 7570 TIN 250 kW / 275 deg CeAs Tibetan 1600-1700 9395 IRA 250 kW / 255 deg CeAf Special English 1600-1700 9490 PHT 250 kW / 283 deg SoAs Bangla 1600-1700 11840 WOF 300 kW / 082 deg CeAs Georgian 1600-1700 11920 TIN 250 kW / 315 deg CeAs Tibetan 1600-1700 13570 SAO 100 kW / 126 deg CeAf Special English 1600-1700 15470 LAM 100 kW / 132 deg CEAf Special English 1600-1700 15580 SAO 100 kW / 138 deg CSAf English 1600-1700 17895 WER 250 kW / 150 deg CeAf English 1600-1800 11775 WER 250 kW / 090 deg CeAs Georgia 1600-1900 9310 IRA 250 kW / 340 deg WeAs Pashto Deewa Radio 1600-1900 9370 PHT 250 kW / 315 deg WeAs Pashto Deewa Radio 1630-1700 9790 BOT 100 kW / 350 deg SDN English Mon-Fri 1630-1700 9880 MEY 100 kW / 330 deg CeAf Portuguese Fri 1630-1700 11905 WER 250 kW / 150 deg SDN English Mon-Fri 1630-1700 13625 WER 250 kW / 150 deg SDN English Mon-Fri 1630-1700 15620 WER 250 kW / 135 deg EaAf Somali 1630-1700 15670 WER 250 kW / 180 deg CeAf Portuguese Fri 1630-1700 17655 GB 250 kW / 094 deg CeAf Portuguese Fri 1630-1730 9770 NAU 250 kW / 110 deg WeAs Pashto Radio Ashna 1630-1730 9975 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg WeAs Pashto Radio Ashna 1630-1730 12140 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg WeAs Pashto Radio Ashna 1630-1730 13740 BOT 100 kW / 010 deg CeAf Swahili 1630-1730 15265 SAO 100 kW / 100 deg CeAf Swahili 1630-1730 15460 SAO 100 kW / 102 deg CeAf Swahili 1630-1800 13580 IRA 250 kW / 267 deg EaAf Somali 1700-1730 5955 BIB 100 kW / 126 deg SEEu Albanian 1700-1800 6080 SAO 100 kW / 335 deg CSAf English 1700-1800 7480 IRA 250 kW / 310 deg WeAs Kurdish 1700-1800 9655 BIB 100 kW / 105 deg WeAs Kurdish 1700-1800 9880 BOT 100 kW / 350 deg CeAf Portuguese 1700-1800 11820 LAM 100 kW / 108 deg WeAs Kurdish 1700-1800 11840 LAM 100 kW / 092 deg CeAs Georgian 1700-1800 13755 BOT 100 kW / 350 deg CeAf English 1700-1800 15580 SMG 250 kW / 184 deg CeAf English 1700-1800 15620 IRA 250 kW / 263 deg EaAf Somali 1700-1800 15670 SAO 100 kW / 138 deg SoAf Portuguese 1700-1800 17655 GB 250 kW / 094 deg CeAf Portuguese 1700-1800 17895 SMG 250 kW / 144 deg WCAf English 1700-1900 4930 BOT 100 kW / 020 deg ZWE English/Shona/Ndebele 1700-1900 12080 SAO 100 kW / 124 deg ZWE English/Shona/Ndebele 1700-1900 15775 SAO 100 kW / 126 deg ZWE English/Shona/Ndebele 1730-1800 9320 IRA 250 kW / 279 deg EaAf Afan Oromo Mon-Fri 1730-1800 9485 NAU 250 kW / 140 deg EaAf Afan Oromo Mon-Fri 1730-1800 9755 BOT 100 kW / 010 deg EaAf Afan Oromo Mon-Fri 1730-1800 9860 WER 250 kW / 150 deg EaAf Afan Oromo Mon-Fri 1730-1800 11905 KWT 250 kW / 200 deg EaAf Afan Oromo Mon-Fri 1730-1830 5810 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg WeAs Dari Radio Ashna 1730-1830 7560 UDO 250 kW / 316 deg WeAs Dari Radio Ashna 1730-1830 9440 UDO 250 kW / 308 deg WeAs Dari Radio Ashna 1800-1830 9645 WER 250 kW / 150 deg SDN Arabic Afia Darfur 1800-1830 9880 BOT 100 kW / 350 deg CeAf Portuguese Mon-Fri 1800-1830 11615 SMG 250 kW / 146 deg SDN Arabic Afia Darfur 1800-1830 11975 IRA 250 kW / 275 deg SDN Arabic Afia Darfur 1800-1830 15670 BOT 100 kW / 350 deg CeAf Portuguese Mon-Fri 1800-1830 17655 GB 250 kW / 094 deg CeAf Portuguese Mon-Fri 1800-1900 7455 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg WeAs Pashto Deewa Radio 1800-1900 9320 IRA 250 kW / 279 deg EaAf Amharic 1800-1900 9485 NAU 250 kW / 140 deg EaAf Amharic 1800-1900 9755 WER 250 kW / 135 deg EaAf Amharic 1800-1900 9860 MEY 100 kW / 015 deg EaAf Amharic 1800-1900 11905 KWT 250 kW / 200 deg EaAf Amharic 1800-1900 13755 IRA 250 kW / 286 deg CeAf English 1800-2000 15580 BOT 100 kW / 350 deg CeAf English 1800-2200 6080 SAO 100 kW / 138 deg CSAf English 1830-1900 7315 BIB 100 kW / 088 deg CeAs Azeri 1830-1900 9435 NAU 250 kW / 090 deg CeAs Azeri 1830-1900 9595 IRA 250 kW / 322 deg CeAs Azeri 1830-1900 15620 GB 250 kW / 094 deg CeAf French 1830-1930 5810 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg WeAs Pashto Radio Ashna 1830-1930 7560 UDO 250 kW / 316 deg WeAs Pashto Radio Ashna 1830-2030 15225 GB 250 kW / 094 deg CeAf French 1900-1930 9320 IRA 250 kW / 279 deg EaAf Tigrigna Mon-Fri 1900-1930 9485 NAU 250 kW / 140 deg EaAf Tigrigna Mon-Fri 1900-1930 9755 SMG 250 kW / 139 deg EaAf Tigrigna Mon-Fri 1900-1930 9780 SMG 250 kW / 146 deg SDN Arabic Afia Darfur 1900-1930 9815 NAU 250 kW / 155 deg SDN Arabic Afia Darfur 1900-1930 9860 DHA 250 kW / 225 deg EaAf Tigrigna Mon-Fri 1900-1930 11905 KWT 250 kW / 200 deg EaAf Tigrigna Mon-Fri 1900-1930 11975 SAO 100 kW / 052 deg SDN Arabic Afia Darfur 1900-2000 7480 UDO 250 kW / 300 deg N/ME Special English 1900-2000 9515 LAM 100 kW / 108 deg N/ME Special English 1900-2030 4940 SAO 100 kW / 030 deg WCAf English 1900-2030 12080 BOT 100 kW / 010 deg WCAf French 1900-2100 4930 BOT 100 kW / 020 deg SoAf English 1900-2100 5835 PHT 250 kW / 021 deg EaAs Korean 1900-2100 7460 UDO 250 kW / 038 deg EaAs Korean 1900-2100 9800 UDO 250 kW / 038 deg EaAs Korean 1930-2000 5885 BIB 100 kW / 126 deg SEEu Albanian 1930-2030 5810 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg WeAs Dari Radio Ashna 1930-2030 7560 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg WeAs Dari Radio Ashna 2000-2030 9815 BOT 100 kW / 010 deg WCAf French 2000-2030 9885 SAO 100 kW / 020 deg WCAf French 2000-2030 15620 SAO 100 kW / 088 deg WCAf French 2000-2100 7480 IRA 250 kW / 332 deg N/ME English Mon-Fri 2000-2100 9480 LAM 100 kW / 112 deg N/ME English Mon-Fri 2000-2100 15580 GB 250 kW / 094 deg EaAf English 2030-2100 4940 SAO 100 kW / 030 deg WeAf English Sat/Sun 2030-2100 4940 SAO 100 kW / 030 deg WeAf Hausa Mon-Fri 2030-2100 6035 SAO 100 kW / 000 deg WeAf Hausa Mon-Fri 2030-2100 9690 NAU 250 kW / 185 deg CeAf Hausa Mon-Fri 2030-2100 9815 SAO 100 kW / 335 deg WCAf French Sat/Sun 2030-2100 9885 BOT 100 kW / 350 deg NoAf French Sat/Sun 2030-2100 11860 MEY 250 kW / 330 deg CeAf Hausa Mon-Fri 2030-2100 11885 SAO 100 kW / 020 deg WeAf Hausa Mon-Fri 2030-2100 12080 IRA 250 kW / 275 deg CeAf French Sat/Sun 2030-2100 15225 BOT 100 kW / 350 deg NoAf French Sat/Sun 2030-0030 7560 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg AFG English 2100-2130 9690 WOF 300 kW / 182 deg CeAf French Mon-Fri 2100-2130 9680 SMG 250 kW / 146 deg CeAf French Mon-Fri 2100-2130 9815 SAO 100 kW / 088 deg WCAf French Mon-Fri 2100-2130 9885 BOT 100 kW / 350 deg NoAf French Mon-Fri 2100-2200 15580 BOT 100 kW / 350 deg CeAf English 2130-2200 7325 SAO 100 kW / 335 deg WeAf Bambara Mon-Fri 2130-2200 9620 SAO 100 kW / 335 deg WeAf Bambara Mon-Fri 2130-2200 12025 BOT 100 kW / 350 deg WeAf Bambara Mon-Fri 2130-2200 13670 GB 250 kW / 094 deg WeAf Bambara Mon-Fri 2200-2230 6060 PHT 250 kW / 255 deg SEAs Khmer 2200-2230 7260 PHT 250 kW / 270 deg SEAs Khmer 2200-2230 9435 TIN 250 kW / 270 deg SEAs Khmer 2200-2300 5895 PHT 250 kW / 270 deg SEAs English Sun-Thu 2200-2300 6045 UDO 250 kW / 030 deg EaAs Chinese 2200-2300 7365 PHT 250 kW / 021 deg EaAs English Sun-Thu 2200-2300 7425 KWT 250 kW / 062 deg CeAs English Sun-Thu 2200-2300 7440 UDO 250 kW / 030 deg EaAs Chinese 2200-2300 7480 PHT 250 kW / 332 deg SEAs English Sun-Thu 2200-2300 9545 PHT 250 kW / 332 deg EaAs Chinese 2200-2300 9755 UDO 250 kW / 030 deg EaAs Chinese 2200-2300 9875 UDO 250 kW / 345 deg EaAs Chinese 2200-2300 11860 UDO 250 kW / 022 deg EaAs English Sun-Thu 2200-2300 11925 PHT 250 kW / 349 deg EaAs Chinese 2200-2400 6030 GB 250 kW / 205 deg Cuba Spanish Radio Marti 2200-2400 7405 GB 250 kW / 183 deg Cuba Spanish Radio Marti 2200-2400 9565 GB 250 kW / 174 deg Cuba Spanish Radio Marti 2230-2300 5820 UDO 250 kW / 030 deg EaAs Special English 2230-2300 7460 UDO 250 kW / 359 deg EaAs Special English 2230-2300 9570 IRA 250 kW / 025 deg EaAs Special English 2300-2400 5820 UDO 250 kW / 030 deg EaAs Special English 2300-2400 5830 PHT 250 kW / 275 deg SEAs English 2300-2400 5895 PHT 250 kW / 270 deg SEAs English 2300-2400 7365 PHT 250 kW / 021 deg EaAs English 2300-2400 7430 IRA 250 kW / 073 deg SEAs Burmese 2300-2400 7460 UDO 250 kW / 359 deg EaAs Special English 2300-2400 7480 UDO 250 kW / 030 deg SEAs English 2300-2400 9325 PHT 250 kW / 283 deg SEAs Burmese 2300-2400 9490 PHT 250 kW / 332 deg EaAs Special English 2300-2400 11840 PHT 250 kW / 349 deg EaAs Special English 2300-2400 11860 UDO 250 kW / 022 deg EaAs English 2300-2400 12120 PHT 250 kW / 283 deg SEAs Burmese (DX RE MIX NEWS #770 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, March 7, 2013, via DXLD) ** U S A. 2660, March 4 at 1225 UT, JBA with USG PSA, 1227 gospel music, no doubt still 2 x 1330, KGLD Tyler TX. 2660, March 5 at 0558 UT, not even a JBA carrier, so has KGLD finally fixed its second harmonic? Will keep checking. 2660+, March 6 at 0626 UT again no carrier detectable from KGLD x 2, Tyler TX 1330; however at 1306 I do detect one and it is slightly on the hi side compared to 1660 stations, as I had also first noted when as an unID on January 25 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1658 monitoring: on WWRB webcast, UT Friday March 1 at 0425, our old companion Pastor Larry Cain from South Carolina is back, amen & amen, after weeks of substitute programming; 0430 sharp, WOR 1658 playback starts, and only on 3195 SW, the optional // 5050 still missing both from SSB and AM. Next: UT Saturday 0230v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB. This will be amid live coverage of the SWL Winterfest starting at 0100 with AWWW, so don`t be surprised if the time for WOR shifts. UT Saturday 0630 & 1430 on HLR Göhren, Germany, 7265-CUSB. Saturday 1600 on WRMI 9955. Saturday 1830 on WRN via SiriusXM channel 120. UT Sunday 0500 on WTWW 5830. WORLD OF RADIO 1658 monitoring: confirmed on Area 51 webcast and via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB, UT Saturday March 2 at 0230 with no delay due to WinterFest coverage earlier. Next: Saturday 1830 on WRN via SiriusXM 120; UT Sunday 0500 on WTWW-1 5830. WORLD OF RADIO 1658 monitoring: confirmed on WTWW-1, 5830, UT Sunday March 3 at 0500, excellent signal. Reminder in the Pacific Northeast to check for WORLD OF RADIO on its new affiliate, KFKB, 1490, Forks, Washington, Sunday at 1100 UT = 3 am PST this week. They confirm it did air at that time last week. See http://www.forks1490.com/ BTW, FCC still lists this under its previous call KRKZ: http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?list=0&facid=28209 an anomaly I can`t explain (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Any way of putting their stream on Tune-In radio application? (Todd Skaine, Woodbury, MN, 2010, PL 310 or Toyota radio, DX LISTENING DIGEST) WORLD OF RADIO 1659 monitoring: ready in time for first airing on WTWW 9479, Thursday March 7 at 2200 --- but 9479 has been off the air due to transmitter problems George McClintock was telling me about, as checked absent at 2038, altho 12105 was now on in Arabic. I resume monitoring at 2145, and do hear an unmodulated carrier going on and off 9479 a few times at 2148, 2154, but not on for WOR. George Thurman in Houston TX later inquired why WTWW was on its night frequency 5830 all day --- so I suppose WOR aired on that frequency instead, which I never thought to check until after 2230, and there it was, back to SFAW programming. {Mark Sills confirmed WOR was on 5830} Next: UT Friday 0430v on WWRB 3195 (5050 still not on tonight at 0140) UT Saturday 0230v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB Saturday 0630 & 1430 on HLR 7265-CUSB Saturday 1600 on WRMI 9955 Saturday 1830 on WRN via SiriusXM 120 UT Sunday 0500 on WTWW 5830 Full schedule including many more webcasts: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 9895, March 2 at 1934, no signal from WTWW-2, but when it resumes, this will be the frequency, ex-9905, George McClintock informs me, effective immediately per FCC orders. Still presumably 5085 at night, which was not on air either after 0000 UT March 3, but may be on UT Monday as lately the case, and maybe 9895 before then on Sunday? It seems full operation of WTWW-2 is now expected to start in April. 9930, March 4 at 2126, new frequency for WTWW-2, instead of 9895 as I was previously notified to be the ex-9905 spot. It`s country gospel music with excessive modulation, no doubt a Ted Randall show, and not // 9479 or 12105 which are also on. 2128 Ted speaks, at Opryland with the WSM chief engineer; 2132 back to a C&W hymn, as I also note the carrier is wobbling slightly. If 9930 were closer to the 9479 transmitter next to it, might interact with leapfrog mixing products on 9028 and/or 10381, where I hear nothing, so that`s good. Maybe didn`t go to 9895 after all due to the ute blob I was hearing around 9898; however, 9930 is registered for KHBN most of the day, and WYFR at night when WTWW would not want it (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1659, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Updated winter B-12 schedule of WTWW We Transmit World Wide: WTWW-1 0000-1400 5830 TWW 100 kW / 050 deg NEAm English 1400-2400 9479 TWW 100 kW / 050 deg NEAm English WTWW-2, new daytime frequency 9930, ex 9905, re-ex 9990 2000-2400 9930 TWW 100 kW / 180 deg SoAm English, registered 13-23 0000-0500 5085 TWW 100 kW / 180 deg SoAm English, registered 23-13 WTWW-3 1200-1400 12105 TWW 100 kW / 040 deg WeEu Russian, cancelled 1400-1500 12105 TWW 100 kW / 040 deg WeEu Russian Fri-Tue not daily 1500-2100 12105 TWW 100 kW / 040 deg WeEu Arabic Fri-Tue not daily 2100-2400 12105 TWW 100 kW / 040 deg WeEu French Fri-Tue not daily 0000-0300 12105 TWW 100 kW / 040 deg WeEu Spanish Sat-Wed not daily 0300-0500 12105 TWW 100 kW / 040 deg WeEu Portuguese Sat-Wed not daily 0500-0600 12105 TWW 100 kW / 040 deg WeEu Portuguese, cancelled (DX RE MIX NEWS #770 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, March 7, 2013, via DXLD) In fact all three are highly variable (gh, DXLD) ** U S A. 5110v-CUSB & much better // 7490-AM, (but 9330 stayed with preaching from Rod Hembree), UT Saturday March 2 at 0110, WBCQ is live from the SWL Winter Fest in Pennsylvania, or rather from a hotel room, just informal chat, where WBCQ had already made an audiovisual presentation that morning. Mentioned that hotel no longer provides free booze, so BYO. 0112 interviewing a first-timer, who drove 9 hours to get there, but didn`t catch his name. At 0113 brought in with some delay and difficulty, Mel on the phone. Maybe next year, WBCQ will rent a limo. Seemed to be on tight schedule, finished at 0200 for `Sycko [as spelt] Radio`, allegedly live. 7490, Saturday March 2 at 2308, WBCQ with rockinradio.com mention, references to WinterFest, but this DJ is not there; plays next ``Wild Party`` for those who are. 5110 is not on yet. 2311 it`s the `Lost Discs Radio Show` which has been on WBCQ a long time before. Then plays ``Sham-rock`` by Roberta Sherwood from 1956y. 2322 has covert message that this is being relayed at the Fest on 6925 and FM 89.0 (inaudible here in OK on both; but at 0011 March 3 I had something on 6925-USB, not // or at least not synched to 7490; and at 0046 there was an AM carrier on and off and on 6925). Back at 2325, I notice that the apparently live 7490 programming has a hum on it; wiggle that patchcord? 2340 passing on a pizza order from Chris, gender ambiguous, in Room 640 at the Fest hotel. 0000 recheck, 5110v-CUSB is now on in // running a couple sex ahead of 7490, with no ID and same program continuing (altho on the Area 51 sked as Radio Timtron Worldwide, live at 00-02 UT Sunday March 3). 0002 mentions that songwriter Kevin Ayres (sp?) featured last week, has died in the meantime. Hope there is no correlation, or causality. Then my attention is split with Mighty KBC on new 7375, see NETHERLANDS [non], et al. Live from Fest programming continues past 0200 on A51 webcast and presumably the two SW frequencies. WBCQ`s online program schedule still shows nothing but GFRN`s `I Sing` program stream on 7490 Saturdays into UT Sundays. As we reported in DXLD 13-07 about AWWW Feb 9: ``He also promoted new program starting a week from Sat at 7 pm on 7490, `Sonny`s Classic Country Radio Show` = 0000 UT Sundays; until now, the entire Saturday + UT Sunday schedule 2000-0500 UT on 7490 had been dedicated to `I Sing` from GFRN, as still shown on the website schedule.`` No show? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 3215, March 5 at 0121, WWRB frequency is missing, while 3185 is on as usual with Brother Scare service. 5050 has also been missing for several nights, neither AM nor SSB. Meanwhile, WWCR is on 3195 which will shift to 3215 at 0200. 3215 for WWRB is currently available at 21-02 per HFCC. As for March 10 with DST, the pattern should be per HFCC, assuming all transmitters are funxional: WWCR on 3215 from 01 to 09 and no more 3195 at all; WWRB on 3215 from 21 to 01, then 3195 at 01 to 04. WWCR has three different schedules posted currently at http://www.wwcr.com/transmitter-sched.html for thru March 9, March 10-31, and A-13 for March 31-May 31. No surprises of new frequencies, just the usual shifting around (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. UnID -- 4995.0 kHz -- Station first noted 1122 with a sermon in American-accented English. Poor, and faded to nothing by 1140. Only listed station here at any hour is R. Andina, and I don't think they're on the air at all (and I don't recall that they were right on 4995.0 when they were on the air). Checked 9990 kHz to see if this was a sub-harmonic, but nothing there. Also checked some of the big U.S. religious broadcasters to see if they were in parallel, but nothing similar heard. This was on both the NRD535 and NRD515, so I don't think it's an internal mixing product of the receiver, but they both have the same IF scheme (70.455 and 455), so I guess it's possible. If I hear them tomorrow, I'll be prepared with a radio that has a different IF scheme. 3/3/13 UNIDENTIFIED. The station I reported yesterday on 4995 kHz is there again today. Gospel sermon by a male in American-accented English. It also shows up on the Excalibur Pro, so it's not some mixing product or image getting past the IF filters of the NRD 515 or NRD 535. I thought maybe it was coming from the DX Engineering Amp that I have on the antenna, but it's still there (but weaker) when I switch that off. I hear it clearly on the NW-facing pennant; it just about disappears when I switch to the East-facing pennant. (Those are the only two choices here.) Any ideas? Is anyone else hearing this? (Art Delibert, N. Bethesda, MD, 1055 UT March 4, NRD515 and NRD535, Pennant antenna with DX Engineering amp, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via WORLD OF RADIO 1659, DXLD) Yes Art, I heard 4995 yesterday (4 March) also. Very fady. Tuned around trying to find a // and looks like 5935 might be a possibility. Definitely not 4840. 73 (Dave Valko, PA, via Delibert, ibid.) Thanks, Dave. I think that's the source of the unID on 4995. WWCR is on 5935 and 6875, with different programming. 6875 - 5935 = 940. And 5935 - 940 = 4995. So I suspect 4995 is a mixing product coming out of their system. Regards, (Art Delibert, ibid.) ** U S A. 9265, March 3 at 1232, WINB is on with M&W about fellowship, Bible-based couples` ministry. Must have just signed on as nothing there when I tuned across just before 1230. Only on Sundays is 9265 in use in the mornings; other days starts much later on 13570. Matches online sked as of Feb 17: *1230 Sun, *1900 Mon-Fri, *1730 Sat. No sign of shifted 9273v as heard for two or three nights in Feb (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) With DST all a UT hour earlier?? (gh) ** U S A. DX PROGRAMS: Please inform me whether “DXing with Cumbre“ is existing on short waves (last time heard here in November 2012)? Also are there more times of airing on AWR’s freqs of Sunday’s program “Wavescan”? Here is only at 1530 on 15255 but no broadcast from 1600 and from 1630 (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria, written on March 3, 2013. Rx: Sony ICF2001D. Ant: Folded Marconi 16 meters long own made, DX LISTENING DIGEST) DWC has several times in the 00-06 UT period on WHRI; see http://www.worldofradio.com/dxpgms.html also a 2130; altho not all reconfirmed lately (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) Glenn, I was wondering the same, as I haven't heard DXing with Cumbre on SW for years. Lo and behold, I came across them last night at (I think) 0300 on 7315 (UT Sunday). Bob Padula was just starting his segment. Obviously a bit slow on the rpm, as his voice was noticeably lower and slower than normal. The last few episodes I've downloaded have been nothing but filler music after a Pirating with Cumbre segment. No DX news at all. 73, (Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, ibid.) David Crystal from Israel told me ten days ago about DXing with Cumbre heard Monday UT mornings and other days of the week on 5920 or 7520 kHz, between 0200 and 0500 UT, but appears very irregular! 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) 21630, WHRI, Cypress Creek SC; 1651-1700+, 28-Feb; Shouting, gasping Jeezus huxter with enthusiastic, gullible audience. WHRI spot before ToH into IRN/USA News; all in English. SIO=2+53. 1956, 28-Feb; Lester Sumrall promo $ Harvest-TV.com spot. SIO=354 (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 125 ft. bow-tie; 85 ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed RW, All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 5945, Family Radio, Okeechobee. 0032-0049 28/1, noted Family Radio theme music followed by Spanish religious talk. Apparent new frequency replacing unheard 5885. Fair (Richard A. D’Angelo, Wyomissing, PA USA, Ten-Tec RX-340, Drake R-8B, Eton E1, Eton E5, Alpha Delta DX Sloper, RF Systems Mini-Windom, Datong FL3, JPS ANC-4, March Australian DX News via DXLD) it was 5985 (gh, DXLD) ** U S A. Cross-Country lo VHF --- 33.42 MHz, NOAA Weather heard weakly around 2015 on 3/7. Google search points to two possible callsigns, WQIN663 and WQDC703; both (either?) apparently previously heard from Montana to Finland. Deduced that one relays the Orlando NWS station, the other takes on Melbourne (Fla.). My money's on the latter, as I did at one point clearly hear a phone number starting with "321" (Titusville area code). 10 M beacons from Georgia & South Carolina, and unknown 29.68 repeater in at the time. Plucked out via ICOM R7100, with newly-erected ST2 antenna 20' above ground level; provides nice all-band reception up to about 1 GHz or so (GREG HARDISON, West San Fernando Valley of the Dinosaurs, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Is anyone else hearing NY Volmet on 2000 kHz? I am at 1940 UT, 3 Mar 2013 (Bill Mead, Harrisburg, PA, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1659, DX LISTENING DIGEST) NY Volmet, 2003 UT, 2000 kHz weakly, also 6604 much stronger (Leonard J. Rooney, Delaware County, Springfield PA, ibid.) 2000 USB weak but fully readable near Buffalo NY at 2015 March 3, 6604 USB very strong. Reminds me of the thrill I got hearing Gander as a kid :-). Very 73 de (Anne Fanelli in in-like-a-lion Elma NY, ibid.) Receiving NY Volmet on 2000 kHz right now 0403 UT very clear using Grundig G5 SSB from central CT. NY Volmet not on 6604 // 10051. Will try for Gander on 6604/10051 (Paul S. in CT, UT March 4, ibid.) UPDATE: Gander on 6604//10051 at 0420 UT not on 2000 kHz. 6604 >> 10051. Generally NY/Gander share frequencies with different time allocation (Paul S. in CT, ibid.) 2000.0-USB kHz, March 4 at 0501, ``New York Radio`` VOLMET is strangely here clearly // stronger 3485 & 6604, JBA 10051 at this hour; again at 0603 UT check. Do they ever announce listed calls WSY70? Tnx to Bill Mead, Harrisburg, PA of the dxld yg who first reported it on 2000, March 3 at 1940 UT, and then at 2003 also by Leonard J. Rooney, Delaware County, Springfield PA; at 2015 by Anne Fanelli in in-like-a-lion Elma NY; at 0403 and 0430+ March 4 by Paul S. in CT. Bill Mead said: ``I'm not sure what the story is on this but there are no other volmets anywhere near this end of the band. According to dxinfocentre.com the lowest volmet frequency is 2860 kHz. This 2 MHz transmission spills a bit into the 160m band, although NY Volmet is using USB and the hams are in LSB in that area so they might not notice were they to go up that high.`` Tom Rösner, DL8AAM, said ``Weak copy in Germany too at 0545 UT (s/off at 0550z). So it seems they do more power a candle as I have no good antenna for these lower low-band.`` I commented: ``Surely this is a mistake in transmission, maybe a default mispunch?`` So is anyone hearing 2000 kHz again today? The normal share with Gander on 3485/6604/10051/13270 is: Minutes past the hours: 00-20 & 30-50 NY, 20-30 & 50-60 Gander Yes: Leonard Rooney hears 2000 kHz again at 2330 March 4, but Philip Hiscock in Newfoundland does not. No one has heard Gander on 2000 (Glenn Hauser, March 4, WORLD OF RADIO 1659, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I'd like to try to make some sense of this for now; It appears that Gander is running 3485//6604//10051. As the night progresses, 3485 dominates, and 10051 is lost followed by 6604. Right now Gander 3485 USB is doing fine. From Cent. CT using the G5. NY Volmet appears to include 2000 kHz. This b'cast is nearly clean on the G5. 3485//6604//10051 always have some degree of hash noise even on SSB. SIDE BAR: if someone has a manual for the G5 or E5,is the set using the ferrite bar or the whip to receive 2000 kHz?/ SIDE BAR. NY volmet back on 2000 kHz > 3485, and 6604 JBA, have to amp the volume to confirm audio. Conditions of RX using G5: DX switch YES SSB YES Narrow YES Default volume 06 Antenna Whip YES: collapsed Good-VG on 3485 and 2000 Approx. distance to Empire State Building 120.73 km at 228 degrees Distance to WFAN/WCBS TX site 99.86 km at 227 degrees. (Paul S. in CT, 0549 UT March 4, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Weak copy in Germany too at 0545 UT (s/off at 0550z). So it seems they do more power a candle as I have no good antenna for these lower low- band. 73, (Tom DL8AAM Rösner, ibid.) I'm not sure what the story is on this but there are no other volmets anywhere near this end of the band. According to dxinfocentre.com the lowest volmet frequency is 2860 kHz. This 2 MHz transmission spills a bit into the 160m band, although NY Volmet is using USB and the hams are in LSB in that area so they might not notice were they to go up that high (Bill Mead, Harrisburg, PA, ibid.) So is anyone hearing 2000 kHz again today? The normal share with Gander on 3485/6604/10051/13270 is: 00-20 & 30-50 NY, 20-30 & 50-60 Gander (Glenn Hauser, 2251 UT March 4, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Glenn, at 2330: 2000, 3485, 6604, all USB, NY Volmet (Leonard J. Rooney, Delaware County, Springfield PA, March 4, ibid.) Here in St. John's, Newfoundland (about 200 km /150 miles SE of Gander) at 7:50- 8:00 local time (2320-2330 UT) I could hear both 3484 and 6604 USB clearly. Nothing could be heard on 2000, 10051 or 13271. After 2330 NY could be heard on 3484, 6604, and 10051, but not the other two (2000 and 13271). I'm using my Satellit 750 with a 2m wire clipped to the whip (Philip Hisock, ibid.) I think we need to address a receiver issue concerning NYVolmet on 2000 kHz. I'm wondering at what frequency the receiver changes over from ferrite-bar to whip antenna. In the back of my mind there is something about this being either 2000 or 3000 kHz depending upon make/model. In many cases this precipitates a lookup in the Owners Manual at least. I believe my Grundig G5 (Eton E5 Degen 1103 clone) is on the ferrite bar for this RX, as the other sets I own have way to much noise/hash below 3000 kHz on the whip. I was intending to respond to phil hiscock, but the issue may be more general and central to RX ability/quality (Paul S. in CT, ibid.) Paul, it *would* be useful sometimes to have the directionality of the ferrite bar at frequencies higher than the switchover on my Satellit- 750. That switchover is 1710 kHz. So 2 MHz is not directly affected by the ferrite bar. In that low, but within about a single harmonic of the MW band range, I get MW imaging. Some of these images are clearly 2nd or 3rd harmonics of local MW stations. Some are mixing products between/among them (Philip Hiscock, ibid.) I am able to receive NY Volmet on 2000 kHz in northwestern Ohio with Icom R75 and TenTec R320 receivers. I doubt it is a RX issue. 73 (Charlie Hinkle, W8CFO, ibid.) I was able to hear NY Volmet easily on 2000 kHz on my Ten-Tec RX320D PC-based receiver the other day, and I’m 100% confident it wasn’t due to receiver issues. The only issue I can see is whether they’ve added 2000 kHz as a new frequency, or (more likely) this is (was?) a transmitting error of some sort. (--Larry Cunningham, ibid.) I could copy them here in Germany for the second night on that "new" 2000 kHz frequency. Not such strong, but clearly readable on my TS-50 on a DX-88 outdoor vertical antenna. 73, (Tom DL8AAM Rösner, March 5, ibid.) 2000-USB kHz, March 5 at 0110 UT, New York Radio, VOLMET is on this strange frequency again tonight, which is on the borderline between 160m hamband and fixed(?) above it, so theoretically would not be used by anything. At 0057, nothing before 0100, when Gander shares the other frequencies. Did WSY70 get special authorization because even 3485 was too ``high`` to propagate over some paths to craft?? Also audible on stronger 3485, 6604, 10051 and even 13270, all USB (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1659, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hello Glenn, how would you rate the reception on 2000 USB as compared to say 3485 USB? Even at my relatively small distance (about 225 km to Barnegat, NJ) there appears to be significant improvement on 2000 USB (Paul S. in CT, ibid.) Paul, I have not always compared them directly, but usually have no problem hearing 3485 over (mostly) night paths, just like CHU 3330, and would not expect 2000 to be better here. Also the noise level on the average is likely to be higher on the lower frequency. This evening at 0100+, on the same DX-398 with random wire plugged in, 3485 is definitely stronger than 2000. The ferrite bar on it does not funxion above 1710 (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) Thanx Glenn. I also have run my Grundig g5 through the mill. The G5 changes to whip antenna at 3000 kHz. It took a while to tune 1690 to 3000. Thus my set is using the ferrite bar on the 2000 USB broadcasts, and whip on other //'s. Large noise floor increase at 3000 kHz +. Apparently, this solves my reception differences and unusual high- quality on 2 MHz. Naturally, removing SSB capability is detrimental to noise and rx both channels (Paul S. in CT, ibid.) 2000/USB, New York Radio volmet; *0300, 6-Mar; ID at s/on with Detroit weather update 1st. Strong but some QRM from irregular pulsing, centering about 2003. Tnx to tip from Tim Tromp (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 125 ft. bow-tie; 85 ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed RW, All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST) 2000-USB, March 6 at 0632 UT, New York Radio still here on this strange frequency, with VOLMET for Milwaukee, Minneapolis, so are they in alfabetical order? Next: Boston, then repeat Milwaukee & Minneapolis; 0635 timecheck and ID, on to other stuff starting with Indianapolis. If this announcer is robotic, he does a very good job of sounding human (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Here in Houston I've heard the 2 MHz NY VOLMET with fair signals around 0515 and after 0530 on both March 6 and 7. Fully readable, but weaker than the // frequencies. There is a faint warble underneath the 2 MHz signal, but I suspect that is local in origin, perhaps cable/TVI. The strongest NY VOLMET frequency at those times is 10051. Both 6604 and 3485 are decent, but nothing heard on 13270. At 0520 the Gander VOLMET is heard with fair signals on 3485 and 6604, but barely there on 10051. Nothing heard from Gander on 2000 or 13270 (Steve Luce, Houston, Texas, March 7, ibid.) 2000-USB, March 7 at 0109 UT, WSY70 is still here on strange frequency, weaker than // 3485-USB, New York Radio with flight weather for Bangor, etc. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1659, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. KBRT completes its move today --- A heads-up for my West Coast friends: today's the day KBRT 740 officially completes its move from Catalina Island to its new transmitter site at Oak Flats in the Orange County hills way above Anaheim. The move changes KBRT's COL from Avalon to Costa Mesa, and boosts day power from 10 kW to 50 kW (albeit across much worse ground conductivity, so the signal will be a little weaker everywhere except Orange County and nearby parts of the Inland Empire, and will be much weaker along the coast north and south of LA.) KBRT is apparently doing a special "Bottom Line" talk show from 3-5 PM PT in which the engineers will be discussing the move and Donald Crawford Sr. will officially throw the switch to turn on the new signal. (Those of us in the know, know that they've actually been testing the new signal on and off for several months now.) There will be no night service, at least not right away; while KBRT is licensed for 190 watts at the new site, the word is that they're going to optimize the day signal before they start working on nighttime. If you're interested in seeing what the old site looked like, here's an article I wrote for Radio World after touring it in December: http://www.rwonline.com/article/one-of-america%E2%80%99s-most-remote-am-sites-signs-off/217334 s (Scott Fybush, NY, Feb 28, ABDX via DXLD) I heard the signoff yesterday still mentioning Avalon. I'll listen on the drive home after 5 PM (Martin Foltz, Feb 28, ibid.) I was listening from a couple miles south of El Cajón, and right around 5:30 pm the signal just suddenly disappeared without any sign- off announcement. When they were broadcasting from Catalina, they were announcing and doing their sign-off around 5:45pm (Stephen pianoplayer88key, Feb 28 PST, ibid.) Legal ID at 5 pm said Costa Mesa. Signal is weaker in San Diego and IBOC seemed to be off. 73 (Tim Hall, Feb 28 PST, Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry, ibid.) Hope somebody ran tape as they signed-off from Catalina/Avalon today. Looking at Radio Locator, they are burning-up 50 kW and don't get any better coverage in Orange County than 10 kW from the island, from what I can tell. Most of the signal is going to the dolphins, so I kinda question why even bother moving except for their 190 W at night in the future? I assume they can play with the HD sidebands better for their neighbors on the mainland, but that's about it (toledohamradio, ibid.) For central CA listeners, this might mean less daytime interference to KCBS as well - possibly much cleaner right down to Bakersfield and Santa Maria. Then again - 5 times the power might make up for losing a salt-water ground plane (-Darwin Long, Buras, LA, ibid.) Why bother moving? Because the logistics of operating from Catalina were several notches beyond daunting --- not just maintaining a remote site on a remote island, but dealing with an unfriendly landlord who wanted the station gone. In the interview he did on the air today, KBRT's owner, Don Crawford Sr., made it pretty clear that continued operation on Catalina was going to be impossible past the end of 2013 - and that it was distinctly possible the station might have had to go dark if the Orange County site hadn't worked out. Yes, it's now spraying a lot of signal westward to the dolphins, but there are still several million listeners between the mountains and the dolphins getting good signal along the way. s (Scott Fybush, NY, ibid.) As I posted in another post, KBRT is noticeably weaker here in El Cajón after the switch. I'm now regretting contacting Bill (of radio- timetraveller.blogspot. com), who stays in Quartzsite, AZ in winter, and asking him to compare before and after KBRT reception there. (I think from reading a couple of his previous posts on his blog, he's heard KCBS at midday there mixing with KBRT, or something like that.) Speaking of giving fish RF burns, I was wondering: So let's say for a moment the FCC had a rule that basically prevented signal wastage over the ocean. Over-water signals have to be compliant with 15.209 field strength limits, as measured 30 meters from the shore line at high tide in the continued/same heading from the transmitter. Exceptions would be omni-directional stations, and azimuths (with 1-degree precision, on directionals) where the protected groundwave contour (0.1 mV/m for class A, 0.5 mV/m for others), if the station ran omni- directional, hits land again - for example maybe San Diego to Santa Bárbara. (Protections to stations inland would remain the same.) What would stations like KBRT, and other coastal-city stations, do in the event of a rule like that, in order to "protect" the ocean sufficiently, and put a good solid signal over the areas they want to serve? (Stephen, 1006 UT March 1, ibid.) I tuned in on the drive home at 5:46 PM PST they were still on (past their typical s/off). Now at 7:10 PM PST there is religious programming on top with another station in the background (KCBS?). So looks like they're running night power (Martin Foltz, Mission Viejo CA, Feb 28 per timestamp = earlier UT March 1, ibid.) KBRT from near 32.761 N -116.947 W - few clips including site move Hi all, Over the last couple days I've recorded a few clips from KBRT, as heard within 1/8 mi (0.2 km) of 32.761 N 116.947 W, with my Tecsun PL-398mp. All but one use the Select-A-Tenna, the other one is using only the radio's internal loopstick. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHRYXyvAzL8 - Feb 26 sunset signoff announcement. The transmitter is switched off about 32 seconds after the music ends. KCBS is also heard through much of the clip, getting clearer when KBRT is switched off. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7JxaM0eYfQ - Feb 27 sunset signoff. Unlike the previous day, the signal seems to fade its way out over several seconds to a certain point, THEN gets switched off. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtqR3TJPAOg - Feb 27 night/day pattern change ~6:53 am. After the switch, KBRT is easily on top, but KCBS can still be heard underneath. Before the switch, KBRT is still audible, but competes with KCBS, with KCBS sometimes on top especially at the beginning of the clip. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQrnpMrfCcM - Feb 28 signon (on night pattern from Catalina). KBRT, even at low power, CAN be heard here just south of El Cajón, about 92+1/3 mi E/SE of the Catalina site. KCBS is also heard simultaneously. So, since I could still hear KBRT from here on night pattern, how much closer would one need to be for it to be a listenable signal for most non-DXers - maybe 3 or 4 times closer? Or, am I underestimating how far stations can still be detected beyond their clear-signal zone? I do realize it's not a sudden cliff - if a $500k military radio with a beverage array can't detect QRSS CW or PSK31 (whichever one works with fainter signals) at 200.000000 km, a Coby or other terrible brand radio (one that can't get KNX at Columbia Park's softball field, and with which KLNV is wiped out by KOGO, even with IBOC off, at Emerald Hills Park's tennis courts) won't get a perfectly clear signal at 199.999999 km. How quickly do they drop from noise-free to undetectable even with a BFO, assuming same radio with stock built-in antenna, constant ground conductivity (like 15 mS/m) and constant noise level (nearest population density greater than 16 km^2/person is so far that two 50 kW 540's with 180 antennas will fit between you and there, at least daytime)? Aaaanndd. I recorded the location switch from Avalon to Costa Mesa at noon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMyhL0rdu3Y This one was recorded using only the Tecsun's built-in ferrite antenna - the SAT was not used. When KBRT was transmitting from Catalina, they clocked in at about 48 dBµ on the Tecsun. After the switch to Costa Mesa, they're at about 32-33 dBµ, and noticeably noisier. They were just barely edging out KNX as the strongest L.A. area station heard here midday, but now they're approximately competitive with KLAA, making KNX the current strongest L.A. groundwave signal here. KFI is typically a few dB, give or take, behind KNX, in spite of being 12 miles closer. Interesting to mention, also, is KDIS - they're about 22-25 dB weaker than KNX, in spite of being about the same distance, close on the dial, and sending effectively 80 kW toward me, based on their RMS field vs field in my direction. Sometime I hope to record several of the L.A. area legal TOH IDs as heard in the daytime here, and maybe post a compilation video for comparison of their signal strengths (Stephen pianoplayer March 1, ibid.) You REALLY don't like the inverse-square law, do you, Stephen? ;) What you're suggesting is impossible in a whole bunch of ways that would basically rule out any useful AM service in coastal areas. For a station to drop below Part 15 signal levels 30 meters out from the coast, it would have to be below Part 15 signal levels right at the coast. No real-world directional antenna can give you that tight a null from anywhere close in. And then there's the FCC's requirement that an AM station put 5 mV/m over substantially all of its city of license. When the COL's boundaries meet the ocean (as they do, for instance, at KBRT's new COL of Costa Mesa), you MUST therefore deliver 5 mV/m at the shore - and thus you're still delivering 5 mV/m for a significant distance offshore as well. What looks to us like "signal wastage" is really just the consequence of having population near the coast and of having RF that falls off at the inverse square and can't just be cut off like a brick wall. In the real-world AM listening environment of 2013, stations try to deliver far more than 5 mV/m to their target audiences. I believe one of KBRT's engineers mentioned measuring 75 mV/m from the new signal in the parking lot of KBRT's studio in Costa Mesa, within a mile or so of the ocean. "So," you might say, "why not put the towers right on the shore, with the tighest null you can get over water and all the power beaming inland at the population?" In theory, that could work. In practice, it runs up against environmental restrictions (especially in California) and incredibly high coastal land values, not to mention throwing signal AT other co-channel stations inland, instead of away from them. (KBRT had to protect the 740 in Phoenix, for instance, from its new site.) And even where it was done years ago, when the land was cheaper and the rules less strict, that high ground conductivity along the ocean still prevents you from having a really deep null over water. Some examples up the coast from you include KVTA 1520 in Port Hueneme and the 1250 in Santa Barbara, which are probably the closest DAs to the ocean in all of California. The real-world propagation of those signals (which radio-locator`s maps pretty closely reflect) ends up looking nothing at all like their radiated DA patterns because of the coastal propagation involved (Scott Fybush, ibid.) Re: KBRT completes its move today --- My usually reliable sources tell me on 1 April, Arbitron will announce a new program to equip dolphins and all sea life with PPM meters. Both oceans (Blaine Thompson, IN, ibid.) Yes, it's now spraying a lot of signal westward to the dolphins, but there are still several million listeners between the mountains and the dolphins getting good signal along the way. s (Scott Fybush, ibid.) Maybe there's a solution to the Asian carp problem here! (Jim Pogue, ibid.) ** U S A. 770, March 1 at 1331 UT, KKOB with New Mexico news. It`s already on day pattern now, official local sunrise having gained half a sesquihour from Feb at 1400 to March at 1315. From March to April will gain another half-sesquihour; all other months it`s only 15 or 30 minutes` change. 1315 is March sunrise too for KTNN 660, which I may have also heard with music in KSKY null (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 770, March 3 at 1319 UT, `Perspective` from ABC news is playing, and I know this is its long-time position on KKOB Albuquerque --- except this is definitely looping N/S rather than E/W! In the NRC AM Log the only other likely ABC affiliate on 770 at this hour is KATL Miles City MT, and I think Sunday 1306 UT is a convenient feed time on the ABC Network when a lot of stations carry it in their Sunday- morning ghettos. Unfortunately, there is nothing resembling a program schedule at http://www.katlradio.com/ Official March sunrise at KATL is 1315 UT, when 10 kW non-dir day power starts after 1 kW DA-night with apparently no PSRA. Just as I tune in, long ad break in Perspex, including: heart disease for women; Diane Sawyer; autism starting with NASCAR tie-in; ABC News wins Murrow Award; 1322 still more: Rebuildingtogether.org, http://www.cdc.gov/cfs on chronic fatigue syndrome. 1324 finally resumes, with Robin Roberts` interview of the FLOTUS which no doubt was on TV before, and NOW: I am getting this twice, as KKOB is also in from the E/W, 31 seconds after the other station. It too went to N-D day pattern at 1315 UT in March. Next break at 1330, KKOB is still in well while the N/S station is outfading (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 790, March 1 at 1330 UT, KFYO Lubbock TX with local news introduced by ABC news sounder; do they care? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 830, March 1 at 1329 UT, weather for Memphis TN, with WCCO nulled. It seems the transition is complete, from original KBOA Kennett MO in the bootheel (the only station ever to send me a playing card as a QSL), via KOTC in Poplar Bluff, as FCC shows it`s now WUMY in Memphis. So two more small towns have had their local AM station hijacked away to the magnetic Big City. Topo map as usual lacking a pin implies transmitter site is now on the south side of the city of Memphis near the Mississippi border. FCC info now at http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?list=0&facid=33672 shows it is a non-direxional daytimer with 3 kW, but with CP for 8 kW day and critical hours, 2 watts at night. Callsign history: WUMY 01/18/2013 KOTC 01/19/1995 KBOA History Cards cover KBOA 1947 to 1981, via microfiche to 22 page pdf http://transition.fcc.gov/ftp/Bureaus/MB/Databases/HistoryCards/33672.pdf the last page explains what the History Cards are about (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Local News --- Historic KHJ Radio Tower Demolished FAIRFAX DISTRICT, Calif. (KTLA) — A historic radio tower was ripped to the ground with the help of a bulldozer Wednesday. The massive tower came down in a matter of seconds, and with it, a chapter in L.A. history. Crews worked four days to make sure the former KHJ tower fell safely. KHJ went on the air in the 20s and in the 60?s it was the top 40 AM station for all of Los Angeles. The call letters KHJ stood for kindness, happiness and joy. Read more: http://ktla.com/2013/02/27/historic-radio-tower-demolished-2/#ixzz2MQyrf1Qd Read more at http://ktla.com/2013/02/27/historic-radio-tower-demolished-2/#HFTGBoo35XXZs2XX.99 (via Kevin Redding, March 2, ABDX via DXLD) Members, My source for this is Ben Dawson known as a leading force in Tower building in the USA. He told me overnight that on Thursday 28 March 2013 the 2 x 91M towers for KHJ Los Angeles 930 (34 02 26N 118 22 17W) were demolished. KHJ is now sharing with KBLA (1580) at their 6 mast array in Santa Monica (34 05 09N 118 15 28W). The FCC has granted KHJ a temporary non-directional authorization to share the Santa Mónica site. Ben has been told that they are `waiting equipment delivery for the necessary hardware to implement the authorized directional antenna configuration using the 1580 towers`. I hope that this is the first of more gems from Ben. The old towers are of course easy to see on Google Earth. That location has been added to the Inactive database. I am also able to record this as a duo of `demolished` towers. 73's (Dan Goldfarb, March 4, mwmasts yg via DXLD) I am surprised that no one else has commented on this – sorry I am so late to catch up on my emails. It appears that KHJ is now di-plexing from the KBLA site near Dodger Stadium. It should be interesting to see how well they get out from this location in the hills near Chavez Ravine. As you may recall, KYPA-1230 tried di-plexing from this same site a few years ago but abandoned the idea after discovering that they did not get out as well as they did from their downtown location. KHJ has more power on a less crowded channel, so maybe they will have better luck than KYPA did. I assume this is all about money. They will probably build condos or warehouses on the old property. Too bad – the old free-standing towers were a part of the city’s skyline, visible from the nearby I-10. I wasn’t aware of the “Kindness, Happiness, Joy” thing with regard to KHJ – to me it was always 93-KHJ, where I grew up listening to top-40 in the early 70’s. I do recall that when 1230 was KJLH, it was supposed to stand for “Kindness, Joy, Love and Happiness” (Brian Leyton, Valley Village, CA, ABDX via DXLD) ** U S A. QSL: WWJ, Detroit MI, 950, date only confirmation of my report as correctly identifying the audio transmitted in only 408 days for initial English report via first-class mail with mint stamps, with a follow-up via certified mail with more mint stamps, and finally a follow-up via email to the Market Manager with a request to forward the email to the GM and Chief Engineer. QSL came from Robert Ostazewski, Market Chief Engineer for CBS in Detroit, raostazewski(at)cbs(dot)com 73 (Al Muick, Whitehall PA USA, March 2, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 960, March 3 at 0602 UT in the KGWA Fox-hole, it`s time for a commercial break in ABC news via KMA Iowa, but another commercial overrides, for Insurance Solutions, both with own 800 numbers, the latter followed by blues music, and DF seems further down, fitting for WABG Mississippi. If only they would run a local ad in this period, let alone an ID (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1160, March 6 at 1336 UT, typical music and R. Disney ID in passing, in KSL null, i.e. KRDY San Antonio, 10/1 kW. Seems I had not logged this before. Other Alamans in well, of course WOAI 1200, also KLUP 930 in WKY null, KKYX 680 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Texas' KCOH keeps same format, moves down the radio dial to 1230 AM --- Updated at 06:36 AM today http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=9011929 HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A radio station that bills itself as the oldest black station in the state moved down the dial overnight. At midnight, KCOH moved from 1430AM to its new frequency at 1230AM. The change was the result of the station being sold to a religious group last November. It was going to change the station' s format, but some investors were able to work out a deal to keep the station and the call letters. There will be one big change as long-time radio host Wash Allen is parting ways. Still, community leaders hope listeners and sponsors will give the new frequency a chance. KCOH has been on the air since 1953 (via Blaine Thompson, IN, March 1, ABDX via DXLD) Blaine, I noticed the change this morning at 0745 AM local time. KCOH definitely had a different signal into far southeast Houston than they did previously on 1430. There have been several articles in the local media here since November, all centered on KCOH. What happened to the "little guy" - KQUE, the previous inhabitant of 1230? They were (I think) a very popular Hispanic station. Nothing has been said about where they would go. Now that the move has happened, I'll keep my "radar" up to see if I can find what happened to KQUE. 73 & Good DX, (Steve Ponder, N5WBI, Houston, TX, Sent from my iPhone, ibid.) How much power did they have on 1430? Now they're on a graveyard channel with a hundred other stations with 1 KW? Better than nothing, though (toledohamradio, ibid.) ** U S A. QSL: USA, WHK, Cleveland OH, 1420 full data PDF eQSL with picture of transmitter in six days for English email report. V/s Brett Patram, CE bpatram(at)salemcleveland(dot)com Brett says he enjoys getting reception reports from all over and is a very friendly QSL'er! 73 (Al Muick, Whitehall PA USA, March 2, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1480, March 3 at 0715 UT, I notice that KBXD Dallas is hard to hear, as it often has been, so I ask Jerry Kiefer: Hi Jerry, Lately I`ve noticed that KBXD does not have as much of a signal here on the average, as it did when it first came on. Wonder if you have made some antenna and/or power adjustments, perhaps in deference to KQAM? Or maybe the initial pattern was not exactly right? Or some suppression of skywave? (Not good for the DX test! [March 17]) 73, Glenn, Enid`` And he replies: ``Hi Glenn, I'm not surprised you noticed. We have been doing a MOM proof. Running lower power most of the time days and nights. Adjusting the pattern, etc. The night lobe is 317 degrees so after being tightened up it should be bit west of you. Our tower site is about 10 miles SE of downtown Dallas so we put most of the soup right over town. We will be back up to full bore for the DX test. Thanks, Jerry`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Re: KCJJ with 99 Plus --- 1630 kHz, 0207 UT brief 17 second ID audio clip. http://misc.kg4lac.com\KCJJ-with-99Plus-2013-3-2-1630kHz-0207UTC.wav QRM from Manassas Campus of NVCC TIS and WRDW. 99 Plus reached their goal by 0435 UT as the DJs said "You don't have to call anymore. We have reached our goal." They then went onto mention all the places from where people made contributions. KCJJ returned to regular programming at 0500 UT on March 2, 2013. 73, (Kraig, KG4LAC, Krist, Manassas, Virginia, ABDX via DXLD) Not only was I one of the folks who contributed, I believe (if I may be allowed to stick my chest out for just a little bit here) that it was my contribution that put them over the top. 99 Plus will indeed return as an internet-only station in May. It was an incredible amount of fun listening to all of the old jocks last night, especially the ones with the punk-rock show (back in the day, it was called "Off The Beaten Track" and aired on Sunday nights). They played a LOT of stuff that made me wonder if the station was going to get a call from the FCC during the event! All in all, it felt like being back in 1987 and a junior at the U. of Iowa all over again. I didn't want the night to end. :) 73, (Rick Dau (waxing nostalgic), South Omaha, Nebraska, ibid.) I recorded some of this over the air with the SDR. I'll export it out as an MP3 and post online somewhere. Thanks to Rick Dau for alerting me to this in the #MWDX IRC chatroom. Although I know nothing about 99 Plus and their history, Rick was kind enough to fill me in and I thoroughly enjoyed the programming that I heard. 73, (Tim Tromp, West Michigan, ibid.) Reminded me of a pirate station. Surprised to hear songs "Totally Nude" and "Gary and Melissa". I wonder if they will get a notice from the FCC. 73, (Kraig, KG4LAC, Krist, ibid.) ** U S A. 1650, FLORIDA, WQQJ297, Florida Dept. of Transportation, Tampa. Checking the FCC’s Wireless Telecom Bureau page today, February 27, I stumbled upon no less than four new Tampa Market TIS’s, two listed as active (though not heard yet) and two listed as pending approval status. This one is listed as status: active. Grant Date: 01/04/2013. Expiration: 01/04/2023. Site: 1 Address: HAR-01 I-275 at Exit 39. City: Tampa, FL. County: HILLSBOROUGH. Coordinates: 27 56' 54.0" N, 82 31' 52.6" W. And… 1650, FLORIDA, WQQJ297, Florida Dept. of Transportation, Tampa. Status: active. Site: 2 Address: HAR-02 I-275 at Exit 44 City: Tampa, FL. County: HILLSBOROUGH. Coordinates: 27 57' 25.3" N, 82 27' 45.2" W. Site 1 is at the exit located just east of the I-275/Howard Frankland Bridge, which is the Memorial Highway exit. Site 2 is the downtown exit, and near where the FL-618/Selmon Expressway toll road extension link to I-275 is under construction. 1650, FLORIDA [pending calls], Florida Dept. of Transportation, Sunshine Skyway Bridge, St. Petersburg. Site: 1 Address: Skyway Bridge North. City: Saint Petersburg, FL. County: PINELLAS Coordinates: 27 40' 0.0" N, 82 41' 0.0" W. And… 1650, FLORIDA [pending calls], Florida Dept. of Transportation, Sunshine Skyway Bridge, Terra Ceia. Site: 2 Address: Skyway Bridge South. City: Terra Ceia, FL. County: MANATEE Coordinates: 27 35' 0.0" N, 82 36' 0.0" W. The FCC entry for the two Skyway Bridge entries include a third .pdf with primary radius pattern maps. Site one looks like it’s in the water, but I’m guessing it’s at the north end of the rest stop exit. Site two appears to be near the toll entrance. Both transmitters are being installed by Vaisala Inc., (listed as Raleigh- Durham Office 2880 Slater Road, Suite 200, Morrisville, NC 27560). Their website http://www.vaisala.com has a sub-page with several versions of TIS models, as well as a Statement of Eligibility document, also in .pdf format. “Proposal for Submittal” status on their doc, so how long until this appears is not certain. But I’ve always been surprised no TIS’s were activated after the USCGC Blackthorn vs. tanker Capricorn, and the freighter MV Summit Venture vs. Sunshine Skyway Bridge disasters (both in 1980), not to mention the occasional severe fog and high wind issues on this otherwise stunningly beautiful big bridge. 1690, FLORIDA (TIS), WQKP882, Pinellas County Emergency Management, Largo. As always, having big problems with this presumably GPS sync audio linked network, which per the FCC Wireless Telecom Bureau website now lists no less than eight transmitter sites (but at best, no more than two – maybe three – are ever working). The local eve of February 26, I checked 1690 after not doing so for quite a while, only to find the channel void of any local TIS signals. Same nothing the next morning, but late afternoon, one of the transmitters (presumably the Ulmerton Road, Largo, or the supposed Roosevelt at 49th Street, Clearwater site) was up but only with a mediocre signal and the more often than not line patch audio hum with no actual voice audio. (Terry L. Krueger, Clearwater, Florida, USA, JRC NRD-535; ICOM IC-R75; Hammarlund HQ-180A; Sony ICF-7600GR; Sangean PR-D5; Aqua Guide 705 RDF Marine Radio; GE Superadio III; JPS NF-60 Notch Filter; JPS ANC-4 Noise Phase; 1 X roof dipole; 1 X room random wire; Terk Advantage non-active portable loop; Florida Low Power Radio Stations: https://sites.google.com/site/floridadxn/florida-low-power-radio-stations DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1650, March 3 at 0113 UT checking for KYHN Sallisaw OK, unheard (but doesn`t necessarily mean it`s off again); instead, Spanish, twice mentioning ``643-776``. That`s certainly not a US phone number. 0114 promo for a program `El Camerino` (The Locker Room) suspected to be TV rather than radio. This signal loops ENE/WSW, and certainly not the Spanish religion from NW/SE = Denver. Mentions score of a game with Los Tigres de Monterrey, which doesn`t mean this is necessarily from México. Searching the ESPNDeportes.com website, the number hits: ``Vota por La Jugada de Estilo de la Semana de La Liga. Visita ESPNdeportes.com/Estilodeportivo o envía la palabra ESTILO en mensaje de texto al 643776...`` so it`s their text number. The DF on 1650 strongly suggests it`s KSVE El Paso TX, but must have undergone a format (and sex) change from `María`, música romántica. Also had Spanish sports here a sesquimonth ago: ``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)`` Finally I find the website confirming that 1650 ESPN Deportes is indeed El Paso: http://www.espn1650.com/ --- altho Cantú still lists it as // 93.9 ``José``, another station in the same Entravisión group. This page: http://www.jose939.com/shows/ has a blurred illegible icon at the top left which rolling over shows as http://www.khro1650.com so has the call changed from KSVE? It`s hardly ``suave`` any more! But click on that and you get ``Radio The Fox AM 1150 Oldies``! And FCC callsign history for the 1650 facility shows: KSVE 09/23/2008 [and ever since] KHRO 02/25/2005 KBIV 09/04/1998 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1660, March 1 at 1403 UT, no news, but music, ``Party Tonight`` and 1405 ``Baby Love``; more or less atop ``KMBZ Business Channel`` and hard to null from similar direxion. 1407 ``Keeping real music alive, Friday morning on the TOC``, ``Jasmine of My Mind``. 1414 a True Oldies Channel jingle. Of course, it`s KQWB in West Fargo ND. Its official March sunrise is 1245 UT, but at the beginning of the month night conditions persist at least another sesquihour in the X- band. In April its LSR gains an hour to 1145, and May yet another to 1045, reaching 1030 in June (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. NEW ST LOUIS CLASSICAL MUSIC STATION INFO Hi, all! A brief item in the Post yesterday announced that the new St. Louis classical-music station will be on 107.3 MHz FM. No other info yet, and *that* isn't even on their website yet. Here's a link to that website: http://rafstl.org/about/ It looks like they'll be a while before they're actually on the air; it sounded like they have *nothing* yet built (transmitter, studios, antenna) and no hired staff. I thought they'd be on another station's HD subchannel first, but no info on *that* on the website either. But we can hope. 73, (Will Martin, St Louis MO, March 1, DX LISTENING DIGEST) FCC info for 107.3 in MO: http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?state=MO&call=&city=&arn=&serv=&vac=&freq=107.3&fre2=107.3&facid=&class=&dkt=&list=1&dist=&dlat2=&mlat2=&slat2=&NS=N&dlon2=&mlon2=&slon2=&EW=W&size=9 includes only a CP for a 250-watt Christian translator in St Louis. There is also a LP in Cuba/Steelville. And for 107.3 in IL: http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?state=IL&call=&city=&arn=&serv=&vac=&freq=107.3&fre2=107.3&facid=&class=&dkt=&list=1&dist=&dlat2=&mlat2=&slat2=&NS=N&dlon2=&mlon2=&slon2=&EW=W&size=9 where the closest one looks like Marion/Johnston City, still too far to be of any use in STL. Then I looked at the coverage map on the RAF website: http://rafstl.org/coverage-area/ 20 mile radius in analog certainly indicates it will be low-power; as for HD I wonder which FM station transmits from Shrewsbury, if not more than one. Then I contacted RAF via their website: ``Paper says you will be on 107.3 tho I can`t find it on your own website. Could you explain exactly what stations will be involved for analog, and apparently separately for HD? FCC info for St Louis on 107.3 shows nothing but a construction permit for a Christian translator. is that it?`` But no reply (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. [re 13-08:] Don Kaskey obit from SF newspaper web site I spotted this today. Thought others might want to read it. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/sfgate/obituary.aspx?n=donald-kaskey&pid=163327241#fbLoggedOut (Mike Hawkins, March 5, ABDX via DXLD) Viz.: Donald Kaskey Death Notice Guest Book "73 Don Frank N7SOK" Donald Kent Kaskey [with portrait] Don was born and raised in Iowa, the oldest of three children. After business school, he enlisted in the Air Force and was stationed in Texas, Wyoming, Iceland and California. Later, he worked in the hotel industry in Sacramento and San Francisco. Don married his wonderful wife Eloise and they shared 38 years of marriage together. He was a proud father of two children, Michael and Jennifer and their families. Don loved history and country/bluegrass music. He enjoyed watching sports, listening to AM radio broadcasts around the world, playing computer games, and walking with friends on Friday afternoons at Stow Lake. Don is survived by wife Eloise, sister Karyl (Duane), brother Bob, son Michael (Jenny) daughter Jenny (Scott), and grandchildren Kaylie, Matthew, and Lauren. Don will be remembered for his smile, love, and sense of humor. Family and friends are invited to a memorial service on Sat, March 2nd at 4:00pm at Broadmoor Presbyterian Church, 377 87th St. Daly City, CA 94015 (via Mike Hawkins, ABDX via DXLD) ** UZBEKISTAN. QSL: 7505, Trans World Radio, Punjabi to India via Tashkent transmitter. Full data (with site) .pdf E-mail reply with verification accompanying letter. QSL shows the SW towers of Guam (B12 QSL Series). Reply in 86 days after posting report on the website of TWR-India. V/S Franklin Abraham (Edward Kusalik, Daysland, Alberta, Canada, Feb 28, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VANUATU. 3945.002, VBT Port Vila [Emten Lagoon], Radio Vanuatu, much fluttery like signal at 1220 UT March 1. Island music, woman smooth melody chorus, S=9+5dB signal today (Wolfgang Büschel, DF5SX, FOOTPRINT logs on March 1st at 11-12 UT, taken in Japan and Australia SDR remote units, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 3945, Radio Vanuatu finally heard March 3 with above threshold level audio; 1051 with DJ playing pop hit songs in English; 1119 distinctive sound of a conch shell horn followed by assume sign off announcement till off at 1122*, with no National Anthem; weak at best, but still pleased to hear any audio at all (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VATICAN. Received late Feb in the p-mail were VR`s plastic 2013 liturgical calendar, showing saints for every day of the year, mixed with other significant holydays. And, on slick but non-plasticized paper, the Radio Vaticana programmes schedule folder, which adds up to 16 pages, i.e. seven folds printed on both sides. Hint: to restore it properly, fold first in half, then quarter, then eighth. This includes the complete transmission schedule, by target area, time, color coding, showing frequencies, sites and target areas. This has been in effect for four months with one month to go in the season! No postmark date is applied, so we have no way of knowing when they really dispatched it, but maybe it really was by snail-surface mail on a slow boat from Europe. On the last page, an *important note* from Fr. Lombardi that this is the *last* such schedule to be published on paper and sent by p-mail. We are now referred to the website, but they will also let people subscribe to the new version by e-mail: request it to promo @ vatiradio.va I have done so. However: ``If it is not at all possible for you to access an e-mail and you consider it very important to continue to receive Vatican Radio information via surface mail, we kindly ask you to write us and let us know, so we can see how we can continue to respond to your request --- Promotions Office, Vatican Radio, 00120 Vatican City`` Like maybe printing out individual copies? Note they specify surface mail, altho as far as the USPS is concerned, there is no such thing anymore for outgoing international mail: ``first class`` means airmail. 3975, March 3 at 0645, VR is VP! Only recently this was inbooming, often the best of the lot for the 0630 mass, but now getting too far into daytime, or just bad conditions tonight? 3955 DRM from Skelton is still noisy enough, but considerably closer to the terminator. VR 6075 is equally very poor; 7250 covered by SSB tnx to a contest; 9645 is best but only fair, about equal level to the hetter Bandeirantes on the hi side. This broadcast is also on 15595, which might start showing in springtime if not in A-13 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VENEZUELA [and non]. Re: President Hugo Chavez has died --- *Now* maybe RHC will remove the imaginary ``Alo, Presidente`` Sunday morning show from its schedule. This could also stand a bit of updating: http://www.alopresidente.gob.ve/ (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Perish the thought of re-runs.... jeez (Paul S. in CT, ibid.) Also have to wonder how this will affect the future SW plans of RNV and the construction of the new transmitter facility (Steve Luce, Houston, Texas, ibid.) Noted extensive coverage on all TV channels, REE 24horas and Internacional, TeleSur, Iran and Russia Spanish, all French, Belgium, Rai, and BBC TV, also German public broadcaster ARD and Phoenix, as well as German private news channels too. Chávez prickled the Yankees supremacy in Latin America in past years a lot, was the most mentioned comment here in Europe. Did you see the new 'white coloured' poles on Calabozo site already in GE, BING Maps? Unfortunately older G.E. version points automatically to images taken on 15 March 2009, but when I use G.E. timeline control manually instead, no problem, I take/click to the latest image of 14 March 2012 then. 08 53'13.87"N 67 21'46.44"W http://binged.it/WJmQYJ Look to image metadata http://mvexel.dev.openstreetmap.org/bing/ and put in the GC 08 53'13.87"N 67 21'46.44"W into "Find" screen field on the upper right corner. Please zoom into Calabozo tx site area of interest until it says "1 more", of March 2012. Unfortunately "no more" is covered by an annoying RED COLOUR dimm. Now Calabozo site looks like a copy of Cuban Quivicán San Felipe transmitter installation, which will contain probably 7 to 9 dipole curtain arrays, 2 x NVIS Near Vertical Incidence Skywave antenna - steep angle of 60 meterband installation on the northwestern side, and probably a non-directional log-periodic antenna for nearby closer targets in 49 band, close to the TX house. Announcement of May 14, 2008. http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/radio-nacional-de-venezuela-plans-to-open-own-shortwave-station-within-18-months Erection work takes very slow speed; now nearly five years have gone. I guess the Chinese firm BBEF Beijing has no problem to deliver the "Made in China" transmitter units as quickly as possible. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VENEZUELA. Hi Glenn, With Chávez's death, I was asked by my editors at El País to write a personal account for one of the newspaper's blogs about my experiences during the 1992 coup at Radio Nacional de Venezuela. I wrote a complete account way back in Monitoring Times (Vol. 11, no. 8, Aug. 1992) but this the only one online. Marty Delfín, Madrid, Spain http://blogs.elpais.com/trans-iberian/2013/03/ch%C3%A1vezs-debut.html Chávez's debut The Monday night of February 3, 1992, I was coming home after having dinner and drinks with a few colleagues from The Daily Journal, the now-defunct English-language newspaper in Caracas, Venezuela where I worked for six years. It was a typical weekday late evening in the Venezuelan capital with so many noisy mini buses ferrying workers home across the city while popular merengue tunes blared from their drivers’ radios. We lived just on the edge of downtown, not far from the suburbs, but a reasonably close distance from the center where the newspaper’s offices were located. The Daily Journal, considered Latin America’s oldest English language daily, was widely respected across Venezuela because of its nonpartisan stance. I had two jobs at the time. In the early mornings, I produced a daily 15-minute English program on Radio Nacional de Venezuela that was broadcast across the globe on shortwave, so weeknights meant getting to bed as early as possible. As I was heading home on the por puesto, as the micro buses are known, I noticed a lot of police and military vehicles headed the opposite way toward the center of town. When I got home I fell asleep but a few hours later a startling rap on the front door suddenly woke me. Golpe de estado, my stunned elderly neighbor announced. I switched on television to see the images around Miraflores presidential palace surrounded by tanks and young soldiers - many looking scared - brandishing their automatic weapons in menacing gestures. No one knew where President Carlos Andrés Pérez was. For months, there had been rumors about discontent within the military because of the deteriorating economy, bleak social conditions and rampant public corruption. But repeating rumors in Venezuela was, and continues to be, a national pastime. Who was behind the coup was the $64,000 question; not even the television newscasters, who fortunate enough were left unbothered to continue to do their jobs and provide excellent on-the-scene coverage, knew exactly what was happening. I phoned my co-workers at the radio station and newspaper and we decided to sit tight for the time being. Still, my concern was getting the news out to the world on the shortwave bands and in English. It would take a few more years before the “super information highway,” now known as the internet, would become a household outlet to the world but back then a country’s national radio was the prime source of official news and regularly monitored by the BBC, VOA, RFI and other major broadcasters. Our station wasn’t a powerhouse, but at 50 kilowatts it could still be easily picked up across Europe and North America. Needless to say, there was no more bed rest for the entire evening or the day that followed. Fighter jets roared over our neighborhood at seemingly random intervals while distant gunfire added to the haunting ambiance that permeated across the city. State-run television station Venezolana de Televisión, channel 8, had been taken over by rebel troops but they didn’t know how to work the controls to get their message on the air. From Zulia state, the identity of one rebel finally emerged. Lt. Col. Francisco Arias Cárdenas of the self- proclaimed Bolivarian 200 Revolutionary Movement had full control of Maracaibo, Venezuela’s second largest city and the country’s petroleum producing hub. It was only a matter of time before Caracas fell. But at 3.30 am, a weary and worried President Pérez, standing alongside the Venezuelan flag before a black curtain backdrop, finally came on air on the private Venevisión television network demanding that all the rebels retreat to their barracks while assuring loyalists that the situation under control. It was later learned he barely escaped with his life running through the underground tunnels of Miraflores Palace. At daybreak, I decided to head off to the station. For a normally bustling Latin American capital, Caracas was dead silent. The streets were empty so it was easy to get to Radio Nacional’s studios without any problem. The rebels never took over the radio station, which was heavily guarded. My French- and Haitian Creole-speaking colleagues and I went straight to work to prepare our respective broadcasts. By 7 am we were on the air and managed to get out nine transmissions at each half hour in four languages. Shortly before noon, when I knew it was near time to get back out on the streets and head on over to The Daily Journal’s offices, all television stations went to a live nationwide broadcast in which it was announced that the leader of the coup had finally been captured and would address the nation. Heavily escorted, the young and serious-looking soldier wearing a red beret, the stamp of a Venezuelan paratrooper, was paraded in front of clicking cameras inside a paneled conference room. He was identified as Lt. Col. Hugo Chávez Frías. In his brief remarks, he thanked those who supported him and asked his rebel soldiers to lay down their weapons, but punctuated his call with the following message: “the cause is lost for now.” Along with the image of a bold, assured man who seemed unconcerned that he would probably spend the rest of his life in prison, that phrase resonated with Venezuelans for the years to come. By the time it was over, at around 5 pm on February 4, 133 officers and 956 soldiers had been arrested for taking part in the coup. He hadn’t been defeated. After another coup attempt that following November led by his supporters and a disgraced exit by Pérez, who was ousted from the presidency for misusing a secret national security fund, Chávez, pardoned by President Rafael Caldera, found that his time finally came when Venezuelans swept him into office in 1998. Fifteen years later, el comandante, who died at age 58, has left behind an uncertain future and a country as bitterly divided as it was in 1992 (Marty Delfín, Madrid, March 7, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VIETNAM [and non]. TAIWAN, 11604.849, At 0016 UT RFA Vietnamese via Tanshui Taiwan site, and Vietnamese SIREN jamming co-channel. Maybe at 2100 UT parked China mainland jamming transmitter against RTI Taiwan earlier the day? 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, March 1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** YEMEN. Observed 23-27 February in Arabic as follows: S/on 0500–0800 s/off on 6135 (9780 covered by DRM noise [SPAIN]); 1300-1500 s/off on 6135 and // ! 9780 (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria, written on March 3, 2013, Rx: Sony ICF2001D. Ant: Folded Marconi 16 meters long own made, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ZIMBABWE. SHORT WAVE RADIO BAN TRIGGERS UPROAR Another perspective regarding the shortwave issues in Zimbabwe: http://allafrica.com/stories/201302281152.html (Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA USA, Feb 28, NASWA yg via DXLD) Todays Times newspaper reports short-wave radios are being seized by the regime in Harare. The Times article is behind a paywall but their sister newspaper The Australian reprints the story in full at http://tinyurl.com/ShortWaveRadioBan (Trevor M5AKA, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) An Al Jazeera report on the Zimbabwe police seizing shortwave radios is now on YouTube, the radios shown are Eton FR 160's. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMjHe5DRmeA (Mike Barraclough, March 7, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ZIMBABWE [and non]. Radio Dialogue raided in Zimbabwe JOINT STATEMENT ON THE RADIO DIALOGUE RAID, 4th March 2013 Radio Dialogue and the Zimbabwe Association of Community Radio Stations (ZACRAS) wish to make its stakeholders and the public aware of the developments regarding the raiding of Radio Dialogue on Friday the 1st of March 2013. Around 10am on the said day, ten ZRP officers from Hillside police station pounced at a Radio Dialogue property located at No. 45 Moffat Ave in Hillside. Upon arrival at the Radio Dialogue property, the police barricaded the road that leads into the referred property and locked some people outside including staff members, with women who were selling their wares along Moffat Ave forced to disperse. The police produced a search warrant and went into the house. Some of the officers were left to stand guard at the gate which they kept locked. The search warrant was in the name of the Radio Dialogue Editor, Zenzele Ndebele, who was suspected to be in possession of 45 solar powered radio sets. The warrant mentioned that Zenzele Ndebele was in possession of ‘smuggled illegal goods.’ Following their search, the officers took with them a total of 180 radio sets to Hillside Police Station together with Zenzele Ndebele, under the pretext that they wanted him to sign for the radios. On arrival at the police station, Ndebele was interrogated by officers suspected to be from the CIO department .The officers proceeded to interrogate Ndebele and wanted to know the source of the radios and why they were being distributed to different communities. After the interrogation, Ndebele was taken to Bulawayo Central Police Station for further interrogation at the Law and Order Section. During the interrogation, the Law and Order Officers wanted to know where the radios came from and why they were being distributed. Upon completion of the interrogation, the police added an additional charge to that on the warrant. They added a charge of possession of radios without a listener’s licence. The intensive interrogation lasted seven hours, and at 5pm Zenzele Ndebele was released into the custody of his legal representative, Kucaca Phulu, until he appears in court. Noting the charges levelled against Radio Dialogue through their representative Zenzele Ndebele, a docket was opened and a subsequent court case was scheduled for Monday, the 4th of March 2013 in Bulawayo. Ndebele has since reported to the police station and the case has been moved to tomorrow, 5 March 2013. Both ZACRAS and Radio Dialogue condemn the action by the Zimbabwe Republic Police. We call upon the Inclusive Government to draw reason from Article 19 of the Global Political Agreement (GPA) which clearly provides for freedom of expression and access to information for citizens including the establishment of new media organisations, community radio stations included. We believe this move by the Inclusive Government is meant to suffocate the free flow of information as the country moves towards critical periods of the Constitutional Referendum and General Elections. Our view is that it is important for citizens to have free access to information and be able to freely express themselves in order for them to make informed decisions during this critical period and beyond. We call upon all progressive Zimbabweans and in solidarity with Radio Dialogue, to castigate actions by those that are against the promotion of access to information and free expression. We call upon the Inclusive Government, through the co-ministers of the Home Affairs Ministry to stop the systematic crackdown on progressive forces in Zimbabwe. Radio is a powerful tool for enhancing the active participation of citizens. If this Government is not prepared to make an intervention, we will, as Zimbabwean citizens, continue to feel oppressed by our own Government. Peter Zwidekalanga Khumalo Chairperson (Radio Dialogue) Phone: + 263 772 350 443 Gift Mambipiri Chairperson (ZACRAS) Phone: + 263 772 717 994 (via Alokesh Gupta, March 4, DXLD) So should be interesting listening at 16-17 UT on 12105 if still on the air via Madagascar, and WTWW off or surpassed (gh, DXLD) 12105, March 7 at 1559, weak open carrier, starting broadcast just before 1600, mostly drumming for the first minute, presumably Radio Dialogue, clandestine hour via MADAGASCAR; and tnx to the absence of WTWW from 12105, whose schedule is sporadic, even more so due to transmitter problems. It might have been interesting to listen to this with decent reception, as R. Dialogue was raided on March 1. Here`s one report about it via Alokesh Gupta: http://alokeshgupta.blogspot.com/2013/03/radio-dialogue-raided.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 880, March 3 at 1314 UT, spirited discussion in Spanish, mentions mujeres, ``cien metros`` a couple times, so maybe about women`s track & field? In tight null of KRVN N/S. No KLRG now which often occupies that null, from AR to the east. Previously had XEV Chihuahua city which is a R. Fórmula news/talker, best bet, but also XETC ``Kiuu`` == Q as pronounced in English, Torreón, Coahuila. Sports talk is format for XEAAA Guadalajara, Ultra per IRCA Log, but doubt it`s that at this hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 1179, Feb 27 at 0540, very weak JBA carrier detectable hetting Omaha, loops NW/SE, so presumably another Cuban variant in the R. Rebelde jamming network, rather than Europe, despite: 1521, Feb 27 at 0542, NE/SW het upon KOKC OKC, rather late for the Saudi behemoth, but maybe a bit of the 2 megawatts are still making it thru. BTW, KOKC has a better night signal lately, probably fixed their antenna and/or the Minnesotan 1520 has quit cheating (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Strong signals from Spain were reported at the same time as your 1179 and 1521 receptions. Jim Renfrew in upstate New York reported to IDXD that Spain was received on 1521 with no problem getting by 1520 WWKB, FEB 27 0513 UTC. So it's likely that your hets were also from Spain. -- (Bruce Conti, NH, NRC IDXD ed., DX LISTENING DIGSET) Tnx, on 1521. I see 1521 Spain is only 5 kW. But weren`t there some other reports of 1179 coming from LA rather than TA, as my DF seemed to indicate for it? (Glenn to Bruce, via DXLD) I haven't noticed a Cuban on 1179 kHz, but I'll keep a lookout. With 1521 Spain blowing by 1520 WWKB in New York, and a number of other signals from Spain noted in the same timeframe, I would place my bet on Canaries/Spain for 1179 that night (Bruce Conti, ibid.) 1179, March 3 at 0712 UT, off-frequency making a het against 1180s. Again I check the nulls and conclude it`s from the NW/SE, not the NE/SW. My previous log of this happened to be when Spain was inbooming to New York on 1179, NRC`s Bruce Conti says, and he thought I was getting it too, along with 1521 from Spain, not Saudi Arabia. But my 1179 is definitely not from Europe`s direxion, and most likely one of the multiple Rebelde Cubans straying (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 1490, March 6 at 1352 UT in Guthrie null, dominant station in the graveyard QRM mentions looking forward to covering Wildcats softball, then C&W music. Would you believe Googling on ``wildcats softball`` gets 2,960,000 hits? Far too many teams of that name, tho I might be able to sift out likely close ones with a lot more time put into this; not gonna do it. Except adding Topeka to the search brings up *two* Wildcat teams there (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Assuming a HS team, http://maxpreps.com is a great site to help you track this down. KTOP 1490 was ESPN when I've heard them a few times this season. I read that they've switched to CBS sports. 73 KAZ near Chicago (Neil Kazaross, ABDX via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 1560, 0038 February 28, 2013 (2038L February 27). Someone under KGOW, Bellaire, TX (Yahoo! Sports Radio – and are they not slightly off-frequency on the high side?) with mostly instrumental covers of songs by Simon & Garfunkel, ABBA, etc. Eventually mostly lost. Also, the unidentified Mexican-themed (mostly) instrumentals station fading in. And, no trace of the NBC Sports Radio station being reported to me on this channel from a reliable source in Florida. Interesting channel, but messy (Terry L. Krueger, Clearwater, Florida, USA, JRC NRD-535; ICOM IC-R75; Hammarlund HQ-180A; Sony ICF-7600GR; Sangean PR-D5; Aqua Guide 705 RDF Marine Radio; GE Superadio III; JPS NF-60 Notch Filter; JPS ANC-4 Noise Phase; 1 X roof dipole; 1 X room random wire; Terk Advantage non-active portable loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 3250, March 7 at 0631-0639+, carrier centered here with constant tone, plus a wide variety of tone sweeps up and down, on and off, spreading out to 3240-3255 or so, apparently multiple carriers which also heterodyne each other. Recheck at 0649 it`s all gone. I had just heard that HAARP had been testing again from Alaska, so this came to mind as a possible source, like something heard months ago below 3 MHz. Can someone identify it? Sample: http://www.w4uvh.net/3250tones.rm (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Apparently not HAARP; see AK UNIDENTIFIED. 4770-4780 approx., at 0033 March 4, huge TADIL-A bonker I had not noticed before, now totally blocking R. Tarma, 4775 and anything else around; weaker bonker is still ranging 4866-4872 or so (Glenn Hauser, OK, during another power outage, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 4835 & 4835+, March 2 at 0056, with BFO I am still hearing two JBA carriers on slightly different frequencies, presumably Sikkim on the lo side and Ondas del Suroriente, Perú on the hi side. Just before WWCR blasts on 4840. Otherwise, central Asian grayline propagation on 60m around 0100 is steadily diminishing (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 4974.68, Unid, 2340 to 0000 too weak to identify language, mixing with 4974.92, on 27 Feb (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D -Icom 746Pro - Drake R8 - Drake R7, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4974.92, Unid, 2340 to 0000 weak and mixing with second station 4974.68, usb to avoid, weak 27 Feb. 4975, 0435 to 0450, used LSB to avoid Uganda, music but poor/fair signal on 1 March (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D -Icom 746Pro - Drake R8 - Drake R7, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 6250, 1252, time pips every second, no corresponding announcements but there was some possible music in the background. Only thing listed is Echo of Unification in North Korea. Very poor Mar 2 (Harold Sellers, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Harold, methinks you may have heard the Japanese slot Machine which is roughly every second and is co-channel with the North Korean broadcaster which is //6400. North Korea used to be a powerhouse signal on 6250.5 but has weakened considerably and is often not on-air and the only way to hear it was on LSB as it was consistenly wiped out by the Japanese Self Defense Forces aka as the Slot machine. I also think they acquired new senders as it shifted down back on 6250. (Robin VK7RH Harwood, Tasmania, ibid.) UNIDENTIFIED. 6950, March 7 at 0105, weak AM signal with music is fading in and out, presumed pirate rather than 5 x my local ESPN 1390 KCRC, which has been known to audiblize itself here as a spoiler (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. Spoiler: at the end of this long thread, it appears the Twente SDR has been exhibiting signals which aren`t really there (gh) Glenn, às 1810 eu sintonizei uma emissora em 7680 em idioma que me pareceu o russo no SDR em Twente e também em outro SDR na Rússia, mas com um sinal menor. Eu estou te enviando uma curta gravação. Não achei referência nas listas e em pesquisa para esta frequência. 73 (Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana, Bahia, 12 14´S 38 58´W - Brasil, 1848 UT March 3, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Glenn, É a CRI que também teve um sinal em 8750 em francês. O mesmo sinal foi ouvido em um SDR na França, portanto seria um sinal imagem dos SDRs? Segue em anexo o áudio do SDR na França, o de Twente o sinal era bem melhor. 73 (Jorge Freitas, 2007 UT, ibid.) Glenn, Essa é a Rádio Belarus, eles possuem uma característica de um curto jingle musical entre as manchetes do noticiário, tal como eu ouvi no SDR. 73 (Jorge Freitas, 2028 UT, ibid.) UNIDENTIFIED. There is an UNID on 7929.7 approx with music which sounds Middle Eastern. 7929.7 0525 AM barely approx s 6-8 with QSB. Heard from University of Twente websdr but unclear whether others are hearing it as websdr has been playing up over weekend following power outage. Very unusual frequency choice (Robin L. Harwood VK7RH, Norwood TAS 7250, 0529 UT March 3, ibid.) Maybe 2 x 3965v, Kurdistan cland? (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) Yes, is exact the harmonic of 3964-3965 kHz. According to AOKI Nagoya list also afternoon service at 1200-1330 UT. And second different 4874.978 transmission too, harmonic of = 9749.956 kHz at 1200-1430 UT. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) The carrier level is dropping quickly at the Holland site and the music sounds suspiciously Kurdish. At 0540 it sounds like a Koran chant. Then afetr a minute or two back to flute music but with same Koranic chant and signal picking up again (Robin VK7RH Harwood, Norwood Tasmania 7250, ibid,) Glenn, if it is 2 X 3965, I'm not surprised as there is a wideband DRM noise on that channel whether intentional jamming or from 3955 (Robin VK7RH ibid.) The station on 7929.75 is Denge Kurdistan, ID at 0805 // 11510 (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, ibid.) Denge Kudistan in Kurdish on strange 7929.75 // 11510 at 0910 UT on March 3 And WEWN in English also on strange 7919.75 // 11520 at 0915 UT on March 3 -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, ibid.) Ivo, are you or is anyone hearing either of these on their own receiver, or just from SDR Twente? I suspect they are internal to that SD receiver, somehow. some kind of imaging (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) Weak signal in Sofia only on 7929.7 (Ivo, ibid.) No sign of Denge Kurdistan or any other Kurdish clandestines on 7930+- on March 4th so it clearly must have been associated with problems with the websdr yesterday although Ivo did hear a weak signal presumably on his own receivers (Robin VK7RH, Norwood, Tasmania 7250, ibid.) RE UNID 7929, etc: Re: Spurious radiation on 21169.5 and 21317 kHz. "... Avec les SDR que nous avons, le plus agreable a utiliser reste le Perseus, (!!) c'est mon prefere, mais attention a l'intermodulation avec antenne logper! Attenuation 20 a 30 dB necessaire...."! "With SDRs that we have, the most pleasant to use is the Perseus (!). Is my favorite, but attention, intermodulation with log periodic antenna! 20 to 30 dB attenuation required .... "! Stimmt, habe ich auch schon bemerkt. An unserer Logper habe ich fix 3 dB drin, 6, 10 oder gar 20dB dB sind in den Nachtstunden oft zusaetzlich zuzuschalten. Wenn die Summenspannung einer Breitbandantenne zu gross wird, ist Intermodulation kaum zu vermeiden. Will man das eliminieren, helfen wohl nur scharfe Bandpassfilter, wie man sie heute kaum noch (bezahlbar) bekommt, wie z.B. von Braun. Es gibt auf fast allen Perseusen lokale Stoersignale. Mit Brisbane hatte ich schon Kontakt. Dort brummt ein benachbartes Plasma TV-Geraet herein. Die tatsaechliche Struktur der lokalen Intruder zeigt sich erst bei hoeherer Aufloesung, z.B. im Wavecom Sonagramm (73 de Wolf Hadel-D DK2OM, Feb 21, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews 5 March via DXLD) The receiver in Twente is doing a lot of weird stuff today. They had a multi-hour power outage last night & have had all kinds of problems since then with broadcast bands turning up in unexplained places. I would not trust any oddity that was heard on Twente in the last 24 hours (Dave Hughes, March 2, dxldyg via DXLD UNIDENTIFIED. 9250-9275, March 4 at 1253, weak CODAR I had not noticed in this range before; from overseas? Of course; I mean surrounding some other continent? Seems CODAR has it in for WINB frequencies, but 9265 is on air this early Sundays only, while 13570 combats CODAR most of the time. Or rather, WINB doesn`t realize it should avoid CODAR bands (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 9723.5-USB, March 1 at 1440, very weak 2-way colloquial Spanish, lethargic QSO, just woke up or high? Mentioned generadores at one point so probably poacher or narco aboardship, in any event INTRUDERS in the SWBC band, but no het, nothing on 9725 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 9898 approx., March 4 at 0037, some ute blob is cutting on and off the air. This bodes ill for the new frequency of WTWW-2, 9895, which has not yet been heard in the daytime, nor 5085 tonight (Glenn Hauser, OK, during another power outage, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. Hello everyone, While tuning the 19 meter band, came across a sort of jamming that sounds like a siren on 15170. It's not very strong but very easy to hear at 2350 UT on March 5th 2013. I'll post a little video of it on youtube later on for those who can`t hear it. Anyone knows where it might come from? 73 (Gilles Letourneau, Montreal, Canada, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Radio Free Asia in Vietnamese from Tinian Island. 2330-0030 250 kW. The siren jamming is coming from Vietnam (Georgi Bancov, Bulgaria, ibid.) Siren = Vietnam, remember that (gh) UNIDENTIFIED. 15867, March 5 at 1451 very distorted blob in talk, with squealing, no specific carrier but centered here and audible out to 15850-15877. Trying to ID language, maybe SE Asian. Cuts off at 1459.5* so seemingly a professional site despite this little problem, (uncovering much weaker Firedrake for another semiminute on 15870). I search the 15 MHz band in Aoki on -1500 closings, and find a few possible sources: 15285 GFA Hindi, Trinco, Sri Lanka 15310 RFA Vietnamese, Tinian 15515 Aap ki Dunya, Iranawila, Sri Lanka 15640 DW Urdu via Singapore 15660 KSDA Burmese Or could this too be V. of Tibet, ex-9511v, ex-7414v? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See INDIA for 9511v UNIDENTIFIED. 19330, March 5 at 1455, lite Cuban-type pulse jamming as I was scanning for Firedrake, typical of an harmonic, except this does not correspond to any known jammer fundamental such as 9665. A slim possibility: maybe one of the pileup sites on 15330 mispunched? Otherwise just a stray (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS ++++++++++++++++++++++++ Thanks for all your wonderful work for S W Listening. I live in North of Scotland, 57.37N and use a JRC NRD 525. Been listening to Radios since 1937 and SW on a 1 valve since 1950. My problem at present is trying to work out if it is RFA from N. Marianas or CRI covering it (Donald J C Cameron, DX LISTENING DIGEST) CONTRIBUTIONS are always needed, US funds check or MO in the P-mail to World of Radio, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702, or by Pay Pal, not necessarily US funds, to woradio at yahoo.com Tnx (Glenn) PUBLICATIONS ++++++++++++ QSL GALLERY ---> The large collection of QSL cards on Les Nouvelles DX's web site has been updated. Fourteen different galleries include more than 10,600 cards for the ten Most Wanted DXCC Entities (2004- 12), the 61 deleted DXCC Entities, obsolete prefixes, stations from Magrebh from 1945 to 1962, Allied Forces stations in Germany (1946- 69), Antarctic bases & TAAF (Terres Australes and Antarctiques Francaises), the various French DXCC island Entities in the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean and the Americas (from 1945 to 1970), pre-1945 countries, French Departments and CONUS, plus a gallery for cards not accepted by DXCC. Your participation is encouraged - please visit http://www.LesNouvellesdx.fr and send your comments to lesnouvellesdx[ @]free.fr [TNX F6AJA] (02 March 2013 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 1139 via *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ******* DX INFORMATION **** Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH, Direttore Responsabile I2VGW, via Dave Raycroft, ODXA yg via DXLD) MUSEA +++++ EMPIRE OF NOISE – DOCUMENTRY ON JAMMING JAMMING - IMPERIO DEL RUIDO ¿Quiénes no hemos sufrído la interferencia radial? Es un documental de unos 50 minutos en Inglés, que espero puedan disfrutar. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXV4nTfGHuI [with subtitles in Lithuanian, if that helps] (via Oscar de Céspedes, condiglista yg via DXLD) RADIO HERITAGE ADVISORY GROUP VACANCIES Radio Heritage Foundation http://www.radioheritage.com March 3 2013 Radio Heritage Regional Advisory Group [3] ***Vacancy** * If you're interested in global radio, here's a great opportunity to join the all volunteer team at the Radio Heritage Foundation for a short project starting April 1 2013. We're looking for people to help us expand our website content and able to join any of the THREE following groups: Africa, Canada, Caribbean Each group needs 3 to 4 people who know something about radio in that region, or have a connection or interest with the area, or live there. For full details visit http://www.radioheritage.com and email us if you're interested. 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The Co-operative Global Radio Memories Project http://www.radioheritage.com (David Ricquish, RHF, DX LISTENING DIGEST) CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES +++++++++++++++++++++++++ WINTER SWL FESTIVAL Hi Glenn! Vacation time again, and as always the Fest was a lot of fun. However, the economy has taken its toll on our little get- together. I think Rich Cuff said the attendance this year was only around 100. Oh well, it still looked as though everyone was having a good time. J.K.D.I. (Pete Bentley, postcard 3 March, typed by gh for DX LISTENING DIGEST) FRIDAY AT THE 2013 WINTER SWL FESTIVAL Yesterday was a busy day in Plymouth Meeting. Dave Turnick and I arrived around 9:00 AM in plenty of time to catch Ed Mauger's opening presentation about his radio and radio-related collection activities. Ed had a nice pile of stuff that he has collected a jaw dropping prices. The morning rolled on with Larry Will of WBCQ giving a sampling of the station' s history and some of its archived material. A bunch of us grabbed sandwiches at a difficult to get to shop across the busy street, However, the food was good. The afternoon featured Mario Filippi talking about DX'ing with a dish. It is amazing how much is available in this free to air form. Mario showed us many screen shots of various stations scattered around the world. The Scanner Scrum lead the next forum with Tom Swisher, Uncle Skip Arey and Mark Meece discussing scanner antennas, batteries and computers. Dinner is always "on your own" so another group of us found a nice place for sinner in the nearly abandoned mall across another street (everything is "across the street" ). The evening featured two more forums. Uncle Skip was back with low powered DXing teaching us about using low power, low cost way to experiment with HF DXing. The evening ended with David Goren and the Shortwave Shindig. Saul Broudy sang a couple of songs and Martin Peck played a bunch of interval signals bringing back many great memories. Another busy day scheduled for today; off to breakfast. 73, (Rich D`Angelo, PA, March 2, NASWA yg via DXLD) Saturday at the 2013 Winter SWL Festival After breakfast it was time for the first session of the day with Dave Marthouse providing information on how to monitor the various orbiting satellites throughout the frequency spectrum. The silent auction opened with an unusual amount of interesting stuff magically appearing. The morning rounded out with Kim Andrew Elliott and Thomas Weitherspoon covering digital text via shortwave. Lunch was an excellent buffet which filled up the crowd. After lunch Sheldon Harvey reflected on those that have departed from our midst over the past year. The afternoon featured Jeff Eichner continuing last year's loop antenna session with new information and experiment updates. This was followed by the annual pirate forum hosted by George Zeller and a distinguished group of panelists. The silent auction ended with over $300 raised for various causes. The afternoon closed with the 3rd annual FEST Goes to the Movies session. Dinner was good. I presented the annual member of the year award named after Bill Eddings to Dan Ferguson. Kim Andew Elliott providing some interesting after dinner remarks. The Grand Prize Raffle featured George Zeller ably assisted by Rich Cuff and John Figliozzi handing out a lot of interesting stuff for the tickets they purchased from Maryanne Kehoe and Gary Neal. That pretty much closed down the formal action with people retreating off to various places for more conversations. See everyone on February 28 and March 1 in 2014 for the 27th annual Winter SWL Festival. 73, (Rich D`Angelo, NASWA yg via DXLD) LANGUAGE LESSONS ++++++++++++++++ PORTUGUESE IMPRECISE? Glenn, As for "very precise orthography", well, hum, I wouldn't say our language is that precise, really. I am no expert, but I feel one needs not being one to grasp this. To be frank, I think we should use more accent marks so as to adequately write words that "look" the same while having completely different meanings and pronounced accordingly, e.g. "sede" thirst vs. "sede" seat (he place where something is located or based). I am sure you know how to pronounce the first -e- in either word. This is nothing but a tiny, tiny example of how accent marks could be handy but for some reason, linguistics chose not to use them in a wide variety of situations. ________________________ In fact, the grave accent mark was dropped (1971) in adverbs with the -mente ending, e.g. adjective favorável vs. adverb favoràvelmente, and the "trema", diaeresis, was used for a while some time in the 20th century to adequately separate vowels, e.g. conseqüente. In fact, ¨ was only used on letter u. As far as I'm concerned, I still use the grave accent mark on the above case, and as for the new orthography, well, I don't even want to talk about it. Best regards, (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, DX LISTENING DIGEST) DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DRM See AUSTRALIA; ETHIOPIA; GUIANA FRENCH; ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ NEW ZEALAND; NIGERIA; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; RUSSIA; SPAIN; USA; VATICAN; YEMEN; UNID; RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM +++++++++++++++++++++ RETRO REVIEW: JRC NRD 545 === By Craig Seager Few receivers of the modern era have polarised opinion more than Japan Radio Company’s NRD 545. People tend to either love it or hate it, and those in the latter group would consider that the receiver is the most expensive electronic disappointment they are ever likely to buy. Indeed, the writer had a couple of nights with one of these soon after release in Australia (1999) in preparation for a review published in Radio & Communications magazine. Whilst I was in awe of the technology and build quality, there were some aspects that would have restrained me from parting with the requisite AUD $3499 RRP, had such an amount been available for discretionary hobby spend. With the effluxion of time, I thought it would be interesting to see if my views are any different 14 years later, and happily an example recently came across my desk, courtesy of a radio collecting friend. Founded at the end of 1915, JRC has been a respected manufacturer of not only general coverage communications equipment, but also transmitting, maritime, navigation and satellite equipment. It employs over 3,000 people, and its development milestones are proudly displayed on the company’s website: http://www.jrc.co.jp/eng/company/html/history.html Some of JRC`s professional general coverage receivers are to die for, but rarely come up for sale. Most of us, however, will be familiar with the solid state semiprofessional sets, starting with 1977’s NRD- 505, a limited production run receiver that has become very collectible. More common are the user-friendly NRD-515 (1979), NRD-525 (1986), and NRD-535 (1991). The “D” variant of the last model is still considered by many to be the jewel in the crown. Each in the series is well respected for fundamental performance, and leveraging the developments in technology that have appeared along the way. MTBF is high, and construction is generally robust. There is a common thread, however, and many folk don’t like the audio quality offered by the JRC sets. Filtering configuration, and in some cases, speaker positioning mean that these are strictly for the serious hobbyist. Casual listeners should probably look elsewhere for their entertainment vehicle. Additionally, features can also equal complexity, and there is probably not a lot of point paying for bells and whistles one doesn’t intend using. The “wow factor” feature of the NRD-545 was the introduction of digital IF filtering and signal processing, which set this receiver apart from its opposition at the time. If the standard IF filters are not enough (2.4 kHz SSB/CW/RTTY, 4.5 kHz AM), there is an ability to choose almost infinite bandwidths from 10 Hz to 9.99 kHz via a continuously adjustable rotary control, courtesy of DSP methodologies. Also, 2 noise blankers are available, a variable notch, variable AGC attack time, and no less than 1000 memories that hold key parameters in addition to frequency. Available modes are AM, LSB, USB, CW, RTTY, FM and WFM, and there is a very handy passband shift that can be used to further minimise adjacent channel QRM. All settings, and frequency/clock, signal strength are shown on a very attractive multi-coloured LCD screen. Keypad entry, and up/down buttons combine with a quite large rotary encoder knob. The 545 has a 20dB attenuator, but oddly, no preamp function. In reality this isn’t really necessary, as JRC tends to be conservative when quoting sensitivity specifications; however there are times when you do need that little bit of an edge on threshold signals. Scanning functions are also present, as is ECSS and a better than average synchronous detector. So what is not to like, I hear you asking? Well again, it’s that old JRC bugbear, audio. Some may find it a little fatiguing, particularly after long periods at the dials, and the top-firing speaker certainly doesn’t help. To be honest, I reckon I could get used to it pretty easily, and it one could say it is quite OK using the wider filters. When DSP functions are switched in, however, it has that distinctive digital over-processed sound that sounds like the audio is coming from under the water. But DSP is what differentiates the 545 from the competition, and one can forgive small imperfections when using such a fine receiver. I have read somewhere that there are also different firmware releases that address the audio issue somewhat. Under the hood, the cabinet is pretty empty; a couple of PC-style boards that slot into a common bus, but plenty of fresh air unless options are fitted. These include the CGD-197 TCXO for increased frequency stability (hardly needed, I should think) and the CHE-199 wideband converter. Note that SSB is not available above 30 MHz, a bit of a drawback for amateur band aficionados. It would also have been good to see IF output sockets, which may have proved useful for DRM decoding and other applications, but back in 1999 who would have thought that such things would ultimately appear on the horizon, even if only for a brief time! Thanks to Bruce for the loan of the receiver (Craig Seager, March Australian DX News via DXLD) REVITALIZING THE AM BAND There are a few things the FCC could do right now to help revitalize the AM band. #1 - Outlaw IBOC. If anything generates long-range interference in the AM band especially at night, I can't think of anything much worse than the constant hiss and roaring noise of IBOC cluttering up adjacent channels at night. #2 - Digital has no place on the AM band, period. #3 - Encourage broadcasters to bring back C-QuAM AM Stereo #4 - Require +/- .01 Hz frequency tolerance, easily obtainable with a GPS-locked timebase. Sub-audible heterodynes are a major degradation of the AM band night or day. Stations beating with each other a few Hz apart degrades station range and causes platform motion of C-QuAM AM Stereo. #5 - Require all switching-type power supplies and home appliances to meet certain standards to minimize radiated interference to AM radios. 73 - (Todd WD4NGG Roberts, ABDX via DXLD) #3A: Require any new receivers capable of receiving F.M. stereo to also receive A.M. stereo. That is a BIG part of it, and the FCC has a history of doing just this for UHF TV. Make all Radios meet Amax Standards, or if the FM section does not meet that spec, it should be equal to if not greater in Fidelity as the FM section. But that is only about 1/3 off the battle. The FCC needs to enforce Part 15. This goes DOUBLE for Power Line noise. But the BIG 1.3 is Programming. It has been shown time and again AM stations that have GOOD programming attract listeners, even in so- called "FM Markets". There is no limitation to the fidelity of AM radio. From a mathematical standpoint, AM does better in frequency response than FM. - Leonard Kahn [tagline] 73, (Kevin Raper, KJ4HYD, CE WCKI WQIZ WLTQ, IBID.) Re: AM REVITALIZATION STEPS INTO THE SPOTLIGHT Interesting article. It'd be nice if they could fix AM but I think that what would come of it would be, as usual, the fix that the NAB permits or wants rather than anything crafted with the public's desires for good radio in mind. Of course, that still won't cure the main problem which is that of lousy programming. (As radio aficionados we're often more in love with the medium than the message - kind of like vinyl collectors who dig the vinyl itself but don't really care what the pressing carries - our viewpoint is skewed.) I DX on AM, but I think that it's largely doomed unless the programming`s fixed. And even then it may be too late because listenable shows may make a comeback (due to the megacorps pulling out after they've killed the medium and their ability to maximize shareholder value on AM) and be there, but the people then seeking it may not be able to hear it because of the continuing rise of QRM. And that's where FM gets to eat even more of AM's lunch (Lee Reynolds, March 4, ibid.) Interference is an incredible problem on AM. Until the FCC hammers the piss out of offenders, its not even useful to do anything on the programming if you can't hear the stations (Kevin Redding, Crump, TN, ibid.) #6 - Require power companies to change out and/or replace insulators that are old or arc over - which wastes energy through radiation and arc-to-ground anyway. #7 - Require power companies to employ filters on power transformers that directly power switching power supplies (for powering water pump stations, oil derricks, light-rail trains, etc.) so the wideband buzz- saw type interference is not re-radiated by the power lines for miles. #8 - Require manufacturers of sodium vapor arc tubes to include a filter in the bulb such that when the bulb nears the end of it's life and begins "cycling" , the resulting interference is absorbed rather than propagated by the power lines every time the bulb goes out every 5 minutes. #9 - Require power companies to string power lines along levee roads rather than main highways where motorists listen to the radio - this also allows faster response and easier access to repair the lines and supports should the area flood after a major storm, allowing power to be restored days earlier. All available technological improvements for the method of delivering content won`t improve anything unless the content itself is improved. No improvement to the content of AM Radio programming = No change in the status quo. PERIOD (Darwin Long, Buras, LA, ibid.) 'GOOGLE MAPS' OF US TV WHITE SPACE SPECTRUM GOES LIVE http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/03/04/google_white_spaces/ Mountain view trials database now - before 16 Mbps devices are EVERYWHERE... By Bill Ray, Posted in Mobile, 4th March 2013 06:01 GMT Today is the day that Google opens up its database of US White Space spectrum, starting the mandatory 45-day trial in readiness to start giving away another thing everyone else is charging for. The trial is public, and ready to go live, and will map out which of the TV broadcast frequencies aren't being used in any specific location, and which are thus available for short-range devices to use, licence-free, under the FCC's White Space regulations. Eventually, superfast networks might use the spectrum, perhaps even Google itself will build a White Space network, but for the moment Google is merely one of several firms given permission to compile and test White Spaces databases by the FCC to keep the process fair. Spectrum Bridge and Telcordia completed their trials late last year and there are another 10 companies approved to run databases - including Microsoft - but Google is interesting because it's one of the biggest brands involved and has previously suggested that, unlike the competition, it won't charge for access to its data. Not that anyone is planning to charge the end users, but companies making White Space hardware will need to sign a deal with one of the 13 databases licensed by the FCC. When a White Space device is switched on, it checks its location and contacts the appropriate database to find a frequency in which it can operate, without knocking out local TV broadcasts or wireless microphone users (assuming the latter have registered with the FCC), but as all the databases get their information from the same source (the FCC) Google's future competition is working hard to justify their bills. Spectrum Bridge, for example, is pushing into the UK and elsewhere in the hope that international coverage will prove important to manufacturers who want to sell kit all over the place. It will also use feedback from the kit to improve the database, and try to help devices avoid each other too, making for better data than Google will be giving away. Not that Google has committed giving away the data, not yet, but the company is well placed to profit from knowing the location and usage of every White Space device, and when a single, central, database was mooted Google offered to run that for free. But the single master was rejected for a model which requires all the databases to talk to each other. This means wireless microphone users can register with any of the 13 and see their information replicated across the network, hopefully. That also forms part of the testing, which will last until 17 April at least (the FCC can ask for extended testing if anything goes awry). With two databases already running, Americans can use White Space kit today, but making the devices takes time so there aren't many deployments just yet. The licence-free technology can offer 16 Mbps connections with a range of 10km and a battery life of 14 years, though not all at the same time, so it should be seriously disruptive - which is why Google is so keen to be a part of it. ® (via Dick Pache, DXLD) PROPAGATION +++++++++++ KNAU ALERTS - SOLAR INTERFERENCE MAY AFFECT TRANSMISSION THIS WEEK Twice a year, NPR stations across the country must endure satellite solar interference as a result of the sun passing directly behind our NPR satellite. We are literally "blinded by the light" for a few moments and we can temporarily lose programming. The most critical time is 11:40 am Thursday but there may be occurences throughout the week. The areas most likely to experience brief programming interruptions are Prescott, Grand Canyon and Page. Please bear with us - thank you! (KNAU Flagstaff AZ mailing list March 4 via DXLD) These solar transit outages occur and peak at quite different times depending on the geometry of the station-to-satellite-to Sun. Each station should notify its listeners in advance like this, but few do. Also of course can wipe out cable and broadcast TV networks, unless countermeasures are taken, i.e. substitute satellites for the duration, but too much trouble? (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) HAARP Walt Knodle, W7VS sent an article about artificial ionosphere produced by the HAARP facility in Alaska with a 3.6 megawatt signal on 69 meters [roughly 4285-4348 kHz --- gh]. Note that they are only able to produce the effect for 45 seconds. Read about it at http://phys.org/news/2013-02-scientists-densest-artificial-ionospheric-plasma.html I think the Wikipedia page at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Frequency_Active_Auroral_Research_Program gives a pretty good overview of the HAARP project. Also the September 1996 issue of QST has a nice article by K3NS titled, "The High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program." ARRL members can find and download it from the ARRL website with a search at http://www.arrl.org/arrl-periodicals-archive-search (QST de W1AW, Propagation Forecast Bulletin 9 ARLP009, From Tad Cook, K7RA, Seattle, WA, March 1, 2013, To all radio amateurs via Dave Raycroft, VA3RJ, ODXA yg via DXLD) UNDERSTANDING PROPAGATION ON A MAP Every day, I use the wonderful maps at http://www.short-wave.info/index.php along with the txr-antenna-azimuth information that is given there. When it's a comparatively short and non-polar propagation path, I can easily see how a radio signal is getting to me. But when the signal goes over the poles, or otherwise off the basic rectangular (Mercator?) projection, I don't know how to follow the path back onto the map somewhere else. Does anyone have any suggestions for learning how to do this? (Philip Hiscock in Newfoundland, March 3, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) I use http://rotatingpenguin.com/globeview/index.html to determine how a given signal gets to me. Using the short-wave.info tx antenna azimuth numbers you can place the reticule at the TX site on the map(I use the azimuthal equidistant setting) & click on antenna bearing (Dave Hughes, KCMO, ibid.) Dave, that's really helpful -- thanks. I just tested it with Radio Australia's long-standing and reliable 9580 kHz signal and I see that I've been imagining a polar route for it when it's not polar at all! For thirty years, I've been listening to it in my mornings and hearing a fade pattern that (for what reason I don't know) I've assumed was typical of polar paths. But the signal appears instead to cut across the Pacific, northern continental USA and southern Canada to get to me! Thanks -- it's a tool I'll be using a lot (Philip Hiscock, ibid.) I find that a globe is the easiest way to understand propagation paths, also known as great circle paths. A great circle path displayed on most flat maps ( or on a computer screen) will appear as a curved line even though it's really a straight line. That's why geo clocks look odd, the daylight/darkness line appears to be bent but it's not. The flat map projection that shows great circle paths as a straight line is an 'azimuthal' projection, but it suffers from distortions of size and distance. So, a globe works best. Simply push a pin into a globe (at your location), attach a string to the pin and pull the string so that it makes the shortest path to the transmitter. That's the great circle. The reverse path from the short path is the long path. Most often the actual path will be a short path, regardless of the transmitter azimuth. The exceptions will usually be because of daylight/darkness considerations, not transmitter power. The transmitter azimuth has nothing to do with the azimuth to your home, it simply represents the direction of maximum radiation from the antenna array. If the transmitter azimuth happens to be in your direction it means you're getting more power aimed your way. If the transmitter is aimed some other direction, you're getting less power, sometimes a lot less. Curtain arrays might direct 50 or 100 times as much power in favored directions as in other directions. So, a 100 kw transmitter may actually aim several million watts in a favored direction but only a few thousand watts in other directions. As an example, Ascension Island aims to southern Africa using an azimuth of 114 , but the signal off the back of the antenna is what hits North America, with just a fraction of the power aimed at southern Africa. JL (Jerry Lenamon, Waco, ibid.) Jerry, Thanks for the clear outline of how stuff gets to me. Thirty- odd years ago, when I was a more serious dx-er than I can afford time to be today, I used to keep a small globe next to my radio for exactly that. I should try to get one today to replace it (Philip, ibid.) I agree a globe is the best way to go. But avoid damaging it by sticking pins in it. I am still using an old National Geographic 12- inch globe with geometer, i.e. a separate plastic cap with calibrations on it which can be positioned anywhere (since the globe is not mounted; sits in its own cradle), so one can easily see great circle long/short paths, measure distances, check azimuths. And I have a reserve globe packed away (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Okay, here's a fun tip from a grizzled DXing old-timer. Pick up a cheap, old globe at a flea market or a garage sale. Maybe will set you back $10 or so, so don't pay much more. Make sure though that it's made of that hardened cardboard composite material, not a plastic globe. It also should be one that revolves and is held at both poles by a springy, curving metal bar that connects to a stand. Okay, now here's where the fun starts: 1. Take the globe out of the metal stand by pulling the metal pegs away from the poles. Should be pretty easy to do this. 2. Drill a hole (large enough to tightly fit one of the peg ends of the springy metal holder) at your home QTH. Next, drill a hole at your antipodes (the point on the globe that is farthest away from your home location -- you can figure this out mathematically, using the latitude and longitude, or you can approximate it by hanging the globe from a string, suspended from your home QTH, and finding the bottom-most point . . . the antipodes). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antipodes 3. Remount the globe in these new holes, with your home QTH at the "north" pole and your antipode at the south. Now, you can instantly see the Great Circle Path to any other point on the globe -- the curving metal holder for the globe will indicate this for you. Have fun! (Ralph Perry, ibid.) Brilliant, Ralph (Philip Hiscock, ibid.) E-SKIP ON AM? Why not? The majority of MW skywave propagation is via the E-layer (signals at those frequencies generally can't penetrate the E-layer and make it to the F-layer, except for short-range paths on the high end of the band). But I think both of you are referring to the phenomenon known as sporadic-E (Es), where a densely-ionized cloud forms in the E-layer that can support skip up into the VHF region. I would not discount the possibility that such a cloud could also create enhanced propagation into a particular region at much lower frequencies, including the AM band. An Es "opening" there would be less dramatic than at VHF, since it would exist against a backdrop of normal E-layer skywave signals from other areas (Barry McLarnon, VE3JF, Ottawa, ON, ABDX via DXLD) SUNSPOT COUNT FOR FEBRUARY 2013 The average sunspot count for February was 38, indicating that we may be in the final decline for this cycle. The minimum between this cycle and the next should occur around 2017 or 2018, which will then be followed by two more similarly low sunspot cycles and then a third with almost no activity during a phase reversal. A chart displaying the measured sunspot activity since the early 17th century and my calculated prediction is available at: http://www.home.earthlink.net/~christrask/Solar%20Activity%201600-2100.pdf NASA has published an online article about this cycle, comparing the measured sunspot count with one of their better predictions: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2013/01mar_twinpeaks/ Seems they are now conceding that the expected second peak predicted for May will very likely not occur. I've been saying that for some time now. (Chris Trask, N7ZWY / WDX3HLB, http://www.home.earthlink.net/~christrask/ swl at qth.net via DXLD) Geomagnetic field activity was quiet for most of the week. However, on 28 Feb around 15-17 UTC, a corotating interaction region (CIR) and subsequent high speed solar wind stream (HSS) became geoeffective. Solar wind speed which had been in the mid 300 km/s range began rising and eventually peaked at 675 km/s early on 02 Mar. Bt rose to 18 nT by 01/0817 UTC while Bz ranged from +14 to -16 nT. The Phi angle shifted from a positive (away) orientation to a negative (towards) orientation. The magnetosphere responded with unsettled levels late on 28 Feb. Geomagnetic activity quickly climbed to active levels for most of 01 Mar, punctuated by one period of minor storm levels during the 09-12 UTC synoptic period. This response was no doubt exacerbated by the favorable orientation described by the Russel-McPherron effect. Solar wind speed declined abruptly between 02/11-15 UTC, dropping from about 590 to around 480 km/s, then began a slow decline back to around 400 km/s by the end of the week. After an active first period on 02 Mar, the remainder of the week saw quiet to unsettled activity levels. FORECAST OF SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY 04 MARCH - 30 MARCH 2013 Solar activity is expected to be very low to low with a slight chance for an isolated M-class event. The threat of an M-class flare is most probable between 11 and 23 Mar with the return of old Region 1675. No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to begin the period at high levels in response to the continued presence of a recurrent coronal hole high speed stream but decline to normal to moderate levels after 06 Mar. High levels are possible again in the last day of the forecast period with the return of a recurrent coronal hole high speed stream. Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be predominantly quiet to unsettled. Active periods are possible on 28 March with the return of a recurrent coronal hole high speed stream. :Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt :Issued: 2013 Mar 04 0206 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 2013-03-04 # # UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest # Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index 2013 Mar 04 110 10 3 2013 Mar 05 110 8 3 2013 Mar 06 105 8 3 2013 Mar 07 105 8 3 2013 Mar 08 105 8 3 2013 Mar 09 105 5 2 2013 Mar 10 100 5 2 2013 Mar 11 100 5 2 2013 Mar 12 100 8 3 2013 Mar 13 100 8 3 2013 Mar 14 100 5 2 2013 Mar 15 95 5 2 2013 Mar 16 95 5 2 2013 Mar 17 95 5 2 2013 Mar 18 100 5 2 2013 Mar 19 100 5 2 2013 Mar 20 100 5 2 2013 Mar 21 105 8 3 2013 Mar 22 105 5 2 2013 Mar 23 105 5 2 2013 Mar 24 105 5 2 2013 Mar 25 110 5 2 2013 Mar 26 110 5 2 2013 Mar 27 110 5 2 2013 Mar 28 110 18 4 2013 Mar 29 110 10 3 2013 Mar 30 110 5 2 (SWPC via WORLD OF RADIO 1659, DXLD) ###