DX LISTENING DIGEST 13-42, October 17, 2013
       Incorporating REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING
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WORLD OF RADIO 1691:
*DX and station news about: Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Costa Rica, 
Cuba, Diego Garcia, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea non, Germany, Guam, 
International Vacuum, Israel, Italy, Kenya, Korea South, New Zealand, 
North America, Oman, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Somaliland, Spain, Taiwan 
non, USA, Vietnam

SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1691, October 17-24, 2013
Thu 0330  WRMI  9955 [repeated 1690 this week]
Thu 2101  WTWW  9479 [confirmed]
Fri 0326v WWRB  5050 [confirmed at 0328]
Sat 0200v WBCQ  5110v-CUSB Area 51 [confirmed on webcast]
Sat 0630  HLR   7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio
Sat 1430  HLR   7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio
Sat 1500  WRMI  9955 [confirmed on webcast]
Sat 2330v WTWW  9930 
Sun 0401  WTWW  5830 [confirmed]
Tue 1100  WRMI  9955 
Wed 0630  HLR   7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio
Wed 1430  HLR   7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio
Thu 0330  WRMI  9955 [or maybe 1692 if ready in time]

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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:
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** ALASKA. 21305-USB, Oct 11 at 1959 after getting Guyana on 21320, 
here`s a better signal, George in Wasilla, Alaska, where it`s 42 
degrees and no hurry to move on from a conversation with a station in 
Queens NY. George has a greenhouse, and is a competitive pistol-
shooter, finally ID as KL7GS. QRZ.com:
KL7GS 
GEORGE C STROTHER
5935 E. Tex-Al Drive
WASILLA, AK 99654 USA
Say hello to Sarah (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ALBANIA [and non]. 9850, Oct 12 at 0125, R. Tirana IS again has QRM 
from noisy spur out of 9860 WHRI (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

** ALBANIA [and non]. 9515, Oct 12 at 0543, Arab music, very poor 
while // 9590 is a JBA carrier, i.e. CRI at 05-07 via Cërrik, 240 and 
140 degrees respectively. Would expect 9590 to be better here, closer 
to directly off the back. Strangely, Algeria-via-France 9535 normally 
much stronger, is much weaker than 9515, and at first I wondered if 
that had moved to 9515 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ALGERIA [non]. 9535, Oct 13 at 0502, RTA via FRANCE, mostly in 
Arabic Qur`an, at certain hourtops switches to news in French, all 
about Africa now; good signal and not // 7295 which stays with another 
relay in Arabic (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** ANGOLA. 4949.76, 2205-2215 08.10, R Nacional de Angola, Mulenvos 
Portuguese talk, 25242 (Anker Petersen, Denmark, heard in Skovlunde on 
my AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire, via Dario Monferini, 
playdx yg via DXLD)

4949.74, R. Nacional Angola (presumed), 0336-0347, Oct 10. Could tell 
when they had music or talking (just above threshold level). Here in 
Calif. unusual to get any audio (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, 
Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ARGENTINA. 6060, RAE, 09/10 2303 UT. Noticias del fútbol en el
programa “Siempre Argentina: Conexión en español” y música argentina
folklórica de forma instrumental. Señal con SINPO: 54555 con leve QRM
de otra emisora, pero no identificable, ni determinante // 15345 con
SINPO: 55555.

6060, RNA, 11/10 2345 UT. Transmisión del partido Argentina-Perú en 
periodo de entretiempo. Se da datos de las emisoras conectadas a la 
red deportiva y de partidos de otras selecciones latinoamericanas. 
Señal con SINPO: 55555 // 15345 con SINPO: 44444 con programación de 
RAE.

[and non]. 6060, RAE, 15/10 0000 UT. Comienzo del servicio en 
português, en el cual una mujer nombra países del exterior en que se 
escucha RAE, avisos de la emisora y presentación de música
folklórica. Señal sale del aire a las 0003. SINPO: 55555 con RHC por
debajo y que se oye de fondo, cuando RAE sale del aire // 11710 con
SINPO: 33333.

15345, RNA, 12/10 2022 UT. Programa “El juego en que andamos” con 
temas sobre el peronismo y octubre. Señal con SINPO: 55353 (Claudio 
Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: Beverage de 20 metros con balun 9:1, 
QTH: Centro de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD)

** ARGENTINA. 15345+, Oct 15 at 2148, RAE playing ``El Condor Pasa`` 
as Argentina is after all, marginally, an Andean nation too; fair with 
flutter. This hour on weekdays is scheduled in German (Glenn Hauser, 
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ARGENTINA. 28497-USB, Oct 11 at 2011, LU6HK calling CQ in English.
LU6HK 
Eduardo Jorge Areal
Av. Nores Martínez 3045
5016 Córdoba
Argentina
Per QRZ.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ASCENSION. 21630, Oct 10 at 1229 I check 13m altho not expecting 
anything since 16 and even 19 are almost dead, hearing a bit of 
singing but cut off abruptly at 1230* before I can even be certain of 
the frequency in this area, but must have been BBC French, the only 
thing scheduled around here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** AUSTRALIA. 6150, Oct 10 at 1150, R. Australia in `Late Night Live` 
interview with author of a book about Fidel Castro, currently 
discussing Luis Posada Carriles, and how Cuban hardliners Ted Cruz and 
Marco Rubio bear much responsibility for the US government shutdown. 
Must listening, so I go get the 53-minute program via:
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/latenightlive/cuba-without-fidel-castro/4997132

``Cuba without Fidel Castro
    Listen now    Download audio
    Thursday 10 October 2013 10:05PM 

A penetrating biography of Fidel Castro, the politics of family 
succession and the Cuban connection to the US Government shutdown.
Image: Former Cuban leader, Fidel Castro with Ann Louise Bardach 
(supplied)`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

VERY INTERESTING ARTICLE AND WELL WORTH THE TIME TO LISTEN TO! (Edward 
Kusalik 8-) Alberta, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BANGLADESH. 4750, Bangladesh Betar, Oct 09 1407-1413, 43443 
Bengali, News, ID at 1410.

7250, Bangladesh Betar, Oct 09 *1313-1333, 33443, Nepali, 1313 sign on 
with IS, Opening music, Opening announce, News and Bangladesh music.
7250, Bangladesh Betar, Oct 10 *1313-1321, 33433, Nepali, 1313 sign on 
with IS, ID, Opening music, Opening announce, News.

15105, Bangladesh Betar, Oct 04 1228-1239, 25432, English, IS, Opening 
music, Opening announce, News (Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN, RX, IC-R75, 
NRD-525+RD-9830, NRD-515, NRD-345, Satellite 750, DE-1121; ANT, 70m 
Sloper Wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

15105, Oct 12 just as I tune in Bangladesh Betar at 1240, it dumps off 
the air for about a minute, resuming in English and nice local music, 
poor with heavy flutter.

15505, Oct 12 at 1357, BB carrier is VP with flutter; 1358 IS; 
timesignal is JBA ending at 1400:02.5.

15505, Oct 13 at *1356:45 JBA carrier on from BB; IS plays a bit past 
1400 until off-timesignal ending at 1400:10 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** BENIN. QSL card, schedule and tract received today from TWR Benin 
1566, for an AUG 31 2013 reception. Signed by Lorraine S., from the 
Swaziland address. The card says I heard this on 156 khz, but I think 
everyone knows the actual channel! That's my 60th verified country of 
78 heard. 

So if we counted in Base 6 that would mean I've reached the century 
mark. And for binary-only DXers, that would be country #111,100.- yes 
you got it right - only 4 more to reach a million! Just came in from 
raking leaves which might explain my interest in high numbers today. 
Since we're on a roll with this - most contemporary cultures use base 
10, but there's one that uses base 8 - derived not from fingers, but 
from the spaces between fingers. An mystical concept - a counting 
system derived from what is not there. Hmmmm (Jim Renfrew, Holley NY, 
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Besides the MW lists, Jim sent this directly to me, apparently knowing 
how much I welcome digression (gh, DXLD)

Actually, 100 base 6 would be 36 base 10. So, you're really 
approaching 200 countries heard base 6! Congratulations! (Earl 
Higgins, St. Louis Missouri, IRCA via DXLD)

Hmm. If you can count what isn't there, then perhaps the tree falling 
in the forest does make a sound after all (Russ Edmunds, 15 mi NNW of 
Philadelphia, ibid.)

** BOLIVIA. 6134.8, R. SANTA CRUZ, 09/10 2315 UT. Noticiero conectado 
a la “Red guaraní de comunicación”, con noticias en español y guaraní 
desde el chaco boliviano. Señal con SINPO: 44343 con algo de QRN 
(Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: Beverage de 20 metros con 
balun 9:1, QTH: Centro de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via 
DXLD)

Two recent and very pleasing QSLs ~ [see also SUDAN] Country No. 98 - 
Radio Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, 6135 kHz, 0942z, f/d 
Spanish letter by air, stamped & v/s "Ma. Yolanda Marco Escobar, 
Secretaria de Dirección", in 360 days for Spanish Report with 
recording link and mint stamps by airmail (Bruce Jensen, California, 
USA, Oct 13, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BRAZIL. Definite unknown SW TX sites in Brazil (Active or Current 
SW Broadcasters) --- Okay, I've now exhaustively gone through my 
Brazil Current Sites SW List & narrowed down the list to what are my 
definite unknown SW TX sites for active/current Brazilian SW radio 
broadcast stations.

Belém, Rádio Cultura do Pará - 5045 kHz
Congonhas, Rádio Congonhas - 4775 kHz
Manaus, Rádio Cultura Ondas Tropicais - 4845 kHz
Xapuri, Rádio Educadora 6 de Agosto - 3255 kHz

I might be a little tentative on the Rádio Educação Rural - 4925 Hz 
(Ex 3385 kHz) tx site at Tefé here: 
3 22'46.18" S, 64 43'17. 10"W

Any assistance in determining SW tx site locations FOR THE ABOVE 
stations would be most appreciated by us all (Ian Baxter, Oct 12, 
shotwavesites yg via DXLD)

** BRAZIL. HISTÓRIA DO RÀDIO NO BRASIL DA BBC --- O trabalho da BBC 
sobre a história do rádio no Brasil está no YouTube. Passo o link da 
primeira parte. Não deve ser difícil localizar as outras.  
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUQ5fIVdcZw   
73 (Lucio Haeser, 12 Oct, radioescutas yg via DXLD) em inglês?

** BRAZIL. 4875.02, 2205-0040 07+08.10, R Dif. Roraima, Boa Vista, RR 
Portuguese ann, Brazilian songs 32343 CODAR QRM (Anker Petersen, 
Denmark, heard in Skovlunde on my AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of 
longwire, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD)

4875, 12/10 0330, R. Dif. Roraima - Boa Vista, PP MX buono but bad 
audio (Roberto Pavanello, Italy, playdx yg via DXLD)

[and non]. 4874, Oct 13 at 0055, approx. center of wandering blob vs 
4875 Rdif. Roraima, so need to hear it on USB.

4875, Oct 16 at 0108 music from presumed Rdif. Roraima, notable only 
because the spurblob is nowhere around for once (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** BRAZIL. 4885, Oct 13 at 0142, fair signal with romantic music, 
presumed R. Clube do Pará. I notice that there are CODAR swishes when 
listening on USB, while there are none at all on LSB (but a fleeting 
lite ``running water`` ute).

4885, Oct 16 at 0108, silly ballgame in Portuguese, presumed R. Clube 
do Pará, but with frequent commercial/music breaks; 0109 heard 
``gooaaaallll``. Suspect the same World Cup qualifying match I am 
hearing on 12365-USB via CHILE, Ecuador v. Chile in Santiago. Or maybe 
some other game is more important in Pará? As usual, CODAR avoided by 
tuning LSB only from 4885 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BRAZIL. Realmente a Rádio Aparecida está estourando aqui por São 
Paulo. Na frequência de 6135 kHz, o ponteiro do meu radio "cola" no 
máximo, em qualquer hora do dia. Em 60m, 5035 continua fraquinha, mas 
ouvi na programação, que estão trocando os transmissores de 60m.
(João Araújo, São Paulo - SP, Oct 13, radioescutas yg via DXLD)

Realmente João, A Rádio Aparecida em 6135 aqui em Goiânia às vezes, o 
seu sinal está mais forte do que a Rádio Nacional da Amazônia 6180 
(Cássio Santos - Goiânia-Goiás, ibid.)

PARABENS A RADIO APARECIDA; a B2 está voltando na OC, agora a EBC é 
uma vergonha, investiu pesado nos novos estudios, mesa de audio de 300 
mil reiais, mas a parte que interessa para o ouvinte, a OC e OM está 
devendo (Neto Silva, Brasília DF, ibid.)

** BRAZIL. 9819.16, R Nove de Julho, São Paulo, 0625 11 Oct, px loc 
mx, 23333 (Mauro Giroletti, Swl 1510, IK2GFT, JRC525Nrd, Lowe HF150, 
Filter PAR Electronics - BCST-LPF + BCST-HPF- DSP 9, Eavesdropper SWL 
Sloper 11 to 120m Band, Loop ALA 100 M; Lat. 45 25'0" N Long. 9 7'0" 
E; Locator grid. Jn 45 Nk, bclnews.it yg via DXLD)

** BRAZIL. 10000, Oct 12 at 0103, pips every 10 seconds and continuous 
talk between them, I can`t make out under WWV/WWVH, but surely the MO 
of PPE in Rio de Janeiro; no music so not ``Italcable`` (Glenn Hauser, 
OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1691, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BRAZIL. 11780, Oct 16 at 0619, RNA, VG signal with good music, but 
modulation is a bit rough, and with BFO can tell the carrier is 
unstable; while // 6180 is OK (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 
See also PARABENS above

** BURMA [non]. CLANDESTINE, 11595, Dem. V. of Burma via Armenia, Oct 
15 *2330-2336 35333 Burmese, 2330 sign on with opening music, ID, 
Opening announce, Talk (Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN, RX, IC-R75, NRD-
525+RD-9830, NRD-515, NRD-345, Satellite 750, DE-1121; ANT, 70m Sloper 
Wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CANADA. Hi Glenn: Have you heard any news regarding the possible 
return to air of CFRX 6070? Thanks, (Karl Zuk, NY, Oct 13, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

Only the items in DXLD 13-41 [which I copied to him shortly before 
publication] (Glenn to Karl, via WORLD OF RADIO 1691, DXLD)

Glenn: I guess it doesn't hurt to ask. A reply from Steve (Zuk, DXLD) 
Viz.:

Re: Cfrx, Today at 3:45 PM, To Karl Zuk --- Nothing yet. I keep hoping 
the engineers will get in there sooner rather than later. Maybe this 
week coming. Fingers crossed. Hang in there. Steve, Sent from my 
iPhone (via Karl Zuk, WORLD OF RADIO 1691, DXLD)

** CAYMAN ISLANDS. Caribbean cruise logs --- Third time's the charm. 
My trip to Cozumel was cancelled due to my open heart surgery and then 
Wendy booked a cruise that we had to cancel when I went into the 
hospital for 6 days in May. We were able to book the same cruise; 
Miami-Cozumel-Belize-Roatán (Honduras)-Grand Cayman-Miami. Ship was 
the Carnival Liberty. 10/10 in Grand Cayman at 7-mile beach:
 89.9, 12:50 PM EDT, Radio Cayman
107.9,  1:03 PM EDT, Weather station sounded like our NWS stations, 
mentioned http://www.weather.gov.ky
(Martin Foltz, Sony SRF-M37W, Oct 14, ABDX via DXLD)

** CHAD. 6165-, Oct 10 at 0057, RHC carrier is already on, but turning 
up the volume, can hear a LAH indicating CHAD is also on tonight. // 
6000 RHC English carrier also on early (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

Giovedì 10 ottobre 2013, 0740! - 6165 kHz, RN TCHADIENNE - N'Djamena, 
Francese, parlato OMs. Segnale sufficiente (Luca Botto Fiora, QTH G.C. 
09E13 - 44N21, Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, bclnews.it yg via DXLD)

[and non]. 6165-, Oct 11 at 0059, poor carrier in noise level, but 
characteristic RNT offset to lo side; RHC not yet on, and still not at 
0105 tho 6000 has started English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

** CHILE. Antención a 12365 a las 21 UT --- DX y Radioham. Se les 
solicita monitorear si en 12365 kHz a las 21 UT aproximadamente hay 
alguna transmisión del partido Colombia-Chile, perteneciente a 
Cooperativa y que a veces se activa en LSB o USB, cuando existen 
encuentros de la selección. Saludos! (Claudio Galaz, Chile, in 
advance: 1903 UT Oct 11, condiglista yg via DXLD)

Esto es algun feeder o similar? (Rodolfo Tizzi, Uruguay, ibid.)

Exacto, lo más probable que desde el norte de Chile. Con ubicación y
potencia desconocida. Aunque lo más probable sea de algún regimiento
de telecomunicaciones, o algún reforzado de la zona. No hay 
información de quién lo realiza (Claudio Galaz, ibid.)

Sí, entra muy bajito por Neuquén! 2109 TU (José A. Kucher, Argentina, 
ibid.)

Por acá, 55555; pronto les mando el vídeo de esto. La señal proviene 
desde el norte cerca de Antofagasta o Calama, pues gente de aquellas 
ciudades una vez reportó que la oía muy bien. Y los que vivimos más al 
sur no podíamos tomarla muy bien, o simplemente no podíamos. Saludos! 
(Claudio Galaz, Chile, 2121 UT, ibid.)

Not necessarily, unless in el norte they can tell they are close 
enough for it to be groundwave. Otherwise, skip zone on 12+ MHz could 
place it further south in Chile (gh, DXLD)

Yo, lo que escucho en esa frecuencia es como si fuera una frecuencia 
adyacente de otra, algo como si hubiera una modulación pero deformada 
y además mucho ruido (Ernesto Paulero, Argentina, 2131 UT, condiglist 
yg via DXLD)

Ahora la modulación está deformada. Al parecer fue la emoción del 
segundo gol; ya que desde ahí entraron unos pitidos y pasó aquella 
modulación. Por otro lado, el sistema que usan pareciera ser re 
simple. Un micrófono puesto en alguna radio e irradiado por onda 
corta... no le veo mayor ciencia (Claudio Galaz, 2137 UT, ibid.)

Ahora, sí se escucha bien (2150 UT):
http://youtu.be/SuT3uTgS5pQ
(Rodolfo Tizzi, http://cx2abp.blogspot.com/ ibid.)

Son las 2135 y la escucho en Montevideo fuerte pero con mucha 
distorsión. Es Agricultura, Claudio? No se entiende casi nada (Tizzi, 
ibid.) He said initially that it came from Cooperativa (gh, DXLD)

Es Cooperativa amigo Rodolfo (Galaz, 2140 UT, condiglista yg via DXLD)

Yo lo único que escucho es una modulación baja que no se entiende ni 
una letra siquiera, y ahora cesó a 2140 y hace dos minutos hubo una 
intervención de algún radio aficionado como un CQ pero fue unos 
segundos (Ernesto Paulero, ibid.) 

Efectivamente es Radio Cooperativa de Santiago 
http://www.cooperativa.cl --- Mucha distorsión, será RF que se inyecta 
en el transmisor? Señal 55344 por Santiago (ce3BBC, Hugo López C., 
Santiago de Chile, 2145 UT, ibid.)

Asi se escucha Cooperativa en Montevideo en este mismo momento (2147 
UT):
http://youtu.be/CV3hV58ozo4
(Rodolfo Tizzi, ibid.)

Hola Hugo: Cuando comenzó, la modulación estaba excelente. Después del 
segundo gol, aparecieron unos pitidos de radioaficionados y se 
sobremoduló todo (Nota al márgen: se fue al carajo!). (Galaz, ibid.)

Así por Chile antes que pasara lo que relaté anteriormente:
http://youtu. be/Saw-qHs2xWs
(Galaz, 2150 UT, ibid.)

Ahora se escucha mucho mejor. Hago una segunda grabación y la subo 
(Rodolfo Tizzi, 2150 UT, ibid.)

Ahora sí, llega por acá 5/5 perfecto. Estoy grabando (Ernesto Paulero, 
2150 UT, ibid.)

Como si fuera una emisora local, je je, ya me empezaba a preocupar 
jajá, no podía ser que no se escuchara acá; si alguien quiere, le 
mando audio (Ernesto Paulero, 2154 UT, ibid.)

Por acá excelente también; justo que llega tu vídeo, y justo que se
arregla la modulación, jaja (Claudio Galaz, 2155 UT, ibid.)

Acá el audio de Radio Cooperativa 12365 kHz (Paulero, 2201 UT, 
attachment banned by list digest, ibid.)

Che, que bueno volver a escuchar Chile en Onda Corta. Ojalá se les 
haga costumbre. 73! (Rodolfo Tizzi, Uruguay, 2201 UT, ibid.)

Ojalá fuera costumbre; sería hermoso que hubieran más instancias como
estas. Voy a ver si se me escucha en el SDR de Holanda (Claudio Galaz, 
2208 UT, ibid.)

"Se me escucha" ??? :) (Rodolfo Tizzi, ibid.) [that would seem to 
imply ``hearing myself`` as if he were doing it --- gh]

Sí, Rodolfo. Vía websdr de Utwente en Holanda. SINPO: 22222 (Galaz, 
2223 UT, ibid.)

Radio Cooperativa --- Muy buena recepción ahora, siendo las 2224 UT, 
por la zona norte de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, 44444 con el 
segundo tiempo de Colombia vs Chile (Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina, ibid.)

Re: [Lista ConDig] Ahora llega muy bien por acá --- coincido con la 
opinion de Rodolfo! (Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina, 2235 UT, ibid.)

Señal de onda corta desde Chile --- es una excelente idea a quienes se 
les haya ocurrido. Ahora, en el entretiempo, la modulación USB es 
excelente. Se imaginarán los amigos latinoamericanos la fiesta que se 
está viviendo en todo Chile con este resultado, ya estamos en Brasil 
2014, donde esperamos estas mismas emisiones se repitan. SINPO 2209 
UT: 54444 73 (ce3BBC, Hugo López C., Santiago de Chile, ibid.)

Hola Colegas, Alcanzando a llegar a la casa, estoy también en la 
sintonía de los 12365 USB señal fuerte con algo de ruido por Bogotá, 
en esta oportunidad; ya me había llegado anteriormente pero no con 
esta calidad. Buenos DX (Rafael Rodríguez R., 2238 UT, ibid.)

Ahora comprendo el gol de Colombia: llegó el amigo Rafael. Ojalá 
puedas grabarla desde Bogotá. Más o menos que SINPO? (Claudio Galaz, 
ibid.)

Hola Claudio, por acá haciendo fuerza, la señal 35333 (Rafael 
Rodríguez R., 2248 UT, ibid.)

Consulta a los amigos chilenos --- Esta frecuencia por la que sale 
Cooperativa, pertenece a Playa Ancha Radio? (Arnaldo Slaen, 2250 UT, 
Enviado desde mi BlackBerry de Personal, ibid.)

Hola amigo Slaen: No se sabe a quién pertenece. Lo que sí se ha podido 
monitorear es que la señal proviene desde el Norte, cercana a 
Antofagasta o Calama, o quizás más al norte. Sin embargo, estos son 
los reportes más al norte y con mejor SINPO e incluso, una vez no era 
nada más que escuchable en aquella región. Además mientras más al 
norte, mejor SINPO. Ergo, al parecer pertenece a las FFAA, ya que es 
una zona con muchos regimientos con sección de telecomunicaciones e 
incluso el Regimiento 1 de Calama tiene un batallón de Ingenieros, el 
batallón Nº 1 "Atacama". Aunque no es nada seguro, pero es una 
demostración de la zona. Saludos! (Claudio Galaz, 2258 UT, ibid.) 

Gracias por la explicación, Claudio! 73's (Arnaldo Slaen, ibid.)

Claudio, podés explicar cómo se está llevando a cabo esta transmisión 
por onda corta? o sos vos que la estas retransmitiendo? Gracias 
(Ernesto Paulero, Argentina, ibid.)

Finalizó abruptamente a las 2303 UT, silencio total; hubo un pequeño 
retorno de un segundo y desapareció (Paulero, ibid.)

Corte abrupto --- A las 2303 UT, breves instantes después de la 
terminación del partido entre Colombia y Chile desde el Estadio 
Metropolitano de Barranquilla, hubo un corte abrupto de la trasmisión.
73 (Arnaldo Slaen, Oct 11, ibid.)

Como es costumbre, se acaba el partido, se acaba todo. Aunque faltó el
comentario: "Jugaron como nunca y les pasó lo de siempre" - jajajajaa! 
(Galaz, 2307 UT, ibid.)

Llamé a Cooperativa y no se explicaban el origen. Onda corta??? 
Quedará en el misterio del hobby? Ahora en los 12370 [sic] algo está 
en 13370 [sic], mandarín? Saludos y por lo menos le dimos actividad a 
nuestro continente y a la pasión, de la radio y lo demás. Saludos 
Rafael y Colombia que bien merecido lo tiene (ce3BBC, Hugo López C., 
Santiago de Chile, 2318 UT, ibid.)

Saludos, amigo Claudio y demás colegas diexistas. Por Venezuela 
también se escuchó la transmisión en 12365, aunque bajita; la pude 
copiar y grabar algo de la misma. Un abrazo a todos (José Elías Díaz 
Gómez, 2324 UT Oct 11, ibid.)

Igualmente, Claudio; es una fecha con varias sorpresas y resultados 
inesperados, como la derrota de Uruguay o la remontada de Colombia 
(Slaen, 2328 UT, ibid.)

Es cierto, Hugo! No olviden que hay varios feeders que se usaron 
históricamente desde la Argentina: 15820, 13362 y 5460 (esta última 
QRG a confirmar) para alcanzar Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur con 
partidos de fútbol y otras retransmisiones. Ideal para chequear. Hace 
tiempo que no están en el aire. La última escucha fue en 13362. 
Siempre en modo LSB. Enviado desde mi BlackBerry de Personal (Arnaldo 
Slaen, Argentina, 2330 UT, ibid.) Really 13363.55-LSB or so. Seems 
there was also one in the lower 11 MHz area (gh)

Si así fuera, Arnaldo y demás, creo que no deben estar saliendo 
precisamente con 50 vatios sino con bastante más. Si se escucha desde 
Venezuela a la Argentina, y también en Twente [Holanda], debe ser un 
transmisor bastante potente, quizás utilizado para transmisiones 
utilitarias, militares o de servicios fijos. No creo que la geografía 
de Chile pueda ser cubierta de norte a sur así nomas con poca potencia 
(Rodolfo Tizzi, Uruguay, 2348 UT, ibid.)

Claudio, podés explicar cómo se está llevando a cabo esta transmisión
por onda corta? O sos vos que la estás retransmitiendo? Gracias 
(Ernesto Paulero, Argentina, ibid.)

Hola Ernesto: No soy yo --- sólo sé que es una costumbre desde hace un 
tiempo por parte de DX chilenos de monitorear esta frecuencia cuando 
hay partidos oficiales de la selección, y que encontramos hace 
exactamente un año atrás. Al parecer es telecomunicaciones del 
Ejército, en la II Región de Chile o más al norte. No hay más datos 
que meras suposiciones (Claudio Galaz, Chile, 2304 UT, ibid.)

Ya con un poco de calma luego de la "sufridera``, reviso mis 
anotaciones y encuentro que precisamente hace un año fue reportada 
esta transmisión; en ese momento fue con el partido Ecuador vs Chile. 
La información vino de los colegas Marcos Cox y Luis Valderas via el 
amigo Horacio Nigro. En esa oportunidad acá se escuchó con un 24222. 
Desde ese momento dejé la frecuencia grabada en una memoria del 
Winradio, así que cada vez que corro un escaneo de las memorias, 
chequeo esta señal. No tengo anotaciones de alguna otra actividad 
captada en la frecuencia que está asignada como canal simplex marítimo 
para comunicación barco-barco. 

Así que mi opinión es que no es originada por la CBV Playa Ancha 
Radio, ya que de ésta cada tanto registro actividad con sus 
comunicaciones costeras. Y por la fuerza de la señal escuchada hoy, 
descataría que se tratase de emisión aficionada. Así que la 
transmisión debería generarse en alguna de la bases militares que 
reporta el colega Claudio. Queda el trabajo de investigación para los 
colegas chilenos. Buenos DX (Rafael Rodríguez R. 0007 UT Oct 12, 
http://dxdesdecolombia.blogspot.com ibid.)

Cooperativa --- Estimados amigos, También escuchada desde las 2230 UT 
con SINPO 35343. En este momento estoy pensando si vale la pena enviar 
un informe de recepción. :-) 73 (Ivan Dias Jr. - Sorocaba/SP, 0236 UT 
Oct 12. http://ivandias.wordpress.com condiglista yg via DXLD)

12365 [USB], R. COOPERATIVA, 11/10 2123 UT. Sin información concreta 
de Relay, ni potencia. Transmisión del partido de Colombia y Chile en 
Barranquilla, con los relatos del “Aire libre en Cooperativa”. A las 
2129, comienza una distorsión del audio, más algunos pitidos de CQ 
[CW?] que afectan la recepción hasta las 2153 aproximadamente, cuando 
la señal se normaliza. Sale del aire a las 2303 como corte abrupto. 
Señal con SINPO: 55555. Informan, también, desde Chile desde sus 
respectivos QTH: Alberto Silva en Concepción, VIII Región con SIO: 222 
(2135) a SIO: 333 (2214), Hugo López con SINPO: 55344 desde Santiago y 
Luis Valderas con SINPO: 35544 desde San Antonio, V región a las 2203 
(Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: Beverage de 20 metros con 
balun 9:1, QTH: Centro de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via 
DXLD)

RELAY R. CORPORACION [sic] CHILE 12365 kHz ASCOLTATA IN SUD AMERICA

Ciao! Ascoltata Radio Corporación Chile 1380 kHz con programma 
sportivo qualificazione Mondiale 2014, partita Colombia-Chile, con 
S/off 2303 UT sulla frequenza utilitaria 12365 USB mode (presumed Tx 
Playa Ancha Radio, Valparaíso) segnale ascoltato in Chile, Argentina, 
Uruguay, Colombia, il giorno 11 Ottobre. La ùltima giornata 18a delle 
qualificazioni è in programma martedi prossimo 15 Ottobre, partita 
Chile-Ecuador. Still no reports from Europe (Dario Monferini, Oct 12, 
playdx yg via DXLD)

I would say Cooperativa. And probably not Playa Ancha but a mil base 
in Northern Chile, probably in Antofagasta, as per further comments in 
the list (Horacio Nigro, Montevideo, Uruguay, ibid.)

CHILE/FEEDER --- 12365-USB, Radio Cooperativa, Santiago, 2215-2303, 
October 11, Spanish. Reported with the transmission from the Estadio 
Metropolitano, Barranquilla with the football match for the 2014 
Brazil World Cup between the national teams of Colombia and Chile. 
Announcement and identification as: "Chile le gana a Colombia 3 a 1 y 
usted lo vive por Radio Cooperativa". S/off abrupt at 2303 UT (seconds 
after the end of the match), SINPO 44444 (USB mode). Thanks DXer 
Claudio Galaz, Chile for the tip! (Arnaldo Slåen, Argentina, dxldyg 
via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Any idea who's behind these transmissions? Chilean Army/Navy? 73, 
(Jari Savolainen, Finland, ibid.)

Presumably Chilean Army. Northern Chile (Horacio Nigro, Uruguay, 
ibid.)

CHILE/FEEDER --- 12365-USB. Radio Cooperativa, Santiago, 2215-2303, 
Octubre 11, Español. Reportada con la transmisión desde el Estadio 
Metropolitano, de Barranquilla, del partido por las eliminatorias de 
la Copa del Mundo Brasil 2014 entre las selecciones nacionales de 
Colombia y Chile. Anuncio e identificación: ``Chile le gana a Colombia 
3 a 1 y usted lo vive por Radio Cooperativa``. Corte abrupto de la 
transmisión a las 2303 UT, segundos después de la finalización del 
match, 44444 siempre en modo USB. Gracias al colega Claudio Galaz, 
Chile, por el dato que permitió conocer la existencia de esta 
transmisión (Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina, radioescutas yg via DXLD))

Are there any more games in the series, on what dates and times? This 
could be a problem for VMC Australia, marine weather on same 
frequency. Same happened exactly a year ago; see DXLD 12-42 under 
CHILE: http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld1242.txt
(Glenn Hauser, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Next Oct 15. Chile vs. Ecuador (Horacio Nigro, Uruguay, ibid.)

Hi Glenn, only one game is pending for qualifications for Chile to 
Brasil 2014. Next 15 October at 1830 hours [zone?]. Probably this is 
another chanche to try this catch. good monitoring.
http://www.futbolya.com/eliminatorias/brasil-2014/fase-de-clasificacion

Próxima Jornada
Jornada N  18
15.10.13 [info]   Chile    18:30 Ecuador
15.10.13 [info]   Uruguay  18:30 Argentina
15.10.13 [info]   Paraguay 18:30 Colombia
15.10.13 [info]   Perú     21:15 Bolivia
73's (Dario Monferini, Italy, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Four days later, on Oct 15::::

R. Cooperativa en 12365 (usb) otra vez --- Hola a todos: Otra vez 
Cooperativa con fútbol en 12365 en modo usb. Tal como el viernes.
Saludos (Claudio Galaz, 2350 UT Oct 15, condiglista yg via DXLD)

Hola Claudio, Por acá con mejor señal que el viernes (Rafael 
Rodríguez, Bogotá, 0014 UT Oct 16, ibid.)

Qué bueno; yo algo puede filmar nuevamente.
http://youtu.be/WxuKsWdm728 (Claudio Galaz, 0027 UT, ibid.)

Me apoyo del reporte de Rafael; esta vez la señal por Santiago es 
aceptable sin ser un 55555, es decir, las condiciones están para el 
norte del continente. La pregunta: quien origina esta actividad 
chilena en onda corta? 73 (ce3BBC, Hugo López C., Santiago de Chile, 
ibid.)

El Ejército, la pregunta sigue siendo desde dónde? Pero tengo un amigo
en Calama y dice que allá tienen unas antenas como aquellas de onda
corta; aunque puede ser desde: Regimiento de Telecomunicaciones Nº6
“Tarapacá” en Iquique (Claudio Galaz, ibid.)

Tnx Horacio and Dario Monferini for tip, next game Oct 15 from 
2130(?). But nothing heard at 2137, 2229, 2301 UT chex. However, there 
it is, Oct 16 at 0059 and still at 0119, weak but clear fútbol in 
Spanish. More details in my next log report. Also a long thread 
discussing this in the condiglist is being edited for the next DXLD
(Glenn Hauser, OK, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

12365 [USB], R. COOPERATIVA, 15/10 2346 UT. Partido de Chile versus 
Ecuador, con avisos comerciales y de otros partidos. Señal con SINPO: 
44444 (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: Beverage de 20 metros 
con balun 9:1, QTH: Centro de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg 
via DXLD)

12365-USB, Oct 16 at 0059, poor signal with broadcast in rapid Spanish 
of a fútbol game frequently referring to the pelota; at 0105, also 
mentions rodillas (so someone is on his knees); 0119 still in but very 
poor. I started checking for this Oct 15 at 2147, also at 2229, 2301, 
but nothing heard then (except CODAR). 

Like exactly one year ago, an unofficial relay of Radio Cooperativa, 
one of the major stations in Chile, has been put on 12365-USB because 
Chile is competing in the qualifiers for next year`s World Cup in 
Brasil. Claudio Galaz in Chile tipped the condiglista, Friday Oct 11 
that this might be coming up, and it was then widely heard in South 
America after 2100 UT, Colombia vs Chile from Barranquilla. 

Lots of speculation on the condiglist about who is doing these relays. 
I`m editing it all together for the next DXLD:
http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld1342.txt
Claudio thinx it`s coming from a military base in northern Chile, 
Antofagasta or Calama, since monitors in the north are getting a 
stronger signal; however, I think it could be just the opposite due to 
skip distances, unless the northerners are really close, within 
groundwave range.

Horacio Nigro and Dario Monferini checked the schedules and told me 
one more match would be on October 15 from 2130(?), Chile vs Ecuador. 
Looked up later, played in Santiago, Chile beat Ecuador 2-1, but 
Ecuador is still in the running to qualify unless Uruguay surpasses 
them later. On the Oct 11 match, Chile beat Colombia 3-1.

For last year`s reports about this see under CHILE:
http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld1242.txt
Another station on 12365-USB is marine weather from VMC in Australia, 
which could be bothered, but no sign of it during my logs.

The Klingenfuss guidebook of 2002y showed 12365 also as a worldwide 
simplex ship frequency. Current EiBi also has Russian spy numbers on 
it, but only at 1000-1030 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1691, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST) See also BRAZIL: 4885

** CHINA [and non]. Firedrake [non], CNR1 jamming before 1400 UT Oct 
10: nothing heard on the WOOB spots, with degraded propagation, just:
15570 & 15550 with hets on lo side from V. Of Tibet, JBA at 1355

7445, Oct 10 at 1232, CNR1 echo jamming with SAH against RTI Chinese, 
soon followed by CNR1 theme and CJKT/ZRGD ID. Similar pileup on 7385 
also against RTI (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

EAST JAMMERSTAN: 13675, Crash & Bang Music Jammer; 1928-1935+, 10-Oct; 
Lotsa crashing & banging with brief segments w/flutes, tinkle chimes & 
the horns of doom, similar to those played by Family Radio just before 
the Alexander Scourby Bible readings. Neither Aoki nor EiBi list 
anything on at this time (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)

Fire Drake jammer on now. 9590 kcs; I first heard it at 2340 UT (Ernie 
Rice, 0003 UT Oct 11, shortwavelistening yg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

17580, CNR-1 0152 Chinese, woman and man. Poor, // 17550 same, and 
also 17510 heard, but very weak, as a jammer against Radio Free Asia’s 
Tibetan service, Oct 11 (Harold Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia, 
Listening beside the lake, in my car, with the Eton E1 and Sony AN1 
active antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Firedrake [non] Oct 11 before 1300:
13970, very poor at 1256 
No others heard 12-18 MHz except for traces on the usual 15 MHz inband 
spots and their hets from V. of Tibet, etc. 

Firedrake [non] CNR1 jamming Oct 12, before 1400:
12500, very poor at 1351
Except for inband traces on 15 MHz, no others found 12-18 MHz 

Firedrake [non] search for WOOB CNR1 jammers Oct 15 at 1355-1358 finds 
nothing; just some traces inside the 19m band as evidenced by hets 
with V. of Tibet.

Firedrake [non] CNR1 jammer search Oct 16 circa 1330:
12980, fair at 1324 with flutter. No others 13-18 MHz except:
15265, poor at 1330, // 12980 and with a lo het as usual, Taiwan askew

15575, very poor at 1327 with het on lo side, so V of Tibet must be on 
15573 at the moment. One might have assumed 15575 was the ``North 
American Service`` of KBS World Radio in English, had I not been able 
to // it to 12980! So besides not propagating all winter, KBS 
confronts CCI from the ChiCom

16110, fair at 1331 with similar flutter to 12980, just an open 
carrier, but suspicious; checked with BFO, no, it`s not RTTY. Aoki and 
I have had Sound of Hope/jamming as close as 16100 and 16160
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1691, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. 4940, V. of the Strait, Fuzhou, 1109-1120 10/7 Chinese; 
Continuous talk by M announcer; f/out around 1118; poor in ECCS-USB. 

6115, V. of the Strait, Fuzhou, 1127-1133 10/7 Chinese; W announcer 
with talk & occasional music bits; poor in ECCS-USB; checked to see if 
// 4940, but 60m was long gone by this time (Scott R. Barbour Jr. 
Intervale, NH, NRD-545, MLB-1, 200' Beverages, 60m dipole, dxldyg via 
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Venerdì 11 ottobre 2013, 1648-1703* - 5860 kHz, VOICE OF 
JINLING - Nanjing, Musica leggera locale, jazz, annunci OM+YL. Segnale 
sufficiente, ECSS LSB per QRM UTE-DIG. Se a qualcuno interessa provare 
è meglio entro il 26 ottobre, poi sulla stessa frequenza o quelle 
limitrofe potrebbe subentrare qualche emissione internazionale della 
stagione B13 che inizia domenica 27 ottobre (Luca Botto Fiora, QTH 
G.C. 09E13 - 44N21, Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, bclnews.it yg via DXLD)

B-13 HFCC as of Oct 13 does not show anything else on 5860 during the 
14-18 [sic] period NJG is scheduled (gh, DXLD)

5860, Voice of Jinling (presumed), 1445, Oct 10. Pop song followed by 
two YL chatting in Chinese; fair (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, 
CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. 6060, Sichuan PBS-2, 1500, Oct 10. Heard daily with fair to 
good signal; still with recorded IDs in English; “Nationality Channel. 
This is the People’s Radio Station. SW 6060, 7225, FM 88.1," so must 
be given every ToH (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, 
dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1691, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. 9645, Oct 12 at 1150, major Western piano concerto, fair 
signal, and // 9540 poor; 1155 interrupted! for Cantonese 
announcement, so it`s CRI, both via Beijing site, at 215 and 142 
degrees respectively per Aoki.
 
[non]. 13645 // 13650, Oct 10 at 1227, CRI English, an echo apart and 
about equal poor levels, i.e. southward from Kashgar, EAST TURKISTAN 
and northwestward from Cërrik, ALBANIA, respectively, both scheduled 
11-13 UT; rather unusual to hear CRI 5 kHz apart from itself, but 
bound to happen on this overkill multi-frequency service. I count 21 
SW in use during the 12-13 hour per WRTH 2013 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

[non non]. 15110, CRI, 11/10 1135 UT. Un hombre y una mujer hablan en
idioma esperanto con acento chino como parte de un microprograma de
cultura. Señal con SINPO: 44444 // 11635 con SINPO: 52332 con QRM de
CNR-1 en 11630 y el CNR-1 jammer en 11640 (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun 
PL-660, Antena: Beverage de 20 metros con balun 9:1, QTH: Centro de 
Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD)

** CHINA [non]. See LUXEMBOURG in this and recent issues

** COSTA RICA. Hi Glenn, More bad news out of Europe (You may have 
already heard this by now). There will be no more REE transmissions 
from the Cariari site starting on October 28. A real blow to all North 
and South American listeners. Here is the link to the statement that 
was posted today in Spanish on RTVE.es; below is my translation.

http://www.rtve.es/radio/20131014/loteria-navidad-radio-exterior/764480.shtml

"On October 28, Radio Exterior de España will permanently end its 
shortwave transmissions from its relay station in Cariari, Costa Rica. 
At the same time, from that date, broadcasts from its transmitters in 
Noblejas, Spain will be considerably expanded.

These changes will affect those listeners in Central America, North 
America and the northern part of South America’s Southern Cone who 
tune us.

In the coming days, we will post on our webpage and announce on our 
programs our new frequencies and times in which you can hear Radio 
Exterior de España." (Marty Delfín, Madrid, Spain, Oct 15, WORLD OF 
RADIO 1691, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

REE PONE FIN DE LAS EMISIONES EN ONDA CORTA DESDE EL CENTRO DE CARIARI

A partir del próximo 28 de octubre, Radio Exterior de España suspende
con carácter definitivo sus emisiones en onda corta desde el centro
emisor de Cariari, en Costa Rica. En paralelo, se aumentará
considerablemente a partir de esa misma fecha las emisiones por onda
corta desde el centro emisor de Noblejas, en España.

Estos cambios afectan a los oyentes que nos sintonizan desde Centro
América, Norteamérica y el norte del cono Sur americano.
En próximos días, a través de nuestra programación y de nuestra página
web, les informaremos de las nuevas frecuencias y horarios con los que
podrán seguir escuchando Radio Exterior de España.

Fuente: 
http://www.rtve.es/radio/20131014/loteria-navidad-radio-exterior/764480.shtml
(via Claudio Galaz, Chile, Oct 14, condiglista yg via DXLD)

Le van cerrando cada vez más el oxígeno al respirador artificial de la 
Onda Corta. Marche otro certificado de defunción! Enviado desde mi 
BlackBerry® de Claro Argentina RGM (Rubén Guillermo Margenet, 
Argentina, Oct 15, condiglista yg via DXLD)

En realidad no es cierre de transmisiones, sí de lugar de 
transmisiones. ¿Comienzo del fin? Desde el 2010 que estoy escuchando
que REE fencerá [sic]. (Claudio Galaz, Chile, ibid.)

Es un radiopaís que se suma a los que vamos perdiendo. Costa Rica ya 
no es la de antes. RGM (Margenet, ibid.)

I'm guessing that with the financial woes of the Spanish government, 
it was a choice between closing Cariari or making major cuts to 
overall output, and the relay station lost. Wonder if anyone is 
interested in purchasing the Cariari facility? Doubtful, considering 
the demise of other Western Hemishere sites in the past decade. Will 
anything be left on SW from Cental America other than Radio Verdad? 
Haven't checked for the two Hondurans recently (Steve Luce, Houston, 
Texas, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

No, only Truth. NO definite logs of the last two Hondurans for many 
months now (gh, DXLD)

11815, Oct 16 at 1322, REE poor in Spanish, but not much NHK CCI 
today. Marty Delfín of El País in Madrid informs us that REE will be 
CLOSING the Cariari relay at the end of A-13, off from October 27! One 
more bites the dust. REE already canceled all CR transmissions 
northward, except for DRM at 00-02 on 9630. Supposedly broadcasts 
direct from Noblejas will be expanded to compensate.

The tentative HFCC B-13 schedule as of 14 Oct still lists Cariari on 
six frequencies: 3350, 5965, 5970, 9675, 11815, 17850 as effective 
until 30 March, apparently having been contingently registered and to 
be removed. At least that will get rid of the wideband DRM noise 
surrounding 9630 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1691, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

Keith Perron says: October 15, 2013 at 9:15 pm --- Not surprised. REE 
was losing money on this relay. If they were smart that could have 
leased time. But their prices were way out of the market norm. They 
were charging nearly 200 Euros for a 100 kW. Just another example of a 
public broadcaster that has no commercial sense (swlingpost.com via 
DXLD)

Reply	Marty Delfín says: October 16, 2013 at 4:44 pm --- Hi Keith – 
Just curious — How was that breakdown in price? The €200 per 100 kW, 
was that per hour or per broadcast? Do you know roughly how many 
people stand to lose their jobs at Cariari? I informed La Nación and 
Tico Times, both San José dailies, but the Costa Rican press seems too 
busy celebrating that their national soccer team qualified for next 
year’s World Cup (ibid.)

** CUBA. See AUSTRALIA for a show about Cuba without Castro 

** CUBA. 890 // 900, Oct 16 at 0608, same song in Spanish from SE vs 
CCI on both, surely R. Progreso, Chambas, Ciego de Ávila, and much 
further San Germán, Holguín, respectively, 200 and 50 kW per WRTH. 
There are also CMBC`s listed on 810, 820, 850, 880, 920, 940, etc., 
etc., which one might also be able to log by // to 890 if not 4765 at 
this hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Venerdì 11 ottobre 2013, Botta di insonnia: 0108 - 4765 kHz, R. 
PROGRESO (Cuba), Musica bailable. Segnale buono-sufficiente. Co-ch 
Tajik Radio 1. Leggero battimento, ma non ho capito quale delle due 
fosse offset (Luca Botto Fiora, QTH G.C. 09E13 - 44N21, Rapallo 
(Genova) - Italia, bclnews.it yg via DXLD)

Leggero battimento = subaudible heterodyne (gh, DXLD)

4765, Radio Progreso, 0118 Spanish, popular Cuban music, 0126 news 
update, 0129 ID “Radio Progreso, Cadena Nacional”. Fair, Oct 11 
(Harold Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia, Listening beside the lake, 
in my car, with the Eton E1 and Sony AN1 active antenna, dxldyg via DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

Radio Progreso was first logged here on 9362 on July 16, 1954, long 
before Fidel was busy doing his thing (Gerry Dexter, Lake Geneva WI, 
NASWA Flashsheet Oct 13, 2013 via DXLD)

** CUBA [and non]. 11930, R. MARTÍ, 09/10 2323 UT. Hombres hablan 
sobre el desempeño de jugadores de béisbol estadounidenses y después 
anuncios del servicio “Piravídeo”. Señal con SINPO: 55555 sin Cuban 
Noise Jammer // 9565 con SINPO: 54454 con QRM poco pronunciado de S. 
R. Deus é Amor, lo cual no se nota, pero sí con Cuban Noise Jammer 
(Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: Beverage de 20 metros con 
balun 9:1, QTH: Centro de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via 
DXLD)

11880, RHC. 09/10 2350 UT. Noticias culturales en inglés, 
especialmente sobre las últimas actividades de la “Casa de las
Américas” y sobre la agencia Prensa Latina con SINPO: 55555

15370, RHC. 10/10 0001 UT. Mujer habla en idioma quechua presentando 
la emisora y el programa del servicio en quechua, especialmente sobre 
los Beatles y John Lennon. Señal con un poco de QRN y con SINPO: 55454 
(Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: Beverage de 20 metros con 
balun 9:1, QTH: Centro de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via 
DXLD)

6150, Oct 11 at 0517, RHC English is here instead of 6125! 6150 had 
been a morning frequency until changed to 6000; apparently still on 
the roster. Arnie is delivering the first of today`s editorials. // 
frequencies are normal: 6165, 6060, 6000, 5040. 

Ivo Ivanov, still monitoring SW in Bulgaria, also noticed this and 
assumes 6150 was on from 0500 to 0700. On Oct 10, he also found 6000 
and 6165 stayed on the air from 07 to 10 in English and Spanish 
respectively (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1691, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST) See also CHAD

Frequency change or mistake of Radio Habana Cuba on October 11:
0500-0700 NF  6150*HAB 100 kW / 010 deg to NoAm English, instead 6125.
// frequency 5040 till 0600 and frequencies 6000, 6060, 6165 till 0700
* strong QRM from 6155, Oesterreichischer Rundfunk in German 0500-0615
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 
m. long wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Back on 6125 next nite: below

9390-9540, Oct 11 at 0108, approximate varying extent of irregular 
pulse jamming bleeding from the wall of noise on 9490 against R. 
República, which itself is somewhat readable, matching the jamming 
level at peaks, from site in FRANCE; it`s been mostly inaudible here 
for months.

15230, Oct 11 at 1948, open carrier, good steady signal, surely RHC 
turning on the transmitter way ahead of scheduled 2200 in Portuguese 
(I can`t believe how often I see this misspelt ``Portugese``), or 
maybe they never turned it off after Spanish finished at 1500? (Glenn 
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

15230, RHC. 11/10 2112 UT. Presencia de portadora abierta, sin 
modulación por debajo y una hora antes de la transmisión del servicio 
en portugués para Sudamérica (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, 
Antena: Beverage de 20 metros con balun 9:1, QTH: Centro de Ovalle, IV 
Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD)

6125, Oct 12 at 0548, RHC English is back on proper frequency instead 
of jump to 6150, 24 hours earlier, and // usual 6165, 6060, 6000, 
5040. Token broadcast of Austrian classical music on 6155 is again 
unimpeded.

12060, Oct 13 0119, grinding jammer vs station in Spanish. So the 
DentroCuban jamming command is not only hitting R. Martí on 6030, but 
La Voz de Rusia via ARMENIA on its second harmonic! 

6000, Oct 13 at 0128, English here is not from RHC, but CRI! // 9580 
and synchronized, as the RadioCuba operators have got their wires 
crossed again. RHC English is at least on 6165. There can only be a 
finite number of possible errors, and RHC is racking them up, one by 
one (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1691, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

6000, Oct 13 at 0509, RHC is off; earlier at 0128, 6000 was carrying 
CRI English instead of Habana but that had been fixed by a sesquihour 
later. Now the other four overkill English frequencies remain on.

Stop press! The 2014 pocket calendar from RHC will exhibit a photo of 
a mural in Spain of Simón Bolívar and a quotation from him, as 
announced on RHC Spanish Oct 13. I still think he would be overrolling 
in his grave if he knew he had become a darling of the Commies (Glenn 
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** DIEGO GARCIA. 12759-USB, Oct 13 at 0117, AFN is barely making it, 
very poor signal with music; 0136 it`s better with some talk and rock 
music. Unless the government shutdown has modified it, manager gave me 
schedule last month that on Sunday mornings there are no relays of the 
local FM outlet, so presumably plugged into some network service now. 
At least this confirms it`s still on the air, unlike Guam (Glenn 
Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1691, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** EAST TURKISTAN [and non]. 11870, Oct 13 at 0121, CRI English mixing 
about equally with WEWN Spanish. This hour only, it`s 173 degrees from 
Kashgar. 11870 is also subject to breakthru of the second harmonic of 
5935 WWCR, from receiver overload if not axual radiation, but not at 
the moment. See also CUBA

9535, Oct 15 at 0102, REE Spanish from Spain, which I am comparing to 
Costa Rica relay on wrong 5965 [see SPAIN], has considerable CCI from 
something in English; hard to copy, but sounds like CRI, same 
programming as on 9570 and 9580. Yes, per HFCC at 01-02, CRI English 
is on 9535, 100 kW, 174 degrees from Kashgar. We can always depend on 
the ChiCom to spoil other stations far beyond the nominal target 
areas. 

13575, Oct 13 at 1230, CRI with nice Chinese pop songs, announced in 
Russian, but selective fading distortion, 500 kW, 308 degrees from 
Urumqi, until I reluctantly tune over to RHC for the rest of `Cuba 
Campesina` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** EGYPT. 15710, Radio Cairo (presumed); 1923-1933+, 4-Oct; M in 
Arabic with pop tunes. Sung anthem? At BoH and pop continued. 
SIO=2+52; could find no //s. Most Aoki listed frequencies empty 
(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)

** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 15190, R Africa from Bata-GNE heard with sermon 
by men and female around 0640 UT Oct 10, S=7 in Germany. 73 wb 
(Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

15190, Oct 10 at 2024 check, R. Africa is on with a screamer who is 
fortunately undermodulated, and not Tony Alámo. 2117 recheck, still on 
and JBM (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGSET)

[and non]. 15190, Oct 11 at 1947, R. Africa is on, very poor in 
English with gospel huxter (what else?); (meanwhile Nigeria DRM is 
blasting around 15120). Still very poor at 2014 check (Glenn Hauser, 
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also KUWAIT

Glenn, the Chinese transmitter engineers are touring on their anual 
REPAIR and maintenance tour to African states, like Chad, Mali, 
Zanzibar, Ethiopia soon??? - Equat Guinea 5005 and 15190 kHz - 
finished now -, etc. etc.

Ethiopian gear is in a terrible condition now. 73 wb (Wolfgang 
Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Interesting theory, or more than that? I see in TDP info, 
http://www.swcountry.be/gne.html
that they got two x 50 kW transmitters from China in 1973 (gh, DXLD)

15190, 13/Oct 2007-2045, (Relay [?]), R Africa (PRESUMED) in English 
(identified). Gospel music, at 2009 OM talk. Very weak signal. 
Listening from SDR, Twente. The signal is degrading in SDR, Twente. At 
2030 gospel music. A 2036 OM back to talk. At 2040 OM with a most 
eloquent preaching, with several speech of God. Still in the air at 
2045, but strong QRM from VOA on 15185.

15190, 13/Oct 2100-2112: At 2100 what seemed to be the ID, but I did 
not understand. Still in the air at 2106 with OM talk and country 
gospel music(?). The signal is improving. Listening from SDR, Twente. 
(Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana, Bahia, 12 14´S 38 58´W - Brasil, 
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

[and non]. Quite good reception at 2125. Muddy audio, though. Sad to 
watch the Perseus SDR waterfall. Not much on the band: 15140 Oman, and 
15245 Voice of Korea are the next stations I see above and below Radio 
Africa. 73, (Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, ibid.)

Yes Walter, now at 2136, fair signal in SDR, Twente. 73 (Jorge 
Freitas, ibid.)

Picked up very well as well via Perseus located in Sri Lanka. Also 
another one located in Minnesota. Wish I'd be able to get it via my 
receiver here in Cairo later tonight. 73 (Tarek Zeidan, Cairo, Egypt, 
Sent from my iPad, 2237 UT Oct 13, ibid.)

15190, Oct 14 at 2042, R. Africa is on with gospel huxter, but 
undermodulated and poor signal. That`s fine. Comparing to other 
signals on band: 15140 Oman fair; 15540 Kuwait zilch; 15550 WJHR, 
15610 WEWN, 15825 WWCR inbooming, must be HF sporadic E boost 
affecting short-skip signals only (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

15190.02, R. Africa, Oct 15, 0619-0719, 35433-25432-25332 English, 
Talk, ID at 0620 and 0631 (Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN, RX, IC-R75, NRD-
525+RD-9830, NRD-515, NRD-345, Satellite 750, DE-1121; ANT, 70m Sloper 
Wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

15190, Oct 15 at 2148, R. Africa poor signal but just barely 
modulated, and het from R. Inconfidência, Brasil, always off-
frequency, usually on the hi side. Wolfgang Büschel suggests that the 
reactivation of this (and 5005) could be thanks to Chinese engineers 
making the maintenance rounds thru Africa. TDP shows EqG got 2 x 50 kW 
from China in 1973. Little did the ChiCom know (or care?) that one of 
them would be devoted to American gospel huxters, even Tony Alamo 
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1691, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 5005.01, 1945-2215 08+09.10, R Dif. de Guinea 
Equatorial, Bata, Reactivated since [last reported] Jan 2013! Spanish 
ann, Afropop songs, comments, jingle, speech, ID: "Radio Bata", 2200 
time signal under song, 45333 (Anker Petersen, Denmark, heard in 
Skovlunde on my AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire, via Dario 
Monferini, playdx yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1691, DXLD)

5005, R Difusión de Guinea Ecuatorial, Bata, 1913 11 Oct, programma 
traditional afro music, 33333 (Mauro Giroletti, Swl 1510, IK2GFT, 
JRC525Nrd, Lowe HF150, Filter PAR Electronics - BCST-LPF + BCST-HPF- 
DSP 9, Eavesdropper SWL Sloper 11mt to 120mt Band, Loop ALA 100 M; 
Lat. 45 25'0" N Long. 9 7'0" E; Locator grid. Jn 45 Nk, bclnews.it yg 
via WORLD OF RADIO 1691, DXLD)

5005, 11/10 1940, R. Nacional - Bata, Equatorial Guinea, Vern. NX, 
buono (Roberto Pavanello, Italy, playdx yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1691, 
DXLD)

5005, Guinea Ecuatorial??? (posible), se notaba portadora y modulación 
muy baja e ininteligible, el sábado [Oct 12] sobre las 2200 UT. 73's
(Miguel Castellino, Argentina, Oct 15, condiglista yg via WORLD OF 
RADIO 1691, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ERITREA [non]. CLANDESTINE, 11560, Dimtse R. Erena via Bulgaria, 
Oct 09, *1659-1709, 25332, Tigrigna, 1659 sign on with opening music, 
ID, Opening announce, Talk and Eritrean pops (Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN, 
RX, IC-R75, NRD-525+RD-9830, NRD-515, NRD-345, Satellite 750, DE-1121; 
ANT, 70m Sloper Wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ERITREA [non]. CLANDESTINE, 11610, Sunrise R. via Bulgaria, Oct 08 
*1600-1611, 25332-35333, Arabic, 1600 sign on with IS, ID, Opening 
announce, Talk (Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN, RX, IC-R75, NRD-525+RD-9830, 
NRD-515, NRD-345, Satellite 750, DE-1121; ANT, 70m Sloper Wire, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** ERITREA [non]. New Eritrean clandestine via Bulgaria: Voice of the 
Forum of Eritreans began broadcasting on 15 October. It is on the air 
at 1700-1800 (Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, Sundays) on 15245. It is 
run by the National Dialogue Forum for Eritreans.

Pick your variant of the translated name - Voice of Forum, Voice of 
the Forum, of Eritreans, for Eritreans, etc.

Note 1: Radio Assenna is on 15245 from Kostinbrod at 1700 on the other 
days of the week.

Note 2: I spell it Assenna rather than Assena or Asena as that it what 
they use on their website http://assenna.com/ 

The station announcement in Tigrinya is "Ezi Dmtsi Medrekh Ertrawian 
Eyu" ("This is the Voice of the Forum of Eritreans"). (Chris Greenway, 
UK, Oct 16, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1691, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ETHIOPIA. 5950, Voice of Tigray Revolution (tentative) 0259 
stringed instrument IS, 0302 vernacular announcements over music, 0303 
woman possibly with news. Poor, Oct 11 (Harold Sellers, Vernon, 
British Columbia, Listening beside the lake, in my car, with the Eton 
E1 and Sony AN1 active antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** FRANCE. 21690, Oct 11 at 1300, 1319, RFI in French, poor signal. 
I`m thinking that this isn`t usually heard after 1300, altho Aoki & 
EiBI & HFCC show it all the way from 12 to 20 in three segments: 12-
13, 13-17, 17-20 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GERMANY. The next one: The last remaining mast of the Meßkirch-
Rohrdorf transmitter (ex. 666 kHz, closed 8 Jan 2012), with a height 
quoted as either 240 or 244 metres, has been blown up on 10 Oct:

http://swrmediathek.de/player.htm?show=04c22980-329b-11e3-a378-0026b975f2e6
http://mp4-download.swr.de/swr-fernsehen/landesschau-bw/aktuell-3/20131011-1845-03.m.mp4
(Kai Ludwig, Germany, mwmasts yg via DXLD)

** GERMANY. CHANNEL 292 --- Dear friends of shortwave radio and our 
station!

As you might have already noticed, there is some progress at the 
moment. Unfortunately we could not yet buy a new transmitter (thanks 
to RIZ for the offer, we will come back to you when we have 290.000 € 
left), but we could make many useful contacts. We also thank all 
those, who supported us after the last E-Mail with ideas and addresses 
of possible providers, especially Mike from around London.

All remaining QSLs should have been sent by E-Mail during the last 
days.

At the moment we are on air with the control [test?] transmitter and 
1200 Watts. After German RNI was transmitted at the weekend, now we 
are playing some music. To all radio stations reading this mail: cheap 
transmitter times are available at short notice! The conditions on 49m 
are excellent, at night we receive reports from the east coast of 
America (up to now from New York and Georgia. Whoever has contacts to 
America/Canada, could tell the listeners over there to try receiving 
us. Please attach our e-mail address, as it is not always mentioned on 
air). The week between 24. And 30.12.2013 is already booked out.

Now what's next? In the works are:

Stand-by-transmitter with 2500 Watts, Solid-state, Linear amp. The 9 
kW power supply (50 Volts, 170 A) is already prepared, a little
reserve in the power supply is never harmful for linear amps. The
transmitter is in the works.

Main transmitter with xx? Watts. We are in the proceedings, we hope it
will work until [by] middle of December.

The existing antenna should be okay for 20 kW, but a new coax wire and 
balun are required. The wire is already here, the balun finished, but 
not yet tested. When the time has come we will be off air for some 
time.

Stand-by-antenna --- Is in place, has to be installed. For that we 
need the balun which is presently in use in the main antenna.

One request: As you might have seen, we have some ads on our website
http://www.channel292.de 
It would be nice if you click them from time to time.

The name Radio6150 is of course not appropriate for 6070 kHz; anyhow 
it was only for testing purposes. The whole project will be named 
Channel 292. Maybe some still have an old QSL. 

The new web page is
http://www.channel292.de

the new E-Mail is
info @ channel292.de

The existing website will be changed bit by bit, but it is still
accessible just like the old mail address.

One more Appeal: When you listen to our station, please send us a 
short assessment of the modulation quality, especially: Frequency 
range (bass/treble present?); Volume (especially compared to other 49m 
stations); Your total opinion of the modulation.

In the morning from ca. 7 to 9 am CEST / 5 to 7 am UT the signal can
usually be received very strong and undisturbed. Thanks!

If you receive our messages multiple times, or want to unsubscribe, 
just send us an E-Mail. Always keep our homepage in view, there we 
will keep you informed about everything happening.

Bye for now! http://www.channel292.de (via Fabio Cambisi, Oct 14, 
playdx via WORLD OF RADIO 1691, DXLD) Also in German, Dutch. So where 
do they get the 292 number?? (gh)

** GERMANY. MV Baltic Radio Relays --- Dear Listeners, The MV Baltic 
Radio Relay service hopes to return to the air between the 20th and 
27th of October 2013. New aerial towers are being installed at the 
Göhren Transmitting site in Germany. 73s (Tom Taylor, Oct 11, WORLD OF 
RADIO 1691, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GERMANY. Dear Listeners, Atlantic 2000 will be on the air this 
Sunday 13th of October between 0800 to 0900 UT (10:00 to 11:00 CEST) 
on 7310 kHz via Radio 700. The programme will be streaming at the same 
time on our website.

Atlantic 2000 sera sur les ondes ce dimanche 13 octobre de 08:00 à 
09:00 TUC (10:00 à 11:00 à Paris) sur 7310 kHz. L'émission sera 
diffusée à la même heure sur notre site Internet.

All reports to:  atlantic2000international @ gmail.com
(Tom Taylor, Oct 12, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
 
** GERMANY. 7310, Atlantic 2000 International via R 700, *0800-0815, 
13-10, French, identification, male: "Atlantic 2000 International", 
pop music. 24322 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Log in Lugo, Sony ICF SW 
7600 G, cable antenna, 8 meters, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GERMANY. 21600, Oct 10 at 1300, no signal from Gospel for Asia in 
Nepali via Nauen, as heard Oct 8 1300-1315+ instead of(?) scheduled 
15350. Inconclusive whether that was a one-off, as no hi-latitude 
propagation today (or yesterday), from Europe or Mideast, just 21780 
DW Rwanda.

21600, Oct 11 at 1259 past 1300, no signal from GFA in Nepali unlike 
heard a few days ago. Once again today, Europe is finally propagating 
on 13m from Spain, France, so it further looks like that was an 
anomaly, now probably back on scheduled 15350 which is not propagating 
today as usual.

15350, Oct 13 at 1313, very poor signal, presumably Nepali from Gospel 
for Asia via Nauen on scheduled frequency, and still nothing heard on 
21600 since that one occasion Oct 8. 1315 switching to apparent Hindi. 

15390, Oct 15 at 1401, numbers pronounced in English, phones? Then 
unknown language, fair signal. Aoki shows Athmeeya Yatra Radio (Gospel 
for Asia), 250 kW, 85 degrees from Nauen, in Halam during this 
quarter-hour on Tuesdays. Halam? EiBi`s readme language key shows: 
``Chin-Falam / Halam: Myanmar, Bangladesh, India (125,000)``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GERMANY [and non]. List of Broadcasters using MEDIA BROADCAST 
technical equipment: [annotated key with tentative B13 schedules]

ADM  internal name (not "Abu Dhabi Media Company")
AWR  Adventist World Radio
BVB  High Adventure Gospel - Bible Voice Broadcasting
CHW  Christliche Wissenschaft
EMG  Evangelische Missionsgemeinden in Deutschland
EYS  MBR internal customer name
     Eritrean Youth Solidarity for Change (EYSC)
     <http://www.eysc.net/>
GFA  Gospel for Asia
HCJ  Voice of the Andes
IBB  International Broadcasting Bureau, USA
JOY  MBR internal customer name
KBC  Mighty KBC Radio
     <KBC531 @ gmail.com>
     or write to
     The Mighty KBC
     Argonstraat 6
     6718 WT Ede
     The Netherlands, Europe
     Website: <http://www.kbcradio.eu>
LWF  Lutheran World Federation
MBR  MEDIA BROADCAST (ex Deutsche Telekom, DTK),
MWF  "Missionswerk Friedensstimme", Gummersbach-Germany
MSM  probably XVRB Radio 3rd Sun and Radio Iceman 4th Sun (wb.)
     XVRB Radio - It's The Music Museum
     E-mail: <xvrbradio @ gmail.com>
     <http://www.xvrb.org/>
     Radio Iceman
     <http://www.icemanshortwave.com/>
MWA  Missionswerk Arche
NHK  Nippon Hoso Kyokai, Radio Japan Tokyo
OGM  NGO [RHU Radio Huriyo Xoriyo Ogaden]
     <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-governmental_organization>
     <http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organisation_non_gouvernementale>
PAB  Pan Am Broadcasting
RMI  Radio Miami International
RMI  [Hamada Radio International], not in MBR and AOKI Nagoya schedule 
     list, but on HFCC file. {currently not in use --- gh}
     A-13 Hausa Radio Mon-Fri 9610, 0530-0600, Nauen 100 kW 180degr
     B-13 Hausa Radio Mon-Fri 7350, 0530-0600, Nauen 100 kW 180degr
SBO  Sagalee Bilisummaa Oromoo, Voice of Oromo Liberation.
TOM  The Overcomer Ministry
TRS  Transport Radio Mon-Fri; KBC The Mighty KBC Radio, Sat/Sun.
TWR  Trans World Radio
VZM  [HCJB transmissions, Spanish, German, Kulina, Portuguese]
WRN  World Radio Network
     [A13, Radio Biafra London, A-13 Thur/Sat 11840 kHz ex WER/NAU]
     {Biafra not currently active --- gh}
     [B13, iraf feed, Mon/Fri 15680 kHz 1630-1700, 500 kW 91deg to 
     NE/ME, Clandestine Iran target station program Sedaye Radio-ye 
     Mehr Iran, produced by the Iranian National Council in Paris, 
     since 23 Sep]
(via WORLDWIDE DX CLUB, transformed and condensed to 71 column
by wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 9 via DXLD)

** GREECE. 9420, Oct 10 at 0513, blues guitar and YL in English from 
ER, one of few usable signals on attenuated band.

9420 // 7475, good and fair, Oct 12 at 0113 classical music as 
Ellenike Radiophonia as usual relays the Third Program during this 
hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GUAM. 5765-USB, still no signal detected from AFN, Oct 10 at 1240. 
Last date heard was Sept 19, by Bob Wilkner and myself (Glenn hauser, 
OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1691, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

5765-USB and 13362-USB, AFN Guam, both remain silent through Oct 11 
(Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via WORLD OF 
RADIO 1691, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GUAM. 9910, KTWR, 11/10 1120 UT. Mujer habla en chino con SINPO: 
54444 // 11580 interferido por el CNR-1 Jammer (Claudio Galaz, Rx: 
Tecsun PL-660, Antena: Beverage de 20 metros con balun 9:1, QTH: 
Centro de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD)

** GUATEMALA. 4055, R Verdad, 0450 10 Oct, local px mx rel, splatter 
from STANAG tx, 33333 (Mauro Giroletti, Swl 1510, IK2GFT, JRC525Nrd, 
Lowe HF150, Filter PAR Electronics - BCST-LPF + BCST-HPF- DSP 9, 
Eavesdropper SWL Sloper 11mt to 120mt Band, Loop ALA 100 M; Lat. 
45 25'0" N Long. 9 7'0" E; Locator grid. Jn 45 Nk, bclnews.it yg via 
DXLD)
 
4055, Radio Verdad, 0203 organ music, 0207 xylophone and man in 
Spanish with ID and announcements. Fair, Oct 11 (Harold Sellers, 
Vernon, British Columbia, Listening beside the lake, in my car, with 
the Eton E1 and Sony AN1 active antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

4055, Oct 12 at 1141, Chinese talk backed up by dramatic music, 
probably something Biblical, as R. Verdad reproves it is multi-
lingual. Earlier around 0550 I heard Dr. Madrid in English (Glenn 
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GUYANA. 21320-USB, Oct 11 at 1955, pileups of US stations indicate 
some hot DX is here. He`s relatively weak and the call-attempts never 
mention his call, just their own, so I have to keep listening for a 
while to copy the DX giving his own call; from Georgetown, Guyana, 
finally at 1959: 8R1Z. QRZ.com:

LENNOX O'BRIAN SMITH
Lot 74 D'Urban Street, Wortmanville
GEORGETOWN, Guyana

I had first scanned the ``13m`` broadcast band, to find absolutely 
nothing. Obviously it could have been put to good use if any stations 
with more than 100 times the power of hams cared to, or still existed, 
like Bonaire and French Guiana. Or KNLS: see ALASKA. Then I found 12 
and 10m also open (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** HAWAII. New on RNZI - Honolulu FM Radio --- Media Release 
Radio Heritage Foundation http://www.radioheritage.com October 13 2013

The latest radio heritage feature on the Radio New Zealand
International Mailbox program is broadcast:

* Monday October 14 2013
* see http://www.rnzi.com for all shortwave broadcast times and dates
* live audio streaming at http://www.rnzi.com
* available as archived audio after broadcast

Continuing the contemporary Hawaiian radio series and visiting the FM
radio stations you'll find in Honolulu with an exclusive review of
websites, programs, personalities and interesting facts and comments
from David Ricquish of the Radio Heritage Foundation.

The Honolulu FM dial is dominated by several clusters of stations
owned by major broadcasters such as Clearchannel and Salem all based
on the US mainland, and there are relatively few locally owned and
operated stations. Listeners hear much the same music, formats and 
other content as those in similar sized radio markets in other parts 
of the USA.

Reggae and island music stations do exist and this program will visit
some of these locally flavored stations as well.

* Pacific Asian Listener Radio Guide lists all current Hawaiian AM
radio stations at www.radioheritage.net
* Enjoy the Retro Radio Dial Blue Hawaii 1961 and Art of Radio Hawaii
exclusive features at www.radioheritage.net
* Hawaii AM&FM contemporary Radio Guide [coming soon]

Honolulu FM Radio on shortwave for the first time from October 14
2013 on the Mailbox program from Radio New Zealand International.

Radio Heritage Foundation
http://www.radioheritage.net
The Global Radio Memories Project
Join us today from $25 regular supporter
(David Ricquish, NZ, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDIA. CYCLONE PHAILIN IN BAY OF BENGAL --- AIR Vijayawada 
Emergency Broadcast on 837 kHz. Heard from 1825 UT. Thanks for tips 
from OM VU2JOS who must be in thick of the emergency operation as 
CYCLONE PHAILIN moves! (Sudipto Ghose, UT Oct 11, dxldyg via DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

AIR Vijayawada from Andhra Pradesh on 837 kHz (100 kW) was noted 
continuously last night with special emergency broadcasts in 
connection the Cyclone Phailin which is scheduled  to hit the area 
today evening. The programs consisted of latest weather warnings in 
Telugu, Telugu film songs, classical music. More stations from Andhra 
Pradesh / Odisha may be on with similar broadcasts tonight. Yours 
sincerely, (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur Radio 
Hyderabad, India, Mobile: +91 94416 96043, http://www.qsl.net/vu2jos 
Oct 12, dx_india yg via DXLD)

HAM RADIO OPERATORS GEARED UP FOR CYCLONE PHAILIN

HYDERABAD: Ham radio operators have swung into action gearing up to 
offer their services for communication with the dangerous threat of 
Cyclone Phailin looming large.

Two amateur radio operators — experts who have rendered their services 
in several disasters in the country and abroad over the years — are 
rushing to Odisha. The National Institute of Amateur Radio (NIAR) 
which was set up with the initiative taken by Rajiv Gandhi in 1983 has 
trained several ham radio operators so far in the country.

More at .....
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Ham-radio-operators-geared-up-for-Cyclone-Phailin/articleshow/23988944.cms
(via Alokesh Gupta, Oct 12, dx_india yg via DXLD)

AIR Visakhapatnam has confirmed that tonight on 927 kHz (100 kW)  will 
operate continuously in view of Cyclone Phailan hitting the area. Look 
out for AIR Vijayawada on 837 kHz (100 kW) was on similarly last 
night. Some other stations from the area also may also be there. Yours 
sincerely, (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur Radio 
Hyderabad, India Oct 12, dx_india yg via DXLD)

Last night the following AIR stations were observed continuously from 
Cyclone area with emergency messages, music, songs etc.

837 Vijayawada
927 Visakhapatnam
972 Cuttack

Yours sincerely, (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, Hyderabad Airport, Oct 13, 
dx_india yg via DXLD)

Dear DX-friends, In Denmark I heard:

4800.00, AIR Hyderabad, 1450-1744*, Oct 10, 12 and 13, Telegu and
English talk and news, updates about the Cyclone Phailan, Indian 
songs, signed off in mid-sentence at usual time. QRM Voice of China 
4800 until it closed at 1735*, then weak QRM from Kyrgyz R on 4795, 
44343. The MW transmitters with Cyclone broadcasts did not propagate 
to Denmark. Best 73, (Anker Petersen, dx_india yg via DXLD)

** INDIA. 4775.00, AIR Imphal (presumed), 1205, Oct 11. Had been on 
4775.10 for a while. Must still be working on tx, as today was on and 
off again; only with open carrier.
 
4990, AIR Itanagar, 1420-1424*, Oct 10. Local ID in English and 
news/local weather (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, 
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDIA. AIR Delhi now noted on 6100 instead of 6030 parallel to 
Lucknow 4880. It is special program for Uttarakhand broadcast daily at 
1215-1430. Yours sincerely, (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of 
Amateur Radio, Hyderabad, India, 1233 UT Oct 17, dx_india yg via DXLD)

** INDIA. 9870, AIR, 10/10 1045 UT. Música de la India que es parte de
películas, pues es el canal Vividh Bharati. Señal con SINPO: 54454 
(Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: Beverage de 20 metros con 
balun 9:1, QTH: Centro de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via 
DXLD)

** INDIA. 11985 // weaker 11740, Oct 10 at 0058, AIR sounds simulcast, 
so they accomplished the Sinhala service on both frequencies this 
time.

11985, Oct 11 at 0055, AIR Sinhala service from Delhi-Khampur site is 
instead open carrier/dead air with flutter but fair signal; 0056 a hi-
pitched tone starts and falls gradually, then rises. Meanwhile, 11740 
via GOA is in talk programming, poor signal and noticeably weaker than 
11985 but trumps it by modulating properly, and with about same amount 
of flutter. 0103 recheck, 11985 still OC/DA, but 0104 cuts on music so 
I then switch to 11740 and find it has been silent, but soon brings up 
the same music. Why is it so difficult for AIR to run these two 
reliably?? 

11985 // 11740, Oct 12 at 0056, AIR Sinhala service is really parallel 
on both at the moment tonight, both poor with flutter, but a bit of 
echo on 11985 from Khampur.

11985 // 11740, Oct 13 at 0054, AIR Sinhala service is on both tonight 
and about equal level.

11985 & 11740, Oct 14 at 0059, AIR is back to its old trix: the two 
channels supposed to be // with Sinhala service at 0045-0115 are 
totally separate again: 11985 playing AIR IS, 0100 announcement, 
presumed really opening Sindhi service, which is their only language 
scheduled to start at 0100, but supposed to be only on 5990 Khampur, 
7370 Kingsway, 9635 Bengaluru, per Aoki. (I am getting traces of it 
again on 5990 after CRI/Cuba closes; 9635 blocked by QRDRM from Costa 
Rica). Maybe one of these nights I will be able to match the 11985 
diversion to one of them. 

11740, meanwhile, at 0059 is playing other music, presumably the real 
Sinhala service, and at 0101 the two are playing very different music. 
At 0111, 11985 is in talk, 11740 music. This date, 11985 is a bit 
stronger, via Khampur than 11740 is via GOA.

11985, Oct 15 at 0055, 1-kHz tone, so here we go again, All India 
Radio via Delhi/Khampur broadcasting wrong program contrary to own 
schedule and all other listings; 0058 IS, 0100 talk in S Asian 
language, presumably opening Sindhi not supposed to be on this 
frequency; meanwhile at 0055, 11740 via GOA is not // but totally 
separate presumably with correct Sinhala talk, started at 0045; both 
have heavy flutter. 0106 recheck, still separate, 11985 talk, 11740 
music.

11985 // 11740, Oct 16 at 0059, AIR Sinhala service succeeds in 
occupying both frequencies with same music, probably out of synch, 
heavy flutter. It`s supposed to last until 0115, but at 0112 check, 
11740 via GOA has vanished, 11985 still in music. 

With time running out, on 5990 there is a very poor signal which is 
supposed to be the AIR Sindhi service, maybe a trace of musical 
modulation, not enough to tell whether it`s // 11985 before the latter 
goes to open carrier 0115 and off. Both 5990 and 11985 are listed as 
the Delhi (Khampur) site, whatever the (mis)programming may be, easy 
to cross feeds (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDIA. 15040, Oct 12 at 1245-1305 enjoying nice music from AIR 
Burmese service, poor-fair, via Bengaluru, and better than 15105 BB. 

[and non] BTW, don`t you believe the MYANMAR heading for a previous 
log of this in Oct NASWA Journal: my quick correxion didn`t make it. 
The editor also made some strange ``correxions`` to my other logs such 
as the next one on 15105, ``R. Pyranga`` (trying for Pyongyang?) 
instead of Voice of Korea (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDONESIA. 3344.86, RRI Ternate. Continues silent for about a month 
now through Oct 11; safe to say they are gone till next Ramadan (Ron 
Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

** INDONESIA. 4749.96, RRI-Makassar, Oct 10 1215-1233, 33433, 
Indonesian, Jakarta news realy, SNSB [??] at 1223, ID at 1225 (Kouji 
Hashimoto, JAPAN, RX, IC-R75, NRD-525+RD-9830, NRD-515, NRD-345, 
Satellite 750, DE-1121; ANT, 70m Sloper Wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

4750, Oct 15 at 1252, music from RRI Makassar, best heard in some 
time; recent rain may have reduced the line noise level. 1258 YL 
romantic song past 1300; 1302 Indonesian announcements, mentioning RRI 
many times in promo (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDONESIA. 4869.90v, RRI Wamena, 1228, Oct 10 (Thursday). Kang Guru 
Indonesia show with Ana and Greg; "What to do to stay healthy - Walk"; 
often talking about Australia; some pop songs; much better reception 
than last Thursday (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, 
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

4870-, JBA carrier at 1252, presumed Wamena; 3325 carrier with some 
talk at 1255, could be Palangkaraya or PNG (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDONESIA. 9525.90, V. of Indonesia:
Oct 04, 1321-1332, 45444-44444, English, News and talk, ID at 1327
Oct 08, 1315-1325, 35443, English, News, ID at 1322
Oct 10, 1206-1215, 33433, Japanese, News, ID at 1213  (Kouji 
Hashimoto, JAPAN, RX, IC-R75, NRD-525+RD-9830, NRD-515, NRD-345, 
Satellite 750, DE-1121; ANT, 70m Sloper Wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
 
** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM. Dear All, Please note that there was a change 
of our satellite/frequency details for the WRN Europe service on Sky 
as a result of the dispute between Eutelsat and SES Astra. WRN 
Broadcast’s capacity has now been moved from Eutelsat 28A to the new 
Astra 2F satellite.

There was no impact to any listeners on the Sky platform; however any 
listeners downlinking the service outside the Sky platform on free-to-
air receivers will need to manually retune their receiver.

We have provided these details on our website for listeners to check, 
but please see the parameters below for reference in case of any 
queries:

Astra 2F at 28.2 degrees East
D/L frequency: 12581 MHz
D/L polarity: Vertical
Symbol rate: 22.0 MSymb/sec
FEC: 5/6

Best regards, (Fleur Nittolo, Senior Client Account Manager, 
http://www.wrnbroadcast.com Oct 14, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Fleur also confirms the B-13 scheduling for WORLD OF RADIO on WRN 
undergoes the usual timeshifts by UT:
Sat 1000 UT to Europe from 27 Oct
Sat 1830 UT to North America from 3 Nov
Sun 1500 UT to Africa/Asia/Pacific from 27 Oct
(Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1691, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** IRAN. 11750, Voice of Islam, 2004 to 2019. Many IDs, one of which 
was at 2017, SINFO=2,3,4,4,2. I heard a discussion about how the West 
treats their older citizens in comparison to how well they are treated 
in Muslim countries such as Iran. The 5050A and the 435 long wire 
antenna connected to the 42’ Windom, this arrangement lessened the 
interference. 10/1.

(John Davis. Our facility is located northeast of Columbus, Ohio. Our 
outside antennae include a general coverage 435 foot long wire 
antenna, a 195' V antenna oriented toward Asia (the old antenna was 
dropped in the July 2012 storms), and a HVU-8. The inside antennae are 
a 42 foot Windom and the 16 foot end fed antenna. Our receivers 
include, but are not limited to R-390As, R-391s, a Mackay 5050A, and a 
Watkins-Johnson HF-1000A. Our portable receivers include a Kaito 1103, 
a Radio Shack 440, and a Sangean 803A. Our transceiver is an ICOM IC-
706 MK IIG (my wife is a ham) and it also works well on the shortwave 
broadcast bands, NASWA Flashsheet Oct 13 via DXLD) 

Did they really ID just as ``Voice of Islam`` rather than Voice of the 
Islamic Republic of Iran?? (gh, DXLD)

** IRAN. 7295, Oct 12 at 0114, Turkic language on poor signal, main 
QRM being an AM ham on 7291 rather than SSB. Aoki shows it must be 
VIRI in Tajik, 0053-0220, 500 kW, 46 degrees from Sirjan (followed by 
0223-0247 Uzbek via Kamalabad) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

12081.5 approx., Oct 11 at 2017, poor signal in Arabic, and wavering a 
bit as I listen with BFO. It`s IRIB`s 13-hour transmission, now 
starting at 1623 per Aoki, 500 kW, 289 degrees from Zahedan --- likely 
the same transmitter Dave Valko had on 15151.35, 7 Oct at 1146; and 
Wolfgang Büschel had on 15151.349, Oct 9 at 0825 – so maybe it was 
really closer to 12081.35 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Just sent an e-mail to IRIB Tehran staff. 73 wolfy  [Viz.:]

Subject:
IRAN, IRIB Arabic transmission Zahedan on odd frequency 15151.472 kHz!
07.00 UTC October 12, 2013.

15150 kHz For few weeks now the IRIB transmitter at Zahedan, 
fundamental on frequency 15150 kHz at 05.30-14.30 UT ZAH 500kW 289degr 
ant#145

broadcast some 1500 Hertz higher on odd frequency
15151.472 kHz  <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Same transmitter unit at Zahedan heard on odd frequency
approx 12081.472 kHz

in the United States of America on October 11 at 2017 UTC.
Scheduled 12080 kHz at 16.23-05.30 UTC.
- - -
Please repair the Zahedan TX unit, and align the transmitter to exact
15150.000 kHz and 12080.000 kHz frequency. Thanks in beforehand.
kind regards, Wolfgang Bueschel  df5sx, Stuttgart, Germany. October 
12, 2013 (via wb, DXLD)

12080.0, Oct 13 at 0119, Qur`an, fair-good with flutter, so IRIB is 
back on-frequency, in the same 1620-0520 UT transmission I logged Oct 
11 at 2017 on 12081.5, listed as Zahedan site. Meanwhile, Wolfgang 
Büschel had notified IRIB of his logs of the other 15150-off frequency 
transmission and forwarded my log, so this may have caused it to be 
fixed.

12081.64 approx. and wavering slightly, Oct 14 at 0114, VIRI Arabic 
via Zahedan is off-frequency again, very poor, with Qur`an? 24 hours 
earlier it was back on 12080.0 but the fix obviously was not 
permanent; previously on 12081.5, Oct 11 at 2017. Everyone has a very 
long span to try it, 1620-0520 scheduled.

12080.0, Oct 15 at 0105, very poor, flutter in Arabic: IRIB`s Zahedan 
transmitter is back in whack today instead of a sesquikilohertz high – 
perhaps they only do that on alternate days (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

13650, V.I.R.I./Voice of Justice, 0322 instrumental music, 0323 
English s/on, “This is the Voice of Justice.”, national anthem, 0324 
ID and list of how to hear them - SW, FM in Tehran, satellite and 
internet - 0325:30 Islamic Call to Prayer. Very good, // 15470 fair, 
Oct 11 (Harold Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia, Listening beside the 
lake, in my car, with the Eton E1 and Sony AN1 active antenna, dxldyg 
via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** IRAN [non]. CLANDESTINE, 7575, R. Ranginkaman, Oct 14 1708-1715, 
25322 Farsi, Music and talk, ID at 1711 (Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN, RX, 
IC-R75, NRD-525+RD-9830, NRD-515, NRD-345, Satellite 750, DE-1121; 
ANT, 70m Sloper Wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** IRAN [non]. CLANDESTINE, 15680, R. Mehr Iranian, Oct 07 *1630-1640, 
25322, Farsi, 1630 sign on with opening music, Opening announce, Talk 
(Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN, RX, IC-R75, NRD-525+RD-9830, NRD-515, NRD-
345, Satellite 750, DE-1121; ANT, 70m Sloper Wire, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

Clandestine Radio Ye Mehr --- FRI 10/11/13, 15680, sign on at 1630z 
with music into man in Farsi till early 1658z sign off. To Iran from 
unknown location. Mondays & Fridays. Recorded - sometimes fair, 
sometimes terrible with QRM from some type of data broadcast (Rich 
Ray, Burr Ridge, IL, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

CLANDESTINE, 15680, R. Mehr Iranian, Oct 11 *1630-1641, 25332 Farsi, 
1630 sign on with opening music, ID, Opening announce, Talk (Kouji 
Hashimoto, JAPAN, RX, IC-R75, NRD-525+RD-9830, NRD-515, NRD-345, 
Satellite 750, DE-1121; ANT, 70m Sloper Wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** IRAN [non]. 15680, Oct 15 at 1355, fair signal with what seemed 
like praise music, but surely not as this turns out to be R. Farda; 
1359 more like Pink Floyd; 1400, 4-pip timesignal at 2-second 
intervals, bottom of the hour in Iran`s wacky timezone out of step 
with most of the world, ID and into presumed news. 

Aoki shows 15680 via Lampertheim, GERMANY at 1230-1430, but also on 
15680 via Sri Lanka at 0230-1230. (And also on 15690 via Biblis at 12-
14, but not audible there; also 0130-1200 via Sri Lanka. However, 
latest HFCC Oct 8 shows since Sept 9 most of the earlier hours are via 
Thailand instead of SL) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ISRAEL. 6884.964 and 15850.004, Both GALEI ZAHAL army forces radio
transmitters from Israel on air again, after some irregularities in 
past week. S=5-6 on 19mb, S=8-9 in our early morning, 0625 UT Oct 10, 
here in Germany. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 
1691, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

6885, Galei Tzahal, Tel Aviv, 1755 12 Oct, px local mx + nx ID, 44444 
(Mauro Giroletti, Swl 1510, IK2GFT, JRC525Nrd, Lowe HF150, Filter PAR 
Electronics - BCST-LPF + BCST-HPF- DSP 9, Eavesdropper SWL Sloper 11mt 
to 120mt Band, Loop ALA 100 M; Lat. 45 25'0" N Long. 9 7'0" E; Locator 
grid. Jn 45 Nk, bclnews.it yg via DXLD)

15850, Galei Zahal, Oct 15 1317-1339, 25322-25332, Hebrew, Talk and 
music, ID at 1330, SJ at 1332 (Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN, RX, IC-R75, 
NRD-525+RD-9830, NRD-515, NRD-345, Satellite 750, DE-1121; ANT, 70m 
Sloper Wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ITALY. Ciao, oggi traffico su 6967.5 kHz, frequenza segnalata da 
(BC) traffico tra navi e porto ICI106 Lampedusa (Mauro Giroletti, Oct 
11, bclnews.it yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1691, DXLD)

6967.5, ICI106, Lampedusa, 0700 11 Oct, tfc work MV IHSA-V.5526, 333.

6967.5, ICI14, Augusta, 0935 12 Oct, tfc work MV IGQZ-CP828, 333 
(Mauro Giroletti, Swl 1510, IK2GFT, JRC525Nrd, Lowe HF150, Filter PAR 
Electronics - BCST-LPF + BCST-HPF- DSP 9, Eavesdropper SWL Sloper 11mt 
to 120mt Band, Loop ALA 100 M; Lat. 45 25'0" N Long. 9 7'0" E; Locator 
grid. Jn 45 Nk, bclnews.it yg via DXLD)

Lampedusa. Fiumi di inchiostro e parole. Per capire forse basterebbe 
ascoltare quello che si sentiva ieri sera su questa frequenza (grazie 
Mauro), poche frasi, ma sufficienti per comprendere.

"Quanti cadaveri avete a bordo, ripeto, quanti cadaveri avete a 
bordo?" "Ragazzi, mantenete la calma a bordo..." "Entrambe le vedette 
sull'ultima posizione data... massima velocità... gommoni"

E l'ultima posizione data, in piena notte, era 33  51,56' N, 014  29,5 
E: toglietevi la curiosità di vedere dov'è. Chiedo scusa per l'OT
(Gianfranco Buonomo, Pontecagnano (SA), SWL I8-56330, Oct 12, ibid.)

** ITALY. 6210, 12/10 2045, R. Tango Italia - libertango58 @ libero.it 
IT/SS/EE ID e tanghi buono (Roberto Pavanello, Italy, playdx yg via 
DXLD)

Ciao, Email QSL "freccie tricolori" Radio Tango Italia 6210 kHz reply 
with Email & QSL electronic in 3 days. Report to: libertango58 @ 
libero.it V/s: Tony (Roberto Pavanello, Oct 16, ibid.)

** ITALY [non non]. Radio IRRS NEXUS IBA: pictures of the OLD TX SITE 
in ITALY

Dear Friends, thanks to the help of Wolfgang Bauschel DF5SX, I can 
confirm that the italian site used from Italian Radio Relay Service 
(IRRS NEXUS IBA) was Cascina Vaiana in Robecco sul Naviglio (Milan).

Some people think that they were transmitting from Trezzo d'Adda. This
information is also reported on several websites BUT IT's WRONG.

Wolfgang sent me 2 old articles (taken from MONITORING TIMES January
and February 2003) with some old pictures of the radio station.

So, this morning I've been there for a small tour in motorbike (the
site is 15minutes far from my home) and I have taken some new photos.

Hereby you can find a small photo-reportage (sorry for dimensions of
files).

I was right and it was exciting to know that a piece of history of
shortwave radio proudly happened close to my town.

Thanks again. 73 de IW2MXP Caliendo Domenico. SWL: I2-04640

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** JAPAN. 6190, Oct 16 at 1257, rock song in Japanese by girl group; 
1300, 3+1 NHK timesignal a few seconds late, and opening Chinese with 
`Sakura` theme; before 1300 scheduled in Korean, both 300 kW, 290 
degrees from Ibaragi-Koga-Yamata site. Good signal, surely not blown 
away by typhoon; vs hardly anything from BBC Singapore up 5 (Glenn 
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KENYA. Long gone from shortwave of course but noticed that the KBC 
English Service is now broadcasting on the Internet 
http://www.kbc.co.ke/kbc-live-stream/

If you click on the KBC English Service link it will come up as 'Minto 
FM' on the Windows Media Player but after listening for a while this 
evening I can confirm it is actually the KBC's English Service.

"This is the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation English Service 95.6FM, 
the news headlines follow at 10pm followed by the Jazz hour". (Rob 
(Glasgow, Scotland) Wilson, Oct 13, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1691, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

Thanks for the heads up Rob, here are my observations re the live 
streams provided on this website:

English Service, formerly known as the General Service.
Radio Taifa, presented in Swahili. Formerly known as the National 
Service.
Coro (pronounced 'Shoro') FM, presented in Kikuyu.
Kitwek FM, presented in Kalenjin.
Radio Mayienga, presented in Luo.
Venus FM, aimed at women and presented in English.

All are broadcast around the clock. KBC Channel 1 TV is also available 
on a live stream (David Kernick, Interval Signals Online, Oct 15, 
dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1691, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KOREA NORTH [and non]. 9435, Oct 16 at 1320, VOK very good signal 
with jamming mix noise in background, but no Chinese crosstalk! Usual 
incredibly stilted exposition in English. // 11710 totally 
overshadowed by the other automatons at The Lord`s Ranch on 11715. 
Seems that 9435 is often missing or poorly audible, but not today 
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KOREA SOUTH. 11795, KBS, 10/10 1055 UT. Mujer dice: “Esto es Kbs 
World radio, emitiendo desde Seúl, república de Corea” en español y 
después en coreano de manera intercalada con un gong de fondo. Señal 
con SINPO: 55454 (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: Beverage 
de 20 metros con balun 9:1, QTH: Centro de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, 
condiglista yg via DXLD)

** KURDISTAN [non]. CLANDESTINE, 11510, V. of Kurdistan, Oct 09 1340-
1405 25432 Kurdish, Kurdish music, ID at 1400, News (Kouji Hashimoto, 
JAPAN, RX, IC-R75, NRD-525+RD-9830, NRD-515, NRD-345, Satellite 750, 
DE-1121; ANT, 70m Sloper Wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KUWAIT [and non]. 15540, Oct 12 at 1949, R. Kuwait has very good 
signal with rock music! Yesterday and most days recently it was 
inaudible. The MUF must have got a bump today. So keep checking.

I compare to some other signals: 15140 Oman is a JBA carrier, less 
than something on 15130 = R Japan oppositeward from FRANCE. 15115-
15125, DRM from NIGERIA is very strong; 15580 VOA BOTSWANA is good 
[before switch to Greenville at 20-21]; WEWN 15610 is blasting in with 
spurs, q.v. 

15540 at 2013 has one of their Islamic-history shows with W&M 
narrators about Arafat, pilgrims, still good signal. By now 17550 in 
Arabic to C&W NAm has started up, but it is much weaker, with deep 
fades from fair to very poor (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KYRGYZSTAN. Venerdì 11 ottobre 2013, 0130 - 4010 kHz, KYRGYZ RADIO 
1 - Bishkek, Notizie locali OM+YL. Segnale buono (Luca Botto Fiora, 
QTH G.C. 09E13 - 44N21, Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, bclnews.it yg via 
DXLD)

** LAOS. 6130, Lao National R.-Vientiane, Oct 10 1158-1205, 32432, 
Laotian, Theme music and seven gongs at 1159, News (Kouji Hashimoto, 
JAPAN, RX, IC-R75, NRD-525+RD-9830, NRD-515, NRD-345, Satellite 750, 
DE-1121; ANT, 70m Sloper Wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** LAOS [non]. CLANDESTINE. 7530, Suab Xaa Moo Zoo via Taiwan, Oct 15 
*2230-2240, 35333 Hmong, 2230 sign on with opening music, Opening 
announce, Music (Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN, RX, IC-R75, NRD-525+RD-9830, 
NRD-515, NRD-345, Satellite 750, DE-1121; ANT, 70m Sloper Wire, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** LUXEMBOURG. Concerning the Marnach 1440 kHz transmitter:

>>> The deliberate change of antennas at 1900 was for English and 
French to be served properly. Does this mean that the "daytime" trio 
of masts at 50 02 47N 06 04 38E is also used at nights? <<<

It indeed seems that the eastern beam is always in use now. Using the
western beam would make no sense of course when all programming is in
German. Which, however, does not mean that the other antenna has been
shut down permanently, just that it is not in use at present.

And re:
>>> The Transradio TRAM600 transmitter must be configurated as two
TRAM300, one always in standby. <<<

Is this reliable information or just some of all the hearsaying that
surrounds the Marnach facility? It was indeed for years understood, 
and perhaps initially the case, that the solid-state gear at Marnach 
is 300 kW only. But now the manufacturer specifies the installation in 
its résumé as TRAM/P 600, cf.
http://www.transradio.de/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=118&Itemid=105?=de

I.e. a 600 kW set-up, consisting of two blocks and a combiner. The 
photo at least confirms these two blocks, with at least one of them 
indeed consisting of six amplifier cabinets, each worth 50 kW.

Concerning the currently run powers I just received this report from 
the groundwave coverage area:

"Im Übrigen kann ich Meldungen, der Sender Marnach auf 1440 kHz liefe
während der RTL-Sendezeit nur noch mit 50 bis 80 kW nicht
nachvollziehen. Letzte Woche, während eines Aufenthalts am elterlichen
Landsitz, verglich ich in den frühen Nachmittagsstunden 1179, 1422 und
1440 kHz. Die Standorte befinden sich in ähnlicher Distanz zum
Empfangsort. Geht man davon aus, dass der Sender auf 1422 kHz mit 400 
kW läuft, so schätze ich die Leistung in Marnach auf immerhin noch 150 
kW. Die SR-Funzel lag sehr weit abgeschlagen dahinter."

(I.e. opinions that during RTL Radio programming only 50...80 kW are
being run can not be confirmed from a location at similar distance to
both Marnach and Heusweiler, proceeding from the assumption that 1422
kHz runs with the listed 400 kW a comparison suggests ca. 150 kW for
1440 kHz while 1179 kHz / 10 kW was found very much weaker.)

And the last piece of official information about the fate of the 
Marnach facility I'm aware of is this communiqué from October 2011, 
announcing that the transmitter will be closed "within three years":
http://www.gouvernement.lu/salle_presse/actualite/2011/10-octobre/03-marnach/

A few months earlier an executive stated that they do not intend to
replace Marnach anymore:
http://www.wort.lu/wort/web/letzebuerg/artikel/2011/06/153563/hat-marnacher-sendeanlage-bald-ausgestrahlt.php

Now one could speculate if a big business with the Chinese could 
change this strategy. As a matter of fact SARFT/CRI wanted in last 
year to use 603 kHz for Berlin. An invitation of applications had been 
posted by the media regulator MABB, but no follow-ups appeared in the 
public domain afterwards. Now one could speculate again if the project 
of a mediumwave service in Berlin has been terminated or (which 
perhaps should not be ruled out in light of the big 1440 kHz 
expansion) is still in the pipeline (Kai Ludwig, Germany, Oct 12, 
mwmasts yg via DXLD)

** MAURITANIA [and non]. 783, Oct 12 at 0053, one of only two JBA TA 
carriers below 1200 is here, loops ENE, which fits for the 50 kW IGIM, 
rather than other 783s: The Great Circle Distance Calculator for Enid 
to Nouakchott shows: 8128 km at 80 degrees. Those with fancy fixed 
antennas can`t get an idea of the bearing like I can with the hand-
held DX-398 on the porch. {but they can more likely pull some audio!}

882 is the other one, maybe the 20 kW COPE in the Canary Islands, if 
active (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 540, Oct 16 at 1200 UT, partial ID mentions 95.9 FM, Ciudad 
de México, and the four descending XEW chimes, then news headlines 
with liners as ``info-radio``(?), mentions Planeta; 1203 already into 
English music ``When You`re Smiling`` (Satchmo?), then DJ discussing 
it in Spanglish. 

From Cantú this appears to be the XEWA in Monterrey, which is W Radio 
and presumably relaying from the DF, XEW-900 and 96.9 (not 95.9 as I 
thought I heard); rather than the other XEWA in SLP, despite the power 
disparity:
540 XEWA W Radio Monterrey, N.L.                         1,500   1,000
540 XEWA Los 40 Principales + FM 103.9 San Luís Potosí 150,000 150,000
Looped roughly SSW, both in about the same direxion. By nulling this, 
I could also hear another SS further west, presumably usual XETX in 
Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 550, Oct 15 at 1231 UT, full ID for XEPL FM and AM, 
Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua, ``La Super-Estación``. 5000/150 watts per IRCA. 
Our sunrise-skip window is latening, with bottom of the band still 
open, our Enid sunrise today 1239. In a couple sesquiweeks it will 
surpass 1300 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 610, Oct 11 at 1203 UT ``Sabinas al Día`` morning news, 
``aquí en la región carbonita`` (coal-mining area), mixing more with 
KCSP Kansas City than with XEGS in Guasave, Sinaloa, which usually 
dominates a bit later. Cantú:
610 XEBX La Primera Sabinas, Coah. 5,000 500
Have not yet heard ``La Primera`` slogan as also in WRTH, IRCA (Glenn 
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO [and non]. 620, Oct 14 at 1201 UT, segué from norteña music 
to national anthem --- this is really a fine piece of music and I 
don`t tire of hearing it, especially this orchestral rendition, yet 
multi-verse so you never know when the final cadence will really end 
it, and so you don`t have to hear the bloodthirsty war-mongering 
lyrix, rendered instead by violins. 

1205 segué to also fine Chihuahua state anthem, this with lyrix by 
baritone. 1206 full ID by SHVA for La Norteñita, XEBU 91.7 and 620 
with 25 kW, ``llegando a Ud. en alta definición`` --- really? Maybe 
IBOC on FM? Never hear the noise around it on AM, unlike from KMIK 620 
The Metroplex, which this habitually dominates on sunrise skip (and 
much of the night as well). 

(Not sure if KMIK is IBOC at nite, as no problem with 610 and 630 
signals; in daytime KMIK colludes with KWPN 640 Moore OK to IBOCize 
everything from 610 to 660; BTW, on 640 you`re more likely to hear an 
ID with its ex-call WWLS, now applying to 98.1.)

The 25 kW presumably applies to 91.7, as 620 power is listed as 5/1 kW 
in WRTH, 10/1 kW in IRCA, and Cantú:
620 XEBU La Norteñita + FM 91.7 Chihuahua, Chih. 5,000 1,000

Thanks to non-direxionality and southern-advantage, even if really 
running 1 kW at night, XEBU is the dominant 620 here, as we`re in a 
`hole` among US stations, all of the nearest ones with nulls more or 
less toward OK (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 630, Oct 13 at 1159 UT, ``Somos Radio México, Monterrey``, 
i.e. XEFB, that being their group rather than specific slogan. Oops, I 
see XEFB is missing from the 2012 IRCA Mexican log; hope they got it 
in the 2013 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 680, Oct 12 at 1211 UT, timecheck for 6:12, phone numbers; 
1212 now it`s ``6:14`` so the studio clock must be a sesquiminute 
fast; then guy on the phone with detailed ``estado del tiempo`` 
weather forecast for the entire nation; must have mentioned every 
state, until 1220 finally gets to ``nuestra región del Pacífico 
norte``, outro as named Rodríguez; 1221 ``desde Guasave, Sinaloa, 
Noticias en Punto --- Multimedios``. Then on to a report on ``estado 
de fresas`` --- strawberries?? They are measured in cubic meters, 
``almacenados`` with impressive flow rates --- oh, it`s about *presas* 
= dams and their storage and release capacity, etc. at 1223. Cantú:
680 XEORO La Mera Jefa + FM 93.7 Guasave, Sinaloa 1,000 500
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 690, Oct 16 at 1210 UT, promo with 800-numbers, XEN with 
full ID, 100,000 watts, street address, Grupo Radio Centro, amid a 
show which runs from 6 am to 1 pm (CT). KGGF nulled. Cantú:
690 XEN La 69 México, DF 100,000 5,000
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 700, Oct 11 at 1224 UT, ``La Poderosa`` ID and romantic 
song; earlier there was some hum, but no big deadair pause today from:
700 XEGD La Poderosa + FM 90.3 Hidalgo del Parral, Chih. 5,000 1,000

700, Oct 12 at 1225 UT, choral NA is playing at odd time; 1226 bit of 
a song about Chihuahua and Parral, then ID for ``XEGD, La Poderosa``, 
and also FM on 90.3, ``sistema combo``; full name of city ``Hidalgo 
del Parral`` is rarely heard. Hidalgo means noble or aristocrat, but 
probably derived here from name of an historical figure. This station 
habitually gets off to a rough start in the mornings, with dead air, 
hum, variable sign-ons, etc. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO [and non]. 720, Oct 11 at 1209 UT, studio talk show pauses 
for Grupo Radio Centro plug, romantic song in English, loops WSW, so 
no doubt the only Mexican in the northwest, per Cantú:
720 XEJCC Extremo 7-20 Cd. Juárez, Chih. 1,000 1,0000 [sic]
then mixing with another Spanish station much further east which I can 
still hear by nulling the first one, but that`s not XEDE in Saltillo 
now, instead KSAH Universal City TX, since San Antonio mentioned, and 
1216 UT ad in Spanish for A-1 Car Stereo, on I-10, and also has 877- 
toll-free number. KSAH is listed with ESPN Deportes, but this may have 
been a local show as well as local ads (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 760, Oct 10 at 1201 UT, YL with headlines in Spanish 
interspersed with rapid beats of single-tone sounders; 1203 over to OM 
with more detailed news including murders in BCS. Loops N/S and 
probably from 70/10 kW XEABC in the DF, altho there are three others 
in that general direxion (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 780, XESFT la Poderosa, San Fernando, Tamaulipas. 1059-1140 
October 11, 2013. Tune in to ending of national anthem, canned “XESFT, 
la Poderosa...” and FM and AM frequencies, into Mexi-tune. ID after 
each Mexi-tune mentioning “... punto 7... frecuencia modulada... 780 
AM, la Poderosa” by man. Female time check “Son las 6 y 25” at 1125. 
FM frequency is presumably 103.7. Slogans listed as La Triple T/La 
Caliente on Cantú's online list and in the WRTVH-2013. This surely is 
Glenn Hauser's unID in IDXD 81-2. Another new XE for me here, if my 
list is correct (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater FL, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

780, Oct 12 at 1206 UT, full ID for ``La Poderosa``, ``25 años 
sirviendo a la región``, XESFT, also FM 103.7, ``Grupo Radiorama, la 
cadena que une a México``, then live show about Tamaulipas. Cantú:
780 XESFT La Triple T + FM 103.7 San Fernando, Tamps. 5,000 1,000 
Did not hear the ``Triple T`` slogan mentioned, but maybe missed it. 
This with KSPI Stillwater OK completely nulled, and it`s too late for 
WBBM to be a problem (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO [and non]. 780-, Oct 16 at 0614 UT, some station is now off-
frequency enough to the lo side to make a lo audible het with WBBM, 
approx. opposite direxion, as it`s not Pueblo music which makes only a 
slow SAH with WBBM. At 1216 UT with KSPI OK nulled, I am again hearing 
that het with a station in Spanish, but stepping up and down to nearby 
frequencies with BFO, KSPI is also off to the lo side (Glenn Hauser, 
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 810, Oct 12 at 1228 UT, rough hum loops NE/SW, overcome at 
1229 by WHB KC as it pops onto day power and pattern, but can still 
hear the hum for a while. Only two XEs in the NW part of the country:
810 XESB Radio Mexicana +FM 94.9 Hidalgo del Parral, Chih. 1,000 1,000
810 XERSV Tribuna Radio          Cd. Obregón, Son.         5,000 D
per Cantú, so XESB is most likely. Altho KXOI, Crane (Odessa) TX is on 
the way with Spanish religion (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 850, Oct 13 at 1220 UT, ``Milenio Radio, 103.7, éxitos de 
todos los tiempos``, then Elvis` Love Me Tender (in English), i.e. 
from XEM Chihuahua city, easy with KOA nulled (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 900, Oct 12 at 1202 UT, federal PSAs, ID only as ``900``, 
1203 teléfonos en cabina 83-77-97-73 y 83-79-88-39 for call-ins to 
live show from Iglesia de --- Impacto. Googling on Mexican phone 
numbers is usually unproductive and so are these, but there is an 
Iglesia de Alto Impacto of the Disciples of Christ in Monterrey NL, as 
I already strongly suspect this is XEOK, OK? 

You might think http://radioacir.net would go to network HQ in the DF, 
but it`s axually XEOK`s own page, and displays the two phone numbers 
at the bottom, except 83-77-95-73 instead of the -97- I must have 
miscopied. 

(Why didn`t USA just go to 8-digit local phone numbers, immediately 
dekamating the availabilities, rather than messing with overlaying and 
cleaving more and more area codes, requiring 11-digit dialing??)

Beware: website autolaunches audio whether wanted or not. Cantú:
900 XEOK OK 900 AM Monterrey, N.L. 10,000 2,500
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO [and non]. 970, Oct 16 at 0609 UT, really lovely heartfelt 
version of ``Malagueña Salerosa``, maybe Linda Ronstadt? But no back-
announce, just 0612 ID as ``La Jota Mexicana, 970-AM``, i.e. XEJ, 
Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua. Salerosa refers to salt, salty? Witty? What 
does it really connote in this title? Google translate can`t handle 
saleroso/a at all.

950 and 970 stations have no problem getting past my local 960 KGWA, 
while my other 1 kW local, 1390 KCRC, blox its adjacent channels and 
desensitizes even further ones (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 1030, Oct 16 at 1243 UT, two stations in Spanish, one of 
which IDs as 103.3 y 970, Radio Fórmula, i.e. relaying the network 
flagship in the DF; Cantú does not cross-reference 103.3 on the 970 
frequency listing, but separately does have 103.3 as XERFR too. Per 
1030 listing this one is:
1030 XEYC Radio Fórmula Cd. Juárez, Chih. 5,000 500
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. Old XEG 1050 QSL card, shows transmitter site right in 
front of Saddle Mountain, went for $21.71:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/XEG-QSL-Card-Monterrey-Mexico-/310767848585?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D17902%26meid%3D2006280925612660753%26pid%3D100020%26prg%3D8261%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D7%26sd%3D310767848585%26&nma=true&si=H59%252FeftwhsYerHtw2Ksan398FEc%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc
(via Artie Bigley, DXLD)
Gee, I thought they were in Fort Worth 11, Texas! (gh, DXLD)

** MEXICO. 1060, XEEP, R. Educación, México DF, OCT 9, 1000 - Over / 
under KYW; choral national anthem, ID, "Radio Educación, mil 
sesenta... desde la ciudad de México... cien mil wats de potencia... 
radioeducacion punto edu punto mx." (Bruce Conti, WPC1CAT, Nashua NH; 
WiNRADiO Excalibur, MWDX-5 phasing unit, 15 x 23-m variable 
termination SuperLoop antennas 60  northeast and 180  south, mwdx yg 
via DXLD)

[and non]. 1060, Oct 13 at 1206 UT, Radio Educación ID amid heavy CCI, 
mainly from KIJN Farwell TX, the cheating 10 kW all-night ``daytime`` 
gospel-huxter on the NM border, playing praise music in Spanish, and 
also easily recognizable by the fast SAH it makes with anything else. 
When that`s nulled, XEEP confronts KGFX opposite from SD; see U S A.

Lucky XEEP in the DF is now the only Mexican left with a nationally 
clear channel on MW, 100/20 kW, but does little good up here. (XEB 
1220 now confronts a daytimer in Saltillo). They ought to upgrade 
their SW to fulltime, high power, and preferably better frequencies 
than 6185; that`ll never happen (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST) And why should they cut to only 20 kW at nite on 1060???

** MEXICO. 1180, Oct 13 at 0559 UT, full ID for XEDCH and its FM; 
hardly any R. Rebelde problem, but instead from KFAQ Tulsa 1183 IBOC 
noise, and KZOT 1180 Nebraska, but the latter can be nulled. Yes, 
XEDCH is the call I heard instead of as in current Cantú:
1180 XEJK Ke buena + FM 95.3 Cd. Delicias, Chih. 5,000 1,500

IRCA Mexican Log 2012 does list it as XEDCH, 5000/250 watts // XHDCH 
95.3. WRTH 2013 splits the difference with XEDCH, 5000/1500 watts. All 
agree on the Ke Buena slogan (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. COMENZARÁ A TRANSMITIR EN POCOS DÍAS RADIO DISNEY MÉXICO
   by gruporadioescuchaargentino

Hace unos días se dio la bienvenida a Radio Disney México en un evento 
lleno de música y emoción. Mauricio Sañudo, Director General de The 
Walt Disney Company México y Antonio Ibarra, Vicepresidente Ejecutivo 
y Director General de Grupo ACIR, fueron los responsables de la 
presentación de la estación, producto de la alianza de las dos grandes 
empresas. En el evento, además, se presentaron los grupos musicales 
Reik, Jesse & Joy, así como Aleks Syntek, quienes dieron un toque de 
emoción y magia al evento.

Radio Disney, “la radio que te escucha”, iniciará transmisiones el 
próximo 9 de octubre en la frecuencia 99.3 FM. Es una estación 
radiofónica con formato joven, la cual lleva el espíritu de la marca 
Disney. Esta alianza busca además, fomentar los valores que ambas 
empresas comparten.

“Radio Disney ofrecerá entretenimiento y diversión, buscará generar un 
fuerte vínculo con la audiencia, y el contacto con ella sin duda será 
su mayor activo”, comenta Mauricio Sañudo, Director General de The 
Walt Disney Company México (tomada de Starmedia.com via GRA blog via 
DXLD)

Mexico is a huge country with several 99.3s, but I suppose this is 
about México DF, unstated. Yes, Cantú already lists: `` 99.3 Radio 
Disney, Audio, Música pop para niños y familias. XHPOP 90,000 watts. 
Grupo ACIR.`` I wonder what it was before (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

** MONACO. VIDEO 2004 VISITA A LOS ANTIGUOS ESTUDIOS RMC MONACO
Hola ! Enric Roca señala Video You Tube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zgY_xbc2SA

RADIO MONTE CARLO - 16 Bd Princesse Charlotte - MONACO. 2004. Sin 
comentarios de lo que se puede ver (Dario Monferini, Oct 14, 2013, 
playdx yg via DXLD)

** MOROCCO. 171 kHz, Médi 1 // Radio Méditerranée Internationale, OCT 
1 0200 - tuned to this frequency to find a brand new Arabic talkshow 
(?) leading to the 0200 UT eclectic Arabic music broadcast with female 
announcer, playing among others Cheb Bilal at 0142. Generally near 
excellent reception with Russian man talk fading up way Under barely 
audible around 0118 UT (surprising since Bolshakovo do not propagate 
during this type of mid to low latitude geomagnetic conditions). This 
was the strongest trans-Atlantic. That`s it for now, DX-Wise! May the 
good DX be with you! (Bogdan Chiochiu, from the Verdun // Lasalle 
border in Montréal, Québec, Canada using the Grundig G5 with 2 
assorted PK loops for long and mediumwave, Hard-Core-DX mailing list 
Oct 2 but not delivered until Oct 14! Via DXLD)

** MYANMAR. 5915, Myanma Radio – Naypyidaw (Presumed), 1235, 10/13/13, 
in Burmese. Program of indigenous music with Male announcer. Fair 
(Mark Taylor, Madison WI, Perseus, WinRadio g313e, Eton e1, Grundig 
G5, Tecsun PL 660; EWE, Flextenna, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) 

I would not presume that as long as CRI Mongolian via Hohhot is also 
on 5915 after 1200 (gh, DXLD)

** NEW ZEALAND. RNZI Daily Program Schedule set to local time

Just noticed this. Radio New Zealand International's 
http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/schedules 
daily program schedule is now being shown in local NZ time. You will 
have to subtract 13 hours to get UT (Mark Coady, Oct 14, 
dxingwithcumbre yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1691, DXLD)

As a transplanted Kiwi, I'm having a hard time getting my head around 
that sked! And as 15720 is pretty much a dead loss in the Vancouver 
area these days, I end up listening to RNZ National streaming for 
anything in our late afternoon/evening -- early till late afternoon 
Down Under. Some monitoring is in order this evening after I give 
thanks! (Theo Donnelly, BC, ODXA yg via DXLD)

Growing Pains for the new website, which has been rolled into the 
domestic websites. We should be bringing these shortcomings to Myra Oh 
(Richard Cuff, ibid.)

Well, 0300 UT/4 pm NZDT Tues 15 Oct was correct with Pacific Regional 
News on the hour, followed by Dateline Pacific.

But 0400 UT/5 pm and 0500/6 pm were out to dinner: as expected, it was 
the usual relay of RNZ National's flagship news programme, Checkpoint, 
with the 0500 frequency switch opening with RNZ News, followed by the 
remainder of Checkpoint.

RC could be right, but it's also likely complicated by the recent 
daylight time switch for which RNZI doesn't adjust its own productions 
(Theo Donnelly, Oct 15, ODXA yg via DXLD)

** NIGERIA. 15120, V. of Nigeria, Oct 09 0718-0728, 35433, French,
News, ID at 0721 (Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN, RX, IC-R75, NRD-525+RD-9830, 
NRD-515, NRD-345, Satellite 750, DE-1121; ANT, 70m Sloper Wire, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

Voice of Nigeria 15120 NOT HEARD. Oct 10. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, 
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Circa 0640 UT Oct 10

Listening to Voice of Nigeria, in DRM at 1929 on 15120. Interesting ad 
for reproductive options. Technical glitches for sure, with the audio 
being way overmodulated. Sports initially, then a live female 
announcer almost shouting into the microphone. I had to do some 
adjusting on the computer to make it a more comfortable listen. 100% 
copy (Walt Salmaniw, [Ob/Gyn] Victoria, BC (13 October), dxldyg via DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6925, Oct 11 at 0107, AM carrier here, maybe another 
pirate tuning up but not modulating yet, vs SSB on the sides (Glenn 
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6925-AM, Oct 13 at 0058, weak signal music mixing 
with SSB QRM (``peskies`` to the HFU folk); 0135 still too weak. HF 
Underground posts name it Radio Free Whatever (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** NORTH AMERICA. RADIO PAISANO: 10/11-12, 2350-2406+, 6925.1/AM, 
2350-2406, 11/12-Oct; EE tunes & comedy re Italian courtship, 
weddings, dining & related activities, including Italian version of 
Hava Nagila. ID at 0005 with radiopaisano@gmail.com addy. SIO=343 with 
buzz bursts (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, Free Radio Weekly via DXLD)

6925-RCUSB, Oct 14 at 0103 old Italian tunes, first one reminds me of 
``Funiculì, Funiculà``, fair signal; 0105 story about mama bear and 
papa bear, stereotypical Italian-accented English; 0120 another 
traditional Italian novelty song. What else but Radio Paisano on 
Columbus Day [non], as per several logs on HF Underground, said to be 
on the air once a year. No one contradicted the initial log as on 
``6925-AM`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NORTH AMERICA. Radio Casablanca imminent --- We plan to be on the 
air tonight on 6940 kHz AM, starting sometime around 2300 UTC, and 
running until the plane to Lisbon has departed (Richard Blaine, 
American, Radio Casablanca, 2204 UT Oct 10, via gh, 2228 UT Oct 18, 
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST; also via Gilles Letourneau)

6940-AM, Oct 10 at 2313, pirate with music, including whistling, 
detectable in noise level. Must be R. Casablanca per direct tip from 
Rick who said he would be on starting at 2300. Next check at 0053 Oct 
11, I can tell it`s still on, but storm noise level is very heavy from 
the line along the Kansas/Colorado border extending into the OK and TX 
Panhandles. 0106 I can tell the music is small-band from the era of 
the `40s, but way too much noise (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6940-RCDSB, Oct 13 at 0106 announces 6-9-4-0 as I 
tune in, music; 0112 talking and weird vocal SFX. 0113 synthetic YL 
says ``coming up next is Radio Jamba International``. SSB tuning helps 
as the carrier is somewhat reduced, but on both sidebands equally. 
0130 it`s better with drumming but some audio interruptions; 0133 
strange/strained voices ranting about Microsoft, pancakes, basketball, 
pork rinds, etc. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6945-USB, Oct 12 at 0118, YL black torch singer 
tunes, must have just come on, or was in a pause a minute earlier when 
I tuned across. Good signal and modulation, and fortunately hits very 
close to one of the 40-Hz steps on the DX-398 BFO. ``Nobody Knows You 
When You`re Down and Out`` is playing; 0120 segue to ``Write Myself a 
Letter``; 0124 another; 0126 quick ID ``Wolverine Radio`` and more 
music, ``When my Sugar Walks Down the Street``. Recheck 0217, still 
going with more music of that genre. Very enjoyable (Glenn Hauser, OK, 
DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** NORTH AMERICA. 6950-AM, Oct 13 at 0058, another pirate, but very 
poor with SSB QRM; 0107 says going to shut down very shortly, gives e-
mail which presumably includes an ID but I can`t copy it in the noise; 
says will be back tomorrow or the next day. Now there is no QRM. 
``Have a good evening, all``, e-mail again and again can`t copy it; 
0109 music, goes off at 0114*. Maybe this was MAC Shortwave per 
numerous logs on HF Underground starting at 2257 Oct 12, but none yet 
posted later than 0033 Oct 13 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6950.5, Oct 15 at 0053 weak talk from pirate, very 
poor in noise level; 0054 into music; 0107 ``thanks for tuning in --- 
I`m tired of doing this stuff``. Numerous logs at
http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,13176.0.html
agree it`s MAC Shortwave. Everyone reports it as 6950-AM, not noting 
the offset. Paying attention to precise frequencies and modes could 
help correlate one pirate name/transmitter with another, which they 
might rather avoid doing (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6960-AM, Oct 16 at 0102, very poor signal with 
music, SSB QRM. No other pirates found this time. Several logs on HF 
Underground say this was a relay of The Crystal Ship (Glenn Hauser, 
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6965-AM, Oct 13 at 0057, sounds like ``Peter Gunn`` 
theme vamping, but turns into something else. Best signal by far of 
all the pirates tonite, but 0101.5 announcement with music background 
is a bit undermodulated; mentions ``broadcasting under the stars this 
evening``, ``second week of October``, ``cat`s fur is starting to 
change color``, musing on Xmas, fall and Hallowe`en. 

0103 address xfmshortwave@gmail.com and always welcomes reports on 
FRN, FRC, HF Underground; live timecheck as 4 minutes after 1 o`clock; 
`` no new music tonight but some slower stuff``; acknowledges a report 
on HFU; ID as ``XFM, the Power of X``, intro Red Hot Chili Peppers, 
but first where`s the liner? ``Broadcasting in C-Quam stereo from the 
United States to the World on shortwave, this is XFM, music to the 
power of X`` is asserted. Still going at 0110 and later chex till I 
quit at 0140 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6965-AM, Oct 14 at 0102, very poor with weak talk, 
conversation with laughter, 0109 music, 0120 talk. Numerous reports on 
hfunderground say it`s Radio Free Whatever, from *0006 to 0144* (Glenn 
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NORTH AMERICA. 9775, Oct 10 at 0055 a JBA carrier, and after 0100 
nothing at all, third night without any Radio YHWH; altho propagation 
has really degraded since then.

9775, Oct 11 at 0057 looking for Radio YHWH again, but only a JBA 
carrier, no ACI yet; at 0102 the ACI is on from both sides, and not 
even the JBA carrier now. Perhaps Friday night = Sabbath will bring it 
back.

9775, Oct 12 at 0101 and a few later chex, it`s the Sabbath and still 
no repeat appearance of Radio YHWH, between 9770 Turkey and 9780 Sri 
Lanka.

9775, Oct 13 at 0111 and a couple more chex, still no more show from 
Radio YHWH. Wonder if they are using other frequencies? (Glenn Hauser, 
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Hi Glenn, Oct 14 from tune in at 0139 to tune out at 0220, on 3234.95, 
found religious program in English with countless mentions of 
"Yahweh"; anti-Christian and anti-Catholic; "This is station YHWH." 
Two different audios to give you an idea of how they sound. 
https://app.box.com/s/n5quk1qzbjv1ttpqb7n7 
https://app.box.com/s/9rnb0moivju3pbixj9eo 
(Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via WORLD OF 
RADIO 1691, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

9775, Oct 14 a few chex after 0100, no show again from Radio YHWH, as 
heard six nights ago only; maybe better luck after a week on UT 
Tuesday 15? Or not: Ron Howard upon Asilomar State Beach, California, 
did catch ``Station YHWH`` at 0139-0220 Oct 14 on 3234.95, ``with 
countless mentions of "Yahweh"; anti-Christian and anti-Catholic``. So 
a full bandscan is necessary to find it; at least the favorite time is 
around 0100-0220+.

9775 & 3235, Oct 15 at 0057 and rechex until 0112, nothing from Radio 
YHWH, the Yahweh pirate, two frequencies where it has shown up before 
around this time (nor on 5990, 6010 as earlier).

9775 and 3235, Oct 16 at 0102 and later, no shows again from Station 
YHWH. The one time I heard it 8 nights ago on 9775, it did sound like 
Ron Howard`s recordings on 3234.95 [above]. That low frequency makes 
me suspect a western USA location (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 
1691, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NORTH AMERICA. WAZU will be on 13605 kHz this afternoon from 2000 
to 2100 UT. If that frequency is occupied, try 13548 (Harold Frodge, 
MI, Oct 13, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Missed it. Would people please be sure to send hot tips to my main e-
mail address wghauser @ yahoo.com Tnx (Glenn)

** NORTH AMERICA. Thanks to US shutdown, pirate radio activity reaches 
an all-time high --- The SWLing Post By Thomas   October 14, 2013
http://swling.com/blog/2013/10/thanks-to-us-shutdown-pirate-radio-activity-reaches-an-all-time-high/
 
As frustrated as many are over the US government shutdown, it 
nonetheless offers one unique benefit to the shortwave radio 
community, and to pirate radio in particular –– no FCC enforcement.
 
As we mentioned earlier, the FCC’s enforcement arm was shut down along 
with all other FCC activities that weren’t directly connected with 
“the protection of life or property.”

The result?  Pirates –– lots of pirates –– on the air! The Jolly Roger 
flaps in the breeze.
 
Pirate radio activity since the shutdown has truly been at a record 
high, with pirates taking to the airwaves throughout the week, and 
especially on the weekends.

Case in point: this past weekend, the North American “pirate radio 
grounds” of 6920-6970 kHz were packed with pirate radio stations. 
There were even crowded band conditions; at one point I tweeted that 
there were no less than three pirates broadcasting simultaneously in 
just a small chunk of bandwidth on AM. Indeed, there may even have 
been a fourth that I couldn’t quite detect; an unusual occurrence, to 
say the least. And with pirate radio’s favorite holiday, Halloween 
(think War of the Worlds), fast approaching, there’s likely to be more 
such unusual activity (via Mike Terry, Oct 15, dxldyg via DXLD)

** NORWAY. Svenn Martinsen writes on Facebook:
LKB/LLE is on the air with another set of test broadcasts today from 
LLE-2 (1314 kHz) and LLE-3 (5895 kHz), in the morning and on Thursday 
afternoon. Morning broadcasts run from @0515 to 0800 UT, and afternoon 
broadcasts @1400-1600. Our QSL card has arrived, so why not send a 
report to Box 100, N5331 RONG! Don't forget to include return postage.
(There is a photo of the QSL which shows the antenna tower)
(via Mike Terry, Oct 15, dxldyg via DXLD)

** OKLAHOMA. Glenn, Noticed this KTOK QSL card you may be interested 
in. May be pretty rare?? HAVE YOU SEEN THIS DESIGN before? It is not 
on the web. Since you are from Oklahoma...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/KTOK-QSL-Card-Oklahoma-City-Oklahoma-/310767895999?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item485b35c5bf&nma=true&si=H59%252FeftwhsYerHtw2Ksan398FEc%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
(Artie Bigley, OH, Oct 14, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

No, I hadn`t. Interesting home-made design. I never bothered to QSL 
KTOK (gh, DXLD)

** OKLAHOMA. 1120, Oct 13 circa 1845 UT on caradio, and any other 
daytime, KEOR Catoosa/Tulsa (really Sperry site), now has enough 
signal to believe it is really running 7 kW as called for in its CP, 
ex-2 kW: respectable but of course always weaker signal compared to 50 
kW KFAQ 1170, R. Victoria with its Spanish praise music and preaching. 
Also seems reliably on the air now after months of sporadicity. And 
have not heard this daytimer for sure lately at night vs KMOX (Glenn 
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1150, Oct 10 at 1214 UT, something else audible with N/S 
KSAL Salina KS nulled, mentioning local event in Krebs, which is a 
dead giveaway for KNED, confirmed by the next mention of McAlester. 
This Okie is too far to be audible on groundwave, as KSAL owns 1150 in 
the daytime (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. KGYN 1210 inaudible again: see USA: KUBR log

1210, Oct 13 circa 1845 UT on caradio, no signal audible from KGYN 
Guymon, which normally reaches Enid on groundwave. Also on DX-398 at 
home after 0500 Oct 14, still can`t hear KGYN, so if on the air at 
all, must be keeping to night pattern also in day, null toward 
Philadelphia and Enid. Finally at 1214 UT Oct 14 I can barely hear it 
with adstring, 1216 KGYN weather, 1216 ``US Country``. Whatever signal 
they have is now getting an SRS boost (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. WBBZ 1230 possibly with Coast to Coast? see UNIDENTIFIED

** OKLAHOMA. 1520, KOKC, Oklahoma City, OCT 11, 1720 MST, HSFB p-b-p, 
Eagles vs. Lions. KOKC running Moore HSFB again this year. Almost 
local-like reception, strong and alone on the frequency, heard 
barefoot G8 Grundig, monitored at El Mirage AZ (Rick Barton, dxldyg 
via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Also check earlier in the afternoon: you may 
be surprised how soon this starts skywaving (gh, DXLD)

** OMAN. Irregular broadcast(?) Radio Sultanate Oman, 15355 kHz, 0007z 
10/13/13 strong here. Irregular per Eibi schedule - but have heard 
most evenings this time & till past 0030z (Rich Ray, Burr Ridge, IL, 
UT Oct 14, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1691, DX LISTENING DIGEST) By 
0100 it`s usually heard on 9760, supposedly from *0000 (gh, WORLD OF 
RADIO 1691, DXLD)

15140, Radio Sultantate of Oman; 1418-1500+, 4-Oct; Latino tunes to 
BoH "News 90.4", English headlines/details/recap, closing as the "6:30 
Bulletin". 1442 "Herbs & Health"; worked in a reference to "The 
Prophet" (I'm guessing they weren't referring to Brother Stair, the 
Last Days Prophet of God) & said that honey and the Koran will cure 
any illness of the mind. 1454 pop tunes to late chimes at 1500:35 into 
Arabic. SIO=353, much better sig than yesterday (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)

13600, Radio Sultanate of Oman, 0307 English, man with news to 0309, 
0310 ID and into pop music. Poor, sweeper QRM Oct 11 (Harold Sellers, 
Vernon, British Columbia, Listening beside the lake, in my car, with 
the Eton E1 and Sony AN1 active antenna, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 
1691, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PAKISTAN. 17720, R. Pakistan, Oct 11 0056-0108, 35443, Urdu, Talk 
and news and koran, ID at 0100 and 0105, // 15490 (Kouji Hashimoto, 
JAPAN, RX, IC-R75, NRD-525+RD-9830, NRD-515, NRD-345, Satellite 750, 
DE-1121; ANT, 70m Sloper Wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

17720, R. Pakistan:
Oct 15 0159-0210*, 34443, Urdu, News, ID at 0200 and 0202 and 0205,
// 15490 kHz
Oct 16 0040-0055, 35443-45444, Urdu, Pakistan music, ID and IS at 
0044, ID and opening announce at 0045, Koran 
(Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN, RX, IC-R75, NRD-525+RD-9830, NRD-515, NRD-
345, Satellite 750, DE-1121; ANT, 70m Sloper Wire, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3365, NBC Milne Bay, 1413*, Oct 10. This station 
stays on the air the longest of all the NBC stations; off with “The 
Voice of yesterday, today … NBC National Radio" (Ron Howard, Asilomar 
State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1691, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3905, Oct 10 at 1242, no signal, not even carrier 
from Kavieng, so temporary anniversary reactivation over? But poor 
propagation today, 3925 Japan JBA, and I should have checked an hour 
earlier (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

3905, NBC New Ireland. Very brief reactivation for the "anniversary 
celebration of NBC New Ireland"; only heard Oct 7 and 8; has not been 
heard again through Oct 11. What will be the next special New Ireland 
event that will bring back their SW operation? (Ron Howard, Asilomar 
State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

3905, NBC New Ireland, 1135-1241, Oct 12. After being off the air for 
three days, today continued with special programming in Tok Pisin / 
Pidgin; long monologue about "radio ... New Ireland ... Internet, 
email ... NBC"; 1158 several mentions of "NBC celebrations"; after 
1200 DJ format music program; playing pop Pacific Island songs; 
frequent local IDs; poor/ham QRM/QRN (Ron Howard, Asilomar State 
Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1691, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

** PERU. Compañeros: Les informo que después de varios meses de no 
escucha, hoy capté:

3329.54, PERÚ, R. Ondas del Huallaga, Huánuco, 2330-0010, 22222+, mx, 
ID "Ondas del Huallaga", mxf huayno, mx en forma continua, ID "Si te 
pregunta, responde conmigo, Yo escucho Ondas del Huallaga"; ads 
Agropecuaria Falcón, SENASA Huánuco. 73 (Pedro F Arrunátegui, Lima, 
Vivo en una casa muy pequeña, pero, sus ventanas se abren hacia un
mundo muy grande, Oct 9, DX LISTENING DIGEST via dxldyg, WORLD OF 
RADIO 1691)

3329.554, Perú, Ondas del Huallaga, Huánuco, 12/10 2240-2245, mxf, 
programa del folclore por Emy Falcón, ID ``A todos mis amigos que 
están en la plena sintonía de la frecuencia modulada de los 88.9 de 
Ondas del Huallaga", 5 de la tarde y 53 minutos. Que tenga buen fin de 
semana, ID "Sigue la programación de Ondas del Huallaga" 12 October.

3329.54, Ondas del Huallaga, 13/10 1050-1110, 33333, s/on 1100. De  
frente colocan mx y después dicen ID "Ondas del Huallaga, la radio 
tridimensional" ads "frente a Radio Ondas del Huallaga" mx, Slogan 
"Ondas del Huallaga, cultural, musical, deportiva, informativa, 
divertida", programa Escuela Nueva, Oct 13 (Pedro F.  Arrunátegui, 
Lima, via Bob Wilkner, Cumbre DX via WORLD OF RADIO 1691, DXLD)

3329.5, Perú, Ondas del Huallaga, Huánuco, 1035 to 1055 with threshold 
audio, music vocalist? 15 October. Previously only carrier on 12 
October (Bob Wilkner, S Florida, Cumbre DX via DXLD)  

** PERU. 5980, R. CHASKI, 09/10 0041 UT. Programa “El amor que vale” 
con el tema de la soberanía de Jesús sobre la muerte. Señal con SINPO:
54454, sin sobremodulació n. Llama la atención que actualmente la 
lista EiBi tenga la siguiente información:
5980 1000-1500 PRU Radio Chaski Q PRU u
5980 2200-0105 PRU R. Chaski Red Integridad S, Q PRU u

Sin información sobre potencia, ubicación, coordenadas y acimutal,
aunque sí con conocimiento de la retrasmisión de Red Radio Integridad
y de su salida cercana a las 0105 (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, 
Antena: Beverage de 20 metros con balun 9:1, QTH: Centro de Ovalle, IV 
Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) 

Just reset to 0101* and counting (gh, DXLD)

5980, R. CHASKI, 09/10 2331 UT. Comienzo del programa “Momento 
decisivo” acerca de la formación de una unidad global y de una junta 
de estabilidad financiera. Asimismo se señala el inminente “Armagedón 
Económico venidero” que permitirá el establecimiento del anticristo, 
según el libro del Apocalipsis. Señal con SINPO: 44444 con
sobremodulación no tan marcada (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, 
Antena: Beverage de 20 metros con balun 9:1, QTH: Centro de Ovalle, IV 
Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD)

5980, Oct 10 at 0057, JBA carrier from R. Chaski, and CRI/Cuba 5990 is 
already off which helps a bit. This time I am monitoring 5980 
continually to catch the new cutoff time, which is: 0100:40*. Missed 
it yesterday, so that means Oct 9 was the reset date to 0100:35*, 
after having attained 0106:17* on October 8. 

As I said in DXLD 13-39, ``The last reset was on July 21 as in DXLD 
13-30 after it had reached 0105:44* on July 20``. This span was 81 
days. So at the same rate, another 81 days later will be December 28. 
The previous reset was extrapolated to 0059:12* on July 21, so that 
makes a total span of 7 minutes and 5 seconds = 425 seconds. Divided 
by 81 = 5.247 seconds per day on average. Using my watch in one-second 
steps, it`s difficult to estimate to closer than 0.5 second (Glenn 
Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1691, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

5980, R. CHASKI, 10/10 11 UT. Emisión de música y avisos en idioma 
quechua. Anterior a esta hora solamente se escuchaba la portadora 
abierta, sin ningún tipo de modulación. Señal con SINPO: 43343. 

5980, R. CHASKI, 11/10 0033 UT. Programa “El amor que vale” de Adrian 
Rogers en la voz de Lenin de Janón, con el tema intitulado: “la 
asombrosa iglesia del primer siglo” y al finalizar este programa se da 
música instrumental con tempo andante, parecida a aquella 
perteneciente a la sinfonía Nº 21 de Mozart. Señal con SINPO: 43343 
(Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: Beverage de 20 metros con 
balun 9:1, QTH: Centro de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via 
DXLD)

5980, Oct 11 at 0055, JBA carrier in noise level from R. Chaski, until 
cutoff at 0100:46*, six seconds later than yesterday (Glenn Hauser, 
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

5980, R. CHASKI, 12/10 0016 UT. Programa “La Biblia dice” con el tema 
de los 144 mil sellados del Apocalipsis y el arrebatamiento de la 
Iglesia. Después música hasta las 0030. Señal con SINPO: 43343. Nota: 
Investigando sobre la potencia, se indica que tiene 5 kW:
5980 kHz OBX4M Radio Chaski Urubamba/Cerro Sacro * 5
http://www.radio-america-latina.org/am/fm.php?itu=Per%FA&region=cus
(Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: Beverage de 20 metros con 
balun 9:1, QTH: Centro de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via 
DXLD) 

Shows callsign as OBX4M, which I don`t think I`ve ever seen quoted. 
Station missed completely being entered in WRTH 2013 (gh, DXLD)

5980, Oct 12 at 0056, JBA carrier from R. Chaski, bad splash from 
China/Cuba 5990. Clear cutoff at 0100:51* which is 5 seconds later 
than yesterday.

5980, Oct 13 at 0052, R. Chaski carrier with heavy splash from 5990 
CRI via Cuba; cuts off at 0100:56.5* which is 5.5 seconds later than 
yesterday.

5980, Oct 14 at 0050, R. Chaski carrier, until cutoff at 0101:02* 
which is 5.5 seconds later than yesterday.

5980, Oct 15 at 0052, R. Chaski carrier, until cutoff at 0101:08* 
which is six seconds later than yesterday, but probably more like 5.25 
with margin of error (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

5980, R. CHASKI, 16/10 2235 UT. Inicio del programa “Visión para 
vivir” con SINPO: 43343 con sobremodulación y cortes en la 
transmisión (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: Beverage de 20 
metros con balun 9:1, QTH: Centro de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, 
condiglista yg via DXLD)

** PHILIPPINES. 9400, FEBC Iba, 1138-1147 10/7, Chinese; M & W 
announcers with talk between various music bits; tentative ID at 1145; 
fair & always a reliable catch here (Scott R. Barbour Jr. Intervale, 
NH, NRD-545, MLB-1, 200' Beverages, 60m dipole, dxldyg via DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** PORTUGAL. Re 13-41: Hello all, where the following report by Dave 
Kenny was mentioned:
«Radio Renascença’s medium wave transmitters which now carry the 
station’s Radio Sim channel aimed at older listeners are being run on 
reduced power to save energy costs. The main Lisbon transmitter on 594 
kHz which is rated at 100 kW (but had been operating at 10 kW) has now 
been reduced to only 1.5 kW. Power of the 10 kW transmitters on 891, 
963, 981 and 1251 kHz has been reduced to just 1 kW, while the 1 kW 
transmitters continue to operate at full power. Braga 576 kHz has been 
switched off as the area is served by an FM transmitter (Information 
from Radio Renascenca technical staff during EDXC visit on 9 Sep) 
Reception of Radio Sim on 594 kHz was extremely weak at our hotel in 
central Lisbon (Dave Kenny, Oct BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD)»

I do not mean to contradict RR staff, but I suspect that the 
transmitter at Seixal (963 kHz) is running at a power level higher 
that the mentioned 1 kW; when Rádio Sim uses the spare transmitter (1 
kW), in order to replace the main unit during maintenance work, the 
signal on 963 kHz picked up here (at Évora) is much reduced. On the 
other hand, when the transmitter is running at full power, I can get a 
fair signal - even using an ordinary, cheap radio (for not mentioning 
my Sony 7600 GR, for instance). I do not know whether R. Sim keeps 
using 10 kW, but, as I explained, whether the power is strongly 
reduced, the coverage beyond the region of Lisbon, specially  in the 
Alentejo region, is clearly affected. 

While that, in spite of using only 1.5 kW, tx at Muge keeps providing 
a fair coverage of the south & the center of the country; the signal 
at Évora is stronger than the one from Seixal.

A note regarding the inactive MW outlets: besides Braga (to be more 
accurate, the tx is actually located wothin the municipality of Vila 
Verde, close to Braga), the remaining switched off txs are Valongo, 
Viseu (both 1251 kHz 10 kW) and Évora (927 kHz 1 kW). These outlets 
were actually chosen because they are located in areas where Rádio Sim 
has VHF-FM txs: Braga 101.1 MHz 10 kW, Valongo 100.8 MHz 1.5 kW & 
Portel (near Évora) 97.5 MHz 0.5 kW. Best regards & 73s, (Luís 
Carvalho, Portugal, Oct 14, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ROMANIA. R Romania Int`l B-13 English effective 27 October 2013
1200-1300 EU    15460 17530
1200-1300 seAf  17765 21570
1800-1900 EU     5940 (DRM) 9780
2130-2200 EU     6030 (DRM) 7380
2130-2200 eNAM   7310 9435
2300-0000 EU     6015 7220
2300-0000 Japan  7395 9620
0100-0200 eNAM   6145 7325
0400-0500 wNAM   6020 7305
0400-0500 India 11710 13730
0630-0700 EU     7345 9600 (DRM)
0630-0700 AU    17780 21600
(RRI website via Alan Roe, Teddington, UK, dxldyg via DXLD)

HORARIO DE INVIERNO DE R R I --- Estimados amigos, Aquí tenéis el 
horario de invierno de nuestras emisiones en español. Gracias por su 
apoyo. Un cordial saludo, Victoria Sepciu

A partir del 27 de octubre de 2013 y hasta el 30 de marzo de 2014, las 
emisiones en español, por onda corta, de Radio Rumanía Internacional 
se pueden sintonizar de este modo: [UT]

    a las 2000 horas por 6010 y 7235 kilohercios, en España;
    a las 2200 horas por 13860 y 15160 kilohercios, en Sudamérica;
    a las 0000 horas por 13590 kilohercios y 15110 kilohercios, en 
Sudamérica y por 7315 y 9525 kilohercios, en El Caribe;
    a las 0300 horas de la madrugada por 11800 y 13630 kilohercios, en 
Sudamérica y por 7345 y 9650 kilohercios, en Centroamérica; 

También se pueden sintonizar vía satélite y en Internet, en formato 
WMA (Windows Media Audio), en la página http://www.rri.ro  Además, en 
Europa, se pueden sintonizar a través del satélite HOT BIRD CINCO, en 
la frecuencia de 11623.28 Megahercios, polarización vertical, acimut 
13 grados. Victoria Sepciu (via Pepe Bueno, Spain, Oct 15, DXLD)

** RUSSIA. 1593, 9.10 *1159-, R Bonch, St Petersburg. 1244 at last I 
succeeded. Power only 10 W or even less, so I suppose it is DX at 300 
km. AM synchro in Perseus showed its strength, bringing the audio up 
from local noise, NB or NR didn't help at all! Mika Mäkeläinen and 
Willi Passmann checked via my remote receiver, but either too early 
(too weak) or too late, when Romania took over around 1310. 1980. 
Here's a short video of the weak signal:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcEMEcu98fQ
MR (Mauno Ritola, Finland, ARC Mv-eko 14 October via DXLD) 
NB/NR = noise blanking/reduxion

** RUSSIA. 5930, Oct 10 at 1241, R. Rossii, Pet/Kam, poor-fair with 
rock music, and No signal, not even a carrier, on usual // 5940 
Magadan --- so that`s off the air, or totally propped-out due to 
higher-latitude path? From Magadan to Enid, grazes the Arctic Circle 
between northern edge of Seward Peninsula and Kotzebue, while from 
Pet-Kam not quite reaches the 60th parallel over SW Alaska.

Eclectic American music moves on to ``Danke Shane`` at 1245 (note: 
must not be pronounced as ``Schön``, just like John Böhner), 1249 
Beetles` ``Twist & Shout``, similar to ``La Bamba`` tune, but these 
are clips with long narrations in Russian about the music.

5940, Oct 11 at 1240, R. Rossii, Magadan, poorly audible with jazz // 
much stronger 5930 Petropavlovsk/Kamchatsky. 24 hours earlier, Magadan 
was inaudible, but higher-latitude paths are now recovering somewhat 
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

5930, R. Rossii-Kamchatka, Oct 15 0733-0745, 45444, Russian, News and 
talk, ID at 0738 (Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN, RX, IC-R75, NRD-525+RD-9830, 
NRD-515, NRD-345, Satellite 750, DE-1121; ANT, 70m Sloper Wire, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

5930 & 5940, Oct 16 at 1254, song in English on R. Rossii; another 
instance of drastic difference in propagation from Pet/Kam and Magadan 
respectively: good on 5930, JBA on 5940 over more northerly path. 
Maybe also a direxional factor? Not per Aoki, showing both as 100 kW, 
30 degrees, favorably USward (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** RUSSIA. 6195, R. Rossii via Buryatskoe R., Oct 15 0757-0811, 35332, 
Russian, News and talk, ID at 0758 and 0805. What time is it a local 
program from? (Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN, RX, IC-R75, NRD-525+RD-9830, 
NRD-515, NRD-345, Satellite 750, DE-1121; ANT, 70m Sloper Wire, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** RUSSIA. The local transmitters broadcasting Radio Rassii in Russian 
(except on 4050 kHz) are still on the air. They are:

Stream (or Dubl)
# 1 on 5930Pet/Kam, 5940 and 7320
# 2 on 7230
# 3 on 6085, 6100 and 6195
# 4 only on LW/MW
# 5 on 5930Monchegorsk, 6160, 12070/13665/13735/....
and all on LW and MW. Here are some of these observed recently:

at 0340 5930M with own local program or stream 5 and 171 LW//945 MW 
with another program on 10 October;
at 0415 stream #5 on 12070//5930M, 6160;
1545-1600 stream #5 13735//5930M//6160 and after 1600 only 13735 and 
stream #3 on 6085 and 6115 and from 1612 with different program than 
13735 on 7 October;
at 1912 on 7230 stream 2 and on 7215 stream # 5 on 10 October. The nx 
bulletin on every hour is same for all Dubls (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, 
Bulgaria, Oct 15, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

He spells it Rassii because it`s pronounced more like that, even tho 
spelt with an o. And since we`re transliterating anyway from Cyrillic, 
why not make it more fonetik? Notably the genitive suffix pronounced -
ovo but spelt equivalent of ogo, etc. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

** RUSSIA. 6075, Oct 10 at 1236, poor signal in Chinese, mentions Mei-
Guo (America), totally different programing from multiple CNR1 
frequencies on 6 MHz and higher bands --- because as Aoki shows, this 
is VOR, 100 kW due west from Vladivostok-Tavrich site at 10-13 (plus 
another hour in Mongolian except Sundays). Weaker than weak Australia 
6080 next door (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** RUSSIA. Estimados colegas del diexismo: Ante las noticias del cese 
de emisiones por onda corta de La Voz de Rusia, sería interesante 
enviar cartas, faxes o correos electrónicos de protesta. Os envio el 
modelo que ya les he remitido por distintas vías. Por cierto. cuando 
se intenta con el fax que ellos nos dieron al Club S500, contesta una
persona en ruso y no se consigue transmitir el fax. Un saludo.
EMILIO http://www.clubs500.es

************ ********* ********* ********* **
To: ELENA NIKOLÁEVA
Spanish Section
Radio LA VOZ DE RUSIA
(Servicio en español)
Pyátnitskaya, 25
Moscú 115326 RUSIA
post_es@ruvr.ru
Fax: +7 (495) 950 66 24
************ ********* ********* ********* **
Estimados amigos y amigas de la Voz de Rusia:

Hace unos días me comentaron unos colegas que la emisora de Radio La 
Voz de Rusia cesaba sus transmisiones en onda corta a partir del 1 de 
enero de 2014.

No puedo más que trasladar mi disgusto y desaprobación por lo que 
considero una decisión absurda que priva al mundo del canal de 
noticias más fiable e importante al que tenemos acceso.

No creo que la solución a este corte de emisiones sean las "nuevas
tecnologías" ya que no están disponibles en la mayor parte de los 
países; y que la única forma de llegar a cada oyente no es otra que la 
radio por onda corta.

Espero que dicha decisión se rectifique con la mayor brevedad pues su 
país no puede permitirse el lujo de no hacerse sentir en cada rincón 
del planeta, y perder así la influencia permanente que ejerce en la 
opinión internacional.

Ya os trasladé mi decepción por la pérdida de las emisiones para 
España (y el absurdo DRM) y no puedo más que solicitar la vuelta al 
mismo ámbito con que se situaban las transmisiones de nuestra querida 
emisora (para mí siempre Radio Moscú) hace pocos años.

Os ruego, por favor, que transmitáis a los directivos de la emisora mi
protesta por el cese de las emisiones en español en onda corta 
convencional y mi deseo para que la decisión sea reconsiderada y 
cuanto antes vuelvan (continúen) a nuestros receptores la sintonía de 
la Voz de Rusia. 
Reciban mi más sincera admiración,
Fdo:
Ciudad (País): (Julio Martínez, Oct 11, noticiasdx yg via DXLD)

** RWANDA. 6055, Radio Rwandaise (tentative) 0254 male chorus in 
vernacular, 0255:30 man with announcements. Poor, Oct 11 (Harold 
Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia, Listening beside the lake, in my 
car, with the Eton E1 and Sony AN1 active antenna, dxldyg via DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** SAINT HELENA. 24943-USB, Oct 11 at 2004, pileups trying to contact 
weak station. I have to listen to call after call from USA, till 
finally at 2009 I make out Peter, ZD6FT, I thought, but it must have 
been ZD7FT, as in http://www.qrz.com/db/ZD7FT
ZD7FT 
Peter Constantine
PO. Box 33
Jamestown, St. Helena Island, South Atlantic Ocean, STHL 1ZZ
St Helena Island
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SARAWAK [non]. Radio Free Sarawak - Winds of Discontent over Borneo

. . . . In much more subdued Sarawak, where open discourse is much 
more low-key, similar sentiments also exist, even within high ranks of 
the civil service. Although the older generation is loyal to the 
leaders, younger voters are much more widely exposed to the outside 
world as they have left longhouses to work in cities and they use 
social media heavily. They are coming home during festivals and 
sharing new ideas and values with the older inhabitants. Together with 
the dissemination of information from Radio Free Sarawak, this is 
beginning to have an impact on rural areas. In addition there have 
been major changes in electoral demographics in the urban areas of 
Sarawak in the last two elections. . . . .
http://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/winds-of-discontent-over-borneo-4870/ 
(Ron Howard, CA, Oct 11, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SOMALILAND. 7120, Radio Hargeisa, *0330, Oct 10. On with usual 
National Anthem and into reciting from the Qur'an. Oct 10 with 1402*; 
off with NA (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via 
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

7120, R. Hargeisa, Oct 15, 1850-1925 35333-25332 Somali, HOA music and 
talk, IS at 1902, News, ID at 1922. It was extension broadcast, I was 
not able to hear it until the end (Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN, RX, IC-R75, 
NRD-525+RD-9830, NRD-515, NRD-345, Satellite 750, DE-1121; ANT, 70m 
Sloper Wire, WORLD OF RADIO 1691, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SPAIN. This is the new LOCAL/REGIONAL program schedule of RNE 
stations from October 14th 2013: (times UT)

M-F:
0525-0530 REG RN // R5
0550-0600 REG RN // R5
0645-0700 LOCAL R5
0705-0710 REG R5
0730-0745 LOCAL R5
1025-1030 REG R5
1310-1400 REG RN // R5
1730-1800 REG R5

S-Su:
0705-0715 REG R5
1130-1200 REG RN // R5

CEUTA & MELILLA:
They produce M-F the RN blocks and the 0645 and 0730 ones on R5
 
73! (Mauricio Molano, Salamanca, ESPAÑA - SPAIN
RX site:  Aldea del Cano, Cáceres. LAT: 39º17'09.70 N, LONG: 6º19'00 W
RX: PERSEUS.   ANT: WELLBROOK ALA1530S+
http://moladx.blogspot.com/ Oct 10, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

So will all the above shift one UT hour later from Oct 27 ---- or two 
hours later if Spain permanently changes timezone? (gh, DXLD)

Well, this is not a formal decision at this moment. It is still in 
study. 73! (Mauricio Molano, Salamanca, Oct 14, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Hola Mauricio, Many thanks for this info. The last weekend of October, 
Europe will change to "wintertime``. Does this mean that these RNE 
transmission times also will change, so we have to add one hour to the 
times you mentioned?

Do you also happen to have the time schedule of regional/local 
transmissions of SER, COPE, OCR and Punto Radio? Many thanks, (Max Van 
Arnhem, The Netherlands, MWCircle yg via DXLD)

Of course! It is the National radio so it works in Spanish local time.
About other networks, I´m sorry but I don´t have its schedules. I have 
those of RNE as I work in RNE-Salamanca. 73! (Mauricio Molano, 
Salamanca, ESPAÑA - SPAIN, ibid.)

** SPAIN. One of my beloved DX programs is Amigos de la Onda Corta in 
Spanish aired on Sundays 1205-1255 on 11910, 21515, 21610 (in A 13) 
and maybe there is a repeat on Mondays [UT 0005]. Heard on 6 October 
2013. (I do know only some Spanish, sorry). (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, 
Bulgaria, Oct 15, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

[and non]. 5965, Oct 15 at 0059, good signal with open carrier, and 
nothing on 5995 --- bet it`s REE COSTA RICA getting ready to start the 
wrong frequency; still dead air past 0100 but at 0103, modulating 5965 
with REE, as usual a few seconds behind 9535 direct from Spain due to 
multiple satellite feed hops? Or other digital delays in the circuit. 

By 0108 recheck, however, back on correct 5995 instead of 5965 
(axually they would be better off on 5965 now that RHC is on 6000, 
unless the Brasilian is really active on 5965?). REE schedule is 00-04 
on 5995, 04-08 on 5965, and sometimes they are reversed after 0400 
too. This time at 0542 check, on correct 5965 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST) See also EAST TURKISTAN. About to be closed: relay 
in COSTA RICA - q.v.

** SRI LANKA. 9720, Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation, Colombo, Sri 
Lanka. A full data QSL for a reception report in Malayalam language 
made last August 18, 2013. Reported transmission power: 125 kW
V/S: Victor Goonetilleke. The report was sent by email and answered 
first by email and then by conventional mail. The QSL card showing 
different images of Sri Lanka and a map of the island (Arnaldo Slåen, 
Argentina, Oct 13, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

11905, Radio Sri Lanka, 0114 carrier on, 0115 instrumental music, time 
pips and woman with sign-on in vernacular. Very poor, Oct 11 (Harold 
Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia, Listening beside the lake, in my 
car, with the Eton E1 and Sony AN1 active antenna, dxldyg via DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** SRI LANKA. PCJ Radio DRM TESTS TO EUROPE --- PCJ Radio will beam to 
Europe on the 13th October from 1030 to 1127 UT on 17560 kHz with a 
beam heading of 335 degrees from Trincomalee. This beam heading is 
excellent for our Indian listeners too. The power will be 80 kW. We 
will appreciate reports and all correct reception reports will be 
QSLd. For listeners to East Asia/Japan, 1130-1227 DRM on 15645 kHz. 
The regular Sunday transmission of Happy Station continues on 11835 
kHz 1330-1430. QSLs are available <pcjqsl@pcjmedia.com (Victor 
Goonetilleke, Sri Lanka, Oct 12, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

No reception of both DRM transmissions at my QTH in Northern 
Copenhagen. 73, (Erik Køie, Denmark, Oct 13, ibid.)

On the frequency for Europe, SNR up to 23 db in the peaks.
http://www.rhci-online.de/Animation17560kHz_SLBC_DRM.gif
contact shown: http://www.slbc.lk       &      ddge @ slbc.lk
On the frequency for East Asia a clear pattern up to 6db SNR, but 
without label.

QTH:  D-06193 Petersberg/Germany
Dipole for 12 MHz & Boomerang 27 MHz
used Hybrid-SDR:  IC-R75
http://www.rhci-online.de/IC-R75-hybrid-sdr-roger.jpg
(roger, Germany, ibid.)

Fair signal here in Romania, with a few dropouts now and then. I was 
able to listen to the first half of the broadcast until the batteries 
powering the DR-111 died (my mistake for not checking them). I made a 
recording available at the following address:
http://youtu.be/_5on2h-RvbM
(Tudor Vedeanu, (Gura Humorului, Romania), ibid.)

Here's a short audio sample of me:
http://www.rhci-online.de/17560_kHz_SLBC-PCJ-DRM.m4a

The sound is sterile metallic, nothing for humanoid ears. But DRM is 
something for the future and the androids it will certainly delight...   
;-) (roger, Germany, ibid.)

** SUDAN. Two recent and very pleasing QSLs ~ [see also BOLIVIA]
Country No. 97 - SUDAN (North) - Sudan Radio, Omdurman, 7200 kHz, 
15:15z, p/d e-mail confirmation e/s by Adam Bakhit, (director of 
French section) in 21 months by e-mail for f/up report by e-mail. I 
will make a nice homemade QSL to commemorate this response. Sudan 
Radio recently switched to 7205 kHz, and thus the discrepancy. As of 
12/2012, 7200 was their frequency. Many thanks to Timm Breyel and 
Guido Schotmans for blazing the newfound trail on this one J (Bruce 
Jensen, California, USA, Oct 13, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SUDAN [non]. CLANDESTINE, 13720, Sudan R. Service via UAE:
Oct 08 0516-0529*, 35433, Arabic, Talk and Sudan pops, ID at 0517, etc 
Oct 16 0412-0424,  35433, Arabic, Talk and Sudan pops, ID at 0412, etc 
(Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN, RX, IC-R75, NRD-525+RD-9830, NRD-515, NRD-
345, Satellite 750, DE-1121; ANT, 70m Sloper Wire, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

** SUDAN [non]. 15400 // 15550, Oct 10 at 0510, no sign of R. Dabanga 
or tone jamming; in fact, no signals at all on totally dead 19m band, 
unlike last night. 

At 0518, needed to go down to 2500 to hear WWV well, reporting K index 
was 4 at 0300 and there had been minor geomag storms, G1 level. I 
couldn`t catch the solar flux number due to robofem`s poor 
enunciation, but uplooked later it was 113 for 9 Oct (Glenn Hauser, 
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

CLANDESTINE, 15550.07, R. Dabanga via UAE, Oct 15 0449-0509, 43443 
Arabic, Talk and local music, IS and SJ and ID at 0453, SJ at 0456 
(Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN, RX, IC-R75, NRD-525+RD-9830, NRD-515, NRD-
345, Satellite 750, DE-1121; ANT, 70m Sloper Wire, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

** SWITZERLAND. Where & How to get English language news in & about    
Switzerland --- What's funny (to me, anyway...) is there is no mention 
of Swiss Radio International, which used to be a very decent way to 
get English language news about Switzerland.

Apparently World Radio Switzerland, which was an English-language
station in Geneva that had been purchased by the Swiss public
broadcaster, no longer exists on analog radio; it's only available on
DAB. And the old agreement that the BBC had with WRS apparently 
expired when the station's status changed, and a new agreement now 
exists. So there are two links to view; in chronological order,
http://genevalunch.com/2013/08/30/where-how-to-find-news-in-english-in-switzerland-part-1/
and
http://genevalunch.com/2013/10/11/wrs-bbc-sign-radio-agreement-update/
(Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA, Oct 11, Internetradio mailing list via 
DXLD)

Funny, just two days ago, I updated my Samsung TV, and I noticed a new 
viewing app for swissinfo.ch. The app loads their latest written 
stories, galleries, and videos for those interested in the Swiss view.

Of course, they also have apps for iOS and Android devices, RSS feeds, 
Twitter, Facebook, YouTube channel, regular website, radio, etc., etc. 
So, they are playing all of the angles, and trying to stay connected 
in the fashion of the day!
http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/index/Connected_TV.html?cid=34168598

Samsung is out with an "internet radio" which isn't being marketed as 
an internet radio and depends primarily on TuneIn and Pandora. This 
seems to be the trend. Bose is also out with another device in the 
same vein but with a much higher price tag. There is info on that, 
too, on the RAIN web site.
http://www.kurthanson.com/news/tunein-samsung-shape-reinventing-radio-and-consumer-behavior
(Rob de Santos, ibid.)

** TAIWAN [non]. [Re 13-42:] 9265, Oct 12 at 0200, WINB ID and 
starting another gospel-huxter, from Denver, Pennsylvania, instead of 
new experimental broadcast to N America publicized by PCJ Radio, 
Taiwan on UT Saturdays at 02-03. Denver PA correlates with the program 
originally and still on the Sept 22 WINB schedule for 10 pm EDT 
Friday: `Reality in Jesus, with James McCoy``. Kept an ear on it the 
following hour, and still no-show PCJ; 0230 went to a screaming 
gospel-huxter, presumably ``Resurrected Church of Jesus Christ Int.`` 
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1691, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also 
SRI LANKA

Hi Glenn, Just to let you know, we are supposed to go out Friday 0200 
UT [Oct 18] (Thursday night eastern) on 9265. This will be their third 
[try] to get it. Programming is the 1 hour repeat of our Pacific 
service:

Pacific news
Focus Asia Pacific with Andy Sennitt
Switzerland In Sound with Bob Zanotti.
Regs, (Keith Perron, PCJ Radio International, Oct 15, WORLD OF RADIO 
1691, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

Confirmed heard. Exactly one week earlier, WINB was doing this: (WNQM 
is of course the AM side of a slightly different station, WWCR)

9265, WINB, Red Lion, PA, 0156 preacher ending program, 0157 WINB ID 
and song in Spanish, 0200 program from WNQM-1300 AM, Nashville, 
preacher in English, woman translating into Spanish. Strong, Oct 11 
Harold Sellers, BC, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1691, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

** TAJIKISTAN. 7505, Oct 16 at 1311, S Asian talk, poor in splash from 
Joyce Riley on 7490 WWCR, still too close for comfort. Aoki shows V of 
Russia in Hindi, 100 kW, 137 degrees from Dushanbe-Yangiyul (Glenn 
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** THAILAND. Venerdì 11 ottobre 2013, 1602 - 6765-USB kHz, BANGKOK 
METEOROLOGICAL RADIO, Thai, talk OM, carillon, talk YL, carillon ecc. 
[church?] Segnale sufficiente (Luca Botto Fiora, QTH G.C. 09E13 - 
44N21, Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, bclnews.it yg via DXLD)

** THAILAND. 15275, R. THAILAND, 11/10 0001 UT. Comienzo del servicio 
en inglés con identificación de la emisora y comentarios sobre el sur 
de Asia. Señal con algo de QRN y SINPO: 44444 (Claudio Galaz, Rx: 
Tecsun PL-660, Antena: Beverage de 20 metros con balun 9:1, QTH: 
Centro de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD)

** TIBET. SILENT KEYS + Robert W. Ford, who operated from Tibet as 
AC4RF on 1948-50, passed away on 20 September at 90 years of age. "His 
fascinating autobiography, 'Wind Between the Worlds', published in 
1957 and available as a free Internet Archive 
http://archive.org/
download, describes his time and travails in Tibet and how his radio 
work nearly cost him his life". [TNX ARRL] (425 DX News via Dave 
Raycroft, ODXA yg via DXLD)

** TIBET. 6130, PBS Xizang/CNR-11, Lhasa, 2337-2345 10/8; M announcer 
in listed Tibetan; wind & strings ballad at 2241; more talk; fair in 
ECCS-LSB (Scott R. Barbour Jr. Intervale, NH, NRD-545, MLB-1, 200' 
Beverages, 60m dipole, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Re 13-41: Dave Kernick enquires about ?Hi Yu? And Jonathan Short 
suggests an answer. Personally I think it is easier than that. "Di Yi 
Guangbo", meaning "First Channel", certainly would make more sense. 
"Di" denotes ordinal numbers and "Yi" is the word for one. Similarly 
"second" becomes "Di Er" (Olle Alm, Sweden, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TURKEY. Tuning around on my Tecsun PL-606 in the wee hours of Wed 
morning, 16 Oct 2013, I found what sounded like the VoT on 11980 in 
Turkish at 0535 UTC. Sigs were only fair with a lot of noise. I was 
using the stock whip on the radio w/o the extension length.

Since this broadcast was not in English and ended rather abruptly at 
0555 UTC, I have to mark this reception as TENTATIVE.

The music played would have certainly been typical of Middle Eastern 
music (if Turkey can be called part of the Middle East). The language 
spoken, however, did not sound like traditional Arabic. It definitely 
was not Hebrew or Greek. That's why I am leaning toward this broadcast 
being from TRT. I think I remember seeing reports of the VoT using 
this freq in the past.

So, until further evidence is obtained, I'm chalking this one up as a 
TENTATIVE reception of VoT. Anybody have suggestions? 73 & Good DX,
(Steve Ponder, N5WBI, Houston, TX, Sent from my iPhone, dxldyg via DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

Steve, I have no doubt it`s Turkey. It was a regular here, much better 
in the summer but now quite iffy. 73, (Glenn Hauser, ibid.)

** TURKMENISTAN [non]. 15180, Oct 15 at 1404, fair signal, talk in 
Turkic language with Slavic influence: yes, R. Liberty in Turkmen, 
1400-1500, 250 kW, 90 degrees from Issoudun, FRANCE, per HFCC; and 
another hour on 15180 at 15-16 switches to Lampertheim, Germany; why? 
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** UGANDA. 4975.99, 1940-1950 09.10, UBC R. Kampala, vernacular 
discussion, 44333, CWQRM (Anker Petersen, Denmark, heard in Skovlunde 
on my AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire, via Dario Monferini, 
playdx yg via DXLD)

** U K. Woofferton Celebrates 70 years - Invitation --- From David 
Porter --- Classification: Unclassified / Not Protectively Marked 

Hi BBC Radio Shropshire, On Wednesday we will be celebrating 70 years 
of broadcasting short wave programmes around the world from Woofferton 
for BBC World Service, the Voice of America and many other state or 
organisation broadcasters.

Woofferton is the last remaining UK Shortwave broadcasting site
transmitting programmes to North Africa, Russia, the Middle East, 
Europe and South America.

You would be welcome to come to Woofferton either on Wednesday when we
celebrate with our invited guests BBC World Service and many stories 
from retired Woofferton staff or on Thursday (the official 70 Year 
landmark!).

A recently retired colleague David Porter would be happy to talk to 
you about the history of Woofferton and its use in the cold war.

I can be contacted at Woofferton. I trust this is of interest. Warm 
regards, Martin

Martin | Transmitter Engineer
Babcock International Group
Woofferton Transmitting Station | Nr Ludlow | Shropshire | SY8 4AW
http://www.babcockinternational.com
(via Ian Baxter, Oct 15, shortwavesites yg via DXLD)

That`s with one day`s notice, already Oct 16-17 (gh, DXLD)

** U K [non]. 5840, the Tuesday frequency of BBCWS via THAILAND, Oct 
15 at 1306 with Newshour, this week`s gimmick being prominent women 
``guest editors``, today, Yue-Sai Kan, with the focus on China:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2013/ws-newshour-100women.html
tnx to tip via Hansjoerg Biener; we missed Chelsea Clinton yesterday. 
As BBC tries to prevent North Americans from hearing it on SW, this 
25-degree relay via THAILAND is the best we can do; nothing much on 
9740 via Singapore, and forget the higher bands. 5840 is fair at 
first, fading after 1330 but still audible at 1352. In case you don`t 
have BBC`s silly frequency-hopping pattern memorized for the 12-14 UT 
bihour: Wednesday 5875, Thursday 5975, Friday 5840 again, Saturday 
5820 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 12788-USB, Oct 14 at 2145, marine weather mentioning 
Bahamas, by robotic masculine voice, this one speaking slowly and 
easily readable. Only problem is fax QRM on the lo side, which cannot 
separate on the FRG-7 lacking LSB/USB narrow bandwidth. EiBi shows 
12788 (without specifying USB or even SSB) as NMG, USCG New Orleans, 
amid one of several 35-minute broadcasts, 2130-2205; while he lists 
NMG fax on hi side, 12789.9 at intervening 170-minute times, obviously 
employing same transmitter. Fax can be avoided by tuning USB on the 
DX-398. This fax on lo side, per EiBi is from another USCG, NMC Point 
Reyes CA on 12786 at 1840-2215. IIRC, NMG is the one which at other 
times and frequencies has been transmitting extremely distorted SSB, 
but OK now (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [non]. 9490, Oct 10 at 1257, VOA Korean with English lesson 
explaining idiom ``dressed to kill`` (not to be taken literally as it 
was originally by gangsters), but cut off rudely at 1258* as this 
TINIAN transmitter at 333 degrees has to QSY to 11935 for another two 
hours, and the programmers back in Washington make NO allowance for 
such an interruption. Furthermore, moving from a lower to a higher 
band later in the local evening makes no sense! More unnecessary IBB 
frequency jumping, just because they can and to keep the frequency 
manager busy (but now furloughed??). At least this one does not also 
make an unneeded site switch.

12075, Sat Oct 12 at 1310, jazz hour from VOA neatly ensconced between 
RA country music on 12065 & 12085. Soon confirmed as such by // much 
better 7575, but nothing on 12150 where we used to hear it. Aoki and 
HFCC still show Sat & Sun 13-14: 12150 from Tinang, 12075 from TINIAN, 
and 7575 THAILAND (and one more: 9510 Tinang) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. VOA Radiogram and KBC text and images this weekend
VOA Radiogram continues in US government shutdown mode. VOA Radiogram 
28, first broadcast 28-29 September 2013, will be replayed for the 
second time during the weekend  of 12-13 October 2013.
Details of the program are here:
http://voaradiogram.net/post/62330588935/voa-radiogram-for-28-29-sept-continues-experiments-with

Perhaps for variety you can turn an interference-generating appliance 
and see how the MFSK cope with electrical noise.

VOA Radiogram transmission schedule
(all days and times UT)
Sat 1600-1630 17860 kHz
Sun 0230-0300  5745 kHz
Sun 1300-1330  6095 kHz
Sun 1930-2000 15670 kHz
All via the Edward R. Murrow transmitting station in North Carolina.

The Mighty KBC will include MFSK text and an image during its 
transmission to North America 0000-0200 UT on 13 October 2013 (8-10 pm 
EDT Saturday evening) on 7375 kHz (via Germany). The MFSK will be at 
about 0130, centered on 1500 Hz (Kim Elliott, Oct 12, dxldyg via DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

9825, VOA, Greenville, 0131 beginning “As It Is” program in “VOA 
Learning English” (Is this a new title, replacing VOA Special 
English?), profiling a Vietnamese war commander who died at the age of 
102. Very good, Oct 11 (Harold Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia, 
Listening beside the lake, in my car, with the Eton E1 and Sony AN1 
active antenna, Editor of World English Survey and Target Listening, 
available at http://www.odxa.on.ca dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

15110, Oct 14 at 2139, VOA bigsig in Bambara, M-F semihour, via 
Greenville, 250 kW, 94 degrees, per HFCC this frequency since 9 
August. But there`s a problem: carrier drops off for a split second 
every two seconds, while // 13670 is OK, same power and azimuth. At 
2154, 15110 is still dropping off, I suspect because the remote drive 
control is toggling between two settings and no one has noticed.

15580, Oct 14 at 2057, VOA concluding `African Beat` with host ``Jimmy 
Friendly`` (?) in Washington, just about as hyper as Matthew LaVoie. 
Expecting signal boost at 2100 with switch to Greenville, but no 
change and no break before news and 2105 `American Gold`, the Monday 
version of VOA Music Mix, hits from the 60s.

Latest HFCC now shows VOA English via BOTSWANA on 15580 continuously 
from 1500 to 2200 daily at 350 degrees; Aoki and EiBi differ slightly 
but none include anything from Greenville on 15580 at any time any 
more.

15110, Oct 15 at 2149 check, VOA Greenville in Bambara is OK today, 
not dropping off the air every two seconds like yesterday (Glenn 
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. ADVOCACY GROUP FOR US INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING ADVOCATES 
KEEPING THINGS MUCH THE SAME. Posted: 13 Oct 2013

Radio World, 11 Oct 2013, op-ed by Ann Noonan, executive director for 
the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting: "CUSIB appreciates 
the importance of both Voice of America and surrogate broadcasting and 
hopes that under [new BBG chairman Jeff] Shell’s tenure, their roles 
will be supported. CUSIB does not accept the myth that these different 
missions duplicate each other. VOA Cantonese, Mandarin and Tibetan 
services provide news and opinions from the United States as mandated 
by the U.S. Congress in the Voice of America Charter. Radio Free Asia 
has a separate congressional mandate and does tremendous work with 
local journalists. Voice of America’s identity and success abroad are 
tied to being identified with the United States. VOA cannot be a 
successful surrogate broadcaster, just as RFA cannot be a successful 
representative for all of America. ... It is highly unlikely that U.S. 
international broadcasting would ever emerge as another global, 'BBC-
like' public media outlet serving both the U.S. and audiences abroad, 
with American taxpayers gladly paying for it with their tax money."
(kimandrewelliott.com via DXLD)

Kim`s comments: Ann Noonan has written a thorough and well-thought-out 
essay. However...

To CUSIB and others who insist there is no duplication in US 
international broadcasting, the facts are overwhelmingly against you. 
The truth (and isn't US international broadcasting all about 
transmitting the truth?) is that duplication is so prevalent in US 
international broadcasting that one cannot help tripping over it...

The story about Cambodia's statue to former King Sihanouk was reported 
by RFA, 11 Oct 2013 and by VOA, 11 Oct 2013. About a Spanish court 
hearing charges of genocide in Tibet against former Chinese president 
Hu Jintao, see RFA, 11 Oct 2013, and VOA, 11 Oct 2013. About 
additional charges for Greenpeace activists in Russia, see RFE/RL, 9 
Oct 2013 and VOA, 9 Oct 2013. Malala Yousafzai meets President Obama 
at the White House: VOA, 11 Oct 2013 and RFE/RL, 12 Oct 2013. It took 
about five minutes to find these.

Peruse the websites of the USIB entities during a week to see dozens 
more instances of duplication, during a year to see hundreds. 
Duplication is a form of waste in federal spending. The new realities 
of the federal budget leave very little room for waste.

But, for the sake of conversation, let's be taken in by CUSIB's claim 
that surrogate stations report only about the target country, and VOA 
reports only about the rest of the world. Does this mean that there is 
one audience interested only in the former, and another only in the 
latter? Audience research amply demonstrates what should be obvious: 
no. Audiences want to know both what is happening in their own 
countries and in the rest of the world. And this means that, if there 
is no duplication, audiences would have to put up with the 
inconvenience of tuning to two US international stations, different 
times, different frequency, to get all the news. But, fortunately, or 
unfortunately, depending how you look at it, there is duplication, so 
audiences in many countries can tune to VOA to get all the news from 
one station. The USIB news service would be better, however, if the 
surrogates' and VOA's reporting were smushed together into one handy 
media outlet.

In the internecine conflict among the USIB entities, CUSIB seems to be 
pro-surrogate and anti-VOA. It damns VOA with incomplete descriptions. 
"VOA Cantonese, Mandarin and Tibetan services provide news and 
opinions from the United States as mandated by the U.S. Congress in 
the Voice of America Charter." This conveniently omits the 800-pound 
gorilla, which is that VOA Mandarin and Tibetan have broadcast a great 
deal of news about their target countries, and were doing so even 
before RFA was a gleam in the eye of those who precipitated the false 
premise that VOA was not providing such news.

"VOA cannot be a successful surrogate broadcaster." VOA is a surrogate 
broadcaster, and has been for decades. It provides news about its 
target countries that is not being provided by its target countries' 
media. This includes to Africa, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Venezuela, and 
other countries where there is no nominally surrogate USIB entity 
(yet).

"Voice of America’s identity and success abroad are tied to being 
identified with the United States." Actually, VOA's success abroad 
comes from providing credible news. "Being identified with the United 
States" can sometimes be a strain on that credibility. So, gee, 
thanks, CUSIB, for pointing this out.

Given the USIB has the largest budget of any many-language 
international broadcasting service, then it can be "BBC like" by 
having the largest audience. CUSIB, BBG Watch, and fellow travelers 
want to Keep Everything The Same As Before, and that includes keeping 
USIB in the second tier, allowing BBC to bask alone alone at the top, 
even though the BBC has a smaller budget for international 
broadcasting. I will never be satisfied with this state of affairs.

USIB should aspire to compete with the BBC. It can do so only by 
consolidating its resources into one corporation, with a single, 
powerful, memorable, global brand. It must have an unambiguous 
commitment to independent, credible journalism, leaving public 
diplomacy to the public diplomacy branches and bureaus in Foggy 
Bottom. And just as the BBC world services derive advantages from 
working with the domestic BBC (and vice versa), so, too, should USIB 
partner with US domestic media.

For one example of the benefits of consolidation, consider the recent 
Alhurra video of the car chase near the US Capitol. It was widely used 
by media in the US and throughout the world. This generated great 
publicity for Alhurra, but people were wondering: who is Alhurra? If 
USIB had one strong brand, Americans would probably be more familiar 
with that brand and the work it does. And all of USIB, all around the 
world, would have benefited from that publicity (Kim Andrew Elliott, 
ibid.)

There`s quite a feud going on between the federalist on the BBGWatch 
blog and Kim Andrew Elliott, over Kim`s views on how USIB should be 
improved. See their respective websites (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 
1691, DX LISTENING DIGEST) e.g.:

** U S A. BUREAUCRATS WITH A GRUDGE
  By The Federalist on 13 October 2013 in Bureaucracy v. Strategy,
  Featured News, History, Hot Tub Blog, Public Diplomacy
http://www.usgbroadcasts.com/bbgwatch/2013/10/13/bureaucrats-with-a-grudge/

Commentary by The Federalist

Kim Andrew Elliott is a US federal government employee of the
International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) and, in our view, something of
a surrogate IBB spokesperson via his blog, no matter how hard he tries
to deny it.

His blog, which sometimes has interesting and useful content on
non-IBB-related issues, never fails to disappoint.  When it comes to 
US international broadcasting, it's usually part of the IBB "gift that
keeps on giving."

The latest target of Elliott is an article by Robert Schadler

("14 Years of Undermining Public Diplomacy," US News and World Report,
October 1, 2013).Here's the link:

http://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/world-report/2013/10/01/public-diplomacy-is-still-being-undermined-by-bill-clintons-budget-cuts

Schadler laid out an argument how US Government public diplomacy is
still feeling the effects of decisions made by the Clinton
Administration. He lists them as bullet points. Here they are:

One: Dismantling the United States Information Agency (USIA).

Two: Absorbing certain USIA functions into the State Department.

Three: Putting US Government international broadcasting under the
part-time Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG).

Four: What Schadler calls "lack of adult supervision," speaking to the
often vacant and often ineffective position of Undersecretary of State
for Public Diplomacy.

Five: Described as fatal wounds to effective public diplomacy: two
State Department Office of Inspector General (OIG) reports, both
critical, one regarding the BBG and the other regarding the "Bureau of
International Information Programs (IIP).

Six: We quote this one directly: "the worst of all: no strategic 
vision about what the U.S. government should be doing to inform (and 
perhaps even influence) key foreign publics. After all, great energy 
and hard work can't replace knowing what you're trying to accomplish." 
(Emphasis added) [and removed by conversion to plain text]

What happened during the Clinton administration may have been a
significant part of the current problem.But that does not absolve
succeeding administrations from making corrections. Instead, the
agency has been allowed to drift...right into the hands of an IBB that
is not a paragon of virtue or a testament to improving the efficiency
of the Federal Service.

What is evident is that the importance of what the agency does has 
lost the competitive edge it felt under the Reagan administration. 
With the passage of time, the conditions that may have argued well for 
mission success have been lost to a new dimension of communications in 
which global media has exploded exponentially. If the agency felt it 
could rest on its laurels, real or imagined, that may have been a 
serious miscalculation bringing us to where we are today.

Let's examine how Mr. Elliott handles the points raised by Mr.
Schadler.

Kim Andrew Elliott Blog
Disclaimer on the Kim Andrew Elliott's website:

"In this website, views expressed by Kim Andrew Elliott are his own
and not necessarily those (in fact probably are not those) of his
employer, the U.S. International Broadcasting Bureau, or its parent
agency, the Broadcasting Board of Governors."

We believe that this disclaimer is in itself a good representation
of how Mr. Elliott privately, and the IBB publicly in other venues,
communicate with and treat the American public, members of Congress,
and members of the bipartisan Broadcasting Board of Governors.

Latest in the bring-back-USIA-and-put-USIB-back-under-it occasional 
series.

Kim Andrew Elliott reporting on International Broadcasting, October
8, 2013.

Before we get started, you will note that the tone of Mr. Elliott's
comments is, in our view, a fairly representative reflection of an IBB
group character trait. We can't be sure to what extent he is part of
that group. He may say that on his "private" blog he represents only
himself and that most of his view may be contrary to those of his
employer. We believe that this disclaimer on his "private" blog is
highly misleading. Current and former IBB and VOA employees who have
criticized the management have been targets of reprisals from the
management. Mr. Elliott seems to be the only current IBB or VOA
employee allowed to post his "private" views on ongoing agency issues
without suffering any negative consequences. His IBB bosses are
obviously not displeased with what he is posting on his "private" 
blog.

What character trait do we have in mind when talking about Mr.
Elliott's bosses?

Arrogance.

You see it. We see it. This is all part of the standard IBB tactic,
not uncommon for an organization that is on the run, trying to cover
its tracks, trying to divert attention away from a decade or more of
being a demolitions team intent upon destroying existing US Government
broadcasting assets and replacing it with something that will take
decades and BILLIONS of American taxpayer dollars to potentially
approximate success - success which is by no means guaranteed as
official US Government broadcasting slips further behind other
government international broadcasters and media alternatives.

You will also note the effete sarcasm that, in our view, Mr. Elliott
employs. This is another favorite IBB tactic: especially when someone
is getting too close to the truth of what is going on inside the Cohen
Building. It's the same kind of demeaning rhetoric the IBB has used
against other critics.

When you read the Elliott remarks you need no better example of how US
Government international broadcasting has become nothing other than a
tool of a pernicious bureaucracy.

We should not be at all surprised that US Government international
broadcasting has fallen into such dysfunction and has become defunct.
While others may wish to believe otherwise, we believe that the point
of no return has been reached and passed; meaning that it is beyond
repair, and as Robert Schadler points out, is terminal.

As a practical matter, US Government international broadcasting is on
artificial life support, by way of its Federal budget.Under IBB
manipulation, the agency represents a colossal waste of taxpayer 
funds.

And make no mistake about it: if it had to function on its own without
that "free money," it would die a very quick death.

Let's examine the remarks of Mr. Elliott, the apparent surrogate of 
his IBB bosses:

Elliott: "USIA worked so closely with, and was so subordinate to, the
State Department and its embassies that it was a de facto branch of 
the State Department. Restoring USIA is not the panacea that will 
restore popularity to the United States. It would merely restore a 
bureaucracy and several suites full of senior level plum jobs, many of 
which would just so happen to be populated by the senior fellows of 
the think tanks who call for the revival of USIA."

Federalist: When you want to talk about a bloated bureaucracy, let's
look at the IBB. It has become the tail wagging the dog. Agency
employees have long had a variety of derisive terms to describe the
Third Floor of the Cohen Building including "Mahogany Row" and the
"Hall of No Jobs," referring to the 3300 Corridor of the Cohen 
Building where the IBB and senior Voice of America (VOA) officials 
reside. 

Along with these plum jobs comes being rewarded for poor performance,
including cash awards for as much as $10,000 for senior executives. 
Mr. Elliott is not a senior executive and we don't know what bonuses, 
if any, he got. But, in short, Elliott and the IBB are guilty of "the 
pot calling the kettle black." What Elliott describes is already in 
place inside the Cohen Building.

But more interesting is this: "Restoring USIA is not the panacea that
will restore popularity to the United States."

Really?

Elliott dismisses the historical record: the fact that USIA was often
the equivalent of "boots on the ground" in various strategic parts of
the world. USIA managed embassy libraries. It conducted exhibits that
to all appearances were very popular wherever they were conducted.
Last but not least, USIA arranged tours by leading contemporary
musicians, including jazz musicians who were often considered to be
revolutionary out-out-of-the-box experimenters, often accompanied by
the legendary VOA jazz music program host, Willis Conover.

During the USIA period, particularly in later years, VOA programs were
some of the most successful in VOA's history, with large audiences
around the world. Granted, there were instances of USIA editorial
interference, which were often successfully resisted by VOA 
journalists and VOA directors. Interference with editorial content 
from current IBB and VOA executives is far worse, and it cannot be 
resisted, because they are in control of resources and have all the 
power.

Mr. Elliott should keep in mind that during the USIA period, no one
called VOA "dysfunctional" or "defunct." On the contrary, repressive
regimes feared VOA, but they don't fear it now.

Does the world miss USIA?

Apparently, one could successfully argue that it does. But more
importantly, so do the American people because it gave global publics
some firsthand view of the United States: face-to-face encounters with
Americans and examples of our culture, literature and music.

We may never know the complete story of USIA success. Books have been
written here and there but the definitive history remains a missing,
key ingredient. Some key players have passed from the scene, taking
important segments of the story with them to the grave. Others have
moved on to other chapters of their lives. We are left with the
proverbial glass half empty and half full.

In place of USIA, we have the pompous, arrogant, sarcastic, 
overbearing and mean-spirited IBB, trying to revise history to pursue 
an agenda, loaded with disinformation, character assassination, self-
interest and self-aggrandizement.

Quite a trade-off.

And we are all suffering.

Elliott: "As for US international broadcasting, I've written before
that, as a VOA broadcaster, I miss USIA about as much as a Lithuanian
misses the Soviet Union. Under USIA, VOA was sometimes pushed toward
one editorial line, then pushed towards another editorial line. It was
sometimes loosely controlled, and sometimes tightly controlled. Many
VOA managers were rotated USIA foreign service officers, some who
embraced the journalistic mission of VOA, and some who did the
opposite."

Federalist: Guess what, folks? There are still State Department
Foreign Service officers inside the Cohen Building. Most of the time,
they have been chiefs of some VOA language services. Others have held
higher positions. Two ambassadors at one time or another, including
the present, have or are serving on the BBG.

But let's examine the matter of editorial content. What we are talking
about here is a portion of the VOA Charter. That section of the
Charter states as follows:

"3. VOA will present the policies of the United States clearly and
effectively, and will also present responsible discussions and opinion
on these policies."

In short, Elliott rails against a mandated component of the agency's
mission. With a succession of administrations, it is the normal course
of business to expect that editorial content will change. Why? Because
these administrations have different policy goals and expectations.

Duh!

Whether the agency has carried out this task effectively or not may be
a reasonable subject for discussion, along with the programs used to
convey these policies to global publics.

But the fact remains: explaining US policy is consistent with the
provisions of the Charter. It is an inherent part of the business of
US Government international broadcasting.

The question is: is it being done clearly and effectively?

To outward appearances, it is not. Cutting back direct broadcast
transmissions, relying upon websites with outdated news, being a
platform for recycled third party news items, taking a hatchet to
broadcast programs that facilitate the discussion of US policy,
understaffing and under-resourcing the VOA Newsroom...all are
contributing factors to an agency that is as described: dysfunctional
and defunct and being set up to fail.

President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, and their daughter
Malia meet with Malala Yousafzai, the young Pakistani schoolgirl who
was shot in the head by the Taliban a year ago, in the Oval Office,
Oct. 11, 2013. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

As of Saturday noon, Washington D.C. time, this photo, seen around the 
world on other media outlets, was not used on the Voice of America 
(VOA) English news website. A VOA report lacked critical details about 
the meeting. It did not include statements from President Obama and 
Malala Yousafzai.

Mismanaged by senior IBB and VOA executives, the Voice of America
English-language news website can't even report quickly,
comprehensively and with balance on President Obama's meeting with
Pakistani teenage activist Malala Yousafzai, who was attacked by the
Taliban for her efforts to promote education for girls.

Voice of America report on Obama meeting with Malala lacks details and 
photo

BBG Watch, October 12, 2013.

Elliott: "Under USIA, VOA was not consistently independent. Without
independence, an international broadcasting effort cannot achieve
credibility. Without credibility, there will be no audience. The
audience for international broadcasting is seeking real news, not
public diplomacy."

Federalist: Ah, yes: one of the favorite Elliott/IBB canards:
"independence" and "no audience." The truth of the matter is that US
Government had a fair share of credibility before and during the USIA
experience. What has changed? During the USIA period, VOA had enormous
audiences, most of which are now gone.

You guessed it: the IBB.

Let's make a point very clear:

This agency has never been independent. It has several sets of
guardians, some better, others not, in keeping an eye of the cast of
characters on the Third Floor of the Cohen Building: the Congress, the
White House, and the State Department.

And here's another one as part of the White House: the National
Security Council (NSC). Numerous times, the NSC has weighed in on
programming decisions (not necessarily editorial content): to expand 
or reduce programs and adopt others. Ditto with the Congress.

And more than likely, this agency will never be independent because of
the record established by the IBB.

Message to the IBB: You guys have blown it. You have smashed your
argument for "independence" to smithereens. You nuked it.

How?

By becoming dysfunctional and defunct.

The audience seeking real news has gone elsewhere...and in some
quarters not too friendly toward the United States.

Consider what else you've done:

Let's start out with your failed five-year, Soviet-style strategic
plan, which is really synonymous with trying to push the consequences
of failure into the future, hoping to stay ahead of a reckoning that
comes with accountability, something the IBB detests viscerally. Do
you want an example?

Let's talk about political character assassination of BBG members. And
by the way, it started long before Ambassador Victor Ashe arrived on
the scene with his vision of accountability and transparency. We know
these IBB types very, very well and they know what we're talking 
about.

What distinguished the Ashe scenario is the audacity and
outrageousness: putting gross insubordination and rebellion on public
display, most but not all contained in the OIG report on the BBG -
which to outward appearances seems to have been a wholesale reflection
of the IBB in revolt.

And the IBB is at it again: intimating threats that it will sue 
current BBG members if the board intends to take executive action to 
rein in an IBB and hold it accountable.

We've said this before, a deep and thorough examination of what the 
IBB has been doing would likely quiet those threats in a hurry...and 
the IBB bureaucracy may be looking for legal representation for other
reasons.

The IBB use of the term "independence" is synonymous with one thing 
and one thing ONLY:

Cover-up.

The IBB wants no one walking the halls of the Cohen Building talking
about accountability and transparency. They most likely already know
that they will have a hard time explaining their actions. The kind of
deep and thorough examination of their actions might likely result in
them wishing that the only thing the Congress might do is to legislate
them onto the sidelines and into obscurity.

It's that bad, ladies and gentlemen. These IBB cannot be entrusted
with an agency representing the American people. And further:

The IBB should not be rewarded for or given immunity from being held
accountable for their actions.

Under the circumstances, accepting the IBB status quo is ludicrous.

In like thinking with Mr. Schadler, we believe the IBB needs "adult
supervision," and that's putting it mildly.

Elliott: "The lack of an audience does not concern Mr. Schadler. He
derides the BBG for being "fixated on `audience size'." Implied here 
is that the BBG should be fixated on sending a certain message to the
world, regardless of how many people are listening. We see many
real-life examples of this communication strategy. They are the people
walking the streets, some with shopping carts, engaged in animated
conversations, but talking only to themselves."

Federalist: Lack of audience demonstrates that the United States has
lost its resonance with global publics. If Mr. Schadler is not
concerned with audience size, as Elliott claims, he should be. To give
one example:

Roughly one billion people around the world identify themselves as of
the Muslim faith. If one-tenth of one percent of this aggregate number
are jihadists, we have a very serious problem. What we already know is
that the jihadist message has resonance that propels people to act.

Instead of finding a counter-message that has resonance with 
population groups containing potential jihadists, the agency spends 
millions of dollars on Gallup polling data about media use in places 
like Somalia.

OK. There are jihadists in Somalia. Even if Gallup tells us how
jihadists and others communicate, that information has not helped the
IBB to make good decisions with regard to other countries.

What's the message we are providing that country - on any platform?

The "geniuses" on the Third Floor have lost it. Somalia is a war zone,
at the very least a country on the verge of being a failed state, the
kind of "social order" jihadists favor. The United States inserted a
Special Forces team into the country to capture or kill members of a
jihadist cell. The IBB acts like Somalia is a go-to destination for
your vacation plans.

But let's get to the latter part of Elliott's sarcastic comment:

"We see many real-life examples of this communication strategy. They
are the people walking the streets, some with shopping carts, engaged
in animated conversations, but talking only to themselves." (Emphasis
added)

Thank you, Mr. Elliott. This is precisely what is going on inside the
Cohen Building.

And leading this "conversation" is the IBB, joined at various times by
senior VOA officials.

We see our own real-life examples of this communication strategy: the
IBB bureaucrats, peddling nonsense in staff meetings with employees,
internal memos congratulating the staff on programs that are not being
seen, heard or read, self-promoting press releases trying to drum up
the American public into a domestic constituency (a form of
propaganda), wasting tens of MILLIONS of dollars on polling research
that has all the outward signs of being a diversionary tactic, instead
of going out and determining why the agency's audiences have fallen 
off a cliff and lest we forget creating a hostile work environment for
agency employees.

You need not go onto city streets to observe people "engaged in
animated conversations, but talking only to themselves."

There are plenty of them on the Third Floor of the Cohen Building.

At the end of the day, the story line remains the same:

The IBB would rather do something bad, really bad and ultimately
destructive of the agency's mission rather than admit that they are
incapable of adjusting to contemporary circumstances.

The IBB has made US Government international broadcasting synonymous
with:

Zero traction.

The Federalist
October 2013
(via Mike Cooper, DXLD)

** U S A. Presumed KOVR-TV audio, Sacramento, coming well on 26110/FM 
at 1640 UT. It's a remote from a car show. If there's nothing there 
when you tune in, they go completely off during breaks (Harold Frodge, 
Midland MI, Oct 13, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1690 monitoring: confirmed first 
airing on WTWW-1, 9479, Thursday Oct 10 starting at 2101:45. Confirmed 
second airing on WWRB, first on webcast UT Friday Oct 11 starting at 
0328, in abrupt cut from preacher to WOR opening in progress. Also on 
5050 at 0348 check, when WWRB signal is almost as strong as 5085 WTWW, 
and stronger than Cuba 5040 (dead air), and 5025. 

Next: UT Sat 0200v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB; Sat 0630 & 1430 on 
HLR 7265-CUSB; Sat 1500 on WRMI 9955; Sat 2329v on WTWW-2 9930; UT Sun 
0401v on WTWW-1 5830.

WORLD OF RADIO 1690 monitoring. Confirmed on Area 51 webcast, UT 
Saturday Oct 12 at 0201; and also heard on 5110v-CUSB at 0217 check. 
Next: Saturday 0630 & 1430 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB 
(Europeans, please confirm; back on main antenna?); Saturday 1500 on 
WRMI 9955; Saturday 2329v on WTWW-2 9930 (tune in early! Last week 
started at 2313); UT Sunday 0401 on WTWW-1 5830.

WORLD OF RADIO 1690 monitoring: excellent signal confirmed starting at 
2329:05 Saturday Oct 12 on 9930 WTWW-2, following some gospel music. 
Next: UT Sunday 0401v on 5830 WTWW-1.

WORLD OF RADIO 1690 monitoring: confirmed on WTWW-1 5830, starting at 
0401:32 UT Sunday October 13. Hope modulation continued for at least a 
semihour as after 0500 it was dead air (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1691: completed in time for first airing 
Thursday Oct 17 at 2101 on WTWW-1 9479; then:
UT Friday 0327v on WWRB 5050
UT Saturday 0200v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB
Saturday 0630 & 1430 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB
Saturday 1500 on WRMI 9955
Saturday 2329v on WTWW-2 9930
UT Sunday 0401v on WTWW-1 5830
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5830, Oct 10 at 1147, open carrier/dead air again from WTWW 
SFAW service; still so at 1240; at 1259 interrupted only for canned 
ID, back to OCDA, and no frequency change to 9479 until 1320, still 
OCDA, and at 1347. Meanwhile, 9930 and 12105 have not come on at all. 
Another canned ID on 9479 at 1400:25, and kept monitoring until 
modulation finally kicked in at 1442.

During the 9479 OC/DA, at 1352 I was also hearing audio from local 
1390 KCRC cutting on and off 12259 --- that off-channel frequency 
immediately suggesting a local overload/mixing product relationship 
with 9479 --- yes, it`s 2780 kHz away, 2 x 1390. The 9479 signal 
itself was steady.

5085, Oct 11 at 0058 check, WTWW-2 is off, no BS. WTWW-1, 5830 is on; 
and WTWW-3, 12105 is probably off or not propagating. 0348 recheck, 
now 5085 is on.

5830, Oct 12 at 1146, WTWW-1 is missing, nor on day frequency 9479; 
but WTWW-2 is active on 5085, and WWCR is inbooming on 5935. 1308 
check: still no 9479 or 5830, but 9930 WTWW-2 is on with BS, and 12105 
WTWW-3 is on in Russian; 1354 still no 9479.

5830, Oct 13 at 0510, WTWW-1 is open carrier/dead air; WTWW-2, 5085 is 
OK with BS. Next check at 1152, 5830 is off the air (propagation OK 
with 5935 WWCR blasting in). By 1307, all three WTWWs are on and 
modulating, 9479, 9930 and 12105.

9930, Oct 16 at 1318, WTWW-2 is missing, nor on 5085, while WTWW-1 is 
running on 9479 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5110-CUSB, UT Fri Oct 11 at 0100, WBCQ poor in hi noise 
level, but speaker seems to have a Brit or Oz accent, something about 
Christian media, so we are not missing anything with this particular 
filler.

7490, Oct 13 at 0124, WBCQ is off the air. Online schedule still shows 
`VSI Radio International`, at 01-02 UT Sundays, but some weeks ago 
Paul Lambert told us he was going back to Wednesdays, expecting a 
larger audience, but at what time? Brother Scare usage of 7490 skips 
Saturdays/UT Sundays, with the only other show currently listed being 
`Heart & Soul of America`, Sat 23-01 Sun. Lots of good airtime going 
to waste. Checking 9330 and 5110, those are on the air as usual. 

9330-CUSB, Oct 15 at 0111, WBCQ is open carrier/dead air, while the 
other two are nominal: 7490 with BS, 5110-CUSB yet again this UT 
Tuesday with `Marion`s Attic` bonus broadcast, far better reception 
here than original one Sundays at 2100 on 7490. 0540 recheck, 9330 is 
remodulating.

5110-CUSB, Oct 16 at 0106 rock music from WBCQ; 0109 Fred Flintstone 
talking about the tunes of Tommy Hagar. So yet another regular 
appearance during this hour on UT Wednesdays. Now this and `Marion`s 
Attic` on UT Tuesdays have finally been added to 5110 program guide: 
http://schedule.wbcq.com/main.php?fn=sked&freq=5110
Another one to watch out for is `Church of the Subgenius Hour of 
Slack`, Sundays at 23-24 UT. Unfortunately that`s the same time as 
Harry Shearer`s Le Show on 7490 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 
1691, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** U S A. 5050 WWRB Sunday 10-13-13 0000 UT --- Getting two signals at 
one time on 5050. They were Planet X and FKB-Shortwave (live program).
Couldn't follow either one. Is WWRB experimenting with AM Stereo? 
Transmitting one program on the right channel and the other on the 
left? I've heard there are some pirates using CQUAM occasionally. 
Since I listen in mono, that explains the mix. WWRB has the most 
unusual interval signal I've ever heard. Its the sound of a telephone 
off-hook attention signal (Lou Johnson KF4RCA, Oct 15, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

** U S A. 9265, WINB, Red Lion, PA, 0156 preacher ending program, 0157 
WINB ID and song in Spanish, 0200 program from WNQM-1300 AM Nashville, 
preacher in English, woman translating into Spanish. Strong, Oct 11 
(Harold Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia, Listening beside the lake, 
in my car, with the Eton E1 and Sony AN1 active antenna, dxldyg via 
WORLD OF RADIO 1691, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Exactly one week later, a PCJ Radio test from TAIWAN occupied the 0200 
hour. WINB`s online schedule apparently has a gap, unless the 0130 
program was a sesquihour long; no such show from WNQM listed (Glenn 
Hauser, DXLD) see TAIWAN [non]

** U S A [and non]. 15628, Oct 11 at 1950, squishy second-order 
spurblob out of 15610 WEWN is QRMing weak signal from GREECE on 15630. 
This becomes audible whenever the fundamental is inblasting, and along 
with it the first-order spurs at half the displacement, approx. plus 
and minus 9 kHz, on 15601 and 15619 which are much stronger and would 
ruin anything attempting to use 15600 or 15620, but nothing scheduled 
on them at the moment per Aoki. WEWN has been doing this for years and 
years, and nobody cares (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 7555, Oct 13 at 0124, KJES is missing on this UT Sunday. It 
was on last night, in Spanish.

7555, Oct 15 at 0104 UT, KJES NM is very good in Spanish. You never 
know whether they will be on the air or not. Except on 15385: never 
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** USA. 7506.44, WRNO, 0322, Oct 10. “Maranatha Radio” program with 
Pastor Ray Bentley talking about importance of SW radio and asked for 
$12/month; fair; off about 0400; good audio tonight (Ron Howard, 
Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

7506.4, Oct 12 at 0112, `The Haven` with local mention of being on 
WRNO.com and on SW ``7505``, not only Fridays 8 pm, but now repeated 
Saturdays at 10 am [CDT; then surely not on SW], and also plugging an 
app for it. Then M&W converse about healing, which some people believe 
in, and some do not. I guess they mean faith-healing, and guess which 
side they are on? WRNO SW now attains very good signal and modulation 
if not frequency accuracy and rationality.

7506.4, Oct 13 at 0125, WRNO is on and so strong that it`s putting 
modulation spike spurs from 7485 or so to 7524.

7506.4, Oct 15 at 0104, as I tune in, seems like Morse code --- could 
it be sending ``WRNO``? Then opening ``Good News with Robert Mawire``, 
the station owner, pronounced Mah-WEER-ee, who has a strange 
(African?) accent; VG signal on very-off frequency which they always 
claim to be ``7505`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 6970, WWCR Nashville TN; 2104, 10-Oct; Mixing product 
between 6875 with M in Spanish, S40 & Rev. Barbi on 13845, S30. 
SIO=2+52 with complete dropouts; 6875 side a tad stronger (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! WORLD OF RADIO 1691, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Time is running out: moving from 6875 to 6115 in B-13, so the new mix 
should be on 7730 ex-6970 (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1691, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

4840, UT Monday Oct 14 at 0400, WWCR is still running `The Talking 
Machine Show`, Phil Patton doing his Marion`s-Attic thing. No time to 
listen further now, but wonder if they`re still rerunning the same 
episode heard weeks ago.

[and non]. Strange propagation Oct 14 at 0527: the ~6 MHz Tennesseans 
which normally blast in, WWCR on 5935, 5890, and WTWW on 5830, are 
very weak as the MUF over this short 1-megameter path is somewhere 
around 5.5 MHz, since WTWW 5085 and WWCR 4840 are still inbooming 
(plus of course WWCR 3215 and WWRB 3185 which hardly ever are 
degraded). 

Yet further signals are not affected at all, even enhanced: 5875 BBC, 
5910 Colombia, 5980 Vatican (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. KHGZ, 670, "Hog Call Sports Radio", broadcasting CBS Sports 
Radio, heard since 0655 UT. Did someone forget to flip the off switch?
(Richard Allen, near Perry OK USA, Sent from my iPad, IRCA via DXLD)

Daytimer I`ve also heard upon occasion: Glenwood, Arkansas (gh, DXLD)

** U S A [and non]. 720, Oct 11 at 1209 UT, studio talk show pauses 
for Grupo Radio Centro plug, romantic song in English, loops WSW, so 
no doubt the only Mexican in the northwest, per Cantú:
720 XEJCC Extremo 7-20 Cd. Juárez, Chih. 1,000 1,0000 [sic]
then mixing with another Spanish station much further east which I can 
still hear by nulling the first one, but that`s not XEDE in Saltillo 
now, instead KSAH Universal City TX, since San Antonio mentioned, and 
1216 UT ad in Spanish for A-1 Car Stereo, on I-10, also has 877- toll-
free number. KSAH is listed with ESPN Deportes, but this may have been 
a local show as well as local ads (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

** U S A. 790, WVCD, Bamberg-Denmark, SOUTH CAROLINA, Oct/13/13, 0145-
0200 EDT, English, FAIR. Saxophone JAZZ music at 0145 EDT Tune in. 
Female DJ spoke at 0150 and mentioned a program on the station. Gave 
ID as "Right here on WVCD 790 AM" at 0152 EDT. Into more Instrumental
Jazz Saxophone Music. This is a College Station (Vorhees College) and 
although listed as a CHRISTIAN STATION, their Website says they also 
play JAZZ, R&B, OLDIES and Urban Contemporary Music. NEW STN, ULR 
#1059, 1 KW/100 Watts Nights (Rob ROSS, London, ONT, IRCA via DXLD)

This station is owned by Voorhees College in Denmark, SC. There is a 
Sine Systems device which is supposed to switch power from 1,000 watts 
to 100 watts and has never worked right. The station has been on 1,000 
watts 24/7 for months. The contract engineer's check is usually a 
month or two behind, so he is in no rush to correct their ills. The 
transmitter site is not being properly maintained, the tower is 
beginning to need paint, sometimes the beacon flashes and when it 
does, only on one of the two bulbs, never mind that it is about a mile 
to the local airport. What is important to the college? Their website 
of course. In my opinion, it is quite good. Here is a link:
http://teesajohnson.wix.com/wvcd790am
(Bob Smoak, Bamberg, SC, ABDX via DXLD)

** U S A. 810, Oct 15 at 0551 UT as I am dozing off, song outro ``on 
KLVZ`` in English, i.e. Brighton CO, 430 watts night with a little 
lobe towards us while WHB Kansas City provides a big null, not a 
problem (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. Re 13-41, WBAP 820 change on FM and many others:

ESPN 103.3 is also involved, KESN. Cumulus will program KESN while 
ESPN will continue to own the station. Since Cumulus will have program 
control of KESN, they are selling KTDK. KTCK will have the full power 
simulcast 96.7 to replace the 104.1 station. The 104.1 outfit used to 
supplement the 93.3 station on the north side of the Metroplex. Dallas 
Morning News Sports Day, 10/08/13 (David Block, The Metroplex, 
shortwavelistening [sic] yg via DXLD) Tnx; is that unclear? (gh)

** U S A. 880, Oct 11 at 1230 UT, talk in Navajo with some English 
terms thrown in; therefore, KHAC Window Rock AZ/Tse Bonito NM. May 
have been a bit of Spanish too, soon losing to English religion, 
probably KLRG; while KRVN keeps nulled 90 degrees away.

880, Oct 15 at 1229 UT, man singing hymn in presumed Navajo, 1233 into 
`Unshackled` in English; KHAC making SAH of about 5 Hz, but way over 
KRVN just before sunrise here, long before sunrise in Window Rock 
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 980, Oct 10 at 1210 UT, Spanish preacher referencing several 
832-area code phone numbers, and looping SSE/NNW so that means 
Houston, i.e. KQUE, Rosenberg-Richmond, with address in Pasadena, R. 
Aleluya (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1010, Oct 16 at 1229 UT, promos for KXEN, 1230 preacher. 
Maybe not yet back up to 50 kW day power, but sure sounds like more 
than STA of 350 watts; St Louis MO, but site in IL (Glenn Hauser, OK, 
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1020, Oct 16 at 1231 UT, Spanish plugging dinosaur exhibit 
in Lincoln, but pronouncing dino names in English, reference to 
http://discoverthedinosaurs.com where we see it`s only a travelling 
exhibit, ``October 18-19-20, 2013, Lincoln, NE, Lancaster Event 
Center``. Makes one Hz SAH with nearby KOKP Perry OK almost nulled. 
1232 ``La Estación de la Raza``, i.e. KMMQ Plattsmouth (Omaha) NE, 
50/1.4 kW so maybe already on day power (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1060, Oct 13 at 1206 UT after an ID from R. Educación in 
Mexico City, it`s losing out to weather from KGFX, 10/1 kW in Pierre 
SD. Must be pre-sunrise there as it is here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1200, Oct 15 at 1242 UT, Spanish discussion of Obamacare, no 
doubt not a Mexican, but WRTO Chicago, and dominant with little from 
WOAI, which a few minutes later is regaining from opposite direxion 
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1210, Oct 13 at 0603 UT, Mexican praise music, with KGYN OK 
inaudible again, back on proper night pattern for a change?? 0604, 
lengthy IDs pronounced in English for network of stations starting 
with KUBR 1210, San Juan TX in the RGV, and going as far as Deming NM, 
including FM translators (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** U S A. FCC shutdown may help a Seattle LPFM bid.

The partial shutdown of the federal government is likely to claim the 
long-awaited filing window for low-power FM as one of its causalities. 
The window, originally set to open today for two weeks, is all but 
certain to be delayed. But community groups are pushing forward with 
their efforts regardless, since it’ll only be a matter of time before 
the FCC does begin taking applications for new LPFMs. The delay may 
help one potential applicant.

The famed Pike Place Market is considering making a bid for a signal 
that will cover downtown Seattle, but it’s not ready to commit so the 
extra time is allowing it to test community support. It’s holding a 
public forum today to meet with area nonprofits and student 
organizations. Brown Paper Tickets, the not-for-profit ticketing 
company, is working with the Pike Place Market Preservation and 
Development Authority. It is part of a larger effort to alert 
community groups nationwide about the potential to win a LPFM license, 
including 15 applicants in the Seattle-Tacoma area who’ll compete for 
between five and eight available frequencies. “We found $9 million in 
public funding available for LPFM applicants to compete for in 
Seattle,” organizer Sabrina Roach says. In cities nationwide she says 
local community grant programs make start-up funding available to 
groups. Brown Paper Tickets has created an online guide for groups in 
other cities to hunt down potential funding.

Roach, who spent a decade working at Seattle’s KUOW (94.9) and KBCS 
(91.3), says local groups are looking at a wide variety of 
programming. “Radio can be the glue that sticks neighbors in the same 
room to talk and amplify that dialogue in the community,” she says.

See the online help site for LPFM applicants HERE.
http://community.brownpapertickets.com/Doers/radio.html

- See more at: 
http://www.insideradio.com/Article.asp?id=2711003&spid=32061#.Ul4LW1ORmSo
(via Artie Bigley, DXLD) Later: delay confirmed

** U S A. NEW YORK'S WBAI (99.5 FM) SEEKS LEASING DEAL TO SAVE STATION
Progressive rock station is teetering over financial strain as 
listenership dwindles to college radio station numbers - despite plum 
spot on FM dial. By David Hinckley / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Monday, 
October 14, 2013, 11:23 AM

The current WBAI (99.5 FM) as New Yorkers know it may be in danger as 
the financially troubled station seeks a lease-management arrangement.
Thomas Collins/Getty Images [caption]

Progressive radio station WBAI (99.5 FM), long teetering on the 
financial precipice, may resolve the issue by leasing itself to 
another operator. Such a deal, known in radio as a lease-management 
arrangement (LMA), would put all programming in the hands of the 
leasing entity.

Steve Brown, a member of WBAI's local station board, revealed Monday 
that the Pacifica National Board (PNB), the governing body of WBAI and 
four other Pacifica stations, has started the process of seeking LMA 
bidders.

"Although WBAI might not be sold (yet)," said Brown, "it seems almost 
certain to be leased." He circulated a memo from PNB member Cerene 
Roberts saying that the national board met Oct. 3 to ask that its 
executive director draw up a "Request for Proposals" - that is, a call 
for bids.

The board met again Oct. 10 to order that the request be published.
There is a Nov. 6 deadline for responses.

WBAI, which has been financially precarious for almost the whole six 
decades it has broadcast in New York, has recently slid to the edge of 
insolvency, laying off staffers and warning that it cannot pay its 
bills.

Some members of the PNB have reportedly advocated selling WBAI, which 
would relieve Pacifica of that ongoing debt crisis and provide capital 
for the other Pacifica stations in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Houston 
and Washington.

WBAI supporters in New York, on the station board and off, have 
largely resisted that idea. But none of the long-contentious and 
faction-ridden supporters have been able to implement a plan that 
would put WBAI on firm financial footing.

The station's listenership has also dwindled the last few years. 
Despite having a 50,000-watt signal in the middle of the FM dial, WBAI 
draws an audience closer to that of college stations. The most 
prominent show on the station is Amy Goodman's "Democracy Now."

That big signal and dial position could make WBAI attractive to 
potential buyers, or leasers. The LMA is often used in radio to 
transfer programming control while a station is going through the 
sometimes-lengthy process of getting approval for a sale.

Some new programmers, however, are content with leasing rather than 
owning. When Disney took over WQEW (1560 AM) for Radio Disney, it did 
so with a long-term LMA.

The biggest fear among WBAI staffers and supporters is that the loss 
of WBAI would remove a progressive voice from a radio market whose 
dominant talk voices are conservative. Brown expressed hope that if 
WBAI goes the LMA route, it can vet bidders and "lease to an entity 
(or person) with impeccable left or near-left credentials."

If that happens, he said, "The thrust of the station's programming 
[could] be expected to remain the same, even if the programs 
themselves may not." Brown said "at least one, and possibly several 
candidates" have offered to take over the station, though he declined 
to name them.

He also noted that PNB bylaws require WBAI to have a local station 
board, which could potentially complicate LMA implementation.

Read more: 
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/new-york-wbai-99-5-fm-seeks-leasing-deal-save-station-article-1.1484803#ixzz2i7iBAWcY
(via Dennis Gibson, ABDX via DXLD)

** U S A. OPEN SOURCE BUT NO LONGER AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC: WORLD 
NEWS CONNECTION DISCONNECTED. Posted: 13 Oct 2013

Secrecy News, 8 Oct 2013, Steven Aftergood: "For more than half a 
century, the public has been able to access a wealth of information 
collected by U.S. intelligence from unclassified, open sources around 
the world. At the end of this year, the Central Intelligence Agency 
will terminate that access. The U.S. intelligence community’s Open 
Source Center (OSC), which is managed by the CIA, will cease to 
provide its information feed to the publicly accessible World News 
Connection as of December 31, 2013, according to an announcement from 
the National Technical Information Service (NTIS), which operates the 
World News Connection (WNC). ... 

The reasons for the decision to terminate the World News Connection 
are a bit obscure. Producing it is not a drain on U.S. intelligence– 
the marginal costs of providing the additional feed to NTIS are close 
to zero. ... 

However, the program is a headache for NTIS to manage, particularly 
since NTIS officials had to negotiate numerous contracts with media 
source providers to offer their products to the public. But the large 
majority of that work has already been accomplished, and now it will 
be rendered useless." (kimandrewelliott.com via DXLD)

-- Open Source Center is the former Foreign Broadcast Information 
Service, also part of the CIA (Kim Andrew Elliott, ibid.)

** UZBEKISTAN. 11600, Oct 12 at 0106, no signal from TWR India via 
Tashkent, which per Aoki is scheduled 0030-0115 daily, extended to 
0130 on Sun-Mon-Tue-Wed for Dzonka to Bhutan; otherwise Bengali, 
Hindi, Bhojpuri, and on Saturdays only at 0045-0115, Nepali. But must 
not be on the air now, since I am still getting on neighbor 11590, NHK 
Hindi via Tashkent (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** UZBEKISTAN. 11730, Vatican Radio 0139 music, English sign-on, music 
bridges and announcements. Very weak, Oct 11 (Harold Sellers, Vernon, 
British Columbia, Listening beside the lake, in my car, with the Eton 
E1 and Sony AN1 active antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

11730, Oct 13 at 0122, S Asian language, good with flutter, and slight 
hum. Aoki shows it`s Vatican Radio via Tashkent at 0040-0200 including 
Malayalam at 0120-0140 to be followed by English.

11600, Oct 13 at 0122, another S Asian language via Tashkent, as TWR 
India is back, listed Dzonka for Bhutan, after missing yesterday, and 
weaker than:  11590, Oct 13 at 0122, NHK Hindi service.

WRTH shows there are 11 x 100 kW transmitters available for all these 
relays (but not for Radio Tashkent, defunct) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** VIETNAM. 7435.5, Voice of Vietnam-1, 1241, Oct 11. Playing music; 
fair-poor; had been off the air for a short while; continues to be off 
frequency; // 5975 (fair) // 7210 (fair-poor) // 9635 (fair); (Ron 
Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

** VIETNAM. 7906-USB, Oct 16 at 1315 a bit of JBA music, talk and 
apparently off, no doubt Ho Chi Minh City Radio with marine weather 
partly in English. Must try to tune in at start 1305, and also check 
// 8294. Neither is in Aoki, but in EiBi: also sharing time on 7906 
are Ben Thuy, Ca Mau, Can Tho, Da Nang, Hai Phong, Hon Gai, Hue, Kien 
Giang, Mong Cai, Nha Trang, Pham Rang, Phan Tiet, Phu Yen, Qui Phong, 
and Vung Tau; and on 8294 (USB) only Da Nang, Hai Phong, Qui Phong. 
HCM City is the only one with some English, also starting at 0105 and 
0910 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1691, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** WESTERN SAHARA [non]. 1550, R Nacional de la RASD, ALGERIA, 
Rabuoni, 1925 11 Oct, px loc, 22233 (Mauro Giroletti, Swl 1510, 
IK2GFT, JRC525Nrd, Lowe HF150, Filter PAR Electronics - BCST-LPF + 
BCST-HPF- DSP 9, Eavesdropper SWL Sloper 11mt to 120mt Band, Loop ALA 
100 M; Lat. 45 25'0" N Long. 9 7'0" E; Locator grid. Jn 45 Nk, 
bclnews.it yg via DXLD)

** ZAMBIA. 5915, R. One/ZNBC, *0241, Oct 10. Open carrier noted at 
0231; on with usual Fish Eagle IS; a good evening overall for Africa 
(Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)
 
** ZANZIBAR. 6015, ZBC Radio, 0254, Oct 10. Usual format - intro of 
Spice FM pop African songs, clear time pips at ToH and into reciting 
from the Qur'an. Not on the air Oct 7 (Ron Howard, Asilomar State 
Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

11735, Oct 11 at 2016, poor signal with music, must be ZBC. Maybe it 
will improve as we move later into fall and/or the hour (Glenn Hauser, 
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 541.2, Oct 12 at 0051, carrier hetting 540 stations. I 
am still not quite certain whether this is a local device, or perhaps 
a real station, off-frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. TA carrier search, Oct 13 at 0046-0051: JBA on 1521, 
1215, 1152, 1044, 882 kHz, not necessarily in that order, and not 783. 

Trans-Atlantic carrier search Oct 14 at 0052-0056 UT: JBA on 882, 945, 
1053, 1215.

TA carrier search Oct 16 at 0056-0059: JBA detectable only on 774, 783 
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1230, Oct 13 at 0608 UT, `Coast to Coast AM` opening 
hour with usual phone-numbers, is slightly atop the graveyard pileup. 
Hard to get a bearing, but seems NNE/SSW give or take. Could it be my 
nearest 1230, WBBZ Ponca City OK, normally buried at night? So I start 
checking this and other possible states to the north and south on the 
C2C affiliate list website. NO 1230s listed in: OK, ND, SD, WY, NE, 
MO, KS, IA, TN, MS, LA. So that leaves these possibilities:

KWTX Waco TX, KBTM Jonesboro AR, WJBC Bloomington IL, KTRF Thief River 
Falls MN, KWNO Winona MN, KEXO Grand Junxion CO --- any of which would 
be a good graveyard catch. But I suppose it could still be WBBZ as own 
website does not account for anything in the overnight hours: 
http://www.wbbz.com/schedule.htm
Sometime I should try their webcast after midnite
(Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Anyone have any idea who might have been playing Classic 
Country on 1650 around 0500 [EDT = 0900 UT] this morning mixing with 
CINA and WHKT? Only there briefly, but clearly there with a female 
vocal complete with twangy guitars (Russ Edmunds, 15 mi NNW of 
Philadelphia, Grid FN20id, Oct 10, NRC-AM via DXLD)

No idea. I checked both Barry's site and Station Intel and nothing is 
C&W here. Must be a VERY recent format change or perhaps someone drops 
their normal format in the wee hours. I'll be DX to the west tonight 
and if someone has permanently switched to C&W I should hear it this 
evening. 73 KAZ (Neil Kazaross, IL/WI, ibid.)

Not noticed any such on random evening, SR chex since (gh, OK, DXLD)

UNIDENTIFIED. 4960, Oct 14 at 0057, open AM carrier, poor signal with 
some hum, but stronger than anything on 4955 (Perú) or 4965 (Brasil?). 
Normally nothing here and nothing scheduled; certainly will not list-
log it as long-defunct Federación Shuar, Ecuador as still in Aoki. If 
not a ute, could be VOA São Tomé with an advance transmitter check 
before *0400 usual start, typical IBB behavior (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

HI Glenn, I too had this last night, although unfortunately I also 
only caught the last few minutes. I had a good signal here (Maine), 
and the last few minutes consisted of instrumental music looping 
before a dead carrier, then off (David Pete, Bangor, Oct 14, dxldyg 
via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 6030, Oct 15 at 1257, Asian song vs prolonged pulse 
jamming from Cuba against nothing. Could be AIR Delhi, altho Aoki also 
shows CNR1 Beijing here; was hoping for something comedic from 
Calgary. After 1300, China radio war vs Sound of Hope (Glenn Hauser, 
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 6035, Oct 11 at 1248, very poor signal, can`t make out 
any modulation. Most likely PBS Yunnan, China as scheduled 50 kW in 
Vietnamese, rather than BBS Bhutan with 100 kW in Dzonkha, but not 
active much lately, at least not at full power (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. This pirate is operating in the AM mode on 6950.5 +/- 
(Des Preston, Ann Arbor MI, 2214 UT Oct 13, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Still 
there, mostly wang dang doodle type rockabilly type music (Des, Sent 
from my iPhone, 2234 UT Oct 13, ibid.)

UNIDENTIFIED. 11820, Test Transmission, ????UK??? , 1132 11 Oct, ID 
"TEST TRANSMISSION report to transmissiontest @ gmail.com, 44444 
(Mauro Giroletti, Swl 1510, IK2GFT, JRC525Nrd, Lowe HF150, Filter PAR 
Electronics - BCST-LPF + BCST-HPF- DSP 9, Eavesdropper SWL Sloper 11mt 
to 120mt Band, Loop ALA 100 M; Lat. 45 25'0" N Long. 9 7'0" E; Locator 
grid. Jn 45 Nk, bclnews.it yg via DXLD)

Quoting from his clip: ``You are listening to a test transmission. 
Please e-mail your reception report to transmissiontest at gmail.com`` 
with some bits of Babcock music. Presumably from Woofferton as heard 
on various other frequencies. May be only for staff training (gh, 
DXLD)

UNIDENTIFIED. 13364-USB, Oct 14 at 0111, 2-way in Spanish, whistling.
I`m frequently checking 13362-13364 area for AFN Guam on USB, or LTA 
Argentina on LSB, and usually hear nothing. 

Another one to check is 12365-USB, Tuesday Oct 15 after 2100, when a 
Chilean fútbol relay is expected as heard in S America on a few other 
recent dates (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Yes! See CHILE

UNIDENTIFIED. Bible Voice Broadcasting ascoltata anche ieri fra le 
1000 e le 1100 utc con un buon segnale sui 15480 kHz in inglese non in 
schedula. Da dove? Roby (Roberto Rizzardi, bclnews.it yg via DXLD)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS
++++++++++++++++++++++++

TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED ON WORLD OF RADIO 1692:

Thanks to Tom McLauglin, Lubbock TX, for an annual contribution to P O 
Box 1684, Enid OK, 73702, in memory of Gigi Lytle. She died on Oct 17, 
2000. The local newspaper obituary is still available:
http://lubbockonline.com/stories/101900/obi_101900044.shtml

And these DXLD issues contain some mentions of her passing:
http://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio/dxld0127.txt
[Tom`s address in the first one is no longer correct]
http://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio/dxld1103.txt
http://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio/dxld1160.txt
(Glenn Hauser, Oct 18, 2013, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Thanks to Philip Hiscock, for a contribution via PayPal to woradio at 
yahoo.com

Thanks for the show (Thomas Hunt, with a contribution via PayPal)

PUBLICATIONS
++++++++++++

HITLIST NOW AT WORLDOFRADIO.COM

You may recall that the defunct Media Network once provided handy linx 
to SW stations.

Alan Roe has maintained a much more user-friendly and thorough page 
for the World DX Club, and now following the closure of WDXC, I am 
pleased to welcome Alan`s page to World of Radio. Try it when you need 
to find a particular station or its webcasts, etc.

Direct link is:
http://www.w4uvh.net/hitlist.htm
Or via http://www.worldofradio.com
(Glenn Hauser, Oct 14, DX LISTENING DIGEST and numerous lists)

HFCC B13

http://hfcc.org/data/b13/index.phtml
http://hfcc.org/data/b13/b13allx2.zip (193 kB)
(Aleksandr Diadischev, Ukraine, Oct 13, dxldyg via DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

As always, beware of wooden registrations. However, I notice that 
Radio Slovakia International shows a schedule starting January 1. 
Supposedly they are hoping for restored funding, but I won't hold my 
breath.

Modest schedule from Voice of Russia in B-13, including two English 
frequencies towards CIRAF 10-12 during NA evenings, but these might be 
wooden.

Spain, Romania and CRI still there in English for NA.

At a quick glance still some BBCWS English possibilities for NA, will 
have to digest. 7325 Ascension at 0500 is likely to be a good option; 
also several Meyerton frequencies during NA late evening/post midnight 
(Steve Luce, Houston, Texas, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Excelentes Listas con ubicación de transmisores en Google Maps!!!

MWLIST for scanners: 0-30 MHz, Europe, Africa and Middle East
http://www.mwlist.org/scanner.php?mode=1&area=1&MHz=0

MWLIST for scanners: 0-30 MHz, North America from Alaska to Mexico
http://www.mwlist.org/scanner.php?mode=1&area=3&MHz=0


MWLIST for scanners: 0-30 MHz, Central and South America
http://www.mwlist.org/scanner.php?mode=1&area=4&MHz=0

MWLIST for scanners: 0-30 MHz, Worldwide
http://www.mwlist.org/scanner.php?mode=1&area=9&MHz=0

MWLIST for scanners: 0-30 MHz, Asia and Pacific
http://www.mwlist.org/scanner.php?mode=1&area=2&MHz=0
(Rubén Guilllermo Margenet, Argentina, condiglista yg via DXLD)

FM ATLAS ONLINE

There are a bunch of FM Atlas's in digital form [pdf] on Gleason's
excellent site.
http://www.americanradiohistory.com/FM-Atlas-Master-Page.htm
wrh (Bill Hepburn, WTFDA via DXLD)
200+ pages each. Thru final edition 2010y; all but the very first 
edition in 1970 (gh, DXLD)

MUSEA
+++++

SAINT LOUIS RADIO HISTORY

Doesn't appear to be new, but today's Radio World newsletter was the 
first I heard about it.
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.112762575460477.12428.109308732472528&type=3
(via Tim Kridel, 14 Oct via DXLD)

Opens with lotsa fotos, grafix (gh, DXLD)

S.O.S FROM A PRIVATE RADIO MUSEUM IN URUGUAY. It has been censored by
local Ministry of Culture in a recent Heritage Day proposed activity.
-----
An unfortunate case of censorship occurred in the celebration of the
last Heritage Day in Uruguay, (Oct 5 & 6), from DICYT, which is the
government body that matters of Innovation, Science and Technology
(under the Ministry of Education and Culture of Uruguay).

The First Living Museum of Radio and Communications of Uruguay "Gral.
Artigas", created in 1991 by collector and researcher Antonio Tormo
(who preserves a valuable amount of 1,800 pieces in relation with the
history of radio and communications) was banned to display some of its
items in a projected participation organized in coordination and by
invitation from the National Museum of Anthropology (NMA).

In that occasion, Tango music and its expressions were to be honored
by the audition and exhibition of big old Victrola discs with tangos
with the purpose that visitors could dance with that particular tango
record as a tangible evidence of the past. Different and simultaneous
events took over the entire weekend honoring Tango as a cultural
expression this year.

Just a few days before the event, Lic. Gabriel Aintablián (director of
DICYT), sent an internal communication to the National Museum of
Anthropology (NMA) and without further explanation or justification,
prohibiting the use of any item from the Radio Museum, which has been
allocated in their building for years, since it hasn't found a proper
place for public exhibition.

Tormo's Radio Museum has been fighting for public support since he has
no material possibilities to open an own exhibition place, without
positive answer.

The collections have been set up to be withdrawn before next Dec. 31.

(Horacio Nigro, President of the Supporting Commitee of "Primer Museo
Viviente de la Radio y las Comunicaciones del Uruguay, Gral Jose
Artigas", Montevideo, Uruguay, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

THE RISE AND DECLINE OF AM RADIO - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/ae/tv-radio/the-rise-and-fall-of-am-radio-707433/

Radio, as we know it, may have begun on a bet.

Frank Conrad, assistant chief engineer for Westinghouse in the early 
20th century, wanted to see whether a new watch was keeping correct 
time. In 1912, he made a $5 wager with colleague Thomas Perkins. But 
how to verify his claim?

Tinkering with materials in his Wilkinsburg garage, Conrad created a 
small receiver capable of picking up time signals from the U.S. Naval 
Observatory in Arlington, Va.

He won his bet and went on to design bigger and better radios for 
Westinghouse. In turn, Westinghouse became a key player in turning the 
hobby of a few radio enthusiasts into an industry that changed the 
world.

Pittsburgh`s radio history is the history of modern radio.

For AM radio -- and the radio industry in general -- the hits just 
keep coming. Rapid technological changes, government legislation, 
aging demographics and a shifting media landscape have combined to 
erode AM's once massive audience. Better clarity through FM, HD and 
satellite, and more diverse programming have resulted in AM leaning 
heavily on two formats: talk and sports.

Still, it all started here.

"Most people don't know the name Frank Conrad. He's not thought of 
like Edison or Marconi or Bell," said Forest Hills' Rick Harris, whose 
drive to create a permanent radio museum has spanned decades. "It just 
so happened that Conrad worked for Westinghouse from around the 1890s 
as a boy and worked his way up. He didn't invent radio, essentially, 
but I think you could really say he pioneered the broadcasting 
industry.

"He brought all the concepts that were in existence at that time and 
added them to others, like the transmitter. "

Using a crystal set -- basically copper wire wrapped around a cylinder 
and connected to a crystal that allowed the user to troll for signals 
without need of electricity -- Conrad "was an unsung genius," Mr. 
Harris said.

Conrad built a transmitter, then obtained an amateur license in the 
summer of 1916. In 1919, his station, 8XK, played music from 
phonograph records. A Wilkinsburg record store sponsored his show.

"The store owner says, 'You can have anything you want as long as you 
tell people where they can buy the records,' " Mr. Harris said. "In 
effect, that created the first [radio] advertising. "

A KDKA program honoring the 50th anniversary of the station included 
ad copy from a 1920 edition of The Pittsburgh Sun. Beneath a Joseph 
Horne Co. advertisement for folding chairs (a steal at 40 cents each) 
was one describing the "wireless concerts" from Conrad's garage, 
mentioning that readers could join the fun by purchasing their own 
Amateur Wireless Sets for $10.00 up.

Who was manufacturing those sets? Westinghouse, of course. The company 
had been involved in radio equipment during World War I and owned many 
patents.

But it wasn't until the autumn of 1920 that Conrad's successful little 
radio show would inspire something even greater. Westinghouse vice 
president H.P. Davis pushed for the company to obtain a commercial 
license, which it received Oct. 27.

With Conrad helping to quickly put together an equipment room -- just 
a shack on the roof of a Westinghouse East Pittsburgh Works building 
in Turtle Creek -- the newly christened KDKA read results of the 
presidential election between Warren G. Harding and James Cox.

In between readings, KDKA played music.

A photograph -- often reprinted but occasionally misidentified as a 
shot of that first historic broadcast -- shows operator William 
Thomas, announcer L.H. Rosenberg and telephone line handlers R.S. 
McClelland and John Frazier.

Two men most responsible for this historic achievement -- chief 
engineer Donald Little and Conrad -- are not in the picture.

In the photograph, it is daytime. In reality, the world's first 
commercial broadcast took place in the dark of night, and it's 
possible McClelland wasn't there.

Two months later, according to KDKA sources, a live broadcast from 
Calvary Episcopal Church in Shadyside became the world's first 
regularly scheduled church service and the first remote pickup.

In the choir loft were Westinghouse engineers -- one of them Jewish, 
another Catholic -- dressed in surplices for anonymity.

Edwin Jan van Etten, rector of Calvary, was quoted as saying, "Even 
now, as I think of their presence there, it seems to me that they 
symbolize the real universality of radio religion."

Early adopters listened to radio broadcasts via fairly complicated 
receiver units sold by Westinghouse for $65 to $125. But home use 
really took off in 1921 when KDKA designed a small (6 inches by 6 
inches by 7 inches) wooden box housing a crystal set.

The Aeriola Jr. cost $25 and required headphones. Within the year, 
Westinghouse began manufacturing home radios incorporating vacuum 
tubes, and two years later, the first thermionic vacuum tube sets that 
could run on electricity instead of batteries.

Broadcast radio was off and running. In 1926, Westinghouse, RCA and 
General Electric formed the National Broadcasting Co., which would 
spin off into two separate channels, Red and Blue.

Although KDKA dominated the early years with its programming and 
superior signal and marketing, it wasn't alone on the airwaves.

KQV-AM was another early pioneer. It signed on as experimental station 
8ZAE in 1919. In 1921 it took the call letters KQV, which stood for 
"King of the Quaker Valley," and was licensed as a commercial station 
in 1922.

In the next two decades, stations such as KDKA, WCAE and KQV would 
broadcast scripted dramas, boxing prizefights, newscasts, symphonic 
concerts from KDKA's Grant Building studio, church services, and even 
Dilworth' s Little German Band, with its canine mascot, Schnitzel.

If Westinghouse was busy developing its broadcast technology during 
World War I, WWII brought drives to raise money for war bonds and a 
heightened sense of duty.

Declaring "radio too important to victory," a wartime advertisement 
read: "At KDKA, high on a commanding hill, visitors are challenged by 
a searchlight, a directionally amplified voice and a gun, and they 
state their business into a microphone before they come near the 
tower."

TV displaced radio as the main form of home entertainment in the 
1950s. But AM radio found a new lease on life with the pop music 
explosion that began in the '50s. The repeated playing of top hits 
launched the Top 40 format. Music gave rise to a new kind of radio 
star -- the disc jockey. Starting with Porky Chedwick at WHOD-AM and 
later WAMO-AM/FM and other Pittsburgh stations, the Pittsburgh 
airwaves were filled with the voices of radio hosts who not only 
played the hits, but in some cases helped make them.

Mr. Chedwick is credited with breaking some of R&B's earliest radio 
hits. He's also remembered for his one-of-a-kind on-air patter and for 
coining nicknames for himself such as "Platter Pushin' Poppa," "Pork 
the Tork" and "Daddio of the Raddio." Now 95, Mr. Chedwick remains a 
beloved icon in Pittsburgh broadcasting.

An African-American woman -- Mary Dee Dudley -- broke race and gender 
barriers with her popular "Movin&# 39; Around" show on WHOD. Other 
African-American hosts such as Bill Powell and Sir Walter (real name 
John Christian) had solid followings on the former WILY-AM and WAMO.

Rege Cordic's popular morning show on KDKA redefined radio as an 
entertainment medium during the '50s and '60s. "Cordic & Company" 
started on WWSW-AM and moved to KDKA in 1954. Cordic, along with 
Robert McCully, Sterling Yates, Bob Trow and Karl Hardman created 
memorable comedy sketches starring a zany cast of characters: space 
alien Omicron, Louie the Garbage Man and domineering station manager 
Mr. Murchison. The show was a ratings hit for KDKA.

Pittsburgh native David Brown was a big fan of Cordic and as a kid 
used a reel-to-reel recorder to tape some of the host's programs. Over 
the years, he has encountered others who loved Cordic's madcap humor.

"Because it was AM radio, people would be listening to Rege's skits 
and they would pull off the road. They would not go through the tunnel 
at Mount Washington, because they knew they would miss the signal.

"Another fellow who worked at a lab told me he would pull into the 
parking lot just before 8 o'clock, when Rege was doing one of his 
skits, then wait until he was finished.

"He said 'When the skit was finished, car doors would open all over 
the parking lot with people getting out, having also waited.' "

Cordic left for Los Angeles in 1965 and was replaced by Art Pallan and 
Bob Trow, and in 1968 by Jack Bogut. KDKA remained the dominant player 
in morning radio.

During the '60s, hosts on some of the smaller AMs -- such as Mad Mike 
Metrovich on the former WZUM-AM and Terry Lee on the former WMCK/WIXZ-
AM -- developed loyal teen followings.

The advent of FM radio was a game changer for AM. In 1967, the Federal 
Communications Commission required station operators to have different 
programming on their AM and FM frequencies. Music formats moved to the 
FM dial, where the sound was better and where programmers weren't 
limited to playing short two- to three-minute pop songs. WAMO-FM host 
Ken Reeth, better known as Brother Love, was among the first to play 
records by Jimi Hendrix, Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention and 
The Doors.

Veteran radio programmer Ed Salamon launched a successful career that 
started in Pittsburgh. He went on to program WHN-AM in New York and 
later became president of programming at Westwood One. He was hired in 
1970 to work on KDKA's 50th anniversary, and then moved into 
programming music. He's the author of "WHN: When New York City Went 
Country" and "Pittsburgh&# 39;s Golden Age of Radio."

"It was an exciting time to be in radio in Pittsburgh," Mr. Salamon 
says of the 1970s. "You had these AM stations that were king and 
trying to hold on to what they had, and FM stations were looking for 
something new, creating opportunities for young guys like me."

Opportunity knocked on the AM side for him. WEEP-AM, a country music 
station that was at the bottom of the ratings chart, hired him in 
1973.

"I thought the audience for country music could be broader than it was 
-- less of niche and more mass appeal," Mr. Salamon said. He added 
artists who weren't traditional country -- like The Eagles and Olivia 
Newton-John. The station rocketed to second place.

In 1975, KQV dropped Top 40 and switched to the all-news format it 
still has today. KQV-FM played music: it later switched call letters 
to WDVE.

By 1978, FM's listenership overtook that of AM.

With music migrating to FM, AM turned to talk radio. In 1987, the FCC 
repealed the Fairness Doctrine, which required radio operators to give 
both sides of an issue equal airtime. That opened the doors for a 
lineup of opinionated political talk show hosts such as Rush Limbaugh. 
These shows became ratings and revenue generators and gave AM a much 
needed boost. By the 1990s, many of those shows migrated to FM talk 
stations, leaving AM with a programming vacuum once again.

April 10, 1992, is known as "The Day the Music Died" on KDKA: the 
station played Don McLean's "American Pie," and switched to all news 
and talk. Local talk hosts flourished here in the '90s, with Mike 
Pintek and the late Fred Honsberger on KDKA and Lynn Cullen and the 
late Doug Hoerth on the former WTAE and WPTT-AM.

By the time radio moved into the 21st century, powerhouse AMs such as 
KDKA, WBZ-AM in Boston and KYW-AM in Philadelphia no longer topped the 
ratings charts. By 2011, AM listenership dropped to 15 percent, 
according to a survey by the investment firm Veronis Suhler Stevenson.

In 2001, the introduction of satellite radio and Apple's launch of the 
iPod further eroded AM's audience. SiriusXM Satellite Radio offers 
listeners a wide range of channels for every taste, along with 
conservative and liberal talk channels that carry most of the top 
syndicated radio hosts. iTunes, Internet radio services and mp3 
players let people create their own playlists.

The car is where most people listen to radio. With satellite and 
Internet radio available in cars, AM began to lose the battle of the 
dashboard that started years ago with the introduction of cassette and 
8-track players in cars.

AM radio faces new competition from devices such as smartphones and 
other consumer electronics, which interfere with the AM signal.

These days, the local AM band is a mix of news, talk, sports talk, 
ethnic and religious programming. There are only a handful of music 
stations, including WJAS-AM, with a standard hits/nostalgia format, 
WDDZ/Radio Disney, which is aimed at the teen/preteen audience and 
WZUM-AM, which plays classic R&B.

Mel Check was the chief engineer at KDKA for 34 years and has a radio 
museum at his home in East Brady, Clarion County. "It' s to the point 
now where teenagers and kids coming through here, they don't know they 
have AM on their radios."

Yet there are those who believe in a future for AM. FCC Commissioner 
Ajit Pai is committed to keeping AM alive.

"I' m often asked why we should care about the future of AM radio ... 
. If you care about diversity, you should care about AM radio. If you 
care about localism, you should care about AM radio," he said in a 
speech at the 2013 Radio Show in September. "Many AM radio stations 
provide a vital forum for discussing the issues of the day."

The FCC has proposed efforts to help AM operators, including access to 
translators, which would simulcast their programming on the higher 
quality FM band.

Robert Dickey Jr. and his sister Cheryl Scott own KQV and are 
committed to keeping the all-news format their late father Robert 
Dickey launched 35 years ago.

"The AM band is under a lot of strain," Mr. Dickey said. "Sound has 
been compromised terribly on the AM dial. It's a struggle for us as 
well as others."

KQV's strategy has been to adapt to new technologies -- such as apps 
for mobile devices and streaming online.

"You have to continue to explore other platforms that allow you to 
extend," Mr. Dickey said. "We have to move forward. We have to keep 
our minds open to any and all new forms that allow us to do that in 
the most cost-effective way."

"My concern is not so much for AM radio, but the free over-the-air 
radio that allows information and entertainment at no cost to 
everyone," Mr. Salamon said. "I don't want to see that disappear. I 
don't want to see a gap in this country where people who can afford it 
are able to have more than they can watch or listen to, and other 
people have nothing." (via Kevin Redding, ABDX via DXLD)

WORLD OF TELEPHONY
++++++++++++++++++

Why didn`t USA just go to 8-digit local phone numbers, immediately 
dekamating the availabilities, rather than messing with overlaying 
more and more area codes, requiring 10-digit dialing?? (Glenn Hauser, 
referring to 8-digit phone numbers mentioned on Mexican radio)

Because businesses felt they had been slighted when the initial 
practice was to cleave area codes, not overlay them.

In an instance of cleaving, any business moving to a new area code 
would have to get new brochures, business cards, etc. printed up, 
whether or not they had an existing stock. Businesses complained 
loudly.

So the phone powers-that-be decided instead to initiate overlays 
instead of cleaving; in an overlay, a business (or a residence) 
retains its existing phone number and doesn't have to change it, thus 
avoiding any unnecessary printing costs. Instead, everyone is 
inconvenienced with 10-digit dialing. We here in Eastern PA have had 
10-digit dialing since the early 2000s, and it's now second nature.

Had we instead just added an 8th digit (technically an 11th digit), 
all businesses would have had to arrange for this new printing, and 
all residences would have to learn new numbers.

The UK had "all-figure" dialing in some of its urban city codes 
(Edinburgh, Glasgow, London, for example) before we adopted 10-digit 
dialing in the USA, for what it's worth (Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA, 
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Tsk2, printing costs. That`s no valid excuse. It would have been 
better in the long run (no one thinx of that), to go to 8 digit 
numbers within a smaller number of area codes.

What I had in mind, was simply adding another digit to all numbers 
within existing area codes, making so much cleaving and overlaying 
unnecessary. Existing numbers would just have to add one digit (it 
could have been standard, like -1) and then all demand for new numbers 
could use up the other 9 digits to make totally new 8-digit numbers. 
And with no overlays, no need to dial the AC with each `local` number. 
And there would not be so much cleaving and not so much need to call 
another AC ``locally`` (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

DX-PEDITIONS
++++++++++++

WESTERN DX-PEDITION

November 9-11, 2013 are set aside for the next Western Colorado/Utah
DX-Pedition. In Mack, Colorado, near the Utah/Colorado border, we're
fortunate to have an almost-ideal site for some serious Beverage work.  
We have a field populated with 4-5 foot posts, in a grid that make it 
possible to extend about 1800 feet in almost any direction; and with 
good grounding.

In addition we plan to deploy a "Double-Kaz" antenna and will do some
comparison 'RF snapshots' in specific directions, to show the relative
advantages of both antennas. The results will make it into a follow-up 
DX Audio Service column and the club newsletters.

If you have some specific targets you'd like us to reach for, please 
let us know. Regards (Mark Durenberger and Mike Shafer, Oct 13, IRCA 
via DXLD)

UPCOMING MEDIUMWAVE DX-PEDITIONS

The next two months are shaping up to be quite busy for DXpeditions.
In November, we have:

PEI - first week - Brent Taylor, Bruce Conti, Niel Wolfish, Walt 
Salmaniw, ?

Cappahayden, NL - second week - Jean Burnell, Jim Renfrew (?), Chuck 
Hutton (?)

Besides those, I think that there will be some western DXpeditions 
including Mark Durenburger going to Utah I think (not quite coastal 
unless taking advantage of Salt Lake). Not sure about Masset (Haida 
Gwaii), Grayland, Cape Perpetua / Rockwork, etc.

In the eastern US maybe Brett Saylor & co. will activate Long Beach 
Island, NJ. Here on Cape Cod, I'll at least try to get out to an 
Orleans or Eastham beach site during the course of the PEI DXpedition 
so I'll be able to compare results with that crew.

If someone in Florida or the Caribbean could kick off an effort in 
that zone, that would be good. In Europe you always have Martin Hall's 
"home based DXpedition" on the northern coast of Scotland, and don't 
rule out activity from Scandinavia either. Japan, Australia, New 
Zealand, South Africa, and Argentina are other parts of the world that 
have occasionally fielded serious MW DXpedition efforts.

I have also noticed quite different results DXing from sites that 
aren't too far apart. A lot of it has to do with which bearings are 
blocked by rocks and which bearings have a salt water advantage.
(Mark Connelly, WA1ION, Oct 16, ABDX via DXLD)

DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DRM See COSTA RICA; EQUATORIAL GUINEA; INDIA;
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ KUWAIT; NIGERIA; ROMANIA; RUSSIA; SRI 
                             LANKA
PROPAGATION
+++++++++++

GEOMAGNETIC INDICES
Compiled by: Phil Bytheway
E-mail: phil_tekno @ yahoo.com

Geomagnetic Summary August 30 2013 through September 30 2013
Tabulated from email status daily (K @ 0000 UTC.)

Date Flux A  K  Space Wx
30  108   8  4  no  storms  (corr)
31  108  11  2  no  storms  (corr)
 1  104   9  2  no  storms
 2  106  10  1  no  storms
 3  106   7  3  no  storms
 4  109   6  2  no  storms
 5  110   4  2  no  storms
 6  101   5  2  no  storms
 7   99   4  1  no  storms
 8   96   6  0  no  storms
 9   94   4  1  no  storms
10   95   7  2  no  storms
11   93   6  2  no  storms
12   93   7  3  no  storms
13   92   9  1  no  storms
14   93   6  1  no  storms
15   93   2  1  no  storms
16   95   5  2  no  storms
17   99   8  2  no  storms
18  104   7  2  no  storms
19  108  11  2  no  storms
20  109   6  2  no  storms
21  110   7  2  no  storms
22  111   5  1  no  storms
23  108   5  1  no  storms
24  110   9  1  no  storms
25  111   4  1  no  storms
26  110   2  0  no  storms
27  108   2  0  no  storms
28  106   2  0  no  storms
29  103   3  2  no  storms
30  105   3  0  moderate,  S2

Sx – Solar Radiation Storm Level
Gx – Geomagnetic Storm Level
Rx – Radio Blackouts Level
(corr) – Corrected (IRCA DX Monitor Oct 12, via DXLD)

Solar & Geomagnetic activity forecast for October 14-November 9, 2013

Solar activity will continue to fluctuate at solar flux 95 - 130 
s.f.u. during next few weeks. Infrequent occurrence of C class flares 
and some M class flares is expected, X class flares are rather not 
expected.

Geomagnetic field will be:
quiet on October 19 - 20, 23 - 24, 30 - 31, November 1 - 3,
mostly quiet on October 21, 25 - 26, November 7 - 8,
quiet to unsettled on October 14 - 15, 18, 27, November 4, 6, 9,
quiet to active October 16 - 17, 22, November 5,
active to disturbed on October 28 - 29.

Growings of solar wind may cause remarkable changes in magnetosphere 
and ionosphere on October 15 - 16, 21 - 22, (28,) 29 - 31, November 1 
- 4, (5).

Remarks:
- Parenthesis means lower probability of activity enhancement.
- If until April 2014 (possible secondary maximum) solar activity will 
not reach similar or higher level as in November 2011, then 2012 will 
remain to be the maximum of 24 cycle (R = 70). And vice versa.

F. K. Janda, OK1HH, Czech Propagation Interest Group
(OK1HH & OK1MGW, weekly forecasts since 1978)
e-mail: ok1hh(at)rsys.cz (via Dario Monferini, DXLD)

:Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
:Issued: 2013 Oct 14 0630 UTC
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#                Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
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Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 07 - 13 October 2013

The week began at low (07 October), then very low (08 October) levels 
of solar activity. Moderate levels followed on 09 October when Region 
1865 (S22, L=145, class/area=Dkc/270 on 13 October) produced an M2 
flare (R1 - Minor) at 09/0148 UTC with no corresponding optical flare 
reported. This event was associated with weak Type II (estimated speed 
791 km/s) and Type IV radio sweeps. Region 1865 appeared to have a 
magnetic delta configuration in the eastern half of its leader spot as 
it rotated further into view. Gradual spot and penumbral development 
was noted in Region 1861 (S09, L=170, class/area=Dhi/400 on 13 
October) with flare-bright plage observed in the northern portion of 
the regions plage field. 

By 11 October, both Regions 1861 and 1865 had grown and developed 
beta-gamma-delta magnetic configurations. Neither of these regions
were responsible for the M1 flare at 11/0725 UTC, however. This flare 
originated from a region that was just beginning to rotate onto the NE 
limb. The event was associated with a Type II sweep (estimated speed 
510 km/s), Type IV sweep, and a 380 sfu radio burst at 2695 MHz. The 
subsequent coronal mass ejection (CME), observed in SOHO/LASCO C2 
imagery beginning at 11/0724 UTC was determined by WSA-ENLIL modeling 
to be mostly directed off the East limb with no geoeffective 
component. Another CME was observed off the SE limb in SOHO/LASCO C2 
imagery beginning at 11/1400 UTC. This event was associated with a C6 
flare that occurred at 11/1228 UTC from Region 1865 and was expected 
to imact Earth later early on the 15th. Regions 1861 and 1865 remained 
the largest and most magnetically complex regions on the solar disk in 
the days that followed. 

After a brief respite, solar activity again reached moderate levels 
when Region 1865 produced an isolated M1/Sf flare (R1-Minor) at 
13/0043 UTC which was accompanied by a Type II radio emission at 
11/0035 UTC (estimated speed 798 km/s). WSA ENLIL modeling of the 
associated partial halo coronal mass ejection (CME) suggested an
arrival time late on Oct 16. Slight decay was observed in the
intermediate area of Region 1865, however it maintains an East/West
oriented inversion line running through its leader spot. Umbral
consolidation in the trailing spot and slight decay in intermediate
spot area was observed in Region 1861. 

No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit.

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit reached
high levels on 12 October at 1520 UTC. For the remainder of the week
the flux was at low to moderate levels. 

Geomagnetic field activity reached minor storm levels during the
week. The period began with a weak CME passage at approximately
07/0035 UTC with minor increases in IMF Bt, speed, and density;
associated with the CME observed on Oct. 3. Solar wind speed remained 
low in the 269 to 341 km/s range. IMF Bt ranged from 4 to 7 nT. IMF Bz 
was weakly southward during most of the period with a range of 3 to -6 
nT. IMF Phi data indicated a positive-polarity (Away) solar sector 
during the period. The geomagnetic field responded with quiet to 
unsettled levels of activity. The following day ACE data indicated an 
interplanetary shock arrival at approximately 08/1337 UTC with 
significant increases in wind speed (approximately 300 to 480 km/s), 
IMF Bt (7 to 35 nT), density, and temperature. The geomagnetic field 
was at quiet levels until around 08/2023 UTC, then rapidly increased 
to minor storm levels (G1 - Minor) by 08/2024 UTC. The activity 
increased following a geomagnetic sudden impulse (SI) at 08/1941 UTC 
(62 nT, Boulder USGS magnetometer). 

By 09 October, solar wind speed increased to a high of 683 km/s at
09/0311 UTC following the shock arrival, then gradually decreased to
a low of 445 km/s at 09/2316 UTC. IMF Bt was elevated through the
period with a peak of 14 nT observed at 09/0900 UTC. IMF Bz was weakly 
southward during the first half of the period, then became weakly 
northward during the rest of the day with a range of 7 to -5 nT. Phi 
data indicated a positive-polarity solar sector during the period. The 
geomagnetic field was at active to minor storm levels (G1 - Minor) 
during the first half of the period, then decreased to unsettled 
levels after 09/1200 UTC. The following day, an isolated active period 
was observed during 10/0000-0300 UTC as the effects of the CME 
diminished. Quiet conditions returned on the 11th and remained through 
the end of the week. 

FORECAST OF SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY 14 OCTOBER-09 NOVEMBER 2013

Solar activity is expected to be at low levels with a chance for
isolated moderate level events through the forecast period. 

There is a slight chance of proton events at geosynchronous orbit
during the first week of the forecast period as Regions 1861 and
1865 move into more favorable positions in the western hemisphere. 

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is
expected to reach high levels until 20 October in response to 
recurrent coronal hole high speed streams. The remainder of the
period is expected to see moderate to low flux levels. 

Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be at unsettled to active
levels on 15-17 October with a slight chance for minor storm periods. 
This elevated activity is expected in response to coronal mass 
ejections that occurred on 11 and 13 October coupled with the effects 
from a positive polarity coronal hole high speed stream. Unsettled to 
active levels are also expected on 24 October in response to a coronal 
hole high speed stream. The remainder of the forecast period should be 
mostly quiet in the absence of any more transient solar wind features.

:Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt
:Issued: 2013 Oct 14 0630 UTC
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#      27-day Space Weather Outlook Table
#                Issued 2013-10-14
#
#   UTC      Radio Flux   Planetary   Largest
#  Date       10.7 cm      A Index    Kp Index
2013 Oct 14     125           5          2
2013 Oct 15     125          12          4
2013 Oct 16     125          10          3
2013 Oct 17     120          15          4
2013 Oct 18     120           5          2
2013 Oct 19     115           5          2
2013 Oct 20     110           5          2
2013 Oct 21     105          10          4
2013 Oct 22     105           5          2
2013 Oct 23     105           5          2
2013 Oct 24     100           5          2
2013 Oct 25     100           5          2
2013 Oct 26     100           5          2
2013 Oct 27     100           5          2
2013 Oct 28     100           5          2
2013 Oct 29     100           5          2
2013 Oct 30     105           5          2
2013 Oct 31     105           5          2
2013 Nov 01     100           5          2
2013 Nov 02     100           5          2
2013 Nov 03     110           5          2
2013 Nov 04     110           5          2
2013 Nov 05     115           5          2
2013 Nov 06     120           5          2
2013 Nov 07     120           5          2
2013 Nov 08     125           5          2
2013 Nov 09     125           5          2
(SWPC via DXLD) ###