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Thanks, Glenn WORLD OF RADIO 1693: *DX and station news about: Azerbaijan, Canada, Cuba, Diego Garcia, France, Germany, Greece, Guam, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Japan, Korea North, Kurdistan non, Kuwait, Lithuania, Macedonia, Mexico, Myanmar, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Russia, Serbia and non, Solomon Islands, Spain, USA SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1693, October 31-November 6, 2013 Thu 0330 WRMI 9955 [confirmed on webcast] Thu 2101 WTWW 9479 [confirmed] Fri 0326v WWRB 5050 [confirmed at 0328] Sat 0200v WBCQ 5110v-CUSB Area 51 [confirmed at 0201] Sat 0730 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Sat 1530 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Sat 1500 WRMI 9955 Sat 2328v WTWW 9930 [confirmed] Sun 0401 WTWW 5830 [confirmed] Tue 1200 WRMI 9955 Wed 0730 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Wed 1530 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Thu 0430 WRMI 9955 [or maybe 1694 if ready in time] And now for 1694 with timeshifts: Thu 0430 WRMI 9955 [or replay of 1693] Thu 2201 WTWW 9479 Fri 0426v WWRB 5050 Sat 0300v WBCQ 5110v-CUSB Area 51 Sat 0730 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Sat 1530 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Sat 1600 WRMI 9955 Sun 0028v WTWW 5085 Sun 0501 WTWW 5830 Latest edition of this schedule version, including AM, FM, satellite and webcasts with hotlinks to station sites and audio, is at: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html or http://schedule.worldofradio.org or http://sked.worldofradio.org For updates see our Anomaly Alert page: http://www.worldofradio.com/anomaly.html WRN ON DEMAND: http://www.wrn.org/listeners/#world-of-radio WORLD OF RADIO PODCASTS VIA WRN: http://www.wrn.org/listeners/customize-panel/addToPlaylist/98/10:00:00UTC/English OUR ONDEMAND AUDIO: http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html or http://wor.worldofradio.org DAY-BY-DAY ARCHIVE OF GLENN HAUSER`S LOG REPORTS: Unedited, uncondensed, unchanged from original version, many of them too complex, minutely researched, multi-frequency, opinionated, inconsequential, off-topic, or lengthy for some log editors to manage; and also ahead of their availability in these weekly issues: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/index.php?topic=Hauser DXLD YAHOOGROUP: Why wait for DXLD? A lot more info, not all of it appearing in DXLD later, is posted at our yg without delay. When applying, please identify yourself with your real name and location, and say something about why you want to join. Those who do not, unless I recognize them, will be prompted once to do so and no action will be taken otherwise. Here`s where to sign up: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dxld/ ** ALBANIA. 7425, Oct 27 at 0327, R. Tirana IS and 0330 sign-on giving new B-13 schedule, which unfortunately involves a last-minute change for reasons unknown from 0230 to 0330 for the only English broadcast to North America. Unfortunate, since 7425 is also occupied by DW Swahili via RWANDA during this hour, there is severe co-channel QRM, and a fast SAH, the two at about equal level here. I am strongly recommending that if R. Tirana has to be at 0330, it should switch immediately to 7465, a well-known frequency and which is clear of co- or adjacent-channel interference. R. Tirana advises me [Oct 28] that they will go back to the originally planned time and frequency for English to North America, 0230-0300 on 7425, after trying 0330 on UT Sunday Oct 27 as B-13 began, colliding with DW via Rwanda. 7425, Oct 29 at 0245, R. Tirana confirmed here midway thru English broadcast, fair and in the clear for 0230 UT Tue-Sun (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Winter B-13 schedule of Radio Tirana via Shijak and Fllake sites. ALBANIAN Daily 0730-1000 7390 SHI 100 kW TX2 S-01 antenna non-dir EUR 0901-1000 1395 FLA 500 kW TX2 F-01 antenna at 033 deg Ce-East-EUR 1500-1630 1458 FLA 500 kW TX2 F-05 antenna non-dir EUR 0000-0100 7465 SHI 100 kW TX1 S-10 antenna at 310 deg NoAM ENGLISH Mon-Sat 2100-2130 7465 SHI 100 kW TX1 S-10 antenna at 310 deg UK & NoAM ENGLISH Tue-Sun 0230-0300 7425 SHI 100 kW TX1 S-10 antenna at 310 deg WeEUR & NoAM FRENCH Mon-Sat 1830-1900 7465 SHI 100 kW TX1 S-10 antenna at 310 deg WeEUR-France GERMAN Mon-Sat 2031-2100 7465 SHI 100 kW TX1 S-10 antenna at 310 deg We-CeEUR-Germany GREEK Mon-Sat 1645-1700 1458 FLA 500 kW TX2 F-05 antenna non-dir Greece ITALIAN Mon-Sat 1800-1830 6040 SHI 100 kW TX2 S-01 antenna non-dir EUR-Italy {maybe temporary on TX#1 on 7490 kHz via S-10 ant at 310 degrees} SERBIAN Mon-Sat 2115-2130 1458 FLA 500 kW TX2 F-04 antenna at 004 deg CeEUR-Serbia TURKISH Mon-Sat 1930-2000 1458 FLA 500 kW TX2 F-05 ant non-dir Turkey-Greece (Radio Tirana via Drita Çiço, Oct 22; wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews 30 Oct via DXLD) ** ALBANIA. TWR Europe daily at 1922-2130 UT, Fllake relay TX1 F-02 antenna at 330 degrees to North, East and West Europe. Trans World Radio - Fllake, Albania relay [off-frequency] UTC days program kHz kW degr ciraf zone 1922-1925 1234567 TWR ID signal 1395 500 330 28 1925-2000 1234567 Hungarian 1395 500 330 28 2000-2015 .....6. Polish 1395 500 330 28 2000-2030 12345.7 Polish 1395 500 330 28 2015-2030 .....6. Arabic 1395 500 330 28 new language 2030-2130 .....6. Croatian 1395 500 330 28 2030-2045 ......7 Croatian 1395 500 330 28 2030-2100 12345.. Croatian 1395 500 330 28 2045-2130 ......7 Bosnian 1395 500 330 28 2100-2130 12345.. Serbian 1395 500 330 28 CRI Beijing MW Fllake, Albania relay, 500 kW [both off-frequency - gh] 0700-0857 English 1215 kHz TX1 F-03 antenna, non-dir 1600-1657 Albanian 1215 kHz TX1 F-03 antenna, non-dir 1700-1757 Bulgarian 1458 kHz TX2 F-05 antenna, non-dir 1700-1757 Esperanto 1215 kHz TX1 F-03 antenna, non-dir 1800-1857 Italian 1458 kHz TX2 F-05 antenna, non-dir 1800-1857 Romanian 1215 kHz TX1 F-03 antenna, non-dir 2001-2059 Hungarian 1458 kHz TX2 F-05 antenna, non-dir 2130-2227 Polish 1458 kHz TX2 F-04 004 degrees 2201-2301 Serbian 1215 kHz TX1 F-03 antenna, non-dir 2230-2330 Czech 1458 kHz TX2 F-04 338 degrees Fllake, Albania location: G.C. 41 21 52.04 N, 19 30 35.46 E (TWR via Drita Cico, Oct 22, 2013; wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 30 via DXLD) ** ALBANIA [and non]. 7220, Oct 29 at 0546, this time I can make out some weak CCI under ROMANIA, confirming the collision of CRI English relay during the entire 05-06 hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ALGERIA [non]. 9535, Oct 27 at 0526 is now REE in Spanish running at least an hour longer instead of RTA via France; which is still on 7295 at 0531 and reactivated non-// 5865 at 0534. What does HFCC say? All these are dated for the entire B-13 season via ISSoudun: 04-07 5865 05-06 7295 18-19 11955 (both transmitters) 19-20 9390 19-21 11775 20-2158 9395 21-23 9520, 7340, 7495 (really on only two of the three or four?) Furthermore, searching HFCC file on TDA finds they are *still* registering imaginary transmissions from the two sites within Algeria itself, ORG and BEC on all these frequencies; if you ever hear RTA on any of them it will be big news that those sites have finally been completed and put on the air: 5925, 5995, 7250, 7265, 7335, 7340, 9490, 9600, 9615, 11650, 11655, 11690, 11715, 11770, 11830, 11965, 15220 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ANGOLA. [Re 13-43:] Cumpre-me fazer uma correcção quase mais que óbvia: a menos que a emissora visada tivesse feito um desvio enorme, o que não foi o caso. Aliás, o "desvio" que poderá vir a registar-se será, antes, o abandono da OC a favor da OM. Não é por acaso que decorrem trabalhos no parque de txs, a nível de melhoramentos e em instalação de outros. 4949.8, RNA-Canal "A", Mulenvos, 2231-2243, 17/10, emissão nacional em português, revista de notícias; 35332. Por lapso, grafei "4849,8". As minhas desculpas. 73 e bons DX (Carlos Gonçalves, PORTUGAL, Oct 28, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ANTARCTICA. 15476, LRA36, R Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel, ATA, Base Esperanza, 1850-1942, 24 Oct, mx local mx, ID "Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel" ,13222. 73 good DX! (Mauro - Giroletti, -Swl 1510-, -IK2GFT-, playdx yg via DXLD) [non]. 15476, Oct 29 at 2029, no signal detectable from LRA36, tho others report it is still active. Now the adjacent QRM from 15480 in B-13 HFCC is AWR Arabic 250 kW, 350 degrees via MADAGASCAR. That signal is fair with flutter, but JBM talk and music; 2051 ID ``Huna Idha`at ---`` algo when I had not yet looked it up, and off at 2058:10*. AWR is likely to be more of an obstacle here than BBC in Arabic via UAE/Oman was on 15480 during the same span in A-13 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15476, 30/Oct 1835, LRA36 in Spanish. Very weak signal with occasional peaks of the modulation, especially when music. At 1541 [sic] one peak of the OM talk. At 1543 one peak of music. 73 (Jorge Freitas, Local time -3 UT, Feira de Santana, Bahia, 12 14´S 38 58´W - Brasil, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Later confirms he meant 1841 and 1843 UT for the further times. Keeping own log in anything but UT only risks confusion (gh, DXLD) RADIO NACIONAL ARCÁNGEL SAN GABRIEL CELEBRÓ UN NUEVO ANIVERSARIO DE TRANSMISIONES DESDE LA ANTÁRTIDA ARGENTINA by gruporadioescuchaargentino Por estos días se celebra un nuevo aniversario del comienzo de transmisiones de otra emisora argentina de onda corta que, al igual que nuestra RAE, pone en el aire una voz argentina para el mundo. En efecto, el pasado 20 de Octubre se cumplieron treinta y cuatro años de la puesta en operaciones de la primera y única radio que emite su programación desde el continente blanco. Se trata de LRA 36 Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel que comenzó con sus emisiones en 1979, desde la Base Marambio, en la Antártida Argentina. Esta radio está ubicada a los 62º 24’ de latitud sur y 56º 59’ de longitud oeste, en la Bahía Esperanza, extremo norte de la Península Antártica. Vivir en esa adversa geografía no es tarea sencilla, ya que se han llegado a registrar sensaciones térmicas de 60 grados bajo cero y vientos que han superado los 250 kilómetros por hora. La primera experiencia radial se concretó en la Nochebuena de 1978, ocasión en la que se emitieron villancicos y la misa de gallo ofrecida por el capellán de la Base Esperanza. Esa transmisión fue captada por las estaciones antárticas argentinas y extranjeras con una buena calidad de recepción. A partir de entonces la actividad se intensificó hasta que, el 20 de octubre de 1979, se realizó la primera transmisión oficial en la frecuencia de 6030 kilohertz. Esta radio es una de las pocas emisoras de Argentina en Onda Corta y es por ello que es tan querida por los diexistas de todo el mundo, quienes se disputan por poseer su tarjeta QSL, por ser la única emisora en operaciones en ese continente. LRA36 Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel emite en la frecuencia de 15476 kHz en la banda de 19 metros y utiliza un transmisor de 10 kilovatios. La emisora está a cargo de miembros del personal militar de la base, dedicándose los mismos al control, mantenimiento y operación técnica de la consola y equipos, y siendo sus locutoras, esposas de distintos integrantes de la dotación. Previo a la invernada, el personal que fue designado a formar parte de LRA36, asiste a un curso dado en el gubernamental Instituto Superior de Enseñanza Radiofónica (ISER). Esta es la primera y única [sic] emisora del mundo ubicada el la Antártida y desde su puesta al aire, quedó incorporada al Servicio Oficial de Radiodifusión, siendo su primer operador el Sargento Primero Eduardo F. De Carli, y en la locución la Señora Silvia Luca de Arnouil. Como decíamos antes, LRA36 opera con una potencia de 10 kW, irradiando en la frecuencia de 15476 kHz, en la banda de 19 metros, en amplitud. También posee un transmisor en FM en la frecuencia de 97.6 MHz destinado a la retransmisión de Radio Nacional e información para los habitantes de la base. Esta emisora desde su fundación fue creando gran interés en sus transmisiones de ondas cortas, no solo en quienes habitan la Base Esperanza, sino que trascendió para ser escuchada en otras Bases Antárticas, todo nuestro país, resto de América del Sur, Central, y Norte, Europa y Asia. Actualmente, las transmisiones son diarias y van de lunes a viernes de 15:00 a 18:00 hora Argentina (1800 a 2100 UT). Además se emite en frecuencia modulada (FM) 97.6 MHz con transmisiones diarias de 08:00 a 12:00 hs. (1100 a 1500 UT) frecuencia en la cual se irradia un programa informativo y de interés general. Día a día, por la onda corta de LRA36 se difunde un programa por la tarde, que va de lunes a viernes de 15:00 a 18:00 hs. LU llamado: "De Esperanza al Mundo" y como su nombre lo indica, es escuchado en todo el Planeta. Así lo testimonian centenares de notificaciones llegadas a la radio por Diexistas de todo el Planeta. Para conectarse con la emisora Usted lo puede hacer por teléfono al: 0810-222-0770 o por correo electrónico a: lra36 @ infovia.com.ar o lra36esperanza @ yahoo.com.ar gruporadioescuchaargentino | 27/10/2013 en 6:40 | Categorías: Radio Nacional | URL: http://wp.me/p13MWc-Rj (GRA blog via DXLD) ** ARGENTINA. 6060, Radio al Exterior; 2306-2318+, 25-Oct; M in Spanish with tangoes to 2308 Spanish news to 2311 noticias de fútbol estúpido. 2312+ EZL music to 2317 Noticias de economía de Argentina. Need USB to avoid 6055 French [SPAIN]; // 15345.2, SIO=454-. 11710.83, Radio al Exterior; 0302, 26-Oct; French program with cocal [? Sic] and instrumental pop. "Rae" and IDs in Spanish/English/French. SIO=443+ (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, M.A.R.E. DXpedition, Port Hope MI, Drake R8B + 75 m. RW + TTFD, logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST) At exactly same time: 11710 [sic], RAE, 26/10 0302 UT. Himno nacional argentino correspondiente a las 12 de la noche o cero horas (-3 UT) y con explicación en español, inglés y francés para comenzar el servicio en aquel último idioma. Señal con SINPO: 55555 con un poco de baja modulación (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: hilo largo de 5 metros, QTH: Poblado de Barraza Bajo, Comuna de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) [and non]. RNA, 28/10 0215 UT. Transmisión de 870 AM, con extracto del discurso de Macri celebrando los resultados del PRO en la provincia de Buenos Aires y de resultados en Salta y otras provincias con SINPO: 53553 con QRM de otras emisoras sin ID // chequeado con 870 AM, con la misma programación y SINPO: 44444 (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: hilo largo de 5 metros, QTH: Poblado de Barraza Bajo, Comuna de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) WTFK? UT Mon so probably 15345v but could be 6060, or even 9690? (gh) 15345.17, RAE, Oct 28 2354-2357*, 35433, Spanish, Argentina music, ID and IS at 2357, 2357 sign off (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) [and non]. 11711-, Oct 30 at 0511, poor signal, deep fades, with tangoish song, 0512 Spanish announcement. On signature off-frequency, has to be RAE/Radio Nacional on the air much later than usual in their night-middle, why? Much weaker than neighbor 11780 Brasil. Also het from something on 11710 altho per HFCC B-13 this is a semi-hour break between Romania and Japan usage. In A-13, CRI/Albania was there all- hour. By 0530, not much but the het is left (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRIA. [ORS/ORF; AWR, BBC, BVB, TOM, TWR, V of Vietnam] OE1 International / ORF Vienna, as well as ORS Moosbrunn B-13 operational schedule. kHz UTC zones kW deg SMTWTFS lang bc prov. 5910 0644-0659 28 100 030 .23456. Polish TWR TWR 5940 0100-0130 40E,41NW300 095 1234567 Pashtu BBC BAB 5940 0130-0200 40E,41NW300 095 1234567 Dari BBC BAB 5955 1800-1830 27N 100 300 1234567 English VOV BAB 5955 1830-1930 27 100 300 1234567 Vietn. VOV BAB 5955 1930-2000 27SE 100 300 1234567 French VOV BAB 5970 0200-0230 40E,41NW300 090 1234567 Urdu AWR AWR 5970 0230-0300 40E,41NW300 090 1234567 Panjabi AWR AWR 6045 0430-0500 37,38W 300 220 1234567 French AWR AWR 6145 0330-0430 40 300 100 1234567 Farsi AWR AWR 6155 0600-0715 18,27-39300 n-dir1234567 German ORF ORS 7300 0644-0659 28 100 300 .23456. Polish TWR TWR 7325 0300-0315 39S 250 120 1234567 Arabic MBR MBR BVB R Dardasha 7355 0700-0900 27/2837N100 300 1234567 English BBC BAB DRM Mix 7400 0800-0850 27 100 300 1234567 English TWR TWR 9460 1400-1600 18,27,28100 285 1.....7 English TOM MBR 9470 1900-1915 39,40 300 n-dir......7 English MBR MBR BVB 9470 1915-1930 39,40 300 n-dir1...... English MBR MBR BVB 9630 0500-0530 46SE,47W300 190 1234567 Hausa AWR AWR 9690 1900-1930 46SE,47W300 190 1234567 Hausa AWR AWR 9715 1800-1815 39 100 115 .....6. Mul MBR MBR BVB ?En/He/Ar? 9715 1800-1830 39 100 115 ....5.. Mul MBR MBR BVB ?En/He/Ar? 9715 1800-2000 39 100 115 1.....7 Mul MBR MBR BVB ?En/He/Ar? 9770 2000-2030 46 300 210 1234567 Dyula AWR AWR 9830 1630-1730 40 300 100 1234567 Farsi AWR AWR 9830 2030-2100 46 300 210 1234567 French AWR AWR 9830 2100-2130 46 300 210 1234567 English AWR AWR 9850 1500-1530 28-30 100 055 1234567 BEL/RUS TWR TWR 11690 1700-1800 37,38,46300 175 1234567 English TOM MBR 11860 1830-1900 38 300 190 1234567 Arabis AWR AWR 11910 1600-1630 40E,41NW300 090 1234567 Urdu AWR AWR 11955 1500-1530 2939-40 300 120 1234567 Turkish AWR AWR 13740 1530-1559 40,41 100 095 .....6. Mul MBR MBR BVB Punj/Urdu 15215 1630-1645 41S 125 095 .....6. Mul MBR MBR BVB ?En 15215 1630-1645 41S 125 115 1...... Mul MBR MBR BVB Tamil 15240 1930-2000 4748-53 300 170 1234567 French AWR AWR 15290 1530-1600 40E,41NW300 090 1234567 Panjabi AWR AWR 15440 1400-1430 40E,41NW300 090 1234567 Urdu AWR AWR 17605 1430-1500 48 300 145 1234567 Afar AWR AWR (HFCC, transformed by wb, Oct 23, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 30 via DXLD) ** AZERBIAJAN. TERRIBLEST SIGNALS und wird nur noch von dem AZERI Sender uebertroffen, and AZERBAIJAN too; und auf 9671 bis 9682 kHz spratzelt dieser komische AZERI Sender mit einem moslemischen Gesang breitbandig herum, um 0848 UT Oct 29 (Wolfgang Büschel, Oct 29, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 30 via WORLD OF RADIO 1693, DXLD) Also: PAKISTAN 9677v, UNID, Stepanakert, 1700, Oct 28, sound very similar to that we had in the morning hours can be heard now on RTTY 6106.4, some distorted audio can be derived in FM mode only. Sounds like Azeri to my ear and resembles very much 9677v style of broadcasting (Vlad Titarev, Ukraine in DXplorer via DSWCI DX Window Oct 30 via WORLD OF RADIO 1693, DXLD) Despite the heading of this item as 9677v, it is really a log of 6106.4. I guess he means mixed with RTTY sounds? (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** BANGLADESH. 4750, Bangladesh Betar (Home Service), 1530-1545, Oct 24. In English; "Assalamu alaikum. 9:30 PM. This is Bangladesh Betar. The news read by …”; President Abdul Hamid, at a reception today, asked people to work for the benefit of the less fortunate in society; the country today celebrated UN Day; in Bangalore today Manna Dey, a legendary singer, passed away; sports/weather ("chance of thundershowers") /commentary (UN Day). Very nice to again be able to catch their local news! 4750, Bangladesh Betar - HS, 1235-1243, Oct 28 (Monday). Recently propagation has favored BB here; YL with the Monday only SAARC (The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) news bulletin in English; many items about the Bangladesh prime minister; item of an India-China agreement. Poor, but any Monday that I can decipher several news items is successful reception for me! 1243 into news in Bangla (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BANGLADESH. 15505, Oct 25 at 1357, BB carrier already on with continuous 1-kHz tone until 1359:38.5 finally starts IS, but only time for one play of it, then off-timesignal ending at 1400:17.5, opening Urdu, very poor. 15505, Oct 27 at *1357:16 carrier quickly adding tone; 1358:32 to Bangladesh Betar IS but JBA, as is the timesignal ending at 1400:06.5 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7250, Bangladesh Betar, Oct 28 *1313-1320, 23432-22432, Nepali, 1313 sign on with IS, Opening music, Opening announce, News. 15105, Bangladesh Betar, Oct 28 1231-1250, 25332, English, News and Bangladesh music, ID at 1246 (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 29 at 1254, Bangladesh Betar poor with flutter, S-Asian accented English mentioning tubal ligation [two words unknown to MSW spellcheck] and Bangladesh; ionosonde sweeps by. March music theme, 1256 YL addresses Dear Listeners, fills with rap; 1259 sign-off announcement with mailing address, brief tone, OC and off shortly after 1300* (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BELGIUM [non]. BRB B13: PROGRAM TIME(UT) FREQ AM/DRM DAYS LANGUAGE TARGET AREA Radio Miraya 0300-0600 9940 AM mtwtfss Arab/Engl Africa Denge Kurdistan 0400-2000 11510 AM mtwtfss Kurdish Middle East Suab Xaa Moo Zoo 1130-1200 11570 AM mtwtfss Hmong Asia Que Me 1200-1230 9930 AM ----f— Vietnamese Asia The Khmer Post Radio 1200-1300 9960 AM mtwtfss Khmer Asia The Disco Palace 1530-1630 12115 DRM mtwtfss English Asia/MidEast Radio Xoriyo 1600-1630 17870 AM m---f— Somali Africa Radio Inyabutatu 1700-1800 17870 AM -----s- Kinyarwanda Africa Radio Assenna 1700-1800 15245 AM mtwtfss Tigrinya Africa ESAT Radio 1700-1800 15370 AM mtwtfss Amharic Africa Suab Xaa Moo Zoo 2230-2300 7530 AM mtwtfss Hmong Asia (via Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, Oct 28, DXLD) BRB B13 These are data from my archive, something different [with sites!]: 9940 R. MIRAYA FM 0300-0600 1234567 Arabic/En 300 180 Grigoriopol MDA BRB UNMISS 11510 Denge Kurdistan 0400-2000 1234567 Kurdish 300 116 Grigoriopol MDA BRB rather now on 11600 kHz <<<<<<<<<<<<< 11570 Suab Xaa Moo Zoo 1130-1200 1234567 Hmong-Blue 100 250 Taipei 9930 Que Me 1200-1230 .....6. Vietnamese 100 318 HBN Palau 9960 The Khmer Post R 1200-1300 1234567 Khmer 100 270 HBN Palau 12115 The Disco Palace 1530-1630 1234567 English DRM 100 79 Issoudun 17870 R Xoriyo Ogaden* 1600-1630 .2...6. Somali 50 195 BUL 17870 Radio Inyabutatu 1700-1800 ......7 Kinyarwanda 50 195 BUL 15245 Radio Assenna 1700-1800 .2..... Tigrinya 50 195 BUL 15360 ESAT Radio 1700-1800 ......7 Amharic 50 195 BUL 15365 ESAT Radio 1700-1800 .2..... Amharic 50 195 BUL 15370 ESAT Radio 1700-1800 ...4... Amharic 50 195 BUL 15375 ESAT Radio 1700-1800 .....6. Amharic 50 195 BUL 15380 ESAT Radio 1700-1800 1...... Amharic 50 195 BUL 15385 ESAT Radio 1700-1800 ..3.... Amharic 50 195 BUL 15390 ESAT Radio 1700-1800 ....5.. Amharic 50 195 BUL 7530 Suab Xaa Moo Zoo 2230-2300 1234567 Hmong-Blue 100 250 Taipei * also: 17630 Radio Xoriyo 1600-1630 ..3...7 Mult 500 130 Issoudun OGM NGO [RHU Radio Huriyo Xoriyo Ogaden] 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DXLD) ** BOLIVIA. 3310, R. Mosoj Chaski, 27/10 0144 UT. Mujer habla en quechua de manera pausada con SINPO: 33333 (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: hilo largo de 5 metros, QTH: Poblado de Barraza Bajo, Comuna de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** BOLIVIA. 4717, R. Yatun Ayllu Yura, 27/10 0151 UT. Música romántica en español. i.e.: Reik con SINPO: 44333 (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL- 660, Antena: hilo largo de 5 metros, QTH: Poblado de Barraza Bajo, Comuna de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** BOLIVIA. 5952.43, Radio Pio Doce, 0207*, Oct 24. Off with the usual distinctive whistling “Colonel Bogey March” (commonly known as the River Kwai March), along with ID followed by chimes. (Ron Howard, fd Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5952.5, R. PIO XII, 29/10 0042 UT. Habla un hombre con acento mexicano acerca de su éxito en Centroamérica y de cómo ha llegado a Bolivia con SINPO: 44444 (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: hilo largo de 5 metros, QTH: Poblado de Barraza Bajo, Comuna de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** BOLIVIA. 6134.80, R. Santa Cruz, 0229*, Oct 24. Off with the usual "Radio Santa Cruz" song (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) [and non]. 6134.88, Oct 26 at 0048, music, poor signal but no het from 6135.0 and not // 11855 very poor talk with flutter, so R. Santa Cruz is on, and Brasil`s R. Aparecida is off from 6135 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6134.84v, R. Santa Cruz, 0305*, Oct 28. Running well past their usual sign off time; off with the usual "Radio Santa Cruz" song (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 5965, RTM, 28/10 0440 UT. Música cristiana en portugués con SINPO: 44444 con ¿una transmisión de datos por detrás en modo USB? (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: hilo largo de 5 metros, QTH: Poblado de Barraza Bajo, Comuna de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. Apenas um comentário sobre a frequência de 10000 kHz, do Observatório Nacional, pergunto: Pra que uma radio ficar transmitindo hora dioturnamente, quanto dinheiro gasto nisso, um transmissor ligado direto apenas para informar as horas, sendo que todo ser humano hoje, onde quer que ele esteja tem seu relogio a pilha que dura mais de 02 anos! Qual a finalidade dessa transmissao, que com certeza deve ser bancada pelo governo, as custas do nosso dinheiro! Fica onde este transmissor? Qual a potencia dele? Eu acho um puta de um esperdício, em vez de colocar uma boa radio informativa, fica essa mesmice. Se alguem tiver uma tese melhor, comente. -- Cordialmente, (Mauricio Pimenta Cunha, - PY4ID, Operador de Estação de Telecomunicações Aeronáuticas, Analista de Sistemas, Radiocomunicação - Informática - Eletrônica, Teófilo Otoni - MG, Oct 17, DX LISTENING DIGEST) PY4ID is a spammer banned from the radioescutas group but not before he added my address to his list of hundreds. Above is the closest he has come in ages to axually saying something worth reading: questioning why the government should be spending any money on a timesignal station, when everyone already has a watch with a battery lasting more than two years (gh, DXLD) 10000, BRASIL: Observatório Nacional, Rio de Janeiro RJ, 27/10 0025. YL/Informação: ‘Observatório Nacional, 22 horas, 25 minutos, 0 segundos’, e um pip apenas (diferente de antes). Novo formato de informação, sinal forte e claro, 45554 (Rudolf Grimm, São Bernardo, SP, Rx: Kenwood R-1000, Antena: AOR LA400, radioescutas yg via DXLD) How is that different? Do you mean only one pip per minute instead of six, every 10 seconds? (gh) ** BRAZIL. 11780, Oct 24 at 0512, RNA usual very good strength, but distorted, and unstable carrier. Can`t they tell something is wrong in Rodeador Park?? 11780, Oct 30 at 0514, RNA bigsig but music distorted and with wobbly carrier (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL [non]. 11920, HCJB, 26/10 0035 UT. Vía Nauen, Alemania. Programa “Econtro com a palabra” con el tema de la iglesia de los Corintios acerca de los ministros. Señal con SINPO: 54544 con QRM de CNR-2 en 11915 (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: hilo largo de 5 metros, QTH: Poblado de Barraza Bajo, Comuna de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. Re: [radioescutas] As Rádios AM irão migrar para FM: uma boa notícia [continued from 13-43] FICARA APENAS LOCAL, PARA QUEM TEM ACIMA DE 25 kW AE E DOSE (Neto Silva, 23 October, radioescutas yg via DXLD) Prezados, Ultimamente tem circulado na lista, assunto referente ao fim das estações brasileiras de onda média e sua migração para a faixa de FM. Fiz um levantamento das estações brasileiras e suas quantidades estão abaixo (dados válidos em setembro de 2011): AM (OM) 1582 FM 1663 OT 72 OC 32 No caso das estações de OM, as mesmas ocupam o espectro de 535 a 1605 kHz, ou seja, 107 canais (cada um com 10 kHz de largura). Isto dá quase 15 estações por canal. Para as emissoras de FM, que ocupam o segmento de 88 a 108 MHz, que são 100 canais, há cerca de 16 estações por canal. Praticamente há um empate de número de estações por canal, para a OM e FM. Se as emissoras de OM migrarem para o espectro atual da FM, vão ser 31 estações por canal. Nas grandes cidades ou adjacência delas, creio que vai haver interferência entre as estações, pois os receptores comuns não são muito seletivos. Se for criada uma extensão de uma nova banda para FM, os receptores atuais ficariam desatualizados. Qual o custo disso para a nossa sociedade em adquirir novos receptores? Tomei por exemplo um certo estado brasileiro e estudei as potencias das estações de OM e FM. As 224 estações de OM tem a soma de suas potencias de saída de 1535.5 kW. As 260 estações de FM tem a soma de 5021.8 kW. Assim sendo, cada emissora de OM tem uma potencia média de 6.85 kW, enquanto que as de FM tem 19.17 kW. Como podemos verificar a potencia de uma emissora de FM é 3 vezes superior a de uma de AM (em média). Mesmo utilizando potencias reduzidas (em relação da de FM), as emissoras de AM tem um alcance maior. Com relação a qualidade do som, muitos ouvintes utilizam receptores que tem alto falantes pequenos, que reproduzem mais a médias e altas frequências de áudio e tem pouco rendimento. Se quiserem dar uma incrementada, retire o áudio, através de um cabo e conectores apropriados, do receptor e introduza em uma caixa acústica (de preferencia que tenha o woofer, midrange e tweeter) que assim vai dar um som muito melhor. 73 (Pedro - PY2TNX Araújo, 27 Oct, ibid.) O assunto ainda está meio nebuloso. Tenho ouvido muitas informações divergentes, mesmo em grandes emissoras. De acordo com o que pude apurar junto a pessoas ligadas à questão, as emissoras de AM só irão migrar para o FM quando acabarem as transmissões de TV analógica, o que já foi adiado para dezembro de 2018. Aí, então, ficarão vagas as frequências entre os canais 5 e 6. As emissoras serão realocadas nessa nova faixa a ser criada. Será um FM2 ou FM estendido. Entretanto, essas emissoras terão de continuar a transmitir obrigatoriamente em ondas médias a mesma programação. Ainda pelo que pude saber, será criada uma linha de crédito para a implantação do sistema de transmissão. A meu ver, isso é jogada política. Uma grande besteira, pois a indústria terá de criar novos receptores para essa faixa, além de toda a população ter de COMPRAR esses novos aparelhos. Atualmente, por exemplo, quem tem rádios Motobras poderia sintonizar essas transmissões. Ninguém pensou realmente no ouvinte, uma vez que os atuais aparelhos se tornariam obsoletos da noite para o dia. O rádio é o mais barato meio de comunicação do mundo, pois, em tese, dá até para fazer em casa um receptor de AM. Essa nova determinação do governo representará um gasto absurdo para as emissoras, pois será necessário criar novos parques transmissores para o FM. Veja, por exemplo, as emissoras do Rio de Janeiro. Os transmissores de AM situam-se ao longo da orla da Baía de Guanabara, de São Gonçalo a Magé. Com o novo FM, TODAS terão de alugar ou comprar terrenos no Sumaré, além de investir em construção dos abrigos dos equipamentos, torres, radiais, transmissores etc. Isso cheira a especulação imobiliária.. . Não seria mais fácil abrir linhas de crédito para a compra de transmissores aptos para a transmissão híbrida (analógica e digital, ao mesmo tempo)? Ou custear a adaptação dos aparelhos mais modernos para a transmissão digital? Assim, nenhum receptor de rádio ficaria obsoleto, mesmo os mais antigos. É uma pena que não estejam pensando no ouvinte. A quem interessa essa nova ordem no rádio brasileiro? 73 (Fabiano Henrique, Niterói - RJ, ibid.) Pelos estudos já conhecidos além de causarem uma séria interferência, vão saturar o espectro de FM com muitos harmônicos pois para terem mais alcance vão usar mais energia o que vão consumir mais que as AM além de não terem um retorno quanto a seu público que irá ficar no meio dessa RF toda. O Governo olha apenas para os celulares que hoje fazem o papel de radio de bolso dos antigos AM/FM da década de 70 os transistores que eram comuns naquele tempo. O país perdeu o trem da tecnologia de comunicações e ficamos apenas com uma fábrica de radios no país que tem uma opção a MOTOBRAS antiga MOTORÁDIO de MG e que não tem condições de fazer frente ao mercado consumidor que deveria ter condições de importar sem custos um SONY SANGEAN TECSUN e outras marcas de melhor qualidade. PY7PZ (Cezar Camillo Alves Pelzer, ibid.) Prezados colegas. Pelo que entendí da última reunião da Comissão do Senado com a presença dos representantes das entidades envolvidas neste tema, o grande entrave é quanto a perda de alcance entre as AMs e FMs e as consequências econômico-financeiras que isso poderá acarretar no futuro. Não houve consenso entre as partes envolvidas. Muita água rolará sob a ponte! 73´, (José Ronaldo, Oct 28, ibid.) Caro Fabiano e demais amigos, eu acho que sei a resposta para essa sua pergunta: "A quem interessa essa nova ordem no rádio brasileiro?" A resposta é: Não é uma questão de interesse. As questões relevantes em nosso país não são devidamente propostas e discutidas por *técnicos* que ouvem a sociedade. As questões são levantadas e "discutidas`` por *políticos* que entendem muito bem sobre *votos*. E para ganhar votos aqui, faz-se bobagens, dá-se a isso o nome de progresso e faz-se muito propaganda em época de eleição. A questão das AMs -> FM é tão complexa que nem sei se merecia *agora* essa reflexão. Não seria agora o momento de discutir sinais digitais e rádio via satélite? Cordialmente, (Marconi Arruda, 29 Oct, ibid.) Prezados colegas, Em princípio acho que o AM deveria ser mantido com sua impecável presença. Estamos retornando ao tempo de 1950 a 1960 onde Am era muito bem escutado no Brasil inteiro as Radio tinham um perfil bem próprio pois a TV ainda tinha sido popularizada. Hoje temos uma desgraça que é o aproveitamento financeiro dos concessionários para manter os canais alugando a peso de ouro para os cultos religiosos de oportunistas que visonaram um lucro na catequese de muitas pessoas incautas e ignorantes. Isso deveria ser reprimido, mas como não dá para fazer isso, o jeito foi acabar com o AM e fazer os pastores se engalfinharem no FM. O radio moderno caminha para o ITUNE na internet onde já existem receptores WI-FI que aproveitam o sinal dos roteadores para sintonizar qualquer radio do mundo pela internet. Por enquanto está no IPAD e nos Tablets mas futuramente estará em quyalquer lugare estes aparelhos já estão baratos. PY7PZ (Cezar Camillo Alves Pelzer, ibid.) Eles não pensam nos ouvintes, só nos anunciantes. Se o ouvinte fosse valorizado, o AM stereo estaria a todo vapor e a onda curta a mil por hora. É dificil imaginar que emissoras ouvidas como Globo, Record sem onda curta; mas temos Aparecida renovando o parque de transmissão e a RB2 antiga Clube Paranaense voltando a onda curta. Nem a ABERT sabe como vai ficar, pois em um video da própria ABERT uma engenheira fala em quem aderir ao FM terá que devolver o AM; que absurdo! Não fizeram leis para AM no celular, radio AM com filtros especias contra interferência, e AM com som banda larga e ainda leis para equipamentos interferentes. Nos EUA alguns engenheiros ja relataram que grandes companhias querem acabar com o Radio, outros defendem em deixar o Radio AM, fazer o que ele foi concebido. Engenheiros Americanos gostam do Radio Analógico (Neto Silva, Brasília DF, ibid.) NETO, As empresas brasileiras são muitos imediatadistas; querem sempre os lucros. Em todas atividades o lucro deveria vir pela boa prestação de serviço, ou seja, uma consequência do bom trabalho. Infelizmente você tem toda razão; as emissoras não pensam em inovar suas programações. Têm um grande potencial para melhorar a vida dos brasileiros, quer seja com programas na área de educação, saúde, e ao contrário usam do rádio para interresse apenas financeiros. Entendo que rádio não se faz sem dinheiro, mas o maior património de toda emissora, sem dúvida alguma, são os milhões de ouvintes espalhados por todo o mundo (Adelson Jacinto de Sousa, Unai MG, ibid.) ** BURMA [non]. CLANDESTINE, 6225, Democratic V. of Burma via Tajikistan, Oct 28 *1430-1441, 35433, Burmese, 1430 sign on with opening music, ID, 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) ** CAMEROON [non]. 9800, V. of Gospel via Germany, Oct 27 *1830-1840, 35333, Fulfulde, 1830 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) ** CANADA. 620, Oct 27 at 1202 UT, dominant signal is not XEBU Chihuahua (not on the air yet due to timechange?), but something in English news, ``This is Canadian Press``, then CFL scores; 1204 another Canadian Press ID, ad for J. D. Sausage Supply in Regina; 1205 6-20 CKRM Weather and into ESPN network. CKRM Regina is 10 kW with day and night patterns about the same, broadly to the north with tiny lobe to the south. This is no tiny lobe I am getting to the SSE. Whatever became of CKCK? It`s no longer an AM call anywhere (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1693, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. Several Radio monitors in Western Canada are reporting that CKKY 830 Wainwright AB is now off air having completed its transition to K-Rock 101.9 FM. http://www.krock1019.com/ (Andy Reid, Ont., Oct 27, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. 960, Oct 28 at 0502 UT during another 5-minute `Fox-hole` of dead air on local KGWA, which still occurs more often than not, the best signal I am getting is not by nulling the KGWA carrier, where there`s a jumble of weak stations, but by aiming right thru it to the northwest: with volume turned way up, English is clearly readable with silly ball- and puck-game scores, from MLB and NHL, ID only as ``CBS Sports Radio`` and 0503 opening show ``After Hours with --- Lawrence``. So it`s obviously 50 kW CFAC Calgary AB again which occasionally makes such a showing contrary to its imaginary direxional pattern away from the USA. Just to confirm, I figured it would take a lot of digging on the network website since American ones tend to overlook Canadian affiliates even if they have them, but http://radio.cbssports.com/stations/ has CFAC 960 Calgary at the very top thanx to Albertan alfabetical advantage among the mixed-in states & provs. Among the 284 entries (if not that many affiliates, duplications?), there are three other 960s, in NY, OR and WA. Must have flipped from ESPN as in 2013 NRC AM Log, as I assume it and CBS are mux (mutually exclusive) (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1693, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. Got this from my friend Roy Geldart in BC. If anyone can help him out please let me know (Fred Waterer, St. Catharines, Ontario, dxldyg via DXLD) Viz.: ``Fred- I've been searching for a copy of an old QSL from CKBW, Bridgewater, NS. I would like to have it for a reunion of CKBW old- timers (complete with Geritol and prune juice punch) set for Nov 10th in Bridgewater. The card is one from the 50s or 60s showing the power of 1 kW; it`s off-white, shorter than a regular post-card with red call-letters and black print for the information. I have that card as well as a newer card which (with a B&W photo of Bluenose II superimposed with Red hollow call-letters) that reflects a power increase to 10,000 watts. I got the first in 1960 in when I was BCB DXing. I got the second in '65 while working there; BUT, I have mis-placed both of them. I took them out of my old collection and put them someplace where they wouldn't get lost; but, they did. In case I can't find then before next month's get-together, I have been searching QSL and DX pages on the internet in the hope that a BCB DXer can help me. I thought you or somebody at ODXA or Monitoring Times might be able to help. Roy`` To those of you who seek lost objects of history, I wish you the best of luck. They're out there, and they're whispering. - Clive Cussler http://www.doghousecharlie.com (via Waterer, with tagline, ibid.) ** CANADA. 6660, CHU Ottawa ON, Canada, time station; 1912, 26-Oct; 3330 x 2 harmonic; still there at 2316 but much weaker (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, M.A.R.E. DXpedition, Port Hope MI, Drake R8B + 75 m. RW + TTFD, logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST) Was it in double USB? (gh, DXLD) ** CHAD. 6165, Oct 24 at 0051, again no signal from RNT even tho Habana is not yet on to block it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. Firedrake [non] CNR1 jamming Oct 25 before and after 1330: 9200, happened to tune in at 1313 to open carrier and hear CNR1 modulation start at exactly 1314; no sign of Sound of Hope target. Then a full search 18-12 MHz: 16360, poor at 1323; none in the 17s 16100, fair at 1323 with flutter 15970, fair at 1324 with flutter 15575, very poor at 1328 instead of KBSWR, het on lo side from VOT 15545, very poor at 1328, het on hi side from V. of Tibet, Tajikistan 13530, very good! at 1332 with flutter; none in the 14s or 12s Normally I don`t bother to compare frequencies for synchrony but: 13830, poor at 1334, found to be 2 seconds ahead of 13530 11640, good at 1336 in echo jamming, one of which is synch // 13530 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) EAST JAMMERSTAN: 9745, Crash & bang CC music jammer; 1810, 26-Oct; No other audio evident. Other suggestions for this among the assembled DXpedition throng were, CC acid rock & CC headbanger music -- I like the latter (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, M.A.R.E. DXpedition, Port Hope MI, Drake R8B + 75 m. RW + TTFD, logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST) Firedrake [non] CNR1 jamming, October 27 before 1400: 16450, good at 1351 with heavy flutter during Chinese pop music 16100, same as 16450; none in the 17s, 15s except 15265, nor 14s 13530, fair at 1354; none in the 12s Lots more earlier all over the 7 and 6 MHz bands Firedrake [non] CNR1 jamming Oct 29 before 1400: 15375, good with echo. Target here is IBB Tibetan ``Bod`` dialect at 12-14 via Tajikistan, unheard; also 11-12 via UAE. 15550 & 15570, poor at 1352 with sidehets de V. of Tibet, TAJIKISTAN 15970, very good at 1353 with flutter; none in 14s, 16s, 17s, 18s Firedrake [non] CNR1 jamming, October 30 before 1300: 12370, poor with flutter at 1257; no full search this hour CNR1 jamming, October 30 before 1400: 9200, fair at 1338 with flutter 9530, good at 1339 mixing with IBB Chinese via Philippines // 9200 CNR1 jamming, October 30 after 1400: 15520, Oct 30 at 1425, with CCI, // 12045 but not synchronized. This is presumably against V. of Tibet via MADAGASCAR, altho not in HFCC B- 13, unfound anywhere at this hour. In A-13, the 1400-1430 VOT would start on 15525, draw the jammer, then at 1408 jump to 15520, leaving the jammer behind. Now the modulation stops after timesignal at 1430 but carrier stays on a while (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. 4940, Voice of Strait. Another Saturday (Oct 26) with the newest format of "Focus on China" from 1500 to 1530. In English with news; now with IDs between each item; now there are many out-of-studio reports given by native speakers of English; 1523 - segment with three day sightseeing schedule for tourists; address to write to - 15 ..?.. North Road, Gulou District, Fuzhou, Fujian Province, China 350001; final ID in English "This is the Voice of Taiwan Strait News Radio." Audio at https://app.box.com/s/tunn060t4fhew17g4pyy (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4940 is best 60m signal from Asia just about any morning, but I don`t bother to log it, earlier in Chinese; English is too late (gh, DXLD) ** CHINA. 6010, CNR-11 24/10 2227 UT. Música y avisos en tibetano con SINPO: 54454 // 7360 con SINPO: 44343 // 9480 con SINPO: 42342 QRM de WTWW en 1 kHz hacia abajo (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: hilo largo de 25 metros, QTH: Sector sur de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** CHINA [and non]. The good news for B-13: VOA (7225) no longer signing on at *1200 and covering Sichuan PBS-2 (China). Oct 27 finally heard Sichuan clear with // 6060. Also 6010 (CNR11 - // 7350) is un-blocked by CRI (was 1200-1300). (Ron Howard, California, Oct 27, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA [and non]. The bad news for B-13: China on 6185 (CHBC) now covered by Voice of Korea. VOK // 6170. BTW - Recently heard the time pips for CHBC; had not noticed before they have a unique two tone pip, per attached audio. So a mixed bag! (Ron Howard, California, Oct 27, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA [and non]. 7210, CRI 24/10 2238 UT. Via Cerrik, Albania. Música en idioma chino presentada en español con SINPO: 22222 // 7250 Vía Urumqi con SINPO: 55454 // 7335 Vía Shijiazhuang 723 con SINPO: 53453 con QRM de CNR-2 en el mismo canal // 9490 Vía Pekín con SINPO: 54444 // 9640 Vía Kashi-Saibagh 2022 con SINPO: 55544. Cabe destacar que 7210, 7250 tienen una programación distinta a 7335, 9490 y 9640. Según EiBi las dos primeras frecuencias dirigen su programación hacia el Sur de Europa y las restantes hacia América Latina. 7315, CRI, 24/10 2254 UT. Mujer habla sobre los testimonios de unos estudiantes universitarios judíos que aprendieron a hablar esperanto y chino al irse a estudiar a China. Señal con SINPO: 54454 con QRM de CNR-2 en el mismo canal // 9860 con SINPO: 54444 (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: hilo largo de 25 metros, QTH: Sector sur de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) [and non]. 11980, China Radio Int'l; 1321...1351+, 27-Oct; Arts & Entertainment Guide on China Drive. English feature on movie/music/TV funding. SIO=3+54-; 13670 via China, SIO=433 with ute pulse QRM. // 9570, SIO=544 with buzz QRM; // 13790, SIO=454-; 9570 & 13790 both second or 2 behind 11980; 9570 & 13790 new from Cuba for B13? 13740, China Radio Int'l; 1510, 26-Oct; News & Reports on CRI with English feature of U.S. spying on the Euros. SIO=544; // 13640 also via China (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, M.A.R.E. DXpedition, Port Hope MI, Drake R8B + 75 m. RW + TTFD, logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST) 13740 has always been via CUBA; 13790 in B-13 HFCC is from Kashgar (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. Broadcast times and frequencies for CRI English (131027) Dear Mr. Akbar Indra Gunawan, For your listening convenience, please find below the up-to-date broadcast times and frequencies for CRI English Language Service: Asia: http://english.cri.cn/7146/2010/03/30/2141s560017.htm http://english.cri.cn/7146/2010/03/30/2141s560001.htm America: http://english.cri.cn/7146/2010/03/30/2141s560015.htm http://english.cri.cn/7146/2010/03/30/2141s559997.htm Africa: http://english.cri.cn/7146/2010/03/30/2141s560021.htm http://english.cri.cn/7146/2010/03/30/2141s560004.htm Europe: http://english.cri.cn/7146/2010/03/30/2141s560016.htm http://english.cri.cn/7146/2010/03/30/2141s559999.htm The South Pacific: http://english.cri.cn/7146/2010/03/30/2141s560019.htm http://english.cri.cn/7146/2010/03/30/2141s560003.htm If there are any questions or comments, don't hesitate to tell us. Yours sincerely, YingLian [collective name], English Service China Radio International http://english.cri.cn (via Akbar Indra Gunawan, Indonesia? Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) North America looks the same as A-13 and always, all via (not specified) Albania, Cuba, Spain (gh, DXLD) 17710 CRI English echo, not sure from two 500 kW powerhouses, synchronized? CHINA 17710 an annoying E C H O signal of CRI English service "The Beijing Hour" program noted on 17710 this morning at 0748 UT Oct 29. Scheduled both Beijing and Jinhua outlets at HFCC registration table, with 500 kW of power. 17710 0700 0800 49E,54 BEI 500 193 Eng CHN CRI RTC 17710 0700 0800 49E,54 JIN 500 210 Eng CHN CRI RTC Sideband signal splash occured from 500 kW powerhouse Kashgar in German next door 17720 kHz (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 29, dxldyg via DXLD) ** COLOMBIA. 6010v, Oct 20 0400, Colombia is drifting extremely. The last days sometimes below 6010. Yesterday Colombia was on 6009.85, Brazil on 6100.18 and Mil before 0400 exactly on 6010. But impossible to hear any audio signal from Mexico (Christoph Ratzer, Austria, SW Bulletin Oct 27 via DXLD) Yes, La Voz de tu Conciencia has for some reason been drifting irregularly below or above 6010. Their transmitter seems to be very unstable. See Christoph’s picture above from Oct 1 /TN (Thomas Nilsson, ed., ibid.) ** COLOMBIA. Obtener una QSL de una estación utilitaria, no siempre es tarea fácil; más tratándose de una organización humanitaria como lo es la Cruz Roja. Además por la situación del conflicto interno que por los últimos 60 años ha vivido mi país, donde las comunicaciones juegan un papel importante a todos los actores del mismo; no ha sido de mi interés reportar este tipo de comunicaciones, ya que la mayoría de ellas desde hace varios años se realizan de manera encriptada. Pero tuve la oportunidad de escuchar en modo USB, un contacto de la base central de la Cruz Roja Colombiana, estación HJC280 en Bogotá con una estación móvil que salía de Barranquilla luego de cubrir el Partido por eliminatorias entre Chile y Colombia del pasado 11 de octubre. Así me animé a realizar un PPC, que me salió muy bonito ya que la Dirección de Socorro Nacional de la Cruz Roja Colombiana tiene un logotipo elaborado por el conocido artista plástico Tessarolo http://www.germantessarolo.com Lo envié a la sede central de la institución en Bogotá adjuntando un sobre auto-dirigido y estampillado. Realmente tenía muchas expectativas en conocer si una institución de este tipo les interesaría recibir un informe de recepción; y así debo decir que es una de las más gratas sorpresas que me ha brindado el Diexismo el haber recibido hoy el PPC sellado y firmado confirmando mi reporte y más grato aún que hayan tenido la cortesía de enviarme algunos otros recuerdos (no solicitados) de la Cruz Roja Colombiana desde la Coordinación de Telemática. Así esta confirmación me representa muchas cosas; mi primera confirmación de una estación utilitaria colombiana, mi primera QSL utilizando un diseño PPC, elaborado por mí, y bueno, también la satisfacción de saber que nuestra afición todavía nos depara muchas sorpresas por recibir. En la red se encuentra más información sobre la Coordinación de Telemática de la Cruz Roja Colombiana a través del este documento (publico) encontrado en una página de la ITU: http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/emergencytelecoms/events/bogota2012/presentation/PresentacionWalterCotteSp.pdf Acá la información sobre la QSL: COLOMBIA 9180u Estación HJC280 Cruz Roja Colombiana QSL-PPC v/s Ing. Marinson Buitrago S. - Subdirector Operativo Informe enviado a: Sede Nacional Cruz Roja – Telemática Av. Crra 68 No. 68B-31 Bogotá Demoro 14 dias Imagenes y mas en http://dxdesdecolombia.blogspot.com/2013/10/qsl-de-la-cruz-roja-colombiana.html Buenos DX (Rafael Rodríguez R., condlista yg via DXLD) ** CONGO. AUDIOCLIP: RADIO CONGO BRAZZAVILLE 6115 KHz 6115 1800z Radio Congo, Brazzaville in french language, ID. NEWS 26/10 The audioclip is available here: http://blog.libero.it/radioascolto/12450470.html 73's De (Francesco Cecconi, QTH: Central Italy, RX: ICOM R72, ANT: 100 mt LW, Oct 26, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** COSTA RICA. SPAIN [non], 5995, REE. 27/10 0111 UT. No hay portadora, ni modulación. Aunque se escucha un leve siseo de AIR en idioma Sindhi en 5990, que anteriormente no se escuchaba a causa de REE. // 9535 con un hombre hablando sobre el grafeno y la energía solar con SINPO: 54354 // 9620 con SINPO: 55454. Rx: Tecsun PL-660; Antena: hilo largo de 5 metros; QTH: Poblado de Barraza Bajo, Comuna de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile (Glaudio Galaz, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** CUBA. Is someone warble jamming Cuba? 650 khz Progreso 790 khz Reloj 0516 UT Oct 28. Both have warble jamming. Heard in Philadelphia, PA. This is an older video of Progreso and the warble: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqTyWUWFhdk (Aaron Kreider, IRCA mailing list via DXLD) The wobbler was so loud on 650 kHz last night that I almost posted about it in honor of W Curt Deegan of Boca Ratón Fla, who passed away a few years ago. He had a website for it that seems to have been taken down. It was by far the loudest thing on 650, with a Cuban very low in the mud along with WSM which would surface occasionally. I have never heard a wobbler that loud before; very odd as it didn't seem to be connected at all with the Cuban (R Progresso) way underneath it (Bob Young, Millbury, MA, KB1OKL, Oct 28, ibid.) The frequency "wobbling" originates at the Cuban stations. It would seem to be intentional rather than just being a result of poorly- maintained equipment. This has been noted at different times on many different Cuban stations including those you mentioned, plus 870 and others. Maybe it's to increase interference to co-channel US stations (WSM- 650, WAXY-790, WWL-870, etc.) that could otherwise be heard "backgrounding" the Cubans' audio. Of course it could just be unintentional technical incompetence and old broken-down '60s-era low-quality Commie transmitters instead, sort of like those perennially off-frequency Albanians. Here on Cape Cod, Cubans dominate on many channels at night especially if I'm running the null-north cardioid pattern SuperLoop or an ordinary loop nulling E/W (Mark Connelly, WA1ION, South Yarmouth, MA, Oct 28, ibid.) ** CUBA. Updated Cuba Radio Map At http://www.bamlog.com/cubalist.htm Now includes Google Earth kml links to individual transmitter sites. I haven't 100% tested all the coordinates yet, but it should get you close if not spot on each transmitter site. This is an update to the old "todopoderosas" map published in 2005 (Bruce Conti, Oct 25, mwdx yg via DXLD) ** CUBA. Calendario de bolsillo de Radio Habana Cuba 2014 --- A los amigos y oyentes de Radio Habana Cuba en Nuestra América y el resto del mundo, les informamos que ya pueden escribirnos al Apartado Postal 6240, La Habana, Cuba, o hacerlo a la dirección electrónica radiohc @ enet.cu solicitando el envío del calendario de bolsillo de 2014, el cual ha sido ilustrado con un hermoso retrato de Simón Bolívar, realizado por el gran Pintor de Iberoamérica Oswaldo Guayasamín. El destacado fotógrafo español José María Mellado tomó la imagen de Bolívar del mural que hace treinta años pintó Guayasamín en el aeropuerto internacional de Barajas, en Madrid, y la Asociación Cultura y Cooperación Internacional lo editó, como en años anteriores, para su distribución desde el Departamento de Correspondencia Internacional de Radio Habana Cuba. En la pequeña obra de arte están estampadas las firmas del artista ecuatoriano y de El Libertador, y puede leerse el pensamiento de Bolívar que asegura que "La felicidad consiste en la práctica de la virtud", emitido el 15 de febrero de 1819. La primera lienzografía con la imagen de Bolívar fue entregada a la Casa Museo Guayasamín de La Habana en un acto público efectuado el pasado 6 de septiembre, en el aniversario 198 de la histórica Carta de Jamaica, escrita en 1815 por el insigne venezolano. Nota: El calendario de bolsillo es impreso, por lo que precisamos de su dirección postal, para poder enviarlo (via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) ** CUBA [and non]. 11840, RHC, 26/10 0048 UT. Noticias, en español, sobre el primer aniversario del huracán Sandy. Señal con SINPO: 54554 y con leve siseo de CNR-2 que se encuentra en 11845 y 11835 // 6060 con QRM de varias emisoras, pero ninguna dominante en el canal // 6100 no es notable, más allá del ruido de banda ¿fuera del aire? // 9810 con SINPO: 22222 con BBC en Bengalí desde Tailandia dominante en la frecuencia // 11680 con SINPO: 44444 // 11760 con SINPO: 53453 con QRM de IRIB en la misma frecuencia // 15230 con SINPO: 55555. 17705 Y 17720 sin transmisión. 7365, R. MARTÍ, 26/10 0245 UT. Avisos de los programas de la emisora, destacando los sorteos que se realizan después de cada juego de beisbol, con premios como receptores de onda corta, para quienes se inscriban por teléfono o escriban a la estación. Para participar es necesario ser mayor de edad y residir en Cuba. Señal con SINPO: 54454 con cuban noise jammer de fondo, pero no tan marcado // 6030 con SINPO: 33333 con Cuban noise jammer de manera marcada (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: hilo largo de 5 metros, QTH: Poblado de Barraza Bajo, Comuna de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) 6165, Oct 26 at 0513, RHC English quite undermodulated and even weaker signal than 6125; 6060 is poor, and 6000 is very good. Just another anomaly to note. 17580, 15340, 11860, 11760, etc., Oct 27 at 1336, RHC starts `En Contacto`, the edition publicized for the last 2-3 months featuring ``War of the Worlds`` with a special QSL. Opens with usual birthday greetings, and the WotW segment lasts only 5 minutes, 1339-1344: hardly a complete version, but some clips of the original in English, voiced over in Spanish summarizing what happened. Meanwhile on nearby 17595, plus 21610, 21630, see SPAIN, `Amigos de la Onda Corta` is about the same thing with a longer segment! These conflicting DX programs a great example of both stations looking inward rather than outward. Yet, RHC`s next feature is *about* Spain`s fellow DX program, with its email address cited twice lacking an @: ``amigosdxrtve.es`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5980, Oct 27 at 1143, Catholic prayer mentioning Papa Francisco, and then into Lord`s Prayer --- can Greenville have put Vatican Radio by mistake on this as well as 7305 (prolonged into B-13)? No, it`s not //, so really R. Martí programming, blatantly violating separation of church and state and opening the USG to justified demands from all other sects for equal airtime! I`m just waiting for this issue to wind up in court. VG signal and NO jamming audible on 5980 unlike 6030 buried in wall-of-noise. The DentroCuban Jamming Command will take a while to adjust to B-13 scheduling, and then will certainly over-do it massively. 6000, Oct 28 at 0059, RHC is on in Spanish with Fidel clip, ID, // 6100. At 0106 I notice that 6000 is *still* in Spanish, but also in English! From fading patterns, I can tell that these are two separate transmitters, as dysfunxional RadioCuba left hand doesn`t know what the other left hand is doing, did not turn off Spanish one at 0100. I assume these are from the two different sites; it would be even worse if both are from same site. Meanwhile, the only other scheduled English frequency, 6165, is late coming up, so English is to be heard ONLY, mixed with Spanish, on 6000! I do make out an English ID at 0107 on 6000, but the Spanish sounds louder, better modulation and more assertive than the soft-spoken ``Ed Newman`` in English. Gilles Letourneu also reported this mix at 0108. I didn`t check later, but Dave Marthouse was still hearing the 6000 mix at 0213 and by then 6165 was on in English only [WORLD OF RADIO 1693] 12000, Oct 28 at 1252, bit of Spanish mixing with Russian from VIETNAM, suspected second harmonic of RHC 6000. But wait, there`s another screwup: 17580, Oct 28 at 1346, RHC Spanish now has some CCI making a fast SAH, music atop, while other RHCs such as 13780 are in talk. At first I figure some unwary Eastern Hemispherian has landed here for B-13 on the assumption that 17580 would be open, since Arnie refuses to participate in HFCC for fear of running into Yankee Imperialists (and plenty of delegates from countries which have rid themselves of communism). I sure want to get an ID on this! Then I can tell the song is in Spanish, lyrix ``amor``, segué to another SS song. Checked Spain 17595 in case, but not // that. Could it be another Cuban net? Yes! 1356 mentions Habana Libre, ``Reportero RP``, plug Festival Mundial de la Juventud, a typical Commie event; 1359 refers to Oct 28 being the anniversary of something concerning Camilo Cienfuegos in 1959y, ``Su Reportero RP`` again, then full ID with one chime as ``Radio Progreso Cadena Nacional, la Onda de la Alegría``. So RP has not only added SW on 4765 in the evenings, but now here too! Unfortunately, already occupied by another RadioCuba transmitter. Probably from the two different sites, yet another example of unparalleled coördination. Will this continue or happen again? Still mixing at 1426, neither heard around 1630; RHC at least would have gone off at 1500. They are still announcing local time as UT -4. BTW, checking HFCC I see that an unwary station has in fact registered 17580 despite RHC and RP: IBB in Pashto/Persian=Dari, 100 kW, 85 degrees from Biblis, GERMANY at 1330-1530. This might have been part of the mix under the Cubans. We`ll see if Arnie makes any adjustments next week because of this (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1693, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi everyone, Spanish and english mix up on 6000 khz 0108 UT. 73 (Gilles Letourneau, Montreal, Canada, UT Oct 28, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn, I know you keep track of the strange stuff going on at RHC. Here's another one to add to the list. As I type this, their signal on 6 MHz is a mix of their Spanish and English services. Maybe someone in the RHC engineering department is routing both audio feeds to the 6000 kHz transmitter. You would think they would monitor signals for quality control. The 6165 transmitter is carrying their English feed only (Dave Marthouse, VA?, 0213, Oct 28, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Dave, Yes, I was hearing the 6000 mix about an hour earlier. I think it`s two separate transmitters. 6000 was on before 0100 in Spanish and they didn`t turn it off (and 6165 was not yet on, so the only English was in the 6000 mix) 73, (Glenn to Dave, via DXLD) Glenn, That is a good point and I think you are correct. As I observed the changes in the signal at times the Spanish was louder than the English. I also observed the opposite characteristic. Maybe RHC is automated at times and the automation system isn't programmed properly or the on staff people just don't care (Dave Marthouse, ibid.) [non and non]. [WTFK? Must be 5980 --- gh], R. MARTI, 28/10 1002 UT. Noticias sobre las damas de blanco y la persecución que tienen los grupos apostólicos evangélicos no reconocidos por el Estado, con SINPO: 54554; desde las 1005 con QRM posiblemente de Chaski que sólo tiene ruido de fondo como portadora; // 6030 con SINPO: 33333, aunque CNR-1 es dominante en el canal con SINPO: 53443 (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: hilo largo de 5 metros, QTH: Poblado de Barraza Bajo, Comuna de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) 5980, Oct 28 at 1243, R. Martí is VG with no jamming audible, after news, giving three 305-AC phones and other contact info for a sorteo involving béisbol to win a SW radio. (Like guessing who wins the National Sequence?). // 7405 is jammed as usual, but RM is atop it. Apparently the DentroCuban Jamming Command won`t consult HFCC; else they would know that 5980 has been extended from 0700 to 1300*. At 1307 I check RM frequencies for what`s happening: 11930, VG with trace of pulse jam; 13830 wall of noise vs nothing; 9805 lighter jamming vs nothing; 7405 RM atop jamming (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [and non]. 4765.00, 0225-0235 29.10, R Progreso, La Habana, Spanish talk 33232 heterodyne from weaker Tajik R on 4765.09 fading out. The conditions for hearing Latin America on the tropical bands are terrible at present with just the three Cuban stations and a couple of Brazilians coming through! Best 73, (Anker Petersen, Denmakr, able to listen again this morning on my AOR AR7030PLUS receiver, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) 11812.5, Oct 29 at 0141, filthy blob with squeal, traces of distorted modulation, making het against 11815-Brasil. Then I search the 25mb for more of them and find: 11707.5. That nails the source as 11760 RHC, halfway between them at 52.5 kHz separations. 11760 itself sounds OK except for some hum and weak SAH from CCI. How about second- and third-order spurs at further multiples of 52.5 away? There they are, progressively weakening but same blobsound: 11655 & 11865, plus and minus 105 kHz 11602.5 & 11917.5, plus and minus 157.5 kHz, QRM PAKISTAN Qur`an 11600 11550 weakest & not audible on 11970, plus and minus 210 kHz 17580, after yesterday morning`s mixture of RHC and R. Progreso, I`m checking again Oct 29 from 1219: too weak JBA carrier this early, altho 17595 Spain is already making it. At 1251, 17580 has improved enough to tell it`s // 9850 RHC, and no second signal heard. At 1355, now RHC about Alicia Alonso, an echo apart from // 13780 via the other site, has fast SAH and non-Spanish CCI from algo on 17580, i.e. per HFCC, IBB Biblis, GERMANY in Pashto/Dari at 1330-1530; same at 1427; at 1430 a brief break in the CCI, maybe switching antenna or transmitter? Tho no difference shown in HFCC, just a language change (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1693, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11760, Oct 30 at 0058, RHC VG signal level, but with BFO can tell the carrier is slightly wobbling; at least it is not putting out a panoply of spurs at multiples of 52.5 kHz displacement, as it was 23 hours earlier. There is also a LAH on 11760, probably R. Cairo, as HFCC B-13 shows ERU is now scheduled at 2330-0200, 250 kW, 286 degrees from Abis at 2330-0200 in Arabic and Spanish --- certainly an awful choice for them, and for RHC, but what else is new? 17580, Oct 30 at 1349, only RHC audio here, no R. Progreso mix; at 1424 the CCI is still from one of IBB`s Afghan services via Biblis, GERMANY (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also SPAIN ** CUBA [non]. OBITUARY: AGUSTIN ALLES SOBERÓN, FORMER NEWS DIRECTOR OF RADIO MARTÍ, INTERVIEWER OF GUERRILLA FIDEL CASTRO. 26 Oct 2013 Miami Herald, 22 Oct 2013, Juan O. Tamayo: "Agustin Alles Soberón, the first Cuban journalist to interview Fidel Castro and his guerrillas in Cuba’s Sierra Maestra Mountains in 1958 and later a senior editor with Radio/TV Marti for 20 years, died Sunday [20 Oct] in Miami at the age of 87. Alles retired from the U.S. government’s Marti stations in late 2011 and was just two chapters short of completing a book about his life when he died from heart failure, said his son-in-law, Javier Yanes. He was best known for his trek up Cuba’s highest mountains, with photographer Eduardo Hernández, to interview Castro and other guerrillas including Ernesto 'Che' Guevara and Camilo Cienfuegos, in March of 1958. ... Alles caught up with Castro in 1991, when the Cuban leader was visiting Mexico. Castro immediately recognized him in a hotel lobby, called him by the nickname 'Agustincito' and asked him how he was doing. Very well, Alles replied, working. When Castro asked where, Alles stuck out his microphone, said Radio Marti and asked him a question, according to published reports from that time. 'In the interview that I did with you in Sierra Maestra, you said that your government program was democracy, freedom and respect for human rights. Why did you not give that to the Cuban people?' ... Alles served as news director of Radio Marti, the U.S. government broadcaster to Cuba, from 1991 to 1995 and collaborated closely with Jorge Mas Canosa, one of the station’s main supporters and a founder of the Cuban American National Foundation. He remained at Radio Marti after 1995 as a senior supervisor and assignment editor until his retirement on Dec. 31, 2011." See also martinoticias.com, 21 Oct 2013. (kimandrewelliott.com via DXLD) ** CZECHIA [non]. 5975, RFE/Radio Liberty, 0311 and still going at 0352 on Oct 28. Non-stop loop in English "Radio Free Europe - Radio Liberty, Praha," along with beeps; signal improving. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXbCy-3HFUo&feature=youtube_gdata as heard in Moscow (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Response from Victor (Moscow) via Youtube: ``Thanks for the reply! Interestingly, and in California was audible signal, it was broadcasted from Germany, transmitter power 100 kW in the direction of Russia. Victor`` ``Ron, I will take this transfer, it is interesting that? this frequency is not in the schedules. Victor`` (via Ron Howard, ibid.) Must be R Liberty Adygey service, not getting proper feed from Praha - HFCC: 5975 0300 0400 29SE NAU 250 65 0 216 1234567 271013 290314 D 8500 Ady D IBB IBB 16135 (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) Already asked MBR Cologne headquarter staff, to trace reason for this wrong endless Prague feed to Nauen site. Maybe N_S_A set the wrong espionage feed line to Angela Merkel PM? 73 (Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** DIEGO GARCIA. 20/9 [sic, presumably means 20/10], 4319-USB, AFN 2018 with pop songs, S3 (Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki Greece, my radio shack: http://www.ipernity.com/doc/zliangas/album/282394 http://delicious.com/gr_greek1/zak (all my pages) DX LISTENING DIGEST) BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORIES: 12579 [sic], U.S. Armed Forces Network via Diego Garcia; 0104-0113+, 26-Oct; Non-Top=40 pop tunes to AFN spot at 0111:34, into Fox Sports. SIO=1+53; rarely heard (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, M.A.R.E. DXpedition, Port Hope MI, Drake R8B + 75 m. RW + TTFD, logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST) Ooops, it`s 12759, not 12579. I and Aoki have also made that mistake. Best way to remember is that the numbers left to right are *not* in sequence (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) 12759-USB, Oct 27 at 0112, AFN weak talk and music, mentions ESPN, ``game this Friday night, BYU vs ---``, so must be playback or review since this is Saturday night = Sunday morning in the BIOT. 12759-USB, Oct 28 at 0100, AFN is barely audible with broadcast talk, presumably some network news. May have just QSYed from 4319-USB. Meanwhile, I`m still waiting for a reply to my latest inquiry to AFN about the status of GUAM (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1693, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EAST TURKISTAN [and non]. SUDAN/CHINA. 7205, One odd and one even frequency station hit each other at 1440 UT Oct 25. I guess Omdurman Sudan is on real even frequency, but the odd signal originate from PBS Xinjiang CNR13 via older 50 kW installation at Urumchi Tibet [sic], real in Uighur language, scheduled 14-18 UT. Rarely a Chinese station is odd frequency these days, but this lower domestic broadcast via older gear is really on 7204.983 kHz (Wolfgang Büschel, Oct 25, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 30 via DXLD) ** ECUADOR. HCJB, 28/10 0226 UT. Programa en Quechua con avisos sobre la emisora, lectura de versículos bíblicos, canciones cristianas y reflexión basada en el Evangelio de Juan, capitulo 4 refiriéndose a Dios como “Taita Dios”. Señal con SINPO: 55454 (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: hilo largo de 5 metros, QTH: Poblado de Barraza Bajo, Comuna de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** EGYPT. 15545, R. Cairo, Oct 27 *1400-1406, 35333, Pashto, 1400 sign on with ID, 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) Are you implying nothing wrong with modulation?? EGYPT. 11760: see CUBA ** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 5005.00, 2120-2135 27.10, R Dif. de Guinea Ecuatorial, Bata Spanish talk by man and woman, songs 25232 (Anker Petersen, Denmakr, able to listen again this morning on my AOR AR7030PLUS receiver, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) ** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 15190, Radio Africa, 1615-1652, Oct 24. Woman reading listeners letters (one from Pakistan) to Tony Alamo and him commenting/rambling response; 1653 into another religious program; no local ID. So who exactly is still paying to air these old shows of his? Tony from his prison cell? Probably Alamo Ministries? Current story http://ualrpublicradio.org/post/fate-tony-alamo-properties-be-determined (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ERITREA [non]. BELGIUM(non). BRB changes: Voice of Assenna resumes its regular 3 days a week programs from October 14, 1700-1800 on 15245 secret/hidden site # to EaAf Tigrinya Mon/Wed/Fri, ex Mon New clandestine station Voice of the Forum of Eritreans from October 15: 1700-1800 on 15245 secret/hidden site # to EaAf Tigrinya, Tue/Thu/Sat/Sun # probably via transmitter in Issoudun, FRANCE, not via Sofia-Kostinbrod, BULGARIA. 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, DX Re Mix News via DXLD) ** ERITREA [non]. CLANDESTINE, 11560, Dimtse R. Erena via Bulgaria, Oct 28 *1700-1712, 35433, Tigrigna, 1700 sign on with opening music, ID and 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) ** ETHIOPIA [non]. 15385, OPPOSITION, ESAT Radio via Bulgaria heard at 1700 GMT sign-on in Amharic on 10/22/13. This signal was fair at first and rapidly deteriorated. I have reported reception via e-mail to this station 30 times since last March, but I have never experienced the courtesy of their reply. The station's home address is in Alexandria VA. Do I now need a letter translated into Amharic?? (Bob Brossell, Pewaukee WI, JRC NRD-545; Eton E1; Sony ICF SW-77, NASWA Flashsheet Oct 27 via DXLD) Wow, what dedication. Perhaps they perceive you are not really in their target audience and can`t possibly understand what they are saying (gh, DXLD) ** EUROPE. Dear FRS Friends, Sunday October 27th: Next Sunday October 27th FRS-Holland will be on air between 0852-1500 UT. Important: the broadcast is on 5800 or 5810 // 7685 kHz. Programme line-up includes all FRS presenters and consists of FRS Magazine, the German Service, FRS Goes DX, 80s Show, Radio Waves and the FRS Golden Show. Ingredients: great music, DX News, letters, the Day Calendar and a number of radio related items. Radio entertainment on a Sunday. Tune in.. Internet Stream: That same day between 1452-2100 UT/15:52-22.00 CEST will see a full repeat on the internet. Check on your computer In the mean time FRS-Holland has become 33 years. 73s, Peter Verbruggen on behalf of the FRS Team, a Balance between Music & Information joint to one Format.... FRS-Holland POBox 2702 6049 ZG Herten The Netherlands e-mail: < frs@frsholland. nl> FRS-Holland POBox 2702 6049 ZG Herten The Netherlands (via Rich D`Angelo, PA, Oct 25, NASWA yg via DXLD) Good reception of FRSH this morning (27-Oct 0940 UT) on 7684.94 kHz parallel slightly weaker 5800.13 kHz with Peter V. On air until 1500 UT (Alan Pennington, Caversham, UK, AOR 7030plus, longwire, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) ** EUROPE. RWI broadcast --- RWI is now on 6240 kHz. i will update our web-site this evening http://www.wrwi.fr with all schedule of our 30th anniversary on the airwave taking place on November 2013. We will provide a serie of différentes QSL cards. Hope you will join us. Programs will take place on Nov 1st, Nov 11th plus all weekend of November. Many Thanks for your continue support. "The Terrible twins" Peter HILLS & Philippe (via Roberto Scaglione, Sicily, Oct 27, bclnews.it yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1693, DXLD) ** EUROPE. Radio Marabu: 6304.8/AM, 0144-0215+, 27-Oct; Low-key tunes, pop to spooky; mentioned (HF?)underground; ID sounded like Radio Marabu; also noted on HFunderground as Marabu. Fair peaks with pulse burst QRM (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, M.A.R.E. DXpedition, Port Hope MI, Drake R8B + 75 m. RW + TTFD, logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** FRANCE [and non]. C. GHIBAUDO: 1350 kHz RADIO ORIENT IS CLOSED Our contact friend in Nice report the 1350 kHz operated from Fontbonne has been closed down for economic problems! The main studio is in Paris, the WEB is working http://www.radioorient.com/programmes/ The other frequency in Nimes 1602 kHz it seems is active?? So 1350 kHz is now free and you may get distant signals! Saverio De Cian has already got some very good DXs! 1349.903, LSB 25-28/10 una brasiliana non identificata che alterna sport e prg religiosi in P may be ??? : 1350, Radio Boa Vontade/Ex Radio Cristal, Salvador 1349.993, USB, 25/10 01.04, ARG, LS6, R Buenos Aires; mx, interviste in S e ID "Radio Buenos Aires AM 1350" 1349.995, USB, 28/10 02.03, EQA, HCVP2, Teleradio 1350, Guayaquil; px mx, ID "Teleradio 1350 AM ...Guayaquil" (Dario Monferini, Oct 29, playdx yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1693, DXLD) Bonsoir, Et bien voilà des nouvelles de Radio Orient: Aujourd`hui j`ai téléphoné au centre émetteur de Fontbonne. Radio Orient a arrêté les émissions sur 1350 kHz. Donc malheureusement Radio Orient à Nice en ondes moyennes c`est FINI. A partir du mois de décembre, normalement Radio Orient sera sur la Radio Numérique Terrestre, mais pas encore de récepteurs dans les magasins. Et voilà que la dernière station privée française à abandonné les ondes moyennes. Je ne sais pas si la fréquence de Nîmes 1602 kHz, est toujours utilisée; je ne suis pas arrivé à avoir Radio Orient au téléphone!!! A bientôt, 73`s Christian (via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1693, DXLD) Was only 10 kW per WRTH (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1693, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY. It takes the CQ Worldwide SSB DX Contest to fill up the hambands (not including 12, 17 m) --- Normally hardly anyone ventures above 28500 on 10m, but Oct 26 at 1348-1350 I am hearing a couple of USB Germans as high as 28969, DP9Z, and 29012, DL2IAN both calling CQ Contest with plenty of contacts, plus one US station a little higher. DP9Z is ``Contestcall of DF9ZP: Hans-Joachim Burger; Südring 24; 64832 Babenhausen; Germany`` per QRZ.com --- condensing call from 6 to 4 characters saves valuable microseconds and inevitably increases score. Since call needs to be spoken fonetikally, he should really try for single-syllable letters instead of two syllables for two of them (if not ``nine-er``; and no escaping ``delta``), e.g. M for mike, G for golf --- in fact those are the only two single-syllabers in the official fonetik alfabet, and several letters are even three-fers. What were they thinking in setting that up? DL2IAN is: ``Thomas Schenk, Hintergasse 9, 76865 Rohrbach / Pfalz, Germany``. Not even named Ian (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY. [Report and still photos of demolishing a mast] http://www.mdr.de/sachsen/leipzig/sprengung-sendemast-wiederau100_zc-20d3192e_zs-423b0bc6.html (via Hansjoerg Biener, DXLD) Parts of this text sound rather familiar: Which in this case is no surprise, however, since the other way round I got this information in advance to make the upcoming event known beyond the local level at all. The MDR article even would almost have included this photo, showing how this was a mediumwave radiator until ca. 1985 when the base insulator had deteriorated so much that it had to be removed: http://www.radioeins.de/programm/sendungen/medienmagazin/radio_news/beitraege/2013/wiederau_j1.html This has, it seems, not been featured by MDR TV at all, in spite of having send out an ENG team who may have caught "it" on video although "it" took place 30 minutes early, thus many visitors missed the moment. Still there's this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6M3Yu-3RMM http://www.xfir.de/data/Wiederau_Sprengung.MP4 And no, I was not there although I even had a business appointment at Leipzig a few hours before. There is no obligation to watch what I feel more and more as signalling the upcoming fate of linear radio in general (Kai Ludwig, Oct 26, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY. Today Oct 24 first (unannounced) test transmission from the new German relay of Radio 360, 3985 kHz. [are these MESZ = UT+2?] 18.30 Uhr: Radio Slowakei International 19.00 Uhr: Radio Prag 19.30 Uhr: Auslandsdienst des polnischen Rundfunk 20.00 Uhr: Radio Ukraine International Regular transmission from 1. November. http://www.radio360.eu (Christoph Ratzer, Austria, SW Bulletin Oct 27 via DXLD) ** GERMANY. 3985, R 700, Kall-Krekel. New schedule from Nov 01: [are these UT or MEZ = UT +1 == one hour ``later`` than above --- gh] Daily 0000-1930: Radio 700 – Schlager & Oldies, including: Mo-Sa 0530-0545 and Sunday 0630-0645: Missionswerk Freundesdienst . Daily 1100-1115 and Mo-Sa 1740-1755: Missionswerk Freundesdienst. Daily 1930-2000: Radio Slowakei International in German. Daily 2000-2030: Radio Prag in German. Daily 2030-2100: Auslandsdienst des polnischen Rundfunks in German. Daily 2100-2200: Radio Ukraine International in German. Daily 2200-2400: Radio 700 – Schlager & Oldies (Simon-Peter Liehr, Meissen, Germany, Oct 28, DSWCI DX Window Oct 30 via DXLD) I also heard MV Baltic R testing in USB + carrier on 7265 here in Skovlunde, near Copenhagen, at 1213-1216*, Oct 26, with SINPO 55555! I used my usual AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres external longwire. When it had signed off, I heard weak signals (QSA 1-2) from China Business R, Xianyang on 7265 // Beijing on 6155 and 9620 (Anker Petersen, Denmark, ibid.) ** GERMANY. MV Baltic Radio Test Transmissions MV Baltic Radio will be testing there New Aerial system tomorrow morning the 26th of October 2013. The first transmission will start at 1000 UT on 6190 kHz. More Transmissions will also follow on 7265 and 9480. All reports to: info@mvbalticradio.de Thank you! Good Listening 73s, (Tom Taylor, Oct 25, HCDX via DXLD) Music loop on 6190 kHz AM since 1005 UT, good signal & clean audio here in Germany; now at 1050 strong on 7265 kHz AM relaying a historic radio program from Germany. It`s not AM, but USB & Carrier. And now at 0905 UT surprisingly strong on 9480 kHz. 73 (Harald Kuhl, Oct 26, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD MV Baltic Radio Test Transmission moved to 7265 kHz, S=9+5dB here in Stuttgart at 10.55 UT Oct 26, radio history program in German language: ("Radio Nostalgie, hallo, hallo, Radio Wien, Staatsoper. Lange vor Wolf's Kinderstunde bei der RAVAG ... vergessen Sie nicht die Antenne zu erden"). 7265-USB and carrier, Schwerin Goehren Germany, BUZZ 50 Hertz like garden fence visible on SDR screen, at 1058 UT TX OFF on 7265 kHz. Small QRM approx. 7268 kHz, small RTTY ute signal, and appeared on 9480 kHz in 31 mb, some 30 seconds later. S=8-9 in Stuttgart. Frequency some 4 Hertz low, and contain also this 50/100 Hertz BUZZ fence. {later} 9479.996 kHz, 1136 UT thanks the 'Man of Action' song stopped {historical RNI station signature tune http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_North_Sea_International BUZZ garden fence of +50 Hz spacing +100 Hz up to +2350 Hertz here in Stuttgart. And now 1207 UT back on 7265 kHz also 50 Hz BUZZ, but weaker now on +150 Hz .... to +950 Hz frequency range. vy73 (wolfgang df5sx, Oct 26, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 30 via DXLD) 7265.00, 1213-1216* Sat 26.10, MV Baltic R, Göhren. Test transmission with new antenna with theme music in USB + carrier 55555. Afterwards China Business R, Xianyang [sic] could be heard weakly on 7265 in Chinese // 6155 and 9620 all with QSA 1-2 (Anker Petersen, Denmark, able to listen again this morning on my AOR AR7030PLUS receiver, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) ** GERMANY. Last broadcast of XVRB 6045 The Music Museum was on Oct. 20: 0900-1000 on 6045 NAU 100 kW / 275 deg to CeEu English 3rd Sun. XVRB 6045 The Music Museum Is about to merge with Shortwave Rock 6045! Considering it takes a lot of time and effort to maintain a website, answer DX mails and send e-QSL cards to shortwave radio fans the decision was made to collaborate with the Shortwave Rock 6045 station, also heard on 6045 kHz. The merger is a practical action, taken to offer some more service to our audience, especially the DX fans who’ve sent us their reception reports. The XVRB brand is not going to vanish, as in the future we are going to rebuild the format, trying to reach the American shortwave market. We don’t know when this project will start. XVRB 6045 The Music Museum has been on air since August 2010. We’ve had a beautiful time, together with all you guys and girls who send us your e-mails and reception reports. Mike Wilson will start a new programme on Shortwave Rock 6045, presenting his first hour on the station on November 17 1000-1100 on 6045 via Nauen. 73! (via Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, DX Re Mix News via DXLD) Shortwave Rock are currently on 6045 khz from Nauen with a very strong signal here. (B13 schedule is 1000-1100 UTC on 4th Sunday) 73s (Dave Kenny, UK, 1022 UT Oct 27, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) ** GERMANY. Problems during the Mighty KBC October 27, 2013 0000-0200 UTC 7375 kHz via Nauen, Germany broadcast. The 0100-0200 UT block was a complete repeat of the 0000-0100 UT block. Why did this happen? Europe changed time on Sunday morning. Eric checked with technicians in Germany to determine if the time change would interfere with the Mighty KBC broadcast. German technicians said, "No". We now know better as the time change caused the computer in Germany to replay the 0000 UTC portion of the show. Another problem. The Mighty KBC is sandwiched between Radio Marti (and Cuban jamming) on 7365 kHz and WHRI on 7385 kHz. Not good. Something is causing interference to Mighty KBC. I suspect it is the Cuban jamming. 73, (Kraig, KG4LAC, Krist, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) When, o when, will people ever learn to override the computers at such sensitive junxures (gh, DXLD) ** GERMANY [non]. Checking for English from DW, all Kigali now in B13: 7425 fair to good 9470 good, as it was in A-13 9800 poor, not heard at 0400 but on at 0405, listed that way in HFCC; wonder why? Checking at 0500 Sunday October 27: 7425 nothing heard 9470 poor 9800 faint flutter, no audio 12070 nothing heard Final check at 0600 Sunday October 27: 15275 good 15700 very poor, unlistenable 17800 poor At 1900: 11800 nothing heard 12070 nothing heard 15275 fair to poor, choppy, but listenable At 2000: 9800 nothing heard 11800 nothing heard 12070 faintest of flutter, no audio At 2100: 9800 faint flutter, traces of audio 11800 faint flutter, traces of audio 12070 fair, listenable Having checked all of the DW English frequencies for B-13, it appears the best choices for NA reception are: 0400 on 7425 and 9470 0600 on 15275 1900 on 15275 2100 on 12070 There were rumblings out of DW a couple of years ago about dropping SW in 2014, but haven't heard any updates on this. Enjoy while you can (Steve Luce, Houston, Texas, Oct 27, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1693, DX LISTENING DIGEST) DWL - and - Culture Minister Bernd Neumann one of the three principal persons, Minister of Education and Culture, in the German Federal Chancellery, the "gravediggers" were at the DWL Bonn federal broadcast organization, reduction of radio staff, reduction of the DWL budget went into retirement on 22 October, due of severe illness. https://www.google.de/search?q=bernd+neumann&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:de:official&client=firefox-a&gws_rd=cr&ei=-4VtUq7CI8GW0AW8woH4CQ&sei=-4VtUofeJoWI0AWK14HwCQ&gbv=2 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY [and non]. Official B13 Media Broadcast http://www.media-broadcast.com/fileadmin/user_upload/Downloads/B13_operational_281013_MBR.pdf (via Akbar Indra Gunawan, HCDX via DXLD) ** GREECE. 1044 UnIDed https://sites.google.com/site/zliangas/1044 Following the special case of Canibal I now present you another for the time being free radio station but still not identified After the closure of nearly the half radio stations from ERA, including the three transmitters from Thessaloniki our city is now free from local radio stations. With the closure of the German station this year, the frequency was clear since May 13. But little later again on may 13 a new station has been started fist by relaying a local radio station from FM band well known in the city of playing traditional songs on afternoons and nights every day. But later as per my monitoring, this station (??I have some doubts for it) reappeared with its own programming (read play list with mp3 collection) with old Greek songs, but more especially pops (not folk as most others )from the 60-80 era that later (after 9 pm) ‘hardens‘ a little still into ‘light folk’ and goes vice versa. All these songs were highly popular those old times. That makes me suppose the operator’s age is around 50. That is after listening sometimes this station for more than 3 hours (for looking for ID). And little later this station appeared wth mostly western pops of 70a and 80s, but their transmissions are highly irregular. Although with some little direction finding (by turning the radio) shows to be in line with Athens (i.e. Canibal) their propagation pattern is different with more frequent fade outs and higher signals than Cannibal. As for example my parallel testing with them on 7-9 showed signals as low as 23/05/6 to as high as 35/18/10 (db S - S/N – S on 16H antenna on R75). That makes me believe that the station transmits possibly from further than Athens with higher power. I am also wondering if this station was before in 1035 under the name of Daffy. Nearly same signal. My radio shack: http://www.ipernity.com/doc/zliangas/album/282394 http://delicious.com/gr_greek1/zak All my pages (Zacharias Liangs, Greece, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GREECE. GREEK GOVERNMENT STOPS SATELLITE CARRYING ERT ``PIRATE`` PROGRAMMING http://www.ertopen.com/news-in-4-languges/english/item/7747-ert-black-is-back-on-the-screens-stay-on-our-side The Greek government today stopped the tranmsissions of the "pirate" ERT that have been carried by an Israeli owned satellite: ERT: "Black" is back on the screens-Stay on our side Today, October 24 at 6 pm, the voice of the Greek Public Broadcaster (ERT) was silenced again and can no longer be heard in the major part of the country. The government that a few months ago opted for "no signal" screens turns once more against the free ERT by stopping its programme transmission through a satellite for the second time. They put a "black screen" where we have been shedding light and colour for more than four months now. They try to muzzle us once again. We will do our utmost to thwart their plans. Keep your radios tuned in medium wave band. And most of all, Connect to ertopen.com or any other website that offers ERT radio and television programme on live streaming. There is a high probability that putting the black back on the screens will be combined with an attempt to evacuate ERT headquarters at Aghia Paraskevi and the rest of ERT premises in the country. Stay alert and prepared. Stay on our side. For the free voice of the people to continue being heard on ERT frequencies. We are all ERT. (via Chris Rigas, IL, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1693, DXLD) 9420, Oct 27 at 0525, V. of Greece is off the air and not on 7475/7450 either. So no Byzantine chanting this Sunday. Start of the B-13 season might be an obvious point to turn Avlis off forever, altho the chaos in Greece would contraindicate such precision. Or is it just due to end of DST there, not here? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Greek pirates ERT seldom checked here, but missed last week on all frequencies; when I checked them at least f i v e different schedule times and meterbands too. But now when I checked at 1840 UT, I heard 9420 channel with IRIB Albanian program. Oct 27. Fortunately heard weak signal of Greek singer on 7450 and 15650 kHz !!!! but nothing on 5865, 7475, 9375, 9935, 11645, 12015 [sic] etc. etc. So the rebels are still on air, at Avlis? or from Sofia? Nothing ERT-Avlish registered anymore in HFCC list at present. 73 wolfy (Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7475, Oct 28 at 0054, pop music in Greek, // much stronger 9420, so ERT or whatever is still funxioning on SW in B-13. 9420 is still VG at 0548 in Greek, unlike missing 24 hours earlier (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1693, DX LISTENING DIGEST) This morning from 07 UT onwards no ERT Avlis rebel transmission on air. Yesterday before heard only 7450 and 15650 with Greek music in afternoon, but no transmission on 9420(now IRIB channel), 11645, or 12105 kHz. But ceased now 3rd Avlis channel in total. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, Oct 29, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9420, Oct 30 at 0100, Avlis is still on, VG signal with W&M talk in Greek, music; stronger than // 7475 at 0112 which has some SSB QRM, perhaps from MARS. 9420, again Oct 30 at 0518, W&M with ``Kalimeras``, mentioning Facebook, // 7475 which has lower modulation level (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUAM. 5765-USB, Oct 30 at 1304, still no signal from AFN, 41 days after last heard. Now I have a preliminary reply from AFN. It`s off because due to some kind of upgrade, registration problem: ``the AFRTS's decoder has been turned off at Guam; therefore no signal comes to HFGCS system`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1693, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUATEMALA. 4055, Oct 26 at 1142, R. Verdad in Chinese with musical background. Seems to be regular around this hour, 7:42 pm prime-time for all their listeners in China. But I`m afraid their online program schedule http://www.radioverdad.org/programaci%C3%B3n as I copy it, but which shows in the address field with accented-o as http://www.radioverdad.org/programación is long-outdated, still showing nothing about Chinese, weekday start at 1100 UT instead of 0930, and El Tren del Evangelio at 1125-1200 --- it`s copyright 2009. 4055, Oct 27 at 1139, R. Verdad is not on yet this Sunday, altho last Sunday Oct 20 it was on at 1150. I should have rechecked a bit later this week (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ICELAND. Iceland 189 heard in Oklahoma --- I'm hearing Iceland on 189 kHz since 0715 UT. Fair signal strength at times. Receiver: Tecsun PL-360 with DeBock 7.5-inch ferrite stick antenna. New station and country for me. Good DX (Richard Allen, near Perry OK USA, Sent from my iPad, Oct 26, IRCA via DXLD) Richard, You are really tracking down those Longwave TA's with your hot-rodded PL-360 in Oklahoma. Congratulations on the reception of 189-Iceland, and the new country! Your PL-360 7.5" Longwave plug-in loopstick is undoubtedly the most successful such antenna ever used for DXing on the planet. 73, (Gary DeBock, ibid.) Gary: I tuned to 189 kHz at 0715 GMT and was surprised to hear a man and woman talking in Icelandic. The single finally faded out at 0815. I never figured I'd ever hear Iceland after trying for several decades. The PL-360 with refinements such as your antenna is an amazing ultralight radio. I only wish it had tighter selectivity allowing for reception of split frequencies, and audio quality like the little Sonys. The Icelandic on 189 kHz at 3495 miles is the nearest [LWBC] to me. JOUB faded in on my barefoot PL-310 at 0857. So, hopefully it will be a good morning for TP DX. Have a good weekend (Richard Allen, near Perry OK USA, ibid.) They were in huge at 0330 a few mornings ago in ON (Saul Chernos, Burnt River ON, ibid.) Mornings? So was that in EDT or UT? (gh, DXLD) ** INDIA. AIR IMPHAL CELEBRATES 50 GLORIOUS YEARS IN SERVICE Source: Hueiyen News Service Imphal, October 26 2013 : Along with honouring many eminent retired employees of AIR, Imphal and other personalities who were associated since the inception of AIR, Imphal in 1963 and took significant roles in the development of the radio station, the golden jubilee of All India Radio (AIR) Imphal Station was celebrated at the auditorium of MFDC located within Palace Compound here today. More at: http://e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=24..271013.oct13 [correct with two dots in the middle, not truncated] Photos at : http://www.prokerala.com/news/photos/imphal-the-golden-jubilee-function-of-the-all-india-radio-imphal-25206/ (Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, Oct 27, dx_india yg via DXLD) 4775.0, AIR Imphal, Oct 22, 23 and 24 back to usual exact frequency. Suspect still working on the transmitter? Heard through heavy CODAR QRM. Oct 24 local programming at 1505 till switched over to New Delhi programming at 1512 (as normally happens then); tone - ads - tone; 1515 news in Hindi; // 4895 // 4970 // 4990 // 5050. 4990, AIR Itanagar on Oct 24 running well past their normal sign off time; 1433 in Hindi with two YL talking about medical and health issues for pregnant women; 1450 news/weather (Prime Minister is in Beijing for talks about their border dispute; major item about the death today of Manna Dey, "a musical genius," at Bangalore; 1500 into Hindi; 1512 switched over to New Delhi programming. They really have fixed the problem with the audio level. 5050, AIR Aizawl. Brief check at 1607 on Oct 24 found them here alone, as Beibu Bay Radio (China) had already signed off. Earlier was mixing with BBR at about equal strength. A good day here for AIR! (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA [and non]. INDIA/CHINA, 7340.094, [Tentative] Sindhi service of AIR Bombay noted low modulated, scheduled 1230-1500 UT. Hit co- channel by 7340.0 even frequency by PBS Xinjiang CNR8 program in Kazakh, S=9+15dB at 1435 UT Oct 25 (Wolfgang Büschel, Oct 25, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 30 via DXLD) ** INDIA. 11985, Oct 24 at 0053, yet another anomaly from All India Radio, Delhi-Khampur site, which is supposed to be amid the 0045-0115 Sinhala service like // 11740 via Goa, and sometimes really is. But now on 11985, fair with flutter, is an interval signal I have never heard before and nothing like the usual one from AIR. It`s 36 or 37 notes on a piano, mostly in higher register, repeating over and over between very brief pauses. Also with hum. Meanwhile 11740 is totally separate with talk in presumed Sinhala. 11985 IS keeps going past 0100 which of course is not hourtop in out-of-step India, except it morphs into that out-of-whack webfeed or skipping-tape sound I have heard before. Traces of the same melody can be heard within it. 0102 it`s improved, still breaking up; 0107 better with less breakup. 0108.5 stops suddenly leaving just some hum on open carrier and for the next minute or so till I quit. Wish I had a recorder handy for this possibly unique IS transmission. Another check UT Oct 26 for the circa 0100 AIR anomalies: This time I have the recorder handy in case the unknown 36-37 note IS appear again on 11985, but there is not even any signal on 11985! Could be due to disturbed propagation, except 11740 Goa is still there, altho with SAH from CCI, poor with flutter. 9910, Oct 26 at 0055, tone test 1 kHz, typical of what AIR sometimes runs on 11985 at this time, prior to starting the wrong service Sindhi at 0100 --- AND there is NO signal on 11985, so suspect tonight it`s doubly wrong. Uplooked later, 9910 is supposed to be in a sesquihour break between two Aligarh site transmissions, Tamil ending at 0045, and Pashto starting at 0215; while 11985 is listed as Khampur site for Sinhala at 0045-0115. At 0058 tone stops on 9910 and standard AIR IS starts; but other stuff to check including Chaski and pirates around hourtop. When I return to 9910 at 0106, it`s off, so somebody fixed that mistake, but still nothing audible on 11985; 11740 is still on; and 9870 VBS from Bengaluru is in as usual mixing Turkey with one more day to go of that collision. 11985, Oct 27 at 0052, AIR this time has a fair-good signal, but open carrier/dead air with some flutter, instead of scheduled Sinhala service; while 11740 via GOA is poor with flutter, CCI. Hoping for that 36-37 note IS on 11985 I heard once, but not even a tone test today, and goes off the air sometime between 0059 and 0100. There is some new ACI from 11980 China in B-13, i.e. +01-02 via Kunming. Nothing on 9910 tonight nor in B-13 schedule, altho AIR was on there last night. It seems there are NO AIR registrations yet in HFCC B-13, so we have no idea what their plans are, if any. They have been tardy or absent before. 11985, Oct 28 at 0051, the wild AIR transmitter is on and just barely modulated with algo, stronger than 11740 which has CCI and I can`t tell if they match; at 0100 I find that 11985 has gone off and 11740 is now poor with music, flutter. These are the two previously scheduled for the 0045-0115 Sinhala service via Khampur and Goa respectively (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. AIR B-2013 --- No major changes noted to All India Radio Home & External Services for B-13. Some frequencies are not heard as usual. However on 1071 kHz Rajkot 1000 kW only Urdu programs are monitored (No Sindhi at 0100-0200 & 1230-1500 UT & Baluchi 1500-1600) Please await new schedule in the following official website. http://allindiaradio.gov.in/Profile/Radio%20Network/Pages/default.aspx Yours sincerely, (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur Radio, Hyderabad, India, Mobile: +91 94416 96043, http://www.qsl.net/vu2jos Oct 29, dx_india yg via DXLD) ** INDIA. Interesting data on AIR stations is in the following link: http://allindiaradio.gov.in/Profile/Factss%20at%20Glance/Pages/default.aspx Yours sincerely, (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur Radio, Hyderabad, India, Mobile: +91 94416 96043, http://www.qsl.net/vu2jos dx_india yg via DXLD) ** INDONESIA. 9526-, Oct 25 at 1315, VOI news in English about forest fires; fair with flutter. Modulation OK, no IADs, but still calls for a lot of concentration to copy (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9525.9, Voice of Indonesia; 1351-1357+, 26-Oct; M&W in English with instrumental pop music; IS/sked spot at 1353+; announced 11785 which was covered by Chinese. SIO=3+53 till 1357+ covered by whine & IS. At 1400 station came on 9525 IDing as -- sounded like Govorit Radio Kataya -- into Russian, CRI in Russian listed (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, M.A.R.E. DXpedition, Port Hope MI, Drake R8B + 75 m. RW + TTFD, logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST) It`s Kitaya (gh, DXLD) [non]. 9526-, Oct 30 at 1339, no signal from VOI. Per http://rri.jpn.org it was also missing Oct 29, no info yet for today. At least there`s nothing on 9525 to block now at this hour. But as usual in B-season, plenty of ACI from the China radio war on 9530, caused by IBB Chinese via PHILIPPINES at 10-15 with CNR1 jamming // 9200 vs Sound of Hope (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1693, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** IRAN. 15400 // 15300, Oct 25 at 1326, Qur`an at about equally poor level from VIRI`s Urdu service, both Kamalabad. Beware, in B-13 from Oct 27, HCJB KNX Australia moves the E/SE Asian service from 15490 back to 15400 at 0955-1300; and IRIB will be gone from both 15400 and 15300 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15300, Oct 26 at 1422, VIRI IS, 1423 opening Hindi, NA, etc., poor with flutter. 13800, Oct 26 at 1425, VIRI not // 15300 but in Russian, fair. Not satisfied with being out of step with most of the world on a :30- minute timezone, official start time of broadcasts is now :23 or :53 past the hours. 13800 is Sirjan, 15300 Kamalabad. For B-13, all frequencies change to lower bands, but odd times remain the same. The so-called ``Voice of Justice`` English to North America at 0320- 0420 will be on Kamalabad 9710 and Sirjan 11770 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1693, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11720, Oct 28 at 1250, IRIB IS, poor, 1253 announcement & NA. Scheduled as Urdu at 1250-1420, via Kamalabad, also // 11675, and Sirjan 9715. [again below] 17500, Oct 29 at 1427, Qur`an on poor signal, 1430 seems Arabic talk, very poor. HFCC shows this is new for IRIB, 500 kW, 259 degrees from Kamalabad, Arabic at 1020-1620. 11720, Oct 30 at 1252, IRIB IS, 1253 NA, Qur`an, fair with flutter. It`s the Urdu sesquihour, 500 kW, 118 degrees from Kamalabad (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [and non]. 7420, IRIB, 29/10 0119 UT. Noticias en español relatadas por una mujer, acerca del índice de seguridad en los Estados Unidos con SINPO: 54343 // 6010, mezcla de audios, sobresaliendo “La voz de tu conciencia” de Colombia (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: hilo largo de 5 metros, QTH: Poblado de Barraza Bajo, Comuna de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** IRELAND. [Sunday morning church services relayed on CB]: 27661 NFM, St. Joseph´s Church Newtownshandrum, Co. Cork, 1100-1120, Oct. 27, mass, 34433. 27731 NFM, Church of Christ the King Caherdavin/Limerick, Co. Limerick (tent.), 1110-1117*, Oct 27, 34433 27755 NFM, St. Nessan´s Church Raheen, Co. Limerick, 1110-1125, Oct 27, mass, 24432. 27835 NFM, St. John the Baptist Church Castlemahon, Co. Limerick, 1110-1130, Oct 27, mass, 34433. 73, (Patrick Robic, Austria, Oct 28, WORLD OF RADIO 1693, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ISRAEL. 6885, Galei Zahal (presumed); 0131, 26-Oct; W in Hebrew with English all pop tunes. SIO=3+43 & slightly above 6885 (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, M.A.R.E. DXpedition, Port Hope MI, Drake R8B + 75 m. RW + TTFD, logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15850.004, Israel forces radio Galei Zahal. Nice S=9+5dB signal here into central Europe, observed around 0740 UT Oct 29, hefty nervous phone-in discussion in Hebrew, and very weak propagation on 42 mb too, 6885.005 kHz at 0745 UT (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 30 via DXLD) ** ITALY. 6205 26/10 19.30 R. Tango Italia - SS talk su concerto di Piazzolla in Buenos Aires (sembrava la ritrasmissione di un programma di Radio Nacional Buenos Aires!! Boh ???) buono (Roberto Pavanello, Vercelli / Italia, via Roberto Scaglione, shortwave yg via DXLD) ** JAPAN [and non]. 5985.0, Oct 25 at *1329 JSR carrier, adding het to the much weaker carrier from MYANMAR [q.v.] around 5985.78; 1330:04 sad piano theme music and Sea Breeze opening in English, as usual on Fridays. But it`s really too poor to follow further (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Shiokaze FINALLY moved off 5985 and has ended up on 5910 with good signal. Today (Oct 27) the N. Korea jamming on 5985 started very early at 1225, in anticipation of the 1330 sign on of Shilokaze, that never happened. Shiokaze's move to 5910 has long been waited for (ex-5985) and Oct 27, their first day there, of course had no jamming, so in the clear till N. Korea makes the adjustment (Ron Howard, California, Oct 27, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1693, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5910, Oct 28 at 1344, very poor signal in Japanese or Korean, interrupted by H2O ute, i.e. Shiokaze, which Ron Howard reported only yesterday finally moved off 5985 where it had been since July(?), altho the jammer was still on 5985, marring Myanmar. But today the jammer caught up with 5910. And Sei-ichi Hasegawa says the 2000-2100 transmission of Shiokaze has been replaced with 1600-1700 on 5975 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1693, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.: Hi Ron, B13 new sked of Shiokaze 1330-1430 5910 kHz 1600-1700 5975 kHz (ex 2000-2100) B13 new sked of Furusato no Kaze in Japanese 1330-1357 9950 kHz 1430-1500 9960 kHz 1600-1630 9780 kHz B13 new sked of Il bon ue baram in Korean 1300-1330 9950 kHz 1500-1530 9975 kHz 1530-1600 9965 kHz de Hiroshi (S. Hasegawa, Japan, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Thanks Sei-ichi for the complete schedule. Oct 28 found strong N. Korea jamming on 5910 at 1318, before the *1330 sign on of Shiokaze. Only took them one day to find them (Ron Howard, Oct 28, WORLD OF RADIO 1693, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5910, Oct 30 at *1330, Shiokaze signing on in Japanese after open carrier, fair signal. No North Korean jamming audible here (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1693, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** JAPAN [and non]. 9770, Oct 27 at 0529, ``Goodbye, friends`` and full new NHK English schedule which now takes less than a minute to read (omitting sites), only five transmissions left. But this is a good signal via FRANCE from 0500, and probably our best bet for NHK World Radio Japan if we care to stay up that late. But why should we? NHK doesn`t want us to listen in North America (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) NHK World - Radio Japan - B-13 winter season file 27 Oct 2013 - 29 March 2014 [AFGHANISTAN/ASCENSION ISL/BANGLADESH/BRAZIL/FRANCE/GERMANY/INDONESIA/ LITHUANIA/MADAGASCAR/PALAU/PALESTINE/RUSSIA/SINGAPORE/SOUTH AFRICA/ TAJIKISTAN/TANZANIA/UAE/U.K./USA/UZBEKISTAN] Arabic 0600-0630 NE/ME 11975iss 2100-2130 NE 87.8 MHz Ramallah in Palestine. Bengali 1300-1345 swAS 12035uzb 1500-1545 swAS 104 MHz Dhaka + 6 other cities in Bangla Desh. Burmese 1030-1100 seAS 11740sng 1430-1500 seAS 11740sng 2340-2400 seAS 13650 Chinese 0900-0930 AS 6090 1200-1230 AS 6090 1300-1330 AS/seAS 6190 1400-1430 AS 6190 1530-1600 seAS 9575 2230-2250 AS 9560 English 0500-0530 SoAF 9770iss 0500-0530 AF/EU 13640uae 1000-1030 OC/Hawaii 9625 1100-1130 EUR 9760wof, Fridays only in DRM digital mode 1200-1230 seAS 11740sng 1400-1430 AS 11695uzb 1400-1430 seAS 11925pal 1800-1830 CeAF/SoEU 11800mey French 0530-0600 WeAF 11730iss 0530-0600 CeAF 13840mdg 2030-2100 WeAF 11850mdg Hindi 0100-0130 swAS 11590uzb 1430-1515 swAS 15720mdg Indonesian 1115-1200 seAS 9625pal 1315-1400 seAS 11925pal 1406-1451 INS 89.2 MHz Jakarta, + 35 other cities in Indonesia. 2130-2200 seAS 6075 Japanese 0200-0400 Ce/SoAM 5960iss 0200-0400 ME/NE/NoAF 9620nau 0200-0500 AS 15195 0200-0500 SoWeAS 15590 0200-0500 seAS 17810 0700-0800 FE Russia 11710 0800-0900 seAS 17585 0800-1000 Ce-SoAM 12015asc 0800-1000 We/CeAF 15290iss 0800-1700 AS 9750 0900-1500 seAS 11815 1500-1700 AF/swAS/SoAS 12045sng 1700-1800 Ce-SoAM 9835asc 1700-1900 EU/SoAF 11945iss 1700-1900 AF/NE/ME 15445nau 1900-2100 NE/ME/NoAF 9670 1900-2100 NE/ME/NoAF 15130iss 2000-2100 OC 9625 2100-2300 AS 11665 2100-2400 AS/CeAS/ME 11910 Korean 0915-0945 EaAS 9700 1130-1200 EaAS 6090 1230-1300 EaAS 6190 1330-1400 EaAS 6190 1430-1500 EaAS 6190 2209-2230 EaAS 9560 Persian 0400-0430 NE/ME 11730uzb 1430-1500 NE/ME 13725iss 88.0 MHz Kabul and Herat, Afghanistan. 1630-1700 NE/ME MW927tjk Portuguese 0900-0930 SoAM 6195usa 2030-2100 SoAM MW1370sao 94.1 MHz Brasilia 2130-2200 SoAM 17540usa [WHRI] Russian 0330-0400 EU MW738msk MW1386sit 0430-0500 EU 5910sit 0530-0600 EaAS 11710 1100-1130 EaAS 6090 1130-1200 EU 9760wof, Fris only in DRM mode. 1600-1630 EU/ME MW738msk MW927tjk 1730-1800 EU MW1386sit Spanish 0400-0430 SoAM 5910iss 6195usa 0930-1000 Ce-SoAM 6195usa [WHRI] Swahili 0315-0400 EaAF 7395mdg 1729-1800 EaAF 13730mdg 1730-1800 EaAF Dar es Salaam 94.6 MHz + 22 other cities in Tanzania Thai 1130-1200 seAS 11740sng 1230-1300 seAs 11740sng 2259-2320 seAS 13650 Urdu 1515-1600 swAS 13870uae 1700-1745 swAS MW927tjk Vietnamese 1100-1130 seAS 11740sng 1300-1330 seAS 11740sng 2320-2340 seAS 13650 Relays: asc Ascension Island iss Issoudun, France mdg Madagascar mey Meyerton AFS msk Moscow, Russia nau Nauen, Germany pal Palau, Pacific {HBN site} sao Sao Paulo, Brazil sit Sitkunai, Lithuania sng Kranji, Singapore tjk Dushanbe, Tajikistan uae Al Dhabbaya, UAE usa Furman, SC-USA {HRI site} uzb Tashkent, Uzbekistan wof Woofferton UK URL: http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/radio/shortwave/frequencies.pdf (NHK Radio Japan, via Andreas Volk-D ADDX Club Munich Germany, updated and transformed by wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 23 via DXLD) ** KOREA NORTH. 4000, Oct 24 at 1255, strong signal with very distorted Korean talk, 1256 horn music; 1300, 3+1 accurate timesignal with finale higher-pitched and prolonged, like NHK. In pause before it, a dull roar, but not exactly a jamming sound. Continuous Korean talk continues after 1300 so I search for a // between 3 and 7 MHz, and none of the Koreans/clandestines match, including 3480, 3985, 4450, 4557, 6012, 6250, 6348, 6400, 6600. Finally at 9665 I do get a match at 1311 just as they are both starting martial choral music! So it`s KCBS Pyongyang, Kanggye site on 9665. The closest Kanggye site to 4000 listed in Aoki is 3959 – with same service, so maybe that one off-frequency, unheard there. If the sites don`t have to match, KCBS is also listed from other low-power sites on 3976, 3980 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1693, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4000, Oct 25 at 1154, no distorted Pyongyang signal here, unlike yesterday; so LSB ham a few kHz below was in the clear for his Bible lesson (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) KCBS 3959 or 3976 being off frequency? (Anker Petersen, ed., DSWCI DX Window Oct 30 via DXLD) Like I suggested (gh) I can hear KCBS on 3959, but not on 3976. Instead I hear it now on 4005, so it must be Wonsan (Mauno Ritola, Finland, Oct 27, ibid.) ** KOREA NORTH. B13 schedule of the VOICE OF KOREA, Pyongyang Hello! On Sunday, 27 October 2013, 0300 UT, VOICE OF KOREA, the official external broadcasting service of the DPR Korea (North) from Pyongyang, introduced the B13 Winter schedule. I have monitored additional changes to my previously published schedules so please find attached the amended schedules. I have compiled the Word-documents according to the station's announcements and highlighted the changes in red. The most outstanding change is that PYONGYANG PANGSONG (Pyongyang Broadcasting Station - PBS) is no longer available via VOICE OF KOREA's shortwave transmitters since the station has started its own website http://www.gnu.rep.kp Another change is that on 3250 kHz only PYONGYANG PANGSONG and the Japanese broadcasts of VOICE OF KOREA are on the air. No other foreign language programmes can be heard anymore [WORLD OF RADIO 1693] VOICE OF KOREA are anxious to get reception reports and letters from their listeners. Please send them to VOICE OF KOREA PYONGYANG DPR KOREA (NORTH) eMail: VOK@star-co.net.kp Internet: http://www.vok.rep.kp/CBC/english.php Enjoy listening! '73s, (Arnulf Piontek, Berlin, Oct 27, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.: B-13 Transmission Schedule of the Voice of Korea, Pyongyang, DPR Korea valid from Sunday, 27 October Juche 102 (2013), 0300 UT last modified: 27 October Juche 102 (2013), Version: 2 Arabic 1500 9890 11645 Near & Middle East, North Africa 1700 9890 11645 Near & Middle East, North Africa Chinese 0300 13650 15105 Southeast Asia 0500 7220 9445 9730 Northeast China 0600 13650 15105 Southeast Asia 0800 7220 9445 Northeast China 1100 7220 9445 China 1300 6185 9850 Southeast Asia 2100 7235 9445 Northeast China 2100 9875 11635 China 2200 7235 9445 Northeast China 2200 9875 11635 China German 1600 6170 9425 Europe 1800 6170 9425 Europe 1900 6170 9425 Europe English 0400 7220 9445 9730 Northeast Asia 0400 11735 13760 15180 Central & South America 0500 13650 15105 Southeast Asia 0600 7220 9445 9730 Northeast Asia 1000 6170 9435 Central & South America 1000 6185 9850 Southeast Asia 1300 7570 12015 Western Europe 1300 9435 11710 North America 1500 7570 12015 Western Europe 1500 9435 11710 North America 1600 9890 11645 Near & Middle East, North Africa 1800 7570 12015 Western Europe 1900 7210 11910 Southern Africa 1900 9875 11635 Near & Middle East, North Africa 2100 7570 12015 Western Europe French 0400 13650 15105 Southeast Asia 0600 11735 13760 15180 Central & South America 1100 6170 9435 Central & South America 1100 6185 9850 Southeast Asia 1400 7570 12015 Western Europe 1400 9435 11710 North America 1600 7570 12015 Western Europe 1600 9435 11710 North America 1800 7210 11910 Southern Africa 1800 9875 11635 Near & Middle East, North Africa 2000 7570 12015 Western Europe Japanese 0700 621 3250 7580 9650 Japan 0800 621 3250 7580 9650 Japan 0900 621 3250 6070 7580 9650 Japan 1000 621 3250 6070 7580 9650 Japan 1100 621 3250 6070 7580 9650 Japan 1200 621 3250 6070 7580 9650 Japan 2100 621 3250 7580 9650 Japan 2200 621 3250 7580 9650 Japan 2300 621 3250 7580 9650 Japan Korean 0300 (PBS)* *7220 *9445 *9730 Northeast China* 0700 (PBS)* *7220 *9445 Northeast China* 0900 (KCBS) 7220 9445 Northeast China 0900 (PBS)* *13760 *15245 Europe* 0900 (PBS)* *9875 *11735 Far Eastern Russia* 1000 (PBS)* *7220 *9445 Northeast China* 1200 (KCBS) 6170 9435 Central & South America 1200 (KCBS) 6185 9850 Southeast Asia 1200 (PBS)* *7220 *9445 Northeast China* 1300 (PBS)* *6170 *9425 Europe* 1400 (KCBS) 6185 9850 Southeast Asia 1700 (KCBS) 7570 12015 Western Europe 1700 (KCBS) 9435 11710 North America 2000 (KCBS) 7210 11910 Southern Africa 2000 (KCBS) 6170 9425 Europe 2000 (KCBS) 9875 11635 Near & Middle East, North Africa 2300 (KCBS) 7235 9445 Northeast China 2300 (KCBS) 7570 12015 Western Europe 2300 (KCBS) 9875 11635 China Russian 0700 13760 15245 Europe 0700 9875 11735 Far Eastern Russia 0800 13760 15245 Europe 0800 9875 11735 Far Eastern Russia 1400 6170 9425 Europe 1500 6170 9425 Europe 1700 6170 9425 Europe Spanish 0300 11735 13760 15180 Central & South America 0500 11735 13760 15180 Central & South America 1900 7570 12015 Western Europe 2200 7570 12015 Western Europe All times in UT, all frequencies in kHz, subject to change at short notice. Programmes last 47 to 57 minutes. Data based on announcements and schedules of the Voice of Korea and own monitoring. Changes to the same broadcasting period last year are highlighted in red [originally] KCBS = Korean Central Broadcasting Station (Choson Jungang Pangsong) PBS* = Pyongyang Broadcasting Station (Pyongyang Pangsong) inactive Compiled by Arnulf Piontek, Berlin, Germany. Please feel free to publish this schedule by mentioning the source: (Arnulf Piontek, Berlin, Germany, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA SOUTH. 4925, MND Radio on Oct 29: 1155: N. Korea jamming suddenly off, leaving OM with monologue in Korean with fair reception. 1157-1201: song "Our Wish." No break between segments! 1201-1205: pop song "Gangnam Stlye." 1205-1253: YL with monologue in Korean. 1253-1257*: song "For Love" and off. Audio at https://app.box.com/s/r1l7lgd9r8fk4azhsjle (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Thanks so much to Sei-ichi for the correction of the first musical selection that I listed. Appreciate the corrected information! Ron "Dear Ron, The song from 1157 is "Flower of Thorns" not "Our Wish.". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cy_KgztOEPk I monitor MND Radio today. 0356-0450 5150, 6360 kHz 0452-0550 5150, 6360 0552-0654 5150, 6360 0655-0730 5150, 6360 S. Hasegawa" (Via Ron Howard, dxldyg via DXLD) Then it vanished From Chris Kadlec (Korea): "I don't do shortwave as FM is my thing, but MND is my local station, boosting its power quite a bit in August, and broadcasts from Chuncheon. The Ministry of National Defense operates plenty such stations, almost all of which are my locals or rather nearby me. The MND either operates them (the FM stations) or supports them (if they didn't, they would be gone obviously), including Jayu FM and Jayuui Sori, which piggyback the Pyongyang FM and Echoes of Unification (both North Korean) frequencies along the border, especially from Haeju. Both networks broadcast propaganda of varying degrees aimed at listeners in the north. 97.7 Jayu FM in Paju, just to my north, is carefully positioned beside 97.75, North Korea's new propaganda network (formerly Pyongyang FM before last year's programming switch in which they even try to speak with a more South Korean accent and use words they use here as opposed to in the north, absolutely targeting listeners here). Both Jayu (94.5, 97.7, and 100.6, the latter being a frequency we don't even use in this country!) and Jayuui Sori (101.7, 103.1, 107.3) have staggered on-air hours as well as the Seoul FM jammers (92.5, 97.8, 103.7; 97.8 being a tad close to Jayu on 97.7 too). Jayu FM plays news, music, and ads as well. Finding the exact location of these frequencies has been a bitch, although I finally nabbed 97.7 on Sunday after 4 years of wondering. A friend brought a shortwave radio here from the US and all North Korean stations are wide open here - no jamming at all by the south." Thanks to Chris for this additional information! (Ron Howard, CA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA SOUTH [non]. [Re 13-43] [later on Oct 25] Die SF - Sunspot Cycle number - war die letzten Abende besser, heute ist auch das AM Signal 5880 um etwa 10 dB schwaecher. Ich sehe einige verschleierte "Foenwoelkchen" bei 5865.6 bis 5874.2 kHz, aber keinen strammen DRM Daten-BLock. Das kann schon zu keiner Decodierung fuehren, weil das AM Signal weit hinunter bis 5870.6 kHz HINEIN SPRATZELT! 5870-DRM mode, only light fluffy cloud signal on SDR browser. This can not work. On 5865.6 to 5874.2 kHz range, but no solid tight DRM data block visible. Can thus lead to no DRM decoding, because the AM signal covers range far down to 5870.6 kHz! (Wolfgang Büschel, Oct 24/25, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 30 via DXLD) ** KURDISTAN [non]. MOLDOVA, 11600.0, Denge Kurdistan. Ludo scheint sein brokered "Denge Kurdistan" Programm zuletzt von der langjaehrig genutzten 11510 auf 11600 kHz in B-13 Saison hinweg registriert zu haben. Kann sein, dass um 1600 UT ein Wechsel hinunter ins 40 mb auf 7390 kHz 1600-2000 UT 39,40 KCH 300kW 116degr Kurdish MDA BRB stattfindet? Re: 11600.0 UNID like Turkish lang family singer, (Turk folks lang), rather Afghan / Iran target ... S=9+30 dB powerhouse at 0708 UT Oct 29. Denge Kurdistan in Kurdish to ME, nothing on 11510 kHz anymore, late change of 11510 Grigoriopol Maiac, Moldova broadcast to 11600 kHz instead, S=9+25 ... +30dB at 0720 UT Oct 29. 11600 kHz 0400-2000 UT Denge Kurdistan to zones 39,40 KCH=Kichinev soviet call fake, 300 kW at 116 degrees, Kurdish MDA BRB BRB (Wolfgang Büschel, Oct 29, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 30 via WORLD OF RADIO 1693, DXLD) Then back to 11510 after a few days on 11600 (gh) 11600, Oct 30 at 1343, good signal with flutter during phone-in, the caller harder to hear, presumed Kurdish, as Wolfgang Büschel reports that Denge Mespotamiya has suddenly shifted here from 11510, where nothing is heard any more. I also had something very weak around 0515 on 11600. The new BRB B-13 schedule still had this on 11510 at 04-20, presumably via PRIDNESTROVYE if not partly Bulgaria. I bet one listener complained, ``my radio doesn`t tune down that low``. Unfortunately, per HFCC B-13 Oct 30, several other stations are already on 11600 during that long span including at this hour, IRIB in Japanese, 500 kW, 60 degrees from Kamalabad at 1320-1420! Not a good move for VOM (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1693, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KUWAIT [and non]. 21540, Oct 30 at 1350, no signal here, just Spain which usurped the frequency Oct 27. At first I suspect Kuwait has moved to 21505 to mix with messy Saudi Arabia, but then find strong Qur`an on 21580 at 1401. Since Kuwait has allowed collisions to go on for months before, it`s hard to imagine them responding to this one in only three days, so 21580 could be a fluke now, as it`s on the MOI schedule earlier at 10-12 UT for the Filipino service (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1693, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** LAOS. 6130, Lao National Radio, Vientiane, 1401, Oct 28. Another benefit of B-13 is the absence now of the CNR1 jamming on 6135, giving a better chance for reception of LNR. Start of their segment in English; still with QRM from CNR1 on 6125, but USB reception helps with that (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** LAOS [non]. CLANDESTINE, 7530, Suab Xaa Moo Zoo via Taiwan, Oct 27 *2230-2243, 35333-35433, Hmong, 2230 sign on with opening music, Opening announce, Music. 11570, Suab Xaa Moo Zoo via Taiwan. Oct 28 *1131-1143. 35443 Hmong, 1131 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) ** LITHUANIA. Winter timetable radio station Sitkunai: MW 612 kHz, 75 kW: 0400-0500 Radio Liberty, Byelorussian 1800-2100 Radio Liberty, Byelorussian 1386 kHz, 75 kW 0330-0400 R. Japan, Russian language 1730-1800 R. Japan, Russian language 1900-2000 Polish Radio, Polish language 2000-2100 Polish Radio, Byelorussian SW 0430-0500 5910 kHz, 100 kW, dipole R. Japan, Russian language 1000-1100 9690 kHz, 100 kW, 79 degrees. R. Free Asia, the Tibetan 2300-2400 9875 kHz, 100 kW, 79 degrees. R. Free Asia, the Tibetan Dipole type of VGD: height suspension points 17 meters from the transmitter, Continental Electronics 418F (100 kW) operating in the band 3.9 - 7.3 MHz. Antennas attached to the towers SGD, physical orientation of 349/169 degrees, emission maxima 259/79 degrees. Dipole was performed during 5 years ago a solar minimum for the broadcast of the program "Radio Ratsiya" on Belarus in the range of 75 meters. (information from Rimantas Pleykisa, coordinator of the "Baltic Radio Waves ", Vilnius) (Dmitry Mezin, Kazan, Russia / "open_dx") via RusDX via WORLD OF RADIO 1693, DXLD) ** MACEDONIA. Macedonian Radio's main domestic service, Radio Skopje, has been observed airing news bulletins in English after some of their hourly newscasts in Macedonian. These were noted at 0703, 1203 and 1505 UT on 24 October, and varied in duration between 2 to 5 minutes. The service identifies in English as "Macedonian National Radio". Radio Skopje is broadcast on several FM frequencies and a high-powered (1200 kW) mediumwave transmitter on 810 kHz - this MW channel opts out to carry their external service Radio Macedonia in various Balkan languages during the evening and early morning hours. The service is also available on a live audio stream via the http://radiomk.com web portal (David Kernick, Interval Signals Online, Oct 24, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1693, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Probably one UT hour later now (gh, ibid.) ** MADAGASCAR. 6135, R. Madagasikara - Ambohidrano. Noted here on very late at 2010 UT on Oct 25 with wonderful East African pops and dance music, making for some most enjoyable listening! Occasional short announcements noted in Malagasy, clear ID for Radio Madagasikara at 2029. Still going strong at 2055, but with interference from R. Free Asia on 6140 kHz. Final s/off was at 2100. Believed to be on late because of the important presidential elections held there today, Oct 25. These are the first elections since the 2009 coup d'état by the former mayor (Rob VK3BVW Wagner, Australia, SW Bulletin Oct 27 via DXLD) Read the full story at http://medxr.blogspot.com.au/2013/10/rare-radio-madagasikara-on-late.html /TN (Thomas Nilsson, ed., ibid.) ** MALAYSIA. 7295, Traxx FM; 2241-2255+, 25-Oct; English pop oldies such as Tom Jones' Delilah & Platter's Only You; RTM spot at 2245. Need to use USB/LSB depending on ham QRM; briefly covered by ham asking for contacts -- none came. Tough copy by 2255 (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, M.A.R.E. DXpedition, Port Hope MI, Drake R8B + 75 m. RW + TTFD, logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5964.7, Oct 28 at 1310, het closest to D4 above middle C on my keyboard, 294 Hz, is the only sign of RTM`s Klasik Nasional program, as it beats against stronger Korean from CRI Xi`an, now scheduled 11- 15 UT, plus more from CRI spanning 09-16. On Oct 22, Wolfgang Büschel measured KN on 5964.704, which is only 2 Hz from my indirect method (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [and non]. Bad news for B-13: Both of Malaysia's Traxx FM (7295) and Klasik Nasional (5964.97) both covered during most of the time period that I listen [by CHINA?]. So a mixed bag! (Ron Howard, California, Oct 27, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MARION ISLAND. Carson, ZS8C (ZR6CWI), posted the following on QRZ.com on October 22nd: "I have managed to move my radio into my office, making ham activities much simpler (I used to have it installed in our emergency base which can get a bit cold!). Recently I have started becoming more active on the air, and I am hoping to make a lot more contacts in the coming weeks and months. My preferred method of making contacts is to arrange a 'private` sked between a couple of HAMs. Please note that my signal is a bit weak due to my set-up, so you might have to listen very closely. Due to island rules, I cannot upgrade my antenna, so I am stuck with what I've got. If you would like to arrange a sked, please pop me an E-mail . I look forward to meeting as many hams as I can. Thank you to everyone who has made contact with me. It is always exciting meeting different people from around the world, which is one of the things I enjoy the most!" QSL via info on QRZ.com. PLEASE NOTE: Carson has a new mailing address: Carson McAfee, PO Box 1585, Allens Nek, 1737, Roodepoort, Johannesburg, S. Africa. (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1134, October 28, 2013, Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW, Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio), via Dave Raycroft, ODXA yg via DXLD) ** MEXICO. 610, XEBX, La Primera, Sabinas, Coahuila. 1118-1131 October 23, 2013. Pointing central/south-ish Mexico, nonstop schmaltzy Mexican band (tuba-intensive) instrumental covers of goofy old songs such as "Man On the Flying Trapeze" until blocked by local 620 WDAE's iBOC at 1131. October 24: Mexi-tunes vocals and instrumentals from 1103 tune-in, 1117 male and female chatter, bad local noise. Finally, October 25, tune in 1120 to Mexi-tunes, then male “La Primera” slogan and again at 1129 just before iBOC wiped out. So, XEBX, Sabinas, Coahuila (Terry Kreuger, Clearwater FL, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 690, Oct 24 at 0531 UT, ID by SHVA mentions Zacatecas, so must be per Cantú: 690 XEMA La Mejor + FM 107.1 Fresnillo, Zac. 50,000 2,000 A state seldom heard here. With SAH from KGGF KS open carrier amid other QRM (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO [and non]. 700, Oct 27 at 1208 UT, English preacher about Corinth, presumably WLW, with hum in the background, presumably supplied by XEGD Parral, Chihuahua as usual (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO [and non]. 720, Oct 27 at 1211 UT strong open carrier vs WGN with a SAH, probably XEJCC Juárez (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 800, Oct 25 at 1209 UT, ``CaLibre 800`` is the name of the newscast on Radio Cañón, XEROK, Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua. Opening crime headlines punxuated by dramatic music. Refers to XEROK being on a (once) clear channel, canal libre. Still dominant with virtually zero-beat KQCV OKC nulled, close to 90 degrees away. No scratchy QRM noted from Pato Donaldo, XEDD Montemorelos NL until 1225 check (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1693, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 810, Oct 28 at 1208 UT, Spanish news from N/S, 6:08 TC, ad and deportes; no sign of WHB. Presumably XEFW in Tampico, already back on CST, rather than XERI Reynosa in the same direxion, which must still be stuck another week on US CDT. I`ve always found it strange that Tamaulipas should have two 810 stations, especially when one of them is 50 kW along the coast. NRC Pattern Book shows both non- direxional. Then there are lots of other XEs on 810 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 820, Oct 30 at 1239 UT, ballad, then 6:39 TC, ``Radio --- algo--- Occidente`` ID as 89.3 FM. No problem from WBAP which was in a fade, then back up but still nullable. That nails it as per Cantú: 820 XEUDO Radio UdeO (Univ de Occidente) + FM 89.3 Los Mochis, Sin. 1,000 250 Except, Sinaloa should now be on MST = UT -7, i.e. 5:39 am, per http://www.worldtimezone.com/time-mexico12.php Maybe automation had not been reset? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 870, Oct 25 at 1217 UT, XETAR with greeting in Spanish from someone upon the station`s 31st anniversary festival, presumably today in 1982y. During the 1218 minute, two timechex as 6:17. Live YL announcer, like me, has some hum on her mike, goes away with music. Come on: odd-year anniversaries, especially prime numbers, are hardly significant, but in much of LA, every single anniversary is celebrated, rather than multiples of 5s, 10s or 25s. La Voz de la Sierra Tarahumara, Guachochi, Chihuahua (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 900, Oct 28 at 1214 UT, newscast originating remotely from ``Huatulco``, (Wiki: Huatulco, centered on the town of La Crucecita, is a tourist development in Oaxaca state``), temps around south / central Mexico but not the north, refers to 88.9, time at 1215 as ``seis y cuarto``; federal PSAs including CNDH. Somewhat overmodulated. 1217 CCI grows from another SS with news by YL. The latter could really be XEW, but the former, as in DXLD 13-38, already researched and traced the 88.9 relayer to XEOK, Acir in Monterrey NL (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. unID off-frequency, 940.173 --- Can anyone tell me who's off frequency on 940. I'm hearing a loud het, measuring about 940.173 kHz. Ideas? All this at 03:30 UT (Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, UT Oct 27, IRCA via DXLD) Walt, The station on 940 has been off frequency for several years. Not sure who it is but I think that it is in Mexico (Bill Block, Prescott Valley, AZ, ibid.) Walt, XEMMM in Mexicali. Discussed this recently in my logs. Always hear the het in the morning here. Getting definite ID is tough, but DF fits and there have been previous logs of it. See MW offsets list: 940 940.174 MEX XEMMM-AM 940 Oldies (Mexicali/Santa Isabel) [939.9839-] 20100406 73, (Glenn Hauser, OK, ibid.) Walt - XEQ has been low (about 940 939.874) for years and years but aside from that, I don't know anyone else off frequency (Chuck [Hutton?], IRCA via DXLD) My observation in Southern California is that XEMMM has been high in frequency for at least three years. When I can null KFIG or it takes a fade I can occasionally make out the programming, which I have been able to match to its webstream (WB6 somebody, ibid.) I should get the latest IRCA Mexican log. I assume XEMMM moved to 940 from 800? ms (Mike Sanburn, ibid.) XEMMM has been on 940 for as long as I can remember. It is Tijuana (Now XESPN) that is on 800. Conditions were OK to So Cal area last evening and I have a carrier on 940.17 as well, but no audio. I'll go back over a few recording I have from when cx were superb to So Cal and see if I can drag up any audio. I've had Mexicali on 820 and 990 here a few times over the years. Of course this is not to be confused with XEQ which has been on the low side of 940 for years. 73 KAZ Barrington IL (Neil Kazaross, Oct 27, IRCA via DXLD) Agreed. I have XEQ logged on last Oct. 5th at -120 Hz (Sylvain Naud, Quebec, ibid.) Agreed. XEQ has been slightly low for a long time, and the whistle is there right now (Jim Renfrew, Holley NY, ibid.) Thanks to all who responded. I was hoping that it could have been Colombia, as noted in last year's PEI DXpedition. 73, (Walt Salmaniw, ibid.) ** MEXICO. 970, Oct 27 at 1225 UT, XEJ Juárez slogans as ``La estación de nuestro México``, then ``La Jota mexicana``, and a corrida about a Chihuahua general in 1920; good usually dominant signal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 1030, Oct 24 at 1240 UT, several news items about Chihuahua city, with sounders between them, heavy CCI; Then promos ``alta definición`` on 103.3 FM coordinated with 1430 AM, and four different Fórmula HD channels (wouldn`t that require a second FM transmitter? I may have missed the other one). There is no 1430 anywhere in Chihuahua state, nor a 103.3. That obviously refers to the Fórmula flagship in México DF, where HD is widely transmitted (no 1430 there either). This one is not in Chihuahua city either but per Cantú: 1030 XEYC Radio Fórmula Cd. Juárez, Chih. 5,000 500 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 1300, Oct 27 at 1235 UT, XEP Juárez with international bridge backup delay times --- one only 5 minutes now. This is a staple of XEP, during drive time, or all the time? At 1237 reminds us the local time is still ``6:35``, not 5:35 as Mexico beyond the border cities has reverted to standard time today: hora normal no aplica en la frontera for another week, in deference to wacky US change date and all the Mexicans who travail across the border (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 2910, Oct 27 at 1140, very poor signal with music, no doubt XEVT Villahermosa, Tabasco, 970 x 3. It takes superb conditions with low noise level for anything from this to be more readable (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO [and non]. 6010, Oct 25 0300, tentative R Mil but always too weak to get any usable audio. Gone at next check at 0326. On Oct 27, R Habana Cuba was still there at 0304 but had signed off at next check 0326 and no sign of any R Mil (Thomas Nilsson, Sweden, SW Bulletin Oct 27 via DXLD) ?? RHC is not supposed to be on 6010 at all now; see also COLOMBIA ** MEXICO. 6185, Oct 29 at 0547 classical guitar, fair signal from XEPPM, sufficient modulation but ACI from 6180 Brasil. Now that DF is off DST, R. Educación stays on a real hour later until 0600v* (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1693, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MYANMAR. 7200.05, Myanmar Radio, 1255*, Oct 24, suddenly off (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MYANMAR. 5985.78, Oct 25 at 1327, very poor carrier, no doubt Yangon, as JSR [see JAPAN] comes on at 1329, making het, on my keyboard it`s closest to G5 which is 784 Hz. Consider the 8-digit approximate (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Myanmar Radio. Oct 29 with quick check at 1229 to hear usual chimes, followed by bell ringing, but very unusual to hear this via BOTH transmitters at the same time - 5985.00 and 5985.8v. The newer 5985.00 tx doing much better than the old off frequency one. Has been a long time since this has happened (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1693, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NEW ZEALAND. B-13 Radio New Zealand International from October 27: 0459-0650 11725 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg All Pacific AM 0459-0650 13730 RAN 025 kW / 035 deg All Pacific DRM 0651-0758 11725 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg Tonga AM 0651-0758 11675 RAN 025 kW / 035 deg Tonga DRM 0759-1058 9765 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg All Pacific AM 0759-1158 9870 RAN 025 kW / 035 deg All Pacific DRM 1059-1258 15720 RAN 100 kW / 325 deg NW Pacific, PNG, Timor AM 1259-1550 5950 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg All Pacific AM 1551-1650 9765 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg Cook Isl, Samoa, Niue, Tonga AM 1551-1650 7285 RAN 025 kW / 035 deg Cook Isl, Samoa, Niue, Tonga DRM 1651-1750 9765 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg Cook Isl, Samoa, Niue, Tonga AM 1651-1750 9630 RAN 025 kW / 035 deg Cook Isl, Samoa, Niue, Tonga DRM 1751-1850 9765 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg Cook Isl, Samoa, Niue, Tonga AM 1751-1850 11675 RAN 025 kW / 035 deg Cook Isl, Samoa, Niue, Tonga DRM 1851-2050 11725 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg Cook Isl, Samoa, Niue, Tonga AM 1851-2050 15720 RAN 025 kW / 035 deg Cook Isl, Samoa, Niue, Tonga DRM 2051-2150 11725 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg Solomon Islands, Niue, Tonga AM 2051-2150 17675 RAN 025 kW / 035 deg Solomon Islands, Niue, Tonga DRM 2151-0458 15720 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg All Pacific AM 2151-0458 17675 RAN 025 kW / 035 deg All Pacific DRM 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, DX Re Mix News via DXLD) 5950, Oct 27 at *1258:50 with Bell Bird IS, RNZI`s first day on B- season channel, ex-6170 in A-seasons, 1300 news. Initially good signal, but would be a lot better for us lasting longer if they would only use 7 or 9 MHz on the Pacific antenna (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Radio New Zealand International's B13 schedule is available at http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/listen Regards & 73's (John Hoadd, Oct 25, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) Viz.: RNZI B13 --- 27 OCT 2013 - 29 MAR 2014 UTC KHZ TARGET 0459-0650 11725 AM 13730 DRM Pacific 0651-0758 11725 AM 11675 DRM Tonga 0759-1058 9765 AM 9870 DRM Pacific 1059-1158 15720 AM 9870 DRM NW Pacific, PNG, Timor 1159-1258 15720 AM NW Pacific, PNG , Timor 1300-1550 5950 AM Pacific 1551-1750 9765 AM 9630 DRM Cook Islands, Samoa, Niue, Tonga 1751-1850 9765 AM 11675 DRM Cook Islands, Samoa, Niue, Tonga 1851-2050 11725 AM 15720 DRM Cook Islands, Samoa, Niue, Tonga 2051-2150 11725 AM 17675 DRM Solomon Islands 2151-0458 15720 AM 17675 DRM Pacific Bougainville/Papua New Guinea and Timor Transmission 1100-1300 UT From 1100 to 1300 UTC our programme is directed to the North Western Pacific and Asia. Internet --- World Radio Network The WRN programme is distributed via direct-to-home satellites, cable systems, FM and AM rebroadcasts and the Internet. Korero Pacifica - Recorded in RNZI's Wellington studios, this 15 minute programme includes a news bulletin covering the Pacific region including Fiji, Tonga, the Cook Islands, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Samoa and New Zealand, followed by a short current affairs feature. In New Zealand, WRN is available on cable in some northern parts of the North Island. Our WRN programme is available from the WRN Sound Store as a RealAudio file. WRN North America (English) Korero Pacifica — Tue-Fri 1700, Tue–Sat 0545 Dateline Pacific — Mon 0230, 1700, Sat 1500, Sun 0230 WRN Asia Pacific Korero Pacifica — Mon–Fri 1700, Mon-Fri 2345 Dateline Pacific — Mon 0300, Sat 1730, Sun 2300 WRN Europe (English) Korero Pacifica — Mon–Fri 1700 Dateline Pacific — Daily 0400 WRN Africa (English) Korero Pacifica — Tue 1700, 2345 Dateline Pacific — Mon 0300 Rebroadcasters The following Pacific stations rebroadcast RNZI News Bulletins and other features. Cook Islands, Raratonga, Cook Islands Broadcasting AM 630 kHz - The Sounds of Paradise, Matarki FM 96.7, 91.9, 99.9 Northern Cooks - Aitutaki - Araura 88 FM, Kiribati, Radio Kiribati, Niue, Radio Sunshine FM 91.0, FM 102.0, Samoa Radio 2AP AM 540, Magik FM 98.1 FM, Talofa FM 96.1 FM 99.9, K-Lite FM 101.1, American Samoa KSBS FM KULA 95.1 - American Samoa Public Radio, Tonga , Nuku'alofa, Radio Tonga - the Voice of the Friendly Islands, AM 1017 kHz, FM 97.2 & 101.7, BroadCom FM 88.1, Vava'u, Vava'u Kool 90, Vanuatu,Radio Vanuatu, Capital FM 107, Tudei FM Solomon Islands, Solomon Islands Broadcasting, Norfolk Island, Norfolk Island Broadcasting, Stations in Fiji, Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia and Australia also make use of our material. If you rebroadcast part of our programme, and you are not listed here, please let us know so that we can include you (via Jaisakthivel, ADXC, Tirunelveli, India, Oct 29, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1693, DXLD] ** NICARAGUA. 8989/USB, Pescador Preacher; 2257, 25-Oct; Spanish huxter; mentioned Nicaragua. Poor & briefly covered by Spanish intruder (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, M.A.R.E. DXpedition, Port Hope MI, Drake R8B + 75 m. RW + TTFD, logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NIGERIA. 9690, Voice of Nigeria – Abuja, 2021-2103, Oct 26. Man announcer with long talk in listed Hausa language. ID at 2030 followed by local instrumental music. The news read by a man followed. A discussion program followed with drum music to introduce and end the feature. No formal closedown, just dead air at 2100 followed by the carrier being terminated at 2103. Fair (Rich D'Angelo, 2216 Burkey Drive, Wyomissing PA 19610, Ten-Tec RX-340, Drake R-8B, Eton E1, Eton E5, Alpha Delta DX Sloper, RF Systems Mini-Windom, Datong FL3, JPS ANC-4, NASWA Flashsheet Oct 27 via DXLD) 15120, V. of Nigeria, Oct 28 0720-0730, 35433, French, Talk and afro pops, 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) ** NORTH AMERICA. 7295, PIRATE? Empire Radio, 0219–0225, 10/22/13, in English. Indistinct woman talking, unremarkable instrumental music, about 2 minutes of dead air, “Empire Radio. Empire Radio broadcasts on 7295 kilohertz.” Off. I could not find anyone else reporting this on the pirate forums or chat. Listened at the same time on 10/23/13 and heard the end of VoIRI. Poor (Mark Taylor, Madison, Wisconsin, Perseus, WinRadio g313e, Eton e1, Grundig G5, Tecsun PL 660; EWE, Flextenna, NASWA Flashsheet Oct 27 via DXLD) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6935-AM, Oct 24 at 0055, very poor signal conveying music with a heavy beat; only pirate on the band now. 0104 recheck it`s much better at poor-fair level, still heavy beat; 0106 announcement says ``check us out online at liquidradioonline.com`` and more music. Later, I do, and find that forwards to unrestricted https://www.facebook.com/LiquidRadio including these items: Oct 4: ``To shortwave DXers whom have heard our international signal: Contrary to claims by certain individuls, yes the signal you were hearing is only 10 watts carrier power and around 40 watts peak. Those who claim 10 watts can not be heard, are the ones not doing it right.`` Oct 12: ``Work on the broadcast antenna has been completed, and it's perfectly matched! (1:1 VSWR) We're in the process of finishing up work on the masting, and hope to be back at full power sometime this month. Until then we're still on at low power.`` Oct 14: ``So this is the state of Liquid Radio at the moment. As many of you know, the website URL leads to this page, as site hosting was becoming too expensive. This of course makes the link for our Saturday night simulcasts hard to find. This is only temporary, as there is a search going on for a cheaper space provider. The FM signal is still in the process of improvement. The antenna and masting work are complete, but there is still improvements to be done with the transmitter. Unfortunately doing the job right, takes time. Eventually there will be a website and the FM signal will be functioning at full power again.`` Mentioned elsewhere several times is 97.7 as the FM frequency --- that should make Liquid`s location pretty obvious to anyone who can hear it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6930-AM, Oct 26 at 0051, very poor signal with music; also music past 0100 when it`s a little better, but then overshadowed by 6925-USB pirate. This thread http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,13414.0.html identifies the 6930 as Boom Box Radio (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6925-USB, Oct 26 at 0101 must have just come on as splashing upon weaker AM station on 6930 (Boom Box Radio); announcement by robo-fem, couldn`t copy for sure and right now the DX- 398 battery of 4 x AA cells expire as I have been trying to squeeze every last drop of juice out of them; I have the new set standing by, and back in business by 0105 during a song about hillbillies, 0108 another YL announcement and just stops. Listening a couple minutes longer, some weak and hesitant CW, perhaps from something else. Seemed to start a call sign with V----. This thread IDs the music station as WAHR == Automated Halloween Radio: http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,13416.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6925-USB, Oct 27 at 0118, only pirate signal around 42m is some very weak talk here. A minute later, Joe Farley captured two SSTV IDs as Radio Ga-Ga: http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,13436.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORWAY. LKB/LLE is on the air with new test broadcasts on 1314 and 5895 kHz --- LKB/LLE is on the air with new test broadcasts this week under its test and development license issued by NPT from LLE-2 (1314 kHz) and LLE-3 (5895 kHz), Morning Broadcast today Wednesday at 0615- 0900 UT, and afternoon broadcast tomorrow Thursday at 1500-1700 UT. This fall, we've had semi-regular transmissions Tuesday and Wednesday mornings as well as Thursday afternoon. Especially interested in reports today and tomorrow as our CE Øystein made improvements in the modulation on MW last evening. We made a brief test on 1314 then. Especially the morse ident should travel well now. And, we are looking for the specs of our Western Electric! Our QSL card has arrived, and are being sent out, but still reports are welcome! Address: Box 100, N5331 RONG, NORWAY or report @ bergenkringkaster.no This information may be reposted! 73 de (Svenn Martinsen, Oct 30, WORLD OF RADIO 1693, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKINAWA. AUDIOCLIP: OKINAWA FISHERY RADIO --- The station broadcast weather forecast in Japanese language on 8761 at 2100 UT. The audioclip is available here: http://blog.libero.it/radioascolto/12444622.html 73's De (Francesco SWL 5639 Cecconi, QTH: CENTRAL ITALY, RX: ICOM, R72 ANT: 100 mt LW, playdx yg via DXLD) A golden opportunity to make an OKINAWA entry in DXLD, on the basis that it was once a separate radio country, and probably still is to NASWA, or if you prefer, RYUKYU ISLANDS (gh, DXLD) ** OKLAHOMA. 1120, Oct 27 at 1902 UT check, KEOR Catoosa is back on the air with gospel huxtering in Spanish (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. Observations in and around OKC, Oct 24-UT 25: 102.3, and 107.1, no sign of pirate activity as previously. Any news of other pirate FM frequencies now? 92.9, Oct 24 at 2350 UT, 24/7 comedy is here // 1560 KEBC Del City, and good thing it is, since even in NE OKC, 1560 is getting QRM from presumed KGOW, Houston market sportster. 92.9 is licensed to Fred R and Evelyn K Morton, while 1560 is licensed to Tyler Media LLC, a multi-station group. The Mortons also own the 96.5 translator in OKC, no others in OK state. (Mom-and-pop translators for rent, as many of them are, should make an interesting small-business story.) FCC AM Query shows 92.9 as the only OK outside KBEZ Tulsa, K225BN, 75 watts at 145 m above ground level, but with an application to move to a slightly different site, 200 watts at 280 meters. Topo map indicates somewhere near the I-35/I-240 junxion in south OKC. I hate those FCC topo maps because they do not pinpoint the sites! We can only assume they are somewhere near the center, and sometimes there are ``radio towers`` indicated somewhere on them from decades ago, not necessarily in the middle, which could be something else, not even broadcasters. The WTFDA FM database for K225BN does not show any info on format or station relayed. Some FCC translator listings show the station being rebroadcast, but not this one. Now we know. Except: for the APP, FCC does show the primary: KOMA (FM)! Why in the world would full-power 92.5 KOMA need a translator on the second adjacent channel up??? I suspect that is just a place-holder. Possibly they did put KOMA on it previously for the record. 1220, Oct 24 at 2348 UT, KTLV Midwest City is certainly audible in OKC, with gospel huxtering. It`s one of the ``unreported`` AM stations this century according to David Yocis of NRC DX News. I`ve also heard it in Enid, but it`s tough, certainly the least of OKC market AM stations (well, except KREF 1400 Norman due to KCRC 1390 Enid); need a quiet location and to minimize splash from 1230 Ponca. NRC AM Log says slogan is ``Your Key To Living Victoriously`` --- and all this time I thought it just stood for ``TweLVe``. [more later, below] 1640, Oct 24 at 0240 UT on SH 3, NW outskirts of OKC, KZLS, True Oldies, is already getting rather heavy fast-SAH QRM from a talk station, no doubt WTNI Biloxi MS, which is no doubt still on 10 kW day power instead of 1 kW. KZLS should sue them, or at least turn them in to the FCC. Back in Enid, closer to transmitter site Hennessey, WTNI is not so much of a problem (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. Right after local mean noon, always 1832 UT, on Oct 26 I venture to the low-noise hot-spot parking lot in an Enid mall to do an AM bandscan on the caradio for weakest detectable signals; however there are storms in southern Oklahoma making lightning crashes, the only such area on the continent now: 1220, Oct 26 at 1835 UT, KTLV Midwest City OK, ``clap yo hands`` pentecostal service, then a soul hymn. Tho no ID, I have no doubt it is my closest 1220, very weak, quite on the edge of its range. Adjacent splash from much stronger 1230 WBBZ Ponca City is reduced a bit by a football game instead of mostly music. KTLV is no longer un- reported to NRC DX News. At 1843 UT, I find *no* skywave activity on the X-band, not even 1700 KKLF Richardson TX --- so surely none of above signals lower in the band are skywave either. Oct 27 at 1900 UT, I have returned to the same location as yesterday, the MW hotspot in a mall parking lot in western Enid. Almost same space, but on Sunday the lot is almost empty if that should make a difference. I`ve timed it to arrive just before hourtop. 1220, I do copy a definite YL ID at 1900 UT Oct 27 for ``KTLV, Midwest City-Oklahoma City, and streaming on the web at KTLV.com`` amid preachers. Reaffirming my claim to be first to log it for NRC in the XXI Century (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 1210, Oct 25 at 1229 UT, hardly anything from KGYN Guymon, then fades in enough to hear a ``US Country`` ID; no change in signal at 1230. You never know whether KGYN will be on ND day or direxional night at any time of the day or night. They have 3 towers in a line aimed right at Philadelphia, right next to the hiway east of Guymon with call letters on the shack. Times in UT to check for real day/night changes: 1245-0015 Oct 1330-2330 Nov I see in FCC AM Query that KGYN still has a CP to change from 10/10 kW to 50/10/39 kW, using 2 towers day and critical hours, 3 at night. Unfortunately, the pattern plots are missing from the linx (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 89.3, Oct 24 at 1658 UT, as I am close to Loyal on US 81, check of KIEL confirms it is on the air and still with strange gospel network Radio 740 International; interrupted by cue tones, but nothing happens, while music plays. Closer to 1700 more cue tones, nothing for a few more seconds until local automated ID fires plus automated 12:00 timecheck. By the time I get to Kingfisher, birthplace of Sam Walton as proudly signed on the hwy, the signal is already losing out. Next approach at 0330 UT October 25, after playing some Bach mixed in with more overt contemporary gospel music, I see that the ST icon is missing at near-local range, so in memory of Bruce Elving, it`s definitely transmitting in mono. Dentro-Enid, remains obscured by local 89.1 translator (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OMAN. 15140, R Sultanate of Oman, Thumrait, 1401-1500, Oct 21, abrupt s/on for English program with pop vocals - preceded by open carrier at 1359. Recorded announcement for 90.4 (FM station in Salalah) at 1408, soccer news in English and more pop vocals. Brief soccer news at 1418. This part of the English program is obviously a relay of 90.4 FM. Ann "Station for the Nation" at 1427.5 and ann "It's almost time for the news", another pop vocal. "Big Ben" chimes at 1430 and ID: "This is Radio Sultanate of Oman. The time is 1830", world news with headlines before and after (senior Syrian rebel commander killed, suicide bomber in Baghdad, Saudi Arabian refusal to sit on Security Council, attack on Coptic church in Egypt, Pakistan terrorist attacks in Baluchistan, ID: "You are listening to the news from Radio Sultanate of Oman" at 1435, attacks in the Philippines, radiation leaks in Japan, wildfires in Australia. Remote report by man on conference held at the Ministry of Health on Oct 22. Headlines again at 1441 with music flourishes. "That's the end of the evening news bulletin from Radio Sultanate of Oman" and music program at 1442. Back to soccer news and pop music, at 1459.5 sudden changeover to the Arabic program in the middle of soccer news. Very nice level (almost armchair) at 4+5444 (Bruce Churchill, Fallbrook CA, in DXplorer via DSWCI DX Window Oct 30 via DXLD) 15140, Radio Sultanate of Oman; 1408-1431+, 26-Oct; Continuous English pop music to 1430 "90.4", belfry bells, "This is Radio Sultanate of Oman, into English news. SIO=454- (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, M.A.R.E. DXpedition, Port Hope MI, Drake R8B + 75 m. RW + TTFD, logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST) Still thus in B-13? (gh, DXLD) 9760, Oct 27 & 28 around 0100, no signal from RSO where it had been in latter A-13, nominally at 00-02. 9500, Oct 29 at 0138, Qur`an on poor-fair signal, presumed RSO as now scheduled ex-9760 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1693, DX LISTENING DIGEST) We can check HFCC B-13, but R. Sultanate of Oman always registers a whole bunch of wooden frequencies, including several at the same time even tho they are never heard on more than one frequency at once. Only two azimuths are shown, 220 and 315 degrees, the latter good for us. At 00-02, only 9500 is shown, so look for it there during this bihour. I was going to pull out the full imaginary schedule, but too much trouble; instead, here are just all the 30 possible frequencies at various times during the 24 hours: 7260, 7360, 7375, 7435; 9500, 9540, 9730, 9740; 11670, 11975; 13590, 13600, 13620, 13675, 13775; 15140, 15350, 15355, 15560, 15595, 15630, 15760; 17530, 17565, 17580, 17590, 17595, 17700, 17830, 17870 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAKISTAN. 11600, R. Pakistan, Oct 28 1215-1231, 34433, Chinese, Pakistan music, // 15730 kHz (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) Modulation OK? TERRIBLEST SIGNALS: Oct 29 at 0830-1100 UT, on 11580, 15800 kHz Pakistan, hoerenswert, 73 wb - man goennt sich ja sonst nix, und wird nur noch von dem AZERI Sender uebertroffen (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 30 via WORLD OF RADIO 1693, DXLD) v AZERBAIJAN Radio Pakistan external service in Urdu observed in progress (via Global Tuners remote rx in Germany) on 15800 kHz at 0845 UT on 29 October, with a very weak 11580 kHz in parallel. It was untraced on either frequency at 0830 UT sign-on time. Signal on 15800 kHz was fair in strength, but unlistenable due to atrocious modulation - it was only identifiable by comparison with the online stream at radio.gov.pk. Several references to “Sedayee Pakistan” [Voice of Pakistan] were noted, which turned out to be the name of the programme. There was NO English newscast at 0905 UT, only at 1100-1107 prior to the station signing off with the national anthem at 1108 UT. On 27 & 28 October I checked out the 1600 UT broadcast in English for Europe listed in the B-13 schedule published in DXLD 13-41. Nil heard on 7510 kHz via several Global Tuners remote receivers, nor was it streamed on the Radio Pakistan website, so I doubt it exists. It would appear that the 1100 UT bulletin is now the only English content aired by Radio Pakistan on shortwave. Radio Pakistan’s main domestic service is now the News and Current Affairs Channel, and it identifies as such using the English phrase even within Urdu programming. The “World Service”, which was RP’s term for their Urdu/English service on shortwave, is now just part of their External Service and identifies as such on air - again, the English phrase is used. Defunct terms like National Broadcasting Service and World Service are still found on the broadcaster’s website, however they don’t identify on air as such. During extensive monitoring over the past couple of weeks I noticed that “The Typewriter” tune (composed by US composer Leroy Anderson), which used to introduce some Radio Pakistan news bulletins, has now gone. For those who need their memories jogging, here’s a posh version: http://tinyurl.com/pa7wl8t (David Kernick, Interval Signals Online, Oct 29, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1693, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. Radio Sandaun (Radio West Sepik, Vanimo, Papua New Guinea on 3205 kHz) verified my reception report ($2 enclosed) dated April 19, 2011 after 2.5 years by kind letter. Verification signer was Mr. Richard Ali, Director Provincial Radio. According to the letter, the station broadcasts on 3205 kHz (10 kW) at 17:00-24:00 local time (0700-1400 UT) in Tok Pisin and English to 180,000 population in West Sepik. He also informed me of the names of radio presenters of the program I received, and all 12 radio staffs at present. Address: P. O. Box 37, Vanimo 551, Papua New Guinea Telephone: +675 857 1149/1144/1112 FAX: +675 857 1305 E-mail: alirichard18 @ yahoo.com (Takahito Akabayashi, Tokyo, Japan, Oct 28, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3905, Oct 30 at 1302, steady weak AM carrier here amid SSB QRhaM, presumably NBC New Ireland still active. By this time, no PNG carriers audible on 90m, probably most of them already off (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 4747, R. HUANTA 2000, 28/10 1017 UT. Canción de la emisora como Radio Huanta, una experiencia diferente con SINPO: 44444 (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: hilo largo de 5 metros, QTH: Poblado de Barraza Bajo, Comuna de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** PERU. 4810, R. LOGOS, 27/10 0155 UT. Música Cristiana contemporánea en español. I.e: Jesús Adrían Romero et. Al. SINPO: 33333. 4810, R. LOGOS, 28/10 0245 UT. Música cristiana contemporánea en español i.e: Marcos Witt, Jesús Adrian Romero et al, con ID de la emisora desde Chazuta y hora local con SINPO: 43343 (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: hilo largo de 5 metros, QTH: Poblado de Barraza Bajo, Comuna de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** PERU. 5980, Oct 24 at 0050, BA carrier with some talk modulation from R. Chaski, which was inaudible, maybe off early, last night. Now I track it until cutoff at 0101:58.5*. As it ws not checked on Oct 21 or 22, the latest to compare with is 4 days ago on Oct 20 when it went off at 0101:34*. Now it`s 24.5 seconds later divided by 4 = 6.125 seconds later per day, which is more than the usual 5.25 per. Maybe it got out of sequence by missing Oct 23 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5980, R. CHASKI, 24/10 2303 UT. Avisos de la emisora y de música instrumental con SINPO: 44444 con sobremodulación y cortes de la señal (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: hilo largo de 25 metros, QTH: Sector sur de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) 5980, R. CHASKI, 25/10 0018 UT. Fin del programa “La Biblia dice”, música instrumental y aviso de la retransmisión de Red Radio Integridad vía Chaski para la zona de Cusco y del valle sagrado de los Incas. Señal con algo de sobremodulación y cortes leves de señal con SINPO: 55454. 5980, R. CHASKI, 26/10 0008 UT. Retransmisión de Red Radio Integridad con el programa “La Biblia dice” con el tema de la relación del anticristo y su aceptación por parte de los judíos. Llama la atención la interpretación basada en el “dispensacionalismo teológico” del libro del Apocalipsis y las 70 semanas de Daniel. Señal con SINPO: 53443 con mucho ruido de fondo y algo de sobremodulación (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: hilo largo de 5 metros, QTH: Poblado de Barraza Bajo, Comuna de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) 5980, Oct 26 at 0050, JBA carrier from R. Chaski, until cutoff at 0102:09* which is 10.5 seconds later than last check 48 hours earlier (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5980, R. CHASKI, 26/10 1032 UT. Retransmisión de Red Radio Integridad con el programa “La clase bíblica radial” sobre el nacimiento virginal de Jesucristo con SINPO: 55555. A las 11 UT comienza el QRM de CNR-8 en coreano en 5975 (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: hilo largo de 5 metros, QTH: Poblado de Barraza Bajo, Comuna de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) 5980, R. CHASKI. 27/10 0013 UT. Sonido de presunto jammer por sobre la retransmisión de Red Radio Integridad. Aunque, el ruido lleva dos audios por debajo. Una perteneciente a Red R. Integridad con el programa “Sólo un minuto”, la que posteriormente se pierde; y la otra es música latina i.e.: Juan Gabriel, Lucero, Sandro, et al. con ID: “Radio Felicidad” y programa “El Show de las estrellas”. Se contrasta con la señal online y corresponde a: http://www.felicidad.com.pe Señal con SINPO: 54454 cuando se escucha Integridad y SINPO: 43353 cuando se escucha R. Felicidad con ruido encima de manera permanente (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: hilo largo de 5 metros QTH: Poblado de Barraza Bajo, Comuna de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) 5980, Oct 27 at 0055, JBA carrier from R. Chaski, and cutoff comes at 0101:14.5*, or 5.5 seconds later than yesterday. 5980, Oct 28 at 0050, JBA carrier from R. Chaski and marred by totally uncalled-for Cuban pulse jamming. Yet with BFO I am still able to copy enough signal to time the cutoff at 0102:20* which is 5.5 seconds later than yesterday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [and non]. 5980, R. CHASKI, 29/10 0014 UT. Programa “La biblia dice” con el tema de Zaqueo y la visita de Jesús en Jericó. Señal con SINPO: 54454, se escucha un leve QRM por detrás sin que se pueda identificar ¿Será VOA en Tibetano, o CNR-1 Jammer sobre ella en la misma frecuencia? No obstante, no es determinante sobre Chaski (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: hilo largo de 5 metros, QTH: Poblado de Barraza Bajo, Comuna de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) 5980, Oct 30 at 0053, R. Chaski carrier, until cutoff at 0102:31* which is 11 seconds later than 48 hours ago (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 6173.9, R. TAWANTINSUYO, 26/10 0240 UT. Música chicha o serrana con sobremodulación y SINPO: 44444 (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: hilo largo de 5 metros, QTH: Poblado de Barraza Bajo, Comuna de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) Seems little chance of this one in N America, at least in the evenings, with Vietnam relays on 6175 (gh, DXLD) ** PHILIPPINES. 15190, Radio Pilipinas; 1818-1830+, 25-Oct; M in Tagalog followed by series of ID spots in English & TG; "Overseas Broadcast of the Philippines Broadcasting Service", "Radio Pilipinas", "Philippine Broadcasting Service", between brief TG announcements & lite music. SIO=2+53 till about 1825 with first hint of co-channel QRM, R. Africa (presumed). (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, M.A.R.E. DXpedition, Port Hope MI, Drake R8B + 75 m. RW + TTFD, logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PORTUGAL. Re 13-43: Contradiction in this report as shown above: Are 1251 Valongo & Viseu on reduced power or switched off? -- (Bruce Conti, mwmassts yg via DXLD) Bruce, You are right about one small detail in my 24 October report - my apologies. My ref. to Viseu 1251 being at reduced power is wrong, of course, for it's off like the Braga 576 & Évora 927 outlets which were all switch off back in April last. The reason by the way is simple: electricity costs. __________ The Muge site has one big advantage when using very reduced power compared to RR other sites which is the fact that it's using a 1/2 wave monopole (265 m or so) whereas all other RR MF outlets consist of 1/4 wave monopoles. Needless to say this makes a low power signal to be received at longer distances. The drawback in Muge is the quality of the soil: its conductivity is poor. It cannot be compared against that in their Seixal 963 outlet where the close vicinity of the monopole is sometimes flooded during high tide. A similar situation applies to Antena 1 outlet at Castanheira do Ribatejo 666: it's located very near the upper bank of River Tagus which is partly why the rather big transformer hut next to the more than 200 m tall monopole was built the way it was: on top of pillars. This site was once used for 666 & 756, later 666 & 1035 which demanded a tower adjustment: it was taller when 666 & 756 were used. The 666 signal from this site still covers a vast area albeit at just 10 kW (+10 kW reserve tx). A final technical aspect in this is related the width of those monopoles, viz. Muge and Cast.ª do Ribatejo: of course, the width is so due to the size, but the width plays a rôle when one consider the signal bandwidth for it benefits from that detail. One other 1/2 wave monopole nearby is that of StarFM 1035 at Belmonte which again is somewhat large; but the soil there leaves somewhat to be desidered. Those typical 120 radials for ground planes do "like" good conductivity soil. 73, (Carlos Gonçalves, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ROMANIA. 6020, RRI, 28/10 0423 UT. Dos mujeres hablan, en inglés, sobre las transmisiones televisivas culturales con respecto a los conventos e iglesias sólo mostradas en navidad. Señal con SINPO: 55454 // 7305 con SINPO: 53443 con un RTTY de fondo y que cubre de 7302 hasta 7308 aprox // 11710 con SINPO: 53333 // 13730 no se escucha ¿fuera del aire? (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: hilo largo de 5 metros, QTH: Poblado de Barraza Bajo, Comuna de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) 17860, Oct 25 at 1320, RRI, Chinese talk into music, poor signal but no jamming audible, nor is any known to Aoki; otherwise it would be 17860*. What`s wrong with RRI? Don`t they ever report any news embarrassing to China? Being jammed by the ChiCom is a journalistic badge of honor. This schedule changes Oct 27, not sure to where. 17530, Oct 27 at 1254, RRI closing English hour, good signal, with announced // 17765 (poor), 21570 (fair); and frequencies for next English at 1800. It`s only during the Week of Confusion that we in the CDT zone may conveniently listen to propagable English from RRI at 7-8 am local, due to their winter shift to one UT hour later, starting at 1200. From Nov 3 it`s back to 6—7 am by our clox (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [and non]. 7210, Oct 28 at 0553, RRI closing Russian service reciting entire schedule including satellite info, but with CCI from something. Oops! HFCC B-13 shows not only Tiganeshti at 0530-0600, but also CRI in Arabic via ALBANIA at 05-07! Didn`t collision alarm bells go off from the HFCC computer in Bratislava? Apparently not, perhaps due to non-overlapping CIRAF zones, but in the real world, they`re bound to QRM each other in the targets, not just here. 7220, Oct 28 at 0552, RRI is also here 10 kHz away with much stronger VG signal, rock in English, Actualitatsi ID (the #1 home service often relayed on SW; if you can`t put a tsedilla under the last T in the word, you must replace it with ts). Per HFCC 7220 is also colliding during this hour with CRI English via Albania, but if so, it`s buried. Axually, I was hunting for TWR Polish at 0544, which in A-13 was on 7225 at 0544-0559; but now of course it`s shifted an hour later, trying to fool the Poles into thinking there`s been no time change, but frequency per HFCC has moved to 7300 on the 300 degree beam from Austria, which is not toward Poland, still // 5910 at 30 degrees, which is. 17840, Oct 28 at 1403, RRI with English clips during Romanian news, but SAH and CCI from a station with music. HFCC B-13 reveals: both RRI Galbeni in Rumanian at 1300-1500; and IRIB Zahedan in Arabic at 0520- 1420, thus overlapping 1300-1420! Azimuths from respective sites are within 4 degrees of each other, 289 from Iran and 285 from Romania, altho the CIRAFs are different, which again facilitates yet another HFCCollision. There are plenty of free channels on 16m. 17530, Oct 29 at 1253, RRI English is fair with deep fades, while it was not making it a semihour earlier. Now it`s the sports segment of absolutely no interest (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA [and non]. Receivers: PL-310, barefoot and with 7.5-inch ferrite rod. At 0946-0954, I heard barely audible music on 279 kHz with QRM from beacon "SRE", Seminole OK. I assume it was Radio Rossii, heard with PL-360 with 7.5-inch ferrite rod. Good DX (Richard Allen, near Perry OK USA, Sent from my iPad, Oct 26, IRCA via DXLD) Probably 500 kW in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (near Japan), altho there are three lower-powered further west in Siberia (gh, DXLD) Richard, if you have received 279-Rossii on your 7.5" Longwave loopstick PL-360, then you are the only DXer I know of that has successfully received both Longwave TA's and TP's on an antenna as small as a 7.5" loopstick (on any radio, let alone an Ultralight). Living in the center of the country must help, in such a huge challenge. 279-Rossii is by far the strongest of the Longwave TP's, as you probably know. Its signal is so strong that I even managed to receive it once on a barefoot PL-310, using the stock midget loopstick (notoriously deaf on Longwave). 73, (Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA), ibid.) Gary: I have no idea what I was hearing on 279 kHz. There was barely audible music briefly under the signal of the NDB "SRE", Seminole OK, on the same frequency. I use to hear the Far East long wave transmitters here in the 1980s, but I haven't listened for them since (Richard Allen, ibid.) ** RUSSIA. 5930, R. Rossii-Kamchatka, Oct 28 0710-0720, 45444, Russian, Opening music, ID, Opening announce, talk; local program from 0710 (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 [and non]. 12075, Oct 28 at 1303, fair signal with news, then weather for London, New York and Chicago, so must be V. of Russia: yes, ID with music in passing as Radio VR, then fuller Voice of Russia. In B-13 this is at 12-15 UT, 500 kW, 155 degrees from Dushanbe, TAJIKISTAN, apparently replacing 11530 in A-13, but with none of the hum which infested 11530. 5885, Oct 30 at 1306, talk in Asian language, poor signal with het. HFCC B-13 shows this is now VOR in English/Hindi/Urdu at 12-17, 100 kW, 137 degrees from Dushanbe, TAJIKISTAN. Modulation sounds as crummy as 11530 did in A-13, likely same transmitter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) V of Russia English heard at 0755 UT Oct 29 on triplet 21799.990 Irkutsk site outlet, and stronger on both Novosibirsk outlets of 21820 and 21840 kHz towards Pacific, AUS + NZL (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC- DX TopNews via WORLD OF RADIO 1693, DXLD) Three individual transmitters, not a fundamental and two spurs; at least two of them in use 06-10 as below (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) ** RUSSIA [and non]. Voice of Russia B13 schedule The winter frequencies for Voice of Russia in English are now online: http://voiceofrussia.com/radio_broadcast/frequencies/ As in A13, all of the European SW frequencies are DRM but there are some analogue frequencies to other target areas which may be audible in Europe, especially the 2200-0000 broadcast to Latin America on 9395 via Gavar which should provide good reception in the UK. 73s (Dave Kenny, Oct 25, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) Voice of Russia B13. English. THE VOICE OF RUSSIA WORLD SERVICE [no more NEW YORK affiliate, apparently] Washington DC - WTOP-HD2 103.5 -2FM - WZHF 1390 AM Miami - WKIS-HD2 99.9 -2FM Chicago - WILV-HD2 100.3 -2FM DAB broadcasts - in the UK, Switzerland and Italy Satellite broadcasts to Europe via Hot Bird 13A 24/7 October 27, 2013 – March 29, 2014 Time (UTC) / Frequencies (kHz) Africa 1800-1900 – 11985 Asia 0100-0200 – 801 0700-0800 - 21840, 21820, 21800, 12015 0800-0900 - 21840, 21820, 21800, 15745, 12015 0900-1000 - 21820, 21800, 15745, 6075, 648 1000-1100 - 15745, 12035*, 6075 1100-1200 - 12035*, 9560, 6075 1200-1300 - 12075, 9560, 5885 1300-1400 - 12075, 9560 1400-1500 - 12075, 9560, 6115, 4960, 648 1500-1600 - 5900, 4960 1600-1700 - 6180, 5955, 5900, 5885, 4960, 801 1700-1800 - 6180, 5955, 5900, 4960, 801 Australia and New Zealand 0600-1000 - 21820, 21800 Middle East 0100-0200 - 927, 801, 648 0200-0300 - 972, 927, 648 0300-0400 - 1314, 972, 927, 648 0400-0500 – 1314 1200-1300 – 972 1300-1400 – 927 1400-1500 - 6235, 4960, 648 1500-1600 - 11985, 4960, 927 1600-1700 - 4960, 801 1700-1800 - 4960, 801, 648 1800-1900 - 11985, 4960, 927, 801, 648 Europe 0600-0800 - 11635* 0800-1000 - 11635*, 9625* 1000-1400 - 9625* Latin America 2200-0000 - 9395 This schedule is subject to change without prior notice. Read more: http://voiceofrussia.com/radio_broadcast/frequencies/ (????????) [some Cyrillic credit, RusDX via DXLD) ** RUSSIA. Voice of Russia in Russian from 27 October 2013 to 31 December 2013: Time - Frequency - transmitting center - kW For the Middle East 0000-0300 - 1503 - Dushanbe - 500 0100-0500 - 1395 - Yerevan - 1000 1400-2300 - 1503 - Dushanbe - 500 1400-0000 - 1395 - Yerevan - 1000 1600-1900 - 6110 - Novosibirsk - 250 1600-2200 - 1170 - Krasnodar – 1200 For Belarus 1600-1900 - 999 - Grigoriopol - 500 2100-2300 - 999 - Grigoriopol - 500 For the Caucasian region 0000-0500 - 657 - Grozny - 50 0100-0000 - 1395 - Yerevan - 500 0400-0500 - 171 - Krasnodar - 1200 0600-1200 - 657 - Grozny - 50 1300-0000 - 657 - Grozny - 50 1300-2000 - 171 - Krasnodar - 1200 For the CIS countries in Central Asia 0000-2300 - 1503 - Dushanbe - 500 0200-0400 - 9790 - Moscow - 250 1200-1600 - 12055 - Moscow - 250 1300-1900 - 1026 - Novosibirsk - 500 1600-1900 - 6110 - Novosibirsk - 250 1700-1900 - 9790 - Moscow - 250 For the Baltic States 1600-1700 - 1143 - Kaliningrad - 150 1800-2200 - 1215 - Kaliningrad - 1200 1800-2100 - 1143 - Kaliningrad – 150 For Europe 0400-0600 - 1548 - Grigoriopol - 500 0600-0900 - 693 - Oranienburg (Germany) - 125 0800-0900 - 9625 - Kaliningrad - 15 - Digital Video [sic] Broadcasting (DRM) format MDI, CHANNEL number 2 1200-1400 - 9625 - Kaliningrad - 15 - Digital Video Broadcasting (DRM) format MDI, CHANNEL number 2 1600-1700 - 1143 - Kaliningrad - 150 1600-1900 - 999 - Grigoriopol - 500 1800-2000 - 1413 - Grigoriopol - 500 1800-2100 - 1143 - Kaliningrad - 150 1900-2100 - 693 - Oranienburg (Germany) - 125 2100-2300 - 999 - Grigoriopol - 500 For Ukraine and Moldova 0400-0800 - 1548 - Grigoriopol - 1000 0500-1900 - 999 - Grigoriopol - 500 1800-2000 - 1413 - Grigoriopol - 500 2100-2300 - 999 - Grigoriopol – 500 Broadcast schedule with January 1, 2014 TBD. (Ed. according to the Department of frequency planning "Voice of Russia"), RusDX 27 Oct via DXLD) ** RUSSIA. Radio Rossii --- The list of programs. http://www.radiorus.ru/section.html?rid=5892 (Dmitry Kutuzov, Ryazan, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" via RusDX via DXLD) Radio Russia replaced its traditional frequency 9840 kHz at 6095 kHz in 0400-0700. So in the morning they should be heard without starting failures in passing. The rest of the winter frequency seems to be unchanged (Alexander Egorov, Kiev, Ukraine / "deneb-radio-dx", ibid.) ** RWANDA. Radio Rwanda, missing at about this time last night (well, slightly earlier) is back tonight as usual. 6055 Kigali. Oct 24, 2013 Thursday. 1704-1715. Presumed KinyaRwanda. Talk by OM's and YL's, mention of "Rwanda" at 1709. Fair, but some lightning QRN, most likely local to Jo'burg. Jo'burg sunset 1620. 6055, Kigali. Oct 25, 2013 Friday. 0320-0332. Probably best described as Afro music with an Arabic touch. Followed at 0324 by more typical Afro music. Continuous music and songs, no announcements until 0330, then brief talk by OM in KinyaRwanda? Back to music and songs. ID at 0333 "Rwanda" and then at 0334 "Radio Rwanda". Then sounded like news or current affairs in presumed KinyaRwanda. Good. Jo'burg sunrise 0324 (Bill Bingham, Johannesburg RSA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Rwanda 6055 at 1515 --- Excellent reception from Rwanda with local (not French) language. Sounds like a report from a rally or sports event. Drumming, car horns, etc., audible. Best reception I've had in a long while at this time! (Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC (26Oct2013) dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Walt, Also noted their sports coverage with background sounds of the fans at 1531. Seems this is their normal Saturday format (Ron Howard, California, ibid.) ** RWANDA [and non]. 15275, Oct 26 at 0524, DW English is inbooming, while no signals on 15190 EqGuinea or 15120 Nigeria. Sometimes Rwanda is not propagating either, but fine tonight (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SABA & SAINT EUSTATIUS. RADIOS FROM TWO DUTCH CARIBBEAN ``SPECIAL MUNICIPALITIES`` GO ONLINE When the Caribbean island group of Netherlands Antilles was dissolved as a political entity in October 2010, Curaçao and St. Maarten became constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, whilst the remaining three islands - Bonaire, Saba, St. Eustatius - became special municipalities within the Kingdom. Bonaire has several FM radio stations, most of which are also available online. Saba and St. Eustatius each have just one station, available locally on FM. Now both have gone worldwide with live audio streaming online: Saba: Voice of Saba (PJF-1) at http://sabaradioq939fm.radio12345.com St. Eustatius: Radio Statia (PJR-1) at http://www.radiostatia.com Audio clips of both stations can be heard at Interval Signals Online http://intervalsignals.net (David Kernick, Interval Signals Online, Oct 26, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SARAWAK [non]. 25/10, 9835, RTM Sarawak once again relaying national FM tested various times from 1743 with just S3, 1842 with 5 and 1943 with S7!! With some QRM from 9840 R Liberty of signal S7 main (Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki Greece, my radio shack: http://www.ipernity.com/doc/zliangas/album/282394 http://delicious.com/gr_greek1/zak (all my pages) DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SARAWAK [and non]. Anti-dam protestors confront workers at planned dam site, vow to uphold their protest for an extended period. http://world-wire.com/2013/10/24/remove-your-machinery-within-three-days-baram-natives-warn-sarawak-energy/ LONG NAAH, Sarawak, Malaysia, October 24, 2013 –/WORLD-WIRE/– Native communities from Malaysia’s remote Baram district on the island of Borneo have warned state-owned electricity provider Sarawak Energy today to remove its construction machinery from their lands within three days. The machinery had been transported to the Baram region in order to prepare the construction of a 1200 MW dam that would displace up to 20,000 natives and flood a rainforest area of 400km2. According to Sarawak’s Save Rivers network, a group of 30 workers had been found to conduct rock testing activities at the planned dam site at Long Naah. The workers were told to pack up and leave the native lands immediately. “The workers tried to negotiate but were told in no uncertain terms that there was no need for further negotiations as the communities rejected the dam project.” Sarawak Energy was given a three-day ultimatum to remove its machinery from the native lands. A group of villagers set up a camp at the planned dam site to monitor the implementation of their demands. Villagers upholding a second road blockade site near Long Lama today informed that their blockade was successful and no new construction equipment had been transported into the interior. Further information on the dam protest will be released by Radio Free Sarawak on SW 15420 KHZ between 7 pm and 8.30 pm local time [correct frequency and between 1100 to 1230 UT - Ron]. The Bruno Manser Fund calls on the Malaysian government and on Sarawak Energy to halt all works on the planned Baram dam and to create full transparency on the costs and contracts related to the construction of the Murum dam (via Ron Howard, CA, Oct 25, dxldyg via DXLD) ** SARAWAK [non]. CLANDESTINE, 15420, R. Free Sarawak via Taiwan, Oct 28 1121-1141, 35443-45444, Iban, Talk, ID at 1124 and 1129 (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) ** SAUDI ARABIA. 21505, Oct 29 at 1356 good signal from the Buzzing Service of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; still so at 1432. 21505, Oct 30 at 1355, messy signal from BSKSA with humbuzz, 1356 Saudi ID in Arabic; 1400 6-pip TS, the last prolonged (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SERBIA [and non]. SERBIA: B-13 International Radio of Serbia UTC Language Zones Target Freq. kW 0100-0130 SERBIAN 7e,8 N America/ce 6190 250 (Except Sunday) 27 EUROPE/w 0130-0200 ENGLISH 7e,8 N America/ce 6190 250 (Except Sunday and Monday) 27 EUROPE/w 0100-0200 SERBIAN 7e,8 N America/ce 6190 250 (spec. Sunday only) 27 EUROPE/w 0130-0230 SERBIAN 7e,8 N America 6190 250 (spec. Monday only) 27 EUROPE/w 0200-0230 SERBIAN 7e,8 N America/ce 6190 250 (spec. Tuesday-Saturday) 27 EUROPE/w 1400-1430 ENGLISH 27-29 EUROPE 9635 10 37-39 1430-1500 SERBIAN 27-29 EUROPE 9635 10 37-39 1500-1530 SPANISH 27-29 EUROPE 9635 10 37-39 1530-1600 ARABIC 27-29 EUROPE 9635 10 37-39 1600-1630 RUSSIAN 27-29 EUROPE 9635 10 37-39 1630-1700 FRENCH 27-29 EUROPE 9635 10 37-39 1700-1730 GERMAN 27-29 EUROPE 9635 10 37-39 1730-1745 CHINESE 27-29 EUROPE 9635 10 37-39 1745-1800 ALBANIAN 27-29 EUROPE 9635 10 37-39 1800-1815 HUNGARIAN 27-29 EUROPE 9635 10 37-39 1815-1830 GREEK 27-29 EUROPE 9635 10 37-39 1830-1900 ITALIAN 27,28w EUROPE/w 6100 250 1900-1930 RUSSIAN 28ne, RUSSIA/Mos. 6100 250 29,30n 1930-2000 ENGLISH 27,28w EUROPE/w 6100 250 2000-2030 SPANISH 27,28w EUROPE/w 6100 250 2030-2100 SERBIAN 27,28w EUROPE/w 6100 250 (Except Saturday) 2100-2130 GERMAN 27,28w EUROPE/w 6100 250 (Except Saturday) 2030-2130 SERBIAN 27,28 EUROPE/w 6100 250 (spec. Saturday only) 2130-2200 FRENCH 27,28w EUROPE/w 6100 250 2200-2230 ENGLISH 27,28w EUROPE/w 6100 250 2230-2300 SERBIAN 27,28w EUROPE/w 6100 250 (spec. Friday only) (via shortwave yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1693, DXLD) But, but, the A-13 North American frequency, 9685, had been missing for months, and I bet 6190 will be too: YES, nothing there UT Oct 31 after 0100, nor 9685 (gh, DXLD) ** SEYCHELLES [non]. ARMENIA/ASCENSION ISL/RWANDA/UAE/U.K./UZBEKISTAN FEBA RADIO B-13 schedule 27th Oct 2013 to 29th March 2014. Time UTC 1234567 Languages kHz site NORTH INDIA, NEPAL, TIBET 0000-0030 smtwtfs BANGLA rural 9390 TAC 1200-1230 smtwtfs TIBETAN 15215 DHA 1430-1445 smtwtfs URDU 9500 TAC 1445-1500 ...wtfs KASHMIRI 9500 TAC 1445-1500 smt.... MIXED LANGUAGES 9500 TAC 1445-1500 smtwtfs HINDI 9500 TAC 1500-1530 smtwtfs BANGLA rural 9390 TAC PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN 0200-0230 s...... URDU 9750 DHA 0200-0215 .mtwtfs URDU 9750 DHA 0215-0230 .mtwtfs MIXED LANGUAGES 9750 DHA 0230-0300 smtwtfs DARI 9790 DHA 0300-0315 smtwtfs MIXED LANGUAGES 9790 DHA 1400-1430 smtwtfs URDU 11880 DHA 1430-1445 smtwtfs MIXED LANGUAGES11880 DHA 1500-1530 smtwtfs DARI 11755 ERV 1530-1600 smtwtfs PASHTO 11755 ERV MIDDLE EAST 0800-0830 smtwtfs Arabic 15260 WOF (IBRA) 1800-1927 smtwtfs ARABIC 9550 KIG AFRICA, ETHIOPIA, SUDAN 1600-1630 s...tfs AMHARIC 12125 ERV 1600-1630 .mtw... GURAGENA 12125 ERV 1630-1700 smtwtfs AMHARIC 12125 ERV 1600-1627 smtwtfs ETHIOPIA 11655 KIG 1630-1700 smtw... TIGRINYA 9820 DHA 1630-1700 ....tfs AMHARIC 9820 DHA 1700-1729 smtwtfs OROMINYA 9630 KIG 1729-1757 smtwtfs TIGRINYA 9630 KIG 1700-1730 smtwtfs SOMALI 6180 DHA 1730-1800 smtwtfs ETHIOPIA 7475 ERV 1830-1845 smtwtfs FRENCH Ce+WeAF 15250 ASC 2145-2215 smt.tfs HASSINYA/PULAAR(WeAF) 11985 ASC (HJB) Tx Site Codes: ASC Ascension Island DHA Al Dhabayya UAE ERV Yerevan Gavar Armenia KIG Kigali Rwanda TAC Tashkent Uzbekistan. WOF Woofferton, United Kingdom. Day 1 = Sunday (ITU Convention) (acc hfcc registrations, former B-12 schedule updated by wb, Oct 23, BC-DX Oct 30 via DXLD) ** SOLOMON ISLANDS. Many thanks to David Ricquish of the Radio Heritage Foundation for this tip. David writes: "Solomon Islands Broadcasting has reactivated its daytime shortwave transmitter on 9545 from 2000 to 0500 UT daily for those who like to chase rare shortwave radio stations." Indeed, this will be challenging DX for much of the world. I imagine the maximum output power will "only" be 10 kilowatts or so -- enough power to cover the Solomon Islands, but not enough for reliable global coverage. Still, this is the type of DX station I love to chase (The SWLing Post By Thomas October 28, 2013 via Mike Terry, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1693, DXLD) Good, but what co-channel QRM will it confront? RNZ on behalf of SIBC duly registered 9545 for it, but HFCC B-13 also shows: 9545 0000 0100 43,44 UDO 250 30 0 226 1234567 271013 290314 D 8750 Cmn THA IBB IBB 443 9545 0000 0100 54E PGA 50 0 0 700 1234567 271013 290314 D INS RRI RRI 2190 9545 2000 0800 51,56 HON 10 0 0 400 1234567 271013 300314 D 9545 Bis SLM SIB RNZ 5510 NZL 9545 2200 2300 43,44 PHT 250 332 0 215 1234567 271013 290314 D 10750 Cmn PHL IBB IBB 444 9545 2300 2330 43S,49 BOC 100 293 0 216 1234567 271013 290314 D 11500 Mul PHL FEC FEC 14003 B0001S 9545 2300 2400 37N,38NW DHA 500 300 0 146 1234567 271013 300314 D UAE ADM ADM 3455 UAE The Indonesian of course is imaginary, and the UAE could be. 73, (Glenn Hauser, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1693, DXLD) Hi Glenn - Wonder if they will be off frequency as they were in the past? (Ron Howard, CA, WORLD OF RADIO 1693, ibid.) At 2127 UT Oct 28 noted a poor signal string on Perseus SDR screen, but no audio traced on Tokyo remote post, of course on odd 9543.372 kHz (Wolfgang Büschel, BC-DX Oct 30 via WORLD OF RADIO 1693, DXLD) Not so perfect schedule for 9545 kHz. When they were active on 31 m the last time, the signal was good enough for listening to it in Europe during the morning, but this was much later than 0500 UT. 73 (Harald Kuhl, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) I was able to receive SIBC at new frequency 6080 kHz at 0830 UT on Oct. 30, masked at 0901 by R. Australia of the same frequency; // 5020 kHz. de Hiroshi http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8WsQyqDO4E by DFS in Shimane-pref (S. Hasegawa, Japan, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1693, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hello! This morning they appear on 9545 kHz! http://youtu.be/heh7pH6NvlA (DFS@Shimane, UT Oct 30, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1693, DXLD) ** SOMALILAND. SOMALIA, R. Hargeisa on 7120 kHz, Times of sign off, Oct 01 1901* Oct 02 1902* Oct 03 1901* Oct 04 1902* Oct 05 1901* Oct 06 1901* Oct 07 1900* Oct 08 no check Oct 09 1901* Oct 10 1900* Oct 12 1901* Oct 13 1901* Oct 14 1900* Oct 15 Extension broadcast, I was not able to hear it until the end. Oct 16 1901* Oct 17 1901* Oct 18 1903* Oct 19 1901* Oct 20 1901* Oct 21 1900* Oct 22 no carrier(off air?) Oct 23 no carrier(off air?) Oct 24 no check, Oct 25 no carrier(off air?) Oct 26 1901* Oct 27 1901* Oct 28 1900* Oct 29 1900* Oct 30 1900* Oct 31 1901* (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) ** SOUTH AFRICA. 15255, Channel Africa, Oct 28 0557-0611, 25332, English, Afro pops, 0600 Opening music, ID, 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) ** SOUTH AMERICA. [for pirates of uncertain nationality, just like NORTH AMERICA encompasses USA and CANADA at least] 5376, Webinfoideas --- Este fin de semana vuelve por 5376 en AM. Poner oreja. HAN (Horacio Nigro, Uruguay, Oct 26, condiglista yg via DXLD) Horarios? (José A. Kucher, Argentina, ibid.) No dio datos pero se supone en horas nocturnas (Nigro, ibid.) EXCELENTE noticia, Horacio!!!!!! Estaré en sintonía después de las 22 UT (Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina, ibid.) 5376 AM, bien modulado, música romántica, 5 watt, antena dipolo EN V, Invertida a 20 metros vertice (Nigro, 1817 UT Oct 26, ibid.) ** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. FRANCE: 13810, Overcomer Ministry; 1508, 26- Oct; B.S. huxtering away. SIO=3+53; // 9370 WWRB(p)! I haven't heard B.S. break into a glossalalia spell in quite a while (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, M.A.R.E. DXpedition, Port Hope MI, Drake R8B + 75 m. RW + TTFD, logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST) USA(non), Cancelled transmissions of Brother Stair TOM 1800-2200 on 9700 SOF 050 kW / 306 deg to WeEu English 1900-2100 on 11850 SOF 050 kW / 195 deg to EaAf English 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, DX Re Mix News via DXLD) 15325, Oct 30 at 1348, Brother Scare, fair with flutter, new frequency, probably from Germany or Bulgaria. Is it on http://www.overcomerministry.org/ homepage? Of course not! It is however in today`s HFCC B-13, as 12-14, 100 kW, 85 degrees from Nauen, GERMANY (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also USA: WBCQ ** SPAIN [and non]. REE-B13 http://programasdx.com/ree_b13.html http://programasdx.com/principal_archivos/frecuencias_ree_b13.pdf http://programasdx.com/principal_archivos/frecuencias_ree_b13.doc (via José Bueno, Oct 25, DXLD) A quick look shows something very strange: While French and English to NAm continue on 6055 at 23-01 UT, 290 degrees, 6055 is ALSO shown as Spanish to C&SAm at 242 degrees, 23-06 UT! Both of course only from Noblejas. Are they serious? (Glenn Hauser, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) While these schedules look official, complete with REE logo, they are from a private source and in past have proven not to match official or registered schedules precisely (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) The REE website has posted the replacement frequencies for the closing Costa Rica relay and 6125 will be used between 00-06 UT along with 9535. The former is directed to "America Centro Sur" while the later is to "América Centro Norte". Also mentioned are additional frequencies during the daylight hours as well as a new Portuguese broadcast to Africa at 19 UT on 17595. http://www.rtve.es/radio/20131022/nuevas-frecuencias-para-america-africa/772240.shtml (Brian Flynn, PA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) [non]. 5995, REE. 27/10 0111 UT. No hay portadora, ni modulación. Aunque se escucha un leve siseo de AIR en idioma Sindhi en 5990, que anteriormente no se escuchaba a causa de REE // 9535 con un hombre hablando sobre el grafeno y la energía solar con SINPO: 54354 // 9620 con SINPO: 55454 (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: hilo largo de 5 metros, QTH: Poblado de Barraza Bajo, Comuna de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) [non non] 21610, Oct 26 at 1432, REE has good signal even with long- path echo, as a Belgian ``flamenco`` is attempting to read a statement in fraxured Castilian about the Euro, but the natives are pleased that he tried. Much weaker on // 21515, which I see will be gone from tomorrow in B- 13, with 21630 added, registered 13-17 UT, despite BBC and WHRI still being on it during much of that span. Will they really collide? 21630, Oct 27 at 1336, REE new here ex-21515, // 21610, about the same poor levels with Antonio Buitrago, `Amigos de la Onda Corta` shifted one hour later to conflict with RHC DX program, and also a segment about ``War of the Worlds`` on 75th anniversary of the original scary CBS broadcast in 1938y. REE better on 17595, but no more Costa Rica frequencies. So will the AdlOC repeat now be at 01 UT Mondays? See also CUBA. [and non]. REE`s frequency mismanagement makes it collide with not one but two other stations on the 13m band, which is replete with open channels. There is NO excuse for this! 21630, Oct 29 at 1257, REE IS is not // with 21610 which is in programming. By 1300 they are //. At 1357, now 21630 has CCI from tone, 1359 BBC Hausa signing on. Still colliding at 1424 check; 21630 is clear again at 1433 after BBC Ascension is finished, and now can hear a long/short path echo from Spain here and also 21610. By 1614 recheck, WHRI is bigsig ending Midnight Cry, and can`t hear any Spain underneath, maybe really off by 1600, but WHRI allegedly starts at 1500 on weekends. 21540, Oct 29 at 1357, REE is also back on this frequency! Despite KUWAIT; hear REE underneath Qur`an, making fast SAH with it and // 21610, the only clear frequency. Same at 1424, but only Kuwait at 1614. You may recall that REE collided for several seasons with Kuwait on 21540, before finally moving to 21515, which has now been abandoned. Old habits die very hard, resuming previous B-season usage regardless of the consequences. 6125, Oct 30 at 0521, CCI under RHC English is REE Spanish, // 9535. In A-13 Spain went off 6125 by 0500, so no collision. Now it`s registered until 0600. Another item for Arnie to deal with since he refuses to participate in HFCC, and REE could be unaware of what RHC is doing. 21540, Oct 30 at 1350, REE appears to have driven Kuwait off this frequency, but could be just a fluke: see KUWAIT. 21630, Oct 30 at 1421, REE is still colliding with BBC Hausa via ASCENSION (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1693, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SRI LANKA. 11905, Oct 29 at 0140, open carrier/dead air with flutter, so SLBC is vying with AIR on how much to mess up their own morning broadcasts (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SUDAN. SOMALIA [sic]: 9505, Voice of Africa; 1815-1824*?, 26-Oct; W in unknown language — presume listed Somali; mentioned letters VOA in English -- presume Voice Of Africa. 1824 M voice in English, "Voice of Africa" & seemed to go off despite being listed to continue (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, M.A.R.E. DXpedition, Port Hope MI, Drake R8B + 75 m. RW + TTFD, logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST) New time for morning transmissions of Voice of Africa Radio: 0600-0700 on 9505 ALF 100 kW / 110 deg to EaAf Somali, ex 0530-0630 0700-0800 on 9505 ALF 100 kW / 110 deg to EaAf Swahili, ex 0630-0730 0800-0900 on 9505 ALF 100 kW / 110 deg to EaAf English, ex 0730-0830 The start and the end of transmissions vary slightly between 1-3 min 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, DX Re Mix News via DXLD) ** SUDAN [non]. 15550.10, R. Tamazuj via UAE, Oct 27 0400-0416, 33443, Arabic, Talk, ID at 0408 and 0414. 15550.10, R. Dabanga via UAE, Oct 27 0430-0438, 43443, Arabic, IS and SJ and ID at 0430, 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) 7315, Oct 27 at 0537, VG signal from R. Dabanga, quickly sing-IDing on B-season channel, 250 kW, 146 degrees from VATICAN at 0430-0600 (plus Tamazuj at 0400-0430). Meanwhile, Sudanese continuous tone jamming is still on 15400, abandoned by PNW for the season (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SUDAN [non]. Hello DXers, Afia Darfur on 9780 kHz starting at 1900 UT in Arabic targeting Sudan. This freq is not listed on their web site. 73 (Tarek Zeidan, Cairo, Egypt, Sent from my iPad, Oct 30, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SUDAN [non]. GREAT BRITAIN: 17745, Sudan Radio Service (presumed); 1623-1635+, 26-Oct; W in unknown language - not Arabic, to 1630 Afrochant, then into Arabic; mentions of Sudan. SIO=353+ (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, M.A.R.E. DXpedition, Port Hope MI, Drake R8B + 75 m. RW + TTFD, logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST) CLANDESTINE, 13720, Sudan R. Service via UAE, Oct 27 0416-0425, 35333 Arabic, Talk, ID at 0417, IS and ID at 0418 (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) Closed Oct 31! See 13-45 ** SWAZILAND. Frequency change of Trans World Radio Africa: 1630-1800 NF 11700 MAN 100 kW / 013 deg to EaAf Amharic/Oromo, ex 11725 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, DX Re Mix News via DXLD) ** TAIWAN [and non]. RTI English Service Frequencies & Broadcast Times (From 10/27/2013 to 3/30/2014) China 1600-1700 6180 (48.54) Europe 1800-1900 3965 Philippines 1100-1200 1359 (MW) Africa 1700-1800 15690 (19.12) South Asia 1600-1700 15485 (19.88) Southeast Asia 0300-0400 15320 (19.58) 1100-1200 7445 (40.29) (via Richard Lemke, AB, DXLD) And that`s all ** TAIWAN [non]. 11835, Oct 27 at 1335, JBA carrier from presumed PCJ Radio via Sri Lanka, as expected their much-publicized ``War of the Worlds`` special not to be heard in the land of its birth at half a sesquicentury later. And guess what: also the subject at the very same time on *two* other stations, SPAIN and CUBA, qq.vv. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TAJIKISTAN. 4765.07, Tajik R., Oct 27 1337-1355, 35443, Tajik, Talk and music, ID at 1353 (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) ** TATARSTAN [non]. [9895:] Seldom seen odd frequency of Russian transmitter sites, this Oct 29 morning 0610 to 0700 UT Novosibirsk on odd frequency offset of +138 Hertz. Also negative, a lot of 60 second lasting audio feed BREAKS between Kazan, Tatarstan and Novosibirsk transmitter center happened this morning. The carrier at Novosibirsk kept on air all the time continuously. R Tatarstan, Kazan with morning prayer in Tatar at 0615 UT, followed sung by seldom heard mixture by female your lady pop singer, better signal S=9+30dB in Germany, than in Moscow, Finland, Sweden, and Italy; which were at S=9 up to S=9+15dB. Male announcer at 0627 UT. re 0810-0900 UT 12095 ARM (towards Kaliningrad, western Russia, Baltics). 0810-0900 UT 12095 kHz - OUT OF SERVICE today at Krasnodar Armavir Tbilisskaya site, nothing from Kazan heard on air at all (Wolfgang Büschel, Oct 29, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 30 via DXLD) RUSSIA {TATARSTAN outlet} on very odd frequency 9895.138 kHz. 0410-0500 11790 NVS (towards Vladivostok, Far East Russia) 0610-0700 9895 NVS (towards Moscow, western Russia) 0810-0900 12095 ARM (towards Kaliningrad, western Russia, Baltics) Seldom seen odd frequency of Russian transmitter sites, this Oct 29 morning 0610 to 0700 UT Novosibirsk on odd frequency offset of +138 Hertz. Also negative, a lot of 60 second lasting audio feed BREAKS between Kazan, Tatarstan and Novosibirsk transmitter center happened this morning. The carrier at Novosibirsk kept on air all the time continously. R Tatarstan Kazan with morning prayer in Tatar at 0615 UT, followed sung by seldom heard mixture by female your lady pop singer, better signal S=9+30dB in Germany, than in Moscow, Finland, Sweden, and Italy, which were at S=9 up to S=9+15dB. Male announcer at 0627 UT. (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 29, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Thanks, Wolfgang, that`s a station I do enjoy listening to when I can't sleep (2nd fave after Radio Racja!) (Tim Bucknall, UK, harmonics yg via DXLD) Thank you for the information. Anyone can tell me the QSL address of Radio Tartarstan, Kazan? My registered airmail to: QSL manager, Radio Tartarstan, P. O. Box 134, Kazan, Tartarstan, 420136 Russia was finally returned back after 2 months, for the reason of "address unknown" (Jonathan Short, China, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi - I had the same problem; then I sent an e-mail, in English, to this e-mail address: qsl-manager @ rambler.ru And I got a nice response pretty quickly from Mr. Ildus Ibatullin, QSL-Manager. 73, Good fortune and Good DX - (Bruce Jensen, ibid.) Finally had reception of Tatarstan Wave on the B-13 11790 frequency at 0410. Very poor signal, however I had no reception the previous two days. Checking the grayline map at this hour shows there may be a bit too much daylight in the transmission path for NA. Reception on 15110 in A-13 could vary greatly from day to day, so will keep checking 11790. Perhaps as the sun angle continues to lower approaching the solstice reception might improve a bit (Steve Luce, Houston, Texas, Oct 30, ibid.) ** TIBET. 6200, Xizang PBS via Lhasa, 1600, Oct 24. The “Holy Tibet” show in English; “This is China Tibet Broadcasting”; news (opening ceremony for overseas students at Tibet University was held on Oct 11); many IDs by native speakers of English; // 4905 (no QRM at this time period) // 4920 // 6110 // 7255 (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TUNISIA. New time for morning transmissions of Radio TV Tunisia (RTT): 0357-0456 on 17735 SFA 250 kW / 100 deg to N/ME Arabic, cancelled 0502-0602 on 7275 SFA 500 kW / 340 deg to WeEu Arabic, ex 0457-0556 0702-0802 on 7335 SFA 500 kW / 265 deg to NoAf Arabic, ex 0657-0756 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, DX Re Mix News via DXLD) 7275, Oct 29 at 0545, IWT is missing. Ivo Ivanov just reported that the 7275 broadcast time had changed slightly from 0457-0556 to: 0502- 0602; but not today. [and non] 7275, Oct 30 at 0519, IWT is back on in Arabic talk, music, after missing yesterday. Much weaker than 7295 Algeria/FRANCE (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TURKEY. 9700, Oct 27 at 0527, Turkish music, good signal, ex 11980. As always happens in the B-seasons, we get TRT instead of Romania in the A-seasons at this time on 9700. 12035, Oct 27 at 1334, JBA carrier, presumed VOT as now scheduled in B-13 for English at 1330, ex-15450 at 1230 which was becoming somewhat listenable. 12035 was no good here either in B-12, despite 500 kW, 310 degrees USward, but presumably reaches as far as the UK OK (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Winter B-13 schedule for Voice of Turkey Ankara Shortwave Broadcasting Schedule of VOICE OF TURKEY Radio between 27 Oct 2013 and 29 March 2014 dates kHz UTC tx kW deg language target 6000 0100-0300 EMR 500 72 TURKISH AS 9410 0200-0300 EMR 500 252 SPANISH AMs/SoEUR 9650 0200-0300 EMR 500 290 SPANISH NoWeAF/AMs/SoEUR 9460 0300-0400 EMR 500 72 UYGHUR AS 7240 0400-0500 EMR 500 138 ENGLISH AS 9655 0400-0500 EMR 500 335 ENGLISH AMs/EUR 9700 0500-0700 EMR 500 310 TURKISH EUR/AM 9820 0500-0700 EMR 250 138 TURKISH AS 11925 0700-1000 EMR 500 97 TURKISH AS 15480 0700-1300 EMR 500 120 TURKISH AF/AS 15350 0700-1400 EMR 500 310 TURKISH EUR/AM 11835 0800-0900 EMR 250 72 AZERBAIJAN AS 11795 0930-1100 EMR 500 105 PERSIAN AS 11955 1000-1100 EMR 500 210 ARABIC AF/AS 15360 1100-1130 EMR 500 32 TATAR AS 9840 1100-1200 EMR 250 72 GEORGIAN AS 13625 1130-1200 EMR 500 72 UZBEK AS 7245 1200-1230 EMR 250 290 BULGARIAN EUR 11805 1200-1300 EMR 500 72 CHINESE AS 17755 1230-1330 EMR 500 310 GERMAN EUR 11965 1300-1330 EMR 250 72 TURKMEN AS 11985 1300-1400 EMR 500 92 URDU AS 12035 1330-1430 EMR 500 310 ENGLISH EUR/AM 13685 1330-1430 EMR 500 72 UYGHUR AS 9410 1400-1500 EMR 250 20 RUSSIAN AS/EUR 11815 1400-1700 EMR 250 300 TURKISH EUR/AM 9785 1430-1500 EMR 500 62 KAZAKH AS 6185 1500-1530 EMR 500 290 ITALIAN EUR 9665 1500-1600 EMR 250 150 ARABIC AF/AS 15200 1500-1600 EMR 500 252 ARABIC AF/SoEUR 9530 1600-1700 EMR 500 105 PERSIAN AS 11680 1600-1730 EMR 250 92 DARI-PASHTO AS 5965 1630-1730 EMR 500 90 AZERBAIJAN AS 5980 1700-2200 EMR 250 310 TURKISH EUR 6120 1700-2200 EMR 500 150 TURKISH AF/AS 11730 1730-1830 EMR 500 105 ENGLISH AS/AUS/NZL 9495 1730-1830 EMR 250 270 SPANISH AF/EUR 9620 1830-1930 EMR 500 180 FRENCH AF 7205 1830-1930 EMR 250 310 GERMAN EUR 6050 1930-2030 EMR 250 290 ENGLISH AMs/EUR 5970 2030-2130 EMR 500 290 FRENCH EUR 6050 2030-2130 EMR 500 247 FRENCH NoAF/CeAF/WeAF 9610 2130-2230 EMR 500 105 ENGLISH AS/AUS/NZL 5960 2300-2400 EMR 500 310 ENGLISH EUR (HFCC transformed to time sorted form file by wb, Oct 23, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 30 via DXLD) ** TURKS & CAICOS. RVCI 530? I haven't heard RVCI Turks & Caicos on 530 kHz lately, just the two Cubans. Did they ever get back on the air after the hurricane that knocked them out a couple years back? -- (Mike Westfall, Los Alamos, NM, US AM Database, updated daily: http://mesamike.org/radio/cdbs/amdb.mvc My Logbooks: http://dxlogbook.gentoo.net/?account=mikew Reception report and QSL manager for KRSN 1490, Oct 28, ABDX via DXLD) It`s just been a few weeks, not long at all. I get Relaxin' With Raul (R. Encyclopedia) here and that`s it. I like it (Kevin Redding, Crump, TN, Oct 28, ibid.) Last news I had from over a year ago: Nothing moving in the T & C. I'm told RVC [530 kHz] has a 100 kW transmitter on South Caicos but no new tower site yet. The are still running the low long wire (toaster element). (Jerry Kiefer, Oct 21, 2012, DX LISTENING DIGEST 12-43 via 13-44) ** U K [non]. 7325, Oct 27 at 0530, headlines from BBCWS; remains VG via ASCENSION, ex-7355 in A-13; only problem is a bit of a het from 7320 Russia. Now scheduled 05-06 at 102 degrees so we are close to off-the-back; too bad they don`t start 7325 at 0400 or 0300 when more North Americans are awake, but Kashgar is on it then. The 05-06 hour remains our best time to hear BBCWS in English, despite no such intention by ex-Bush House. At least it will *seem* an hour earlier once we go off DST in a week. 5875, Sunday Oct 27 at 1303, BBCWS good here with news via THAILAND. HFCC B-13 shows 12-15 daily, 250 kW, 25 degrees also USward from Nakhon Sawan. During A-13 in fact there were three secret alternate frequencies to jump among, depending on day of week, and suspect same will continue in B-13. 11895, Oct 28 at 1253, BBCWS in English is fair-good here, with `Outlook` until cutoff at 1259:30. It`s 250 kW, 25 degrees from THAILAND, so also USward, plus previous hour at 45 degrees (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U K [and non]. BBC World Service B13 frequencies --- The winter frequencies for BBC World Service in English are now online: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/schedules/frequencies/index.shtml (click on the frequency charts to each region to see the transmitter site details) (Dave Kenny, Oct 25, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) Checking at 0000 Sunday October 27: 15755 Thailand fair signal, fully listenable 15335 Singapore poor signal, spotty copy 13725 Thailand poor and fluttery signal, but better than 15335 12095 Singapore poor signal, minimal copy 11955 and 11750 Singapore nothing heard 9740 Singapore faint flutter, not sure what 9410 Thailand poor signal, spotty copy, sounds like some CCI 6195 Singapore nothing heard 5970 Oman faint flutter, not sure what Lots of BBCWS frequencies listed in HFCC at 0000, but some might be wooden or alternates. Will try to check again later in the evening. Later check at 0300 Sunday October 27: 6195 Oman very poor, unlistenable 12035 Kigali fair, but CCI underneath, don't know who Now checking at 0400 Sunday October 27: 9410 Oman poor and deteriorating, unlistenable 12035 Oman poor and deteriorating, same as 9410 12095 and 15420 Seychelles slight flutter, no audio Checking at 0500 Sunday October 27: 5875 Ascension poor, spotty copy 6005 Ascension fair at 0500 but soon clobbered by slopover from Cuba 5 kHz down 7325 Ascension good signal, solid option for NA reception (Steve Luce, Houston, Texas, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Right you are, Steve. 7325 is excellent at 0545 UT (Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, ibid.) BBCWS 3255 and 6190 from Meyerton also came on air about a minute before the HFCC B13 listed 0500. Working from my wristwatch, possibly not spot-on accurate, so not logged (Bill Bingham, Johannesburg RSA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Final check at 0600 Sunday October 27: 9410 Ascension poor 9460 Ascension very poor 9860 Meyerton nothing heard 12095 Meyerton nothing heard I didn't bother with 3255 and 6190 BBCWS Meyerton after 0500; too much daylight in the transmission path for these low frequencies to make it to NA (Steve Luce, Houston, Texas, ibid.) ** U S A. Reception of VOA Radiogram on 5745, 27 Oct 2013 from Victoria, BC --- I happened to be listening this morning, briefly, at 16:00 on 17860, and reception was excellent. I didn't save any screen shots, though. I noted an Olivia transmission at the end, which didn't seem to be present during the 02:30 broadcast. Unfortunately, at my QTH, the 49 meter band has a lot of evening noise which makes reception difficult. Nonetheless, the only transmission mode not coming through was the MFSK 128 mode, both with the standard 128, and with the 128L mode. It was about 25% decipherable. The 128 image did not come through, but the other images did. Here's a screen shot: Inline image 1 Notice the amount of noise! The Flmsg came through fine: Inline image 2 Finally, here's the sign-off: Inline image 3 [visible in the DXLD yg] 73, and thanks, as always to Kim Elliott for providing this interesting service! (Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, UT Oct 27, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Yes, even from me, a big thank you to Kim and his regular test broadcasts. As a result, I got a good skills in decoding of digital radio broadcasts, in addition to MFSK-modes even with PSK31 and Easypal. With the unannounced sporadic digital-broadcasts of radio amateurs I would have never reached this level. (and there were also good exercises for me to "html" ;-) http://www.rhci-online.de/VoA_Radiogram_2013-10-26.htm (Roger, Germany, ibid.) ** U S A [non]. 9800, Oct 29 at 1309, VOA Korean via Tinang, PHILIPPINES is now here in B-13, ex-15775 in A-13; VG signal but modulation is somewhat suppressed and distorted. OK modulation on // 7235 and synchronized despite being from other site TINIAN, NMI. 12105, Oct 30 at 1427, IBB Burmese with good signal, 100 kW, 310 degrees from SAIPAN, with WTWW not on to block it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 25950/FM, KOA Denver CO studio relay; 1930, 25-Oct; News- Radio 8-50 KOA, Accu-weather, sig alert spot. Good but gone abruptly at 1935. 1449, 26-Oct; "News, traffic & weather...News Radio 8-50 KOA", ad for Aurora RV America. Scratchy & fady (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, M.A.R.E. DXpedition, Port Hope MI, Drake R8B + 75 m. RW + TTFD, logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 5009.74 [sic; must be 5109.74], WBCQ Monticello ME; 0222- 0235+, 26-Oct; Glenn Hauser's World of Radio #1692; mentioned that someone with the same name as me heard KOVR-TV Sacramento audio relay on 26110. WBCQ spot at 0235. S25 (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, M.A.R.E. DXpedition, Port Hope MI, Drake R8B + 75 m. RW + TTFD, logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST) WORLD OF RADIO 1692 monitoring: confirmed first airing after 0330 UT Thursday Oct 24 on webcast of WRMI, inaudible on 9955. Then: Thu 2101 on WTWW-1 9479 UT Fri 0327v on WWRB 5050 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 0401 on WTWW-1 5830 WORLD OF RADIO 1692 monitoring: confirmed on WTWW-1, 9479, Thursday Oct 24 from 2101:20. Also confirmed on WWRB, 5050, UT Friday Oct 25 from just before 0328, with the previous preacher curtailed. Next: UT Saturday 0200v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB; Sat 0630 & 1430 on HLR 7265-CUSB (or not?); Sat 1500 on WRMI 9955; Sat 2329v on WTWW-2 9930; UT Sun 0401v on WTWW-1 5830. Yes, I am aware there is some hum on the recording which I did not notice until it was all done; don`t know where it came from but will try to get rid of it next week. WORLD OF RADIO 1692 monitoring: confirmed on Area 51 webcast starting at 0203 UT Saturday Oct 26 after some entertainment. Barely audible on 5110v at 0229 check. Next: Sat 0630 & 1430 (or not?) 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 1692 monitoring: confirmed on WTWW-2, 9930, Saturday Oct 26 starting at 2327:19. Next: 0401v on WTWW-1, 5830. WORLD OF RADIO 1692 monitoring: confirmed starting at 0401:15 UT Sunday Oct 27 on WTWW-1, 5830. Next: Tue 1100 on WRMI 9955; Wed 0630 & 1430 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB (maybe back to full power and tower? Europeans, please confirm). ** U S A. 5830, Oct 24 at 0049 check, WTWW-1 is back on the air after missing earlier today and last night. 5085, Oct 27 at 0054, WTWW-2 is missing, while usually on UT Sundays with QSO show; after WOR circa 2356 Oct 26 there was the QSY announcement to 5085, but unchecked whether it really came up by 0000. [and non]. All three WTWW transmitters are missing, Oct 27. At 1145, no 5830, 5085; at 1304, no 9479, 9930 or 12105 (instead from SAIPAN, RFA to Burma, with something in English, clip or lesson?). Recheck 1525, all three are still absent. I see in HFCC B-13 that 12105 is not supposed to start before 1400, but what about during our Week of Confusion? 5085, UT Mon Oct 28 at 0052, WTWW-2 is on with ``Martha Garvin`s Musical Memories``, amateur hymn-singer and pianist, who availablizes her program to several US SW stations. Usual huge signal here and spreading beyond 5085. Also back on the air are 5830 WTWW-1 with SFAW and 12105 WTWW-3 with Bible in Spanish, after all being silent earlier on Sunday. 12105, Oct 28 at 1305, WTWW canned ID by Ted, then Russian Bible; VG signal and no CCI audible, totally burying RFA SAIPAN in Myanmarianese. So during the Week of Confusion, WTWW is still *1300v on 12105 instead of B-13 schedule from *1400 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 7490, Oct 27 at 0116, WBCQ is off, unlike last Saturday night when an old RNI tape was being played during this hour. 5110v-CUSB, Oct 30 at 0103, a classic Paul Harvey commentary, ``If I was the Devil``; presumably part of this week`s `Fred Flintstone Music Show`, which has been appearing for weeks during this hour UT Wednesdays. Altho his politix were way out there, I had just been lamenting that there`s no PH to be heard on the caradio at noon any more, not even a PH Junior. 7490, Oct 30 at 0112, WBCQ is off when Brother Scare would ordinarily be heard. For giggles, let`s see what TOM homepage says: http://www.overcomerministry.org/ ``WBCQ 7590 8Pm-11Pm EST`` --- wrong frequency and wrong timezone. It also puts WRMI on 9990, several obviously wrong timespans, etc. See also SOUTH CAROLINA [non] (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 7285-AM, Oct 30 at 0113, AM contacts involving WA1HLR, the unmistakable but belchless voice of the TimTron, i.e. per ARRL lookup: ``Smith, Timothy M, WA1HLR, 49 Tower Drive, Skowhegan, ME 04976``. Usual bigsig like on 80m-AM; unknown whether operating from home location in mid-Maine or WBCQ site in Monticello, 140 miles away; but with WBCQ missing from 7490, could have been hooked up to its antenna for a little more gain (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 3195, Oct 30 at 0106, WWRB is back on winter frequency, ex- 5050, with spooky `Planet X` show. This will also affect WORLD OF RADIO UT Fridays at 0327v this week --- 0427v from next week. Check both for a while, as previously WWRB would sometimes simulcast, firing up otherwise idle third transmitter. HFCC B-13 shows 3195 this week with WWRB from 0100, next week from 0200; 3195 this week with WWCR until 0100, next week until 0200. And 3215: WWRB until 0100 this week, until 0200 next week; WWCR from 0100 this week, from 0200 next week. Why don`t the two just pick one frequency or the other rather than swap around? A mystery, but it keeps loggers on their toes (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1693, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. RELAUNCH OF KVOH --- Hi, Glenn. This is to let you know that KVOH, The Voice of Hope, will be re-launching this weekend. Beginning on Friday 1st (Sat 2nd UTC), we will have a three hour nightly schedule on 9975 kHz, from 0100-0400 on Fri and Sat evenings, and then 0200-0500 from Sun evening on, after the U.S. returns to Standard Time. [on 9975, no 17775] The first two hours each night will be in Spanish, and the third hour will be in English. A good proportion of the programming will be live. The schedule will be expanded over the coming months, as airtime sales allow. The schedule, which at this point is still subject to change, is on our website and may be viewed here: http://kvoh.net/wp-content/uploads/KVOH-Program-Grid-9975-2013-11-03-English.pdf (It only shows the winter times; the first two nights will be one hour earlier UTC.) (Ray Robinson, KVOH, Los Angeles, Oct 30, WORLD OF RADIO 1693, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Includes Spanish DX program Frecuencia al Día, UT Sunday 0230 (this week, 0130) (gh, DXLD) Hi, Dino. Our schedule is now on our website. The direct link is: http://kvoh.net/wp-content/uploads/KVOH-Program-Grid-9975-2013-11-03-Spanish.pdf We will be starting on Friday 1st & Saturday 2nd (Sat & Sun UT), 0100- 0400 UT. Then, after the US has returned to Standard Time, we will be on from 0200-0500 UTC nightly from the evening of Sunday 3rd on. The first two hours each night will be in Spanish; the last hour will be in English. And, a good proportion of the programming will be live. We aim to expand the schedule over the coming months, as airtime sales allow (Ray Robinson, Operations Manager, KVOH, Los Angeles (via Dino Bloise, who recorded some IDs, so gets to be on KVOH, dxldyg via DXLD) ** U S A. 6115, Oct 28 at 0058, WWCR bigsig with rock music, ex-6875, now scheduled 21-01 UT, and after the Week of Confusion, from Nov 3 at 21-02. That opens another few frequencies for the pirates (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7730: WWCR mixer there, as predicted, at 2206 Oct 30 (Harold Frodge, MI, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Caused by 13845 minus 6115 (gh) ** U S A. 7506.4, Oct 27 at 0117, WRNO is off tho certainly still registered in B-13 from 22 to 16. 7506.4+, Oct 30 at 0112, WRNO is gone again (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 7555, Oct 27 at 0117, KJES is off, as happens unpredictably, still scheduled 0200-0330 in HFCC B-13 --- but time change from 0100- 0230 should not happen here for one more week (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) back on Oct 30 ** U S A. 12050, WEWN, Vandiver AL; 1639-1654+, 26-Oct; English speech with simultaneous Spanish translation--very annoying; "If there is no wine, there is no party." & The new wine cannot be poured into old wine skins." Spanish commentary & ID as Radio Católica Mundial. SIO=433 with whine QRM -- SSB no help, so maybe transmitter (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, M.A.R.E. DXpedition, Port Hope MI, Drake R8B + 75 m. RW + TTFD, logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST) Certainly, as I have reported for years (gh, DXLD) ** U S A. 9265, WINB Red Lion PA. Instrumental music such as Music Box Dancer & Amazing Grace. ID at 0058 into a VERY distorted (overmodulated) preacher eating the microphone & speaking way too quickly to understand. The SINPO during this section was 434+4+1+ because of this. Clearly NOT a transmitter issue, but it sure makes them look bad! Another ID at 0128 into more preaching but the signal was weakening a lot by this point. An ID at 0200 into PCJ IS & ID into News. 454+4+4 at tune, MUCH better than usual for some reason (did Keith’s yelling at them get them to actually tune up their transmitter?) By 0130 the signal was down to 33+4+43 & by ToH when PCJ started it was down to 234+42, not really listenable but the ID was clear. 0055-0300 18/Oct (Ken Zichi, Williamston MI, MARE Tipsheet 25 Oct via DXLD) That was UT Thursday; has PCJ continued on UT Thursdays only, or what? (gh, DXLD) ** U S A. 9830, Oct 27 at 0528, ``Are You Washed in the Blood of the Lamb``, disgusting animal-sacrifice hymn but with nice harmonies on VG signal, must be WHRI. Yes, now registered on 9830 at 05-06 daily, adding 0430-0500 Sat & Sun (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Guess what: HFCC B-13 is full of listings for the defunct WYFR. Didn`t Family Radio tell their frequency manager or FCC not to bother? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 550, Oct 24 at 2340 UT, `Behind the Mike` show with Graham McNamee in 1940y(?) answering listener questions about radio history, including: the first broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera was in 1910 when Caruso was singing backstage, and picked up by a ship-at-sea {WTFK?}. This was a segment during `When Radio Was` on KFRM Salina KS. I believe WRW is at 6-7 pm CT, ending just in time for official October sunset at 0000 UT, when power cuts from 5000 to 110 watts; but in November, SS moves way up to 2315 UT = 6:15 pm CDT/5:15 pm CST, meaning no more near-local signal into OKC. So the last half- sesquihour of WRW will still be on day power on Friday Nov 1, but only on night power from Nov 4. Pattern is same day and night, broadly aimed southwest. KFRM justifiably claims much of OK in its prime daytime coverage area. (KSAL 1150 Salina also reaches well into OK days, and with a night lobe toward Enid) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING GIGEST) ** U S A. Right after local mean noon, always 1832 UT, on Oct 26 I venture to the low-noise hot-spot parking lot in an Enid mall to do an AM bandscan on the caradio for weakest detectable signals; however there are storms in southern Oklahoma making lightning crashes, the only such area on the continent now: 720, Oct 26 at 1842 UT, football vs Iowa. Chex with WGN schedule for today, Northwestern vs Iowa. Also SAH of 2.07 Hz, KSAH Universal City TX (San Antonio)? It`s really the only station close enough, 10 kW day power, altho even in the daytime allegedly with a null toward Chicago and mostly toward us. At 1843 UT, I find *no* skywave activity on the X-band, not even 1700 KKLF Richardson TX --- so surely none of above signals lower in the band are skywave either (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 750, Oct 26 at 1211 UT, ranchera music from WSW/ENE, heavy CCI, 1213 Spanish announcement mentions Tejas. Probably KAMA El Paso. Since NRC AM Log again in 2013 says 750 KMMJ Grand Island NE has some Spanish, I`ve been wary of logs here based on language, so I look at the KMMJ.org website (why don`t stations` own sites show up at or near the top of Google searches? Instead lots and lots of streaming services, etc. Finally I find KMMJ site by going to Wikipedia). There looking at the entire program schedule for M-F, Sat and Sun, there are NO titles in Spanish, FWIW, just gospel huxters and Dave Ramsey in English. We also learn that the calls retroactively signify: ``Keeping your Mind on the Message of Jesus``. Nothing about ``The Bridge`` as in NRC Log, not even by internal search of the site. 750 is also the home of a much-wanted OK station, KSEO in Durant, 220- watt ND daytimer, which I have never heard a trace of in daytime, SRS or SSS, and continue to wonder if it`s really on the air. If not closer to Durant, would someone on I-35 around the Red River please check for it? (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 830, Sunday Oct 27 at 1217 UT, WCCO Minneapolis MN, amateur guest on phone with summary of the natural world, from Moon phase to fall colors, what`s being harvested, insect and bird migrations in `CCO-land (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 860, Oct 29 at 1229 UT, country song, not daily polka which I must have just missed, from KKOW Pittsburg KS; 1230 break of about a semiminute interrupting song before comes back on, slightly stronger. Must be official sunrise time for night/day change, from 5 kW direxional SW including plenty toward Enid, to 10 kW ND daytime. Yes, per FCC: Oct 1230-2345 Nov 1300-2315 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 880, Oct 25 at 1220 UT, with KRVN nulled, continuous chanting on almost a single note, ultimately morphing into a familiar Christian hymn tune with Navajo lyrix, as KHAC Tse Bonito NM (suburb of Window Rock AZ) is again audible long before sunrise, non- direxional day and night powers being 10000, and 430 watts (PSRA is also 430 yearound). So is this really only 430 watts? FCC linx no topo map for this one, but longitude of site is 109-01-13 west, so is this really in AZ or NM? Quick Google found entire AZ legal eastern boundary with NM as ``one hundred nine degrees, two minutes, fifty- nine and twenty-five one-hundredths seconds west``. http://www.azleg.state.az.us/const/1/1.htm Geez, why didn`t they make it 109-00-00.00 even? Anyhow, that puts KHAC in NM. Meanwhile at 1222 UT Oct 25, the other and bigger 50 kW Navajo Nation station, 660 KTNN, a few km away, remains unheard around here, so properly direxional away from New York; at this time, only two Mexicans mixing on 660, one talk, one music, along with KSKY and/or KCRO (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 920, Oct 29 at 1233 UT, `Huckaby Report` ending, as wacko far-right extremist appears on lots of stations at 1230; is it KVEL, Vernal, Utah again? No, Lamar mentioned, so it`s just KLMR in SE CO. Local announcer exhibits excessive expressiveness about weather and farm conditions; KYFR Iowa nulled, where Harold Camping can still be heard, but often with serious sacred music (as opposed to gospel rock, soul) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 930, KRKY, CO, Granby, OCT 24, 0530 (MST). Monitored Sports Talk, via KSEI Pocatello, ID, weak but steady and without interference. Some mixing with country music at :40, then suddenly covered by country music amping way up. "Medved Chevrolet" spot, mentions of Rocky Mountains, and KRKY. My first log here of KRKY Granby. ID mentioned // broadcast on 101.9 FM. Faded at ToH to "Sports talk 9-30, KSEI". Caught on Grundig Satellit 750, loop bar oriented for N/S reception (Rich Barton, El Mirage AZ, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 930, Oct 28 at 1220 UT, what`s to be heard with WKY OKC nulled now? News in English, mentions wpr.org, funding plugs, Wisconsin weather, YL host, local, not NPR, talk show with guest Bill Krause(?). It`s WLBL Auburndale in the center of WI, on the WPR Ideas Network, 5000/70/500 watts, non-direxional (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1000, Oct 27 at 1230 UT, ID from ``Christian Radio for New Mexico, KKIM``, Albuquerque, then `Haley`s Comments` show, slow SAH with KTOK OKC; long before sunrise even here to the east, obviously on ND 10 kW day power instead of 38 watts night, or PSRA of 12.2. Frequently audible with KTOK nulled or vice versa (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1020 [non], KDKA DXed early in Latin America: see MUSEA ** U S A. 1060, Oct 29 at 1239 UT, `Scott Luther`s Gold and Silver Express`, infomercial pushing coin purchases (if such a hedge against paper-money, why doesn`t he hoard instead of sell them, amassing paper or imaginary money instead?). Dominant signal from NW/SE which means either WLNO or KRCN. This matches the Radio Colorado Network schedule for 6 am weekdays at http://1060thebiz.com/krcn/KRCN-Programming-Schedule--a-6.asp which is a neat homepage with an old console radio design, complete with stuck toggle switches. KRCN Longmont CO is 50000/111 watts, with PSRA of 500. Certainly sounds to me like 50 kW already, long before sunrise. At this time, hardly anything from 10 kW daytime 1060 cheater KIJN Farwell TX (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. KLIO flips to ESPN Deportes http://radiodiscussions.com/showthread.php?654854-KLIO-flips-to-ESPN-Deportes Scott Shannon loses an affiliate as "Oldies 1070" becomes Kansas' first Spanish sports station. Story from radioinsight: http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlin...espn-deportes/ (purpledevil, Houston TX, Sept 30, radio discussions blog via DXLD) Lynch and Oatman are probably spinning in their graves like lathes. A damn shame how such a great Radio legacy was lost, abandoned or whatever you call it. Who would have ever thought 1070 in Wichita would have ever seen such a decline. As the song says "Time keeps on slipping into the future". Wow; shakes head and walks away (Jay Walker, Oct 1, ibid.) 40+ years later, and the hits just keep on coming. KWBB Wichita, KBEQ Kansas City, KLEO Wichita, KEYN AM-FM Wichita, KOFM Oklahoma City, KPKE Denver, WLS-FM/WYTZ Chicago, WKTI Milwaukee, KEGL Dallas, KSNN Dallas, KJKK HD-2 KLUV HD-2 Dallas. Now Blissfully retired leaving the race to another younger rat (Walker`s tag, ibid.) Pretty close to what i was thinking; a total waste of a big-coverage facility, with a format better suited for a 1240 or a 1410-sized station (JimH, ibid.) Waste of an AM station. Who in the world wanted to flip this big powered station to ESPN Deportes? I think they should pull the darn plug on 1070 kHz for what I can tell (-crainbebo, Marysville WA, ibid.) That station used to be the highest rated AM station in the market. It was a top 5 station as late as the late 90s. It is a shame what they did to that station (jimntc, ibid.) KFDI AM 1070 from the mid 60's until the day of the sale was always THE market leader in revenue and ratings. The AM pulled double digit ratings for most of it's country history. The amazing part of the story is how well they did with the abysmal nighttime pattern and power. Since KFBI had/has to protect co-channel KNX to the west and first adjacent 1080 KRLD to the south, as well as others to the east and north, the signal was a TIGHT figure eight pointed north south at a puny 1,000 watts. For years the 100 kW FM was looked upon as the "red- head step child" which toyed with "outlaw country", "cosmopolitan country" and was never taken seriously. Journal should have held on to the format(s) with the AM as "Classic KFDI" and the FM as its current "Today's KFDI" format. Even though Journal has a low power FM running the classic country format, I'm pretty certain the bottom line would have been better served keeping the AM close to it's money making heritage. But my opinion is extremely jaded (Jay Walker, ibid., all via Artie Bigley, DXLD) ** U S A. Right after local mean noon, always 1832 UT, on Oct 26 I venture to the low-noise hot-spot parking lot in an Enid mall to do an AM bandscan on the caradio for weakest detectable signals; however there are storms in southern Oklahoma making lightning crashes, the only such area on the continent now: 1110, Oct 26 at 1839 UT, mainly KFAB in English with a Nebraska ad; SAH of 3.4 Hz, presumably KVTT Mineral Wells TX. At 1843 UT, I find *no* skywave activity on the X-band, not even 1700 KKLF Richardson TX --- so surely none of above signals lower in the band are skywave either (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. This is old hat to us AM DX'ers but its good to see mainstream press article about the remaining viable AM Radio stations. Link to article is below. Writer took roadtrip from St Louis to Memphis, and back whist listening to KMOX (1120 kHz) broadcast of World Series. As a side note, BTW, KMOX is the only station permitted on the Cardinals Baseball Network per Major League Baseball rules to air the "home" announcers. Other CRN stations (including FM DX pest KTXR 101.3 Springfield MO) are required to substitute the ESPN Radio broadcasts for World Series games. Same applies for the Red Sox radio network-- only WEEI permitted to carry "home" announcers for Boston. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/30/sports/baseball/trying-to-outrun-the-long-reach-of-cardinals-baseball.html (Fritze H. Prentice,Jr KC5KBV, Star City AR EM43aw twitter.com/fritzehp facebook.com/SoutheastArkansasDXAndMediaReport DX LISTENING DIGEST) Big deal: Memphis is not that far from KMOX (gh, DXLD) Rare to see such a complete and respectful article about AM radio in the everyday press these days. Sent by jfiglio1@nycap.rr.com: TRYING TO OUTRUN THE CARDINALS’ LONG REACH --- By DAVID WALDSTEIN KMOX, the powerful St. Louis radio station, has been turning Middle America on to Cardinals baseball since 1926, but could a reporter outdrive its signal? Or, copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://nyti.ms/HttgcO (via John Figliozzi, dxldyg via DXLD) DX in the New York Times. Also, take a look at the Sunday Democrat & Chronicle (Rochester NY) for a feature article on Scott Fybush. Jim (Robin Dunnington, DXLD) Viz.: DXing KMOX -- in the NYTimes Sports section http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/30/sports/baseball/trying-to-outrun-the-long-reach-of-cardinals-baseball.html?ref=international&_r=0 (Via Chuck Albertson, DXLD) KMOX AND THE CARDINALS: CAN YOU HEAR US? - Radio Discussions 4 hours ago - With ESPN Radio preempted for local programming in a lot of markets, KMOX is the only way to hear the 2013 World Series in a vast area of ... http://radiodiscussions.com/showthread.php?656342-KMOX-and-the-Cardinals-Can-you-hear-us&p=5938094 (via Artie Bigley, DXLD) Glenn: If you haven't seen it, you should read this nice article. The only thing I see he got wrong is that the FCC didn't issue the first KMOX license in the '20s, as it wasn't in existence until the Communications Act of 1934 was crafted by Sen. C.C. Dill (of Washington State). http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/30/sports/baseball/trying-to-outrun-the-long-reach-of-cardinals-baseball.html?_r=0 I remember as a freshman rigging up an antenna so a classmate upstairs in Grays Hall in the Harvard Yard could listen to Harry Carey on KMOX on his Zenith Transoceanic in 1958! (Benj. F. Dawson III, P.E., Hatfield & Dawson Consulting Engineers, LLC, 9500 Greenwood Avenue North, Seattle, WA 98103 USA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1140, Oct 24 at 1236 UT, ``Radio Las Américas, 11-40`` ID after norteña music, loops about ENE/WSW. No such slogan listed for a Mexican and there aren`t any westward from XEMR Monterrey, the nighttime dominator. The SS in Arkansas is ``La Más Mexicana`` --- or was --- Google soon leads to Rogers AR now branded with this new slogan, broadening its scope: https://www.facebook.com/lamasmexicana?ref=stream&filter=2 http://www.lasamericas1140am.com/ Autolaunches webcast whether you want it or not. Really KLTK, COL Centerton AR, address in Rogers, 5 kW ND daytimer. Must be a fairly recent change, as still with old slogan in NRC AM Log 2013 and the last time I logged it. Per own website, also look out for ``La Más Perrototota y Punto``, ``Pura Música Perrona``. The new name may have more to do with Supermercados Las Américas than continental outreach, whose ads are splashed all over the page; new station owner? FCC AM Query still shows licensee as La Mas Mexicana LLC. I figure perrototota would be too idiomatic for my paper 626-page Random House dixionary, and I am right; perrona isn`t in it either, and both also stump Google translate. So what do these terms mean or connote? Are they familiar to any Mexican/American, or regionalisms? Maybe something to do with dog = perro (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. WNDB DX Test --- A DX Test from WNDB-1150 Daytona Beach, FL will be conducted on Saturday Morning December 7, 2013 beginning at 1:00 AM ELT [= EST = 0600 UT] The programing will consist of voice announcements alternating with Morse code IDs at 5WPM. The test will be conducted using the station`s 1000 watt non-directional facilities. This test was arranged by Bobby Gray, Director of Engineering, following recent antenna system upgrading. Mailed report with return postage can be directed to WNDB TEST, Attn: Bobby Gray, 126 W. International Speedway Blvd., Daytona Beach FL 32114. Email reports be accepted at Bobbygray@engineer.com MP 3 files are fine and will be welcomed. Those hearing the test may call (on your dime) on the Studio line: 386-239-0033 (please feel free to circulate to other DX related lists) 73 (Wayne Heinen, Oct 25, NRC- AM via DXLD) ** U S A. 1190, Oct 26 at 1222 UT, promo for Bob ----, ``The Grim Reaper`` not only M-F at 10 am but ``could be even worse when repeated at 4 pm``, on ``the all-new KQQZ, The Patriot``. This website: http://kqqz1190am.com/ linx only to streaming, no program schedule to look up his last name, but it`s really Insane, as ``Hot Talk, Kool Killer Kountry, The 1st Amendment and All American Station``. KQQZ Has two mascots: a yellow-devil wielding a trident(?) weapon; and a much cuter green double 6-gun-totin` saguaro cactus cowboy sheriff, a perfect match for St. Louis MO, roughly a kilomile from the nearest wild saguaro. At least KQQZ no longer confronts cross-state QRM as Disney turned off and pulled out of Kansas City. Then I search on Grim Reaper and find he pertains [-ed?] to sibling(?) station KZQZ 1430: http://www.kzqz1430am.com/ Riverfront Times article about Bob Romanik says he`s an ex-con. So what exactly is the division/relationship between the 1190 and 1430 stations? This long article goes into the convoluted history of these and other stations, as of 15 months ago: http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2012-08-02/news/bob-romanik-grim-reaper-of-radio-insane-broadcasting/2/ (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Right after local mean noon, always 1832 UT, on Oct 26 I venture to the low-noise hot-spot parking lot in an Enid mall to do an AM bandscan on the caradio for weakest detectable signals; however there are storms in southern Oklahoma making lightning crashes, the only such area on the continent now: 1200, Oct 26 at 1836 UT, very weak talkshow about cars, 31 mpg. No doubt it`s WOAI San Antonio on groundwave. However, their Saturday schedule shows this should not be on until after 1900 = 2pm: 10AM-2PM The Mutual Fund Show 2PM-3PM Belden Automotive's Under the Hood Show Read more: http://www.woai.com/onair/saturday/#ixzz2istXPGgq I mustn`t forget that there is a 1 kW daytimer in Bolivar, SW Missouri, which could possibly make it here, KYOO, ``Today`s Best Country``. At 1843 UT, I find *no* skywave activity on the X-band, not even 1700 KKLF Richardson TX --- so surely none of above signals lower in the band are skywave either (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. $42,000 NAL FOR KQAM AND KGSO WICHITA Started by Jay Walker, Yesterday 07:45 AM http://radiodiscussions.com/showthread.php?655957-42-000-NAL-for-KQAM-and-KGSO-Wichita (via Artie Bigley, DXLD) Viz.: Big fines for Steckline stations in Wichita. Public Inspection File violations, day power at night, out of tolerance directional parameters. A laundry list for sure. Story from Tom Taylor: http://somethinglikenothing.net/ttn/ttn-10252013.html (via DXLD) Viz.: $42,000 IN FCC FINES, AFTER A FATEFUL VISIT TO WICHITA An FCC agent from the Kansas City office followed up an anonymous complaint by dropping in on two Steckline Communications-owned AMs last October 22. The agent found significant problems at both transmitters, and an expensive problem in the public files. At talk KQAM (1480), the transmitter was running 55% over its licensed nighttime power. There were other technical problems like, “at no point during the inspection was management able to bring KQAM’s directional parameters into tolerance for the nighttime setting.” It was a similar story at sister “Sports Radio 1410” KGSO, where daytime power was 41% over the licensed 5400 watts. It was also operating in daytime mode at night. The Commission’s been a stickler about keeping the public file up to date with issues/programs lists, and in this case, Steckline is penalized for not having the third quarter report filed when the FCC visited on October 22 – not long after the end of the quarter. A more serious error was that “none of the documents that the station called issues/programs lists contained any information regarding the programs aired to address the listed community issues.” Here’s how the fines were computed - $4,000 for being over-power, $7,000 for problems with the signal, and $10,000 for public file violations. The KQAM fine is here and the one for KGSO is here. (via Artie Bigley, DXLD) ** U S A. 1510, Oct 28 at 1228 UT, same promo twice for HOT, Tuesdays at noon, = Happiness, Opportunity, Technology. Presenter John Barnabas sounds British. Apparently a recent reordering as on website it`s T-O- H. An ID followed for ``Money Radio 1510 & 99.3 FM`` = KFNN Mesa AZ, 22000/100 watts. Dominant signal from the west. Hmmm, I wonder which power is in use now, long before sunrise? Has fast SAH from algo; then US Tax Relief ad (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1630, KCJJ IA, 6:50 am [EDT? = 1050 UT] 10/15, Station owner ranting about local politics. He's being investigated for his political activities. Said station's 15th anniversary was previous day. He moved station to Coralville in 2007. Sounded like he got some sort of subsidized rent deal; he wants to extend the deal another 5 years. They have first right of refusal if he sells station; but it's not for sale. He thinks it will always have value. Rant resumed after 7:30 news. Mostly fading by 7:45 am (Larry Russell, Flushing MI, MARE Tipsheet 25 Oct via DXLD) ** U S A. WKSH TESTING! 1640, WKSH Sussex WI testing NOW - March music, show tunes, frequent LIDs. 73! (John J. Rieger, 0000 UT Oct 30, NRC Dxtip list, via Rick Dau, ABDX via DXLD) Forwarded from the DX tip listserver. I got them here at 1919 CDT with Broadway/Vegas-style show music and a recorded "WKSH, Sussex" ID by a male. Never was able to log Cali[fornia] or Oregon while WKSH was off. Must be their first day back on. 73, (Rick Dau, South Omaha, Nebraska, 0017 UT Oct 30, ibid.) After Disney turned off pending sale (gh) Radio Disney Sells Three Stations RADIO DISNEY is selling two more of its now-silent stations, KDIS- F/LITTLE ROCK and KRDY-A/SAN ANTONIO, to SALEM COMMUNICATIONS' SOUTH ... http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/123824/radio-disney-sells-three-stations (via Artie Bigley, Oct 30, DXLD) Not including WKSH, however (gh) ** U S A. 1680, Oct 24 at 2347 UT, classic country signal from KRJO Monroe LA is very poor and with some CCI from presumed Ada MI, while all the other usual X-banders, many further away, such as 1690 Chicago and 1670 Madison, are at usual good levels, thus reaffirming my earlier observations that something`s wrong at KRJO, apparently running even less than 1 kW; in compensation for WTNI 1640 running more? (Glenn Hauser, Oklahoma City OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 1680, Oct 26 at 0043 UT, not much signal on DX-398 until I plug in the external shortwire; then there`s HS football with a team named Wildcats, which are surely all over, but this correlates with Wossmann HS in Monroe LA, playing at home tonight vs Rayville; presumed KRJO Monroe LA instead of Classic Country (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1710, WQFG689, Secaucus/Hudson County NJ, EAR; 0245-0300+, 26-Oct; Call ID; emergency notification signup info from the Hudson County Office of Emergency Management; promo from the NJ Attorney Gen'l's office for safe surrender for non-violent fugitives 11/6-9. Peaks on top but mixing w/UNID Latino music station (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, M.A.R.E. DXpedition, Port Hope MI, Drake R8B + 75 m. RW + TTFD, logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Poof!? Why are Low Power FM stations vanishing? http://radiosurvivor.com/2013/10/28/poof-why-are-low-power-fm-stations-vanishing (via Dennis Gibson, WB6TNB, Oct 29, Sent from my iPad, ABDX via DXLD) ** U S A. BEARS RADIO: CHICAGO BEARS PREPARING TO UNLEASH HD RADIO - http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/columnists/ct-spt-1030-sherman-media-20131030,0,6958302.column The Bears already have two de facto sports talk stations in town. The daily dissections, not to mention overreactions, drive WSCR-AM 670 and WMVP-AM 1000 during the football season. Now there's the prospect of another station. And it will be wall-to-wall Bears because it will be run by the Bears. Bears President Ted Phillips said the team will explore the possibility of launching its own station via HD Radio. He said it could happen next season, but more likely in 2015. HD Radio is an emerging technology that is expected to have a dramatic impact on the radio landscape. In essence, participating stations have substations within their frequencies that are broadcast in high definition. In its deal with WBBM-AM 780 and WBBM-FM 105.9, the team has the rights to use 105.9 HD3 as its own exclusive radio outlet. "How cool is that?" Phillips said. "I can't say we will do it next year, but the brainstorming will begin next year. In my mind, we're probably looking at 2015." Currently, the Penguins, Phillies and Cowboys have HD Radio stations. More pro franchises, though, are looking at the option as HD Radio is expected to have greater distribution with manufacturers now making them available in new cars. The technology also allows access via smart phones apps and through the Internet. The Penguins, who launched first in 2009, have Monday through Friday shows airing from 2-6 p.m. Additional programming includes games from the Penguins' minor league affiliate; college hockey and flashbacks from classic games. It's all Penguins, all the time, as the team looks to super serve its core fans. The Bears would have a similar programming lineup for their HD station. They now are positioned to make a move thanks to the opening of a new multimedia facility at Halas Hall, the most advanced in the NFL. Part of a 40,000-square foot addition, it includes fully operational TV and radio studios. The Bears already produce several shows for television. An HD station is a natural next step in their bid to generate more original content to satisfy a fan base that can't get enough football. The question is when, Phillips said. "The HD penetration still is not that high," Phillips said. "It' s very labor intensive. We have to make sure it is worth it." Joe D'Angelo, senior vice-president for HD Radio, said there are currently 14 million HD Radio units in the marketplace. The big move will happen on the car front. Angelo said 33 auto companies have announced plans to incorporate HD Radios in 170 models by year's end. Because most people listen to the radio while driving, the sooner consumers buy new cars, the quicker they will have access to the latest technology. D'Angelo contends HD Radio is in a similar position as HD television was in the late 1990s, when it still was in limited use by networks. A few years later, it became a staple. "HD television was around for a decade before it got consumer traction," D'Angelo said. "HD Radio is moving faster, given the penetration in the car market." Besides the Bears, the White Sox also have discussed HD Radio, although it appears to be further down the road for them. Their deal with WSCR gives them access to 104.3 HD 3. "It is a nice option as the technology gains more and more distribution," said Brooks Boyer, the team's chief marketing officer. It is something we have been monitoring for quite some time and will continue to monitor." The Bears would be ahead of the curve if they launched a HD Radio station in 2015. However, by the end of the decade, they probably will have plenty of company, as teams will ride the latest technology. More '85 Bears: When Rich Cohen sat down for a lunch interview with Mike Ditka, the coach asked a blunt question as only he could. "Why the hell would you want to write a book about the '85 Bears?" Ditka said. "Do you know how many people have written about this team?" Cohen replied, "Why did you run that offense all those years? Because you thought you could do it better than anyone else." Ditka replied, "Good answer." Cohen's new book, "Monsters: The 1985 Chicago Bears and the Wild Heart of Football" definitely is different from previous versions about the fabled team. The Glencoe native and best-selling author writes it from the perspective of a 17-year-old kid who came of age with those Bears and then reconnects with them on a personal level more than 25 years later. It is a lively and compelling portrait of not only that team, but the franchise and its place in Chicago. "A lot of the stuff about that team is Game 1, 2, 3, 4," Cohen said. "I didn't want it to do that way. That team transcended the sport. That team expressed a lot about Chicago. The way the people play. The way they think of themselves. No other Chicago team affected me in that way." Special contributor Ed Sherman writes at shermanreport. com. Follow him @Sherman_Report (via Kevin Redding, Oct 30, ABDX via DXLD) ** VATICAN [and non]. 9645, Oct 30 at 0517, Arabic from Vatican Radio, with het on hi side from R. Bandeirantes, Brasil. Off by 0529. Now that VR is back on God`s Time, the Latin+ mass on 9645 has shifted one real hour later to start at 0630 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VIETNAM. new frequency 9635.75, VOV-1, 1232, Oct 28. Had recently checked here and found them on their former 9635.0, so perhaps now using a different tx here? // 5975 // 7210. Unable to hear the normally heard // 7435.5, so perhaps is that tx? (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi dear Ron, this morning Oct 29 1120 UT noted VOV on 9635.731 kHz, and also 7210.0 kHz, but nothing noted from Son Tay on 7435v kHz, maybe totally OFF service, only a poor signal string on 7433.411 kHz, but latter seemingly something else, but not Vietnam (Wolfgang Büschel, Oct 29, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 30 via DXLD) ** VIETNAM [non]. 9640, Oct 27 at 0059 and 0108, no sign of VOV English to NAm via Woofferton, as in previous tentative B-13 schedule, despite confirmed deletion of DRM from 9630 Costa Rica. Nor on ex-A-13 channel 12005. Maybe they saw my comment that 9 MHz would be too high for winter, should be on 7 MHz. Looking up latest HFCC B-13 of Oct 26, I see that they went to 6 MHz instead, in fact their established 6175 channel, which continues via WHRI in English at 0330 --- but now the Woofferton relay in English is also on 6175 at 0100 & 0230, when I did not monitor yet. 6175, Oct 28 at 0105, VOV English via Woofferton UK confirmed here ex- 12005, only fair signal at best and with ACI from 6180 Brasil. Why in the world don`t they just use WHRI for the 0100 and 0230 English as well as the 0330? Wherever it`s aimed, WHRI would be much better for us than way-off Woofferton. The only advantage of WOF would be filling relatively close areas in the HRI skipzone around SC. Meanwhile, what`s on 12005 now? SW Asian language mentioning Pakistan, better than VOV 6175. HFCC shows IBB in Pashto, 340 degrees from SRI LANKA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ZAMBIA. 5915, ZNBC (presumed); 2203-2204:31*, 25-Oct; Afro sung anthem. Need USB to take out squeal (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, M.A.R.E. DXpedition, Port Hope MI, Drake R8B + 75 m. RW + TTFD, logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ZANZIBAR. ZBC Radio, 6015 Dole. Oct 25, 2013 Friday. *0257-0308. Swahili. Suddenly on at *0257 with Spice FM music. 5+1 pips at 0500 with id “ZBC”, ID repeated after a few secs. Intro to Kor`an at 0301, into Kor`an recitation at 0301. Ended 0306, back to talk by OM who did the intro. Fair-good. Jo'burg sunrise 0324 (Bill Bingham, Johannesburg RSA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6015, Oct 25 0300, Zanzibar Broadcasting Corp. Thanks to the tip from Bill Bingham via DXLD I was able to pull in this station at the same time with decent strength. Up to 0300 heavy QRM from 6020. I got a nice recording with ID at 0300 (Thomas Nilsson, Sweden, SW Bulletin Oct 27 via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. TA carriers in Oklahoma --- Had a chance to scan for TA carriers with the Excalibur this evening. On the way home after sunset, I heard hets against 1520 KOKC and 890 WLS on my lowly Civic "radio" so figured there was a good chance that other carriers were to be heard/seen on the waterfall display. Was I ever right. Between 0220-0300Z 26OCT13 saw carriers on the Excalibur waterfall display on: 549/558/567/585/594/603/621/639/675/684/693.000/693.004/711.111/756/77 4/783/792/801(?)/837/855/864.001/864.006/873(?)/882/890.981/890.996/90 9/945 --- that was as far as I got before I had to stop but suspect there were lots of others on up the band. When I get a chance tomorrow, I'll try to guess the source of some or all of these carriers. Whew!! No audio, obviously, but 549 and 621 were by far the strongest of the bunch while 909 and 945 were fairly strong as well. Quite a showing for the central US using a 43 foot sloping wire, high end at 20 feet. Earlier in the week, I spent time between 909 and 1060 looking for TA carriers as well. The Excalibur display can really "zero-in" on the carriers and allow me to measure the frequency to +/- 1 Hz (e.g 693.004 above). The recent discussions on MW offsets got me interested in measuring some of the offsets on both domestic and TA signals. I'll try to report on some of what I've measured in that frequency range this weekend. 73, (Bruce Winkelman AA5CO, Tulsa, OK, Excalibur G31DDC SDR, Par EndFedz SWL sloper, UT Oct 26, ABDX via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic carriers, Oct 29: on caradio hearing strong 1-kHz het on 910, at 0120, so as soon as I am back on the porch with DX-398, full scan finds all these past 0130, not necessarily in this order: 531, 585, 603, 693, 774, 783, 873, 882, 909, 954, 1044, 1053, 1089[off-frequency, birdie?], 1151, 1215, 1377, 1494, 1521. Another check inside with the DX-398 at 0554-0600: 549, 684[vs WSCR IBOC], 693, 774, 882, 891, 909, 954, 1044, 1053, 1152, 1215. TA carrier search Oct 30 at 0048-0053: 549, 693, 774, 783, 792[vs WBBM IBOC], 873, 882, 891, 909, 1152, 1206, 1215, 1377, 1422, 1521, 1557. Mark Connelly pointed out that by accumulated power, my previous log of 774 would most likely be the RNE Spain synchros adding up to some 400 kW (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. TP carrier search Oct 25: after finding 2-7 MHz from Asia propagating poorly today, did not expect any on MW, but there they are: usual JBA carriers at 1203-1205: 693, 747, 774, 972, likely Japan and Korea South. Today`s sunrise here not until 1248. WWV fembot reported at 1318: 10/24 flux 161(!), Ap 9 (? Not sure due to a fade/distortion and poor enunciation of the fembot who refuses to repeat the numbers even tho there is plenty of time to do so! Back to e-mail from WWV: it was 3); K at 12 was 0. Past 24 hours: R3 blackout; next 24 hours: minor, G1 storm and R1 blackout (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. TP carrier search Oct 26 at 1151-1157: JBA on 594, 693, 747, 774, 882, 972, 1143. 774 and 972 are slightly stronger than the others. I decided to sit on 972 at 1200 trying to detect a S Korean timesignal, but inconclusive. TP carrier search Oct 27 at 1157: JBA on 702 from south of due west; 774 from northwest. 702 presumably 2BL Sydney NSW, whose true bearing is 251 degrees at 13860 km. TP carrier search Oct 30 at 1234: 747 is JBA, no others found in the area (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 740, Oct 27 at 1212, song in Spanish vs KRMG about 6 Hz away (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. Right after local mean noon, always 1832 UT, on Oct 26 I venture to the low-noise hot-spot parking lot in an Enid mall to do an AM bandscan on the caradio for weakest detectable signals; however there are storms in southern Oklahoma making lightning crashes, the only such area on the continent now: 870, Oct 26 at 1830, English station in a game is atop with a SAH of 3.5 Hz. May we assume that KFJZ Fort Worth is 100% Vietnamese? WWL is scheduled for `Tiger Tailgating`, I assume sports-talk. The little 870 daytimers in CO and MO are both listed as Oldies. Of course even music stations are quick to pre-empt it for silly ballgames. WWL or either of those would be a good daytime groundwave catch; need to try again. At 1843 UT, I find *no* skywave activity on the X-band, not even 1700 KKLF Richardson TX --- so surely none of above signals lower in the band are skywave either. Oct 27 at 1900 UT, I have returned to the same location as yesterday, the MW hotspot in a mall parking lot in western Enid. Almost same space, but on Sunday the lot is almost empty if that should make a difference. I`ve timed it to arrive just before hourtop, hoping to get an ID on the 870 station, but conditions are somehow worse than yesterday: all I can detect on 870 at 1902 is a SAH of about 6 Hz. Normally readable 880 KRVN is also very poor (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 930, Oct 30 at 1250 UT, country music with WKY OKC tightly nulled. Per NRC AM Log 2013, the *only* two USA/Canadian C&W format stations on 930 are both likely within range from here, KAFF Flagstaff AZ, and KRKY Granby CO (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. Hi - Supposedly 4780 kHz. is being heard again now (2150 UT) on the east coast NAm, so probably Djibouti on early again. Worth checking on. Ron Howard, CA, Oct 26, DX LISTENING DIGEST) From upcoming bcdx #1135: nothing heard here in Europe at 2240 UT Oct 26; 4780 is empty. DJIBOUTI {tentat.} 4780, Pilgrimage to Mecca; is there a correlation with Djibouti reception? Signal should easily reach Mecca across Red Sea. Hajj - the pilgrimage to Mecca, is one of the greatest religious observances in Islam. What are the dates for Hajj in 2013? Hajj is expected to fall between October 13-18, 2013. Every year, millions of Muslims from around the world make the journey to Makkah, Saudi Arabia, for the annual pilgrimage (or Hajj). Also AIR Delhi have special Hajj broadcast on air via shortwave. (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 23 via DX LISTENING DIGEST) So the Hajj was over by the time I heard 4780 all-night on Oct 23 (gh, DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 5010, Oct 26 2309, UNID station here with western music and talk. Quite weak signal and decreasing. Sometimes between 0004 and 0026 AIR Trivandrum started up about 2 Hz higher in frequency, very strong but with some hum in the signal. Very Strange! (Thomas Nilsson, Sweden, SW Bulletin Oct 27 via DXLD) Later: CNR1 jamming new Taiwan UNIDENTIFIED. 7680, Oct 25 at 1242, fair unmodulated carrier is cutting on and off in regular pattern, twice at a time two seconds apart starting every 7.5 seconds or so, i.e. 8 pairs per minute; whence and why? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 9760, Oct 28 at 0552, American songstress soulfully singing ``I`m So Lonely, I Could Die``, poor-fair signal. Would expect this to be R. Nikkei 2 from JAPAN, except I am not getting anysig from Nikkei 1 on 9595. HFCC shows also during this hour, an IBB Kurdish service via Nauen, Germany, which could propagate, but hard to imagine such programming on it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 9765, Oct 27 at 0055 and continuing past 0103, roaring motorboating blob of noise, with occasional bursts of modulation which must originally have been speech, totally unreadable. AND accompanied by pairs of weaker spurs at multiples of intervals of close to plus and minus 22.5 kHz, easily detected on: plus & minus 22.5: 9742.5 & 9787.5, strongest plus & minus 45.0: 9810 atop weak Cuba; 9720 however is only a clear weak carrier, presumed still Cairo`s totally dysfunxional NAm service Further pairs are progressively weaker, but same noise detectable: plus & minus 67.5: 9697.5 & 9832.5 plus & minus 90.0: 9675 & 9855 plus & minus 112.5: 9652.5 & not 9877.5 plus & minus 135.0: finally unheard or too weak (9630 & 9900) The only thing in HFCC B-13 at this time on 9765 is RRI Pontianak, Indonesia, surely imaginary and no way that is the source. This mess is similar to what was observed one night recently coming from the 9770 Turkey transmitter, Spanish at 0100, but this is no longer the time or frequency for it. Lack of a blob on 9720 but the Cairo carrier implies that could be involved in this. The other Cairo mess is still on 9965. 9765, Oct 28 at 0055 past 0100, no signal nor panoply of distorted spurs as heard 24 hours earlier. Would sure like to find out what that was (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 9775, Oct 30 at 1342, open carrier with good signal. What will this be? Finally enlivens at 1400 with a bit of martial music, and assertive announcement by YL in Korean; no jamming audible. Thought it might be one of the clandestines from Japan which are on a new schedule, but not including 9775 per Sei-ichi Hasegawa. Nor is 9775 on Voice of Korea`s new schedule per Arnulf Piontek. Not in HFCC B-13 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) R. Free Chosun: 13-45 UNIDENTIFIED. 12758.5-LSB, Oct 24 at 0052, colloquial Spanish 2-way, good signal as I am checking for AFN Diego Garcia on 12759-USB. First time I have run into this in the way (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 13680-SSB, Oct 30 at 1346, 2-way Spanish intruder, typical Mexican colloquial intonation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 15151-SSB, Oct 30 at 1426, 2-way Spanish intruder on one of their favorite SWBC channels (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 21500-USB, Oct 29 at 1424, intruders, colloquial Spanish 2-way, not errant hams. 21500-SSB, Oct 30 at 1421, 2-way Spanish intruder again heard here today (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. Was tuning past 22819 kHz; and the signal that sounded like a siren in past weeks sounds like a bizarre mfsk digital signal this morning. Interesting to hear this signal. Good signal into Montreal at 1409 UT. 73 (Gilles Letourneau, Montreal, Canada, http://www.youtube.com/officialswlchannel Oct 25, dxldyg via DXLD) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS ++++++++++++++++++++++++ ACKNOWLEDGED ON WORLD OF RADIO 1693: Thanks to Philip Hiscock, for a contribution via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com [not necessarily in US funds; PP will convert] To be acknowledged futurely: Thanks for the show (Thomas Hunt, with a contribution via PayPal) One may also contribute by check or MO in US funds to World of Radio, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 PUBLICATIONS ++++++++++++ Preliminary version of B-13 Aoki http://www.geocities.jp/binewsjp/ia/userlist1.txt found by (Paul S. in Connecticut, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) B13 English shortwave schedules updated at PTSW The first edition of the Prime Time Shortwave English schedules are available at http://www.primetimeshortwave.com thanks to Ernest Riley, October 27, 2013, version B13v01. (Daniel Sampson, Prime Time Shortwave ptsw yg via DXLD) ILGRadio B13 The new B13 frequency database of ILGRadio is now available. There are again a lot of changes in the schedules. If you have not already ordered ILGRadio here is the link: http://www.ilgradio.com/password-order/index.html This is the first release of B13 and further updates will follow. (Bernd Friedewald, via Simon-Peter Liehr, Meissen, Germany, Oct 27, DSWCI DX Window Oct 30 via DXLD) New PAL Radio Guide Available, October 25 2013 The latest version of the PAL Pacific Asia Listeners Radio Guide is now available at http://www.radioheritage.net It covers MW radio stations across the region as far west as Afghanistan, including Alaska, Hawaii, Australia, New Zealand, Polynesia, Melanesia, Micronesia, Japan, China, India and many others. Established over 50 years ago in New Zealand, today it's maintained by Bruce Portzer of Seattle USA and hosted by the Radio Heritage Foundation along with a growing number of new radio guides now including FM and digital radio services and links for online listening worldwide. The PAL Radio Guide is provided as a free service. If users wish to make a donation towards the Radio Heritage Foundation they'll be very welcomed and appreciated. From as little as $1 at www.radioheritage. net helps contribute towards the costs of the Global Radio Memories project. We welcome all new users of the PAL Radio Guide, and extend a warm welcome back to the many frequent users in Europe, Canada and the USA. (Radio Heritage Foundation, Oct 25, DX LISTENING DIGEST) LANGUAGE LESSONS ++++++++++++++++ PIONGUIANGUE Glenn, Like in every (?) language, capital cities of other countries above all have do have their names adapted according to one's language (isn't it with English too?) and so the north Korean capital is no exception, thence "Pionguiangue", but then as you well know, both - u's- are silent, so the pronunciation of it isn't too strange after all. Even country names can take different versions, and since we're "in Asia" so to speak, Formosa is one of our names for a country much later known under the name of Taiwan. The former was, however, also used world wide until the "advent" of Taiwan. 73, (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, DX LISTENING DIGEST) LADINO - SPANISH HEBREW I was amused at the fellow who copied an Israeli transmission in "presumed Hebrew but sounded like Spanish..." Probably doesn't know about Ladino. Here in Seattle, which has a pretty substantial percentage of the Jewish community who are Sephardic, it's not entirely unusual to hear someone speaking Ladino, and I have a couple of friends who are fluent. And Ladino speakers can usually communicate with Spanish speakers as well - much like Italian and Spanish speakers. And maybe closer than the various Scandinavian languages (particularly Icelandic - the partner in our firm whose fluent in Norwegian can't understand or read Icelandic without extreme difficulty). (Ben Dawson, WA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) MUSEA +++++ CROWDSOURCING THE BBC WORLD SERVICE ARCHIVE "The BBC World Service Archive Prototype allows you to search, browse and listen to over 36,000 radio programmes from the BBC World Service archive spanning the past 45 years. For a limited time you can explore this archive and help us improve it by validating and adding topic tags that describe the programmes. You just need an email address to register for the prototype." More at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/posts/An-experiment-with-the-World-Service-Radio-Archive (Mike Barraclough, Oct 28, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hito en la historia del DXismo sudamericano. http://lagalenadelsur.wordpress.com/2013/10/29/1923-90-anos-de-la-primera-recepcion-de-una-broadcasting-de-ee-uu-en-sud-america/ 73 (Horacio Nigro, Montevideo, Uruguay, La Galena del Sur blog, Oct 29, condilist yg via DXLD) KDKA 920 picked up for the first time in the Andes (Argentina or Chile?) (gh, DXLD) And he provides an English version: 1923. 90 YEARS SINCE THE FIRST RECEPTION OF A U.S. BROADCASTER IN SOUTH AMERICA (By Horacio A. Nigro, CX3BZ, Montevideo, Uruguay, "La Galena del Sur") ---------------------------------------------------------------------- On the night of October 30-31, 1923, 90 years ago, Engineer Roland Raven-Hart, a British Army Major located in the Andes mountains on the Argentina-Chile frontier, heard a U.S. broadcast station (and thus an overseas station) for the first time in South America, an event that made the headlines in the specialized press of that time. It was the first time that the famous KDKA, Pittsburgh, USA, was heard in South America. Major Roland Raven-Hart was born in Glenalla, Ireland. He was trained as an engineer, and at the outbreak of World War I he enlisted in the the British Army. He was assigned to the General Staff, and served on sensitive missions in France, Belgium, Russia, Italy, Palestine, Sudan, Syria, Egypt, etc. At one point he installed an antenna on one of the pyramids of Egypt that allowed him to quickly communicate with the staff. Imagen integrada 1 --- Ing. Roland Raven-Hart. (1889-1971). Major of the British Army. He was member of the Institute of Radio Engineers and the American Institute of Electric Engineers. As a consequence of his outstanding performance, several allied governments gave him merit awards, such as Officer of the Order of the British Empire, Croix de Guerre from France, Order of St. Stanislaus of Russia, etc. When peace was restored, and with the rank of major, he asked to be released to travel for rest and study in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where the Pacific Railroad Administration allowed him to study wireless. This continued after the Trans-Andean railway arrived in the mountain village of Los Andes, where he had installed his famous amateur radio station 9TC. He had good DX, and on this date, achieved a distance record for broadcast reception between North and South. In fact, the Argentinian "Revista Telegráfica", a magazine edited in Buenos Aires, Argentina, reported the following news in its October 1923 edition: "REMARKABLE RECORD At press time, we get the following report. The news could not be more sensational. It has been possible to receive a North American broadcasting station at a distance of approximately 8,300 kilometers! It is an event that marks a new era in our modern history of radio. Using the pseudonym "John English" is a distinguished engineer who deserves our absolute faith". Indeed, "John English", pseudonym of Roland Raven-Hart, reported: "Radiotelephony up to 8,300 kilometers. - Reception tests in Los Andes (Chile) and Puente del Inca (Mendoza). - Interesting observations. In Los Andes (Chile) on the night of October 30-31 I received a complete program from a station announcing as "KDKA - Pittsburg 'classical music, jazz and comedy, all in English. I think this must be a record, being a distance of more or less 8,300 kilometers. The apparatus used is a"Western Electric", with a high [frequency] amplification, detector and low [frequency]amplification, with a phone of the same brand. The antenna was 20 meters long and 5 meters high on a zinc roof". Imagen integrada 2 --- He does not mention the frequency or wavelength. The Westinghouse station was operating on the frequency of 920 kHz at that time , but it is also likely that he received it on shortwave via station 8XS, which began simulcasting KDKA mediumwave in July 1923 on the 60 meter band. Imagen integrada 3 KDKA Raven-Hart was enjoying reception at the time, but from local stations. "During the month of October I have heard the following stations, and will have much pleasure in giving news about the reception quality, etc. My address for letters: Supte. [abbreviation of Super Intendent], Telégrafos F. C. T. Los Andes (Chile). Buenos Aires ....... Radio Cultura, Radio Sud América Montevideo ......... Paradizábal, R. Sudamérica Tucumán ............ Radio Club, San Pablo, « R. P. F. » Rosario ............ Radio Club San Juan ........... "340", Pekam Villa Maria ........ Radio Coen Bahia Blanca ....... Dr. Cattaneo (CW. Telegrafía) As promised, I detail the results of my tests at my facilities for October 17- 21 from Puente del Inca (Mendoza), with a "Western Electric" receiver, one tube for high frequency reception, detector, and one tube for low frequencies. The weather was variable, cloudy and snowing on the 21st. Static was relatively strong on days 17-19, but there was little static on the 20th and 21st. Radio Cultura and Radio Sudamérica [Buenos Aires] were also heard during the day, the first with the headphones on the table. Sociedad Radio Argentina, 1100 kilometers away, was received well at night. From Montevideo, 1300 kilometers, I got Paradizábal and Radio Sudamérica, and also the following: Radio Club of Villa María (Cordoba ), 650 kilometers; Radio Club de Tucumán, 850 km; Station 340, San Juan, 200 kilometers, daytime, and Radio Pekam; Station 394, Rio Cuarto (Cordoba), (initial number somewhat dubious), 550 km Radio Club of Rosario de Santa Fe, 900 km; Radio Chilena de Santiago de Chile, with headphones on the table and at a distance of 120 meters [sic](1) ; A. B. C., Viña del Mar (Chile). My antenna is too long, allowing me to listen to only a few amateurs, but I will try again. As always, during their conversations various radioamateurs did not give their names. I think it is interesting to make three observations: 1) there are stations on the frequencies of Radio Sud América, Radio Cultura and Paradizábal, causing heterodynes, so it is impossible to receive one station without the other; 2) several of th smaller stations produce noise from the generator, or the rectified AC, that is louder than the music they broadcast, with horrible results; and 3) several stations produce carrier waves equal to or stronger than that of Radio Cultura, but the modulation is so low that the voice is barely heard. In my view, there are stations that could double their transmission range if they paid more attention to their modulation than to the current at the antenna. I do not mention the stations, but I'll be glad to answer directly to the abovementioned amateur stations if they contact me at: "Superintendent of Telegraphs. F. C. Transandino. Mendoza." John English" Imagen integrada 1 --- Broadcasting station HA9, Villa María, Córdoba, Argentina. “one of the best of the countryside”. (1925). Mr. Raven-Hart, was in fact an active chronicler of the pioneering radio activity that had been developed at that time in the Southern Cone of America. By the end of May 1926, he returned to Europe, spending some time in Spain and Italy. Then, he travelled to the U.S., where he was received by the organized amateur radio community in this country as a representative of the South American hams, in recognition of the 9TC success. He returned to Buenos Aires in 1927. It is worth mentioning his impressions on his European tour. He summarized the status of radio in Europe in two words: "Little news". However, he commented on the "new" Loewe brand of vacuum tubes, which he had the opportunity to test, "as detector and dual audio frequency amplification at the same time", with results that he described as wonderful. He also found good broadcast programming. As to the receiving apparatus in use, he considered that it was "inferior to that used in the U.S. and Argentina and much more complicated". In 1932 he retired from his engineering profession, and traveled to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) to do canoeing. Actually, he navigated more than 15,000 miles of the rivers in the world, using a folding canoe. Imagen integrada 2 --- One of the books authored by R. Raven-Hart During World War II, Roland James Raven-Hart was one of the 766 Argentine volunteers serving the Allied cause. Roland's life was undoubtedly an exciting global adventure. It is said that he was a friend of Colonel T. E. Lawrence ("of Arabia") working for the Intelligence Department, and he seems to have been at least partly responsible for convincing the famous writer Arthur C. Clarke (author of "2001 A Space Odyssey"), a communications engineer colleague, to settle and live in Ceylon: En route from Australia the ship docked in Sri Lanka (then Ceylon), where Clarke met Major R. Raven-Hart, OBE. "A remarkable linguist and lover of exotic places, cultures and customs," said Clarke. "It was my first introduction to the fabulous Orient. I've been here, more or less, ever since". He was the author of several books, especially about his canoening activities, and he wrote an article in collaboration with composer Lennox Berkeley entitled "Wireless Music". In December 1923 KDKA would be rebroadcast in Great Britain, and had even been received in Hawaii, and later, on March 25, 1924, KDKA broadcast entirely in Castilian for the South American nations. In early 1924 it would be heard for the first time in Uruguay. Sources: Interview to Mayor Ingeniero Roland Raven-Hart, “Revista Telegráfica”, ob. cit., January 1927. “Major Rowland Raven-Hart and his “Canoeing in Ireland””, en “Irish waterways history”. “Arthur Clarke Spins Tales of Outer Space, but He’s at Home in a Sri Lanka Sarong”, by Marcia Gauger, in People.com. -Originally published in my blog "La Galena del Sur", (in Spanish). -Special acknowledgment goes to Mr. Jerry S. Berg, USA, for helping with the best translation of the original article. 73 (Horacio Nigro Geolkiewsky, Montevideo, Uruguay, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) with the illustrations DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DRM See AUSTRIA; BELGIUM; JAPAN; KOREA SOUTH; ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ NEW ZEALAND; RUSSIA; VIETNAM RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM +++++++++++++++++++++ SUBAUDIBLE HETERODYNES Glenn, I like your method of calculating the offsets, haha! Now the question is, are they high or low? (Bob Young, KB1OKL, Oct 24, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [Prompted by my Mexican logs on 700, 720] One is tempted to assume major US stations are the ones exactly on-frequency, but not necessarily. Each could be off to one side or the other, and the XE opposite. By ear I can sometimes decide whether a station is lo or hi if I can isolate it and by stepping 10 kHz on the DX-398, with BFO at default offset, detect a slightly higher or lower pitch compared to several adjacent frequencies. But 1 or 3 Hz is not really enough difference, for me, anyway. Get up to 10 Hz or more and there is a noticeable difference. But still this is all relative rather than absolute (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) Re: IBOC AT NIGHT, FIVE YEARS LATER Hey Darwin, I deleted all California listings except for KJUG, and promptly received e-mail that the stations need to be added. There are several AM stereo stations broadcasting the C-QuAM format in northern California. Warren Shultz retired from WLS 89 Chicago and was the CE responsible for keeping C-QuAM on that station for so many years. As far as I know, C-QuAM was not removed (yet). Thank you. We now sell new MW-2 PLL AM stereo tuner that replaces PRO1k tuner. Further details can be found here: http://meduci.com (jeffdeck, Oct 20, ABDX via DXLD) AM stereo is not ``digital`` so here Re: INTERFERENCE AND GOVERNMENT ABDICATION Greg, if you are getting interference on that broad of a frequency range and from neighbours, my first guess is going to be Internet over hydro line adapters. These things are horrid for sending out noise and at great distances. God knows what they are doing to a persons health. They should be banned. They are fighting the fight over these things in the UK. awr (Andy Reid, ODXA yg via DXLD) TNX for your input "awr"; Fortunatly, our ISP's are not using BPL (at this time) for client service; but maybe for thier own use. However, I wonder about some of these "store bought" aftermarket "plug in" wireless extenders. I hate to think how bad they are as well as their power supply (Greg [Schatzmann?], ibid.) In response to the current ODXA Yahoo Group topic of digital interference going unchecked and unpoliced: I have long felt it an absolute disgrace the way Industry Canada bureaucrats have quietly but stealthily and steadily for the past couple of decades abdicated their responsibility to police the radio spectrum against digital noise producing systems and devices of so many kinds! Why do they get away with it? Because they are confident it's far from being an issue on the radar or political agenda of their Minister. Not an issue the public gives a damn about they think! Let's change that with a letter writing campaign to the current minister and get these bureaucrats onto the hot seat for not doing their job !!! ---E N D--- Message From: (Mike Bryan, VE3 CGT, mbryan @ magma.ca Stittsville, Ontario, Oct 24, ODXA yg via DXLD) Unfortunately, if Canada is much like its neighbor to the south, the government lobbyists for AM interference- causing devices have much deeper pockets than the lobbyists for MW/SW radio industry participants. Alas, it's the commercial Golden Rule at work. That letter-writing campaign will need to have $200 stapled to each letter to be effective (Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA USA, ibid.) [shortwavelistening] CARRYING RADIOS WHILE OUT AND ABOUT Hi all, I am sure this is a subject that rings true with a lot of radio type people: when out and about how do you carry your radios and other accessories? With the warmer weather just starting down this end of the world I will be taking my radio hobby and radios out portable a lot more, this means finding a good way to carry them. I have used "Pelican" type hard cases in the past and also digital camera bags and normal back packs. These all have advantages and disadvantages in each case. Does any specialist or custom radio carry gear exist? (Paul [Tanger?], Tasmania, Australia, http://ulmwdx.blogspot.com.au/ Oct 23, ABDX via DXLD) ANTENNA PROTECTION RULES ARTICLE Great article on how the new Antenna Protection Rules will affect engineering considerations and the AM Band. Worth reading for any DX'er. http://www.tvtechnology.com/article/new-antenna-protection-rules-are-a-win-/222015 73, (Les Rayburn, N1LF, 121 Mayfair Park, Maylene, AL 35114, EM63nf, Oct 28, ABDX via DXLD) PROPAGATION +++++++++++ Solar & Geomagnetic activity forecast for the period October 28 - November 24, 2013 Solar activity will continue to fluctuate at solar flux 100 - 155 s.f.u. during next few weeks. Frequent occurrence of C class flares and some M class flares is expected, X class flares are possible. Geomagnetic field will be: quiet on November 1 - 2, 4, 14 - 16, 18, 21 - 23, mostly quiet on October 31, November 3, 13, 17, quiet to unsettled on October 30, November 5, 7, 9, 12, 19 - 20, quiet to active on October 28, November 6, 8, 11, 24, active to disturbed on October 29, November 10, Growings of solar wind may cause remarkable changes in magnetosphere and ionosphere on October 28 - 31, November 1 - 2, 6 - 7, 16 - 17, 23 - 25. 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 28 0344 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # Product description and SWPC contact on the Web # http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/weekly.html # # Weekly Highlights and Forecasts # Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 21 - 27 October 2013 Solar activity was reached high levels. The period began at low levels with several C-class events from Regions 1875 (N07, L=030 class/area Fkc/790 on 27 Oct) and 1877 (S12, L=009 class/area Dkc/440 on 24 Oct) observed on 21 Oct. By 22 Oct moderate levels were reached when Region 1875 produced three M-class events, the largest an M4/1b at 22/2120 UTC associated with a 220 sfu Tenflare and a Type II radio sweep (1955 km/s). Moderate levels continued on 23 Oct with three additional M- class flares from Region 1875 and reached high levels early on 24 Oct when Region 1877 produced an M9/1n at 24/0030 UTC. A faint, full-halo CME was observed with the M9 event, along with Types II (1321 km/s) and IV radio emissions. Model runs indicated potential impacts at Earth on 28 Oct. Region 1875 produced two additional M-class events on 24 Oct as well. High levels continued through 25 Oct with five M flares and two X-class events from Region 1882 (S08, L=292 class/area Dkc/390 on 27 Oct) which had just rotated onto the east limb. The first X-class event was an X1 at 25/0801 UTC accompanied by Types II (1240 km/s) and IV radio emissions, along with a Costelli U radio signature including a 610 sfu Tenflare. The second was an X2 at 25/1503 UTC associated with Types II (2078 km/s) and IV radio emissions with another Costelli U signature including a 370 sfu Tenflare. The WSA-Enlil model indicates the arrival of both of the CMEs associated with the X flares on 28 Oct, around the same time as the CME associated with the M9 flare. Region 1882 produced 4 additional M-class events on 26 Oct. These along with an M3/Sf at 26/1927 UTC from Region 1884 (S13, L=258 class/area Dso/110 on 27 Oct) kept solar activity at high levels meeting the criteria by reaching five flares greater than or equal to the M1 threshold. One of the flares from Region 1882 was an M1/1n observed at 26/1117 UTC. CMEs were associated with this event and the M3 from Region 1884. Model predictions indicated impacts from the arrival of both CMEs on 29 Oct. Moderate activity levels returned on 27 Oct with only a single M-class event, an M3/1f at 27/1248 UTC from Region 1875. Several other Type II and IV radio sweeps along with multiple CMEs were observed during the period, however none of them were determined to be geoeffective. No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit, although slight enhancements were observed following the M9 flare and the two X flares observed on 24 and 25 Oct respectively. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit began the period at high levels on 21 Oct but quickly decreased to normal to moderate levels for the remainder of the period. Geomagnetic field activity was quiet throughout the period. A Sudden Impulse (10 nT measured at the Boulder magnetometer) was observed at 26/2246 UTC. Based on timing, this most likely marked the arrival of the CME associated theM4 flare observed late on 24 Oct. FORECAST OF SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY 28 OCTOBER-23 NOVEMBER 2013 Solar activity is likely to be at moderate levels through 06 Nov when Region 1882 is expected to rotate around the west limb. Predominately low levels are expected until Regions 1875 and 1877 return around 11 Nov. Chances for moderate activity increase at that time and will persist until 20 Nov when activity is expected to decrease again to low levels for the remainder of the period. A chance for a proton event at geosynchronous orbit exists through 06 Nov as Regions 1875, 1877 and 1882 move across the western hemisphere. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to be at normal to moderate levels through 10 Nov. An increase to moderate to high levels is expected from 11 - 18 Nov following a recurrent coronal hole high speed stream (CH HSS). Normal to moderate levels are expected for the remainder of the period. Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be unsettled to active with isolated minor storm intervals on 28 Oct due to a combination of the 24 Oct CME associated with the M9 flare and the CMEs associated with the two X flares observed on 25 Oct. Unsettled to active conditions are expected on 29 Oct with a chance for minor storm periods due to continued CME effects along with the arrival of the CMEs from the 26 Oct M flares. Mostly quiet to unsettled levels are anticipated from 30 - 31 Oct as CME effects wane and only a weak CH HSS. Predominately quiet conditions are expected from 01 - 09 Nov. Quiet to unsettled conditions, with possible isolated active periods, are expected from 10 - 13 Nov with the arrival of a recurrent positive polarity CH HSS. Predominately quiet conditions are expected for the remainder of the period. :Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt :Issued: 2013 Oct 28 0344 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # Product description and SWPC contact on the Web # http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/wwire.html # # 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table # Issued 2013-10-28 # # UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest # Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index 2013 Oct 28 165 20 5 2013 Oct 29 155 18 4 2013 Oct 30 150 12 3 2013 Oct 31 145 8 3 2013 Nov 01 140 5 2 2013 Nov 02 135 5 2 2013 Nov 03 130 5 2 2013 Nov 04 128 5 2 2013 Nov 05 128 5 2 2013 Nov 06 125 5 2 2013 Nov 07 115 5 2 2013 Nov 08 110 5 2 2013 Nov 09 105 5 2 2013 Nov 10 110 12 4 2013 Nov 11 120 15 4 2013 Nov 12 125 10 3 2013 Nov 13 130 8 3 2013 Nov 14 135 5 2 2013 Nov 15 140 5 2 2013 Nov 16 140 5 2 2013 Nov 17 140 5 2 2013 Nov 18 140 5 2 2013 Nov 19 145 5 2 2013 Nov 20 145 5 2 2013 Nov 21 150 5 2 2013 Nov 22 155 5 2 2013 Nov 23 155 5 2 (SWPC via WORLD OF RADIO 1693, DXLD) ###