DX LISTENING DIGEST 13-48, November 27, 2013
Incorporating REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING
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WORLD OF RADIO 1697:
*DX and station news about: Belarus, Bhutan, Canada, Colombia, Cuba,
Egypt, Germany, India, Indonesia, International Vacuum, Italy non,
Korea South, Madagascar, Micronesia, Myanmar non, North America, Peru
and non, Russia, Rwanda non, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, South
Carolina non, Spain, Sudan, Ukraine, USA, Yemen
SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1697, November 28-December 4, 2013
Thu 0430 WRMI 9955 [ready but unconfirmable]
Thu 2201 WTWW 9475 [confirmed]
Fri 0426v WWRB 3195 [confirmed, not on 5050-USB]
Sat 0300v WBCQ 5110v-CUSB Area 51 [confirmed at 0306]
Sat 0730 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio
Sat 1530 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio
Sat 1600 WRMI 9955 [unconfirmable; now canceled]
Sun 0030 WTWW 5085 [confirmed]
Sun 0501 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 [should be 1698 ready in time now via Okeechobee]
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DAY-BY-DAY ARCHIVE OF GLENN HAUSER`S LOG REPORTS:
Unedited, uncondensed, unchanged from original version, many of
them too complex, minutely researched, multi-frequency, opinionated,
inconsequential, off-topic, or lengthy for some log editors to
manage; and also ahead of their availability in these weekly issues:
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** AFGHANISTAN [non]. 13590, FRANCE, Deewa Radio, Issoudun. 1438
November 26, 2013. Pashto male host, female phoned reporting. Clear,
good. Presumed site (Terry Krueger, Clearwater, Florida, USA, JRC NRD-
535; ICOM IC-R75; Hammarlund HQ-180A; Sony ICF-7600GR; Sangean PR-D5;
Aqua Guide 705 RDF Marine Radio; GE Superadio III; JPS NF-60 Notch
Filter; JPS ANC-4 Noise Phase; 1 X roof dipole; 1 X room random wire;
Terk Advantage non-active portable loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ALASKA [non]. [Re 13-47:] ``Radio Echo One 6925 (pirate) ===
supposedly from Alaska, double sideband full carrier AM, rock/metal
music. Sent from my iPhone (Des Preston, kb8uyj, 2328 UT Nov 15, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)``
Echo One is a UK pirate. This was likely a relay by an east coast US
pirate. Definitely not from Alaska though. DH KCMO (Dave Hughes,
Kansas City, Nov 25, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ALASKA. 9615, KNLS, 1201 Nov 23, English, s/on by Lucy Grant, ID,
program lineup. Good (Harold Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia,
Listening by the lake, in my car, with the Eton E1 and Sony AN1 active
antenna. Editor of World English Survey and Target Listening,
available at http://www.odxa.on.ca dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ALBANIA. 7425, Nov 28 at 0257, R. Tirana closing English broadcast
playing theme, good signal with lite hum; was checking for QRM from
7430, which is apparently a problem for a listener in the UAE. Only a
JBA carrier here from India (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ALBANIA. Arben Muka === 75 vjet transmetime radiofonike n? shqip n?
nj? lib?r t? ri nga Arben MUKA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tx4EUC7DRI8
75 vjet transmetime radiofonike n? shqip n? nj? lib?r t? ri nga Arben
MUKA youtube.com
K?to ka dal? n? qarakullim libri i ri "Dinamika e transmetimeve
radiofonike n? Shqip?ri, 1938 - 2013" e autorit Arben MUKA, botim i
Instituti Shqiptar t? Med.. (via Drita Çiço, DXLD)
Google translation: OBVIOUSLY, the word English does not appear in the
original above, but the word shqip, i.e. it is about broadcasting in
Albanian, NOT ENGLISH. Why would Google translate the word Albanian to
the word English??? (gh)
Arben Muka --- 75 years of radio broadcasting in English in a book by
the new Arben MUKA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tx4EUC7DRI8
These have dal? in qarakullim new book "Dynamics of radio broadcasting
in Albania, 1938 - 2013" by Arben MUKA, edition Albanian Institute of
Med ... (via DXLD)
Youtube info translated directly:
``75 years of radio broadcasting in English in a book by the new Arben
MUKA mediacenterabc mediacenterabc 79 videos 4 137 views Like
Dislike 1 0 Published on Nov 25, 2013
These have dal? in qarakullim new book "Dynamics of radio broadcasting
in Albania, 1938 - 2013" by Arben MUKA, edition of the Albanian Media
Institute in Tirana. Book published on the eve of the 75th anniversary
of the official start of radio broadcasting in Albania, most bearing
November 28, 1938. The author has made a study of the market, an
analysis of the Performance in different phases of the time period
1938-2013.
Author: Arben MUKA
Publisher: AMI
Faoqsja: Generous karoshi
Covers: Suad Barbullushi
Contents: 292 pages
Fund illustrative: ABC Media Center
Albanian Media Institute
Shkullaku Gent, Light Studio Agency, LSA
Tirana, 2013
Insert is p?rgatiur by journalist Gert Carçani within the context of
his show in the morning ALBANIA SCREEN Television.
ABC Media Center``
** ALGERIA [non]. B-13 shortwave schedule of Radio TV Algerienne:
0400-0458 on 5865 ISS 500 kW / 162 deg to CEAf Arabic Nat. Chaine 1
0500-0558 on 5865 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf Arabic Nat. Chaine 1
0500-0505 on 7295 ISS 500 kW / 162 deg to CEAf French news bulletin
0505-0558 on 7295 ISS 500 kW / 162 deg to CEAf Arabic Holy Quran px
0600-0605 on 5865 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf French news bulletin
0605-0658 on 5865 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf Arabic Holy Quran px
1800-1900 on 11955 ISS 500 kW / 162 deg to CEAf Arabic Nat. Chaine 1
1900-1905 on 9390 ISS 500 kW / 162 deg to CEAf French news bulletin
1905-1958 on 9390 ISS 500 kW / 162 deg to CEAf Arabic Holy Quran px
1900-2000 on 11775 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf Arabic Nat. Chaine 1
2000-2100 on 9390 ISS 500 kW / 162 deg to CEAf Arabic Nat. Chaine 1
2000-2005 on 11775 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf French news bulletin
2005-2058 on 11775 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf Arabic Holy Quran px
2100-2105 on 9395 ISS 500 kW / 162 deg to CEAf French news bulletin
2105-2158 on 9395 ISS 500 kW / 162 deg to CEAf Arabic Holy Quran px
2100-2200 on 9520 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf Arabic Nat. Chaine 1
2200-2205 on 9520 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf French news bulletin
2205-2258 on 9520 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf Arabic Holy Quran px
73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria; Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m.
long wire, DX RE MIX NEWS #815 November 25, 2013, via DXLD)
** ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS. AIR Port Blair, 4760, Emergency
Broadcast. AIR Port Blair was noted last night continuously on 4760
with emergency broadcast in view of Cyclone Lehar passing through the
area early in the morning. At 2.30 am IST (2000 UT) there was station
ID and detailed weather report in Hindi. This was preceded and
followed by Hindi songs. Their parallel frequency of 684 MW was not
heard. (Anyway I don`t hear them on 684 nowadays) Latest cyclone info
is in:
http://www.imd.gov.in/section/nhac/dynamic/cwind.pdf
Yours sincerely, (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur
Radio, Hyderabad, India, Nov 25, dx_india yg via DXLD)
** ANTARCTICA. Comentario nuevo en La Galena del Sur - comentado en
Argentina. La emisora antártica LRA36 Radio Nacional “Arcángel San
Gabriel”.. en respuesta a walter:
QUE HORARIOS LOCAL DE BS AS TRASMITE LA RADIO? GRACIAS
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 (Horacio Nigro blog via
DXLD)
** ARGENTINA. New old stuff for Argentine media. Nyuk nyuk nyuk
http://www.threestooges.com/2013/11/21/c3-entertainment-inc-licenses-an-all-new-live-three-stooges-stage-show-and-television-broadcast-of-the-three-stooges-classic-shorts-in-argentina/
Not just on TV but in theaters. How 'bout that.
±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±
I will continue to be an impossible person so long as those who are
now possible remain possible.
±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±
(Clara Listensprechen, Nov 22, dxldyg via DXLD)
** ARMENIA. 4810, V of Armenia, Yerevan, 25/11 1857, S5 signal. In
Arabic. Well after local sunrise. Opening at 1900 with national
anthem. Male presenter. Disappearing at 1924. 73, (Nick Hacko VK2DX,
Sydney NSW, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ASIA [non]. Frequency changes of Radio Free Asia effective Nov 16:
0000-0030 9880 TIN 250 kW / 271 deg SEAs Vietnamese Sun, ex 9920
0000-0030 9900 TIN 250 kW / 271 deg SEAs Vietnamese Mon, ex 9920
0000-0030 9920 TIN 250 kW / 271 deg SEAs Vietnamese Tue, ex Daily
0000-0030 9935 TIN 250 kW / 271 deg SEAs Vietnamese Wed, ex 9920
0000-0030 9950 TIN 250 kW / 271 deg SEAs Vietnamese Thu, ex 9920
0000-0030 9960 TIN 250 kW / 271 deg SEAs Vietnamese Fri, ex 9920
0000-0030 9985 TIN 250 kW / 271 deg SEAs Vietnamese Sat, ex 9920
0100-0200 13735 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg CeAs Tibetan Sat, ex 13620
0100-0200 13755 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg CeAs Tibetan Fri, ex 13620
0100-0200 13765 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg CeAs Tibetan Thu, ex 13620
0100-0200 13795 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg CeAs Tibetan Wed, ex 13620
0100-0200 13810 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg CeAs Tibetan Tue, ex 13620
0100-0200 13830 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg CeAs Tibetan Mon, ex 13620
0100-0200 13840 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg CeAs Tibetan Sun, ex 13620
0100-0200 15105 TIN 250 kW / 295 deg CeAs Tibetan Sun, ex 15610
0100-0200 15170 TIN 250 kW / 295 deg CeAs Tibetan Tue/Thu, ex 15610
0100-0200 15180 TIN 250 kW / 295 deg CeAs Tibetan Wed, ex 15610
0100-0200 15215 TIN 250 kW / 295 deg CeAs Tibetan Mon/Fri, ex 15610
0100-0200 15225 TIN 250 kW / 295 deg CeAs Tibetan Sat, ex 15610
0100-0200 17535 TIN 250 kW / 313 deg CeAs Uyghur Sun, ex 17805
0100-0200 17565 TIN 250 kW / 313 deg CeAs Uyghur Mon/Wed/Fri, ex 17805
0100-0200 17575 TIN 250 kW / 313 deg CeAs Uyghur Tue/Thu, ex 17805
0100-0200 17585 TIN 250 kW / 313 deg CeAs Uyghur Sat, ex 17805
0200-0300 9920 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg CeAs Tibetan Tue/Thu, ex 9700
0200-0300 9930 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg CeAs Tibetan Mon/Wed/Fri, ex 9700
0200-0300 9940 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg CeAs Tibetan Sat, ex 9700
0200-0300 9950 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg CeAs Tibetan Sun, ex 9700
0600-0700 21470 TIN 250 kW / 279 deg CeAs Tibetan Mon, ex 21610
0600-0700 21480 TIN 250 kW / 279 deg CeAs Tibetan Sun, ex 21610
0600-0700 21530 TIN 250 kW / 279 deg CeAs Tibetan Wed, ex 21610
0600-0700 21550 TIN 250 kW / 279 deg CeAs Tibetan Tue, ex 21610
0600-0700 21590 TIN 250 kW / 279 deg CeAs Tibetan Fri, ex 21610
0600-0700 21615 TIN 250 kW / 279 deg CeAs Tibetan Thu, ex 21610
0600-0700 21645 TIN 250 kW / 279 deg CeAs Tibetan Sat, ex 21610
1000-1100 15455 LAM 100 kW / 080 deg CeAs Tibetan Sat, ex 15140
1000-1100 15550 LAM 100 kW / 080 deg CeAs Tibetan Fri, ex 15140
1000-1100 15560 LAM 100 kW / 080 deg CeAs Tibetan Thu, ex 15140
1000-1100 15570 LAM 100 kW / 080 deg CeAs Tibetan Wed, ex 15140
1000-1100 15610 LAM 100 kW / 080 deg CeAs Tibetan Tue, ex 15140
1000-1100 15710 LAM 100 kW / 080 deg CeAs Tibetan Mon, ex 15140
1000-1100 15725 LAM 100 kW / 080 deg CeAs Tibetan Sun, ex 15140
1100-1200 11520 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg CeAs Tibetan Tue/Thu, ex 11545
1100-1200 11540 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg CeAs Tibetan Sun, ex 11545
1100-1200 11560 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg CeAs Tibetan Mon/Wed/Fri ex 11545
1100-1200 11600 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg CeAs Tibetan Sat, ex 11545
1200-1300 11520 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg CeAs Tibetan Sun, ex 11590
1200-1300 11530 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg CeAs Tibetan Mon, ex 11590
1200-1300 11540 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg CeAs Tibetan Tue, ex 11590
1200-1300 11560 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg CeAs Tibetan Wed, ex 11590
1200-1300 11570 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg CeAs Tibetan Thu, ex 11590
1200-1300 11590 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg CeAs Tibetan Fri, ex 11590
1200-1300 11990 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg CeAs Tibetan Sat, ex 11590
1300-1400 11540 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg CeAs Tibetan Sat, ex 11590
1300-1400 11560 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg CeAs Tibetan Fri, ex 11590
1300-1400 11570 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg CeAs Tibetan Thu, ex 11590
1300-1400 11590 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg CeAs Tibetan Wed, ex 11590
1300-1400 11945 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg CeAs Tibetan Tue, ex 11590
1300-1400 12130 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg CeAs Tibetan Mon, ex 11590
1300-1400 12155 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg CeAs Tibetan Sun, ex 11590
1400-1500 11540 IRA 250 kW / 073 deg SEAs Vietnamese Tue/Thu, ex 12130
1400-1500 11545 IRA 250 kW / 073 deg SEAs Vietnamese Sun, ex 12130
1400-1500 11555 IRA 250 kW / 073 deg SEAs Vietnamese M/W/F, ex 12130
1400-1500 11570 IRA 250 kW / 073 deg SEAs Vietnamese Sat, ex 12130
1400-1500 13655 TIN 250 kW / 287 deg EaAs Cantonese Wed/Fri, ex 13690
1400-1500 13665 TIN 250 kW / 287 deg EaAs Cantonese Tue/Thu, ex 13690
1400-1500 13690 TIN 250 kW / 287 deg EaAs Cantonese Sat-Mon, ex Daily
1500-1600 9940 TIN 250 kW / 295 deg CeAs Tibetan Sat/Sun, ex 9955
1500-1600 on 9955 TIN 250 kW / 295 deg CeAs Tibetan Tue/Thu, ex Daily
1500-1600 9990 TIN 250 kW / 295 deg CeAs Tibetan Mon/Wed/Fri, ex 9955
1600-1700 11545 SAI 100 kW / 310 deg CeAs Uyghur Sun, ex 12015
1600-1700 11615 SAI 100 kW / 310 deg CeAs Uyghur Mon/Wed/Fri, ex 12015
1600-1700 11630 SAI 100 kW / 310 deg CeAs Uyghur Tue/Thu, ex 12015
1600-1700 11660 SAI 100 kW / 310 deg CeAs Uyghur Sat, ex 12015
2200-2300 5875 TIN 250 kW / 288 deg CeAs Tibetan Sun, ex 6005
2200-2300 5885 TIN 250 kW / 288 deg CeAs Tibetan Mon/Wed/Fri, ex 6005
2200-2300 5895 TIN 250 kW / 288 deg CeAs Tibetan Tue/Thu, ex 6005
2200-2300 5905 TIN 250 kW / 288 deg CeAs Tibetan Sat, ex 6005
2300-2400 7525 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg CeAs Tibetan Sat, ex 7550
2300-2400 7540 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg CeAs Tibetan Fri, ex 7550
2300-2400 7555 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg CeAs Tibetan Thu, ex 7550
2300-2400 7565 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg CeAs Tibetan Wed, ex 7550
2300-2400 7575 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg CeAs Tibetan Tue, ex 7550
2300-2400 7585 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg CeAs Tibetan Mon, ex 7550
2300-2400 7595 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg CeAs Tibetan Sun, ex 7550
2330-2400 11540 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg SEAs Vietnamese Sat, ex 11605
2330-2400 11555 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg SEAs Vietnamese Fri, ex 11605
2330-2400 11570 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg SEAs Vietnamese Thu, ex 11605
2330-2400 11590 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg SEAs Vietnamese Wed, ex 11605
2330-2400 11605 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg SEAs Vietnamese Tue, ex Daily
2330-2400 11615 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg SEAs Vietnamese Mon, ex 11605
2330-2400 11625 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg SEAs Vietnamese Sun, ex 11605
2330-2400 15165 TIN 250 kW / 279 deg SEAs Vietnamese Sun, ex 15170
2330-2400 15175 TIN 250 kW / 279 deg SEAs Vietnamese Mon, ex 15170
2330-2400 15190 TIN 250 kW / 279 deg SEAs Vietnamese Tue, ex 15170
2330-2400 15205 TIN 250 kW / 279 deg SEAs Vietnamese Wed, ex 15170
2330-2400 15560 TIN 250 kW / 279 deg SEAs Vietnamese Thu, ex 15170
2330-2400 15570 TIN 250 kW / 279 deg SEAs Vietnamese Fri, ex 15170
2330-2400 15590 TIN 250 kW / 279 deg SEAs Vietnamese Sat, ex 15170
73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, DX RE MIX NEWS #813, November 23,
2013 via DXLD) See also U S A [non]
** AUSTRALIA. 5995, Radio Australia, Brandon. 0902 November 25, 2013.
Tok Pisin news summary, into reggae-ish vocal. Clear, fair and
parallel about equal 6080 (and no trace of Solomon Islands way over
here, of course). Listed as 10 kW, Brandon site (Terry Krueger,
Clearwater, Florida, USA, JRC NRD-535; ICOM IC-R75; Hammarlund HQ-
180A; Sony ICF-7600GR; Sangean PR-D5; Aqua Guide 705 RDF Marine Radio;
GE Superadio III; JPS NF-60 Notch Filter; JPS ANC-4 Noise Phase; 1 X
roof dipole; 1 X room random wire; Terk Advantage non-active portable
loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
13630, 12080 and 11945, Sunday Nov 24 at 0627, surprised to hear
operatic singing, an excerpt, then discussion, instead of stupid ball
games on RA, despite `Grandstand` being scheduled all the way from
0200 to 0800. Maybe they couldn`t find a game to cover at the moment?
Tsk2 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Probably due to restrictions on the coverage of the Australia v.
England cricket test match ("The Ashes"). All the ABC Local Radio
internet streams are off too. It appears the only way to listen is on
ABC Digital or by buying Cricket Australia's "app". Cheers, (Chris
Mackerell, Motueka 7197, New Zealand, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
GLENN - I found this amusing in the early morning here:
6150, R Australia (Shepparton) NOV 25, 1200. Fanfare music to W
pausing, then revealing that her screen just went blank. After some
frantic keyboard clicks in background, an apology, and into ABC
newscast. VG and with fair-good // just below on 6140 (via Kranji
Singapore), with slight off-sync.
Note: monitored on Hammarlund HQ-180A but verified frequencies with R-
8 before reporting. My original intent was just to listen to the
newscast with my coffee. I hear these funny snafus from time to time.
73 (Rick Barton, AZ, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
17750, 24/Nov 0535, R Australia in English. OM interview a woman in
studio. Good signal. 35443. // 21755 Believe! With moderate signal,
but a strong QRM from a likely carrier causing a strong whistle. 73
(Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana, Bahia, 12 14´S 38 58´W - Brasil,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Did you mean // 21725 as sked?
** BANGLADESH. 15105, Bangladesh Betar, *1228-1300*, Nov 18. IS, time
pips and woman announcer with ID and English language opening
announcements. National and international news, news commentary and
some Bangladeshi local music. Closedown at 1259 mentioning incorrect
7250 kHz frequency for this transmission. Fair to good (Rich D'Angelo
at French Creek State Park, Pennsylvania, NASWA Flashsheet Nov 24 via
DXLD)
15105, Bangladesh Betar, Nov 20 *1228-1238, 34433, English, 1228 sign
on with IS, Announce by woman, Opening music, Opening announce, News
(Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN, RX, IC-R75, NRD-525+RD-9830, NRD-515, NRD-
345, Satellite 750, DE-1121; ANT, 70m Sloper Wire, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
BANGLADESH BETAR SHORTWAVE TRANSMISSION (EXT. SERVICE)
http://www.betar.org.bd/frequency.html
No. Programme UTC Target kHz mb
1 English (General Overseas Service)
1230 - 1300 South & South-East Asia 15105 19.86
2 Nepalese Service
1315 – 1345 Nepal 7250 41.38
3 Urdu Service
1400 – 1430 Pakistan 15505 19.35
4 Hindi Service
1515 – 1545 India 15505 19.35
5 Arabic Service
1600 – 1630 Middle East 7250 41.38
6 Bengali Service
1630 – 1730 Middle East 7250 41.38
7 English (General Overseas Service)
1745 – 1900 Europe 7250 41.38
8 Bengali Service
1915 – 2000 Europe 7250 41.38
---
(via Tony Ashar, Indonesia, Nov 21, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Has anyone confirmed the 41 m frequency? I haven't seen that one
reported (Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, ibid.)
Walt, noted 7250.0 kHz even frequency, Nov 21, at 1312 UT, typical BGD
interval signal on air, S=7-8 strength on remote SDR unit downunder in
Australia. 1315:21 UT short announcement by male announcer in
tentative Nepalese language. 1316 to 1321 UT, BGD news reader, female
voice in Nepalese, many mentions of Bangladesh, and some Pakistan news
matter items. 1322 UT, flute and local singer music.
adjacent channels: 7245m CNR2 Chinese program from Beijing site
S=9+10dB,
7255, both co-channel CRI Shijiazhuang Russian service, but PBS Xizang
from Lhasa Tibet fair stronger a little bit. S=9+10dB. 73 wb df5sx
(Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.)
7250, Nov. 21, 1600, five times short and one time long pips, OM
opening Arabic service followed by Qur'an reading. Heard strong enough
here in Indonesia. --- (Tony Ashar, ibid.)
OK, then. 7250 is on the air. Wonder why it's never reported; at least
I haven't noticed it for several years. 73 (Walt Salmaniw, ibid.)
7250, Bangladesh Betar, Nov 26 *1313-1320, 33433-32432, Nepali, 1313
sign on with IS, Opening music, Opening announce, News.
4750, Bangladesh Betar, Nov 21 1409-1419, 43443 Bengali, Talk and
music, ID at 1410.
15105, Bangladesh Betar:
Nov 21 1237-1247, 25332, English, News, ID at 1244.
Nov 25 *1228-1238, 25332, English, 1228 sign on with IS, Opening
music, Opening announce, News (Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN, RX, IC-R75,
NRD-525+RD-9830, NRD-515, NRD-345, Satellite 750, DE-1121; ANT, 70m
Sloper Wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
4750, Bangladesh Betar, Bangladesh. 27/11 1700 In Bengali. News, clear
station ID. YL news reader. Good, bit of noise. Recording
http://goo.gl/WRhzBo
(Nick Hacko, NSW, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Winter B-13 schedule of Bangladesh Betar:
1230-1300 on 15105 DKA 250 kW / 140 deg to SEAs English
1315-1345 on 7250 DKA 250 kW / 320 deg to SoAs Nepali
1400-1430 on 15505 DKA 250 kW / 290 deg to WeAs Urdu
1515-1545 on 15505 DKA 250 kW / 305 deg to SoAs Hindi
1600-1630 on 7250 DKA 250 kW / 290 deg to N/ME Arabic
1630-1730 on 7250 DKA 250 kW / 290 deg to N/ME Bangla
1745-1900 on 7250 DKA 250 kW / 320 deg to WeEu English
1915-2000 on 7250 DKA 250 kW / 320 deg to WeEu Bangla
73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, DX RE MIX NEWS #813, November 23,
2013 via DXLD)
B13 schedule Bangladesh Betar Schedule SW
Bengali 4750 0600-1500 Home Service
English 15105 1230-1300 South & South-East Asia
Nepalese 7250 1315-1345 Nepal
Urdu 15105 1400-1430 Pakistan
Hindi 15105 1515-1545 India
Arabic 7250 1600-1630 Middle East
Bengali 7250 1630-1730 Middle East
English 7250 1745-1900 Europe
Bengali 7250 1915-2000 Europe
(Roberto Scaglione, bclnews.it via DXLD)
Roberto Scaglione recently issued a BB schedule, source unknown,
claiming the 1400 and 1515 are on 15105. I have been unable to
hear it on 15505 or 15105 lately (Glenn Hauser, dxldyg via DXLD)
On http://www.betar.org.bd/frequency.html that day was 15105, now
15505 (Scaglione, Nov 25, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIDGEST)
** BELARUS. 11730, 23/Nov 1952, R Belarus in French. YL talk. At 1654
OM talk. As always low modulation. 34432. 73 (Jorge Freitas, Feira de
Santana, Bahia, 12 14´S 38 58´W - Brasil, Degen 1103 - All listening
in mode of filter Narrow the 4 kHz. Dipole antenna, 16 meters -
east/west, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Subject: [A-DX] Fwd: Log: 6150.8; Belarus, D, 1850..UC, 26.11.13
Oha, da bin ich ueberfordert ;-) Das IST ja // 6155 kHz. Mit Gruss,
(Herbert Meixner, Nov 26, A-DX via Wolfgang Büschel, DXLD)
Früher waren die MNS Schätzchen auf 7360 und 7390 kHz in 260/270 Gard
mit ihren 75 bzw. 150 kW aus MEHREREN TX EINHEITEN ZUSAMMEN GESTUPFTEN
Schätzchen immer für spratzelnde Nebensignale bis 30-40 kHz nebendran
gut, viele Winter zwischen 2000 und 2010 im Einsatz. Dagegen sehen
diese beiden Trägerchen sehr zivil aus... 73 wb
7255 kHz: Two spurs 4200 Hertz away either side. Same 250 kW Minsk
unit on the backlobe of the antenna at 72 degrees towards Russia
target, on 7255 kHz at 0534 UT Nov 27 performs otherwise clean audio
signal on S=9+15dB signal level, but accompanied by two carrier
exact +/- 4200 Hertz either side. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via
WORLD OF RADIO 1697, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
6155: Under powerhouse AIR Urdu co-channel I measured Minsk Belarus
6155 kHz accompanied spur signals at 1830 UT Nov 28:
6150.774 kHz distance 4224 Hertz away and
6159.229 kHz distance 4231 Hertz away, that means NOT symmetrical and
also both spurs wandered 1-3 Hertz up and down. AIR Urdu from
Bangalore COVERED Belarus Radio Minsk signal on 6155 kHz totally here
in southern Germany. 6155 ALL INDIA RADIO 1430-1930 UT daily Urdu
500kW 325deg Bengaluru IND AIR b13 (wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 28)
(Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BHUTAN. BBS back on 6035 kHz --- Here is an interesting DX info
which I think may be interesting for you. On November 20th, I heard
Bhutan Broadcasting Service (BBS) in English on 6035 kHz from 0847 UT
onwards with good reception with slight noise & hum.
I was surprised when I heard BBS in English on 6035 after a long break
and I thought that BBS might have discontinued shortwave transmission
and there is no possiblity of resumption of its shortwave analog
transmission in future. Anyway, let me monitor in coming days whether
it is a regular comeback or something else. The English
transmission on air well beyond 1000 (1028 UT, in fact my last checked
time).
In the transmission there was discussion on "Salt Business", then some
announcements etc., English songs aired, listeners` calls with music
requests & dedications & music, mostly English songs aired, etc.,
etc., as per my monitoring.
Please check my blog for more detailed report plus links to audio
files --- http://www.gkcalling.blogspot.com
Today i.e. on November 21st, also I heard BBS-Nepali Service with
songs in Nepali at 0603 on 6035, English programs with listeners
calling show, music requests, etc., during afternoon 0830 up to 0950
UT up to my latest monitoring period. Thanking You, 73 & 55, (Gautam
Kumar Sharma(GK) Abhayapuri(Assam)(India), SW Bulletin Nov 24 via
WORLD OF RADIO 1697, DXLD)
BBS, Bhutan on 6035 seems to be on air irregularly. This week
PBS Yunnan was heard on the frequency up to 1500. I found a
beautiful QSL card here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ignazw/2418743641/in/photostream/
6035, Nov 22 -1500*, UNID with S6 signal but low audio, sign off
1500:31. My first thought was a reactivation of BBS. On Nov 23 at 1445
I compared the audio with the stream from BBS web site but definitely
not //. Finished with hymn from 1459. Maybe PBS Yunnan? A recording of
the last 2 minutes was sent to Ron Howard for help. TN (Thomas
Nilsson, Sweden, ibid.)
Greetings from California, Thomas. Definitely PBS Yunnan signing off
as usual at 1500. Nov 23 heard clearly at 1300 UT with the normal ToH
theme music and no other signal heard. Nov 22 also noted 1500 sign off
and nothing else there at that time. BBS has not been broadcasting
recently at that time, per my observations and:
"But I didn't find BBS's signal on 6035 on the evening and night on
both November 20st & 21st also. More monitoring updates soon. Plus -
"I've not found any signal of Bhutan Broadcasting Service on 6035 on
November 23th during my several airchecks from 0200 to 1030 UT. 73 &
55 Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK) Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)"
All of which conforms to what you and I observed. So when BBS is on
the air, running a reduced schedule? Not heard with English from 15-16
UT. BTW - Last year BBS was on 6035.04. We need to check if that will
be the case now! Yunnan is 6035.00. Let's keep monitoring :)) (Ron
Howard, ibid.)
Many thanks for taking time to listen and for your valuable comments!
/TN (Thomas Nilsson, ed., ibid.)
BBS back on 6035 kHz --- Here is an interesting DX info which I think
may be interesting for you. On November 20th, I heard Bhutan
Broadcasting Service (BBS) in English on 6035 kHz from 0847 UT onwards
with good reception with slight noise & hum.
I was surprised when I heard BBS in English on 6035 after a long break
and I thought that BBS might have discontinued shortwave transmission
and there is no possibility of resumption of its shortwave analog
transmission in future. Anyway, let me monitor in coming days whether
it is a regular comeback or something else. The English transmission
on air well beyond 1000 (1028 UT in fact my last checked time). In the
transmission there was discussion on "Salt Business", then some
announcements etc., English songs aired, listeners calls with music
requests & dedications & music mostly English Songs aired, etc., etc.
as per my monitoring.
Please check my blog for more detail report plus links to audio files
http://www.gkcalling.blogspot.com
Thanking You, 73 & 55, Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK), Abhayapuri (Assam)
(India)
GK Adds: Today, i.e. on November 21st, also I heard BBS-Nepali Service
with songs in Nepali at 0603 on 6035, English programs with listeners
calling show, music requests, etc., during afternoon during 0830 up to
0950 UT up to my latest monitoring period (via Partha Sarathi Goswami,
Nov 21, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1697, DXLD)
On the morning of November 22nd, Bhutan Broadcasting Service (BBS) in
local language of Bhutan was noted on 6035 kHz as per my aircheck on
0203 UT. There was talk by a male presenter perhaps news and later
during my latest aircheck on 0215 approx. song in local lanuguage was
aired.
I recorded a few audio files on 6035 kHz of BBS during my morning
monitoring period. Here is an audio link recorded around 0207 UT:
https://app.box.com/s/guy1lzdfnfo9xyf2olot
And here is another audio link recorded around 0215:
https://app.box.com/s/v0mt629hpt2x3aeyokls
But I didn't find signal of BBS on 6035 from 0600 onwards up to 1026
on November 22nd during my several airchecks. However November 21st
around 0603 I heard BBS-Nepali Service with songs in Nepali. And on
same afternoon (i.e. November 21st) I heard BBS-English Programs with
Listeners calling show, music requests, etc., during afternoon during
0830 up to 0950 (my last airchecked moment).
But I didn't find BBS's signal on 6035 on the evening and night on
both November 20st & 21st also. More monitoring updates soon. 73 & 55
Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK), Abhayapuri(Assam)(India) (via Alokesh Gupta,
dx_sasia yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1697, DXLD)
[non log]. 6035, BBS. Since reading of their recent reactivation, have
checked for BBS from about 1300 to past 1500. Have only been able to
hear PBS Yunnan, so perhaps BBS is back with a reduced schedule? This
seems to conform to Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK) in Abhayapuri (Assam)
(India) comments: "But I didn't find BBS's signal on 6035 kHz on the
evening and night on both November 20th & 21st also."
Recently Thomas Nilsson and I have both noted PBS Yunnan signing
off at about 1500 (Nov 22 with 1500*), with no other station present
at that time. Certainly not hearing BBS with English from 1500 to 1600
UT. Needs continual monitoring.
Nov 23 at 1300 heard only PBS Yunnan theme music on 6035.00 and
nothing else, which conforms to -
"I've not found any signal of Bhutan Broadcasting Service on 6035 kHz
on November 23th during my several airchecks from 0200 to 1030 UT. 73
& 55 Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK) Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)"
(Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via WORLD OF
RADIO 1697, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
BBS has been inactive on 6035 since Feb 2013 (Ed. Anker Petersen,
DSWCI DX Window Nov 27 via DXLD) 6035 kHz Thomcast transmitter was
silent since 1st week Febr 2013 (Wolfgang Büschel, BC-DX 23 Nov via
WORLD OF RADIO 1697, DXLD)
** BOLIVIA. CHASQUI DX PFA – NOVIEMBRE --- CQ, CQ, CQ; Aquí Pedro F.
Arrunátegui para compartir algo con los que disfrutan y aman el DX
latinoamericano. Todas las horas son UT. Desde la tierra de los incas,
les informo mediante este Quipus lo siguiente:
3310.00, R. Mosoj Chaski, Cochabamba, 14/11 2310-2240 [sic] 33333+
news en quechua hablan sobre la iglesia católica, luego sobre deporte
y el campeonato mundial de Brasil ID “Mosoj Chaski” px Yuya Chauca
advs Agropecuaria Doña Julia.
6025.00, R. Patria Nueva, La Paz, 0225-0305 44444 mx (mejor los
escucho en LSB) ID "Patria Nueva en sintonía” news ID “Si señores la
red Patria Nueva como siempre con ustedes en cada momento”
6134.80, R. Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, 14/11 2345-0015 44444+ px sobre el
cuidado que se debe tener sobre el manejo de los insecticidas y los
efectos de los agroquímicos en el medio ambiente. px El Maestro en
casa del Inst. Radiofónico presente ID “Y radio Santa Cruz” ID “Es un
mensaje de Radio Santa Cruz”
La recepción la he efectuado del 22/09 [sic; presumably means from
22/10] al 20/11 en compañía de mi sabueso Icom IC R72 acompañado del
Mizuho KX-3, una antena de hilo largo de 12 metros y una antena loop
Muchos 128´s PFA; 73's (Pedro F. Arrunátegui, Lima, Perú; Vivo en una
casa muy pequeña, pero, sus ventanas se abren hacia un mundo muy
grande, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also BRAZIL, COLOMBIA, PERU
** BRAZIL. 4875.00, BRASIL, (Tenative), R. Dif. Roraima, Boa Vista,
31/10 AM 0905-1005 22222 (frecuencia verificada) portugués news
comentan sobre personas en Brasil e intercala con llamadas telefónicas
con los oyentes mx (apenas audible a las 0933) mx, entrevista a un
profesor. NO LOGRO ID, la perdí
4885.00, Dif. Acreana, Rio Branco, 30/10 AM 1010-1035 33333 news, advs
Clínica Santa Clara ID “6 y 25 de la mañana en Radio Difusora Acreana”
5939.86, R. Voz Missionaria, Camboriu, SC, 16/11 2340-0010 33333++
advs ID “Radio Voz Missionaria do Brasil…” mx mx ” ID “La Voz
Missionaria la ultima hora” px news 500 mx
73's (Pedro F. Arrunátegui, Lima, Perú; Vivo en una casa muy pequeña,
pero, sus ventanas se abren hacia un mundo muy grande, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** BRAZIL [and non]. Noted a lot of odd frequency Brazilians this
morning at 05-08 UT slot
9665.741 The most wandering and hopping station was Radio Voz
Missionária Camboriú SC, heard around 0655 UT Nov 23, from 9665.714 up
to
9665.797 kHz, hopped up to 71 Hertz upwards within 2 minutes. S=9
strong signal here in Germany, fair signal same program // 5939.852
kHz.
4885 two Brazilian signals hit each other
4884.974, lower signal level, probably R Clube do Pará, Belém, PA, and
co-channel
4885.018, S=8-9 at 0629 UT Nov 23, likely RDif. Acreana, Rio Branco AC
4914.905, probably R Difusora Macapá, Macapá, AP
4974.982, R Iguatemi, Osasco, SP
5034.995, R Aparecida, Aparecida, SP
5939.852, Rádio Voz Missionária Camboriú SC
5964.947, R Transmundial (RTM), Santa Maria RS
5970 even frequency, probably R Itatiaia, Belo Horizonte, MG, S=8 at
0617 UT
6010.203, UNID, probably R Inconfidência, Belo Horizonte MG
6060 RHC Cuba suffered by 220 Hertz BUZZ tone of odd Brazilian? :
6059.782, Super R Deus é Amor, Curitiba, PR
6080.034, probably R Marumby, Curitiba PR,- VoA São Tomé was not
stronger
6089.955, R Bandeirantes, {and co-ch Kaduna NIG 6089.856, Anguilla
6090.0}
6119.998, SRDA Super Rádio Deus é Amor, São Paulo SP, S=5 poor
6180.005, R Nacional Brasília, much stronger S=9+20dB!
9565.086, SRDA ZYE727 Super R Deus é Amor, Curitiba, PR
9645.391, R Bandeirantes, São Paulo SP
9819.029, R Nove de Julho, São Paulo SP, nice linda musica, Bom dia,
cockcrow at 0746 UT Nov 23.
11764.774, Super R Deus é Amor, Curitiba, crazy crying female at 0756
11815.054, R Brasil Central, Goiânia GO, some quiz program on phone at
0800 followed by modern Ave Maria version by guitar singer.
Strong S=9+10dB, frequencies on various meterbands
mentioned 0803
11925 mess muddle mixup by 3 station programs at 0810 UT Nov 23:
11925.211, R Bandeirantes, São Paulo, SP
11925.018, TRT Emirler, Turkish
11925.0, UNID even frequency station, like CNR1 Lingshi #725 stn??
15189.951, R Inconfidência, Belo Horizonte, MG, weak S=4, just on
threshold level, nothing from Equat Guinea co-channel
73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, Nov 23, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BURMA [non]. DVOB: see MYANMAR [non non]
** CANADA. Noted 580, CKUA Edmonton off this morning. Some interesting
info on their website, tnx to Rob VE6TR for giving me the link.
http://www.ckua.com/am
(Don Moman, AB, VE6JY, Nov 22, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1697, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Explains why they can no longer afford to broadcast on AM; Includes
photos, 17-minute radio documentary (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO
1697, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA [and non]. 1610, CHHA, Toronto, Ontario. 0955 November 25,
2013. Very poor with music of some kind, a clear “Toronto” mention at
0959, more music after 1000. Some co-channel from The University
Network/The Caribbean Beacon, Anguilla, with the Mrs. Scott nonstop,
parallel strong 6090 (then clear but weak 11775 after 1000). (Terry
Krueger, Clearwater, Florida, USA, JRC NRD-535; ICOM IC-R75;
Hammarlund HQ-180A; Sony ICF-7600GR; Sangean PR-D5; Aqua Guide 705 RDF
Marine Radio; GE Superadio III; JPS NF-60 Notch Filter; JPS ANC-4
Noise Phase; 1 X roof dipole; 1 X room random wire; Terk Advantage
non-active portable loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
1610, CHHA, Toronto, Ont, received a very nice QSL card and letter in
255days [after? Including?] follow/up along with a coverage map. v/s:
Ademir Iglesias, Administrator. Enclosed $1 US for return postage both
times. Address: CHHA, San Lorenzo Latin American Community Centre, 22
Wenderly Drive, Toronto ON M6B 2N9 Canada. It was well worth the wait.
A very nice package of goodies. Ontario QSL: 36, Canadian QSL: 291,
3039 total MW QSLs (Patrick Martin, Seaside OR, KGED QSL Manager, Nov
23, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD)
CHHA's coverage area by their map does not seem all that great for
6250 watts. Maybe is one of those things that doesn't have the great
groundwave signal, but does do well on skip. The package was a
complete surprise (Patrick Martin, 24 Nov, IRCA via DXLD)
** CANADA [and non]. The FCC database is so out of date that it still
has it as CIHI at two different sites. One is DA-N and the other is
DA-1. As for Mexico it isn't any better (Dennis Gibson, CA, ABDX via
DXLD)
The FCC database isn't out of date. It's as accurate as it needs to
be.
Once more, with feeling: the purpose of the FCC's CDBS database is not
to present an accurate listing of what's on the air outside the US,
either in terms of operating facilities or correct callsign. Foreign
stations are listed in CDBS only for the purpose of indicating to US
licensees what they need to protect internationally. It's of no matter
to a US station on 1260 whether the Fredericton station is "CIHI" or
"CKHJ," or whether it's on the air from the DA-N facility or the DA-1
facility.
What matters is that any US station on 1260 has to protect
whatever's in the database. Same with Mexico. Canadian and Mexican
authorities provide regular updates to CDBS - but only to data that
actually affects international protection, which means they don't
routinely update callsigns.
Radio-Locator makes the mistake of treating the FCC CDBS data as
having any accuracy for actual Canadian operation. It would be better
off not listing Canada at all for all the confusion that creates.
There is an accurate Canadian database of domestic licensed operation.
It's kept by Industry Canada and it's called BASERAD. The database
itself can be accessed only as a series of downloadable .dbf files,
but there are at least two websites that regularly download BASERAD
and update their data accordingly. One is Barry McLarnon s
http://topazdesigns.com/ambc
which gets additional input from DXers, and the other is
http://RECNet.com/cdbs
which has access to both US CDBS and Canadian BASERAD data depending
on which menu choice you make. s (Scott Fybush, NY, ABDX via DXLD)
** CANADA [non]. Cancelled transmission of Bible Voice Broadcasting:
1630-1830 on 12150 SOF 100 kW / 126 deg to WeAs Persian from Nov 21
73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, DX RE MIX NEWS #817 November
27, 2013 via DXLD)
** CHINA [and non]. East Jammerstan: 11945, Crashing and banging --
haven't heard this nearly as much of late as I did last Winter. 1557
19/Nov (Kenneth Vito Zichi, Williamston MI ``dxpedition`` during
protracted power outage, MARE Tipsheet Nov 22 via DXLD)
Firedrake [or non], CNR1 jamming search Nov 21 at 1450-1455 finds none
at all 12-18 MHz. With solar flux so high, and K indices so low, why
isn`t propagation much better now? It still sux. However:
6145, Nov 21 at 1456, reliable Firedrake is audible here
9790, Nov 21 at 1506, CNR1 jamming instead of FD today, as I warned
might happen on WORLD OF RADIO 1696.
6145, Nov 22 at 1425, fair signal with Firedrake, the only place
heard. Search for FD or CNR1 jamming at 1453-1455 Nov 22 finds none at
all audible between 12 and 18 MHz, nor 10-11.
9680, Nov 23 at 1508, CNR1 is VG here and alone, no sign of RTI which
it is supposed to jam until 1700; and no sign of RRI, which must have
signed off at 1500. While CNR1 // 9790 is a reverb apart and with CCI
from VOA Chinese via SAIPAN during this hour only (and again not
employing Firedrake today; nor was any CNR1 or FD jamming found 12-18
MHz before 1500)
6075, Nov 24 at 1418, Firedrake mixing with algo, much weaker than the
other FD on 6145. Per Aoki, victim on both is R. Taiwan International.
6145, Nov 25 at 1501, Firedrake still running here to block RTI, fair.
11945, Nov 25 at 1529, Firedrake with fair signal. Aoki and HFCC show
target as RFA in Chinese, 15-17 via Tajikistan. Is this usually CNR1
jamming? Not heard FD here recently.
No other FD or OOB CNR1s found in quick scan 12-18 MHz around 1530.
6075, Nov 27 at 1405, Firedrake jamming better here than on 6145,
which has more of the victim, RTI, Audible (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. 4800, CNR 1, Geermu. 27/11 1705 to 1804. In Chinese, very
loud. Abruptly closed at 1804. Strangely re-appeared again 1805 for 45
seconds, then gone (Nick Hacko, NSW, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. 5945, Nov 27 at 1342, between Australia and New Zealand is
not the Tasman, but CNR1 in Chinese. How many channels do they really
need, anyway, for saturation coverage? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CHINA. 6020, Nov 27 at 1346, announcement in presumed Mongolian
with music background mentions cnr.cn; good signal, off at 1359. The
CNR8 service from Beijing (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. 6080, Hulun Buir PBS (Hailar) (tentative) 1330-1405+ UT; on
23-31 Oct. Possibly this is HB PBS with Mongolian program of local
music (droning vocals + those neat MNG horns) & occasionally
poetry/story readings (24, 30 Oct.). Maybe 5+1 at TOH + ululating
Chinese tune before "ID" by W, but difficult to tell cuz RTI/Firedrake
open up at 1400 UT on 6075 kHz giving 6080 kHz ultra-nasty ACI. Aoki
has CNR1 (Geermu) here, also & heard occasionally under Hulun Buir.
CNR1 \\ 7305 / 9825 kHz, etc.) (Dan Sheedy-CA-USA, DXplorer Oct 31 via
BC-DX 23 Nov via DXLD)
** CHINA. 9410, CNR5, 1245, Nov 23. For several months now have heard
them with good audio, not with any blob – no heavily distorted audio
that some in the past thought might be jamming. This long absence of
any poor modulation tends to confirm my earlier comments that the
problem was the CNR5 tx and not jamming at all. In other words - they
fixed the transmitter! (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA [and non]. 9749.98, Nei Menggu PBS, Hohhot, 0735-0755, Nov
17, Mongolian talk, transmission stopped from 0737 to 0743, QRM is
RTTY(?). R Japan on 9750 started at *0755, now R Japan is broadcasting
the grand sumo tounaments at this time, 43333 (Tomoaki Wagai,
Wakayama, Japan, DSWCI DX Window Nov 27 via DXLD)
** COLOMBIA. 1030.00, R, Antena 2, Cali, 24/12 [sic; 24/11?] 0850-0905
22222 ID “Antena 2 escúchela por deporte” news ID “Por Antena 2,
dirige Juan Guillermo..” NOTA: a las 0900 radio los Andes lo cubre por
completo. Muchos 128´s PFA; 73's (Pedro F. Arrunátegui, Lima, Perú;
Vivo en una casa muy pequeña, pero, sus ventanas se abren hacia un
mundo muy grande, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** COLOMBIA [and non]. 6010, Nov 21 around 1034, fair signal in the
clear, sounds like indigenous language, could be something exotic?
1042 string orchestra with piano, and it`s only La Voz de tu
Conciencia with ID at 1043 in Spanish. Probably off-frequency as
usual, but no het; Radio Mil would be off the air at this hour, and as
mentioned on WORLD OF RADIO 1696, Cassio Secundino Borges Santos
Secundino in Goiânia, Goiás reported as of 19 November that R.
Inconfidência had been missing from 6010 for more than a biweek,
possibly due to storm damage in Belo Horizonte [how about 15190v?]. I
also checked 5910v and there was no signal from the other HJDH, altho
this area tends to be desensitized by the huge overloading signals
from WWCR on 5890 and 5935.
Hunting around for HJDH website to determine what language that could
have been, I am misled by a ``Escucha Voz de tu Conciencia`` on
Facebook which turns out to be unrelated, about animal rights! The
phrase is too generic. It used to be at http://www.fuerzadepaz.com but
that no longer exists. Nor is it on the World of Radio hitlist. WRTH
2013 lists it under DC = Distrito Capital, even tho the transmitter
site is at Puerto Lleras. Entonces, Rafael, ¿cuál es el idioma? (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1697, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Colombia on 5910.070. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, Nov 23, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 1000, Radio Artemisa, Artemisa, Artemisa. 1048 November 25,
2013. Cuban folk vocal ending, female ID. No trace of 1020 in a quick
check, probably just faded down.
1110, Radio Angulo, Holguín, Holguín. 1011 November 25, 2013.
Traditional Cuban vocals, mixing with WBT. I always want to put an
accent mark over the ”u” in Angulo, but I'm not allowed to.
1140, Radio Rebelde, multiple sites. 1036 November 25, 2013. Big
signal from one, and two others much weaker and out-of-synch (delayed)
under (Terry Krueger, Clearwater, Florida, USA, JRC NRD-535; ICOM IC-
R75; Hammarlund HQ-180A; Sony ICF-7600GR; Sangean PR-D5; Aqua Guide
705 RDF Marine Radio; GE Superadio III; JPS NF-60 Notch Filter; JPS
ANC-4 Noise Phase; 1 X roof dipole; 1 X room random wire; Terk
Advantage non-active portable loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. 17540, Nov 21 at 2151, NHK World Rádio Japão in
Portuguese via WHRI with usual VG signal even here --- except there is
a heavy SAH of about 6 Hz from another strong carrier, revealed at
2156 when the latter starts YL spy numbers interspersed with digital
bursts. 2200 NHK timesignal, ID in Japanese and Sakura before WHRI
cuts it off late at 2200:40* as the numbers keep going.
WHRI`s or NHK`s frequency management should consult the ENIGMA
schedule of Cuban spy numbers, which occupy a lot of frequencies
you`ll never find in HFCC. The latest ENIGMA newsletter is here:
http://www.numbersoddities.nl/En78a.pdf
Searching it on 17540 leads to an HM01 schedule grid on page 88 of 89,
dated 27/06-2013 showing 17540 however in use at 2300 on Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays, but this was an hour earlier on a Thursday.
17480 was the listed frequency at 2200 on those days, alternating with
10715 all other days of the week, while the alt to 17540 was 11530.
Anyhow, the schedule has changed.
5930, Nov 22 at 0609, Cuban spy numbers and digital bursts are here,
very strong right next to 5935 WWCR but with ACI from it; new
frequency? According to ENIGMA schedule, the Thursday 0600 frequency
was 14375, and 5930 appears nowhere in the entire file (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1697, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
11880, Nov 21 at 2153, RHC is yet again in French instead of
Portuguese.
9795-9805 & 9818-9835, approx. extent of buzzspurs from 9810 RHC
transmitter, but constantly varying, Nov 22 at 0133; main victim is
9820 station, probably Brasil 9819+. See also EGYPT [and non]
6165, Nov 23 at 0107, RHC English is instead open carrier/dead air,
and still the same at 0109, 0127; by next check at 0136, modulation
has finally been applied.
What about the other English frequency, 6000? At 0107 it`s on, but
undermodulated, and I can hear something else under it; 0137 Mideast
song; 0147 I find RHC is off, audiblizing TURKEY, q.v. until RHC cuts
back on at *0150:42.
13740, Nov 23 at 1426, humbuzz on the CRI English relay transmitter
exceeds the crackly modulation; still breaking up at 1504 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Noted two minor changes in RHC PDF file table: English heard from 5-6
UT, instead of Spanish service. SPANISH Tropical Band NVIS antenna
5040 kHz / 60 m 2200-2400 y 0200-0500{!} UT to Cuba, Caribe, USA,
Canada, México, C América, and Northern S América. English heard from
5-6 UT instead of Spanish (Wolfgang Büschel, Nov 23, dxldyg via WORLD
OF RADIO 1697, DX LISTENING DIGEST) One day aberration?
6165, Nov 25 at 0120, Arnie Coro on RHC is talking about someone
dealing with a 120 Hz hum problem. Meanwhile, this RHC frequency is
quite undermodulated with hum. Deal with that, Arnie!
6165, Nov 25 at 0630, RHC is still very undermodulated on this
frequency, almost 5 hours after first noticed. Noticeably louder on //
5040, 6000, 6060, and even 6125. What explains this: someone not
paying attention to the input modulation level from the studio? Ailing
old transmitter needs or is only capable of reduced modulation (but
not all the time)?
6000, Nov 26 at 0102, RHC English is not yet on the air, while 6165 is
on but silent. At 0104, 6000 is still off, but 6165 is modulating
(better level than last night); at 0108, 6000 is now on and modulating
too but barely over the CCI from Turkey (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Checked the morning hour 05-06 UT here in Germany against latest RHC
schedule of mid November:
English service heard again in 5-6 UT slot on proper 5040 kHz. Also on
6000 weak S=7 signal, meant to Western North America, but hit in
Germany by BBC ASC WS powerful S=9+20dB signal.
6060 S=9+10dB signal, 0530 UT.
6125 suffered heavily by digital DRM outlet NOISE from Romania in
broadband range 6114 to overlap 6126 kHz. RHC heard better on the
upper flank on 6127-6128 kHz S=9+20dB. 0527 UT Nov 25.
6165 weak, S=4-5 only.
Spanish on
6070 S=7-8 poor,
9810.005 Spanish at 0542 UT Nov 25, S=4-5 in Germany, on strange
sidelobe path.
11840 Much better signal here in Germany, S=8-9, nice 25 mb
propagation via nightly Atlantic.
15230 At 0546 UT just above threshold level, meant basically towards
Argentina target, on totally different azimuth. S=4-5 and could easily
identify against \\ 6070 and 11840 kHz broadcasts. vy73 de wb df5sx
(Wolfgang Büschel, UT Nov 25, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This morning Nov 27, RHC Spanish at 0435 UT:
11760 S=9+20dB here in Germany, interview about familia matter.
6060 S=9+35dB at 0440 UT, but audio quality somewhat distorted or
overmodulated !
9810 totally covered by strong VoIRIB Arabic which is S=9+30dB.
11670 tiny, just on threshold level.
11840 poor at S=6 level, 0442 UT.
6070 S=9+5dB fair.
5040 S=9+30dB powerhouse Sp at 0455 UT, and RHC English at 0511 UT.
Same signal level on 5025 kHz R Rebelde in Spanish,
but R Progreso 4765 kHz in Sp little lower signal of S=0+5dB.
No signal at this across Atlantic deep night hour on 15230 and 13740,
latter which occupied by VoIRIB Dari sce from Ahwaz Iran til 0620 UT.
RHC English at 0453 UT Nov 27 on
6165 S=9+10dB,
6000 powerhouse S=+9+30dB, which accompanied from 0500 UT also on
6125 which is badly totally covered by REE Noblejas co-channel ahead
on S=9+25dB signal here in Germany.
Arnie you should MOVE AWAY of 6125 kHz {to 6140} at 05-07 UT portion,
no wise frequency selection. 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, Nov 27,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. Spanish Numbers Station Report (probably the usual suspect)
== Report of Spanish Numbers Station 11/25/2013 (early Monday Morning
on the 25th from Sunday evening of the 24th)
Frequency: (approximate, since my radio is NOT digital*) 5845-5850**
Time: ~ 12:35 AM to 1:00 AM ET (0535 -0600 UT)
Transmission: Jarring Tones (LOUD!) in between each number series
followed by pause, then series of five numbers in Spanish (voice audio
much LOWER than tones, so I'd have to turn my radio to '11' -- AKA the
loudest -- in order to get the complete series) then back to jarring
tones. The female voice I heard is the same one that is on this
Youtube video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i23mQVWGueo
(which is different because the new transmission I heard had tones in
between each number series).
Numbers Transmitted (Spanish) include the following series: 27804 //
32325 // 88505 // 88525 // 73546
Radio Used: Hamilton 12 Band WRD -12 Portable Radio* (cheap!) with
attached antenna
** approximation based on distance from 5835 (WTWW with Pastor Peters)
to 5890 (WWCR with Bro. Stair) on my dial (which is not trustworthy on
ANY band, including AM or FM), but could have been at 5855 as
mentioned in this post: http://shortwavearchive.com/archive/5575
Did anyone else report receiving this transmission? And is there
anything to the apparent change in transmission (tones followed by one
series followed by tones instead of all series)???? Perhaps your
contacts know more about this than I do (sitting in my two family
house in Flushing NY).
P S This is also being sent to
http://shortwavearchive.com/archive/5575 and may appear on his comment
page. Sincerely, (Shawn S Fahrer, Nov 26, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Shawn, This is a regular broadcast of the ``hybrid`` numbers with
digital bursts from Cuba, on 5855. It`s on there every night, or maybe
alternate nights. WTWW is on 5830 (Glenn to Shawn, ibid.)
Thanks for the intel. Just curious about the tones to one 5 digit
number series to tones format -- none of the recordings I've heard on
the internet have that feature; they're all series with no tones in
between each series. I thought that was the 'unusual part' about this
transmission -- have the "Cubans" switched to this 'new format'????
(Shawn to Glenn, ibid.)
Yes, for some months now. The tones are apparently a common form also
used by hams, and easily decoded by proper software. But then the
numbers are still encryption (Glenn to Shawn, ibid.)
** CUBA [and non]. 9490, Nov 26 at 0117, Radio República, la Voz del
Directorio Democrático Cubano is good and clear of jamming for a
change. Usually heavy jamming blox this signal from FRANCE even here,
but tonight, Cuba is too close to propagate well on this band. Can`t
hear RHC on 9810, and the China relay in English on 9580 is audible
but much weaker than 9570 via Albania. It`ll be a while before RR
switches to WRMI Okeechobee, presumably because the contract with TDF
extends beyond December 1.
9490, Nov 27 at 0107, wall-of-noise jamming is back obliterating R.
República via France, completely different from 24 hours earlier when
there was no jamming audible and RR was good, in the clear. Since
Cuba`s relay of China on 9580 is still very poor, propagation in that
case does not seem to have normalized, so maybe the jamming was really
taking a break last night? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CYPRUS TURKISH. Turkey --- Radio Bayrak International sends five-
minute news bulletins in Russian 13.00-13.05 (local time) (1100-1105
UT) Monday through Friday. Thematic schedule can be found here:
http://www.brtk.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=318&Itemid=95
Frequencies on FM: 87.8 and 105 MHz; shortwave frequency 6150 kHz
(transmitter I.skele 35 • 13 'N / 33 • 55' E, 25 kW). More:
http://www.brtk.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1223&Itemid=94
(Dmitry Kutuzov, Ryazan, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx")
73! (Anatoli Klepov, RusDX Nov 24 via DXLD) Is 6150 active? (gh, DXLD)
** CYPRUS TURKISH [non]. I came across something that has me
intrigued. Hopefully one of you can help. Here is a logging:
6150.76 UNID. Playing what sounds like a Pop song at 2158. 2200
possibly 1 tone, then a fanfare and M announcer, music bridge and M
returned. 2203 W noted too. Still going at 2221 with pleasant music.
Music at 2231 sounded subcontientalish. Could this be R. Taiwan
International?? Couldn't // 9450 and couldn't find a webstream oddly
enough. Still no better by 2245. Weak but definitely here. Not there
at 2347 check. (27 Nov.)
I just got a message from Ron Howard copying a logging of Bayrak R. on
6150.73 from Martien Groot in 2010. And in 2011, Wolfgang Bueschel
heard them on 6150.03. Could what I have heard this evening been
Bayrak R.?? 73 (Dave Valko, PA, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD)
re 6150.76 kHz. Two accompanied spurs of Belarus Radio Minsk, 6155 kHz
fundamental (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) See BELARUS
** DIEGO GARCIA. 12759, Armed Forces Network, 0112 Oct 26, English,
Fair, USB, Friday music program, American rock (Jack Amelar, Port Hope
MI DXpedition, MARE Tipsheet Nov 22 via DXLD)
** DJIBOUTI. 4780, Radiodiffusion Television de Djibouti (presumed),
2203-2212, Nov 17. seemingly running late with a man with recitations
from Qur'an with carrier cut at 2212. Poor to fair (Rich D'Angelo at
French Creek State Park, Pennsylvania, NASWA Flashsheet Nov 24 via
DXLD)
** EAST TURKISTAN. 4850, UNKNOWN, 24/11 1508 to 1523 male vocal
accompanied with a string instrument. Lengthy piece. S8 but very
noisy. Distorted audio. Talk, in what sounds like a central Asian
language. Station ID at 1600 (n/c).
1602 religious chanting until 1627. Lengthy piece! Followed by more
harmonically arranged song, YL vocal. Another one similar, male singer
(10 minutes!) Mix of Asian and Slavic pres. Ex-Russian republic? Song
recorded here: http://goo.gl/TT4leK Stronger at 1711 S9+5dB signal.
S/off signal: http://goo.gl/T8o1xT at 1800. Help! 73, (Nick Hacko
VK2DX, NSW, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Re 4850: The 1800 UT file has Xinjiang PBS Kazakh ID (Jari Savolainen,
Finland, ibid.)
Thanks to all who kindly responded to 'unknown' in Kazakh. Looks like
I need an updated schedule for this season. WRTH on its way. 73, (Nick
Hacko VK2DX, NSW, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) See PUBLICATIONS
4980, Nov 25 at 0057, very poor signal with talk, non-Chinese.
Presumed the only station listed, which I last heard many months ago,
PBS Xinjiang, Uighur service, 100 kW, 230 degrees from Urumqi at 2310-
0300 per Aoki. Ron Howard recently noted that another PBSX frequency,
4850 had resumed. Was 4980 off the air too? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
5060, PBS Xinjiang, China. 27/11 from 1530 in Chinese. Slowly getting
stronger. As of 1650 loud, very good copy with some noise. After 1730
weaker again. Carrier lost at 1800. Plenty of slow pop-style Asian
music (Nick Hacko, NSW, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EGYPT [and non]. 11760, Nov 22 at 0137, big mess here with Cairo
atop, very distorted singing, ringing sound and hum, making fast
rippling SAH with CUBA underneath which sounds like the same
programming as on 6060.
In B-13, ERTU has chosen to collide with the #1 frequency of RHC, used
for the past 52+ years. Aoki shows 250 kW, 286 degrees from Abis
toward Cuba at 2330-0045 Arabic, 0045-0200 Spanish. Cuba currently
restarts 11760 at 0000 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1697, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
13580, Nov 22 at 1449 open carrier, fair-good strength, with CODAR
QRM; 1450 fast SAH starts with hi-pitched but lo-level tone; 1457 past
1500, the carrier is really pulsing now, not a SAH? Still no other
modulation. It`s another total loss from R. Cairo, scheduled 15-16 in
Albanian, 250 kW, 300 degrees from Abu Zaabal per Aoki; 250 kW, 315
degrees from Abis per HFCC. Maybe *both* sites are trying and failing
to emit Albanian, accounting for the SAH. IBB is now wisely giving
this mess a wide berth, taking a 2-hour break at 14-16 between VOA
Somali broadcasts via Sri Lanka.
13580, Nov 25 at 1533, humbuzz with occasional bursts of unreadable
distorted talk modulation. Natch, it`s R. Cairo`s Albanian service
which has been like this for years at 15-16; Aoki says Abu Zabaal
site, and as usual HFCC is in disagreement with Abis. EiBi goes with a
for Abis, rather than z for Abu Zabaal. It`s safe to say that both
sites suffer from such monstrosities (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
Winter B-13 shortwave schedule of Radio Cairo:
0030-0430 9965 ABS 200 kW / 325 deg NEAm Arabic
0045-0200 9720 ABS 250 kW / 331 deg NoAm Spanish
0045-0200 12080 ABS 250 kW / 241 deg SoAm Spanish
0045-0200 11760 ABS 250 kW / 286 deg CeAm Spanish
0200-0330 9720 ABS 250 kW / 331 deg NoAm English
0200-0700 11905 ABS 250 kW / 315 deg NoAm Arabic GS + MERadio 11131v
0400-0600 11970 ABZ 250 kW / 170 deg CEAf Swahili
0700-1100 17510 ABZ 100 kW / 250 deg WeAf Arabic GS, not active
1015-1215 17480 ABZ 250 kW / 090 deg WeAs Arabic
1215-1330 17870 ABZ 250 kW / 090 deg SoAs English
1230-1400 15710 ABS 250 kW / 091 deg SEAs Indonesian
1300-1600 15800 ABS 250 kW / 241 deg WeAf Arabic
1330-1400 15360 ABZ 250 kW / 070 deg WeAs Dari
1330-1530 15245 ABZ 100 kW / 070 deg WeAs Farsi
1400-1600 15545 ABZ 250 kW / 070 deg WeAs Pashto
1500-1600 11610 ABS 250 kW / 061 deg CeAs Uzbek
1500-1600 13580 ABS 250 kW / 315 deg EaEu Albanian + MERadio 12806v
1600-1700 15450 ABZ 100 kW / 160 deg ECAf Afar
1600-1800 13670 ABZ 250 kW / 090 deg SoAs Urdu
1600-1800 15345 ABS 150 kW / 196 deg CSAf English
1600-1800 17840 ABZ 250 kW / 170 deg CEAf Swahili
1700-1730 15285 ABZ 100 kW / 160 deg ECAf Somali
1700-1900 9745 ABS 250 kW / 005 deg N/ME Turkish
1730-1900 15285 ABZ 100 kW / 160 deg ECAf Amharic
1800-1900 9655 ABS 200 kW / 325 deg WeEu Italian + MERadio 8881v
1800-2100 15710 ABS 250 kW / 241 deg WeAf Hausa
1845-2000 17625 ABZ 250 kW / 245 deg WeAf Fulfulde
1900-2000 9885 ABS 250 kW / 005 deg EaEu Russian
1900-2000 9410 ABS 200 kW / 325 deg WeEu German + MERadio 8636v
1900-2030 15290 ABZ 250 kW / 250 deg WeAf English
1900-0030 11540 ABZ 100 kW / 160 deg CEAf Arabic VoArabs, not active
2000-2115 9410 ABS 200 kW / 325 deg WeEu French + MERadio 8636v
2000-2200 11610 ABZ 250 kW / 110 deg AUS Arabic
2100-2300 15205 ABS 250 kW / 241 deg WeAf French
2115-2245 9900 ABS 200 kW / 325 deg WeEu English + MERadio 9126v
2215-2330 13620 ABZ 250 kW / 245 deg SoAm Portuguese
2300-0030 9965 ABS 200 kW / 325 deg NEAm English
2330-0045 13620 ABZ 250 kW / 245 deg SoAm Arabic
2330-0045 11760 ABS 250 kW / 286 deg CeAm Arabic
N.B.: Many/most of these frequencies have severe technical problems
such as extreme distortion and/or undermodulation [like gh said]
73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria; Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m.
long wire, DX RE MIX NEWS #815 November 25, 2013, via DXLD)
** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 15190, Radio Africa. 1600, Nov 20. Start of
a religious show (not Tony Alamo today) (Ron Howard, Asilomar State
Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
15190, Radio Africa (presumed); 1510, 20-Nov; English huxter, not a
screamer, but enthusiastic. SIO=2+52 (Frodge-MI)
15190, Radio Africa (presumed); 2221-2246*, 21-Nov; Low-key English
huxter Tony Alamo with program #461, waxing about adultery,
fornication, being married to Christ, false teaching, etc.; even
worked Obama into the discourse. Off to dead air after TA's program
without announcement or ID. SIO=444-! till about 2240 when started to
drop off slightly. About 2248, with OC still up, a jammer-like noise
started up. Jumping the gun on Radio Free Asia via Tinian starting at
2330? Weak co-channel, probably Inconfidencia + rumble. OC still on
past 2300.
I presume this one was from Okeechobee rather that Eq. Guinea (Harold
Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 125 ft. bow-tie; 85 ft. RW & 180
ft. center-fed RW, All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real
time! DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Harold, I don`t think so. Okee is not supposed to start until Dec 1.
But will ask Jeff whether there have been or will be any tests before
then (Glenn to Harold, ibid.)
---If not, the sig strength was rather surprising (Frodge, ibid.)
No, it was not from Okeechobee, Jeff White assures me (Glenn, ibid.)
** ETHIOPIA. 6030, Radio Oromiya, Addis Abeba. 22/11 1955. Solid S5
signal, good copy. Western pop-rock style music. Fast fading away an
hour after local sunrise. 73 (Nick VK2DX Hacko, NSW, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** ETHIOPIA [and non]. Äthiopien auf ungerader Frequenz heute heftig
bis zu 110 Hz auf- und abwandernd. 73 wb
7236.460 up to 7236.570 wandered up and down signal from Voice
Democratic Alliance Ethiopia at Addis Ababa-Gedja, with an annoying
1500 Hertz interference tone against odd 7235 kHz CRI Chinese from
Kashi site. S=8 signal at 1535 UT Nov 27 (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-
DX TopNews Nov 28, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** FINLAND. I can't find the 25.000 MHz time signal listed. Good
strong signal from when I heard it at 1000 gmt and still strong now at
1200 gmt. No IDs heard. Some rough voice shouting "Hola, Hooolaah"
occasionally over it! I'd guess it's within 2000 miles east of UK. Any
ideas? (Ian Liston-Smith, Nov 23, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD)
Probably MIKEs from the Centre for Metrology & Accreditation, Espoo,
Finland. Only 100 Watts according to WRTH (page 669) -
http://www.mikes.fi (Dave Kenny, ibid.)
I still think this is possible in NAm, just like 12 and 10m hams with
such little power (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** FRANCE [and non]. This weekend 100 kW-transmissions by Radio Waves
International:
November 23rd, 1300-1400 UT on 6140 kHz (Issoudun),
November 24th, 0000-0100 UT on 7300 kHz (Nauen),
November 24th, 1330-1430 UT on 17540 kHz (Nauen)
Please send all reports to: rwaves@free.fr Thank you! Good Listening!
73s (Tom Taylor, Nov 22, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Special transmissions of Radio Waves International via MBR:
1300-1400 6140 ISS 100 kW / 050 deg to CeEu En/Ge/It Sat, November 23
0000-0100 7300 NAU 125 kW / 300 deg to NoAm En/Ge/It Sat, November 24
1330-1430 17540 NAU 100 kW / 090 deg to SoAs En/Ge/It Sat, November 24
73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, DX RE MIX NEWS #813, November 23,
2013 via DXLD) Sic; apparently last two meant to be Sunday (gh, DXLD)
Sabato 23 novembre 2013, 1315 - 6140 kHz, R. WAVES INT. - Issoudun
(F), Inglese, country, pop e IDs OM. Segnale buono. Solo tale giorno
per anniversario.
Domenica 24 novembre 2013, 1330 - 17540 kHz, R. WAVES INT. - Nauen
(Germania), Francese, IDs OM e musica pop. Segnale sufficiente-buono
Solo tale giorno per anniversario (Luca Botto Fiora, Rapallo (Genova)
- Italia, G.C. 09E13 - 44N21 playdx yg via DXLD)
7300, FRANCE. Radio Waves International, at 0040, on 24 Nov. with song
in French followed by DJ who stated in English the Country Music Show
with Peter Hills & Philippe, the terrible twins would be next. At 0046
a song came on "I'll come running to you" were in the words. A male DJ
came on at 0050 and introduced the next song which was "Are you sure
Hank did it this a way?" Station went off the Air at 0059. Good (John
Cooper, Lebanon, PA, WR-G33DDC Excalibur Pro, RF Space-SDR-IQ, Grundig
Satellit 750, Tecsun PL-660,Tuned Super Sloper, PARS SWL End Fed,
Wellbrook, NASWA Flashsheet Nov 24 via DXLD) Site was Nauen, GERMANY
per advance publicity (gh)
** GERMANY. Radio Geronimo on Sunday 24th November:
1000-1200 UT on 9480 kHz
Please send all reports to: geronimoshortwave@hotmail.com Thank you!
Good Listening! 73s (Tom Taylor, Nov 22, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
That would be the 1-kW Göhren transmitter (gh, DXLD)
Radio Geronimo on shortwave --- This was observed opening on 9480 kHz
at 1000 UT, starting with 'Maybe Tomorrow, Maybe Tonight' by Dutch
group Earth & Fire. Presented in English, IDing simply as 'Geronimo'
or 'Geronimo Shortwave' and with the slogan 'anorak radio at its
best'! Also noted going off air at 1200 UT. Transmitter in Germany,
reception was good.
This is not the Radio Geronimo beamed on mediumwave from Monte Carlo
for a few weeks in 1970, as that entity is at pains to point out on
its website at http://radiogeronimo.co.uk:
"The authentic and original Radio Geronimo represented by this website
has absolutely no connection with the station currently masquerading
on shortwave radio as Radio Geronimo".
Audio clips of both Geronimos can be heard on Interval Signals Online
http://intervalsignals.net
look for the original on the Monaco page and this "impostor" under UK
(other stations). (David Kernick, Interval Signals Online, Nov 24,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GERMANY. LOG: 6005 kHz 06.58z Classic Broadcast / Radiogram / PSK-
250R O=3. Program overview of the three shortwave transmitters in PSK-
250R for the transmission period A13 .... hmmmmm ...... should be B13.
Here is my attempt of a recent overview in a html-version with an
embedded graphics - but no MFSK image.
(Kim Andrew Elliot: "....This shows that MFSK images are nice, but
it’s actual text that gets through in typical shortwave
conditions....")
So it is a text-based svg-image, vector-graphics are not "normal
images". Here is the link to my created audio file:
https://app.box.com/s/e6n1cjeoitgnzn8t4zd6
MFSK-128L at 1500 Hz with a message in the flmsg-blank format, base64
compr. Decoding with Fldigi 3.21.77AB + Flsmg 1.1.33. Should not be a
problem if you have already converted such things from the VoA
Radiogram. It's all just a private test, no document of the radio
station. 73+55 (roger, Germany, Nov 23, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** GERMANY. 6005, 25/11 1000, Radio 700, Kall-Krekel ID Info Nx 34534
6095 25/11 1001 Transport Radio, Nauen ID info Nx NL 55555
6070 25/11 1002 Radio Channel 292, Rohrbach Mx 34343
73 da (Nino Marabello, QTH Treviso, Italia, RX: SONY ICF SW7600G,
bclnews.it yg via DXLD)
** GERMANY. QSLs for European Music Radio Nov 17, 2013, on 7265 kHz.
Full-detail e-QSL's received from both Tom Taylor at EMR and Roland
Rohde at MV Baltic Radio in Goehren for reception of last weekend's
0800-0900 UT broadcast on 7265 kHz from Goehren via the MV Baltic
Radio 1 kW transmitter. Broadcast was monitored from the Perseus site
in NJ which produced a very nice S3+ signal, especially considering
the transmitter power. Tom Taylor also sent along a nice info sheet on
EMR which is attached along with the QSL images (Bruce W. Churchill,
CA-USA, DXplorer Nov 20 via BC-DX 23 Nov via DXLD)
** GERMANY. All Saturdays and Wednesdays the programs of HLR.
0600-0900 UT, program in Spanish, English, German on 7265
0900-1200 UT, program in German on 6190
1200-1600 UT, program in German, Spanish, English on 7265
Good Listening! 73s (Tom Taylor, Nov 26, WORLD OF RADIO 1697, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** GERMANY. 7310, Radio 700 on Nov 18 at 0752 UT. Toot Toot Tootsie by
CCR, much talk in German, \\ <http://radio700.eu/player_v2/player.htm>
(Ralph Brandi-NJ-USA, DXplorer Nov 20 via BC-DX 23 Nov via DXLD)
** GERMANY. Norddeutscher Rundfunk Christmas Eve program --- Has
anybody heard whether or not the Christmas Eve program for the folks
at sea will be broadcast on shortwave this year? This is the same one
that the Deutsche Welle German service used to have every year on
Christmas Eve. They already have information on the website, but only
mention the FM frequencies and web audio streams (for NDR Info and NDR
Info Spezial) Maybe the arrangements for shortwave haven't been
finalized.
http://www.ndr.de/info/programm/sendungen/gruss_an_bord/index.html
(Brett Martin, VA, Nov 21, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) on shortwave again
Hi there DXers, as last Xmas, German domestic broadcaster
Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) again this year will air its maritime
greetings program in German, GRUSS AN BORD, on shortwave.
24 December 2013:
1900-2100 UT on 6125, 9460, 9885, 9925, 11955 kHz
2100-2300 UT on 6040, 9435, 9625 9880, 9925 kHz
contacts for reception reports:
gruss-an-bord @ ndr.de
Norddeutscher Rundfunk
NDR Info - Red. Gruss an Bord
Wolfgang Heinemann
Rothenbaumchaussee 132 - 134
20149 Hamburg
Germany
all details (in German) at http://www.ndr.de/grussanbord
73 (Harald Kuhl, Germany, Nov 28, DX LISTENING DIGEST
** GERMANY. BROADCASTING BOARD WELCOMES DEUTSCHE WELLE STRUCTURAL
REFORMS --- press release
At a meeting in Bonn on November 22, the Broadcasting Board has
unanimously welcomed the reform plans Deutsche Welle Director General
Peter Limbourg outlined, which aim to make DW a leading global
information provider.
Chairman of the Broadcasting Board Valentin Schmidt said: "Only seven
weeks after taking office, the director general has presented a
convincing concept, which will allow Deutsche Welle to continue to
successfully carry out its chartered task in the future. He has
further developed the course adopted by his predecessor Erik
Bettermann and has set new priorities for DW's strategy. The
Broadcasting Board unanimously supports the restructuring measures
envisaged by Peter Limbourg. We particularly welcome the plan to pool
existing resources and to enhance the broadcaster's current affairs
expertise. This will enduringly strengthen Deutsche Welle's
international competitiveness."
The new Broadcasting Board will continue to accompany DW reform
process after its constitution. The supervisory body will be
reconstituted after all the representatives from social groups and
organizations, as well as representatives from the Bundestag, the
federal government and the Bundesrat have been appointed for a new
five-year term.
Valentin Schmidt, chairman of the Broadcasting Board [caption]
Increased relevance to global decision makers
At the meeting of the Broadcasting Board, Director General Limbourg
announced that in the future DW will strive to be a global information
provider from Germany. At the same time, DW's journalistic profile
will be further strengthened. He said: "Through more dialogue and
interactivity, DW aims to increase the relevance of its content to
global decision makers and political opinion leaders by 2017. For that
segment of the target group in particular, we plan to extend DW's
reach on all its platforms, thereby raising the number of regular DW
users from the current 101 million to 150 million. In the coming four
years, DW aims to position itself as one of the top international
broadcasters."
By early February 2014, DW will set regional priorities following
clear criteria and will optimize its TV, Internet and radio content
accordingly. In this process, DW will strive to consolidate and
streamline its work.
English as "flagship" in programming
Since English is the lingua franca of global decision makers, English-
language content will be extended and will play a central role as the
'flagship' of all DW offerings. For example, English TV programming is
set to significantly expand its news coverage. DW will continue to
offer German-language television and online content as well. German-
language TV news coverage will also be extended and more clearly
structured. Cooperation on news programs with German national
broadcasters ARD and ZDF will be strengthened in the coming years. The
successful multimedia content available for German learners will be
further developed and linked more closely to other content on dw.de.
In order to foster dialogue and interaction with users, DW will create
new formats and intensify its connection to bloggers and other online
opinion leaders.
Basis for strategy from 2014 to 2017
Following the merger of its two programming departments, DW will
continue to streamline its structures and reorganize editorial work in
Bonn and Berlin, Limbourg said.
The concept Director General Peter Limbourg has outlined will serve as
the basis for DW's strategic plan from 2014 to 2017. The draft will be
presented to the German federal government and the German Bundestag in
spring 2014. Input from DW's internal "Competition of Ideas" and
recommendations from staff representatives will be integrated into the
draft (via Dr Hansjoerg Biener, Nov 27, DXLD)
Didn't we already hear this from many international broadcasters ---
and where did it lead? (Biener, ibid.)
The real news they hide behind all the PR puff: So far Deutsche Welle
consisted of the classic radio department at Bonn (to where they had
to move from Cologne) and the TV department at Berlin. This will no
longer be the case. I understand that still both seats will be kept
(otherwise staff at the other location would be really grateful), but
it will all be just a single service. If this has any practical
implications it can only result in, what else, a further
marginalization of radio (Kai Ludwig, Germany, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GERMANY [non]. 21780, Nov 24 at 1352, very poor signal, i.e. DW
Hausa, now from UAE site at 13-14, which explains why it`s no longer
the reliable Rwanda signal in A-13, which is however in use for French
at 12-13 in B-13 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GREECE. 3360.07, Nov 16 2329, A weak station noted here. I heard a
time pip and first thought it wasn’t a harmonic from 1680. Also
strange music, a little like Arabic. A recording was sent to Henrik
Klemetz and he asked me to contact Jari Savolainen. Jari says:
Altho it may sound Arabic, I'm pretty sure the music is in fact Greek
and the male voice is in Greek. The Greek pirate harmonics are often
heard on 90 mb. So this could be one from about 1680. I'll send the
file to Mauno Ritola for confirmation.
--- Mauno also thinks it's Greek pirate. Maybe you can send the file
to Greek DXer Zacharias Liangas. I think he recognizes the music and
talk. /Jari.
Said and done. As we had some problems with his mail address he
replied to Henrik Klemetz via Facebook:
As for the file I could not find a real ID except that he called for a
break and the remain is rather lost in the dust. And if you want the
name of the female singer on the start is called Eleftheria Hristopulu
a doggish 'as I call this style' stinger [sic]. /ZachariasLiangas.
He will try to do some further checks. On Nov 22 the station was there
again and this time I could check that the same signal also was
audible on 1680. In fact the station was stronger on 3360! Thanks a
lot, Henrik, Jari, Mauno and Zacharias for your help! TN (Thomas
Nilsson, Sweden, SW Bulletin Nov 24 via DXLD)
** GREECE. 'THEY RAPED OUR VALUES': INDEPENDENCE OF GREEK PUBLIC
BROADCASTER QUESTIONED
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2013/11/19/they-raped-our-values-journalists-question-independence-greeks-new-public
[SBS is Australia`s ethnic network]
IMAGES 03 1/03 VIDEO 1/ AUDIO
This week staff from Greece's temporary public broadcaster, DT, will
move into a building that used to headquarter ERT, the nation's public
broadcaster for 70 years. The government says the new, permanent
broadcaster will be up and running in two month's time, but its
independence is under question.
By Christine Heard
The government shut ERT down almost six months ago, but had to hastily
create DT in order to remain a member of the European Union. The
government announcement was immediate and abrupt. "All this stops
today. It definitely stops. The government has decided to close down
ERT."
It accused ERT of being wasteful, inefficient and unpopular. But the
move was also designed to show Greece's lenders, known as the Trioka,
that the government was reforming the public sector.
LISTEN: SBS Dateline reporter Amos Roberts talks to SBS Radio's Ron
Sutton about covering the story.
Greece lost three TV channels, more than two dozen radio stations, a
choir and two orchestras. Vasso Morali worked at ERT for almost 30
years and now runs the Greek radio program at SBS.
She says there was waste and cronyism at the national broadcaster, but
the closure was more extreme than necessary. "Troika had demanded the
sacrifice - and the government considered ERT as the perfect victim,"
Vasso Morali told SBS.
Riding a wave of public support, former ERT staff continued to occupy
the building, producing daily radio and TV programs. Sound engineers
and musicians became security guards and boom gate operators, with the
volunteers expecting, at any moment, to be evicted.
Especially when the government - under orders from a Greek court - set
up DT, a new interim public broadcaster just down the road.
Many former ERT employees went to work at DT and some condemned the
occupation of ERT headquarters. "The building and the infrastructure
of ERT belongs to the Greek people," DT news presenter Prokopis Dukas
said. "They do not belong to the employees."
It sparked a political divide too as government politicians boycotted
ERT programs and the Opposition refused to appear on DT.
Finally, five months after ERT closed, Greek riot police stormed the
building, evicting those who were left. Scuffles broke out, teargas
was fired - but no one was arrested.
ERT TV presenter Marilena Katsimi says there is a lot of anger over
the turn of events. "They raped our values, they raped our
personalities, they raped our rights, everything."
The government says a new, permanent broadcaster will be up and
running early next year. But even its supporters have doubts it will
be independent (via Zacharias Liangas, Nov 21, DXLD)
** GREECE. THE EBU CONDEMNS DEVELOPMENTS WITH ERT AND WARNS AGAINST
EUROVISION
http://translate.google.gr/translate?sl=el&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=el&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.in.gr%2Fgreece%2Farticle%2F%3Faid%3D1231274572
(Photo: Eurokinissi)
Athens --- Unthinkable described the intervention of riot police in
Radiomegaro, the chairman of the EBU during a meeting with members of
the European Federation of Journalists and the representative of
journalists NRA Nick pliers.
Jean Paul Phillips made clear at the meeting that the GP is not and in
no way is going to join the EBU noting additionally that if Greece
goes to Eurovision without public television will be very difficult to
be allowed to participate.
The chairman of the EBU heard by colleagues of the European Federation
of Journalists and the representative of journalists ERT sharing the
concerns and fears. They pledged that will be in constant contact with
them in view of the General Assembly of public broadcasting in
December.
The "dream" of P. Kapsi
"My dream is the news director of the Public Television to feel
complete freedom and hangs in each minister will seek to make
interventions," said Minister of State for Public Broadcasting
Pantelis Kapsis show Dateline in the Australian public broadcaster
SBS.
This show aired a special investigation for the closure of ERT and the
operation of the Public Television. Representatives of workers to ERT
reported in authoritarian move by the government and its implications.
However, some journalists working in GP spoke with sarcastic style to
match their colleagues in ERT or job status that existed before the
"black."
However, Mr Kapsis noted that he found no consistent closure of ERT,
but added that "the new Public Television had to start from scratch."
Remind that workers in ET3 Thessaloniki and regional radios NRA
continue to have full information and entertainment program, which is
transmitted via the Blog ertopen.com (via Zacharias Liangas, Greece,
Nov 21, DXLD)
** GREECE. SUPPOSED B-13 ELLINIKI RADIOPHONIA SCHEDULE
Dear Wolfie: Since there will probably be no official B-13 Schedule
for the temporary Elliniki Radiophonia Service from Avlis Greece, I
looked up my previous B-12 Voice of Greece Schedule and adjusted it as
below. I looked at the B-13 listings on the HFCC site and found no
frequency listings for Greece since no one came to the meetings to
give them the new frequencies desired for Avlis. I don't know how long
it will be before they turn off the electricity for the generators, or
the fuel to run them at Avlis. Perhaps you can check out what I have
here. Sincerely, (John Babbis, Oct 31, to Wolfgang Büschel, via DXLD)
Dear John, in the past six weeks - off service from my side, I was in
the cardiac clinic and then followed in the Cure Treatment Center, now
at present I stay again back at home.
Yes, no ERT - or public radio follower - took part on HFCC conference
and registration procedure this B-13 season. So, we have to wait till
the new - reduced to a quarter budget 700 men staff will start on
three radio programs again, the 3rd channel for Greeks in foreign
target purpose. vy73 de wolfy (Nov 21, via John Babbis, DXLD)
11645, Nov 22 at 0136, Greek talk, then Greek rap, // stronger 9420
and 7450. 11645 isn`t usually on the air at this hour from Avlis,
which means nothing on 15 MHz (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
For the first time since weeks, I heard the rebells [probably] ERT
Thessaloniki program on 7475.0 {but seemingly only poor TX power in
range of 20-30 kW, wb.}, 9420.0 S=9+20dB, and slight odd frequency
11645.012 kHz, S=9+10dB at 0641 UT. A lot of national Greek singer
appeared, nice music. Still on air at 0815 UT. 73 wb (Wolfgang
Büschel, Nov 23, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUATEMALA. 4055, Nov 21 at 1032, Radio Truth with ``Good King
Wenceslaus`` Xmas carol in English; modulation sounds a bit rough
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. Noted 4775 AIR Imphal silent Nov 27. AIR Shillong is really
doing well these days on 4970 with nice audio level; Nov 27 at 1405
recap of the Shillong Derby soccer match played before 20,000 fans in
Shillong that was played last week. AIR Itanagar also doing well on a
daily basis on 4990; Nov 26 at 1456 with storm info for cyclone Lehar.
So NE India continues to have great propagation to California (Ron
Howard, San Francisco, Nov 27, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1697, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. 4810, All India Radio, Mumbai, India, 24/11 1530, Time
signal, English. “Good evening, this is All India Radio, I am Lina
Suresh with news at nine". On nuclear issues with neighbors. Etc. Poor
to average copy. Noisy. 1545 back to Hindi. Better copy around 1700.
Off air at 1744. http://goo.gl/nG3ur5 (Nick Hacko VK2DX, NSW, dxldyg
via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Need your help with this one: my recording of AIR on 4810:
http://goo.gl/dAxVNl
What am hearing is: "Good evening, this All India Radio. I am Lina
Suresh with the news at 9". Can someone please confirm news reader`s
name? Thanks! Sorry for QRN - plenty of crashes here, typical low band
summer conditions. To put things in perspective, this path is over
10,500 km, which is almost twice the distance from South Europe to
Mumbai! 73 (Nick VK2DX Hacko, NSW, Nov 25, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** INDIA [and non]. 4920, Nov 26 at 0056, two weak stations mixing,
one with Asian singing; presumably the only two known in the world:
AIR Chennai which starts at 0015 in Tamil; and PBS Xizang, Lhasa-
Baiding, TIBET, which runs 2050-1805, except for the Tuesday afternoon
maintenance(?) siesta at 07-10; both 50 kW ND per Aoki (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. AIR very respectable reception on Nov 21.
https://app.box.com/s/jxmck1eqawrr05qi0skf
with very clear AIR Shillong [4970]. Extremely enjoyable!!! Many
announcements for a special program ("NE Collage" ) tomorrow (Nov 22)
from 1600 to 1630 UT ("9:30PM to 10:00PM" IST) via AIR Shillong.
AIR Jeypore (5040) with coverage of today's cricket match between
India and West Indies; // 4810, in both English & Hindi from 1432.
(Ron Howard, California, dx_india yg via DXLD)
** INDIA. 11670, 23/Nov 1935, All India Radio GOS, in English. Local
pop music. Moderate QRM of Jammer(?) (Sound of aircraft turbine. This
QRM goes from 11670 to about 11682 in my radio.). At 1943 YL talk, ID.
33443. 73 (Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana, Bahia, 12 14´S 38 58´W -
Brasil, Degen 1103 - All listening in mode of filter Narrow the 4 kHz.
Dipole antenna, 16 meters - east/west, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
11985 // 11740, Nov 23 at 0106, very poor signals on both, sounds like
same S Asian song, so AIR Sinhala service must have succeeded today
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Hi Glenn, I just listened to your latest edition WOR 1696. Regarding
the item about AIR Khampur India, and the strange interval signal you
mentioned [11985 sometimes before and after 0100 UT].
This is an extract from Bagatelle No. 25 in A minor, commonly known as
"Für Elise” - one of Ludwig van Beethoven's most popular compositions.
I am guessing this is used as a filler between programmes or when
there is a technical problem, rather than an interval signal as such.
All the best, (Alan Holder, Isle of Wight, UK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Tnx, Alan! Only response reaching me so far. I thought I knew Für
Elise, but this is not the main theme, instead a transition, which can
be heard after about two minutes into some of the shorter versions
(some more obviously than others), e.g. here:
http://mp3skull.com/mp3/fur_elise.html
Try the eighteenth, on harp (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1697, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
13695, All India Radio, Bengaluru. 1232-1245 November 27, 2013.
Excellent with Hindi vocals, presumed Telugu programming till
conclusion and transmitter down at 1245. Frequent one second or two
power drops (Terry Krueger, Clearwater, Florida, USA, JRC NRD-535;
JRC-NRD-515 (borrowed); ICOM IC-R75; Hammarlund HQ-180A; Sony ICF-
7600GR; Sangean PR-D5; Aqua Guide 705 RDF Marine Radio; GE Superadio
III; JPS NF-60 Notch Filter; JPS ANC-4 Noise Phase; 1 X roof dipole; 1
X room random wire; Terk Advantage non-active portable loop, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA [non]. UZBEKISTAN, B-13 schedule of CVC The Voice Asia:
0000-0400 on 6260 TAC 100 kW / 153 deg IND Hindi
0100-0400 on 9975 TAC 100 kW / 186 deg SoAs Hindi
0400-1100 on 13630 TAC 100 kW / 153 deg IND Hindi
1100-1400 on 9500 TAC 100 kW / 153 deg IND Hindi
1400-2000 on 6260 TAC 100 kW / 153 deg IND Hindi -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov,
Sofia, Bulgaria, DX RE MIX NEWS #813, November 23, 2013 via DXLD)
** INDIA [non]. Additional frequency of Trans World Radio India from
UNID transmitter:
1515-1615 7505 TAC 100 kW / 131 deg SoAs Punjabi Mon-Fri // 7525 ???
1515-1600 7505 TAC 100 kW / 131 deg SoAs Punjabi Sat/Sun // 7525 ???
73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria; Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D, 30
m. long wire, DX RE MIX NEWS #814 November 24, 2013 via DXLD)
** INDONESIA. 4869.92, Nov 17 1115, RRI Wamena, Papua, heard at
several occasions with nice signal. Often with soft music. Local
lingo. AN (Arne Nilsson, Sweden, SW Bulletin Nov 24 via WORLD OF RADIO
1697, DXLD)
Note that`s at local noon! Helps to be penArctic (gh, DXLD)
4869.92, Nov 22 -1507*, RRI Wamena also here in Southern Sweden from
about 1400 onwards. Always weak. TN (Thomas Nilsson, ibid.)
** INDONESIA. 7289.95, RRI-Nabire (presumed), Nov 20 0805-0856*,
25222-35332, Indonesian, Music and talk, Koran from 0854, 0856 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)
** INDONESIA. 9525.9, Voice of Indonesia; 1354-1401+, 19-Nov; W in
English to 1400:33 ID into LL [unknown lingo] (listed Indonesian).
Near impossible copy due to 9530 splash till 1357:44 when splash died,
then SIO=2+33 in LSB (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 125
ft. bow-tie; 85 ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed RW, All logged by my ears,
on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST)
9525, [9526] Voice of Indonesia, 21/11 1923 in English. Frequency and
station ID. “Voice of Indonesia, broadcasting daily from Jakarta”.
Female and male news reader. On current situation with Australia.
Section on Indonesian culture, Western Java ‘tomato festival’. Very
good signal, S9+5dB min QSB. 1932 on Islamanat in Banda Aceh province,
17th century with very pleasant background music. Listed on 9525,
transmitting on 9526. 73 (Nick VK2DX Hacko, NSW, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM. Are you going to be writing anything in World
of Radio about the planned changes in World Radio Network? It looks
like they are going to gut their whole system of podcast rebroadcasts
of everything from AIR to World of Radio. What is going on with them?
(Robert Gorsch, Nov 23, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Some are urging me to set up a regular podcast service for WORLD OF
RADIO. How much demand is there for that? (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
WRN BROADCAST REFOCUSES WORLD RADIO NETWORK SERVICES
http://www.wrn.org/listeners/#wrn-broadcast-refocuses-world-radio-network-services
WRN Broadcast today announced that as part of the company's continued
growth strategy it will be refocusing its 7 international radio
networks to concentrate on the core service regions.
David Treadway, CEO, WRN Broadcast, said: "As a business we're in
fantastic shape, with significant growth year-on-year from our
comprehensive range of services across TV, Radio and Digital, but as a
longstanding broadcast service company we are always evolving services
to better meet the needs of our clients. With this development of The
Networks, we're future-proofing the service for all of the
international listening community and our broadcast partners. We look
forward to continuing our working relationship with all those existing
network broadcasters as well as the clients in our core areas of
broadcast distribution and managed services."
The World Radio Network was created to aggregate news and current
affairs from leading worldwide public and private broadcasters and
content producers, including NHK, VoR and KBS. The network developed
to include Arabic, Russian, French, and German whilst evolving the
original English network into 3 specific networks covering Europe,
North America and Asia Pacific. Both the French and German services
will cease broadcasting as part of this development.
The move will increase partner opportunities for the network of
channels and allow further development of key areas of business
growth, which centre around the company's first-class broadcast
distribution and managed services across TV, Radio and Digital.
The WRN French and German Networks will cease broadcasting from
midnight 31 December 2013, with the web-based radio on-demand service
terminating on 16 December 2013.
WRN Broadcast contacts:
Email: info @ wrnbroadcast.com
Website: contact form
Tel: +44 20 7896 9000
End. (via WORLD OF RADIO 1697, DXLD) See also ISRAEL
That's a disappointing development. All on-demand services to end
(Richard Cuff, swprograms via DXLD)
I can interpret what the web site says to mean that only the on-demand
French and German language services will terminate on December 16. I
guess we will know in a couple weeks (Joe Buch, Nov 25, ibid.)
No, I already asked. They -- that is, the on-demand services, are all
being shut down (John Figliozzi, ibid.)
The press release is absent any explanation other than "corporate
speak" for the shutdowns. I wonder what the real reasons are - lack of
product? lack of use? Cost? Too much use?
It's possible that the French and German services might not have had
sufficient programming any longer but that wouldn't explain shutting
down the on-demand for all services.
Managing multiple web sites myself, I know that bandwidth is
increasingly expensive [aside: for no apparent reason other than
growth in demand that I can determine]. However, I would think that
solutions other than a complete shutdown would be possible. (For
example, redirecting selected programming back to the source
broadcaster's site rather than their own servers. Some programs, such
as Glenn Hauser's WOR, were likely carried gratis or at minimal cost.)
-- (Rob de Santos, ibid.)
Looks like sound analysis, Rob. I sent WRN a note specifically
regarding All India Radio, as I've enjoyed access to their programming
on-demand; all they did was capture shortwave audio, either analog or
DRM, presumably from a European location. I supposed I ought to
contact the "Faithfully Yours" folks at AIR as well.
Most of WRN's on-demand audio is available direct from the
broadcasters, though I am not sure specifically about the North
African broadcasters (Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt). RC (Richard Cuff,
ibid.)
That's certainly true, although I've really enjoyed having the WRN
podcasts, since some of the stations don't have podcasts (Voice of
Russia didn't last time I checked; I just checked Serbia and they
don't either). Plus, I didn't mind the non-high-fidelity 16Kbit/sec
MP4 files. It's mostly spoken word, and I don't notice much difference
between the WRN podcasts and other broadcasts at a higher bitrate.
And since I have a bandwidth cap, it's nice to have smaller files.
-- (Ted Schuerzinger, ibid.)
Good points; I don't stop and consider bandwidth issues too much. VOR
is tough to figure out these days; looks like many of their
traditional programs no longer are on air, as the only available
archives are several months or more than a year old. RC (Rich Cuff,
ibid.)
** INTERNATIONAL WATERS [and non]. Radio Caroline - Documentary
The Pirate Radio Hall of Fame: Help appreciated with the making of
this film. There is a documentary being made about Radio Caroline. The
producers are looking for original photos and film of anything related
to the history of the station. If you have any home movies or pictures
you took of Caroline, and would consider letting them use your
material, please email radiocarolinedoc @ gmail.com
They will make a digital copy and return it to you. If something of
yours is used, you will - of course - get a credit
https://www.facebook.com/radiocarolinedocumentary
(via Mike Terry, Nov 21, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD)
** IRAN. B-13 SW schedule for Voice of Islamic Republic of Iran IRIB:
0023-0220 6010 KAM 500 kW / 259 deg SoAm Spanish
0023-0220 7420 KAM 500 kW / 274 deg SoAm Spanish
0053-0220 5950 SIR 500 kW / 050 deg CeAs Tajik
0053-0220 7370 KAM 500 kW / 058 deg CeAs Tajik
0123-0220 3965 ZAH 500 kW / non-dir SoAs Urdu
0123-0220 5990 AHW 250 kW / 084 deg SoAs Urdu
0123-0220 6100 KAM 500 kW / 094 deg SoAs Urdu
0123-0220 6155 SIR 500 kW / 016 deg CeAs Kazakh
0123-0220 7430 SIR 500 kW / 005 deg CeAs Kazakh
0153-0250 9800 SIR 500 kW / 102 deg SoAs Hindi
0153-0250 11740 SIR 500 kW / 095 deg SoAs Hindi
0223-0250 6175 KAM 500 kW / 058 deg CeAs Uzbek
0223-0250 7300 SIR 500 kW / 018 deg CeAs Uzbek
0223-0320 6065 SIR 500 kW / 060 deg WeAs Pashto
0223-0320 6010 KAM 500 kW / 259 deg SoAm Spanish
0223-0320 7250 KAM 500 kW / 094 deg WeAs Pashto
0223-0520 7380 KAM 500 kW / 178 deg N/ME Arabic Al-Quds TV
0223-0520 9810 KAM 500 kW / 250 deg NEAf Arabic Al-Quds TV
0223-0520 9895 ZAH 500 kW / 289 deg EaAf Arabic Al-Quds TV
0253-0320 6145 SIR 500 kW / 328 deg WeAs Armenian
0253-0320 7300 SIR 500 kW / 320 deg WeAs Armenian
0253-0320 9510 SIR 500 kW / 018 deg CeAs Russian
0253-0320 11925 KAM 500 kW / 058 deg CeAs Russian
0253-0620 9740 KAM 500 kW / 079 deg WeAs Dari
0253-0620 11740 AHW 250 kW / 084 deg WeAs Dari
0323-0420 7220 KAM 500 kW / 250 deg NEAf Arabic Voice of Palestine
0323-0420 9500 SIR 500 kW / 282 deg EaAf Arabic Voice of Palestine
0323-0420 9710 KAM 500 kW / 333 deg NoAm English Voice of Justice
0323-0420 11770 SIR 500 kW / 330 deg NoAm English Voice of Justice
0323-0520 7260 SIR 500 kW / 328 deg WeAs Azeri
0353-0450 13680 SIR 500 kW / 223 deg CEAf Swahili
0353-0450 15260 SIR 500 kW / 216 deg CEAf Swahili
0423-0520 7350 KAM 500 kW / non-dir N/ME Kurdish Sorrani, addit. freq
0423-0520 9610 SIR 500 kW / 310 deg N/ME Kurdish Sorrani ex 0323-0420
0423-0450 9755 KAM 500 kW / 250 deg NEAf Hebrew
0423-0450 11780 SIR 500 kW / 282 deg EaAf Hebrew
0423-0550 6085 KAM 500 kW / 289 deg N/ME Turkish
0423-0550 7400 KAM 500 kW / 289 deg N/ME Turkish
0453-0520 11825 KAM 500 kW / 368 deg EaEu Russian
0453-0520 13680 SIR 500 kW / 320 deg EaEu Russian
0453-0520 17650 SIR 500 kW / 040 deg CeAs Russian
0453-0520 21600 SIR 500 kW / 046 deg CeAs Russian
0523-0620 13690 KAM 500 kW / 304 deg SEEu Bosnian
0523-0620 15310 SIR 500 kW / 300 deg SoEu Spanish
0523-0620 15550 KAM 500 kW / 289 deg SoEu Spanish
0523-0620 17540 SIR 500 kW / 310 deg SEEu Bosnian
0523-0820 13780 KAM 500 kW / 178 deg N/ME Arabic
0523-0820 17820 SIR 500 kW / 270 deg NEAf Arabic
0523-0820 17840 ZAH 500 kW / 289 deg EaAf Arabic
0553-0650 17810 SIR 500 kW / 263 deg NWAf Hausa
0623-0720 13820 KAM 500 kW / 289 deg SEEu Albanian
0623-0720 15085 KAM 500 kW / 289 deg SEEu Italian
0623-0720 15490 SIR 500 kW / 310 deg SEEu Albanian
0623-0720 17540 KAM 500 kW / 302 deg WeEu French
0623-0720 17660 SIR 500 kW / 300 deg SEEu Italian
0623-0720 17865 KAM 500 kW / 302 deg WeEu French
0723-0820 11810 SIR 500 kW / 060 deg WeAs Pashto
0723-0820 13730 SIR 500 kW / 065 deg WeAs Pashto
0723-0820 15250 KAM 500 kW / 310 deg WeEu German
0723-0820 17690 SIR 500 kW / 313 deg WeEu German
0823-0920 21510 KAM 500 kW / 206 deg CEAf Swahili
0823-0920 21640 SIR 500 kW / 231 deg CEAf Swahili
0823-1020 13750 KAM 500 kW / 178 deg N/ME Arabic
0823-1020 15630 SIR 500 kW / 198 deg N/ME Arabic
0823-1020 17820 SIR 500 kW / 270 deg NEAf Arabic
0823-1020 17840 ZAH 500 kW / 289 deg EaAf Arabic
0823-1150 13710 AHW 250 kW / 084 deg WeAs Dari
0823-1150 15300 KAM 500 kW / 094 deg WeAs Dari
0923-0950 11825 SIR 500 kW / 320 deg WeAs Armenian
0923-0950 15220 SIR 500 kW / 322 deg WeAs Armenian
1023-1120 11760 AHW 500 kW / non-dir N/ME Arabic
1023-1120 13620 KAM 500 kW / 238 deg NEAf Arabic
1023-1120 13750 KAM 500 kW / 178 deg N/ME Arabic
1023-1120 17840 ZAH 500 kW / 289 deg EaAf Arabic
1023-1120 17500 KAM 500 kW / 259 deg NoAf Arabic
1023-1120 21510 KAM 500 kW / 105 deg SoAs English
1023-1120 21640 KAM 500 kW / 112 deg SoAs English
1123-1150 21520 SIR 500 kW / 263 deg NWAf Hausa
1123-1150 21600 SIR 500 kW / 256 deg NWAf Hausa
1123-1420 13750 KAM 500 kW / 178 deg N/ME Arabic
1123-1420 17500 KAM 500 kW / 259 deg NoAf Arabic
1123-1420 17840 ZAH 500 kW / 289 deg EaAf Arabic
1153-1220 13740 SIR 500 kW / 282 deg EaAf Hebrew
1153-1220 15240 KAM 500 kW / 259 deg NEAf Hebrew
1153-1250 15140 KAM 500 kW / 065 deg EaAs Chinese
1153-1250 15360 SIR 500 kW / 065 deg EaAs Chinese
1153-1250 15525 KAM 500 kW / 064 deg EaAs Chinese
1153-1250 17560 SIR 500 kW / 076 deg EaAs Chinese
1153-1420 11620 KAM 500 kW / 085 deg WeAs Dari
1153-1420 13710 AHW 250 kW / 084 deg WeAs Dari
1223-1320 7435 SIR 500 kW / 068 deg WeAs Pashto
1223-1320 9580 ZAH 500 kW / non-dir WeAs Pashto
1223-1320 15450 KAM 500 kW / 109 deg SEAs Bahasa Malay
1223-1320 17715 SIR 500 kW / 115 deg SEAs Bahasa Malay
1253-1420 9715 SIR 500 kW / 080 deg SoAs Urdu
1253-1420 11675 KAM 500 kW / 178 deg N/ME Urdu
1253-1420 11720 KAM 500 kW / 188 deg SoAs Urdu
1323-1420 9585 SIR 500 kW / 060 deg EaAs Japanese
1323-1420 11600 KAM 500 kW / 060 deg EaAs Japanese
1323-1620 5920 KAM 500 kW / non-dir N/ME Kurdish Kirmanji
1423-1450 11620 KAM 500 kW / 085 deg WeAs Dari
1423-1520 7320 SIR 500 kW / 235 deg N/ME Bengali
1423-1520 7340 KAM 500 kW / 058 deg CeAs Russian
1423-1520 9515 AHW 250 kW / 026 deg CeAs Russian
1423-1520 9620 KAM 500 kW / 094 deg SoAs Bengali
1423-1520 9800 KAM 500 kW / 118 deg SoAs Hindi
1423-1520 11675 SIR 500 kW / 320 deg EaEu Russian
1423-1520 11760 KAM 500 kW / 100 deg SoAs Bengali
1423-1520 12015 SIR 500 kW / 102 deg SoAs Hindi
1423-1620 9870 KAM 500 kW / 178 deg N/ME Arabic
1423-1620 17500 KAM 500 kW / 259 deg NoAf Arabic
1423-1650 7360 ZAH 500 kW / 289 deg WeAs Azeri
1453-1550 6070 KAM 500 kW / 058 deg CeAs Uzbek
1453-1550 7350 SIR 500 kW / 030 deg CeAs Uzbek
1523-1620 5940 SIR 500 kW / 090 deg SoAs Urdu
1523-1620 7380 KAM 500 kW / 058 deg CeAs Kazakh
1523-1620 9740 SIR 500 kW / 018 deg CeAs Kazakh
1523-1620 13785 SIR 500 kW / 105 deg SEAs English
1523-1620 15525 KAM 500 kW / 105 deg SEAs English
1553-1720 6175 KAM 500 kW / 289 deg N/ME Turkish
1553-1720 6200 SIR 500 kW / 065 deg CeAs Tajik
1553-1720 7310 KAM 500 kW / 298 deg N/ME Turkish
1553-1720 7435 KAM 500 kW / 058 deg CeAs Tajik
1623-1650 7375 KAM 500 kW / 100 deg SoAs Bengali
1623-1650 9740 KAM 500 kW / 094 deg SoAs Bengali
1623-1720 5940 KAM 500 kW / 304 deg WeAs Armenian
1623-1720 6060 ZAH 500 kW / 289 deg NEAf Arabic
1623-1720 6155 SIR 500 kW / 060 deg WeAs Pashto
1623-1720 7230 SIR 500 kW / 320 deg WeAs Armenian
1623-1720 7345 AHW 250 kW / 084 deg WeAs Pashto
1623-1720 9870 KAM 500 kW / 178 deg N/ME Arabic
1653-1750 3965 KAM 500 kW / non-dir EaEu Russian
1653-1750 5920 AHW 250 kW / 026 deg CeAs Russian
1723-1820 6140 SIR 500 kW / 300 deg SEEu Bosnian
1723-1820 6205 KAM 500 kW / 304 deg WeEu German
1723-1820 7425 SIR 500 kW / 320 deg WeEu German
1723-1820 9515 KAM 500 kW / 210 deg CEAf Swahili
1723-1820 9850 KAM 500 kW / 298 deg SEEu Bosnian
1723-1820 11830 SIR 500 kW / 216 deg CEAf Swahili
1723-2020 6060 ZAH 500 kW / 289 deg NEAf Arabic
1723-2020 7285 KAM 500 kW / 178 deg N/ME Arabic
1753-1850 6170 KAM 500 kW / 358 deg EaEu Russian
1753-1850 7305 SIR 500 kW / 320 deg EaEu Russian
1823-1920 5925 SIR 500 kW / 300 deg SEEu Albanian
1823-1920 6080 KAM 500 kW / 304 deg WeEu French
1823-1920 7380 SIR 500 kW / 313 deg WeEu French
1823-1920 9420 KAM 500 kW / 298 deg SEEu Albanian
1823-1920 9570 SIR 500 kW / 257 deg NWAf Hausa
1823-1920 13620 KAM 500 kW / 259 deg NWAf French
1923-1950 6135 KAM 500 kW / 289 deg SEEu Italian
1923-1950 7450 SIR 500 kW / 300 deg SEEu Italian
1923-2020 4005 KAM 500 kW / non-dir EaEu Russian
1923-2020 6040 KAM 500 kW / 304 deg WeEu English
1923-2020 7325 SIR 500 kW / 313 deg WeEu English
1923-2020 7425 SIR 500 kW / 340 deg EaEu Russian
1923-2020 13640 SIR 500 kW / 216 deg SoAf English
1923-2020 15460 KAM 500 kW / 205 deg SoAf English
2023-0220 6060 ZAH 500 kW / 289 deg NEAf Arabic
2023-2120 5935 SIR 500 kW / 295 deg SEEu Albanian
2023-2120 6165 KAM 500 kW / 289 deg SoEu Spanish
2023-2120 7450 SIR 500 kW / 298 deg SoEu Spanish
2023-2120 9655 KAM 500 kW / 298 deg SEEu Albanian
2053-2150 5965 SIR 500 kW / 060 deg EaAs Japanese
2053-2150 7365 SIR 500 kW / 053 deg EaAs Japanese
2123-2220 5950 SIR 500 kW / 295 deg SEEu Bosnian
2123-2220 9590 KAM 500 kW / 298 deg SEEu Bosnian
2223-2320 9445 KAM 500 kW / 109 deg SEAs Bahasa Malay
2223-2320 11830 SIR 500 kW / 102 deg SEAs Bahasa Malay
2323-0020 5915 SIR 500 kW / 068 deg EaAs Chinese
2323-0020 6110 SIR 500 kW / 075 deg EaAs Chinese
2323-0020 7325 KAM 500 kW / 064 deg EaAs Chinese
73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, DX Re Mix News 812, Nov 22, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Hello, I noticed IRIB in Hebrew on 11825 kHz as well. B. Rgds (Tarek
Zeidan, Cairo, Egypt, 1801 UT Nov 22, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
At 0423 or 1153? (gh, DXLD)
Either wrong engineer setting service at Sirjan site? re IRIB Sirjan
use 11825 kHz channel at other time of the day, at 0920 UT in Armenian
to Armenia. or - more likely -
IRIB Russian frequency Kamalabad 11825 starts earlier than scheduled
start time 0450 UT - just before with Ebri / Hebrew program feed. 73
wb (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
9850, V of Islamic Republic of Iran. Kamalabad. 21/11 1800-1830 in
Bosnian. OM+YL news readers. Some QSB. Mostly S9 signal. Easy copy.
News and political review on Egypt. 1815 News review. Bosnian
politics, post Dayton. Economic situation. Current events. Suljo Vujic
reporting. Then abruptly disappeared off-air at 1816! 73 (Nick VK2DX
Hacko, NSW, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
[and non]. 17840, Nov 21 at 1414, RRI ROMANIA in Romanian is quite
good and no CCI detectable at first, so has IRIB finally moved? No, by
1416 I can barely hear it underneath, as scheduled in Arabic until
1420 from Zahedan where they have only two transmitters (tho 500 kW),
unlike Kamalabad with 26! And Sirjan with 10 per WRTH 2013 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
9710, V.I.R.I., Voice of Justice, 0322 Nov 22, English, music cutting
in and out, finally solid for sign-on by man and national anthem, 0324
“This is the Voice of Justice…”, schedule; // 11770 not audible. Very
good (Harold Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia, Listening beside the
lake, in my car, with the Eton E1 and Sony AN1 active antenna. Editor
of World English Survey and Target Listening, available at
http://www.odxa.on.ca dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
15450, Nov 26 at 1321, VIRI multi-note piano IS, 1323 signing on in
Japanese; what?? 15450 is supposed to stop at 1320 in Malay, with
Kamalabad switching to 11600 for Japanese from 1323, per latest
schedule via Ivo Ivanov. Yet another instance of the slopperators at
IRIB not making their QSYs on time. It didn`t help to move everything
7 minutes earlier this season.
5950, Nov 27 at 0052, IRIB IS of 7 treble notes upward bound, while
accompanying bass notes go downward; not the multi-note piano melody
usually heard; what`s the difference? 0053 opening announcement
mentions Iran, NA. Scheduled as Tajik at 0053-0220, 500 kW, 50 degrees
from Sirjan. No Bolivia on 5952 tonight (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Re Iranian engineer accurateness: Discovered this morning 0250-0620 UT
V of IRIB in Dari service to border area of Iran/and Afghanistan on
Ahwaz 13740 {which also used in previous seasons like A-13} kHz
instead of scheduled 11740 kHz in B-13, \\ Kamalabad 9740 kHz, both
powerhouses. Registration:
9740 0250-0620 30S,31S,40E KAM 500 79 0 216 PRS IRN IRB IRB DARI
11740 0250-0620 30S,31S,40E AHW 250 84 0 145 PRS IRN IRB IRB DARI
(Wolfgang Büschel, Nov 27, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** IRAN [non]. 5850, Nov 26 at 0105, poor signal with ME music. The
only 5850 per Aoki is R. Farda, via KUWAIT all the way from 1930 to
0300 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** IRAN [non]. 4875, OPPOSITION. Voice of Iranian Revolution, at 0330,
on 23 Nov. pop songs were being played until 0353 when a male voice
came on and spoke. At 0354 a song that sounded like an anthem came on
followed by the station going off the air at 0356. Poor (John Cooper,
Lebanon, PA, WR-G33DDC Excalibur Pro, RF Space-SDR-IQ, Grundig
Satellit 750, Tecsun PL-660,Tuned Super Sloper, PARS SWL End Fed,
Wellbrook, NASWA Flashsheet Nov 24 via DXLD)
So Brasil was off by then? WRTH 2013 frequency list page 569, and
under C&OT Broadcasts, page 504, has the 4875v station as Voice of
Iranian Kurdistan (believed to be from northern Iraq), not Iranian
Revolution; with schedule 0230-0300 Farsi, 0300-0430 Kurdish, and //
3965v.
Current Aoki has quite a different idea, two stations not in WRTH,
from somewhere in Turkmenistan:
4875 V IRANIAN COMUN.PARTY 0330-0430 1234567 Persian 50 ND unknown TKM
4875 V IRANIAN COMUN.PARTY 1230-1330 1234567 Persian 50 ND unknown TKM
4875 VO IRANIAN REVOLUTION 0230-0330 1234567 Kurdish 50 ND unknown TKM
4875 VO IRANIAN REVOLUTION 1330-1430 1234567 Kurdish 50 ND unknown TKM
(Glenn Hauser, DXLD)
** IRAN [non]. 15680, CLANDESTINE (Iran). Sedaye Radio-ye Mehr Iran -
Issoudun [FRANCE], *1630-1658*, Nov 18. choral singing opening
followed by Farsi language ID several mentions of "Iran" dramatic
music segments. Program mainly of talks but marching band anthem at
1655 followed by closing ID and apparent address. Carrier cut at 1658.
Fair (Rich D'Angelo at French Creek State Park, Pennsylvania, NASWA
Flashsheet Nov 24 via DXLD)
** IRAQ. Radio Baghdad - Interval Signal History
This might interest some.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzJXuFQ5TX8
(Ian Baxter, NSW, Nov 20, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
We sure miss having Iraq on the SW bands these years. Mentions the
``bul-bul`` (?) originally a live bird, then a mechanical one, mis-
referred to elsewhere as nightingale (Glenn Hauser, DXLD)
** IRELAND. 5505.0-USB, Nov 23 at 0140-0142+, Shannon Radio, flight
weather by YL with a mid-Atlantic accent, for Oslo, Copenhagen,
Gothenburg, etc. The VOLMET list at dxinfocentre.com shows EIP has
this frequency to itself continuously, not sharing with other VOLMETs
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** IRELAND. Church Logs:
27601 NFM, Daniel O´Connell Memorial Church Cahersiveen, Co. Kerry,
*1100-1115, Nov 20, mass, 33333.
27601 NFM, SS Peter & Paul Church Bruff, Co. Limerick, 1115-1135, Nov
22, anniversary mass for Pres. John F. Kennedy, 43443.
27631 NFM, Church of St. Stephen & St. John Castleisland, Co. Kerry,
*1100-1110, Nov 20, mass, 44444.
27631 NFM, Church of SS Mary & Peter Arklow, Co. Wicklow, 1159-1205,
Nov. 20, mass, 34333.
27655 NFM, Church of Our Lady´s Nativity Leixlip, Co. Kildare, *1104-
1120, Nov 23, month´s mind mass, 33433.
27691 NFM, Church of Corpus Christi Drumcondra, Dublin 9, 1105-1115,
Nov 23, funeral mass, 34433.
27711 NFM, Church of the Ascension of the Lord Balally, Dublin 16,
*1214-1230, Nov 20, funeral mass, 24322.
27741 NFM, Church of St. Philip The Apostle Mountview/Clonsilla,
Dublin 15, 1107-1120, Nov 23, moring prayers and adoration, 23432.
27751 NFM, St. Gabriel´s Church Clontarf, Dublin 3 (tent.), 1110-1117,
Nov 23, funeral mass, 22332.
27819 NFM, Church of Mary Immaculate Inchicore, Dublin 8, 1105-1115,
Nov 23, funeral mass, 34433.
27855 NFM, St. Patrick´s Church Skerries, Co. Dublin, 1215-1240, Nov
20, funeral mass, 34443.
27891 NFM, St. Senan´s Church Kilrush, Co. Clare, *1103-1115, Nov
23,funeral mass, 35433.
27951 NFM, St. Conleth´s Church Newbridge, Co. Kildare, 1105-1115, Nov
23, funeral mass, 34433.
(Patrick Robic, Austria, 1508 UT Nov 24, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Note that none of the above are for Sunday Nov 24 (gh, DXLD)
** ISRAEL. Is anybody able to get Kol Israel's streaming audio at
<http://iba.org.il/world> to play? I tried multiple browsers, but
couldn't get anything to play. I just get a long, narrow black
rectangle where what I presume is the audio player.
I used to listen to Kol Israel via WRN, but apparently they're
discontinuing their web-based audio services:
<http://www.wrn.org/listeners/#wrn-broadcast-refocuses-world-radio-network-services>
Thanks in advance! -- (Ted Schuerzinger, fedya at hughes dot net,
Swprograms mailing list, Nov 24 via DXLD)
I too cannot get the player to work. However, when I went to the WRN
home page, I was able to play a recorded Israel English newscast from
earlier today and All India Radio. I selected the MP4 files for good
quality audio. On the home page scroll down the left margin to select
the station you want to hear (Joe Buch, ibid.)
Yes, but as I said in my original post, those are apparently being
shut down as of December 16. That's why I was looking to see if it
was possible to access the audio from Kol Israel itself. – (Ted
Schuerzinger, ibid.) see also INTERNATIONAL VACUUM
So, is Kol Israel closing? I mean, if you're still streaming,
*somebody* is going to make you on-demand unless you actively fight
them. Hence, what's the point? (Scott Royall, Conch Republic, ibid.)
No; it's the WRN on-demand options that are closing. In theory, the
streaming is available from the IBA website
<http://iba.org.il/world/>, which has options for "Live Reka" (which
if I remember correctly is all of the various non-Hebrew services),
"Live Persian 17:00" and "TV IBA News" at the top, and "Recorded
Programs" below.
It's those I couldn't get to play. However, today I was actually able
to get something that looks like a media player with a play button, a
slider for how far along the audio is, and the volume, to appear in
that black rectangle, although I can't get the audio to play. The
diagnostic claims I need Microsoft Silverlight, which I thought I had
on this computer, but apparently not. I have no idea if the Kol Israel
streaming will work for non-Windows computers.
(That having been said, I'd prefer downloadable audio; considering
that most of this stuff is spoken-word news I don't get all the
pearl-clutching over rights issues.) – (Ted Schuerzinger, ibid.)
Ted, Just clicking on the start button on the player itself did not
work for me either. But the following did. Above the narrow black
rectangle are three smaller rectangles, one for "Live Reka", one for
"Live Persian 17:00" and one for "TV IBA News". Clicking on "Live
Reka" started the stream for me after a few seconds delay. Listening
to a nice music program already for the last half hour (Art Preis,
Canada, ibid.)
** ISRAEL. 6885-AM, Nov 24 at 0112, very poor signal, sounds like
Sinatra in English, ``Mr. Lonely``. Galei Zahal trying to join the N
American pirate scene? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
15850, Galei Zahal, Nov 26 0442-0503, 25322-25332, Hebrew, Talk and
music, SJ at 0459 (Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN, RX, IC-R75, NRD-525+RD-
9830, NRD-515, NRD-345, Satellite 750, DE-1121; ANT, 70m Sloper Wire,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ITALY [non]. 15190, Sunday Nov 24 at 1459, ``IRRS signing on``,
then into Radio Santec, weekly in English via presumed ROMANIA, fair
signal from this Cosmic Wave. Not to be confused with R. Africa (glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
[and non]. European Music Radio this Friday night - Saturday Morning
29 Nov 2013 on 7290 kHz 1900-1945 UT
29 Nov 2013 on 1368 kHz 1900-1945 UT via Challenger Radio in Italy
Repeat Transmission:
30 Nov 2013 on 9510 kHz 0900-0945 UT
[WORLD OF RADIO 1697]
27 Dec 2013 on 7290 kHz 1900-1945 UT
27 Dec 2013 on 1368 kHz 1900-1945 UT via Challenger Radio in Italy
Repeat Transmission:
28 Dec 2013 on 9510 kHz 0900-0945 UT
All reports to: studio@emr.org.uk Thank you! Good Listening! 73s
(Tom Taylor, Nov 26, DX LISITENING DIGEST)
** JAPAN [non]. [Re 13-47:] DX RE MIX NEWS # 809 November 19, 2013
``Frequency change of Radio Japan NHK World from Nov. 15
1300-1345 NF 13615 TAC 100 kW / 131 deg to SoAs Bengali, ex 12035*
* to avoid TRT Voice of Turkey in English from 1330``
I just would like to confirm you that Radio Japan NHK is actually
broadcasting on 12030 [sic] kHz via UZB in Bengali to South Asia and
there is still no signal from NHK noted on 13615 kHz - may be a
protective registration. This is also heard by
Avijit Mondal, Nadia, West Bengal, India
Rajdeep das, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Salahuddin Dolar, Rajsahi, Bangladesh --- 73s (Partha Sarathi Goswami,
Siliguri W.B., India, Nov 21, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** JAPAN [non]. 27-Nov-2013 1811 - 1817 UT, 11800 for English to
Africa (via Meyerton, S Africa). Reception not perfect but still
listenable. ID heard as "NHK World Radio, Japan". SINO 3533 (Dave
Harries, Bristol, England, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KIRIBATI. A fascinating in depth article on this island "nation"
appears in the current (25 Nov) issue of Bloomberg BusinessWeek.
Hopefully the recent Banaba Island DXpedition managed to survive the
place (John Kapinos, Nov 26, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH. Even tho I don`t start till after sunrise, Nov 27
proves to be hot morning for signals from here; first noticed Korean
on:
3250, at 1339, which uplooked later turns out to be something strange:
Aoki shows VOK except in a break at 1250-1400. Maybe they are really
filling it with Pyongyang BS or KCBS?
3320, at 1340, very low modulation if not open carrier, stronger than
3325 NBC or RRI; must be Pyongyang BS which is on here 22 hours per
day.
3480, at 1341, mainly het between the jammer and SK`s V. of the People
2850, at 1342, music. Best yet this season, and almost only, from the
sole occupant of the 105-meter-band, KCBS Pyongyang. I always like
this, since it qualifies as mediumwave below 3 MHz.
3912, 3985, 4450, 4557, 6518, 6500, at 1343, mainly noise jamming
against V. of the People, with varying amounts of the target audible.
Also 6003, 6015 against Echo of Hope, KBS.
6100, Nov 27 at 1350, triumphal music, with fast SAH from CCI; 1352
into choral; 1400 3+1 accurate timesignal, Korean announcement and now
the CCI is off. So mainly KCBS Pyongyang, but CRI Mongolian is also
scheduled this hour from Urumqi; that`s plenty without assuming as
some optimist may, that it`s the 500-watt R. Rossii in Kyzyl, Tannu
Tuva which if really active, is a glutton for punishment (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH [non]. 9775, Nov 22 at 1435 song, 1437 Korean, poor
with flutter, i.e. Radio Free Chosun. Today it is much weaker than
9800 VOA Korean via Philippines, unlike originally a couple weeks ago
with almost comparable strong and steady signal. Aoki still says this
14-16 broadcast is via Tajikistan, but Ivo Ivanov lists it from
Uzbekistan; either one transpolar could be believable now, but were
IBB previously trying Tinang, Tinian, or Taiwan?
Ivo`s Nov 16 edition of the now-daily DX Re Mix news shows related:
``Radio Free Chosun:
1300-1400 on 9300 DB 100 kW / 071 deg to KRE Korean
1400-1600 on 9775 TAC 200 kW / 070 deg to KRE Korean
North Korea Reform Radio:
1300-1500 on 9380 DB 200 kW / 071 deg to KRE Korean
1400-1600 on 7590 TAC 200 kW / 070 deg to KRE Korean``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH [non]. Re: ``I don't hear an MND radio on all freq. and
all times from November 1. Cancel broadcast? (S. Hasegawa, Nov 3,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Hi Sei-ichi, Have you heard MND Radio since November 1? I haven't been
able to hear it from California (Martyn Williams, [NorthKoreaTech] Nov
23, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST
Per DX RE MIX NEWS #806 November 16, 2013: [all MND Radio
transmissions missing, previous schedule given] (Ron Howard, ibid.)
** KOREA NORTH [non]. 5855, Nov 25 at 1522 very poor talk but keyword
``imnida`` caught, so it`s Korean, i.e. RFA, 250 kW, 333 degrees via
TINIAN at 15-19. Guess what: per Aoki on 5858 is HLL, Seoul
Meteorological Radio, 24 hours, 3 kW in H3E mode which means SSB with
full carrier (like CHU, e.g.). Did IBB frequency management not
realize that? Poor HLL must be getting creamed; or is it really not on
air after midnite? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA SOUTH. IS THIS A SOUTH KOREAN PROPAGANDA RADIO STATION?
http://www.northkoreatech.org/2013/11/25/is-this-a-south-korean-propaganda-radio-station/
(via Benn Kobb, WORLD OF RADIO 1697, DXLD) and (via Andrea Borgnino
IW0HK, Nov 25, shortwavesites yg via DXLD)
Thanks Andrea, I spotted this an hour ago myself. Known site by
several of us for some time. Terrific to have "M" provide us with the
additional photos, info & further confirmation (Ian Baxter, ibid.)
See original for photos and audio clips! Here`s the text: (gh)
Driving up South Korea’s “freedom highway” north of Seoul, just after
the turn off for the National Defense University, observant travelers
will notice a collection of transmitter masts off to the right of the
highway.
At first glance, the site looks like it might belong to a major
broadcaster like KBS, but the truth appears to be much more
interesting.
Seeing inside the site is impossible from the highway, but a
neighboring hill provides a good outlook, as shown below.
The site contains 16 transmitter masts, all but one of which are
contained in a large field. A single mast sits in the middle of
neighboring greenhouses.
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On the north side of the facility (the left side of this picture) are
a series of buildings. These almost certainly house the transmitters
that produce the signals that are piped to the masts.
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As can be seen in the above picture, the site is surrounded by a high
fence topped with barbed wire. There’s also a guard post at the edge
of the facility where the road enters. The road itself contains
barriers placed to slow approaching traffic and notices to motorists.
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The fences, guard posts and road blocks all point to the facility
being somewhat sensitive. The main KBS shortwave transmitter site at
Gimjae in the south of the country doesn’t have the same level of
security. Neither does an MBC transmission facility a little further
north along the highway.
The sensitivity of the site is confirmed with a check of satellite
pictures of the field.
Here’s how it looks on Google Maps:
A satellite image of the transmitter site shown on Google Maps
The transmitter masts and buildings can be easily seen.
And here’s the same field on Daum Maps:
A satellite image of the transmitter site shown on Daum Maps
The image on Daum, a South Korean portal, has been altered so that
none of the transmitter masts or buildings appear. It hasn’t been done
perfectly — a few of the shadows cast by the masts can be seen — but
it’s a pretty effective effort at removing any details of the
facility.
South Korea routinely edits satellite pictures of military
installations just as it restricts digital maps of areas near the
border, so this is pretty close to confirmation that the radio
facility is a sensitive government facility.
But what is it used for? For the answer to that, a radio provides a
clue.
Among the roughly dozen shortwave radio stations that broadcast to
North Korea, there are two that don’t have websites, they don’t have
listings and can’t be found in official literature.
“Voice of the People” and “Echo of Hope” have been on the air for
years, broadcasting an anti-regime program that goes further than
other stations in attacking the North Korean government and
leadership.
Both stations have long been assumed to be run by the National
Intelligence Service and are heavily jammed by North Korea.
The North Korean jamming, which involves broadcasting a very powerful
noise signal on the same frequency, makes the South Korean stations
difficult to receive. It’s is so powerful that it even overrides their
signal on radios in Seoul, across the sea in Japan and even in the
United States.
But close to this mystery transmitter site, the North Korean jamming
signal cannot be heard over “Voice of the People.” The signal of the
South Korean station is strong and clear. It’s so strong, it
overloaded my radio:
In comparison, here’s what it typically sounds like anywhere away from
this location. The following file was recorded in Seoul.
The conclusion? The transmitter site is almost certainly the base from
which the South Korean government broadcasts the “Voice of the People”
propaganda station towards North Korea.
It’s worth noting “Echo of Hope,” the second propaganda station, was
received poorly at this location. That means that it probably comes
from a different site (North Korea Tech [undated ©2013 page] via DXLD)
** KURDISTAN [non]. CLANDESTINE, 11510, V of Kurdistan, Nov 21 1356-
1407, 35433 Kurdish, Music and talk, ID at 1400 (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)
11510, Nov 21 at 1417, I`m all set to enjoy V. of Kurdistan`s mostly-
music hour, but --- open carrier/dead air, with flutter from the
presumed PRIDNESTROVYE site. By 1421 recheck it`s off the air
completely, which is might as well be, lacking any modulation. *1425
back on with music but marred by noise bursts overriding the
modulation; 1447 check it`s OK in talk; at 1502 noise bursts again at
about equal level to the program modulation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
11510, 23/Nov 1908, BULGARIA (relay), Denge Kurdistana in Kurdish.
Local pop music. At 1913 OM talk. At 1915 more local pop music. 35433.
73 (Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana, Bahia, 12 14´S 38 58´W - Brasil,
Degen 1103 - All listening in mode of filter Narrow the 4 kHz. Dipole
antenna, 16 meters - east/west, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Ivo in Bulgaria says after 1600, this is via FRANCE (gh, DXLD)
11510.105 kHz, MOLDOVA, Denge Kurdistan program via Grigoriopol, Maiac
site at 0650 UT Nov 27 S=9+35dB signal; very unusual this odd
frequency outlet. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DXLD)
** KUWAIT. New time of Radio Kuwait on traditional 21540 kHz from
November 19
1200-1600 21540*KBD 500 kW / 310 deg WeEu Arabic GS, ex v0930-1745v
*co-channel Radio Exterior de España in Spanish till 1500 (REE on
21515 in A-13) 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, DX RE MIX NEWS #813,
November 23, 2013 via DXLD) But not for long
Winter B-13 shortwave schedule of Radio Kuwait:
0200-0900 on 5960 KBD 250 kW / non-dir to N/ME Arabic General Service
0500-0900 on 15515 KBD 250 kW / 059 deg to EaAs Arabic General Service
0800-1000 on 7250 KBD 500 kW / non-dir to WeAs Persian
0930-1600 on 11630 KBD 500 kW / 230 deg to CeAf Arabic Holy Qur'an Sce
1000-1200 on 21580 KBD 500 kW / 084 deg to EaAs Tagalog
1100-1600 on 9750 KBD 300 kW / 286 deg to NEAf Arabic General Service
1200-1600 on 21540 KBD 500 kW / 310 deg to WeEu Arabic General Service
1600-1800 on 15540 KBD 300 kW / 100 deg to SoAs Urdu
1600-2100 on 6050 KBD 300 kW / non-dir to N/ME Arabic General Service
1700-2000 on 13650 KBD 500 kW / 350 deg to NoAm Arabic General Service
1800-2100 on 15540 KBD 500 kW / 310 deg to WeEu English
2000-2400 on 17550 KBD 500 kW / 350 deg to NoAm Arabic General Service
73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria; Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D, 30
m. long wire, DX RE MIX NEWS #814 November 24, 2013 via DXLD)
From Nov. 25 Radio Kuwait again broadcast on its frequency 21540:
0945-1745 on 21540*KBD 500 kW / 310 deg to WeEu Arabic GS, ex 1200-
1600 *very strong co-ch 1100-1500 from Radio Exterior de España in
Spanish. 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, DX RE MIX NEWS #816
November 26, 2013 via DXLD)
** LAOS. 6130, Lao National R., Vientiane, Nov 21 1157-1228, 33433-
32432 Laotian, Ethnic music, Theme music, seven gongs at 1159, News.
6129.98, Lao National R., Vientiane, Nov 26 1259-1308, 33443 Laotian,
ID at 1259, 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)
** LATVIA. QSL-letter came from Riga R Merkurs. All correctly filled:
frequency 1485 kHz, power of 1000 watts. Signed: Raymond Kreuzberg
(Raimonds Kreicbergs), director of the station. Taken in Helsinki in
September, and this is not specified in the QSL, but I pencil ticked.
Positive point: Raymond replied to my e-mail report and a link to the
audio file, without any payment. Contacts in the letter:
P. O. Box 371, Riga, LV-1010, Latvia; RNI [at] apollo.lv
(Dmitry Mezin, Kazan, Russia / "open_dx"), via RusDX Nov 24 via DXLD)
** MADAGASCAR. Unid African Francophone --- Observing fairly strong
signal, on 5014.902 playing African mx and announcements in French or
heavily accented French. Central African Republic?? 1730 tune in past
1745 (Victor Goonetilleke, Sri Lanka, 1749 UT Nov 27, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
ID at 1758. Return of Radio Madagascar (Victor, 1800 UT, ibid.)
R. Madagascar at 1758 5014.9
https://soundcloud.com/victoribbmonitor/madagasikara-5014-902-11-27
(Victor, 1823 UT, WORLD OF RADIO 1697, ibid.)
Nice catch, Victor. Here is how it sounded at my end, the very same
song:
http://goo.gl/viJuvY
73 (Nick VK2DX Hacko, Sydney NSW, ibid.)
unID 5015v observations in context of Madagascar reactivation: On
Saturday 23rd from about 1930 to 2030 (off long before 2100) however I
heard a weak unID carrier on 5015.5, and on Monday 25th, I heard
another carrier from 1745 onwards (but already off at 1820) on 5014.6,
stronger, varying by several hertz every few seconds, but no audio
heard. 73, (Thorsten Hallmann,
http://www.muenster.org/uwz/ms-alt/africalist
Münster, Germany, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
5014.90, 1700-1715, MDG, 27.11, R Nasionaly Malagasy, Ambohidrano.
Back on the air! Malagasy talk 25222. Thanks to Victor Goonetilleke
who identified this! AP-DNK (Anker Petersen, Denmark, AOR AR7030PLUS
with 28 metres of longwire via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD)
Yes Anker, 5010 - 5014 kHz variable frequency Madagascar unit ...
Madagascar Malagasy ex 7110 kHz; now on 6130v / or 5010v...5014v kHz,
in summer 2013
5014.282 / 5014.632 kHz, see a similar wandering signal around 1705-
1725 UT June 2, and 5 peaks hopping around 5014.282 kHz. Could it be
Malagasy 5010 kHz outlet ? Footprint on June 10, 1705 UT: 5014.632 kHz
(Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 2/10, 2013)
History of SW tx, from RIZ/Siemens Munich tx factory unit, of Radio
Bremen 6190 and SWF/SWR Rohrdorf 7265 kHz, then donated to Malagasy
Radio via Radio Nederland shipping help donation. Full story comment
to read on WWDXC archive website under TopNews BC-DX #1133, SWR
Rohrdorf item.
: " ... the tx is very 'obstinate' to handle the measurements."...
{now this TX unit is landed on Malagasy Radio in Madagascar and heard
on varying frequency 5010 up to 5014 kHz lately in 2013, wb.}
vy73 de wolfy dswci #1331 (Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MADAGASCAR [and non]. 13800, Nov 25 at 1532, good signal level but
just barely modulated, and with whine. Thought it might be Cairo, but
Aoki shows R. Dabanga via Madagascar. WORSE:
14990-15010, approx., Nov 25 at 1534, extremely distorted modulation
carrier is oscillating back and forth across WWV/WWVH, totally
obliterating the timesignals, eventually mentions ``Dabanga`` and cuts
off suddenly at 1537*.
15535, meanwhile at 1535 has only the tone jammer from SUDAN, but
after 15000v cuts off, I go back to 15535, and so has R. Dabanga, same
programming, but now normal modulation, not varying, and atop the
jamming. It seems the Talata transmitters are having big problems
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1697, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Next:
13800 kHz AM, Radio Tamazuj from 1500 UT today on and off all the
time; problems at Talata Volonondry relay station. 73 (Harald Kuhl,
Germany, 1515 UT Nov 26, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) see also SUDAN [non]
** MALI. 11640, 23/Nov 1926, MALI (relay), CRI in Arabic (listed).
Only good carrier without modulation. I'll wait for the start of the
program in Portuguese. At 1933 Nothing, continues only good carrier
without modulation. 73 (Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana, Bahia,
12 14´S 38 58´W - Brasil, Degen 1103 - All listening in mode of filter
Narrow the 4 kHz. Dipole antenna, 16 meters - east/west, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 610, Nov 21 at 1100 UT, I`m awake thanks to thunder, and on
MW instead of SW tnx to lightning, hearing a familiar Mexican state
anthem by soprano, but which one? Loops approx. southward, vs US QRM.
This must be 5 am local, rather than usual anthem time of 6 am, so
probably is just now signing on; IRCA Mexican Log 2012 shows three
stations from *1100: XEBX Coahuila, XEKZ Oaxaca, XEUM Yucatán.
Probably XEBX as I am not familiar with the other state songs, if any,
and XEBX is usually la primera among the XEs on 610 (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 850, Nov 21 at 1110 UT, classic rock in English with KOA
nulled; in fact, need to null this in order to hear KOA, SAH about 8
Hz between them; 1112 between songs, YL says ``la inquietud de la
noche``, more songs in English. Searching on that phrase, it appeared
in Lope de Vega`s poem ``El Caballero de Olmedo``. Surely XEM in
Chihuahua2, Milenio Radio, usual dominant XE here on 850 and with
format previously heard (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 920, Nov 24 at 0704 UT, amid QRM, Mexican NA audible and
segué to Chihuahua`s like:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmMt5lWMR4k
Per Cantú the sole Chihuahuan on 920 among a dozen other XEs is:
920 XEQD Romance + FM 95.7 Chihuahua, Chih. 1,000 250
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. RADIO EDUCACIÓN CELEBRÓ SU 45 ANIVERSARIO EN EL AIRE DE
MÉXICO --- by gruporadioescuchaargentino
La primera radiodifusora educativa y cultural de México, Radio
Educación, celebró este 23 de noviembre su 45 aniversario de
transmisiones ininterrumpidas, dedicada a la producción y transmisión
de programas que contribuyan al desarrollo educativo, artístico y
cultural de los radioescuchas.
Aunque la estación fue creada el 30 de noviembre de 1924 por
iniciativa del entonces secretario de Educación Pública, José
Vasconcelos, durante más de 40 años la emisora vivió momentos
difíciles, pues salía constantemente del aire.
En 1924 inició operaciones con la toma de posesión del presidente
Plutarco Elías Calles, bajo las siglas CZE, a fin de aprovechar el
potencial de la radio en beneficio de las tareas educativas y
culturales del país.
Con equipo deficiente y escasez de personal, transmitía en horario
discontinuo, de las 7:00 a las 14:00 horas y de las 18:00 a las 22:00
horas, algo común en los primeros años de la radio, pero casi
increíble en la década de los sesenta.
Actualmente, Radio Educación es un órgano desconcentrado de la
Secretaría de Educación Pública, coordinado por el Consejo Nacional
para la Cultura y las Artes, cuyo trabajo sustantivo consiste en
fomentar y difundir las expresiones educativas, culturales y
artísticas de México a través de la radio.
A través de su señal, han sido escuchadas voces emblemáticas como la
de Octavio Paz, Carlos Fuentes, José Emilio Pacheco, Raquel Tibol,
Heberto Castillo y Sergio Pitol.
Bajo la dirección de Antonio Tenorio, la emisora cuenta actualmente
con una Defensora de los radioescuchas, cuentas en Facebook y Twitter,
aplicaciones para iPad, así como una sección de audiolibros
disponibles en línea a través de su página web (via GRA blog via DXLD)
** MICRONESIA. 4755.53, Nov 17 1000, The Cross, FSM, came up just
before TOTH and weakened a few minutes later. Better on Nov 22 when it
appeared already 0730. Has been heard quite often during the past
two weeks (Arne Nilsson, Sweden, SW Bulletin Nov 24 via WORLD OF RADIO
1697, DXLD)
A short listening session at Dee Why beach, Sydney (15 minute drive
from home). The weather looked promising so after arriving home from
work I went there 'to give it a go'. What a difference from my urban
setup! The noise level was at last 10-20 dB down and the signals were
simply amazing - even so early in the evening! First logging of a
Spanish speaking station on 60m: Radio Rebelde, Cuba. Antenna:
unterminated 140m beverage, right on the beach. Unfortunately laptop
battery went flat in just 30 minutes (how do I run laptop from car
battery?) It`s good to see PMA Radio Cross from FSM back on air!
4755, PMA Cross R, Fed S of Micronesia, Pohnpei, 26/11 1015, Good
copy, weak to moderate. English. Sermon. 73 (Nick Hacko, VK2DX, Sydney
- Australia, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1697, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MONACO [non]. 6105, Nov 25 at 0832, fair signal with gospel huxter
in English, US station? No, HFCC shows TWR, 100 kW, 285 degrees via
Nauen, GERMANY at 0800-0850. (I file it under MONACO [non] only for
historical, sentimental reasons.) Propagating this late from 9:30 am
in Nauen, but still mostly darkness path. As usual, HFCC registration
covers the total extent without daily variation details. For that,
Aoki shows really 0800-0850 M-F, 0800-0820 Sat & Sun; and this is
Monday. OTOH, don`t you believe next entry in Aoki, that XEQM Yucatán
still exist on 6105, 24 hours (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MYANMAR. 5985.76v, Myanmar Radio, 1530, Nov 20 (Wednesday). English
segment till 1533 when they went to dead air (no audio) and did not
come back, so no VOA Special English at all today, which I had
especially tuned in to hear.
7200.10, Myanmar Radio being well heard, although some days with less
than perfect audio; Nov 23 at 1258* and Nov 21 with 1250* (Ron Howard,
Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
5985.80, R. Myanmar, Nov 21 1322-1337, 33433, Burmese, Music and talk,
ID at 1323, Chaimu at 1330 (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)
** MYANMAR [non]. 6165, Nov 23 at 1025, soft SE Asian(?) songs, poor
with flutter, hoping for Myanmar, but 1030 announcement in a Chinese
language, heard ``bodiantai`` at least.
Per Aoki, Myanmar`s Rakhine Broadcasting Station is on 6165 via
Naypyidaw at 0930-1430 in Burmese, 1430-1500 in English --- but so is
CNR6 in Hakka at 0900-1100, 100 kW, 163 degrees from Beijing 491 site,
and then Chinese = Mandarin at 1100-1605.
(The same Naypyidaw 50 kW transmitter at 356 degrees carries Thazin
Radio at 2330-0130; CNR6 and VOV4 also spoil most of that, plus RHC
after 0100) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Hi Glenn, I confess to being confused regarding the naming of these
stations as either Rakhine Broadcasting Station, or Thazin Radio.
Thought that 6165 was ex-7110. On former 7110, I often heard clear IDs
at 1430 for "Thazin Radio Pyin Oo Lwin." Since now being on 6165, I
have confirmed the English format from 1430 to 1500 UT is the same as
formerly heard on 7110. Of course 6165 is impossible for me to ID now
through the heavy China QRM, but surely is still Thazin Radio that is
there in English from 1430 to 1500?
Here are my past comments on "7345, Thazin Radio (presumed), 1329*,
August 30, 2013. Normal QRM from CNR1; off with the usual indigenous
theme music. Looking at Ivo Ivanov’s August 27 posting in dxldyg of
the complete Myanmar schedule, I have to wonder what happened to
Rakhine Broadcasting Station, that was formerly listed here. Now
defunct? I confess I never was able to pull in an ID here in the past
to confirm one way or another just what they were IDing as."
Seems to me Rakhine Broadcasting Station has been an entity that we
know nothing about. Do not recall ever seeing a log with a positive
ID. Appreciate any comments and/or clarification (Ron Howard, San
Francisco, Nov 26, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Ron, sorry, tuned in with excellent signals to English at 1440 and
heard the sign-off too, frequencies and all, but the YL DID NOT GIVE
station ID. So tomorrow let me try at 1430 on 6165. I haven't got even
a trace of China cochannel.
Listening to 5985.00 at 1500, also today excellent signals at 1045 on
9730. So some transmitter shuffling going on. At the same time heard
7200.1. but at 1045 no sign of 5985, but 7345 and 5915 were on. So
1045 heard 9730, 7345, 7200.1, 6165, 5915 all different programmes.
Maybe time to have a fresh look at Myanmar!! (Victor Goonetilleke, Sri
Lanka, Nov 27, ibid.)
Nov 26 did not hear Myanmar on 5985.8v (their usual frequency). Nov 27
at 1250 also found them silent, but by 1305 heard Myanmar Radio well
on 5985.00 till last check there at 1412. So there must be a problem
with the off-frequency transmitter. Nov 27 also noted Myanmar Radio on
7200.1 suddenly going off the air at 1251*, which is about their
current time to go off the air (Ron Howard, San Francisco, Nov 27,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
MYANMAR BROADCASTER SIGNS COOPERATION DEAL WITH AUSTRALIA'S ABC | Text
of report in English by website of Delhi-based Myanmar opposition
Mizzima News Agency
Myanmar's state-run radio and TV (MRTV) will cooperate with ABC
(Australian Broadcasting Cooperation) International in programme
broadcasting, state media reported Friday. A memorandum of
understanding (MoU) has been signed between the two parties on the
matter.
ABC International is another foreign media to cooperate with Myanmar
in the sector after Voice of America (VOA) signed a similar MoU with
Myanmar in June 2012. VOA is providing Myanmar with advanced equipment
and training courses for the employees of MRTV to improve their
technological skill.
Myanmar's cooperation with foreign media came after the country
embarked on a road to political and economic reform since a civilian
government was installed in March 2011.
With the increased opening of media sector in Myanmar, a number of
other foreign media such as DVB [Democratic Voice of Burma], CNN, BBC
and Al-Jazeera TV have been actively seeking to enter the local TV
market. MRTV is operated under Myanmar's Information Ministry. Source:
Mizzima News Agency website, New Delhi, in English 23 Nov 13 (via BBCM
via DXLD)
Myanmar Radio with ABC Australia programs?
http://www.mizzima.com/mizzima-news/media/item/10636-myanmar-radio-to-cooperate-with-australian-counterpart
contains a recent announcement that “Myanmar's state-run Radio and TV
(MRTV) will cooperate with ABC (Australian Broadcasting Cooperation)
International in program broadcasting, state media reported Friday.”
An almost identical story appeared back in June 2012, with an
agreement between Myanmar's state-run Radio and TV
(MRTV) and the Voice of America (VOA).
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2012-06/06/c_131634340.htm
Shortly after the VOA story came out, Myanmar Radio indeed did start
to broadcast “VOA Special English” programs on Wednesdays via their
5985.8v frequency, during the first half of their 1530 to 1630 UT
segment in English.
That being the case in the past, we should perhaps keep a watch for
ABC Australia programming to show up someday on that same frequency
and perhaps also between 1530 to 1600, but probably not on Wednesday,
as that is VOA’s day. Now that we are well into the DX season, this is
an ideal time to monitor for this possible new development (Ron
Howard, San Francisco, Nov 26, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MYANMAR [non non]. MYANMAR RADIO STATION GOES HOME AFTER 21 YEARS
IN NORWAY
OSLO, Norway, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- Radio station-in-exile Democratic Voice
of Burma has left Norway after 21 years to broadcast from Myanmar with
newly granted legal status, it said Friday. Read more at:
http://tinyurl.com/kc8t8ym
Report in Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten with photos:
http://tinyurl.com/oh7kpcr
--- (via Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, Nov 23, dx_sasia yg via DXLD) Viz.:
Nov. 22, 2013 at 2:22 PM OSLO, Norway, Nov. 22 (UPI)
Exiles from Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, founded the station in
1992 in Oslo.
The station will begin airing programming from Rangoon, Myanmar, the
Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten reported, adding most of the station's
broadcasting equipment has already been moved to Rangoon.
"I have mixed feelings. We have waited for this for 20 years, but at
the same time several employees have settled down in Norway and have
family here now," said station chief editor Aye Chan Nang, who thanked
Norwegian authorities for allowing the station to broadcast from
Norway.
Democratic Voice of Burma achieved fame in 2007, when it obtained
video footage of Myanmar's "monk's riot" and the violent government
response, and released it to reporters around the world, Aftenposten
said. Read more:
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2013/11/22/Myanmar-radio-station-goes-home-after-21-years-in-Norway/UPI-20211385148147/#ixzz2llnIBUNn
(via WORLD OF RADIO 1697, DXLD)
Axually, there is NO MORE to read about this on that page. Why do they
keep adding these ``read mores``? (gh, DXLD)
I bet it won`t be on shortwave any more, and coverage will be
restricted to certain cities on FM. On SW they surely covered the
entire country and beyond.
OR, does this story only mean the *studio* broadcast equipment is in
Yangon, but may still transmit via the latest schedule per Aoki:
1430-1530 on 6225 via TAJIKISTAN; 2330-0030 on 7510 via ARMENIA.
Please confirm whether these are still on. Latest HFCC does not list
either one, but maybe did not anyway (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
7510, Nov 27 at 0025, no signal from Democratic Voice of Burma as
scheduled 2330-0030 via ARMENIA. But Kai Ludwig in Germany could hear
the start of this presumed broadcast Nov 26. We were checking
following press reports that DVB had left Norway, where it has been
headquartered for many years and gone ``back`` to Myanmar. But Kai
found other press that they have really moved to Thailand --- which
would be a bit more secure than Myanmar and certainly more convenient
than Norway. The reports don`t go into such minor details as whether
the broadcasts will continue (only?) on SW, and whence, but the two
scheduled broadcasts are as above, and: 1430-1530 on 6225 via
TAJIKISTAN. Please confirm if that still exist (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.:
This report says they move their headquarters to Thailand:
http://theforeigner.no/pages/news-in-brief/democratic-voice-of-burma-moves-to-thailand/
... which coincides with this report from last year:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/sep/11/burma-exiles-monitor-reform-thailand
Pictures of their former headquarters in Oslo:
http://enigmaimages.photoshelter.com/gallery/DEMOCRATIC-VOICE-OF-BURMA/G0000r4rKVAmA2ts/C0000CAGBWnm.5c8
... and their former guerrilla activities in Thailand:
http://enigmaimages.photoshelter.com/gallery/BURMA-VJ-INSIDE-THE-SECRET-NETWORK/G0000Jjxm8_VGUjo/C0000VjJuokYtTzM
And a piece of history from 1996:
http://www.burmalibrary.org/reg.burma/archives/199701/msg00076.html
The transmission 2330-0030 on 7510 just signed on, unless it contains
some other programming, but at least it indeed sounds like something
for South Asia. This was until 2330 preceded by an uninterrupted test
tone; are they in Armenia not afraid of driving their transmitter too
hard? (Kai Ludwig, Germany, 2340 UT Nov 26, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO
1697, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
DEMOCRATIC VOICE OF BURMA MOVES TO THAILAND
A radio station set up in Norway’s Oslo to provide news to Burma
during its military regime is set to relocate to Thailand. The
Democratic Voice of Burma began broadcasting in 1992 and began
television broadcasts in 2005 as well. The station was a vital source
of information into Burma during the regime showing both the Burmese
and the world what was happening in the country. Reforms in the
country means the station can now move to a closer location with hopes
of making a home in Burma in the future.
Published on Thursday, 21st November, 2013 at 13:33 under the news in
brief category, by Lyndsey Smith. Last updated on 21st November 2013
at 13:48 (First link above via WORLD OF RADIO 1697, DXLD)
TAJIKISTAN, 6225, Already carrier ON AIR at check 1406 UT Nov 27,
S=9+25dB clean audio signal here in Europe, S=9+35dB on remote SDR
unit post in Moscow Russia. Audio feed tone appeared for short at
1429:00 UT at both 922 and 1844 Hertz distance on Perseus screen, and
program started at 1430:05 UT by sweet Burmese folk music and sweet
DVB female girl announcer and gongs (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX
TopNews, Nov 27, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1697, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
6225, Nov 27 at 1425, JBA carrier; 1431 Democratic Voice of Burma via
TAJIKISTAN has presumably started, but there is SSB QRM from 6224.
Wolfgang Büschel was hearing it better from 1429, but the carrier was
on as early as 1406 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1697, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
6225, Democratic Voice of Burma, via Dushanbe (100 kW / 125 degrees)
1430-1530 in Burmese South East Asia (Ivanov in DX RE MIX NEWS No.
806, Nov 16)
Heard at 1440 Nov 18, Burmese talk mentioning Islam, ASEAN, Indonesia,
44322 (Tony Ashar, Depok, Java, Indonesia, both: DSWCI DX Window Nov
27 via DXLD)
** NETHERLANDS. Nice photo of Flevoland Here
http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=48025326@N04&q=shortwave
73 And HK (Andrea Borgnino IW0HK, Nov 26, shortwavesites yg via DXLD)
** NETHERLANDS [non]. Just a reminder. The Mighty KBC Netherlands via
Nauen, Germany, 0000-0200 UT 7375 kHz November 24, 2013 (Saturday
night in the USA). On my "Forgotten Song" segment I feature Joey
Levine. Will have to listen to the broadcast to hear more. 73, (Kraig,
KG4LAC, Krist, Nov 23, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR [and non]. 6160, Nov 21 at 1036, CBC with
weather forecasts for numerous localities, highs mostly below or circa
zero, strong winds, snow; I suppose it could be that wintry in
interior BC, but finally at 1041 mentions Labrador and timecheck for
19:7, then into NHL scores, so CKZN. Poor signal but atop another
making SAH of about 6 Hz, which briefly surges in English, no doubt
CKZU. Nothing audible from the less chilly Amazon (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NEW ZEALAND. Frequency change of R. New Zealand International DRM:
0651-0758 NF 11690 RAN 025 kW / 035 deg to Tonga, ex 11675 // 11725 in
AM. 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria; Sony ICF-2001D, 30 m. long wire,
DX RE MIX NEWS #814 November 24, 2013 via DXLD)
Frequency change of R. New Zealand International DRM:
1551-1650 11690 RAN 025 kW / 035 deg Cooks/Samoa/Niue/Tonga, ex 11900
1651-1750 11900 RAN 025 kW / 035 deg Cooks/Samoa/Niue/Tonga
73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, DX RE MIX NEWS #817 November
27, 2013 via DXLD)
** NEW ZEALAND. 9765, Thursday Nov 21 at 1050, good signal from RNZI
interviewing street singer/busker in NZ. So RNZI is still failing to
emit `Late Edition` news magazine after 11:06 pm local as per own
schedule at
http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/schedules
but instead plug into RNZ National
http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/schedules
which on Thursdays is `The Music Mix`. Tnx to Kent Murphy in WV who
discovered and enjoys these music shows between 10 and 11 UT, as in
DXLD 13-46.
6170, since it`s Friday, Nov 22 at 1425 music here, poor with CCI,
presumed RNZI again on weekly wrong frequency, since it`s missing from
5950 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
9870 kHz RNZI DRM ~20dB 11.30z "MAILBOX"
http://www.rhci-online.de/9870_kHz_RNZI.gif
20 minutes of MAILBOX in DRM:
https://app.box.com/s/jqdmvixa0h8s43ds0doj
Dipol / IC-R75 / dream-2.1.1-win32-svn808-df
D-06193 Petersberg (roger, Germany, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NIGERIA. Winter B-13 SW schedule of Voice of Nigeria:
0445-0500 on 15120 IKO 250 kW / 007 deg to NoAf station ID
0500-0700 on 15120 IKO 250 kW / 007 deg to NoAf English
0700-0800 on 15120 IKO 250 kW / 007 deg to NoAf French
0800-0900 on 15120 IKO 250 kW / 007 deg to NoAf English
0800-0900 on 9690 AJA 250 kW / 248 deg to WCAf Hausa (9689.9)
0900-1200 on 9690!IKO 250 kW / 248 deg to WCAf English, ex 0900-1500
1500-1600 on 15120 IKO 250 kW / 007 deg to NoAf English
1600-1630 on 11770 IKO 250 kW / 248 deg to ECAf Swahili
1630-1700 on 9690 IKO 250 kW / 248 deg to WCAf Yoruba
1700-1730 on 9690#IKO 250 kW / 248 deg to WCAf Igbo
1730-1800 on 15120 IKO 250 kW / 007 deg to NoAf Arabic
1800-2000 on 7255*IKO 250 kW / 248 deg to WeAf Hausa
1830-2000 on 15120 AJA 250 kW / 007 deg to NoAf English DRM (15119.9)
2000-2100 on 7255&IKO 250 kW / 248 deg to WeAf French
2000-2130 on 9690 AJA 250 kW / 248 deg to WCAf Hausa (9689.9)
2100-2200 on 7255$IKO 250 kW / 248 deg to WeAf Fulfulde
2200-2300 on 7255$IKO 250 kW / 248 deg to WeAf Hausa
! co-ch Radio Free Asia in Tibetan 1000-1100
# co-ch Radio Romania International in French
* co-ch China Radio International in Russian/Turkish
& co-ch China Radio International in Russian
$ co-ch PBS Xizang in Tibetam
In some days there are no broadcasts on 15120 via IKO, Ikorodu
73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria; Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m.
long wire, DX RE MIX NEWS #815 November 25, 2013, via DXLD)
9690, Radio Nigeria, Ikorodu. 0909 November 25, 2013. Poor and low
modulation with English male news-ish items, female later. Presumed
site (Terry Krueger, Clearwater, Florida, USA, JRC NRD-535; ICOM IC-
R75; Hammarlund HQ-180A; Sony ICF-7600GR; Sangean PR-D5; Aqua Guide
705 RDF Marine Radio; GE Superadio III; JPS NF-60 Notch Filter; JPS
ANC-4 Noise Phase; 1 X roof dipole; 1 X room random wire; Terk
Advantage non-active portable loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9689.9? (gh)
** NORTH AMERICA. SHORTWAVE PIRATES RECORDED ON HALLOWEEN. Hi Glenn;
Here's the link to an MP3 file I made of pirates during Halloween.
You're welcome to use any part of it on World of Radio.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/22925566/pirate%20ids%2C%20Halloween%202013.mp3
Sincerely, (Bruce Atchison, author of How I Was Razed: A Journey from
Cultism to Christianity. Available from Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble,
and
http://www.virtualbookworm.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=How_I_Was_Razed&Store_Code=bookstore
Alberta, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Speaking of which:
** NORTH AMERICA. YHWH on again Friday afternoon PST --- They've made
another Friday afternoon appearance, this time on 6075 kHz. Relatively
strong around 0100 Saturday UT with sideband QRM from Havana on 6070.
Same old stuff. Could be same identical program as before, as reported
by others (Bob LaRose, W6ACU, UT Nov 23, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO
1697, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
6075, Nov 23 after 0100, I crossed this frequency in bandscan, and
something was there, assumed usual CRI English via Kashgar (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
YHWH back again, this time on 6150 --- YHWH Yahweh being hear right
now (0100 UT Monday) on 6150 with strong signal in clear. Usual
program (Bob LaRose, San Diego, Nov 25, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO
1697, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Tnx, Bob, My first chance to check at 0142 --- but not heard, only a
JBA carrier on 6150. Was it still on at that time? (Glenn, OK, ibid.)
Didn't stick around until the end. Based upon the couple of other
times I've heard them they usually sign-off around half past the hour.
Seem to be almost a "regular" around this time every Friday evening
but frequency varies widely. Based upon propagation my guess is that
they are in the North West or Rocky Mountain states (Bob LaRose, Sent
from my iPad, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1697, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NORTH AMERICA. Radio True North: 6924.7/AM, 0038-0051+, 18-Nov;
Pop/rock tunes; gave e-mail radiotruenorth@gmail.com & P. O. address -
- break-in voice said to ignore the P.O. address. SIO=2+42+ with buzz
burst QRM (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 125 ft. bow-
tie; 85 ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed RW, All logged by my ears, on my
receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST) see also ALASKA
** NORTH AMERICA. 6935-AM, Nov 23 at 0133, music with a heavy beat,
like drumming, in fact same four beats over and over could be a loop;
0135:45 pause for Liquid Radio ID, and more (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** NORTH AMERICA. 6925-USB, Nov 24 at 0106 strong signal from pirate
in live talk, about checking HF Underground and Free Radio Café for
real-time reception reports. Aurora was getting fantastic audio; also
quotes Zane, Jerry Rafferty, DX-ears. ID in passing as Red Mercury
Labs. This is so strong that to avoid pumping, I have to turn down the
RF gain on the DX-398 (with usual random wire of a few meters clipped
on), which is an unusual situation on this receiver. In fact I can
still hear him fine with the RF gain all the way down (but still the
external antenna). Goes on to quote an S7 from New Hampshire; says has
been on the air for a couple of years; ``research vessel with the
most``, ``USB, the manliest of modes``; live timechex in UT or past-
the-hours. Says he has been working 12-14 hours a day for six days,
and it is time for a day off. 0110 finally plays some unID music,
which he says is a favorite of Spike and other lab rats. Recheck at
0128, he`s off but now there is another pirate on 6935-AM (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NORTH AMERICA. 6935-AM, Nov 24 at 0128 fair-poor signal and fading,
open carrier, then 0129 Lawrence Welk parody. Chris Smolinski IDed
this as `The Late Movie`, at
http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,13994.0.html
it was unID in the previous thread:
http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,13993.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NORTH AMERICA. In this European night I could hear signals of a
U.S. pirate on 6935 kHz USB here in Germany. It was "Wolverine Radio"
with many ID's and the end of the radio show at 0256z and as usual
with an SSTV image:
http://www.rhci-online.de/6935_kHz_Wolverine_Radio_0256z_SSTV_QRT.jpg
On 6925 kHz I saw only a carrier; the audio signal was too weak
(roger, UT Nov 24, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NORTH AMERICA. 6925-AM, Nov 27 at 0056, monolog all-talk, mentions
family, children, capitalism; poor signal, accent rather British,
echoey venue, and CCI (another pirate?) conspire to make copy
difficult; still going at 0111. Pirates on the 42m band usually avoid
frequency clashes and move around as necessary. HFU threaders did not
ID it either; some were hearing music earlier, and more than one
station:
http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,14042.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NORWAY. LKB/LLE is on the air with new test transmissions today and
tomorrow === LKB/LLE is on the air with new test transmissions today
and tomorrow from LLE-2 (1314 kHz) and LLE-3 (5895 kHz). The morning
broadcast today is at 0620-0930 UT and tomorrow it is an afternoon
broadcast at 1400-1600 UT. Many reports have arrived from Sweden,
Denmark, Finland, Russia, Greece, Italy, Austria, Germany, Holland,
England, Ireland, Iceland, Canada and the USA. Our QSL card has
arrived, so why not report! Box 100, N5331 RONG, Norway, or report @
bergenkringkaster.no Don't forget to enclose 3$ or Norwegian stamps
for return postage plus an address label. Feel free to pass this
message on! 73 de (Svenn Martinsen, Nov 27, direct and via Walt
Salmaniw, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Tantalizing, but I'm [not?] sure I can hear weak CW on 5895 out here
on the west coast. A long shot tentative, but who knows! I did hear
them clearly earlier in the month while on the Murray Harbour North
DXpedition to PEI. 73 (Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, ibid.)
Not to be confused with BULGARIA on 5895 with Brother Scare; see SC
** OKLAHOMA. CALL CHANGES:
1050 KKRX OK Lawton – Call change to KXCA (11/19).
1380 KXCA OK Lawton – Call change to KKRX (11/19).
(AM Switch Info to David Yocis, NRC DX News 2 December via DXLD)
** OKLAHOMA. 1650, ARKANSAS, KYHN, Ft. Smith. 0114 November 24, 2013.
Promo for the Dennis Miller show at 0015, ID on fade-up over others on
the car radio on I-275 west of downtown Tampa. Might be the first time
I've heard this here, or should I state “there” (Tampa). Though
“there” is close to “here” in this case (Terry Krueger, Clearwater,
Florida, USA, JRC NRD-535; ICOM IC-R75; Hammarlund HQ-180A; Sony ICF-
7600GR; Sangean PR-D5; Aqua Guide 705 RDF Marine Radio; GE Superadio
III; JPS NF-60 Notch Filter; JPS ANC-4 Noise Phase; 1 X roof dipole; 1
X room random wire; Terk Advantage non-active portable loop, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. FCC 11-26-2013 NAL Carlton Lewis, Enid, Oklahoma
http://transition.fcc.gov/eb/Orders/2013/DA-13-2243A1.html
(via Artie Bigley, DXLD)
CBer runs linear, keeps doing so despite two warnings, gets hit with
$15K fine instead of $10K. The Notice of Apparent Liability does not
give his address, and not in current phone books, but I found one from
a few years ago; went by, but it`s an apartment complex, no CB
antennas visible (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 91.7, Nov 23 at 1435 UT, KOSU is in open carrier/dead air
when I am trying to hear NPR WESAT. Finally resume modulation in time
for `Car Talk` at 1500. That`s OK, as a result I tune to 90.1 KCSC-FM
and enjoy R. Strauss` tone poem ``Don Quixote`` from the L.A.
Philharmonic.
KOSU with more dead air during The Spy at 0601-0612 UT Nov 24, finally
resuming starting with a canned ID. What`s going on there? Not only SW
stations fail to modulate. Carrier remained on, but lost studio link?
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. Two NEW Enid LPFMs applied for [see USA: FCC]
FCC website already displays applications during latest window
Two LPFM applications for Enid have been RECEIVED by the FCC, not
necessarily Accepted yet:
Radio Media Ltd.
100.9, includes Mike Honigsberg, city of Enid`s emergency manager, as
treasurer; asserts no one involved has character issues!
https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101590886&formid=318&fac_num=195703
channel 265 = 100.9
36-24-13.9 / 97-52-40.7
Max ERP 0.08579 kW Horiz only
HAAT 332.241516 m
radiation center above ground level: 28m
non-DA, no beam tilt
Legal Name of the Applicant
RADIO MEDIA LTD
PO BOX 5481
ENID OK 73702 -
Telephone Number (include area code)
580-554-0392
E-Mail Address (if available) BVENABLE2@SUDDENLINK.NET
FCC Registration Number: 0023132715
Call Sign [not yet]
Facility Identifier 195703
Contact Representative (if other than applicant)
BRANDOLYN VENABLE [as above]
(1) Name and Address (2) Citizenship (3) Positional Interest (4)
Percentage of Votes (5) Percentage of total assets
BRANDOLYN VENABLE, 511 COLORADO AVE, ENID, OK 73701 US PRESIDENT 52 60
THOMAS CHATTAM JR, PO BOX 5481, ENID, OK 73702 US VICE PRESIDENT 20 20
MIKE HONIGSBERG, 5510 FOUNTAIN HEAD DR, ENID, 73703 US TREASURER 20 20
Address:
701A N. GRAND
ENID OK 73701-
Telephone Number (include area code) 580-554-4005
E-Mail Address (if available) BVENABLE2@SUDDENLINK.NET
[and the second one:]
Victory Bible Church. Object: Bible lessons
https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101583114&formid=318&fac_num=194113
Victory Bible Church: ch 260 = 99.9
Latitude: N 36 23 ' 54 "
Longitude: W 97 50 ' 14.4 "
Horizontal Vertical [=none]
Max ERP: 0.1 kw
HAAT: 24.938877 m
RCAMSL: 396 m
RCAGL: 24 m
Not in a Border Zone
Name DENNIS ELDER --- Relationship to Applicant (e.g., Consulting
Engineer) PARTY TO APPLICANT
Date: 10/31/2013
Mailing Address: 402 N 20TH, ENID OK 73701
Telephone Number (include area code) 580-231-6808
E-Mail Address (if available) VICTORY_BIBLE_CHURCH_INC@YAHOO.COM
North Enid? none. No other nearby town names searched
(from above FCC data via gh, DXLD)
** OKLAHOMA. RF32, Nov 27 at 1632 UT, only a `bad` undecoding signal,
presumably something other than the KXOK intercity relay duplicator,
still off the air. RF31, however, has Azteca América back on 31-3,
while 31-2 is still constant color bars instead of Mundo Fox. AztAm is
liable to go black again at any moment (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** OMAN. 9500, Nov 22 at 0130, fair signal with open carrier/dead air,
presumed R. Sultanate of, as scheduled and previously heard here 00-
02; kept with it for a minute+ in case it were just a pregnant pause
during Qur`an, but still no modulation. Isn`t it amazing how many SW
stations can`t keep their modulation going? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** OMAN. 13600, Radio Sultanate Oman from Thumrait in Arabic, on S=6-7
fair signal, rather sidelobe rest signal, on otherwise direct 220
degree signal towards Africa. Nice female singer performance, but hit
by some OTHR splash signals in 13500-13600 kHz range. 0625 UT Nov 25.
vy73 de wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, UT Nov 25, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
Winter B-13 schedule of Radio Sultanate of Oman:
1400-1500 on 15140 THU 100 kW / 315 deg to WeEu English
1500-2200 on 15140 THU 100 kW / 315 deg to WeEu Arabic
2200-2400 on 15355 THU 100 kW / 315 deg to WeEu Arabic
0000-0200 NF 9500 THU 100 kW / 315 deg to WeEu Arabic, ex 9760
0200-0300 NF 15355 THU 100 kW / 220 deg to EaAf Arabic, ex 13600
0300-0400 NF 15355 THU 100 kW / 220 deg to EaAf English,ex 13600
0400-1000 NF 13600 THU 100 kW / 220 deg to EaAf Arabic, ex 9540
73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria; Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D, 30
m. long wire, DX RE MIX NEWS #814 November 24, 2013 via DXLD)
** PAKISTAN. Winter B-13 SW schedule of Radio Pakistan:
0045-0215 on 11600 ISL 250 kW / 118 deg to SoAs Urdu
0045-0215 on 15730 ISL 250 kW / 118 deg to SoAs Urdu
0500-0700 on 11580 ISL 250 kW / 282 deg to N&ME Urdu
0500-0700 on 15800 ISL 250 kW / 282 deg to N&ME Urdu
0830-0900 on 11580 ISL 250 kW / 313 deg to WeEu Urdu
0830-0900 on 15800 ISL 250 kW / 313 deg to WeEu Urdu
0900-0905 on 11580 ISL 250 kW / 313 deg to WeEu English
0900-0905 on 15800 ISL 250 kW / 313 deg to WeEu English
[we recently had a report in DXLD 13-44 from David Kernick,
that there was no more English at 0905, but did he check at
0900? Has this been reconfirmed? --- gh]
0905-1100 on 11580 ISL 250 kW / 313 deg to WeEu Urdu
0905-1100 on 15800 ISL 250 kW / 313 deg to WeEu Urdu
1100-1105 on 11580 ISL 250 kW / 313 deg to WeEu English
1100-1105 on 15800 ISL 250 kW / 313 deg to WeEu English
1200-1300 on 11600 ISL 250 kW / 070 deg to EaAs Chinese
1200-1300 on 15730 ISL 250 kW / 070 deg to EaAs Chinese
1330-1530 on 11530 ISL 250 kW / 282 deg to N&ME Urdu
1330-1530 on 15725 ISL 250 kW / 282 deg to N&ME Urdu
1700-1900 on 9350 ISL 250 kW / 313 deg to WeEu Urdu
1700-1900 on 11570 ISL 250 kW / 313 deg to WeEu Urdu
73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, DX RE MIX NEWS #813, November 23,
2013 via DXLD)
15730, R. Pakistan, Nov 28 0136-0146, 35433 Urdu, Talk and koran, ID
at 0144 (Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN, RX, IC-R75, NRD-525+RD-9830, NRD-515,
NRD-345, Satellite 750, DE-1121; ANT, 70m Sloper Wire, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3905, Nov 12 -1403, NBC New Ireland, PNG. Best
reception ever of this station. They closed with National anthem sung
by a children’s choir. Someone forgot to switch the carrier off; it
was still there 25 minues later (Arne Nilsson, Sweden, SW Bulletin Nov
24, DXLD)
3905, Nov 20, 1355, NBC New Ireland rather weak this day. But the
carrier is noted most days at this time. Also this day the carrier
stayed until shut down at 1420 (Thomas Nilsson, ibid.)
3905, NBC New Ireland, 24/11 1210 In Pidgin. Average to good. Talk,
some music. Female presenter. 73, (Nick Hacko, VK2DX Sydney -
Australia, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. CHASQUI DX PFA – NOVIEMBRE --- CQ, CQ, CQ; Aquí Pedro F.
Arrunátegui para compartir algo con los que disfrutan y aman el DX
latinoamericano. Todas las horas son UT. Desde la tierra de los incas,
les informo mediante este Quipus lo siguiente:
1269.86, PERÚ, R. San Fernando, Hualgayoc, Cajamarca, 22/10 0502-0550
22222 “Sintoniza la frecuencia de los 1270 kHz” mx ID "Radio San
Fernando 1270 AM, la voz de un pueblo” mx ID “Desde el asentamiento
minero más importante del norte del país, trasmite Radio San Fernando.
1270 AM con música, noticia, entretenimiento, y alegres disyoqueis, te
acompañamos un programación variada…” mxf ID “Radio San Fernando te
acompaña con lo mejor del folclor”
1309.95, PERÚ, Libertad Radio, Arequipa, 23/10 0440-0505 22222 mxf ID
“Responde como lo demás yo escucho Libertad Radio…” mx ID “Libertad
Radio” mx ID “Libertad Radio” mx
1309.99, PERÚ, R. Estelar, Chota, Cajamarca, 26/10 0005-0040 333333
mxf ID "7 de la noche con 16 minutos en la programación exclusiva de
Radio Estelar.. la señal más melódica.. un saludos a todos ustedes que
están en casa…” px saludos musicales, saludos a los amigos de
Cajamarca
3329.54, PERÚ, R. Ondas del Huallaga, Huánuco, 18/11 2320-2345 33333+
px La doctora Chavarry Estrella, sobre curanderismo advs pusanga de la
boa negra para llamar a tu pareja mx ID "La mejor música y los mejores
locutores están en Radio Ondas del Huallaga” advs tu salud es primero,
no corras riesgos te lo dice SENASA ID “Ondas del Huallaga, locura
total..” mxf
4747.05, PERÚ, R. Huanta 2000, Huari, 20/11 1032-1102 22222+ px sobre
la medicina china mxf en quechua advs Solgas el mejor servicio de gas
a su domicilio. Edicto de la municipalidad de Huanta Multiservicio
Huanchi, lo mejor en mensajería y pasajes px en quechua ID "Tenemos
más comunicados a través de Radio Huanta"
4774.90, PERÚ, R. Tarma, Tarma, 15/11 2340-0010 33333+ px Antena
Deportiva news sobre deporte advs Automotriz Niky ID “Trasmite Radio
Tarma desde Tarma, América del Sur” mxf
4824.48, PERÚ, R. LV. de la Selva, Iquitos 30/10 1042-1110 33333 px
estamos presentando música latino americana mx advs, ID “Radio La Voz
de la Selva, una emisora que es a líder de la información” news ID
“Bienvenidos a Radio la Voz de la Selva centro de noticia”.
4955.00, PERÚ, R. Cultural Amauta, Huanta, 12/11 2100-2135 44444 advs
ID "Usted escucha Radio Cultural Amauta, la esmeralda de los andes"
mxf y px en quechu, px Un mensaje a la conciencia
4985.50, PERÚ, R. Voz Cristiana, Huancayo, 13/11 1045-1120 33333+
recién 1103 s/on sin aviso alguno solo con advs en forma continua que
indican distritos de Huancayo, recién a las 1110 dan su ID "Radio Voz
Cristiana 94.9 FM.." luego px en quechua y español, mxf huayno con
mensaje cristiano. ID En quechua y español NOTA: cambio de
frecuencia, antes 4984.20 ahora 4985.50 (tnx D. Valko)
5024.92, PERÚ, R. Quillabamba, Quillabamba, 12/11 2140-2210 33333 advs
Botica San Juan mxf advs español y quechua advs Honda Motor le ofrece
lo mejor en motocicleta, generadores px Perú Andino, Fotografía Huamán
ID “Por Radio Quillabamba”
5039.20, PERÚ, R. Libertad, Junín, 3/11 1105- 1135 44444+ mxf seis de
la mañana 10 minutos ID “Imponiendo lo propio y la diferencia, Radio
Libertad” mx ID “Radio Libertad imponiendo la diferencia”
6173.90 PERÚ, R. Tawuantinsuyo, Cusco, 16/11 2315-2335 44444+++ mxf
huaynos ID "A través de Radio Tawuantinsuyo" mxf ID “Esta usted en
sintonía de Radio Tawuantinsuyo, que trasmite desde Cusco, Perú” mxf
ID “Muy buena tarde, desde Radio Tawuantinsuyo trasmitimos su
programa”.
La recepción la he efectuado del 22/09 [sic; presumably means from
22/10] al 20/11 en compañía de mi sabueso Icom IC R72 acompañado del
Mizuho KX-3, una antena de hilo largo de 12 metros y una antena loop
Muchos 128´s PFA; 73's (Pedro F. Arrunátegui, Lima, Perú; Vivo en una
casa muy pequeña, pero, sus ventanas se abren hacia un mundo muy
grande, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also BOLIVIA; BRAZIL; COLOMBIA
** PERU. 3330-, Nov 21 at 1030, het on the lo side of CHU, which I
never hear in the evenings, presumably Ondas del Huallaga, which has
been consistently reported by others, e.g. in DXLD 11-32: `` 3329.550,
06.08 2320, Ondas del Huallaga with music (Thomas Nilsson, Sweden, SW
Bulletin)``. More recently it was put on 3329.53v, April 19, 2013, at
0931, by Mike Gilchrist in Iowa. Or 3329.54, April 16, 2013 at 1055 by
Pedro F. Arrunágtegui in Lima. Bob Wilkner in FL has reported it
numerous times on 3329.5. I need to maintain silence so can`t fire up
the keyboard to match the note now. Monitoring at this hour is unusual
for me, but possible today thanks to some thunder & lightning; later
it`s too close so I have to disconnect the main antenna and go to MW
with usual ferrite (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 4795.94, Nov 13 2315, Tentative R Lípez. Have not heard it
for some time and 10 minutes later it was gone! SS REL [Spanish
speaking religion]. (Arne Nilsson, Sweden, SW Bulletin Nov 24 via
DXLD)
** PERU. 4824.48, Nov 21 0100, Tentative LV de Selva. Sign off
sometime between 0104 & 0156. Despite a good signal most nights it is
almost impossible to retrieve any audio (Thomas Nilsson, Sweden, SW
Bulletin Nov 24 via DXLD)
** PERU. 4985.5, Nov 15 2259, R Voz Cristiana has been audible almost
every night lately. Extremely strong with a block of ads. Most days
noted with only a mediocre signal level. Not on air when checked on
Nov 23 at 2355 (Thomas Nilsson, Sweden, SW Bulletin Nov 24 via DXLD)
** PERU [and non]. 5980, Nov 22 at 0054 and still at 0118, unID tone
on frequency like last night; did not have a chance to try to pull out
the Chaski cutoff circa 0105.
5980, Nov 23 at 0059, once again tonight mixed with talk, a tone or
het on the channel past 0100 except for a break of about 7 seconds at
0101:00. I`m listening with BFO from 0104 past 0106 and hear two
tones, but neither one goes off signifying R. Chaski, Perú: maybe it`s
really the new carrier and the tone it is modulating. Still the same
at 0127 when in AM mode I am hearing two different tones alternating
with fades. Would not be surprised if the new signal be R. Guarujá,
ZYE891, Florianópolis SC, Brasil, reactivated. Brasileiros or
Conosuristas should easily confirm this. Haven`t seen anything from
Claudio Galaz, Chile, since Nov 17.
5980, Nov 24 at 0055, dominant signal is apparent Tibetan from VOA SRI
LANKA; no tone, no jamming, Cuban or Chinese audible, but maybe a bit
of CCI which could be R. Chaski. By 0059 VOA is off leaving a JBA
carrier, presumed Chaski --- continues past 0101, but retune at 0104
to catch the precessed cutoff, it`s already gone. So not sure what`s
what. Will have to monitor 5980 continuously around 0100 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Hi Glenn, here's a bit of info cobbled together from 16/18 & 23/25
Nov. listening sessions, hope it's of some use. I can only check for
Chaski/VOA on Fri/Sun evenings thanks to my work sked, so please
excuse the lack of continuity in the logs. Happy Thanksgiving & all
the best from Encinitas. Dan
R. Chaski (tentative) 5980, Checking on 16, 18, 23, 25 Nov. at 0009-
0102*v brought what's probably VOA (Iranawila, SRI LANKA) with mostly
long chats/reports in (presumed) Tibetan with very occasional
orchestral bridges. Well under them is "Chaski" (presumed Spanish, but
really tough to get more than the odd word to surface clearly) with
sermon-y sounding talks, flute breaks, canned announcements by a deep-
voiced M usually with instrumental intro/outro.
It seems VOA closes a few minutes before TOH (0058* after doorbell
sounder on 25 Nov.), while "Chaski" does a long canned (presumed)
close-down announcement (by the same deep-voiced M as during the
sermon-ish talks, or so it sounds) around 0059 followed by
trumpet/flute with voice-over. Close-down roughly anywhen between
0100:30-0103:30 (0102+ a couple seconds on 25 Nov., but apparently
past 0105 on 23 Nov. with women/kids singing).
Making things a bit more interesting, on 23 Nov. there was an unID
tone heard throughout the listening period, but off maybe 10 seconds
at TOH and on the 25th, there was a grinding noise pulse every 7-8
seconds 0020-0040. Seems "Chaski"/VOA signals are improving with the
deepening of the fall-winter season, so perhaps by Dec./Jan. more
useful details will sneak in (Dan Sheedy, Encinitas/Swami's Beach, CA
G5/PL380 + 6m X wire, Nov 24, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Hi Dan, Tnx, this closely matches my own observations. Tonight VOA
Tibetan (Sri Lanka) was in the best yet, and then the Chaski carrier
until off at 0103:11*, so their timer must have been reset, but not
all the way back to 0100 or earlier. I don`t think they do a formal
signoff, as on rare occasions, a bit of the programming can be heard
cut off in progress, and of course it has been shifting 5.25 seconds
later from one night to the next. We`ll see if that pattern resumes,
QRM permitting. 73, (Glenn, UT Nov 25 to Dan via DXLD)
5980, Nov 25 at 0054, am only hearing VOA Tibetan, best yet, fair-
poor, via Sri Lanka; 0055 3-note VOA jingle (mid-lo-hi), prior to
editorial? No jamming or tone QRM, but nothing else audible. VOA off
between 0058 and 0059, and then I get the JBA carrier from R. Chaski
despite splash from 5990 CRI Cuba on late past 0100 as its English
starts; until cutoff at 0103:11*, so the autotimer has been reset, but
not all the way back to 0100 or earlier. QRM permitting, we`ll see if
it resume precessing 5.25 seconds later each night.
5980, Nov 26 at 0054, VOA Tibetan from SRI LANKA is the best yet,
fair-good, with lite CCI, SAH, presumably R. Chaski. ChiCom jamming is
not making it, fine. After VOA is off, continuous monitor of 5980 from
0100 until autocutoff at 0103:15.5* which is 4.5 seconds later than
yesterday`s reading which I think may have been most of a second off.
5980, Nov 27 at 0053, VOA Tibetan via Sri Lanka is fair, over some
CCI; VOA cuts off mid-word at 0058:50*, leaving JBA signal sounding
Chinese so that would be the ChiCom, probably CNR1 jammer. I try to
tell if it go off in the next sesquiminute: I think so, carrier via
off-tuned BFO gets a little weaker around 0100:10, the time I was
previously hearing a go-off in the absence of Chaski. That leaves
nothing but the Chaski carrier now, and it cuts off at 0103:21, which
is right on time, 5.5 seconds later than yesterday. All of these are
very close to being right-on frequency, not audibly hetting each
other. No recurrence of the big tone or Cuban pulse jamming (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1697, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PHILIPPINES [and non]. 9800, Nov 21 at 1505, big open carrier, 1507
brief tone and then off the air, typical IBB behaviour, presumably
test following the VOA Korean broadcast via Tinang ending at 1500.
Under the carrier, and then cleared from it is a very weak signal
talking; HFCC lists both Kamalabad, Iran in Hindi until 1520, and DW
Rwanda in Swahili until 1600 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PHILIPPINES. 15190, Radio Pilipinas (tentative); 1747-1810+, 20-
Nov; M&W interview in presumed Tagalog with English words & numbers;
mentioned "American base" and "evacuees". SIO=3-33-; suddenly better
sig about 1757 but with continuous raspy QRM & occasional pulse &
squeak bursts. No hint of Radio Africa (Harold Frodge, Midland MI,
USA, Drake R8B + 125 ft. bow-tie; 85 ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed RW,
All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** ROMANIA. Radio Bucaresti, Romania [6015 nominal] in Romanian
happily parked on 6010 Radio Bahrain, wiping out English service (if
there was one). To be forgiven! – excellent ‘gypsy' style music by
talented singer provided for listener’s enjoyment. Nice catch. S8
signal with some QSB. (Is frequency jumping normal thing?) 73 (Nick
VK2DX Hacko, NSW, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Time? Latest B-13 sked via Ivo has RRI on 6010 at 19-20 in German, 20-
21 in Spanish; and 6015 at 23-24 in English, but neither in Romanian.
Aoki has Bahrain at 03-21 in English on 6010, but I don`t think it`s
active (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
6145, Nov 26 at 0059, RRI with classical music, but IADs a few times
per second; carrier stays on per BFO, and in pauses during talk, no
dropouts. Back to classical music at 0110 // 7325 both OK without
IADs. Good signals, generally best ones direct from Europe; both these
are 300 kW, 310 degrees from Galbeni to us starting at 0100 in
English. 7340 is also RRI Galbeni to us, in Romanian, per Aoki. Wait a
minute: WRTH shows only two transmitters at Galbeni. HFCC says 7340 is
Tiganeshti (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ROMANIA. Re: Re: DX Listening Digest 13-47 November 20 "Radio City
will be on the air on Friday November 22nd at 1900 to 2000 UT via IRRS
on 7290 kHz and on 1368 kHz via Challenger Radio in Italy, with a
repeat on Saturday November 23rd at 09.00 to 10.00 UTC on 9510 kHz.
Please send all reports to:citymorecars@yahoo.ca Thank you! (Tom
Taylor, Nov 20, WORLD OF RADIO 1696, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
That was the FOURTH Friday, while Alan said it`s on Third Fridays.
Another example of how NOT to organize scheduling. So which was it;
anyone hear it Nov 15, or 22? (Glenn Hauser, ibid.)"
R City was originally scheduled on 15 November and was advertised as
such. I listened on 15th, but instead IRRS broadcast a 15 minute
religious programme until 1915 and then the transmitter was turned
off. I e-mailed R. City that evening and asked, and he replied "I
don't know what happened". I guess a mix-up at IRRS? However, the
broadcast was subsequently heard on Friday November 22 as re-
scheduled. I wasn't able to monitor on the Saturday morning at 0900
either week (Alan Roe, Teddington, UK, Nov 25, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** RUSSIA. Radio Rossii transmitter site on 5930 kHz? Hi Wolfy, Could
you please help me with this? On 5930 am hearing the usual Radio
Rossii via Pet/Kam with normal sign off at 1300, but recently (through
Nov 22) am continuing to clearly hear Radio Rossii programming after
1300 via a different transmitter. Hearing it till after 1525 UT. In
your opinion would it be via Ekaterinburg or Monchegorsk? Thanks for
your assistance (Ron Howard, California, Nov 22, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Ekaterinburg transmitter site has been shut down for many years now
(since mid-2000s), so it's definitely Monchegorsk (Murmansk region).
-- (Aleksandr Diadischev, Ukraine, ibid.)
Aoki still shows Ekaterinburg and frankly I am not too familiar with
Russian sites, so your feedback is very helpful (Ron, ibid.)
5930 kHz: This frequency was always operated from Monchegorsk. Indeed
there used to be a Radio Rossii transmission also from Yekaterinburg,
aiming at Siberia, but this was on a frequency in the 41 mB (probably
7220), and it disappeared already years before the whole facility has
been closed, i.e. at least a decade has passed since then (Kai Ludwig,
Germany, ibid.)
5930, Nov 26 at 0106, poor signal with talk seems Russian, audible tnx
only to strange propagation attenuating 5935 WWCR. Tentative ID as
Radio Rossii at 0107. At this hour the first choice of the two outlets
is Monchegorsk in the far northwest, which starts its 20-hour
transmission at 0100 per Aoki, while Pet/Kam in the northeast runs
from 17 to 13, but it`s midday there local time. Latitude 53 still
puts it rather far from the wintry terminator. At 69 degrees north,
Monchegorsk gets scarcely two hours of sunlight, now still in deep
darkness as we are (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1697, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA. Samarskaya oblast. Samara --- In the territory of Samara
Radiocenter number 3 began dismantling antenna towers.
November 14 in Samara, on the territory of Radiocenter number 3, for
the release of the land on which it is planned to build a stadium for
the matches of the World Cup in 2018, began the dismantling of antenna
towers, demolition of buildings and technical facilities. At the
moment, for the operation of the radio center, carried dismantled
equipment previously transferred to other facilities.
The Russian Government decided to allocate part of the released land
for the construction of a communication object. Within the framework
of cooperation between the Government of the Samara region and RTRS
decided to build a new television tower on a plot of 10 hectares. The
new tower will be built on one of the highest "points" of the city,
which is called " Sultanov hill". New connection object will be
equipped with the most modern equipment and replace the current
antenna mast structures built decades ago. Plus photos.
http://rtrs.livejournal.com/tag/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F%20%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C
(Editor Anatoly Klepov, Rus DX Nov 24 via WORLD OF RADIO 1697, DXLD)
[A-DX] Samara wird gebisambergt --- Das KW-Sendezentrum in Samara,
Russland, wird jetzt demontiert, um einem Fußballstadion für die WM
Platz zu machen. Bilder:
http://rtrs.livejournal.com/303167.html
Über Samara liefen früher u.a. auch die deutschen Sendungen von Radio
Moskau / Stimme Russlands. Von März bis Oktober 2013 war die Station
noch mit den tatarischen Sendungen drei mal am Tag für eine Stunde
aktiv, wie die Mitarbeiter in Samara per Email bestätigt hatten.
Übersetzung der Webseite: "In Samara hat der Abriss der Sendeanlagen
im Radiozentrum Nr. 3 begonnen (18.11.2013)
Am 14.November hat auf dem Gelände des Radiozentrums Nr.3 der Abriss
der Antennenanlagen und technischen Gebäude begonnen, um das
Grundstück zu räumen, auf dem der Bau eines Austragungsstadions für
die Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft 2018 geplant ist. Um die Arbeit des
Radiozentrums sicherzustellen, werden im Moment die schon abgetragenen
Anlagen zu anderen Anlagen transportiert.
Die Regierung der Russischen Föderation hat entschieden, einen Teil
der geräumten Fläche dem Bau einer neuen Telekommunikationseinrichtung
zu widmen. Im Rahmen einer Kooperation zwischen dem Landkreis Samara
und dem russischen Senderbetreiber RTRS wurde entschieden, auf einem
10 Hektar großen Gelände einen neuen Fernsehturm zu errichten. Der
neue Turm wird auf einem der höchsten Punkte der Stadt gebaut, dem
Sultanshügel ('Sultanov bugor').
Die neue Anlage wird mit der modernsten Ausrüstung bestückt und
ersetzt die derzeitigen Antennenmasten, die vor einigen Jahrzehnten
errichtet worden waren."
Noch ein Artikel:
http://fedpress.ru/news/society/news_society/1384422561-pod-samaroi-nachali-demontirovat-radiotsentr-na-meste-budushchego-stadiona-k-chm-2018
"Bei Samara fingen Abrissarbeiten am Radiozentrum am Ort der WM 2013
an Samara, 14.11. RIA FederalPress. Auf dem Gelände des Radiozentrums
in Samara hat der Abriss von Antennen und anderer Ausrüstung begonnen,
teilte FederalPress-Mittlere Wolga im Pressedienst des Landkreises
Samara mit. Danach beginnt auf diesem Gelände der Bau eines Stadions
für die Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft 2018.
'Samara wird einer der ersten regionalen Austragungsorte der WM 2018,
der mit Bauarbeiten beginnt', wurde im Pressedienst des Landkreises
bekanntgegeben.
Das Radiozentrum hat Auslandssendungen auf Kurzwelle durchgeführt. Es
ist ungefähr 240 Hektar groß und besteht aus einem Antennenpark an
Metalltürmen und -masten, die zwischen 40 und 142 Meter hoch sind. Die
Arbeiter räumen die Fläche und bereiten sie für den Neubau vor: hier
wird nicht nur ein Stadion mit 45.000 Plätzen gebaut, sondern auch
andere sportliche Erholungseinrichtungen, ein Wohngebiet und ein Park.
Samara ist eine von 11 russischen Städten, in denen Spiele der
Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft 2018 stattfinden werden."
Und hier nochmal der gleiche Inhalt, aber mit einem visionären Bild
des Stadion und des neu zu errichtenden Fernsehturms:
http://ria.ru/samara/20131114/976748852.html
Ausführlicher, aber ohne Bilder:
http://www.itar-tass.com/press-releases/751320
Hier wird ergänzt, dass von einer Sprengung abgesehen wurde.
Stattdessen wurde das Fundament angesägt und der Turm mit Stahlseilen
und Bulldozern umgekippt. Im weiteren werden die (geplanten) Stadien
in den anderen Städten beschrieben. 73, (Eike Bierwirth, Germany, Nov
24, A-DX via Wolfgang Büschel, DXLD)
http://www.wm2018-russland.de/stadien/
Samara SW TX site disassembly, nice photo on website. The dismantling
of the broadcast center Samara has begun. Russian press after tip in
"open_dx".
<http://sgpress.ru/Sluzhba_informatsii/Demontazh-Radiotsentra-v-Samare-obojdetsya-v-mln-rublej-44337.html>
(open_dx, November 23; via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews via Wolfgang Büschel,
Nov 24, DXLD)
** RUSSIA. Winter B-13 shortwave schedule of Radio Rossii
0000-0100 on 5930 P.K 100 kW / 030 deg to FERu Russian
0000-0100 on 5940 OKH 100 kW / 030 deg to FERu Russian
0000-0100 on 6085 KRS 050 kE / 348 deg to FERu Russian
0000-0100 on 6100 KRS 005 kE / non-dir to FERu Russian
0000-0100 on 6195 IRK 050 kW / non-dir to FERu Russian
0000-0100 on 7230 IAK 100 kW / 000 deg to FERu Russian
0000-0100 on 7320 OKH 100 kW / 045 deg to FERu Russian
0100-0400 on 5930 P.K 100 kW / 030 deg to FERu Russian
0100-0400 on 5930 MUR 050 kW / 339 deg to NoRu Russian
0100-0400 on 5940 OKH 100 kW / 030 deg to FERu Russian
0100-0400 on 6085 KRS 050 kE / 348 deg to FERu Russian
0100-0400 on 6100 KRS 005 kE / non-dir to FERu Russian
0100-0400 on 6160 MUR 050 kW / 333 deg to NoRu Russian
0100-0400 on 6195 IRK 050 kW / non-dir to FERu Russian
0100-0400 on 7230 IAK 100 kW / 000 deg to FERu Russian
0100-0400 on 7320 OKH 100 kW / 045 deg to FERu Russian
0400-0700 on 5930 P.K 100 kW / 030 deg to FERu Russian
0400-0700 on 5930 MUR 050 kW / 339 deg to NoRu Russian
0400-0700 on 5940 OKH 100 kW / 030 deg to FERu Russian
0400-0700 on 6085 KRS 050 kE / 348 deg to FERu Russian
0400-0700 on 6095 MSK 250 kW / 267 deg to WeEu Russian
0400-0700 on 6100 KRS 005 kE / non-dir to FERu Russian
0400-0700 on 6160 MUR 050 kW / 333 deg to NoRu Russian
0400-0700 on 6195 IRK 050 kW / non-dir to FERu Russian
0400-0700 on 7230 IAK 100 kW / 000 deg to FERu Russian
0400-0700 on 7320 OKH 100 kW / 045 deg to FERu Russian
0700-0730 on 5930 P.K 100 kW / 030 deg to FERu Russian
0700-0730 on 5930 MUR 050 kW / 339 deg to NoRu Russian
0700-0730 on 5940 OKH 100 kW / 030 deg to FERu Russian
0700-0730 on 6085 KRS 050 kE / 348 deg to FERu Russian
0700-0730 on 6100 KRS 005 kE / non-dir to FERu Russian
0700-0730 on 6160 MUR 050 kW / 333 deg to NoRu Russian
0700-0730 on 6195 IRK 050 kW / non-dir to FERu Russian
0700-0730 on 7230 IAK 100 kW / 000 deg to FERu Russian
0700-0730 on 7320 OKH 100 kW / 045 deg to FERu Russian
0730-1000 on 5930 P.K 100 kW / 030 deg to FERu Russian
0730-1000 on 5930 MUR 050 kW / 339 deg to NoRu Russian
0730-1000 on 5940 OKH 100 kW / 030 deg to FERu Russian
0730-1000 on 6085 KRS 050 kE / 348 deg to FERu Russian
0730-1000 on 6100 KRS 005 kE / non-dir to FERu Russian
0730-1000 on 6160 MUR 050 kW / 333 deg to NoRu Russian
0730-1000 on 6195 IRK 050 kW / non-dir to FERu Russian
0730-1000 on 7230 IAK 100 kW / 000 deg to FERu Russian
0730-1000 on 7320 OKH 100 kW / 045 deg to FERu Russian
0730-1200 on 12075 MSK 250 kW / 267 deg to WeEu Russian
1000-1200 on 5930 P.K 100 kW / 030 deg to FERu Russian
1000-1200 on 5930 MUR 050 kW / 339 deg to NoRu Russian
1000-1200 on 5940 OKH 100 kW / 030 deg to FERu Russian
1000-1200 on 6085 KRS 050 kE / 348 deg to FERu Russian
1000-1200 on 6100 KRS 005 kE / non-dir to FERu Russian
1000-1200 on 6160 MUR 050 kW / 333 deg to NoRu Russian
1000-1200 on 6195 IRK 050 kW / non-dir to FERu Russian
1000-1200 on 7230 IAK 100 kW / 000 deg to FERu Russian
1000-1200 on 7320 OKH 100 kW / 045 deg to FERu Russian
1000-1200 on 12075 MSK 250 kW / 267 deg to WeEu Russian
1200-1230 on 5930 P.K 100 kW / 030 deg to FERu Russian
1200-1230 on 5930 MUR 050 kW / 339 deg to NoRu Russian
1200-1230 on 5940 OKH 100 kW / 030 deg to FERu Russian
1200-1230 on 6085 KRS 050 kE / 348 deg to FERu Russian
1200-1230 on 6100 KRS 005 kE / non-dir to FERu Russian
1200-1230 on 6160 MUR 050 kW / 333 deg to NoRu Russian
1200-1230 on 6195 IRK 050 kW / non-dir to FERu Russian
1200-1230 on 7230 IAK 100 kW / 000 deg to FERu Russian
1200-1230 on 7320 OKH 100 kW / 045 deg to FERu Russian
1230-1300 on 5930 P.K 100 kW / 030 deg to FERu Russian
1230-1300 on 5930 MUR 050 kW / 339 deg to NoRu Russian
1230-1300 on 5940 OKH 100 kW / 030 deg to FERu Russian
1230-1300 on 6085 KRS 050 kE / 348 deg to FERu Russian
1230-1300 on 6100 KRS 005 kE / non-dir to FERu Russian
1230-1300 on 6160 MUR 050 kW / 333 deg to NoRu Russian
1230-1300 on 6195 IRK 050 kW / non-dir to FERu Russian
1230-1300 on 7230 IAK 100 kW / 000 deg to FERu Russian
1230-1300 on 7310 MSK 250 kW / 267 deg to WeEu Russian
1230-1300 on 7320 OKH 100 kW / 045 deg to FERu Russian
1300-1500 on 5930 MUR 050 kW / 339 deg to NoRu Russian
1300-1500 on 6085 KRS 050 kE / 348 deg to FERu Russian
1300-1500 on 6100 KRS 005 kE / non-dir to FERu Russian
1300-1500 on 6160 MUR 050 kW / 333 deg to NoRu Russian
1300-1500 on 6195 IRK 050 kW / non-dir to FERu Russian
1300-1500 on 7230 IAK 100 kW / 000 deg to FERu Russian
1300-1500 on 7310 MSK 250 kW / 267 deg to WeEu Russian
1500-1530 on 5930 MUR 050 kW / 339 deg to NoRu Russian
1500-1530 on 6085 KRS 050 kE / 348 deg to FERu Russian
1500-1530 on 6100 KRS 005 kE / non-dir to FERu Russian
1500-1530 on 6160 MUR 050 kW / 333 deg to NoRu Russian
1500-1530 on 6195 IRK 050 kW / non-dir to FERu Russian
1530-1700 on 5905 MSK 250 kW / 267 deg to WeEu Russian
1530-1700 on 5930 MUR 050 kW / 339 deg to NoRu Russian
1530-1700 on 6085 KRS 050 kE / 348 deg to FERu Russian
1530-1700 on 6100 KRS 005 kE / non-dir to FERu Russian
1530-1700 on 6160 MUR 050 kW / 333 deg to NoRu Russian
1530-1700 on 6195 IRK 050 kW / non-dir to FERu Russian
1700-1900 on 5905 MSK 250 kW / 267 deg to WeEu Russian
1700-1900 on 5930 P.K 100 kW / 030 deg to FERu Russian
1700-1900 on 5930 MUR 050 kW / 339 deg to NoRu Russian
1700-1900 on 5940 OKH 100 kW / 030 deg to FERu Russian
1700-1900 on 6160 MUR 050 kW / 333 deg to NoRu Russian
1700-1900 on 7320 OKH 100 kW / 045 deg to FERu Russian
1900-2100 on 5905 MSK 250 kW / 267 deg to WeEu Russian
1900-2100 on 5930 P.K 100 kW / 030 deg to FERu Russian
1900-2100 on 5930 MUR 050 kW / 339 deg to NoRu Russian
1900-2100 on 5940 OKH 100 kW / 030 deg to FERu Russian
1900-2100 on 6160 MUR 050 kW / 333 deg to NoRu Russian
1900-2100 on 7230 IAK 100 kW / 000 deg to FERu Russian
1900-2100 on 7320 OKH 100 kW / 045 deg to FERu Russian [Magadan]
2100-2400 on 6085 KRS 050 kE / 348 deg to FERu Russian
2100-2400 on 6100 KRS 005 kE / non-dir to FERu Russian
2100-2400 on 6195 IRK 050 kW / non-dir to FERu Russian
2100-2400 on 7230 IAK 100 kW / 000 deg to FERu Russian
73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, DX RE MIX NEWS #816 November
26, 2013 via DXLD)
** RUSSIA. 7230, R Rossii, Tulagino, Yakutsk, 0505-0515, Russian, news
until 0510 (main Moscow programme // 873 in St. Petersburg), R Rossii
Dubl 2 since 0510 (Moscow programme not // 873), 25432 (Alexander
Beryozkin, Russia, DSWCI DX Window Nov 27 via DXLD)
Also heard at 2010-2020, Nov 20, local program. Ann for R Rossii Sakha
at the start of local program at 2010, then weather. Weak but clear
till 2020, then QRM from CNR-1 (Satoshi Wakisaka, Osaka, Japan, ibid.)
** RUSSIA [and non]. Final B-13 SW schedule of Radio Voice of Russia:
0000-0200 on 9395 ERV 500 kW / 305 deg to CeAm Spanish
0000-0200 on 9750 ERV 500 kW / 258 deg to SoAm Spanish
0200-0400 on 9395 ERV 500 kW / 305 deg to CeAm Spanish
0200-0400 on 9480 DB 500 kW / 267 deg to SoAm Spanish
0200-0400 on 9750 ERV 500 kW / 258 deg to SoAm Spanish
0200-0400 on 9790 MSK 250 kW / 117 deg to CeAs Russian
0400-0500 on 9395 ERV 500 kW / 305 deg to CeAm Spanish
0400-0500 on 9480 DB 500 kW / 267 deg to SoAm Spanish
0400-0500 on 9765 ERV 500 kW / 258 deg to SoAm Spanish
0600-1700 on 11635 MSK 040 kW / 260 deg to WeEu English DRM
0600-0700 on 21800 IRK 250 kW / 152 deg to AUS English
0600-0700 on 21820 NVS 500 kW / 155 deg to AUS English
0700-0800 on 11635 MSK 040 kW / 260 deg to WeEu English DRM
0700-0800 on 12015 IRK 250 kW / 180 deg to SoAs English
0700-0800 on 21800 IRK 250 kW / 152 deg to AUS English
0700-0800 on 21820 NVS 500 kW / 155 deg to AUS English
0700-0800 on 21840 NVS 250 kW / 180 deg to SEAs English
0800-0900 on 9625 KLG 015 kW / 220 deg to WeEu English DRM Ch1
0800-0900 on 9625 KLG 015 kW / 220 deg to WeEu Russian DRM Ch2
0800-0900 on 11635 MSK 040 kW / 260 deg to WeEu English DRM
0800-0900 on 12015 IRK 250 kW / 180 deg to SoAs English
0800-0900 on 15745 DB 500 kW / 155 deg to SoAs English
0800-0900 on 21800 IRK 250 kW / 152 deg to AUS English
0800-0900 on 21820 NVS 500 kW / 155 deg to AUS English
0800-0900 on 21840 NVS 250 kW / 180 deg to SEAs English
0900-1000 on 6075 VLD 500 kW / 230 deg to SEAs English
0900-1000 on 9625 KLG 015 kW / 220 deg to WeEu German DRM Ch1
0900-1000 on 9625 KLG 015 kW / 220 deg to WeEu English DRM Ch2
0900-1000 on 11635 MSK 040 kW / 260 deg to WeEu English DRM
0900-1000 on 15745 DB 500 kW / 155 deg to SoAs English
0900-1000 on 21800 IRK 250 kW / 152 deg to AUS English
0900-1000 on 21820 NVS 500 kW / 155 deg to AUS English
1000-1100 on 5900 VLD 100 kW / 270 deg to EaAs Chinese
1000-1100 on 6075 VLD 500 kW / 230 deg to SEAs English
1000-1100 on 7305 IRK 250 kW / 180 deg to EaAs Chinese
1000-1100 on 9625 KLG 015 kW / 220 deg to WeEu German DRM Ch1
1000-1100 on 9625 KLG 015 kW / 220 deg to WeEu English DRM Ch2
1000-1100 on 11935 NVS 250 kW / 120 deg to EaAs Chinese
1000-1100 on 15745 DB 500 kW / 155 deg to SoAs English
1100-1200 on 5900 VLD 100 kW / 270 deg to EaAs Chinese
1100-1200 on 6075 VLD 500 kW / 230 deg to SEAs English
1100-1200 on 6115 IRK 250 kW / 152 deg to SEAs Chinese
1100-1200 on 7305 IRK 250 kW / 180 deg to EaAs Chinese
1100-1200 on 9560 NVS 250 kW / 145 deg to SEAs English
1100-1200 on 9625 KLG 015 kW / 220 deg to WeEu German DRM Ch1
1100-1200 on 9625 KLG 015 kW / 220 deg to WeEu English DRM Ch2
1100-1200 on 11935 NVS 250 kW / 120 deg to EaAs Chinese
1100-1200 on 12035 IRK 015 kW / 224 deg to SoAs English DRM
1200-1300 on 4960 DB 100 kW / 180 deg to WeAs Dari/Pashto
1200-1300 on 5885 DB 100 kW / 137 deg to SoAs English
1200-1300 on 5900 VLD 100 kW / 270 deg to EaAs Chinese
1200-1300 on 5980 IRK 100 kW / 110 deg to EaAs Japanese
1200-1300 on 6075 VLD 500 kW / 230 deg to SEAs Vietnamese
1200-1300 on 6115 IRK 250 kW / 152 deg to SEAs Chinese
1200-1300 on 7305 IRK 250 kW / 180 deg to EaAs Chinese
1200-1300 on 9560 NVS 250 kW / 145 deg to SEAs English
1200-1300 on 9625 KLG 015 kW / 220 deg to WeEu English DRM Ch1
1200-1300 on 9625 KLG 015 kW / 220 deg to WeEu Russian DRM Ch2
1200-1300 on 12055 MSK 250 kW / 117 deg to SoAs Russian
1200-1300 on 12075 DB 500 kW / 155 deg to SoAs English
1300-1400 on 4960 DB 100 kW / 180 deg to WeAs Dari/Pashto
1300-1400 on 5885 DB 100 kW / 137 deg to SoAs Hindi
1300-1400 on 5900 VLD 100 kW / 270 deg to EaAs Mongolian
1300-1400 on 5980 IRK 100 kW / 110 deg to EaAs Japanese
1300-1400 on 6115 IRK 250 kW / 152 deg to SEAs Chinese
1300-1400 on 7305 IRK 250 kW / 180 deg to EaAs Chinese
1300-1400 on 7400 IRK 015 kW / 224 deg to SoAs Hindi DRM
1300-1400 on 9560 NVS 250 kW / 145 deg to SEAs English
1300-1400 on 9625 KLG 015 kW / 220 deg to WeEu English DRM Ch1
1300-1400 on 9625 KLG 015 kW / 220 deg to WeEu Russian DRM Ch2
1300-1400 on 12055 MSK 250 kW / 117 deg to SoAs Russian
1300-1400 on 12075 DB 500 kW / 155 deg to SoAs English
1400-1500 on 4960 DB 100 kW / 180 deg to WeAs English
1400-1500 on 5885 DB 100 kW / 137 deg to SoAs Urdu
1400-1500 on 6115 VLD 500 kW / 230 deg to SEAs English
1400-1500 on 6235 DB 100 kW / 240 deg to WeAs English
1400-1500 on 7400 IRK 015 kW / 224 deg to SoAs Urdu DRM
1400-1500 on 9560 NVS 250 kW / 145 deg to SEAs English
1400-1500 on 9900 ERV 500 kW / 192 deg to EaAf English
1400-1500 on 12055 MSK 250 kW / 117 deg to SoAs Russian
1400-1500 on 12075 DB 500 kW / 155 deg to SoAs English
1500-1600 on 4960 DB 100 kW / 180 deg to WeAs English
1500-1600 on 5885 DB 100 kW / 137 deg to SoAs Hindi
1500-1600 on 5900 NVS 250 kW / 180 deg to SEAs English
1500-1600 on 6235 DB 100 kW / 240 deg to WeAs Farsi
1500-1600 on 9335 DB 500 kW / 267 deg to WeAs Kurdish
1500-1600 on 11985 ERV 500 kW / 192 deg to EaAf English
1500-1600 on 12055 MSK 250 kW / 117 deg to SoAs Russian
1600-1700 on 4960 DB 100 kW / 180 deg to WeAs English
1600-1700 on 5885 DB 100 kW / 137 deg to SoAs English
1600-1700 on 5900 NVS 250 kW / 180 deg to SEAs English
1600-1700 on 5955 NVS 250 kW / 180 deg to SoAs English
1600-1700 on 6110 NVS 250 kW / 240 deg to CeAs Russian
1600-1700 on 6180 NVS 250 kW / 145 deg to CeAs English
1600-1700 on 6235 DB 100 kW / 240 deg to WeAs Farsi
1600-1700 on 9400 DB 500 kW / 267 deg to N/ME Arabic
1600-1700 on 11985 ERV 500 kW / 192 deg to EaAf French
1700-1800 on 4960 DB 100 kW / 180 deg to WeAs English
1700-1800 on 5900 NVS 250 kW / 180 deg to SEAs English
1700-1800 on 5955 NVS 250 kW / 180 deg to SoAs English
1700-1800 on 6110 NVS 250 kW / 240 deg to CeAs Russian
1700-1800 on 6130 KLG 015 kW / 220 deg to WeEu Italian DRM
1700-1800 on 6180 NVS 250 kW / 145 deg to CeAs English
1700-1800 on 6235 DB 100 kW / 240 deg to WeAs Arabic
1700-1800 on 9790 MSK 250 kW / 117 deg to SoAs Russian
1700-1800 on 9400 DB 500 kW / 267 deg to N/ME Arabic
1700-1800 on 11985 ERV 500 kW / 192 deg to EaAf French
1800-1900 on 4960 DB 100 kW / 180 deg to WeAs English
1800-1900 on 6110 NVS 250 kW / 240 deg to CeAs Russian
1800-1900 on 6130 KLG 015 kW / 220 deg to WeEu French DRM
1800-1900 on 6235 DB 100 kW / 240 deg to WeAs Arabic
1800-1900 on 9790 MSK 250 kW / 117 deg to SoAs Russian
1800-1900 on 9400 DB 500 kW / 267 deg to N/ME Arabic
1800-1900 on 11985 ERV 500 kW / 192 deg to EaAf English
1900-2000 on 6235 DB 100 kW / 240 deg to WeAs Arabic
1900-2000 on 9400 DB 500 kW / 267 deg to N/ME Arabic
1900-2000 on 11985 ERV 500 kW / 192 deg to EaAf Arabic
2000-2100 on 6000 MSK 040 kW / 260 deg to SoEu Spanish DRM
2000-2100 on 6235 DB 100 kW / 240 deg to WeAs Arabic
2000-2100 on 9400 DB 500 kW / 267 deg to N/ME Arabic
2100-2200 on 6000 MSK 040 kW / 260 deg to SoEu Portuguese DRM
2200-2400 on 9395 ERV 500 kW / 305 deg to CeAm English
2200-2400 on 9750 ERV 500 kW / 258 deg to SoAm Portuguese
73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, DX RE MIX NEWS #816 November
26, 2013 via DXLD)
** RUSSIA. Winter B-13 SW schedule of Adygeyan Radio:
1700-1800 6020#ARM 100 kW / 188 deg CeAs Adygeyan/Arabic/Turkish Mon
1700-1800 6020#ARM 100 kW / 188 deg CeAs Adygeyan Tue
1800-1900 6020*ARM 100 kW / 188 deg CeAs Adygeyan Sun
# strong co-ch Radio Free Asia in Chinese and Chinese music jamming
* totally blocked by China Radio International in Bulgarian from 1830
73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, DX RE MIX NEWS #816 November
26, 2013 via DXLD)
** RUSSIA. MOSCOW TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY ON 25900 KHZ
Thanks to a tip from Andrew Tett, student station at Moscow Technical
University is currently audible on 25900 kHz with variable signal
here. Andrew reports that it signed on at 1200. Modulation is AM,
audio rather tinny. Fair signal here but also a lot of fading, in and
out of the noise. Best reception here on the Wellbrook ALA 1530 loop ,
very weak on the long wire.
DX Mix reported in May 2013 that the station is called "Radio Green
Eyes" and is run by students of the Moscow Technical University of
Communications and Informatics (MTUCI). Transmitter power is 400
watts. They normally broadcast every Friday from 12 to 15 UT on 25900.
Thanks to an increase in sunspots these higher frequencies seem to be
propagating quite well at the moment in the daytime. 73s (Dave Kenny,
Caversham Berks, Nov 22, BDXC-UK yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1697, DXLD)
Here's how it was sounding in NW London at 1500 UT:
http://youtu.be/L3kgVe5e0FY
Regards (Stuart satnipper, Nov 22, ibid.)
The "best" result on 25900 AM I have when using a vertical antenna;
still it`s very weak. The Russian taxi guys in narrow FM around this
frequency are a lot stronger. Btw: If you want to send them a
reception report or just have a question write in Russian (web
translators help). 73 (Harald Kuhl, Germany, ibid.)
Having spent some time trying to find out what I can on the Internet
about this station, it would appear interestingly that Radio "Green
Eyes" refers to the old valve magic eye indicator. As Dave mentioned,
it seems to be rather bass-light in sound and relatively low-level in
modulation (bdxcac, ibid.)
Could make it to N America if 10 and 12m hams can, if we can remember
to check Fridays before 1500; how about holiday skeds if any? (gh)
** RWANDA. 6055, Radio Rwanda. Based on recent monitoring I find they
no longer have the nice multi-language news headlines at 1500; instead
now daily being heard in assume Kinyarwanda with the news in detail
till about 1515. I miss the news headlines in English! (Ron Howard,
Asilomar State Beach, CA, Nov 24, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RWANDA [non]. MADAGASCAR, Radio Mara is a new clandestine station
from November 19, 1700-1800 on 17540 MDC 250 kW / 310 deg to SoAf
Kinyarawanda/Kirundi. 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria
Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire New email:
ivo.observer@gmail.com WORLD OF RADIO 1697, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
MADAGASCAR: RADIO MARA via TALATA 17540. *1659:20-1756:25*, November
22. Mostly African vocal and instrumental music, but with occasional
men talking. Also included a Spanish vocal and guitar selection.
Strong signal, as is common for broadcasts from Talata. Also strong at
1700 opening on November 23 and 24 (Wendel Craighead, Kansas, USA,
WORLD OF RADIO 1697, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
17540, Nov 27 at 1706, R. Mara, new clandestine for Rwanda, via
MADAGASCAR, good with hilife music, 1712 announcements in presumed
Kinyarwanda. Ivo Ivanov reported this just started, but nothing yet
known about its politix. Maybe something other than monarchist like
the last one. 1755 still good with vocal music to abrupt off at
1757:05* without any announcement (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO
1697, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SAO TOME. 15580.155, Seldom visible on odd frequency level this US
relay São Tomé site, of SPECIAL ENGLISH program and ID at 0647 UT.
scheduled 0630-0700 UT. vy73 de wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, UT Nov 25,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SAUDI ARABIA. 1521, Nov 24 at 0125 UT, het upon KOKC OKC, no doubt
the 2 megawatt transmitter in the NW corner. I wonder how many of
KOKC`s Okie listeners know the source of this tone? Checked a few
prime lower TA channels, but no others heard, without stepping 9 kHz
thru the entire MW band.
1521, Nov 26 at 0053, het upon KOKC looping NE/SW, and stronger a
semihour later, presumed BSKSA 2000 kW (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** SAUDI ARABIA. Winter B13 shortwave schedule of BSKSA, Radio Riyadh:
0300-0400 on 9715 RIY 100 kW / non-dir to N/ME Arabic Holy Qur'an Sce
0300-0400 on 15170 RIY 500 kW / 355 deg to WeAs Arabic Holy Qur'an Sce
0300-0400 on 17895 RIY 500 kW / 040 deg to CeAs Arabic Holy Qur'an Sce
0400-0600 on 9715 RIY 100 kW / non-dir to N/ME Arabic Holy Qur'an Sce
0400-0600 on 15170 RIY 500 kW / 355 deg to WeAs Arabic Holy Qur'an Sce
0400-0600 on 15285 RIY 500 kW / 190 deg to CSAf Swahili
0400-0600 on 17895 RIY 500 kW / 040 deg to CeAs Arabic Holy Qur'an Sce
0600-0700 on 9715 RIY 100 kW / non-dir to N/ME Arabic Holy Qur'an Sce
0600-0700 on 15285 RIY 500 kW / 190 deg to CSAf Swahili
0600-0700 on 15380 RIY 500 kW / 310 deg to N/ME Arabic Holy Qur'an Sce
0600-0700 on 17730 RIY 500 kW / 295 deg to NEAf Arabic General Program
0600-0700 on 17740 RIY 500 kW / 310 deg to WeEu Arabic General Program
0600-0700 on 17895 RIY 500 kW / 040 deg to CeAs Arabic Holy Qur'an Sce
0700-0800 on 9715 RIY 100 kW / non-dir to N/ME Arabic Holy Qur'an Sce
0700-0800 on 15380 RIY 500 kW / 310 deg to N/ME Arabic Holy Qur'an Sce
0700-0800 on 17730 RIY 500 kW / 295 deg to NEAf Arabic General Program
0700-0800 on 17740 RIY 500 kW / 310 deg to WeEu Arabic General Program
0700-0800 on 17895 RIY 500 kW / 040 deg to CeAs Arabic Holy Qur'an Sce
0800-0900 on 9715 RIY 100 kW / non-dir to N/ME Arabic Holy Qur'an Sce
0800-0900 on 15380 RIY 500 kW / 310 deg to N/ME Arabic Holy Qur'an Sce
0800-0900 on 17730 RIY 500 kW / 295 deg to NEAf Arabic General Program
0800-0900 on 17740 RIY 500 kW / 310 deg to WeEu Arabic General Program
0900-1000 on 9715 RIY 100 kW / non-dir to N/ME Arabic Holy Qur'an Sce
0900-1000 on 11935 RIY 500 kW / 310 deg to N/ME Arabic Holy Qur'an Sce
0900-1000 on 15490 RIY 500 kW / 310 deg to WeEu Arabic General Program
0900-1000 on 17570 RIY 500 kW / 070 deg to SEAs Arabic Holy Qur'an Sce
0900-1000 on 17615 RIY 500 kW / 100 deg to SEAs Arabic Holy Qur'an Sce
0900-1000 on 17805 RIY 500 kW / 295 deg to NEAf Arabic General Program
0900-1000 on 21670 RIY 500 kW / 100 deg to SEAs Indonesian
1000-1200 on 11935 RIY 500 kW / 310 deg to N/ME Arabic Holy Qur'an Sce
1000-1200 on 15490 RIY 500 kW / 310 deg to WeEu Arabic General Program
1000-1200 on 17570 RIY 500 kW / 070 deg to SEAs Arabic Holy Qur'an Sce
1000-1200 on 17615 RIY 500 kW / 100 deg to SEAs Arabic Holy Qur'an Sce
1000-1200 on 17805 RIY 500 kW / 295 deg to NEAf Arabic General Program
1000-1200 on 21670 RIY 500 kW / 100 deg to SEAs Indonesian
1200-1300 on 13775 RIY 500 kW / 070 deg to SoAs Urdu
1200-1300 on 15120 RIY 500 kW / 070 deg to SoAs Bengali
1200-1300 on 15380 RIY 500 kW / 310 deg to N/ME Arabic Holy Qur'an Sce
1200-1300 on 17625 RIY 500 kW / 100 deg to SEAs Arabic Holy Qur'an Sce
1200-1300 on 17705 RIY 500 kW / 310 deg to WeEu Arabic General Program
1200-1300 on 17895 RIY 500 kW / 295 deg to NEAf Arabic Holy Qur'an Sce
1200-1300 on 21505 RIY 500 kW / 295 deg to NEAf Arabic General Program
1300-1400 on 13775 RIY 500 kW / 070 deg to SoAs Urdu
1300-1400 on 15120 RIY 500 kW / 070 deg to SoAs Bengali
1300-1400 on 15380 RIY 500 kW / 310 deg to N/ME Arabic Holy Qur'an Sce
1300-1400 on 17615 RIY 500 kW / 190 deg to CSAf Arabic Holy Qur'an Sce
1300-1400 on 17625 RIY 500 kW / 100 deg to SEAs Arabic Holy Qur'an Sce
1300-1400 on 17705 RIY 500 kW / 310 deg to WeEu Arabic General Program
1300-1400 on 17895 RIY 500 kW / 295 deg to NEAf Arabic Holy Qur'an Sce
1300-1400 on 21505 RIY 500 kW / 295 deg to NEAf Arabic General Program
[21505 missing Nov 24 before and after 1400 --- gh]
1400-1500 on 13775 RIY 500 kW / 070 deg to SoAs Urdu
1400-1500 on 15120 RIY 500 kW / 070 deg to SoAs Bengali
1400-1500 on 17615 RIY 500 kW / 190 deg to CSAf Arabic Holy Qur'an Sce
1400-1500 on 17660 RIY 500 kW / 270 deg to WCAf French
1400-1500 on 17705 RIY 500 kW / 310 deg to WeEu Arabic General Program
1400-1500 on 17895 RIY 500 kW / 295 deg to NEAf Arabic Holy Qur'an Sce
1400-1500 on 21505 RIY 500 kW / 295 deg to NEAf Arabic General Program
1500-1600 on 7240 RIY 500 kW / 040 deg to WeAs Farsi
1500-1600 on 9885 RIY 500 kW / 040 deg to CeAs Turkmen
1500-1600 on 13710 RIY 500 kW / 295 deg to NEAf Arabic Holy Qur'an Sce
1500-1600 on 15225 RIY 500 kW / 295 deg to NEAf Arabic "Call of Islam"
1500-1600 on 15435 RIY 500 kW / 310 deg to WeEu Arabic "Call of Islam"
1500-1600 on 17615 RIY 500 kW / 190 deg to CSAf Arabic Holy Qur'an Sce
1500-1600 on 17660 RIY 500 kW / 270 deg to WCAf French
1600-1700 on 7240 RIY 500 kW / 040 deg to WeAs Farsi
1600-1700 on 9885 RIY 500 kW / 040 deg to CeAs Uzbek
1600-1700 on 13710 RIY 500 kW / 295 deg to NEAf Arabic Holy Qur'an Sce
1600-1700 on 15205 RIY 500 kW / 320 deg to WeEu Arabic Holy Qur'an Sce
1600-1700 on 15225 RIY 500 kW / 295 deg to NEAf Arabic "Call of Islam"
1600-1700 on 15435 RIY 500 kW / 310 deg to WeEu Arabic "Call of Islam"
1600-1700 on 17560 RIY 500 kW / 270 deg to WCAf Arabic Holy Qur'an Sce
1700-1800 on 7240 RIY 500 kW / 040 deg to WeAs Farsi
1700-1800 on 9885 RIY 500 kW / 040 deg to CeAs Tajik
1700-1800 on 13710 RIY 500 kW / 295 deg to NEAf Arabic Holy Qur'an Sce
1700-1800 on 15205 RIY 500 kW / 320 deg to WeEu Arabic Holy Qur'an Sce
1700-1800 on 15225 RIY 500 kW / 295 deg to NEAf Arabic General Program
1700-1800 on 15435 RIY 500 kW / 310 deg to WeEu Arabic General Program
1700-1800 on 17560 RIY 500 kW / 270 deg to WCAf Arabic Holy Qur'an Sce
1800-2100 on 9675 RIY 500 kW / 340 deg to N/ME Turkish
1800-2100 on 9555 RIY 500 kW / 295 deg to NEAf Arabic General Program
1800-2100 on 9870 RIY 500 kW / 310 deg to WeEu Arabic General Program
1800-2100 on 11820 RIY 500 kW / 320 deg to WeEu Arabic Holy Qur'an Sce
1800-2100 on 11915 RIY 500 kW / 295 deg to NEAf Arabic Holy Qur'an Sce
1800-2100 on 11930 RIY 500 kW / 270 deg to WCAf Arabic Holy Qur'an Sce
2100-2300 on 9555 RIY 500 kW / 295 deg to NEAf Arabic General Program
2100-2300 on 9870 RIY 500 kW / 310 deg to WeEu Arabic General Program
2100-2300 on 11820 RIY 500 kW / 320 deg to WeEu Arabic Holy Qur'an Sce
2100-2300 on 11915 RIY 500 kW / 295 deg to NEAf Arabic Holy Qur'an Sce
2100-2300 on 11930 RIY 500 kW / 270 deg to WCAf Arabic Holy Qur'an Sce
73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria; Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D, 30
m. long wire, DX RE MIX NEWS #814 November 24, 2013 via DXLD)
21505, Nov 24 before and after 1400, BSKSA is notable by its absence,
while nearby 21540 Kuwait is in well as usual. Yet, full Radio Riyadh
schedule just issued by Ivo Ivanov shows 21505 in use at 12-15 for
General Arabic Service.
21505, Nov 25 at 1406, BSKSA is on and audible, but very poorly,
unlike absence yesterday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Some odd frequency outlets this morning Nov 25. Non-direxional
NE/ME/NEAf service on 9715 was real 9714.982 kHz. BUZZY carrier signal
heard, but very UNDERMODULATED this morning - not usual on this
channel. S=5-6 rather poor, 120{yes, not 100 Hz} Hertz BUZZ discovered
on Perseus screen either side.
Two more Saudis:
15285.029, BSKSA Riyadh's Swahili service, continuously odd frequency
since many years. Male reader and HQ prayer, nice sidelobe into Europe
at S=8-9 level.
15379.972, BSKSA Riyadh's HQ service prayer in action at 0647 UT Nov
25. S=9+15dB proper. vy73 de wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, UT Nov 25,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SEYCHELLES. BBC SEYCHELLES RELAY STATION TO CLOSE IN MARCH 2014
BBC Media Centre 21 December 2013 [sic: should be 21 November! Mike]
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2013/seychelles-relay.html
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) announced today that the
Indian Ocean Relay Station (IORS) transmitter site at Grand Anse,
Mahé, will cease all shortwave transmissions on 29 March 2014.
The site was established in 1988 and has been in continuous service
since then, relaying BBC broadcasts to audiences in East Africa
primarily in English and Somali.
The closure will not affect the availability of BBC World Service
programmes in Seychelles, which are relayed from satellite broadcasts
on to local FM frequencies 106.2, 105.6 and 105.2 MHz. In areas of
East Africa still dependent upon shortwave broadcasts, the signal will
be supplied by other relay stations.
The announcement follows an earlier decision to stop all shortwave
broadcasts from the BBC World Service site in Cyprus for similar
commercial, technological and audience reach reasons. These ended in
March of this year.
The announcement will unfortunately result in 11 staff being put at
risk of redundancy. The staff over the last 25 years have operated and
maintained this shortwave broadcast facility with passion, expertise
and professionalism. The technical ability and commitment of the team
at the IORS has been applauded by the BBC World Service.
The decision to close the site has been taken due to changing
commercial and technological circumstances. As countries develop and
their media markets open, listening and viewing habits have changed.
New technology has changed the way audiences listen to BBC programmes
and reduced the importance of shortwave broadcasts in much of the area
currently served by the IORS, making the IORS commercially unviable.
The BBC is supporting the development of new delivery platforms such
as internet and mobile streaming as well as FM radio and TV
broadcasts. Shortwave broadcasts continue to regions and markets where
listening remains strong and BBC services can be delivered efficiently
to large geographic areas (via Mike Terry, Nov 22, dxldyg via WORLD OF
RADIO 1697, DXLD)
A while back I had speculated on Seychelles being a closure target;
sometimes you hate to be right. The cost of running a facility with
only two transmitters might not be worth it, and with MGLOB nearby,
there is an alternative. With the funding mechanism for BBCWS changing
in A-14 we might be seeing even more cuts in SW output (Steve Luce,
Houston, Texas, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1697, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
[and non]. 15420, BBC; 1908-1914+, 19-Nov; English African news
features to ID at 1914. SIO=333- in LSB needed to minimize WBCQ on
15420+ (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 125 ft. bow-tie;
85 ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed RW, All logged by my ears, on my
receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST)
12095, BBC-Mahe, 11/21 1900, fair with TS and ID in English; into news
items with emphasis on Africa; frequent peaks to good. Sad news about
BBC-Seychelles closing in March, 2014. Their e-QSLs were colorful and
always came promptly (Jim Ronda, Tulsa, OK, NRD-545; R-75 + Wellbrook
loop, PAR EF-SWL, attic-mounted Eavesdropper, NASWA Flashsheet Nov 24
via DXLD)
Excerpted from Ivo`s complete BBC B13 schedule in 13-47, here`s all we
have from Seychelles. Note only two languages, two transmitters,
always //, and only on air 4 hours in morning, 6 hours evening (gh)
Winter B-13 shortwave schedule of BBC:
0400-0500 12095 SEY 250 kW / 285 deg CEAf English
0400-0500 15420 SEY 250 kW / 270 deg CEAf English
0500-0600 12095 SEY 250 kW / 285 deg CEAf English
0500-0600 15420 SEY 250 kW / 270 deg CEAf English
0600-0700 15420 SEY 250 kW / 270 deg CEAf English
0600-0700 17640 SEY 250 kW / 280 deg CEAf English
0700-0800 15420 SEY 250 kW / 270 deg CEAf English
0700-0800 17640 SEY 250 kW / 280 deg CEAf English
1100-1130 15530 SEY 250 kW / 295 deg EaAf Somali
1400-1500 15420 SEY 250 kW / 285 deg EaAf Somali
1400-1500 17690 SEY 250 kW / 295 deg EaAf Somali
1500-1600 12095 SEY 250 kW / 280 deg CEAf English
1500-1600 15420 SEY 250 kW / 270 deg CEAf English
1600-1700 12095 SEY 250 kW / 280 deg CEAf English
1600-1700 15420 SEY 250 kW / 270 deg CEAf English
1700-1800 12095 SEY 250 kW / 280 deg CEAf English
1700-1800 15420 SEY 250 kW / 270 deg CEAf English
1800-1900 12095 SEY 250 kW / 280 deg CEAf English
1800-1900 15420 SEY 250 kW / 270 deg CEAf English
1900-2000 12095 SEY 250 kW / 280 deg CEAf English
1900-2000 15420 SEY 250 kW / 270 deg CEAf English
(Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, DX RE MIX NEWS #808, Nov 18, via DXLD)
One could condense it much further from the hour-by hour format above:
04-06 12095, 15420
06-08 15420, 17640
11-11.5 15530
14-15 15420, 17690
15-20 12095, 15420
(Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SLOVAKIA [non]. SLOVAKIA/BULGARIA --- The DRM/AM test was observed
on November 18 at 1830 on 5810 kHz with DRM and 5820 kHz with AM. As
is the case with the KBS German relays on 5875 and 5885, the DRM hash
is splattering over the AM frequency, making reception difficult. The
WRN people should know that at least a 15 kHz separation is needed
between the two frequencies. Obviously, their engineers have never
listened to short wave! All the best (Alan Holder, Isle of Wight, UK,
Nov 24, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
There are plenty of people who are receiving the AM signal without
noise (WRN, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 6080, SIBC, Nov 20 0754-0805, 34333-34433, Pidgin,
Music and talk and news, ID and IS at 0802; 5019.88kHz off air.
6080, SIBC, Nov 21 0805-0815, 44443, Pidgin, News, ID at 0808 and 0811
and 0812.
5019.88, SIBC, Nov 21 0819-0832, 25332, Pidgin, Back on this
frequency, News, // 6080 (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)
6080, Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corp., 21/11 Carrier visible as of
0510 GMT. Recognizable copy as of 0806. Female presenter, in English.
0808 Web details of WWF in ‘relation to protected areas’. 0812 “in
Solomons and around Solomons” mentioned repeatedly. 0814 on SPC
(Secretariat of Pacific Community). 0815 male voice ID ‘…island
radio’. Uninterrupted talk, two YL on regional politics. At 0827
signal strength reaches S9+10Db; however readability remains rather
average due to heavy static and crashes, (local storm). 0828 Sport; on
Commonwealth Youth Games, 2015 Australia. 0834 couple of adverts
followed by musical item, young singer, which sounds like an original
piece. Local announcement in relation to Pacific Aid. Shipping
timetables, mentioning number of local islands. As of 0844 reception
significantly improved. Information from Headmaster to all primary
students.
Departure / arrival times on cargo and ferries to Temotu Province.
Note on mining and environmental Officer visiting various regions.
Long list (5 minutes) of names of students (admission roll?). 0856
announcement of topics for next hour. 0857 adverts for various mobile
service providers. Prices in thousands of (Solomon) dollars. 0858
Bible reading Matthew 8:14-22 in Pidgin.
0900 Radio Australia flattens the freq. with S9+30dB signal and
service in - pidgin for Solomons! However – and this is the bit may be
important to you – the Solomon signal remains detectable under the
Goliath. Full credit goes to moderator and members of dxld for much
needed and truly appreciated guidance.
Audio recording of 4 minutes Solomons followed by 2 minutes of Radio
Australia: http://goo.gl/qIVH0i [6 MB file] 73, (Nick Hacko, VK2DX
Sydney - Australia, Nov 21, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
[and non]. 6080, Nov 23 at 1100, RA in English has some CCI; could it
be SIBC? No, soon hear CRI theme music; Russian service scheduled from
Beijing site. There is however, a JBA carrier at 1101 on 5020, no
doubt SIBC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
5020, Honiara. 24/11 1115 English. Weak to average, S8 and noisy.
Female and male presenters, some light pop music. From 1124 more
spiritual music (Same program as on 6080). 1156 Bible study. 1159
Prayer. Carrier off at 1159:45. 73, (Nick Hacko, VK2DX Sydney -
Australia, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
6080, since I was unfortunately awake around 0830 Nov 25, made quick
check for SIBC, but not audible here tho Ron Howard, California, was
hearing it again during this hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
6080, SIBC, 0800-0900, Nov 25. Thanks to Nick Hacko for his detailed
Nov 21 reception. News in English; 0814 full ID and frequencies;
government speeches; 0837 inspirational spot for "being thankful,"
along with song "I Am Thankful"; reading messages of mourning to the
families who have had a recent death in the family; 0845 shipping
schedule; "Central Island" Court schedule; a Thanksgiving Mass will be
held at 9AM at St. Mary's parish; mining company safety briefing;
covered at 0900 by RA sign on, but as Nick also noted, SIBC can still
be heard underneath (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA,
Etón E1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1697, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Another receiving session at the beach, sunset. This time 140m
beverage was pointing directly north. I am a changed man - after
realization how poor I actually hear from home, I am no longer excited
about listening on vertical :-(
Guess this is just a normal growing process. Very painful! The noise
level on the beach is just amazingly low. Below is recording of
Solomon Island 5020 just after sunset. This signal is on 5020 barely
audible from home even at peak time. If I can only stay there
overnight! (Plenty of weirdoes around the car park, don't feel safe!)
http://goo.gl/7S9Hxg
73 (Nick VK2DX, Hacko, Nov 27, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1697, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
6080, SIBC:
Nov 25 0801-0811, 45433, Pidgin, Music, IS and ID at 0802, News, //
5019.88 kHz.
Nov 26 0802-0823, 34443 Pidgin, News, // 5019.88 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)
** SOMALILAND [and non]. 7120-, Nov 21 at 1458, JBA AM carrier,
presumed R. Hargeisa about to resume for its evening service. Today I
missed checking the 1400* for one-hour break, and hardly expected to
detect it an hour later.
7120-AM, Nov 24 at 1348, poor signal but enough for some talk
modulation to be audible from R. Hargeisa. I notice the hambands now
have pileups of CW signals rather than SSB, evidently some contest in
progress, but not around 7120 at the moment.
7120-, Nov 25 at 1456, JBA AM carrier is back on from R. Hargeisa, as
usual slightly on the low side, handily modulating a CW CQ from
KA9PQB, who is novice FROEMMING, DANIEL L, in EDGAR, WI 54426; among
others at slightly different pitches (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
SOMALIA, Winter B-13 of Radio Hargeysa:
0330-0500 on 7120 HAR 100 kW / non-dir to SOM Somali
0500-0630 on 7120 HAR 100 kW / non-dir to SOM Somali, irregular
1230-1400 on 7120 HAR 100 kW / non-dir to SOM Somali, irregular
1500-1900 on 7120 HAR 100 kW / non-dir to SOM Somali
73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria; Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m.
long wire, DX RE MIX NEWS #815 November 25, 2013, via DXLD)
7120, Radio Hargeysa. 1315-1401 November 26, 2013. The Florida local
morning seasonal reappearance of this one is upon us, albeit weak as
always. Threshold traces of Horn of Africa music at times, transmitter
off at 1401:17 today. Carrier there at 1456 recheck, assuming it's
them after the hour break going into the 1500 opening, but threshold,
and nothing by 1517 re-check.
7120, Radio Hargeysa. 1345-1401:41, November 27, 2013. No audio making
it today, and carrier off just a few seconds later (Terry Krueger,
Clearwater, Florida, USA, JRC NRD-535; JRC-NRD-515 (borrowed); ICOM
IC-R75; Hammarlund HQ-180A; Sony ICF-7600GR; Sangean PR-D5; Aqua Guide
705 RDF Marine Radio; GE Superadio III; JPS NF-60 Notch Filter; JPS
ANC-4 Noise Phase; 1 X roof dipole; 1 X room random wire; Terk
Advantage non-active portable loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOUTH AFRICA. 3345, Channel Africa, 0307 Nov 22, English, news from
Africa. Poor-fair, occasional ute.
6155, Channel Africa, 0348 Nov 22, English, financial markets report,
music, ID at 0351 then sports news. Fair.
7230, Channel Africa, 0400 Nov 22, English s/on of “Africa Rise and
Shine” program, into news. Good (Harold Sellers, Vernon, British
Columbia, Listening beside the lake, in my car, with the Eton E1 and
Sony AN1 active antenna. Editor of World English Survey and Target
Listening, available at http://www.odxa.on.ca dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
6155, Channel Africa in English with "Africa Rise and Shine", many IDs
and t/cs in "Central African Time" and OM host interviewing someone
about diabetes and other non-communicable diseases which are on the
rise in Africa, and the like. This programme is SO much better than
what BBC does for Africa these days; Too bad it is so hard to hear
this! LSB improved: 3+4+44+3+ 0327-0352 18/Nov (Kenneth Vito Zichi,
Williamston MI ``dxpedition`` during protracted power outage, MARE
Tipsheet Nov 22 via DXLD)
B-13 schedule of Channel Africa:
0300-0355 on 3345 MEY 100 kW / 005 deg to SoAf English Mon-Fri
0300-0355 on 6155 MEY 250 kW / 019 deg to ECAf English Mon-Fri
0400-0700 on 7230 MEY 100 kW / 005 deg to SoAf English Mon-Fri
0600-0655 on 15255 MEY 250 kW / 328 deg to WeAf English Mon-Fri
0700-1200 on 9625 MEY 100 kW / 005 deg to SoAf English Mon-Fri
1200-1300 on 9625 MEY 100 kW / 005 deg to SoAf Nyanja Mon-Fri
1300-1400 on 9625 MEY 100 kW / 005 deg to SoAf Lozi Mon-Fri
1400-1500 on 9625 MEY 100 kW / 005 deg to SoAf Portuguese Mon-Fri
1500-1600 on 9625 MEY 100 kW / 005 deg to SoAf English Mon-Fri
1500-1555 on 17770 MEY 250 kW / 019 deg to ECAf Swahili Mon-Fri
1600-1655 on 15235 MEY 250 kW / 340 deg to WeAf French Mon-Fri
1700-1755 on 15235 MEY 250 kW / 340 deg to WeAf English Mon-Fri
73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria; Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m.
long wire, DX RE MIX NEWS #815 November 25, 2013, via DXLD)
** SOUTH AFRICA. B-13 schedule of South African Radio League:
0800-0900 on 7205 MEY 100 kW / non-dir to SoAf English Sun
0800-0900 on 17760 MEY 250 kW / 019 deg to EaAf English Sun
1630-1730 on 4895 MEY 100 kW / non-dir to SoAf English Mon
73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria; Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m.
long wire, DX RE MIX NEWS #815 November 25, 2013, via DXLD)
** SOUTH AFRICA. B-13 schedule of Radio Sonder Grense:
0400-0700 on 7285 MEY 100 kW / 275 deg to SoAf Afrikaans
0700-1800 on 9650 MEY 100 kW / 275 deg to SoAf Afrikaans
1800-0400 on 3320 MEY 100 kW / 275 deg to SoAf Afrikaans
73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria; Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m.
long wire, DX RE MIX NEWS #815 November 25, 2013, via DXLD)
** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 3185, Nov 23 at 0122, Brother Scare via WWRB
is talking about his expansion to 103 hours per day on 26 SW
transmitters, (with the addition in a week of 48 hpd on WRMI
Okeechobee), as an interruption to programming in progress, and
mentions that Brother Jeff would prefer he pay $40,000 up front --- so
send money now; cut back to regular huxtering.
Then at 0144 as I tune across WTWW 5085, the exact same announcement
is playing again already. I wouldn`t expect Jeff White to disclose his
financial details, but Brother Scare often mentions what he allegedly
pays for airtime: of course, we don`t know how much WRMI time that 40
grand is buying, for how long, but it should be a useful infusion to
get the new site going or as a down payment to Family Radio.
5085, Nov 23 at 0621, tune across WTWW to find Brother Scare repeating
his recorded announcement about big changes December 1 with addition
of Okeechobee. I keep running across this again, so he must be airing
it at least twice an hour: 3185, Nov 23 at 1021 on WWRB; trouble is, I
keep missing the start of it.
A little more gleaned on 5890, Nov 23 at 1039 via WWCR: Starting Dec
1, 26 SW transmitters including in the US, will be fed by a satellite
uplink from Jerusalem. Will be on WRMI 24 hours a day, cost $40,000
*per month* to begin with, etc., etc.
But how does Walterboro get to Jerusalem? Another satellite hop,
presumably. That`s slightly devious, but no doubt of supreme
significance to wacky religionists!
So 48 frequency-hours a day, and the average month has 30.4375 days =
1461 frequency-hours per month, or dividing that into 40,000 = only
$27.38 per frequency-hour, quite a discount from the nominal $1 a
minute rate that (the old) WRMI publicizes on its website. We`ve heard
that BS usually gets big discounts from SW stations due to the huge
gobs of time he buys.
One more time for same announcement heard: at 1424 on 9930 WTWW.
Here are the 48 daily Overcomer hours on WRMI Okeechobee effective
December 1, as planned Nov 23, with transmitter number and azimuth:
7570 02-06 8-315
9355 04-08 7-087
9495 11-13 14-181
9690 11-15 13-285
9690 22-02 1-222
9955 06-11 10-160
9955 15-22 11-315
11565 00-06 12-140
11730 22-06 13-285
13695 00-02 9-151
15440 20-22 9-044
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1697, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also
USA: WRMI
Re. "Starting Dec 1, 26 SW transmitters including in the US, will be
fed by a satellite uplink from Jerusalem": For what this refers to see
at
http://www.lyngsat.com/EchoStar-9-Galaxy-23.html transponder 11, the
3.910 GHz mux. It is operated by RRsat, indeed an Israeli company. But
in this case the uplink can't originate from Israel, simply because
the Galaxy 23 is way below the horizon there.
What is indeed uplinked from Israel are the Brother Scare signals
between 4 deg. West and 78.5 deg. East. Here it can indeed be asked
how the signal gets there because of course also the other way round
Galaxy 23 is impossible to receive in the eastern hemisphere. So it
must be a sea cable feed, and this may or may not be related to the
ridiculously low bitrate at least on Hotbird.
Attached a recording from some time ago that, I think, still
represents the current situation. Of course it is also obvious in the
well-modulated shortwave transmissions from Central European
facilities how crappy this source is (Kai Ludiwg, Germany, Nov 23,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Overcomer heard on new 5895 from 2030 until I had to stop listening at
2130, any ideas where this is from? Pretty strong steady signal here
on Long Island NY (Peter W Hansen, Nov 26, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
If I recall this was an old WYFR Freq? Maybe a test? Hearing it in GA
as well, although modulation seems low here. RF signal strength is
good. RDL (Robert LaFore, 2134 UT Nov 26, ibid.) Not a WYFR fq (gh)
It's solid and very readable here in central Milan, too. Well above a
very high noise threshold. 73 (Andy, in N. Italy, Lawendel, 2146 UT
Nov 26, ibid.)
Hi Jeff, Would you be testing on any frequencies other than the ones
in the planned schedule? More likely Bulgaria, I suppose (Glenn, 2227
UT to Jeff White, via DXLD)
Glenn: We were doing some very quick on-air tests today, but I am
quite sure not on 5895 -- just on the ones we have registered (Jeff
White, 2302 UT Nov 26, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Outsourced Spaceline Kostinbrod unit used also in our European
afternoon, see Ivo's report:
Additional broadcasts of Brother Stair TOM via Bulgaria
1600-1800 5895 SOF 050 kW 306 deg to CeEUR English DRM mode
1600-1800 6000 SOF 100 kW 306 deg to CeEUR English
(DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov-BUL, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 19)
(Wolfgang Büschel, 0002 UT Nov 27, dxldyg via DXLD)
Yes, but far beyond those hours and not in DRM (gh, DXLD)
** SPAIN [and non]. 17850, Radio Exterior de España; 2017-2030+, 18-
Nov; Deportes estupido program in Spanish; BoH pips/tone/ID. SIO=453+
with buzzy QRN? OSOB & not the slightest hint of any sig on 14 m
(Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 125 ft. bow-tie; 85 ft.
RW & 180 ft. center-fed RW, All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in
real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST)
21630, Nov 21 at 1416, Day 4 of REE failing to stick to its QSY to
21640, still colliding with BBC Hausa via ASCENSION; and also
colliding on 21540 with Kuwait, while only 21610 from Spain is in the
clear.
At 1459, the REE IS is running on 21540, while 21610 and 21630 are in
music; after timesignal at 1500 they rejoin, and now Kuwait is JBA
underneath until 21540 Spain cuts off at 1500:23*, while 21630 is
still clear for a while.
21630, Nov 22 at 1427, day 5 of REE`s resumed collision with BBC Hausa
via ASCENSION during this semihour; and also colliding with Kuwait on
21540.
21640, Nov 23 at 1428, REE is back on new frequency ex-21630 since
it`s Saturday again, like last weekend, having reverted to collisions
on 21630 Monday thru Friday. Leaving BBC Hausa alone via Ascension
about to close on 21630. But something strange there later: see USA:
WHRI.
21610, at 1500, REE is *not* // 21640, something news-related rather
than silly ballgame `Tablero Deportivo` on 21640, which is // 17595.
17595, Nov 24 at 1446, REE modulation is unusually distorted and
breaking up here, yet OK on // 21610, 21640.
21640, Sunday Nov 24 at 1410, REE is again here escaping collision
with 21630 BBC (and after 1500 with WHRI); what do you bet it`s back
to colliding 21630 on Monday like last week?
6125, UT Monday Nov 25 at 0053, REE as `Amigos de la Onda Corta` is
just wrapping up, with characteristic sounder, so reconfirmed as
starting UT Mondays at 0005; should have been better on 9535.
15385, Monday Nov 25 at 1426, REE weekly Emisión Sefarad is
reconfirmed still here for the 1425-1455 oddly-timed transmission,
fair but with long/short path echo. I`ve yet to check which
frequencies they are really using in B13 for repeats to the Americas
at 0115 & 0415 UT Tuesdays, so have set alarums [see below].
21630, Monday Nov 25 at 1407, sure enough as I predicted yesterday,
REE again this week has resumed colliding with BBC Hausa via ASCENSION
and is now underneath it, despite having managed to occupy 21640
instead on Saturday and Sunday.
11780, Nov 26 at 0116, REE`s Emisión Sefarad is here this UT Tuesday,
good signal to collide with RNA BRAZIL --- except the latter is much
attenuated, making only lite CCI, most unusual. At 0137, REE has
weakened a lot vs RNA, whose music I can now match to 6180. Meanwhile,
zilch on 11795, the alternate frequency REE should be using. While
signals from the Americas are much attenuated here at the moment, this
is an age-old collision no one is willing to fix, no doubt still a big
mess in South American target.
9690, Tue Nov 26 at 0419, the final repeat of REE`s Emisión Sefarad,
this one to N America, is poorly audible here, and not on its
alternate frequency 9650. The MUF is really down tonight (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Winter B-13 schedule of Radio Exterior de España
0000-0100 on 6055 NOB 250 kW / 290 deg NoAm English
0000-0100 on 6125 NOB 250 kW / 242 deg CSAm Spanish
0000-0100 on 9535 NOB 250 kW / 272 deg CeAm Spanish
0000-0100 on 9620 NOB 250 kW / 230 deg SoAm Spanish
0100-0500 on 6125 NOB 250 kW / 242 deg CSAm Spanish
0100-0500 on 9535 NOB 250 kW / 272 deg CeAm Spanish
0100-0500 on 9620 NOB 250 kW / 230 deg SoAm Spanish
0115-0145 on 11780 NOB 250 kW / 248 deg CSAm Sefardi Tue
0415-0445 on 9690 NOB 250 kW / 290 deg NoAm Sefardi Tue
0500-0600 on 6125 NOB 250 kW / 242 deg CSAm Spanish
0500-0600 on 9535 NOB 250 kW / 272 deg CeAm Spanish
0500-0600 on 9780 NOB 250 kW / 050 deg WeEu Spanish DRM
0600-0900 on 9780 NOB 250 kW / 050 deg WeEu Spanish DRM
0900-1100 on 15585 NOB 250 kW / 060 deg WeEu Spanish DRM
1100-1200 on 13720 NOB 250 kW / 000 deg WeEu Spanish DRM
1100-1200 on 21540 NOB 250 kW / 161 deg WCAf Spanish
1100-1200 on 21610 NOB 250 kW / 110 deg N/ME Spanish
1200-1300 on 11910 BEI 500 kW / 138 deg SEAs Spanish
1200-1300 on 13720 NOB 250 kW / 000 deg WeEu Spanish DRM
1200-1300 on 17595 NOB 250 kW / 248 deg CSAm Spanish
1200-1300 on 21540 NOB 250 kW / 161 deg WCAf Spanish
1200-1300 on 21610 NOB 250 kW / 110 deg N/ME Spanish
1300-1400 on 11910 BEI 500 kW / 138 deg SEAs Spanish
1300-1400 on 17595 NOB 250 kW / 248 deg CSAm Spanish
1300-1400 on 21540 NOB 250 kW / 161 deg WCAf Spanish
1300-1400 on 21610 NOB 250 kW / 110 deg N/ME Spanish
1300-1400 on 21630 NOB 250 kW / 272 deg CeAm Spanish Mon-Fri
1300-1400 NF 21640 NOB 250 kW / 272 deg CeAm Spanish Sat/Sun, ex 21630
1400-1500 on 17595 NOB 250 kW / 248 deg CSAm Spanish
1400-1500 on 21540 NOB 250 kW / 161 deg WCAf Spanish
1400-1500 on 21610 NOB 250 kW / 110 deg N/ME Spanish
1400-1500 on 21630 NOB 250 kW / 272 deg CeAm Spanish Mon-Fri
1400-1500 NF 21640 NOB 250 kW / 272 deg CeAm Spanish Sat/Sun, ex 21630
1425-1455 on 15385 NOB 250 kW / 092 deg N/ME Sefardi Mon
1500-1600 on 15385 NOB 250 kW / 161 deg WCAf Spanish Mon-Sat
1500-1600 on 15585 NOB 250 kW / 060 deg WeEu Spanish Sat/Sun
1500-1600 on 17595 NOB 250 kW / 248 deg CSAm Spanish Sat/Sun
1500-1600 on 17715 NOB 250 kW / 230 deg SoAm Spanish Mon-Fri
1500-1600 on 17755 NOB 250 kW / 161 deg WCAf Spanish Sun
1500-1600 on 21610 NOB 250 kW / 110 deg N/ME Spanish
1500-1600 on 21630 NOB 250 kW / 272 deg CeAm Spanish Mon-Fri
1500-1600 NF 21640 NOB 250 kW / 272 deg CeAm Spanish Sat/Sun, ex 21630
1600-1700 on 15385 NOB 250 kW / 161 deg WCAf Spanish Mon-Sat
1600-1700 on 15585 NOB 250 kW / 060 deg WeEu Spanish Sat/Sun
1600-1700 on 17595 NOB 250 kW / 248 deg CSAm Spanish Sat/Sun
1600-1700 on 17715 NOB 250 kW / 230 deg SoAm Spanish Mon-Fri
1600-1700 on 17755 NOB 250 kW / 161 deg WCAf Spanish Sun
1600-1700 on 21610 NOB 250 kW / 110 deg N/ME Spanish
1600-1700 NF 21640 NOB 250 kW / 272 deg CeAm Spanish Sat/Sun, ex 21630
1700-1730 on 11755 NOB 250 kW / 068 deg EaEu Russian Mon-Fri
1700-1800 on 7275 NOB 250 kW / 050 deg WeEu Spanish Sat/Sun
1700-1800 on 17715 NOB 250 kW / 230 deg SoAm Spanish
1700-1800 on 17755 NOB 250 kW / 161 deg WCAf Spanish
1700-1800 on 17850 NOB 250 kW / 272 deg CeAm Spanish
1700-1800 on 21610 NOB 250 kW / 110 deg N/ME Arabic
1800-1900 on 7275 NOB 250 kW / 050 deg WeEu Spanish Sat/Sun
1800-1900 on 9665 NOB 250 kW / 050 deg WeEu French Mon-Fri
1800-1900 on 17715 NOB 250 kW / 230 deg SoAm Spanish
1800-1900 on 17755 NOB 250 kW / 161 deg WCAf Spanish
1800-1900 on 17850 NOB 250 kW / 272 deg CeAm Spanish
1800-1900 on 21610 NOB 250 kW / 110 deg N/ME Arabic
1900-2000 on 7265 NOB 250 kW / 170 deg NWAf Arabic Mon-Fri
1900-2000 on 7275 NOB 250 kW / 050 deg WeEu Spanish Sat/Sun
1900-2000 on 9590 NOB 250 kW / 168 deg NWAf French Sat
1900-2000 on 9605 NOB 250 kW / 168 deg NWAf English Mon-Fri
1900-2000 on 9665 NOB 250 kW / 038 deg WeEu English Mon-Fri
1900-2000 on 11940 NOB 250 kW / 248 deg CSAm Spanish Sat/Sun
1900-2000 on 12030 NOB 250 kW / 110 deg NEAf French Sun
1900-2000 on 15385 NOB 250 kW / 161 deg WCAf Portuguese M-F (17590)
1900-2000 on 17755 NOB 250 kW / 161 deg WCAf Spanish Sat/Sun
1900-2000 on 17850 NOB 250 kW / 272 deg CeAm Spanish Mon-Fri
2000-2100 on 7265 NOB 250 kW / 170 deg NWAf Arabic
2000-2100 on 7275 NOB 250 kW / 050 deg WeEu Spanish Sat/Sun
2000-2100 on 9570 NOB 250 kW / 168 deg NWAf French Mon-Fri
2000-2100 on 9605 NOB 250 kW / 110 deg NEAf French Mon-Fri
2000-2100 on 11940 NOB 250 kW / 248 deg CSAm Spanish Sat/Sun
2000-2100 on 17755 NOB 250 kW / 161 deg WCAf Spanish Sat/Sun
2000-2100 on 17850 NOB 250 kW / 272 deg CeAm Spanish Mon-Fri
2100-2200 on 7265 NOB 250 kW / 170 deg NWAf Arabic Sat/Sun
2100-2200 on 7275 NOB 250 kW / 050 deg WeEu Spanish Sat/Sun
2100-2200 on 11680 NOB 250 kW / 230 deg SoAm Portuguese Mon-Fri
2100-2200 on 11940 NOB 250 kW / 248 deg CSAm Spanish Sat/Sun
2100-2200 on 17755 NOB 250 kW / 161 deg WCAf Spanish Sat/Sun
2100-2200 on 17850 NOB 250 kW / 272 deg CeAm Spanish Mon-Fri
2200-2300 on 6125 NOB 250 kW / 038 deg WeEu English Sat/Sun
2200-2300 on 7275 NOB 250 kW / 050 deg WeEu Spanish Sat/Sun
2200-2300 on 7265 NOB 250 kW / 170 deg NWAf Spanish
2200-2300 on 11625 NOB 250 kW / 161 deg WCAf Spanish Sat/Sun
2200-2300 on 11940 NOB 250 kW / 248 deg CSAm Spanish Sat/Sun
2200-2300 on 17850 NOB 250 kW / 272 deg CeAm Spanish Sat/Sun
2300-2400 on 5970 NOB 250 kW / 068 deg WeEu French Sat/Sun
2300-2400 on 6055 NOB 250 kW / 290 deg NoAm French
2300-2400 on 6125 NOB 250 kW / 242 deg CSAm Spanish
2300-2400 on 9535 NOB 250 kW / 272 deg CeAm Spanish
2300-2400 on 9620 NOB 250 kW / 230 deg SoAm Spanish 73! (Ivo Ivanov,
QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, DX RE MIX NEWS #817 November 27, 2013 via DXLD)
ENGLISH excerpted:
1900-2000 on 9605 NOB 250 kW / 168 deg to NWAf English Mon-Fri
1900-2000 on 9665 NOB 250 kW / 038 deg to WeEu English Mon-Fri
2200-2300 on 6125 NOB 250 kW / 038 deg to WeEu English Sat/Sun
0000-0100 on 6055 NOB 250 kW / 290 deg to NoAm English
(Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1697, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SRI LANKA. 11905, Nov 23 at 0115, fair with flutter, music to
timesignal ending 12 seconds late [not 2 seconds as typoed in original
report], opening Hindi service with ID pronounced in English as Sri
Lanka Broadcasting Corporation, more south Asian songs. Much better
than AIR on 11985/11730 had been, to Sri Lanka (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** SUDAN. Sudan Radio's Voice of Africa has what appears to be an
official Facebook page at
http://tinyurl.com/npaws4a
This states that they "start with" broadcasts in Tigrinya, Amharic and
Swahili at 0400-0700 UT and English, French and Hausa at 1600-1900 UT,
all on 9505 kHz. A link to the sudanradio.info website is given, but I
cannot find any reference to this service on there (David Kernick, UK,
Nov 22, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
B-13 schedule from Sudan, according to monitoring Nov 19-25:
Radio Omdurman Sudan:
0215-0430 7205 ALF 100 kW / 210 deg CeAf Arabic, ex 0215-0400 in A-13
1430-1530 7205*ALF 100 kW / 210 deg CeAf Arabic, ex 1430-1600 in A-13
1930-2100 7205#ALF 100 kW / 210 deg CeAf Arabic
* strong co-ch PBS Xinjiang in Uyghur
# strong co-ch Radio France Internationale in French
Voice of Africa Sudan Radio 0600-0900, not 0400-0700/1630-1930, not
1600-1900
0600-0630 9505 ALF 100 kW / 110 deg EaAf Tigrinya,ex 0530-0600 in A-13
0630-0700 9505 ALF 100 kW / 110 deg EaAf Amharic, ex 0600-0630 in A-13
0700-0800 9505 ALF 100 kW / 110 deg EaAf Swahili, ex 0630-0730 in A-13
0800-0900 9505 ALF 100 kW / 110 deg EaAf English, ex 0730-0830 in A-13
1630-1730 9505*ALF 100 kW / 210 deg CeAf French
1730-1830 9505*ALF 100 kW / 210 deg CeAf English
1830-1930 9505 ALF 100 kW / 210 deg CeAf Hausa
* strong co-ch BBC WS in English till 1800
73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria; Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m.
long wire, DX RE MIX NEWS #815 November 25, 2013, via WORLD OF RADIO
1697, DXLD)
9505, Voice of Africa, al-Aitahab. 1628 November 25, 2013. Checking
for maybe 1630 opening, nothing but a carrier noted until closer to
1745 when bits of audio began to break through. At 1830:20, Horn of
Africa-ish instrumental fill – maybe a bridge into another language --
then Arabic-ish male (may well have been the reported Hausa though).
Abrupt audio drop just after 1831 with carrier holding forth, then
audio back up at 1832-ish with ther signal quite good by now. Pleasant
long HoA-ish group vocal from 1848-1856, then male announcer,
definitely not Arabic and talk across the hour till more local vocals
music from just past 1901. Home Owner Association-ish vocal ending at
1926:26 into carrier, off 1928:30 (Terry Krueger, Clearwater, Florida,
USA, JRC NRD-535; ICOM IC-R75; Hammarlund HQ-180A; Sony ICF-7600GR;
Sangean PR-D5; Aqua Guide 705 RDF Marine Radio; GE Superadio III; JPS
NF-60 Notch Filter; JPS ANC-4 Noise Phase; 1 X roof dipole; 1 X room
random wire; Terk Advantage non-active portable loop, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** SUDAN [non]. 9940, R Miraya via Kishinev-Grigoriopol with "Miraya
Breakfast Show" including lively African music and at the BoH, several
IDs and into news in EE with lots of short items read by African
accented OM. Then briefly bouncing into Arabic at :34 and back to
English announcements. Mention of a phone number for calling in, etc.
WEAK, but relatively clear: 2+43+42+ 0310-0340 20/Nov (Kenneth Vito
Zichi, Williamston MI ``dxpedition`` during protracted power outage,
MARE Tipsheet Nov 22 via DXLD)
9940, 24/Nov 0510, MOLDOVA (listed) (relay). Miraya FM in English
(identified). African pop music. At 0517 YL Talk in English. In my QTH
moderate QRM unidentified. At 0522 African pop music. At 0526 YL talk.
At 0527 conversation with a man on the phone. 33433. 73 (Jorge
Freitas, Feira de Santana, Bahia, 12 14´S 38 58´W - Brasil, dxldyg via
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TAIWAN [non]. 9925, PCJ Radio International, Paper full/data QSL
sheet with a reproduction of the 1974 DX Handicapped Aid Campaign QSL
from Radio Nederland, and a photo of Keith Peron standing in front of
the VoA studios in Washington DC (I've been there – kinda cool),
received in 5 months for a postal mail reception report. This
transmission was from the Nauen (E German) transmitter the station
used once on June 10. QSL was dated Aug 11 but not mailed until 6/Nov.
Nice QSL, but there is something just 'better' about a card rather
than an 8.5 x 11 sheet (Kenneth Vito Zichi, Williamston MI, MARE
Tipsheet Nov 22 via DXLD)
Keith Perron wrote on Facebook today: Just to let everyone know in
advance. On December 29th between 1330 and 1430UTC PCJ Radio
International will do something that is new for us. The last show of
2013 will be done live. Yes in living colour or in living sound. If
you would like to take part in the show let me know and we will call
you up. So if your free between 1330 and 1430UTC on Sunday, December
the 29th. Let me know now. It should be blast (via Mike Terry, Nov 26,
dxldyg via DXLD)
** TAJIKISTAN. 4765.06, Tajik R.:
Nov 19 1302-1313, 34433-35433, Tajik, Talk and music, ID at 1308, etc.
Nov 21 1307-1320, 35433-34433, Tajik, Talk and music, ID at 1316
(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]. 11790, 24/Nov 0425, RUSSIA, Tatarstan in Tatar. A
chat in the studio between OMs. Light to moderate QRM from RNA [11780
BRASIL], but the signal is improving. At 0433 ID by OM and folkloric
instrumental music. At 0435 the QRM from RNA almost disappears. At
0439 OM talk. 34433. Back at 0455 the frequency, folkloric
instrumental music, the signal is weaker. At 0458 ID by OM and at 0459
time off. 73 (Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana, Bahia, 12 14´S 38 58´W
- Brasil, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
RUSSIA, 9895.000, Radio Tatarstan via Novosibirsk site now back on
even frequency. Already on air at WARM UP 0602:30 UT. S=7 up to
S=9+15dB increasing fluttery signal till real program start with
single station Interval Signal and ID at 0610:03 UT. No 1000 Hz
opening procedure signal heard, like on former shortwave relay site at
Samara-RUSSIA. vy73 de wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, UT Nov 25, dxldyg
via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Winter B-13 schedule of Tatarstan Wave:
0410-0500 11790 NVS 250 kW / 085 deg to FERu Tatar/Russian
0610-0700 9895 NVS 250 kW / 295 deg to CeAs Tatar/Russian
0810-0900 12095 ARM 100 kW / 327 deg to WeEu Tatar/Russian, not active
73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, DX RE MIX NEWS #816 November
26, 2013 via DXLD)
** THAILAND. 5875, Nov 23 at 1103, fair signal in Vietnamese, BBC? No,
BBC does not start from Nakhon Sawan until 1200 in English. At 11-12
it`s HSK9, R. Thailand, Udorn, quarter-hour each in Vietnamese, Khmer,
Lao, Myanmarianese, per HFCC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TIBET [non]. Updated B-13 shortwave schedule for Voice of Tibet:
1200-1215 NF 15542 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese, ex 15543
1215-1230 NF 15543 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese, ex 15548
1230-1245 NF 15588 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 15562
1245-1300 NF 15582 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 15567
1300-1315 on 15548 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese, no change
1300-1315 NF 15582 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 15567
1315-1345 NF 15547 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese, ex 15548
1315-1345 NF 15572 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 15573
1345-1400 NF 11515 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese, ex 15567
1345-1400 NF 15567 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 15568
1400-1415 on 15520 MDC 250 kW / 045 deg to CeAs Tibetan, no change
1400-1415 on 15562 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, no change
1415-1430 on 15515 MDC 250 kW / 045 deg to CeAs Tibetan, no change
1415-1430 on 15562 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, no change
Changes between frequencies vary from 3 to 5 minutes
73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria; Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D, 30
m. long wire, DX RE MIX NEWS #814 November 24, 2013 via DXLD)
** TUNISIA. Winter B-13 SW schedule of Radio TV Tunisia:
0502-0602 on 7275 SFA 500 kW / 340 deg to WeEu Arabic
0702-0802 on 7335 SFA 500 kW / 265 deg to NoAf Arabic
73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria; Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D, 30
m. long wire, DX RE MIX NEWS #814 November 24, 2013 via DXLD)
7275.0, RTT Sfax on air with Tunisian male singer at 0520 UT, S=9+25dB
powerful towards western Europe. vy73 de wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel,
UT Nov 25, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TURKEY. 5970 / 6050, Voice of Turkey, Emirler. 2015 November 25,
2013. English, female host. Turkish traditional instrumental music
till time sounders 2030, into French. Both clear but 5970 best (Terry
Krueger, Clearwater, Florida, USA, JRC NRD-535; ICOM IC-R75;
Hammarlund HQ-180A; Sony ICF-7600GR; Sangean PR-D5; Aqua Guide 705 RDF
Marine Radio; GE Superadio III; JPS NF-60 Notch Filter; JPS ANC-4
Noise Phase; 1 X roof dipole; 1 X room random wire; Terk Advantage
non-active portable loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Must have turned on
6050 early, supposed to be only for 2030 English (gh, DXLD)
[and non]. 6000, Nov 23 at 0137, I`m hearing a song, mideast? under
RHC English which is helpfully undermodulated. Even more helpful, RHC
is off the air when I retune at 0147, uncovering the station with fair
signal; unseems Brazilian, in fact Turkish style minor music; 0148 YL
announcement and more music until *0150:42 RHC cuts back on. Yes, HFCC
shows TRT in Turkish on 6000 at 0100-0300, 500 kW, 72 degrees from
Emirler. Seems it`s the only frequency in this block; remember when
they used to beam Turkish to North America all evening on 9460? (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
/UZBEKISTAN. TRT English on 12035 at 1230 UT has been co-channel to
Radio Japan’s Bengali service via Tashkent for 15 minutes, (as was the
case in B-12). I too have noticed that this relay is off frequency by
about 4.5 kHz. I assumed it was to avoid TRT, but as it is a affecting
other relays from this site, it must be a technical problem, so will
probably be corrected soon. With BBC Bengali via Thailand also
interfering from 1300 UT two days per week, 12035 is not a good choice
for TRT. TRT are also co-channel with Kuwait on 6050 at 1830.
Years ago, I had a good relationship with Sedef Somaltin and Kiymet
Erdal when they were in charge of the frequency selection, but
unfortunately, these days with their successors, my e-mails notifying
them of any problems seem to be ignored. All the best (Alan Holder,
Isle of Wight, UK, Nov 24, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** UKRAINE. Winter B-13 schedule of Radio Dniprovska Hvylya (time
vary): 0800-0930 on 11980.1 ZPR 0.3 kW / non-dir to UKR Ukrainian
Sat/Sun USB -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, DX RE MIX NEWS
#816 November 26, 2013 via WORLD OF RADIO 1697, DXLD)
** U K [non]. ASCENSION: 11810 BBC; 2110-2129+, 20-Nov; English
discussion/debate about market-controlled vs state-controlled
economies, focusing on the USA & Brasil. Excellent program!
Interviewer did not let anything slide. SIO=453 (Harold Frodge,
Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 125 ft. bow-tie; 85 ft. RW & 180 ft.
center-fed RW, All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
21470 used to be the prime 13m frequency for BBCWS in English, but no
more. Occasionally hear a very weak signal here, but much better Nov
22 at 1427, fair in Somali, now the only language on it, per Aoki
daily 14-15, 250 kW, 205 degrees from UAE; plus Saturdays 15-16, 250
kW, 85 degrees from Ascension (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
See also SEYCHELLES!
[and non]. 7305, Nov 23 at 0628, BBC French is stronger here than on
// 7325 an echo apart. Both go off at 0629** but 7325 comes back
stronger in a few seconds for Hausa. HFCC shows:
7305 0600-0629 Ascension 250 kW 27 degrees
7325 0600-0629 Woofferton 250 kW 170 degrees
7325 0629-0700 Ascension 250 kW 55 degrees
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
9810, Nov 23 at 1510, poor signal, talk with crowd noises mentioning
Afghanistan in presumed Pashto, as BBC is scheduled at 15-16, 250 kW,
315 degrees via SINGAPORE (but the Dari hour preceding is 250 kW, 35
degrees from Oman), per Aoki. HFCC agrees except for 320 instead of
315 degrees (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U K [non]. Special broadcasts of BBC on Sat, Nov. 23:
1130-1230 17745 SEY 250 kW / 295 deg EaAf Somali, unregistered freq.
1130-1500 21470 DHA 250 kW / 205 deg EaAf Somali, scheduled 1400-1500
1130-1500 15595 SEY 250 kW / 285 deg EaAf Somali, unregistered freq.
1230-1500 21630 ASC 250 kW / 065 deg WeAf Hausa, scheduled 1400-1430
And no broadcasts of BBC on Sat, Nov. 23:
1430-1700 17780 ASC 250 kW / 065 deg WeAf Hausa, scheduled Sat only
1500-1700 17690 MEY 250 kW / 032 deg EaAf Somali, scheduled Sat only
1500-1700 21470 ASC 250 kW / 085 deg EaAf Somali, scheduled Sat only
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria; Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D,
30 m. long wire, DX RE MIX NEWS #814 November 24, 2013 via DXLD)
Regarding 21630 with WHRI and something else before 1500 Nov 23: DX Re
Mix News schedule of BBC shows on that date the Hausa service was
expanded to 1230-1500 on 21630 ASCENSION; 17780 had previously been
scheduled for an extended Hausa broadcast on Saturdays at 1430-1700
but was not on (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. 3309.5-USB, Nov 24 at 0133, AF MARS net including
these calls copied fonetikaly: AFA5ZM, AFF5MN = ``for net control``,
AFF7KS, and the net call is NCM4, then into long pause but nothing
about securing, maybe too weak stations I can`t hear. There is a lite
het from 3310.0, presumably, R. Mosoj Chaski, Bolivia, which is what I
seek in the first place.
Here`s the North Central Division of AF MARS schedule:
http://www.afmars.org/sked.shtml
showing NCM4 net is Saturdays at 1900 CT, but never of course
revealing any frequencies. Individual searches on above calls:
AFA5ZM is in Illinois
AFF5MN is the state MARS director for Minnesota
AFF7KS is the state MARS director for Kansas
I think I see a pattern here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 4021.5-USB, Nov 25 at 0123, Army MARS net mentions the SA1B
net, seemingly an earlier one, then discussing how Air Force MARS
could get encryption keys, only thru their own proper channels;
abbreviated fonetik calls MRI and TX (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 4820-USB, Nov 22 at 0125 as I am scanning 60m for LA`s ---
not much except weak carriers --- here`s an American net, but not
MARS, including Bellevue Radio (spelling could be any of several
variations), and Ames Radio. They are discussing the level of CODAR
interference; one of them says it`s not too bad. Then Ames Radio gives
another ID as NM85LK with the letters in fonetix, else I might have
thought the 8 was an H. 0126 asks for ``forwarding all reports to``
something, securing net for today, which purpose has apparently been a
propagation test. What`s this?
NM85LK could be a grid square beloved of hams, but in Tibet, unlikely!
Since it starts with N, this call could even be a legitimate US
government or military one, rather than tactical. Searching on NM85LK
leads to three blogs which appear to be totally unrelated, and
searching within the pages linked does not find any mention of that
alfanumeric! What`s with Google? Search Results:
florecilleando.blogspot.com/
Mar 15, 2012 - Ingredientes lechuga pimiento rojo cebolla tomate
aceite de oliva vinagre de módena miel sal pimienta blanca jamon huevo
pan rallado curry
Balm Upon Technical Challenges techpanacea.blogspot.com/
Jun 16, 2012 - We hope this and all knowledge is used for the
benefit of humankind: to encourage us towards love and kindness and
goodness. [and]
Origins of and Evolution of Rocket Propelled Space Flight
Jun 16, 2012 - We hope this and all knowledge is used for the benefit
of humankind: to encourage us towards love and kindness and goodness.
Radical Hue: Dinamikians' BBQ party
keerasara.blogspot.com/2013/03/dinamikians-bbq-party.html
But we digress, altho those were rather interesting. Searching UDXF yg
on the frequency, callsign and names is no more productive, except we
are reminded that Ames Radio could refer to NASA`s Ames Research
Center in Mountain View, California. Now is there another NASA
facility named Bellevue? Well, there are at least NASA subcontractors
in Bellevue, Washington (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WWV HF Fax Weather Map NOW --- It is 2004 on 23 Nov 2013 GMT
and I am listening to WWV on 15 MHz. Mixing with their signal is a
weather fax broadcast of the 48 hour surface forecast. This is
supposed to be broadcast by USCG station NMF on 6340.5, 9110 and 12750
kHz. At first I thought it was mixing in my receiver of two signals.
However I just checked another receiver using a different antenna and
it can be heard there also. Does anyone else hear the HF Fax signal on
WWV's frequency of 15 MHz? Thanks (Steve Handler, IL, 2005 UT Nov 23,
NASWA yg via DXLD)
Yep! (Bob Coomler, W7SWL, Tucson, AZ, 2008 UT, ibid.)
Hi All, The mystery is solved. When you all reported hearing the same
HF fax signal, I realized it just wasn't me, I checked all of the USCG
NMF HF frequencies used to broadcast HF Weather maps. The 12 and 9 MHz
frequencies were operational but the 6 MHz was missing. I called the
US Coast Guard CAMSLANT duty officer and described what I was hearing
and my suspicion that the 6 MHz frequency was punched up incorrectly.
USCG just called me back and they were in fact on 15 MHz by mistake.
As of 2028 GMT they are off of 15 MHz and back to their normal 6 MHz
frequency. It appears they were doing maintenance on the 6 MHz
transmitter earlier today and may have been using WWV as a reference
signal. Once again, thanks for all your prompt replies (Steve Handler,
2036 UT Nov 23, ibid.)
The Power of the Internet --- WWV HF Fax Weather Map Mystery Solved
Hi All, I was just thinking about the process used this afternoon to
track down the problem on WWV's 15 MHz frequency. When I started
DXing, black and white TV's with round picture tubes, were state of
the art. If I heard something on my trusty Hallicrafters shortwave
receiver, I would write a letter to one of the DXing club column
editors. It would take several days to get to him. It would then get
published in the next monthly club journal. Maybe, I might get a
letter thereafter from someone else that heard the same broadcast. All
an all about a month or two from the time of receiving the broadcast
to hearing from another DXer. Yet today with the internet, I sent the
message on three Yahoo Groups and within minutes had replies from
DXers from both inside and outside the USA. Within minutes I was able
to alert the broadcaster, who shut down the errant broadcast. What a
powerful method of communications the internet has become. Sometimes
you get so used to having it that you forget "the good old days"
(Steve Handler, 2200 UT, ibid.)
** U S A [non]. Winter B-13 of R. Liberty/R. Farda/R. Free Afghanistan
/ R. Mashaal:
0000-0200 5850 KWT 250 kW / 045 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
0000-0200 5860 LAM 100 kW / 104 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
0200-0230 5850 KWT 250 kW / 045 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
0200-0230 5860 LAM 100 kW / 104 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
0200-0230 9430 LAM 100 kW / 108 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
0230-0300 5850 KWT 250 kW / 045 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
0230-0300 5860 LAM 100 kW / 104 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
0230-0300 9335 IRA 250 kW / 315 deg WeAs Pashto R. Free Afghanistan
0230-0300 9430 LAM 100 kW / 108 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
0230-0300 12140 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg WeAs Pashto R. Free Afghanistan
0230-0300 13835 IRA 250 kW / 322 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
0300-0330 5860 KWT 250 kW / 058 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
0300-0330 9335 IRA 250 kW / 315 deg WeAs Dari R. Free Afghanistan
0300-0330 9430 LAM 100 kW / 108 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
0300-0330 12140 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg WeAs Dari R. Free Afghanistan
0300-0330 13615 IRA 250 kW / 340 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
0300-0330 13835 IRA 250 kW / 322 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
0300-0400 5975 NAU 250 kW / 065 deg CeAs Avari/Chechen/Circassian
0300-0400 5995 KWT 250 kW / 355 deg CeAs Avari/Chechen/Circassian
0300-0400 7435 LAM 100 kW / 055 deg EaEu Russian
0300-0400 9520 NAU 250 kW / 065 deg EaEu Russian
0300-0400 17770 UDO 250 kW / 030 deg FERu Russian
0330-0400 5885 KWT 250 kW / 058 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
0330-0400 9335 IRA 250 kW / 315 deg WeAs Pashto R. Free Afghanistan
0330-0400 9430 LAM 100 kW / 108 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
0330-0400 12140 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg WeAs Pashto R. Free Afghanistan
0330-0400 13615 IRA 250 kW / 340 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
0330-0400 13835 IRA 250 kW / 322 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
0400-0430 5885 KWT 250 kW / 058 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
0400-0430 9335 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg WeAs Pashto R. Free Afghanistan
0400-0430 9430 LAM 100 kW / 108 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
0400-0430 12140 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg WeAs Pashto R. Free Afghanistan
0400-0430 13615 IRA 250 kW / 315 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
0400-0430 13835 IRA 250 kW / 322 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
0400-0500 6075 LAM 100 kW / 055 deg EaEu Belarussian
0400-0500 6105 NAU 250 kW / 060 deg EaEu Belorussian
0400-0500 7435 LAM 100 kW / 055 deg EaEu Russian
0400-0500 9520 KWT 250 kW / 355 deg EaEu Russian
0400-0500 12130 IRA 250 kW / 340 deg WeAs Pashto R. Mashaal
0400-0500 13580 IRA 250 kW / 340 deg WeAs Pashto R. Mashaal
0400-0500 15760 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg WeAs Pashto R. Mashaal
0400-0500 17770 UDO 250 kW / 030 deg FERu Russian
0430-0500 9430 LAM 100 kW / 108 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
0430-0500 5885 KWT 250 kW / 058 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
0430-0500 13615 IRA 250 kW / 315 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
0430-0500 15690 IRA 250 kW / 322 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
0430-0530 12140 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg WeAs Dari R. Free Afghanistan
0430-0530 19010 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg WeAs Dari R. Free Afghanistan
0500-0530 9430 LAM 100 kW / 108 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
0500-0530 13615 NAU 250 kW / 105 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
0500-0530 15690 IRA 250 kW / 322 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
0500-0600 7435 LAM 100 kW / 055 deg EaEu Russian
0500-0600 9520 KWT 250 kW / 355 deg EaEu Russian
0500-0600 12130 IRA 250 kW / 340 deg WeAs Pashto R. Mashaal
0500-0600 13580 NAU 250 kW / 094 deg WeAs Pashto R. Mashaal
0500-0600 15760 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg WeAs Pashto R. Mashaal
0500-0600 17770 UDO 250 kW / 030 deg FERu Russian
0530-0630 12140 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg WeAs Pashto R. Free Afghanistan
0530-0630 19010 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg WeAs Pashto R. Free Afghanistan
0530-0730 5885 KWT 250 kW / 058 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
0530-0730 13615 NAU 250 kW / 105 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
0530-0730 15650 IRA 250 kW / 315 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
0530-0730 15690 IRA 250 kW / 322 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
0600-0700 7435 LAM 100 kW / 055 deg EaEu Russian
0600-0700 12130 IRA 250 kW / 340 deg WeAs Pashto R. Mashaal
0600-0700 13580 NAU 250 kW / 094 deg WeAs Pashto R. Mashaal
0600-0700 15205 UDO 250 kW / 030 deg FERu Russian
0600-0700 15760 IRA 250 kW / 340 deg WeAs Pashto R. Mashaal
0600-0700 17770 KWT 250 kW / 355 deg EaEu Russian
0630-0730 12140 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg WeAs Dari R. Free Afghanistan
0630-0730 19010 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg WeAs Dari R. Free Afghanistan
0700-0800 12130 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg WeAs Pashto R. Mashaal
0700-0800 13580 NAU 250 kW / 094 deg WeAs Pashto R. Mashaal
0700-0800 15760 IRA 250 kW / 340 deg WeAs Pashto R. Mashaal
0730-0830 5885 KWT 250 kW / 058 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
0730-0830 12140 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg WeAs Pashto R. Free Afghanistan
0730-8330 12005 LAM 100 kW / 092 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
0730-0830 13800 UDO 250 kW / 316 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
0730-0830 15650 IRA 250 kW / 315 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
0730-0830 15690 IRA 250 kW / 322 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
0730-0830 19010 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg WeAs Pashto R. Free Afghanistan
0800-0900 12025 BIB 100 kW / 085 deg EaEu Russian
0800-0900 12130 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg WeAs Pashto R. Mashaal
0800-0900 13580 NAU 250 kW / 094 deg WeAs Pashto R. Mashaal
0800-0900 15760 IRA 250 kW / 340 deg WeAs Pashto R. Mashaal
0800-0900 17770 UDO 250 kW / 018 deg FERu Russian
0830-0930 12140 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg WeAs Dari R. Free Afghanistan
0830-0930 19010 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg WeAs Dari R. Free Afghanistan
0830-1100 9990 KWT 250 kW / 058 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
0830-1100 12005 LAM 100 kW / 092 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
0830-1100 13800 UDO 250 kW / 316 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
0830-1100 15650 BIB 100 kW / 085 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
0830-1100 15690 IRA 250 kW / 322 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
0900-1000 12025 BIB 100 kW / 085 deg EaEu Russian
0900-1000 12130 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg WeAs Pashto R. Mashaal
0900-1000 13580 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg WeAs Pashto R. Mashaal
0900-1000 15760 IRA 250 kW / 340 deg WeAs Pashto R. Mashaal
0900-1000 17770 UDO 250 kW / 018 deg FERu Russian
0930-1030 12140 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg WeAs Pashto R. Free Afghanistan
0930-1030 19010 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg WeAs Pashto R. Free Afghanistan
1030-1130 12140 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg WeAs Dari R. Free Afghanistan
1030-1130 19010 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg WeAs Dari R. Free Afghanistan
1000-1100 12130 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg WeAs Pashto R. Mashaal
1000-1100 13580 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg WeAs Pashto R. Mashaal
1000-1100 15760 IRA 250 kW / 340 deg WeAs Pashto R. Mashaal
1100-1200 9990 KWT 250 kW / 058 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
1100-1200 12005 LAM 100 kW / 092 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
1100-1200 12130 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg WeAs Pashto R. Mashaal
1100-1200 13800 LAM 100 kW / 104 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
1100-1200 15650 BIB 100 kW / 085 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
1100-1200 15690 IRA 250 kW / 315 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
1100-1200 15760 IRA 250 kW / 340 deg WeAs Pashto R. Mashaal
1100-1200 17880 IRA 250 kW / 334 deg WeAs Pashto R. Mashaal
1130-1230 9900 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg WeAs Pashto R. Free Afghanistan
1130-1230 12140 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg WeAs Pashto R. Free Afghanistan
1200-1300 9360 TIN 250 kW / 333 deg FERu Russian
1200-1300 9990 KWT 250 kW / 058 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
1200-1300 12005 LAM 100 kW / 092 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
1200-1300 12130 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg WeAs Pashto R. Mashaal
1200-1300 13800 LAM 100 kW / 104 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
1200-1300 15130 LAM 100 kW / 055 deg EaEu Russian
1200-1300 15410 BIB 100 kW / 085 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
1200-1300 15690 IRA 250 kW / 315 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
1200-1300 15760 IRA 250 kW / 340 deg WeAs Pashto R. Mashaal
1200-1300 17880 IRA 250 kW / 334 deg WeAs Pashto R. Mashaal
1230-1330 9900 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg WeAs Dari R. Free Afghanistan
1230-1330 12140 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg WeAs Dari R. Free Afghanistan
1300-1400 9360 TIN 250 kW / 333 deg FERu Russian
1300-1400 9990 IRA 250 kW / 315 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
1300-1400 12005 LAM 100 kW / 092 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
1300-1400 13800 LAM 100 kW / 104 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
1300-1400 15130 LAM 100 kW / 055 deg EaEu Russian
1300-1400 15410 BIB 100 kW / 085 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
1300-1400 15690 IRA 250 kW / 322 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
1330-1400 12140 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg WeAs Pashto R. Free Afghanistan
1330-1400 17580 BIB 100 kW / 085 deg WeAs Pashto R. Free Afghanistan
1400-1430 9990 IRA 250 kW / 315 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
1400-1430 12005 LAM 100 kW / 092 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
1400-1430 12140 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg WeAs Dari R. Free Afghanistan
1400-1430 13800 LAM 100 kW / 104 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
1400-1430 15410 WOF 300 kW / 092 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
1400-1430 15690 BIB 100 kW / 085 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
1400-1430 17580 BIB 100 kW / 085 deg WeAs Dari R. Free Afghanistan
1400-1500 6060 KWT 250 kW / 040 deg CeAs Turkmen
1400-1500 7475 UDO 250 kW / 316 deg CeAs Tajik
1400-1500 9840 BIB 100 kW / 088 deg EaEu Russian
1400-1500 11975 LAM 100 kW / 075 deg CeAs Tajik
1400-1500 11840 BIB 100 kW / 063 deg EaEu Russian
1400-1500 12025 BIB 100 kW / 075 deg CeAs Turkmen
1400-1500 13645 IRA 250 kW / 340 deg CeAs Uzbek
1400-1500 15130 LAM 100 kW / 055 deg EaEu Russian
1400-1500 15265 LAM 100 kW / 077 deg CeAs Uzbek
1430-1500 12005 LAM 100 kW / 092 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
1430-1500 13615 LAM 100 kW / 108 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
1430-1500 13800 LAM 100 kW / 104 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
1430-1500 15410 WOF 300 kW / 092 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
1430-1500 15690 BIB 100 kW / 085 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
1500-1530 11790 NAU 250 kW / 105 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
1500-1530 12005 LAM 100 kW / 092 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
1500-1530 13615 LAM 100 kW / 104 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
1500-1530 15410 WOF 300 kW / 092 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
1500-1530 15690 BIB 100 kW / 085 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
1500-1600 6060 KWT 250 kW / 040 deg CeAs Turkmen
1500-1600 6120 LAM 100 kW / 055 deg EaEu Belarussian
1500-1600 7475 UDO 250 kW / 316 deg CeAs Tajik
1500-1600 9840 BIB 100 kW / 063 deg EaEu Belarussian
1500-1600 11840 BIB 100 kW / 063 deg EaEu Russian
1500-1600 11890 WOF 300 kW / 066 deg EaEu Russian
1500-1600 11900 ISS 250 kW / 075 deg CeAs Avari/Chechen/Circassian
1500-1600 11975 LAM 100 kW / 075 deg CeAs Tajik
1500-1600 12025 BIB 100 kW / 075 deg CeAs Turkmen
1500-1600 15130 LAM 100 kW / 055 deg EaEu Russian
1500-1600 15620 LAM 100 kW / 077 deg CeAs Avari/Chechen/Circassian
1530-1600 9390 BIB 100 kW / 105 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
1530-1600 11790 NAU 250 kW / 105 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
1530-1600 12005 BIB 100 kW / 105 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
1530-1600 13615 LAM 100 kW / 104 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
1530-1600 15410 WOF 300 kW / 092 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
1600-1630 7580 IRA 250 kW / 315 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
1600-1630 9390 BIB 100 kW / 105 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
1600-1630 11790 NAU 250 kW / 105 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
1600-1630 12005 BIB 100 kW / 105 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
1600-1630 13615 LAM 100 kW / 104 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
1600-1700 6120 LAM 100 kW / 055 deg EaEu Belarussian
1600-1700 7475 IRA 250 kW / 340 deg CeAs Tajik
1600-1700 7550 KWT 250 kW / 050 deg CeAs Uzbek
1600-1700 9840 BIB 100 kW / 063 deg EaEu Belarussian
1600-1700 11780 LAM 100 kW / 080 deg CeAs Uzbek
1600-1700 9540 LAM 100 kW / 055 deg EaEu Russian
1600-1700 11840 BIB 100 kW / 063 deg EaEu Russian
1600-1700 11890 WOF 300 kW / 066 deg EaEu Russian
1600-1700 11975 LAM 100 kW / 075 deg CeAs Tajik
1630-1700 7580 IRA 250 kW / 315 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
1630-1700 9390 BIB 100 kW / 105 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
1630-1700 12005 BIB 100 kW / 105 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
1630-1700 13615 LAM 100 kW / 104 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
1700-1730 7580 IRA 250 kW / 315 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
1700-1730 9390 BIB 100 kW / 105 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
1700-1730 13615 LAM 100 kW / 104 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
1700-1800 5930 BIB 100 kW / 063 deg EaEu Belarussian
1700-1800 9435 LAM 100 kW / 055 deg EaEu Russian
1700-1800 9585 NAU 250 kW / 090 deg CeAs Russian "Caucasus Echo"
1700-1800 9840 LAM 100 kW / 055 deg EaEu Belarussian
1700-1800 11800 BIB 100 kW / 088 deg CeAs Russian "Caucasus Echo"
1700-1800 11850 BIB 100 kW / 063 deg EaEu Russian
1700-1800 12060 BIB 100 kW / 055 deg EaEu Russian
1730-1900 5830 KWT 250 kW / 058 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
1730-1900 7520 UDO 250 kW / 304 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
1730-1900 7580 IRA 250 kW / 315 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
1730-1900 9390 BIB 100 kW / 105 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
1800-1900 6030 LAM 100 kW / 055 deg EaEu Russian
1800-1900 9590 LAM 100 kW / 055 deg CeAs Russian
1800-1900 9840 WOF 300 kW / 066 deg EaEu Russian
1900-1930 5830 KWT 250 kW / 058 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
1900-1930 7520 UDO 250 kW / 304 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
1900-1930 7580 IRA 250 kW / 315 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
1900-2000 6170 LAM 100 kW / 055 deg EaEu Russian
1900-2000 9515 WOF 300 kW / 066 deg EaEu Russian
1900-2000 9590 LAM 100 kW / 055 deg CeAs Russian
1930-2130 5850 KWT 250 kW / 058 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
1930-2130 7520 UDO 250 kW / 304 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
1930-2130 7580 IRA 250 kW / 315 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
2000-2100 5885 UDO 250 kW / 030 deg FERu Russian
2000-2100 5925 KWT 250 kW / 355 deg EaEu Russian
2130-2230 5850 KWT 250 kW / 045 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
2130-2230 7520 UDO 250 kW / 304 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
2130-2230 7580 IRA 250 kW / 315 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
2230-2300 5850 KWT 250 kW / 045 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
2230-2300 5860 IRA 250 kW / 332 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
2230-2300 7580 IRA 250 kW / 315 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
2300-2400 5850 KWT 250 kW / 045 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
2300-2400 5860 IRA 250 kW / 332 deg WeAs Persian R. Farda
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, DX Re Mix News 812, Nov 22,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Frequency change of VOA (Deewa Radio) from Nov. 17:
1500-1600 on 13590 IRA 250 kW / 315 deg to WeAs Pashto, ex 9965*
* to avoid Nippon no Kaze in Korean from 1530
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, DX Re Mix News 812, Nov 22,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. Frequency changes of IBB:
Radio Ashna
0130-0200 NF 12140 IRA 250 kW / 334 deg WeAs Pashto, ex 7560
0130-0200 NF 13860 UDO 250 kW / 300 deg WeAs Pashto, ex 9335
0200-0230 NF 12140 IRA 250 kW / 334 deg WeAs Dari, ex 7560
0200-0230 NF 13860 UDO 250 kW / 300 deg WeAs Dari, ex 9335
Radio Free Afghanistan
0230-0300 NF 13860 UDO 250 kW / 300 deg WeAs Pashto, ex 9335
0300-0330 NF 13860 UDO 250 kW / 300 deg WeAs Dari, ex 9335
0330-0400 NF 13860 UDO 250 kW / 300 deg WeAs Pashto, ex 9335
0400-0430 NF 13860 UDO 250 kW / 300 deg WeAs Pashto, ex 9335
Voice of America
1500-1600 NF 6135 UDO 250 kW / 018 deg EaAs Learning English, ex 6140
1500-1600 NF 12125 PHT 250 kW / 270 deg SoAs Learning English addition
2330-0030 NF 7525 IRA 250 kW / 057 deg SEAs Burmese, ex 7430
Radio Free Asia
2200-2300 NF 9960 SAI 100 kW / 310 deg EaAs Cantonese Sat, ex 9780
2200-2300 NF 9995 SAI 100 kW / 310 deg EaAs Cantonese Sun, ex 9780
73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, DX RE MIX NEWS #817 November
27, 2013 via DXLD)
** U S A [non]. Winter B-13 shortwave schedule of R. Free Asia:
0000-0030 9920 TIN 250 kW / 271 deg SEAs Vietnamese
0000-0030 11805 TIN 250 kW / 278 deg SEAs Vietnamese
0000-0030 15170 TIN 250 kW / 279 deg SEAs Vietnamese
0000-0100 15690 TIN 250 kW / 289 deg SEAs Lao
0030-0130 12115 IRA 250 kW / 057 deg SEAs Burmese
0030-0130 15700 TIN 250 kW / 279 deg SEAs Burmese
0030-0130 17835 TIN 250 kW / 280 deg SEAs Burmese
0100-0200 7480 DB 200 kW / 060 deg CeAs Uyghur
0100-0200 9480 KWT 250 kW / 046 deg CeAs Uyghur
0100-0200 9645 DHA 250 kW / 045 deg CeAs Uyghur
0100-0200 9690 DHA 250 kW / 050 deg CeAs Uyghur
0100-0200 9670 DB 250 kW / 110 deg CeAs Tibetan
0100-0200 11695 DHA 250 kW / 075 deg CeAs Tibetan
0100-0200 13620 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg CeAs Tibetan
0100-0200 15610 TIN 250 kW / 295 deg CeAs Tibetan
0100-0200 17730 U-B 250 kW / 230 deg CeAs Tibetan
0100-0200 17805 TIN 250 kW / 313 deg CeAs Uyghur
0200-0300 9670 DB 250 kW / 110 deg CeAs Tibetan
0200-0300 9700 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg CeAs Tibetan
0200-0300 11695 DHA 250 kW / 075 deg CeAs Tibetan
0200-0300 15520 TIN 250 kW / 295 deg CeAs Tibetan
0200-0300 17730 U-B 250 kW / 230 deg CeAs Tibetan
0300-0400 11980 DB 250 kW / 095 deg EaAs Chinese Thu-Tue
0300-0400 11980 TIN 250 kW / 305 deg EaAs Chinese Wed
0300-0400 15665 SAI 100 kW / 300 deg EaAs Chinese
0300-0400 17690 SAI 100 kW / 325 deg EaAs Chinese
0300-0400 21700 TIN 250 kW / 309 deg EaAs Chinese
0400-0500 11980 DB 250 kW / 095 deg EaAs Chinese Thu-Tue
0400-0500 11980 TIN 250 kW / 305 deg EaAs Chinese Wed
0400-0500 15665 SAI 100 kW / 300 deg EaAs Chinese
0400-0500 17690 SAI 100 kW / 325 deg EaAs Chinese
0400-0500 21700 TIN 250 kW / 309 deg EaAs Chinese
0500-0600 11980 DB 250 kW / 095 deg EaAs Chinese Thu-Tue
0500-0600 11980 TIN 250 kW / 305 deg EaAs Chinese Wed
0500-0600 15665 SAI 100 kW / 300 deg EaAs Chinese
0500-0600 17690 SAI 100 kW / 325 deg EaAs Chinese
0500-0600 21700 TIN 250 kW / 309 deg EaAs Chinese
0600-0700 11980 DB 250 kW / 095 deg EaAs Chinese Thu-Tue
0600-0700 11980 TIN 250 kW / 305 deg EaAs Chinese Wed
0600-0700 15150 TIN 250 kW / 304 deg EaAs Chinese
0600-0700 15665 SAI 100 kW / 300 deg EaAs Chinese
0600-0700 17515 DB 200 kW / 117 deg CeAs Tibetan
0600-0700 17675 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg CeAs Tibetan
0600-0700 17690 SAI 100 kW / 325 deg EaAs Chinese
0600-0700 21610 TIN 250 kW / 279 deg CeAs Tibetan
0600-0700 21680 DHA 250 kW / 075 deg CeAs Tibetan
0600-0700 21700 TIN 250 kW / 309 deg EaAs Chinese
1000-1100 9690 SIT 100 kW / 079 deg CeAs Tibetan
1000-1100 15140 LAM 100 kW / 080 deg CeAs Tibetan
1000-1100 17810 BIB 100 kW / 085 deg CeAs Tibetan Fri only
1100-1200 7470 U-B 250 kW / 230 deg CeAs Tibetan
1100-1200 9325 IRA 250 kW / 065 deg SEAs Lao
1100-1200 9350 DB 200 kW / 125 deg CeAs Tibetan
1100-1200 11545 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg CeAs Tibetan
1100-1200 15120 SAI 100 kW / 270 deg SEAs Lao
1100-1200 15375 DHA 250 kW / 075 deg CeAs Tibetan
1200-1400 7470 U-B 250 kW / 230 deg CeAs Tibetan
1200-1400 9350 DB 200 kW / 125 deg CeAs Tibetan
1200-1400 11590 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg CeAs Tibetan
1200-1400 12050 TIN 250 kW / 295 deg CeAs Tibetan
1200-1400 15375 DB 250 kW / 110 deg CeAs Tibetan
1230-1330 11795 TIN 250 kW / 280 deg SEAs Burmese
1230-1330 12105 SAI 250 kW / 310 deg SEAs Burmese
1230-1330 13735 TIN 250 kW / 289 deg SEAs Burmese
1230-1330 17735 SAI 100 kW / 270 deg SEAs Khmer
1330-1400 11795 SAI 100 kW / 270 deg SEAs Burmese
1330-1400 12105 SAI 250 kW / 310 deg SEAs Burmese
1330-1400 13735 TIN 250 kW / 289 deg SEAs Burmese
1400-1430 11795 KWT 250 kW / 094 deg SEAs Burmese
1400-1430 12105 SAI 250 kW / 310 deg SEAs Burmese
1400-1500 12130 IRA 250 kW / 073 deg SEAs Vietnamese
1400-1500 13690 TIN 250 kW / 287 deg EaAs Cantonese
1400-1500 13735 SAI 100 kW / 270 deg SEAs Vietnamese
1400-1500 15310 TIN 250 kW / 267 deg SEAs Vietnamese
1500-1600 5825 DB 200 kW / 125 deg CeAs Tibetan
1500-1600 5855 TIN 250 kW / 333 deg EaAs Korean
1500-1600 6020 TIN 250 kW / 288 deg EaAs Chinese
1500-1600 7210 IRK 250 kW / 125 deg EaAs Korean
1500-1600 9495 SAI 100 kW / 300 deg EaAs Chinese
1500-1600 9790 SAI 100 kW / 310 deg EaAs Chinese
1500-1600 9955 TIN 250 kW / 295 deg CeAs Tibetan
1500-1600 11585 TIN 250 kW / 321 deg EaAs Korean
1500-1600 11640 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg CeAs Tibetan
1500-1600 11865 DHA 250 kW / 075 deg CeAs Tibetan
1500-1600 11945 DB 250 kW / 095 deg EaAs Chinese
1600-1700 5830 DB 200 kW / 060 deg CeAs Uyghur
1600-1700 5855 TIN 250 kW / 333 deg EaAs Korean
1600-1700 7210 IRK 250 kW / 125 deg EaAs Korean
1600-1700 7310 IRA 250 kW / 025 deg CeAs Uyghur
1600-1700 7415 TIN 250 kW / 303 deg EaAs Chinese
1600-1700 9455 SAI 100 kW / 310 deg EaAs Chinese
1600-1700 9725 DHA 250 kW / 045 deg CeAs Uyghur
1600-1700 9915 SAI 100 kW / 300 deg EaAs Chinese
1600-1700 11585 TIN 250 kW / 321 deg EaAs Korean
1600-1700 11945 DB 250 kW / 095 deg EaAs Chinese
1600-1700 12015 SAI 100 kW / 310 deg CeAs Uyghur
1630-1730 9940 TIN 250 kW / 278 deg SEAs Burmese
1700-1800 5855 TIN 250 kW / 333 deg EaAs Korean
1700-1800 6020 TIN 250 kW / 296 deg EaAs Chinese
1700-1800 7415 TIN 250 kW / 303 deg EaAs Chinese
1700-1800 9355 SAI 100 kW / 300 deg EaAs Chinese
1700-1800 9455 SAI 100 kW / 310 deg EaAs Chinese
1700-1800 9720 IRA 250 kW / 049 deg EaAs Korean
1800-1900 5855 TIN 250 kW / 333 deg EaAs Korean
1800-1900 5865 TIN 250 kW / 288 deg EaAs Chinese
1800-1900 7415 TIN 250 kW / 303 deg EaAs Chinese
1800-1900 9355 SAI 100 kW / 300 deg EaAs Chinese
1800-1900 9455 SAI 100 kW / 310 deg EaAs Chinese
1800-1900 9720 IRA 250 kW / 049 deg EaAs Korean
1900-2000 5865 TIN 250 kW / 317 deg EaAs Chinese
1900-2000 6020 TIN 250 kW / 288 deg EaAs Chinese
1900-2000 6095 TIN 250 kW / 305 deg EaAs Chinese
1900-2000 9355 SAI 100 kW / 300 deg EaAs Chinese
1900-2000 9455 SAI 100 kW / 310 deg EaAs Chinese
2000-2100 5865 TIN 250 kW / 317 deg EaAs Chinese
2000-2100 6020 TIN 250 kW / 288 deg EaAs Chinese
2000-2100 6095 TIN 250 kW / 305 deg EaAs Chinese
2000-2100 7495 TIN 250 kW / 278 deg EaAs Chinese
2000-2100 9355 SAI 100 kW / 300 deg EaAs Chinese
2000-2100 9455 SAI 100 kW / 310 deg EaAs Chinese
2100-2200 6095 TIN 250 kW / 305 deg EaAs Chinese
2100-2200 7460 U-B 100 kW / 128 deg EaAs Korean
2100-2200 7495 TIN 250 kW / 278 deg EaAs Chinese
2100-2200 9355 SAI 100 kW / 300 deg EaAs Chinese
2100-2200 9385 TIN 250 kW / 329 deg EaAs Korean
2100-2200 9455 SAI 100 kW / 310 deg EaAs Chinese
2100-2200 11995 TIN 250 kW / 325 deg EaAs Korean
2200-2300 6005 TIN 250 kW / 288 deg CeAs Tibetan
2200-2300 7470 DB 250 kW / 110 deg CeAs Tibetan
2200-2300 9780 SAI 100 kW / 310 deg EaAs Cantonese
2200-2300 9835 LAM 100 kW / 080 deg CeAs Tibetan
2230-2330 11850 SAI 100 kW / 300 deg SEAs Khmer
2300-2400 6010 DHA 250 kW / 075 deg CeAs Tibetan
2300-2400 7470 DB 250 kW / 110 deg CeAs Tibetan
2300-2400 7550 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg CeAs Tibetan
2300-2400 9585 SAI 100 kW / 310 deg EaAs Chinese
2300-2400 9825 TIN 250 kW / 303 deg EaAs Chinese
2300-2400 9875 SIT 100 kW / 079 deg CeAs Tibetan
2300-2400 11775 TIN 250 kW / 329 deg EaAs Chinese
2330-2400 11605 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg SEAs Vietnamese
2330-2400 11805 TIN 250 kW / 278 deg SEAs Vietnamese
2330-2400 15170 TIN 250 kW / 279 deg SEAs Vietnamese
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. São Tomé: 9885, VoA via Pinheira with VoA News. Items
re S Sudan, etc. In the 'scale of quality, this is WAY better than the
BBC's morning programming to Africa, but not so good as Channel
Africa's and kind of on a par with R Miraya. Funny how that works out
.... :) MANY 'VoA News' IDs; 353+43 0605-0620 19/Nov (Kenneth Vito
Zichi, Williamston MI ``dxpedition`` during protracted power outage,
MARE Tipsheet Nov 22 via DXLD) See also SAO TOME
9550, BOTSWANA, Voice of America, 0330 Nov 22, announcement in
English, “Good morning. Time now for the news in Kinyarwanda from the
Voice of America.” and into that language, with news following
announcements. EiBi, Aoki and HFCC all show Sat/Sun only, but this was
a Friday UT. Good (Harold Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia, Listening
beside the lake, in my car, with the Eton E1 and Sony AN1 active
antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. VOA Radiogram for the weekend of November 23-24,
2013, will include samples of Russian text transmitted in both MFSK32
and 64. Also more experiments with the new long-interleave mode
MFSK128L, several images, and some surprises. More information:
http://voaradiogram.net/post/67789432746/voa-radiogram-23-24-november-2013-will-include
VOA Radiogram transmission schedule (all days and times UTC)
Sat 1600-1630 17860 kHz
Sun 0230-0300 5745 kHz
Sun 1300-1330 6095 kHz
Sun 1930-2000 15670 kHz
All via North Carolina.
And: The Mighty KBC will transmit a minute of MFSK64 November 24 at
about 0130 UTC (Saturday night 8:30pm EST) on 7375 kHz (via Germany).
(Kim Elliott, Nov 23, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 6135, Nov 25 at 1458 open carrier --- could be
something interesting, like Yemen, or Madagascar? NO, it`s just VOA at
1459 signing-on from ``Washington, DC``, 1500 news in English, 1506
New Dynamic English. Very poor but mostly readable, no QRM. Must be
very recent change as not in latest HFCC as of Nov 23. But Aoki is
right on the ball showing since Nov 20 it`s been 250 kW, 18 degrees
also USward from Udon Thani, THAILAND at 1500-1600 only.
So what about Radio Madagasikara? Aoki shows it at 0500-1500 only,
while EiBi lists 0300-1700, irregularly to 1800. And what about Yemen?
Not in HFCC or Aoki, but EiBi: at 1300-1500 & 0500-0800. Perhaps both
are currently inactive. I expect Ron Howard further west is familiar
with their status. At 1500 he`s usually listening to longpath from
6055 RRR Rwanda, which I could not hear (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 25950/FM, KB99696 Denver CO, KOA studio relay; 1810-1817+,
17-Nov; News Radio 8-50 KOA, news on the hour and 30 minutes past";
sports program re football injuries (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA,
Drake R8B + 125 ft. bow-tie; 85 ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed RW, All
logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST)
25950/nFM, KB99696, Denver CO, KOA IFB with News including that the
Denver Post will be setting up a paywall for its website limiting the
number of 'free' articles you can access. Several "850 KOA" mentions
including "850 KOA Sports" at :04, and a T/C as "9:04" and into a
traffic report. Faded out by :18 re-check. 35444, 1600-1609 19/Nov
(Kenneth Vito Zichi, Williamston MI ``dxpedition`` during protracted
power outage, MARE Tipsheet Nov 22 via WORLD OF RADIO 1697, DXLD)
** U S A. Re: KMK282 --- ``26110/FM, KOVR-TV Sacramento CA studio
relay; 1735, 6-Nov; Good Day Sacramento remote from Macy's with
feature about baby pictures. Break at 1739 with OC on for several
seconds, then off. Good peaks but scratchy & fady. Logged much more
often in recent weeks (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 125
ft. bow-tie; 85 ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed RW, All logged by my ears,
on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST)``
``Presumably put on 26 MHz for cuing the remote with no delays. Is it
ever heard when not doing a remote? (Glenn Hauser, DXLD)``
Only heard while the program Good Day Sacramento is on the air, never
during ad breaks (Harold Frodge, MI, Nov 24, WORLD OF RADIO 1697, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
26110/FM, KMK282 Sacramento CA, KOVR-TV studio relay; 1635-1700+, 17-
Nov; local weather for Sacramento & The Valley; Good Day chit-
chat/feature program--this appears to run 7 days. Off/on problems for
about 4 minutes at 1640+; M said (off air?), "Boring, boring, you're
gonna love my nuts." Fast code at 1652, started with VV... Still there
at 1817 recheck (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 125 ft.
bow-tie; 85 ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed RW, All logged by my ears, on
my receiver, in real time! WORLD OF RADI 1697, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
That would be the automatically keyed ID; is that how you copied the
call above? (Glenn Hauser, ibid.)
** U S A. 9930 WTWW TN, 2356 Oct 26, English VG, AM, Glenn Hauser
W.O.R. #1692 including Harold Frodge submission. Abrupt sign-off 2400
(Jack Amelar, Port Hope MI DXpedition, MARE Tipsheet Nov 22 via DXLD)
WORLD OF RADIO 1696 monitoring: confirmed on WTWW-1, 9475, Thursday
Nov 21 starting at 2201:22, upcutting the opening already in progress.
Also confirmed on WWRB webcast, UT Friday Nov 22 from 0430.4, once
again upcut joining in progress, after cutting off the previous
preacher, and confirmed later in the semihour on both 3195-AM and
5050-USB. Next:
UT Saturday 0300v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB.
Saturday 0730 & 1530 on Hamburger Lokalradio, Germany, 7265-CUSB.
Saturday 1600 on WRMI 9955.
UT Sunday 0030 on WTWW-2 5085.
UT Sunday 0501 on WTWW-1 5830.
WORLD OF RADIO 1696 monitoring: confirmed on Area 51 webcast, 0300 UT
Saturday Nov 23, and also audible on WBCQ 5110v-CUSB at 0314 check.
Next: Sat 0730 & 1530 on HLR 7265-CUSB; Sat 1600 on WRMI 9955; UT Sun
0030 on WTWW 5085 and Sun 0501 on WTWW 5830 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
[non]. LOG: 7265 kHz S-AM/USB Hamburger Lokalradio / Goehren 07.05z
O=3-4, Saturday, November 23, 2013 1:08 AM
via MV Baltic Radio/Schwerin/Goehren
(IC-R75/Dipol/~250km/~150miles)
07.05z: "New Letters on the Air" (English) then soon:
07.30z: "Glenn Hauser's World of Radio" (English)
73+55 (roger, Germany, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
WORLD OF RADIO 1696 monitoring: confirmed on WTWW-2, 5085, UT Sunday
November 24 at 0029:52, excellent signal here, and also Sunday 0501 on
WTWW-1, 5830.
WORLD OF RADIO 1697 completed in time for first airing on WRMI, UT
Thursday Nov 28 at 0430: but the stream isn`t working to confirm, and
only a JBA carrier is audible on 9955.
From next week I plan to try harder always to have a new WOR ready for
this broadcast, which then will be only one of two left on WRMI (the
other: following Tuesday at 1200), but via the new Okeechobee
facility, still on 9955 and still aimed SSE. We hope more of that
signal than Hialeah`s will make it northward, altho winter night
propagation is getting worse and worse.
Brother Scare will be replacing the Sat 1600 WOR time on WRMI from
December, so our last broadcast then will be November 30 on 9955. To
commemorate that, and the final day on the air of the old ex-Radio
Clarín Wilkinson transmitter, Jeff White has agreed to endorse QSLs as
such for correct reports of *that* WOR broadcast only (no fudging,
please!) using the special WORLD OF RADIO QSL available only thru
WRMI, not from gh. Use the report from via http://www.wrmi.net or
report to info@wrmi.net or P O Box 526852, Miami FL 33152. Seems the
website does not mention the P O Box address but a street address.
Further WORLD OF RADIO 1697 airings:
Thursday 2201 on WTWW-1 9475
UT Friday 0429v on WWRB 3195 and 5050-USB
UT Saturday 0300v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB
Saturday 0730 & 1530 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB
UT Sunday 0029 on WTWW-2 5085
UT Sunday 0501 on WTWW-1 5830
Tuesday 1200 on WRMI 9955
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1697, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. Tribute to the Old WRMI
Date: Sunday November 24, 2013 By: Adrian Peterson - Wavescan
The noted shortwave station WRMI in Miami Florida is currently
celebrating its 20th birthday. And as a birthday gift to honour the
occasion, the station will be closed down and silenced forever!
It was on November 11, 1993, just 20 years ago, that the first test
broadcast was made from a temporary 400 watt transmitter on 9955
kHz. But, the WRMI story goes way back before that.
Back 10 years earlier, that is 30 years ago, the first broadcast of
what was called Radio Earth was made over shortwave station Radio
Clarín in Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic with 50 kW on 11700
kHz on Wednesday June 1, 1983. At the time, Radio Earth was a newly
formed agency for program production on shortwave stations, with the
young Jeff White as one of its active partners. Radio Earth had
syndicated its programming on several shortwave stations in the United
States, including WRNO, WHRI, the previous KCBI near Dallas Texas, and
Radio Milano in Italy.
Three years later, some of the Radio Earth partners started Radio
Discovery, a small shortwave station in Santo Domingo in the Dominican
Republic. Radio Discovery gave way in 1989 to Radio Miami
International which was at first also a brokerage service for
shortwave programming. However, tentative plans were already under way
for their own shortwave station, and this is how it happened.
In 1985, a 5 kW shortwave transmitter was procured for intended
installation on the island of Curaçao in the Caribbean. This
transmitter was made by the Technical Materiel Corporation in
Mamaroneck, New York, and it is similar to the shortwave transmitters
that were on the air in earlier times at the chronohertz stations CHU
in Ottawa Canada and WWV near Boulder in Colorado. This TMC
transmitter was shipped to Iowa for modification.
Later on, Radio Discovery made a series of preliminary test
transmissions from Santo Domingo with just 50 watts on 6245 and 15045
kHz, in mid March 1986. A request for the callsign HRVC [sic --- that
would be Honduras --- gh] had been lodged with the licensing
authorities in Santo Domingo, but it was never implemented.
When the Curaçao project did not work out, the concept was changed to
Miami in Florida instead to Radio Miami International. Initial test
broadcasts were made from an old military transmitter, model number
T368, similar to one that was in use as a standby unit at WRNO in New
Orleans. The WRMI test broadcasts began from their new transmitter
building near Miami with 400 watts on their standard frequency, 9955
kHz, on November 11, 1993.
In the meantime, Radio Miami International had procured the 50 kW
transmitter from Radio Clarín in the Dominican Republic, which had
undergone earlier test transmissions in Santo Domingo. The transmitter
was sold, transferred, refurbished and installed in the new
transmitter building in North Miami.
The first test broadcasts from the newly installed 50 kW Wilkinson
transmitter went on the air on Friday April 1, 1994. This was an open
carrier beamed on South America; and audio tests began a few days
later. A schedule of regular programming was inaugurated on 9955 kHz
on June 14, 1994 at 0100 UT.
The antenna system at WRMI is a unique though very reliable corner
reflector at 160 degrees, beamed on the Caribbean and South America.
The prime frequency has been 9955 kHz, though in earlier times, three
different channels in the 7 MHz band have been in use, as well as
15725 kHz in the 19 m band. [7385 ultimately --- gh]
The programming from shortwave WRMI has usually been in English and
Spanish, with at times a relay of programming from other shortwave
services, including for example, Radio Prague in the Czech Republic
and Radio Desanm in Haiti. When WRMI took a satellite relay from the
World Radio Net WRN in England, many different international radio
stations have been heard via WRMI, including Radio Australia, NHK
Tokyo in Japan, and China Radio International in Beijing.
We might also add, that the AWR DX programs have been on the air via
Radio Earth, Radio Discovery and WRMI since way back in 1984. At the
time, the program title was “Radio Monitors International” and the
broadcasts were recorded in the Poona (Pune) studios of Adventist
World Radio.
Beginning in 1993, much of the programming from Miami’s WRMI was heard
on delayed relay via the 1 kW Radio Copán Internacional in
Tegucigalpa, Honduras. When the transmitter was shut down two years
later for maintenance and modification, that station never returned to
the air on shortwave.
Radio Miami International WRMI has been a very reliable verifier, and
the Indianapolis Heritage Collection holds more than 100 cards in many
different designs.
And so, after all these many years of splendid service, shortwave
station WRMI in Miami is closing for ever at the end of this month,
and right around the time of its 20th birthday. The first test
broadcast was on November 11, 1993, and the station is going silent
twenty years later, on November 30, 2013.
Ah, but as you know, that is not the end of the story. Beginning on
December 1, the new and much larger WRMI takes to the air from
Okeechobee in lower central Florida. You will hear more about that
here in Wavescan next week (Adrian Peterson, AWR Wavescan script via
Ian Baxter, shortwavesites yg via DXLD)
** U S A [and non]. Complete scheduling for AWR DX program Wavescan -
Adventist World Radio
Scheduling for AWR DX program Wavescan, all times & days UT
Via WRMI 50 kW Hialeah Florida 9955 kHz
Wednesday November 27 MN00 & 1100
Thursday November 28 0300
Friday November 29 0315
Saturday November 30 1100 & 1300 & 2230
Via WRMI Okeechobee Florida, beginning Sunday December 1, 9955 kHz to
Latin America
Mondays 0400 & 1200 & 1415
Tuesdays 0430
Wednesdays 0430 & 1400
Fridays 0415
Also via KSDA Guam 100 kW to Asia
Sundays 1600 15215 & 15660
Sundays 2230 15320
Sundays 2330 17700
Also via AWR relay 250 kW Nauen Germany to Asia
Sundays 1530 11750 kHz
Also via WWCR Nashville Tennessee 100 kW to Africa
Saturdays 1530 12160 kHz [sic, really 1730 --- gh]
Also via WINB Red Lion Pennsylvania 50 kW to Latin America
Wednesdays 1900 13570 kHz [sic, really 2000 --- gh]
Also via electronic download, audio or script, AWR website, and
several others (Google search)
Crossover time for Radio Miami International from WRMI Hialeah to WRMI
Okeechobee
Sunday night December 1 WRMI Hialeah close at 0500 UT 9955 kHz
Sunday night December 1 WRMI Okeechobee open at 0500 UT on 9690 9955
11565 11730 & 13695 kHz. Try also 9355 7570 kHz
[sic --- he means Saturday night into UT Sunday morning]
Dr. Adrian M. Peterson
Co-ordinator - International Relations & DX Editor
Adventist World RadioN9GWY - Ex KA9YPQ
Board of Directors
Radio Heritage New Zealand
Adventist Radio Stations in Indiana
Board of Directors Emeritus
Adventist World Radio
NASB National Association of Shortwave Broadcasters USA
wavescan at awr.org
Adventist World Radio
Box 29235
Indianapolis
Indiana 46229
USA
317 891 8540 (via Alokesh Gupta, cumbredx yg via DXLD)
I haven`t double-checked the WRMI, KSDA or Nauen times, but the WINB
and WWCR times are definitely wrong, as can be verified on their own
online program schedules:
WWCR 12160 Saturday 1730 (not 1530), (inherited from WORLD OF RADIO)
WINB 13570 Wednesday at 2000 (not 1900)
Both these stations make 1-hour UT shifts as DST comes and goes
Beware: most of the new WRMI ex-WYFR frequencies will be carrying
Brother Scare. 73, (Glenn Hauser, ibid.)
WRMI Okeechobee, effective Dec. 1, from graphic schedule grid as of
Nov 23, via Jeff White, with transmitter numbers, azimuths:
RMI itself:
11-14 9955 10-160
14-15 9955 11-315
22-06 9955 10-160
2330-2400 Sat 11565 12-140 [presumably additional for Wavescan][not]
Family Radio (Spanish):
23-24 13695 9-151
23-24 9495 14-181
Radio Africa:
14-20 21525 7-087
20-23 15190 7-087
Overcomer Ministry: see SOUTH CAROLINA [non]
Note: transmitters 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 are not on the schedule yet.
The new 9955 program schedule effective Dec 1 is now available:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AivhtkIEGb3_dENObnZrMkt1YmtUWGxkbkd3TGNzOXc&hl=en#gid=0
More about WRMI Okeechobee: Jeff White says Nov 24: ``Glenn: There
have not been any tests from Okeechobee yet, but there may be a few
short test transmissions on various transmitters, times and
frequencies between November 25 and 30. Jeff``. Also, transmitters 2,
3, 4, 5, and 6 are ready to go but not needed yet as each transmitter
is connected only to certain antennas.
See my previous report for full new schedule effective Dec 1. Jeff
also says the extra RMI broadcast Sat at 2330-2400 on 11565 will not
be for `Wavescan` (which is on 9955 then), but for a new religious
program to Brasil (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Glenn: #2-#6 will be ready, but we don't need them yet. Each one is
connected to one, two or three antennas, and we have to use the
transmitters that are connected to the antennas that we need. Saturday
2330 is a new (religious, I think) program for the Brazilian Amazon.
Unfortunately, several of the unpaid programs will lose airings. But
we will try to maintain at least one airing of each program somewhere
within the schedule. This is going to be a very costly operation, and
we have to make sure we can pay all expenses before expanding unpaid
programming (Jeff White, WRMI, WORLD OF RADIO 1697, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 9954.973, FLORIDA, WRMI, Miami. 1510 November 26, 2013.
Excellent with The Overcomer Ministry's Brother Stair monologue and
his profound statements such as, “You cannot be a Muslim and follow
Jesus Christ.” Even the Castro Brothers aren't bothering to jam this
one. Figured I better take a final or near final log before November
30th closing. So, any plans for this transmitter? Re-purposed in the
hands of someone else? (Terry Krueger, Clearwater, Florida, USA, JRC
NRD-535; ICOM IC-R75; Hammarlund HQ-180A; Sony ICF-7600GR; Sangean PR-
D5; Aqua Guide 705 RDF Marine Radio; GE Superadio III; JPS NF-60 Notch
Filter; JPS ANC-4 Noise Phase; 1 X roof dipole; 1 X room random wire;
Terk Advantage non-active portable loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. 5830, Nov 21 at 1450, WTWW-1 is still on here with
SFAW instead of 9475, leaving weak Australia in clear; however WTWW-2
has made the QSY from 5085 to 9930, presumably around 1400 like is
supposed to happen with #1. At 1501, still on 5830, not 9475, but by
1541 check, finally running on 9475.
What about WTWW-3 on 12105 which does not QSY? Back at 1405 there was
a SAH, apparently WTWW`s not strong open carrier vs IBB Burmese via
SAIPAN until 1430; at 1451 definitely an OC from WTWW. Still the case
at 1501, 1509; data spurts presumably QRM at 1520 and 1533, and still
OC at 1535 last check. (I meant to check 12105 again between 16 and 17
for R. Dialogue, clandestine via Madagascar for Zimbabwe, in case WTWW
still not be modulating, but missed it.)
More observations of WTWW`s variably-timed frequency usage: Both 5830
and 9475 are off at 0118 Nov 22, while 5085 and 12105 (poor in
Spanish) are on.
5830 and 5085 night frequencies are still on at 1423 Nov 22, but not
12105 which allows RFA in Burmese via SAIPAN to be heard well in the
clear.
9475 and 9930 day frequencies are on by next check 1529, and 12105
also on in Arabic past 1600 which means no R. Dialogue to be heard
today.
Nov 23 at 0621, the Tennessee signals on 5830, 5890 and 5935 are quite
weak & hollow, while the ones on 4840 and 5085 are still inbooming, so
``the skip is long``, while further signals on 6 MHz band from Europe
are in better. By 1039 next check, WTWW and WWCR 50m-band signals are
back up to usual blasting levels.
5830 & 9475, Nov 24 at 1344, WTWW-1 is off both frequencies, while the
5830 area is occupied by OTH radar pulsing probably from China; but
9475 is on sometime after 1400.
5085, 5830, WTWW frequencies are off, Nov 27 at 0050. 5085 could still
be on day frequency 9930, but nothing there either; 5830 could still
be on day frequency 9475, and there is a very poor signal there when
nothing else is scheduled. Something much stronger in Chinese on 9470:
Aoki shows CRI in Mongolian from Xian. Maybe 9475, and/or 9930 and/or
12105 are really on but not propagating? Same situation at 0113.
5085, Nov 27 at 0642, WTWW-2 is back on after missing three
sesquihours earlier; also 5830, WTWW-1 but it`s very poor with het. We
are getting into deep winter propagation when the night MUFs over
short paths can fall very low. Both still on at 1348, with 5085 now
the lesser, fading into the daytime (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 15420.17/USB, WBCQ Monticello ME (presumed); 1908, 19-Nov;
The Aggressive Christianity huxtress, not using her usual sing-song
cadence. SIO=434- with QRM de BBC on 15420 (Harold Frodge, Midland MI,
USA, Drake R8B + 125 ft. bow-tie; 85 ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed RW,
All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING
DIGEST) See SEYCHELLES; UK [non]
5110v-CUSB, Nov 23 at 0145, `Allan Weiner Worldwide` on WBCQ mentions
Dr. Becker in Florida, during his long phone conversation with this
guy Mel [sic], who seems to be occupying gobs of time on every show;
also says that Tom is doing a fantastic job of programming 94.7 WBCQ-
FM with classic country format (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Glenn. Please forgive me if this has been answered already. Am way
behind on messages as was without power for several days following
last weekend`s tornadoes.
Mal Fuller is the official co-host of AWWW. He's been a friend of
Allan's and the station for years and has had a presence of some sort
on AWW for at least ten years or so. After retirement he made his
living repairing old radios until suffering a stroke which ended that
endeavor. He has suffered several setbacks and ailments since that
time and is now a resident of a nursing home in New Hampshire. A
couple of years ago Mal had to have his right leg amputated below the
knee. He didn't adjust well to the whole thing and ended up going back
to the nursing home where he did his rehab. Since that time he's had
more surgery done on his remaining foot. He is the one responsible for
the segment called Antique Radio News during each episode of AWW. The
segment may not always be about antique radios but is always radio
related (John H. Carver Jr., mid-North Indiana, Nov 24, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
9330.013 kHz tentatively WBCQ weak here in EUR, 0550 UT Nov 25, Only
tiny S=4-5.
9830, WHRI Cypress Creek, in English, crowd singing religious songs,
S=9+40dB powerhouse. 0548 UT. vy73 de wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, UT
Nov 25, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Dave [WWRB] says it`s not a rant but righteous indignation.
Refers to full of crap Christians as Craptains. Says he was called by
a Muslim who wants to lease 24/7 a transmitter to broadcast ISLAM to
the world. The man wants to meet with Dave. Will Dave forgive the
Craptains or sell out to the Muslims? I think someone is pulling his
leg. Stay tuned (Lou Johnson, KF4RCA, Nov 21, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
The Franz Report: He was hot last night (Fri 11/22) --- I think
working around all that high RF has fried some of his brain cells.
I could hear the dog barking in the background. He was scaring the
dog. He needs to hire a PR Man or get a 8 second delay box if he is
going to do a live show every night. Heard one shit and a few asses.
I'm sure the FCC is listening by now. Maybe he should get out of the
radio business. Its not for everyone. Maybe get a truck driving job
(Lou KF4RCA Johnson, Nov 23, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
He`s already a private airplane pilot for rent; SW is only a sideline
(Glenn to Lou, via DXLD)
Glenn, I knew that. He was on last night telling how he got his
pilot`s license. He was saying how he used to fly kids for cancer
treatment to St Jude's for free but now he insists they pay for fuel.
He gets no takers on that offer. And that his "good for nothing"
parents did nothing for him. I was able to relate to that. Mine did
nothing for me either. (Except what was required by law.) But I
figured out early on that mine were losers and couldn't count on them
for anything.
I think the economy is to blame for his woes. I've been out of work
for 5 years and lots of others simply don't have disposable income to
buy SW time. But, no doubt about it, he is the cheapest in the
industry for time. He must be doing it at cost. I can't see anything
for less than a dollar a minute would be possible.
Have you ever seen the price tag on a PA tube? When I worked in TV, a
PA tube (klystron) was right about $30K. We had 6 on line to make 100
kW. But they last about 30,000 hours (24hr operation = about 4 years).
So you needed to make $6 an hour just to cover tube costs. But there
were times on overnights I wondered if we made that. And then there
was the $17,000 a month electric bill (Lou Johnson, ibid.)
** U S A [and non]. 9975, Nov 24 at 0119, tone test over CVC
Uzbekistan to India, presumably KVOH getting ready for their 0200
broadcast, altho it was not super-strong. 0130 just CVC (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 15550/usb, WJHR, FL, Milton, with OM English Bible bumper
who sounded like a cross between the Aggressive Christianity woman &
Bro Scare; and if you don't think that mix is scary you are FAR braver
than I! Interrupted mid thought by vocal music, and then ID at ToH as
"WJHR International located near the city of Pensacola FL" and gave
email address as WJHR@usa.com Then back to music briefly and at :02
back to the same creepy preachy dude. So exactly WHY does this station
broadcast in USB and who do they think their audience is? Honest --
inquiring minds want to know! :) 3+4+544 with local QRM 1944-2014
16/Nov (Kenneth Vito Zichi, Williamston MI, MARE Tipsheet Nov 22 via
DXLD)
15550.04-USB, FLORIDA, WJHR, Milton. 1617 November 26, 2013. English
male emphatic preacher. Clear, somewhat low signal and modulation
(Terry Krueger, Clearwater, Florida, USA, JRC NRD-535; ICOM IC-R75;
Hammarlund HQ-180A; Sony ICF-7600GR; Sangean PR-D5; Aqua Guide 705 RDF
Marine Radio; GE Superadio III; JPS NF-60 Notch Filter; JPS ANC-4
Noise Phase; 1 X roof dipole; 1 X room random wire; Terk Advantage
non-active portable loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 12050, Nov 22 at 1448, WEWN Spanish is absent, still VG on
11550 Spanish, 15610 English; 1455 recheck, 12050 is back on with
usual squeal, es decir, chillido (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
WEWN Global Catholic Radio continues Summer A-13 schedule:
WEWN-1 on Nov. 25
till 1200 on 11520 EWN 250 kW / 355 deg to SEAs English, not till 1300
from 1200 on 15610 EWN 250 kW / 040 deg to WeEu English, not from 1300
WEWN-3 on Nov. 25
till 1200 on 7555 EWN 250 kW / 220 deg to MEX Spanish, not till 1300
from 1200 on 11550 EWN 250 kW / 220 deg to MEX Spanish, not from 1300
All other times & frequencies remain unchanged on Winter B-13 schedule
WEWN-1
0000-0900 on 11520 EWN 250 kW / 085 deg to WeAf English
0900-1300 on 11520 EWN 250 kW / 335 deg to SEAs English
1300-1700 on 15610 EWN 250 kW / 040 deg to WeEu English
1700-2400 on 15610 EWN 250 kW / 040 deg to N/ME English
WEWN-2
0000-1000 on 11870 EWN 250 kW / 155 deg to CeAm Spanish
1000-1700 on 12050 EWN 250 kW / 155 deg to CeAm Spanish
1700-2400 on 13830 EWN 250 kW / 155 deg to CeAm Spanish
WEWN-3
0000-0500 on 5810 EWN 250 kW / 220 deg to MEX Spanish
0500-1300 on 7555 EWN 250 kW / 220 deg to MEX Spanish
1300-1800 on 11550 EWN 250 kW / 220 deg to MEX Spanish
1800-2400 on 12050 EWN 250 kW / 220 deg to MEX Spanish
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria; Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D
30 m. long wire, DX RE MIX NEWS #815 November 25, 2013, via DXLD)
** U S A. 15825, Nov 23 at 1540, WWCR with medley of old march tunes
on 78s, i.e. `The Talking Machine Show` with Phil Patton. Now on the
November schedule:
Sat 1100 4840, Sat 1530 15825, Sun 0000 5070, Mon 0500 4840
6115, Nov 26 at 0100, WWCR with poor signal, program giving its
parameters on Galaxy 19. Do they really think they have more listeners
on satellite than SW? This and other US and western hemispheric
signals above 5.5 MHz are much attenuated, not inblasting, while
further ones are making it much better, e.g. ROMANIA (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 13570, WINB Red Lion PA; 2126-2131+, 19-Nov; Hymn abruptly
cut off to 34 sec. DA to 2129+ WINB ID into the "Power Prayer
Broadcast with Pastor Leona Evans"; Leona sounds a bit like Moms
Mabley. S25 peaks (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 125 ft.
bow-tie; 85 ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed RW, All logged by my ears, on
my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. 21630, Sat Nov 23 at 1458, English religion is
already on, 1459 WHRI ID. Not supposed to start until 1500 on
Saturdays & Sundays. AND: there is some CCI briefly, seems also
English (not Spanish with Spain on 21640 today). Possibly BBC which
should have stopped at 1430 after Hausa via Ascension. But WHRI is
alone after 1500 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 790, Nov 27 at 1310 UT, ad for a local event with 479 area
code, so it`s KURM Rogers AR, my nearest 790 to the east (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 900, Nov 27 at 1312 UT, in null of KSGL Wichita, some ag
news, reminiscent of the format and a voice we used to hear via 1640
KOAG Enid, i.e. the station which still originates it, KFLP Floydada
TX in the panhandle, 250/7 watts, so is it daytime there yet? No!
Official November FCC sunrise is 1315 UT (December: 1345). But it does
have PSRA: 3 watts in winter, peaking to 6 watts in June! Limiting
station being XEW, despite XEOK Monterrey being the dominant XE here.
So if they can run the hefty night power of 7 watts until sunrise,
which should they even bother with the PSRAs of less than that?? Why
not fudge with full-blast 250 watts on earlier? Who`s going to notice?
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 940, Nov 21 at 1116 UT as I tune in, WMIX ID, mention
http://www.beyondtheelevator.org about soybeans at 1118. (Without the
www you get a blank page, but not an Unfound.) This is Mount Vernon
IL, should still be on night pattern east-west, which altho 1.5 kW
instead of 5 kW day power, is more favorable for us than day pattern
north-south (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1050, Nov 23 at 1126 UT, English talk station in XEG null,
dog food supplement ad with ``KTBL`` call-only ID inserted over it.
Tnx, very much. And back into Red Eye Radio, as confirmed on its
affiliate list, the Los Ranchos (de Albuquerque) NM station with 1 kW
at night. Pattern is circle tangent to northeast, enough for us almost
to the east (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WNDB, 1150, Daytona Beach, FL will be conducting a DX Test
on Saturday morning, December 7, 2013 beginning at 0100 EST (2200
Pacific time) [0600 UT, but for how long??]. The programming will
consist of voice announcements alternating with Morse Code IDs at five
words per minute. The test will be conducted using the station’s
1,000-watt non-directional (daytime) facilities. This test was
arranged by Bobby Gray, Director of Engineering, following recent
antenna system upgrading. Mailed reports with return postage can be
directed to:
WNDB Test
Attention: Bobby Gray
126 West International Speedway Blvd.
Daytona Beach, FL 32114
MP3 files are fine and will be welcomed. Those hearing the test may
call (on your dime) on the Studio Line at (386) 239-0033. (Information
provided by Wayne Heinen) (IRCA DX Monitor via WORLD OF RADIO 1697,
DXLD)
** U S A. 1200, Thursday Nov 21 at 0623 UT, I continue to seek
stations with WOAI nulled as much as possible: YL jazz singer in
English with ``Devil and the Deep Blue Sea``, then segués past 0629
sound like same singer. Makes SAH of 248/minute with WOAI = 4.13 Hz. I
figure jazz per se would be a hard format to match, but NRC AM Log
does have this and nothing else jazzy on 1200 altho WAMB Nashville is
allegedly NOStalgic:
``1200 WCHB Taylor (Detroit) MI U4 50000/15000, UC:TLK/JAZ.``
This is sounding familiar; ah yes, my log of almost three months ago:
``1200, UT Sun Sept 1 at 0524, somestation is giving WOAI a
run for its money, and it`s playing jazz! YL scat-singing at the
moment, best with WOAI nulled, making a fast SAH, but its own null
indicates direxion ENE/WSW. Fading down by 0530.
Last year`s NRC AM Log shows one station on 1200 has a subsidiary Jaz
format! WCHB in Taylor MI, 50/15 kW U4, which is mainly news/talk, but
their website http://wchbnewsdetroit.com/schedule/ confirms ``Smooth
Jazz`` Sat 6 pm to Sun 7 am, and also Sun 6 pm to 12 am [EDT = UT -4]
and the DF fits. Due to the rarity of this format on commercial radio,
I am tempted to claim a definite log rather than tentative. Doesn`t
really matter since I am not counting stations. Night pattern of WCHB
supposedly throws everything somewhat east of due north; day pattern
also but broader (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1685, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)``
Since this is not a weekend, rechecking the schedule finds also
`Smooth Jazz` from 10 pm Wed to 6 am Thu [EST = 03-11 UT Thu, and
probably other weeknights]
1200, Nov 23 at 0634 UT, jazz singer in null of WOAI, making SAH of
272/minute = 4.53 Hz. This is getting to be routine: unique overnight
format of WCHB Taylor (Detroit) MI, 15 kW night power, but something
is amiss: night pattern is supposed to throw everything tightly to the
north, and day pattern too except broader. Maybe they are non-
direxional for some reason. However, I must admit I have yet to get a
definite ID, as they tend to segué the songs.
FCC AM Query shows WCHB uses four towers for day pattern and ten!
towers at night.
http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?list=0&facid=4598
Wow, something could easily go wrong with phasing all those. Here`s
the night pattern plot showing peak only 5 degrees east of due north:
http://transition.fcc.gov/ftp/Bureaus/MB/Databases/AM_DA_patterns/1324112-108358.pdf
There`s nothing in the Correspondence folder about any current STA
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) see also UNIDENTIFIED 1200
** U S A. 1220, Nov 21 at 1123 UT, country music segués past 1130;
loops ENE/WSW, handily avoiding the off-frequency Texan het. Presumed
still WSLM Salem IN as previously heard, running 5 kW day pattern
instead of 82 watts night (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1230, Nov 23 at 1130 UT, promo for sports advertising on
KHAS, 402-area code, briefly surges atop the graveyard pileup, i.e.
Hastings NE. City-to-city distance is 291 statute miles = 469 km from
Enid. There are no Kansans at all on 1230 between here and south-
central Nebraska, and WBBZ Ponca City is far enough out of the way.
Unlikely to be a record distance, and it isn`t, per:
http://www.nrcdxas.org/GYDXA/1230b.html
KHAS NE Hastings Frank Merrill Milan, MI 771
BTW, is it fair to denigrate these six channels as ``graveyards``? How
did that get started? They are anything but deathly, instead teeming
with life, more than any other MW channels.
A semi-century ago I got KHAS-TV channel 5 in Enid on heavy tropo,
enough to override OKC in the opposite direxion (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1650, FLORIDA (TIS), WQQJ297, Florida DoT, Tampa. 0116
November 24, 2013. Noticed a big blue sign with white lettering and a
yellow background with black lettering on top heading west (a/k/a
officially southbound) on I-275 near the Howard Frankland Bridge. But
except for a threshold telco audio male mentioning “www...” under KYHN
[see OKLAHOMA], no trace of this, assuming that was one of the two
FDoT transmitters on I-275 (WQQJ297), Tampa, or even one of the
several others around Tampa Bay on 1650 kHz.
And threshold from the house November 25 mid-morning local. But re-
check 1815, good with compu-man with new-ish 1:33 minute loop opening
with, “You are listening to the Florida Department of Transportation
Highway Advisory System station WQQJ297 16-50 A-M...” and mention of
dialing 511, www.FL511.com, usual construction zone caution, to tune
in when yellow beacons are flashing on the DoT sign. Likely the
westernmost transmitter, which was off until later today for whatever
reason. So yes, the “www...” log on the mobile passing was this,
though suspect via the transmitter on the eastern exit site with this
western one off until later today. Florida Low Power Radio Stations:
https://sites.google.com/site/floridadxn/florida-low-power-radio-stations
(Terry Krueger, Clearwater, Florida, USA, JRC NRD-535; ICOM IC-R75;
Hammarlund HQ-180A; Sony ICF-7600GR; Sangean PR-D5; Aqua Guide 705 RDF
Marine Radio; GE Superadio III; JPS NF-60 Notch Filter; JPS ANC-4
Noise Phase; 1 X roof dipole; 1 X room random wire; Terk Advantage
non-active portable loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. LPFM APPLICATIONS ARE NOW ONLINE
Radio World-5 hours ago
Dan Slentz, a Radio World contributor, is also an LPFM applicant and
... the FCC published all the applicants for LPFM construction
permits. . .
http://www.radioworld.com/default.aspx?tabid=75&entryid=974
(via Artie Bigley, Nov 22, DXLD) Viz.:
LPFM Applications Are Now Online
Nov 22 Written by: Dan Slentz 11/22/2013 10:57 AM
Dan Slentz, a Radio World contributor, is also an LPFM applicant and
has been blogging about the experience.
Yesterday the FCC published all the applicants for LPFM construction
permits. This happened in near-record time. Considering the more
recent events of the government (namely the shutdown), this was quite
an achievement.
Below is a link to the FCC’s search form in the Consolidated Database
System or CDBS. The form is easy to use. The more criteria you enter,
the longer the search. (Note, no need to hit refresh; a LOT of data is
being searched and it does take a few minutes). Naturally LPFM is the
main item required to search; I also went to my state to narrow it
down, though there were about 60 applications for Ohio so it took a
few minutes.
This is good information for LPFM applicants because it can give you a
sense of how you stand in the application process. IF you’ve done your
homework and had solid engineering, plus you’ve followed the rules for
applying, AND you have no competing applications for your frequency in
your area, your prospects for a construction permit being granted just
went from “fair” to “great!”
With the Ohio search, as an interesting note, I see that (to no huge
surprise) probably over half the applications were for major market
areas; Cleveland, Columbus and Cincy ranked highest. Also plenty of
middle markets like Akron and Canton and major-market suburbs. One
other thing that was noticeable (though not unexpected) was it
appeared that many applications were from religious organizations. A
little surprisingly was seeing some city governments had applied for
LPFMs. This is certainly within the rules; I just hadn’t expected to
see any for some reason.
Here’s the quick link if you want to check out your application and
where you might stand with your LPFM.
http://licensing.fcc.gov/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_sear.htm
Remember, there are no guarantees that you will get a CP at this
point, but this does indicate if you might be stand-alone for your CP
or who you might need to be negotiating with on making future
modifications on your application (or possibly sharing a frequency
with). - See more at:
http://www.radioworld.com/default.aspx?tabid=75&entryid=974#sthash.IR602fV4.dpuf
(via DXLD) See OKLAHOMA for two new ones applied for in Enid
** UZBEKISTAN. 6260, Nov 22 at 0121, music on very poor signal with
flutter, weaker than 6270 RHC leapfrog. Aoki shows: CVC International
in Hindi, 100 kW, 153 degrees from Tashkent at 00-04 & 14-20 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also KOREA NORTH [non]
** UZBEKISTAN. [Re 13-47:] NHK Tokyo via Tashkent still on odd
frequency, Nov 22, at 1415 UT, 12030.748 kHz odd, which means minus
4252 Hertz away downwards [yesterday was on minus 4428 Hertz oddness!]
5905 0000 0030 41NE TAC 100 131 Ben IBR BAB SS02
6260 0000 0400 41N TAC 100 153 Hin CVC CVI
7410 0040 0100 41,42S,43TAC 100 163 Hin VAT VAT Hindi
7410 0100 0120 41,42S,43TAC 100 163 Tam VAT VAT Tamil
11590 0100 0130 41 TAC 100 163 Hin NHK NHK
9975 0100 0400 41N TAC 100 186 Hin CVC CVI
7410 0120 0140 41,42S,43TAC 100 163 Mal VAT VAT Malayal
7410 0140 0200 41,42S,43TAC 100 163 Eng VAT VAT English
6165 0230 0330 40 TAC 100 236 Fas BBC BAB FARSA
11730 0400 0430 40 TAC 100 236 Fas NHK NHK
13630 0400 1100 41N TAC 100 153 Hin CVC CVI
9500 1100 1400 41N TAC 100 153 Hin CVC CVI
11540 1200 1300 44NE TAC 100 71 kor WRN WRN
9910 1230 1430 44NE TAC 100 71 kor WRN WRN
11565 1230 1430 44NE TAC 100 76 kor WRN WRN
12035 1300 1345 41 TAC 100 131 Ben NHK NHK
7595 1300 1400 44NE TAC 100 71 kor WRN WRN
9300 1300 1400 44NE TAC 100 76 kor WRN WRN
11540 1300 1400 44NE TAC 100 71 kor WRN WRN
15755 1300 1430 41 TAC 100 131 Mul TWR RAM
9380 1300 1500 44NE TAC 100 76 kor WRN WRN
7320 1315 1600 41 TAC 100 131 Mul NEW RAM
7505 1315 1615 41 TAC 100 131 Mul TWR RAM
7510 1315 1615 41 TAC 100 131 Mul TWR RAM
9695 1330 1400 31,32,33WTAC 100 56 Rus VAT VAT Russian
7560 1400 1430 41N,42SW TAC 100 131 Hin BBC BAB HINDA
11695 1400 1430 41 TAC 100 163 Eng NHK NHK
9380 1400 1500 41 TAC 200 150 Mul UZB RAM
11520 1400 1500 41N TAC 200 163 Mul NEW RAM
15455 1400 1500 41N TAC 200 163 Mul UZB RAM
7590 1400 1600 44NE TAC 100 71 kor WRN WRN
6260 1400 2000 41N TAC 100 153 Hin CVC CVI
7545 1415 1430 40E,41NW TAC 100 163 Urd VAT VAT Urdu
7545 1430 1450 41,42S,43TAC 100 163 Hin VAT VAT Hindi
9540 1430 1500 41N TAC 100 131 Hin FEB BAB BS42
7545 1450 1510 41,42S,43TAC 100 163 Tam VAT VAT Tamil
9390 1500 1530 41NE TAC 100 131 Ben IBR BAB SS03
6245 1500 1600 44NE TAC 100 76 kor WRN WRN reserve
7545 1510 1530 41,42S,43TAC 100 163 Mal VAT VAT Malayal
7545 1530 1600 41,42S,43TAC 100 163 Eng VAT VAT English
7505 1600 1730 44NE TAC 100 76 kor WRN WRN
7515 1600 1730 44NE TAC 100 71 kor WRN WRN
6240 1600 1800 44NE TAC 100 76 kor WRN WRN reserve
7505 1615 1700 41 TAC 100 131 Mul UZB RAM
9380 1615 1700 40,41 TAC 100 131 Mul UZB RAM
7530 2300 2400 49 TAC 100 131 eng WRN WRN
(Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VATICAN. While sitting on 6080 for SOLOMONs, q.v.): 6075, Vatican
Radio, Vatican. 21/11 Carrier visible as of 0630 GMT. Clear segments
above the noise level and recognizable copy as of 0651. Mass in Latin,
of course. Sign off at 0659. One and half hour before the local sunset
(Sydney). Long path. With all due respect: does the Pope QSL? 73,
(Nick Hacko, VK2DX Sydney - Australia, Nov 21, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST) I imagine his own v/s would be quite a collector`s item, but
probably no more exalted than Fr. Lombardo (Glenn Hauser, DXLD)
** VENEZUELA. Saludos amigos. Mus queridos amigos diexistas, a través
de estas líneas quiero disculparme nuevamente por mi alejamiento de la
lista; la misma se debe a un fuerte incendio que hubo en mi QTH
Familiar que destruyó por completo mi cuarto de radio. Todos mis
equipos desaparecieron excepto 4 pequeños radios. Gracias a Dios, en
la casa, todos estamos bien. Atte. (José Elías Díaz Gómez, Nov 20,
condiglista yg via DXLD) Fire destroyed his radio room! (gh)
** VIETNAM. 9635.75, Voice of Vietnam - Son Tay, 1205-1226, Nov 18,
woman announcer with news in Vietnamese language. ID at 1211 followed
by several remote reports. Fair (Rich D'Angelo at French Creek State
Park, Pennsylvania, NASWA Flashsheet Nov 24 via DXLD)
** VIETNAM [non]. 11570, UNKNOWN. Radio Free Asia, 1446, 11/23/13, in
Vietnamese. Woman announcer, musical bridge, announcer interviewing a
man with woman continuing with apparent postal address, music, “You
are listening to Radio Free Asia Vietnamese Service.” Continuing with
same song, same announcement, end of song, off [at 1500?]. I was not
able to find information on location for this broadcast in EiBi, Aoki
or DX Listening Digest for the past month (Mark Taylor, Madison, WI,
Perseus, WinRadio g313e, Eton e1, Grundig G5, Tecsun PL 660; EWE,
Flextenna, NASWA Flashsheet Nov 24 via DXLD)
Aoki later has it as Saturdays only 14-15 via SRI LANKA. M/W/F it`s on
11555; Tue & Thu on 11540; Sunday on 11545, all Iranawila. Does this
adequately confuse jammers? (Glenn Hauser, DXLD)
** YEMEN. Radio Sanaa observed again on shortwave November 26 & 27:
1300-1500 6135 ALH 050 kW / non-dir N/ME Arabic, but distorted audio
At 1300 poor, 1330 weak, 1400 good, 1445-1500 very good signal, SINPO
44544 -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, DX RE MIX NEWS #817
November 27, 2013 via WORLD OF RADIO 1697, DXLD)
** YEMEN. Hi Glenn, Now with the B13 change of CNR1 jamming gone from
6135, I again checked on Nov 26 from 1450 to 1459. Found UNID below
threshold level open carrier, but no chance of making it out due to
very strong Firedrake (music jamming) on 6145 bleeding over to 6135.
At *1459 sign on of strong VOA on 6135 totally blocking frequency, so
impossible to check sign off time of UNID.
Had hoped to hear Madagascar on 6135 with 1500*, but in past years
had, in addition to Madagascar, also heard Yemen signing off then.
Will check again, but seems little chance of my hearing either
Madagascar or Yemen as long as Firedrake continues on 6145 (Ron
Howard, San Francisco, Nov 27, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ZAMBIA. 5915, Zambia National Broadcasting:
Nov 17 1559-1610, 22432, vernacular, Fish eagle IS, Repeated blows of
the drum, Local music and afro pops.
Nov 19 1559-1511, 23432, vernacular, Fish eagle IS, Announce by man,
Repeated blows of the drum, Afro pops and talk.
Nov 20 1559-1612, 23432-33433, vernacular, Fish eagle IS, Repeated
blows of the drum, announce by man, local music and talk,
Nov 22 1559-1610, 23432, vernacular, Fish eagle IS, Announce by man,
Repeated blows of the drum, Talk and afro pops.
Nov 24 1559-1610, 23332, vernacular, Fish eagle IS, Announce by man,
Repeated blows of the drum, Talk.
Nov 27 1559-1610, 23432-33433, vernacular, Fish eagle IS, Repeated
blows of the drum, Announce by man, Local music and 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)
** ZANZIBAR. 11735, 23/Nov 1954, TANZANIA, ZBC in Swahili. YL talk,
then local instrumental music. At 1959:50 beep signal. At 2000 YL
talk. 25332. 73 (Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana, Bahia, 12 14´S
38 58´W - Brasil, Degen 1103 - All listening in mode of filter Narrow
the 4 kHz. Dipole antenna, 16 meters - east/west, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
11735, ZBC, Dole. 1830 November 27, 2013. Poor in local noise, but
recheck about an hour later, good with East African vocals. Zani is
always an enjoyable listen (Terry Krueger, Clearwater, Florida, USA,
JRC NRD-535; JRC-NRD-515 (borrowed); ICOM IC-R75; Hammarlund HQ-180A;
Sony ICF-7600GR; Sangean PR-D5; Aqua Guide 705 RDF Marine Radio; GE
Superadio III; JPS NF-60 Notch Filter; JPS ANC-4 Noise Phase; 1 X roof
dipole; 1 X room random wire; Terk Advantage non-active portable loop,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic MW carrier search UT November 22: JBA
hets or carriers: 1521 at 0141; 783, 549 and 693 at 0142; 882, 945 and
1053 at 0144 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific carrier search Nov 26 at 1300-1308 UT:
594, 693, 774, 873, 972, 1053, 1134, 1242, 1314, 1323, 1332, 1422,
1566. Local sunrise today in Enid would be: 1320. I wonder what my
neighbor Richard Allen was getting.
Let me explain my method for this once: by stepping 9 kHz on the DX-
398 hand-held with internal antenna only, aimed roughly NW, on the USB
mode for frequencies on the hi side of 10-kHz channels, switching back
and forth to LSB mode for those on the lo side of 10-kHz channels. The
receiver`s BFO is deliberately left slightly offset [there is a
zeroing pot under the display panel] so if there is the least carrier,
its pitch can be heard (and roughly the same pitch from one USB
channel to the next, and one LSB channel to the next). Frequencies in
-9 or -1 are generally too close to North American channels to detect
anything, and a number of others are a loss due to my 960 and 1390
locals, or because of IBOC noise. TPs seem never strong enough to hear
a 1-kHz het without BFO, as can be done with some evening TAs such as
909 and 1521 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) see TESTIMONIALS
Hi to all the TP DXers. It's going to be some time before I can rejoin
you. I had reconstructive surgery on my right ankle last and am still
in hospital. Will be in recovery and out of action until the end of
the year. Best wishes for good DX (Richard Allen, Nov 22, IRCA via
DXLD)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1200, Nov 26 at 0053 UT, with WOAI nulled there is a
fast rippling SAH, almost a real rumbling LAH from some other
station(s) not like previous occasions. A bit of music, maybe country
makes it thru briefly (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1430, Nov 23 at 1133 UT, amid the QRM I am getting
something in Spanish, peaking roughly NNE/SSW. Of the several SS on
1430 in the 2013 NRC AM Log, none around here, not even in TX, unless
it`s KSHJ {obviously signifying Sacred Heart of Jesus} Houston (SSE),
affiliated with GRN = Guadalupe Radio Network, but not flagged as SS.
Wikipedia et al., imply that it`s only in English altho they have
three other Texas stations in Spanish, including the one we often get,
850 KJON The Metroplex. So maybe I`m really hearing a Mexican? Six
possibilities but not enough to go on.
Note that I am no longer getting as a dominant signal on 1430, KZQZ St
Louis, Good Time Oldies, which must have been running 50 kW day
pattern toward us for several nights, and was also widely reported in
North America, and even Europe, while it did (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 4845, Nov 27 at 0047, poor carrier, maybe JBM if not
unmodulated, with some flutter. A few weeks ago, Anker Petersen in
Denmark was reporting an unID in Spanish here, but I would assume R.
Cultura, Manaus if not the other ZY; are they both active now? (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. [Re 13-47, OKLAHOMA]. Hi: I was reading your report of
November 20-21 when I came across the mentioning of a Navy MARS net on
5004 kHz. I find this interesting as I was checking out a Sony 2010
and went by WWV to see if the set was still working correctly after
being unused for a year. I tuned to 5 MHz and heard WWV OK, but also
heard what I call high speed telegraphy. I put the set on LSB and
figured the signal was around 5003, close enough to interfere with WWV
reception. I started listening at 1800 Pacific time until 2230 when
the signal went away. [0200-0630 UT Nov 8] This occurred around
November 7th.
The Sony 2010 still works well after all these years, having bought it
from a private party in 1986. Do you know if this telegraphy was part
of the net you mentioned? (Dan Ramos// Joshua Tree, CA, Nov 21, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Hi Dan, I don`t know for sure, as I listened only briefly, and would
not pay much attention to RTTY, but it would be typical behavior for
MARS nets to do this. 73, (Glenn to Dan, via DXLD)
UNIDENTIFIED. 6066-LSB, Nov 26 at 0101, very weak two-way intruder,
tentatively in Spanish (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 11565 kHz, SE Asian (probably?, very difficult to
identify the language) heard weak signal around 12-14 UT, next to RFA
KWT powerhouse in Tibetan on 11560 kHz from 13 UT. Heard on remote SDR
unit in downunder, nothing heard in CA-USA, JPN, or in Europe so far.
So weak level, seemingly an intermodulation in Vietnam, Lao, Cambodian
or Burmese language? Really not Korean or Japanese lang from WRN.
vy73 de wb [presumably from HFCC:]
11565 1230 1430 44NE TAC 100 76 kor WRN WRN
(Wolfgang Büschel, Nov 22, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 11989.5-USB, Nov 23 at 0117, 2-way intruders in
uncertain language, one much stronger than the other. One may have
said ``come back``. Later taped brief sample at 0119: what language is
it?
http://www.w4uvh.net/11989intruder.rm
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) No replies
UNIDENTIFIED. 16988, Nov 21 at 1455 past 1509, slow warbling tones
like one of Kim`s VOA Radiograms. Fans of that should try to decode
this, via one mode or another (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS
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ACKNOWLEDGED ON WORLD OF RADIO 1697:
Glenn - thank you for your service to listeners worldwide. 73 (Nick
Hacko VK2DX) with a contribution in US$ via PayPal to woradio at
yahoo.com
One may also contribute by US$ check or MO on a US bank to P O Box
1684, Enid OK 73702 (gh)
Hello Glenn, First and foremost, thanks for all you give to this
hobby. Be cause of your work, I continually seek shortwave signals the
best I can. Best Regards, (Chris Campbell, Col, Ohio Sent from Yahoo!
Mail on Android)
I'm wondering why Glenn, a person who has put in serious highly-time-
consuming efforts in this hobby for decades, wouldn't consider
something different from a DX-398 for split frequency DXing. What
makes that the "tool" of choice? Wouldn't the FRG-7 there do better
for this aspect of DX (with something like a Quantum Loop)?
Then there are SDR's - maybe the Perseus and Excalibur are too
expensive but an Afedri or SDR-IQ would not necessarily be big bucks.
I think the chances of readable audio on TA/TP splits would go up
greatly, even if still doing live DX instead of spectrum capture /
later playback.
Re 1521, I actually got Saudi audio past then-KOMA on a 1986 business
trip when staying at the airport Residence Inn in El Paso, TX.
Receiver for that was a Sony ICF-2010 with the Gerry Thomas filter
upgrade (roughly equivalent to the Kiwa mod). (Mark Connelly, WA1ION,
South Yarmouth, MA, NRC-AM via DXLD)
I certainly don't mean to speak for Mr. Hauser, but I imagine there
are a couple factors at work here. Firstly, Glenn spreads his time in
a variety of pursuits, not just radio but even his radio time is
AMAZINGLY diverse. Therefore, getting audio from splits is just one
tiny part of a much larger hobby. Secondly, remember that Glenn
doesn't keep totals, so getting that positive ID isn't particularly
important. Finally, and I want to put this delicately, but I imagine
the countless hours he has selflessly devoted to furthering the hobby
for others isn't as financially rewarding as it should be in an ideal
world. As far as I know, his work is entirely funded by donations
which is truly amazing when you consider the immense effort he has put
into the hobby.
This actually got me thinking, okay then, why haven't I donated? Isn't
that hypocritical of me to benefit from his work but not give him
anything for it? It is, and I think the reason I haven't donated yet
is that his donation requests are very nonspecific. In other words,
he's asking for money but is not telling you where it's going. Now, I
have no reason to think Glenn isn't an honest person, in fact
everything I've heard about him is that he is. But something about the
nonspecific nature leads to my inaction. If I knew he had a need for a
particular receiver, (I agree with you he does need an update in his
equipment SEVERELY), and if I knew the money was going towards a very
particular need, I would donate in a heartbeat.
So I don't mean to tell you what to do Glenn, but I hope you do decide
to write something at the end of World of Radio along the lines of:
"Donations are being sought for acquisition of a Perseus SDR and radio
friendly laptop, currently at $765.00 of the projected $2000 cost."
If you do, you have my promise that I will be the first to pitch in!
(Earl Higgins, St. Louis Missouri, ibid.) Reply pending (gh)
PUBLICATIONS
++++++++++++
DXLD YG, AOKI RESOURCES
Nick, one of the very best tools for checking on UNID stations is in
fact Glenn's dxldyg. Once you are at the dxldyg site, at the top of
the page you will see "search conversations." Just enter your UNID
frequency and do a search. Up pops a list off all the items posted to
dxldyg in the past with that frequency.
90% of the time I can ID my UNID just by looking at others
logs/postings of the same frequency. Over the years I have found it to
be extremely helpful. With your 4850 UNID, you would have seen many
postings with the correct ID there and you could have been fairly sure
it was Xinjiang PBS that you heard [see EAST TURKISTAN]
Perhaps you know about - http://www.geocities.jp/binewsjp/ia/bib13.txt
Another wonderful database that is frequently updated. Most of Aoki's
info is excellent and I use it many times a week to check on things
with my logs, just as I often use Glenn's site to do frequency
searches. Thanks again for your postings!! Hope some of this will be
of help to you (Ron Howard, San Francisco, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
SHORTWAVE SITE DESIGNATORS
Hello group, Here comes a dumb question from somebody relatively new
to the group: In the following example posts:
0053-0220 on 5950 SIR 500 kW / 050 deg to CeAs Tajik
0053-0220 on 7370 KAM 500 kW / 058 deg to CeAs Tajik
What does the SIR and KAM designate? They don't match ITU country or
transmitter site codes as best I can tell. Thx in advance (Rich, Burr
Ridge, IL USA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Hi Rich, Believe the attached list will be of help (Ron Howard, ibid.)
i.e. in the zip file from HFCC containing the latest schedule, there
are also several reference files including a list of transmitter site
designators:
http://www.hfcc.org/data/b13/b13allx2.zip
(Glenn Hauser, DXLD)
http://www.itu.int/ITU-R/terrestrial/broadcast/hf/refdata/reftables/site.txt
(via Alokesh Gupta, ibid.)
This one starts with a list of changes by date. Note: many of the
sites listed no longer have any SW activity! (Glenn Hauser, DXLD)
DX-PEDITIONS
++++++++++++
AM DXING FEATURED IN THE MEDIA ALL ACROSS CHINA!
The Chinese official state news agency Xinhua has published several
reports on AM DXing:
- article in Chinese on Xinhua:
http://news.xinhuanet.com/2013-11/19/c_118207586.htm
- article in English:
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/culture/2013-11/18/c_132898318.htm
- video in Chinese on CNC TV:
http://news.cncnews.cn/2013-11-18/124029576.html
- video in English:
http://en.cncnews.cn/news/v_show/37075_Hunting_radio_near_Arctic.shtml
A couple of Chinese websites and newspapers have earlier written about
DXing based on my reception reports, but this is on a totally
different scale. The Xinhua reports have in turn been published by
numerous media outlets all around China. I've seen these articles on
about 20 websites, for instance in the Communist Party's main paper,
the People's Daily, at
http://world.people.com.cn/BIG5/n/2013/1119/c157278-23592700.html
so DXing has definitely received unparalleled attention in China
during the past 10 days!
Hopefully all this contributes to the promotion of DXing in China,
both as a hobby and also as a way to monitor alternative news sources
- which is still needed in China. As many Chinese broadcasters -
despite this new PR - don't know anything about our hobby, it might be
a good idea to include one of the Chinese links along with your
reception report, if you're interested in getting verifications from
Chinese stations.
The reports were made by a Xinhua news group driving 1,200 km from the
Finnish capital Helsinki all the way to Lapland just for the purpose
of reporting on DXing - and reindeer. You can read more about it in
the DXpedition report from Aihkiniemi at
http://www.dxing.info/dxpeditions/aih29rep.dx
where I've just added a few more audio clips.
73 (Mika Makelainen, Finland, Nov 27, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
QUODDY HOUSE 4 DXPEDITION - NOV. 16-22, 2013
I love reading others' DXpedition reports & loggings. In that same
spirit I offer the following. From Nov. 16-22 I was at Quoddy House
for the 4th time [QH4] in the past 3 years [3 autumn & 1 summer] to
try my luck at east-coast-style trans-oceanic DX. While there's still
LOTS of wav files to go through, enough is available to get a
'glimpse' of things.
Quoddy House [QH] is near Lubec, Maine:
<https://maps.google.com/maps?q=44.818103,-66.962673&t=h&z=18>
As much as a DX opportunity, a visit to QH is also an opportunity to
try out new antennas and new configurations of trusted antennas. Over
the past few visits I've gotten an idea of where it's possible and
useful to put up antennas. Here's a platt showing what and where I put
up a nearly 1000 ft. BOG and two 140' DKAZ antennas - one at ~45 deg
for TAs and the other at ~150 deg for LatAm:
<http://realmonitor.com/qh4/qh4-antennas.pdf> - large pdf file
and here's a chronology of when each was up and in what configuration
it was in on which day:
<http://realmonitor.com/qh4/antenna_cron.html>
Instead of a 'traditional' log I put up sound samples of what I heard
on a website. The website for QH4 is here:
<http://realmonitor.com/am_logs_QH4.php>
Besides the sounds [accessed by clicking the 'x' in the antenna / time
/ date vs. frequency matrix], other links of interest include:
- stats for what was heard:
<http://realmonitor.com/am_logs_stats_qh4.php>
- AzGraph for each antenna to illustrate how it worked:
<http://realmonitor.com/phpmygraph_qh4_combo.html>
[still a work in progress for parts, but a good working example is:
<http://realmonitor.com/phpmygraph_qh4_BOG.php>]
- a Google Map of what was heard:
<http://realmonitor.com/latlon_qh4/>
Hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoy putting it together.
Unfortunately, I've become quite heavily a 'TiVO' DXer -- going over
'sweet spot' portions of wav files instead of 'putting in the time'
'at the dials.' At least when I'm not DXing I'm either fighting with
wire for a new antenna or seeing some local sights.
This time out I had a pretty lame logging of India on 1071 at the
'usual' ~1930 UT fade in. Weak Indian music was all I could muster.
And I haven't yet found Botswana on 909 in my wav files. If I can't
hear that I'll be pretty bummed! I love to hear the IBB stuff I'm
responsible for monitoring and scheduling. ;-)
Still lots of LatAm-pointing DKAZ files to go through and lots of
Spanish station local IDs to dig out. Always a challenge somewhere.
(Bill Whitacre, Alexandria, VA, Nov 26, IRCA via DXLD)
CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES
+++++++++++++++++++++++++
[sic, all caps]
ATENCION: El IV-EDXCV-2014 SERA LOS DIAS 4 Y 5 DE ENERO. SE ADELANTA
UN DIA A LA FECHA PREVISTA!
ATENCION COLEGAS DIEXISTAS DE COLOMBIA Y VENEZUELA!!! POR PETICION DE
VARIOS COLEGAS Y POR RAZONES LABORALES, EL IV-EDXCV-2014 SE ADELANTA
UN DIA A LA FECHA PREVISTA, ES DECIR QUE AHORA SERAN LOS DIAS 4 Y 5 DE
ENERO DE 2014 . DENTRO DE POCOS DIAS PUBLICAREMOS LA AGENDA DE
ACTIVIDADES, LA INFORMACION HOTELERA Y FOTOS DEL SITIO DE REUNION, POR
FAVOR TENGAN PACIENCIA. DIOS MEDIANTE, EL ENCUENTRO DIEXISTA SI VA!!!
ESTIMADOS COLEGAS RADIOESCUCHAS Y DIEXISTAS, LOS INVITAMOS A LA MUY
NOBLE Y LEAL CIUDAD DE BARINAS ESTADO BARINAS, VENEZUELA; AL “IV
ENCUENTRO DIEXISTA COLOMBO-VENEZOLANO” -IV-EDXCV-2014-, LOS DIAS 4 Y 5
DE ENERO DE 2014. EN EL CUAL SERAN HOMENAJEADOS LOS COLEGAS DIEXISTAS
DE:
COLOMBIA:
- DON HUMBERTO ARANGO -RECIENTEMENTE FALLECIDO EN MEDELLIN- HOMENAJE
POSTUMO A SU TRAYECTORIA DX.
- YIMBER GAVIRIA DE CALI, POR LA DIFUSION ELECTRONICA DEL DIEXISMO
DESDE SU PAIS PARA EL MUNDO.
VENEZUELA:
- ALFONSO TRUJILLO - ORGANIZADOR DEL I ENCUENTRO DIEXISTA VENEZOLANO –
VALENCIA – 1988.
- FERNANDO VILORIA, EXPERIMENTADO DIEXISTA DE EMISORAS
LATINOAMERICANAS EN ONDAS CORTAS.
EL IV-EDXCV-2014, SERA UNA REUNION INTERNACIONAL PARA PARA HABLAR DE
LAS NUEVAS TECNOLOGIAS DE RADIO RECEPTORES Y ANTENAS. ADEMAS DE
CONOCERNOS E INTERCAMBIAR EXPERIENCIAS DE NUESTRO HOBBY: EL DIEXISMO!,
UNA AFICION QUE CONSISTE EN CAPTAR Y REPORTAR ESTACIONES RADIALES DE
TODO EL MUNDO.
DEBIDO A LA SITUACION ECONOMICA DE VENEZUELA EN ESTE MOMENTO, NOS
VEMOS OBLIGADOS A SOLICITARLES QUE NECESARIAMENTE DEBERAN CONFIRMAR,
POR ESCRITO, SU ASISTENCIA A NUESTRO CORREO ELECTRONICO ANTES DEL 15
DE NOVIEMBRE 2013, PARA PODER ASISTIR Y ASI NOSOTROS PODER PLANIFICAR
EL SITIO DE REUNION Y LA AGENDA DE ACTIVIDADES PREVISTAS.
NUESTRO OBJETIVO ES, SEGUIR SUMANDO Y MULTIPLICANDO VOLUNTADES POR EL
DIEXISMO LATINOAMERICANO, PARA DARLO A CONOCER, A LAS NUEVAS
GENERACIONES!!!
IV-ENCUENTRO DIEXISTA COLOMBO-VENEZOLANO – 4 Y 5 DE ENERO 2014 EN
BARINAS, VENEZUELA --- UN EVENTO INTERNACIONAL, ORGANIZADO POR LOS
SOCIOS ACTIVOS DEL CLUB DIEXISTAS DE LA AMISTAD…37 AÑOS…ESCUCHANDO AL
MUNDO¡!!
ESPERAMOS URGENTEMENTE, SU CORREO ELECTRONICO, CONFIRMADO SU
ASISTENCIA, LOS CUALES SERAN PUBLICADOS EN EL FACEBOOK DEL GRUPO
“DIEXISMO VENEZOLANO”. GRACIAS POR SU COLABORACION.
(ING. SANTIAGO SAN GIL GONZALEZ, C.DX.A – INTERNACIONAL, BARINAS -
VENEZUELA, Nov 26, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DRM See CUBA; INDIA; NEW ZEALAND; NIGERIA;
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ RUSSIA; SLOVAKIA; SOUTH CAROLINA; SPAIN
DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DTV See OKLAHOMA
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- IBOC
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
NOW AUTOMAKERS NAMED IN HD RADIO PATENT SUITS
http://www.radioworld.com/article/now-automakers-named-in-hd-radio-patent-suits/222493
(Dennis Gibson, ABDX via DXLD)
What a disaster! HD radio has been a mess from the beginning. This
lawsuit will be the end of HD and to me, that`s awesome. The funny
thing to me is that the name of the company doing the suing is DRT.
That was reminiscent of Neil Boortz who used that DRT to mean Dead
Right There. It sure fits this HD radio stupidity (Kevin Redding,
Crump, TN, ibid.)
For a change, maybe the Patent Trolls will perform a useful function
(John Sampson, ibid.)
RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM
+++++++++++++++++++++
Sangean H201 [as in waterproof]
For a while, I've had the notion that a decent waterproof radio could
be a lot of fun for summer beach DX - imagine being able to wade out
into salt water holding a waterproof radio to capture some daytime dx.
My eye was on the Sangean H201, assuming it would be a decent but
certainly not great radio.
We are heading into winter, getting cold, yet my mind was on the beach
and summer, so I took the plunge [pun intended] and ordered an H201.
Amazing radio.
Now, I haven't tried it by day yet, but by night it seems very hot, a
few minutes ago I picked up 940 CJGX Yorkton SK with it and my Sangean
PR-D5 and PR-D15 couldn't do any better.
Audio is really good - for those who think the PR-D5 is really muddy -
and it is if one is not used to DX type filters - the H201 has none of
that muddiness.
Build quality - well, it is very solid - thick plastic case. The
handle is neat and very useful, yet rotates out of the way. Uses 2 D
cells for power.
The H201 is primarily intended as a shower radio, but it is also
suggested as a camping and beach radio. If it can keep out water,
should keep out sand, dirt etc. Plus, it can always be washed ...
Awesome for a shower radio - imagine being able to catch western DX in
the early morning. If our old radio shack [yes, its that old, radio
shack has been gone for many years now] shower radio were to quit, I'd
put this radio in its place... then order another one.
I'll be evaluating the H201 further in the daytime ... but if you can
visualize the dx potential of a waterproof radio ... well ... you
might want to add an H201 to your Santa list.
I do love a hot portable ... I've ordered a C Crane CCRadio2E [sale
on] to see if they are up to the hype ... my CCRadio2 was a dud (Phil
Rafuse, VY2PR, Stratford PE Canada ... a long way from Yorkton SK :),
Nov 22, ABDX via DXLD)
A daytime test near noon shows that the H201 is as sensitive as the
PR-D5 and PR-D15, and much less prone to RFI desensitization than the
PR-D15. It has one flaw: after a few seconds, when it switches from
frequency display to clock display, there is some internally generated
RFI. Even so, I could still pick up one of my daytime reference
stations: 870 CFSX Stephenville NL 500 watts, 300 air miles away.
The display is bigger than on the PR-D family.
Sound is really good - it sounds like it goes up to an honest 5000 Hz
and that folks is very good on AM. Not Hi-Fi, not AMAX, but very good.
The classic AM mono Delco car radio went up to about 2500 Hz.
My hunch is that it is not a DSP radio, but it wouldn't surprise me if
the Bluetooth version at an extra few bucks is DSP.
With my testing today, I took it outside - in the rain :) Nice to have
a rain-ready DX radio! (Phil VY2PR Rafuse, Nov 23, ibid.)
MAP: THE NATION'S PUBLIC RADIO STATIONS
- Robinson Meyer - The Atlantic
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/11/map-the-nations-public-radio-stations/281716/
Here’s an online map of public radio stations across the United
States. Created by Seattle-based photographer and designer Andrew
Filer, it shows the broadcast range of every American public radio
station—and not just NPR affiliates, but classical, pop, and other
non-profit broadcasters.
The interactive version of the map is, appropriately enough, located
at http://PublicRadioMap.com
It’s an interesting dataset to stroll through. On the eastern
seaboard, for instance, you can see the outsize reach of WHYY, the
Philadelphia- based NPR affiliate, which is in orange below:
Or, at the tip of Lake Michigan, the vast primacy of my old station,
WBEZ—it’s the large turquoise circle around Chicago:
(Notice, too, how big stations get in the middle of the country.)
Or the funny way in which tiny public stations sketch out the
boundaries of the reservations and communities which surround New
Mexico’s Carson National Forest, and other preserved land, south of
Denver:
Filer took his data in part from the FCC’s frequency search. In that
data, I noticed something funny: Not all the broadcasts form perfect
circles. Look again at the bottom of Lake Michigan, for example, and
you’ll see WBEW has notches in its broadcast. (WBEW is an intriguing
institution in itself: Since 2007, it’s gone “radically public” and
aired primarily “user-generated content,” submitted by website or
email.)
WBEW is the little station at the center
I emailed Filer to find out more. He said that sometimes those shapes
were caused by geography, such as a big mountain that obstructs a
signal. But there aren’t many peaks in northern Indiana—so those
shapes are likely tailored by the station to avoid interference. FM
antennae, while usually omni-directional, can be adjusted so that they
broadcast a weaker signal in certain directions.
“I'm not sure if these shapes are attempts to avoid interference with
other public radio stations,” Filer wrote, “or just other stations on
or near their same frequency (possibly a religious or community
station).” Sometimes, he said, “to bring a new station on the air, a
lot of crafting of these areas is required to fit within the few
remaining frequency+geography combinations that are still available,
especially near a major city.”
Bring up the FCC data for WBEW, and you’ll see tiny modulations in the
signal strength for different directions.
Looking at the map, which is worth playing around with, I was reminded
of two things. First, in our big country, the map makes clear how odd
our national public broadcasting system is. It’s little more than a
patchwork of independent non-profit organizations, knit together by
large, themselves-independ ent organizations like NPR and PRI.
As I learned more, I was struck by something else: how terrestrial and
material radio is. We imagine it as a kind of invisible Internet,
apparent only when we turn on our receivers, but it’s actually a
collection of waves, emitted by hundreds of antennae and radiated
outward in carefully-crafted shapes until it hits some obstruction.
We imagine radio as distant, but, in fact, it’s all around. Radio
suffuses you as you read this right now (via Kevin Redding, ABDX via
DXLD) not so accurate; see comments
DESPITE BLEAK PREDICTIONS, RADIO PERSISTS
http://www.radioworld.com/article/despite-bleak-predictions-radio-persists/222405
(via Dennis Gibson, WB6TNB, Nov 25, ABDX via DXLD)
When you go into the Walmart store and there aren't any radios for
sale for the most part in the electronics section of the store, that
says something about the health of radio. It`s been a great run but
it`s coming to an end. Enjoy the DX hobby as long as you can (Kevin
Redding, Crump, TN, ibid.)
I guess radio is not as big a part of retail life as it used to be,
but I always considered Walmart to be the Lowest Common Denominator
when it comes to shopping. The smart people know to go online if they
want to buy a good portable radio or something more sophisticated.
CCRadio is a great supplier that often advertise nationally. People
know about Amazon.com these days. There is a tremendous selection of
radios online if anyone wants to look there. 73 - (Todd WD4NGG
Roberts, ibid.)
Our Wal-mart has many radios for sale. They have an AM/FM portable for
$10 that's probably the successor to the big ugly blue $5 radio plus
several other portables. There's an AM/FM portable that's headphones
only (walkman type, no spkr). Numerous clock radios. Several boombox
types...AM/FM/ CD. This follows our store remodel that took place a
couple of years ago when they DID slim down on certain things they
used to stock. But radios weren't one of them. We still have plenty to
choose from. Hell, they even still have cassette tapes and video tapes
and a little cassette tape recorder with the piano type keys. I will
try to remember to snap a picture of that aisle the next time I'm at
our Wal-Mart (Michael n Wyo Richard, ibid.)
PROPAGATION
+++++++++++
F2 PROPAGATION ON SIX METERS AND HIGHER
Patrick Dyer, WA5IYX in EL09ql wrote (about 6 meter F2 propagation
on November 9):
The unexpectedly high F2 MUF from a rather minor amount of geomagnetic
activity at the right time of the year with enough solar flux gave
perhaps the first morning 50-MHz paths from here to the Caribbean of
this poor Cycle 24. (During the peaks of Cycle 21-23 such paths from
North America during 'the season' were often near-daily events for
some.) A Sept 2011 (magnetic-storm induced) event in the afternoon did
drive the MUFs into Ch A2 NTSC video see
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBBxYEQZJz0
http://giro.uml.edu/IonogramMovies/
shows the 1600z Nov 9 foF2 for
Austin, TX reaching near 15 MHz, falling back to 10 MHz within three
hours while those at Boulder/Idaho never saw those enhanced levels
(of course, high foF2s nearly overhead do me little good).
I am a bit surprised that some North American transcontinental 6m F2
didn't occur during all this. From my 1988 notes of reports on the old
28.885-MHz net there were mid-November dates with the solar fluxes in
the 150-180 range where 50-MHz F2 paths WERE reported from VE1/W1 to
W6.
Nov 9, 2013, time is UTC 1518 39.600 police, US n.e. accents (and
other unID 35s and 37s) 1530 33.420 WQIN663 FL Orlando (first
assumed Es, but now I wonder!) 1537 50.115 FG8OJ Guadeloupe Island
(2530.6 mi) http://fg8oj.com/1542 50.120 P43A Aruba (2177.0 mi)
1546 55.250 NTSC Ch A2 video - assumed Es from Mexico (61.25, 67.25
also in) but with 50-MHz F2 going on I had no time to investigate it
with TV tuner(s) - could have been mixed with F2 backscatter signals
1548 50.052 V44KAI/B St. Kitts (2413.9 mi) 1557 50.130 PJ4NX Bonaire
(2284.3 mi) 1603 50.115 FM5AN Martinique (2589.9 mi) 1608 50.062
KP3FT/B PR Ponce (10 w beacon) 1613 50.113 NP3IR PR OROCOVIS (2176.6
mi) http://www.np3ir.com 50-MHz out c. 1625 - the rest of day was
very anticlimactic here
50-MHz F2 to Puerto Rico is about as short as it usually gets in that
direction from here (though I have had the Dominican Republic that way
in the prior, better, Solar Cycles). The lack of any super strong 6m
F2 backscatter on Nov 9 would imply that the MUF did not likely get
into Ch A2 from here. It had been hoped that the enhanced F2 zone(s)
would survive long enough to produce 50-MHz Pacific paths for here,
but it all had quickly collapsed well before local noon for this
area." (Pat Dyer, WA5IYX, San Antonio TX, QST de W1AW Propagation
Forecast Bulletin 47 ARLP047, From Tad Cook, K7RA, Seattle, WA,
November 22, 2013, To all radio amateurs, via Dave Raycroft, ODXA yg
via DXLD)
:Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
:Issued: 2013 Nov 25 0413 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 18 - 24 November 2013
Solar activity reached high levels during the period. The week began
at low levels with C-class flares coming from Regions 1893 (S13, L=102
class/area Eki/480 on 18 Nov), 1897 (S21, L=064 class/area Ekc/610 on
13 Nov) and 1900 (S19, L=105 class/area Dac/150 on 15 Nov). On 19
November, Region 1893 produced an X1/Sf at 19/1026 UTC. An associated
CME was observed, along with a Type II (est. speed 1049 km/s) radio
sweep and a 530 sfu Tenflare. Low levels returned on 20 November.
Moderate levels were reached on 21 and 23 November. Region 1893
produced an M1 at 21/1111 UTC and newly numbered Region 1904 (N12,
L=039 class/area Dai/130 on 24 Nov) produced a pair of M1 flares at
23/0232 UTC and 23/1257 UTC. Low levels rounded out the period on 24
November. A filament eruption was observed in SDO/AIA 193 imagery at
23/2342 UTC. A subsequent CME was observed in SOHO/LASCO C2 imagery
beginning at 24/0125 UTC. The CME is not expected to be geoeffective.
A greater than 10 MeV proton enhancement was observed beginning at
approximately 19/1245 UTC and reached a maximum flux value of 4 pfu
at 19/1825 UTC before returning to background levels by 21 November.
The enhancement was likely associated with the X1/Sf flare on 19
November.
The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit was at
normal levels throughout the period.
Geomagnetic field activity was mostly quiet with the exception of
three unsettled periods observed between 23/0300 UTC and 23/1200 UTC.
The increase in activity appeared to be due to a weak transient.
FORECAST OF SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY 25 NOV - 21 DEC 2013
Solar activity is expected to be at low levels with a chance for
isolated M-class activity until the return of old Region 1890 (S13,
L=171) on 28 November. Chances for moderate activity increase from
28 November to 16 December as a chain of regions that produced
moderate to high activity during the last rotation return to the
visible disk. Predominately low level activity is expected for the
remainder of the period.
No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit.
The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is
expected to be at normal to moderate levels throughout the period.
Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be at quiet to unsettled
levels from 25 - 27 November due to effects from a positive polarity
coronal hole high speed stream (CH HSS). Quiet conditions are expected
from 28 November - 03 December. Quiet to unsettled conditions are
anticipated to return on 04 December due to a recurrent negative
polarity CH HSS. Quiet to active conditions are anticipated on 06 - 08
December due to a recurrent positive polarity HSS. Predominately quiet
conditions are expected for the remainder of the period with the
exception of 13 - 14 December. Quiet to unsettled conditions are
expected on those two days due to a second negative polarity HSS.
:Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt
:Issued: 2013 Nov 25 0413 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 2013-11-25
#
# UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest
# Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index
2013 Nov 25 130 8 3
2013 Nov 26 130 10 3
2013 Nov 27 130 8 3
2013 Nov 28 135 5 2
2013 Nov 29 135 5 2
2013 Nov 30 135 5 2
2013 Dec 01 135 5 2
2013 Dec 02 140 5 2
2013 Dec 03 145 5 2
2013 Dec 04 145 10 3
2013 Dec 05 150 5 2
2013 Dec 06 150 15 4
2013 Dec 07 155 15 4
2013 Dec 08 165 12 3
2013 Dec 09 165 5 2
2013 Dec 10 165 5 2
2013 Dec 11 165 5 2
2013 Dec 12 165 5 2
2013 Dec 13 165 10 3
2013 Dec 14 165 8 3
2013 Dec 15 160 5 2
2013 Dec 16 155 5 2
2013 Dec 17 145 5 2
2013 Dec 18 140 5 2
2013 Dec 19 140 5 2
2013 Dec 20 135 5 2
2013 Dec 21 130 5 2
(SWPC via WORLD OF RADIO 1697, DXLD)
TIPS FOR RATIONAL LIVING
++++++++++++++++++++++++
The KD0BCF de KC0OW show on 3843 kHz
http://fyngyrz.com/?p=1325
Sent from my iPhone (Des Preston, Nov 26, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.:
For my ham and SWL readers, I just wanted to point out a fun little
thing that’s been going on for a while. KD0BCF, Tom, an atheist, and
Scott, KC0OW, a christian, have been going at it, more or less
politely, for some time now. I first ran into them SWL’ing the 75
meter ham band, and now I actively look for them, and if I find
they’re on, I leave the dial right there.
Scott’s a lawyer, and you can tell by his extreme evasiveness that
this forms the root of his arguing skills. Tom pretty much has Scott
for lunch, or at least he has the times I’ve tuned in, but Scott’s
ability to duck and cover and evade is right up there with some of the
best I’ve seen. He also, it has to be said, appears to be very secure
in his faith.
Both fellows are quite intelligent, and the tone of the rhetoric is
generally well above what you’d expect for this kind of interaction,
especially one that’s been going on this long. Kudos to both of them
for keeping it mostly polite and cheery.
Subjects covered include religion (of course), politics, world events,
fundamentalist broadcasts, Israel, Islam, etc. A highly recommended
little chunk of the SWL/ham experience. :) (via DXLD) Time????
While you`re there, check out the About Me page of FYNGYRZ with
comments (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###