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Thanks, Glenn WORLD OF RADIO 1739 CONTENTS: *DX and station news about: Andaman Island, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Brazil, Burma non, Canada and non, China, Congo DR, Diego Garcia, Europe, International Waters, Iran, Ireland non, Italy, Kashmir, Kurdistan non, Libya, Myanmar, Perú, Sa`udi Arabia, Solomon Islands, Spain, Taiwan, USA SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1739, September 19-25+, 2014 Thu 0330 WRMI 9955 [confirmed] Thu 1230 WRMI 9955 [confirmed, with France via Taiwan QRM] Thu 2330 WRMI 11580 [confirmed 1738] Fri 0327v WWRB 3185 [confirmed] Fri 2130 WRMI 7570 & 15770 [confirmed 1738] Sat 0630 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Sat 1430 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Sun 0100 WRMI 5950 [confirmed] Sun 0131 KVOH 9975 [confirmed] Mon 0300v WBCQ 5110v-CUSB Area 51 Tue 1100 WRMI 9955 [still with France via Taiwan QRM?] Wed 0630 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Wed 1315 WRMI 9955 Wed 1430 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v Thu 0330 WRMI 9955 [or 1740 if ready in time] Latest edition of this schedule version, including AM, FM, satellite and webcasts with hotlinks to station sites and audio, is at: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html or http://schedule.worldofradio.org or http://sked.worldofradio.org For updates see our Anomaly Alert page: http://www.worldofradio.com/anomaly.html WORLD OF RADIO PODCASTS: Tnx to Dr Harald Gabler and the Rhein-Main Radio Club. http://www.rmrc.de/index.php?option=com_podcast&view=feed&format=raw&Itemid=156&lang=de or directly via: http://bit.ly/1xD5yyn Also via [but still not back in service]: http://tunein.com/radio/World-of-Radio-p198/ AND ALTERNATIVE, tnx Stephen Cooper, because RMRC was down: http://shortwave.am/wor.xml OUR ONDEMAND AUDIO: http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html or http://wor.worldofradio.org DAY-BY-DAY ARCHIVE OF GLENN HAUSER`S LOG REPORTS: Unedited, uncondensed, unchanged from original version, many of them too complex, minutely researched, multi-frequency, opinionated, inconsequential, off-topic, or lengthy for some log editors to manage; and also ahead of their availability in these weekly issues: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/index.php?topic=Hauser DXLD YAHOOGROUP: Why wait for DXLD? A lot more info, not all of it appearing in DXLD later, is posted at our yg without delay. When applying, please identify yourself with your real name and location, and say something about why you want to join. Those who do not, unless I recognize them, will be prompted once to do so and no action will be taken otherwise. Here`s where to sign up: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dxld/ ** ABKHAZIA. WEB RADIO in Russian --- News, comments and additions are welcome. Radio Republic Abhaziyayu WEB: http://www.apsua.tv/rus/radio/ State of Internet TV and Radio channel Abkhaz company - AGTRK. Working sections: News release and individual programs by category. E-mail edition: info@apsua.tv (Anatoly Klepov, RusDX Sept 14 via DXLD) ** AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN [non]. 9335, VOA/Deewa Radio (Iranawila, SRI LANKA), 1505+ 10 September. Pashto program with news headlines, several IDs. // 9355 (Udon Thani). 9335 sked 1430-1500 (Udon Thani) & 15-19 (Iranawila). Also heard 1540-1548 9 September on 9355 with web address http://www.DeewaRadio.com & "VOA-Deewa Radio" IDs (Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA G5/6m X wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS [and non]. 4759.996, Sep12 -1630*. Still two weak stations here, one on 4759.996 signing off at just a few seconds after 1630. The other continued their program on 4760,01 indicating AIR Leh and Port Blair. TN (Thomas Nilsson, Sweden, SW Bulletin Sept 14 via WORLD OF RADIO 1739, DXLD) 4760.010, AIR Port Blair, Andaman Island 15 SEPT 2014 1120 weak. 73 (Nick VK2DX Hacko, Sydney NSW, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1739, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ANGOLA. 4949.75, RNA-Canal "A", Mulenvos, 2214-2230, 12/9, noticiário desportivo; 35332, modulação fraca. Bons DX e 73 (Carlos Gonçalves, PORTUGAL, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ANTARCTICA. ANTÁRCTICA, 15476 (portadora + BLS) R. Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel, Base Esperanza, 1910-2145, 11/9, texto, entrevistas, canções; 25342. O fecho terá ocorrido pelas 2200. Bons DX e 73 (Carlos Gonçalves, PORTUGAL, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15476, LRA 36, Radio Nacional, Arcangel San Gabriel, Base Esperanza, 1934-2010, 12-09, Spanish, comments, female with Argentine accent, Latin American songs. 14321. 15476, LRA 36 Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel, Base Esperanza, 1940-2005, 16-09, now on air with better signal than past days (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Lugo, Tecsun PL-880, cable antenna, 8 meters, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Good evening, LRA36, Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel on 15476 kHz is starting to lift out of the noise with some fair peaks of music and speech at 1945 UT. 73's (John Hoad, Faversham Kent UK, JRC NRD-525 / Wellbrook ALA1530LF, Sent from my iPad, Sept 17, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) ** ARGENTINA. 15345.26, 12/9 1808, RAE, English program, reports, fair. RX: Perseus & Drake R7 - ANT: T2FD 15 meters long, QTH: Milano, Italia, OP: (Giampiero Bernardini GIB, playdxyg via DXLD) 15345.4, Radio Nacional, RAE, 2000-2015, 12-09, news, Spanish, "la temperatatura en Buenos Aires y Mar del Plata, 16 grados, RAE, noticias de la radio pública, RAE, Radiodifusora Argentina al Exterior, escuche a las 20 horas el programa... por las frecuencias de 9690 y 15345 kHz", "Siempre Argentina", at 2000 French program. 34433 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Lugo, Tecsun PL-880, cable antenna, 8 meters, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15345.3, Sept 12 at 2338, RAE good signal with flutter, but undermodulated, with tango. Always varies above and below 15345 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hello everyone, Quite surprised at the strength of RAE Argentina in Spanish on 15345.3 at 2315 UT with peaks past the S9 level on my Icom receiver here in Montreal. Signals seems to be quite good to the south tonight; heard many stations from Brazil also in 31 meter band. 73 (Gilles Letourneau, Montreal, Canada, Sept 15, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15345.109 kHz measured rather tiny signal, hopped 2-3 Hertz around, RAE Japanese program at 1140 UT Sept 17. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) ** ARMENIA. 9590, Radio Sadaye Zindagi (IBRA Radio) presumed at 1458, s/on with instrumental music, 1500 announcements by man, brief music, then woman - Very poor Sept 13 (Harold Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia, listing in my car, by the lake, with the Eton E1 and Sony AN1 active antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ASIA [non]. Successfully decoded the R. Free Asia "text via tones", a.k.a. digital text during the September 14, 2014, 2258 UT, 15390 kHz broadcast. I had to tune the receiver to 15390.109 kHz for successful decode. Digital text was sent using the Olivia 32/2000 mode. 73, (Kraig, KG4LAC, Krist, Manassas, VA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. 2485, VL8K Katherine NT, 1040 music, 1045 YL announcer, 1046 music bridge, 1047 OM & YL chat, 1048 YL singing // 2325, VL8T Tennant Creek NT; fade out 1045 on 9 September (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, South Flórida, Icom 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, Sony 2010XA, wire antennas, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA [non]. Changes of Radio Australia via BABCOCK effective from Sept. 1: 0000-0030 12005 SNG 100 kW / 340 deg to SEAs Burmese Mon-Fri, ex Daily 0000-0030 12005 SNG 100 kW / 340 deg to SEAs English Sat/Sun 0100-0130 11780 SNG 100 kW / 340 deg to SEAs Burmese Mon-Fri, ex Daily 0100-0130 11780 SNG 100 kW / 340 deg to SEAs English Sat/Sun 2300-2330 5955 DHA 250 kW / 085 deg to SEAs Burmese Sun-Thu, ex Daily 2300-2330 5955 DHA 250 kW / 085 deg to SEAs English Fri/Sat (DX RE MIX NEWS #871 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, Sept 16 via DXLD) ** AUSTRALIA. 11590, Reach Beyond Australia, 1435-1447+ 10 September. Program is (presumed) Kuruk (Wed. only 1430-1445), p-mail address, drums & ID "This is Reach Beyond Australia--Life Changing Radio", brief OC then opening in Hindi (1445-1500 M-F). (Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA G5/6m X wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AZERBAIJAN. 9674.8, Edaletin Sesi Radiosu, Nagorno Karabakh(?), 1305, Sep 10, Azeri, ID, news (heard in range 9672.4-9674.6), (on Sep 11 at 1310 retro songs in Azeri), 45544 (Pankov) 11760, UnID name, (Baku ?), 0500, Sep 11, news in Azeri, heard in range 11745-11760 (on 11750 over radio Voz Missionária), 45544 (Rumen Pankov, Sofia Bulgaria, DSWCI DX Window Sept 17 via DXLD) Possibly Baku jamming Azerbaijan broadcast (Ed., ibid.) ** BANGLADESH. 13580, Bangladesh Betar, at 1758, on 12 Sept. A female announcer was talking about tourism in Bangladesh and the impact that lack of tourism has on the county and its historical sites. There was a station ID at 1802 followed by a male speaker. At 1804 there was an announcement that the next program would be recitations from the Holy Qur`an followed by the English translations of what was said. Good (J. Cooper, 2nd Mtn, PA, Winradio-G33DDC, Com Radio CR-1A, RF Space-SDR- IQ, Sangean ATS-909X with Clear Mod, Grundig Satellit 750, Wellbrook ALA 1530+, Super Sloper Tuned All Band Antenna, PARS- SWL End Fed, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) ** BELARUS. 11730, Radio Belarus, at 2158, on 13 Sept. A male announcer gave a station ID in English. At 2200 a male spoke briefly followed by a song with a male singer. At 2204 a female came on and is talking. Poor (J. Cooper, Lebanon, PA, Winradio-G33DDC, Com Radio CR- 1A, RF Space-SDR-IQ, Sangean ATS-909X with Clear Mod, Grundig Satellit 750, Wellbrook ALA 1530+, Super Sloper Tuned All Band Antenna, PARS- SWL End Fed, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) 11730, 09/14 2003, R. Belarus, Minsk, in Spanish; mv. News; ID, good signal and very poor modulation, 44432/44431 (JRX_Jose Ronaldo Xavier, Cabedelo, Paraíba, Brazil, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** BERMUDA [and non]. Bermuda 1160 on? has anyone heard this recently? The website ' http://vsb.bm/ ' still has a BBC 1160 entry. I used to have this fairly often. I haven't heard it for a while. I was thinking of phoning or e-mailing the station but I figured I'd run it by the rest of you first to see what you've heard on 1160 lately or what you may have read from various online and paper sources. Typically I have WOBM-NJ atop 1160 with WVNJ-NJ & WSKW-ME fighting it out for the #2 and #3 spots. Station e-mail is 'info@vsb.bm' and phone is (441) 292- 0050 if anyone wants to investigate further. I haven't heard the 1280 station (religious) for a while either. 1280 is usually WADO-NY over WPKZ-MA and WFAU-ME. Maybe it's just that it's been almost a year since my last car DXpedition session from nearby beach sites where the Bermuda stations do better (relative to co-channel domestics) than at the house (Mark Connelly, WA1ION, South Yarmouth, MA, Sept 12, IRCA via WORLD OF RADIO 1739, DXLD) ** BHUTAN. 6034.96, Bhutan Broadcasting Service, Sangaygang, is operating again on 6035 with 50 kW between 0000v-1303*, Sep 02, heard via Hong Kong receiver. They welcome possible reception reports via their web form on http://www.bbs.bt/news/ (Mauno Ritola, Finland, DSWCI DX Window Sept 17 via WORLD OF RADIO 1739, DXLD) Its morning transmission beginning time is not regular as sometimes I noted back on air as early as 0100 and sometimes half an hour or an hour later. And on Sep 09, I heard good signal local Bhutanese language from 0047 onwards. On Sep 06, I heard loud and clear signal of BBS English Service with news in English, public service anns, English songs from 1103 onwards. On Sep 07, also I monitored BBS English with excellent reception overall 1040-1112. There was English songs (sometimes back to back), Health Promos, News in English, public service anns, on air. Here is the link of a few moments audio recorded around 1100: https://app.box.com/s/ixlrjbfrq2rwynn2xnc5 And another link to the audio of BBS recorded around 1110: https://app.box.com/s/w16lrfrj0fs5jfh41qye The audio files were recorded while I was listening BBS on my Philips DL334 portable Analog Receiver without any external antenna. However in the evening and night, I am yet to hear the signal of BBS on 6035. As per informed by Alokesh Gupta, BBS is using only one transmitter at a time and that's why there is no parallel frequency (Gautam Kumar Sharma, Abhayapuri, Assam, India, ibid., WORLD OF RADIO 1739) ** BOLIVIA. 3310, Radio Mosoj Chaski, Cochabamba, 2325 to 2345 continues to be received well on 12 September, 0930 to 1000 OM en language, some Spanish on 9 September (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, South Flórida, Icom 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, Sony 2010XA, wire antennas, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOLIVIA. 4409.8, Radio Eco, Reyes, 2330 to 2350 during band scan, fair signal 9 Sept. also 6, 7, 8 September same time. - no receptions of this one 0900 to 1100 here - rlcw (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, South Flórida, Icom 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, Sony 2010XA, wire antennas, WORLD OF RADIO 1739, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4410, Radio Eco, Reyes, 0005, weak but slightly better than I had been hearing it Sept 8th (XM, Cedar Key, South [sic] Florida, NRD 525D - R8A - E5, via Bob Wilkner, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOLIVIA. 4699.9, Radio San Miguel, Riberalta, en español, seems always on before 4716 Radio Yura. Signal never as strong as Radio Yura; 9 September (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, South Flórida, Icom 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, Sony 2010XA, wire antennas, DX LISTENING DIGEST) But no times, presumably meaning mornings 09-11 period (gh) ** BOLIVIA. CHASQUI DX PFA – SETIEMBRE 2014 --- CQ, CQ, CQ; Aquí Pedro F. Arrunátegui para compartir algo con los que disfrutan y aman el DX latinoamericano, todas las horas son UTC, desde la tierra de los incas, les informo mediante este Quipus lo siguiente: 4409.80, R, Eco, Reyes, Beni; 31/08, 0035-0014, 22222, mx variada, ID "Desde la capital de la provincia .. Reyes, departamento de Beni, transmite Radio Eco en los 4410 kHz banda…. metros onda corta…” (Escuchar grabación adjunta) NOTA Frecuencia verificada es 4409.80 [WORLD OF RADIO 1739] 4451.20, R. Santa Ana, Santa Ana de Yacuma; 2/09 2315-0010, 33333, px religioso Impacto con María, ID “Servicio a la comunidad de Radio Santa Ana”, mxf y ads en quechua, 8 de la noche y 45 minutos, mxf huayno. [WORLD OF RADIO 1739] [if that TC came within the reported span at 2345 UT, that would put Bolivia on UT -3 instead of -4 --- gh] 5952.40, R. Pio XII, Siglo XX; 2/09 1035-1105, 44444, news, ID “Pio XII” imposible escuchar después de las 1100, interferencia de transmisión de otra estación. [I guess that would be 5955, CRI in English, eastward from Beijing; nothing sked on 5950 --- gh] 6134.80, R. Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz; 7/09 2220-2245, 44444, mx moderna variada, ID “Cuando pienses en música, piensa en Santa Cruz", mx, ID “En Santa Cruz la música es diferente”, mx, ID “Santa Cruz una radio diferente". La recepción la he efectuado del 31/08 al 14/09 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 (Pedro F Arrunátegui, Perú, Sept Chasqui DX, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOLIVIA. 4716.7, Sept 12 at 0034, some music audible here from R. Yura, still at 0114 when I measure the yurnique frequency approx. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOLIVIA. 5580, Radio San José, San José de Chiquitos, 0011, weak but stronger than usual for reception here September 8 (XM, Cedar Key, South [sic] Florida, NRD 525D - R8A - E5, via Bob Wilkner, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5580.2, Radio San José, San José de Chiquitos, 2335 to 2350 noted with weak signal on 6 September; 4 September same time (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, South Flórida, Icom 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, Sony 2010XA, wire antennas, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOLIVIA. 5952.2, Pio XII, Siglo Veinte 2330-2340 YL in Spanish with no interference from 5950 on 4 Sept (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, South Flórida, Icom 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, Sony 2010XA, wire antennas, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 3364.84, Brasil, Rádio Cultura, Araraquara, SP, weak tonight with Portuguese OM, 2320 to 2350 on 12 September (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, South Flórida, Icom 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, Sony 2010XA, wire antennas, WORLD OF RADIO 1739, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 3375.1, Brasil, Rádio Municipal São Gabriel da Cachoeira, 0930 with Portuguese talk by OM to 1012 on 9 September (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, South Flórida, Icom 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, Sony 2010XA, wire antennas, WORLD OF RADIO 1739, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. Lars Skoglund: Rádio Educadora Guarajá Mirim 3375 svarade med trevligt brev, dekal och vykort. V/S var Alberto Kloster Filho, Diretor Administrativo. Han meddelar att anledningen till att de har slutat sända på kortvåg är att det inte går att få tag på några mottagare med 90-metersbandet på den brasilianska marknaden. De har därför nu ansökt om en frekvens i 60-metersbandet. Rádio Educadora Guarajá Mirim 3375 responded with nice letter, stickers and postcards. V/S was Alberto Kloster Filho, Diretor Administrativo. He announces that the reason they are no longer broadcasting on shortwave is that you can not get hold of any receivers with the 90-m band in the Brazilian market. Therefore, they have now applied for a frequency in the 60-meter band (Lars Skoglund, SW Bulletin Sept 14, translated by editor Thomas Nilsson for WORLD OF RADIO 1739, DX LISTENING DIGEST) (According to LASWlogs last time reported on this frequency was in July 07 but that info seems to be wrong. Check http://blog.sarmento.eng.br/?p=735 where this station was heard Jan 10, 2012. Nice verification! /TN) (Nilsson, ibid.) LASWlogs ceased being updated by end of Feb 2012, as they warn us. Still an excellent resource for info prior to then (gh, DXLD) ** BRAZIL. Ouvidas aqui na Zona Norte de SP dia 11/09/2014 4775 - 2310 UT - Rádio Congonhas (Congonhas MG) Programa Roda do Violeiro - SINPO - 43332 4818 - 2332 UT - Rádio Difusora de Londrina (Londrina PR) Programa Evangélico da Igreja "A Vitória da Fé" - SINPO - 43332 73 (Itauri C. Sousa, Grid Location GG66qm, PY1-118SWL, PY-6009V, Tecsun PL-660, Mini Loop Blindada, DXCB, radioescutas yg via DXLD) re ** BRAZIL. BRASIL, 4875.05, R. Dif.ª de Roraima, Boa Vista RR, 2204- 2216, 12/9, A Voz do Brasil; 34332, QRM de CODAR. 4894.9, R. Novo Tempo, C p.º Grande MS, 2207-2220, 12/9, texto; 25331. 4905, Nova R. Relógio, Rio de Jan.º RJ, 2131-2140, 11/9, rubrica sobre futebol; 24341, QRM da CHN e, ocasionalmente, de sinal em telegrafia. 4925.2, R. Educação Rural, Tefé AM, 2225-2235, 13/9, canções; 34332. 6105, R. Filadélfia, Foz do Iguaçu PR, 2111-2120, 14/9, propaganda religiosa; 23331, QRM adjacente. Bons DX e 73 (Carlos Gonçalves, PORTUGAL, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 4865.00, BRASIL, R. Verde[s] Florestas, Acre; 1/09 2345- 0005, 33333, news sobre la reforma política brasilera en la semana de la patria, ID “Radio Verde[s] Florestas…”, px religioso. 5939.86, BRASIL, R. Voz Missionária, Camboriú, SC; 6/09 2310-0000, 22222, px religioso. No pasan ID; por momentos se va la señal…. 11815.00, BRASIL, R. Brasil Central, Goiânia; 1/09 2301-2330, 33333, ID “Brasil Central …” mx variada. ID "Radio Brasil Central, canta.. “ (Escuchar grabación) La recepción la he efectuado del 31/08 al 14/09 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 (Pedro F Arrunátegui, Lima, Perú, Sept Chasqui DX, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL [and non]. 6135.008 and 11854.982 kHz both Radio Aparecida, Aparecida, SP Brazil probably now 24hrs service, but not heard on 5035 and 9630 kHz around 06-07 UT. Heute Morgen 'wundert' mich eine englische Soulsaenger abspielende Station auf 6135.008 kHz, jetzt um 06 UT. Ist das noch Madagascar? Nie und nimmer eine Ausbreitung im 49mb um diese Zeit. Spanish ist jetzt die Ansage um 0619 UT, aber danach auch Braz- Portugiesische Einsprengsel. Da ist eine wunderbare latein- amerikanische Musik um 0620 UT zu hoeren, von Radio Aparecida, Aparecida, SP Brazil, und auch \\ auf 11854.982 kHz fast noch staerker, aber NICHT \\ auf 5035 und 9630 kHz - um diese Sendezeit. (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 15, via DXLD) ** BRAZIL [and non]. 6180+, Sept 12 at 0126, RNA vs CRI Kashgar making a low rumble het; stronger being RNA and I can tell it`s the one off- frequency slightly to the hi side, maybe 40 Hz, or one DX-398 click. This anomaly could also be explained by their employing the backup/ex- 5990 weaker transmitter instead of the 250 kW behemoth (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 13/09/2014, 2115 UT, 6180.0 kHz, Radio Nacional Brasília-Brasília, Conversa. 2 Om's, Por, 33333. QRA: (Antonio Madrid, Moraleda (Granada) - España/Spain, Coordenadas: 37º 08' 48'' N-003º 56' 42'' O; Altitud: 625 Mts; RX: Kenwood R5000; ANT: Dipolos de 100 mts y 60 Mts WWW: http://www.elradioescucha.net Hecho con Log-Report: http://www.log-report.tk playdx yg via DXLD) 11780, Sept 16 at 0544, RNA is off! Not due to propagation, as the #2 25mb signal from Brasil, Aparecida on 11855, is good in Brazuguese having just attained #1 status. 6180, Sept 16 at 0548, poor carrier with no? modulation, maybe RNA or something else, as has already been ailing on this frequency for several nights; still nothing on 5990 either. 11780, Sept 17 at 0058, RNA is back on here with usual bigsig. 6180, Sept 17 at 0058, two weak stations making a rhumble LAH, presumably QRP RNA and CRI East Turkistan. 6185 Mexico is much stronger, good for XEPPM (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1739, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 9819.9, R. 9 de Julho, São Paulo SP, 0910-desvan. total, 12/9, noticias, texto; 25332. 9819.94, idem, 2118-2135, 14/9, missa, ID e anúncio de freq., às 2130, seguindo-se-lhe a rubrica Latino-América no Ar, em castelhano, enfim, num castelhano mau; 33442, QRM da CHN, em 9820. Bons DX e 73 (Carlos Gonçalves, PORTUGAL, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) This had been below 9819 – more like 9818.9, but I haven`t heard a big het lately, so presumably the above two readings are now correct, 9 July having acercated itself much closer to nominal (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 10000, Time Signal Station Observatório Nacional, 0613- 0622, 13-09, time signals, female time announcements: "Observatório Nacional, 3 horas, 14 minutos, 0 segundos". 23322. Also 0555-0610, 14- 09, Time signals, female voice announcements. 13221 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Lugo, Tecsun PL-880, cable antenna, 8 meters, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 15190, 09/11 0106, R. Inconfidência, rly. Contagem-MG, in Portuguese; returns after a long time in my location; musical prgr. Anns., 35433. Note: on 6010 kHz, no signal (JRX_Jose Ronaldo Xavier, Cabedelo, Paraíba, Brazil, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) 15190, Rádio Inconfidência, Belo Horizonte, 2010-2018, 13-09, Portuguese, soccer comments. 14321 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Lugo, Tecsun PL-880, cable antenna, 8 meters, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. Novos testes da Jovem Pan 84.7 MHz em curso: http://tudoradio.com/noticias/ver/11728-migracao-testes-em-fm-estendido-ja-estao-em-nova-etapa-na-capital-paulista 73, (Rudolf Grimm, São Bernardo SP, Sept 11, radioescutas yg via DXLD) ** BURMA [non]. 11595, CLANDESTINE (to Myanmar). Democratic Voice of Burma – Gavar [ARMENIA site], 0013-0030*, Sep 10. Woman announcer with Burmese language talks, brief instrumental music breaks before a long talk by another male speaker. Several men talking near closedown which was followed by light closing instrumental music. Fair (Rich D'Angelo, Wyomissing, PA, Ten-Tec RX-340, Drake R-8B, Eton E1, Eton E5, Alpha Delta DX Sloper, RF Systems Mini-Windom, Datong FL3, JPS ANC-4, NASWA Flashsheet Sept 16 via WORLD OF RADIO 1739, DXLD) Starts at 2330; doomed service to close down at end of A-14 (gh, DXLD) ** CAMBODIA [non]. CLANDESTINE, 17860 V. of Khmer M'Chas Srok, Sep 07 1150-1159*, 35433, Cambodian, Talk, URL announce at 1155, Closing music, 1159 sign off (Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN, RX, IC-R75, NRD-525+RD- 9830, NRD-515, NRD-345, Satellit 750, DE-1121; ANT, 130m Sloper Wire, 303WA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA [and non]. [Re 14-37:] Hi Glenn, Those stories re the American MW stations broadcasting into Vancouver are not from me. Regards a (Andy Reid, Ont., DX LISTENING DIGEST) I was reading that the Punjabi stations in Vancouver BC have asked the CRTC to shut down the U.S. based Punjabi stations broadcasting from WA into Canada. I presume they mean 1110 Oak Harbor, 1550 Ferndale and 1600 Blaine WA. How can the CRTC stop a legally licensed U.S. broadcaster from the signal reaching Canada? Now, I figure they may be able to stop the stations from getting Canadian advertising, but I do not know the laws in Canada in that regard. I remember well the Mexican border blasters sending tons of signal into the U.S. No one stopped those stations. Some are still in English and broadcast to the U.S. CJRJ 1200 is calling the U.S. stations pirates, even though they are legally licensed stations on U.S. soil. Can the CRTC do anything? I do not see anything they can do, unless they have some control on the advertising from Vancouver. Any comments? 73, (Patrick Martin, Seaside OR, Sept 16, IRCA via DXLD) http://sikhsiyasat.net/2014/09/08/sher-e-punjab-radio-india-radio-and-punjab-radio-face-crtc-ban-in-b-c-canada/ The issue (in the CRTC's view) is that all 3 stations are Canadian owned and have their entire offices and staff in Canada and transmit from the US to serve Canadian markets. The CRTC says that makes them subject to Canadian rules, etc. (Chuck Hutton, IRCA via WORLD OF RADIO 1739, DXLD) Chuck, So that is it, that the companies have everything in Canada except for the transmitting site itself. Now it makes more sense. In reality the stations in question are Canadian stations, but without a Canadian broadcasting license. No wonder they are calling the stations pirate stations. Thanks (Patrick Martin, Seaside OR, ibid.) Then the CRTC needs to clean up its own backyard and stop the cheaters such as CJGX, CKMX and CKLQ. Seriously, what a joke. Sincerely, (Todd Skaine, Woodbury, MN, ibid.) The CRTC could have an equivalent of the Brinkley Rule (where the FCC forbade US studios from feeding Mexican transmitters - though waivers are not too hard to get for it - they just wanted to prevent crooks like Dr. John R "Goat Gland" Brinkley from exploiting legal loopholes for his sham treatments (and increasing Nazi sympathies). I've no clue if this is the case, though (Jason Brose, ibid.) Jason, The Mexican stations (XERB, XETRA, etc., all broadcast English to a Southern California audience for years. Their studios were in LA and San Diego. I remember seeing both XERB and XEGM back in the 1970 in LA. Has the rules changed? Or maybe Canada is more strict than the U.S.? (Patrick Martin, Seaside OR, ibid.) Todd, we can certainly add more than a few more Canadians to the list. CKST and CFAC for starters as I don't think either has run night pattern for many years. CKMX has been off again on again when it comes to day pattern at night. Lately it has been bothered here in IL by KGFX running day rig at night! CKWX like CKST is way too easy to get here for listed night pattern. CHRB was running day pattern for many years at night but as of a couple of years ago, they behave much of the time. And there are more from time to time such as CFGO 1200. 73 KAZ (Neil Kazaross, IL/WI, IRCA via DXLD) Here's the actual notice from the CRTC: The situation does appear to be covered by Canada's Broadcasting Act so. Personally, I don't know what all the fuss is about, although rumour is that Shushma Datt's CJRJ/1200 has not exactly been the money tree she expected. As for non-compliance by Canadian stations of technical issues such as day/night patterns, I'd suspect that would come under Industry Canada not the Commish. Someone mentioned CKST/1040: it would be strange for a major outfit like Bell Media not to be following The Rules; only a few years ago, they spent a bundle of money to re-locate (and combine) the facilities for both CKST/1040 and CFTE/1410 to a new site with seven towers (Theo Donnelly, BC, ibid.) Theo, This is what I wondered, although I do not know the rules in Canada in broadcasting from Canada to a U.S. transmitter site. But that went on for decades from Mexico to the U.S. The Canadian station I know of that does not drop power seems to be 800 Penticton. I remember hearing them with a booming signal into Alaska back in the 60s. I doubt they were on 500w, even then. CFPR 860 is listed at 1 kW nights, but according to their CE I talked to years ago, they are allowed a full 10 kW ND 24/7. He said it had been that way since he was at CFPR and I got the idea, he had been there for a long time. This was back in the 1980's (Patrick Martin, Seaside OR, ibid.) OK, so it was a few years ago when CKST and CFTE combined. It has been several years since they switched to night rig IMO. Perhaps there was an error made when they moved and broken hardware to switch was never fixed. Several years ago they went from never being heard here at my IL QTH to backgrounding WHO on nights when skip is good to the Pac NW. I can tell that they didn't switch on nights when they'd be coming on legally using day pattern prior to Vancouver sunset switch time, when there'd be no reduction in power at or after switch time; i.e. they'd be bothering WHO all night. It is the same situation this month, although conditions aren't yet good enough to allow presunset skip to the Pac NW. Note also that high latitude conditions were better a couple years ago than they are this year and on really good nights in late Sept and late Oct, stuff like KOMO could be coming in here with WMVP phased down, as much as an hour prior to Seattle's sunset switch time. 73 (KAZ, Barrington IL, Perseus and two element Broadside DKAZ array aimed west, ibid.) ** CANADA. 1610, Sept 12 at 0102 UT song in Brazilian looping NE/SW, and then another, i.e. CHHA Toronto, Voces Latinas which is not totally Spanish. Yes, program grid at http://chha1610am.ca/program/ does show Portuguese at 9-10 pm ET M-F = 01-02 UT Tue-Sat (and followed by Tagalog, Italian hours). Twenty semi-hours weekdays at 2-4 pm = 18-20 UT are each dedicated to a different SS Iberoamerican country (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. CKEZ-FM launched. I was too busy yesterday to report this but --- At 7:00 a.m. AST [sic; ADT] CKEZ-FM officially launched as "Classic Rock 979". They had been testing sporadically since mid June and testing full time since early July - a very long testing period. Power is officially 100 kW, but that is peak power - actually 98 kW - in the peak direction. Average power is about 53 kW with power in the null only 2 to 3 kW. Signal at least here in PEI is significantly weaker than sister station CKEC-FM [branded East Coast FM or ECFM] even though CKEC-FM runs a bit less power. CKEZ-FM is supposed to have more height than its sister as well - attained by adding a piece on to the top of the tower Possibly it actually has less height - maybe the piece was not added and the bays for CKEZ-FM are lower down - if so that would explain the signal. Format is classic rock - and the music is good, very good. Keep in mind it is an independent, locally owned station - so it does not have that dreadful cookie-cutter chain sound. Here is their website: Classic Rock 97.9 http://classicrock979.ca/ ``Welcome to September 15th, 2014 - historic day for Hector Broadcasting Co Ltd - the "on-air" launch of Classic Rock 97.9`` (Phil Rafuse, VY2PR, Stratford PE Canada, Sept 15, ABDX via DXLD) You're right, Phil. That station sounded good when I was there in late July. I really enjoyed listening to it. The processing sounded good, important songs were being played, music flow was well handled and there were plenty of pleasant surprises. Perhaps they had very loose category turnovers while testing or were playing the low rotation titles much more often than they intend to in the long term (due to no commercial spotload). I was hearing deep cuts almost as often as major hits. Also, blocks of songs heard in mid-day, for instance, repeated the next day in morning or afternoon. That's not an unusual thing while a station's in test mode. It certainly sounded like it had promise (Brian Goodrich, Greensboro, NC, ibid.) ** CANADA. New Studio Building for Nothing 989 --- The finishing touches are being put on CJFX-FM's new studio building. The former Friendly 58 Radio, the highly successful 25 kW AM Stereo station who flipped to FM and watched its profitability plummet, has sold its historic building in the heart of Antigonish Town and purchased a former marine shop outside the Town. The word is that the old building was getting too costly to maintain and perhaps unsafe as well. The old building came with a great deal of land within land-starved Antigonish Town, so the selling price ought to have been pretty high. There is a rumour that CJFX-FM, branded confusingly as XFM but also 989 Nothing But Hits, is thinking of apply to set up a sister station with a C&W format - that would make a lot of sense as there is no C&W station within the market. Current format for CJFX-FM is classic hits, and they do it very, very well with a HUGE music library. I will post a pic if Google Groups will permit it (Phil Rafuse, PEI, Sept 16, ABDX yg via DXLD) Here is a link for the photos ABDX https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/ABDX/photos/albums/503736789 If anything their music is even better now. It is a nice balance between traditional rock airplay cuts and the album oriented rock type cuts of way back when. Basically - it is a great station with a good signal, if it were a 5 kW Class A, rather than a so called 100 kW Class C1. I just did a comparison between CJFX's signal in my office versus CKEZ. CJFX's transmitter is 80+ km away, running 75.4 kW omni at 208 metres EHAAT versus CKEZ is 50+ km away, with 88 kW in my direction and supposedly 240 metres high. CJFX is crystal clear, CKEZ is fuzzy and hissy, move your hand and it`s gone. I'm tempted to record it and post the file as it is amusing (Phil Rafuse, ibid.) ** CANADA [non]. Radio City next weekend: Radio City will be on the air Friday September 19th at 18-19 GMT via IRRS on 7290 kHz and Challenger Radio on 1368 kHz, with repeat Saturday September 20th at 08-09 GMT via IRRS on 9510 kHz. There will also be a separate transmission via Hamburger Lokalradio Saturday September 27 at 12-13 GMT on 7265 kHz. Every Saturday evening there is also a programme transmitted by Radio Merkurs, Riga, Latvia on 1485 kHz at 19-20 GMT. Our address remains: citymorecars@yahoo.ca Good Listening! 73s (via Tom Taylor, Sept 13, WORLD OF RADIO 1739, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHILE. 6925-AM, 15/9 0408 UT. ID de la emisora con avisos en varios idiomas leídos por voz de mujer y campanadas de carillón como gong. SINPO: 35323 (Claudio Galaz, Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, RX: Tecsun PL- 660, ANT: Hilo de 30 metros, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** CHINA [and non]. 15505, CNR1 (v. VOA Tibetan Su-Tu-Th-Sa 16-17) 1505 9 September. Window-rattling signal this morning, // 15560 (v. RFA Chinese 16-17 daily) & 13675 (v. RFA Chinese 15-17 daily). (Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA G5/6m X wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15505, CNR1 at 1608 // 15560 in Chinese with easy listening vocals and a man with talk to excited ID at 1612 jamming VOA in Tibetan via Germany – Very Good Sep 9 – this is why I don't accept loggings of VOA or RFA in Tibetan or Mandarin without definite details that proves the logging - ed 15560, CNR1 at 1608 // 15505 in Chinese with easy listening vocals and a man with talk to excited ID at 1612 jamming RFA in Mandarin via Northern Marianas – Very Good Sep 9 – see my comments for 15505 logging - ed (Mark Coady, Ont., ODXA YRX via DXLD) September 10: CNR 1 jamming and noise jamming vs BBC Uzbek 1318, 17480 Nakhon Sawan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X64KOVvAxOw&feature=youtu.be CNR 1 jamming vs Radio Free Asia in Tibetan, CeAs 1229 on 19000 Kuwait https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06Ua8HsvzB0&feature=youtu.be CNR 1 jamming vs Voice of America Tibetan, CeAs 1447 17485 Udorn Thani https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eN6Ie44PyI&feature=youtu.be 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 19000, Sept 11 at 1354, het with the FRG-7 even-MHz birdie, chex as the Thursday-only RFA Tibetan via Kuwait frequency which must be jammed during this hour. No other CNR1 jammers 12-19 MHz except the 15 MHz inbanders. 15385, Sept 12 at 0041, Firedrake! Poor signal with flutter. Haven`t heard it for several weeks anywhere, anywhen; this is contra VOA Chinese via Philippines during this hour only (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15380, 09/13, 2235, RFA, Tinian-MRA, in Cantonese; mv. talks; QRM UNID, 34442. Note: At 2258, start a jamming and ends at 2300. 15570, 09/13 2302, RFA, Tinian-MRA, in Chinese; QRM by moderate jamming, 33442. 17665, 09/14 0108, RFA, Tinian-MRA, in Tibetan; mv. talks; 24432. Note: At 0111 start CRI strong Firedrake, in Mandarin and RFA no modulation (JRX_Jose Ronaldo Xavier, Cabedelo, Paraíba, Brazil, Hard- Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ?? Firedrake is instrumental music ONLY; it cannot be ``in Mandarin`` (gh, DXLD) CNR1 jammers Sept 14: 13970, Sept 14 at 1320, CNR1 jammer with Chinese opera, poor to fair 12870, Sept 14 at 1325, CNR1 jammer, but not synch with the others 13830 & 13795, Sept 14 at 1326, CNR1 jammers, poor // stronger 13970 15870, Sept 14 at 1327, CNR1 jammer, fair 15545, Sept 14 at 1327, CNR1 jammer, fair 16100, Sept 14 at 1328, CNR1 jammer, poor; none in the 17s, 18s, 19s 15115 & 15195 & 15265, Sept 14 at 1328, CNR1 jammers, good, but all with CCI victims (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15390, 09/14 2256, RFA, Tinian, in Cantonese; mv. talks; 2258 start jamming test, s/off at 2300, 45433 (JRX_Jose Ronaldo Xavier, Cabedelo, Paraíba, Brazil, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) 18990, Sept 17 at 1317, CNR1 jammer, fair with flutter; none in the 19s, 17s, 16s. It`s the Wed & Sat 13-14 frequency of RFA Tibetan via Kuwait. 15545, Sept 17 at 1323, CNR1 jammer, very poor with het on lo side, but // 18990. According to Aoki, V. of Tibet via Tajikistan should be on the hi side, 15547 until 1340 when it switches to 15542; but these things are always changing. None in the 14s or 12s, and just the usual inbanders elsewhere in the 15s, 13s and 11s (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also VIETNAM [and non] ** COLOMBIA. 5910.06, Alcaraván Radio, Puerto Lleras; 6/09 1015-1140, 33333, tocan mx latina variada en forma continua y dan señal horaria, 5 y 31 de la mañana ID “Alcaraván Radio…”. La recepción la he efectuado del 31/08 al 14/09 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 (Pedro F Arrunátegui, Lima, Perú, Sept Chasqui DX, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Sept 11: Alcaravan Radio in Spanish to Colombia 0210 on 5909.9 Puerto Lleras https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uh97NX8hBPw&feature=youtu.be 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) COLÔMBIA, 5910, Alcaraván R via A Voz da tua Consciência, Lomalinda, 2149-2159, 11/9, canções; 35332. Bons DX e 73 (Carlos Gonçalves, PORTUGAL, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5910, Sept 13 at 0551, Alcaraván Radio, as I tune in mentions sibling station La Voz de Tu Conciencia, cross-promotion? This confuses some monitors about which station is which and whether one is a subsidiary of the other. But they are both called HJDH; I consider them equals. Then the music on 5910 is as usual more popular/secular than the music on 6010 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 14/09/2014, 0643 UT, 6009.9 kHz, CLM, La Voz de la [sic] Conciencia, Pto. Lleras, Programa Nocturno de Música Melódica, Esp, 33333. QRA: (Antonio Madrid, Moraleda (Granada) - España/Spain, Coordenadas: 37º 08' 48'' N-003º 56' 42'' O; Altitud: 625 Mts; RX: Kenwood R5000; ANT: Dipolos de 100 mts y 60 Mts WWW: http://www.elradioescucha.net Hecho con Log-Report: http://www.log-report.tk playdx yg via DXLD) ** CONGO DR. 5066.335 R. CANDIP, Bunia, Congo, 15SEPT2014, Carrier visible from ~1400 UT. First audio around 1700. Male speaker in French. at 1725 a cappella singing (women) African rhythm. Off air at 1729:09 - just as it was getting stronger. ID'd "redio kan-deep" at closing. [New country, #87] (Nick VK2DX Hacko, Sydney Australia Perseus ASL30 for WORLD OF RADIO 1739, DXLD) ** CUBA. 1310, Radio Enciclopedia, Nueva Gerona, Isla de la Juventud. 1055 September 7, 2014. Instrumental, female back announcing song, fair-poor, parallel 530 (Terry L. Krueger, Clearwater FL, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. 4765, Sept 12 at 0035, R. Progreso is AWOL, still off at 0050, but on by third check at 0112. The night before it popped on promptly at *0030 Sept 11 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. 6000, R Habana Cuba with English, 5554+4+ near perfect, but // 6165 was VERY distorted (to the point it was not useable - 555X1) – Clearly they are having issues. 0310-0410 8/Sept (Ken V. Zichi, Williamston MI, MARE Tipsheet Sept 12 via DXLD) 5040, Sept 11 at 0248, RHC in wrong language, English instead of Spanish, so // 6000 & 6165. Others really are in Spanish: 6060, 6070, 9810, 11670, [11760 off again], 11840, 13740. 6000, Sept 11 at 0547, RHC English is off again from this channel, but 0556 recheck carrier back on, and by 0603 rerecheck remodulating; see also MALI. 15370, Sept 11 at 1356, RHC AWOL from its normal 19m bigsig. 6070, Sept 12 at 0038, RHC is missing, so also absent from 12140 and 18210 even if they would propagate; still on 6060 and several others. By 0109, 6070 is back on and a JBA carrier on 12140. 15370, // weaker 17580, 17730, Sept 12 at 1335, RHC with speaker in English, Doctora Chang, about ébola, with running voice-over translation into Spanish constantly blocking her press conference until 1341. 6000, Sept 13 at 0550, RHC is off again from this English frequency; not noticed whether resumed after 0600 as it sometimes does. Is there a [non-]scheduled one-hour break, or what? 11840, Sept 14 at 0117, RHC is open carrier/dead air, while nominal modulation on 11670 and stronger Spanish 11760; 0133 recheck, still DA on 11840 18210, Sept 14 at 0122, third harmonic of RHC very poor but // 6070 5025, Sept 14 at 0129, R. Rebelde usual VG signal, except with BFO the carrier is slightly wobbling/warbling; no such problem with 5040 RHC. Recheck at 0609, now 5025 is open carrier/dead air except for a lite whine, but anyway now it`s not wobbling 13740, Sept 14 at 0134, RHC Spanish gone again from scheduled all- evening frequency, while 15230 is propagating, and 9810 too 6000, Sept 14 at 0608, RHC in wrong language Spanish instead of English, which remains on 6060, 6100, 6165. Spanish is not supposed to be on any frequency after 0500. 9850, Sept 14 at 1306, RHC on this frequency late with ``news`` perplexed at the hostility from Wáshington such as jailing The Cuban [ever less than] Five, despite Cuba being at an ``alto nivel de desarrollo humano``. Well, duh, it`s all because they decided to go Commie 55 years ago. {Imagine how much better off Cuba would have been as the 51st state.} Cuts off amid, a few seconds before 1307* 11860, Sept 15 at 1339, RHC modulation is breaking up severely; wiggle that patchcord! Also doing this is 15230 at 1343 check; others OK: 17730, 17580, 15370, 12010, 11760, 9820, 9550. By 1411 recheck, 11860 has recovered. 6000, Sept 16 at 0547, RHC English off again during this hour, leaving only four overkill frequencies (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA [and non]. FRANCE, Observations of Radio República Sept 7 & 11 0100-0200 9490 ISS 250 kW / 275 deg to Cuba Spanish without jamming 0200-0300 9490 ISS 250 kW / 275 deg to Cuba Spanish + Cuban jamming http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/09/radio-republica-on-sept7-and-sept11.html (DX RE MIX NEWS #871 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, Sept 16 via DXLD) ** DIEGO GARCIA. 12759 USB, AFN, 0155-0240, 9/8. Rock music with OM DJ, AP news at top of hour followed by FOX Sports Report, including NFL and Davis Cup scores, continuous rock music through tune-out at 0240, weak but readable (232). The only radio I could hear this on was my Kenwood TS450 transceiver with my Cushcraft A3S tri-band beam. Exciting catch for me (Mike Nikolich - N9OVQ - Lake Barrington, IL, NASWA Flashsheet Sept 16 via WORLD OF RADIO 1739, DXLD) ** DJIBOUTI. 4780, Radio Djibouti, Arta, 1833-1845, 12-09, vernacular comments, heavy noise in this frequency. 24121 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Lugo, Tecsun PL-880, cable antenna, 8 meters, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [and non]. 9/12 Es Haiti/Dom Rep 1353-still in on ch 2 at 1652 EDT [add 4 for UT]; muf: 107.5 briefly. 1416 *Storm TV-2 Haiti- Port au Prince – fighting it out with HIJB Dom Rep (1118 mi) 1429 HIWP- 90.5 Santo Domingo RDS 1437 HIEF- 92.9 Santo Domingo RDS 1439 HIMS- 96.5 Santo Domingo RDS 1444 HIOO-101.1 Santiago RDS 1054 *HILD-98.7 San Pedro Marcorís - RDS PI: ‘WXB’ PS: La 98 FM RT: La Reina-Sant PTY: Top 40 (1214 mi) 1502 HISD-4 Dom Rep plus many SS UNIDs up/down the FM dial. *=new loggings. Storm TV-2 is my first TV logging from Haiti (will post some photos on WTFDA forums). Sure wish I had that ELAD FDM-S3 SDR for these Caribbean Es openings to help review recorded SS stations for IDs/slogans/etc. As I recall, the Carver TX-11 was purchased new for more than the current $525 elad price, which could rationalize my buying the elad sdr soon? (Fred Nordquist, Moncks Corner, SC, 33.21756N 79.95798W, KJ4BUG Grid FM03AF, WTFDA via DXLD) ** EAST TURKISTAN. CHINA, 7350, China Radio International - Kashi transmit center verified an electronic report with a full data "Jing ethnic minority group" card in 21 days from Yinglian at the English Service who indicated their attempt to use my e-mail address was "rejected". Interesting Chinese cut outs were also in the envelope (Rich D'Angelo-PA-USA, DXplorer Sept 14 via BC-DX 15 Sept via DXLD) ** ECUADOR. 1510 kHz, HCHD2, INOCAR 15/9 0514 UT. Vía Guayaquil. Señal de tipo horario. SINFO: 32432 con mucho QRM de R. Poder Pentecostal de CHILE, la que tiene mucho fading (Claudio Galaz, Rx: TECSUN PL-660, ANT: Ferrita del RX, QTH: Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** ECUADOR [non]. Sintonia: 11985, ILHA DE ASCENÇÃO: HCJB Akhbar Mufriha, Fulfulde, 13/09 2150 UT. Programa cristão, OM: mensagem, canção cristã no idioma da transmissão, no final da transmissão, referencias à África. Identificação: ‘...Radio Akhbar Mufria’, e informação do endereço em Paris, 35543. Rx: Sony ICF-2001D. Ant.: Loop Blindada de Ondas Curtas DXCB (indoor) + Amplif. de RF DXCB V1. 73, (Rudolf Grimm, São Bernardo SP http://dxways-br.blogspot.com http://www.ondascurtas.com radioescutas yg via DXLD) ** EGYPT. 9965, Sept 11 at 0249, R. Cairo, Arabic music and whine 9315, Sept 11 at 0251, R. Cairo, fair signal but with distorted suppressed music modulation during scheduled English. All R. Cairo transmitters missing UT Sept 12: 9965 at 0020; 12070 at 0122; 9315 at 0122; 11710 at 0116, and again all the three others silent. Altho propagation has been disturbed, that`s not the cause as Greece and Oman are in well enough on 31m. (WWV reported space weather at 0118: SF 151, A 12, K 3; past 24 hours: minor, S1 and R1; next 24 hours: moderate, G2, S1 and R1 level blackouts) 9965, Sept 12 at 2353, today I have tuned in early enough to hear R. Cairo`s 2300-2430 English broadcast which can modulate --- but it`s off the air! 12070, 9965, 9315, 11710, Sept 14 at 0116, all R. Cairo frequencies are missing again, which has been the case for several nights now whenever checked. Without requiring extensive monitoring, I wonder if any or all other ERTU broadcasts at other dayparts are absent, besides the usual ones (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15535, R. Cairo (Abis). Cairo's awesome carrier and very low &/or very distorted audio ("blorpy" is a fair description, I think) heard nearly every morning (sked 13-16 in Arabic); I'd guess the engineering crew at RC is aware of the problem, but perhaps don't have the resources available to remedy the situation (Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA G5/6m X wire, Sept 15, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 13850, Sept 16 at 0541, R. Cairo good signal but suppressed and distorted modulation of Arabic music, talk (did not check 9315, 9965, 11710, 12070 earlier this date). 12070, Sept 17 at 0100, R. Cairo VG signal but hum and distorted suppressed presumably Spanish modulation 11710, Sept 17 at 0101, R. Cairo must finally be back on here after missing a couple weeks to the relief of RAE listeners, but now the nasty het is back against it, without any audible modulation vs Japanese from General Pacheco, GBA, 11711- 9315, Sept 17 at 0103, R. Cairo with good signal, but JBM, suppressed only audiblizing distortion at modulation peaks 9965, Sept 17 at 0108, R. Cairo VG signal with flutter, whine as loud as the Arabic which is not very distorted (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ERITREA [non]. CLANDESTINE, 15245, R. Assenna, Sep 11 *1700-1706, 23332, Tigrigna, 1700 sign on with ID, Opening music (Eritrean pop), Opening announce, Talk (Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN, RX, IC-R75, NRD- 525+RD-9830, NRD-515, NRD-345, Satellit 750, DE-1121; ANT, 130m Sloper Wire, 303WA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ERITREA [non]. Sept 13: Radio Eritrean Forum EYSC in Arabic to EaAf 1800 on 15245 Issoudun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gJaTAhx8GE&feature=youtu.be 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ERITREA [non]. 7235.9, Clandestine to Eritrea, *0355-0433* and *1800-1817*, Aug 29 and on Sep 10 at *1800-1836* in vernacular, 22542 (Rumen Pankov, Blgaria, DSWCI DX Window Sept 17 via DXLD) Which? Presumably via ETHIOPIA transmitter, characteristic off-frequency (gh) ** ESTONIA. In Estonia, the Russian-language radio station closed popular "Euro FM". This was reported on the official website of the radio station. Note that in the announcement stated that "on the same frequency the radio is not working with the September 1, 2014." Later it was expanded with: "Radio is closed." "Forever" - the end of the message. (RUS-DX No. 784, Sep 07 quoting baltija.eu, http://onair.ru/main/enews/view_msg/NMID__51501/ via DSWCI DX Window Sept 17 via DXLD) I wonder why ** ESTONIA [and non]. 1035.0, 2225-2235 04/9, R. Eli, Tartu. Russian, songs, talks. QRM de UNID with jamming like signal. 34432. 1035.0, 2242-… 05/9 ? UNID. Jamming (?) signal. DF=east. Adjacent QRM. 34332 (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, JRC NRD-545DSP & NRD-93; Quantum Phaser, home made amp.(W7IUV version); raised, 4 loop- K9AY, 6x19x6 m Ewe 135º, 14 m low noise LF/MF Vertical, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ETHIOPIA. ETIÓPIA, 5950, Voz da Revolução do Tigrê, Geja Dera (ou Geja Jawe?), 1747-1810, 14/9, tigrínia, texto, canções; 35433. 6110, R. Fana, Geja Dera (ou Geja Jawe?), 1746-1806, 14/9, amárico (segundo listas), canções locais, texzto; 44433, QRM da mesma freq. até às 1800. Bons DX e 73 (Carlos Gonçalves, PORTUGAL, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Observations on Sept. 13: Fana Broadcasting Corporation, Radio Fana 0300-2100 on 6110 AAB 100 kW / non-dir to ETH Amharic Voice of Tigray Ravolution 0300-2000 on 5950 GEJ 100 kW / non-dir to ETH Tigrinya, co-ch VIRI IRIB in Tajik Radio Oromiya, back on the air 0300-2000 on 6030 GEJ 100 kW / non-dir to ETH Afar Oromo (DX RE MIX NEWS #871 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, Sept 16 via DXLD) Sept. 13: Radio Oromiya in Afar Oromo 1921 on 6030 Addis Ababa, Gedja https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfvcI4amJMc&feature=youtu.be Radio Oromiya in Afar Oromo 1929 on 6030 Addis Ababa, Gedja https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OijFEUFAjYw&feature=youtu.be Radio Oromiya in Afar Oromo 1957 on 6030 Addis Ababa, Gedja https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQWskNLquas&feature=youtu.be 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ETHIOPIA [and non]. September 13: Oromo Voice Radio in Oromo to EaAf 1604 on 17850 Issoudun plus white noise broadband DRM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_q7XBnnFbE&feature=youtu.be 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) CLANDESTINE, 17850, Oromo Voice, Sep 10 *1600-1610, 25432, Oromo, 1600 sign on with opening music, ID, Opening announce, Talk and Ethiopian pop (Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN, RX, IC-R75, NRD-525+RD-9830, NRD-515, NRD-345, Satellit 750, DE-1121; ANT, 130m Sloper Wire, 303WA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ETHIOPIA [non]. More two clandestine broadcasts via Kostinbrod and Issoudun on Sept.14: Dimtse Radio Erena: 1700-1730 on 11855 SOF 050 kW / 195 deg to EaAf Oromo Voice of Oromo Liberation: 1700-1800 on 13830 ISS 100 kW / 125 deg to EaAf Afar Oromo Sun 1700-1730 on 13830 ISS 100 kW / 125 deg to EaAf Afar Oromo Wed 1730-1800 on 13830 ISS 100 kW / 125 deg to EaAf Amharic Wed. Videos: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/09/more-two-clandestine-broadcasts-via.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DXLD) ** ETHIOPIA [non]. CLANDESTINE, 15515, R. Warra Wangeelaa, Sep 13 *1500-1510, 25322, Oromo, 1500 sign on with opening music, Opening announce, Talk and Ethiopian pop (Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN, RX, IC-R75, NRD-525+RD-9830, NRD-515, NRD-345, Satellit 750, DE-1121; ANT, 130m Sloper Wire, 303WA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ETHIOPIA [non]. Sept 13: Radio Xoriyo in Somali to EaAf 1606 on 17630 Issoudun plus white noise broadband DRM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRnjwu4NveI&feature=youtu.be 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EUROPE. Laser 1476 kHz with weak, fading but listenable signal from tune in at 0235. Approx 40 seconds ahead of 4026 kHz with a Gary Drew programme from before Easter. Mention of old 4029 frequency, his wife's birthday and a win on Euro Millions! and some Offshore memories of Radio 355 (John Hoad, Faversham UK, JRC NRD-525 / Wellbrook ALA1530LF, Sent from my iPad, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) Tuned back in at 0410 to find 1476 kHz the stronger frequency! 4026 kHz had almost disappeared into the noise. 1476 kHz even just audible on the Twente SDR (John Hoad, Sent from my iPad, Sept 12, ibid.) Surprised to hear Laser on 1476 early this morning (11 Sept) at 0412 UT just on my Sony 7600GR portable with its internal ferrite rod aerial. Fading in and out, but readable at peaks on a clear channel. Listened until 043 UT. 73 (Alan Pennington, Caversham, UK, ibid.) MORE LASER TESTS: As darkness falls tonight, try 1476 medium wave again and 6045 or around that area in the 49m band shortwave. 4026 is on now. Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone (Gary Drew, UK, 1529 UT Sept 14, BDXC-UK yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1739, DXLD) Currently audible here in Faversham on 6045 kHz on my ICF-SW7600GR / 10 mtr long wire sitting in a few sunny spells in my back garden. Signal gradually improving at the moment, SIO 232 73's (John Hoad, Sent from my iPad, 1602 UT Sept 14, ibid. WORLD OF RADIO 1739) Good reception of Laser at the moment on 6045 kHz (1950 UT 14/9) SIO 344, better than 4026. There was also a weak signal on 6045 at 1600 UT this afternoon, but too weak to ID, presume it was Laser. Their signal on 1476 kHz is usually audible up here as well after around 2100 UT when the local mains-borne noise reduces, SIO 242. 73's (Nick Rank, Buxton UK, Sony ICF2001D/long wire/ferrite sleeve, ibid., WORLD OF RADIO 1739) Both 6045 and 1476 in // are strong into London at the moment. 4026 is very slightly delayed and is its usual strong signal (Stuart Satnipper, ibid.) ** EUROPE. PIRATE-EURO. Radio Tango Italia-Italy, 6255.4 AM, 2355- 0010+ 09-07-14. Instrumental tango music. Clear ID 0010 by OM announcer in English, then more tangos (Chris Lobdell, Stoneham, MA 02180 USA, Receivers: Eton E1, NRD-545, Aerials: G5RV, 40 Meter Dipole, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EUROPE. PIRATAS: 6397, World Music R via R.GSV-Good Ship Venus, Escócia, G, 1812-..., 14/9, inglês, texto, música; 25331, mas em ascensão. Bons DX e 73 (Carlos Gonçalves, PORTUGAL, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EUROPE. NÃO IDENTIFICADAS: 14477.7 BLS, emissora latino-americana semelhante à do Pescador Pregador, 2205-..., 12/9, propag. relig.; 35343. Bons DX e 73 (Carlos Gonçalves, PORTUGAL, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1739, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Glenn, Try, if you can, R. El Dorado on 14477 USB which has been more or less regular evenings. Not Spanish despite the name - it's not far from where I live! The chap told me the other day, he's using 25 w PEP. 73, Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, 2151 UT Sept 16, WORLD OF RADIO 1739, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Did not see this until 0025 UT, off by then? (gh, DXLD) ** EUROPE. 13/09/2014, 1825 UT, 21460.0 kHz, HOL, Sluwe Vos Radio, Mx Rock, Eng, 44444. QRA: (Antonio Madrid, Moraleda (Granada) - España/Spain, Coordenadas: 37º 08' 48'' N-003º 56' 42'' O; Altitud: 625 Mts; RX: Kenwood R5000; ANT: Dipolos de 100 mts y 60 Mts WWW: http://www.elradioescucha.net Hecho con Log-Report: http://www.log- report.tk playdx yg via DXLD) ** FINLAND. 25000, Time Signal Station Mikes, 1931-1940, 12-09, time signals, beeps with the seconds and no beep at second 59. 24322. Also 1703-1714, 13-09, time signals. 24332 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Lugo, Tecsun PL-880, cable antenna, 8 meters, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** FRANCE. Driving past Rennes in Brittany this morning surprised to hear Radio Caroline on FM 90.8, RDS "CAROLINE" and rolling text listing the presenter, other shows, the record playing and artist, "Matinee", "Week-end", no adverts seen. I was surprised to see rolling text on a legal station. Mixed playlist, including some Caroline classics. Strong signal, listened for over an hour, over 50 miles. No news or id on the hour but plenty of French produced station jingles, sports headlines.. I am now home and found the website, I didn't know there were eight Radio Caroline (pronounced "Radio Carolin") stations in France! http://www.frequence-radio.com/frequence-RADIO%20CAROLINE.html Posted by: (Mike Terry, Sept 13, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) ** FRANCE [and non]. RFI in Portuguese on five frequencies on Saturday, Sept. 13: 1700-1733 9755 MEY 100 kW / 330 deg SoAf Portuguese, as scheduled 1700-1733 9800 MEY 100 kW / 350 deg WCAf French, as scheduled 1700-1733 13740 ISS 500 kW / 185 deg WeAf Port, instead of French 1700-1733 15300 ISS 500 kW / 190 deg NWAf Port, instead of French 1700-1733 17620 ISS 500 kW / 185 deg WCAf Port, instead of French 1700-1733 17850 ISS 500 kW / 153 deg CeAf Port, instead of French 1733-1800 9800 MEY 100 kW / 350 deg WCAf French, as scheduled 1733-1800 13740 ISS 500 kW / 185 deg WeAf Music, instead of French 1733-1800 15300 ISS 500 kW / 190 deg NWAf Music, instead of French 1733-1800 17620 ISS 500 kW / 185 deg WCAf Music, instead of French 1733-1800 17850 ISS 500 kW / 153 deg CeAf Music, instead of French. Videos http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/09/rfi-in-portuguese-on-five-frequencies.html (DX RE MIX NEWS #871 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, Sept 16 via DXLD) ** FRANCE [and non]. Clandestine and other target broadcasts via Issoudun & Madagascar on Sept. 13 Radio Xoriyo: 1600-1630 on 17630 ISS 500 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Somali Tue/Sat Transmissions are jammed by Ethiopia with white noise like broadband DRM Oromo Voice Radio (Raadiyoo Sagalee Oromoo): 1600-1630 on 17850 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Oromo/English Mon/Wed/Sat Transmissions are jammed by Ethiopia with white noise like broadband DRM Radio Dialogue FM: 1600-1700 on 12105 MDC 250 kW / 265 deg to ZWE Shona/Ndebele/English Radio Inyabutatu: 1600-1700 on 17500 ISS 100 kW / 144 deg to CEAf Kinyarwanda Sat Radio Hilaac: 1700-1730 on 15180 ISS 500 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Somali Sat-Thu Radio Assenna: 1700-1800 on 15245 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Tigrinya Mon/Thu/Sat Radio Impala, Radio Mara: 1700-1800 on 17540 MDC 250 kW / 310 deg to SoAf Kinyarawanda Radio Eritrean Forum EYSC: 1800-1900 on 15245 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Arabic Sat Lutheran World Federation, Voice of Gospel, Sawtu Linjilia 1830-1900 on 15315 ISS 500 kW / 180 deg to WCAf Fulfulde Videos: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/09/clandestine-and-other-target-broadcasts.html http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/09/observations-of-four-african-stations.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY [non]. Re: Deutschlandradio MW & LW to close The UK can use these vacant frequencies for such as BBC Radio 4 Extra using the Droitwich masts - it would make sense as many of the programmes on 'extra', such as older radio comedy or drama don't need stereo or weren't made in stereo. An alternative would be use of these LW frequencies by RTÉ in Eire (LW site Clarkstown, Co. Meath) or French broadcasters but English language programmes would be better and more internationally popular. I can't somehow see Radio Normandie or Luxembourg coming back on LW as the essentially high masts are gone. If I were a German I'd really regret no German language heard on AM real radio - but if they want isolation, so be it! (Rog Parsons-UK, BrDXC-UK ng Sept 14 via BC-DX 15 Sept via DXLD) Nice musing dreams --- to get a new or rather existing LW location move in LW band - through approval and technical data consent process with different other telecommunication authority and ITU board at Geneva, as well as prepare tall LW masts on their small bandwidth alignment will take months or rather two years time as noted in past decades. 73 wolfy df5sx (BC-DX 15 Sept via DXLD) Deutschlandradio MW & LW to close Apologies if this has already been reported on the list. Just been reading through the September edition of Deutschlandradio’s programme magazine. In an editorial by Dr. Chris Weck (Section Leader Technology & Infrastructure) it is stated that Longwave will be shut down on 31.12.2014 and Mediumwave is planned for shutdown by 31.12.2015. On the recommendation of the KEF, the commission planning the financial resourcing. Another broadcaster departing the lower frequencies. Good Listening! (Klaus Werner, High Wycombe - UK, Sept 13, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) A pity! 207 is audible in daytime in Bologna. Both 207 and 153 are fair on car radio as south as South Tyrol on A22 Highway, so Deutschlandfunk really covers all German-speaking countries on longwave. P.S. Klaus, Deutschlandradio's programme magazine is still a printed magazine? Thank you, (Stefano Valianti, Italy, ibid.) Yes, Stefano, they still issue a printed version, mailed free of charge. There is however an annual request for donations towards the cost. Outside of the summer months I always listen to DLF on MW on my car radio, driving to and from work. LW reception is also good but there is too much electrical noise from the car, due to poor shielding. So eventually I will be using my phone to list to them.... Posted by: (Werner, Klaus, ibid.) Subject: SWR-TV - report on MBR / DLF LW-Donebach 153 kHz, installation to be scrapped after 31 Dec 2014 ... SWR TV issue “Expedition in die Heimat” like movie “Unterwegs im Madonnenländchen” – 4 minutes duration report of LW-Sender MBR / DLF Donebach. Watch from minute 16.00m to 20.30m: http://swrmediathek.de/player.htm?show=74767fc0-3a82-11e4-9f31-0026b975f2e6 Ein Techniker der Fa. Media Broadcast gibt der Reporterin Auskunft zur 1967 erbauten Sendeanlage – u.a. ist auch ein Film zu sehen, der den Umbau der Sendeantenne auf Richtstrahlung nachts zur Ausblendung Richtung Rumänien zeigt. Der Techniker wird auch befragt, wie lange von dort aus gesendet wird – die Auskunft ist etwas ausweichend, aber exakt "solange der DLF uns damit beauftragt” – der Chef der DLF- Sendetechnik hatte in der DLF-Hauszeitschrift schon angekündigt, daß am 31.12.2014 der LW-Sendebetrieb in DL eingestellt werden soll. 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) ** GERMANY. European Music Radio Relay on 21st September 2014 0700 to 0800 UT (Goehren) on 7265 KHz Tom & Mike Taylor 0800 to 0900 UT (Goehren) on 9485 KHz Tom & Mike Taylor Please send all E.M.R. reports to: studio@emr.org.uk Thank you! EMR Internet repeats on Sunday and Monday: Programme repeats are at the following times: 0700, 1200, 1600, 1900 Please visit http://www.emr.org.uk and click on the “EMR internet radio” button which you will find throughout the website (see the menu on the left). or http://www.tunein.com and sign in. If you live outside the listening area please try the Twente/Netherlands Web Receiver at http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/ EMR (every 3rd Sunday) between September 2014 & April 2015: Sep/Oct 2014: 7265 = 0700 to 0800 UT 9485 = 0800 to 0900 UT Nov 2014 to March 2015: 7265 = 0800 to 0900 UT 9485 = 0900 to 1000 UT April 2015: 7265 = 0700 to 0800 UT 9485 = 0900 to 1000 UT Good Listening 73s (Tom Taylor, Sept 17, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY. Betreff: NordAM ist aus der Sommerpause zurück Von NordAM Kontakt: Funkamt Nauen Graf-Arco-Strasse 154 14641 Nauen, Germany Der Eintritt am Tag des offenen Denkmals ist frei, Spenden werden erbeten. Google Earth: 52 38 52.40 N 12 54 29.93 E. VIEL FROIDE fuer alle Teilnehmenden wuenscht mit besten '73 + gut DX, OM Arnulf Piontek; Berlin (via A-DX Sept 10 via BC-DX 15 Sept via DXLD) ** GERMANY. The German Deutsche Welle foreign radio service must continue to manage money very sparingly. German wave separates from 230 employees, dismissed from the employment relationship. automatic translation: "When German international broadcaster shaft there are further cuts for the Employees. In Bonn, 170 freelance employees of larger affected savings in Berlin received 60 freelancers at all no new orders more. According to the Staff Council are mainly the German programming affected by the cuts. The Employee representatives fear even a closure of the site in Bonn. The German section of DWL must save money for years. Thus, among other things, set down the German-language radio program two years ago." Deutsche Welle trennt sich von Mitarbeitern. Beim Auslandssender Deutsche Welle gibt es weitere Einschnitte fuer die Mitarbeiter. Am Standort Bonn sind 170 freie Mitarbeiter von groesseren Einsparungen betroffen, in Berlin erhalten 60 Freiberufler ueberhaupt keine neuen Auftraege mehr. Nach Angaben des Personalrates sind vor allem die deutschsprachigen Angebote von den Einschnitten betroffen. Die Mitarbeiter-Vertreter befuerchten sogar eine Schliessung des Standortes in Bonn. Die Deutsche Welle muss seit Jahren sparen. So wurde unter anderem vor zwei Jahren das deutschsprachige Radioprogramm eingestellt. source: WDR.de (WDR, via Tom DF5JL, A-Dx Sept 13 via BC- DX 15 Sept via DXLD) Im letzten Jahrzehnt war's die Kurzwelle, die ausgemerzt wurde, jetzt sind es der Aussendetaetigkeit entsprechenden - UEBERFLUESSIGEN Mitarbeiter. DWL Budget. Zuletzt wurden 38% fuer Personal- und Pensionszahlungen im Etat ausgewiesen, aber nur noch 8% fuer die Technik/Sender in Sines, Trinco und Kigali. Den Bonner Sender mit Sat.1 Intendant braucht's nicht [mehr]. 73 wb df5sx, DWL listener since 1958 ... (BC-DX 15 Sept via DXLD) ** GREECE. 9420 & 9935 both back on with Greek music, Sept 11 at 0249 check. 15650, Sept 11 at 2100, ERTOpen, fair signal with Greek music. 9420 // slightly weaker 9935, both good with flutter, Sept 12 at 0023, EROpen in open carrier/dead air (but Arabic from Iran can be heard under 9420, now to stop at 0030 with QSY to 9510). By 0116 Avlis is remodulating music, VG with flutter on 9420 and slightly weaker 9935, plus JBA on 15630. 9935 and slightly stronger // 9420, Sept 14 at 0118, ERTOpen with YL in Greek rather than music; JBA carrier on 15630 is probably the third Avlis. 9420 & 9935, Sept 17 at 0116, no signals from ERTOpen; maybe back tomorrow (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUANTANAMO BAY [and non]. Disney ship DX --- In early September my wife and I took our two great grandsons and their mother, our granddaughter, on a Disney cruise from Cape Canaveral to Cozumel, Mexico, Grand Caymans, Jamaica, Bahamas and back. I took my Degen 1103 and DXed from the balcony of our room, mostly during the day. We sailed around the north of Cuba to Cozumel and back south of Cuba to the other places. Of course Cuban stations dominated. North of Cuba the best signal was WFFG-1300 Marathon but WINZ-940 was strong and WTMY-1280, Sarasota was quite good as was WKWF-1600. In Cozumel, XERB-810 was local and XECAO, Cancún-740 super all the way to the Caymans. On 1180 were two Cubans and Radio Martí. But my biggest thrill was logging AFRTV Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, just 25 watts, between Jamaica and southeast Cuba. Has anyone ever logged them? Also had strong signals from ZNS-1 and 2 [Bahamas] and many Miami area stations at this point. Failed to hear any of the Haiti stations but I think maybe 4VEH-840 under Cubans (Ben Dangerfield, Wallingford, PA, Sept 16, NRC-AM via DXLD) Back in 1969 while in the US Navy as a Radioman, I visited Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. I had the privilege to visit that Armed Forces Radio station on the base and was given a guided tour. And yes, I did log them but it was within about 50 miles or so of the base. If I recall correctly they were on a graveyard channel, perhaps 1340 Kcs! What frequency are they on now? (Tom Jasinski, Joliet, IL, ibid.) I should have mentioned that AFRTV-Guantánamo Bay is on 1340 and I guess our ship was about 100 or so miles south when I heard them. WRTH does say that they are 25 watts (Ben Dangerfield, ibid.) ** GUATEMALA. 4054.98, R. Verdad, Chiquimula; 10/09 1025-1102 22222, mx himnos religiosos varios en forma continua programa en inglés, ID en español (escuchar grabación adjunta) programa en español. La recepción la he efectuado del 31/08 al 14/09 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 (Pedro F Arrunátegui, Lima, Perú, Sept Chasqui DX, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4055, Radio Verdad, Chiquimula 0510-0608*, 13-09, English, religious songs and comments, program "Spiritual Songs", identification, anthem and close down. 14321 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Lugo, Tecsun PL-880, cable antenna, 8 meters, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** HAITI. See DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [and non]; POLAND [non]; U S A ** ICELAND. 189, Gufuskalar 0204, first LW reception in several months, weak audio but steady, September 11 (XM, Cedar Key, South [sic] Florida, NRD 525D - R8A - E5, via Bob Wilkner, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA [nonish]. 4759.996, Sep 12 -1630*, Still two weak stations here, one on 4759.996 signing off at just a few seconds after 1630. The other continued their program on 4760.01 indicating AIR Leh and Port Blair (Thomas Nilsson, Sweden, SW Bulletin Sept 14 via WORLD OF RADIO 1739, DXLD) Respectively (gh) ** INDIA [and non]. Lots of weak carriers on 60m mostly matching the AIR spectrum, Sept 11 at 1246: 4750, 4760 [no 4763 today], 4800, 4810, 4820 (2), 4840, 4880, 4895, 5010 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. 5050, AIR-Aizwal, Sep 11 1429-1442, 43433, English and Hindi, News, All India Radio ID at 1430 and 1435, Local ID at 1440 (Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN, RX, IC-R75, NRD-525+RD-9830, NRD-515, NRD- 345, Satellit 750, DE-1121; ANT, 130m Sloper Wire, 303WA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. [non-log] 11620, AIR (Delhi/Khampur) Still hit or miss (mostly miss) most mornings with 9690/13710 always fair-good (Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA G5/6m X wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I.e. for 1330-1500 GOS ** INDIA. ALL INDIA RADIO'S SPECIAL TRANSMISSION FOR "MAHALAYA 2014" Date: 23rd Sept, 2014 (Tuesday) Time: 2225-0015 UT (0355-0545 IST) [starting UT Monday Sept 22] "Mahalaya" is a special two hour transmission consisting of Sanskrit recitation & music orated by Late Shri Birendra Krishna Bhadra. All India Radio has been broadcasting this program since early 1930s. Count down of Indian festival of Durga Puja starts from the day of Mahalaya. Frequencies observed during 2013: SW 4760 - Port Blair 4810 - Bhopal 4820 - Kolkata 4835 - Gangtok 4880 - Lucknow 4895 - Kurseong 4910 - Jaipur 4940 - Guwahati 4965 - Shimla 9425 - Delhi (Khampur) 9470 - Aligarh MW 531 - Jodhpur 549 - Ranchi 594 - Chinsurah (Kolkata) 603 - Ajmer 621 - Patna A 648 - Indore A 657 - Kolkata A 666 - New Delhi B 675 - Chattarpur 711 - Siliguri 729 - Guwahati A 747 - Lucknow A 756 - Jagdalpur 774 - Shimla 801 - Jabalpur 810 - Rajkot A 819 - New Delhi A 828 - Silchar 846 - Ahmedabad A 909 - Gorakhpur 918 - Suratgarh 954 - Nazibabad 981 - Raipur 1008 - Kolkata B 1026 - Allahabad A 1044 - Mumbai A 1125 - Tezpur 1179 - Rewa 1215 - Delhi 1242 - Varanasi 1260 - Ambikapur 1296 - Darbhanga 1314 - Bhuj 1386 - Gwalior 1395 - Bikaner 1404 - Gangtok 1458 - Bhagalpur 1476 - Jaipur A 1530 - Agra 1566 - Nagpur 1584 - Mathura 1593 - Bhopal A Observation by Jose Jacob during 2013 Mahalaya transmission by AIR: Sign on was noted at different timings as follows: 2225 UT (3.55am IST) 4760, 4880, 4910, 531, 603, 666, 675, 747, 756, 801, 819, 828, 918, 1044, 1386, 1395, 1530. 2230 UT (4.00 am IST) 4835, 1404. 2245 UT (4.15 am IST) 4895 late start? 2250 UT (4.20 am IST) 846 2255 UT (4.25 am IST) 4810, 621, 648, 810, 954, 981, 1026, 1242, 1260, 1296, 1593. The following stations which regularly broadcast at that time was also heard with Mahalaya program: 594, 1566. Stations not heard: 4820 (blocked by China), 4860, 4940, 9425, 9470. Related links : Mahalaya: Invoking the Mother Goddess A Once-a-Year Popular Radio Program http://hinduism.about.com/cs/audiomusic/a/aa092003a.htm Mahalaya - Audio & Video http://www.durgapuja-images.com/2008/09/mahalaya-listen-download-online-watch.html --- (Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, Sept 10, dx_india yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1739, DXLD) ** INDIA. AWR Wavescan - A Visit to AIR: Khampur site. A VISIT TO ALL INDIA RADIO: KHAMPUR ON SHORTWAVE. All India Radio AIR is one of the world's largest radio broadcasting stations. They have erected numerous shortwave transmitting sites throughout the country for external service coverage as well as for domestic broadcasting. Back in April 2010, a group of three well known international radio monitors made a visit to the AIR shortwave transmitting station at Khampur which is located on the swampy out skirts of the city of Delhi. The external service of All India Radio at the time of their visit was on the air via shortwave transmitting sites at: Khampur near Delhi 7 x 250 kW Kingsway Delhi 2 x 100 & 3 x 50 kW Malad Mumbai 1 x 100 kW Gorakhpur Nepal 1 x 50 kW [WHAT? Gorakhpur in UP, not Nepal] Dhodballapur Bangalore 6 x 500 kW Aligarh in North India 4 x 250 kW Bambolim at Panaji Goa 2 x 250 kW Guwahati Assam 1 x 50 kW, 1 x 200 kW mediumwave The visit to the station by three visitors, T. R. Rajeesh, Alokesh Gupta and Anker Petersen from Denmark, was organized by the former station Engineer of Delhi Khampur, Mr. V.Baleja. After visiting the AIR headquarters on Parliament Street New Delhi, the three visitors traveled by car for a little over half an hour to reach the Khampur station which is located 25 kms from New Delhi. On the way to the Khampur station, they saw the Delhi Kingsway transmitting site from the road. This 256 acre site is used for transmitting programs on shortwave for the national service as well as for the external services beamed to India's South Asian neighbors. They also saw the self radiating mast of the AIR New Delhi mediumwave station at Nangli which is capable of broadcasting in the DRM mode. The Delhi Khampur transmitting station is located on a large 630 acre site in the swampy fields of Khampur village in outer Delhi, bordering on the state of Haryana. While approaching the transmitting station they could see the antenna towers and the curtain arrays from the road. Several photos of the antenna masts were taken from the roadside as they were aware that it is impossible to take photos inside where photography is prohibited. On the way to the station office, they saw much wildlife in the swampy field. The dancing peacocks, doves and storks welcomed them without any official formalities! The Station Engineer, Mrs. Sonilatha Saigalin welcomed the visitors to her office and she was amazed that three international radio monitors would travel so far to visit this transmitter site! Anker Petersen told her that the broadcasts from this station can be heard quite well in Denmark and he suggested that he could send monitoring reports to her. The Station Engineer replied that such reports are forwarded to the Frequency Management Division in New Delhi. The Superintending Engineer, Mr. S. K. Aggarwal, who is the chief of the station, directed the Station Engineer to show the visitors the transmitters and antenna field. They observed the old and new transmitters as well as a new DRM transmitter, and also the antenna towers and the vast arrays of shortwave curtain antennas. This Khampur station houses 7 x 250 kW shortwave transmitters and 36 antenna masts, and 49 curtain arrays. A special power substation provides electricity to this transmitter station. At the time, the Delhi Khampur station had a staff of around 200 employees, including 50 engineers and technicians. The Delhi Khampur transmitter site was opened on January 1, 1959 and the first transmitter was a 100 kW Marconi, which was more recently sold as scrap. Two AWA units from Australia at 20 kW each were installed in 1962. During 1965 four more transmitters were installed, two at 50 kW and two at 100 kW, made by STC (Standard Telephones & Cables) of Australia. A recent modernization plan was undertaken to transform Khampur into an external services transmission facility. All of the new transmitters were placed in an oblong but spacious antenna switching hall and all of the AWA and STC transmitters were retired from service. In 1989, two 250 kW Brown Boveri transmitters were commissioned exclusively for the external services. Then, two new modern Continental Electronics units were installed in June 2000. During the year 2002, three new 250 kW Thomcast transmitters were commissioned for the external services and this converted Khampur into the second largest transmitting station of All India Radio, after Bangalore. The Delhi Khampur transmitting station celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2009 with the participation of listeners and engineering staff. Digital Radio Mondiale or DRM is the new trend in shortwave broadcasting, particularly in India. Like many other major shortwave broadcasters, All India Radio has also introduced DRM transmission on shortwave. It is from this site, Delhi Khampur, that AIR has tested DRM transmissions for both domestic and international audiences. A 250 kW Thales/Thomcast transmitter was converted to DSB/DRM capability with an output of 55 kW for domestic transmission on 6100 kHz, and on 9950 kHz for external service to Europe. The domestic transmission is monitored inside the transmitter building with a Chinese manufactured Himalaya DRM receiver. During the evening after the informative visit to AIR Khampur, there was an informal meeting with local international radio monitors in New Delhi. For those who would like to do so, reception reports for AIR Delhi Khampur may be addressed to: AIR High Power Transmitting Station Khampur Grand Trunk Karnal Road Delhi 110036, India Information from Alokesh Gupta of New Delhi, Photos & support from Anker Petersen of Denmark, T. R. Rajeesh for the original article which has been adapted for broadcast Program No NWS 288. Production date Tuesday August 26, 2014 (AWR Wavescan, Adrian Peterson-USA, via SW TXsite Sept 6 via BC-DX 15 Sept via DXLD) ** INDIA [non]. 15265, AWR (Nauen), *1458-1502 10 September. Multi- language ID loop, AWR theme, web contact info, AWR IS & ID in Punjabi (Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA G5/6m X wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA. 4869.924, RRI Wamena, 15 SEPT 2014, 0913 weak and noisy very good copy after 1105 in Indonesian. 73 (Nick VK2DX Hacko, Sydney NSW, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA. 9525.90, V. of Indonesia, Sep 07 1203-1218, 34433, Japanese, News, ID at 1209 and 1217. 9525.89, V. of Indonesia, Sep 12 1313-1323, 33443, English, News, ID and URL announce at 1319 (Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN, RX, IC-R75, NRD- 525+RD-9830, NRD-515, NRD-345, Satellit 750, DE-1121; ANT, 130m Sloper Wire, 303WA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INTERNATIONAL INTERNET. Re: [Lista ConDig] RADIO EXTERIOR DE ESPAÑA DEJA LA ONDA CORTA Quien aún no tenga vaya ahorrando para smartphone; es mi recurso diario, les tomé costumbre de escucharlos, tanto REE como RNE. Siguen haciendo programas donde no da para aburrirse, contadas las excepciones. Como el audio del Samsung no es de la potencia de una radio de mesa, le agregué una cajita amplificadora de esas chinas que andaba sin uso por el QTH, y con un cable le entro por la opción Line-in. Cada mañana tiendo la cama, me acicalo, y me preparo, con la española y con R Francia Intl, para tener ese resúmen de lo que pasa en el mundo, antes de encarar la diaria. Para ello uso Tune-in. Pero hete aquí que no están todas. Radio Canadá (castellano) lo hace por Itunes , y éste es para la competencia, el Iphone. El mío es Android. Averigué que Tune in es un servicio gratuito para los bradcasters, se añaden a la lista sin cargo para ellos. Los podcasts son entrados y seleccionados manualmente. A pesar de que NHK y alguna otra (la misma RTVE) tienen aplicaciones específicas (apk) que son instalables, brindando un servicio similar (RTVE incluye las cadenas radiales y también la TV, que se ven muy bien en la pantallita AMOLED), no las uso. No logro entablar la relación de rutina necesaria, no enganchan con mi voluntad, salvo que ocurra algun hecho que merezca verse (gran acontecimiento) y que me agarre en casa. Son un ícono más entre las decenas,que comparten espacio con las otras (fotos, editores de video, Facebook, correo, etc., etc. en los múltiples "escritorios", que se deslizan con el dedo. En mi casa el WiFi da para todos los usuarios (4), cada uno en sus cosas. En mi trabajo, la PC, también con WiFi, la escucha es menor. Salvo algún acontecimiento que demande atención por su caracter de noticia. Los smartphones son más bien para usar contenidos, a diferencia del caballito que conforma la PC de escritorio, la cual ocupo para editar, publicar. Asimismo, Facebook la uso no sólo como red entre mis conocidos (familia, amigos, DXistas), sino como plataforma de broadcasting, donde leo las noticias (BBC, Fox News, los diarios uruguayos, TN, Infobae, BBC, Castor Mensajero [Canada`s mailbag show, ``The Messenger Beaver``], etc.) y de vez en cuando pincho en algún videíto que merezca atención. En resumen, Tune in, centraliza más eficazmente la rutina de escucha (siempre como SWL, ahora como SPL (smartphone listener). Allí tengo, como dije España, Francia, estaciones de música, jazz, tango, rock, blues, etc. las emisoras locales, etc. Está todo al alcande de un movimiento de dedo, como en el dial del receptor de radio. Voy a escribir a un integrante del staff de RCI en Español, que es el más entendido con las cuestiones cibernéticas, para que traten de poner la emisora en Tune-in. Pablo Gómez Barrios no me comentó mucho cuando le comenté la necesidad de que estuvieran no sólo en Itunes, incompatible con Android. Eso sí como no hay WiFi en los buses urbanos ni en la calle, aún en Uruguay; el disfrute se aplica al ámbito doméstico. Cuando voy en el bus, enciendo el modo de conexión por datos (limitado), para bajar las últimas del Twitter, que -también funciona como plataforma de noticias, pero es más condensado, son titulares. Se me va la media hora leyendo eso, como todos (ya es muy extendido) los pasajeros que viajamos en el colectivo (aunque la mayoría lo usa para enviarse SMS, o escuchan sus mp3. El problema es que la batería del teléfono, si le das mucha caña, no llega al anochecer con carga. Por supuesto que llevo la de transistores en el bolsillo, pero muchas veces los contenidos periodísticos son menos interesantes para mi gusto con las radios locales. Siempre me gustó el periodismo internacional, en la lengua castelana o inglesa. Una de las razones de haber abrazado el hobby de la radioescucha en Onda Corta, desde el punto de vista del SWL. Como Dxista --- tener los receptores SDR accesibles también en el celular (Utwente) y otras aplicaciones como el glSDR, no es muy atractivo, porque están en Europa o EE.UU. no tiene sentido más que el monitorear desde un lugar remoto una emisión que es en sí local para los que se hallan en la zona geográfica de la emisora. No tiene valor DXista, en absoluto, más que escuchar lo que se recibe ALLÁ, trasmitido por Internet acá. De todas maneras, la recepción de emisoras internacionales la sigo haciendo en los horarios en que acostumbraba con la onda corta: de noche, a última hora y ya en la cama hasta dormirme, quedando con el audio en mis oídos toda la noche bajito), con unos audífonos de collar a la oreja, sin que me moleste la almohada ni me apriete la cabeza. Así me he vuelto un poco sordo (gracias también a dos años de intenso DX con los ultralivianos en la Onda Media, que masacraron mi aparato auditivo en cierta manera). P.S.: no dejen de visitar mi blog, hoy puse una nota sobre los 75 años de Radio Zorrilla de San Martin, Tacuarembó, celebrados ayer. Buenos gráficos, apreciable cantidad de texto, excelentes audios. http://lagalenadelsur.wordpress.com/2014/09/17/75-anos-de-cx140-radio-zorrilla-de-san-martin-tacuarembo-uruguay/ Saludos a todos, (Horacio Nigro Geolkiewsky, Montevideo, Uruguay, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** INTERNATIONAL WATERS [non?]. 1645.0, 2210-... 11/9, BRAZIL, MLZ ndb, Merluza oil rig off São Paulo state coast. Continuous telegraphy IDs. [2?]5342 (Carlos Gonçalves, SW coast of Portugal, JRC NRD-545DSP & DRAKE R-E; Advanced Receiver amp.; raised, 4 loop K9AY, 30 m 180º/0º mini-Bev., 80 m 300º/120º Bev., 200 m 270º/90º Bev., 270 m 145º/325º Bev., 300 m 225º/45º Bev., dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1739, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INTERNATIONAL WATERS. 1650 kHz, 0HLI, long line fishing net beacon. 1038 September 6, 2014. Presumed the source, pointing mostly N/S with cycling Morse, presume somewhere in the Gulf of Mexico and only heard this morning over broadcasters. Gerry Bishop in Niceville, FL coincidentally heard it the same time one day prior. First one of these for me, and inside the once X-band at that (Terry L. Krueger, Clearwater FL, WORLD OF RADIO 1739, DX LISTENING DIGEST) call looks like zero-HLI with O in my editing Courier New font slightly less oval (gh, DXLD) ** IRAN. 13880, Sept 12 at 1342, poor signal with talk about Iran, i.e. VIRI 6-hour Dari service until 1420, 250 kW, 84 degrees from Ahwaz, the highest channel in the `21`` meter band; the 13785 signal in Arabic is much stronger: 9 hours until 1420, 500 kW, 178 degrees from Kamalabad (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9860, 09/15 0022, VoIRI, Kamalabad, in Spanish; IS, ID, The Qur´an, sharia 31, schedule in Spanish, newsletter, 45544. // 12025, good signal carrier and barely audible modulation, 45442/45441. // 11760 kHz, now, only RHC (JRX_Jose Ronaldo Xavier, Cabedelo, Paraíba, Brazil, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) 11760, Sept 15 at 0343, VIRI good signal with flutter, clear with RHC absent, listed as Azeri at 0320-0520, 500 kW, 336 degrees from Sirjan, which is also toward North America. On the contrary, the intentional N American service in English at 0320-0420 is on 11780, buried by RNA Brasil, a prime example of clueless frequency management; it`s 500 kW, 315 degrees from Kamalabad. South Americans at least complain of the QRM to Brasil. 13650, Sept 15 at 0347, the other VIRI NAm frequency, 500 kW, 330 degrees from Sirjan, is loud & clear, going from News Magazine about beheadings, to a report from France about helping Iraqi Christians. Under the circumstances, VIRI during the few minutes I listen does not seem anti-American, and some of the voices even have American accents (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also UNIDENTIFID 13590, recording (gh, WORLD OF RADIO 1739, DXLD) ** IRAN [non]. 7465, 09/14 0240, CLANDESTINE, R. Payem e-Doost, Grigoriopol-MDA, in Farsi; fv/mv. talks; ID, 35443 (JRX_Jose Ronaldo Xavier, Cabedelo, Paraíba, Brazil, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** IRAN [non]. CLANDESTINE, 15670, R. Mehr, Iranian, Sep 12 *1630- 1640, 25432, Farsi, 1630 sign on with opening music, ID, Opening announce, Talk (Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN, RX, IC-R75, NRD-525+RD-9830, NRD-515, NRD-345, Satellit 750, DE-1121; ANT, 130m Sloper Wire, 303WA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** IRELAND [non]. RADIO NA GAELTACHTA SHORTWAVE TEST Mauno Ritola on Facebook has posted this today from Patrick O'Leary on the rglobe list: "Raidió Teilifís Éireann diffusera une émission expérimentale en ondes courtes à destination de l'Europe dimanche 21 septembre de 1000 à 1100 UTC sur la fréquence de 15415 kHz. Il s'agira d'un relais le la chaîne nationale Raidió na Gaeltachta." Bing translation "Raidió Teilifís Éireann broadcast an experimental broadcast in shortwave destined for Europe Sunday 1000 to 1100 UTC 21 September 15415 kHz frequency. It will be a relay the national chain Raidió na Gaeltachta." This is RTE's national Irish language service (Mike Barraclough, UK, Sept 16, BDXC-UK yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1739, DXLD) Pour quoi?? D`où? Avant des émissions foutballistiques (gh, DXLD) Evidently no-show ** IRELAND [non]. IRELAND/SOUTH AFRICA/UK -- RTÉ SW to Africa 7 Sept for Hurling Final, and for Football on Sept 21. The given RTÉ SW broadcast to Africa 7 Sept for Hurling Final frequency schedule - see below - was wrong! Chaotic non-distribution by Babcock of the RTÉ SW bcast to Africa. See real schedule published by Ivo in Bulgaria after the Hurling final transmission (BC-DX 15 Sept via DXLD) As already published here ** IRELAND [non]. U.K.(non)[sic] RTÉ Radio Irish football final via BABCOCK on Sept. 21: 1300-1600 on 7300 MEY 100 kW / 005 deg to SoAf 1300-1600 on 17495 WOF 300 kW / 158 deg to WeAf 1300-1600 on 17820 MEY 100 kW / 005 deg to EaAf 1600-1700 on 7300 MEY 100 kW / 005 deg to SoAf 1600-1700 on 11750 MEY 100 kW / 005 deg to EaAf 1600-1700 on 17495 WOF 300 kW / 158 deg to WeAf http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/09/rte-radio-irish-footbal-final-on-sept21.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DXLD) RTÉ football great final game, data taken from HFCC file, a lot of slewed antenna arrays in use. Via Babcock Woofferton site in England (separated from Scotland ...) 17495 1300-1700 52S,53SW,57N WOF 300kW 158degr -12 618 1=Sun 070914 210914 Eng G RTE BAB and via SENTEC Meyerton site by Babcock brokered 7300 1300-1700 52S,53SW,57N MEY 100kW 5degr 0 803 1=Sun 070914 210914 Eng AFS RTE BAB 11750 1600-1700 52S,53SW,57N MEY 100 5 0 216 1=Sun 070914 210914 Eng AFS RTE BAB 17820 1300-1600 52S,53SW,57N MEY 250 5 25 418 1=Sun 070914 210914 Eng AFS RTE BAB (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DXLD) ** ISRAEL. 12/09/2014 1637 15306 ISR 4XZ—Utilitaria CW Call CW 25332 ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - (QRA: Tomás Méndez Losa, QTH: Prat de Llobregat-Barcelona -España Coordenadas: 41º19' 26"N- 02º05' 25"E- LOCATOR:JN11BH RX: JRC NRD-525/ SONY ICF SW7600GR /ICOM IC-PCR1500DSP/ TECSUN PL-380 / SANGEAN ATS 909X/DEGEN DE-1103-GRUNDIG SATELLIT 700/SDR RTL2832U+R820T/ Ham it up RF upconverter/ TECSUN PL-880 ANT: RF SYSTEMS DX-7 / RF SYSTEMS EMF/Tecsun AN-200/ RKB Log FM-CN / Tuner Yaesu FRT-7700 /Filtro MFJ 1026- Sirio Delta 27- Magnetic antenna for scanners, Telescópicas via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) This one has a history of ute-lizing the broadcast bands, so assume not a frequency typo buried within: 15306 (gh, DXLD) ** ITALY. Dear friends, here some new logs again. Receiver Tecsun S 2000 with rotable ferrite + PA 30: 1350, 11/09, 1815-1832, Radio 1 AM (I ), ID, English, music-prgr., times + frequenzy, 43333 1368, 11/09, 1833-1845, VoA (via Challenger Radio, Italy), ID, news rpt´s, e-mail, 34443. Okay that´s all for today. Vy´s 73 + good DX (Uwe Sennewald, listening near Dresden Germany, playdxyg via DXLD) Volevo comunicare che l' emittente CHALLENGER Radio che ha sede a Villa Estense in provincia di Padova trasmette regolarmente sulla frequenza dei 1368 kHz per il Nord Italia, mentre la frequenza dei 1566 kHz che dovrebbero servire Roma e dintorni è da parecchi anni che non è attiva (Notizia datami da un mio amico che abita a Roma). Un saluto a tutti i componenti della Lista Dario (Dolo Ve) Dario Gabrielli, ibid. 1350, 12/9 2005, Europa Radio Jazz, Milano, via R. 1 AM, ID at 2009 "You're listening to Europa Radio Jazz", Elvis Presley special, good, gives URL http://www.europaradiojazz.com/ RX: Perseus & Drake R7 - ANT: T2FD 15 meters long QTH: Milano, Italia OP: (Giampiero Bernardini GIB playdx yg via DXLD) ** ITALY. Mittelwelle aus Italien auf 1350 kHz. Andrea Lawendel hat sich in seinem Blog der Sache "1350" angenommen und bricht in einem langen Beitrag eine Lanze fuer unser Hobby. Der Artikel ist lesenswert (ein Online-Uebersetzer hilfreich), beschreibt er doch einerseits das Umfeld, in dem dieser Sendebetrieb stattfindet, andererseits fuer die Senderbetreiber - den Hintergrund unserer Begeisterung. (via Guenter Lorenz-D, A-DX Sept 8 via BC-DX 15 Sept via DXLD) Re: UNID Italian station? 1440 kHz [1 Attachment]. The ID comes from Studio X and their regular 1584 kHz frequency is mentioned. It's either them directly testing a parallel or alternate channel, or one of several AM unauthorized locals which popped up in this band as of lately. In many cases all these tests, which are difficult to locate precisely, are someway "connected". People operating them know each other, some of them use or used to work for small technical and maintenance companies contracted by our national broadcaster RAI for its huge MW infrastructure. Trasmissions may be based on dismissed RAI equipment, in other cases rumors about newly bought equipment are circulated. It's a weird situation, as one would say for many things Italian: nobody really knows the reason for this, other than pure fun and nostalgia. Sorry, I forgot. Studio X is very peculiar FM station in Momigno, Pistoia, Tuscany. They operates off band on 87.35 and have a long record on 1584 in AM stereo. The owner would also be a technician charged with decommissioned RAI plants. Here's a page on their website detailing several pieces of AM equipment: http://www.radiostudiox.it/mess.html (Andy Lawendel, Italy, Sept 13, MWCircle yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1739, DXLD) ** JAPAN [non]. Shiokaze Sea Breeze with broadcast in Japanese on Thu, Sept. 11 1600-1700 on 6165 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE, instead of English. Video: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/09/shiokaze-sea-breeze-with-broadcast-in.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DXLD) No English ** KASHMIR. Thursday, September 11, 2014 --- Radio Services from Srinagar resumed. Radio Kashmir Srinagar has started local production for FM Transmitter. New Broadcasting House (NBH) AIR Delhi took over DTH platform and feeding programme from NBH studios. Now Srinagar FM and DTH services are on air. http://airddfamily.blogspot.in/ ---- (Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, dx_india yg via DXLD) ** KAZAKHSTAN. In the last weekend of August passed by the village Bayserke (before 2000 - Dmitrievka) in Almaty area and found that canned Broadcasting Center dismantled. On the field, there are only one mast, and part of the former antenna field is enabled for the construction of the new road and transport interchange. Earlier, I posted photos of this place: (Dmitry Puzanov-KAZ, "open_dx", RUSdx Sept 7 via BC-DX 15 Sept via DXLD) Saryagash-KAZ - next to Uzbekistan border now. See also Saryagash-KAZ direction finding Wullenweber mast array antenna, 41 30 03.76 N 69 08 43.45 E 23 Sept 2006 G.E. image, rather approx. 77 antenna masts visible, former USSR Telecom/TASS or Security/Army UTE radio center installation? similar two Wullenweber direction finding antennas visible rather Saryagash-KAZ downtown older receiving station? at 41 27 40.77 N 69 11 20.46 E approx. 240 antenna masts visible, and also a helicopter parking array (Wolfgang Büschel, Sept 7, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 15 via DXLD) ** KOREA NORTH [and non]. JAMMING But heard a new annoying North Korean very fast DITTERING pip tone against VoA Korean on 7460 kHz, at 1330 UT Sept 14 (Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH [and non]. 4450, Voice of the People, Kyonggi-do, Korea 15 SEPT 2014 1157 loud S8 in Korean, heavy jammed. 4557, Voice of the People, Kyonggi-do, 15 SEPT 2014 1157 very loud S9+10 in Korean, on a clean frequency. 73 (Nick VK2DX Hacko, Sydney NSW, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. Sept 11, Thursday, heard Shiokaze at 1337, on 6020, underneath a strong CNR8 (Mongolian Service); by 1406, CNR8 had signed off, but instead heard what sounded like VOV4 underneath Shiokaze. Was not in English today as it normally had been on recent Thursdays. Anomaly or new schedule? (Ron Howard, San Francisco, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) JAPAN, Shiokaze Sea Breeze with broadcast in Japanese on Thu, Sept. 11 1600-1700 on 6165 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE, instead of English. Video: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/09/shiokaze-sea-breeze-with-broadcast-in.html (DX RE MIX NEWS #871 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, Sept 16 via DXLD) ** KOREA NORTH [and non]. CLANDESTINAS: 3480, Voz do Povo, Goiangue, Coreia do Sul, 2038-2053, 14/9, emissão em coreano destinada ao vizinho do norte, texto, alguma música e canções; 35342, ou seja, não foi detectada QRM, v.g. sob a forma de empastelamento, por parte da Coreia do Norte, o que seria perfeitamente expectável. 3912, idem, 2039-2048, 14/9, cf. // 3480; 33331, ou seja, QRM deliberada e em quantidade q.b. 4450, idem, 2040-2047, 14/9, cf. // 3480; 32331, desta vez, não sòmente o mesmo tipo de QRM como também CODAR. Bons DX e 73 (Carlos Gonçalves, PORTUGAL, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KURDISTAN [non]. 11510, Sept 15 at 0344, Radyoya Denge Kurdistane, as spelt by Aoki, (in WRTH under Target: Turkey, add ^ over the final e`s) is good with the Kurdish ululating vocal music we enjoy; also good at 1335 (but probably not so good in between). Entire span 0300- 1500 is 100 kW, 116 degrees via Kishinev-Grigoriopol, Moldova- Pridnestrovye; plus another 4 hours via France (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1739, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** LIBYA. Just tuning around the MW band and came across a middle- eastern sounding station around 677.5 kHz. Fading in and out, but peaked at 2035 UT. OM/YL in unid language, but middle-eastern style music. When the signal peaked, the audio sounded rather muffled. Don't think its a spurious signal in the receiver. Best signal E-W at my location. 73's (Nick Rank, Buxton UK, Sony ICF2001D, Ferrite sleeve aerial, Sept 12, BDXC-UK yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1739, DXLD) Suspect it is Benghazi, Libya on 677.5 Nick, but been unable to positively ID yet. No not a spurious. In Arabic, not helped of course by strong Lopik, Netherlands on 675.0. 677.5 kHz closed at 2249 UT, preceded by long upbeat song (anthem?) I remember hearing a lot during the Libyan Civil War in 2011. So definitely Libya. 73 (Alan Pennington, Caversham, UK, AOR 7030+ ALA 1530 loop, ibid.) Libya al Hurra Benghazi (Patrick Robic yesterday in A-DX) 73 from (Salzburg, Christoph Ratzer, BDXC-UK yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1739, DXLD) ** LITHUANIA [and non]. UNIDENTIFIED. 9392-9409, Sept 17 at 0117, coverage of OTH radar pulsing, strong but only 17 kHz wide; main victim is 9400, weak signal detectable amid, i.e. RFA Uyghur, one of the few SW broadcasts via Sitkunai, LITHUANIA, 100 kW, 79 degrees at 01-02. Therefore I am suspicious that this noise may really be jamming; at least a fortunate coincidence if it`s really serving some other purpose (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MADAGASCAR [and non]. Clandestine and other target broadcasts via Issoudun & Madagascar on Sept. 13 Radio Xoriyo: 1600-1630 on 17630 ISS 500 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Somali Tue/Sat Transmissions are jammed by Ethiopia with white noise like broadband DRM Oromo Voice Radio (Raadiyoo Sagalee Oromoo): 1600-1630 on 17850 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Oromo/English Mon/Wed/Sat Transmissions are jammed by Ethiopia with white noise like broadband DRM Radio Dialogue FM: 1600-1700 on 12105 MDC 250 kW / 265 deg to ZWE Shona/Ndebele/English Radio Inyabutatu: 1600-1700 on 17500 ISS 100 kW / 144 deg to CEAf Kinyarwanda Sat Radio Hilaac: 1700-1730 on 15180 ISS 500 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Somali Sat-Thu Radio Assenna: 1700-1800 on 15245 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Tigrinya Mon/Thu/Sat Radio Impala, Radio Mara: 1700-1800 on 17540 MDC 250 kW / 310 deg to SoAf Kinyarawanda Radio Eritrean Forum EYSC: 1800-1900 on 15245 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Arabic Sat Lutheran World Federation, Voice of Gospel, Sawtu Linjilia 1830-1900 on 15315 ISS 500 kW / 180 deg to WCAf Fulfulde http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/09/clandestine-and-other-target-broadcasts.html More two clandestine broadcasts via Kostinbrod and Issoudun on Sept. 14/15: Dimtse Radio Erena: 1700-1730 on 11855 SOF 050 kW / 195 deg to EaAf Oromo Voice of Oromo Liberation: 1700-1800 on 13830 ISS 100 kW / 125 deg to EaAf Afar Oromo Sun 1700-1730 on 13830 ISS 100 kW / 125 deg to EaAf Afar Oromo Wed 1730-1800 on 13830 ISS 100 kW / 125 deg to EaAf Amharic Wed http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/09/more-two-clandestine-broadcasts-via.html Radio Xoriyo: 1600-1630 on 17870 ISS 500 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Somali Mon/Fri Transmissions are jammed by Ethiopia with white noise like broadband DRM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQyCg1305WY&feature=youtu.be Oromo Voice Radio, Raadiyoo Sagalee Oromoo 1600-1630 on 17850 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Oromo/English Mon/Wed/Sat Transmissions are jammed by Ethiopia with white noise like broadband DRM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuFtjufBQ1g&feature=youtu.be (DX RE MIX NEWS #871 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, Sept 16 via DXLD) ** MALAYSIA. 5965a, Radio Klasik Nasional (via RTM-Kajang) 1345-1353* 12 September. DJ chat/interview, nice singing "Radio Klasik ------- Nasional" jingle at 1353, brief DJ chat and off abruptly -- very unlike them & hope it's not a harbinger of a wonky transmitter (Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA G5/6m Xwire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MALAYSIA. 6050, Asyik/Salam FM (via RTM-Kajang) 1404-1502* 11 September. First day heard here in quite a while, ML pop, W DJ, lots of listener phone calls, "Radio Malaysia" & "Asyik FM" casually mentioned, at TOH had 1+1 pips, (presumed) TC & "Salam FM" ID/singing jingle, brief qira'ut, another jingle, Negara Ku, opening Salam FM program with song "salaam aleikum----" and transmitter off about 30 seconds into the tune. Also heard 12 Sept. but unheard at 1300 on 14 Sept., so perhaps transmitter is still a bit "iffy" (Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA G5/6m X wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MALAYSIA. On Sept 16, big goings-on in Miri, Sarawak; at various times heard Wai FM (11665), Sarawak FM (9835) and Radio Klasik (5964.7), all via Kajang and //, with coverage of 51st Malaysia Day national-level celebration being held in Miri, with Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and federal and state ministers in attendance; several major speeches and a lot of musical entertainment direct from the event. Most enjoyable. Neat audio attached of the ending of a speech. Heard from 1305 to 1335 (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also SARAWAK [non] ** MALI. 5995.0, Sept 11 at 0547, carrier is on, presumably ORTM about to sign on, reception facilitated by absence of 6000 Cuba, but it`s spoiling again by 0556. Mali frequency matches 5980 Vatican, 6005 BBC, 6030 Martí, not offset + like the weak carrier I was getting earlier around 0100, so maybe that is yet something else altho nothing scheduled; such as a mixing product (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9635, R. Mali, Kati, 1250-1445, 12/9, dialecto local, texto,..., canções tradicionais; 25442, modulação algo débil. Bons DX e 73 (Carlos Gonçalves, PORTUGAL, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5995.0, Sept 12 at 2350, music with fair signal despite being squeezed between Cuba & Cuba, no doubt ORTM. This is right-on frequency but can also hear a het, like from the JBA carrier I was getting previously after Mali was to be off (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5995, Radio Mali, Bamako, *0558-0612, 13-09, tuning music, French, "Vous écoutez Radio Mali, Bamako, dans le bande du 49 métrés, 5995 kHz", comments and African songs. 24322 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Lugo, Tecsun PL-880, cable antenna, 8 meters, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 550, MEXICO, unidentified. 1103 September 9, 2014. "... AM... Barcelona... pesos... super..." was all I could catch. On September 10: anthem from 1059, not parallel W Radio on 900. (Terry L. Krueger, Clearwater FL, DX LISTENING DIGEST) There`s a 550 W Radio, listed in Xalapa (gh, DXLD) ** MEXICO. 950, XEMAB, La Poderosa, Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche. 1103 September 7, 2014. Anthem in progress, calls/slogan 1104, into Mexi- tune. Fair-poor with Reloj and a domestic co-channel. Confirms my tentative of this on August 2 (Terry L. Krueger, Clearwater FL, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 950, unidentified. 1113 September 14, 2014. over/under presumed XEMAB. Female mentioned "... vatios... FM... Guadalajara..." at 1114. So could it be XEMEX La Mexicana, Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco? But Guadalajara is about 50 miles north though same state (Terry L. Krueger, Clearwater FL, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO [and non]. [Re 14-37, USA, 1050, KTCT, increasing from 10 to 50 kW at night]: The San Mateo CA 1050 STA is to compensate for interference from Mexicali, which is supposed to be a daytimer but operates nighttime. It was accepted by Mexico because Monterrey does not operate with sufficient power to generate a protected skywave signal (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Listening tonight at 10:35 PM PDT, heard XED mixing with KNBR 10-50 (KTCT) and using an old slogan of theirs, "La Gran D de Mexicali" , playing POP and ROCK music in Spanish (Martin Foltz, Mission Viejo CA, 0549 UT Sept 17, ABDX via DXLD) Yes, they've used that slogan for years. What is really nice is when they fade down and you can hear XEG on the same frequency. XEBCS is an old favorite down on the tip of Baja (Mike Sanburn, IRCA via DXLD) Decades, actually. That was the slogan when I logged them for the first time back in the mid 70s (Mike Westfall, La Serena, Chile, ibid.) ** MEXICO. 1420, Sept 15 at 0553 UT tuneby, Mexican federal PSA, then autotimecheck in Spanish for 8:53!! But that would be in the UT-9 zone where there`s little but Alaska, certainly no part of México. Somestation`s clock is upscrewed. Possibilities: XEF in Juárez, XEH in Monterrey. XEEW in Matamoros; furthest out but only UT-7 is XEXX Tijuana. Then I have doubts: did they say ``once`` instead of ``ocho`` which I thought I clearly heard? That would be in the UT-6 zone, i.e. XEF (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 1650, XEARZ, ZER Radio, México DF. 0922 September 7, 2014. All instrumentals, including elevator version of El Condor Pasa, male canned ID with calls and slogan at 0929, often atop WHKT and the I-275 Tampa HAR (Terry L. Krueger, Clearwater FL, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 6185, Radio Educación, México, D. F., 0440-0504*, 13-09, classic music, comments, Spanish. 12221. Also 0447-0502*, 14-09, Spanish comments, "Esta fue una producción de Radio Educación, Radio Educación, la radio cultural de México, 1060 AM, 100.000 watts de potencia". Close down. 23322 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Lugo, Tecsun PL-880, cable antenna, 8 meters, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. [Re 14-37, Mexico City FM Stations:] What`s with several US-looking calls on the RDS readouts??? Spurious? surely not axually carrying those stations (Glenn Hauser, WTFDA via DXLD) The AudioVox automatically converts the RDS code into its American call sign equivalent. So if you took the code and went backwards with it, you'd get the code out. - (Trip Ericson, www.rabbitears.info ibid.) ** MEXICO. You might recall the IFT began a project to update the TDT Transition Policy recently. It got its day in the DOF today, which means it goes into effect tomorrow. (Just in time for El Grito and Mexico's Independence Day!) There isn't much of note except that there's a real important date: every DTV station in the country must be on by August 15, 2015. Azteca, Televisa and certain state governments (looking at you, Sonora) will need to really get to building their digital facilities in smaller communities in Mexico. (And some larger ones: XHCH, XHIT and XHECH are still not in digital in Chihuahua!) The next 16 months look to be the busiest time for TV station construction in Mexico. Not only do all these new stations (a number definitely in the hundreds) need to be authorized and/or built, we might see the beginning of the new network buildouts (seven bidders competing for two networks). The final initial phase of the OPMA/SPR stations is also expected to be online soon, including stations in Ciudad Obregón, Tuxtla Gutiérrez and Colima (Raymie Humbert, AZ, Sept 11, Raymie`s Mexico Beat, WTFDA Forum via DXLD) ** MICRONESIA. 4755.56, Cross R., Sep 07 0851-0858, 35343, English, Music and talk, ID at 0855 (Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN, RX, IC-R75, NRD- 525+RD-9830, NRD-515, NRD-345, Satellit 750, DE-1121; ANT, 130m Sloper Wire, 303WA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4755.571, PMA, FSM, 15 SEPT 2014, 0900 Good copy steady S8, religion in English. 73 (Nick VK2DX Hacko, Sydney NSW, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MONGOLIA. 13/09/2014, 2310 UT, 4895.0 kHz, Mongolian Radio 2-Murun, Com Locutor //4830, Mon, 24332. QRA: (Antonio Madrid, Moraleda (Granada) - España/Spain, Coordenadas: 37º 08' 48'' N-003º 56' 42'' O; Altitud: 625 Mts; RX: Kenwood R5000; ANT: Dipolos de 100 mts y 60 Mts WWW: http://www.elradioescucha.net Hecho con Log-Report: http://www.log-report.tk playdx yg via DXLD) ** MONGOLIA. 12085, 09/14 1014, V of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, in Chinese; fv. talks; songs, ID at 1029, 25432. At 1100 start a program in Japanese (JRX_Jose Ronaldo Xavier, Cabedelo, Paraíba, Brazil, Hard- Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) MONGÓLIA, 12085, Voz da Mongólia, Khonkhor, 0940-1058*, 15/9, progr. em mongol, até às 1000; em mandarim, até às 1030; em japonês, até ao fecho; 25432, mas em perda muito acelerada. Bons DX e 73 (Carlos Gonçalves, PORTUGAL, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MONGOLIA. 17730, Radio Free Asia, at 0158, on 11 Sept. The station is playing an instrumental song with horns and flutes. An English ID Radio Free Asia was given at 0200 followed by an ID in presumed listed language of Tibetan. This was followed by a male speaking. There is what seems to be some pulse jamming in the background that I am hearing but the station is clear. Fair (J. Cooper, Lebanon, PA, Winradio-G33DDC, Com Radio CR-1A, RF Space-SDR-IQ, Sangean ATS-909X with Clear Mod, Grundig Satellit 750, Wellbrook ALA 1530+, Super Sloper Tuned All Band Antenna, PARS- SWL End Fed, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) ** MOROCCO. 9575, R. Medi Un, Sep 07 0734-0749, 35433, French, News, ID at 0746 (Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN, RX, IC-R75, NRD-525+RD-9830, NRD- 515, NRD-345, Satellit 750, DE-1121; ANT, 130m Sloper Wire, 303WA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MYANMAR. Sept 11 – For the last few days have noticed a new jingle (pop music) ID before the BoH on 9730. Very distinctive! Seems I am hearing three different singing "kiloHertz" in the first portion of the pop jingle, with "... Radio" at 0:39 of audio at https://app.box.com/s/a87l23cta3n6vaynjjtn followed by the usual indigenous theme music (Ron Howard, San Francisco, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MYANMAR. Best Myanmar R signal ahead of 5915 kHz channel, noted at 1315 UT, downunder on remote SDR unit in Australia. 1320 UT Sept 14, in like Thai similar vernacular, NOT BURMESE language! 5985.229 kHz different Rangoon program of MR, S=7+5dB. Nothing of Myanmar R noted on 6165, latter covered by powerhouse supposedly CNR6. Nothing heard/visible on MR Rangoon channel 7200v(7186/7214v kHz). 73 (Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MYANMAR. 7345, Thazin Radio (presumed), random checking 1210 to about 1300*, Sept 16. Thanks to the timely tip from Dave Valko and Ralph Perry that CNR1 is silent here now; tuned in at 1210, in LSB, to hear Myanmar with decent signal all by itself; went to USB to see if that was better, but surprised to hear StarStar Br St (presumed) reading numbers in Chinese, underneath Myanmar. StarStar went off close to 1220. Thazin Radio normally goes off right at 1330, but not so today. Off close to 1300. I tuned away briefly to check on 7502-AM StarStar Br St signing on at 1300 (yes, they did) and when I tuned back to 7345, at 1301, found Myanmar off. All very interesting! Attached audio of the two stations mixing together. Amazing what can be heard without the CNR1 powerhouse here! (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1739, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also TAIWAN Sept 17, found ONLY reading of Chinese numbers on 7345-USB at 1212 till off about 1218; no Myanmar at all today here. Unusual. (Ron Howard, WORLD OF RADIO 1739, ibid.) ** NETHERLANDS. RADIO 5 NOSTALGIA TO CLOSE MEDIUMWAVE OUTLETS The closure of Radio 5 Nostalgia's AM outlets on 747 and 1251 on 1 September 2015 has been confirmed today. A message is now on their website. http://www.radio5nostalgia.nl/nieuws/2239/radio-5-nostalgia-van-am-frequentie-af.html NIEUWS --- Radio 5 Nostalgia van AM Frequentie af Per 1 september 2015 wordt de distributie van NPO Radio 5 via de AM stopgezet. Hier leest u wat dat precies inhoudt. Waarom verdwijnt AM? De bezuinigingen van het kabinet dwingen de publieke omroep tot keuzes. De Nederlandse Publieke Omroep (NPO) heeft afgesproken om de programmering daarbij zoveel mogelijk te ontzien. Met de afschakeling van de AM kan 1,2 miljoen euro worden bespaard. Afschakeling van de AM heeft nog een ander voordeel, namelijk de ontlasting van het milieu. Deze distributievorm is namelijk erg milieubelastend door het grote energieverbruik: op jaarbasis kan drie miljoen kWh energieverbruik (een huishouden verbruikt ongeveer 3000 kWh per jaar) bespaard worden. Daarnaast is bij de AM de luisterkwaliteit beperkt ten opzichte van de alternatieve ontvangstmogelijkheden. De zend- installaties voor de middengolf zijn boven- dien verouderd. Continuering van de AM betekent omvangrijke investeringen. De NPO investeert liever in een modern en milieuvriendelijker alternatief: Digital Radio+. Digital Radio+ biedt de luisteraar bovendien betere kwaliteit, meer keuzes en het is eenvoudig om op af te stemmen. Zijn er alternatieven? Jazeker. Alle NPO-radiozenders, dus ook NPO Radio 5, zijn te beluisteren via Digital Radio+. Daarnaast zijn de zenders ook via de kabel, DVB-T, digitale televisie en satelliet te beluisteren. Tot slot streamt de NPO alle radiozenders via internet. Via de NPO-radiospeler kunnen ook programma’s, themakanalen en fragmenten worden beluisterd. Is Digital Radio+ voor iedereen te ontvangen? Onlangs is de tweede en voorlaatste fase afgerond van een nieuw landelijk netwerk. Nu kunt u in het hele land outdoor digitale etherradio ontvangen (in de auto, mobiel en in de meeste gevallen thuis) via een DAB+-ontvanger. Die heeft u vanaf enkele tientjes. Voor indoor ontvangst wordt nog een kwaliteitsslag gemaakt. De bediening van de DAB+ radio’s is heel eenvoudig. U stemt direct af op uw favoriete radiostation. Het zoeken naar frequenties is dus voorbij. Digitale radio biedt een uitgebreid aanbod aan zenders. (via Mike Barraclough, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) + lots of comments, all in Dutch too Powers: 747, 400/200 kW; 1251, 5 kW (WRTH 2014 via DXLD) WHen I pasted this onto Google translate, it ``detected`` it was in Portuguese, and then failed to translate it! Perhaps the keyword Nostalgia was the tricky one. Then I selected Dutch to English, and away we go: Radio 5 Nostalgia AM Frequency off === As of September 1, 2015, the distribution of NPO Radio 5 stops put through the AM. Here's what that means. Why disappear AM? The cuts the government forcing the public broadcaster to make choices. The Dutch Public Broadcasting (NPO) has agreed to thereby protect the programming. Much as possible The disconnection of the AM 1.2 million can be saved. Disconnection of the AM has another advantage, namely the protection of the environment. This form of distribution is in fact very harmful to the environment because of the large energy consumption: annual three million kWh energy consumption can be (a household uses about 3,000 kWh per year) saved. In addition, in the AM, the listening quality is limited with respect to the alternative reception capabilities. The transmission systems for medium, moreover, are obsolete. Continuation of the AM means major investments. The NPO would rather invest in a modern and environmentally friendly alternative: Digital Radio +. + Digital Radio offers listeners additionally better quality, more choices and it's easy to tune into. Are there alternatives? Certainly. All NPO radio stations, including Radio 5 NPO, can be heard via Digital Radio +. In addition, the stations can be listened. Cable, DVB-T digital TV and satellite Finally streams the NPO all radio stations over the internet. Also programs, thematic channels and tracks can be listened to. Using the NPO radio player Is Digital Radio + receive for everyone? Recently, the second and final phase of a new national network. Now you can receive outdoor digital radio airwaves across the country (in- car, mobile and in most cases at home) via a DAB + receiver. That you have from a few decades. For indoor reception is still a quality improvement made. The operation of the DAB + radios is very simple. You agree directly into your favorite radio station. The search for frequencies is over. Digital radio offers a wide range of channels. (via gh, DXLD) Dutch Radio 5 will leave medium wave as of 15 September of next year. The reason is that the radio masts are obsolete and should be replaced. However, this is a costly affair and the budget simply is not there. Ceasing medium wave also represents savings of 1.2 million euros per year. So, in September 2015 the frequencies of 747 and 1251 kHz will become empty in The Netherlands. Interested parties can buy the frequencies but they need to renew the masts, so this is very unlikely. In that case, also the other Dutch broadcasters, Groot Nieuws Radio (1008 kHz) and Radio Maria (675 kHz) may be forced to leave the air. If anyone is interested in the Dutch news article about this: http://www.volkskrant.nl/vk/nl/2694/Tech-Media/article/detail/3748155/2014/09/16/NPO-stopt-definitief-met-radio-via-de-middengolf.dhtml Kind regards, (Herman Boel, mwcircle yg via DXLD) They forgot to mention 891 kHz Hulsberg. Funny sentence in the article is "the last group of listeners, especially the elderly over 60 years, will have to say goodbye to the familiar frequencies next year." 73, (Guido Schotmans, Belgium, ibid.) Radio 5 will leave the MW band in one year from now, on Sept 15, 2015. The antenna masts are obsolete and need to be replaced, which would be too costly. The frequencies, 747 & 1251 kHz, will be for sale. Source: H. Boel (MWC), via R. Friess (Radio Club du Perche). 73s, (Bernard Enfelder, Sept 16, mwmasts yg via DXLD) ** NETHERLANDS [non]. 7375, Sept 14 at 0132, The Mighty KBC via GERMANY, with VOA Radiogram tones a bit later than usual. 0140 long KBC jingle, axually an ad, another for Super-Cove; Comet antennas from KBCimports.com; 0142 back to `Giant Jukebox`. 0148 starts Kraig Krist`s ``Forgotten Song`` of the week, James Brown`s ``Living in America`` inside which he utters ``Eddie Murphy, eat your heart out``, referring to EM`s impersonation of JB; was from Dec 1985. 0155 usual wrapup by Eric greeting a number of listeners including Dan Sheedy in his yello Speedo. VG signal on the UT-Sunday-only 00-02 broadcast via Nauen (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn, me? in a yellow Speedo?? I never did! & who you gonna believe -- me or Uncle Eric on KBC? (by the way, in Dutch it's "banaanhangmat" -- or, for those who don't like the term "banana hammock", it's "gele zwembroeck").. erm, moving on to the "DX" (Dan Sheedy, CA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NEW ZEALAND. Three experienced Pacific journalists have joined Radio New Zealand International in what is expected to be a boost to the radio station’s regional news coverage. RNZI announced today that it had appointed Koroi Hawkins, Koro Vaka’uta and Indira Moala as staff journalists. Hawkins is well known in the region as a former freelance journalist, broadcaster and photographer from Solomon Islands who will work for RNZI in Wellington. Vaka’uta previously worked for RNZI but has been in the Cayman Islands for the last seven years. He has recently returned home with his family and also takes up a journalist position with RNZI in Wellington next week. And Moala has previously worked for the ABC’s Asia Pacific News Centre in Melbourne and now joins RNZI in Auckland. “All three bring a great wealth of experience and skills to our operation and their arrival completes an appointment process for vacancies that attracted well over 100 applications from around the Pacific and New Zealand. They’re a great addition to the RNZI family,” said RNZI manager Linden Clark. RNZI has a reputation for an in-depth and wide-ranging coverage of the Pacific. See more at: http://www.pngloop.com/2014/08/29/nz-three-pacific-journalists-join-radio-new-zealand-international/#sthash.mayaZqz7.dpuf (via Dr Hansjoerg Biener, Sept 13, DXLD) Note Moala comes from ABC in Australia, where no longer needed (gh) ** NIGERIA. NIGÉRIA, 6089.85, R. Nigéria, Kaduna, 2207-2216, 13/9, dialecto local, texto, programa corânico (de propaganda, entenda-se); 44433, QRM da AIA. Bons DX e 73 (Carlos Gonçalves, PORTUGAL, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NIGERIA. 15120, V. of Nigeria, Sep 11 0751-0805, 25432, French and English, Talk, IS from 0759, Modulation is shallow (Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN, RX, IC-R75, NRD-525+RD-9830, NRD-515, NRD-345, Satellit 750, DE-1121; ANT, 130m Sloper Wire, 303WA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15120-AM, Sept 12 at 0519, VON world news in English is axually readable, sufficiently if not fully modulated; good signal with flutter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORFOLK ISLAND. VK9N, NORFOLK ISLAND (Reminder). Four Australian operators are now active as VK9NT from Norfolk Island (OC-005, WLOTA 1469, WWFF VKFF-392) until September 21st. Activity will be on 160-10 meters using CW and SSB. No Digital or 6m activity is planned. Logs will be uploaded daily to ClubLog, and soon after the end of the activity to LoTW. An OQRS via ClubLog will also be active. QSL via VK2CA, direct or by the Bureau. For more information and updates, visit: http://vk9nt.odxg.org/vk9nt2014 (The Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1180, September 15, 2014, Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW, Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio), via Dave Raycroft, ODXA yg via DXLD) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6770, PIRATE (NA). Old Time Radio, at 2310, on 7 Sept. The station is playing an old time comedy show that sounds like Gracie and Allan [sic]. This station seems to be on most of the time now. At 2312 there was a brief musical interlude with an Anacin Pain Relief Tablet commercial. Fair (J. Cooper, Lebanon, PA, Winradio- G33DDC, Com Radio CR-1A, RF Space-SDR-IQ, Sangean ATS-909X with Clear Mod, Grundig Satellit 750, Wellbrook ALA 1530+, Super Sloper Tuned All Band Antenna, PARS- SWL End Fed, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) 6770, PIRATE (No. Am.), Old Time Radio, 0142, 9/8/14. Big band music to next section of the program. Could not tell what was the program was. Poor, but OTR is not usually audible at all here (Mark Taylor, Madison, WI, Perseus, WinRadio g313e, Eton e1, Grundig Satellit 800, Sangean 909X, Tecsun PL 660; 40 meters dipole, RF Systems Mk 2, Flextenna, NASWA Flashsheet Sept 16 via DXLD) Wednesday, September 10, 2014, 0045, 3204.9 am. Old time radio with a good signal amidst some atmospheric noise. s9. (Will-MD) Wednesday, September 10, 2014, 2345, 3204.9 am. Old time radio, fair signal, noisy. s7. (Will-MD) Thursday, September 11, 2014, 2331, 3204.9 am. Old time radio, good signal, s9. (Will-MD) Saturday, September 13, 2014, 0017, 3204.9 am. Amos and Andy show, very good signal, whiny interference, s9 (Larry Will, Mount Airy, Maryland, Tecsun PL-600 and long wire, FRW via DXLD) ** NORTH AMERICA. 9605, R/S YHWH, 0432 1 September. Weak in noise with religulous chat & 0412+ 8 September with slightly better signal, closing program with request for signal reports to HFU site (Google "YHWH pirate"), mention of morning broadcast (9A Pacific Time [16 UT]) on 11595, alternate: 15565, I think, "Creepy Song" TM [theme music] & I tuned out to avoid eldritch dreams (Dan Sheedy, Encinitas, CA G5/6m X wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Back home for this log, not from Moonlight Beach, which is open only dawn to sunset. Top Google hits: ``A young lady with a knack for violence. Nightmares, drugs, creatures that defy reality, this is an Eldritch Dream`` ``Eldritch Dreams is a dark / low-to-medium fantasy game set in a world inspired by the classic works of Howard, Moorcock, and Tolkien`` ``The Eldritch Dream is a place where the subconscious mind becomes trapped in a world unlike our own. It is a place where they cannot wake...`` (gh, DXLD) (RADIO STATION) Y-H-W-H 9605 AM / 0345-0505+ / SEP 07. Extended length broadcast on the minister's usual Biblical topics. Very weak signal and constant fading made for difficult copy. (Sedlacek-NE) 9605 AM / 0325+ / SEP 08. Very weak and very poor signal almost impossible to copy under heavy static (Sedlacek, NE, Omaha, NE, FRQ via DXLD) 9605-AM, Sept 11 at 0301, Station YHWH, anti-Christ, pro-Yahweh pirate is on, fair with fading, usual punchy but lo-fi speech audio. Had not been on a few minutes earlier. This seems to be a regular frequency and time for it now, judging from other reports. 11595, Sept 14 at 0132, Station YHWH with usual screed, fair signal but good punchy modulation. Found by chance bandscanning, tho Dan Sheedy had earlier heard him on 9605 mentioning 11595 as another of his preferred frequencies (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11595, PIRATE (No. Am.), YHWH, 0151, 9/14/14. Usual preacher with program, unique music, ID, “I love you,” 0207 off. Fair – poor (Mark Taylor, Madison, WI, Perseus, WinRadio g313e, Eton e1, Grundig Satellit 800, Sangean 909X, Tecsun PL 660; 40 meters dipole, RF Systems Mk 2, Flextenna, NASWA Flashsheet Sept 16 via DXLD) YHWH on 9605 --- Very good reception at 0253 sign on UT 15 Sept 2014. Telephone line quality reception. IS and ID. Thanks to DXLD for alerting us to this frequency. 73 (Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9605, Sept 15 at 0333, Station YHWH is underway on one of its favorite frequencies, fair signal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. Sept 13 at 1530-1700 UT, Cherokee Strip parade around the square in downtown Enid, one of two annual big parades, the other being Tri-State Music Festival in early May. This one has only a few marching bands, but lots of other stuff by local businesses and luminaries, longhorns, antique cars, including our two radio groups: KNID/KCRC/KXLS van: http://www.w4uvh.net/KNIDvan.jpg KOFM blue van, not mentioning original and still sibling KGWA 960: http://www.w4uvh.net/KOFMvan.jpg The parade is organized by the local ham radio club, which takes great pride in its participation, using 2-meter repeater: http://www.w4uvh.net/W5HTKparade.jpg (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 1610, Sept 13 at 1908 UT on caradio just north of Carrier OK, I check out the TIS at Great Salt Plains State Park, to which we are headed. Last we heard for months/years, this was a zombie unit putting out a hum but nothing else. Now WQCL720 has been revivified, relaying NOAA NWS loops, not out of OKC, but out of Wichita (but also mentioning conditions in peripheral Enid, regional OKC). I had never heard this as far away as Enid and it`s probably a recent development. Recorded a clip for example, not including Wichita ID, but obviously from there, mostly about south- central Kansas, and just after we stopped recording, at 2028 UT, roboYL calls herself ``Misty``, get it? Weather-related monicker. Is ``she`` all over NOAA now? She has a hard time achieving proper intonation, pasting words together. Recorded sample has cicadas in background we didn`t notice at the time, so pervasive are they with windows open. http://www.w4uvh.net/WQCL720.mp3 We drive right by the place where the TIS pole used to be, at the entrance to the SP on its east side along Hwy 38, but it`s gone. Instead, just south of there is a brand-new-looking building with no windows, no signage identifying it, but a tell-tale TIS-style monopole antenna atop. It`s right next to a powerline and transformer, so no need for solar panels. Building looks larger than necessary for a 10- watt TIS transmitter; at first I was not certain this thing is the TIS, since parked right by it, cannot overcome the powerline noise level! But it covers the park and adjacent NWR very well. The only sign refers to a fibre-optic line which may be unrelated. Photos: WQCL720 ``1610`` sign on trail elsewhere in park, with observer: http://www.w4uvh.net/WQCL720sign.jpg WQCL720 building, antenna, power pole: http://www.w4uvh.net/WQCL720bldg.jpg Kanokla fibre-optic warning sign next to WQCL720 building: http://www.w4uvh.net/Kanoklasign.jpg This is quite near, across the highway from Kegelman Auxiliary USAF field with the big soccer-ball radome which serves as the ``Enid/Vance AFB`` weather radar; and emergency landing strip for Vance training flights, probably unpersonned. Once again I scout the rental cabins at GSPSP, which now have a new faux-log finish, especially since veterans get 25% discount; of the six, one is isolated from the others and surely the one for a potential DX-pedition. Noise level not too bad but can still hear some on the portable at 1710, and some popping on shortwave. Probably not enough room or isolation to string a real Beverage. Each cabin has a picture window on the backside toward the lake, except from here you can`t see the lake for the trees in the way. At least an armadillo was rooting in the brush nearby (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 1640, Sept 13 at 2155 UT, KZLS is in open-carrier/dead air, ho hum (Glenn Hauser, GSPNWR OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 100.7, Sept 13 at 1930 UT, notice that this Ponca City station really rounds itself excessively to ``101 Country KPNC`` (Glenn Hauser, GSPSP OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. KSBI-TV ``52`` OKC, now on RF 23 instead of 51 {not 50 as in original report; I keep mixing this up with KOPX ``62`` still on RF 50}, continues to pretend it has a translator in Enid during legal IDs such as this one snapped on August 20: http://www.w4uvh.net/K45EJ.jpg I don`t know about the one in Ponca City, but KSBI has been listed also with several other translators around the state and as far as Wichita KS, which they never ID. The Enid analog 45 has been gone for many years, and yet to reappear as DTV tho still licensed and CP`d [Later:] Did it again: in last report about KSBI-TV, now on RF 23, not being translated on K45EJ in Enid, I referred to its previous RF channel in OKC as 50 --- but it was 51, while KOPX Ion remains on RF 50. BTW, FCC TV Query shows KOPX still has no CP for a lower channel; better get with it! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OMAN. 15140, RSO, 1410-1425, 3 September. Fair to good with dance pop, "All the stars, all the hits -- one station -- Radio Sultanate of Oman 90.4", 1428 call to prayer preceded by waterfall/chime SFx. "All listeners, now it's time for --- prayers, Muscat and its suburbs, Radio Sultanate of Oman" more SFx to BOH jingle, bells and "This is Radio Sultanate of Oman, the time is 1830". Also 1409, 1415-1430+ 11 September. Another good day for them with hip-pop, call-to-prayer with waterfall/chimes SFx, "according to local time in Muscat --- Radio Sultanate of Oman", more waterfall/chime SFx and back to music at 1422 with news headlines at BOH (Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA G5/6m X wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15140, Sept 12 at 2337, very poor signal seems ME music, Arabic? Nothing on 15355, so presumed RSO yet again on wrong frequency. 9500 may or may not take over at 0000 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9500, Radio Sultanate of Oman, Thumrait. 0104 September 13, 2014. Mullah with Qur`an recital, excellent. Abruptly off at 0156, close enough to listed 0200 closing I guess (Terry L. Krueger, Clearwater FL, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9500, Sept 17 at 0109, no signal from RSO, but not audible either on alternate/mixup channels 15140, 15355. May well be on one of them, just not propagating, tho 15160 Spain is; as is 9510 Iran. A `log` of a station missing from all its frequencies will present a quandary to some editors; where to file it? Well, it`s significant when it fails to broadcast on a scheduled frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Wrong or new frequency of Radio Sultanate of Oman was noted Sept. 17: 1400-1500 15150 THU 100 kW / 315 deg WEu English probably, not checked 1500-2200 15150*THU 100 kW / 315 deg WEu Arabic, instead of 15140 *co-ch R. Tamazuj/R. Dabanga Sudanese Arabic til 1627; AWR Farsi 1630- 1700. Videos: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/09/wrong-or-new-frequency-of-radio.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DXLD) Radio Sultanate of Oman was back to its usual frequency on Sept. 18: 1400-1500 15140 THU 100 kW / 315 deg WeEu English, instead of 15150 Sept. 17 1500-2200 15140 THU 100 kW / 315 deg WeEu Arabic, instead of 15150 Sept. 17 Videos: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/09/radio-sultanate-of-oman-was-back-to-its.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, ibid.) ** PAKISTAN. Surprisingly broadcasts of Radio Pakistan on Sept. 15, scheduled: 0830-1105 on 15730 ISL 250 kW / 313 deg to WeEu Urdu, but off at 0850 0830-1105 on 17700 ISL 250 kW / 313 deg to WeEu Urdu, but off at 0850. Back on the air again around 1030 and off at 1050 on 15730 and 17700. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awVniLd28HY&feature=youtu.be (DX RE MIX NEWS #871 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, Sept 16 via DXLD) Another version, or really another date? --- Surprisingly broadcasts of Radio Pakistan on Sept. 15, scheduled: 0830-1105 on 15730 ISL 250 kW / 313 deg to WeEu Urdu, but off at 0857 0830-1105 on 17700 ISL 250 kW / 313 deg to WeEu Urdu, but off at 0857. Video http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/09/surprisingly-broadcasts-of-radio.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, dxldyg via DXLD) Again surprisingly transmissions of Radio Pakistan on Sept.17: 0500-0700 15730 ISL 250 kW / 282 deg to N&ME Urdu, no signal 0600-0700 0500-0700 17810 ISL 250 kW / 282 deg to N&ME Urdu, no signal 0600-0700 0830-1100 15730 ISL 250 kW / 313 deg to WeEu Urdu, with several breaks 0830-1100 17700 ISL 250 kW / 313 deg to WeEu Urdu, with several breaks 1100-1110 15730 ISL 250 kW / 313 deg to WeEu English news,ex 1100-1105 1100-1110 17700 ISL 250 kW / 313 deg to WeEu English news,ex 1100-1105 Videos: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/09/again-surprisingly-transmissions-of.html (Ivo Ivanov, ibid.) ** PAKISTAN. 17830, 09/12 0147, R. Pakistan, Islamabad, in Urdu lang.; mv: talks; music, ID, poor signal and distorted modulation, 25432. 17830, 09/13 0213, R. Pakistan, Islamabad, in Urdu; mv. presents News, fair signal and distorted modulation, 35432. 17830, 09/14 0148, R. Pakistan, Islamabad, in Urdu lang.; The Qur´an, 35433 (JRX_Jose Ronaldo Xavier, Cabedelo, Paraíba, Brazil, Hard-Core- DX mailing list via DXLD) ** PAKISTAN [non]. 15440, AWR (Moosbrunn) *1400-1406, 5 September. Opening comments in Urdu, hymn, website/email address & p-mail address in Lahore, Pakistan. Sked 1400-1430 (Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA G5/6m X wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAKISTAN [non]. 15350, Athmeeya Yathra Radio (Nauen) 1350+ 5 September. Urdu chat, email/pmail address (AYRadio --- @gmail.com, AYRadioshortwave[67?]@gmail.com + Post Box 4567, somewhere), Urdu hymn (nice horns/percussion) (Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA G5/6m X wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3275, NBC Southern Highlands, Mendi, 15 SEPT 2014 1218 low modulation level, weak [presumed] 73 (Nick VK2DX Hacko, Sydney NSW, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. CHASQUI DX PFA – SETIEMBRE 2014 --- CQ, CQ, CQ; Aquí Pedro F. Arrunátegui para compartir algo con los que disfrutan y aman el DX latinoamericano, todas las horas son UTC, desde la tierra de los incas, les informo mediante este Quipus lo siguiente: 4747.60, PERÚ, R. Huanta 2000, Huari, Ayacucho; 14/09 1102-1130 44444 ads en español y quechua Gobierno regional de Ayacucho ID "Transmite desde la bella perla de los Andes Radio Huanta 2000" mxf huayno. 4774.90, PERÚ, R. Tarma, Tarma, Junín, 6/09 1048-1110 44444 mx tropical Andina tocan en forma continua; ID "Por Radio Tarma Internacional". Dan el Ángelus ID “En Radio Tarma del Perú, presentamos” programa Música folclórica nacional mxf. 4789.87, PERÚ, R. Visión, Chiclayo, Lambayeque; 12/09 0905-0925 44444 mxf, ads Iglesia Pentecostal La Cosecha ID "Radio Visión una radio para todos", mxf, ID “Oportunidad con nuestra programación para todos, somos radio Visión, Radio Visón transmite desde la ciudad de Chiclayo, Perú”, mxf, ID “Desde la ciudad de Chiclayo, transmite Radio Visión”, mxf, ID “Siga escuchando la música de su preferencia en Radio Visión, una radio para todos, una radio perfecta…” 4810.00, PERÚ, R. Logos, Tarapoto; 12/09 0940-1004, 33333, tocan en forma continua mx con temas religiosos, px La palabra de Dios en dialecto. ID “Radio Logos desde la selva peruana” 4824.48, PERÚ, R. La Voz de la Selva, Iquitos, Loreto; 8/09 2335-0010, 44444, mx moderna, px Alto Voltaje, ID “LVS está presentando”, ads, varios ID “Estás escuchando LVS" 5024.92, PERÚ, R. Quillabamba, Cusco; 6/9 2240-2305, 44444, mxf huaynos, comunicados varios en español y quechua, ID “Radio Quillabamba está en tu corazón”, px religioso. 6173.85, PERÚ, R. Tawuantinsuyo, Cusco; 2/09 1110-1136, 44444, news, ads restaurante San Sebastián, ID “Por Radio Tawantinsuyo”. La recepción la he efectuado del 31/08 al 14/09 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 (Pedro F Arrunátegui, Lima, Perú, Sept Chasqui DX, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 4747.6, R. Huanta 2000, Huanta, 2225-2234, 12/9, canções índias; 25331. Sinal muito melhor em 13/9, 2225. 4774.94, R. Tarma, Tarma, 2219-2229, 12/9, castelhano, texto, anúncios comerciais; 24331, QRM do B. Melhor sinal em 13/9, 2225. Bons DX e 73 (Carlos Gonçalves, PORTUGAL, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4747.60, Radio Huanta, Tirapampa, 15 SEPT 2014 1050 weak, in Spanish. 73 (Nick VK2DX Hacko, Sydney NSW, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Tirapampa is not mentioned in Aoki or WRTH for this station, but is apparently the transmitter site northeast of Huanta, as in: http://fmscan.org/ml.php?r=m&t=40000117 which axually has an entry for 4747 (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 4835.000, 2259 13/09/2014, R. Maranon, Jean, SS, Mx cantor, 25342 --- UG Colaborador: (Ulysses Galletti Radioescuta: SWL B2-70065 Radioamador: PY2 UAJ Identificação de associado: DXCB-204 Cidade: Itatiba - S.P. Equipamentos utilizados para a escuta: Receptor: Rohde & Schwarz Acoplador de Antena: Coupler AT-1000 Antena: ANTENA UG20.3.P2.1 ( Long Waire de 20m, feita com 3 fios P2x1mm, colados paralelamente, soldados nas pontas. Portanto tem 20m com 6 fios de 1mm em paralelo. Balun 9:1, cabo coaxial de 50 homs) radioescutas yg via DXLD) ?? Any ID for R. Marañón, Jaen? This station has been off for some years, the 4835 frequency overtaken peruvianly by R. Ondas del Suroriente, Quillabamba. I`ll bet like so many others, he`s misrelying on Aoki, which still hasn`t caught up with this change. Let this be a lesson to all, but I bet we still haven`t seen the end of ``Marañón`` list-logs (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) Viz., another log with no ID cited: 4835, Perú, Ondas del Suroriente, Quillabamba, 2335 to 2355 with comments in Spanish and music at 2352 Sept. 12 (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, South Flórida, Icom 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, Sony 2010XA, wire antennas, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 4955, R. Cultural Amauta, Huanta, 2231-2240, 13/9, canções; 35332. Bons DX e 73 (Carlos Gonçalves, PORTUGAL, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4955, Radio Cultural Amauta, Huanta, 15 SEPT 2014, 1046 weak signal but good copy, in Spanish. 73 (Nick VK2DX Hacko, Sydney NSW, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 4985.5, Perú, Radio Voz Cristiana, Huancayo, 2330 to 2350 OM español, with massive RTTY on 4985 making reception difficult 12 Sept. (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, South Flórida, Icom 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, Sony 2010XA, wire antennas, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU [and non]. 5024.921, R Quillabamba, Quillabamba, (presumed) 15 SEPT 2014, 1055 weak under R Rebelde in Spanish. 5025, R Rebelde, Cuba, 15 SEPT 2014, 0916 loud, S9. 73 (Nick VK2DX Hacko, Sydney NSW, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 5980+, Sept 12 at 0018, JBA carrier from R. Chaski; tonight it matches the offset of 5970+ Itatiaia, compared to 5990 China/Cuba closer to on-frequency. By 0107, music is audible on 5980, very poor signal, until cutoff at 0110:49* which is a full 10 seconds later than yesterday; something`s amiss, but not my calculations (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5980, R. Chaski, Cuzco, 2231-2241, 12/9, castelhano, propaganda religiosa; 25332. Bons DX e 73 (Carlos Gonçalves, PORTUGAL, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5980, Sept 14 at 0106, JBA carrier from R. Chaski until cutoff at 0111:00.5 which is 11.5 seconds later than one binite ago, right on schedule (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Confirmação recebida hoje: 5980 kHz, PERU: R. Chaski, Urubamba, Cuzco, PERU, 5 dias. Recebido e-mail confirmatório com a informação de que uma carta de confirmação estará sendo enviada. Informe de recepção enviado para vaquime24 @ hotmail.com NOTA: Cópia da confirmação está em http://dxways-br.com também divulgada pelo Faceboook no dia de hoje. 73, (Rudolf Grimm, São Bernardo SP, Sept 16, radioescutas yg via DXLD) 5980, Sept 17 at 0057, R. Chaski very poor carrier but some modulation audible, until cutoff at 0111:18.5* which is 18 seconds later than last check one trinite ago (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. Estimados Amigos DX: En la mañana conversé con el Ingeniero David Nieves de Radio Del Pacífico, y le comenté de mi captación y me dijo que en efecto, estaban transmitiendo en la frecuencia de siempre 9675 Khz, para aquellos que deseen enviarle los reportes: pacificom@qnet.com [CORRECTED below] 73 (ALFREDO CAÑOTE, Lima, Perú, TELF: 51-1-99958-6329 (1300-0100 UT) RECEIVERS: ICOM IC-R71A, GRUNDIG YB400PE, SONY ICF-7600DS, REALISTIC DX-440, ALINCO DJ-X3 ANTENNAS: SW: RADIO SHACK 20-181, MW: CPDS-1 QUAD, MW: Select-A-Tenna 541-M NOISE CANCELLER: JPS ANC-4 "Somewhere. .. something incredible is waiting to be known." Carl Sagan [tagline] Sept 15, condiglista yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1739, DXLD) Hola Alfredo, Cordial saludo, que importante y valiosa información que has conseguido; por varios años he intentado el contacto por vía postal, por su pagina web, por otros correos y nada. Ojalá el ingeniero Nieves esté atento a los reportes. Buenos DX (Rafael Rodríguez R., dxdesdecolombia.blogspot.com ibid.) Hola Rafael: Estoy seguro que estará atento. Caso contrario me avisas y lo llamaré. Lo que sí detecté es que la portadora está con modulación baja. Cordiales 73! (ALFREDO CAÑOTE, Lima Perú, Sept 16, ibid. WORLD OF RADIO 1739) Gracias por el dato, Alfredo!!! Emite programación religiosa, no? Saludos! (Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina, ibid.) Estimados Amigos DX: Parece que con la emoción, omití el .pe de la dirección electrónica de Radio Del Pacífico, así que la dirección correcta es: pacificom@qnet.com.pe Mil disculpas. En efecto, Arnaldo, Radio Del Pacífico es una emisora religiosa con muchos años en El Perú. ¡Buenos DX! (ALFREDO CAÑOTE, Lima, Perú, Sept 17, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** POLAND [non]. Saw the recent bit about the Polish diaspora in DXLD. Here's a very little known part of it: Polish Haitian - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A Polish Haitian is a Haitian of Polish descent or a Pole with Haitian citizenship. Cazale, which is a small village in Haiti about 45 miles away from Port-au-Prince in the Grand'Anse Department. It is the main center of population of the Polish community in Haiti, called La Polog... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_Haitian (Don Moore --- Humpty Dumpty was pushed. Radio & Latin American website: http://www.pateplumaradio.com/ DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ROMANIA [re SPAIN]. This will leave Albania and Romania as the only European public broadcasters with English to North America. Anyone care to guess which one of those will be next to pull the plug? I'm guessing Romania (Steve Luce, TX, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) If SRR didn't close all SW broadcasts in 2012, when things were going bad financially and there were official discussions about cutting costs, chances are they won't close SW in the near future. After all, we still can afford to waste money on one of the most extended MW networks in Europe and one longwave station as well. Why abandon shortwave? :)) (Tudor Vedeanu, (Gura Humorului, Romania), Sept 12, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ROMANIA. RRI Bucharest B-14 from Oct 26. 7315 0000 0100 12NE GAL 300 280 1234567 Spa ROU 7325 0000 0100 14 TIG 300 247 1234567 Spa ROU 9525 0000 0100 12NE GAL 300 280 1234567 Spa ROU 9730 0000 0100 14 TIG 300 247 1234567 Spa ROU 6145 0100 0200 8 GAL 300 310 1234567 Eng ROU 7325 0100 0200 8 GAL 300 310 1234567 Eng ROU 5910 0100 0300 8 TIG 300 307 1234567 Ron ROU 7340 0100 0300 8 TIG 300 307 1234567 Ron ROU 5975 0200 0300 4,8 GAL 300 310 1234567 Fra ROU 7395 0200 0300 4,8 GAL 300 310 1234567 Fra ROU 7345 0300 0400 10 GAL 300 310 1234567 Spa ROU 9470 0300 0400 10 GAL 300 310 1234567 Spa ROU 9470 0300 0400 14 TIG 300 247 1234567 Spa ROU 11800 0300 0400 14 TIG 300 247 1234567 Spa ROU 6020 0400 0500 6 GAL 300 320 1234567 Eng ROU 7340 0400 0500 6 GAL 300 337 1234567 Eng ROU 13730 0400 0500 41 TIG 300 100 1234567 Eng ROU 15140 0400 0500 41 TIG 300 97 1234567 Eng ROU 15220 0500 0530 43,44 TIG 300 67 1234567 Zho ROU 17870 0500 0530 43,44 TIG 300 67 1234567 Zho ROU 6145 0500 0600 27SE GAL 300 285 1234567 Ron ROU 7220 0500 0600 27SE GAL 300 285 1234567 Ron ROU 5940 0530 0600 29 TIG 300 37 1234567 Rus ROU 7320 0530 0600 29 TIG 300 37 1234567 Rus ROU 7360 0600 0630 27SE GAL 300 285 1234567 Fra ROU 9650 0600 0630 27SE GAL 300 285 1234567 Fra ROU 11790 0600 0630 46 TIG 300 217 1234567 Fra ROU 13740 0600 0630 46 TIG 300 217 1234567 Fra ROU 7345 0630 0700 27N TIG 300 307 1234567 Eng ROU 9600 0630 0700 27N GAL 300 300 1234567 Eng ROU 17780 0630 0700 55,58,59 GAL 300 100 1234567 Eng ROU 21600 0630 0700 55,58,59 TIG 300 97 1234567 Eng ROU 6020 0700 0730 28NW TIG 300 307 1234567 Deu ROU 7345 0700 0730 28NW TIG 300 307 1234567 Deu ROU 11660 0730 0800 37 GAL 300 247 1234567 Ara ROU 15200 0730 0800 37 GAL 300 245 1234567 Ara ROU 15330 0730 0800 39NW TIG 300 142 1234567 Ara ROU 17810 0730 0800 39NW TIG 300 142 1234567 Ara ROU 15370 0800 0900 39NW TIG 300 142 7 Mul ROU 15430 0800 0900 40W GAL 300 110 7 Mul ROU 17850 0800 0900 40W GAL 300 110 7 Mul ROU 17860 0800 0900 39NW TIG 300 142 7 Mul ROU 15380 0900 1000 38E GAL 300 175 7 Mul ROU 15430 0900 1000 39S TIG 300 142 7 Mul ROU 17745 0900 1000 38E GAL 300 175 7 Mul ROU 17775 0900 1000 39S TIG 300 142 7 Mul ROU 15170 1000 1100 37 TIG 300 247 7 Mul ROU 15260 1000 1100 27SE GAL 300 285 7 Fra ROU 17780 1000 1100 37 TIG 300 247 7 Mul ROU 17870 1000 1100 27SE GAL 300 285 7 Fra ROU 15150 1100 1200 27SE TIG 300 292 1234567 Fra ROU 15255 1100 1200 27SE GAL 300 285 1234567 Fra ROU 17820 1100 1200 27SE GAL 300 285 1234567 Fra ROU 17870 1100 1200 37 TIG 300 247 1234567 Fra ROU 15460 1200 1300 27N GAL 300 307 1234567 Eng ROU 17530 1200 1300 27N TIG 300 307 1234567 Eng ROU 17765 1200 1300 48 GAL 300 165 1234567 Eng ROU 21520 1200 1300 48 TIG 300 157 1234567 Eng ROU 15400 1300 1330 37 TIG 300 247 1234567 Ara ROU 17810 1300 1330 37 TIG 300 247 1234567 Ara ROU 9810 1300 1400 28NW TIG 300 307 1234567 Deu ROU 9880 1300 1400 28N TIG 100 300 1234567 Ron ROU 11665 1300 1400 28NW TIG 300 307 1234567 Deu ROU 15170 1300 1500 27SE GAL 300 290 1234567 Ron ROU 17840 1300 1500 27SE GAL 300 285 1234567 Ron ROU 11880 1330 1400 43,44 TIG 300 67 1234567 Zho ROU 13660 1330 1400 43,44 TIG 300 67 1234567 Zho ROU 11830 1400 1430 43,44 TIG 300 67 1234567 Zho ROU 15160 1400 1430 43,44 TIG 300 67 1234567 Zho ROU 11985 1400 1500 31S TIG 300 52 1234567 Rus ROU 13860 1400 1500 31S TIG 300 52 1234567 Rus ROU 6040 1500 1530 28SW TIG 100 270 1234567 Ita ROU 5960 1500 1600 28NW TIG 300 307 1234567 Deu ROU 7330 1500 1600 28NW TIG 300 307 1234567 Deu ROU 9655 1500 1600 39NW TIG 300 142 1234567 Ara ROU 11610 1500 1600 39NW TIG 300 142 1234567 Ara ROU 15300 1500 1600 37 TIG 300 247 1234567 Ara ROU 17550 1500 1600 37 TIG 300 247 1234567 Ara ROU 6040 1530 1600 28SE TIG 100 210 1234567 Rup ROU 5955 1600 1630 29SW TIG 100 30 1234567 Ukr ROU 5930 1600 1700 29 TIG 300 37 1234567 Rus ROU 9655 1600 1700 27SE GAL 300 290 1234567 Ron ROU 9810 1600 1700 29 TIG 300 37 1234567 Rus ROU 11870 1600 1700 27SE GAL 300 285 1234567 Ron ROU 5955 1630 1700 28SW TIG 100 270 1234567 Srp ROU 9680 1630 1700 39NW TIG 300 142 1234567 Ara ROU 11760 1630 1700 39NW TIG 300 142 1234567 Ara ROU 5955 1700 1730 28SW TIG 100 270 1234567 Ita ROU 5920 1700 1800 39NW GAL 300 140 1234567 Ron ROU 7370 1700 1800 39NW GAL 300 140 1234567 Ron ROU 7400 1700 1800 27SE TIG 300 292 1234567 Fra ROU 9690 1700 1800 27SE TIG 300 292 1234567 Fra ROU 5955 1730 1800 28SE TIG 100 210 1234567 Rup ROU 6090 1800 1830 29SW TIG 100 30 1234567 Ukr ROU 5940 1800 1900 27N TIG 300 307 1234567 Eng ROU 7350 1800 1900 27SE GAL 300 285 1234567 Fra ROU 9780 1800 1900 27N TIG 300 307 1234567 Eng ROU 5990 1800 2100 27SE GAL 300 285 1234567 Ron ROU 6180 1830 1900 28SW TIG 100 270 1234567 Srp ROU 5945 1900 1930 28SW TIG 100 270 1234567 Ita ROU 6010 1900 2000 28NW TIG 300 307 1234567 Deu ROU 7405 1900 2000 28NW TIG 300 307 1234567 Deu ROU 7430 1900 2000 27SE GAL 300 285 1234567 Ron ROU 5945 1930 2000 28SE TIG 100 210 1234567 Rup ROU 6030 2000 2030 29SW TIG 100 30 1234567 Ukr ROU 6010 2000 2100 37NW TIG 300 277 1234567 Spa ROU 7235 2000 2100 27S TIG 300 277 1234567 Spa ROU 7430 2000 2100 27SE GAL 300 285 1234567 Fra ROU 6030 2030 2100 28SW TIG 100 270 1234567 Srp ROU 6030 2100 2130 27SE GAL 300 285 1234567 Fra ROU 7370 2100 2130 27SE GAL 300 285 1234567 Fra ROU 6030 2130 2200 27N GAL 300 300 1234567 Eng ROU 6170 2130 2200 8 TIG 300 307 1234567 Eng ROU 7310 2130 2200 8 TIG 300 307 1234567 Eng ROU 7380 2130 2200 27N GAL 300 290 1234567 Eng ROU 9790 2200 2300 14 TIG 300 247 1234567 Spa ROU 11870 2200 2300 14 TIG 300 247 1234567 Spa ROU 6015 2300 2400 27N GAL 300 285 1234567 Eng ROU 7220 2300 2400 27N GAL 300 290 1234567 Eng ROU 7395 2300 2400 45 TIG 300 52 1234567 Eng ROU 9620 2300 2400 45 TIG 300 52 1234567 Eng ROU (BC-DX 15 Sept via DXLD) ** RUSSIA. On the website of the New Zealand Radio-DX-League published an article «Russian Independent SW Stations 1991-96». Author - one of the activists league Paul Ormandy. http://www.radiodx.com/articles/station-profiles/europe/russian-independent-sw-stations-1991-96/ Deal in terms of historical memory is good, but, as Paul himself admits, he may not know much about this in the air for broadcasting those golden years. Therefore gratefully accepted any amendments thereto (form posts for down under article). I can see at once: Radio Ala - this is not Russian folk art, and bard songs. I myself, unfortunately, in the early 90's was not very active, serious archives did not keep, much has since been forgotten :-( (Dmitry Mezin, Kazan, open_dx via RusDX Sept 14 via DXLD) ** RUSSIA. "KITCHEN CONVERSATIONS JUST MOVED TO THE AIRWAVES" The oldest Russian station - Radio "Mayak" is 50 years old. The way to know "Mayak" most of the students of the country and Tatarstan, however, little is left: a call sign at the beginning and the middle of the "Moscow Nights". Of course, change presenters, journalists, programs, appearance and disappearance of certain transfers of any station is normal, but a few years ago, "Mayak" abruptly changed their usual information-musical concept to the concept of a talk show with two leading live. Place the microphone occupied mostly young, but fairly well-known presenters, discussed and debated topics still entertaining and non-political. The new format, "Lighthouse" caused and causes a lot of questions, and at the very beginning has created a storm of discontent of his many years of fans, who considered changing the format of disrespect to the older generation of listeners ... (Moscow Information DX Bulletin. Weekly electronic publication # 910, September 9, 2014, Editor of the current issue: Alexander Dementyev via RusDX Sept 14 via DXLD) ** RUSSIA. WEB RADIO in Russian --- News, comments and additions are welcome. "Voice of Russia". WEB: http://www.ruvr.ru Radio Russii. WEB: http://www.radiorus.ru Radio station "Mayak". WEB: http://www.radiomayak.ru Radio station "Yunost FM". WEB: http://www.radiounost.ru Radio station "Vesti FM". WEB: http://www.radiovesti.ru Radio Culture. WEB: http://www.cultradio.ru (Anatoly Klepov, RusDX Sept 14 via DXLD) See also ABKHAZIA ** RWANDA. 6055, 09/16 0303, R. Rwanda, Kigali, in Kinyarwanda lang. ; regional music, fv. talks, good signal and poor modulation, 45432 6055, 09/17 0410, R. Rwanda, Kigali, in Kinyarwanda; fv/mv, talks, news and cms. presumed; music, 45433 (JRX_Jose Ronaldo Xavier, Cabedelo, Paraíba, Brazil, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** RWANDA. 13660, Sunday Sept 14 until 1315*, tune-in to last few notes of BaBcoCk music loop IS and off; Aoki explains it`s the Afar service of TWR via Kigali at 1300-1315 Thu/Fri/Sat/Sun only (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RWANDA [non]. Madagascar: 17450 Radio Impala (presumed), Talata- Volonondry, 1743-1757 06-Sep. I heard African chants led by an OM. There were steady drum beats and lots of screaming, also there were numerous Yips and Ululations from the YLs. As one chant died down, the OM would start yelling and another would begin. I give it a 4 it had a good beat and it was easy to dance to. At 1757 an OM began to talk LL [unknown lingo], power was cut off abruptly. The signal was very good. Per A-14 WRTH, Radio Impala (Gary Vance, Grand Ledge MI, MARE Tipsheet Sept 12 via DXLD) September 12: Radio Impala, Radio Mara in Kinyrwanda to SoAf 1700 on 17540 Talata, Madagascar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwTiT8vRllI&feature=youtu.be 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Sept 13: Radio Impala, Radio Mara in Kinyrwanda to SoAf 1722 on 17540 Talata, Madagascar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjZ96iXOnsM&feature=youtu.be Sept 13: Radio Inyabutatu in Kinyarwanda to CeAf 1602 on 17500 Issoudun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FU9_AQlcmAM&feature=youtu.be 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SARAWAK [non]. 11665, Wai FM (via RTM-Kajang) 1408+ 4 September. Nice to hear a nice long, big production-stylee promo/jingle ("Radio Malaysia-Sarawak, Wai FM") + Facebook info -- Wai FM is a bit shy when it comes to full-on jingles, etc, so this was a treat; they DO ID a bunch during the DJ chat, but not with a lot of "semangat seperti" (spirit/enthusiasm). (Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA g5/6m X wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SAUDI ARABIA. 1521: Very listenable right now --- Just got the loops hooked back up and enjoying some wonderful chanting on 1521. Strength equal to and stronger than Buffalo on 1520 (Bill Nollman, Farmington, CT, 0146 UT Sept 17, mwdx yg via DXLD) Not any here (gh) ** SAUDI ARABIA. AMPEGON DELIVERS SHORTWAVE TRANSMITTERS AND ANTENNA SYSTEMS TO SAUDI BROADCAST CORPORATION Turgi, Switzerland, September 12, 2014. Saudi Broadcast Corporation (SBC), Saudi’s National Broadcaster, has contracted Ampegon through undisputed Saudi market leader First Gulf Company (FGC) for the renewal of their radio transmission site in Riyadh. Ampegon will deliver four 500 kW shortwave transmitters, four shortwave antennas HRS 4/4/0.5 and the BroadMaster broadcast control system. The new systems will replace existing analog transmitters with four tubes by modern analog/digital transmitters having single high power tube amplification and hence a much better overall efficiency. Saudi Broadcast Corporation has selected FGC proposal with Ampegon because of the capability of FGC to handle large projects along with Ampegon’s expertise and the reliability of their systems well known since decades. Ampegon had supplied several antenna and transmission systems in the past and feels honored to once again show presence in Saudi Arabia. The transmitters will be manufactured in Turgi, Switzerland. Factory tests together with SBC engineers are planned for autumn and shipments before end of 2014. Commissioning by an Ampegon engineer will start afterwards and the new systems are expected to be on air within summer 2015. Engineer Saleh A. Almeghaileeth, Vice-President for Engineering Affairs at SBC, is extremely pleased to work together with Ampegon: “Ampegon offers a complete solution approach including transmitters, antennas, broadcast control systems and DRM integration. We trust on Ampegon’s and FGC’s experience as they had delivered shortwave transmitters in the past that still work to our full satisfaction.” Tel. +41 58 710 44 00 info@ampegon.com --- (via Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, Sept 12, WORLD OF RADIO 1739, DXLD) ** SCOTLAND [and non]. Radio Coverage of Scottish Referendum Tomorrow (Thursday) is the day for the referendum on Scotland's independence from the United Kingdom. Apart from the BBC World Service, suggested places to listen for results and commentary are: BBC Radio Scotland http://www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland Key Programs (GMT): Thursday 0000 - (simulcast BBC 5 Live) 0400 - The Choice (Edi Stark examines the psychology of decision- making) 0500 - Good Morning Scotland (to 0800) 1100 - John Beattie (to 1230) 1500 - Newsdrive (to 1700) 2100 - Scotland Decides (Results and analysis, continuous to as late as 0500 Friday) Friday 0500 - Good Morning Scotland 0900 - Morning Call (phone-in special on the Referendum) 1100 - Scotland Decides: John Beattie Special 1300 - The Big Debate 1500 - Newsdrive BBC 5 Live http://www.bbc.co.uk/5live Key Programs (GMT): Thursday 0000 - Up All Night (national and international phone-in to 0400) 0500 - 5 Live Breakfast 0900 - Clare Mc Donnell*** 1100 - Tony Livesey*** 1300 - Richard Bacon*** 1500 - 5 Live Drive (to 1800) 2100 - Scotland Decides* (Result and analysis, continuous to 1300 Friday) Friday 1500 - Scotland Decides* (3 hours of further analysis) 2100 - Scotland Decides* (another 3 hours of analysis) *BBC 5 Live program is separate from Radio Scotland's despite the same title. ***Discussion/phone-in program (John Figliozzi, The Worldwide Listening Guide http://wwlgonline.com Sept 17, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5020, SIBC, Sep 07 0835-0851, 35433-45433, Pidgin, Music and talk, ID at 0837 (Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN, RX, IC-R75, NRD- 525+RD-9830, NRD-515, NRD-345, Satellit 750, DE-1121; ANT, 130m Sloper Wire, 303WA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) http://youtu.be/S00WvuS1tqU Solomon Island 5020 KHz radio SIBC ***Opening announcement at 1900 UT at the beginning of the early morning radio program. September 15, 2014. 73 (Nick VK2DX Hacko, NSW, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9545, SIBC, 0845-0857 long list of messages by studio W DJ in Tok Pisin w/many ments of "studio", "transport" and "Thank you for your cooperation and understanding", and a couple ments of SIBC. So obviously a lot of late shipments. Ended at 0857 with promo, then live W again with program notes including a nice ID with frequencies at 0858 and mention of "Bible readling" [sic], sports, and news, then said "Bible Reading". Good signal at tune/in but faded by 0938 check. Getting some splash QRM from the 9540 CNR1 jammer at 1015 check. Nothing on usual frequency of 5020. Here's a link to a video of the ID http://youtu.be/2yG7tJErJSc (17 Sept.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA USA, Perseus SDR, 153 foot Delta Loop, Hard- Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) 9545, SIBC, random checking from tune in at 1018 to 1100 and 1159*, Sept 17. Grateful to Dave Valko for this very timely tip; mostly in Solomon Pijin, but with ads and a few brief spots in English; most of the time strong adjacent QRM, but some clear times; IDs "SIBC, the Voice of the Nation"; several spots about the upcoming general election, which maybe the reason for this change in scheduling; strong signal, but noted strong hum; suddenly audio ended at 1159*, with open carrier and hum continuing on. With them using their single, newer transmitter, of course 5020.00 was silent and also silent was their older off frequency one there. Per Aoki: 9545 Solomon Islands BC 0500-1200 1234567 English 10 ND Honiara a14 Sep.17 https://app.box.com/s/3fdci1nxpal24cr6j113 contains audio that is fairly clear of QRM (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1739, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOMALIA [non]. CLANDESTINE, 15180, R. Hilaac, Sep 09 *1700-1710, 25332 Somali, 1700 sign on with opening music, ID, Opening announce, Koran, Talk (Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN, RX, IC-R75, NRD-525+RD-9830, NRD- 515, NRD-345, Satellit 750, DE-1121; ANT, 130m Sloper Wire, 303WA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Sept 13: Radio Hilaac in Somali to EaAf 1705 on 15180 Issoudun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ti97h9ObXY&feature=youtu.be 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOMALILAND [and non]. 7120.0, Sept 15 at 0327, R. Hargeisa carrier is right on-frequency, but with more or less continuous LSB QRhaM in Spanish, also right on 7120.0 with RH as BFO; as amateurs are totally entitled to do not only in the Western Hemisphere, but everywhere now with RH the intruder. 0329 add some CW QRhaM, from CO8RR calling CQ a few times; OC lasts until 0331:30 NA starts; 0332:30 Somali sign-on; 0333 Qur`an; 0337 talk; initially fair signal gradually fades, but still in, to very poor level at 0355. Not really rare with 100 kW, but still exotic, and I haven`t heard it in a long time since I habitually seldom monitor at this hour. Too bad there`s no English now, but presumably still at 1320-1340v, when only in deep winter do we have a remote chance of hearing that in deep North America. BTW, the times are wrong for this in WRTH 2014: says signs on at 0300, but it`s been 0330v as long as I can remember; says SW sign-off is at 1830, but Kouji Hashimoto in Japan has tracked it almost daily for many months varying slightly around 1900* except later in Ramadan. Also claims English news is at 1300, and 1930 (after SW closes, MW and FM only then) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOUTH AFRICA. According to the LM Radio Facebook group, the station was issued a license to use 702 kHz from the Gauteng area. An application by Capital Radio was denied. Radio 702 went across to FM so they lost their MW frequency. According to Craig Turner the old 702 transmitter site in Garankuwa is long gone, and it was not a great place for a transmitter, 702 lost half of their signal strength to the mountains before the signal got to Gauteng and the actual transmitter which was second hand when they got it was used by 702 for over 30 years, and was badly damaged by fire towards the end. LM will be using a transmitter site on the east Rand with a new transmitter, technology has changed over the years and what used to fill a small house is now the size of a large cupboard. They hope to be transmitting in Gauteng early next year when Sentech finishes building the site (Colin Miller, Canada, VE3CMT, Sept 11, mwmasts yg via dXLD) ** SPAIN. 21610, Sept 11 at 1853, really nice solo violin music on good signal, obviously REE, but not // 17850 with its French CCI; also fortunately, the BS on 21600 via WHRI is fading down from often huge midday SSOB signal. 1855 YL in Arabic closing that language service but IDs in Castilian as ``Radio Exterior de España --- emisión árabe``, theme music. 6055, UT Friday Sept 12 at 0029 tune-in, REE English at end of mailbag show, quoting a listener in Delaware who laments the imminent demise of SW from Spain and wishes staff the best, for which Alison is thankful, as she closes with, ``we`re still broadcasting the rest of this month``, outro theme mixing with half-hour autotimesig. Then into interview with Javier Sánchez who is head of European Spectrum Strategy R&D for RTVE. Explains about spectrum management in general, 0044 down to business: shortwave should be sustained. He says contrary to general assumptions, streaming is more expensive, not only for the consumer but for the producer. If there are more than 1000 web listeners, costs increase dramatically. DAB+ is 40 times less expensive than I.P. ``radio``. SW is still needed for disasters, mariners, but once REE is off SW, listeners will have to use computers or satellite TVs which can also get radio services. ``Shutting shortwave is not the best economic decision --- doesn`t make sense``. But earlier in the hour it was confirmed that all SW from REE would cease as of Oct 1, according to Steve Luce who was listening then (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1739, DX LISTENING DIGEST) On REE's Listener's Club program at 0005 September 12 the long- expected news was delivered: All REE SW will end on October 1. A revamped REE English presence on the Internet will continue with podcasts, as well as a "live" stream six days a week at 0000. Alison Hughes did say that they hope to improve the website experience with a more user-friendly format. This will leave Albania and Romania as the only European public broadcasters with English to North America. Anyone care to guess which one of those will be next to pull the plug? I'm guessing Romania (Steve Luce, Houston, Texas, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1739, DX LISTENING DIGEST) RADIO EXTERIOR DE ESPAÑA SÓLO SE ESCUCHARÁ POR INTERNET Y SATÉLITE http://www.periodistadigital.com/periodismo/radio/2014/09/10/radio-exterior-de-espana-solo-se-escuchara-por-internet-y-se-quedan-en-blanco-los-pescadores.shtml (José Bueno, Sept 11, noticiasdx yg via DXLD) Radio Exterior de España (Noblejas Spain) - 17715 kHz RTVE elimina la emisión en onda corta para ahorrar 1,2 millones al año y cerrará el centro de antenas de Noblejas. Radio Exterior de España sólo se escuchará por Internet y se quedan en blanco los pescadores El plan de ajuste de RTVE se ha cobrado una nueva víctima: la onda corta Periodista Digital, 10 de septiembre de 2014 a las 13:51 Marhuenda y Beaumont anuncian a RNE que no participarán más en sus tertulias y debates Pepa Fernández: "Me parece casi milagroso haber sobrevivido a tantos cambios en la dirección de RNE" EL CONSEJO DE ADMINISTRACIÓN DE LA CORPORACIÓN APROBÓ ANTES DE VERANO LA ELIMINACIÓN DE LA BANDA HF El plan de ajuste de RTVE se ha cobrado una nueva víctima: la onda corta. El consejo de administración de la Corporación aprobó antes de verano la eliminación de la banda HF a través de la que se emite Radio Exterior de España (REE), después de más de 70 años de historia, para ahorrar 1.2 millones de euros al año, de los que 700,000 euros corresponden a electricidad. Explica Africa Semprún en 'El Economista' que esta medida supondrá el cierre del centro de antena de Noblejas (Toledo) y la supresión total de este medio de difusión después de que se clausurara el centro de emisión de Costa Rica con el consecuente ahorro de un millón de euros al año, por lo que REE sólo se podrá escuchar a través de Internet. La dirección de RTVE ya ha pactado la recolocación de los 13 trabajadores destinados en el centro de Noblejas, por lo que no habrá despidos, tal y como se comprometió el presidente de la Corporación, Leopoldo González Echenique, en el II Convenio Colectivo firmado el año pasado. Así, pasarán a medios técnicos de radios, a Tecnología y al CCTT de Toledo. La onda corta se convirtió a principios del siglo XX en el primer medio de comunicación global y es el sistema tradicional de difusión de REE, el canal internacional de Radio Nacional de España (RNE), que en 2012 cumplió su 70 aniversario. Así, la eliminación de esta tecnología, que tiene un elevado coste económico, supondrá que la programación de REE se dejará de escuchar donde no llega Internet. Ya en 2012, y ante la pujanza de la Red, RTVE redujo la potencia de transmisión de la onda corta en Norteamérica y Europa debido a la proliferación de dispositivos que permitían escuchar la radio a través de Internet. En esta ocasión, al suprimir las emisiones por este medio, la programación no llegará a gran parte de Asia, donde no hay conexiones, al Atlántico Norte, y a zonas de África donde trabajan cooperantes españoles (según la Unesco 3.000 millones de personas no tienen acceso a Internet). "Desaparece una entidad del servicio público al ciudadano y RTVE incumple su obligación", denuncian los sindicatos. Con esta medida, RTVE va un paso por delante de los grandes grupo estatales de comunicación como la BBC, Radio Canadá Internacional, Radio Netherland o Radio Vaticano. Estas emisoras públicas pusieron fin a sus emisiones en algunas regiones como Europa o América del Norte y recortaron su programación ante el avance de la radio digital y la generalización de la red. En este punto, BBC puso fin a su servicio en español en onda corta en 2011. RTVE acaba así con la difusión en onda corta de REE, que emite en diez idiomas y llega a los cinco continentes. Parece que el cierre de la onda corta de REE se porterga hasta el 15 de octubre. [Google:] ``It seems that closing shortwave REE porterga until 15 October`` (José Bueno, Spain, Sept 12, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ?? Typo for posterga which means delayed (gh, DXLD) Es cierto, Ruben. Cuánto tiempo pasó desde el cierre de la estación repetidora de CR? Un ano? (Arnaldo Slaen, condiglista yg via DXLD) Con lo cual ha quedado demostrada la real mentira difundida por las autoridades de RTVE al cierre de Cariari de Pococí (Costa Rica) cuando informaron que dicho cierre no significa el final e REE sino -más aún- el aumento de horas de transmisión por onda corta desde Noblejas. http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/audios/amigos-de-la-onda-corta/amigos-onda-corta-cierre-del-centro-emisor-cariari-20-10-13/2076216/ ``Amigos de la onda corta - Cierre del centro emisor de Cariari - 20/10/1318 oct 2013 Veintiún años después de su inauguración, el centro emisor de Cariari de Pococí, en Costa Rica, desde el que Radio Nacional de España distribuía la señal de Radio Exterior de España para toda América, cerrará sus transmisiones el próximo 28 de octubre. Las razones son estrictamente de tipo económico debido al alto coste que suponen las emisiones por onda corta. Sigue también la estela trazada anteriormente por otras emisoras internacionales que han clausurado sus campos de antenas en el exterior. El cierre de las transmisiones desde Cariari implica que el centro emisor de onda corta de Noblejas, Toledo (España) asuma las frecuencias y la cobertura que se realizada desde la antena de Costa Rica. Para ello, se amplía en 300 horas más las transmisiones mensuales en onda corta desde España. Palabras de Juan Roldán, director de Radio Exterior de España.QSL especial del programa En contacto, de Radio Habana Cuba, con motivo del 75º aniversario de la emisión de La guerra de los mundos, de Orson Welles. Entrevistamos a Manolo de la Rosa, director y conductor del programa DX y de las radiocomunicaciones. Noticias: Nace la Alianza de Radiodifusores Iberoamericanos para la Propiedad Intelectual (Aripi) contra el uso no autorizado de sus señales en la radio, televisión e Internet. Despidos en la televisión pública francesa. Cuatro nuevos canales temáticos en la televisión publica portuguesa. Al Jazeera lanzará un canal para jóvenes, AJ+. Feria Broadcast IT Experience, en Madrid. Informe de la Unión Internacional de Telecomunicaciones sobre las Tecnologías de la Información y Comunicaciones en el mundo. Hispasat apuesta por otros cuatro nuevos satélite (AG1, Hispasat F1, Amazonas 4A y Amazonas 4B). Internet, nuevo soporte para la distribución de la señal televisiva. Los drones, alternativa a los satélites de telecomunicaciones. Internet en aviones en pleno vuelo, cada vez más fáciles. Presencia hispana en los canales de televisión estadounidenses.Efemérides: 81 años de la fundación de la BBC (18 de octubre de 1922). Aniversario del canal peruano Panamericana Televisión (16 de octubre de 1959). Nacimiento de Eduard Branly (23 de octubre de 1844), inventor del cohesor, el primer dispositivo sensible para detectar las ondas de radio`` (Rubén Guillermo Margenet, Argentina, condiglista yg via DXLD) Que Pena!!! Sempre gostei da REE. Principalmente nos tempos em ela emitia nos 21570 khz, pegava muito bem por aqui na região de Itiruçu BA. Marcou minha adolescência! (Ed Santos, Locutor, radioescutas yg via DXLD) Saludos Rubencito, Arnaldo y amigos de Conexión. Lamentablemente el cierre ya tiene fecha y muy cercana. Que disfrute de la onda corta a través de REE todos estos años, siempre con buena recepción en las bandas altas a horas diurnas y con su programación nocturna especial para nuestra América. Llegada casi las 24 horas con su programación tan bien elaborada que todos agradecemos (ce3BBCHugo López C., Santiago de Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) See INTERNATIONAL INTERNET for Horaio Nigro on listening to REE et al. via smartphone instead (gh, DXLD) ** SPAIN. 21640, // slightly weaker 21610 and much weaker 21515, Sept 12 at 1330, REE Castilian with interview about a marine park in the Baleares; no autotimesignal played on this semihour. We`ll sure miss these 13m signals heralding a propagating band, once Spain kills itself off SW at monthend. Lower // 17715 is better but only fair (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Wrong frequency of Radio Exterior de Espana was noted on Sept. 15 0500-0600 6055 NOB 250 kW / 290 deg to NoAm Spanish, instead of 6125 0500-0600 9535 NOB 250 kW / 272 deg to CeAm Spanish. Two videos: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/09/wrong-frequency-of-radio-exterior-de.html (DX RE MIX NEWS #871 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, Sept 16 via DXLD) Southgate September 17, 2014 On the mailbag portion of REE's English language service, an announcement was made that Radio Exterior de España will cut all shortwave radio broadcasts October 1st, 2014. An 06:36 in length recording is here: http://wp.me/pn3uc-2Ou With thanks to Thomas K4SWL http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2014/september/spain_to_abandon_shortwave.htm (via Mike Terry, Sept 17, dxldyg via DXLD) Many thanks to SWLing Post reader, Harold Woering, who recorded the announcement by Radio Exterior de España which mentions the imminent cuts to all shortwave radio broadcasts on October 1, 2014. I’m confident this time REE’s exit will be permanent unlike the last time REE left the air in 2012. The announcement is clear, and so is the opinion of the show host who recognizes why shortwave radio is a more accessible platform for many. Listen to Harold’s recording below from REE’s English language broadcast service Saturday night on 6,055 kHz (00:00 UTC Sunday): https://archive.org/download/REE6055kHz14SEP20140000z/REE-6055kHz-14SEP2014-0000z.mp3 (SWLing Post via DXLD) The Spanish Workers’ Union were quick to respond (article in Spanish): http://www.diarioprogresista.es/uso-denuncia-el-previsto-cierre-del-centro-emisor-de-rneradio-exterior-55697.htm (via London Shortwave, ibid.) ** SPAIN [non]. Andy Sennitt writes on PCJ Media and PCJ Radio's Facebook pages: Results from the test in the shortwave from Mi Amigo Spain held yesterday: Hello Hans, hear is a first Report about our Test transmission in the 49m Band - 6005 kHz on Sunday, 14. September. Radio Mi Amigo http://www.onlex.de/ (Reports are in Dutch and English) (via Mike Terry, Sept 16, dxldyg via DXLD) Radio Mi Amigo via Hans Knot, Netherlands, Facebook today: Again some good news from Mi Amigo Spain: First of all thanks a lot to everybody who send in Reception Reports via email. At the moment it are more than 100, some you can read on our guestbook: http://www.onlex.de/_gbuch.php?username=radiomiamigo&action=view They came from Sweden, England, Wales, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, France, Italy, Spain and even New Zealand and Malaysia. Also we got some Audio Clips, you find them on our You Tube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/miamigo199 On Sunday, the 28th of September we will do another test, this time in the 41m Band = 7310 kHz from 1000 to 1400. Of course we like to get Reception Reports here too. From November on we will do regularly programs on both, the 49m and the 41m Band every Sunday for about 8 hours. As soon, as we got the program line up, I will post it. I think, it will be 4 hours in the morning in the 49m Band and 4 hours in the afternoon in the 41m Band. For more information, just write email to: info @ radiomiamigo.es or go to our website: Radio Mi Amigo - Home of good Music http://www.radiomiamigo.es/ (via Mike Barraclough, dxldyg via DXLD) For Europe, not North America Which is in, what else? German, with lots of advertising (gh, DXLD) ** SRI LANKA. SLBC on 11905 kHz with Christian program in English called Water of Truth is already at 0215-0230 UT on Tuesdays (ex 0200- 0215 UT), noted on 2nd & 9th September 2014 (Rumen Pankov, Bulgaria, Sept 9, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 15 via DXLD) 11905, Sept 12 at 0114:46 musical prélude starts, 0115:19, 2+1 timesignal ends from SLBC as she signs on, poor with heavy flutter. 11905, Sept 14 at 0114, SLBC carrier on, fair with heavy flutter, 0114:45.5 music starts, 0115:17 timesignal ends, both one second earlier than typically, as always compared to WWV. 11905, Sept 17 at 0114, SLBC carrier is on; music starts at 0114:47.5; 2+1 mistimesignal ends at 0115:17.5, sign-on. Looks like they have reset their clock 1 second earlier, slight progress with only 17.5 to go (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SUDAN [non] 11650, 09/17 0418, HOLLAND, R. Tamazuj, SM di Galeria- CVA, in Arabic; mv.: interview, ID various, 35443. // 15550kHz, 45444. (JRX_Jose Ronaldo Xavier, Cabedelo, Paraíba, Brazil, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** TAIWAN. 7502.0, StarStar Broadcasting Station - V13. Assume was USB, but not confirmed; Sept 11 from tune in at 1218 with YL reading numbers in Chinese till 1229*; 1229-1300 open carrier; *1300 on with one minute of flute music; assume intro consisted of station name, program number, the recipient number, date of the message and number of characters; assume ID was for the fourth program - "XingXing guangbo diantai 4"; fair; believed to be operated by Taiwanese Intelligence. This is a new one for me. There had been considerable discussions in the past about the station's name ( http://www.kentfoto.com/spooks/newstar.htm ), but think it is now agreed to be "XingXing guangbo diantai" and not "XinXing" (not "New Star"). I am open to being corrected on this matter. https://app.box.com/s/mdxd2e0fiavd2o3katx6 contains a four minute audio (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1739, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Only a poor signal string visible at 1300 UT Sept 14. wb (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) Hi Wolfy, 7502.0-AM not heard every day. Sept 14 back again with strong signal. Transmitter on from tune-in at 1155 to past 1432. Found *1200 and *1300, with slightly less than half hour audio with numbers. Open carrier the remainder of the time; OC continued through 1400 with no audio. Thought would be in only USB, but found USB & LSB equal strength (Ron Howard, San Francisco, ibid.) Got a bit of a log (tnx Ron Howard's info/audio clip) of XingXing-7502 this morning, but didn't write it down -- so that's one for next time. Happy mid-September & good listening (Dan Sheedy, CA, Sept 15, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7345-USB, StarStar Broadcasting Station (presumed), 1212 to about 1220*, Sept 16. Heard under Myanmar (Radio Thazin) with reading of numbers in Chinese. Audio attached. 7502.0-AM, StarStar Broadcasting Station - V13. *1300, Sept 16. Usual format of flute music followed by an intro to the reading of numbers in Chinese; fair. Thanks to website http://www.cvni.net/radio/nsnl/nsnl038/nsnl38v13.html can now confirm ID - Zheli shi Xing Xing Guangbo diantai, di si tai [Here is Star Star Broadcasting Station, the fourth program]. Nice to have a guide to work from! (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Sept 17, found ONLY reading of Chinese numbers on 7345-USB at 1212 till off about 1218; no Myanmar at all today here. Unusual (Ron Howard, ibid.) ** TAIWAN. 9200, Sept 14 at 1254, very poor signal with YL in Chinese; can`t make it // 11785 CNR1 jammer, so maybe really Sound of Hope if not far-out-of-synch jammer (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TAIWAN. 11869.9, SOH Relay, at 0151, on 11 Sept. A male speaker was talking followed by a brief musical interlude. This was followed by a female speaker at 0152. At 0153 there was another musical interlude with a male speaking briefly than a female talking again. Good (John Cooper, Lebanon, PA, Winradio-G33DDC, Com Radio CR-1A, RF Space-SDR- IQ, Sangean ATS-909X with Clear Mod, Grundig Satellit 750, Wellbrook ALA 1530+, Super Sloper Tuned All Band Antenna, PARS- SWL End Fed, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) Frequency correct? Don`t know that SOH is there, and you make no mention of WEWN which is normally a big signal here on 11870, but/and unlikely to be off-frequency (Glenn to John, via DXLD) I have to stick by as it is what I heard and what was posted at that time on the DX Zone. I talked about this earlier with Mark when he had a question about it. The actual submission stated that it was 11869.9 TAIWAN. SOH Relay-Radio Free Asia. (For some reason Mark did not put in the RFA part because he thought I had made a typo.) This was how it was listed. When I went back to look for it on Sunday, after Mark had made his inquiry, it had been removed from the DX Zone list. I thought I was going batty or something. I did not pick up WEWN, plus I do not believe they broadcast in Chinese which is what was listed and what I was hearing. Mark and I both came to find out that RFA has been using SOH as a relay to confuse Chinese Jamming and use different frequencies that are not published normally. The frequency I was on was only listed for that time period and after it was not listed anymore. Below is a screen shot of how they have been listed for today. If you look at the same one tomorrow, some of the frequencies will be changed and not listed (John Cooper, PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TAIWAN [non]. Glenn, a new show we are launching to India called Song of India will be on 1125 kHz [via SRI LANKA] [Saturdays] October 4, 11, 18, 25, 2014, 1330-1530 UT = 7-9 pm IST For the first program we are also adding North America as a special. Time: 0000 to 0200 UT Date: October 4, 2014 [Saturday, or meaning UT Sunday Oct 5?? Keith clarifies: ``Oct 4 EDT, OCT 5 UTC``] Frequency: 7570 kHz [WRMI] Song of India is going to be a request show. 73, (Keith Perron, PCJ Radio International, Sept 16, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** THAILAND. 9390, Sept 12 at 1235, R. Thailand English to SE Asia & Australia continues to be our main source in North America! With the so-called NAm service evenings on 15590 usually inaudible or JBA. Today it`s good strength but heavy flutter with propagation disturbance. All the news seems to be about what various generals are doing, as they now control the government (all previously elected politicians having been dismissed). No breaks for ads until 1245 and then it sounds like nothing has changed with Bangkok Airways, His Majesty`s Activities, ``Radio Thailand News``, IDs; but then promo for Thailand as ``investors` gateway to Asia`` (if you don`t mind military dictatorships), promo for NCPO == National Council for Peace & Order, national reconciliation; Ministry of Tourism & Sports spots; 1249 Sheraton Hotel serves American breakfasts including eggs benedict! 1251 ID as FM 88 and national network, finally back to Radio Thailand global news, of floods in Indian and Pakistani Kashmir. Yes, this is a hybrid domestic/external service which has always behaved more like a domestic service for farangs (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TIBET. 4905, China, Xizang PBS, 2330 YL in language, first time 4905 not covered by RTTY, this // 4920 China Xizang PBS, Lhasa, Tibet. 12 September (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, South Flórida, Icom 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, Sony 2010XA, wire antennas, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4905, PBS Xizang - Holy Tibet - China-Tibet Broadcasting Corporation, 13 SEPT 2014, 1600-1617 in English, followed by lengthy segments of Tibetan music. Very loud after 17 UT. S9. Recorded here: http://youtu.be/orYQVbZXrX4 (Nick VK2DX Hacko, Sydney, AUSTRALIA, Perseus + SAL30, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TIBET [non]. 15588, TAJIKISTAN. Voice of Tibet, at 1311, on 8 Sept. A female speaker is talking in presumed listed language of Tibetan. At 1313 a male came on and spoke briefly followed by the same female again. This back and forth continued until 1317 when a brief musical interlude occurred followed by the female talking again. Poor (J. Cooper, Lebanon, PA, Winradio-G33DDC, Com Radio CR-1A, RF Space-SDR- IQ, Sangean ATS-909X with Clear Mod, Grundig Satellit 750, Wellbrook ALA 1530+, Super Sloper Tuned All Band Antenna, PARS- SWL End Fed, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) so there was no jammer on 15590? (gh, DXLD) ** TURKEY. 11980, Sept 15 at 0520, VOT with Turkish pop music we like, now good with flutter, improving signal we hope after summer doldrums, on air here only until 0555 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** UKRAINE. September 14: Radio Dniprovska Hvylya relay HS 1 in Ukrainian 0759 on 11980.1 Zaporizhia in CUSB https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJzeGUGgy8k&feature=youtu.be 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U K [non]. Live broadcast of BBC on shortwave - Arsenal vs Manchester City: 1130-1400 17600 ASC 250 kW / 065 deg WeAf Hausa Sat, instead of 17780 1130-1400 21660 MEY 250 kW / 032 deg EaAf Somali Sat, instead of 17830 Videos: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/09/live-broadcast-of-bbc-on-shortwave.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Sept 13, dxldyg via DXLD) A SBG, then? I assume some other competitors would ensue. So the Hausa and Somali are wild about domestic silly ballgames in England?? More so than English speakers??? (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U K. BBC WORLD SERVICE: Heart And Soul: The Divinity Of Haile Selassie In this edition of Heart and Soul on BBC World Service, Dr Robert Beckford explores how the Ethiopian King, Haile Selassie – who lived a life of luxury whilst his country suffered a deep famine – became a god for the Rastafari community. To millions he was a leader, to many others he was an oppressor, but to a small worldwide community known as the Rastafari, Haile Selassie is divine and the reincarnation of Jesus Christ. Now, 40 years after Haile Selassie was deposed as leader of Ethiopia, Dr Robert Beckford explores the religious, political and social dynamic that propelled a whole community to worship Selassie as a living god. Robert investigates the controversy in Ethiopia surrounding Selassie’s godly status and, as the Rastafari community grapples with falling numbers, meets the man trying to re-energise the religion by campaigning to have Selassie made a saint in the Ethiopian Church. However, for many Rastafarians, bestowing sainthood on their spiritual leader will not change anything. He is, to them, simply the messiah. Dr Robert Beckford explores how this adoration came to be. Sunday 14 September 9.30-10.00am BBC WORLD SERVICE http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/search? medium=radio&channel=BBC_WORLD_SERVICE&yearweek=201437&day= (via Fred Waterer, Programming Maters, ODXA Listening In via DXLD) ** U S A. Broadcast station third harmonic noted here this morning and again this evening; also noted by VE5UJ as an intruder --- 3750, weak at 0322 UT Sept 17th with country music and "Real Country KNEU AM 1250" in Roosevelt, Utah. Not heard on 1250. (Perseus, 4-30 log) (Don Moman VE6JY, Lamont AB, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1739, DX LISTENING DIGEST) unheard here at some later chex (gh, DXLD) ** U S A. 4316-USB, Sept 12 at 2326, marine weather including from the NHC in MIA about Tropical Storm Edward. Listed as NMN, USCG in Chesapeake VA – as I was homing in on remotely possible but still unheard AFN Diego Garcia on 4319-USB. Bob Wilkner says it`s sometimes audible in FL until another ute blox it at 0006 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 6640 [sic] USB, NEW YORK RADIO (ARINC), Stamford CT, 0005 07-Sep. I heard an OM relaying a message from the First Officer explaining why they will be delayed. The YL repeated the message, and gave confirmation she said NY out. Then dead Air. The signal was very good (Gary Vance, Grand Ledge MI, MARE Tipsheet Sept 12 via DXLD) Should be 6604-USB. Your typo or theirs? (gh, DXLD) WSY70 ** U S A. HIFER beacons very weak in CW, Sept 12 at 2332, GNK on 13565, with ACI which turns out to be K6FRC on 13566 approx., from WI and CA respectively; also circa 13558 at 2336, weak dashes alternating with 2 beeps sometimes, 3 beeps othertimes; beeps` pitch/frequency are different from the dashes, yet seem to be coördinated. 13564-CW, Sept 17 at 1327, GNK Hifer beacon is the only one audible, just barely, from Madison WI, vs CODAR. 13565-CW, Sept 14 at 0125, JBA HIFER beacon K6FRC in California, checked just as some guy on WRMI 5950 mentions this and others being heard (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 14265-USB, Sept 11 at 1359, W6B in Los Ángeles making quick but not totally pointless contacts with KK4PIB and other US stations, no doubt working for certificates, as it`s the annual ``Route 66 On the Air`` Special Event thru Sept 14, involving 20 other stations from Santa Mónica to Chicago, all with 1x1 calls like this thru W6U. W6B is bigsig but off-frequency! Supposed to be on 14266, get it? Like on all other bands except 18 MHz. Details at http://www.w6jbt.org/2013site/operating-frequency-guidelines/ Yes, this info is really from last year; their website is incompletely updated, but maybe it`s all the same. Nothing on 7266 around 1400 Sept 11, but algo JBA on 21266 (or 21265?). 7265-LSB, Sept 13 at 1351, W6H, Dennis in New Mexico, making Route 66 special-event ham contacts, at 1356 with N5PT in OKC. Roster has him in Albuquerque, but he never mentions that. And again not on publicized 7266, so what`s the point? 7265-LSB, Sept 14 at 0120, Norman, W6T, is the current Route 66 on the Air special op, working co-channel pileups. Never heard him say where he is, but listed as ``Rover 2, of the Northern Arizona DX Association``. Not on 7266; at 0150 now on 7264-LSB. I check 20m then: 14265-USB, Sept 14 at 0152, W6A, Randy in Santa Mónica is here working KD0ZXL in MO. This is the final day of the special Route 66 event (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. VOICE OF AMERICA EXECUTIVES TOOK A BREAK AT ICE-CREAM SOCIAL TO FORGET ABOUT JOHN KERRY September 13, 2014 - BBGWatcher - Bureaucracy v. Strategy, Featured News, Hot Tub Blog - No Comments http://bbgwatch.com/bbgwatch/voice-of-america-executives-took-a-break-at-ice-cream-social-to-forget-about-john-kerry/ BBG Watch Commentary --- Ice Cream Social at VOA Thanks to the power of social media, we have seen photos of Voice of America (VOA) executives, whose six-figure salaries and generous benefits are paid by U.S. taxpayers, relaxing at an ice-cream social during government office hours on September 9, 2014. While we do not know whether these executives took annual leave to eat ice-cream, the social event still had to cost U.S. taxpayers plenty of money and staff time while Voice of America was not making adequate arrangements for important news coverage and interviews, including an interview with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. Hourly rate for SES I Level 01 U.S. federal government executive is $62. Hourly rate for GM-15 Step 1 manager in Washington is $59. With a few of executives and senior managers attending the Voice of America ice-cream social, it might have been enough to pay for a local contractor in Saudi Arabia to video-tape a VOA correspondent interviewing Secretary Kerry (as BBC and CNN did for their interviews) or for staffers and contractors working after business hours in Washington to do immediately create a full-fledged post on the official VOA Facebook page about the interview -- none of which happened. VOA did not even post full audio for several hours after the interview. There was almost nothing on the interview in VOA on-demand five-minute English radio newscasts even though VOA correspondent produced headline-making news from the secretary on Russia and ISIS and Russia and Ukraine. These were not included in VOA online five- minute radio newscasts monitored Thursday night by BBG Watch. There was an eight-sentence summary of the interview in a VOA text report which was posted with some delay. Lacking images and video, VOA did a Q-and-A SKYPE video interview with the correspondent about his interview with Kerry, but did not include sound-bytes in the SKYPE video. Most major news organization would never even think of interviewing a correspondent about an interview he or she conducted unless it was something of absolutely major importance. Eventually, VOA posted an English transcript of the interview, but it received less than 10 Facebook "Shares," Tweets and comments, compared to thousands that similar news posts get on BBC, CNN or Russia's RT. There was no post about the Kerry interview on VOA's official main Facebook page on September 11. The VOA Kurdish Service did not have an online report about the Kerry interview until the next day. The Voice of America ice-cream social was planned by the upper management. Was it money well spent? BBG Watch has heard rumors that some VOA executives who came to the ice-cream social were stressed out by planning VOA coverage of Kerry's travel to the Middle East. They reportedly wanted to blow off some steam to get ready for a super "Digital First" treatment of his trip and any interview he might give to VOA in Saudi Arabia. VOA managers were later bragging in an email sent out shortly before the interview that they will give it maximum exposure. They didn't. "The forces are gathering here [Voice of America headquarters in Washington, DC] to give the interview, and the secretary's words, as much attention as possible." It did not happen. The ice-cream social may have helped Voice of America executives to relax, which may be a good thing for any anger management issues among them, but ultimately it has not improved their work performance. "Digital First" became "Digital Last" for John Kerry at the Voice of America this week. We're not saying that eating too much ice-cream on government time was the primary cause of the problem, but ultimately VOA executives photographed eating ice-cream at the social event, presumably held on government time, could not arrange for a video interview with the Secretary of State. It turned out to be audio-only interview for VOA (not even a photo was made), while BBC, CNN and others had video-taped their interviews and provided full digital and social media treatment. May be if VOA executives had spent the time making phone calls, sending emails and generally working instead of attending the social event and eating ice-cream -- they might have arranged for taping the interview with the U.S. Secretary of State on video in Saudi Arabia by sending a technician or hiring a local contractor. They could have at least arranged for a still photo showing the VOA correspondent interviewing Kerry. They were not even able to make sure that a correspondent report about the interview or significant sound-bites would be immediately included in on-demand VOA radio newscasts. It was otherwise an excellent interview that should have been done in video and should have been widely promoted on social media using video and images. Voice of America poster for a bingo night social [caption] These executives are responsible for the agency with the lowest employee morale rating in the entire federal government, which in itself may be an additional source of stress for them, but it is an even greater stress for the employees and underpaid contractors. On the other hand, these executives may not be even aware that they themselves are the problem. Bingo games and ice-cream socials are not going to improve employee morale as long as they are around and the mismanagement continues. A former Voice of America correspondent noted: "VOA managers, including director David Ensor and Executive Editor Steve Redisch, both of whom worked for CNN and other network television, and those in Voice of America's newsroom have been touting their so-called `Digital First' strategy, of which this interview appears have been a major test." BBG Watch reported in January 2014 that while U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) worldwide news operation has become defunct and fails to report even news about Secretary of State John Kerry's statements on Ukraine as well as about statements by key U.S. Senators, VOA executives are busy putting together a Bingo Game Night at their Federal building in Washington, DC. The ultimate irony is that while one can find Facebook photos of overweight and grim looking Voice of America executives eating ice- cream at at the September 9 ice-cream social, there are no photos of Secretary Kerry being interviewed by VOA on September 11. These what we like to call "Digital Last" executives could not arrange for a post about the Kerry interview on September 11 on the official VOA English Facebook page. The main VOA Facebook page was also not being updated with other news on Septemeber 11 for many hours. We say, no ice-cream for you next time. But it's also time for the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), its Chairman Jeff Shell, and the U.S. Congress to step in and carry out immediate management reforms at the VOA. A former VOA correspondent gave this comment to BBG Watch: One wonders how many examples and embarrassments have to emerge from the Cohen Building before true accountability (not just shuffling the deck chairs) occurs for the numerous foul-ups." Until that happens, chalk this one up as just another example of "good enough for government work" at the VOA." (via Mike Cooper, DXLD) ** U S A [non]. Frequency changes of IBB: Radio Liberty: 0300-0700 NF 6105 LAM 100 kW / 055 deg to EaEu Russian, ex 9635, but not yet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8sCtB-Ku98&feature=youtu.be Voice of America: 0500-0600 on 11995 SMG 250 kW / 114 deg to WeAs Kurdish, cancelled 0500-0600 on 15560 IRA 250 kW / 310 deg to WeAs Kurdish, cancelled 0500-0600 on 17870 BIB 100 kW / 085 deg to WeAs Kurdish, cancelled 1700-1800 NF 7215 BIB 100 kW / 105 deg to WeAs Kurdish, ex 7365. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OP1SjZ-Ecg&feature=youtu.be 1900-1930 NF 9590 SAO 100 kW / 052 deg to SDN Arabic Afia Darfur, ex 9600. Videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zKaGvz7fqo&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fZ_wO9CF88&feature=youtu.be 1900-2000 6170 BIB 100 kW / 105 deg to WeAs Kurdish, new transmission 1900-2000 7220 LAM 100 kW / 108 deg to WeAs Kurdish, new transmission 1900-2000 9470 LAM 100 kW / 105 deg to WeAs Kurdish, new transmission. Videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TOADI-1e1o&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1Jt7Hln9Cc&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EuLj8fYm5w&feature=youtu.be 1900-2100 NF 7470 PHT 250 kW / 021 deg to EaAs Korean, ex 5915, re-ex 5900 Radio Free Asia 2200-2300 NF 15260 TIN 250 kW / 280 deg EaAs Cantonese Mon, ex 15120 2200-2300 NF 15270 TIN 250 kW / 280 deg EaAs Cantonese Tue, ex 15120 2200-2300 NF 15280 TIN 250 kW / 280 deg EaAs Cantonese Wed, ex 15120 2200-2300 NF 15290 TIN 250 kW / 280 deg EaAs Cantonese Thu, ex 15120 2200-2300 NF 15300 TIN 250 kW / 280 deg EaAs Cantonese Fri, ex 15120 2200-2300 NF 15380 TIN 250 kW / 280 deg EaAs Cantonese Sat, ex 15120 2200-2300 NF 15390 TIN 250 kW / 280 deg EaAs Cantonese Sun, ex 15120 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/09/dx-re-mix-news-871.html (DX RE MIX NEWS #871 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, Sept 16 via DXLD) ** U S A [and non]. VOA Radiogram for the weekend of Sept 13-14 includes news about an "Internet slowdown" campaign, possible recovery of the ozone layer, and a new VOA Russian television program. It's all MFSK32 except for surprise modes at the end of the show. Details: http://voaradiogram.net/post/97285002482/voa-radiogram-13-14-sept-2014-fall-propagation VOA Radiogram transmission schedule (all days and times UT): Sat 0930-1000 5745 kHz Sat 1600-1630 17860 kHz Sun 0230-0300 5745 kHz Sun 1930-2000 15670 kHz All via North Carolina. The Mighty KBC will transmit its usual minute of MFSK64 Saturday at about 1130 UT on 6095 kHz and Sunday at about 0130 UT (Saturday 9:30 pm EDT) on 7375 kHz. Both frequencies are via Germany. This image (if it's visible here) was received Sept 6, 0930 UT, 5745 kHz, in New Zealand, 14000 km from the Greenville transmitter (Kim Elliott, Sept 13, dxldyg via DXLD) 17860 kHz here in Central Germany still quite good. Now again something decoded text, even from other protagonists: http://www.rhci-online.de/VoA_Radiogram_2014-09-13.htm (roger, germany, Sept 14, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO monitoring: Thursday Sept 11 at 2330:30 on WRMI, 11580, fair signal with #1737, i.e. last week`s show, the same one played here on Sept 4 when it was new. WOR 1738 confirmed on WWRB webcast and 3185, UT Friday Sept 12 at 0331, with usual blasting start. Next: Friday 2130 on WRMI, 7570 & 15770 (probably last week`s) UT Saturday 0630 & 1430 on Hamburger Lokalradio, 7265-CUSB UT Sunday 0100 on WRMI, 5950, back on air as of Sept 12 (last week`s?) UT Sunday 0131 on KVOH, 9975 UT Monday 0259v on Area 51 via WBCQ, 5109v-CUSB; etc. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1739, DX LISTENING DIGEST) WORLD OF RADIO 1737 monitoring: one more play of last week`s show, Friday Sept 12 at 2130.5 on WRMI 15770, while // 7570 is virtually inaudible in noise level here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5950, 09/14 0121, WRMI, Okeechobee-FL, in English; program "World of Radio" by Glenn Hauser, 35443 (JRX_Jose Ronaldo Xavier, Cabedelo, Paraíba, Brazil, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) WORLD OF RADIO 1738 monitoring: confirmed after 0100 UT Sunday Sept 14 on WRMI extra service, 5950 --- and Bolivia 5952.4 is apparently off, no het for a change. Yes, the latest edition of WOR this time. For good measure, WOR 1738 also from 0131 UT Sunday Sept 14 on KVOH 9975. Carrier came on about 0121 over Uzbekistan, brief tone, silence except for some hum, just before 0125 music starts, brief cut in transmission 0127, back on by 0128 with praise music in Spanish, 0130 usual English sign on and introducing WOR. Very good signal level, but as always somewhat hummy and undermodulated. Next: UT Monday 0259v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB Tuesday 1100 on WRMI 9955 Wednesday 0630 & 1430 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB Wednesday 1315 on WRMI 9955 Wednesday 2100 on WBCQ 7490v 9975, 09/14 0153, KVOH, Rancho Simi-CA, in English; program World of Radio, by G. Hauser, 45433 (JRX_Jose Ronaldo Xavier, Cabedelo, Paraíba, Brazil, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) 5110, 09/15 0303, WBCQ, Monticello, in English; program "World of Radio", 25332 (JRX_Jose Ronaldo Xavier, Cabedelo, Paraíba, Brazil, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) Tnx, JRX for monitoring WOR (gh) 9955, WRMI, 16/9 1120 UT. Programa “World of Radio” de Glenn Hauser. SINPO: 32452 con mucho QRM de RFI en chino, vía Taiwán. http://youtu.be/X8PCSsPw328 (Claudio Galaz, RX: Tecsun PL-660, ANT: Hilo de 30 metros, QTH: Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) So it`s not just in North America, but also South America, WRMI target where this TAIWAN QRM is a problem. I`ve re-re-brought it to RFI`s attention with no reply and no axion (gh, DXLD) WORLD OF RADIO 1738 monitoring: confirmed on WRMI 9955, Wednesday Sept 17 at 1315, fair and clear of CCI but squeezed between some ACIs requiring careful tuning or narrowed bandwidth. Also confirmed on WBCQ 7490 webcast, Wednesday Sept 17 at 2100. WORLD OF RADIO 1739 monitoring: confirmed on first SW broadcast, UT Thursday Sept 18 at 0330+ fair & clear on WRMI 9955 and webcast. Next: Thursday 1230 on WRMI 9955 (still with RFI Chinese via Taiwan CCI?) Thursday 2330 on WRMI 11580 (may be 1738 repeat) UT Friday 0330v on WWRB 3185 Friday 2130 on WRMI 7570 & 15770 (may be 1738 repeat) Saturday 0630 & 1430 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB UT Sunday 0100 on WRMI 5950 (may be repeat, but last week was new) UT Sunday 0131 on KVOH 9975 UT Monday 0259v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5109v-CUSB Tuesday 1100 on WRMI 9955 Wednesday 0630 & 1430 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB Wednesday 1315 on WRMI 9955 Wednesday 2100 on WBCQ 7490v (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 5950, UT Friday Sept 12 at 0031, WRMI reactivated here after a week off as this transmitter had to substitute for the more important BS one on 7730 which was down awaiting a part. Fair signal with music, het on hi side from Bolivia unless sidetuned downward. 0108 now it`s a DX program in Spanish, sounds like `Historias de Radio`, but that`s supposed to be at 0130 UT Friday, with `Frecuencia al Día` at 0100. Anyhow, the WORLD OF RADIO broadcast UT Sunday at 0100 on 5950 should be back this week. 9955, the original RMI frequency, meanwhile at 0117 IDs program as `Antena DX`, now with some pulse jamming, but nothing like the wall of noise here during the previous hour, as the DentroCuban Jamming Command is still confused that at 00-01 it`s non-exile programming, and total obliteration is needed only at 23-24 during Radio Libertad. Altho still dated effective August 1, the 9955 program grid has made a change, carving out an hour from Brother Scare for `Media Network Plus`, Fridays at 22-23 (which also reavailablizes it on WRMI webcast which comes only from the 9955 service). Presumably you will hear my propagation minute toward the end of it. 11580, Friday Sept 12 at 2330, WRMI starting `Blues Radio International` with Jesse Finkelstein, who is unaware he`s on any frequency besides 9955; fair-good here and jamming-free to boot, in this hour broken away from Brother Scare service. Greets listeners in Slovakia, Pakistan, Guernsey; and first, music by B. B. King. WRMI has the southernmost advantage of US SW stations, but Sept 13 at 0548, even it can`t make a MUF above 7570 with degraded propagation: inaudible on 7730 (or is it off?), no signals either on 9955, 11580, 11825, but OK on 7570, 7455, 5850. 15770 // stronger 7570, Tuesday Sept 16 at 2059.5, WRMI cuts away from Brother Scare (always abrupt since The Last Day Prophet of God doesn`t believe in building in station break pauses) for Bob Zanotti ID, back to a few words of BS, and --- some hymns, first one by/for kids, not // 11825 or WRMI/RAN 15190, no announcements past 2105. Tuesdays at 21-22 is when PCJ Radio International had been scheduled and appearing with monthly hour-long edition of `Media Network Plus`. Then I check the current program grid for the `extra` non-9955 RMI broadcasts on the 14-transmitter frequency schedule page, and find that PCJ is no longer on it, instead Tue 2100 `From Moscow With Love`, 2130 `Frecuencia Al Día`. But `FMWL` is not on either! You have to keep checking these schedules for unannounced changes, as there is no updated effective-as-of dating (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 9330, Sept 11 at 0251, no signal from WBCQ. Larry Will explains that Good Friends Radio Network quit WBCQ as of Sept 6, formerly on 9330, 5110, and 7490 during limited hours. That also explains why 5110 was off when last I checked. Also says no more Allan Weiner Worldwide reruns on 5110 weeknights at 0000 (weren`t those at 0100? But not shown on previous schedule). See revised schedule via http://schedule.wbcq.com/main.php?fn=sked&freq=All which however still shows WORLD OF RADIO Thursdays at 2100 as well as Wednesdays. Larry also says that from Oct 1, Brother Stair is totally off WBCQ 7490 and 15420! What happened? But already removed from above schedule. Opens up a lot of available airtime on all those frequencies. 7490v, Sept 12 at 0048, Brother Scare is still on WBCQ, despite premature elimination from program schedule, as his contract is not up until October 1. BTW, during the BS era, 7490 has not enjoyed the bigger signal it once capably accomplished. 9330-CUSB, Sept 12 at 2357, WBCQ with hard rock music, must be prélude to `Allan Weiner Worldwide`; then at 2358 I try 7490 where Fred Flintstone is wrapping up his show saying AWWW is next, write him to fred7415 @ hotmail.com and good night. As ``William Tell Overture`` introduces AWWW at 0000 sharp UT Saturday Sept 13, I compare the frequencies: 7490 is synch // 5110-CUSB while 9330 is running 19 seconds later, why? No sign of fourth transmitter on 15420v-CUSB which sometimes appears for this. I am listening to 9330 when at 0005 it suddenly cuts to othermusic while Allan continues on the other two; 0008 he says ``now we`re on 9330``. Opening commentary is ``are we really doing this?`` in US foreign policy. 15420-, CUSB, UT Sunday Sept 14 at 0136, WBCQ is on 19m way late again, now // 7490 and 9330 with music, then TimTron speaking, while non // programming is on 5110v-CUSB. 15420 is almost on-frequency, but a few Hz slightly low compared to carriers on 15425, 15390, 15385. 7490v, UT Monday Sept 15 at 0353, gospel huxter not // BS elsewhere; on sked as `Herald of Truth`, the white-supremacist Kingdom of Truth ministry from Arkansas, a longtime programmer on WBCQ; now isolated at 0300-0400 with nothing before or after. [not:] 7490v, Sept 17 at 0107, Brother Scare is indeed still on WBCQ, presumably until expiration in another biweek, a couple words behind // 7570 WRMI (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 12105, Sept 11 at 0552, I can recognize the dulcet tones of Brother Scare, despite signal now down to very poor level from WTWW-3. 12105, Sept 12 at 2328 check, WTWW-3 is back to Bibling, on previous schedule, i.e. Yoruba during this hour when it`s after midnite in Yoruba-land --- and a bunch of other African languages are still pending but Ted hasn`t got around to programming them in. 9930, Sept 12 at 2353, WTWW-2 is overmodulating and splattering out to plus/minus 20 kHz, BS // 7570 WRMI, while 9980 WWCR is else at this hour. 5085, UT Monday Sept 15 at 0340, still no BS from WTWW-2, pre-empted Sunday nights by Ted for music show he calls `The Nightwatch on WTWW`, now Those Florida Boys; until when back to BS? 12105, Sept 15 at 0341 very poor signal seems // 5085 under CODAR. 9475 & 9930 & 12105, Sept 15 at 1815, 2015, 2110 UT checks, big breakdown at WTWW, all transmitters off. Can`t be power failure at site since streaming is still running at 2120 for WTWW-1 & 3, while WTWW-2 is running but silent. Ted is probably away working at his main job for a Nashville AM & FM group. Finally at 2315 recheck, all three are back on for his lowest-priority responsibility. 9455-9495, Sept 17 at 0114, range of squealy-spurs out of 9475 supersig WTWW-1 transmitter; same pitch as heard on the fundamental; obscured only by the Cuban radio war circa 9490 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [and non]. 750, Sept 13 at 0601 UT, no signal from KAMA El Paso TX! Instead I am hearing a real Mexican since playing NA ``Mexicanos, al Grito de Guerra``, under WSB. KAMA finally behaving? NO, next check at 0619 UT, there it is again, Spanish talk mixing WSB, 1-800-646-0779 phone for Univisión América or Save the Children mentioned. Googling on phone numbers seems to be quite unproductive anymore (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 850, Sept 12 at 0107 UT, tune in to hymn music in KOA null, but then it just stops and nothing for a minute or more. Did KFUO Clayton MO sign off at odd time instead of 0115 UT official Denver September sunset? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 880, Sept 11 at 0246 UT, gospel huxter from E/W making SAH of 260/minute = 4.33+ Hz against KRVN to the north. I`m rechecking this since 48 hours earlier I assumed this was KLRG in Arkansas, but Todd Skaine in MN, 47 hours earlier was getting KHAC in AZ, also a known cheater. It also has the distinxion, as KAZ points out, of modulating on upper sideband only, and sure `nuff the signal I am getting now has no LSB component; good at peaks, 0253 UT outroing Luís Palau program in English with 1-800-ASKLUIS phone; 0255-0259 SRN ``news``; 0259 ID as KHAC Window Rock, weather for there, Gallup NM (low: 40) and the Navajo Res out to Tuba City; ``thank you for listening to KHAC ---`` into hymn in English; now I can detect a bit of that, much weaker on LSB than USB, but may be the DX-398`s doing. We are wondering if lacking LSB is a defect or deliberate employment of the Kahn Powerside System; there is nothing on 870 nearby needing protexion. But here it should give WCBS a better chance on 880-LSB. While KHAC has more punch on USB than with plain old DSB AM. Recheck at 0559 UT Sept 11, same weather minute repeats and KHAC ID adds ``part of the Western Indian Network, the Voice of Hope``. Anyhow, this surely sounds like 10 kW day power rather than licensed 430 watts night, both non-direxional. Supposed to be on night power in Sept between 0115 and 1245 UT. COL: Tse Bonito NM, and the site is barely in NM. Dennis Gibson, ABDX, looked into KHAC`s history of several frequency changes: originally in 1961y applied for 630, but came on in 1967y on 1300, in 1979y to 1110, and since 1989y on present 880 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1739, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 900, Sept 12 circa 1800 UT, still no signal from KSGL Wichita, but next check an hour later at 1900 UT, it`s audible: ``More of the music you remember, KSGL, AM-900, Wichita``, into USA Radio ``News``, so apparently revived during this hour after a week off, or powered way down. Severe splash from much stronger KTLR 890 OKC while it`s playing music. 900, Sept 15 & 16 circa 1830 UT on caradio, KSGL Wichita KS is again inaudible, even after the technician tweaked something, and it was somewhat audible on Sept 12 & 13 daytime (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Still inaudible circa 1805 UT Sept 18 ** U S A. 990, Sept 13 at 2201 UT, unknown network news in English, a signal I don`t quite get daytime in Enid, no doubt 250-W ND KRSL in Russell KS (Glenn Hauser, caradio at Great Salt Plains NWR OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1120, Sept 12 at 0053 UT, YL in English is easily heard with KMOX nulled, so another try to definitive this as KTXW Manor (Austin mkt) TX. Guest identified as Dr Lewis/Louis/Luis Alexander, with Legacy Ranch Vision, a charity for children separated in San Antonio; close enough? 0059 UT promo for algo but fading and no ID heard before lost to KMOX at 0100 UT and/or switched to night facility. Made SAH of 28/minute = 0.47- Hz with KMOX (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. KEVA is back on the air --- I am always the last one invited to the party but I have just heard that KEVA 1240 from Evanston, WY, one of the keepers of the AM Stereo faith is back on the air. I am glad to see it. If someone posted this on ABDX, somehow I missed it. (Kevin Redding, Crump, TN, Sept 15, ABDX via DXLD) Hi Kevin, Yes, KEVA is back on the air. For those here on ABDX that missed it, a little more than a month ago I posted a message on KEVA's facebook page saying "Goodbye everyone and thanks for 60 years on the air. We are now off the air for good". Our own Dennis Gibson cross- posted this on to a Facebook group and an engineer for ABC saw it and immediately contacted me wanting to know who to get a hold of to "save" this station. He is a true believer in AM radio and did NOT want to see this heritage station die. It grew from there. He contacted the owners, worked out an agreement and immediately was up here in Evanston to see what he bought and started making plans for the future. Our McMartin transmitter would not come back on. We had our engineer put many many hours into trying to fix it; he got closer but it's still not right and still won't run and nobody can seem to figure out why. However, another part of the new owner's plan was to get us an FM translator, and he did. He had connections at the University of Wyoming and ended up getting them to donate their translator they used to use here in Evanston. They now have a full power station so the translator has been sitting unused (but still licensed) for a few years now. It's now ours and will have to be moved down here to the station and attached to our AM tower in order to comply with coverage limitations and so forth for AM over FM translators. He also plans on increasing its power to 250 watts which should give us full coverage over the city. The story continues --- the McMartin is still dead and we've given up hope and it just wasn't worth putting any more time and money into it so he got with Mark Persons in Braynerd, MN and is purchasing a restored mint condition Gates BC-1G. Mark has restored it to brand new condition and it's ours. The other partner in this deal (who is our GM and Sale Mgr) will be travelling to Minnesota sometime this week to pick it up and hopefully it'll be getting put in sometime about this time next week. Mark set it up and tested it with a Motorola C-Quam Exciter on his end so it will be ready for me to plug our C-Quam exciter right into it and go. Meanwhile we have a low power (10 watt) FM exciter that we are using to broadcast on 93.5 here at the station. I built an antenna for it and it's up on the roof. You can pick it up all over town in most vehicles but coverage is a bit spotty indoors, especially in the downtown area --- but we're on. Our online streaming is on too so we are really pushing that for those who can't pick it up well. http://www.1240keva.com is our web site and there is a "Listen Now!" button at the top that will get you to the stream if you'd like to listen. That's the whole story. And again, many thanks to our very own Dennis Gibson here on ABDX. If he hadn't linked to my Goodbye message on our facebook page, none of this would have happened and KEVA would have gone away for good (Michael J. Richard, KEVA - Evanston, WY, ibid.) Nice work, gentlemen! Looking forward to a celebratory DX test when all the pieces are put back together again? Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile (Tim Hall, ibid.) Absolutely, Tim! (Michael, ibid.) It's always nice when the good guys win. Sent via BlackBerry from T- Mobile (Tim Hall, ibid.) I missed it as well but it is a great story and I'm glad there was so much support. I'm a follower now on Tune in. Look forward to that DX test! Sincerely, (Todd Skaine, Woodbury, MN, ibid.) The last test was heard all over the country on KEVA's 880 watts. Can't wait to see how the new transmitter works (Kevin Redding, Crump, TN, ibid.) This is fantastic news! So glad to hear that KEVA is back on the air with a new interested and enthusiastic owner/owners, and that our Michael (MJR) is involved. Congrats, Michael! (Phil Rafuse, VY2PR, Stratford PE Canada, ibid.) I posted Michael's message about going dark and some photos I took when I was there in 2007 to the I Take Pictures of Transmitter Sites Facebook Group and it took off fast. A lot of broadcast engineers hang out there. I know Tim has been to KEVA but I don't know when. https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcgibson55/sets/72157620023208906/ Sent from my iPhone (Dennis Gibson, ibid.) I will always remember the visits I've had up here from fellow DXers and such. That was an enjoyable day, Dennis the day you and Scott Fybush and the other guy (I forget his name) came up. Tim Hall and his wife were such a pleasure to meet when they passed through! Tim got a tour of the station too; he's got the pics! Meanwhile the only other visitor I've had up here in these parts was Don Kaskey. Don didn't come up to the station for a tour but we met for lunch and I got to meet him and his wife and his son. Again, a bunch of really fun people. It's always a pleasure to meet someone that you've corresponded with for years. Believe me, if ANY of you make it out this way (even an encore visit!) please stop by. You may even get to see the nicest studios in Evanston. That's what's in the future. Scott has the plans and the place; we'll be on the 5th floor in the tallest building in Evanston. He's already shown me the bill of goods for all the new equipment we'll be getting. It will all be top of the line. So, big things to come! (Michael n Wyo, KEVA, ibid.) We really enjoyed meeting MJR and touring a REAL radio station in 2006. My late father was with us on that trip too. He enjoyed it a great deal. It was so appropriate to have a country station with cows wandering around the antenna site :) (Tim, Sent via BlackBerry from T- Mobile, ibid.) This is awesome news! Good to see that KEVA is alive and in good hands. It saddened me to hear that it was off the air. Back in the mid 80's I went through Evanston and did listen to the station. Back then (about 1985) it was a great listen so I always had a place in my heart for it (Justin Nielsen, ibid.) ** U S A. 1370, Sept 13 circa 2200 UT, no signal on caradio from Dodge City KS, 5 kW ND KGNO, so suspect again it`s off (or QRP?). I can`t get it on groundwave at home in Enid, but have heard it in daytime a few miles north of Enid on US 81, and now I am 25-30 miles closer to it at Great Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge (Glenn Hauser, caradio at Great Salt Plains NWR OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1510-, Sept 13 circa 2200 UT, I am also hearing the off- frequency het from KCTE Independence MO, making it on daytime groundwave to here, vs the Kansan, KNNS Larned. It must be awful directly between Larned and the non-KS Independence (Glenn Hauser, caradio at Great Salt Plains NWR OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1520 KXA testing all digital (analog = Off) From Damon near Seattle: Okay, here's the scoop on my (relatively) local AM HD Radio: Testing (of all-digital AM HD Radio) will occur during the period of Oct. 1-4, hours to be announced. Watch on KKXA's Facebook page: KXA for announcements. Possibly on their web page Classic Country 1520 KXA as well. Hopefully this won't be after midnight hours; we are locally -8 hours GMT. Have your cowboy hat and boots ready! :) (via Jurgen Bartels, Suellwarden, N. Germany, Sept 13, mwdx yg via DXLD) No they`re not --- PDT = UT -7 (gh, DXLD) ** U S A. 1680, LOUISIANA, KRJO, Monroe. 0958 September 7, 2014. End of C&W oldie, male canned "You're listening to Classic Country... KRJO, Monroe, your station for the latest from ABC News." Into net news (Terry L. Krueger, Clearwater FL, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Radio Ink --- Clear Channel Changes Name to iHeartMedia Clear Channel says is changing its name toiHeartMedia, "reflecting the company¹s success in becoming a one-of-a-kind multi-platform media company with unparalleled reach and impact. From the company press release: "The newly named company includes a wide range of advertising- supported, consumer-focused media businesses, including 859 radio stations in over 150 markets, with more than 245 million listeners a month -- the largest reach of any radio or television outlet in America; iHeartMediaDigital, with its more than 90 million digital monthly uniques; Premiere Networks, which syndicates 90 radio programs and services to more than 5,500 radio affiliates; the Total Traffic and Weather Network, reaching almost all U.S. commuters; 20,000 live music events, all of which generate massive consumer engagement on social media platforms and the largest of which are even televised; its related companies, including Katz Media Group; as well as ClearChannel Outdoor, one of the world's largest outdoor advertising companies (via ABDX via WORLD OF RADIO 1739, DXLD) They should have named the company after the Hindu God Shiva, the destroyer of worlds (Kevin Redding, Crump, TN, ibid.) I’m glad to see that name change, because the old name (Clear Channel) was completely a misrepresentation – technically – of the shared channel status of most of its stations. Obviously it was not illegal, but most of its stations were not true clear channel stations, as the term has traditionally been used in the industry. The new name will no doubt be better for the corporation and better for the industry as well. A win-win for everybody (Dick W., ibid.) I was thinking of something like "I Ate Media" --- Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile (Tim Hall, CA, ibid.) I guess I'll have to stop calling it Cheap Channel. Nevertheless it and Cumulus are highly leveraged and both are losing a lot of money. http://www.radioworld.com/article/clear-channel-changes-name-to-iheartmedia/272429 Sent from my iPhone (Dennis Gibson, ibid.) Yes, now it is "I Fart Radio". 73, (Kevin Raper, KJ4HYD, CE WCKI WQIZ WLTQ, ibid.) Satan by any other name is still just as evil. 73, (Rick Dau, South Omaha, Nebraska, NRC-AM via DXLD) I've found that all but Clear Channel Los Angeles (KLAC/KFI/KEIB) have been kind enough to send out verifications. Some took follow up reports and many returned prepared cards but eventually they responded. That's better than many of the others (Martin Foltz, Mission Viejo CA, IRCA via DXLD) Many of these larger corporate station clusters have been very gracious in giving us tours at past conventions (Clear Channel, Cumulus, Jacor, CBS, etc...) (Mike Sanburn, ibid.) We may not always agree with what Corporations do at the Board level. However, Clear Channel, just like all companies hire people like all of us. Clear Channel has always been good to the clubs. 73, (Patrick Martin, Seaside OR, ibid.) Radio Fink --- Clip Clop Changes Name to iHurtMedia Clip Clop says it is changing its name to iHurtMedia, "reflecting the company's success in driving most of its competitors out of business, pulling all the platforms, like rugs, out from under them." The announcement today by Clip Clop? founder? great-grandson, Clarence Channell VIII, shocked the media industry, but brings back memories to old-timers who? grown up with the company. Back in the 1880s, Clip Clop's founder, Clarence Channelle V, determined that there was a great financial future in horseshoes, and sought to corner the market. Mr. Channelle offered operators of blacksmith shops all over the country buy-out prices they could not refuse. Soon, a farmer could not shoe his horse without taking it to a CC smithy. CC equipped its shops with standard-size molds --- small, medium and large. Each mold was made to conserve on iron, and CC horseshoes were 3/16ths of an inch thinner than those that usually were produced individually by the corner smithy. Not quite so strong, but there was repeat business. It cost a horse owner much less to shoe his horse at Clip Clop. Because there were only three sizes of shoe, some horses' hooves were too big or too small for a standard CC shoe. Too bad. The horse owner had two choices --- he could apply an ill-sized shoe to the hoof and hope for the best, or he could find a hold-out local smithy who could still produce custom-built shoes. The latter option, though, became narrower and narrower, because the mass trade switched to Clip Clop and the niche market blacksmith couldn't stay in business. That left the horse owner one more option --- horse meat. By 1890, nearly every horseshoe in America was emblazoned with the Clip Clop logo, which looked like two Cincinnati Red logos, side-by- side. Clip Clop's penetration appealed to investors, who ponied up to supply venture capital for CC's expansion into the harness business. For a while, CC bought horses with non-standard-size hooves --- at a deep discount --- for the leather for its harnesses, but horsemen complained that some of their horses sensed where the leather came from and were spooked. CC experimented with cotton and wool derivatives, and came up with a secret formula that was much less expensive than leather. Not quite so strong, but there was repeat business. Horsemen, attracted by the lower prices, turned to CC for their harnesses, just as they had for horseshoes, and CC cash reined in most of the local harness shops, leaving only a handful to fight the competition. Clarence Channelle V was a true visionary. At the peak of Clip Clop's financial success, he surprised his happy investors by selling them the line of horseshoes and harnesses. Old C.C. used the money to become a media pioneer. While memories of horseshoes and harnesses have faded into the murk of distant memory, the new business line, inherited by Clarence Channelle VI, came into prominence in the media field. C.C. VI fans provided an appropriate nickname, Cookie Cutter, but the nickname rankled Clarence Channelle VIII, who chose the new name for the firm, announced today. (John Callarman, KA9SPA, Family Genealogist, Retired Newspaper Editor, DX-oyente, Krum TX (AKA Qal R. Mann, Krumudgeon), ABDX via DXLD) Absolutely BRILLIANT!! (Ron Gitschier, Two Bit Newshack, Wire Twister, & Antenna Trimmer, Palm Coast, FL, ibid.) John, I love it. It`s another masterpiece! (Kevin Redding, Crump, TN, ibid.) That was superb, John. Of course they'll probably build a 50-foot wide RF-emitting electronic billboard right outside your house now, but it was worth it. :) 73 (Tim Hall, ibid.) http://www.radioworld.com/article/does-“iheartmedia”-resonate-better/272435 (Sent from my iPad, ibid.) ** U S A. RADIO PONZI SCHEME TARGETED FLORIDA’S HAITIAN AMERICANS Posted on Saturday, 08.23.14 Criminal courts Authorities say Philippe Bourciquot used Creole-language radio to scam victims out of millions of dollars. On May 20, an undercover state agent meets with accused Haitian radio Ponzi schemer Philippe Bourciquot in a Palm Beach County parking lot. This is surveillance video of that encounter. Surveillance video of accused Haitian radio Ponzi schemer Philippe Bourciquot By David Ovalle In the world of Florida’s Creole-language talk radio, where hard- working Haitian Americans tune in by the thousands, Philippe Bourciquot pitched the lure of easy money. He boasted that money “loaned” to him would be plunged into foreign trade markets, 18 countries in all, for massive returns. “You give me $20,000, it is guaranteed that for the year you will receive 60 percent,” Bourciquot told listeners in one July 2013 broadcast. On another show, Bourciquot invoked civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks, then asked listeners to dip into their retirement funds: “You bring that money, I will make it work.” And in all of his broadcasts, Bourciquot appealed to a deep national pride, invoking the names of Haitian revolutionary heroes, promising profits that could rebuild a nation battered time and again by tragedy. “Apple, that’s worth several billion dollars, we can do that too,” Bourciquot said in one October 2013 broadcast. “If every Haitian embraces what I’m doing, other nations will say Haitians have a business that’s worth several billion dollars.” The grand plan, authorities say, was nothing but a sham — a Ponzi scheme that sucked $3.1 million from the wallets of his countrymen and women. For two years, the Lake Worth businessman paid investors with money from new investors, all while using a huge chunk of the money to pay for a house, luxury cars, hotel stays, airplane tickets, car repairs and restaurant meals. Newly released evidence in the criminal case against him offers a detailed look at the alleged scam while offering a window into how con men use the pay-to-air system of Creole-language radio broadcasts to prey on poor Haitian Americans in Florida. Simone Passe, a mother of six from West Palm Beach, told the Miami Herald she invested $20,000 with Bourciquot after hearing him on the radio. He was paying her 4 percent interest monthly. Indeed, financial records show, he paid her back — but only $2,700. “Bourciquot helped me!” Passe wailed. “He is now in the jail. I can’t pay my rent for my children.” In Florida and on the island nation, talk radio has long been a powerful medium, with on-air buzz deciding elections, spreading political intrigue and serving as an invaluable source of news. Like Bourciquot, many of the radio hosts pay for the airtime, giving some crooks a platform to lure in victims. His case follows an all-too familiar pattern. The most notorious Ponzi schemer is Wellington businessman George Theodule, who earlier this year was sentenced to more than 12 years in federal prison for bilking $30 million out of Haitian Americans in Florida in 2007 and 2008. He is believed to have actually stolen more than twice that amount using radio spots to attract victims. In 2010, federal authorities arrested four people in a Ponzi scheme that bilked about $8 million from 600 investors. Pitching through Haitian churches and radio spots, the Miami group offered 15 percent returns on one-year investments in a company known as Focus Financial. The group is now in prison. In yet another Ponzi scheme, Florida prosecutors in 2010 arrested three people who used radio and TV spots to lure 200 investors to a sham company called Gen-X. The ringleader, Alix Charles, of Miami, pleaded guilty and is still paying back $300,000 in restitution. “Radio has been ingrained in our culture, and these rogues prey on that,” said Miami lawyer Phillip Brutus, a former state legislator and longtime weekly news show host on WLQY 1320 AM. “They’re targeting the poor, downtrodden people.” In another high-profile case, North Miami Mayor Lucie Tondreau was arrested in May, accused of using her radio program to recruit “straw” borrowers to purchase 20 homes while defrauding $8 million from various mortgage lenders. She is awaiting trial. State agents arrested Bourciquot, 46, in June. Prosecutors in Miami- Dade have charged him with a host of felonies, including racketeering, grand theft, money laundering and fraudulent transactions. He intends to fight the charges, said defense lawyer Bernard Cassidy. “We’re gathering all of the facts so we can present our case to the court,” Cassidy said. The latest probe began in November 2013, when an anonymous person lodged a complaint about radio spots in which Bourciquot claimed to be a “leader and benefactor in the Haitian-American community,” according to an arrest warrant. The tips came into Dimitri Bernadotte and Neptime Dieujuste, both Creole-speaking investigators from Florida’s Office of Financial Regulation. They teamed up with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the Office of Statewide Prosecution. They soon found that Bourciquot had no license to work in securities trading, and his financial background was littered with irregularities. He had to pay $15,000 as part of a judgment against one of his Palm Beach companies, while the Internal Revenue Service had twice filed liens against him totaling over $700,000. A bank had also foreclosed on one of his homes. They also learned Bourciquot had spent over $54,960 since November 2012 buying spots on at least three different radio stations in the South Florida market. He also had started three companies: Freedom Property, Economic Movement and Options Yes. Bourciquot pitched his investments as “personal loans,” backed by an insurance policy and a thriving business and investment portfolio. But a detailed look at his financial records showed the radio host “did not have any assets to secure any of the investors’ loans,” according to an arrest warrant prepared by prosecutor Stephen ImMasche. Some of the money was indeed wired to trading firms, domestic and overseas. But in opening his accounts, Bourciquot lied about his net worth — claiming between $1 million to $5 million, according to the arrest warrant. In all, investigators identified more than 300 investors, most of them from Palm Beach, Broward, Miami-Dade and Hillsborough counties. In what agents say is a classic Ponzi scheme, he paid at least $1.4 million back to investors, the money coming from new investors. The rest of the money Bourciquot spent for himself, while hiding at least $640,000 in overseas accounts, according to the arrest warrant. To help build their case, investigators devised an undercover plan. In February, investigator Bernadotte called Bourciquot posing as an investor with $30,000. In secretly recorded calls, they agreed to meet the following day at a parking lot in Lantana. Outfitted with hidden audio and video recording devices, Bernadotte insisted that he was concerned about the security of Bourciquot’s investment opportunity. The radio host agreed to show him his nearby house. At the house, Bourciquot proudly showed off his gym equipment — and even did some pushups. The undercover agent noted commercial radio equipment in a home office, believed to be used for illegal broadcasting. Bourciquot insisted he could provide a 50 percent return, provided he get the money for at least two to three years, The two then drove to a strip mall, where Bourciquot showed off an office he claimed was going to be his business hub. No deal was made — Bourciquot refused to allow the agent to take a “promissory note” document with him because it belonged to his business. “This is the Haitian system,” he told the agent. “I don’t know you.” Miami Herald staff writer Jacqueline Charles contributed to this report. Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/08/23/4303648/radio-ponzi-scheme-targeted-floridas.html (via Bob Foxworth, Tampa Bay, DXLD) ! The only station mentioned by name in this long story is WLQY 1320, not as one of the perpetrators but where someone commented about it. Some of the stations may well have been pirates. Searching the Herald on Bourciquot, two earlier stories about him, both from July 17: http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/07/17/4241674/miami-radio-show-host-arrested.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/07/17/4240711/radio-personality-charged-with.html (gh, DXLD) ** UZBEKISTAN. 9670, presumed The Voice Asia at 1224 playing a familiar Christian song, followed by woman in Asian language. Today Glenn Hauser posted on the ODXA Yahoo Group that he heard The Voice Asia here in Hindi. Listed for 1100-1400 period. Possibly the interference noted was Pakistan in Mandarin. Poor Sept 11 (Harold Sellers, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VIETNAM [and non]. 12005, Sept 17 at 0100, VOV English, VG signal but with ``generator hum`` which we again suspect is really coming from BaBcoCk in ASCENSION, a hummy site rather than listed Woofferton UK; ASC also with a propagational advantage over hi-latitude Europath to North America. Except: largest azimuth of any other ASC transmission is 245 degrees for S America and it was not built with intention of serving N America; yet the 102 to Africa at 05-06 on 7355 also provides a VG signal here off-the-backish. Would BaBcoCk confirm or deny my theory? Or has anyone noticed gen-hum on any other definitely Woofferton frequencies? 9635.93, Sept 17 at 1256, big het between open carrier on 9635.0 and something on the hi side with unreadable modulation, matching very close to Ab5 pitch on my keyboard, i.e. 932 Hz. 9635.0 soon turns out to be CRI, opening in Hindi at 1300, ``Yi, China Radio International``, via Kashgar, EAST TURKISTAN, very likely to be on-frequency. And the off-frequency one is V. of Vietnam, as often reported, e.g. 9635.8 by Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, Sept 14 at 0859- 1135 fadeout. Commies vs Commies! As in Aoki, it`s the Son Tay site, 100 kW, 145 degrees all-day and evening with home service first program. Neither Aoki nor WRTH bothers to note it`s always way off-frequency like some other transmitters at this site near Hanoi --- their most distinctive signatures! EiBi does: 9635.7 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) VIETNAME, 9635.8, R. Voz do Vietname, Son Tay, 0859-desvanecimento total 1135, 14/9, vietnamita, texto, música e canções, entrevistas; 25433. Poder-se-á questionar a razão de QRO=3, quando há um elemento, QSA, de valor imediatamente abaixo; a meu ver, um sinal que até pode ser fraco realça-se, logo que as demais condições o permitirem, e este é um dos casos, e acresce que a escala 1~5 é pouco dinâmica, na minha modesta opinião. Bons DX e 73 (Carlos Gonçalves, PORTUGAL, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** YEMEN [and non]. Sept 10: Radio Sana'a in English vs North Korean Jamming 1813 on 6135 Al Hiswah vs Kujang https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GITi77m9G7Q&feature=youtu.be Sept 11: Radio Sana'a in English vs North Korean Jamming 1823 on 6135 Al Hiswah vs Kujang https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNKlXs7KnZg&feature=youtu.be Radio Sana'a in English vs North Korean Jamming 1835 on 6135 Al Hiswah vs Kujang https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X35u39NcI_s&feature=youtu.be 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ZANZIBAR. 6015, 09/16 0310, TZA, ZBC, Dole, in Swahili lang.; mv. talks, music, good signal and fair modulation, 45433 (JRX_Jose Ronaldo Xavier, Cabedelo, Paraíba, Brazil, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** ZIMBABWE [non]. September 11: OTH Radar, open carrier, dead air, over Radio Dialogue FM 1654 on 12105 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAAGFsXXZPM&feature=youtu.be OTH Radar 1730 on 12105 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMv3MKpbIy8&feature=youtu.be OTH Radar 1759 on 12105 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJMqNA8vAA4&feature=youtu.be 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Sept 13: Radio Dialogue FM in Shona or Ndebele to Zimbabwe 1610 on 12105 Talata, Madagascar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDOinm4wopc&feature=youtu.be 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 900, Sept 11 at 0558 UT, beeswarm-noise looping WSW/ENE; probably a Mexican just signed off but open STL still being relayed. XEDT in Chihuahua the prime and only suspect in that direxion (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 917 kHz. 0655 UT. Programa “Alma Hits” con música cristiana evangélica de estilo juvenil. A las 07, se identifica como: “CVC la Voz” con saludos de artistas cristianos como Alex Campos, Marcos Witt y Funky. Así mismo con avisos de salud, promoción de programas de la red CVC. SINPO: 45434 con algo de desvanecimiento cada 10 segundos, recuperable de forma rápida, con algo de fading de otra emisora desde 920. ¿Puede ser un espurio de una emisora que transmita a CVC? Probablemente. Sin embargo, en un scan de frecuencia por frecuencia no se encontró ninguna correspondencia de audio con otra. La antena usada se encontraba dirigida hacia el S.W. o N.E. (Claudio Galaz, Rx: TECSUN PL-660, ANT: Ferrita del RX, QTH: Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 1480 kHz, 15/9 0457 UT. Señal horaria con pitidos cada 30 segundos y un minuto. SINFO: 33433 con QRM de R. Amistad de Tomé, CHILE y otras emisora sin ID (Claudio Galaz, Rx: TECSUN PL-660, ANT: Ferrita del RX, QTH: Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 4789.5, 1815-1827, 12-09, South East Asian or Hindi songs, at 1830 comments, male, vernacular. RRI Fak Fak?. Very weak. 14321 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Lugo, Tecsun PL-880, cable antenna, 8 meters, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Last heard on March 15, 2013, per Atsunori Ishida (gh, DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 5910, at 0910 in Spanish with lively Latin American vocals and a female DJ and a man with a slogan at 0933 followed by a woman with a mention of “Estado Unidos” and into a folk song with mentions of “Marti”– Very Good Sep 13. This is Alcaravan Radio's frequency from 2300 to 1200 but sounded more like RHC who were not on any other 49 meter band frequencies (Mark Coady, Ont., ODXA YRX via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 6025, Sept 12 at 2348, talk and piano music, rumble het, poor signal and CCI. Looking for Red Patria Nueva, Bolivia, but the talk seems more Chinesish than Spanish so could be Tibetan as we are close to grayline for Lhasa (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 6030, Sept 12 at 1301, I am hearing only a 440-Hz het or tone, per my keyboard, very weak. No jamming noise, but a Cuban jammer transmitter could be involved an hour after Martí quits. Per Aoki the other signals active at this hour are Calgary, Beijing and New Delhi on the darkside, and Addis Ababa on the dayside, never mind that one. Is any one of these off-frequency? 6030-, Sept 12 at 2347, I am again hearing such a tone, on lo side, a few minutes before Martí starts at 0000 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 6035, Sept 12 at 1301, JBA carrier as I am seeking reactivated Bhutan which nominally closes at 1300 but has been heard by Ron Howard et al., running several minutes later on some occasions. This carrier is still detectable at 1318, 1323, 1326+, so more likely PBS Yunnan, Kunming, CHINA, the ``Shangri-La`` station (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 6955: I have had this inquiry; does anyone recognize it? Frequency was typical of North America, but must have been Europe since heard via Twente at 1430 & 1630 UT probably rather than 1530 & 1730 UT. Tnx, (Glenn Hauser, Sept 10, HCDX via DXLD) Viz.: I have heard a pirate station at times during the day, that only seems to play 'Born to be wild'. There is some talk after the song, but very low audio. Do you know what this station is? I have heard it at 10 :30 am EST and 12:30 PM EST. I have heard this station via SDR at http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/m.html Thanks for your time and any info on this station. 73's (Mike Stone, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Glenn, This is a bit late, but I guess 6955 is Baltic Sea R, said to be Scandinavian (Swedish?). As a matter of fact, I was listening to BSR on 6955-LSB moments ago which, of course, doesn't mean it's the one on the inquiry. 73, (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, 2147 UT Sept 16, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Carlos, Tnx, but is this based only on the frequency or have you heard Baltic playing that song? (Glenn to Carlos, via DXLD) Glenn, I was only referring to the station/frequency, not the music. The content aired yesterday during the minutes I listened to consisted of a varied sort of music. 73, (Carlos, ibid.) UNIDENTIFIED. 9820, Sept 12 at 2354, rhumble het from two stations slightly apart in frequency, not 1+ kHz off which would be Brasil below 9819; maybe the two China stations, Beibu Bay Radio and CNR2 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also BRAZIL, tho UNIDENTIFIED. 9885, Sept 12 at 0025, fair to good signal presents open carrier/dead air with some hum. Nothing scheduled here between 2130 and 0100, but it`s mainly IBB, proximate being RFA Tibetan via Tajikistan from 0100, maybe warming up (if not a ChiCom jammer doing the same); otherwise, Botswana, São Tomé and Greenville all use it later; Greenville from 0600: would not be surprisingly GB as they do check out transmitters hours before needed so there are no surprises to the oncoming shiftworker (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. I have another frequency that I am trying to figure out. It is a weather station I heard at 1530 GMT on 13263 kHz (USB). Any ideas on this one? I heard this one on sdr radio from Netherlands. [Later]: I think I found it. EUR VOLMET 3.413 5.505 8.957 13.264 MHz SHANNON, Ireland 73' (Mike Stone, UT Sept 17, DX LISTENNG DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 13555.5-SSB, Sept 17 at 1328, Spanish 2-way, very poor, as I am still looking for recapture of the American English `A1A` station which was on 13555-USB (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 13590, Sept 17 at 0536, good signal not usually here at this time, as strong as Australia 13630, but long fades; a tune is playing on a keyboard, and I soon realize it`s a loop. Several variations but repeats every 1:49 as obvious from a glitch/edit which keeps recurring at that interval. Anyone recognize it? Here`s a clip lasting 3:41 starting at 0545: http://www.w4uvh.net/13590unidloop.mp3 I stop listening briefly to check the recording, and at 0550 I find the signal is suddenly off. Nothing is listed at this time, but Iran`s Russian service is scheduled here at 0450-0520, 500 kW, 335 degrees from Kamalabad, so also USward, and heard before. Iran is also the *only* country in HFCC ending any broadcast at 0550, i.e. Turkish from same site supposed to be on 13710 and 11925. I don`t recall noticing it on 13710, but wasn`t looking for it at the time. So my theory is: another SNAFU at K`bad, leaving transmitter on another half hour and plugged into circuit fill music. Any other ideas? We shall hear if it rehappen and compare it to the Turkish channels (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1739, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 15573.0-USB, Sept 12 at 2342, 2-way in Spanish, with heavy engine noise in background (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS ++++++++++++++++++++++++ ACKNOWLEDGED ON WORLD OF RADIO 1739: Thanks for the good work (Thomas Hunt, with a contribution via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com) Tnx also to Michael Stone, for a contribution via PayPal (gh) TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED NEXT WEEK: Thanks to Gerald T Pollard, NC for a generous quarterly check celebrating equinox, to P O Box 1684, Enid OK, 73702 PUBLICATIONS ++++++++++++ SENDER & FREQUENZEN NACHTRAG heute erschienen. Heute ist der neue (kostenlos downloadbare) Sender & Frequenzen Nachtrag erschienen, 46 Seiten mit vielen Informationen fuer uns DXer. Sender & Frequenzen 2014 - Nachtrag 2 erschienen. Im zweiten Nachtragsheft zum Jahrbuch "Sender & Frequenzen 2014" haben wir fuer Sie wieder alle aktuellen Informationen zur weltweiten Medienszene gebuendelt. Sie finden im ersten Teil Hoerfahrplaene fuer die Sprachen Deutsch, Englisch, Franzoesisch und Spanisch. Auf vielfachen Wunsch wurde aus dem deutschen Hoerfahrplan eine weitere Liste generiert, die nur diejenigen Sender beinhaltet, die terrestrisch ueber Kurz-, Mittel- oder Langwelle zu empfangen sind. Diesen Nachtrag bekommen Sie hier kostenlos als PDF: 73 (Christoph OE2CRM A-DX Sept 9 via BC-DX 15 Sept via DXLD) UPDATED RDS STATION DATABASE (645 stations) As winter weather has begun here and the DX season has more or less finished at my location, it's time to catch up on projects. Here is my database of RDS for 645 stations in markets between Cape Breton, Nova Scotia and Madison, Wisconsin as collected since late July, which may be helpful for those who have DX targets in New England, the Maritimes, or Great Lakes regions. PTY, PTYN, PS, and RT fields are included along with TP (traffic) flags, while PI codes are not. These are written exactly as displayed on my radio, including spacing, punctuation, etc. Like all RDS units, the readouts may appear differently on different radios as they all have their decoding quirks. This serves as an update to my previous RDS webpage, which is still online. A link to the old database can be found within the updated document: http://www.beaglebass.com/dx/text/dx_rds_2014.txt (Chris Kadlec, Fremont, Mich., Sept 15, WTFDA via DXLD) LANGUAGE LESSONS See also POLAND [non] ++++++++++++++++ Re: MEXICO [and non]. ``6185, Sept 9 at 0215, XEPPM with fair signal in Spanish, but fast SAH CCI --- i.e. Vatican Radio, which is A-14 scheduled on 6185 at 0200-0230 only, 86 degrees from SMG in ``Hye`` language per HFCC. Where do they come up with these weird abbrs.?`` Glenn, These weird abbreviations have been devised to give a three- letter code to all languages of the world. Several are derived from the native name of that language; 'Armenian' in Armenian is 'hayeren'; 'Armenia', as you may know, is 'Hayastan'. The codes were developed by SIL* in the 1970s to map all languages of the world, and are still used on their informative website, the Ethnologue. Each language has a URL of the format http://ethnologue.com/language/abc so information on Armenian is found on http://ethnologue.com/language/hye Since they have become considered so useful to denote just any language, they have been adapted into the ISO 639-3 standard which is now also used by HFCC. Btw, those are also the codes in [brackets] in my own README.TXT added for the ethnologue reference. 73, (Eike Bierwirth, Sept 14, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) *SIL = Summer Institute of Linguistics, a missionary organisation (gh) MUSEA +++++ AFN Europe - video AFN with the US Hit Parade show was essential listening for me in the early 60s even before offshore radio, so many amazing US records we had not heard before in the UK. Hans Knot has posted on Facebook a link to a black and white documentary which was produced when AFN was 20 years old. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EUx1UJyaeY "For twenty years one of the United States' largest radio networks has been broadcasting news - information - music - sports - and dramatic programs to an estimated audience of twenty million - yet has never been heard in the United States. The American Forces Network, Europe (known to its audience as AFN) has served the military community in Europe since it began broadcasting from a basement studio in London, England, on July 4, 1943. This year marks its twentieth anniversary of broadcast operations. THE BIG PICTURE captures on film the sight and sound of this unique radio network as it goes about its daily business. Filmed in Frankfurt - Berlin - Munich and Orleans, France - "The Story of AFN" is informative and entertaining." (Mike Terry, Sept 12, dxldyg via DXLD) DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DRM See also ETHIOPIA; FRANCE; INDIA; ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ MADAGASCAR; SAUDI ARABIA Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) Announces at IBC 2014 First DRM Receiver produced in India At IBC on Friday 12th September the DRM Consortium launched the first DRM AM model receiver produced in India for India and for global use. The AV-DR -1401 designed and produced by Communications Systems Inc under the brand name Avion Electronics of India http://www.avionelectronics.in is a digital DRM SW, MW, as well as analogue AM and FM receiver with stereo reception, offering some of the extra features that make digital superior to analogue: more choice in perfect sound (MPEG audio), multimedia applications and local interactive text and media (Journaline), automatic tuning by station, not frequency, emergency alert capability etc. The receiver was unveiled at the first DRM ‘Pit-stop’ on Friday 12th September at the Ampegon stand (Hall 8:D35). It was subsequently showcased on Saturday 13th September at Thomson Broadcast, the second ‘Pit stop’ event (Hall 8:C35) and at the “tell and show” event organised by DRM Consortium member Nautel Ltd (Hall 8:C49). At their session ‘Building to a Billion and Beyond’, Nautel representatives and other Consortium companies from India and around the world gave an update on the digital project in India and participants could sample the excellent sound of the new DRM receiver model. Ankit Agrawal, Director of Communications Systems Inc which produced the new model was thrilled with the interest created by the DRM radio: ”Our receiver performed very well and its audio quality, extra features and ease of use received a lot of positive feedback. IBC participants particularly liked the extended battery life of the receiver and its emergency warning capability. With small adjustments we plan to make the receiver available for order in the next few months.” Ruxandra Obreja, the Consortium Chairman, says that: “We are very pleased with the exciting announcement on this new Indian receiver. With sufficient orders and support it could do very well and start the receiver ball rolling demonstrating that global, green and extremely cost-effective DRM is not just the future of digital radio but a reality for listeners now.” Other DRM members present at IBC are: Digidia, Fraunhofer IIs, GatesAir, RFmondial and Transradio. AV-DR -1401 About DRM Digital Radio Mondiale™ (DRM) is the universal, openly standardised digital broadcasting system for all broadcasting frequencies. The DRM standard comprises of two major configurations: 'DRM30' intended for broadcasts on short, medium and long wave up to 30 MHz and providing large coverage areas and low power consumption. The configuration for the VHF bands above 30 MHz is called 'DRM+', tailored for local and regional coverage with broadcaster-controlled transmissions. All DRM configurations share the same audio coding, data and multimedia services, service linking, multiplexing and signalling schemes. DRM provides high quality sound combined with a wealth of enhanced features: Surround Sound, Journaline text information, Slideshow, EPG, and data services. For more information and DRM updates please visit www.drm.org or subscribe to DRM news by writing to pressoffice@drm.org. Click here for the Newsletter with all the latest DRM news from around the world. (DRM Consortium Press Release) (via Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, India, Sept 13, dx_india yg via DXLD) More pics - first DRM Receiver from India... https://www.flickr.com/photos/drmorg/sets/72157647695222122/ (via Gupta, Sept 17, ibid.) DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- IBOC See USA: 1520!; REF below +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DTV See OKLAHOMA ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM +++++++++++++++++++++ RADIOSHACK SEEKS RESCUE AND WARNS OF BANKRUPTCY BBC News September 11, 2014 http://www.bbc.com/news/business-29166750 US electronics retailer RadioShack has said that it is in talks to restructure the firm but warned that if an investment is not secured soon, it could be forced to declare bankruptcy. The chain has struggled to offload its costly real estate portfolio, even as it has shuttered stores. Shares in the firm surged more than 18% on news that bailout talks were still progressing. RadioShack reported a loss of $137m (£84m) in the second-quarter. It operates approximately 4,485 stores in the US, which sell everything from mobile phone accessories to converters. However, the company said that over the early summer period, sales at stores plummeted 20% from a year earlier. Earlier attempts to close nearly 1,000 stores were blocked when lenders did not agree to the plans. RadioShack chief executive Joe Magnacca said in a conference call on Thursday that the firm was considering several options, including a restructuring, a sale of the company, or a near-term investment. The company said it had just $30.5m in cash on 2 August, although it had nearly $150m available to it under a line of credit. (via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) Unfortunately, Rat Shack committed suicide years ago when they got rid of the Ham Radio type managers who actually had some electronic knowledge and replaced them with 18 year old cell phone peddlers who wouldn't know a phono jack if it bit them. So, like many other folks, it's E-Bay when I need a rather simple part (John Kapinos, dxldyg via DXLD) RADIOSHACK COURTING NEW BACKER AS LOSSES WIDEN http://www.twice.com/news/financial/radioshack-courting-new-backer-losses-widen/53980 Sent from my iPhone (via Dennis Gibson, Sept 11, ABDX via DXLD) Question: is GM dropping IBOC on just AM or both AM and FM? And in Central and North Jersey and Long Island where PSEG took over as the power company, don't worry about AM reception too much. The new 69,000 w. distribution lines they are putting up all over the place (including on a lot of streets in most every town, although few or none are going up on strictly residential streets) are an AM broadcaster's nightmare. You are lucky to hear 2 or 3 AM stations clearly on these streets; all other signals have extreme noise in them or are buried. Even WCBS-880 at about 25 miles, in the daytime, has me reaching to switch to a FM station or CD when I hit one of these streets (Joe Fela - So. Plainfield, N.J., Sept 4, amfmtvdx at qth.net via DXLD) MARE Paul Dobosz passes along a VERY encouraging bit of news from Kintronic. In his words: "I had to pinch myself to see if I was dreaming as I read this letter. For those of you who aren't familiar with them, Kintronic designs and manufactures antenna matching, directional antenna phasor systems, and other specialized RF components and systems for the broadcast industry. "Read and enjoy ... we can only hope that this will come to fruition, even if only to bring the noise level down to a reasonable level." Here is a link to the RadioWorld article, and in that article is a link to the actual Kintronic letter. As Paul said, read and enjoy! http://tinyurl.com/kbknujf (MARE Tipsheet Sept 12 via DXLD) Viz.: KINTRONIC PRESSES FCC ON AM STANDARDS --- on 09.05.2014 AM systems manufacturer Kintronic Labs has several suggestions for how the FCC can help revitalize the AM band. President Tom King plans to share those with Commissioner Ajit Pai and Audio Division Chief Peter Doyle in a meeting this month. In advance of that meeting, King is promoting an “open letter to the industry” in which he ask broadcasters to contact Pai and Doyle in support of his recommendations, to let them know “how imperative it is that these measures be implemented on a fast approval track” to make AM competitive with FM. The manufacturer has a keen interest in AM revitalization; its products are used in numerous facilities, and the company markets itself as “the oldest continually operating AM antenna system provider in the U.S.” Founder Louis King resigned from RCA in 1949 as an AM high-power transmitter design engineer, obtained his PE license and established a business as a regional broadcast consulting engineer that grew into Kintronic Labs. (Read a company history.) Among the items listed by Tom King for urgent action are these that go beyond what many commenters have suggested: - Establishment of mandatory minimum technical standards for AM receivers to become effective “as soon as January 2016.” In a demo, he plans to compare CQUAM AM stereo reception with a local FM station as well as the effects of adjusting AM bandwidth from 2.5 to 10 kHz in 2.5 kHz steps. He provides a list of specific minimum allowable performance specifications for all AM receivers, including a low internal noise floor, high RF sensitivity, selectivity and dynamic range and highly effective noise cancellation. - FCC authorization of AM synchronous boosters, a technically challenging idea that has received less attention than FM translator discussions. King also urges the commission to enforce RF limits for consumer electronics devices, noting the worsening electromagnetic environment for AM. Read the text of the letter. http://www.radioworld.com/Portals/0/Kintronic%20Letter.doc (via Gary Vance, Grand Ledge MI, MARE Tipsheet Sept 12 via DXLD) PROPAGATION +++++++++++ SOLAR CYCLE 24 IN ITS LAST BIG PEAK RIGHT NOW September 2014 - The present solar cycle is in its second and strongest peak right now. The present levels of moderately high solar activity with occasional solar flares are expected to continue through 2014 and then subside dramatically over the next 4 years. Then we should see the solar minimum for 3 years. An upswing of the next solar maximum, Cycle 25, is predicted to peak between year 2022 and 2025, but be somewhat less potent than our present cycle. The following chart shows our present position in the cycles: http://hflink.com/image/Prediction_Solar_Cycle_%2025_HFLINK.png Prediction Source: Bonnie Crystal KQ6XA, HFLINK; Photo at: http://hflink.com/image/Prediction_Solar_Cycle_%2025_HFLINK.png (Tom DF5JL via A-DX via SW Bulletin Sept 14 via DXLD) Geomagnetic activity forecast for the period September 12 - October 8, 2014 Geomagnetic field will be: quiet on September 20 - 21 mostly quiet on September 18 - 19, October 4 - 8 quiet to unsettled on September 16 - 17, 25 - 26, (29 - 30), October 1 quiet to active on September 22, 27 - 28, October 2 - 3 active to disturbed on September 12 - 15, (23 - 24) Amplifications of the solar wind are expected on September 12 - 15, 22 - 23, 26 - 29 Remark: - Parenthesis means lower probability of activity enhancement. Petr Kolman, OK1MGW, Czech Propagation Interest Group (OK1HH & OK1MGW, weekly forecasts since 1978) e-mail: kolmanp(at)razdva.cz (via Dario Monferini, DXLD) :Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts :Issued: 2014 Sep 15 0717 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 08 - 14 September 2014 Solar activity ranged from low to high levels during the period. Moderate levels were reached on 8, 11, and 14 September with high levels reached on 10 September. Moderate levels were first reached on 09 September at 0029 UTC when active sunspot region 2158 (N16, L=087, class/area Dkc/440 on 11 September) produced a long duration M4/1n flare. This flare had associated Type II (999 km/s estimated shock velocity) and Type IV radio sweeps, a 10cm (370 sfu) radio burst, and an asymmetrical, full-halo coronal mass ejection (CME) which was first observed in LASCO/C2 imagery at 09/0006 UTC. The majority of the ejecta appeared to be heading north and east of the Sun/Earth line, however, it was later determined this event contained an Earth-directed component. On 10 September, conditions reached High levels as Region 2158 produced a X1/2b flare at 1745 UTC. It also had associated Type II (3750 km/s estimated shock velocity) and Type IV radio sweeps, a 10cm (1300 sfu ) radio burst, and an Earth-directed full halo CME. On 11 September, Region 2166 (N13, L=352, class/area Dao/60 on 14 September) produced an M2 flare at 1526 and an M1 flare at 2126 UTC, just prior to rotating on to the visible disk. After returning to low levels on 12 and 13 September, conditions again rose to Moderate levels as Region 2157 (S14, L=98, class/area Ekc/540 on 6 September) produced an M1/2n flare at 14/0216 UTC. The coronal mass ejection (CME) associated with this M-flare was observed off the west limb in SOHO/LASCO C2 coronagraph imagery beginning at 14/0248 UTC, but was deemed to be well off the Sun-Earth line. Other activity included a filament eruption observed in SDO/AIA 193 imagery beginning at 12/1749 UTC west of Region 2158 near center-disk. SOHO/LASCO C2 imagery showed a coronal mass ejection (CME) beginning at 12/1936 UTC that was mostly obscured by a larger backsided CME off the NNE limb that preceded it beginning at 12/1836 UTC. WSA-ENLIL modeling of the event indicates a likely CME arrival around midday on 16 Sep. The greater than 10 MeV proton flux was elevated on 8 and 9 September due to a particle enhancement from an event the week prior. Late on 10 September, levels began a quick rise following the X1/2b flare from Region 2158, mentioned earlier. By 11 September, the greater than 10 MeV levels had reached a peak of 28 pfu (S1 - Minor), but then leveled off for the next 24 hours. Storm levels briefly reached the S2 (Moderate) threshold, in conjunction with the arrival of the CME, and reached a maximum of 126 pfu at 12/1355 UTC. During this time, the greater than 100 MeV proton flux levels began to rise as well, reaching the 1.2 pfu at 11/0425 UTC level before tapering off shortly thereafter. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit was at normal levels on 8, 9, 11, 13, and 14 September, and reached moderate levels on 10 and 12 September. Geomagnetic field activity was at quiet to severe storm levels during the period. Quiet to unsettled levels occurred from 8 to 11 September, with an isolated active period on 11 September. A geomagnetic Sudden Impulse (33 nT) was observed at the Boulder magnetometer at 11/2346 UTC, indicating the arrival of the 09 Sep CME as anticipated. The geomagnetic field responded, pushing geomagnetic field conditions to minor storm levels. Conditions moderated for approximately 9 hours back at quiet to unsettled levels, until the second CME arrived at Earth. Total field rose to a max of 31 nT and solar wind increased to near 790 km/s by late on 12 September. A geomagnetic sudden impulse of 43 nT was observed at the Boulder magnetometer at 12/1555 UTC. Conditions then increased to minor to severe storm levels for the next 9 hours. Conditions fell to active levels early on 13 September and continued to decline to quiet levels by mid day as the Bz component remained in a northward orientation (not well connected). Quiet conditions remained through 14 September. FORECAST OF SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY 15 SEPT-11 OCT 2014 Solar activity is expected to be low with a chance for M-class flares through 27 September due to returning Regions 2149 (N09, L=284) and 2151 (S08, L=253). Activity is then likely to be moderate (R1- R2/Minor-Moderate) with a chance for X-class flaring (R3-Strong or greater) through the remainder of the period due to Regions 2157 and 2158 returning to the visible disk. There is a chance for a greater than 10 MeV proton event from 29 September through the end of the period due to potential significant flare activity from Regions 2157 and 2158. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to be at normal to moderate levels from 15 to 18 September, before returning to normal levels through 25 September. Conditions should increase to normal to moderate with a chance for high levels from 26 September through 1 October in response to the recurrent coronal hole high speed stream (CH HSS). Conditions should fall back to normal to moderate levels from 2 - 11 October, with a chance for high levels from 7 to 9 October due to another CH HSS. Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be at mostly quiet levels from 15 to 24 September, with isolated unsettled levels on 16 and 17 September, due to a recurrent CH HSS combined with CME activity from 12 September. Another recurrent CH HSS is expected to return on 25 September, making unsettled to active conditions likely through 30 September. Mostly quiet conditions are expected from 1 October to 5 October. A weak positive polarity coronal hole feature is likely to bring conditions up slightly, to the quiet to unsettled levels on 6 - 7 October, before returning to mostly quiet conditions for the remainder of the period. :Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt :Issued: 2014 Sep 15 0717 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 2014-09-15 # # UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest # Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index 2014 Sep 15 138 5 2 2014 Sep 16 135 10 3 2014 Sep 17 130 8 3 2014 Sep 18 125 5 2 2014 Sep 19 120 5 2 2014 Sep 20 120 5 2 2014 Sep 21 120 5 2 2014 Sep 22 125 5 2 2014 Sep 23 120 5 2 2014 Sep 24 115 5 2 2014 Sep 25 115 20 4 2014 Sep 26 115 15 4 2014 Sep 27 120 15 4 2014 Sep 28 120 12 3 2014 Sep 29 130 12 3 2014 Sep 30 135 10 3 2014 Oct 01 135 5 2 2014 Oct 02 140 5 2 2014 Oct 03 145 8 3 2014 Oct 04 145 8 3 2014 Oct 05 145 5 2 2014 Oct 06 150 10 3 2014 Oct 07 150 10 3 2014 Oct 08 145 5 2 2014 Oct 09 145 5 2 2014 Oct 10 140 5 2 2014 Oct 11 140 5 2 (SWPC via WORLD OF RADIO 1739, DXLD) ###