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SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1744, Oct 23-29, 2014
Thu 0330 WRMI 9955
Thu 1230 WRMI 9955 [confirmed, with France via Taiwan QRM]
Fri 0327v WWRB 3185 [another failure after a few minutes]
Fri 2130 WRMI 7570 & 15770 [confirmed but in blackout]
Sat 0630 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio
Sat 1430 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio
Sun 0131 KVOH 9975 [confirmed]
Sun 1000 WRMI 5850
Sun 2300 WRMI 11580 [confirmed]
Mon 0300v WBCQ 5110v-CUSB Area 51 [confirmed]
Tue 1100 WRMI 9955 [France via Taiwan QRM is finally gone]
Wed 0730 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio [winter time shifted]
Wed 1315 WRMI 9955
Wed 1530 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio [winter time shifted]
Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v
Thu 0330 WRMI 9955 [or 1745 if ready in time]
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** ALASKA. Updated summer A-14 SW schedule of US private religious
stations --- KNLS The New Life Station, Anchor Point:
0800-0900 on 9655 NLS 100 kW / 285 deg to EaAs Russian
0900-1000 on 9655 NLS 100 kW / 285 deg to EaAs Chinese
1000-1100 on 9655 NLS 100 kW / 285 deg to EaAs English
1100-1200 on 9610 NLS 100 kW / 285 deg to EaAs Chinese
1200-1300 on 7355 NLS 100 kW / 285 deg to EaAs English
1300-1400 on 9910 NLS 100 kW / 285 deg to EaAs Chinese
1400-1500 on 7355 NLS 100 kW / 285 deg to EaAs Chinese
1500-1600 on 9920 NLS 100 kW / 285 deg to EaAs English
1600-1700 on 9655 NLS 100 kW / 285 deg to EaAs Russian
1700-1800 on 9655 NLS 100 kW / 285 deg to EaAs Russian (DX RE MIX
NEWS #876 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, Oct. 16, 2014 via DXLD)
** ALBANIA. 9849.976, Exactly measured signal frequency in 31
meterband from Shijak site tonight, heard on remote SDR software
defined radio via the internet from Massachusetts near Boston on
eastern coast of USA North America.
Noted that Albanian language service of Radio Tirana in 2345 to 2359
UT time slot on October 17th. S=9+10dB or -64dBm signal logged on the
eastern coast of Massachusetts on the Atlantic ocean.
Female Albanian announcer was spoken continuously from 2348 to 2354
UT, followed by female Albanian folkloric music singer and music group
on flute instrument, at 2355.
At exact 2357:45 then followed by National Albanian Anthem played in
orchestral version, not occupied by Albanian singer version.
2358:58 UT end of National Anthem play, some 12 seconds duration
followed by Radio Tirana interval signal by string instrument,
2359:11 UT October 17th, Shijak shortwave transmitter CUT OFF
occurred. vy73 de wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, logs of 23-24 UT Oct
17, via remote access to SDR unit at Massachusetts near Boston on
eastern coast of US North America, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ALBANIA. ALR B14:
FREQ STRT STOP CIRAF LOC KW AZIMUTH SLW ANT DAYS FDATE TDATE LANGUAGE
7390 0800 1000 27,28 SHI 100 310 0 146 1234567 261014 280315 D Sqi
7425 0230 0300 7-9 SHI 100 310 0 146 234567 261014 280315 D Eng
7465 1830 1900 27,28 SHI 100 310 0 146 123456 261014 280315 D Fra
7465 1900 1930 27,28 SHI 100 310 0 146 123456 261014 280315 D Ita
7465 2031 2100 27,28 SHI 100 310 0 146 123456 261014 280315 D Deu
7465 2100 2130 27,28 SHI 100 310 0 146 123456 261014 280315 D Eng
7465 0000 0100 7-9 SHI 100 310 0 146 1234567 271014 290315 D Sqi
(English & Albanian via WORLD OF RADIO 1744, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Dearest Drita, I have no criticism; A L L ALR Shijak frequencies would
work perfectly in winter schedule.
9849.976, Exactly measured signal frequency in 31 meterband from
Shijak site tonight, heard on remote SDR software defined radio via
the internet from Massachusetts near Boston on eastern coast of USA
North America.
Noted that Albanian language service of Radio Tirana in 2345 to 2359
UT time slot on October 17th. S=9+10dB or -64dBm signal logged on the
eastern coast of Massachusetts on the Atlantic ocean.
Female Albanian announcer was spoken continuously in 2348 to 2354 UT,
followed by female Albanian folkloric music singer and music group on
flute instrument, at 2355.
At exact 2357:45 UT then followed by National Albanian Anthem played
in orchestral version, not occupied by Albanian singer version.
2358:58 end of National Anthem play, some 12 seconds duration followed
of Radio Tirana interval signal by string instrument, 2359:11 UT
Shijak shortwave transmitter CUT OFF occurred. vy73 de wolfy df5sx
(Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ALGERIA [and non] /FRANCE, 7295, R Quran Kerim, via Issoudun,
*0400, Oct 02, National Anthem, Arabic // 981, 1422.9 and on 28 Sep //
531 & 549, 55555 (Pankov)
On Oct 02 at 0400 noted a French speaking station on LW 252 – seems
re-activated from Algeria? (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria, DSWCI DX
Window Oct 15 via DXLD)
252. Just at 0030 UT on Oct 17th noted a powerhouse 1000 Hertz test
tone on longwave 252 kHz, just on remote SDR unit in southern Italy.
S=9+45dB -29dBm, tremendous signal.
RTA Algerian longwave 252 kHz refurbished in past months, a new solid
state LW unit of TranRadio/former Telefunken Berlin Germany unit and
rebuilt also LW longwave antenna by Ampegon Schifferstadt Germany
http://www.transradio.de/index.php/fr/actualites/154-tda-tipaza
signal peaks on browser visible on 251, 252, and 253 kHz exact. 73 wb
df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1744, DXLD)
I also heard a very strong tone on 252 kHz early this morning
(presumably Algeria), at least as strong as RTE R1. I could null out
the tone to hear just RTE R1 and conversely null out RTE R1 to just
hear the tone (rotating the Sony 7600GR with internal ferrite rod).
This was around 0430 UT, at the end of RTE R1's "Through the Night"
and start of Shay Byrne's "Risin' Time". Could also hear some muffled
French talk under the strong tone, which in retrospect could have been
the "Luxembourg Effect". Now, during daylight, RTE is fine and clear
with no trace of Algeria here on 252 (Alan Pennington, Caversham, UK,
0945 UT Oct 17, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD)
I seem to recall the 300 kW LW transmitter at Clarkstown, RTE Radio 1,
was originally allowed (ITU) 500 kW day but 300 kW in 'hours of
darkness' [variously claimed as 150 kW and 100 kW on various non-RTE
web sites] (ostensibly to avoid interference with Algeria certainly
whilst the Algeria mast(s?) were being repaired after 'storm damage'
though WRTH 2014 only quotes 300 kW all times. It seems some
countries/stations lose out on these arrangements as I'm told
(depending on manufacture and type i.e. valve or semi-conductor) a 500
kW transmitter though not necessarily appreciably stronger would be
more reliable and less prone to interference than a 300 kW - though
the siting (ground plain [sic], etc.) would perhaps not substantiate
this argument where asl [elevation above sea level?] is important.
I understand the Algerian transmitter at Tipaza is now 1500 kW! but
half power from 1900 to 0600 GMT. Though with 'Luxembourg Effect' this
seems to allow one co-channel mess to replace another. Obviously AM
will not 'go away' as some would like, so perhaps a revised frequency
allocation conference is required. However I fear the wrong people at
these radio broadcast companies are deciding only digital - and
therefore very limited range - transmissions are the future, this
coming at a time US President Obama says communications with ordinary,
but impressionable, folk need improving - surely these AM radio
stations could and should be used to help this (Rog Parsons (BDXC 782)
Hinckley LE10 0NJ, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) See also IRELAND
ALGERIA/IRELAND/GERMANY, TDA/RTA Tipaza Algeria on 252 kHz longwave
... re Ireland 252 kHz ---
RTÉ Raidió Teilifís Éireann decision rather to save main power money
on their anual budget, - as 150 kW and 100 kW on various non-RTÉ web
sites, - ... is far enough to cover all Albion target.
Has nothing to do with long time planned renewing / refurbishing work
at TDA-RTA Tipaza Algeria site. Algeria target is soooo far away of
RTÉ Ireland LW tx propagation, for the usual common listener.
re semi-conductor tx unit ... some technical details discussion.
I would not be surprised if TDA-RTA Algeria emits only with the power
of 500 kW in near future. You are not forced to use once registered
ITU plan performance also in future.
Same TransRadio/Telefunken Berlin TX unit type has been used at Radio
Moscow relay site Wachenbrunn in Germany on 1323 kHz once.
Efficiency of this TX type is 84%. Designed of low power software
combined modules of 1.3 kW OUTPUT each, interconnect many individual
power modules of 1.3 kilowatt, inductively coupled like 768 units x
1.3 kW output = 1000 kW in total, divided in 2 separate blocks of 500
kW each.
In order for easier handling and outcoupling of blocks for repairs and
replace the modules, even during full operation of the remaining block
on air.
At TDA-RTA site in Tipaza Algeria new TransRadio units renewing would
design consist of 2 x 750 kW blocks, which mean a 750 kW block is
divided in 570 x 1.3 kW transmission modules.
Each 19" insertion rack contain 48 transmission modules.
Each 750 kW block would contain 12 x 19" insertion racks.
NF [sic] audio quality is in range 30 Hertz to 10 kHz, but I've my
doubts, rather itself of TDA-RTA Algiers feeder line signals, are not
made in this quality.
Algerian TDA Tipaza transmitter (2 x Tesla DRV 750, said to be using
750 kW "only" at night) was built in year 1972 by CSSR firm Tesla, and
powerhouse LW 252 opened again after refurbishing work on Dec 12,
2001.
1972 year comment by TDA-RTA:
<http://www.tda.dz/fr/file_realisations/realisationsTDA1962_2012.pdf>
Réalisation et mise en service de la station Ondes Longues de 1500 kW
de Tipaza, pour la diffusion des programmes de la Chaîne 3, sur le
Territoire National et la Couverture du bassin méditerrané.
(Wolfgang Büchel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, dxldyg via DXLD)
Re: ps. > a revised ITU frequency allocation conference is required.
Why? Only Europe #One longwave in Saarlouis Germany will replace
present split frequency 183 kHz by right spacing 180 kHz frequency
after DLR Oranienburg left split 177 kHz longwave FOR EVER, after
close-down on 1 Jan 2015 (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 18
via DXLD)
Auf LW 252 kHz schweigt heute Abend der neue TransRadio Sender in
Tipaza Algerien, nach den ersten Tests an der richtigen Antenne der
letzten 3 Tage. Die Techniker machen (christliches) Wochenende und
lassen die Arbeit ruhen.
Dafuer fiedelt es typisch Irisch von RTÉ Raidió Teilifís Éireann
(Wolfgang Büschel, Oct 18, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews 21 Oct via DXLD)
** ANGOLA. 4950, 10/17 0145, R. Nac. de Angola, Mulenvos, Portuguese,
f.ann./m.ann.: conversation; musics, very poor signal and barely
audible modulation, 25331 (JRX_Jose Ronaldo Xavier, (Cabedelo-Paraíba-
Brazil), Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD)
4949.8, R Nacional de Angola, Mulenvos, Luanda, 1850 Oct 17, Weak
modulation, mx, Tentative, 12222. 73! (Mauro Giroletti, IK2GFT-
SWL1510,
-JRC 525 NRD-LOWE HF 150-Elad FDM S2
-Antenna LOOP ALA100M-FLAG Antenna West direction
-Filter PAR Electronics – BCST-LPF
-Locator grid. Jn 45 Nk- playdx yg via DXLD)
** ANGUILLA. 1610, Oct 21 at 0542 UT, dulcet tones of Dead Gene Scott
can be outmade, and confirmed // much stronger 6090; equally weak CHHA
easily nulled. Caribbean Beacon not often audible here on 1610, WRTH-
listed as 50 kW but suspected less. If there is a hum like pervades
6090, too weak to tell (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See
also UNID 1610; See U S A [non] Caribbean Beacon
** ANTARCTICA. 15476.08, LRA-36 heard from Ireland Perseus site on Oct
13 from 2003 UT tune with weak to fair signal with moderately high
noise level and noticeable QSB, SINPO 35333. Signal peaked to near S4
from 2020 to 2045 UT with a lower noise level, after which a slow fade
and increasing noise made readability more difficult. Missed s/off but
was after 2100 and before 2110 UT. Program was alternating
instrumental music selections and a woman announcer (Bruce W.
Churchill-CA-USA, DXplorer Oct 14 via BC-DX 21 Oct via DXLD)
LRA36 RECEPTION --- For the first time in several years I can hear
LRA36 at poor to fair levels at 2040 tune in. I'm "cheating " though,
being on a cruise ship off the northern coast of Peru. Using just the
short telescopic whip on the Eton e100, and extending my arm out in
the slipstream on the side of the ship, there they were with music and
Spanish programming. Deep fading, with improvement to almost good
level. As we're sailing south, reception should continually improve,
as we round the Horn. With luck, I'll record some decent audio. All
this on October 20th. 73, (Walt Salmaniw, 0242 UT Oct 21, dxldyg via
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Staff/personal 2014 at/en LRA36. [1 Attachment] --- Photo uploaded in
their FB. Foto subida en su sitio de FB. ENCLOSED. ADJUNTA. The
station is on its 35th birthday. La emisora cumple su 35 cumpleaños.
IMG_547364021401654.jpeg Posted by: (Horacio Nigro, Montevideo,
Uruguay, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Photo attached to the dxldyg.
Be sure to click on the thumbnail to see all twelve of them (gh, DXLD)
I'm hearing a station on 15476 AM with what sounds like Spanish. I
zero beat it on USB on two different radios so I'm pretty sure of the
frequency, I just can't believe that it might be LRA-36. Seems to late
in the day and I have a good signal here. Any other ideas? Time 2305z
(myteaquinn, west of Cleveland, Oct 22, NASWA yg via DXLD)
Tentative LRA36 15476 AM --- Today 10/22/2014, 2305 to 2315z had a
good signal on this frequency and sounded like they were speaking
Spanish. I'm going to be checking again tomorrow hoping to hear the
station again. Posted by: (myteaquinn@yahoo.com, 2337 UT Oct 22,
shortwavelistening yg via DXLD) I wonder who that is? Note time, would
have been on the air later than ever (gh, DXLD)
** ARGENTINA. 11710.721, proper S=9+10dB -64dBm signal into southern
Germany at 0100 UT on Oct 17 followed by ID in Spanish ... RA ...
Exterior, and followed also by Japanese language identification by
female Japanese voice. Excellent propagation tonight, also many Asian
stations heard in 01-02 UT slot tonight. 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang
Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
[re 14-42:] Yes correct, is UT Tuesday, we European are few hours
ahead .... :-) Calculate with such big apart hour differences:
As native German, Y.T. interpret the text as two totally different
times though ...
>>> Was trying to pick up Radio Argentina Exterior tonight (Monday) at
>>> 0200hrs (10PM Eastern) on 11.711 as per the schedule at:
1st
>>> Radio Argentina Exterior tonight (Monday) at 0200hrs = Mons! at
0200UT
Seen in this context, 2nd - 4 hrs difference, UT - 4hrs
>>> (10PM Eastern = Sunday! 22.00 hrs local time in USA.
I'm well aware about time zones, as editor of DX magazines since 1971,
and ham radio operator since 1958 too. I would interpret your logging
correctly using this different sentence:
Was trying to pick up Radio Argentina Exterior tonight - itemized -
(Monday 10PM Eastern US Boston time)
or at UTC Tuesday 0200hrs z/UTC/GMT on 11.711 as per the schedule at:
Anyway, gives the average RAE listener a right hint:
"RAE Not scheduled UTC Mons at 02 UT." on 11711 kHz...
73 wolfy df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
[and non]. 11711-, Oct 17 at 0155, Cairo is off 11710 ending the
analog het to RAE, but now for the 0200 English hour, the problem is
QRDRM noise centered on 11715 from AIR in Nepali, DRM whether they
want or can hear it or not, at 0130-0230, 250 kW, 124 degrees from
Delhi-Khampur (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Radio Nacional weekend service hopping with the Harris transmitter
unit in range 15345.312 .... 15345.330 kHz up and down, 2145 UT on Oct
18 (Wolfgang Büschel, Germany, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
15345+v, Oct 19 at 0121, R. Nacional, fair with flutter on the hi side
this time, but music is JBM. This transmitter runs past 0000 only on
UT Sun & Mon, back to 11711- other nights with RAE. See EGYPT 11710,
thus in the clear yet dead air (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ASCENSION [and non?]. 6005, Oct 21 at 0523, BBCWS poor signal with
QRM from a modulated carrier or tone cutting on and off irregularly,
like a lethargic Cuban pulse jammer, but is this a defect on the ASC
transmitter? Stops doing this at 0528.
6005, Oct 22 at 0559, another het constantly on the lo side of BBCWS,
also with splash from 6000 Cuba on the air (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** AUSTRALIA. Happened across an interesting piece from Craig Allen on
the ITPOTS Facebook group recently. Apparently Craig was looking into
the possibility of a OzyRadio DRM test transmission on 5050 kHz from
the old Llandilo, NSW (ex VNG site). Unfortunately this was not
permitted by the current owners of the site. Would have been
interesting had the transmission been allowed though (Ian - AUSTRALIA,
SWSites YG Oct 17 via DXLD)
** AUSTRALIA. 2485, Oct 16 at 1232, VL8K, ABC with talk, probably news
on the hour, with het probably from local source; better on clear //
VL8T, 2325. As usual, can`t pull even a carrier on 2368+ (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** AUSTRALIA. 5995, Thu Oct 16 at 1301, 1312, and weaker at 1342 chex,
RA Brandon is again WalMat, i.e. playing nothing but ``Waltzing
Matilda`` IS over and over. Same thing happened on Fri Oct 10 during
this hour, but not noticed in the interim. Before 1300 Oct 16, regular
programming was running in AM on 5995, not DRM, like at 1245 on 6150,
`LNL` interviewing a birdie-nerdie, and finished waltzing again after
1400 when 5995 switched to Shepparton with better signal. Other
frequencies including 5940 Shep at 1300 were nominal with ABC news ---
is this the last news to be heard on RA until 4 hours later at 1700?
We know that there`s no news break at 1400 now that JJJ net show
`Earthbeat` is occupying RA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Oct 16, a repeat of Oct 10 reception. 1307-1359 non-stop IS (Waltzing
Matilda); suddenly into the ABC "Triple J" music show with Australian
bands; was already in progress (Ron Howard, CA, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Radio Australia with unscheduled news in French on Oct. 17:
0600-0605 on 11945 SHP 100 kW / 100 deg to SPac, instead of English!
from 0605 on 11945 SHP 100 kW / 100 deg to SPac switch to English
news. Video
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/10/radio-australia-with-unscheduled-news.html
Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1744, DXLD)
October 17 --- Radio Australia news in French, switch to English to S
Pacific, 0604 on 11945 Shepparton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-hxc4lszGw&feature=youtu.be
73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DXLD) 1-time error?
Radio Australia, 9580, 10/17/14, 1200 UTC with ABC News; 1205 UTC with
a nice program of jazz music, Jazz Up Late, hosted by Gerry Koster,
until 1300 UT (Larry Zamora, Garland, TX, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
But it was a fluke, or ad-hoc, as something completely different would
air a week later (gh, DXLD)
Don`t you believe the RA online program guide
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/radio/programschedule?timezone=UTC&stream=ras-1
which still shows on Fridays: 1100 The World [TV news]; 1300 Unearthed
[JJJ Network music]; 1700 Life Matters. There is still an option to
``change stream`` between default Asia, and Pacific, but the submit
button flashes and vanishes, and no change can be made, it seems, as
the streams were merged months ago!
Since `The World` is a 1-hour show, we assumed something else occupy
the ``mystery hour`` Fridays at 12-13 UT. Tune-in 9580 at 1205 Oct 17
to find jazz music playing, no announcements until 1218 intro Charlie
Parker`s Roma Lee (?), as I am now tuned to 12065. More jazz, cut off
at 1300 for ABC News {which is also on 5995 instead of an hour of
Waltzing Matilda yesterday and last Friday}. Retune 1305 as I am now
listening via 9965 PALAU and back to jazz, then announcer about new
releases and Melbourne jazz events. Referred to as a weekly program,
but what is it? 1328 outro `Jazz Up Late` with Gerry Koster on ABC
Jazz & Classic FM.
1330 next program is `Overnight on Classic-2 and ABC Classic FM`, with
solo piano music of a more modern classical nature. This is cut off at
1400 for another ABC News cast, rejoin at 1405 with Vivaldi`s ``The
Seasons`` in progress. So at least on Fridays, RA is NOT carrying
JJJ`s `Unearthed` as claimed on schedule.
These music shows from other ABC sub-networx are an improvement, but
obviously not designed for news breaks on the hour, which however are
important for the SW audience. One has the impression that RA is
programmed on a whim of some operator plugging into this or that
domestic network to relay, regardless of what the schedule says. Maybe
different next week?
Some of these subnetworx are ``digital``, maybe digital-only.
There`s a roster of them at the bottom of this page:
http://www.abc.net.au/radio/
Jazz: http://abcjazz.net.au/ where we see there are 5 ``ways to
listen`` not including on the air [except: now we know, RA!]. `Jazz Up
Late` starts Fridays at 10:30 pm [AEDT] which means 1130 UT, and ends
at 12:30 am which chex with 1330 UT. The next program on this net is
`Just Jazz`, but RA is relaying Classic FM which is relaying ABC Jazz
for `J.U.L.`, http://www.abc.net.au/classic/ and now `Overnight` which
really runs until 6 am = 19 UT, and really originates with another
sub-sub-network, Classic 2, http://www.abc.net.au/classic2 which
doesn`t stray into jazz but tries to make nothing but classical hip
for homework. Seems that in Australia as well as in America, Friday
nights are prime-time for jazz on stations which are not full-time
jazz, i.e. let-your-hair-down time after a serious week (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1744, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** AUSTRALIA. MALCOLM TURNBULL V MARK SCOTT: THE BATTLE FOR THE ABC
Date: October 17 2014 Matthew Knott
http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/malcolm-turnbull-v-mark-scott-the-battle-for-the-abc-20141017-117e9h.html
Mark Scott is no rabble rouser. Past profiles of the ABC managing
director have described him as "vanilla", "cautious", "dull",
"bureaucratic", "not one to make waves".
In fact, behind the appearance of a chartered accountant is a man with
strong opinions and a healthy dose of ego. But Scott's preferred style
is to exercise power discreetly.
That approach worked well with the previous government, where Scott's
lobbying convinced Labor to substantially increase funding for news,
current affairs and Australian drama.
But his powers of persuasion haven't influenced the Abbott government.
The ABC's budget was cut by $35.5 million over four years in the May
budget, the Australia Network international broadcasting service was
axed and deeper cuts are on the way.
The battle for the ABC is on. And it's forced this backroom operator
to flick the switch to hostile.
By Scott's standards, he gave a positively fire-and-brimstone sermon
this week to the University of Melbourne. The speech came as a relief
to many ABC workers, who had been grumbling that he had been too
passive in the face of government aggression.
Scott started by reminding the audience that the government had broken
a clear pre-election pledge not to cut the ABC. He then warned that
slashing the ABC's budget carries political risk: "Perhaps one of the
greatest lessons of the ABC's history is that while governments have
come and gone, public affection and respect for the ABC has lasted and
prevailed."
And he described as "mythical" the argument that the ABC can absorb
deep cuts without programming being affected.
This was a clear riposte to Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull
who in a blog post last month said he would not accept the blame for
any unpopular programming decisions - such as the axing of Peppa Pig
or Lateline.
"Suggestions that popular programs or services are at risk because of
budget savings are not credible," Turnbull wrote.
"The savings sought from the ABC are not of a scale that will require
reductions in program expenditure. The ABC may choose to cut
programming rather than tackle back office and administrative costs -
but that's the ABC's call."
Indeed, an efficiency study commissioned by Turnbull earlier this year
has identified $60 million worth of ongoing back-office savings at the
ABC.
And many mooted programming changes - such as [6]axing state-based
current affairs television - are being driven by management's desire
to make the ABC more relevant to modern audiences. Boosting investment
in the ABC's mobile and online services - Scott's top priority - would
require cuts elsewhere in the organisation even if government funding
remained steady.
But Scott was right to argue that there is no "magic formula" for
ripping massive amounts of money out of the ABC without affecting
content. The government's own efficiency study found the ongoing
savings would be offset by $75 million in one-off implementation costs
- including redundancy pay-outs.
"[I]f the government refuses to fund those transition costs, then it's
going to be some time before any savings can be realised," he said
this week. "Meanwhile, the only alternative will be to cut content
dramatically."
One of the most discussed programming changes - the axing of Lateline
- is now off the cards. There has been speculation that the ABC was
bluffing about its possible demise to maximise political damage for
the government. Fairfax Media understands that is not the case:
management was prepared to kill off the program but boardroom and
staff resistance scuttled this option.
But big controversial ideas remain in play, including:
* switching off the ABC2 channel as early as next year and shifting
its youth-focused shows to iview or the ABC's main channel. This idea,
which would eventually save hundreds of millions of dollars, is said
to be backed by Turnbull
* further centralising television production in Sydney and Melbourne
by selling the Adelaide television studios and making internal
production staff there redundant. Fairfax Media understands this is
very likely to proceed
* inviting SBS to leave its Melbourne headquarters and move into the
ABC's new office and studio facilities at Southbank
* selling off the the ABC's fleet of outside broadcasting vans,
meaning little to no local sport would be shown
The bigger the funding cut, the more tough decisions will have to be
made. Estimates of the cuts have ranged from $50 million to $100
million. Last month Turnbull said the ABC could cut $200 million and
maintain a quality service.
But the final decision will not be his. The government's powerful
Expenditure Review Committee - made up of Prime Minister Tony Abbott,
Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss, Treasurer Joe Hockey, Health
Minister Peter Dutton and Finance Minister Mathias Cormann - will
decide the amount.
The committee will meet to decide the ABC's fate in mid November.
That's when we'll know if Scott's warnings of political pain and
dramatic programming cuts have been heeded (Sydney Morning Herald via
Dan Say, BC, DXLD)
** AUSTRIA. October 19:
Radio Joystick in German to CeEu 1000 on 7330 Moosbrunn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRtEYyF2rkk&feature=youtu.be
Radio Joystick in German to CeEu 1026 on 7330 Moosbrunn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvCWmLvrp9k&feature=youtu.be
Radio Joystick in German to CeEu 1037 on 7330 Moosbrunn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihdpPj-0FfI&feature=youtu.be
Radio Joystick in German to CeEu 1052 on 7330 Moosbrunn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e315JiQXOCM&feature=youtu.be
Radio Joystick in German to CeEu 1057 on 7330 Moosbrunn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy924hgdJ_Q&feature=youtu.be
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DXLD)
** BANGLADESH. 4750, Oct 16 at 1237, S Asian singing, poor with
flutter, presumed BB HS. Also lots of carriers on frequencies of
INDIA, q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
9455, Bangladesh Betar, 1329-1345* 16/17 Oct. Weak, but clear with BOH
ID "in our Nepali Service, Bangladesh Betar" on the 17th, W DJ chat +
dance/romantic tunes. Closing in Nepali with clear Bangladesh Betar
IDs, then quick "Bangladesh Betar" canned ID by W on both days (Dan
Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA G5/6m X wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
15505, Oct 17 at 1356 I have tuned slightly above 21505 BSKSA on the
FRG-7, then down exactly 6 MHz to BFO hear when the Bangladesh Betar
carrier oncome, which occurs at *1357:07, but it`s very poor; after
1359 can barely recognize the IS, which runs past 1400, and
mistimesignal is now slow instead of fast, ending at 1400:10, opening
Urdu (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
15105, Radio Bangladesh Batar, 1259 October 18. Poor. English. Music
with male announcer. Michael Jackson's "Thriller", then abrupt sign-
off in mid-song at 1259 (Jim Andrew, Houston TX, SPR-4, Funcube
SDRPro+, Yaesu FT-1000MP, Butternut amateur band vertical, dxldyg via
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
15505, Oct 22 at 1357, VP carrier with flutter, no IS audible till
1359:30, and mistimesignal JBA to 1400:11, BB opening Urdu (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BERMUDA. Bermuda emergency radio --- I gather the old 1610 kHz
transmitter (wasn't it 100 watts? -- I don't recall if it was ever
heard outside of Bermuda) is no longer active? All sources such as the
below list only 100.1 now. The WRTVH 2014 still lists both channels.
WHT-FM Bermuda Hot 107-5 (that's how they IDed) and Magic 102-7 are
all playing music, oblivious to the storm.
98.3 Irie is dead air. FM 89 and Power 95 have a mutant noise only.
Most of the other links are just dead (probably always have been for
that matter)/
http://tunein.com/radio/Bermuda-r100306/
(Terry Krueger, Oct 17, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BERMUDA. 7268 LSB --- Amateur radio hurricane watch net.
Conversation giving current NHC conditions to Bermuda ham operator
(VP9NI - John running 35 watts!) and latter describing ambient
situation and barometric pressure at 0144 GMT. VP9NI will be checking
back into the net with a further report at around 0210 (John
Figliozzi, Halfmoon, NY, dxldyg via DXLD)
Same here - still ongoing (Rich Ray, Burr Ridge IL, 0202 UT Oct 18,
ibid.)
Gent on Bermuda is due to check in around 0208z per request of NHC
Miami (saudog2003, ibid.)
Net control is having trouble raising VP9NI (John) in Bermuda at 0320.
I did hear him briefly in response to net control's call, but signal
was very weak and then not heard. VP9NI had mentioned in a previous
(0144z) transmission that he was running on battery power, at that
time starting with a QRP signal generating 12 watts. When he realized
net control was having trouble copying him, he briefly raised power to
35 watts. That transmission was easily readable at my QTH in upstate
NY. His brief response to net control's call around 0320 sounded much
weaker (John Figliozzi, Halfmoon, NY, Eton E1XM, A/D DX Sloper, 0327
UT Oct 18, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Hurricane Gonzalo --- Now passed Bermuda, Hott 107.50 is playing music
and giving out a few "Hurricane recovery messages". The BBC reported
two hours ago:
Hurricane Gonzalo swept by the eastern Caribbean earlier this week
before heading north towards Bermuda
Hurricane Gonzalo has hit Bermuda with winds of about 175 km/h (110
mph).
The US National Hurricane Center (NHC) has warned of high winds and
"life-threatening storm surge" the after the eye of the hurricane
passed the British Atlantic territory.
Eighty per cent of the island chain has lost power because of the
hurricane, Reuters quotes Bermuda Electric Light Company as saying.
Bermuda, an affluent insurance hub, frequently sees strong tropical
storms.
"I wish everyone all the best for the next 24 hours. Good luck and
look after each other," Governor George Ferguson said in an emergency
broadcast ahead of Hurricane Gonzalo's arrival.
The Miami-based NHC said that although the category 2 storm had
weakened from earlier wind speeds of 205 km/h (125 mph), it was still
expected to be a dangerous hurricane as it passed over Bermuda.
Hurricane Gonzalo was labelled as a category 4 storm on Thursday and
was moved down to category 3 and then 2 on Friday.
Resident Hartley Watlington told the BBC: "We were attacked from all
three sides. I am staying in my sister's house. It is a traditional
house so we have had to board all the windows up with wood and
screws."
Bermuda suffers many storms, and so its buildings are forced to comply
with regulations on storm safety. Hurricane Gonzalo caused damage
earlier this week in the Caribbean, killing an elderly sailor in St
Maarten. "The eye of the storm has gone overhead, we are now in the
second phase and that's the worst part," said Ian McPherson, 36,
another resident of Bermuda, who said that Gonzalo was his third
hurricane.
"It is pretty rough right now, I haven't got any electricity. You can
hear the wind and the rain and see all the trees blowing. It is so
loud I won't be sleeping tonight," he added.
A webcam at the Royal Naval Dockyard at the port showed heavy rain,
large waves and trees being shaken vigorously from the strong winds.
Hurricane-force winds were predicted to pound Bermuda for several
hours. One person died in the Dutch territory of St Maarten after
Hurricane Gonzalo passed over the Caribbean.
The storm is being compared to the 2003 Hurricane Fabian which wreaked
havoc on Bermuda, the most powerful storm to hit the territory in 50
years. The winds then reached the same speed as Hurricane Gonzalo, and
caused damage of about $300m (£187.3m).
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-29669226
(via Mike Terry, 0451 UT Oct 18, dxldyg via DXLD)
** BERMUDA [non]. 7268-LSB, Oct 18 at 0535, Hurricane Watch Net by NCS
N4NVI, a ``directed net`` with calls approximately once a minute for
any weather info to be relayed to National Hurricane Center, from
Bermuda, where Hurricane Gonzalo has just hit. Never hear any replies
from VP9, where 2/3 of the island is reported powerless; 0542 finally
a call I can`t hear, if co-channel, from KG4KXY, who is not in
Guantánamo Bay as once would have been obvious before extraterritorial
prefixes were jumbled, but dentro-conterminous in Richmond VA.
Occasional heavy ACI from some other ham on 7272-LSB.
N4NVI has VG signal way over here. Never heard location, but ARRL/FCC
lookup says: HARRIS, DAVID A, N4NVI, 8545 E HIGHWAY 16, SENOIA, GA
30276. Senoia is just south of Atlanta beyond Peachtree City. At 0556
he mentions there will be a change of NCS at top of hour.
7268-LSB, at 0620 UT Oct 18 I find that ``N8BHL in Ohio`` is now in
charge, giving Gonzalo 0600 eye position as 33.5N/63.9W, some 100
miles NE of Bermuda moving NE at 17 mph, and barometer is 955 mb.
ARRL: ``BROADWAY, GORDON S, N8BHL, 3677 Peel Rd, Radnor, OH 43066``
7268-LSB, Oct 19 at 0128, ham net but unseems Hurricane Watch like 24
hours earlier now that Gonzalo has passed Bermuda. NCS calls upon
station after station to discuss duplicate contacts, to avoid
exchanging duplicate QSLs, hardly a matter of life & death (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BHUTAN. 6035, BBS Thimphu Bhutan hrd Oct 13 from 1156 UT tune and
as noted by Ron Howard, significant QRM from a pulse jammer on 6030
kHz (QRM most noticeable after 1210, but seemed to fade in and out) -
at 1200.5 and 1202.5 hrd short indigenous inst music and a man
announcer from 1201 to 1217. Another short instrumental music piece
1217 to 1217.5 followed by same announcer as at 1201. More music at
1221-22 followed by different man announcer. At 1223.5 a male vocal
with orchestral accompaniment to 1231. Flute instrumental at 1231
followed by what seemed to be an interview between studio announcer
and a male remote caller to 1239.5 with more flute instrumental [is
there any other kind of flute?] music. More orchestral music and
female vocalist until off in mid-song. As Ron noted, decent sig
strength this morning from the Perseus site NE of Edmonton with a
SINPO of 33333. Improved to near S4 after 1220 until s/off. Program
suddenly off in mid-song at 1241 but carrier appeared to stay on
(however this might have been CNR-1 carrier as I did not see the
spectrum display at s/off). (Bruce W. Churchill-CA-USA, DXplorer Oct
14 via BC-DX 21 Oct via DXLD)
BBS Thimphu Bhutan ? footprint 6035.0 or 6034.952 kHz? On remote SDR
units in Asia and Australia I 'see' two weak station signals side-by-
side adjacent, 48 Hertz apart. Which is which? Best signal on remote
Nagoya Toki-city unit. But tiny S4 signals, PBS Yunnan and Bhutan too
(Wolfgang Büschel, Oct 14, BC-DX 21 Oct via DXLD))
I believe the lower freq (6034.95 kHz) would be BBS Thimphu Bhutan,
but I would check with Ron Howard to verify that. I logged Bhutan on
the lower freq (6034.96 kHz) on Oct 13 and had a carrier (but no
audio) from PBS Yunnan on 6035 kHz past the BBS 1240* UT. This was
from the Perseus site NorthEast of Edmonton AB (VE6JY). (Bruce W.
Churchill-CA-USA, DXplorer Oct 14, ibid.)
6034.955, BBS Thimphu programm auf klarem Kanal 6034.955 kHz sehr
schoen mit S=8-9 Signal oder im peak bei -73dBm strength hier in
Stuttgart zu hoeren, in Moskau Russia mit S=9+10dB oder -65dBm, 0030
UT am 19. Okt. Bis 0029 UT erklang typische SoAS Himalaya music,
danach nur eintoeniges Gespraech von zwei Maennern, moeglicherweise in
der Programmsprache Dzongkha (Wolfgang Büschel, Oct 19, BC-DX 21 Oct
via DXLD)
Wer um diese Zeit noch 'auf' ist, - ein Tip: BBS Thimphu programm auf
klarem Kanal 6034.955 kHz sehr schön mit S=8-9 Signal oder im peak bei
-73dBm hier in Stuttgart zu hören, 0030 UTC am 19. Okt. Bis 0029 UTC
erklang typische SoAS Himalaya music, danach nur eintöniges Gespräch
von zwei Männern, möglicherweise in der Programmsprache Dzongkha. 73
wb (Wolfgang Büschel, 0039 UT Oct 19, WORLD OF RADIO 1744, DXLD)
6034.96, Bhutan B.S., Oct 20 1242-1315*, 33443, vernacular, Bhutan
music and talk, 1315 sign off, // Confirming the parallel Streaming
(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)
** BOLIVIA. 4699.9, Radio San Miguel, Riberalta noted tonight 2350 for
the first time in about a week. 73, (Bob Wilkner, Pompano Beach, South
Florida, Oct 22, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BOLIVIA. CHASQUI DX PFA – OCTUBRE 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:
3310.00, R. Mosoj Chaski, Cochabamba; 3/10 2338-2352, 44444, musicaf,
programa saludos y mensajes en quechua, ID “Radio Mosoj Chaski", ads.
4409.80, R. Eco, Reyes, Beni; 29/09 2320-0020, 33333, musica variada
rancheras voz femenina apenas audible mejor se le escucha en LSB,
musica, programa Saludos y mensajes. NOTA: por momentos la transmisión
se queda en silencio, ID “Radio Eco desde el departamento del Beni”
6025.00, R. Patria Nueva, La Paz; 11/10, 0351-0405, 44444, musica
salsa, ads, participe en estas elecciones este 12 de octubre, ID “Red
Patria Nueva”, musica, ID “Siga por Patria Nueva”, programa Tiempo de
información por red Patria Nueva.
6105.35, R. Panamericana, La Paz; 11/10 1140-1210, 22222, news,
TAMBIEN 14/10 1040-1205, 15/10 1110-1150, 16/10 1140-1205 y 17/10
1115-1150, 22222. Después de tiempo la capto; antes de las 1100 no la
puedo escuchar por transmisión en chino, no la deja copiar. Programa
Bolivia Avanza, una Bolivia honesta. Mejor la escucho en LSB. Comentan
sobre el precio del petróleo; luego de las 1204 imposible seguir
copiando por la interferencia de otras estaciones. Después de varios
días de escucharla, logro grabar su ID “Bolivia importa… atención las
emisoras que conforman la red Panamericana del interior del país, en
unos instantes el departamento de noticia de Panamericana, presentará
su noticiero… (Escuchar grabación adjunta) [WORLD OF RADIO 1744]
6134.80, R. Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz; 2/10 2250-2335, 44444, news,
varias ID, “Radio Santa Cruz desde Santa Cruz”, ads, programa
Informativo La red Huarani, La red que une a todos los bolivianos,
solicite el aviso por radio Santa Cruz... programa el maestro en casa.
6155.10, R. Fides, La Paz; 1/10 2310-2335, 33333, ID "Desde Fides,
estamos presentando…" ads sobre los comicios electorales y las
propuestas de los diferentes candidatos, ads varios.
La recepción la he efectuado del 29/09 al 17/10 en compañía de mi
sabueso Icom IC R72 acompañado del Mizuho KX-3, MFJ-1025 con antena
auxiliar, una antena de hilo largo de 12 metros y una antena loop.
NOTA: Para un mejor escucha de las grabaciones que adjunto, sugiero
escuchar con los audífonos. Muchos 128´s (Pedro F Arrunátegui, Lima,
Perú, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BOLIVIA. Sabato 18 ottobre 2014, 0429 - 6155.1, JBA, R. Fides left
tx on? 0430 s/on ORF [Austria] (Luca Botto Fiora, QTH Rapallo (Genova)
- Italia, G.C. 44 21' 06.89" N / 09 13' 30.94" E, playdx yg via
DXLD) That was my conclusion when I heard such a het weeks ago (gh)
** BRAZIL. CHASQUI DX PFA – OCTUBRE 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:
4865.00, BRASIL, R. Verdes Florestas, Acre; 8/10 0205-0230, 44444,
musica varias, ads varios, ID “Radio Verde Floresta..”
4885.00, BRASIL, R. Dif. Acreana, Rio Branco; 5/10 0410-0435, 33333,
musica en forma continua. ID “Radio Difusora Acreana….” (Escuchar
grabación adjunta)
4925.20, BRASIL, R. Educação Rural, Tefé; 2/10 2240-0005, 33333, news
musica, varias ID “Educação Rural…”
5939.86, BRASIL, R. Voz Missionária, Camboriú, SC; 11/10 0330-0347,
33333, ID “Missionária..” programa religioso y música, ID “Missionária
es una realidad” [sic]
9664.70, BRASIL, R. Voz Missionaria, Camboriú, San Pablo; 30/09 2220-
2305, 33333, news, varias ID (escuchar grabación adjunta).
11764.70, BRASIL, Super Radio Deus é Amor, Curitiba, PR; 1/10 2225-
2305, 22222, news varias sobre cultura, política, agricultura. ID
(Escuchar grabación adjunta)
La recepción la he efectuado del 29/09 al 17/10 en compañía de mi
sabueso Icom IC R72 acompañado del Mizuho KX-3, MFJ-1025 con antena
auxiliar, una antena de hilo largo de 12 metros y una antena loop.
NOTA: Para un mejor escucha de las grabaciones que adjunto, sugiero
escuchar con los audífonos. Muchos 128´s (Pedro F Arrunátegui, Lima,
Perú, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL [and non]. 9664.767 approx., Oct 22 at 0553, weak Portuguese
producing het of Bb below middle-C or 233 Hz with on-frequency
station, presumably KCBS North Korea which is on 9665 for 18 hours per
day, i.e. Voz Missionária perpetually varying off-frequency (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 9819.90, R 9 de Julho, São Paulo, SP, 0410-0420 and 0650-
0658, Oct 01 and 11, "Com a Mãe Aparecida", religious songs and
comments in Portuguese, 34433 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo/Reinante and Friol,
Spain, DSWCI DX Window Oct 15 via DXLD)
Also heard at 0726-0812, Oct 01, Portuguese talk, ID, Chrystian and
Ralf “Chora Peito”, I reported here that frequency was 9819.12 about 1
year ago, frequency had continued to be down a little, 34333 (Tomoaki
Wagai, Wakayama, Japan, DSWCI DX Window Oct 15 via DXLD)
** BRAZIL. 11854.956, R Aparecida, S=8-9 fluttery signal at 2324 UT
Oct 17. S=8-9.
9629.956, \\ same program in 2320-2330 UT Oct 17 time range.
11780.081, RNA RNB Brasilia, discussion on problemas ... S=9+20 -55dBm
11764.716, SRDA sermon, phone-in talk palabras, at 2333 UT S=9+10dB.
9586.904, \\ same program in 2332-2340 UT Oct 17 time range. S=7-8
fluttery
9664.759, Rádio Voz Missionária at 2344 UT on Oct 17. S=7-8 fluttery
(Wolfgang Büschel, logs of 23-24 UT Oct 17, via remote access to SDR
unit at Massachusetts near Boston on eastern coast of US North
America, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Same with more detail:
11780.091 kHz, Rádio Nacional da Brasil, goooooaaal at 0130 UT live
football coverage, S=9 signal in southern Germany, -70dBm signal.
11854.956, Rádio Aparecida, S=8-9 fluttery signal at 2324 UT Oct 17.
9629.956, \\ same program in 2320-2330 UT on Oct 17 time range.
11780.081, RNA RNB Brasilia, discussion on problemas, Oct 17 2326 UT
... S=9+20 or -55dBm powerful strength.
11764.716, SRDA sermon, phone-in talk palabras, 2333 UT Oct 17
S=9+10dB.
9586.904, \\ same program in 2332-2340 UT on Oct 17. S=7-8 fluttery.
9664.759, Rádio Voz Missionária at 2344 UT on Oct 17. S=7-8 fluttery.
(Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 17, BC-DX 21 Oct via DXLD)
** BRAZIL. 15190.16, R Inconfidência, Belo Horizonte, 2000 Oct 16, px
mx local, 22222. 73! (Mauro Giroletti, IK2GFT-SWL1510
-JRC 525 NRD-LOWE HF 150-Elad FDM S2
-Antenna LOOP ALA100M-FLAG Antenna West direction
-Filter PAR Electronics – BCST-LPF
-Locator grid. Jn 45 Nk- playdx yg via DXLD)
** BULGARIA. USA(non), Old transmitters and bad reception of Brother
Stair:
1500-1900 on 9400 SCB 100 kW / 030 deg to EaEu English
1800-2100 on 5900 SCB 050 kW / 306 deg to WeEu English. Video:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/10/old-transmitters-and-bad-reception-of.html
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/10/last-transmission-of-radio-ergo-on.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria Oct 18, dxldyg via DXLD)
** BURMA [non]. October 18:
Democratic Voice of Burma in Burmese to SEAs 1443 on 11560 Dushanbe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYWUkO6NoAM&feature=youtu.be
73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DXLD)
CLANDESTINE: 11595, Dem. V. of Burma, Oct 19 *2330-2336, 35333,
Burmese, 2330 sign on with opening music, ID, Opening announce, Talk
(Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN, RX, IC-R75, NRD-525+RD-9830, NRD-515, NRD-
345, Satellit 750, DE-1121; ANT, 130m Sloper Wire, 303WA, DX LISTENING
DIGEST) Final broadcast Oct 25-UT 26 (gh)
** BURMA [non]. MYANMAR EXILE RADIO DVB LEAVES SHORTWAVE, GOES ONLINE
| Text of report in English by Norway-based, Myanmar-focused
Democratic Voice of Burma website on 23 October
Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB), the country's longest running exile
broadcaster, which first aired in 1992, will enter a new phase on 26
October, switching from shortwave to online radio.
"Surveys show fewer people listen to shortwave nowadays, therefore DVB
is focusing more of its content on new digital media and TV output,
which will also be available via internet and mobile phones," said Aye
Chan Naing, executive director of DVB Multimedia Group.
October 2014 marks the end of an era for DVB radio, which was arguably
the pioneer of Burmese exile broadcasting.
Journalist Maung Too, who was a field reporter for DVB since its
inception as a voice for the All Burma Students Democratic Front
(ABSDF), reminisced about the days when Burma was iron curtained. His
colleagues fondly tease him as a rebel by day who moonlighted as a
reporter.
"We are talking of a time when nobody knew what was happening inside
the country; there was war and fighting and human rights violations, a
repressive political atmosphere and information control," said Maung
Too.
The then exiled Burmese prime minister, Sein Win, requested assistance
from the Norwegian government to help establish a radio station to
reach Burma with information that the military regime would otherwise
censor. Thus from Oslo, on 19 July 1992, the first shortwave
transmission was broadcast.
The demographic disposition of Burma, with large-scale poverty and
illiteracy in remote regions, made radio news a permeable, feasible
and ultimately popular medium among the public.
The process of broadcasting one single episode seemed tenuous and
long, but as Maung Too recounts the early years, one cannot miss the
adventure that outlined the production of each episode.
"In those days the process of broadcasting news in itself was a
struggle, as we were not allowed inside Burma," he said, explaining
how each episode was recorded on tape and sent to Bangkok, from where
it would be sent to Oslo to be transmitted.
"In a way, [DVB] always echoed the unified voices of all the ethnic
groups in Burma - Shan, Karen, Chin, Mon - against the injustice of
the military government," said a senior DVB reporter.
DVB radio gained notoriety with the Burmese military junta to the
extent that the regime described it as "a killer broadcast designed to
cause troubles" which was "sowing hatred among the people".
DVB radio was often accused of being biased towards Aung San Suu Kyi
and the National League for Democracy. However it has always
maintained that it was never affiliated to any party but rather
considered itself a part of the movement fighting for change in
Burma's political system. "We have maintained a policy of giving voice
to the democratic movement in Burma," says DVB deputy executive
director Khin Maung Win.
In 2005, DVB expanded into the domain of TV broadcasting.
Asked if video was effectively killing off radio, Khin Maung Win said,
"I don't think so. We are just entering a new phase." He explained
that there is a possibility that the contents of the radio shows would
be aired via other mediums and partnerships in Burma. DVB will also
apply for FM radio licences in Burma, he added.
The last episode of DVB radio will be broadcast from its Chiang Mai
station on Sunday morning, 26 October, from 6 -7 a.m.
Source: Democratic Voice of Burma website, Oslo, in English 23 Oct 14
(via BBCM via DXLD)
WTFK? 2330 UT Oct 25 on 7510 or 11595 via ARMENIA until 0030 UT Oct
26, i.e. imminent. HFCC has both registered but 11595 is the one
currently in use (Glenn Hauser, dxldyg via DXLD)
** CAMBODIA [non]. CLANDESTINE: 9945, CMN Khmer R.:
Oct 16 *2300-2311, 35433-35333, Cambodian, 2300 sign on with opening
music, Opening announce, Talk.
Oct 19 *2300-2310, 35433-35333, Cambodian, 2300 sign on with opening
music, 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)
** CHINA [and non]. 15385, Firedrake Jammer, (Presumed) at 0036, on 14
Oct. VOA out of the Tinang Transmitter Site in the Philippines is
being jammed by Firedrake playing instrumental Chinese music with
drums, chimes, and flutes. You can barely hear VOA during instrumental
pauses. Fair (John Cooper, Lebanon, PA, Winradio-G33DDC, CommRadio CR-
1A, RF Space-SDR-IQ, Sangean ATS-909X w/ Clear Mod, Grundig Satellit
750, Wellbrook ALA 1530+, Super Sloper Tuned All Band Antenna, PARS-
SWL End Fed x 2, NASWA Flashsheeet Oct 19 via DXLD)
October 16: Firedrake vs Voice of America in Tibetan to CeAs 1428 on
9920 Udorn Thani
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV5lK3mkbUA&feature=youtu.be
73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DXLD)
9885, Oct 17 at 0128, CNR1 jammer, fair with heavy flutter, vs RFA
Tibetan via Tajikistan, unusual to hear either now.
13850, Oct 19 at 0119, Chinese, so CNR1 jammer, poor with flutter;
Aoki shows a 0.1 kW Sound of Hope transmitter here long hours,
attracting the jam. After 0200 defective Cairo is here to North
America.
14920, Oct 19 at 1351, CNR1 jammer, good with flutter; no 12s, 13s
14870, Oct 19 at 1352, CNR1 jammer, poor with flutter
16100, Oct 19 at 1353, CNR1 jammer, poor with flutter; no 17s, 18s
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. 4940, Voice of Strait from Fuzhou is back on even frequency,
noted at 1537 UT, S=9+15dB on Oct 10 (Wolfgang Bueschel, Oct 10, at
15-16 UT heard in Nagoya-JPN, downunder Brisbane and Sydney remote SDR
sites, very weak propagation, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 12, dxldyg via
DXLD)
So should read 4940.000, right? (gh, ibid.) [it`s not specifically
exact without the extra zeroes; never drop them if applicable --- gh]
YES, as always. !! BUT, they may use two different transmitter units
on that site? Today again noted on odd 4939.956 kHz at 1440 UT on Oct
21. S=7 or -81dBm signal strength in remote SDR Tokyo unit. 73 (wolfy
Pct 21 dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1744, DXLD)
** CHINA. 5050, Beibu Bay Radio (Nanning), 1358-1404 16/17 Oct. Doing
well with Vietnamese pop/hip-hop songs, TOH pips, TC/ID ("The time is
10PM, Beibu Bay Radio"), Chinese/Vietnamese IDs + jingle with "FM 96.3
Beibu Bay Radio" tag. Aoki has BBR-9820 in Chinese 1330-1500, but
heard // 5050 in Vietnamese on the 16th. My ears or listing goof? (Dan
Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA G5/6m X wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. 5925, Oct 16 at 1243, soft romantic music, poor with
flutter; 1248 some talk sounds Chinese, 1300 CJKT/ZRGD ID. Aoki shows
it`s CNR5 at 1000-1705, 100 kW, 163 degrees from Beijing 491 site.
WRTH explains that CNR5 = Zhonghua News Radio (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. 9749.977, PBS Nei Menggu carried phone-in program in its
Mongolian service at 2347 UT on Oct 18. Nei Menggu site is a rarely
inaccurate odd frequency transmitting radio station in mainland China
these days (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 18, BC-DX 21 Oct
via DXLD)
** CHINA. Kazakh Radio in China will broadcast 18 hours. The Central
People's Radio Station of China broadcasts in five languages. One of
them - Kazakh. The first newscast was aired 43 years ago.
Kanatbek Zhumabai, deputy head of the Center of the China Central
Broadcasting station:
- From this year on our Kazakh radio, the principle of the hop. This
means that the duration of air increase from 3 to 18 hours and will be
allocated a special ester. Earlier in the Kazakh office employs 20
people, but now here has 34 employees. To the Editor are mostly of
young professionals - graduates of language faculties. After an
internship in Beijing, they are sent to Urumqi branch. Here are
confident that young people will fill the airwaves interesting
programs.
Kanatbek Zhumabai, deputy head of the Center of the China Central
Broadcasting station:
- Most of these guys here, working here, come here a couple of months
ago, now here are gaining experience. Radilov Zhanatuly came to Kazakh
radio 15 years ago. Reads the official news and directs the transfer
of "Zan zhane Zaman."
Radilov Zhadituly, Speaker of the Kazakh radio China Central People's
Radio Stations:
- Now, this program is not limited to, increasing the legal literacy
of students. Now, due to the increase of timing it covers many
different topics, talks about developments in the law of the country
of the interesting cases that may interest people. And, live we
interview famous people.
At present, the Chinese radio broadcasting covers 34 countries. And
his staff are trying to satisfy the tastes of all its students.
(<khabar.kz> via OnAir.ru, via RUSdx Oct 19 via BC-DX 21 Oct via DXLD)
CNR8 - China National Radio program #8
A-14 season in Kazakh.
0100-0200 15670, 11810, 11630, 9455, 1422, 1143
0200-0300 15670, 12055, 11810, 11630, 1422, 1143
0500-0600 15415, 12055, 11780, 11630, 1422, 1143 (9470, 7340 XJ)
0900-1000 15415, 12055, 11780, 11630, 1422, 1143
1400-1500 11630, 9645, 9630, 7445, 1143 (6015, 7340 XJ)
1500-1600 11630, 9645, 9630, 7445
1600-1705 9645, 9630, 7445, 6140
B-14 season in Kazakh.
0100-0200 15670, 11810, 11630, 9455, 1422, 1143
0200-0300 15670, 11810, 12055, 11630, 1422, 1143
0500-0600 15415, 11780, 12055, 11630, 1422, 1143 (9470, 7340 XJ)
0900-1000 15415, 11780, 12055, 11630, 1422, 1143
1400-1500 9645, 9630, 7445, 6180, 1143 (4850, 6015 XJ)
1500-1600 9645, 9630, 7445, 6145
1600-1705 9645, 9630, 7445, 6145
Xinjiang People's Broadcasting Station (XJBS), Urumqi
Kazakh in A-14 season UTC: 2300-1800 (not Tue.Thur. 0800-1100 UT)
4850 1155-1800, 2310-0325
6015 2310-0345, 1150-1800
7340 0325-1155
9470 0345-1150
Kazakh in B-14 season UTC: 2340-1800 (not Tue.Thur. 0800-1100 UT)
4850 1155-1800, 2340-0325
6015 2340-0345, 1150-1800
7340 0325-1155
9470 0345-1150 (Nagoya DX Japan website Oct 19; via wwdxc BC-DX
TopNews via BC-DX 21 Oct via DXLD)
** CHINA. 15100, Oct 19 at 0120, soft rock ballad, Asian language,
poor with heavy flutter. Aoki shows only usage of 15100 is 2300-0157
by CRI Beijing site, 165 degrees, Amoy during final hour (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also USA: 1540
** CHINA [and non]. Some changes of China Radio International
effective Oct. 14
0200-0257 9690 NOB 250 kW / 290 deg CeAm Chinese, cancelled
0300-0357 9690 NOB 250 kW / 290 deg CeAm English, cancelled
1200-1257 11910 BEI 500 kW / 138 deg SEAs Chinese, addit.(ex REE Sp)
1300-1357 11910 BEI 500 kW / 138 deg SEAs English, addit.(ex REE Sp)
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/10/some-changes-of-china-radio.html
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/10/cnr-1-jamming-unscheduled-broadcast.html
(Ivo Ivanov, Oct 19, dxldyg via DXLD)
As I already confirmed and reported by monitoring both (gh, DXLD)
** COLOMBIA. CHASQUI DX PFA – OCTUBRE 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:
5910.06, Alcaraván Radio, Puerto Lleras; 9/10 1000-1020, 44444, música
tropical varias, 5 de la mañana y 5 minutos, ID “La diferencia es
Alcaraván Radio”.
6010.00, COLOMBIA, R. La Voz de tu Conciencia, Bogotá; 2/10 0505-0522,
33333, ID "La Voz de tu Conciencia" programa religioso sobre el
bautismo.
La recepción la he efectuado del 29/09 al 17/10 en compañía de mi
sabueso Icom IC R72 acompañado del Mizuho KX-3, MFJ-1025 con antena
auxiliar, una antena de hilo largo de 12 metros y una antena loop.
NOTA: Para un mejor escucha de las grabaciones que adjunto, sugiero
escuchar con los audífonos. Muchos 128´s (Pedro F Arrunátegui, Lima,
Perú, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
5910+, Oct 20 at 0558, tropical vocal music past 0600, automated 1:03
``una y tres minutos`` TC at 0603, but no ID, back to music. It`s
surely Alcaraván Radio, HJDH, reactivated after missing a week or
more? Explanation:
``5910, Alcaraván R, Puerto Lleras, the last weeks I was not able to
receive this station, at sunrise here in Spain. Rafael Rodríguez from
the station let me know that the transmitter of Alcaraván Radio
suffered a breakdown and is on air in reduced time, but they are
working to repair it (Manuel Méndez, Spain, DSWCI DX Window Oct 15 via
WORLD OF RADIO 1743, DXLD)``
Slightly on the hi side compared to MW 910 kHz carriers on the FRG-7.
And Wolfgang Büschel had measured it on ``5910.063, at 0616 UT Oct 12,
into northern Alberta Canada receiver site. Fluttery signal, hops few
Hertz up and down``. Altho there is some signal now around 6010, it`s
much weaker and can`t be sure if it`s sibling HJDH The Voice of Thy
Conscience (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1744, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CONGO DR. 5066.3, R Tele Candip, Bunia, 1710 Oct 18, px mx local,
weak modulation, 22222. 73! (Mauro Giroletti, IK2GFT-SWL1510
-JRC 525 NRD-LOWE HF 150-Elad FDM S2
-Antenna LOOP ALA100M-FLAG Antenna West direction
-Filter PAR Electronics – BCST-LPF
-Locator grid. Jn 45 Nk- playdx yg via DXLD)
** CUBA. I'm using a mix of new and old technology; a $10 DVB-T USB
dongle with a Ham It Up upconverter to get BCB and SW frequencies, and
fed with increasingly large tuned air core wooden loops. My current
"loopzilla" is 6-foot on the diagonal and seems to perform better than
my previous 3-foot and 4-foot loops.
Anyway, after getting hints of Spanish audio on 530 in the car shortly
after midnight local time (MST) on the 15th, I set up loopzilla
outside and listened to variable quality Spanish broadcasting from two
stations. Using the mwlist.org site, I was able to get webcast matches
for both Radio Rebelde and Radio Enciclopedia, and also get slogan
matches from my radio audio. There's a post on my blog below with
audio snippets if anyone is interested.) Based on mwlist and
http://www.bamlog.com/cubalist.htm
I'm logging these as the following, recognizing that the call letters
might not be correct or meaningful:
530 CMBQ, Villa Maria CU, medium at 2:19am [0919UT], 10000W, webcast
match and "Radio Enciclopedia" (new, 1980 miles)
530 CTMO3 [sic], Guantanamo CU, medium at 2:28am [0928UT], 1000W,
webcast match and "Rebelde" (new; 2478 miles!)
I may have been assisted by the long path across the Gulf of Mexico,
although I don't quite understand what attenuation or lack thereof
happens on the multiple ground "bounces" these signals must have made.
Still, my first AM BCB catches beyond 1900 miles since I seriously re-
started my teenage DXing hobby from the 1980s again this August. (247
total stations at this location so far)
I've checked out 530 a couple more times in the last few days and have
only found weak carriers with hints of audio. Given the otherwise
rather clear frequency, are these stations fairly common out in the
western US? (Brian Rachford - Prescott, AZ,
http://azswdxing.wordpress.com/ Oct 20, IRCA via DXLD)
Affectionately known as pests :) Sincerely, (Todd Skaine, Woodbury,
MN, ibid.)
I can imagine the Cuban stations causing big headaches especially
farther east. I tried for some of the higher power Cuban stations that
night, but didn't seem to get anything. For me, it's the Mexican
stations that can be pests, although I'm reaching a detente in my own
mind as I'm able to ID and log more and more of them. (A webcast
match and hearing their slogan over the air is usually good enough for
me to log, but I keep working on hearing and recording call letters.)
(Brian Rachford - Prescott, AZ http://azswdxing.wordpress.com/ ibid.)
Brian - Cuban call signs involve some degree of confusion, partly
because they are rarely if ever announced. One exception is CMHW,
[840] which uses the "W" slogan ("doble-veh"). I think this slogan
predates the Cuban Revolution. Another difficulty is that there have
been sometimes dual call letters for a single station. Take a look at
the 2014 World Radio TV Handbook and you will see even more confusion
as it appears that the same call letters are used for multiple
stations sharing the same slogan. And, finally, note that many Cuban
networks have multiple transmitters on one frequency. Sometimes you
can hear a distinct echo that reveals at least two stations on the
channel, but which ones are you hearing?
I heard the 530 and the 1180 while visiting San Diego many years ago.
You might also try 1620, as there a whole raft of Rebelde stations
operating there, and you can look for a parallel on 5025 shortwave.
Welcome back! (Jim Renfrew, Clarendon NY, ibid.)
** CUBA. 5025, R. Rebelde, Oct 20 0738-0803, 25332-35343, Spanish,
Music and talk, ID at 0758 (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)
** CUBA. 5040, Oct 17 at 0104, RHC in wrong language, English instead
of Spanish, also on proper 6000 // 6165. This happens periodically.
Not rechecked 5040 until 0346 when it is back in Spanish.
A greater anomaly is reported to me by Mike Stone in Arlington Heights
IL: ``Hi Glen[n], Radio Havana Cuba at 2130 GMT, 6165 kHz, 10-15-14,
English service with Latin Music and talk. Very good S7 signal with
Yaesu FT840 and 45 foot longwire``. That`s a completely off-schedule
emission both in frequency and in language (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Mike, Tnx, this is very strange as 6165 normally doesn`t start English
until 0100 UT, and no English is scheduled on any frequency at 2130.
So I just want to be sure you meant the time as 2130 GMT = 4:30 pm
CDT? Rather than 2130 CDT = 0230 UT? Of course, RHC is capable of
totally off-the-wall transmission errors as I find them all the time.
Tnx, (Glenn to Mike, via DXLD)
Hi Glenn, My error. It was 0230 GMT. That will make more sense now
(Mike Stone,
http://www.pixelxaos.com
https://www.flickr.com/people/pixelxaos/
to Glenn, via DXLD) Check out his neat photostreams, CGI art! (gh)
6165, Oct 18 at 0136, RHC ``English`` is open carrier/dead air on
usual VG signal, while English is nominal on 6000, and 5040 is back in
correct language, Spanish. I leave the PL-880 on 6165 while continuing
bandscanning on DX-398. Finally RHC audio cuts on 6165 at 0148:16,
just in time for `Arts Roundup`. At 0543, 6000 is off the air. It`s
always something wrong at RHC, the laughingstock of `major` SWBC
stations.
6000, Oct 19 at 0113 tune-in to RHC, dead air! About 30 seconds later,
// 6165, undead, ``welcome to English broadcast for Saturday October
18; stay tuned for the next 59 minutes``! So it`s just the start of
the hour, evidently preceded by 13 minutes of dead air on both
frequencies. Will the hourly repeats past 0600 also be 13 minutes
late, or will something get cut in the meantime? Probably the latter,
but not tracked. However, another anomaly at 0544 check, 6000 is *on*
the air, with jazz.
15370, Oct 20 at 1422, RHC is in English! Possibly live YL speech
about Ebola, says outbreak is over in Sénégal and Nigeria, and urges
countries in the Bolivarian Alliance to prevent it. No translation
during or after. She has a slight Chinese accent, and outroed by next
speaker, Raúl himself, in Spanish as Doctora Margaret Chan (she`s the
head of OMS/WHO), approving of Cuban anti-Ébola aid. Probably not
there in person.
Apparently is live coverage coming from TV Cubana. 1427.5 back to RHC
studio for announcement saying it`s the Cumbre Extraordinaria de
Países Bolivarianas, i.e. ALBA. Then back to the event, and also
audible on // 15230, 17730, 17580, 12010, 11860, 11760, 9820, 9550,
the last with Vietnamese CCCCI as usual.
RHC stories about this today:
http://www.radiohc.cu/noticias/nacionales/36929-margaret-chan--%C2%A8ayuda-de-cuba-para-enfrentar-brote-de-ebola-es-una-esperanza%C2%A8
http://www.radiohc.cu/noticias/nacionales/36924-raul-castro-llamo-a-tomar-medidas-para-impedir-el-ebola-en-america-latina-y-el-caribe
``El ALBA la integran Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Cuba,
Antigua y Barbuda, Dominica, Santa Lucía y San Vicente y las
Granadinas, así como Haití, Granada y San Cristóbal y Nevis.``
How did all those English-speaking Caribbean islands get roped into
this unsavory group?
6000, Oct 21 at 0523, RHC English transmitter is off again, altho
without attenuation, traces of that audio can be heard due to overload
from the remaining outlets, 6165, 6100, 6060 (and 5040), which at 0526
are replaying the English speech about Ebola from the WHO leader Chan
whom we heard earlier live within the Spanish service (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CYPRUS. 9519-9542, Oct 18 at 0124, OTH radar pulses over this 23-
kHz range, now with no Spain in the 9535 way, possibly from Cyprus
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** DENMARK. Today I received a letter from the Danish Radio. Past
times did not respond. Adopted early in the morning at the cottage.
Woman spoke about the weather, wind and currents in the straits. Then
the music and conversation or interview.
-------- Forwarded Message --------
13.10.2014, 15:38,
Thank you for your interesting reception report. A QSL card and the
enclosed letter has been send to you through normal mail (snail mail).
Spasiba and 73 Jens Chr. Seeberg, Systems Specialist, Teracom A/S
Thank you for your e-mail of 01.10.2014 with the reception report.
I can confirm, based on your program information, that you have indeed
heard DR’s Longwave transmitter on 243 kHz from Kalundborg. It’s also
interesting to read about your receiver type and the 41 meter longwire
antenna.
Your reception report break the record concerning the distance to our
transmitter. I guess the reason is that Russia do not anywhere use the
frequency 243 kHz more for broadcast.
It may perhaps surprise you that the RF transmitter power for the
Kalundborg LW TX is only 50 kW - but when you see the QSL card with
the photo, you can perhaps sense that the antenna efficiency are
rather high. The main reason is the seawater very close to the antenna
system.
I have enclosed a QSL card with this letter - it’s a photo which show
the transmitter site in Kalundborg. Thank you again for the interest
for DR’s 243 kHz Long Wave broadcast from Denmark.
Best greetings and 73, Jens Chr. Seeberg, Systems Specialist (via
Alexander Golovihin, Tolyatti, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" via Rusdx Oct
19 via DXLD)
** DIEGO GARCIA. 12759-USB, Oct 17 at 0102 trace of talk, as AFN is
making a rare appearance; I check for it any night when I am
monitoring around this time. By 0111 I am hearing some music, and find
it significantly better on the PL-880 with short reel-out antenna,
than on the DX-398 next to it with a longer N-S random wire plugged
in.
0116 announcement; 0118 talk about veterans, PSA? then a long rock
song, 0126 segué to another; 0129.4 announcement, 0130 M&W
conversation, maybe PSAs, 0132 music, 0136 announcement; 0145 still
music, 0146 announcement with phone number starting with 370-; M&M
dialog, then W chimes in; 0150 another song past 0156 when I quit.
12759-USB, Oct 18 at 0113, checking again 24 hours after last AFN
reception, but nothing heard; however, by 0155 as I am wrapping up
this session, a trace of music has audiblized itself (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1744, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
12759 USB, AFN, 1240 October 19. Very light signal, but modulation
well visible on SDR. English. Pop music (Jim Andrew, Houston TX, SPR-
4, Funcube SDRPro+, Yaesu FT-1000MP, Butternut amateur band vertical,
dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1744, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ECUADOR. CHASQUI DX PFA – OCTUBRE 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:
6050.00, R. HCJB (La Voz de los Andes), Quito; 9/10 1025-1045, 44444,
programa religioso en quechua, musica religiosa Te Alabaré Jehová en
español, ID “en quechua indica frecuencias” musica ID, “Quito HCJB” 9
de Octubre, Independencia de Guayaquil (Escuchar grabación adjunta)
La recepción la he efectuado del 29/09 al 17/10 en compañía de mi
sabueso Icom IC R72 acompañado del Mizuho KX-3, MFJ-1025 con antena
auxiliar, una antena de hilo largo de 12 metros y una antena loop.
NOTA: Para un mejor escucha de las grabaciones que adjunto, sugiero
escuchar con los audífonos. Muchos 128´s (Pedro F Arrunátegui, Lima,
Perú, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ECUADOR [non]. ASCENSION, 11985, R. Akhbar Mufriha via ASC, Oct 17
2157-2215*, 45444, Fulfulde and French, Talk, ID and IS at 2159, ID
and frequency announce at 2213, 2215 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)
** EGYPT. 12070, Oct 17 at 0117, R. Cairo VG signal, extremely
distorted music in presumed Spanish service
11710, Oct 17 at 0117, R. Cairo carrier with no modulation audible,
but plenty to make a het with Argentina, q.v., 11711-
9315, Oct 17 at 0117, R. Cairo third Spanish frequency is open
carrier/dead air, fair with flutter
9965, Oct 17 at 0117, R. Cairo Arabic is VG with music but always that
whine (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
9965.209, Rádio Cairo in English language, 2300-0030 UT, 2340 UT
S=9+10 (Wolfgang Büschel, logs of 23-24 UT Oct 17, via remote access
to SDR unit at Massachusetts near Boston on eastern coast of US North
America, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
9965.209, Radio Cairo in English language, scheduled at 2300-0030 UT,
log at 2340 UT on Oct 17, S=9+10 signal strength.
9965.246, Fluttery signal of Arabic lady singer noted on Oct 18 at
2330 UT, S=9+10dB or -59dBm signal strength, BUT ONLY approx. 3%
modulation level, very, very tiny audio, rather difficult to hear
anything of the program (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct
17/18, BC-DX 21 Oct via DXLD)
12070, Oct 18 at 0116, R. Cairo, VG signal but extremely distorted
music with rhumble in Spanish service
11710, Oct 18 at 0116, R. Cairo, `Spanish` carrier seems unmodulated,
just hetting Argentina 11711-, which is modulating some music
9965, Oct 18 at 0116, R. Cairo, VG level and sufficient Arabic
modulation, but heavy flutter and rhumble, whine
9315, Oct 18 at 0116, R. Cairo, fair with flutter, and just barely
modulated music in Spanish service
13850, Oct 18 at 0526, R. Cairo, good with flutter, but overmodulated
and distorted Arabic (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
9965.25, R. Cairo, Oct 19 2316-2325, 25332, Arabic, Theme music and
Time signal at 2316, Talk, Modulation has become shallow from 2318.
15535, R. Cairo, Oct 18 1510-1520, 35433, Arabic, Talk, ID at 1510,
Modulation has become shallow from 1514 (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)
[and non]. 11710, Oct 19 at 0116, R. Cairo Spanish service is open
carrier/dead air, but at least no het from Argentina on a weekend,
whose transmitter is still on 15345+
12070, Oct 19 at 0117, R. Cairo, Spanish service, but Arabic music,
distorted on fair signal
9965, Oct 19 at 0126, R. Cairo Arabic, fair with flutter, humwhine
9315, Oct 19 at 0126, R. Cairo Spanish, poor with flutter, dead air
13850, Oct 19 at 0535, R. Cairo Arabic is open carrier/dead air on
good signal with lite fading (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 5005.0, 2229-2245 11/10, RNGE, Bata, vernacular,
African pops. Reactivated. 45433 (Carlos Gonçalves, coast of Portugal,
JRC NRD-545DSP & DRAKE R8-E; Advanced Receiver Research amp.; 20 m
T2FD, 45 m inv. V, 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., raised, 4
loop-K9AY, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1744, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
5004.9, R Difusión de Guinea Ecuatorial, BATA, 0430 Oct 13, px mx
afro, 12222. 73! (Mauro Giroletti, IK2GFT-SWL1510
-JRC 525 NRD-LOWE HF 150-Elad FDM S2
-Antenna LOOP ALA100M-FLAG Antenna West direction
-Filter PAR Electronics – BCST-LPF
-Locator grid. Jn 45 Nk- playdx yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1744, DXLD)
** ETHIOPIA [non]. CLANDESTINE: 15515, R. Warra Wangeelaa, Oct 18
*1500-1510, 25332-25322, Oromo, 1500 sign on with opening music, ID,
Opening announce, Ethiopian pop and 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)
** ETHIOPIA [non]. October 17
Dimtse Radio Erena in Oromo to EaAf 1717 on 11855 Kostinbrod
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfzhZfit7Ro&feature=youtu.be
73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DXLD)
** ETHIOPIA [non]. October 17
Radio Xoriyo in Somali to EaAf 1600 on 17870 Issoudun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_mdJND0uEc&feature=youtu.be
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DXLD)
** EUROPE. Laser Hot Hits/Radio Magic Int'l:
6205, English OM DJ & pop & dance music, 2+53+43, 0022-0202 12/Oct
6205, Bad to the Bone, Simon & Garfunkel Leaves that are Green, George
Harrison tune & similar pop/rock oldies. In even better than earlier
with Tommy James. Mention of “6210 in the 48 metre band” and reading
an email at 0609 and playing an obscure oldie. Other IDs also
mentioned 95.1 in Stereo as well as the web URL for streaming. Also a
‘shout out’ to DXpeditioner JD Stevens & others and again mentioned
4620 & 6210 kHz. 34+443+ ALMOST a o=4. USB cleared up some of the
mushiness. 0607-0632 12/Oct (Ken Zichi, MI, MARE Tipsheet 17 Oct via
DXLD)
** EUROPE. Radio Spaceshuttle on air now --- We are working on 3905
kHz now! And more to come... :) Reports to spaceshuttleradio@yahoo.com
Dj Spacewalker (via Roberto Scaglioine, Sicily, 1724 UT Oct 17,
bclnews.it yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1744, DXLD)
9269.6, Radio Spaceshuttle, pirate (HOL) Oct. 19, 0910 UT - music,
English ID - SIO: 242. RX: Perseus SDR, Ant: Loop ALA 1530, My QTH:
Center France. Best 73 (Franck Baste, F4LKC, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO
1744, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EUROPE. FRS broadcast --- On Sunday October 26th FRS-Holland will
be on air with a full broadcast between 0852-1500 UT. Frequencies
will be 7700 // 9300 kHz. Programme line-up includes all FRS
presenters and consists of FRS Magazine, the German Service, FRS Goes
DX, 80s Show, Radio Waves and the FRS Golden Show. Ingredients: great
music, DX News, letters, the Day Calendar and a number of radio
related items. 'Old fashioned' free radio entertainment on a Sunday.
Tune in....
Internet Stream
That same day between 1452-2100 UT/15:52-22.00 CEST will see a full
repeat on the internet. Check on your computer
< http://nednl.net:8000/frsh.m3u >.
In the meantime FRS-Holland has become 34 years; that was celebrated
with an 'extra' broadcast on Sunday evening August 31st. FRS strives
to have its brand new website on-line sometime in December. The site
will emphasize on FRS' 30+ year history in words, pictures & sound.
We invite you as a FRS listener to put your very own personal FRS
memories on paper.
- When did you hear us for the first time, what was (is) your
favourite show, when did you get your first QSL, how much did you
listen to FRS, any special on air moments you remember? All this info
will be part of your personal FRS contribution. Any serious
contribution will be part of the new website. We very much appreciate
your input as an FRS listener!
You can send your contribution to [frs@frsholland.nl]. Alternatively
you can use POBox 2702, 6049 ZG Herten, the Netherlands.
Remember that winter time starts on Sunday October 26th: UTC+1 hour=
CET. 73s, Peter Verbruggen on behalf of the FRS Team (Jan, Paul,
Roger, Dave, Brian, Bobby & Peter)
a Balance between Music & Information joint to one Format....
FRS-Holland
POBox 2702
6049 ZG Herten
The Netherlands
e-mail: [frs@frsholland.nl]
future website: [http://www.frsholland.nl/]
Posted by: (Mike Terry, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1744, DXLD)
** FALKLAND ISLANDS. Falkland Islands radio update --- From the
Falkland Islands Government website (undated, but reported by the
Falkland Islands News Network on 20 Oct 2014, so presumably recent):
http://www.fig.gov.fk/projects/index.php/fm-camp-radio/frequencies
MW Radio
The Falkland Islands Government is pleased to advise that, following
storm damage earlier in the year, the Medium Wave radio service
transmitted from Mount William has been repaired and is now back on
air on 530MW [sic], broadcasting the Falkland Islands Radio Service
(FIRS) and the BBC World Service when FIRS is not on air. However,
BFBS have advised that their Radio 2 channel previously transmitted on
550MW from the BFBS Bush Rincon site will no longer be available as
the equipment is beyond economic repair.
FM Radio
The channels now being broadcast island-wide on the new FM radio
service can be accessed on the frequencies shown [on the page linked
above, with map].
It is appreciated that a number of areas are still experiencing
difficulty receiving some or all of the new FM channels. An assessment
of reception around the islands has recently been carried out and a
report has been prepared for FIG outlining the various difficulties
and problem areas. The options for resolving these issues will be
considered by Executive Council in November and it is hoped that
proposed solutions can be implemented in the near future.
Kim's comment: Shortwave would be a solution. Short-hop propagation
would get into the remote valleys. DRM might even work in such a
scenario. Probably won't happen, though (Kim Elliott, Oct 22, dxldyg
via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** FINLAND. 25000, Time Station MIKES - Espoo, 1536-1545 Oct 14, time
pips without any announcements with a slight Italyuse [sic: someone,
not me, replaced the usual `PA` for Pennsylvania with `Italy`, even at
the beginning of the word PAUSE --- gh] and then a long pip on the
minute. Fair to good with WWV deep in background. Re-check at 1550 and
they were gone. Noted again on October 16 from 1019 through 1053 with
nice signal (D’Angelo-ITALY) (Richard A. D’Angelo: The Italy logs were
taken while on vacation in Italy using a Sangean ATS-909X portable. We
had a terrific stay at a castle with the highlight being my son’s
wedding on Thursday, October 16th. The bands were not nearly as active
as when in Greece a few months ago, however, they were a lot livelier
than back home. I also tuned the long wave band and found a lot of
broadcasting activity down there with activity noted from nearby
France during daylight hours, NASWA Flashsheet Oct 19 via DXLD)
** FRANCE. On the Google Streetview image from the entrance of the
promises the building looks quite well maintained ...
And the explanation further suggests that this is still an elder tube
transmitter? Well, at least 1278 kHz has indeed not the sharp audio
processing of other French mediumwave outlets. And if indeed never a
new solid-state rig has been installed an interesting question would
be if the former 1161 kHz equipment is still being kept as well.
Beyond these technical details 1278 kHz is rather significant for
another reason: It carries the broadcasts in Alsatian German from
Straßburg, presented as France Bleu Elsass (as opposed to France Bleu
Alsace, the ID of the French FM programming) , as only terrestrial
outlet at all. Thus the announced closure of the mediumwave
transmitter very much raises the question what will become of this
service. Not that it would surprise me if Radio France will decide
that the webstream alone suffices for what looks like a mere alibi
service (Kai Ludwig, Oct 18, mwmasts yg via DXLD)
Kai, the future of this special program is indeed an interesting
question. I happened to be in the area this morning and listened to
1278. The signal was in // to FM until a few minutes past 8 o'clock am
local time. The MW signal then had the program in Alsatian, and there
was even a listener calling. She didn't seem to listen via webstream.
I don't think they can/will close the service, for political reasons.
It might be moved to DAB - not yet active in that region, but could be
activated just in time. FM is not an option due to lack of
frequencies, at least two high-power outlets would be needed.
The site is close to the motorway. Perhaps we can get some current
images. And of course, we should write to Strasbourg and ask about the
future of service and site. Was the announcement of the closure from
an official source or "insider" information from TDF? 73, (Günter,
mwmasts yg via DXLD)
Last night I found 1278 to carry other programming than 864 kHz. At a
glance it is not obvious from the France Bleu Alsace schedule which
broadcasts originate locally, but the observation suggests that 1278
kHz takes the 101.4/102.6 MHz program audio when the minority service
is not on air.
Concerning DAB: I saw mentions of Radio France having no such roll-out
plans at all.
Perhaps Bernard Enfelder can further explain the source of the
information about the closure, in particular that it is TDF who
terminates the transmission contract? And so far I did not consider
contacting Straßburg at all, assuming that the decisions are being
made at Paris anyway.
Concerning pictures: I found at least these ones, with the building
indeed not looking that good.
http://cgfavg.perso.neuf.fr/crbst_10.html
No photos from inside or just written information about the equipment
in use (this in fact applies to all French MW facilities). (Kai
Ludwig, Oct 18, ibid.)
Curious to see "bad repair of the premises" being blamed as a reason
to shut down the 1278 kHz France Bleu transmitter near Selestat. I
visited this transmitter site earlier this year after having driven by
it dozens of times. There is a 6-tower antenna array, though a woman
who lives nearby and whose retired husband had worked there told me
that only the three western towers are still in use. There is a large,
impressive-looking building at the site, which appears from the
outside to be in good condition. The woman I spoke with said it is
mostly empty as services have been automated. She said someone comes
once a month to clean it. There are many Alsatian speakers in the
region who rely on this MW transmitter. I wonder what this means for
the future of the France Bleu Elsass (Alsatian) service, which is not
broadcast on FM. There's been no mention of the shutdown in regional
newspapers (Mike Cooper, GA, Oct 20, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** FRANCE [non]. October 16:
Radio France Internationale in Chinese to EaAs 1256 on 9955 Paochung
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeeyMMD_8Vk&feature=youtu.be
73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DXLD)
** GERMANY. October 19
Hamburger Lokalradio in German to CeEu 1103 on 9485 CUSB Goehren
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvv7Xg9DztI&feature=youtu.be
Hamburger Lokalradio relay Deutsche Welle in English to CeEu 1300 on
9485 CUSB Goehren
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxux3Z7lNbU&feature=youtu.be
Hamburger Lokalradio relay Radio Tropicana in Spanish to CeEu 1456 on
9485 CUSB Goehren
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vvo35liIcA&feature=youtu.be
73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DXLD)
** GERMANY. Hamburger Lokalradio Winter Schedule Relays:
Wintersendeplan HLR - Kurzwelle (ab 26.10.2014)
Sendestelle Göhren bei Schwerin
Sendeleistung 1 kW
Dreiband-Dipol
Anschrift:
Hamburger Lokalradio
Kulturzentrum LOLA
21031 Hamburg
Deutschland
Mittwoch / Samstag: (8h)
08:00 - 09:00 CET (0700-0800 UT) Englisch (7265 kHz)
08:30 - 09:00 CET (0730-0800 UT) DX-Programm - WORLD OF RADIO
09.00 - 10:00 CET (0800-0900 UT) Deutsch (7265 kHz)
10:00 - 13:00 CET (0900-1200 UT) Deutsch (6190 kHz)
13:00 - 15:00 CET (1200-1400 UT) Deutsch (7265 kHz) - 4. Sonntag:
14:00 - 15:00 CET (1300-1400 UT) Radio City aus Schweden [sic])
15:00 - 16:00 CET (1400-1500 UT) Spanisch (7265 kHz)
16:00 - 17:00 CET (1500-1600 UT) Englisch (7265 kHz)
16:30 - 17:00 CET (1530-1600 UT) DX-Programm - WORLD OF RADIO
Sonntag: (4h)
13:00 - 14:00 CET (1200-1300 UT) Deutsch (9485 kHz)
14:00 - 15:00 CET (1300-1400 UT) Deutsch (9475 kHz)
15:00 - 16:00 CET (1400-1400 UT) Spansich (9485 kHz)
16:00 - 17:00 CET (1500-1600 UT) Englisch (9485 kHz)
Good Listening! 73s, (Tom Taylor, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GERMANY. B-14 Sendeplan Sendestelle KALL. All times CET = UTC +1 hr
[in DXLD when you see a time with colons it ordinarily means it`s NOT
in UT but local. We remove any colons from UT citations, unless they
precede exact :seconds --- gh]
Kall B-14 schedule of 3985 kHz.
Montag-Freitag
00:00 RADIO 700
05:30 Missionswerk Freundesdienst
05:45 RADIO 700
12:00 Missionswerk Freundesdienst
12:15 RADIO 700
20:00 RSI deutsch
20:30 RSI franzoesisch
21:00 Voice Of Mongolia englisch
21:30 Missionswerk Freundesdienst
21:45 RADIO 700
22:00 RAE deutsch
23:00 RADIO 700
Samstag
00:00 RADIO 700
05:30 Missionswerk Freundesdienst
05:45 RADIO 700
12:00 Missionswerk Freundesdienst
12:15 RADIO 700
20:00 RSI deutsch
20:30 RSI franzoesisch
21:00 Voice Of Mongolia englisch
21:30 Missionswerk Freundesdienst
21:45 RADIO 700
Sonntag
00:00 RADIO 700
05:30 Missionswerk Freundesdienst
05:45 RADIO 700
12:00 Missionswerk Freundesdienst
12:15 RADIO 700
20:00 RSI deutsch
20:30 RSI franzoesisch
21:00 Voice Of Mongolia englisch
21:30 Missionswerk Freundesdienst
21:45 RADIO 700
Kall B-14 schedule of 6005 kHz
Montag-Freitag
08:00 Radio Belarus
10:00 RADIO 700
12:00 Missionswerk Freundesdienst
12:15 RADIO 700
17:00 RSI deutsch
17:30 RSI franzoesisch
18:00 Voice Of Mongolia englisch
18:30 Missionswerk Freundesdienst
19:00 RADIO 700
20:00 Sendeschluss
Samstag
08:00 Radio Belarus
10:00 RADIO 700
11:30 Radio Amathusia Niederlaendisch
12:00 Missionswerk Freundesdienst
12:15 RADIO 700
17:00 RSI deutsch
17:30 RSI franzoesisch
18:00 Voice Of Mongolia englisch
18:30 Missionswerk Freundesdienst
19:00 RADIO 700
20:00 Sendeschluss
Sonntag
08:00 Radio MiAmigo
12:00 Missionswerk Freundesdienst
12:15 RADIO 700
13:00 Hitradio Ostfriesland (ungerade KW) / sonst R700
14:00 RADIO 700
15:00 RGI (jeder 4. Sonntag) / sonst R700
16:00 RADIO 700
17:00 RSI deutsch
17:30 RSI franzoesisch
18:00 Voice Of Mongolia englisch
18:30 Missionswerk Freundesdienst
19:00 RADIO 700
20:00 Sendeschluss
Kall B-14 schedule of 7310 kHz
Montag-Freitag
08:00 RADIO 700
16:00 RSI deutsch
16:30 RSI franzoesisch
17:00 Voice Of Mongolia englisch
17:30 Missionswerk Freundesdienst
17:45 RADIO 700
18:00 Sendeschluss
Samstag
08:00 RADIO 700
16:00 RSI deutsch
16:30 RSI franzoesisch
17:00 Voice Of Mongolia englisch
17:30 Missionswerk Freundesdienst
17:45 RADIO 700
18:00 Sendeschluss
Sonntag
08:00 Radio Belarus
10:00 Radio Atlantic 2000 (unregelmaessig) / sonst R700
11:00 RGI (4. Sonntag im Monat) / sonst R700
12:00 Radio MiAmigo
16:00 RSI deutsch
16:30 RSI franzoesisch
17:00 Voice Of Mongolia englisch
17:30 Missionswerk Freundesdienst
17:45 RADIO 700
18:00 Sendeschluss
(Christian Milling-D, Radio 700, Oct 17 via BC-DX 21 Oct via DXLD)
Radio 700, Kall Krekel, Eifel, Germany. B-14 3985 + 6005 + 7310 kHz.
Neu ex "Polizeifunksendestelle-Krekel" former Police emergency radio
station.
<http://vergessenes.de.tl/Polizeifunksendestelle-Krekel.htm>
(Roger Thauer-D, A-DX Oct 19, ibid.)
** GERMANY [non]. DW now has the B-14 schedule on its website, and it
confirms that the evening English broadcasts to Africa will be
dropped. Also answers the question raised by the earlier HFCC listing
of five Kigali frequencies in use between 0730 and 0800: One of them
was apparently an alternate which has now been removed from the HFCC
listings. English on SW will be at 0400, 0500, and 0700.
http://www.dw.de/popups/pdf/39270399/shortwave-frequencies-winter-2014-2015.pdf
(Stephen Luce, Houston, Texas, Oct 17, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1744,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Attrition continues insofar as DW English audibility in North America.
Best beams for us from Kigali are of course toward West Africa and now
the only transmission thereward will be at 0700 UT, which is middle of
the night for all of us! We should still be able to hear some of the
Kigali if not Madagascar frequencies at the other hours; DW thinks
it`s more important include silly meterbands than azimuths here:
http://www.dw.de/frequencies-and-customer-service/a-1777509
Language Time/UTC Frequency / Band Transmitter Site Target Area
Valid from - to 26.10.14 - 28.03.15
ENGLISH 0400 - 0500 07425 kHz / 41 m KIGALI Africa (east)
ENGLISH 0400 - 0500 09600 kHz / 31 m KIGALI Africa (east)
ENGLISH 0400 - 0500 09800 kHz / 31 m KIGALI Africa (east)
ENGLISH 0400 - 0500 15275 kHz / 19 m DHABAYYA Africa (east)
ENGLISH 0500 - 0557 07425 kHz / 41 m KIGALI Africa (south)
ENGLISH 0500 - 0557 09600 kHz / 31 m KIGALI Africa (south)
ENGLISH 0500 - 0600 09800 kHz / 31 m KIGALI Africa (south)
ENGLISH 0500 - 0600 15275 kHz / 19 m MADAGASCAR Africa (south)
ENGLISH 0700 - 0800 09800 kHz / 31 m KIGALI Africa (west)
ENGLISH 0700 - 0800 12005 kHz / 25 m KIGALI Africa (west)
ENGLISH 0700 - 0800 15275 kHz / 19 m KIGALI Africa (west)
ENGLISH 0700 - 0730 17800 kHz / 16 m EREVAN Africa (west)
ENGLISH 0730 - 0800 17800 kHz / 16 m KIGALI Africa (west)
(Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1744, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GOA. 9704.970, INDIA, AIR Goa Panaji English service, 2245-0045 UT,
2347 UT Oct 17 (Wolfgang Büschel, logs of 23-24 UT Oct 17, via remote
access to SDR unit at Massachusetts near Boston on eastern coast of US
North America, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GOA. INDIA, 9705, 2230-0045 49,50,54 PAN 250 kW, 120 degrees
listen to my recording of AIR Goa, annoying whistle and heterodyne
oscillating tones accompanied at 2350 UT, on Oct 18. As heard here in
southern Germany. 9704.971 73 wolfy (Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING
DIGEST) Sounds a lot like WEWN with its squeals (gh)
** GREECE. 9420 & 9935, Oct 17 at 0151, still no signals from ERTOpen.
I didn`t check UT Oct 16 or 15, but John Babbis last heard these on
Oct 14-UT 15.
9420, Oct 18 at 0121, ERTOpen is on tonight, rock song in English,
good with flutter, // 9935 but the latter with buzz which occasionally
infests that transmitter. 9420 still on at 0530 check, now Greek
music, good but heavy flutter; while 9935 is off but 0532 // 11645,
poor with heavy flutter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
9420, ERTOpen [presumed] 0137-0206+ 18 Oct. Seguéd English rock/new
wave (Bruce Springsteen, Rolling Stones, Steppenwolf, Talking Heads,
New Order, Hot Chocolate, The Cure) thru TOH, brief break with Greek
announcements with flutes/cowbells/bouzouki lead-in. Audio a bit
sketchy, but an enjoyable logging, nevertheless (Dan Sheedy,
Encinitas, CA G5/6m X wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
GREECE ERT-open tonight with LIVE coverage of European
Champions League football matches at 19.10 UT
9415.005, --- not 9420 kHz !
9935.003 and
15650.023 kHz, all S=9+20dB signal here in southern Germany.
Heard FC Liverpool vv Real Madrid, and Olympiakos Piräus vv Juventus
Torino. 73 (Wolfgang Büschel, Oct 22, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Hello, ERT Greece on 9415 around 0445 UT instead of the usual
frequency of 9420 kHz. Splattering with BBC Arabic on 9410. All the
best (Tarek Zeidan, Cairo, Egypt, UT Oct 22, ibid.)
9415, Oct 22 at 0550, ERTOpen is here instead of 9420, F-G signal, but
by 0556 it`s dead air; also // very poor 11645, weaker than Vatican
11650. Avlis previously jumped to 9418 before returning to 9420. Now
is this a deliberate QSY? It was heard an hour earlier by Tarek Zeidan
in Cairo, and still on 9415 the following evening with football per
Wolfgang Büschel.
9935, Oct 23 at 0538, dead air again from ERTOpen and // DA is still
on 9415, not 9420. Not audible now if on 11645 too (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WORLD OF RADIO 1744, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUATEMALA [and non]. VATICAN COULD NAME OKLA. PRIEST STANLEY ROTHER
A MARTYR --- Posted: Thursday, October 23, 2014 10:42 pm Dale Denwalt
http://www.enidnews.com/news/local_news/vatican-could-name-okla-priest-stanley-rother-a-martyr/article_c3275bb2-5b2f-11e4-9559-9f0524601a2a.html
An Okarche-born priest who was killed in Central America almost three
decades ago soon could be recognized as a martyr for the Catholic
faith.
The cause for Stanley Rother’s beatification hit a major milestone
last month when a Vatican cardinal submitted his name to the committee
that considers such declarations. Archbishop Paul Coakley wrote in the
Oklahoma City Archdiocese newsletter that if the committee approves,
Rother’s name will be forwarded to a larger Vatican council made up of
cardinals and archbishops.
From there, Rother’s beatification can be submitted to Pope Francis
for final approval.
Rother was a pastor in the Oklahoma City Archdiocese and headed a
mission in Guatemala. He initially left the country after receiving
threats but returned a few months later. A government-sponsored
militia is believed to have raided the mission in July 1981, executing
Rother.
A group of local Catholics known as the Rother Guild are campaigning
to get him recognized as both a martyr and a saint. Guild leader and
Prague pastor M. Price Oswalt called it momentous news.
“Sometimes those things can get bogged down,” Oswalt said. The current
pope has indicated he wants “modern saints from the modern world,”
Oswalt said.
In a letter to the Vatican, Coakley wrote he was in seminary when he
heard Rother was killed. “From that time until this very day, the
witness of his life and death has been a source of encouragement and
inspiration to me as a seminarian, priest and now as a bishop,”
Coakley wrote.
He also said Rother’s cause could help evangelize in Oklahoma and
affirm the high regard Guatemalan Catholics already have for “Padre
Aplas.”
Oswalt said there could be a decision about Rother’s cause sometime
next year. At that point, it’s possible the beatification ceremony
could take place on American soil. He said there’s only been one other
such ceremony, and it happened this month.
After being recognized as a martyr, Rother would be in line for
consideration as a saint. However, the Church must recognize a miracle
stemming from someone praying to Rother for help.
Oswalt once told a special mass of Enid Catholics, however, “That
could take years.”
After he is named a martyr, The Guild will push for followers to pray
to Rother as an intercessor, someone who has God’s ear. If a person
receives a favor, Oswalt said they should contact The Guild.
The Vatican already has eight boxes of testimonials and interviews
from people who knew Rother, and an account of his death from a man
who witnessed it.
The boxes also contain about 20 letters Rother wrote. In those letters
is an explanation of why Rother returned to Guatemala after receiving
death threats, Oswalt said. His final writings are compiled in a book
named after an excerpt, where he says “a shepherd cannot run.” (Enid
News & Eagle Oct 24 via DXLD)
TROTS: This story fails to mention that Rother was with 2390 kHz
station La Voz de Atitlán; we have carried some previous articles
about this plodding process:
http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld9083.txt
http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld1322.txt
Sub-headline in the original print version of the new story said:
``Stanley Rother killed in South America [SIC!] in 1981``. That`s the
ENE for you (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. Lots of carriers on 60m along the grayline Oct 16 at 1237+
UT as our sunrise is 1240: 4760, 4800, 4820, 4880, 4895, 4920, 4970,
5010, 5050, all of which fit some AIR station, and most with at least
a trace of modulation, altho some also bear ChiComs (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. 4970, AIR-Shillong, Oct 18 1440-1454, 45433, Hindi, Music,
ID at 1441 (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. 6030, AIR (Delhi/Kingsway) 1338-1431+ 14/15 Oct. Heard as
JBA unID on the 14th with severe AC hum on the signal and thanks to
Mauno Ritola's info via Ron Howard, ID'd as AIR's Uttarakhand program
in Hindi. 15 Oct. signal much better, AC hum almost completely gone, W
DJ chat & Hindi pop (not especially Bollywood, tho), what sounded like
a string of PSAs/promos/government announcements 1358-1402+. Sked to
1430*, but heard at least until 1434 both days, so perhaps a somewhat
flexible approach to sign-off times. 16 Oct. at 1342-1424 AC hum back
strongly leaving any chat/music at imagination levels (Dan Sheedy,
Moonlight Beach, CA G5/6m X wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. 11670, A.I.R. at 2045 s/on, ID “This is the General Overseas
Service of All India Radio.”, schedule - Good, // 7550 Poor, 9445 Fair
Oct 18 (Harold Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia, listening in my car,
by the lake, with the Eton E1 and Sony AN1 active antenna. Editor of
World English Survey and Target Listening, available at
http://www.odxa.on.ca dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
9445, All India Radio 2140 October 10. Announced as the General
Overseas Service. Fair signal, but better than parallel 11670 which
was weak, but clearly audible under RHC (Jim Andrew, Houston TX, SPR-
4, Funcube Pro+ SDR, Yaesu FT-1000 MP, Drake C Line, amateur band
vertical antenna over 800' radials, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. AIR Bengaluru is interested in receiving reports of their
following DRM Transmissions:
2045-2230 11620 English to Australia/NZ
2245-0045 13605 English E SE NE Asia
Reports to:
sptairynk@rediffmail.com
Copy to:
spectrum-manager@air.org.in
Yours sincerely, (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur
Radio, Hyderabad, India, Oct 16, dx_india yg via DXLD)
** INDIA. OFFICE OF THE PRIME MINISTER CONGRATULATES ALL INDIA RADIO
Radio Magazine By Doug Irwin, CPBE AMD DRB October 16, 2014
http://radiomagonline.com/digital_radio/prime_minister_congratulates_all_india_radio_1016/
Press Release:
NEW DELHI — Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) is the means by which All
India Radio is converting its transmission network around the country
to digital radio. The DRM Consortium has published posts to the online
forum set up by the office of the Prime Minister of India, and the
following is of particular interest:
“Congratulations on the decision and effort of All India Radio to
digitize its medium wave radio network which will bring FM-quality
radio to 100% of the country. Digital means more than good audio for
everyone as it brings new content, emergency warning and traffic
information, maximizing the benefits of one big investment by offering
several key services at reduced energy consumption of up to 80%.
“All India Radio is now digitizing its Medium Wave and Short Wave
transmitters. Digital transmissions provide excellent sound quality
allowing for multi-language broadcasts with value-added services like
pictures, data and internet info. The first Indian digital receiver
for all this has been unveiled. The local receiver industry needs your
encouragement and support.” Posted by: (Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD)
The DRM press release, titled Connecting with the Office of the Prime
Minister, implies to me that they submitted the post to the forum, not
that the Office of the Prime Minister congratulated them
Connecting with the office of the Prime Minister of India | Digital
Radio Mondiale
http://www.drm.org/?p=3541
(Mike Barraclough, dxldyg via DXLD)
** INDONESIA. 4870, Oct 16 at 1239 poor signal with music, presumed
RRI Wamena as usual. 4870 is also a Delhi, India frequency with the
Kashmir service, but not starting until *1430, while Wamena runs until
1500v per http://rri.jpn.org (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
It's Thursday (Oct 16), so RRI Wamena (4869.91) had the Kang Guru
Indonesia program in English which today started at 1235 with the KGI
jingle and during the show played several pop songs. Ron
** INDONESIA. 9525.9025 kHz, Voice of Indonesia, 1310 October 11.
Weak. News read by a female announcer. This is as close as I could
resolve the frequency with my SDR (Jim Andrew, Houston TX, SPR-4,
Funcube Pro+ SDR, Yaesu FT-1000 MP, Drake C Line, amateur band
vertical antenna over 800' radials, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. UNIDENTIFIED. 11410-USB to 11455-USB. 1421+ 8 Oct. 2 x
SSB in Indonesian with chat, occasional music -- stations on nearly
every 5 kHz channel. sounding very similar to the stations heard on
7000-7120-LSB nearly every morning at 1330-1430+, so perhaps Indo
"free-banders"? The Indos are kinda interesting -- heard pretty much
daily on 40M, but this is the first time for me on 25M, wonder what
it's all about (what's the Bahasa Indonesia for "hokey-pokey",
anyway?) Happy early October & all the best from Encinitas.
INDONESIA, 11425-USB, Indonesian "chanters", 1350-1415 9/10/14/15 Oct.
Googling "11425 kHz Indonesian SSB" brought up a few links for this
crew. (Thanks to a radioreference forums thread on 4 May 2012 with
info from contributors "Ridgescan", "Token", "Brandon" and ZL2TAW for
links to similar operations on 7 MHz (apparently the Region 3 IARU
intruder watch has the 7 MHz "chanters" described as daily operations
and "village radio").
11425 is usually the strongest of several frequencies in use during
the monitoring period (11400, 405, 410, 415, 420, 435, 440, 450, 455,
460, 465), mostly BI chat, "chanting" (more like droning) and the
occasional musical selection (Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA, G5/6m X
wire, WORLD OF RADIO 1744, DX LISTENING DIGEST)``
11425-USB, Oct 22 at 1341, repeated singing fading in and out, just
two syllables chanting, sounds like ``hound-dog``; 1353 some JBA talk.
Checking here since Dan Sheedy, California reported (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WORLD OF RADIO 1744, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** IRAN. 15300, Oct 20 at 1421, VIRI IS, fair with flutter, 1423 NA,
1424 sign-on in usual procedure but I don`t try to ID the language,
knowing I can uplook it later in Aoki: Hindi hour, 500 kW, 109 degrees
from Kamalabad (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** IRAN [non]. CLANDESTINE: 7575, R. Ranginkaman, Oct 20 1703-1716,
25222-25332, Farsi, Talk and music, ID at 1714 (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. 252 signal well down --- Signal on 252 kHz hardly readable
right down in noise here (Leicestershire/Warks border) where as
normally very good on my HF 225 Lowe and 17 metres at 25 ft going 1
degree off south to north, balun, and RG58U coax in about 18 metres.
Even normally get a good signal on my Fidelity Rad 21 - so what's
going on or is this a awfully badly timed transmitter failure? (Rog
Parsons (BDXC 782), Hinckley LE10 0NJ, 2015 UT Oct 15, BDXC-UK yg via
DXLD)
At 2100 last night on the Twente receiver there was a mix of RTE and
French audio. At 2200 on my Sony ICF7600G there was a RTE together
with a 1 kHz tone, also heard by two contributors to Digital Spy in
Ireland, not far from the transmitter and Bristol. Algeria on test?
(Mike Barraclough, England, Oct 15, ibid.) Yes: see ALGERIA [and non]
RTE Radio 1 on 252 kHz back up to normal this afternoon (Rog Parsons
(BDXC 782), Hinckley LE10 0NJ* 1612 UT Oct 16, ibid.)
The site was first used for Atlantic 252 from September 1989, a joint
venture between RTE(20% share) and RTL(80% share) under the trading
name Radio Tara which was formed in August 1986. Chris Cary had
already done some low power tests from Clogher Head, County Louth on
254 in January 1986.
RADIO NOVA - DUBLIN - LONG WAVE
NOVA - LONG WAVE - 254kHz:
http://www.dxarchive.com/ireland_dublin_radio_nova_longwave.html
Atlantic 252 used two 300 kW Continental transmitters run at 500 kW
daytime, maximum allowed under Ireland's allocation. At first they
closed down at 7 p.m. and advised listeners to tune in to Radio
Luxembourg. When they started 24 hour transmissions the WRTH lists
power as 100 kW, Algeria also dropping power to 750 kW at night.
Following Atlantic 252's closure in December 2001 Teamtalk 252 used
the site from January 2002 to August 2002.
Teamtalk sold their 80% of Radio Tara's assets to RTE. RTE Radio 1
started using the frequency on St. Patricks Day, 17th March, 2004,
Handbook lists power as 500kw. In 2007 the transmitters were replaced
by a single 300 Kilowatt TRAM 300L, they did some DRM tests from it
overnight for some months. Statements in the Irish Dail suggest that
they had been running at 300kw anyway prior to this (Mike Barraclough,
ibid.)
Petition to save RTÉ long wave --- A petition to RTÉ (on change.org)
asking the broadcaster to continue its long wave broadcasts serving
the Irish community in Britain has been initiated 3-4 days ago.
Despite the postponement of the LW closure announced yesterday, the
petition organiser is still asking people to sign and support the
petition:
"We are requesting that RTE keep its broadcasting services to the
Irish in Britain. RTE announced with one month's notice that it would
shut down its longwave service on October 27. This move was done with
no consultation with its listeners, and will be a significant loss to
the whole Irish community."
Direct link to petition is at:
https://www.change.org/p/rte-don-t-cut-off-the-irish-in-britain
Posted by: ("Alan Pennington", ibid.)
RTÉ LONGWAVE CLOSURE POSTPONED
Radio Survivor, By Paul Riismandel, October 20, 2014
http://www.radiosurvivor.com/2014/10/20/rte-longwave-closure-postponed/
The imminent closure of the Irish public broadcaster’s longwave
service we reported last week has been postponed until January 19,
2015. Its original shut down date was next week, October 27.
The Managing Director of RTÉ Radio Jim Jennings plans to travel to the
UK to meet with community groups affected by the loss of service to
see what other solutions might be found for them. Longwave is the only
RTÉ radio service that reaches the UK, though the global Irish
diaspora can also listen online.
The outcry over the closure was greater than expected, but Jennings
says the longwave service is still set to be shuttered.
The loss of RTÉ longwave is part of a global trend of national
broadcasters cutting back or eliminating international-serving
longwave and shortwave transmissions, especially those oriented
towards countries with significant internet penetration. For instance,
the BBC dropped shortwave service to North American more than a decade
ago, in response to declining shortwave listenership and the
availability of the World Service online and via public radio stations
in the US and Canada.
Still, listeners in cars, older audiences and those without reliable
home internet are left out as these services sunset. It will be
interesting to learn what results from Jennings’ discussions with the
UK-based community groups. Will he convince them to take up internet
listening, or will there be a creative third-way solution?
Posted by: (Mike Terry, Oct 21, dxldyg via DXLD)
At the end of the day if someone chooses to live in a foreign country
and no longer pay taxes to the former home country it is unreasonable
to expect the former home country to provide services such as radio
free of charge. RTE have no obligation to provide this LW service to
Britain or even NI (Gareth, Sent from my iPad, Foster?, BDXC-UK yg via
DXLD)
Hi, surely you're right, but I think sometimes the "former home
country" may find appropriate to broadcast to former citizens as a way
of preserving a link with them. I remember for instance when RAI
relayed the Sunday afternoon football matches on shortwave. 73,
(Stefano Valianti, Italy, Inviato da smartphone Samsung Galaxy, ibid.)
** IRELAND & IRELAND NORTHERN. Hi Glenn! Some church logs.
IRELAND/NORTHERN IRELAND
Sunday Oct 12, 1110-1200 UT
27065 kHz St. John´s Church Middletown, Co. Armagh, G
27285 kHz St. Joseph´s Church Glenullin, Co. Derry, G
27375 kHz Church of Our Lady Conceived Without Sin Mitchelstown, Co.
Cork, IRL (in AM!)
27395 kHz St. Senan´s Church Shanagolden, Co. Limerick, IRL
27505 kHz SS Peter & Paul Church Kilmalock, Co. Limerick, IRL
27601 kHz SS Peter & Paul Church Bruff, Co. Limerick, IRL
27621 kHz SS John & Paul Church Tullyvarraga/Shannon, Co. Clare, IRL
27695 kHz St. Patrick´s Church Fermoy, Co. Cork, IRL
27755 kHz St. Nessan´s Church Raheen, Co. Limerick, IRL
27781 kHz Church of Immaculate Conception Strabane, Co. Tyrone, G
27795 kHz SS Peter & Paul Church Clarecastle, Co. Clare, IRL
Friday Oct 17, 1040-1100 UT
27611 kHz SS Peter & Paul Church Athlone, Co. Westmeath, IRL
27655 kHz Church of Our Lady´s Nativity Leixlip, Co. Kildare, IRL
Saturday Oct 18, 0950-1030 UT
27395 kHz St. Senan´s Church Shanagolden, Co. Limerick, IRL
27611 kHz SS Peter & Paul Church Athlone, Co. Westmeath, IRL
27681 kHz St. Mary´s Church Killyclogher/Omagh, Co. Tyrone, G
73, (Patrick Robic, Austria, Oct 20, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Do we know for sure there are zero such stations elsewhere in the UK?
If not, why not? And what about Protestant churches? (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Hi Glenn! I do not know for sure. But so far I and no one contributing
to the list has heard one. Holy Trinity Church, Banbridge on 27771 kHz
is an Anglican church.
I got several replies from Catholic churches that their radio systems
do not reach the whole parish. The Protestant parishes especially in
the Republic of Ireland have a much bigger area than the Catholic
ones, so I think it don´t make sense to use parish radio systems.
Maybe there are some more in Northern Ireland we haven´t found yet.
73, (Patrick Robic, Austria, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ITALY. AUDIOCLIP: 90 YEARS OF RADIO IN ITALY, SPECIAL TRANSMISSION
see MUSEA
Franco Franc wrote today on the CUMBRE DX Facebook group: On October
6, 2014, Radiotre RAI has celebrated 90 years of radio in Italy.
During the program was broadcast the recording of the first
announcement of the Italian radio. Following the execution of the live
quartet by Haydn, the same that was executed on the evening of October
9, 1924
http://blog.libero.it/radioascolto/12988810.html
Posted by: (Mike Terry, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** JAPAN [non]. 13840, Oct 19 at 0535, no signal from R. Japan, French
via Madagascar, which is normally sufficient, off the air? but still
audible on 11730 via FRANCE, as is 13850 Cairo (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
[and non] [ASCENSION ISL/FRANCE/GERMANY/LITHUANIA/MADAGASCAR/PALAU/
RUSSIA/SINGAPORE/SOUTH AFRICA/TAJIKISTAN/UAE/U.K./USA/UZBEKISTAN]
NHK World - Radio Japan Tokyo - October 26, 2014 - March 29, 2015.
B-14 summer season file, according NHK World Radio Japan leaflet.
Arabic
0600-0630 ME/NoAF 11975iss
2100-2130 ME Ramallah 87.8 MHz in Ramallah Palestine,
+3 cities on 107.8, 107.9, and 108 MHz.
<http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/arabic/radio/frequency.html>
Bengali
1300-1345 SoWeAS 11685sng
1500-1545 SoWeAS FM Dhaka 104.0 MHz + 6 cities
<http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/bengali/radio/frequency.html>
Burmese
1030-1100 SoEaAS 11740sng
1430-1500 SoEaAS 11740sng
2340-2400 SoEaAS 13650
Chinese
0900-0930 AS 6090
1200-1230 AS 6090
1300-1330 AS 6190
1400-1430 AS 6190
1530-1600 AS 9575
2230-2250 AS 9560
English
0500-0530 EUR 13640uae exBAB Woofferton
0500-0530 AF/EaAF/SoAF 9770iss
1000-1030 OCE/Hawaii 9625
1100-1130 EUR 9760wof, Fris only DRM mode
1200-1230 SoEaAS 11740sng
1400-1430 SoEaAS 11925pal
1400-1430 SoWeAS 11695tac
1800-1830 CeAF 11800mey
French
0530-0600 WeAF 11730iss
0530-0600 CeAF 13840mdg
2030-2100 WeAF 11950mdg
Hindi
0100-0130 SoWeAS 7330tac
1430-1515 SoWeAS 15720mdg
Indonesian
1115-1200 SoEaAS 9625pal
1315-1400 SoEaAS 11925pal
1406-1451 SoEaAS FM Jakarta 89.2 MHz + 37 INS cities
<http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/indonesian/aboutus/radio.html>
2130-2200 SoEaAS 6075
Japanese
{0100-0600 EUR 9420uae, - only reserve emergency special bc slot}
0200-0500 AS 15195
0200-0500 SoWeAS 15590
0200-0500 SoEaAS 17810
0300-0500 CeAM 5960iss
0300-0500 SoEaEUR/NE/ME/NoEaAF 9620nau
0700-0800 EaAS 11710
0800-0900 SoEaAS 17585
0800-1000 So/CeAM 12015asc
0800-1000 SoWeEUR/WeAF 15290iss
0800-1700 AS 9750
0900-1500 SoEaAS 11815
1500-1700 AF/SoWeAS/SoAS 9680
1700-1900 SoEU/ceAF/soAF 11945iss
1700-1900 SoEaEUR/NE/ME/NoEaAF 9765nau
1900-2100 CeAS/ME/NE/NoAF 9670 {alternate reserve 7225 kHz}
1900-2100 CeAF 15130iss
2000-2100 OCE/Hawaii 9625
2100-2300 SoEaAS 11665
2100-2400 AS 11910
Korean
0915-0945 AS 9700
1130-1200 AS 6090
1230-1300 AS 6190
1330-1400 AS 6190
1430-1500 AS 6190
2209-2230 AS 9560
Persian
0400-0430 ME 11730tac
1430-1500 ME 13725iss FM Kabul/Herat 88.0 MHz
<http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/persian/radio/frequency.html>
1630-1700 ME MW927tjk
Portuguese
0900-0930 SoAM 6195hri
2030-2100 SoAM MW1370spa MW1520 Mogi das Cruzes
MW1370 Campinas FM 96.5 MHz, Brasília FM 94.1 MHz
<http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/portuguese/radio/frequency.html
2130-2200 SoAM 17540hri
Russian
0330-0400 EU MW738msk MW1386sit
0430-0500 EU 5910sit
0530-0600 EaAS 11710
1100-1130 EaAS 6090
1130-1200 EU 9760wof, Fris only DRM mode
1600-1630 EU MW738msk MW927tjk
1730-1800 EU MW1386sit
Spanish
0400-0430 CeAM 5985rmi
0400-0430 CeSoAM 6195hri
0930-1000 CeSoAM 6195hri
Swahili
0315-0400 EaAF 7395mdg
1729-1800 EaAF 13730mdg
1730-1800 TZA FM Dar es Salaam 94.6 MHz, Mwanza 98.2 MHz
+ 22 cities of TBC FM.
COD FM Kisangani 97.7, Kivu 88.6, Goma 88.7
BDI FM Bujumbura 88.6, 107.5 MHz.
<http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/swahili/radio/frequency.html>
Thai
1130-1200 SoEaAS 11740sng
1230-1300 SoEaAs 11740sng
2259-2320 SoEaAS 13650
Urdu
1515-1600 SoWeAS 13870uae
1700-1745 SoWeAS MW927tjk
Vietnamese
1100-1130 SoEaAS 11740sng
1300-1330 SoEaAS 11740sng
2320-2340 SoEaAS 13650
Relays:
asc Ascension Isl
hri HRI Furman-SC, South Carolina, USA
iss Issoudun, France
mdg Madagascar
mey Meyerton, South Africa
msk Moscow, Russia
nau Nauen, Germany
pal KHBN Palau
rmi WRMI Okeechobee-FL, Florida USA
sit Sitkunai, Lithuania
sng Kranji, Singapore
spa Sao Paulo, Brazil
tac Tashkent, Uzbekistan
tjk Dushanbe, Tajikistan
uae Al Dhabayya, UAE
wof Woofferton UK-GBR, only DRM mode special on Fris.
FM relays in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Brazil, Burundi, Congo DR,
Indonesia, Palestine West Bank, and Tanzania (NHK Radio Japan, Oct 21,
PDF leaflet transformed by wb wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 22 via DXLD)
** KOREA NORTH. 9665, KCBS 1200 October 10. Very good signal. Martial
music and presumed news. Again on October 11 with better signal and
news in Korean. Parallel 11680 (Jim Andrew, Houston TX, SPR-4, Funcube
Pro+ SDR, Yaesu FT-1000 MP, Drake C Line, amateur band vertical
antenna over 800' radials, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
9875.000 kHz, October 16 0828-0854 UT, SIO 444. Russian. Some echo due
to simultaneous signal path being short path and long path. Martial
music and also what sounded similar to the Russian national anthem.
IDs at 0830 and 0845. Abrupt shutdown at 0854 (Thomas F. Giella, W4HM
Lakeland, FL. Receiver Kenwood TS-590S Antenna 129 foot long inverted
L with a 60 foot vertical section, SWL Since 1965, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH. Hello! On Sunday, 26 October 2014, 0300 UT, VOICE OF
KOREA, the official external broadcasting service of the DPR Korea
(North) from Pyongyang, will introduce the B14 Winter schedule.
Apparently, no changes to the B13 are being made.
VOICE OF KOREA are anxious to get reception reports and letters from
their listeners. Please send all mail to
VOICE OF KOREA
PYONGYANG
DPR KOREA (NORTH)
eMail: VOK@star-co.net.kp
Internet: http://www.vok.rep.kp/CBC/english.php
Enjoy listening! '73s, Arnulf Piontek, Berlin, Oct 21, DX LISTENING
DIGEST) [with skeds in three formats attached as forwarded to the
dxldyg]
So all this will still need to be confirmed by monitoring (gh)
** KOREA NORTH [non]. UZBEKISTAN, Frequency change of Voice of Martyrs
from Oct. 19
1600-1730 NF 7530 TAC 100 kW / 070 deg to KRE in Korean, ex 7520.
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/10/frequency-change-of-voice-of-martyrs_21.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30
m. long wire, Oct 21, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA SOUTH [and non]. Re: DX Listening Digest 14-42 October 15:
There's a couple of entries for B-14 here of interest to European
listeners.
5885 1900-2000 27,28 SOF 100 320 Eng BUL SPC
5935 1900-2000 27,28 SOF 100 320 Eng BUL SPC
3955 2200-2230 28NW WOF 250 114 Eng G BAB
First the re-instatement of the Woofferton relay for English at 2200-
2230 UT on 3955 - missing in the A-14 season. This has consistently
provided strong reception in previous seasons so is very welcome.
Second is the apparent addition of English at 1900-2000 UT on 5935 and
5885 via Bulgaria. That would be very welcome news - but I wonder if
it is an error and this should be showing as German. For past seasons,
both French and German have had two one hour airings in the European
evening, but this schedule shows only one hour in German for B-14, and
1900 would be the expected time for the second transmission (Alan Roe,
Teddington, UK, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1744, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KURDISTAN [non]. R. Denge Kurdistan is coming on their 2nd harmonic
on 23020. Originally I thought it was Indonesian but checked it out on
its fundamental where it is s9+++. 2nd harmonic fades in and out but
peaks at s8 occasionally.
23020, 1044 Oct 22nd, R. Denge Kurdistan in Kurdish. Signal level
varying between s1 and s7. Much stronger naturally on fundamental of
11510. Received via Twente web SDR (Robin VK7RH Harwood, Tasmania, Oct
22, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1744, DXLD)
** KUWAIT [and non]. 21540, Oct 16 at 1355, R. Kuwait, and another
weaker Arab, 21505 BSKSA remain on 13m, with SPAIN gone from 21640,
21610, 21515. The band is thinning out even more; however WHRI has
appeared already on 21600; see U S A (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** KYRGYZ REPUBLIC. 4009.971, Kyrgyztelecom Kyrgyz Radio aus Bishkek -
Krasnaya Rechka site -, in Kirgisischer Sprache und auch Werbung fuer
ein FM Radioprogramm mit Frequenzangaben(?), bis 0109 UT, danach
startet ein religioeses Programm in Russischer Sprache, like
"khristianskiye programmy", und ein sonorer Chorgesang mit
Gregorianischen Gesaengen, ab 0111 UT dann Predigt in Russisch.
S=9+30dB or -43dBm real propper winter propagation condition noted
tonight. Man merkt die B-14 Winter Saison naht, gute starke Signale
auch im 60mb aus Bishkek und Dushanbe um 0100-0115 UT (Wolfgang
Büschel, Oct 19, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews 21 Oct via DXLD)
** LORD HOWE ISLAND. VK9L, (Press Release). Christian, DL1MGB,
reported on Thursday, October 16th:
"Sorry for being inactive on the news site. The last days we were very
busy in erecting all the stations and antennas. But now we have a
setup which produces good signals around the world and also allows us
to work on some bands parallel in two modes. Especially having two
stations on one band is not an easy task on a 'limited' property
of 5 acres. At the moment our setup consists of 9 stations (yes, we
already lost one transceiver; investigations are ongoing). Each
station is equipped with an Elecraft K3, amplifier, notebook, microHAM
MK2 interface and a lot more accessories. The antenna field consists
of 16 antennas: Titanex vertical V160E for 160m, a full-size 4-square
for 80m, a 4-square and a VDA on 40m and 30m, two 3-element yagis on
20m and a yagi and a VDA for the bands from 17m to 10m. Also the first
beverage to Europe is up for low band operations.
On 160m we still have a RX problem. Of course the conditions are not
the best for the low bands these days, but with a S7 noise level it
makes it even harder to copy those weak signals. We try to locate the
source to make a serious low band operation.
Yesterday morning we had a heavy rainfall. 20 cm of rain came down
within one hour. We even had a water ingress in one of our shacks, but
were able to fight against it with towels and buckets. The main thing:
The antennas did survive the storm.
Regarding 6m we try to put up the antenna the next days. No special
plans for this. Online log will be uploaded twice per day as internet
connections permits. So far there are over 33,000 QSOs in the log.
Feel free to visit the DXpedition website on
<http://www.lordhowe2014.org>
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Mirgliotta, KB8NW, Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio), via Dave
Raycroft, ODXA yg via DXLD)
** MACEDONIA. Radio Macedonia goes live on the web --- Re DXLD 13-47:
Radio Macedonia, the external service of Macedonian Radio & TV, is now
available on a live audio stream accessible from their website at
http://mrt.com.mk (note the new URL). The stream link is labelled 'MP
CAT' at the very top of the page, although the service no longer
identifies as the "satelitski programski servis" on air.
Schedule observed this evening was as given in the referenced DXLD, if
an hour is subtracted for summer timings. Programming was in parallel
with their MW transmitter on 810 kHz - this was observed via a Global
Tuners receiver in Italy; although it's a powerful transmitter, useful
reception here in the UK is impossible due to co-channel BBC Radio
Scotland (David Kernick, Interval Signals Online, Oct 20, dxldyg via
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MADAGASCAR. 13840, Oct 21 at 0539 check, NHK French relay is
running, after missing 48 hours earlier, and with usual weekday
sidekicks, VOA French on 13830, Cairo carrier 13850 (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MALI. 17630, CRI, 1403 to 1410. ID at 1405, SINFO=3,5,4,3,3. I
heard about a new train and truck route for freight being opened up
between China and Spain, deliveries will take two weeks and it will be
much faster than ships, and much cheaper than air transportation, the
5050A and the 637’ long wire antenna. Note: at this time both CRI
transmissions came from Mali. How safe are the packages? 9/23 (John
Davis, our listening post is located northeast of Columbus, Ohio in
the USA, NASWA Flashsheet Oct 12 via DXLD)
?? What do you mean, both? As we`ve discussed again and again, CRI
English is listed at 14-15 both from Mali and Urumqi, EAST TURKISTAN.
The latter is *far* more likely to be heard in North America with
similar signals to other E.T. relays on 17560, 17650 (gh, DXLD)
** MEXICO. 650, Oct 17 at 1230, mentions `Radio Viva y Altavoz.com``,
6:30 TC. Altavoz is the name of the newscast, and I`m not sure what
the Viva name applies to, as the station is surely the usual regular
Radio 65, XETNT, Los Mochis, Sinaloa. Next item between anchor and
metguy somehow mixes ébola awareness with weather outlook.
Checking that website, it seems that altavoz.com is an unrelated
``independent music company`` in Maryland. Maybe this is really
altavoz.com.mx ? No, nothing configured there, nor at altavoz.mx.
Googling on Altavoz XETNT leads primarily to my previous logs of it,
and then: This page rather explains it:
http://www.chavezradiocast.com/?page_id=433
Group slogan is ``Radio Viva de Sinaloa``, with the i of Viva doubling
as a mike, and Altavoz is the statewide news network. Also history of
the group and tribute to founder Chávez who died 12 years ago, QEPD.
And linx to the real Altavoz site:
http://www.noticieroaltavoz.com/
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 870, UnID, 1200 October 18. Very strong, then fading by
1230. Spanish. Adding to the mystery, martial music at sign-on 1200.
WWL was nowhere in sight, even though my loop was still set from the
previous night when I had been listening to WWL high school football
coverage. Could swear they announced as XERF. When I noted Cantu
listed XERRF on 860 I re-checked the frequency on two other radios,
but confirmed 870. Tuned in the next day at 1150, but just heard "XEXM
Radio Jerez" with continuing coverage well past 1200 (Jim Andrew,
Houston TX, SPR-4, Funcube SDRPro+, Yaesu FT-1000MP, Butternut amateur
band vertical, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 900, Oct 17 at 1237, Spanish timecheck for 23:7 and temp as
10 centígrados, introducing song, looping southwest --- has to be the
only 900 XE in the UT-6 zone, per Cantú:
900 XEDT Hits FM + FM 98.3 Cd. Cuauhtémoc, Chih. 5,000 1,500
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 1300, Oct 16 at 1254, Radio México Noticias, about Juárez
and Chihuahua, as XEP holds up well after sunrise; underneath I`m
hearing Gounod`s `Ave Maria`, so surely a Catholic station; see
UNIDENTIFIED (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 1560, Oct 21 at 0547 UT, ``Radio Viva, 100% música
cristiana``, i.e. XEJPV, Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 1650 Mexico City heard nightly here in south TEXAS
18 OCT 2014, 1650, XEARZ, DF, MEXICO, Mexico City, 0002z instrumental
version of the Troggs “Love is All Around”; full ID by M in Spanish,
gave power as 5 kW, “desde la Capital de la Republica.. X-E-A-R-Z A-M
con Cinco Mil watts de potencia.....” 73's de (Steve/AB5GP, Wiseblood,
Harlingen TEXAS, Kchibo KK-D6110, times in UTC/z, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** MICRONESIA. 4755.55, Cross R., Oct 20 0813-0838, 35343-34343,
English, Talk and music, ID at 0836 (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)
** MOROCCO. 9575, R. Medi Un, Oct 20 0717-0730, 45444, French, Talk
and music, ID at 0728 (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)
** NEWFOUNDLAND. CANADA, 6159.97, CKZN, St. John`s was on repair
daytime Fri Oct 03. But nights on air again. Heard in Perseus remote
SDR Net at 2330-0010, Oct 04/05, CBC news at 0000, and 0010 country
music, poor to fair (Wolfgang Bueschel, DSWCI DX Window Oct 15 via
DXLD)
Also heard at 0755-0830 with CBC news at 0800, then played ”O Canada”
anthem at 0824 followed by a choral piece and then into program
highlights and another program at 0830 (Bruce Churchill in DXplorer
via DSWCI DX Window Oct 15 via DXLD)
** NEW ZEALAND. Frequency change of Radio New Zealand International in
English:
1551-1650 on 5975 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg to Cooks/Samoa/Niue/Tonga AM,
ex till 1745
1651-1750 NF 9700 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg to Cooks/Samoa/Niue/Tonga AM,
ex 5975, video
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/10/frequency-change-of-radio-new-zealand.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Oct 21, dxldyg via DXLD)
** NIGERIA. 9690-, Oct 16 at 2048, distorted talk modulation in
presumed Hausa from V of Nigeria, 2057 a bit of drumming not so
distorted before cutoff at 2057.4*. It had been fair-good signal
strength, certainly the best out of Africa on the band at this time.
I then tune up to 11770-, expecting it to come on there and it does by
*2059, but very poor level, can`t tell language but presumably Arabic
as in Thorsten Hallmann`s AfricaList.
http://www.muenster.org/uwz/ms-alt/africalist/africalist.pdf
This too is off-frequency to the lo side but unlike 9690- has a het,
axually two tones, one or both of which may be coming out of same
transmitter as nothing else is scheduled on 11770 at this hour. One of
the tones cuts off intermittently and back on.
Thorsten believes this off-frequency transmitter is Abuja, 100 or 250
kW, while Aoki lists both as 250 kW Ikorodu. How about the BDXC-UK?
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/bdxcuk/africa.pdf
It has Hausa at 2000-2130 on 9690 Abuja and no listings at all for
11770v, which has been reported several times in the last months. The
WRTH 2014 showed Hausa at 2000-2030 only, then Arabic at 2030-2130 on
9690 Abuja, also nothing on 11770 at this hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Thorsten Hallmann replies: ``Oh, in the current version this
transmission is actually given as Hausa. And I believe it's always
Hausa at that hour - maybe in older editions Arabic was mentioned,
which was the first guess of Wolfgang Büschel and myself when we
first heard the transmission`` (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Also 15120-DRM was reported as distorted in recent weeks, as well as
centered slightly off-channel (various posts in A-DX). 15120.0 AM was
mostly off the past few days, also this morning at 0645+/-, but heard
with IS at 0758, unheard again at 0854. Presumed IKO. 73 (Thorsten,
0944 Oct 17, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NORTH AMERICA. 3229.7, PIRATE (NA). Old Time Radio, at 2304, on 14
Oct. The station is playing an old time radio comedy show as usual.
There was a musical interlude at 2308 followed by more talking and
canned laughter. Station is not coming in very clearly tonight so far.
Poor (John Cooper, Lebanon, PA, Winradio-G33DDC, CommRadio CR-1A, RF
Space-SDR-IQ, Sangean ATS-909X w/ Clear Mod, Grundig Satellit 750,
Wellbrook ALA 1530+, Super Sloper Tuned All Band Antenna, PARS-SWL End
Fed x 2, NASWA Flashsheet Oct 19 via DXLD)
** NORTH AMERICA. While spending an overnite in Wytheville VA on the
way farther South in the US, I stepped out in the rain with a Sony
SW7600G. In addition to hearing Wolverine Radio on 6950 as reported by
many, I also heard:
6930, "Radio Paisano d'Italia" in USB at 0050 UT Oct 12. Good signal
playing Louis Prima records. Apart from hearing the ID, it was all
music. Is this a well-known pirate? (Jack Widner, Junction of I77 and
I81, Wytheville, VA, Sony SW7600G, whip antenna, Oct 14, Hard-Core-DX
mailing list via DXLD)
It is, but only around Columbus Day; see DXLD 14-42 (gh, DXLD)
** NORTH AMERICA. 6935-USB, Oct 18 at 0128, pirate music with good
signal; 0132 live announcement by Renegade Radio referring to reports
being posted at hfunderground; mentions a ``mobile unit not too far
away hearing us``; also acknowledges Chris Smolinski, William Hassig
and Jim Farley, three of the big pirate radio fans. Says there are
peskies on 6930 but not too much QRM either way. At 0135 has an in-
studio guest drinking beer who doesn`t say much, but maybe he will
after few more. 0136, ``Warren Devon right here on Renegade Radio``,
intro to music. Still on at 0155 check as I quit. More reports of this
at:
http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,18956.0.html
I was not hearing any 6935 CCI PSK ute or STANAG as some of them
mention (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NORTH AMERICA. 9610, PIRATE (No. Am.), YHWH, 0235, 10/13/14. Usual
YHWH preacher with teachings – “Christianity, Greatest hoax ever.”
Poor (Mark Taylor, Madison, Wisconsin, Perseus, WinRadio g313e, Eton
e1, Grunding Satellit 800, Sangean 909X, Tecsun PL 660; 40 meters
dipole, RF Systems Mk 2, Flextenna, NASWA Flashsheet Oct 19 via DXLD)
15.10.2014, YHWH on 15655 kHz, 20141017, 2217z, 15655 kHz, SIO: 544,
Solid S9 here on my dipole (favoring N<>S).
I stumbled upon this loud anti-Christian, pro Judaism station. Wow,
interesting stuff! Mentioned California and California time. Claimed
to be "live" - sounded phoned-in. Announced and abrupt sign-off at
2226z. My QTH Salem, Oregon, USA (Fibber <www.drmna.info>
dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1744, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Altho YHWH dismisses the entire New Testament, I don`t think it`s
quite fair to real Judaism to call it pro-that --- it`s the Yahweh
cult (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
5795, R/S YHWH [religious pirate], 0207 18 Oct. Usual anti-whoever-
annoys-the-guy-this-week chat & 'way better signal than when they're
on 31M (Dan Sheedy, Encinitas, CA G5/6m X wire, WORLD OF RADIO 1744,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 890, Oct 19 at 0142 UT, WLS stupid football
game can be totally nulled, audiblizing some talkshow in English,
interviewing an author. When not totally nulled, they make a SAH of
224/minute = 3.73 Hz (how come no one else logs such separations?
They`re easy to compute with a timepiece; in this case I only counted
15 seconds` worth, 56, then x 4, then divided by 60). 0146 UT long
national adstring including GEICO twice, 0151 UT finally resuming
after ``Talk Radio for Oklahoma`` non-ID.
The signal was so steady I was increasingly suspicious it was merely
groundwave emanating from KTLR OKC, which is supposed to be a 1 kW
daytimer, with NO PSSA, per NRC AM Log; and per FCC AM Query, official
sunset in October was 0000 UT (November: 2330 UT). Next check at 0208
UT, KTLR carrier still on but dead air; they`ll turn it off when they
get around to it. Meanwhile, Cuban music is proper occupant of WLS
null, from 200 kW R. Progreso, Chambas, Camagüey, // much weaker 900.
I originally tuned 890 to try to match the Spanish religion on 1210,
the `World Radio Network` RGV stations affiliated with HCJB, if you`ll
pardon the outdated brand. Meanwhile, I also checked another OKC
daytimer, of a different cluster, whether it also cheat tonite, 1140
KRMP, but not, just XEMR (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. Another new one --- 1280, Poteau, OK, 10/19 at 1920
[presumably CDT] clear ID into more MOYL New! No sign of WWTC. I
always hear WWTC at night so I'm not sure that they are on or at
reduced power. Sincerely, (Todd Skaine, Woodbury, MN, Sony ICF 2010,
Superradio 2, Grundig S350 &M400, Toyota car radio, 0035 UT Oct 20,
ABDX via DXLD)
One of several southern/eastern MWOkies that elude me; 1280 owned in
daytime by KSOK Ark City, nighttime mainly WODT New Orleans (Glenn
Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Nice catch in the shadow of WWTC! Poteau is rather rare here in IL. If
WWTC is off, maybe some SS from Denver can come thru. 73 KAZ (Neil
Kazaross, IL/WI, ABDX via DXLD) BTW, Poteau call is KPRV (gh)
** OKLAHOMA. Oct 16 at 1500 UT, with area tropo, aiming north for
Wichita on RF 45, RF 8 et al., but on RF20 I am getting Muskogee from
the ESE, surely for Tulsa market, 19-1 as KQCW-HD, but momentarily
cross-promo with KOTV 6 logo in lower right; while 19-2 as thisTV.
W9WI.com shows there is also an application for a ``DN`` service
(whatever that means --- abbr. keys are lacking), on RF20 at exactly
same tower coördinates, by KWBT-TV whose calls are not shown on any
other channel. FCC TV Query shows KQCW is licensed to Griffin, same
owner as KOTV, while the KWBT app belongs to Tulsa Channel 19. So what
is going on here? (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA [and non].
http://www.enidnews.com/news/local_news/vatican-could-name-okla-priest-stanley-rother-a-martyr/article_c3275bb2-5b2f-11e4-9559-9f0524601a2a.html
See GUATEMALA [and non]
** OMAN. 15355, Oct 17 at 0126, Qur`an with poor-fair signal from RSO
on wrong frequency, noticed here first, then confirmed 9500 is AWOL
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
15355, 10/17 0224, R. Sultanate of Oman, Thumrait, Arabic sce; fv/mv:
talks; fair signal and very poor modulation, 35432/35431 (JRX_Jose
Ronaldo Xavier, (Cabedelo-Paraíba-Brazil), Hard-Core-DX mailing list
via DXLD)
UNIDENTIFIED. 15144, 0057-0105, 0112, 0132 18 Oct. What sounded like
qira'ut non-stop across TOH, modulation gone by 0112 check & carrier
off at 0132 check. ACI from CRI-15140 (Xian) opening in Chinese at
0100 (Dan Sheedy, Encinitas, CA G5/6m X wire, WORLD OF RADIO 1744, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Very odd frequency of Radio Sultanate of Oman was noted on Oct. 17:
1400-1500 on 15144 THU 100 kW / 315 deg WeEu English, instead of 15140
1500-2200 on 15144 THU 100 kW / 315 deg WeEu Arabic, instead of 15140.
Videos:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/10/radio-sultanate-of-oman-on-15144-khz.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30
m. long wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1744, DXLD)
October 17:
Radio Sultanate of Oman in English to WeEu 1410 on odd 15144 Thumrait,
instead of 15140
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwtbDOd0aCU&feature=youtu.be
Radio Sultanate of Oman in English to WeEu 1430 on odd 15144 Thumrait,
instead of 15140
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvHXdyatexU&feature=youtu.be
Radio Sultanate of Oman in English to WeEu 1504 on odd 15144 Thumrait,
instead of 15140
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3j89LMLa-VA&feature=youtu.be
Radio Sultanate of Oman in Arabic to WeEu 1509 on odd 15144 Thumrait,
instead of 15140
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qes-n6bEP-g&feature=youtu.be
Radio Sultanate of Oman in Arabic to WeEu 1900 on odd 15144 Thumrait,
instead of 15140
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBzOoF89GuQ&feature=youtu.be
73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DXLD)
** PAKISTAN. October 15:
Radio Pakistan in English to WeEu 1100 on 17700 Islamabad, parallel
15730 is off
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QZ6rldxwgs&feature=youtu.be
Radio Pakistan in English to WeEu 1105 on 17700 Islamabad, parallel
15730 is off
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avBnC-1YINI&feature=youtu.be
Radio Pakistan in Chinese to EaAs 1213 on 17810 Islamabad, parallel
15730 is off
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFKklLprkJo&feature=youtu.be
Radio Pakistan in Chinese to EaAs 1230 on 17810 Islamabad, parallel
15730 is off
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PpwKHkO3y0&feature=youtu.be
73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DXLD)
** PALAU. Updated summer A-14 SW schedule of US private religious
stations --- T8WH Angel 3, Palau Medorn
0800-0900 9930 HBN 100 kW / 318 deg EaAs English Sun-Fri
0800-0900 9930 HBN 100 kW / 318 deg EaAs Japanese Sat
0900-1000 9930 HBN 100 kW / 318 deg EaAs English Daily
1000-1200 9930 HBN 100 kW / 318 deg EaAs English Sun
1130-1200 9930 HBN 100 kW / 318 deg EaAs English Sat
1200-1230 9930 HBN 100 kW / 318 deg EaAs Vietnamese Fri Radio Que Me
1200-1230 9930 HBN 100 kW / 318 deg EaAs English Sat/Sun
1230-1245 9930 HBN 100 kW / 318 deg EaAs English Sat
1230-1245 9930 HBN 100 kW / 318 deg EaAs English Sun Eternal Gd News
1245-1300 9930 HBN 100 kW / 318 deg EaAs English Sat/Sun
1300-1430 9965 HBN 100 kW / 318 deg EaAs English Radio Australia
T8WH Angel 4, Palau Medorn
0100-0300 17640 HBN 100 kW / 270 deg SEAs English Sun
0300-0400 17640 HBN 100 kW / 270 deg SEAs English Sun-Fri
0400-0500 17800 HBN 100 kW / 270 deg SEAs English Radio Australia
1115-1200 9625 HBN 100 kW / 270 deg SEAs Indonesian Radio Japan NHK
1200-1300 9960 HBN 100 kW / 270 deg SEAs Khmer Wed-Fri Khmer Post R
1315-1400 11705 HBN 100 kW / 270 deg SEAs Indonesian Radio Japan NHK
1400-1430 11705 HBN 100 kW / 270 deg SEAs English Radio Japan NHK
1430-1500 11600 HBN 100 kW / 270 deg SEAs English Sat/Sun
T8WH Angel 5, Palau Medorn
1300-1400 9930 HBN 100 kW / 345 deg NEAs English Sat/Sun
1430-1500 9960 HBN 100 kW / 345 deg NEAs Japanese Furusato no Kaze
1500-1530 9975 HBN 100 kW / 345 deg NEAs Korean Nippon no Kaze
1530-1600 9965 HBN 100 kW / 345 deg NEAs Korean Nippon no Kaze
1600-1630 9960 HBN 100 kW / 345 deg NEAs Japanese Furusato no Kaze
(DX RE MIX NEWS #876 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, Oct. 16, 2014
via DXLD)
** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3385, Oct 16 at 1230, carrier and some modulation
from RENB, Rabaul, until autocutoff at 1230:59* (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
3260 NBC Madang & 3385 NBC East New Britain both // at 1201 with PNG
bird call and news in English; with 3206 off at 1207*, with 3385
continuing on. Today also heard 3275 NBC Southern Highlands back on
the air after recent absence; off at 1203*. Ron
** PARAGUAY. CONTINUAN LAS POLÉMICAS EN TORNO A RADIO NACIONAL DEL
PARAGUAY --- by gruporadioescuchaargentino
El ministro de la Secretaría de Información y Comunicación (Sicom),
Fabrizio Caligaris, negó categóricamente el cierre de Radio Nacional
del Paraguay. Explicó, sin embargo, que se prevé mudar la planta de
transmisión a Villa Hayes.
El secretario de Estado negó que la Sicom cierre la radio estatal y
mucho menos que la saque del aire, al ser consultado sobre la
manifestación de funcionarios de la radio realizada días atras.
“La Radio Nacional no se va a cerrar ni va a salir del aire. Todo es
referentemente al parque industrial que se instalará en Capiatá, donde
está la planta de transmisión de la radio. El predio ahora está a
nombre del Ministerio de Industria”, indicó Caligaris en comunicación
con 780 AM.
Manifestó que por decreto presidencial, la Sicom cedió unas 50
hectáreas de terreno de Capiatá al Ministerio de Industria y Comercio
(MIC), a fin de que en el lugar se instale una planta industrial para
el sector privado.
Añadió que están en tratativas con el Ministerio de Defensa para
obtener misma cantidad de hectáreas en Chaco’í, Villa Hayes,
departamento de Presidente Hayes, en una cota elevada.
Aclaró que solo la planta trasmisora se llevará a la citada localidad,
no así los estudios, que se encuentran en el edificio ubicado en la
capital.(tomada de ABC) (GRA blog Oct 19 via DXLD)
** PERU. CHASQUI DX PFA – OCTUBRE 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:
4789.87, PERÚ, R. Visión, Chiclayo; 3/10 0012-0032, 33333, programa
Voces y Canciones del Ecuador, musica pasillos, ads Iglesia
Pentecostal la Cosecha, ID “Siga escuchando Radio Visión” musica, ID
“Visión una radio para todos” musica.
4985.50, PERÚ, R. Voz Cristiana, Chilca, Huancayo, 13/10 2340-0005,
44444, ads, ID “Radio Voz Cristiana FM…”, ads Coop. “Radio Voz
Cristiana, lo que todos esperábamos..”
5024.92, PERÚ, R. Quillabamba, Quillabamba, Cusco; 12/10 2250-2310,
44444, musica, ID, “Radio Quillabamba está de aniversario, un saludo.
(Escuchar grabación) ads El Vicariato invita a los jóvenes que deseen
ser seminarista.
La recepción la he efectuado del 29/09 al 17/10 en compañía de mi
sabueso Icom IC R72 acompañado del Mizuho KX-3, MFJ-1025 con antena
auxiliar, una antena de hilo largo de 12 metros y una antena loop.
NOTA: Para un mejor escucha de las grabaciones que adjunto, sugiero
escuchar con los audífonos. Muchos 128´s (Pedro F Arrunátegui, Lima,
Perú, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 5980, Oct 17 at 0100, JBA carrier from R. Chaski until cutoff
at 0103:46.5, which is 18 seconds later than one trinite ago (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PHILIPPINES. 11650, R. Teos via Philippines, Oct 18 1521-1533,
45444, Russian, Talk and music, ID at 1531 (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)
** PHILLIPINES. 15320, Radio Veritas Asia, 1550 October 12. Fair
signal in unidentified language. Clear ID and sign-off at 1553 (Jim
Andrew, Houston TX, SPR-4, Funcube Pro+ SDR, Yaesu FT-1000 MP, Drake C
Line, amateur band vertical antenna over 800' radials, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** POLAND [non]. Found Thy 10/16/2014 in Polish featuring "Living
Faith" (Zyra Wiara) from 0544 to 0559 UT; transmitting on 7320 kHz
(from Moosbrunn, Austria). Opened with interval signal; led to a male
voice with intro, then female singer. Left program (since I know ZERO
Polish), only to return to catch ending interval signal at ~ 0558 and
30 seconds with program end at 0559. According to TWR Europe, another
broadcast of this program will be on tomorrow at the same time as
today (for those of you who want to hear Christian programming --
which didn't sound like typical Christian SW programming in the US
such as Brother Stair -- in a language other than English). They even
have the shows for the next two days (in real audio format) at
Programy. http://www.twr.osw.pl/programy.asp
Archiwum Nazwa programu
Poniedzialek 13.10.2014
Wtorek 14.10.2014
Sroda 15.10.2014
Czwartek 16.10.2014
Piatek 17.10.2014
Sobota 18.10.2014
Niedziel...
(Shawn From Flushing NY Fahrer (normally the HM01 guy, but the signal
for HM01 wasn't reaching the Eastern US from 05 - 07 UT, so I managed
to find something else to do with my DX time)., dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST) But these SW broadcasts are M-F only (gh, DXLD)
** PUERTO RICO. HI Glenn, more bad news on the broadcasting front----
WOSO-AM, 1030, Puerto Rico's only English-language station --- a
stronghold for the past 37 years --- announced on Tuesday that the
Puerto Rico Electrical Power Authority (PREPA, or AEE in Spanish) shut
down their transmitter for non-payment. The economic crisis is sinking
that island. On Friday, WLII-TV, channel 11, a Univision affiliate,
fired 109 staffers, including veteran prize-winning journalists, and
canceled all the daily newscasts. Sherman Wildman, veteran
broadcaster, general mgr and owner of WOSO for many years, posted this
on the WOSO FB page:
"Good afternoon fans. This is a sad day for all the WOSO Radio family.
Today we were officially shut down by the AEE. After 37 years on the
air serving the community. The state of the economy and the loss of
revenue for the past 8 years took were we are right now. We thank all
of our listeners, clients and friends that were with us along this
journey. The originality of WOSO Radio will never be repeated. Be well
and thanks for everything."
Here's what appeared in tonight 's EL Nuevo Día webpage --- the
newspaper from San Juan--
http://www.elnuevodia.com/disputaconaeeprovocacierredeestacionderadio-1877314.html
DISPUTA CON AEE PROVOCA CIERRE DE ESTACIÓN DE RADIO
Radio WOSO era la única emisora que transmite en inglés
La estación de radio en inglés WOSO, informó que fue cerrada por la
Autoridad de Energía Eléctrica, con lo que se pierden 10 empleos y un
servicio único por sus transmisiones en inglés.
En un comunicado de prensa, WOSO-AM, indica que tras continuas
reuniones y conversaciones con la AEE, la agencia pública les informó
sus intenciones de desconectar la electricidad en dos de sus
ubicaciones.
Indica la estación de radio, con 37 años de existencia, que han pagado
sobre $24,000 en facturas de electricidad este año.
"La gerencia de WOSO quiere agradecer a sus leales radioescuchas por
los pasados 37 años y espera poder regresar pronto a las ondas
radiales", dice el comunicado.
73s --- (Marty Delfín (Madrid, Spain), Oct 21, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Hi again, Glenn, Here's what came out today in Caribbean Business on
WOSO's closure.
http://www.caribbeanbusiness.pr/news/woso-silenced-by-unpaid-power-bill-101633.html
73s, (Marty Delfín (Madrid, Spain, Oct 22, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
WOSO SILENCED BY UNPAID POWER BILL --- By CB Online Staff
Issued : Wednesday, October 22, 2014 05:20 PM
Puerto Rico’s only English-language news radio station has been
silenced by an unpaid power bill. Radio WOSO 1030 AM was forced off
the air after 37 years this week as it struggled under Puerto Rico’s
sky-high electricity costs and falling revenues amid a local economic
downturn dating back nearly a decade.
The San Juan-based station, which had been idle for brief periods in
recent months, had the plug officially pulled this week by the Puerto
Rico Electric Power Authority.
In its mission statement, the iconic station said it aimed to serve
Puerto Rico's intelligent listeners with world-class English-language
news, information, entertainment and sports in a professional, and
objective manner but not without humor and elements of the
unpredictable.
The shutdown leaves a team of 16 regular employees without work and an
equal number of contributing specialists without a venue to be heard.
Social media was flooded with messages of sadness and regret from
legions of loyal listeners. Some noted that the shutdown by Prepa of
the English-language station was ill-timed as the Puerto Rico
government tries to lure wealthy investors from the mainland U.S.
(all via Marty Delfín, Madrid, Spain, WORLD OF RADIO 1744, DXLD)
** ROMANIA. B-14 schedule of Radio Romania International, Bucharest
ARABIC 0730-0756 11660G 15200G 15330T 17810T
1300-1326 11945G 13720T 15400T 15460G 17810T - additional -
1630-1656 9680T 11760T 11870G 15170G
AROMANIAN 1530-1556 6040S
1730-1756 5955S
1930-1956 5945S
CHINESE 0500-0526 15220T 17870T-DRM
1330-1356 11880T 13660T - retimed -
ENGLISH 0100-0156 6145G 7325G
0400-0456 6020G 7340G 13730T 15140T
0630-0656 7345T 9600G-DRM 17780G 21600T
1200-1256 15460G 17530T 17765G 21520T
1800-1856 5940T-DRM 9780T
2130-2156 6030G-DRM 6170T 7310T 7380G
2300-2356 6015G 7220G 7395T 9620T
FRENCH 0200-0256 5975G 7395G
0600-0626 7360G 9650G-DRM 11790T 13740T
1000-1056 15260G 17870G Suns only
1100-1156 15150T 15255G 17820G 17870T
1700-1756 7400T 9690T
1800-1856 7350G
2000-2056 7430G
2100-2126 6030G 7370G-DRM
GERMAN 0700-0726 6020T-DRM 7345T
1500-1556 5960T 7330T - retimed -
1900-1956 6010T 7405T-DRM
ITALIAN 1500-1526 6040S
1700-1726 5955S
1900-1926 5945S-DRM
ROMANIAN 0100-0256 5910T 7340T
0500-0556 6145G 7220G
0800-0856 15370T 15430G Suns only "Curierul romanesc"
17850G 17860T
0900-0956 15380G 15430T Suns only "Curierul romanesc"
17745G 17775T
1000-1056 15170T 17780T Suns only "Curierul romanesc"
1300-1356 9880S Saftica transmission opens earlier
1400-1556 15170G 17840G - retimed -
1600-1656 - deleted -
1700-1756 5920G 7370G
1800-1856 5990G
1900-1956 5990G 7430G
2000-2056 5990G
RUSSIAN 0530-0556 5940T-DRM 7320T
1400-1456 11985T 13860T - extented time to 60 mins
1600-1626 5930T-DRM 9810T
SERBIAN 1630-1656 5955S
1830-1856 6180S
2030-2056 6030S
SPANISH 0000-0056 7325T 7335G 9525G 9730T
0300-0356 7345G 9470T 9470G 11800T
? both 9470 synchronized ?
2000-2056 6010T 7235T
2200-2256 9790T 11870T
UKRAINIAN 1600-1626 5955S
1800-1826 6090S
2000-2026 6030S
G=Galbeni 2 x 300 kW, S=Saftica 1 x 100 kW, T=Tiganeshti 3 x 300 kW.
(Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 21, dxldyg via DXLD)
** RUSSIA. RADIOWAVE MYSTERY SOURCE EVADES TRACE AFTER DECADES IN THE
ETHER --- Cold War Echo - Unraveling mysterious radiowave UVB-76
Uploaded on Jan 6, 2012
From a lonely rusted tower in a forest north of Moscow, a mysterious
shortwave radio station transmitted day and night. For at least the
decade leading up to 1992, it broadcast almost nothing but beeps;
after that, it switched to buzzes, generally between 21 and 34 per
minute, each lasting roughly a second—a nasally foghorn blaring
through a crackly ether. The signal was said to emanate from the
grounds of a voyenni gorodok (mini military city) near the village of
Povarovo, and very rarely, perhaps once every few weeks, the monotony
was broken by a male voice reciting brief sequences of numbers and
words, often strings of Russian names: "Anna, Nikolai, Ivan, Tatyana,
Roman." But the balance of the airtime was filled by a steady, almost
maddening, series of inexplicable tones.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z3kXqo26VY
(via Chris Lewis, UK, DXLD)
4625 kHz, 3:30 video and audio from RT itself (gh, DXLD)
He thinks this is a recording of it, but useems to me (gh):
4625 kHz, UBV76 [sic] (Radio fantasma) 19/10 0109 UT, Bips, Sons de
sinais, 25222
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6VzwkdfKj4
73 S , Tecsun PL 660 Long wire 10 meters (Dexista PT 9008 SWL, Daniel
Wyllyans, Nova Xavantina MT, dxldyg via DXLD)
Acho que essa foi uma estação CODAR, não UVB76. A estação russa tem um
tom com uma altura fixa:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2EKWgTNEYU
O som arrebatador é mais típico para os radares CODAR. 73 (Eike
Bierwirth, Germany, radioescutas yg via DXLD)
** RUSSIA. THE SECRET MACHINE BEHIND SOVIET NUMBERS STATIONS
by Paul Riismandel on October 20, 2014 in History, International
I recently learned of a series of YouTube videos that show a German
machine that is alleged to be the voice behind Soviet cold war numbers
stations. The videos, uploaded four years ago, show something that
looks like a piece of electronic lab equipment that emits a sampled or
synthesized voice rattling off a programmed sequence of numbers.
According to the accompanying description, the voice comes from
swappable program chips, and the machines are owned by a German
spy-gadget collector:
http://www.radiosurvivor.com/2014/10/20/secret-machine-behind-soviet-numbers-stations/
(via Robert Wilkner, FL, DXLD)
This didn't surprise me in the least; It's the same machine
(allegedly) used by "Pedro" on the (allegedly Cuban run) HM01
transmission (AKA the "Cuban Lady"). I don't know how their Russian
is, but I will admit to being a bit disappointed to find out that the
voice behind HM01 is only a machine -- "her" voice makes me wish "she"
could say more than "cero" through "nueve" (Shawn From Flushing NY
(the HM01 guy) Fahrer, cumbredx yg via DXLD)
** RWANDA [non]. October 18:
Radio Impala, Radio Mara in French to SoAf, 1702 on 17540 Talata,
Madagascar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=al0g48_4EKU&feature=youtu.be
Radio Impala, Radio Mara in French to SoAf, 1741 on 17540 Talata,
Madagascar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Rd-s_0uUq4&feature=youtu.be
Radio Inyabutatu in Kinyarwanda to CeAf, 1605 on 17500 Issoudun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAtU2dDoAGo&feature=youtu.be&noredirect=1
73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DXLD)
** SARAWAK [non]. 11665, Wai FM/Limbang FM (via RTM-Kajang) 1300-1326
13 Oct. 1+1 pips at TOH into RTM net news until 1310, then Wai FM
programming until 1315 & Limbang FM opens, W DJ + romantic EZL Malay
tunes, occasional "Limbang FM" mentions. This is on Mondays only.
Signal not so good as previous week, but improving towards BOH (Dan
Sheedy, Encinitas, CA G5/6m X wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SARAWAK [non]. New frequencies of Radio Free Sarawak, Sat, Oct. 11:
1100-1130 on 15425 PUG 125 kW / 222 deg to SEAs Iban
1130-1200 on 15460 PUG 125 kW / 222 deg to SEAs Iban
1200-1230 on 15430 PUG 125 kW / 222 deg to SEAs Iban
Mon, Oct. 13:
1100-1130 on 15460 PUG 125 kW / 222 deg to SEAs Iban
1130-1155 on 15420 PUG 125 kW / 222 deg to SEAs Iban
1155-1230 on 15430 PUG 125 kW / 222 deg to SEAs Iban
Tue, Oct. 14:
1100-1130 on 15420 PUG 125 kW / 222 deg to SEAs Iban
1130-1155 on 15460 PUG 125 kW / 222 deg to SEAs Iban
1155-1230 on 15430 PUG 125 kW / 222 deg to SEAs Iban
Wed, Oct. 15:
1100-1200 on 15460 PUG 125 kW / 222 deg to SEAs Iban
1200-1230 on 15425 PUG 125 kW / 222 deg to SEAs Iban
Thu, Oct. 16:
1100-1130 on 15430 PUG 125 kW / 222 deg to SEAs Iban
1130-1230 on 15460 PUG 125 kW / 222 deg to SEAs Iban
Fri, Oct. 17:
1100-1130 on 15460 PUG 125 kW / 222 deg to SEAs Iban
1130-1155 on 15425 PUG 125 kW / 222 deg to SEAs Iban
1155-1230 on 15460 PUG 125 kW / 222 deg to SEAs Iban
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/10/new-frequencies-of-radio-free-sarawak_17.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria. Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30
m. long wire, Oct 17, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1744, dxldyg via DXLD)
** SAUDI ARABIA. JRX Logs October 19, 2014: 21670, 10/19 0957, BSKSA,
Riyadh, Indonesian service; Arabic music; f.ann.: talks; News
presumed; poor signal and distorted modulation, 25432 (JRX_José
Ronaldo Xavier (Cabedelo-Paraíba-Brazil) HCDX via DXLD)
** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5020, SIBC, Oct 20 0803-0813, 35343, Pidgin, News,
ID at 0806 and 0808 and 0809 (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)
** SOMALIA [non]. U.K. (non), Last transmission of Radio ERGO on
shortwave will be on Oct. 25:
0830-0930 on 13685 DHA 250 kW / 225 deg to EaAf Somali, nothing in B-
14 BAB (Ivo Ivanov, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1744, DXLD)
Following correxion arrived after WOR 1744 was recorded:
Winter B-14 of Radio ERGO via BABCOCK will be at new time and
frequency:
1200-1300 on 17845 DHA 250 kW / 225 deg to EaAf Somali, ex 0830-0930
on 17680 in B13
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/10/correction-radio-ergo-from-oct26-will.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, ibid.)
Maybe Tentatively from Oct 26 as follows:
17845 kHz at 1200-1300 UT, 48E,48SW Al Dhabbaya-UAE with 250 kW at 225
degrees. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.)
** SOMALILAND. 7120, R. Hargeisa, Oct 20 1850-1900*, 35433, Somali,
Talk, ID at 1857 and 1858 and 1859, Closing music from 1859, 1900 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)
** SOUTH AFRICA. SABC wastes R3.3 billion
Article on wasteful expenditure at the SABC:
http://newsletters2.mg.co.za/servlet/link/6026/451328/6505046/2389098
Posted by: (Bill Bingham, RSA, Oct 22, dxldyg via DXLD)
** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. STANAG vs Brother Stair, The Overcomer
Ministry TOM:
1800-2100 on 5900 SCB 050 kW / 306 deg to WeEu English. Videos
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/10/stanag-vs-brother-stair.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30
m. long wire, Oct 15, dxldyg via DXLD) SCB = BULGARIA, q.v.
October 15:
STANAG vs Brother Stair in English to WeEu 1915 on 5900 Kostinbrod
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIm_l2NE2fE&feature=youtu.be
STANAG vs Brother Stair in English to WeEu 2002 on 5900 Kostinbrod
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_X5ypVogwN8&feature=youtu.be
73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DXLD)
OTH Radar vs Brother Stair on 9400 after 1700 on Oct. 21:
1500-1900 on 9400 SCB 100 kW / 030 deg to EaEu English
1800-2100 on 5900 SCB 050 kW / 306 deg to WeEu English, 4 videos
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/10/oth-radar-vs-brother-stair-on-9400.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DXLD)
Last broadcasts of Brother Stair TOM via MBR will be on Oct. 25:
1400-1600 on 13810 NAU 100 kW / 130 deg to N&ME English Mon-Fri
1400-1600 on 13810 ISS 100 kW / 120 deg to N&ME English Sat/Sun
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/10/last-broadcasts-of-brother-stair-tom.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Oct 20, dxldyg via DXLD)
** SPAIN. 11795, 10/14 0111, REE, Noblejas, in Sefardi; IS, start
program at 0115, ID, Addrs., all in Spanish, no words in Sefardi/or
Ladino language; 150 anniversary of Jewish Community in Melilla-Spain;
interview with Mr. Mordechai (?), 0115-0145, 55444 (JRX_Jose Ronaldo
Xavier, (Cabedelo-Paraíba-Brazil), HCDX via DXLD)
Finale on SW just prior to self-destruct; will this weekly, unlike
English, continue unscathed on web? (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
9665 to Europe, 11615 to Africa, REE presumed final English broadcast
(target Europe) heard Oct 14 from Perseus site in Northern Sweden from
1915 UT tune to sign off at 1957 UT. Closing mentioned nothing about
this being the final English broadcast. "North by Southwest" with male
moderator closing with poetry reading by British poet Roger McLaughlin
and jazz instrumental music to 1926 UT. At 1926 UT "Cultures in Spain"
continued with discussions by woman moderator and two male guests
regarding book store in Madrid, books, publishing, etc. to 1955.5 UT
followed by short instrumental music to 1956. S/off by man at 1956 UT
including ID, frequencies and schedule for African and European
services as well as REE address and e-mail for comments on
programming. Repeated IS of chimes until transmitter off at 1957:11
UT.
Spanish service at 2300 UT on 9620, 9535, and 6125 kHz not heard today
from any site (external service due to shut down at 2200 UT, 0000
CEST). (Bruce W. Churchill-CA-USA, DXplorer Oct 14 via BC-DX 21 Oct
via DXLD)
An example among many of a DX reporter obsessed with the gender of
each announcer/speaker on the radio. Does it really matter? Risky
business, as e.g. trans-gender people often retain their original
voice quality, and beyond that many people cannot be accurately
identified by their voices as to their gender, and/or even by their
names (Glenn Hauser, DXLD)
[and non]. 9690, Oct 16 before and after 0300, confirmed that the
relay of CRI in Chinese and English is gone with the demise of REE
(just as the reciprocal on 11910 at 12-14 has been replaced by CRI
English). Tsk2, 9690 was a bigsig to North America, but really
redundant, as CRI English has been and still is on 9790 via CUBA at
same time 0300, with an even huger signal (but subject to Cuban
SNAFUs).
9535, Oct 17 at 0152, with REE kaput, something else can be heard
here: CRI English, very poor with flutter. Was already scheduled
during this hour, southward from Kashgar, EAST TURKISTAN, and close to
// 9570 Albania & 9580 Cuba.
Re trying to hear REE English online if no longer SW: Seems they did
none dated Oct 15, but the ``first`` one of 30+ minutes is now up
dated Oct 16 via:
http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/audios/emision-en-ingles/english-language-broadcast-16-10-14/2810974/
When I try to play it, I first get a ``Gateway Timeout --- The proxy
server did not receive a timely response from the upstream server``.
But try again and it starts; Justin says ``today`` is ``October 15``
despite file date of Oct 16. It`s mainly operatic music with a bit of
commentary, a quick way to fill airtime without much effort; and cuts
off mid-aria at 30:11!
[Tagged]: We begin our first "virtual broadcast" with appropriate
music by Chopin, the 3rd movement from his Sonata for Piano No. 2. And
we continue in a musical vein, because this week opera buffs and
classical music lovers in the Spanish capital were treated to a
wonderful performance at Madrid's National Auditorium of Haendel's
opera Alcina, with acclaimed American mezzosoprano Joyce DiDonato
singing the title role, accompanied by the English Concert, with Harry
Bicket conducting from the harpsichord. We hear DiDonato sing the
resolution aria from the opera's third act as well as bel canto arias
from 19th-century Italian operas by Pacini and Rossini included on her
latest album, "Stella di Napoli," released this year on Erato. For
more on this superb opera singer, visit her website at:
http://www.joycedidonato.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1744,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Mike Cooper in GA explains, Oct 16: ``I've checked the English- and
French-language pages of REE and found audio files/streams with
today's date, even though it is before the former broadcast time for
either service. Both on-demand programs are 30 minutes in length and
consist of feature material. There is no news or current events
content. The English broadcast begins with a funeral march as the host
explains the end of shortwave after 70 years. The French broadcast
says absolutely nothing about the distribution change and goes
directly into a feature`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1744, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
AER: Cerraron la Onda Corta
Hola, Estas son las últimas novedades de blogAER:
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Cerraron la Onda Corta
http://aer.org.es/archivos/1614
El 17 de octubre de 2014, la sección sindical de UGT en RTVE ha hecho
pública una hoja informativa sobre el cierre de la OC de Radio
Exterior que reproducimos aquí por su interés:
RNE CERRÓ LA ONDA CORTA Y EL CENTRO DE NOBLEJAS. ES UN `ATENTADO
BRUTAL` AL SERVICIO PÚBLICO ESENCIAL AL QUE NOS DEBEMOS
------------------------------
Por otro lado, sigue la recogida de firmas a favor de la OC de REE en
https://www.change.org/p/a-los-ministros-de-educaci%C3%B3n-y-cultura-y-de-asuntos-exteriores-queremos-que-radio-exterior-de-espa%C3%B1a-ree-vuelva-a-emitir-en-onda-corta?recruiter=164476679&utm_campaign=mailto_link&utm_medium=email&utm_source=share_petition donde ya hay casi 900 firmas-
Un saludo cordial (Pedro Sedano, Madrid, España, Oct 17, COORDINADOR
GENERAL, AER, http://aer-dx.es/ noticiasdx yg via DXLD)
REE Overnight web-stream --- As the REE website doesn't show the new
web schedule in foreign languages, I analysed the web stream overnight
from 2130 to 0600 UT (17-18 October - Friday night to Saturday
morning) and observed the following:
-2200: REE Spanish
2200-2205: RNE News in Spanish
2205-2230: REE Arabic
2230-2300: REE English
2300-2305: RNE News in Spanish
2305-2330: REE French
2330-2400: REE Russian
0000-0005: RNE News in Spanish
0005-0030: REE Portuguese
0030-0100: REE Arabic
0100-0105: RNE News in Spanish
0105-0130: REE English
0130-0200: REE French
0200-0205: RNE News in Spanish
0205-0230: REE Russian
0230-0300: REE Portuguese
0300-0305: RNE News in Spanish
0305-0500: REE Spanish (including "Desde el Infierno" at 0330 UT)
0500-0600: REE French (however missed the 0500 start, so unable to
confirm if there was 5 minute Spanish news preceding)
So, each language gets two broadcasts, with broadcasts at xx05 being 5
minutes shorter. In the case of English the shorter broadcast is
achieved by simply fading out the programme after 25 minutes. I assume
that the same applies to the other languages.
A surprise however from 0500 to 0600 UT on 18 October was an hour
broadcast in French (Alan Roe, Teddington, UK, Oct 18, dxldyg via
WORLD OF RADIO 1744, DXLD)
The transmission in French on Saturdays only begins at 0505. Regards
(Jean-Michel Aubier, ibid.)
Thanks, Jean-Michel; Do you know: is there any special reason for the
Saturday-only 55 minute French transmission and is the content
different to the regular French broadcasts? Many thanks! 73 - (Alan
Roe, ibid.)
Alan, This broadcast (Kantara, a 55-minute mediterranean international
programme) is a cooperation between REE, Radio Tunis Chaîne
Internationale, France Bleu Frequenza Mora, Radio Algiers (3rd
channel), Chaîne Inter (SNRT Morocco) and Radio Cairo. Maybe it
couldn’t be completely cancelled? (Jean-Michel Aubier, ibid.)
REE's English program now appears to be only 30 minutes per day and
only consists of feature material. There is no news or current-events
content (Mike Cooper, Oct 21, WORLD OF RADIO 1744, DXLD)
Alan - what's the URL for the web stream? Is it the "Radio en Directo"
link? Thanks (Richard Cuff, NASWA yg via DXLD)
Hi Rich, I used the link at
http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/live_radio_PopUp/?id=&v=0.75&vp=&lang=es
and then selected Radio Exterior at the pop-up page.
However, I think that the Radio Nacional link on the same pop-up page,
the "en directo" link on the home page at
http://www.rtve.es/radio/radio-exterior/
and the links to RNE and REE via the "Radio en directo" button in the
"A la carte" bar at the top of the home page all bring the same live
stream. At least RTVE hasn't hidden away the link to the live stream
in some obscure location! (Alan Roe, ibid.)
Hola, Estas son las últimas novedades de blog AER:
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Respuesta del ex-presidente de RTVE a diputada sobre REE
http://aer.org.es/archivos/1632
A nuestras manos ha llegado la respuesta ofrecida a una diputada por
el anterior Presidente de RTVE en la sesión del pasado 23 de
septiembre y que no deja de estar basada en un falaz y burdo
argumentario: - DE LA DIPUTADA DOÑA JULIA DE MICHEO CARRILLO-ALBORNOZ,
SOBRE PLAN DE FUTURO DISEÑADO PARA RADIO EXTERIOR DE ESPAÑA.
------------------------------
Un saludo cordial (Pedro Sedano, Madrid, España, COORDINADOR GENERAL,
oct 20, noticiasdx yg via DXLD)
blogAER: NOVEDADES en Radio Exterior
Hola, Estas son las últimas novedades de blogAER:
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La flota pide al Gobierno que se restablezca la emisión en onda corta
de Radio Exterior
http://aer.org.es/archivos/1647
La petición de la vuelta de REE a la OC se amplia pues, según el
diario Faro de Vigo de hoy, el “presidente de la Cooperativa de
Armadores de Vigo (ARVI), Javier Touza, se ha dirigido al presidente
del Gobierno, Mariano Rajoy, para trasladarle” la petición unánime de
todos los tripulantes de la flota pesquera […]
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Alcanzadas +1.000 firmas para la vuelta de REE a la OC
http://aer.org.es/archivos/1651
La AER informa de que ya se han superado las mil firmas en la campaña
campaña de recogida de firmas lanzada por el Club S500, apuyada por
AER, en el portal change.org titulada “Queremos que Radio Exterior de
España (REE) vuelva a emitir en onda corta“, por lo que agradece
públicamente a todos los oyentes y diexistas […]
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Un saludo cordial (Pedro Sedano, Madrid, España, COORDINADOR GENERAL,
Oct 22, noticiasdx yg via DXLD)
blogAER: Novedades REE
Hola, Estas son las últimas novedades publicadas en blogAER sobre REE:
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Respuesta de un indignado a la nota oficial de REE sobre la supresión
de la OC
http://aer.org.es/archivos/1659
Hemos recibido los siguientes comentarios a la nota oficial que el
pasado día 03.10.2014 hizo pública RTVE, tanto en su web como en la
emisión por OC de REE, sobre la supresión de las emisiones por OC de
REE. La nota oficial de cese de las emisiones por OC de REE está en
http://www.rtve.es/radio/20141003/radio-exterior-espana-suprime-emision-onda-corta/1021661.shtml
En […]
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Respuesta de la defensora de RTVE ante pregunta de desmantelamiento de
Noblejas
http://aer.org.es/archivos/1663
A nuestras manos ha llegado la pregunta que un oyente ha mandado a la
defensora del Espectador, Oyente e Inte4rnauta de RTVE: Un sindicato
de RTVE afirma que se podría estar procediendo al desmantelamiento del
centro emisor de Noblejas. No entiendo las prisas en desmantelar un
magnífico centro emisor, con tecnología punta, que podría incluso […]
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Enviadas las firmas y un escrito a varios secretarios de Estado del
Gobierno español
http://aer.org.es/archivos/1655
Esta mañana, la Asociación Española de Radioescucha (AER) ha entregado
un escrito en la delegación que el Gobierno español tiene en la ciudad
de Valencia, en la que se solicitan reuniones con los secretarios de
Estado de Cultura, de Exteriores y de Cooperación Internacional y para
Iberoamérica, a fin de hacerles llegar nuestras explicaciones para el
regreso de […]
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Un saludo cordial (Pedro Sedano, Madrid, España, COORDINADOR GENERAL,
AER, Oct 23, noticiasdx yg via DXLD)
** SRI LANKA. 11905, S.L.B.C. at 0118 to 0145 tune out, playing
traditional Sri Lankan songs, announcement at 0133 in Hindi (listed
for 0130-) began with English words “The Sri Lanka Broadcasting
Corporation” - Good Oct 16 (Harold Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia,
listening in my car by the lake, with the Eton E1 and Sony AN1 active
antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
11905, Oct 17 at 0114, SLBC carrier cut to music modulation at
0114:48, timesignal ending at 0115:18.5, sign-on in S Asian language
mentioning Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation in English. Good signal
but with flutter. When it`s this good, chances improve for hearing
Diego Garcia, which I already am, q.v.
11905, Oct 18 at 0115:18.5, mistimesignal ends after musical prélude
of SLBC, but it`s chopped to only two pips instead of three. Fair but
fluttery signal as ever, transpolarly (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** SUDAN [non]. 11560, Radio Miraya, 0320 October 11. English talk on
practical tips to prevent cholera, then into pop music (Jim Andrew,
Houston TX, SPR-4, Funcube Pro+ SDR, Yaesu FT-1000 MP, Drake C Line,
amateur band vertical antenna over 800' radials, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST) (rather via Grigoriopol Pridnestrovye Moldova; wb.)
** SUDAN [non]. DARFUR (non), 15130, Radio Dabanga 1530 October 12.
Unidentified language - heavy Arabic influence, but with some Latin-
root words. At last a station that ID's, but this may be taking things
to an extreme. Multiple singing ID's with "Radio Dabanga" repeated
over and over.
[seemingly a rather very late registration change, or action to avoid
R Oman on 15140/15150 kHz hopping, wb.)
re 15130, registered under Madagascar 15150 kHz instead.
15150 kHz at 1500-1627 UT 39SW,47E,48W MDC 250 335 Apd MDG PNW FPU]
15550, Radio Dabanga, 1535 October 12. Better signal than parallel
15130, but with slight delay (Jim Andrew, Houston TX, SPR-4, Funcube
Pro+ SDR, Yaesu FT-1000 MP, Drake C Line, amateur band vertical
antenna over 800' radials, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
(rather from Al Dhabbaya UAE relay site, wb.)
** SWEDEN. POSSIBLE EXTRA GRIMETON RADIO/SAQ TRANSMISSION
There will hopefully be a transmission with the Alexanderson
alternator on 17.2 kHz on “United Nations Day” October 24, 2014 at
1000 UT. Start up and tuning from about 1130 UT [sic: assume latter
time meant to be 0930 UT, half an hour earlier, like on XmasEve – gh]
There will be a message written by students in Denmark. We are not
hundred percent sure we have access to the antenna this day because of
other organization using it. This time we do not require any QSL-
reports and will not verify. Regards. Lars/SM6NM
P.S. We intend to continue with our annual transmission on Christmas
Eve (morning), Dec 24, at 0800 UT with tuning up from 0730 UT. D.S.
Posted by: (Mike Terry, Oct 15, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1744, DXLD)
** SWITZERLAND. History, former shortwave site Lenk 1974 - 1998.
Pictures of Swisscom via Sandro, access via
http://www.radioempfang.ch/sendeanlagen/schweiz/lenk/
Copyright of pictures by Swisscom Broadcast AG.
3985, 6165, 9535 kHz --- Next to the barn seems the 6165 non-dir
corner reflector antenna, on the left side a non-dir 31 mb 9535 kHz
antenna installation, but 6mast array seem a 75 meterband antenna?
Please comments on this 6 mast array on right lower corner, looks
similar to Sarnen 1562 / 1566 kHz steep fountain horizontal MW
antenna.
Perhaps much of the equipment was installed underground? Are the walls
in the center of the antennas arrival visible underground stairs?
The radio installations in Switzerland the sixties and seventies were
of the highest national secrecy. vy73 wolfy df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel,
Oct 22, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Hi Wolfy, Thanks :-) The 6 mast array also looks (similar?) to the
typical 6 mast caged dipoles seen throughout Brazil (domestic SW
broadcast stations). Resolution not quite clear enough to resolve with
certainty (Ian, AUStralia, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TAIWAN. 7502, Xing Xing GDD 4 (Kuanyin) *1200+ 9 Oct. OC, brief
flute tune, ID & Chinese # groups. Somewhat better at 1324 recheck
(Dan Sheedy, Encinitas/Moonlight Beach, CA G5/6m X wire, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** TAIWAN. 9745, Guanghuazhi Sheng (presumed), 1609-1630 Oct 14,
seemingly the one with Chinese language program and music. Fair to
good (Richard A. D’Angelo: The Italy logs were taken while on vacation
in Italy using a Sangean ATS-909X portable. We had a terrific stay at
a castle with the highlight being my son’s wedding on Thursday,
October 16th. The bands were not nearly as active as when in Greece a
few months ago, however, they were a lot livelier than back home. I
also tuned the long wave band and found a lot of broadcasting activity
down there with activity noted from nearby France during daylight
hours, NASWA Flashsheet Oct 19 via DXLD)
Which makes me wonder: is Bahrain still active on 9745-USB? (gh, DXLD)
** TAIWAN. 13130, Sound of Hope International, tentative, 1346 to
1400, no recognizable ID, Chinese, SINFO=2,5,4,3,2, the overall rating
was reduced due to lack of signal strength, there were several men and
a woman in a discussion. Note: there was no jammer signal from China,
the Mackay 5050A and the 637’ long wire antenna. 9/29 (John Davis, our
listening post is located northeast of Columbus, Ohio in the USA,
NASWA Flashsheeet Oct 12 via DXLD)
On what basis do you conclude this was SOH and not CNR1 jamming which
is far more likely to be heard on these frequencies???? (gh, DXLD)
16920, SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng, at 0052, on 9 Oct. A female announcer
sounds like she is interviewing a male speaker who is talking on what
sounds like a live feed. At 0053, a male announcer is speaking in
listed language of Chinese/Cantonese. The male announcer is also
interviewing a male speaker on a live feed. The same programming is
playing on 17300. Good (Cooper, PA)
17300, TAIWAN, SOH Relay/Radio Free Asia, at 0046, on 9 Oct. A female
announcer is talking in listed language of Chinese. At 0047 a male
speaker is talking. At 0047 there is a brief musical interlude
followed by a male speaking again. Good (John Cooper, Lebanon, PA,
Winradio-G33DDC, CommRadio CR-1A, RF Space-SDR-IQ, Sangean ATS-909X w/
Clear Mod, Grundig Satellit 750, Wellbrook ALA 1530+, Super Sloper
Tuned All Band Antenna, PARS-SWL End Fed x 2, NASWA Flashsheeet Oct 12
via DXLD)
On what basis do you conclude this was SOH and not CNR1 jamming which
is far more likely to be heard on these frequencies???? (gh, DXLD)
** TAIWAN. Test series of new Ampegon TX and new Ampegon RIGID
antennas at Tamsui Taipei Taiwan. new Ampegon antennas at Tamsui
Taipei. see Google Maps image:
<https://goo.gl/maps/crRbo>
<https://goo.gl/maps/GwEnB>
SINGLE DAY TEST transmission in DRM mode today Oct 17 and tomorrow Oct
18, in UT afternoon 16-17 UT slot, seemingly on older 2 x 4 curtain
antenna at 325 degrees at path towards Altai, Urumchi, Omsk, Vologda,
Latvia, Koenigsberg, at Northern Russia and into Europe target
(Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 17 via DXLD)
Frequency 11665 kHz on test transmission in AM mode:
3 Oct von 1600 bis 1700 UT
4 Oct von 1600 bis 1700 UT
5 Oct von 1600 bis 1700 UT
10 Oct von 1600 bis 1700 UT
11 Oct von 1600 bis 1700 UT
12 Oct von 1600 bis 1700 UT
and DRM mode
17 Oct von 1600 bis 1700 UT
18 Oct von 1600 bis 1700 UT (Wolf-Dieter Behnke-D, A-DX Sept 12 via
Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DXLD)
** TAIWAN [non]. "November 1st 2014 we are leaving 1125 kHz and moving
to 13720 kHz." "From November 1st 2014 Song of India will have a
frequency change for India. The new frequency will be 13720. The time
will be 1330 to 1430 UT. This should also propagate to Europe." (posts
on Song of India - PCJ Radio International's Facebook page 20+21 Oct)
Posted by: (Alan Pennington, Oct 21, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD)
Re 13720 kHz channel, in B-14 will be used by RRI Bucharest in Arabic
to 1330 UT too.
13720 0300-0400 41NW KAS 100 209 Hin CHN CRI
13720 1000-1200 49,54W XIA 500 200 Eng CHN CRI
13720 1300-1330 39NW TIG 300 142 Ara ROU RRO
13720 1630-1730 47,48 NAU 100 150 Mul D MBR (ex-11875)
BVB SUDAN 1 - B-14
13720 (ex-11875) kHz, 25 mb, 100 kW 150 degr, MBR Nauen Germany
Day Time Language
Sunday 1630-1700 Nuer
1700-1730 Dinka
Monday 1630-1700 Nuer
1700-1730 Dinka
Tuesday 1630-1700 Nuer
1700-1730 Dinka
Wednesday 1630-1700 Nuer
1700-1730 Dinka
Thursday 1630-1700 Nuer
1700-1730 Dinka
Friday 1630-1700 Nuer
1700-1730 Dinka
Saturday 1630-1700 Nuer
1700-1730 Dinka
13720 kHz, but MediaBroadcast broker carries BVB Sudan program, late
change also from former 11875 kHz channel to avoid Vatican Radio,
Tinang the Philippines co-channel on latter frequency. 73 wb (Wolfgang
Büschel, ibid.)
ROU in Arabic was changed today 1300-1330 on new 13560 (Ivo Ivanov,
Oct 21, ibid.)
In any event, that would not have been a collision with PCJ. Last time
PCJ tried to use 13720, it collided with DRM from Spain, which has now
self-destructed (gh, DXLD)
But have already changed time and frequency: "We have to make it 1258-
1358 and 13725 kHz as Trinco is full up. DW also using Trinco in B14."
(Victor Goonetilleke on PCJ Media and PCJ Radio Facebook today via
Pennington, Oct 21, BDXC-UK yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1744, DXLD)
** TAJIKISTAN. 4765.05, Tajik R., Oct 19 1250-1310, 45443, Tajik,
Music, ID at 1252 and 1300 (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)
Re: 4765.59, Tajik Radio 1, from Dushanbe Yangi-Yul, signal was S=7-8
at 1515 UT on Oct 10 (Wolfgang Büschel, Oct 10, at 15-16 UT heard in
Nagoya-JPN, remote SDR site, very weak propagation, wwdxc BC-DX
TopNews Oct 12, dxldyg via DXLD)
4765.059 perhaps closer to above? [other reports as on 4765.06] (gh)
Re ``4765.59``: Also at 1229 UT today Oct 20, Tajik R1 really on
4765.050 kHz (wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 20)
Maybe FREQ difference was a keyboard glitch transfer. Much, much
stronger field strength during UT nighttime around 0100 UT into
Germany post, greyline at Almaty, Neu Delhi and Bombay.
4765.050, Das Tajik Radio 1 aus Yangi Yul bei Dushanbe, ID um 0113 UT
am 19. Okt, sehr schoenes rauschfreies Signal, die Grauzone liegt
jetzt bei der Linie von Almaty, Neu Delhi und Bombay. S=9+20dB -56dBm
signal strength (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 19 via
DXLD)
4765.05, Tajik R., Oct 09 1311-1321, 35343, Tajik, Talk and music, ID
at 1311
4765.06, Tajik R., Oct 10 1346-1356, 35443, Tajik, Talk and music, ID
at 1348 UT (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)
** TAJIKISTAN. Dushanbe bandscan --- Listed below are currently active
Tajik transmitters as received in Dushanbe last week
MW
549 81/25 Sadoi Dushanbe (RT-3) - bad modulation, muffled audio,
erratic dropouts with open carrier - seems off channel down-frequency
927 45/25 NHK in unID language, English ID spotted, "NHK World"
972 50/25 Ap Ki Dunya
1143 61/23 Ovozi Tochik (RT-1)
1251 48/20 BBC WS in English
1296 51/24 Radio Rossii throughout the day, something else (maybe even
local) in the evening
[1296: Not 24h, but 2100-1700. I think you heard VOA Kabul or Iran
after 1700. 73, Mauno Ritola, Finland, dxldyg via DXLD]
[later: Given the receiver`s rssi/snr readings, it must have been
something local; it only remains to double check the chronology of my
logs as the readings were taken. -Leo]
1323 50/22 Radioi Tochikiston (RT-2)
SW
4765 34/13 Radioi Tochikiston (RT-2)
7245 32/15 Ovozi Tochik
(both off at night)
OIRT
71.42 signal in // with 107.4 (intermod?)
FM
100.0 33/33 Radioi Tochikiston (RT-2)
101.1 34/33 Farhang FM (RT-4)
101.5 60/42 Hovar (webstream delayed by a few seconds!)
101.9 ND/ND Sadoi Dushanbe (RT-3)
102.2 59/49 Sadoi Dushanbe (RT-3)
103.0 ND/ND Radioi Rusii Oriyono (partner of Russkoye Radio) off all
night with late morning sign-on
103.1 01/01 Sadoi Dushanbe (RT-3)
103.6 42/24 Radio Zvezda (Russian) - off all night with late morning
sign-on
104.0 45/25 AFM (billboard top 20 - american pops)
104.3 03/03 Unid (multiple mentions of Dushanbe)
104.7 49/41 Radioi Tochikiston (RT-2)
105.5 44/44 Ovozi Tochik (RT-1)
105.7 ND/ND Radioi Tochikiston (RT-2)
106.0 49/38 Radioi Vatan
106.5 53/43 Farhang FM (RT-4)
107.0 42/39 Aziya Plyus, ID heard (strangely, not in parallel with its
webstream!)
107.4 48/38 ID-ed as "yakh chado chor fm" (reportedly IMRUZ FM but
never heard such an ID)
107.8 ND/ND Sadoi Dushanbe (RT-3)
ND/ND appears where receiver's RSSI/SNR readings weren`t put down.
Posted by: (Leo Barmaleo, Oct 17, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
The supposed use of 927 kHz by NHK World was in B13, and perhaps still
is, Russian 1600-1630, Persian 1630-1700 and Urdu 1700-1745.
Concerning the 107.4 MHz station: The operator calls it off air
"Imruz", too, at least at http://orionomedia.tj/imruz.html ...
(Kai Ludwig, Germany, ibid.)
http://www.ozodi.org/content/radio-imruz-begins-broadcast-in-pamiri-languages/25230382.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_YLKTmhdKw
http://vdushanbe.ru/catalog/media/radio-imruz-107-4-fm/
http://www.orionomedia.tj/
http://109.74.75.131:8000/Imruz64.mp3
http://109.74.75.131:8000/Imruz32.mp3
https://www.facebook.com/pages/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BE-%D0%98%D0%BC%D1%80%D3%AF%D0%B7/1506523532918628?sk=info
https://www.facebook.com/pages/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BE-%D0%98%D0%BC%D1%80%D3%AF%D0%B7/1506523532918628?sk=timeline
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Radio-Imruz-Kharag-Barnoma-Tat-Gapen/120430831484756
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-16201088
Radio Imruz = Radio Today (roger Thayer, Germany, ibid.)
** THAILAND. 15590, Radio Thailand, 0005 October 21. Good to very-good
signal and clarity. English. National news followed by ads 0008-0015
including Bangkok Airways "Asia's Boutique Airline" offering direct
flights to Chang Mai, and public service announcements for Her Majesty
the Queen of Thailand and the Tourist Authority of Thailand. Global
news 0015 to 0022. "This is Radio Thailand News" between segments.
Also "broadcast live from FM 88". 0023-0028 Special Report from the
Royal Thai government on a gathering of rice scientists in Bangkok for
the International Rice Congress. 0028-0034 "Business news brought to
you by PTT" (the national oil company of Thailand - Jim). Transmission
abruptly dropped at 0029:40, then came back at 0030:08, but at lower
strength. Signal still there and readable at 0050. (Jim Andrew,
Houston TX, SPR-4, Funcube SDRPro+, Yaesu FT-1000MP, Butternut amateur
band vertical, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) B-14 moved to 13745
** TIBET [non]. CLANDESTINE: 15547, V. of Tibet, Oct 20 1315-1322,
35433, Chinese, Talk, Theme msuic at 1319 and 1321 (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)
** TURKEY. 1062 MW, R Sese, Diyarbakir (re-activated), 0250, Oct 01,
Kurdish (?) and Turkish, mainly disco songs in Turkish, they say
“Radio Sheshe“. (Thus on MW now there are 5 transmitters on the air
there on 630, 891, 927, 954 and 1062 kHz which were noted here), 54444
(Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria, DSWCI DX Window Oct 15 via DXLD)
** TURKEY. 11980, Oct 18 at 0530 past 0545, TRT with always enjoyable
Turkish music, good signal with some flutter. As usual in B-seasons,
this 310-degree transmission toward western Europe and consequently
North America beyond will shift to 9700, replacing Romania and run one
UT hour later, 0500-0655 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Wrong frequency of Voice of Turkey was noted on Tuesday, October 21:
1224-1228 13760 EMR 500 kW / 310 deg WEu Interval Signal, after German
1229-1233 13760 EMR 500 kW / 310 deg WEu English, instead of A14 15450
1233-1320 15450 EMR 500 kW / 310 deg WEu English, as scheduled. Videos
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/10/wrong-frequency-of-voice-of-turkey-on.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DXLD)
I was just told another Voice of Turkey goof that continues already
for a couple of nights: After 2300 German is transmitted on 9830 until
it suddenly goes off after 30 minutes.
Well, English is supposed to go out on 9830 2200-2300, so apparently
the transmitter stays on until 2330 by mistake. But why has Voice of
Turkey a playout of German running at this time? Is it an unknown,
undocumented additional webcast/satellite slot? (Kai Ludwig, Oct 22,
ibid.)
** UKRAINE. CQ NEWS RELEASE (CQ Policy Statement on Stations in Crimea
Using Russian-Issued Call Signs in CQ Contests) [Hicksville, NY -
October 17, 2014] --
"After considerable deliberation, CQ has determined that the best
course of action regarding Crimea and CQ contests is to follow the
lead of the United Nations and the United States government, both of
which continue to consider Crimea to be part of Ukraine, until such
time as the political situation there is resolved. Therefore,
'Logs will not be accepted for any CQ contest from stations in Crimea
operating with Russian-issued call signs. Contacts made by others with
those stations will be removed from contestants' logs without penalty.
No contact or multiplier credits will be given.'
We fully realize that our action may very well disenfranchise several
Crimean contesters who use Russian prefixes instead of Ukrainian
prefixes. As regrettable as that may be, our action is consistent with
international law, as well as with our own Rules." (Ohio/Penn DX
Bulletin No. 1185, October 20, 2014, Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW,
Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio), via Dave Raycroft, ODXA yg
via DXLD)
** UNITED KINGDOM [non]. 9550, BBC (Tashkent) *0159 18 Oct.
Referencing Glenn's 17 Oct. unID at 0153 -- your suspicion was correct
-- OC at 0153, 0159 BBC W/S ID loop, pips, and "Welcome to the news.."
Weak & fluttery at best and nothing heard from CRI before BBC's OC
came on (Dan Sheedy, Encinitas, CA G5/6m X wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U K. BBC WORLD SERVICE LAUNCHES CHAT APP EBOLA INFORMATION SERVICE
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2014/ebola-information-service
The BBC is trusted by millions of people in the affected countries, so
we are stepping up our efforts to reach people with timely
information, whether they’re listening to the radio, watching TV or
using chat apps. Peter Horrocks, Director, World Service Group
Date: 16.10.2014 Last updated: 16.10.2014 at 09.58
Category: World Service
The BBC World Service today launches a new ‘lifeline’ Ebola service
for people in West Africa on instant messenger app Whatsapp. The new
service is in both English and French and will comprise public health
information on Ebola from the BBC, using audio, text message posts and
images. It will also include breaking news alerts related to Ebola.
The service is available on +44 7702 348651. Whatsapp is the most
popular chat app in Africa. This means Ebola is now the BBC World
Service’s biggest health focus since its reporting on HIV/Aids in the
1980s and 1990s. In addition to this service, the BBC’s Ebola efforts
now include:
News About Ebola, a news and information programme broadcast twice
every weekday from 22 September. The programme is focused on the
affected region of West Africa, where half of World Service English’s
13.1m African listeners are based. Shortwave transmissions to the
affected areas have been increased
Ebola Infos, a twice-daily Ebola bulletin in French on BBC Afrique
Increased partnerships with other broadcasters: the Ebola
programmes are being broadcast by more than 50 radio stations in West
Africa and on the BBC’s own FM transmitters in key cities
Special new interactive editions of Focus On Africa on World
Service English on Mondays and Thursdays for audiences to share
experiences, concerns and questions on Ebola
New twice-weekly interactive programming on BBC Afrique, Parlons
d’Ebola
A new daily 10-minute Ebola bulletin on BBC World News TV
Weekly Ebola bulletins, Ebola Public Health Broadcast, have been
produced by BBC Africa in conjunction with the BBC’s international
development charity BBC Media Action since August. They are broadcast
in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea and Nigeria on the BBC’s English,
French and Hausa services. The Swahili, Somali and Kinyarwanda/Kirundi
services also carry the broadcasts
BBC Media Action has been helping to tackle misinformation about
the disease in a radio programme, Kick Ebola Nar Salone (Kick Ebola
out of Sierra Leone), produced and broadcast three times a week on 35
partner stations across the country. The show gives people a chance to
ask questions of experts, and voice their concerns
BBC Media Action has partnered with the Paul G. Allen Family
Foundation to deliver ‘lifeline’ communication training to media,
officials and humanitarian workers in countries at risk across West
Africa. It will also produce media outputs – from discussion
programmes to mini-dramas – to tackle rumour and stigma and to help
people take action to protect their health in Liberia, Sierra Leone
and Guinea
In additional to this special programming, BBC News has been reporting
from affected regions across all of its domestic and international
outlets from the outset of the outbreak.
Director of the World Service Group Peter Horrocks said: “This
outbreak of Ebola shows no signs of abating. Myths and misinformation
about Ebola are still widespread – and life-threatening. The BBC is
trusted by millions of people in the affected countries, so we are
stepping up our efforts to reach people with timely information,
whether they’re listening to the radio, watching TV or using chat
apps. We’re committed to playing our part and will continue looking at
new ways to reach audiences, for example by developing programmes in
local vernacular languages.”
This is the first time the BBC has used a chat app specifically for
health information programming, although instant messaging
applications including Line, Mixit, BBM, WeChat and Whatsapp have been
successfully used for breaking news alerts and while reporting the
elections in India and South Africa.
Notes to Editors
News About Ebola is broadcast on World Service English every weekday
at 1420 and 1950 GMT.
Focus On Africa is broadcast on World Service English at 1900 GMT on
Mondays and Thursdays.
Ebola Infos is broadcast on BBC Afrique every weekday at 1730 and 0802
GMT.
Parlons d’Ebola is broadcast on BBC Afrique on Mondays and Thursday at
1502 GMT.
A daily Ebola TV bulletin is broadcast on BBC World News at 1830 GMT.
The BBC’s Whatsapp Ebola service is available on +44 7702 348651.
Users can subscribe by messaging JOIN or JOINDRE to that number on
Whatsapp (via Dr Hansjoerg Biener, DXLD)
** U K. BBC 'POP-UP' THAI NEWS STREAM GIVEN GO-AHEAD
The idea of a social media news stream is a new one, but the principle
behind BBC Thai is as old as the World Service - bringing accurate,
unbiased news to countries when it is lacking.Peter Horrocks,
Director, BBC World Service
Date: 10.10.2014 - Last updated: 10.10.2014 at 11.28
Category: World Service
BBC Thai, the BBC World Service’s new social media news stream, has
been given the go-ahead to run for another year, it was announced
today.
BBC Thai was launched as a 'pop-up' operation for a three month trial
period on July 10, in response to the military coup in Thailand in
May. The coup saw international channels, including BBC World News,
temporarily taken off air. The BBC Thai radio service had previously
closed in 2006 after more than 60 years on air. . .
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2014/thai-news
(via Hansjoerg Biener, Oct 17, DXLD)
** U K. FRANCESCA UNSWORTH APPOINTED DIRECTOR, BBC WORLD SERVICE GROUP
BBC Media Centre 20 October 2014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2014/francesca-unsworth-ws
Francesca Unsworth has been appointed Director of the BBC World
Service Group, it was announced today. In this role she will lead the
BBC's global news services - BBC World Service, BBC World News and
BBC.com/news - as well as BBC Monitoring, and will chair the BBC's
international development charity, BBC Media Action. The BBC's global
news services have a weekly audience of 265m. Fran will also continue
to act as deputy to the Director of News and Current Affairs.
Director General of the BBC, Tony Hall, said: “I have known Fran since
she joined the BBC and watched in admiration as she has become that
rarest of things: a lifelong BBC insider who thinks like an outsider.
Her range of skills and experience combined with a quite exceptional
gift for management makes her exactly the right person to take over
the enormously important job of directing the World Service Group. I
am thrilled with her appointment."
Director of BBC News and Current Affairs, James Harding, said: "Fran
embodies the best of the BBC: she is thoughtful and enabling, tireless
and determined, interesting and smart. Fran is already known for her
record in fighting for journalistic freedom and free expression. I
know she will prove an inspiring and respected director of the World
Service, inside the BBC, in Britain and around the world."
Fran Unsworth said: "Today is the proudest day of my professional
life. I do not take on lightly the responsibility of looking after a
part of the BBC with such a proud history. I promise to be the
guardian of the best of the BBC's values of independence, impartiality
and fairness in our international services, while continuing the
successful modernisation of the World Service Group to take our
journalism to new audiences worldwide."
Fran began her journalistic career in 1980 in BBC Local Radio joining
Radio 1's Newsbeat. She spent a spell as a network radio producer in
Washington DC and later joined Radio 4's The World At One and PM.
Fran was appointed the BBC's Home News Editor and then, in 2001, Head
of Political Programmes. In 2005 she became Head of Newsgathering,
running one of the world's largest newsgathering operations with
bureaux across the world.
Between November 2012 and August 2013 Fran was the BBC's Acting
Director of News and Current Affairs. She is currently Deputy Director
of BBC News and Current Affairs.
Fran will become the first female director in the 82-year history of
the World Service. She will take up her new post on 8 December 2014.
She replaces Peter Horrocks, who announced earlier this year that he
was leaving the BBC. Her appointment follows a competitive recruitment
process. Posted by: (Mike Terry, Oct 20, dxldyg via DXLD, and via
Hansjoerg Biener, WORLD OF RADIO 1744, DXLD)
** U K. JAMES HARDING - THE FUTURE OF BBC WORLD SERVICE
Date: 11.09.2014 Last updated: 11.09.2014 at 16.57
Category: Corporate; News; World Service
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/speeches/2014/james-harding-portland
Speech by James Harding, Director of BBC News and Current Affairs, on
the future of the BBC World Service to the Public Radio Program
Directors in Portland, Oregon, USA, on 11 September 2014.
Good morning – and thank you for having me here. Tamar, thank you for
being quite so kind. And thanks too to the PRPD Committee for inviting
me.
As you may know, I spent the better part of 20 years working in
newspapers and only joined the BBC just over a year ago. For years,
whether as a foreign correspondent for the Financial Times in Asia or,
more recently, editing The Times of London, I’d fetch up in far-flung
places and World Service listeners would come up and thank me for the
work of the BBC. Not one to shy away from a free compliment, I’d
graciously accept - and try to leave the impression that, in some
small way, the wonder that is the World Service had something to do
with me.
I fear that, on an even grander scale, I’m set to do the same this
morning. Hundreds of thoughtful and curious, provocative and often
courageous journalists, programme-makers and editors at the BBC make
the shows. Then I pitch up here for the curtain call.
But I was genuinely grateful to receive the invitation to come to the
PRPD and have been greatly looking forward to coming to Portland,
because it is the first chance I’ve had to talk, head-on, about the
World Service and our ambitions for it. I particularly value the
chance to do so with a group of people who share our love of radio
and, more than that, our belief in it.
And I greatly appreciate the chance simply to say thank you to APM and
the many partners including NPR and PRI represented in this room who
carry our programmes and reports, inform our thinking and make it
possible for millions of Americans to listen to the BBC World
Service every day.
It is impossible to get up on the morning of September 11 and not be
seized still by sorrow and bewilderment at the memory of what happened
13 years ago. And, in the more than decade since, it often feels that,
for all the uplifting stories of technological progress, human
compassion and creative inspiration, we have, again and again, found
ourselves looking on at the world in a state of disbelief.
Anyone who has worked in a newsroom knows that it’s a myth that
nothing happens in August. Typically, something happens in August – a
war in a place that we struggle to find on a map or a scandal that
seems terribly important at the time, but is long forgotten by
Thanksgiving.
But, this year, we have witnessed a war in Ukraine and a stand-off
between Russia and the West; a war between Israel and Gaza; the third
year of a war in Syria that has claimed 300,000 lives and displaced 10
million people; a war driven by the so-called Islamic State as it
sweeps across Syria and into Iraq, murdering journalists, conducting
mass killings of soldiers and threatening acts of genocide; a sporadic
war in Libya of gathering violence and intensity; and a rumbling war
driven by Boko Haram in parts of Nigeria.
It’s no wonder that, everywhere you go, you hear the same refrain:
“What is going on in the world?” Or, in common parlance: “What the
hell is going on in the world?” And, put simply, I think that defines
the job of the BBC World Service: that’s the question we’re here to
answer. Our ambition for the World Service, now more than ever, is to
enable understanding.
We are living through an age of realignment in world power; a struggle
not simply between Sunni and Shia but also between church and state in
the Islamic world; a period of uncertainty of US engagement in the
world post-Iraq; a questioning not just of capitalism but liberal
democracy too; and, alongside the advances in life sciences and the
anxieties prompted by climate change, galloping change to the way we
live, as individuals, families, societies.
There is so much that prompts the question: 'What is going on in the
world?' And when the facts are moving so fast, the narratives so
conflicting and the impacts so significant, it’s hard to think of a
time when news is in greater demand, when there has been a greater
need for global intelligence, for reporting and analysis that is
accurate and impartial, free of political interference or a commercial
agenda.
Indeed, it’s hard to think of a more important time for radio. As I
said, I’m still a newcomer to broadcasting, only just getting inducted
into the holy orders of radio journalism. But I have all the zeal of a
new convert: to my mind, radio is the medium of understanding. For
there may be no better way of conveying large amounts of information –
and, in fact, ideas – than in print. There may be no more powerful
platform than television. There may be nothing handier, more
empowering than mobile. But in radio, in its capacity to combine
intelligence and intimacy, we are lucky to work in a medium that
really can provide understanding.
Part of my rebooting as a journalist, from newspapers to broadcasting,
has involved trying to wrap my head around a dizzying new world of
acronyms and shorthand. I’ve swapped nibs and wobs for oovs and sots.
And when I was in news conference one morning and told that a
correspondent had just landed in Donetsk but only had time to send us
a squirt, I thought my colleagues in the newsroom are just making this
stuff up to keep me on my toes. But by far my favourite piece of BBC
shorthand is WDIAM?: as in, Bo Xilai’s been arrested in China, can
you get me a WDIAM for Newshour? WDIAM – What Does It All Mean? It is
the clarion call of what we the World Service is there to do.
But, of course, being the World Service, our effort to understand
needs to be more subtle and sophisticated than news packages and
explainers. (Even though, as you might tell, I have a healthy appetite
for explainers, efforts to look behind the story and pieces of
analysis.)
So, what are we trying to do to enable us to understand what it all
means?
First, we are seeking to do more and more to use the whole of the
World Service – i.e. all 27 language services from Hausa to Hindi,
Chinese to Arabic, Russian to Persian, Burmese to Kyrgyz – to inform
our reporting and our programmes on the World Service in English. You
will hear more frequently our bilingual reporters, people who have
grown up with the story, who live the story on the ground, on air on
the BBC World Service. And, I should say, I’m really keen to see us
get closer to the US story. We’ve just launched our first pop-up
bureau in Boulder, Colorado. We’re looking to roll out more, but, I
expect, our best bet in getting closer to stories across the US will
involve greater editorial collaboration with our partner stations
and their journalists.
Second, and in a similar vein, we are – like so many others in this
room – getting more and more from our audiences in programmes such as
Outside Source. The BBC World Service has an audience around the world
of more than 41 million people, an extraordinary army of fact
checkers, potential sources and opinion formers. They can be critical,
contrary and challenging, but, if they make our lives a little more
difficult, they make our coverage infinitely better.
And, third, I believe that a good diet requires the right mixture of
spinach and cheesecake. The World Service is there to inform, but,
also, to enliven, enlighten and entertain. The mix matters.
You may have heard Steve Titherington at the Arts, Culture and
Lifestyle session yesterday talking about how we have been putting our
shoulder into more arts programming. We love music – listening to it
and talking about it and we are going to have more of it on the World
Service.
We have stepped up our commitment to business – and you would have
heard this week about the exciting work we are doing with Marketplace
on the global economy. We are launching a new programme on the lives
of women around the world. We’re rather proud of More Or Less, the
programme that unpacks the lies and damned lies in statistics.
And we are, of course, fascinated by history: we are halfway through a
series of debates being held around the world in Turkey, Russia,
Germany and here in the US, on the legacy of World War One and we’ve
broadcast Missing Histories that tries to bring two people together
from different sides of history, for example Chinese and Japanese, to
compare notes. There’s plenty of grumbling around about dumbing down
in the media. Well, our ambition is dumbing up: accessible scholarship
– global intelligence - that fascinates, that delights and that can
make you laugh.
At the heart of that ambition is Newshour, a programme that has found
a place on many of your midday schedules and in the hearts of many
listeners. It’s a news show that every day tries to make sense of the
world whatever is happening wherever it is happening. And in a way
that captures the audience interest. Our commitment to supporting and
developing Newshour remains as strong as it did when it started 25
years ago.
In order to ensure that the BBC World Service delivers on such
promises, both as a radio network around the world as well as a
provider of programming to the many public radio stations represented
here today, we are resurrecting the job of the Controller of World
Service Radio. In recent years, the BBC World Service has been managed
together with our other English language output: i.e. alongside World
News television and the BBC News website. But we want the BBC World
Service to have an editor, a champion, an ambassador of its own.
This is, in part, because none of us know what the technological
changes that are engulfing so much of the modern media and taking such
a toll on the news business will ultimately do to radio. And, it’s
with an eye to the future, that I’d like to make an appeal, offer an
observation and then turn things over to you for a proper
conversation.
We are, plainly, in the throes of a revolution. No-one in this room
needs a primer on digital disruption. We all know the established news
media no longer monopolise, perhaps even dominate, the production and
distribution of the news; that the building blocks of our trade – the
story, the bulletin, the programme, the idea of a network – are all up
for grabs; that our audiences can seem increasingly fickle, moving
seamlessly from one platform to another.
People will expect everything, everywhere and right now. And they
expect more of it for less. Business models have been thrown up in the
air, with catastrophic consequences for journalists’ jobs. Many
listeners want to be part of more than an audience, but active in the
news, even activists in a movement. And the way people listen and
think is changing: often, people want both/and: the radio on, a tablet
in hand; scrolling on one screen, while sort of watching another.
So, here’s the appeal: last week, we launched a project at the BBC
that is, rather grandly, called the Future of News. The aim is to try
and understand what audiences might reasonably expect from the news
over the coming decade. We are trying to consider what technology will
do, what people will want and how stories will be told. Our approach
is open. We want to canvass opinions, we want to host as many views as
possible from people across the industry and our considerations and
conclusions will be available to all: the Future of News will be
public-facing, with findings that people can watch, hear, read, engage
and debate openly. And most crucial to our understanding of how we
need to change is understanding what you – in this room - want from us
as a global news provider.
And I will be talking to Heather and others as to how we involve you
in this more. Our aims in this are simple. We want to make sure we are
abreast of innovation; we want, as a newsroom, to have a sense of
where we’re going; and, as the BBC looks ahead at renewing its Royal
Charter for the coming ten years, we want to inform our ambitions for
the future.
Of course, it is impossible to predict the future in news. We don’t
know what will lead tonight’s bulletin, let alone make for the meat in
tomorrow morning’s breakfast show. In fact, I read an editorial in the
Spectator magazine a few weeks ago, which I found particularly
heartwarming.
It took us all back to the nostrums of 1989. To paraphrase the
predictions and plans back then: Russia looked set to embrace liberal
democracy, China was being written off after Tiananmen and the West,
oblivious to the dangers of Islamic extremism, was set for a post-
Cold War peace dividend.
The point is that when we generally agree on where the world is going,
we’re generally wrong. And, on that note, here’s the observation: the
current drift in media thinking seems to be that digital consumers
will be hungry for video, but not for audio. In this, I think the
conventional wisdom will, again, prove to be wrong.
This is in part because I’m not sure convergence will result in
platforms all increasingly looking and sounding the same. Television
forced both radio and newspapers to change. But they did not seek to
emulate TV, rather to exploit their differences to complement it. So
too, I suspect, with the unfolding digital revolution. My hunch is
that radio, television, newspapers, magazines, websites, apps, texts
and tweets will not all blur into the same indistinct kind of story-
telling, but, instead, assert their distinctiveness in how they tell
stories and, even, which ones they tell. This will surely be true of
radio. For all the anxiety around changing consumer behavior, what is
striking to me is the depth of affection, the addiction even, to
radio. I know Jarl Mohn’s address to all of us was rooted in a renewed
confidence in radio. It’s underlined by what they’re doing at NPR. And
we at the BBC share it.
In fact, I think we are all poised to create larger digital appetites
for the spoken word. I’ll give one example. The BBC has launched a
programme called Trending: it’s a brilliantly pointy headed (but also
fun!) response to a cool facet of modern life. It identifies videos,
pictures and stories that have gone viral, then analyses and explains
why – the truth behind the trend. On the radio, on mobile and online,
it then serves them back to the world. Mobile technology should be a
boon to the makers of radio programmes. Our job is to make it happen.
And, if I may, I’ll end there – on the idea of what we may do
together. I started by saying I’m a newcomer to this particular gang,
but I know that, unlike many other parts of the media, public radio
treats partnerships not with suspicion but as a key to its success. My
hope is that we at the BBC continue that tradition and, in meaningful
partnership with stations across the US, do an ever better job of
answering the question: WDIAM? Thank you (via Programming Matters,
ODXA via DXLD)
** U K. Feature on African radio --- Yesterday's Radio 4 Today
programme had the first of a three part series about African media
technology, presented by Alan Kasujja of the BBC World Service.
Radio was featured with interviews and on air recordings. Perhaps
surprisingly, despite the growth of new modern technologies, its good
to hear that many young Africans listen to radio "its cheap and you
can get it easily", some prefer it to TV. Listen at
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04lpsbq
it starts at 02:21 into the show and finishes at 02:28 [sic].
4 weeks left to listen (programmes on iPlayer are now kept longer).
You can listen to and download most radio programmes outside the UK
via a computer. You can also download and listen to BBC podcasts
outside the UK. However, some things like sports programmes may be
unavailable due to rights agreements.
http://iplayerhelp.external.bbc.co.uk/tv/outsideuk
(Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD)
** U K. FOUND: TWO LONG-LOST COMEDIES FEATURING MONTY PYTHONS
'Long-lost' comedy episodes showing the beginning of Monty Python's
most famous catchphrases discovered in David Frost's collection
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/comedy/comedy-news/11180852/Found-two-long-lost-comedies-featuring-Monty-Pythons.html
(via Brock Whaley, Ireland, DXLD)
** U S A. 1750/mcw, WH2XDE-1, NY, Victor 2346 & 2356 code ID sent
once. Carrier noted the whole time, but I only heard the two IDs
(others said it continued strong 'on the 6s' but the noise here must
have gotten worse. VERY down in the mud 22442 but good enough for the
CW to cut through the noise. This is scheduled to be a test of digital
audio modes, specifically FreeDV and DRM -- but the FreeDV software I
found won't run on my hardware. 2340-0020 15-16/Oct (Ken Zichi,
Williamston MI, MARE Tipsheet 17 Oct via DXLD)
1750, WH2XDE-1, NY, Victor – 10/16 0003+ - testing with CW IDs “on the
6’s” (Niel Wolfish, Toronto ON, WinRadio Excalibur G33DDC + Wellbrook
Loop, MARE Tipsheet 17 Oct via DXLD)
As publicized initially from Jerry Whitney of Kestrel Electronic
Design in DXLD 14-41 and WORLD OF RADIO, then supplied to the MW DX
lists, his experimental station WH2XDE in New York state began testing
about 2330 UT October 15 on 1750 kHz. Its purpose is to explore
various digital modes, but initially in CW and AM, sked approx. 0000-
0200 UT with 1 kW AM carrier from Victor NY. I haven`t been able to
hear it yet on UT Oct 16 or 17, but many others have in north/east
America. Brandon Jordan, Memphis from UT Oct 17 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Good signal from 0026 tune in until 0324*. "WH2XDE,1" code ID's
approximately every 10 minutes, 1 kHz test tones, World of Radio relay
from 0219-0247, more code ID's until Star Spangled Banner at 0323, one
last ID at 0324 and off. 73, (Brandon Jordan, Fayette County, TN,
http://www.swldx.us WinRadio G33DDC, WinRadio G313-e, RFSpace SDR-IQ,
Icom R75, Eton E1, DX Engineering NCC-1 Phased Active Verticals, Array
Solutions AS-SAL-30 Shared Apex Loop, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1744,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
For me, this is outside the AM band and won't count as a new AM
station. Just my opinion. 73 KAZ (Neil Kazaross, Oct 16, ABDX via
DXLD)
The motive of this test is a little concerning to me when I hear
"digital data" and "medium wave" mentioned in the same context. But I
have to admit, I enjoy hunting for oddball signals between 1710 and
1800 kHz, and I've found plenty over the last few years to keep me
interested. I view this as one of those opportunities to log something
new in this "no man's band". It's close enough to the MW broadcast
band to peak my interest, but like Kaz, I don't count this as a new
BCB logging either. 73, (Tim Tromp, MI, ABDX via DXLD)
Jerry, I put out the word a few hours earlier to several MW DX groups,
and I assume you have been getting lots of reports. Any further west
than Memphis TN? Europe? I have tried several times but so far unheard
here in OK. Might have a better chance later at night if you were on,
like after midnite, less local noise. Have you continued on every
night in the 00-02 UT period? Any digital modes yet?
I heard that you did run World of Radio, tnx, and permission is
granted in retrospect. Feel free to do it more (with latest edition).
(Glenn to Jerry Whitney, WH2XDE, Oct 18, via DXLD)
Glenn, Thanks for putting the word out. I've received about 15 signal
reports from Wednesday, QSL cards to be sent out in a week or so. The
signal was poor so I'm taking another look at the antenna arrangement.
No continuous operation yet although a few of the other stations
listed on the license operated Saturday evening to compare notes on
antennas and other operations. The plan, (subject to change) would be
to operate Wednesday evening 8pm-12mid Eastern time (0000 to 0400 UT
[Thursdays]) every week on 1750 kHz. Digital modes and AM (no digital
modes until I get this antenna working properly!) (Jerry Whitney,
WH2XDE, Oct 20, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
``Any further west than Memphis TN? Europe?``
Yes!, It was received here. In fact there was received 3 (maybe 4) of
their operators. They were on 1740 kHz (WH2XDE/2 on 1747'5). The first
transmissions were on 1750 but they moved down. WH2XDE/1 was the one
closer to the exact frequency while some of the other had unstable
carriers. While recording the DX in Aldea del Cano, Spain, I was at
the same time connected to a Perseus in Rochester, NY, for listening
to and observing that the tx on-off matched with what I was seeing in
my own Perseus. (Attatched screen capture).
Attachment(s) 1 of 1 Photo(s)
1740-USA-WH2XDE-0016Z-19OCT2014.png
73! (Mauricio Molano, Salamanca, ESPAÑA - SPAIN,
RX site: Aldea del Cano, Cáceres.
LAT: 39º17'09.70 N
LONG: 6º19'00 W,
RX: PERSEUS. ANT: WELLBROOK ALA1530S+ http://moladx.blogspot.com/
dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1744, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Well, when I finally heard it, the signal was very strong and clear.
I guess so, since it's located nearby in Victor NY.
OCT 22 2014:
2320 EDT Glenn Hauser World of Radio
2326 EDT WOR ends
2328 EDT "This is experimental station WH2DXE/1 in Victor, New York"
2329 EDT Transmission ended
Not medium wave, maybe "medium well" wave? (Jim Renfrew, Clarendon NY,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Re: 1750, WH2XDE resumes Wednesday night --- I listened for the first
half hour after 8P Eastern, and heard 7 quick call sign IDs. The later
ones included a couple words and ended with 'over'. Conditions are
poor with frequent lightning bursts here in North East Connecticut. If
not for the lightning, I would have heard every word in each quick ID.
ALINCO DX-R8 with 500 foot short unterminated BOG ENE (FARMERIK, 0039
UT Oct 23, ABDX via DXLD)
Noticed carrier using Sony ICF 2010. Sincerely, (Todd Skaine,
Woodbury, MN, 0313 UT Oct 23, ibid.)
Glenn Hauser's "World of Radio" noted a few minutes ago around 0312 UT
on 1750 in AM mode. 1 kHz test tones and morse code IDs heard earlier
along with WH2XDE/1 voice IDs in AM mode. Fair signal here. 73, (Tim
Tromp, West Michigan, ABDX via DXLD)
** U S A. 4802-USB, Oct 17 at 0108, I come across a Navy MARS net as I
am performing my usual 60m bandscan for South Americans. It`s already
in informal conversation segment about travel plans, weather, etc.
NNN0 calls are obvious, but copying the suffices is a challenge
because of weak signals, and altho usually with fonetix, not clearly
enunciated. I`m never sure of the NCS` call, maybe NNN0ZJ, or BJ or
RJ?
At 0111, NNN0BH says he`s sorry he missed the digital part of the net
earlier; strongest signal is at 0113 from NNN0BWR. Googling finds the
latter as Robert Loomis in Park Falls, Price County, Wisconsin. All
the calls in the Wisconsin MARS roster have 3-letter suffices, so may
have missed one with ``NNN0BH``. The only one with a BH in it is:
NNN0IBH, who is Michael Kieck, in St Francis, Milwaukee County. My
last log of this Wisconsin Navy MARS net was March 22, 2014 at 0108,
where I mention three previous logs on 4802 in 2013y (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 13563, Oct 20 at 1434-1445+ I am hearing an extremely weak
CW beacon about 1 kHz below much stronger GNK, Madison WI on 13564.
Best to zero-beat GNK and still hear the other, but which also has QRM
from 13560ish ISM hash, and a continuous beeper at the rate of
176/minute or almost 3/second. Hard to copy three characters in a row,
but finally put them together as SZX, which fortunately is in the LWCA
HIFER list
http://www.lwca.org/sitepage/part15/index.htm
13562.95, SZX, Macomb IL, by KA9SZX at 5 wpm (while GNK is:)
13563.99, GNK, Madison WI, by KC9GNK, 10 wpm
SZX is the first new one I`ve heard in a while besides the five
regulars, with AJO, AZ, MTI, K6FRC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO
1744, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. October 15: WWV from Fort Collins, USA and Time
Markers from Espoo, Finland 1453 on 25 MHz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUPx8L_YZSs&feature=youtu.be
73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DXLD)
** U S A. 25990 IS WQGY434 --- 25990/FM, WQGY434, Dallas TX, studio
relay for KLDE-FM El Dorado TX; 1854-1900+, 22-Oct; Oldies into TSN
News at 1855 -- mentioned story about Saginaw school children attacked
by bees. At 1856:30 there was a voice insert o/news "WQGY434". 1858 TX
PSA & back to ToH ID as "KLDE 104.9 El Dorado-San Angelo" and back to
oldies. Good with some scratch; not there at 1400 and nothing on
reported // 25910. FCC database still shows it associated with WBAP,
Arlington TX. Coming in quite well at 1900 (Harold Frodge, MI, WORLD
OF RADIO 1744, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Wow -- an actual ID from a IFB station -- most unusual. Kind of like
the video screen showing the actual call of a Canadian TV station I
got a couple years back before they started scaling back on their
analogue stations! Good going, man. :) (Kenneth Vito Zichi, MI, ibid.)
Harold, Good catch on the definite ID. Now could anyone explain why an
Eldorado station about 225 miles from Arlington is on this
transmitter? Is it really still in The Metroplex? Maybe they borrowed
or bought it and physically moved it to Eldorado (spelt as one word)?
KLDE website is rudimentary and no help:
http://www.klderadio.com/
no e-mail, just phone and p-mail. Someone should ask them directly
about it. Also link to a fan page on FB which is no more informative.
But one could bring up the matter there and see what happens.
Also, the website does have a live streaming link. When hearing KLDE
on 11m, compare how much delay there is between them. Maybe WBAP site
is relaying a webfeed. BTW, it`s not pronounced as in Spanish, but El-
dor-RAY-doh, or even -duh. Has TSN news at :55 with anti-Obama ads
(Glenn Hauser to Harold, WORLD OF RADIO 1744, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Back when I made an honest living, I travelled to El Dorado AR
occasionally. I quickly learned that it was pronounced Elarayta
No way to e-mail them on their web page, apparently unless applying
for a job (Harold Frodge, MI, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Even then you print out the application and hand-deliver it (gh)
Am 16.10.2014 um 20:36 schrieb Kim Elliott:
``Hello friends, VOA Radiogram this weekend includes an interesting
mix of VOA news stories – plus an image via RFE/RL. There is a
surprise mode, but it will be on three different audio frequencies.
So, in Fldigi: Configure > IDs > RsID – check the “Searches passband”
box (at least for this weekend).``
The text transmissions on Radio Martí will probably conclude before
this weekend. Audio samples from my house in northern Virginia,
characterized by heavy jamming noise but a low Radio Martí signal
level (because I’m too close to the North Carolina transmitter site)
can be found at
https://soundcloud.com/voaradiogram
You can try decoding from these audio samples.
http://www.rhci-online.de/VoA_Radiogram_2014-10-18.htm
[among other things, with 2 hints to software updates ==> FLDIGI +
EasyPal] (RØGER Thayer, Germany, Oct 18, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1743 monitoring: on WWRB webcast, 0329 UT
Friday Oct 17, previous preacher halts, but then Bible readings come
on, back to the preacher, 0332 outro `Word of Life Broadcast` from
Tullahoma TN, now with hum, presaging WOR playback? 0333, WOR 1733
starts, overlapping the preacher for a few seconds, not blastingly
loud and seems OK altho late.
By 0355 recheck, however, the stream is running silently, and 3185 is
already BSing. At 0400 the stream revives with Bibling. So WOR didn`t
last even until cutoff 0400. It`ll be a rare occasion when WOR makes
it thru WWRB air unscathed, but at least Dave keeps trying. Next:
Friday 2130 on WRMI, 7570 & 15770
UT Sunday 0131 on KVOH, 9975, etc.
See also: USA, WH2XDE, 1750 kHz log where WORLD OF RADIO was played
WORLD OF RADIO 1743 monitoring: confirmed Friday Oct 17 from 2130.5 on
WRMI 7570 and 15770: this time, signals are about equally good here.
This follows some nice fill music, one Rudy Espinal ID and some more
music; fortunately WOR plays to conclusion at 2159.5.
Also confirmed after 1430 Saturday Oct 18 via Utwente receiver in
Netherlands on Hamburger Lokalradio, via MV Baltic Radio, Göhren,
Germany, 7265-CUSB: good strong signal sounds like a lot more than 1
kW but meter shows considerable fading. Next:
UT Sunday 0131 on KVOH, 9975
Sunday 1000 on WRMI, 5850
Sunday 2300 on WRMI, 11580
UT Monday 0300v on Area 51 via WBCQ, 5110v-CUSB
Tuesday 1100 on WRMI, 9955
Wednesday 0630 & 1430 on HLR, 7265-CUSB
Wednesday 1315 on WRMI, 9955
Wednesday 2100 on WBCQ, 7490v
WORLD OF RADIO 1743 monitoring: confirmed on KVOH, 9975, UT Sunday Oct
19 from 0131:04, after usual prélude: 0121 tones and carrier, 0125
music, 0130 sign-on and program preview. Next:
Sunday 1000 on 5850 (unmonitored here, but how was it elsewhere??)
Sunday 2300 on 11580
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
WORLD OF RADIO 1743 monitoring: confirmed on Area 51 webcast from 0259
UT Monday Oct 20, and presumably on WBCQ 5110v-CUSB. Next:
Tuesday 1100 on WRMI 9955
Wednesday 0630 & 1430 on HLR 7265-CUSB
Wednesday 1315 on WRMI 9955
Wednesday 2100 on WBCQ 7490v
WORLD OF RADIO 1743 monitoring: confirmed at 2100 UT Wednesday Oct 22
on WBCQ 7490 webcast. In a couple weeks when this shift to 2200 UT and
sunset is even earlier, it should propagate much further west.
WORLD OF RADIO 1744 monitoring: confirmed first SW broadcast, UT
Thursday October 23 after 0330 on WRMI 9955, with a very poor signal,
but very good on webcast. Also confirmed at 1247 Oct 23 during second
WRMI 9955 broadcast, good signal but with LAH from Taiwan, and atop
Cuban pulse jamming. Next:
UT Friday 0326v on WWRB, 3185 (we hope; incomplete last week}
Friday 2130 on WRMI 7570 & 15770
Saturday 0630 & 1430 on Hamburger Lokalradio, 7265-CUSB
UT Sunday 0131 on KVOH 9975
Sunday 1000 on WRMI 5850
Sunday 2300 on WRMI 11580
UT Monday 0259v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB
Tuesday 1100 on WRMI 9955
Wednesday 0630 & 1430 on HLR, 7265-CUSB
Wednesday 1315 on WRMI 9955
Wednesday 2100 on WBCQ 7490
WH2XDE, 1750 kHz, experimental station in Victor NY has also been
running WORLD OF RADIO some evenings, such as 0300 UT October 23
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
[non]. WORLD OF RADIO via WRN English to Europe on satellite makes
usual timeshift from Oct 26, thence Saturdays at 1000 UT instead of
0900, seeming to stay at same local time in areas going off summer
time. Also you can hear a bit `o me before 1030 UT Sundays with
propagation on Media Network Plus (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1744,
DX LISTENING DIGEST) And to N America moves a week later to Sat 1830
** U S A. 5110//7490//9330//15420, WBCQ, ME, 2300 Oct 4 P//G//VG//F,
English "Quadracasting" Pirate Pizza Night. 0002 Oct 5 15420
inaudible. Open Microphonium, Little Rascals theme. Pirate Tim Tron at
the controls. Read article comparing early radio to the Internet. Net
Neutrality discussed. Spoof ad for "Dickins Cider". Reception reports
wbcq@wbcq.com (JAm)
7490//9330//15420, WBCQ, ME, 0100 Oct 5, G//VG//inaudible English
"Trimalcast", Pirate Joe with 1st show in 25 years. Phone 845-471-8180
(Jack Amelar, Port Hope MI, MARE Tipsheet 17 Oct via DXLD)
Updated summer A-14 SW schedule of US private religious stations [sic]
WBCQ The Planet, Monticello:
0000-0100 5110vBCQ 050 kW / 245 deg ENAm English CUSB Sat
0000-0100 9330 BCQ 050 kW / 245 deg ENAm English CUSB Sat
0000-0100 7490vBCQ 050 kW / 245 deg ENAm English Daily
0100-0400 5110vBCQ 050 kW / 245 deg ENAm English CUSB Sun/Mon
0200-0300 7490vBCQ 050 kW / 245 deg ENAm English Sun/Mon
0300-0400 7490vBCQ 050 kW / 245 deg ENAm English Tue-Sun
1700-2100 15420 BCQ 050 kW / 245 deg ENAm English CUSB Daily
1900-2000 7490vBCQ 050 kW / 245 deg ENAm English Tue
2000-2100 7490vBCQ 050 kW / 245 deg ENAm English Mon-Fri
2100-2200 7490vBCQ 050 kW / 245 deg ENAm English Sun-Fri
2200-2300 9330 BCQ 050 kW / 245 deg ENAm English CUSB Mon-Fri
2200-2400 7490vBCQ 050 kW / 245 deg ENAm English Daily
2300-2400 5110vBCQ 050 kW / 245 deg ENAm English CUSB Sat/Sun
5110v=5109.8 7490v=7489.9 (DX RE MIX NEWS #876 from Georgi Bancov and
Ivo Ivanov, Oct. 16, 2014 via DXLD)
?? 9330 and 15420 are also variable. This sked is nominal; we have
noted many ad-hoc variations. So is WBCQ ``religious``? Guess so,
since Allan Weiner, from a Jewish family, now prays on the air to
Jesus regularly; or would that be Messianic? (gh, DXLD)
9330v-CUSB // weaker but sufficient and synchronized 7490v, UT Sat Oct
18 at 0118, WBCQ with `Allan Weiner Worldwide` running well over an
hour from 0000, as AW is reading e-mail from Jason that he will be
imitating Wolfman Jack on a Hallowe`en special tribute Friday night
Oct 31 [UT Sat Nov 1], to be on 94.7, i.e. WBCQ FM, which is
apparently now known as Kixx FM, as per contact e-mail
kixxfm@gmail.com and will also ``take over some SW frequencies`` at
the same time as AWWW, which means after 0000 UT, but not specified
which will be which.
Back to the present: tonight, unusually, 5110v-CUSB is not // the
others for AWWW which normally occupies all three or four
transmitters, but with some other music.
AW next answers an inquiry about how is Dr. Scott Becker doing? He`s
fine but back in Kansas following death of his father 6 days ago;
expected to return to Florida (is Allan already there for the winter?)
AWWW finally wrapping up at 0129 after his prayer; while 5110 unknown
show is talking graphically about stripteasing. By 0131 they are all
split: 9330 with a pseudo-Amos & Andy montage mixed with discussion of
where to put chickens, music, a typical Area 51 filler bit; 7490
playing some unknown music, still on at 0153 recheck by when 9330 is
off, and 5110 music is swing. No sign of any 15420-CUSB.
No attempt by me to measure all these variants, but the latest from
Wolfgang Büschel: ``Here are some logs of tonight 23-24 UT Oct 17, via
remote access to SDR unit at Massachusetts near Boston on eastern
coast of US North America. USA WBCQ shortwave outlet footprints:
5110v=5109.739, 7490v=7490.255, 9330v=9330.118, 15420v=15419.980 kHz.
Checked the WBCQ frequencies Oct 17 to the closest Hertz measuring
footprint`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1744, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
Measured WBCQ 15420-CUSB this UT Oct 18 afternoon again, was 15420.028
kHz exact on upper side now, 2040 - til 21 UT close-down. Nothing
heard on 7490 kHz, which is scheduled on Sats only from start at 2200
UT. WBCQ - One of the most 'frequency wandering' transmitter units in
the world, checked again tonight in 2300-2320 UT on Oct 18. Most
unstable was 30 Hertz wandering up and down unit on 7490v =
7490.293...324 kHz.
latest noted today Oct 18: 5110v=5109.739, 7490v=7490.293...324,
9330v=9330.085, 15420v=15420.028 kHz. heard seemingly US hard rock
unknown music on all three channels 5110, 7490, and 9330 kHz in \\.
vy73 wolfy df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, Germany, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
9330-CUSB, Oct 19 at 0541, surprised to find a fair signal here with
music, breathy YL announcement as ``7.415 --- WBCQ``. So another ad-
hoc appearance off-schedule, playing back some old show, while 7490
(and ex-7415!) are silent (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Updated summer A-14 SW schedule of US private religious
stations --- WWRB, Morrison:
0000-0100 on 3215 WRB 100 kW / 000 deg to ENAm English
0000-1300 on 3185 WRB 100 kW / 045 deg to ENAm English Brother Stair
0000-0300 on 5050 WRB 100 kW / 045 deg to ENAm English Brother Stair
0100-0400 on 3195 WRB 100 kW / 000 deg to ENAm English
[sic: 3195 has not been used at all this A-14 season!]
1300-2400 on 9370 WRB 100 kW / 045 deg to ENAm English Brother Stair
2100-2400 on 3215 WRB 100 kW / 000 deg to ENAm English
2200-2400 on 5050 WRB 100 kW / 045 deg to ENAm English Brother Stair
(DX RE MIX NEWS #876 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, Oct. 16, 2014
via DXLD) This sked is only approximate (gh, DXLD)
** U S A. Updated summer A-14 SW schedule of US private religious
stations --- KVOH Voice of Hope, Rancho Simi:
0130-0200 9975 VOH 050 kW / 100 deg CeAm English Sun World of Radio
0130-0200 9975 VOH 050 kW / 100 deg CeAm English Mon Wavescan
0200-0400 9975 VOH 050 kW / 100 deg CeAm English Sun/Mon
1300-1900 17775 VOH 050 kW / 100 deg CeAm Spanish Mon-Fri (DX RE MIX
NEWS #876 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, Oct. 16, 2014 via DXLD)
All shift one UT hour later from November 2 (Ray Robinson, KVOH)
** U S A. Updated summer A-14 SW schedule of US private religious
stations [sic]. All: ``YFR 100 kW``, redundancy removed below
[now outdated but our first chance to publish all these here, for
the record. Read on below for a WRMI B-14 schedule --- gh]
WRMI, Okeechobee:
0000-0100 5015 / 044 deg WeEu English Brother Stair
0000-0100 5850 / 355 deg ENAm English TruNews+Music
0000-0100 5950 / 181 deg CARR Spanish Family Radio
0000-0100 7455 / 285 deg WNAm English TruNews+Music
0000-0100 7570 / 315 deg WNAm English Brother Stair
0000-0100 7730 / 222 deg MEXI English Brother Stair
0000-0100 9955 / 160 deg CeAm Various WRMI programs
0000-0100 11580 / 044 deg WeEu English Brother Stair
0000-0100 11825 / 315 deg WNAm English Brother Stair
0000-0100 15770 / 044 deg WeEu English Brother Stair
0100-0200 5015 / 044 deg WeEu English Brother Stair
0100-0200 5850 / 355 deg ENAm English TruNews+Music
0100-0200 5985 / 222 deg MEXI English Brother Stair
0100-0200 7455 / 285 deg WNAm English TruNews+Music
0100-0200 7570 / 315 deg WNAm English Brother Stair
0100-0200 7730 / 222 deg MEXI English Brother Stair
0100-0200 9955 / 160 deg CeAm Various WRMI programs
0100-0200 11580 / 044 deg WeEu English Brother Stair
0100-0200 11825 / 315 deg WNAm English Brother Stair
0100-0200 15770 / 044 deg WeEu Hindi Family Radio
0200-0300 5015 / 044 deg WeEu English Brother Stair
0200-0300 5850 / 355 deg ENAm English TruNews+Music
0200-0300 5985 / 222 deg MEXI English Brother Stair
0200-0300 7455 / 285 deg WNAm English TruNews+Music
0200-0300 7570 / 315 deg WNAm English Brother Stair
0200-0300 7730 / 222 deg MEXI English Brother Stair
0200-0300 9955 / 160 deg CeAm Various WRMI programs
0200-0300 11580 / 044 deg WeEu English Brother Stair
0200-0300 11825 / 315 deg WNAm English Brother Stair
0200-0300 15770 / 044 deg WeEu English Brother Stair
0300-0400 5015 / 044 deg WeEu English Brother Stair
0300-0400 5850 / 355 deg ENAm English TruNews+Music
0300-0400 5985 / 222 deg MEXI English Brother Stair
0300-0400 7455 / 285 deg WNAm English TruNews+Music
0300-0400 7570 / 315 deg WNAm English Brother Stair
0300-0400 7730 / 222 deg MEXI Spanish R.Taiwan Int.
0300-0400 9955 / 160 deg CeAm Various WRMI programs
0300-0400 11580 / 044 deg WeEu English Brother Stair
0300-0400 11825 / 315 deg WNAm English Brother Stair
0300-0400 15770 / 044 deg WeEu English Brother Stair
0400-0430 5985 / 222 deg MEXI Spanish R.Japan (NHK)
0430-0500 5985 / 222 deg MEXI Various WRMI programs*
0400-0500 5850 / 355 deg ENAm English TruNews+Music
0400-0500 7455 / 285 deg WNAm English TruNews+Music
0400-0500 7570 / 315 deg WNAm English Brother Stair
0400-0500 7730 / 222 deg MEXI English Brother Stair
0400-0500 9955 / 160 deg CeAm Various WRMI programs
0400-0500 11580 / 044 deg WeEu English Brother Stair
0400-0500 11825 / 315 deg WNAm English Brother Stair
0400-0500 15190 / 087 deg NCAf English Brother Stair, currently off
0400-0500 15770 / 044 deg WeEu English Brother Stair
0500-0600 5850 / 355 deg ENAm English TruNews+Music
0500-0600 7455 / 285 deg WNAm English TruNews+Music
0500-0600 7570 / 315 deg WNAm English Brother Stair
0500-0600 7730 / 222 deg MEXI English Brother Stair
0500-0600 9955 / 160 deg CeAm English Brother Stair
0500-0600 11580 / 044 deg WeEu English Brother Stair
0500-0600 11825 / 315 deg WNAm English Brother Stair
0500-0600 15190 / 087 deg NCAf English Brother Stair, currently off
0500-0600 15770 / 044 deg WeEu English Brother Stair
0600-0800 5850 / 355 deg ENAm English TruNews+Music
0600-0800 7455 / 285 deg WNAm English TruNews+Music
0600-0800 7570 / 315 deg WNAm English Brother Stair
0600-0800 9955 / 160 deg CeAm English Brother Stair
0600-0800 11580 / 044 deg WeEu English Brother Stair
0600-0800 11825 / 315 deg WNAm English Brother Stair
0600-0800 15190 / 087 deg NCAf English Brother Stair, currently off
0600-0800 15770 / 044 deg WeEu English Brother Stair
0800-1000 5850 / 355 deg ENAm English TruNews+Music
0800-1000 7455 / 285 deg WNAm English TruNews+Music
0800-1000 7570 / 315 deg WNAm English Brother Stair
0800-1000 9955 / 160 deg CeAm English Brother Stair
0800-1000 11580 / 044 deg WeEu English Brother Stair
0800-1000 11825 / 315 deg WNAm English Brother Stair
0800-1000 15770 / 044 deg WeEu English Brother Stair
1000-1030 5850 / 355 deg ENAm Various WRMI programs*
1000-1100 7570 / 315 deg WNAm Japanese Family Radio
1000-1100 9955 / 160 deg CeAm Various WRMI programs
1000-1100 11580 / 044 deg WeEu English Brother Stair
1000-1100 11825 / 315 deg WNAm English Brother Stair
1000-1100 15770 / 044 deg WeEu English Brother Stair
1100-1200 7570 / 315 deg WNAm Chinese Family Radio
1100-1200 9955 / 160 deg CeAm Various WRMI programs
1100-1200 11580 / 044 deg WeEu English Brother Stair
1100-1200 11825 / 315 deg WNAm English Brother Stair
1100-1200 15770 / 044 deg WeEu English Brother Stair
1200-1400 7570 / 315 deg WNAm English Brother Stair
1200-1400 9955 / 160 deg CeAm Various WRMI programs
1200-1400 11580 / 044 deg WeEu English Brother Stair
1200-1400 11825 / 315 deg WNAm English Brother Stair
1200-1400 15770 / 044 deg WeEu English Brother Stair
1400-2000 7570 / 315 deg WNAm English Brother Stair
1400-2000 9955 / 160 deg CeAm English Brother Stair
1400-2000 11580 / 044 deg WeEu English Brother Stair
1400-2000 11825 / 315 deg WNAm English Brother Stair
1400-2000 15770 / 044 deg WeEu English Brother Stair
1400-2000 17790 / 087 deg NCAf English Radio Africa
2000-2100 7570 / 315 deg WNAm English Brother Stair
2000-2100 9955 / 160 deg CeAm English Brother Stair
2000-2100 11580 / 044 deg WeEu English Brother Stair
2000-2100 11825 / 315 deg WNAm English Brother Stair
2000-2100 15190 / 087 deg NCAf English Radio Africa
2000-2100 15770 / 044 deg WeEu English Brother Stair
2100-2200 7570 / 315 deg WNAm Various WRMI programs*
2100-2200 9955 / 160 deg CeAm English Brother Stair Mon-Fri
2100-2200 9955 / 160 deg CeAm Various WRMI programs Sat/Sun
2100-2200 11580 / 044 deg WeEu English Brother Stair
2100-2200 11825 / 315 deg WNAm English Brother Stair
2100-2200 15190 / 087 deg NCAf English Radio Africa
2100-2200 15770 / 044 deg WeEu Various WRMI programs*
2200-2300 5850 / 355 deg ENAm English TruNews+Music
2200-2300 7455 / 285 deg WNAm English TruNews+Music
2200-2300 7570 / 315 deg WNAm English Brother Stair
2200-2300 7730 / 222 deg MEXI English Brother Stair
2200-2300 9955 / 160 deg CeAm English Brother Stair Mon-Thu
2200-2300 9955 / 160 deg CeAm Various WRMI programs Fri-Sun
2200-2300 11580 / 044 deg WeEu English Brother Stair
2200-2300 11825 / 315 deg WNAm English Brother Stair
2200-2300 15190 / 087 deg NCAf English Radio Africa
2200-2300 15770 / 044 deg WeEu English Brother Stair
2300-2400 5850 / 355 deg ENAm English TruNews+Music
2300-2400 5950 / 181 deg CARR Spanish Family Radio
2300-2400 7455 / 285 deg WNAm English TruNews+Music
2300-2400 7570 / 315 deg WNAm English Brother Stair
2300-2400 7730 / 222 deg MEXI English Brother Stair
2300-2400 9955 / 160 deg CeAm Various WRMI programs
2300-2400 11580 / 044 deg WeEu Various WRMI programs*
2300-2400 11825 / 315 deg WNAm English Brother Stair
2300-2400 15770 / 044 deg WeEu English Brother Stair
WRMI programs* frequencies 5985, 5850, 7570, 15770, 11580:
0430-0500 5985 / 222 deg MEXI Spanish Mon Historias de Radio
0430-0500 5985 / 222 deg MEXI English Tue Blues Radio International
0430-0500 5985 / 222 deg MEXI Spanish Wed Trova libre
0430-0500 5985 / 222 deg MEXI Spanish Thu Antena DX
0430-0445 5985 / 222 deg MEXI Spanish Fri Viva Miamai
0445-0500 5985 / 222 deg MEXI Spanish Fri Acon Venez
0430-0500 5985 / 222 deg MEXI Spanish Sat Frecuencia al Dia
0430-0500 5985 / 222 deg MEXI English Sun Walking in Power
1000-1030 5850 / 355 deg ENAm English Mon Walking in Power
1000-1015 5850 / 355 deg ENAm English Tue Viva Miami
1015-1030 5850 / 355 deg ENAm English Tue European News Network
1000-1030 5850 / 355 deg ENAm English Wed From Moscow With Love
1000-1030 5850 / 355 deg ENAm English Thu Wavescan
1000-1015 5850 / 355 deg ENAm French Fri Echo of Europe
1015-1030 5850 / 355 deg ENAm French Fri Echo of Europe
1000-1030 5850 / 355 deg ENAm English Sat Walking in Power
1000-1030 5850 / 355 deg ENAm English Sun World of Radio
2100-2200 7570 / 315 deg WNAm Spanish Mon La Rosa dekio
2100-2200 15770 / 044 deg WeEu Spanish Mon La Rosa dekio
2100-2130 7570 / 315 deg WNAm English Tue Family of Christ
2100-2130 15770 / 044 deg WeEu English Tue Family of Christ
2130-2200 7570 / 315 deg WNAm Spanish Tue Frecuencia al Dia
2130-2200 15770 / 044 deg WeEu Spanish Tue Frecuencia al Dia
2100-2115 7570 / 315 deg WNAm English Wed European News Network
2100-2115 15770 / 044 deg WeEu English Wed European News Network
2115-2130 7570 / 315 deg WNAm English Wed Viva Miami
2115-2130 15770 / 044 deg WeEu English Wed Viva Miami
2130-2200 7570 / 315 deg WNAm English Wed Family of Christ
2130-2200 15770 / 044 deg WeEu English Wed Family of Christ
2100-2130 7570 / 315 deg WNAm English Thu Walking in Power
2100-2130 15770 / 044 deg WeEu English Thu Walking in Power
2130-2200 7570 / 315 deg WNAm English Thu Blues Radio International
2130-2200 15770 / 044 deg WeEu English Thu Blues Radio International
2100-2130 7570 / 315 deg WNAm English Fri Walking in Power
2100-2130 15770 / 044 deg WeEu English Fri Walking in Power
2130-2200 7570 / 315 deg WNAm English Fri World of Radio
2130-2200 15770 / 044 deg WeEu English Fri World of Radio
2100-2115 7570 / 315 deg WNAm English Sat End Times Coming
2100-2115 15770 / 044 deg WeEu English Sat End Times Coming
2115-2130 7570 / 315 deg WNAm French Sat Echo of Europe
2115-2130 15770 / 044 deg WeEu French Sat Echo of Europe
2130-2200 7570 / 315 deg WNAm English Sat Walking in Power
2130-2200 15770 / 044 deg WeEu English Sat Walking in Power
2100-2115 7570 / 315 deg WNAm English Sun End Times Coming
2100-2115 15770 / 044 deg WeEu English Sun End Times Coming
2115-2130 7570 / 315 deg WNAm English Sun European News Network
2115-2130 15770 / 044 deg WeEu English Sun European News Network
2130-2200 7570 / 315 deg WNAm English Sun Walking in Power
2130-2200 15770 / 044 deg WeEu English Sun Walking in Power
2300-2315 11580 / 044 deg WeEu English Mon European News Network
2315-2330 11580 / 044 deg WeEu English Mon Moments in Bible Prophecy
2330-2400 11580 / 044 deg WeEu English Mon Radio Ukraine International
2300-2315 11580 / 044 deg WeEu English Tue European News Network
2315-2330 11580 / 044 deg WeEu English Tue Moments in Bible Prophecy
2330-2400 11580 / 044 deg WeEu Spanish Tue Radio Ukraine International
2300-2315 11580 / 044 deg WeEu French Wed Echo of Europe
2315-2330 11580 / 044 deg WeEu English Wed Moments in Bible Prophecy
2330-2400 11580 / 044 deg WeEu English Wed Radio Ukraine International
2300-2315 11580 / 044 deg WeEu French Thu Echo of Europe
2315-2330 11580 / 044 deg WeEu English Thu Moments in Bible Prophecy
2330-2400 11580 / 044 deg WeEu English Thu Radio Ukraine International
2300-2315 11580 / 044 deg WeEu English Fri End Times Coming
2315-2330 11580 / 044 deg WeEu English Fri Moments in Bible Prophecy
2330-2400 11580 / 044 deg WeEu English Fri Radio Ukraine International
2300-2315 11580 / 044 deg WeEu French Sat Echo of Europe
2315-2330 11580 / 044 deg WeEu English Sat European News Network
2330-2400 11580 / 044 deg WeEu English Sat Radio Ukraine International
2300-2330 11580 / 044 deg WeEu English Sun World of Radio
2330-2400 11580 / 044 deg WeEu English Sun Radio Ukraine International
(DX RE MIX NEWS #876 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, Oct. 16, 2014
via DXLD)
11580, Oct 18 at 0125, Family Radio in Hindi giving giveaway Oakland
address, so WRMI has again put it here instead of 15770 which is still
on the graphic schedule, probably a good idea propagationally, as even
to here, 15770 has become JBA, but I can finally make out Brother
Scare there // inbooming 7570. Haven`t checked every night, but 11580
was also Hindi on UT October 14. So I asked Jeff White about it:
``Glenn: We are testing it on 11580. Have not made a definite decision
yet, but will probably leave it on 11580 for the time being. Jeff``
11580, Oct 19 at 0115, Family Radio via WRMI is again here in Hindi
rather than originally scheduled 15770.
7570, Oct 19 at 0116, WRMI is back to BS this Saturday night, after a
biweek of PCJ specials, `Song of India` during this bihour; nor,
lacking any further publicity, was it expected (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
GLOBAL 24 RADIO COMING TO WRMI --- Shortwave’s Newest Broadcaster,
Global 24, Takes to the Air at 7:00 pm Eastern on October 31 on 9395
kHz.
(Hollywood, FL) Oct. 21, 2014 - Global 24 Radio LLC announced today
that its inaugural broadcast will go live at 7:00 p.m., Friday, Oct.
31 (2300 UT), with a line-up of new and well-known programs and
around-the-clock English language programming. The broadcast can be
heard 24 hours a day, 7 days a week on 9395 kHz on WRMI broadcasting
from Okeechobee, Florida.
“We’re very excited about launching Global 24 and the important
contributions it will make to shortwave radio listening - as both a
medium worth preserving and a vital part of the modern media mix for
so many listeners around the world,” said Phil Workman, general
manager of Global 24. “Our broadcast will appeal to dedicated
shortwave listeners (SWL) all over the world looking for breaking
news, opinion and music.”
Global 24 aims to revitalize the shortwave medium by bringing general
interest news and entertainment into sharper focus for listeners
looking for high quality programming on a daily basis. Regular
listeners will be informed, entertained and engaged in an ever more
complex world.
According to Jeff White, general manager of WRMI, “Global 24
represents another step in the long overdue commercialization of
shortwave radio. We are excited to be working with them on their
ambitious program to engage and entertain a global audience.”
Additional press releases in coming days will announce our broadcast
schedule, our Listeners’ Club, contests, sponsors, our web store,
staff and much more. Follow us on Twitter at @Global24Radio or on
Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/global24radio
Visit our website:
http://www.global24radio.com to join our email newsletter for the
most current updates.
WRMI Radio Miami International
10400 NW 240th Street
Okeechobee, Florida 34972 USA
Tel +1-305-559-9764
Fax +1-863-467-0185
http://www.wrmi.net
(WRMI PR via WORLD OF RADIO 1744, DXLD) Similar to Global 24 website:
For Immediate Release: Shortwave’s Newest Broadcaster Global 24 –
Takes to the Air at 7:00 pm Eastern on October 31 on 9395 kHz.
October 22, 2014 Hollywood, FL
http://about.global24radio.com/for-immediate-release-shortwaves-newest-broadcaster-global-24-takes-to-the-air-at-700-pm-eastern-on-october-31-on-9395-khz/
More information from the website:
Optimal Periods of Reception:
North America – 24 Hours a Day
Europe – 1900 UTC to 0800 UTC
Middle East – 1800 UTC to 0500 UTC
South America – 2100 UTC to 1000 UTC
Africa – 2100 UTC to 0500 UTC
Oceania – 0700 UTC to 1100 UTC
Far East – 2100 UTC to 0200 UTC
India – 1200 UTC to 1600 UTC
(via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD)
Just a thought, surely using the same frequency 24/7 long doesn't
really make much sense to cover the world (Mike Terry, dxldyg via
DXLD)
Hence the differing optimal times for different parts of the world?
I doubt they will get many regular listeners in my part of the world
(the 11pm to 7am Central / Southern African Time slot), but I for one
will give it a try and wish them all the best (Bill Bingham, RSA,
ibid.)
HFCC B14 registrations show only:
9395 0000 1200 315 North America Global 24 English
9395 1200 2400 355 North America Global 24 English
(BCDX via WORLD OF RADIO 1744, DXLD)
We may experiment with some different antennas for Global 24. In
general, the primary target will be North America, with Europe as a
secondary target (Jeff White, WORLD OF RADIO 1744, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
Anyone think this will actually succeed? I recall previous commercial
operations such as WNYW, KYOI, KUSW, and the original incarnation of
WRNO on shortwave. All ultimately failed. Of course, Global 24 is just
an airtime buy rather than a standalone station, but I don't see how
it will raise enough revenue through ad sales to keep going.
Nonetheless it will be interesting to check them out. Curious to hear
who the advertisers are (Stephen Luce, Houston, Texas, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Now...now...now. Let's all at least try to approach this effort with
some support, optimism and enthusiasm. No need to kill it in its crib
with pessimism or by competing to be the first to predict its failure
or demise. Time will tell. But what say we all get behind them? (John
Figliozzi, Halfmoon, NY, ibid.)
** U S A. WRMI Tentative B-14 Schedule, as of October 14, 2013
kHz UTC
Freq Start End Azi Target Programming Language(s)
5015 0100 0700 160 Latin America TruNews English
5850 0100 0700 355 North America TruNews English
5850 0700 1000 355 North America TOM English
5850 1000 1030 355 North America RMI English
5950 2300 0100 181 Latin America Family Radio Spanish
5985 0000 0400 222 Central America TOM English
5985 0400 0430 222 Central America NHK Spanish
5985 0430 0500 222 Central America RMI Span/Eng
7455 0100 0700 315 North America TruNews English
7455 0700 1200 315 North America TOM English
7570 1000 1100 315 Japan Family Radio Japanese
7570 1100 1200 315 East Asia Family Radio Chinese
7570 1200 2100 315 North America TOM English
7570 2100 2200 315 North America RMI Eng/Span
7570 2200 1000 315 North America TOM English
7730 0200 0300 222 Central America RTI Spanish
9395 0000 1200 315 North America Global 24 English
9395 1200 2400 355 North America Global 24 English
9955 0600 1100 160 Latin America TOM English
9955 1100 1500 160 Latin America RMI Eng/Span
9955 1500 2200 160 Latin America TOM English
9955 2200 0600 160 Latin America RMI Eng/Span
11550 1800 0000 44 Europe TruNews English
11580 0100 0200 44 South Asia Family Radio Hindi
11580 0200 2300 44 No Amer, Eur TOM English
11580 2300 0000 44 No Amer, Eur RMI English
11580 0000 0100 44 No Amer, Eur TOM English
11825 0000 2400 315 North America TOM English
15190 2100 2300 87 Africa Radio Africa English
15190 2300 0300 87 Africa TOM English
15770 2100 2200 44 No Amer, Eur RMI Eng/Span
15770 2200 2100 44 No Amer, Eur TOM English
17790 1400 2100 87 Africa Radio Africa English
NHK NHK World Radio Japan
RMI Radio MIami International (various programming;
see chart at <www.wrmi.net> )
RTI Radio Taiwan International
TOM The Overcomer Ministry
(RMI Jeff White-FL-USA, via ADDX club Andreas Volk, Munich-D, Oct 15,
via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews 21 Oct via DXLD)
** U S A. Updated summer A-14 SW schedule of US private religious
stations --- WTWW We Transmit World Wide [all: 100 kW]:
WTWW-1, Lebanon
0000-0200 9475 TWW / 050 deg ENAm English Scriptures For America
0200-1400 5830 TWW / 050 deg ENAm English Scriptures For America
1400-2400 9475 TWW / 050 deg ENAm English Scriptures For America
WTWW-2, Lebanon
0000-1400 5085 TWW / 180 deg SoAm English Brother Stair
1400-2400 9930 TWW / 180 deg SoAm English Brother Stair
[with pre-emptions especially weekends for Ted Randall programs -- gh]
WTWW-3, Lebanon
0000-0100 12105 TWW / 040 deg ENAm Russian The Bible World Wide
0100-0200 12105 TWW / 040 deg ENAm English The Bible World Wide
1700-1900 12105 TWW / 040 deg ENAm English The Bible World Wide
1900-2000 12105 TWW / 040 deg ENAm Spanish The Bible World Wide
2000-2100 12105 TWW / 040 deg ENAm Portuguese The Bible World Wide
2100-2200 12105 TWW / 040 deg ENAm French The Bible World Wide
2200-2300 12105 TWW / 040 deg ENAm Arabic The Bible World Wide
2300-2400 12105 TWW / 040 deg ENAm Yoruba The Bible World Wide
(DX RE MIX NEWS #876 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, Oct. 16, 2014
via DXLD)
12105, Oct 17 at 0123, still 0140, 0150, WTWW-3 is dead air, as Ted
has failed again to keep all the transmitters modulating, burning 100
kW for nothing. 9475 and 5085 are nominal. 12105 is fading down from
good at outset to only fair with increasing competition from CODAR
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
12104.985, WTWW at 2320 UT Oct 17 in West African Yoruba language
(Wolfgang Büschel, logs of 23-24 UT Oct 17, via remote access to SDR
unit at Massachusetts near Boston on eastern coast of US North
America, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
12105, Oct 19 at 0537, JBA carrier here, suspected WTWW-3. Yes, that
must be because 5830, WTWW-1 is AWOL at 0546 check, so Ted has
probably put PPP on #3 instead even tho it won`t propagate in the
nightmiddle. Meanwhile WTWW-2 is still blasting BS on 5085 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Updated summer A-14 SW schedule of US private religious
stations --- WINB, Red Lion:
0000-0100 9265 INB 050 kW / 242 deg CeAm English Daily
0100-0130 9265 INB 050 kW / 242 deg CeAm English Sun-Fri
0130-0230 9265 INB 050 kW / 242 deg CeAm English Sat-Thu
1130-1300 9265 INB 050 kW / 242 deg CeAm English Sun
1300-1400 9265 INB 050 kW / 242 deg CeAm English Sun
1400-1600 9265 INB 050 kW / 242 deg CeAm English Sat/Sun
1600-1745 9265 INB 050 kW / 242 deg CeAm English Sat/Sun
1715-1745 9265 INB 050 kW / 242 deg CeAm English Tue
1745-2045 9265 INB 050 kW / 242 deg CeAm English Daily
2045-2100 9265 INB 050 kW / 242 deg CeAm Eng/Spa Mon-Fri
2045-2100 9265 INB 050 kW / 242 deg CeAm English Sat/Sun
2100-2230 9265 INB 050 kW / 242 deg CeAm English Daily
2230-2300 9265 INB 050 kW / 242 deg CeAm Spanish Mon
2230-2300 9265 INB 050 kW / 242 deg CeAm English Tue-Sun
2300-2400 9265 INB 050 kW / 242 deg CeAm English Daily
(DX RE MIX NEWS #876 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, Oct. 16, 2014
via DXLD) Occasionally has been heard late- or overnight: (gh, DXLD)
9265, Oct 16 at 0618, what`s this? VG signal with gospel huxter, on
WINB`s frequency, but is it something else at this late hour, like
WMLK reactivated? WMLK is still FCC-registered on 9265 at 04-09 UT
except Saturdays! Despite having been off the air for years.
0628 muses on how his mother clued him in on ``how wicked women are``
--- what a nice thing to say! Refers to what Adam did 6000 years ago,
huh? Refers to Adam as his ``grandpa``, and all his progeny are of
necessity sinners too. 0630 outro as `Red Letter Edition`, says will
be back tomorrow. (That`s a show that Ted used to stick in on WTWW-2
Saturday evenings, maybe still does.) 0632 canned ID for WINB, into
soul music, and Pastor something of something Deliverance Ministry.
The guy is really mumbling.
WINB is on way late, testing overnight propagation, or permanent
change? Certainly a much better signal than we usually hear from it
earlier, let alone in daytime. Is this on their schedule now? Of
course not! Still dated August 17, showing Wednesday`s final program
starts at 0200 UT Thursday in Spanish, and Thursday`s first program
starts at 1745 UT.
Next check at 1228, WINB is on again, or more likely still on, with ID
including phone number for listening online, 712-432-5377. However, at
rerecheck 1345, 9265 is finally off.
Checking the program schedule for the ones I heard: the only one with
Deliverance in its name is
``05:30P / Tue-2130 Prayer, Healing and Deliverance Ministri`` [sic,
for a semihour]. And:
``11:00A / Sat-1500 Red Letter Edition`` for an hour
9265, Oct 17 at 0150, WINB is already off. Will they be back on after
0600 like last nite? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Sabato 18 ottobre 2014, 0411 - 9265, WINB new time? Reflections OM EE.
BN-SF (Luca Botto Fiora, QTH Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, G.C. 44 21'
06.89" N / 09 13' 30.94" E, playdx yg via DXLD)
9265, Oct 18 at 0528, WINB is on late again when it can achieve a very
good signal unlike earlier, unaccented YL interviewing strangely-
accented OM gospel huxter explaining how tithing only 10 percent is
not enough, and you have to give to God (e.g. his ministry) first
before spending what`s left of your paychex. Could not stand to listen
long enough to pin down the accent or get his or program`s name. Still
nothing about this on http://winb.com
9265, Oct 19 at 0542, WINB is off-again from its unexplained
occasional late-night transmissions. But 9330 WBCQ is on, q.v. (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1744, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Updated summer A-14 SW schedule of US private religious
stations --- WWCR World Wide Christian Radio:
WWCR-1, Nashville
0000-0100 on 6115 WCR 100 kW / 046 deg to NoAm English
0100-0900 on 3215 WCR 100 kW / 046 deg to NoAm English
0900-1000 on 15795 WCR 100 kW / 046 deg to WeEu English
1000-1100 on 15795 WCR 100 kW / 046 deg to WeEu Russian Sat
1000-1100 on 15795 WCR 100 kW / 046 deg to WeEu English Sun-Fri
1100-1115 on 15795 WCR 100 kW / 046 deg to WeEu English
1115-1130 on 15795 WCR 100 kW / 046 deg to WeEu Arabic Mon-Fri
1115-1145 on 15795 WCR 100 kW / 046 deg to WeEu English Sat/Sun
1130-1145 on 15795 WCR 100 kW / 046 deg to WeEu Russian Mon-Fri
1145-1200 on 15795 WCR 100 kW / 046 deg to WeEu English
1200-2100 on 15825 WCR 100 kW / 046 deg to WeEu English
2100-2200 on 15825 WCR 100 kW / 046 deg to WeEu Spanish Mon-Fri
2100-2200 on 15825 WCR 100 kW / 046 deg to WeEu English Sat/Sun
2200-2400 on 6115 WCR 100 kW / 046 deg to NoAm English
WWCR-2, Nashville
0000-1200 on 5935 WCR 100 kW / 085 deg to CeAf English
1200-1500 on 7490 WCR 100 kW / 085 deg to CeAf English
1500-2000 on 12160 WCR 100 kW / 085 deg to CeAf English
2000-2400 on 9350 WCR 100 kW / 085 deg to CeAf English
WWCR-3, Nashville
0000-1200 on 4840 WCR 100 kW / 040 deg to NoAm English
1200-2400 on 13845 WCR 100 kW / 040 deg to NoAm English
WWCR-4, Nashville
0000-0200 on 7520 WCR 100 kW / 090 deg to CeAm English Tue-Sat
0200-0300 on 5890 WCR 100 kW / 090 deg to CeAm English Tue-Sat
0300-0400 on 5890 WCR 100 kW / 090 deg to CeAm English Tue-Sat BS
0300-0400 on 5890 WCR 100 kW / 090 deg to CeAm English Sun/Mon
0400-1100 on 5890 WCR 100 kW / 090 deg to CeAm English Brother Stair
1100-1200 on 5890 WCR 100 kW / 090 deg to CeAm English Mon-Fri BS
1200-1400 on 9980 WCR 100 kW / 090 deg to CeAm English Mon-Fri BS
1400-2200 on 9980 WCR 100 kW / 090 deg to CeAm English Brother Stair
2200-2300 on 9980 WCR 100 kW / 090 deg to CeAm English Mon-Fri BS
2300-2400 on 9980 WCR 100 kW / 090 deg to CeAm English Mon-Fri
(DX RE MIX NEWS #876 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, Oct. 16, 2014
via DXLD)
15795, Oct 20 at 1419, VG signal with gospel huxtress, as WWCR-1 has
again failed to QSY to 15825 at 1200! Still there at 1449 check, but
by 1550 back on 15825 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Wrong frequency of WWCR 1 in English was noted on October 20 from 1200
on 15795*WCR 100 kW / 046 deg to WeEu, instead of 15825. * co-ch DRM
noise of All India Radio in Chinese till 1315. Videos:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/10/wrong-frequency-of-wwcr-1-in-english.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DXLD)
** U S A. Updated summer A-14 SW schedule of US private religious
stations --- WEWN Global Catholic Radio EWTN:
WEWN-1, Vandiver
0000-0900 11520 EWN 250 kW / 085 deg WeAf English
0900-1200 11520 EWN 250 kW / 355 deg SEAs English
1200-1800 15610 EWN 250 kW / 040 deg WeEu English
1800-2400 15610 EWN 250 kW / 040 deg N/ME English
WEWN-2, Vandiver
0000-1000 11870 EWN 250 kW / 155 deg SoAm Spanish
1000-1700 12050 EWN 250 kW / 155 deg SoAm Spanish
1700-2400 13830 EWN 250 kW / 155 deg SoAm Spanish
WEWN-3, Vandiver
0000-0500 5810 EWN 250 kW / 220 deg MEX Spanish
0500-1200 7555 EWN 250 kW / 220 deg MEX Spanish
1200-1800 11550 EWN 250 kW / 220 deg MEX Spanish
1800-2400 12050 EWN 250 kW / 220 deg MEX Spanish (DX RE MIX NEWS #876
from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, Oct. 16, 2014 via DXLD)
** U S A. Updated summer A-14 SW schedule of US private religious
stations --- WJHR, Milton [FLORIDA]:
1400-2200 15550 JHR 050 kW / 005 deg NWAm English USB
(DX RE MIX NEWS #876 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, Oct. 16, 2014
via DXLD) Sounds like much less than 50 kW (gh, DXLD)
** U S A. Updated summer A-14 SW schedule of US private religious
stations --- World Harvest Radio International:
WHRI Angel 1, Cypress Creek
0000-0030 7315 HRI 250 kW / 173 deg CeAm Spanish Tue-Sat
0000-0100 7315 HRI 250 kW / 173 deg CeAm English Sun
0000-0100 9895 HRI 250 kW / 173 deg CeAm English Mon
0030-0100 9895 HRI 250 kW / 173 deg CeAm English Tue-Sat
0100-0200 7315 HRI 250 kW / 173 deg CeAm English Mon
0100-0200 5920 HRI 250 kW / 173 deg CeAm English Tue-Sat
0200-0300 7315 HRI 250 kW / 173 deg CeAm English Daily
0300-0330 6175 HRI 250 kW / 173 deg SoAm Spanish Voice of Vietnam
0330-0400 6175 HRI 250 kW / 173 deg SoAm English Voice of Vietnam
0400-0430 6175 HRI 250 kW / 173 deg SoAm Spanish Voice of Vietnam
0430-0530 6175 HRI 250 kW / 260 deg MEXI Vietnamese Voice of Vietnam
0800-0900 11565 HRI 250 kW / 245 deg AUS English Mon-Fri
0830-1000 11565 HRI 250 kW / 245 deg AUS English Sun
1400-1500 21600 HRI 250 kW / 085 deg CeAf English Sun
1500-1600 21600 HRI 250 kW / 085 deg CeAf English Sat/Sun
1600-1730 21600 HRI 250 kW / 085 deg CeAf English Daily
1730-1745 21600 HRI 250 kW / 085 deg CeAf English Sun-Fri
1730-1745 21600 HRI 250 kW / 085 deg CeAf English Sat Eternal Gd News
1745-1800 21600 HRI 250 kW / 085 deg CeAf English Daily
1800-2100 21600 HRI 250 kW / 085 deg CeAf English Sat/Sun
2130-2200 17540 HRI 250 kW / 152 deg SoAm Portuguese Radio Japan NHK
2300-2400 7315 HRI 250 kW / 173 deg CeAm English Mon-Fri
2300-2345 7315 HRI 250 kW / 173 deg CeAm English Sun
2345-2400 7315 HRI 250 kW / 173 deg CeAm English Sun Eternal Gd News
WHRI Angel 2, Cypress Creek
0000-0100 5920 HRI 250 kW / 047 deg WeEu English Tue-Sun
0100-0200 9605 HRI 250 kW / 167 deg SoAm Spanish KBS World Radio
0200-0300 5920 HRI 250 kW / 047 deg WeEu English Mon-Sat
0300-0400 5920 HRI 250 kW / 047 deg WeEu English Mon-Fri
0300-0330 7520 HRI 250 kW / 047 deg WeEu English Sun
0330-0400 7520 HRI 250 kW / 047 deg WeEu Russian Sun
0400-0430 12015 HRI 250 kW / 167 deg SoAm Spanish R Japan NHK World
0500-0600 11635 HRI 250 kW / 047 deg WeEu English Sat-Thu
0500-0515 11635 HRI 250 kW / 047 deg WeEu French Fri
0515-0600 11635 HRI 250 kW / 047 deg WeEu English Fri
0900-0930 6195 HRI 250 kW / 152 deg SoAm Portuguese Radio Japan NHK
0930-1000 6195 HRI 250 kW / 152 deg SoAm Spanish Radio Japan NHK
1100-1200 7315 HRI 250 kW / 173 deg CeAm English Sun
1200-1600 9840 HRI 250 kW / 025 deg ENAm English Sun
1800-1900 9840 HRI 250 kW / 025 deg ENAm English Thu/Sat
1900-2000 9840 HRI 250 kW / 025 deg ENAm English Mon-Sat
2000-2100 15530 HRI 250 kW / 047 deg WeEu English Sun
2100-2115 15530 HRI 250 kW / 047 deg WeEu English Sun Eternal Gd News
2115-2200 15530 HRI 250 kW / 047 deg WeEu English Sun
2200-2300 11775 HRI 250 kW / 047 deg WeEu English Sat/Sun
2300-2400 11775 HRI 250 kW / 047 deg WeEu English Sat
WHRI Angel 6, Cypress Creek
0000-0100 7385 HRI 100 kW / 315 deg WNAm English Sun/Mon
0100-0200 7385 HRI 100 kW / 315 deg WNAm English Daily
0200-0215 7385 HRI 100 kW / 315 deg WNAm English Mon Eternal Gd News
0215-0300 7385 HRI 100 kW / 315 deg WNAm English Daily
0300-0400 7385 HRI 100 kW / 315 deg WNAm English Mon
1200-1300 11880 HRI 100 kW / 315 deg WNAm English Sun-Fri
2200-2300 17610 HRI 100 kW / 315 deg WNAm English Fri (DX RE MIX NEWS
#876 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, Oct. 16, 2014 via DXLD)
See also PALAU for Angels 3, 4, 5
** U S A. 21600, Oct 16 at 1355, VG signal with gospel music, must be
WHRI on earlier than usual: yes, apparently generic LeSEA filler with
1357 contact info to PO Box 12, South Bend IN, or c/o METV, PO Box
27266, Limassol, Cyprus; music continuing 1400+. 21600 is EiBi-listed
at 16-18 weekdays, and this is a Thursday; 14-20 on weekends.
21600, Oct 17 at 1356, no signal from WHRI, unlike 24 hours earlier
when they were apparently testing; only sigs on 13m being 21540 Kuwait
and 21505 Saudi (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Updated summer A-14 SW schedule of US private religious
stations --- WRNO, New Orleans:
0100-0400 on 7505vRNO 050 kW / 020 deg to NoAm English
7505v=7505.2 (DX RE MIX NEWS #876 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov,
Oct. 16, 2014 via DXLD) Often on air earlier than 0100 (gh, DXLD)
** U S A. Updated summer A-14 SW schedule of US private religious
stations --- KJES, Vado:
0100-0200 on 7555 JES 050 kW / 335 deg to NWAm Spanish
0200-0230 on 7555 JES 050 kW / 020 deg to NEAm English
1300-1400 on 11715 JES 050 kW / 070 deg to NEAm English
1400-1500 on 11715 JES 050 kW / 350 deg to NWAm English
1500-1600 on 11715 JES 050 kW / 150 deg to CeAm Spanish (DX RE MIX
NEWS #876 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, Oct. 16, 2014 via DXLD)
** U S A [non]. Updated summer A-14 SW schedule of US private
religious stations --- CBB Caribbean Beacon, Anguilla:
0000-1000 6090 AIA 100 kW / 320 deg CeAm English University Network
1000-2200 11775 AIA 100 kW / 320 deg CeAm English University Network
2200-2400 6090 AIA 100 kW / 320 deg CeAm English University Network
(DX RE MIX NEWS #876 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, Oct. 16, 2014
via DXLD)
Azimuth 320 degrees is not toward Central America, but across the USA
from Charleston to Sioux Falls to Seattle, officially CIRAFs 6-9, 11.
9 includes Labrador, but no 10 for Mexico, and 11 means Caribbean and
Central America, but CAm is way off the beam (Glenn Hauser, DXLD)
** U S A [non]. AUSTRIA/FRANCE/GERMANY/GUAM/MADAGASCAR/RWANDA/SOUTH
AFRICA/SRI LANKA/TAIWAN --- B-14 Adventist World Radio Short Wave
Broadcast Schedule of AWR EUR/AF & AWR AS/Pac
(2014-10-26 to 2015-03-28) (first and last day of transmission)
All Regions - Version 04 / 2014-10-14/pub
Site StartStop Language Service Area kHz m kW Days
SDA 0000-0100 Mandarin C/N-China 17880 16 100 1234567
TRM 0000-0030 Burmese Myanmar 9810 31 125 1234567
SDA 0000-0100 Mandarin NE-China 17520 16 100 1234567
SDA 0000-0030 Thai Cambod, Viet, Thai, Laos 17650 16 100 1234567
TRM 0030-0100 Karen Myanmar, Thailand, China 9810 31 125 1234567
TRM 0100-0130 Mandarin NE-China 15475 19 125 67
SDA 0100-0200 Mandarin S-China 17650 16 100 67
SDA 0100-0130 Min Nan Chinese S-China 17650 16 100 12345
SDA 0100-0200 Mandarin C/N-China 17880 16 100 67
SDA 0100-0130 Min Nan Chinese C/N-China 17880 16 100 12345
TRM 0100-0130 Min Nan Chinese NE-China 15475 19 125 12345
TAI 0100-0200 Vietnamese Vietnam 15445 19 100 7
TRM 0130-0200 Mandarin NE-China 15475 19 125 67
TRM 0130-0200 Cantonese NE-China 15475 19 125 12345
SDA 0130-0200 Cantonese S-China 17650 16 100 12345
SDA 0130-0200 Cantonese C/N-China 17880 16 100 12345
MOS 0200-0230 Urdu Pakistan 5970 49 300 1234567
MDC 0230-0330 Malagasy Madagascar 3215 90 50 1234567
MOS 0230-0300 Panjabi Pakistan 5970 49 300 1234567
ISS 0300-0330 Tigrinya Eritrea 7315 41 250 1234567
TRM 0300-0330 Oromo S-Ethiopia 15500 19 125 1234567
MOS 0330-0400 Farsi Iran 6145 49 300 1234567
TRM 0330-0400 Amharic Ethiopia 15500 19 125 1234567
ISS 0400-0430 Bulgarian Bulgaria 5975 49 100 1234567
MOS 0400-0430 Turkish Turkey 5985 49 300 1234567
MOS 0430-0500 French Morocco, Algeria 6045 49 300 1234567
KIG 0500-0600 Arabic Egypt,Iraq,Arab Peninsula 15700 19 250 1234567
MOS 0500-0530 Hausa Nigeria 9630 31 300 1234567
MOS 0600-0700 Arabic Libya 11880 25 300 1234567
KIG 0600-0630 French Cameroon, Ghana, (Senegal) 15700 19 250 1234567
KIG 0600-0630 French Cameroon, Ghana, (Senegal) 17800 16 250 1234567
ISS 0700-0730 French Cameroon, Ghana, (Senegal) 11880 25 250 1234567
NAU 0700-0800 Arabic Morocco, Algeria 11975 25 100 1234567
NAU 0800-0830 French Morocco, Algeria 15145 19 100 1234567
NAU 0800-0830 Kabyle Morocco, Algeria 15160 19 250 1234567
NAU 0830-0900 Tachelhit Morocco, Algeria 15145 19 100 1234567
SDA 1000-1100 Mandarin C/N-China 15325 19 100 1234567
SDA 1000-1100 Mandarin S-China 17580 16 100 1234567
NAU 1000-1100 Italian Italy 9610 31 100 1
SDA 1030-1100 Tagalog Philippines 17540 16 100 23457
SDA 1030-1100 Ilocano Philippines 17540 16 100 16
SDA 1100-1130 Indonesian W-Indonesia 15495 19 100 1234567
SDA 1100-1130 Russian E-Russia 9460 31 100 1234567
SDA 1100-1200 Mandarin S-China 15195 19 100 1234567
SDA 1100-1200 Mandarin C/N-China 15180 19 100 1234567
SDA 1100-1200 Mandarin NE-China 11730 25 100 1234567
SDA 1130-1200 Sundanese Indonesia, Malaysia 15495 19 100 1357
SDA 1130-1200 Shan Myanmar 15605 19 100 1234567
SDA 1130-1200 Javanese Indonesia, Malaysia 15495 19 100 246
SDA 1200-1230 Mandarin S-China 15195 19 100 67
SDA 1200-1230 Min Nan Chinese S-China 15195 19 100 12345
SDA 1200-1230 Mon Myanmar 15495 19 100 1234567
SDA 1200-1230 Mandarin NE-China 9800 31 100 67
SDA 1200-1230 Min Nan Chinese C/N-China 15180 19 100 12345
SDA 1200-1230 Mandarin C/N-China 15180 19 100 67
SDA 1200-1230 Min Nan Chinese NE-China 9800 31 100 12345
SDA 1200-1300 Korean Korea 9880 31 100 1234567
SDA 1230-1300 Cantonese S-China 15195 19 100 12345
SDA 1230-1300 Cantonese C/N-China 15180 19 100 12345
SDA 1230-1300 Mandarin C/N-China 15180 19 100 67
SDA 1230-1300 Mandarin S-China 15195 19 100 67
SDA 1230-1300 Cantonese NE-China 9800 31 100 12345
SDA 1230-1300 Mandarin NE-China 9800 31 100 67
TRM 1230-1300 Bangla NE-India, Bangladesh 15430 19 125 2357
TRM 1230-1300 Meitei NE-India, Bangladesh 15430 19 125 146
NAU 1300-1330 Uighur W-China 15480 19 250 17
TRM 1300-1330 Khmer Cambod, Viet, Thai, Laos 15150 19 125 1567
SDA 1300-1330 Kachin Myanmar 15670 19 100 1234567
TRM 1300-1400 Vietnamese Vietnam 17670 16 125 1234567
TRM 1300-1330 Khmer Cambod, Viet, Thai, Laos 15150 19 125 234
NAU 1300-1330 Mandarin W-China 15480 19 250 23456
TRM 1300-1330 Lao Cambod, Viet, Thai, Laos 17770 16 125 57
SDA 1300-1330 Bangla Bangladesh 15215 19 100 1234567
TRM 1300-1330 Isan Cambod, Viet, Thai, Laos 17770 16 125 12346
SDA 1300-1400 Mandarin C/N-China 11935 25 100 1234567
SDA 1330-1400 Hmong Thailand 15660 19 100 56
SDA 1330-1400 Malay Malaysia 15660 19 100 237
NAU 1330-1500 Mandarin W-China 15480 19 250 1234567
SDA 1330-1400 Thai Cambod, Viet, Thai, Laos 15450 19 100 1234567
SDA 1330-1400 Assamese NE-India 15660 19 100 14
TRM 1330-1400 Khmer Cambod, Viet, Thai, Laos 15150 19 125 1
SDA 1400-1500 Mandarin S-China 11945 25 100 1234567
MOS 1400-1430 Urdu Pakistan 15440 19 300 1234567
SDA 1400-1430 Asho Chin Myanmar 15150 19 100 1234567
SDA 1400-1430 Sinhalese Sri Lanka 15255 19 100 1234567
SDA 1400-1500 Mandarin C/N-China 11935 25 100 1234567
TRM 1430-1500 PWO W Karen Myanmar, Thailand,CHN 15150 19 125 1234567
SDA 1430-1500 Burmese Myanmar 15660 19 100 1234567
TRM 1430-1500 Karen Myanmar, Thailand, China 17650 16 125 1234567
MOS 1430-1500 Afar Djibouti, NE-ETH, Somalia 17605 16 300 1234567
MDC 1430-1530 Malagasy Madagascar 6155 49 50 1234567
SDA 1500-1530 Telugu S-India 15495 19 100 1234567
NAU 1500-1530 Panjabi N-India 15150 19 250 1234567
TRM 1500-1530 Nepali Nepal 15745 19 125 1234567
SDA 1500-1530 Tamil S-India 15665 19 100 1234567
SDA 1500-1530 Mizo NE-India 15605 19 100 1234567
MOS 1500-1530 Turkish Turkey 11955 25 300 1234567
TRM 1530-1600 Marathi C-India 12035 25 125 1234567
NAU 1530-1600 Hindi N-India 15250 19 250 1234567
MOS 1530-1600 Panjabi Pakistan 15290 19 300 1234567
NAU 1530-1600 English Nepal, Tibet 11750 25 250 12347
NAU 1530-1600 Tibetan Nepal, Tibet 11750 25 250 56
MDC 1530-1600 Malayalam S-India 15680 19 125 1234567
SDA 1530-1600 Kannada S-India 15665 19 100 1234567
SDA 1530-1600 Gujarati India-Gujarat 11780 25 100 1234567
SDA 1530-1600 Oriya India-Odisha 15710 19 100 1234567
TRM 1530-1600 Hindi C-India 11955 25 125 1234567
TRM 1600-1630 Urdu N-India 15360 19 125 1234567
MOS 1600-1630 Urdu Pakistan 11910 25 300 1234567
NAU 1600-1630 Bulgarian Bulgaria 9830 31 100 1234567
TRM 1600-1630 English C-India 11780 25 125 1234567
SDA 1600-1630 English S-India 11690 25 100 1234567
TRM 1630-1700 Sindhi S-Pakistan 15360 19 125 1357
TRM 1630-1700 English N-India 15360 19 125 246
ISS 1630-1700 Somali Somalia 17575 16 250 1234567
KIG 1630-1700 Tigrinya Eritrea 11850 25 250 1234567
MOS 1630-1700 Farsi Iran 9830 31 300 1234567
MEY 1700-1730 Kiswahili Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda 15490 19 250 1234567
KIG 1700-1730 Amharic Ethiopia 9490 31 250 1234567
MDC 1700-1728 Kiswahili Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda 17575 16 250 1234567
NAU 1730-1800 Oromo S-Ethiopia 12035 25 250 1234567
MEY 1730-1800 Masai Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda 15490 19 250 1234567
NAU 1730-1800 Kabyle Morocco, Algeria 11860 25 100 1234567
MOS 1800-1900 Arabic Libya 11680 25 300 1234567
MEY 1830-1900 English E-Africa 11830 25 250 1234567
MDC 1900-2000 Arabic Egypt, Iraq,Arab Peninsula 15480 19 250 1234567
MOS 1900-1930 Hausa Nigeria 11975 25 300 1234567
ISS 1900-1930 Wolof Senegal, Gambia 9805 31 250 1234567
NAU 1900-2000 Arabic Morocco, Algeria 9535 31 100 1234567
MEY 1930-2000 Ibo E-Nigeria 11750 25 250 1234567
MOS 1930-2000 French C-Africa 11975 25 300 1234567
NAU 1930-2000 Tachelhit Morocco, Algeria 9850 31 100 1234567
KIG 1930-2000 Fulfulde Cameroon,Ghana,Senegal 17800 16 250 1234567
KIG 2000-2030 French Cameroon, Niger 17800 16 250 1234567
SDA 2000-2030 Russian E-Russia 9760 31 100 1234567
NAU 2000-2030 French Morocco, Algeria 9515 31 100 1234567
MOS 2000-2030 Dyula Burk.Faso, Ivory Coast, Mali 9770 31 300 1234567
MOS 2030-2100 French W-Africa 11980 25 300 1234567
KIG 2030-2100 Yoruba Nigeria 15275 19 250 1234567
MOS 2100-2130 English W-Africa 11980 25 300 1234567
SDA 2100-2200 Mandarin C/N-China 9720 31 100 1234567
SDA 2100-2200 Mandarin W-Japan, S-China 9720 31 100 1234567
SDA 2100-2200 Korean Korea 9890 31 100 1234567
SDA 2200-2230 English W-Indonesia 15435 19 100 135
SDA 2200-2230 Sundanese W-Indonesia 15435 19 100 2467
SDA 2200-2230 Indonesian W-Indonesia 13710 22 100 1234567
SDA 2200-2300 Mandarin NE-China 15685 19 100 1234567
SDA 2200-2300 Mandarin C/N-China 15215 19 100 1234567
SDA 2230-2300 Batak W-Indonesia 15435 19 100 1234567
SDA 2230-2300 Javanese W-Indonesia 13710 22 100 1234567
SDA 2300-2330 Vietnamese Vietnam 15320 19 100 17
SDA 2300-2400 Mandarin C/N-China 17520 16 100 1234567
SDA 2300-2330 Khmer Cambod, Viet, Thai, Laos 15365 19 100 234
SDA 2300-2400 Vietnamese Vietnam 15320 19 100 23456
SDA 2300-2400 Mandarin NE-China 15320 19 100 1234567
SDA 2300-2330 Khmer Cambod, Viet, Thai, Laos 15365 19 100 1567
SDA 2330-2400 Lao Cambod, Viet, Thai, Laos 15365 19 100 57
SDA 2330-2400 Thai Cambod, Viet, Thai, Laos 15365 19 100 2346
SDA 2330-2400 English Vietnam 15320 19 100 17
SDA 2330-2400 Khmer Cambod, Viet, Thai, Laos 15365 19 100 1
Site: Days:
ISS = Issoudun SDA = Agat 1 = Sunday 5 = Thursday
MDC = Madagascar TAI = Taipei 2 = Monday 6 = Friday
MEY = Meyerton TRM = Trincomalee 3 = Tuesday 7 = Saturday
MOS = Moosbrunn WER = Wertachtal {sic} 4 = Wednesday
NAU = Nauen KIG = Kigali
AWR Frequency Management Office
Sandwiesenstr. 35, 64665 Alsbach, Germany.
Phone: +49 6257 9440984, E-mail: <pino -at- awr.org>
(AWR, via ADDX club Andreas Volk, Munich-D, Oct 15, via wwdxc BC-DX
TopNews BC-DX 21 Oct via DXLD)
** U S A. 620, Oct 17 at 1227 UT, dominant signal is from E/W with
long string of Ad Council PSAs and some specific to Arizona, such as
``don`t drive into a duststorm``; 1229 non-ID as ``ESPN Phœnix, 620-
AM``, the sad fate of a once-greater talk station, KTAR. If they had
been smart, Bonneville might have used their legacy callsign as an
inducement to become an Aljazeera outlet. Or, what`s the equivalent of
a Tarheel west of the Miss? And since there is a pretty deep null
toward us on the night pattern, we dare assume the 5 kW is running on
ND day pattern already, more than hour before official October sunrise
of 1330 UT (November: 1400 UT) {Does this among other AZ MW outlets
where MST UT-7 always reigns, [deliberately?] misconvert its day/night
change times?} (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 740, KTRH, pattern out of whack? See UNIDENTIIFED 740
** U S A. 790, Oct 22 at 1248 UT, discussion and interviews about high
school marching bands, ID in passing as ``Kurm`` (as one word), i.e.
KURM, Rogers AR, 5/0.5 kW U2. NRC AM Log spells it ``Curm``. Band
music is a recurring topic on this show around this time of day, but
no music axually heard (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 880, Oct 16 at 1214 UT, KHAC IDs in passing, again announcer
preaching Christianity, mixing Navajo and English. As reminded by KAZ,
I check the LSB, and yes, not heard, just on USB (plus carrier). If
one were tuning thru on LSB only, one would certainly miss it. COL Tse
Bonito NM, but primarily for Window Rock, Gallup and the Res. And
again obviously on ND day power way before sunrise (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 920, Oct 20 at 1255 UT, Spanish ad with 719 AC, under
another station. Seems to be NW/SE, so I wonder if it was really 713,
i.e. KYST Texas City (Houston) TX, which is fully Spanish. 719 would
be KLMR Lamar CO, and NRC AM Log says it too has ``some Spanish``.
This website is English-only and not very informative,
http://www.myhometeamsports.com/KLMR.html
``KLMR AM "Your Home for Classic Country" Broadcast Schedule:
Anything Goes 7:05-8:00 am Monday through Friday``
which could include Spanish, but this is before 7:00 am MDT. KLMR is
also on Facebook but nothing SS there either, mostly sports-stuff and
weather forecasts hardly worthy of preservation.
{BTW, I see the Lamar HS sillyballteams are monickered ``Savages`` ---
politically incorrect? Could refer to *any* uncivilized people, but oh
oh, the mascot is an Indian in full headdress. Countdown?} (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1070, Oct 22 at 1308 UT, ``In the Ghetto``, by Elvis, from
N/S, fast SAH, obviously KLIO Wichita, but no longer with stupid
sportstalk in Spanish, ESPN Deportes --- and back to a previous format
of Classic Country, which in the meantime has been on sibling 92.3 FM,
KFTI. Then DJ teaser, another country song, and confirmed // 92.3
which is marginally audible here from Norton, Kansas, between local
LPFM KAMG 92.1 and KOMA OKC 92.5; 1313 ``Classic Country 92.3 and AM
1070``; 1358 non ID and music past hourtop. At 1402, legal ID as
``KFTI-FM Newton-Wichita and KLIO 1070 AM Wichita``, local news
headlines, 1404 back to music already. No other references to 1070 or
KLIO heard. Also Oct 23 at 0534, C&W music with usual fast SAH against
KNX; also at 1310 against KNX or whatever, as I can tell by 10-kHz
stepping with BFO on the DX-398 that KLIO is slightly on the lo side.
Miscellaneous further chex day and night into Oct 23 find 1070 is
still Classic County in English // 92.3.
1070 KLIO flip to ESPN Deportes was on Sept 30, 2013, more than a year
ago already! That replaced True Oldies, as discussed in
http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld1340.txt
http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld1344.txt
We anticipated some change on 1070, since this story via DXLD 14-42:
Journal Sells Wichita Station to Envision --- on 10.13.2014
Envision Inc. is benefiting from the Journal Broadcast and E.W.
Scripps merger — the required sale of a station in the Wichita, Kan.,
market to meet federal market ownership limits. The station selected
for sale is KFTI(FM). Envision, headquartered in Wichita, is a
nonprofit dedicated to making the blind and visually impaired
independent and self-supporting when possible. It is acquiring the
station to use as a training ground, a revenue source and a messaging
platform. . .
http://www.radioworld.com/article/journal-sells-station-to-envision/272804#sthash.4fp7oThF.dpuf
(via Dennis Gibson, ABDX via DXLD)
WTFK? 92.3, really Newton KS north of Wichita, and marginally audible
here. Has been classic country, after AM 1070 was converted to Spanish
sports. Now what becomes of classic country format in Wichita? Geez
(Glenn Hauser, DXLD 14-42)
So for now at least, C.C. is back on 1070, pending some new format and
new owners for 92.3 (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1140, Oct 16 at 1257 UT, Spanish ad for Frontera Supermarket
in Kansas City, Kansas, then ID as ``La Poderosa 11-40`` so not-so-
powerful 4 kW KCXL Liberty MO (KC market) is still partly-Spanish. NRC
AM Log 2014-2015 lists formats: TLK/NOS/SPT/SS! Hearing grocery ad at
first might equally have led to KLTK Centerton AR, fully Spanish and
owned? by Mercado Las Américas (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1280, Oct 18 at 0606 UT, ``Tri-state area --- talk 1280
WGBF``, then fade out. I wasn`t sure of the W+ calls but this is the
one that slogan matches in NRC AM Log, WGBF, Evansville IN, 5/1 kW U2,
which means direxional only at nite. NRC Pattern Book shows one of its
three lobes is westward, enough for us. Has anyone compiled how many
``tri-state areas`` there are in the US --- a lot! Hardly distinctive
--- and how many axually go by that monicker? There are even more bi-
state areas but no one seems to care about them (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1300, Mon Oct 20 at 1313 UT, ``Mike & Mike`` from KAKC Tulsa
but at certain angles with an echo/reverb, meaning a second ESPN
affiliate. This map is not user-friendly; all you can do is blow it up
and hover over each dot, or right-click, maybe to see which station
and frequency applies:
http://espn.go.com/espnradio/affiliate
So we consult the new 2014-2015 NRC AM Log on 1300. There are
surprisingly few ESPNs listed besides KAKC Tulsa, none in neighboring
states. How about sports-formats anyway which may have flipped or
added ESPN for Mike & Mike? KVET Austin TX, KCSF Colorado Springs CO,
KRZS Searcy AR. KCSF online schedule confirms it`s not them, but KVET
http://www.am1300thezone.com
does have Mike & Mike from ESPN, M-F 5-9 am CDT, plus more ESPN M-F 9-
11 am; elsewhen Fox Sports, and also NBC Sports. So ESPN should be
added to the NRC AM Log for KVET (and may already have been in an e-
DXN update). Has dated day-by-day future schedule, even with
contingencies depending on who wins what games.
The hand on the ESPN map above doesn`t want to point a finger at the
dot between San Antonio and Waco in case that means Austin. Finally it
worx – no, that`s Temple; there is no Austin dot. What do they know?
Here`s something odd to be broadcast on KVET: Sunday [Oct] 25 at
11:00-11:30 pm, ``Clear Channel Staff Meeting`` = 0400-0430 UT Mon.
Check out rather their iHeartRadio webcast for inside info??
Never mind: {Wait a minute: this was from clicking on ``weekly
programming`` under ``On Air`` --- but altho seemingly ``current``
week loads, days of month and days of week are one off: Oct 25, 2014
is Saturday and will not be Sunday until 2015! Upon closer inspexion,
this page is from May, 2014! On the same page under ``Recent
Articles`` are four linx to other ``weekly programming`` pages, for
April-May 2014; Feb 2014; week of Sept 30, *2013*; August 22, *2013* -
- as if any of those were of any possible use now.}
Also, like any good macho sports station, KVET currently linx to
Splash News cheesecake of a Venezolana, Michelle ``La Cuerpa`` Lewin,
who, except for freckles on her shoulders, back and chest, is almost
as pink as the sandía, watermelon she`s biting on a bikini beach
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. The IRCA/NRC DX Test Committee is very pleased to announce
the first AM DX Test of the 2014/2015 DX season!
1390 WSPO Charleston, SC DX Test
Date/Time: 0500-0600 UT, November 10, 2014 [Monday]
EST: Midnight - 1 AM, November 10, 2014
CST: 11 PM - Midnight, November 9, 2014 [Sunday]
MST: 10 - 11 PM, November 9, 2014
PST: 9 - 10 PM, November 9, 2014
Mode of Operation: The station will test with their full daytime power
of 5,000 watts. The test will consist of distinctive audio clips,
Morse code and sweep tones. QSL Information: Reception reports
including return postage may be sent to:
Mr. Bruce Roberts (KI4YST)
Director of Engineering
Apex Broadcasting
2294 Clements Ferry Road
Charleston, SC 29492
Credits: Many thanks to JD Stephens of Hampton Cove, AL for arranging
this test and Bruce Roberts of 1390 WSPO for making this test
possible! 73, (Brandon Jordan, IRCA/NRC AM DX Test Coordinator, Oct
16, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Power is 5 kW day and night. I suppose this implies, but does not say,
it will be on ND day pattern instead of out into the Atlantic at
night? NRC AM Log says it`s called ``Charleston Visitor Information``
for tourists --- so like the notorious KLFJ Springfield MO, 1550 which
is all about nothing but Branson? WSPO is also listed as AM stereo.
(So it would be nice if there were some true stereo content to the
test.} Thanks for making the dates and times absolutely explicit. 73,
(Glenn Hauser, who won`t be hearing it with 1390 KCRC a few miles
away, ibid.)
1390 WSPO Charleston, SC DX Test UPDATE
Time/Date: 0500-0600 UTC, November 10, 2014
EST: Midnight - 1 AM, November 10, 2014
CST: 11 PM - Midnight, November 9, 2014
MST: 10 - 11 PM, November 9, 2014
PST: 9 - 10 PM, November 9, 2014
Mode of Operation: 5 kW, daytime NDA non-directional pattern. The test
will consist of distinctive audio clips, morse code and sweep tones.
QSL Information: The station has requested that the IRCA/NRC DX Test
team handle reception reports for this DX Test. All reception reports
must include verifiable details. Snail mail reports with return
postage for a paper QSL should be mailed to:
IRCA/NRC DX Test Committee
WSPO DX Test
c/o Brandon Jordan
PO Box 338
Rossville, TN 38066
Email reports for an eQSL, recordings and comments can be submitted to
amdxtests[at]gmail[dot]com.
Credits: Many thanks to JD Stephens of Hampton Cove, AL for arranging
this test and WSPO Engineer Bruce Roberts, KI4YST, for making this
test possible! 73, (Brandon Jordan, IRCA/NRC DX Test Committee, Oct
21, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1540, Oct 19 at 0159 UT, station with 877- number for
listener comments, then ID for ``AM 1520 KYND Cypress and AM 1540 KGBC
Galveston``, into newscast by YL, starting with train wreck in
Arkansas and other US news. No Chinese accent evident, and hard to
believe CRI would cover such news from Beijing, so this pair also get
news on hour from elsewhere?? 0202 UT fading in and out. Must keep
KXEL nulled.
But at 0203 UT, 1540, KEDA San Antonio overrides with ad in English
for Oktoberfest event at a Catholic church in Lyman(?) TX, Tejana
music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WQEW 1560 sold to Family Radio
http://tinyurl.com/n8lrojw
Will they drop the IBOC? -- (Mike Bugaj, Enfield, CT USA Oct 17, WTFDA
mwdxgg via DXLD) Viz.:
RADIO DISNEY TO BE SOLD TO CHRISTIAN NETWORK FAMILY RADIO: report
Disney has been looking to unload its 23 terrestrial radio stations,
but Radio Disney will reportedly continue online and via SiriusXM
satellite radio. --- BY David Hinckley NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Tuesday,
October 14, 2014, 11:04 AM
Selena Gomez joins Radio Disney in studio in 2011. The family-friendly
radio station will reportedly be sold to Family Radio. [caption]
It looks like "That's all, folks!" for Radio Disney on 1560 AM.
According to the Radio NOW newsletter, the family-friendly radio
station will be sold to Family Radio, the Christian network that used
to own WFME (94.7 FM), which is now country music "Nash."
No timetable was announced for completing the deal or changing the
format. But Disney has been looking to close down its 23 terrestrial
stations sooner rather than later.
Radio Disney will continue as an online service and on SiriusXM
satellite radio.
The newsletter reported that the sale price for the 1560 AM station
will be $12 million - a steep drop from the $40 million Disney paid
for the station in 2007.
Family Radio also owns a TV station and radio station 106.3 FM in
Westchester (via DXLD)
This is going to bust open the Arbitron ratings for sure. There's no
surer format success than a dead guy predicting the end of the world
in 2012 (Rev. Jim Renfrew, WTFDA mwdx gg via DXLD)
No official announcement of a sale has been made, but the initial
report came from the very reliable Tom Taylor, so I'm inclined to
think it will turn out to be true. I can't imagine Family will keep
IBOC on, when and if it takes over (Scott Fybush, NY, ibid.)
** U S A. 1580, Oct 18 at 0559 UT, ads for barracuda.com and
Australian Dream, then ``KREL, Colorado Springs, 15-80 sports, all
sports all the time``. Dominating frequency despite ``140`` watts at
night vs 10000 watts day power, both non-direxional. Listed as ``ESPN
1580`` but I did not hear ESPN mentioned in this ID (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
They've been "Fox Sports 1580" for at least a month and clearly
running day power at night, (perhaps to celebrate their new network-
hi). Quite dominant on western antennas here in IL almost 900 miles
away. 73 KAZ (Neil Kazaross, ABDX via DXLD)
** U S A. 1620, UT Sunday Oct 19 at 0134 UT, Prof. Michio Kaku`s
`Science Fantastic` show as he discusses fusion vs fission, the theory
of H-bombs, and how he was a protégé of Edward Teller. 0158 UT wrapup.
Good dominant signal from WTAW College Station TX; I had plenty to say
about Kaku, and WTAW in two previous logs, which I won`t repeat here,
but reference:
http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld1106.txt
http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld1331.txt
Seems WTAW is the only station where I run across his multiple-
affiliate show again and again (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. $20K FINE ISSUED TO REPEAT FLORIDA PIRATE RADIO OPERATOR
Federal Communications Commission
DA 14-1486
Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of
)
)
Marc-Nus Charles
)
File No.: EB-FIELDSCR-12-00003739
)
NAL/Acct. No.: 201432600004
Pompano Beach, Florida
)
FRN: 0019116912
FORFEITURE ORDER
Adopted: October 16, 2014
Released: October 16, 2014
By the Regional Director, South Central Region, Enforcement Bureau:
1. We impose a penalty of $20,000 against Marc-Nus Charles for
operating a pirate radio station in Pompano Beach, Florida. The
Commission warned Mr. Charles in writing that pirate operations
are illegal. The fact the Mr. Charles would ignore the Commission’s
warnings demonstrates a deliberate disregard for the Commission’s
authority and its rules, warranting a significant penalty.
2. On June 2, 2014, the Enforcement Bureau’s Miami Office issued a
Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture (NAL) in the amount of
$20,000 to Mr. Charles1 for willful and repeated violation of Section
301 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (Act)2 for operating
an unlicensed radio transmitter on the frequency 92.5 MHz in Pompano
Beach, Florida. Mr. Charles has not filed a response to the NAL.
Based on the information before us, we affirm the forfeiture proposed
in the NAL.
3. ACCORDINGLY, IT IS ORDERED that, pursuant to Section 503(b) of the
Act, and Sections 0.111, 0.204, 0.311, and 1.80(f)(4) of the
Commission’s rules (Rules), Marc-Nus Charles IS LIABLE FOR A MONETARY
FORFEITURE in the amount of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for
violations of Section 301 of the Act.
4. Payment of the forfeiture shall be made in the manner provided for
in Section 1.80 of the Rules within thirty (30) calendar days after
Continues ...
http://www.fcc.gov/document/20k-fine-issued-repeat-florida-pirate-radio-operator
(via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD)
** VATICAN. Vatican Radio cage dipole removed ---
Hello, last week I was driving around Vatican City and I noticed that
the cage dipole used for the 4005 khz (no longer on the schedule.)
transmission is no longer here, it's been taken down. Look this two
different photos:
http://www.mediasuk.org/appoggio/vatican_dipole.jpg
So no more direct trasmission on HF from Vatican City, only from Santa
Maria di Galeria. 73 (Andrea IW0HK Roma
-- Andrea Borgnino IW0HK
http://www.mediasuk.org/iw0hk
http://www.mediasuk.org/archive
http://www.biciurbana.org
http://iwohk.tumblr.com/
Oct 21, shortwavesites yg via DXLD)
Hi Andrea, Thanks very much for the update & pics. I don't think I
ever saw that caged dipole before. But found it on historical Google
SV & Maps from your photos - just now. For some reason I always
thought (obviously incorrectly) that the 4005 kHz transmission
emanated from one of the 2 HF Yagi style LP antennas. I see in SV May
2014 that the caged dipole also missing, but was definitely there in
Google June 2013 aerial imagery (Ian, ibid.)
Dear Ian, the two HF antenna (log periodic, not Yagi) were used for
diplo and ptt traffic; a friend sent to me this log: 1986... HVH, PTT
Vaticana, test su 14560 in TDM-2, 96 Bd. 73 (Andrea, ibid.)
** VATICAN. Unscheduled broadcasts of Vatican Radio on Oct.17:
1915-1930 on 7250 SMG 250 kw / 320 deg to EaEu Italian
1930-1935 on 7250 SMG 250 kw / 320 deg to EaEu French. Videos:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/10/unscheduled-broadcasts-of-vatican-radio.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DXLD)
http://it.radiovaticana.va/trasmissioni-speciali
Domenica, 19/10/2014 ore 10.30
Santa Messa presieduta da Papa Francesco. Da Piazza San Pietro, Santa
Messa presieduta da Papa Francesco per la conclusione del Sinodo
straordinario sulla famiglia e la Beatificazione del Servo di Dio, il
Sommo Pontefice Paolo VI. A seguire recita della Preghiera
dell'Angelus
INTERNET e RADIOCRONACHE:
a.. Canale RV1: in inglese per l'Africa su kHz 21.550 OC, per la Zona
di Roma su MHz 93,3 FM, DAB+RVaticana Europe e via Internet
b.. Canale RV2: -in francese per l'Africa su kHz 21.570 OC, per la
Zona di Roma su MHz 103,8 FM, DAB+RVaticana World e via Internet
c.. Canale RV4: -in portoghese per l'Africa su kHz 21.560 OC e via
Internet
d.. Canale RV5: -in italiano per l'Italia su DAB+RVaticana Italia, per
la Zona di Roma su kHz 585 OM, MHz 105,0 FM e via Internet (via wb,
ibid.)
** VATICAN. Vatican City --- Lord Patten outlines vision for reform of
Vatican communications === Lord Patten 24/09/2014
http://en.radiovaticana.va/news/2014/09/24/patten_outlines_vision_for_reform_of_vatican_communications/1107226
(Vatican Radio) The head of the new committee to reform the Vatican’s
media operation, Britain’s Lord Patten, says the Church’s resources
must be “spent as effectively as possible” to communicate its unique
message of “healing, love, hope and generosity of spirit.”
Speaking to Vatican Radio on Wednesday at the end of the first meeting
of the committee, the former chairman of the BBC Trust said the
Vatican, like every media organisation, faces the challenge of
integrating rapidly changing technologies with traditional forms of
communication.
The committee, set up in July, includes 11 media experts from Europe,
the U.S., Latin America, Asia, as well as various Vatican offices. It
has set a date of next Easter to come up with proposals for a closer
coordination between Vatican Radio, television and internet, the
newspaper L’Osservatore Romano, the press office and the Pontifical
Council for Social Communications.
Asked about the need to cut costs, Chris Patten says that some Vatican
budgets are “a little more opaque than one might like”, but he insists
the main goal is to listen to peoples’ concerns and ensure the
different part of the Vatican media work more closely and efficiently
together.
Listen to Philippa Hitchen’s interview with Lord Patten:
Q: At the end of this first meeting, what can you tell us about the
goals of this reform process?
A: All of us as Christians and Catholics are aware that the church has
a wonderful message of healing, of love, of hope and generosity of
spirit and we have a responsibility to communicate that as well as we
can. And of course, those who are in the front line in that task are
professional journalists and those who help to manage their activities
here in the Vatican. I think what strikes us all, as Catholics
particularly strongly, is how His Holiness is such an extraordinary
communicator himself and it makes us realise how much the rest of us
have to do - to use a sporting phrase – to up our game!
In addition to that, there’s an issue which is relevant to every media
organisation, one which I’ve encountered in my recent experience, that
the media finds itself having to run constantly to keep up with
changing technology. One is aware of the extent to which the young
receive information in a different way to which I’ve received it
traditionally. It doesn’t mean they’re not informed, it means they get
informed in different ways, so there’s that additional aspect to our
work, considering how Vatican media needs to keep up with changes in
technology.
It doesn’t mean old technologies are somehow irrelevant; for example
we all know how important shortwave radio still is in communication
with some of the poorest groups around the world, particularly in
Africa and Asia. We all know how much people tend to believe what they
hear on local radio which goes well beyond what they are prepared to
believe from public authorities.
So none of the very expert group of people I’m working with think that
you have to forget about what you’ve been doing in the past, but you
have to make sure that the different institutions work together and
you have to take account of newer technologies.
Q: In announcing your Commission, Cardinal Pell noted that Vatican
Radio is the largest media employer, yet he said " fewer and fewer
people around the world listen to the radio". How do you envisage this
integration of old and new media?
A: It’s perfectly true that if you look at how most people receive in
developed countries their news these days, it’s probably through
television rather than radio or the written press. On the other hand
I’ve occasionally in my role as an author done book tours in Australia
and found myself sitting in a studio in Sydney or Melbourne and down
the line doing seven or eight local radio interviews, so plainly my
publishers thought someone was listening! No, the point the cardinal
was trying to make is that we have to make sure that the wonderful
message the Catholic Church has to offer, is offered in ways which get
through to the young, to the poor and to other groups in the most
effective ways.
Q: Cardinal Pell also talked about the need for cost cutting – how
much is this a priority?
A: This is about being more effective and there’s nothing wrong with
churches trying to make sure that they use the money that is raised by
the faithful in the most effective way possible.
We are driven by a moral concern about communicating much better. If,
in communicating better, you don’t spend as much money in one area as
another, if you use your resources better, that’s terrific. I spent
quite a lot of my life in the last few years in higher education...
some people think that trying to run things effectively in terms of
resources is a monstrous attack on academic autonomy – not so at all!
It becomes an excuse for not thinking, I think, when people take that
view. No, we want to make sure that the Vatican’s resources, which
aren’t limitless, are spent as effectively as possible and that people
make rational choices about how they spend money, because I think it’s
fair to say that some budgets are a little more opaque than one might
like!
Q: In a practical sense, Cardinal Pell has also talked about the
possibility of downsizing, of early retirement incentives….can you
give us any idea whether this will happen?
A: I can’t really, because we’ve only just had our first meeting. I am
absolutely determined that we should finish this process in as
reasonably as fast a time as we can and we have set ourselves the
objective of trying to report to the cardinals – to Cardinal Pell and
his colleagues, the Secretary of State and others by next Easter.
We’ve planned further meetings and at our next meeting we are going to
start talking to the “stakeholders” – it’s an awful word, but you know
what I mean.
We’re going to talk to Vatican Radio, L’Osservatore Romano, CTV, we’re
going to talk to others who are part of the media operation and we are
going to continue that process from November into December. We also
want to hear from others outside, bishops conferences, we want to hear
from journalists who cover the Vatican and its activities. We will be
asking people that if they have got anything they want to say to us to
communicate with Msgr. Paul Tighe, who is our secretary.
We will be trying to be as open as possible. But what I don’t want to
do is to engage myself in a running commentary on what we are doing
because I think that that is extremely unfair, nothing is agreed until
everything is agreed. There is always a real danger of leaking little
gobbets of information which are confusing or worrying, because people
have their professional pride, professional satisfaction, families,
careers which they’re concerned about and I want everybody who wants
to do as good a job as possible for the Vatican and for its media
operations to recognize that we are on their side.
So the only thing I want to say at the outset – and I’m not going to
be giving interviews every time we have a meeting – is we’re going to
be open to what other people have to say to us; we’re going to be
pretty tough about trying to end this process in good time and we hope
that we will put forward some proposals that will recognize the
particular importance of what the Church is communicating and the way
in which it can best communicate that message in the 21st century (via
Programming Matters, ODXA via DXLD)
** VIETNAM. 7906-USB, Oct 16 at 1305, I tune in poor signal earlier
for Ho Chi Minh City radio, when YL is already going with presumed
marine weather/notices, but as far as I can discern is only in
Vietnamese. If English, with a heavy Vietnamese accent. Closing rapid
beepstring signature runs from 1311:18 to 1311:29*.
EiBi shows this transmission as English at 1305-1320, along with a
full listing of all the other Vietnam coastal stations on 7906 with
their rotating schedules in Vietnamese only, mostly 10-minute segments
twice daily each:
http://www.eibispace.de/dx/freq-a14.txt
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VIETNAM. 12019.093, Voice of Vietnam Son Tay Indonesian service
2315 UT tiny S=6.
9839.849, Voice of Vietnam English service at 2354 UT Oct 17, S=5 and
noisy (Wolfgang Büschel, logs of 23-24 UT Oct 17, via remote access to
SDR unit at Massachusetts near Boston on eastern coast of US North
America, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VIETNAM [non]. 12005, Oct 18 at 0128, no signal from VOV relay via
Woofferton --- is it not propagating? No, it`s merely the inexplicable
break between English and Vietnamese semihours, as Viet is reaudible
at 0142 check, fair with flutter. All three segments are in HFCC as
with exactly same parameters, but 2-minute breaks between them:
12005 0100 0128 8 WOF 250 282 -12 618 1234567 Eng G VOV BAB 17474
12005 0130 0228 8 WOF 250 282 -12 618 1234567 Vie G VOV BAB 17475
12005 0230 0300 8 WOF 250 282 -12 618 1234567 Eng G VOV BAB 17476
And effective dates for all are 160814 261014, so something changed on
16 August, altho 12005 had been in use from beginning of A-14. 8 is
the CIRAF target = eastern USA; 250 the kW; 282 the azimuth; -12 the
slew to reach that azimuth; 618 the antenna type; BAB = BaBcoCk, and
the final 5 digits, the registration entry numbers. No, a check of
HFCC as of 30 June finds identical parameters, except effective from
16 May, so perhaps they just renew it every few months? (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) B-14, 12005 moved back to 6175
** WESTERN SAHARA. NEW WEBSITE FOR CLANDESTINE RADIO --- National
Radio of the Saharan Arab Democratic Republic has a new website and
URL at
http://www.rasdradio.info
The Algerian-registered site is in Arabic and does not offer live
audio streaming, but has the latest news bulletin available on demand.
(David Kernick, Interval Signals Online, Oct 19, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Guess that they are only on MW these days? 73, (Erik Koie, Copenhagen,
Danmark, ibid.)
[non]. 1550, Radio Nacional de la R.A.S.D, ALGERIA, Rabouni, 2035 Oct
16, px local, 22222. 73! (Mauro Giroletti, IK2GFT-SWL1510
-JRC 525 NRD-LOWE HF 150-Elad FDM S2
-Antenna LOOP ALA100M-FLAG Antenna West direction
-Filter PAR Electronics – BCST-LPF
-Locator grid. Jn 45 Nk- playdx yg via DXLD)
** ZANZIBAR. October 18:
Zanzibar Broadcasting Corporation in English to Af 1800 on 11735 Dole
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XPDsdBz2iw&feature=youtu.be
73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DXLD)
11735, TANZANIA, ZBC Radio, at 2017 with traditional vocals to 2035,
then sounded like news in Swahili to 2040, at which time they went
back to music until 2058 announcements and off at 2059:10 - Good Oct
18 (Harold Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia, listening in my car, by
the lake, with the Eton E1 and Sony AN1 active antenna, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** ZIMBABWE [non]. October 17
Radio Dialogue FM to Zimbabwe 1604 on 12105 Talata, Madagascar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B683o0Rt6HA&feature=youtu.be
73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DXLD)
UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific carrier search, Oct 16 at 1224-1226 UT:
JBA carrier on 702, presumed 2BL, Sydney, Australia, and also one on
774 which loops west too rather than NW, so suspect it`s another 50 kW
DU, 3LO Melbourne, rather than 500 kW JOUB Akita, Japan. One more JBA
carrier, on 882, hard to DF, but there are no DUs more than 5 or 10 kW
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific carrier search Oct 17 at 1220-1224 UT:
JBAs on 594, 702, 774, 882, 1044 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. TP carrier search Oct 22 at 1251-1252, after sunrise
here 1244 UT: JBA on 774, 693, 612, 792. The strongest is 792 and it
loops E/W rather than NW/SE, so maybe all of them are DU instead of E
Asia. Most likely 792 would be 25 kW 4RN, Brisbane, ABCRN (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 740-, Oct 16 at 0637, LAH peaks NE/SW, i.e. XEQN
Torreón, Coahuila, rather than XECAQ, Cancún, Quintana Roo, assuming
it`s one of the two R. Fórmula outlets listed. But the major signal on
740 now is KTRH with `Coast to Coast` rather than KRMG. Why a station
as close as Coahuila would want to be or could be in the main lobe of
50 kW KTRH Houston is beyond me.
[and non]. 740-, Oct 19 at 0145 UT with KRMG Tulsa nulled, again
trying to ID the Spanish off-frequency by about 50 Hz making a
rumbling het. 0148 YL mentions Tamaulipas but there are no stations
there, again suspecting XEQN Coahuila. As I keep KRMG nulled, from
0152 UT onward, KTRH Houston abruptly takes over the frequency, in
fact stronger than KRMG, tho KTRH is supposed to send very little
signal this way. Something just happened to their DA pattern?? (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Noted KTRH for the first time in years except during auroral
conditions, 4 mornings ago. I would agree 100%. Something is amiss.
Also noted Tim in Michigan logging them. Seems to get out well for
now. Sincerely, (Todd Skaine, Woodbury, MN, Sony ICF 2010, Superradio
2, Grundig S350 & M400, Toyota car radio, Oct 19, ABDX via DXLD)
UNIDENTIFIED. 870, Oct 17 at 0137 UT with WWL carefully nulled, rock
music seemingly in English, but 0138 YL Spanish announcement. Among
the XEs on 870, by format this one looks likeliest, per Cantú:
870 XEAMO éxitos + FM 98.9 Irapuato, Gto. 1,000 500
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENINIG DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1170, Oct 18 at 0610, with KFAQ Tulsa nulled and in a
fade, something in Spanish with distorted modulation, possibly
preaching. Closest Mexicans are XERT in Reynosa and XEMDA in Monclova
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1300, Oct 16 at 1254 UT, under XEP Juárez, Gounod`s `Ave
Maria` is sung, so likely a Catholic station. The only EWTN I find in
the NRC AM Log on 1300 is far too far in South Carolina. At the
EWTN.com website I can`t find any affiliate lists; Spanish leads to SW
only. Ave Maria could be on an English affiliate. A couple of Texans
are SS:REL, KKUB Brownfield, and KLAR Laredo. Probably too late for
WNQM Nashville which is part Spanish, and would be on 50 kW ND (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1510, Oct 19 at 0136 UT, Spanish play-by-play with crowd
noise, WLAC nulled, again suspected XEQI Monterrey NL. From keywords
``cabeza`` and ``derecho``, I suspect it`s boxeo, but I suppose also
could apply to lucha libre or fútbol; OTOH, XEQI is supposed to be
cultural/educational (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1610-1620+, Oct 21 at 0542 UT as I am monitoring
ANGUILLA, q.v., a noise blob is very slowing crossing 1610 and moving
upward. It`s not like IBOC; an ionosonde? Or some new local device? By
0543 UT it`s crossing 1620 R. Rebelde and a SAH (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 2660+, Oct 16 at 1234 UT, JBA carrier, slightly on hi
side compared to 1660 station, suspected KGLD Tyler TX, 2 x 1330 as
IDed years ago after much effort, but will be tough to get anything
definite again. Is licensed for 1000 day, 500 PSRA, and 77 watts at
night, all non-direxional. So in Oct, day power span would be at 1230-
2345 UT, making 1230+ UT and +2345 UT the best chances to DX it,
assuming they are compliant (November: 1245-2315). BTW, KGLD was the
original call of ch 11 in Garden City before transformed into the
Kansas State Network sequence as KSNG (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 4958: Ayer alrededor de las 0130 UT sintonicé una
emisora con música bailable en español ininterrumpida. El último
chequeo de anoche fue alrededor de las 0430 UTC. Esta mañana seguía
presente, sobre las 1030 UT, aunque la calidad de recepción era mucho
menor. Alguna idea? 73's (Miguel Castellino, Argentina? 1620 UT Oct
16, condiglista yg via DXLD)
Hola, Miguelito! Yo escuché varias veces este año una emisora en 4960
variable que lógicamente, dada la escasa actividad en 50 metros,
despertó mi curiosidad. No la pude identificar mas escuché anuncios en
una lengua aborigen desconocida que me hizo pensar en la reactivación
de Radio Federación Shuar [ECUADOR] Un abrazo! (Arnaldo Slaen, ibid.)
Arnaldo: Un gusto tener noticias tuyas !!! (después te escribo por
privado). Yo me inclinaría por R. Trópico de Beni [BOLIVIA], que supo
estar en esta fq., pero esta era, seguramente, una transmisión de
prueba como para ajustar transmisor porque no se identificaba nunca y
parece que lo hacía en forma ininterrumpida en horas de la noche, algo
totalmente atípico en las emisoras peruanas y bolivianas en 60 metros.
Anoche no pude hacer sintonía a ver si seguía al aire. Lo intentaré
esta noche. Un abrazo (Miguel, ibid.)
UNIDENTIFIED. 5371.5-USB, Oct 18 at 1256, ham in conversation, 1-way
as I never hear his contact if on same frequency, until a trace at
1300. Numerous transmissions with nary a call ID until 1304 quickie,
maybe N0KPP or maybe N0KBB. No such former call and the latter is
nowhere in the nearby zero-call area, but where else:
Beebe, Kevin S, N0KBB
2277 Sorrento Circle
Winter Park, FL 32792
Nothing about 60 meters on his QRZ.com page, just an image of him and
his Hum-V mired in the mud:
http://files.qrz.com/b/n0kbb/n0kbb.jpg
He does say he has been hearing a 5W1 (Samoa) on Channel 5. I can`t
remember what frequency that is or I would seek him too. ARRL about
``60 [sic] meters`` at http://www.arrl.org/60m-channel-allocation
``Table 1
Channel 1: 5330.5 kHz
Channel 2: 5346.5 kHz
Channel 3: 5357.0 kHz
Channel 4: 5371.5 kHz
Channel 5: 5403.5 kHz``
BTW, 5371.5 = 55.85 meters using the 300 conversion factor, nowhere
near ``60`` which obviously (?) has to be below 5000 kHz
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. Hello DXers, Picking up an African beat music on 6060
kHz around 0440 UT. Any idea which station is this one? Thanks (Tarek
Zeidan, Cairo, Egypt, Sent from my iPad, Oct 19, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Hi Tarek, Nothing heard in Jo'burg at 0500. Our sunrise 0329. Regards,
(Bill Bingham, ibid.)
Maybe R Habana Cuba, until 0500. See if it`s // 5040 (Glenn Hauser,
ibid.)
Most likely RHC. Have you checked the // QRGs? Why should a station
from the Caribbean not play African Beat - there are also the musical
roots.
http://www.rhci-online.de/files/2014-10-19_6060kHz_0440z.gif
(roger Thayer, Germany, ibid.)
Hello DXers, After following it for a couple of days it must have been
RHC playing an African beat hit. Thanks (Tarek, Sent from Samsung
Mobile, 0530 UT Oct 21, ibid.)
UNIDENTIFIED. TRX estranho em 7150 --- Oi Rubem. Eu moro no bairro do
Meyer, zona norte da cidade do Rio de Janeiro e também escuto essa
transmissão em AM em 7150 com um sinalaço por aqui, algum QSB.
Ano passado nessa mesma frequência havia alguém que foi Identificado
como estando em Belo Horizonte MG que tinha uma transmissão em AM de
musicas de boa qualidade, o tal DJ ficava com o seu TX ligado o dia
todo com musicas, depois de mais de um mês, ele sumiu.
Com certeza essa transmissão eh pirata e está aqui nos estados
limítrofes ao rio de janeiro e não deve dizer nada de verdade.
Por volta de 02:00z tinha muitos argentinos nos 40m. Um abraço
(Alfredo Meurer Jr, ZY1-0001 SWL, 22 Oct, radioescutas yg via DXLD)
Hoje eu estava escutando um bate-papo de Radioamadores na frequência
de 7150.00 às 21:05 [local ou TU?]. Depois de ter encerrado o bate-
papo, não troquei o dial e o rádio ficou em silêncio, logo depois de
um tempo, escutei uma transmissão estranha, duas pessoas onde uma se
identificou como Batalhão e outra como Montanha:
Ãudio: "Montanha, Montanha, escuta Batalhão. Sim Montanha na escuta.
Montanha voce passou no Batalhão hoje? Sim passei. Fim TRX. Alguém já
escutou alguma coisa nesse sentido? Abraço (Ruben Caetano - PU1XTB
Pereira, ibid.)
UNIDENTIFIED. 9550, Oct 17 at 0153, open carrier, fair with flutter.
Uplooked later in Aoki, I suppose it is BBC English, southeastward
from Tashkent, UZBEKISTAN about to start for the 02-03 hour only; as
CRI Amoy via Kunming is supposed to end at 0157 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 15230-15235-15240, Oct 18 at 0528, sounds like DRM noise
as I am checking 15240 for R. Australia which is inaudible. Nothing
scheduled now in any mode. Possibly a KTWR test, which does have DRM
capability and uses 15235-AM later? Or some local noise source just
resembling DRM? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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PUBLICATIONS
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BACK ISSUES OF THE RADIO TIMES NOW ONLINE
The BBC has launched a website where users can browse listings from
every edition of Radio Times going back to 1923, after completing an
ambitious project to digitise the TV and radio listings magazine.
http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/
Great fun! (Brock Whaley, Ireland, Oct 16, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
Full Press release:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2014/bbc-unveils-digital-schedules-radio-times
(Mike Barraclough, England, ibid.)
(This is an amazing resource, an incredible project - Mike Terry)
BBC Media Centre 16 October 2014
The BBC today launched ‘BBC Genome’, its project to publish a
comprehensive history of every radio and TV programme ever broadcast
by the Corporation.
It has been created by using the BBC programme schedule from digitised
copies of editions of Radio Times magazine between 1923 – 2009. The
next phase of the project will look at capturing regional and national
variations and changes to the planned broadcast schedules.
Launched as a beta, BBC Genome lets viewers and listeners search
millions of programmes, cast details, writers and transmission dates
of past BBC shows as listed in 4469 editions of Radio Times, helping
fans find details about that long-forgotten loved BBC programme,
research a particular person or find their very own appearance on the
BBC.
Audiences will also be able to take part in the project, by making
edits and corrections to the programme listings, via a simple edit
button - with edits sent directly to the BBC to verify. Accepted edits
will then be published. This is the first time the BBC is inviting the
public to get involved with its data on such a scale. People can also
contribute their memories and experiences of the programmes, to be
stored by the BBC for future inclusion.
The project scanned 350,622 pages and 4,423,653 programme records from
Radio Times between 1923 and 2009. Full details here
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2014/bbc-unveils-digital-schedules-radio-times
Posted by: (Mike Terry dxldyg via DXLD)
CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES
+++++++++++++++++++++++++
PATRICK MARTIN`S IRCACON TALK
Those of you who know Patrick Martin, and those of you who have never
met him, are in for a real treat! At the IRCA Convention, Pat did an
off-the-cuff chat about his DX-ing life, his TP successes and his
antenna arrays. It's a delightful 55 minutes and you can access it now
at:
http://www.durenberger.com/PATMARTIN.mp3
We suggest you download this 13 mb MP3 file for later listening (use
the "Save Page As" function on your browser). This is the first of a
series of talks presented at the IRCA 50th Convention in Billings.
Cheers! (Mark Durenberger, NRC-AM via DXLD)
PLENARY MEETING SOFIA BULGARIA - HFCC-ASBU ON 25-29 AUGUST, 2014
An HFCC/ASBU coordination conference for the B14 broadcast season was
hosted by Spaceline Ltd., Bulgaria and the National Association of
Shortwave Broadcasters (NASB) at Sofia, Bulgaria between 25th and 29th
August 2014.
Some 88 delegates representing 45 organisations attended the
conference. The conference was opened by Ventsislav Georgiev, General
Manager of Spaceline Ltd., Bulgaria. He warmly welcomed everyone to
the B14 HFCC/ASBU conference in Sofia. (...) Ms Andreana Atanasova,
from the Bulgarian Communications Regulations Commission said she was
very proud that the first HFCC conference had been held in Pamporovo,
Bulgaria in 1990, hosted by Bulgarian National Radio.
Oldrich Cip (...) welcomed other distinguished guests, namely Nedialko
Miltchev from the Broadcasting Division of the ITU, and Georgi Kolev
from the Bulgarian Communications Regulation Commission. Oldrich said
it was a great pleasure to welcome Salim Al Nomani, who was
representing the Arab States Broadcasting Union.
Horst Scholz began by quoting some sentences from the original minutes
of the first HFCC meeting held in Pamporovo in 1990. (...) then
announced the retirement of two colleagues who had been involved with
the work of HFCC for many years. The HFCC wished Russell Erickson
(IBB) and Walter Brodowsky (MBR) good luck and a long and happy
retirement. (...)
Future Conferences. A-15 Conference.
Horst announced that the A15 Global conference would be held in
Muscat, Oman at the invitation of the Oman Public Authority for Radio
and TV, and the Arab States Broadcasting Union. The date of this A-15
conference was confirmed as 1st-5th February 2015.
(...) B-15 Conference. Horst confirmed that the B-15 conference would
take place in Brisbane, Australia, 24th-28th August 2015. (...)
B16 Conference. Jeff said that the HFCC Steering Board had received an
offer and proposal from Broadcast Belgium to host the B-16 conference
in Miami, Florida.
New HFCC Members/Changes: new applications for membership of the
Association. Ministry of Communication and Information Technology
(MCIT), Bangladesh Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC); State
Committee for Radio Frequencies of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
The first applicant was the Ministry of Communication and Information
Technology of Indonesia (MCIT). MCIT attended the Paris conference as
an Observer and they have requested full membership of the HFCC. The
second applicant was the Bangladesh Network for Radio and
Communication (BNNRC). BNNRC had been interested in the Jakarta IRDR
Trial, and they were now seeking full membership of the HFCC.
Finally, Oldrich reported that HFCC had received a letter from the
State Committee for Radio Frequencies of the Republic of Uzbekistan
(SCR). The letter stated that SCR had undergone an internal
reorganisation. The full title of the authority was now the State
Committee for Communications, Informatization and Telecommunication
Technologies of the Republic of Uzbekistan (HFCC Oct 12 via BC-DX 21
Oct via DXLD)
MUSEA
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AUDIOCLIP: 90 YEARS OF RADIO IN ITALY, SPECIAL TRANSMISSION
On October 6, 2014, Radiotre RAI has celebrated 90 years of radio in
Italy.During the program was broadcast the recording of the first
announcement of the Italian radio. Following the live execution of
quartet by Haydn, the same that was executed on the evening of October
9, 1924. The audioclip is available here:
http://blog.libero.it/radioascolto/12988810.html
73's de (Francesco Cecconi, Oct 17, condiglista yg via DXLD)
PAVEK MUSEUM CELEBRATES BROADCAST LEGENDS
If you're in Minneapolis this is a absolute must see.
http://www.radioworld.com/article/pavek-museum-celebrates-broadcast-legends/272866
(Dennis Gibson, CA, ABDX via DXLD) Sent from my iPhone
The MDXC, Minnesota DX Club holds the monthly meetings there. Thanks
for this, Dennis. Sincerely, (Todd Skaine, Woodbury, MN, ABDX via
DXLD)
MUSEUM OF RADIO AND TECHNOLOGY CHANNELS MEMORIES OF A BYGONE ERA
http://www.charlestondailymail.com/article/20141016/DM01/141019339/1280
Sent from my iPhone (Dennis Gibson, Oct 20, ABDX via DXLD)
OLD RADIO HUNTERS MARK HISTORY - INDONESIA
Forget vinyl. If you’re looking for unadulterated sounds from old-
school technology, listen to a man who goes by the name Didi Radio
talk about his collection.
“I think their designs are very artistic. Their sounds are also more
natural, because they’re analog receivers and use tubes. Their
resonance is far better than transistor and digital radios,” Didi
Radio, whose real name is Didi Widianto, said.
He made his comments at the recent Layang Swara (Sound Messenger)
exhibition, which displayed 60 vintage radios, some dating to the
1930s, at the Soedjatmoko Cultural Center in Surakarta, Central Java.
The radios came from the private collections of members of the Audio
Radio Preservers of Yogyakarta (Padmaditya) in Yogyakarta and
Magelang, Central Java.
Although decades old, the receivers — mostly tube radios made by
Philips, Erres, Blaupunkt, Robin and Telefunken — are well maintained
and still working.
“We collect the radios for their historic value. In their times, these
sets were so important for the dissemination of information. They were
also a luxury,” said Didi Sumarsidi, another Padmaditya member. “In
the 1960s, we had to crowd the subdistrict office to listen to the
radio.”
Padmaditya was founded in 2011 by collectors who would hunt for old
radios at antique shops and flea markets.
After meeting to exchange information and spare parts in different
cities and villages, the collectors decided to form a community.
“Originally there were only 11 people. We continued to promote the
love of old radios from then on. Today there are over a hundred
Padmaditya members from Yogyakarta, as well as other cities such as
Solo, Semarang, Surabaya and Jakarta,” Didi said.
Like Didi Radio, Edi Sunaryo says he was lured by the distinctive
designs and analog sound. “The analog system gives the impression of a
genuine human voice.”
Edi says his zeal for collecting came rather late, only two years ago.
“I’ve been going around flea markets and antique stores in Yogyakarta,
Solo and even Surabaya, sometimes alone and more often along with
other members. As long as the products are well-designed and their
prices reasonable, I take them,” Edi said.
Edi, who says he has eight radios in his collection, doesn’t care
whether they work or not. Attractive shapes and complete spare parts
are more important.
“Not a problem if the radios don’t work because some community members
are skilled in repairing tube receivers,” Edi said. “Many friends have
had their damaged radios fixed up. If they’re irreparable they can
still be modified.”
Among his several radios showcased at the exhibition was a Bence, made
in Surabaya in 1956 — and reportedly the first to be produced in
Indonesia. The radio is pyramidal and made with a wooden frame.
There was also a Philips radio dating to the mid-1950s working in the
short wave (SW), medium wave (MW) and frequency modulation (FM) bands.
“This radio is rare because when it was produced, the FM waveband
wasn’t yet known in Indonesia,” Edi, who also teaches at the
Indonesian Arts Institute (ISI) of Yogyakarta, said.
Edi said he was lucky he could buy the radios from an owner and not a
third party. “A radio worth Rp 200,000 (US$16.3) from its owner could
cost Rp 1 million from a dealer.”
Didi Sumarsidi, a former physician for the Indonesian Military (TNI),
said he once took home 40 old radios – much to the dismay of his wife,
who thought the pieces were scrap metal.
When he was assigned to Bima, West Nusa Tenggara, he returned with two
old radio sets, each weighing 12 kilograms. “They were Siemens
multiband radios made in Germany.”
Didi says he has two prized pieces in his collection of 175 radios: a
Philips radio with a dial in the shape of a compass and a Philips
Bi-Ampli, both of which he bought for Rp 200,000 and are still
working.
The value of the radios for sale at the exhibition ranged from Rp
200,000 to Rp 12 million, Didi said. However, collectors are
selective, only selling to fellow hobbyists and usually only because
they already have more than one radio of a specific type.
The oldest radio at the show resembled a cathedral. It was a Dutch-
made Philips product of the 1930s. Somebody once offered to buy it for
Rpv20 million but its owner wouldn’t give it up. Actually, the radio
was bought for Rp 300,000, said Didi, a collector since 1970.
Viewers could marvel at a Philips Aida made in 1946 in Eindhoven,
Holland, with city names still printed on the wavelength dial with
traditional (tempo doeloe) spellings, such as Batavia for Jakarta,
Soerabaia for Surabaya and Bandoeng for Bandung.
Transistor radios of the 1960s, such as Ralin-brand radios, were on
show, still operating in the SW and MW bands.
Radio expert Iwan Ganjar also displayed some manual gramophones of the
1920s. Using no electricity, the old record players operate by winding
a crankshaft.
“This exhibition constitutes a way for us to document historic
articles,” Didi said. “With the changing times, the objects that once
marked the nation’s history should not just be forgotten.”
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2014/10/17/old-radio-hunters-mark-history.html
(via Robert Wilkner, FL, playdx yg via DXLD)
DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DRM See ARGENTINA, AUSTRALIA, FALKLAND IS.,
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ INDIA, IRELAND, JAPAN, NIGERIA, ROMANIA,
TAIWAN, USA WH2XDE WWCR, UNID 15235
DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- IBOC See USA: WQEW
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DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DTV See OKLAHOMA
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PROPAGATION
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LONG-HAUL TRANSEQUATORIAL FM DX, CARIBBEAN TO SOUTHERN BRASIL
Escutas da noite do dia 21-10 caribenhas e nordeste
Caros amigos, Muitas escutas foram feitas ontem na faixa de FM. Muitas
Caribenhas que eu já tinha ouvido e algumas inéditas. Também algumas
emissoras do nordeste que eu já tinha escutados e outras inéditas.
Vamos à lista abaixo
OBS: a lista abaixo está nas ordens das minhas escutas
OBS: As escutas foram feitas entre as 22:00 e 23:30 Horario de verão
de Brasília [0000-0130 UT]
88.5- RCI- Martinica
88.1- Transmissão em Frances. Não sei qual pode ser e peço ajuda. O
audio da gravação esta em
https://soundcloud.com/anderson-jos-torquato/881-francesmp3
92.9- Klass FM- Anguilla OBS: identificado atravez do celular usando
o programa Tunein Radio
93.1- Kairi FM- Dominica
95.5- ZJB Montserrat OBS: estava transmitindo em paralelo com 88.3Mhz
97.3- Radio St Lucia transmitindo desde castre em St Lucia
97.7- UP Beat radio- The Valley- Anguilla
102.7- E-Zee radio- St Vicente. OBS: Essa radio foi inédita pra mim
88.3- ZJB Montserrat OBS: estava transmitindo em paralelo com 95.5Mhz
93.3- Caribenha não identificada. peço ajuda. O audio da escuta esta
em
https://soundcloud.com/anderson-jos-torquato/933-nao-idmp3
94.3- R Difusora- São Luiz-Ma
94.7- não identificada. Peço ajuda. O audio da escuta esta em
http://andersontorquato.wordpress.com/2014/10/22/94-7mhz-caribenha-peco-ajuda-para-identificar/
88.9- Radio jangadeiro FM- Fortaleza-Ceará
89.9- Radio Liderança- Fortaleza-Ceará
91.5- Hu FM- Nao sei onde fica. Gostaria de pedir ajuda na
identificação. audio esta em
https://soundcloud.com/anderson-jos-torquato/915-hu-fm-nao-seimp3
92.9- Outra emissora brasileira que eu nao sei qual é. Coloquei
caribenha mais acho que é brasileira hehe. o audio está em
https://soundcloud.com/anderson-jos-torquato/929-nao-sei-caribenhamp3
Agradeço a todos as ajudas e os audio dos outros que foram
identificados estará no meu blog até o final do dia; è impressionante
a qualidade dos sinais das caribenhas que foram identificados
Pessoal, me ajudem. Ontem muitas emissoras de longe estavam chegando,
e uma delas foi a HU FM em 91.5 Mhz. Tenho a gravacao dela comigo e
que estarei colocando no meu blog daqui a pouco. Pesquisei mais não
achei. Alguem sabe me dizer aonde que fica essa emissora. A
identificação é em portugues.
-- Como prometido, coloquei todas as minhas escutas feitas ontem. são
algumas nordestinas, e muitas caribenhas. É só entrar no site abaixo
http://andersontorquato.wordpress.com/
Ajuda na identificacao 88.1 em Francês:
https://soundcloud.com/anderson-jos-torquato/881-francesmp3
Minha gravações de emissoras escutadas aqui em Garopaba
http://andersontorquato.wordpress.com/
Meu outro site de gravações
http://www.ipernity.com/doc/124523/home?with=14364471
(Anderson José Torquato, Garopaba, Santa Catarina, radioescutas yg via
DXLD)
Geomagnetic activity summary: geomagnetic field was quiet on Oct 10,
11 and 12, quiet to unsettled on Oct 13 and 15, unsettled on Oct 9 and
14.
RWC Prague, Geophysical Institute Prague, Geomagnetic Dept, Czech
Republic
Geomagnetic activity forecast for the period October 17 - November 12,
2014
Geomagnetic field will be:
quiet on October 17 - 18, 25, 30 - 31, November 1, 8 - 9
mostly quiet on October 19, 22 - 23, 28 November 2, 6 - 7
quiet to unsettled on October 24, 29, November 3, 5, 10
quiet to active on October 20 - 21, 27, November 4, 11
active to disturbed October 26, November 12
Amplifications of the solar wind are expected on
October 19 - 20.
Remark:
- Reliability of predictions is temporarily reduced.
- Parenthesis means lower probability of activity enhancement.
F. K. Janda, OK1HH, Czech Propagation Interest Group
(OK1HH & OK1MGW, weekly forecasts since 1978)
e-mail: ok1hh(at)rsys.cz (via Dario Monferini, DXLD)
NEW CLUES DETERMINING SOLAR CYCLE
Scott Bidstrup, TI3/W7RI wrote:
"Don't know if you have seen this, but some interesting new
discoveries offer some new insight on how the sunspot cycle works.
No real prediction, though, on how the next one will be:
http://qrznow.com/researchers-discover-new-clues-determining-solar-cycle/
Propagation here in the single-digit latitudes has been lackluster
lately, with the sunspot number, solar flux and 304a indexes both
pretty much in the tank. Even though the 304a index has shown some
improvement in the last two days, the far-side image from the
remaining functional STEREO spacecraft indicates that there isn't
much activity that is about to rotate into view, so I'm not sanguine
that it will improve by much or last very long.
The unimpressive solar activity has had its effect on propagation -
ten meters has still been open daily, but never wide open. We'll
see maybe half a dozen signals at any given moment, mostly eastern
and central Europe, little activity into the States. One thing I
have noticed is that when I am seeing a lot of Stateside signals on
10 meters in the morning, we're likely to have a TEP opening in the
afternoon into South America - 6m aficionados might find 10m worth
watching in the morning for South America TEP later in the day.
The 10m through 20m bands have been rather poor, with 20m itself
closing up shop mid-day and not reopening until about two in the
afternoon, and pretty much gone a couple of hours after sunset. The
noise floor during the 20m mid-day fadeout has been rising
occasionally a bit too - something we often see here at solar
minimums. Not a good sign.
Even six meters has been affected by all this - our recent spate of
TEP openings into South America has continued, but with fewer and
much reduced signal levels. The one surprising aspect is that
they've been beginning much earlier in the day - often before noon.
And they have been beginning with a bang - all of a sudden, like
someone just flipped a switch, really strong signal levels that last
a minute or two and then settle down to scattered, weak signals in
and out for the rest of the afternoon. One morning, I was startled
when CO8DM broke my squelch, very loud, and by the time I got to the
radio, he'd faded down to almost nothing, and was in and out very
weakly for an hour - never did manage to work him.
Just a few weak signals from Argentina and Brazil the rest of the
day, and that's been the pattern for most of the last two weeks.
The South Pacific and Atlantic has been in occasionally; I worked
FK8CP and TI5/N5BEK heard a ZD7 yesterday break his squelch during a
football game, came running into the shack and snagged it for a new
one - just before it was gone. But little else - just the
scattered, relatively weak PYs and LUs otherwise - and beacons.
Lots and lots of beacons.
Regards and 73 from rainy Costa Rica, Scott Bidstrup TI3/W7RI"
(QST de W1AW, Propagation Forecast Bulletin 42 ARLP042, From Tad Cook,
K7RA, Seattle, WA October 17, 2014, To all radio amateurs via Dave
Raycroft, ODXA yg via DXLD)
NEWS FOR ALL USERS
Website Schedule Update: The transition of the new SWPC website into
operational status has been delayed until Tuesday October 21st. IT
changes have been temporarily suspended due to the declaration of a
Critical Weather Day by the National Weather Service. The next
available date for the change is also governed by the schedule of the
NWS Web Operations Center (SWPC Oct 20 via DXLD)
WEBSITE CHANGE AHEAD! (UPDATED 10/21/2014)
Due to performance issues observed during today's attempted deployment
of SWPC's new website, we have delayed that deployment while
investigating further. It is SWPC's goal to ensure the highest level
of functionality and performance when the site change is made.
Additional updates on schedule will be provided as they become
available (SWPC Oct 21 via DXLD)
:Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
:Issued: 2014 Oct 20 1002 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 13 - 19 October 2014
Solar activity ranged from very low to high during the period.
Region 2192 (S13, L=251, class/area=Fkc/1560 on 19 Oct) produced the
vast majority of the flare activity throughout the week. These
events included several low and mid level C-class flares, a M1
(R1-minor) flare at 14/1837 UTC, a long duration M2 (R1-Minor) flare
14/2121 UTC, a M4 (R1-Minor) flare 16/1303 UTC, a M1/Sf (R1-Minor)
flare at 18/0758 UTC, and finally, a long duration X1/Sn flare at
19/0503 UTC.
The M1 (R1-minor) flare at 14/1837 UTC had an associated Tenflare
(1300 sfu), while the long duration M2 (R1-Minor) flare 14/2121 UTC
had an associated Tenflare of 180 sfu. However, due to Region
2192's proximity the east limb, none of the associated coronal
mass ejections (CMEs) appeared to have an Earthward component and
none were expected to have significant impacts at Earth. Neither the
impulsive M4 (R1-Minor) flare 16/1303 UTC nor the long duration
M1/Sf (R1-Minor) flare at 18/0758 UTC had reportable radio
signatures associated with them. Nearly simultaneous with the M1
flare, an 8 degree long filament was observed in SDO/AIA 304 imagery
erupting along along a channel, centered near N15W10, between
18/0740-0938 UTC. LASCO C2 imagery observed a narrow CME lifting off
the NW limb, first visible at 18/0912 UTC. Subsequent WSA-Enlil
model output suggested the CME was well off the Sun-Earth line was
is not expected to impact Earth.
SDO/AIA imagery of the long duration X1/Sn flare at 19/0503 UTC
event suggested that the bulk of the ejecta was reabsorbed or
directed well south and east of the Sun-Earth line. SOHO/LASCO
coronagraph imagery confirmed what was observed from the SDO/AIA
spacecraft as no obvious CME was detected associated with the
X-flare. The remaining regions on the visible disk were generally
stable and unremarkable.
No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit.
The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit reached
moderate levels on 14, 18, and 19 Oct.
Geomagnetic field activity was at predominantly quiet to unsettled
levels under a nominal solar wind regime. Isolated periods of active
geomagnetic field activity were observed on 18 Oct (0000-0300 UTC)
as a result of solar sector variability. Minor storm levels were
observed on 14 Oct (1800-2100 UTC and 2100-2400 UTC) and 15 Oct
(0000-0300 UTC) as the result of the glancing blow passage of the
CME observed leaving the sun on 10 Oct, combined with coronal hole
high speed stream (CH HSS) influence.
FORECAST OF SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY 20 OCTOBER-15 NOVEMBER 2014
Solar activity is expected to be at low to moderate levels (R1-R2,
Minor-Moderate) during the forecast period, with a slight chance for
X-class flaring (R3-Strong or greater) for 20-29 Oct and 11-15 Nov
due to potential significant flare activity from Region 2192 (S13,
L=251).
A slight chance for a greater than 10 MeV proton event (S1-Minor and
above) at geosynchronous orbit exists for 20-29 Oct and 11-15 Nov
due to potential significant flare activity from Region 2192 (S13,
L=251).
The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is
expected to be at normal to moderate levels with high levels
possible from 21-25 Oct due to CH HSS influence.
Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be at quiet to unsettled
levels from 20-21 Oct and 24 Oct-15 Nov. Unsettled to active levels
are expected on 22-23 Oct due to CH HSS activity.
:Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt
:Issued: 2014 Oct 20 1002 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 2014-10-20
#
# UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest
# Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index
2014 Oct 20 175 15 3
2014 Oct 21 180 12 3
2014 Oct 22 180 15 4
2014 Oct 23 180 15 4
2014 Oct 24 180 12 3
2014 Oct 25 175 10 3
2014 Oct 26 175 8 3
2014 Oct 27 170 10 3
2014 Oct 28 170 10 3
2014 Oct 29 165 8 3
2014 Oct 30 150 5 2
2014 Oct 31 140 5 2
2014 Nov 01 130 5 2
2014 Nov 02 130 5 2
2014 Nov 03 130 5 2
2014 Nov 04 125 8 3
2014 Nov 05 120 10 3
2014 Nov 06 120 8 3
2014 Nov 07 115 8 3
2014 Nov 08 110 5 2
2014 Nov 09 115 5 2
2014 Nov 10 120 8 3
2014 Nov 11 125 8 3
2014 Nov 12 135 5 2
2014 Nov 13 140 8 3
2014 Nov 14 145 12 3
2014 Nov 15 150 12 3
(SWPC via WORLD OF RADIO 1744, DXLD)
NOAA SOLAR FLUX VALUE IS 199 !!!!!!!!!!!!
LOTS OF SOLAR FLARES: Solar activity is high. During the past 48
hours, monster sunspot AR2192 has produced a series of seven M-class
solar flares of increasing intensity. The eruptions crossed the
threshold into X-territory with an X1-class flare on Oct. 22nd. NASA's
Solar Dynamics Observatory recorded a powerful flash of extreme UV
radiation in the sunspot's magnetic canopy at 1430 UT:
Remarkably, not one of the explosions so far has hurled a significant
CME toward Earth. The primary effect of the flares has been to ionize
Earth's upper atmosphere, causing a series of short-lived HF radio
communications blackouts. Such blackouts may be noticed by amateur
radio operators, aviators, and mariners.
Earth-effects could increase in the days ahead. AR2192 has an unstable
'beta-gamma-delta' magnetic field that harbors energy for powerful
explosions, and the active region is turning toward Earth. NOAA
forecasters estimate at 65% chance of M-class flares and a 20% chance
of X-flares during the next 24 hours. Solar flare alerts: text, voice
AR2192 is shaping up to be the biggest sunspot in many years. Its area
is now approaching that of AR0496, the last great sunspot of the
previous solar cycle, which covered 2610 millionths of the solar disc
on Oct. 30, 2003. As of 0h UT today AR 2192 is 2410 millionths.
(Thanks to Geoff Chester of the US Naval Observatory for this
comparison.)
Because the sunspot is so large--now about as wide as the planet
Jupiter--people are beginning to notice it at sunset when the sun is
dimmed by clouds or haze.
http://www.solen.info/solar/indices.html
[headings to table below, if you can match any of this up]
Solar and geomagnetic data
Date Measured
solar flux
2.8 GHz Sunspot number Planetary A index K indices
(3-hour intervals) Solar wind
speed range
(km/s)
(SOHO) Number
of flares
Magnetic
(SDO) NOAA STAR
ap avg Potsdam
WDC Daily
ap range Planetary
(WDC) Boulder C M X
2K 1K
20141021 199 285 182 120 13.8 14 7-22 32323343 22333332 531-749 15 1
20141020 185 237 148 93 20.8 21 12-32 33433444 33443543 452-575 13 6
20141019 173 268 183 86 8.8 9 3-18 33221121 33332332 320-508 12 1
20141018 160 178 128 60 12.3 12 7-18 33223323 23223422 424-483 15 1
20141017 146 229 175 39 8.0 8 4-15 23122123 14132322 361-473 10
20141016 139 205 156 66 5.9 6 2-15 21011113 21012223 362-476 12 1o
(source? via Dario Monferini, Oct 22, playdx yg via DXLD)
Space Weather Message Code: SUMX01
Serial Number: 105
Issue Time: 2014 Oct 22 1454 UTC
SUMMARY: X-ray Event exceeded X1
Begin Time: 2014 Oct 22 1402 UTC
Maximum Time: 2014 Oct 22 1428 UTC
End Time: 2014 Oct 22 1450 UTC
X-ray Class: X1.6
Optical Class: 2b
Location: S14E13
NOAA Scale: R3 - Strong
NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at
www.swpc.noaa.gov/NOAAscales
Potential Impacts: Area of impact consists of large portions of the
sunlit side of Earth, strongest at the sub-solar point.
Radio - Wide area blackout of HF (high frequency) radio com
(SWPC via DXLD)
PROPAGATION REPORT by GH, FOR MEDIA NETWORK PLUS, as of Oct 23, 2014
The 3-day magnetic forecast from IPS in Australia calls for unsettled
to active conditions on October 24.
4-day forecast thru October 26 from the UK Met Office: Geomagnetic
activity remaining elevated, only a 15% chance of minor G1 storms at a
K index of 5.
F K Janda in Prague, forecasts the Geomagnetic field will be:
quiet on October 25, 30 - 31, November 1,
mostly quiet on October 28, November 2,
quiet to unsettled on October 24, 29, November 3,
quiet to active on October 27, November 4
active to disturbed October 26.
SWPC in Boulder predicts a quiet to unsettled Geomagnetic field Oct 24
to November 15; A and K indices declining from 15 and 4 on October 23,
to 5 and 2 by October 30. Solar flux peaking at 180 October 24,
dipping to 110 November 8.
27-day magnetic activity forecast from Natural Resources Canada
expects the most unsettled daily index in the auroral zone will be on
November 10 while the most quiet index in the polar zone will be
November 8.
Bill Hepburn`s FM TV DX maps predict extreme tropospheric ducting this
week from Iberia along the west coast of Africa to the Canary and Cape
Verde Islands; very strong ducting along the Alabama coast the morning
of October 27 (Glenn Hauser, MN+, via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###