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Thanks, Glenn WORLD OF RADIO 1759 CONTENTS: *DX and station news about: Alaska, Australia, Azerbaijan, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Cuba non, Cyprus, Guyana, Japan, Myanmar, Navassa, New Zealand, Nigeria non, Rwanda, Spain, Sudan, Ukraine, USA, Vanuatu, Yemen SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1759, February 5-11, 2015 Thu 0430 WRMI 9955 [confirmed] Thu 1330 WRMI 9955 [confirmed] Thu 2201 WRMI 9395 via Global 24 [no show, again] Fri 0001 WRMI 9395 via Global 24 [confirmed] Fri 2130 WRMI 7570 & 15770 [confirmed] Sat 0730 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Sat 1000 WRMI 5850 Sat 1530 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Sun 0200 WH2XDE-1 1750 Victor NY Sun 0231 KVOH 9975 [confirmed] Sun 2300 WRMI 11580 Mon 0400v WBCQ 5110v Area 51 Mon 2201 WRMI 9395 via Global 24 Tue 1200 WRMI 9955 Wed 0401 WRMI 9395 via Global 24 Wed 0730 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Wed 1415 WRMI 9955 Wed 1530 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Wed 2200 WBCQ 7490v Wed 2201 WRMI 9395 via Global 24 Thu 0430 WRMI 9955 [or 1760 if ready in time] Latest edition of this schedule version, including AM, FM, satellite and webcasts with hotlinks to station sites and audio, is at: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html or http://schedule.worldofradio.org or http://sked.worldofradio.org For updates see our Anomaly Alert page: http://www.worldofradio.com/anomaly.html WORLD OF RADIO PODCASTS: Tnx to Dr Harald Gabler and the Rhein-Main Radio Club. http://www.rmrc.de/index.php?option=com_podcast&view=feed&format=raw&Itemid=156&lang=de or directly via: http://bit.ly/1xD5yyn AND ALTERNATIVE, tnx Stephen Cooper, because RMRC was down: http://shortwave.am/wor.xml AND ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE, tnx to Keith Weston: http://feeds.feedburner.com/GlennHausersWorldOfRadio Also via [but still not back in service]: http://tunein.com/radio/World-of-Radio-p198/ OUR ONDEMAND AUDIO: http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html or http://wor.worldofradio.org DAY-BY-DAY ARCHIVE OF GLENN HAUSER`S LOG REPORTS: Unedited, uncondensed, unchanged from original version, many of them too complex, minutely researched, multi-frequency, opinionated, inconsequential, off-topic, or lengthy for some log editors to manage; and also ahead of their availability in these weekly issues: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/index.php?topic=Hauser DXLD YAHOOGROUP: Why wait for DXLD? A lot more info, not all of it appearing in DXLD later, is posted at our yg without delay. When applying, please identify yourself with your real name and location, and say something about why you want to join. Those who do not, unless I recognize them, will be prompted once to do so and no action will be taken otherwise. Here`s where to sign up: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dxld/ ** AFGHANISTAN [non]. 12075, Jan 29 at 1451, SW Asian pop music reminiscent of what R. Sohl used to play, since this is also for Afghanistan, good signal, 1500 ID as Radio Ashná, and habari. HFCC shows IBB via Woofferton UK in Pashto & Persian (= Dari) at 1430-1530 (also 1330-1430 via Biblis, Germany and Aoki clarifies that this hour is R. Azadi = Free Afghanistan). 12075 fits neatly between the two Radio Australias on 12065 and 12085, both of which will continue in Feb at 09-21 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ALASKA. Re 15-04, Walt Salmaniw`s mystery NAVTEX on 602 kHz Glenn, 602 = (2 x 560) - 518. The Kodiak 560 [KVOK] uses an antenna (a former Navy LF antenna) on the Coast Guard site, not more than about 500 M from the Navtex antenna. We've worked on both of them, but 560 had a tube transmitter in those days. Probably a solid state one now. SS transmitters have quite broadband amplifier stages and output networks, so this is probably from the 560. The fact that is has the Navtex modulation also leads to that supposition, since in most cases 2x-y intermod products have the modulation of the y carrier (Ben Dawson, WA, Hatfield Dawson, WORLD OF RADIO 1759, DX LISTENING DIGEST) a.k.a. leapfrog mixing product (gh, DXLD) ** ALBANIA. RADIO HOBBY IN DIFFERENT SCOPE Most of you know about Henrik Klemetz' dedicated work in identifying and finding information about rare Latin American stations. Many DXers like Henrik have limited possibilities to continue their hobby in the traditional way. Instead of saying goodbye, HK did it his way. I am still listening on the bands, but local interference is quite an obstacle. Pirate radio which I found interesting is suffering a decline due to the Dutch telecom authorites new drive to find and stop the pirates. Ham radio is still fun for a listener who knows CW as I do, but I find some other roads to walk on too. Radio Kukësi, the small station in the Albanian mountains which was my favourite in the early 1960'ies is now available on the web - the difference in listening quality is enormous. I have carried out a project to put Sweden on the map to the local Albanian listeners. The producer Aida Selmanaj has received from me regularly news from Sweden and Swedish Music by means of YouTube. Now another topic. Yesterday my friend in Tirana, miss Jonida Balla sent me a request for assistance. She has got a friend, a pedagogue at the Tirana University, who has started studying the Soviet-Albanian cooperation in building up industry in Albania in the years 1945-1966. The break between the two states, due to political divergencies, stopped this cooperation. But the Albanian architect wants to get acess to Russian archives where project plans for industrial plants, built with Soviet aid in Albanian, can be found. I turned to The Voice of Russia on Facebook, and the reply came very fast: Very interesting project, will do my best, do the Albanians know English and/or Russian? So the stone has started rolling and I hope for the best (ULLMAR QVICK via NORDX via SW Bulletin Feb 1 via DXLD) ** ALGERIA [and non]. ALGERIA/IRELAND, 252 LW. TDA/RTA Tipaza Algerien sendet mal wieder auf 252 kHz seinen 1 kHz Testton. Auf Dauer ein etwas eintoeniges Programm -- Stoert den Iren ziemlich kraeftig. Wenn man beim Perseus im Sekundaerfenster den Vorhang zur Seite zieht, so dass einer der 1 kHz-Peaks ausserhalb der Durchlasskurve liegt und dann dem anderen mit dem Notch auf den Kopp haut, ist allerdings Ruhe im Karton (Martin Elbe-D DD9MW, A- DX Jan 28 via BC-DX 29 Jan via DXLD) ** ANTARCTICA. DXers might also be interested in a reporting expedition which I did a bit later to the Antarctic. I even visited Base Esperanza which hosts the only SW radio station on the continent. A blog text from the 18-day trip and nine downloadable news videos (in Finnish), as well as a bunch of photos, can be found at http://www.yle.fi/antarktis 73 (Mika Makelainen, Discover http://www.DXing.info/ Join http://www.DXing.info/community/ dxldyg via DXLD) see DX-PEDITIONS ** AUSTRALIA. Rythmos AM, Melbourne Vic operates on 1656 kHz. Station X, Southport Qld operates on 1692 kHz. Vintage FM relay via Ozy Radio on 3210 kHz is off the air. Ozy Radio plans to start operation on 5045 kHz (WRTH National Radio Update, Uploaded 6 February 2015, via DXLD) ** AUSTRALIA. 19000, RA (Shepparton), 2339-2345+ 18 Jan. "Book & Art", promo for "Health Report here on RN". Poor/fair and // 17840/17795 (both very weak). With the new RA sked going into effect 1 Feb., this frequency will be gone, so enjoy 'em while you may (Dan Sheedy, Encinitas/Moonlight Beach, CA PL606 'barefoot'/6m X wire, via Bob Wilkner, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. This year as our 50th birthday, be some planning announced soon, Radio Australia have closed Brandon, and Shepparton is close to being shut, so get onto your local federal member and if he is Lib/Nationals let him have a gob full. If he is Labor, tell him to stop the cuts. You watch, we have a crisis overseas especially in the Pacific, there will be issues re communication/news (Johno Wright, Peakhurst NSW, Icom R8500 and a ICOM R75 EWE antennae; The past weeks have seen most people have a break but not me, 60 to 70 hours a week! Jan/Feb Australian DX News via DXLD) Radio Australia closed down Brandon the 10 kW transmitters and pulled the schedule back at Shepparton, a stupid and dumb position. So if you have the internet write to these two clowns. Here is a response: ``Dear John, Thank you for writing to me so candidly. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade will terminate the Australia Network contract with the ABC as part of measures announced in the 2014-15 Budget. Terminating the Australia Network contract will deliver savings to the Government of up to $76.6 million over four years, with further savings over the duration of the contract. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has written to the ABC to provide formal notice of termination and for the ABC to bring steps to wind up the service within the provisions of the funding agreement. My expectation is that the ABC will make more of its programming available on the Internet, without a geoblock, so that it is available globally. This is a much lower cost solution. As you’re aware, ABC Classic FM is discontinuing its program Sunday Live in 2015. This free one-hour public concert was staged around Australia, mainly in ABC venues. There were usually 8 Sunday Live concerts per year from the Eugene Goossens Hall. This is not a cost-cutting measure. Instead, ABC Classic FM is redirecting its resources to other concert timeslots, including the new ‘Sunday Recital’ at 5 pm on Sundays. This timeslot will feature chamber music concerts and recitals from leading and emerging ensembles and musicians from around Australia. There is a temptation for management to blame the Government for some of these programme changes. That would be cowardly. The Government cannot direct the ABC what to do with their funding, but as ABC and SBS management know very well, following the completion of this Efficiency Study, in which their finance executives assisted, there is more than ample capacity for the national broadcasters to achieve substantial savings without impacting on programming. Suggestions that popular programmes or services are at risk because of Budget savings are not credible. If the ABC want to make programming decisions to adjust to viewing and listening trends, respond to the changing media cycle, ensure it is not (in its view) over-servicing its audience in a particular genre, or shift its resources to target online and mobile content; that is its choice. But they are decisions for the management and board of the ABC, not the government. I encourage you to read my speech on the future of public broadcasters which can be found here: http://www.malcolmturnbull.com.au/media/the-future-ofour-public-broadcasters I get a lot of emails and letters about the ABC and so we have set out some frequently asked questions (FAQs) and our answers to them: http://www.malcolmturnbull.com.au/media/faqs-on-the-abcand-sbs Yours sincerely, Malcolm Turnbull`` This Mark Scott running the ABC also is a clown; his response is in tune with Turnbull. I am not wasting resources printing almost the same word for word response. Try mark.scott@abc.net.au Disgraceful! Absolutely give it to these 2 clowns! Cheers (Johno Wright, NSW, Jan/Feb Australian DX News via DXLD) Asia is to lose another major shortwave broadcaster this Sunday as Radio Australia ceases 75 years in the region, but the service to the Pacific will continue. So is there still a place for shortwave broadcasting in a world now dominated by television, FM and digital radio, the internet and satellite transmission? Liam Fox asked Peter Marks whether he thinks this 20th century technology belongs in the modern media world. --- http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/radio/program/pacific-beat/radio-australia-to-cease-asia-shortwavewhat-of-its-future/1411079 Speaker: Peter Marks, ABC technology editor, app developer and ham radio enthusiast (Radio Australia website via Jan/Feb Australian DX News via DXLD) Last 2 days in operation of Radio Australia on thees frequencies: January 30, 2015 from 1456 on 5940 SHP 100 kW / 334 deg to SEAs English from 1456 on 9475 SHP 100 kW / 329 deg to SEAs English from 1456 on 12085 SHP 100 kW / 329 deg to SEAs English from 1535 on 5940 SHP 100 kW / 334 deg to SEAs English from 1535 on 9475 SHP 100 kW / 329 deg to SEAs English from 1535 on 12085 SHP 100 kW / 329 deg to SEAs English from 1700 on 9475 SHP 100 kW / 329 deg to SEAs English from 1700 on 9820 SHP 100 kW / 353 deg to EaAs English from 1700 on 12085 SHP 100 kW / 329 deg to SEAs English from 1938 on 9820 SHP 100 kW / 353 deg to EaAs English het 9 de Julho from 2001 on 9820 SHP 100 kW / 353 deg to EaAs English het 9 de Julho from 2025 on 9820 SHP 100 kW / 353 deg to EaAs English het 9 de Julho January 31, 2015: from 0600 on 11945 SHP 100 kW / 100 deg to SPac English from 0636 on 11945 SHP 100 kW / 100 deg to SPac English from 0636 on 15415 SHP 100 kW / 355 deg to EaAs English from 0636 on 17750 SHP 100 kW / 329 deg to SEAs English from 0654 on 11945 SHP 100 kW / 100 deg to SPac English from 0654 on 17750 SHP 100 kW / 329 deg to SEAs English from 0654 on 21725 SHP 100 kW / 329 deg to SEAs English http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/01/last-2-days-in-operation-of-radio.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9580, 5995, 5940, Jan 30 at 1358, RA with jazz music, presumably fill after Fidler talk show, 1359.5 promo for `Between the Lines` on RN, Sundays at 10 am [UT Saturdays 2300], 1400 switch to Triple J. Less than 24 hours left for the old 6-transmitter Radio Australia; from 1300 Jan 31, cut to only 3, fortunately retaining 9580 USward at 09-21. Broadcast Australia, Shepparton, could still rent out the extras, but has no way of accessing live feeds other than via satellite, says Keith Perron (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) RADIO AUSTRALIA, +GPO Box 9994, Melbourne, VIC 3001, Australia. E: reception.advice@abc.net.au Revised complete schedule: English* Days Area kHz 0900-2100 daily Pac 9580shp, 12065shp, 12085shp 2100-0900 daily Pac 15240shp, 15415shp, 17840shp Key: * Includes Tok Pisin 0630-0700 & 0900-0930 and French 0800-0805, all Mon-Fri (WRTH Update Jan 30 via DXLD) That`s the official new schedule as from Jan 31 we already published, but how could WRTH, or anyone have known on Jan 31, RA would not adhere to it? As per several logs in the DXLD yg, notably that 9580 was NOT on after 1300. But RA did settle into it the following day (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) New RA schedule tweaked? With Radio Australia's new cut-back schedule, 12065 was supposed to be redirected to Asia while 9580 was to run 24 hours [sic] aimed 70 degrees. 9580 went off air a 13 UT sharp and is still off at 1337. 12065 is still going strong here in Ontario (Andy Reid, 1338 UT Jan 31, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) But 9475 is on air after 1300, 1400 and 1430, probably instead of 9580 // 12065 and 12085. -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, 1428 UT Jan 31, ibid.) At 1700, 9475 switched over to 9820, on the same beam it appears. Also audible from Europe now after 1700 are // on 12085 and, I think, 11880, too. So much for the new schedule effective 1300 today (Kai Ludwig, Germany, ibid.) ** AUSTRALIA [and non]. 11945, Jan 31 at 0647, RA logged on this frequency for one last time, pop music, fair. 9580, Jan 31 at 1339, RA is OFF this frequency, one which was supposed to continue after the major cutbacks at 1300 Jan 31! Instead, 9475 is still on with a countdown on `Saturday Night Country` but with a poor signal, obviously not on the 70 degree antenna. So I check out all the other frequencies. These are also gone: 5940, 5995, 6080, 6150. These two are still on: 12065 with VG signal, and 12085 with VP and fluttery signal. Therefore from relative signals I conclude that contrary to latest `official` sked from RA, assuming the only three planned azimuths remain correct, instead we have: 12065 at 70 degrees 12085 at 355 degrees 9475 at 30 degrees (could be less) This online sked is still the old one expiring Jan 31, geez! http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/radio/waystolisten/abc-radio-shortwave-frequency-guide.pdf Maybe by the time you click on it, will have been updated? Absence of 9580 removes ACI to Iran`s Japanese service on 9585, in well at 1340 and 1410 chex. 9475 is bad news, as WTWW-1 will come on there any minute now; but not promptly at 1400 as I hear beginning of ABC news, about Queensland premier ousted in an elexion (the one who was suing a 4BC shock-jock for defamation). Recheck at 1409, WTWW is now on, totally blocking RA. Assuming RA stix to these three frequencies until 2100, we`ll have to see how well 12065 holds up toward North America thru the day. It could do well enough, better than 9580 would have. Oh, oh, at 1645 check, NO signal on 12065 or 9580. Something weak on 12085, not sure if still RA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Radio Australia on old frequencies on Jan 31 till 1700 on 9475 SHP 100 kW / 329 deg to SEAs English 1700-2030 on 9820 SHP 100 kW / 353 deg to EaAs English http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/02/radio-australia-on-old-frequencies-on.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Feb 1, dxldyg via DXLD) [and non]. 12065, Jan 31 at 2007, NO signal from R. Australia, supposedly scheduled here at 0900-2100 toward North America. Remains to be heard whether the last known 3-transmitter schedule will be enacted as published. [oops: 12065 is now not toward North America, but 12085 is toward Alaska] [BTW, look out for the new target broadcast, sponsored by USAID for Nigeria, Dandal Kura, at 1800-1900 daily on 12065 via Ascension, per WRTH Update, which would collide with RA; except show`s tweets say 12055 instead; Ivo Ivanov did record it on 12065 Jan 28, but that was before RA was supposed to expand 12065 hours; and Dandal Kura is also via ASC at 0500-0600 on undisputed 9440]. However, 17840, Feb 1 at 0030, RA is on here as before and per new sked with fair signal, show about Johann Strauss` career with his waltzes. No longer on 19000. The 21-09 schedule also calls for 15415 and 15240, where I detect nothing but JBA carriers. This certainly is not `Future Tense` as on the RA schedule for 0030 UT Sundays; plugged into Classic FM net instead? No, no Strauss on the `Sunday Morning` playlist. I was about to award 17840 OSOB status, but kept tuning down and eventually found very poor signals at 0037 on 17520 and 17510, which Aoki shows as KSDA in Chinese, and RFA Burmese via TINIAN, respectively; and then on 17490 the real SSOB, CRI Cantonese via Beijing site at 193 degrees, fair with heavy flutter. Since this is so strong, I tune OOB and find a whole bunch of CNR1 jammers (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 12065, Radio Australia at 1306 // 9580 and 12085 with "Sunday Night" - Very Good Feb 1. Radio Australia was supposed to close Brandon today and only keep Shepparton working and were supposed to have 6080 and 6150 // 9580 which were not on. Perhaps they realized that Feb 1 fell on a Sunday and will make the changes tomorrow? (Mark Coady, Editor, Your Reports Express, Listening In, ODXA yg via DXLD) As of today Radio Australia is on its new much reduced SW schedule: 0900-2100 on 9580 12065 12085 2100-0900 on 15240 15415 17840 Confirmed here with excellent reception since 0900 on 12065, but only a very weak signal on 9580 and 12085. 73s (Dave Kenny. Caversham Berks, AOR7030+ 25m long wire. 0946 UT Feb 1, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) Dave, I have just (1050 UT) tuned in to Radio Australia: 12065 and 12085 are coming in with SINPO 35343 and 25343 respectively (about 10 dB between them from different beam directions I assume – W Oceania and Oceania). I can see a carrier on 9580 but not strong enough to hear anything. Mike, Hayfield, Derbyshire, ALA 1530 active loop, AOR AR5000 (Mike German, Hayfield in High Peak, Feb 1, BDXC=UK yg via DXLD) Dave, Similar reception here to Mike between 1000 and 1100 UT. In addition, I noticed that the scheduled programmes of "Download this Show" followed by "Rare Collections" were replaced by an edition of ABC Radio National's "Earshot". No indication as to whether this is a permanent or one-off change. "Sunday Night" followed at 1105 UT as scheduled (Alan Roe, Teddington, UK, ibid.) Radio Australia noted between 1000 and 1100 UT on 12065 and 12085. Dave Kenny in BDXC-UK also confirmed 9580 at 0900, although not heard here. In addition, I noticed that the scheduled programmes of "Download this Show" followed by "Rare Collections" were replaced by an edition of ABC Radio National's "Earshot". No indication as to whether this is a permanent or one-off change. "Sunday Night" followed at 1105 UT as scheduled (Alan Roe, Teddington, UK, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) At 1130 UT, RA Shepparton on 12065 S=9+20 solid proper signal into Japan island. Less S=9 on 12085 kHz at same 1130-1145 UT slot. 9580 only S=7, but readable with 20% noise. But adjacent 12070 kHz CRI Filipino Tagalog on same strength level disturbs a lot (Wolfgang Büschel, Feb 1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Things much different today in Ontario [Feb. 1]. 9580 is stronger and did not shut down at 13 UT. 12065 much weaker now. Looks like Shepparton got the email of the new schedule a day late. Tho weaker 12065 is coming in quite nicely (Andy Reid, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) At 1400 check Feb 1: Solid reception of Radio Australia on 9580, but very poor and fluttery on 12065 and 12085 (Stephen Luce, Houston, Texas, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) They seem to have gone to the new schedule. RA still on at 1415 on 9580 today (2/1). (Don Hosmer, Michigan, ibid.) Here in Romania I heard Radio Australia at 1325 UT (Feb 1) on 12065 kHz (very good, with some fading) and on 12085 kHz (weak). Usually it was the other way around, with 12085 being the strongest one. I was surprised to hear RA today on these frequencies; I thought they cancelled them already. At 1330, BBC Bangla started strong on 12065 kHz and won the frequency (Tudor Vedeanu, (Gura Humorului, Romania), ibid.) 9580, Feb 1 at 1259, R. Australia is back on prime frequency toward, but not for, North America, 70 degree azimuth, with VG signal as `Sunday Night`, wide-ranging religion show on RN & RA is about to take a break. Also on // 12085 and 12065, not on 9475 or any 5-6 MHz channels now kaput. 12085 is much stronger than 12065, which is in accordance with the official schedule now, 30 degree antenna on 12085, 355 degrees on 12065; a reversal of the pre-January 31 arrangement. At 1311 ``The Inquisition`` segment starts, religious quiz for callers usually displaying their ignorance. I assume losers don`t get flogged or burned at the stake. Recheck at 1635: 12085 is now strongest but only fair, while 9580 is weakened by daytime absorption, and 12065 on the farthest beam from USward is JBA. At least the only three scheduled frequencies are really on the air today. Must recheck between 18 and 19, whether the new Nigerian target broadcast [q.v.] from Ascension, Dandal Kura, is colliding on 12065, or now on 12055 as claimed in their tweets. [and non]. 12085 & 12065, Feb 1 after 1800, JBA carriers here, as all three RA frequencies are useless here at midday, along with 9580. The same can be said of all three frequencies starting at 2100, when 17840 is audible but only fair and fades after dark, while 15415 and 15240 are poor, not aimed at us, and likely to be above the night MUF. After 1800 Feb 1, can`t hear Ascension`s Dandal Kura either on 12065 nor any carrier on 12055 which is also in the WEWN 12050 splash zone (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1759, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Quick observations of Radio Australia SHP in new frequencies on Feb 1: from 1456 9580 100 kW / 070 deg EPac English, covered by VIRI IRIB Ru from 1450 12065 100 kW / 355 deg EaAs English, weak, but audible here from 1452 12085 100 kW / 030 deg NPac English, poor, not audible here http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/02/radio-australia-on-new-frequencies-poor.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 12065 and 12085 still // 9580 on February 2nd at 1200 UT. So what happened to the announced sked of going to 6080, 6150, 9580 from 0900- 2100? (Mark Coady, Ont., Feb 2, dxingwithcumbre yg via DXLD) Mark, That version was already replaced January 20 before it could go into effect, as reported in DXLD 14-03 and on World of Radio 1757. 73, (Glenn Hauser, ODXA yg via DXLD) Radio Australia no difference with cuts to HF --- Since Radio Australia reduced its SW output, in Taiwan and China I didn't notice anything. I only ever listened on 9475, 17750 or 21475. The only difference I've noticed is having to use different frequencies. It's coming in the same as before. With a 80 to 90% AM quality signal (Keith Perron, Taiwan, Feb 3, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 21475? Never an RA frequency. Well, there is a big difference here! As per my logs, much more limited time of sufficient audibility (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Keith, are you listening to 15415 or 12065 on the 355 degree PNG beam? That should still work for East Asia, much like the 70 degree beam for the South Pacific still does well for us in NA on 17840 and 9580 (Stephen Luce, Houston, Texas, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) SINGAPOPE vs AUSTRALIA, BBC vs ABC Radio Australia 1430-1500 12065 SHP 100 kW / 355 deg EaAs English ABC before BBC Urdu 1500-1600 12065 SNG 250 kW / 315 deg SoAs Urdu BBC 1530-1600 12065 SHP 100 kW / 355 deg EaAs English ABC Radio Australia http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/02/bbc-vs-abc-radio-australia.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1759, DXLD) This kind of collision is unforgivable --- obviously some bureaucrat at ABC who knows nothing about SW picked some existing frequencies and ordered them expanded to 12 hours a day each, no matter who else may already be using them. I suppose they disposed of Bernd Friedewald`s frequency management some time ago (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1759, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA [non]. Re 15-04: ``If you want to look up its schedule or info in the WRTH 2015, you will have to reach far beyond Australia, to find it under U S A, since corporate HQ remains mired in that deep den of gospel huxterism, Colorado Springs, which would be a beautiful city otherwise (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)`` Reach Beyond Australia schedule and info is under Australia on page 449. 73, (Mauno Ritola, Finland, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Oh yes, on p 498 under USA are only RB transmissions via Eurasian sites. So I should say you have to reach beyond those sites to find them under USA (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) ** AUSTRALIA. An additional specialised broadcasting band exists in this country, c. 151-153 MHz. It seems they are not mentioned in the WRTH but here are a bunch of these stations logged (gh, DXLD) 151.6, Unid., West Pennant Hills. Poor to fair w/mx 1242. Possibly Tamil language, 7/1 151.675, R. Symban, Hurlstone Park. GK/Cypriot mx 1356, fair //2368.5. I note that their website now calls them Symban World Radio, 7/1 151.745, Maltese radio 1, Blacktown. Mx 1217, continuous, quite OK on 7/1 151.875, Vietnamese Commercial Radio Stn., Potts Hill. VV talks 1249, fair 7/1 151.925, Unid. Very weak 1235, unable to determine language, 7/1 151.975, R. Navtarang, Pennant Hills. Indian-style mx 1214. Distorted, but quite strong. These 150 MHz narrowcasters only heard here during tropo events, 7/1 152.075, 2CR China Radio Network, Sydney. CC talks 1236, deep fades. Txer at Centrepoint Tower, 7/1 152.00, 2OR, Australian Oriental Radio, Sydney. CC pxing 1227, talks, fair on 7/1 152.15, Portuguese Radio, Governor Phillip Tower, Sydney. Nice MOR mx 0804, weak levels but there! Listed 50W, 7/1 152.225, 2AC, Australian Chinese Radio, Sydney. CC px 1202, talks. Registered to Australian Chinese Communications Ltd, 7/1 152.25, Australian Chinese Communications, Centrepoint Tower. Very good indeed 1257 w/continuous mx, 7/1 152.3, Aust. Tamil Broadcasting Corp., Pennant Hills. Rapid discussion 1407, adverts., good on 7/1 152.325, Radio Bridge, Belmore. GK pxing 1402 w/anncts., promos. Quite OK 7/1 152.425, V. of Charity, Sydney. Lord’s Prayer and Angelus 0815, EE. Run by the Lebanese Maronites, poor on 7/1 (Craig Seager, FM News and a beauty! Sony XDR-F1HD, Sony XDR-S10HDiP, Icom R7000, FM8 beam, DAR-200 rotator, 6m Shockwave groundplane, Diamond X50 vertical, Jan/Feb Australian DX News via DXLD) ** AUSTRIA. Radio Joystick via Media Broadcast on Sunday, February 1: 1100-1200 on 7330 MOS 100 kW / 283 deg to CeEu German 1st Sun, videos http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/02/radio-joystick-via-media-broadcast-on.html (DX RE MIX NEWS # 94 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, Feb 3, 2015, via DXLD) ** AZERBAIJAN. BBG CONDEMNS EXTENDED DETENTION OF KHADIJA ISMAYILOVA January 30, 2014 Khadija Ismayilova tries to greet supporters and journalists outside the Baku courtroom on January 27, when she had her pretrial detention extended [caption] http://www.bbg.gov/blog/2015/01/30/bbg-board-condemns-extended-detention-of-khadija-ismayilova/ WASHINGTON - The Broadcasting Board of Governors today expressed concern about the imprisonment of Khadija Ismayilova, an investigative reporter and contributor to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's (RFE/RL) Azerbaijani Service, and called for her immediate release following a ruling by an Azerbaijani court to extend her pre-trial detention. On January 27, a court in Azerbaijan prolonged Ismayilova's detention, originally set to expire on February 5, by two months. Ismayilova was arrested on politically motivated charges on December 5 and could serve three to seven years in prison if convicted. Ismayilova is being held in a prison cell with four other women. She has written several letters from custody to record her experiences and encourage her colleagues. The latest letter, published by RFE/RL, resulted in her placement in solitary confinement as punishment. "We are concerned about Khadija's well-being, and outraged by the Azerbaijani government's flagrant assaults on press freedom," said BBG Chairman Jeff Shell. "Not only is Khadija unjustly imprisoned on a fabricated accusation, but our news bureau in Baku remains sealed by Azerbaijani authorities. We demand that the authorities permit the bureau to reopen, release Khadija Ismayilova, and halt the harassment of RFE/RL journalists and their families." On December 26, RFE/RL's Baku bureau was raided and closed by agents of the state's "grave crimes investigations committee" in connection with a new law on "foreign agents." The same law was invoked to force the National Democratic Institute, IREX, and other organizations supporting civil society development to suspend their local operations in Azerbaijan. RFE/RL and BBG representatives have repeatedly contacted Azerbaijani officials to protest her case without success. The BBG joins RFE/RL, the U.S. Department of State, Amnesty International, OSCE, Index on Censorship, and many other officials and organizations in condemning the Azerbaijani government's imprisonment of Ismayilova and assault on freedom of expression (BBG PR via Hansjoerg Biener, WORLD OF RADIO 1759, DXLD) AZERBAIJAN DOUBLES JOURNALIST'S JAIL TIME Saturday, January 31, 2015 Communications / Press Releases RFE/RL Azerbaijani Service correspondent Khadija Ismayilova accepting the 2012 "Courage in Journalism" award from the International Women's Media Foundation in New York, 24Oct2012 [caption; see original for embedded linx] http://www.rferl.org/content/release-azerbaijan-doubles-journalists-jail-time-khadija-ismayilova/26818661.html January 28, 2015 --- An Azeri court on January 27 extended the pre- trial detention of independent journalist and RFE/RL contributor Khadija Ismayilova for an additional two months, in a decision that ignores international condemnation of her imprisonment. "We are devastated by this decision, which lacks any factual basis and violates the basic requirements of due process," said Nenad Pejic, RFE/RL editor in chief and co-CEO. "The extension of her sentence can only be interpreted as an act of revenge by Azeri authorities against the country’s leading investigative reporter." Ismayilova, who has reported extensively on the financial activities of familymembers of Azeri President Ilham Aliyev, was arrested and jailed for two months on December 5 on charges of inciting a former colleague to attempt suicide. Her detention has been widely condemned as part of a systematic, state-led campaign to intimidate and imprison the country's independent activists and journalists. It has bolstered calls in Washington, D.C. to apply Magnitsky-like sanctions to Azeri officials, and discourage high-level diplomatic representation at the first European Olympics in Baku in June, an event intended by Azerbaijan's leaders to burnish the country’s image. RFE/RL’s Baku bureau was raided and sealed shut on December 26 by agents of the state’s "grave crimes investigations committee" in connection with a new law on so-called "foreign agents." The same law was invoked to force the National Democratic Institute, IREX, and other organizations supporting civil society development to suspend their local operations. RFE/RL sent a letter to Azeri authorities earlier this week requesting that the Baku bureau be reopened and employees resume their work without fear for their security and safety (RFE/RL PR via Hansjoerg Biener, DXLD) ** BAHRAIN. Can anyone provide me with the address, and recent Verification Signer, for Radio Bahrain? Thanks (Dan Robinson, DC, Feb 3, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) See addresses on page 91 on WRTH 2015 (Wolfgang Büschel, HCDX via DXLD) [and non]. 9745, R Bahrain, Abu Hayan, 1800, Jan 06, Arabic ID: ”Huna Bahrain”, disco songs in Arabic, mentioned with new s/on at 0600 in different weekdays (instead of 24 h program); at 1800 with Chinese speaking station presumed Voice of Kuanghua(?) or CNR1, 33533 (Rumen Pankov, Sofia Bulgaria, DSWCI DX Window Feb 4 via DXLD) ** BANGLADESH. 4750, R. Bangladesh Betar, Shavar. Observed on 8/1 1445-1705*, featuring news of VOA in Bangla till 1459 and Radio Japan in Bangla at 1505-1514 and own news in English at 1530-1555 (on Sundays the news in English are *1530-1559*) (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria (Sony ICF 2001D, Folded Marconi antenna own made, Jan/Feb Australian DX News via DXLD) 15505, Feb 3 at 1400, Bangladesh Betar is JBA, but I tune in too late to hear the mistimesignal which is probably still ending before 1400. Starting to propagate again after nothing over the winter hump (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BELARUS. January 26: Radio Belarus in Belorussian to WeEu 1058 on 11730 Minsk Kalodzicy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Vd8Ta2HVso&feature=youtu.be 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BERMUDA. 2582-USB, Bermuda Harbour Radio, 0035 to 0045, “Bermuda high temps …..thunderstorms…..information will follow”, OM ID at 0044 25 January (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, South Florida, 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, Sony 2010XA, dipoles, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BHUTAN. 6034.96, BBS (presumed), 1143-1155*, Jan 29. Mixing with PBS Yunnan, which fortunately was mostly talking, while BBS had pop music show; after 1155 only PBS/China heard (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOLIVIA. 4409.8, presumed, Radio Eco, Reyes, noted 2330 to 2340 on 29 January and similar 20 to 29 January, with weak signal, Spanish, no possibility of an ID. 4451.1, presumed, Radio Santa Ana, Santa Ana de Yacuma on 2330-2347 weak Spanish. Both emisoras identified by Ace DXer Pedro F. Arrunátegui. 4699.9, Radio San Miguel, Riberalta, 2340 in Spanish with om, weak on 21 January; 0000 to 0027, fading up with om in Spanish, fair signal at times 1 February (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, South Florida, 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, Sony 2010XA, dipoles, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOLIVIA. 4716.65, Radio Yatun Ayllu Yura, Yura, 2330 to 2340 bass driven music, 2345 to 0000 om dj, deep fades 29 January (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, South Florida, 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, Sony 2010XA, dipoles; and XM, Cedar Key, Florida, NRD525D, R8A, E5, via Wilkner, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOLIVIA. 5580, R. San José, San José de Chiquitos. Simple church service with a padre and a lone female hymn singer continuing past 0013 17/12 (David Foster, Australia, visiting San Pedro de Atacama, Chile, ARDXC via DXLD) ** BOLIVIA. 5952.44, Pio XII, Siglo Veinte, 2320 to 2355 in Spanish with om, “onda cotta ….” yl & om 2343 conversation 29 January. 0000 to 0010 on 1 February (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, South Florida, 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, Sony 2010XA, dipoles, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5952, 2/2 0020 UT. Informaciones en Aimara sobre unos departamentos administrativos cercanos a La Paz y música del altiplano. SINPO: 55444 (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Realistic DX-160, Ant: Hilo de 40 metros, QTH: Barraza Bajo, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) I.e., Radio Pio Doce/XII ** BOLIVIA. 6105, R. PANAMERICANA, 2/2 0040 UT. Transmisión de futbol, avisos de la emisora e ID. SINPO: 53443 con mediano QRM de otra emisora y sobre modulación (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Realistic DX-160, Ant: Hilo de 40 metros, QTH: Barraza Bajo, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** BOLIVIA. 6134.83, Radio Santa Cruz, 0014 to 0033 orchestral music into YL vocal ``cincuenta milliones …. Radio Santa Cruz …en la república….`` using lsb narrow filter. 27 January (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, South Florida, 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, Sony 2010XA, dipoles, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOLIVIA. 6155, R. Fides, La Paz. The only place I heard Fides was in the Atacama Desert in Chile, just across the border from Bolivia, so being so close no surprise it was this and not AIR that was heard at 0103 17/12 with news but rather a choppy sound (David Foster, Australia, visiting San Pedro de Atacama, Chile, ARDXC via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 3364.84, Brasil, Rádio Cultura, Araraquara, SP, 0012 to 0030 in Portuguese under thunderstorm, 25 January; 2335 to 2355 with music, good signal, OM DJ, 29 January. 3375.1, Brasil, Rádio Municipal, São Gabriel da Cachoeira, noted weak signal 0200 to 0230 on 29 January (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, South Florida, 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, Sony 2010XA, dipoles, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL [and non]. 4775, R. Congonhas, Congonhas. In the clear with excitement galore sports descriptions 0010 past 0030 27/11. Yet 9 days earlier in Peulla, Chile all I heard was R. Tarma (0051 18/11). Believe Congonhas is irregular (David Foster, Australia, visiting Torres del Paine National Park, Chile, ARDXC via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 4845, Brasil, Rádio Cultura Ondas Tropicais, Manaus, 2310 to 2359 “…kiloHertz ..Radio Onda Tropical” by om, 21 January (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, South Florida, 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, Sony 2010XA, dipoles, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 4863, R. Alvorada, Londrina. Boring religious stuff at 0640 28/12. Very suspect modulation indeed. In October it was close enough to 4865 but has got the wanders since then. It’s a 24 hour operator (David Foster, Australia, visiting Moorea Island, French Polynesia, ARDXC via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 4915, Brasil, Rádio Daqui, Goiânia, GO, 2345 Spanish cover of popular music to 0000 on ID as Radio Daqui, 21 January. 4965.1, Brasil, Rádio Alvorada, 2320 to 2340 om Portuguese, slow melodic music 25 January and other nights same time. 6135.23 tentative, R Aparecida, Aparecida, SP, 0022 to 0047 locutor em português, deep fades and very narrow filter in usb, 27 January (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, South Florida, 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, Sony 2010XA, dipoles, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Should be able to // it to 9630v, 11855 (gh, DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 11935, RB2, 30/01 1918 UT. Música sertaneja mas avisos de Curitiba y de programas noticiosos y deportivos de la emisora. SINPO: 54444 con leve QRM de AIR con servicio en inglés (RX: Realistic DX- 160, ANT: Hilo de 40 metros, QTH: Barraza Bajo, IV Región, Chile, Claudio Galaz, condiglista yg via DXLD) 9725, Radio RB2, Curitiba, 2005, 31-01, now on air with Brazilian songs and comments in Portuguese. 23322. Also on 11935 with the same program. 13321 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Log in Friol, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11934.981, RB2 Programm, S=6, 2150 UT Jan 31. Auch noch andere Brazilianer gut hörbar im 31 und 25 Meterband (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) 6040, Radio RB2, Curitiba, 0543-0555, 01-02, relaying Radio Aparecida program. Religious, Portuguese. // 11935, 11855, 9630 and 6135. 24322. (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Log in Friol, Enviado desde Blue Mail, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9725, Feb 3 at 0637, very poor signal with Rosary in Brazuguese, so RB2 is active here, and also on 11935 which is fair; 6040 unchecked. However, I hear the same thing on 11855 R. Aparecida, and by golly, they are // but slightly out of synch, 0638 both going into Ave Maria song. What a waste (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) These days all three frequencies of RB2 are active (6040, 9725, 11935 kHz). RB2 is one of many stations in Brazil that relay this Com a Mãe Aparecida night program of Rádio Aparecida production: http://www.a12.com/radio-aparecida/programas/com-a-mae-aparecida The stations are independent so they do not care of what the others relay and whether they are synchronized or not. Reactivation of RB2 is no doubt an enlivening of more and more boring short waves especially for those who like to listen to LA stations (Karel Honzik, Czechia, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) Enlivening?? I can`t think of anything more boring than Rosary and other Catholic liturgy, which is the same rote stuff over and over and over and over and over and over, --- even if you believe it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) For the period A 15 between 22 February & 17 October 2015 the Catholic radio net called “Com A Mãe Aparecida “ (Together with Mother Appearance [Apparition]) aired by many Brazilian radio stations, will be on the air on short waves as follows : 2300-0800 on 5035, 6135, 9630, 11855 via Rádio Aparecida; 0100-0800 on 6040, 9725, 11935 via Rádio Be Dois and on 9820 via Rádio Nove de Julho. By the way R. Aparecida will broadcast daily “Notícia do Vaticano” at 2200-2230 and “Programa do Rádio Vaticano” at 2230-2300 programmes; and Rádio Nove de Julho at 2200-2300 (Mon-Fri only?) with national programme called “A Voz do Brasil”. Hello Glenn! Please some more info about Brazil, with best wishes, Rumen: In ADXN a program "A Voz do Brasil" is noted at 2100-2200 on 17 December 2015 - not as is in the schedule of Rádio 9 de Julho (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria, Feb 1, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I guess 22 Feb means the end of DST of UT-2, so that Voz do Brasil reverts to its later timing after 21-22 UT during summer. That`s the more-or-less mandatory government hour carried by most stations (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 11745 & 11815 approx., Jan 29 at 0644, poor level crackling spurs matching musical modulation peaks on fundamental 11780.1v of RNA/RNB. Yes, this is tiresome; but only when they stop transmitting them, shall I stop logging them. 11710, Jan 30 at 0619, second-order spur from RNA/RNB 11780.1v is audible here 70 kHz down, crackling away, weaker than first-orders 35 kHz away around 11745 and 11815, but can`t hear a match on 11850. 11710 will of course QRM neighbor RAE Argentina earlier in evenings, but what do they care? 11815 & 11745, Feb 1 at 0052, crackling spurs from RNA/RNB 11780.1v, and a weaker one around 11710, but no Argentina to hit on weekends. 11745 & 11815, Feb 2 at 0647, crackling spurs from 11780.1v RNA/RNB remain audible, barely. 11710, 11745 & 11815, Feb 3 at 0641, crackling spurs from music on 11780.1, RNA/RNB are stronger than usual, such that the second-order one on 11710 is audible, but no match on 11850 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX WORLD OF RADIO 1759, LISTENING DIGEST) 11710, Feb 4 at 0606, crackling spur from RNA/RNB 11780.1v is audible again on second order along with first-order 11815 & 11745 spurs really bad. 11745 & 11815, Feb 5 at 0645, spurs are audible here despite hi local noise level (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 15190, R. INCONFIDENCIA, 30/01 2145 UT. Noticias de la cámara como espacio dentro del programa: «Voz do Brasil». SINPO: 44544 con leve QRM de R. África, vía WRMI (RX: Realistic DX-160, ANT: Hilo de 40 metros, QTH: Barraza Bajo, IV Región, Chile, Claudio Galaz, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** BULGARIA. SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. SECRETBROD, Additional frequency of Brother Stair was observed on Feb 2/3: 0800-1600 on 11600 SCB 050 kW / 306 deg to WeEu with 80 sec delay of 11580/15770 [= WRMI] Very old Soviet transmitter and permanently interruptions on/off; on/off on Feb 3 * co-channel VIRI IRIB in Japanese 1323-1420 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/02/additional-frequency-of-brother-stair.html (DX RE MIX NEWS # 94 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, Feb 3, 2015, via DXLD) SECRETBROD, Additional frequency of Brother Stair TOM on February 3: 0800-1552 11600 SCB 050 kW / 306 deg WeEu, videos with TOM start/end 1600-1700 9930 HBN 100 kW / 270 deg SEAs, but 50 sec before Secretbrod 1600-1655 on 11600 SCB 100 kW / 090 deg to WeAs, instead of BVB Farsi, videos http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/02/brother-stair-tom-on-11600-khz.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CAMBODIA [non]. Tajikistan, Voice of Khmer M’Chas Srok, Dushanbe, 17860 - received this in April 2014 so a bit dated but have put it in because WRTH 2015 doesn’t have its contact details. Report sent to khmer.mchas.srok@gmail.com but confirmation reply from v/s Hassan A. Kassem, kms.usa.representative@gmail.com in 23 days. Their address is 1050 Connecticut Avenue, NW, 10th Floor, Washington DC 20026, USA, Tel: 202-772-3100. Mr Kassem said ‘the signal covers Cambodia, southern Vietnam, eastern Thailand, southern Laos, south-east Burma and Malaysia. It’s amazing what today’s technology can achieve.’ Bit of a laugh when ‘today’s technology’ is being abandoned around the world. He had ‘absolutely no idea where it is broadcast from. `We do this work with an American company and we maintain our confidentiality with each other.’ (David Foster, Mansfield Victoria and many other places, Jan/Feb Australian DX News via DXLD) ** CANADA. At the time of my most recent loggings, I've heard YHD (Dryden, Ontario) at 413 kHz intermittently mis-keying. The irregularity seemed to vary unpredictably and without pattern. I've heard, YGN, YUD, YBD, 3SD, 3HD, YRD and a few other variations. I'm wondering if anyone else has noticed this, or has comment? (Tom Root, Flushing MI, MARE Tipsheet Jan 30 via DXLD) Noted no, but this happens to beacons occasionally. I've heard OZW miskeying in the past, and others have reported many other stations too. kvz (Kenneth Vito Zichi, ed., ibid.) ** CANADA. 1690, CJLO, QC Montréal – Application for an FM repeater on 107.9 MHz denied – and not because it would block the signal of WVPS- 107.9 Burlington VT in Montréal, where WVPS has many listeners (no obligation to protect U.S. stations), but because CJLO didn’t show a compelling technical need (AM Switch, NRC DX News Feb 9 via WORLD OF RADIO 1759, DXLD) ** CANADA. 6070, CFRX, 0110-0140 31 Jan. Listening to "NewsTalk 10- 10", watching the sunset at the beach. Nice way to close out January (Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA PL606 ‘barefoot’, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. JIAN GHOMESHI NOW CHARGED WITH SEXUALLY ASSAULTING SIX WOMEN --- Via The Toronto Star, January 9, 2015 – by Kevin Donovan & Alyshah Hasham One woman was allegedly pushed onto a park bench, choked and groped by Jian Ghomeshi in 2005. Another was allegedly sexually assaulted in Ghomeshi’s hotel room after he performed at Summerfolk, an Owen Sound music festival in August 2002. A third was allegedly inappropriately touched on several occasions, including during February 2008. All three had previously shared their allegations of sexual and physical abuse with the Star and went to the police after a criminal investigation was launched into the former radio host. On Thursday morning, two months after he was fired by the CBC and more than 15 women came forward with allegations of harassment, sexual assault and violence, a grim-faced Ghomeshi appeared with his lawyers in a downtown Toronto courtroom. Three new charges of sexual assault were added to the five charges he already faced involving three women, including Trailer Park Boys actress Lucy DeCoutere. The identities of the other complainants are covered by a publication ban requested by the Crown. Ghomeshi now faces seven charges of sexual assault and one charge of overcoming resistance by choking. The allegations span from 2002 to 2008. His lawyer, Marie Henein, said Ghomeshi will plead not guilty to all charges. “Anything we have to say will be said in court,” she said. Ahead of his court appearance Thursday, Ghomeshi strode into the College Park courthouse flanked by his lawyers, Henein and Danielle Robitaille, passing by a group protesting violence against women and demanding more resources, including a 24-hour drop-in centre downtown for women and trans people. Inside the small courtroom, Ghomeshi made no eye contact with reporters filling the rows of benches behind him, sitting slightly hunched over in his chair, hands tightly clasped together. Also in the courtroom was Ghomeshi’s mother, who has been acting as his surety since he was released on $100,000 bail after his arrest in November. At the request of Crown prosecutor Michael Callaghan, Ghomeshi’s bail conditions were amended to prohibit him from contacting or going with 500 metres of the three new complainants. Ghomeshi remained silent and answered no questions from the time he left the courthouse surrounded by police officers until he entered an SUV. The CBC is in the midst of an independent investigation led by employment lawyer Janice Rubin into allegations about Ghomeshi within the organization. On Monday, the public broadcaster’s human resources director Todd Spencer and head of radio Chris Boyce were put on indefinite leaves of absence in connection with the Ghomeshi scandal. Boyce was one of two executives who viewed material that allegedly shows Ghomeshi causing harm to a woman. Ghomeshi was fired three days later. Boyce also told CBC’s the fifth estate that an internal investigation last summer into allegations about inappropriate behaviour by Ghomeshi turned up nothing. Seventeen Q staffers during that time told the fifth estate that they were never contacted by CBC bosses. Ghomeshi will make his next court appearance on Feb. 4 (via Feb CIDX Messenger via DXLD) ** CANADA [non]. WHATCOM COUNTY UPHOLDS RADIO TOWER DENIAL Whatcom County council has upheld the county examiner’s decision to deny BBC Broadcasting’s application to erect five transmission towers in Point Roberts [Washington State]. Nancy Beaton, a Tsawwassen resident with the Cross Border Coalition to Stop the Radio Towers, said the decision was unanimous. BBC Broadcasting Inc. wants to erect the 45-metre (150-foot) steel towers at an undeveloped lot on McKenzie Way in Point Roberts just south of the border. The towers would transmit South Asian radio station KRPI, AM 1550, which broadcasts from studios in Richmond to a Lower Mainland audience. Also known as Sher-E-Punjab AM 1550, the station currently uses antenna in Ferndale, Wash., but wants to relocate them for a stronger signal. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted a construction permit but a zoning permit is required from Whatcom County. Residents on both sides of the border have rallied against the proposal for more than a year (From radiofan, RadioWest.ca via AM Switch, NRC DX News Feb 9 via DXLD) ** CHILE. 7550, RCW, 29/01 0315 UT. Inicio de transmisiones de Radio Compañía Worldwide, con espacio de música en inglés hasta las 0415, más ID cada 30 minutos: https://soundcloud.com/claudio-radioham-dx/7550-rcw-29-01-2015-0410-utc También se da noticia, vía grupo ``Radioescuchas de onda corta desde Chile`` en Facebook, por parte de Rodolfo Tizzi de Montevideo, Uruguay con un equipo: Kenwood TS-2000, antena: V invertida para la banda de 40 metros, orientada NW/SE: https://soundcloud.com/claudio-radioham-dx/7550-rcw-2015-01-29-04-00-17 (Claudio Galaz, RX: GOLON RX-221UAR, ANT: Telescópica, QTH: Barraza Bajo, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) 7550, RCW. 30/01 0300 UT. Identificación de RCW, y luego un espacio con música del recuerdo, tal como pop de los años noventa y ochentas en español hasta las 0335. Posteriormente una ID larga y luego sigue con música en español e inglés de los años 50’s y 60’s hasta las 0350 cuando se da otra ID larga, con información de programas de elaboración propia, prontos a emitirse: https://soundcloud.com/claudio-radioham-dx/7550-rcw-30-01-2015-0350-utc Desde las 04 hasta las 0412 un espacio de música de los años 60’s en francés, ID en el mismo idioma, ID en español a las 0413 y luego un espacio de música del Caribe de los años 60’s y 70’s. A las 0435 salida del aire. SINPO: 55454 (RX: Realistic DX-160, ANT: Hilo de 40 metros, QTH: Barraza Bajo, IV Región, Chile, Claudio Galaz, condiglista yg via DXLD) Hola amigos, Emisión de Hoy de RCW por Ondas Cortas e Internet. .- 23:45 hora de Chile (0245 UT) Señal de intervalo para después continuar con: .- 03:00 UT: Música y sus comentarios junto a Cucho Zavala. .- 03:30 UT: "Frecuencia al Día" junto a @dino_bloise. Los esperamos en 7550 KHz AM y por internet pinchando en: http://rcwradio.listen2myradio.com/ Copiado de RCW Radio Compañía Worldwide, Según página en facebook: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=941462452538811&id=578178758867184 (Claudio Galaz, Jan 31 - UT Feb 1, ibid.) 7550, RCW, 01/02 [= 1 Feb] 0220 UT. Música pop en español e ID cada 20 minutos aprox. SINPO: 55343 con ruido atmosférico. A las 03 hay mejora de condiciones a SINPO: 55444 cuando se emite un espacio de música, en español, de los 90's y comentarios a cargo de Cucho Zavala. A las 0323 aprox. mejora a SINPO: 55454. A las 0330 comienza "Frecuencia al Día: https://soundcloud.com/claudio-radioham-dx/7550-rcw-01-02-2015-0353-utc A las 04 noticias de Radio Francia Internacional con SINPO: 55343 con ruido atmosférico. Y retorna a SINPO: 55444 con las noticias de NHK a las 0410. A las 0415 UT ID de final con gong de "Escucha Chile" de la ex R. Moscú e ID en otros idiomas (Claudio Galaz, RX: Realistic DX- 160, ANT: Hilo de 40 metros, QTH: Barraza Bajo, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1759, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7550, RCW, 3/2 03 UT. ID y noticias de RFI en castellano, hasta las 0312 aproximadamente con SINPO: 35242 con mucho ruido ambiental y bajo audio. A las 0315 música en español hasta las 0320, cuando comienzan los comentarios internacionales de Ruperto Concha entre SINPO: 35131 y SINPO: 35333 hasta las 0350 con salida del aire (Claudio Galaz, RX: Realistic DX-160, ANT: Hilo de 40 metros, QTH: Barraza Bajo, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) 7550, RCW, 4/2 0255 UT. ID de emisora por 5 minutos. A las 03 noticias hasta las 0310 con SINPO: 45434. 0311 en adelante: música con SINPO: 45444. A las 0325 con fading un poco marcado, aunque con SINPO: 55434. A las 0340 varia a un SINPO: 35343 para pasar a un SINPO: 45434. A las 0358 UT ID y SINPO: 33333 mientras están las noticias de NHK y salida del aire. También informar de una captación realizada en la localidad de Padre Hurtado, aledaña a Santiago de Chile, por parte de Hide Nakamura: “01/02/15, RCW, 7550, 0245 UT, programación musical para después continuar con: 0300 Música y sus comentarios junto a Cucho Zavala y a continuación Frecuencia al día con Dino Bloise. - SINPO 23232. Señal muy variable. RX Akita R-9803” y antena telescópica. http://www65.zippyshare.com/v/A1Yt7RqD/file.html (Claudio Galaz, RX: Realistic DX-160, ANT: Hilo de 40 metros, QTH: Barraza Bajo, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** CHINA. 11470, CNR1, 1/27, 1030. M and W in Chinese. Excellent, with VG //s on 11500, 11430, 10960; weak // on 11100. 73 and Good Listening! (Rick Barton, Box 1804, El Mirage, AZ, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Jammers as are the following in chrono order (gh) 7470, Firedrake, 1/29, 1130. Target station unheard. 10960, CNR1, 1/29, 1145. M and F in dialogue in Chinese. VG, with even better // on 10870. No other CNR heard OB this hour. 73 and Good Listening! (Rick Barton, Box 1804, El Mirage, AZ, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) [and non]. January 30: CNR 1 Jamming vs BBC in Uzbek 1311 on 15595 Nakhon Sawan, 17850 O'Sheela https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8fua28QXGc&feature=youtu.be CNR 1 Jamming vs SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng 1325 on 9635 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWCfmBDYHTg&feature=youtu.be CNR 1 Jamming vs SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng vs VIRI IRIB in Japanese 1323 on 11600 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdbmLiOWyds&feature=youtu.be 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9200, Jan 30 at 1457, CNR1 jammer, fair, off after 1500. Per Aoki, the excuse for 9200 is the possibility of a 100-watt Sound of Hope nuisance transmitter on Taiwan any time between 2054 and 1600, which presumably just went off too. No search for more up to 19 MHz, but doubt the higher bands were propagating from East Jammerstan today (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) China Radio International and Firedrake vs Radio Free Asia: 1830-1857 6020 SZG 500 kW / 315 deg SEEu Bulgarian CRI and Firedrake 1800-1900 6020 TIN 250 kW / 288 deg EaAs Chinese Radio Free Asia http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/02/china-radio-international-and-firedrake.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Feb 1, presumably referring to Jan 31, dxldyg via DXLD) CNR1 jammers, early UT February 1, most with very heavy flutter, u.o.s., and in different synchronized groups: 16980, Feb 1 at 0033, CNR1 jammer, good 16100, Feb 1 at 0034, CNR1 jammer, good 15940, Feb 1 at 0035, CNR1 jammer, good 15800, Feb 1 at 0035, CNR1 jammer, fair 15550, Feb 1 at 0036, CNR1 jammer, very poor 15340, Feb 1 at 0038, CNR1 jammer, good, a reverb apart from 16100 15295, Feb 1 at 0038, CNR1 jammer, fair 14980, Feb 1 at 0039, CNR1 jammer, good 14920, Feb 1 at 0039, CNR1 jammer, good with less flutter and a split second behind the 16100 group 14870, Feb 1 at 0040, CNR1 jammer, good, 2 seconds behind 16100 14800, Feb 1 at 0041, CNR1 jammer, poor, // synch with 15340 13890, Feb 1 at 0043, CNR1 jammer, good, // synch with 14870 13870, Feb 1 at 0044, CNR1 jammer, fair under heavy RTTY, // 16100, and also distorted spurs out to 13830 apparently from this 13820, Feb 1 at 0046, CNR1 jammer, fair // 14870, also with residual Cuban pulse jamming against Radio Martí [non], Commies vs Commies! 13610, Feb 1 at 0047, CNR1 jammer, poor with flutter, a word behind 16100 12980, Feb 1 at 0048, CNR1 jammer, poor and not much flutter, // 16100 12950, Feb 1 at 0048, CNR1 jammer, good with flutter // 16100 12775, Feb 1 at 0049, CNR1 jammer, fair with flutter // 16100; unusual OOB to end in -5, but ya gotta go where the victim is 12430, Feb 1 at 0049, CNR1 jammer, good with heavy flutter //16100 12045, Feb 1 at 0050, CNR1 jammer, poor // 16100 11960, Feb 1 at 0051, CNR1 jammer, fair with flutter // 16100 11925, Feb 1 at 0052, CNR1 jammer, good // 16100 11750, Feb 1 at 0052, CNR1 jammer, poor // 16100 11530, Feb 1 at 0054, CNR1 jammer, very poor with flutter, // 16100 That`s 24 heard at once! None further down in the 11s or 10s. If by any chance one of these is not really a jammer, I offer my abject apologies to the ChiCom (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1759, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9155, Feb 2 at 1528, CNR1 jammer, fair with flutter. Then a quick cursory tuneup OOB from 10 to 16 MHz finds no more propagating (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. Received an e-QSL from Guangzhou Coast Radio Station / XSQ for reception 01/23/2015 at frequency 8782 kHz. QSL at number 16. The report sent by electronic mail: Lmb @ gzrdo.com (Dmitry Kutuzov, Ryazan, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" via RusDX 1 Feb via DXLD) ** CHINA. 3900, PBS Hulun Buir (Hailar, Nei Menggu Autonomous Region, formerly Inner Mongolia) noted from 1031 UT tune with weak S2 signal and ARO QRM. Tuned with LSB for best readability. Recorded to 1441* UT. At 1200 UT signal had improved to S3 - hrd w/ time pips and man ann w/ instrumental music then woman and man announcers and Chinese female vocals to past 1300 UT. At 1301 UT there was a man talking softly with background instrumental music as at 1200 UT. ARO QRM was consistently present to varying degrees over the period. Not a bad signal for 10 kW. SINPO 33433 (occasional I-2 from ARO QRM), peaking 1230-1330 UT (Bruce W. Churchill, CA, DXplorer Jan 26 via BC-DX 29 Jan via DXLD) ** CHINA. 3990 // 5970, Gannan PBS, tuned in at 1312 till 1412*, Jan 29. Thanks very much to Sei-ichi Hasegawa for providing Hiroshi's current schedule below, which motivated me to check them out. 1312-1400: carrying CNR-11 programming, which was // to the CNR-11 stations 6010 // 7350; almost positive in Tibetan (definitely not Chinese, per a native speaker of Chinese). Back in 2010, I use to follow CNR-11, as they carried the "Holy Tibet" show in English for a brief period. Still wish they would bring it back again! CNR-11 audio: https://app.box.com/s/kvghf8opd43qnoq185250f6tqla0fpez After 1400, Gannan PBS on 3990 // 5970, no longer carrying CNR-11 programming (not // 6010 nor 7350); 5970 with adjacent moderate to heavy QRM; 3990 the poorest reception; Gannan went off at 1412*. Gannan PBS audio https://app.box.com/s/ngn3h58txl0iuuwg4znc3upupw6vjram Please note that Aoki also lists PBS Xinjiang on 3990 (1140-1800) in Uighur; fortunately I was able to confirm Gannan PBS there by language, // frequencies and sign off time. Current schedule of Gannan PBS Tibetan sce. (Thanks to both Sei-ichi & Hiroshi) 2250-0100 3990, 5970kHz 1020-1415 3990, 5970kHz CNR-11 relay at 1300-1400UT de Hiroshi via S. Hasegawa (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1759, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 3990 Gannan PBS is 15 kW per WRTH 2015; not new ** CHINA + [non]. 3900, Hulun Buir PBS (Hailar) (Tentative) 1436-1440* 30 Jan., 1357-1403, 1427-1441* 31 Jan. Thanks to Bruce Churchill's tip, heard what i suppose to be HB PBS with Chinese chat, some "traditional" Chinese songs, and a radio drama that gets cut off mid- word both days. If there were pips at 1400 on the 31st, I missed them. 3985, CNR2 (Geermu)/Echo of Hope (Hwaseong) 1501+ 2 Feb. With the NK jammer off for a couple minutes, CNR2 (// 6065/6155/7335, etc) slid in under EoH. Jammer started up again at 1503 (Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA PL606/6m X wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. CNR Kazakh, Korean and Mongolian services have now extended transmission time, but fewer frequencies: Kazakh Sce: now as follows: 2355-1200 on 11630 and 12055 kHz, 1200- 1805 on 6180 & 9630 kHz. Korean Sce: 0600-1500 on 5975 and 9785 kHz. Mongolian Sce: 2055-0600 9610 and 11810 kHz. Qinghai PBS: has made some SW schedule changes: Chinese 2200-1600 on 6145 and 9780 kHz and Tibetan Sce 2250-1600 on 5990 kHz and 9850 kHz. 4220 and 4750 kHz are off (WRTH National Radio Update, Uploaded 6 February 2015, via DXLD) ** CHINA. 9749.973, CNR PBS Nei Menggu Mongolian language service, S=7 signal, phone-in program by lady, at 0215 UT on Jan 30. At same time also PBS Nei Menggu in Chinese in 31 mb channel 9519.985 kHz. Most Nei Menggu broadcasts are on odd frequencies (Wolfgang Büschel, 0100-0230 UT log in Far East Tokyo Japan remote SDR unit, Jan 30, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA [non]. [CUBA/CHINA] 01/29/15, 0420, 9790 -- China Radio International in Cantonese, transmitted from Havana at 250 kW. Surprisingly bad signal marred by interference and noise, unlike what I normally receive on this frequency. Male announcer. SINPO 32233 (Bill Álvarez, heard on TECSUN PL-380 portable in Fort Worth, Texas, USA, with 25 foot reel wire antenna, on a first floor, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also CUBA ** CHINA. 9860, CRI, 4/2 2208 UT. Servicio en esperanto. Noticias sobre las relaciones entre Estados Unidos y Corea del norte. Y luego un audio reportaje sobre el interés internacional en los libros de cultura china, por lo menos, dentro de historiadores de la cultura. Así como la relación de exportación e importación de libros con Singapur. SINPO: 55555 (Claudio Galaz, RX: Realistic DX-160, ANT: Hilo de 40 metros, QTH: Barraza Bajo, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** CHINA. Anniversario inizio trasmissioni di Radio Cina Internazionale --- Cari amici, il 30 aprile ricorrerà il 55 anniversario dell’inizio delle trasmissioni di Radio Cina Internazionale in lingua italiana. Se avete registrazioni dei nostri programmi, foto legate alla nostra radio, storie relative a Radio Cina Internazionale che vorreste raccontare, o desiderate farci i vostri auguri per il 55 anniversario, vi preghiamo di inviarci i vostri testi, foto, file audio o video. Ogni partecipante all’iniziativa riceverà un regalo. Vi ringraziamo in anticipo! Cordiali saluti, Sezione Italiana, Radio Cina Internazionale (via Roberto Scaglione, Sicilia, bclnews.it yg via DXLD) ** CHINA. Dear Mr. Akbar Indra Gunawan: The Third Session of the Twelfth National People's Congress (NPC) and the Third Session of the Twelfth National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) will be held in Beijing in March 2015. In order to learn more about your concerns regarding the hot topics at the upcoming sessions, China Radio International (CRI) created a questionnaire at http://english.cri.cn/12394/2015/01/28/2821s863932.htm Your participation is highly appreciated. For your convenience, we also attach the survey below. You can underline or color your choices. And you are also welcome to tell us what else are you interested in the two sessions (via Akbar Indra, HCDX via DXLD) Ha! Of the multiple-choice questions, none are the least bit negative or critical. But here`s your chance to influence ChiCom policy!! (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** COLOMBIA. 1309.682. HJAK, La Voz de la Patria, Barranquilla, DEC 2 0445 - Fair-good in LSB; religious talk by two men taking phone calls with many ‘Allelujah’ and ‘Amen’ outbursts. Upstream video web feed showed two men and a woman in the studio (en cabina) talking with about a 20 seconds delay on the feed. Very good signal with minimal interference from 1310 kHz. Listed sign-off at 0500 but recheck at 0545 showed them still here. DEC 3 0524 - Gospel songs and a ‘La Voz de la Patria Celestial’ ID at 0530 (Werner Funkenhauser, Sebring FL; WiNRADiO G31DDC, Welbrook ALA1530 S, Parr end-fed longwire and Quantum Phaser, NRC IDXD Jan 30 via DXLD) ** CUBA. 6060, Jan 29 at 0636, RHC is in Spanish instead of English on this frequency only, with usual LAH, presumably off-frequency Brasil, SRDA Curitiba. 15700, Jan 29 at 1417, CRI English relay continues, with usual dirty signal. Now that there are two of these blasting in on 19m, along with RHC 15370 both until 1600, if the transmitters & antennas are physically close enough, leapfrog mixing products should be possible on 15040 and 16030, but none audible yet. 9570, Jan 30 at 1400, CRI English relay supposed to be over now, but still going, opening CRI News. I quickly check the next frequency, 15700 and it is already on plus hum, so these are two separate transmitters, confirmed with two receivers, both heard at once briefly until 15700 crashes from 1401* to *1402 resuming. Recheck at 1532, Paul says it`s :35 minutes past the hour! amid bigger hum. 15230, Jan 30 at 1534, open carrier/dead air, usual weak but steady signal, presumably RHC supposed to be on until 1600 like 15370 which is nominal. 6000, Jan 31 at 1343, RHC is just barely modulated: wiggle that patchcord [JBM: WTP] 11840, Feb 1 at 0609, very poor in Spanish, so another overrun by RHC 5040, Feb 2 at 0627, now this RHC frequency is in wrong language, Spanish instead of English. Not unusual to find one on late with Spanish or in wrong language somewhere. English remains on: 6000 undermodulated, 6060 absent!, 6100 & 6165 very good, still overkill. 11950, Feb 2 at 1426, RHC is OFF. Maybe finally realized this was supposed to quit at 1400 instead of 1500 as had been customary (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) PHILIPPINES vs CUBA: Voice of Wilderness vs Radio Habana Cuba Feb 02: 1300-1400 11860 PUG 125 kW / 010 deg to KRE Korean Voice of Wilderness 1200-1500 11860 HAB 100 kW / 010 deg to NEAm Spanish Radio Habana Cuba http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/02/voice-of-wilderness-vs-radio-habana-cuba.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DXLD) Sometimes can hear VOW under RHC here (gh, OK, DXLD) ** CUBA [non]. USA, WWRB, heard their Global 2 internet audio feed at 2210 relaying Radio Habana Cuba in Spanish. ID's, music, and talk. Sounds like a feed taken off of a Radio Habana shortwave signal as heard with fading and static (Hans Johnson, Naples, Florida Feb 1) (via Alokesh Gupta, Feb 2, cumbredx yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1759, DXLD) One of the weirder events! Maybe meant to be tuned to WWRB frequency 5050 and picking up RHC from 5040 (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1759, DXLD) WWRB Global Two internet stream still relaying Radio Habana. 2150 with static and open frequency. *2200 in Spanish, English at 0059 check and listed Creole at 0100. This schedule would // 5040 in line with Glenn Hauser's suggestion that perhaps Global Two is picking up splatter from 5040 in relaying 5050 kHz. I do not hear such splatter hear in Southwest Florida listening to 5050. I am not sure why WWRB would use what sounds like an off air feed to transmit its Internet stream nor why it would relay Radio Habana (Hans Johnson FL Feb 5)(via Alokesh Gupta, cumbredx yg via DXLD) ** CUBA [non]. House Bill Takes Aim At Radio/TV Marti: see U S A ** CYPRUS. BBC World Service English on 1323 ends April 25 BBC news release this morning BBC - BBC World Service English to end medium wave radio services to Eastern Mediterranean on 1323 kHz in April - Media centre The BBC announced today that the English language radio service in the Eastern Mediterranean - including Israel, much of Lebanon, Cyprus and southern Turkey - will end on 25 April 2015: http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/statements/mw-eastern-med (via Mike Barraclough, dxldyg, via WORLD OF RADIO 1759, DXLD) Viz.: Date: 03.02.2015 Last updated: 04.02.2015 at 09.45 The BBC announced today that the English language radio broadcasts to the Eastern Mediterranean - including Israel, much of Lebanon, Cyprus and southern Turkey - will end on 25 April 2015. Director of BBC World Service, Fran Unsworth, says: “Our English language service will still be available via satellite and on the internet - which is increasingly how our audiences tune in. However, we cannot identify a financially viable method by which to continue medium wave radio. It is for this reason that we have decided to end these transmissions.“ Audiences in the region will be able to listen to BBC World Service English 24 hours day through the direct-to-home satellite service on Eutelsat 13 (13o East, 11,117 MHz Vertical) or through the internet at BBCWorldservice.com PR (via Hansjoerg Biener, WORLD OF RADIO 1759, DXLD) What does it incrementally cost them? It looks like they did this once before and restored broadcasting: http://mediumwave.info/newsarchive_c.html CYPRUS --- The BBC World Service has confirmed that MW transmissions to Israel and other parts of the Middle East will resume for 10hrs per day on 1323kHz [from Zyyi CYP] starting on Friday 7 June. This will give listeners breakfast listening and then drive-time and evening coverage from about 4pm to 10pm. The morning hours are as 02:59:30 to 06:59:30 GMT and the evening schedule will be 12:59:30 – 18:59:30 GMT. Steve Titherington, World Service Commissioning Editor, says: “We had a huge response to the end of MW transmissions in Israel and we are responding positively to listeners’ demands for a return to of the BBC broadcasts. Cutbacks mean we can’t return to a full day-long schedule, but we will broadcast at times when we hope audiences are most likely to listen. We want to thank our listeners for their feedback and would welcome any further comment they have about how suitable these new broadcasting times are for tuning into the BBC World Service.” As previously announced four hours per day of World Service English will continue on 720 kHz until 22:59:30 on 21 June. BBC Press Office June 7th via Wolfgang Bueschel, mwdx yg (10/6-2013 (via Steven Clift, shortwave [sic] yg via DXLD) Mi sembra un momento azzeccatissimo per chiudere un 'importante trasmissione verso il vicino oriente. Per risparmiare un pugno di sterline. È vero che non sono soldi miei, però mi sembra un bel caso di cecità politica. Ciao a tutti, (Stefano Valianti, Italy, Inviato da smartphone Samsung Galaxy, bclnews.it yg via DXLD) See also UK for Tibor Gaal`s comments ** CYPRUS [non]. SECRETBROD, Frequency change of EU News Network via Secretbrod from Jan 31 1845-1900 NF 5905 SCB 100 kW / 306 deg to WeEu English Sat, ex 5925, videos http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/02/frequency-change-of-eu-news-network.html (DX RE MIX NEWS # 94 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, Feb 3, 2015, via DXLD) As I heard them announce back on Jan 28 via WRMI (gh, DXLD) ** DIEGO GARCIA. 1485 Diego Garcia -- I'm not sure many ever picked this up, it was only about 250 watts or so but the tower for the station has been dismantled, for good, which means no more, and I don't think it's coming back (Paul Walker, Feb 3, NRC-AM via DXLD) Paul, Do you have any info on the AFN DG shortwave relay frequencies, 4319 & 12759-USB? They have not been heard for several weeks and we fear they are also gone for good. Are they still programming on FM, or online? 73, (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) None of the AFN stations worldwide steam to civilians. There is an AFN360 steaming service but it's for military. AFN DF is still on FM, don't know about SW (Paul, ibid.) ** DJIBOUTI. 4780 tentative, Radio Djibouti, Doraleh, 0014 to 0050 Islamic music, weak with om. 24 January (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, South Florida, 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, Sony 2010XA, dipoles, DX LISTENING DIGEST) So running all-night now? 4780.0 cannot be a MW harmonic frequency unless it`s way off-channel (gh, DXLD) January 27: Radio Djibouti, music 1813 on 4780 Djibouti https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZr1AlUOW2E&feature=youtu.be 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. Global 760 AM (ex-R. Cordillera), Santo Domingo has restarted on 760 kHz in August 2014; reported on 762.75 kHz (WRTH National Radio Update, Uploaded 6 February 2015, via DXLD) ** EGYPT. Radio Cairo in Russian on 2 frequencies in 1900-1915 slot: 1900-1915 on 9430 ABS 250 kW / 005 deg to EaEu Russian, on Jan 29 also on // frequency 9905 ABS 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu Russian, instead of German 1915-2000 on 9430 ABS 250 kW / 005 deg to EaEu Russian as scheduled 1915-2000 on 9905 ABS 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu German as scheduled http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/01/radio-cairo-in-russian-on-9430-and-9905.html Another anomaly observed Jan 27: R Cairo in French, instead of Russian 1855-1910 on 9430 ABS 250 kW / 005 deg to EaEu, instead of Russian 1900-2000 1910-2000 on 9430 ABS 250 kW / 005 deg to EaEu, no signal, tx off at 1910 UT! http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/01/unscheduled-broadcast-of-radio-cairo-in.html (DX RE MIX NEWS # 94 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, Feb 3, 2015, via DXLD) 9965++, Jan 31 at 0118, R. Cairo, ME music, undermodulated and as usual considerably off-frequency to hi side 9860+, Jan 31 at 0119, R. Cairo, distorted and undermodulated presumed Spanish; slightly on the hi side 12080, Jan 31 at 0119, R. Cairo? Very poor with flutter 12035, Jan 31 at 0120, R. Cairo, fair with flutter, just barely modulated. Aoki lists both 12080 and 12035 for Spanish, but I rarely hear both at the same time; nothing else listed now for either. [and non]. 12080, Feb 1 at 0050, open carrier/dead air, fair-good, presumed R. Cairo in Spanish [non]. 12035, Feb 1 at 0050, R. Cairo, extremely distorted, presumed Spanish as scheduled, also with CCCCCCI, but unseems // all the CNR1 jammers. Aoki says it`s CRI in Chinese via Xi`an 9860.0, Feb 1 at 0102, R. Cairo fair signal is JBM, distorted, humwhine 9965+, Feb 1 at 0102, R. Cairo good signal in Arabic, but undermodulated, distorted and crackling, humwhine higher pitched than 9860 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ERITREA [non]. January 30: Eritrean Forum in Tigrinya to EaAf 1741 on 11720 Issoudun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKaWtgKyrGI&feature=youtu.be 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ETHIOPIA [and non]. JAMMING --- Broadband DRM white noise jamming vs clandestine broadcasts to EaAf Radio Xoriyo: 1600-1630 on 17630 ISS 500 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Somali Tue/Sat 1600-1630 on 17870 ISS 500 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Somali Mon/Fri Oromo Voice Radio, Raadiyoo Sagalee Oromoo: 1600-1630 on 17850 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Oromo Mon/Wed/Sat Voice of Oromo Liberation: 1701-1731 on 17630 ISS 100 kW / 125 deg to EaAf Oromo Wed 1731-1800 on 17630 ISS 100 kW / 125 deg to EaAf Amharic Wed 1700-1800 on 17630 ISS 100 kW / 125 deg to EaAf Amharic Sun http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/02/broadband-drm-jamming-vs-clandestine.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov Feb 5, so info above as of NLT Feb 4, dxldyg via DXLD) ** EUROPE. PIRATE-EURO. Radio Tango Italia-Italy, 6295 AM, 2145-2210+. 01-24-15, SIO: 232. Instrumental Tangos, full ID by OM in Italian 2148 (Chris Lobdell, Box 80146, Stoneham, MA 02180, Receivers: Eton E1, JRC NRD-545, Aerials: 40 Meter Dipole, G5RV dipole, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** FRANCE [non]. "Rallye de France". Hi, It was announced in Strasbourg yesterday that the Rallye de France has been scrapped because of financial disagreement between the organizers and the French motoring federation FFSA. As a consequence the tests on 1161 kHz have been cancelled. Regards, (Edgar Pierson, France, via EuroRadio Jan 22 via BC-DX 29 Jan via DXLD) ** FRANCE. 17510, Jan 31 at 1452, poor signal with fading, American gospel huxter. Thought it might be WHRI which once used this frequency, but no comparison to strength of 17790 WRMI and HFCC shows 17510 is now something via MBR, Issoudun, 250 kW, 83 degrees at 1400- 1500 Sats, 1430-1500 Suns. We have to go to Aoki for the specifics: Bible Voice Broadcasting, English at 1400-1500 Saturdays only (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** FRANCE. 24950-USB, Feb 2 at 1425, F5BBD is calling CQ 12 in English, Daniel from northern France a few km from the Belgian border, making quick pro-forma US contacts such as with N9ETB; says running 300 watts. QRZ.com shows: F5BBD DANIEL TAQUET LE PRESBYTERE - LAVAQUERESSE F-02450 BOUE France Little else making it on 12m, let alone 15, least of all K1N Navassa (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY. Re: ``I think AFN has left AM completely. On the website of AFN only frequencies for FM and digital transmissions. 73s (Uwe Sennewald-D, Jan 16, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg / dxld) TIME TO UP TO DATE THE INFOs (probably Dario comment, ibid.)`` AFN in Germany still to be heard on small MW installations on: 1107 kHz AFN PowerNet/AFN Bavaria, Vilseck, Bavaria. 1143 kHz via Bitburg airbase. 1485 kHz via Hohenfels, army training camp (Wolfgang Büschel, BC-DX 29 Jan via DXLD) ** GERMANY. MV Baltic Radio via Hamburger Lokal Radio Sun, February 1: 1000-1100 on 9485 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg to CeEu German 1st Sun CUSB, video http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/02/mv-baltic-radio-via-hamburger-lokal.html Radio Tropicana via Hamburger Lokal Radio on Sunday, February 1: 1500-1600 on 9485 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg to CeEu Spanish and Portuguese Sun http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/02/radio-tropicana-via-hamburger-lokal.html (DX RE MIX NEWS # 94 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, Feb 3, 2015, via DXLD) ** GERMANY. Deutschland: Seit 2006 geht ein Radio Öömrang am 21. Februar (Internationaler Tag der Muttersprache) mit einem Programm in Amrum-Friesisch (= Öömrang) auf die Kurzwelle. In den Vorjahren kam die Sendung 1600-1659 (MEZ+1) Uhr auf 15215 kHz. Empfangsberichte werden nicht von den Produzenten, sondern nur von Media Broadcast (QSL-Shortwave@media-broadcast.com) bestätigt (Dr. Hansjörg Biener, ntt aktuell Februar 2015, via DXLD) ** GERMANY. Dear friends of Radio Channel 292, We want to establish a regular section in our program: Recordings of the Offshore Era, RNI, Veronica, Caroline, Laser, Atlantis etc. We are on plan to run 1 to 3 hours each day, Monday till Friday, and from our listeners we want to know: Which time of day would you prefer to listen to these recordings? Please post here, or write to: info@channel292.de And, if some of you have recordings of these stations, we would be glad if you could send them in for broadcasting! Especially recordings, not already to be downloaded from the net. You can mail them, send it with Dropbox, or upload it to our server. Thank you! We need some more sponsors to book time on our transmitter - are you interested? It is easy and one hour costs only 15 €! Radio Channel 292, Rudolf-Diesel-Str. 1, 85296 ROHRBACH http://www.channel292.de (Via Tom Taylor, Jan 31, DXLD) Channel 292 relays in coming weekends from January 31 till March 29: 0700-1100 6070 ROB 010 kW / non-dir Sat Jan 31 Radio Mi Amigo Int 0900-1000 6070 ROB 010 kW / non-dir Sun Feb 01 Goldrausch 6070 1000-1300 6070 ROB 010 kW / non-dir Sun Feb 01 Bluestar Radio 1600-1700 6070 ROB 010 kW / non-dir Sun Feb 01 8 Radio Ireland 0700-1100 6070 ROB 010 kW / non-dir Sat Feb 07 Radio Mi Amigo Int 1000-1300 6070 ROB 010 kW / non-dir Sun Feb 08 Bluestar Radio 1600-1700 6070 ROB 010 kW / non-dir Sun Feb 08 8 Radio Ireland 0700-1100 6070 ROB 010 kW / non-dir Sat Feb 14 Radio Mi Amigo Int 1000-1100 6070 ROB 010 kW / non-dir Sat Feb 14 KIM FM Nijmweg 1100-1200 6070 ROB 010 kW / non-dir Sat Feb 14 Power Radio Nijmweg 1400-1600 6070 ROB 010 kW / non-dir Sat Feb 14 Radio Spaceshuttle 1000-1300 6070 ROB 010 kW / non-dir Sun Feb 15 Bluestar Radio 0700-1100 6070 ROB 010 kW / non-dir Sat Feb 21 Radio Mi Amigo Int 1000-1100 6070 ROB 010 kW / non-dir Sat Feb 21 KIM FM Nijmweg 1100-1200 6070 ROB 010 kW / non-dir Sat Feb 21 Power Radio Nijmweg 1000-1300 6070 ROB 010 kW / non-dir Sun Feb 22 Bluestar Radio 0700-1100 6070 ROB 010 kW / non-dir Sat Feb 28 Radio Mi Amigo Int 1000-1100 6070 ROB 010 kW / non-dir Sat Feb 28 KIM FM Nijmweg 1100-1200 6070 ROB 010 kW / non-dir Sat Feb 28 Power Radio Nijmweg 0900-1000 6070 ROB 010 kW / non-dir Sun Mar 01 Super Clan Radio 1000-1300 6070 ROB 010 kW / non-dir Sun Mar 01 Bluestar Radio 0700-1100 6070 ROB 010 kW / non-dir Sat Mar 07 Radio Mi Amigo Int 1000-1100 6070 ROB 010 kW / non-dir Sat Mar 07 KIM FM Nijmweg 1100-1200 6070 ROB 010 kW / non-dir Sat Mar 07 Power Radio Nijmweg 0900-1000 6070 ROB 010 kW / non-dir Sun Mar 08 Super Clan Radio 1000-1200 6070 ROB 010 kW / non-dir Sun Mar 08 Radio Diamond 0700-1100 6070 ROB 010 kW / non-dir Sat Mar 14 Radio Mi Amigo Int 1000-1100 6070 ROB 010 kW / non-dir Sat Mar 14 KIM FM Nijmweg 1100-1200 6070 ROB 010 kW / non-dir Sat Mar 14 Power Radio Nijmweg 1600-1800 6070 ROB 010 kW / non-dir Sat Mar 14 Radio Spaceshuttle 0900-1000 6070 ROB 010 kW / non-dir Sun Mar 15 Super Clan Radio 0700-1100 6070 ROB 010 kW / non-dir Sat Mar 21 Radio Mi Amigo Int 0900-1000 6070 ROB 010 kW / non-dir Sun Mar 22 Super Clan Radio 0700-1100 6070 ROB 010 kW / non-dir Sat Mar 28 Radio Mi Amigo Int 0900-1000 6070 ROB 010 kW / non-dir Sun Mar 29 Super Clan Radio 1400-1700 6070 ROB 010 kW / non-dir Sun Mar 29 Radio Beatspektrum Subject to change. More info: http://www.channel292.de/schedule-for-bookings (DX Re Mix News Jan 29 via DXLD) ** GERMANY [non]. RWANDA relay closing: Q.V. ** GOA. 11740, AIR (Panaji), 1519-1530* 28 Jan., 1450-1529* 29 Jan., 1528-1532* 2 Feb. A somewhat flexible s/off time, it seems - sked in Pashto until 1529* after "local" tune, but occasionally runs late with English (ID on the 28th and news/sports on the 2nd). Mixing with CNR2 (Lingshi). (Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA PL606 ‘barefoot’, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GREECE. OUR INVESTIGATIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THE HISTORY OF CORRUPTION, LAWLESSNESS, AND CENSORSHIP IN GREECE’S MEDIA Featured --- Posted on October 1, 2014 by Dialogos Media In 2001, 12 years before the forced shutdown of ERT, the Greek government sent riot police to forcefully shut down 66 independent radio stations in Athens. In collaboration with Truthout, Dialogos Media is presenting its new, investigative series of articles which examine the long and troubled history of corruption, lawlessness, and censorship in Greece’s media landscape. This series of articles investigates, in depth, these longstanding trends in Greek media, a situation which has been worsening in recent years, in the midst of Greece’s severe economic and political crisis. The portions of this investigative series of articles which have so far been published in Truthout include: Part 1: Corruption, Clientelism And Censorship In Greece’s Media Landscape Part 2: Savage Deregulation: Further Censorship And Crackdowns In Greek Media Part 3: Twelve Years Before ERT’s Shutdown, A Dark Chapter In Greece’s Media History Part 4: Setting a Bad Example: Flouting Legal Requirements in Greek Broadcasting Part 5: In Greece: Media Censorship, Self-Censorship, Journalist Arrests and Murder Part 6: Greek Mainstream Media: Economic Interests Come Before the Law Part 7: “I Have Just Been Ordered Not to Speak”: Reasons for Greek Public Broadcasting Shutdown Part 8: “Greece: A Grave Situation With Very Real Consequences“ In addition, this series will be translated into French, with the following portions having been published so far: Part 1: http://www.okeanews.fr/20141003-corruption-clientelisme-censure-paysage-mediatique-grec Part 2: http://www.okeanews.fr/20141008-deregulation-sauvage-davantage-censure-repression-les-medias-grecs Part 3: http://www.okeanews.fr/20141017-douze-ans-fermeture-dert-autre-page-sombre-lhistoire-medias-grecs?preview_id=26085 Part 4: http://www.okeanews.fr/20141105-donner-mauvais-exemple-comment-bafouer-les-lois-laudiovisuel-grec The fifth installment of our investigative series was also featured by Greece’s “Kouti tis Pandoras” news website, while Michael Nevradakis, producer/host of Dialogos Radio, was quoted in a similar article on corruption and censorship in Greece’s media published by The Christian Science Monitor. We are working on having the Greek version of this series published soon as well --- http://dialogosmedia.org/?p=1958 (Dialogos Media via gh, DXLD) It`s also a program on Global 24 Hopeless, the rich Greeks Upper Class, shipping companies, oligarchs, and the Orthodox Church will finally pay ALSO national taxes in future? (Wolfgang Büschel, BC-DX 29 Jan via DXLD) ** GREECE. Helliniki Radiophonia noted 5 kHz off frequency from 0110 UT to 0145 UT 29 January 2015 --- Tuned into station during band scan at 0110 UT. It was playing 1970s rock music like Love is Like Oxygen by Sweet and Evil Woman by ELO. Male announcer speaking in Greek between each song. Initial signal strength was weak, SIO 233 on PL-880 and PL-380. Also weak and noisy on University of Twente Websdr. Switched to local Perseus with Wellbrook antenna. Reception improved from SIO 443 to SIO 555 during recording of 100 kHz wide RF from 0126 to 0140. Observation showed carrier on 9415 with nothing on assigned 9420 kHz as per Aoki and EiBi. Switched back to PL-880 as signal had improved to SIO 555. PL-880 with internal whip provided easy copy from 0140 to 0145 when signal suddenly dropped out. Signal returned several seconds later but decidedly not on 9415. Tuning to 9420 restored clear strong signal. Verified via local Perseus receiver that carrier was now on 9420 with no carrier at 9415. Same male announcer was noted between songs at 0153. University of Twente Websdr also showed same shift. Ended reception at 0154 UT. -- 73, (Mark Clark, Lancaster County, PA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9935, Jan 29 at 0642, ERTOpen in Greek, motorboating but readable, // stronger 9420. With BFO, 9935 carrier is obviously wobbling rapidly 9935, Jan 30 at 0617, ERTOpen is motorboating here but clear on stronger // 9420 in Greek. 9935, Jan 31 at 0118, horrible whine and motorboating atop program modulation in Greek from ERTOpen; no such problem on stronger // 9420 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ERT Open on Saturday, January 31: from 0700 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek from 0700 on 11645 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg to NoAf Greek from 0700 on 15630 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Greek At 0901 all are cut off, no signal 1100, 1300 & 1500. http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/01/ert-open-on-saturday-january-31.html (DX RE MIX NEWS # 94 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, Feb 3, 2015, via DXLD) Avlis on air again at 19 UT Feb 3 on 9420.004 9935.007 15650.036 kHz wb (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Yes, they had a brief broadcast this evening in Spanish ending around 1714 UT, on 9420 kHz, then in Greek with usual commercials, IDs. 73s (Marty Delfín, Madrid Spain, Sony ICFSW77, telescopic antenna, Feb 3, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ERT Open was back on shortwave [Feb 3] after break at 0900 UT Jan 31 from 1715 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek from 1715 9935 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Greek from 1715 15650 AVL 100 kW / 105 deg to SoAs Greek, instead of 15630 from 1805 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek from 1805 9935 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Greek from 1805 15650 AVL 100 kW / 105 deg to SoAs Greek, instead of 15630 from 1950 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek from 1950 9935 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Greek from 1950 15650 AVL 100 kW / 105 deg to SoAs Greek, instead of 15630 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/02/ert-open-again-on-shortwave-on-feb3.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DXLD) ** GREECE. INTERESTING TALK STATIONS IN THESSALONIKI (with some stream too [and logos]) As with every city, there are talk radio stations with mostly news and information related to the city; the same happens with Thessaloniki having many radio stations. Here I will describe my most interesting radio stations: https://sites.google.com/site/zliangas/fm-talk (Zacharias Liangas, Feb 2, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUAM. 15190, Feb 3 at 1406, fair & steady signal, preacher with curious Britishish accent, asserting his religion is the real one; BDXC`s Broadcasts in English booklet by the radio IDs it right away as KTWR (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUATEMALA. 4055, R. Verdad, 1/29, 1210. Keyboards, hymns. Very tinny sounding audio. Good signal. 73 and Good Listening! (Rick Barton, Box 1804, El Mirage, AZ, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4055, Radio Verdad, 0033 religious music in Spanish; 0940 to 0945 in Spanish. 5-5-5 Local station for South Florida, 30 January (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, South Florida, 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, Sony 2010XA, dipoles; and XM, Cedar Key, Florida, NRD525D, R8A, E5, via Wilkner, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUYANA. Hi Glenn, I have the Voice of Guyana on the air at, don't laugh, 400 watts. 3.290 MHz is the freq. I am going to repair a few more amplifiers and get them up to about a kilowatt for now. Have to reconfigure the combiner though. The antenna is in rough shape, but surprisingly being heard well down into interior Guyana, which is the main purpose. (On a portable no less!!) I'll keep you posted on how it's going. It's 80 degrees and very "tropical" here now. Best Regards (Jamie Labadia, visiting Guyana, 0147 UT Feb 2, WORLD OF RADIO 1759, DX LISTENING DIGEST) BTW, I was surprised to see that the WRTH 2015 (and 2014) list 3290 and 5950 as if they were active, but do double-dagger 760 as inactive. Several reports since then all for MW 560. 3290 Guyana last reported on July 27, 2012, as in http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld1231.txt (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1759, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Checking around 0300 UT Feb 2, I do have a JBA carrier on 3290- via the DX-398 but not the PL-880 - could be it. Slightly on the lo side; much weaker than 3320 S Africa, 3330 Canada. Will it be on all-night? After local noise sources diminish, Feb 2 at 0629 I try again, and now a very poor signal on 3290- in English sounds like BBCWS, but not // or not synchro with 9460. Meanwhile after I post this news ASAP on the DXLDyg, reports come in: Brandon Jordan in TN had it at 0333 on 3289.973, 0359 switching to BBC overnight feed just like they used to do. Bruce Portzer in Seattle also had a carrier around 0500. Daniel Wyllyans in Brasil was already hearing it as an unID (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.: Likely Guyana on 3289.973 at 0333 UT tune-in playing Indian Love Call by The Browns. More non-stop US easy pop music, Nat King Cole at 0346, Brandy at 0350. Nice S5-S6 signal for 400 watts. Deep voiced male announcer with time check at 0356, mentioning farewell until next time and finishing with Goodbye To Love by the Carpenters. Audio switched to BBC feed at 0359. 73, (Brandon Jordan, WA4230SWL Fayette County, TN EM55gc, Feb 2, http://www.swldx.us WinRadio G33DDC G313-e | RFSpace SDR-IQ NetSDR | Elad FDM-S2 | Icom R75 IC-7200 Array Solutions AS-SAL-30 Shared Apex Loop DX Engineering NCC-1 Phased ARAV3 Verticals dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1759, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I'm getting a carrier just below 3290 kHz at 0455-0508, averaging about 15 db above the noise in Seattle. Little if any audio at this point (Bruce Portzer, Feb 2, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1759, DXLD) I'm measuring frequency at about 3289.977, so very nice to see a reactivated SW country! Audio was there around 0400. A little weaker and just barely audible with low modulation at recheck now, 0613 (Walt Salmaniw, Victoria BC, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1759, DXLD) UNID Reception Anyone know? Alguem sabe? Há alguns dias venho monitorando com o meu novo recptor; hoje consegui melhor sinal às 0255 UT passando músicas, seria NBC? [Namibia? No, long gone from SW] Ou Voice of Guyana reativada? Obrigado se puderem indentificar (Dexista PT 9008 SWL, se quiser via email e danielnx18@gmail.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvkeK7vWW1E&feature=youtu.be Hard-Core-DX mailing list Feb 2, via DXLD) I replied with the above info (gh) Thanks you veri mach Glenn Hauser, 73s video 2 OM SPINK, Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fd6nJUxQUUA&feature=youtu.be 0455 UT (Daniel Wyllyans, Nova Xavantina MT, Brasil, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Forwarded these reports to Jamie and he replies at 1127 UT Feb 2 (gh): ``Yes, That's us!! That was a repeat of the Sunday afternoon program. Made for great listening while working on the amplifiers --- Nat King Cole, Glenn Miller, Woody Herman. Thanks to all of the great DXers out there. I will be working on the transmitter until just after local sundown, then leave it on the air until the next morning. Glenn, thank you very much for this great resource. Surprised more engineers aren't using it as their "remote S meter"!! Jamie`` He said he planned to put V of Guyana on a higher frequency for better domestic coverage. 5950 used to be the daytime channel on the originally 10-kW transmitter, and it might be OK in the daytime now with possible het from Bolivia on 5952+, but at night there would be clashes from Germany, Iran, Ethiopia; and R. Pio XII until it closes (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Feb 2, checking 3290, heard decent signal with open carrier at 0335, 0356, 0420, 0436, 0441 and 0501. Could not hear any audio - none at all, but signal strength was respectable. Great to have VOG back again on SW! FYI - Back in 2011 had fair reception: “Good morning everyone. This is the VOG, the Voice of Guyana, of the National Communications Network Inc., beginning its transmission of local programming for today, Wednesday, March 16, 20-11. The National Communications Network, Inc. has its studios at Broadcasting House on Church Avenue, Georgetown. Voice of Guyana transmits on 560 kHz on the MW band, 104.5 MHz. on the FM band and 3.290 MHz. on the 90 meter band. Transmitters in the Linden area transmit on 700 kHz on the MW band and 106.5 MHz on the FM band. Voice of Guyana is on the air 24 hours daily, except in cases of maintenance operations. The time is 4 hours 4 and your announcer is Colin Charles. A very good morning to you and welcome to Inspiration Time on the VOG, the Voice of Guyana.” https://app.box.com/shared/zoa3y14leu There is streaming of 98.1 FM, but must not be the same programming as VOG - http://www.ncnguyana.com/ Believe there is no audio streaming available for VOG? (Ron Howard, CA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 3289.975, V. of Guyana. Heard in amidst of the ute here, first noted at 0118. MOR W vocalist at 0331 recheck. Quite readable at 0336, and at 0337 with Johnny Mathis-like song, and another at 0346-0348. Then "Last Date" by Floyd Cramer, cutoff, and into a different song. 0357 started "Last Date" again and deep-voiced M sounding like a Caribbean accent. 0328 "Goodbye to Love" by the Carpenters then W announcer at 0359 (probably the pre-ToH BBC promo, 0400 time ticks and BBC news // 9460. Came back later when the electricity was out due to an ice storm and found the frequency clear of the ute and W in English with religious program at 0804. Hindi music at 0815 recheck then tried to air a religious program but the audio was cutting out badly. 0829 deep- voiced M came on with ID and apologized, then choral NA at 0830. 0831 different M briefly and then what appeared to be the Koran. Into a pop music program with M DJ host. Fading by 0840. Nice ID at 0848. Nice to have them back on SW. (2 Feb.) (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus with Wellbrook ALA1530S and 153 foot triangular Delta Loop, Cumbre dx via DXLD) See also SURINAME 3290-, Feb 3 at 0643, very poor signal from V. of Guyana, presumably with BBCWS overnite relay, marred by ute blob circa 3287, but then it goes off (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn, Thank you and your members very much. I appreciate you pulling us out through all the noise. I will work on some form of QSL method for everyone. I now have the transmitter running at 1,000 watts. It's the best I can do with what parts were on hand. Here are some pictures for you. The one accompanying this E-mail is the Broadband Dipole for the shortwave. (Kind of hard to see, due to the background light.) This is a picture of all three transmitters. Transmitter Left - 20 Kilowatt Medium-wave on 560 K.C. Transmitter Center- 5 Kilowatt Medium-wave on 560 K.C. (Back-up) Transmitter Right- 10 Kilowatt Shortwave on 3.290 MHz. Currently only at 1 kW. That is me behind the transmitter, working on one of the amplifiers. The second picture is the single amplifier you guys did/barely/or didn't hear the past few nights. Now there are two. (Wooooohoooo!!) Thanks (Jamie Labadia, UT Feb 4, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Pictures were attached to my DXLD yg posts about this (gh) 3289.977, Voice of Guyana, Sparendaam, Feb 4 0040 - local religious program with Caribbean accented host, song One Day At a Time, prayer and contact info. "You`re listening to the Voice of Guyana" at the top of the hour followed by a female announcer playing light instrumental music. There is what sounds to be a STANAG4285 signal centered just below and covering this frequency that peaks to the NE which I have been able to null with the Shared Apex Loop aimed SE, but it is extra strong now and is adding a bit of noise to an otherwise good signal from Guyana. – 73, (Brandon Jordan, WA4230SWL, Fayette County, TN EM55gc, http://www.swldx.us WinRadio G33DDC G313-e | RFSpace SDR-IQ NetSDR | Elad FDM-S2 | Icom R75 IC-7200, Array Solutions SAL-30 Shared Apex Loop, DX Engineering NCC-1 Phased ARAV3 Verticals, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) There are several Facebook pages which involve NCN / V Of Guyana. I *think* this is the official page. I made contact through this page a few years ago and they did confirm my reception via listening to a recording I posted on Soundcloud; however, the NCN staffmember with whom I communicated got reassigned, and the new staffer in charge lf the webpage was less communicative. It may be possible again for those who wish to try. https://www.facebook.com/NCNGuyana (Bruce Jensen, California, USA, Feb 4, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Or for the time-traveller, here`s my QSL from 1958: http://www.w4uvh.net/guianab.jpg (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) Here is my QSL from 2 decades later: http://swldx.us/blog/?p=1788 (Brandon Jordan, TN, ibid.) 3290-, Feb 4 at 0615, Voice of Guiana is better, now that Jamie has upped the power from 400 to 1000 watts, and it is // 9460 BBCWS but about half a second ahead of Ascension. No QRM now from the ute on the lo side, or anything, but still tough copy. My next check at 0640 Feb 5: hi local noise level here prevented anything but detecting the 3290- carrier (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1759, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 3289.977, Voice of Guyana, Sparendaam, Feb 5 0028 - nice program of Hindi filmi songs, 'Jab Hum Jawan Honge, Janey Kahan Honge' from Betaab soundtrack at tune in, male DJ with Voice of Guyana ID and TC's, mentioning 560 AM and 102.5 FM. Music switching to obscrue light pop at 0038, with All Day Song by Evie. Nice modulation and signal, lightly spoiled by the utility and Gulf of Mexico lightning. -- 73, (Brandon Jordan, WA4230SWL, Fayette County, TN EM55gc, http://www.swldx.us etc., dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 3290 - Is it Guyana? 0050 GMT forward. Gospel-ish vocal, accented English Jesus talk man. Bad neighborhood TV noise. Generic cocktail EZL instrumentals after 0100-0102 seemingly news. You shortly? (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater FL, UT Feb 5, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 3289.93, Guyana in well at 0145 with om vocalist. 73 (Bob + two friends Wilkner at the QTH Pompano Beach, Florida, UT Feb 5, ibid.) 3290, per Dave Valko's log on Monday, tuned V. of Guyana on 2/5 from 0712 from Perseus site in Alberta (also heard at home QTH at slightly reduced level) with BBC World Service programming to 0759. Man with "Voice of Guyana" announcement at 0759 followed by two choral music selections. Into non-stop Hindi vocal/instrumentals from 0808 to 0834. Then back to choral selection to 0837. Man announcer (English) followed by Koran reading 0837-0841 then man again in English with "God is great..." etc. Locally-produced variety music program (C&W, Hindi, etc.) with man at 0841 - "The Nation's Station, the Voice of Guyana" heard at 0844. V. of Guyana always has quite interesting and multi-cultural programming! Nice level at S4 throughout. The VE6JY site has a propagation tunnel into S. Am it seems as Guyana, Surinam, Brazilian, Bolivian and Peruvians come in well here 0700-1100. SINPO for this reception was 45334. Glad to hear this one again - it was the star performer on 90m this evening! (Bruce Churchill, DXplorer via Wolfgang Büschel, DXLD) 3289.975, At 0918 UT Feb 5, Elvis Presley "Great Pretender" song, S=8 -74dBm strength heard on remote unit in Florida-USA. At 0920 UT Indian Hindi like music, high pitch female singer performs. 0924 announcement in heavily accented English, followed by another ?Vernacular? singer and drums musicians. wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** HEARD ISLAND. VK0IR DXPEDITION BOOK (FREE!!!). Rich, KY6R, reports on the VK0EK Web page: Imagine what it is like to go to Heard Island on a DX-pedition. With this FREE book, you can ride along with the team who activated Heard Island way back in 1997 - almost 20 years ago. Visit this link - and download your free book - and ride along on an adventure of a lifetime. Then get ready to ride along with the VK0EK Team - who will set sail for Heard Island in November, 2015! http://www.heardisland.org/HD_documents/VK0IR/VK0IR_Book.PDF You can download this book to your Kindle or other PDF reading device or computer. The entire book is 100MB - so if you'd rather download chapters, please visit this page: http://www.heardisland.org/HD_pages/HD_book_VK%C3%98IR.html (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1200, February 2, 2015, Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW, Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio) via Dave Raycroft, ODXA yg via DXLD) ** HUNGARY. 24940-USB, Jan 31 at 1502, HA3NU making quick contacts with US stations; is there a contest? QRZ.com shows: HA3NU LASZLO WEISZ ZRINYI U. 99. SZEKSZARD H-7100 Hungary And refers to his own homepage: http://radioamator.honlapepites.hu/?p=365 headed by an impressive photo of the town viewed thru his quad antenna, altho all antennas were destroyed in a storm. Turn radio back on at 1645, and HA3NU is still going, cleaning up on US contacts (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. 4990, AIR Itanagar, 1420, Jan 29. Into news in English; poor underneath PBS Hunan (with Chinese opera); mostly unusable. 5040 AIR Jeypore, 1507, Jan 28. Doing well with some CODAR QRM; playing subcontinent music. 5050, AIR Aizawl, 1600-1630*, Jan 28. Playing foreign language EZL pop songs (almost sounded German?); announcer between songs; almost fair after BBR/China signed off at 1600, also on 5050 (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. 9690, Feb 1 at 1400, AIR with unusually fair signal, speech about India`s leadership in S Asia, and just as I am getting into it, dumps off the air at 1402* for a sesquiminute until *1403.5 carrier back on, 1403.8 resume modulation. Meanwhile I check the two //: 13710 blocked as usual by CRI English; 11620 very poor, unusable (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. 9380, Feb 2 at 1402, open carrier/dead air, fair with flutter and still at 1410. Presumed AIR Aligarh where National Channel is supposed to start (including modulation) at 1320 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. Reception conditions at my new urban QTH are simply impossible. I’m trying to cope with my long-term addiction to SWL/DXing by trying some online receivers. Via RX320D in NY: AIR-Bengaluru on 11670 at 2123, Jan 31, in English with excellent quality subcontinental vocals and instrumental mx. W w ID at 2130 into pgm on India cinema. Very strong, S9+15. (M W Bryant, KY: Online RX320D in NY, USA, dxldyg ** INDIA. All India Radio is in the process of preparing A15 schedule, if you have any suggestions please post in this group. Join as at : https://www.facebook.com/groups/dxindia/ Regards, (Jose Jacob/Alokesh Gupta, DX_India yg via DXLD) Yes, please begin a GOS in English for North America on AM (not DRM) shortwave. You will need to acquire time on a SW facility in Europe or North America due to the distance and transpolar location. India is the only major country which has never broadcast directly to North America! It is time to rectify this. Among the US stations which already relay several overseas stations are Global 24 and WRMI (which also is the transmitter for Global 24). If there is any interest, I will be more than happy to put you in contact with them, recommend times and frequencies. Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO, (posted to dx_india yg but no show by a week later --- nixed by moderators, not wanting to hear this? The warming of relations between our leaders ought to help --- gh) ** INDONESIA. 9526-, Feb 2 at 1404, Voice of Indonesia, JBA carrier on BFO but hardly strong enough even to make a 4+ kHz het with the China Radio War on 9530. It`s been detectable every morning for a long time, but never any more than that, so I have not bothered to log it. For the record, I do today. At 1525 its presence is revealed by the <1 kHz het it makes with East Turkistan, CRI English via Kashgar, on 9525.0. Atsunori Ishida, http://rri.jpn.org logged it on the air every day since November 20 but with some partial lapses and ``often poor modulation or no modulation``. So the Voice of Indonesia has been reliably on air, but totally useless (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INTERNATIONAL INTERNET. Pirate Station Special Show [1 Attachment] [Attachment(s) from Hobart Radio International included below] Ahoy fellow DXers, Like me you would have fond memories of hearing pirates from yesteryear. This is an absolutely wonderful special that we hope will gain momentum to be audible across the world on shortwave by none other than shortwave pirate stations. We haven't really entered into North American shores yet so are on the lookout for a relay. Sit back, relax and enjoy the special show! In the one-hour pirate station special you will hear: -Cracker Radio -KIPM: Illuminati Prima Materia -WBNY - The Bunny Revolution -Radio Mustang -Premier Radio -Bangalore Poacher -Laser Hot Hits -Radio Barracuda -Take It Easy Radio -RNI: Radio Northsea International -Sensation AM -AlfaLima International -Zex Chettel Alien Broadcast -Radio Ice Cream -Radio Kaleidoscope -Voice of Captain Ron To LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD the podcast simply head to: http://hriradio.org Join us on Facebook at: facebook.com/dxextra Subscribe to the RSS feed DOWNLOAD directly at: https://archive.org/download/PirateStationSpecial/PirateStationSpecial.mp3 Kind regards, (hriradio.org Jan 29, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) A.k.a. Robin Harwood ** INTERNATIONAL INTERNET. Re: [Swprograms] Testing the new 1 Radio News app --- We reached a milestone with 100+ live stations in English from 40+ nations. In addition to global news, we've worked to add interesting "slice of life" niche stations like Rural Radio from Nebraska or community public radio from Kodiak Island in Alaska. The big challenge is finding stations with big blocks of original local news and talk programming. In larger English speaking countries we have added stations in various regions from a leading "outback" station in Australia to St. John's Canada in Newfoundland. In Melbourne we've found an interesting community radio station with lots of talk/interview/discussion oriented shows and in UK we added three more or less arts-oriented stations that are not just music. The fun continues: full list to date http://1radionews.com/live Along the way, I am collecting links to podcasts from international broadcasters/external services - does anyone already maintain an OMPL file of these sources? Cheers, (Steven Clift, swprograms via DXLD) ** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM. Decided to get my Worldspace radio out today to see if there was anything left. At first it said “no beam” but after a beam search it found Afristar 1 again. Only one station on air called CII, an islamic channel based in South Africa. All talk with an occasional VW advert from JoBerg. Also two data channels. A sad end. (Gareth Foster, Feb 1, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) In this country Qualcomm owns 1452-1492 MHz which Worldspace also uses. Qualcomm plan to use it for mobile broadband, see http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/consultations/spectrum-review/summary/condoc.pdf (Trevor M5AKA, ibid.) ** IRAN. IRIB provincial stations produce a common programme called “Shabhaye Iran” (Iran nights). It is produced by each studio in turn and broadcast between 2100-2230 via most provincial stations (WRTH National Radio Update, Uploaded 6 February 2015, via DXLD) ** IRAN. In mailbox pleased to find a letter from the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting. In the envelope: QSL card with a view of the architectural monument, greeting izobrazheniemi Ayyatoly Khamenei and schedule for the current period. The report is sent to the address: englishradio@irib.ir Iribworld@irib.com negar@rose.ipm.ac.ir koosar@rose.ipm.ac.ir irib@dci.iran.com for reception on 7200 kHz. Russian service of the answer is no (Vladimir Nikitin, St. Petersburg, Russia / "open-dx" via RusDX 1 Feb via DXLD) A few years did not confirm my reports sent to the Russian service "Voice of the Islamic Republic of Iran" and that's a miracle happened! sent them a recent report and was told that they: ..... Dear Dmitry! Thank you for the report on the reception, please tell us what you QSL-Cards still got us. Best wishes Russian Service GIRI ..... Wrote to them that he had received the card number 2 and 3 and then from the English service. Was told that they: .... We sent you a QSL 4. Please let us know if you have QSL cards number 1 in the next report on the reception we will send you a QSL 1. After receiving 10 cards, you send 3 diploma. Best wishes, Russian Service Broadcaster of Iran .... I will wait for a response by mail (Dmitry Kutuzov, Ryazan, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" via RusDX 1 Feb via DXLD) Received QSL-cards Russian program of the Voice of the Islamic Republic of Iran. # 8. 01.12.2014 / 17.50-18.50 / 6110 kHz (Anatoly Klepov, Moscow, Russia, ibid.) ** IRAN. 13570, Jan 30 at 1529, Qur`an-like singing, fair signal vs CODAR, 1530 three chimes and news theme, Arabic ID for VIRI. It`s Kamalabad at 1020-1700 per Aoki, 259 degrees with 500 kW (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** IRAN [and non]. CHINA, China Radio International vs Voice of Islamic Republic of Iran IRIB 1930-2027 7350 URU 500 kW / 270 deg to WeAf French CRI 1923-2020 7350 KAM 500 kW / 298 deg to WeEu English VIRI IRIB, strong co-channel http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/02/china-radio-international-vs-voice-of.html (DX RE MIX NEWS # 94 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, Feb 3, 2015, via DXLD) ** IRAN. 15530, IRIB, 2/2 0531 UT. Noticias sobre oriente medio, luego de Estados Unidos basadas en RT (cadena rusa) y noticias sobre América Latina. Posteriormente un informe sobre el Washington Post sobre la cooperación entre el Mossad y la CIA en el asesinato de un activista islámico. A las 0545, hay un comentario sobre Syriza en Grecia y sus conexiones con el partido español Podemos". A las 0550, hay un espacio de un panel de comentarios acerca del 36 aniversario de la Revolución Islámica en Irán. SINPO: 55544 (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Realistic DX-160, Ant: Hilo de 40 metros, QTH: Barraza Bajo, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) Morning service in Spanish to Europe (gh) ** IRAN [non]. 12005, Jan 29 at 1449, R. Farda ID and pop music. 13615, Jan 29 at 1454, here`s another R. Farda, about one second ahead of 12005; both good with deep fading. Per HFCC, on Jan 12, 12005 usage changed starting at 1430: had been Lampertheim, Germany; now it`s due east from Woofferton UK with 300 kW until 1730, also replacing Biblis at 1530-1730. 13615 remains Lampertheim, GERMANY (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** IRAN [non]. January 26 Radio Ranginkaman in Farsi to WeAs 1702 on additional 9925 and 2 hx 19850 Secretbrod https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQzXzhfGtq4&feature=youtu.be Radio Ranginkaman in Farsi to WeAs 1710 on additional 9925 and 2 hx 19850 Secretbrod https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upybtJQmJWw&feature=youtu.be Radio Ranginkaman in Farsi to WeAs 1727 on additional 9925 and 2 hx 19850 Secretbrod https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2556BGUqLA&feature=youtu.be 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** IRELAND [non]. GERMANY, Channel 292 relay 8 Radio Ireland at new time on February 1: 1300-1400 on 6070 ROB 010 kW / non-dir to CeEu English, not 1600-1700 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/02/channel-292-relay-8-radio-ireland-at.html (DX RE MIX NEWS # 94 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, Feb 3, 2015, via DXLD) ** ITALY [non]. NEXUS IRRS Shortwave relay European Gospel Radio and others 1030-1300 on 9510 TIG 150 kW / 290 deg to WeEu English Sun, two videos http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/02/nexus-irrs-shortwave-relay-european.html (DX RE MIX NEWS # 94 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, Feb 3, 2015, via DXLD) TIG = ROMANIA ** JAPAN. NHK-Kyoto will close its MW Program 1 broadcast (call sign JOOK) at 1600 UT on February 1. They broadcast on 621 kHz (1 kW) from the T-shaped antenna located at the top of their building near Nijo Castle in Kyoto. The T-shaped antenna, as well as the old building will be dismantled at the same time, and NHK-Kyoto will remove the new building at Karasuma-Oike, 500m southeast from the old one. JOOK started transmission in 1932. MW Program 2 from NHK-Kyoto, with the call sign JOOB, was already closed in 1973. Listeners in Kyoto are advised to receive NHK-Osaka (JOBK 666 kHz 100 kW Mihara transmitter site) instead. 3 low powered relay stations (each 500W) at Maizuru (585 kHz), Fukuchiyama (1026 kHz), Miyazu (999 kHz) will remain. BTW Kyoto was once a capital of Japan between 794 - 1868AD (Takahito Akabayashi-JPN, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 22, BC-DX 29 Jan via DXLD)) ** JAPAN [and non]. NHK WORLD RADIO JAPAN English Days Area kHz 0500-0600 mtwtf.s NAm 9395yfr* (add) Key: * Via Global 24, schedule subject to change. (WRTH Update Jan 30 via DXLD) I had observed more than once in the last few weeks that contrary to the Global 24 schedule grid, NHK is only half an hour! Like all their other English broadcasts. Not shown, but confirmed by my monitoring, I pointed out that this put ISRAEL RADIO back on SW, at 0530-0545 and at 0545-0600 VATICAN RADIO also gets a relay on 9395 (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** JAPAN. 6055, Jan 29 at 1352, R. Nikkei I with usual English lesson on Thursdays, starting Grades 3 and 4, on theme: elexions. Apparently presented entirely in (American) English; fair signal. 9595, Jan 31 at 1351, R. Nikkei I is playing a Disney medley with really silly sounds and childish voice seemingly with Japanese lyrix, including ``Chim Chim Charee``, ``Hi Ho, Hi Ho``, 1355 ``Bippity, Boppity, Bue``, titles of which are untranslatable. What fun, on fair signal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** JAPAN. Frequency changes of Shiokaze Sea Breeze from January 26: 1330-1400 NF 6135*YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE , ex 5910 Japanese Mon 1330-1400 NF 6135*YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE , ex 5910 Chinese Tue 1330-1400 NF 6135*YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE , ex 5910 Japanese Wed 1330-1400 NF 6135*YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE , ex 5910 English Thu 1330-1400 NF 6135*YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE , ex 5910 Korean Fri 1330-1400 NF 6135*YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE , ex 5910 Korean Sat 1330-1400 NF 6135*YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE , ex 5910 Japanese Sun 1400-1430 NF 6135*YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE , ex 5910 Japanese Mon 1400-1430 NF 6135*YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE , ex 5910 Korean Tue 1400-1430 NF 6135*YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE , ex 5910 Japanese Wed 1400-1430 NF 6135*YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE , ex 5910 English Thu 1400-1430 NF 6135*YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE , ex 5910 Korean Fri 1400-1430 NF 6135*YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE , ex 5910 Japanese Sat 1400-1430 NF 6135*YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE , ex 5910 Korean Sun * co-ch North Korean Noise Jamming vs Voice of Freedom 1600-1630 NF 5955^YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE , ex 6110 Japanese Mon 1600-1630 NF 5955^YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE , ex 6110 Chinese Tue 1600-1630 NF 5955^YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE , ex 6110 Japanese Wed 1600-1630 NF 5955^YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE , ex 6110 English Thu 1600-1630 NF 5955^YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE , ex 6110 Korean Fri 1600-1630 NF 5955^YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE , ex 6110 Korean Sat 1600-1630 NF 5955^YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE , ex 6110 Japanese Sun 1630-1700 NF 5955^YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE , ex 6110 Japanese Mon 1630-1700 NF 5955^YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE , ex 6110 Korean Tue 1630-1700 NF 5955^YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE , ex 6110 Japanese Wed 1630-1700 NF 5955^YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE , ex 6110 English Thu 1630-1700 NF 5955^YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE , ex 6110 Korean Fri 1630-1700 NF 5955^YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE , ex 6110 Japanese Sat 1630-1700 NF 5955^YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE , ex 6110 Korean Sun ^ totally covered by Radio Romania Int. in Ukrainan/Serbian, videos: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/01/frequency-changes-of-shiokaze-sea-breeze.html (DX RE MIX NEWS # 94 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, Feb 3, 2015, via WORLD OF RADIO 1759, DXLD) 6135, Thu Jan 29 at 1354, atop SAH but no jamming audible, weekly English; 1355 ``Shiokaze - Sea Breeze from Tokyo, Japan``; lengthy closing from 1356 with contact info spelled out, including P O Box 222, Tokyo CPO. [and non] And also plugs special broadcast on 15740 in Feb; did not copy details now but previous info in Aoki was: Furusato no Kaze Specials, Sat Feb 14 at 0700-0930; and Sun Feb 15 at 0400-0630, both in Japanese, 100 kW, 2 degrees from Tamsui District, Taiwan (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KAZAKHSTAN. BBC relays on medium wave have stopped (WRTH National Radio Update, Uploaded 6 February 2015, via DXLD) ** KOREA NORTH. 2850, KCBS (Pyongyang) 1/27, 1240. Military march music. VG. 73 and Good Listening! (Rick Barton, Box 1804, El Mirage, AZ, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH. 9850, Feb 2 at 1407, strident distorted talk in Korean, poor signal, obviously VOK, audible once Havana quits circa 1400. Its entire span 11-14 collides with VOK on 238 degree beam, Commies vs Commies (Glenn Hauser, OK,M DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH [and non]. Some very strong North Korean jamming noted 1145-1200 UT: 5890 center, all 40 kHz wide, down to 5871 kHz range. same jamming sound on 6003 and 6015 kHz. Another type of different jamming sound on 6135, 6250, 6348, 6518, 6600, all 32 to 40 kHz wideband jamming, of mostly S=9+40dB in Nagoya, Osaka, and Tokyo Japan remote net units. And additional some minor spurious signals of these jammers in 6.2 to 7 MHz range too (Wolfgang Büschel, Feb 1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KURDISTAN [non]. 9400, Jan 30 at 1440, via PRIDNESTROVYE, ``Denge Kurdistane`` ID amid Kurdish vocal music concert, much stronger than adjacent 9395 Global 24 apparently with NHK relay. At 1455, fast SAH starts on 9400 from some other station, 1459 unID music modulation mixing. DK does not start talking until 1503. By 1526 final check, not much is left. Nothing to account for this in Aoki or EiBi, but HFCC shows a registration from Spaceline in Sofia, Bulgaria on 9400 both before and after 1500 with DRM in English (and this is not DRM). I also try this on http://shortwave.am Entering 9400, it also brings up all adjacent 9395 and 9405 listings, and starts searching before all the blanx are filled in, i.e. the exact time, lacking a GO button. Nothing else here on 9400 other than FEBC until 1400*. I suspect it is the Bulgarian transmitter, known to test this and that on 9400 without notice. Could even be another relay of Denge Kurdistane. Nothing recently from Ivo Ivanov about 9400, but I expect he`ll be looking into it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I have been monitoring 9400 kHz for some time now. So, I sent a reception report with a MP3 Audio file attachment for January the 27th, 2015 at 1547 to 1618 UT to prtc@idknet.com This is the reply I received within hours after posting my report to them. Dear Mr. Edward Kusalik! Sorry, an error occurred. Our radio center does not broadcast program Radyoya Denge Kurdistane at a specified time in your report. Here is the schedule of our work on the program Radyoya Denge Kurdistane at a frequency of 9400 kHz, 300kW. 26 Oct 2014 – 08 Dec 2014: 04.00 – 08.00 UTC and 12.00 – 13.00 UTC with an Azimuth beam of 130 degrees; 13.00 – 16.00 UTC with an Azimuth beam of 116 degrees; My conclusion is they are not aware of their own schedule or someone is not on ball? But this schedule clearly appears out date as below: I heard them this morning (30th) at 1510 to 1540 with exceptional signals, good s7 to s8 level, ID's as 'denge kurdistan' clearly heard. As well, I noted them to 1659 sign-off, with poor signals by then. So, base your own conclusions! (Edward Kusalik, Daysland, Alberta, CANADA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) That email address is the one listed in WRTH under MOLDOVA Transnistria, PRIDNESTROVSKIY RADIOTELETSENTR, with 5 x 1000 kW! SW transmitters at Grigoriopol, Maiac. So now the question is whether some other site, such as Armenia, France or even Bulgaria is in use part of the time when he or I heard it. Aoki shows: 9400 Radyoya Denge Kurdistane 0400-0800 1234567 Kurdish 300 130 Kishinev-Grigoriopol MDA 4717N 02924E MEZ BRB b14 9400 Radyoya Denge Kurdistane 0800-1200 1234567 Kurdish 300 192 Yerevan-Gavar ARM 4025N 04511E MEZ BRB b14 9400 Radyoya Denge Kurdistane 1200-1600 1234567 Kurdish 300 116 Kishinev-Grigoriopol MDA 4717N 02924E MEZ BRB b14 9400 Radyoya Denge Kurdistane 1600-2000 1234567 Kurdish 250 90 Issoudun F 4657N 00159E MEZ BRB b14 Mixed in with FEBC and BULGARIA [imaginary?] 9400 regs, HFCC B-14 for BRB in Kurdish agrees, except the 16-20 span as KCH [Moldova] too instead of France. Why should this be so murky? Ask Ludo Maes (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9400, Feb 1 at 1441, Denge Kurdistane via PRIDNESTROVYE with two or three gunshots, then crowd noises and music. A bit unnerving, but I supposed to be expected from the PKK terrorists, as Turkey sees them (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KUWAIT [and non]. 21580, Jan 31 at 1406, R. Kuwait on wrong frequency instead of 21540, VG with Qur`an, long pauses. All the other possible 13m signals are audible too, 21470, 21505, 21630. Ivo Ivanov has often found RK on wrong frequencies like this. Still 21580 at 1457 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 21540, Feb 1 at 1415, R. Kuwait, good with Qur`an, back on proper frequency after excursion to 21580 yesterday; but at 1442 recheck it`s off earlier than scheduled; while 21505 Saudi in Arabic remains fair with flutter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Reception of Radio Kuwait in Sofia, Bulgaria on Feb 3: 1800-2100 on 15540 KBD 250 kW / 310 deg to WeEu English, videos http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/02/radio-kuwait-in-english-on-15540-khz-on.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** LIBERIA. ELWA R. reactivated second SW transmitter on 6050 kHz in parallel with 4760 kHz, both 1 kW. But according to most recent reports 4760 kHz is off the air (WRTH National Radio Update, Uploaded 6 February 2015, via DXLD) ** LITHUANIA. 9585, RMRC, via Sitkunai (Cf. DX-Window no. 522). I made the consultation of channel selection for this RMRC broadcast. Checked all available broadcast time slots of the single 100 kW transmitter at Sitkunai, during two deep (European) nights, checked all remote receiver units in Japan, Hong Kong and Australia for possible 31 mb reception. But on shortest December daytime day on northern Arctic / Siberia path you could not expect better reception results. Different approach on 9585 would be in early November or early March time slot. Sitkunai installations are limited to a single fixed 59 degree antenna, meant more for southerly lobe wave to Tibet, Hong Kong and Philippines target, but no solution to slew Sitkunai mainlobe to proper 45 degrees towards all Japan. Instead: Better propagation solution for Japan target could be a transmissions hour select at 1300-1400 via HRI T8WH Palau Pacific instead (Wolfgang Bueschel, Jan 09, DSWCI DX Window Feb 4 via DXLD) ** MALAYSIA. 11665, Wai FM (via RTM-Kajang) 0002-0015 19 Jan. One of my "mornings-at-the-beach" regulars showed up during an "afternoon-at- the-beach" session. Weak but readable with "warta berita", Wai-FM & Radio Malaysia-Sarawak IDs, Malay pop with W DJ. Some ACI from 11670 (RHC/CNR2). (Dan Sheedy, Encinitas/Moonlight Beach, CA PL606 'barefoot'/6m X wire, via Bob Wilkner, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6050, Salam FM (via RTM-Kajang) 1511-1522* 2 Feb. On late today with Qur'an recitations/commentary, Salam-FM jingles, IDs for "Radio Salam FM" + email address, some Malay religious-sounding pop, chat about Islam in Malaysia with intro that sounded like "Voice of Islam" (a program heard on VOM in the past, I think). (Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA PL606 6m/x wire/’barefoot’, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MALI. 5995, RTV du Mali, Bamako. There's a strong carrier but just no grunt in the audio to really make out much content at 2000. Pity! 28/1 (Rob Wagner, VK3BVW, Mount Evelyn, VIC (Yaesu FT DX 3000, Kenwood TS2000, Yaesu FRG100, Double Bazooka antennas for 80 and 40 metres, Par EF-SWL End Fed antenna, BHI NEIM1031 Digital Noise Eliminating Module, MFJ-1026 Noise Cancelling Module, ATU, Jan/Feb Australian DX News via DXLD) [same] 27/1, starting with carrier at 0536 and at 0605 with news in French, also reported on 9635 at 0818 and 1650 - all with strong carrier and low audio (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria (Sony ICF 2001D, Folded Marconi antenna own made, Jan/Feb Australian DX News via DXLD) ** MEXICO. I don`t see anything on the homepage itself, http://www.mexicoradiotv.com but link to his Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mexicoradiotv has this: Fred Cantu's mexicoradiotv February 4 at 7:19pm Queridos Amigos. Lo siento pero parece que después de 20 años de mantener mexicoradiotv.com la vida se ha complicado y ya no tengo el tiempo para mantener las páginas. Hay alguien -- una persona o grupo - - que quiere continuar este labor? Escríbeme -- fredcantu@mexicoradiotv.com It`s a great resource, and hope someone else will keep it going (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 859.945, XECTL, R. Chetumal, Chetumal, QR. NOV 14 0417 - Noticed this off-frequency and heard a nice though “wowed” Mexican cowboy song played on a slow deck and followed directly by a ballad. 0425 time check as "Diez de la noche con veinticinco." Nice vocals followed though with considerable fading and at 0434, I heard an unclear XE ID though the rest was ‘transmitiendo a ochocientos sesenta kilohertz... con cinco mil vatios’. Another time check at 0439 followed with a ‘Música Chetumal’ quasi-ID announcement and music as it faded variously to another Latin and North American talk. The slogan/ID ‘Radio Chetumal! La Radio de el Sol’ first heard at 0448, then at 0500, a full ID by a female announcing ‘XECTL’ and ‘Radio Chetumal! La Radio del Sol’. DEC 14 0528 - Possibly the same though this time measured at 859.929 kHz with a Spanish version of Frosty the Snowman and a jazzy piano holiday piece also played with a slow tape drive as heard in November, but poorly at best (Werner Funkenhauser, Sebring FL; WiNRADiO G31DDC, Welbrook ALA1530 S, Parr end-fed longwire and Quantum Phaser, NRC IDXD Jan 30 via DXLD) ** MEXICO. 880, Jan 31 at 0656, ID for Grupo Radio México quickly reeling off four FMs, but no AMs! Mentions Los Mochis; separable from KHAC and, strangely, not much from KRVN now; 0658 a corrida, 0700 La Rancherita slogan. IRCA Mexican Log shows this is XEPNK, Los Mochis, Sinaloa, 10/2 kW, La Rancherita, 1200-0700, variedades format, net OIR, // 103.5 FM. Unknown if it really went off at 0700 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 960, Jan 31 at 0200 with local KGWA precisely nulled during a silly ballgame, I have been hearing songs in English, [see UNIDENTIFIED] and hope for an ID now, but instead it`s XEK Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, announcing 5,000 watts, and then playing `XEW` chimes, four descending, plus a fifth lower, immediately followed by American Legion PSA in English for veterans, which surely was from some other, US station (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 1030, Feb 1 at 0127, ``Chihuahua Vive`` PSA et al., dominating from SW, so XEYC Juárez, 1/1 kW (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 1410, Feb 3 at 1342 UT, Mexican news in Spanish looping southwest, then talking about the Carretera Mazatlán, so XECF, Los Mochis, Sinaloa, 10000/500 watts, La Mexicana, per IRCA Log. I have also logged it once a year starting in 2011 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 1480, Feb 1 at 0623, time check for :23 and ``Rancherita regional con música norteña``. I make the DF about southwest, but slogan matches IRCA Mexican Log for XETKR, Monterrey NL, which is SSW, 10/1 kW with NOR/RAN formats. 1480 has become a more DXable frequency with the demise of KBXD Dallas (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. Re: ``1570, Jan 27 at 0608 UT, XERF is playing what must be the state song, after the national anthem. I keep trying to hear Coahuila mentioned in the lyrix, but do not. Yet it`s frequently repeated per: http://parrascoah.mx.tripod.com/himnocoahuilense.htm 0610 on to full ID for AM and FM (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)`` XERF-1570, most nights of the year, puts a decent signal into my area of southeast Texas. The Mexican national anthem is broadcast at midnight CT (0600 UT), followed by the Coahuila state anthem. Maybe I'm subliminally putting "Coahuila" into what I hear, but I hear the anthem with the state's name in it. When I first heard the "Himno Coahuilense" on XERF, I thought it was so unique that I searched the web and found a YouTube video of it. I hope you don't mind me sending you the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bIPCyqjrMo It's not the version used on XERF, but the lyrics match. Thanks & 73! (Steve Ponder, N5WBI, Houston TX, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 6010 tentative, Radio Mil, México City, 0245 Spanish talk, signal higher than usual over typical strong carrier, 25 January (Ken Walters, Palm Beach, South Florida, Icom R 75, Sangean ATS 909X, via Bob Wilkner, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Not Colombia?? ** MEXICO. Another minor winter sporadic-E opening, but we value any and all of them: analog channel A2, Jan 30 at 0026 UT, antenna still stuck south, weak video CCI and traces of audio, but can`t be sure it`s in Spanish. 6m Es map shows multiple paths crossing somewhere between Little Rock and Memphis, so not ideal for Mexico to here, but estimated MUF 58 MHz i.e. enough to propagate channel 2 video, just like I am getting. At 0059 it`s a bit stronger, enough to clearly see the Azteca 7 big bug number in the upper-right corner, during a movie/drama, so it`s likely the common XHTAU in Tampico, Tamaulipas. How much longer will it remain in analog on 2? Time is running out. And this opening soon fades tho I leave ch 2 on for a few hours more (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. NTSC channel A2, 59.75 MHz, Feb 2 at 2212 UT as I turn on & tune in, there is Spanish audio, not much video, antenna south, soon faded out, so a bit of a sporadic E opening, surely from XH-land (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. Updates on DTV Transition from Raymie`s Mexico Beat Azteca may have signed on in Coatzacoalcos. RF channels 43 and 45. Coatza is nearing 100 but it has the mess known as XHCVP (Raymie Humbert, Jan 29, Raymie`s Mexico Beat, WTFDA Forum via DXLD) In February 2013, XHILA Mexicali (TDT 46, 66.x) became one of the first stations in Mexico to perform an off-sequence digital shutoff (along with XHUNAM Mexico City and, as of September, XHCMO Cuernavaca). However, their digital-only status posed a serious problem to viewership. [non] So XHILA's programming has been aired for a while on a US-based translator, K07ZF Calexico (antenna pattern entirely to the south), owned by the licensee Broadcast Group, Ltd. Broadcast Group is owned by a company named CABAFAM, which in turn is owned by American members of the Cabada family. (XHILA, of course, is owned by a guy named Cabada de la O.) Broadcast Group also owns channel 40.x (RF 26) at El Paso, which is the Multimedios station for the area and apparently signed on as a simulcast of XHIJ. (Hmmm....) Broadcast Group also holds the CP for K42KZ-D at the same Calexico site. Two years ago, apparently, it was announced that the Calexico station would convert to HD, and apparently channel 42 is nearing sign-on as a second repeater for XHILA. The new channel 42 even has a matching Intermedias-style logo!http://www.canal66.tv/local/canal-42/ EDIT 1/31: And they also hold the CP for K33MD-D Yuma, which went on today as a repeater of XHILA but using VC 33.x. This video shows off the facilities; transmitter is identical to Calexico. Last edited by Raymie; 01-31-2015 at 10:57 PM (Raymie, originally Jan 29, ibid.) Time for a clock change --- in Quintana Roo. Q. Roo will move to Eastern Time tomorrow, February 1, at 2 am. It will improve time optimization for the state, Mexico's easternmost, and for tourism purposes it will improve service to the East Coast and make hotels more competitive. Story from Notimex.http://www.notimex.gob.mx/acciones/verNota.php?clv=239399 Television programs will air an hour later for Q. Roo viewers, but local programs will be moved to accommodate the change. SIPSE, which of course owns Gala TV/local XHCCU-13, has the details. http://sipse.com/novedades/cambiaran-los-horarios-de-los-programas-locales-de-radio-y-tv-135192.html On a more general note, the Super Bowl will be on the Azteca 7 and Canal 5 networks tomorrow (Raymie, Jan 31, ibid.) QR and also Yucatán tried advanced time a few years ago, but that cut them off from central Mexico (gh, DXLD) TIME FOR "A FEW THINGS PEOPLE ON THE MEXICAN TV BOARDS NEED DRILLED INTO THEIR HEADS": #1. Azteca's new digital installations (mostly the ones this month) are, well, "provisional". And I'm not the one that says they are — even Azteca's own Red Nacional Twitter account does. They're running low ERPs that make them flaky and often uncatchable in their areas. #2. Azteca's new digital installations don't have Proyecto 40 on their A13 DT2s like the older ones. This is because they need to apply under the NEW multiprogramming rules, when they come into effect. #3. Televisa's local stations, particularly with local ownership are not on the same transition timetables as Televisa's owned stations. XHMH Hidalgo del Parral* and XHVSL Cd. Valles SLP are ahead of the pace (Televisa off), XHBO and XHAUC have authorizations but aren't on yet (where Televisa is on), and XHKG is going nowhere fast (Televisa on). *I thought XHMH was in danger because its website has not been touched in nearly seven years. XHVSL's blog website says digital is "coming soon". At least XHKG streams on their site: their 2 logo is upper left, but it's teal and kinda low opacity (Raymie, ibid.) Another new Azteca station seems to be on: XHBUR-TDT 32 (39.x) Morelia, Mich (xmtr at Las Flores). Again, people are really having a hard time getting it. In Tampico it seems they put the DTV antennas halfway up the tower — which explains in part the difficulty in receiving the stations there, and probably elsewhere too. It is unlikely that XHCBM-TDT 24 (8.x) is on yet as the stations are at different sites (Cerro Burro versus northwest Morelia). There is a 250w XHCBM shadow at the Las Flores site (some parts of Morelia can catch the Cerro Burro signal, others cannot) but I do not believe its digital signal is built out (Raymie, Feb 3, ibid.) Campeche could be gearing up for some station sign-ons. Televisa (XHCPA-8 and XHAN-12) has mounted its digital antennas on its tower, there is a new tower which apparently belongs to TRC (XHCCA-TDT 30), and Azteca said it would build Campeche in March (Raymie, Feb 3, ibid.) It has been announced today that Mario Vázquez Rana, owner of the OEM newspaper company and the ABC Radio network, has dropped out of the race for Mexico's two new television networks. (IFT press release.) http://www.ift.org.mx/iftweb/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/COMUNICADO-IFT-06-03.02.15.pdf This will conveniently leave two bidders in the running: Cadena Tres and Grupo Radio Centro. A brief profile of each of them: Cadena Tres Owner: Grupo Empresarial Ángeles (GEA), a diversified company with interests in health care, banking and communications. Current media holdings: Grupo Imagen, which includes the Imagen Radio news and information network and the RMX alternative music format; the Excelsior newspaper; Cadena Tres and Excelsior TV (the latter a cable and digital subchannel). Owns Querétaro FC. Cadena Tres affiliates: XHTRES-28 (27.x) Mexico City; XHNSS-7 Nogales; XHILA-66 Mexicali and its US repeaters; XHIJ-44 Cd. Juárez. Also available on cable nationwide. Advantages: Its ownership of Excelsior and Imagen radio would immediately give it leverage in the television news business. Already owns a network; would likely start a second service for Mexico City as it would own a combo of XHTRES plus a new station. Querétaro FC would likely move its rights (Liga MX teams have their rights all over; Televisa and Azteca each own one or two squads). Disadvantages: Not discounting the fact that its broadcast coverage is low, this would not be a truly new outlet, though the national scope of their business would certainly make it a larger player. Grupo Radio Centro Owner: A publicly traded company in Mexico City. Holdings: 12 Mexico City radio stations (6 AMs, 6 FMs); four radio stations outside of Mexico City; 25% of KXOS-FM, Los Angeles, through a holding company; OIR, national radio syndication arm. Advantages: It's been here before. Radio Centro launched XHDF-TV in 1968. But it's been a while. It owns quite a few stations with news and talk formats (Radio Red and Formato 21 come to mind), immediately offering it news credibility. Disadvantages: How would they do making entertainment programming? In addition, Radio Centro is THE heavyweight player in Mexican radio, and even though they're not in TV now, overall media concentration concerns could hurt them (Raymie, Feb 3, ibid.) It's a busy day today! Culiacán becomes the second market in Sinaloa to reach 100 as XHSIN-TDT 21 (5.x) is on the air! Like all preexisting IPN transmitters it carries two subchannels (Raymie, Feb 3, ibid.) ** MONGOLIA. 7260, Home Service 2, Khonkhor, 1440-1501*, Jan 29, folk songs presented in Mongolian, at 1455 news, at 1457 counting frequencies (FM?), 1458 National Anthem. Also well heard on 7260 at 0100 on Jan 22, but nothing observed on 4830 and 4895 at different times and days, 35333 (Rumen Pankov, Sofia Bulgaria, DSWCI DX Window Feb 4 via DXLD) ** MONGOLIA. 17729.876, As usual VERY ODD broadcast outlet from Ulan Bataar site, meant in use for US RFA broadcaster RFA in Tibetan language. Told few times to IBB official bureaus in past year, but the Mongolian relay is still odd frequency. Annoying 125 Hertz BUZZ tone against co-channel CNR spoken jamming procedure. S=9 signal at 0140 UT on Jan 30 (Wolfgang Büschel, 0100-0230 UT log in Far East Tokyo Japan remote SDR unit, Jan 30, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MYANMAR. 7185.77, Myanma Radio, 1452-1500* 19, 20 Jan. 1445-1519* 21 Jan. Thanks to Ron Howard's info, found Myanma Radio down here (ex- 7200.1) with fair signals daily & an enjoyable programme of Burmese pop (sounds like covers of English songs + some more "local" tunes) with W DJ & listener's calls. Running late on the 21st with long Burmese discourse & off mid-word (Dan Sheedy, Encinitas/Moonlight Beach, CA PL606 'barefoot'/6m X wire, via Bob Wilkner, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MYANMAR/BURMA. 5985.00, Myanmar Radio, 1537, Jan 28 (Wed.). In English; weather; national slogans ("Our three main national causes. Non-disintegration of the union, non-disintegration of national solidarity, perpetuation of sovereignty") 1539 - "Welcome to American Mosaic from VOA Learning English"; interesting program made after the death of Robin Williams, telling how his movies helped people to learn English; fair. Myanmar announcement that this was scheduled for Wednesday and Saturday. Full transcript, along with audio streaming, at http://learningenglish.voanews.com/content/robin-williams-movies/2415347.html 7185.76, Myanmar Radio, 1500*, Jan 28; fair in vernacular; some days runs past 1500 (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Jan 30, Myanmar Radio on 7185.76 did run past 1500; ToH usual theme music; start of Distance Learning Service lectures; some in all vernacular, some in all English and some a mixture of both; “Industrial organizational psychology . . unit one, introduction . . one of the oldest and most traditional . . personnel psychology,” etc.); lecture in algebra(?) ("x plus . . equals . . minus," etc.); at times strong ham QRM; lectures continued till sign off 1601*. Audio at https://app.box.com/s/knw89zniljsv7qxs3q5k396kthg0fnrd Feb 4 - Myanmar Radio on new frequency of 7200.00; audio better than ex: 7185.76 and former ex: 7200.09. It was back in June, 2012 that I last heard them on exact frequency here. 1451-1500* with pop music show; in vernacular; mostly fair. The last few days 7185.76 had been silent. Audio at https://app.box.com/s/3qwf1ficun0vxbdfwxk0u0wh9bo4efj6 (Ron Howard, CA, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1759, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NAVASSA. 31 January --- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE >From The KP1-5 project RE: K1N Navassa Island DXpedition Navassa: We're on the way! As you know, our plan was to begin helicopter trips this morning as soon as USFWS gave us the go-ahead. We hoped to get in as many as three trips in today. Because of the presence of a congressional delegation in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, air services prevented the first of the two Navassa-bound USFWS helicopter flights to take off until 1830z. The first flight carried three of the six USFWS personnel, so the helicopter had to return to Guantánamo Bay and return with the remaining three USFWS people. It's about an hour each way so all of the above equals delay. We received the call at 1830z with the OK to start our trips. Our first flight left a few minutes later at 1900z and should land about 2030z. It's a two-hour round trip between Jamaica and Navassa so we won't get but one flight completed today. The first flight contained infrastructure materials and three K1N operators: George N4GRN, Glenn WØGJ and Jerry WB9Z. Flights will resume at first light tomorrow and we should get most of the material and men ashore tomorrow (Feb 1st). Building the camp will be time-consuming and labor-intensive but we hope be able to get one or two stations on the air tomorrow evening. It will be another day or so before we're fully operational on all bands. Because of the weather issues encountered this week by our supply vessel "Electra", we decided offload all the MREs, gasoline and water in Jamaica and transport it all via helicopter. More trips, more $$ but in the interest of safety. [via?] Bernie McClenny, W3UR, Editor of: The Daily DX, The Weekly DX, How's DX? (via Dave Raycroft, ODXA yg via DXLD) K1N ham DX-pedition had been reported by Dick Pache to the DXLD yg as on the air, 7023 CW, Feb 2 at 0121, so I hunt for it on 80 and 40m phone around 0630 Feb 2, but no pileups, nor any on 20m around 1420. 17, 15 and 12m are hardly open yet. Then Feb 2 at 1750, I check the website for latest info and nominal frequencies, http://www.navassadx.com but the FREQUENCIES and BAND PLAN pages show nothing specific! Confirmed anyway that some of the ops had arrived and were on the air late Feb 1. Navassa is between Jamaica and Haiti (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 21205-USB, Feb 2 at 2111, here`s K1N, preferred fonetix kilo-one- november, the DX-pedition. Says he has been on the island for three days but took a while to get set up. Pileups on the hi side, more than one frequency, yet somehams keep calling on the DX frequency, such as K3CH, until he was shamed by another ham. A couple contacts: W8WY, 59 at 2112; EA8BPX, 59 at 2113. As customary, K1N cannot spare the time to utter his own call with every contact, and his correspondents utter only their own calls --- many repeated countless times hoping to get a split-second opening in the pileups before success. There are also occasional AM carriers near the DX frequency, by spoilers. K1N team have a plan to track down such destructive interferers, so good luck. Website says: ``Deliberate QRM is at expected levels; you are encouraged to fill out a DQRM report to help isolate the location of those transmitters. There's a "DQRM" button on every page of our website. In addition, you can go directly to http://www.dqrmreport.com and file there`` Then I tune around 10m and 17m, don`t find any K1Ns, but do hear various hams discussing the event. Nor on 12m. 18150, 18145, 18140 all have pileups at 2146 Feb 2, presumably in honor of K1N, but I can`t find that op on 18135 or anywhere else. 21205-USB, Feb 3 at 1434, this is still the K1N frequency, and there are pileups on 21215, 21225, 21230 at least. K1N says ``10 up`` after which W4DEE calls him immediately on 21205! But for the most part 21205 stays clear, and if not, some other hams will rudely run off the intruders. During a one-minute period, I count K1N making five contacts, but one or two required more than one transmission to nail down the calls, so with a little luck he could squeeze in six or seven. Say six, during continuous operation by one op/transmitter, so that adds up to 600 per hour or 14,400 per 24-hour day. What else could matter? Brock Whaley agrees it`s a mess: ``Glenn, I heard K1N Navassa Island pop on at 1200 UT on 21205 USB. Good signal here, but a huge mess of a pile-up, often rude, extends from 21210 to 21160, no kidding. I'm sure the excitement will calm down, but right now it's amateur after amateur yelling out their calls, and putting each other down. Ham radio at its finest (Brock Whaley, Ireland, Feb 3 for DXLD)`` Still no specific frequencies on website: ``The QRM problem is one reason we are not publishing our operating frequencies, but we will be on or near the "usual" DXpedition frequencies`` But latest news: http://www.navassadx.com --- ``3 February 2015 --- Weather delays have plagued and delayed deployment. We were hoping to get four helicopter loads in yesterday, but only one made it because of Jamaica weather. We have ten ops on the island. We have 160M & 80M dipoles at 160 feet from top of light house!!!! ...and other dipoles lower from nearly each window. It has been VERY WINDY and very hot...and very dirty. We have heavy rains every evening, collected for washing, as we all feel very grubby. We have four stations QRV, five by the end of the day. SteppIR's going up today. Seas have been extremely rough and "Electra" has been seeking refuge in Jamaica, but is on her way to Navassa today, as forecast for tomorrow looks good for unloading. Then we'll be able to get more stations on the air. Everyone is in good spirits and healthy, just hot and dirty! We have been very pleased with pileup cooperation when working the difficult JA/Asia/Oceana [sic] windows. We can hear a din of pileup activity, and at times difficult to pull out individual calls on these long hauls. Will have more time for a full report after more team arrives today and camp/ops get more established. We're off to a good start and within 24 hours should be in full swing for the next 10-12 days`` So narrowly focused on 2-way ham radio, after going to all that trouble and expense, I bet the K1N DXpedition has never even thought of adding a transmission at little or zero additional cost, which would qualify as shortwave broadcasting from a `new` country. It wouldn`t have to be continuous for the duration of the DX-ped, just a few hours here and there, on one transceiver tuned to an SWBC band and broadcasting recorded programming, such as ``Voice of Navassa World Service``. Possibly something about the geography and wildlife if not the lacking politics, culture and music of the place. It could even be in SSB. But then, hams tend to look down on one-way DXers as inferior beings, tho possibly on the road to becoming real hams (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1759, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Perhaps you've forgotten that hams are not allowed to broadcast. Our licenses are for two-way personal communication only. Are you saying the K1N crew should have applied for a broadcast license for the period of their DXpedition? Wouldn't that have been a complex and time-consuming process? I have been trying in vain(so far) to contact K1N on the CW bands, and --- yes, the pileups are horrendous and many of us hams are deliberately QRMing at worst or being very impolite at best. One of the hams in the CW Operators club I belong to, in his list posting, likens joining the pileup as hanging out with a bunch of hooligans. Best wishes, (Saul Broudy (W3WHK), Philadelphia, PA USA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Saul, yes, the broadcast side should preferably be with due permission; it might be classified as experimental to expedite it. Depending on the administration, it should be no big deal to get XBC permission along with ham permission (gh) K1N em 18155 com VKs --- Por volta das 2150 UT chegou a gray line e K1N Navassa apareceu muito baixo 41/42 K1N com VKs; ele está com a antena de costas para cá o tempo todo. Anotei 5 indicativos VK, está salva uma escuta dele. Vou ver mais adiante se melhora. As estaçães estão enlouquecidas acima da QRG dêle; o tumulto chega a 30 kHz ou mais acima da QRG que ele está operando; em 15m eu ouvi amadores em 21250, 45 kHz acima da QRG dele. Durante a nossa tarde ele esteve em 21205 e não ouvi nada além de longinquios murmúrios. Boa sorte a todos e com certeza todo mundo vai pegar K1N Navassa que está sendo rebaixada para o segundo país DXCC mais raro com essa DXpedition. Mais adiante, lá para uns 20 anos além de agora, ela poderá voltar a ser o primeiro DXCC mais raro novamente disputando com P5 a Coréia do Norte. 73 a tdos (Alfredo Meurer Jr, ZY1-0001SWL, Feb 2, radioescutas yg via DXLD Glenn and all, "Real time" reports on the K1N frequencies, both transmitting and listening can be found here: http://www.dxsummit.fi/#/ I recorded the 21 MHz pile-up spectrum yesterday. The name calling, jamming, and yelling needed to be preserved. I'm sure this will calm down as more and more stations work the "rare DX" on various bands, but for now, it is the most idiotic behavior I have heard on the bands for decades (Brock Whaley, Ireland, Feb 4, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NEPAL. GOVERNMENT DECIDES TO MERGE NTV, RADIO NEPAL REPUBLICA --- The government has given its consent to the Ministry of Information and Communications to start homework on merging Nepal Television and Radio Nepal under a single public broadcasting service. A Cabinet meeting held at Singha Durbar Thursday took a decision to this effect. Minister for Information and Communications Minendra Rijal informed that the ministry will initiate the necessary process for merging NTV and Radio Nepal, both state-owned, very soon. Full story at: http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=88815 (18 Dec, 2014) (via Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, dx_sasia yg via DXLD) Will this mean like in so many other countries, that radio becomes a mere appendage of TV to be underfunded, overlooked, forgotten? (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** NETHERLANDS [non]. 7570 RNW (via WRMI) *0100+ 18 Jan. Special broadcast with old RNW IS, studio tour, etc. -- didn't get on WRMI on the 17th, but doing well today. Listed //s of 11790/13700 unheard (unlike 17 Jan. when 13700 (possibly Nakhon Sawan?) was the only frequency heard). (Dan Sheedy, Encinitas/Moonlight Beach, CA PL606 'barefoot'/6m X wire, via Bob Wilkner, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NETHERLANDS [non]. 7375, Feb 1 at 0110, The Mighty KBC via Nauen, GERMANY is fair with flutter, soon hearing Uncle Eric with The Giant Jukebox; 0130, Kim Elliot introduces MFSK64 for 1:25 about ``radio dials look great in the dark``, fair but fading down (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Studio quality audio from the Mighty KBC February 1, 2015 0000-0200 UT broadcast available in the Mighty KBC section of http://www.kg4lac.com 73, (Kraig, KG4LAC, Krist, Feb 3, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) GERMANY, Mighty KBC Radio via Media Broadcast on February 1: 0900-1600 on 6095 NAU 100 kW / 240 deg to WeEu English Sat/Sun http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/02/mighty-kbc-radio-via-media-broadcast-on.html (DX RE MIX NEWS # 94 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, Feb 3, 2015, via DXLD) ** NEW ZEALAND. 6224-LSB, ZLM, 1514-1522* 3 Feb. Sea weather reports, ID: "Taupo Maritime Radio", don't hear these guys too often, altho VMW (Wiluna, QLD) 6230-LSB is pretty regular (Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA G5/6m X wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NEW ZEALAND. Hello Glen[n], Radio New Zealand International, 11725 at 1846 UT. Male and female talk in what sounds like English with a New Zealand accent. I can only hear the odd word or two of what is being said, however, due to heavy noise covering 11685-11720 (without a break!) which is infringing on 11725. Interesting to get them at this time for a change though as whenever I have tried at this time previously I get nothing at all other than the noise (Dave Harries, Bristol, England, Jan 30, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) RNZI has registered DRM noise 1745-1900 on 11675, 1745-2000 on 11690 but neither is currently in use per own website; so what`s it? (gh) 9700, Feb 2 at 1409, RNZI on wrong frequency again! Nothing on 5950, but great for us. VG signal with late-nite story show, 1430 about Sir Fred Hoyle, still good at 1525 with music. But wait! It`s no longer wrong as a revised schedule has been posted: http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/listen tho as always without saying so by changing the effective date! ``26 Oct 2014 [sic] - 28 Mar 2015 [sic] UTC kHz Target Days 0251-0400 17675 DRM Vanuatu Mon-Fri 0459-0759 11725 AM Pacific Daily 0651-0758 11690 DRM Tonga Mon-Fri 0759-1058 9765 AM Pacific Daily 1059-1258 13840 AM NW Pacific, PNG, Timor Daily 1300-1550 9700 AM Pacific Daily 1551-1650 9700 AM 9780 DRM Cook Islands, Samoa, Niue, Tonga Daily 1651-1745 9700 AM 9780 DRM Cooks, Samoa, Niue, Tonga, Daily 1746-1850 11725 AM 9780 DRM Cooks, Samoa, Niue, Tonga, Daily 1851-2050 11725 AM 15720 DRM Samoa, Niue, Tonga, Daily 2051-2150 11725 AM 17675 DRM Solomon Islands AM Daily, DRM Sun-Fri 2151-0458 15720 AM Pacific Daily 2255-0200 17675 DRM Pacific Sun-Thu`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1759, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Frequency change Radio New Zealand International from Feb 02: 1259-1550 9700 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg Pacific English AM mode, ex 5950 Signal strength increase for 2 hours. From 1500 QRM CRI in Chinese on 9705. http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/02/frequency-change-radio-new-zealand.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Feb 3, dxldyg via DXLD) ** NICARAGUA. 600, YNA3MD, Radio Ya, Managua, DEC 23 0408 - Surprising with a strong Rebelde here. First noted mentions of Nicaragua in talk with novelty music bridges, also mentions of ‘Mister Pacífico’ then at 0415 ‘deportivas de Nicaragua’ with punctuated ‘Radio Ya’ spots. At 0427 I found their web feed with Upstream video and a little delay showing two smart young DJs yacking it up playing funny music and novelty noises, echo ‘Ya Ya Ya Ya’ sounds, ‘Managua en Nicaragua’ quasi-IDs heard both on-air and heard/seen via Upstream. Another one to bring back fond radio memories of the Nicaraguan Sandinista days, when Radio Sandino dominated 750 kHz some nights. Robert Ross of London first reported Radio Ya, to my ODXA column. He described it as playing repeated ‘yacht’ sounds (Werner Funkenhauser, Sebring FL; WiNRADiO G31DDC, Welbrook ALA1530 S, Parr end-fed longwire and Quantum Phaser, NRC IDXD Jan 30 via DXLD) ** NICARAGUA. 1439.865, YNA3MR, R. Marantha, Managua, NOV 24 0304 - Amid difficult interference from North American Spanish gospel stations, however LSB, 150 Hz bass adjustment and partial notch to 1440's helped pull audio, which I could match to web content. Firebrand Spanish preacher heard best with ALA 1530 at 210 degrees. Seemed absent from radio after 0400, though web feed was still active. DEC 15 0417 - Very poor but with web parallel. Heard this one from Florida under similar conditions last winter. Although I can sometimes hear off-frequency 540 R. Corporación in Buffalo, I’ve never had audio from R. Marantha there, even though I can see it on the display (Werner Funkenhauser, Sebring FL; WiNRADiO G31DDC, Welbrook ALA1530 S, Parr end-fed longwire and Quantum Phaser, NRC IDXD Jan 30 via DXLD) ** NICARAGUA. 8990.2-USB, Nicaragua, "El Pescador Preacher" 2325 to 2331 noted 25 January to avoid racket on 8989-USB 8989-USB, "El Pescador Preacher", 2350 buzz saw noise on frequency on 27 January; 2329 to 2335 “y también …en …Gloria del Señor…”, “Buenas noches…” 29 January (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, South Florida, 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, Sony 2010XA, dipoles, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NIGERIA. Voice of Nigeria observed on February 3 on wrong language: 0700-0800 15120 IKO 250 kW / 007 deg NoAf English, instead of French http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/02/voice-of-nigeria-in-english-instead-of.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) There's no regular programming for several days now. Just music and old taped shows, with very variable audio quality - mostly strong modulation but somewhat distorted, with short breaks. 73 (Thorsten Hallmann, Germany, Feb 3, ibid.) But that does not change things. Same situation this evening: 1730-1802 on 15120 in English, instead of Arabic -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Feb 3, ibid.) Voice of Nigeria was observed again on Feb 3 with wrong language 1730-1800 15120 IKO 250 kW / 007 deg NoAf English, instead of Arabic http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/02/voice-of-nigeria-in-english-instead-of_4.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, ibid.) ** NIGERIA [non]. January 28: UNIDentified broadcast in Kanuri via BABCOCK to WeAf 1800 on 12065 Ascension https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCBF2CUO-Zk&feature=youtu.be UNIDentified broadcast in Kanuri via BABCOCK to WeAf 1814 on 12065 Ascension https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qs1H2Q07p20&feature=youtu.be UNIDentified broadcast in Kanuri via BABCOCK to WeAf 1827 on 12065 Ascension https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBMXw_xBIP4&feature=youtu.be UNIDentified broadcast in Kanuri via BABCOCK to WeAf 1843 on 12065 Ascension https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds4UxT-iv6g&feature=youtu.be UNIDentified broadcast in Kanuri via BABCOCK to WeAf 1849 on 12065 Ascension https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiwLlP7ciV8&feature=youtu.be UNIDentified broadcast in Kanuri via BABCOCK to WeAf 1856 on 12065 Ascension https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BFlLHt5-fI&feature=youtu.be January 29: UNIDentified broadcast in Kanuri via BABCOCK to WeAf 0500 on 9440 Ascension https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wi_fcmluJns&feature=youtu.be UNIDentified broadcast in Kanuri via BABCOCK to WeAf 0510 on 9440 Ascension https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Om1o1WRUnJc&feature=youtu.be UNIDentified broadcast in Kanuri via BABCOCK to WeAf 0520 on 9440 Ascension https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zefpGR5mMOU&feature=youtu.be UNIDentified broadcast in Kanuri via BABCOCK to WeAf 0535 on 9440 Ascension https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlzNLQlYtCs&feature=youtu.be UNIDentified broadcast in Kanuri via BABCOCK to WeAf 0550 on 9440 Ascension https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22UN0lj22eA&feature=youtu.be January 30: UNIDentified broadcast in Kanuri via BABCOCK to WeAf 0548 on 9440 Ascension https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqkJ0werrOE&feature=youtu.be UNIDentified broadcast in Kanuri via BABCOCK to WeAf 1806 on 12065 Ascension https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XS4vwKFoY2I&feature=youtu.be UNIDentified broadcast in Kanuri via BABCOCK to WeAf 1829 on 12065 Ascension https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pMG29daL4g&feature=youtu.be UNIDentified broadcast in Kanuri via BABCOCK to WeAf 1857 on 12065 Ascension https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jg3vbfj0ON4&feature=youtu.be 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) The big news in WRTH Update Jan 30 is identity of the new clandestine [?] Ivo Ivanov reported. This is in RED: ``Target: NIGERIA DANDAL KURA (New Entry) Web: http://usaid.gov/political-transition-initiatives http://twitter.com/dandalkura Kanuri Days Area kHz 0500-0600 daily NIG 9440asc (add) 1800-1900 daily NIG 12065asc (add)`` But the USAID website above has nothing about it, obviously nor by internal searching. Maybe it shall, eventually. But the twitter says: ``Dandal Kura is a Radio Program discussing issues that affects [sic] the Northern Nigeria, targeting the trouble [sic] states of North-East that is [sic] Adamawa, Borno & Yobe.`` Individual tweets are in presumed Kanuri, such as Pinned Tweet Dandal Kura @dandalkura Jan 28 ``idan baku saurari shirin @dandalkura ba yau da daddare a kan mita SW 12055 [sic], toh kuna iya sauraran maimaici da safe 6-7 a kan mita SW 9440`` ``Ku saurari shirin #DandalKura yau da misalin karfe 7-8 na daren yau, a kan mita 12,055 [sic] gajeren zango...`` on Jan 29 So is it really 12055 or 12065? 12065 would collide with Radio Australia if really on schedule as not heard Jan 31 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1759, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED transmission via BABCOCK is Dandal Kura 0500-0600 on 9440 ASC 250 kW / 065 deg to WeAf Kanuri, from Jan 28 1800-1900 on 12065 ASC 250 kW / 065 deg to WeAf Kanuri, from Jan 28 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/02/unidentified-transmission-via-babcock.html (DX RE MIX NEWS # 94 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, Feb 3, 2015, via DXLD) January 31: Dandal Kura in Kanuri via BABCOCK to WeAf 1800 on 12065 Ascension https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtrKkY0eTWc&feature=youtu.be -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9440, Feb 1 at 0520 tune-in for new US AID broadcast via Ascension, Dandal Kura, which starts at 0500: good signal in tonal African language; 0526 music group singing briefly, talk, 0528 another bit of music. Then lo-fi phoners from noisy locations with lots of crowd, background noise. 0548 music, 0551 better studio audio. [0553 compare to 7350 Hamada Radio International via RMI via GERMANY and find inferior reception here]. I can`t understand any Kanuri, except for ``Nigeria`` and ``www --- dot.com`` in the closing. Haven`t they adopted a single word from English? The British colonialists failed. Dead air 0558:18-0600*. [9460, then BBCWS in English as usual via Ascension from 0600, may or may not be same transmitter. At 0606 check, there is something else on 9440, poor-fair in Arabic. Aoki shows that as Bible Voice = Radio Dardasha 7 via GERMANY at 0600-0615 daily] Ivo Ivanov quotes this from somewhere: ``Kanuri is a dialect continuum spoken by 4 million people in Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Cameroon, and small minorities in southern Libya, and by a diaspora in Sudan. It belongs to the Western Saharan subphylum of Nilo-Saharan`` His Videos on Jan. 28 & 29 [but more useful for their Audios]: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/01/unidentified-broadcast-via-babcock-is.html My question is, why have US AID bestowed such a 2-hour SW service upon the Kanuri while there are countless other minority ethnic groups in Nigeria and elsewhere which have no such benefits? May require a search deeper into the USAID Political Transition Initiatives website than I have undertaken. Perhaps Boko Haram terrorism in the area has something to do with it (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1759, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also AUSTRALIA UNIDENTIFIED transmission via BABCOCK is Dandal Kura 0500-0600 on 9440 ASC 250 kW / 065 deg to WeAf Kanuri 1800-1900 on 12065 ASC 250 kW / 065 deg to WeAf Kanuri, announcement http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/02/unidentified-transmission-via-babcock.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Feb 1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ASCENSION vs AUSTRALIA: Dandal Kura vs Radio Australia on February 2: 1800-1900 12065 ASC 250 kW / 065 deg to WeAf Kanuri Dandal Kura, new 1800-1900 12065 SHP 100 kW / 355 deg to EaAs English Radio Australia http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/02/dandal-kura-vs-radio-australia.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Feb 3, ibid.) ** NIGERIA [non]. January 28: Hamada Radio International in Hausa to WeAf, again on shortwave 1930 on 11865 Nauen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggMITcHWwbI&feature=youtu.be January 29: Hamada Radio International in Hausa to WeAf, again on shortwave 0530 on 7350 Nauen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohv4Sa7NuX0&feature=youtu.be Hamada Radio International in Hausa to WeAf, again on shortwave 0545 on 7350 Nauen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bld3AdVR1qs&feature=youtu.be Hamada Radio International in Hausa to WeAf, again on shortwave 0556 on 7350 Nauen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fx3KA3yuorg&feature=youtu.be January 30: Hamada Radio International in Hausa to WeAf, again on shortwave 0550 on 7350 Nauen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMZefzR_0A4&feature=youtu.be Hamada Radio International in Hausa to WeAf, again on shortwave 1952 on 11865 Nauen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Q5q7XUiS7s&feature=youtu.be Hamada Radio International in Hausa to WeAf, again on shortwave 1957 on 11865 Nauen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5jAETRMMiA&feature=youtu.be 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. PIRATE-NA. Channel Z, 6264 AM, 2150-2249*, 01-27-15, SIO: 454. Andy Walker with "Before They Were Famous" Part 5. Featuring rock stars with their first records, etc. when they were unknown (Chris Lobdell, Box 80146, Stoneham, MA 02180, Receivers: Eton E1, JRC NRD-545, Aerials: 40 Meter Dipole, G5RV dipole, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. Old Radio Program Pirate: 6770/AM, 2229, 23-Jan; The Great Gildersleeve with Harold Peary. Fair at best in AM; much better in SSB. (Frodge-MI) 6770/AM, 0501-0522+, 26-Jan; "Murder at Midnight" mystery program with lotsa spooky organ music. Good S7 peaks with occasional 6771/USB pescadores. (Frodge-MI) 6770/AM, 2229, 26-Jan; Big band vocal to 2232 start of the Great Gildersleeve. Fair, best in USB (Frodge-MI) 6770/AM, 2202, 28-Jan; Our Miss Brooks with Eve Arden. SIO=352+, best in USB; barely audible about an hour earlier. (Frodge-MI) 6770/AM, 0202, 29-Jan; Phil Harris & Alice Faye. SIO=353- (Frodge-MI) 6770/AM, 2215, 29-Jan; Our Miss Brooks. Fair in QRN (Frodge-MI) (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 125 ft. bow-tie; 85 ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed RW, All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6770.0, Jan 31 at 0650, oldtime radio pirate, poor signal with dramatic music and dialog, some words readable at peaks, but still far too poor for easy listening. Not offset to low side any more, as 6769.9. This thing has been operating continuously for months now without a bust. Judging from generally much better reception reported east of here, it`s not to the west of here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6925.1-USB, Feb 1 at 0104, good signal from pirate, music style could be Whisky Redneck Radio; but 0113 ``This is Rock & Roll Radio; stay tuned for more rock & roll``. So a new one? No, same station at 0117 interjects ``Wolverine Radio`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 800, Feb 2 at 0030 UT, tuning by KQCV OKC, weather spot from KOCO-TV meteorologist ``for the Bott network`` is obviously a day or two old judging from the forecast temps! I suspect their religious views are just as wrong (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 1120, Jan 30 at 1921 UT, KEOR Tulsa/Catoosa/Sperry is *still* open carrier dead air, but KMOX St Louis can be heard under it. That takes skywave over poor-conductivity Ozarx. 1120, Feb 3 at 1340 UT, KEOR Catoosa/Sperry/Tulsa is *still* open carrier/dead air, serving only to make a SAH of 200/minute with remnant of KMOX = three and a third Hz. Since the transmitter remains on, even tho no modulation, does that not qualify it as a silent station per FCC rules? Maybe that`s why they leave it on (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. I fear I have done an injustice to 1360 KDJW Amarillo and 1420 KULY Ulysses KS, concluding that they are off-frequency due to daytime hets against KPHN 1360 and KTJS 1420. In past weeks, hearing only a daytime het on 1360, I had no reason to assume it was something local, but it so happens that the 1420- het is an almost perfect match in pitch to the 1360+ het, suggesting that they originate halfway between, from a station on 1390 putting out matching spurs almost 30 kHz away! Such as our strongest local signal, KCRC Enid. Spurs are very weak by comparison and no modulation audible on them, but they are quite steady, and as I drive around, somewhat stronger in northern Enid closer to KCRC site than in southern Enid. Also after dark against the pileups on 1360 and 1420. At 0048 UT Feb 2 we drive right by the KCRC site to see if the hets peak. Well, no, but then the huge RF from 1390 itself really desensitizes the caradio for tens of kHz around it. There are 1390s in all adjacent states, but hard to believe any of them could be responsible for the steady spurs day and night. If KCRC ever cut its 24h carrier(s), we could know for certain. 1419.9 approx., Feb 2 circa 2030 UT, I have traveled to a spot in Enid almost 2 miles due south of the KCRC 1390 antennas, and proceed to DF the spur --- yes, on the DX-398 it`s due north/south, to that clinches it as an artifact of KCRC, like the one on 1360.1 approx. on the other side. Ideally one should isolate the spur carrier from the frequency it is hetting against, but these are too close, so I`m going by the null-dip in the audible het. My previous quick DFing NW of Enid in the rain had coincidentally led to the wrong culprits in TX and KS. BTW, KCRC 1390 carrier is very slightly on the lo side compared to its neighbors, which also accounts for slightly different pitches on the spur hets (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) BTW, it was hard to see KCRC at night on East Willow, since the three towers in a row have *no* lighting. I was wondering whether this is legit, so asked Doug Smith about the rules: ``I went by 1390 KCRC tonight, and noticed the tower lights were not on (or no lights?). They have three towers in a row. Seems FCC AM Query has all the info except how high they are, which ought to have a bearing on whether they must be lit. What do you think?`` http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?list=0&facid=10856 ``A good guess is actually present on that FCC page. This is going to format poorly so I'm really just going to have to refer you back to the link. All three towers show an "electrical height" of 91 degrees. 360 degrees is one wavelength. One wavelength is the speed of transmission divided by the frequency. For all intents and purposes, the "speed of transmission" is the speed of light, and the units work out if you assume the speed of light is 300,000. Divide it by the frequency in kilohertz. So one wavelength at 1390 is 300,000/1390 = 216m. 91 degrees is 216m*(91/360) = 54.6m. Now, that's the *electrical* height. Usually, electrical and physical heights are the same. Sometimes, they aren't. For example, if there's an FM station on one of the towers and they decide to electrically isolate the top of the tower - so that it's not part of the AM array. Of course it's not unusual for the tower to be built atop a concrete pier (to keep swamp water from shorting it to ground) so the physical height may be a bit higher for that reason. (electrical heights near 90 degrees tend to concentrate power along the horizon, which is of course where stations would like it to be. Such heights are pretty common. Indeed, I note all four of KGWA-960's towers are 90 degrees in electrical height. Which, if you do the math, works out to 78.1m.) Anyway: Under FCC regulation 17.7, only towers of at least 61m (200') must be registered with the FCC (that registration is in turn forwarded to the FAA). I can't find a rule that specifically says so but my understanding is that towers of less than 61m do not require lighting, unless they're near an airport. And because KGWA's towers *are* more than 61m in height, they *do* require lighting. Interestingly, if you look at KCRC's towers on Google Street View, there appears to be a light beacon atop the center tower. Although it's hard to tell whether that's what it really is. I don't see it on either end tower. I can't tell with KGWA; their towers are too far from the road & there are trees in the way. == Doug Smith W9WI, Pleasant View, TN EM66`` Thanks, Doug! (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Regarding the 1390 kHz antenna without lights, a reminder that there is an exception if there is an airport nearby. Thus in my local area we have lights on towers in the vicinity of New Haven and Hartford, CT though the height is less than 200 feet (Paul S. in CT FN31nl, ibid.) ** OKLAHOMA. 1400, Sat Jan 31 at 1914 UT, whoopee! Local 1390 KCRC is in dead air, so I can hear something adjacent, but with national ads: NAPA, Quicken, and then at 1915 UT, Norman Mitsubishi, so KREF Norman OK. KCRC remodulates a silly ballgame by 1917 UT (Glenn Hauser, caradio, DXpedition hotspot near Carrier OK, NW of Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 1450, Jan 30 at 1925 UT, ``your musical portfolio, live and in color, KGFF``. There`s a unique slogan from Shawnee OK groundwave. Quite a feat, since I thought AM radio was only in black & white. Woodward`s KSIW is about the same distance, and you never know which one or both will be in, but KGFF wins at the moment (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 1610, Jan 31 at 1855 UT, the TIS at Great Salt Plains State Park, OK, is now clearly audible on GW and still relaying NOAA Weather Radio from Kansas, synthetic YL. Nothing but NOAA? (Glenn Hauser, caradio, DXpedition hotspot near Carrier OK, NW of Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) WQCL720 ** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 1640, Feb 4 at 0627 UT, KZLS Enid is open carrier/dead air, so when nulled, WTNI Biloxi sportstalk is as usual dominant, along with unID CCI (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 105.5, Jan 29 at 1415 UT, K288FX North Enid is back on the air again today, blocking 105.7 KROU. When I was getting KROU, and KWOU 88.1 Woodward, found the latter to be behind by about one satellite delay (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. I`ve been wondering just how high the Broadway Tower (to be Hotel?) in downtown Enid is; I count 14 stories, plus another penthouse occupied by broadcast transmitters. If 10 feet per story is standard, that makes about 150 feet, or 46 meters to the roof level where all the FM and TV transmitting antennas grow. K288FX on 105.5 (which remains on the air now), is licensed at 60 meters = 197 feet, which would be about right adding some mast height. Remember that KEIF-LP 104.7 lost its license for being on this building, too high for an LPFM (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. Digital cable channel 59, via Suddenlink here in Enid has been activated as of Jan 29, encountered Jan 30 at 1515 UT with something labeled EL REY, so is it in Spanish? No, playing Miami Vice after Miami Vice in original English. Checking TVGuide online skeds for it, lots of M.V., other action movies and old series, and lots of infomercial time. What a waste. Logobug in LR is a crooked golden crown. ``El Rey (TV network) El Rey (Spanish for The King) is an English language American television channel targeting Latino audiences. Launched by Robert Rodríguez in 2013 in a deal with Univisión, it is available on Comcast, DirecTV, Time Warner Cable, Cox Communications and Dish Network``, says the top search hit. Suddenlink has also moved BBC America from high tier to DCC 76, extended basic. Too bad that spends so much time on lowbrow stuff, Star Trek reruns, etc., too little news, rather than current BBC TV fare as in the UK. But I suppose we`ll get to see the next series of Dr Who from Wales ASAP, which would be when? (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3385, NBC East New Britain, 1204, Jan 29. The latest I have heard them start "News in Brief"; started with usual bird call; // 3260 (NBC Madang - noted 1213*) // 3905 (NBC New Ireland); at 1209 not //; intro in English for the "NBC East New Britain Provincial News" given in Tok Pisin/Pidgin; 3385 the best PNG reception (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. R. Maria has no plans to return on 4960 kHz. Wantok R. Light is back on 7325 kHz shortwave (WRTH National Radio Update, Uploaded 6 February 2015, via DXLD) 7325, Jan 31 at 1405, not a trace of a signal from Wantok Radio Light, even during the window when CRI is taking a break, altho someone had reported hearing it recently; however, with only 1 kW it still could be on and not making it here. Ron Howard hasn`t been able to hear it either. 7325-, Feb 2 at 1411, JBA carrier, slightly on lo side compared to 9325 KTWR should it be accurate. Heavy ute QRM further on the lo side. This is during the CRI break, a window for 1 kW Wantok Radio Light if possibly back on after inactivity (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [later: Ron says he has been hearing WRL Feb 2-6] ** PERU. 4747.5, Perú, Radio Huanta 2000, Huanta, Ayacucho, 2340 to 2350 hyper locutor en español with good signal on 21 January; also noted 1030 on 21 January (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, South Florida, 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, Sony 2010XA, dipoles, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 4955, Perú, Radio Cultural Amauta, Huanta, 1020 to 1040 música de Perú, om with quick ID. Good signal 30 January (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, South Florida, 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, Sony 2010XA, dipoles, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 5980, R. Chaski, Urubamba. Sensible-sounding religious presentation at 0052 17/12. I remember having lunch by the river at Urubamba in the Sacred Valley while on the way from Cusco to Machu Picchu in 2008 (David Foster, Australia, visiting San Pedro de Atacama, Chile, ARDXC via DXLD) 5980, R. CHASKI, 31/01 0053 UT. Final del programa `El Amor que vale` con datos de contacto hasta las 0056 cuando se pasa a un espacio con himnos protestantes. i.e: ``Yo soy el alfa y el omega``. A las 0100, se da el ID y la hora de Perú: Son las 20 horas y salida de aire. SINPO: 55343 con mucho ruido ambiental (Claudio Galaz, RX: Realistic DX-160, ANT: Hilo de 40 metros, QTH: Barraza Bajo, IV Región, Chile, Condiglista yg via DXLD) [and non]. 5980, Feb 2 at 0058-0110+, JBA carrier continues, so presumed BBCWS Hindi via UAE. Official start at 0100, but carrier on earlier? Or is there an undetected transition between R. Chaski and BBC circa 0100? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5980, 2/2 2340 UT. Enseñanza sobre el trabajo y el testimonio cristiano. SINPO: 55242 con mucho ruido y sobremodulación (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Realistic DX-160, Ant: Hilo de 40 metros, QTH: Barraza Bajo, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** POLAND. "This is Moscow": these words in Polish with a noticeable Russian accent begins its broadcasts pro-Kremlin radio station "Sputnik". It transmits the information transmission, which accuses the Poles in the falsification of history, and Ukrainians - in the destruction of their own country. Station can be received from the satellite, and every day from 21 to 22 hours, it provides a wave located near Warsaw Radio Hobby. Radio Hobby is located in Legionowo, its broadcast area is 30 kilometers away. This means that it can be heard in the northern districts of Warsaw. Cooperation with the station under the control of the Kremlin's media - this is not news. In 2001, she signed a contract with established back in the time of the Bolshevik "Voice of Russia". In 2011, Radio Hobby beginning of each day for an hour to broadcast "Voice of Russia" Broadcast on Polish radio broadcasts produced in Moscow, the law is not contrary: "Under the terms of the license, the amount of transfers and other content, the author of which is not a licensee shall not exceed one third of the broadcast time from 6 to 23 hours. Radio Hobby, giving an hour every day their air without breaching a license in this regard. " Full - http://inosmi.ru/world/20150120/225704590.html Ltd. "European media group" (EMG) received from Roskomnadzora licensed to run the radio "Radio for friends" at frequencies "Cupcake FM», said in a statement published on its website. According to TASS press officer radio broadcasting "Cupcake FM» preserved only in Moscow and St. Petersburg, in other cities will broadcast "Radio for friends." (http://www.onair.ru/) (via RusDX 1 Feb via DXLD) ** PRIDNESTROVYE. Received an electronic QSL from the Transnistrian radio center for broadcasting Radio Denge Kurdistana in Kurdish 01.27.2015 at a frequency of 9400 kHz. report sent by electronic mail: prtc @ idknet.com The report confirmed SN Omelchenko, tehn. Director of "PRTTS (Dmitry Kutuzov, Ryazan, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" via RusDX 1 Feb via DXLD) ** RUSSIA. R. Rossii has closed most of its medium wave transmitters. Only the following transmitters have been reported on the air after 30 January: Matveyevka 936 kHz, Zakamensk 963 kHz, Ust-Kan/Ulagan 1350/1353 kHz, Buguruslan 1395 kHz and Turochak/Ust-Koksa 1440 kHz (WRTH National Radio Update, Uploaded 6 February 2015, via DXLD) I can find reference to a further 11 transmitters [i.e., presumably meaning some which are still on the air]: 612 20 kW Kurkino (Voice of Russia) 684 10 kW Sosnovka (Radio Radonezh) 738 5 kW Kurkino (WRN) 828 10 kW Sosnovka (Radiogazeta) 918 50 kW Makhachkala (Radio Mayak 1053 10 kW Sosnovka (Radio Mariya) 1089 50 kW Krasny Bor (Radio Teos) 1134 20 kW Kurkino (Radio Teos) 1584 0.1 kW Moskva (Radio Ekspromt (temp) 1593 0.01 kW St Petersburg (temp) 1602 0.1 kW Moscow (Radio Zeleny Glazh) (temp) (Alexander Berezkin, St. Petersburg, Russia "open_dx" via RUSdx Jan 25 via BC-DX 29 Jan via DXLD) ** RUSSIA. Noted the following LW / MW stations on SDR Perseus net unit in Moscow noontime, like 09 UT. 0915-0930 UT: LW the much ONLY reliable signal station POL on 225 kHz. MW 612/738/1134 kHz, all three still on air, but 612/738 kHz on mini power, Boel Belgium EMWG list shows registered 5 kW power? Only 1134 kHz broadcast is on full power of 20 kW. 565 NDB mode 612 much pure now these days BC 704 threshold, spurious of 738 kHz ? 738 tiny signal, only 5 kW? 852 NDB mode 873 weak signal, comes from St.P. Olgino 75kW 918 threshold signal, ? 938.4 spurious signal 1080 NDB mode, strong 1134 full power 20 kW, S=9+40dB < we say "The Last of the Mohicans"... 1285 NDB mode 1304 spurious on threshold 1476 hx of 738 kHz channels. (Wolfgang Büschel, Jan 26, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 29 via DXLD) ** RUSSIA. "Radio Russia" and "Mayak" begin broadcasting in FM-band Vladivostok --- Just two popular radio station All-Russian State Television and Radio Company (RTR) begin broadcasting in FM-band in Vladivostok. On February 1, 2015 "Radio Russia" can be heard on the frequency 102.1 MHz, and the radio station "Mayak" at a frequency of 88.8 MGts. Ob this "Vestyam.Primore" reported at the branch RTRS "Seaside KRTPTS." As explained signalers, since Soviet times "Radio Russia" and the radio station "Mayak" were working in the capital of Primorye in the VHF range. In this case, for many years the most popular among listeners is FM-range. In 2012, on the eve of the APEC summit, RTRS together RTR launched in Vladivostok at the frequency of 89.8 MHz radio "Vesti.FM", where every 45 minutes hour news outlets "Vesti FM. Vladivostok." Now there is a technical possibility to February 1, 2015 to begin broadcasting in this range are two public radio station, "Radio Russia" with all regional inclusions "Radio Rossii.Primore" sounds in Vladivostok on the frequency 102.1 MHz, and the "Lighthouse" at a frequency of 88 8 MHz. In addition, as reported in the "Primorsky KRTPTS" in branch plans for 2015 to run "Radio Russia" in the FM-band Ussuriisk (frequency 106.0 MHz) and Nakhodka (101.4 MHz). ( (Jan 23) via BC-DX 29 Jan via DXLD) ** RUSSIA. Moscow. On Monday (26.01.2015) Kurkino radio center may close. There's a property dispute. Touches Radonezh, Narodnoe Radio, Radio Teos more here: http://www.moskva.fm/share/2113/20150125/fromtime:22:01:15 (Sergei Popov, via RusDX 1 Feb via DXLD) From Kurkino worked 612/738/1134, (Victor Rutkowsky, Ekaterinburg, Russia / "open_dx", ibid.) BROADCAST RADIO "RADONEZH" IN MOSCOW IS LIMITED. Orthodox radio "Radonezh" will no longer be broadcast in Moscow on medium wave 612 kHz. "On Friday we notified the Russian Television and Radio Broadcasting Network. 20 years we have listened to this wave of Muscovites, there was a huge audience," - said "Interfax-Religion" on Monday station director Yevgeny Nikiforov. Noting that the situation has been brewing for a long time, he suggested that the reason for the decision - in the high cost of land. "The land on which the transmitter is located in Kurkino, is much more expensive than radio services. It is surprising that we have put before the fact in two days to stop broadcasting. Dali would finalize at least until the end of the month, to say goodbye to the audience," - said the official. However, he said that the radio will be listening on frequency FM 72.95, "but the park receivers for this frequency is very limited, and in car stereo that "Soviet" frequency is not at all." sedmitza.ru (OnAir.ru)(via RusDX 1 Feb via DXLD) CLOSURE OF RADIO "RADONEZH" POSTPONED FOR A MONTH 01/26/2015 18:13 As a result of negotiations between the holder of the license to broadcast in Moscow NE 612 kHz (MRC RTRS) and broadcasting center in Kurkino achieved arrangements for the temporary extension of Radio Broadcasting "Radonezh" in the former regime. http://radonezh.ru/news/zakrytie-radio-radonezh-otlozheno-na-mesyats-125844.html (via Victor Rutkowsky, Ekaterinburg, Russia / "open_dx" via via RusDX 1 Feb via DXLD) As a result of negotiations between the holder of the license to broadcast in Moscow MW 612 kHz (MRC RTRS) and broadcasting center in Kurkino agreed to a temporary extension of broadcasting radio "Radonezh" in the former regime. In the future it is hoped that the dispute between economic entities will be resolved in favor of the Orthodox audience - the general director of the Russian Orthodox World "Radio" Radonezh "Evgeny Nikiforov. But as the danger stopped broadcasting at that frequency in Moscow and the region is preserved, we ask all our loyal listeners get a receiver capable of taking us to the frequency FM 72.92 MHz or download an application for a hearing on the Internet. Also, "Radonezh" you can listen to satellite broadcasting radiopakete "Tricolor". for us it is very important to keep the broadcast program at 612 kHz AM / MW, as the only way we can listen in cars. The so-called "Soviet FM" or VHF, which we now realize broadcasting is not included in modern radio cars. that too is a kind of "zagovovorom" gateway radio industry. Radio "Radonezh" exercised broadcast on medium wave 612 kHz quarter of a century, becoming the first independent radio station in Russia. The existing audiences at this frequency mostly elderly people for whom it is sometimes the only opportunity to obtain spiritual comfort. Assessment Rossvyaznadzor potential audience of Radio "Radonezh" in Moscow and the region of 10 million people. The loss of a significant part of its immediate impact on the overall budget of the radio station, formed exclusively by donations from listeners. "Radonezh" to this day remains the only radio station in Moscow has consistently adhered to strictly Orthodox perspective. http://radonezh.ru/news/zakrytie-radio-radonezh-otlozheno-na-mesyats-125844.html (via RusDX 1 Feb via DXLD) ** RUSSIA [non]. U.S.A.: 7570, Radio Sputnik via WRMI; 2131-2200+, 28- Jan; Very chatty Vasily & Natasha/Natalie in English on a plethora of subjects; "This is Radio Sputnik via WRMI Okeechobe FL" + other WRMI references. "As professionals, we don't drink before the show. We don't drink after the show. We drink during the show."; 2152 R.S. WRMI program sked to program end at 2155. 2155-59+ EZL Spanish fill music to WRMI ID spot, then right into Bro. HyStairical at 2200. S20+ peaks; // 15770 throughout SIO=3+53+ (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 125 ft. bow-tie; 85 ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed RW, All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA. R. MTUCI (Zelyoniy glaz) is currently inactive on both 1584 and 25900 kHz, but is looking for a permanent licence and restart is planned during the 2nd half of 2015 (WRTH National Radio Update, Uploaded 6 February 2015, via DXLD) ** RWANDA. KIGALI CLOSURE RUMORS? Hi, Does anyone have any information on the closure of DW's last remaining relay station in Kigali, Rwanda? I've read that it will be closed for A15 with all transmissions moved to other sites including Issoudun http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Issoudun, Meyerton, Madagascar, Trincomalee and UAE. Thanks (Stephen Cooper, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1759, DXLD) What's the source of these rumours, "read somewhere"? What is available are the strategic plannings of DW until 2017. This paper states that the amount of shortwave broadcasts will be further adjusted to the continuing shrinkage of demand and the Kigali facility be closed. Not in, but until 2017. Thus it could indeed be imminent. And don't believe that linear radio will just be taken off shortwave but continue to be produced in the current amount. Where shortwave services are cut DW in general intends to still produce only content for rebroadcast by local partners. They will continue "via satellite and internet", but with content for these distribution platforms, i.e. TV and web (Kai Ludwig, Jan 31, ibid.) These transmissions could use other sites. After DW left Trinco it's cheaper for them to lease time from the SLBC than owning the site (Keith Perron, Taiwan, ibid.) Re Trincomalee, Yes, when fully scheduled 24hrs via 4 SW/MW txs, they payed 4 european engineers, a n d 125 local Ceylonese staff members, on the paylist to maintain the tx jewel case. But DWL suffers n o t by the few remained tx payments, only 7% of the budget need for SW and satellite network. Majority of the budget money is needed for pension payments here in Bonn and Berlin. Like in WRTH 2015 page 461, the 7 language sections will remain on shortwave in A-15 season: Amharic, Dari/Persian, English, French, Hausa, Pashto, Swahili. Via Ascension, TDF Issoudun, Madagascar, Sentech Meyerton, IBB São Tomé, SLBC Trincomalee, Al Dhabbaya UAE, towards ciraf zones 37-41 NoAF, NE, ME, SoAS, 46-57 all Africa. wb (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) 15275, Feb 3 at 0652, good signal from DW in Hausa via Kigali, on the 295 degree beam across west Africa, carrying on between Florida and Cuba, into Mexico, but plenty good further north. In fact, it`s the OSOB. It also has English at 07-08. But be careful: 15275 is a heavily used DW frequency, so depending on the hour could also be via Sri Lanka, UAE, Madagascar or France. Altho early A-15 HFCC registrations continue with numerous KIG entries thru 24 October just in case, it`s now been confirmed that this relay station is about to close down too! So enjoy it while you can. Ivo Ivanov received this: ``Dear all, DW relay station in Kigali / Rwanda will be closed at end of B14 season and dismantled afterwards. All shortwave services --- English, Amharic, French, Hausa, Swahili, Dari, Pashto, will be continued in A15 by rentals at same times and to same service areas. Kind regards, Thomas Feustel, Technical Distribution`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1759, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Originally: ``Dear all, DW relay station in Kigali / Rwanda will be closed at end of B14 season and dismantled afterwards. All shortwave services DW English http://www.dw.de DW Amharic http://www.dw.de/amharic DW French http://www.dw.de/francais DW Hausa http://www.dw.de/hausa DW Swahili http://www.dw.de/kiswahili DW Dari http://www.dw.de/dari DW Pashto http://www.dw.de/pashto will be continued in A15 by rentals at same times and to same service areas. Kind regards Thomas Feustel Technical Distribution`` -- 73! (via Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1759, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Well, no surprise about the closure of Kigali. Will be interesting to see how many transmitter hours are retained from new sites. I suspect there will be cuts in total output. If Meyerton and Madagascar are used for transmissions to West Africa we might still have decent reception in North America. I thought the French service was headed for closure. Not so? (Stephen Luce, Houston, Texas, ibid.) Is the Radio Rwanda 6055 transmitter located at and operated by courtesy of DW relay station in Kigali? If so, I wonder if it will go off the air for good when DW pulls the plug (Jari Savolainen, Finland, ibid.) Yes, 6055 kHz originates from the DW facility. Thus it went off, too, when the station was temporarily abandoned in 1994. "Courtesy": Well, I suspect it's rather a condition of the licence, as it was the case at Sines and, it seems to me, Malta as well (Kai Ludwig, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1759, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Heh, with "courtesy" I meant just that kind of agreement. Thanks, Kai (Jari Savolainen, ibid.) Some foto images from G.E. : Attached screenshot of Kigali site, see 12 staff houses on the left side flank. see westerly curtain antenna arrays, and nortwesterly the 000 / 180 dehrees North South curtain array, central easterly of the TX house and matrix corner: one or two log-periodics like formerly in Sines Portugal relay too. south - easterly border contain the non-directional steep angle fountian like corner reflector etc. antennas for 3 MHZ 3330 kHz 4 MHZ 6 MHZ 6055 6160 kHz 7 MHZ 7225 and Future Planning also low power MW 1512 kHz some 20-30 years ago, was on agenda once. wb [repeating old posts from Oct 12, 2014:] ``Subject: [dxld] Re: Deutsche Welle in B-14 Are any old transmitters, dating back to before the modernization in the early nineties, still in place and operational at the Kigali site? I think that's rather unlikely. If indeed not these five frequencies still include wood (or will finally go out from elsewhere), or one of them will be run with the 100 kW transmitter (provided it's frequency- agile and connected to the antenna matrix switch), which of course would require 6055 kHz to be off. And the cancellation of all English after 1900 could have the very simple reason of abolishing the night shift of engineers. Which again raises the question of 6055 kHz. Kai`` ``From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" Subject: Re: [dxld] Re: Deutsche Welle in B-14 Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2014 22:04:35 +0200 Das image in G.E ist vom July 2014 und zeigt noch alle Mast / Antenneninstallationen. Die Belegschaft hat immer schon in den 15 Häusern auf dem Gelände gewohnt, da wird Night shift kein Problem sein. Der Kigali Rwanda Sender auf 6055 hatte doch nur 50 kW Leistung? Immer schon? Die ganzen Steilstrahlantennen 3 / 4 / 6 MHz stehen alle rechts vom Sendergebäude auch die 6055 kHz Antenne, die hohen Vorhangantennen 49 bis 25 mband westwärts. 5 Strassen sind 180 Meter südlich schon ge-rodet. Der Hügel ist ein begehrtes Immobilien Entwicklungsgebiet, das haben die DW Ingenieure mir schon vor 15 Jahren erzählt. Vielleicht lässt man den 6055 kHz Sender und Antenne in einer Ecke auf dem Gelände stehen, einheimische Ingenieure dafür wird es ja geben. Der Rest wird als Villen Vorort 'entwickelt'. 73 wolfgang ps. wenn man das Sines Senderhaus gesehen hat, vieles der Sendersteuerungen usw. kann man auch remote von zu Hause bedienen.`` ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wolfgang Bueschel_DF5SX" To: "Jari Savolainen" Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2015 4:49 PM Subject: Re: [dxld] RR Kigali transmitter Re Kigali tx site: That was always ONE compound since erection in 1968 / 1969 year. Here is a translation about some recent discussion ago. The image is from Google Earth in July 2014 and still shows all mast / Antenna installations ready. The DWL and local engineering staff has always stayed in the 15 houses on the compound site. Night shift there will not be a problem. The local domestic Kigali Rwanda transmitter on 6055 but had only 50 kW of power? The whole steep angle fountain like non-directional beam antennas on 3/4/6 MHz, all location stand to the right of Transmitter building and the 6055 kHz antenna, but the high tall curtain antennas of 49-25 m BAND westward on the area. Real estate development area; On 5 x 180 meters long street area stubs southwards, are already clearing stubs visible. The hill is a sought- after real estate development area, that have the DW Engineers told me even 15-20 years ago. Maybe the locals put the 6055 kHz transmitter and Antenna installation in a corner of the site area, and local engineers for service are be available, yes, like in Trincomalee after 1-2 years trainee. The rest of the relay site area is 'developed' towards an exclusive residential suburb. 73 wolfgang ps. if you have seen the Sines TX station house, much of the transmitter controls etc. can be r e m o t e-controlled operated from home (Wolfgang Büschel, Feb 1, dxldyg via DXLD) ** SCOTLAND. 24966-USB, Jan 31 at 1455, ham Steve from the Orkney Islands, northern tip of Scotland, M- call but not fonetik; 1458 says he issues e-QSLs only, temp 4 C, winds 60-70 mph! And snow showers. Contacting US stations, but not in a big hurry to move on, finally at 1520, MM0SJH with fonetix closing contact with Bob, WA0LRB, unheard as no doubt too close to me. Steve`s QRZ.com page does not show last name or specific location lest someone try to p-mail him! 12m is wide open from Europe, not 10m (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOLOMON ISLANDS. SIBC current SW schedule is as follows: 1900-2200 & 0500-1200 on 5020 kHz and 2200-0500 on 9545 kHz (WRTH National Radio Update, Uploaded 6 February 2015, via DXLD) ** SOMALIA [non]. 17580, V of Khaatumo (Issoudun), *1700-1728* 20 Jan.; *1700-1705+ 21 Jan. HOA tune to open with Arabic/Somali announcements, brief Qur'an recitation, news/correspondents' reports. Usual ACI from AWR-17575 not a factor either day (Dan Sheedy, Encinitas/Moonlight Beach, CA PL606 'barefoot'/6m X wire, via Bob Wilkner, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOMALILAND. Hello Kouji, We have missed your reports since this was the last one received, November 15. Hope you are well. It seems the ``other`` Hargeisa disappeared about the same time. Your almost daily logs of their 7120 sign-off were valuable. What was the final date you heard them? Best wishes, (Glenn Hauser to Kouji Hashimoto, Japan, via DXLD) I'm absent from Logging report contribution. When it becomes spring, contribution is resumed. A radio is heard every day. Last reception of my 7120 kHz R. Hargeisa is, 2014 Nov. 10 1850-1900*. After that I do not know, no check (Kouji Hashimoto, Japan, Jan 31, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. Unscheduled or extended broadcast of Brother Stair via WWRB, Morrison 0000-0400 5050 WRB 100 kW / 045 deg to ENAm English as scheduled B14 0400-0700 5050 WRB 100 kW / 045 deg to ENAm English, poor but audible: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/01/unscheduled-or-extended-broadcast-of.html (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, Jan 29, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Additional frequency of Brother Stair was observed on February 2 from 0900 on 11600, not [sic] Secretbrod, with 80 second delay from 11580 Okeechobee. Videos will be uploaded later today: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/02/additional-frequency-of-brother-stair.html More five videos of Brother Stair on 11600 and continues after 1540 UT, but 1600-1730 on same frequency 11600 will be Bible Voice Broadcasting in Farsi! http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/02/additional-frequency-of-brother-stair.html 11600 0300 0900 40,41 SOF 50 90 0 618 Eng BUL NEW SPC 11600 0900 1700 28,29 SOF 50 306 0 618 Eng BUL TOM SPC 11600 1700 2100 30,40,41,42,31 SOF 100 90 0 618 Eng BUL TOM SPC (HFCC via Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) But the signal is too weak to be of Kostinbrod -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, 1622 UT Feb 2, ibid.) [Later, he decides Secretbrod == Kostinbrod, Bulgaria, is the site:] Confirmed today February 3 at 0800 on 11600 via Secretbrod, very old Soviet 50 kW transmitter, with permanently interruptions on/off. on/off. -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, ibid.) Additional frequency of Brother Stair from Secretbrod Additional frequency of Brother Stair was observed on Feb 2/3: 0800-1600 on 11600 SCB 050 kW / 306 deg to WeEu with 80 sec delay of 11580/15770. Very old Soviet transmitter and permanently interruptions on/off; on/off on Feb 3 * co-ch VIRI IRIB in Japanese 1323-1420 (Ivo Ivanov, ibid.) BULGARIA, 11600, TOM (Kostinbrod) 1450-1505, 3 Feb. "Brother" Stair heard with usual grim tidings of world-wide unpleasantness + a request for funds (what? you thought LDPOG was doing this for FREE?). (Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA PL606 ‘barefoot’, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Additional frequency of Brother Stair TOM on February 3: 0800-1552 11600 SCB 050 kW / 306 deg WeEu videos with start/end of TOM 1600-1700 9930 HBN 100 kW / 270 deg SEAs but 50 sec before Secretbrod 1600-1655 11600 SCB 100 kW / 090 deg WeAs instead of BVB Farsi, videos http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/02/brother-stair-tom-on-11600-khz.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DXLD) ** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. Today I heard the overcomer on WINB 9265 from 1745 to 1845 UT. Was on when I first tuned to 9265 so I don't know when it started. After 1845 UTC regular programming heard. Just what we need another frequency with him on it (Peter W Hansen, Feb 3, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Wednesday, February 4, 2015 Updated schedule of WINB effective February 1, including Brother Stair 1730-1830 9265 INB 050 kW / 242 deg to CeAm English M-F Brother Stair (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DXLD) ** SPAIN. 11940, REE, 30/01 2205 UT. Programa «Cinco Continentes» acerca del nuevo gobierno griego y de la geopolítica de Rusia por el asunto de Ucrania. SINPO: 54544 con leve QRM de RB2 (RX: Realistic DX- 160, ANT: Hilo de 40 metros, QTH: Barraza Bajo, IV Región, Chile, Claudio Galaz, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** SPAIN. REE relay RNE Sport on two frequencies only on January 31: 1500-2300 on 9620 NOB 200 kW / 290 deg to NoAm Spanish Sat/Sun 1500-2300 on 11685 NOB 200 kW / 161 deg to WCAf Spanish Sat/Sun is off 1500-2300 on 11940 NOB 200 kW / 230 deg to SoAm Spanish Sat/Sun 1500-2300 on 12030 NOB 200 kW / 110 deg to N/ME Spanish Sat/Sun is off http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/02/ree-relay-rne-sport-on-two-frequencies.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1759, DX LISTENING DIGEST) English translation of article appearing in Spanish newspaper La Opinion of A Coruña, Galicia, on REE broadcasts: February 3, 2015 SPANISH FISHERMAN DEMAND THAT RADIO EXTERIOR USE HIGHER FREQUENCIES FOR THEIR BROADCASTS -- Fleets trawling in the southern hemisphere complain about interference and “bad reception” from REE By Adrián Amoedo LA CORUÑA -- On December 18, the shortwave transmissions of Radio Exterior de España were once again coming through, as they had in the past, on the fishing boats that trawl around the world. Despite the cuts in hours – REE reduced it broadcasts from 24 hours a day to four hours from Monday through Friday and eight hours on Saturdays and Sundays – and in programing, shipping crews still celebrated the return of such “an essential” service. “The entire face of this crew has changed,” said Xuxo Pérez, captain of the Xuxo, told La Opinion the first day his radio was receiving the broadcasts after 78 days of dead air. But just 45 days after the fishermen toasted to that first day of their “partial victory,” they now complain that the signals are not being broadcast under decent conditions and demand that the RTVE Corporation add more frequencies for better reception. “It took more time than what they said they were going to take to hear them. The new frequencies depend on the day – sometimes you can hear them well, sometimes you can’t – but there is always interference,” said Manuel Cadilla, captain of the “Tosca Tercero” that trawls south of Cape Verde. Even though Cadilla admits that it is a lot better having a broadcast from Spain rather than nothing at all, he has asked REE to use higher frequencies. “Before the cutbacks, you could listen to Radio Exterior because they used other frequencies.” The “Tosca Tercero” belongs to the Organization of Trawler from A Guarda (Orpagu), one of the founding members of the Platform for the Defense of Shortwave, which is ensuring that fishing boats get the best reception possible. The new frequencies between 9,620 kHz and 12,030 kHz are not ones promised by the RTVE board when it agreed to the fishermen’s demands to reinstate the broadcasts for Spanish fleets in the southern hemisphere. The “Coyo Séptimo” is also a member of the Orpagu and trawls for swordfish south of Madagascar. Captain Juan Martínez said that REE “cannot be heard well” since November 5. “Generally, there is a lot of noise and during the weekends, when there are more broadcast hours, you can’t hear a thing,” he said, adding that usually the REE is broadcasting at times when the crew is already asleep. In another part of the southern hemisphere, José Manuel Rosario, captain of “Jose Antonio Nores,” believes that the frequencies employed are unusable for the area because “sometimes they cannot be heard or they just don’t exist.” “We are asking that they expand the broadcast hours in the morning and use decent meter bands, such as 13 meters (21 MHz) in the morning, 16 meters (17 MHz) in the afternoon until 9pm, and 21 meters (15 MHz [sic]) from 8pm,” he said. José Manuel Rosario also adds that with the new hours the crew misses “parts of the programs.” César Gil, captain of the “Playa da Cativa,” which is also fishing in the same area after leaving Spain some weeks ago, complains on the other hand that the frequencies “are too low” and “they were a lot better before” because there is “more interference.” “It is true that our routines on the boat have changed now that we have the radio back, but we want the frequencies we had before,” he said. La flota reclama frecuencias más altas de onda corta tras no recibir la señal de Radio Exterior http://www.laopinioncoruna.es/mar/2015/02/02/flota-reclama-frecuencias-altas-onda/923699.html 73s, (Marty Delfín, Madrid, Spain, Feb 3, dxldyg via DXLD) RADIO EXTERIOR DE ESPAÑA OPTIMIZARÁ LAS FRECUENCIAS A PETICIÓN DE LA PLATAFORMA EN DEFENSA DE LA ONDA CORTA 2ª Actualización de 2015 de la lista ESPAÑA EN ONDA MEDIA http://aer.org.es/archivos/2765 Radio Exterior de España optimizará las frecuencias a petición de la Plataforma en Defensa de la Onda Corta Publicado el 3 febrero 2015 18:35 por EA4-0003 Datos recogidos por pescadores en alta mar y radio escuchas de todo el mundo han puesto de manifiesto la baja calidad de recepción de la señal en algunos puntos Radio Exterior de España (REE) optimizará las frecuencias de la onda corta, para mejorar la calidad de emisión de su programación y que sea recibida en las mismas condiciones que cuando se suspendió el servicio, en octubre pasado, reanudado a mediados de diciembre, según el compromiso adquirido hoy por responsables de Radio Nacional de España (RNE) ante representantes de la Plataforma en Defensa de la Onda Corta. Madrid, 3 de febrero de 2015 Los miembros de la Plataforma (de la que AER es parte activa) han cumplido con su propuesta de colaborar con la Corporación RTVE y hacer un seguimiento de las emisiones, desde distintos puntos, tanto en alta mar como en tierra, con el fin de que se pudieran optimizar los recursos y mejorar la señal en aquellos puntos donde pudiera la señal pudiera ser deficiente. 1414500880764 [sic, meaning what?] Tras el estudio de los reportes enviados por los barcos en alta mar y radio escuchas de todo el mundo, la dirección de RNE y REE han acordado desdoblar las frecuencias los fines de semana, ya que la información tanto de tierra como de mar indican que la calidad de la recepción no es estable durante las ocho horas que dura la emisión. De esta manera, se pasará a utilizar dos frecuencias para que se pueda escuchar las ocho horas. La radio pública ha informado que el cambio se hará lo más rápido posible, probablemente a partir de este fin semana. Respecto a las emisiones de lunes a viernes se ha acordado reajustar las frecuencias, subiéndolas en la mayoría de los casos, para garantizar la estabilidad de la recepción a lo largo de las cuatro horas de emisión. Este cambio se llevará a cabo el 28 de marzo, coincidiendo con la variación de esquema de emisiones de todas las radios internacionales regulada por la High Frecuency Cordination Corporation, organismo encargado de coordinar las frecuencias de las emisoras internacionales. Los representantes de la Plataforma han manifestado su satisfacción porque las solicitudes de los oyentes de REE a través de onda corta se puedan ver realizadas en breve plazo, teniendo en cuenta que es su única conexión con España, y han manifestado su intención de seguir colaborando con RNE y REE, para garantizar un servicio público de calidad que afecta a miles de cooperantes, marinos, marineros, militares, profesores y españoles que desempeñan sus funciones fuera del territorio español. Junto a representantes de la plataforma, al encuentro, celebrado en la Casa de la Radio, este mediodía, han acudido el director de informativos de RNE, Alberto Martínez Arias; el director de REE, Antonio Szigriszt, y el director de medios, y el director de medios técnicos de RNE, Manuel Giménez. MIEMBROS FUNDADORES DE LA PLATAFORMA EN DEFENSA DE LA ONDA CORTA EN RADIO EXTERIOR DE ESPAÑA FEDERACIÓN DE ASOCIACIONES DE PERIODISTAS DE ESPAÑA (FAPE) ORGANIZACIÓN DE PALANGREROS GUARDESES (ORPAGU) CONFEDERACIÓN ESPAÑOLA DE PESCA (CEPESCA) ASOCIACIÓN ESPAÑOLA DE RADIOESCUCHA (AER) FEDERACIÓN DE SINDICATOS DE PERIODISTAS (FESP) FEDERACIÓN DE SERVICIOS DE UGT (FES-UGT) FEDERACIÓN DE SERVICIOS A LA CIUDADANÍA (FSC) DE CCOO SECTORES MMCC, MAR Y EXTERIOR (via noticiasdx yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1759, DXLD) REE relay RNE again on 2 frequencies only on February 3 1900-2300 on 9620 NOB 200 kW / 290 deg to NoAm Spanish Sat/Sun 1900-2300 on 11685 NOB 200 kW / 161 deg to WCAf Spanish Sat/Sun is off 1900-2300 on 11940 NOB 200 kW / 230 deg to SoAm Spanish Sat/Sun 1900-2300 on 12030 NOB 200 kW / 110 deg to N/ME Spanish Sat/Sun is off http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/02/ree-relay-rne-again-on-2-frequencies.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, Feb 4, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1759, DXLD) ** SUDAN. Sudan Radio has returned to 7200 from 7205 kHz. Also the evening transmission at 1400-1630 & 1930-2100 carries General Service, not R. Peace any more (WRTH National Radio Update, Uploaded 6 February 2015, via DXLD) ** SUDAN [non]. 13800, VATICAN STATE, R Dabanga, 1/25, 1610. ME music, M presenter, with requests. Good. 73 and Good Listening! (Rick Barton, Box 1804, El Mirage, AZ, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) [non-log], R. Dabanga (Santa Maria di Galeria) 1536-1607 29 Jan. Not on today, leaving the tone-jammer feeling useless; also not on 1530+ 30 Jan. but the tone-jammer rolled down to 15550 to play with WJHR (they deserve each other). 1535+ 6 Feb. Dabanga back (& loud) with the tone-jammer on 15550 with WJHR once again (Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA PL606/6m X wire, G5/6m X wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15555, Jan 30 at 1532, open carrier/dead air from SMG VATICAN site instead of scheduled R. Dabanga at 1530-1627. Recheck at 1536 the transmitter is off, gave up? Who is to blame for such outages? R. Dabanga studio? Common carrier, satellite? feed to VR? Master control in the Vatican? ST link to SMG? Or SMG itself? 15550, Feb 2 at 1535, WJHR USB has escaped the big VATICAN signal of R. Dabanga since it QSYed to 15555 (except for some splash), but now there`s continuous tone jamming centered on 15550 also with a carrier but not enough to completely modulate WJHR as if AM. The Sudanese jammers still haven`t caught on that Dabanga has moved up 5! Which we first observed Jan 26. The tone is approx. 1 kHz, manifesting as weak carriers on 15549 and 15551, presumably until 1630 or so (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1759, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SURINAME. 4989.99, R. Apintie, 0308 W announcer as I tuned in, then into slow romantic ballad by W vocalist, kind of sounding like Celine Dion. 0315 W DJ returned, then canned announcement and back to music. Nice canned ID at 0418:20. Another mention of R. Apintie at 0435:35. (2 Feb.) (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Cumbre DX via DXLD) ** SWEDEN. Nice signal from Sala, Sweden (Ronny B Goode show) on 6065 kHz at present (1720 UT Jan 31). Also audible on 3950 kHz now it is dark here in UK, though co-channel Xinjiang, Urumqi. Think Xinjiang closes on 3950 at 1800 UT, so would then be in the clear? 73 (Alan Pennington, Caversham, UK, AOR 7030plus, longwire, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) Radio Revival relays via Sala on Saturday, Jan 31: 78-timmen - Ola Rosengren spinning 78 rpm records 1500-1600 on 3950 SAL 005 kW / non dir to Eu in AM mode 1500-1600 on 6065 SAL 010 kW / non dir to Eu in CLSB mode Country Box with Kenneth Friberg 1600-1700 on 3950 SAL 005 kW / non dir to Eu in AM mode 1600-1700 on 6065 SAL 010 kW / non dir to Eu in CLSB mode The Ronny B Goode Show 1700-1800 on 3950 SAL 005 kW / non dir to Eu in AM mode 1700-1800 on 6065 SAL 010 kW / non dir to Eu in CLSB mode Hit! with DJ Pewee 1800-1900 on 3950 SAL 005 kW / non dir to Eu in AM mode 1800-1900 on 6065 SAL 010 kW / non dir to Eu in CLSB mode Radio Revival relay on 6065 CLSB Sala and Radio Channel 292 on 6070 Rohrbach http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/02/radio-revival-relays-via-sala-on.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Feb 1, dxldyg via DXLD) MORE: Transmissions from Sala, Sweden on Saturday, January 31 Radio Nord Revival 1100-1200 on 3950 SAL 005 kW / non dir to Eu in AM mode 1100-1200 on 6065 SAL 010 kW / non dir to Eu in CLSB mode SDXF Sveriges DX-Förbund 1200-1300 on 3950 SAL 005 kW / non dir to Eu in AM mode 1200-1300 on 6065 SAL 010 kW / non dir to Eu in CLSB mode Radio Merkurs 1300-1500 on 3950 SAL 005 kW / non dir to Eu in AM mode 1300-1500 on 6065 SAL 010 kW / non dir to Eu in CLSB mode 78-timmen - Ola Rosengren spinning 78 rpm records 1500-1600 on 3950 SAL 005 kW / non dir to Eu in AM mode 1500-1600 on 6065 SAL 010 kW / non dir to Eu in CLSB mode Country Box with Kenneth Friberg 1600-1700 on 3950 SAL 005 kW / non dir to Eu in AM mode 1600-1700 on 6065 SAL 010 kW / non dir to Eu in CLSB mode The Ronny B Goode Show 1700-1800 on 3950 SAL 005 kW / non dir to Eu in AM mode 1700-1800 on 6065 SAL 010 kW / non dir to Eu in CLSB mode Hit! with DJ Pewee 1800-1900 on 3950 SAL 005 kW / non dir to Eu in AM mode 1800-1900 on 6065 SAL 010 kW / non dir to Eu in CLSB mode Radio Revival relay on 6065 CLSB Sala and Radio Channel 292 on 6070 Rohrbach http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/02/radio-revival-relays-via-sala-on.html (DX RE MIX NEWS # 94 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, Feb 3, 2015, via DXLD) ** SWEDEN [and non]. January 31: Radio Revival on 6065 CLSB Sala and Radio Channel 292 on 6070 Rohrbach at 1618 UTC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBPJ5alQks8&feature=youtu.be Radio Revival relay 78 timmen Ola Rosengren spinning 78 rpm 1550 on 6065 CLSB Sala https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuN9PvPV6Ik&feature=youtu.be Radio Revival relay Country Box with Kenneth Friberg 1601 on 6065 CLSB Sala https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVsKVh1j9vA&feature=youtu.be Radio Revival relay The Ronny B Goode Show 1707 on 6065 CLSB Sala, 3950 AM Sala under PBS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGOX990PwhE&feature=youtu.be Radio Revival relay Hit with DJ Pewee 1806 on 6065 CLSB, 3950 AM via Sala https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGUgIdpk9ZA&feature=youtu.be 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TAIWAN. Hi Glenn, The unID station in your latest DXLD [15-04] on 1593 (JAPAN and non) under CNR1 and NHK would be Taiwan Fisheries which is 1 kW - it relays 1143 and 738 kHz. I have also emailed Walt direct. 73 (Tony Magon VK2IC, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TAIWAN. 6900 kHz, seemingly another SOH Taiwan transmitter, not mention in Aoki Nagoya list yet (Wolfgang Büschel, Feb 1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Circa 1145-1200 UT? From adjacent logs ** TAIWAN [and non] 11915, RTI, Tinian [sic]. S/on 0900 with the Indonesian service, ID and news. A lovely signal, easily outdoing the co-channel CNR 2 with a S9+20dB signal, 22/1 (Rob Wagner, VK3BVW, Mount Evelyn, VIC (Yaesu FT DX 3000, Kenwood TS2000, Yaesu FRG100, Double Bazooka antennas for 80 and 40 metres, Par EF-SWL End Fed antenna, BHI NEIM1031 Digital Noise Eliminating Module, MFJ-1026 Noise Cancelling Module, ATU, Jan/Feb Australian DX News via DXLD) means Tainan? Yes, per Aoki (gh) 7445, ROC, R Taiwan Intl., 1/29, 1157. Poor / Fair, closing out English to wipeout by CNR1 jammer just as the CNR1 jammer closed on 10870, after pips. Good ID, wasting no time covering Chinese service of RTI. 73 and Good Listening! (Rick Barton, Box 1804, El Mirage, AZ, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TAIWAN [and non]. January 26: RTI in Russian to CeAs 1400 on test frequency 11885 Tamsui very poor and 15180 very good https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiVnWYVhuGc&feature=youtu.be RTI in Russian to CeAs 1416 on test frequency 11885 Tamsui very poor and 15180 very good https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akdAPusn5JI&feature=youtu.be 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) January 27: RTI in Russian to CeAs 1400 on test frequency 11885 Tamsui weak & 15180 issoudun strong https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPq8zsXcpaI&feature=youtu.be RTI in Russian to EaEu 1700 on test frequency 7385 Tamsui, no signal, heard PBS Xizang https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88Ztn8V_M7g&feature=youtu.be RTI in Russian to EaEu 1705 on test frequency 7385 Tamsui, no signal, heard PBS Xizang https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PISW8wJ395E&feature=youtu.be 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** THAILAND. 13744.964, Also IBB relays in Udorn Thani Thailand are mostly odd frequency on lower sideband these days. Noted Radio Thailand from Bangkok capital programmes in Thai and English at 0148 UT on Jan 30. Scheduled 0030-0300 UT true north azimuth at 006 and 038 degrees, across the Arctic area into North America target (Wolfgang Büschel, 0100-0230 UT log in Far East Tokyo Japan remote SDR unit, Jan 30, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TIBET [non]. Updated winter B-14 schedule of Voice of Tibet: 1200-1215 NF 15543 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese, ex 15542 1215-1230 NF 15537 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese, ex 15548 1230-1245 on 15557 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan 1245-1300 NF 15562 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 15563 1300-1315 on 15548 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese 1300-1315 on 15563 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan 1315-1330 on 15542 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese 1315-1330 on 15568 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan 1330-1345 NF 7587 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese, ex 11692 1330-1345 NF 15568 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 15562 1345-1400 NF 7587 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese, ex 11692 1345-1400 NF 15568 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 15562 1400-1415 on 15525 MDC 250 kW / 045 deg to CeAs Tibetan 1400-1415 NF 11512 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 11517 1415-1430 on 15530 MDC 250 kW / 045 deg to CeAs Tibetan 1415-1430 NF 11518 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 11517 1430-1445 on 11512 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, cancelled 1445-1500 on 11517 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, cancelled 2300-2315 on 7592 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, new txion 2315-2330 on 7598 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, new txion All frequencies are jammed by China on xxxx0 / xxxx5 Changes between frequencies vary from 3 to 5 minutes (DX Re Mix, Blgaria, Jan 29, via DXLD) ** TIBET [non]. 15525, Jan 30 at 1406, V. of Tibet via MADAGASCAR fair, so with BFO I wait for it to jump to 15530, which it does a few seconds after 1407. Are they still faking out the ChiCom jammers with this tactic? None audible on either, before or after 1407 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1759, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TIBET [non]. 5830, Feb 1 at 0056, very poor signal with music. Aoki shows VOA Tibetan, 250 kW, 20 degrees from Sri Lanka at 00-01, which means I am probably hearing a CNR1 jammer, but did not think to match it to one of the 24 other frequencies just logged. WTWW doesn`t come on till about 0200, but 0100 would do (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TURKEY. 9700, Feb 4 at 0604, VOT with Turkish music, good // much weaker 9820. Reception is improving as spring approaches, during the final hour of this transmission, mostly music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** UKRAINE. New transmitter of Ukrainian Radio 1 on 1278 kHz --- A new transmitter tested 1st day on 1278 kHz. January 29th heard at 1740 UT with program 1 from Ukrainian Radio. Very powerful and with loop it was only IRIB Kermanshah in the background. According to Mauno Ritola the transmitter is located at Odesa-Petrivka, a small village 64 km north of Odessa (Bengt Ericson, Arctic Radio Club, torsdag 29 januari 2015 via RusDX 1 Feb via WORLD OF RADIO 1759, DXLD) UR1 is testing with 100 kW on 1278 kHz from Petrivka (Odessa). (WRTH National Radio Update, Uploaded 6 February 2015, via DXLD) ** UKRAINE. Radio Broadcasting of Ukraine WS at new time and target area from Jan 28 1600-2000 on 1431 SMF 800 kW / ??? deg to SERussia Russian ONLY, ex 15-17 to NERu 1700-1900 on 1431 SMF 800 kW / ??? deg to NERussia Ukrainian is CANCELLED, videos http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/02/radio-broadcasting-of-ukraine-ws-at-new.html (DX RE MIX NEWS # 94 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, Feb 3, 2015, via WORLD OF RADIO 1759, DXLD) ``SMF`` refers to Simferopol`, CRIMEA, which was never the real site of these transmitters! NERu, surely not ``northeast Russia`` which would be Siberia, but northeastward from site; and SERu, southeastward (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) January 28 at the transmitting center Luch (Mykolaiv) 1431 kgts frequency, the antenna was turned to the southeast. Center is interested in reports of approx. Broadcasting time 17-21 UT/ e-mail tsekhanovskyy@nrcu.gov.ua superson@bk.ru C respect, (Victor Tsekhanovich, via RusDX 1 Feb via WORLD OF RADIO 1759, DXLD) ** UKRAINE. State Committee for Television and Radio Broadcasting exploring the possibility of the spread of Russian territory up to the Urals. This was on an extended board meeting of the State Committee said its chairman Oleg Nalivaiko, the correspondent of RBC-Ukraine. "We are studying the technical possibilities of radio broadcasts spread up to the Urals", - said Nalivaiko. He recalled that broadcasting in Crimea, Donetsk and the European part of Russia has been restored on 1 December. http://innovations.rbc.ua/rus/goskomteleradio-izuchaet-vozmozhnost-rasprostraneniya-veshchaniya-27012015113600 State Committee for Television and Radio Broadcasting ordered the regional state broadcasting company (OGTRK) program to include SD-1 radio single "Ukrainian Radio" into a coherent broadcasting network from February 1, according to the received licenses, the correspondent «proIT». As informed by the press service of the Committee, the State Committee approved measures to ensure dissemination of programs of the National Radio and OGTRK according to the uniform grid of broadcasting in FM- joint network. In order to implement the project of creating a single radio network "Ukrainian Radio" heads of regional state television and radio companies that have received a license to broadcast a single radio network "Ukrainian Radio" have a February 1, 2015 to ensure acceptance of the program UR-1 satellite Astra 4A, switching signal in OGTRK accordance with the agreed broadcasting network and supply a mixed program on network FM-transmitters in accordance with a license. http://proit.com.ua/news/gosregulation/2015/01/22/151948.html (via RusDX 1 Feb via DXLD) ** UKRAINE. 11980, Ukrainian Radio. In Ukrainian, IS, ID, news in Ukrainian at 0900 on 4/1 speaking about Russian aggression in Ukrainian territory // MW 549 (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria (Sony ICF 2001D, Folded Marconi antenna own made, Jan/Feb Australian DX News via DXLD) That`s the low power, private/pirate relayer (gh) Reception of Radio Dniprovska Hvylya on Saturday, Jan 31: 0700-0930 11980.1 ZPR 0.3 kW / non-dir to UKR Ukrainian CUSB Sat/Sun http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/01/radio-dniprovska-hvylya-on-saturday.html (DX RE MIX NEWS # 94 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, Feb 3, 2015, via DXLD) January 31: Radio Dniprovska Hvylya in Ukrainian 0712 on 11980,1 Zaporizhia in CUSB https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hfC8HauKYU&feature=youtu.be 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** UKRAINE [non]. RADIO UKRAINE INTERNATIONAL English Days Area kHz 0030-0100 daily NAm 7455yfr (add) (WRTH Update Jan 30 via DXLD) WRTH missed my reports that this broadcast unexpectedly changed to 11580, like one hour earlier with Ukrainian Radio at 2330. And note the name, they do NOT call themselves Radio Ukraine International any more. 7455 is no longer on the air from `yfr` at 0000-0100. And when are we going to get rid of the outdated YFR designation for the Okeechobee site?? Waiting for ITU or HFCC to do it? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Glenn, The streamed/on-demand programming from Ukraine still identifies as "Radio Ukraine International" - I reconfirmed by checking the opening of the News bulletin for each day this week (announced by three different presenters) and also checked the German language on-demand news. Each broadcast used the "Radio Ukraine International" ID. I've not had the opportunity yet to hear the WRMI relay. RUI's daily broadcast runs for one hour, but the WRMI relay only lasts 30 minutes, so I wonder if the WRMI relay is a re-packaged programme especially for WRMI, and it is the re-packaged programme that uses the "Ukrainian Radio" ID? (Alan Roe, Teddington, UK, Feb 1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) The ``Ukrainian Radio`` ID is what I hear at the opening of transmissions on 11580; have not noted what they call it elsewhen (gh) ** UKRAINE. Media in Luhansk People's Republic of (summary of the article) Main TV - TV channel "Lugansk 24", which was created by tracing the famous Russian counterpart, and is broadcast in March 2014 in the format of online television in May as "Lugansk 24" began broadcasting on the basis of the TV channel "Irta". The main "chip" of this channel are news blocks of the program "Vesti", which serves local news Lugansk. The rest of the broadcast channel is filled with movies military-patriotic and Soviet cartoons. In addition to broadcasting channel and appeared in cable networks of all operators in the region. The technical feasibility of transmitting a signal on the air provides Lugansk branch of the Kiev concern of broadcasting, radio and television (BRT). Ukrainian broadcast channels RRT May not provide. In addition to "Lugansk 24" continue to work and regional public broadcaster. For example, in Stakhanov based channel Dawn TV now functions "New Channel New Russia". In Alchevsk continues communal TV channel "ASKET." Revision creates regular news items, telling alchevtsam current urban news. Earlier in the Luhansk region counts more than 20 FM radio stations, most of the transmitter is located in Lugansk, plus regional repeaters in urban area. Today on the FM band - three radio stations. Chief among them canned from Lugansk tower of the same BRT is "24" (103.6 MHz), at a frequency of former rock radio "Pulse". Not so long ago the radio "24" still renamed "His" radio, apparently wanting to avoid confusion with the eponymous Ukrainian station "Radio 24". Residents Lugansk from mid-summer can listen to one FM station Ukrainian - Ukrainian-language "Radio 24", part of the media group TRK "Lux". July 28, 2014 in Lugansk on frequency 107.9 MHz Ukrainian Network began broadcasting "Radio 24", it has become possible due to the fact that before the close of Lugansk was installed equipment for broadcasting in Lugansk. Broadcasting license in Luhansk station does not have. Available in the third LC radio was "Cossack Radio" broadcasted on the frequency of Stakhanov former "Autoradio" (102.5 MHz). It is worth noting that this radio is very popular among a large part of the local population. Since the fall in Luhansk region and Ukrainian wire off the radio. Full - http://alchevsk.lg.ua/novosti/598-informacionnaya-voyna-prodolzhaetsya-ukraina-vs-lnr.html (via RusDX 1 Feb via DXLD) Ukraine: Live streams of radio and television channels controlled by the pro-Russian rebels in Luhansk/Lugansk can be accessed from their website at http://tinyurl.com/svoye Lugansk State Radio & TV operate Lugansk 24 television and Svoye Radio [CBOE in Cyrillic characters, which Google variously translates as 'his/my/our']. Svoye Radio, broadcasting on 101.4 & 103.6 MHz FM, was launched as '24 FM' in the latter half of 2014. Perhaps the name was changed to avoid confusion with the already existing Ukrainian station Radio 24? The excellent streaming portal Radiomap.Eu shows only four other radio stations operating from within Luhansk - Radio Sputnik, Russian Radio and two unnamed stations. CLARIFICATION: The phrase 'operating from within Luhansk' should read 'with transmitters in Luhansk' - there's no local content on Radio Sputnik and Russian Radio (except perhaps ads), as far as I know. A clip of the station can be heard via the Ukraine page of the Interval Signals Online website at IntervalSignals.net (David Kernick, Interval Signals Online, Jan 31, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U K. NPL Time & Frequency Services --- Notice of Interruption, MSF 60 kHz Time and Frequency Signal. Please note that the MSF 60 kHz time and frequency signal broadcast from Anthorn Radio Station will be off during the day for maintenance work from: Monday 2 March to Thursday 19 March between 0800 and 1800 UT - service off-air each day (but will be back on air overnight and at weekends). The interruption to the transmission is required to allow essential maintenance work to be carried out in safety. Posted by: (Mike Terry, Feb 2, dxldyg via DXLD) Like what? They never say exactly. Classified info? (gh, DXLD) ** U K. Re: DXLD 15-04 - BBC Online & SW skeds Hi Glenn/Richard, Whilst I haven't ever got around to trying to correlate BBCWS shortwave to webcasting either, the webcast sked and the Shortwave skeds to each target area are available online here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldserviceradio/help/faq#faq3 The link is also in the WoR Hitlist under UK as: BBC 6-mth skeds: (Alan Roe, Teddington, UK, Feb 4, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Thanks for that. I got caught out by the difference by trying to listen to Sportsworld one weekday (for English football scores / reports) when I was in Morocco in December. The internet was very slow (too slow for streaming) but I could look at the programme schedules and see the half an hour update scheduled at 1630 but on the shortwave frequency to Africa I was listening to there was something else on (Click I think). Shame I didn't try that PDF then. However the PDF are still no good for special programmes e.g. AFCON football this week etc. (Stephen Cooper, ibid.) ** U K [non]. Additional frequency of BBC World Service from Jan 28 2200-2300 on 5960 SLA 250 kW / 060 deg to EaAs English // freqs: 2200-2300 on 3915 SNG 100 kW / 160 deg to SEAs English 2200-2300 on 5890 NAK 250 kW / 045 deg to EaAs English 2200-2300 on 5890 NAK 250 kW / 150 deg to SEAs English 2200-2300 on 6195 SNG 125 kW / 000 deg to SEAs English 2200-2300 on 6195 SNG 125 kW / 090 deg to AUS English 2200-2300 on 6195 SNG 250 kW / 013 deg to EaAs English 2200-2300 on 7490 NAK 250 kW / 025 deg to EaAs English (DX RE MIX NEWS # 94 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, Feb 3, 2015, via DXLD) ** U K [and non]. [Cf CYRPUS, BBC closing MW 1323 kHz] I'd like to comment on this news. Well, I don't know why they withdraw from AM broadcasting. I can speculate about the real reasons. I think - especially with the BBC - a concept is emerged which says that public broadcasting is expensive and they need cost-reduction and killing the old-fashioned, outdated things. They thought that they can refresh the content with new management arriving from the private sector. For example, in Hungary they implanted high-paid employees (always bosses) from the national oil company called MOL. But, the new management understood nothing about the nature of public sector/service, they wanted to compete with someone. They didn't understand that competition is not the key but another principle: Every client has to get the same level of service despite the client's financial abilities or how much a client is willing to pay. I hope I don't need to mention that if a client pays more for the same amount of public service than another, that' is corruption in the public sector. As a former legal worker I couldn't make these shit people understand this simple thing. These leaders earn more than anyone else in the public sector employees. And, when they bankrupt the organisation they will get a very-very high remuneration for banktrupting that public sector organisation. That's taking place here in Hungary and I see that's happening with the BBC too. But, the level of freedom of expression is bigger in the U.K.; that's why these bosses cannot rule the organisation completely while they can do it in Hungary. The problem is that those new bosses bring in their former employee while pushing out old, "outdated" people. They don't understand how they destroy the service itself. I think this is the same with AM. Most bosses have never heard of longwave or mediumwave; they cannot say what their role is in the field of communication. That's why everything is outdated according to them. They claim they will build not only the 21st but 22nd century communication system. You will see the real destruction after they leave the organisation. In my opinion western powers will lose the battle in the Middle East because they are unwilling to maintain their presence. I don't know any better-known British brand than the BBC itself. These "managers" even have no idea that nobody listens to radio over satellite. On satellite DX forums I hardly can read anyone who is hearing radio over satellite. Everyone sees television. Most people don't even know if radio is available on satellites. Ordinary people will not listen BBC radio on satellite. 73s and good dx to you, (Tibor Gaal, Hungary, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Re: ``BBC news release this morning BBC - BBC World Service English to end medium wave radio services to Eastern Mediterranean on 1323kHz in April - Media centre`` Strange that there is no mention of the shortwave beams to the Middle East, currently 0300-0500 and 1500-1900 on several frequencies for B- 14 via the Oman relay station. Or are these on the chopping block for A-15? It has been a year since BBCWS management stated that there would be further SW cuts "next year." Very curious to see if they follow through on that (Stephen Luce, Houston, Texas, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U K. BBC Taster: What we know so far about the Beeb's new experimental project - Tech Feature - Digital Spy BBC Taster, Article from Digital Spy: http://www.digitalspy.com/tech/feature/a624289/bbc-taster-what-we-know-so-far-about-the-beebs-new-experimental-project.html Posted by: (Rob de Santos, Feb 4, dxldyg via DXLD) ** U S A. 3995-LSB, approx., Feb 2 at 0640, a ham net for admirers of Kevin Alfred Strom, American Dissident Voices --- remember him? Used to have own white-racist SW broadcasts, who is ``trying to save the white race – and the human race``. How nice of him to have broadened his coverage. Ham laments the odds are against him as 99.9% of species have allegedly perished over time. Mentions ``Liberty Net``, and gives call as N2IRJ (or was it N2RJ? Both are valid calls so I won`t guess which is responsible for this, but one`s surname if more foreign- looking than the other, shudder) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Disturbing news about the California Maritime station KSM: Bolinas Antennas Suffer Heavy Damage in December Storm --- During a severe storm on 12 Dec 2014 the antennas at the transmitter site in Bolinas CA suffered heavy damage. As a result several KSM and K6KPH transmitters are off the air until further notice. This includes transmitter A7, the 500kc/426kc transmitter. More details at http://radiomarine.org/ (via Paul Dobosz, MARE Tipsheet Jan 30 via DXLD) ** U S A. YHWH ORDERED OFF-AIR BY FCC Glenn-- Please see attached link: http://www.arrl.org/news/unlicensed-religious-broadcaster-who-used-amateur-frequencies-ordered-off-the-air Respecfully – (via Joe Burke, N0LSD, Jan 30, Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hello: I read a short item in this month's issue of The Spectrum Monitor where a man was cited by the FCC for broadcasting on HF frequencies without a license. He was transmitting on 6280 and 11595 kHz among other channels. The FCC reported he was sending religious programming and was no doubt noticed by somebody. He had a station set up in his residence in Inyokern, CA. He was issued a Notice of Unlicensed Operation by the agents. I heard this guy twice and he had a strong signal when I heard him (I live in California). I think this is the YHWH station Glenn Hauser has mentioned on this reflector. I hope he stays off (Dan Ramos//Joshua Tree, CA, swl at qth.net via DXLD) I reckon this was indeed YHWH, I saw this item from the ARRL last week: I recorded this fellow in July this year from Portland Oregon (I recall hearing of folks picking him up in Oak Harbor WA and Boise too): https://soundcloud.com/maximus_freeman/radio-yhwh-11650khz-2014-07-09-0348z He was kind of hard to notice, to be honest, as a non-Christian person SWLing for DX, N&O and oppressive regime broadcast services (i.e. NK) I think I skimmed past him probably twenty or thirty times April through July ignoring him because he sounded so much like the other religious noise! A closer listen though and he clearly has a different and more interesting tone than the licensed religious broadcasters. I only gave this station a second look because I was waiting for Radio Tamazuj. It seems like his MO was to come on for an hour or so just before or just after official broadcasts, when he was on the broadcast bands (Max R. D. Parmer, 3 Feb, swl at qth.net via DXLD) Hello and welcome to the February 2015 of the Free Radio Scene. Gee, just last month in my IMHO section I was saying that the FCC has no interest in busting shortwave pirates, but what happened on New Year’s eve? A pirate bust! Normally, we would not publicize these things as many of the pirates are our friends and fellow DXers, but because of the nature of this station, I’ll make an exception. YHWH-Yahweh Radio Busted! Well, after a run of many months, operating on multiple frequencies several days a week, this station must of finally caught the attention of the FCC and while the op was preparing to celebrate New Years Eve, received “the knock” as we like to say. You can get the full copy [including page 2] of the NOUO [notice of unlicensed operation] at the following URL: http://transition.fcc.gov/eb/FieldNotices/ Well, being a QSL whore myself, they didn’t QSL anyway so good riddance! Their broadcasts consisted mostly of biblical readings, supporting a certain ideological viewpoint. He normally would signoff saying “I Love You” which some people thought was kind of creepy. (Chris Lobdell, MA, Feb CIDX Messenger via DXLD) ** U S A. 14902-USB, Feb 2 at 1529, YL NCS of a Tri-Blade net, i.e. Civil Air Patrol, calling various regions and her transmitter beeps every time she stops, like a CBer; mostly very poor signals. See my previous log of Dec 12 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 26110/FM, KMK282, KOVR-TV Sacramento CA studio relay; 1643- 1651+, 26-Jan; Good Day Sacramento program; break at 1649 with several seconds of OC with mike shuffling then off till return at 1651+. Vgood to zilch. Nothing on 25910/950/990 same +++, 1603, 29-Jan; News to 8:05 TC into traffic & weather; 1608 into Good Day Sacra mento. Good peaks. Nothing on 25910/50/90 (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 125 ft. bow-tie; 85 ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed RW, All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. HOUSE BILL TAKES AIM AT RADIO/TV MARTÍ === Rep. BETTY MCCOLLUM (D-MN) has introduced a bill to end the RADIO MARTI and TV MARTI broadcasts to CUBA. The Stop Wasting Taxpayer Money on CUBA Broadcasting Act (H.R. 570) would end tax dollars going to the services, which MCCOLLUM says have cost taxpayers $770 million over 30 years. MCCOLLUM said, “RADIO and TV MARTI are outdated Cold War artifacts. Our taxpayers should not be funding propaganda broadcasting. Instead, we should be working to facilitate efforts for the American people to engage directly with the Cuban people. As our country modernizes our diplomacy with CUBA for the 21st century it is a perfect time to re- evaluate how we are spending U.S. taxpayer dollars in CUBA. The radio and television broadcasting that we fund is simply not providing appropriate value and should be ceased immediately.” (allaccess.com via Brock Whaley, Ireland, Jan 30 for WORLD OF RADIO 1759, DXLD) Not to get into politics (as if shortwave and politics have never mixed!!!) but this bill will go nowhere--introduced by a Democratic House member in a Congress controlled by the Republicans. The Powers That Be in Washington are probably going to wait and see if the new diplomacy with Cuba results in some positive changes in relations between the two countries, and also if it helps accelerate political and economic reforms in Cuba itself. I don't see any change in the status of Radio Marti until after the 2016 general election at the earliest. Of course whether or not RM is effective and a waste of money is a legitimate discussion at any time (Stephen Luce, Houston, Texas, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1759, DXLD) FY2016 BUDGET PROPOSAL CALLS FOR DE-FEDERALIZATION OF RADIO AND TV MARTI TO CUBA AND VOA LATIN AMERICAN OUTREACH BBG Watch > Featured News > FY2016 Administration Budget Proposal for the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) calls for de-federalization of the Office of Cuba Broadcasting (OCB) Radio and TV Martí operations serving Cuba and Voice of America (VOA) Latin American outreach. The bipartisan bill to reform the Broadcasting Board of Governors, H.R. 4490 – the United States International Communications Reform Act, which was unanimously passed by the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the House of Representatives, would have preserved the federal status of the OCB and the Voice of America. But the bill, which was introduced on April 28, 2014 by Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) and Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY), was never acted upon by the U.S. Senate after its passage last summer by the House. It is not known whether this or similar bill to reform the BBG will be reintroduced and what its provisions might be. The U.S. is moving to de-federalize Radio-TV Marti and Voice of America Spanish: (C) by adding a new subsection (b) to read as follows: "(b) The Broadcasting Board of Governors is authorized to establish an independent grantee organization, as a private non-profit organization, to carry out any and all Agency broadcasting and related programs to the Latin America and Caribbean region, including Cuba. The Board or its delegate may make and supervise grants to this grantee. Such a grantee shall not be considered a federal agency or instrumentality and shall adhere to the same standards or professionalism and accountability required of all Broadcasting Board of Governors broadcasters and grantees. The Broadcasting Board of Governors is authorized to transfer any facilities or equipment to such grantee. Broadcasting Board of Governors employees may be detailed to such a grantee, notwithstanding any other provision of law. Grants to this grantee shall satisfy any provisions of law requiring a federal entity, rather than a grantee, to carry out broadcasting to Cuba or other countries in Latin America and the Caribbean (via Feb CIDX Messenger via DXLD) PRESENTAN PROYECTO PARA ELIMINAR RADIO Y TV MARTÍ by gruporadioescuchaargentino Una congresista demócrata por Minnesota presentó esta semana un anteproyecto de ley que busca eliminar el financiamiento de la Oficina de Transmisiones a Cuba (OCB), que administra las estaciones de radio y televisión Martí. La representante Betty McCollum dijo en un comunicado que las estaciones representan un método obsoleto en el nuevo contexto de las relaciones entre Estados Unidos y Cuba. “Radio y TV Martí son artefactos anticuados de la Guerra Fría”, opinó McCollum, quien presentó un anteproyecto de ley similar en el 2011. “Nuestros contribuyentes no deberían estar financiando radiodifusión propagandística. En lugar de eso, deberíamos facilitar esfuerzos para que los estadounidenses puedan involucrarse directamente con los cubanos”. Radio Martí, creada en 1983 y TV Martí, creada en 1990, transmiten desde Miami programación en español a Cuba con un alcance limitado debido a la constante interferencia en la isla. El contenido de ambas estaciones también está disponible en martinoticias.com. McCollum sometió la propuesta de ley el lunes y su oficina publicó el parte de prensa el miércoles, el mismo día en que el gobernante cubano Raúl Castro incluyó en una lista de exigencias que Estados Unidos cese “las trasmisiones radiales y televisivas violatorias de las normas internacionales”. Castro advirtió durante un discurso en la Cumbre de la Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños (CELAC), que la normalización de las relaciones con Cuba no será posible sin que antes EEUU haga concesiones. En una publicación en su pagina de Facebook el 17 de diciembre, McCollum aplaudió el anuncio del presidente Barack Obama del restablecimiento de las relaciones con la isla y dijo que continuaría trabajando para levantar el embargo como lo ha hecho desde el 2001, cuando llegó al Congreso. La congresista escribió en Facebook que durante un viaje a Cuba en el verano del 2014 observó “que existe una tremenda oportunidad entre la gente de nuestros dos países de encontrar áreas en común en la búsqueda de los derechos humanos y el servicio de una transformación democrática y económica”. McCollum dijo que en los últimos 30 años las estaciones han costado $770 millones a los contribuyentes. El presupuesto de la Oficina de Transmisiones a Cuba el año pasado fue de unos $27 millones. El director de esa oficina, Carlos García Pérez, no respondió a mensajes de el Nuevo Herald el miércoles por la tarde. Tish King, vocera de la Junta de Gobernadores de Radiodifusión (BBG), que supervisa a la OCB, dijo el miércoles por la tarde que su oficina no podía hacer comentarios sobre un proyecto legislativo en curso, ya que es una agencia federal. “Sabemos que Radio y TV Martí llevan noticias balanceadas y objetivas a Cuba siete días a la semana y ahora más que nunca eso es muy importante”, aseguró King. “Necesitamos información sin censura para que la gente [en Cuba] esté al tanto de las nuevas políticas. Nosotros hablamos sobre eventos que están sucediendo en la isla de los cuales los cubanos no se enterarían si no fuera por su contacto con [Radio y TV] Martí”. Sin embargo, críticos del programa federal han insistido en que las emisoras tienen poca penetración dentro de la isla ya que las señales han sido bloqueadas por las autoridades cubanas desde su fundación. Frank Calzón, director ejecutivo del Centro para una Cuba Libre, con sede en Washington, no cree que la propuesta de ley de McCollum prospere. “Para que ese anteproyecto se convierta en ley tiene que ir a la comisión correspondiente, después ser aprobado en el pleno de la Cámara, luego en una comisión del Senado y en el pleno. Si hay una palabra diferente tiene que reconciliarse entre las dos cámaras y luego debe aprobarla el Presidente”, explicó Calzón. “Estoy seguro que esa ley no va a pasar”. –El Nuevo Herald- (via GRA blog via DXLD) ** U S A. Listened to VOA English web stream at 1530 to hear "Press Conference USA." Was instead treated to "The Correspondents," clearly the audio portion of a TV program (Mike Cooper, GA, Jan 31, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. VOA Radiogram: strange noises > text and images VOA Radiogram this weekend will include three VOA and one RFE/RL text news stories, each accompanied by an image, all in the MFSK32 mode. Patch the audio from your radio to PC, or place your radio's speaker near the built-in mic of a laptop PC, then decode the tones using Fldigi from w1hkj.com or other software, including MultiPSK. Details of this weekend's program, with transmission schedule: http://voaradiogram.net/post/109597697392/voa-radiogram-31-jan-1-feb-2015-mfsk32-and-some (Kim Elliott, Jan 31, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.: Hello friends, The most interesting event from last weekend’s program was the inaudibility, in much of North America, of the Sunday 0230- 0300 UT transmission on 5745 kHz. The signal was somewhat better in Europe. I tried several remote receivers and finally found a good signal on a receiver in Venezuela. The experiment with the thirty-second tuning signal seems to have succeeded, so we will do it again this weekend. After the voice introduction, the MFSK32 RSID will be transmitted once. If Fldigi is not tuned to an audio frequency near 1500 Hz, use the tuning signal to center the tuner to the correct frequency. The bonus mode of the week will be CW. There is no RSID for CW, so, if you use Fldigi to help “copy” the CW, change the mode manually. It will probably also help to set the CW transmit speed to 15 WPM so that Fldigi receives at or near the 15 WPM used for the bonus CW transmission (via roger, ibid.) The CW decoding with FLDIGI was not very good. I chose the purely optical method, the beepers in the side view. Nevertheless, I do not understand the hidden message in it. Clearly, February 3rd, but what the heck is 5XIII ?? http://www.rhci-online.de/VoA_Radiogram_2015-01-31.htm (roger, Germany, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [non]. 15580, Feb 3 at 1401, VOA news relying heavily on AP, fair with deep fades; 1405 into `International Edition` but fading down more. Site is BOTSWANA at 14-16, 10 degree beam (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [and non] WORLD OF RADIO 1758 monitoring: confirmed Thursday Jan 29 at 1330 on WRMI 9955, good with no jamming. Next: Thu 2201 on Global 24 via WRMI 9395 Fri 0001 on Global 24 via WRMI 9395 Fri 2130 on WRMI 7570 & 15770 Sat 0730 & 1530 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB Sat 1000 on WRMI 5850 Sun 0231 on KVOH 9975 Sun 2300 on WRMI 11580 Mon 0400v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v Mon 2201 on Global 24 via WRMI 9395 Tue 1200 on WRMI 9955 Wed 0401 on Global 24 via WRMI 9395 Wed 0730 & 1530 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB Wed 1415 on WRMI 9955 Wed 2200 on WBCQ 7490v Wed 2201 on Global 24 via WRMI 9395 WORLD OF RADIO 1758 monitoring: no show at 2201 UT Thursday Jan 29 on Global 24 via WRMI 9395: instead, `Dialogos Greece`, scheduled at 21- 22 Thursdays, keeps on playing past 2200 with commentary, 2204 music; just running late bumping us? Or permanent change? No explanation received from station. After 2230, `Blues Radio International` is playing as usual; WOR 1758 does appear at next scheduled time, UT Friday Jan 30 at 0001:10 on 9395, fair. Next: Fri 2130 on WRMI 7570 & 15770 Sat 0730 & 1530 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB Sat 1000 on WRMI 5850 Sun 0231 on KVOH 9975 Sun 2300 on WRMI 11580 Mon 0400v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v Mon 2201 on Global 24 via WRMI 9395 Tue 1200 on WRMI 9955 Wed 0401 on Global 24 via WRMI 9395 Wed 0730 & 1530 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB Wed 1415 on WRMI 9955 Wed 2200 on WBCQ 7490v Wed 2201 on Global 24 via WRMI 9395 WORLD OF RADIO 1758 monitoring: confirmed on WRMI 7570 & 15770, Friday January 30 at 2130:33. Next: Sat 0730 & 1530 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB Sat 1000 on WRMI 5850 Sun 0231 on KVOH 9975 Sun 2300 on WRMI 11580 Mon 0400v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v Mon 2201 on Global 24 via WRMI 9395 Tue 1200 on WRMI 9955 Wed 0401 on Global 24 via WRMI 9395 Wed 0730 & 1530 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB Wed 1415 on WRMI 9955 Wed 2200 on WBCQ 7490v Wed 2201 on Global 24 via WRMI 9395 WORLD OF RADIO 1758 monitoring: 0231 UT Sunday broadcast on KVOH 9975 confirmed at 0237 check Feb 1; fair. Next: Sun 2300 on WRMI 11580 Mon 0400v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v Mon 2201 on Global 24 via WRMI 9395 Tue 1200 on WRMI 9955 Wed 0401 on Global 24 via WRMI 9395 Wed 0730 & 1530 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB Wed 1415 on WRMI 9955 Wed 2200 on WBCQ 7490v Wed 2201 on Global 24 via WRMI 9395 WORLD OF RADIO 1758 monitoring: confirmed Sunday Feb 1 at 2300 on WRMI 11580, good; also confirmed UT Monday Feb 2 at 0401 on webcast of Area 51, and also on 5110v-AM WBCQ at 0427, poor. Next: Mon 2201 on Global 24 via WRMI 9395 Tue 1200 on WRMI 9955 Wed 0401 on Global 24 via WRMI 9395 Wed 0730 & 1530 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB Wed 1415 on WRMI 9955 Wed 2200 on WBCQ 7490v Wed 2201 on Global 24 via WRMI 9395 WORLD OF RADIO 1758 monitoring: confirmed Monday Feb 2 at 2201 on Global 24 via WRMI; sufficient. Awoke too late to confirm Tue Feb 3 at 1200 on WRMI 9955. Next: Wed 0401 on Global 24 via WRMI 9395 Wed 0730 & 1530 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB Wed 1415 on WRMI 9955 Wed 2200 on WBCQ 7490v Wed 2201 on Global 24 via WRMI 9395 WORLD OF RADIO 1758 monitoring: confirmed on Global 24, UT Wednesday Feb 4 at 0401 on webcast, and at 0428, fair on 9395. Also confirmed at 1415 Wednesday Feb 4 on WRMI 9955, good; 2200 Wed Feb 4 on WBCQ webcast and later on 7490v; and 2201 Wed Feb 4 on Global 24 webcast and later 9395. WORLD OF RADIO 1759 monitoring: confirmed first airing on WRMI 9955, UT Thursday Feb 5 at 0431, and also 1330, fair with no jamming. Next: Thu 2201 on Global 24 via WRMI 9395 [no show last week but still sked] Fri 0001 on Global 24 via WRMI 9395 Fri 2130 on WRMI 7570 & 15770 Sat 0730 & 1530 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB Sat 1000 on WRMI 5850 Sun 0231 on KVOH 9975 Sun 2300 on WRMI 11580 Mon 0400v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v Mon 2201 on Global 24 via WRMI 9395 Tue 1200 on WRMI 9955 Wed 0401 on Global 24 via WRMI 9395 Wed 0730 & 1530 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB Wed 1415 on WRMI 9955 Wed 2200 on WBCQ 7490v Wed 2201 on Global 24 via WRMI 9395 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 9395, Sunday Feb 1 at 1309, R. Cairo has failed again to provide a show to Global 24 via WRMI, so back to the 1812 Overture (please! Get a greater variety of fill music). And at 1358 and 1414 chex, 9395 is off the air (WRMI 9955 still on well, but 17790 also absent at 1416 while 15770, 11825 and 11580 are all on with BS so not an Okee power outage). Next check at 1440, 9395 is back on with `Switzerland in Sound`, Bob Zanotti interviewing somewoman. 1445, 17790 R. Africa via WRMI is still missing, unimpeding some weak OTH radar around 17765-17790 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Schedules of EU News Network, Echo of Europe via Okeechobee: 2300-2315 11580 YFR 100 kW / 044 deg WeEu English Mon EU News Network 0515-0530 9955 YFR 100 kW / 160 deg CeAm English Tue EU News Network 1015-1030 5850 YFR 100 kW / 355 deg ENAm English Tue EU News Network 1445-1500 9955 YFR 100 kW / 160 deg CeAm English Tue EU News Network 2300-2315 11580 YFR 100 kW / 044 deg WeEu English Tue EU News Network 0515-0530 9955 YFR 100 kW / 160 deg CeAm French Wed Echo of Europe 1400-1415 9955 YFR 100 kW / 160 deg CeAm English Wed EU News Network 1445-1500 9955 YFR 100 kW / 160 deg CeAm French Wed Echo of Europe 2100-2115 7570 YFR 100 kW / 315 deg WNAm English Wed EU News Network 2100-2115 15770 YFR 100 kW / 044 deg WeEu English Wed EU News Network 2300-2315 11580 YFR 100 kW / 044 deg WeEu French Wed Echo of Europe 0245-0300 9955 YFR 100 kW / 160 deg CeAm English Thu EU News Network 0515-0530 9955 YFR 100 kW / 160 deg CeAm French Thu Echo of Europe 1445-1500 9955 YFR 100 kW / 160 deg CeAm French Thu Echo of Europe 2300-2315 11580 YFR 100 kW / 044 deg WeEu French Thu Echo of Europe 0445-0500 9955 YFR 100 kW / 160 deg CeAm French Fri Echo of Europe 1000-1015 5850 YFR 100 kW / 355 deg ENAm English Fri EU News Network 1015-1030 5850 YFR 100 kW / 355 deg ENAm French Fri Echo of Europe 0015-0030 9955 YFR 100 kW / 160 deg CeAm English Sat EU News Network 2115-2130 7570 YFR 100 kW / 315 deg WNAm French Sat Echo of Europe 2115-2130 15770 YFR 100 kW / 044 deg WeEu French Sat Echo of Europe 2300-2315 11580 YFR 100 kW / 044 deg WeEu French Sat Echo of Europe 2115-2130 7570 YFR 100 kW / 315 deg WNAm English Sun EU News Network 2115-2130 15770 YFR 100 kW / 044 deg WeEu English Sun EU News Network NOTE 1: Echo of Europe continue not broadcast SW via Media Broadcast 1930-1945 5930 NAU 125 kW / 230 deg WeEu French Tue Echo of Europe 1930-1945 5930 NAU 125 kW / 230 deg WeEu French Fri Echo of Europe NOTE 2: EU News Network via Secretbrod again air, after 2 weeks of break 1845-1900 5925 SCB 100 kW / 306 deg WeEu English Sat EU News Network (DX Re Mix Jan 29 via DXLD) ** U S A. Changes of WRMI Okeechobee: tx#01 1800-2400 11550 YFR 100 kW / 044 deg WeEu English TruNews+Music, addit tx#03 1800-2400 11550 YFR 100 kW / 044 deg WeEu English TruNews+Music, cancelled [i.e. just changed transmitters; why?] tx#13 0000-0100 7455 YFR 100 kW / 285 deg WNAm English WRMI programs*, cancelled tx#09 0000-0100 11580 YFR 100 kW / 044 deg WeEu English Brother Stair, cancelled tx#09 0000-0100 11580 YFR 100 kW / 044 deg WeEu English WRMI programs*, new addit * including 0000-0015 Hymns of Praise Daily, 0015-0030 Moments in Bible Prophecy Tue-Sat and Viva Miami Sun/Mon and 0030-0100 Radio Ukraine International Daily. (DX RE MIX NEWS # 94 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, Feb 3, 2015, via DXLD) 5985, WRMI, 4/2 0446 UT. Programa «Antena DX» con lecturas de carta e informe de recepción de auditores. SINPO: 45333 (Claudio Galaz, RX: Realistic DX-160, ANT: Hilo de 40 metros, QTH: Barraza Bajo, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) 4 Feb = UT Wednesday. The WRMI schedule has been ambiguous. It also shows UT Wednesday 0430 for `Antena DX` on 5985, but the non-9955 programming is headed with ``Times are UTC, days are local days in the Americas``. Well, in Okeechobee, the next day does not start until 0500 UT [during DST: 0400], while in further east timezones it`s 0400 or 0300 or even 0200 in Brasil, so which is it? Assuming Claudio`s UT date is correct, this schedule is axually in UT days, not local days! I haven`t monitored it myself. This also affects whether the 5985, 0430 airing of `Viva Miami` is really on UT Friday or UT Saturday. So what about the 0000 and 0300 broadcasts: which UT day are they on, really? All this confusion could be avoided if stations would just use UT times, days and dates, STRICTLY!! But they fear viewers/listeners are too dumb to figure out the difference between local days and UT days. In that case, a simple explanation should be given (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9955, WRMI, 4/2 1205 UT. Programa «Antena DX» con informe diexista sobre captaciones de onda media de Panamá, desde Suecia con grabaciones de audios. SINPO: 44454 con leve QRM de RTTY (Claudio Galaz, RX: Realistic DX-160, ANT: Hilo de 40 metros, QTH: Barraza Bajo, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** U S A. 9395, Feb 2 at 0256, Global 24 via WRMI is playing its favorite Bach fill music. `Dialogos Media` is now scheduled at 02-03 UT Mondays, so ended early or not at all? G24 website says about it: http://about.global24radio.com/programs/international-broadcasts-global-24/dialogos-media/ Dialogos Radio is a non-profit, non-commercial weekly radio program featuring the best in Greek music and culture, plus interviews with some of the biggest Greek and international newsmakers, as part of the Dialogos Interview Series. Our interviews have featured internationally-renowned scholars, bestselling authors, Greek politicians and political representatives, esteemed economists, major Greek musicians and bands, historians, world-renowned athletes, actors and comedians, culinary experts, and many others as well. Through our broadcasts, interviews, and weekly commentaries, we offer a fresh and alternative perspective on politics and economics in Greece today, plus a positive presentation at the wealth and diversity of modern Greek culture, music, traditions, and more. Visit us online at http://www.dialogosmedia.org http://www.facebook.com/dialogosmedia and http://www.twitter.com/dialogosmedia 9395, Monday Feb 2 at 1459 on Global 24, the `Lake Air` music hour is upwrapping, mentions ``Quality Radio Produxions``, which is also source of some other G24 shows. No link on G24 grid, but I find it: http://qualityradioproductions.blogspot.com/p/lake-air.html ``From the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York comes Lake Air. The program derives its name from that of an FM radio station in the area whose official call letters were WLKA. In the late 80s and early 90s, Lake Air offered its listeners a unique mix of Contemporary Jazz, New Age, and Acoustic music. I absolutely loved this station back then, and I do my best to recreate that sound for a new generation. Each week, I feature classic tracks from artists and albums that defined these genres, along with contemporary instrumentalists and singer / songwriters. Take an hour out of your busy schedule to enjoy this unique music mix. It's the sound of Lake Air.`` [who is ``I``?] Affiliate list does not include Global 24. Sounds good but as usual I have been sidetracked at 1430 by the more exotic Kurdish concert and better signal on 9400 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) HELP KEEP GLOBAL 24 ON-THE-AIR - SHORTWAVE RADIO NEEDS YOU http://us9.campaign-archive1.com/?u=a009eebb6df330d7d63f4e86e&id=3f85918544&e=6914bc391f Global 24 Shortwave Radio Needs Your Continued Support We are counting on your support to help drive improvements in automation, programming and so much more. Please consider donating $20, $50 or more to help keep us on the air. We need to raise over $8,000 by February 14. [Use shortwave@global24radio.com via PayPal] Thank you, (Phil Workman, Feb 3, Global 24 Insider mailing list via DXLD) ** U S A. 7489.88 approx., UT Sat Jan 31 at 0100, `Allan Weiner Worldwide` on WBCQ and 31 seconds delayed on 5109.81 approx., but 9330 is not on (nor 15420). I listen during the next half hour and note the following from what he says, first confirming my observations of better signals on 7490v and 5110v: the ``new 7490 signal is super- modulated at widest bandwidth``; 5110 is also ``high-fidelitigh``, which is another way of saying no longer compatible USB only, ``as we rebuild our main exciter``. So I guess these are not totally new transmitters? Allan in a sad mood also goes on to lament people who have been ``lost`` in the past year: Jim Cedarstrom of Money Talks, but his heirs continue the program with some reruns; Ed Bolton, [who did the Amos `n` Andy recreations] in late November/early December for ``evil and bad reasons``. Earlier, Michael Ketter almost 10 years ago; Allan`s wife Jennifer a year and a half ago; Bill Cooper (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Regarding the late Ed Bolton, mentioned by Allan Weiner on the air Jan 31, lost ``for evil and bad reasons``, this got me wondering what he`s talking about, so some online research: [Facebook: WBCQ The Planet December 8, 2014] ``With sadness we note the passing of Ed Bolton WA3PUN on November 30. Ed produced masterful re-creations of the Amos and Andy radio show for many years on WBCQ, providing all the voices himself. He was 83``] Found this posted on Lost Episodes of Amos `n` Andy Facebook page: ``Paul Namron December 15, 2014 at 1:51pm Ed Bolton Died In Prison! Convicted of Indecent Assault on children!`` (But don`t know if it is true) [Recent Posts - NEAR-Fest Forum:, apparently removed, but cached] forum.near-fest.com/index.php?thememode=full;redirect...near-fest... Nov 19, 2014 - 10 posts - ?3 authors ``Ed Bolton, age 83, passed away apparently from natural causes ... http://abc27.com/2014/12/03/coroner-dauphin-county-prison-inmate-died-of-natural-causes/ ... including his rendition of Amos 'n Andy on WBCQ The Planet.`` Silent Keys / Ed Bolton, WA3PUN, ("Uncle Ed") SK « Last post by W1RC on Yesterday at 06:22:30 AM » Another familiar amateur radio station has gone silent. Ed Bolton, age 83, passed away apparently from natural causes Sunday, November 30th, 2014. He was found dead in his cell at the Dauphin County (PA) jail where he has been serving a 6 to 23 month sentence since January 2013 for "indecent assault on a minor". http://readingeagle.com/ap/article/central-pennsylvania-inmates-death-investigated ``We all will remember Ed's radio shows, including his rendition of Amos 'n Andy on WBCQ The Planet. I would like to try to forget that he was a child molestor. 73, MrMike, W1RC`` [Here are the obits from the press sites above:] CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA INMATE'S DEATH INVESTIGATED Sunday November 30, 2014 02:02 PM The Associated Press http://readingeagle.com/ap/article/central-pennsylvania-inmates-death-investigated ``HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Authorities in a central Pennsylvania county are investigating the death of an 83-year-old prison inmate. Investigators say James Bolton was found dead early Sunday morning in his cell in Dauphin County Prison. Bolton had been an inmate there since January 2013. He was arrested in 2011 and pleaded guilty to charges of indecent assault on a person under 16, corruption of minors and unlawful contact with a minor. He had been sentenced to 6 to 23 months in prison. The county coroner's office plans an autopsy.`` CORONER: DAUPHIN COUNTY PRISON INMATE DIED OF NATURAL CAUSES By Amanda Peterson Published: December 3, 2014, 12:29 pm http://abc27.com/2014/12/03/coroner-dauphin-county-prison-inmate-died-of-natural-causes/ ``The Dauphin County Coroner has ruled that the prison inmate that died over the weekend, died of natural causes. Coroner Graham Hetrick performed an autopsy on the body of 83-year-old James Bolton on Monday. Bolton was found dead in his cell early Sunday morning. He had been incarcerated at the prison since January 3, 2013 for indecent assault on a child. He was sentenced on June 3, 2013 to 6 to 23 months in jail for the crime`` W1RC accepts that James Bolton = Ed Bolton. Age and date of death correspond, but what about the full name? How about his ham call at qrz.com? --- ``WA3PUN USA flag USA SILENT KEY SILENT KEY JAMES E BOLTON 4212 JONESTOWN RD HARRISBURG, PA 17109 USA QSL: SK Nov. 30, 2014`` Perhaps not the same incident, but Ed once called into TimTron and related a tale on the air about going to a beauty parlor to have his toenails trimmed. There was a problem between Ed and the woman trimming his toenails and she accused him of making sexist remarks or something (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Video from (Florida) studio is also being webcast via U-screen, and Dr Becker called to say it`s also via http://wbcq.tv Allan says he is not goofing off in Florida, but now you can run a radio station from anywhere with a smart phone and that is what he does. Just look at the weather in Monticello by searching on ZIP 04760! Kudos to his staff back in Maine who keep it going, for not much pay as ``all`` income goes to the electric power company, taxes, etc. Also at the SW site are MW & FM stations. WBCQ FM 94.7 is ``Kix FM``, with classic country not from a syndicator but programmed by Jason & Tom. Says in 1981 he and first wife Sarah had owned WOZI 101.7 in Presque Isle, how as a rocker he didn`t know anything about country but was persuaded to put such a format on it. Later a caller wanted to supply a program on cassette tape, but Allan said that`s not possible any longer, as everything has to be on a computer audio file; then relented, that if really necessary, they`d take a tape and then convert it. Also could one do a monthly show instead of weekly? Yes, but subject to time being sold to a weekly (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 17775, Friday Jan 30 at 1535, YL with testimonio en Spanish, not `Frecuencia al Día` which I was expecting to hear, but current KVOH schedule shows `Luis Palau Responde`, then 1600-1630 Fri & Mon for FaD. I check link to http://programasdx.com/frecuencialdia_horarios.htm and find outdated info there, claiming KVOH time is 1500-1530, which would be the DST/summer timing barring any further changes. Also wrong time on WBCQ, which changed several weeks ago (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Unscheduled or extended broadcast of Brother Stair via WWRB, Morrison 0000-0400 5050 WRB 100 kW / 045 deg ENAm English as scheduled in B14 0400-0700 5050 WRB 100 kW / 045 deg ENAm English, poor, but audible: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/01/additional-frequency-of-bbc-world.html (DX RE MIX NEWS # 94 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, Feb 3, 2015, via DXLD) Normally switches to 3185 by 0500 or earlier (gh, DXLD) ** U S A. 7505 [sic], WRNO with non-stop music, some religious, some instrumental, some vocal in various languages. "Playing another of your favourite songs, we're 7505 WRNO Worldwide" English ID at 0445, and into a Jesus Pop tune in English. Carrier abruptly off in mid song and with no further announcements after the ID at a quarter till. I thought I heard this was off the air and do recall it being missing at times when I've tuned past, but they are back apparently. 55554, FMy distortion marring otherwise perfect reception. 0435-0514* 23/Jan – (Kenneth Vito Zichi, Williamston MI, MARE Tipsheet Jan 30 via DXLD) 7505.36 approx., Jan 31 at 0207, WRNO is on with ID interrupting preacher, and OK modulation but always off-frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 9930, Jan 31 at 1411, WTWW-2 is on with a new format, the best one yet: classical music! By string orchestra. Unfortunately, tho super signal level, it`s ruined by distortion especially at modulation peaks. Still such at 1445, 1609, 1645 chex. What next? 9930, Jan 31 at 2005, WTWW-2 is off again after the classical music concert in the morning. 12105, WTWW-3 is now on with Ted ID at 2007 in English, back to Spanish Bibling. Hmm, I wonder if 12105 and 9930 are really sharing the same transmitter? 5085 is not on at 0100 Feb 1 either, while 12105 is weak. 5085, Feb 4 at 0613, WTWW-2 is on again after missing a few days, now playing rock music, so Ted is still spinning his wheels, or records. After surprise testing with Melissa Scott I caught, still no takers for this unreliable transmitter fulltime, or anytime (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 15550, WJHR gets jammed: see SUDAN [and non] [WORLD OF RADIO 1759] ** U S A. Wednesday, February 4, 2015 --- Updated schedule of WINB effective February 1, including Brother Stair 1230-1500 9265 INB 050 kW / 242 deg CeAm English Sun 1500-1700 9265 INB 050 kW / 242 deg CeAm English Sat/Sun 1700-1730 9265 INB 050 kW / 242 deg CeAm English Daily 1730-1830 9265 INB 050 kW / 242 deg CeAm English M-F Brother Stair 1730-1830 9265 INB 050 kW / 242 deg CeAm English Sat/Sun 1830-1845 9265 INB 050 kW / 242 deg CeAm Eng/Spa M-F, ex 2145-2200 1830-1845 9265 INB 050 kW / 242 deg CeAm English Sat/Sun 1845-2330 9265 INB 050 kW / 242 deg CeAm English Daily 2330-2400 9265 INB 050 kW / 242 deg CeAm Spanish Mon 2330-2400 9265 INB 050 kW / 242 deg CeAm English Tue-Sun 0000-0300 9265 INB 050 kW / 242 deg CeAm English Daily 0300-0330 9265 INB 050 kW / 242 deg CeAm English Tue/Sat/Sun 0330-0400 9265 INB 050 kW / 242 deg CeAm English Sat (Ivo Ivanov, dxldyg via DXLD) [NOTE: the following MW logs which are midday skywave DX are duplicated below under PROPAGATION, in original time-order logs, as an unusual editor`s prerogative --- gh] ** U S A. 570, Jan 30 at 1916 UT, WNAX ID and Accuweather for Yankton SD, clearly audible under KLIF Dallas. WNAX is always there on GW, but skywave may be helping a bit now. SAH counted as 212 per minute or 3.53 Hz (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 670, Jan 30 at 1915 UT, CCI between sports talk and another station. Sports must be WSCR Chicago, but as also on rare groundwave it`s considerably weaker than WGN. Other station is KLTT Denver which normally reaches here barely on GW. 670 is bothered by splash from 640 Moore. BTW, I keep mistyping its call: once recently as KWPM as in Moore, but it`s really KWPN as in Norman; or since it`s a Sports Animal, ``We Program Nonsense``!) (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 670, Jan 31 at 1802 UT, woman singing the Star Spangled Banner, no doubt inaugurating a silly ballgame on WSCR, Chicago. This signal is atop KLTT Denver which is always here weakly on daytime groundwave (Glenn Hauser, caradio at powerless kitefield in Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 700, Jan 31 at 1806 UT, sports discussion involving Seton Hall and Xavier, way over KHSE The Metroplex; apparently originates from NJ. There are several Xaviers, but WLW schedule for today confirms it`s them at 11:30-2:30 EST: http://www.700wlw.com/articles/700wlw-programming-233227/saturday-january-31-11124595 Cincinnati-Enid city to city distance is 1213 km = 754 miles (Glenn Hauser, caradio at powerless kitefield in Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 700, Jan 31 at 1919 UT, station in English almost zero-beat with KHSE TX groundwave; 1920 clear ID for WLW, Cincinnati. Unlike WGN, the 700 station suffers from ACI splash de 690 KGGF if not 710 KCMO or KGNC (Glenn Hauser, caradio, DXpedition hotspot near Carrier OK, NW of Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 700, Feb 5 at 1924 UT, Spanish from the Metroplex, but under it is a station in English, surely WLW Cincinnati, Scanned the entire band, but nothing much unusual in the 1500s or 1600s (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 720: Only 41 minutes after local mean noon, which is always 1832 UT, I find a good & steady signal from WGN 720 Chicago. Winter daytime skywave is in play. I`m driving away from neighborhood and household noise sources, so in central Enid I keep driving until pervasive line noise and plasma screens are minimal, parking first by a warehouse near the intersexion of Walnut & Jefferson. No DFing on the caradio with vertical whip. 720, Jan 30 at 1913 UT, good & steady signal from WGN Chicago, almost 700 miles. Under very quiet conditions even in the summer I can sometimes pull it by groundwave, but this is much stronger. Talkhost is discussing wings and football games, mentions Órion Samuelson in passing. (WBBM 780 and WLS 890 are blocked by Okies.) DAYTIME SKYWAVE MW DX, JANUARY 31: Having heard WGN and a bunch of other skywave stations yesterday during the hour after local mean noon (always 1832 UT), from inside Enid as I was driving and hunting quietest spots to stop and tune, today I plan a DX-pedition to my favorite and closest quiet rural monitoring spot, which is NW of Enid almost to Carrier, 7.5 miles west of US 81/60/64 on SH 45, where there is an area without overhead powerlines, and a convenient pull-off. I shall park facing north with the caradio whip on the right front fender, in case that have any influence on direxionality, pickup. For skywave, there may be some additional help from sporadic E. It certainly was not reaching VHF channel 2, but strong signals from US stations a megameter away on the 15 MHz HF band are a sign of it. Es` role in mediumwave propagation seems to be a little-studied phenomenon. But first, as I pull out of the garage, WGN 720 is immediately listenable, at fair and steady level, not as strong as at night, but certainly sufficient here at mid-day. Not wanting to lose time on my way to a quick lunch, my first stop inside Enid is in a large open field south of Autry Technology Center without powerlines, which has thus been occupied by kite festivals at other yearparts. 720, Jan 31 at 1801 UT, WGN is in well with obvious local references. WGN is the prime pilot for all this, and the most fortunate in not suffering from any adjacent channel splash, nor any significant co- channel. Chicago-Enid city to city distance: 1074 km = 667 miles (Glenn Hauser, caradio at powerless kitefield in Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) After two good sessions of midday MW skywave DX on Jan 30 & 31, I try for another on Feb 1: at 1827 UT, 5 minutes before local mean noon, pilot WGN 720 Chicago is audible, but much weaker now; also 670 has a SAH presumably WSCR Chicago vs KLTT Denver. But nothing much else is making it on the frequencies previously logged. By 1838 UT, parked in the powerless kite field, WGN has become JBA. Something has changed, more than the sun being a smidgin higher at zenith (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 810, Sunday Feb 1 at 1338 UT, Rosary in responsive Spanish, something about a woman with a growth of fruit in her belly, roughly east/west. First thought of KSWV Santa Fe, but it`s really a secular city despite the name, and pre-sunrise. There`s another SS in mid- Tennessee, but probably too far into daylight? More likely this from NRC AM Log: KXOI Crane (Odessa) TX, 1000/500 watts U3, ``Radio Alabanza`` and that`s exactly what they are doing. 1342 UT losing to music from the NW/SE, presumably KLVZ Brighton (Denver) CO, but still separable for a few minutes. Not a hint of WHB Kansas City yet. Now in February, official sunrises are 15 or 30 minutes later than in January; 1330 UT for Crane (For comparison: Albuquerque & Denver: 1400 UT; Oklahoma City & Kansas City: 1315 UT) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 830, Jan 31 at 1808 UT, quick ID as WCCO.com with weather, 28 degrees and cloudy. Minneapolis at 1031 km = 641 miles (Glenn Hauser, caradio at powerless kitefield in Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 830, Jan 31 at 1908 UT, preacher in English is now atop WCCO as definitely logged earlier. Altho rain is starting again, I get out and DF this one ASAP, bending over to shield the DX-398: WNW/ESE, which points to 25 kW ND daytimer KUYO Evansville (Casper), central WY, 1016 km = 632 miles. Not to be confused with Evanston in SW WY. Already logged 830 WGUE Memphis TN and it is not religious (Glenn Hauser, caradio, DXpedition hotspot near Carrier OK, NW of Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 840, Jan 31 at 1808 UT, SAH between two weak stations; very marginal groundwave here is KTIC, West Point NE, so is the other one WHAS Louisville KY, 1092 km = 678 miles? Yes, see below (Glenn Hauser, caradio at powerless kitefield in Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 840, Jan 31 at 1922 UT, talk show on education, abhorring an incident where a girl student had to pull her pants down and show her underwear. Apparently national, with phone 1-800-507-7080, then a caller from Colorado. Can it be WHAS? Let`s see: sked shows Sat 1-4 pm EST, ``The Weekend With Joe Pags`` but no further link worx. Phone number confirmed at http://www.joepags.com/ City to city, Louisville to Enid: 1092 km = 678 miles (Glenn Hauser, caradio, DXpedition hotspot near Carrier OK, NW of Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 850, Jan 30 at 1918 UT, Rush. That would be KOA Denver, which per http://www.850koa.com/cc-common/rushlimbaugh/ just started airing him live this month with the proviso that he will be pre-empted for any sillyballgames on weekday afternoons. KOA can barely reach here on GW but better now with some skywave, and no sign of the Texan (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 850, Jan 31 at 1809 UT, Superbowl discussion, no doubt KOA Denver; more below (Glenn Hauser, caradio at powerless kitefield in Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 850, Jan 31 at 1902 UT, organ music, either KJON R. Guadalupe, Carollton TX, or KFUO Clayton MO, mixed with ABC News from KOA Denver, going to CO news about a rock climber killed in Ouray County (Glenn Hauser, caradio, DXpedition hotspot near Carrier OK, NW of Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 860, UT Sat Jan 31 at 0156 UT, from Pittsburg KS, KKOW ID during silly ballgame, during which its signal has been unreasonably strong at night. So suspect an HSFB STA is in effect, 10 kW ND, instead of 5 kW direxional; we do get it at night on the broad SW pattern away from Toronto, but this is really dominant (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 870, Jan 31 at 0140 UT in WWL null, Vietnamese and a SAH, so 1 kW direxional daytimer KFJZ Fort Worth is on way late again. It peaks at 0148 UT such that I can hear it without even nulling WWL (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 870, Jan 31 at 1902 UT, SBG involving LSU, certainly WWL New Orleans, another southie, 1021 km = 634 miles (Glenn Hauser, caradio, DXpedition hotspot near Carrier OK, NW of Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 880, Jan 31 at 0133 UT I have nulled KRVN Lexington NE to find music and announcements in Spanish, so keep checking this frequency, but no more of that; KRVN is covering a sillyballgame involving the Cozad Cornhuskers. Instead in KRVN null at 0152 UT a song in English, ``What a wonderful time of the year`` left over from Xmas; suspect KHAC Tse Bonito NM, so I compare USB to LSB on the DX-398, and yes, it`s not on LSB; network news headlines at 0155, also habitual of KHAC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1040, Jan 31 at 1901 UT, just as I tune in, 10-second pause for ID during Iowa BKB SBG, timed perfectly: WHO Des Moines: 687 km = 427 miles (Glenn Hauser, caradio, DXpedition hotspot near Carrier OK, NW of Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1060, Jan 31 at 1912 UT, discussion of abortion. No doubt KRCN Longmont CO, just this month born again from biz to Catholic (Glenn Hauser, caradio, DXpedition hotspot near Carrier OK, NW of Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1100, Feb 1 at 1326 UT, outro `Focus on the Family`, promo another show at 2 pm ``on all-Christian Radio, KDRY, K-dry``. It`s 11/1 kW U2 from Alamo Heights (San Antonio) TX, per NRC AM Log, ``All- teaching Christian Radio``. I suppose I should add this one to the possibilities I am hearing on midday skywave (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1120, Jan 30 at 1921 UT, KEOR Tulsa/Catoosa/Sperry is *still* open carrier dead air, but KMOX St Louis can be heard under it. That takes skywave over poor-conductivity Ozarx (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 1120, Jan 31 at 1810 UT, KMOX under KEOR Tulsa = still open carrier/dead air (Glenn Hauser, caradio at powerless kitefield in Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1200, Jan 31 at 1858 UT, SAH from two weak stations; WRTO Chicago could be one if in Spanish, but at 1913 UT talk show from Texas is in English, so WOAI San Antonio. Nice also to be getting skywave from the south where the sun is of course higher than from the north. City to city: 778 km = 484 miles (Glenn Hauser, caradio, DXpedition hotspot near Carrier OK, NW of Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1280, Feb 4 at 1347 UT, after our sunrise 1331 UT, I manage to null semi-local KSOK Ark City KS music enough to hear a Fox Sports Radio ID. None likely in the NRC AM Log, but FSR affiliate list includes WODT New Orleans, which the log has as ESPND = Spanish ESPN. Wikipedia confirms the change: ``On September 4, 2012, the station flipped to the syndicated ESPN Deportes format. On September 15, 2014 WODT switched from ESPN Deportes Spanish sports to sports with programming from Fox Sports Radio``. The other FSR 1280 stations are in IL, MA, NY, OH, PA, SC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1300+, Feb 4 at 1349 UT, looping N/S, song by kids, 1351 ID as ``96.1 KICA``, more music. Makes fast SAH since it`s slightly on the hi side of 1300. Can`t be KICA which is in Clovis NM, so what sounds like it? This must be it: KBRL, McCook NE, with sibling station KICX 96.1. KBRL is still ``The Big Talker`` per website and FB, https://www.facebook.com/pages/1300-KBRL-The-Big-Talker/113386725518970 but apparently at this particular time was simulcasting 96.1 KICX. Group site is http://www.highplainsradio.net/ where there is no link to a KBRL page except FB (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1370, Jan 31 at 1856 UT, still no sign of KGNO Dodge City KS, which Frosty Osborn, closer in Hooker OK, also has trouble hearing; believed to be off or severely ailing. Altho out here local 1390 KCRC is still causing some desensitization 20 kHz away (Glenn Hauser, caradio, DXpedition hotspot near Carrier OK, NW of Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1480, Jan 29 at 1344 UT, Spanish ad for AutoLite in dólares, another for Goodwill, so obviously a US station, CCI from KQAM Wichita in English about 4 Hz away. Probably the closest one, KCZZ Mission KS (Kansas City), 1000/500 watts U4, a Radio Luz, i.e. religious. Close to same direxion as Wichita but somewhat separable. Per NRC AM Log, all the other US SS on 1480 are much further, in CA, FL, FL, ID, MI, SC, VA, VA, WA, WI, PR. Madison WI might be possible, but day pattern goes NW, nite pattern NE. KCCZ day pattern goes east, nite southeast. KQAM aims westward day & nite which explains its less than strong signal here to the SSW (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1480, Jan 30 at 1410 UT, music, into YL with news headlines, weather from Newschannel 3, several IDs as ``AM 14-80 WBBP``, atop the CCI; this time employing the FRG-7 with east-west longwire mainly for SW. WBBP is in Memphis TN, day power 5 kW ND, format UC:GOS per NRC AM Log. Radio-locator puts the site cross SW of Memphis bullseye but still east of the River, i.e. really in TN. It`s over a semihour past local sunrise here in Enid, yet upper-band skywave still in from the east; in fact, WLAC 1510 Nashville ID still audible at 1427 UT vs the het from Independence (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1520, Jan 29 at 1341 UT, KOKC is on, but with tough CCI in English mentioning Hong Kong, ``program from G&E Studios``. It`s KYND Cypress (Houston) TX, almost the same angle as OKC from here, making usual slow SAH just after sunrise. Streema.com explains, ``KYND is a broadcast radio station in Cypress, Texas, United States. As part of G&E Studio, KYND provides Chinese Entertainment, and News and Talk shows about China to the Houston, Texas area, with content from EasyFM, an English-language broadcast radio station from China Radio International (CRI), Beijing, China``. So G&E is a front organization for the ChiCom. What does it stand for? Here`s more about it and the several other cities where it operates out of HQ in West Covina CA: http://gestudio.us/index.php/en/radio-network/houston Same programming is on 1540 KGBC Galveston, but not audible now with KXEL dominant on day pattern. They also run KXYZ 1320 in Houston, but in Chinese language; I wonder how much if any of that is locally originated (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1530, Jan 29 at 0654 UT, listing gospel musical or worship events in Little Rock and several other Arkansas cities, losing out to CCI in Spanish, with medium SAH. NRC AM Log shows the AR station here is supposed to be a daytimer! KVDW, England AR, 2500 watts D1, UC:GOS/REL format, // 100.9 translator as ``Victory 1530`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1530, Feb 2 at 0038 UT on caradio, a silly ballgame has almost reached halftime in Spanish, local break on Univisión América, so presumed KGBT Harlingen TX, 50/10 kW U2, despite a nite pattern with SW and SE wings and a deep null to the north. Very few English versions are to be heard across the band, but WOAI 1200 San Antonio has it; cost must be astronomical (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1540, Jan 30 at 1925 UT, ``1540 KXEL`` ID from Waterloo IA, poor with SAH, but definitely there by skywave already, during 50 kW ND pattern. Otherstation probably Kansas (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1550, Jan 31 at 1929 UT, ``News Radio 15-50, KKLE, Winfield`` [KS] and singing ID ``KKLE``, last letter raised pitch, 1930 UT into SRN News; is that the best they can do for news? No mention now of 1130 KLEY with which it is allegedly //. 250-watt KKLE is not far, always audible on daytime GW mixing with 2.5 kW KYAL, Sapulpa OK (Glenn Hauser, caradio, DXpedition hotspot near Carrier OK, NW of Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1660, Feb 1 at 0137 UT ``ESPN Central Texas`` ID, which means KRZI Waco, as confirmed in NRC AM Log (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1670, Jan 31 at 1850 UT, algo with sportstalk. Has to be WOZN Madison WI. As soon as I am parked at prime spot, monitor this further; at 1854 UT, CBS Sportsradio, which fits for WOZN. 1038 km = 645 miles (Glenn Hauser, caradio, DXpedition hotspot near Carrier OK, NW of Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 1670+, Feb 1 at 0136 UT, WOZN Madison WI has a fast SAH from something, and compared to neighboring channels, it`s WOZN which is off-frequency to the hi side. There are only 4 other North Americans on 1670, in CA, CA, GA and QC. That makes WPLA Dry Branch (Macon) GA the most likely beater, a Fox Sports outlet yet to be logged (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1680, Jan 30 at 1418 UT, C&W music, two live DJs discuss event in Mississippi, 1422 UT mattress ad ``right here in Monroe, tell them ---- from K-104 sent you`` [for a kickback? {er, I mean, commission}]. K-104 refers to 104.1, KJLO-FM, 97 kW in Monroe LA, so must be simulcast now with 1680 KRJO, mentioned as such neither in the WTFDA FM database nor in the NRC AM Log (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 1690: see VIRGIN ISLANDS US ** U S A. 1690, Jan 30 at 1927 UT, sounds like Disney music, and YL announcer at 1928 UT giving a phone number including 7056. Would that be R. Disney 800 number? It`s not the individual phone of KDDZ Arvada CO as in NRC AM Log, nor would I expect talker WVON Chicago to be doing this unless the music was just a break/liner. Aha, finally found on R. Disney website this: ``Radio Disney offers several forms of contest / sweepstakes: Call-In: The Radio Disney toll - free phone number for call - in entries is 1 - 877 - 870 - 5678. Changes to the toll - free number will be announced on - air.`` So it`s KDDZ which hasn`t been sold yet. Of course, it has to be skywave at this daypart and distance at top end (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 1690, Jan 31 at 1931 UT, Disney-type music which was not audible earlier, no doubt KDDZ Arvada (Denver) CO again like yesterday. Now only one hour after noon LMT. With that I wrap it up and head home. The skywave DX has been much steadier than at night, but not constant, still subject to fades in and out. Much less interference now to combat. But several OKC, Tulsa and of course Enid frequencies are so strong that no DX is possible adjacently; at least not without nulling capability on the caradio which is much more sensitive than the DX-398 auxiliary (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1759, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. JOE FRANKLIN, ‘KING OF NOSTALGIA’ ON NYC RADIO, TV, DIES AT 88 --- Bloomberg - By Laurence Arnold, January 26, 2015 Joe Franklin, an institution of New York City broadcasting and self- crowned "king of nostalgia" who bantered on radio and television with celebrity A-listers and D-listers alike, has died. He was 88. He died on Saturday in a hospice in Manhattan, according to the New York Times, which cited Steve Garrin, his producer and longtime friend. The cause was prostate cancer. In an on-air career that began in the heyday of radio and continued into podcasting, Franklin took credit for discovering or giving early exposure to Al Pacino, Bette Midler, Barbra Streisand, Michael Jackson, Garth Brooks and Woody Allen. At 19, he was hired as a writer for Kate Smith's radio variety show. At WNEW-AM -- today's WBBR, Bloomberg Radio -- he picked records for Martin Block's long-running show, "Make-Believe Ballroom." After a few months, Franklin got his own show, "Vaudeville Isn't Dead." He also hosted "Main Street Memories" and "Antique Record Shop" on WMCA. He moved to television in 1951, debuting "Joe Franklin -- Disk Jockey" daytime on New York ABC affiliate WJZ-TV. At a basement studio on West 66th Street, he hosted stars such as Elvis Presley, Ann-Margaret, Bob Hope, James Cagney and one of his boyhood idols, Eddie Cantor. His last show, on Aug. 6, 1993, was the 21,425th of his career; according to a Times story marking the occasion. (Joe Franklin Audio Slideshow – Vimeo.com) http://vimeo.com/14722713 (via Feb CIDX Messenger via DXLD) obit ** U S A. GOOD NEWS FROM PROTECT MY PUBLIC MEDIA! Protect My Public Media Logo Dear Glenn, I have great news. Today, President Barack Obama sent his annual budget to Congress and he included federal funding for public media. This is a big deal. The President’s budget outlines the Administration’s funding priorities for the next fiscal year. Being included in the President’s budget is an important and encouraging starting point as we work to protect the local stations and programs we love this year. What’s next? Now, Congress will take a look at the President’s budget and put together their own. Please take two minutes to e-mail your legislators today and tell them how important your local stations are to you and your family. For a $1.35 per American taxpayer, public media stations provide many important services to communities nationwide. Stations give us award- winning programs that we can’t find anywhere else on the dial. Stations keep us informed, educate our children, preserve and archive our communities’ history, train our teachers, keep us safe during emergencies and much more. Without federal funding, none of these services would be possible. So please, e-mail your legislators today in support of federal funding for public media. http://www.capwiz.com/protectmypublicmedia/issues/alert/?alertid=62759096&PROCESS=Take+Action Thank you for being an advocate for your local stations. Together, we can protect their future. Sincerely, Colleen Vivori and Cait Beroza, Protect My Public Media Like us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Share Protect My Public Media with your friends and family http://capwiz.com/protectmypublicmedia/utr/1/GSBXUGCVSW/MJJEUGCYFS/10699636836 (Colleen Vivori, PMPM, Feb 4 via WORLD OF RADIO 1759, DXLD) ** UZBEKISTAN [and non]. INDIA + [non], 9390, IBRA Radio (Tashkent) *1500-1530* 6 Feb. Opening chat ("salaam aleikum") in (presumed) Bengali, cheerful radio play, Bollywood-style hymns, p-mail address for listeners' comments, requests at 1520 with "IBRA" tag, longish prayer to 1530*, followed by R. Farda (Biblis) *1530 in Persian with 1+1 pips, IDs into (presumed) news (Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA PL606 ‘barefoot’, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VANUATU. 3945, R. Vanuatu, (Tentative), 1432-1447+ 25 Jan., 1458+ 2 Feb. Thanks to Ron Howard's info, RV heard with an abyssal signal playing seguéd English pop with no DJ breaks (Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA PL606 6m X wire/’barefoot’, DX LISTENING DIGEST) R. Vanuatu is operating on 3945 kHz 0000-2400 and 7260 kHz is inactive. Both MW transmitters are reported off the air (WRTH National Radio Update, Uploaded 6 February 2015, via DXLD) I've been listening to Radio New Zealand Pacific Beat programme. Heard a government minister from Vanautu saying he wants to close down the shortwave transmitters as they need spare parts and a shortage of techs to service them. Then the former head of Radio Australia, Jean Gabriel Manguy said that as you need electricity and you still need parts and techs! Vanautu wants to put in 50 low powered FM transmitters around the islands! In other words it’s better to use the shortwave service! (Johno Wright, Peakhurst NSW, Icom R8500 and a ICOM R75 EWE antennae; The past weeks have seen most people have a break but not me, 60 to 70 hours a week! Jan/Feb Australian DX News via WORLD OF RADIO 1759, DXLD) ** VATICAN [and non]. 15770-15775-15780, Jan 30 at 1531, QRDRM to the BS on 15770 WRMI, i.e. Vatican Radio as scheduled 1530-1600 in English due eastward from SMG for the huge DRM audience in S Asia, but as usual plenty signal leaking here to the northwest (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also SUDAN [non] ** VIETNAM [and non]. Changes of Voice of Vietnam: 0000-0058 on 7285 MET 050 kW / 216 deg to SEAs Vietnamese, cancelled 0430-0528 on 6175 HRI 250 kW / 260 deg to MEX Vietnamese, cancelled 1100-1158 on 7285 MET 050 kW / 216 deg to SEAs Lao, additional 1230-1258 on 7285 MET 050 kW / 216 deg to SEAs Thai, additional 1100-1128 on 7285 MET 050 kW / 216 deg to SEAs English, cancelled 1130-1158 on 7285 MET 050 kW / 216 deg to SEAs Thai, cancelled 1230-1258 on 7285 MET 050 kW / 216 deg to SEAs Khmer, cancelled 1330-1428 on 7285 MET 050 kW / 216 deg to SEAs Lao, cancelled 1430-1458 on 7285 MET 050 kW / 216 deg to SEAs Thai, cancelled 1500-1528 on 7285 MET 050 kW / 216 deg to SEAs English, cancelled 1530-1558 on 7285 MET 050 kW / 216 deg to SEAs Thai, cancelled 2130-2228 on 5930 WOF 250 kW / 114 deg to SEEu Vietnamese, cancelled 2200-2228 on 7285 MET 050 kW / 216 deg to SEAs Thai, cancelled 2230-2258 on 7285 MET 050 kW / 216 deg to SEAs Khmer, cancelled 2300-2358 on 7285 MET 050 kW / 216 deg to SEAs Lao, cancelled (DX RE MIX NEWS # 94 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, Feb 3, 2015, via WORLD OF RADIO 1759, DXLD) ** VIETNAM [non]. PALAU, Surprisingly reception of Radio Que Me via T8WH Angel 3 on Jan 30: 1200-1230 on 9930 HBN 100 kW / 318 deg to EaAs Vietnamese Fri only, 2 videos: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/01/surprisingly-reception-of-radio-que-me.html (DX RE MIX NEWS # 94 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, Feb 3, 2015, via DXLD) January 30: T8WH Angel 3 relay Que Me in Vietnamese to SEAs 1202 on 9930 Palau https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEAImLutXYA&feature=youtu.be T8WH Angel 3 relay Que Me in Vietnamese to SEAs 1227 on 9930 Palau https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hx3C26INpa8&feature=youtu.be 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VIRGIN ISLANDS US. WIGT-1690 - does it exist? WIGT-1690 Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands on Friday will mark its one- year anniversary of being bumped from a Construction Permit to a licensed operation on the FCC website. I have never seen a report of it from anywhere, not even Scandinavia, Newfoundland or Australia/New Zealand. No station website that I can find, either. Certainly the X-band is more cluttered than it was in the 90's, but somebody somewhere would have DXed it by now if it's been on for at least a year. Anyone shed some light? (Steve Francis, Alcoa, Tennessee, Jan 28, WTFDA mwdx gg via DXLD) It`s only licensed for 920 watts. They were granted a CP for 10 kW day/1 kW night back in 1997 but France complained based upon some international agreement (rio) in relation to Guadeloupe and Martinique. Three Angels amended it and was granted a CP last year, but I can imagine the lower power does it no favors in terms of getting out much. It is diplexed with WGOD 1090 (Paul Walker, ibid.) Paul, I logged and QSL'd it here back just after it came on (Patrick Martin, Seaside OR, KGED QSL Manager, Jan 29, ibid.) Patrick, could you please ask them, if they are on now? I asked Puerto Rican DXers last year and even they can't hear it. It is such a good location and frequency for Europe, that it should be audible somewhere in Europe even with 100 watts. 73, (Mauno Ritola, Finland, ibid.) For whatever it's worth the FCC database does not show an application for a Notification of Suspension of Operations/Request for Silent STA. I called the phone number on the Construction Permit. A man answered and said "Hello. Thank you for calling WIGT". Sent from my iPhone (Dennis Gibson, IRCA via DXLD) This station was originally supposed to be 10 kW day, so I wonder how much of a difference 10 vs 1 kW would make out there with a tower just a few hundred yards from the water. Three Angels still owns WGOD 1090, a 250 watt daytimer but they lease it to a local college and also have 50 kW WGOD 97.9 as well (Paul Walker, ibid.) ** YEMEN [and non]. R. Sana'a in English again observed on SW Jan 30: from 1830 6135 ALH 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME, under VIRI IRIB in French http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/01/radio-sanaa-in-english-on-jan30.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DXLD) January 30: Radio Sana'a in English to ME 1833 on 6135 Al Hiswah, under VIRI IRIB in French https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rveBauCAHL4&feature=youtu.be Radio Sana'a in English to ME 1852 on 6135 Al Hiswah, under VIRI IRIB in French https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFdheZzPAPs&feature=youtu.be 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) And again on air Feb 2, videos before start of VIRI IRIB in French https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruE5hSyPTR8&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIH4CgD0_MY&feature=youtu.be (DX RE MIX NEWS # 94 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, Feb 3, 2015, via WORLD OF RADIO 1759, DXLD) ** ZANZIBAR. 11735, TANZANIA-ZANZIBAR, ZBC Radio at 2005 in Swahili with lively East African vocals with no announcements to 2050 and abruptly off – Very Good Jan 29. They were missing for a couple of days but now that they're back that annoying flutter and noise in their signal seems to be gone (Mark Coady, Ont., ODXA YRX via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 740-, Feb 1 at 0121 UT, KRMG Tulsa has a low rumbling het on the lo side as also a few weeks ago, and again heard for several nights. Very hard to separate here; Mexican? 780 WBBM also has one (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 760, Jan 30 at 1917 UT, KCCV Overland Park/Kansas City religion has unID CCI. Could it be 50 kW non-direxional WJR Detroit? 50 kW KKZN Thornton (Denver) is half as far, but day pattern westward, null eastward, and rare here at any time. Arkansas station unlikely on GW, poor conductivity that way. During midday skywave DX opening definitely from as far as Chicago, Louisville, Cincinnati (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 760, Jan 31 at 1807 UT, CCI again with religion atop, no doubt KCCV Overland Park KS. Too much of that to tell whether the understation is WJR Detroit, which would be very nice at 1435 km - 891 miles (Glenn Hauser, caradio at powerless kitefield in Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 880, Jan 31 at 0133 with KRVN nulled, a Spanish station after music announcing ``más tropical, más variedad``. Of the Mexicans, the closest format match in the IRCA Mexican log is XEEM in Rio Verde, San Luís Potosí. However, it and KRVN are close to opposite direxions from here. Anyhow, I asked them on their contact form, http://www.radiomasem.com/contacto.html ``Esta noche del viernes escuchaba en 880 a una emisora con música y a las 7:33 hora del centro, dijeron ``Más tropical, Más variedad". Quisiera saber si es un reclamo de XEEM?`` [no reply, surprise2] Not much more of this in KRVN null, with KHAC taking over (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 960, Jan 31 at 0130 UT, as local KGWA is covering a silly ballgame, I find I can null it very precisely with the DX-398 flat on an easel, to hear a musical station also making a fast SAH. Slow romantic song by YL in English, maybe Celine Dion but not her titanic hit; 0132 & 0137 segúes, classic rock, all at slow pace. KGWA SBG includes long pauses which help; must not be much of a crowd at the game. I hope for an ID at 0200 UT from the understation, but it`s XEK in Spanish: see MEXICO, immediately followed by a PSA for veterans by American Legion in English: hard to believe it was from the same station, altho possibly XEK was playing tunes in English like some Mexicans do (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 970, Jan 29 at 1334 UT, Spanish music and announcements, losing out to English, probably Tulsa. NRC AM Log shows of the 51 USA stations on 970, the only SS is WNNR Jacksonville FL, 1 kW, so not possibly thence. Could XEJ Juárez be back? Not up to the level it used to attain around sunrise, so maybe another XE. Seems to peak roughly from the southwest (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 1000, Jan 30 at 1919 UT, KTOK OKC, talker is strong as usual, but I can hear something under it, unusual. Since Chicago is in on 670 & 720, I suspect WMVP, which has a lopsided day pattern favoring east, but considerable west too. There`s nothing on 1000 between here and Chicago. Sioux Falls beams NW away from us (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 1000, Jan 31 at 1809 UT, weak CCI barely, under KTOK, so WMVP Chicago? (Glenn Hauser, caradio at powerless kitefield in Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 1100, Jan 30 at 1920 UT, Rush. Certainly not my closest, KKLL Webb City (Joplin) MO which is religious and barely reaches on GW. NRC AM Log shows him on three 50 kW ND stations: WTAM Cleveland OH, KNZZ Grand Junxion CO, and WZFG Dilworth MN (Fargo). My first choice would be WTAM, city to city 1509 km or 938 miles. All three stations` websites confirm Rush still on live, the other two with super-patriotic hype branding (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 1100, Jan 31 at 1810 UT, fast SAH is JBA, so OH/CO/MN and/or MO GW? (Glenn Hauser, caradio at powerless kitefield in Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 1100, Jan 31 at 1858 UT, 2- or 3-way SAH; 1900 UT, YL news atop. Can`t get a local reference but maybe WTAM Cleveland if not KNZZ Grand Junxion or WZFG Fargo [non]; or all three (Glenn Hauser, caradio, DXpedition hotspot near Carrier OK, NW of Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 1250, Jan 31 at 1927 UT, English talk show, soon fading vs Spanish music, the latter surely KYYS Kansas City KS, La X, La Super Estación. Of the nearest ones in NRC AM Log, IA, NE and TX are musical, while AR MO and TX are talkative of some sort. Too many possibilities (Glenn Hauser, caradio, DXpedition hotspot near Carrier OK, NW of Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. Re: Mexico on 1520, you say? The 2012 list shows six, the current edition a mere one (XEEH San Luis Río Colorado, Son.) with the name "Radio Éxitos" (once the name of 790 Mexico City; the station group that owns it is affiliated with Radio Centro so it makes boatloads of sense). I think your SS 1520 is in the US (Raymie Humbert, AZ, Jan 29, WTFDA Forum via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 1680, Feb 4 at 0625 UT, weak talk station is making fast SAH with KRJO Monroe LA in music. The unID loops further north, or counterclockwise. Likely either WOKB in FL or WPRR in MI, rather than WTTM in NJ, KNTS in WA or KGED in CA, altho I have pulled KGED before (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 2660+, Feb 3 at 1237 UT, very poor signal, music barely audible, and can`t tell what kind; should be religious from KGLD, 1330 in Tyler TX as presumed still radiating a bit on its second harmonic. 1245 UT seems to switch to talk. Listening again from before 1300 UT past 1303 UT but can`t hear any signal boost at official Feb sunrise when it should double power from 500 PSRA to 1000 watts full daytime power. Still detectable at 1313 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 6165, Jan 29 at 1320, SE Asian(?) music with pileup of at least 3 stations, SAHs. Aoki listings show all these on the air now: AIR Delhi in Sindhi; CNR6 Beijing in Chinese; Myanmar Rakhine in Burmese; Voice of Vietnam 4 in Hmong. At least we can rule out Zambia and Chad due to propagation and probably also inactivity. This must make an even more horrible mess in Asia (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 15431-USB, Feb 1 at 0037, 2-way in colloquial Spanish, whistling, crackling, beeping, mentioning ``500 kilos, 522 kilos`` of some commodity; what could that be? Also with a JBA carrier on 15431, not 15430, so one of their transmitters also emanates reduced carrier (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 17493, unid ute 1/23, 1845. "BONKER" noted running loud here. 73 and Good Listening! (Rick Barton, Box 1804, El Mirage, AZ, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS ++++++++++++++++++++++++ ACKNOWLEDGED ON WORLD OF RADIO 1759: Mike Massa: I hope this helps, Glenn! (Sent using the PayPal Mobile application) to woradio at yahoo.com TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED FUTURELY: Note from Thomas Witherspoon: Hi, Glenn -- Thanks for all of your service to the SWL/DX community! Best, (Thomas Witherspoon K4SWL with a contrbution via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com) Glad you received the check and you may acknowledge my long-time appreciation of your many years dedication to radio. Keep up the great work! A World of Radio fan for the past 27 years or so (Donna Ring) I really appreciate all the work you do with your emails. I have learned much from what you have posted, especially concerning XE DX'ing. Thanks & 73! (Steve Ponder, N5WBI, Houston TX, DX LISTENING DIGEST) PUBLICATIONS ++++++++++++ WRTH UPDATES WRTH announced that the first update to the International Radio sexion of WRTH 2015 has been posted via http://www.wrth.com as of January 30. It`s 5 pages` worth, most of which has already been covered in DXLD (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Also the National Radio update, as of Feb 6 via http://www.wrth.com VISIT TO BLETCHLEY PARK – HOME OF THE CODEBREAKERS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JB5364k9r0Q After watching the film "The Imitation Game", Julian Ilett felt inspired to visit Bletchley Park where all the code breaking activity took place during the 2nd world war. Fortunately, Bletchley isn't far from where he lives. He saw the Enigma machines as well as the Bombe which was used to speed up breaking of the Enigma cyphers. If you haven’t see the movie yet, I highly recommend it, not just for the radio connection either. It is a really great story and very well presented in the film (YouTube Video of the Month, Feb CIDX Messenger via DXLD) CIDX WEBPAGE It’s been a very long time coming, but we’re very happy to announce that the new, completely revised and updated CIDX webpage is now active and on-line. Check it out at http://www.cidx.ca I’d like to thank CIDX member Jim Hay, of Pointe Claire, Quebec, for getting everything sorted out and making it available to everyone on the web. Now that everything is up to date with the webpage, we’ll be doing some extensive promotion of CIDX through a number of different outlets, including social media. We have already received a number of requests for sample bulletins and, as a result, we’re happy to welcome aboard a few more new members this month. Our editors work very hard to put together interesting and useful information for our members each month. The fact that we are a general coverage radio club makes us unique. It enables us to attract people from all aspects of the radio hobby (Sheldon Harvey, BOD Report, Feb CIDX Messenger via DXLD) 2015 IRCA Slogans List - How to get one!! IRCA Slogans List (Winter 2015) This completely revised Slogans List includes radio slogans from the US and Canada (over 4400). Prices: IRCA/NRC members $7.25 (US), $8.50(Canada) $10.00 (México), $10.75 (rest of the world). Non-IRCA members: add $1.00. To order from the IRCA Goodie Factory, send the correct amount (in US funds payable to IRCA) to: IRCA GOODIE FACTORY, 9705 MARY NW, SEATTLE WA 98117-2334.Or, order through PayPal [add $1.00] to email: phil_tekno@yahoo.com (PhilBytheway) Please state club affiliation when ordering (Phil Bytheway, Feb 3, ABDX via DXLD) Big changes ahead at RADIO HERITAGE FOUNDATION http://www.radioheritage.net February 2 2015 To all our friends, First a belated welcome to 2015, and our 10th anniversary! Just before Christmas our website supplier gave us notice that they are closing down operations at the end of February. We either move elsewhere before, or lose all our pages, emails etc. This was not we wanted to hear at the festive season. So we're prepared with emergency backups, and looking into what new arrangements we can make. The existing web host gave us free hosting, and we can't assume we'll continue for free. Let's try and focus on good news. Have you seen our two editorials so far in 2015? The first is Facebook, the second is Fresh Pacific Faces. They are connected. Have a look at how we're now reaching new audiences; would you believe Fiji and Brazil have entered our Top 10 visitor sources in January! The big news has to be a facelift to our radio guides, and the addition of Hawaii Radio Guide to the collection. Have you seen it yet? Every station, and every location! Check it out next time you're on http://www.radioheritage.net Financially, I think we could do with some help this month; with the uncertainties about an affordable web host and opportunities to extend our reach to new audiences on Facebook. We're still down just $128.16 to fully cover the January operational costs; that's a real achievement, thanks all, and there's $1,799.99 coming hard at us for the February costs. And we have these uncertainties for the future free hosting of the website and associated services. So, if you think you can help us out this month, we'd really welcome your support. We'd like to go into our 10th year with a stronger financial base, as we also have to change our Microsoft hosting to Linux based so we finally bring the new look website to you, at long last. This will be one where you can enter your own photos, comments and audio to be part of the collections, and will be a major shift to fully engaging people in this global project. Remember, the monthly costs are for non-website costs of this project and just keep coming every month for office space, storage, consumables, etc., as detailed on the website. They are fixed for 5 years at this amount. We're all unpaid volunteers doing our best to protect our radio heritage. For now, enjoy our Hawaii Radio Guide and parts of the refreshed website, and help us get through the moves we must make this month, and we'll continue to honor you on the Supporter Roll with our very grateful thanks. Cheers all, David Ricquish, Radio Heritage Foundation http://www.radioheritage.net PS.: the easiest way to donate right now is via our secure PAYPAL links at http://www.radioheritage.net including the option to make small, or regular frequent amounts to make it easier for you. Thank you for your past and future support; the best is yet to come, with your help. PPS.: one donor has generously now covered the remaining $128.16 for January and another has started a monthly payment schedule - but we've still a long way to go. We could really do with some help this month if you can. Thanks for helping keep the radio memories safe (David Ricquish, NZ, RHF, Feb 2, DX LISTENING DIGEST) THE ARRL LIBRARY GOES LIVE! The ARRL have announced a free repository of educational presentations aoral histories. It is aimed at helping to preserve Amateur Radio’s history and to educate clubs and individuals. “This long-term project will be home to what I hope will eventually become one of the largest repositories of Amateur Radio-related papers and presentations, created by and for the Amateur Radio community,” said ARRL Media and Public Relations Manager Sean Kutzko, KX9X. “This is your opportunity to submit material for the betterment and education of all radio amateurs.” Kutzko said the Library will initially consist of three major areas. These will include PowerPoint presentations that may be used at club meetings, outreach efforts to the general public or other public presentations; PDFs of general educational material about Amateur Radio, and oral histories of radio amateurs describing their personal experiences with Amateur Radio. Visit the free ARRL Online Library http://www.arrl.org/library (via Skip Arey, Ham Radio Report, Feb CIDX Messenger via DXLD) LANGUAGE LESSONS ++++++++++++++++ Going back to your previous post and discussion of "porros". I learned, somewhat the hard way, that some nouns do NOT have both genders, where you'd think they would. A few years ago, I was adopted by a cat. A female cat. She spends much of her time outdoors - but will come in when I open the door and say "Donde está la gata?" After my YL friend heard me say it, she insisted all cats are "gatos" regardless of gender. I didn't believe it but looked it up. She was right. Una gata is something entirely different. For years, I've been opening the door and asking "Where is the hooker?" Thankfully, none of my neighbors speak Spanish! (Doug Smith, W9WI, Pleasant View, TN EM66, DX LISTENING DIGEST) TINY TRAP +++++++++ Rachel Maddow on MSNBC is a must-see, for well-documented political coverage from The Left. As the promo says, ``She`s smart,``` etc. But yet falls into The Tiny Trap with remarx such as ``The tiny European nation of Finland``, at 0519 UT Feb 6, presumably repeated from 0219 UT. Over 157 kiloMonacos could fit into one Finland (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES +++++++++++++++++++++++++ BRUCE PORTZER ANNUAL DX GET TOGETHER Sat Feb 21, Seattle I'll be holding my annual DX get together on Saturday February 21 at 2 pm. Consider yourself invited, and be prepared to talk about AM, shortwave, or TV-FM DX with like-minded persons. Bring radio stuff for show-and-tell if you'd like. It will be held at my house: 6546 19th Avenue NE in Seattle, 206-522-2521. Potluck snack food (liquid or solid) is welcome. See you there! (Bruce Portzer, IRCA DX Monitor Feb 7 via DXLD) SWL WINTER FEST ON THE AIR The Annual Spectacular Shortwave Shindig with David Goren, Including a live, hour-long broadcast over WRMI, Radio Miami International, on 7570 kHz. 0300-0400 GMT/UT (Saturday), 2200-2300 EST (Friday) beamed 315 degrees from Okeechobee, Florida. Feb 28/27 (Feb CIDX Messenger via DXLD) IRCA CONVENTION WEST, Sept 10-12, Torrance CA Will be held Thu Sept 10-Sat Sept 12 2015 at Best Western Plus Avita Suites 3531 Torrance Blvd. Torrance CA 90503. Phone number for reservations is 310-540-5051 or email guestservices@avitasuitestorrance.com Request International Radio Club of America group rate before August 9th deadline. Studio with one queen bed $120. Studio with 2 queen beds $125. Additional guest $10 pp/night. 12% tax. Hotel website is http://www.avitasuitestorrance.com Includes comp all you can eat hot breakfast buffet daily / comp covered self parking / secured high speed wireless internet / nice view of KNX tower site. Registration fee is $30 payable to Mike Sanburn, PO Box 1256, Bellflower CA 90707 (Does not include banquet). More details TBA. Questions and comments to mikesanburn@hotmail.com (IRCA DX Monitor Feb 7 via DXLD DX-PEDITIONS ++++++++++++ AIH39 DXPEDITION UNDER THE NORTHERN LIGHTS Exploration and adventure is still very much alive in the 21st century - at least on the AM radio dial! The 39th DXpedition to Aihkiniemi in the Finnish Lapland began under high solar activity, and it looked like the best haul would be photos of northern lights. Eventually conditions improved so that terabytes of recordings will keep me busy for a very long time to come. The DXpedition took place already in late October, but I only now realized that I forgot to let you know the URL when the report was published two months ago. With apologies for the delay, here you go, DXing from the top of the world: http://www.dxing.info/dxpeditions/aih39rep.dx 73 (Mika Makelainen, Discover http://www.DXing.info/ Join http://www.DXing.info/community/ dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also ANTARCTICA DAYTIME SKYWAVE MW DX-PEDITION NEAR ENID: See PROPAGATION below WORLD OF HOROLOGY See BRAZIL; MEXICO: QR goes on EST UT -5! +++++++++++++++++ DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DRM See ETHIOPIA; INDIA; KURDISTAN; NEW ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ZEALAND, VATICAN DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DTV See MEXICO; OKLAHOMA ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM +++++++++++++++++++++ RADIOSHACK IS GEARING UP TO SELL OR SHUTTER ITS STORES, REPORT SAYS http://www.pcworld.com/article/2878815/radioshack-is-gearing-up-to-sell-or-shutter-its-stores-report-says.html Sent from my iPhone ABDX (Dennis Gibson, Feb 2, ABDX via DXLD) RADIOSHACK MAY CLOSE, SPRINT TO GET HALF OF CHAIN (Reuters) - Troubled electronics retailer RadioShack Corp is preparing to shut down the chain in a bankruptcy deal that would see half the stores taken over by Sprint Corp, Bloomberg News reported, citing people with knowledge of the discussions. Full story here: http://news.yahoo.com/sprint-over-half-radioshack-stores-bloomberg-190822715--finance.html Posted by: (Mike Terry, Feb 3, dxldyg via DXLD) RADIOSHACK IN TALKS TO SELL HALF ITS STORES TO SPRINT, SHUTTER THE R[EST?] http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-02/radioshack-is-said-to-discuss-liquidation-as-part-of-sprint-deal (via Richard Larson, Feb 3, MDXC yg via DXLD) Looks like Amazon wants to buy them. Sincerely, (Todd Skaine, Woodbury, MN, ibid.) There is no money in overpriced piece parts for hobbyists. Their main problem I think was they had no focus in their sales plan. They tried to make everyone happy and did it poorly. When they started to make a name for themselves, let's say in the scanner and S/W ham radio market, they abandoned it. Also their employees were not trained in anything beyond cellphones, and I myself, don't like it when I have to educate the sales person that I am buying from (Bob WC0D Fay, ibid.) RADIO SONY ICF 7600 GR Prezados radioescutas, é surpresa até para alguns radioescutas japoneses mas o radio é fabricado pelo grupo http://www.towada-gp.com/audio/index.html Sds (Geraldo, radioescutas yg via DXLD) Oi Geraldo, Só para registro que não é exceção. A Sony desde muitos anos usados servidos da Towada para montar produtos baratos como os rádios. Eu mesmo já recorri a eles anos atrás para comprar peças de reposição de equipamentos profissionais. Towada é uma empresa das antigas, especializada em PCB por estamparia, o que agiliza e barateia demais o processo da linha de montagem. Sobre o 7600GR, a resposta é que ele ainda é fornecido pela Sony, está em linha de produção, mas em muito menor escala do que quando lançado. Peças de reposição se mantém em mercado por até uma década, depois disso, o fabricante é o primeiro que não é mais obrigado a fornecer assistência técnica. Não é regra, é mais uma política de mercado. Na Europa por exemplo, ser cliente da Grundig é o que existe de pior no Planeta. A mercenária alemã, além de não repor peças no mercado, destrói lotes de produtos em estoque para que o infeliz usuário seja obrigado a comprar outro novo. A Sony ainda merece meu aplauso, não só porque eu trabalhei para a companhia, como o atendimento profissional deles pós-venda eu considero dos melhores que existe. Certa ocasião, pedi especificações e catálogo de um processador de uma mesa de estúdio, e além de me mandar tudo como pedi, mandaram o processador junto. De graça. Meses depois ainda mandaram e-mail perguntando se eu estava satisfeito! 73, (Denis Zoqbi, Brasil, Feb 2, radioescutas yg via DXLD) LUBBOCK, TX -- AIRPLANE INTO KCBD-TV TOWER? https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10152938594117034 (Blaine Thompson, Feb 4, ABDX via DXLD) More photos: http://www.wfaa.com/story/news/local/texas-news/2015/02/04/report-plane-crashes-into-lubbock-tv-tower/22900063/ Sent from my iPhone (Dennis Gibson, ibid.) So did the tower collapse, and was it their main broadcast tower? Geez, the story doesn`t even say. But one photo shows some tower sexions on the ground (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) PROPAGATION +++++++++++ GEOMAGNETIC INDICES – Compiled by: Phil Bytheway E-mail: phil_tekno@yahoo.com Geomagnetic Summary January 1 2015 through January 31 2015 Tabulated from email status daily (K @ 0000 UTC.) Date Flux A K Space Wx 1 138 6 6 no storms 2 146 12 4 no storms 3 149 15 1 minor, G1, R1 4 150 20 5 minor, G1, R1 5 142 18 3 minor, G1 6 142 13 2 no storms 7 147 38 4 strong, G3 8 157 16 3 no storms 9 151 8 2 no storms 10 152 10 0 no storms 11 154 10 2 no storms 12 159 8 3 no storms 13 145 8 2 moderate, R2 14 142 7 1 minor, R1 15 131 6 1 no storms 16 125 7 2 no storms 17 122 7 2 no storms 18 126 5 2 no storms 19 130 5 2 no storms 20 126 4 1 no storms 21 124 11 3 no storms 22 120 12 2 minor, R1 23 121 9 1 no storms 24 125 6 2 no storms 25 127 6 3 no storms 26 147 16 2 minor, R1 27 158 12 3 no storms 28 159 7 1 minor, R1 29 165 10 4 minor, R1 30 159 11 3 minor, R1 31 154 9 4 no storms Gx – Geomagnetic Storm Level Rx – Radio Blackouts Level Sx – Solar Radiation Storm Level (IRCA DX Monitor Feb 7 via DXLD) DAYTIME MEDIUMWAVE SKYWAVE DX TO ENID, OKLAHOMA, Jan 30, 1913-1928 UT [Note: these are my original logs in chrono order. Most were also reworked into frequency order and filed under U S A above --- a duplication on editor`s prerogative in this issue only --- gh] Jan 30 at 1913 UT, only 41 minutes after local mean noon, I find a good & steady signal from WGN 720. Winter daytime skywave is in play. I`m driving away from neighborhood and household noise sources, so in central Enid I keep driving until pervasive line noise and plasma screens are minimal, parking first by a warehouse near the intersexion of Walnut & Jefferson. No DFing on the caradio with vertical whip. Here`s what I log in the next quarter-hour: 720, Jan 30 at 1913 UT, good & steady signal from WGN Chicago, almost 700 miles. Under very quiet conditions even in the summer I can sometimes pull it by groundwave, but this is much stronger. Talkhost is discussing wings and football games, mentions Órion Samuelson in passing. 710, Jan 30 at 1914 UT, Rush with some CCI and a low audible het! Surely the latter is not from the part-time off-frequency Chihuahuan? Rush is KGNC Amarillo, normal dominant on GW, not KCMO Kansas City which is in Dave Ramsey. 670, Jan 30 at 1915 UT, CCI between sports talk and another station. Sports must be WSCR Chicago, but as also on rare groundwave it`s considerably weaker than WGN. Other station is KLTT Denver which normally reaches here barely on GW. (WBBM 780 and WLS 890 are blocked by Okies and 670 is bothered by splash from 640 Moore. BTW, I keep mistyping its call: once recently as KWPM as in Moore, but it`s really KWPN as in Norman; or since it`s a Sports Animal, ``We Program Nonsense``!) 570, Jan 30 at 1916 UT, WNAX ID and Accuweather for Yankton SD, clearly audible under KLIF Dallas. WNAX is always there on GW, but skywave may be helping a bit now. SAH counted as 212 per minute or 3.53 Hz. 760, Jan 30 at 1917, KCCV Overland Park/Kansas City religion has unID CCI. Could it be 50 kW non-direxional WJR Detroit? 50 kW KKZN Thornton (Denver) is half as far, but day pattern westward, null eastward, and rare here at any time. Arkansas station unlikely on GW, poor conductivity that way. 850, Jan 30 at 1918 UT, Rush. That would be KOA Denver, which per http://www.850koa.com/cc-common/rushlimbaugh/ just started airing him live this month with the proviso that he will be pre-empted for any sillyballgames on weekday afternoons. KOA can barely reach here on GW but better now, and no sign of the Texan. 1000, Jan 30 at 1919 UT, KTOK OKC, talker is strong as usual, but I can hear something under it, unusual. Since Chicago is in on 670 & 720, I suspect WMVP, which has a lopsided day pattern favoring east, but considerable west too. There`s nothing on 1000 between here and Chicago. Sioux Falls beams NW away from us. 1060, Jan 30 at 1919 UT, station in English with fast SAH from another. Probably KIJN Farwell TX the off-frequency one so obvious at night, and KRCN Denver. KIJN could be GW, but KRCN may need skywave. 1100, Jan 30 at 1920 UT, Rush. Certainly not my closest, KKLL Webb City (Joplin) MO which is religious and barely reaches on GW. NRC AM Log shows him on three 50 kW ND stations: WTAM Cleveland OH, KNZZ Grand Junxion CO, and WZFG Dilworth MN (Fargo). My first choice would be WTAM, city to city 1509 km or 938 miles. All three stations` websites confirm Rush still on live, the other two with super- patriotic hype branding. 1120, Jan 30 at 1921 UT, KEOR Tulsa/Catoosa/Sperry is *still* open carrier dead air, but KMOX St Louis can be heard under it. That takes skywave over poor-conductivity Ozarx. As I tune up the band, encounter some heavy noise on 1200, so move a few blox to another location near the intersexion of Maple & Madison: 1540, Jan 30 at 1925 UT, ``1540 KXEL`` ID from Waterloo IA, poor with SAH, but definitely there by skywave already, during 50 kW ND pattern. Otherstation probably Kansas. 1690, Jan 30 at 1927 UT, sounds like Disney music, and YL announcer at 1928 UT giving a phone number including 7056. Would that be R. Disney 800 number? It`s not the individual phone of KDDZ Arvada CO as in NRC AM Log, nor would I expect talker WVON Chicago to be doing this unless the music was just a break/liner. Aha, finally found on R. Disney website this: ``Radio Disney offers several forms of contest / sweepstakes: Call-In: The Radio Disney toll - free phone number for call - in entries is 1 - 877 - 870 - 5678. Changes to the toll - free number will be announced on - air.`` So it`s KDDZ which hasn`t been sold yet. Of course, it has to be skywave at this daypart and distance at top end. I could have done better at a quieter rural location. If I can pull away, I should go out and try that tomorrow a little earlier during the noon hour, as winter midday skywave will soon be a pastthing, with solar zenith advancing degree by degree empowering D-layer absorption. In case significant, here`s WWV propagation info for 1800 UT Jan 30: ``Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 29 January follow. Solar flux 165 and estimated planetary A-index 9. The estimated planetary K-index at 1800 UTC on 30 January was 2. Space weather for the past 24 hours has been minor. Radio blackouts reaching the R1 level occurred. Space weather for the next 24 hours is predicted to be minor. Geomagnetic storms reaching the G1 level are likely. Radio blackouts reaching the R1 level are likely.`` (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) DAYTIME SKYWAVE MW DX TO ENID, OKLAHOMA AREA, JANUARY 31, 1801-1931 UT Having heard WGN and a bunch of other skywave stations yesterday during the hour after local mean noon (always 1832 UT), from inside Enid as I was driving and hunting quietest spots to stop and tune, today I plan a DX-pedition to my favorite and closest quiet rural monitoring spot, which is NW of Enid almost to Carrier, 7.5 miles west of US 81/60/64 on SH 45, where there is an area without overhead powerlines, and a convenient pull-off. I shall park facing north with the caradio whip on the right front fender, in case that have any influence on direxionality, pickup. This includes some groundwave logs where there is something significant. We are getting our first good rain in months, so this may be enhancing groundwave a bit, and not a single lightning crash. As for skywave, there may be some additional help from sporadic E. It certainly was not reaching VHF channel 2, but strong signals from US stations a megameter away on the 15 MHz HF band are a sign of it. Es` role in mediumwave propagation seems to be a little-studied phenomenon. In case significant, the WWV propagation info for 1800 UT on Jan 31: ``Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 30 January follow. Solar flux 159 and estimated planetary A-index 11. The estimated planetary K-index at 1800 UTC on 31 January was 2. No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours. Space weather for the next 24 hours is predicted to be minor. Geomagnetic storms reaching the G1 level are likely. Radio blackouts reaching the R1 level are likely.`` First, as I pull out of the garage, WGN 720 is immediately listenable, at fair and steady level, not as strong as at night, but certainly sufficient here at mid-day. Not wanting to lose time on my way to a quick lunch, my first stop inside Enid is in a large open field south of Autry Technology Center without powerlines, which has thus been occupied by kite festivals at other yearparts. 720, Jan 31 at 1801 UT, WGN is in well with obvious local references. WGN is the prime pilot for all this, and the most fortunate in not suffering from any adjacent channel splash, nor any significant co- channel. Chicago-Enid city to city distance: 1074 km = 667 miles 670, Jan 31 at 1802 UT, woman singing the Star Spangled Banner, no doubt inaugurating a silly ballgame on WSCR, Chicago. This signal is atop KLTT Denver which is always here weakly on daytime groundwave 700, Jan 31 at 1806 UT, sports discussion involving Seton Hall and Xavier, way over KHSE The Metroplex; apparently originates from NJ. There are several Xaviers, but WLW schedule for today confirms it`s them at 11:30-2:30 EST: http://www.700wlw.com/articles/700wlw-programming-233227/saturday-january-31-11124595 Cincinnati-Enid city to city distance is 1213 km = 754 miles 760, Jan 31 at 1807 UT, CCI again with religion atop, no doubt KCCV Overland Park KS. Too much of that to tell whether the understation is WJR Detroit, which would be very nice at 1435 km - 891 miles 830, Jan 31 at 1808 UT, quick ID as WCCO.com with weather, 28 degrees and cloudy. Minneapolis at 1031 km = 641 miles 840, Jan 31 at 1808 UT, SAH between two weak stations; very marginal groundwave here is KTIC, West Point NE, so is the other one WHAS Louisville KY, 1092 km = 678 miles? Yes, see below 850, Jan 31 at 1809 UT, Superbowl discussion, no doubt KOA Denver; more below 1000, Jan 31 at 1809 UT, weak CCI barely, under KTOK, so WMVP Chicago? 1100, Jan 31 at 1810 UT, fast SAH is JBA, so OH/CO/MN and/or MO GW? 1120, Jan 31 at 1810 UT, KMOX under KEOR Tulsa = still open carrier/dead air Now after lunch on my way to the prime DX spot near Carrier: 1670, Jan 31 at 1850 UT, algo with sportstalk. Has to be WOZN Madison WI. As soon as I am parked at prime spot, monitor this further; at 1854 UT, CBS Sportsradio, which fits for WOZN. 1038 km = 645 miles 1660, Jan 31 at 1854 UT, talk with a SAH, not enough to recognize as Bloomberg, but surely KWOD Kansas City KS; and the other most likely KQWB West Fargo ND, but KRZI Waco TX also possible; WQLR Kalamazoo MI never heard even at night 1540, Jan 31 at 1855 UT, two weak stations, probably KXEL IA (SW) and KNGL McPherson KS (GW) 1200, Jan 31 at 1858 UT, SAH from two weak stations; WRTO Chicago could be one if in Spanish, but at 1913 UT talk show from Texas is in English, so WOAI San Antonio. Nice also to be getting skywave from the south where the sun is of course higher than from the north. City to city: 778 km = 484 miles 1100, Jan 31 at 1858 UT, 2- or 3-way SAH; 1900 UT, YL news atop. Can`t get a local reference but maybe WTAM Cleveland if not KNZZ Grand Junxion or WZFG Fargo [non]; or all three 1040, Jan 31 at 1901 UT, just as I tune in, 10-second pause for ID during Iowa BKB SBG, timed perfectly: WHO Des Moines: 687 km = 427 miles 870, Jan 31 at 1902 UT, SBG involving LSU, certainly WWL New Orleans, another southie, 1021 km = 634 miles 850, Jan 31 at 1902 UT, organ music, either KJON R. Guadalupe, Carollton TX, or KFUO Clayton MO, mixed with ABC News from KOA Denver, going to CO news about a rock climber killed in Ouray County 830, Jan 31 at 1908 UT, preacher in English is now atop WCCO as definitely logged earlier. Altho rain is starting again, I get out and DF this one ASAP, bending over to shield the DX-398: WNW/ESE, which points to 25 kW ND daytimer KUYO Evansville (Casper), central WY, 1016 km = 632 miles. Not to be confused with Evanston in SW WY. Already logged 830 WGUE Memphis TN and it is not religious 1060, Jan 31 at 1912 UT, discussion of abortion. No doubt KRCN Longmont CO, just this month born again from biz to Catholic 700, Jan 31 at 1919 UT, station in English almost zero-beat with KHSE TX groundwave; 1920 clear ID for WLW, Cincinnati. Unlike WGN, the 700 station suffers from ACI splash de 690 KGGF if not 710 KCMO 840, Jan 31 at 1922 UT, talk show on education, abhorring an incident where a girl student had to pull her pants down and show her underwear. Apparently national, with phone 1-800-507-7080, then a caller from Colorado. Can it be WHAS? Let`s see: sked shows Sat 1-4 pm EST, ``The Weekend With Joe Pags`` but no further link worx. Phone number confirmed at http://www.joepags.com/ City to city, Louisville to Enid: 1092 km = 678 miles 1250, Jan 31 at 1927 UT, English talk show, soon fading vs Spanish music, the latter surely KYYS Kansas City KS, La X, La Super Estación. Of the nearest ones in NRC AM Log, IA, NE and TX are musical, while AR MO and TX are talkative of some sort. Too many possibilities 1690, Jan 31 at 1931 UT, Disney-type music which was not audible earlier, no doubt KDDZ Arvada (Denver) CO again like yesterday Now only one hour after noon LMT. With that I wrap it up and head home. The skywave DX has been much steadier than at night, but not constant, still subject to fades in and out. Much less interference now to combat. But several OKC, Tulsa and of course Enid frequencies are so strong that no DX is possible adjacently; at least not without nulling capability on the caradio which is much more sensitive than the DX-398 auxiliary (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1759, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Good stuff. Had WSCR 670 here on the car radio at high noon a week ago, stuck in a 25 km traffic jam on I-24 near Clarksville. Unfortunately WGN is not doable daytime here, due to splash from nearby 710 (Smyrna TN) and 730 (Madisonville KY). Similarly, WBBM vanishes behind the station in the county seat, WQSV 790. And WLS behind locals on 880 and 900. Years earlier, heard the whole bunch on the car radio at high noon while driving in western Kansas near Dodge City (Doug Smith, TN, DX LISTENING DIGEST) After two good sessions of midday MW skywave DX on Jan 30 & 31, I try for another on Feb 1: at 1827 UT, 5 minutes before local mean noon, pilot WGN 720 Chicago is audible, but much weaker now; also 670 has a SAH presumably WSCR Chicago vs KLTT Denver. But nothing much else is making it on the frequencies previously logged. By 1838 UT, parked in the powerless kite field, WGN has become JBA. Something has changed, more than the sun being a smidgin higher at zenith. Doug Smith, TN, replied at 0508 UT Feb 2: ``Conditions simply change from time to time -- I think there is some amount of skywave even at high noon this time of year. Apparently there is some aurora tonight as 50 MHz propagation is being reported across northern Canada -- conditions were particularly good at the top end of the shortwave spectrum, with LOUD signals from Japan on 28 MHz (but unfortunately little activity). I had WSCR again around 1 pm CT in Clarksville`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) :Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts :Issued: 2015 Feb 02 0724 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 26 January-01 February 2015 Solar activity was at moderate levels for much of the week, with seven M-class flares observed through 30 January. Region 2268 (S10, L=47, class/area=Fhc/500 on 29 January) produced five of them, the largest of which was an M2/1b on 29 January at 1142 UTC. Region 2277 (N08, L=330, class/area=Fkc/510 on 30 January) produced the remaining two, the largest of which was an M2 with no optical counterpart on 30 Jan at 1216 UTC. No Earth-directed coronal mass ejections were observed. No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit, however proton flux was elevated. The flux began rising on 27 January, reached a peak of 1.5 pfu on 30 January at 1205 UTC, and returned to normal levels by 01 February. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit was at normal to moderate levels during the week. The geomagnetic field activity ranged from quiet to minor storm levels during the week. Active periods were recorded on 26 January, 29 January, and 31 January-01 February. Evidence for the influence of a high speed solar wind stream, eminating from a southern crown coronal hole, was evident in ACE spacecraft data beginning on 27 January and persisting through 29 January. The high speed stream was preceded by jump in density and fluctuating magnetic field consistent with a weak cororating interaction region. These features are believed to be responsible for the active conditions in the beginning of the week. Another encounter with the southern crown high speed solar wind stream brought active conditions late on 31 January into 01 February. Solar wind speed rose to over 700 km/s, Bz fell to -12 nT, and geomagnetic activity reached minor storm levels for the last synoptic period of 01 February. FORECAST OF SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY 02 - 28 FEBRUARY 2015 Solar activity is expected to be at low to moderate levels, with a slight chance for high levels, through 09 February until Region 2277 departs the visible solar disk. Low levels of activity are anticipated from 10-16 February. Low to moderate levels, with a slight chance for high levels, are expected with the return of Regions 2268 on 17 February and 2277 on 22 February. There is a slight chance the greater than 10 MeV proton proton flux at geosynchronous orbit will exceed the 10 pfu threshold until 09 February and after 17 February. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to reach moderate to high levels by 04 February, and again on 19-23 February due to recurrent coronal hole high speed stream (CH HSS) influence. Geomagnetic field activity is expected to begin at active to minor storm levels. Unsettled to active periods with a slight chance for minor storm levels, particularly at high latitudes, are expected to persist through 09 February, from 15-21 February, and from 25 February through the end of the forecast period in response to recurrent coronal hole high speed solar wind streams. :Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt :Issued: 2015 Feb 02 0724 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 2015-02-02 # # UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest # Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index 2015 Feb 02 135 15 5 2015 Feb 03 125 12 3 2015 Feb 04 125 10 3 2015 Feb 05 120 10 3 2015 Feb 06 120 10 4 2015 Feb 07 125 10 4 2015 Feb 08 125 10 3 2015 Feb 09 130 8 3 2015 Feb 10 125 5 2 2015 Feb 11 125 5 2 2015 Feb 12 120 5 2 2015 Feb 13 120 5 2 2015 Feb 14 125 5 2 2015 Feb 15 125 12 4 2015 Feb 16 125 10 4 2015 Feb 17 120 10 4 2015 Feb 18 115 10 4 2015 Feb 19 120 8 3 2015 Feb 20 125 5 2 2015 Feb 21 125 5 2 2015 Feb 22 120 5 2 2015 Feb 23 120 5 2 2015 Feb 24 125 8 3 2015 Feb 25 130 10 3 2015 Feb 26 135 12 3 2015 Feb 27 135 15 3 2015 Feb 28 135 18 5 (SWPC via WORLD OF RADIO 1759, DXLD) GLENN`S PROPAGATION OUTLOOK FOR MEDIA NETWORK PLUS AS OF FEBRUARY 5: Keith, IPS in Australia predicts thru Feb 7: global HF propagation normal at all latitudes, shortwave fades possible. South African spaceweather thru Feb 7: magnetic conditions unsettled; shortwave fadeouts unlikely; MUF unstable. Met Office UK forecast thru February 8: solar activity low, 30% chance for an isolated moderate-class flare, geomagnetic activity quiet to unsettled. The Natural Resources Canada magnetic activity forecast: all quiet in the sub-auroral zone thru Feb 27; in the auroral zone, somewhat unsettled thru Feb 9, and another peak on the 22nd. F K Janda in Prague predicts the Geomagnetic field will be: quiet to active on February 6, 17, 22 - 23 active to disturbed on February 7, 24 quiet on February 8, 16, 20 mostly quiet on February 9 - 15, 18 - 19, 21 disturbed on February 25 SWPC in Boulder calls for unsettled to active periods with a slight chance for minor storm levels, at high latitudes, persisting through February 9, 15-21 and 25 to 28. A and K indices lowest at 5 and 2 on February 10 to 14. Highest at 12 and 4 on 15, and 26; up to 18 and 5 on February 28. Solar flux peaking at 130 on February 9, down to 115 on February 18, up to 135 February 26. Bill Hepburn`s VHF UHF DX maps show extreme tropospheric ducting this week off the west coast of Australia, and in the Bight (via DXLD) ###