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Thanks, Glenn WORLD OF RADIO 1778 CONTENTS: *DX and station news about: Antarctrica and non, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Greece, India, Japan, Kurdistan non, México, Micronesia, Mongolia, Morocco, Nigeria and non, Qatar non, Spain, USA, unidentified, DX Convention SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1778, June 18-24, 2015 Thu 1130 WRMI 9955 Thu 2100 WRMI 7570 [confirmed] Fri 2130 WRMI 15770 [confirmed] Fri 2130 WRMI 7570 [confirmed] Sat 0730 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Sat 1530 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Sat 1930v WA0RCR 1860-AM Sun 0315v WA0RCR 1860-AM Sun 2100 WRMI 15770 Sun 2300 WRMI 11580 Mon 0300v WBCQ 5110v Area 51 Mon 0330 WRMI 9955 Tue 1100 WRMI 9955 Wed 0630 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Wed 1315 WRMI 9955 Wed 1430 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v 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/rmrc-service/podcast/glenn-hauser-wor ALTERNATIVE PODCASTS, tnx Stephen Cooper: http://shortwave.am/wor.xml AND ANOTHER PODCAST 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]. KYRGYSTAN, Fair reception of Afghan Christian Radio/R. Sadaye Zindagi on June 11 1500-1800 5130 BI 100 kW / non-dir CAs Pashto/Dari TWR Radio Maranatha http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/06/fair-reception-of-afghan-christian.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AFGHANISTAN [non]. USA(non), Frequency change of VOA Radio Ashna from June 10: 1500-1630 NF 11540 UDO 250 kW / 300 deg to WeAs Dari, ex 9370 1630-1730 NF 11540 UDO 250 kW / 300 deg to WeAs Pashto, ex 9370 Bad choice, on the same frequency there is very strong STANAG http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/06/frequency-change-of-voa-radio-ashna.html (DX RE MIX NEWS #914 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, June 15, 2015, via DXLD) ** ALGERIA. ARGELIA, 153, RTA 1, Béchar, 2108-2112, escuchada el 12 de junio de 2015 en árabe a locutor con comentarios y emisión de música árabe, SINPO 24442 549, RTA 1, Hamadouche, 0625-0630, escuchada el 13 de junio de 2015 en árabe con emisión de música pop árabe, cuñas publicitarias; en la primera cuña un niño cantando “Felíz cumpleaños” en árabe, SINPO 34443 (José Miguel Romero, Sacañet (Castellón), España, Grundig Yacht Boy 80, Antena telescópica, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ALGERIA [non]. Morning observations of Radio TV Algerienne on June 11 and evening observations on June 9. Full summer A15 schedule may be found here http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/06/reception-of-radio-tv-algerienne-on.html (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ANTARCTICA. 15476, 03/06/2015, 2130-, ATA, LRA 36, Base Antártica, Arcángel San Gabriel - notizie, commenti, annunci e ID "Radio Nacional" in Spagnuolo, 35443 (Saverio De Cian, Sedico (Belluno) Perseus SDR, DKaz + FLG100LN, playdx yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1778, DXLD) ** ANTARCTICA [non]. Help record the 2015 BBC Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast on June 21 - The SWLing Post Posted on June 10, 2015 by Thomas Every year, the BBC broadcasts a special program to the scientists and support staff in the British Antarctic Survey Team http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/ The BBC plays music requests and sends special messages to the small team of 40+ located at various Antarctic research stations. Each year, the thirty minute show is guaranteed to be quirky, nostalgic, and certainly a DX-worthy catch! Regular SWLing Post readers know that I’m a huge fan of the Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast (and without fail, it falls on my birthday each year!): http://swling.com/blog/2014/06/shortwave-radio-recordings-bbc-to-the-2014-british-antarctic-survey/ Hit the record button! This year, I’m calling on all SWLing Post readers and shortwave radio listeners to make a short recording (say, 30-60 seconds) of the show and share it here at the Post. The recording can be audio-only, or even a video taken from any recording device or smart phone. It would be helpful to have a description and/or photo of your listening environment and location, if possible. If you submit your recording to me, I will post it here on the SWLing Post–and insure that the BBC World Service receives the post, too. The recordings will be arranged by geographic location. Are you in? If you’re interested in participating, mark your calendars for June 21st! I’ll post updates and frequencies about the Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast here on theSWLing Post. Please follow the tag: Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast http://swling.com/blog/tag/antarctic-midwinter-broadcast/ ... and get ready for some cool solstice fun! Posted by: (Mike Terry, June 13, dxldyg via DXLD) Hello, I've had the following email from Audience Relations at BBCWS: "Hi Stephen, Just inquired with the engineers…they’re still waiting for the results of the tests though I’m told the Mid-Winter broadcast will be on three of the four below listed frequencies 7425 kHz, Ascension, 207 degrees 5985 kHz, Woofferton, 184 degrees 9590 kHz, Woofferton, 182 degrees 5905 kHz, Dhabayya, 203 degrees Apparently, they’ll know more in the next couple of days and will let me know when they do. I hope the above is at least useful, none the less." Could the tests be Wednesday? (Stephen Cooper, UK, June 16, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) BBC test on June 19 before BAS Annual Midwinter broadcast June 21 2130-2145 5905 DHA 250 kW / 203 deg to Antarctica English Fri, June 19 2130-2145 5985 WOF 250 kW / 184 deg to Antarctica English Fri, June 19 2130-2145 7425 ASC 250 kW / 207 deg to Antarctica English Fri, June 19 2130-2145 9590 WOF 250 kW / 182 deg to Antarctica English Fri, June 19 -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, June 17, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) News Story - Midwinter Celebrations in Antarctica Home » About BAS » News and Press Releases » News Story - Midwinter Celebrations in Antarctica » Date: 17 Jun 2015 source: http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/about_bas/news/news_story.php?id=3024 This week staff at British Antarctic Survey (BAS) are celebrating Midwinter’s Day in Antarctica. In a tradition which began in the days of Captain Scott the event marks the shortest, and darkest, day of the year. This year’s science and support teams will brave the elements for a long distance run (weather permitting) followed by a festive meal and exchange of gifts that the team members have made for one another. A special highlight is the annual Midwinter broadcast on the BBC’s World Service which includes messages from loved ones. This year’s broadcast on the World Service will be aired at 21:30 GMT on Sunday 21 June and lasts for half an hour. It contains greetings from families, work colleagues and several celebrities. The Prime Minister, David Cameron, has sent a message of support. In her own message to staff BAS Director, Jane Francis, said: “I know you are sitting there in the cold and dark, but you play a really vital part in the amazing science that BAS does. “The measurements that you are making down in Antarctica, even through the winter, play a really key part in the evidence we are collecting to figure out how Antarctica is responding to climate change. And this is really important, because what happens in Antarctica affects the rest of the world.” BAS has four stations which it operates over the winter months; Bird Island, Kind Edward Point, Rothera and Halley. There are currently 42 staff based at these stations. They include scientists, electricians, plumbers, chefs and doctors. Tom Welsh, Station Leader at the BAS Halley Research Station, said: “Midwinter’s day at Halley is 101 days after we began the adventure of our lives; 13 men and women from widely ranging backgrounds set to endure 105 days of darkness, temperatures below -50 degrees centigrade and winds in excess of 60 knots. “Midwinter serves as a fantastic way to look back on and celebrate our achievements so far and the wonderful friendships that have developed, whilst also looking forward to the exciting events still to come. We plan to spend our winter solstice enjoying a formal dinner, presenting hand crafted gifts to each other and to listen to the BBC World Service radio broadcast. The radio broadcast will contain loving messages from friends and family at home, something we are all very much looking forward to and that means an awful lot to us. “Antarctic exploration has a proud and impressive history, we plan to raise a toast to the explorers and scientists of the past, present day and to those of the future.” If you wish to tweet greetings to those working in Antarctica then please use #BASmidwinter. --------------------------------------------------- test announced for tomorrow (Friday 19 June) at 2130 UT: http://swling.com/blog/2015/06/today-test-transmission-for-sundays-antarctic-midwinter-broadcast/ 7425 kHz, Ascension, 207 degrees 5985 kHz, Woofferton, 184 degrees 9590 kHz, Woofferton, 182 degrees 5905 kHz, Dhabayya, 203 degrees Posted by: ("Harald Kuhl", BDXC_UK yg via DXLD) Usually regular; Only SINGLE DAY June 21 operation to CIRAF zones 69,70,71,72,73,74. At 2130-2200 U time slot. wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) The BBCWS emailed me again with this: ``Hi Stephen, And now – the final answer. The frequencies that will be used are: 5985 kHz 9590 kHz 5905 kHz I hope you enjoy the broadcast. Best, Dejan`` (via Stephen Cooper, June 16, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1778, DXLD) British Antarctic Survey BAS annual mid-winter broadcast to staff in Antarctica on midwinter's day in Antarctica will be on Sun, June 21 2130-2200 5905 DHA 250 kW / 203 deg Antarctica English special program 2130-2200 5985 ASC 250 kW / 207 deg Antarctica English special program 2130-2200 9590 WOF 250 kW / 182 deg Antarctica English special program http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/06/british-antarctic-survey-annual-mid.html (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1778, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ARGENTINA. [A-DX] Log : 15345.090 kHz, RAE, englisch, 1820 UTC / O =3 mit Rauschen. 73, (Michael Grabovski, Germany, June 11, A-DX via Wolfgang Büschel, DXLD) Heute wieder ein sehr bombiges südlich-winterliches Signal aus Buenos Aires um 2120 UT am 12. Juni. 15345.112 bis 15345.115 kHz, der Sender ist unstabil und hüft 3-4 Hertz immer hin und her. S=9+20 oder -55dBm Signalstärke [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] Zur Zeit sehr gutes deutschsprachiges Programm mit vielen aktuellen Meldungen in vielen Aspekten aus Politik, Kultur, Wirtschaft und Sport. Jetzt Mercedes Sosa Sängerin zu hören, 2141 UT (Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Re: [A-DX] Log : 15344.109 kHz, RAE, Jap. 1100 UTC / O =2- Das RAE English Signal schwingt sich gerade um 1802 UT auf 15345.050 kHz ein. Um 1832 UT ein Vatikanreport, News über Dominikanische Republik Church. Und Acapulco Michoacán México Sturm Wetterreport. Brasilianischer Fussballer - mit 82 - gestorben. Beim DARC in Amberg zeigt die Beverage Antenne S=7-8, ähnlich auch in remote Spanien und Sizilien. Da sprazelt's aber von oben die Spurs herein, muss man in der Bandbreite ab 15346 kHz nach oben hin aus- blenden. Ist das wieder Radio Cairo vom Hausa Service von 15710.070 kHz, der ist manchmal abends der Übeltäter. RAE 6 Hertz up gewandert, und um 18.40 UT auf 15345.056 kHz angekommen. Wer den Beverage 8014er port beim DARC Amberg nutzen kann - sollte es tun. So schön sollte Kurzwelle bei mir zuhause im Flecken auch sein ... wb RAE Buenos Aires Mon-Fri English 18-19 UT: started 15345.050 and wandered up warmed at Spanish service 1931 UT on 15345.067 kHz. At 1832 UT news in English heard, Vatican report, News of Dominican Republik Church. Acapulco, Michoacán México storm gale report. Brasilian Soccer national player died - on 82 age. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zito_%28footballer%29 http://www.sport.de/cms/brasiliens-doppelweltmeister-zito-gestorben-2346373.html (Wolfgang Büschel, June 16, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. 2325 kHz, ABC Northern Territory, Tennant Creek, Cxs OM fala com um reporter ou um ouvinte, em idioma inglês, sinpo 25222, 0920 Dia 15/06 vale lembrar que essa é a primeira escuta feita em 2325 kHz por um Dexista da America Latina; eu observo que chega em dias que está com tempo de neblina. Vamos todos tentar nos dias de neblina. Alguem sabe o porque do fator que a neblina influencia na propagação em 120 Metros? Does anyone know why the factor that influences the fog spread in 120 meters? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzQlN3To8Co&feature=youtu.be RX: Tecsun S-2000 Antenna: Long wire 400 Meters Horizontal (Daniel Wyllyans, Nova Xavantina MT, Brazil, Hard-Core-DX mailing list JUNE 17 via DXLD) High humidity, fog *might* somehow decrease local noise level but certainly have no effect on propagation beyond that. Hard to believe this is the first time anyone has heard 2325 in Latin America. How can you make that claim, back it up? (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. 2368.47, Radio Symban (presumed), 1212-1241, June 14. Usual Greek singing/music; a good day for them; June 16 another fine day here at 1135 and still heard at 1242. Tough copy, but very respectable signal for a low powered station during summer time QRN (static). (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. 2485, June 16 at 1115, Aussie M&W chatting, surprised at how well VL8K is coming thru, but no signal at all on 2325 so VL8T is off? Nothing ever on 2310, since VL8A has been stuck on 4835 for a few years, and sounds like same program there tho no attempt to match //. WRTH 2015 page 81 still has VL8A on 2310 at 0830-2130, and on 4835 at 2130-0830 only! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 2485, ABC NTS / VL8K (Katherine), 6/17, 1200. Sports p-b-p. Fair, with some t-storm type static. Was // to 9580, 4835, 12085, but not 12065 (missing). (Rick Barton, El Mirage AZ, with Drake R8, Grundig Satellit 750, random wire and outdoor Slinky, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) I had a carrier from 2325 and 2485, 2 or 3 nights ago here in Redding, CA. Pretty sure I had audio too, but it was way down in the mud (Paul Walker, June 17, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. 4835, VL8A Alice Springs NT, 1225, June 12. "Grandstand" coverage of the Port Adelaide game; not // RA, 9580 // 12065 // 12085, RA at 1141, June 13 with "Grandstand" sports coverage of North Melbourne vs Sydney Swans and // 4835 (ABC) (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. 9580, R Australia, 6/16, 1256. Area weather segment with M. Excellent, with // 12065 (VG) and 12085 (VG). 12085 and 12065 nearly equal today ; usually 12085 is the stronger of the two 25 m stations (Rick Barton, El Mirage AZ, with barefoot Radio Shack SW- 2000629, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. 12365-USB, VMC, 1206-1217*, June 16. Weather forecast, gale warnings, etc.; fair (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AZERBAIJAN. AZERBAIJAN MEDIA CARRY FALSIFIED VERSION OF JAILED JOURNALIST'S LETTER | Text of report by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty website on 16 June Azerbaijani investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova has written several open letters since she was jailed without trial in Baku in December 2014. But none of them has gotten any notice in Azerbaijan's state-controlled mass media. That is, until now. Ismayilova, who is a contributor to RFE/RL, published a letter in The New York Times on June 11 to mark the opening in Baku of the first- ever European Games. Two days later, state news media in Azerbaijan were distributing what purported to be the same letter in both comically broken English and Azeri, even mimicking the same headline of the original. But the version printed in Baku differs wildly from Ismayilova's original. "Azerbaijan's best and brightest have been locked up, tucked away for the European Games," Ismayilova wrote in The New York Times. "They didn't want you to see or hear us and our inconvenient truths." That passage has been reproduced in Azerbaijan as: "Azerbaijan's worst and most villain (sic) have been locked up, tucked away for the European Games. They didn't want to see our crimes or hear our inconvenient lies." In her original letter, Ismayilova calls on supporters to "keep fighting for human rights," while the Baku version urges them to "keep fighting for strengthening the fifth colon (sic)," apparently an attempt to label rights activists in the authoritarian country as fifth columnists. In fact, the entire letter as published in the Azerbaijani media is a mirror-image paraphrase of the original, giving each sentence its opposite meaning. The letter has been distributed under Ismayilova's name and photograph with no indication that it has been manipulated or is satirical. The falsified version of Ismayilova's letter first appeared on June 13 in Azeri and English on the website of the pro-government SIA news agency. It purports to be the same as the letter that appeared in The New York Times. The same day, it was republished by the Kaspi news agency. One of Kaspi's founders is Sona Veliyeva, wife of Ali Hasanov, who heads the department of social and political issues within Azerbaijan's presidential administration. Hasanov and his wife were the subjects of one of Ismayilova's investigations. Other pro-government media in Azerbaijan have also run the false version. "The false translation of Khadija's letter being circulated by the pro-government press in Azerbaijan is appalling, even by the low standards of the media outlets involved," Rebecca Vincent, a rights activist and coordinator of the Sport for Rights campaign that is seeking to "draw attention to the repression, corruption, and censorship" behind Baku's hosting of the European Games, told RFE/RL in a written comment. "It is the latest incident in many years of attacks against Khadija, and shows that they still fear what she has to say, even from behind bars." The government of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has come under harsh criticism for its human rights record. Rights groups say some 100 political prisoners are being held in Azerbaijan and that many more activists and journalists face harassment and travel bans. Ismayilova faces charges of tax evasion and being "an illegal entrepreneur," accusations that her supporters say are retaliation for her investigative reports into corruption by Aliyev and members of his family. In the closing words of her letter in The New York Times, Ismayilova writes: "Don't call just for my freedom; call for the release of all political prisoners. Stand up for freedom of expression in Azerbaijan. Stand up for human rights." The state media of Azerbaijan have "translated" this as: "Don't call just for my freedom; call for the release of all traitors. Stand up for 'freedom of abuse' in Azerbaijan. Stand up for traitors, national betrayers, 'Armenians' more than Armenians." Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty website, Washington D.C., in English 16 Jun 15 (via BBCM via WORLD OF RADIO 1778, DXLD) ** BANGLADESH. 4750, Bangladesh Betar - HS, 1235-1243, June 15. A rare day when CNR1 was not too strong; normal Monday only SAARC (The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) news bulletin in English; item about "BCIM, Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar economic agreement," etc. (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1778, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BELARUS. 06/05/2015. "Belarusian Radio" this year will celebrate its anniversary. November 15, 1925 in Minsk, the grand opening of a broadcast radio station. On the same day in 18 hours and 30 minutes in the air for the first time came the words: "Gavoryts M?nsk! .." Foreign broadcasting service - "Radio Belarus" is planning the start of the new broadcast season to organize a series of programs for foreign students on the history of broadcasting from Belarus. (From a letter to the station). (DX COURIER. Editor: Vasily Gulyaev, Astrakhan, Russia, via RusDX June 14 via DXLD) ** BHUTAN [and non]. 6034.96, BBS (presumed), 1221-1226, June 16. Indigenous music; noted 1314*; normal QRM from PBS Yunnan (China); clearly two stations here till 1314 (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOLIVIA. CQ, CQ, CQ; Aquí Pedro F. Arrunátegui para compartir algo con los que disfrutan y aman el DX latinoamericano, todas las horas son UTC, desde la tierra de los incas, les informo mediante este Quipus lo siguiente: ONDA CORTA 3310.00, R. Mosoj Chaski, Cochabamba, 15/06 1035-1102 22222 px en quechua news ID "Mosoj Chaski" 4451.20, R. Santa Ana, Santa Ana de Yacuma; 12/06 2240- 2304 22222 mx apenas audible por momentos news. 5952.40, R. PIO XII, Siglo XX; 27/05 2310-2345 44444 px news en quechua y español ID “Por Radio Pio XII” 6025.00, R. Patria Nueva, La Paz; 1/06 2325-2345 44444 advs Banco Central de Bolivia ID "Patria Nueva la radio, ahora en FM" px noticiero en cadena con otras estaciones. 6105.35, R. Panamericana, La Paz; 12/06 2325-2350 44444 px Panamericano Deportivo news deportivas ID “Por Radio Panamericana” px transmisión del partido entre las selecciones boliviana vs la mexicana desde Chile 6134.86, R. Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz; 24/05 2235-2305, 44444, mx ID "Por Radio Santa Cruz” mx ID “ Radio Santa Cruz la primera” mx ID “No importa cuán lejos estés; Radio Santa Cruz, siempre te acompañará …" ID Santa Cruz .. (escuchar grabación) 6155.10, R. Fides, La Paz; 27/05 2248-2305 44444 px news comentan sobre el escándalo en la FIFA ID “después de señal horaria mxf Radio Fides" La recepción la he efectuado del 18/05 al 15/06 en compañía de mis sabuesos Icom IC R72, ELAD FDM-S1, acompañados del Splitter ASA 4 x 2, Mizuho KX-3, MFJ-1025 y el una antena de hilo largo de 12 metros, con antena auxiliar, una Mini Whip y una antena loop. NOTA: Para un mejor escucha de las grabaciones que adjunto, sugiero escuchar con los audífonos. Muchos 218’s PFA (Pedro F. Arrunátegui, Lima, Chasqi DX June, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also BRAZIL, COLOMBIA, ECUADOR, MEXICO, PERU ** BOLIVIA. 6155.15, R. Fides with nice signal on May 26 and 27th into Perseus site in Central Germany on SA beverage from 2308 and 2326 UT (best signal) tune respectively. Nice signal, but not as good as R. Santa Cruz (see below). SINPO 34433 with some adjacent channel splash. Also heard here at home but with much weaker signal - SINPO 25332 but here CRI was not a problem. Lots of talking and vague ID info - however I was able to correlate the program theme music with that heard on the Internet live audio feed for R. Fides. Transmitter had some noticeable distortion (heard from Central Germany only). 6025, R Patria Nueva heard June 2nd from 0120 UT tune from Central Germany Perseus site with SA [South American directed?] beverage. Strong QRM from CRI on 6020 kHz that made readability quite difficult. SINPO 32432. When CRI was in speech mode, readability improved, however when CRI was playing music, very difficult to copy Bolivia here. Program appeared to be a male announcer talking to callers with periodic music, like a request program. 6134.85 {.826}, R. Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz on June 10 booming into Perseus site in Central Germany on a SA beverage from 0004 UT tune. Frequent ID's by both male and YL announcers, female vocal at 0009.5 UT. Time, news bulletin by man and time at 0013-0015. Another female vocal at 0015-0020. ID, QTH and time by man 0020 followed by male with news or talk concerning Perú, President Morales mentioned often as well. Male vocal at 0025. Live and recorded commercials and "Radio Santa Cruz" ID jingles 0036.5-0041.5 UT. SINPO 45444 - armchair level with a noticeable but not obnoxious transmitter hum. This site has a propagation tunnel into Bolivia! (Bruce W. Churchill-CA-USA, DXplorer June 10 via BCDX 15 June via DXLD) {wb adds frequency precisions} ** BOLIVIA. 5952[.4], Pio XII, 9/6 2227 UT. Avisos de cooperativas agrícolas en quechua y aimara. ID cantada: ``Pio Doce``, por um grupo coral folclórico. SINPO: 55544 (Claudio Galaz Toledo, QTH: Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, RX: Realistic DX-160, ANT: Hilo de 30 metros de largo + antena de tierra de 20 metros, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** BOLIVIA. 6135, R. SANTA CRUZ. 10/6 0114 UT. Informaciones sobre la visita de Felipe González a Venezuela y música romántica en español. A las 0127 ID de la emisora como: ``Santa Cruz FM, la primera``. A las 0201 canción final de la emisora. SINPO: 55444 sin QRM de R. Aparecida (Claudio Galaz Toledo, QTH: Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, RX: Realistic DX-160, ANT: Hilo de 30 metros de largo + antena de tierra de 20 metros, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** BOLIVIA. 5952.4 {.472}, Radio Pio Doce - Siglo Veinte, at 0120-0145 UT on June 14, a woman announcer joined by a male announcer in Spanish language hosting a program of rustic Bolivian vocals. Some long talks by the couple with laughter talking about some of the music and the performers. Fair. 6134.8 {.826}, Radio Santa Cruz - Santa Cruz, at 0112-0126 UT on June 14, nice program of vocals with several IDs ("Radio Santa Cruz, la primera...") noted between musical selections. Fair to good signal. 6155.1, Radio Fides - La Paz, at 0024-0108 UT on June 14, program of lively vocals selections with a man announcer in Spanish language talking with announcements and station ID at 0032 UT. Poor to fair signal although seemingly improving (Rich D'Angelo-PA-USA, DXplorer June 14 via BCDX 15 June via DXLD) ** BOLIVIA. 6135-, June 16 at 0106, ``Santa Cruz --- está donde el pueblo vive y trabaja`` slogan from R. Santa Cruz; fairly good. 6155+, June 16 at 0119, very poor signal and some modulation seems Spanish but maybe not, and somewhat distorted from presumed R. Fides, always on hi side 5952.4, June 16 at 0119, much better signal than Fides from co- Catholic R. Pio Doce, presumed on signature split-frequency. (I am in too big a hurry to harvest bumper crop of apricots to take time to measure all the frequencies in this session). It may be midsummer here, but midwinter south of the Equator gives a slight headstart boost to sub/tropical signals originating there, and on occasion our storm noise level is low enough to audiblize them here. K index also went up from 2 to 3 between 00 and 03 UT June 16 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See CHILE ** BRAZIL. 2380, Rádio Educadora, Limeira, São Paulo, Brazil, 1050 utc OM Cxs sobre horário de uma manifestação, dia 09/06, sinpo 25222 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5B76y-qjTs&feature=youtu.be RX Tecsun S-2000 Long wire 400 Meters Horizontal (Daniel Wyllyans, Nova Xavantina MT, Brasil, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. CQ, CQ, CQ; Aquí Pedro F. Arrunátegui para compartir algo con los que disfrutan y aman el DX latinoamericano, todas las horas son UTC, desde la tierra de los incas, les informo mediante este Quipus lo siguiente: 4785.00, BRASIL, R. Caiari, Porto Velho, RO; 12/06, 0950-1010 33333 mx ID “Caiari” se pierde por momentos la señal. 11780.14, BRASIL, R. Nacional da Amazonia, Brasilia; 29/05 0305-0330 44444 mx px Madrugada Nacional mx ID “Nacional Brasil .. (Escuchar grabación)” px Madrugada musical (c/antena mini whip) La recepción la he efectuado del 18/05 al 15/06 en compañía de mis sabuesos Icom IC R72, ELAD FDM-S1, acompañados del Splitter ASA 4 x 2, Mizuho KX-3, MFJ-1025 y el una antena de hilo largo de 12 metros, con antena auxiliar, una Mini Whip y una antena loop. NOTA: Para un mejor escucha de las grabaciones que adjunto, sugiero escuchar con los audífonos. Muchos 218’s PFA (Pedro F. Arrunátegui, Lima, Chasqi DX June, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also BOLIVIA, COLOMBIA, ECUADOR, MEXICO, PERU ** BRAZIL. Rádio Transmundial from Brazil is now heard daily on 5965 kHz starting at 0300 UT. Rádio Itatiaia (B) on 5970 is inactive or closing earlier. It was heard regularly in the morning here in the middle of Europe (Karel Honzík, Czechia, June 13, HCDX via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 6040.4 approx., June 16 at 0107, music and Brazuguese announcement, way off frequency, i.e. RB2, as made it // 9725 while nothing but Cairo audible on 11935.0 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Someone put it on 6040.6 ** BRAZIL. 6120, Super Rádio Deus é Amor (presumed), 0310, June 14. Sounded very much like the unique preaching of the late David Miranda. Do they still play his old IPDA programs? (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Son mimix (gh) ** BRAZIL. 6135, R Aparecida, Aparecida, SP, 0417, Jun 05, Portuguese, re-activated, ID: ”Com a Mãe Aparecida”, religious talk and songs // 9630, 9725, 11855, not any signal on 5035 and 9820, but // under Voice of Turkey on 6040 and Tibet on 11935, 25432 (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria, DSWCI DX Window June 10 via DXLD) Informo que a Rádio Aparecida está com problemas técnicos nos transmissores que operam em 25 e 49 metros, motivo pelos quais eles estão temporáriamente fora do ar. Os defeitos já foram identificados pelos técnicos da emissora e esperamos apenas a chegada das peças para voltar a operar nas frequências correspondentes às faixas de 25 e 49 metros. A emissora agradece as manifestações dos ouvintes e espera sanar o problema em breve (Cassiano Alves Macedo, Editor do Programa Encontro DX, June 11, radioescutas yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1778, DXLD) So off 11855 and 6135, implying it`s still on 9630 and 5035 (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1778, DX LISTENING DIGEST) But back June 18 ** BRAZIL. 9645, 6/10 0227, R. Bandeirantes, São Paulo-SP, in Portuguese; YL/OM: presents News - transmitting a program "The Voice of Brazil", recorded and obligatory, in abnormal time permission; fair signal and poor modulation; 35432 (José Ronaldo Xavier, Cabedelo, Brazil, JRX Logs June 10, 2015, Receiver: Sony ICF-SW100S, Hard-Core- DX mailing list via DXLD) I.e. not at `live` airtime 22 UT (gh) ** BRAZIL. 11765, 6/10 0954, R. Deus é Amor, Curitiba-PR, in Portuguese; Pastor Davi Filho make a religious preaching with simultaneous traduction to Spanish; a cure session; good signal and modulation; 45444 (José Ronaldo Xavier, Cabedelo, Brazil, JRX Logs June 10, 2015, Receiver: Sony ICF-SW100S, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 11710, 11745, 11815, June 14 at 0549, crackling spurs from 11780.1v RNA/RNB are still here and usually audible at night on 11745 and 11815 at least; depending on the strength of fundamental, which is insufficient in the daytime to co-propagate them. 11710 & 11745 & 11815, June 17 at 0532, crackling spurs from 11780.1v are still polluting the 25m band, and no one cares; except me who can only try to shame them by repetitious reporting, as EBC have already been notified about the problem several times in last months (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 11815, 6/10 0245, R. Brasil Central, Goiânia-GO, in Portuguese; a musical program, national and international songs; a variety rhythms; ID, right time; 0255 Brasil Central Correspondent- news; fair signal and modulation; 35433. 11815, 6/16 1011, R. Brasil Central, Goiânia-GO, in Portuguese; male announcer presents news-Brasil Central News; Anns:virus diseases Dengue and Chikungunya preventive combat in Goiânia; 45433 (José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo - Brazil, JRX Logs, Sony ICF-SW100S Receiver, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 11854.992, Rádio Aparecida SP, Port at 1127 UT (Wolfgang Büschel, log of 1030-1100 UT [-1230] in 25 mb, June 13, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11855+, June 18 at 0208, fair signal in Brazuguese about Jesus, making LAH with much weaker on-frequency signal; seems // 9630v and there is also a LAH on 6135 either with Bolivia or something else. The 25 and 49m frequencies of R. Aparecida had been reported off the air as of June 11 by Cassiano Alves Macedo, Editor do Programa Encontro DX, in the radioescutas yg which I just quoted on WORLD OF RADIO 1778; but now they are apparently back (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BULGARIA. Sundaý 14th of June 19-20 UTC on 13600 kHz! Welcome to follow Summer Sounds of Spaceshuttle! Yours, (Dick Spacewalker - RSI, June 13 via Alan Roe, dxldyg via DXLD) ** CANADA. My first sporadic-E TVDX this season from the north, despite my antenna being stuck toward the SSE and thus favoring Mexico (which I was getting earlier June 16), all analog, all times UT June 17: 0046 on 2, fade-in football game, with ads in English for Tim Horton, Coca-Cola supporting women in sports, so Canada instead of Mexico. Then half-time show during a FIFA game with clips featuring Nigerian players. Local.ca website which leads to TV skeds all over Canada, reveals this is on the CTV network as in Ontario, current game Nigeria vs USA in women`s soccer; 0057 SPORTCHEX ad; 0100 game resumes with women players, from Vancouver. 0135 another fade in and traces of video around 0200. 6m map shows MUF 94 MHz centered over Illinois. This is presumed CHBX in Sault Ste Marie Ont., altho there are three other further lower-powered CTVs allegedly still not DTV in Sask and Alta. After 3.5 hours of FM DX mostly from South and North Carolina, later UT June 17: 1811 on 2, fade-in algo in English; 1819 ads in English mention Canada; 1822 ``celebrate Elliott Lake`s 60th anniversary``, i.e. Ontario town halfway between Sudbury and Sault Ste Marie, but off the main drag of the Trans-Canada Highway (I figured it would be older than that; it once had a low-band CKSO Sudbury TV repeater of its own. One website reveals: ``The City's modern story began in 1953 when the famous Backdoor Staking Bee that rivalled the Klondike Gold Rush put Elliot Lake on the worldwide map with the discovery of a massive, rich uranium ore body``. Now E.L. is being promoted as a retirement community and vacation destination). So I conclude this is again CHBX SSM. Followed at 1822 by the ``Channel 590 community calendar`` --- assuming that refers to a MW frequency, the closest Canadian would be CJCL in Toronto, but it`s SportsNet and hardly likely to stray into a small-town-like community calendar (a closer but not close enough 590 is in Ironwood MI, but at the very western tip of the UP). There are two much further 590 Canadians: CJCW, Sussex NB ``Your Community, Your Radio Station``, and VOCM, St John`s NL, but no likely analog 2s around there which would require double-hop Es. {on second thought, ``Channel 590`` would more likely refer to a high- tier cable or satellite TV channel --- but searching various providers in the SSM area, no match for that either} 1825 on 2, Dr Oz, which chex for CHBX at 2-3 pm EDT. After this for a few hours I am producing WORLD OF RADIO 1778, and by 2220 retune, it`s back to TVDX from MEXICO, q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. [Extracted from within Raymie`s Mexico Beat blog] Another fellow (a longtime DXer) claims in the same thread that he logged CKND-2 this Es season. CKND is off the air. I rarely go to the Facebook page because there are too many incorrect reports of TV DX. My response on Facebook was this: "Aren't XEFE-2 and CKND-2 off the air?" The reply I received was this: "Nope have picked up both in the last 2 weeks. Still going strong." (Danny, Shreveport, LA, ibid.) "OK. I'm a kinder, gentler person these days." Is there some way XEFE- 2 and CKND-2 are still on? I had tropo in March to the region where XEFE is located, and I didn't receive XEFE. However, we know that XEFB-2 is still on. I received CKYB-4 a few days ago from the same region where CKND is located, but I didn't receive CKND-2. Doug removed CKND from the list of Canadian Es targets a while back. There is too much guessing going on. These guys are not really lying. Raymie, you are correct: They are misinformed (Danny, Shreveport, LA, June 12, WTFDA Forum via DXLD) This comment was left on Facebook this morning: "CKND2 is in a small market (Minnedosa), so they're still on." As I've never been popular among WTFDAers, I made this reply and probably made more enemies: "XEFE-2 left the air in January. Doug removed CKND-2 from the Canada ATV list on wtfda.org a while back." Well, it has started. This Facebook post was in my e-mail: "Wonder what he meant about being a kinder gentler person? Sounds to me someone likes to control the conversation and that's not needed here. Mexico still hasn't made the total digital changeover and some analogs are still on during the transition. And sorry I was talking about CHBX not CKND but some like to push buttons I suppose." (Danny, Shreveport, LA, ibid.) ^ As immensely popular as FB is, Danny, often it's not worth it. cd (Chris Dunne, FL, June 13, ibid.) Danny, I made that change to the Canadian list based on what was said by Bill Hepburn back in the winter. According to him CKND went digital last summer. But, if you look at those links I posted there, June 11th, 2015 was supposed to be the cut off date. So could they still have been on the air? I don't know. Eric said he had them. Beats me. Also Richard is a WTFDA member but he does not know you or your history. I'm sure he didn't understand your statement because at first I didn't either. Richard seems to be a nice guy and works for TWC. I would not worry about it (Mike Bugaj, Enfield, CT, ibid.) Mike, I'm not politically correct enough for Facebook. Too much erroneous information on there for me to sit back and say nothing. Let those fellows continue to think I'm an idiot, while I continue to log DX and post it to WTFDA Forums. Nobody on FB is interested in me or my DX. That guessing at IDs situation is just uncalled for in these days of the Internet and e-mail. If a DXer doesn't know CKND-2 (Global) from CHBX-2 (CTV) from CIII-2 (Global). (Danny, Shreveport, LA, ibid.) There's not much difference between Facebook, this forum and any other forum except that this one in tiny compared to others. Same goes for message boards. Sooner or later someone is going to irritate me (and they have) as much as I probably irritate them. No big deal. It happens. And unfortunately I'm one of those that can't tell the difference between CKND, CJBX and CIII. Analog Es DXing is rapidly on the way out and soon all of this will be immaterial anyway. Just my thoughts (Mike Bugaj, Enfield, CT, ibid.) Hey they're all TV stations so no real difference there ;-) Seriously --- Uncertainty is part of the hobby. Some stations are networked to the point they're barely IDable or perhaps not at all IDable. That's where the magic word "synchro" works well, at least for me and my logbook. If I hear an echo indicating two stations, I'll even log two synchros. I think once I was able to nail three echoes while DXing transatlantic UK AMers from Newfoundland during a DXpedition. But the cluttered logbook of my life is littered with a QTH called Synchro, a mystical town where everybody and everything looks the same. I will assign a location if I can somehow establish some kind of certainty. As for CKND, I am willing to believe it's off the air given the reputation of the DXers people who have indicated that's the case. It was always obvious when I had it because the logo almost always, if not absolutely always, included the word 'Winnipeg' - I can attest to that because it was my most common skip to the west-northwest. That and the MB time zone differed from ON. I have not seen it at all this season, including the one or two times there's been potential Es up that way this season. I might add that I am very close to Bancroft ON 2 CIII and for the last two years or so it's a wisp of its former self. It has to be on low power; wonder if in poor repair and deemed not worth saving. Danny, as a journalist colleague tells me often, and always with a smile of delight, you're not doing your job unless you've been fired (Saul Chernos, Burnt River ON, June 13, ibid.) This comment was left on Facebook this morning: "CKND2 is in a small market (Minnedosa), so they're still on." [CKND2 has nothing to do with Minnedosa; it just happened to be a prime transmitter location for a satellite with full power to cover a significant portion of Manitoba. The same is true of countless other Canadian relays --- gh] As I've never been popular among WTFDAers, I made this reply and probably made more enemies: "XEFE-2 left the air in January. Doug removed CKND-2 from the Canada ATV list on wtfda.org a while back." DXers have disliked me for years because I told the truth about the difficulty in IDing Mexican TV stations and other incorrect logs, so I'm used to hate e-mails. I still don't like them, though. Raymie and Gargadon, your good work is appreciated (Danny Oglethorpe, Shreveport, LA, June 13, ibid.) Quote Originally Posted by Mike-CT ``And unfortunately I'm one of those that can't tell the difference between CKND, CJBX and CIII. Analog Es DXing is rapidly on the way out and soon all of this will be immaterial anyway. Just my thoughts.`` Mike, does that mean it is OK to say you logged XEFE-2 and post a picture of what you claim is XEFE without knowing what it really is? Would you do that, or would you say it is an unID or say you "suspect" it is XEFE? Just because our hobby is dying, should we change our guidelines? That is like playing ball and not having losers, only winners. Saul, I always come out looking like the bad guy. Does that mean I've been fired from Facebook? LOL (Danny, Shreveport, LA, ibid.) Saul, as you know, Global Toronto does not run the "Global Toronto" logo nearly as much as CKND uses the "Global Winnipeg" logo. Usually, what you see on CIII is a generic Global logo (Danny, Shreveport, LA, ibid.) Canada kind of stands on its own. Canada for years has been going down the route of heavy centralization. It's to the point where most "local" news on the Global network will now come from Ontario. It kind of reminds me of Australian regional television after aggregation: centralization, cuts, more centralization, more cuts. The CKND2 report may be understandable as a result of network confusion. But the XEFE report is simply because of a complete lack of information. For those DXers with no Spanish knowledge, it can be very hard to follow the digital television transition in Mexico, especially given that there have been several different plans rolled out and the whole thing depends on some complicated variables. I speak Spanish so you don't have to (Raymie, June 13, ibid.) I know, Danny. But for whatever reason Winnipeg does. Same company, but ... go figure ... no idea why (not). (Saul Chernos, Burnt River ON, June 13, ibid.) ** CHILE. Check this frequency: 12365-USB. Patrick sent this tip, Tonight soccer game, Ecuador vv Bolivia 2100 UT, Chile vv Mexico 2330 CHILE 12365usb mode. Copa America football soccer match competition. Da bei Fussballgrossereignissen der juengeren Vergangenheit die Spiele der chilenischen Nationalmannschaft immer ueber einen unbekannten Utility-Sender auf 12365 kHz USB uebetragen wurden, loht es sich vielleicht, die Frequenz in den naechsten Tagen zu beobachten. Weitere Termine der chilenischen Vorrundenspiele: 15.6. / 19.6. jeweils um 23.30 UT. (Patrick Robic-AUT, A-DX June 12) http://www.weltfussball.de/alle_spiele/copa-america-2015-in-chile/ time in UT +2 hrs http://www.ca2015.com/en/schedule#fndtn-fullcalendar time in UT minus 3 hrs Posted by: (Wolfgang Bueschel, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1778, DXLD) Any idea what the station is? A utility perhaps? (Jim Pogue - KH2AR/W4 Memphis, TN USA, ibid.) From Valparaiso, Chile to Easter Island and north of Chile. More information: http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld1408.txt 73 (Claudio Galaz, dxldyg via DXLD) There it is on 12365-USB, June 15 at 2344, poor signal but exaggerated enthusiasm as in a silly ballgame. Is this from Portales network like a sesquiyear ago as in DXLD 14-08? This transmission was believed to be via coastal station CBV Valparaiso (Glenn Hauser, OK, dxld yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1778, DX LISTENING DIGEST) No sign of it yet up here in New York. Not even a het on tuning. Maybe as sunset arrives (John Figliozzi, Halfmoon, NY, 0002 UT June 16, ibid.) 12365, I think is pure SSB so there would not be any het or carrier. {At 0003 UT June 16, I had a few seconds of a football game on channel A5, surely the same one, as carried on XHGC Canal 5 net, during a sporadic E analog opening from Mexico starting at 2319 with channel 2 Canal de las Estrellas, novela `La Vecina`; then up to ch 4, foro tv something about Maya archaeology, all of which match up to the channels direct from Mexico DF itself.} (Glenn Hauser, OK, ibid.) On remote SDR unit in KY-USA noted a tiny signal, reported mentioned "GOAL, GOAL, GOAL" many times at 0018 UT, in USB mode, visible on screen on 12365.500 to 12368.200 kHz frequency range. Signal not strong at S=5-6 level, but greyline now on its path from Chile: Greyline between Nicaragua and Panama at 0025 UT. Audio signal increased from 0030 UT onwards. Similar signal also heard on remote unit of VE6JY in Edmonton Alberta Canada. wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) No carrier detectable, pure SSB signal in range from 12365.500 to 12368.200 kHz from Valparaiso Radio Chile (Wolfy, 0038 UT, ibid.) CHILE/FEEDER: 12365-USB, Radio Cooperativa, Santiago, 0006-0025, June 16, Spanish transmission match Chile vs Mexico for 2015 Copa América tournament. Advs: Easton Mall Outlet, in Santiago. Announcement and ID as: ``lo estamos viviendo en Cooperativa, 2 para Chile, 2 para Mexico....". SINPO 34433, Best in USB mode (Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1778, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Heard on: Global tuners - Mojave Desert, California: 12365 CHILE USB, 0046z, Two fast talking sports announcers in Spanish with play-by-play with lots of crowd noise, “Copa América”, Chile vs. Mexico. 0049Z z “Gooooooooooooooal” repeated 3x (Steven Wiseblood, Harlingen Texas, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn, Thanks to the tips here in dxldyg, went to the beach to catch the live coverage. On 12365-USB; tuned in at 0127 till off at 0135*; seemed to be ID before closing down. Many mentions of "Mexico" and heard "Copa América"; hard copy due to what sounded like the sports fans in the background. Maybe others can pick out better details from my audio? https://app.box.com/s/3dhxwtne36k7f2ezpqmqsqt8rrb6ba2c (Ron Howard, California, ibid.) CHILE On SW? Tnx to a tip from Patrick Robic, Austria via Wolfgang Büschel, Copa América football games concerning Chile were likely to activate a utility transmitter on 12365. There it is on 12365-USB, June 15 at 2344, very poor signal but exaggerated enthusiasm as in a silly ballgame. Is this from Portales network like a sesquiyear ago as in DXLD 14-08? That transmission was believed to be from the Diego Portales network via coastal station CBV Valparaíso. Word spread quickly on the DXLD yg and HCDX, with several others hearing it; including Arnaldo Slaen in Argentina who says this year the station relayed is Cooperativa, and the game is also on reactivated Chilean pirate RCW, 7550, unchecked here where never heard. Vs. México, same live game surely the one on Televisa net-5, ch 5, also visible here, q.v. Back to 12365-USB here, at 0058 UT June 16, ``goooaaaaal``; 0122 final check still going, also mentioned ``goal``, but too short, maybe only in passing. The ``winter-headstart`` effect I mention under BOLIVIA once was helpful getting S American MW into N America too; IIRC long ago in midsummer, R. Cooperativa was making it to NM/CO pre-sunrise on 760; if only frequencies were not all clogged today. Only a few Chileans are 50 kW or more now: 660, 760, 1060, 1180, 1380 (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1778, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHILE. Also pirate/unofficial 7550, RCW (Radio Compañía Worldwide), San Francisco, Chile announces a broadcast this late evening with soccer Chile vs Mexico for America Cup from 2300. (Info via Claudio Galaz, Chile in Condiglist yg, Jun 15 via Horacio Nigro, Uruguay), dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNID on 7550 kHz with match Chile vs México. Perhaps the Chile pirate station RCW? (Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina, 0037 UT, dxldyg via DXLD) Hola: RCW da aviso que transmitirá hoy, a las 23 UTC el partido Chile vs México (Copa América). En su página de Facebook sale lo siguiente: « RCW Radio Compañía Worldwide -- Esta es RCW desde San Francisco en # Chile. Amigos: Hoy hemos hecho un esfuerzo por poner en servicio nuestro pequeño centro emisor con antena secundaria para llevar al aire el # partido de nuestro país Vs la selección de # México. Desde ya los invitamos a esta retransmisión por Ondas Cortas en 7550 KHz y por Listen2Myradio a partir de las 20:00 Hora Chilena Continental (2300 UT). Atentamente sus amigos de RCW. http://rcwradio.listen2myradio.com/ » https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1015091631842559&id=578178758867184&_mn_=9&refid=17 -- Atte, (Claudio Galaz, Condiglista yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1778, DXLD) 12365-USB. R. COOPERATIVA [FEEDER]. 15/6 2333 UT. Partido Chile y México para la copa América. SINPO: 55555. 7550, RCW, 15/6 23 UT. Transmisión del partido Chile V/S México, mediante la retransmisión de R. Cooperativa. Luego del final del partido a las 0128 UT (16/6), música en español hasta las 0323. SINPO: 35343. Según mensaje entregado vía el correo: RCWRADIO [at] GMAIL [dot] COM, la emisora entrega la información de que se probó una antena de ¼ de onda (Claudio Galaz Toledo, RX: Tecsun-PL 660, ANT: Hilo de 100 metros de largo, QTH: Barraza Bajo, IV región, Chile condiglista yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1778, DXLD) ** CHINA [and non]. [JAMMERS in chrono order]: 12345, CNR1, 6/12, 1040. In Chinese, Good, with Good // 12950. 13980, CNR1, 1100, 6/12, 1100. M in Chinese. Excellent. Excellent // 7445 at 1156 16100, CNR 1, 6/12, 1245. M and W, sounding almost like American commercial ad spots in Chinese. Excellent. Excellent // 13130, and also 12500 (VG). 11100, CNR1, M in Chinese, Fair. 6/13, 1130. Noted //s 12230 (Excellent), 12560 (Good), 12345 (Poor). 10960 was there under local electrical noise, not able to tell if // jammer or legitimate station (Rick Barton, El Mirage AZ, with Drake R8, Grundig Satellit 750, random wire and outdoor Slinky, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11825, CNR1 spoken jammer + echo, underneath VoA Tinang Chinese 11785, CHN/MRA very bad mixture, VoA Ch Tinang, and CNR1 jamming 11785, CHN CRI Vietnamese sce too, Baoji-Xinjie #722 site 11605, underneath CNR1 word spoken jamming against 11604.997, MRA RFA Tinian Isl, Tibetan 11530, CNR1 Children`s Hour at 1218 UT and echo, S=9+10dB in Nagoya JPN. SOH TWN underneath? (Wolfgang Büschel, log of 1030-1100 UT [- 1230] in 25 mb, June 13, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 13920, CNR1, 6/13, 1240. M and W in Chinese. Excellent, with //s 12980 (Good), 10940 (Good), 10910 (Good). (Rick Barton, El Mirage AZ, with Drake R8, Grundig Satellit 750, random wire and outdoor Slinky, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 17625, June 14 at 0545, CNR1 jammer, poor with flutter, mixing with other Chinese, i.e. RFA via SAIPAN scheduled daily until 0600; much like the situation on 21690. Meanwhile, CNR2 via Beijing site 491 is also scheduled per Aoki on 17625, but gets lost in this mess if on at all (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 12560, CNR 1, 6/14, 1033. M and W in Chinese. Excellent (Rick Barton, El Mirage AZ, with Drake R8, Grundig Satellit 750, random wire and outdoor Slinky, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) HI GLENN > for anyone interested in the Chinese jamming patterns, here is a log that got separated from the others I contributed earlier today. I try to fill in the blanks when I can to help give a picture of SW events around the clock, and I see scarce logs from that 0900- 1200 UT block. 73 and Good Listening, Rick in El Mirage AZ 10960, CNR1, 6/15, 1120. W and M in dialogue in Chinese. VG. //s heard were 12500 (VG), 11520 (VG), 12870 (Fair), 13130 (Fair), 13920 (Good). (Rick Barton, AZ, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 12950, CNR 1, 6/16, 0930. M and W in Chinese. Good, with //s 9230 (VG), 9320 (VG), 11530 (VG), 11100 (Poor). 10960, CNR 1, 6/16, 1050. M and W in Chinese. Beeptones & off on ToH. Excellent, with VG // on 11530 (Rick Barton, El Mirage AZ, with Drake R8, Grundig Satellit 750, random wire and outdoor Slinky, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7445, CNR1, 6/16, 1240. M in Chinese and closing at ToH after beeptones. VG (Rick Barton, El Mirage AZ, with barefoot Radio Shack SW-2000629, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 12980, CNR1, 6/17, 1040. Dialogue with M and W in Chinese. Fair / Good 12950, CNR 1, 6/17, 1130. Talk by W in Chinese. Good. Nothing else came up on bandsweep, and DX conditions are lame this morning above 13 MHz (Rick Barton, El Mirage AZ, with Drake R8, Grundig Satellit 750, random wire and outdoor Slinky, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. Unregistered frequencies of China Radio International: 0600-0700 on 17695 unknown kW / ??? deg to WeEu English + videos 1000-1057 on 9865 unknown kW / ??? deg to Asia English 1100-1157 on 9455 unknown kW / ??? deg to Asia Esperanto http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/06/unregistered-frequencies-of-china-radio.html (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA [and non]. 17660, June 11 at 1325, CNR8 in Korean with VG signal, at least as strong and less fading than the close-to- transpolar CRI East Turkistanis on 17560, 17630, 17650, so I think it`s from eastern China, or south China, as the domestic service in Korean could be aimed toward NE China about the same azimuth onward and USward; and Solsticial overnight MUF holding up this high. It`s a new service, site not yet known and not registered with HFCC. After 1400 it should be colliding with Saudi in French (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1777, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 17660, June 12 at 1401 checking whether CNR8 Korean service clashes with Saudi in French, all I can hear is a JBA het, so weak I can`t decide whether it`s on the hi or lo side of the good signal from somewhere in China (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Who is this in 17660 at 3:32am pacific/1032 UT on 6/12/2015? Nothing is listed on air right now and what is listed for broadcast on 17660 at other points in the day doesn't broadcast in a language that sounds like what I'm hearing. Someone on Facebook said it sounded like accented Spanish. Here's the video I posted on Facebook, you shouldn't have to log in or even have a Facebook account to click the link and play the video: https://www.facebook.com/onairdj/videos/10205357377511378/ (Paul Walker, Redding, California, USA, Sangean ATS909X and H800 Skymatch Active Antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Paul - Glenn & Ivo posted the following to dxldyg. Ron, ibid.) As just above (gh) Why would China's national broadcaster be broadcasting in Spanish? CNR is national, CRI is international; unless CRI is using this transmitter too (Paul Walker, ibid.) I heard your audio files. It's a Korean, not in Spanish. This station is the CNR-8 Korean (S. Hasegawa, Japan, ibid.) ** CHINA. {Re Kadlec, KOREA SOUTH [and non]} On 06/12/2015 03:27 PM, Chris Kadlec wrote: ``12:46 96.1 Weihai / Weihai Traffic Opera Radio (275 mi.)`` I am intrigued by the name of this station. ``16:29 97.9 Dazeshan / Shandong Economic Ch. (390 mi.)*`` And this one. (I understand many places in China have "Economic Channels" - business news?) == (Doug Smith W9WI, Pleasant View, TN EM66, WTFDA gg via DXLD) ** COLOMBIA. CQ, CQ, CQ; Aquí Pedro F. Arrunátegui para compartir algo con los que disfrutan y aman el DX latinoamericano, todas las horas son UTC, desde la tierra de los incas, les informo mediante este Quipus lo siguiente: 5910.06, Alcaraván Radio, Puerto Lleras, 27/05 0225-0245 44444 mx colombiana y otras de LA ID 0040 ID "Alcaraván Radio una dulce compañía" La recepción la he efectuado del 18/05 al 15/06 en compañía de mis sabuesos Icom IC R72, ELAD FDM-S1, acompañados del Splitter ASA 4 x 2, Mizuho KX-3, MFJ-1025 y el una antena de hilo largo de 12 metros, con antena auxiliar, una Mini Whip y una antena loop. NOTA: Para un mejor escucha de las grabaciones que adjunto, sugiero escuchar con los audífonos. Muchos 218’s PFA (Pedro F. Arrunátegui, Lima, Chasqi DX June, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See BOLIVIA, BRAZIL, ECUADOR, MEXICO, PERU I spoke to the guy, Rafael Rodríguez, who handles QSLs for Alcaraván Radio, 5910. I hadn't heard it in a while and he says the 1 kW signal has been off air since the end of May due to equipment problems; things need to be fixed and the repairs haven`t been completed yet. He doesn't know when that will happen (Paul B Walker Jr, Redding CA, June 12, swl at qth.net via WORLD OF RADIO 1778, DXLD) ** CRIMEA. GOVERNMENT OF THE CRIMEA HAS CREATED A CRIMEAN TATAR PUBLIC TELEVISION AND RADIO. Earlier, Deputy Prime Minister of the Crimean government, Ruslan Balbec reported that the new broadcasting company will be named "Millet", which means "people" and the radio will be called the "Vetan", which means "homeland". To create a new television and radio from the federal budget will be spent 177 million rubles. The channel plans to launch in September. The post of head of the TV channel is planned to recommend to the Director of the Department of the Crimean Tatars and national television program "The first Crimean" Seyran Mambetova. "Create an autonomous non-profit organization" Public TV and Radio Company of the Crimean Tatar ", - stated in the disposal, adopted at a cabinet meeting on Tuesday. The object and purpose of the work of television and radio is a profound and comprehensive coverage of socio-political, economic and cultural life of the republic, operative information about events in the Crimea and beyond, affecting the interests of the Crimean Tatars. Broadcasting will take place mainly in the Crimean Tatar language. The founder of the broadcasting company entrusted by the State Committee for international relations and deported citizens of the Republic of Crimea, which is obliged to register it, approve the charter and appoint the head. On the results of execution of the order should be informed prior to 1 July. Crimean Tatar public organizations previously appealed to the head of the Crimea Sergey Aksenov with a request to create a national public broadcaster in place to stop broadcasting on April 1, the Crimean Tatar radio station and television channel ATR Meydan, that the deadline could not be re-registered in accordance with Russian law (ria.ru via OnAir.ru via RusDX June 14 via DXLD) ** CUBA. SPY NUMBERS: 9420, 6/17 0906, CUBA. Cuban Spy Numbers, in Spanish; female announcer (YL) says numbers in Spanish language, with a pause behind each announce; good signal and poor modulation; 45442. (José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo - Brazil, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) Also reported on 9240, both correct? (gh) ** CUBA. 5040, June 12 at 0301 I happen to tune in RHC Spanish just as a frequency announcement is starting, so here`s the list in typical Soviet disorder: 15230. 13740, 11670, 11840, 9535, 9710, 6060, 5040. 0302 into `La Trova Cubana` which they say is lunes a viernes, meaning martes a sábado. Had I wanted to listen to this music show, much better very good signals were on 13740, 11840, 11670. 15370, June 15 at 1324, no signal from RHC, yet nominal on 15730 and much weaker // 15230. 6000, UT Wed June 17 at 0538, RHC `DXers Unlimited` is starting a bit late as I tune by, but Arnie says it was recorded early so no propagation info. I quickly zone out and away, as if he isn`t recycling old scripts, it sure sounds like it. (Normally I try to withhold criticism of fellow DX program producers, but since he condones if not facilitates jamming of my program, he gets no respect from me) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. Logged on FM!! Nice E-Skip Opening this morning to Florida and Cuba!!! NEW STATION logged from Havana CUBA on 94.7. Antenna here is an APS-14 14 Element Beam on a 50 Foot Tower. 73………ROB VA3SW 94.7, Radio Ciudad Havana [sic], June/15/15, 1033 EDT [1433 UT] VG, SPANISH, male and female with Spanish talk. Mentions of "Banco de la Metropolitano" [sic] and "La Capital". ID by female DJ as "RADIO CIUDAD". RDS Capture as "Radio Ciudad WWMO" as well. Heard on both the Sangean HDT-1X and the ELAD FDM-S2 SDR. PI Code for the Station was 9006. Included here is a Photo of the RDS Capture from the ELAD. NEW STATION (Robert S. Ross London, Ontario CANADA, ODXA yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1778, DXLD) Es DX totally skipping over that in-between country, USA (gh, ibid.) ** CUBA [and non]. UNA EMISORA DE RADIO DE EEUU TRANSMITE DESDE CUBA POR PRIMERA VEZ EN MÁS DE 50 AÑOS http://noticias.lainformacion.com/economia-negocios-y-finanzas/radio/una-emisora-de-radio-de-eeuu-transmite-desde-cuba-por-primera-vez-en-mas-de-50-anos_rdQXVYcyH4kmxboRKgFTt3/ MADRID, 13 (EUROPA PRESS) --- La emisora estadounidense Sirius XM Radio ha sido la primera en transmitir un programa en directo para todo Estados Unidos desde Cuba en más de 50 años, aprovechando una visita de su equipo a la isla, donde pasarán siete días, según informa el portal de información local 'Cuba Debate'. El conductor del programa y activista de derechos civiles Joe Madison, conocido como 'The Black Eagle', ha sido el encargado de encabezar esta histórica expedición, que le llevará también a reunirse con funcionarios del Gobierno y a visitar varios monumentos de Cuba. "La difusión desde Cuba es un momento histórico y estoy encantado de compartir con los oyentes de SiriusXM en este punto crucial en una nueva era para Cuba, y en sus relaciones con nuestro país; es emocionante escuchar directamente las voces de Cuba por primera vez en décadas ", ha dicho Joe Madison durante la transmisión. Entre los invitados a este programa especial destacaban personajes del mundo de la academia, la cultura, el entretenimiento y el activismo social, entre ellos el profesor Arnaldo Coro, un locutor de la radio cubana y profesor de la Universidad de La Habana, y DeWayne Wickham, un veterano periodista de la prensa estadounidense. (EuropaPress) Posted by: (JOSE MIGUEL ROMERO ROMERO, June 13, dxldyg via DXLD) ** CUBA [and non]. ABEL PRIETO EXIGE SUPRESIÓN DE RADIO MARTÍ PARA NORMALIZAR RELACIONES CON EE UU El asesor de Castro considera un punto indispensable suprimir las "transmisiones ilegales" de Radio y Televisión Martí (emisora financiada por EE.UU. para promover la libertad y democracia en Cuba), si se quiere hablar de esa "normalización" de las relaciones entre EE UU y Cuba. . . http://www.14ymedio.com/entrevista/Prieto-Radio-Marti-EE-UU_0_1796820310.html Posted by: (JOSE MIGUEL ROMERO ROMERO, June 13, dxldyg via DXLD) Also about internet; first comentario rebuts ** CYPRUS [non]. /BULGARIA, Since Jun 01, EUNN is now FG Radio (FG for Famagusta Gazette). The station is on the air with ID in English and French on 13600 at 1800-1815 (Mo-Fr) for Europe from transmitter in Bulgaria. There is also an extensive schedule over WRMI. Web site: http://www.news-network.eu/ and http://famagusta-gazette.com/index158.htm E-mail: broadcast@cytanet.com.cy (Christian Ghibaudo, Nice, France, DSWCI DX Window June 10 via DXLD) SECRETLAND, FG Radio Famagusta Gazette via Secretbrod on June 13 1800-1815 on 13600 SCB 050 kW / 195 deg to SoAf English Daily and 1845-1900 on 5900 SCB 100 kW / 306 deg to WeEu English Sat only: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/06/fg-radio-famagusta-gazette-via.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov SW News June 13/14, dxldyg via DXLD) = BULGARIA 9955, June 16 at 1345, WRMI with FG Radio, as the Famagusta Gazette has de-grandiosed itself from ``European News Network``. After brief news about Greece`s dire situation, rest of program is a reading of something by Robert Louis Stevenson! And it`s cut off incomplete at 1359:30 so WRMI can ID and turn off (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CZECHIA [non]. UNITED STATES, 9955, 6/10 0208, R. Prague, Okeechobee-FL-USA, in Spanish; OM: presents news about Czech history and culture; at 0215: the old and good DX program "Cita con los Oyentes"; fair signal and modulation; 35433 (José Ronaldo Xavier, Cabedelo, Brazil, JRX Logs June 10, 2015, Receiver: Sony ICF-SW100S, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** EAST TURKISTAN. 11769.978, CHINA, XJBS PBS Xinjiang, Urumqi, Chinese at 1139 UT; this Urumqi unit is always odd frequency (Wolfgang Büschel, log of 1030-1100 UT [-1230] in 25 mb, June 13, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ECUADOR. CQ, CQ, CQ; Aquí Pedro F. Arrunátegui para compartir algo con los que disfrutan y aman el DX latinoamericano, todas las horas son UTC, desde la tierra de los incas, les informo mediante este Quipus lo siguiente: 869.978, R. Cristal, Guayaquil; 31/05 0745-0804 mx tropical ID “Aquí en Radio Cristal” mx Guambrita buenos días amigos cristalinos que nos escuchan ID “Son las 3 de la mañana en Radio Cristal” 6050.00, HCJB, Quito; 30/05 0140-0205 44444 px Rebelde, sobre la ayuda para rescatar a los consumidores de droga advs ID “HCJB por un mundo con valores cristianos” mx con motivos religiosos. ID “Estas en compañía de HCJB” La recepción la he efectuado del 18/05 al 15/06 en compañía de mis sabuesos Icom IC R72, ELAD FDM-S1, acompañados del Splitter ASA 4 x 2, Mizuho KX-3, MFJ-1025 y el una antena de hilo largo de 12 metros, con antena auxiliar, una Mini Whip y una antena loop. NOTA: Para un mejor escucha de las grabaciones que adjunto, sugiero escuchar con los audífonos. Muchos 218’s PFA (Pedro F. Arrunátegui, Lima, Chasqi DX June, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See BOLIVIA, BRAZIL, COLOMBIA, MEXICO, PERU ** EGYPT. 05/08/2015. "Radio Cairo" to host your site: http://egradio.eg On it, in addition to the basic domestic radio channels broadcast programs in English, French, Russian, Persian, Swahili and other languages, as well as a program broadcasted in Arabic. All broadcasts go live, synchronous with the short and direct satellite broadcasting. Programs in Russian translated from 19.00 to 20.00 (DX COURIER. Editor: Vasily Gulyaev, Astrakhan, via RusDX June 14 via DXLD) ** EGYPT. 9965, Radio Cairo, tentative, 2356 to 2359 no understandable ID, Arabic instead of the scheduled English, SINFO=2,5,5,3,2. I graded the overall merit down, because of the weak signal; it is a shame that the broadcast was not in English, it was free from the electronic noise that is usually there with their English broadcasts, the 6790 and the 42’ Windom antenna. 5/31 (John and Sandra Davis. Our listening post is located northeast of Columbus, Ohio in the USA. One inside antenna is a Windom which is 42’ long. The other is an end fed antenna 16’ long. The new name for my large antenna is the 687’ horizontal array. I also use my wife’s HVU-8 amateur radio vertical antenna, because it works extremely well of the shortwave broadcast bands. Our receivers include, but are not limited to a number of R-390As, R-391s, a Mackay 5050A, a Racal 6790, and a Watkins-Johnson HF-1000A. The Mackay 5050A is out for repairs and hopefully it will be back soon. Our portable receivers include a Kaito 1103, a Radio Shack 440, and a Sangean 803A, NASWA Flashsheet June 14 via DXLD) ** EGYPT. June 9: Unscheduled test transmission of Radio Cairo to ENAm 0715 on 9964.6 Abis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qExGsNwCNYA&feature=youtu.be Unscheduled test transmission of Radio Cairo to ENAm 0730 9964.6 Abis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fd0-J_7oj_M&feature=youtu.be (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Unscheduled test of Radio Cairo, open carrier, dead air on June 10 1032-1212 on 9965.3 ABS 200 kW / 325 deg, instead of 9964.6 June 9: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/06/unscheduled-test-of-radio-cairo-open.html (DX RE MIX NEWS #914 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, June 15, 2015, via DXLD) 13850, June 12 at 0304, R. Cairo VG signal, Arabic distorted but not suppressed. 11935.0, June 16 at 0108, R. Cairo, fair in Spanish, no ZY 12070+, June 16 at 0108, R. Cairo, very good level but suptorted Spanish modulation 9315+, June 16 at 0110, R. Cairo Spanish, poor and suptorted, slightly hi in frequency instead of right on 9965-, June 16 at 0111, R. Cairo, Arabic service but dead air and only fair signal. Usually stronger and on + side, so a different transmitter? 13850, June 18 at 0212, VG signal from R. Cairo, but open carrier/dead air in Arabic, except for occasional traces of music spikes (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EQUATORIAL GUINEA [non]. QSL Card Radio PAB Pan American Broadcasting, Radio Africa Network 17790 kHz. Recebido carta pessoal + cartão QSL + Boletim de Progamação, confirmando em 17790 kHz, PAB Pan American Broadcasting, Radio Africa Network. O informe de recepção foi enviado via email para info@panambc.com http://www.dexismointernacional.com.br/qsl-card/item/301-qsl-card-radio-pab-pan-american-broadcasting-radio-africa-network-17790-khz.html (Daniel Wyllyans, Brasil, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) So there is axually a ``program bulletin`` on paper? None on their website. It would have been helpful to display it if there are hour- by-hour details of content, like off-topic oldtime radio, odd African languages (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** ESTONIA. WEST TO WOO EUROPE'S RUSSIAN SPEAKERS THROUGH TELEVISION | Increased programming in minority's native tongue aims to counter Kremlin's propaganda push Spectators watched an Estonian tank go by during a parade in February in Narva, on the border with Russia, to celebrate 97 years since Estonia first achieved independence in 1918. ENLARGE [caption] By Anton Troianovski The Wall Street Journal Updated June 14, 2015 8:22 p.m. ET 4 COMMENTS TALLINN, Estonia -- To protect the Baltic countries from their big neighbor Russia, the West has been training troops, scrambling fighter jets and sweeping the sea for submarines. Denmark is floating a different kind of aid: broadcast rights to popular television crime dramas such as "Borgen," "The Killing" and "The Bridge," in Russian. The idea is to hook Russian speakers on entertainment and get them to stay for news broadcasts in their native tongue that don't toe the Kremlin line. Estonia's large Russian-speaking minority is the main target for the first new Russian-language channel meant to counter programming produced in Moscow. Backers say the project could provide a model for the region. "Creating the audience has got to be the first step before you can start delivering people information," said U.S. Ambassador Jeffrey Levine, who has been reaching out to contacts in the movie industry on behalf of the Estonians. "I've been working my Rolodex." Grigorij Zubarev, the host of a news show on the Russian-language First Baltic Channel, in the studios in Riga, Latvia, in May. ENLARGE Photo: Anton Troianovski/The Wall Street Journal [caption] After months of hesitation, the West is starting to engage in a high-stakes battle for the hearts and minds of Russian-speakers in Europe, many of whom are exposed daily to increasingly aggressive Kremlin propaganda. Estonian taxpayers are pitching in more than $4 million a year for the new channel, slated to launch in September. Nordic countries are offering broadcast rights to television shows to be dubbed into Russian. Germany is providing Russian-language news and documentaries. U.S. diplomats are trying to broker content deals with American movie studios. Behind the push is fear of a repeat of last year's events in Crimea, where pro-Kremlin TV fired up local Russian speakers in the Ukrainian territory in support of its annexation by Moscow. European politicians and security analysts say aggressive Russian propaganda across the Continent is part of a broader Kremlin effort to expand its influence from the Baltics to the Balkans -- areas it once dominated (WSJ via Mike Cooper, DXLD) ** FRANCE [non]. USA, Additional transmissions of Radio France International via Okeechobee tx#9 0100-0200 on 11580 100 kW / 044 deg to WeEu English Tue-Sun, instead of WRMI px [this is the RFI English hour delayed from 16-17 which is not on RFI SW itself --- gh] On Monday are added the following three different broadcasts via Okeechobee tx#9 0100-0115 on 11580 100 kW / 044 deg to WeEu English Mon Harvest Time 0115-0130 on 11580 100 kW / 044 deg to WeEu Italian Mon Made in Italy 0130-0200 on 11580 100 kW / 044 deg to WeEu English Mon Wavescan http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/06/additional-transmissions-of-radio_12.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, June 11, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY. Re: DW building at Cologne to be detonated I visited that building (Raderberggurtel 40 or 50 ?) in late 1990 and had the privilege of sitting in the studio as the 0900 UT news went live to air. The lady who showed me around was on a work exchange visit from New Zealand! I believe the building had major asbestos issues so I hope this was all removed before they decide to blow the place up (David Martin, shortwavesites yg via DXLD) First the asbestos will have to be removed before they can crash the remaining shell. This alone will be an expensive and awkward procedure, requiring to hermetically seal the work sites. I was there almost in the last moment, on a day in the horror summer of 2003. At this point the stereo studio of the German program was already dismantled and a small foreign language studio in use, resulting in the output falling back to glorious mono (I don't know what the problem was, presumably just the NOC input since the studio console itself was stereo-capable). The visit of course involved watching the live news magazine, with a choleric sound engineer from abroad who had trouble to get a cleanfeed out, yelling that "it's not only a shitty studio but a shitty station, too!!", was concerned with his cell phone and at one point made us wonder if these nice noises were only on the monitors or in the outgoing modulation as well, also prompting the producer to voice his fear of dead air with a "ten seconds" cue before faders had been pulled while fully engaged in the cell phone conversation. Whatever became of E. since? Some photos of this visit are still here: http://www.wwwagner.tv/?p=10591 Some further ones just appeared here: http://radioforum.foren.mysnip.de/read.php?8773,1301663 I'm not sure if we also made the fitting pictures of 6075 or, it was simply the better signal at Cologne, 9545 kHz on the radio in front of the building. Out there, in the parking lot, one could also still listen to the internal FM distribution. Lots of radio stations that were never heard in commercial German cable systems (Kai Ludwig, ibid.) ** GERMANY. [re USA [non] My Shortwave Show on Channel 292, 6070] There are actually channel numbers for shortwave frequencies? (Andy O`Brien, dxldyg via DXLD) This topic was dealt with years ago in DXLD --- IIRC, 292 derives from some other frequency designation for a marine channel, maybe as labeled on a transmitter they used (gh, DXLD) ** GERMANY. Another changes of Media Broadcast between June 1 and 5: Bible Voice Broadcasting 0530-0600 11660 NAU 125 kW / 150 deg EaAf Arabic Mo/We/Fr, ex Mo-Fr 0700-0730 5945 NAU 100 kW / 270 deg WeEu English Sat, ex 0700-0745 0830-0900 17535 NAU 125 kW / 145 deg NEAf Arabic Fri, ex 0830-1000 1515-1530 15640 NAU 100 kW / 095 deg SoAs English Fri/Sat, ex SCB 1530-1600 15640 NAU 100 kW / 095 deg SoAs Urdu Fri, ex SCB 1530-1545 15640 NAU 100 kW / 095 deg SoAs English Sat, ex SCB 1600-1800 17515 NAU 100 kW / 148 deg EaAf Oro/Amh/Tig Sat-Mon, ex ISS 1600-1830 17515 NAU 100 kW / 148 deg EaAf Oro/Amh/Tig Tue, ex ISS 1630-1700 17515 NAU 100 kW / 148 deg EaAf Oro/Amh/Tig Fri, ex ISS 1630-1800 17515 NAU 100 kW / 148 deg EaAf Oro/Amh/Tig Wed/Thu, ex ISS 1815-1830 9435 NAU 250 kW / 130 deg WeAs English Sun, ex MOS 1830-1915 9635 NAU 100 kW / 130 deg N/ME English Sun, ex SCB Pan American Broadcasting 1415-1430 15205 NAU 100 kW / 095 deg SoAs English Mon-Fri, ex ISS 1430-1445 15205 NAU 250 kW / 095 deg SoAs English Sun, ex ISS HCJB The Voice of Andes: 1530-1600 13800 NAU 100 kW / 100 deg CeAs Russian Sat, ex MOS 1600-1630 13800 NAU 100 kW / 100 deg CeAs Chechen Sat, ex MOS Voice of Oromo Liberation: 1700-1730 17630 NAU 250 kW / 135 deg EaAf Oromo Wed, ex ISS 1730-1800 17630 NAU 100 kW / 135 deg EaAf Amharic Wed, ex ISS And finally all transmissions of Voice of America, Radio Mashaal, Radio Liberty and Deewa Radio via Media Broadcast are cancelled from June 1. http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/06/another-changes-of-media-broadcast.html (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, June 11, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY [and non]. All transmissions of IBB via Media Broadcast are cancelled from June 1 and have been moved via BABCOCK transmitters: Gastgeschenk vom Presidenten auf Schloss Ellmau? Jetzt muessen die Amis auch schon sparen. Geiz ist geil, man geht zum Unterbieter Babcock England via Woofferton Center. Dann muessen ja jetzt in Nauen und Issoudun 17 Stunden anderweitig verfuegbar sein ... Wer sich je die properen Signale von Radio Liberty / RFE / RFA. Sendungen aus NAU oder ISS in den Zielgebieten angehoert hat, mit ihrem crispy sound, wird mit Woofferton Outlets eher etwas vermissen (Wolfgang Büschel, June 10, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 15 via DXLD) ** GERMANY. AFN trennt sich von vielen Frequenzen in Deutschland. AFN verlaesst reichweitenstarke UKW-Frequenz 98.7 MHz in Hessen. Der amerikanische Soldatensender AFN wird in den kommenden Monaten saemtliche noch verbliebenen Mittelwellensender in Deutschland aus Kostengruenden aufgeben. Das berichtet das Branchenmagazin Radioszene.de. Fuer das bislang auf Mittelwelle uebertragene Programm AFN Power Net setzt der Sender vor allem auf die Verbreitung via Internet. Auch UKW-Frequenzen gibt der AFN auf, so zum Beispiel die reichweitenstarke 98.7 MHz am Standort Grosser Feldberg/Taunus. Stattdessen soll fuer die verbliebenen Truppen im westlichen Rhein- Main-Gebiet vom Standort Mainz-Kastel auf 103.7 MHz gesendet werden. Diese Frequenz wird derzeit vom Deutschlandfunk genutzt. Auch fuer den Sender Pirmasens des AFN, der auf 103.0 MHz arbeitet, soll das Aus kommen, waehrend in Kaiserslautern (derzeit 100.2 MHz) ein Frequenzwechsel geplant ist. (via Michael Bethge-D, June 9, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 15 via DXLD) ** GREECE. GREEK STATE BROADCASTER RECAST WITH OLD ERT NAME, STAFF Jun 11, 5:19 AM EDT ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Greece's state broadcaster has resumed operations under its old ERT name, and is proposing to rehire all staff fired in a cost-cutting, efficiency-boosting drive two years ago when the company was briefly closed. Reinstating the broadcaster's name and full workforce was a key pledge of Greece's new radical left-led government, which campaigned strongly against the closure in June 2013 by the previous, conservative government. ERT was later replaced by a slimmed-down version called NERIT, but its abrupt closure angered many Greeks and drew international protests. The government hailed Thursday's first broadcasts under the new name as a "victory for democracy." It is still unclear how much the new company will cost, and how many people it will employ. The old ERT was widely criticized for political nepotism and profligate spending (AP via Mike Cooper, WORLD OF RADIO 1778, DXLD) ERT First program (proto prograµµa), ex ERT Open was back on air again June 11 with surprisingly Arabic news bulletin 0554-0557 from 0550 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek no signal on 11645 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg to NoAf Greek or alternative 9935 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Greek no signal on 15630 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Greek or alternative 15650 AVL 100 kW / 105 deg to SoAs Greek BUT NO SIGNAL on June 12, 13, 14 and morning on June 15 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/06/ert-first-program-ex-ert-open-with.html (DX RE MIX NEWS #914 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, June 15, 2015, via WORLD OF RADIO 1778, DXLD) Confirm Greece on 9420 this morning is now IDing as “ERT” – rather than ERT Open and its parallel the web stream. There seem to be 7 ERT radio channels http://program.ert.gr/radio/ Voice of Greece (i Foni tis Elladas) is at http://www.ert.gr/i-foni-tis-elladas/ Weak signal on 9420 at 1100 but at least it`s still on the air and seemingly now back with official ERT programming. 73s (Dave Kenny, UK, June 11, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) ERT First program on 9420 June 11 off around 1320 UT, videos at 1100, 1200 & 1300 UT http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/06/ert-first-program-ex-ert-open-with.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DXLD) Heard here from 13 UT tune-in to sudden break / stop at 1329 UT, June 11. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) VOICE OF GREECE RETURNS TO SHORTWAVE Gradually come the information for the resumption of individual radio stations of ERT as coordinators working intensively to prepare the new transmissions. Resuming the short wave program "The Voice of Greece", also known as ERA 5 aimed at expatriates is also on its way. The program of Greece's Voice will include newscasts every hour to broadcast the first program while there will also be two programs specifically aimed at expatriates, but the exact times have not been announced. The Voice of Greece programs will be broadcast via shortwave from facilities in Avlis, which the previous government's Finance Ministry had tried to sell as scrap. The facilities remained intact thanks to the former employees, so no technical problems remain. The programs continued to be broadcast thanks to former ERT employees from Athens and Thessaloniki. Continuing Greece Voice for the last two years was being observed and followed by lovers of shortwave broadcasting enthusiasts. The frequencies of the Voice of Greece to Europe will probably be the same, 9420 and 7475 KHz. Source in Greek: http://www.radiofono.gr/node/17844 (via Christos Rigas Chicago, Illinois, June 11, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1778, DXLD) GREEK PUBLIC BROADCASTER ERT BACK ON THE AIR http://www.dw.de/greek-public-broadcaster-ert-back-on-the-air/a-18509729?maca=en-newsletter_en_from-the-heart-of-europe-2098-html-newsletter Two years after falling victim to Greek austerity measures, the country's public broadcaster is back. ERT's return fulfills a campaign promise by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. ERT Open Rundfunk Griechenland [illustrated] Thursday marked the return of Greek public broadcaster ERT to the airwaves, two years after government austerity measures meant the station got the axe. The first broadcast was a news program that aired early on Thursday. In June 2013, the Greek government called for the station to be shuttered as part of the country's austerity measures, which were implemented to comply with the requirements of international bailouts. Closing ERT was seen by many Greeks as particularly drastic, especially given the suddenness with which the station went off the air. ERT was eventually replaced by a much smaller broadcaster, NERIT. When the station closed, it employed over 2,500 people. Many employees have now been given the opportunity to get their jobs back. To cover the costs of rehiring the staff, an additional monthly fee has been established and will be passed on to Greek citizens. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, elected in January on a campaign that promised to roll back many of the previous government's austerity reforms, had made it a priority to get ERT back on the air. He called the broadcaster's closure "a crime against Greek people and democracy." A bill passed in April with support of Tsipras' Syriza party and its coalition partner, the Independent Greeks. The bill was opposed by the main opposition party, New Democracy, which was in power in 2013 when the decision was made to close the broadcaster. mz/sms (Reuters, AFP, dpa) DW recommends ---- [further stories on subject] (via Richard Lemke, AB, June 11, WORLD OF RADIO 1778, DXLD) Glenn et al: Greece is back on 9420 to North America! ID'd them at 0100 UT on Thursday, June 18, with SINPO 45344. Announcement in Greek, "Edo Athina, E Foni Tis Ellados" (This Is Athens, The Voice Of Greece). (John Babbis, Maryland, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** HAITI. We need to move on, and what better way to do that than with a sidebar about another skip country. Is Haiti leaving the analog world this week? This report (French) seems to say yes, with a June 15 deadline (that's Monday!). I've also seen June 17. But even they admit (reading the report) that they are lagging. http://news.anmwe.com/haiti-de-la-television-analogique-vers-la-television-numerique-en-juin-prochain/ The Dominican Republic will go in September. But these countries are not well prepared at all. Haiti in particular poses huge problems to a digital television conversion, given its status as one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere and the likely continued impact of the 2010 earthquake there. Will they do it? We'll be watching (Raymie Humbert, AZ, June 13, WTFDA Forum via DXLD) Fred in SC had 2 in Haiti tonight, analog. Will his be the last it's heard via Es? (Saul Chernos, Burnt River ON, June 13, ETFDA Forum via DXLD) Haiti gives me more uncertainty than anything else. Here we are, days away, and my frantic searches for télévision numérique don't turn up much about Haiti while requiring me to scrounge up enough French to understand them. In fact, Wednesday is among the biggest dates in the history of the digital television transition because of an ITU deal: "A digital broadcasting plan, covering 116 countries (mainly in Africa and Europe), was agreed for the frequency bands 174–230 MHz and 470– 862 MHz at the ITU Regional Radiocommunication Conference (RRC-06) in Geneva in June 2006. According to this plan (known as the GE06), the latest analogue switch-off date is 17 June 2015 (except for some countries in some frequency bands where the deadline is 17 June 2020)." The strange thing, from a Haiti perspective, is that GE06 does not cover Haiti, or any countries in ITU Region 2 for that matter. A boatload of African and European countries are switching: I've seen Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, DR Congo, Madagascar, Albania, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Moldova, Montenegro and Romania items. I seriously wonder if Haiti's jumping on board the whole GE06 "17 June 2015" bandwagon just because it's seeing its African peers doing it—honestly, all the ITU mentions baffled me because I had not heard of any of this until this evening. (Of course, I'm focused on Region 2 stuff, so it figures.) As a reminder, the Haitian digital transition will be aggressively efficient in its use of spectrum. One mux is assigned for every 6 stations; for Port-au-Prince, which has 36 of them, there will be 6 muxes. They also are going to be using more high-VHF frequencies for digital, but unfortunately low-VHF is out of the mix (Raymie Humbert, June 13, WTFDA Forum via DXLD) Fred [Nordquist, SC] reported Storm TV (on ch 3!) this morning June 16. I did seem to hear French or Creole on 3 around June 6---shoulda pursued that. I did get Storm on 2 that morning. cd (Chris Dunne, Pembroke Pines FL, ibid.) I'm also seeing stuff saying that it could be delayed. This is about the only Twitter account that seems to have actual information. https://twitter.com/montaignemarcel It seems political problems have been paramount in Haiti, including apparent upcoming elections. http://www.haititechnews.com/transition-numerique-les-evenements-politiques-sont-un-frein/ If you go down a bit there's a draft law that apparently would be intended to abrogate the decree. To be honest this may be better for Haiti. Going with the GE06 date was kind of always a pipe dream (Raymie, ibid.) ** INDIA. AIR GOS 2045-2230 GMT --- Reception of this broadcast at my QTH has deteriorated considerably since the equinox. There always has been some variation seasonally, but the difference between “winter” and “summer” reception this year is considerable. The broadcast is barely audible at sign on, doesn’t improve much until 2200 or so; and, on some days it’s not even listenable. These broadcasts, in the past, have boomed in here during the winter and remained at marginally armchair listening levels throughout the summer. Has AIR reoriented, reduced the power used or otherwise altered the transmitters it uses? (John Figliozzi, Halfmoon, NY (USA), Eton E1-XM, Alpha-Delta DX Sloper, June 9, dxldyg via DXLD) WTFK? (gh, ibid.) John, I am still receiving AIR on 9445 at good levels 21-22 almost every day here on Cape Cod (Stephen Wood, Harwich MA, June 16, ibid.) ** INDIA. All India Radio on 15140 and 9950 kHz in AM, instead of DRM 1615-1715 on 9595 BGL 500 kW / 335 deg to EaEu Russian 1615-1715 on 11620 BGL 500 kW / 335 deg to EaEu Russian 1615-1715 on 15140*ALG 250 kW / 312 deg to EaEu Russian AM, not DRM 1745-1945 on 9950 DEL 250 kW / 312 deg to WeEu English AM, not DRM 1745-1945 on 11670 BGL 500 kW / 325 deg to WeEu English 1945-2045 on 9950 DEL 250 kW / 312 deg to WeEu Hindi AM, not DRM 1945-2045 on 11670 BGL 500 kW / 325 deg to WeEu Hindi 2045-2230 on 9950 DEL 250 kW / 312 deg to WeEu English AM, not DRM 2045-2230 on 11670 BGL 500 kW / 325 deg to WeEu English * strong co-ch Radio Sultanate of Oman in Arabic http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/06/all-india-radio-on-15140-and-9950-khz.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, June 11, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. 13710, June 17 tune-in about 1330 to nice sitar and tabla music, past 1354 when fading as I realize the AIR GOS in English is supposed to start with news at 1330. Wonder what happened? Surely not in observance of the start of Ramadan! Seemed still music at 1412 vs CRI CCI (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1778, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA. Re: ``3905, RRI Merauke has not been heard since May 18 reception. Seems they only wanted a very brief reactivation (Howard)`` Isra Miraj Nabi Muhammad was actually on May 16th, as my Indonesian calendar shows, so it seems that the ceremony mentioned was on the night before that date. Merauke, as you certainly know, is on East Indonesia Time, which is UT +9, so the time mentioned in your log would have been 8:30 in the evening. This makes sense because traditionally in Indonesia a night is considered to be part of the following day. A good website for an Indonesian calendar is also http://portalseven.com/calendar/Holidays_Indonesia.jsp?year=2015 where also some explanations as to the nature of these holidays are given. By the way, the month of Ramadan begins this year on or around June 18th (depending on sighting of the moon) and lasts until July 16th. Thus Id (or Eid)-Ul-Fitri falls on July 17 & 18 (Fri-Sat), making this a long holiday weekend (Gerhard Werdin, Remagen, Germany, DSWCI DX Window June 10 via DXLD) ** INTERNATIONAL. Missing transmissions on Saturday, June 13: IRRS relay Radio City: 0800-0900 9510 TIG 150 kW / 290 deg to WeEu German Sat IRRS relay Radio Warra Wangeelaa-ti: 1500-1530 15515 TIG 150 kW / 165 deg to EaAf Oromo Sat Radio Sultanate of Oman: 1400-1500 15140 THU 100 kW / 315 deg to WeEu English Daily 1500-2200 15140 THU 100 kW / 315 deg to WeEu Arabic Daily Radio Assenna: 1700-1800 15245 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Tigrinya Sat, BUT Eritrean Forum: 1800-1900 15245 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Arabic Sat IS AIR IRRS relay various program: 1800-1900 7290 TIG 150 kW / 290 deg to WeEu English Sat IRRS relay various program: 0930-1200 9510 TIG 150 kW / 290 deg to WeEu English Sun, air June 14 1800-1900 7290 TIG 150 kW / 290 deg to WeEu English Sun, please check Radio Santec, The Word, Cosmic Wave: 1500-1530 15190 TIG 150 kW / 100 deg to SoAs English Sun, please check http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/06/missing-transmissions-on-saturday-june.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov SW News June 13/14, dxldyg via DXLD) ** IRAN. Late changes: [extended RAMADAN broadcasts only one month] 5950 2145 0050 30-31,40-42KAM 500 73 0 211 1234567 170615 160715 TGK IRN IRB IRB TAJIKKI 6065 2250 0220 29S,40NW SIR 500 329 0 211 1234567 180615 170715 AZE IRN IRB IRB TURK-AZ 7230 2250 0220 29S,40NW SIR 500 336 0 146 1234567 180615 170715 AZE IRN IRB IRB TURK-AZ 7430 2320 0020 39 SIR 500 320 0 146 1234567 180615 170715 KUR IRN IRB IRB KURD-SO 9440 2230 0030 39 KAM 500 195 0 211 1234567 180615 170715 ARA IRN IRB IRB ARBIC-S 9845 0020 0120 29S,39N SIR 500 310 0 211 1234567 180615 170715 TUR IRN IRB IRB TURK-ES 5940 2320 0020 39 SIR 500 320 25 156 1234567 180615 170715 KUR IRN IRB IRB KURD-SO (from HFCC via Wolfgang Büschel, circa June 12, DXLD) ** IRAN. 13570/7325, IRIB, Full Data Mausoleum QSL card and info- letter received in 7 Months/4 Months for an e-mailed report. Received in a LARGE oversized padded envelope --- much bigger than what was in inside! Wonder if there was something missing from the envelope when I finally got it? Postage was 260,000 Rial! (Robert Ross, London ON, MARE Tipsheet June 12 via DXLD) ! That`s about 9 US $ (gh, DXLD) ** JAPAN. Just watching a very interesting program on NHK World TV called 'Bridging the World' about Radio Japan's 80th anniversary. Might be worth checking out if it's available on their website. (Robert, Glasgow, Scotland, Wilson, Sent from my iPhone, 2309 UT June 14, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1778, DX LISTENING DIGEST) It does not appear to be on their website for playback but maybe we can find it somewhere or someone can record it http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/tv/special/201506.html#pId201506132310 (Paul B Walker, CA, ibid.) http://www.nhk.or.jp/intl80th/ "The first 80 years alt Commemorating 80th Anniversary of Japan's international broadcasting To be released soon! Radio Japan has broadcast from 1937 to 2007 also in the German language. The last broadcast in German were two times a day with a length of 30 minutes. Tenders in German and Swedish, Italian and Malay ended on September 30, 2007 (Roger, ibid. WORLD OF RADIO 1778) [and non]. 11740, NHK World / R Japan, 6/16, 1215. Japan Focus that doesn't seem to be a repeat of the 1000-1030 show on 9625. VG (Rick Barton, El Mirage AZ, with barefoot Radio Shack SW-2000629, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KASHMIR. 4950, AIR Radio Kashmir, Srinagar (presumed), 1346-1355*, June 14. Today only able to hear open carrier with no audio (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KIRIBATI. Nikumaroro: The Earhart Project To Test On 20m TIGHAR (The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery) on expedition on Nikumaroro has scheduled tests on SW to simulate Amelia Earhart’s (reported) 1937 SW distress calls: Call Sign T31LP 14280 & 14310 kHz Time 0400 GMT http://tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Niku8/dailies/niku8dailies.html (Jilly Dybka, WA4CZD, TN, June 12, NASWA yg via DXLD) read on ** KOREA NORTH. 12500.033, harmonic of 6250 kHz Koreas - noise jammer. 11864.984, KRE, V of Korea, Kujang, in Japanese. Wrong alignment: new BBEF transmitters are now again 16 Hertz off in 2015 (Wolfgang Büschel, log of 1030-1100 UT [-1230] in 25 mb, June 13, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. UZBEKISTAN(non)[sic], UNID clandestine on June 12, probably Radio Free North Korea 1300-1400 on 11540 DB 100 kW / 071 deg to NEAs Korean, inactive in B14 period http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/06/unidentified-clandestine-on-june-12.html (DX RE MIX NEWS #914 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, June 15, 2015, via DXLD) Apparently not RFNK: see UNIDENTIFIED 11540 ** KOREA NORTH [non]. New Service of BVB in Korean --- *1230-1300* UT on 15510 kHz, Voice for Salvation in Korean from Jun 9, site unknown. http://radio.chobi.net/bbs/img/3064.mp3 by Hihara on Jun 10 (S. Hasegawa, Japan, June 17, dxldyg via DXLD) ** KOREA SOUTH [and non]. COOL SONGTAN, KOREA FM AUDIO BANDSCAN (34 min.) Take an audio spin through the FM band as heard in Songtan, Korea on June 7th across the street from my old apartment where I spend many weekends in the spring. As it's a Sunday evening, there's plenty of talk, a lot of baseball, typical Christian programming (also in English on this day), and a smattering of Miley Cyrus, Steppenwolf, Ed Sheeran, Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston, Natalie Merchant, Little Walter, Oasis, Rachel Platten, and Kansas. Programming originates domestically as well as from China and North Korea in Korean, English, and Chinese, as close as two miles across town (Osan Air Base's American Forces Network) and as far away as rural mountainous Linqu, China, 473 miles to the west. There are 100 stations with a handful of part-time stations - mostly border propaganda stations and North Korean stations - off the air at that time of evening. Listings include the frequency, city, network or station name, call letters (except for China and North Korea, which don't use them), and distance. Stations heard on seek are noted with an asterisk, local stations are in bold, and Chinese and North Korean stations in brown. The band varies very little in Korea (even that is an exaggeration), so nothing heard here is especially out of the ordinary. *** Listen here (34 min.): http://www.beaglebass.com/dx/audio/songtan/Songtan_FM_Bandscan.mp3 00:00 88.1 Incheon / BBS Bulgyo / HLSG (35 mi.) 00:20 88.3 Pyeongtaek / AFN The Eagle Osan (8 mi.)* 00:35 88.5 Songtan / AFN The Eagle Osan (2 mi.)* 00:52 88.7 Eumseong / MBC FM4U Chungju / HLAO (36 mi.) 01:13 88.9 = 88.5 01:30 89.1 Seoul Gwanaksan / KBS Cool FM / HLKC (27 mi.)* 01:43 89.3 Cheongju / KBS 1 Radio Cheongju / HLKQ-S (37 mi.) 01:58 89.5 Wonju / KBS Classic Wonju / HLCQ (52 mi.) 02:16 89.7 Seoul Gwanaksan / WBS Woneum / HLQK (27 mi.)* 02:33 89.9 Cheonan / KBS 1 Radio Daejeon / HLKI-S (20 mi.)* 02:53 90.1 Jeonju / JTV Magic FM / HLDQ (92 mi.) 03:08 90.3 Yongmunsan / KBS 1 Radio / HLKA-S (43 mi.)* 03:29 90.5 Gwangju / KBS 1 Radio Gwangju / HLKH-S (134 mi.) 03:42 90.7 Incheon / Gyeongin iTV / HLDO (35 mi.)* 03:57 90.9 Cheongju / KBS 2 Radio Cheongju / HLAC-S (37 mi.)* 04:20 91.1 Hwaaksan / KBS Classic Chuncheon / HLKM (69 mi.) 04:33 91.3 Seosan / MBC Daejeon / HLCQ-S (35 mi.)* 04:53 91.5 Cheongju / CBS-FM Cheongju / HLAC (35 mi.) 05:18 91.7 Daejeon / CBS-FM Daejeon / HLDX (57 mi.) 05:32 91.9 Seoul Namsan / MBC FM4U / HLKV (34 mi.)* 05:53 92.1 Eumseong / KBS 1 Radio Chungju / HLCH-S (36 mi.) 06:12 92.3 Gwangju / KBS Classic Gwangju / HLKH (134 mi.) 06:30 92.5 Kaesong / Pyongyang FM (68 mi.)* 06:56 ---- Daejeon / MBC Daejeon / HLCQ-S (57 mi.)* 07:15 92.7 - 07:20 92.9 Jeonju / KBS 2 Radio Jeonju / HLAS-S (92 mi.) 07:46 93.1 Seoul Gwanaksan / KBS Classic / HLKA (27 mi.)* 08:07 93.3 Daejeon / FEBC Daejeon / HLAD (57 mi.)* 08:32 93.4 Kunyushan / Shandong News Radio (292 mi.)* 09:19 93.5 Seongnam / KBS 1 Radio / HLKA-S (28 mi.) 09:31 93.7 - 09:41 93.9 Seoul Gwanaksan / CBS Music FM / HLKY (27 mi.)* 10:02 94.1 Cheongju / KBS Classic Cheongju / HLKQ (37 mi.) 10:22 94.3 Jeonju / MBC Jeonju / HLCX-S (92 mi.) 10:40 94.5 Seoul Cheonggye / YTN News / HLQV (25 mi.)* 10:55 94.7 Gyeryongsan / KBS 1 R. Daejeon / HLKI-S (50 mi.)* 11:13 94.9 - 11:19 95.1 Seoul Gwanaksan / TBS Gyotong / HLST (27 mi)* 11:51 95.3 Zhaoyuan / Yantai Traffic Radio (363 mi.) 12:01 95.5 - 12:09 95.7 Daejeon / TJB Power FM / HLDF (57 mi.)* 12:23 95.9 Seoul Gwanaksan / MBC / HLKV-S (27 mi.)* 12:46 96.1 Weihai / Weihai Traffic Opera Radio (275 mi.) ---- Eumseong / MBC Chungju / HLAO-S (36 mi.) 13:11 96.3 Boeun / MBC Cheongju / HLAX-S (57 mi.) 13:33 96.5 Seosan / TJB Power FM / HLDF (35 mi.)* 13:54 96.7 Seoul Namsan / Gukkun Friends / HLSF (34 mi.)* 14:18 ---- Hwaaksan / Gukkun Friends / HLSF (69 mi.)* 14:18 ---- Cheongju / BBS Bulgyo Cheongju / HLDJ (35 mi.) 14:30 96.9 Jeonju / KBS 1 Radio Jeongju / HLKF-S (92 mi.) 14:52 97.1 Qixia / Qixia People's Radio (344 mi.) 15:27 97.3 Seoul Gwanaksan / KBS 1 Radio / HLKA-S (27 mi.)* 15:49 97.5 Daejeon / MBC FM4U Daejeon / HLCQ (57 mi.)* 16:09 97.7 Seongnam / KBS Cool FM / HLKC (28 mi.) 16:29 97.9 Dazeshan / Shandong Economic Ch. (390 mi.)* 16:57 98.1 Seoul Gwanaksan / CBS-FM / HLKY-S (27 mi.)* 17:09 98.3 - 17:16 98.5 Gyeryongsan / KBS Classic Daejeon / HLKI (50 mi.)* 17:36 98.7 Hwaaksan / KBS 2 Radio Chuncheon / HLCL-S (69 mi.) 18:01 98.9 Wonju / MBC FM4U Wonju / HLSB (52 mi.) 18:20 99.1 Seoul Namsan / Gugak FM / HLQA (34 mi.)* 18:38 99.3 Hongseong / CBS-FM Daejeon / HLDX-S (33 mi.) 18:55 99.5 Hwaaksan / KBS 1 Radio Chuncheon / HLKM-S (69 mi.) 19:13 99.7 Cheongju / MBC FM4U Cheongju / HLAX (37 mi.)* 19:37 99.9 Suwon / KFM Gyeonggi / HLDS (20 mi.)* 19:54 100.1 Kunyushan / Shandong Economic Ch. (292 mi.)* 20:31 100.3 Eumseong / KBS Classic Chungju / HLCH (36 mi.) 20:44 100.5 Incheon / TBN Gyotong Incheon / HLSU (35 mi.)* 20:55 100.7 Jeonju / KBS Classic Jeonju / HLKF (92 mi.) 21:08 100.9 Daejeon / KBS 2 Radio Daejeon / HLQT-S (57 mi.) 21:25 101.1 Yongmunsan / Gukkun Friends / HLSF (43 mi.)* 21:47 101.3 Seoul Namsan / TBS eFM / HLSW (34 mi.)* 22:05 101.5 Cheongju / CJB Joy FM / HLDR (37 mi.)* 22:27 101.7 Namwon / MBC Jeonju / HLCX-S (124 mi.) 22:51 101.9 Seoul Gwanaksan / BBS Bulgyo / HLSG (27 mi.)* 23:08 102.1 Daejeon / KBS Classic Cheongju / HLKQ (57 mi.) 23:22 102.3 Seosan / EBS-FM / HLQL (35 mi.)* 23:39 ----- Ganghwado / Military Jammer (59 mi.)* 23:48 102.5 Jeonju / TBN Gyotong Jeonju / HLCM (92 mi.) ----- Taegisan / MBC Wonju / HLSB (77 mi.) 24:12 102.7 Seoul Namsan / AFN The Eagle Yongsan (34 mi.)* 24:27 102.9 Daejeon / TBN Gyotong Daejeon / HLDT (57 mi.)* 24:47 103.1 Ganghwado / Voice of Freedom Jayuui Sori (59 mi.) 25:07 103.3 - 25:15 103.5 Seoul Gwanaksan / SBS Love FM / HLSQ-S (27 mi.)* 25:33 103.7 Seoul Namsan / Military Jammer (34 mi.)* 25:44 103.9 Seosan / TBN Gyotong Daejeon / HLDT (35 mi.) 26:04 104.1 Eumseong / EBS-FM / HLQL (36 mi.) 26:22 104.3 = 104.4 Dazeshan / Shandong News Radio (390 mi.) 27:09 104.5 Seoul Gwanaksan / EBS-FM / HLQL (27 mi.)* 27:25 104.7 Yishanshan / Shandong Life Ch. FM105 (473 mi.) 28:11 104.9 Seoul Gwanaksan / KBS 3 Radio / HLKC-S (27 mi.)* 28:25 105.1 Kunyushan / Weihai News Channel (292 mi.) 29:19 105.3 Seoul Gwanaksan / Pyeonghwa / HLQP (27 mi.)* 29:36 105.5 - 29:44 105.7 Gyeryongsan / EBS-FM / HLQL (50 mi.)* 29:59 105.9 Yantai / Yantai Radio Economic Ch. (314 mi.) 30:16 ----- Wonju / TBN Gangwon / HLSV (52 mi.) 30:29 106.1 Seoul Gwanaksan / KBS Radio 2 / HLSA-S (27 mi.)* 30:45 106.3 Daejeon / Pyeonghwa Daejeon / HLQO (57 mi.) 31:01 106.5 Hwaaksan / EBS-FM / HLQL (69 mi.) 31:19 106.6 Dazeshan / Shandong CityFM (390 mi.)* 31:50 106.7 = 106.6 32:04 106.9 Seoul Gwanaksan / FEBC / HLKX-S (27 mi.)* 32:23 107.1 Cheongju / MBC Cheongju / HLAX-S (37 mi.) 32:39 107.3 Hwaaksan / Voice of Freedom Jayuui Sori (69 mi.) 32:55 107.5 Rongcheng / Rongcheng People's Radio (256 mi.) 33:25 107.7 Seoul Gwanaksan / SBS Power FM / HLSO (27 mi.)* 33:46 107.9 Daejeon / EBS-FM / HLQL (57 mi.) For more information on these stations, such as transmitter aerial images, maps, or tower elevations, see my original bandscan: http://www.beaglebass.com/dx/dx_bandscan_songtan.htm [Radio and weather geeks, beware. Lake inversion DX, coastal tropo, Korean and coastal Chinese FM, RDS database, and bandscans at http://www.beaglebass.com/dx • Tuner: Samsung Yepp Q2 MP3 player with earphones antenna • Location: Fremont, Mich. (101 mi. ene of Milwaukee) • Home DX sites: City Beach, Grand Haven, Mich.; Kruse & Père Marquette Beach, Muskegon, Mich.; Silver Lake Sand Dunes, Mears, Mich.; Stearns Park Beach, Ludington, Mich. • Contact me at Chris.Kadlec@gmx.de] (Chris Kadlec, June 10, WTFDA Forum via DXLD) ** KURDISTAN [non]. 11510, June 12 at 0316, flute, guitar and vocal Kurdish music on good signal from Denge Kurdistane; this segment 03-05 UT when due east via FRANCE provides the best reception here by far (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1778, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Upcoming frequency change of Denge Kurdistan from July 1: 0300-0500 NF 11600 ISS 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish, ex 11510 0500-1300 NF 11600 KCH 300 kW / 116 deg to WeAs Kurdish, ex 11510 1300-1700 NF 11600 SCB 100 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish, ex 11510 1700-1900 NF 11600 ISS 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish, ex 11510 The frequency 11600 kHz is registered in HFCC Database on June 15 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/06/upcoming-frequency-change-of-denge.html (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1778, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** LIBERIA. ELWA back on 4760 kHz? Today I saw a report from a Japanese DXer who received a signal which was presumably ELWA on 4760 kHz. Then I tried here in NJ USA at the sun-set time, and confirmed a weak signal on the same frequency. The talk was not really readable, but it signed off at 0002 UT after Liberian national anthem. Soundclip (Perseus): http://youtu.be/pxwalZOGLMY (Sakaé Obara - AB5MF / JH0BDK, New Jersey, USA, June 13, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ``Back``? You mean they had been missing for a while? (gh, DXLD) Hi, I also had that suspicion yesterday when I picked up a signal at 2035 in central Europe. Not extremely weak but not enough to get any details. Conditions weren't that good I suppose. Nothing else listed on this frequency at this time. Did certainly not sound Asian also. 73 (thorsten hallmann, June 14, ibid.) ** MALAYSIA. 9835, Sarawak FM via Kajang. Re: International Al Quran recital competition - This past week had daily coverage, as expected. Tomorrow (Sunday 14th) is the last day and I anticipate they will have their usual announcements of the winners given in Malay, Arabic, English and French. Makes for interesting listening and something a little different. My audio from a past year - https://app.box.com/s/7prqpwszt5ki72qnh6ky not sure of the time, but will be checking tomorrow after 1200 (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, June 13, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11665, Limbang FM, via Wai FM, via RTM, 1330, June 15. Their Monday show (also on Thursdays) with DJ playing pop songs; in vernacular; frequent IDs for "Limbang FM"; very good reception (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. I hear you on the Mexico changeovers and confusion among DXers. I am looking forward to a winter season on AM and a whole new set of probabilities; the only 580 from Mexico I've ever had for instance has reportedly gone off (Saul Chernos, Burnt River ON, June 13, WTFDA Forum via DXLD) The only 580 Mex I ever hear is in the day! (XEYI Cancún from Flamingo, FL 3 months ago; actually heard from my home early Feb 1988) cd (Chris Dunne, Pembroke Pines FL, ibid.) My 580 was XEMU Piedras Negras, heard twice in the last year or so. Cancún sounds like a nice target, but will have to do a list-check when the season starts for me in September to see who is still on the air in Mexico on AM (Saul Chernos, Burnt River ON, June 13, WTFDA Forum via DXLD) [they apparently overlooked my log refuting that XEMU 580 was now off the air, so I pointed this out directly --- gh] Raymie, et al, Is there a web site that accurately lists Mexican radio stations that actually remain on AM, and is there any way to conclusively determine dates any AMs migrated to FM and actually turned off their AM transmitters? (Saul Chernos, Burnt River ON, ibid.) Hi Saul. Actually I'm maintaining a website similar to Fred Cantu's Mexico Radio TV. I can give an accurated information about the states of Tabasco, Campeche and Yucatán. The other states I'm updating it with info given by other users and IFT listings. Until this time I updated listings for Mexico City, Tabasco, Campeche, Yucatán and Nuevo León, right now updating Baja California (Gargadon, Ciudad del Carmen, México, June 16, ibid.) So where is it?!?! (gh) The IFT lists are overzealous on removing AMs, so that is a constant problem (Raymie, ibid.) ** MEXICO [and non]. 710.0, June 17 at 0551, choral Mexican NA is already playing, ending at 0554 when instead of its ID I hear one from KCMO. Looped southwest, so presumably the usual XEDP, Ciudad Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua, allegedly 100 watts at night, which either pulled the plug or faded out very quickly. No het, using the on- frequency transmitter tonight. Then I barely hear a recitation in Spanish, sounds like the super-patriotic ``Soy Soldado``, which I have logged from XEDP several times before in 2012, 2013 and 2014 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 940.0, June 14 at 0601, XEQ, partially copied full ID as ``--- --- AM ... 50 mil watts ... estado de Mexico``, i.e. new identity as `Ke Buena 940 AM` a slogan sorely lacking in originality used all over the United States of Mexico and America; heavy QRM but no het with XEQ on frequency tonight (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. Re gh`s 1060 XERDO log: If there's an XHRDO-FM it's not even in the IFT tables. There doesn't seem to be any room for AM-FM migrants in the area given its high concentration of stations. They are part of Radio Avanzado/Advanced Media which also owns three other stations in the Rio Grande Valley: XEMS 1490, XHMLS 91.3, XHNA 105.9 (Raymie Humbert, AZ, June 11, WTFDA Forum via DXLD) ** MEXICO. CQ, CQ, CQ; Aquí Pedro F. Arrunátegui para compartir algo con los que disfrutan y aman el DX latinoamericano, todas las horas son UTC, desde la tierra de los incas, les informo mediante este Quipus lo siguiente: 6185.00, R. XEPPM Educación, Ciudad de México; 13/06 0435-0505 33333 mx rancheras tocan en forma continua s/off 0505 sin aviso previo, no dieron ID. La recepción la he efectuado del 18/05 al 15/06 en compañía de mis sabuesos Icom IC R72, ELAD FDM-S1, acompañados del Splitter ASA 4 x 2, Mizuho KX-3, MFJ-1025 y el una antena de hilo largo de 12 metros, con antena auxiliar, una Mini Whip y una antena loop. NOTA: Para un mejor escucha de las grabaciones que adjunto, sugiero escuchar con los audífonos. Muchos 218’s PFA (Pedro F. Arrunátegui, Lima, Chasqi DX June, DX LISTENING DIGEST) It`s always off-frequency to the lo side, so this .00 log must be a default rather than a measurement! Please avoid such unjustified precision (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) See also BOLIVIA, BRAZIL, COLOMBIA, ECUADOR, PERU ** MEXICO. I keep the analog monitor running on ch A2 most of the day June 15 so the snow keeps me cool? But no sporadic E, until 2319 UT on 2, Televisa-2 net fade-in with novela, star bug in LR. Looks like it`s the head-on version, rather than the tilted-angle `3- D` version. Fades 2325 by when I have looked up the schedule and find `La Vecina` on it. As usual, 6m Es map shows heavy activity over USA, mainly southeast, as far as TX, but only one border Mexican in the northwest. Are there no 6m active hams in the massive DF? 2331 on 2, fade-in something else, and audible lo het video CCI 2336 on 2, fade-in net-2 again, video only 2351 on 2, fade-in stronger, net-2 and color burst attained this time confirming bug is red and white 2352 on 2, LA VECINA in lower left, then switch to Televisa URL 2356 on 4, MUF up to here, f bug in LR = Foro TV, Televisa net-4, feature about archaeology by UNAM at a Maya temple UT June 16: 0003 on 5, MUF surges higher, for less than a minute a fútbol game, surely the big deal Copa América, live México vs Chile, q.v., as sked on Televisa net-5. Makes almost zero-beat bars with analog cable radiation of KOCO-5. [WORLD OF RADIO 1778] These nets on ch 2, 4, and 5 match up with the originating stations in México DF itself: XEW-2, XHTV-4, XHGC-5. Soon it all fades out. Sporadic E TVDX, June 16, all analog, all times UT: 1500 on 2, fade-in Televisa 5 net bug in LR with animation dubbed into Spanish; still/again at 1519 1524 on 2, Televisa Deportes promo for Copa on Canal 5 net 1559 on 2, fade in again, still animation, net-5 bug LR 1629 on 2, amid CCI, f bug in LR, which is Televisa net-4 1650 on 2, still CCI 1651 on 2, talk show, f bug in LR 1653 on 2, +v MAS VISION full screen animated logo, and fútbol promo, i.e. XEWO-TV Guadalajara 1727 on 2, algo, one guy on screen 1729 on 2, +v MAS VISION ID again 1730 on 2, U bug in LR, i.e. UNIVISION, but probably via some Televisa station in Mexico rather than LPTV from Florida or double-hop from Nicaragua 1800 on 2, AZTECA full screen, unknown whether net-7 or 13 1817 on 2, unknown bug in LR, perhaps with clock and temp. Nothing more this afternoon until 0046 June 17 when for a change I`m getting CANADA, q.v. June 17: 2220 on 2, tune-in, algo in Spanish, also on 4 (CANADA, q.v., had been in earlier today before I paused for WORLD OF RADIO produxion) 2225 on 4, swirl bug in LR; in LL EXCLUSIVA / GALA TV 2239 on 4, 5 bug in LR 2305 on 2, film drama, dubbed Spanish 2321 on 2, Simpsons amid CCI June 18 UT: 0117 on 2, Simpsons, still! Nothing more tonight (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. This week on RAYMIE`S MEXICO BEAT --- Well, someone was busy this week --- (Mexican press release) "Mexico and United States hold bilateral meetings to discuss various topics related to the use of spectrum on the shared border" http://www.ift.org.mx/comunicacion-y-medios/comunicados-ift/es/mexico-y-estados-unidos-de-america-celebran-reuniones-bilaterales-para-tratar-diversos-temas Representatives from Mexico's foreign secretariat, the interior secretariat, and the IFT were present, as were Americans from the State Department, FCC and NTIA. I speak Spanish so you don't have to. Read my Mexico Beat blog | Next analog shutoff: Ciudad Juárez + Tecate, July 14 (Raymie Humbert, Phœnix AZ, June 11, Raymie`s Mexico Beat, WTFDA Forum via DXLD) I've been wondering how long it will be before Mexico repacks its TV channels. That meeting may be the beginning of the process. A fellow on WTFDA Facebook posted some nice photos of XHCNL-2 and XEFE-2 via Es in Georgia from earlier this week. When is XEFE going off? I'm sorry about being so far behind on everything (Danny Oglethorpe, Shreveport, LA, June 12, ibid.) XEFE went off the air on January 14. Did you mean XEFB? If you sniff around here you will see that yes, repacking is already on their minds (Raymie, June 12, ibid.) Raymie, that is exactly what I actually thought about XEFE. I think he says XEFE. Let me go back over there and see if it will work on this computer. Thanks (Danny, June 12, ibid.) [later:] Yes, Raymie, he says it is XEFE from this week. In addition, he claims he had XHSLT-2, but he doesn't say he saw a text ID. Another fellow (a longtime DXer) claims in the same thread that he logged CKND-2 this Es season. CKND is off the air. I rarely go to the Facebook page because there are too many incorrect reports of TV DX. My response on Facebook was this: "Aren't XEFE-2 and CKND-2 off the air?" The reply I received was this: "Nope have picked up both in the last 2 weeks. Still going strong." (Danny, Shreveport, LA, ibid.) Ah, the pitfalls of bad Mexican information; What is this, the 80s? the 90s? I've looked through back issues of the VUD and wow, the information available back then really fluctuated. In the late 70s/early 80s I was surprised by the available information, and then there would be times where I would go "whoa, what is up here!?". To read about the confusion that the big Mexico DXers, even Jim Pizzi, had about Mexico is fascinating looking back. When he reeled in a station on channel 4 running XHTRM-22 IDs in late 1982/early 1983, nobody had a clue what was going on. I credit my ability to do accurate Mexican research to two important recent trends: The Internet, of course. The Internet has lowered the barriers to communication and makes it a lot easier to do research on Mexico. I have used the DOF online, read IFT tables, etc. There are several forums that have been vital in the compilation of information for this thread. It would be impossible to do research backed by local information without all those forum posts. Sometimes I know more than they do, too—they'll see calls like XHURT and XHZAP in their channel lists and wonder "where the heck are these stations?". In fact the XHZAP instance was the first time that station had been documented in digital. Improved Mexican transparency. This is a big one too. In March 2014, the IFT launched the Public Concession Registry (RPC), which was among the first tools I used to begin doing research into Mexican radio and television history. I didn't know how new it was! We've only had tables from Cofetel/the IFT for a number of years. It's taken a while to get here, and there's still work to do, but the IFT seems committed to transparency as part of its reform. But in any event, there is a flat-out lie going on here. I'm not on the FB group but wow, that guy probably needs to pointed to this blog. I don't think much more than Google Translate is needed to get the gist of the IFT press releases (Raymie, ibid.) As I'm trying to bite my tongue, be nice, and not get kicked out of WTFDA, here is my final response to this subject on Facebook: "OK. I'm a kinder, gentler person these days." Is there some way XEFE-2 and CKND-2 are still on? I had tropo in March to the region where XEFE is located, and I didn't receive XEFE. However, we know that XEFB-2 is still on. I received CKYB-4 a few days ago from the same region where CKND is located, but I didn't receive CKND-2. Doug removed CKND from the list of Canadian Es targets a while back. There is too much guessing going on. These guys are not really lying. Raymie, you are correct: They are misinformed (Danny, Shreveport, LA, June 12, WTFDA Forum via DXLD) They could have XEPM, for all we know, the last big Televisa independent on channel 2 in northeastern Mexico. XHSLT could be any C5 on channel 2. C5 is not CE, but it's still a large network with dozens of stations in it. It is very hard to follow this material if you do not know what you are doing. I shudder to think what this transition could have been like for DXers without someone like me. The reason I decided to start this was precisely because I saw a lot of missing gaps related to Mexican television and to Spanish. I've found myself useful here not just for delivering information on TV but also for helping DXers with their SS unIDs during skip season. Gargadon has been a massive help on that end too (Raymie, ibid.) Since I started this, I hope this finishes it. My desire is not to hurt people, embarrass them, or take logs away. At the same time, I've only IDed 143 TV stations from Mexico in the last twenty-one years. I hate to brag, but that is the record, as far as I know. The only DXer who has ever come close to that number is Mike Perron. That is out of my 1,123 total TV logs. That is an indication of how difficult it is to ID Mexican TV stations. This subject is not taken lightly by some of us (Danny Oglethorpe, Shreveport, LA, ibid.) Shadow channel problems in Guanajuato. Shadow XHL-10 Celaya (main station is 11 in León) also is now in digital, RF 27 just like its parent (but different virtual channel numbers). But apparently the interference between the two has caused the Celaya transmitter to be shut off. I had completely forgotten that this shadow existed (Raymie, June 14, ibid.) Raymie, how well is DTV coverage working in areas that have been served by numerous analog shadow transmitters? (Danny Oglethorpe, June 15, Shreveport, LA, ibid.) I expected to maybe do some DXing this morning, and that didn't happen. As I'm having problems with one of my feet (nothing serious) and need to stay off of it a few days, I decided to see what Wikipedia says about XEPM-2. Raymie, this is part of the English article: "XEPM-TV began broadcasting in digital on October 13, 2012. The station broadcasts on physical channel 29." Twenty-nine is also listed in the sidebar on the right side of the article. The Spanish article has the correct channel (41). Did XEPM TDT use 29 at one time? (Danny Oglethorpe, June 15, Shreveport, LA, ibid.) That's what the IFT tables and the FCC say. Channel 41 is allocated to XHJCI-32 (CE), so perhaps what you saw is a promo explaining how to tune in CE in digital? I have been doing A LOT of cleanup on Wikipedia. Almost every article relating to television in Mexico has been cleaned up a lot in the last year or so, with copyediting, removal of out-of-date information, and a massive effort over two months last summer to update the technical information on television stations. Oddly enough the digital facilities are not listed for identical powers (200 kW for XEPM and XHJUB, 50 kW for XHJCI) which is definitely not what Televisa is doing with their more recent digital facilities. Of course, sometimes the reality on the ground is very different from the tables (Hermosillo, looking at you), but I don't think so in this case (Raymie, June 15, ibid.) In other words, the Spanish article is incorrect: "Como una estación de Televisa Regional, transmite a 100 kW en el canal análogo 2, y a 300 kW en el canal digital 41." I've seen promos for sister stations on XEPM and XEWO over the years, so the XEW relayer is what XEPM is promoting as TDT "41"? That makes sense. Thanks. After checking Rabbit Ears, something looks mighty strange. This line with the virtual channel "2," RF channel "41," and "Televisa" (not XEW - Estrellas) listed for XHJCI caught my eye: 2 41 XHJCI-TDT Ciudad Juarez CH TELEVISA http://www.rabbitears.info/market.ph...rting=physical And this. 32 29 XEPM-TDT Ciudad Juarez CH XEW 32-1 29.3 1080i DD2.0 XHJCI Canal de las Estrellas 32-2 29.4 480i (w) DD2.0 XEPM Canal de las Estrellas (XEPM-TDT 32-1) I know Raymie will sort it all out. (Danny, ibid.) RabbitEars is not a place I would go to for Mexican station information unless I really knew what I was looking for. The problem, as I've said here before, is that the database is riddled with inaccuracies. Again, go back to Hermosillo. The FCC database, the IFT table, and reality all say three different things. It's the bare minimum, and sometimes it even fails at that. XHWX-4 Monterrey hasn't been "NEW" since, oh I don't know, 1985! There may be something up here...if anything, XEPM is on 41 and XHJCI is on 29...but that's minor in the scheme of things. Also, the English Wikipedia articles tend to be written by the same people (me excluded) who wrote the Spanish Wikipedia articles. Seriously, the level of trust I'd have in some of that information is very low. Last edited by Raymie; 06-15-2015 at 02:48 PM (Raymie, ibid.) Raymie, you do an excellent job with the information about Mexico TV. Judging from your comments about Rabbit Ears, it looks like reliable Mexico TDT data is difficult to obtain. It has been that way a long time with Mexico TV. On the other hand, after reviewing my tape from last week, I made a few pictures of the TDT spot. http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?9113-OPMA-is-changing&p=34594#post34594 Click image for larger version. Name: xepm2tdtb.JPG Views: 6 Size: 59.7 KB ID: 17007 Click image for larger version. Name: xepm2tdtc.JPG Views: 5 Size: 62.1 KB ID: 17009 Click image for larger version. Name: xepm2tdta.JPG Views: 4 Size: 65.9 KB ID: 17006 Click image for larger version. Name: xepm2tftd.JPG Views: 4 Size: 61.9 KB ID: 17008 Click image for larger version. Name: xepm24106102015.JPG Views: 3 Size: 58.9 KB ID: 17010 (Danny, Shreveport, LA, ibid.) The second half of the spot (last three pictures) was produced by Televisa (the first two is the same IFT promo I saw online) and I know they had some inaccuracies when they promoted XEJ-TDT. XEJ is unusual: 5.1 Gala TV (// analog) 5.2 "Televisión Alternativa" (HD) The promo mentioned Gala TV HD on 5.1. Obviously that's not the case. (Raymie, ibid.) Yes, I arranged the pictures so as to have the IFT material on top and the Televisa material below. Well, whatever channel XEPM uses for TDT, it won't do me any good. I was just curious after seeing that TDT spot. DXing has led me to learn a lot about Mexico. I often do a little research about the places from where I receive DX. I have read a few books about Mexico and own a big Guia Roja atlas and a big Spanish to English dictionary. In general, DXers are interested to some extent in geography and maps (Danny, June 16, ibid.) ** MICRONESIA. Re: PMA The Cross Off the Air --- Email received June 11, at 0425 UT, from Sylvia at PMA-The Cross Radio: "Hi Ron, We do have power, but haven’t had the time to address the short wave problem after the typhoon. Will let you know when we are up and running again. For now we are broadcasting FM only. Thanks for your concern, Sylvia Kalau Pacific Mission Aviation POB 517 Pohnpei, FM 96941 691-320-2496 kalau @ pmapacific.org " (Ron Howard, June 11, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1778, DXLD) ** MONACO. A very local news, since May 29 the local news bulletin (at 0750 local time [0550 UT] on 98.8 MHz in Monaco) on RMC (French language) has been cancelled. The journalist Jean Louis Filc retired after 43 years at Radio Monte Carlo/RMC (Christian Ghibaudo, Nice, France, DSWCI DX Window June 10 via DXLD) ** MONGOLIA. Upcoming frequency change of Voice of Mongolia, probably from July 1: 0900-0930 NF 12014.9*U-B 250 kW / 178 deg to SEAs English, ex 11999.9, re-ex 12084.9 0930-1000 NF 12014.9*U-B 250 kW / 116 deg to EaAs Mongolian,x 11999.9, re-ex 12084.9 1000-1030 NF 12014.9 U-B 250 kW / 116 deg to EaAs Chinese, ex 11999.9, re-ex 12084.9 1030-1100 NF 12014.9 U-B 250 kW / 116 deg to EaAs Japanese, x 11999.9, re-ex 12084.9 * co-channel Radio Japan NHK World till 1000 on 12015 ASC 250 kW/245 deg to SoAm Japanese. The frequency 12015 kHz is registered in HFCC Database on June 16 but effective from May 1 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/06/upcoming-frequency-change-of-voice-of.html (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1778, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 12000, 6/10 1007 VOM, Ulaanbaatar, in Chinese; YL: talks; barely audible or unlistenable transmission; Voice of Mongolia is a very irregular station; 25431 (José Ronaldo Xavier, Cabedelo, Brazil, JRX Logs June 10, 2015, Receiver: Sony ICF-SW100S, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** MOROCCO. MARRUECOS, 171 kHz, Medi 1, Nador, 0357-0405, escuchada el 11 de junio de 2015 en árabe a locutoras con comentarios en programa musical, probablemente boletín de noticias, titulares y saludo en árabe, emisión de música popular, sin emisión en 9575, SINPO 34443 207 kHz, SNRT, Al-Idaâ al-Watania, Azilat Demnate, 0405-0408, escuchada el 11 de junio de 2015 en árabe con canto del Corán, SINPO 23442 MARRUECOS, 9575, Medi 1, Nador, 1425-1440, escuchada el 12 de junio de 2015 en francés a locutor y locutora con comentarios en programa musical, emisión de música pop internacional; a las 1428 locutor con breve frase en árabe y tema musical, cuña publicitaria en árabe, cuña publicitaria en francés y locutora con noticias en francés, referencias a “La República Gabonesa”, noticias sobre Francia y España, comentarios sobre la nueva alcaldesa de Madrid “Manuela Carmena”; a las 1434 locutores en árabe, locutor con entrevista a invitado en árabe y breve conversación en francés, SINPO 34443 MARRUECOS, 9575, Medí 1, Nador, 1535-1558, escuchada el 13 de junio de 2015 en francés y poco de español, locutor anuncia “Ritmo Latino Benaira”, emisión de música latina de orquesta, probablemente cubana, locutora con comentarios en francés y español, “…Ritmo Latino… Orquesta La Palabra….”, se despide con “…se nos acabó el tiempo, Chao”, otro tema musical y locutor con boletín de noticias en árabe, SINPO 54554. Biografía de la Orquesta La Palabra: "La Palabra" nació en el pueblo de Caimanera, provincia Oriental de Cuba, enrolándose desde muy pequeño en un ambiente musical al ritmo de Hirakiri, Mozambique, Paca, Joropo, Changui y el Mozancha. http://www.musica.com/letras.asp?info=74165&biografia=25904&idf=5 (José Miguel Romero, Sacañet (Castellón), España, Grundig Yacht Boy 80, Antena telescópica, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Medí 1, Programa Ritmo Latino en 171 kHz y 9575 kHz Ritmo Latino Avec Leila Chaque Samedi à 16h00 et 21h00 --- C'est l'EMISSION Latino du maghreb par excellence. Elle sera votre bande son du Samedi après-midi, et où il vous sera absolument impossible de ne pas danser furieusement ou du moins vibrer... Je vous accueille donc tous les samedis de 16h à 17h dans un décor sonore hyper chaleureux entre Amérique Latine et Antilles, en passant par les "Barrios latinos", ces célèbres "Quatiers latins" à travers le Monde, que je dénicherai pour vous, comme s'il s'agissait d'un trésor enfoui dans les Mers turquoises des Caraïbes... Et bien sûr je récolterai avec un immense plaisir vos feedback et commentaires à l'adresse suivante : l.belarbi@medi1.com Saludos a todos, Latinement votre, Leila! Posted by: (JOSE MIGUEL ROMERO ROMERO, Spain, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1778, DXLD) Times mentioned are presumably ``local``. Morocco is on UT in winter, UT +1 in summer, EXCEPT during Ramadan which has now started, back to UT! from June 14 to July 19 per http://www.timeanddate.com/time/change/morocco/casablanca Some other Islamic-dominated countries infested with DST do the same thing (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1778, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NEW ZEALAND. Frequency changes of RNZI in English effective June 5 0651-0758 7330 RAN 025 kW / 035 deg to Tonga in DRM Mon-Fri,ex 9890 1551-1745 5975 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg to Cooks/Samoa/Niue AM, ex 9700 1746-1835 9700 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg to Cooks/Samoa/Niue AM, ex 11725 1836-1850 9700 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg to Cooks/Samoa/Niue AM, ex 11725 1836-1850 9760 RAN 025 kW / 035 deg to Cooks/Samoa/Niue DRM,ex 11690 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/06/frequency-changes-of-rnzi-in-english.html (DX RE MIX NEWS #914 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, June 15, 2015, via DXLD) 15720, June 12 at 0405, no AM signal from scheduled RNZI frequency but DRM noise is funxioning on 17670-17675-17680. 11725, June 12 at 0520, RNZI also AWOL from its next AM frequency. Must be Friday maintenance (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) They must've come back on at sometime closer to 0425 UT as I listened to a fair bit of RNZ Nat's 'The Panel" with Jim Mora from somewhere prior to 0430/9.30 pm PDT Thurs 11 June across the bottom-of-hour news headlines and wx and later till about 0445. TD Burnaby, BC (Theo Donnelly, ODXA yg via DXLD) 6170, RNZI, 6/12 1325. Male presenter, pop vocal. Some strange tune sounding like from a David Lynch movie with an outage lasting from 1330 to 1331. After that minute, signal back on to stay with same vocalist, different song. Absolute armchair reception (Rick Barton, El Mirage AZ, with Drake R8, Grundig Satellit 750, random wire and outdoor Slinky, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15720, RNZI, 0325-0357, June 14. Action drama "Undercover Mumbai," following the activities of Alia Khan, a woman police inspector; good. Rather entertaining (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11725-AM, June 16 at 0531, RNZI is AWOL again. 15715-15720-15725, June 18 at 0210, DRM noise must be RNZI, but this frequency is now supposed to be in AM! Own schedule shows: 0200-0255 15720 AM Pacific Daily 0255-0400 15720 AM 17675 DRM Pacific Daily So no DRM yet on 17670-17675-17680. The only hours 15720 is supposed to be in DRM are: 1951-2050 11725 AM 15720 DRM Pacific Daily 2051-2150 11725 AM 15720 DRM Solomon Islands AM Daily DRM Sun-Fri (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) RNZI 15720-AM was there at ~0430 UT 18 June, but went off suddenly / early at 0454. Hadn't appeared on 11725 before my last check just before the hour. Dunno whether Rangitaiki might have had weather problems, as the Central Plateau had snow the previous night/early morning. TD (Theo Donnelly, Burnaby, BC [ex-NZ], ODXA yg via dXLD) ** NIGERIA. 9690- fair June 13 at 0558, // weaker 7255, VON drumming before presumed Hausa service, irregular but sometimes runs a full hour rather than a semihour, per Thorsten Hallmann. 9690 is really the third SSOB topped only by the WRMIs on 9955 & 9395; not much else (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I tried to nail down a schedule of Voice of Nigeria, but this is not an easy task. But however, here's a fragment: 0600-0700 Hausa 7255//9689.9 Abuja 0700-0730 French 7255 Abuja? Programme feed from Lagos via Abuja? 0730-0800 Hausa 7255 Abuja 0800-? Unid language 7255 - likely not hausa, something sounding "soft", female announcer this week, too weak to identify, though tried several remote tuners. 9689.9 doesn't seem to return for 0800-0900 Hausa as observed in the past. What's going on in Lagos/Ikorodu? 15120+Livestream not observed in the morning. In the afternoon, the livestream is on irregularly but only until -1600, then into dead air. From 1500 to 1600 there's the block of newscasts in Kiswahili, Yoruba, Igbo, Arabic. 15120 has been on air sporadically for that over the past week, but not observed this week. Ivo reported 1400-1445 English and 1445-1500 French on 9690 on May 27, this certainly Lagos, announcing in fact 9690 kHz and from 15120 from 1500 in the french service. The speaker stops in between as if he has something else on the paper or read out something wrong, I can't reconstruct it however: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.de/2015/05/surprisingly-strong-reception-of-voice.html last part of the french service. However, this is yet a single report. 1800-2000 English 7255//15120DRM Abuja 2000-2100 Hausa 9689.9 Abuja 2100-2200 Hausa 11769.9 Abuja ...seems to be on as usual, but more or less irregular.... It would be VERY interesting if anybody with DRM receiver could try to check 15120 at 1955 UT+, if they read out a schedule for the English broadcasts! So much, so few for today. 73 (Thorsten Hallmann, Germany, June 13, dxldyg via DX LISTENIING DIGEST) Hi everyone, V of Nigeria in English recorded Saturday 13 June from 1800 UT on 15120 kHz/DRM. Have just been reviewing the recording that I set from 1800 to 2000. Fortunately, the DRM signal was mostly strong and steady. It does appear that the programmes have changed schedule slightly since I last monitored the station in the evening (a few weeks ago). The programmes today were: 1800 (60 mins): Africa Hour (previously I had this listed at 1900 UT) 1900 (15 mins): Impressions (previously I had this listed at 1830 UT) 1915 (15 mins): Politics Today (previously I had this listed Mondays at 1830UT, but maybe still is also Mondays) 1930 Tentative sign-off. (I have this as tentative because when there is no DRM signal, the Winradio recorder pauses recording. There was an apparent signal dropout immediately after Politics Today, and on resume there was a sign-off announcement. I think the dropout was momentary, but it's possible that it could have been for 30 minutes). No schedule was given, just the sign-off announcement which said "...join us again tomorrow same time Sunday at eight hours GMT..." (I think just a slip of speech to say 8 hours GMT rather than 18 hours GMT). Clearly, more monitoring is required (Alan Roe, Teddington, UK, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) V of Nigeria. Following observations by Thorsten Hallmann in DXLD yahoo group, noting that VoN seemed to be operating at variance to previous schedules, I have confirmed that the evening transmission of V of Nigeria in English is now 1800 to 1930 UT on 7255 and 15120 (DRM). There's excellent reception of 15120 in DRM at my location (Alan Roe, Teddington, UK, June 14, NASWA yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1778, DXLD) Hi again, thanks Alan, that's interesting. Today another little change: French 0700-0728 was // 7254.95 and 9689.9 approx., after that 31mB went off. Announced was 7255, but times unintelligible. The latter frequency can also be heard in Europe, the former on US remote receivers. The earlier sign-off for English would make sense, if they'd have installed also a French segment in the evening. M-F however, there was the main newscast "60 minutes" 19-20 UT, either that's "30 minutes" now, or rescheduled or abandoned. There was an afternoon edition of this also, from Lagos/Iko in contrast to the evening one, but this seems be disappeared. 73 (Thorsten Hallmann, ibid.) Hi, Latest update today (15 June) - The program "Sixty Minutes" is now aired Monday-Friday at 1800-1900 UT. At 1930, VoN signed off in English on 15120 kHz/DRM announcing that they were handing over to the Fulfulde service. There was a few seconds of Fulfulde before the transmitter was cut, but no other indications for length of the following service or which frequencies (Alan Roe, Teddington, UK, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1778, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [and non]. Good reception of Voice of Nigeria in 1800-1830 UT slot June 16 1800-1830 on 7255 IKO 250 kW / 248 deg to WCAf English 1830-1900 on 7255 IKO 250 kW / 248 deg to WCAf English, QRM Vatican Radio on 7250 1900-2000 on 7255 IKO 250 kW / 248 deg to WCAf English, strong co-ch CRI Turkish: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/06/good-reception-of-voice-of-nigeria-in.html (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NIGERIA [non]. 12050, 6/10 1823, USA, Dandal Kura R., relay Ascension, in Kanuri lang; YL/OM: talks; very good signal and modulation; 45544 (José Ronaldo Xavier, Cabedelo, Brazil, JRX Logs June 10, 2015, Receiver: Sony ICF-SW100S, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** NIGERIA [non]. MANARA RADIO, new broadcast to Nigeria, Niger, Ghana. First observation on June 12: 0730-0825 on 15440 unknown transmitter site to WeAf Hausa or similar WeAf language. Ten videos will be added. Please help to identify the language. Thanks in advance. http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/06/manara-radio-new-broadcast-to-nigeria.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1778, DX LISTENING DIGEST) MANARA RADIO on June 12 0730-0825 on 15440 Hausa or similar WeAf language, 10 videos http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/06/manara-radio-new-broadcast-to-nigeria.html -- 73! (Ivo, ibid.) Según anucia en su facebook: Manara RADIO --- Radio channel that enlightened Muslim Ummah, those in West Africa anad Middle East predominanatly... Za a iya sauraron MANARA Rediyo kai tsaye a gajeren zango wato (SW) kamar haka: Safe: 8:30am zuwa 09:30am a 15440 KHZ Maraice: 5:00pm zuwa 06:00pm a 17765 KHZ Ayi sauraro lafiya. Horario UTC 0730-0830 15440 1600-1700 17765 (José Miguel Romero2, Spain, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1778, DXLD) https://www.facebook.com/ManaraRadio Manara RADIO --- June 11 at 1:04pm Edited ``Za a iya sauraron MANARA Rediyo kai tsaye a gajeren zango wato (SW) kamar haka: Safe: 8:30am zuwa 09:30am a 15440 KHZ Maraice: 5:00pm zuwa 06:00pm a 17765 KHZ Ayi sauraro lafiya`` Google translate identifies it as Hausa and incomprehensibly translates the name of the station to another unknown name: (gh) Antelmo RADIO June 11 at 1:04 pm Edited Can listen Antelmo Radio directly in the short term the (SW) as follows: Morning: 8:30 am to 09:30 pm at 15440 kHz Evening: 5:00 pm to 06:00 pm at 17765 kHz Health situated audience (Google translate via gh, DXLD) NIGERIA NEW SATELLITE CHANNELS SPREAD ISLAM http://www.onislam.net/english/news/3337-Africa/487381-nigeria-new-satellite-channels-spread-islam.html CAIRO – In a bid to spread true Islamic teachings, new radio and television channels have been launched by a leading Nigerian Islamic group, serving as a lighthouse in West Africa. “We want to change the entire Muslim Ummah’s lives through Manara, in area of preaching to them to do the right thing and always avoid anything capable of breaching the peace,” Sheikh Bala Lau, chairman of Jama’atu Izalatul Bidah Wa Iqamatis Sunnah (JIBWIS), was quoted by Leadership newspaper on Thursday, June 11. Adressing guests at the inauguration in Abuja, Lau said the new channels would be known as Manara Radio and Television stations. Along with serving Islam, the project was expected to create job opportunities for youth and women. “We are thinking of generating funds through various Jumaát Mosques using Manara stations to assist the less privileged in the society,” Lau said. According to Lau, the JIBWIS has been working media field for a long period by running a television satellite called Sunnah satellite television which was transmitting from outside the country “by our brothers and sisters who had the license”. The new channel is expected to benefit both Muslims and non-Muslims by helping them to understand the teachings of Islam, he added. Lau also urged the Muslim Ummah to do the right thing and abstain from “what Allah hates in order to deepen their religious belief as well as believe in Almighty Allah”. Praise The new Manara channels won applaud from Nigerian officials and religious leaders alike. Gov. Abdulazeez Yari of Zamfara said the launching of Manara Radio and Television stations would create an opportunity for the Muslim Ummah to communicate more with one another. “We are happy that Manara Radio and Television stations and many others have come on board,” Yari said. “The Muslims should put in their best in the area of communication and information because it is the bedrock of whatever an individual, groups or government is doing today.” The head of the Nigerian Muslim and the Sultan of Sokoto, represented by Alhaji Ahmed Oga, the Andoma of Doma, urged the organisation to employ quality staff for quality service delivery. “I have no doubt in my mind that the stations will compete favourably with their foreign counterparts like VOA, BBC and CNN, among others. I can assure the Muslims and Nigerians that another innovation in the area of radio communication and television has come on board,’’ he said. The Sultan, however, urged the Muslim Ummah to cooperate with the stations in order to achieve the aims and objectives for setting them up. Nigeria, one of the world's most religiously committed nations, is divided between a Muslim north and a Christian south. Muslims and Christians, who constitute 55 and 40 percent of Nigeria's 140 million population respectively, have lived in peace for the most part. But ethnic and religious tensions have bubbled for years, fuelled by decades of resentment between indigenous groups, mostly Christian or animist, who are vying for control of fertile farmlands with migrants and settlers from the Hausa-speaking Muslim north. Posted by: (JOSE MIGUEL ROMERO ROMERO, dxldyg via DXLD) New transmission to Nigeria MANARA RADIO has started from June 12: 0730-0825 on 15440 UNID transmitter site to WeAf Hausa, Jose Miguel Romero added: 1600-1655 on 17765 UNID transmitter site to WeAf Hausa. More videos will be added http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/06/manara-radio-new-broadcast-to-nigeria.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, dxldyg via DXLD) Saludos cordiales; 17765, Manara Radio, 1600-, tentativa, sin emisión en esta frecuencia, o al menos yo no he conseguido captar nada, malas condiciones de propagación, a pesar de ser anunciada esta frecuencia para esta nueva emisora; busco frecuencia alternativa, pero no he conseguido captar nada. Desde Valencia en España, prácticamente a esa hora todas las bandas en SW están cerradas (Romero2, June 12, ibid.) Also poor signal here in Bulgaria on 17765, but audible Videos will be added on http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/06/manara-radio-new-broadcast-to-nigeria.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria 1711 UT June 12, ibid.) I could hear "Manara Radio" on 17765 kHz here in Southern Saxony- Anhalt via Sporadic-E. Clouds were located over Benelux, Eastern France and SW-Germany, so, TX-QTH presumably in Central France f0Es Dourbes 6 MHz/110 km https://app.box.com/s/gq94lgjkgjxwfv25hiza6cy3uhxdeqv0 ICOM R-75+Studio1 related links: http://pulse.ng/religion/media-manara-television-and-radio-launches-in-nigeria-id3859193.html https://www.facebook.com/pages/Manara-Tv/342992939214413?fref=nf https://scontent-fra3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xaf1/v/t1.0-9/11390024_421769858003387_4433437252174694959_n.jpg?oh=e0e3379381b7ef71744308257ec1bf92&oe=55FC66B6 "...don kyakkyawar rayuwa mai albarka" - blessed for a better life (roger, Germany, ibid.) Logo is a lighthouse, apparently what Manara means (gh, DXLD) To Nigeria, 15440, Manara Radio, 0740-0755, 13-06, vernacular comments, mentioned "Nigeria", Vernacular and Arabic songs. 44444 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo Spain, ibid.) 15440, Manara Radio, 0715-0745, tentativa el 13 de junio de 2015, chequeada esta frecuencia en diferentes segmentos horarios, antes y durante horario anunciado sin captar señal alguna. Busco frecuencia alternativa sin obtener resultado. 15440, Manara Radio, 0756-0803, escuchada el 13 de junio de 2015 en idioma africano sin identificar, probablemente Hausa, mujer cantando, locutor con comentarios, SINPO 24432, a las 0803 mejora considerablemente la señal, posible ID “Manara mutami”, SINPO 44444 (José Miguel Romero, Sacañet (Castellón), España, Grundig Yacht Boy 80, Antena telescópica, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) FRANCIA?? 17765, Manara Radio, Issoudun??, 1600-1605, escuchada el 13 de junio de 2015 probablemente en hausa, canción interpretada por mujer joven, locutor con comentarios, la canción es la misma escuchada en la emisión matinal, SINPO 23442 (JM Romero2, Spain, ibid.) https://app.box.com/s/gjagb279t031kd3ygex2vccime4s9r1b2015-06-13_0752z_Manara_Radio_15440kHz.m4a IC-R75+Studio1 ca. 3MB Situación típica en la recepción esporádica-E. Nubes (de "Es") sobre el sur de Francia, sur de Alemania y Suiza. Short-skip en la dirección de mi (Sajonia-Anhalt), sino también a España ==> (Castellón / Valencia ===> EA5CYA) Manara Radio = Faro Radio (lighthouse ~) Aquí la situación para esta mañana 08.02z: http://www.rhci-online.net/files/2015-06-13_0802z_sporadic-E.gif (roger, Germany, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Saludos cordiales. FRANCIA?? 17765 Manara Radio, Issoudun??, Esta es mi sospecha personal - basado en conexiones a través de esporádica-E. (Romero, ibid.) ``16:00-16:05, escuchada el 13 de junio de 2015 probablemente en hausa, canción interpretada por mujer joven`` Mujer Joven? - Este es un canales islámicos particularmente religiosos. Para mí, esto sonaba como un niño masculino de 7 años. No veo ningunas mujeres aquí............. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Manara-Tv/342992939214413?sk=photos_stream ``locutor con comentarios, la canción es la misma escuchada en la emisión matinal, SINPO 23442`` No hay conexión a través de esporádica-E. Sólo las señales de retrodispersión en la zona del silencio de F2. Probablemente desde Issoudun (Roger, Germany, ibid.) De "01:16 min" Oración de un niño masculino https://app.box.com/s/gjagb279t031kd3ygex2vccime4s9r1b Canales islámicos religiosos, presumiblemente estas reglas: - No hay canciones divertidas - Los cánticos son oraciones - No hay mujeres delante el micrófono Eso no es "Medi2"......... ;-) (roger, alemania, ibid.) En efecto Roger, esa es la canción escuchada, la grabación es muy buena, señal fuerte y limpia (Jose Miguel, ibid.) Here's another clue - the sound design: Aquí hay otra pista - el diseño de sonido: http://www.rhci-online.net/files/2015-06-14_Issoudun.gif (roger, ibid.) MANARA RADIO from June 11, according HFCC June 14 0730-0830 on 15440 ISS 150 kW / 170 deg to WeAf Hausa RMI broker 1600-1700 on 17765 ISS 150 kW / 170 deg to WeAf Hausa RMI broker -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1778, DXLD) June 12: Manara Radio, new transmission, probably in Hausa 0734 on 15440 unknown tx site https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gv5tKqvPxHg&feature=youtu.be Manara Radio, new transmission, probably in Hausa 0744 on 15440 unknown tx site https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fd2lBXn8-k4&feature=youtu.be Manara Radio, new transmission, probably in Hausa 0746 on 15440 unknown tx site https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqTPnyamXK0&feature=youtu.be Manara Radio, new transmission, probably in Hausa 0754 on 15440 unknown tx site https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIBD-CI-Dsk&feature=youtu.be Manara Radio, new transmission, probably in Hausa 0800 on 15440 unknown tx site https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riOkZtRO2Ag&feature=youtu.be Manara Radio, new transmission, probably in Hausa 0805 on 15440 unknown tx site https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZ765ULF-po&feature=youtu.be Manara Radio, new transmission, probably in Hausa 0810 on 15440 unknown tx site https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=na1CGw3Qesk&feature=youtu.be Manara Radio, new transmission, probably in Hausa 0815 on 15440 unknown tx site https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UwoXAqmRLY&feature=youtu.be Manara Radio, new transmission, probably in Hausa 0820 on 15440 unknown tx site https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZC16ooXY20&feature=youtu.be Manara Radio, new transmission, probably in Hausa 0824 on 15440 unknown tx site https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ko7Rwd20Ijk&feature=youtu.be Manara Radio, new transmission in Hausa to WeAf 1600 on 17765 unknown tx site https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTZQkzcA_kg&feature=youtu.be Manara Radio, new transmission in Hausa to WeAf 1614 on 17765 unknown tx site https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvSsA-YtZy0&feature=youtu.be Manara Radio, new transmission in Hausa to WeAf 1628 on 17765 unknown tx site https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQOYBBcvBPI&feature=youtu.be Manara Radio, new transmission in Hausa to WeAf 1643 on 17765 unknown tx site https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCznuGXEpHA&feature=youtu.be Manara Radio, new transmission in Hausa to WeAf 1654 on 17765 unknown tx site https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1c5HPHdTJk&feature=youtu.be Manara Radio, new transmission in Hausa to WeAf 1656 on 17765 unknown tx site https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEFxGhBiePo&feature=youtu.be June 13: Manara Radio, new transmission in Hausa to WeAf 0730 on 15440 unknown tx site https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5mdWfANSYc&feature=youtu.be Manara Radio, new transmission in Hausa to WeAf 0749 on 15440 unknown tx site https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fpxBU7Cqss&feature=youtu.be Manara Radio, new transmission in Hausa to WeAf 0800 on 15440 unknown tx site https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbB027JAwhA&feature=youtu.be Manara Radio, new transmission in Hausa to WeAf 0810 on 15440 unknown tx site https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4Dx6yBnqIA&feature=youtu.be Manara Radio, new transmission in Hausa to WeAf 0823 on 15440 unknown tx site https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scYpjNea7gI&feature=youtu.be Manara Radio, new transmission in Hausa to WeAf 0826 on 15440 unknown tx site https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHPCPoA5YEQ&feature=youtu.be Manara Radio, new transmission in Hausa to WeAf 1600 on 17765 unknown tx site https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YxLr1qvXZQ&feature=youtu.be Manara Radio, new transmission in Hausa to WeAf 1657 on 17765 unknown tx site https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AISLyX5d8Z8&feature=youtu.be June 14: Manara Radio, new transmission in Hausa to WeAf 1600 on 17765 Issoudun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcdYcWHf5CQ&feature=youtu.be Manara Radio, new transmission in Hausa to WeAf 1640 on 17765 Issoudun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2t8Luaw488&feature=youtu.be (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) FRANCE, [Hausa service to all Sahel zone], New transmission MANARA RADIO at 170 degrees from TDF Issoudun France site on - slightly reduced power of 150 kW - via Alliss or rather older Issoudun curtain array? Arabic-German translation Leuchtturm - Leuchtfeuer-Radio - Lighthouse Radio. Brokered by Jeff White at RMI Florida USA. Money does not smell. Noteworthy is the cooperation to a Salafism propaganda radio program towards all Sahel / between North Africa and the Equator. See TV satellite two transponder program: Their TV program via satellite: Manara TV via Nilesat, Eutelsat 7 West A, 11595,00 V 27500 3/4 Manara TV via Mena Media, Eutelsat 7 West A, 11641,00 H 27500 5/6 See Salafism radio brokery and justice Guantánamo camp Organization nearby Florida --- What a contrast (Wolfgang Büschel, June 14, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 15 via DXLD) MANARA Rediyo heard June 13 to 15 around 08 UT with S=9+25dB sidelobe in Rimini Italy and Kiev Ukraine, and at stronger S=9+35dB in southern Valencia Spain remote SDR unit posts. Accra Ghana and Tunis monitoring showed up June 12 - 13 07:31:12, 120.00, 15440.00 16:28:47, 162.00, 17765.00 similar like signals of TDF RFI and NHK via ISS, or São Tomé relay outlets. Wenn denn der Sendeinhalt muslimisch fundamentalistisch ist, fragt man sich, wer in der EU noch Sendezeit an solch einen Mieter vermietet, bzw. diese Transfer-Koppelung ueber die US Firma Jeff White-FL-USA RMI brokery mitmacht. Geld stinkt nicht. Ich lach mich z'tode ... das Salafisten movement haelt die Kurzwelle am Leben. Praktisch ein kalter Krieg statt der Kapitalismus mit dem kommunistischen Block, jetzt dann die Salafisten gegen den Westen. [Google translation, slightly improved: If because of the broadcast content is Muslim fundamentalist, one wonders is who else rented in the EU airtime to such a tenant, and this transfer-coupling via the US company Jeff White-FL-USA RMI brokery participates. Money does not smell. I am laughing to death --- the Salafists Movement holds the shortwave alive. Practically a cold war instead of capitalism with the communist bloc, now it is the Salafists against the West.] Issoudun 15+17 MHz, screenshot of Manara-Radio via ISS on 15440 kHz, compared against TDF RFI ISS 15300/13695 kHz or NHK Issoudun 15290 kHz of 500 kW Alliss units is M U C H different (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 13 - 15 via WORLD OF RADIO 1778, DXLD) Should we be worried about Salafism? Here`s one report about it: http://www.theweek.co.uk/world-news/6073/what-is-salafism-and-should-we-be-worried-by-it MUCH more about it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salafi_movement (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [indicating some coordination of Hausa broadcasts via ISS site:] Radio France International and Manara Radio via Issoudun: 0700-0730 13685 ISS 500 kW / 170 deg to WeAf Hausa Radio France Int. 0700-0730 15315 ISS 500 kW / 170 deg to WeAf Hausa Radio France Int. 0730-0830 15440 ISS 150 kW / 170 deg to WeAf Hausa Manara Radio, new 1600-1700 17615 ISS 500 kW / 170 deg to WeAf Hausa Radio France Int. 1600-1700 17765 ISS 150 kW / 170 deg to WeAf Hausa Manara Radio, new http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/06/radio-france-international-and-manara.html (Ivo Ivanov, dxldyg via DXLD) ** NORTH AMERICA. PIRATE-NA. Radio Casablanca, 6940 AM, 0049-0053+, 06-05-15, SIO: 343. Usual program of early 40's tunes such as "In The Mood" and "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy". Frequent IDs by Rick Blaine. [Lobdell-MA] PIRATE-NA. Radio Free Whatever, 6950 USB, 0350-0406*, 06-07-15, SIO: 454. Just caught tail end of show with Dick Weed playing tunes, back- to-back including Blue Oyster Cult, ID just before close down. [Lobdell-MA] PIRATE-NA, Voice Of Pearl Harbor, 6950 USB, 0408-0500*, 06-07-15, SIO: 444. Great program on the D-Day invasion of Normandy. Audio clips, speeches, etc. Opened and closed with air raid sirens. [Lobdell-MA] PIRATE-NA, XLR8, 0110-0130+, 06-10-15, SIO: 232. Program of obscure but entertaining tunes! Occasional short ID by male. QRM from the Fishermen (Chris Lobdell, Box 80146, Stoneham, MA 02180, USA, Receivers: Eton E1, JRC NRD-545, Aerials: G5RV Dipole, 40 Meter dipole, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6949.75-USB, approx., June 18 at 0158, bits of music keep getting cut off, switching to another piece. No carrier and hard to pinpoint frequency, but seems slightly on low side. Also reported as unID by several with same inconclusive programming as early as 0000: http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,22231.0.html but the final one says it was XLR8 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 740, June 12 at 0527 UT, surprised to hear ``Silent Night`` playing 6 months out of synch, maybe something CFMZ would do? No, it`s only KRMG Tulsa and playing a bit of it again at 0529 UT apparently bookending a talk show segment, Dennis? (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 1000, June 14 at 0309 UT near Kingfisher OK on caradio, I am not getting KTOK, but a Dodgers/Padres game, which would be on ESPN, such as WMVP Chicago. KTOK must be off the air; 930 WKY still local quality groundwave signal. After 05 UT from Enid, usual signal from KTOK with talk, not sports (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 1120, June 9 and 10 while relatively close in Bartlesville, a few random chex for KEOR/KETU Sperry in the daytime produced nothing. 1120, June 12 at 1759, KEOR/KETU is definitely back on with as good a groundwave signal as it ever attains here, continuous Mexican music past 1807, several tunes segued with no announcements, no ads, not even a legal hourtop ID when one could have been inserted easily. Is it still La Picuda syndication service out of L.A.? No IDs for that either. These songs all seemed by same artist, whiny male vocalist with trumpets and tuba; another block checked later in the hour had more variety and still no announcements whatsoever (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Still on June 18 ** OKLAHOMA. 94.3, June 17 at 1526, while tuning for Es DX, notice that local KLGB-LP Enid has buzz on main carrier and louder buzzy spurs on 94.1 and 94.5 [not 93.5 typo in original report] (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. Earthquake report: June 17 at 1917:35 UT as I am resting on bed, it shakes for a few seconds (and no one else is around). USGS later confirms this was a 4.2, at 20 km west of Perry, 5 km deep, at 1917:08 UT, so a ~27 second delay to reach Enid (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. CHASQUI DX PFA – JUNIO 2015 --- CQ, CQ, CQ; Aquí Pedro F. Arrunátegui para compartir algo con los que disfrutan y aman el DX latinoamericano, todas las horas son UTC, desde la tierra de los incas, les informo mediante este Quipus lo siguiente: ONDA MEDIA: 780.064, PERÚ, R. Victoria, Lima, Lima; 13/06 0002-0020 44444 px por las rutas del Perú mxf ID “Desde Lima capital del Perú, transmite Radio Victoria en Lima Perú". (Durante el ID ellos colocan de fondo la quinta sinfonía de Beethoven) px Festival Puneño 839.996, PERÚ, R. Visión, Casma, La Libertad; 31/05 0340-0410 33333 px Sanación Iglesia Pentecostal ID “Nos sigan escuchando por Radio Visión en esta ciudad de Casma” x religioso ID “Desde la bella ciudad ce Casma, transmite Radio Visión” 889.975, PERÚ, R. Nor Andina, Celendín, Cajamarca; 15/06 0021-0030 33333 news sobre las elecciones en la provincia de Celendín mx ID “De su preferencia en escuchar Radio Nor Andina” mx ID “A través de Radio Nor Andina" mx “Radio Nor Andina que trasmite a través de los 890 en amplitud modulada” mx regional. 969.980, PERÚ; R. Líder, Cajamarca, Cajamarca; 31/05 0710-0735 33333 ID “Líder la radio que te acompaña” ID “Vallas donde vallas Líder está contigo” 000340 px Serenata Ecuatoriana ID “La hora Líder 2 de la mañana con 35 minutos” 979.092, PERÚ, R Andina, Chota, Cajamarca; 18/05, 0240- 0300 22222 ID En el local de Radio Andina” advs Foto Chota, usted encontrara todo lo necesario para su fotografía. ID En el mismo local de Radio Andina… recuerda foto Chota” 1400.091, PERÚ, R. Nueva Campesina, Cajamarca, Cajamarca; 27/05 0940- 1010 33333 mxf saludos al caserío de Yacorco, mxf ya se encuentra en Cajamarca ID "Por Nueva Campesina" 1420.010, PERÚ, R. San Isidro, Lince, Lima; 8/06 1545-1605 44444 mxf advs ID “Desde el corazón de Lince para todo el Perú, transmite Radio San Isidro en los 1420 AM, la nota elegante del folclor” 1530.068, PERÚ, R. Milenia, Los Olivos, Lima; 22/05 2345-0005 33333 mxf varias saludos y mensajes ID “Por Radio Milenia” mx ID “Radio Milenia, la señal de impacto nacional,…. Teléfono de cabina 7153268 y administración 7153669 (escuchar grabación adjunta). 1540.072, PERÚ, R. Turbomix, Cajamarca; 19/05, 2332-2340 44444 mxf advs curanderismo px Tradiciones Nor Andinas ID “En las escuetas responde yo escucho Turbomix AM..” mx luego pasan Slogan “mxf huayno de Radio Turmix “(escuchar grabación adjunta) 1590.074, PERÚ, R. Municipal, San Marcos, Cajamarca; 19/05 0150-0225 22222 mxf ID “Radio. Municipal..” 4747.60, PERÚ, R. Huanta 2000, Huari; 10/06 2225-2315 44444 px La Voz de la Liberación por la Iglesia Pentecostal Dios es Amor ID "Por Radio Huanta 2000" 4824.48, PERÚ, R. La Voz de la Selva; Iquitos; 12/06 2310-2320 22222 news ID “Radio La Voz de la Selva” va y viene la señal, bastante débil. 5024.92, PERÚ, R. Quillabamba, Quillabamba, Cusco; 3/06 1135-1155 44444 news px Panorama Mundial ID "Radio Quillabamba está con usted” px sobre el partido de la selección de Perú en Chile. 6173.85, PERÚ, R. Tawantinsuyo, Cusco; 27/05 2210-2240 33333 mxf advs sobre esoterismo ID “ Por radio Tawantinsuyo" mxf. La recepción la he efectuado del 18/05 al 15/06 en compañía de mis sabuesos Icom IC R72, ELAD FDM-S1, acompañados del Splitter ASA 4 x 2, Mizuho KX-3, MFJ-1025 y el una antena de hilo largo de 12 metros, con antena auxiliar, una Mini Whip y una antena loop. NOTA: Para un mejor escucha de las grabaciones que adjunto, sugiero escuchar con los audífonos. [audios attached to the dxldyg posting] 889.975 R. Nor Andina PFA Junio 15, 2015.mp3 979.092 R. Andina PFA Mayo 18, 2015.mp3 1420.010 R. San Isidro PFA Junio 8, 2015.mp3 1530.068 R. Milenia PFA Mayo 22, 2015.mp3 1540.072 R. Turbomix PFA Mayo 19, 2015.mp3 11780.14 R. Nacional Brasil PFA Mayo 29, 2015.mp3 6134.86 R. Santa Cruz PFA Mayo 24, 2015.mp3 Vivo en una casa muy pequeña, pero, sus ventanas se abren hacia un mundo muy grande. Muchos 218’s PFA (Pedro F. Arrunátegui, Lima, Chasqi DX June, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also BOLIVIA, BRAZIL, COLOMBIA, ECUADOR, MEXICO ** PERU. 4747, Radio Huanta 2000, Huanta, Ayacucho, OM habla de la oyente con nombre Alicia, en 00:03 del video / música tradicional de la region. Dia 11/06, sinpo 45333 a las 1036 UT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHQqUCMnKAU&feature=youtu.be RX: Tecsun S-2000 Antenna: Long wire 400 Meters Horizontal (Daniel Wyllyans, Nova Xavantina MT, Brazil, June 17, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** PERU. 5980, R. CHASKI, 9/6 0055 UT. Himnos corales. i.e.: ``El Señor resucitó`` e instrumentales. Hora local: ``son las 20 horas`` (01 UT del 10/6), luego avisos de la emisora. SINPO: 55434 (Claudio Galaz Toledo, QTH: Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, RX: Realistic DX-160, ANT: Hilo de 30 metros de largo + antena de tierra de 20 metros, condiglista yg via DXLD) 5980, June 16 at 0100, JBA carrier from R. Chaski, until cutoff at 0103:35.5*, which is 68 seconds later than last check 11 nights ago on June 5 at 0102:27.5 = averaging 6.2 seconds later per, adhering closely to its long-established ``schedule`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PHILIPPINES. 15640 // 17820, R. Pilipinas, 0226, June 14 (Sunday). Weekend programs very different from weekdays; in English with round table discussion about tourism, places to visit and how wonderful the Filipino people are; 0242 program of reading of poems (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PHILIPPINES. Radio Veritas Asia, 1348 16 Jun 2015 11870, 1345 16 JUN - RADIO VERITAS ASIA (PHILIPPINES) in HINDI from PALAUIG, ZEMBALES (RVA). SINPO = 14222. Male and female announcers. Heavy QRN. Sf135.8, a14, k2, geomag: quiet. 250 kW, beamAz 300 deg, bearing 304 deg. Sangean ATS505 with Kaito RA33 in west facing window. Received at Las Vegas [NV], United States, 11924 km from transmitter at Palauig, Zembales (RVA). Local time: 6:45. http://swldx.tumblr.com/ (Rodney Johnson, dxldyg via DXLD) ** QATAR [non]. Some Japanese DXer received UnID Arabic station on 5940 kHz at *2000 UT on June 13. New Clandestine station? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v948uDEbO-E by Rakuta in Tokyo. IBB RMS-Kuwait had been the monitor. SMTWTFS 20:01:56 S BAB ARAB 5940 AM DHA 20 MP4. Sound: http://nea.ibbmonitor.com/RMS_Data/Sounds/2015_06_13/ARAB/BAB/KUWA/ (S. Hasegawa, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1778, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hello, This is the audio of AlJazeera TV network with the notorious musical theme of a programme called the harvest of the day. In the IBB -Kuwait file, Time 22:01 you would hear the word AlJazeera very clear at the beginning of the file. Best 73 (Tarek Zeidan, Cairo, Egypt Sent from my iPad, June 14 dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1778, DXLD) Al Jazeera TV sound in Arabic has been received on 5940 via Dhabbbaya at *2000 UT on Jun. 14. It was blocked in the CNR-1 side-splatter on 5945 kHz to 2025. And Hiroshi has been confirmed that began in June 11 where are listening to the Perseus data. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l62sCu-I0wA by DFS in Izumo, Shimane-pref at 2000UT on June 14 (S. Hasegawa, Japan, ibid.) Hello, Via Dahabya? I can't get that audio stream here in Cairo, but I only can get it via SDR in Twente University in The Netherlands. 73 (Tarek Zeidan, Cairo, Egypt, Sent from my iPad, June 15, ibid.) Dear Tarek, Yes, in the monitoring script of Kuwait, Cairo and Addis Ababa of the IBB-RMS it has been described as Dhabbaya. SMTWTFS 20:01:56 S BAB ARAB 5940 AM DHA 20 MP4 (S. Hasegawa, ibid.) Yes, no signal in IBB RMS Cairo, but very good signal in IBB RMS Addis Ababa -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, ibid.) U.K.(non), The audio of Al-Jazeera TV on shortwave via BABCOCK tx in Dhabbaya 2000-2300 on 5940 DHA 250 kW / 045 deg to WeAs Arabic effective from June 11. Videos will be added tomorrow June 15 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/06/the-audio-of-al-jazeera-tv-on-shortwave.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov SW News June 13/14, dxldyg via DXLD) Note next post has changed the degrees radically from 45 to 255: (gh) U.K.(non) The audio of Al-Jazeera TV on shortwave via BABCOCK transmitter in Dhabbaya [UAE]: 2000-2300 5940 DHA 250 kW / 255 deg CEAf Arabic effective from June 11, videos http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/06/the-audio-of-al-jazeera-tv-on-shortwave.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) June 14: The audio of Al Jazeera TV on shortwave to CEAf 2000 on 5940 Al Dhabbaya https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuU4RY2bFFY&feature=youtu.be The audio of Al Jazeera TV on shortwave to CEAf 2045 on 5940 Al Dhabbaya https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL18d7TQHEc&feature=youtu.be The audio of Al Jazeera TV on shortwave to CEAf 2100 on 5940 Al Dhabbaya https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMQRt2BBT_8&feature=youtu.be (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Someone suggested, but I seem to have misplaced it, that the reason for this on SW could be difficulty by war-torn Yemenis in receiving it via satellite (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1778, DXLD) ** RUSSIA. Digital broadcasting ----------------------------- Russian Ministry of Communications decided to transfer stations to digital broadcasting. This writes "Kommersant" with reference to the draft decision of the State Commission for Radio Frequencies. Initially the plans were part of the federal target program for 2009- 2015. But in 2012 the government withdrew from the project objectives for the development of radio. The European Broadcasting Union recognizes the most promising standard DAB +. It has high resistance, has high spectral efficiency. On one channel can accommodate up to 18 radio stations in high quality sound instead of one. Such receivers are in the range of 20 euros. The digital broadcasting standard DAB + distributed in 40 countries, including Australia, Britain, Germany and China (govoritmoskva.ru via OnAir.ru via RusDX June 14 via DXLD) ** SAUDI ARABIA. 17895, June 12 at 0306, very poor signal with Qur`an, so BSKSA HQS from Riyadh scheduled 0255-0800 at 40 degrees azimuth. 15170, 0250-0600 at 355 degrees is regular in the summer (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SEYCHELLES [non]. U.K.(non), Observations of FEBA Radio in 1700- 2000 UT slot June 16 [Tuesday] 1700-1715 6180 DHA 250 kW / 215 deg EaAf English, ex Somali 1700-1730 11610 MEY 100 kW / 015 deg EaAf Tigrinya 1700-1830 15260 WOF 250 kW / 105 deg N/ME Arabic Radio Sama 1715-1800 6180 DHA 250 kW / 215 deg EaAf Somali 1730-1800 6180 DHA 250 kW / 215 deg EaAf Somali, additional 1730-1800 7510 ERV 300 kW / 192 deg EaAf Silte 1730-1800 15510 WOF 250 kW / 140 deg CeAf Beja Radio Ibrahim 1800-1830 15510 WOF 250 kW / 140 deg CeAf Fur Radio Ibrahim 1830-1900 15510 WOF 250 kW / 140 deg CeAf Arabic Radio Ibrahim 1900-1930 7425 WOF 300 kW / 140 deg CeAf Arabic Radio Ibrahim 1900-1930 11875 WOF 300 kW / 170 deg WeAf Fulfulde Radio Ibrahim 1930-1945 11875 WOF 300 kW / 170 deg WeAf Moore Sun-Wed Radio Ibrahim 1930-1945 11875 WOF 300 kW / 170 deg WeAf Tamajeq Thu-Sat R Ibrahim 1945-2000 11875 WOF 300 kW / 170 deg WeAf Malinke Wed/Thu R Ibrahim 1945-2000 11875 WOF 300 kW / 170 deg WeAf Jula Fri-Tue Radio Ibrahim 1930-1945 12070 WOF 300 kW / 140 deg CeAf Sara Ngambai Sun/Mon Ibrahim 1930-1945 12070 WOF 300 kW / 140 deg CeAf Zaghawa Tue/Wed R Ibrahim 1930-1945 12070 WOF 300 kW / 140 deg CeAf Shuwa Thu-Sat Radio Ibrahim http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/06/observations-of-feba-radio-in-1700-2000.html (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5020.0, SIBC, June 11. Am pleased today to find that at the end of the NA (1204) they did in fact start the audio feed of Wantok FM; playing all pop songs with frequent brief IDs; most common being "This is Wantok FM 96.3. Good Times. Great music"; reception well above the norm. Still being heard at 1403. https://app.box.com/s/g888z8qdgkdlg5vv51r3bthflcnsy04i contains a few IDs and some music. An exceptional day! 5020.0, SIBC. More strangeness here. June 12, at 1136 (a time when in the past I always had audio) there was no audio, only an open carrier; OC still on at 1404; never heard any audio today (rare!). June 13, from 1141 to end of normal audio at 1200; transmitter off sometime after that. Why is every day different now? 5020.0, SIBC continuing with erratic activity; June 14, only heard open carrier (no audio) at 1138 & 1155 (a time when they normally have audio). June 15, with outstanding reception on 5020.0; 1200 usual brief NA; 1201 pop songs via relay of Wantok FM 96.3; at 1203 played long version of National Anthem followed by the only ID heard today; normally they give IDs after every other song, but not today; non-stop pop songs; by 1340 had dropped down to fair. Probably the strongest I have ever heard them on this frequency! Good propagation. June 16, at 1155 with the normal "evening devotional"; ID & NA; after 1203 only open carrier (no audio); still OC by 1245. No daily consistency! (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SPAIN. REE English may soon return on SW --- No official confirmation, but there was a lot of talk -- major talk -- at the Prado del Rey studios this week, where I joined in on a panel discussion for a two-part podcast on REE English posted today and yesterday on the current Spanish political scene. Let's keep our fingers crossed. English language broadcast - Political Perspectives (Part I) - 11/06/15, English Language Broadcast - RTVE.es A la Carta http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/audios/emision-en-ingles/english-language-broadcast-political-perspectives-part-11-06-15/3165119/ http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/audios/emision-en-ingles/english-language-broadcast-political-perspectives-part-ii-12-06-15/3167594/ 73s, (Marty Delfín (Madrid, Spain), June 12, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1778, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 30+ minutes each; I spot-checked both but found no mention of REE returning English to SW. Maybe not mentioned on the program itself at all, or very briefly (gh, DXLD) ** SRI LANKA. 11905, June 16 at *0114:11 carrier on from SLBC; 0114:46 music prélude starts; 0115:19 the 2+1 timesignal ends right on mis- time. Very poor signal but still making it transpolar grayline (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11905, 6/16 0216, CLN, SLBC, Dhaka, in Hindi; song by female singer; OM:talks; songs; very poor signal and barely audible modulation; 25331 (José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo - Brazil, JRX Logs June 15-16, 2015, Sony ICF-SW100S Receiver, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** SUDAN. 7205, Sudan Radio 0412-0422*. Two OMs in Arabic talking. ID at 0422 sign-off, normally they stay on till around 0426 or so. Was stronger earlier at 0300, but weakening after sunrise in Sudan. Best received in our winter season. 6/10 (Don Hosmer, West Branch MI, MARE Tipsheet June 12 via DXLD) 7205, June 12 at 0259, fair signal with chanting and drumming, 0300 Arabic talk, to late timesignal ending at 0300:13.5 UT and a distinctive one made up of double-pips every second with the last one prolonged. I think this covered 5 seconds but not sure. Continues in Arabic, somewhat muffled, presumably news from Omdurman (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SUDAN [non]. 7315, 0407z 17 JUN - RADIO TAMAZUJ (NETHERLANDS) in ARABIC from TALATA VOLONONDRY [Madagascar]. SINPO = 15211. Arabic, barely audible. Female announcer, sounds like she was interviewing a male. sf135.9, a10, k3, geomag: unsettled. 250 kW, beamAz 320 deg, bearing 45 deg. Sangean ATS505 with Kaito RA33 in west facing window. Received at Las Vegas, United States, 17425 km from transmitter at Talata Volonondry. Local time: 2107 (Rodney Johnson, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 13800, June 17 at 0534, R. Dabanga via Vatican, fair with heavier than usual two-carrier/two-tone jamming from the hi side. // 11645 also via VATICAN is very poor and the tone jammer is too but audible on 11650 where it`s ineffective (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SUDAN SOUTH [non]. 11560, June 12 at 0317, English discussion of African politix, fair signal, i.e. Miraya FM, due south via PRIDNESTROVYE (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SWEDEN. SAQ transmittion Alexanderson Day 2015-06-28 REMINDER! We will remind you of the Grimeton Radio/SAQ transmission on VLF frequency 17.2 kHz, CW, with the Alexanderson 200 kW alternator on “ALEXANDERSON DAY”, Sunday, June 28th, at 0900 and 1200 UT (11:00 and 14:00 SVT). We will start tuning up some 30 minutes before the message. There will be activity on amateur radio frequencies during the day with the call SK6SAQ. Frequencies: - 7035 CW or 14035 CW - 3755 SSB - 145.700/145.100 VHF FM repeater (R-4/RV-56) QSL to SK6SAQ via SM bureau. QSL-reports on SAQ transmissions are kindly received: - E-mail to: info@alexander.n.se - or via: SM bureau - or direct by mail to: Alexander - Grimeton Veteranradios Vaenner, Radiostationen Grimeton 72 SE-432 98 GRIMETON S W E D E N The radio station will be open to visitors from 0800 to 1400 UT (10:00 to 16:00 SVT). Welcome! Also read our web site: http://www.alexander.n.se Yours, Lars Kalland, SM6NM Posted by: (Mike Terry June 16, dxldyg via DXLD) ** TAIWAN [and non-log]. 6230, SOH found missing; starting the week of June 9. Nice! Now Australia VMW is in the clear again. StarStar Broadcasting Station - V13. RE: XingXing Schedule. Thanks to Sei-ichi Hasegawa for informing me of their second frequency. 9275-AM at 1221 on June 12. 9725-AM at 1208 on June 10 & 13. Thanks also to my co-monitor John Wilkins, for his assistance. 6230, SOH. After leaving here for about a week, has returned again; June 14 at 1136; // 6730; June 15 at 1141 & 1338; June 16 at 1132; so far have not heard jammed by CNR1 programs (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 13229.997 TWN SOH 13070.018 TWN SOH, and nearby RTTY ditter 12980.118 TWN SOH 12910.122 TWN SOH 12870.065 TWN SOH 12560.041 TWN SOH 12500.213 TWN SOH 12370.048 TWN SOH 12230.082 TWN SOH at 1025 UT 12190.221 TWN SOH 12150.037 TWN SOH, UTE Stanag noise 12145-12147.8 kHz 11775.011 TWN SOH, and some strange white noise scratching from 1215 UT AIR Goa Panaji 11774.984 kHz Tibetan. 11550 TWN SOH ? - or spurious sigs 11470.100 TWN SOH, but totally covered by UTE ditter on 11468.9 - 11471.5 kHz like OTHR 11410.019 TWN SOH 11300.145 TWN SOH \\ 10960, 10870v 11149.892 TWN SOH 11099.939 TWN SOH 10960.000 TWN SOH \\ 10870v 11300v 10870.104 TWN SOH at 1230 UT, female voice (Wolfgang Büschel, log of 1030-1100 UT [-1230] in 25 mb, June 13, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TAIWAN [and non]. 11915.117, CBSC R TWN Internat, Tainan, Chinese 11915, CHINA, CNR1 Chinese spoken jamming 11640, CHINA, CNR1 spoken word jamming + echo, against: 11639.973, TAIWAN, CBSC R Taiwan Internat, Tainan, Chinese, 1201 UT (Wolfgang Büschel, log of 1030-1100 UT [-1230] in 25 mb, June 13, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7445, RTI, 6/14, 1100. Opening and news by announcer Andrew Ryan. Unusually good reception this morning. VG (Rick Barton, El Mirage AZ, with Drake R8, Grundig Satellit 750, random wire and outdoor Slinky, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TIBET [non]. Frequency changes of Voice of Tibet 1230-1245 NF 15552 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 15557 1245-1300 NF 15558 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 15568 1300-1315 NF 15563 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 15568 1315-1345 NF 15542 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese, ex 15543 1315-1330 NF 15563 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 15568 1330-1345 NF 15563 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 15568 All frequencies are jammed by China on xxxx0 / xxxx5 Changes between frequencies vary from 5 to 7 minutes http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/06/frequency-changes-of-voice-of-tibet.html (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TUNISIA. TÚNEZ, 963, Radio Túnez Int., Tunis-Djeida, 1945-1950, escuchada el 12 de junio de 2015 en español a locutor con reportajes sobre “Los caballos y las Cabras”, referencia a “Frase proverbial, la cabra siempre tira al monte”. El locutor es un anciano con un buen español, habla pausado y le cuesta la pronunciación de algunas palabras, emisión de música española de canta autor, SINPO 35443 (José Miguel Romero, Sacañet (Castellón), España, Grundig Yacht Boy 80, Antena telescópica, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TURKEY. TRT inicia emissões de rádio por satélite em português TRT inicia emissões de rádio por satélite em português Transmissão 10.06.2015 Atualização 10.06.2015 A TRT vai iniciar emissões de rádio por satélite, em português, com a duração de uma hora, a partir do dia 10 de Junho. O horário das emissões será entre as 22:30 e as 23:30, com repetição às 3:30 da manhã. As emissões de rádio por satélite da TRT em português, serão transmitidas a partir das seguintes frequências: Na Turquia e na Europa, sintonize o satélite Turksat 4A, nos 42 graus E, através da Pacote digital ocidental da TRT, com a frequência de 11958 Mega Hertz, na polarização Vertical, e com um symbol ratio de 27 500. O FEC é 5 ou 6. Na Turquia e na Europa, pode também sintonizar o satélite Hotbird, nos 13 graus E, através da TRT-Belgesel, com a frequência de 12015 Mega Hertz, na polarização Horizontal, e com um symbol ratio de 27 500. O FEC é 3 ou 4. Na Turquia e na Ásia Central, sintonize o satélite Turksat 4A, nos 42 graus E, através da Pacote digital oriental da TRT, com a frequência de 11096 Mega Hertz, na polarização Horizontal, e com um symbol ratio de 30 000. O FEC é 5 ou 6. Nos Estados Unidos e Canadá, sintonize o satélite Galaxy 19, nos 263 graus E, através da TRT-TURK, com a frequência de 11960 Mega Hertz, na polarização Vertical, e com um symbol ratio de 22 500. O FEC é 3 ou 4. http://www.trt.net.tr/portuguese/ci%C3%AAncia-e-tecnologia/2015/06/10/trt-inicia-emiss%C3%B5es-de-r%C3%A1dio-por-sat%C3%A9lite-em-portugu%C3%AAs-253716 (via Dr. Hansjörg Biener, DXLD) Times UT or local? Surely they could work Portuguese into their SW schedule if they cared to (gh) A QSL card came in the mail yesterday from The Voice Of Turkey for their April 30, 2015 English broadcast on 9515 khz at 0348 UT/8:48 pm Pacific time and for their Turkish language broadcast on 11980 on April 6th, 2015 at 0533 UT/10:33 pm Pacific. I also got a drink coast type thing, frequency/language pamphlet and a pamphlet about their history and services. Here's a look at the card: http://www.onairdj.com/vot1.JPG Here's a few of everything: http://www.onairdj.com/vot2.JPG My location is Redding, CA, USA (Paul Walker, June 16, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** UKRAINE. 549 and 837 MW, UR1 is broadcasting in the Crimean Tatar language at 1530 UT (from http://www.dxing.ru via RUS-DX No. 823 via DSWCI DX Window June 10 via DXLD) 1278 MW, World R Ukraine. 1815, May 29, Russian(!) programme for about 100,000 refugees from East Ukraine living in houses built from Germany, 53343 (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria, DSWCI DX Window June 10 via DXLD) Letter from the radio station: ``Thank you for your interest in the broadcasts of Russian edition of the World Radio Ukraine. At our site http://www.nrcu.gov.ua there are links to "listen VSRU archive gear". You can always find a schedule of broadcasts is not only the day, but also "deep". Sincerely, Michael Bielecki, Chief Editor (via Anatoly Klepov in RUS-DX No. 822, May 31, via DSWCI DX Window June 10 via DXLD) ** U S A. Bill Pasternak WA6ITF SK http://www.arrl.org/news/view/amateur-radio-newsline-co-founder-editor-bill-pasternak-wa6itf-sk (via Des Preston, June 12, WORLD OF RADIO 1778, DXLD) Reported on the Shortwave America Facebook group --- June 12, 2015 Today is a sad, somber day in the history of amateur radio and shortwave listening. I am sad to announce that after a struggle with health problems, Bill Pasternak - WA6ITF, has passed on. Mr. Pasternak was the founder and voice of Amateur Radio Newsline. Bill was a great man who had a passion for communicating with the world. His talents for putting together an engaging news show and for the polished, professional, friendly demeanor he shared with the world will never be forgotten! Bill was easily among the ranks of other golden voices such as Bill Kurtis, Dan Rather, Peter Jennings, and others. Rest well, rest in the most beautiful paradise, Bill! May eternity be kind to you! Posted by: (Mike Terry, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1778, DXLD) ** U S A. 5000, June 16 at 0104, WWV YL announces a leap second will be added June 30, 2015 at 2359:60. It`s been a few years since the last leaper, I think. I usually tune to WWV right after a Chaski-check to calculate its exact true time vs my watch (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. AT&T Lawrenceville article --- Appeared on the ITPOTS Facebook group 2 hours ago. This site also broadcasted VOA programs during WW2 http://www.princetoninfo.com/index.php/component/us1more/?key=10-2-13pole (Ian, June 11, shortwavesites yg via DXLD) ** U S A. NonProfit --- "I'M AN AVID LISTENER OF VOA," SAYS NEW NIGERIAN PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI WASHINGTON D.C., June 16, 2015 -- "My daily life starts at 6 am by dedicating 30 minutes to listening to VOA," President Buhari told VOA Hausa reporter Aliyu Mustapha at the presidential villa in Abuja. President Buhari chose VOA for his very first one-on-one interview, after his inauguration, to an international broadcaster. "I am an avid listener of VOA because you are fair, professional and balanced, which all add up to the fact that you are the station I love to fear," he said. Speaking on a wide range of issues, President Buhari addressed the high unemployment rate among young Nigerians and promised to involve young people in his administration, saying that he is not going to limit his ministerial appointees to, in his words, "old men like me." The entire exclusive interview can be found here. http://www.voanews.com/content/nigeria-buhari-interview/2822914.html (VOA PR via DXLD) ** U S A. Am 11.06.2015 um 17:02 schrieb VOA Radiogram: > In last weekend’s experiment comparing Scottie DX SSTV and MFSK32 images, the MFSK32 images generally were clearer, but the Scottie DX images usually had less slant, probably because of the slant- correction capabilities of the decoding software. I will, eventually, compile a gallery showing several comparisons. The slant in the MFSK-32 images is not a big problem. When decoding of RF- or AF- recordings you can fix that. The real problem with the MFSK-32 images are the re-syncs caused by lightning bursts. Then inverted color surfaces result. Against re-syncs one is powerless. http://www.rhci-online.net/radiogram/VoA_Radiogram_2015-06-06.htm#VOA (roger Thayer, Germany, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [non]. 7460, PHILIPPINES, VOA (Tinang), 6/14, 1450. M with talk in Korean, likely the editorial segment, closing on the hour after announcement and loud and obnoxious rendition of Yankee Doodle. Fair / Good (Rick Barton, El Mirage AZ, with Drake R8, Grundig Satellit 750, random wire and outdoor Slinky, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 9955, WRMI, Okeechobee, FL, 0330, Jun 01, English, ”World of Radio” by Glenn Hauser #1775 program, 25432 (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria, DSWCI DX Window June 10 via DXLD) [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1777 monitoring: confirmed Friday June 12 at 2130 on WRMI 15770 and at 2130.5 on WRMI 7570. Next: 0630 UT Saturday HLR 7265-CUSB 1430 UT Saturday HLR 7265-CUSB 1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 0315vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM 2100 UT Sunday WRMI 15770 [irregular] 2300 UT Sunday WRMI 11580 0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5110v Area 51 0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 1100 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 0630 UT Wednesday HLR 7265-CUSB 1315 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 1430 UT Wednesday HLR 7265-CUSB 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v For all our broadcasts on all media see http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html Access to podcasts, latest and previous shows: http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) WORLD OF RADIO 1777 monitoring: confirmed on WRMI: Sunday June 14 at 2100 on 15770; 2300 on 11580; UT Monday June 15 at 0330 on 9955, the latter with lite pulse jamming: tnx a lot, Arnie! The 0300 UT Monday June 15 broadcast on Area 51 confirmed on webcast, but --- not on WBCQ 5110v-CUSB, which was playing country music! I guess they lost feed from Area 51 and probably filled with their FM station audio, still thus at 0327 (not // 7490 or 9330). Next: 1100 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 0630 UT Wednesday HLR 7265-CUSB 1315 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 1430 UT Wednesday HLR 7265-CUSB 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v WORLD OF RADIO 1777 monitoring: confirmed Tuesday June 16 at 1113 on WRMI 9955, very good signal during the 1100 UT broadcast. And Wednesday June 17 at 1315, sufficient on 9955. Also confirmed Wednesday June 17 at 2100 on WBCQ webcast of 7490 [and there was music fill at 2057 tune-in instead of `Financial Survival`; what happened to that?] WORLD OF RADIO 1778 ready for first airing June 18 at 1130: 1130 UT Thu WRMI 9955 2100 UT Thu WRMI 7570 2130 UT Fri WRMI 15770 2130 UT Fri WRMI 7570 0630 UT Saturday HLR 7265-CUSB 1430 UT Saturday HLR 7265-CUSB 1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 0315vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM 2100 UT Sunday WRMI 15770 2300 UT Sunday WRMI 11580 0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5110v Area 51 0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 1100 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 0630 UT Wednesday HLR 7265-CUSB 1315 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 1430 UT Wednesday HLR 7265-CUSB 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. WRMI: see CYPRUS [non]; EQUATORIAL GUINEA [non]; FRANCE [non]; NIGERIA [non]; and U S A WORLD OF RADIO ** U S A. 9330, June 12 at 0308, WBCQ is on again with VG signal, preaching. Larry Will has found out that it`s the `Good Friends Radio Network`, revived from Canada, daily at 02-06 -- but Ivo Ivanov and I are not hearing it after 0500; 9330 also at 01-02 with `Full Gospel Hour` daily 01-02; ``The transmitter is back with a new antenna system and has been doing very well here at my listening post in Maryland the past week or so. Regards, Lw`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I just confirmed with Allan the new schedule for WBCQ 9.330 MHz: Full Gospel Hour daily 0100-0200 UTC Good Friends Radio Network daily 0200-0600 UTC The transmitter is back with a new antenna system and has been doing very well here at my listening post in Maryland the past week or so. Regards, Lw (Larry Will, MD, DX LISTENING DIGEST) But really end of transmissions is at 0500/0501 UT; [audio-]videos on June 11 and 12 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKuyZ4U1ehM&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuJgtcDTbAc&feature=youtu.be (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DXLD) At 17 UT June 16, I just notice that the time conversions on the WBCQ online skeds, including as above for 9330 are one hour off! As if EST were in effect instead of EDT. http://schedule.wbcq.com/main.php?fn=sked&freq=9330 Also for the other frequencies. Maybe 9330 is really at 00-05 instead of 01-06? Need to check whether FGH starts at 00. The preacher I heard after 01 UT sounded like the Good Friends guy already, and it`s not on after 05 (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) WBCQ on 9330.0 CUSB this morning June 16 again off air at 0501 UT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cU9MtuR_kQ&feature=youtu.be -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Glenn, I've corrected the UTC offset error on the WBCQ schedule site http://schedule.wbcq.com I suspect this is related to a "distributed denial of service" attack on my web hosting provider that happened about a month ago. They did a sloppy job at recovering and many web service settings were screwed up, including the time. Glenn, This morning I confirmed with Allan that "Good Friends Radio Network" should be on 9330 from 0100 to 0500 and not 0100 to 0400 [0600] as widely reported. This is probably an issue with the automation system. Also, I asked that the automation system controlling the 5110 transmitter be checked so as to avoid the unfortunate program switching that occurred on 5110 this past Sunday. Regards, Lw (Larry Will, June 17, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9329.85-CUSB, June 16 at 0112, WBCQ with over-assertive preacher who thinx he knows it all. PL-880 measures it approx. here tonight, not on the hi side where it may also vary (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Odd frequencies from all three transmitters of WBCQ The Planet from 0253 on 5109.8 BCQ 050 kW / 245 deg to ENAm English CUSB from 0257 on 7489.9 BCQ 050 kW / 245 deg to ENAm English AM from 0445 on 9330.3 BCQ 050 kW / 245 deg to ENAm English CUSB http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/06/odd-frequencies-from-all-three.html (DX RE MIX NEWS #914 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, June 15, 2015, via DXLD) WBCQ The Planet, Daily program in English on 9330 CUSB, monitoring on June 17: 0000-0100 on 9330.0 BCQ 050 kW / 245 deg to ENAm "The Full Gospel Hour", ex 0100-0200 0100-0501 on 9330.0 BCQ 050 kW / 245 deg to ENAm Good Friends R. Network, ex 0200-0600 Additional info from June 17, extended transmission on 5109.8 CUSB Brother Stair TOM 0500-0701 on 5109.8 BCQ 050 kW / 245 deg to ENAm, confirmed via SDR unit MidState, NY http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/06/wbcq-planetin-english-on-9330-cusb.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) On 9330, the times are not ``ex-`` --- they were never correct, just displayed wrongly that way on schedule, as Larry Will explained. Also, 5109.8 was gone again after 0500 June 19 (gh, DXLD) ** U S A. 11870, June 12 at 0521, big humbuzz accompanying WEWN Spanish while // 7555 is clear. This is usual situation with 11870 for some reason (Glenn Hauser, OK DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Haven't heard WRNO on 41 m [7505.3v] in quite a while. Any news on when or why they left the air, and whether they'll return? 7570 WRMI with Overcomer in very powerful on the west coast. Nothing else until 7490 with WBCQ at fair to good signal, but not very strong modulation. 73, (Walt Salmaniw, Victoria BC, 0310 UT June 16, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1778, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I heard WRNO on 7505 fair well back on April 8th 2015 from here in Redding, CA. Here's the audio clip of my reception: http://www.onairdj.com/wrno.mp3 (Paul Walker, dxldyg via DXLD) Thanks, Paul. So perhaps off for 2 months now? Hasn't anyone noticed? Sad what's happening to SW these days! 73, (Walt, ibid.) Hi Walt, Last heard WRNO on May 22, at 0248 with start of the "Country Roads" religious show with Tom & Judy Durington. Interesting that at the start/intro of their program that night gave an ID ("7505") for WRNO within the program itself. Usually the standard "75-05" ID is given in-between syndicated shows. WRNO off suddenly at 0402*, in mid- song. WRNO had been off the air before May 22. As of June 16, at 0300, have not heard them since May 22, so certainly not very consistent. https://app.box.com/s/lvthqhq1focjrzfh82tzxvf9g05ru7n3 has my audio of them going off (Ron Howard, California, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1778, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 5935, June 15 at 0546, dead air from the so-called University Network on WWCR --- lasts too long to cover a mere cigar light-up or puff of DGS --- about a minute later, his audio from the grave starts to cut on and off, then mostly on (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 15650-15675 approx., 1413 UT June 17, crackling distorted FMy spur from WWCR which is // inbooming on 15825 (bodes well for a good sporadic E day). Tried for a match on the hi side which would be 15975-16000 but none heard there (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 9475, WTWW, 1512-1515, Pastor Pete Peters with his usual racist ranting. Good reception, but nasty message. 6/08 (Don Hosmer, West Branch MI, MARE Tipsheet June 12 via DXLD) ** U S A [and non]. Another cancelled broadcasts of World Harvest Radio International 0600-0700 7315 HRI 250 kW / 152 deg SoAm English Mon-Sat WHRI Angel 1 0700-0800 5920 HRI 100 kW / 315 deg WNAm English Mon-Sat WHRI Angel 6 1000-1100 5920 HRI 100 kW / 315 deg WNAm English Mon-Sat WHRI Angel 6 1000-1100 11565 HRI 250 kW / 245 deg AUS English Mon-Sat WHRI Angel 1 1100-1200 7315 HRI 250 kW / 173 deg CeAm English Mon-Sat WHRI Angel 2 1200-1300 9950 HBN 100 kW / 345 deg NEAs English Mon-Sat T8WH Angel 5 1200-1300 15640 HBN 100 kW / 270 deg SEAs English Mon-Sat T8WH Angel 4 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/06/another-cancelled-broadcasts-of-world.html (DX RE MIX NEWS #914 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, June 15, 2015, via DXLD) ** U S A. 750, KAMA, TX, El Paso – Granted STA for U2 1000/250, has been operating with these parameters since night tower was accidentally knocked over in March 2013, but forgot to seek formal STA extensions (AM switch, NRC DX News June 22 via WORLD OF RADIO 1778, DXLD) Nonsense, giving WSB a run for its money, no 250 or even 1000 watts at night (gh, DXLD) ** U S A. 780, UT Wed June 17 at 0549 UT, yes, WBBM is still breaking away from all-FM news, for an oldtime radio drama hour at midnight, stilted narration of some mystery/crime show --- on weeknights, while WGN 720 does it on Sunday nights (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Philadelphia is still weakly audible on 966.7 tonight. Really strong carrier and audio seems to be //KKAA 1560. Sincerely (Todd Skaine, Woodbury, MN, Sony ICF 2010, 0408 UT June 5, IRCA via DXLD) I.e. WKDN, now Fámily Radio, way off from 950 (gh, DXLD) How long has Philly been of channel? I am in LA now but have laptop here and checked my June 1 recordings east and not a trace of anything on 966.7. 73 KAZ (Neil Kazaross, ibid.) They were off frequency around May 27th and May 28th. But fixed a few days later (Paul Walker, ibid.) ** U S A. 1050, June 14 at 0604 UT, ads including one for custom shirts, 0605 non-ID sounds like `Red Eye 1050`, and into `Red Eye Radio`. Loops east-west, holding own at first against XEG Monterrey, then still audible with XEG nulled as much as possible, somewhat clockwise from there. Only 1050 on the RER affiliate roster is KTBL Albuquerque NM, and own website http://www.1050talk.com/ confirms it`s scheduled, despite also being on parent station 770 KKOB; why? Why not? In OKC it`s on both 1640 and 1520. KTBL is 1/1 kW U3, day and night pattern being circular tangent favoring NNE, maybe filling in a bit of a coverage gap between KKOB on night pattern and KKOB co- channel filler in Santa Fe (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1100, KNZZ, CO, Grand Junction – Granted STA with reduced night power, unspecified but probably less than 1 kW (AM switch, NRC DX News June 22 via WORLD OF RADIO 1778, DXLD) Was 10 kW at night (gh) ** U S A. Applications to extend existing STAs were received from and granted to: WHIM-1080 Coral Gables FL (U4 50000/20000 to overcome Cuban QRM); KLIM-1120 Limon CO (D1 100) (AM switch, NRC DX News June 22 via WORLD OF RADIO 1778, DXLD) ** U S A. 1580, KHIG, CO, Colorado Springs – Format to OLD/Shopping (ex-Pot TALK), slogan to “Easy 101.3,” adds // KFEZ-101.3 (Wayne Heinen, AM switch, NRC DX News June 22 via WORLD OF RADIO 1778, DXLD) 1580, KFCS, CO, Colorado Springs – 5/30 0850 [EDT = 1250 UT} – EZL music, “Easy 101.3” ID’s (relays KFEZ 101.3 FM in Walsenburg); full ID at ToH. Ex-KHIG, ex-Pot Talk, which didn’t last long. 1550, KBUD, CO, Golden – 6/2, 0801 [EDT = 1201 UT] – ID: “Smokin’ KBUD 1550 AM and K231BQ FM Golden - we’re Smokin’ 94.1” and into Bubba the Love Sponge program, with marijuana talk, crude language, occasional heavy metal song. Taking over this pot format where KHIG-1580 left off. Ex-KDCO, ex-Sports (John Wilkins, CO, Station News, DDXD-West, NRC DX News June 22 via WORLD OF RADIO 1778, DXLD) ** U S A. Finally some FM DX this summer by sporadic E. Others have reported several openings, but the first one I have caught, using DX- 398 or ATS-909 (when RDS is captured), or PL-880, all with rod antennas only, but possibly assisted by signals bouncing off my mast- mounted TV antenna not far away; June 17, all times UT: 1432 on 88.3, gospel rock songs fade in and out, also 1438 1439 on 88.3, RDS shows KNOWS which I assume is part of a title rather than a call sign. Then YL & YL chat, referring to myjourneyfm.com which converts to http://www.liberty.edu/thejourney/ and this station in the WTFDA FM Database: WRVL 88.3 LYNCHBURG VA 50.0 42.0 330.0 330.0 37.1150 79.2107 THE JOURNEY 88.3 RELIGION However, they have another similar station with reversed call-letters: WVRL 88.3 ELIZABETH CITY NC 50.0 50.0 136.0 136.0 36.1840 76.1734 THE JOURNEY 88.3 RELIGION Another fade in at 1501 got only a partial ID, so still not positive which one it was. 1503 on 88.1, NPR News continues past 1504 optional cutaway when many stations insert local news, tsk; 1506 to `On Point` talk/call-in show 1520 on 88.1, static WRJA at left of 7-character RDS field, i.e.: WRJA-FM 88.1 SUMTER SC 98.0 98.0 305.0 305.0 33.5252 80.1614 8276 WRJA PS} South Carolina ETV SOUTH CAROLINA ETV RADIO NEWS/TALK 1521 on 88.5, hymn mixing with Diane Rehm, no RDS 1522 on 89.3, classical violin music; likely either WSCI Charleston SC or WTEB New Bern NC 1527 on 88.5, classical, likely WFDD Winston-Salem NC 1533 on 88.5, the dullest tones of Harold Camping, so Family Radio. WTFDA Database finds very likely source in PTA: WFCH 88.5 CHARLESTON SC 29.5 29.5 93.0 93.0 32.4904 79.5008 FAMILY RADIO RELIGION But there is another in the southeast: WMFL 88.5 FLORIDA CITY FL 7.7 7.7 52.0 52.0 25.1931 80.2416 FAMILY RADIO RELIGION 1554 on 88.1, WRJA fade-in again with RDS, `On Point` 1630 on 88.3, K-LOVE on RDS --- not local, none listed in OK or KS, so how about NC/SC? Only fit there is: WLXK //WRCM 88.3 BOILING SPRINGS NC 50.0 50.0 92.0 92.0 35.1352 81.4257 7414 - 'WLXK' Song/Artist-K-LOVE Song/Artist-K-LOVE Soft Rock K-LOVE CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN 1704 on 88.1, WRJA RDS, NPR News 1704 on 88.5, NPR news running several seconds behind 88.1; WFDD? 1706 on 88.1, WRJA RDS, starts `Here & Now` 1714 on 88.3, rock, singing ID sounds like WIFK? Looking thru the entire 88.3 roster, I find nothing closer than WLXK as above in NC 1718 on 88.1, WRJA on RDS, string of NPR program promos, tagged with times, but no station references 1754 on 88.3, ad for romarelementary.com in NC --- but searching finds this is really in East Point (Atlanta) GA, an all-black(?) private academy. 1755 on 88.3, ad for Casting Crowns performance, Thursday at 7 pm, area code 540 mentioned. That`s for northern VA, but not Lynchburg. WRVL website calendar shows instead at 6 pm June 18, at First Baptist Church, Roanoke, which is in AC 540. After 1800 no more FM, but I am getting Canadian TV on 2 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. NPR CHIEF SAYS NETWORK POSITIONED FOR GROWTH AFTER STRUGGLES By BRETT ZONGKER Associated Press http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_NPR_PRESIDENT?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2015-06-11-09-10-13 WASHINGTON (AP) -- After years of leadership changes and funding deficits, NPR's new president and CEO says the public radio network has turned a corner and is positioning itself to grow its already sizable audience, along with its journalistic content and funding from donors. Jarl Mohn, a longtime radio and television executive who created E! Entertainment Television, helped launch MTV and VH1 and formed his own venture capital firm, has led NPR for nearly a year. While Mohn may seem like an outside choice for public radio, his commercial media roots, investments in new media and his 12 years on the board of Southern California Public Radio may prove critical in charting NPR's future. For the first time in six years, NPR is set to break even financially in 2015 with its $190 million budget, Mohn told a group of Associated Press journalists this week. Its audience of 28 million to 30 million listeners remains strong but mostly flat, though the amount of time spent listening has declined. That's something he wants to fix. Behind the scenes, the Washington-based network has struggled with annual deficits of $4 million to $6 million, leading to cuts in staffing and other costs. The network also drew on reserve funds to cover shortfalls. Mohn is NPR's fifth acting or permanent CEO in six years. He has signed on for five years. With the nonprofit network on firmer financial footing, Mohn said NPR is looking to grow its audience and raise its ambitions in fundraising to draw larger donations from foundations and wealthy individuals and more corporate sponsorships. "We've got the organization on great financial footing now," Mohn said. "It gives us flexibility to kind of spread our wings a little bit and try some innovative and creative ideas." The network also has taken steps to create new potential businesses to engage audiences with live events - including ticketed shows produced with local stations to showcase popular NPR personalities. And NPR held its first "up front" event with advertising agencies to capitalize on the resurgence of podcasting, which now generates 65 million to 80 million downloads monthly. To Mohn, the popularity of podcasts in recent years - from the breakout "Serial" series produced by Chicago's WBEZ to NPR's "Invisibilia" series - proves there's fresh interest in public radio content. Advertisers have noticed as well. Revenue from podcast sponsorships is up 200 percent since 2013. For decades, media companies thought the key to reaching younger audiences was shorter, faster, flashy stories - but podcasts have proven the opposite can work, Mohn said. The average podcast listener is 37, while the average radio listener is 54. "We don't have to change the essence of who we are to get a younger audience. We just need to tell great stories," Mohn said. "You can do really thoughtful, long, slow, not-glitzy stories and keep the young audience riveted with great storytelling." While it's helpful to have a "new shiny toy" with podcasts building excitement, Mohn said NPR is primarily focusing on its two flagship newsmagazines, "Morning Edition" and "All Things Considered." Each draws about 12 million listeners a week, and they air much of NPR's content. Still, he sees potential for growth. As a radio DJ early in his career, Mohn created a contest this year among local stations to increase their promotions for "Morning Edition" to 100 announcements a week. About 9 out of 10 stations ended up joining the competition to create the most creative promotions. Mohn said public radio can learn a thing or two from the personality and buzz that commercial stations generated in the past. He said he's reminding radio producers of the importance of connecting with their audiences. "It's basics," he said. "It's blocking and tackling that a lot of people may have forgotten just because year after year after year, things have drifted." Even more important, he said, is ensuring that NPR is producing the most compelling stories possible. The network is looking to build on its strengths in international reporting, science news and other areas to differentiate NPR from other media choices, he said. In the years ahead, some shows such as reruns of "Car Talk" will likely end, and NPR may develop new shows to offer stations. On the business side, Mohn said many public media fundraisers "aren't as bold as they can be." Many wealthy individuals and institutions simply have not been asked for significant gifts to support NPR's public-service mission. "We want to change that," he said. "So I'm wildly optimistic that we can do that." ---- Follow Brett Zongker at https://twitter.com/DCArtBeat (via Mike Cooper, DXLD) ** U S A. MORE ON FCC FIELD OFFICES RESTRUCTURING http://sbe.org/sections/news/fcc_field_office_compromise.php (via Terry L Krueger, FL, June 15, DXLD) DISTINGUISH PIRATES FROM PART 15 OPERATORS http://www.radioworld.com/article/distinguish-pirates-from-part--operators/276139 FCC'S O'RIELLY SLAMS ENFORCEMENT BUREAU He just figured this out now? http://www.radioworld.com/article/fccs-orielly-slams-enforcement-bureau/276328 (via Dennis Gibson, CA, June 15, Sent from my iPhone, ABDX via DXLD) ** UZBEKISTAN. Frequency change of TWR Africa via BABCOCK from June 1: 0330-0345 11650#TAC 200 kW / 215 deg EAf Amharic Su/Mo/Fr ex 11710 DHA 0330-0345 11650#TAC 200 kW / 215 deg EAf Oromo Tue, ex 11710 DHA 0330-0345 11650#TAC 200 kW / 215 deg EAf Sidamo Wed/Thu, ex 11710 DHA # unregistered frequency. In HFCC database from June 1 is registered 11925 TAC http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/06/frequency-change-of-twr-africa-via.html (DX RE MIX NEWS #914 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, June 15, 2015, via DXLD) ** VIETNAM. Voice of Vietnam-1. Spurs of 5975 again on both 5967.0 & 5983.0, heard very prominently June 15 at 1145 & 1335 and // 7210 // 9635.75 (June 16, changed to 9635.96) (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 12019.034, V of Vietnam, Son Tay, Japanese program 1106 UT 12000, V of Vietnam, Son Tay, Chinese program 1109 UT (Wolfgang Büschel, log of 1030-1100 UT [-1230] in 25 mb, June 13, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VIETNAM. YOUNG VIETNAMESE INCREASINGLY TURNING TO THE INTERNET FOR NEWS --- June 10, 2015 Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) To view this online visit http://www.bbg.gov/?p=22005 http://www.bbg.gov/blog/2015/06/10/young-vietnamese-increasingly-turning-to-the-internet-for-news/ (via Dr Hansjoerg Biener, DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. Do you by chance have an open 1160 channel in Enid, KSL notwithstanding? I've noted a het on the high side for a long time, but on May 26 I happened to be on the channel when it cape up at 0955 GMT. Never any audio making it. It loops roughly N/S or NNE/SSW. I've since -- including this morning -- noted it consistently coming up at 0955 every day. I am still thinking something deep Central America or north coastal South, but it is possible it is something domestic (Terry L Krueger, FL, June 17, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Terry, I haven`t noticed any LAH there, but I am not DXing at that hour. KFAQ IBOC is pretty bad against KSL let alone anything weaker (Glenn to Terry, ibid.) UNIDENTIFIED. Ron, what do you get on 7200 in the late evening/early morning hours? When Myanmar Radio and Radio Taiwan International are both scheduled to be on at the same time, I hear both of them ,very clearly in fact. Well, it`s clear I'm getting two very strong signals but they are so all over each other, I can't make out what's being said (Paul Walker, June 17, dxldyg via DXLD) Hi Paul - Please see the May 18, dxldyg message # 82727 for the answer (Ron Howard, ibid.) UNIDENTIFIED. UNIDentified station under Radio Romania Int is Bible Voice Broadcasting 1530-1630, 9500 unknown transmitter to SoAs Nepali+PBS Xizang, co- channel from 1600, 9500 TIG 300 kW / 292 deg to WeEu French Radio Romania Int Videos will be added later today 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire June 17, dxldyg via DXLD) UNIDentified station under Radio Romania Int is Bible Voice Broadcasting http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/06/unidentified-station-under-powerful.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, ibid.) UNIDENTIFIED. 11540. Unlike yesterday's test broadcast of Radio Farda programming, on May 27 from tune in at 1249 to 1331*, heard segments with open carrier, non-stop test tone and test tone going on and off. So today was just testing of the transmitter with no audio feed. Needs more monitoring! (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1778, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Above audio clip is something else? preacher in English, then some music (gh, DXLD) June 11, from tune in at 1338 to off at 1400*. The mystery continues of who this is on 11540; non-stop selection of eclectic songs in English; one with audio from the music video with Danny DeVito and One Direction with song "Steal My Girl"; no announcements at all. Have been checking here daily since May 27 and have heard nothing. Is this the start of another round of testing the transmitter with various random audio feeds? Audio at https://app.box.com/s/1wro99gxc0uka7jrs66wmfww84eduiwc (Ron Howard, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1778, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Usually IBB Udorn Thani has only 250 kW of power entries in HFCC database; so seemingly 12-14 UT antenna feed engineering tests on May 27 and June 11 ??? 11540 1500 1630 40 UDO 500 300 0 216 daily 1006-241015 Dari THA IBB 11540 1630 1730 40 UDO 500 300 0 216 daily 1006-241015 Central Pashto THA IBB Today June 12 on 11540 kHz 1300-1400 in Korean, probably this is clandestine Radio Free North Korean. Reception via SDR unit in Hong Kong -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1778, DXLD) Thanks Ivo! June 12, finally programming in Korean. Tuned in at 1306 till suddenly off at 1400*; long, non-stop monologue by YL; a few times (1326 & 1339) the audio cutting off and on for short period of time. Conditions not as good as yesterday. Sei-ichi indicates today was a repeat of the May 23 broadcast here (11540). https://app.box.com/s/ef5ai4feyjcnra37cpen5jikxo82s5uc contains my three minute audio clip from today: 1357-1400. Aoki: 11540 UnID 1300-1400 1234567 Korean Jun.11- Also thanks very much to my co-monitors, Sei-ichi Hasegawa and Mauno Ritola, for their valuable feedback (Ron Howard, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1778, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Checked this outlet 11540 kHz this afternoon June 13: Tuned-in around 1320 UT on 11539.978 kHz and signal wandered down on warm-up to 11539.969 around 1327 UT, checked the recording around 1333 UT see attached .ogg format file. Signal in Nagoya Japan remote post S=9+20dB or -54 dBm strength. I would say this is Korean language, one of these veiled radio programs from likely Tashkent Uzbekistan towards the Korea countries (Wolfgang Büschel, WORLD OF RADIO 1778, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11540, found silent at 1303, June 15. June 16, from 1306 to suddenly off at 1310*. Pop songs (almost sounded like Middle Eastern music?). No Korean monologue today or yesterday. My audio https://app.box.com/s/egqinjew4cdmi12b6h1aie4cdi3rfeau Thanks to the feedback from Sei-ichi Hasegawa, that a Japanese DXer has determined that the recent Korean that was heard here was in fact not clandestine in nature, but rather a learning course for primary school students. To sum up the situation here as I see it - Ever since this UNID first appeared here last month, they have been broadcasting nothing but random filler programming. Testing the transmitter/antenna? So we have yet to know who this is (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1778, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Sorry, I was out at 13-14 UT, and now I listened to the recording at the sound heard as like program start with a sermon? in deep Uncle Sam strong US accented English? But would the engineer in Udorn Thani use such kind of audio ? - rather not (Wolfgang Büschel, June 11, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 15 via DXLD) re UNID on 11540 kHz. Dear Wolfgang, 11540 is also widely occupied frequency, it has estimated that the transmission from the Central Asia (TJK or UZB) because the quality is also bad. by Komatubara in Akita at 1332 UT on June 11 on 11540 kHz (Sei-ichi Hasegawa-JPN, June 11, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 15 via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 15420, 0311-0340, June 14. A mystery in an unknown language. None of the references have this frequency occupied at this time. I heard a long-running drama production with M&F actors and a musical background. It does not sound like the BBC or WBCQ, which are not listed as active on this frequency at this time. It was a quite strong signal with little degradation of any sort. I’m curious to see if anyone else has come across this one (Vince Henley, Anacortes, WA, Equipment currently in use: Tecsun PL-380, JRC NRD-525, Drake R8B. Antennas are half-meter whip on PL-380 and Alpha-Delta DX-Ultra installed broadside east-west, NASWA Flashsheet June 14 via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. No checking for sporadic E TVDX June 9 or 10, and on UT June 11 only this: 0226 UT on 2, brief glimpse of analog video; could have been meteor scatter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS ++++++++++++++++++++++++ ACKNOWLEDGED ON WORLD OF RADIO 1778: Chuck Ermatinger, St Louis via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED FUTURELY: Solstitial greetings to the Voice of Radio Enid International (Gerald T Pollard, Raleigh NC, with a generous check to P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 Hi Glenn, My name is Rodney Johnson and I have recently returned to the SWL hobby after a 20 year hiatus. Back when I was in high school and college in the late 70s to late 80s I remember hearing many of your WoR segments on several shortwave stations. You were a regular feature on HCJB's DX Party Line, if I remember correctly (I was ANDEX member #3220). I've started listening to your podcasts now and would be honored to be a member of your yahoo group. Regards, (Rodney Johnson, Las Vegas NV) Welcome; but DXPL was where I was not a regular feature (gh, DXLD) PUBLICATIONS ++++++++++++ BROADCASTING IN RUSSIAN 18th edition of the popular "Broadcasting in Russian" Handbook, edited by the St. Petersburg DX Club, has been released. The Handbook features all (or almost all) radio stations that transmit programs in the Russian language on short and medium waves at present, both from Russia and abroad. Station listings include frequency and programme schedules, transmitter location and power, target areas, postal addresses, phone/fax numbers, Web sites, social network pages, e-mail addresses as well as QSL policy info. The schedules are generally valid until March 28, 2015 (i.e. the end of A15 broadcasting season). [sic --- presumably means October] The Handbook is distributed as a hard copy only. Volume is 56 pages of A5 size. Please address your purchase requests to: Alexander Beryozkin, P.O.Box 463, St. Petersburg, 190000, Russia; or by e-mail: dxspb@nrec.spb.ru The price is 7 EUR or 8 USD (including delivery by registered mail). Your comments and suggestions regarding the Handbook contents are always welcome! (Alexander Beryozkin, Sankt-Petersburg, Russia, RusDX 14 June via DXLD) CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES +++++++++++++++++++++++++ Fort Wayne Convention UPDATE! (Please distribute to other DXers who might not be on these mailing lists!) We're now less than a month away from the kickoff of the 2015 DX Convention in Fort Wayne, Indiana, co-sponsored by DecalcoMania, IRCA, NRC and WTFDA - and YOU (yes, YOU!) can still join us. We'd originally announced a June 10 cutoff for hotel registrations, and we actually ran out of our original block of rooms a day or two before that. But fear not: the good folks at Hall's Guesthouse opened a new block of rooms for us at the same $85 rate, and those rooms will be available for as long as they last. Registration for the convention itself and the ballgame has been extended to June 26 to account for club bulletin deadlines. All the details are on the front page of http://nrcdxas.org, where you can also sign up online. See you in WOWO-land! (Scott Fybush, June 12, NRC-AM via WORLD OF RADIO 1778, DXLD) LANGUAGE LESSONS ++++++++++++++++ DIEXISMO. UN TERMINO MAL DEFINIDO Dear Glenn, From my beginnings in this hobby and in fact coming from Spanish language sources (Espacio DXista) and several DX publications I've seen that many of them define the term DX using the explanation that D comes from Distance and X from unknown. This false!!! I've insisted that this is absolutely fake and it is an arbitrary invention. DX is just - and stands for - Distance. No more than that. It' s not an abbreviation for anything and in fact it's an acronym. Some individuals think that defending the true origin is for erudite or scholar discussion. But I do keep defending the true meaning, trying to destroy this false definition. It seems that this invented explanation came from a text included in the Radio Nederland course "Casi todo en Diexismo". I think that the original texts were prepared by the late Jim Vastenhoud. But I've also read that the definition was written by the famous and remembered Arthur Cushen. I absolutely cannot believe that Cushen wrote this. I want to ask you about an opinion on this, and also if you can confirm that this definition has ever used in the English spoken DX literature/world. I hope you could give some light in this issue. 73 (Horacio Nigro, Montevideo, Uruguay, June 13, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Horacio, I agree with your point about the derivation of DX, and also think that the mis-definition unfortunately got propagated by RN`s DX guys. I think I may have occasionally seen that misunderstanding expressed also in English, but could not cite references. There is also a mathematical correlation where x of course means unknown in equations, and even in algebra, calculus ``dx`` terminology is used. Maybe that had some effect in making our DX misunderstood. 73, (Glenn to Horacio, via DXLD) He hecho una entrada en mi blog, es la segunda, respecto al tema... https://lagalenadelsur.wordpress.com/2015/06/15/sobre-la-definicion-de-dx-una-vez-mas/ ¿Una sutileza? ... así lo ven algunos... nunca entenderán, y se refregarán en su ignorancia, en el rasero, en nunca aprender un poco más de las cosas de la vida. Otros dicen que es una discusión para eruditos. ¡Cuán lejos están del espíritu que forjó nuestra carrera como DXistas y/o radioaficionados!. 73 HAN (Nigro, ibid.) DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DRM See INDIA; NEW ZEALAND; NIGERIA ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DAB See RUSSIA ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- IBOC See also UNIDENTIFIED 1160 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ MY TAKE ON IBOC I haven't had a chance to hear AM IBOC (except for the band jamming part of it) until recently. Several company vehicles I have driven have had it, so I checked out the local AM offerings and I can sum it all up very quickly. The good - I was amazed at the sound quality. I honestly think successful AM music stations could become a reality again, which would be nice for more variety with that many more signals being able to offer music formats, and it would also restore the value of AM stations, but... The bad - My experience has been that IBOC is useless unless you are within a very short distance of the station. The digital signal coverage is a very pathetic small fraction of the analog coverage. To give you an idea, I have listened mainly to KDDZ 1690, which is one of the last remaining Radio Disney stations. They are a typical extended band operation with 10 KW day, 1 KW night, both ND. The daytime range of the digital signal when they are using 10 KW is only about 20 miles. There are many parts of the Denver metro area where their signal cannot be kept locked in. At night on 1 KW, it can't be kept locked in less than 5 miles from their xmtr. Needless to say, IBOC is a dismal failure. The telling fact for that is that Clear Channel was one of the big pushers of IBOC, and even had a financial stake in it, yet all of their Denver stations that used it dropped it quite a while ago. Other than KDDZ, the only AM stations in the market still using it are religious and public broadcasting outlets. The only other commercial music station using it was KRWZ 950 with their oldies format, but they shut it off sometime in the last year or so. So there you have it. If you live within a couple of miles of the station, it sounds great, but in the real world it is useless. It is hard to believe anyone ever invested in such failed technology. 73, (Kit S. Sage, Golden CO, W5KAT, June 11, ABDX via DXLD) The problem with IBOC is this, it only has 1% of the regular transmitted power on analog. The good is that its better than AM stereo IF YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE TOWER TO HEAR IT. A 5000 watt station can be heard about to the max distance of 25 miles. I hear one IBOC station and that`s on FM. It comes from Booneville, MS 42 miles away and no one else has it. It`s WMAE and they run 85 KW ERP at 653 feet. At 1% that comes to 850 W. I am right on the fringe and must have an outdoor antenna to get it. Unless IBOC is mandated by the FCC, it will be a worse dismal failure than AM stereo ever was (Kevin Redding, Crump, TN, ibid.) Hi Kevin, "HD" already is a failure-except the FCC and the industry won't admit it and stop it. If "HD" had been a success, your small- town dial would be teeming with these jammers like mine is in Seattle. And more stations would be investing in unique programming instead of just putting automation on their HD signals. To me, AM IBOC usually sounds tinny like a low-bit stream, which is basically what it is. It can sound better if adjusted properly, but very few engineers do it. FM "HD" sounds better, but its sidebands cause interference. And really, analog FM could sound better than it does if stations would use better-sounding processing. Mandating HD would create massive chaos in the marketplace. Granted, the band would be different, and the incompatibility with analog would go away. But that would be a loose Band-Aid because the FCC doesn't know how to create a band without packing ten times more in it than necessary, so the interference would come from too many stations instead of competing modes. This HD system is a failure. It's had around a decade to prove itself in major markets and spread to smaller ones. As it stands now, it's too expensive for most smaller markets to adopt. In most cases, "public radio" is the primary innovator, putting alternate or overflow programming on HD. AM stereo was better. At least it produced a benefit without interfering with other stations. – (Rick Lewis, WA, June 13, ibid.) Like you, I listened to Radio Disney. I was able to do "before and after" comparisons of strong regional KMKI [620] Dallas. It is a true monster regional signal, going hundreds of miles during the daytime. Before HD, they were in C-Quam, and one of the best sounding C-Quam stations I have heard. I have both a Radio Shack TM-152 AM stereo tuner and a Sony SRF-A1 AM stereo walkman. I took the SRF-A1 on a trip to Lubbock, and did a little DX test at a rest stop near Crosbyton. I had driven 290 miles, this was daytime in the summer - there was no atmospheric skywave. I have no idea what the mileage was from the transmitter as the crow flies. I used the SRF-A1 outside my car, and found both KMKI and Dallas station KAAM were easily receivable in stereo with a low level of static audible - perfectly listenable. A small Radio Shack loop near the radio cleared up the static completely on KMKI - it sounded like a local, in perfect stereo. The situation was different on KAAM [770], faint KKOB underneath became stronger as well. It did not upset the C-Quam or cause platform motion, but the constant presence of KKOB would make listening unpleasant. A frequent - and respected poster on Radio-Infor had been all over the board stating that mountains in LA caused problems with C-Quam. I was in the Crosbyton Canyon, so I did a bit of hiking with the SRF-A1. Dodging an occasional rattlesnake - but had no problems at all with platform motion or other reflections from the canyon walls as I walked a considerable distance. If any station would be vulnerable, it would be a regional 290 miles away. Platform motion due to canyon walls - BUSTED. C-Quam was very robust and well behaved. From Lubbock itself, I would characterize KMKI as still listenable, but static was increased. The Radio Shack loop still cleared it up completely, although in the city there were a lot of sources of interference. Both stations converted to HD. I find HD music on KMKI to be similar to medium speed streaming audio, and compression artifacts fatiguing to listen to. There is also a curious frequency shift - probably caused by aliasing - of high frequency instruments. One song in particular had a high frequency cymbal several places in the song. C- Quam reproduced it perfectly. But in HD, it was shifted down in frequency into the same band as the singer. BAD system. Very bad! If that had been classical with lots of percussion, it would have been an unlistenable cacocphony of aliased instruments. The myth of HD AM sounding like analog FM: BUSTED completely. C-Quam is much better. I couldn't listen to Radio Disney in HD, it was fatiguing. If you like music and have a good ear, HD is awful. I was able to test range. I didn't have an HD in the car or a portable, but I lived 9.8 miles from KAAM. While its C-Quam went 290 miles, it never locked in HD. KMKI locked where I lived - I did a range test on it at a friend's house north of town, 35 miles from their tower. It did lock in stereo. I did not get a car HD until much after leaving the area, but my new location in Houston has provided opportunity for HD DX. I have found that the presence of power lines by the road - whether a source of interference or not - causes HD to drop. On roads with no power lines in unincorporated areas, I am able to get a lock on a weak X-band station about 70 miles away. I have no idea if I get stereo, because it is sports. But the station goes from weak analog to perfect HD. So - away from any power lines, HD is robust. Unfortunately, 99% of roads, highways, and streets have power lines by them, so HD is lost unless you are very close to the station as described. I do have a curious postscript to the HD AM story. There is a remote highway in NE New Mexico where there are very few AM stations. Very weak distants from Denver and Amarillo, one local graveyard and that is IT. But - a band scan at a rest stop on that road revealed sideband pairs that correspond to the Chicago stations running HD. There was no trace of their analog or carrier, but the frequencies involved were unmistakable - there is no other explanation as to what they might be. This happened at the same place two different times of the year (R. Bruce Carter, TX, June 15, ibid.) Where is that, exactly? (gh, OK) Bruce, Way back in the earliest days of HD and it was being tested by Tom Ray at WOR and also WLW, I lived in the suburbs of Phoenix and Harry Helms lived near Las Vegas. We both heard the testing at night all the way from NY and Cincy. I did not have an HD radio at the time so I don't know if it would have decoded or not. My experience is that in the day, if you are 25 miles or so away from the transmitter, you will not hear HD on MW (Kevin Redding, Crump, TN, ibid.) I read an article on AM digital (IBOC) in the early days of testing. There were six 50,000 watt AM stations in Seattle using IBOC, yet the engineers testing it tried driving all around Seattle and they were not able to find any single location where all six of those stations' signals could be received and decoded in digital. That should have told everyone everything they needed to know about how ineffective and useless the system was. 73, (Kit W5KAT, ibid.) I can confirm that observation. I was living in Texas. Along with WFAN, WOR is another station I have never heard in Texas. We have a monster regional on 710 - KGNC, and there is a 50 kW 710 in Shreveport. I was in Dallas at the time, and heard a considerable amount of HD sideband interference on WGN at night. I nulled the interference with the ferrite bar in my antenna - measuring the angle with my father's professional grade surveyors compass. Sure enough, the interference was coming from the direction of WOR. Or - perhaps from 180 degrees opposite in Mexico somewhere. But I doubt it. WOR IBOC sidebands are the obvious culprit - even though not a trace of WOR analog ever comes through (Bruce Carter, June 17, ibid.) I remain shocked that this terribly flawed supposed technology was ever allowed on AM. Yes, IBOC sideband does travel far and wide. 73 KAZ (Neil Kazaross, IL/WI/CA, ibid.) DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DTV See also CANADA; HAITI; MEXICO ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ NEW YORK CITY SITUATION I was at work all day Sunday but when I came home all was back to normal. WCBS-DT locked and as firm as ever. I buy the Channel 33 is really crowded theory quite a bit. I am perfectly positioned for that. Also, I looked at WCBS RF 33 on a spectrum analyzer at work. Their crazy non-linearity had about a 5 db bump in it this time. I'll have to bring the spectrum analyzer home one day and take a look at reception at my QTH. The wacky bump may be caused by something akin to old fashioned multipath and cancelling, but I think their master antenna is screwed up. WNBC 28 and WWOR 38 share it the same non- linearity along with WCBS, but WCBS always has the worst pattern. The signal is supposed to look like a flat surfaced rectangle with a slight leading spike on the low side of the bump. WCBS-DT looks like someone took a bite out of it. Full details and pictures at: http://karlzuk.blogspot.com/2012/12/granny-box-mysterysolved.html What I really love are the new-fangled computer guys at work who measure reception of over-the-air digital television, seven ways and sideways, with all sorts of acronyms and diagnostic software regarding serious analysis of bit error rates and 24/48/72 hour averages. I keep trying to tell them that the air is not a piece of CAT5 cable. Over- the-air means it varies - by design! When was the last time you heard a DXer complain that their MDI MLT24 (MTSP) numbers exceeded 100? My MDI MLS24 rates were high too. Now what? Gee, I miss analog E-skip (Karl Zuk, June 14, WTFDA via DXLD) Karl, I read the article and took a look at the waveform. That would explain a lot of the problems of reception on WNBC 28, WCBS 33 and WWOR 38. I guess the engineers at all three of these stations are ignoring the problem. As you said the transmitting antenna design is apparently the cause of the non-linearity of all three signals. Some people can't see that the problem is being caused by the antenna or they just prefer to ignore it. WNYW 44 and and WWOR 38 always had the best analog signal in my direction. Whoever designed their analog transmitting antennas had a very good knowledge of transmitting antennas. I would be able to get 5 & 9 about 75% of the time and I am about 104 miles from the transmitters. I am on a mountain with elevation of 1,870 ft ASL, but their signals were much better than any other analog signals in the market. Ch 2 & 4 came in most of the time also, but 5 & 9 were always better. Thanks for the link to the article. I sometimes have a problem with WTXF 42 Fox Philadelphia. I believe most of the problem is due to leaves on the trees. There are 30-35 foot trees in the path of the signal and my antenna is only about 15 feet off the ground. When there are leaves on the trees 42 always has a weaker signal. Also WLVT 39 is difficult to receive on the TV using an 2-bay UHF antenna inside in another room. This mainly occurs when there are leaves on the trees also. I have been looking for a used crank-up tower to get above the trees, especially for UHF signals. I have received WNBC 28 and WCBS 33 at my location. I don't recall seeing WWOR 38. I will have to check for it when signals are up from that direction. I had wondered why I wouldn't see 38 when most of the other NYC stations were coming in. Perhaps it has to do with the leaves on the trees since it is in the frequency range that seems to be affected by the leaves are channels 38-42. Interesting analysis of their digital signals by checking the waveform! (Bob Seaman, Hazleton, PA, ibid.) PROPAGATION +++++++++++ :Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts :Issued: 2015 Jun 15 0323 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # Product description and SWPC contact on the Web # http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/weekly.html # # Weekly Highlights and Forecasts # Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 08 - 14 June 2015 Solar activity ranged from very low to moderate levels (R1-minor) with very low activity observed on 08 June, low activity observed on 09, 10 and 12 June and moderate activity observed on 11, 13 and 14 June. A majority of the flare activity occurred from Regions 2360 (N15, L=129, class/area Eac/220 on 12 June) and 2367 (S20, L=001, class/area Ekc/340 on 14 June). Region 2367, the largest region on the disk, produced an M1 flare at 11/0855 UTC. This region exhibited steady growth since first rotating onto the disk on 10 June. Region 2360 produced an M1/Sf flare at 13/0729 UTC and an M2 flare at 14/0059 UTC while exiting the west limb on the 14th. Multiple filament eruptions and eruptive prominences were observed throughout the week, but none resulted in Earth-directed coronal mass ejections. No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit was at normal levels on 08-09 June. High levels on 10-13 June and moderate levels on 14 June were observed in response to an enhanced solar wind environment caused by the influence of a negative polarity coronal high speed stream (CH HSS). Geomagnetic field activity was at predominately quiet to active levels with isolated minor storm levels (G1-minor) observed on 08 and 14 June and an isolated major storm period (G2-moderate) observed on 08 June. The summary period began with unsettled to major storm levels as Earth was under the influence of a negative polarity CH HSS. Effects from the CH HSS persisted through midday on 11 June with quiet to active conditions. Quiet to unsettled conditions were observed for the remainder of 11 June through 13 June. The period ended on 14 June with a co-rotating interaction region in advance of a positive polarity CH HSS that affected Earth's geomagnetic field with unsettled to isolated minor storm periods. FORECAST OF SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY 15 JUNE - 11 JULY 2015 Solar activity is expected to be at low levels with a slight chance for M-class (R1-minor) flare activity from 15-24 June from Region 2367 (S20, L=001). As region 2367 rotates off the disk, very low to low levels are expected on 25-26 June. Activity levels are expected to increase to low with a slight chance for M-class flare activity on 27 June - 11 July as old Region 2360 (N15, L=129) rotates back on to the visible disk. No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is anticipated to reach moderate to high levels on 15-19 Jun and 07-11 Jul in response to an enhanced solar wind environment caused by the influence of coronal hole high speed streams (CH HSSs). Normal levels are expected for the remainder of the outlook period. Geomagnetic field activity is expected to reach unsettled to active levels on 15-16 Jun and 06-08 Jul with minor storm levels (G1-minor) anticipated on 05 Jul and 11 Jul in response to recurrent CH HSS effects. Generally quiet field conditions are expected for 17 Jun-04 Jul. :Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt :Issued: 2015 Jun 15 0324 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 2015-06-15 # # UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest # Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index 2015 Jun 15 125 12 4 2015 Jun 16 120 8 3 2015 Jun 17 115 5 2 2015 Jun 18 110 5 2 2015 Jun 19 105 5 2 2015 Jun 20 100 5 2 2015 Jun 21 100 5 2 2015 Jun 22 95 5 2 2015 Jun 23 95 5 2 2015 Jun 24 90 5 2 2015 Jun 25 90 5 2 2015 Jun 26 90 5 2 2015 Jun 27 95 5 2 2015 Jun 28 100 5 2 2015 Jun 29 100 5 2 2015 Jun 30 110 5 2 2015 Jul 01 115 5 2 2015 Jul 02 120 5 2 2015 Jul 03 125 5 2 2015 Jul 04 125 5 2 2015 Jul 05 120 25 5 2015 Jul 06 120 15 4 2015 Jul 07 125 12 4 2015 Jul 08 130 10 3 2015 Jul 09 130 5 2 2015 Jul 10 130 8 3 2015 Jul 11 125 18 5 (SWPC via WORLD OF RADIO 1778, DXLD) GLENN`S PROPAGATION OUTLOOK FOR MEDIA NETWORK PLUS AS OF JUNE 18, 2015 From IPS in Australia, the global HF propagation forecast thru June 20: Normal at all latitudes. From Spaceweather South Africa thru June 20: magnetic conditions quiet; shortwave fadeouts unlikely; MUF unstable. From Met Office UK, the Space Weather Forecast Summary to June 20: Solar activity at low levels, with a 30% chance of M-Class flares and R1/R2 Radio Blackouts. Geomagnetic activity is expected to remain generally quiet to unsettled. Petr Kolman, OK1MGW in Prague says the Geomagnetic field will be: quiet on June 17 - 21, 28 - 30 quiet to unsettled on June 22 - 25, July 3, 6 - 8 quiet to active on June 26 - 27, July 5 mostly quiet on July 1 - 2 active to disturbed on July 4 From SWPC in Boulder: Generally quiet geomagnetic field conditions are expected thru July 4 with A and K indices of only 5 and 2. But surging July 5 to 25 and 5 and a lesser peak July 11 of 18 and 5. Solar flux dipping to 90 June 24-26, peaking at 130 on July 8-10. Extreme tropopsheric ducting along the Texas and Mexico coasts the mornings of June 21-23 are predicted by Bill Hepburn`s VHF-UHF maps. Also across the western Mediterranean on June 23. And all week all around Arabia. Frequent sporadic E openings across North America and Europe are expected into the VHF television and FM bands (via DXLD) ###