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Thanks, Glenn WORLD OF RADIO 1819 CONTENTS: *DX and station news about: Anguilla, Australia, Belarus, Biafra non, Canada non, China, Congo DR, Cuba and non, France and non, Germany, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Japan and non, Korea North non, Kurdistan non, Madagascar, New Zealand, North America, Peru, Romania, South Africa, Spain, Tibet non, Turkey, Uganda non, UK and non, USA, Vietnam non, Zambia SHORTWAVE AIRINGS of WORLD OF RADIO 1819, March 31-April 6, 2016 Thu 1130 WRMI 9955 [confirmed] Thu 2100 WRMI 13695 [confirmed] Thu 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB [confirmed] Fri 2130 WRMI 15770 [confirmed] Fri 2130 WRMI 13695 [confirmed] Fri 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB [confirmed] Sat 0630 HLR 6190-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio [confirmed] Sat 1430 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Sat 1930v WA0RCR 1860-AM Sat 2230 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB [confirmed] Sun 0310v WA0RCR 1860-AM [confirmed] Sun 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB [confirmed] Mon 0300v WBCQ 5130v-AM Area 51 [confirmed] Mon 0330 WRMI 9955 [confirmed] Mon 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB Tue 1100 WRMI 9955 Tue 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB Wed 1315 WRMI 9955 Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v Wed 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB 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-audio-plattform/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 NOTE: I have *resolved* to make DXLD leaner, more selective, as I seriously need to reduce my workload, much of which has been merely editing gobs of material into presentable form. This makes it even more important to be a member of the DXLD yg for additional material which may not make it into weekly isssues (gh) 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/ ** ALASKA [and non]. KNLS The New Life Station vs WEWN-2 Global Catholic Radio, March 27 0000-1000 on 11870 EWN 250 kW / 155 deg to SoAm Spanish tx#2 WEWN 0800-0900 on 11870 NLS 100 kW / 270 deg to SEAs English tx#2 KNLS 0900-1000 on 11870 NLS 100 kW / 300 deg to NEAs Russian tx#2 KNLS 0900-1000 on 9655 NLS 100 kW / 285 deg to EaAs Chinese tx#1 KNLS http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/03/knls-new-life-station-vs-wewn-2-global.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ALBANIA. 7464.98, March 27 at 0042, R. Tirana Albanian to North America is still on the B-15 time and frequency, S9+15 with music and conversation. But by time for the English broadcast, it`s A-16, ex 0230 on 7465: 9854.95, March 27 at 0122, R. Tirana IS, at S9, good and as we had planned, no ACI or CCI. 0130 sign-on but still announcing the old B-15 times and frequencies. Hope by next broadcast Tuesday, Klara will have that updated. After news and talk features, at 0151 folkmusic, down to S5-S7. And the Albanian hour from Sunday onwards will also be on 9855, at 2300-2400 (watch out for IBB Kuwait Tibetan and jamming coming up immediately afterwards for one hour). 9855, March 28 at 2358, R. Tirana IS and off, no QRM at end of Albanian hour to N America. Afterwards, a JBA carrier, presumably IBB Kuwait and/or ChiCom jamming scheduled for following hour only (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) At the same time 41 metres was the Albania Band. On 7285 Cërrik with CRI Romanian, with the the transmitter being turned on already at 0857 into an ongoing Chinese lesson in English. On 7390 Shijak, again with distortion and hum. Before 0900 progamming made a very pronounced break with interval signal and prolonged hum-only. Avoiding a crash- start into ongoing programming on 1395 is apparently of highest priority (Kai Ludwig, 0946 UT March 26, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Summer A-16 schedule of Radio Tirana 27 March 2016 - 29 October 2016 via Shijak and Fllake relay sites. ALBANIAN Daily 0700-0900 7390 SHI 100 kW TX1 S-10 antenna 310 deg EUR 0801-0900 1395 FLA 500 kW TX2 F-01 antenna 033 deg Ce-East-EUR 1400-1530 1458 FLA 500 kW TX2 F-05 antenna non-dir EUR 2300-2400 9855 SHI 100 kW TX1 S-15 antenna 310 deg WeEUR, UK & NoAM ENGLISH Mon-Sat 2000-2030 7465 SHI 100 kW TX1 S-10 antenna 310 deg WeEUR, UK & NoAM ENGLISH Tue-Sun 0130-0200 9855 SHI 100 kW TX1 S-15 antenna 310 deg WeEUR, UK & NoAM FRENCH Mon-Sat 1730-1800 7465 SHI 100 kW TX1 S-10 antenna 310 deg WeEUR-France GERMAN Mon-Sat 1931-2000 7465 SHI 100 kW TX1 S-10 antenna 310 deg We-CeEUR-Germany GREEK Mon-Sat 1545-1600 1458 FLA 500 kW TX2 F-05 antenna non-dir Greece, Balkan. ITALIAN Mon-Sat 1700-1730 7465 SHI 100 kW TX2 S-10 antenna 310 deg We-CeEUR-Italy SERBIAN Mon-Sat 2015-2030 1458 FLA 500 kW TX2 F-04 antenna 004 deg CeEUR-Serbia TURKISH Mon-Sat 1830-1900 1458 FLA 500 kW TX2 F-05 ant non-dir Turkey-Cyprus-Greece Shijak, Albania SW location and former MW 1089 kHz site, Made in USSR G.C. 41 19 47.99 N 19 33 04.01 E (Radio Tirana via Mrs. Drita Cico- ALB, March 23; Radiostacionet Shijak & Fllake - Pergjegjes Inxh. Eng. Bledi Mema. via wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews 30 March via DXLD) Radio Tirana - A-16 season (27.03.2016 bis 29.10.2016) 9855 0130-0200 7-9 SHI 100 310 1.34567 270316 291016 Eng ALB ALR 7390 0700-0900 27,28 SHI 100 310 1234567 270316 291016 Alb ALB ALR 7465 1700-1730 27,28 SHI 100 310 .234567 270316 291016 Ita ALB ALR 7465 1730-1800 27,28 SHI 100 310 .234567 270316 291016 Fra ALB ALR 7465 1931-2000 27,28 SHI 100 310 .234567 270316 291016 Deu ALB ALR 7465 2000-2030 27,28 SHI 100 310 .234567 270316 291016 Eng ALB ALR 9855 2300-2400 7-9 SHI 100 310 1234567 270316 291016 Alb ALB ALR Day 1 = Sun ... 7 = Sat ALBANISCH (taeglich) 0700 - 0800 UTC 7390 kHz Westeuropa 0801 - 0900 UTC 1395 kHz Westeuropa, Balkan 7390 kHz Westeuropa 1400 - 1530 UTC 1458 kHz Westeuropa, Balkan 2300 - 2400 UTC 9855 kHz Nordamerika DEUTSCH (Montag bis Samstag) 1931 - 2000 UTC 7465 kHz Deutschland ENGLISCH (Montag bis Samstag) 2000 - 2030 UTC 7465 kHz UK, Ireland ENGLISCH (Dienstag bis Sonntag) 0130 - 0200 UTC 9855 kHz Nordamerika FRANZOESISCH (Montag bis Samstag) 1730 - 1800 UTC 7465 kHz Frankreich GRIECHISCH (Montag bis Samstag) 1545 - 1600 UTC 1458 kHz Griechenland ITALIENISCH (Montag bis Samstag) 1700 - 1730 UTC 7465 kHz Italien SERBISCH (Montag bis Samstag) 2015 - 2030 UTC 1458 kHz Serbien, ex-YUG TUERKISCH (Montag bis Samstag) 1830 - 1900 UTC 1458 kHz Tuerkei, Zypern Mittelwelle: Sender Fllaka - 500 kW Kurzwelle: Sender Shijak - 100 kW (Michael Bethge-D, TopNews March 23, BCDX 30 March via DXLD) ** ALBANIA. A-16 CRI CER, China Radio International relay site Cerrik- ALB. 27 March 2016-29 October 2016 created by ITU HFBC on 2016-03-04 -----+----+----+----------+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+--- FREQ STRT STOP CIRAF LOC POWR AZI ANT LANG ADM BRC ORG -----+----+----+----------+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+--- 5960 2000 2100 27 CER 150 310 146 Eng ALB CRI RTC 5960 2100 2200 27 CER 150 310 146 Eng ALB CRI RTC 5970 1600 1800 28NW CER 150 330 146 Deu ALB CRI RTC 5970 1800 2000 27SE CER 150 310 146 Fra ALB CRI RTC 5985 0500 0700 37S,37NE CER 150 240 206 Ara ALB CRI RTC 6020 0000 0100 8,9 CER 300 305 217 Eng ALB CRI RTC 6020 0100 0200 8,9 CER 300 305 217 Eng ALB CRI RTC 6020 0200 0300 8,9 CER 300 305 217 Chn ALB CRI RTC 6020 0300 0400 8,9 CER 300 305 217 Chn ALB CRI RTC 6055 1800 2000 37S,37NE CER 150 240 206 Fra ALB CRI RTC 6175 2200 2300 37NW CER 150 280 206 Por ALB CRI RTC 6175 2300 2400 37NW CER 150 280 206 Spa ALB CRI RTC 6185 2000 2200 38 CER 150 193 206 Ara ALB CRI RTC 7210 2200 2400 37NW CER 150 280 206 Spa ALB CRI RTC 7215 2000 2200 38 CER 150 140 146 Ara ALB CRI RTC 7220 1100 1200 28SE CER 150 0 925 Bul ALB CRI RTC 7285 0900 1000 28E CER 150 0 925 Ron ALB CRI RTC 7285 2000 2100 27 CER 150 310 146 Eng ALB CRI RTC 7285 2100 2200 27 CER 150 310 146 Eng ALB CRI RTC 7345 1200 1300 28SE CER 150 0 925 Srp ALB CRI RTC 7345 1500 1600 39NW CER 150 0 925 Tur ALB CRI RTC 7380 1600 1800 28NW CER 150 330 146 Deu ALB CRI RTC 9460 0900 1000 28E CER 150 0 925 Ron ALB CRI RTC 9480 1800 2000 27SE CER 150 310 146 Fra ALB CRI RTC 9555 1600 1800 38E CER 150 140 146 Ara ALB CRI RTC 9565 1500 1600 39NW CER 150 0 925 Tur ALB CRI RTC 9570 0000 0100 8,9 CER 300 305 217 Eng ALB CRI RTC 9570 0100 0200 8,9 CER 300 305 217 Eng ALB CRI RTC 9570 0200 0300 8,9 CER 300 305 217 Chn ALB CRI RTC 9570 0300 0400 8,9 CER 300 305 217 Chn ALB CRI RTC 9590 0500 0700 38E CER 150 140 146 Ara ALB CRI RTC 11695 1800 2000 37S,37NE CER 150 240 206 Fra ALB CRI RTC 11710 0500 0600 38E CER 150 140 146 Eng ALB CRI RTC 11710 0600 0700 38E CER 150 140 146 Eng ALB CRI RTC 11725 1600 1800 37S,37NE CER 150 240 206 Ara ALB CRI RTC 11775 0500 0700 37S,37NE CER 150 240 206 Ara ALB CRI RTC 11855 0700 0900 27 CER 150 310 146 Chn ALB CRI RTC 11920 1400 1600 37S,37NE CER 150 240 206 Fra ALB CRI RTC 13665 1100 1300 27 CER 150 310 146 Eng ALB CRI RTC 13670 1400 1600 37S,37NE CER 150 240 206 Fra ALB CRI RTC 13710 0700 0900 27 CER 150 310 146 Eng ALB CRI RTC 300 kW = 2 x 150 kW combined SW txs. Made up by P.R. China of 1967 year. Re-built and modernisized by China in July 2004 year. Two Cerrik, Albania SHORTWAVE locations: Cerrik SW site-A, seemingly now looks as a ruin, in use of Oct 1967 to July 2004 year. 10 x 50 kW, 6 x 25 kW. 16 x curtains, 5 x rhombic antennas. G.C. 41 00 49.85 N 19 59 34.53 E {probably Radio Tirana only transmission part til 2004 ? wb.} Cerrik SW site-B, in use of 1972? - July 2004 year. Repaired and erected with new 6 x 150 kW txs of latest China mainland technology, as well as repaired and modernisized the curtain antenna bulk of 22 x curtain ants, 2 x non-directional quadrant antennas, 6 x 150 kW TXs. - 300 kW power = 2 x 150 kW combined SW txs. G.C. 40 59 44.87 N 19 59 51.06 E {probably combined usage as Radio Tirana - and til 1978 year - as Radio Peking relay transmission bc center park during Vietnam war, towards Europe and especially to North America on SW, wb.} (CRI via ALR Mrs. Drita Çiço, wwdxc TopNews March 4, BC-DX 30 March via DXLD) ** ALGERIA. 891: It's Algiers Ouled-Fayet, Algeria, [replaced by new 600 kW TransRadio Berlin {former Telefunken} unit and new earth net / feeder line / antenna switching unit in TX house refurbishing too, wb.] which Ampegon and Transradio are refurbishing, was doing tone tests in December 2015/January 2016 too. and this thread (Mike Barraclough-UK, March 22, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews BC-DX 30 March via DXLD) ** ALGERIA [non]. 12060, March 27 at 2025, Qur`an at poor S6, i.e. RTA via FRANCE now at 19-21 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ANGOLA. Rádio Nacional, 4949.7 Mulenvos. Mar 27, 2016 Sunday. 0414-0416. Poor reception, YL talking but couldn't make out the language. Followed by OM in Portuguese. Afro music at 0416. Poor, almost unreadable. Jo'burg sunrise 0415 (Bill Bingham, Johannesburg RSA, Drake R8E, Sony ICF2001D, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS. 7390.001, INDIA, AIR Port Blair, S=7 or -84dBm poor signal at 0754 UT, not stable, wandered 2 Hz up and down [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, 0640-1000 UT on March 25, on remote SDR in eastern Thailand: Checked the local 2 to 4 pm reception time slot in 49 / 41 / 31 / 25 mb in eastern Thailand SDR remote unit today, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ANGUILLA. 6090, Caribbean Beacon / University Network, 3/24, 0245. Lecture by Pastor M Scott, unlistenable due to problems reported by GH / OK before. Signal level good; modulation hideous. Wonder how long it will take to fix this. note: tried 11775 today (3/24) but had weak signal, not able to make a determination. Checking 3/25 at 0030, problem still persists (Rick Barton, AZ, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6090, March 24 at 0519, DGS *********still********* distorted, and crackling out to plus/minus 8 kHz, starting to QRM the jamming on 6080, tsk2. 11775, March 24 at 1815, PMS **********still********** distorted but more or less readable if you can stand it. 161 hours and counting, almost a full week since this was first noted. 6090, March 25 at 0049, TUN with DGS is **********still********** distorted, now at the one-week mark and counting. A few minutes later, at 0103, // 1610 MW is also audible now with PMS, but clear and NOT distorted. Therefore it`s not their satellite downlink receiver to blame (assuming both would access the same feed source), but the modulator sexion of the SW transmitter. 6090, March 25 at 0524, DGS still has some distortion at peaks, into second week of this nonsense. And likewise 11775 at 1112 check (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6090.002, at 0648 UT on March 25, CBB English religious sermon female prayer likely Melissa Scott? S=9+25dB or -50dBm powerful. STILL distorted audio feed by satellite!! [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, Morning log at 0630-0736 UT on March 25, noted nighttime reception on North American remote SDR receiver post at Detroit MI, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) I think no XYL other than PMS is ever heard on this (gh, DXLD) 6090, March 26 at 0251, FINALLY, University Network modulation is OK, during PMS; also OK on day frequency 11775 at 1712. It only took them 8 days; but we`ll be hearing if it`s a permanent fix (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1819, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6090, Caribbean Beacon / University Network, 3/26, 0830. Dr. Gene, and with much improved audio - a bit of hum, but no worse than that. VG. Checking 11775 at 1520 has them good without the previous mess (Rick Barton, AZ, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ARMENIA. 4810.00, 1750-1815 25.3, Armenian Public R, Noratus, Gavar. Farsi talk, 1803 piano music and Armenian songs - best in LSB, 1815-1830 Fanfare, Arabic ID: "Yerevan, Huna idha'at Jumhuriyat al- Yermaniyah min Yerevan", frequency ann, ann, news, 1826 Armenian song, 45333 AP-DNK (Anker Petersen, Denmark, few tips heard in Skovlunde on my AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) ** AUSTRALIA. Fluttery open carrier on 3210, assume to be the low powered Australian station on March 24; at 1310 with open carrier through subsequent checking till 1412; about 1357 seemed faint traces of some audio, but unusable for any details. My local sunrise was at 1404 UT. A day of good conditions (Ron Howard, CA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also UNIDENTIFIED by gh, 3210 Unique R, Halls Creek NSW, 3210 kHz --- Location is 30 50 25s, 151 00 30e per the station. 73, (Mauno Ritola, March 28, shortwavesites yg via DXLD) I see some other programmers are publicizing specific times on Unique Radio, so could you provide some for WORLD OF RADIO? (Glenn to Tim Gaynor, via DXLD) Hi Glenn, yep, I'll slot you in Fridays from 0830 UT, Saturdays from 0700 and 1400 and Sundays from 0830. These times won't change with the impending summertime in Europe and the ceasing of our summertime on April 3rd. I'm also awaiting a brand new resonant 1/2 wave wire antenna which is in transit which should extend coverage quite a bit and boost the existing reception on Northwest NSW and Queensland. Many thanks (Tim Gaynor, Unique Radio, March 31, WORLD OF RADIO 1819, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. After getting Japan on MW 774 & 747, I should see how 120m is doing. 2325, March 28 at 1219, S7 music, from VL8T, Tennant Creek NT; tuning up to 2485, March 28 at 1220: wow, S9+10 with song, best I`ve heard this in a long time, and slightly stronger than // 4835 VL8A Alice Springs. DJ outro about ``album for a Monday night`, Trisha Yearwood and Coco Taylor. Then interview with a singer; 1223 mentions Alice Springs, plays some blues; by 1234, 2485 is weakening compared to 4835 with weather, 1235 promo for ABC Alice Springs which is apparently the program source for all of them. Only 4835 is listenable every morning, nothing special DX-wise (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. 17840, March 25 at 0118, lovely a cappella choral music with heavy reverb from some cathedral, continues past 0130 with no announcements heard. Must be a Good Friday special from a noontime service in SE Australia, contrary to own program schedule, preëmpting listed Radiotonic at 0100+, Final Cut at 0130. 17840 reception in our evenings seems to be improving gradually, from S3 to S6 as I listen (but 15240 not making it). What happens from March 27 in A-16? Probably no change, but in HFCC, RA continues to register some additional frequencies which I asterisk as only *backup/alternates. Here`s the whole list. 355 beam best for Europe, 70 best for North America, and 30 in between (toward Alaska): 2100-0900: 17840 70, 15415 355, 15240 30, *13630 70 0900-2100: *6150 30, 9580 70, 12065 355, 12085 30 PLUS an additional 6080 at 09-21 at 5 degrees, presumably kept available for a special broadcast to Papua New Guinea or vicinity (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENINIG DIGEST) Radio Australia issued the A-16 schedule, times given in UT. Sunday March 27, til October 29, 2016. EST = Eastern Standard Time from Sunday 3 April 2016 (UTC + 10 hours) Here the original text item by Gary Baxter and accompanied new RA graphical PDF-format file of A16 v1.0 version. Please find attached a revised operational schedule (A14 v2.0) for Radio Australia's shortwave services. Please note that daylight saving]s[ ends here on 3 April 2016, one week after the new schedule commences and as a result there may be timing changes affecting the French and Tok Pisin language services. [such as one UT hour later] I will revise the schedule when I have had these changes confirmed and was planning on waiting until I had the revised version before sending it to you. If you do publish/distribute this version at all, could you please ensure that it is updated with the later version when you receive it. TX C, J15 antenna, 355degr. 15415 2100-0900 42,43,44,45,51,50,64 SHP 100 355 13 616 Mul AUS ABC TX C, J11 antenna, 355degr. 12065 0900-2100 42E,44,45,49,51,54,64 SHP 100 355 13 616 Mul AUS ABC TX E, P1 antenna, 030degr. 15240 2100-0900 44,45,51E,54-56,60,65 SHP 100 30 0 150 Mul AUS ABC TX E, P1 antenna, 030degr. 12085 0900-2100 44,45,51E,54-56,60,65 SHP 100 30 0 150 Mul AUS ABC TX F, P5 antenna, 070degr. 17840 2100-0900 6,10,54E,56,60-63,77 SHP 100 70 0 216 Mul AUS ABC TX F, P4 antenna, 070degr. 9580 0900-2100 6,7,10,56,60N,62 SHP 100 70 0 216 Mul AUS ABC French Mon-Fri 0800-0805 UT; Sat/Sun English. Tok Pisin Mon-Fri 0630-0700 UT, 0900-0930 UT; Sat/Sun English. TX7 100kW Continental 418E, standby tx, 24hrs. TX A, B, and D, all txs OFF. ABC Northern Territory Service 2325 0830-2130 55 TEN 50 nondir 975 Mul AUS ABC 2485 0830-2130 55 KTH 50 nondir 975 Mul AUS ABC 4835 0830-2130 55 ALI 50 nondir 975 Mul AUS ABC 4835 2130-0830 55 ALI 50 nondir 975 Mul AUS ABC 4910 2130-0830 55 TEN 50 nondir 975 Mul AUS ABC 5025 2130-0830 55 KTH 50 nondir 975 Mul AUS ABC (RA, Gary Baxter-AUS, Febr 2016; via ADDXC Andreas Volk-Munich Germany; transformed and condensed by wb, March 22, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews BC-DX 30 March via DXLD) ** AUSTRIA. 6155.001, ORF OE1 program, via ORS Moosbrunn site, S=8 or -79dBm receiving signal at 0643 UT on March 25, in Detroit-Michigan state remote SDR unit. Classical concert, Swan song #4, piano music. Forecast on Gaetano Donizetti concert, on live "Radio Cafe" program tomorrow Saturday March 26, in OE1 radio service. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, Morning log at 0630-0736 UT on March 25, noted nighttime reception on North American remote SDR receiver post at Detroit MI, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) This has now shifted one UT hour earlier, audiblizing it better here before sunrise overtake it again, i.e. 0500-0615 span, including classical music from around 0530 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DXLD) ** BANGLADESH. 15505, March 30 at 1359:30 Bangladesh Betar IS is very poorly audible, and 5+1 mis-timesignal ends at 1400:25.5 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BELARUS. 11730, Radio Belarus, Minsk, 2010-2022, 26-03, Spanish, comments about Belarus, ID "Radio Belarus, programa en español", at 2020 program in English, ID "Listen to Radio Belarus". 34433 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Reinante, Tecsun PL-880, cable antenna, 8 meters, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) BELARUS TO STOP SW, MW AND LW BROADCASTS ON 1ST APRIL According to info from Vasily Gulyaev, R. Belarus and Belaruskaje R. 1st channel relays will stop on all shortwave, medium wave and long wave on 1st April (Mauno Ritola on WRTH - World Radio Tv Handbook Facebook Group, 29 March) BRTPC Transmitter Company confirms: http://www.brtpc.by/news/1026/* (Christian Milling, ibid, 29 March) English translation (from Belarusian) of above link*: Termination of broadcasting in the LF, MF and HF bands In connection with the refusal of the National State TV and Radio of the Republic of Belarus RUE "Concern RRT" services and the lack of other customers with 01.04.2016g, stops air broadcasting of sound programs "First National Channel of the Belarusian Radio" and "Radio Belarus" in the range of low, medium and high frequencies: - Transmitting radio shop in the village Kolodishchi: "First National Channel of the Belarusian Radio" transmitter power of 250 kW at a frequency of 7.255 MHz; "Radio Belarus" transmitter power of 250 kW at a frequency of 11.930 MHz; "Radio Belarus" transmitter power of 150 kW at a frequency of 11.730 MHz; "First National Channel of the Belarusian Radio" transmitter power of 150 kW at a frequency of 6.080 MHz; - Osipovichiskim transmitting radio shop (in the locality Pine) "First National Channel of the Belarusian Radio" transmitter power of 500 kW at a frequency of 279 kHz; "Radio Belarus" transmitter power of 800 kW at a frequency of 1170 kHz. [Wonder is this a temporary or permanent cessation? Not sure if it will also affect relays of their German programmes via Kall? There is no mention of this news on their English language website http://www.radiobelarus.tvr.by/en (which displays an A16 schedule) or their Facebook page yet. - Alan] Posted by: ("Alan Pennington", March 29, BDXC-UK yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1819, DXLD) Summer A-16 shortwave transmissions from Belarus until March 31: Belarussian Radio 1 0400-0700 on 7255 MNS 250 kW / 072 deg to EaEu Belarussian 1700-2100 on 6080 MNS 150 kW / 127 deg to N/ME Belarussian Relay Radio Stalitza, Radio Grodno, Radio Mogilev and other 1500-1700 on 6080 MNS 150 kW / 127 deg to N/ME Belarussian 1500-1700 on 7255 MNS 250 kW / 072 deg to EaEu Belarussian Radio Belarus Minsk 1100-1400 on 11730 MNS 150 kW / 246 deg to WeEu Belarussian 1400-1600 on 11730 MNS 100 kW / 246 deg to WeEu Russian 1600-1800 on 11730 MNS 150 kW / 246 deg to WeEu Polish 1705-1800 on 11930 MNS 250 kW / 252 deg to WeEu Polish 1800-1940 on 11730 MNS 150 kW / 246 deg to WeEu German 1800-1940 on 11930 MNS 250 kW / 252 deg to WeEu German 1940-2000 on 11730 MNS 150 kW / 246 deg to WeEu German Tue/Wed/Fri 1940-2000 on 11930 MNS 250 kW / 252 deg to WeEu German Tue/Wed/Fri 1940-2000 on 11730 MNS 150 kW / 246 deg to WeEu French Sat-Mon/Thu 1940-2000 on 11930 MNS 250 kW / 252 deg to WeEu French Sat-Mon/Thu 2000-2020 on 11730 MNS 150 kW / 246 deg to WeEu Spanish Sat-Mon/Thu 2000-2020 on 11930 MNS 250 kW / 252 deg to WeEu Spanish Sat-Mon/Thu 2000-2020 on 11730 MNS 150 kW / 246 deg to WeEu English Tue/Wed/Fri 2000-2020 on 11930 MNS 250 kW / 252 deg to WeEu English Tue/Wed/Fri 2020-2200 on 11730 MNS 150 kW / 246 deg to WeEu English 2020-2200 on 11930 MNS 250 kW / 252 deg to WeEu English 2200-2300 on 11730 MNS 100 kW / 246 deg to WeEu Russian 2200-2300 on 11930 MNS 250 kW / 252 deg to WeEu Russian -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1819, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BELARUS. Analogue AM Radio in Belarus final end at 01. April 2016, i.e. on Thursday March 31, at 21.00 UTC, switch OFF FOR EVER. Nachdem der Stand gestern seitens Radio Belarus noch so war, dass man nicht wuesste, ob und wann die Analogausstrahlungen aus Minsk eingestellt werden (Geruechte gab es ja lt. eines RadioEins Artikel von Kai Ludwig), wurde heute seitens der Senderbetreibers BRTPC folgendes (bedauernswerterweise) bekanntgegeben: Nachdem die staatliche nationale Rundfunkgesellschaft Belarus die Dienstleistungen des Sendebetreibers BRTPC abgelehnt hat, werden per 01. April 2016 saemtliche verbleibenden AM Ausstrahlungen eingestellt. Das betrifft folgende Frequenzen und Programme: Senderstandort Minsk-Kalodzicy: Erstes Nationales Programm "Belarus" (Inlandsdienst) auf 7255 kHz mit 250 kW Sendeleistung. Erstes Nationales Programm "Belarus" (Inlandsdienst) auf 6080 kHz mit 150 kW Sendeleistung. Radio Belarus (Auslandsdienst) auf 11930 kHz mit 250 kW Sendeleistung. Radio Belarus (Auslandsdienst) auf 11730 kHz mit 150 kW Sendeleistung. Senderstandort Sasnovy Osipovichi: Erstes Nationales Programm "Belarus" (Inlandsdienst) auf LW 279 kHz mit 500 kW Sendeleistung. Radio Belarus (Auslandsdienst) auf MW 1170 kHz mit 800 kW Sendeleistung. Source: Damit ist also zu rechnen, dass die letzen Sendungen am Donnerstag, 31. March 2016 um 24 Uhr Minsker Zeit (UTC+3hrs, = 21.00 UTC) enden. Es ist damit zu rechnen, nach eigenen Recherchen, das den Anlagen eine Bisambergung bevorsteht. Technisch soll einer der Sender ein Kuriosum sein, bei dem 15 einzelne 5 kW Ex-Jamming-Einheiten zu einer 75 kW Einheit zusammen gedengelt wurden. Schade auch, weil in den letzten Wochen die Ingenieure sich nochmal richtig ins Zeug gelegt haben, die Spurious Ausstrahlungen erfolgreich in den Griff zu bekommen, - und an der Modulation haette man sicherlich auch noch optimieren koennen. Persoenlich traurig fuer mich ist es, dass ich es in den 6 Jahren, die ich Belarus nun bereise kein einziges mal die Chance hatte, einen Besichtigungstermin auszumachen: Beim naechsten Urlaub ist zu befuerchten, dass es zu spaet ist (Christian Milling-D on tour in Belarus, via Paul Reinersch-D, March 29, via wwdxc BC-DX 30 March via DXLD) From April 1, 99% probability Belarusian Radio and radiostation Belarus LW, MW, SW, goes OFF FOR EVER. Location data? Well, just like the Voice of Russia. A few days so in the new broadcast season for prophesy. So I wrote earlier, according to one of the Polish Forum. And today called and found out in something like the department of BTRC, there have confirmed {the closure}. And on the HF, for example, regularly reserved for the summer season all of their frequency, including the long-deceased 5 kW (Russian SWL / DX website. DX Forum portal - MW, LW broadcast via RusDX March 13 via dxld via BC-DX 30 March via DXLD) {not a log, yet, but in case you haven`t heard ---} 11730, R. Belarus, is allegedly having its SW, MW and LW transmitters closed down permanently at local midnight, 2100 UT March 31. I never have any luck hearing this but will try one last time. On Thursdays, 2000-2020 in Spanish, 2020- in English normally until 2200, and // 11930 which no way is going to make it past Cuban jamming and Radio Martí (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1819, DX LISTENING DIGEST) It did QRT (gh) ** BELGIUM. Re: ``ITALY. Paradise on 1440 kHz --- It is no paradise on 1440 kHz when another DX channel is blocked. This German speaking station called Paradise FM was heard this morning (18 MAR) on this ex- RTL frequency playing rock music. News in German before 0500, some ID- slogans in English after the news. Strong signal here in the middle of Europe. Location of the transmitter: probably in north Italy.`` Hi Glenn! No. East part of Belgium. Here some information I got from them (e-mail: paradisefm@outlook.com) ``Vielen Dank für Deinen Bericht. Wir haben uns sehr darüber gefreut, das es unser Sendesignal bis nach Leibnitz geschafft hat. Wir sind keine offizielle Radiostation und senden aus dem östlichen Teil von Belgien gelegentlich zu Hobbyzwecken. Die Freq. 1440 khz wurde gewählt, weil sie nach der entgültigen Abschaltung von Radio Luxemburg nicht mehr verwendet wird. Auch ist diese Frequenz Europaweit bekannt und eingeführt. Unser Sender wurde auch schon von anderen Dx-ern in Deutschland, Scandinavien und Süd- England gehört. Derzeit testen wir auf der Mittelwelle 1440 KHz im C-QUAM - S T E R E O - Mode. Im normalen Radios hört man uns nach wie vor wie gewohnt, aber in speziell ausgestatteten Radios oder mit der SDR-Software SoDiRa, kann man uns in AM STEREO hören. Technik: Steuersender: ASPISYS C-QUAM Stereo Exiter Senderendstufe: 2 Röhren, Driver: PL36 PA: QE 08/200 = YL1260 Output: 160Watt Anoden-Schirmgitter-moduliert durch einen 400Watt Transistor Audio-Amp. Antenne: 1/4 l Eindraht-Antenne (Monopol) 11m Vertikal & 39m horizontal sowie ein Erdungs/Gegengewichts-Netz.`` 73, (Patrick Robic, Austria, March 30, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BHUTAN. 6035.05, BBS, 1210-1224*, March 28. Mixing with PBS Yunnan (6035.00); at 1210 & 1213 BBS briefly played indigenous instrumental music; 1221-1224* indigenous singing; suddenly off. A good day for BBS! (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BIAFRA [non]. SECRETLAND, SPL Secretbrod relay Radio Biafra, March 24, 2000-2300 on 11600 SCB 100 kW / 195 deg to WeAf English, live From March 27 new frequency probably will be 11590 or 12075. http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/03/spl-secretbrod-relay-radio-biafra-march_25.html B-15 Radio Biafra till March 26 (open carrier/dead air on March 26) 2000-2300 on 11600 SCB 100 kW / 195 deg to WeAf English, A-16 on 12075 no signal http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2016/03/dimtse-radio-erena-via-spl-secretbrod.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1819, DX LISTENING DIGEST) But not found on either, and 11600 goes to Kurdistan [non] until 2100 (gh, DXLD) ** BOLIVIA. 6025. RED PATRIA NUEVA 27/3 0045-0059 UTC. Música folclórica andina i.e. Los Kjarkas, et al., ID y anuncios del gobierno. SINPO: 44434 con leve QRM de otras emisoras sin ID, ni heterodino y con desvanecimiento permanente (Claudio Galaz, RX: TECSUN PL-660, ANT: 15 metros de hilo. QTH: Barraza Bajo, IV Región, CHILE, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** BOLIVIA. Note: 6105.3, Radio Panamericana, La Paz seems active occasionally when relaying Bolivian sports events. in the local evenings 2300+ (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, Florida, 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, Sony 2010XA, circa March 26, cumbredx yg via DXLD) ** BOLIVIA. 6134.8, Radio Santa Cruz, 0143 UT March 23 2016 in Spanish with children s program. Sign off announcements and usual Radio Santa Cruz song at 0205. Very nice signal (Mickey Delmage, Sherwood Park Alberta, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook Loop Antenna, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOUGAINVILLE [and non]. 3325, Radio Bougainville, PNG, 1029 UT March 21 2016 in Pidgin. Pop music including Bryan Adams "Summer of 69", Rachel Platten "Stand By You". Flute IS at 1101 and NBC Bougainville ID. Other songs heard were Dolly Parton "Think About Love" as well as other local songs. Time checks at ...minutess before 11 after every break. Full ID and frequencies at 1203 and mention of programming continues from Port Moresby. Transmitter off at 1205 UT. RRI noted after that but weak. Poor to start but good at sign off (Mickey Delmage, Sherwood Park Alberta, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook Loop Antenna, DX LISTENING DIGEST) NBC Bougainville (3325) suddenly signed off today at 1152*, leaving RRI in the clear; at 1148 talking about a "NBC Bougainville program . . " (Ron Howard, California, March 24, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 3325, NBC Bougainville. March 28 had very poor conditions here; unable to make out any audio; below threshold level carrier. Could have been either RRI or NBC about 1200 (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. BRASIL, 4861.8, R. Alvorada (presumed), Londrina PR, 2212- 2225, 21/3, texto; 15331. Não se tratou da R. Verdes Florestas. 4875.1, R. Roraima, Boa Vista RR, 2317-2330, 17/3, noticiário nacional A Voz do Brasil; 45332. 4925.2, R. Educação Rural, Tefé AM, 2230-2244, 17/3, canções e anúncios comerciais; 25331. [the above 3 stand out many evenings here by their signature off- frequencies. The first one varies somewhat --- gh] 4965, R. Alvorada, Parintins AM, 2322-2323*, 17/3, anúncio das freqs. logo seguido de fecho súbito que certamente não foi mais do que uma avaria; 35331. 4965, idem, 2233-2247, 19/3, prgr. de propag. relig.; 35332. 4985, R. Brasil Central, Goiânia GO, 2235-2250, 19/3, canções; 43442, QRM de teletipo. Inaudível em // 11815. 15190.2, R. Inconfidência, Belo Horizonte MG, 1936-1942*, 21/3, efemérides, conversa sobre diferentes tópicos; 35433; o tx emudeceu sùbitamente, às 1942, certamente devido a qq. avaria. Em 17, 18, 19 e 20/3, o sinal nem era perceptível, talvez mercê de ausência devida a avaria. Good DX & 73, (Carlos Gonçalves, southwest coast of Portugal, March 24, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 3375.073, March 25 at 1017, S5 signal in Brazuguese, no doubt 1 kW R. Municipal São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas. Another one I never hear in the evening (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 4785, March 25 at 1008, a carrier with some talk modulation, where I never hear anything in the evenings sunset or later. Presumed R. Caiari, Porto Velho, Rondônia, which WRTH alleges runs 09-14 & 19-03, 10 kW. Strangely enough, Aoki says the only 4785 ZY is Radio Brasil 5000 in Campinas SP! Caiari is the one currently being reported by numerous DXers. {BTW, in Portuguese, stress falls automatically on final -i without a written acute accent.} Around 1010 I also have likely ZYs on 4845, 4885 (with Korea het), 4915, 4925.23 (R. Educação Rural, Tefé, Amazonas) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 5939.868, Rádio Voz Missionária, Camboriú, SC, at 0718 UT, S=4 or -104dBm very tiny signal this March 25 morning, noted sermon talk in BrasPort [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, Morning log at 0630-0736 UT on March 25, noted nighttime reception on North American remote SDR receiver post at Detroit MI, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 6135.15-usb [sic] Seemingly ~ Brasil, Rádio Aparecida, Aparecida, SP with poor signal strength and garbled, Portuguese, 21 March (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, Florida, 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, Sony 2010XA, cumbredx yg via DXLD) This means it was tuned using USB, not transmitted on USB only! Quite a difference (gh, DXLD) [and non]. 6135.1, March 28 at 0341, approx. center of motorboating noise. Suspect it`s the R. Aparecida transmitter out of whack as there is no carrier on its usual 6135.2, and this mess is closer to that than to 6134.8, haunt of RSC Bolivia, likely off by this hour anyway. (HFCC A-16 reminds us that Al-Hiswah, Yemen used to sign on 6135 at 0300, but that`s been gone for a long time.) Furthermore, the bonker is back on the lo side, itself centred approx. 6131.6 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 9819.26, March 26 at 0225, JBA carrier; must be R. Nove de Julho, as nothing closer to 9820.0. Seems to be drifting lower and lower, but it was already being reported a sesquimonth ago on ``9819.2`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. Greetings from Nevada! Conditions here seem fair-to-good with a generally lower noise floor. Just when I thought Ràdio Nacional Brasìlia had gotten their transmitter together I still seemed to hear a few notes of music with a clipping little distortion on the peaks; this may well just be an audio gain stage problem somewhere along the line, but the music was nice to hear in relatively high fidelity again (see link to recording in log below, I'm not sure my phone video recorder does it justice, but it did sound pretty nice for the most part!). Ràdio Nacional Brasìlia, 11780.1, 0015 26 MAR - SINPO = 55434. Portuguese, music, male announcer. QSB=slow-to-moderate rate but shallow, good clear modulation on solid carrier occasionally fading to mixing with noise floor for short times, most of the time well above. (See Recording) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7h4yHIBodW0 sf85.5, a7, k1, geomag: very quiet. 250kw, beamAz 360 , bearing 116 . Sangean ATS505 w/MFJ-1020C active antenna used to preselect Magic Wand Antenna hanging indoors on west wall. Received at Las Vegas, United States, 9067 KM from transmitter at Brasilia, Parque do Rodeador, DF. Local time: 1715 (Rodney Johnson, NV, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CAMBODIA [non]. Good signal of Voice of Khmer M'Chas Srok via BaBcoCk, March 24: 1130-1200 on 17860 TAC 100 kW / 122 deg to SEAs Khmer Thu/Sun. On same time, days, frequency in summer A-16 effective from March 27 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/03/good-signal-of-voice-of- khmer-mchas_24.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA [non]. Radio Canada International back on SW via Kall- Krekkel (Germany) On Saturday, 1430-1530 on 6005 On Saturday, 1400-1430 on 7310 The language is not specified Sendeplan: Kurzwelle aus Kall - Shortwaveservice.com Der Sendeplan der Sendungen, die über den Sender Kall-Krekel auf Kurzwelle ausgestrahlt werden, u.a. Radio Slowakei, Radio MiAmigo und Radio 700. . . . http://www.shortwaveservice.com/empfangen/programmplan/?lang=de (Jean-Michel Aubier, France, March 27, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1819, DX LISTENING DIGEST) When I check March 30, languages are specified: 1400-1430 ENGLISH, 1430-1530 French. We tend to forget that RCI still exists with web programming, now shortwaved, but useless outside Europe. Kall schedule is quite extensive, with some other ex-SW station relays (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1819, DXLD) I'm reading the link it as follows (w/Google translate): 6005 1430-1530 Radio Canada International French Saturdays 7310 1400-1430 Radio Canada International English Saturdays Depending on the beam and power, it seems like a decent time to try them here in NA. 73s (Rodney Johnson, NV, dxldyg via DXLD) Sorry, no way, forget it. These are only 1 kW, non-direxional, and in bright daytime on lower bands (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** CANADA. [Radio In Montreal] Radio Shalom to sign off? From the Radio in Montreal Yahoo Group, 29 March: According to a lengthy French post on their Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/Radio-Shalom-Montreal-1650-AM-Officiel-160946433934508/?fref=nf Radio Shalom is set to sign off on Friday, April 1 at exactly 6 PM. Originally available on the former FM subcarrier radio service at 92.3 FM, Radio Shalom moved to its current home on 1650 AM back in 2006. The station served Montreal's Jewish community with music, news and spoken-word programming in English, French, Hebrew and occasionally Yiddish. During the Sabbath and Jewish holidays, CJRS ran a brokered format known as Radio CMM (Communications Michel Mathieu) / CKZW, playing French gospel music. I was a volunteer at Radio Shalom from shortly after its launch on AM 1650 to September 2012, when I moved to Toronto. I served in a variety of roles, including newsreader, commercial writer and call screener, in addition to being an on-air contributor for The Howie Silbiger Show, a popular talk show that s since moved online. I first discovered the station during its testing phase; a phone number was given out on-air to report signal and interference issues. When I called it, I was answered by none other than Michel Mathieu himself. He told me what was to launch on AM 1650, and that piqued my interest. Mathieu helped get Radio Shalom on the air, performed engineering duties, and even hosted a bilingual oldies music program on Saturday evenings. After just about a decade on the air, it's sad to hear this news, but unfortunately, it was inevitable. The station had been experiencing significant financial issues for a long time, and Robert Levy, the brainchild of the format, felt it was time to pull the plug (unID poster via Sylvain Naud, QC, March 30, IRCA via DXLD) ** CANADA. 6159.974, CKZU Vancouver lower mainland transmission, CBC news talk, S=5 or -90dBm in Detroit MI, female voice presenter on phone interview, but at 0736 UT noted at Vancouver SDR remote unit S=9+15dB or -62dBm signal. Not checked of CAN CKZN St. Johns transmission today, latter usually on 6159.985 kHz [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, Morning log at 0630-0736 UT on March 25, noted nighttime reception on North American remote SDR receiver post at Detroit MI, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHAD [and non]. 6165, March 25 at 0522, LAH beating against RHC English, so RNT is still active here on the only SW frequency it knows. LAH = low audible heterodyne (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Radio Nationale Tschadienne (tent.): 6165 carrier was there, monitored from just before 1800 onwards, already off by 2003 March 26, and I never caught any modulation. 73 (Thorsten Hallmann, Germany, 0852 UT March 27, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6165, March 29 at 0548, can still detect another slightly offset carrier under RHC, presumed RNT. Also March 30 at 0546, fast SAH from understation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Yes, presumed Chad also there in the evening, in the clear from 1900 in Europe, and today signing off between 2159 and 2203. Modulation is very weak and I can only judge by the general impression from the talk that it is likely Chad (Thorsten Hallmann, March 31, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. 9325, CNR1 [jammer] 1412-1430* 23 March. Jamming a clear channel, instead of infesting 9320 against SOH. 11505, CNR1 [jammer] 1426-1430* 23 March. Very large signal v. VoT- 11507. 11515, CNR1 [jammer] 1350+ 26 March. Apparently the weekend help missed the memo from the Director of the Chinese Jammers' Cooperative (DCJC) that VoT has moved to 11508 for their 1330-1400 broadcast (Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA, E5/6m X wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. 5050, Beibu Bay Radio. The Aoki database shows this as being in Thai 1300-1400, but my recent observations differ and I also confirmed again on March 30. Most of the 1300-1400 time period is in Chinese, with the exceptions of a brief segment (starts about 1320) that is in English and Chinese; starting with ID in English (seems to be "Hi everyone. This is Beibu Bay Radio, the Voice of Guangxi, China") and short talk about some current item of interest; segment in Thai 1330-1345 with announcer in Thai, some Thai pop music and a language lesson in Thai (also with Chinese); 1345 back to Chinese. This format seems fairly regular (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. 11895.002, CRI Chinese service from Nanning site, transmit also BUZZ audio. Combined transmitters 200 kW site. 9.8 kHz wide signal. S=8 -80dBm 15 x spur intervals either sideband. These all work out to be at 100 Hertz intervals. 9810even, CNR 2nd program, Beijing, Chinese, S=7 -78dBm at 0858 UT. And accompanied by two symmetrical 100 Hertz spur signals visible. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, 0640-1000 UT on March 25, on remote SDR in eastern Thailand: Checked the local 2 to 4 pm reception time slot in 49 / 41 / 31 / 25 mb in eastern Thailand SDR remote unit today, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9810, March 27 at 1317, heavy sitar-like music, good with heavy flutter averaging S8; 1323 Chinese announcement. O, it`s only CNR-1, but during the Sunday evening serious music show worth listening to on its own merits. Soon found same on other jammed frequencies, 11540, 11640, etc. 9810 has no obvious jamming target so maybe it`s legit, listed as CNR1 via Nanning. 11540 is against IBB Tibetan via Kuwait, CCI audible there (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) and see GOA ** CHINA [and non]. 7325-, March 28 at 1253, JBA carrier slightly on the lo side, no doubt Wantok Radio Light, as CRI Japanese has just cut 7325.0 off the air early at 1253*, widening the window for Wantok Radio Light, PNG before CRI resumes at *1258:47; 1300 IS, IDs in Chinese and Japanese. During this break, site has shifted from Jinhua to Xi`an, and weakened here. Makes no sense to cut off programming in progress earlier than natural break circa 1257; Ron Howard first noted this a few days ago, but it may not last. Suspect misprogrammed automation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7325.0, CRI again noted signing off early (1253*) on March 30; then faint open carrier from presumed Wantok Radio Light (PNG) on 7324.95 (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA [and non]. 15590, March 28 at 1329+1330, CNR1 strong but with heavy flutter and CCI from jamming target IBB in Mandarin via THAILAND during this hour. // CNR1 jammer on 7385 at 1334 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA [and non]. Just now CRI on 9525 over Voice of Indonesia. I really don't understand Chinese frequency planner engineers. 9525, 27/3 1915, CRI over Voice of Indonesia! In Russian. No other frequencies to go? Strong. Ciao (Giampiero Bernardini, Milano, Italia, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1819, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Ciao, RRI Indonesia requested that channel only till 19 UT? No computer check program at the Chinese lady FM PCs revealed that collision up to now. 9525 1000 1100 55,58,59 JAK 250 135 216 Eng INS RRI RRI 9525 1100 1400 33,34,44,45,50 JAK 250 10 217 Eng INS RRI RRI 9525 1600 1900 48N,47E,38,39 JAK 250 290 217 Eng INS RRI RRI 9525 1900 2100 29-31,32N BEI 500 318 218 Rus CHN CRI RTC Never seen this North-West Africa entry of RRI at 290 degrees azimuth before; we had always requests on 320 degrees towards Russia and all- Europe, in past decades. wb (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) And of course it`s not all in English! Seems to be the default language for fuzzy entries (gh, DXLD) Ciao Wolfgang, maybe a mistake? Or just some problem with time change to summer time? Delay in introducing new A16 schedule? We'll see. 73 (Giampiero Bernardini, ibid.) I'm not sure to understand what you mean (my English isn't very good). This huge collision between Indonesia and China exists for a long time. In summer, it's impossible for us to listen to VOI French service at 2000, totally blocked by CRI Russian (Jean-Michel Aubier, France, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1819, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Never will happen a collision in ITU / HFCC databases; there is NO OVERLAPPING between China and Indonesia broadcasts. The Indonesian radio authority MUST ALSO reserve / request to the ITU HFBC/ HFCC the 1900 to 2100 UT time slot for RRI VOI in English 19-20, and RRI French 20-21 UT. 73 wolfy (Wolfgang Büschel, WORLD OF RADIO 1819, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** COLOMBIA [and non]. Two programs on 6010v: 6010.035, BRAZIL, ZYE521, Rádio Inconfidência, at 0710 UT, and both S=7 signal. 6010.097, Colombia, La Voz de tu Conciencia, Lomalinda, Puerto Lleras, Meta, nice Colombian Latin American music. Transmitter frequency is NOT stable, varies wandered some 5 to 10 Hertz up and down. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, Morning log at 0630-0736 UT on March 25, noted nighttime reception on North American remote SDR receiver post at Detroit MI, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CONGO [and non]. Hi Glenn, What a difference 24 hours makes! 6115, March 24, at 0518 was able to start to make out the audio for "RN2" (// 9760), which steadily improved with English IDs at 0520, 0540 & 0600, on 6115. No trace of any signal from Congo. None at all. Only heard "RN2" (Japan) audio the whole time (pop songs in English and Japanese). So this reception was identical to that of my March 21 reception. Propagation changing a lot every day! (Ron Howard, California, March 24, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6115.0, March 24 at 0600, JBA carrier again on 6115. Ron Howard in California confirms that on March 24, 6115 was nothing but Japan 0520- 0600. We wonder if Congo is finished with its elexion-inspired extended schedule? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) March 25, tuned in to 6115 at 0514 to find very weak open carrier; later heard distinctive pop song clearly // 9760 (strong reception); so only "RN2" (Japan) here till 0533. Tuned away to check 5005 (RNGE) for possible sign on from 0534 to 0540, but nothing heard there. Re-tuned 6115 at 0540 to find that Radio Congo had signed on between 0534 and 0540; many times stronger than "RN2"; series of announcers clearly in French (no African music heard); "RN2" extremely weak underneath; by 0555 had Japan getting stronger and Congo getting weaker. As usual "RN2" was playing non-stop EZL pop songs (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Radio Congo: 6115 seems to be very limited in the evenings. As several times recently, I first noticed the carrier around 1700, but again, I missed the closedown, which must have been between 1740 and 1755 March 26. 73 (Thorsten Hallmann, Germany, 0852 UT March 27, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6115, March 26 at 0604, JBA carrier, so is it Brazzaville or Tokyo? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6115.000, accurate even frequency. Radio Congo, Brazzaville, at 1720- 1736 UT on March 27, French language program, but switch midst in program into local domestic language, and back to French language. Two symmetrical 50 Hertz distance signal peaks visible on screen either side (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 27 via DXLD) ** CONGO DR. 5066.3, Radio Tele Candip, Bunia (presumed), 1902-1909, 24-03, Vernacular comments. Very weak, best on LSB. 14321. Also 1907- 1915, 26-03, Vernacular songs and comments. 1º4321 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Reinante, Tecsun PL-880, cable antenna, 8 meters, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5066.4, March 26 at 0257, JBA carrier, presumed R. CANDIP on its signature off-frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1819, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Radio Candip: 5066.4 nicely heard both Friday and Saturday, being on air later than usual: Closedown around 1910 on Friday, and after 2000 on Saturday March 26. 73 (Thorsten Hallmann, Germany, 0852 UT March 27, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1819, DX LISTENING DIGEST) CONGO DR.-Kinshasa, 5066.390 on March 27 at 1720 UT, R. Tele Candip, Bunia, poor tiny on threshold level and heavy ute interference. No program content readable (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 27, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1819, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. 6000, March 24 at 0524, RHC tho S9+30, modulation level is much lower than on other English frequencies. 12150, March 24 at 2205, trace of audio. I think it`s probably RHC, 2 x 6075; had just heard that and other frequencies announced on 13740, and hit this as I continued a bandscan downwards. Then fades down rather than up, but bears further checking. [confirmed below] 11880, March 24 at 2212, S9+10 open carrier/dead air, must be RHC. Should it be in French now? Until DST started March 13, French was at 2100-2130 on 11880, but with 22-23 English shifted later to 23-24 now, does that pull French along with it? Or is there a one-hour gap with neither, but transmitter left on. Naturally, RHC has not bothered to publish an interim update to its own B-15 schedule: http://www.radiohc.cu/interesantes/frecuencias Arnie will probably be a week or so late making A-16 changes on the air, after assessing the situation, having failed to participate in HFCC for fear of having to negotiate with Yanqui Imperialists. (Hey, maybe it`s OK now? Ask Raúl). 9490, March 25 at 1032 past 1100, variety of beepers on this Cuban jamming frequency, but no noise now, just the beeps presumably coming out of jamming transmitters. (It`s Radio Republica needing jamming only at 00-03 more or less, to continue in A-16.) Same kind of stuff I have heard before in the nightmiddle on 11930 when Martí is off, and on 13820 afternoon after Martí is also off. The latter had been mostly 5 or 10 beeps in a row, but the 9490 ones now are mostly 6 beeps in a row, and some weaker much longer strings of 20 or maybe 26 in a row. They overlap so it`s hard to sort them out and keep an exact count. These are CW carriers with no modulation, so the beep pitches depend on BFO and whether you step up or down 1 or 2 kHz. But the pitches differ if you stay on the same frequency, so their own frequencies are slightly offset. One could imagine the jammers are talking to each other, but hard to imagine any intelligence being conveyed this way, other than possibly a crude form of identification/location. 6060, March 26 at 0600 as I tune in, RHC music stops on English service, but carrier remains on, so I check all the others: same deal on 6000, 6100 and 6165; and 5040 is off the air. So is this another anomaly or do they now intend to stop at 0600 instead of another hour in English until 0700? Normally that remains during DST season despite the lateness of the hour. Maybe they`re still not sure about what to do during the two sesquiweeks of confusion. 12150, March 27 at 0050, Spanish at S3 vs CODAR at S5, but enough to make a match with RHC on 11760, so this is 2 x 6075, as I figured last time I detected it. Keeping an ear on all doubles of RHC frequencies could be productive. 5040, 6000, 6060, 6100, 6165, March 27 at 0602, RHC is still on, repeating the English hour for the eighth time, starting with some anniversary about Sékou Touré, beloved Guinean commie; unlike yesterday when they all went to dead air except 5040 which went off (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) RHC from Arnie in coming A-16 season: ``We will move to the new frequencies possibly on the April 10 UT days. Will send you a preliminary schedule as soon as we finish testing some antennas for the new bands and frequencies required. The sunspot number used to calculate the A-16 schedule was 38, as recommended by the ITU`` (via Wolfgang Büschel, March 27, WORLD OF RADIO 1819, DXLD) 5040, March 28 at 0353, RHC in Spanish with big hum when listening on AM, wobbling carrier with BFO. Wiggle that patchcord? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA [non]. 13820, March 26 at 1859, R. Martí is closing hyper music show `Interferencia`, and frequency announcement says now on 9565 and 11930 --- NOT!! Clueless in the Miami studio, they are running announcements by local clock rather than UT, as IBB generally keeps RM frequency change times at the same UT before and after DST, so 9565 won`t come up for another hour. Speaking of interference, 13820 is well atop the jamming, and 11930 is way below the wall of noise, and yes, neither on 9565 yet. Their program schedule is a mess, with numerous gaps and contradixions, http://www.martinoticias.com/programindex.html?tab=1 showing nothing between 1330 and 1600 [EDT] Saturdays. 13605, March 27 at 1343, Radio Martí has made its usual A-season jump from 13820 to 13605, and also as usual, the DentroCuban Jamming Command hasn`t noticed, still grinding away on 13820 against nothing, while 13605 is clear and loud, still so at 1441 with music live? from Miami. All they had to do was look at HFCC which has GB 13605 at 13-20 with only 62 kW (but sounds like more here, from 250 kW transmitter instead of quarter-power). Looking thru the other GB entries in HFCC, I see another brand new one: 7335 at 03-05, breaking away from 7365 before and after, for no apparent reason. 7335 is supposedly the full 250 kW. 7405 will be used only in the mornings at 12-14. 9805 is also reactivated for RM at 10-13. The DentroCuban Jamming Command is all confused about when and where to hit Radio Martí: At 1247 UT March 28, 5980 has wall of noise but Martí isn`t there. 6030 has neither but a weak algo, dare I hope CFVP or more likely Asian. 7405 has RM good over jamming; 9805 RM is very good with no jamming, baseball news; 11930 is already jammed with no Martí (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1819, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7405, March 30 at 0550, wall of noise jamming against nothing, since R. Martí no longer uses this frequency at night. It is on 7365, which is atop lite pulse jamming, normally reserved for standby situations. 11930, March 30 at 0557, mixed in with the wall-of-noise jamming against nothing are those irregular beeps again, this time only two at a time, the first one longer, i.e. like N in Morse code. Then some are strung together like C in Morse. With BFO, pitches change as they are slightly displaced away from 11930.00. 11930, March 31 at 0642, I am again hearing some N`s amid noise (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA [non]. Radio República (France Relay), 9490, 0107 27 MAR - RADIO REPUBLICA (CLA). SINPO = 15221. Spanish, male announcer. QSB=moderate rate, weak modulation on noisy carrier occasionally drops below noise floor but mostly mixes with it. sf86.5, a3, k1, geomag: very quiet. 150kw, beamAz 285 , bearing 37 . Sangean ATS505 w/Sony AN- LP1 active loop in west facing window. Received at Las Vegas, United States, 8896KM from transmitter at Issoudun. Local time: 1807 (Rodney Johnson, NV, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) By ``noise floor`` here are you implying natural noise and there was no jamming??? (gh, DXLD) ** CUBA. Habana FM Bandscan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLWU1IaOALE FM RDS bandscan from Vedado, Habana Cuba. Sangean PR-D5. Just a low tech bandscan. Despite the proximity to the Habana Libre Hotel, it went well. Next time I will try it farther away. One night Tropo was so strong from the US, it was actually interfering with 99.9 (Juan Gualda, Fort Pierce FL, March 27, WTFDA Forum via DXLD) As I told the OP, a few Havana FM have stopped running RDS. Those that once had it were: 91.7 COCO 98.3 METROP or METROPOL 101.5 Reloj 99.9 and apparently 102.5 never had it. 106.3 Progreso is a new one to me. I wonder if it is an image; 90.3 will cover Havana well enough I would think. Nice signal on it (Chris Dunne, Pembroke Pines FL, March 27, ibid.) Hi, btw of Havana FM Bandscan, the last week a friend, who's not a DXer, made for me a bandscan with his cell phone from the downtown. His list is: 90.3 Progreso rds 91.7 Radio COCO 93.3 Radio TAINO rds 94.1 Radio Enciclopedia rds 94.7 Radio Ciudad 96.7 Radio Rebelde rds 98.3 Radio Metropolitana 99.1 Radio Musical CMBF rds 101.5 Radio Reloj 102.5 Radio Habana Cuba 104.7 Mayabeque rds 106.3 Radio Progreso rds 106.9 Habana Radio Since the antenna is just the earphone cord maybe 99.9 was not audible or just is more far away from Habana ¿? Saludos - Last edited by Humberto; 03-31-2016 at 12:05 PM (Humberto Molina, San Salvador, El Salvador, originally March 30, ibid.) It is possible about 99.9, Humberto. The 106.3 intrigues me./cd (Chris Dunne, FL, ibid.) ** EAST TURKISTAN. 4500, March 28 at 1231, mixture of talk and music in presumed Mongolian, unique frequency of PBS Xinjiang, Urumqi, but mixed with ute hash. I quickly find the other three language services also audible to varying degrees: 4850 is S9 with weak modulation; 4980 and 5060 are S7 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EGYPT. 9964.86, March 27 at 0153, Cairo open carrier except for whine instead of Arabic. Strange how sometimes it`s on the plus side, sometimes minus side of 9965; different transmitters or different tuners? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 5005 (RNGE) had an early sign on, as was already being heard at 0454 with pop African music (unusual to hear them before 0500); improved till shortly after 0500, but then went downhill quickly (another case of propagation changing on a daily basis). VON on 7255 had good signal at 0615, in vernacular (Ron Howard, California, March 24, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ETHIOPIA [non]. Dimtse Radio Erena via SPL Secretbrod on unregisterd frequency 1700-1730 11885 050 kW / 195 deg EaAf Afar Oromo Dly, not on reg.11850 1730-1800 11885 050 kW / 195 deg EaAf Arabic Mon-Sat, not on reg.11850 1730-1800 11885 050 kW / 195 deg EaAf Afar Oromo Sun, not on reg.11850 -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EUROPE. XBC Europirate 6230.26 --- Strongest Europirate heard Saturday March 26th, using TwenteSDR, was Xenon Transmitting Company (XBC) on 6230.26 with live program mentioning times in the UK, a lot of talk, great music, one shutdown to check for interfering stations, then came back. They did not mention power, but signal was WAY above others as heard from the Twente SDR. Pleased to have had them mention my report live on the air, reading the (long) list of receivers in my shack. Now if only my Wellbrook loop had magical qualities to be able to reach out and allow me to hear these with regular radios in the middle of the day here (Dan Robinson, circa DC, 1704 UT Saturday March 26, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EUROPE. PIRATE-EURO-Greece? UNID., 6967 AM, 2323-0000, 03-21-16. Per tip from Chris Smolinski [operator of the HF Underground], station heard playing Greek music. Signal good enough at 2342 for Shazam to ID tunes by Maria Faradouri and Grigoris Mpithikotsis. Ute returned around 0000 covering signal. No announcements and not heard on subsequent evenings. [Lobdell-MA] PIRATE-EURO-Ireland, Energy FM-Canary Islands Relay, 6205 AM, 2330- 2355+, 03-24-16, SIO: 333. Pop Dance music, which, according to reliable European sources, is from a transmitter In Ireland. Audio feed is // from http://www.dancemusicradio.net (Chris Lobdell, Tewksbury, MA, Receivers: Eton E1; JRC NRD-535, Aerial: G5RV, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** FRANCE. 9675, March 26 at 0605, RFI English is poorly audible; it`s generally been inaudible all winter. A-16 schedule http://hfcc.org/data/schedbybrc.php?seas=A16&broadc=RFI shows it will go back to 13725 from March 27, 500 kW, 170 degrees from Issoudun, remaining the ONLY English hour on the entire RFI SW schedule (but then there`s WRMI, altho RFI apparently used only as filler, not necessarily showing at times listed). 13725 reception may not pick up here until later with summery nite MUFs (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1819, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Strangely enough, only on this specific page do we find A-16 info: http://en.rfi.fr/culture/20160326-World-music-Grammys-Bangladesh-celebrations-Obama-and-Castro-and-spring-desires For our DX enthusiast friends: Our shortwave frequency will change to 13725 kHz on 27 March (22m band). The time remains the same - from 6.00 to 7.00 UT every day. We’ve had reception reports from Algeria, Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, China, Cuba, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Russia, Sierra Leone, Sweden, the United Arab Emirates, the UK and the US, and although the frequency is “aimed” (or however that works) towards the African continent, give it a try. You never know … and be sure and send us your reception reports. Maybe we can get more time, which would be wonderful. You can also look for our programs on WRMI http://www.wrmi.net/ and WRN http://www.wrn.org/listeners/ In Paris, you can hear us on World Radio Paris http://www.worldradioparis.fr/ on DAB+. These broadcasters diffuse our programs out of the goodness of their hearts (and thank you thank you thank you WRMI, WRN, and World Radio Paris!), but unless you tell us how you heard us, we have no way of knowing … so do write and tell us how you listen to us (RFI Sound Kitchen via DXLD) You mean you can`t be an SWL, but need to be a DX Enthusiast?? ** GERMANY. 5905, March 27 at 0608, S8 signal in slow clear German, frequently says ``Sie hören ---`` but I can`t copy what; mentions of Meer. This is Deutscher Wetterdienst (German Weather Service), a 10 kW ND transmission from Pinneberg at 0600-0630 & 1200-1230. Unmodulated carrier still on at 0623 recheck. I`d never really looked for it but now run across it. Did not realize it`s H3E = CUSB mode so did not check for missing LSB. That was B-15 sked so apparently not making a 1-hour MESZ shift (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1819, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY. DP07 Seefunk will resume daily shortwave broadcasts from April 1st, 2016, 0730-0800, 1200-1230 UT daily on 7310 kHz and 9560 kHz AM via Kall-Krekel site in Germany. Exception: on Sundays at 1200 UT, DP07 is on 9560 kHz only. Source: http://www.dp07.com/unser-service/kurzwellen-funkbetrieb.html 73 (Harald Kuhl, March 29, BDXC-UK yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1819, DXLD) ** GERMANY. Speaking of C292, QSL hunters please take note that they have now added a new page containing contact details and QSL info for most of the stations that have been active on there recently, you can find this at: http://www.channel292.de/stations-contact-data/ (Alan (2315 UT) Gale, March 24, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi All, I noticed that a new programme is now listed on Channel 292 at 2100 UTC this evening, this is called 'BCL News', which I assume stands for Broadcast Listening News, but I could be wrong. This replaces 'Radio Striker', which was shown previously at that time. BCL News is also listed again at 1600 UTC tomorrow, Sunday 27th, and again on the 2nd and 9th of April, so this looks like being a regular Saturday night feature. The datamodes program 'DigiDX' will be on at 2000 UT this evening. I was good to hear on last night's 'Grooveline' programme that this will now be a regular monthly feature on 6070 kHz, it's certainly a very enjoyable programme to listen to. At the moment Mennonite Radio is being repeated on there from 1900 to 2000 UTC, though this isn't shown on the website. http://www.channel292.de/schedule-for-bookings/ The Shortwave Service at Kall in Germany has also now started to put some of it's A16 schedule online, and this can be found at: (Alan Gale, UK, March 26, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) [BCL NEWS:] Yes, every Saturday and Sunday, finally Saturday 2100-2200 UT and Sunday 1000-1100 UT for A16 (Roberto Scaglione, http://www.bclnews.it dxldyg via DXLD) So you are doing a DX program in English or is it Italian? Radio Strike is also an identity of Roberto (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Yeah, the reairing of Mennonite Radio was a surprise to me too (I learned via QSL's and this post). I think Rainer (the main person at Channel 292) is using some of my programs as filler. Free air time is awesome so I'm not complaining (James Branum, OK, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) See USA: WBCQ; OKLAHOMA [non] ** GERMANY. LOG: DIGIDX 26. & 27.03. 2016 --- During DIGIDX DataCast on Saturday a dozen of decoding errors caused by short dropouts in the original audio of the 3985 kHz / Kall. Exactly the same "problem spots" were found in the text, which has been decoded from the webstream of this station. The dropouts are each the length of one MP3 frame. The audio of the 6070 kHz-broadcast on Sunday via Rohrbach / Bavaria was free of dropouts. http://www.rhci-online.net/radiogram/VoA_Radiogram_2016-03-26.htm#DIGIDX (roger, germany, dxldyg via DXLD) See IRELAND non ** GERMANY [and non]. DW A16 27.03.16 - 29.10.16 Language Time/UTC Frequency Transmitter Site Target Area AMHARIC 1600-1700 15275 kHz TRINCOMALEE Ethiopia AMHARIC 1600-1700 17800 kHz DHABAYYA Ethiopia DARI 1330-1400 15430 kHz DHABAYYA Afghanistan DARI 1330-1400 17720 kHz TRINCOMALEE Afghanistan ENGLISH 0400-0500 09800 kHz MEYERTON Africa (east) ENGLISH 0400-0459 11820 kHz MADAGASCAR Africa (east) ENGLISH 0500-0600 11820 kHz MADAGASCAR Africa (south) ENGLISH 0500-0600 15250 kHz ISSOUDUN Africa (south) ENGLISH 0700-0800 15530 kHz ISSOUDUN Africa (west) ENGLISH 0700-0800 17800 kHz ISSOUDUN Africa (west) FRENCH 1700-1800 15275 kHz ISSOUDUN Africa FRENCH 1700-1800 17740 kHz ISSOUDUN Africa FRENCH 1700-1800 17800 kHz ASCENSION Africa HAUSA 0630-0700 09830 kHz SAO TOME Africa (west) HAUSA 0630-0700 15530 kHz NAUEN Africa (west) HAUSA 0630-0700 17800 kHz ISSOUDUN Africa (west) HAUSA 0630-0700 21780 kHz DHABAYYA Africa (west) HAUSA 1300-1400 09830 kHz SAO TOME Africa (west) HAUSA 1300-1400 17800 kHz ASCENSION Africa (west) HAUSA 1300-1400 21780 kHz DHABAYYA Africa (west) HAUSA 1800-1900 09830 kHz SAO TOME Africa (west) HAUSA 1800-1900 15275 kHz ISSOUDUN Africa (west) HAUSA 1800-1900 17800 kHz ISSOUDUN Africa (west) PASHTO 1400-1430 15430 kHz DHABAYYA Afghanistan PASHTO 1400-1430 17720 kHz TRINCOMALEE Afghanistan SWAHILI 0300-0400 06045 kHz MEYERTON Africa (east) SWAHILI 0300-0400 09800 kHz NAUEN Africa (east) SWAHILI 1000-1100 15275 kHz MADAGASCAR Africa (east) SWAHILI 1000-1100 17710 kHz MEYERTON Africa (east) SWAHILI 1500-1559 15275 kHz TRINCOMALEE Africa (east) SWAHILI 1500-1600 17710 kHz DHABAYYA Africa (east) --- (via Alokesh Gupta, DXLD) More detailed versions in DXLD 16-12 ** GERMANY. At 0930 Nauen joined in on 7215 with the penultimate shortwave transmission of TWR in Europe and probably the last ever shortwave broadcast in Hungarian. Carrier already on at 0926 tune-in, interval signal started to ring at 0927, apparently already part of the production which at 0930 continued with an organ opening, followed by a monologue that concludes at 0945 with "Amen", followed by a chorus (Kai Ludwig, 0946 UT March 26, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GOA. 11741.0, March 27 at 0116, JBA carrier against a slightly stronger one on 11740.0, but shortly both of them are gone! This fits just right for AIR Sinhala service scheduled to end at 0115. Since it`s via Panaji site, more likely to have been accompanied by own spur out of defective 250 kW transmitter at 120 degrees, than to have been jammed. Other languages precede from 2245 including Tamil until 0045 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Checked these usually odd frequency older Marconi beasts at Panaji center on March 29 around 2345 UT-wise. Measured carefully on remote units in SE Asia eastern Thailand site, as well as at Brisbane Queensland Australia unit. 11739.984 kHz was the accurate 'center' frequency, but the unit at Panaji wandered continuously between 11739.981 on lower side, and 11739.986 on upper side (Wolfgang Büschel, March 29, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 30 via DXLD) 9810, March 30 at 1241, OK carrier but modulation is a big motorboating sound, off at 1243. Not bleed from 9805, no jamming yet against Martí. I bet it`s the defective transmitter in GOA: yes, HFCC shows 250 kW, 120 degrees from Panaji at 1100-1245 in Tamil and Telugu (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GREECE. Morning transmission of Voice of Greece, March 24 from 0700 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek*tx#3 from 0700 on 11645 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg to NoAf Greek*tx#1 *plus 3-6 min news in Serbian, Romanian, Spanish, Russian, Albanian, Polish, Italian & Arabic. Off the air at 0805 UT. http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2016/03/morning-transmission-of-voice-of-greece.html Summer A-16 reception of Voice of Greece, March 29: 0500-0600 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg WeEu Greek tx#3 off/on 0505/0545 0500-0600 11645 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg NoAf Greek tx#1 0600-0700 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg WeEu Greek*tx#3 & no signal 0715 0600-0700 11645 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg NoAf Greek*tx#1 & no signal 0715 * plus 3-6 min news in Arabic, Serbian, Romanian, Spanish, Albanian, Polish, Italian. Today missing Russian language. http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/03/summer-16-reception-of-voice-of-greece.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9935 kHz is whining away at about 2040 UT and has been for at least the past half hour. Meanwhile, 9420 kHz is putting in a good signal to NB with pleasant Bouzouki music. So, I guess that time recently I monitored 9935 kHz without the whine was just a fluke (Richard Langley, March 30, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9420.006 and 9934.964 kHz Greece foreign radio from Avlis in Greek language noted at 2115 UT on March 30. 9420 as usual S=9+25dB or -44dBm signal strength most probably on 320degr antenna towards WeEUR and North America. But 9935v kHz seemingly on reduced power on S=8 or -78dBm strength. Latter as usual the faulty accompanied 197 Hertz spur BUZZ signals outlet, like a garden fence, 13 x spur strings each 197 Hz distance apart each other visible (and buzz heard) either sideband. 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) ** GUATEMALA. 4055, March 25 at 1013, TGAV is not on yet. I guess their early risers circa 0930 are a pastthing (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. 11670, All India Radio, 1743 UT with IS to 1745 March 25 2016, Sign On in English. Very good signal // 13695 kHz good under Overcomer Ministries. [WRMI] (Mickey Delmage, Sherwood Park Alberta, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook Loop Antenna, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. A-16 updates: Vividh Bharathi via AIR Bengaluru on 9870 kHz is temporarily off air now. AIR DRM ON SW A-16 Update: AIR DRM on SW TEMPORARILY as follows only: 13605 kHz Bengaluru 2245-0045 English (E SE NE Asia) 15040 kHz Bengaluru 1145-1315 Chinese (NE Asia), (1215-1330 Tibetan on 2nd Channel) 15120 kHz Bengaluru 0315-0415 Hindi, 0415-0430 Gujarati, 0430-0530 Hindi (E.Af.) Yours sincerely, (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur Radio, Hyderabad, India Mobile: +91 94416 96043, http://www.qsl.net/vu2jos March 28, dx_india yg via DXLD) ** INDIA [non]. 7505, TWR-India (Tashkent) *1430-1442, 1512-1515+ 24 March. OC, Hindi opening remarks, hymn, inspirational chat, p-mail contact info, more contact info including sked, "TWR-India, Post Box Number 919820018 [close], Lucknow", & email/web address ("..@twr.in"), TWR IS & language change to Punjabi with a big increase in signal at 1515 -- which seems odd as the beam heading is the same as for the Hindi broadcast (Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA, E5/6m X wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA. 3325, RRI Palangkaraya, 1235 UT in Indo with a report about Obama in Cuba. Noted off by 1255. Fair March 21 2016 (Mickey Delmage, Sherwood Park Alberta, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook Loop Antenna, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [and non]. 3325, March 24 at 1146 weak station talking; I can`t tell if there is more than one; by 1200 it`s a JBA carrier. Leave it to Ron Howard in California to unravel this on same date: ``NBC Bougainville (3325) suddenly signed off today at 1152*, leaving RRI in the clear; at 1148 talking about a "NBC Bougainville program . . ".`` It seems these two are virtually zero-beat on 3325.0 so can`t differentiate them by frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA. 3905, RRI Merauke, 1255 UT March 23 2016 in Indo. Time pips about 20 seconds before the TOP. ID then news. Fair (Mickey Delmage, Sherwood Park Alberta, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook Loop Antenna, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA [and non]. 9525, March 27 at 1314, very poor talk S3-S5, maybe in English, as scheduled from VOI during this hour. That`s an improvement over the usual JBA carrier or nothing at all. Now the ACI from the China radio war is gone from 9530 as usual in the A-seasons, which helps a lot. 9520 still has something a bit weaker than VOI, presumably PBS Nei Menggu at 36 degrees USward, since RVA Philippines does not start 9520 until 1330, now listed as westward in Chin instead of Sinhala last year (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9525, VOI, 1301, March 28. In English with ID and news; 1313 the 8 questions for the "Wonderful Indonesia Quiz" http://goo.gl/QWk6Xi semi-readable. In the past had heard their Monday "Exotic Indonesia" program, but not on today. Wonder what the current EI schedule is? (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also CHINA [and non] ** INTERNATIONAL. 2-YEAR PROJECT TO LOG AND VERIFY "REMOTE PARTNER STUDIOS" OF MAJOR RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS Glenn, here's something that may be of interest for DXLD: For the past two years, I have been focusing on logging local language programs of major organizations (mainly religious broadcasters) and then sending my reception reports directly to the local studio located within the target area. I first thought of this project after hearing local addresses being announced at the end of a few of the English language local programs by religious broadcasters in Africa, for example AWR-Ghana. Thanks to the internet, these organizations are able to distribute the work of local language broadcast content creation. Sometimes, all that is needed is a speaker of the language with a computer and internet access to set up a "studio". Many, though, are much more than that. Over the past two years, I have now sent direct reports to 76 different studios and have received direct QSL replies from half of them. Usually the ones that replied were thrilled to hear from a distant listener, this being an unusual event. Many replied by email although and a good proportion also send nice snail-mail packages or air letters. Many of the studios simply refused to reply, and it is easy to speculate there are many possible reasons. Some simply do not understand what a distant listener wants, others are not interested, still others may be too lazy to respond . . . but a number are also concerned about security, especially those located in locations hostile to their message. This fear factor was encountered for Christian local studios located in Vietnam, Turkey and Nepal, for instance. Finding direct addresses to the local studio always required detective work. Many of the Adventist World Radio local studio addresses can be found in the online Adventist directories, under "Media Centers" or similar; often they are part of the local or regional Conference and a report sent their was forwarded to the studio operator. This is, for example, how I located an address for the newly-on-shortwave AWR Cuba. For others, as mentioned earlier, they often will announce contact information at the end of a broadcast. And even after finding a good address to use, often the local studios forward one's report on to the headquarters, which I was trying to avoid. So at times, an educational effort must be made. All in all, this has been fun. I probably logged another 10 or so local studios for which I've been unable to find an address to use. So, the number of studios found is approaching the neighborhood of about 100, which would be great. The best of all, still, was the Gaweylon Tibetan Radio package, which was one of the first I received, and was memorable for all the enclosures but also for them saying mine was the first report they'd ever received from beyond the local area. The QSL package from FEBC Cambodia "The Voice of Love" was also wonderful. Happy I embarked on this project; it's kept me busy! Recently Trans World Radio Europe indicated they were leaving SWBC for their European local languages, meaning that remote studios in Bulgaria (Plovdiv), Ukraine (Kiev) and others would no longer be available targets. Cheers, Ralph (Word document version also attached.) -------------------------------- Remote Partner Studios 25 March 2016 QSLs Direct from Studios (38) Adventist World Radio (14) AWR Cameroun, Bertoua Studio AWR Beirut, Al-Waad Radio, Arabic Studio AWR Turkey, Izmir Studio AWR Hong Kong, Voice of Hope China AWR Myanmar AWR Russia, Radio Golosnadezhdi AWR Taiwan, Mandarin Studio AWR Nigeria, Elisha Remo Studio AWR Cuba, Habana Studio AWR Bulgaria, Plovdiv Studio AWR Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City Studio AWR Sri Lanka, Colombo Studio AWR Italia, R. Voce della Speranza, Firenze AWR India Reach Beyond Australia (RBA) & Other HCJB (8) HCJB Japan HCJB Brazil HCJB Germany RBA, Indonesia Studio – Radio Dian Mandiri, Bali RBA, Message of Hope Nepal RBA, Back to the Bible India RBA, Voice of Salvation Ministries, Nepal HCJB Russia, Revelation Studio, Voronezh Trans World Radio (6) TWR Korea TWR India TWR Ukraine TWR Polska TWR Japan – "BJapan Radio" TWR Hong Kong FEBC / FEBA (6) FEBA Gaweylon Tibetan Radio, India FEBC Indonesia, YASKI FEBC Radio Intl., Lu Mien Radio, Bangkok FEBC Cambodia, The Voice of Love FEBC Taiwan FEBC Hong Kong, Voice of Friendship Bible Voice Broadcasting Network (3) African Radio Ministries Ethiopian Outreach Ministry Voice of Maranatha Ministries Other Misc. (1) Namahira Ministries Logged but No QSLs Direct from Studios Received Yet (38) Adventist World Radio (16) AWR Ivory Coast, Studio Abidjan AWR-Bangla Dhaka Ashar Bani AWR Korea AWR Ghana AWR Pakistan AWR Senegal AWR Tanzania AWR Nairobi AWR France AWR Jogjakarta AWR Cambodia AWR Malaysia, Studio Sarawak AWR Indonesia, Studio Medan AWR Bandung AWR Addis Ababa AWR Tibetan FEBA / FEBC (7) FEBC Viet FEBC Thai FEBC Hmong R FEBA Pakistan / PCRM Radio Teos / FEBC Russia FEBA S. Africa to W/C Africa FEBC Myanmar Reach Beyond Australia (RBA) (8) Watchmen Ministries via Reach Beyond Australia – Burmese studio Watchmen Ministries via Reach Beyond Australia– Hindi studio Russian Radio Bible Institute – FEBC Russia RRBI Golgotha Mission India via HCJB Australia Genesis Media Training Assoc India – R GMTA Kingdom Gospel Min’s– India (Watchmen Hindi) Bible Voice Broadcasting Network (5) BVBCN – Vo.of Truth-Urdu / Global R. Outreach BVBCN - Radiyoo Sagalee Dhugua BVBCN - Voice of Light / Dimtse Berhan BVBCN - Bisrat Wengel BVBCN - New Creation / MERF Trans World Radio (2) YTWR Trans World Radio Indonesia TWR Russia – TransMirovoye Radio (Ralph W. Perry, IL?, March 27, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INTERNATIONAL WATERS [and non]. Hans Knot has just published his excellent "International Radio Report" for April 2016 which covers mainly offshore radio. Read the monthly reports at his website http://www.hansknot.com or subscribe by email free, details on website (Mike Terry, March 24, dxldyg via DX LISTENNG DIGEST) ** IRAN. "Recorded the VOIR English transmission scheduled for 19:20 to 20:20 UTC via the Twente receiver yesterday (Sunday, 20 March 2016) on the occasion of Nowruz (????? -- literally, New Day), the Persian New Year, which coincides with the first day of spring in the Northern Hemisphere (will archive it later)." Done. Here: https://archive.org/details/VoiceOfTheIslamicRepublicOfIran6.040MHz20March20161919UTC and here: http://shortwavearchive.com/archive/voice-of-the-islamic-republic-of-iran-march-20-2016 -- (Richard Langley, March 25, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** IRAN. 7370, Mar 25, 2016. 0240-0250, VoIRI, Kamalabad, in Arabic (Al-Quds TV audio). All The Qur´an chant. Good signal and modulation, 45444. // 9895 kHz, Zahedan, 45444 (DXer - José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo - PB, Brazil, RX (s) Sony ICF-SW100S, Portable Telescopic antenna, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** IRAN. 7370, March 26 at 0238, poor S7 signal with Qur`an. Aoki shows it`s the Palestinian service of VIRI, 0230-0530, relaying "Al- Quds TV", 500 kW, 250 degrees from Kamalabad. A16 schedule shows 7370 continuing, and // 11660 via Zahedan (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Thanks, short notice from Jean-Michel Aubier from Paris: ``I noticed many missing broadcasts from Tehran this morning French, Bosnian, Spanish, Albanian.... were not on the air on their new frequencies (the old one were also silent) But I heard Turkish and Dari....`` VOIRI Tehran heard on southern Arab peninsula Arabic service still on air 13780, but missed westerly Arabic, totally off: ARABIC Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Turkey, Iraq, Syria, -west Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan target. 0530-0730 13610sir ex13870kam 0730-1430 13610kam ex13870kam 0530-1430 15750zah OFF also German, OFF Pashto service, but Dari/Persian ON AIR, Spanish only single channel 17530 kHz, but NOT 15430 (Wolfgang Büschel, March 27, DX LISTENING DIGEST) A-16 IRIB partly only on SATELLITE distribution. Terrible to follow chaotic schedule outlets from Persia this morning (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1819, DX LISTENING DIGEST) check at 0840 UT show IRIB Arabic NOW on air on 15750 kHz. S=9+20dB on sidelobe southern Germany. and at Doha Qatar heard S=9+45dB signal at 0930 UT: ARABIC South Arabian peninsula target 0530-1130 13780kam ARABIC Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Turkey, Iraq, Syria, -west Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan target. 0530-1430 15750zah 0730-1430 13610kam Now at 0935 UT heard Arabic S=9+40dB in Doha Qatar 0730-1430 13610kam At 0900 NOT Dari language service, schedule shortened on SW, but increased distribution on satellite radio channels of IRIB instead. Thanks Jean-Michel, yes, German morning service 0723-0820 UT ONLY on satellite distribution. Here locally access on EUTELSAT 13deg and also many Iranians on local cable network in housing area too. IRIB Russian NOT on SW: RUSSIAN 0820-1150 17820sir CeSiberia FE Russia RUSSIAN 0820-0920 17760kam WeRUS Moscow St.P. But on KAZAKH 0920-1020 15715kam 17635sir (new time) heard HQ prayer 0925-0929 UT and Kazakh language, S=9+40dB powerhouse on both frequencies, in Doha Qatar remote SDR unit, mentioned 'Kilogertz' like in Russian language, is IRIB Kazakh service here. Station interval signal at 0930 UT. News in Kazakh at 0931 UT. IRIB Swahili NOT on SW: SWAHILI 0820-0920 17830sir 21525sir could NOT BE HEARD on shortwave: ARMENIAN 0920-0950 11945sir 13720sir but Dari/persian ON AIR: DARI 0620-1150 13740kam vy73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, later March 27, DX LISTENING DIGEST) IRIB schedule checked on various SDR remote outlets: in Tokyo, Nara JPN, eastern Thailand, Moscow RUS, Doha Qatar, Greece, and southern Italy. CHINESE, 1150-1250 17870kam HQ prayer and Chinese female presenter heard at 1153 UT March 27, ONLY SINGLE shortwave frequency in use. nothing heard on scheduled 17715, 21455, 21520 kHz anymore. HEBREW, 1153-1220 UT 13685kam 15180sir - is STILL ON shortwave, heard both at 1205 UT in Greece remote SDR unit at S=+25/+30dB strength level. ARABIC, 13785 South Arabian peninsula target, Arabic heard in Greece remote SDR unit, scheduled 1130-1430 UT on 13785kam. ARABIC, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Turkey, Iraq, Syria, -west Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan target. 0530-1430 UT 15750zah, S=9+25dB signal noted in Doha Qatar. Both Arabic programs on same content at 1304, phone-in - talk by two males. 13785.012 kHz suffers by some ute strange signal adjacent on upper sideband, but not real jamming. JAPANESE, 1320-1420 13660sir 15225kam, nothing heard on shortwave channels. KURDISH, 1320-1620 7410kam Kirmanji dialect. Is ON AIR at 1325 UT. URDU, 1250-1420 9790sir 13795sir, both on air, S=9+25dB in Qatar, BUT NOT on 15520kam. 73 wb (Büschel, later2, ibid.) Apparently broadcasting history is right now repeating at Teheran. Just with the difference that this time the focus is not on satellite radio, as was the case in 2003/2004, but of course on their new website now. The mailbag show of the German service next Sunday, when they will have received all the "I don't hear anything?!" mails, could be really interesting. Perhaps by then the editors have finally been told what's going on... [WORLD OF RADIO 1819] I'm about to leave, so may I refer you for the meantime to my German- language writing: Kurzwellensendungen von IRIB eingeschränkt Zum 27. März 2016 kam es zu Einschränkungen bei der Kurzwellenverbreitung der Auslandssendungen des iranischen Rundfunks IRIB. Entfallen sind unter anderem alle Ausstrahlungen, die bislang am hiesigen Morgen nach Europa gerichtet wurden, darunter auch in deutscher Sprache. Die Sendeanlage Kamalabad bei Teheran wird jetzt möglicherweise nicht mehr genutzt. Darauf deuten entsprechende, kurzfristige Nachträge zur internationalen Frequenzplanung. . . http://www.radioeins.de/programm/sendungen/medienmagazin/radio_news/beitraege/2016/irib.html (Kai Ludwig, Germany, March 27, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) At 1630-1850 UT, Iran checked at eastern Thailand, Moscow RUS, Doha Qatar, Greece, and southern Italy remote SDR units. ARABIC Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Turkey, Iraq, Syria, -west Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan target. 1430-1700 9580sir, folkloric mx program at 1630 UT, S=9+10dB in Doha Qatar, ID, IS and followed world news in Arabic start at o d d 1643 UT, {usual Iran program starts these days at xx.23 or xx.53 hrs. } PASHTO, 1620-1720 5925sir ON AIR at 1645UT, nothing heard on 9760ahw ARMENIAN, 1620-1720 7230sir 9655sir, both powerhouses S=9+40dB heard at 1652 UT on March 27. TURKISH, 1550-1720 S=9+30dB powerhouse on 9850kam, but nothing on 7360kam. RUSSIAN, 1650-1750 7350kam 9480ahw CeSiberia FE Russia 1750-1850 7300kam 9850sir WeRUS Moscow St.P. Nothing heard on 7300, 7350, 9850 at 1703 UT on March 27. ONLY Russian servie on air on 9480 kHz, many Ukraine conflict news items, on S=9+25dB signal level, 1653-1750 UT. Arabic interview at 1750 UT, many times Yemen and Germany mentioned, no station ID heard, but probably Iran: ARABIC Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Turkey, Iraq, Syria, -west Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan target. 1700-0030 7285zah S=9+30dB or -47dBm signal strength S=9+40dB or -38dBm signal strength 1838 UT. ALBANIAN, 1820-1920 7235sir ON AIR at 1835 UT, S=9+45dB -38dBm powerhouse nothing heard on 11985kam. FRENCH, 1820-1920 13730kam towards all North/West Africa only, ON AIR at 1844 UT, S=9+20dB in southern Italy, nothing heard on 9820sir 9860kam (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 27, dxldyg via DXLD) French also heard on 9420 at 1820 (as mentioned in HFCC data) (Jean- Michel Aubier, France, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Many thanks, sorry, that was my fault, when recorded the IRIB file in Febr and March, HFCC had always 9420sir kHz request entry, but I recorded faulty 9820sir instead, sorry. 73 wolfy (Büschel, ibid.) L'orario estivo dei programmi in lingua italiana di Radio Italia-IRIB è il seguente: * Ore 0620-0720 UT sulle frequenze di 17660/13650 Khz pari a metri 16/22 * Ore 1920-1950 UT sulle frequenze di 7205/5945 Khz pari a metri 41/49 La comunicazione mi è stata inviata il 13/3/2016 dal responsabile dei programmi Ali Azizmohammadi. Un cordiale saluto da (Agide Melloni - Imola, noticiasdx yg via DXLD) Voz de Iran en espanol a las 20.30 21.30 UTC en la frecuencia de 7425 khz. Un saludo desde norte de Italia (Dario Gabrielli, Inviato dal mio dispositivo Huawei, ibid.) Queridos amigos, las nuevo horarios de emisiones en espanol de la voz de Iran por el periodo de verano puede ser 0530 0630 UT 15430 17530 khz 0730 0820 UT 15430 17530 khz 2030 2130 UT 7425 11800 khz Un saludo Dario Inviato dal mio dispositivo Huawei (Dario Gabrielli, March 27, noticiasdx yg via DXLD) Piano interval signal at xx50-xx53 UT, fanfare Hymn at xx53 UT or piano interval signal at xx20-xx23 UT, fanfare Hymn at xx23 UT Still "V of IRI' ID in English program. ENGLISH, 1923-2020, 9665sir the strongest on air S=9+30dB, towards southern EUR and North Africa, but 12015sir suffered by UTE channel 400 Hertz sine tone QRM. 12015 kHz meant southwards to all-Africa. Nothing heard on 7315kam 9420kam tonight. GERMAN, 0723-0820 only satellite distribution. 1723-1820 7235kam 9660sir was on air, heard in Austria tonight. SPANISH, 2023-2120 11800sir, S=9+35dB or -42dBm signal and terrible mixture of 65 Hertz interference, in Madrid, Spain, -- with Korea DPR. co-channel very odd 9664.940 kHz, and Brazilian too, but I guess IRIB Spanish transmission on 9665.004kam. Both S=9+25dB. ARABIC, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Turkey, Iraq, Syria, -west Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan target. 1700-0030 7285zah S=9+30 or -42dBm signal at 2048 UT on March 25. Heavy QRM started by CRI English of Cerrik ALB relay co-channel, latter ahead on S=9+60dB powerhouse -23dBm JAPANESE, 2053-2150 on AIR female Japanese girl presenter, 9765sir S=9+20dB, 11695kam S=9+5dB, piano interval signal at 2050-2053 UT, fanfare Hymn at 2053 UT No Albanian or Bosnian-Serbocroatian services on shortwave anymore. 73 wb (Büschel, ibid.) There's a contradiction with what you (and I) heard: Albanian is still aired on SW on 7235 at 1820 (Jean-Michel Aubier via wb, ibid.) I meant the planned Albanian 2020-2120 UT time slot outlet, ALBANIAN 0620-0720 13845sir 17820kam 1820-1920 7235sir 11985kam 2020-2120 6060sir 9830kam of course ALBANIAN 1820-1920 7235sir is still on air. ALBANIAN 1820-1920 7235sir ON AIR at 1835 UT, S=9+45dB -38dBm powerhouse 73 wolfy (Büschel, ibid.) MALAY service at 2220-2320 7360sir 9720kam both ON AIR, hymn heard 2223 UT March 27, but March 28 in target at Malaysia. S=9+20dB or -56dBm signal 73 wb A-16 IRIB partly only on SATELLITE distribution +++ ALBANIAN, 0620-0720 13845sir 17820kam OFF Air, closed on SW 2020-2120 6060sir 9830kam OFF Air, closed on SW ARABIC, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Turkey, Iraq, Syria, -west Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan target. 0530-1430 15750zah S=9 in Doha Qatar 0545 UT March 28 S=9+25dB or -48dBm in southern Europe. 0530-1430 13610sir/kam OFF Air, closed. ARABIC, South Arabian peninsula target 0530-1130 13780kam S=7 in Doha Qatar 0553 UT March 28 S=9 in southern Europe. DARI, 0250-1150 13740ahw S=8 in Doha Qatar 0556 UT March 28 S=8 in southern Europe. HAUSA, 0550-0650 17560sir ON AIR at 0558 UT S=8-9 in skip zone Qatar, same S=8-9 in sidelobe southern Europe. BOSNIAN/Serbo-Croatian, 0520-0620 13590sir 15310kam, OFF Air, closed on SW FRENCH, 0620-0720 15430kam 17780sir OFF Air, closed on SW ITALIAN, 0620-0720 13650kam 17660kam OFF Air, closed on SW 73 wb (Büschel, 0637 UT March 28, ibid.) ``piano interval signal at xx50-xx53 UT, fanfare Hymn at xx53 UT or piano interval signal at xx20-xx23 UT, fanfare Hymn at xx23 UT`` Rather a bumper music now that replaced the old interval signal at some point. When actually? Another sign of modernization is the frequent appearance of a young lady in the German broadcasts, not only with "soft" feature programming but also news presentation and continuation on which they introduces herself with her name. Something that probably would not have been feasible in the Ahmadinejad era. A standard topic of their programming is now travel to Iran, starting with the simply inavoidable response to a letter from a listener who after a recent trip proudly send in a map with the route of the plane over Iran: Well, we hope that perhaps the next time you'll sit in a plane that will actually land in Iran! Had to think of this yesterday when seeing the weekend edition of a regional German newspaper and its tourism page: It featured Iran as new destination, with a travel report that also mentioned careful questions "do you like it here?" and obvious relief after the positive answer. ``No Albanian or Bosnian-Serbocroatian services on shortwave anymore`` The new parstoday.com website still has an Albanian section. But no Bosnian anymore there either (Kai Ludwig, March 28, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1819, DX LISTENING DIGEST) HI Wolfy, Is this confirmed? They are still listing Bosnian in HFCC as of March 27: 11865 1720 1820 28S KAM 500 298 0 146 1234567 270316 291016 D Bos IRN IRB IRB 1956 BOSNIAN Could be more entries as well, I spotted this one whilst looking for a replacement to 11830 to East Africa at 1720-1820. Regards, (Bill Bingham, RSA, ibid.) Chinese is on 21520 this Monday at 1150 (also heard on this frequency yesterday). But 17870 was in hebrew from 1150-1200 (approx), then in Chinese (Jean-Michel Aubier, France, Mon March 28, ibid.) VIRI IRIB at 1045UT, March 28 0823-1150 on 13740 KAM 500 kW / 094 deg to WeAs Dari 0823-1150 on 13840 AHW 250 kW / 084 deg to WeAs Dari, off air 1023-1120 on 9410 KAM 500 kW / 238 deg to NEAf Arabic, off air 1023-1120 on 11925 SIR 500 kW / 235 deg to N/ME Arabic, off air 1023-1120 on 13610 KAM 500 kW / 259 deg to NEAf Arabic 1023-1120 on 13780 KAM 500 kW / 178 deg to N/ME Arabic 1023-1120 on 15750 ZAH 500 kW / 289 deg to NEAf Arabic 1023-1120 on 17820 KAM 500 kW / 110 deg to SoAs English, off air 1023-1120 on 21510 KAM 500 kW / 110 deg to SoAs English, off air (Ivo Ivanov, Blgariya, ibid.) Tentative A-16 summer season shortwave schedule for The Voice of Islamic Republic of Iran (VOIROI / IRIB / PARS). * remain on limited shortwave service in A-16. */# part time remain on shortwave service in A-16. # ceased shortwave service relay in A-16. But PROGRAMS still be distributed via web and satellite services. ALBANIAN 0620-0720 #13845sir #17820kam 1820-1920 *7235sir #11985kam 2020-2120 #6060sir #9830kam ARABIC South Arabian peninsula target 0230-0530 ?11855kam 0530-0830 *13780 del17710kam 0830-1130 *13780 del17625kam 1030-1130 ?11925sir (ex AHW) 1130-1430 *13785 del17755kam 1430-1730 #13690kam 1730-2030 ?11740kam ARABIC Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Turkey, Iraq, Syria, -west Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan target. 0030-0230 ?7215zah 0230-0530 *7370kam *11660zah "Al-Quds TV" 0530-0730 *13610sir 0730-1430 *13610kam CNR1 terrible co-ch 0530-1430 *15750zah 1030-1130 #9410kam 1430-1700 *9580sir 1700-2100 *7285zah 2100-0030 *7285zah ARMENIAN 0250-0320 ?7220sir ?9420sir delete-9750sir 0920-0950 #11945sir #13720sir 1620-1720 *7230sir *9655sir AZERI 0320-0520 #11760sir 1420-1650 #9475sir BENGALI 1420-1520 #11720kam *13840ahw *15400kam 1620-1650 ?9435kam ?11825kam BOSNIAN 0520-0620 #13590sir #15310kam [Se-Cr] 1720-1820 #9610sir #11865kam 2120-2220 #7310sir #11630kam CHINESE 1150-1250 #17715kam *17870kam #21455sir *21520sir 2320-0020 7300sir 11865kam 13715sir DARI 0250-0620 #12070kam *13740ahw 0620-1150 *13740kam 0820-1420 ex13765ahw #13840ahw 1150-1450 #12070kam ENGLISH 0320-0420 ?9420kam ?11780sir "Voice of Justice" 1020-1120 #17820kam #21510kam 1520-1620 #11640kam *13780sir 13780sir 1520-1541 UT Kazakh language feed, not English March 28. 1920-2020 #7315kam #9420kam *9665sir *12015sir [WORLD OF RADIO 1819] FRENCH 0620-0720 #15430kam #17780sir 1820-1920 *9420sir #9860kam *13730kam GERMAN 0720-0820 #15175sir #17520sir 1720-1820 *7235kam *9660sir HAUSA 0550-0650 *17560sir 1120-1150 #21505sir #21750sir 1820-1920 ?12015(ex13810)kam ?15525sir HEBREW 0420-0450 *9880kam *13770sir 1150-1220 *13685kam *15180sir HINDI 0150-0250 ?9420sir ?11955sir 1420-1520 *11955sir *13830kam ITALIAN 0620-0720 #13650kam #17660kam 1920-1950 ?5945sir ?7205kam JAPANESE 1320-1420 #13660sir #15225kam 2050-2150 *9765sir *11695kam delete 9655sir 11865sir 11880sir KAZAKH 0920-1020 *15715kam *17635sir (new time) 1520-1620 #9800kam #11825sir KURDISH 0320-0420 ?7415kam ?9695sir Sorrani dialect. 1320-1620 #7410kam Kirmanji dialect. MALAY 1220-1320 *17670sir *21750sir 2220-2320 *7360sir *9720kam PASHTO 0220-0320 ?6175sir ?9700kam 0720-0820 #12010sir #13730sir 1220-1320 #11730sir #13730kam 1620-1720 *5925sir #9760ahw RUSSIAN 0820-1150 #17820sir CeSiberia FE Russia 1420-1520 #9800kam #12085ahw CeSiberia FE Russia 1650-1750 #7350kam *9480ahw CeSiberia FE Russia 1920-2020 #6035kam CeSiberia zone 30 RUSSIAN 0820-0920 #17760kam WeRUS Moscow St.P. 1420-1520 #13660sir WeRUS Moscow St.P. 1750-1850 #7300kam #9850sir WeRUS Moscow St.P. 1920-2020 #6035kam ?7405sir WeRUS Moscow St.P. SPANISH 0020-0220 ?9550kam ?12025kam 0220-0320 ?9550kam 0720-0820 #15430kam *17530sir (new time) 2020-2120 *9665kam *11800sir SWAHILI 0350-0450 ?13750sir ?15340kam 0820-0920 #17830sir #21525sir 1720-1820 ?9540sir ?11965kam TAJIK 0050-0220 ?5950sir ?7280kam 1550-1720 #5950sir ?7435kam TURKISH 0420-0550 *11925kam *13710kam 1550-1720 delete5940kam #7360kam *9850kam URDU 0120-0220 ?7410kam ?9440kam ?9620ahw 1250-1420 *9790sir *13795sir #15520kam 1520-1620 *9810sir UZBEK 0220-0250 *7400kam *9840sir 1450-1550 %*9465kam *11880sir % 1500-1600 UT on 9465 kHz heavy interference by RTI English service co-channel: 9465 R.TAIWAN Int 1500-1600 1234567 English 300 225 Paochung TWN RTI. Saut Falestin "Voice of Islamic Palestinian Revolution" ARABIC 0320-0420 *9825kam *11970sir Thanks Kai Ludwig for PARS link to Albanian Armenian Bangla English German Hausa Hebrew Hindi Indonesian Italian Japanese Kazakh Kiswahili Pashto Portuguese {no shortwave requests at all} Russian Spanish Turkish (IRIB/PARS, updated by wb wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 28, dxldyg via DXLD) IRIB UZBEK 1450-1550 UT 9465kam 11880sir - BOTH ON AIR today. 1500- 1600 UT on 9465 kHz heavy interference by RTI English sce co-channel. 9465 R.TAIWAN Int 1500-1600 1234567 English 300 225 Paochung TWN RTI and a faulty feed this afternoon: ENGLISH 1520-1620 *13780sir, but instead 1520-1541 UT Kazakh language feed, not English March 28. (Büschel, ibid.) Just noted some new IRIB entries in the HFCC data, with REQ# above 16000, so very recent it seems. These new entries are for frequencies earlier registered as Kamalabad. The new registrations show Sirjan, in some cases Zahedan, instead. This applies also to 7235, used for German 1720-1820 and a bad choice in itself, with Kashi co-channel and rather strong signals on +/- 5 kHz. At 1723, when the bumper music concluded, it turned out to be programming in some other language for a few seconds until it swiftly switched to German, as if operators were listening and realized that they had the wrong program input on air. Maybe some confusion due to the apparent last minute changes there? And 9660 is quite badly distorted, as if they have no choice and must use this faulty transmitter now. So it appears that they not just reduced their shortwave output but specifically withdrew the Kamalabad facility for now. At 1820: 9660 (I would not rule out that it in fact was another site than Sirjan) went off just two seconds or so after German had wrapped up. 7235 (now, with Kashi and adjacents gone, the Sirjan audio could be recognized very clearly) went off a bit later and returned after less than 20 seconds, apparently an antenna switch as registered for continuing with Albanian. French from 1823 appears to be on 13730 only. The transmitter was already on before 1820, with German on this feed circuit. Signal in Europe way too weak to make out any modulation characteristics. (Kai Ludwig, Germany, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1819, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Many Kamalabad site entries replaced by Ahwaz, Sirjan, or Zahedan registration outlets. Maybe Kamalabad is on extensive REFURBISHING program, after the western US/ISRAEL economic embargo is lifted now (Wolfgang Büschel, BC-DX 30 March via WORLD OF RADIO 1819, DXLD) ** IRAN [non]. Radio Ranginkaman/Rainbow via BaBcoCk on March 25 1700-1730 on 7460 SCB 050 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Farsi Mon/Fri 1700-1730 on 7550 TAC 100 kW / 236 deg to WeAs Farsi Mon/Fri Summer A-16 schedule of R. Ranginkaman/R. Rainbow from March 28 1600-1630 on 7575 TAC 100 kW / 236 deg to WeAs Farsi Mon/Fri 1600-1630 on 15690 SCB 050 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Farsi Mon/Fri http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2016/03/radio-ranginkamanrainbow-via-babcock-on.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** IRELAND [non]. DigiDX current schedule for Europe & NA "DigiDX has a new broadcast time for Europe, for at least the next 4 weeks we will move to Monday evening at 2000 UT. This will be on 6070 kHz via Channel 292 in Germany. The Sunday 2330 transmission will continue on WRMI on 11580 kHz." Source: https://www.facebook.com/digidx 73 (Harald Kuhl, March 29, BDXC_UK yg via DXLD) Has the name of the individual doing DigiDX been revealed? If not, why not? Looking thru the Facebook, it seems no one cares that DigiDX is anonymous. Isn`t Facebook supposed to be about individuals, with *faces*? Ha! (gh, DXLD) SEE also GERMANY ** ITALY. Voice of Europe (partner of Pan American Brodcasting) on 1368 and 846 kHz via Challenger Radio (Italy) --- Today I received the below message from Pan American Broadcasting. From my side I add that 846 and 1368 kHz are two frequencies used by Challenger Radio which broadcasts from the North-West of Italy and, especially on 1368 kHz, this station has been heard in many parts of Europe. Antonello Napolitano, Italy Thursday, March 24, 2016 Blessings to you Napolitano, From all of us at Pan American Broadcasting, we thank you for your dedication to listening to worldwide radio stations. Our broadcasters are looking to reach people like you, with their inspirational messages, and they are committed to beaming their radio programs all over the world! We would like to share with you one of our partnering outreach stations that can be heard in your part of the world. Voice of Europe is a medium wave radio station broadcasting from to 7:30 PM to 8:30 PM Thursday – Sunday [CEST = 1730-1830 UT] on frequencies 1368 kHz & 846 kHz. We kindly ask that you tune in to the station and send us a reception report. We will gladly send you a special QSL Card as a token of our appreciation. We thank you for taking the time and effort to tune into the broadcast, and thank you in advance for your assistance. Have a wonderful day Jeff Bernald & the Pan American Broadcasting Team 800-726-2620; 925-462-9800 http://www.panamericanbroadcasting.com Posted by: (Antonello Napolitano, Italy, March 25, dxldyg via DXLD) ** ITALY. UNID Italian station (pirate?) now on 6070 kHz --- Hi All, For the past 20 minutes I've been hearing a quite strong signal from and Italian speaking station on 6070 kHz, though I haven't managed to catch any IDs as yet. Format is mostly pop, but with the odd English jingle "Gold, real music, it's all about the music", in case anyone recognises that. It doesn't sound like it belongs to Channel 292 as they've been off air all evening. (Alan (2315 UT) Gale, March 24, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi All, Typical, no sooner had I posted my last message than the skip suddenly went long and the Italian station, which had been booming in here, suddenly faded right out, and was replaced with CFRX, which is now coming in quite well in north west England. I think the Italian station was called 'Gold', or had Gold in the title. Hopefully someone in an area that is still propagating will be able to catch them and ID them for certain. I've attached a small mp3 file made just before it faded out, perhaps any Italian speakers in the group could see if there are any clues to its identity in it? (Alan (2337 UT) Gale, ibid.) Mentions frequencies, technical test, on 1593 and 1611 (gh, DXLD) Alan you are right. You heard the Italian station "Gold 15-93". Yesterday (March 24) they made a test broadcast on both SW (6070 kHz) and MW (1593 kHz and 1611 kHz). Their website is: http://gold1593.ondemedie.am/ - They confirm reception reports with a F/D eQSL and audio clips are very appreciated. E-mail address: gold1593radio@gmail.com (Antonello Napolitano, Italy, March 25, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1819, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Antonello, Thank you very much for confirming who it was, that's good to know. I had noticed that Channel 292 have added a new entry on their schedule page showing that on Friday 8th of April "Radio 10 Gold Live from Milano" will be broadcasting from 1300 to 1600 UTC on 6070 kHz, and I'm wondering if that is the same station as Gold 15-93 and they were just testing their stream at that time? I will send them a report for last night's test, I just wish I'd switched on sooner as it was a really strong signal whilst the band was open. Thank you for the information, much appreciated! :-) (Alan Gale, ibid.) Not related (Roberto Scaglione, http://www.studiodx.net ibid.) Thanks for confirming it wasn't them Roberto, much appreciated (Alan, ibid.) ** ITALY. Greetings from Italy! Here is the schedule for the next test broadcasts of Marconi Radio International (MRI): Saturday, 26th March, 2016 [UT or CET?] 1030-1130 7690 USB 1145-1215 9210 USB 1330-1430 7690 USB 1500-1600 7790 AM 1700-1800 7690 USB 2130-2230 7690 USB Sunday, 27th March, 2016 [UT or CEST?] 0700-0800 7690 USB 0830-0930 7690 USB 1000-1030 9210 USB 1700-1800 7690 AM Our test broadcasts will also include station identification announcements in Italian, English, French, German, Spanish and Catalan as well as DX and music shows in English and Italian. Power will be from 40 watts (AM) to 100 (USB). MRI encourages reception reports from listeners. Audio clips (mp3- file) of our broadcasts are welcome! We QSL 100%. Our electronic mail address is: marconiradiointernational@gmail.com - Please don’t forget to include your postal address as some lucky listeners will also receive a printed QSL card. Last but not least, we need your help! If you use social networks, please post an announcement on Facebook or send out a tweet the day before the broadcast. You can also forward this message to a friend. This should help increase our potential audience. We hope to hear from a lot of shortwave listeners about our transmissions. Best 73's (Marconi Radio International (MRI), Short wave test broadcasts from Italy on 11390 kHz [sic], March 25, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** JAPAN [non]. 9560, March 28 at 0325, S9+25 in Swahili. It`s NHK via MADAGASCAR at 0315-0400, ex-7 MHz band. See also UGANDA [non]! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** JAPAN [and non]. Summer A-16 changes of Radio Japan NHK World effective from March 27, with kW / degrees 0100-0120 9820 TAC 100 / 163 SoAs Hindi, ex 0100-0130 same freq. 0800-0900 12015 ASC 250 / 245 SoAm Japanese, deleted, see: 1700-1900 1100-1130 11695 SNG 250 / 000 SEAs English, ex 1200-1230 11740SNG 0710-0725 5985 YAN 025 / 176 SEAs English Sat/Sun via Myanmar Radio 1445-1500 5985 YAN 025 / 176 SEAs Burmese Mon-Wed via Myanmar Radio 1530-1600 15480 TAC 100 / 163 SoAs Hindi, new additional broadcast 1540-1600 5985 YAN 025 / 176 SEAs English Thu/Fri via Myanmar Radio 1700-1900 13720 YAM 300 / 085 SoAm Japanese new additional broadcast 1930-2000 9645*YAM 300 / 175 Pac English, new additional broadcast 1930-2000 9710 SMG 250 / 184 WeAf English, new additional broadcast * totally blocked by China Radio International in French http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/03/summer-16-changes-of-radio-japan-nhk.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Heard Japan`s new broadcast to West Africa at 1930 UT on 9710 SMG, 250 kW at 184 degrees. Fair reception here in South Florida (Peter W Hansen, March 28, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Language? English: ** JAPAN [and non]. 11705, March 29 at 1406, NHK World Radio Japan, good at S9+10. A-16 English schedule shows several changes; from HFCC: 0500, 5975 UK, 11970 France 1100, 11695 Singapore [new time] (+Fri only token DRM 9765 UK) 1200 broadcast is GONE! 1400, 11705 Palau, 15735 Uzbekistan 1800, 9755 South Africa 1930, 9645 Japan, 9710 Vatican [NEW time] (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1819, DX LISTENING DIGEST) FYI: http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/resources/brochure/pdf/rj_schedule.pdf 73 wb df5sx wwdxc (Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** JAPAN [and non]. [AFGHANISTAN/BANGLADESH/CONGO RDC/FRANCE/GERMANY/INDONESIA/IRAQ/LITHUANIA/MADAGASCAR/MYANMAR/PALAU/P ALESTINE/RUSSIA/SINGAPORE/SOUTH AFRICA/TAJIKISTAN/TANZANIA/U.A.E./U.K./USA/UZBEKISTAN/VATICAN STATE] NHK World - Radio Japan Tokyo - March 27, 2016 - October 29, 2016. A-16 summer season file, according NHK World Radio Japan leaflet. NHK Radio Japan PDF.format file http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/resources/brochure/pdf/rj_schedule.pdf Arabic 0600-0630 ME/NoAF 11975iss 2000-2030 ME Ramallah 87.8 MHz in Ramallah Palestine, +3 cities in Palestine on FM. ME Baghdad-IRQ 88.3 MHz + 4 cities in Iraq, for details please access URL Bengali 1300-1345 SoWeAS 11685sng 1500-1545 SoWeAS FM Dhaka 104.0 MHz +6 cities Burmese 1030-1100 SoEaAS 11740sng 1430-1500 SoEaAS 11740sng 1445-1500 Mon-Wed, 1445-1505 UT on Thurs and Fris SoEaAS SW 5980 kHz MW 576 Myanma Radio, Yangon Yaegu SoEaAS MW 594 Myanma Radio, Nay Pyi Taw 2340-2400 SoEaAS 13650 [SIC: surely not 5980 but 5985 Myanma frequency --- gh] Chinese 0900-0930 AS 6090 1200-1230 AS 6090 1300-1330 AS 6190 1400-1430 AS 6190 1530-1600 AS 9540 2230-2250 AS 9560 English 0500-0530 EUR 5975wof 0500-0530 AF/EaAF/SoAF 11970iss 0710-0725 Sats and Suns SoEaAS SW 5980 kHz MW 576 Myanma Radio, Yangon Yaegu SoEaAS MW 594 Myanma Radio, Nay Pyi Taw 1200-1230 SoEaAS 11740sng 1400-1430 SoEaAS 11705pal 1400-1430 SoWeAS 15735tac 1540-1600 Thurs and Fris SoWeAS SW 5980 kHz MW 576 Myanma Radio, Yangon Yaegu SoWeAS MW 594 Myanma Radio, Nay Pyi Taw [NOT SW Asia] 1800-1830 CeAF 9755mey 1930-2000 OCE/Hawaii 9645 1930-2000 AF/EaAF/SoAF 9710smg NEW VR relay 250kW 184degr [SIC: surely not 5980 but 5985 Myanma frequency --- gh] French 0345-0415 CeAF RDC FM 96.3 MHz 0530-0600 WeAF 11730iss 0530-0600 CeAF 13840mdg 0530-0600 CeAF RDC FM 103.0 MHz 0630-0700 CeAF RDC FM 89.5 MHz 2030-2100 WeAF 11985mdg 2030-2100 CeAF RDC FM 103.0 MHz 2145-2215 CeAF RDC FM 89.5 MHz Hindi 0059-0120 SoWeAS 9820tac 1430-1500 SoWeAS 15745mdg 1530-1600 SoWeAS 15480tac Indonesian 1115-1200 SoEaAS 9625pal 1200-1215 SoEaAS FM Jakarta 90.0 MHz + 7 INS cities 1315-1400 SoEaAS 11705pal 1406-1451 SoEaAS FM Bandung 105.5 MHz +34 INS cities, FM Jambi, Maros, Aceh Tenggara, Wonosobo 2130-2200 SoEaAS 9560 Japanese 0200-0500 AS 15195 0200-0500 SoWeAS 15325 0200-0500 SoEaAS 17810 0300-0500 CeAM 5910iss 0300-0500 SoEaEUR/NE/ME/NoEaAF 11680nau 0700-0800 EaAS 11790 0800-0900 SoEaAS 13650 0800-1000 SoWeEUR/WeAF 15290iss 0800-1700 AS 9750 0900-1500 SoEaAS 11815 1500-1700 AF/SoWeAS/SoAS 12045 1700-1900 SoEU/ceAF/soAF 11945iss 1700-1900 SoAM 13720 1700-1900 SoEaEUR/NE/ME/NoEaAF 15445nau 1900-2100 CeAS/ME/NE/NoAF 11965 1900-2100 CeAF 15130iss 2000-2100 OCE/Hawaii 9645 2100-2300 SoEaAS 13680 2100-2400 AS 11910 Korean 0915-0945 AS 5950 1130-1200 AS 6090 1230-1300 AS 6190 1330-1400 AS 6190 1430-1500 AS 6190 2209-2230 AS 9560 Persian 0400-0430 ME 15140tac 1430-1500 ME 13680iss FM Kabul/Herat 88.0 MHz 1630-1700 ME MW927tjk Portuguese 0900-0930 SoAM 6195hri 2130-2200 SoAM 17540hri Russian 0330-0400 EU MW 738msk MW1386sit 0430-0500 EU 6165sit 0530-0600 EaAS 11790 1100-1130 EaAS 6090 1600-1630 EU MW 738msk MW927tjk 1730-1800 EU MW1386sit Spanish 0400-0430 CeAM 5985rmi 0400-0430 CeSoAM 12015hri 0930-1000 CeSoAM 6195hri Swahili 0300-0330 CeAF RDC FM 96.3 MHz 0315-0400 EaAF 9560mdg 0315-0400 EaAF TZA FM Mwanza 98.2 MHz 0530-0615 CeAF RDC FM 89.5 MHz 1729-1800 EaAF 13730mdg 1730-1800 EaAF TZA FM Dar es Salaam 94.6 MHz + 22 cities of TBC FM. 1900-1930 CeAF RDC FM 89.5 MHz Thai 0100-0130 SoEaAS FM Naresuan University 107.25 MHz 1130-1200 SoEaAS 11740sng 1230-1300 SoEaAs 11740sng 1230-1300 SoEaAS FM Mahasarakham University 102.25 MHz MW Thammasat University 981 kHz 2259-2320 SoEaAS 13650 Urdu 1515-1600 SoWeAS 11775uae 1700-1745 SoWeAS MW927tjk Vietnamese 1100-1130 SoEaAS 11740sng 1300-1315 Tues-Sats 1300-1320 Suns and Mons SoEaAS FM 91.0 MHz VoVTN Giao Thong, Hanoi, HCMC, Can Tho, Quang Binh. 1300-1330 SoEaAS 11740sng 2320-2340 SoEaAS 13650 Relays: hri HRI Furman-SC, South Carolina, USA iss TDF Issoudun, France mdg MDC MGLOB Madagascar mey SenTec Meyerton, South Africa msk Moscow, Russia nau Nauen, Germany pal KHBN Palau rmi WRMI Okeechobee-FL, Florida, USA sit RRT Sitkunai, Lithuania smg VR Santa Maria di Galeria, Vatican State. sng Babcock Kranji, Singapore tac Tashkent, Uzbekistan tjk Dushanbe, Tajikistan uae Babcock Al Dhabayya, UAE RDC Republique Democratique du Congo (ex Zaire). TZA Tanzania Not anymore included in RJ printed leaflet, but still on HFCC A-16 database contain Fridays only DRM mode test transmission via 9760wof Woofferton U.K., RJ English 1100-1130 UT, RJ Russian 1130-1200 UT (NHK Radio Japan, PDF.format leaflet transformed by wb March 24 at wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 30 via DXLD) Some comment on new selected A-16 frequency of NHK in Oceania and Pacific: Radio Japan's transmission to Oceania at 1930-2100 UT on the new frequency of 9645 kHz is a disaster here in NZ. CRI is co-channel in French to West Africa until 2027 UT causing severe interference; then Vatican Radio opens on this frequency at 2038 UT and totally dominates it. I think Japan is going to have to move (NZ_lander, March 27, BCDX 30 March via WORLD OF RADIO 1819, DXLD) Summer A-16 changes of Radio Japan NHK World effective from March 27 with kW / degrees 0100-0120 9820 TAC 100 / 163 SoAs Hindi, ex 0100-0130 same freq. 0800-0900 12015 ASC 250 / 245 SoAm Japanese, deleted, see: 1700-1900 1100-1130 11695 SNG 250 / 000 SEAs English, ex 1200-1230 11740SNG 0710-0725 5985 YAN 025 / 176 SEAs English Sat/Sun via Myanmar Radio 1445-1500 5985 YAN 025 / 176 SEAs Burmese Mon-Wed via Myanmar Radio 1530-1600 15480 TAC 100 / 163 SoAs Hindi, new additional broadcast 1540-1600 5985 YAN 025 / 176 SEAs English Thu/Fri via Myanmar Radio 1700-1900 13720 YAM 300 / 085 SoAm Japanese new additional broadcast 1930-2000 9645*YAM 300 / 175 Pac English, new additional broadcast 1930-2000 9710 SMG 250 / 184 WeAf English, new additional broadcast * totally blocked by China Radio International in French http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/03/summer-16-changes-of-radio-japan-nhk.html (DX Re Mix News March 31 via DXLD) ** KOREA NORTH [and non]. 9875.002, V of Korea Russian from Kujang site, shrill lady singer group at 0909 UT. S=7 or -86dBm. And heavy 123 Hertz BUZZ tone heard, seemingly the SOH Taiwan Chinese programm on co-channel. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, 0640-1000 UT on March 25, on remote SDR in eastern Thailand: Checked the local 2 to 4 pm reception time slot in 49 / 41 / 31 / 25 mb in eastern Thailand SDR remote unit today, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. New 5935, Shiokaze, *1300, March 28. Ex 7400, which had N. Korean jamming there today. In Korean; new extended schedule; also heard at 1408. New schedule 1300-1400 & 1405-1435. Before 1300 was hearing a fair signal from Tibet on 5935, which was totally blocked by Shiokaze (300 kW) sign on. 5935, Shiokaze, 1400*, March 30. Shiokaze "JSR"" ID before 1400*; then confirmed *1405, but Hiroshi indicates today's program was " 'Hometown of the Wind' Japanese broadcast of the Japanese government production." Had thought Shiokaze was running an extra half hour of their program, but perhaps not. Need to check with Hiroshi's website (in Japanese) to tell what is happening here, as he monitors daily http://goo.gl/sGLLJr Copy & paste Japanese into Google translator (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. TAJIKISTAN, National Unity Radio on summer A-16 frequency on March 24: 1300-1600 NF 11550*DB 100 kW / 071 deg to NEAs Korean, ex 7515 til March 26 * co-channel 11550 EWN 250 kW / 220 deg to MEX Spanish WEWN-3 Global Catholic R. http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/03/national-unity-radio-on-summer-16.html National Unity Radio on two frequency in parallel on March 25: 1300-1600 11550 *DB 100 kW / 071 deg to NEAs Korean // 11540 with 5 second delay! *co-channel 11550 EWN 250 kW / 220 deg to MEX Spanish WEWN-3 Global Catholic R. http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2016/03/national-unity-radio-on-two-frequency.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. TAJIKISTAN/UZBEKISTAN, Clandestine broadcasts via RED Telecom, March 27: National Unity Radio again on two freqs 1300-1600 NF 11530 unknown transmitter to NEAs Korean, ex 11540 RFA Tibetan is here // frequency 11550 DB 100 kW / 071 deg to NEAs Korean, very poor+WEWN- 3 in Spanish Radio Free North Korea 1200-1300 on 15630 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Korean, weak signal North Korea Reform Radio 1430-1530 on 11570 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Korean, good signal Voice of Martyrs on 7530 and 7520 kHz 1530-1600 on 7530 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Korean, probably wrong freq. 1600-1700 on 7520 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Korean, ex 1630-1800 on same Voice of Wilderness, not on summer freq. 12130 kHz 1330-1530 on 7615 TAC 100 kW / 070 deg to NEAs Korean, poor signal http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/03/clandestine-broadcasts-via-red-telecom.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7615, Voice of Wilderness (Tashkent) 1414-1500+ 23 March, 1350-1500+ 24 March. Korean chat with occasional K-pop songs to liven up the program. Usually fighting the NK pulse jammer and a (presumed) US military comms net, but worth the effort (Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA, E5/6m X wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA SOUTH. 6215, V24/"The Parrot" [S. Korean #s station], *1500- 1509* 17 March. K-pop song ("Shouldn't Have.." by Baek A. Yeon) to open followed by Korean # groups, & big thanks to http://www.radio.chobi.net/DX/data/V24KoreanNumbers.html for not only the song/sked info but the apparent transmitter site as well (also used for VOH 4885/6250). (Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA, G5/6m X wire, via Bob Wilkner, CumbreDX via DXLD) Hi Glenn, V28 ("The Parrot") was indeed active today (March 24) on 3277.0. First noted at 1143 with Korean numbers. Later (1209-1221) heard again. Different format than normal. Today gave series of numbers and then a short break till the next series, but sometimes the gap between them lasted up to three minutes. Unusual. Could not help but notice V28, as I was checking 3275 for PNG-NBC, which remains silent (Ron Howard, California, March 24, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) continued at PNG ** KOREA SOUTH. 4885, Echo of Hope - VOH, *1157, March 30. Briefly on and then a minute of dead air and then audio again; good signal, but today OTH radar; this station has not been jammed yet; most days with 1215 and 1315 ID of "V O H" (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA SOUTH. 5857.51-AM, March 27 at 1308, very poor signal with talk, voice sounds YL. No doubt it`s HLL2, Seoul, which provides metric weather info in English, as logged by Ron Howard March 6 at 1217. Far enough from 5850 WRMI not to be a problem. Does not qualify as a broadcaster for WRTH listing. Aoki won`t deal with split frequencies so puts it on 5858: ``HLL Seoul Meteorological Radio 0000- 2400 1234567 Korean/Japanese/English/Chinese 3 kW ND Seoul`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA SOUTH. 6015, KBS Hanminjok Bangsong 1, 1204-1218, March 25. Heard without the usual strong white noise jamming; some light pulsating noise, but believe was not jamming; in Korean with the news; many reports from one or more events with a lot of background sounds. I enjoy this daily feature as it's easy to ID, as after each news item they say "KBS News." My audio at https://goo.gl/ZMJpXs with "KBS News" IDs at 0:03, 01:38 & 03:15. During the same time period, there was no white noise jamming of Voice of Freedom (clandestine) up on 6135 kHz (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KURDISTAN [non]. 9400, March 28 at 1301, nothing but Chinese from FEBC, so I know Denge Kurdistanye must have ascended to usual A-season frequency 11600. 11600, March 28 at 1306, there it is, S7 with Qur`an. Some local hash can be evaded by USB tuning; fades some at 1316, but still there at 1336; about S8 at 1340 music; better S9 at 1400 during YL news in presumed Kurdish. Now the question is, what sites? In recent past has used PRIDNESTROVYE, France, Bulgaria. HFCC A-16 lists only KCH = Grigoriopol`, Pridnestrovye/Moldova at 03- 21, 300 kW, 116 degrees. But March 27 in the 13-17 UT period, Ivo Ivanov in Sofia could tell it was really BULGARIA, as he was getting the second harmonic too on 23200. He adds that at 17-19 it`s via France, with 3 minutes of dead air at some point. He also files this under IRAN [non], even tho it`s for TURKEY, the dreaded PKK terrorists there (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1819, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11600, March 30 at 1346, Denge Kurdistanye with Kurdish talk, 1350 some music plus hum, 1359 music, 1400 back to talk; 1416 still talking with hum, and S9 to S9+10, compared to S8-S9 at tune-in, via BULGARIA per Ivo at this hour; still much weaker than 11860, YEMEN [non], S9+20/30 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1819, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** LAOS. 6130.0, Lao National Radio, Vientiane site, fair S=9+10dB signal or -72dBm at 0747 UT. Local hilltribe girl singer, program presenter by female [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, 0640-1000 UT on March 25, on remote SDR in eastern Thailand: Checked the local 2 to 4 pm reception time slot in 49 / 41 / 31 / 25 mb in eastern Thailand SDR remote unit today, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MADAGASCAR [and non]. THE WORLD`S NEWEST SHORTWAVE STATION --- Madagascar World Voice, and I can claim to have heard their very first broadcast (altho who knows, they might well have tested earlier, but have seen no such reports). 9664.94, March 27 at 0045, Brasil`s Voz Missionária as always off- frequency but no het as nothing on 9665.0. At 0103, now there *is* QRM, no doubt Madagascar World Voice on its first frequency of the UT day and of the A-16 season, an hour allegedly in English, aimed 40 degrees to CIRAFs 41 and 42S, which means the four South Asian countries plus Nepal (and Tibet?). But it`s way under ZYE890, and I can`t copy a thing from MWV, other than the ~60 Hz hum/het it makes. So World Christian Broadcasting scores again like with KNLS picking occupied frequencies (tho I admit Camboriú is not likely to QRM much in MWV target; yet, e.g. 9660 and 9670 have nothing on them during this hour per HFCC. No Brazilians are in HFCC so how could WCB possibly know about them?? Turning on a radio, maybe? Godforbid they should read DX bulletins). This collision continues for the rest of the hour, so what`s next? 6190, March 27 at 0159, carrier cuts on and off a few times; 0201 join in progress ``Gracias por su participación con nosotros``, lavozalegre.com o P O Box 327766, Fort Lauderdale, Florida ---- cuts off* the air before Zip code can be uttered. *0202:15 carrier back on, 0203 add modulation of gospelsong with harp; 0205 brief salvation story told by announcer with a slight gringo accent. Anyhow, this 100 kW frequency is clear, and running S9+20. Its rather convoluted CIRAF targets on a 250 degree beam centered around Rio are: 12NE, 12S, 13, 14N, 14SE, 15W. That means South America, except Colombia, Ecuador, Chile and the rest of Patagonia (are there RF fences at those borders??) 6150 has another Spanish broadcast at 0300, so I retune there and find the same La Voz Alegre is opening again, and this time he gets the zipcode out, plus another postal address, in Cuba? Also clear frequency. This one is for CIRAF 12 only, the NW quadrant of South America as far as Guyana and Bolivia, 265 degrees, aimed at Cali. WCB had talked about already broadcasting in Spanish via other stations. Apparently they were TWR Bonaire, WINB and WWCR, with long outdated/imaginary frequencies, via the vozalegre website: http://cpioutreach.com/radio/broadcast-schedule?l=es So will those now be dropped if not already? 9480 is next for English at 0400, 295 degrees to CIRAF zones equal to north and west Africa as far as Libya, Chad and CAR, a bit early for those timezones; exiting the continent around the Sénégal/Mauritania border, and carrying on to cross North America from Tampa to Corpus Christi. Carrier is on at 0358 March 27, S9 to S9+10 but heavy fading impedes copy (the AGC makes it seem like less on the R75 meter). 0400 keyboard/trumpet and drumming, their themesong or IS? ``Good day, and welcome to our first broadcast`` --- does he have an African accent, or is it a US-African accent? Wastes no time in quoting Proverbs; ``we want our listeners to enjoy our magazine``, ramshorn? interrupts; program summary of lots of mag elements, like with KNLS. I wonder if they are going to include capsules about the host country, like KNLS does for Alaska, even tho it all comes from HQ in Tennessee. Including a 4-parter on ``making a difference in Africa``; mentions a song in Yoruba, then citing the lyrix in English; credit to www.putumayo.com and 0403 playing it. I`m back to completing this report, but there will be plenty more opportunities to listen to MWV, and I daresay with more reliable reception from the antipodes than from Alaska. Did not axually hear an ID as Madagascar World Voice, and am not sure what they are really calling it. Here`s the full schedule as in BC-DX: 0100-0200 9665 MWV 100 kW 040 deg to SoAS English 0200-0300 6190 MWV 100 kW 250 deg to SoAM Spanish 0300-0400 6150 MWV 100 kW 265 deg to SoAM Spanish 0400-0500 9480 MWV 100 kW 295 deg to CeAF English 1800-1900 9570 MWV 100 kW 355 deg to EaEUR Russian 1800-1900 17640 MWV 100 kW 310 deg to CeAF English 1900-2000 11945 MWV 100 kW 355 deg to NE/ME Arabic 1900-2000 13710 MWV 100 kW 340 deg to EaAF Arabic 2100-2200 11615 MWV 100 kW 325 deg to WeEUR Chinese 2200-2300 9455 MWV 100 kW 055 deg to EaAS Chinese 2200-2300 11770 MWV 100 kW 325 deg to NoAF Arabic (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1819, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNITED STATES [non]. 6150, Mar 27, 2016. 0333-0357, Madagascar World Voice (WCB), Mahajanga. OM talks in Spanish. "La Voz de Alegría": Love behind man and woman and the family direction. Addressess, Announcements, hymn. Good signal and modulation, 45444 (First txn station and first log). [sic --- it`s La Voz Alegre --- gh] 9480, Mar 27, 2016. 0359-0435, Madagascar World Voice (WCB), Mahajanga. Open carrier; 0400 IS (The sound of vuvuzela), ID and vuvuzela, the sound of Africa; OM talks in English; "The Voice of Happy" [sic] - religious preaching; Address to USA. Good signal and fair modulation, 45433 (2nd log station, 1st in English). (DXer - José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo - PB, Brazil, RX (s) Degen 1103, Portable Telescopic antenna, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) > lavozalegre.com Redirects me to http://cpioutreach.com/?l=es Is this a kind of geoblocking? ``WCB had talked about already broadcasting in Spanish via other stations. Apparently they were TWR Bonaire, WINB and WWCR, with long outdated/imaginary frequencies, via the vozalegre website: http://cpioutreach.com/radio/broadcast-schedule?l=es So will those now be dropped if not already?`` [gh] http://cpioutreach.com/whats-going-on/whats-going-on-32016 does not read so to me. Dropping a potentially high power mediumwave outlet (any further news about the proposed 500 kW equipment, by the way?) only because some long-haul shortwave signals became available would of course be quite crazy (Kai Ludwig, March 27, dxldyg via DXLD) New station MWV Madagascar (Madagascar World Voice) can be heard from 1800 UT on 9570 kHz with a very good signal in Russian here in the middle of Europe. The TX went on the air about one minute before 1800; the MWV interval signal is the same like at KNLS Alaska (Karel Honzík, Czechia, 1809 UT March 27, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) Maybe for Russian, but not same for English (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) English at same time on other transmitter, 17640 is good here with some deep fading. Sounds like same program heard at 0400 on 9480. 73, (Glenn Hauser, OK, 1839 UT, HCDX via DXLD I forgot to mention that also the second frequency of MWV - 17640 kHz for Central Africa - is now on the air in English. A nice signal too. (Karel Honzik, ibid.) Strong in Russian on 9570, very weak in English on 17640 at 18 UT here in Sofia, videos-later today (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, ibid.) 9570, MWV S=9+35dB signal in central Europe, 1851 UT. Children`s Chorus in Russian. At 1855 UT Anchor Point Alaska mentioned. KNLS Alaska address at 1857:30 UT, into Arabic language advice announcement at 1858:15 UT. Girl and boy started talk in Arabic language at 1858:50 UT, TX-OFF at 1859:19. and at 19 UT on 11945 kHz in Arabic: 11945 still on air - NHK Radio Japan Japanese ID of Jpn program 17-19 UT from Issoudun France, time pips and TX OFF 1900:01 UT. 11945 MWV 1900:40 UT low power, transmitter on air, without final stage. 1900:56 UT first try with FULL POWER crash start. and at 1905:23 UT real FULL POWER start, into crash start of Arabic language RADIOPLAY, S=9+35dB or -42dBm powerful strength also here in southern Germany at 1907 UT. 10 kHz wide signal from 11940.05 kHz upwards to 11949.95. >>>> To mention too: some white noise digital signal appeared nearby at 1907-1908 UT, and also at 1930 when tuned in again on adjacent channel on broadband range 11946.7 to 11952.7 kHz, is a try of Sudan secret service? or rather an OTHR jumped into 25 m broadcast band? 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) Strong signal here in Arabic after 1906 UT on 11945 (Ivo Ivanov, ibid.) Reception of Madagascar World Voice, March 27: 1800-1900 9570 100 kW / 355 deg EaEu Russian, good to strong signal 1800-1900 17640 100 kW / 310 deg WeAf English, very-very weak signal 1900-2000 11945 100 kW / 355 deg N/ME Arabic, good to strong signal 2000-2100 13710 100 kW / 340 deg EaAf Arabic, good to strong signal http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2016/03/reception-of-wwcb-knls-madagascar-world.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 17640, March 27 at 1800, fanfare, ``Good day, and welcome to our first broadcast …`` soon punxuated by a vuvuzela blast, mentioning South Africa, and into Proverbs citation. Sounds like the same show I heard at 0400 on 9480. This is S9+10 or 45433, deep fades impeding copy; 1827 gospel choir from Africa singing ``Hosanna``. Still no ID heard as ``Madagascar World Voice``. I`m checking out the remainder of the scheduled broadcasts on the First Day: 13710, March 27 at 2023, MWV in Arabic, fair at S7. 11615, March 27 at 2150, MWV in Chinese, S9+10, 2151 sounds like a love song in English, but no doubt Jesus the object of affexion. 11770, March 27 at 2200, MWV Arabic at S9+10; but simultaneous 9455 in Chinese is a JBA carrier at very different azimuth. 9535, March 27 at 2330, this hour is supposed to be Chinese, but if on, is totally blocked by Habana. 9600, March 28 at 0010, frequency is clear but *no* signal for English allegedly to Central Africa in the middle of their night. The last two come from a different `updated` version of the schedule via Ivo Ivanov, than I quoted previously: ``Updated A-16 of Madagascar World Voice 0000-0100 on 9600 MWV 100 kW / 040 deg to CeAf English 0100-0200 on 9665 MWV 100 kW / 040 deg to SoAs English 0200-0300 on 6190 MWV 100 kW / 250 deg to SoAm Spanish 0300-0400 on 6150 MWV 100 kW / 265 deg to SoAm Spanish 0400-0500 on 9480 MWV 100 kW / 295 deg to CeAf English 1800-1900 on 9570 MWV 100 kW / 355 deg to EaEu Russian 1800-1900 on 17640 MWV 100 kW / 310 deg to WeAf English 1900-2000 on 11945 MWV 100 kW / 355 deg to N/ME Arabic 2000-2100 on 13710 MWV 100 kW / 340 deg to EaAf Arabic 2100-2200 on 11615 MWV 100 kW / 325 deg to WeEu Chinese 2200-2300 on 9455 MWV 100 kW / 055 deg to EaAs Chinese 2200-2300 on 11770 MWV 100 kW / 325 deg to NoAf Arabic 2300-2400 on 9535 MWV 100 kW / 055 deg to EaAs Chinese`` Despite the gaps, MWV has already proven as we expected that it will be easily heard off-target in North America, just like the numerous MGLOB relays from the other Madagascar site. (And I continue to wonder why WCB never had any interest in using MGLOB during the protracted delays in getting its own station going?) With two exceptions (9665, 9535), the chosen frequencies have proven to be free of interference. Further chex: 6150, March 28 at 0312, MWV Spanish as ``La Voz Alegre`` is S9+25. 9480, March 28 at 0400, NO signal! I keep listening and finally cuts on at *0403.5, S9+10 joining program in progress, a narrative about a trip; 0409, pro-Jesus propaganda, and the English hour is attributed to African Pathways, http://www.africanpathways.org with postal address in Franklin TN (just like KNLS Alaska); 0411 an Afro-Caribbean song nostalgic to the DJ. 17640, March 28 at 1758 I`m standing by for another try at this English broadcast. *1759:17 carrier on, 1800:03 fanfare and sign-on ONLY as ``African Pathways Radio``, vuvuzela blast, co-hosts have African and American accents; today`s theme ``Life`s Journey``. The Pathway being: ``to immortality`` (? Evidence, please?). NO mention of Madagascar World Voice, even tho their transmitter building is labeled MWV as are its HFCC registrations. Anyhow, good signal if one cared to spend an hour with this, some deep fading. With Spanish IDing as ``La Voz Alegre``, evidently each language service has a different name, so what are they calling themselves, exactly (and in translation), in Arabic, Chinese and Russian? Yes, the world`s newest shortwave station, but we lament that some religious groups still have virtually no presence on SW, e.g. animists of which there must be millions (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1819, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Excellent signal from the new Madagascar World Voice here this evening, the English broadcast to Africa heard on 17640 from tune-in at 1840 until close at 1857, SIO 344. Lively music until 1845, then various excerpts from Christian preachers. The ID seemed to be "African Pathways Radio" with web site http://www.africanpathways.org The address was announced as African Pathways, 605 Bradley Court, Franklin, Tennessee 37067, USA. This long-delayed station, set up by World Christian Broadcasting, which also operates KNLS Alaska, started transmissions today, on the first day of the A16 schedule period. As per HFCC, its schedule is (all daily with 100kW) : 0000-0100 English CAf 9600 0100-0200 English SAs 9665 0200-0300 Spanish Am 6190 0300-0400 Spanish Am 6150 0400-0500 English CAf 9480 1800-1900 Russian Eu 9570 1800-1900 English Af 17640 1900-2000 Arabic NAf 11945 2000-2100 Arabic NAf 13710 2100-2200 Chinese EAs 11615 2200-2300 Chinese EAs 9455 2200-2300 Arabic NAf 11770 2300-2400 Chinese EAs 9535 73s (Dave, Caversham Berks, Kenny, Lowe HF225/25m long wire, March 27, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) 11615, tremendous propagation tonight, Madagascar World Voice at S=9+30dB or -40dBm here in southern Germany. Endless sermon in Chinese at 2108 UT. In peaks up to 20 kHz broadband tonight. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, March 27, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Same here in the eastern U.S., near Washington, D.C. My only question is -- If the reported schedule is right, why in Chinese to western Europe?! (Art Delibert, MD, ibid.) One version of schedule shows 11615 as to EAs, but maybe an uninvited assumed correxion; judging from 11615 signal vs 9455 an hour later, 11615 is indeed aimed at Europe/US (gh, DXLD) MADAGASCAR(non) [sic] Reception of WWCB KNLS [sic] Madagascar World Voice, March 27: 2100-2200 on 11615 MWV 100 kW / 325 deg to WeEu Chinese, good to strong signal http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2016/03/reception-of-wwcb-knls-madagascar-world.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DXLD) This entry is totally confused. It is not (non) MADAGASCAR, it *is* in fact Madagascar. As I pointed out before, the parent org is World Christian Broadcasting, abbreviated WCB, not WWCB. Their previous station is KNLS, but that callsign applies only to the Alaska facility (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) > 325 deg to WeEUR Chinese --- Indeed, the language selection Chinese, towards Maghreb, Iberian peninsula and south western Europe is VERY STRANGE. Only many Chinese University students and China mainland fishery fleet on Atlantic Ocean is target? Wb (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DXLD) From: Wendel Craighead, Prairie Village, Kansas,USA wendelcd@yahoo.com Subject: African Shortwave Radio/Madagascar World Voice AFRICAN SHORTWAVE RADIO [sic]/MADAGASCAR WORLD VOICE via Mahajanga (presumed), Madagascar 9480. On March 27 at a few minutes before 0400 I tuned to 9480 hoping to hear the new station when it came on but was disappointed to hear a powerful unmodulated carrier on the frequency. No chance of hearing my target, I thought. And when, at 0400, I heard a very strong station with music featuring what sounded like an alpenhorn, I was certain I was going to be disappointed. But it turned out to be African Shortwave Radio [sic]. I shouldn’t have been surprised, as Talata often produces a very strong signal at my location. The announcer said it was their first broadcast, although I suspect their actual first bc may have been their 0100 program in English. The English broadcast consisted of short features like This Day in History and included some beautiful African choral music. Consistent SINFO 55555 until transmitter went off at 0457:50. Other ASR loggings on March 27: 1800 English 17640 55555 (same program as at 0400) 2100 Chinese 11615 55454 2200 Chinese 9455 35452 2200 Arabic 11770 55555 I hope they will QSL (Wendel Craighead, Prairie Village, Kansas, USA, March 29, cumbredx yg via DXLD) 6150, Voz Alegre/MWV (site?) 0305-0315 28 March. Fair to OK signal in Spanish with Voz Alegre IDs, promos, mention of help from Florida International University. Odd to have a NAm/SAm service out of Madagascar, but I guess it works (Dan Sheedy, Encinitas, CA, E5/6m X wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9480, African Pathways Radio, *0400, March 29. Trumpets; "This is African Pathways Radio. My name is Henry Huffard and my co-host Edet Udofia . . This is our first week of broadcasting," "What happened on this day in history? As you know, today is Commemoration Day in Madagascar"; fair/good. My audio: https://goo.gl/P2ZF13 BTW - Also well heard today on 6190 at 0230 and on 6150 at 0316; both in Spanish giving addresses in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and one in Cuba. Mentioned "Florida National University" (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) MADAGASCAR WORLD VOICE: WHAT'S IN A NAME? Madagascar World Voice was observed signing-on at 0000 UT on 31 March 2016 on 9600 kHz, as follows: "From the beautiful region of the Indian Ocean, this is Your New Life Station [I take that capitalisation from references on the KNLS website "What's Going On?" page] This transmission starts in one minute". After promised minute of the 'Chariots of Fire' IS (as used by KNLS) came their signature tune and introductory announcement: "From the top of the world and from the beautiful region of the Indian Ocean, this is Your New Life Station, broadcasting over the air and online". It seems that World Christian Broadcasting's new station identification varies according to language and target area - I've only observed the 1800 transmission in Russian IDing on air as "MWV" and "Madagascar World Voice". The 1800 broadcast in English to Africa (17640 kHz) IDs as "African Pathways Radio" whereas the 0000 UT English to India is "Your New Life Station". It'll be interesting to know how the Arabic, Chinese and Spanish broadcasts identify. Later today I'll be uploading examples of these various IDs to Interval Signals Online (David Kernick, Interval Signals Online, March 31, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Zu den spanischen Sendungen bei der Madagascar World Voice Madagaskar - Nach langen Vorbereitungen hat World Christian Broadcasting seine Kurzwellenstation auf Madagaskar in Betrieb genommen. Mit dabei sind auch zwei Sendestunden in Spanisch Richtung Lateinamerika 0200-0300: 6190 (MVW 100 kW, 250 ) 0300-0400: 6150 (MVW 100 kW, 265 ) Die Programme werden von La Voz Alegre (Christian Productions International, P. O. Box 327706, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33332, http://cpioutreach.com/ ) zugeliefert. Sie bieten einen Mix von kubanischen Rhythmen und religiösen Wortbeiträgen und häufige Stationsansagen. Angegeben werden Adressen in den USA und Kuba. Die im Programm angesagte website lavozalegre.com führt nach http://cpioutreach.com/?l=es Nach Angaben der Website http://cpioutreach.com/radio/broadcast-schedule war das wöchentliche Programm bereits seit geraumer Zeit über die Mittelwelle RTM Bonaire (800 kHz) und die Kurzwellenstationen WINB Red Lion PA und WWCR Nashville TN zu empfangen. Es könnte also sein, dass man für die nun täglichen Sendungen alte, zeitlos gestaltete Programme einsetzt. Im Übrigen ist das von der Musik her doch ganz anhörliche Programm in Mitteleuropa leichter Mi 2100 auf WWCR 15825 kHz zu hören. Gehörte Sendungen der La Voz Alegre, S, abwechselnd Musik, Stationsansagen und Wortbeiträge 0200-0300 6190 (100 kW, 250 ) täglich Richtung Lateinamerika 29.+30.3. 0300-0400 6150 (100 kW, 265 ) täglich Richtung Lateinamerika 29.-31.3. 2100-2200: 15825 (WWCR-1 100 kW, 46 ) mittwochs Richtung Europa 30.3. (Hansjoerg Biener, Germany, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9535, March 28 at 2335, usual poor signal from RHC, but maybe there is some CCI under it, the otherwise yet unconfirmed Chinese hour of MWV, 55 degrees to E Asia. 9600, March 28 at 2359, JBA carrier, cuts off and on and off and on, apparently stays from 0001.4 March 29, 0003 very poor talk audible. Presumably MWV English hour to central Africa in middle of their night, but much weaker than their other broadcasts I am monitoring. Also March 30 at 0037, JBA carrier and traces of talk. David Kernick, UK, heard it much better March 31. It seems this hour identifies quite differently from the others in English as ``African Pathways Radio`` -- ``Madagascar World Voice was observed signing-on at 0000 UT on 31 March 2016 on 9600 kHz, as follows: "From the beautiful region of the Indian Ocean, this is Your New Life Station [I take that capitalisation from references on the KNLS website "What's Going On?" page] This transmission starts in one minute". After promised minute of the 'Chariots of Fire' IS (as used by KNLS) came their signature tune and introductory announcement: "From the top of the world and from the beautiful region of the Indian Ocean, this is Your New Life Station, broadcasting over the air and online". It seems that World Christian Broadcasting's new station identification varies according to language and target area``. 17640, March 29 at 1800, sufficient signal in English, excited host about first week on air, thankfully brief vuvuzela blast from African Pathways Radio. 17640, March 30 at 1857, sign-off announcement mentions only this 18 on 17640 and 04 broadcast on 9480, which we have found to be duplicates, as the other English broadcasts are not from ``African Pathways``; brief OC and off (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) That's no surprise as the other broadcasts are aimed at India. It's very likely the daily English hour otherwise heard on KNLS aimed at an Asian audience http://knls.org/whats-going-on-ab.html while African Pathways is another branch of WCB http://www.africanpathways.org/ 73 (thorsten hallmann, germany, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MALAYSIA. 6050.04. Semi-good news here; March 28 heard assume Asyik FM 1145-1204 with decent signal; had been off the air, I believe, all this year. In vernacular and playing pop songs; did not stay with it, as I intended to re-tune later for the ID, but after 1300 found just an open carrier. In trouble again so soon? [non-log]. 6050.04. March 28 was well heard for a short time (1145- 1204). March 30 not heard at all. Disappointing! (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) but came back again ** MARQUESAS. 14260-USB [ham], TX7EU, 0215 12 March. Nice to hear "DXpedition Marquesas 2016" from Nuku Hiva (IOTA OC-027) working an enthusiastic pile-up calling on 14265 (Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA, G5/6m X wire, via Bob Wilkner, CumbreDX via DXLD) ** MEXICO. 660, March 28 at 1203 UT, Mexican NA, 1204 YL ID for Radio Ciudadana; KSKY Dallas nulled as much as possible, but México DF is only about 30 degrees further clockwise, as this is the IMER station XEDTL, 50/1 kW (remember when 660 was commercial XERPM?), rather than Aguascalientes, Monterrey or Ciudad Delicias which I hear more often on 660. IRCA Mexican Log says XEDTL format is world music, the name meaning female citizen, but then goes into historical talk about the Castillo de Chapultepec and Santiago Hernández. Most of México including DF will not go on DST until next Sunday, whence the sign-on should shift to *1100 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. RAYMIE`S MEXICO BEAT this week --- *crickets* *crickets* Anyone home? Well, this is what Semana Santa does. Last week was a holiday weekend on two fronts. Monday was Benito Juárez's birthday — a national holiday — and then it was Holy Week, which in Latin America is generally a vacation weekend. Meanwhile, Oaxaca's community radio stations are none too happy at recent events. "Radio Comunitaria Totopo", which transmitted on 102.5 FM from Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, warned that someone cut one of the guy wires to their tower on March 21. http://www.somoselmedio.org/article/alertan-y-piden-apoyo-tras-ataques-radio-comunitaria-totopo (Raymie Humbert, Phœnix AZ, March 28, WTFDA Forum via DXLD) There's little new on the increasingly dim XHK front. It now looks like a strike for the closed station could come sometime around April 11-13. http://diarioelindependiente.mx/2016/03/adeuda-canal-10-mas-3-mdp-trabajadores/ To get back on air, XHK would have to come up with millions of pesos to pay back salaries, bonuses, taxes, savings fund contributions and union fees, not to mention build a new digital television station. The move will leave BCS as one of Mexico's few states with no local or localized commercial broadcast stations, joining Campeche and Tlaxcala. It may open up an opportunity for new broadcasters to attempt to enter the market this year — not to mention two commercial stations there will be in the next bidding window for TV. I've already pegged Televisoras Grupo Pacífico. Not only have I seen annual reports mentioning their previous desire to expand to Hermosillo, La Paz and Guadalajara, corporate parent Grupo Alerta already has businesses in BCS. Certainly other bidders will emerge (Raymie, March 29, ibid.) It sits useless, somewhere in a filing cabinet, its potential having been long forgotten. What am I talking of? An internationally agreed Class C allotment for a new radio station near Mexico's third largest city. It's real. FCC facility ID 96146 corresponds to an unused allotment for a Class C 90.9 FM at Los Ramones, Nuevo León, in the Monterrey metro area. And it's not the only one sitting open. 88.5, 89.3 and 100.5 are open class A stations in Monterrey and 99.1 China (Class B) is open. 99.1 was the previous home of XHCHL until it moved to 90.1 at Los Ramones in order to become a 100 kW flamethrower. Where else are opportunities sitting unused in major Mexican radio markets? We can really only look at northern Mexico, as the source of all this data is FCC-listed allotments, but it's worth it. Tijuana There have been several station moves in Tijuana, but there are still open frequencies. In Tijuana and Rosarito, 97.7, 98.5 and 100.3 are available. 97.7 was home to XHTIJ/XHTIM until it moved to 90.7. The other frequencies are unused. There is also an 88.1 available in Tecate. Hermosillo, Sonora 104.3 is an available class B. 106.7 has been awarded to Autogestión Comunicativa (Política y Rock & Roll Radio) which is to operate with 3 kW - this allotment is not in the database but fits the pattern, as would 105.9 and 103.5. Chihuahua There are allotments available in Parral. Multiple class Cs and Bs in Ojinaga. Notably, there are two feasible stations for El Porvenir: 104.7 and 105.5. What happened to the only other radio station to appear in El Porvenir, a certain XHEPR-FM? Saltillo I'll just summarize my findings. 92.7, 96.7, 101.7 and 107.3* all available. 100.1 is occupied by the murky XHINS. 107.3 would have to be social given the reserved band. A couple were attempted to be bid out as stations for Ramos Arizpe, which is part of the Saltillo metro area. Ciudad Acuña: 98.9, 106.5* and 107.3*, class A. Tamaulipas Rio Bravo: 91.7 class A. (This would be for Reynosa in general.) (Raymie Humbert, March 31, ibid.) ** MOLDOVA. Tiraspol FM MHz (RSSI/SNR) Station, location (site) 69,83 (00/01) Radio Pridnestrovya (spurii from the new 105,0 TX), Tiraspol (Lunacharskogo) 74,00 --/-- No signal (exotic Slobodzeya relay of Radio Pridnestrovya is defunct now) 88,3 (59/31) Tiraspol FM, Tiraspol (ul.Lunacharskogo) 88,8 (39/33) Radio Shanson, Bendery (Customs checkpoint) 89,3 (31/30) Novaya Volna, Bendery 89,6 (28/26) Hit FM, Tiraspol (ul.Odesskaya) 90,1 (25/21) Retro FM, Slobozia 90,5 (56/24) Radio Rekord, Tiraspol (Odesskaya) 91,2 (41/36) Klyovoye Radio, Tiraspol (Yunosti) 91,9 (26/13) Vocea Basarabiei, Causeni 92,5 (54/43) Radio Tochka, Tiraspol (Lunacharskogo) 93,0 (04/04) Dor, Causeni 93,7 (45/33) Radio Dacha, Tiraspol (unid site) 94,7 (17/16) Muz FM, Varnita 95,4 (18/16) Radio Moldova Tineret, Varnita 97,2 (01/00) Radio Plai, Chisinau 98,5 (10/07) Eco FM, Stefan Voda 99,9 (18/10) Radio Noroc, Causeni 100,1 (31/33) Radio Sputnik, Tiraspol (Odesskaya) 100,7 (30/24) Radio Rossii, Tiraspol (Odesskaya) 101,3 (06/04) Radio Sputnik + Radio Rossii (3rd order intermodulation product of 100,7 and 100,1 TXs), Tiraspol (Odesskaya) 101,5 (30/30) Radio Plai, Causeni 102,0 (20/23) Micul Samaritean, Causeni 102,5 (46/34) Nik FM, Tiraspol (Yunosti) 103,0 (23/23) Russkoye Radio, Causeni 103,5 (01/00) Radio Moldova Actualitati, Cimislia 103,6 (11/08) Radio Moldova Tinerer, Copanca 103,8 (21/11) Vocea Basarabiei, Stefan-Voda 104,0 (44/26) Radio 1, Tiraspol (Yunosti) 104,5 (02/01) Radio Ukraine-1, Velika Mikhaylovka 105,0 (67/38) Radio Pridnestrovya, Tiraspol (Lunacharskogo) 105,4 (35/22) Dorozhnoye Radio, Bendery (Customs checkpoint next to Bendery) 105,8 (05/03) Radio Sputnik, Slobodzeya 106,0 (01/00) Radio Pridnestrovya, Maiac 106,1 (30/26) Radio Romania Actualitati (Radio Chisinau), Proteagailovca 106,3 (14/07) Radio Noroc, Stefan Voda 106,8 (36/26) Radio Moldova Actualitati, ?auseni 107,1 (38/24) Avtoradio (weak modulation), Tiraspol (Odesskaya) 107,7 (30/27) Inter FM, Bendery (customs checkpoint next to Bendery) (Leo Barmaleo, Moldova, March 31, SkywavesDX yg via Tim Bucknall, Congleton, UK, UK Director #KresySiberia, harmonics yg via DXLD) Looks like their FM stuff is as sproggy as their MW/SW txs! (Tim Bucknall, ibid.) ** MONGOLIA. 12034.876, Voice of Mongolia, Ulanbataar Khonkhor - Mongolia SW site Mongolian language relay, string instrument music, at 0950 UT on March 25. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, 0640-1000 UT on March 25, on remote SDR in eastern Thailand: Checked the local 2 to 4 pm reception time slot in 49 / 41 / 31 / 25 mb in eastern Thailand SDR remote unit today, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 12034.875, Voice of Mongolia, Ulanbataar Khonkhor - Mongolia SW site Chinese language service relay, news read by female at 1000 UT on March 27. Heard on remote unit in Tokyo Japan. S=9+10dB strength. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) 12035, Mar 30, 2016. 0910-0929, Voice of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar. YL talks in English; music; comments about Mongolia; 0930 IS, ID, start program in Mongolian. Weak signal and poor modulation, 35432 (DXer - José Ronaldo Xavier, Cabedelo, PB, Brazil, Sony ICF-SW100S & Tecsun S- 2000, Portable Telescopic antenna, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** MYANMAR. 5914.992, noted rather tiny S=5 or -86dBm tiny above threshold level at 0738 UT on March 25. Nothing on air Thazin MR from Pyin U Lwin 9460 kHz, 0758 UT. 9589.996, Thazin Radio, Pyin U Lwin, northern broadcast center, little less S=8 or -79dBm at 0807 UT on March 25. Very bad Karaoke like girl singer performance via the phone-in program, like modern SoAsian pop music kind. 9730even, Strongest Burmese MMRS station, probably from old British Empire broadcast center Rangoon Yegu, S=9 or -75dBm at 0845 UT on March 25. Female presenter in Burmese [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, 0640-1000 UT on March 25, on remote SDR in eastern Thailand: Checked the local 2 to 4 pm reception time slot in 49 / 41 / 31 / 25 mb in eastern Thailand SDR remote unit today, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MYANMAR. 5980, NHK Radio Japan in Burmese and English now on Yangon Yaegu Myanmar shortwave relay too?? wb. [cf JAPAN] NHK World - Radio Japan Tokyo - March 27, 2016 - October 29, 2016. A-16 summer season file, according NHK World Radio Japan leaflet. NHK Radio Japan PDF.format file http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/resources/brochure/pdf/rj_schedule.pdf see Burmese and English items, probably Myanma Radio, Yangon Yaegu ? Burmese 1445-1500 Mon-Wed, 1445-1505 UT on Thurs and Fris SoEaAS SW 5980 kHz MW 576 Myanma Radio, Yangon Yaegu SoEaAS MW 594 Myanma Radio, Nay Pyi Taw English 0710-0725 Sats and Suns SoEaAS SW 5980 kHz MW 576 Myanma Radio, Yangon Yaegu SoEaAS MW 594 Myanma Radio, Nay Pyi Taw 1540-1600 Thurs and Fris SoWeAS SW 5980 kHz MW 576 Myanma Radio, Yangon Yaegu SoWeAS MW 594 Myanma Radio, Nay Pyi Taw No NHK 5980 kHz entry in HFCC database visible yet (Wolfgang Büschel, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 24, BCDX 30 March via DXLD) Hi Ron, read my NHK schedule column in TopNews #1246. Burmese and/or English language NHK schedule. Is that 5980 kHz channel, an outlet of Yangon Yaegu relay site? \\ 576 kHz MW. But why 5 kHz close/nearby next to Myanmar R 5985 kHz? 73 wolfy (via Ron, DXLD) Per BC-DX 1246: NHK: Burmese 1445-1500 Mon-Wed, 1445-1505 UT on Thurs and Fris SoEaAS SW 5980 kHz MW 576 Myanma Radio, Yangon Yaegu SoEaAS MW 594 Myanma Radio, Nay Pyi Taw English 1540-1600 Thurs and Fris SoWeAS SW 5980 kHz MW 576 Myanma Radio, Yangon Yaegu SoWeAS MW 594 Myanma Radio, Nay Pyi Taw Hi Wolfy, Believe "5980" must be a typo (a mistake!). Think it should be "5985" as it has always been. Recently still heard the NHK show "Friends Around The World" on Thursday and Friday on 5985, in English around 1535. Also on 5985, I only once heard a NHK radio drama presented in Burmese. But always on 5985 kHz. I would be surprised if Myanmar Radio suddenly moved to 5980, but will keep an eye out for them this week and see if I note anything different. Thanks for calling my attention to this. Best regards, (Ron Howard, California, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Wolfy, "5980" is definitely wrong. That is in error, should be 5985 kHz. Confirmed this on March 30 (Wednesday), when I heard Myanmar Radio, as usual, on 5985 kHz; 1445-1500 with NHK program in Burmese; intro with several mentions of "NHK" and "Konnichiwa"; seemed to be a radio drama; closing announcement with "1508001 NHK . . Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan" and several "NHK Radio Japan"; fair-good. Nothing at all heard on 5980. My audio of closing announcement at https://goo.gl/a5t3Dl Thanks again for bringing this to my attention (Ron Howard, ibid.) ** NEPAL. RADIO NEPAL TO GO ON AIR 24 HOURS FROM AUGUST [but NO SW] http://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/radio-nepal-to-go-on-air-24-hours-from-august/ KATHMANDU: Radio Nepal, the oldest broadcasting agency, is set to provide 24-hour service from August 17. The state-run broadcasting agency has decided to follow a management reforms implementation action plan in this regard. It was also shared at a programme in Kathmandu that the government broadcasting agency was also set to establish a media village in Biratnagar in memory of Tarini Datta Koirala, the founder of Radio Nepal Broadcasting Services Development Committee (RNBSDC). Participants at the programme said that the broadcasting agency would keep up with modern technical equipment and modernise its service by establishing high-quality shortwave tower. Radio Nepal is running its programmes through central and regional transmissions through 21 frequency modulation relay centers across the nation. It also broadcasts through medium wave and online. Meanwhile, speaking at the programme, Minister for Information and Communications Sherdhan Rai suggested employees of Radio Nepal to perform result-oriented works, while praising their contribution to bring the broadcasting agency to this stage. He also suggested keeping up its functioning as per the new Constitution. The Minister also stressed the need to submit a report of works of the government broadcaster every month, while pointing out the need to launch its programmes up to local level to institutionalise the republic. Likewise, the Communications Secretary Dinesh Kumar Thapaliya, also Chairman of the RNBSDC, pledged doing everything possible to implement reform programmes launched earlier to make Radio Nepal a good means of communication. On the occasion, Radio Nepal Executive Director Suresh Kumar Karki presented a report on management reforms (via José Miguel Romero2, Spain, March 24, dxldyg via DXLD) ** NETHERLANDS [non]. 6040, March 27 at 0046, The Mighty KBC via GERMANY is VG at S9+35. No complaints about reception this week, unlike last Saturday night; and the ZY +het is barely audible. At 0116, Uncle Eric announces, as he already told me, that altho the Sunday afternoon service to Europe on 6095 ends today, this North American service will continue at least until April 17, but ``need more donations for the survival of shortwave``. 0130 brings Kraig Krist`s ``Forgotten Song`` feature. Entire transmission is 00-03 UT Sundays (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NETHERLANDS [non]. GERMANY, Final broadcast of Mighty KBC Radio via MBR, March 27 0800-1500 on 6095 NAU 100 kW / 240 deg to WeEu English Sun, including final 5 minutes http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/03/final-broadcast-of-mighty-kbc-radio-via.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NEW ZEALAND. 9764.987, R NZ International, Rangitaiki, poor threshold S=3 -102dBm signal [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, 0640-1000 UT on March 25, on remote SDR in eastern Thailand: Checked the local 2 to 4 pm reception time slot in 49 / 41 / 31 / 25 mb in eastern Thailand SDR remote unit today, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9765, March 25 at 1029, big S9+20 signal with pop music, i.e. an RNZI frequency I rarely hear due to sleep which evades me this morning. B- 15 sked is at 0759-1058, but it`s gone in A-16, as both schedules now appear at http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/listen including: 0458-0658 11725, 0659-1058 9700, 1059-1258 9700, 1259-1650 6170 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LITENING DIGEST) 9765 is already gone now and replaced by 9700, which right now, at 0920, makes it into Europe while 9765 is empty. Next step would be to observe if the transmitter switches to 13840 at 1059 or stays on 9700 (I would expect the latter of course). By the way, their webstream deserves to be called trash. It sounds muffled with horrendous artifacts, poorer than the modulation of the shortwave transmitter as far as this can be made out on the weak RF signal (Kai Ludwig, 0946 UT March 26, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6170, March 27 at 1303, RNZI with cricket news, on new A-16 frequency, ex-9700 which is vacant. Having just signed on, it`s sufficient at S9+20, but in a sesquihour it`s faded into the noise unlike 9700 would have. Bad for us and will only worsen into our growing summer dayside. North Korea was occupying 6170 until today, nice coördination (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1819, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. 7610 AM, RED BEACON RADIO, Mar/27/16 1149 UT, English, VG, PIRATE USA, GREAT AUDIO and S7 to S8 Signal. Hard rock music at 1149-1154 UT tune in. Some QSB/fading but overall VG signal and audio!! Blues rock music at 1154-1157, "Gonna be some Rockin'". More hard rock at 1157-1201 and 1201-1204. More hard rock, "Going to California??" at 1204-1208. More music at 1208-1211 "Los Angeles??. More music at 1211-1216, 1216-1220. No Voice IDs or talk heard, but they have been on this frequency since last night!! NEW PIRATE on the Air??? PIRATE eQSL received --- Hi Guys: Just received this Pirate eQSL for my reception from earlier this morning. 73 ROB VA3SW (Robert S. Ross, London, Ontario CANADA, ODXA yg via DXLD) ********************************************************************** 7610 AM, RED BEACON RADIO USA PIRATE, Full Data eQSL sheet and personal Email received in about 2 Hours for an Emailed report to redbeaconradio@aol.com Op says the power was 15 Watts broadcasting from the USA. Here's a copy of the Email with lots of station info included. [sic:] hello and hat tip to you in Canada! thanks for the report! i typically leave the transmitter on during the weekends but at low power consisting of 15 watts. yesterdays transmission was also at 15 watts with the exception around 2300 UTC when i was operating at 200 watts for about an hour or so to see how well the signal would propagate during "long" conditions. i am fairly new on the air but not new to the scene as i have been a pirate for more than 30 years focused mainly on the purchase, design and construction of the gear more than being a DJ. the programming content is by remote from an anonymous DJ through "myradiostream.com" who has been playing a various mix of music but has not gone on the air yet and spoken live. my gear is free to use by anyone who would like to broadcast on it. it quite simple to do, a user sets up a free anonymous account at myradiostream.com, starts broadcasting, emails me the URL link to their broadcast and i simply simulcast it on my gear. its virtually the same as the common relay except that it is live and not recorded though i do accept recordings to play on my gear as well. the sound quality is not restricted, the range is 5Hz to 25Khz but only limited by the quality of the audio content being played, if you have a receiver that has the capability to adjust your AM filter width like an SDR, you can typically hear the good sound quality by adjusting the filter width to 20Khz (10Khz each side band), its most notable when the signal is at least an S7 or better. i did have the filter enabled previously set at 10Khz which is the defacto standard for AM broadcasting since most AM receivers have filters set to that anyway but an SDR radios filter can be manipulated and adjusted. i would also like to again tip my hat to a fellow amateur operator (you), you do have the understanding as i do that operating any transmitter should be operated free of harmonics and interference such as mine, its the interference that gets you in trouble ;) i have researched 7.610Mhz for 6 months and discovered the only communications i have heard is from ALE at 7612 USB and some spanish speaking LSB "freebanders" that move around alot and dont seem to stay on a single frequency. as far as ALE, the system operates with hundreds of SW freqs and is designed to automatically locate the best freq for use, ALE is also located inside the SWBC bands as well. i hope to soon get more people interested in remotely broadcasting on my gear as it would be nice to hear different content from other people. thanks again for the report, i hope the e-qsl ive attached is ok, i made this qsl card up on the computer myself so its not a copy/paste googled type of card but one i (cheesily) put together myself lol ;) Red Beacon Radio redbeaconradio@aol.com (via Robert Ross, ibid.) 7610, PIRATE (No. Am.), Red Beacon Radio, 2146, 3/26-27/16. Hard rock music segued, perhaps with voice section during fade, with signal slowly coming up until 2342 with announcer talking about the broadcast being intentionally jammed in China, Red Beacon Radio ID, more rock, 0007 announcer talk about programming for the station, turning down the power, how to access the station, e mail, and ID, then back to the music stream he was relaying. Still on at 0230 when I pulled the plug. Poor with many fades improving to very good (Mark Taylor, Madison, Wisconsin, Perseus, SDRPlay, Eton e1, Grundig Satellit 800, Sangean 909X with clear mod, and various other portables; 40 meters dipole, 100’ long wire, Flextenna, NASWA Flashsheeet March 27 via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 7610-, March 27 at 0141, very poor music, S6, slightly on the lo side. Old & new HFCC skeds have nothing on 7610, nor Aoki, so could it be as Manuel Méndez, Spain recently reported, the Italian pirate on late? ``7610, Radio Latino, 2043, 19-03, now on air with good signal, music and several identifications, Good signal, 34433`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7610-, March 28 at 0331, hard rock music, very poor S4. Like heard March 27 at 0141: Could it be Radio Latino, known frequency at other dayparts for Italian pirate? NO, here`s the answer, tnx to Rob Ross in Ontario, ODXA yg, who also heard it and got a lengthy reply saying it`s from the USA: Red Beacon Radio: ``I typically leave the transmitter on during the weekends but at low power consisting of 15 watts. Yesterday`s transmission was also at 15 watts with the exception around 2300 UT when I was operating at 200 watts for about an hour or so to see how well the signal would propagate during "long" conditions. I am fairly new on the air but not new to the scene as I have been a pirate for more than 30 years focused mainly on the purchase, design and construction of the gear more than being a DJ. The programming content is by remote from an anonymous DJ through "myradiostream.com" who has been playing a various mix of music but has not gone on the air yet and spoken live. . .`` Rob had heard it March 27 at 1149-1220, with no announcements, so it`s unclear how he identified and e-mailed it. O, maybe from all these reports of March 26 and 27: http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,27198.0.html http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,27216.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1819, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. UNIDENTIFIED. 6919.9-AM, March 28 at 0337, only thing on the pirate band is this S5 very poor carrier with song. Asking for trouble, cozying up to 6915 WRMIBS, of all things, but yet that`s weak enough here not to QRM it. Nothing on 6925, so maybe one of those stations slid down (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. PIRATE-NA. UNID, 6935 AM, 2011-2115+, 03-20-16, SIO: 444. Someone rebroadcasting a WBCQ show. No IDs except for WBCQ. [Lobdell-MA] PIRATE-NA. Radio Illuminati International, 6150 AM, 2113-2259*, 03-20- 16, SIO: 343. Nice selection of tunes by Steely Dan, Blue Oyster Cult, Queen, REO Speedwagon, Traffic, Jimmy Buffet, etc. Full ID, mentioned to like them on Facebook 2258, then off. Nice QSL received the next day by email For a posting on the hfunderground (Chris Lobdell, Tewksbury, MA, Receivers: Eton E1; JRC NRD-535, Aerial: G5RV, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA [non]. Hi Glenn, As promised, here's the April schedule for Broad Spectrum Radio. From: http://broadspectrumradio.com/shortwave-radio-schedule/ Fri, April 1 – 3210 – Australia 0900-0930 – BSR New Schedule Preview. 0930-1000 – Exploring Aspergia 1000-1030 – Peace Buzz #2 1030-1100 – Peace Buzz #2 Sun, April 3 - 3210 – Australia 0900-0930 – Mennonite Radio 0930-1000 – Exploring Aspergia 1000-1015 – KG5JST Hobby radio Report 1015-1030 – Mother Road Bike Show 1030-1100 – TBD or Movement Music Sun, April 3 – 6070 – Europe 1500-1530 – BSR New Schedule Preview 1530-1545 – KG5JST Hobby radio Report 1545-1600 – Mother Road Bike Show Mon, April 4 - 6070 – Europe 1400-1430 – Exploring Aspergia 1430-1500 – Interfaith Radio Thu, April 7 - 7490 – North America 2300-2330 – Mennonite Radio 2330-2400 -GI Rights Radio Fri, April 8 – 3210 – Australia 0900-0930 – Exploring Aspergia 0930-1000 – Interfaith radio 1000-1030 – TBD or Movement Music 1030-1100 – TBD or Movement Music Sun, April 10 - 3210 - Australia 0900-0930 – Mennonite Radio 0930-1000 – Exploring Aspergia 1000-1030 – TBD or Movement Music 1030-1100 – TBD or Movement Music Sun, April 10 – 6070 - Europe 1500-1530 – Exploring Aspergia 1530-1600 – GI Rights Radio Mon, April 11 - 6070 - Europe 1400-1430 – CCA Special TBD 1430-1500 – CCA Special TBD Thu, April 14 – 7490 - North America 2300-2330 – Exploring Aspergia 2330-2400 - Nappy Roots Radio Fri, April 15 – 3210 - Australia 0900-0930 - Nappy Roots Radio 0930-1000 – Movement Music or TBD 1000-1030 – CCA Special TBD 1030-1100 - CCA Special TBD Sun, April 17 -3210 - Australia 0900-0930 – Mennonite Radio 0930-1000 – Exploring Aspergia 1000-1030 – TBD or Movement Music 1030-1100 – TBD or Movement Music Sun, April 17 – 6070 - Europe 1500-1530 – Mennonite Radio 1530-1600 – Exploring Aspergia Mon, April 18 - 6070 - Europe 1400-1430 – Okie Show 1430-1500 – Okie Show Thu, April 21 – 7490 - North America 2300-2330 – Okie Show 2330-2400 – Okie Show Fri, April 22 – 3210 - Australia 0900-0930 – Okie Show 0930-1000 – Okie Show 1000-1030 – TBD or Movement Music 1030-1100 – TBD or Movement Music Sun, April 24 - 3210 - Australia 0900-0930 – Mennonite Radio 0930-1000 – Exploring Aspergia 1000-1030 – TBD or Movement Music 1030-1100 – TBD or Movement Music Sun, April 24 – 6070 - Europe 1500-1530 – Exploring Aspergia 1530-1600 – Nappy Roots Radio Mon, April 25 - 6070 - Europe 1400-1430 – Peace Buzz 1430-1500 – Peace Buzz Thu, April 28 – 7490 - North America 2300-2330 – Peace Buzz 2330-2400 - Peace Buzz Fri, April 29 - 3210 - Australia 0900-0930 – Peace Buzz 0930-1000 – Peace Buzz 1000-1030 – TBD or Movement Music 1030-1100 – TBD or Movement Music Sun, May 1 - 3210 - Australia 0900-0930 – Mennonite Radio 0930-1000 – Exploring Aspergia 1000-1015 – KG5JST Hobby Radio Report 1015-1030 – Mother Road Bike Show 1030-1100 – TBD or Movement Music Sun, May 1 – 6070 - Europe 1500-1530 – Mennonite Radio 1530-1600 – Exploring Aspergia (James Matthew Branum Contact Information Email: jmb@jmb.bike Cell/Text: 405.476.5620 Alternate: 405.494.0562 Facebook: jamesmbranum Web: http://www.jmb.mx - http://www.jmbranum.com Wearer of many hats Legal Director/Media Program Co-Director: http://www.centerforconscience.org Radio Broadcaster: http://www.broadspectrumradio.com - http://www.mennoniteradio.org Peace Activist Attorney: http://JMBranumlaw.com - http://ConscientiousObjectorLawyer.com Peace Activist Minister: http://JoyMennonite.org - http://MennoniteRadio.org Amateur Radio Operator: KG5JST - http://www.qrz.com/db/kg5jst DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OMAN. 11650, March 25 at 0038, S9 with lite music, Arabic announcer, presumed RSO. If you search on RSO RSO in the A-16 HFCC file, you will hit countless wooden registrations for this, not possibly used by their single transmitter. 11650 will no longer be among them, but during the 00-02 period it could be on 9500, 9650 or 12015 (and if they forget to change from a frequency before 0000, it could also be on 9740 or 15355; there are a couple of other phantoms scheduled until 2300 and more until 2200) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15140 R. Sultanate of Oman with better than average signal this morning (3/25) into So. Cal from 1430 tune with pop music ("Sunday, Sunday" at 1454, "Relight My Fire" at 1459) and man announcer in English - usual relay of FM 90.4 with occasional pre-recorded promos. Promo ID at 1522. Signal peaking at S4 (S8 on the Perseus meter) after 1515 (gray line was past Musqat so 19 mb is open today). English still going past 1530 (apparently this happens randomly - last time heard was during the Musqat Festival that ran from Jan 14 to Feb 13). (Bruce Churchill, Fallbrook CA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15140 probably runs until 2200 in Arabic. Arnie plans to cover it up with RHC at 1800-2030 toward Chicago from about April 10 (gh, DXLD) [and non]. 11650, March 27 at 0114, CCI totaling S4. Last night Oman was in the clear, but tonight we have a typical season-transition collision, with Oman still on its B-15 frequency, and CRI Chinese via Urumqi already on its A-16 frequency during this hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PALAU. 11805, March 27 at 1435, S9 gospel rock in English. Something new here: HFCC says T8WH ``HBN`` daily at 1430-1600 in English, 100 kW at 270 degrees (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA [and non]. Could not help but notice V28 [see KOREA SOUTH], as I was checking 3275 for PNG-NBC, which remains silent. Noted NBC Madang (3260) suddenly signed off at 1208* with above average reception, after the "NBC News in Brief" (news & sports info). (Ron Howard, California, March 24, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) more at BOUGAINVILLE ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 7325-, March 28 at 1253, JBA carrier slightly on the lo side, no doubt Wantok Radio Light, as CRI Japanese has just cut off the air early at 1253*, widening the window for WRL before CRI resumes at *1258:47 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See CHINA ** PERU [and non]. 5980, March 25 at 0047, JBA carrier suffering from pulse jamming by Cuba against Martí which doesn`t come up here until 0700, so a Chaski-check will be tough. After 0100, however, more of a problem is splash from 5985 WRMIBS, but I can still detect the usual warbling het with BFO caused by BBC UAE Hindi being on a slightly different frequency than Urubamba, and the stronger one, Chaski, cuts off about 0110:48.5*. Last check exactly a week ago, March 18 cutoff was until 0110:04.5*, 44 seconds earlier, so that averages 6.3 seconds later per diem. Having surpassed 0110, it shouldn`t be long before an human reset the autotimer closer to 0100 yet again. At Radio Chaski, no sentient operator can be bothered manually to turn off the transmitter at a natural break, or godforbid, utter a good-night announcement, while programming surely continue on AM and/or FM (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5980, Radio Transmudial (RTM Perú) via Red Radio Integridad via Radio Chaski, Cusco, OM CX sobre después de la muerte, SINPO 34333, Fecha 25 Marzo 2016 en 2311 UT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cm4nnS1mXU4&feature=youtu.be RX: Tecsun S-2000, Antenna: Beverage simples, NSSEA-21 (Daniel Wyllyans, Nova Xavantina MT, Brazil, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) 5980. R. CHASKI, 26/3 2320-2342 UT. Identificación como: ``Red Radio Integridad, 700 am``, luego avisos e himnos instrumentales. A las 2330 UT, se da la hora local, ID e inicio del programa `Jungla Semántica` sobre el concepto griego koiné de ``Oikos`` o Casa y su uso en las cartas del Apóstol Pablo, junto a avisos de Radio Transmundial y RTM360. SINPO: 45434 (Claudio Galaz, RX: TECSUN PL-660, ANT: 15 metros de hilo. QTH: Barraza Bajo, IV Región, CHILE, condiglista yg via DXLD) 5980, March 27 until 0111:01*, R. Chaski autocutoff, and now there`s nothing, as BBCWS in Hindi via UAE is no longer colliding in A-16 season underway. This is 12.5 seconds later than a binite ago, March 25 until 0110:48.5*, 6.25 per. Now it`s easier to time it, but I`m pleased to have been able to track it anyway thru the B-season as Chaski beat against the BBC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1819, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5980. R. CHASKI, 27/3 2317-2329 UT. Avisos de la emisora, luego canciones cristianas i.e. Steve Green - Toma la cruz. Luego ID: ``Red Radio Integridad a través de Radio Chaski, en la región Cusco``, junto con reflexiones sobre la santidad y posteriormente himnos instrumentales. Audio con sobremodulación marcada. SINPO: 45444 (Claudio Galaz, RX: TECSUN PL-660, ANT: 15 metros de hilo. QTH: Barraza Bajo, IV Región, CHILE, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** PHILIPPINES. 15560, March 27 at 0128, S2 signal with S or SE Asian language? Must be FEBC in Javanese, 100 kW, 200 degrees via Bocaue site at 0100-0130 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ROMANIA. 7340 // 5910, both good, UT Sat March 26 at 0240, RRI Romanian service playing song ``Those Were the Days`` in English, then W&M DJs discuss it, and play a Romanian version; 0242 break into same song themselves. Sounds like they are having a good time! This comes after a Radio Romania International jingle ID, so this is not a domestic service relay as I had thought. 0244 on to another song. UT Sat 02-03 is the `Verba Manent` show I mentioned before (The Words Remain), and which from next week is destined to shift one UT hour earlier and to 7335 & 9790. 5910 was OK this time, no Colombian het. 7335, S9+40 // 9790 S9, UT Sunday March 27 at 0102, RRI is opening weekly classical music hour at new summer time and frequencies, to contain Schubert, Wieniawski, Lalo. I keep one ear on that while continuing to bandscan with the other. Alan Roe translates the title of this program as Radio Concert Season. And shifting another listing of his, listen for an hour of folk music 23 hours later, UT Mondays until 0056 on same channels (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) In Romania's new A16 Schedule at 2030 UTC they plan to broadcast to Europe in DRM at 11870. They also plan to broadcast to North America on 11870 in AM. Going to be a mess. Here is the link to their web page with the info on A16 English: http://www.rri.ro/en_gb/rri_summer_broadcast_frequencies-2544502 The collision is also in HFCC (Peter W Hansen, March 24, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Peter, re 11870 data recording error. Yes, that collision conflict has been observed already on conference data on February 10th, as request #7282. 25 mb towards North America zone 8 IS TOO LOW; you need at least 22 and 19 mb for proper propagation at this path and time of the day. ALL: 1234567 270316 301016 6170 2030 2100 27N GAL 300 300 206 D Eng ROU RRO 4399 ?11870? 2030 2100 8 TIG 300 307 288 D Eng ROU RRO 7282 15170?? 11870 2030 2100 27N GAL 300 300 206 N Eng ROU RRO 7323 13650 2030 2100 8 TIG 300 307 288 D Eng ROU RRO 4405 But - I guess it was a faulty glitch when the data was recorded. Tziganeshti site Zone 8 outlet is as always 15170 kHz in 19 mb instead. Galbeni English and French to western Europe on 11870 DRM mode via Galbeni site. ENGLISH 0000-0056 9730TIG 11800TIG 0300-0356 9730TIG 11800TIG 11825GAL *15220GAL 0530-0556 *7330TIG 9620GAL 17760GAL 21500TIG 1100-1156 13790TIG 15130TIG 15150GAL 17670GAL 1700-1756 9540TIG *11810TIG 2030-2056 6170GAL *11870GAL 13650TIG 15170TIG <<<<<<< 2200-2256 7325TIG 7430GAL 9760GAL 9790TIG * DRM mode 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, WORLD OF RADIO 1819, DXLD) Romania at 2030-2100 UTC today on 11870 in AM to North America and DRM to Europe. Could just barely hear the AM broadcast // to 13650 in the DRM noise (Peter W Hansen, March 28, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1819, DX LISTENING DIGEST) RADIO ROMANIA OLD QSLS, PENNANTS AND MORE -- Radio Romania International has some interesting material from its history on its German language website (under "Nostalgieecke"): QSLs http://www.rri.ro/de_de/qsl_karten_1934_1989-3665 pennants http://www.rri.ro/de_de/alte_wimpel-2872 diverse http://www.rri.ro/de_de/diplome_der_1960er_80er_jahre-3660 and more. 73 (Harald Kuhl, March 29, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) ** RUSSIA. 19 March. Shukhov radio tower - '94 March 19, 1922 began with a radio broadcast on the radio tower Shukhov's Shabolovka street in Moscow. Shabolovka Tower has become a symbol of the Soviet broadcasting. The unique design Shukhov Radio Tower has earned a reputation as a masterpiece of engineering and architectural thought. March 19 is the birthday of the tower. Now RTRS completes a set of measures for the conservation of Shukhov radio tower. elevated fasting frame to prevent the destruction of the world famous monument inside the tower. Visually Shukhov Radio Tower "is put" on a support structure. Noctilucent column discharge frame visible through the mesh structure of the tower. The frame of the six tubes of 98.4-meter tall columns special nodes connected with four lower fixing rings tower and thereby removes most of the load with the lower sections. frame design has no analogues in the world. Construction of the base of the tower - the main event in a complex emergency work performed RTRS by order of the Department of Cultural Heritage of the City of Moscow (Mosgornaslediya). "Antenna headroom", which was built on in 1991 - With the radio tower Shukhov and the upper part has been removed. Thereby tower close to its original, historical mean, while significantly decreased wind and dynamic loads to the main structure. Works carried out contractor Ltd. "PSP" Quality and reliability "at their own expense RTRS (Russian radio and television via RusDX March 27 via DXLD) ** SAO TOME. NIGERIA [non], 13700, VOA (Pinheira) 1507+ 28 March. VOA's 15-16 Hausa program doing rather well with news & "V-O-A" singing jingle until WRMI's OC on 13695 got their modulation-mojo working at 1508 after playing OC for several minutes (Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA, E5/6m X wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SARAWAK [non]. 9835, Sarawak FM (RTM-Kajang) 1422-1431 23 March. Possibly local Tilawah al-Qur'an competition (women's section) with commentary/crowd noises, also heard 24 March 1418-1430 & 25 March 1414-1430+ with more Tilawah al-Qur'an (Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA, E5/6m X wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11665, Wai FM/Sarawak FM (via RTM-Kajang) 1522-1629* 14 March. Wai FM quite enjoyable with programme of Malay/English "old school" style C&W songs (BeeGees, Olivia Newton-John, Hank Williams, Hank Locklin) up to 1600, then Sarawak FM // 9835 with Malay MoR/pop until 1629* mid-song- -late for 11665; they usually shut down around 1601-1604 (Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA, G5/6m X wire, via Bob Wilkner, CumbreDX via DXLD) ** SOUTH AFRICA. SENTECH A16 MEYERTON SCHEDULE (27 March-29 Oct 2016) Start End kHz Broadcaster kW Azimuth Days Target Area Language 1700 1730 9600 AWR 250 19 1234567 East Africa Swahili 1730 1800 9600 AWR 250 19 1234567 East Africa Masai 1930 2000 11790 AWR 250 315 1234567 West Africa Fulfulde 0400 0500 7360 BBC 100 20 1234567 East Africa English 0500 0600 11945 BBC 250 19 1234567 East Africa English 0500 0600 12095 BBC 250 5 6 East Africa Kirundi 0500 0600 15490 BBC 250 7 6 East Africa Kirundi 0530 0600 12095 BBC 250 5 7 East Africa Kirundi 0530 0600 15490 BBC 250 7 7 East Africa Kirundi 0600 0700 12095 BBC 100 335 1234567 West Africa English 0700 0730 17640 BBC 250 342 1234567 West Africa French 0700 0800 17830 BBC 250 328 1234567 West Africa English 1300 1400 15420 BBC 250 32 6 East Africa Somali 1300 1600 17745 BBC 250 32 6 East Africa Somali 1400 1430 17640 BBC 250 328 12345 West Africa Hausa 1400 1500 17745 BBC 250 32 123457 East Africa Somali 1500 1600 15420 BBC 100 20 1234567 East Africa English 1600 1700 12095 BBC 100 19 1234567 East Africa English 1630 1700 11660 BBC 250 5 12345 East Africa Kirundi 1800 1830 6095 BBC 250 76 1234567 Indian Oc.Isles French 1800 1830 7265 BBC 100 30 1234567 Somalia Somali 1800 1830 9720 BBC 250 32 1234567 East Africa Somali 0500 0600 3255 BBCW 100 Omni 1234567 Southern Afr English 0500 0600 6190 BBCW 100 15 1234567 Southern Afr English 0600 0800 6190 BBCW 100 Omni 1234567 Southern Afr English 0600 0800 9410 BBCW 100 15 1234567 Southern Afr English 1600 2000 3255 BBCW 100 Omni 1234567 Southern Afr English 1600 2000 6190 BBCW 100 15 1234567 Southern Afr English 0300 0500 3345 Channel Africa 100 5 12345 Southern Afr English 0300 0400 5980 Channel Africa 250 19 12345 East Africa English 0500 0700 7230 Channel Africa 100 5 12345 Southern Afr English 0600 0700 15255 Channel Africa 250 328 12345 West Afica English 0700 1200 9625 Channel Africa 100 5 12345 Southern Afr English 1200 1300 9625 Channel Africa 100 5 12345 Southern Afr Chinyanja 1300 1400 9625 Channel Africa 100 5 12345 Southern Afr Silozi 1400 1500 9625 Channel Africa 100 5 12345 Southern Afr Portuguese 1500 1600 9625 Channel Africa 100 5 12345 Southern Afr English 1500 1600 15660 Channel Africa 250 5 12345 East Africa Swahili 1600 1700 15235 Channel Africa 250 328 12345 West Afica French 1700 1800 15235 Channel Africa 250 328 12345 West Afica English 0300 0400 6045 Deutsche Welle 250 19 1234567 East Africa Swahili 0400 0500 9800 Deutsche Welle 250 19 1234567 East Africa English 1000 1100 17710 Deutsche Welle 250 19 1234567 East Africa Swahili 1800 1830 9755 Nippon Hoso Kyokai 250 5 1234567 West Africa English 0300 0400 5915 Radio Lead Africa 100 15 125 Uganda English 0500 0600 12060 Radio Lead Africa 100 15 34 Uganda English 0500 0700 12060 Radio Lead Africa 100 15 6 Uganda English 1900 2200 7425 Radio Lead Africa 100 20 67 Uganda English 0000 0500 3320 Radio Sonder Grense 100 275 1234567 N. Cape Afrikaans 0500 0700 7285 Radio Sonder Grense 100 275 1234567 N. Cape Afrikaans 0700 1700 9650 Radio Sonder Grense 100 275 1234567 N. Cape Afrikaans 1700 2400 3320 Radio Sonder Grense 100 275 1234567 N. Cape Afrikaans 0800 0900 7205 S African Radio League 100 Omni 7 Southern Afr English 0800 0900 17660 S African Radio League 250 19 7 East Africa English 1630 1730 3230 S African Radio League 100 Omni 1 Southern Afr English 1600 1630 11865 Voice of America 100 15 6 East Africa Kirundi 1630 1700 11985 Voice of America 100 360 12345 Central Africa English 1630 1730 11995 Voice of America 100 315 5 Angola Portuguese 1700 1730 6080 Voice of America 100 335 1234567 West Africa English Monday 1, Tuesday 2, Wednesday 3 --- (via Alokesh Gupta, India, March 30, DXLD) ** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. BULGARIA SPL Secretbrod cancelled Brother HySTAIRical TOM in summer A-16 B-15 Brother HySTAIRical TOM till March 26 1500-1700 11600 SCB 100 kW / 090 deg WeAs, A-16 11590 no signal 1600-1800 15600 SCB 050 kW / 126 deg N/ME, A-16 same, no signal 1900-2300 5900 SCB 050 kW / 306 deg WeEu, A-16 same, no signal 2000-2200 9500 SCB 100 kW / 306 deg ENAm, A-16 9400, no signal -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9370, March 27 at 0137, WWRBS still on day frequency instead of 3185, and still inbooming too, as Brother HyStairical is bragging about how he spent a million dollars in 21 days buying airtime to keep TOM going for the rest of the year. What a waste!! But it keeps SW stations like WWRB, and WRMI in business, and the latter able to devote a small fraxion of remaining airtime to worthwhile programming (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [non non]. 17765, March 29 at 1917, Brother Scare is S9+40 here, and also on 17815 only S9+10, and one second ahead of 17765, so two different sites? No, HFCC A-16 shows both as WHRI. They replace 17530 and 17610 in B-15. Full span registered to these, not necessarily all in use: 17815 at 19-21, 250 kW at 85 degrees; 17765 at 18-22, 250 kW at 315 degrees. Meanwhile, BS also on 17790 WRMI, S9+10 but very undermodulated. At 2022 recheck, 17815 is off, 17765 still on and 17790 also off, early (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also USA: WRMI ** SPAIN. 17855, March 27 at 1441, REE back on A-season frequency to North America, weekends only starting at 1400 instead of 1800, now S9+20 with program about Cervantes and Don Quixote, rather than stupid ballgames, which will surely follow later in the day. Replaces 9690 which they used all winter, knowing nothing about Propagation 101 and was useless in our mornings (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1819, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 17855, March 30 at 1900, REE is VG at S9+30, timesignal and discuss in Spanish English league football (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) EL PSOE PIDE QUE SE MANTENGA LA PRODUCCIÓN PROPIA DE RADIO EXTERIOR DE ESPAÑA --- Madrid, Europa Press 26/mar/16 10:52 eldia.es Vista general del hemiciclo durante la intervención del secretario general del PSOE, Pedro Sánchez (d), durante la sesión plenaria en la que se celebró la segunda votación de su investidura / Javier Lizón (EFE) [caption] El PSOE ha presentado una iniciativa en el Congreso de los Diputados en la que pide que se mantenga la producción propia de Radio Exterior de España (REE), dirigida a los colectivos desplazados en el exterior, y su emisión a través de la onda corta, según han informado a Europa Press fuentes parlamentarias. Se trata de una proposición no de ley que ha sido registrada por la diputada Margarita Herráiz, para su debate en la Comisión Mixta (Congreso-Senado) de control parlamentario de RTVE. Según argumenta, presenta esta iniciativa después de que en 2014 RTVE pusiera fin a sus emisiones, ante las quejas de los colectivos se reabriera en 2015, y ahora en 2016 "los buques de la flota que trabaja en el Pacífico vuelven a quedarse sin radio al fallar la señal de onda corta de RTVE". Así, reclama que las emisiones en onda corta de REE funcionen de manera que se garantice el derecho a la información de los españoles que se encuentran en el exterior. Además, la socialista ve necesaria la elaboración de un plan para garantizar la viabilidad de la onda corta de REE con medidas que permitan su continuidad sin devaluar el servicio público. ------------------------------ (Pedro Sedano, Madrid, España COORDINADOR GENERAL coordinador@aer-dx.es ------------------------------ ASOCIACIÓN ESPAÑOLA DE RADIOESCUCHA (AER) http://aer.org.es/ general@aer.org.es twitter @aer_dx ------------ --------- --------- La ASOCIACIÓN ESPAÑOLA DE RADIOESCUCHA (AER) es miembro de pleno derecho del Consejo Europeo de Diexismo, EDXC; además de miembro fundador de la 'Plataforma en Defensa de la Onda Corta en Radio Exterior de España'; está inscrita en el Registro Nacional de Asociaciones, Sección Primera, con el número 53.079 y su N.I.F. es G79558557. Dirección postal: Apartado 10014, 50080 ZARAGOZA, España, Condiglista yg via DXLD) ** SUDAN. Just a little odd log: 7204.0, March 25, 1530+, strong carrier, relatively low modulation, Arabic/Qur`an chants, Arabic talk. QRM by 7205 PBS Xinjiang, weaker signal but stronger modulation. Sudan seemingly not there, so quite sure it's them 1 kHz below nominal. At 1700 CRI crashes in from 7205, making further observations obsolete till later in the evening. 73 (thorsten hallmann, germany, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Thorsten, Thanks for your posting. March 25, at 0441, I also had UNID on about 7203.98. First time I noted a station there. Very poor signal, with what sounded like pop music and announcer, but much too weak to even make a guess as to what the language was; unusable; just above threshold level audio. So poor that I did not stay with it. Sorry I did not make a note about 7205, if there or not. Worth checking on another day (Ron Howard, California, ibid.) ??? At 1740 UT March 25 noted a 997 Hertz sine tone, some interference of three carriers visible nearby. Strong 7204.003 kHz accurate, S=7 - 82dBm, but not real program modulation observed so far, and two tiny carriers visible but not ID close to 7205v. Now CRI Beijing Esperanto program powerhouse 7205 kHz even, and little less stronger on 7204.987 kHz S=5 or -88dBm, latter rather CHN CNR Xinjiang ? probably. Very strange happening. 73 wb df6sx (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) Obviously Sudan Arabic from Omdurman, now recording attached, taken at 1824 UT on March 25, on measured 7204.001 kHz now, I guess behaviour to go down 1 kHz, is to avoid CRI 7210 kHz powerhouse in Russian, which is TERRIBLE broadband down signal to 7206 ... 7205 kHz range, also noted on Greece remote post this night. Even on Perseus unit, I couldn't avoid this adjacent channel scratching audio. Listen attached Sudan R recording, strong carrier of S=8-9 or -72dB, MUCH FLUTTERY in 'nearby' Greece not far away, up to S=9+25dB signal strength in peaks, but still covered by CRI 7210 kHz adjacent tremendous. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7204.0, March 26 at 0302, poor AM carrier amid LSB QRhaM including one right on 7204; nothing on 7205. Still there at 0457 recheck, when maybe just barely modulated. This was widely reported earlier Euroevening March 25, presumed Omdurman, maybe avoiding ACI from 7210. Thorsten Hallmann, Germany, followed up March 26: ``The odd frequency makes it easy to monitor via Twente waterfall or southern European remote receivers. Clearly there after 0600, being able to follow a faint carrier until 0900. Traced again close after 1300, audible with Arabic talk now towards 1500`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [non?]. 7204.0, March 28 at 0401, fair signal is just barely modulated, Arabic? Omdurman was thought to have shifted here, but now I also detect a JBA carrier on 7205 so something else may be going on. Sudan is known for running carriers 1 kHz away from R. Dabanga to jam it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SUDAN [and non]. 7315, March 24 at 0536, via VATICAN, Radio Dabanga jingle ID, with jamming by a carrier on 7316.3 (not a DSB tone). In A- 16 the 0430-0600 broadcast will be on 11650 via Vatican; 0430-0600 on 13800, switching from Madagascar site to Vatican at 0530. Thorsten Hallmann has correlated the carrier/tone jamming for the other broadcast at 1530-1630 [15545] with the absence or presence of the overt 7205 Sudan transmitter. Last we heard it, the tone jamming was stuck on ex-Dabanga frequency 15550 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1818, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7316.308, March 26 at 0502, jamming carrier against Radio Dabanga on 7315.0. I had heard 7204.0 a few minutes earlier, so apparently not the same Omdurman transmitter in a dual purpose. The jamming should have started no later than 0430 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15550, Radio Tamazuj (Santa Maria di Galeria) 1505-1522 28 March. Sudanese Arabic news/reports, ID at 1522. No sign of the Sudan tone jammer today (Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA, E5/6m X wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Updated schedule of Radio Tamazuj & Radio Dabanga: Radio Tamazuj 0330-0430 on 9600 ISS 250 kW / 134 deg to EaAf Sudanese Arabic 0330-0430 on 11650 MDC 250 kW / 335 deg to EaAf Sudanese Arabic 1430-1500 on 15150 NAU 125 kW / 152 deg to EaAf Sudanese Arabic 1430-1530 on 15550 ISS 250 kW / 134 deg to EaAf Sudanese Arabic 1500-1530 on 15150 SMG 250 kW / 150 deg to EaAf Sudanese Arabic 1500-1530 on 17600 ISS 250 kW / 138 deg to EaAf Sudanese Arabic Radio Dabanga 0430-0600 on 11650 SMG 250 kW / 146 deg to EaAf Sudanese Arabic 0430-0530 on 13800 MDC 250 kW / 335 deg to EaAf Sudanese Arabic 0530-0600 on 13800 NAU 125 kW / 152 deg to EaAf Sudanese Arabic 1530-1630 on 15150 MDC 250 kW / 340 deg to EaAf Sudanese Arabic 1530-1630 on 15550 SMG 250 kW / 150 deg to EaAf Sudanese Arabic -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SUDAN SOUTH. PHONE COMPANY BLOCKS ACCESS TO RADIO TAMAZUJ WEBSITE https://radiotamazuj.org/en/article/phone-company-blocks-access-radio-tamazuj-website A telecommunications company in South Sudan has cut off access to the website of the news service Radio Tamazuj, according to Vivacell customers. The company is part-owned by South Sudan's ruling party SPLM. A user of Vivacell's data service in South Sudan today explained that his browser told him that the Radio Tamazuj website “might be temporarily down or it may have moved permanently to a new web address.” The user had no problem accessing another news website commonly visited by South Sudanese readers. Another reader of the Radio Tamazuj website said he noticed the problem last night while trying to use Vivacell data to connect to the site. His web browser told him that the “server can't be found,” while other websites loaded fine. The same user also said he had no problem accessing the website from the MTN network. Users of wifi networks in South Sudan, many of which are connected to the Internet by satellite connections known as 'VSAT', are still able to access the website. Radio Tamazuj's broadcasts on shortwave radio are unaffected and will continue uncensored. The radio station announced recently plans to expand its broadcast airtime. Facebook users reported they could still access Radio Tamazuj's news via the radio station's Facebook page. Fans expressed frustration with Vivacell. “I cannot access with Vivacell,” said Felix. “Vivacell is the most poor in connection and very very slow. Discouraging,” said Jahim. Customers also complained of recent rate hikes introduced by Vivacell after the devaluation of the South Sudanese pound. Customer Adraako Helen said, “Too slow and bundles has express speed of getting used without being used.” Dan Njuguna commented, “Do people still use vivacell data?? I quit that weeks ago when I realized it was the slowest and most expensive!” Ties to Lebanese company, SPLM Vivacell is majority owned by Lebanon's Fattouch Investment Group. A minority stake is held by the ruling Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM), whose investment in the company predates the independence of South Sudan. News reports from 2009 revealed that SPLM owned up to 25% of Vivacell through Wawat Securities Limited. Additional information about the party's investment was disclosed in a leaked investigation report that President Salva Kiir had ordered the party undertake in 2013 against its former secretary-general Pagan Amum. The investigation report described Wawat Securities as an “investment arm” of SPLM, explaining that Wawat took 25% of the shares in Vivacell and Fattouche Investments Group Holdings Ltd took 75%, according to a framework agreement between the two parties. However, the investigation report was unclear about the percentage of Vivacell shares currently owned by SPLM, referring to other evidence indicating the SPLM's holding in Vivacell may actually be significantly smaller than 25%. The report noted also that SPLM leased land to Vivacell at a “symbolic rate” close to 0 pounds per square meter (via José Miguel Romero2, Spain, March 24, dxldyg via DXLD) ** SUDAN SOUTH [non]. 15550, March 27 at 1437 very poor signal, and slightly better on 15150, presumed R. Tamazuj on new expanded one-hour schedule starting a semihour earlier than before: first part 1430-1500 both via VATICAN, altho 15150 is shown to be colliding with AWR Sri Lanka. Nothing on 15545, so apparently has resumed original 15550 which was secretly shifted during B-15 leaving the Sudanese jammer behind against companion PNW service Dabanga, which starts at 1530. That might still be on 15545, unchecked yet (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SWAZILAND [and non]. 6120v, March 24 at 0520, two JBA carriers slightly apart making double-het with BFO. Aoki shows the two stations on air at this time are: TWR, Manzini, Swaziland, and SRDA São Paulo, BRAZIL (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SWEDEN. SDXF today on air --- Swedish DX Federation today 26th March on air 1200-1300 on 3975 and 6060. "Nästa specialprogram från SDXF sänds nu på lördag den 26 mars (påskafton) kl 1200–1300 UT! Lyssna på vårt specialprogram över kortvågssändaren i Sala sista lördagen i varje månad! Närmast kan kan du lyssna på oss lördagarna 26 mars och 30 april. Lördagen 26 mars – tid och frekvens: 1200-1300 UT på 3975 kHz AM 5 kW och 6060 kHz A3H 10 kW. Eventuellt uppdaterad information hittar du här innan sändningen. Rapporter till vår e-postadress qsl@sdxf.se eller via vanlig post till SDXF, Box 1097, 405 23 GÖTEBORG." (via Manuel Méndez, March 26, dxldyg via DXLD) ** TAIWAN. 7502, Xing Xing Guangbo Diandai 4 (Kuanyin) *1300+ 28 March. Tootly Chinese tune to open, nice "Xing Xing, Guangbo Diandai" ID & into Chinese number groups. 7730, SOH, 1415+ 25 March. Clear // 9155/9180/9200/9230 (CNR1 [jammer] once again on 9235) with Chinese chat & "guangbo diandai.." partial ID at 1422 (Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA, E5/6m X wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TAIWAN [and non]. [FRANCE/U.K./USA] RTI Radio Taiwan International Taipei A-16 schedule from 27 March 2016 til 29 October 2016. [skipping MW from Taiwan -- gh] 5985 0300-0400 1234567 Spanish 100 222 Okeechobee US RMI 6075 1400-1700 1234567 Chinese 100 310 Kouhu TWN CBSM 6075 2200-2400 1234567 Chinese 100 310 Kouhu TWN CBSM 6105 1000-1200 1234567 Chinese 100 310 Kouhu TWN CBSC 6105 1200-1230 1234567 Cantonese 100 267 Kouhu TWN CBSD 6105 1230-1300 1234567 Hakka 100 267 Kouhu TWN CBSD 6105 1300-1400 1234567 Chinese 100 310 Kouhu TWN CBSC 6105 2200-2400 1234567 Chinese 100 310 Kouhu TWN CBSC 6145 1400-1700 1234567 Chinese 100 310 Kouhu TWN CBSM 6180 1000-1600 1234567 Chinese 300 325 Tanshui TWN CBSC 6185 1900-2000 1234567 German 250 82 Woofferton G BAB 7200 1000-1300 1234567 Chinese 300 325 Tanshui TWN CBSC 7300 1500-1705 1234567 Chinese 300 325 Tanshui TWN CBSC 7325 1900-2000 1234567 French 250 140 Woofferton G BAB {despite RTI xls.file show Babcock Al Dhabbaya-UAE B-15 instead, wb.} 7380 1500-1600 1.....7 Cantonese 100 225 Paochung TWN CBSD 7380 1500-1600 .23456. Chinese 100 225 Paochung TWN CBSC 7385 1300-1705 1234567 Chinese 300 325 Tanshui TWN CBSC 7445 1100-1200 1234567 English 100 225 Paochung TWN RTI 7445 1200-1500 1234567 Chinese 100 225 Paochung TWN CBSC 7445 1500-1600 1234567 Thai 100 225 Paochung TWN RTI 9450 2200-2400 1234567 Chinese 300 325 Tanshui TWN CBSC 9465 1500-1600 1234567 English 300 225 Paochung TWN RTI 9590 1400-1500 1234567 Russian 300 325 Tanshui TWN RTI 9625 1400-1500 1234567 Vietnamese 300 225 Paochung TWN RTI 9625 2300-0100 1234567 Thai 300 225 Paochung TWN RTI 9660 1000-1400 1234567 Chinese 100 267 Kouhu TWN CBSC 9660 1400-1600 1234567 Thai 100 267 Kouhu TWN RTI 9660 2400-0300 1234567 Chinese 100 267 Kouhu TWN CBSM 9680 1100-1400 1234567 Chinese 300 325 Tanshui TWN CBSC 9685 2300-2400 1234567 Chinese 300 325 Tanshui TWN CBSC 9735 1000-1030 1234567 Cantonese 300 225 Paochung TWN CBSD 9735 1030-1100 1234567 Hakka 300 225 Paochung TWN CBSD 9735 1100-1200 1234567 Japanese 300 45 Paochung TWN RTI 9735 1200-1230 1234567 Cantonese 300 225 Paochung TWN CBSD 9735 1230-1300 1234567 Hakka 300 225 Paochung TWN CBSD 9735 1300-1400 1234567 Japanese 300 45 Paochung TWN RTI 9735 1400-1500 1234567 Indonesian 300 205 Paochung TWN RTI 9735 2200-2300 1234567 Japanese 300 45 Paochung TWN RTI 9800 Russian see 11955 kHz via TDF Issoudun France. 11530 0000-0100 1234567 Spanish 100 160 OkeechobeeUSA RMI 11600 1000-1100 1234567 Indonesian 300 180 Paochung TWN RTI 11600 1100-1200 1234567 English 300 205 Paochung TWN RTI 11600 1200-1300 1234567 Amoy(Hokke 300 225 Paochung TWN CBSD 11605 0800-0900 1234567 Japanese 300 45 Paochung TWN RTI 11605 1500-1530 1234567 Cantonese 300 225 Paochung TWN CBSD 11605 1530-1600 1234567 Hakka 300 225 Paochung TWN CBSD 11635 2200-2400 1234567 Cantonese 300 205 Paochung TWN CBSD 11640 0400-0600 1234567 Chinese 100 310 Kouhu TWN CBS2 11640 1000-1400 1234567 Chinese 100 310 Kouhu TWN CBSC 11655 2300-2400 1234567 Vietnamese 100 205 Paochung TWN RTI 11685 1500-1600 1234567 English 300 205 Paochung TWN RTI 11765 1200-1300 1234567 Vietnamese 100 205 Paochung TWN RTI 11915 1000-1100 1234567 Indonesian 250 205 Paochung TWN RTI 11915 1100-1200 1234567 Chinese 250 205 Paochung TWN CBSC 11915 1200-1300 1234567 Indonesian 250 205 Paochung TWN RTI 11915 1100-1200 1234567 Amoy(Hokke 250 205 Paochung TWN CBSD 11955 1700-1800 1234567 Russian 500 55 Issoudun F TDF {despite RTI xls.file show TDF Issoudun on 9800 of B-15 instead, wb.} 11985 1100-1200 1234567 Russian 300 325 Tanshui TWN RTI 11985 1200-1300 1234567 Chinese 300 325 Tanshui TWN CBSC 15270 0900-1000 1234567 Vietnamese 100 225 Paochung TWN RTI 15270 1000-1030 1234567 Cantonese 100 225 Paochung TWN CBSD 15270 1030-1057 1234567 Hakka 100 225 Paochung TWN CBSD 15320 0300-0400 1234567 English 300 225 Paochung TWN RTI 15320 0400-0430 12345.7 Cantonese 300 225 Paochung TWN CBSD 15320 0400-0500 .....6. Hakka 300 225 Paochung TWN CBSD 15320 0430-0500 12345.7 Hakka 300 225 Paochung TWN CBSD Strange entry 15375? 1800-1900 1...... French 300?190?Issoudun F TDF {no further details given, could be a Sunday only DRM outlet with de-creased 500 kW power to 300 kW of RTI French service? wb.} 15465 0900-1000 1.....7 Cantonese 100 230 Paochung TWN CBSD 15465 0900-1000 .23456. Chinese 100 230 Paochung TWN CBS2 15465 1000-1100 1234567 Amoy(Hokke 100 230 Paochung TWN CBSD (R TWN Internat., March 22, 2016; via ADDXC Andreas Volk-Munich Germany; transformed and condensed by wb, March 24, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, BC-DX 30 March via DXLD) ** TIBET [non]. 11508, V of Tibet (Dushanbe-Yangiyul) 1350-1400*, *1402-1405* 24 March. Clear in TB with CNR1 [jammer] 11510 *1405-1408* missing VoT's move to 11503 at 1405. 11503, VoT, (Dushanbe-Yangiyul) *1405-1430* 24 March. Clear for 3 minutes until CNR1 [jammer] opened up at *1408-1430* on 11510 (Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA, E5/6m X wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) TAJIKISTAN, Updated schedule of Voice of Tibet http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/03/updated-schedule-of-voice-of-tibet.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, March 24, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Thursday, March 24, 2016 TAJIKISTAN Updated schedule of Voice of Tibet 1200-1215 on 15543 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese 1215-1230 on 15537 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese 1230-1245 on 15557 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan 1245-1300 on 15563 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan 1300-1315 on 11997 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese 1300-1315 on 15568 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan 1315-1330 on 11997 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese 1315-1330 on 15573 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan 1330-1345 on 11997 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese 1330-1345 on 11513 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan 1345-1400 on 11992 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese 1345-1400 on 11508 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan 1400-1415 on 11508 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan 1400-1415 on 15560 MDC 250 kW / 045 deg to CeAs Tibetan 1415-1430 on 11503 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan 1415-1430 on 15565 MDC 250 kW / 045 deg to CeAs Tibetan 2300-2315 on 7592 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan 2315-2330 on 7592 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan All frequencies are jammed by China on xxxx0 / xxxx5 Changes between frequencies vary from 5 to 7 minutes (via DXLD) ** TIBET [non]. 11997.0, March 27 at 1335, very poor signal on signature split-frequency of V. of Tibet; no jamming from 11995 or 12000 at the moment. Aoki had this at 1315-1340 via TAJIKISTAN. 11513, March 28 at 1305, very poor signal, presumably V. of Tibet via TAJIKISTAN on characteristic split channel. Aoki as of March 18 had it on this frequency but not during this segment. 15562, March 28 at 1327, JBA carrier, presumed V. of Tibet via TAJIKISTAN on latest frequency jumble, unlisted yet but has been on 15563 previously. Algo on 15560 maybe CNR1 jammer (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) TAJIKISTAN, Updated A-16 of Voice of Tibet from March 29 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/03/updated-schedule-of-voice-of-tibet.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TIBET [non]. USA(non), A-16 of Radio Free Asia, day by day on different frequencies 0100-0200 on 17685 TIN 250 kW / 295 deg to CeAs Tibetan Mon 0100-0200 on 17635 TIN 250 kW / 295 deg to CeAs Tibetan Tue 0100-0200 on 17685 TIN 250 kW / 295 deg to CeAs Tibetan Wed 0100-0200 on 17635 TIN 250 kW / 295 deg to CeAs Tibetan Thu 0100-0200 on 17685 TIN 250 kW / 295 deg to CeAs Tibetan Fri 0100-0200 on 17665 TIN 250 kW / 295 deg to CeAs Tibetan Sat 0100-0200 on 17700 TIN 250 kW / 295 deg to CeAs Tibetan Sun 0200-0300 on 21550 TIN 250 kW / 295 deg to CeAs Tibetan Mon 0200-0300 on 21560 TIN 250 kW / 295 deg to CeAs Tibetan Tue 0200-0300 on 21575 TIN 250 kW / 295 deg to CeAs Tibetan Wed 0200-0300 on 21585 TIN 250 kW / 295 deg to CeAs Tibetan Thu 0200-0300 on 21595 TIN 250 kW / 295 deg to CeAs Tibetan Fri 0200-0300 on 21610 TIN 250 kW / 295 deg to CeAs Tibetan Sat 0200-0300 on 21620 TIN 250 kW / 295 deg to CeAs Tibetan Sun 0600-0700 on 17635 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg to CeAs Tibetan Mon 0600-0700 on 17750 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg to CeAs Tibetan Tue 0600-0700 on 17635 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg to CeAs Tibetan Wed 0600-0700 on 17750 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg to CeAs Tibetan Thu 0600-0700 on 17635 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg to CeAs Tibetan Fri 0600-0700 on 17750 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg to CeAs Tibetan Sat 0600-0700 on 17750 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg to CeAs Tibetan Sun 1000-1100 on 21465 TIN 250 kW / 295 deg to CeAs Tibetan Mon 1000-1100 on 21455 TIN 250 kW / 295 deg to CeAs Tibetan Tue 1000-1100 on 21525 TIN 250 kW / 295 deg to CeAs Tibetan Wed 1000-1100 on 21505 TIN 250 kW / 295 deg to CeAs Tibetan Thu 1000-1100 on 21495 TIN 250 kW / 295 deg to CeAs Tibetan Fri 1000-1100 on 21485 TIN 250 kW / 295 deg to CeAs Tibetan Sat 1000-1100 on 21475 TIN 250 kW / 295 deg to CeAs Tibetan Sun 1100-1200 on 18930 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg to CeAs Tibetan Mon 1100-1200 on 18980 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg to CeAs Tibetan Tue 1100-1200 on 18990 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg to CeAs Tibetan Wed 1100-1200 on 19000 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg to CeAs Tibetan Thu 1100-1200 on 18980 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg to CeAs Tibetan Fri 1100-1200 on 18990 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg to CeAs Tibetan Sat 1100-1200 on 19010 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg to CeAs Tibetan Sun 1200-1300 on 18980 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg to CeAs Tibetan Mon 1200-1300 on 18990 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg to CeAs Tibetan Tue 1200-1300 on 19000 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg to CeAs Tibetan Wed 1200-1300 on 18980 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg to CeAs Tibetan Thu 1200-1300 on 18990 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg to CeAs Tibetan Fri 1200-1300 on 19000 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg to CeAs Tibetan Sat 1200-1300 on 18930 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg to CeAs Tibetan Sun 1300-1400 on 18930 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg to CeAs Tibetan Mon 1300-1400 on 18980 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg to CeAs Tibetan Tue 1300-1400 on 18990 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg to CeAs Tibetan Wed 1300-1400 on 19000 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg to CeAs Tibetan Thu 1300-1400 on 18980 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg to CeAs Tibetan Fri 1300-1400 on 18990 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg to CeAs Tibetan Sat 1300-1400 on 19010 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg to CeAs Tibetan Sun [18-19 MHz portion referred to on WORLD OF RADIO 1819] 1400-1500 on 13755 TIN 250 kW / 287 deg to EaAs Cantonese Mon 1400-1500 on 13740 TIN 250 kW / 287 deg to EaAs Cantonese Tue 1400-1500 on 13755 TIN 250 kW / 287 deg to EaAs Cantonese Wed 1400-1500 on 13740 TIN 250 kW / 287 deg to EaAs Cantonese Thu 1400-1500 on 13755 TIN 250 kW / 287 deg to EaAs Cantonese Fri 1400-1500 on 13640 TIN 250 kW / 287 deg to EaAs Cantonese Sat 1400-1500 on 13820 TIN 250 kW / 287 deg to EaAs Cantonese Sun 1500-1600 on 13790 TIN 250 kW / 295 deg to CeAs Tibetan Mon 1500-1600 on 13745 TIN 250 kW / 295 deg to CeAs Tibetan Tue 1500-1600 on 13790 TIN 250 kW / 295 deg to CeAs Tibetan Wed 1500-1600 on 13745 TIN 250 kW / 295 deg to CeAs Tibetan Thu 1500-1600 on 13790 TIN 250 kW / 295 deg to CeAs Tibetan Fri 1500-1600 on 13745 TIN 250 kW / 295 deg to CeAs Tibetan Sat 1500-1600 on 13745 TIN 250 kW / 295 deg to CeAs Tibetan Sun 2200-2300 on 11830 KWT 250 kW / 080 deg to CeAs Tibetan Mon 2200-2300 on 11870 KWT 250 kW / 080 deg to CeAs Tibetan Tue 2200-2300 on 11965 KWT 250 kW / 080 deg to CeAs Tibetan Wed 2200-2300 on 11995 KWT 250 kW / 080 deg to CeAs Tibetan Thu 2200-2300 on 12035 KWT 250 kW / 080 deg to CeAs Tibetan Fri 2200-2300 on 12040 KWT 250 kW / 080 deg to CeAs Tibetan Sat 2200-2300 on 12125 KWT 250 kW / 080 deg to CeAs Tibetan Sun 2200-2300 on 15260 TIN 250 kW / 280 deg to EaAs Cantonese Mon 2200-2300 on 15270 TIN 250 kW / 280 deg to EaAs Cantonese Tue 2200-2300 on 15280 TIN 250 kW / 280 deg to EaAs Cantonese Wed 2200-2300 on 15290 TIN 250 kW / 280 deg to EaAs Cantonese Thu 2200-2300 on 15300 TIN 250 kW / 280 deg to EaAs Cantonese Fri 2200-2300 on 15375 TIN 250 kW / 280 deg to EaAs Cantonese Sat 2200-2300 on 15390 TIN 250 kW / 280 deg to EaAs Cantonese Sun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJAuNA1alo0&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TI6mhyskOE&feature=youtu.be -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TIBET [non]. A-16 of Voice of America, day by day on different frequencies 0000-0100 on 13630 UDO 250 kW / 324 deg to CeAs Tibetan Mon 0000-0100 on 13640 UDO 250 kW / 324 deg to CeAs Tibetan Tue 0000-0100 on 13670 UDO 250 kW / 324 deg to CeAs Tibetan Wed 0000-0100 on 13690 UDO 250 kW / 324 deg to CeAs Tibetan Thu 0000-0100 on 13805 UDO 250 kW / 324 deg to CeAs Tibetan Fri 0000-0100 on 13760 UDO 250 kW / 324 deg to CeAs Tibetan Sat 0000-0100 on 13810 UDO 250 kW / 324 deg to CeAs Tibetan Sun 0300-0400 on 21600 PHT 250 kW / 315 deg to CeAs Tibetan Mon 0300-0400 on 21610 PHT 250 kW / 315 deg to CeAs Tibetan Tue 0300-0400 on 21620 PHT 250 kW / 315 deg to CeAs Tibetan Wed 0300-0400 on 21630 PHT 250 kW / 315 deg to CeAs Tibetan Thu 0300-0400 on 21640 PHT 250 kW / 315 deg to CeAs Tibetan Fri 0300-0400 on 21650 PHT 250 kW / 315 deg to CeAs Tibetan Sat 0300-0400 on 21660 PHT 250 kW / 315 deg to CeAs Tibetan Sun 0400-0500 on 21610 PHT 250 kW / 315 deg to CeAs Tibetan Mon 0400-0500 on 21620 PHT 250 kW / 315 deg to CeAs Tibetan Tue 0400-0500 on 21630 PHT 250 kW / 315 deg to CeAs Tibetan Wed 0400-0500 on 21640 PHT 250 kW / 315 deg to CeAs Tibetan Thu 0400-0500 on 21650 PHT 250 kW / 315 deg to CeAs Tibetan Fri 0400-0500 on 21660 PHT 250 kW / 315 deg to CeAs Tibetan Sat 0400-0500 on 21600 PHT 250 kW / 315 deg to CeAs Tibetan Sun 0500-0600 on 21620 PHT 250 kW / 315 deg to CeAs Tibetan Mon 0500-0600 on 21630 PHT 250 kW / 315 deg to CeAs Tibetan Tue 0500-0600 on 21640 PHT 250 kW / 315 deg to CeAs Tibetan Wed 0500-0600 on 21650 PHT 250 kW / 315 deg to CeAs Tibetan Thu 0500-0600 on 21660 PHT 250 kW / 315 deg to CeAs Tibetan Fri 0500-0600 on 21600 PHT 250 kW / 315 deg to CeAs Tibetan Sat 0500-0600 on 21610 PHT 250 kW / 315 deg to CeAs Tibetan Sun 1400-1500 on 17485 UDO 250 kW / 321 deg to CeAs Tibetan Mon 1400-1500 on 17760 UDO 250 kW / 321 deg to CeAs Tibetan Tue 1400-1500 on 17485 UDO 250 kW / 321 deg to CeAs Tibetan Wed 1400-1500 on 17760 UDO 250 kW / 321 deg to CeAs Tibetan Thu 1400-1500 on 17485 UDO 250 kW / 321 deg to CeAs Tibetan Fri 1400-1500 on 17760 UDO 250 kW / 321 deg to CeAs Tibetan Sat 1400-1500 on 17760 UDO 250 kW / 321 deg to CeAs Tibetan Sun 1600-1700 on 15505 BIB 100 kW / 085 deg to CeAs Tibetan Mon 1600-1700 on 12110 PHT 250 kW / 315 deg to CeAs Tibetan Tue 1600-1700 on 15505 BIB 100 kW / 085 deg to CeAs Tibetan Wed 1600-1700 on 12110 PHT 250 kW / 315 deg to CeAs Tibetan Thu 1600-1700 on 15505 BIB 100 kW / 085 deg to CeAs Tibetan Fri 1600-1700 on 12110 PHT 250 kW / 315 deg to CeAs Tibetan Sat 1600-1700 on 12110 PHT 250 kW / 315 deg to CeAs Tibetan Sun (DX Re Mix March 31 via DXLD) ** TURKEY. TRT V of Turkey heard at 2005 UT on 6050 kHz in Hausa instead of English. Did I miss something somewhere(?), as I didn't know that TRT actually even broadcast in Hausa (Alan Roe, Teddington, UK, March 24, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) They seem to have a Hausa section on their website - http://www.trt.net.tr/hausa/ which has daily podcasts http://www.trt.net.tr/hausa/podcasts/shirye-shiryenmu Perhaps one of these is what is being broadcast (Ste Cooper, ibid.) 9515, March 28 at 0319, VOT confirmed on usual A-season frequency, ex- 9655 at 0400, and an hour earlier, to North America. Is S9+20 with folk tale in English; but at 0326 recheck I am astounded to hear the ``Frage des Monats`` in GERMAN, along with same jingle for that in all language services; reply to deutsch@trt.net.tr to possibly win a nice little gift (English word, not German!). I wonder if somebody played the wrong cart/file during the English broadcast, or if the whole hour had somehow switched to German. 0328 followed by music break and I never get back to hear whether further talk would be in English or German. 15450+, March 28 at 1325, tune in just in time for last iteration of VOT IS following 1230 English, fair signal, off at 1326* before I can measure how far off to the hi side it is, slightly. Anyhow, seems promising for audibility in North America beyond target Europe (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1819, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15450.053, March 30 at 1245, very poor signal with trace of modulation, i.e. VOT on A-16 frequency allegedly in English, and yes, like ex-12035+ an hour later, this one is also off-frequency high. By 1309 has improved to S1 during music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** UGANDA [non]. 5910, Radio Lead Africa Media (Meyerton) 0352-0358* 14 March. Good signal -- interview with Ugandan opposition speaker taking phone calls, abruptly off mid-sentence ("and here is the difference..") during an answer to a question about similarities between Uganda/Kenya/Tanzania politics. *0259-0316, 0331-0358* 21 March. Long guitar-based instrumental opening followed by "local" group song, recorded speech in English (low modulation, tough to collect much info) to 0316 tune-out, retune at 0331-0358* with Q&A until 0350 then possible contact info (FaceBook) and what sounded like a sked ("6 AM, 7 AM, meterband, shortwave") and off mid-word (Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA, G5/6m X wire, via Bob Wilkner, CumbreDX via DXLD) Radio Lead Africa: 9410 was not in use at 1715 or so, this time slot usually carried music only and was not mentioned on Radio Lead Africa facebook profile. 9430 was on air after 1900 Sat March 26. 73 (Thorsten Hallmann, Germany, 0852 UT March 27, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** UGANDA [non]. Hi Glenn & Wolfy, Found out the reason Radio Lead Africa gave up 5910 as a frequency - March 27 (start of A16) found very strong NHK (via France) on 5910, first tuned in at 0304 and noted 0500* (schedule 0300-0500). So RLAM would not have had any chance of reception against NHK (Ron Howard, California, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5915, UT Monday March 28 at 0317, JBA carrier only detectable in huge splash from new A-16 5910 NHK relay via FRANCE (and worse than from 5920 WHRI); as Ron Howard concluded the night before, this explains why Lead Radio Africa via SOUTH AFRICA was scheduled to shift from 5910 to 5915 for its 0300-0400 UT Mon/Tue/Fri broadcast --- despite 5915 being the forever-frequency of ZNBC Zambia, its last remaining SW outlet, obvious to us but info withheld from HFCC. As of March 28, HFCC still shows Sentech on 5915 at 03-04, days 2/3/5. Now there`s no way to tell which one I am detecting, or both. The rest of this hour from NHK in Japanese seems to be a besuboro gemu, with continuous crowd noise and even band music in background, as noted at 0345 with some ``straik`` called. The splash relents after 0400 with relatively calm newscast, but that`s too late for the 5915 station(s) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Zambia [and non]. ZNBC1, 5915 Lusaka. Mar 29, 2016 Tuesday. 0257-0411. At 0257 nothing heard from Zambia, but assume their carrier must have been on because at 0259 a rapid sub-audible het began, with intermittent voice modulation which was very weak, almost at noise level, fading in and out. Couldn't make out the language, but for most of the hour didn't sound English. Heard several mentions of “Uganda”, for example OM at 0312, YL at 0320, OM at 0325, YL at 0350. Finally a YL talking English (but mostly unreadable) from 0357 – 0359. The second carrier, presumed Radio Lead Africa via Meyerton, went off air at 0402 (late, of course, thanks Sentech!) leaving a good signal from Zambia with an ad for “GoTV”. ID at 0404 “ZNBC Radio 1” into typical Zambian programming. All (including the Zambian carrier) went off at 0408 and had not returned by tune-out at 0411, presumably a Zambian power cut. As we predicted, Radio Lead Africa is destroying reception of ZNBC 1 in Jo'burg. Meyerton is just 25 miles south of my location, so I assume most of their signal is going over my head towards Uganda. I hate to think what effect it is having on reception of ZNBC 1 in Zambia. Jo'burg sunrise 0416 (Bill Bingham, Johannesburg RSA. Drake R8E, Sony ICF2001D. dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Updated summer A-16 schedule of Radio Lead Africa, March 29 0300-0400 5915 MEY 100 kW / 020 deg CeAf English Mon/Tue/Fri 0500-0600 12060 MEY 100 kW / 015 deg CeAf English Wed/Thu 0500-0700 12060 MEY 100 kW / 015 deg CeAf English Sat 1700-1800 9900 MEY 100 kW / 015 deg CeAf English Sat/Sun, cancelled 1900-2200 7425 MEY 100 kW / 020 deg CeAf English Sat/Sun, ex -2100 -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Blgariya, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1819, DXLD) ** UKRAINE. Ukraine on medium wave --- National Council ordered a miscalculation in the Chasov Yar frequency to broadcast on medium wave March 24 The National Council for Television and Radio Broadcasting has ordered in the State Enterprise "Ukrainian Centre of Radio Frequencies" miscalculation on medium wave frequencies in the town Chasov Yar, Donetsk region. Request rate miscalculation came from the National Television Company of Ukraine. For broadcasting on medium wave frequency you plan to use 1,404 MHz with a transmitter power of 25 kW. Recall that on February 17 before the Donetsk regional branch of NTU (formerly Donetsk OGTRK) Kramatorsk went from Kiev transmitter power of 50 kW, which is planned to be installed in city Hours Yar to work on medium wave. 4 March conference in Kramatorsk "broadcasting strategy for Donbass» Head of Donetsk Regional military and civil administration Zhebrivskyi Paul said that in the Donetsk region will be soon installed a powerful transmitter to broadcast on medium wave signal which will "finish to the Urals." (Detector.media/infospace/article/113789/...na_serednih_hviliah/) +++ I must say that I think the frequency is chosen unsuccessfully. It has several plants not weak, two Romanian, Greek, (UR1 Izmail does not count). They are able to interfere in the dark time at a distance from the clock Yara at its capacity of 25 kW, even in the Donbass region, not to mention in Russia. At the same time, vacant frequency, such as 1242 kHz. Then at night and be able to Ural siganut slightly [sic]. (Edited ASEG: 25.03.2016) +++ The news I was very pleased in every way. On the other hand, in fact, the frequency of failure, could start at 711 kHz broadcast from Shasov Yar, and could make an additional transmitter on 549 kHz in addition to the radio center Luch. At the technical equipment of the transmitter can not be save. It is essential that it be of the same quality and long-range as the World Adventist Radio transmitters that broadcast from Sri Lanka. Another problem: it is better not to broadcast UR1 and Promin or Culture, and preferably around the clock. Edited andreirostow1990: 25.03.2016) (Russian SWL / DX site. Forum DX portal. http://dxing.ru/forum.html?func=view&catid=20&id=730&limit=8&start=464#34384 (via RusDX March 27 via DXLD) sic! sic! can you make any sense of it? ** U K. 7435, March 25 at 0053, good S9+15 talk in Farsi? and song; thought maybe it`s Radio Farda, but HFCC shows BBC in Prs, 250 kW, 82 degrees via Woofferton at 0030-0100 only. WRTH reveals that tho BBC does have a Farsi service, this transmission is in Dari, which is the Persian dialect spoken in Afghanistan. Why won`t HFCC show this language correctly? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U K [non?]. 9650, March 28 at 0313, BBCWS in English, S9+20. Unlisted frequency I am checking following this inquiry: ``Glenn, I have been scanning around for new A16 signals this evening. I have been hearing a good BBC signal in English this evening UT Monday 3/28 since before 0200 until now past 0225 on 9650. I don't see anything anywhere listed for this. Any idea where it is coming from? Ryan Ellegood, Union City, TN`` Yes, it does not even appear in the HFCC data as of March 28: http://hfcc.org/data/schedbybrc.php?seas=A16&broadc=BBC I find it`s // but slightly echoing with 9440 at about same S9+20 level. That one is Oman at 03-04 only; I was expecting Ascension for both, which could still be the case for 9650, continuing past 0400 after 9440 is off. I suppose it will show up eventually in the schedules. Hmm, keep in mind too that 9650 is the daytime frequency for Radio Sonder Grense at 07-17 UT; maybe a SENTECH mixup from SOUTH AFRICA (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1819, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I did some searching online and it appears the BBC has used this frequency before from Kranji. Back in early 2015 for some extra transmissions in Nepali to Nepal. It was also on the Kranji B13 schedule although only 30 minutes in Bengali. sent from my iPhone (Ryan, ibid.) Ryan, Reception quality here unlikely from Singapore. Let`s see if it`s on again tonight, starting 0100? Later I added this: Hmm, keep in mind too that 9650 is the daytime frequency for Radio Sonder Grense at 07-17 UT; maybe a SENTECH mixup from South Africa. (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1819, DX LISTENING DIGEST) No sign of BBC on 9650 tonight as last night before 0200 (Ryan, UT March 29, Sent from my iPhone, WORLD OF RADIO 1819, ibid.) 9650, March 29 at 0150, 0200, 0255 and 0320 chex, NO signal from BBCWS in English, as heard the night before, so evidently it was a mistake (by SENTECH? Or a test, from Woofferton?). But it had happened before, as reported by Mark Taylor, WI in the NASWA Flashsheet: ``9650, UNKNOWN. BBC, 0157, 3/21/16. Series of promos for BBC, Time pips, teaser for “Forum” program, news; QRM from likely Turkey in SS under. Fair`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1819, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Of note, at least for me, was the A16 return of BBC English from Singapore on 11890 mornings here (1400z to 1600z). This has been the most reliable BBC English transmission for me for the last several years and it was nice to hear it again. BBC (Singapore Relay), 11890, 1404 27 MAR - SINPO = 35323. English, news, male anchor, mentions that Syrian forces under Assad have recaptured an ancient city from ISIS and are investigating a desecrated ancient temple [Palmyra]. 1406z female announcer begins ‘arts hour’ a culture program about music and filmmaking, interviews with actors. African ‘rap’ music. (Spot check 1523z stronger signal but slightly QSB worse, SINPO 45323. Program and interviews about Cricket in India). QSB=slow-to-ff rate, modulation mostly well above noise floor with occasional fluttery dips to the noise floor. sf86.5, a3, k3, geomag: unsettled. 250kw, beamAz 320 , bearing 307 . Sangean ATS505 w/Kaito KA33 in west facing window. Received at Las Vegas, United States, 14256KM from transmitter at Kranji. Local time: 0704 (Rodney Johnson, NV, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1819, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U K. Odd freuency BBC Woofferton, - to blame Marconi B6124 units: 6134.966, Seldom happened, but Babcock BBC French from Woofferton is odd frequency this morning at 0601 UT on March 22, powerhouse S=9+55dB! [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Bueschel, morning log of 49 mb at southern Germany at 0559-0720 UT, March 22, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Wolfie, Thanks for all ... Regarding last week and WOF the reason that 6135 kHz was off freq was, that a Marconi B6124 was carrying the service as the normal RIZ sender was being maintained. The Marconi B6124 sometimes do lose their frequency lock from the 1 MHz standard. RIZ Zagreb senders are locked to GPS. Thanks again, 73 (Dave [Porter] via Büschel, DXLD) ** U S A. "AVOIDING MISINFORMATION ABOUT DISINFORMATION" DISCUSSES THE COUNTERING FOREIGN PROPAGANDA AND DISINFORMATION ACT. Implications for and from international broadcasting. | USC Center on Public Diplomacy: http://uscpublicdiplomacy.org/blog/avoiding-misinformation-about-disinformation (via Kim Andrew Elliott himself, March 24, dxldyg via DXLD) Viz.: [see original for some embedded linx] The CPD Blog is intended to stimulate dialog among scholars and practitioners from around the world in the public diplomacy sphere. The opinions represented here are the authors' own and do not necessarily reflect CPD's views. Post Author: Kim Andrew Elliott, CPD Blog Contributor Audience Research Analyst, U.S. International Broadcasting Bureau Avoiding Misinformation About Disinformation Mar 24, 2016 U.S. Senators Rob Portman, an Ohio Republican, and Chris Murphy, a Connecticut Democrat, have introduced the "Countering Foreign Propaganda and Disinformation Act” (S. 2692). It proposes a “whole-of- government strategy for countering foreign propaganda and disinformation.” According to Senator Portman, “the bill would establish the Center for Information Analysis and Response, led by the State Department, but with the active participation of the Department of Defense, USAID, the Broadcasting Board of Governors, the Intelligence Community, and other relevant agencies. The Center will develop, integrate, and synchronize whole-of-government initiatives to expose and counter foreign disinformation operations and proactively advance fact-based narratives that support U.S. allies and interests.” News — real news — via international broadcasting has always existed to satisfy the desire for an antidote to propaganda and disinformation. This has been the case since World War II, when the BBC was the source of accurate information for Europeans immersed in Axis-controlled media. The Voice of America assisted, promising “the news may be good, the news may be bad, we shall tell you the truth.” Because most international broadcasting of news has little commercial potential (CNN International is a notable exception), governments must provide funding to bring that real news to countries where it is not available because of a lack of resources, censorship, or both. The difficult part is convincing the sponsoring government not to kibitz. If U.S. international broadcasting gets sucked into “whole-of- government initiatives,” the audience will detect patterns of content where independent news judgment should exist. It will tune in elsewhere for something more credible. The audience for international broadcasting may be comparatively small, but it makes up in influence what it lacks in quantity. Calls for the analysis of disinformation may stir up déjà vu. In the 1980s, the United States Information Agency issued “disinformation alerts,” basically press releases identifying instances of false and incorrect information from Soviet sources. Today, BBC Monitoring offers for-sale extensive analysis of the media and content of America’s adversaries. This might be a cheaper, off-the-shelf alternative to creating a new bureaucracy. There is also the possibility that this Center might analyze trees falling in the forest. The existence of international broadcasting channels, and the nature of their content, is of little import if the audience is tiny. How many people really watch Russia’s RT and China’s CCTV? How many people can even receive these channels? In almost all countries, domestic broadcasting, no matter how dismal, attracts a larger audience than international broadcasting. The audience for international broadcasting may be comparatively small, but it makes up in influence what it lacks in quantity. With more than one international broadcasting effort available in most countries, it is vital to know which of these media outlets is most successful in attracting this core audience, and why. There are two challenges in this quest for information. First, the research methodology must be even-keeled, so that all the international broadcasting contenders have the same chance of being counted. Second, the great majority of research on audiences for government-funded international broadcasting is conducted by the U.S. Broadcasting Board of Governors and by the BBC. Furthermore, most of the data from that research is not in the public domain. Because of this, scholars, fellows, and pundits who study international communication are not as well-informed as they should be. Occasionally, results of international broadcasting audience research are made available through press releases. RT recently marked its tenth anniversary with news about its global audience size. RT compared its estimate — 70 million weekly viewers in 38 surveyed countries — to those of other international channels, conceding that only BBC World News has a larger audience. RT cited the competing stations’ own website pages touting their audience sizes. These numbers, however, are derived from a mélange of methodologies, so this is really not a useful comparison. Independent studies of international broadcasting audiences, in the public domain, would be a solution, albeit an expensive one. Senator Portman cites the budget of U.S. international broadcasting as “only about $768 million” compared with those of other nations. It’s difficult to know exactly how much Russia, China, Qatar, and other less-than-open countries spend on their international broadcasting efforts. Radio Moscow, with more transmitters, languages, and broadcast hours than any international radio operation, probably did have the biggest budget of the Cold War era, but its audience was not more than ten percent the size of those of its Western competitors. Traditionally, Britain has spent less on international broadcasting than the United States, but the BBC World Service has the largest audience of any international media effort. In international communication, as in U.S. presidential campaigns, big spending is not a guarantee of success. Other factors are at least as important. If the Center for Information Analysis and Response becomes reality, it should, above all, analyze that. Comments: Submitted by 0ivae on Sun, 03/27/2016 - 9:40pm This is an affront to the First Amendment; Portman, Murphy and all in support are effectively violating their oath to protect and defend the Constitution of the U.S. with this legislation. Say what you will about RT, Press TV, CCTV - yes they have their respective agendas, but most of us are smart enough to weed out the wheat from the chaff in evaluating their news coverage which is often far superior to domestic news sources - which really isn't saying much. I'd say what the American people need most is a BS detector for the likes of CNN, Fox, and yes the BBC. Consider that these networks have consistently over at least the past 20 years beat the war drums leading the American people into one needless war after another, destroying one country after another. The American people are badly in need of unflattering mirrors with which to contemplate the blood dripping from their hands (via DXLD) ** U S A [and non]. VOA Radiogram, 26-27 March 2016 Propagation last weekend was difficult on Saturday, especially within North America. Fortunately, it improved by Sunday. If you are new to the program, note that Fldigi automatically saves decoded images as png files in the folder \fldigi.files\images\ probably within your C:\Users hierarchy. Operating systems other than Windows may have different folder names. When sending reception reports, please attach those png files. VOA Radiogram this weekend is all in MFSK32 except for the new VOA Radiogram transmission schedule in Olivia 64-2000 under the closing music. The only frequency change is Saturday at 0930-1000 UTC: 26 March is the last day for 5865 kHz; effective 2 April, 5745 kHz will be used during that broadcast. Here is the lineup for VOA Radiogram, program 156, 26-27 March 2016, all in MFSK32 except where noted: 1:34 Program preview 2:39 Efficient internal combustion engine* 9:00 Crop wild relatives for food security* 15:05 Rare flower blooms at US Botanic Garden* 19:49 Urban birds are smarter* 24:10 Closing announcements* Olivia 64-2000 transmission schedule under closing music. * with image Please send reception reports to radiogram@voanews.com. VOA Radiogram transmission schedule (all days and times UT): Sat 0930-1000 5865 kHz (Changes to 5745 kHz effective 2 April) Sat 1600-1630 17580 kHz Sun 0230-0300 5745 kHz Sun 1930-2000 15670 kHz All via the Edward R. Murrow transmitting station in North Carolina. The Mighty KBC will transmit a minute Saturday at about 0220 UTC (lately it has been after 0225 UT) (10:20 pm EDT or later) on 6040 kHz, via Germany. Reports for this KBC reception to Eric: themightykbc@gmail.com . The KBC North America broadcast is Sunday 0000-0300 UT (Saturday 8-11 pm EDT) on 6040 kHz. DigiDX this weekend is all in MFSK32, except for some MFSK128 in German. Consult www.digidx.uk for any updates: Saturday, 26 March, 2000-2030 UTC, 6070 kHz, via Channel 292, Germany Sunday, 27 March, 1100-1130 UTC, 6070 kHz, via Channel 292, Germany Sunday, 27 March, 2330-0000 UTC, 11580 kHz, via WRMI, Florida (Kim Elliott, March 25, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9885, Fri March 25 at 0521, big S9+20 carrier; got to be Greenville testing, altho Botswana, 100 kW at 10 degrees is scheduled for VOA French at 0530-0630 M-F (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [non?]. 6080even, STP, VoA English noted at 0650 UT, S=9+25 - 50dBm strength, Special "Africa News Tonight" program. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, Morning log at 0630-0736 UT on March 25, noted nighttime reception on North American remote SDR receiver post at Detroit MI, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Maybe SAO TOME is on here as registered, but we hear Greenville during this semihour only, as I have reported repeatedly. Do you hear only one, no echo? (gh, DXLD) 6080, March 27 at 0626, open carrier at S9 +20/30, atop pulse jamming, and trace of music, presumably VOA São Tomé which Greenville is overriding, about to sign on, a strange transmission being prolonged into A-16 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7425, March 26 at 0229, tune-in just in time to hear S8 Vatican Radio IS mixing with Radio Martí audio, disappears a few seconds before 0230 as the 7305 Greenville transmitter turns off, terminating this leapfrog mixing product another 60 kHz higher over 7365. Both are scheduled to continue in A-16, so so will 7425 at 0130-0230 (tho we have sometimes found it mysteriously missing, due to some temporary change in parameters?) 7425, March 27 at 0144, R. Martí Spanish audio at S5 out of the Greenville 7365 transmitter, since one next to it on 7305 is already on with carrier, producing leapfrog, 0145 opening Radio Vaticana relay in Spanish, and now both are mixing on 7425 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) VOA on 17530 at 1500 UT from Botswana 100kW at 10 degrees. Fair reception. Also on 1700-1830 from Greenville 250kW at 94 degrees. Excellent reception (Peter W Hansen, S Florida, March 28, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) [non]. 15630, Tue March 29 at 1922, African language good signal until 1930* ``VOA, Washington`` ID and off. HFCC shows this is Tigrigna, 300 kW at 126 degrees from Woofferton UK, M-F at 1900-1930, following daily 1800-1900 Amharic, and M-F 1730-1800 Oromo. Why can`t they say ``VOA, Woofferton``?? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1818 monitoring: confirmed Thursday March 24 at 2100 on WRMI 13695, very good as usual. (Missed checking 2330 on WBCQ 9330v-CUSB). Next: Fri 2130 WRMI 15770 to NE Fri 2130.5 WRMI 13695 to NW Fri 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Sat 0730 HLR 6190-CUSB to SW Sat 1530 HLR 7265-CUSB to SW Sat 1930v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND Sat 2230 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Sun 0310v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND Sun 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Mon 0300v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW Mon 0330 WRMI 9955 to SSE Mon 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Tue 1100 WRMI 9955 to SSE Tue 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Wed 1315.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v to WSW Wed 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW WORLD OF RADIO 1818 monitoring: confirmed on BST-1 caradio, Friday March 25 at 2130 on WRMI 15770, sufficient, and at 2130.5 on WRMI 13695, very good. Also confirmed March 25 at 2330 on WBCQ 9329.915- CUSB. Also confirmed Sat March 26 from 1531 on Hamburger Lokalradio, Göhren, Germany, 1 kW, 7265-CUSB via UTwente: sufficient, well above CRI Hindi service music, 100 kW southward from Kashgar, but by 1540 the CCI is growing and HLR is losing out. The shift next week to 1430 UT will still have CRI continuing to collide with the Sinhala service during that time, altho an additional hour of daylight intervening may help us out. Next: Sat 1930v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND Sat 2230 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Sun 0310v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND Sun 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Mon 0300v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW Mon 0330 WRMI 9955 to SSE Mon 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Tue 1100 WRMI 9955 to SSE Tue 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Wed 1315.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v to WSW Wed 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW WORLD OF RADIO 1818 monitoring: confirmed the Sat 2230 broadcast on WBCQ, measured at 2235 March 26 on 9329.865, poor in noise level. Also confirmed from 0326 UT Sunday March 27 on WA0RCR, 1860-AM. Next: Sun 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Mon 0300v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW Mon 0330 WRMI 9955 to SSE Mon 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Tue 1100 WRMI 9955 to SSE Tue 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Wed 1315.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v to WSW Wed 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW WORLD OF RADIO 1818 monitoring: confirmed Sunday March 27 at 2330 on WBCQ, 9329.87-CUSB. Also confirmed UT Monday March 28 from 0301 on Area 51 webcast, and soon heard also on WBCQ 5129.7-AM; also confirmed after 0330 on WRMI 9955, VG S9+25 this time. Next: Mon 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Tue 1100 WRMI 9955 to SSE Tue 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Wed 1315.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v to WSW Wed 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Dear Glenn, I look forward to your show each week. Great information for us shortwave enthusiasts. Last night the show came in well. Attached is an audio clip from Fort Pierce, Florida. Cheers, (Richard Nowak, March 28, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Richard, Thanks. Glad you like the show. However, I don`t hear anything when playing your file. Nice view of the boat anchor. Is that really your radio, and what model? Also I wonder which broadcast you were listening to as there are three on Sunday nights. 9330, 5130, 9955 (Glenn to Richard, via DXLD) Hi Glenn, The show was on 5130 kHz during the 0300 UT hour. I picked the radio up at a ham fest last summer. It's a 1941 Hallicrafters SX- 28. Sorry the clip isn't playing at your end. The audio plays in the window of the email here. It's the clip about the Mighty KBC. One of my favorite SW broadcasts, listen to the KBC every Saturday night. Hope they can keep the shows to the states going. Thanks, (Richard Nowak, ibid.) WORLD OF RADIO 1818 monitoring: confirmed Mon March 28 at 2335 on WBCQ 9330-CUSB, slightly on the lo side. Also confirmed Tue March 29 from 2329:43 on 9329.95-CUSB. This almost daily transmission is habitually starting a bit before 2330 now. (By 0015 recheck during Blalock the Blaster, has drifted up to 9329.985.) Also confirmed Wed March 30 from 1315:32 on WRMI 9955, sufficient, no jamming. A couple seconds of music intervened after the gh ID at 1315:00. Also confirmed Wed March 30 on WBCQ webcast, between ID and start of WOR at 2100, a bit of noise and sounds like the words ``I`ve yet``. Also on 7489.91 at 2128 check, but very poor now in noise level. (At 2329 recheck during `The Next Chapter`, drifted to 7489.83.) WOR also confirmed Wed March 30 after 2330 on 9330.00-CUSB. Tim Gaynor`s low power station in NSW, Unique Radio on 3210, has added WORLD OF RADIO, four airings each weekend as included below. WORLD OF RADIO 1819: ready for first airings Thu March 31 and confirmed at 1152 on 9955, S9+10: Thu 1130 WRMI 9955 to SSE Thu 2100 WRMI 13695 to NW Thu 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Fri 0830 Unique Radio 3210 Fri 2130 WRMI 15770 to NE Fri 2130.5 WRMI 13695 to NW Fri 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Sat 0630 HLR 6190-CUSB to SW [ex-0730] Sat 0700 Unique Radio 3210 Sat 1400 Unique Radio 3210 Sat 1430 HLR 7265-CUSB to SW [ex-1530] Sat 1930v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND Sat 2230 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Sun 0310v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND Sun 0830 Unique Radio 3210 Sun 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Mon 0300v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW Mon 0330 WRMI 9955 to SSE Mon 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Tue 1100 WRMI 9955 to SSE Tue 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Wed 1315.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v to WSW Wed 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 5850, March 25 at 1024, this WRMI frequency is playing music instead of BS, who remains on 5765, 5950, etc., etc. I wonder if these music blox are to even out the exact amount of airtime TOM has purchased? Yet by leaving transmitter on, WRMI is burning the juice. 9955, UT Monday March 28 at 0321 checking WRMI prior to WOR at 0330, I am surprised to hear a jazz song in English ending with ``puta madre, oh shit``, S9+5. Is this really Radio Prague relay in English as scheduled, or some new fill music? Whew. 9955, March 28 at 0541, WRMI with Arab, then Turkish? song, eclectic music concert instead of BS after 0500 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Here's my current schedule for broadcasts on C292 and WBCQ, with a fair amount of changes from the prior month. - http://broadspectrumradio.com/shortwave-radio-schedule/ [see OKLAHOMA [non]] BTW, Alan and anyone else who has sent me a QSL report over the last few weeks, I'm hoping to have those in the mail by Tuesday. Sorry for the delays but I'm still working out the kinks of my system. I had a surprisingly heavy response to the airing of Mennonite & Broad Spectrum Radio on Channel 292, far more QSL's that I've received from WBCQ broadcasts. I'm going to give WBCQ one more month at the current schedule (one hour per week) but after that I may just choose to focus on Europe if the response continues to be so lopsided (James Branum, OK, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. On Monday, March 28, we'll do an extended session (interview plus music) with Cuban Jazz saxophone phenomenon Carlos Miyares, who has his own project in addition to his work with Chucho Valdés. Also, the final part of the concert music album Piñera Concertante and some vintage 70s Cuban Rock from Mirta y Raúl. *** Every Monday night at 8-9 pm EDT in the Americas (Tuesday morning 0000-0100 UT in the rest of the world) on the short waves on WBCQ The Planet, 7.490 MHz: From the Isle of Music, a new radio program dedicated to the music of Cuba – Jazz, Fusion, Timba, Nueva Trova, Son, Classical, Folklorica, interviews with musicians, even a little history of the music now and then. Partly in English, en parte en español. William "Bill" Tilford, Owner/Producer Tilford Productions, LLC 5713 N. St. Louis Av Chicago IL 60659-4405 email: bill@tilfordproductions.com phone: 773.267.6548 website: www.tilfordproductions.com (via gh, 2320 UT March 28, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) [non]. "From the Isle of Music" will have a test broadcast for Europe via channel 292 on 6070khz on Tuesday evening at 1900 UT. Until now, this has only been broadcast via WBCQ. I recorded it via the WBCQ webstream a couple of weeks ago - and I found it an excellent programme of Cuban music. Highly recommended. If you catch the programme, and enjoy it, do let the producer Bill Tilford know at bill@tilfordproductions.com or at the "From the Isle of Music" Facebook page (Alan Roe, Teddington, UK, 1947 UT Tue March 28, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) FROM THE ISLE OF MUSIC ADDS SECOND STATION/TIME Effective immediately, we have added Channel 292, 6070 in Germany, to our radio family on Tuesdays 1900-2000 UT. This should be easier for our friends in the Europe, Africa and the Middle East. From the Isle of Music can now be heard Tuesdays from 1900-2000 UT on Channel 292, 6070, a station in Germany, in addition to Tuesdays 0000 UTC (8-9pm EDT Mondays in the Americas) on WBCQ 7490, a station in the US. We are now able to send e-Qsls for reception reports for both options, we can be sent to tilfordproductions@gmail.com. Please be patient with us about response time as our resources are very limited. Our April 4 (in the Americas) / April 5 (for the rest of the world) program will include Cuban Jazz trombonist Eduardo Sandoval, one of the most exciting trombonists in Cuba since Juan Pablo Torres. We will also begin a beautiful new concert music album, Danzas Para Piano de Ignacio Cervantes, and we'll have some Cuban rock from Tesis de Menta along with some of Pello el Afrokan's Mozambiques. Two listening options on shortwave: WBCQ, 7490 KHz, Tuesdays 0000 UTC (8pm EDT Mondays) Channel 292, 6070 KHz, Tuesdays 1900 UTC (2100 CEST) See our Facebook page for more information. (William "Bill" Tilford, Owner/Producer Tilford Productions, LLC 5713 N. St. Louis Av Chicago IL 60659-4405 email: bill@tilfordproductions.com phone: 773.267.6548 website: http://www.tilfordproductions.com DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 7489.87-AM, UT Wed March 30 at 0016, on WBCQ, TimTron is hosting a show explaining how frustrating grinding crystals can be, which he has had to do for new frequency 5130 ex-5110 in ``transmitter-2``. Apparently there are two of those, or two exciters, BC-610 and FT-243. As I have wondered, why not use frequency synthesizers? He says, KISS, xtals require one tube or transistor, rather than a rack or even a room of equipment. He also hopes to get 3250 up soon, like in two weeks. He was working on it Saturday, but the Q was too low, leading to risk of harmonic radiation; fixing that. Had high voltage flashover problems, would not work, so he quit for the time being. Trying to do call-in, repeatedly gives public number, but phone won`t work at first since it`s still forwarding to Allan in Florida. Unclear whether this is really live or a playback but scheduled for UT Wed 00- 01 is an `Allan Weiner Worldwide` repeat. 0100 cut abruptly to Brother Scare, so probably a playback (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Poor reception signal of WMLK Bethel on March 27 1758 & 1853 on 9275 MLK 125 kW / 053 deg to WeEu English http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2016/03/poor-reception-signal-of-wmlk-bethel-on.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9275, March 29 at 1920, no signal from WMLK, while neighbor 9265 WINB is S8. Seems reactivated WMLK is appearing less and less; why bother at all with sesquidecade-old stuff? Because that doesn`t stop lots of other gospel huxters (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 7505, WRNO with DW English News (!) into InfoWars with Alex Jones talking about Boston bombing being blamed on 'right wing' domestic terrorists but it was actually a 'false flag' attack by the government (this was in Alex's breathless style and appeared to be a tape from the April 15, 2013 date claiming he KNEW it was the government itself that did the bombing. OkayDokey...) Full WRNO ID at 0249. Then "Country Roads" preacher who specifically mentioned WRNO with lots of music & a little preaching about David. Does WRNO regularly relay Deutsche Welle? 5554+4+ 0240-0300 20/Mar ccrane skywave +whip (Kenneth Vito Zichi, Williamston MI, MARE Tipsheet March 25 via DXLD) Yes, but at no certain time. I didn`t know they ever carried Alex Jones; just a clip to make some point (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) 7504.94, UT Sat March 26 at 0301, I`m trying to catch the Chinese broadcast from WRNO, allegedly UT Thu & Sat 03-04 or so. Usual gospel huxter with strange accent in English; seems obsessed with the number ``26`` as it applies to various dates somehow connected with wacky prophecy. This sermon goes on and on, 0306, still 0338 when I quit checking; no Chinese. 7504.9, March 27 at 0142, WRNO with open carrier/dead S9+45 air. I think they were modulating when I tuned by earlier, but dead air is not unusual for them; what a waste (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn, Thanks for the alert that WRNO has changed their Chinese language schedule (ex: Saturday). Sunday, March 27 heard Chinese at tune in of 0258; later at 0351 the program had ended and gave WRNO ID and contact info in English. So what about their other day of Chinese? Changed from Thursday or not? (Ron Howard, California, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 3195, March 27 at 0138, some hypo gospel huxter, a pleasant respite from all the hyper ones, WWRB active on this frequency, but BS is still on 9370, not 3185 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 3185, March 28 at 0350-0401+, S9+45 open carrier/deadair instead of BS on WWRB. Next check at 1218, again, or I daresay, still OC/DA! Next2 check at 1225, 3185 is off, and 9370 is on now with Scourby intoning, into HyStairia. Suspect Dave was off on a flight mission, but when he or someone implemented the frequency change, discovered that modulation needed to be re-added. That`s one-up on some other SW stations which make frequency changes and yet keep their air dead (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 15555-USB, March 29 at 1931, usual sole gospel huxter John Hill, defunct, on WJHR. Haven`t noticed it for some time, unsure whether irregular operation or MUF too low/skip too long beyond Milton FL (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [and non]. 11550, March 27 at 1328, open carrier atop some weaker station with talk, still no mod here past 1330. Suppose it`s WEWN, normally // 12050 in Spanish which is nominal. At 1358 the OC/DA is S9+20, and a few seconds before 1400, comes to life with WEWN Spanish ID and then programming. 11550 is supposed to start WEWN at 1300. DST confusion still? Nothing in HFCC A-16 for the understation, but Ivo Ivanov has 11550 as North Korean clandestine National Unity Radio (ex-7515), at 1300-1600 via TAJIKISTAN, and on March 25 was // 11540 with 5 second delay! (that`s where I was getting CNR1 jamming vs algo today; see CHINA) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) MOTHER ANGELICA, WEWN HAS DIED http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MOTHER_ANGELICA_OBIT?SITE=RIPRJ&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2016-03-27-22-06-51 (via Mike Cooper, WORLD OF RADIO 1819, DXLD) MOTHER ANGELICA, FOUNDER OF EWTN, DIES ON EASTER SUNDAY AOL By Ivana Hrynkiw March 27, 2016 http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2016/03/mother_angelica_founder_of_ew t.html Mother Angelica has passed away today at the age of 92, according to the Eternal Word Television Network. EWTN, the world's largest Catholic satellite network, was founded by Mother Angelica out of a garage next to the monastery she started in Irondale. Mother Angelica also hosted a long-running talk show. Her show is still seen on reruns internationally. She even received a video message from Pope Francis last month, when he asked the nun to pray for him. Her health has declined over the year, but she wanted to remain alive as long as possible, she said. She once told her fellow nuns, "We don't understand the awesomeness of living even one more day... I told my sisters the other day, 'When I get really bad give me all the medicine I can take, all the tubes you can stuff down me.' 'Why'd you want that?' 'I want to live.' 'Why?' "Because I will have suffered one more day for the love of God... I will exercise you in virtue. But most of all I will know God better. You cannot measure the value of one new thought about God in your own life.'" Her greatest talent, a gift of gab that built an international media empire that broadcasts to 80 million homes, eluded her in the last few years. Mother Angelica has had health problems most of her life, from an accident that left her in leg braces to 2001 stroke that caused her to wear an eye patch. She suffered another stroke in 2001, which left her mostly unable to speak. She also had health problems like Bell's palsy, heart disease, and asthma. On most days, pilgrims arrive from all over the world to visit the grounds of the shrine that Mother Angelica built at an estimated cost of more than $30 million, paid for by donations, on 300 acres outside Hanceville. It has a stone castle with 40-foot-tall turrets for a visitors' center, with nine suits of armor, 600-year-old wood plank tables, medieval manuscripts, and a gift shop inside. She also built a worldwide shortwave radio station, WEWN, on top of a mountain in Shelby County in 1992. The nuns in Hanceville have provided Mother Angelica with constant care. Birmingham Bishop Robert Baker said about her passing: "Mother Angelica brought the truth and the love and the life of the Gospel of Jesus to so many people, not only to our Catholic household of faith, but to many thousands of people who are not Catholic, in that beautiful way she had of touching lives, bringing so many people into the Catholic Faith." Michael Warsaw, EWTN Chairman and CEO, released a statement: "This is a sorrow-filled day for the entire EWTN Family. Mother has always, and will always, personify EWTN, the Network which she founded... Everything she did was an act of faith." EWTN asked for prayers during this time. (AL.com reporter Greg Garrison co-wrote this report). (via Mike Terry, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) Since she was on life-support for a long time, apparently, one can only wonder if the date of her death was ``manipulated`` to enhance her image. Now for the beatification biz (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) Another version: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-35909940 (via Terry Krueger, WORLD OF RADIO 1819, DXLD) MOTHER ANGELICA DIES AT 92. WEWN BIRMINGHAM Founded the EWTN Global Catholic Network [incl. short wave station WEWN Birmingham on air since 1992] Irondale, AL (EWTN) Mother Mary Angelica of the Annunciation, P.C.P.A., known to millions around the world as Foundress of the EWTN Global Catholic Network, died peacefully at 5 p.m. CDT, Easter Sunday, March 27, surrounded by the Poor Clare Nuns of Perpetual Adoration of Our Lady of the Angels Monastery in Hanceville, Ala. [...] Born Rita Antoinette Rizzo in Canton, Ohio in 1923, she entered the Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration in Cleveland on Aug. 15, 1944 at the age of 21. A year later, she received her religious name – Sister Mary Angelica of the Annunciation. Soon after, the Cleveland Monastery established a new foundation in Canton, and Sr. Angelica was chosen to be a member of the community there. On Jan. 2, 1947 she made her first profession of vows and in January 1953, Sister Angelica took her solemn vows as a Poor Clare nun. [...] Despite having only a high school education, no television experience and only $200 in the bank, Mother Angelica officially launched the Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) on Aug. 15, 1981 and served as the Network’s first Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. She famously refused to air paid advertisements to fund her Network, relying solely on viewer donations, despite coming close to bankruptcy on several occasions. More than 34 years later, EWTN is the largest Catholic media network in the world, transmitting 11 separate television channels in multiple languages, reaching more than 264 million homes in 145 countries and territories. The Network now also includes multiple radio platforms, online and digital media outlets, global news services and a publishing group. Known for her humor and ability to colloquially communicate the Catholic Faith to both Catholics and non-Catholics alike, her popular EWTN television show, “Mother Angelica Live” was launched in 1983. Episodes of the program continue to air regularly and have been translated into multiple languages including Spanish, German, and Ukrainian. [...] Before stepping down as EWTN’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in 2000, Time magazine described Mother Angelica as, "arguably the most influential Roman Catholic woman in America.” Throughout her life, she struggled with painful illnesses and physical challenges. On Christmas Eve of 2001, Mother Angelica suffered a debilitating stroke and cerebral hemorrhage which took away her capacity to speak. [...] Further information is available at http://www.ewtn.com http://www.ewtn.com/media/press-releases-article.asp?aId=412 (via Hansjoerg Biener, WORLD OF RADIO 1819, DXLD) 5810, March 28 at 0347, WEWN Spanish talking about Madre Angélica, including a clip of her in English, ``we have no money of our own`` voiced-over to Spanish. English on 11520 is too weak to copy. Checking now since news broke March 27 that Rita Rizzo had died on Easter Sunday, age 92, after having been an invalid for a sesquidecade, following strokes and unable to speak. Some press refers to her as ``founder`` of EWTN --- NO! She was the ``foundress``, tho possibly celibate, always wanted to assert her gender identity. Of course, WEWN talks about her incessantly anyway; burial mass will be 1600 UT Friday April 1. And they will keep playing tapes of her ad aeternum like other SW legacy stations (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1819, DX LISTENING DIGEST) FUNDADORA DE EWTN FALLECIÓ. Mayor información: https://www.aciprensa.com/noticias/madre-angelica-fundadora-de-ewtn-partio-a-la-casa-del-padre-49609/ 73! (Alfredo Cañote, Perú, condiglista yg via DXLD) obit ** U S A. WBOB QSL update and upcoming test in April. Hi folks. I have been in touch with Jerry Smith at WBOB [600 Jacksonville FL] and he advised that QSL's will be forthcoming shortly. He also mentioned that WBOB will be running another test in April, and will contact me when the date is confirmed so I can get an announcement out. -- 73, (Brandon Jordan, KM4PBQ, Fayette County, TN EM55gc, http://www.swldx.us March 25, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1030, March 25 at 0121 UT, gospel huxter from N/S, not nice: ``may the Lord curse and abandon you``, heavy SAH of 3.7 Hz with algo. 0129 UT ads for Mirador in Corpus Christi, and mergegospel.com; 0131.5 goes silent, or rather to the open carrier/dead air plus hum surges up as I have been hearing for the last three nights hours afterwards, as this 50 kW daytimer fails to turn off transmitter at sunset! But almost silences the STL. Nor did they ID or say good-night, or anything. The same thing was happening Oct 4-11, 2012, as reported extensively in DXLDs: http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld1241.txt http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld1242.txt More about KCTA`s curious deals with WBZ in http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld1305.txt (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1310, WDTW, Dearborn MI: Scratch my previous log of 1310 WDKD Kingstree SC. I logged someone on 1310 IDing as 900 WNMB North Myrtle Beach SC. I contacted the station and was told that WNMB’s computer & library was sold to WDKD. Some crack detective work by Sparky Blue Fox, contacting WDTW, confirmed that the WNMB computer was actually sold to WDTW. You’d think that the folks at WNMB would know that (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, MARE Tipsheet March 25 via DXLD) ** U S A. 1380, March 26 at 0320 UT, Spanish hymn in ranchera style, loops SSE/NNW; 0321 UT live DJ outros as ``Desde el Cielo Descendió`` (he came down from heaven), takes request calls from pious ``hermanas`` to 713-589-1460, ID in passing ``Radio Aleluya, buenas noches``, 10:22 TC. It`s KRCM Shenandoah TX relaying KMIC 1590; dominant signal and obviously still on 22 kW day power instead of 43 watts night. Like so many gospel huxters, they think they are ``above the law`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1530, March 25 at 0105 UT, C&W segués from NW/SE, good signal, presumed KQSC Colorado Springs CO, which is ND, 15 kW day, 15 watts night, and 1 kW critical hours. Well, it`s now ``night`` after 0100 UT in March (0130 UT in April). As in DXLDs 15-44 and 15-45, it revived on Oct 23 initially with classical music, but now it`s ``Mountain Country`` // 107.3 FM: http://www.mymountaincountry.com/about-us (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1660, KTIQ, CA, Merced, 3/16, 0620 [MST = 1320 UT]. M and W cohosts (Rob and Dawn Show), millennial gen. talk show on elections, "puke versus vomit" election. VG and steady. A recheck on 3/24 had them with alternative rock and a slogan of "The Bear 1-0-5 point 7" before the hour of 0700 [MST = 1400 UT], the same talk show after. This is all new from former format of Spanish religious talk (Rick Barton, Peoria AZ, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) And thus the long-propagated mis-ID as ``Anvictio`` becomes moot (gh) KTIQ-1660 Merced --- I don't know how I missed this but KTIQ has changed formats to Rock. Heard on my morning drive and then in the evening in the car. I did note the mentions of 1-oh-5-7. I'll listen more to get their slogan. I thought I heard another FM frequency too, maybe the translator. Wikipedia shows the change on March 16th and has a little more info (Martin Foltz, Mission Viejo CA, March 30, ABDX via DXLD) ** U S A. 1680, March 25 at 0100 UT, gumbo ad, and sung ad for WCK Foundation Repair, exactly the same pair I heard March 20 at 0144-0146 UT, from KRJO Monroe LA during a baseballgame. 1680, UT Sat March 26 at 0325 UT, LSU Tiger baseball game vs Texas A&M, with ``charge`` trumpet tune (isn`t that more apropos for football?): KRJO Monroe LA, soon found to be // 1130 KWKH Shreveport with slight echo; and at 0328 UT same game also on 870 WWL New Orleans, ``LSU Sports Radio Network``, but during ad break not //; or when game coverage resumes I find that WWL is running 14 seconds behind the others (so a quick bet could pay off against someone cluelessly listening to the delay). Now, why does this need to be on three `big` stations? Any listener to KWKH or KRJO could also be hearing it on WWL (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1690, March 25 at 0059 UT, ``Denver`s Money Talk 16-90 AM`` non-IDs twice until signal drops off at 0059.4* UT without any call letters being heard. It`s now Salem`s KDMT Arvada CO, 10/1 kW U1, and 0100 UT is indeed official FCC sunset time for March (April: 0145 UT). Call changed from KDDZ (Disney) on December 8, 2015 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 100.5, WBOU-LP, Nashville TN, target date is April 15, George McClintock tells me. That`s the station he`s been working on since being sidelined from WTWW, much to the latter`s detriment. Details are in FCC FM Query as Facility 195738. Licensee is Catholic Media Productions, and antenna will be on a bishop`s building. Will take programming from six different networks, but NOT EWTN, which insists on contracts giving it most of airtime on affiliates. Altho George is Catholic, he`s been rebuffed in the past attempting to provide technical advice to fix what`s wrong with WEWN. No relation to onetime VOA transmitter site in Bound Brook NJ (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. RF 14, March 28 at 1435 UT, KERA Dallas is in with call- letter bugs in lower right of three subchannels: 13-1 KERA-HD, 13-2, WORLD, 13-3 CREATE. Zenith STB mixes this in with KETA/OETA Oklahoma on RF 13 but also virtual 13, which always breaks up. While it lasts, a few minutes, KERA is solid. 13-3 is // OETA 13-3 also with CREATE. KERA has no 13-4 unlike OETA with KIDS. Matches tropo maps well in minor opening from N Texas to here to Tulsa market, which is also decoding on several channels. DX QRM is blocking RF 23 KSBI OKC, and even causing breakup of our *only* local Enid TV transmitter, 3ABN`s K17JN-D; source of that no doubt being KDOR TBN megawatt in Bartlesville OK. RF 29 KTUZ is also failing to decode (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** UZBEKISTAN. 6260, BVB (Tashkent) 1404-1430* 25 March. Droning English sermon with closing hymn at 1428 followed by "You're listening to, Bible Voice Broadcasting" & pmail address in Canada for info/comments (cut-off mid-sentence). (Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA, E5/6m X wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** UZBEKISTAN. 12160, March 27 at 1338, S8 open carrier/dead air vying with CODAR. A-16 HFCC has TWR, 100 kW, 131 degrees via Tashkent at 1315-1630 in multiple languages (despite WWCR starting at 1500). Another first-day-of-season/DST-in-Europe foulup, I suppose (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VATICAN CITY [non]. 9660, VR (Talata-Volonondry) 0317+ 26 March. In English (sked 0300-0330) with sub-Saharan economic news & Vatican response to the economic challenges in the region (Dan Sheedy, Encinitas, CA, E5/6m X wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VATICAN STATE. Vatican Radio, 15540, 3/26/16. African service heard at 1924 UT, with S6 reception and moderate fading. Transmission began with a brief interlude of instrumental music; s/on at 1925 with station ID by female announcer who also provided the on-going commentary of the live broadcast of the Easter Vigil service. Transmission was also heard on 17590, with S6 reception in the Portuguese language. Vatican Radio, 15595, 3/28/16. I listened to their African service at 1615 UT. Fair reception of fifteen minutes of world news -- included a mention of the passing of Mother Angelica, 92, foundress of EWTN - Global Catholic Network, who died on Easter Sunday. S/off at 1629 (Larry Zamora, Garland, TX, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7250 // 6070 // 3975, March 30 at 0548, Latinish mass from Vatican Radio now audible on all three, azimuths respectively 26, 326, 330, continuing to collide unnecessarily with CFRX 6070 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VIETNAM. 6019.999, V of Vietnam Dac Lac site, and as usual two symmetrical spurious signals of 13.363 kHz each side, 'seen' as peaks as on 6006.637 and 6033.362 kHz. 0744 UT on March 25. 7210.0, V Of Vietnam 1st program service from Dac Lac site, and as usual two symmetrical spurious signals 'seen' as peaks as 7196.182 and 7223.818 kHz. 0751 UT on March 25. 9635.801, V of VTN 1st program from Son Tay site, and both sides symmetrically accompanied 100 Hertz main power spurs visible, at 0813 UT on March 25 [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, 0640-1000 UT on March 25, on remote SDR in eastern Thailand: Checked the local 2 to 4 pm reception time slot in 49 / 41 / 31 / 25 mb in eastern Thailand SDR remote unit today, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) VIETNAME, 9635.8, R. Voz do Vietname, Son Tay, 1048-desvan. total 1110, vietnamita (p), texto; 15331. Good DX & 73, (Carlos Gonçalves, southwest coast of Portugal, March 24, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VIETNAM [non]. 12005, March 27 at 0107, VOV is back on A-season frequency of English to North America via Woofferton UK, very poor so far, unlike ex-6175 which is now vacant. Too bad such abrupt major band changes are required only two times a year. Interim 9 MHz band would have been prudent. This applies to English at 0100 & 0230 with an hour of Vietnamese between; but the 0300-0430 block in Spanish- English-Spanish is still on 6175 via WHRI. 6175, March 28 at 0339, VOV in English, usual VG signal, tnx to still being via WHRI at 0330, unlike the earlier 0100 & 0230 to North America, which have switched to 12005 via UK for A-16. And the 6175 WHRI transmitter is squealing! Need to replace some modulation modules (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1819, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** WESTERN SAHARA [non]. CLANDESTINAS: 1550, Frente POLISARIO, Rabouni, Argélia. Enquanto o prgr. em castelhano, durante a emissão matutina, parece ter desaparecido (pelo menos, não vai para o ar no antigo horário das 1200-1300*), já a emissão vespertina tem "mexido" algo. No dia 06/3, observei-a entre as 1710 e as 1728, mas foi-me impossível prolongar a observação, pelo que ignoro se terminou às 1730, mas antes das 1800 já emitiam em árabe. No dia 08/3, ocorreu às 2301-2334*, e idem nos dias 9, 10, 12, 13, 22 e 23. Nos restantes, dias (11 e 14 a 21/3), as obs. foram quase diárias, e nos dias em que as fiz, não escutei o prgr. em castelhano 2300-2330*. Good DX & 73, (Carlos Gonçalves, southwest coast of Portugal, March 24, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** YEMEN [non]. Rep. Yemen Radio Sanaa (Saudi Arabia Relay?) 11860, 1405 24 MAR - SINPO = 25322. Arabic, male announcer. music with microtonal vocals. (Spot check 1452z SINPO 35323 music with microtonal vocals). QSB=rapid rate, modulation on noisy carrier occasionally dips below noise floor but mostly mixing or above it. sf86.4, a10, k2, geomag: quiet. 50kw?, Omni?, bearing 7 ?. Sangean ATS505 w/MFJ-1020C active antenna used to preselect Magic Wand Antenna hanging indoors on west wall. Received at Las Vegas, United States, 13045KM? from transmitter at Riyadh?. Local time: 0705 (Rodney Johnson, NV, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ARABIA SAUDI, 11860, Radio SanaAa, Jeddah, 1650-1703, escuchada el 24 de marzo de 2016 en árabe, probablemente emitiendo el sonido de Yemen TV, emisión de música probablemente militar y música popular local, a las 1700 sintonía, locutor y locutora con comentarios, SINPO 34333 (José Miguel Romero, Burjasot (Valencia), España, Sangean ATS 909, Antena hilo de 10 m, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11860, 1512 25 MAR - SINPO = 25212. Arabic, music with microtonal vocals. QSB=rapid-to-ff rate, modulation occasionally peaks above noise floor but mostly mixes with it. sf85.8, a7, k1, geomag: very quiet. 50kw?, Omni?, bearing 7 ?. Sangean ATS505 w/MFJ-1020C active antenna used to preselect Magic Wand Antenna hanging indoors on west wall. Received at Las Vegas, United States, 13045KM? from transmitter at Riyadh?. Local time: 0812 (Rodney Johnson, NV, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Fair signal of Republic of Yemen Radio, March 27 from 1130 on 11860 unknown tx / unknown to N/ME Arabic http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/03/fair-signal-of-republic-of-yemen-radio.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11860.00, March 27 at 1310, Republic of Yemen Radio still here in A- season, big S9+10 very good signal as ever in Arabic about Sa`udi Arabia; 1333 talking about Yemen. If it`s now colliding with a North Korean clandestine via Uzbekistan at 1330-1530, as in HFCC (which still omits the Yemen service), I can`t detect that underneath. 11860 music at 1432 is still S9+20 and no CCI audible (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11860, 1343 27 MAR - in ARABIC from RIYADH?. SINPO = 35323. Arabic, female announcer interviewing male in studio. 1346z musical interlude then female announcer continues, interviewing a different male. (Spot check 1521z signal slightly weaker, overall same as before. Male announcer interviewing male over the phone). QSB=ff, modulation on fluttery carrier mostly above the noise floor. sf86.5, a3, k3, geomag: unsettled. 50kw?, Omni?, bearing 17 ?. Sangean ATS505 w/MFJ-1020C active antenna used to preselect Magic Wand Antenna hanging indoors on west wall. Received at Las Vegas, United States, 13045KM? from transmitter at Riyadh?. Local time: 0643 (Rodney Johnson, NV, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Rep. of Yemen Radio / Sana'a March 27. Strong copy here yesterday 3/27 about 1400-1500z 11860 (Rich Ray, Near Chicago, Ten Tec rx300 and Wellbrook 330s, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) First day of A16 and AWR has moved away from 11860 at 1730-1800, leaving Rep. of Yemen Radio / Sana'a in the clear. We may now be able to hear what is really going on with Sana'a in this timeslot. Good reception tonight (March 27) at 1730-1740, although still plagued by fading. Rep. of Yemen Radio / Sana'a, Sunday March 27. I think a mild sub- audible het began at 1746, at which stage signal was s4-s5. Mild het coupled with natural fading made it difficult to tell when the het stopped, but at 1752 the signal suddenly increased to s5-s7. I watched the s meter needle move up! Not complicated by the AWR signal tonight, it has gone for A16 (Bill Bingham, Johannesburg RSA. Drake R8E, Sony ICF2001D. dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Listening Monday March 28th 11860 not too strong today; carrier dropped out abruptly 1757:40. Returned at 1759:43, possibly a bit weaker - or the band changed. Hard to distinguish audio at this stage (Don Moman, VE6JY, Alberta, ibid.) Noted the drop in signal strength too when the signal returned as monitored (and recorded) via Twente today (Monday). No echo noticed possibly because the first transmitter turned off before the second one turned on, if indeed this is what's happening (-- Richard Langley, Sent from my iPhone, Mar 28, ibid.) Hi Don and Richard, Naturally, I wasn't listening to Sana'a on March 28 so missed the carrier dropout! Irrespective of sub-audible hets, echoes or carrier dropouts, I'm now convinced that your often-observed reduction in signal just before 1800 corresponds to my often-observed increase. Since we are variously listening from Canada, via Netherlands, and South Africa, surely the only possible explanation is a change of directional antenna? Which of course suggests a completely different transmitter site after the circa 1800 change. Regards, (Bill Bingham, March 29, ibid.) Hi Don and Richard, Tuesday March 29 there was so much fading on 11860, with the s meter needle jumping about, that it was difficult to work out what was happening. However, from 1730 tune in the signal was rapidly varying between s3- s5. Fading made it impossible to hear a SAH even if there was one, and such echo as I heard was mild studio echo. At 1746 the s meter went fairly rapidly up to s5-s7, with fading slightly less rapid than before and clearer audio. Regards, (Bill Bingham, Johannesburg RSA. Drake R8E, Sony ICF2001D. dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Listening via Twente, no apparent change to the 20 over S9 peak in the vicinity of 1800. Have recorded it and will review later this evening. Have to teach a grad course right now (Richard B. Langley, Geodetic Research Laboratory, Web: http://gge.unb.ca | Dept. of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering, University of New Brunswick, Mar 29, ibid.) Rep. Yemen Radio Sana’a (Saudi Arabia Relay?) 11860, 1332 29 MAR - SINPO = 35323. Arabic, male announcer interviewing male in studio. QSB=rapid-to-ff rate, modulation mostly well above the noise floor with occasional rapid short drops that mix with it. (Spot check at 1446z SINPO 45323 music with male DJ) sf87.6, a10, k3, geomag: unsettled. 50kw?, Omni?, bearing 17 ?. Sangean ATS505 w/MFJ-1020C active antenna used to preselect Magic Wand Antenna hanging indoors on west wall. Received at Las Vegas, United States, 13045KM? from transmitter at Riyadh?. Local time: 0632 (Rodney Johnson, NV, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Was anyone listening to Rep. of Yemen Radio / Sana'a at 0100 this morning (March 30)? I tuned in at 0058 and couldn't even find a carrier, not sure if they were off air or just a propagation glitch. Country ??? Rep. of Yemen Radio / Sana'a 11860 Location ??? Mar 30, 2016 Wednesday. 0058-0103. Nothing there, no carrier. Jo'burg sunrise 0416 (Bill Bingham, Johannesburg RSA. Drake R8E, Sony ICF2001D. dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) On March 30, at 0620, 0920, and 1000 UT noted exile radio of Yemen via ARS rented TX site on 11860 kHz. Best at all Greece S=8 -78dBm. In northern Switzerland, southern Germany, DARC Bavaria SDR unit, all S=6 or -92dBm, in Madrid S=5 or -98dBm, S=5 or -94dBm in Hungary; in Moscow S=4 or -102dBm; on Denmark-Germany border S=4 or -101dBm, S=3 or -109dBm in central and northern Sweden, central Belgium, NIL signals in Oldham Manchester England, eastern Thailand, Brisbane, Australia. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) 11860, 1354 30 MAR - REP.YEMEN RADIO SANA’A (YEMEN CLA?). SINPO = 45323. Arabic, male announcer interviewing males over the phone and in the studio. ‘Yemeni’ mentioned several times. 1358z music with microtonal vocals. QSB=rapid-to-ff rate but mostly shallow, modulation mostly well above the noise floor but occasionally dips to mixing with it in short bursts of very short durations. (Spot check at 1306z nothing heard, entire 25mb dead save for weak VoA Philippines on 11990. 1514z SINPO 35323 music). sf87.6, a11, k2, geomag: quiet. 50kw?, Omni?, bearing 17 ?. Sangean ATS505 w/MFJ-1020C active antenna used to preselect Magic Wand Antenna hanging indoors on west wall. Received at Las Vegas, United States, 13045KM? from transmitter at Riyadh?. Local time: 0654 (Rodney Johnson, NV, ibid.) Rep. of Yemen Radio / Sana'a, a new variation --- Republic of Yemen Radio, 11860. March 30. A new sequence of events noted tonight beginning at approximately 1751. Recording (2.1MB mp3) posted to: https://app.box.com/s/lqacb6vilu3ryvi14r9gr1xrzr5do8dy 29 seconds into this recording the S meter reading on the Drake increases from s3-s5 up to s5-s7. Background noise can be heard to reduce at this point (and can be seen to do so on a graphical display, eg: Audacity), but unusually, the audio does not improve, if anything it gets weaker for a while. The opposite is usually the case - audio improves with signal level. At 1:22 a severe echo begins; I am sure this is not a studio effect. This, I believe, is the transmitter changeover echo. Speculation (other ideas welcome, please): Echo usually starts as the s meter reading increases, suggesting an already modulated second carrier has started up. Tonight I suspect the second carrier was unmodulated when it started up, hence the suppression of both the background noise AND the modulation of the (weaker) original carrier. The second carrier was only modulated from 1:22 hence the echo beginning some time after the increase in signal level. Can anyone suggest another scenario please? (Bill Bingham, Johannesburg RSA. Drake R8E, Sony ICF2001D. dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) I listened to the recording and I would say that it is certainly not studio effect as it is a severe detriment to readability. It could be two transmitters fed by an internet stream as latency for internet streams can be 100s of milliseconds to tens of seconds (and internet streaming is a cheap way to feed audio). This delay was certainly greater than 500ms and less than 1 second. Typical studio effects are less than 250ms (what audio engineers call a 'slap-back' that essentially gives the listeners' ears two chances to hear the content without being too distracting). -73s (Rodney Johnson, NV, ibid.) Listened to the whole recording from about 1728 to about 2030 UT (from yesterday, 29 March, via Twente). There is no noticeable transmitter change around 1800 on this day, at least no perceptible drop to the audio level and no echo noted. Still a good readable level at 1900 and still at 1930 UT. Around this time, the audio starts to weaken and eventually becomes unintelligible. This might just be a propagation effect (Richard Langley, NB, ibid.) Station is fading in & out right now, 0050 March 31, with what I would describe as tribal music. Male vocals with large background vocals, plenty of drums & wind instruments. YL announcer says a brief few words and goes right back into similar style music. Signal is poor, S5 at best, with significant QRN. Mostly signal is underneath the noise. I believe that this is them as the programming seems to fit what I have heard from them previously. Measuring frequency at little offset at 11860.045 (Stephen C Wood, Harwich, MA, Perseus SDR with 25 x 50 variable terminated superloop antenna (225º Southwest), ibid.) "surely the only possible explanation is a change of directional antenna? Which of course suggests a completely different transmitter site after the circa 1800 change." Or, a different transmitter/antenna combination at the same site. By the way, if there actually is a transmitter/antenna change at around 1800 UT (at least on most days) do we have any indication of the approximate time when they shift back later to the original transmitter/antenna or when it signs on if not a 24-hour operation? (-- Richard Langley, ibid.) Hi Richard, On Jan 24 I wrote that "if they increase the power every day they must also decrease it sometimes". I initially thought that happened at around 0110 daily because at that time I could often hear a sub-audible het and noticed a drop in signal strength. However, when Don Moman checked on his SDR he saw a completely independent co- channel un-modulated carrier come on air at that time, and go off two minutes later without obviously doing anything. It was concluded that the carrier was from the CRI Nepalese service, adjusting for their transmission due to start at 0130. This could quite easily account for the SAH I was hearing. If the 2 minute carrier really is CRI, then no, we don't know when Rep. of Yemen shifts back to their original transmitter; I have not heard such a shift in South Africa at any other time, but it may be audible in other time zones where they are propagating. I have to leave that for others to check. Regards, (Bill Bingham, RSA, ibid.) ** ZAMBIA. ZNBC1, 5915, Lusaka. Mar 27, 2016 Sunday. 0251-0412. Tuned in to anthem at 0251, ID and morning greetings at 0252. Brass band at 0264, then YL and OM in conversation. Phone-in begins at 0316, then at 0329 Afro music. At 0400 id “ZNBC Lusaka”, then fish eagles and jingle, then ID again and “One Zambia, One Nation”. Into news?? read by YL, and at 0405 a Dolly Parton song, “Wild flowers don't care where they grow”. Back to OM/YL combo. Poor, almost at noise level from 0251 tune-in through to 0350, then reception suddenly improved and noise fell away, as though transmitter power was suddenly increased. Stayed good and strong, although after about 0410 modulation became quite distrorted, especially the YL, she became impossible to read. Hence, I tuned out at 0412. Maybe they were running at reduced power until 0350 because of the unstable electricity supply in Zambia ? (Just speculating / mumbling). Jo'burg sunrise 0415. (Bill Bingham, Johannesburg RSA. Drake R8E, Sony ICF2001D. dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ZNBC1, 5915 Lusaka. Mar 28, 2016 Monday. 0300-0415. Reception of ZNBC1 spoiled this morning (in Jo'burg) from 0300ut-0400ut by very rapid flutter, presumably a sub-audible het from Radio Lead Africa on the same frequency. There was also some talk modulation from the interloper, but too weak to make out the language, didn't sound English. The QRM ended at 0400, just as ZNBC1 was giving its ID. No doubt government-owned Sentech from Meyerton ignoring a polite request to give Zambia precedence in recognition of its many years on this frequency. South Africa once again living up to its reputation as regional bully boy. Jo'burg sunrise 0415 (Bill Bingham, Johannesburg RSA. Drake R8E, Sony ICF2001D. dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ZNBC1, 5915 Lusaka. Mar 29, 2016 Tuesday. 0257-0411. At 0257 nothing heard from Zambia, but assume their carrier must have been on because at 0259 a rapid sub-audible het began, with intermittent voice modulation which was very weak, almost at noise level, fading in and out. Couldn't make out the language, but for most of the hour didn't sound English. Heard several mentions of “Uganda”, for example OM at 0312, YL at 0320, OM at 0325, YL at 0350. Finally a YL talking English (but mostly unreadable) from 0357 – 0359. The second carrier, presumed Radio Lead Africa via Meyerton, went off air at 0402 (late, of course, thanks Sentech!) leaving a good signal from Zambia with an ad for “GoTV”. ID at 0404 “ZNBC Radio 1” into typical Zambian programming. All (including the Zambian carrier) went off at 0408 and had not returned by tune-out at 0411, presumably a Zambian power cut. As we predicted, Radio Lead Africa is destroying reception of ZNBC 1 in Jo'burg. Meyerton is just 25 miles south of my location, so I assume most of their signal is going over my head towards Uganda. I hate to think what effect it is having on reception of ZNBC 1 in Zambia. Jo'burg sunrise 0416 (Bill Bingham, Johannesburg RSA. Drake R8E, Sony ICF2001D. dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Bill, March 30, not too bad a signal from ZNBC 1 on 5915; pop African music; best in USB to get away from NHK (5910), but almost no QRM from NHK; heavy QRN (static); 0419-0429*; suddenly off the air and subsequent checking till 0458 did not find them back on the air and as you say "presumably a Zambian power cut," which seems to be happening more and more. My brief music audio attached (Ron Howard, California, ibid.) Hi Ron, Thanks, nice recording of typical Zambian programming. No sign of the Meyerton mess that I found Monday and Tuesday (March 28 and 29) but Radio Lead Africa via Meyerton is not scheduled for Wednesdays and Thursdays (eg: March 30 and 31). Would be interested to hear what you find on Friday April 1 if you are able to check then. It seems that going off-air sometime after 0400 may now be a regular event; we have heard it happen on two consecutive days (my March 29 and your March 30), and it may have also happened on March 28 but I probably tuned out too early. South Africa has seen its share of regular load-shedding (not the past year or so, thank goodness) so I can sympathise with them. NHK doesn't seem to be a problem here in Jo'burg. I hear something on 5910 but I haven't waited for an ID, so it may or may not be them. Regards, (Bill Bingham, RSA, ibid.) ** ZAMBIA. March 24: Was unable to hear the new Zambia station on 6065. At 0554 sounded like open carrier/test tone, but I never heard any audio, as it just seemed too weak till tuned out 0614. Zambia on 5915 doing well at 0426 (but later silent). (Ron Howard, California, March 24, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9680, Voice of Hope, Zambia. Good reception of Voice of Hope on Thursday March 24. Test transmission on 9680 kHz heard well from tune- in at 0805 UT through to sign off at 1359* UT, following a brief 1 kHz sine wave. Throughout the day the signal was generally around s5-s7, peaking quite often at about s7-s9. A second or so after VoH went off at 1359* UT, I heard very faint time pips, then silence. Presume the time signal was from CNR1 as just pointed out by Glenn. But there was no CNR1 programming audible here prior to that (Bill Bingham-AFS, dxld March 24, via BCDX via DXLD) 6065 is the other Voice of Hope frequency, at least for tests, circa 06-08 & 14-16. March 24 at 0559 but not much earlier, I have a JBA carrier. Ron Howard was also getting a carrier maybe with tone at 0554-0614+. Nothing else is known to be on 6065 at this time. 6065, March 24 at 1323, algo S6 and flutter, presumably CNR2 Beijing site as scheduled 1200-1605 per Aoki; not that I was expecting to hear VOH at this hour from Zambia, but watch out for it closer to 1600 where it`s not on the dayside. Has VOH started testing planned night frequency 4965 yet? Aoki has nothing but Brasil and Perú on it, of questionable activity (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi, Glenn. VOH-Africa plans to test 4965 from 2000-2200 UT tonight and tomorrow night (Thu & Fri). We expect the station may be audible occasionally in North America later in the year once we start using the NW beam to West Africa, but the daytime frequencies on the omni antenna to Central and Southern Africa stand little chance of making it over here. Still, we are getting reports of good reception in the intended target areas, which is what counts. We did get one report last week of direct reception of 6065 in the late afternoon in Germany, though, which was encouraging! (Ray Robinson, Zambia, 1840 UT March 24, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) And so it happens. Carrier on at 2007, modulation applied at 2008, the already known music with interspersed announcements. Signal in Europe about 4 dB weaker than IBB Botswana on 4930. Until 2004 there was a very faint carrier (or other RF signal) on 4960 (Kai Ludwig, Germany, ibid.) Good reception of Voice of Hope, Zambia, on 4965, March 24. Carrier came on at 2007, modulation at 2008. Christian songs, with IDs at 2010 and 2025. Compared to ZNBC1 on 5915, Voice of Hope is the more steady signal in Joburg (Bill Bingham, Johannesburg RSA. Drake R8E, Sony ICF2001D. dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Continuous Christian pop with occasional English announcements, such as this one at 2104 UT: "From Zambia to the world, the Voice of Hope - Africa is test transmitting on this frequency with an authorised power of 100,000 watts". Monitored with poor to fair reception via Global Tuners remote receiver in Odenwald, Germany (David Kernick, Interval Signals Online, March 24, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Tune in at 2100 with no signal whatsoever. By 2200 there was a wave sign on the Perseus screen and some very tentative music briefly rising above the band noise. Music continued to improve, slightly, but no other audio was able to break thru the noise. Finally at 2153 I caught a positive ID in English. I could just briefly make out the announcer saying “Voice of Hope”. The band noise was just too high to get any real good audio. If this would stay on the air for another hour or two I believe that the signal would improve to a decent listenable level (Stephen C Wood, Harwich, Mass., Perseus SDR, 25 x 50 N/E terminated superloop antenna, ibid.) Tuned-in late at 2150 UT today, see monitoring on various European remote SDR units: 4965.000 Voice of Hope, Lusaka Makeni ranch transmitter center site in Zambia. Accurate even frequency aligned. Music program and few English language announcements of "Voice of Hope, 4965 kHz in 60 mb", - heard. In Spain, Italy, Greece, southern Austria, France, Bavaria Germany as S=6-7 or -84dBm signal. Weaker at -92dBm strength in Manchester England and Belgium locations, or in northern Europe. To compare 60mb reception at 2145 to 2200 UT tonight: 4800 CHN CNR1 Geermu S=9+10dB 4820 CHN CNR Lhasa Tibet Chinese S=9+10dB 4905 CHN CNR Lhasa Tibet Tibetan S=9+10dB 4920 CHN CNR Lhasa Tibet Tibetan S=9+10dB 4949.728 AGL Angola little weaker than Zambia, S=6 5010 TWN / CHN CNR jamming S=9+10dB. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 24, dxldyg via DXLD) Checking for the new Zambian on 6065 March 25 from 0557 till tuned out at 0611, heard nothing at all on this frequency; not any hint of an open carrier (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Off celebrating Good Friday? (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) Hi Ron, March 25, I also heard nothing on 6065 from VoH Zambia at 0550 through to 0705. And nothing now (0910-0915) on 9680 either. I would be hearing them if they were there. I suppose they could be off-air for those repairs I mentioned yesterday? Bill (via Ron, DXLD) Zambia: Voice of Hope Africa 4965 test tonight --- "Voice of Hope (Zambia) has another test this evening 2000-2200 UT on 4965 kHz." (Mauno Ritola on WRTH Facebook group, 25 March) http://www.voiceofhope.com/station_africa.html [They tested same time/frequency yesterday, but unfortunately I was out - anybody else hear it? - Alan] Dave Kernick has put a recording of last night's test on his Interval Signals Online website http://intervalsignals.net/index.htm (under Zambia, highlighted as 'New') "Continuous Christian pop with occasional English announcements, such as this one at 2104 UT: "From Zambia to the world, the Voice of Hope - Africa is test transmitting on this frequency with an authorised power of 100,000 watts". Monitored with poor to fair reception via Global Tuners remote receiver in Odenwald Germany" (Dave Kernick on WRTH Facebook group) (Voice of Hope (Zambia) also heard testing on 6065 kHz 0550-0800 March 23 and 9680 kHz 0805-1359 March 24 by Bill Bingham in Johannesburg (on DXLD Yahoo Group)) Posted by: ("Alan Pennington", 1823 UT March 25, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) Zambia, Voice of Hope, 4965. Friday March 25. Good reception. Carrier on at 1955, into jazz-type music at 1957. ID at 1957 and into Christian song. VoH is much better tonight than neighbouring ZNBC1 on 5915. ZNBC1 has a slightly lower signal strength, but seems to have quite muffled modulation (Bill Bingham, Johannesburg RSA. Drake R8E, Sony ICF2001D. dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ZAMBIA (tent), 4965 (tent), on Mar 25 VOH Zambia on the nighttime frequency tuned at 2000 from Perseus site in Brisbane with praise songs - don't expect this path to last very long as the gray line is just passing Brisbane (Bruce Churchill, CA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) There was a pulse transmitter on almost the same frequency both evenings, maybe that's what you heard? 73, (Mauno Ritola, ibid.) Not sure if the full test schedule was put up here or not but it was announced during the latest edition of Wavescan. The testing is subject to power outages, actually power rationing or load shedding in Zambia, due to low water levels behind the Kariba Dam. Electricity is currently only available for 8 hours per day. Power permitting, the current test schedule is: M-F 0600 - 0800 UT 6065 kHz M-F 0800 - 1400 UT 9680 kHz M-F 1400 - 1600 UT 6065 kHz "some days" 2000 - 2200 UT 4965 kHz All of these tests are being transmitted from a non-directional antenna and are designed to assess reception in southern Africa. Regularly scheduled transmissions, initially of four hours per day, for southern Africa are scheduled to start soon. Later, transmissions beamed to west Africa will begin. Eventually, programming will be up to 22 hours per day (-- Richard Langley, NB, March 28, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1819, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Re: ``Things will get worse in A16: 1700-1800 VOA Botswana!`` [gh] At 1727-1730 on March 28, VOA on 6065 is varying, from below noise level to S7 and back again, in Joburg. Just a spot check, sounds like Studio 7 in Shona (Bill Bingham, Johannesburg RSA. Drake R8E, Sony ICF2001D. dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ZANZIBAR. Zanzibar. ZBC Radio, 6015 Dole. Mar 27, 2016 Sunday. 0332-0344. Came on late today, nothing there as of 0326, but by 0332 an OM was talking in Swahili. Mentioned “Zanzibar” at 0334. Fair-good. Jo'burg sunrise 0415 (Bill Bingham, Johannesburg RSA. Drake R8E, Sony ICF2001D. dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Bill, March 27: Zanzibar (6015) suddenly on at *0300; Qur'an 0302, but re-checked a short time later found them off the air, just as you found at 0326. Later at 0347 I noted the usual short chant, the usual song followed by the usual YL mentioning "Zanzibar." (Ron Howard, California, ibid.) UNIDENTIFIED. 774, March 28 at 1152 and 1157-1202 UT, JBA carrier looping NW/SE and a weaker one on 747, 99% sure to be the NHK JAPAN superpowers, which are the prime trans-Pacific MW DX beacons here. Tnx to neighbor Richard N Allen near Perry OK, who has been getting these the past few mornings, reminding us that they are back in season. I find no others in 9-kHz steps from 531 up to 1053 kHz, nor on 1548, where Australia recently made it to Michigan around same time. QRM from domestic stations can be intense, especially KRMG 740 Tulsa; and KSPI 780 Stillwater OK which started modulating at 1200 UT. Enid sunrise today: 1223 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 1500, March 26 at 0319 UT, the warbling spurs slightly above and below the frequency are again/still audible, especially with KSTP nulled. Previous monitoring led to one of the minor stations in the MO/IL/KY area, but AFAIK no one has confirmed which one (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 3210, March 25 at 1015, trace of a JBA carrier. Maybe it`s the new low-power NSW Australian, Unique Radio, explained by operator Tim Gaynor in DXLD 16-12 [q.v.] and via WORLD OF RADIO 1818 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 4766.0, March 24 at 1145, S8 carrier. Still a JBA carrier at 1320 recheck. Ron Howard agrees: ``UNID on 4766 returned again! Well heard open carrier March 24, checked at 1142 and subsequent checking till 1444; some QRM from 4765.0. Never any audio on 4766. Ron California`` He had last heard it on March 19. 4766.0, March 25 at 1007, the mystery carrier is still/again here, presumed Asiatic. 60m bandscan finds several other JBA carriers fitting PacificAsian stations, 5006, 5020 as well as South Americans, 4965, 4990 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Re my 4766 mystery carrier log of March 25 at 1007, gaisma.com doesn`t know about Leh, but sunset in Srinagar was 1317 UT, so 1007 UT, more than three hours before, would seem rather too early to be propagating on 60m eastward. So AIR Leh, Kashmir as source rather than on 4760 seems unlikely. Should be something further east. Just how early can it be detected? Surprised we aren`t seeing any reports of, or interest in this from south or the rest of Asia, nor Australia/NZ. Just Ron Howard`s latest log from the California coast: `` UNID on 4766 returned again! Well heard open carrier March 24, checked at 1142 and subsequent checking till 1444; some QRM from 4765.0. Never any audio on 4766``. 4766.0, March 27 at 1324, carrier at S4, still a mystery. 4766.0, March 28 at 1229 check, mystery open carrier still here averaging about S8 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4766.0, strong open carrier at 1144 on March 28. Jim Young (Calif.) informed me today "Have been listening to this O/C for hours this AM while working. Ever-so-often, I hear the tell-tale RTTY come on; very infrequently! Still at 1436." Thanks to Jim for solving the mystery! Afraid I did not have the patience to listen to this OC for hours (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1819, DX LISTENING DIGEST) More on the mystery 4766. I'm hearing it for hours after LSR. It seems identical to the signal on 3287. I now think it's from this side of the Pacific. 100% not India. Way too strong. That's it from Masset! 73, (Walt Salminiw, BC, March 29, ibid.) 4766.0, strong RTTY open carrier not heard March 30 at 1213 (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4766.0, re the unID carrier I have logged several times, we can forget about it as a broadcaster. Ron Howard reports: [as above] (gh, DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 5910, March 28 at 1237, as I tune by, some SSB says ``zero degrees`` and into digital burst, but it`s 0.5 kHz above or below, and doesn`t come back by 1245 as I wanted to determine which. Probably US military tho would not expect MARS to invade the broadcast band like this (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 5961.091, March 27 at 0607, JBA carrier. Reminds me of this: ``UNIDENTIFIED. 5961.53, Jan 6 [2016] at 0703, JBA carrier. Nothing reported in years around this frequency``. I can`t rule out it being of local device origin, tho not noted in the interim (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 6165, March 27 at 0052, RHC carrier already on but there`s some JBA music underneath. No SAH/LAH so doubt it`s Chad extended overnight; in new HFCC A-16 sked, a CNR service out of Beijing is on 6165 until 0100; but that`s 9 am local (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 6960-USB, March 25 at 0036, North American pirate bandscan is unproductive, but here`s a Spanish QSO mentioning Paraguaná, i.e. the Venezuelan peninsula aiming at Aruba (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 9430, UNKNOWN. 2123-2230+, 3/28/16, uncertain language. Program of Afropop music and talk by a woman announcer. I was not able to monitor continuously, however the programming was there at all checks. No ID that I could make out at 2200, and gone with (P) FEBC - Manila there at 2310 check. Fair - poor. This is apparently a Radio Lead Africa frequency 2000 - 2100 from Meyerton, AFS, so maybe a mistaek? (Mark Taylor, Madison, Wi. Perseus, 40 meters dipole, NASWA yg via DXLD) No more RLA on 9430 in A-16. HFCC now shows CRI in French via Urumqi, East Turkistan, at 2030-2230, but this one aimed at France rather than Africa (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) UNIDentified. Station with Arabic music on March 24: 0900-0920 on 9550 unknown tx site, very weak signal http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/03/unidentified-station-with-arabic-music_24.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 9650: SEE UK UNIDENTIFIED. 9714.91, March 26 at 0229, JBA carrier. Nothing listed until *0300 BSKSA HQS 500 kW in Aoki & EiBi, so maybe this on early; but no 9715 for BSKSA in HFCC B-15 or A-16 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 9890.030, March 26 at 1339, S9+10 open carrier/dead air; only thing in Aoki supposed to be on 9890 at this hour is CNR13, Lingshi in Uyghur; no way it`s that. Nor any other 9890 station, all Asian, from other dayparts. More like it`s something domestic, such as Greenville, but no obvious reason to be running a carrier here & now; nor would GB likely be that far off (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 9950 - UnID mystery station heard at 0200 March 30 with good signal varying from S6 to S8. Band noise was moderate but there was intermittent splash over from WRMI 9955. The carrier on the Perseus screen was almost as good as WRMI, but not quite. The audio consisted of a accented OM, possible sub-continent, in English repeating "Dolly (Dari?) Victor Five" approx. 2 to 3 times followed by a couple of minutes of silence. Then a high pitched buzz for 2 minutes, more silence, then same announcement 5 times. This ended approx. 0208. The carrier remained on until 0210; then it disappeared. The signal wasn't quite as good as WRMI, 9955, or Greece, 9935, but better than KVOH 9975. This may have been on prior to 0200 as I recall seeing it on the screen but not stopping to listen and I didn't check after 0210. I have seen that Babcock transmitters are registered here so possibly this was one of their tests. Anyone else hear this one ? (Stephen C Wood, Harwich, Mass., dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Sounds like a ``numbers`` / spy station. See if ENIGMA has anything on 9950 (gh, DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 11460-USB, March 30 at 1312, presumed Indonesian QSO pirate with some vocal music off and on, 1313 sounds like country song in English. 1317 another song fragment, 1324 C&W still, and 1343. Meanwhile others less musical are at neat 5-kHz intervals as if these channels are well-planned: 11405, 11410, 11425, 11440, 11450. And everyone is on-frequency making for easy tuning at 1- or 5-kHz steps. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 13871.7-USB, March 25 at 0045, colloquial Spanish QSO including whistling, background noise and cambios (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS ++++++++++++++++++++++++ ACKNOWLEDGED ON WORLD OF RADIO 1819: Mark Skinner, Columbus OH, generous contribution via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED FUTURELY: Thanks to Christopher Brennen for a contribution via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com Thanks to William Hassig, Mt Prospect IL, for a check to P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 Thanks to Chuck Ermatinger, MO, for a contribution via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com [Re a title for gh:] I believe that Honored Master would outrank Brother or Elder :) (John Carver, Mid-North Indiana) Or Mother; but would have to run that by Paul Walker. Really I need something secular yet more impressive than ``Last Day Prophet of God`` (gh) PUBLICATIONS ++++++++++++ Hi Glenn, my latest Hitlist update. http://www.w4uvh.net/hitlist.htm 1) Updates to Update to UT offset notations 2) Sudan - R Dabanga: New entry 3) Sudan - R Tamazuj: New entry 4) Turkey - V of Turkey: Update to link for VoT World Live stream Unless there's a major change anywhere, the next update will be end of April. Best wishes and 73 (Alan Roe, England, 1259 UT March 28, DX LISTENING DIGEST) HISTORICAL PUBLICATION --- Call signs of radio stations: Erkennungsmelodien und Pausenzeichen Koeln: Deutsche Welle, 2000 (vol 1.), 2002 (2 vol.). - 20; 20 S. Parallel text brochures in German, English, Spanish and Russian. Audio Bitrate: 128 kb / s. Duration of 02 hours. 02 min. 57. Jingle - melody identification, and call sign of the radio stations are usually quite short, but bright for the perception of sound combinations. Their peculiarity is that they are easily and immediately recognizable among the many sounds of the ether. Identification tunes serve not only to identify the radio stations, but also to fill the pauses between sessions gear. In addition to the announced station name, identification melody helps radio listener immediately on hearing the radio to find out. Many radio stations not only begin and end its programs such musical jingles, but also use them in your program. Before starting the program, such name or jingle can be heard frequently within a few minutes. Here they serve primarily to radio listener could tune in to a certain station, finding it among countless other radio stations. In addition, the jingle and call signs - is indispensable for those listeners who the receiver is not equipped with a digital scale settings, that is, for those who are forced to own "look" that interests him the radio. Identification of radio stations melodies are very diverse. Their origins in folklore or in the works of famous composers. In general, they are a rich repertoire of memorable music, the effect of which goes far beyond simply recognizable melodies. Often the music has been written for national instruments of a country (shepherd's horn, tambourine), or it is a world famous bells of churches and cathedrals. His sound, its rhythm and mood jingles create a kind of sound picture of the country, give the radio listener a variety of geographical representation to national circumstances. In these vivid melodies heard the endless expanses of the country and the temperament of its people. Some melodies are full of melancholy, sadness and grief, others - fun, enthusiasm and joy. There are melodies full of dramatic, glow, intense rhythm. Or, on the contrary, they are calm, measured and serious. Employees receiving-measuring station radio "Deutsche Welle" assembled a small collection of sound "business cards" radio stations. The vagaries of short waves - this global means of communication with all of its features, visible in almost every example of this CD. To facilitate the search for the station in the list and on the CD are in alphabetical order by marking Country Code. http://www.twirpx.com/file/1910989/ (via RusDX March 27 via DXLD) DX-PEDITIONS ++++++++++++ PHOOLS IN THE PHIELD Here’s the not-awaited pre-report of our thinking about a 2016 Utah desert DXPedition. http://www.durenberger.com/documents/PRESBT2016.pdf Sass back as appropriate. Cheers! (Mark Durenberger, There's SO much I don't want to know! MDXC yg via DXLD) DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- IBOC +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Am I dreaming or are WOR's WBZ's and WINS's IBOC off? (Bob Young, Millbury, MA, 0455 UT March 26, NRC-AM via DXLD) The IBOC seems to be off on both stations. I noticed this last night also. I'm using my small flag which is directional south, so their HD should be quite strong but I don't see any (Mike Bugaj, Enfield, CT, Elad FDM-S2, 14X40' flag directional ~70 degrees, Small flag directional south, 0141 UT March 27, mwdx gg via DXLD) Thanks for the tip, Mike. IBOC still OFF on both stations at 10:00 am EDT Sunday. Getting presumed WFAT-700 MA for the first time in a while with Oldies (Marc DeLorenzo, South Dennis, Cape Cod, Massachusetts http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?228-DeLorenzo-s-Classic-DX 1407 UT March 27, ibid.) ALL DIGITAL AM IN THE EXPANDED BAND http://www.radioworld.com/article/dts-use-expanded-band-for-all-digital-am/278489 Avoiding the obvious discussions to be had about the FCC mandating the use of a commercial product, the advantages of DRM over IBOC, etc. I’d like to speculate about the ability to DX all-digital signals on the AM band. While I’ve experimented with DRM reception on shortwave, my experience is limited. Would it be possible to DX these signals? Are there significant advantages or disadvantages over DXing analog signals? 73, (Les Rayburn, N1LF, 121 Mayfair Park, Maylene, AL, EM63nf, March 29, NRC AM via DXLD) DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DRM See INDIA; JAPAN; ROMANIA; TAIWAN; IBOC ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DAB See FRANCE ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DTV See MEXICO; USA ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM +++++++++++++++++++++ MULTI-CHANNEL, MULTI-RECEIVER: EXPERIENCES & HINTS Hi - recently, I did some multi-channel/multi-receiver monitoring with decoding and recording. This had been done by two approaches: * with three receivers of 3 x 5 MHz width and a high dynamic range and * with one receiver of 1 x 20 MHz width and a lower dynamic range By this, you may record/play up to 3 x 24/24 broadcast channels (e.g. in the whole FM broadcast band or on HF from 49 m to 16 m) within a 15 MHz/20 MHz wide range. I wrote down some experiences, hints and results in a PDF of 22 pages/31 illustrations at: http://dk8ok.org/ To show the full potential of such a setup, I explained one example out of the Aero world in more detail: In one session, I received e.g. 68.000+ messages by 35 ARINC-635 channels with 3 x FDM-S2 on one antenna with one PC. The door is open to many other applications. Suggestions, critics and further ideas welcomed. -- 73 (Nils, DK8OK, Schiffhauer, March 24, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) LONGWAVE - WHITHER DGPS? LWCA: Deadline for public comment on the proposed closure of all inland and some coastal longwave Differential GPS stations in the US came and went in November. The date of the proposed termination was January 16, but no notices of such shutdown had appeared on the Coast Guard NAVCENTER Web site, and listeners reported no noticeable difference in the number of stations on the air. We will continue to follow the story and report on any developments. Per Wiki: Transportable DGPS reference station Baseline HD by CLAAS for use in satellite-assisted steering systems in modern agriculture Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) is an enhancement to Global Positioning System that provides improved location accuracy, from the 15-meter nominal GPS accuracy to about 10 cm in case of the best implementations. DGPS uses a network of fixed, ground-based reference stations to broadcast the difference between the positions indicated by the GPS satellite systems and the known fixed positions. These stations broadcast the difference between the measured satellite pseudoranges and actual (internally computed) pseudoranges, and receiver stations may correct their pseudoranges by the same amount. The digital correction signal is typically broadcast locally over ground-based transmitters of shorter range. The term refers to a general technique of augmentation. The United States Coast Guard (USCG) and Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) each run such systems in the U.S. and Canada on the longwave radio frequencies between 285 kHz and 325 kHz near major waterways and harbors. The USCG's DGPS system has been named NDGPS (Nationwide DGPS) and is now jointly administered by the Coast Guard and the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration. It consists of broadcast sites located throughout the inland and coastal portions of the United States including Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico.[1] A similar system that transmits corrections from orbiting satellites instead of ground-based transmitters is called a Wide-Area DGPS (WADGPS)[2] or Satellite Based Augmentation System. Long Wave Home Page Updated 23 Mar, 2016 LW Message Board LWCA Library About the LWCA LW Lobby Low/Med/HiF (via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) pseudo-ranges, not pseud-oranges ALLIANCE URGES FCC TO RECONSIDER PROTECTION PROPOSALS On Mar 29, 2016, at 3:34 PM, Dennis Gibson [ABDX] wrote: http://www.radioworld.com/article/alliance-urges-fcc-to-reconsider-protection-proposals/278493 The best way to revitalize AM is to clear all the stations running less than 50W at night off the band. Give stations a choice of putting their station on an expanded FM band using frequencies by moving what few TV stations are on channel 5 / 6 elsewhere and putting those stations on those frequencies. Then tell the stations who took an X band spot in the 90s that they have three months to surrender their license on one of their station whether or not it is in the regular AM band or X band as was supposed to be done back in the day. Extend the AM band down to 530 [sic] kHz and tell stations that go down there that they have 6 months to shut down their frequency they had after moving. Make sure every station other than the Clears are off their frequencies and then give the clears 75 kW. Tell every station then that IBOC / HD is being phased out. It is quite clear that no one gives a fat rat about that mode of transmission on AM. Thats a start. And of course you could really roll the dice and tell all stations that there is a cut off date and by that day all transmissions will be in digital and at half the power of the analog signal and completely realign things with an AM band with maximum power of 5 kW and a band that ran from 500 kHz to 1750 kHz and mandate all radios be sold to receive only this mode. You will be lucky to get anything done at all because it costs money to move a station to another frequency, go full digital or move to a band made from TV channel 5 / 6 or anything else. Everyone wants a fix but no one wants to spend money because there is precious little money in ANYONE`S pockets these days. If you want my opinion, there need to be fewer stations on AM to make it healthy but there are much fewer people listening to radio than there were, and kids could care less because they have their music on iPods and/or they listen on the internet. There is little that can be done to save AM as long as it is a cesspool of political talk and there is no to little music on the band anyone wants to hear. Between the poor content and the interference from other stations and natural causes, AM is archaic. Good to DX but not great all the time to listen to for entertainment (Kevin Redding, Crump, TN, ABDX via DXLD) The clears would need a lot more than 75 kW to make a difference. That is only a 1.2 times increase in signal strength and would not be noticed (Bob Smoak, Bamberg, SC, ibid.) I like the ideas presented, but would like to see the clears at 100 kW. That would include the Canadian clears too (Justin Nielsen, ibid.) COMING, THE COLLAPSE OF RADIO`s iHeartMedia Cumulus is leveraged to the hilt as well. http://www.medialifemagazine.com/coming-the-collapse-of-radios-iheartmedia/ (via Dennis Gibson, Sent from my iPad, March 30, ABDX via DXLD) PROPAGATION +++++++++++ Martin McCormick, WB5AGZ of Stillwater, Oklahoma sent this piece in a message titled "IS IT F2, OR E?" "One of the first things a person notices when listening to HF signals coming from afar is a characteristic sound as if someone was continuously playing with tone controls. It is especially noticeable on AM signals and the wider the receiver passband, the more pronounced is the effect. This is known as selective fading because different frequencies fade in and out at different times. "The Earth's ionosphere is a shell or several shells of electrically- charged air molecules and atoms ranging from around 38 miles above us to about 310 miles high. The Sun and cosmic rays cause the molecules and atoms to loose electrons which gives them a positive charge. They can reflect radio signals and give us world-wide radio communication. "The reflecting layers are the E layer at about 56-93 miles plus the F layer complex which consists of several shells or layers that come, go and move around based on Solar and Geo magnetic activity. "The F2 layer is mostly responsible for short wave communications and the selective fading is due to more than one layer reflecting the same signal back to Earth. If the layers happen to be half of a wavelength apart, one receives two versions of the same signal in which one version is delayed enough to cause the carrier of an AM or FM signal to be cancelled out. Mother Nature just turned a normal AM signal in to a double-sideband suppressed carrier transmission. "FM signals are also altered. It is possible to receive FM on an AM receiver by tuning slightly off from center. It is called slope detection and has existed for as long as there has been FM. If you tune right on to the frequency, the audio is faint and muffled. F2 propagation, however, can cause a selective fade just below or above the carrier frequency such that if you are on the center frequency, the amplitude of the signal matches the deviation and you can hear fairly good audio as if the signal was both AM and FM. Nature automatically did that, also but the effect may not last more than a fraction of a second. "When sporadic-E is involved, signals still fade up and down but the E layer acts like a single thin film and there is no selective fading. Except for fades, signals sound local." (ARRL Propagation via ODXA via DXLD) :Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts :Issued: 2016 Mar 28 0122 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 21 - 27 March 2016 Solar activity was at predominately very low levels with an isolated C1 x-ray event observed on 23/0354 UTC from Region 2524 (N15, L=277, class/area Eho/340 on 19 Mar). No Earth-directed coronal mass ejections were observed in coronagraph imagery. No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit was at normal levels on 23 March, high levels on 22 March and moderate levels on 21 and 24-27 March. Geomagnetic field activity ranged from quiet to unsettled levels with an isolated active interval observed early on 23 March. The period began with quiet conditions, but increased to quiet to unsettled levels late on 21 March due to the onset of a weak, positive polarity coronal hole high speed stream (CH HSS). Predominately quiet to unsettled conditions persisted through early on 24 March under the influence of the positive poarity CH HSS. Wind speeds averaged about 425 km/s through midday on 23 March. A gradual increase was then observed to a peak of near 565 km/s early on 25 March before decreasing to about 350 km/s late on 26 March. From 21-25 March, total field (Bt) ranged between 1-10 nT while the Bz component varied between +9 nT to -5 nT. Quiet conditions persisted from late on the 25th through 26 March. Predominately unsettled levels were observed on 27 March due to the onset of a co-rotating interaction region in advance of another positive polarity CH HSS. On 27 March, wind speeds increased to near 440 km/s, Bt reached a maximum value of 12 nT while the Bz component rotated between +8 nT to -9 nT. FORECAST OF SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY 28 MARCH - 23 APRIL 2016 Solar activity is expected to be at very low levels with a slight chance for C-class flares through the outlook period. No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to be at moderate levels on 28 March and on 01-03, 07-11 and 17-23 April. High levels are expected on 29-31 March, 04-06 and 12-16 April. Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be reach G1 (Minor) storm levels on 02-03 and 11-13 April with G2 (Moderate) storm levels expected on 02 and 11 April due to the influence of recurrent, negative polarity CH HSSs. Quiet to unsettled levels are expected on 28-29 March, 04, 08, 14 and 23 April, with isolated active levels expected on 28 March and 23 April, all due to various CH HSSs. Mostly quiet conditions are expected for the remainder of the outlook period. :Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt :Issued: 2016 Mar 28 0122 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 2016-03-28 # # UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest # Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index 2016 Mar 28 85 12 4 2016 Mar 29 80 8 3 2016 Mar 30 80 5 2 2016 Mar 31 80 5 2 2016 Apr 01 80 5 2 2016 Apr 02 85 25 6 2016 Apr 03 85 20 5 2016 Apr 04 85 8 3 2016 Apr 05 85 5 2 2016 Apr 06 80 5 2 2016 Apr 07 80 5 2 2016 Apr 08 80 10 3 2016 Apr 09 80 5 2 2016 Apr 10 85 15 3 2016 Apr 11 85 24 6 2016 Apr 12 80 22 5 2016 Apr 13 80 20 5 2016 Apr 14 80 8 3 2016 Apr 15 80 8 3 2016 Apr 16 80 5 2 2016 Apr 17 80 5 2 2016 Apr 18 85 5 2 2016 Apr 19 85 5 2 2016 Apr 20 85 5 2 2016 Apr 21 85 5 2 2016 Apr 22 85 5 2 2016 Apr 23 85 12 4 (SWPC via WORLD OF RADIO 1819, DXLD) GLENN`S PROPAGATION OUTLOOK FOR MEDIA NETWORK PLUS AS OF MARCH 31 2016 From IPS in Australia, the global HF propagation forecast for April 2, normal at low latitudes, normal to fair at middle latitudes, and fair at high latitudes. From Spaceweather South Africa, the outlook for April 2: magnetic conditions active to minor storm; but shortwave fadeouts unlikely, MUF unstable. Met Office UK forecasts solar activity very low; geomagnetic activity unsettled, until late on April 1 or early April 2, when a high speed stream from negative-polarity coronal hole 67 is expected to reach Earth. Geomagnetic activity mainly Unsettled to Active, with minor or moderate geomagnetic storms (60%) likely. From Space Weather Canada, the long term magnetic activity forecast: peak DRX nanoteslas in the auroral zone on April 3 and more so April 11. From F K Janda in Prague, the Geomagnetic field will be: quiet on April 1, 14, 17 - 18 active to disturbed on April 2 - 4, 12 quiet to active on April 5, 8 - 9, 11, 13 mostly quiet on April 6, 10, 15 - 16, 19 quiet to unsettled on April 7, 20 From SWPC in Boulder, Geomagnetic field activity is expected to reach G1 (Minor) storm levels on April 2-3, A and K indices peaking at 25 and 6; also April 11-13 with G2 (Moderate) storm levels expected, A and K indices 24 and 6. Lowest A`s and K`s of 5 and 2 on April 1, 5-7, 9, and 16-22. Solar flux oscillating between only 80 and 85 thru April 23. Bill Hepburn`s VHF UHF DX maps show extreme tropospheric ducting along the west coast of India thru April 3. And the east coast April 3 to 5. Between Mozambique and Madagascar April 4 and 5. Along the southwest coast of Mexico April 5 (via DXLD) ###