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Thanks, Glenn WORLD OF RADIO 1823 CONTENTS: *DX and station news about: Alaska non, Bhutan, Biafra non, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canary Islands non, China, Cuba, Denmark, Ecuador, Germany, Greece, India, Indonesia, Iran non, Japan, Korea South, Myanmar, Netherlands non, Oklahoma non, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Russia, Sarawak non, Solomon Islands, Sudan, South Sudan, Taiwan, USA, Vanuatu SHORTWAVE AIRINGS of WORLD OF RADIO 1823, April 28-May 4, 2016 Thu 1130 WRMI 9955 [confirmed] Thu 2100 WRMI 13695 [confirmed] Thu 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB [confirmed] Fri 0830 Unique Radio NSW 3210 low-power Fri 2130 WRMI 15770 [confirmed] Fri 2130 WRMI 13695 [confirmed] Fri 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB [confirmed] Sat 0630 HLR 6190-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Sat 0700 Unique Radio NSW 3210 low-power Sat 1400 Unique Radio NSW 3210 low-power Sat 1430 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio [confirmed] Sat 1930v WA0RCR 1860-AM Sat 2230 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB [confirmed] Sun 0310v WA0RCR 1860-AM [confirmed] Sun 0830 Unique Radio NSW 3210 low-power Sun 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB Mon 0030 WRMI 7730 Mon 0300v WBCQ 5130v-AM Area 51 Mon 0330 WRMI 9955 Mon 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB Tue 1100 WRMI 9955 Tue 2130 WRMI 15770 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. 7355 kHz, KNLS at 1231 UT playing Billy Joel's "We didn't start the fire" followed by a Bible story and then by ID at 1239. Interview with the author of the book "Sunday Pasta". Creation Moment followed then by frequency/time schedule for English broadcasts given at 1255. Off air at 1259 mid song. Excellent April 24 2016. Rx: Perseus SDR, Ant: Wellbrook loop. 73 (Mick Delmage, Sherwood Park, Alberta, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ALBANIA [and non]. /GERMANY, Deutschlandfunk Cologne: "Lange Nacht", feature ueber Albanien und Radio Tirana in 1984 year, "So klang Kurzwelle 1984..." and in MP3 file available: (in A-DX April 17 via BC-DX 21 April via DXLD) 9855, R. Tiranë, Shijak, 0125 - Interval signal appeared here at 0125 with fair-good signal levels. There is some strong band noise along with local QRM here in the shack, I'm working on it. Audio at s/on is very depressed. YL with news in English at 0031. Could be on reduced power? (Stephen C Wood, MA, UT April 21, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 13665, April 22 at 1240, S9 signal in English about China, 1243 it`s `Life in China`. This is the Albanian relay of CRI, 1100-1300, 150 kW at 310 degrees to W Europe, prolonged to Oklahoma, best signal on band. Wish we could ever hear R. Tirana this well (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ARGENTINA. WBZ versus Argentina on 1030, heard 21 APR 2016 at 0100 UT at South Yarmouth, MA. Distance to WBZ is 86.3 km / 53.6 miles. http://www.qsl.net/wa1ion/audio1/wbz_v_ls10-1030_20160421_0100z.mp3 Receiver: Perseus; Antenna: 10 m vertical by 11 m horizontal cardioid- pattern SuperLoop, base height 1.5 m, null 345 deg. / peak 165 deg. Similar to http://www.bamlog.com/superloop.htm (Mark Connelly, WA1ION, April 24, IRCA via DXLD) ** AUSTRALIA. 3210 Unique Radio: overnight session. All-night transmission. Very weak and below recognition level until 1556 when came out of noise briefly with Elvis-style song. Another disco-style at 1625. At 1635 ABBA "Thank you for the music". 1655 Simon and Garfunkel "The Boxer". Finally, at 1726 "You are listening to [...] Unique Radio 3210 Short Wave" followed by country style song. Significant (but again short lived) signal improvement around 17:50. Peaked at 1818. Another clear ID at 1849. Transmitter switched off at 2041. Halls Creek is 450 Km north of Sydney. Apparently Unique Radio runs 50 watts. 23 APR 2016 [Perseus, 10m whip] Recording: https://youtu.be/xDvwsMiQaGE (Nick Hacko, VK2DX, NSW, 2257 UT Sat April 23, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Thanks for your observations Nick, appreciated, 73 (Tim Gaynor, Unique Radio 3210, ibid.) ** AUSTRALIA. 9580, April 21 at 1302, RA is missing from its #1 frequency! Fortunately, 12085, #2 frequency is VG and also audible on #3, 12065. Still no 9580 later in the hour during `Daily Planet` about Shakespeare. Just in case, I check alternatively registered 6150 and 6080, but not there either. 9580, April 22 at 1241 check, R. Australia is back on the air, unlike 24 hours ago (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn, I noticed 9580 was gone yesterday ~1430z as well, after hearing a weak 12085 (but with a discernible Auzzie accent) and nothing on 12065. I thought maybe it was just propagation, but 9580 is usually there in the worst of propagation conditions. I also heard 9580 and 12085 (stronger and readable than 24 hours previous) this morning with a country music show ~1345z. 73s (Rodney Johnson, Las Vegas NV, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA [and non]. Additional frequencies of Reach Beyond Australia registered in HFCC Database on April 23, probably inactive 1200-1245 on 9720*KNX 100 kW / 315 deg to SEAs Indonesian 2300-2345 on 9655 KNX 100 kW / 315 deg to SEAs Indonesian * co-ch Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation 1200-1215 Tamil http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/additional-frequencies-of-reach-beyond.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AZERBAIJAN. Unscheduled broadcast of Ictimai Radio after 1415 Apr24 0815-1415 9676.9 unknown transmitter to CeAs Azeri with FM modulation 1415-1435 9676.9 unknown transmitter to CeAs Azeri with FM modulation strongQRM 9675.0 SZG 500 kW / 037 deg to FERu Russian China Radio Int. http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/unscheduled-broadcast-of-ictimai-radio.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BAHRAIN. Surprisingly reception of Radio Bahrain, April 27: from 1508 9745 ABH 010 kW / non-dir to N/ME Arabic CUSB, QRM NHK 9750 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/surprisingly-reception-of-radio-bahrain.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9745-USB, per Ivo’s observation this AM (4/27) R. Bahrain noted from Perseus site in N. Sweden with improving signal level after 2157 tune to past 2230. Continuous vocal/instrumental local music. Strong adjacent channel QRM on 9740 not a bother today. QSB was noticeable however, with fairly wide signal swings (Bruce Churchill, CA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BANGLADESH. Good signal of Bangladesh Betar, April 21 1600-1630 on 7250 DKA 250 kW / 290 deg to N/ME Arabic 1630-1730 on 7250 DKA 250 kW / 290 deg to N/ME Bangla http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/good-signal-of-bangladesh-betar-april-21.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BELARUS. ========== The transmitters broadcast: 87.5 MHz - "Narodnoe Radio" 92.9 MHz - "Novoe Radio" 98.4 MHz - "Alpha Radio" 104.2 MHz - "Radio Mir" moved from the street. Belusha (where is the HF transmitter) to RTPS on Str. Gorky. SW CENTER PREPARES FOR DEMOLITION (Sergey Alekseichik, Grodno, Belarus / "open_dx" via RusDX April 24 via DXLD) ** BHUTAN. 6034.995, BBS, from tune in at 1157 till suddenly off the air at 1317 on April 24. Remarkable reception! First: BBS was much stronger than PBS Yunnan (China) also on frequency and second: BBS ran about one hour past their usual cut off time (rare!). 1157-1202: EZL pop music. 1202-1221: Announcer in vernacular with the normal breaks for brief indigenous instrumental music. 1221-1224: Indigenous music and singing. 1224-1256: Chatting on the phone in vernacular; mostly OM (in the studio) talking with young girl; long conversation; very nice segment, as the audio via phone was much stronger than the studio audio. My audio at https://goo.gl/L6eSTx 1240-1245: Musical break. 1256: BBS indigenous music mixing with PBS's music. 1300-1314: Announcer in vernacular. 1314: Indigenous instrumental music. 1317: Went off the air. Thanks very much to Jim Young for the exact frequency, as he also noted the stronger than normal BBS signal today. An eventful day for BBS reception! (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1823, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BIAFRA [non]. Radio Biafra was back on SW from April 21, not 20 from 1800 UT on 11700, videos later today -- 73! SECRETLAND, Radio Biafra was back on shortwave at new time from Apr 21 1800-2100 11700 SCB 100 kW / 195 deg English, with audio feed problems instead [OF] B-15 11600 SCB 100 kW / 195 deg from 2000 to 2300 UT http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/secretlandnon-radio-biafra-was-back-on.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1823, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Tuned in at 1807 and getting African sounding music on 11700. Good signal into UK and then at 1810 the Biafra national anthem Land of the Rising Sun, then silence at 1812, still silence but a carrier ongoing at 1817. My recording of Biafra here - https://clyp.it/yaw1c3dl (starting with national anthem). (Stephen Cooper, UK, April 21, dxldyg WORLD OF RADIO 1823, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Yes, Biafra is back! Strong signal on 11700 kHz right now (at 1812 UT) via Twente concluding national anthem but then followed by dead air. Carrier remains strong so clearly they still have their ongoing audio problems. Carrier came on a couple of minutes after TWR Swaziland signed off (at about 38 seconds after 1800 UT). Some splash from CRI in French on 11795 kHz. Dead air on 11700 kHz continues at 1816. Will leave it recording to see if Radio Biafra ever comes back today. Just about to send this when audio came back just after 1818 -- Finlandia - - as they have used before. Also being streamed on line via http://tunein.com/radiobiafra And again, the national anthem (Richard Langley, NB, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1823, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Yes but serious audio feed problems. Plays Biafra "National Anthem" by Sibelius (Jari Savolainen, Finland, 1820 UT, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1823, DX LISTENING DIGEST) These persistent losses of program audio are, frankly, beyond me. Until now their stream (or, as already described, at present two ones at once) seamlessly started every time I called up the http://radiobiafra.co website. Last night 11700 kHz, when finally modulating after long silence, and the "Live Radio" stream on their website also appeared to be in //, just substantially delayed against each other. Seems they insist on using another feed approach for their shortwave transmissions. Some that did not work reliably already for the Issoudun transmissions with their former partner, so it does not appear to be a problem at the Bulgarian side. Why the prolonged break at all? It's hard to imagine that Spaceline would not have been able to determine another frequency for A16 after becoming aware of 11600 kHz again being provided for Dengê Kurdistanê (they are involved in this operation themselves, so it could by no means have been a surprise to them). And BBC World Service might find this interesting: https://www.facebook.com/radiobiafra/photos/a.151039555077371.1073741826.149774505203876/562349653946357/?type=3 (Kai Ludwig, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1823, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [viz.:] Radio Biafra, April 22 at 1:54am COPIED FROM..(Chijioke Onah) Finally, what is your view in these 3 Radio Stations? 1. HAUSA BBC RADIO. 2. RADIO BIAFRA. 3. ODUDUWA RADIO. THREE RADIO STATIONS THAT ARE REGIONAL OWNED. 1. The BBC HAUSA RADIO. This Radio station played a lot of war songs during the 2015 presidential election. This is where President Buhari carried out most of his campaign messages to the Northerners. A lot of attacks was slaughtered against President Jonathan on the BBC HAUSA RADIO. They BRANDED Jonathan with a lot of names. In fact, BBC HAUSA RADIO championed the NORTHERN AGENDA in the last election. And all the Northerners saw 2015 general election as another civil war should the North lose the presidential election. In this Radio, they tagged all the Southerners and Christians "INFIDEL" and they said they will not rule over them again. HAUSA BBC RADIO was the 1st Radio Station to carry out HATE CAMPAIGN in Nigeria and also the 1st Radio Station to further Regionalism and Tribalism. 2. THE RADIO BIAFRA. This is the 2nd Regional Radio Station that is agitating for the independent of the Republic of Biafra Nation. The Radio exposes and laments on the marginalisation of the Biafran States in Nigeria by the Nigerian-led Federal Government leaderships. The Radio criticises the Buhari led Federal Government especially on the presidential appointments made by Buhari where 34 appointments were made without an Igbo man. The Biafra Radio Stands vehemently for the Independence of BIAFRA as a REPUBLIC. 3. THE ODUDUWA RADIO. This is the 3rd Radio Station that they just opened recently. The Radio on it's first broadcast declared for the actualisation of ODUDUWA REPUBLIC. They joined the BBC HAUSA RADIO and BIAFRA RADIO to champion for their regional freedom. NOW, what is your view on these 3 Radio Stations? Radio Biafra's photo. 285 Likes 222 Comments 188 Shares (via DXLD) Saludos cordiales, 11700, Radio Biafra, 1820-1826, escuchada el 21 de abril de 2016 con emisión de música africana, señal débil, chequeo la frecuencia desde las 1800 pero no capto nada, el Sol aquí en Valencia aún está fuera y el servicio en francés de CRI en 11695 interfiere, según oscurece la señal se hace audible, a las 1825 locutor en inglés con comentarios, se aprecia mala modulación, SINPO 24332 (José Miguel Romero, Burjasot (Valencia), España, Sangean ATS 909, Antena hilo de 10 m, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11699.990 kHz accurate frequency of --- thanks for tips of others in newsgroups - Radio Biafra, from UNIDENTIFIED location. S=8-9 or -77dBm at 1830 UT, April 21. 11705 kHz is empty, 11695 kHz CRI French from Cerrik Albania relay, S=9 or similar -71dBm signal. 73 wb BULGARIA, 11700 kHz, 1500-2259 UT, HFCC request for SPC-NURTS Sofia Kostinbrod broadcast center, but for central Europe instead at 306 degrees; Hausa Biafra Africa azimuth is rather 195 degrees instead. I guess, xxx99.990 Hertz is a footprint of this old USSR transmitter of SPC Kostinbrod Bulgaria. 11700 1500-2259 28,27 SOF 50 306 270316-301016 Eng BUL NEW SPC 16158 (Wolfgang Buschel, Germany, ibid.) Peaking at more than 20 over S9 on the Twente receiver at 2019 UT. Only an unintelligible faint signal here in NB (Richard Langley, ibid.) Saludos cordiales, BULGARIA, 11700, Radio Biafra, Kostimbrod, 2102- 2106, escuchada el 21 de abril de 2016 en inglés a locutor con comentarios, sigue apreciándose muy mala modulación, posiblemente despidiéndose ya que la emisión se corta abruptamente, SINPO 23442 (José Miguel Romero, Burjasot (Valencia), España, Sangean ATS 909, Antena hilo de 10 m, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1823, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11700, April 21 at 2028, JBA carrier, presumed Radio Biafra. At 2033 has QRM on lo side from ``running water`` ute, but those bursts are brief. I was not at the dials at 1800, but DXLD yg members confirm it did start up a day later than it had promised, altho with some audio outages. Is the site still BULGARIA? Ivo Ivanov says it is. 11700 is as useless here as 11600 was; retune at 2105 still JBA carrier, just in time to hear it cut off the air at 2105:24.5*, which correlates with the 2106 abrupt cutoff time reported by José Miguel Romero2, Spain, after some very bad modulation. (At 2036 April 21 I have a very poor S5 signal on 11600 with some talk, presumably Denge Kurdistanye on the frequency Kostinbrod allowed it to usurp from Radio Biafra} (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1823, DX LISTENING DIGEST) BULGARIA?? 11700, Radio Biafra, 2002-2010, escuchada el 23 de abril de 2016 en inglés a locutor con comentarios, la captación está realizada con web SDR de la University of Twente en Enschede, Holanda, ya que desde Valencia no consigo captarla, se aprecia que desde aquí la modulación es correcta, se entiende perfectamente, referencias a "Biafra y Camerún", SINPO 45554 (José Miguel Romero, Burjasot (Valencia), España, Sangean ATS 909, Antena hilo de 10 m, Web SDR University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Saludos cordiales, he observado que los días 24 y 25 de abril, Radio Biafra en 11700 está sin señal, no he conseguido captar nada desde Burjasot en Valencia (España) con mi receptor, tampoco he conseguido captar nada via receptores web SDR, he probado uno en Holanda y otro ubicado en el Reino Unido (José Miguel Romero, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1823, DX LISTENING DIGEST) BULGARIA, 11700, Radio Biafra, Kostinbrod, 2029-2033, escuchada el 26 de abril de 2016 en inglés a locutor con comentarios; se aprecia buena modulación, referencia a Biafra, SINPO 45554 (Via SDR Holanda) (José Miguel Romero, Burjasot (Valencia), España, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1823, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOLIVIA. ASBORA PROPONDRÁ RENOVACIÓN DE LICENCIAS DE EMISORAS RADIALES EN BOLIVIA --- by gruporadioescuchaargentino El asesor legal de la Asociación Boliviana de Radiodifusoras (Asbora), Mario Andrade, informó que esta entidad prepara una propuesta que presentará al Gobierno, con la que se pretende hacer respetar el procedimiento de renovación de licencias para las radioemisoras, establecido en la actual Ley de Telecomunicaciones. “Estamos cerca de la renovación de licencias, vamos a presentar en pocos días un propuesta al Gobierno para que el vacío existente en este momento en cuanto al procedimiento y la interpretación correcta de la ley. Y se va a demostrar la realidad de la radiodifusión y va a demostrar que la ley (de Telecomunicaciones) ha permitido que subsistan las emisoras y tienen que respetar eso”, explicó en entrevista con ERBOL. El 8 de agosto de 2011, el presidente Evo Morales promulgó la Ley 164 General de Telecomunicaciones. En su artículo 30, parágrafo 2, establece que “la vigencia de las licencias de radiodifusión será de quince años, pudiendo ser renovadas por una sola vez por igual período, siempre que su titular haya cumplido con las disposiciones previstas en esta Ley, en sus reglamentos y en la licencia respectiva”. Según Andrade, estas disposiciones que determina la normativa vigente permiten a los medios de radiodifusión renovar sus licencias de forma directa. Sin embargo la Autoridad Telecomunicaciones Y Transportes (ATT) pretende que las frecuencias del espectro comercial se distribuyan en licitaciones. El abogado de Asbora advirtió que este año y a nivel nacional, fenece la licencia de al menos 80 emisoras y en los siguientes tres años, unas 500 radioemisoras tendrían que cerrar, de no renovarse sus licencias (tomada de El paisonline via GRA blog April 24 via DXLD) ** BOLIVIA. 6025, RED PATRIA NUEVA, 21/4 0101-0125 UT. Partido de fútbol entre Bolívar de la Paz, Bolivia y Racing de Argentina. Luego desde las 0108 se emiten avisos del gobierno y música. Y desde las 0120, se realizan comentarios sobre el encuentro deportivo. SINPO: 53443 con QRM de otras emisoras sin identificar (Claudio Galaz, RX: Realistic DX-160; ANT: 40 metros de hilo; QTH: Ovalle, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** BOLIVIA. 6105, R. PANAMERICANA, 21/4 0125-0136 UT. Comentarios del Partido entre Bolívar y Racing por la Copa Libertadores e id como: “Juega…¿? Panamericana, deportivo” además de avisos de locales de La Paz y la ciudad del Alto. A las 0135, se escucha un jingle: “…Radio Panamericana, la radio que todos tienen encendida desde la mañana”. A las 0136 sale del aire. SINPO: 45444 (Claudio Galaz, RX: Realistic DX- 160; ANT: 40 metros de hilo; QTH: Ovalle, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. Está no ar novamente a frequência de 5035 kHz onda tropical de 59,58m (para ser preciso) da Rádio Aparecida, com muito boa qualidade de áudio. Sintonizei-a hoje, 21/4/2016, às 7h (hora de Brasília) ou 10h (hora UT), e era apresentado o noticioso matinal diário. Forte 73 (Luiz Chaine Neto, Limeira SP, 21-4-2016, radioescutas yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1823, DXLD) The trouble with ``precise`` wavelengths is that they depend on which conversion factor you use. Speed of light is commonly rounded off to 300 Mm/sec, which does give 59.58+ meters. A more precise SOL is 299.792 Mm/sec according to space.com, but that`s in a vacuum. Well, part of a SW signal into and out of the ionosphere is nearly thru a vacuum, but part of it isn`t, so now what? That conversion factor would lead to a wavelength of 59.54+ meters. Altho we`re all for the metric system, expressing SW in wavelengths instead of kHz would be a big mess. Imagine trying to measure and express a ``precise`` wavelength to three decimal places as can easily be done with frequencies in kHz. Imagine SW stations being separated by a certain number of centimeters rather than 5-kHz (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. Alguém sabe alguma coisa da rádio Senado, isto é, se ainda está ativa ? (Dirney Martins, 21 abril, radioescuts yg via DXLD) A Rádio Senado não está no ar em ondas curtas. Não está mais ativa. 73 (Luiz Chaine Neto, Limeira SP, 22-4-2016, ibid.) was 5990 ** BRAZIL. 9664.95, April 24 at 0558 tune-in, immediate ID in passing from Voz Missionária; no CCI now, so I take the opportunity to measure its offness without MWV in the way. None of the ZY 31mb stations manage to attain xxxx.00 kHz, nor 25mb (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 11830, Rádio Daqui, Goiânia, (Tentative), at 0150, on 22 Apr. A male announcer is speaking in what sounds like (Presumed) Portuguese. It sounds like he is preaching from what I can hear. A brief musical interlude came on followed by more talking. The audio is very poor and only coming in intermittently. At 0200 I tried LSB setting due to RHC on 11850 [sic], and a male speaker is still talking. This is a very tentative log. Poor-JBA (John Cooper, Lebanon, PA, Winradio-G33DDC, CommRadio CR-1a, SDR-IQ, GAP-Hear It-In Line Module, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, Wellbrook ALA1530LNPro, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) Later I detected RHC audio on 11830; spur from 11840? (gh, DXLD) ** BRAZIL. Documentario ouvintes da Radio Nacional da Amazônia Radio Nacional da Amazônia - Registro de ouvintes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCnct41MJJ0&feature=youtu.be (Daniel Wyllyans, April 12, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** BULGARIA. SECRETLAND, SPL Secretbrod relay R. Santec, The Cosmic Wave, April 24 1502-1532 15190 SCB 050 kW / 090 deg SoAs English/German Sunday only http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/spl-secretbrod-relay-rsantec-cosmic_24.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also BIAFRA [non] ** CANARY ISLANDS [non]. 5855.1, Apr 23, 1710, Energy, Tenerife (via pirate station in England or Ireland), English, DJ, pop. Used to be on 6205 kHz, but for the past few days Energy is regularly heard on 5855.1 (Stig Hartvig Nielsen, Randers, Denmark, SW Bulletin April 24 via WORLD OF RADIO 1823, DXLD) ** CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC. UN RADIO IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC The UN stabilisation and peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic, MINUSCA, broadcasts Guira FM round the clock on 93.3 MHz in the capital, Bangui. On-demand audio files and further info on the station can be accessed from the mission's website at http://minusca.unmissions.org (click on the station's microphone logo to go to the relevant page). (David Kernick, Interval Signals Online, April 24, dxldyg via DXLD) ** CHAD. 6165, RN Tchadienne: There is usually a little gap between 1757 (CRI off) and 1800 (BBC on) to indicate Chad activity which seems to be running not always till after 1900, when the channel becomes clear again. But not there in the gap on Thursday and Saturday. 73 (Thorsten Hallmann, Germany, April 24, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Referring to April 21 & 23 ** CHINA [and non]. 11600, CNR 1 jammer, 1158, 4/23/16, in Mandarin. Male announcer, 3+1 time pips, ID into male announcer talking at some length. Versus either unheard Sound of Hope relay of Radio Free Asia via Taiwan or Radio Taiwan International via Paochung, TWN depending on which list one consults. 11640, CHINA, Both Radio Taiwan International & CNR 1 jammer – Kouhu & ?, 1205, 4/23/16, both in Mandarin. RTI on top with energetic talk by woman over music. CNR 1 jammer under with low key talk by a woman // 11600 jammer. Either would have been fair, both together would have taken concentration to listen to either (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 Flashsheet via DXLD) ** CHINA [and non]. 9440, April 26 at 1356, 1 kHz tone, 1359 VOA Yankee Doodle Dandy sign on, and by 1400 Chinese there`s CCI under from another Chinese station --- what on earth could that be? CNR1 jammer vs VOA Tinang, PHILIPPINES, this hour only (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. Home early from work, and have just noticed "Postcard" ending during the 1330-1400 slot - normally China Drive would be here and Postcard is normally heard on Tuesdays. I also recall see a FB post somewhere last weekend noting Postcard being heard on a Saturday or Sunday. Anyone else noticed that some CRI programmes are being broadcast different to their normal schedule? Monitoring now required to confirm current schedule (Alan Roe, Teddington, UK, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CONGO. 6115, Radio Congo, 1810, French, very low audio but has to be this with news and local references. Wasn't noted when I tried for them last weekend (local time), the only days I'm home at this time to listen. 22/4 (David Sharp, NSW, FT-950, NRD-535D, R8, R30A, Timewave 599ZX, various Palstar and MFJ accessories, Quantum Phaser, various Sangean and Tecsun portables, EWE aerials via Bob Wilkner, FL, NASWA yg via DXLD) 6115, R. Congo: not there between 1700 and 1900, same on Thursday. 73 (Thorsten Hallmann, Germany, April 24, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Referring to April 21 & 23 ** CONGO DR. 5066.44, Democratic Congo, Radio CANDIP, 1900+, unusually strong with news or similar, good copy despite nearby noisy transformer. 22/4 (David Sharp, NSW, FT-950, NRD-535D, R8, R30A, Timewave 599ZX, various Palstar and MFJ accessories, Quantum Phaser, various Sangean and Tecsun portables, EWE aerials via Bob Wilkner, FL, NASWA yg via DXLD) 5066.30, Radio Candip, Bunia, 1950-1956, escuchada el 26 de abril de 2016 en francés con emisión de música pop local; se aprecia interferencia de señal morse de forma esporádica, SINPO 24322 (Via SDR Holanda) (José Miguel Romero, Burjasot (Valencia), España, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. 10345, April 24 at 0602, YL Spanish spy-numbers alternating with digital bleeps, huge S9+30 to 40, which cause enough overloading on the wide-open R75 (Preamp 2 normally engaged) to make this show up first on ``11735`` as sum mixture with my strongest local MW signal, 1390 KCRC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. 19070, April 21 at 1330, JBA carrier, as I keep tuning up after striking out on Kuwait/China jamming in the 18900-19030 band. I realize 19070 is 2 x 9535, i.e. RHC. Not enough signal for a definite //, but I don`t doubt it, as fundamentals on 17580, 17730 are blasting in (and 17750 has been dropped). So I look for further harmonic carriers, and here`s another: 19280, which is 2 x 9640. However, can`t hear one on 19420, despite VG signal on 9710. Note that 9535/19070 and 9640/19280 are Bejucal site, while 9710 is Bauta, so at least in this case, Bejucal is more prone to harmonicizing. Need to tune the 19-20 MHz band more for 9 MHz band harmonix (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1823, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9535, April 22 at 0421, RHC is S9 but dead air or maybe just barely modulated. Scheduled to be on until 0500, never very strong here. 11760, April 23 at 1300, RHC frequency announcement only says that 9850 is closing. It might have been more helpful to say which frequencies continue --- eight of them, notably adding 15370, and 6000 also closes at 1300. In the 14-15 hour, schedule shows only six frequencies remain (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11850, April 24 at 0051, very poor S2 in Spanish sounds like RHC --- yes! A new leapfrog mixing product of 11670 over 11760 another 90 kHz higher, with // audio, and also // 11840 S9+30 fundamental next to it. A reverse leap would land on 11580, but that`s blocked by WRMI with Slovakia relay in English. Hours when both 11670 and 11760 are on from Bauta site possiblizing these saults: 2300-0200 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1823, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5040, April 25 at 0432 and still at 0438, open carrier/dead air from RHC at S9+40 instead of Spanish (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 19070 & 19280, April 27 at 1345, JBA carriers, no doubt RHC second harmonix of 9535 and 9640, but not on 19420; despite the strong fundamentals being 9640 and 9710, while 9535 is quite weak (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1823, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. Happy 55th birthday, amigos at Radio Habana for May the first, Mayday. HI GLEN[n], the island of Cuba and its people have done nothing wrong to me and I don't understand on why yourself and certain others are critical of Radio Habana. I`m going to visit Cuba in July via Air France. Been told can take my radio with me as long as it's checked for security clearance before boarding the plane they told me many passengers take a radio with them to Cuba to listen to the BBC, etc. on shortwave! Instead of keeping on about Radio Habana, how about you Americans having a go at Cuba? How about you and fellow Americans having a go at your country's so-called Christian radio stations which in my opinion preach religious hatred and worship your country's Republican party? If they study the Bible correctly, they will find it to be socialist, but of course religious stations preachers, etc. are only in it for the money (Jon Collins (Birmingham) UK, April 23, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Jon, I am just as opposed to the American gospel huxters and the Republican party, as you might have figured out, if you follow what I have been saying for years. The trouble with Cuba is a little matter of human rights, freedom of speech, etc. I personally have a big problem with Habana because they jam some of my own broadcasts. How would you feel if you were in such a position? They shouldn`t jam anything, and allow the opposition to the regime to have their say. May I remind you that the Cuban government took over by force, no such thing as democracy there, as we enjoy (to a great extent) in our countries. I am bemused by how some non-Americans in free countries are so eager to give the Cuban dictatorship a pass. Being opposed to it is *not* against the Cuban *people*, but in favor of them! RHC have been self-promoting incessantly their 55th anniversary on May 1, likely to include special programming. BTW, Jon`s e-mails show up with a dot between every word instead of a space, requiring lots of fixing up. Is he aware of that? What would cause that, some mobile device? Otherwise lacking in punxuation, capitalization (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA [non]. From the Isle of Music, Week of May 2, on WBCQ and Channel 292 --- Our May 3 (May 2 in the Americas) program will feature two special guests with interviews and music: 1. Cuban Jazz/Fusion violinist William Roblejo, whose album Dreaming was nominated for a Cubadisco award in Instrumental Music, Opera Prima (New Artist) and Best Production in 2013. 2. Legendary Cuban guitarist Eliades Ochoa, a key member of Cuarteto Patria and the Buena Vista Social Club. He is on a brand new release, Guajira Más Guajira, and we'll listen to some of that. We'll also feature some wonderful historic music by Roberto Faz and more of Danzas Para Piano de Ignacio Cervantes. Two listening options on shortwave: WBCQ, 7490, Tuesdays 0000 UT (8 pm EDT Mondays) Channel 292, 6070, Tuesdays 1900 UT (2100 CEST) See the NOTES section of our Facebook page for instructions for listening online if you don't have a shortwave radio (William "Bill" Tilford, Owner/Producer, Tilford Productions, LLC, public email for program (eQSLs etc): tilfordproductions@gmail.com April 27, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** DENMARK. Radio OZNRH – which previously has been heard on 1611 and lately on 6310/6320 kHz is due with a new frequency in the near future: 15650 kHz. Likely to be on the air Sunday afternoons and into the early evening, so look out for OZNRH Sundays around 15-18 UT. More info: http://radiooznrh.webnode.com/ (Stig Hartvig Nielsen, Randers, Denmark, SW Bulletin April 24 via WORLD OF RADIO 1823, DXLD) nor heard May 1 ** ECUADOR. IF you're interested in monitoring earthquake traffic from Ecuador, 7060 kHz is the area to listen. No QSL opportunity but you may find it interesting listening (Paul Dobosz, Holland MI, MARE Tipsheet 22 April via DXLD) Viz.: SB QST @ ARL $ARLB014 ARLB014 --- Radio Amateurs Asked to Keep 7.060 MHz Clear for Ecuador Earthquake Emergency Traffic ZCZC AG14 ---- QST de W1AW --- ARRL Bulletin 14 ARLB014 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT April 19, 2016 To all radio amateurs In the wake of the April 16 earthquake in Ecuador, the Amateur Radio community is being asked to keep 7060 kHz clear for "Cadena HC" emergency traffic. DXpeditions operating RTTY on 40 meters are requested to keep pileups below 7.060 MHz. The 7.8 magnitude earthquake has resulted in dozens of deaths and many more injuries. Most earthquake damage has occurred in the Guayaquil (HC2) and Portoviejo/Manta (HC4) areas of Ecuador. Well-known DXer Lilian de Ayala, HC4L, in Portoviejo - the capital of Manabi province - is safe, but some structures in Portoviejo and Manta suffered severe damage, with many victims reported to have been buried in the rubble of collapsed buildings and homes. Electrical power and commercial telecommunication systems have been either destroyed or knocked out in the affected area, and hams in the HC4 district have been operating by using mobile stations or battery power. Many roads have been rendered impassable because of earthquake rubble. The Cadena HC emergency frequency is now active and running 24 hours per day on 7.060 LSB. Hams in Ecuador have been reported very busy coordinating search-and-rescue activities (via Dobosz, ibid.) ** ECUADOR [non]. 11985, Apr 22, 2016. 2202-2208, Radio Akhbar Mufriha, Ascension. YL talks in Pulaar language; music; YL preaching, presumed. Very good signal and modulation, 45444 (DXer - José Ronaldo Xavier, Cabedelo, PB, Brazil, Tecsun S-2000, Portable Telescopic antenna, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) See also GERMANY U.K., HCJB Radio Akhbar Mufriha via BaBcoCk, Apr 22 2100-2115 on 7300 WOF 250 kW / 170 deg to NoAf Tachelhit http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/hcjb-radio-akhbar-mufriha-via-babcock.html (DX RE MIX NEWS #949 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, April 26, 2016 via DXLD) I was thinking there was some confusion here, but there really are two separate transmissions in HFCC A-16 for entire season dates: 7300 2100 2145 37S WOF 250 170 0 551 1234567 7275 Ara G HCJ BAB 59 11985 2145 2215 46W ASC 250 27 0 547 123 567 10737 Fuc G HCJ BAB 231 (Glenn Hauser, OK, X LISTENING DIGEST) ** ECUADOR [and non] - Hallo DX-Community, wie schaut es aus mit dem Morgenempfang der 6050 kHz aus? Sollen wir es wagen, wieder zwischen 0400-0500 UT Englisch/Deutsch aufzuschalten? Dann kurz eine Anmerkung zu den Mails von Christoph und Martin vom 20.2.2016: Das Technologiezentrum von HCJB in Elkhart-[IN] USA wurde inzwischen ausgesourced und heißt jetzt "SonSetSolutions". Infos in Englisch: Die einzigen Kurzwellensender, die noch gefertigt werden, fahren 1 kW. Jetzt geht noch ein "Refurbish"-HC-100 nach Australien: Damit scheint es mit der Produktion von großen Sendern Schluss zu sein. Aber die gute Nachricht: in Australien brummt noch die Kurzwelle! Herzliche Grüße vom Äquator - Quito, Stadt des ewigen Frühlings - 3000 Meter über dem Meeresspiegel (der Slogan weckt doch immer noch das Fernweh!), Euer Horst [Rosiak, HCJB] (a-dx 30.03.2016 via WWDXC DX MAGAZINE 4/2016 via DXLD) [Google translation:] - Hello DX community, as it looks out from the levee of 6050 kHz? Shall we dare intrude again between 0400-0500 UT English / German? Then just a comment on the emails of Christopher and Martin from 02.20.2016: The Technology Center of HCJB in Elkhart- [IN] USA has now been sourced and is now called "SonSetSolutions". Info in English: The only short-wave transmitters, which are still manufactured, drive 1 kW. Now even goes a "Refurbish" -HC-100 to Australia: Thus there seems to be an end to the production of large broadcasters. But the good news: in Australia is booming even shortwave! Cordial greetings from the equator - Quito, City of Eternal Spring - 3000 meters above sea level (the slogan is personable but still itchy feet!), Your Horst [Rosiak, HCJB] (a-dx 30.03.2016 via WWDXC DX MAGAZINE 4/2016 via DXLD) How in the world does it translate ``Morgenempfang``, which obviously means ``morning reception``, into ``levee``???? ``Ausgesourced``, an abominable Deutsch-Anglicism, must mean ``outsourced``, which is not the same as ``sourced``. ``Fernweh`` by itself is translated as ``Wanderlust``, rather than ``itchy feet``. Wanderlust is of course both an English and German word (Wilhelm Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** EGYPT. 9965, R. Cairo, Abis, 0041 - OM in Arabic with tentative cultural program (?). This was in Arabic but heard several mentions of Arabiya, Morocco etc. Could have been a news type feature so this is really a guess as to the specifics of the program. The interesting thing was the relatively clear audio tonight. There was a slight buzz on the signal but the modulation was some of the clearest I have heard from Cairo in quite awhile (Stephen C Wood, MA, UT April 21, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 12085.05, April 22 at 0404, lo hum at S4 to S5, i.e. Cairo`s reactivated A-16 frequency to waste, scheduled as 0200-0700, to western Europe and eastern North America, 250 kW, 315 degrees from Abis in Arabic, i.e. replacing 9745 with the same disservice in B-15. At least this opens 9745 for Bahrain after 0200 until which Cairo is still on there at 0045-0200 in ``Spanish`` (and 9745 remains an alternate to 12085). I find this much more interesting than APR via MWV which I have just left on 9480. 9965.00, April 22 at 0416, R. Cairo with whine, flutter, undermodulated but sufficient Qur`an, S9+25. Still here, but often offset plus, or minus (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ETHIOPIA. 7235.0, Voice of Eritrea, Addis Ababa, *0356, Apr 18, s/on with IS like rhythmic sounds from tam-tam drums and ID “Edhi Damsuraline Ertrai“ (approx.), vernacular, 25432 (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria, DSWCI DX Window April 27 via DXLD) 7234.30, April 25 at 0424, open carrier, dead air S5-S6, presumably the wandering Addis transmitter, which varies both sides of 7235 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ETHIOPIA [non]. New clandestine broadcasts of Alyx & Yeyi: Radio Voice of Independent Oromia from April 3 1600-1630 on 17860 unknown/hidden site* to EaAf Oromo Sun *tentatively via ISS 250 kW / 130 deg (like R. Xoriyo/Assenna/Eritrean Forum/Oromo Voice) http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/eye-radio-and-radio-voice-of.html (DX RE MIX NEWS #949 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, April 26, 2016 via DXLD) Weak signal here in Sofia for Voice of Independent Oromia at 1600 on 17860 plus jamming. Also another UNID new clandestine in Oromo 1730-1800 on 17765, instead of registered 1700-1730 on same freq Videos will be added later today -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, 1853 UT April 24, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) FRANCE, Reception of Radio Voice of Independent Oromia, April 24 1600-1630 on 17860 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Oromo Sun Transmissions are jammed by Ethiopia with white noise digital jamming http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/reception-of-radio-voice-of-independent.html Copied today 4/24 with tough 17855 kHz REE, 1600z sign on with music box into OM in Oromo on 17860, via ISS? Best in USB. To east Africa - new clandestine (Rich Ray, Burr Ridge, IL, JRC NRD 545 and Wellbrook 330s, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Radio Voice of Independent Oromia I also copied this here 4/24/16 at 1600z sign on - 17860. Comparing my recording to Ivo's convinces me that I indeed copied this - yet, about 21 seconds before the music on Ivo's starts, I recorded what I can best describe as music box type music which lasted 11 seconds, then dead air for 10 seconds then the music starts (the same music as Ivo's recording starts with). I had REE on 17855 at the same time so I was using USB on 17860. Does REE use music box type music before signing on or was this Oromia's interval signal I caught that Ivo did not show on his recording?? I can send an mp3 of this to anyone willing to help. Here's a Dropbox link. https://www.dropbox.com/s/s0z2j5mlzw2zkt9/prior%20to%20oromia.mp3?dl=0 Any suggestions? Thanks (Rich Ray, Burr Ridge, IL, Ten Tec RX340 and Wellbrook 330s, April 27, ibid.) Rich, Your recording sounds like Radio Japan`s interval signal, not properly tuned in. I don`t know what they would be doing around that frequency at that time. Maybe someone`s switching error. REE does have a very memorable IS but it`s rather electronic than music box (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) ** ETHIOPIA [non]. FRANCE, UNIDentified clandestine broadcast via WRMI broker, April 24 1730-1800 17765 ISS 150 kW / 125 deg to EaAf Oromo Sun, not 1700-1730 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/unidentified-clandestine-broadcast-via.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ETHIOPIA [non]. Reception of V of Oromo Liberation via MBR, Apr 24 1700-1800 on 17630 ISS 100 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Amharic Sun Transmissions are jammed by Ethiopia with white noise digital jamming http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/reception-of-voice-of-oromo-liberation_24.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** FRANCE. Terrible audio of Radio France International, April 24 0700-0900 on 17850.2 ISS 500 kW / 160 deg to CeAf French http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/terrible-audio-of-radio-france.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) RFI has had couple of days problems with their transmitter on 15300 at 1700. Distorted carrier and audio. It sounds like two audios at the same time, but not in synchro (Jari, Finland, April 26, ibid.) Probably same tx morning 0700-0900 on 17850 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/terrible-audio-of-radio-france.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, ibid.) Noted also oddity a year ago already. Compared that signal against other TDF Issoudun broadcasts at same time in same meterband, and - I guess - heard the same audio characteristics on all that 15299.874 kHz (seldom odd frequency outlet of TDF Issoudun!) S=9+10dB, also at 1830-1900 UT on Febr 20 slot. (wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Febr 20, 2015) <<<<< in A-16 two transmitters in synchrony at 17 UT 15300 1700 1800 37E,38W,46E,47,52,53 ISS 500 155 0 217 Fra F RFI TDF 15300 1700 1800 37,46 ISS 500 200 0 217 Fra F RFI TDF (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) ** GAMBIA [non]. 15465, Friday April 22 at 1901, using the G8 portable at hand, I can tell there is a signal here, but that`s it. By 1936 I`m on the NRD-545 with N-S internal shortwire, and now there is a JBA S4 signal vs the S3 background noise level. At 1937 I switch to the ALA- 330S Wellbrook, and that helps a little, S5-S6, and can make out some African?-accented English. At 1950 I try the R75 with external 100- foot east-west longwire, but it`s only a JBA carrier that way. This was the expected reappearance of Radio Free Gambia, which was first reported last Friday April 15 at this hour by Stephen Cooper; but may have started April 1 on Fridays only according to an HFCC registration showing this frequency-hour available 7 days a week for Radio Miami International, via TDF, Issoudun, FRANCE. RMI was the broker for a previous Gambian clandestine 5-6 years ago, which may be related (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Radio Free Gambia - 22 April 2016 --- Crash start on 15465 kHz a few seconds after 1900 UT with anthem (?) and introduction in English as monitored using the Twente receiver. Signal peaking at just over S9. (Richard Langley, NB, 1940 UT April 22, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) [later:] Confirmed that it is the Gambian national anthem "For The Gambia Our Homeland." – (Richard Langley, ibid.) The current HFCC listing for this broadcast is: 15465 Frequency 1900 Start time 2000 End time 46W Target zone = western part of west Africa ISS Transmitting site = Issoudun 100 Power (kW) 207 Antenna beam azimuth (degrees) 0 Slew (degrees) 217 Antenna type = AHR(S)4/4/0.8 (a curtain antenna type) 1234567 [sic] Broadcast days 010416 Start date (1 April 2016) 291016 End date (29 October 2016) D Modulation = Double side band 17400 Antenna design frequency (kHz) Eng Language F Administration code = France RMI Broadcaster code = Radio Miami International TDF Frequency manager organization code = Télédiffusion de France 16244 Identification Interestingly, it says that the broadcaster is Radio Miami International. So Jeff White brokered it? And all days of the week are reserved, not just Fridays (Richard Langley, ibid.) FRANCE, Reception of Radio Free Gambia via MBR Apr 22 1900-2000 on 15465 ISS 100 kW / 207 deg to WeAf English Fri http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/reception-of-radio-free-gambia-via-mbr.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY. Europa 24 overnight test --- Europa 24, Germany, 250 watts is running overnight tonight on 6150, 2000-1800 Sunday. europa24onshortwave@yahoo.com (Mike Barraclough, England, April 23, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Thanks Dave and Mike, checked 6150 kHz music station from Datteln Germany, 250 watts tiny signal, checked between 0030 and 0115 UT on April 24: best in Ukraine and Spain at S=7-8, -80 ... 78dBm. S=6 or -92dBm in far northern Sweden S=4 or -105dBm in St.P. Russia S=4-5 or -96dBm in Italy S=4 or -105dBm in central France S=4-5 or -99dBm in Greece NIL in Doha Qatar. NIL in skip zone Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Netherlands, Poland, and 3x central Sweden. S=4 or -96dBm threshold level in MA/NJ-USA, NIL in FL, KY, MI, NY, CT USA. Best to listen to is Spain remote unit. 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) Not even a carrier here (gh, OK, DXLD) Monitoring Perseus site in MA, I believe Europa 24, 6150 was on at 0240 tune with German male announcer and pop tunes, but after 0300 there is a Spanish station (RHC?) and no sign of Europa 24 (Bruce Churchill, 0313 UT ibid.) That would be La Voz Alegre, MADAGASCAR GERMANY, 6150, Europa 24, Datteln, test transmission with 250 watts, 0513-0632, 24-04, pop music, German, comments, several ID: "Europa 24" at 0630 news, all in German. Interference from Austria on 6155 between 0513 to 0610. 23322 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Log in Lugo, Sony ICF SW7600G, cable antenna, 8 meters, ibid.) ** GERMANY. Recent Channel 292 changes --- Hi All, Some recent changes noted on the Channel 292 schedule: 1700 UT on Thursday 28th - 'Radio Back in Time' (new!). 1300 UT on Saturday 30th - 'Groovelines' (monthly). 1700 UT on Saturday 28th - 'Free Radio Skybird'. 1900 UT on Thursday 5th & 11th of May - 'Just Right' (new). Note: these are just in addition to the regular weekly programmes, such as 'From the Isle of Music' and 'DigiDX', and a full list of current schedules for all the channels' programmes can be found at: http://www.channel292.de/schedule-for-bookings/ Some stations have vanished from the schedule, amongst them are 'Authentic Rock Radio', and the 'Christian Media Network', which had been running on some weekday afternoons. Radio Northern Ireland now only seems to be available on WRMI, though it does seem to be well received in more distant places on 15770 and 9955 kHz now. RNI station operator Jordan Heyburn was recently featured on the programme 'World Report' on CBC Radio in St John's, Newfoundland, after he listened to CKZN shortwave 6160 kHz (which is situated in St John's, and which relays the medium wave signal from CBC NL's Happy Valley Goose Bay station). A recording of their interview with Jordan, which starts at around 17 minutes, can be heard on Sound cloud at: The Shortwave Service have now added a repeat of the 'Radio Canada International' broadcast, which appears on Saturdays at 1400 on 7310 kHz, and the repeat can now be heard on Sundays at 1400 UTC on 6005 kHz as well (listeners who can't receive their signal can still listen to the live streams via the Shortwave Service website). http://www.shortwaveservice.com/empfangen/programmplan/?lang=de Posted by: (Alan Gale, April 27, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1823, DXLD) ** GERMANY. Upcoming frequency change of HCJB Voice of The Andes from May 1 0000-2400 NF 5920 WNM 003 kW / 145 deg to SEEu Eng/Ger/Rus, ex 7365 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/upcoming-frequency-change-of-hcjb-voice.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1823, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Maybe not really 24h NSP? Overnight will have QRM from WHRI (gh) ** GERMANY. DW TV: see INTERNATIONAL VACUUM ** GREECE. Reception of Voice of Greece, April 19-20 from 1830 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek tx#3 from 1900 on 9935 AVL 100 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek tx#1 from 0450 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek*tx#3 from 0450 on 11645 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg to NoAf Greek*tx#1 * plus 3-5 min news 0600-0700 in Serbian, Romanian, Spanish, Albanian, Polish, Italian, Russian, Arabic. Off air at 0710. http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/reception-of-voice-of-greece-april-19-20.html Random reception of Voice of Greece, AVLis, April 21 from 0645 9420 170 kW / 323 deg WeEu Polish/Italain tx#3, off at 0754 from 0645 11645 100 kW / 182 deg NoAf Polish/Italain tx#1, off at 0752 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/random-reception-of-voice-of-greece_21.html Reception of Voice of Greece, April 22-23 from 2100 9420 170 kW / 323 deg WeEu Greek tx#3 from 2100 9935 100 kW / 323 deg WeEu Greek tx#1 from 0600 9420 170 kW / 323 deg WeEu Greek tx#3 & off at 0715UT from 0600 11645 100 kW / 182 deg NoAf Greek tx#1 & off at 0715UT http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/reception-of-voice-of-greece-april-22-23.html (DX RE MIX NEWS #949 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, April 26, 2016 via DXLD) 11645, April 22 at 0411, S7 Greek? song, and no whine!!! // stronger S9+10 9420, and 9935 is off. I bet the whine is not gone for good, tho. Has some ACI from 11650 R. Tamazuj via Madagascar, unless 11645 tuned on LSB. Aoki shows Helliniki Radiophonia not starting 11645 until 0500. 9935, April 23 at 0206, ERT music is good with no whine at S9, // stronger 9420 at S9+10; not on 11645 at this time. Dare we hope the whine has really been fixed? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Voice of Greece was back on shortwave, April 26: from 1915 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek tx#3 no signal on 9935 AVL 100 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek tx#1 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/voice-of-greece-was-back-on-shortwave.html Morning reception of Voice of Greece, April 27 from 0300 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek tx#3 from 0300 on 9935 AVL 100 kW / 323 deg to ENAm Greek tx#1 0400-0600 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek tx#3 0400-0600 on 11645 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg to NoAf Greek tx#1 0600-0700 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek*tx#3 off at 0726 0600-0700 on 11645 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg to NoAf Greek*tx#1 off at 0725 *plus 3-5 min news in Serbian, Romanian, Spanish, Russian, Albanian, Arabic. Today missing langs are Polish, Italian. http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/morning-reception-of-voice-of-greece.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11645, April 27 at 0534, VOG is S6 here with no whine, // S4 on 9420 with talk, in Greek? Both very poor with flutter. Ivo Ivanov reports 3-5 minutes each of various foreign languages usually appear during the 06-07 UT hour on these (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1823, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUINEA. R Dif. TV Guinéenne, Sonfonia, Conakry, used 9650 with 50 kW until June 1998 as an alternative frequency for 7125, which was active until Sep 2011 with the schedule: 0555 (Su 0800v)-2300 in French and vernaculars. In the meantime the frequencyband 7100-7200 has been reserved to radioamateurs (DBS-archive via Ed Anker Petersen, DSWCI DX Window April 27 via DXLD) 9650, Apr 16, 0650, R Guinée not that strong in the morning but managed to catch an ID for R Guinée before the music started. I searched for a picture of a verification and found only this one, so this must be a very rare verification sent to Michael Schnitzer in Germany in 1986: See http://www.antique-corner.com/SWLQSL/guinea.htm (Thomas Nilsson, Sweden, SW Bulletin April 24 via DXLD) 9650, Apr 16, 0715 Heard Conakry twice, the first time was 0715 on 16/4 and the last reception was after 0700 19/4, with news or similar by a woman. Cochannel competition from North Korea after 0730 but still fair copy. Hopefully they will be back on. Suspect faults were repaired, only to lead to further issues after just a few days operation. Have checked other known freqs for Conakry but all are silent (David Sharp, NSW, SW Bulletin April 24 via DXLD) I`ve seen no other reports of anyone hearing it after 0800+ UT April 16; it was certainly no longer on overnight, maybe not starting until 0700ish for a few more days? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Radio Guinée: not heard on 9650 or any other of their former channels throughout the week despite regular checks. 73 (Thorsten Hallmann, Germany, April 24, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** HAITI. A little help please --- Looking at my 1989 WRTH I noticed that both of the frequencies for 4VEH in Haïti (840 and 1030 kHz) carried directional and non-directional antenna use. I presume that the two transmitters fed into the same site. I see that there was a sort of switching between the monopole and array configurations. The station has been silent for many years. Have any members any historical data which would might locate the transmitter site and clarify the antenna configuration? Also please bring me and other members some food for thought with your own discoveries or possible findings re locations - there is plenty of grey within my spreadsheets! 73 and 88 (Dan Goldfarb, UK, April 23, mwmasts yg via DXLD) 4VEH, 840, heard loud and clear NOV 8 2015 while in Newfoundland. Don't believe 1030 has been on for a long time (Jim Renfrew, Clarendon NY, ibid.) Coordinates 19 44'03"N, 72 10'43"W should get you to the Petite Anse transmitter site in Google Earth. 840 was off the air recently due to generator problems. According to the 4VEH Facebook page, enough money was raised to repair the generators. The 840 signal was reported in the NRC International DX Digest as received February 20, 2016, by Mark Connelly in Massachusetts. Don't know anything about whether or not both antennas are used for 840 kHz. I believe 1030 kHz was closed a long time ago (Bruce Conti, *¡BAMLog!* http://www.bamlog.com ibid.) ** INDIA. [Re 16-16:] AIR [All India Radio] may be shutting down external services. The fact that 95% of their budget goes to the SW transmitters and 5% goes to program production and staff salaries says a lot about the future of SW. Of course we have plenty of opportunities to hear Indian radio via the web. It's the listeners in many Asian and African countries who will lose out. The article also points out that AIR external services started in World War II. I was recently reading about India's involvement in WWII, which isn't well known. By the end of the war the Indian Army was 2.5 million strong and all volunteer. It was the largest all- volunteer army in world history. Beside being very active in Burma and Southeast Asia against the Japanese, Indian troops fought in the Italian colonies in the Horn of Africa, in North Africa, the Middle East, Greece, and in Italy. One unit even fought in France (Don Moore, Oak Park IL, MARE Tipsheet 22 April via DXLD) ** INDIA. 4896.0, April 23 at 1207, S7-S9 signal with music? and nothing on 4895.0, so presumably AIR Kurseong off-frequency, a trick they have pulled before. Many other 60mb carriers on proper AIR frequencies, also East Turkistan, China, Tibet, Indonesia. 4895.0, April 24 at 1239, JBA carrier here ex-4896.0 yesterday, so AIR Kurseong is back in whack (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. 4920, April 22 at 1218, man talking with occasional comments by woman at S7; almost sounds domestic, could be a western language, English or Spanish but can`t recognize anything. 1229 a bit of music, and then mostly YL speaking. First I checked whether it`s // 1640 KZLS local, which does put a 2x harmonic on 3280, but not on 3x = 4920. Not tonal Tibetan or Chinese, so that leaves us with AIR Chennai listed in Hindi at this time, but also has Tamil, and some short news segments in English at other times; Holy Tibet is also in English but not now. Many other Asian carriers on 60m matching East Turkistan, India, China, Indonesia frequencies (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. 5010, All India Radio, Thiruvananthapuram, in Hindi at 1300 UT with tone, announcement and probable program promo. The same tone at 1301:15 then into local music. Very Good April 19 2016 (Mick Delmage, Sherwood Park AB, Rx: Perseus SDR, Ant: Wellbrook loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. AIR Vividh Bharati 9870 kHz noted back today after many weeks. Thanks to Alokesh for the tip. Yours sincerely, (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur Radio, Hyderabad, India, April 25, dx_india via WORLD OF RADIO 1823, DXLD) 9870, April 27 at 1213 no signal from India or China here, (while 9940 has S9+10 from AIR Bengaluru carrier about to open Burmese, 1215 ID and sign-on). 1225 still no 9870, but at 1258 recheck, Indian music makes S8, with CCI from CRI (English via Xi`an), so AIR Vividh Bharati Service is back, as Alokesh Gupta & Jose Jacob report it reactivated ``after many weeks`` as of April 25. The schedule was and presumably once again is, per Aoki: 0015-0435, 0900-1200, 1230-1740, oblivious of the CCCCI (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Really *1245 ** INDIA. 9940, April 23 at 1232, good S9+10 to +20 signal with Bollywood music, during AIR`s Myanmarianese hour from 1215. This 500 kW, 60 degrees from Bengaluru carries on well to here, closer to transpolar. There are rumblings in India of closing down the AIR external SW services, as too expensive to maintain. BTW, Aung San Suu Kyi doesn`t care whether in English we call her country Burma or Myanmar tho she is partial to Burma (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA. [Re 16-16] Correcting: date was April 21 not 20, fixed: 4869.91, April 21 at 1250, JBA carrier, surely RRI Wamena on distinctive off-frequency, reported by Ron Howard to have been re- active on April 17 and 18. Also stronger with music on 4749.97 approx., no doubt Makassar, with het from Bangladesh or China. Enid sunrise today: 1149 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA. 9525, Apr 21, 2016. 2030-2035, Voice of Indonesia, Jakarta. YL talks in French. Surprise: no interference by CRI, no blocked by CRI, in Russian. Fair signal and very poor modulation, 35332; sometimes, 35331. 73 (DXer - José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo, PB, Brazil, RX (s) Tecsun S-2000, Portable Telescopic antenna, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) Voice of Indonesia on 9525.9, instead of nominal 9525.0, April 22 --- Fair signal in English at 1358 UT. Videos will be added later today. -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1823, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Ivo, Also noted them on that frequency as early as 1126 UT, but poor reception then (Ron Howard, San Francisco, 1420 UT April 22, ibid.) V of Indonesia again on 9525.9, instead of 9525.0 Apr 21 1000-1100 9525.9 JAK 250 kW / 135 deg AUS English 1100-1200 9525.9 JAK 250 kW / 010 deg EaAs Chinese 1200-1300 9525.9 JAK 250 kW / 010 deg EaAs Japanese 1300-1400 9525.9 JAK 250 kW / 010 deg EaAs English 1400-1500 9525.9 JAK 250 kW / 010 deg EaAs Indonesian 1500-1600 9525.9 JAK 250 kW / 010 deg EaAs Chinese 1600-1700 9525.9 JAK 250 kW / 290 deg N/ME Arabic 1700-1800 9525.9 JAK 250 kW / 290 deg WeEu Spanish 1800-1900 9525.9 JAK 250 kW / 290 deg WeEu German 1900-2100 9525.9 JAK 250 kW / 290 deg WeEu English/French, blocked by CRI Russian 9525 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/voice-of-indonesia-again-on-95259.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1823, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9525.897, April 23 at 1240, VOI must have switched transmitters, back to the off-frequency one after several months close to 9525.0; some music audible at S4-S7, perhaps OK modulation level during scheduled Japanese hour. No QRM now from 9520, 9525 or 9530 stations. Quick recheck at 1322 during English, now it`s just barely modulated. At least China is not scheduled on 9525.0 at 14 this season, but it is at 19-21 in Russian, totally blocking VOI English and French into Europe. Maybe the het will at least bother CRI a bit. 9525.895, April 25 at 1352, VOI very weak carrier measured here during presumed English hour, and no hets from 9520, 9525 or 9530 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1823, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Heard Voice of Indonesia English in 18 UT slot today. Intelligible, even if modulation was low. 9526 kHz. I have complained to them over several years about annual summer clash when English to Europe is ruined by CRI Russian at 19 UT. I have noticed an occasional time switch in the past – but usually for a day, like a mistaken scheduling. I hope this is a real and long overdue change. Even in winter, the propagation conditions would favour 18 h over 19 UT. But my correspondence with RRI suggests they don’t think too much about frequencies. They sometimes announce other channels like 15125 which were used years ago but never in recent times. Two other concerns: - They have a holiday contest which looks attractive but they ask for a copy of your passport to enter. - Don’t complain too aggressively about their shortwave signal or they might follow others in saying may not be worth all the hassle! Also hearing Indonesian amateur radio operator, Daud YB01DM in Jakarta 14200/14215 several days this week in 17h slot. 73 (Derek Lynch, Ireland, April 27, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM. — Satellites --- 103 W, SES-3 V-3.741 29.270 MSPS Deutsche Welle, SD, English service with Eco-at-Africa followed by DW news, in well with 85% signal and 62%+ quality. DW uses QPSK modulation with MPEG2 compression, decodable by any DVB receiver. They are also one of the few C Band broadcasters who bother to programme the Electronic Programming Guide feature to let you know what shows are coming up. A nice touch! 2045-2110 16/Apr using the Manhattan DVB- 2 receiver +BUD (Big Ugly Dish) (Ken Zichi, Williamson MI & Port Hope MI2, MARE Tipsheet 22 April via DXLD) ** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM [and non]. [Re 16-16, IRAN:] Radio Farda's TV Signal Jammed In Tehran --- I wonder what satellite is being jammed. VOA TV is on a few different satellites including Hotbird on 13E. Shame that important detail is missing from the report on the RFE/RL site. Doing some more research it appears Radio Farda Breakfast is on the VOA Persian TV channel - schedule here http://ir.voanews.com/info/tv-guide/2822.html This is carried on Hotbird, Asiasat 105E, Y1A at 52.5E, Telstar 12 at 15W, Intelsat 907 at 27.5W and SES 6 at 40.5W. I can pick up Hotbird and 15W so I will set a recording for 0230 (3:30am UK time) and see if I get any hint of the jamming (Stephen Cooper, UK, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) No jamming detected on my recording from 13E and 15W. Some screenshots of VOA Persian and Radio Farda TV attached (Stephen, later, ibid.) ** IRAN. Upcoming frequency change of VIRI IRIB to avoid V of Greece 1823-1920 NF 9710 SIR 500 kW / 310 deg to WeEu French, ex 9420 // frequency 13730 KAM 500 kW / 259 deg to NWAf French http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/upcoming-frequency-change-of-viri-irib.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** IRAN [non]. Changes of R. Ranginkaman/Rainbow via BaBcoCk de Apr 18 1600-1630 7575 KCH 500 kW / 116 deg Farsi Mon/Fri, ex TAC 1600-1630 15690 SCB 050 kW / 090 deg Farsi Mon/Fri http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/change-of-rranginkamanrainbow-via.html Reception of Radio Ranginkaman/Radio Rainbow via BaBcoCk, April 22: 1600-1630 7575 KCH 500 kW / 116 deg Farsi Mon/Fri, on/off, dead air 1600-1630 15690 SCB 050 kW / 090 deg Farsi Mon/Fri, no signal today! http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/reception-of-radio-ranginkamanradio.html Reception of Radio Ranginkaman/Radio Rainbow via BaBcoCk, April 25: 1600-1630 7575 KCH 500 kW / 116 deg Farsi Mon/Fri again no signal on // freq 15690 SCB 050 kW / 090 deg Farsi Mon/Fri, probably deleted! http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/reception-of-radio-ranginkamanradio_26.html (DX RE MIX NEWS #949 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, April 26, 2016 via DXLD) ** IRAN [non]. Good signal of Radio Payem e-Doost via BaBcoCk, Apr 23 1800-1845 on 7480 KCH 500 kW / 116 deg to WeAs Farsi http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/good-signal-of-radio-payem-e-doost-via.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** IRAN [non]. Voice of Spring, Iran Prisoner´s Radio http://sedayebahar.com/ Mauno Ritola WRTH Facebook New clandestine broadcast via BaBcoCk from April 21: 1730-1800 on 7495 KCH 500 kW / 116 deg to WeAs Farsi (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDX Bulgaria News April 20 via DXLD) New clandestine broadcast via BaBcoCk from April 21 is Sedaye Bahar 1730-1800 on 7495 KCH 500 kW / 116 deg to WeAs Farsi Thu/Fri (Voice of Spring) http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/new-clandestine-broadcast-via-babcock_21.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1823, DX LISTENING DIGEST) According to the Google translated version of http://www.sedayebahar.com/frequency.html it is only every Thursday and Friday. Recording from my location in Southport, England here - https://clyp.it/4iawa5xs (first few minutes are VOA in Pasto on the same frequency until 1730). (Stephen Cooper, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1823, DXLD) That page further suggests that transmissions will take place only during this spring (hence the name) and only social media activities continue afterwards. Nowhere a real hint at the origin of this media product, other than a voice box number in California (Kai Ludwig, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1823, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ITALY. As I wrote in my previous e-mail (Cf. DXW 553. Ed), the situation is not yet clear, as frequencies has not been assigned to stations that required them. And an official note of about two weeks ago stated that, who will broadcast without the permission, will be prosecuted. For this reason at the moment just one of my local stations is on the air, it's Free Radio AM on 1476; the other two stations on 1557 and 1584 are silent from about a week. On the last frequency right now I can listen to Radio Studio X (DSWCI-2010, Alessandro Gropazzi, Muggia (TS), Italy, DSWCI DX Window April 27 via DXLD) ** JAPAN. 774, JOUB Akita (NHK-2), 1223, April 27. As is often the case here, carried an English language lesson; "The baby is not sleeping now. The baby was not sleeping five minutes ago"; 1230 into another lesson; "Hi everyone. Let's learn English"; poor to almost fair. This is still the most consistent Trans-Pacific [MW] station that I hear. BTW - Recently Glenn speculated about Australia being heard here, but for myself, I have never been able to catch them on this frequency (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** JAPAN [non]. vs CHINA Strong co-channel between R. Japan NHK World & CNR-2, April 26 1430-1500 11740 SNG 250 kW / 340 deg SEAs Burmese R. Japan NHK World 1400-1500 11740 LIN 100 kW / 286 deg EaAs Chinese China National R. 2 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/strong-co-ch-between-rjapan-nhk-world.html (DX RE MIX NEWS #949 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, April 26, 2016 via DXLD) Oops ** KOREA NORTH [and non]. [Re 16-16, NORTH KOREAN MW] --- I'll edit the post sometime soon to include some more clips, including the notoriously propaganda-heavy (anti-US and South Korea, especially) Korean Central Television, KCBS, which is a strong local about 25 miles to my north. Their audio can be heard in the Russian and Japanese FM bands, little did I know. However, I'll also post the other side of things to be fair. While North Korea is almost entirely doom and gloom ("we're going to blow you to pieces, you bastard imperialists!"), South Korea takes the opposite approach, throwing rainbows all about. "This is what your government is doing to you, but here in the south, our life is happy and peaceful, 'Happy South Korea!!'" (constantly heard, in Korean of course, on the main FM stations, which run parallel to the DMZ loudspeakers aimed north). They throw in some K-pop music to top it off. I think having the full picture of who is saying what - granted few, if any, people here can actually understand it - is only fair and balanced (not in the FOX News sort of way, but in the two-sides-to- everything way). You may not understand the words, but you can listen to the audio and truly get a feeling for what you think they are talking about and in the TV audio clips, they leave very little to the imagination. It really is kind of like the battle between good and evil (except honestly, both sides are the aggressors, and I can say that as I live along the border). It reminds me of Adam Sandler's "Little Nicky". Satan's son spouting rainbows. Nothing is as it really seems (Chris Kadlec, Seoul, April 25, WTFDA Forum via DXLD) ** KOREA NORTH. 11735, April 22 at 0409, stilted Spanish about Vietnam, and then an harmonious song. Yes, it`s Voice of Korear, which starts its extensive daily usage of 11735 at 0330 with Spanish. S3-S4, but much better than Argentina 11710.7 is doing in reversely scheduled Chinese (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. UZBEKISTAN, Reception of Voice of Martyrs via RED Telecom, April 23 1530-1700 on 7520 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Korean plus English http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/reception-of-voice-of-martyrs-via-red.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also UZBEKISTAN ** KOREA NORTH [non]. JAPAN, Reception of Shiokaze Sea Breeze, Apr 21 1300-1400 on 5935 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs English Thu 1405-1435 on 5935 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Japanese Daily 1600-1700 on 5915 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs English Thu http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/reception-of-shiokaze-sea-breeze-april.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) New 5965, Shiokaze at 1303 on April 27; first day on alternate frequency; in Korean; ex: 5935; good reception with no jamming yet (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1823, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA SOUTH. 4885, Echo of Hope - VOH, suddenly on at 1156 with singing jingle ending with "VOH" on April 27; fair, but within an hour up to good reception. Since they first went of the air here (Dec 21, 2015), have never heard any jamming; whereas // 3985 // 6003 and // 6348 always seem to have white noise jamming. This is still easy to ID with the often heard "V O H" in English (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA SOUTH. Dear Mr. Hauser, RFK (Radio Free Korea) is a clandestine MW station in South Korea. RFK is now on the air from 0900 to 2100 UT on 1143 kHz. I don't know when to start the schedule change. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68YRtf8es4Q Best regards (Sungchul Cho from South Korea, April 25, WORLD OF RADIO 1823, DX LISTENING DIGEST) i.e. local nite hours only (gh) ** KOREA SOUTH. V. of Freedom, 6135 kHz origin confirmed --- Dear Mr. Hauser, I confirmed the transmitter site of V. of Freedom on 6135 kHz. The site is located in Jang-an, Hwaseong, South Korea (37.047019, 126.859268) Best regards, 73 (Sungchul Cho from South Korea, April 22, WORLD OF RADIO 1823, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KURDISTAN [non]. Test frequency of Denge Kurdistanye, April 20 1210-1240 11605 SCB 100 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish + 2nd hx on 23210 // freq 11600 KCH 300 kW / 116 deg to WeAs Kurdish, very weak signal Full updated summer A-16 schedule of Denge Kurdistan is 0300-0500 on 11600 ISS 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish 0500-1300 on 11600 KCH 300 kW / 116 deg to WeAs Kurdish 1300-1700 on 11600 SCB 100 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish 1700-1930 on 11600 ISS 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish 1930-2100 on 11600 SCB 100 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish, ex KCH Grigoriopol http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/test-frequency-of-denge-kurdistan-april.html (DX RE MIX NEWS #949 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, April 26, 2016 via DXLD) 11600, Radyoya Denga Kurdistane from Moldova. Strong, bit over modulated. 0538 24 APR 2016. 73 (Nick VK2DX Hacko, Sydney NSW, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KUWAIT. 5865 Radio Farda, Kuwait. Loud. Female with "unvoiced mode of phonation" station ID! Recorded here: https://youtu.be/2RmMhWp_UcI 2126 UT 24 APR 2016. 73 Nick Hacko VK2DX Sydney, NSW, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MADAGASCAR. 5009.99, Radio Malagasy, 1853, low audio but local music getting through OK. 22/4 (David Sharp, NSW, FT-950, NRD-535D, R8, R30A, Timewave 599ZX, various Palstar and MFJ accessories, Quantum Phaser, various Sangean and Tecsun portables, EWE aerials via Bob Wilkner, FL, NASWA yg via DXLD) ** MADAGASCAR. 9480, April 21 at 0425, S9+15, MWV is on tonight with promo for African Hour of Faith, then song repeating ``Africa`` over and over. Seems to cut off at 0425.6, back at 0433. Or was the NRD-545 zapped by a surge? Not using an outside antenna, but meanwhile I`m getting strange MW or FM-like signals in this area, so close down quickly as a thunderstorm has suddenly hit. 6150, April 22 at 0348, tune-in to La Voz Alegre with address in Cuba, and credit to Radiodifusora Cristiana Mundial, which must be the official Spanish version of World Christian Broadcasting. This is S9+. 9480, April 22 at 0401, English hour from MWV is underway at S9+20, with South African choral group in gospel tune, then ``re-live the launching of African Pathways Radio with us``, quoting Psalm 180:24 -- - oops, they stop at 150 or 151 depending on your sect, but who has that many more? Maybe misheard. The entire tone of APR is rather condescending; after all, they are addressing heathen Africans! I continue bandscanning, next: EGYPT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Reception of WCB Madagascar World Voice, April 22 1800-1900 9570 MWV 100 kW / 355 deg Russian KNLS The New Life Stn 1900-2000 11945 MWV 100 kW / 355 deg N/ME Arabic Radio Feda 2000-2100 13710 MWV 100 kW / 340 deg EaAf Arabic Radio Feda http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/reception-of-wcb-madagascar-world-voice_22.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 17640, African Pathways Radio: Not at 1800+. 73 (Thorsten Hallmann, Germany, April 23, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 17640, April 23 at 1800-1803, still no comeback from APR via MWV, when presumably the single operational Continental transmitter is busy on 9570 with Russian, while African Pathways Radio does usually appear at 0400 on 9480. 9600, April 24 at 0022, gospel rock at S7 from the other English program via MWV from KNLS Alaska. 9480, April 25 at 0412 check, APR English via MWV is on tonight, S9+20 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Fed up of the post box QSL from Madagascar WV. I think that everyone who is still interesting to obtain the QSL, have written reports to the station. I am sure, who will receive a confirmation - will not spare: Card painfully beautiful. With baobabs! (Vasily Kuznetsov, Moscow, Russia / "open_dx", QSL World, RusDX April 24 via DXLD) I got a QSL-cards from Madagascar World Voice radio station for reception at Russian language - 27.03.2016, 1800-1900 UT at a frequency of 9570 kHz. Card with baobabs. The report sent the e-mail: mwvradio @ gmail.com (Dmitry Kutuzov, Ryazan, Russia / "deneb-radio- dx", QSL World, RusDX April 24 via DXLD) ** MALAYSIA. 11665.006, April 23 at 1252, RTM with non-Qur`anic chanting, mostly one voice, then others join in; 1257 Malay(?) announcement, instrumental music. Separate programming on 9835 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. [Re 16-16, gh`s 610, XEGS Guasave log]: There's an Ejido Miguel Alemán in Guasave municipality (Raymie Humbert, AZ, April 21, WTFDA Forum via DXLD) So need to research not only Colonia names but Ejidos too (gh) ** MEXICO. 540, April 22 at 1145, Mexican music owns the frequency and in less than a minute, ``La Ranchera de Paquimé, 540 AM y 90.5 FM`` frequent ID from XETX, Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua. Just before sunrise here at 1148 UT. 620, April 22 at 1149, ``La Norteñita`` ID still being used by XEBU, Chihuahua2. Not much else audible lowband from N/W Mexico as the sun is rising here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. RAYMIE`S MEXICO BEAT this week --- Things have been quiet, but we have two items of interest: If you plan to visit Guadalajara in the near future, you're in luck. A new Mexican Radio and Television Museum will open on May 4, according to Mural. http://www.mural.com/aplicacioneslibre/articulo/default.aspx?id=824836&md5=634434a050f7ce1d75174e4ba8c9a98c&ta=0dfdbac11765226904c16cb9ad1b2efe&lcmd5=3ce5a7fded65831f2a118492e5dd26d2 400 items will be on display; among them are a color camera made by Guillermo González Camarena and a prototype of Intelsat-4, which was used to broadcast the 1968 Olympics via satellite. The new museum will be located at the Palace of Culture and Communication. Meanwhile, this week it's Zacatepec, Puebla, where a community radio station is getting harassed by the authorities. http://www.e-consulta.com/nota/2016-04-21/sociedad/fiscalia-persigue-radio-comunitaria-de-zacatepec-denuncian Seeing this makes me want to make a suggestion to the IFT, which follows... Mexico needs a "Community Radio Amnesty and Legalization" program. Sorely. Such a program could allow pirate radio stations that qualify for social-community or social-indigenous concessions to apply for frequencies (even the ones they currently use, if they meet technical and spacing standards) as well as to be shielded from prosecution of their illegal broadcasting. This sort of program would probably mean hundreds more properly licensed radio stations, help reduce interference (a common complaint of CIRT and official broadcasters), take advantage of the 400 kHz change, and promote legality among these stations. It would mean less enforcement work for the IFT, greater choice for the listener, and resolve the complaints of the AMARC and CIRT in one fell swoop (and those two don't see eye to eye on a lot). Este programa es público, ajeno a cualquier partido político. Queda prohibido el uso para fines distintos a los establecidos en el programa. Read my Mexico Beat blog [tagline] (Raymie Humbert, Phœnix AZ, April 21, WTFDA Forum via DXLD) If you can't float, get a larger boat. That's what Grupo Radio Centro did with its partial merger of Grupo Radio México --- and it worked: http://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/empresas/fusion-de-estaciones-empuja-23-ingresos-de-radio-centro-en-1t16.html#.VxqfmwOf4kE.twitter In the first quarter of 2016, Grupo Radio Centro's broadcast income rose 23 percent to 330 million pesos, compared with 268 million pesos in the first quarter of 2015, a rise led by the higher revenues from the stations acquired via the merger of the Mexico and Los Angeles subsidiaries last June (Raymie, April 22, ibid.) I've found my white whale: http://rpc.ift.org.mx/rpc/pdfs/190215-CONCESION-009616.pdf It's an AM station that solicited a migration to FM --- and never followed through. XERY-1450 (XHRY 94.3) Arcelia Gro. In April 2013, as reported on the second and third pages of the 2015 concession renewal, XERY's legal representative actually decided "we're going to back off that AM-FM migration authorization". I suspect sister XEXY in Cd. Altamirano did the same, but there is no proof of that. This leads me to a question: why did they decide "nope, we're not going to bother"? Isn't that kind of shooting themselves in the foot? (Raymie, April 24, ibid.) IFT TABLE UPDATE INCOMING!!! They've also swapped out the DOC versions for Excel. It's a little harder to read, I must warn. Notable changes: Callsign changes? XETNC --> XEGNAY and XETEB --> XESTRC. The latter is listed with no power, the former with 2.5 kW. The likely reason for changed calls is a discontinuous permit/concession history. XESTRC does not show up in RPC. XHRHV-FM Chalma Ver. (La Chalmerita AC). 89.1 FM, 500 watts. Not in RPC. This was missing from the batch of new authorized stations last year. The TV tables in Excel have a feature the PDFs do not: all the analog- authorized stations are in yellow! Correction: XHRHV is 89.1, not 99.1. Not a coincidence - this was the frequency on which the pirate operated! Last edited by Raymie; 04-27- 2016 at 01:39 AM. (Raymie, April 26, ibid.) Some digging in IFT meeting transcriptions finally completed the loop on a pending matter with XHGEM and XHPTP. Both stations in the Edomex state network made requests to vacate their 600 MHz channels (51 and 41). The new channels are 20 and 34. The relevant portion is being copied here because I don't know if this will end up getting excised: ``Efectivamente, son dos solicitudes presentadas por el Gobierno del Estado de México, donde solicita la modificación técnica y, por ende, el cambio de canales que actualmente tiene permisionados; en uno de los casos, muy particularmente el numeral III.17, solicita el cambio de canal actualmente asignado que es el 51, que corre de la banda 692 a 698 MHz, solicita su cambio a un canal más abajo, esto es el canal 20, que va de los 506 al 512 MHz. Y, por otro lado, solicita también el cambio del canal 41 que tiene permisionado, que actualmente opera en las frecuencias 632 a 683 [sic --- gh; should be 638] MHz, al canal 34, que corre de los 590 a 596 MHz; el motivo de su petición lo basa en lo establecido en el Programa de Espectro Radioeléctrico, publicado o emitido por este Pleno el 16 de diciembre del año 2014, en el cual muy puntualmente se establecen acciones particulares para organizar el espectro radioeléctrico para generar espacio, para la prestación de servicios móviles de banda ancha, principalmente en la banda de 600 MHz`` (Raymie Humbert, April 27, ibid.) Looking at the television tables, more new stations: [DTV] XHVTA-TDT 32 Huayacocotla Ver. 26.74 kW, same site as XHVTA-33. Not in RPC. XHNSJ-TDT 24 San Juan de Abajo Nay. 11.04 kW. Channel was known but not proposed ERP. ——— There are ways to use your marketing budget. The municipality of Los Cabos, on the other hand, is demonstrating one way not to use it: http://www.bcsnoticias.mx/alcalde-de-los-cabos-desconoce-que-su-gobierno-paga-medio-millon-a-televisora-inexistente/ A story from the publication Peninsular Digital revealed that the Communications Department of the Municipality of Los Cabos signed a contract for 556,800 pesos a year with a television station that has been off air since January 1, 2016. Faced with this, Mayor Arturo de la Rosa Escalante responded that he "did not know" which station is involved, and that he'd have to ask his director, José Manuel Santoyo García, who drafts the marketing budget for his government. Despite the fact that the station ceased broadcasting at the start of 2016, the Communications Department continued paying it 46,400 pesos a month during the first quarter of 2016, a fact of which, apparently, Santoyo García was well aware. Presumably, this off-air TV station is XHK La Paz, which is looking more and more dead. Last edited by Raymie; 04-27-2016 at 06:57 PM. (Raymie, April 27, ibid.) Really weird that XESTRC-AM is a social concession and not a public one, being part of the state of Campeche government. (Gargadon, Ciudad del Carmen, April 28, ibid.) That's amazing, isn't it? Also amazing: Radio Universidad of Oaxaca on FM --- without an authorization, without any clue that they have a permit or concession to do it! But it's happening, as XEUBJ-AM 1400 will move to 91.5 FM beginning today! https://oaxaca.quadratin.com.mx/Inicia-Radio-Universidad-transmisiones-en-Frecuencia-Modulada/ The only licensed 91.5 in Oaxaca is XHCMA-FM in Nejapa de Madero, part of the CORTV state network, 90 or so km away (Raymie, April 28, ibid.) Well, XHCUA-FM appeared in IFT listings around 8 years after its first broadcasting (I think it was not logged in Cofetel listings). And in Camino Real zone, the ICATCAM (Instituto para la Capacitación para el Trabajo del estado de Campeche) http://www.icatcam.edu.mx/ Calkiní had a pirate station in 106.1 MHz around 2005. http://www.calkini.net/notas/febrero2005/radio.htm (Gargadon, ibid.) ** MOROCCO. Radio Medi 1 on 9575 kHz: transmitter problem continues- very good signal, BA modulation (2100-2200 UT). 9575, Apr 22, 2016. 2148-2152, Radio Medi 1, Nador, french sce. Musics, OM talks. The transmitter problem continues this time: very good signal and barely audible modulation, 45441 (DXer - José Ronaldo Xavier, Cabedelo, PB, Brazil, Tecsun S-2000, Portable Telescopic antenna, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** MYANMAR. Hi Glenn, Here is a news story today (April 22) regarding the name of the county - Myanmar or Burma? http://goo.gl/lnMmAS By The Associated Press, Naypyitaw, Myanmar In part: "Myanmar's de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has made clear to foreign diplomats: It doesn't matter if they call her country Myanmar, or its old name, Burma. . . . As she explained her policy of friendship and mutual benefit to the diplomats, Suu Kyi interrupted herself to say she should clear up the matter of what name to use for her country "because there are some members of the diplomatic corps who don't know quite which term to use." "So it is up to you, because there is nothing in the constitution of our country that says that you must use any term in particular," she said. "I use Burma very often because I am used to using it. But it does not mean that I require other people to do that as well. "And I'll make an effort to say Myanmar from time to time so you all feel comfortable," she told her audibly amused audience. "This is what diplomacy, I think, is all about. We have to learn to accommodate each other." The generals changed the country's name as a nationalistic gesture, spurning the name that was handed down from when the country was a British colony. The military sought to boost its patriotic credentials a year after its bloody suppression of mass pro-democracy demonstrations in 1988. It also changed the style of many place names, including the then- capital, Rangoon, which became Yangon. Its opponents sought to deny the army regime's legitimacy by rejecting the name changes. It was an argument fought mostly on the international stage, since the country's name remained the same in the national language, and the English versions, Burma and Myanmar, both derive from the same Burmese word. . . ." (Ron Howard, San Francisco, April 22, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MYANMAR. 6035, Myanma Radio – Naypyidaw (Presumed), 1128, 4/16/16, in Burmese. Program of light music with male announcer and occasional comments by a woman announcer. QRM from Radio Martí and Cuban jammer on 6030. Poor (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 Flashsheet via DXLD) Can`t find Myanmar listed on this frequency; did you? Usual pair on 6035 heard by Ron Howard are Bhutan and PBS Yunnan (Glenn to Mark, via DXLD) re: my 6035 Myanmar log. The April 5 version of EiBi has this: 6035 1000-1430 MYA Myanma Radio BR SEA n which I used to log it. The broadcast was not Mandarin, and frankly Bhutan seemed too unlikely with Myanmar in the possibility list. I didn't keep a copy of the recording, so I can't go back and be sure, but I thought it was Burmese. Always possible that I'm wrong; it would be great to hear Bhutan! (Mark Taylor, DX LISTENING DIGEST) And indeed EiBi still has that entry as of April 28 (gh, DXLD) 9730, Myanmar Radio, on April 27 was checking at 1102 for the Wednesday edition of R. Australia's "English for Business" language lesson, but it was preempted by live sports coverage (soccer?) in vernacular; good number of mentions of "Myanmar"; coverage ended at 1122; filler music till the normal singing jingle ID and suddenly cut off at 1130 (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1823, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NETHERLANDS [non]. 6040, UT Sunday April 24 at 0022, The Mighty KBC has a good S9+25 signal this week, rock music, het from ZY still audible on hi side. So will it be on 9925 instead from next week, UT May 1, or the week after? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1823, DX LISTENING DIGEST) May 1 ** NEW ZEALAND. Note on RNZI schedule page yesterday: "21 Apr Transmitter fault repaired 24 hour AM broadcast hours restored" (Alan Pennington, April 22, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) ** NIGERIA. 6089.97, Nigeria? Suspect Kaduna at 1939 mixing with a couple of other stations but not much more than a low rumbling het on low side. Possible snippets of hilife in LSB but very difficult copy. 22/4 (David Sharp, NSW, FT-950, NRD-535D, R8, R30A, Timewave 599ZX, various Palstar and MFJ accessories, Quantum Phaser, various Sangean and Tecsun portables, EWE aerials via Bob Wilkner, FL, NASWA yg via DXLD) [and non]. As somebody recently reported, R. Kaduna 6089.8 in the clear in early evening while Amhara Regional State Radio [ETHIOPIA] was off, I checked that once again on Saturday night: Amhara in the clear after 2000 on 6090.0, Kaduna off. Not unusual. V of Nigeria Lagos: No trace on any of their usual channels recently, despite regular checks. 73 (Thorsten Hallmann, Germany, April 23, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7254.944, April 24 at 0608, S9+10 open carrier/dead air, obviously from VON during the Hausa hour which is sometimes modulated (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NIGERIA. FRCN ZONAL STRUCTURE: BENIN SHORT-CHANGED By Josef Omorotionmwan ``THIS is Radio Benin, broadcasting from its Headquarters in Yenagoa and Port Harcourt”. At first, this might sound like a broadcast from a professed wino but, indeed, it is a perfect representation of the raw deals that Edo State has been getting from her neighbours. This is perhaps not the best place to engage in a protracted debate of on-shore/off-shore dichotomy of oil resources; but in passing, it is appropriate to mention that a situation in which the little oil in Edo State is ceded to neighbouring States is most undesirable. Right from October 1, 1963, when Nigeria attained a Republican status, children of pre-school age had an excellent grasp of the rhymes of Regions and Capitals: Northern Region – Kaduna; Eastern Region – Enugu; Western Region – Ibadan; Mid-West Region – Benin City. Those were the four Regions we had then. Today, apart from the defunct Midwest, the other regional Capitals still remain the Headquarters of their emerging geopolitical zones. But the Headquarters of the South-South zone has been up for grabs. At the peak of the murky politics, even the major political parties went their separate ways – the PDP retains Port-Harcourt as the Headquarters of the South-South Zone; and that’s where it conducts its conventions and other political activities; while the APC still holds on to Benin City as the Zonal Headquarters. This confusion reigns supreme in the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, FRCN. By virtue of being the Headquarters of their defunct Regions, Enugu, Kaduna and Ibadan have been Zonal Headquarters of the FRCN in their respective Sub-Regions. While in the South-South, it has been a matter for conjuncture [sic]. During the President Goodluck Jonathan administration, the Headquarters of the FRCN South-South was located in Yenagoa; and since Jonathan’s departure, we hear it has shifted to Port Harcourt. Benin City has remained perpetually schemed out. The injustice inherent in this scheme can only be appreciated within the context of a fair understanding of the history of the FRCN. What started as listening out-posts for the British Broadcasting Corporation, BBC, in 1933 has gradually mushroomed into the biggest radio network in Africa. The Colonial Radio relayed the overseas service of the BBC through wired system with loudspeakers at the listening end. It was called Radio Diffusion Service, RDS. In April 1951, the RDS metamorphosed into the Nigerian Broadcasting Service, NBS, with a Briton, Mr. T.W. Chalmers, who was the then Controller of BBC Light Entertainment Programme as the first Director- General. An Act of Parliament No 39 of 1956 gave birth to the Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation, NBC, which came into effect in April 1957. The Director-General was Mr. J.A.C. Knott, OBE. In 1978, the NBC had a major re-organisation which transformed it to the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, FRCN, and the NBC was instructed to hand-over its stations that broadcast on Medium Wave Transmitters in the States to the State Governments while taking over Short-Wave Transmitters from the States. The Reverend Victor Badejo became the first indigenous Director-General. Today, the FRCN with its Headquarters in Abuja has national Stations in Enugu, Kaduna, Ibadan and Gwagwalada FCT; plus Lagos Operations Office. These national Stations and Lagos Operations Office control all the 37 FRCN FM/MW/SW/ Stations spread across the nation. In the Second Republic, the Federal Government established FRCN Stations in all the States ruled by the opposition parties, essentially to facilitate NPN’s capture of the States in the 1983 general elections. However, the military coup of December 1983, which ushered in the administration of General Muhammadu Buhari, as he then was, put paid to all this. In 1984, all the new FRCN Stations, except the major national Stations in Kaduna, Ibadan, Enugu and Lagos, were closed down and their facilities were handed over to the respective hosting States. In 2006, the Federal Government attempted a restructuring of the FRCN to provide for six Zonal Stations – covering the six geo-political zones as follows: North-Central (Head Office in Makurdi); North-West (Kaduna); North-East (Maiduguri); South-East (Enugu); South-West (Ibadan); South-South (Yenagoa); and Operations (Lagos). The rip-off was very glaring and Edo people considered it a slap on their faces. This writer was in the team that led a powerful delegation to Abuja on how Benin City was short-changed. At the peak of it all, the authorities in Abuja offered us an appeasement. We rejoiced home that our request had been granted. Alas, what was approved for us was an FM Station while the Zonal Headquarters remained in Yenagoa. That was how we asked for rain and got a rainbow! Evidently, a lot of distortions, deliberate falsehood; and even outright disinformation and misinformation have paraded the FRCN imbroglio: Many have hidden under the guise of donating land for FRCN in their States – a clear case of carrying coal to Newcastle! Unknown to the usurpers, our founding fathers were proactive and they had foresight, hence a large expanse of level land spanning over 3km2 was acquired for the FRCN at the Aduwawa axis of Benin City – for whatever expansions might be necessary, including large offices, development of staff housing scheme, adequate space for public utilities, etc. And whenever FRCN might want to experiment on the idea of a Broadcasting University, the land is there! In all this, one is reminded that there is still credence in the old belief that any child who says his mother will not sleep will himself see no sleep. Perhaps because of the continuous scheming out of Benin City, no government white paper has been issued on the FRCN Headquarters. Understandably, some conscientious insiders in the FRCN Family are insisting that the right thing must be done. Indeed, it costs nothing, but means a lot, to do the right thing; and the right time to do the right thing is now. Simply return the South- South Zonal Headquarters of the FRCN to its rightful place – Benin City! This way, FRCN will truly live up to its avowed mandate of uplifting the people and uniting the nation. Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/04/frcn-zonal-structure-benin-short-changed/ Posted by: (JOSE MIGUEL ROMERO ROMERO, dxldyg via DXLD) ** NORTH AMERICA. Hi Gents – A few pirate logs. Not a lot of time to listen lately. PIRATE-NA. Radio Free Whatever, 6950/6960 USB, 2325-2345+, 04-10-15, SIO: 454. Dick Weed with rock tunes, by Queens Of The Stone Age, Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs, Amanda Palmer. Changed frequency to 6960 USB at 2339. PIRATE-NA. TCS/The Crystal Ship, 6876 AM, 0012-0030+, 04-15-16, SIO: 333. John Poet with tunes by Judas Priest, Bruce Springsteen, Autograph, frequent IDs. [Lobdell-MA] PIRATE-NA. Captain Morgan, 6925 AM, 0140-0200*, 04-18-16, SIO: 343. Blues tunes, including “Beautician Blues” by B.B. King, LaVern Baker. PIRATE-NA. Radio Free Whatever, 6960 USB, 0024-0052*, 04-21-16, SIO: 454. Dick Weed with a pro marijuana “420” show. Tunes by Eternal Summers, Dreamers, Ted Leo, Tove Lo, The War On Drugs, etc. (Chris Lobdell, Tewksbury, MA 01876, Receivers: Eton E1, JRC NRD-535, Aerial: G5RV Dipole, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6935.0-USB, April 24 at 0025, S9+20 classic blues music, no doubt Wolverine Radio, as confirmed by brief IDs at 0026, 0044. This is even stronger than 6915 WRMIBS, only S9+15 but much less modulation from TOM (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORWAY. NORUEGA SUSTITUIRÁ TODA SU SEÑAL FM POR RADIO DIGITAL http://www.ticbeat.com/tecnologias/noruega-sustituira-toda-su-senal-fm-por-radio-digital/ En enero de 2017 Noruega será el primer país en sustituir sus emisiones de radio por FM para digitalizarlas, implantando tecnología Digital Audio Broadcasting. Primero fueron los tocadiscos, después las cabinas telefónicas y ahora les ha llegado el turno a los radiotransistores. Estos aparatos, que poco a poco estaban cayendo más y más en desuso, definitivamente se convertirán en reliquias de coleccionistas dentro de unos meses, al menos en Noruega. El país escandinavo se convertirá en el primero en apagar su señal de de Frecuencia Modulada (FM) a partir del 11 de enero de 2017, para sustituirla por radio digital. Así lo ha anunciado la ministra noruega de Cultura, Thorhild Widvey, en un comunicado donde ha explicado que el apagón de la radio FM se efectuará implantado la tecnología conocida como DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting), ampliamente extendida en el país, ya que más de la mitad de los hogares noruegos tiene un aparato con un terminal adaptado a este sistema. “Los oyentes tendrán acceso a contenidos de radio más diversos y plurales con nuevas funciones y una mejor calidad de sonido“, ha dicho la ministra, “es menos vulnerable a errores en la transmisión en condiciones extremas, permite acceder a todos los canales y, finalmente, permite la transmisión, en simultánea y a través de todos los canales, de mensajes de emergencia para la población“. 8 de cada 10 Internautas escuchan la radio online Según el gobierno noruego, actualmente el país cuenta con 22 estaciones nacionales de emisión digital, y aún hay espacio en su plataforma digital para otras 20. Además estima que la digitalización de sus emisiones nacionales de radiosupondrá un ahorro anual de unos 25 millones de dólares. La tecnología DAB pronto se extenderá al resto de países de occidente. Esta transición recuerda a la que hace unos años se produjo con la televisión digital terrestre en nuestro país. Sin embargo, mientras que la transición a los sistemas TDT solo implicaba a los televisores, las emisiones de radio afectan a muchos más equipos y escenarios. Por ejemplo, las radios de los coches o incluso de los smartphones. De ahí que el sector automovilístico noruego sea el principal afectado por esta transición, que no se producirá repentinamente, sino de forma gradual a partir del 11 de enero de 2017. Posted by: (JOSE MIGUEL ROMERO ROMERO, dxldyg via DXLD) ** OKLAHOMA [non]. Broad Spectrum Radio on 7490 --- Hi Glenn, Just got back from a cruise in the Western Caribbean and am playing catch-up so schedule is off. Good news is that today's programs (2300 UT 7490 kHz) on WBCQ should both be interesting. First is a 30 minute version of KG5JST Hobby Radio Report, in which I'll talk about my experiences, good and bad, of doing SWL on a cruise ship as well as attempting some amateur radio on a port stop in Honduras. Second is Nappy Roots Radio with Camille Landry, rerun from last week but since it is brand new I'm running again. Show page (pretty sparse but should be filled in more soon) is at http://nappyrootsradio.com/ but I'll have the mp3 download up shortly at broadspectrumradio.com Camille is a long-time peace and social justice activist in Oklahoma City who speaks with clarity about issues of race, police brutality, war, criminal justice and many other issues. Anyway sorry for the late notice and hopefully I will be back to the regular schedule next week (James Matthew Branum, OK, April 21, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7489.9-AM, Thu April 21 at 2310, `Broad Spectrum Radio` as James Branum has just reminded us, back from a cruise to Belize and Roatán, is on WBCQ this hour, with his Hobby Radio segment. Among other things he was surprised he couldn`t get RHC very well, but I expect it`s due to being in the skip zone for all but the lowest frequencies. I confess to listening to the 7490 webcast at first, since I was busy on the computer, but later confirmed also on 7489.9, and 2330 switching to `Nappy Roots Radio`, the same episode that aired one week earlier, and which I thought was the `Okie Show`; NRR also has roots in Oklahoma like much of his programming (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1823, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. Severe storms, almost-tornado outbreak in central OK as has been predicted for a week, April 26 into UT 27: Big 4 OKC DTV stations are in WTW coverage afternoon and evening. Usually a bunch of radio stations ``partner`` with each, but the only such promo I catch is on KOCO-7 ``5`` for KGOU 106.3 (never mind KROU 105.7, KWOU 88.1 and all the other OU relays?); and Hank FM 99.7 (KANH Mustang, a prime spot for tornado hits) {The OU stations are of course non-commercial, even the originators within the commercial band, so they could relay KOCO only as long as the storm coverage be commercial-free, which is normally the case on all stations --- must be a huge financial loss for them, not to mention pre-empting all the primetime network programming. KOCO did put ABC on 5.2, normally MeTV, which is certainly dispensable and KWTV puts CBS on KSBI RF23; but KFOR will not put NBC on 4.2, normally Antenna TV, which is also certainly dispensable; nor on its substation KAUT RF40} (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. LACK OF RADIO MEANS PNG RURAL POPULATION STARVED OF INFO --- Radio New Zealand International, April 26 http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/302361/lack-of-radio-means-png-rural-population-starved-of-info A Papua New Guinea member of parliament says the country's rural communities are in great need of shortwave and medium wave radio services. The Bulolo MP, Sam Basil, said with the facilities of the national broadcaster, NBC, having been left to deteriorate, it has cut off the only means of communication for people in PNG's many remote areas. He said the commercialisation of FM frequencies was based on urban areas and didn't penetrate into PNG's many remote, rural communities. Mr Basil said this was apparent in various rural parts he recently visited across the country. "One thing that I found out from the people there is that since the decommissioning of the shortwave 1, shortwave 2 and then medium wave frequencies from the NBC some twenty years ago, nobody in those rural areas is tuning into what's happening in Port Moresby," said Mr Basil. "Even some areas that I go to, they don't even know who the current prime minister is." (via Mike Barraclough, UK, April 27, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1823, DXLD) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 7325, Wantok Radio Light, very poor copy, M presenter pop/rock in Pidgin from 0910 21 APR 2016. 73 (Nick VK2DX Hacko, Sydney NSW, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 5980, R. CHASKI, 20/4 2301-2312 UT. Programa “Alimento para el Alma”, música y programa “El camino de la vida” con orientaciones para la vida cristiana. SINPO: 34333 con leve QRM de otra emisora sin ID. 5980, R. CHASKI, 21/4 0054–0101 UT. Programa “El amor que vale” sobre la santidad en la vida cristiana, luego música desde las 0058 hasta las 0101 cuando sale del aire. SINPO: 55544 (Claudio Galaz, RX: Realistic DX-160; ANT: 40 metros de hilo; QTH: Ovalle, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) So they are cutting off earlier, not yet retimed precisely here. 5980, April 24 at 0032, JBA carrier so presumed R. Chaski is back on air, nothing else scheduled now, but I have other commitments and won`t have a chance to time the cutoff 0100+ tonight (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5980, R. CHASKI, 24/4 2336-2339 UT. Portadora sin audio. 5980, R. CHASKI, 25/4 2315-2330 UT. Programa “El camino de la vida” acerca de la santidad cristiana y la salvación del pecado. Y luego el himno con el mismo título, avisos del programa y de su producción realizada por Radio Transmundial. A partir de las 2323 se emite un himno instrumental y a las 2326 se lee un salmo. SINPO: 45333. Desde las 2328 el SINPO mejora a: 55444. 5980, R. CHASKI, 26/4 2305- UT. Programa “Alimento para el Alma” que usa el himno instrumental: “Proclama la Gloria del Señor” y luego el programa “El camino de la vida” que habla del pecado del Rey David y de su restauración. SINPO: 35333. Desde las 2315 mejora el SINPO: 45344 ((Claudio Galaz, RX: Realistic DX-160, ANT: 40 metros de hilo, QTH: Ovalle, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** PHILIPPINES. 9430, April 23 at 1244-1247+, gospel huxter in English about pharisees, S7 to S5 and no CCI. Has to be FEBC Bocaue during multi-hour ``Mandarin`` broadcast, so I keep expecting some consecutive translation, but it never happens. So is English now a subset of Chinese? Never // their other/real Chinese frequency 9400 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PHILIPPINES [and non]. 9922.0, Sunday April 24 at 1248, strident talk in unknown language at S3-S5; nothing on 9920, so FEBC Iba site has jumped up to here, now on the top side of whoop-whoop Viet Cong jamming which stays on 9921.0! Therefore, tune FEBC with USB instead of LSB just like the Hill Tribes in Vietnam must be doing to avoid the jamming. But switching from one side to the other does nothing to improve the situation. What language? Depends on which source consulted. Aoki, which denotes Sunday as Day 1, says it`s in Hre. EiBi, which makes Monday Day 1, says it`s CHR. What do those abbrs mean? For that we have to consult EiBi`s readme exhaustive key to lang abbrs. http://www.eibispace.de/dx/README.TXT which also covers transmitter site abbrs. Hre is Hre, a.k.a. [hre], a rare case where all three versions match! Spoken by 0.1 mega Vietnamese inhabitants, on Sun/Tue/Thu/Sat; while on M/W/F it`s in Bah which must mean Bahnar, but which EiBi abbrs. as BHN or [bdq], spoken by 160K Vietnamese. On the contrary, the CHR language is listed in EiBi for Sundays during this semihour, stands for Chrau [crw] spoken by only 7 kilopeople. He also has different langs on other days: Thu & Sat it`s CRU = Chru [cje] spoken by 19,000. M/W/F it`s BHN = Bahnar [bdq], a biggie spoken by 160K. It`s safe to say that all these benefit from benevolent Vietnamese Communist government trying to prevent nasty foreign Christian influences from getting to them. At 1300 I hear a bit of hymn tune, announcement in what sounds like real Vietnamese, but there are further conflicts over what language(s) occupy the next semihour I`ll spare you from going into now (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1823, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See VIETNAM [non]: back to 9920 April 27 ** ROMANIA. 9620, April 21 at 0424, pop music with disco beat at S6- S8, one of few decent signals on the band: it`s RRI Galbeni in Romanian to France at 285 degrees (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15170, Apr 22, 2016. 2123-2136, RRI, Tsiganeshti, Spanish service. YL talks about Romanian travel; music; 2133 Brazilian song by piano "Garota de Ipanema". This frequency returns with a very good signal and modulation, 45444. // 17745, Tsiganeshti, returns with a very good signal and fair modulation, 45433 (DXer - José Ronaldo Xavier, Cabedelo, PB, Brazil, Tecsun S-2000, Portable Telescopic antenna, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) 15170 is also very good here: too bad they don`t put the preceding 2030 English on it too. 7330, April 25 at 0421, pop music in English, what else but RRI for early-risers in Francophone France; fair signal, and LSB tuning needed to avoid 7335 Cuban jamming and Radio Martí (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA. Moscow ----------- Radio station closed Teos broadcasting on a frequency of 1134 kHz and receive transmissions only on the Internet, on their page - http://s.teos.fm/ Now in Moscow there are only two working broadcast on medium wave frequencies: 612 kHz – Narodnoye Radio and Radio Radonezh 738 kHz - World Radio Network. (Anatoly Klepov, Moscow, Russia, RusDX April 24 via WORLD OF RADIO 1823, DXLD) St. Petersburg ------------------------- RTRS Branch "St. Petersburg Regional Center" turned off the medium wave transmitter radio center ?11 (Krasny Bor). The transmitter "SRV-50" broadcast station "Radio Teos" at a frequency of 1089 kHz. Power equipment is 30 kW. One of the unique antenna towers located in the Red Bor - a highly directional antenna system "Dawn" medium wave range. The antenna system consists of 26 metal towers height of 41 meters each. The length of the chain towers - 2.1 km. Antenna complex supplement the four-mast antenna height of 271, 257, 106, 93 and 80 meters of antenna systems of short-range. The total output power of transmitters DV-, SV- and HF bands reached 10.6 mV. A quarter-century radio center worked with almost 100% load. 23 hours a day, eighteen short-wave transmitters "Snow" broadcast "International Radio Moscow", "the first program of the All-Union Radio", "Radio Mayak", "Leningrad Radio", "Radio Station Atlantic", "Radio Station Motherland [Rodina]" and other programs of the Soviet domestic and foreign broadcasting . Loading powerful transmitters broadcasting radio center in the Red Bor began to decline in the late 90s. For 15 years, we were off "Buran" transmitters and transmission hardware broadcasted SV- and HF bands. The transmitter "Radio Teos" was the last powerful transmitter radio center. Transmitting equipment mothballed (Russian radio and television, ibid.) ** RUSSIA [non]. PHILIPPINES, Reception of FEBC, Radio Teos, April 21: 1500-1600 on 11650 BOC 100 kW / 323 deg to CeAs Russian http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/reception-of-febc-radio-teos-april-21.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA [non]. I do not remember, was held there in the newsletter (and whether you want to write) but confirmation of Russian religious programs on frequency 15455 kHz is engaged Radio Eli rather than the Voice of Hope, whose name was reported in these programs and the email address I send a report (golosnadezdi # gmail .com). From radioteletsentra Voices of Hope came an e-mail stating that the confirmation of the transmission is engaged in Radio Eli, and they simply distribute the recording of their broadcasts on different stations. In general, the reports can be sent here: http://radioeli.ru/ -> "Contact" and come eQSL. The card Photo Radio Employees Ely. On wavescan # awr.org did not write, because eQSL not interesting, so I decided to golosnadezdi # gmail.com in counting on a conventional cardboard QSL (Andrew, Tomsk, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" via RusDX April 24 via DXLD) P.S. By the way, these transmissions can be heard in our region very well (G = 4). AWR in Russian from 1100 to 1130 UT (Anatoly Klepov, ibid.) Does anyone care about the transmitter site? Registered as KSDA GUAM, daily 1100-1130 at 345 degrees. And what does Eli mean? Google translate says ``eating``. Five different Cyrillic vowels could be in the original, so not necessarily correct, but maybe alludes to 7DAdventist obsession with nutrition (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** RUSSIA. 9996, April 22 at 0414, CW time pips from RWM; just before top of minute, 2 or 3 pips are skipped, and then a double pip at ToM. At next minute 0415, however, no skips, and ToM is prolonged. Occasional double-pips are heard during rest of minute. No doubt this behavior is all significant and carefully scheduled (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA. MONITORING ============ 04.18.2016 at 1503 at the frequency of 6040 kHz, listening to HP Inner Mongolia, heard the call in Russian, "" Ladoga-95 "I" ... -39 "reception". Look, maybe someone will be cleaner. I wonder what kind of service communication in the broadcast range. Receiver - "Ike-8500» (Icom IC-R8500), the antenna - a wire length of 180 m (Vladimir Kovalenko, Tomsk, Russia / "open_dx" via RusDX April 24 via DXLD) intruder ** SARAWAK [non]. 15420, Radio Free Sarawak, per Aoki via Palauig- Zambales (Philippines), 1231-1249, April 27. Normally this band has a black out during their broadcast, but today was a rare exception; usual chatting on the phone in vernacular, but what was not usual was a conversation by announcer in the studio in vernacular with candidate Simon Tiong on the phone, who responded in English; talking about "All the people of Sarawak" and about the duties of the Chief Minister to serve all the people. Back in 2014, RFS often had to change frequencies to try to evade the heavy jamming, which proved to be so persistent that RFS took a long break (about a year?) from broadcasting on SW. Since they returned in 2015, I have not once heard them jammed or seen reports of any jamming. Why did the jamming not start up again during the past year? A major policy change by Malaysia? Anyone have any thoughts about this? Thanks for any comments (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1823, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SAUDI ARABIA. 13710, April 23 at 1755, chanting unlike straight Qur`aning, but this is the HQS, S9+10 tied for the second SSOB to 13695 WRMIBS S9+20, equal to 13605 R. Martí; brief Arabic announcement before cut off at 1757*. A whole bunch of band/frequency changes occur at this time from BSKSA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 9545, SIBC - Voice of the Nation. April 26: Tuned in at 0507 to find them on the air past their normal cut off time of 0500; started out very poorly and slowly improved by the time they suddenly went off the air at 0759. Some of the highlights: 0533-0658: DJ in Pijin playing mostly pop USA hit songs (Commodores with "Nightshift," etc.). 0658: Full ID with frequencies ("SIBC, Radio Happy Isles, Voice of the Nation"); calliope music; into the news and weather in English till 0715. Honiara sunset at 0712 UT. 0715-0730: Weekly program in English. 0730-0745: Pop USA hit songs (Starship with "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now," etc.); 0733 SIBC schedule for today. 0745: Health program in Pijin with info about health issues for new babies; intro and closing song in English ("Eat healthy, stay healthy"); followed by Solomon Airlines flight schedule ("Are you flying Solomon Airlines today? . . . International flights: Flight 701, 10 o'clock tomorrow morning from Brisbane to Honiara . . . Domestic flights . . .") and suddenly off at 0759. Always nice to catch SIBC running well past their normal cut off time! My audio of flight info at https://goo.gl/DLpio1 (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1823, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9545, SIBC at 0603 playing mix of Islands and Western pop music, mostly oldies, including “I Will Remember You” by Sarah McLaughlin and “Sharing the Night Together”, female announcer in Pijin, 0630 ads, including Toshiba, done in English, 0659 SIBC ID, 5020 & 9545 frequencies given, “Radio Happy Isles, the Voice of the Nation” ID, 0700 National News in English. - Fair Apr 26 (Harold Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia, listening in my car by the lake, with the CommRadio CR-1a and Sony AN-1 active antenna. Editor of World English Survey and Target Listening, available at http://www.odxa.on.ca dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1823, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 9955, WRMI Radio Miami Int’l (presumed); 2126, 19-Apr; Bro. HyStairical sounding desperate — maybe he’s worried no one will show up at the tabernacle. “Aw come on you people.” (He’s using that a lot lately.) Said that God gave everyone one talent — faith. (An example of which is believing that an individual is in communication with a supreme being, on their word only.) SIO=3+53 with no jamming. (Frodge-MI) 15770, WRMI Radio Miami Int’l (presumed); 2010, 21-Apr; Bro. HyStairical broke into song after a “Come on you people” rant. Said that faith is “evidence” of the unseen. Also said that he’s live all the time, but this is definitely a repeat rant. S9-10 (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, 48642-3156, Drake R8B + 185' & 60' RW + 125' bow-tie, ----- All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! ----- DX LISTENING DIGEST) SECRETLAND, No signal of Brother HySTAIRical via Secretbrod, April 22 2000-2100 on 9500 SCB 100 kW / 306 deg to ENAm English, probably cancelled http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/no-signal-of-brother-hystairical-via.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Why in the world would he waste any money on such a service/target, when he is on countless frequencies already inside North America? Because he can and is wacko. Or: the 306 azimuth from Blgariya would just as likely be for western Europe, no doubt better received there, but are they really claiming it`s for North America instead? 5765.0, April 23 at 0527, Brother HyStairical is talking about adding a new transmission to get into Japan and Korea, but I missed most of it, MW or SW? Send money to do it for six months! 5765 had some noise at first like jamming but apparently out of the Walterboro feed. Some ute hash resides around 5760. Someone had reported this on 5762.8, but I`ve never caught this WRMI so far off-frequency. 13695, April 25 at 1436 as I tune across WRMIBS, the LDPOG is replaying for the n-th time his bit responding to one Glenn Hauser, who commented a few months ago about his shoveling more and more dough toward WRMI and being put on more and more frequencies, even if they don`t make sense propagationally; goal to be on 100 SW frequencies, etc., etc. 5765, April 26 at 0539 tune-by, Brother HyStairical via WRMI is making the most of his ``antagonist``, me, by replaying the bit from months ago yet again; and also on 5890 via WWCR but not synchronized; at 0543 I`m again hearing a weak BS on 5980, which is the WWCR leapfrog mixing product of 5890 over 5935 DGS/PMS; and next to yet another BHS on 5985 WRMI. I daresay The LDPOG could really join the boneyard on his website and if a minion keep playing old tapes, no one need know. His ``heirs`` would then be free to siphon off the dough still coming in and let the SW contracts eventually expire (and with them, how many SW stations would expire?) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SPAIN. RADIO EXTERIOR DE ESPAÑA CUMPLIÓ 30 AÑOS EMITIENDO EN LENGUA SEFARDÍ La emisión en este idioma se inició en 1986 a cargo de Matilde Gini de Barnatán. En total, Radio Exterior de España ha ofrecido a la audiencia internacional 860 programas en lengua sefardí desde su inicio, que coincidió con el establecimiento de relaciones diplomáticas entre España e Israel. Hasta el 1 de septiembre de 2014, la emisión tuvo una duración de media hora semanal, pasando después a emitirse de lunes a viernes con un formato de 15 minutos diarios. Entre los muchos invitados que han participado en la emisión sefardí está el director del Consejo de la Comunidad Sefardí de Israel, Abaham Hain; el defensor del Pueblo, Enique Múgica Herzog; el académico honorario José Manuel Blecua; o los sucesivos embajadores de los dos países. El idioma sefardí o ladino es el que hablaban los judíos españoles hasta su expulsión en el año 1492, por lo que se difundió por todo el mundo. En la actualidad lo hablan dos millones de personas en todos los continentes y cuenta con numerosas y relevantes comunidades, especialmente en Israel, Francia, Estados Unidos, Turquía y Argentina. (source? via GRA blog via DXLD) Of course, it`s not on SW any more, but when a weekly half hour on REE Mondays + UT Tuesdays with three broadcasts, was well heard in North America, but the South American frequency insisted on colliding with RNA Brasil (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** SPAIN. RADIO CAPITAL DE L'EMPORDÀ HONORS RADIO LIBERTY On March 26, Radio Capital de l'Empordà, a small non-profit station based in Pals, Spain, aired a special program, “Govorit Radio Svoboda” (“Radio Liberty Speaks”) and organized a photo exhibition to pay tribute to Radio Liberty, which was demolished on the same day 10 years earlier. Radio Liberty was launched in 1955 in Platja de Pals, near Costa Brava in Girona, Spain, with the mission of “delivering a message of hope to communist nations.” According to Miquel Curanta, general manager of Radio Capital de l'Empordà, one of the principle reasons Radio Liberty was established in Platja de Pals was because of the location’s latitude and longitude (41º 59’ North and 3º 12’ East). “The station’s 540-foot towers and antenna curtains situated at the edge of the sea provided an ideal launching site for shortwave signals,” he said. “The open area and the water meant the signals only bounced off the ionosphere once before reaching the former USSR and other Iron Curtain countries with practically no attenuation.” Curanta explains that Radio Liberty created many local jobs and meant a lot to the people of the small town of Pals. It also proved to be a source of intrigue since what Radio Liberty did was “almost a secret,” thus creating curiosity among residents, who, not knowing exactly what Radio Liberty was, “thought that missiles or nuclear submarines were hidden there.” Radio Liberty was closed when the Spanish government destroyed the antennas. Looting of the electronic equipment followed. Since then the area of Pals beach, which is now a protected nature reserve, has been vandalized and only an empty structure that housed Radio Liberty remains. Radio Capital de l'Empordà wanted to commemorate this chapter in history by educating younger generations on the Cold War and the role that the Pals transmitter played in it. - See more at: http://www.radioworld.com/article/radio-capital-de-lempord-honors-radio-liberty/278677#sthash.tMVn7H0f.dpuf Posted by: (JOSE MIGUEL ROMERO ROMERO, Spain, dxldyg via DXLD) How could it be secret with megawatts of RF emanating from it? Typical IBB conduct, abandoning sites paid for by US Taxpayers, to looters (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** SUDAN. UNIDENTIFIED. 7206.07v Unid, 1940, only a strong open carrier. Ideas? 22/4 (David Sharp, NSW, FT-950, NRD-535D, R8, R30A, Timewave 599ZX, various Palstar and MFJ accessories, Quantum Phaser, various Sangean and Tecsun portables, EWE aerials via Bob Wilkner, FL, NASWA yg via DXLD) Sudan odd frequency broadcasting and jamming. Hi out there, again some "special" observation on Sudan transmission: Arabic Service of R. Omdurman seems to be on all day, but today on 7206.0 for a change! While officially on work, I enjoyed the naturally beauty of the famous waterfall in the mountainous Netherlands, and at 1530+ R. Dabanga on 15550 was jammed by another transmitter, but not on 15150. The jamming signal was visible as four almost equally strong strings at the above waterfall, on approx. 15549.8 + 15551.2 + 15552.6 + 15554.0. Relatively loud and annoying, but possibly not so much in target area, if emanating from Sudan itself. Additionally, various weaker strings. 73 (thorsten hallmann, 1718 UT April 21, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1823, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7206.0, April 22 at 0352, S8 just barely modulated Arabic presumed from Radio Omdurman, its latest 1-kHz frequency jump, as already reported by Thorsten Hallmann, ``all day`` April 21. The nominal 7205 transmitter has also tried 7204. Still a JBA carrier on 7206 at 0517. Slippery keyboard punching? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1823, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Still on odd 7206 and not traced for several weeks on 9505. 73 (Thorsten Hallmann, Germany, April 23, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1823, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Radio Omdurman Sudan on very odd frequency, April 23: 1400-2100 on 7206.0*ALF 100 kW / 210 deg CeAf Arabic, instead of 7205 * blocked by VIRI IRIB Italian 1923-1950 and RFI French 2000+ on 7205 No signal from Voice of Africa, Ext. Sce, probably cancelled in A-16 0600-0630 on 9505 ALF 100 kW / 110 deg to EaAf Tigrinya 0630-0700 on 9505 ALF 100 kW / 110 deg to EaAf Amharic 0700-0800 on 9505 ALF 100 kW / 110 deg to EaAf Swahili 0800-0900 on 9505 ALF 100 kW / 110 deg to EaAf English 1630-1730 on 9505 ALF 100 kW / 210 deg to CeAf French 1730-1830 on 9505 ALF 100 kW / 210 deg to CeAf English 1830-1930 on 9505 ALF 100 kW / 210 deg to CeAf Hausa http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/radio-omdurman-sudan-on-very-odd.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1823, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7205.00, April 25 at 0423, open AM carrier, so Omdurman is back on nominal after foray to 7206.00 (and previously 7204.00; why bother?) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SUDAN [and non]. 11651.255, April 25 at 0546, jammer carrier here makes het against 11650.0, R. Dabanga via VATICAN. 11650+, April 27 at 0525, R. Dabanga via VATICAN is very poor, but still with het on hi side from Sudan carrier jammer, about the same as April 25, 1255 Hz away (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1823, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SUDAN SOUTH [non]. UNID, Mauno Ritola writes today on the WRTH F_B group: Eye Radio (formerly Sudan Radio Service) plans to start on shortwave next Tuesday according to the following schedule: 0400-0500 UT 11730 kHz, 1600-1700 UT 17730 kHz (via Mike Terry-UK, BDXC-UK yg April 20 via BC-DX 21 April via DXLD) EYE RADIO LAUNCHES NATIONWIDE SHORTWAVE BROADCASTS https://radiotamazuj.org/en/article/eye-radio-launches-nationwide-shortwave-broadcasts Eye Media, the parent organization of Eye Radio, has announced that it has launched a new shortwave broadcast service to complement its existing FM broadcasts in South Sudan. The broadcasts starting today will bring listeners news and information in Arabic, as well as Dinka, Nuer, Shilluk, Bari, Zande and Lutoho. According to a press release today from Eye Media, “the Eye Radio Shortwave will cover the whole of South Sudan including remote areas in which communities are not able to access FM radio staions.” Eye Radio is one of the fastest expanding media houses in South Sudan after launching FM repeaters in several state capitals last year, expanding the station's reach beyond Juba where it is based. In its press release, the station noted that the funding for this initiative came from USAID, the international development agency of the US government. Shortwave radio is used for long distance communication by means of reflecting or refracting radio waves back to Earth from the ionosphere, allowing communication around the curve of the Earth. It was a popular means of long-distance news sharing before the advent of the Worldwide Web, and it is still used for reaching remote areas. Only two other media houses broadcast on shortwave with content specifically for South Sudan: Radio Tamazuj, which operates two hours daily on the shortwave, and Voice of America, which produces the 30 minute program South Sudan in Focus. Radio Tamazuj broadcasts from 6:30 to 7:30 each morning on 11650 kHz on the 25 meter band and 9600 kHz on the 31 meter band, and 15150 kHz and 15550 kHz on the 19 meter band each evening from 17:30 to 18:30. Eye Radio's new broadcasts will run from 7:00 to 8:00 each morning on 11730 kHz on the 25 meter band and 17730 kHz on the 17 meter band from 19:00 to 20:00. Posted by: (JOSE MIGUEL ROMERO ROMERO, April 26 [Times in UT +3], dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1823, DXLD) Also (not yet copied) one other new clandestine: 0400-0500 daily 11730iss? EYE RADIO 1600-1700 daily 17730iss? EYE RADIO (former EDC SUDAN RADIO SERVICE) – Arabic – To: EAST AFRICA EYE Radio Starts 4/26 (Rich Ray, Burr Ridge, IL, JRC NRD 545 and Wellbrook 330s, April 24, dxldyg via DXLD) U.K.(non [sic]), Eye Radio (former EDC Sudan Radio Service) plans to start on shortwave from April 26 according to the following schedule via BaBcoCk: 0400-0500 11730 DHA 250 kW / 240 deg to EaAf vary (tx according A-12) 1600-1700 17730 WOF 250 kW / 135 deg to EaAf vary (tx according A-12) http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/eye-radio-former-edc-sudan-radio-sce.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1823, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Eye Radio --- Is anyone hearing it? Not even a carrier here after 0400 UT Tuesday April 26 on 11730 (Glenn, OK, 0448 UT April 26, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Poor signal here in Illinois from 1600 s/on on 17730. Posted by: (ralphperry, April 26, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Weakish also here at my qth in Finland. And lot of local noise, too. 73, (Jari Savolainen, 1630 April 26, ibid.) Also weak signal in Sofia. Videos, later today -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, 1709 UT, ibid.) Viz.: Reception of Eye Radio (former EDC Sudan Radio Service), April 26, daily 0400-0500 11730 unknown/hidden site# EaAf Arabic* (#ISS??, but weak) 1600-1700 17730 unknown/hidden site# EaAf Arabic* (#ISS??, but weak) * plus other langs Dinka, Nuer, Shilluk, Bari, Zande, Lutoho http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/reception-of-eye-radio-former-edc-sudan.html (DX RE MIX NEWS #949 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, April 26, 2016 via DXLD) ** SUDAN SOUTH [non]. BELGIUM(non), new clandestine broadcasts of Alyx & Yeyi: Eye Radio (former EDC Sudan Radio Service) from April 26 0400-0500 on 11730 unknown/hidden site* to EaAf Arabic Daily 1600-1700 on 17730 unknown/hidden site* to EaAf Arabic Daily *tentatively via ISS 250 kW / 130 deg (like R. Xoriyo/Assenna/Eritrean Forum/Oromo Voice) http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/eye-radio-and-radio-voice-of.html (DX RE MIX NEWS #949 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, April 26, 2016 via DXLD) Address: Eye Radio, P. O. Box 425, Plot 48, Block 1 Korok, Juba, South Sudan. (Ed. Anker Petersen, DSWCI DX Window April 27 via DXLD) 17730.03, Eye R, Juba, via ?, relay from 98.5 FM, *1600-1700*, Apr 26, Horn of Africa fanfare and man ann in Dinka (?), woman reading news with several reports, 1615 jingle, woman ann, man interviewing a man, 1622 jingle, woman ann, two men talking, 1627 woman adv with pop song, 1628 a man talks, 1655 a mixed choir sings a local song with drums, 1658 closing ann by man, 1659 woman and man ann with Horn of Africa fanfare, 25333 (Ivo Ivanov and Anker Petersen, DSWCI DX Window April 27 via DXLD) man-this, woman-that, doesn`t match the usual style of either reporter (gh, DXLD) EYE RADIO LAUNCHES NATIONWIDE SHORTWAVE BROADCASTS https://radiotamazuj.org/en/article/eye-radio-launches-nationwide-shortwave-broadcasts JUBA (26 Apr.) --- Eye Media, the parent organization of Eye Radio, has announced that it has launched a new shortwave broadcast service to complement its existing FM broadcasts in South Sudan. The broadcasts starting today will bring listeners news and information in Arabic, as well as Dinka, Nuer, Shilluk, Bari, Zande and Lutoho. According to a press release today from Eye Media, “the Eye Radio Shortwave will cover the whole of South Sudan including remote areas in which communities are not able to access FM radio staions.” Eye Radio is one of the fastest expanding media houses in South Sudan after launching FM repeaters in several state capitals last year, expanding the station's reach beyond Juba where it is based. In its press release, the station noted that the funding for this initiative came from USAID, the international development agency of the US government. Only two other media houses broadcast on shortwave with content specifically for South Sudan: Radio Tamazuj, which operates two hours daily on the shortwave, and Voice of America, which produces the 30 minute program South Sudan in Focus. Radio Tamazuj broadcasts from 6:30 to 7:30 each morning on 11650 kHz on the 25 meter band and 9600 kHz on the 31 meter band, and 15150 kHz and 15550 kHz on the 19 meter band each evening from 17:30 to 18:30. Eye Radio's new broadcasts will run from 7:00 to 8:00 each morning on 11730 kHz on the 25 meter band and 17730 kHz on the 17 meter band from 19:00 to 20:00 (via JOSE MIGUEL ROMERO ROMERO, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1823, DXLD) So checking further: 17730, April 26 at 1607, JBA carrier less than the S3 noise level. 11730, April 27 after 0400, no signal 17730, April 27 at 1610, poor signal in non-English; (roughly equivalent to 17850v which is known to be France with Oromo Voice as in Aoki, not HFCC). But site for Eye is unknown (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1823, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Good signal of new clandestine Eye Radio, Apr 27 0400-0500 on 11730 unknown tx (Issoudun?) to EaAf Arabic plus other languages: Dinka, Nuer, Shilluk, Bari, Zande, Lutoho http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/good-signal-of-new-clandestine-eye.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SUDAN SOUTH [non]. BELGIUM(non), Good signal of Alyx&Yeyi Eye Radio in English on April 27: 1600-1700 on 17730 unknown tx(Issoudun?)to EaAf Arabic + other languages Dinka/Nuer/Shilluk/Bari/Zande/Lutoho & surprisingly English 1618-1648 UT http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/good-signal-of-alyx-eye-radio-in.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1823, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Eye Radio audible on 17730 kHz (via unknown site) at 1635 tune-in. SIO 252. 73, (Alan Pennington, Caversham, UK, AOR7030plus, ALA 1530 loop, BDXC-Uk yg via DXLD) Eye Media, the mother-organization of Eye Radio, has launched a new shortwave broadcast service to complement its existing FM broadcasts in South Sudan. The broadcast, which commences today, brings listeners news and information in Arabic, Shilluk, Dinka, Bari, Zande, Lutoho, and Nuer. “The Eye Radio Shortwave will cover the whole of South Sudan including remote areas in which communities are not able to access FM radio staions,” Eye Media Stephen Omiri CEO said in a statement. Eye Radio’s new broadcasts will run from 7:00 to 8:00 [0400-0500 UTC] each morning on 11730 kHz on the 25 meter band and 17730 kHz on the 17 meter band from 19:00 to 20:00 [1600-1700 UTC]. http://www.eyeradio.org/eye-media-launches-shortwave-broadcast/ (via Pennington, bdxc-uk yg via DXLD) and here`s their /aboutus page: About Eye Radio --- Studio Eye Radio is a ‘one stop shop’ where South Sudanese listeners can tune in seven days a week, 24 hours a day and hear local, national and international news and sports, with in-depth focus on a wide range of issues related to the development of South Sudan Eye Radio broadcasts in English, Simple Arabic and in seven local languages. Formerly operating as Sudan Radio Service, (SRS 98.6 FM), Eye Radio is Sudan’s first independent broadcast provider of news and information. Eye Radio produces detailed objective news and information, programs with content related to civic education, health, agriculture, and other important issues, as well as music, sports and entertainment. Eye Media, the parent company to Eye Radio, also provides opportunities for journalism training to the people of South Sudan. Eye Radio 98.6 FM broadcasts with a 2,000-watt transmitter, covering most of Central Equatoria and portions of Eastern and Western Equatoria. It went on the air in June 2010 and is now on 24 hours per day from its studios in Korok, Juba. With the name change in August, 2012, Eye Radio has launched new programming initiatives, including a comprehensive morning program “The Dawn” that includes national, African and other international news, in addition to locally produced audio features, market reports, traffic, health and safety tips, local proverbs, interviews and call-ins. Eye Radio is also developing a stringer network to provide reports from around the country and not just Juba, to truly be “Your Eye on South Sudan, 100% South Sudanese.” Eye Radio is currently planning to build 9 repeater stations plus several “translator” or “gap filler” stations to increase its coverage to South Sudan’s main population centers with a presence in each state. It is also planning a new evening program to compliment the morning show. Eye Radio’s vision is to develop into a self-sustaining independent radio station, serving the whole of the Republic of South Sudan and surrounding territories. Eye Radio began as a project of Education Development Center (EDC), an international NGO based in the US, with support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). SRS’s first broadcast was on July 30, 2003, with initial one hour-long shortwave broadcasts, consisting of news summaries and music. Today, Eye Radio is managed as a partnership between Internews and Eye Media. Internews is an international non-profit organization whose mission is to empower local media worldwide to give people the news and information they need, the ability to connect and the means to make their voices heard. Our objectives To provide to the people of South Sudan and neighboring territories objective and balanced news and information on issues vital to an informed and participating citizenry To provide and facilitate access to information, including governmental issues and elections, civic education, health, education, culture and gender. To provide education and training to build the capacity of journalists and other media professionals To promote and encourage training projects within the media industry, with regard to apprentice and operative training To participate fully with colleague organizations within the media industry (via gh, DXLD) ** SWEDEN. SPECIALSÄNDNING FRÅN KONVENTET I JÖNKÖPING Arctic Radio Clubs senaste konvent ägde rum i Jönköping helgen 23-24 april. Där passade vi på att spela in ett program som presenterar en del av det som ägde rum under de två dagarna. Inslaget ingår i det specialprogram som SDXF sänder på kortvåg lördagen den 30 april 2016 kl. 1200-1300 UT (14.00-15.00 svensk sommartid) på 3975 kHz med 5 kW och på 6060 kHz med 10 kW. Programmet innehåller kortare intervjuer med några av deltagarna. Även nästa års konvent kommer att äga rum i Jönköping och i programmet får man bland annat information om den alldeles utmärkta konferensanläggningen. För aktuell information om sändningen rekommenderas Sveriges DX- Förbunds hemsida: http://www.sdxf.se Christer Brunström (via Thomas Nilsson, WORLD OF RADIO 1823, DXLD) ** TAIWAN [and non]. Hi Glenn, Noted V13 (Xing Xing BS) (Taiwan) on 7502-AM at *1200 with one minute of the usual flute music, them numbers in Chinese; fair-good on April 21. No CNR1 jamming. What I recently heard on April 19, with what I thought was jamming of V13, was in fact a CNR1 spur on about 7501.5. Just happened to hear the spur on a day of super strong CNR1 reception! Today the spur was heard very poorly! V13 off at 1231*. Thanks to Hiroyuki Komatsubara's (Japan) for explaining to me what was going on! (Ron Howard, San Francisco, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1823, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TAIWAN. 11635, Radio Taiwan International – Paochung, 2232-2336, Apr 18, man announcer with talk in Chinese language followed by music at 2258, 5+1 time pips at 2300 an a man and woman with the news. Poor to fair with somewhat muffled audio. Fading and almost gone by tune out (Rich D'Angelo, 2216 Burkey Drive, Wyomissing, PA 19610, Ten-Tec RX-340, Drake R-8B, Eton E1, Eton E5, Alpha Delta DX Sloper, RF Systems Mini-Windom, Datong FL3, JPS ANC-4, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) No jamming? And did you check whether this audio matched CNR1? (gh) ** TAIWAN. Additional RTI broadcasts in English: 9465 1500-1600 1234567 English 300 225 Paochung TWN RTI 11685 1500-1600 1234567 English 300 205 Paochung TWN RTI (R TWN Internat., March 22, 2016; via ADDX Andreas Volk-Munich Germany; transformed and condensed by wb - via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 24, WWDXC DX MAGAZINE 4/2016 via DXLD) ** TAJIKISTAN. 11550, April 23 at 1249, open carrier/dead air at S3- S5; WEWN tuning up for *1300? No, all three transmitters accounted for on 7515 & 12050 Spanish, 11520 English. HFCC shows 13-16 also registered for a new `RED` clandestine broadcast in Korean from Dushanbe at 1300-1600. Ivo Ivanov identifies it as National Unity Radio (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TIBET [non]. TAJIKISTAN, Frequency change of Voice of Tibet, Apr 21 1415-1430 NF 15552 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 15553 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/frequency-change-of-voice-of-tibet.html TAJIKISTAN Updated schedule of Voice of Tibet, Apr 22: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/updated-schedule-of-voice-of-tibet.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) TAJIKISTAN, Updated schedule of Voice of Tibet, Apr 22 1200-1215 on 15543 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese 1215-1230 NF 15538 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese, ex 15537 1230-1245 NF 15573 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 15562 1245-1300 NF 15567 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 15568 1300-1315 on 11513 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese 1300-1315 NF 15552 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 15562 1315-1330 on 11513 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese 1315-1330 NF 15552 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 15562 1330-1345 on 11507 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese 1330-1345 on 15558 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan 1345-1400 on 11507 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese 1345-1400 on 15558 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan 1400-1415 on 15558 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan 1400-1415 on 15560 MDC 250 kW / 045 deg to CeAs Tibetan 1415-1430 NF 15552 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 15553 1415-1430 on 15565 MDC 250 kW / 045 deg to CeAs Tibetan 2300-2310 on 7598 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan 2310-2320 on 7592 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan 2320-2330 on 7587 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 (DX RE MIX NEWS #949 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, April 26, 2016 via DXLD) ** TIBET [non]. 11507, April 25 at 1357, JBA carrier, no doubt V. of Tibet, abutting a stronger carrier with modulation on 11505, no doubt the CNR1 jammer for it. Today`s Aoki shows 11507 via TAJIKISTAN at 1335-1400 following 11513 at 1300-1335 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TURKEY. Voice of Turkey?? 6165, Emirler?? Apr 24, 2016 Sunday. 0352-0417. Very weak signal, sounded like flute and piano music but with a Turkish rhythm. At 0354 thought I heard the VOT interval signal and a YL with unreadable announcement. After 0357 more Turkish music and announcements by YL. Very poor, unreadable. Something remained on the channel after Turkey's listed 0400* sign off time, I thought it was Turkey over-running but could easily have been Chad or Cuba, not readable. Tuned out at 0417. Jo'burg sunrise 0428 (Bill Bingham, Johannesburg RSA. Drake R8E, Sony ICF2001D. dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) [and non]. Strong signal of TRT Voice of Turkey, April 24 1730-1825 9410 EMR 500 kW / 318 deg to WeEu German TRT Voice of Turkey + weak signal 9410 DHA 250 kW / 220 deg to CEAf English BBC WS http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/strong-signal-of-trt-voice-of-turkey.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11980.041, April 27 at 0537, poor signal with flutter, Turkish music, VOT is usually slightly off-frequency to the hi side (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** UGANDA [non]. 7425, Lead Radio Africa: not there Saturday night after 1900, as scheduled. As others were also missing them at other times, obviously inactive, or completely different schedule? 73 (Thorsten Hallmann, Germany, April 23, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** UKRAINE. THE TOP SECRET MILITARY BASE HIDDEN IN CHERNOBYL'S IRRADIATED FOREST --- The mysterious Cold War base is now an eerie, crumbling ruin. by Luke Spencer April 25, 2016 Radar antennas at Chernobyl. (Photo: Ingmar Runge/CC BY 3.0) This April 26 marks the 30th anniversary of one of mankind’s most catastrophic events: the explosion at Chernobyl’s reactor number four. Recent years have seen Ukrainian authorities allowing intrepid visitors into the Exclusion Zone to see the haunting side effects of the disaster. But while the abandoned town of Pripyat, with its iconic ferris wheel, receives the most attention, there is an even more mysterious site hidden in the irradiated forest. The site was shrouded in such secrecy during the height of the Cold War that on official maps, it was marked as a children’s summer camp. Like the rest of what would become the Exclusion Zone, it had to be abandoned suddenly in 1986. While it once was at the forefront of Soviet military and scientific technology, classified as top secret, today it rests, mostly forgotten and silent in the woods surrounding Chernobyl. Venturing deep into the forests of the Exclusion Zone for Atlas Obscura, I went to explore the derelict and awe-inspiring military base known as Duga-3. Officially, Duga-3 didn't exist; on maps it was marked as a children's summer camp. (Photo: Luke Spencer) In 1976 amateur shortwave radio enthusiasts began hearing an unusual and highly powerful signal. Ham radio fans all over the world soon had their listening disrupted by an unrelenting tapping sound. When source of the mysterious new transmission was triangulated, it appeared to be coming from somewhere deep behind the Iron Curtain. The peculiar signal was given the nickname "Russian Woodpecker." . . . http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-top-secret-military-base-hidden-in-chernobyls-irradiated-forest (via radioman390@cs.com in UDXF YG, via Horacio Nigro, Uruguay, April, 26, dxldyg via DXLD) It wasn`t just hams ---- it was one-way SWLs/DX MONITORS! Operating a transmitter is irrelevant to hearing the woodpecker (gh, DXLD) ** U K [and non]. BBC changes from April 18 0130-0200 NF 15510 SNG 250 kW / 315 deg to SoAs Bengali, ex 15620 SNG 1800-1900 on 13660 DHA 250 kW / 260 deg to WeAf English, ex Woofferton 1900-2000 on 13660 WOF 250 kW / 165 deg to WeAf English, ex 1800-2000 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/bbc-changes-from-april-18.html (DX RE MIX NEWS #949 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, April 26, 2016 via DXLD) As explained by wb, move to DHA at 18-19 was to get rid of a leapfrog mixing product with 13860 into the 20m hamband on 14060. Easier to do that than eliminate the intermodulation at WOF (gh) ** U S A. ANNUAL ARMED FORCES DAY CROSS-BAND COMMUNICATIONS TEST SET FOR MAY 14 The US Army, Air Force, Navy and Coast Guard will cosponsor the Armed Forces Day Military/Amateur Radio Cross-Band Communications Test on Saturday, May 14, 2016. The event gets under way at 1200 UTC, with activity continuing throughout the day. Some military stations may not operate for the entire period. “New for Armed Forces Day this year, military stations and Amateur Radio operators are authorized to directly communicate on the 60 meter interoperability channels,” US Army MARS Program Manager Paul English, WD8DBY, pointed out. This year marks the 66th Armed Forces Day (AFD) observance, a week later than the radio event. Armed Forces Day is observed this year on May 21, but the Military/Amateur Radio Cross-Band Communications Test is held earlier in order to avoid conflicting with Dayton Hamvention®. The annual communications exercise is an opportunity to test two-way communication between amateur and military communicators and features traditional military-to-amateur cross-band SSB and CW communication and offers an opportunity for radio amateurs to utilize modern military communications modes such as MIL-STD serial PSK and automatic link establishment (ALE). These tests give Amateur Radio operators and shortwave listeners (SWLs) a chance and a challenge to demonstrate individual technical skills, and to receive recognition from military radio stations. QSL cards will be provided to stations that contact military stations during this event. The complete announcement of stations, times, and frequencies— subject to change — is available on the US Army MARS website. Participating military stations will transmit on selected military frequencies and listen for Amateur Radio stations on selected amateur frequencies, which the military station operator will announce. Contacts should be limited to a minute or two, so all participants get a chance. Some stations will operate on Military Auxiliary Radio System (MARS) frequencies; others will use CW. Amateur Stations with automatic link establishment (ALE) capability can contact military stations on specific half-duplex cross-band channels established for this purpose. Military stations will scan and receive certain Amateur HFLINK ALE frequencies, and transmit on the corresponding military ALE frequency. Military stations will also transmit ALE station identification (soundings) on each military frequency at 30 to 90-minute intervals. The traditional Secretary of Defense message will be transmitted via Military Standard radio teletype modes, described in MIL-STD 188- 110A/B. Reception of serial PSK will provide a technical challenge to amateur stations to receive the broadcasts using a high symbol rate serial PSK waveform not utilized in Amateur Radio, but found in all modern military equipment. See the complete schedule for details. Additional transmissions will use wide-shift FSK (RTTY), as this mode represents a baseline in interoperability common in all radio services. Most RTTY programs can be set to decode this mode. To accommodate amateurs some stations will transmit the Secretary of Defense message using common ham radio modes such as RTTY, PACTOR, AMTOR, PSK31, MFSK and MT63. Transcripts of the received text should be submitted “as received,” without attempting to correct possible transmission errors. Provide time, frequency and call sign of the military station copied, including the submitter’s name, call sign, and address (with ZIP code). This information should appear on the paper containing the test message. Stations copying the Secretary of Defense message from Army and Navy stations should send their entries to Armed Forces Day Celebration, Commander Netcom, ATTN: NETC-ITSMD, Bldg 90549 Jim Ave, Fort Huachuca, AZ 85613-7070. Stations copying Secretary of Defense message from Air Force stations, should send entries to Armed Forces Day Celebration, 38CYRS/Chief AF MARS, 203W Losey St, Room 1200, Scott AFB, IL 62225. http://www.arrl.org/news/annual-armed-forces-day-cross-band-communications-test-set-for-may-14 ANNUAL ARMED FORCES DAY CROSSBAND MILITARY/AMATEUR RADIO COMMUNICATIONS TEST (14 MAY 2016) Announcements - US Army MARS http://www.usarmymars.org/home/announcements US Army Military Auxiliary Radio System (ARMARS) public information and document library. ARMY STATIONS: AAZ / FT HUACHUCA AZ (14 MAY 1500Z - 2359Z) 5330.5 kHz USB 60M 14383.5 kHz USB 20M 18211.0 kHz USB 17M AAC / BARROW ARMY RESERVE CENTER KY (14 MAY 1300Z - 15 MAY 0100Z) 5346.5 kHz USB 60M 7360.0 kHz USB 40M 13963.5 kHz USB 20M 20920.0 kHz USB 15M AAV / CAMP EVANS NJ (14 MAY 1400Z - 2100Z) 5330.5 kHz USB/CW 60M 7493.5 kHz USB/CW 40M 14846.0 kHz USB/CW 20M 18272.0 kHz USB/CW 17M ABH / SCHOFIELD BARRACKS HI (14 MAY 1600Z - 2300Z) 5357.0 kHz USB 60M 14438.5 kHz USB 20M 18272.0 kHz USB 17M 20997.0 kHz USB 15M ADB / CAMP FOSTER OKINAWA (14 MAY 1500Z – 15 MAY 0100Z) 14487.0 kHz USB 20M 17545.0 kHz USB 17M 20994.0 kHz USB 15M WAR / PENTAGON WASHINGTON DC (14 MAY 1200Z - 2400Z) 5357.0 kHz USB/CW 60M 14854.0 kHz USB/CW 20M 18211.0 kHz USB/CW 17M 24760.0 kHz USB/CW 12M WUG-2 / ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS TN (14 MAY 1300Z-15 MAY 0200Z) 5403.5 kHz USB 60M 13910.5 kHz USB/CW 20M 18293.0 kHz USB/CW 17M 20973.5 kHz USB/CW 15M ALT/ CAMP MABRY TX (14 MAY 1300Z-15 MAY 0200Z) 5357.0 kHz USB 60M 14512.5 kHz USB 20M 18293.0 kHz USB 17M 20997.0 kHz USB 15M AIR FORCE STATIONS: AIR / ANDREWS AFB (14 MAY 1200Z - 2400Z) 4517.0 kHz USB 80M 7305.0 kHz USB 40M 15807.0 kHz USB 20M 20740.0 kHz USB 15M AGA2SY / HANCOCK FIELD NY (14 MAY 1200Z TO 2400Z) 4575.0 kHz USB 80M 7540.0 kHz USB 40M 13993.0 kHz USB 20M AGA4AR / ARNOLD AFB TN (14 MAY 1500Z TO 2000Z) 3299.0 kHz USB 80M 7457.0 kHz USB 40M 15632.0 kHz USB 20M AGA5SC / SCOTT AFB IL (14 MAY 1600Z TO 2300Z) 3308.0 kHz USB 80M 4872.0 kHz USB 80M 7545.0 kHz USB 40M AGA9TR / TRAVIS AFB CA (14 MAY 1600Z TO 2300Z) 4575.0 kHz USB 80M 4872.0 kHz USB 80M 7545.0 kHz USB 40M COAST GUARD STATIONS: NMC1 / COAST GUARD ISLAND ALAMEDA CA (14 MAY 1400Z - 15 MAY 0030Z) 7542.0 kHz USB 40M 15740.5 kHz USB 20M 22924.5 kHz USB 15M All Posted by: (JOSE MIGUEL ROMERO ROMERO, dxldyg via DXLD) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1822 monitoring: confirmed Thursday April 21 at 2100 on WRMI 13695, VG S9+20. Also confirmed Thu April 21 at 2330 on WBCQ 9329.87-CUSB, poor. Next: 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 [back on air from this week?] Sat 0700 Unique Radio 3210 NSW low-power Sat 1400 Unique Radio 3210 NSW low-power Sat 1430 HLR 7265-CUSB to SW [back on air from this week?] Sat 1930v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND Sat 2230 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Sun 0310v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND Sun 0830 Unique Radio 3210 NSW low-power Sun 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Mon 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW 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 2130 WRMI 15770 to NE 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 1822 monitoring: confirmed Friday April 22 at 2130 on WRMI 15770, good, and 2130.5 on WRMI 13695, very good. Also confirmed Fri April 22 starting about 2330:20 on WBCQ 9329.88-CUSB, fair. Previously the 2330 airings had been starting earlier in the 2329 minute. Also confirmed Sat April 23 at 0630 on HLR 6190-CUSB, by Nino Marabello, Italy; SINPO 25432 and apparently started about 3 minutes early, so HLR has resumed after a break; however, no signal at all when I check 7265-USB via UTwente, Sat Apr 23 at 1430-1500. Still on the schedule then as in http://www.hamburger-lokalradio.net/?page_id=2229 Next: Sat 1930v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND Sat 2230 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Sun 0310v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND Sun 0830 Unique Radio 3210 NSW low-power Sun 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Mon 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW 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 2130 WRMI 15770 to NE 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 1822 monitoring: confirmed Saturday April 23 at 2230.0 on WBCQ, 9329.945-CUSB, fair. Also confirmed UT Sunday April 24 at 0330 amid the 0315v broadcast from WA0RCR, 1860-AM, Wentzville MO, but very poor in the noise level. Next: Sun 0830 Unique Radio 3210 NSW low-power Sun 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Mon 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW 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 2130 WRMI 15770 to NE 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 1822 monitoring: confirmed Sunday April 24 after 2330 on WBCQ 9330v-CUSB, good vs storm noise from Kansas. Also confirmed UT Monday April 25 at 0301 on Area 51 webcast, and 0329 on WBCQ 5130-AM, fair vs storm noise; and 0330 on WRMI 9955, good. Next: Mon 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Tue 1100 WRMI 9955 to SSE Tue 2130 WRMI 15770 to NE 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 1822 monitoring: confirmed Tuesday April 26 at 2130 on WRMI 15770, fair; also confirmed Tue Apr 26 at 2334 on WBCQ 9329.98 approx.-CUSB. Also confirmed Wed Apr 27 at 1315.5 on WRMI 9955 (after another Famagusta Radio at 1300 filled mostly with music, IDs in English and French, promos rather than news). Next WORs: Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v to WSW Wed 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 7489.95, WBCQ Monticello ME; 2145-2200+, 15-Apr; “Dime Store Music” program with 20s-30s unattributed music; 2159 IDs in Pig Latin & English; 2200 abruptly into Bro. HyStairical. S9-10 Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, 48642-3156, Drake R8B + 185' & 60' RW + 125' bow-tie, ----- All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! ----- DX LISTENING DIGEST) That`s `Behaviour Night` program slot, Fri 21-22 (gh, DXLD) 7489.85-AM, UT Sat April 23 at 0007, WBCQ`s TimTron is substituting for Allan Weiner, Worldwide, with an amusing account punxuated by belches and naughtyisms, of his work on a transmitter, I guess the 3250 one which is still not operational. Also on 5129.91-AM, but very poor level (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Glenn, Just started listening to TimTron's show on 5130. He announced at the beginning that he was simulcasting on 3250. Said there wasn't a lot of power on the transmitter and the antenna wasn't the greatest but that it was broadcasting (John Carver, Mid-North Indiana, 2304 UT April 23, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 3250.06, April 24 at 0019, JBA carrier from WBCQ`s latest transmitter. Tnx to tip from John Carver, who had heard TimTron say it was on the air but without much power. So it`s // him on 5129.91, but that`s only S8 vs noise level of S5 (while 7489.89-AM, big band music on `Shortwave Saturday Night` is S9+40; 9329.92-CUSB with Blalock the Blaster is S9+15). Recheck at 0056, now 90m is better, S7 with music, but there seem to be two peaks, the other one at 3251.504 but wobbling (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1823, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 15770, WRMI, 2100-2130 4/11 [Monday], WAVESCAN history of the longwave station at Arlington VA and AT&T's involvement before WW 1. This was a rebroadcast of a program from Dec. 6 2015 (Mike Vitale, Pinckney MI, MARE Tipsheet 22 April via WORLD OF RADIO 1823, DXLD) 9955, Fri April 22 at 1151, on WRMI, Jeff White interviewing the Famagusta Radio guy during his visit to Cyprus; I know I heard this several weeks ago, I thought on `Viva Miami`, but this is a `Wavescan` slot. 9955, April 23 at 1223, music from WRMI is S9, but barely modulated; not clear if from Radio Prague as scheduled, or filler. 1230 ID and 1231 into a g.h. from Gaffney SC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) WRMI relay World Music, instead of Brother Stair, April 27: 0500-0600 on 9955 YFR 100 kW / 160 deg to CeAm English tx#10 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/wrmi-relay-world-music-instead-of.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 5050, April 22 at 2255, no signal from Radio RSA IS via WWRB; nor later at 0017 check UT Sat April 23. So another Friday evening comes and goes, and still no `Pirates` Cove`, or anything. 3185, April 23 circa 1205 UT, no signal from WWRBS, but day frequency 9370 is already going well before 1300 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Where's Dave? 5050, 3215 and 3195 all dead. Is he in rehab or did the FCC throw him in jail for all those four letter words? (Lou Johnson, GA, 1317 UT April 23, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Off 5050 last night and I think no longer intending to use 3195 or 3215 in summer. 3185 was also off this morning but 9370 on early, so WWRB is still there (Glenn, 1414 UT April 23, ibid.) ** U S A. 5050, UT Sunday April 24 {at 0031}, WWRB is back on, with a gospel huxter at S9+40 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) CRAZY DAVE RADIO SHOW 5050 --- He was torqued last night. Announced WWRB would be a three day station. Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. He's flying the rest of the week. At times he was yelling into the microphone, in true Alex Jones style. Heard several sh*ts and as*es but no fu*ks. I would not be surprised if he has a heart attack on air. I think he scares many of those evangelicals away with his language. They are probably convinced he is the devil. Maybe he should just sell the whole thing to somebody who knows what they're doing (Lou KF4RCA Johnson, GA, 1214 UT April 24, DX LISTENING DIGEST) gh inserted * merely to avoid filter traps (gh) 5050, Tue April 26 at 2255, no RSA signal from WWRB, nor later this evening. There are certainly no hard and fast rules when it comes to WWRB operations, but Lou KF4RCA Johnson in GA heard the ``Crazy Dave Radio Show`` April 23 say ``WWRB would be a three day station. Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. He's flying the rest of the week`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1823, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 7505-, April 22 at 0349 check, for the record, WRNO is still gone. So what`s the latest problem? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 17775, Friday April 22 at 1942, KVOH is only S5, just barely modulated in Spanish; at 1959 it`s up to S9 but still JBM, enough to tell that the preacher keeps going past 2000 without a break. The nominal schedule is 1400-1900 UT Mon-Fri only, but lately it`s been running later, yet with an unusable level of modulation and signal! 9975, the evening frequency in English, is still off the air completely when checked at 0208 UT April 23. Possible scenario: everyone who normally looks after KVOH transmitters and operations are off in Zambia getting VOH Africa set up, neglecting the original KVOH. They also have a new FM station in California to distract from SW operations. However, I think their plans were to run everything remotely from a new master control in California (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1823, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 5980, April 22 at 1157, S6 signal with Brother Scare, a WWCR leapfrog mixing product of 5890 over 5935 another 45 kHz higher, and no longer blocked by Cuban jamming and Radio Martí. Both 5890 and 5935 are about to go off in a minute or two putting an end to this intermodulation for today (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 5830, April 23 at 1216, WTWW-1 is absent, and not on day frequency 9475 either, tsk2 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 11635, WHRI - most hysterical female bible preacher heard on SW, annoying voice, loud. 0535 24 APR 2016; should be on 11640? 73 (Nick VK2DX Hacko, Sydney NSW, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Why should it be on 11640? 24 April was a Sunday, so who was that? Angel 2 schedule shows: 0500-0600 Su,Mo,Tu,We,Th Water of Life Ministries Doyle Davidson 11635 Don`t you believe WHR schedule info. I first checked the Angel 1 page: http://lesea.com/whr/whr-iframe-page/?search=Angel1 which claims that 6175 stays on the air 0430-0800 after the Vietnam relays. Nonsense! Are they trying to fool unmonitors? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 660, April 22 at 1148 UT, C&W music from E/W, fades 1153 UT before I can hear any announcement or switch to Navajo chanting, after our sunrise 1148 UT. I don`t see how it could be anything other than KTNN Window Rock AZ, which would have to be on 50 kW ND day pattern. Its official sunrise in April is not until 1245 UT (May: 1215 UT). I bet they are (deliberately?) confused by MDT which is rampant on the Res and NM, but not in the rest of AZ (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 660 KTNN --- Forrester S Fri, 22 Apr 2016 03:28:04 -0700 --- Atop channel right now (Todd Skaine, Bloomington MN, 1028 UT April 22, IRCA mailing list via DXLD) KTNN, Had a nice reception of Window Rock, AZ KTNN 660 at 0505 [CDT = 1005 UT] 4/23 consisting of Navajo language singing with drum accompaniment. Was laying around in the bed with a naked (no external antenna) Eton E10 because I had to get up for a bout with the stomach virus going around. At least it wasn't a total loss. First time to hear them since leaving Arizona in 2008 (Kevin Redding, Crump, TN, 1308 UT April 23, ABDX via DXLD) Nice reception Kevin. You're right in KTNN's pattern notch. One of my favorite stations. I love the sound of the Navajo language in their broadcasts (Bill, RADIO-TIMETRAVELLER, name and location unknown, ibid.) They've been running non directional the past few nights. Should be an easy catch towards one`s local sunrise (Todd Skaine, Bloomington MN, ibid.) ** U S A. 920, April 22 at 1202 UT, ad for a car dealer on I-270, and another ad for something at 1235 N Washington Ave. The latter could apply to just about anytown, but I-270? 3-digit interstate hiway numbers can be duplicated anywhere along 2-digit routes, and in this case 270s go around Denver, St Louis, Columbus OH, and Washington DC. This loops NE or ENE, and there is no 920 around Denver; Columbus despite a 920 station there and certainly Washington DC are too far and too far into the dayside, so that leaves: WGNU Granite City IL, 450/500 [sic] watts U4, address in St Louis. Day and night patterns helpfully point toward us, and this is already 14 minutes after sunrise here. Soon overtaken by an hymn, no doubt KYFR Shenandoah IA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. [Re KLIM 1120 Limon CO, continued from 16-16]: STA = Special Temporary Authorization Yes, the change of ownership even further complicates the whole STA business. I wish the FCC would handle STAs differently from a database standpoint. Their documentation methods are archaic. STAs are rarely associated with an updated engineering record in CDBS, even when the only change is a power reduction. The result is that the FCC's AM Query or any third party list always shows inaccurate, dated information. And sometimes STAs continue on for a long time. 95% of the time, STAs are just a virtual paper record showing (for example) that the 50 kW station is using a sloper wire or a 35 foot pole with 100 watts until they get their array back online that was just clobbered by a tornado or the land was sold to a developer. We have weird cases like WFTL-850 and WRHC-1550 in south Florida, as long-term examples. They have been operating under STAs for years. WRHC's present-day operating info is still maintained in an active construction permit that has been ongoing for a long time. Their original transmitter site off of Key Biscayne doesn't even exist anymore, it was blown away by a hurricane years ago, yet it is the official license record offered up by the FCC. This hinders accuracy when a third party (or the FCC) presents the database to the public. Okay, STA rant over. Thanks for listening (Bill, RADIO-TIMETRAVELLER, April 21, ABDX via DXLD) STAs must be one of the most abused applications the FCC just rubber stamps over and over. As mentioned, some stations lean on them for years, mostly because they are too cheap to fix an expensive engineering problem, but there can also be other reasons. I know of a directional AM that has been operating for at least 9 years or more using their night pattern full time under an STA. Why? Cheapness is probably part of the problem, but there is another reason. The station is a low power, small town AM near a large market. Their daytime signal is a highly directional very narrow beam that shoots out into farm land by day, and completely misses the big city. It is generated by a 6 tower array. The night signal is generated by 2 towers and it points right into the big city. They have been using the excuse that there is a problem with their phasor and directional system for the 6 tower array that they have not been able to fix, and they have been claiming that for many years since the current owner bought the station. The ultimate question is, just how dumb are the people at the FCC that they don't see this continuing pattern of abuse and put some sort of time limit on making repairs to a transmitter plant? They have renewing this station's STA for at least 9 years, so what incentive does the licensee have to fix anything when he knows he can keep running for years on STAs without fixing his plant, all the time enjoying a much larger and more profitable coverage area? Another problem with STAs is the abuse of licensees who use them to keep a license active for stations they have listed for sale, but do not want to operate. In order to keep the license active, the station must operate at least once in a while, so the licensee turns it on for a few days every 6 months, then turns it off and applies for another STA to remain silent "because of technical problems." Presto - another STA to remain silent for 180 days. Some of these stations have a very long paper trail that is very obvious, yet the abuse continues. By their lack of scrutiny and enforcement, the FCC endorses this kind of abuse. 73, (Kit W5KAT, CO, ibid.) If they can pick up a used 50 kW transmitter for $90,000 and get an FM signal in Denver with the proposed rule change, that would be a bargain. That big AM transmitter is a whole lot cheaper than a 250 watt FM translator in Denver. Keep in mind that KOA just paid $950,000 a few months ago for a 250 watt translator so they could put their 50 lW AM on FM. 73, (Kit W5KAT, ibid.) I`m knocking my head for not getting into the translator business (gh) As of 12-29-2014 the status of the application to assign the license is "accepted for filing". I've watched quite a few license assignments. If there are no issues most are granted in three to five months. There are a couple of interesting things in the asset purchase agreement. "Because the FCC will not grant consent to the assignment of the Station while operating pursuant to the STA, Buyer agrees to assist Seller with the construction and licensing of new full-power facilities, subject to Commission approval". "Seller is not in bankruptcy". Does assist means help pay for? $100,000 seems like a lot of money for a 250 watt daytimer in a city with a 2010 census population of 1,880 people. Scott questioned whether this will ever be built. CRN hired a well- known broadcast engineering consultant to assemble the report to apply for the CP. That wasn't cheap. I saw a used Harris 3DX50 50 kW transmitter advertised for $90,000. At one seller a new one is $172,000. A 3 kW transmitter will be needed. Two sites means duplication of equipment. Sent from my iPad (Dennis Gibson, CA, ibid.) ** U S A. 1200, April 22 at 1211 UT, ad for Carnicería Jiménez, with meat prices weighed in libras, and website carniceriasjimenez.com which chex for West Chicago among other IL locations. Typically WRTO Chicago manages to overcome WOAI just after sunrise with its 20 kW day power into a broad pattern from SW, clockwise to E, nulling toward SE (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1550 GOLDEN CO IS BACK --- KKCL (formerly KBUD) 1550 Golden, CO is back on the air. They are also on a co-owned translator on 96.9, so the station is collectively now known as "The Cloud." The format is a somewhat eclectic blend of soft adult contemporary without announcers. The 96.9 translator has been around for a long time, but it was just moved to the KKCL towers. Although it has been and still is licensed to Arvada, the signal didn't even reach Arvada because the translator was located in the Boulder Valley. There is a ridge between there and Arvada, so the signal was always blocked by it. KPOF 910 Westminster tried to buy this translator a year or so ago with the intention to move it to their tower, but it never happened. The fact is, tuning in to 96.9 in Arvada and Westminster produces a strong signal from KCCY 95.9 Pueblo/Colorado Springs. Since the so- called Arvada translator on 96.9 was miles to the north over the ridge in Boulder County, it could not be heard in Arvada. Had KPOF bought it and moved it to their tower, which sits on a high hill in Westminster to the northeast of Arvada, there would have been a big jam on the frequency. A bunch of supposed local listeners of KCCY wrote to the FCC to oppose the planned relocation of the translator to the KPOF tower. I seriously doubt that KCCY has any listeners around here, and the station was most likely behind the letter writing campaign, but it worked and the FCC blocked the move, thus causing KPOF to drop the purchase. Now KKCL owns the translator and they moved it to their towers located between Golden and Boulder, putting it on much higher ground, and yes, it actually does cover Arvada (the COL of the translator) now, but it sure doesn't look like it will become much of a force in Denver radio. The signal in Boulder, which was clear at the original site, is now too scratchy to be functional. Driving down the Boulder Turnpike toward Broomfield and Westminster (and Denver) the signal is marginal. Each time you pass under a bridge, the signal swaps back and forth with KCCY. In Arvada, the signal mixes so badly with KCCY that it is useless. My guess is that KKCL will eventually look for another site for the translator because it sure isn't going to do much for them where it is on their towers. They may end up having to settle for being a Boulder station by moving back to the valley because it doesn't look like they will be able to penetrate the Denver market with the interference from KCCY. 73, (Kit W5KAT, CO, April 21, ABDX via DXLD) ** U S A. IN INTERNET AGE, PIRATE RADIO ARISES AS SURPRISING CHALLENGE By BEN FINLEY Associated Press IRVINGTON, N.J. (AP) -- In the age of podcasts and streaming services, you might think pirate radio is low on the list of concerns of federal lawmakers and broadcasters. You`d be wrong. They`re increasingly worried about its presence in some cities as unlicensed broadcasters commandeer frequencies to play anything from Trinidadian dance music to Haitian call-in shows. And they complain the Federal Communications Commission can`t keep up with the pirates, who can block listeners from favorite programs or emergency alerts for missing children and severe weather. Helped along by cheaper technology, the rogue stations can cover several blocks or several square miles. Most broadcast to immigrant communities that pirate radio defenders say are underserved by licensed stations. . . http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_PIRATE_RADIO?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2016-04-27-13-40-19 (via Mike Cooper, DXLD) ** UZBEKISTAN. Conditions tonight, April 21 0000 UT, seem to be fairly quiet with openings more into central Asia. Several relays via Tashkent are in at fair/good levels. There is even a tentative Dushanbe log which is fairly rare here. All logs are made using a Perseus SDR and superloop antenna with variable termination. I have set the termination at 225 S/W. This seems to give the best reception on shortwave while the antenna is much more directional on the mediumwave band. 9390, IBRA Radio, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 0018 - Apparent radio play with several OM, women & children with dialog in listed language, Bengla. Ended with brief sub-continental instrumental piece, then YL announcer came on giving extensive contact info, several phone #'s, two separate PO boxes, and e-mail. ID was also given. There was a brief regional style chant before going into a more western orchestral piece prior to the signal being cut at 0029 (Stephen C Wood, MA, UT April 21, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VANUATU. RADIO VANUATU ON TRACK FOR NATIONWIDE COVERAGE RNZ 21 April 2016 http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/302058/radio-vanuatu-on-track-for-nationwide-coverage The recently appointed chair of the board of the Vanuatu Broadcasting and Television Corporation is confident nationwide coverage will be achieved by Radio Vanuatu soon. The new government recently replaced the old board following concerns over the lack of the public broadcaster's ability to reach the outer islands. Its new chairperson Johnety Jerety said transmission had deteriorated over the years, mostly because of poor maintenance. He said under the government's hundred day plan nationwide coverage had to be implemented by July 1st. But Mr Jerety said part of the problem was that people were buying cheap radios. "They're not compatible to meet the standard for our transmission system within here so that is why most of the ni-Van [indigenous people] within the islands are not able to have the coverage received throughout the island." Johnety Jerety said they were now advising people to buy short-wave radios that are compatible. Posted by: (Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) Is it the case that many of the cheaper, mechanically-tuned radios like the Degen DE321 don't cover the 75-metre band used by Radio Vanuatu? (Richard Langley, NB, ibid.) PLAN TO RETURN RADIO VANUATU TO ITS FORMER GLORY http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/programmes/datelinepacific/audio/201798107/plan-to-return-radio-vanuatu-to-its-former-glory It's hoped Radio Vanuatu will soon return to the standard it once was when it could be heard by everyone in the archipelago. It's hoped Radio Vanuatu will soon return to the standard it once was when it could be heard by everyone in the archipelago. Years of neglect and political interference have resulted in the deterioration of transmission to the outer islands but there's a new push to get nation-wide coverage again. As Bridget Tunnicliffe reports, short wave radio is being seen as important as ever in the Pacific. The need to get early warnings to people, especially in more remote areas has been highlighted by the increased frequency of severe tropical cyclones. The government recently replaced the Vanuatu Broadcasting and Television Corporation board following concerns over the lack of the public broadcaster's ability to reach the outer islands. An MP for Tanna, Tom Louniwan, says they don't get clear reception on Tanna and it's unreliable. TOM IOUNIWAN: We depend much of the radio for information because we're now living in the climate change and you know cyclones, and tsunamis and you know. The board's new chair Johnety Jerety says nation-wide coverage has to be implemented by July 1st under the government's 100 day plan. He says they are on track to achieve that but says part of the problem is people have been buying cheap radios that are not compatible. He says out of habit people have also become more accustomed to tuning into the island's main FM station. JOHNETY JERETY: Because they have lost coverage with Radio Vanuatu for so long they now have difficulties in tuning in to our frequency system and that is what we are doing now to promote all these frequencies to the islands, to ensure that everyone knows which type of frequency they should be tuning in. New Zealand radio transmission engineer, Steve White, has made several trips to Vanuatu and other Pacific countries to help set up transmission equipment. He says the big advantage of short-wave radio is that receivers are extremely cheap to buy. Mr White says the other benefit is that the transmission is capable of covering enormous distances. STEVE WHITE: From Port Vila you can cover the entire country of Vanuatu, which spans something like 1100 kilometres in a roughly North-South direction, that can't be achieved by any other transmission mode. Johnety Jerety says despite increases in government funding to the Corporation over the years, changes in government and political interference have been disruptive. JOHNETY JERETY: Politicians come as members of parliament and then they use the opportunity to turn out funds from the institution and make it very difficult for the institution to have enough or appropriate funds to maintain its transmission system. Johnety Jerety says Radio Vanuatu's financial difficulties have been heightened by the emergence of several other FM stations, who are all competing for advertising dollars. The former mayor of Luganville, Maurice Emboe, says the quality of information being broadcast is also critical. Early this month there were claims in northern parts of Vanuatu, that the public broadcaster did not broadcast warnings about the approach of Cyclone Zena. Maurice Emboe says information needs to be accurate, timely, and regular. MAURICE EMBOE: The authorities concerned, the media also should take more responsibility in communicating with regards to disaster or such information. To inform people, communicate with people, the tracking of these depressions, its whereabouts. Johnety Jerety says he's had several meetings with technical people and is confident nation-wide coverage will be achieved by Radio Vanuatu by the July 1 deadline. Posted by: (JOSE MIGUEL ROMERO ROMERO, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1823, DXLD) ** VANUATU. 7260, Radio Vanuatu, 21 APR 2016, average to good copy, 0903 onward, two females in Bislama. 73 (Nick VK2DX Hacko, Sydney NSW, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Radio Vanuatu, at local sunrise, news in English, extensive weather report Samoa/Nauru/Solomons from 2000 UT. The channel is crystal clear, could be an easy catch for European listeners. Best on LSB. ID at 2029. Unfortunately as of 2030, QRM from CRI 7265 in Italian. Short video uploaded at https://youtu.be/IxZ-wikumMY 73 (Nick VK2DX, NSW, April 21, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1823, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7260, R. Vanuatu on April 22, just at 1205 heard PBS Xinjian go off the air here, leaving the frequency clear for RV reception; announcer and some pop songs; 1216 clear National Anthem (“Yumi, Yumi, Yumi”); audio ended at 1217, but they keep the transmitter on for a long time after that. Wish they would carry some filler music or something, seeing as the transmitter is on anyway! Thanks very much to Hiroyuki Komatsubara (Japan) for the tip about the post-1205 reception of Radio Vanuatu! Should be of help to many DXers (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1823, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7260, R. Vanuatu heard 4/24 from Perseus site in Edmonton from 0600 tune with woman announcer, language unknown due to weak signal. Music and man announcer at 0629.5 followed by characteristic drum IS and a man in what sounded like vernacular to 0640.5. Then more drums IS and man in vern. Vocal/instrumental music at 0643 to 0648 followed by a woman and more vocal music. Flute-like IS at 0700 followed by man with some type of remote reports or commentary and brief music to past 0710. Clear frequency and quiet atmospheric conditions but signal only S2 with nominal QSB at 0600. However signal improved to near S3 after 0630 as gray line was crossing Vanuatu. Program same as heard from Perseus site in Brisbane just prior to 0600. This would appear to be the ideal window for R. Vanuatu on this frequeny (Bruce Churchill, CA, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1823, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VATICAN. 11625, April 21 at 2035, S6 signal in French with modulation cutting on for 2 or 3 syllables every few seconds; 2036 recovers without breaks, but 2041 check, again cutting on and off. It`s Vatican Radio from SMG site as scheduled 2030-2115 in French, end of a long day of 11625 use by VR from SMG or Madagascar sites. 9645, April 22 at 0420, S9 in Arabic talking about Ecuador, Vatican Radio as scheduled 0400-0430 direct from SMG, and with slight het on hi side audible from R. Bandeirantes (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VENEZUELA. [Re 16-16:] Venezuela timezone change [A-DX] Zeitumstellung in Venezuela --- Die Schweizer Ausgabe der "Neuen Zürcher Zeitung" teilt heute auf Seite 7 mit, dass in Venezuela am 1. Mai die Uhren um eine halbe Stunde vorgestellt werden, um Strom einzusparen. 73, Kurt (DF7FU via wb, dxldyg via DXLD) http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/venezuela-change-timezone.html FYI (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Also, how cute, another time change in Venezuela. That region seems to love changing its clocks, especially when there are energy crises. Colombia did something similar in 1992 (it moved its clocks an hour for nearly a year, putting it on the same time zone as Venezuela) and it even caused shuffles to television schedules (Raymie Humbert, AZ, April 21, WTFDA Forum via DXLD) ** VENEZUELA. [Re CHILE, 16-16:] "Muzak" specialized stations Glenn, When I was doing site selection and planning for our client in Venezuela just prior to the adoption of FM broadcast licensing there, I encountered the Muzak (or "Muzak-like") stations that had been operating there for years. They were low power, and broadcast on the FM band, but with no main channel modulation, just 25 or 30% injection subcarriers ("SCA"). The one I personally inspected as a possible FM site was in Barcelona. 250 watt Gates transmitter, simple vertically polarized 3 or 4 element dipole antenna. Not at all a suitable site for wide area service FM, however, as it was just meant to serve fixed receivers in commercial establishments in Barcelona and Puerto la Cruz. They all vanished when commercial FM stations were licensed (Ben Dawson, Hatfield-Dawson, WA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VIETNAM [and non]. 6175, April 24 at 0426, Vietnamese rock at S9+30, tail of VOV Spanish via WHRI; 0427:40 cut to BaBcoCk IS, 0428 cut to WHRI promo in English for more gospel huxter clients, as they always do next to VOV relays, rather incongruously, since Vietnam jams Christian broadcasters into the country, e.g. via Philippines; what bedfellows. This raises the question of T8WH PALAU, a.k.a. HBN in HFCC listings, for the long-defunct US callsign KHBN, the WHR station which is registered A-16 for a number of transmissions, daily u.o.s., at least partially in Vietnamese, which are bound to be religious or clandestine, and surely subject to jamming. But HFCC language info is notoriously unreliable. Many of these are partly in ``English``, so further research needed to narrow down any real Vietnamese language portions: 9930, 1200-1230 Fri only – we know this one is clandestine Quê Me, so jammed? Please check. It would certainly seem eligible, since per WRTH 2016 page 515, based in France, it`s produced by Action for Democracy in Vietnam and its international organ Vietnam Committee on Human Rights. Quê Me, which is also supposed to have a dot under the e of Me, means Motherland. However, one semi-hour per week is not much of a threat. Other partially Vietnamese HFCC entries for HBN: 9930, 1500-1800 & 2200-2400 9965, 2200-2400 15455, 0000-0600 15660, 0600-1100 & 2200-2300 15690, 2300-2400 Further research in Aoki shows many of these are not really on at all for the full registered span; and no Vietnamese via Palau except for Quê Me, so now another interesting question arises: does SRV government business buying time on WHRI for VOV also ``encourage`` WHR not to broadcast via T8WH any Christian (or clandestine other than Quê Me) programs in Vietnamese or minority languages? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VIETNAM [and non]. 9920, April 27 at 1210, FEBC Iba, PHILIPPINES back here after experimenting with 9922 as in April 24 log, q.v. for discussion of contradictory language listings. At this hour on Wednesdays, both Aoki and EiBi agree it`s Rad, which means Rade/Ede, spoken by 0.2 mega in Vietnam. AND the Vietnamese whoop-whoop jammer remains on 9921 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1823, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** YEMEN [non]. Rep. Yemen Radio Sanaa (Saudi Arabia Relay?) 11860, 1340 19 APR - SINPO = 15321. Arabic, male announcer interviewing male over the phone. QSB=moderate-to-rapid rate, barely discernible modulation on noisy carrier mostly below noise floor with occasional peaks that mix with it. sf95.3, a5, k1, geomag: very 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, 13039KM? from transmitter at Riyadh?. Local time: 0640. 11860, 1436 20 APR - in ARABIC from RIYADH?. SINPO = 15311. JBA carrier, fluttery. No Modulation Detected. sf88.5, a3, k0, geomag: inactive. 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, 13039KM? from transmitter at Riyadh?. Local time: 0736. 11860, 1307 22 APR - SINPO = 15321. Arabic, female announcer, music with microtonal vocals followed by male announcer. QSB=moderate-to- rapid rate, modulation on noisy carrier occasionally peaks just above the noise floor but mostly mixing with or below it. (Spot check at 1452z SINPO15422 music, male announcer). sf76.9, a5, 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, 13039KM? from transmitter at Riyadh?. Local time: 0607. Greetings from Nevada! Conditions here have varied from poor to fair the last several days with mostly quiet geomagnetic field yet a steadily dropping solar flux (below 80 yesterday!). Rep.Yemen Radio (Sana'a) made a comeback today after being JBA or inaudible for several days now. Even ever reliable R.Australia and BBC (Singapore) have been weak. But things seem to be slowly recovering from the wake of the GeoStorm last week April 22 (Rodney Johnson, Las Vegas NV, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) April 22, another evening with no Sub-Audible Het, echo, or power boost prior to 1800. Country??? Rep. of Yemen Radio / Sana'a, 11860, location??? Apr 22, 2016, Friday. 1740-1810. Fair, varying from S3 to S6; no SAH, echo, or power boost tonight. Jo'burg sunset 1545 (Bill Bingham, Johannesburg RSA. Drake R8E, Sony ICF2001D. dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Monitored 11860 yesterday - April 21 - from before 1730 to past 1800 and then casually thru our afternoon, it had the consistent 60 Hz power supply spectral lines all the time I listened. No echo, no co- channel. Better signal than it has for several days. Did notice some fast audio breakup - internet packet loss?? - at various times, quite annoying. Also monitored from 0123 thru 0136 on the 22nd. Good signal and same 60 hz spectral lines. No audio dropouts noted. Someone weaker co channel here past 0130. 73 (Don VE6JY Moman, AB, ibid.) Hi Don, I was curious as to your beam headings for these receptions? Still suggests longpath? Bill's suggestion about possible RSA transmission site is also intriguing. 73s (Rodney Johnson, ibid.) Rodney, I didn't check any alternate paths but in the past week or so I had the log periodic aimed around 60 deg (coincidentally South Africa is 61 deg from here) and I noticed the 11860 was better on the omni Wellbrook loop vs the log. However the signal overall was still poor. A few days ago I moved the log to 20 deg, conditions seemed to have improved for the 21st and both the log and Wellbrook gave similar reception. I don't think that I'm getting much signal up here in Alberta via the long path, given our much longer days since last time I checked. As far as the South Africa connection - every time I have analysed 11860, I have seen the 60 Hz spectral lines present. South Africa is 50 Hz. Saudi Arabia is 60 Hz. 73 (Don Moman, ibid.) Don, Yeah, I guess all roads are still point toward Saudi. I too have noticed the signal getting weaker as the days get longer. In any case I guess we'll just keep checking it and see what happens. Thanks for the detailed reply, and I may well have to get one of those wellbrook loops one of these days! I keep hearing good things about them. 73s (Rodney Johnson, ibid.) I wonder if the Peace talks have any bearing on this operation recently. Still one of the best radio mysteries, and I'm monitoring them as long as I can! Just wanted to report that I've been monitoring Yemen on 11860 in Arabic for several days from 0530-0700. SINPO 44434. I will be in Riyadh full time come this Oct. If this station is still a mystery, I will attempt to find the transmitter! (Ed Sylvester, Baghdad, Iraq, 0645 UT April 23, ibid.) Either propagation issues or they are off - no copy here today 4/23/16 1231z on 11860 - had been very good here in recent days (Rich Ray, Burr Ridge, IL, Drake R8 and Wellbrook 330s, ibid.) Hi Rich, Fair-to-good signal here of Arabic music on 11860 at 1235 UT, which I assume is Rep of Yemen. https://app.box.com/s/8vf09spqf8w35657r0bsvfgjpyci587u (Alan Roe, Teddington, UK, WinRadio G31 + 17m wire, ibid.) Good signal of Republic of Yemen Radio, April 23 1255-1745 on 11860 unknown transmitter / unknown site to N/ME Arabic http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/good-signal-of-republic-of-yemen-radio_23.html (DX RE MIX NEWS #949 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, April 26, 2016 via DXLD) Country??? Rep. Of Yemen Radio / Sana'a. 11860. Location??? Apr 24, 2016 Sunday. 0347-0348. Nothing heard at 0347, but there was a very weak carrier. At 0415 recheck, it was back, but poor. Jo'burg sunrise 0428 (Bill Bingham, Johannesburg RSA. Drake R8E, Sony ICF2001D. dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Back as strong as usual at 1341z tune in today 4/24. Music, now OM in Arabic talks (Rich, Burr Ridge, IL, Ray, JRC NRD 545 and Wellbrook 330s, April 24, ibid.) Nothing heard the Apr 23 (~1330z-1500z). 11860, 1358 24 APR - SINPO = 35222. Arabic, male announcer interviewing male over the phone. music with microtonal vocals at 1405z. QSB=rapid-to-ff rate, modulation on noisy carrier mostly just above the noise floor with occasional fades to mixing with it. sf79.1, a12, 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, 13039KM? from transmitter at Riyadh?. Local time: 0658. 11860, 1358 25 APR - SINPO = 25322. Arabic, male announcer interviews male in studio. QSB=moderate-to-rapid rate, modulation on noisy carrier mostly just above noise floor but occasionally dips to mixing with it. (Spot check at 1515z nothing heard). sf82.0, 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, 13039KM? from transmitter at Riyadh?. Local time: 0658 (Rodney Johnson, NV, ibid.) ARABIA SAUDÍ?? 11860 Radio Sana´a, 1740-1745, escuchada el 25 de abril de 2015 en árabe a locutor con comentarios, saludo a invitado "..Malecum..", conversaciones probablemente telefónicas con diferentes interlocutores, probablemente oyentes, SINPO 34343 (José Miguel Romero, Burjasot (Valencia), España, Sangean ATS 909, Antena hilo de 10 m, ibid.) FINALLY, WARRING YEMEN SIDES SIT TOGETHER FOR NEGOTIATIONS [in Kuwait] --- Rebel team wants political transition before disarming and vacating territories http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/yemen/finally-warring-yemen-sides-sit-together-for-negotiations-1.1719808 73s (--Rodney Johnson, NV, dxldyg via DXLD) So 11860 in jeopardy? (gh) ** ZAMBIA [and non]. Pretty sure Radio Lead Africa from Meyerton was not on 5915 this morning. Question is, have they gone for good, just missed a Friday, or moved to another frequency? ZNBC1, 5915 Lusaka. Apr 22, 2016, Friday. 0258-0404. Tuned in at 0258 to OM with Christian monologue in presumed Kaonde, continued through TOH. Typical Zambian music at 0304, continued through to 0400 with occasional announcements from OM. Mentioned “ZNBC” at 0320, “Zambia” at 0342, “Zambia ZNBC” at 0343, “good morning” at 0343, two “Zambia” at 0347, “Livingstone” at 0353. Fish eagles and jingle at 0400 and rapidly faded out just in time for the id. No doubt about it though, lots of clues and I recognise the OM's voice. NO SAH or signal suppression from Lead Africa today. Initially fair to good reception, but deteriorated as local sunrise approached. By 0325, generally fair but with rapid deep fades to noise level. Pretty sure Lead Africa wasn't there this morning. Jo'burg sunrise 0427 (Bill Bingham, Johannesburg RSA, Drake R8E, Sony ICF2001D, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 4915.07, April 21 at 1250, JBA carrier. No Asians are listed on this frequency, so what, an AIR off-frequency again? Also getting lots of 60m carriers on Indian/Chinese/ East Turkistani frequencies, an hour after sunrise here 4915+, April 22 at 1218, JBA carrier, much weaker than some modulation on 4920, like heard yesterday at 1250 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 6947ish carrier: I have no idea what it is or where. I'm also skeptical of the Russian theory, particularly since the carrier has been S7+ here some nights, even when conditions have been poor. Other times is is just barely audible. I haven't kept track of it, but it's essentially always there as long as I can remember. It frequently gets in the way of 6950 pirates. The speculation on DXLD is as good as any (Mark Taylor, WI, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6946.57, April 23 at 0017, JBA carrier, perhaps the same one which had been unmodulating well on 6947.40 for several nights. 6946.56, April 24 at 0024, mystery open carrier makes S9, as the frequency varies somewhat from night to night (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6946.58 approx. - Glenn`s unid is strong at 0650 on Sunday morning via Twente. 73 (Thorsten Hallmann, Germany, April 24, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDentified. Station with Arabic music was observed again, April 26 1100-1121 on 9400 unknown (secret/hidden) site, poor signal today http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/unidentified-station-with-arabic-music_26.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Station with Arabic music was observed again, April 27 0900-0920 on 9400 unknown (secret/hidden) site, weak signal today http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/unidentified-station-with-arabic-music_27.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 11640, April 22 at 1936, the pervasive mystery open carrier is no longer to be heard (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 12035, April 22 at 1246 1 kHz tone but carrier off at 1247*. Nothing listed now, but perhaps Deewa Radio via Thailand prior to *1300 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 15121.8 - yesterday, Saturday 23 April, approx. 1940- 2005: Unid, carrier mostly unmodulated and quite strong, but at times slow pieces of music, female singer, sounded more or less mid-eastern, followed by a short announcement. Quite distorted, overmodulated. 73 (Thorsten Hallmann, Germany, April 24, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS ++++++++++++++++++++++++ ACKNOWLEDGED ON WORLD OF RADIO 1823: Glenn, I sent a contribution to WOR. I haven’t been able to send much lately, but, I wanted to do this. I like to play with numbers sometimes. 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Cheers from the beach (or, more accurately, ``near`` the beach) & continued success with DXLD (Dan Sheedy, Encinitas CA, with a check to P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702) PUBLICATIONS ++++++++++++ WORLD OF RADIO HITLIST UPDATE Hi Glenn, my latest Hitlist update. http://www.w4uvh.net/hitlist.htm 1) China - CRI: Update of links to new SW programme sked and Listen Live 2) Japan - NHK R Japan: Additional link for RJ programme information 3) Pakistan - R Pakistan: Minor update to link for R Pakistan freq schedule (also thanks to Dr Hansjoerg Biener) 4) Serbia - RSI: Domain registration expired - entry deleted 5) Thailand - R Thailand WS: Updated audio link and link for freq schedule (also thanks to Dr Hansjoerg Biener) 6) Vietnam - V of Vietnam: Added link to "R Vietnam Portal" (thanks to Dave Kernick, Interval Signals Online) Unless there's a major change anywhere, the next update will be late May. Best wishes and 73 (Alan Roe, England, April 30, DX LISTENING DIGEST) HAS THE WRTH PEOPLE GONE NUTS? I haven't bought a WRTH since 2012 as most information is available for free on the internet and, except for a couple of exceptions, I haven't QSLed shortwave stations for over twenty years so I don't need station addresses. I just saw the price at Durham Radio for the 2016 edition - $69.95 CDN! Are they serious? Man, talk about pricing yourself out of the market. There was a time when a lot of us ODXA members would get a new edition every year and donate old ones to Asian DXers. We used to get Victor Goonetilleke to distribute them. But, at $69.95 I can find a lot of stuff for my shack I can put that money towards – (Mark Coady, Editor, Your Reports Express, Listening In, Ontario DX Association, dxingwithcumbre yg via DXLD) Universal Radio in Ohio shows the list price as $50 USD and Fred is retailing it at $44.95. The Dayton Hamvention always has a few retailers pricing it underneath the going rate at Universal. Amazon.ca shows it as $52.77 CAN avec free shipping. It's only money, right?? (Bill Leal, VE3ES, ODXA yg via DXLD) Mark: Shop around at . I ordered mine early last week from a non-Amazon supplier, Book Depository CA (I suspect actually it's being shipped from a Brit location), for $CAD 41.78 plus $6.49 shipping/$47.88 total. It'll be interesting to see whether Canada Post intercepts it for GST/BC PST. I'd also signed up for an Amazon.ca Visa credit card (through Chase) and received a $20 gift certificate; so my net bill should be $27.88. The credit card also gives 2% back on Amazon purchases, plus it doesn't charge that nasty 2.5% foreign currency conversion fee for overseas purchases/travel. (No, I'm not an employee...) (Theo Donnelly, BC, ibid.) You should not be surprised at the price rise. WRTH is not a charity. Producing printed publications for a niche readership is expensive. Sales and advertising have dropped significantly in recent years. Even in 1997, when Bart and I left WRTH, the book was no longer profitable and the publisher started blaming us. His constant refusal to accept that the market was changing was what forced us to quit. The new owner has done a marvellous job in the past 20 years to keep the book alive. Much of the credit also goes to the co-editors and contributors who have given their time freely. The UK cover price is now £35. For overseas destinations it will be higher due to transport costs. I have never understood the logic of DXers who will happily pay high overseas postage costs to send reception reports in the hope of getting a QSL card, but complain at paying the equivalent of $1 or less per week for a book that tells them where to look for the stations J Finally, you cannot blame the owner/publisher of WRTH if another company decides to overcharge for the book. Once they have bought their supplies, they can charge whatever they want. But if the price seems too high, do what Theo did and shop around (Andy Sennitt, ibid.) LANGUAGE LESSONS ++++++++++++++++ What is in fact represented by a CZE code? How should we call this country in the middle of Europe which is known as Czech Republic, Czechia, Czechoslovakia or CZE among DXers? Here is an interesting article published today by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic (in English): http://www.mzv.cz/jnp/en/issues_and_press/factsheets/x2016_04_21_the_completion_of_translations_of_the.html (Karel Honzík, April 22, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) RADIO PHILATELY +++++++++++++++ THE 90TH ANNIVERSARY OF CROATIAN RADIO AND THE 60THANNIVERSARY OF CROATIAN TELEVISION http://www.posta.hr/UserDocsImages/hp/marke/1046.jpg With words: „Hallo, hallo! This is Radio Zagreb!” on 15 May 1926 began the broadcasting of Radio Zagreb. On the 30th anniversary of Radio Zagreb, in 1956, Television Zagreb began its broadcasting. . . http://www.posta.hr/default.aspx?id=4836&tvrsta=null&p=53929 (via Juan Franco Crespo, Spain, DXLD) WORLD OF HOROLOGY See VENEZUELA +++++++++++++++++ DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DTV See MEXICO; OKLAHOMA ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DAB See NORWAY ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DRM NOT mentioned in this issue! (nor IBOC) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM +++++++++++++++++++++ THE FUTURE OF SHORTWAVE IN BRASIL http://dxbrazilsw.blogspot.com.br/2016/04/o-futuro-das-ondas-curtas-no-brasil.html (Daniel Wyllyans, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ZARYA ARRAYS in ex-USSR I am delighted to report the following response: "Dear Mr. Goldfarb, Here are brief answers to your questions: 1. The height of the towers is the same, 42 meters. Each tower has four legs, standing on concrete foundations. Towers grounded. 2. Tower does not emit a signal. Vibrators are insulated from the towers. We have only drawings of steel structures and vibrators. We do not have documentation that explains the principle of operation of the antenna Zarya system. Yours faithfully, Sergey Omelchenko`` This reply came from the chief engineer at the Maiac / Grigoriopol plant. Now I can confirm that Zarya arrays comprise sets of radiating wires hung from non-radiating towers of between 40 and 50M height. I have not enough photos to prove but I think that 8 wires in 2 groups may be often used. 73 and 88 (Dan Goldfarb, April 26, mwmasts yg via DXLD) Dear Dan, Let me correct a little explanation of Mr. Sergey Omelchenko as I know the principle of operation of the antenna and participated in its tuning. Zarja is traveling-wave and top-fed antenna. Therefore, each tower is the radiating vertical parts of vibrator and horizontal wires are the another (and not radiating) part (Felix, ibid.) Members, I did not give credit to Mauno for his introduction to Mr Omelchenko. Thank you Mauno. Also warm thanks to Felix for his expert advice. I am delighted that the answers came quickly and pleased that together with Felix's advice we are now much more knowledgeable about this subject about which there has been given little technical detail (until now) on the web. 73 and 88 (Dan Goldfarb, ibid.) I didn't ask for credit :-) Good, that Felix had further info (Mauno, ibid.) THE SECRET SIGNALS THAT RULE OUR TRANSPORT NETWORKS The vast network of global trade carried by trains, aircraft and ships creates a huge web of radio traffic. Two artists created an installation that reveals the enormity of this invisible chatter. By Georgina Voss and Wesley Goatley 27 April 2016 FUTURE === Data It is early morning on Brighton beach, and we are sitting on a slope of pebbles, looking out to sea. With us we have a laptop, several metres of cabling, and an antenna taller than a small child. In between waving off the attentions of men wielding metal detectors and some extremely large seagulls, we squint into the computer screen, looking for a specific peak on the radio spectrum. We are trying to see the invisible infrastructure that surrounds every part of our modern existence. . . We built Familiars, a project exploring just how much of these systems citizens are allowed to see, by creating a live map of the movements and data broadcast by nearby ships, planes, and trains. There are plenty of apps and programmes which track these systems, but most present managed and filtered data rather than giving users direct access to it. However, a new form of technology, software-defined radio (SDR), has opened up new possibilities for seeing into these systems directly. SDRs often take the form of small USB dongles that can receive radio transmissions across a wide spectrum. Unlike traditional radios hardwired for one function and a limited set of frequencies, SDR devices can receive and decode many transmissions, ranging from CB radios to weather satellites. . . http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20160426-the-invisible-language-of-trains-boats-and-planes (via Gerald T Pollard, NC, DXLD) THE WORLD HUM Our hum not the same as world hum, Windsor, Ont., residents say Local expert blames the U.S. Steel plant, not the mysterious sound others hear around the world --- CBC News Posted: Apr 23, 2016 8:00 AM ET Last Updated: Apr 23, 2016 8:00 AM ET Mike Provost has started recording the phenomenon known as the Windsor Hum in an effort to try to locate its exact source. He doesn't buy the theory that his city's hum is the same one other people are hearing around the world. Mike Provost has started recording the phenomenon known as the Windsor Hum in an effort to try to locate its exact source. He doesn't buy the theory that his city's hum is the same one other people are hearing around the world. (Derek Spalding/CBC) [caption; also with audio] Glen MacPherson has become one of the leading researchers of a global phenomenon known as the world hum. Best described as a deep rumbling sound similar to that coming from a large truck idling in the distance, the hum has been reported thousands of times on every continent. Mysterious Windsor Hum traced to Zug Island, Mich. Mysterious noise escalates in Windsor, Ont. Just the noise alone can drive people batty. Others report physical discomfort because the low drone vibrates through their bodies, causing headaches, earaches and stiffness in their joints. Some communities, like Kokomo, Ind. and Taos, N.M., have garnered plenty of hum attention because the problem is so prominent. There's also the well-known Windsor Hum in southwestern Ontario, but many amateur researchers there say the source of their hum is not the same as what causes the hum in other regions. . . http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/world-hum-windsor-bc-1.3548758 (via Gerald T Pollard, NC, DXLD) One theory: VLF Radio waves? PROPAGATION +++++++++++ THIRTY MINUTES OF DAZZLE: THE SUN IN 4K UHD VIDEO (NASA/SDO) Take a front-seat view of the Sun in this 30-minute ultra-high definition movie in which NASA SDO gives us a stunning look at our nearest star. This movie provides a 30-minute window to the Sun as seen by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), which measures the irradiance of the Sun that produces the ionosphere. SDO also measures the sources of that radiation and how they evolve. SDO's Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) captures a shot of the sun every 12 seconds in 10 different wavelengths. The images shown here are based on a wavelength of 171 angstroms, which is in the extreme ultraviolet range and shows solar material at around 600,000 Kelvin (about 1 million degrees F.) In this wavelength it is easy to see the sun's 25-day rotation. The distance between the SDO spacecraft and the sun varies over time. The image is, however, remarkably consistent and stable despite the fact that SDO orbits Earth at 6,876 mph and the Earth orbits the sun at 67,062 miles per hour. Scientists study these images to better understand the complex electromagnetic system causing the constant movement on the sun, which can ultimately have an effect closer to Earth, too: Flares and another type of solar explosion called coronal mass ejections can sometimes disrupt technology in space. Moreover, studying our closest star is one way of learning about other stars in the galaxy. NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. built, operates, and manages the SDO spacecraft for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington, D.C. Charged particles are created in our atmosphere by the intense X-rays produced by a solar flare. The solar wind, a continuous stream of plasma (charged particles), leaves the Sun and fills the solar system with charged particles and magnetic field. There are times when the Sun also releases billions of tons of plasma in what are called coronal mass ejections. When these enormous clouds of material or bright flashes of X-rays hit the Earth they change the upper atmosphere. It is changes like these that make space weather interesting. Sit back and enjoy this half-hour 4k video of our Star: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sq4PlyNkm2Y Join our Facebook page: https://fb.me/spacewx.hfradio Learn more at Space Weather and the Ionospheric Propagation of Radio Waves http://SunSpotWatch.com/swc and get current space weather information at http://SunSpotWatch.com/ 73 de (NW7US, April 25, ABDX via DXLD) :Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts :Issued: 2016 Apr 25 0446 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 18 - 24 April 2016 Solar activity was high on 18 Apr due to an M6/1f flare observed at 18/0029 UTC from old Region 2529 (N09, L=342, class/area Eki/850 on 11 Apr). Type II (1869 km/s) and Type IV radio sweeps were observed in conjunction with this event, as well as a 120 sfu Tenflare. Activity dropped to low levels on 19 Apr with a C1/Sf observed at 19/2302 UTC. Very low levels were observed for the remainder of the period after the region departed the disk. No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit was at normal to moderate levels throughout the period. Geomagnetic field activity was mostly quiet on 18-21 Apr. Quiet to unsettled conditions were observed on 22-24 Apr. Isolated active periods were observed on 22 and 24 Apr along with an isolated minor storm period on 23 Apr due to CH HSS effects. FORECAST OF SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY 25 APRIL - 21 MAY 2016 Solar activity is expected to be very low to low for the majority of the period with a chance for M-class flares from 03-16 May due to the return of old Region 2529. No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to be at normal to moderate levels with the exception of 01-03 May and 10-13 May following recurrent CH HSS events. Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be quiet to unsettled on 25-26 Apr as CH HSS effects subside followed by quiet conditions on 27-28 Apr. Quiet to unsettled conditions are expected on 29 Apr to 01 May with active periods likely due to effects from a recurrent, negative polarity CH HSS. An isolated minor storm period is possible on 30 Apr. Mostly quiet conditions are expected on 02-08 May with unsettled to active periods possible on 04 May due to a SSBC. Quiet to active levels are expected on 09-11 May with minor storm periods likely due to negative polarity CH HSS effects. Mostly quiet conditions are expected from 12-18 May. Isolated unsettled to active periods are possible on 14 May due to another SSBC. Quiet to unsettled conditions are expected from 19-21 May with isolated active periods possible due to effects from a recurrent, positive polarity CH HSS. :Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt :Issued: 2016 Apr 25 0446 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 2016-04-25 # # UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest # Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index 2016 Apr 25 82 8 3 2016 Apr 26 82 8 3 2016 Apr 27 82 5 2 2016 Apr 28 80 5 2 2016 Apr 29 82 10 4 2016 Apr 30 82 18 5 2016 May 01 82 12 4 2016 May 02 82 5 2 2016 May 03 95 5 2 2016 May 04 95 12 4 2016 May 05 95 5 2 2016 May 06 95 5 2 2016 May 07 95 5 2 2016 May 08 95 5 2 2016 May 09 95 18 5 2016 May 10 95 25 5 2016 May 11 100 20 5 2016 May 12 95 8 3 2016 May 13 95 5 2 2016 May 14 95 12 4 2016 May 15 95 5 2 2016 May 16 82 5 2 2016 May 17 82 5 2 2016 May 18 82 5 2 2016 May 19 82 12 4 2016 May 20 82 15 5 2016 May 21 82 12 4 (SWPC via WORLD OF RADIO 1823, DXLD) GLENN`S PROPAGATION OUTLOOK FOR MEDIA NETWORK PLUS AS OF APRIL 28 2016 Keith, From IPS in Australia, the global HF propagation forecast thru April 30: normal to fair at low latitudes; fair to normal at middle and high latitudes. From Spaceweather South Africa thru April 29: magnetic conditions quiet until unsettled on the 29th; shortwave fadeouts unlikely, MUF unstable. From Met Office UK thru May 1, Solar activity very low or low. Geomagnetic Activity: in a lull, until a risk of a planetary K index of 5 and G1 Storms April 30. From F K Janda in Prague, the Geomagnetic field will be: quiet on May 7, 12, 16 - 18 mostly quiet on May 1, 3, 6, 13, 15 quiet to unsettled on May 2, 4, 8 quiet to active on April 29, May 9, 11, 14 active to disturbed on April 30, May 5, 10 From SWPC in Boulder: An isolated minor storm period is possible on April 30 with A and K indices of 18 and 5. A greater peak around May 10 with A`s and K`s of 25 and 5. Lowest readings of 5 and 2 on May 2, 3 and 5 to 8. Solar flux rising from 80 on April 28 to a peak of 100 on May 11. William Hepburn`s VHF UHF DX maps show extreme tropospheric ducting off the Texas Gulf coast April 29 and 30; the southwest coast of Mexico May 2 and 3; and at least thru May 3: along the coasts of Angola and Namibia; around the Bay of Bengal; and extremely extreme between Oman and India (via DXLD) TIPS FOR RATIONAL LIVING ++++++++++++++++++++++++ PRINCE I am a bit astonished by the huge hoopla over the sudden death of Prince, the top news story for hours and hours, days and days afterwards. There have been effusive tributes claiming that his music appealed to everyone, loved by all, fans everywhere terribly distraught. I have nothing against the guy, but I was certainly no big fan. He was just another rock star. It might have helped if one could understand the lyrix. Altho some of it is nice enough, and one can appreciate the artistry on some level, such as Purple Rain, it does nothing for me emotionally. I can`t really relate to it. For music really evoking deep emotions, may I suggest Tchaikovsky`s Symphony No. 4, or countless other magnificent works of classical music, especially from the Romantic era. The death of Pyotr Ilyich should have led to such accolades, after the terrible life XIX century Russia put him through; yet, he overcame and his music is eternal. And no visual element is required, princing around on a stage. One doesn`t need to see the orchestral musicians performing. This event even pushed politix out of 90% of ``the place for politics``, MSNBC, into wall-to-wall Prince coverage. It looks as if the networks did have Prince-obits prepared and in the can, ready to go, whenever. If not, they hustled to get something together. Evidently many fans had a deep emotional attachment to him, despite his great penchant for privacy. Even old men like Brian Williams. I realize this may say more about me than about Prince and his fans, and so be it. I have always been a non-conformist, and proud of it. Our condolences also to Time Magazine, as Prince inconveniently died on Thursday, too late for that week`s issue, as it was already going to press by Wednesday, to reach subscribers on Friday, with someones else on the covers. NOTE TO ALL: do not make news, especially die, on Thursdays! Worse, it`s a double-issue for the 100 Most Influential People In The World --- and not including Prince! (Even by fudging that just a bit to number 142.) That means it`ll be *two* weeks before Time in print can even play catch-up on the Prince story. Will he still be cover- worthy news by then? Likewise, DXLD goes to ``press`` on Wednesdays, or I`d have included this in last week`s issue (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###