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SHORTWAVE AIRINGS of WORLD OF RADIO 1831, June 23-29, 2016
[Unique Radio NSW 3210 suspended pending transmitter site change]
Thu 1130  WRMI    9955 [confirmed]
Thu 2100  WRMI   13695 [confirmed]
Thu 2330  WBCQ    9330v-CUSB [confirmed] 
Fri 2130  WRMI   15770 [confirmed]
Fri 2130  WRMI   13695 [confirmed] 
Fri 2330  WBCQ    9330v-CUSB [confirmed]
Sat 0630  HLR     6190-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio
Sat 1430  HLR     7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio [no signal, UTwente]
Sat 1930v WA0RCR  1860-AM
Sat 2230  WBCQ    9330v-CUSB [confirmed]
Sun 0310v WA0RCR  1860-AM
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 

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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:
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** ALASKA. 7355, 1205-, KNLS. Jun 16. Very good reception in English 
with modern Christian vocals. New Life Station ID at 1206, and into a 
program about stamp collecting. Both transmitters in operation, as 
11870 is heard in parallel, but at fair level only. I just returned 
from a very brief visit to my DX cottage near Masset, BC on Haida 
Gwaii, off the north west coast of BC. I quickly hooked up my AOR 
7030+ to my ALA 100 antenna, and briefly DX'd for just a single 
evening and morning (Walt Salmaniw, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ALBANIA. 9854.95, June 18 at 0124, R. Tirana IS, audible under very 
heavy hum, distortion, motorboating, around S6. Recheck at 0152, ONLY 
the noise, humroar, no program audio: was it that way thruout? 0158 
once again the IS is audible underneath the noise.

9854.97, June 21 at 0134, R. Tirana, English to North America is a 
roaring humbuzz, with some program audio underneath, but unusable. 

9854.97, June 22 at 0135, still big hum atop the unreadable 
modulation. Something is very wrong with this transmitter! Or possibly 
the feed from studio. Can`t they tell at Shijak??? Must be repaired or 
replaced. I should think the same would be happening to all the other 
broadcasts on 7390, 7465 or 9855, from same single transmitter, but 
haven`t checked them or seen any other reports. How about 9855, 
Albanian to us at 23-24; 7390 at 07-09; 7465 at 17-18 & 1931-2030? 
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1831, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

9855, June 22 at 2330, R. Tirana amid Albanian hour to North America 
is very poor, but what I can hear is the same humroar as I have been 
getting during 0130 English on same (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

** ALBANIA. Hello, Drita, this is Tim, Carrie’s friend. I hope you 
remember me. Both Carrie and I are worried by something we heard on 
Glenn Hauser’s World of radio; namely, that the government of Albania 
may be considering stopping shortwave broadcasting from Albania. here 
is what Carrie says. you can write back to her in Albanian, and just 
send the letter to me. I will see that she gets it. Thank you. Tim

E dashur Drita,
Pėrshėndetje! Shpresoj tė jeni mirė si dhe unė jam mirė. Dėgjova
nėpėrmjet shokut tim Timit qė ka mundėsi se Radio Tirana tė
mbarojė transmetimin e saj nė valė tė shkurtėra dhe Mė trishton
kjo lajm. Ėshtė e vėrtetė se mund tė dėgjohet Radio Tirana nė
internet por jo tė gjithė kanė njė kopjuter. Mė tej njė radio
nuk kushton shumė, pėrdoret lehtė, dhe funksionon nė situata nė
tė cilat kompjuteri nuk funksionon. Gjatė njė stuhie, pėr
shembull, edhepse electriciteti nuk funksionon, mund tė pėrdorėsh
njė radio me bateri.

Radio Tirana mė ka qenė pranė qė nga koha kur fillova ta mėsoja
shqip. Timi inēizonte transmetimin nė valė tė shkurtėra disa
herė nė kasetė dhe ka inēizuar programin nga interneti shumė
herė. Kanale si Radio Tirana kanė shumė rėndėsi nė shpėrndarjen
e lajmeve dhe tė kulturės sė vendit. Nė lajmet e zakonshme
amerikane, rrallė dėgjohet pėr Shqipėrinė. Mbaj mend se gjatė
luftės nė Kosovė u pėrmendėn shqiptarėt e Kosovės por pėrndryshe
nuk flitet shumė pėr Shqipėrinė kėtu. Pėrveē kėsaj programe si
Radio Tirana ndihmojnė tė huajt qė mėsojnė gjuhėn e vendit sepse
u jepet mundėsinė ta dėgjojnė. Nėse njė i huaj mėson shqip dhe
nuk jeton nė njė qytet me njė bashkėsi tė madhe shqiptare, nuk do
tė gjejė programe nė shqip pėrveē Radio Tiranės. Mund tė
konstatoj se programet e Radio Tiranės mė ndihmuan tė kuptoj
gjuhėn shqipe shumė mė mirė. Prandaj pėr mendimin tim Radio
Tirana duhet tė mbajė transmetimet e saj. Nėse mbyllet
transmetimi nė valė tė shkurtėra shpresoj se Radio Tirana do tė
vazhdojė tė transmetojė programin e saj nė Internet. Ju uroj
gjithė tė mirat dhe punė tė mbarė.

Tė fala,
Carrie Hooper
Elmira, New York, ShBAO

Carrie Hooper is an amazing linguist, learning language after 
language, and she is blind. Google translation: (gh)

Dear Light [name Drita means literally, Light],

Greetings! I hope you are fine and I'm fine. I heard by my friend Tim 
who is likely to Radio Tirana to ends its broadcast shortwave and 
saddens me this news. It is true that can be heard on Radio Tirana
Internet but not everyone has an Empire High. Further, a radio not 
very expensive, easily used, and works in situations in which the 
computer does not work. During a storm, for example, although 
electricity does not work, you can use a radio with batteries.

Radio Tirana has been with since I started to learn Classifieds. Timi 
recordings broadcast on shortwave some times on tape and recorded the 
program from the Internet more times. Radio Tirana channels as much in 
distribution News and culture of the country. Common news American, 
rarely heard in Albania. Remember that during Kosovo war Kosovo 
Albanians were mentioned but otherwise We do not talk much about 
Albania here. In addition programs like Radio Tirana help foreigners 
learn the language of the land They are given the opportunity to hear. 
If a foreigner learning English and does not live in a city with a 
large Albanian community, will not to make programs in English in 
addition to Radio Tirana. Can I ascertained that the programs of Radio 
Tirana helped me understand Albanian language much better. So I think 
Radio Tirana must hold its broadcasts. If closed short-wave 
broadcasting Radio Tirana hope will continue to broadcast its program 
on the Internet. I wish you all the best and good luck.

Regards, Carrie Hooper, Elmira, New York, ShBAO (via DXLD)

** ALGERIA [non]. 9535, June 17 at 0448, S9 carrier atop RHC which 
seems undermodulated, but it`s Issoudun, FRANCE, warming up for the 
RTA relay at 05-07, suppressing RHC signal; rather than RHC only in 
undermodulation, but it is suptorted (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

** ANTARCTICA [non]. The BBC will have their 'annual midwinter 
broadcast' for British researchers in Antarctica again this June. Look 
for them on June 21 at 2130-2200, most likely on the following 
frequencies: •5985 (Woofferton), •6035 (Dhabayya), •7360 (Ascension), 
and •9720 (Woofferton). More details may be had at: 

[this was really about 2014y, not correct frequencies --- gh]
         
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/48Gx2jfJBWHyWggDSD19gFT/antarctic-midwinter-broadcast
(MARE Tipsheet June 17 via DXLD)

Subject: Fw: Antarctic Special

Hi Wolfie, here are the confirmed frequencies for Tuesday, June 21
Just received for Tuesday:
WOF 5985 kHz
DHA 6035
ASC 7360
2130:00-2200:00 UT
73 Mart (via Dave Porter, via Wolfgang Büschel, June 20, dxldyg via 
DXLD)

from British Antarctic Survey website (20 June):
 
MIDWINTER'S DAY IN ANTARCTICA

On Tuesday June 21st, scientists and support staff based at research 
stations in Antarctica will celebrate Midwinters Day, the shortest day 
of the Austral Winter. In a tradition that goes back to the early days 
of exploration on the continent, British Antarctic Survey (BAS) staff 
will sit down to a festive meal and exchange gifts.

They will also listen to the BBC World Services annual Midwinters Day 
broadcast. This years programme is presented by Cerys Matthews of BBC 
Radio 6 Music and will include personal greetings to everyone working 
at BAS research stations. BAS has four stations which it operates over 
the winter months; Bird Island, Kind Edward Point, Rothera and Halley 
VI. There are a total of 46 staff wintering at those stations.

In her message to staff BAS Director, Jane Francis, said everyone 
would be thinking of those currently working in Antarctica as they sat 
down to their meals. She spoke of a busy time ahead for the 
organisation with various major projects in the pipeline as well as 
the building of a new ship.

Staff at Rothera Research Station will hold their festivities next 
week. They postponed the event to focus on the task of assisting the 
US National Antarctic Programme with a medical evacuation from its 
Amundsen-Scott station at the South Pole. The runway at Rothera has 
had to be cleared to allow aircraft used in the evacuation to land and 
refuel.

People can tweet greetings to those working in Antarctica by using the 
hashtag #BASmidwinter

The BBC World Service Midwinters Day programme will be broadcast from 
21:30 to 22:00 (GMT) on Tues. 21st June on the following frequencies;

7360 kHz, Ascension, 207 degrees
5985 kHz, Woofferton, 184 degrees
6035 kHz, Dhabayya, 203 degrees

(British Antarctic Survey 
https://www.bas.ac.uk/media-post/midwinters-day-in-antarctica-2/ 
via Alan Pennington, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD)

Started abruptly at 2130 UT with ID - very strong here on 5985 (SIO 
555) and 7360 (SIO 454) but 6035 is very poor (SIO 142 at best)
73s (Dave Kenny, Caversham Berks, Lowe HF225 / 25m long wire, 2135 UT 
June 21, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD)

Same experience in Lytchett Matravers, Poole as Dave in Caversham. 
Started at precisely 2130 and off at precisely 2200. An interesting 
broadcast for an ‘official’ audience of only 45 (David J Morris, BDXC-
UK yg via DXLD)

I just received an email from Dave Porter 
(transmissiontest@gmail.com). He said that he isn't the official QSL 
contact/verie signer for these tests so he suggested to send reception 
report to BBC World Service in London.

I just sent an email to Babcock Media Services via their website's 
contact form requesting a QSL. In addition I will send my emailed 
reception report to "worldservice.letters@bbc.co.uk". Maybe I'll get a 
verification from whatever side. I will send a RR for tonight`s BBCWS 
broadcast to the Antarctica (2130-2200 UT) to Babcock Media Services 
and BBC World Service.

The special Antarctic Mid Winter broadcast of the BBC is audible with
greetings to those "stranded" in the Antarctic and music with very 
good signal on 5985 kHz. 73, (Manfred Reiff, Germany, June 21, dxldyg 
via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

I have a weak copy on the 7360 transmission, but I can definitely make 
out some of the songs being played (Tim Rahto, Iowa, 2144 UT June 21, 
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Not a peep or a blip on the Perseus noted here in central Alberta for 
the 2130 UT BBC Special Winter Solstice transmission. 73 (Mick 
Delmage, 2147 UT June 21, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

7360 kHz currently fair in Central NJ. 73, (Dan Srebnick, Aberdeen, 
NJ, 2145 UT, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Likewise here in Southeastern Massachusetts. 5985 covered by Brother 
Stair via WRMI. Zilch on 6035 (Stephen C Wood, Harwich, Mass., ibid.)

Good signal on 7360 kHz here in New Brunswick, Maritime Canada. Weaker 
but clear on 5985 kHz. Nothing heard on 6035 kHz (Richard Langley, 
2151 UT, ibid.)

ASCENSION ISL/UAE/U.K. Broadcast signed OFF exact at 2200.08 UT.

Reception in Europe (Mediterranean Area, Hungary, Austria, Central 
Europe, Poland, Moscow Russia, and Central Sweden remote posts).

As usual as every year Al Dhabbaya UAE transmission is only fair due 
of sidelobe path UAE towards Europe target. 6035 kHz is S=9+35dB 
signal in Doha Qatar ME. S=7-8 in CeEUR, S=9+5dB in Warsaw Poland. 
Better S=9+20dB as near like backlobe at Moscow Russia remote unit.

7360 From Ascension South Atlantic, S=9+35dB excellent also audio,
on all Central European remote SDR posts, S=9+25dB in Moscow and 
Poland, S=9+10dB in Central Sweden.

5985 out of Babcock Woofferton-UK, POWERHOUSE in central Europe 
S=9+45dB, S=9+25dB in Moscow, Russia sidelobe, S=9+35dB backlobe in 
Central Sweden, north of Stockholm. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg 
via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

7360, June 21 at 2130, no signal, but by 2135 a JBA carrier, i.e. BBC 
ASCENSION with the yearly mid-winter special to the British Antarctic 
Survey. Not expecting to hear 6035 UAE or 5985 Woofferton at all, and 
do not. Too bad, the fourth possible frequency, 9720 Woofferton as 
tested a week ago, has been nixed. 

From 2148 via UTwente, 5985 Woofferton and 7360 Ascension are good; 
6035 UAE audible and of course slightly off-frequency. Talking about 
Antarctic research; greetings from family members to those wintering 
over, and bits of music. Should be a fun listen if archived.

BTW, Ascension is issuing 3 July a neat set of six stamps 
commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the BBC Relay Station. Tnx 
to Juan Franco Crespo, details already and illustrated in the DXLD yg 
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1831, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Hi Glen[n], I've recorded the special programme on 5985 kHz in full 
length (25 megabytes in length). Due to local noise the recording 
contains lots of cracks. The programme contained lots of greetings 
from relatives and friends to those working on the four British 
Antarctic bases. The programme was presented by Cerys Matthews of BBC 
Radio 6 Music. 73, (Manfred Reiff, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

U.K.(non)   British Antarctic Survey Annual Midwinter broadcast, 
[audio-]videos:
2130-2200 5985 WOF 300 kW / 184 deg to Antarctica English on June 21
2130-2200 6035 DHA 250 kW / 203 deg to Antarctica English on June 21
2130-2200 7360 ASC 250 kW / 207 deg to Antarctica English on June 21
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/06/british-antarctic-survey-annual.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DXLD)

The BBC Antarctic Survey Special broadcast from last night is now also 
available on iPlayer at:

British Antarctic Survey Special 2016 - BBC World Service --- Music 
requests and special messages for the staff at the British Antarctic 
Survey
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03z1gbt

I thought Cerys Matthews was an excellent choice as presenter - her 
clear Welsh voice well-suited to shortwave (BBCWS take note!). 
Although aimed at the 45 BAS personnel in Antarctica, the programme 
also seemed to recognise there might be other listeners, e.g. by 
mentioning that Halley Base was being moved 24 km due to a crack 
(chasm?) in the ice. Also a good example of how to fit so much into 30 
minutes - well done the independent producers (Boffin Media?)! 
Armchair quality reception on 5985 from Woofferton here in Caversham 
BTW. 73, (Alan Pennington, BDXC-UK yg June 22 via WORLD OF RADIO 1831, 
DXLD)

Caption says `` Image: Halley VI station during the Northern Lights 
Credit: British Antarctic Survey`` --- a neat trick! (gh, DXLD)

Archived here along with a recording using the University of Twente 
receiver:
http://shortwavearchive.com/archive/bbc-world-service-british-antarctic-survey-annual-midwinter-broadcast-june-21-2016
(Richard Langley, NB, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGESET)

TRANSMISSĆO DA BBC PARA A ANTĮRTIDA --- Pessoal, Captei no inķcio da 
noite de ontem com sinal muito bom a transmissćo especial para a 
Antįrtida feita pela BBC. Trata-se de um evento anual e bastante 
interessante de acompanhar. Por conta do bom sinal, fiz um vķdeo da 
transmissćo inteira e jį publiquei no meu canal do Youtube em 
https://youtu.be/5Fwx-Qwtsf4
Na escuta usei o SDR Elad FDM-S2 e uma antena Wellbrook ALA1530S+. 73 
(Ivan Dias – Sorocaba/SP, http://ivandias.wordpress.com
http://www.youtube.com/regionaldx June 22, radioescutas yg via DXLD)

** ARGENTINA. 11710.521 - .532 kHz accurate measured at 0020-0058 UT 
slot on June 16. Used remote SDR units in Madrid and Belgium, NJ, MA, 
MI-USA, in Edmonton Alberta-CAN, and Brisbane Queensland.

Best signal in Madrid Spain, S=9+10dB or -64dBm little fluttery. S=7 
in MA-NJ-USA, S=7 in Edmonton Alberta. Nice Latin American songs and
guitar music heard on supposedly Portuguese service of RAE from 
General Pacheco. Nothing on 15343v kHz at this hour.

Frequency unstable, started at 0020 UT on 11710.521, wandered at 
x.525, x.527, x.530, to 11710.523 kHz at 0057 UT June 16. 11710.546 
kHz at 0129 UT. 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, Germany, dxldyg via DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

15343.94, UT Monday June 20 at 0118, R. Nacional is still on here, 
only S3-S4 but good modulation level in Spanish. So much for expanding 
external RAE to daily (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ARMENIA. Radio Eriwan antwortet:

Arabisch, Assyrisch, Azerbaidjanisch, Farsi, Griechisch, Kurdisch,
Tuerkisch und Yezidi laufen weiterhin auf MW 1314 und KW 4810 kHz.

Betroffen von der Abschaltung sind Franzoesisch, Deutsch, Spanisch und
Georgisch. Russisch und Englisch sind auf die Hauptwebseite des 
Armenischen Rundfunks migriert worden. See  <www.armradio.info>
(Christian Milling-D, A-DX ng June 14 via BC-DX June 19 via DXLD)

(Google translation) ARMENIA Radio Yerevan answers:

Arabic, Assyrian, Azeri, Farsi, Greek, Kurdish, Turkish and Yezidi 
continue to run on MW 1314 and KW 4810 kHz. Affected by the shutdown 
are French, German, Spanish and Georgian. Russian and English have 
been migrated to the main Web page of the Armenian Radio (via gh, 
DXLD)

** ARMENIA. Test transmission of The Voice of The Report of The Week 
on June 22:
1100-1200 on 15780 ERV 100 kW / 100 deg to SoAs English via CJSC 
Yerevan-Gavar
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/06/surprisingly-signal-of-all-india-radio.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long 
wire, June 21, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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PRESS RELEASE	SA/59/07/16
50 Years of the BBC on Ascension Island

Way back in 1964 a party of BBC engineers set sail on the Union Castle 
line from Southampton to Ascension Island to carry out a site survey 
for a Short Wave Relay Station to be located on Ascension Island. 
Their findings were favourable, Ascension Island being ideally located 
in the centre of the South Atlantic Ocean roughly midway between the 
continents of Africa and South America. They located an ideal 
reasonably flat site on this volcanic island on the Northern Coast of 
the island, at English Bay, and a suitable location for a short wave 
receiving station in a screened valley at Butt Crater. The power 
requirements for the transmitters required a large diesel fired power 
station to be constructed. A village at Two Boats was constructed to 
house the new influx of BBC Staff. 

Some two years later on Sunday 3rd July 1966, the first short wave 
broadcasts from the BBC Atlantic Relay Station were heard in Africa 
and South America. 

Original Control Desk
The 20p denomination stamp features the operation of the receiving 
station control desk with the Presentation and Administration Officer 
at work in the recording studio. The scene dates from the very early 
days of the station operation. Programmes broadcast on short wave 
radio from the UK were received off air on Ascension and then re 
transmitted from the transmitting station at English Bay. These live 
news programmes were supplemented by programmes shipped to the Island 
on magnetic tape, together with local interval announcements recorded 
in a small studio on tape cassettes. These facilities were all housed 
at the Butt Crater Receiving Station. A rudimentary relay control 
system programmed using links plugged into a pegboard selected the 
correct receiver to the correct transmitter chain and fired off the 
tape machines and cassette machines at the correct times. This 
arrangement continued virtually unchanged until 1979, when the 
receiving station became remotely controlled from the English Bay 
transmitting station. The original building still remains on the 
Island, but is now used for other purposes.

Klinka Klub
The 25p denomination stamp shows the BBC Klinka Klub, with some of the 
short wave antenna array towers in the background. After a long shift 
at the transmitting station staff and their families could relax at 
the nearby BBC staff social club, named the Klinka Klub, after the 
volcanic rock deposits that are common on the Island. This beach hut 
was constructed close to English Bay and contains a collection of 
engraved plaques as a who’s who of former staff who have served the 
BBC on this island during its 50 years. It is a popular haunt for 
evening BBQ’s close to the beach. The building remains today as a 
social club for the benefit of all Islanders and their families.

Atlantic Relay Station English Bay 
The 50p denomination stamp shows a scene almost unchanged throughout 
the life of the station, a view looking over English Bay Beach towards 
the BBC station. The transmitting station was originally constructed 
in 1966 with 4 high power Marconi shortwave transmitters and 20 short 
wave antennas, broadcasting short wave radio programmes to Africa and 
South America. The site underwent its first major refurbishment in the 
mid 1980’s. Two additional Marconi transmitters and 4 new antennas 
were added to the site, a satellite dish was installed to allow direct 
satellite reception of BBC programme feeds from London, bringing about 
the closure of the Butt Crater receiving station. The site was again 
re-engineered in 2007. 
 
Current Transmitting Station 
The 55p denomination shows a view of the new transmitter building 
which was refurbished in 2007 and houses 4 state of the art fully 
automatic high power short wave transmitters. These transmitters 
together with a fully automated station control system allow the site 
to be completely unattended, and the site operates with only a 
maintenance team on Island, all routine transmitter and antenna 
operation being fully automated. Today the station broadcasts BBC 
short wave radio programmes to large audiences in Africa in English, 
French and Hausa. 

BBC Wind Turbines 
As part of the 2007 re-engineering the BBC invested in a Wind Farm 
which is shown on the 65p denomination stamp. Ascension is blessed 
with a near constant cooling wind being located directly in the Trade 
Winds. Formerly totally reliant on diesel fuel for electricity 
generation, five 330kW wind turbines located close to the shore at 
English Bay provide an average of 25% of the island’s electricity 
demands. 

Current Transmitting Station 
The £1.60 denomination shows the main office of the transmitting 
station. The site is now operated and maintained by our contractors 
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(AIPET) SĄLVIA 8 (MAS CLARIANA) E-43800 VALLS-TARRAGONA (ESPAŃA-SPAIN-
ESPAGNE-SPANIEN), WORLD OF RADIO 1831, DXLD)

** AUSTRALIA. [Re DXLD 16-19:] Hi Nick, Greetings from California!

June 22 heard the following and wondered if you were testing?

UNIDENTIFIED. From 1146 to 1152 UT, sounded like testing, with
transmitter being turned on and off (open carrier), on about 5044.9. 

Then from 1155 to about 1215 had steady, continuous open carrier
on about 5046.0; never noted any audio. Very respectable signal
strength! Appreciate any comments or observations. Thanks. Best 
regards, (Ron Howard, to Nick Hacko, NSW, June 22, via DXLD)

Hi Ron- thank you for your email. Unfortunately that wasn't RadioDX. 
While my TX is ready to be installed in Queensland, VK4 due to current 
business commitments I am struggling to find time to fly over there 
and complete the setup. However I hope to have the test signal on air 
in not so distant future. Stay tuned! 73 (Nick VK2DX Hacko, ibid.)

Nick - Thanks for the quick response. Will keep monitoring. Good luck! 
(Ron Howard, ibid.) His station known as RadioDX - provisionally?

** AUSTRALIA. 17840, 15240 and 15415, June 20 at 0121, NO signals from 
the three R. Australia frequencies. The first two are normally fair to 
good, and should at least be detectable if really on the air, 
especially since only neighbor 15720 RNZI [q.v.] is good, S7-S9 at 
0123. What`s happened to Shepparton this time? All three still missing 
at 0159. Recheck at 0558, now all three are back on, 15240 & 17840 at 
S9+10, 15415 at S6. Were any other outages noted this weekend, on the 
`night` frequencies 9580, 12065, 12085? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** BAHRAIN. Reception of Radio Bahrain, June 15:
1527&1543 on  9745*ABH 010 kW / non-dir to N/ME Arabic CUSB
* strong QRM  9750 YAM 300 kW / 290 deg to EaAs Japanese NHK
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/06/reception-of-radio-bahrain-june-15.html
(DX RE MIX NEWS #953 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, June 20, 2016 
via DXLD)

Reception of Radio Bahrain, June 20:
1531&1546 on  9745*ABH 010 kW / non-dir to N/ME Arabic CUSB
* strong QRM  9750 YAM 300 kW / 290 deg to EaAs Japanese NHK
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/06/reception-of-radio-bahrain-june-20.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long 
wire, June 19-20, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BHUTAN. 6035.0, BBS, 1200-1225*, June 20. PBS Yunnan (China) off 
the air after time tips, leaving BBS in the clear; announcer with 
normal breaks for indigenous instrumental music at 1210, 1212 and 
1215; indigenous music and chanting/singing 1216-1225, at which time 
they tentatively went off the air; poor; my local sunrise at 1249; 
Thimphu sunset at 1300 (Ron Howard, Pacific Grove, CA, Etón E1, 
antenna: Par Electronics EF-SWL, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BOLIVIA. 3310, Radio Mosoj Chaski, Cochabamba, 0830 to 0840 yl in
Quechua, weak signal this local morning 16 June, 1008 yl speaking very
rapidly in Q. to 1015 -- 18 June (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, South 
Florida, 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, Sony 2010XA, 60 meter dipole, 
Amplified Ferrite MW Antennas, long wave pre amplifier, noise reducing 
antenna, NASWA yg via DXLD)

** BRAZIL. Re: [radioescutas] Frequźncia de 6120 kHz 49m continua 
desregula --- Prezados, Até onde sei, o Sistema Globo de Rįdio vendeu 
todos os seus canais de ondas curtas para a IPDA. Convém procurar a 
IPDA para saber o que estį ocorrendo. Att, (Leonardo Ivo Neves de 
Silva, 16 June, radioescutas yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1831, DXLD)

Igreja Pentecostal Deus é Amor  = IPDA
(Héctor Frķas J., CE3001SWL, ibid.)

** BRAZIL. Logs noted in southern Germany at 0435-0455 UT, June 17:
9724.911, RB2, poor S=5 on threshold level at 0445 UT
9664.946, Voz Missionįria, rather strong this morning S=8-9 -80dBm
9645.423, Bandeirantes S=6-7 Portuguese program 0448 UT
9565.062, BrasPortuguese fast reading sermon speaker, S=5-6 fair
SRDA frequency signal varies some move 2-4 Hertz up and down (Wolfgang 
Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BRAZIL. 11764.651, June 18 at 0551, SRDA Curitiba is finally 
reactivated! It`s been absent for several weeks, and I have always 
been alert for this tell-tale split frequency carrier on almost 
nightly bandscans. Weak screaming gospel huxter in Brazuguese via the 
R-75 has got to be this. 

Then a quick check of all the other off-frequency ZYs finds these on 
and propagating, without measuring their offness: 11935v, 11925v, 
11855v, 9820v, 9725v, 9665v, 9645v; and maybe 9565, which has a big 
problem with the Cuban jammers which won`t turn off long after Radio 
Martķ is finished with this frequency.

11764.63, June 20 at 0135, SRDA`s JBA carrier here on the NRD-545 
buried in heavy splash from 11760 RHC. Just before that from 0131 I 
checked out other ZYs, starting with 11934.9, Rįdio RB2, which was 
missing, yet other 25ms detectable: 11925.2 S1, 11854.9 JBA carrier, 
11815.0 VP S2 music, presumed R. Brasil Central now active but as 
usual inaudible on // 4985 if on under all the RTTY; 11780.0 is S9+20 
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1831, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.:

** BRAZIL. 11780.015, June 22 at 0535, RNA is S9+20 with music, and 
also on 6180.032 at S9+20. Brazilian DXers are concerned that this 
could be shut down due to budget cuts at EBC, the federal agency in 
charge, but others think those will mainly affect TV (Glenn Hauser, 
OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1831, DX LISTENING DIGEST) viz.!

RĮDIO NACIONAL DA AMAZŌNIA PODE SAIR DO AR --- Prezados colegas rįdio 
escutas, Como todos sabem a empresa pśblica de comunicaēões Federal 
EBC pode ser desativada pelo governo como medida de economia de 
despesas pśblicas do governo. Entre os veķculos que compõem a EBC 
estćo TV Brasil, Rįdios Nacional da Amazōnia e outros veķculos no que 
nos diz respeito a Rįdio Nacional e a perda mais sentida pois nós 
acostumamos a escutar esta emissora pelas ondas curtas por muitos 
anos. O que podemos fazer a nćo ser escrever e mail para o governo 
federal pedindo para que nćo tome tal medida. Embora pareēa 
inevitįvel, vamos aguardar. Rįdio Nacional da Amazōnia ainda estį no 
ar, frequźncias 6180 kHz e 11780 kHz. Vamos escutar enquanto estį no 
ar ("Paulo Roberto Peres Michelon Michelon", Porto Alegre RS, Rįdio 
escuta, Rįdio amador PU3PPM; Receptores Degen DE 1103, Sony ICF 7600 
DS; Antena long wire, June 20, radioescutas yg via WORLD OF RADIO 
1831, DXLD)

Paulo, Ouēo a Rįdio Nacional da Amazōnia sempre que possķvel. Aqui no 
meu escritório ao lado do meu computador estį um Philips RL378 com 
antena interna que sintoniza bem as ondas curtas, e sempre estį 
ligado. E a RNA é uma das minhas estaēões favoritas. Ontem ouvi um 
programa de estśdio da RNA ąs 10 da manhć onde este tema foi abordado. 
A locutora passou uma informaēćo pela EBC sobre esse assunto. Vįrios 
ouvintes haviam telefonado e na participaēćo no programa perguntaram 
sobre a situaēćo.

O que foi divulgado: a empresa da EBC que corre risco de extinēćo é a 
TV Brasil. Primeiro, segundo a RNA, porque tem os mesmos objetivos que 
a TV NBR, depois porque tem se transformado nos śltimos anos em palco 
polķtico do grupo do governo temporariamente afastado. Também 
informaram que as emissoras de rįdio (tanto as FMs, como as ondas 
médias e curtas de seu conglomerado) nćo estćo na mira de extinēćo. 

Muito menos a EBC como organizaēćo como um todo (que abriga estas 
emissoras). Mudanēas devem ocorrer, sim, como por exemplo, 
modificaēões de programas, mais entrada de programaēões de rede, etc. 
Reformulaēões devem vir, com certeza.

Em especial a Rįdio Nacional da Amazōnia, esta continua sendo um elo 
importante de integraēćo nacional, chega bem ąs pessoas onde TV, 
telefone celular, telefone fixo por vezes, nćo chega. Quem ouve os 
programas da RNA percebe os anśncios que sćo dados para pessoas que 
estćo no garimpo, nas barrancas de rio, na floresta mesmo (apoio a 
grupos indķgenas, povoados distantes...). Ontem mesmo uma pessoa de 
Teresina enviou um recado para um parente que estį no garimpo, que 
tenho certeza ouviu o anśncio transmitido pela RNA.

Locais os quais se nćo fossem as ondas curtas, estariam no completo 
isolamento, ao pé da letra. Arrisco-me a falar que certos programas 
sćo verdadeiros campeões de audiźncia no Brasil, pelos objetivos da 
RNA que englobam o norte do Brasil. Lembremos que alguns sćo estados 
gigantescos nos quais moram muito mais pessoas embrenhadas nas matas 
do que em outros locais no nosso Paķs. O foco da RNA tem sido 
prioritariamente os estados de Roraima, Amapį, Amazonas, Parį, 
Maranhćo, Tocantins, Acre, Rondōnia e Goiįs. Hį certo tempo passaram a 
anunciar que estćo num foco adicional, o nordeste do Brasil. Pedem 
informes de recepēćo no ar, por vezes.

Para nos situarmos melhor, os sinais da frequźncia de 6180 kHz sćo 
transmitidos de Brasķlia DF com 344ŗ Azimuth (250 kW), o que nos faz 
entender que estćo apontados para Manaus. Os transmitidos por 11780 
kHz, com 360ŗ Azimuth, para proximidades de Belém, Parį, também com 
250 kW.

Sugiro ouvirmos o que informa a própria RNA, especialmente os seus 
programas ao vivo. Comunicadores nćo irćo ao microfone dizer o que 
lhes traz risco próprio, por uma informaēćo indevida ou incorreta. 
Também, devemos aproveitar o momento para enviarmos nossos informes de 
recepēćo, dando nosso parecer técnico da sintonia das frequźncias além 
de falarmos bem da programaēćo. Faz bem para quem os recebe. 73, 
(Rudolf Grimm, ibid.)

Sim, Rudolf Grimm, Perfeito que bom que a RNA nćo vai entrar nesta 
onda de desativaēćo. Fiquei preocupado pois gosto muito de escutar a 
RNA mais mesmo assim é muito indicado que enviemos relatórios de 
recepēćo para a Nacional e mesmo intensificar este envio para que a 
empresa sinta que tem uma grande audiźncia em OC. 73 (Paulo michelon, 
Porto Alegre, ibid.)

Paulo, e demais colegas. A RNA tem enviado o seu cartćo QSL para 
informes de recepēćo recebidos. Os endereēos possķveis para enviį-los:

Rįdio Nacional da Amazōnia
Caixa Postal 258
70359-970 Brasķlia DF

centraldoouvinte@ebc.com.br<mailto:centraldoouvinte@ebc.com.br>

http://www.ebc.com.br/fale-conosco

Acredito ser um bom momento para enviarmos os nossos informes de 
recepēćo. E também podemos evitar os lamentos posteriores se mandarmos 
os informes de recepēćo com mais frequźncia.

Eles também divulgam no ar o contato para com a Ouvidoria da EBC onde 
podemos expressar a nossa (in)satisfaēćo quando houver: 
ouvidoria@ebc.com.br ou para: Ouvidoria EBC, Caixa Postal 8640, 70333-
900 Brasķlia DF. Divulgam estes endereēos frequentemente no ar. Também 
uma boa oportunidade para um ‘papo reto’ com a EBC.

Embora jį tenho as duas frequźncias confirmadas, nesta semana devo 
novamente enviar informaēões para eles sobre as duas frequźncias de 
OC. Também vou escrever para a Ouvidoria. É uma parte que nos cabe 
antes que a emissora que preferimos entre em zona de risco. 73, 
(Rudolf Grimm, ibid.) Ouvidoria = ombudsperson

Paulo, e demais colegas. Acredito que a Rįdio Nacional da Amazōnia, 
nćo serį atingida, haja vista ser de grande utilidade ą populaēćo da 
amazōnia legal. Talvez haja mudanēas na programaēćo ou algo assim. 73 
a todos (Alexandre Deves Sailer, ibid.)

Bom dia, nćo é bem assim; ninguém vai destivar as rįdios EBC, vai 
reestruturar as TVs que sćo um cabide de  emprego de comunistas que se  
dizem intelectuais (Ariovaldo Lobrito, 18 June, ibid.)

Entendo seu posicionamento polķtico de ultra direita, mas nćo 
concordo. A EBC estį ameaēada de extinēćo sim. Quem afirma isto é o 
próprio governo interino. Que nćo admite uma empresa de radio pśblica 
e independente (Ed Santos, Locutor, ibid.)

Qual ą veracidade da notķcia, isto é fatos concretos, como por 
exemplo, reportagem, portarias de algum ministério, orgćo 
governamental que repassou e/ou confirmou essa informaēćo de que a 
Rįdio Nacional da Amazōnia pode sair do ar! Obrigado (Dirney Martins, 
ibid.)

Nćo me parece que o grupo "radioescutas seja o foro adequado para o 
tipo de discussćo que se esta estabelecendo aqui (ANON.!, ibid.)

Dirney, Acho no mķnimo incoerente alguém colocar expressões como 
portarias ministeriais ou confirmaēćo de órgćo governamental junto com 
“pode sair do ar”. O Ministério da Saśde quando informa sobre uma 
campanha de vacinaēćo informa que de fato ela ocorrerį (incluindo 
datas) ou que pode distribuir vacinas?

Quanto a portaria ministerial, recomendo ler esse texto: 
https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portaria_(Direito)
É simples, curto e fįcil de entender.

Governos de cunho neoliberal tem sim o objetivo de reduzir o tamanho 
do Estado, seja cortando verbas da saśde, educaēćo. O que seria uma 
emissora de rįdio ante tais demandas? Nada. Fįcil de cortar com uma 
simples “canetada”.

Apenas para lembrar: durante muitos anos a Radiobrįs teve um serviēo 
externo, a Rįdio Nacional do Brasil. Numa época em que provavelmente 
era o śnico vķnculo entre o nosso paķs e brasileiros no exterior, ela 
foi extinta pelo governo Fernando Henrique. Ninguém veio a pśblico 
falar das “possibilidades” citadas por vocź (embora algumas sejam 
absolutamente incoerentes). Ela foi extinta e ponto final. Pergunto 
novamente: o que impediria tal governo de extinguķ-la? A Rįdio 
Nacional da Amazōnia é mais bonita ou cheirosa que a Rįdio Nacional do 
Brasil.

Nćo gosto de discutir polķtica em meios virtuais e concordo plenamente 
com a opinićo do Sérgio Senna quando disse que este nćo é o local 
apropriado para tal discussćo, mas independente do assunto ser 
polķtica ou o próximo receptor que quero comprar ou vender, ter um 
mķnimo de conhecimento é essencial. 73 (Ivan Dias – Sorocaba/SP, 
http://ivandias.wordpress.com http://www.youtube.com/regionaldx ibid.)

Todos, Paulo Michelon - Conforme o Sergio acabou de dizer, a nossa 
lista serve para compartilhar relato e identificaēćo de emissoras, 
discussões sobre antenas e receptores. Também podemos falar de 
mudanēas nas emissoras, justamente para que colegas no mundo todo nćo 
achem estranho nova programaēćo ou um buraco no dial.

Nćo é tópico da lista discutir o time para que cada um torce, qual a
vantagem/desvantagem deste ou aquele, quem possui melhor estética ou
filosofia.

Peēo gentilmente que entendam o objetivo da lista. Se a vontade for 
grande para debater tais assuntos, tenho certeza que outros canais vćo 
atender muito melhor e criam bem mais traēćo do que aqui.

Paulo: respondendo sua pergunta, tenho certeza que vocź vai encontrar 
na Internet abaixo-assinados que vocź poderį subscrever. Vocź pode 
também acionar seu representante eleito federal e demonstrar seu ponto 
de vista (Huelbe Garcia, ibid.)

Olį pessoal, Se nćo discutir aqui esse assunto da Rįdio Nacional. Vai 
discutir aonde? (Irapuan Macedo, PY7IM, Enviado do Yahoo Mail no 
Android, ibid.)

OLHEM BEM, A NOTĶCIA NĆO É BEM ASSIM, QUEM ESTA INCHADA DE 
``INTELECTUAIS``  `````´ E A TV BRASIL; O CANAL NBR QUE NINGUÉM 
ASSISTE E O CANAL ESCOLA (Ariovaldo Lobrito, 22 June, ibid.)

Irapuan, Nos podemos falar da RNA sim. Ela possui um sinal na sua 
cidade? O TX dela estį na frequźncia correta? Hį um programa novo que 
possa ser interessante? Qual o email que podemos fazer contato? O que 
temos que evitar sćo discussões sobre polķticas e planos de governo.
Este grupo nćo é melhor local para isso.

Encorajo a vocź e outros que queiram fundar um grupo no Facebook para
discussões sobre o futuro polķtico da RNA e EBC. E fique livre para 
enviar uma mensagem orientando como as pessoas podem acessar o mesmo 
(Huelbe Garcia, ibid.)

** BRAZIL. Brasil Central de volta em OC --- Prezados colegas rįdio 
escutas. É com alegria que informo que a Rįdio Brasil Central de 
Goiānia, Goiįs, voltou a transmitir em ondas curtas na tradicional 
frequźncia de 11815 kHz. Este rįdio escuta estį escutando neste 
momento enquanto dķgito a mensagem. A Rįdio Brasil Central tinha 
parado de transmitir hį algum tempo em OC e agora voltou aqui em Porto 
Alegre. Chega com bom sinal jį que sempre foi uma emissora forte em 
OC. Boas escutas a todos ("Paulo Roberto Peres Michelon Michelon", 
Porto Alegre RS, Rįdio escuta, Rįdio amador PU3PPM; Receptores Degen 
DE 1103, Sony ICF 7600 DS; Antena long wire, June 20, radioescutas yg 
via WORLD OF RADIO 1831, DXLD)

Muito boa informaēćo, Paulo. É o momento da galera se manifestar 
fortemente junto ą RBC manifestando a satisfaēćo ą emissora e enviando 
informes de recepēćo. Eles respondem com seu cartćo QSL. Se fizermos 
isso, talvez nćo precisemos lamentar ausźncias do sinal da emissora no 
futuro. Para envio dos informes: rbcamfm@gmail.com ou 
arquivorbc@gmail.com 73, (Rudolf Grimm, http://dxways-br.blogspot.com
Sćo Bernardo SP, ibid.)

** BRAZIL. 15190.080, measured accurate at 0123 UT on June 6, only 
poor and tiny S=5 on threshold audio signal level, male Portbras 
presenter heard. 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, Germany, dxldyg via DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** BURUNDI [non]. FRANCE, Reception of Radio Publique Africaine via 
TDF, June 15
1800-1858 on 15480 ISS 250 kW / 145 deg to SoAf Kirundi/French only:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/06/reception-of-radio-publique-
africaine_15.html
(DX RE MIX NEWS #953 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, June 20, 2016 
via DXLD)

FRANCE, 15480. June 16, 2016. 1815-1858, Radio Publique Africaine, 
Issoudun, FRANCE, in KiRundi & French. OM talks; YL talks, a French 
song; 1859 s/off. Very poor signal and barely audible modulation, 
25331 (sometimes, in French, 25332). (DXer: José Ronaldo Xavier, 
Cabedelo-PB, Brazil, Sony ICF-SW100S + Tecsun S-2000, Antenna: 
Portable Telescopic, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD)

FRANCE, Reception of Radio Publique Africaine via TDF, June 19
1800-1858 on 15480 ISS 250 kW / 145 deg to SoAf Kirundi/French only:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/06/reception-of-radio-publique-africaine_20.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long 
wire, June 19-20, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CAMEROON. BOKO HARAM LAUNCHES RADIO STATION --- According to a 
report monitored on the Hausa service of the Voice of America, the 
Islamist sect, Boko Haram has established an FM radio station.

Residents in Tolkomari, which is in the far northern part of Cameroon, 
have confirmed receiving broadcast messages from the sect via the 
radio station on 96.8 frequency modulation. The Voice of America 
report said the station broadcast mainly propaganda materials to 
counter media reports of victories by troops from Nigeria, Chad, 
Cameroon and Niger Republic against the Boko Haram militants. The 
report said the Cameroonian government is worried by the new 
development and has commenced investigations towards locating the 
radio station, which is said to be on the Nigeria-Cameroon border.

Read more at: 
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/06/boko-haram-launches-radio-station/
Posted by: (JOSE MIGUEL ROMERO ROMERO, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CANADA. 11232-USB, June 22 at 1253, not a broadcast but a 2-way 
contact, S9+10 with background noise, and brief replies from a weak 
unreadable contact, presumably plane in flight. Giving weather 
observations, including visibilities in statute miles, winds in knots, 
ceilings in feet. Some locations have light snow, so which hemisphere 
is this?? Finally mentions Trenton Military, i.e. CHR. 1255 terminal 
forecast for CYUX [fonetik]; 1257 for Alert, no further traffic and 
off. CYUX is Hall Beach, Nunavut, which is 68-47 north on the 
mainland, Melville Peninsula near Igloolik, across from Baffin Island. 
11232 is a listed SSB frequency of CHR in Klingenfuss, shared with VXA 
Edmonton (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** CHINA. 15000, 0329-, BPM, Jun 16. Chinese time signal station 
easily heard with CW ID, then voice ID at 0330, cochannel to WWV and 
WWVH. I just returned from a very brief visit to my DX cottage near 
Masset, BC on Haida Gwaii, off the north west coast of BC. I quickly 
hooked up my AOR 7030+ to my ALA 100 antenna, and briefly DX'd for 
just a single evening and morning (Walt Salmaniw, dxldyg via DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA [and non]. 9920, CNR1 (jammer), 1425+ 11 June. You can't have 
too much CNR1, ya? Echo jamming this morning v. VOA in TB (Dan Sheedy, 
Moonlight Beach, CA, PL380/6m X wire [v2.0], via Robert Wilkner, NASWA 
yg via DXLD)

11070, CNR 1, 6/14, 1120. Dialogue M and W in Chinese to what sounded 
like programming promos. VG. Good // on 11100. VG // 10820 after the 
BoH. Likely targeting SoH and RFA for jamming (Rick Barton, Box 5503, 
Peoria AZ 85385, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Notings on Piliyandala remote unit: Special jamming against western 
broadcaster like BBCWS or VoA, etc. Some of these WHITE NOISE and 
SCRATCHING Metallic sound jammer are 24 hrs STILL on air, even when 
the BBCWS schedule show no service on these channels. These seemingly 
are local jamming on large metropole cities in China - like the USSR 
have done in Moscow and other big cities against Radio Liberty. 
Jamming signals are visible of mostly 10.2 kHz wide broadband blocks,

13590 at 1755 UT on June 16.
13695
11810 10.2 kHz wide
 9410
 7375
 6195
 6080

Two wideband CNR broadcast programmes observed in 17-18 UT slot, like
CNR17 Lingshi in Kazakh 20 kHz wide on 11630 kHz.
CNR1 Beijing in Chinese 20 kHz wide on 11710 kHz at 1758 UT June 16.

Yesterday June 16 around 1700-1810 UT, checked the remote SDR unit by 
Victor 4S7VK in Piliyandala Ceylon, now Sri Lanka. His IP Address 
changed always from day to day, so I have to update my ZoneAlarm 
firewall-open through list each day. Noise floor signal level is very 
HIGH these days. In old days in 2011 - 2013 years Victor's Perseus 
signal was one of the cleanest signals worldwide to mention, in a 
level of -137dB, a dream value. Yesterday on June 16, 2016 noise level 
on 21 MHz was -102dB, increased on bands to -90dB in 60mb, -87dB in 75 
mb (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1831, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

** CHINA. 6155, CNR2/China Business Radio, 1244-1256, June 20, with 
the often heard, popular variety show (mostly comedy, but also pop 
songs) "Haiyang Live"; in Chinese; many program IDs in Chinese; 
fair/good (Ron Howard, Pacific Grove, CA, Etón E1, antenna: Par 
Electronics EF-SWL, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. 11910, June 21 at 1320, presumed CRI English is covered by 
roaring noise cutting off and on this frequency only. Seems to be a 
transmission defect rather than external QRM or jamming, tsk2. Beijing 
site listed.

11910, June 22 at 1333, no signal from CRI English, the one which is 
not // other frequencies, from Beijing site and which I recently heard 
interrupted by noise bursts. Maybe it crashed or is down for repairs 
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Still no 11910 on June 23 & 24 
during this hour

** CHINA. Hi everyone, For Kai & all here's the China videos. My 
Mandarin isn't good enough to follow-all or translate sorry. Kai, it's 
this station: 39 53 08N, 116 34 29E
____

Beijing SARFT Station 491: 2 YouTube Videos – Year 2011

I found these two videos on YouTube after much research & digging very 
deep into YouTube a few weeks ago. To the best of my knowledge these 
are the first dedicated SW transmitter site videos that I can recall 
seeing from China of any Chinese site, certainly the only TV station 
news report of any Chinese SWBC transmitter site that I've ever 
viewed.

This site is very old. Fascinating history regarding the German
architecture and the selling of iron from the towers during the period 
of hardship in the early days.

Sure would be nice to get a translation into English. Anyway enjoy the
video footage and 'rough' machine translated notes below.
(Ian, shortwavesites yg via DXLD)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSIX25QH8KM

Urban evening peak 2011-07-04 
Red Map: Red wave transmission source
emission - 491 units

October 1, 1949, Chairman Mao Zedong loud voice through radio waves
transmitted to the whole of China, spread throughout the world. 
Today's "red map" takes you into the "red wave transmission emission 
source - SARFT 491 units."

491 Double Bridge Road station is located in Chaoyang District, No. 9, 
from Beijing Tong Expressway Shuangqiaoshan exit, Double Bridge Road 
south from less than two kilometers, this piece of German-style 
architecture of the buildings is 491 units. This station is our 
country's first ever high-power long-wave communication station, 
conducted the first long-distance radio communications, most as far as 
Europe and Australia. 2001 491 Taiwan was designated as Beijing 
cultural relics protection units. As has deep roots in short-wave 
radio transmitter red center, the State Administration of Radio 491 
station broadcasting in the history of our country has a special
red and important position.

491 units built in 1918, the ROC Navy Department jointly built with 
Japan's Mitsui Matheson Chinese navy central radio station, also known 
as the "Republic of big radiostation." Because it is located in the 
Chaoyang District Shuangqiaoshan area, so people called "Bridging 
radio." This radio station when the Northern Warlords Duan personally 
by location, by the Government and the Japanese Mitsui Matheson Duan 
joint construction, 21 February 1918, the Northern government loans to 
the Japanese signed the "Radio loan contract", was founded Bridging 
radio.

Bridging radio transmitter building and the main administrative 
building podium used in all German architectural style, full of uneven 
around the tower. Why would the Japanese built many Nordic country 
house-style building? It turned out that in the past a lot of young 
people in Japan have been to study in Germany, at the time the 
developed Western architecture greatly affect them.

According to the clues provided by 491 units, the reporter came to the
National Library microfilm reading room, from tens of thousands of
miniature disk data, looking at a July 21, 1923 of the Yishibao", a 
message size chunks confirmed the 491 units completed in time for the 
final.

Thereafter, Shuangqiaoshan actual radio controlled by the Japanese 
side, they are careful management of the radio station, in fact, for 
it serves to further prepare for full-scale invasion.

In early 1938, after the Japanese invasion of China began a  
comprehensive, general commercial AM radio stations into a launch pad 
to the "North China Radio" broadcast in Mandarin name has become a 
propaganda tool of aggression against China. Opened four hundred 
ninety-one station broadcast transmissions of history. - As was one of 
the few large-scale launch pad. But also the humiliation of the 
Chinese written historical facts and four hundred ninety-one Taiwan a 
black memories.

August 15, 1945, the Japanese government surrendered. In mid-
September, the Nanjing Kuomintang government sent the first batch to 
receive officials, the U.S. military transport plane ride to come from 
the Hankou receiving Peking. Day because heaven fog, visibility is 
very low, hovering at low altitude aircraft Shuangqiaoshan region, the 
northwest corner of the left wing hit the radio this 210-meter-high 
iron spire, plane crash.

After the Kuomintang government quickly set Peking Radio, October 10, 
1945 Bridging radio stations began broadcasting. However, due to the 
war in repeated setbacks at this time, unable to manage state and 
deliberately destroyed equipment, radio paralyzed rundown. Then 
double-bridge radio but had once can not afford electricity, power 
from 100 kilowatts to 10 kilowatts, workers and even demolition of the 
tower by selling iron livelihoods.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsSFRwymX9Y

Urban evening peak 2011-07-05 Red Map: Red wave transmission source
emission - 491 units

October 1, 1949, Mao Zedong loud voice waves transmitted to the whole 
of China, spread throughout the world. Red map today will take you 
into the "red wave transmission emission source - SARFT 491 units."

October 1, 1949, Chairman Mao Zedong solemnly declared that shook the
Universe, the end of the Chinese history of humiliation. The great 
sound heard around the world is through the 491 stations in Beijing
Shuangqiaoshan spread all over the world. Was played numerous times 
during this documentary, careful people may notice, in the beginning 
of Mao Zedong declared the moment, a man walked straight in front of 
Chairman Mao, the microphone for debugging, this young man into the 
historic name of the lens called Li Zhihai, when only 26 years old, is 
responsible for founding ceremony when he found the microphone audio 
transmission somewhat lower, and quickly stepped forward to debug.

Is now a 88-year-old Li Zhihai, in December 1948 following the
establishment of a large force is responsible for receiving stations 
in Northern Shuangqiaoshan era.

In the liberation war of gunfire, Shuangqiaoshan radio became China's 
first Communist takeover power broadcast transmitters, since its name 
was renamed as 491 units.

And always at the founding ceremony of this extremely day, 491 
launchers expectations, completed a remarkable period of founding of 
new China in this important mission to launch a broadcast 
transmission. Until now, 491 units of power is still the largest, most 
extensive coverage, most full-featured one of the centers of large 
short-wave radio transmitter, along with the pace of new China, 
witnessed the great transformation of socialist China (via Ian, 
shortwavesites yg via DXLD)

** CUBA. From 0500 UT some logs of MA-NJ-US, and Edmonton Alberta CAN 
remote units:

5025even, Radio Rebelde, Bauta, program, nice audio, at 0502 UT
station ID given, frequencies, www-address too, S=9+25dB or -45dBm

5040even, RHC, Spanish service, report from Perś, 'dinero systema en 
Perś' Interview on economic in Perś. S=9+25dB or -49dBm, but seemingly 
audio feed interference, low R Rebelde 5025 kHz music program heard 
underneath. Seems an intermodulation on Bauta site. 0503 UT June 17.

9790even, EMPTY CARRIER noted here, seemingly Quivicįn San Felipe 
TITĮN signal of CRI relay, ends normally at 0500 UT, but transmitter 
was still on air, when checked at 0510, 0516, and 0522 UT. At S=9+15dB 
level in Edmonton, Alberta CAN remote unit. Empty carrier signal on 
Perseus screen showed some 120 / 240 / 360 Hertz strings either 
sideband, and also 2 x 1650 Hertz distance away strings (Wolfgang 
Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

11760, Sunday June 19 at 1645 on BST-1 caradio, memory search stops on 
some African hilife music? What`s this? Before I can get a frequency 
readout in Morse code, RHC ID in Spanish, on the *only* frequency they 
keep running at midday.

11670, UT Monday June 20 at 0137, RHC `En Contacto` DX program with 
usual opener list of birthday greetings, especially for Fathers` Day, 
which this is in Cuba, always third Sunday in June (! Just like USA --
- who is copying whom? As for Mothers` Day, not all Latin countries 
match USA dates). Then monthly DX report from Spain. 11670 is as usual 
overmodulated/distorted but this time splattering out only plus/minus 
30 or so, impacting the 11650 unID, q.v. Also // 11760 with better 
modulation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. Hey Glenn, I figure that you would know the answer to this: 
Any idea the actual hours used by R Habana Cuba when in 102.5 FM 
Habana? On my trips to the Keys, I do get dead-air on 102.5 when in 
the null of WPIK. I would have to believe this is The RHC carrier. 
Would like to record it one day when it is operational. All I have 
seen on the Web is that 102.5 is 24h; well, dead-air would count, I 
guess. Anyway, any idea? Cd Sent from my iPhone JUNE 20 (Chris Dunne, 
Pembroke Pines FL, WORLD OF RADIO 1831, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Hi Chris, No, I don`t know. I had also assumed it was 24h, or at least 
20 hpd like RHC on SW. I think their webcast runs 24h, or is supposed 
to, tho I haven`t tried it in the 07-11 UT period when I try very hard 
to be asleep.

It`s not at all unusual for RHC SW frequencies to be messed up, so 
can`t be too surprised at the DA on 102.5. Have you tried multiple 
days and times and always found it that way?

You know, they keep publicizing two more FM frequencies, 91.7 on 
Pines, and 103.1 in Mayabeque.

Or rather, per website, ``Transmitimos ademįs las 24 horas del dķa por 
los 102.5 MHz
de frecuencia modulada en La Habana, los
97.1 MHz
en la Isla de la Juventud, los
103.1 MHz
en Mayabeque y por audio real [sic]
en Internet a través del portal
http://www.radiohc.cu``

Maybe 97.1 is a typo, as I`m pretty sure they have been saying 91.7. 
Or vice versa? The question also arises which languages get on FM, 
when more than one is running at the same time. English must be high 
on the list, with all the promotion. Allegedly (Glenn to Chris, via 
WORLD OF RADIO 1831, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Glenn, First time I heard the DA was at around 2 pm on a Saturday over 
a. Year ago. I might have it as MP3 there in Got FM DX? on WTFDA 
Forums. It has also been as late as 8 to 9 pm local.

I can no longer pull "all nighters" down there, unless I am refreshed 
AND my wife will say it's okay. But not worth the trouble; especially 
when that 102.5 is a tough catch. 

97.1 would be a good freq. to try --- had New Orleans there last year.  
Hope they did mean 97.1, as 91.7 either gets you COCO, WMKL or 91.5 
WKWM I Block.

103.1 likely out of the question, due to WFKZ covering a large swath 
down there. I have had a Progreso on 103.1 likely Santa Clara on car 
receiver in Miami. 

You are free to check my latest videos on my YT page:
https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCsTCS0a-JvDH0wUh9iHKPHQ

Many of the latest are "Eton Field Trip"s with the new Eton Field 550.  
Also we were at the NC OBX [Outer Banx, with Rick Shaftan?] 3 weeks 
ago and had a pleasant AM 560 surprise --- otherwise crackle city. 
Long month, but not good to record AM DX unfortunately. cd Sent from 
my iPhone (Chris Dunne, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CZECHOSLOVAKIA. STALINIST ERA NOVELLA AN OVERLOOKED CLASSIC

A novella written by a former RFE/RL Czechoslovak Service culture 
editor is now available in English, and gaining overdue recognition as 
a key work in the Czech literary canon. June 20, 2016

The scarred terrain of postwar northern Bohemia is the setting of 
Midway Upon The Journey Of Our Life, a novella by former RFE/RL 
Czechoslovak Service Culture Editor Josef Jedlicka (1927-1990) that 
was published in English for the first time earlier this year. . .
http://www.rferl.org/content/midway-review/27809311.html
(RFE/RL 22 June 2016 via Dr Hansjoerg Biener, DXLD)

** EGYPT. Open carrier/dead air & music from Radio Cairo, June 14
0822-0827 on  9965 ABS 200 kW / 325 deg to ENAm, A-16 scheduled
2300-0430 on  9965 ABS 200 kW / 325 deg to NEAm English/Arabic:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/06/open-carrierdead-air-music-from-radio.html
(DX RE MIX NEWS #953 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, June 20, 2016 
via DXLD)

9895. June 17, 2016. 2103-2108, Radio Cairo, Abis. Open carrier with 
authentic motorboat sound (DXer: José Ronaldo Xavier, Cabedelo-PB, 
Brazil, Sony ICF-SW100S + Tecsun S-2000, Antenna: Portable Telescopic, 
Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD)

Reception of Radio Cairo, General Service, June 18
0200-0700 on 12085 ABS 250 kW / 315 deg to WeEu Arabic
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/06/reception-of-radio-cairo-general-sce.html
(DX RE MIX NEWS #953 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, June 20, 2016 
via DXLD)

** EGYPT. 9964.86, June 20 at 0144, R. Cairo is S9+25 but just barely 
modulated in Arabic, with whine, and frequency seems to be wobbling 
just a bit.

9315.0, June 20 at 0156, R. Cairo open carrier/dead air except for 
some hum but no noise, maybe JBM prior to 0200 alleged English (Glenn 
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Open carrier/dead air, probably of Radio Cairo, June 20
0820-0828 on  9965 ABS 200 kW / 325 deg to ENAm, A-16 scheduled
2300-0430 on  9965 ABS 200 kW / 325 deg to NEAm English/Arabic:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/06/open-carrierdead-air-probably-of-radio_20.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long 
wire, June 19-20, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

12085.050, June 22 at 0530, R. Cairo is S9 with music and 
motorboating. This awful mess also stops my BST-1 caradio scan after 
0200, as it`s in the memory for Radio Australia in the morning (Glenn 
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ETHIOPIA. 1820 UT June 16, 6110, Radio Fana from Ethiopia with 
Ethiopian/African music plus talks in Amharic - S9+10. At 1800 in 
parallel with Radio Oromiya at 6030 - much weaker. A newscast? Radio: 
Perseus SDR; Antenna: Inverted-V, 10 meters, directed 145 /325  + good 
old YEASU FRT-7700. 73, Posted by: (Manfred R. Reiff, Germany, dxldyg 
via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ETHIOPIA [non]. France: R Xoriyo 1730 [sic] at 1600+ w/fair to non-
existent reception. Somali. Same problems via Twente, so not local 
QRN. Easy ID on the NRD-525 (Liz Cameron, MI, 18 June, dxldyg via DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

Correct frequency is 17870 on Mon and Fri, 17630 on Tue and Sat; June 
18 was Sat, so 17630 must have been meant (gh, DXLD)

** ETHIOPIA [non]. SECRETLAND, IRRS Radio Warra Wangeelaa-ti via SPL 
Secretbrod, June 11 [sic]:
1500-1530 on 15515 SCB 050 kW / 195 deg to EaAf Oromo Sat
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/06/irrs-radio-warra-wangeelaa-ti-via-spl_18.html
73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. 
long wire, June 18, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** FRANCE. 13725, June 16 at 0610, RFI English is fair, S7-S9 but just 
my luck at tune in to discussion of stupid ballgames. Quality of 
reception varies a lot (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** GERMANY. As (almost always) happens: strong backscatter, Multipath 
Doppler offset up to 40 kHz, KBC radiogram with image of the old 
rotary and swivel-directional antenna in Nauen. (Transmitter Number 5, 
100 kW)

RSID: <<2016-06-19T01:31Z MFSK-32 @ 9925000+1500>>

Two recent videos by Max Berger focus on the Nauen, Germany,
shortwave transmitting site used by The Mighty KBC ...
youtu.be/dSH2UKgPy04
youtu.be/N7H-miky83U

===========>
http://www.rhci-online.net/radiogram/VoA_Radiogram_2016-06-18.htm#KBC
======================================================================
KBC-high-streams can be found here: http://stream01.audisi.nl/
add here: http://stream02.audisi.nl/
======================================================================
(roger, June 19, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GERMANY. IBC ("Italian Broadcasting Corporation") via Channel 292 
on 6070 kHz offered good reception on Wednesday 2016-06-15 after 
2000z, with listener greetings (naming many from Italy but also from 
abroad, e.g. Alan Gale from the UK), jingles, some music and digital 
text modes (SW news: MFSK32 on 1500 Hz followed by HAM news: Olivia 
16-500 on 2200 Hz audio center frequency), even allowing good text 
readability despite co-channel QRM from Radio Vaticana after around 
2040z (see attached screenshot). An unexpected repeat broadcast on 
Friday 2016-06-17 at the same time yielded even better reception, due 
to somewhat different propagation conditions. The images showing the 
IBC logo were a bit blurred anyway (and also suffered from some noise 
at times), which is simply due to multi-path propagation and resulting 
variable signal path lengths, thus slightly stretching or compressing 
portions the image horizontally, leading to any vertical lines 
distorted to more or less zigzagged ones. 3 "identical" images 
attached, 2 from the Wednesday 2016-06-15 broadcast (start and end) 
and one from the start of the digimode section on Friday 2016-06-17.

Channel 292 on 6070 kHz from Bavaria has become an indispensable 
shortwave station offering quality programming from many different 
sources. I wish they would also relay your highly valued programs 
during at least one or a few of the unused time slots per week. It 
would be a great way to finally get good reception of your shows over 
here in Europe, since now in mid-summer the HLR Hamburger Lokalradio 
channels (either 6190 or 7265 compatible USB) usually don't offer 
adequate reception. Thanks, Glenn, and good listening, (Tobias (T²), 
June 21, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Fair signal of World of Radio via Hamburger Lokalradio, June 18
0630-0700 on  6190 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg to CeEu English Sat, WOR # 
1830
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/06/fair-signal-of-world-of-radio-via.html
(DX RE MIX NEWS #953 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, June 20, 2016 
via DXLD)

** GERMANY [and non]. Shortwaveservice via Gavar --- Dear friends in 
Asia, on Wednesday 22 June 2016 Shrotwaveservice will broadcast again 
via Transmitter Gavar in Armenia for a new client. Time: Between 11 
and 12 UT on 15780 kHz directed at 100  at a power of 100 kW. The
show will be aired at 18 UT on 6005 kHz on the same day (via Roberto 
Scaglione, Sicily, June 20, bclnews.it yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1831, 
DXLD)

15780 kHz Wed June 22, at 11-12 UT "Voice of TheReportoftheWeek" via 
CJSC Yerevan Armenia:

ARMENIA, Fuer Hoerer in Asien interessant: Am Mittwoch, den 22. Juni 
2016 realisieren wir fuer einen Kunden wieder eine Sendung via Sender 
Yerevan Gavar. Zu hoeren zwischen 11 und 12 UT auf 15780 kHz Richtung 
100 degr mit einer Leistung von 100 kW. Die gleiche Sendung wird am 
Abend ab 18 Uhr UT auf 6005 kHz via Kall nochmals ausgestrahlt.
Die "Voice of TheReportoftheWeek" <vorwinfo -at- gmail.com>
ist die geneigte QSL Adresse (Christian Milling-D, A-DX ng June 20)

{automatic G. translation}
ARMENIA, For people who interested in Asia target on shortwave:
On Wednesday, 22 June 2016, we realize again for a customer via R700
Euskirchen Germany FMO and via CJSC on broadcast center transmitter 
Yerevan Gavar. To hear 11 to 12 UT on 15780 kHz [azimuth in direction 
of 100 degr, wb.]. With an output of 100 kW. The same program is 
broadcast on the evening via 6005 kHz on Kall Germany site, also again 
on June 22 from 18 UT.

The "Voice of TheReportoftheWeek" QSL address <vorwinfo -at- 
gmail.com> (Christian Milling-D, A-DX ng June 20)

Seemingly mainlobe of 100/280 degrees of antennas A86 / A87,
see Gavar image at
<https://app.box.com/s/5i09fl72c5ylrjujvojazyerrkfjci74>

(Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 20 via dxldyg via DXLD)

15780 2016-06-22 1100-1115 UT checked Gavar Eriwan:

Hallo Christian, checked the Gavar relay today June 22 on 15780 kHz.
Nothing  - NIL - heard when checked Thailand (Uwe's SDR), nor at 
Brisbane Australia, nor any signal in Japan Far East posts. Noted 
1100:03 UT heard ID Chimes carillon S=9 in Moscow Russia remote post, 
even more than fair at S=8 level in Doha Qatar ME, S=4-5 poor in 
Greece, Calabria-Sicily, Madrid Spain. Nearly nil signal on threshold 
in Hungary, Poland, Austria and southern Germany.

BUT SURPRISINGLY good signal noted on Dutch remote SDR in Perseus net,
located on North Sea coast near Lauwergoog / Schiermonnikoog island 
coast, using dipoles near the beach line coast. 

Listen to enclosed recording: recording start taken at Moscow, 
followed 1.04 m/s by Doha Qatar remote, followed by Northsea Holland 
coast line unit at 01.40m and 02.03 min/sec.

At 1132 UT heard station ID given and spelled by the presenter like
vorwinfo@gmal.com all reception reports will be verified by a QSL

Few minutes after 1100 UT a highspeed FastCW/RTTY signal noted on 
lower sideband. 73 (Wolfgang df5sx dxldyg via DXLD)

So what is this about, from whom??? Does anyone listen to it for 
content? Listening to Wolfy`s bits of clips running 3+ minutes, I can 
only glean: American accent, speaking informally, says it`s about 
reviewing products having nothing to do with shortwave radio. Had been 
on WBCQ 7490 Tue & Thu until ran out of funds. And would reach Asia 
better anyway via Armenia. Feb. 20, 2016 was the fifth anniversary of 
ROTW [cut, and something was planned to happen?] I don`t recall ever 
hearing such a program on WBCQ nor anything by that title on the 
schedule; but maybe that was five years ago? I haven`t had time to 
listen to Ivo`s recordings. José Miguel Romero2 received a prompt E-
QSL from ``John`` but again no clue as to what this is really about.

Going to a support link at patreon finally gets this:

``Here at TheReportOfTheWeek, we mainly produce reviews of Food (Fast 
or Frozen Food) and Energy Drinks and we also produce a podcast called 
VORW (Voice of TheReportOfTheWeek) as well as a weekly shortwave 
broadcast which goes by the same name (VORW). 

While this channel does not have a high budget, in order to attain the 
latest products to review, and in order to maintain the channel and 
keep the VORW shortwave broadcast on the air we need YOUR help. 

Your donations will... 

1) Allow me to attain the latest and most popular fast food items in 
order to inform, educate and entertain the public in the soonest time 
possible. 

2) Allow me to attain fan requested Food/Drink items in order to 
review them, and cater to viewer requests. 

3) Maintain the basic infrastructure of the channel and its contents. 

4) Work to return the VORW shortwave broadcast to the airwaves 
depending on viewer support/opinions, and allow for regular broadcasts 
to be produced and transmitted to listeners around the globe. 

5) Let me expand to new projects (such as new review series' and 
possibly return the Idle Mind Lectures) and move the channel 
forward.`` 

A way to lower one`s food bill? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 
1831, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

QSL electrónica recibida en 20 minutos de Voice of The Report of the 
Week, en respuesta a informe de escucha realizada el 22 de junio de 
2016 en inglés, test de emisión en 15780 kHz via Armenia, informe 
enviado por E-mail con archivo de audio a vorwinfo@gmail.com

Hello Mr. Romero, thank you for listening to this broadcast of VORW, 
your reception report is valuable to us in order to gain a listeners 
perspective and to gauge the best times and frequencies for future 
broadcasts. Attached is your QSL, it is again my pleasure that you 
enjoyed the broadcast! 

Program Schedule:

June 22:
1600-1700 UT (12-1 PM Eastern) - 6070 kHz - 
Western, Central & Southern Europe
1800-1900 UT  (2-3 PM Eastern) - 6005 kHz - 
Central Europe, West Europe Reception Possible 

My regards, John (VORW Radio) 

Help Support VORW Radio With Patreon - http://bit.ly/1Q2g9zX
(via José Miguel Romero2, Spain, dxldyg via DXLD)

Test transmission of The Voice of The Report of The Week on June 22:
1100-1200 on 15780 ERV 100 kW / 100 deg to SoAs English via CJSC 
Yerevan-Gavar
Next broadcasts of The Voice of The Report of The Week will be today, 
June 22:
1600-1700 on  6070 ROB 025 kW / non-dir to CeEu English via Radio 
Channel 292,
1800-1900 on  6005 KLL 001 kW / non-dir to CeEu English via Radio 700
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/06/test-transmission-of-voice-of-report-of.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, ibid.) See also ARMENIA

** GERMANY [non]. Test frequencies of Deutsche Welle via Trincomalee 
Perkara
0300-0400 15255 TRM 250 kW / 255 deg to EaAf Swahili June 28 to July 1
0400-0500 15255 TRM 250 kW / 255 deg to EaAf English June 28 to July 1
0400-0500 17800 TRM 250 kW / 255 deg to EaAf English June 28 to July 1
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/06/test-frequencies-of-deutsche-welle-via.html
(Ivo Ivanov, WORLD OF RADIO 1831, DX LISTENIING DIGEST)

** GREECE. Voice of Greece on 9420 and 11645 kHz on June 14:
0600-0700 on  9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek*tx#3
0600-0700 on 11645 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg to NoAf Greek*tx#1
* including 3-6 minutes news in Serbian, Romanian, Spanish, Russian, 
Polish, Albanian, Italian, Arabic. Off at 0725 UT.
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/06/voice-of-greece-on-9420-and-11645-khz_14.html

Voice of Greece on a single 9420 kHz, June 14-15:
from 2000 on  9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek tx#3
0600-0700 on  9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek*tx#3
0700-0755 on  9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek tx#3
* including 2-5 minutes news in Serbian, Romanian, Spanish, Russian, 
Polish, Albanian, Italian, Arabic & off at 0755 UT
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/06/greece-voice-of-greece-on-single-9420.html

Reception of Voice of Greece on 9420/9935 kHz, June 16-17
1800-0700 on  9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek*tx#3 and off
2000-0700 on  9935 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Greek*tx#1 and off
* including 2-5 min news 0600-0700UT in Serbian, Romanian, Spanish,
Russian, Polish, Albanian, Italian and Arabic. Off air at 0705 UT.
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/06/reception-of-voice-of-greece-on_17.html

Logs noted here in southern Germany at 0435-0455 UT June 17:
9420.005, V of Greece Avlis, with phone-in program at 0435 UT
S=9+20dB or -55dBm.
9935.004, V of Greece Avlis, with phone-in program at 0440 UT
S=9+25dB or -45dBm (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Random reception of Voice of Greece, liturgy on June 19
from 0800 on  9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek tx#3 & off
from 0800 on 11645 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg to NoAf Greek tx#1 & off
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/06/random-reception-of-voice-of-greece.html
(DX RE MIX NEWS #953 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, June 20, 2016 
via DXLD)

9420, June 18 at 0202, ERA IS and ID, into music, very good S9+20, but 
no signal on 9935, 11645. (I did have something on 15630 earlier which 
reminded me of Greece, but now it must have been AWR/Sri Lanka) (Glenn 
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Random reception of Voice of Greece, liturgy on June 19
from 0800 on  9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek tx#3 & off
from 0800 on 11645 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg to NoAf Greek tx#1 & off
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/06/random-reception-of-voice-of-greece.html

Voice of Greece on 9420 and 9935 kHz, June 20-21:
1900-0609 on  9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek*tx#3
1900-0604 on  9935 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Greek*tx#1
*including 5 min news in Serbian language and off the air!
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/06/voice-of-greece-on-9420-and-9935-khz.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long 
wire, June 19-20, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GUAM. Reception of KTWR Trans World Radio Asia, June 13:
1527-1545 on 12120 TWR 100 kW / 293 deg to SEAs English Mon-Sat
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/06/reception-of-ktwr-trans-world-radio.html
(DX RE MIX NEWS #953 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, June 20, 2016 
via DXLD)

Changes of KTWR Trans World Radio Asia on 11585 & 12120 from July 4:
1345-1430 11585 100 kW / 290 deg SoAs Dogri/Hindi/Garhwali, no change
1430-1510 11585 100 kW / 290 deg SoAs Hindi Mon-Fri, ex 1430-1500
1528-1600 12120 100 kW / 293 deg SEAs English Mon-Sat, ex 1528-1546
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/06/changes-of-ktwr-trans-world-radio-asia.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long 
wire, June 19-20, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GUAM. DATA TRANSMISSION BREAKTHROUGH MEANS MORE BIBLE APP ACCESS - 
Mission Network News
  
Bible app breakthrough: No internet? No data? No problem! If you can`t 
get a physical Bible to someone, using Bible smartphone apps or 
websites is a...
http://www.mnnonline.org
	
Guam (MNN) — If you can’t get a physical Bible to someone, then using 
Bible smartphone apps or websites is a great alternative. But what if 
that person can’t access the internet or afford a smartphone data 
plan?

Out of the 7.2 billion people on the planet, around 4.2 billion have 
no access to the internet, according to a report by theUnited Nations’ 
Broadband Commission. That means over half of the global population 
has no access to a digitized Bible source option.

And especially for isolated communities, digital access is often the 
easiest way to reach them with the Gospel. However, due to a major 
recent breakthrough byFaith Comes By Hearing (FCBH), they were able to 
deliver the Bible to an unconnected smartphone using shortwave radio 
towers over 3,000 miles for the first time ever.

President of FCBH, explains, “Yesterday, we were able to transmit file 
casting data packets from Guam all the way to Thailand using shortwave 
frequencies, and we were able to do that in partnership with Trans 
World Radio. So it was really quite exciting! Basically what we did is 
created one-way internet access turning that tower into a super WiFi 
router. And that’s quite a story because it’s never been done!”
To put it another way, Carl wrote this description in a recent post:
Just like the one you use everyday in your house, where you connect a 
data source (internet cable) and a power source (you plug it in) and 
the little antennas broadcast internet around your house (say 500 ft.) 
and you connect to it with your phone to read/listen/see the data it’s 
transmitting.

In Guam, we took a HUGE antenna, (supplied by Trans World Radio), 
hooked up a data source (a Bible.is app device), turned the power on 
(250 kW) and sent the data into the air bouncing it off the ionosphere 
over 3,000 MILES!

Our team in Chang Mai Thailand, hooked up to this giant router with a 
proprietary decompiler. Then sideloaded the Bible.is app with all its 
content to multiple smart phones using a simple wifi broadcaster!
This success is just phase two in a three-step program through FCBH 
called the Global Bible Network.

Carl shares, “About a year and a half ago we began developing a way to 
connect people to the Bible in their own language even when there’s no 
internet access around. So we put together an aerospace council 
bringing in industry experts.

“First we use satellites to penetrate difficult areas of the world. 
Then we use terrestrial towers to broadcast or relay that content 
around the world. And then last and final, we use cyber technology to 
distribute the content from phone-to-phone. This particular test done 
in Guam successfully was the second leg of that particular Global 
Bible Network.”

Posted by: (JOSE MIGUEL ROMERO ROMERO, dxldyg via DXLD) 

Hey, same method could be used for distributing non-fixion books (gh)

** GUATEMALA. 4055, Radio Verdad 1010 similar to interval signal, then 
chorale music at recheck 1028 to 1030 18 June (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano 
Beach, South Florida, 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, Sony 2010XA, 60 meter 
dipole, Amplified Ferrite MW Antennas, long wave pre amplifier, noise 
reducing antenna, NASWA yg via DXLD) So I wonder what is their sign-on 
time now? (gh, DXLD)

** GUYANA. 3289.95, GBC Voice of Guyana 0832 to 0840 om chat, suspect
preacher? with religious message 16 June (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano 
Beach, South Florida, 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, Sony 2010XA, 60 meter 
dipole, Amplified Ferrite MW Antennas, long wave pre amplifier, noise 
reducing antenna, NASWA yg via DXLD)

3290, June 20 at 0215, not even a carrier from VOG, which is usually 
all I can get; could be off? Noisy summer, but 3320 South Africa is 
still making it at S6 = QRN level (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

- - - -  From Ron Howard's Facebook page on June 20:

Jamie LaBadia (Radio Engineer):

"Ron, I'm actually working here in California right now. (Fresno) 
I'm building a 10 k.w. H.F. data transmitter for the Netherlands. 
Brother, it is HOT here!!"

"Ron, I don't suppose you're able to hear the Voice of Guyana on 3.290 
mc/s? (Only 1.2 k.w. for now, and antenna broadside N.E. / S.W.)"

Ron Howard: "Jamie, not much chance with summertime QRN (static), but 
last January enjoyed hearing the VOG's "Straight From The Heart" 
music program. So will have to wait for possible Nov-Dec reception."
Posted by: (Ron Howard, June 20, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDIA. Akashvani Moitree Channel --- The special Bengali service 
from AIR Chinsurah (1000 kW MW) or Akashvani Maitree Channel will be 
inaugurated by Hon'ble President Mr. Pranab Mukherjee on 28th June for 
the listeners in Bangladesh and West Bengal. The programs can be heard 
on 594 kHz MW at 0600-1430 IST (0030-0900 UT) and 1530-2300 IST (1000-
1730 UT). The current External Service programs now broadcast will be 
aired in DRM mode on 604 kHz on the same transmitter (Alok Dasgupta on 
FB, via Alokesh Gupta, June 16, dx_india yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1831, 
DXLD)

AIR to revive Bangla service - 'Probably one of its kind in the world'
Our Special Correspondent

New Delhi, June 20: All India Radio will re-launch its special Bangla
service for Bangladesh after a gap of six years, adding a cultural 
content to the news bulletins that conveyed India's perspective on 
global affairs.

The service, which began during the Liberation War of 1971, was
discontinued in 2010 when the old transmitter in Calcutta broke down.

A strengthened transmitter with a higher capacity has now been 
installed in Chinsurah following Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Dhaka 
visit last year, Prasar Bharati sources said.

Full story at:
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1160621/jsp/nation/story_92427.jsp#.V2inOGh97IV
--- (via Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, June 20, dx_india yg via DXLD)

** INDIA. AIR Thiruvanathapuram MW tower fallen down --- According to 
a TV report seen by me, the Medium Wave transmission tower of All 
India Radio, Thiruvanathapuram operating on 1161 kHz with 20 kW has
fallen down yesterday in the heavy wind and rain.

However I am getting its SW transmitter on 5010 & 7290 kHz (50 kW)
It also operates on 101.9 MHz with 10 kW (Vividh Bharati). Yours 
sincerely, (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur Radio, 
Hyderabad, India, Mobile: +91 94416 96043, http://www.qsl.net/vu2jos
June 18, dx_india yg via DXLD)

Akashvani tower collapses, halting broadcast for first time in 
history. The Medium Wave Transmitter aerial was destroyed in the 
incident.

http://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/akashvani-tower-collapses-halting-broadcast-for-first-time-in-history-english-news-1.1140203

Regards, (Alokesh Gupta, ibid.)

MW location 08 32 55.57 N 76 54 03.88 E
<https:\\goo.gl/maps/hGaQMDcYKGz>
<https:\\goo.gl/maps/k3PTqNG2SVJ2>

SW Thiruvanantapuram SW 5010 7290 kHz, 50 kW
08 27 19.00 N 76 56 15.00 E
<https://goo.gl/maps/cuZ74iensk62>
(Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 18, 
Posted by: ("Wolfgang Bueschel", dxldyg via DXLD)

AIR Thiruvanathapuram 1161 kHz. Correcting a date. More reports on the 
collapse of the tower

India (Kerala): When reporting on the collapse of the medium wave 
tower of AIR Thiruvantapuram (1161 kHz, 20 kW)

http://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/akashvani-tower-collapses-halting-broadcast-for-first-time-in-history-english-news-1.1140203

the Mathurbhumi newspaper claims that the station commenced 
broadcasting on 30 September 1937. But looking at 
http://www.airtvm.com/history.php
the history should be reported differently: 

"HISTORY OF MALAYALAM BROADCAST 

During colonial rule, the erstwhile Travancore State set up the first 
Radio Station. The Princely State of Travancore has granted sanction 
for the establishment of a Broadcasting Station at Thiruvananthapuram, 
on 30th September 1937. His Highness the Maharaja Travancore showed 
great interest in broadcasting and formed a committee of the top 
officials to evaluate the possibility of installing a Transmitter at 
the capital Thiruvananthapuram. His Highness Sri Chithira Thirunal 
Balarama Varma inaugurated the Travancore State Broadcasting Station 
on 12th March 1943. The 5 KW Medium Wave Transmitter was installed at 
Kulathur and the Studio was located at old MLA Quarters. At that time 
two hours broadcasting on Friday evenings were aired by the station. 
Later it increased to Four day broadcast per week. After Independence 
when the Princely State of Travancore has joined in Indian Union, the 
Travancore Broadcasting Station also merged with All India Radio 
Network from 1st April 1950" (Dr Hansjoerg Biener 19 June 2016, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

India (Kerala): More newspaper report on the collapse of the medium 
wave tower of AIR Thiruvantapuram (1161 kHz, 20 kW) can be found at:
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5w2F3Q-3Udc/V2Yh8iZzYHI/AAAAAAAAKzo/hHq8EaCvxBkJsY_wsCNS5_-hgDpK_NmBwCLcB/s400/IMG-20160618-WA0005.jpg
http://english.manoramaonline.com/news/just-in/heavy-rains-kerala-destruction-strong-winds.html
http://www.ptinews.com/news/7567439_Kerala-receives-copious-rains.html 
==
http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/kerala-receives-copious-rains-116061800524_1.html
and most recommended because it reports on replacements:
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/air-to-bring-in-new-tower/article8748203.ece?ref=tpnews
(Dr Hansjoerg Biener, 19 June 2016, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/air-to-bring-in-new-tower/article8748203.ece

AIR TO BRING IN NEW TOWER

With the collapse of the 122-metre tower of the All India Radio’s 
(AIR) Thiruvananthapuram station at Manvila, in the heavy rain on 
Friday, the AIR is broadcasting news on FM channel, a long-pending 
demand put on hold due to regulatory mechanism.

As a temporary arrangement, the station is broadcasting news through 
Ananthapuri FM but other programmes will remain suspended till a new 
tower is put in place. With the reach of FM limited to a few pockets, 
a large number of listeners of AIR will have to a wait for at least a 
week to listen to their favourite programmes, including news. It is 
for the first time that broadcast of AIR came to a complete halt after 
the transmission tower was built in 1973. 

According to Station Director, AIR, Thiruvananthapuram, R.C. Gopal 
radio listeners at Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam and Kanyakumari will 
have access to news on the FM channel. “Engineers from Chennai have 
already reached here and they are looking into all aspects of 
restoration. It will be restored in a week,” he said.

The collapse of the tower will not cause any disruption in other parts 
of the State as a 200-kW tower installed in Alappuzha powers broadcast 
in other districts, he added. N. Rajendran, deputy director, AIR, said 
the tower had been damaged beyond repair and a new tower would be 
brought from Chennai. “The 60-metre tower with 20-kW transmission 
power will be installed within a week. We have already started the 
process of bringing the new tower from Chennai,” he said. 

The installation of the tower and machinery would cost around Rs.5 
crore. The reason for the collapse, he said could be the climatic 
condition, including salt corrosion. “It is rare that such strong 
towers get uprooted in the impact of winds. There are other AIR towers 
as old as the one which collapsed. It could have been structurally 
weak. So there is no issue of maintenance here,” he said.

Yours sincerely, (via Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, June 20, dx_india yg via 
DXLD)

** INDIA. CITY RESIDENTS FOR HIGH POWER RADIO STATION TO BE MADE 
FUNCTIONAL --- Tribune News Service, Amritsar, June 18

With Union Finance and Information and Broadcasting Minister Arun 
Jaitley to visit Amritsar tomorrow, city residents demand his 
intervention in starting the high-power radio station installed near 
the International Border (IB) with Pakistan at Gharinda village 
(Amritsar).

Work on the installation of the radio station was started in 2007, but 
it is yet to become operational. A vigilant citizen, Harjap Singh 
Aujla, said Jaitley’s visit must be utilised to remind him about the 
long delay in the operationalisation of the All India Radio here.

More at:
http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/amritsar/city-residents-for-high-power-radio-station-to-be-made-functional/253870.html
--- (via Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, June 20, dx_india yg via DXLD)

** INDIA. AIR Bangalore' s DRM transmission on 7550 kHz was noted back 
on air on 18th June 2016. Schedule: 1745-1945 UTC 7550 kHz GOS-IV Prog 
1: English; Prog 2: Vividh Bharati/Raagam English/Hindi towards UK & 
West Europe --- (Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, dx_india yg via WORLD OF 
RADIO 1831, DXLD)

Please note that from last weekend DRM from Bangalore has restarted on 
7550 & 11620. It will restart soon on 17895. Full sked is in:
http://qsl.net/vu2jos/drm/swk.htm
Yours sincerely, (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, June 20, dx_india yg via WORLD 
OF RADIO 1831, DXLD)

** INDIA. AIR Chinsurah testing in DRM mode --- All India Radio 
Chinsurah was noted in DRM mode as per following schedule :

 604 kHz - 0130-0300 UT (0700-0830 IST), 0700-0800 UT (1230-1330 IST)
1144 kHz - 1115-1315 UT (1645-1845 IST), 1330-1430 UT (1900-2000 IST),
1515-1600 UT (2045-2130 IST)

Program content FM Rainbow/National Channel. Currently 594 kHz carries 
external service; wef 28th June'16, 594 kHz will carry newly 
introduced special Bengali service & 604 kHz will carry external 
service in DRM mode. --- (Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, June 22, dx_india 
yg via DXLD)

** INDONESIA. 9525.90, 1323-, Voice of Indonesia, Jun 16. English 
programming, with fairly low modulation, especially the voice 
components. To be honest, it's even difficult to be sure that it's in 
English. Splatter from 9520. Music has much better strength. A 
disappointment! I just returned from a very brief visit to my DX 
cottage near Masset, BC on Haida Gwaii, off the north west coast of 
BC. I quickly hooked up my AOR 7030+ to my ALA 100 antenna, and 
briefly DX'd for just a single evening and morning (Walt Salmaniw, 
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Propagation conditions seem to improve. 1810 June 16, 9525.85 to 
9526.05 variable, V of Indonesia with really good signal in German 
(commentary). At 1817 they - once again - announced to broadcast on 
15150, 11785 AND 9525 kHz in parallel - S9+20. Radio: Perseus SDR; 
Antenna: Inverted-V, 10 meters, directed 145 /325  + good old YEASU 
FRT-7700. 73, Posted by: (Manfred R. Reiff, Germany, dxldyg via DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

Good signal of Voice of Indonesia on June 21:
1300-1400 on  9525.9 JAK 250 kW / 010 deg to EaAs English
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/06/good-signal-of-voice-of-indonesia-on_21.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long 
wire, June 19-20, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) But modulation good?

** INTERNATIONAL. TRENDS IN TROPICAL BANDS BROADCASTING 2016
by Anker Petersen, editor of the Domestic Broadcasting Survey

Since DSWCI published its first Tropical Bands Survey in 1973, I have 
registered which stations are active, based upon loggings from our 
members and other DX-ers around the world. Here is an updated status 
where Clandestine and Pirate stations not are included.

Active domestic transmitters on 2200 – 5800 kHz

Region                     1973 1985 1997 2009 2016
Central Africa              102   76   40   18    8
Southern Africa              57   39   33   20   10
Middle East                   9    4    1    0    0
Indian Subcontinent          62   45   45   29   17
South East Asia              40   29   21    4    1*
Indonesia                   171  105   65   13    5
China, Taiwan, Mongolia     119  110   75   32   19
CIS (former USSR)            61   59   47    7    6
Far East [Japan & Koreas?]   38   28   28    9   10
Papua New Guinea             17   20   20   15    5
Australia and other Pacific  10    4   13    8   10
Central America, Mexico      21   23   24    5    1
Caribbean                    29    3    3    2    3*
Northwestern South America   98   41   19    3    2 [i.e. Colombia]
Ecuador                      47   33   22    5    0
Peru                         78   69   78   28    9
Bolivia                      35   42   25   14    5
Brazil                      107   87   67   35   27
Southern South America        5    2    1    0    0

Total                      1106  819  627  247  138

During the past year the previous trend, that Tropical shortwave 
stations slowly disappear, continued throughout the world. The reason 
is, that other media get higher priority, than keeping elderly 
shortwave transmitters alive. However, there was only a minor fall 
from 147 last year to 138 frequencies this year.

Here are some domestic broadcasting stations on the Tropical Bands, 
which have closed down during the past year:
 kHz   kW   Station Country                           Last log
3205   10   NBC Sandaun, Vanimo Papua New Guinea      APR15
3210    1   Vintage FM Relay, Razorback Australia     JAN15
3380    1   Centro Radiofónico Imbabura Ecuador       SEP14
3905   10   NBC New Ireland, Kavieng Papua New Guinea APR15
4319    3   AFRTS Feeder, Diego Garcia Diego Garcia   DEC14
4716.7  1   R Yatśn Ayllu Yura, S. Antonio Bolivia    APR15
4765   10   R Rural, Santarém Brazil                  JAN15
4789.9  0.5 R Visión, Chiclayo Perś                   APR15
4820   50   AIR, Kolkata India                        JAN15
4860   50   AIR, Shimla India                         APR15
4885    1   R Maria, Anįpolis Brazil                  SEP14
4975    1   R Iguatemi, Osasco Brazil                 APR15
4976   10   UBC R, Kampala Uganda                     APR15

(Anker Petersen, DSWCI Short Wave News - June 2016 via DXLD)

*Hi Anker, I am trying to figure out what are some of the remaining 
stations on air this year in your Trends summary. Maybe you can tell 
us? Perhaps I am overlooking something obvious. SE Asia --- can`t 
think of any in Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, or even Malaysia, Thailand, 
Philippines if you include those. Caribbean == what beyond the two 
Cubans on 4765, 5025? [5040 RHC is not domestic] 73, (Glenn to Anker, 
via DXLD)

Dear Glenn, Thank you for your e-mail. You are right. All the domestic 
stations in SE Asia, you mentioned, have closed in the tropical bands. 
From the Caribbean there are none besides Cuba. From Central America 
only R Verdad, Guatemala on 4055 (Anker to Glenn, ibid.)

** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM. MARE Rich Line checks in with some info about 
the ISS. He says:: "The first site is pretty basic info, speed, 
distance from earth and a visual.
http://iss.astroviewer.net/

"The second offers much more info including frequencies to listen on.                
http://N2yo.com

"I’ve heard the data burst on 145.825 as I watched it go by overhead 
during darkness a couple weeks ago."

[Rich, not to pick on you but ... where is the log? WHY oh WHY do so 
many MAREs seem to forget how to REPORT WHAT THEY ARE HEARING to the 
MARE TipSheet? Seriously! We want to see YOUR logs, and that is not 
directed only at Rich! -kvz]

Rich adds "Right now its path isn’t the right time for me to watch it. 
That will change of course." "There is phone apps for this too." (MARE 
Tipsheet June 17 via DXLD

** IRAN [non]. Good signal of Sedoye Bahar Voice of Spring via 
BaBcoCk, June 16
1730-1800 on  7495 KCH 500 kW / 116 deg to WeAs Farsi Thu/Fri
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/06/good-signal-of-sedoye-bahar-voice-of_16.html
73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, June 16, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** IRELAND [non]. Re your 16-23 item on the Irish LW transmitter, I 
was in London last weekend, and there was no sign of RTE on 252 kHz. 
It was buried under Algeria, even when I tried to null Tipaza. I'll 
check again next month, but I'll be in some mod-a-go-go new hotel that 
has shitty reception (Chuck Albertson, June 17, WORLD OF RADIO 1831, 
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** IRELAND [non]. Weak signal of RTÉ Radio One via BaBcoCk, June 16:
1930-2000 on  5820 MDC 125 kW / 315 deg to SoAf English Mon-Fri
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/06/weak-signal-of-rte-radio-one-via.html
73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, June 16, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** IRELAND NORTHERN [non]. 9955, UT Monday June 20 at 0145, WRMI is 
S9+20 with digital beeping, so I figure it`s another broadcast of 
DigiDX, but no --- goes right into rock music, which continues until 
0157 ID with address as radionorthernireland@outlook.com; then playing 
classic Radio Moscow IS and opening broadcast with news headlines, 
repeated; 0159 RNI ID and its Lincolnshire Poacher IS (also poached) 
until 0159:30 cut to canned WRMI ID, 0200 to Radio Praga. Radio 
Northern Ireland is in fact on the 9955 sked as UT Mondays 0130-0200 
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ITALY. Just a short reminder of our regular weekly broadcasts on 
Wednesdays. Marconi Radio International will once again be on air 
tomorrow 22 June 2016, as follows: 1645-1730 UTC on 13960 kHz (USB 
mode), 1800-1900 UTC on 15070 kHz (USB mode), 1955-2055 UTC and 2130-
2215 UTC on 7700 kHz (USB Mode) (MRI June 21, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** JAPAN. Yamata - One of the oldest SW BCB TX Sites, more info.

My thanks to Colin for his recent helpful notes on Yamata. I recently 
pursued more information about the Yamata SW transmitter site with an 
inquiry to a helpful Japanese DXer re our quest to find the oldest 
international SW BCB tx site transmitting a broadcast (non-utility) 
radio program to at least another continent (external to shortwave TX 
site), e.g. Asia to North America. Here's the informative & insightful 
response that should be of interest. Ian

*****

Yamata transmitter site was built in 1940; some test transmission 
between 1940-1944 (at that time Nazaki TX site was mainly used). First 
SW transmission to Asia and Europe using 10/50 kW transmitter was 
recorded in January 1944.

Overseas SW transmission was stopped by US occupation forces between 
1945-1952. But even between 1945-1952, SW BC transmission was 
continued - special SW transmission to the overseas Japanese. After 
1952, the site has been exclusively used for Radio Japan's overseas SW 
service to now. So Yamata site seem to be one of the oldest SW 
transmission sites which is now in operation.

There was another SW site "Nazaki" nearby. Nazaki SW site began SW 
transmission to Asia, Europe, and North America in 1934. The site was 
stopped operation by US occupation forces between 1945-1952. After 
1952, the site was used by Radio Japan's overseas SW transmission 
until 1969. After 1969 the site was used for utility purposes until 
2009. The site was closed and demolished in 2009. (Takahito A. [Japan] 
19/6/2016 to Ian)

Concerning Nazaki, my 'previous notes' indicated users as: Radio 
Tokyo, AFRS, NHK Domestic Serv. Ch2. Start Date: 1/06/1935. Last BC 
transmission: 1974. Decommissioned date: May to Nov 2010 (Ian, 
shortwavesites yg via DXLD)

** JAPAN. 3925, RN 1, 6/11, 1100. Program of electronic dance music. 
F/G on HQ-180A , r.w

3925, RN 1, 6/13, 1230. W in Japanese, classical symphony. F/G on 
Hammarlund HQ-110C and outdoor Slinky (recheck at 1320 had them fading 
with jazz piano)

3945, RN 2, 6/13, 1120. W in Japanese, pop music. Fair on HQ-110C and 
outdoor Slinky (Rick Barton, Box 5503, Peoria AZ 85385, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

** KASHMIR. Radio Kashmir Leh noted last night sign off at 1630 on 
4740 (instead of 4760), Very strong! Yours sincerely, (Jose Jacob, 
VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur Radio, Hyderabad, India, Mobile: 
+91 94416 96043, http://www.qsl.net/vu2jos June 22, dx_india yg via 
DXLD)

** KOREA NORTH. On Saturday June 18 on Japan remote units:
0930-1027  3250 PYO 100 kW non-dir to NoEaAS Japanese
3250 even fq, S=8 -78dBm  in Kyoto/Tokyo/Nara-JPN at 0955 UT

0930-1027  6070 KNG 250 kW 109 deg to JPN    Japanese
6069.9985 fq, S=9+10dB  -61dBm in Kyoto/Tokyo/Nara-JPN

0930-1020  7220 KUJ 200 kW non-dir to NoEaAS Korean KCBS
7220 even fq, S=9+15dB  -58dBm in Kyoto/Tokyo/Nara-JPN.
But underneath mix Kujang KRE type intermodulation noise jamming mix-
modulated.

0930-1020  9445 KUJ 200 kW non-dir to NoEaAS Korean KCBS ONLY! jamming 
heard, underneath noise jamming type modulated. From whom? South 
Korean jamming? [surely own bleedthru --- gh] 

0930-1027  9650 KUJ 200 kW 109 deg to JPN    Japanese
9650 even fq, S=9+25dB  -47dBm in Kyoto/Tokyo/Nara-JPN

0930-1027 11865 KUJ 200 kW 109 deg to JPN    Japanese
11864.987 kHz exact fq.  S=9+15dB or -56dBm. June 18.

[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 13 - 18 via BC-DX June 19 via DXLD)

** KOREA NORTH. June 16: 1930, 13760, Pyongyang with NA of North Korea 
followed by ID in Spanish followed by military march ("March of Kim 
Jong Il") also heard regularly on KCBS Central Station (heard on 2805 
[sic: must mean 2850] and 11680) after NA and station ID at sign-on 
2030, signal strength: S9 to S9+20 but with partly heavy QRM by North 
Korean jammer. I couldn't find a reason but a transmitter fault. 
Partly the English service to ME and Africa was audible in the
background although not using 13760. // 15245 with better signal and 
free of QRM, signal strength S9+20 but noise in the background (no 
local noise)

in WRTH supplement listed from 1930-2030 on 7570 and 12015

1940, 9425, Pyongyang with German report on the work of their 
communist party, signal strength only S8 only readable in USB due to 
heavy QRM from V of Greece on 9420 // 12015 better signal strength but 
with heavy QRM of VOIRI in English to SAf on same QRG, only partly 
readable.

in WRTH supplement listed from 1830-2030 on 6170 and 9425

1950, 11635, V of Korea in English to ME with press review reciting a 
Nigerian newspaper "fight of Kim Il-sung against the Japanese"
// 9875 weak signal but readable
// 7210 badly readable in LSB, QRM CRI on 7215
// 11910 not readable totally blocked by Riyadh

as listed in WRTH supplement - 1930-2030 on 9875 & 11635 to ME/NAf and
7210 & 11910 to SAf

Frequencies mentioned in the second supplement of the WRTH 2016 (May
2016) are partly incorrect. 73, (Manfred Reiff, Germany, June 16, 
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

New broadcast schedule of Voice of Korea, Pyongyang
Wednesday, June 22, 2016 1:29 PM

A couple of days ago we saw posts of missing broadcasts of V of Korea 
on their normally used frequencies. Later, I heard the station 
broadcasting to Europe on higher frequencies in the 22 and 19 m bands 
(=> my post on 16-06-2016, 2004 UT). After some email contact with 
Mauno Ritola I tried to monitor as many V of Korea broadcasts as 
possible.

I mainly monitored programmes directed to Europe, Africa and the 
Middle East. In addition some programmes directed to Asia were also 
audible here in Central Europe. Several programmes to the Americas and 
East and South East Asia couldn't be monitored here in Europe. So I 
added the missing frequencies from the NDXC A16 list (Excel format).
I monitored their frequencies from June 17th till 20th, 2016.

I also added the Korean broadcast at 2030 directed to East Asia on 621 
kHz from the NDXC list. This broadcast isn't listed in the WRTH 2016 
and the supplements! If you any fault please contact me. Thanks!
73, Manfred

======================================================================

This is the actual broadcast schedule of Voice of Korea, Pyongyang as 
monitored. Please note that VOK's broadcasts end a couple of minutes 
earlier. You can get a PDF or Excel version by writing to my email 
address.

Voice of Korea --- monitoring time: 17-06-2016 till 20-06-2016	
  
Time (UT) Language Target Area LISTED:      NEW::::::

1530-1630 Arabic  ME, NAf 9890 11645        9890 11645 
1730-1830 Arabic  ME, NAf 9890 11645        9890 11645 

0330-0430 Chinese SEAs 13650 15105         13650 15105 
0530-0630 Chinese EAs 7220 9445 9730        7220  9445 9730 
0630-0730 Chinese SEAs 13650 15105         13650 15105 
0830-0930 Chinese EAs 7220 9445             7220  9445 
1130-1230 Chinese EAs 7220 9445             7220  9445 
1330-1430 Chinese SEAs 6185 9850           11735 13650 
2130-2330 Chinese EAs 7235 9445 9875 11635  7235 9445 9875 11635

0430-0530 English EAs 7220 9445 9730        7220 9445 9730 
0430-0530 English LAm 11735 13760 15180    11735 13760 15180 
0530-0630 English SEAs 13650 15105         13650 15105 
0630-0730 English EAs 7220 9445 9730        7220 9445 9730 
1030-1130 English LAm 6170 9435            11710 15180 
1030-1130 English SEAs 6185 9850           11735 13650 
1330-1430 English NAm 9435 11710            9435 11710 
1330-1430 English Eu 7570 12015            13760 15245 
1530-1630 English Eu 7570 12015            13760 15245 
1530-1630 English NAm 9435 11710            9435 11710 
1630-1730 English ME, NAf 9890 11645        9890 11645 
1830-1930 English Eu 7570 12015            13760 15245 
1930-2030 English ME, NAf 9875 11635        9875 11635 
1930-2030 English SAf 7210 11910            7210 11910 
2130-2230 English Eu 7570 12015            13760 15245 

0430-0530 French SEAs 13650 15105          13650 15105 
0630-0730 French LAm 11735 13760 15180     11735 13760 15180 
1130-1230 French LAm 6170 9435             11710 15180 
1130-1230 French SEAs 6185 9850            11735 13650 
1430-1530 French NAm 9435 11710             9435 11710 
1430-1530 French Eu 7570 12015             13760 15245 
1630-1730 French Eu 7570 12015             13760 15245 
1630-1730 French NAm 9435 11710             9435 11710 
1830-1930 French ME, NAf 9875 11635         9875 11635 
1830-1930 French SAf 7210 11910             7210 11910 
2030-2130 French Eu 7570 12015             13760 15245 

1630-1730 German Eu 6170 9425               9425 12015 
1830-2030 German Eu 6170 9425               9425 12015 

0730-1320 Japanese EAs 621 3250 7580 9650    621 3250 9650 11865
0930-1320 Japanese EAs 6070                 6070 
2130-0020 Japanese EAs 621 3250 7580 9650    621 3250 9650 11865
 
0930-1020 Korean (KCBS) EAs 7220 9445       7220 9445 
1230-1320 Korean (KCBS) LAm 6170 9435      11710 15180 
1230-1320 Korean (KCBS) SEAs 6185 9850     11735 13650 
1430-1520 Korean (KCBS) SEAs 6185 9850     11735 13650 
1730-1820 Korean (KCBS) Eu 7570 12015      13760 15245 
1730-1820 Korean (KCBS) NAm 9435 11710      9435 11710 
2030-2120 Korean (KCBS) Eu 6170 9425        9425 12015 
2030-2120 Korean (KCBS) ME, NAf 9875 11635  9875 11635 
2030-2120 Korean (KCBS) SAf 7210 11910      7210 11910 
2030-2120 Korean (KCBS) EAs 621 *)           621 *) 
2330-0020 Korean (KCBS) EAs 7235 9445 13760 15245 
                                            7235 9445 9875 11635
2330-0020 Korean (KCBS) Eu 7570 12015      13760 15245 

0730-0930 Russian EAs 9875 11735            9875 11735 
0730-0930 Russian Eu 13760 15245           13760 15245 
1430-1630 Russian Eu 6170 9425              9425 12015 
1730-1830 Russian Eu 6170 9425              9425 12015 

0330-0430 Spanish LAm 11735 13760 15180    11735 13760 15180 
0530-0630 Spanish LAm 11735 13760 15180    11735 13760 15180 
1930-2030 Spanish Eu 7570 12015            13760 15245 
2230-2330 Spanish Eu 7570 12015            13760 15245 
	
Frequency in RED = new frequency/frequencies	
	
[sorry, we don`t do colors in plain-text DXLD! Whole thing had to be 
reformatted by gh for DX LISTENING DIGEST]	
	
*) not listed in WRTH (Manfred Reiff, Germany, dxldyg via DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

Thanks, Manfred, yes, for some transmissions winter frequencies were 
listed and they will be corrected in the update soon. As for 621 kHz 
between 2030-2130 I checked it a couple of times last winter and it 
was not transmitted, just open carrier instead. I don't know why it is 
listed in NDXC list. 73, (Mauno Ritola, ibid.)

** KOREA NORTH [non]. JAPAN, 5935, 1315-, Shiokaze Sea Breeze, Jun 16. 
Thursday English programming with ID after an item from Radio Free 
Asia. Jamming is weakly noted in background. Fairly easy to follow 
their Japanese/Korean accented English. Repeated at 1330. Caught their 
sign-on announcements explaining the purpose of the transmissions 
(North Korean abduction of Japanese). Website, e-mail, and postal 
addresses given. Rechecking after 1400, I noted that the carrier 
returned at 1404:15, and into Shiokaze in Japanese. Usual excellent 
signal. 

JAPAN, 6165, 1601-, Shiokaze Sea Breeze, Jun 16. Not often reported is 
the 2nd Shiokaze broadcast. Good level in English (I wasn't aware that 
they also use English on this broadcast). Many hours after LSR, but 
still propagating well (Japan is still in darkness for many hours).  
Identical programming to 1300 and 1330 programs. I just returned from 
a very brief visit to my DX cottage near Masset, BC on Haida Gwaii, 
off the north west coast of BC. I quickly hooked up my AOR 7030+ to my 
ALA 100 antenna, and briefly DX'd for just a single evening and 
morning (Walt Salmaniw, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

5935, Shiokaze/Sea Breeze/JSR, *1300, Monday, June 20. Expected to 
hear Chinese, but seemed to instead be in Korean; fair with no N. 
Korea jamming heard; light QRM from Tibet also on frequency (Ron 
Howard, Pacific Grove, CA, Etón E1, antenna: Par Electronics EF-SWL, 
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KOREA SOUTH. 15575, June 21 at 1332, KBS World Radio is S9+10 for 
English to North America. Now that it`s really summer, maybe we can 
count on hearing it for a few more weeks before falling again below 
the ever-decreasing night path MUF. 

YL with makeup advice presumably for other YLs, including ``going 
almost naked`` for the season --- the face, that is, ha ha. Sweat 
doesn`t mix very well with makeup. Apparently a weekly Tuesday style 
segment until end of `Seoul Calling` at 1337, and into Korean lesson 
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

IDXR TO BE DISCONTINUED ON KBS WORLD RADIO

Very sad news to share with you all. Just got an email from Kwan Mo 
Yoo, Producer at KBS World Radio, English section informing that the 
KBS Management has decided to discontinue the DX capsule segment aired 
on KBS Listener's Launge from July 16. That means you'll listen to my 
Indian DX Report on KBS on 25th June for the last time. So, I invite 
you all to listen this week's Indian DX Report on KBS World Radio and 
send me your reception reports. I shall try to verify all reports with 
a QSL specially endorsed as "Final IDXR on KBS World Radio Dtd. 25th 
June 2016". Please do send your reports to INDIAN DX REPORT, C/O 
PRITHWIRAJ PURKAYASTHA, PUB BONGALPUKHURI, BY LANE 4, JORHAT 785001, 
ASSAM, INDIA. Email- indiandxreport@gmail. Return postage in the form 
of Mint Indian Postage stamps will be highly appreciated. Thank you.
73s, (Prithwiraj Purkayastha, June 22, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

So apparently all the other regional DX reports are also being 
dropped, I haven`t heard this program in ages, tnx to the incompetent 
frequency management of KBS --- now that it is more or less audible in 
summer, I`m usually listening to NPR Weekend Edition Saturday until 
1400 UT. Is Kevin O`Donovan in Farmington NM still alternating with 
his tuning tips once or twice a month? Haven`t heard from him in ages 
either (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1831, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KURDISTAN [non]. 11600, June 16 at 1219, music and Chinese at S5, 
no sign of Denge Kurdistanye. Listed R. Taiwan International in Amoy 
during this hour, which doesn`t get jammed per Aoki; altho Sound of 
Hope could also be on here relayiing RFA which would draw jamming 

11600, June 17 at 0452, S8 a cappella singing, presumably in Kurdish 
from Denge Kurdistanye, which per Aoki until 0500 is via FRANCE, then 
PRIDNESTROVYE, contrary to HFCC registration as nothing but KCH = 
Kishinov, Moldova = Grigoriopol, Pridnestrovye (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

Denge Kurdistan via Secretbrod and Issoudun Jun 20
1300-1700 on 11600 SCB 100 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish strong signal
1700-1702 on 11600 ISS 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish, open carrier
[?? Did you mean 1702 or 1720 as transition or was there 18-min gap?]
1720-1930 on 11600 ISS 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish strong signal
1930-2100 on 11600 SCB 100 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish strong signal
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/06/denge-kurdistan-via-secretbrod-and.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long 
wire, June 19-20, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MADAGASCAR. Logs noted here in southern Germany at 0435-0455 UT, 
June 17: 9480even, New nice WCB signal, played rather non-religious
like West-African swinging music. At 0454-0455 UT station or program 
provider ID given, ... '1640...' number ? S=7-8 or -82dBm signal 
strength (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

[and non]. 9665, June 20 at 0153, no trace of MWV, just the Brazilian 
on 9664.94 with Portuguese gospel huxter. So another missing 
transmission, or just not propagating? I check the next one:

6190, June 20  at 0203, S7 MWV is here in scheduled Spanish --- but 
dumps off the air at 0204*. So still having transmitter problems 
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1831, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 1530, XEUR, Éxtasis Digital, México, DF. 0942 June 19, 
2016. Digital SFX and male "Extasis Digital" into "Eres" by Sonnus, 
then "Razones Pa' Vivir" by Jesśs Adriįn Romero (Terry L Krueger, 
Clearwater FL, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. QSL’s: I received a nice registered mail package from 6185 
– Mexico, Radio Educación, this week. Inside was a letter from the 
director, a station pennant, decal, and a full color QSL, for a 
reception report submitted 1 June, 2014 (743 days). (John Cooper, PA, 
NASWA Flashsheet June 19 via DXLD)

** MEXICO. Since Cofetel is no more, is the IFT the only department 
now administering the FM licenses and keeping all the FM radio 
stations *in line* in México? (Jim Thomas, MO, WTFDA Forum via DXLD)

The IFT is a drop-in replacement for Cofetel with expanded powers and 
autonomy. It regulates the stations' technical details, the quality of 
broadcasters, and has the power to award, renew and revoke 
concessions. It also has powers in telecommunications that grew with 
the 2013 constitutional reform. The IFT inherited Cofetel's offices, 
people and assets.

However, it is not as expansive as the FCC on broadcasting; it is not 
a content regulator. That job has always belonged to the RTC.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direcci%C3%B3n_General_de_Radio,_Televisi%C3%B3n_y_Cinematograf%C3%ADa
The RTC does things like rate TV programs (and movies), manage PSAs 
and encadenamientos, produce La Hora Nacional, and supervise station 
contests (improperly conducted contests can and do lead to fines).

To illustrate the difference, Azteca has received fines from both the 
IFT and RTC. The IFT fine was for failing to broadcast at full power 
at its Saltillo transmitter (3 kW ERP instead of 8 kW). The RTC has 
fined Azteca for things like "irregularities in the management of 
contests", "irregularities in the transmission of State Time", 
"material directly from abroad" (which requires RTC authorization) and 
"corrupt language". (Raymie Humbert, AZ, June 21, WTFDA Forum via 
DXLD)

RAYMIE`S MEXICO BEAT this week ---

FIRST ON THE MEXICO BEAT

Two new stories out of the IFT's June 8 meeting that have not yet been 
reported and are news now that the meeting agenda has been listed ---

Televisa goes for multiprogramming on 35 transmitters. All seem to be 
in rural areas where there is only one Televisa station, and in those 
I anticipate the second service will be Canal 5. There are some 
conspicuous exceptions: XHTUA in Tuxtla Gutiérrez and XEPM in Ciudad 
Juįrez.

Two new radio stations will hit the air. The first will be in 
Matehuala, San Luis Potosķ, where for the first time in its nearly 80-
year history, Radio Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosķ will 
expand to another transmitter. The second is a social/community 
concession to Calentana Luvimex, A.C. This is Calentana Mexiquense in 
Luvianos, Estado de México, and they are ECSTATIC! 
https://scontent.fphx1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13466181_612633642229589_9076556593571764258_n.jpg?oh=393c63cb2771a6a7e19adabedcc40957&oe=57DD4A82
They will be moving to 96.5 MHz as had been mentioned earlier in some 
of the articles where it was mentioned they were trying to go legal 
(Raymie Humbert, Phœnix AZ, June 16, WTFDA Forum via DXLD)

It's very hilarious that the only station authorized to multiplexing 
in Campeche is XHAN-49 (Canal 5), the only city in all the state where 
Televisa has two stations (Gargadon, Campeche, June 16, ibid.)

That's almost certainly for Gala TV Campeche. XEPM has had an SD feed 
of itself for some time. The real head-scratcher is XHTUA Tuxtla Gtz 
where there's already Canal 5 (on XHTX). (Raymie, ibid.)

So I went through some bad international treaties and came up with 
some interesting "lost radio stations" that were mentioned in the DOF 
but never happened:

    XERA-FM 89.1 Guadalajara - A double whammy of excitement, this 
14.3 kW ERP station with an XE callsign was to be owned by Rafael 
Rubio Gonzįlez. It ultimately became XHRA on 89.9, with the same 
concessionaire. XHGDA was put out for bid in the late 80s. (Sept. 30, 
1968)

    XHRK-FM 98.3 León - 4 kW station to be owned by Ana Marķa Romo 
Romo (also see below). The XHRK calls were not used in Monterrey until 
the early 70s. (Nov. 26, 1968)

    XHRD-FM 98.5 Tijuana - Listed in several editions of Broadcasting 
Stations of the World, a 99 kW blowtorch and border blaster that would 
have been owned by Vķctor Manuel Dķaz Romo. If the name sounds 
familiar, Vķctor Dķaz came from the Dķaz Romo family of broadcast 
pioneers in Jalisco and ended up running the Tijuana unit as 
Califórmula Broadcasting. (March 15, 1969)

    XHMT-FM 97.7 Matamoros Tamps. - Became XEEW-FM, though here it's 
listed with a callsign that would have been more traditional. (April 
14, 1975)

    XHAGC-FM 107.9 Aguascalientes - A Class B to be owned by José 
Manuel de Alba Muńoz. (October 3, 1977)

    XHNV-FM 90.1 Monterrey - The 1974 US-Mexico FM treaty lists this 
and some other...odd stations. I don't know where the lineage goes, 
but XENV-AM likely has something to do with it. 90.1 was vacant in 
Monterrey until 2008. 90.9 was given as XHXL-FM.

    XHGH-FM 105.9 Cd. Juįrez - A noteworthy misspelling because this 
would be in line with the original concessionaire's name. XHGU is 
named for Guillermo O. Huerta Ramķrez.

    XHAP-FM 104.9 Mexicali, XHFE-FM 89.9 Mexicali - I got nothing. 
Both of the stations on these frequencies in Mexicali were awarded in 
the 80s. Note that XHMC was listed as a station on 100.5 in Monterrey 
— which no longer exists.

    That document also lists XHMMP instead of XHMMF. Weirdly, that 
concession was awarded in 1980 too (Raymie, June 17, ibid.) 

On Monday [June 20], another public comment period will be opened, 
this time for the guidelines for completing AM-FM migration 
http://www.ift.org.mx/sites/default/files/comunicacion-y-medios/comunicados-ift/comunicadoift66_1.pdf
in cities like Puebla and elsewhere. More info on this when the 
documents are made available (Raymie, June 17, ibid.) 

Virtual channels remapping incoming:
http://www.ift.org.mx/comunicacion-y-medios/comunicados-ift/es/el-ift-emite-los-lineamientos-generales-para-la-asignacion-de-canales-virtuales-de-television
(Gargadon, Campeche, June 17, ibid.)

Oh, I missed that! Looks like VC-Day will be October 27. It *will* 
force all national networks into a single channel number. Education 
efforts and news of the remapping will begin in August. We should have 
tables of the assignments late next month - within 30 days of the 
effective date of the guidelines.

I wouldn't want to be KVIA or KCOS [El Paso] right now. When that day 
comes, viewers OTA are going to see double 7 and double 13, and it 
seems the IFT will not allow for adjustments near the border like they 
really need to — or like I suggested in the comment I filed with the 
IFT.

It's also noteworthy that I think Televisa is moving towards changing 
the name of Canal de las Estrellas to Canal 2. This would go hand in 
hand with that move. Last edited by Raymie; 06-18-2016 at 01:01 AM 
(Raymie Humbert, ibid.) 

Quote Originally Posted by Raymie:

    ``FIRST on the Mexico Beat: A yawner of an item from the IFT last 
month is suddenly much more exciting!

    A closer read of some stenographic versions of Pleno meetings 
reveals that the multiprogramming request made by Multimedios 
Televisión is not for Milenio or Teleritmo:

    "Mi voto acompańarį a los asuntos III.55 a III.59, son solicitudes 
de autorización de multiprogramación, que presenta Multimedios y 
Televisión, para brindar el acceso de ante multiplex a la programación 
del canal 52 MX..."

    This is big news. 52MX is owned by MVS; its name comes from the 
channel 52 concession MVS attempted to use back in 2001 (but couldn't 
apply to non-subscription television due to the nature of the 
concession, as covered before).

    The stations that will carry 52MX are XHNAT, XHVTU, XHTAO, XHVTV 
and XHSAW``

I read on one of the Mexican forums that XHVTV has lit up a new 
channel 54.4 (mismac7, South Texas, June 18, ibid.)

Just saw that now. They're also citing me for the news on 52MX, so I'm 
going to link to the stenographic meeting notes
http://www.ift.org.mx/sites/default/files/conocenos/pleno/sesiones/ordinaria/xiii-ordinaria-del-pleno-18-de-mayo-de-2016/estenografica13aord180516.pdf
that prove it and excerpt the appropriate segment [sic]:

    "Mi voto acompańarį a los asuntos III.55 a III.59, son solicitudes 
de autorización de multiprogramación, que presenta Multimedios y 
Televisión, para brindar el acceso de ante multiplex a la programación 
del canal 52 MX" (Page 79)

    Multimedios has been a pioneer in multiplexing its stations, 
usually with Milenio TV and Teleritmo. It looks like they're 
abandoning some of that here for what must have been a lucrative offer 
from MVS.
    ——
    Also, this piece 
http://www.mediatelecom.com.mx/index.php/radiodifusion/radio/item/109706-este-a%C3%B1o-vencen-528-estaciones-de-radio
from Excélsior is interesting. It talks about the fact that more than 
500 radio concessions come up for renewal this year but that the price 
of concession renewals has skyrocketed, making them expensive for 
broadcasters; this is exacerbated by a switch from annual to one-time 
payment. It even mentions that within the CIRT, some broadcasters are 
considering not renewing all of their station concessions.
    ——
    We also got the stenographic notes from the June 8 meeting where 
several broadcasting matters were discussed. Some notes:

    -No multiprogramming in Agua Prieta, Los Reyes Mich. or Ocosingo. 
In each of those localities, the IFT found Televisa would have more 
than half the program streams, not permissible for Televisa as the 
agente económico preponderante.

    -There were also 18 permit conversions, 15 FMs and 3 TVs. 3 of the 
FMs will become social-community stations; the other FMs and the TVs 
will become social. I cannot think of who the social TV stations might 
be but there are very few possibilities: Canal 28 Chihuahua (two 
stations), XHMAP Monclova, XHUAD and XHUNES Durango, XHCEP and XHGSM 
in Guanajuato (Raymie Humbert, June 19, ibid.) 

I've panned some of the articles from Puebla publication E-Consulta in 
the past, but they have beat everyone but us to the punch when it 
comes to analyzing the impact of the virtual channel decision. Instead 
of writing an article that rehashes the IFT press release — a sure 
sign that the site subscribes to Notimex — E-Consulta nailed it:
http://www.e-consulta.com/nota/2016-06-17/sociedad/televisa-puebla-ya-no-tendra-mas-el-canal-3-segun-acuerdo-de-ift

    Televisa Puebla's channel 3 must change numbers as a result of the 
IFT's approval of the General Guidelines for the Assignment of 
Broadcast Television Virtual Channels. According to the agreement, 
beginning October 27, 2016, when a viewer tunes in channel 3 anywhere 
in the country, the station that will appear will be Cadena 3, a 
business of Olegario Vįzquez Rańa that will begin operations this 
year.

    Many local stations will need to find new numbers, as 2, 3, 5, 7, 
probably 9, sort of 11, and 13 will be used for national services; 
there will probably be some displacements from 11 in areas where Canal 
Once operates its own transmitter. For some stations, this will be the 
second channel change in their history. For instance, XEFB will have 
to find a number that's not 2 or 3. For others, it will be a first: 
stations on both coasts and near both borders will face this dilemma.

    In other cases, the dilemma will be which channel to apply across 
an entire network. TVMĮS has never used former analog numbers in 
digital (except where they did not have separate digital facilities). 
Telemax has dozens of transmitters and does use PSIP. The SPR will 
probably get virtual channel 30 nationwide.

    I anticipate that the even numbers - 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 - will be 
home to various local and regional services, some state networks (for 
instance, Canal 10 Chiapas) and displaced locals. I expect Multimedios 
will become 12 in the cities it operates. There will be also scattered 
channels in the "UHF" band with channels 14 and higher, though not 
many.

    XHBG with its ridiculous change of branding to channel 27 (its 
digital physical channel) now looks like it made a wise choice (Raymie 
Humbert, ibid.) DTV

The IFT's proposed Guidelines for AM-FM Migration are up, 
http://www.ift.org.mx/sites/default/files/industria/temasrelevantes/7201/documentos/anteproyectolineamientos-migracionam-fm.pdf
and it's going to be a battle royale for some and a bumper crop for 
others.

Just 46 new commercial FM stations will come of this, in these areas:

    Salamanca, Gto.: 1
    Guadalajara: 8
    Mexico City: 1
    Toluca: 2
    Puebla: 5
    Mexicali: 1
    Monterrey: 4
    Nogales, Son.: 6
    San Luis Rķo Colorado: 2
    Cd. Camargo, Tamps.: 2
    Cd. Miguel Alemįn, Tamps.: 4
    Matamoros: 1
    Nuevo Laredo: 6
    Reynosa: 2
    Rķo Bravo: 1

    Note only one new frequency in Mexico City, which will likely mean 
quite a few owners (ABC, Radio Chapultepec, Radio Educación, 
Radiorama) fighting for one frequency.

Today also saw another major event: the publication in the DOF
http://dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5441814&fecha=20/06/2016
of the call for bids for the IFT-4 AM and FM station bid.

(Note to readers: There are two big bidding processes now in the 
works, IFT-4 for radio and IFT-6 for television. I will refer to both 
by these official names.) (Raymie Humbert, June 20, ibid.)

The IFT --- giving you the news you heard here last week. 
http://www.ift.org.mx/comunicacion-y-medios/comunicados-ift/es/el-pleno-del-ift-resuelve-otorgar-concesiones-para-uso-social-comunitario-comunicado-682016
(Raymie Humbert, June 21, ibid.)

** MEXICO. IFETEL EMITE CONVOCATORIA PARA LICITACIONES DE RADIO AM Y 
FM

El Pleno del Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones (Ifete) aprobó y 
emitió la Convocatoria y las Bases de Licitación Pśblica para 
concesionar el uso, aprovechamiento y explotación comercial de 191 
frecuencias de radio en la banda de FM y 66 en la de AM por un plazo 
de 20 ańos, cada una de ellas, en distintas localidades de 27 
entidades del paķs.

Estas frecuencias corresponden a lo previsto en el Programa Anual de 
Uso y Aprovechamiento de Bandas de Frecuencias 2015 del IFT (PABF-
2015). Las 191 frecuencias se encuentran en el segmento de 88 a 106 
megahercios (MHz) de la banda de frecuencia modulada (FM), en tanto 
que las 66 restantes estįn en el segmento de 535 a 1605 kHz de la 
banda de amplitud modulada (AM).

El Ifetel seńaló que esta licitación se realizarį esencialmente vķa 
electrónica para facilitar la participación de los interesados desde 
cualquier parte del territorio nacional, por lo que serį necesario que 
cuenten con la firma electrónica del Sistema de Administración 
Tributaria (SAT).

Este concurso se realizarį mediante el Procedimiento de Presentación 
de Ofertas vķa Internet, y se harį por separado para frecuencias de FM 
y AM. Los participantes serįn libres de determinar el nśmero y las 
frecuencias por las que deseen concursar en forma individual. Sólo 
podrįn presentar ofertas por las frecuencias seńaladas en su 
constancia de participación, que se otorga a quienes hayan cumplido 
con todos los requisitos entre los que debe estar una opinión en 
materia de competencia económica.

El proceso constarį de cuatro etapas en las que destacan la 
Manifestación de Interés y Entrega de Información y Documentación que 
inicia el 27 de junio de 2016; la Evaluación, Dictaminación y Emisión 
de Constancias de Participación a partir del 12 de enero de 2017. Asķ 
como la Sesión de Prįctica y Procedimiento de Presentación de las 
Ofertas que inicia 30 de enero de 2017; y la Emisión de Acta de Fallo, 
Pago de Contraprestación y Otorgamiento de Tķtulos de Concesión el 22 
de marzo de 2017

El regulador puntualizó que el Procedimiento de Presentación de 
Ofertas se basa en un mecanismo simultįneo ascendente, en donde se 
asignan puntos a una oferta en función del componente económico la 
componente económica y de componentes no económicos de la fórmula de 
evaluación correspondiente a cada concurso (AM y FM). Destacó que se 
prevé dar un estķmulo en puntos a los nuevos participantes en el 
mercado y, para FM, un estķmulo adicional por la transmisión en 
formato hķbrido analógico/digital utilizando el estįndar IBOC.

Destacó que desde el inicio del proceso se habilitarį un servicio de 
Mesa de Ayuda para brindar sólo soporte técnico y solucionar las 
posibles dudas en el uso de la plataforma electrónica (Jornada, Mexico 
via GRA blog June 21 via DXLD)

** MEXICO. Hi Guys: Here is my report for a short Es opening on 
June/14th and a Massive Es Opening to Texas, Mexico, Oklahoma, 
Kentucky, and a few other states on June 20th!!

I am still wading through the recordings from June 20th and I'm about 
1/3 of the way through them and have found 24 NEW Stations already, 
just from that opening. There will be many more as I review the 
recordings. The June 20th Opening lasted Over 3 Hours and had an MUF 
of 107.9 for much of the opening. I know a lot of Dxers are saying 
they have not had much Es so far this season; but with this report my 
NEW FM stations heard by E-Skip this season is now 99! SW Ontario has 
done well for Es so far this Season.

RECEIVERS: ELAD FDM-S2 SDR and SANGEAN HDT-1X TUNER
ANTENNA: APS-14, 14 element beam at 50 feet on tower.
FM LOG TOTALS are now: 2,844 stations heard. 

106.3, XHFW, Tampico, TAMPS, MEXICO June/20/16 1159 EDT, Spanish, VG.
Spanish talk with ID at 1159 EDT [1559 UT] as XHFW and mentioned GRUPO 
FLORES". Grupo Flores is the station owner's name. SS talk and into SS 
ballads. NEW STATION [to him] 1724 miles, double hop Es??? 25 kW

91.3, XHMLS, (Éxitos 91.3), Matamoros, TAMPS, MEXICO, June/14/16, 1612 
EDT [2012 UT] SS VG, Lively SS pop music. ID by male DJ as "EXITOS - 
91.3 MĮS u [sic] MEJOR MŚSICA". Into Spanish ads with phone numbers. 
RELOG 49.72 kW [1498 miles, city-to-city --- gh]

91.1, XHMZI, (Capital Mįxima), Melchor Mśzquiz, COAHUILA, MEXICO, 
June/14/16 Spanish, VG. Accordion music and SS vocals. ID by male DJ 
as "91.1 - FM - Capital Mįxima". Male and female with SS Talk. 
Mentions of COAHUILA and MONCLOVA. Into More SS music / vocals. RELOG 
49.77 kW [1540 miles city-to-city --- gh] 73 ROB VA3SW (Robert S. 
Ross, London, Ontario CANADA, ODXA yg via DXLD)

Sporadic E beyond 1400 miles is really rare and noteworthy (gh, DXLD)

** MONGOLIA. 12035. June 20, 2016. 1030-1040, Voice of Mongolia, 
Ulaanbaatar, in Japanese. IS, OM talks, ID; a Mongolian song. Very 
poor signal and modulation, 25432 (sometimes, 25431). (DXer: José 
Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Location: Cabedelo-PB, Brazil, RX (s): Degen 
DE1103. Antenna: Portable Telescopic, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via 
DXLD)

** MOZAMBIQUE. Matola; Panoramio Image & Less --- Hi folks, Probably 
this will be my last entry for this former SW transmitter site. 
There's a recent (2012) snap shot of the transmitter building here:
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/81347943

As to the less bit, a look at GE reveals that the entire field that 
once contained SW & MW antennas has given way to new roads & presently
redevelopment is commencing. Mostly just the RM transmitter buildings 
remain (Ian, June 17, shortwavesites yg via DXLD)

69 image pictures see

https://pt-br.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.255478107830450.67194.185178664860395&type=1

Um novo Centro Emissor da Rįdio Moēambique foi inaugurado no dia 2 de
Outubro de 2011, na Catembe-N'Sime, distrito de Matutuķne, provķncia 
do Maputo. A infra-estrutura vai facilitar a migraēćo tecnológica da
transmissćo analógica para a digital.

O Primeiro-Ministro, Aires Ali, que procedeu ą inauguraēćo da nova
infra-estrutura, considerou a obra como um grande orgulho para a naēćo
moēambicana, classificando-a de maior edificaēćo e śnica do género
construķda desde a proclamaēćo da independźncia para o sector de
radiodifusćo

Enquadrada nas festividades dos 36 anos daquela estaēćo emissora e 78 
anos da primeira emissćo de rįdio em Moēambique, a inauguraēćo do 
empreendimento foi testemunhada por membros do Governo, representantes 
da sociedade civil, quadros da Rįdio Moēambique e numerosos populares.

As imagens aqui publicadas mostram os vįrios momentos que 
caracterizaram aquela cerimónia, um registo para a nossa memória 
colectiva.

Three masts visible:
MOZ_Centro Emissor da Rįdio Moēambique 2 Oct 2011,
Catembe-N'Sime, distrito Matutuķne, provķncia Maputo

https://goo.gl/maps/Th1zZmxGfs22

masts at
26 06 26.72 S, 32 37 09.56 E
26 06 28.33 S, 32 37 19.45 E
26 06 28.33 S, 32 37 19.45 E

73 wolfy df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, shortwavesites yg via DXLD)

Subject: [SW BCB TX Site Archive] Re: MOZAMBIQUE: Matola; Panoramio 
Image & Less

2011 Oct 2 --- The new Radio Moēambique transmitting centre in 
Catembe-N'Sime, Matutuķne district, Maputo province was officially 
opened. It consists of three Nautel medium wave transmitters (two for 
Antena Nacional and one for Emissćo Provincial Maputo), as well as a 
number of FM transmitters (Colin Miller, Ont. [ex-RSA], June 18)

shortwavesites - The Shortwave Transmitter Site Archive
(via Mauno Ritola, mwmasts yg via DXLD)

In this case on the older Bing image the street construction has not 
started yet and some foundations of the already removed antennas can 
still be seen: https://bit.ly/1V4qidm

Again the same question: Where does 1008 kHz (and, if on, 738 kHz) 
originate from now?

Here's how the whole area is supposed to look when being "developed":
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/51600170

The transmitter building was supposed to become a museum, as reported 
in 2010 here, with a photo of antennas still standing:
http://macua.blogs.com/moambique_para_todos/2010/02/velho-terreno-da-r%C3%A1dio-mo%C3%A7ambique-vai-desaparecer.html
(Kai Ludwig, Germany, ibid.)

Hi Kai, Thanks for the link. Of interest:

"The historic building of Radio Mozambique, which is the vast land 
where the project was announced, will be transformed into "Museum of 
Social Communication". It was revealed in the presentation of the 
project, the museum will be called Museum Samora Machel, named after 
the first president of the country, founder of the People's Republic 
of Mozambique. (Antonio Frades) Canalmoz - 08.02.2010"

``Again the same question: Where does 1008 kHz (and, if on, 738 kHz) 
originate from now?``

No idea, sorry. Just the large lattice mast remaining there, typical 
of FM/TV & comms etc.

Also from the above site this ref link:
http://macua.blogs.com/moambique_para_todos/2010/03/r%C3%A1dio-clube-de-mo%C3%A7ambique---77-anos-da-sua-funda%C3%A7%C3%A3o.html

The Radio Club of Mozambique (RCM) was founded in Lourenēo Marques to 
March 18, 1933, with the nom de Gremio of Radiófilos. Į date 
processing in the current Radio Mozambique, the RCM had the
following channels:
- Program "A" in Portuguese, 24 hours a day on shortwave and medium;
- Program "B": in English and Afrikaans, 24 hours a day on shortwave 
and medium;
- Program "C" in Portuguese, from 18.30 to 23.00, on Medium Wave and
Frequency Modulation (FM);
- Program "D" in Portuguese, in three periods of issuance in Medium 
Wave and also conveyed the University Radio program on Mondays, 
Wednesdays and Fridays from 22h00 to 24h00;
- The Voice of Mozambique in Ronga, Shangane and Portuguese, 24 hours 
a day on shortwave and medium;
- Issuers Regional in Portuguese and local languages, Short and Medium
Wave, located in Nampula, Quelimane, Porto Amelia, Vila Cabral, Tete,
Beira, Vila Pery, Inhambane (PO Box 196) and Xai-Xai.
Today is the RADIO MOZAMBIQUE (2010) – (Ian, ibid.)

Das war ein Stück Arbeit:
https://goo.gl/maps/BzHBT6CDLC82
(Kai Ludwig, shortwavesites yg via DXLD)

** NEWFOUNDLAND. 6159.95, UT Monday June 20 at 0204, one of the CBCs 
with weather for various regions --- at first I thought those sounded 
like BC but must have been Labrador, too early for CKZU and there is 
only one signal now. Weather right after news on the hour is typically 
the best/only time for local breaks from CBC. 0205 starting a show 
about Glenn Gould playing Bach (what else?). Checking the CBC Radio 
One sked, it must have been `Backstage with Ben Heppner` scheduled for 
Sundays 11 [sic] pm Atlantic time; and CKZN runs on AT rather than one 
semihour ahead as in Newfoundland. CBC website does not want to load 
info on this episode but searching indicates Heppner has featured 
Gould in the past and this is probably a summer repeat. 

Low modulation of RHC English on 6165 helps a lot (also 6000); thank 
you, Arnie! Recheck at 0610 UT, now there are two signals a few Hz 
apart, indicating CKZU is also propagating, but I`m only hearing one 
with any audio. 

BTW, Alan Roe could add a lot of CBC shows to his Music on Shortwave 
schedules, if he wanted to bother with these low-power outlets, mostly 
scheduled four hours apart, which can achieve a North American if not 
European audience (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NEW ZEALAND. 6170, 1350-, RNZI, Jun 16. Excellent reception with 
Jazz program. Despite my location being in daylight for hours, the 
deep winter DU helps with the continued excellent propagation in my 
direction. 'RNZ International, the Voice of the Pacific' ID at 1357. I 
just returned from a very brief visit to my DX cottage near Masset, BC 
on Haida Gwaii, off the north west coast of BC. I quickly hooked up my 
AOR 7030+ to my ALA 100 antenna, and briefly DX'd for just a single 
evening and morning (Walt Salmaniw, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

11690, June 17 at 0453, surprised to find RNZI on unscheduled AM 
frequency, VG S9+20 in talk show. At 0501 recheck it has changed to 
normal 11725.

According to own website sked, ``updated 16/05/2016``, it`s supposed 
to be on 15720 until 0458, 11725 from 0459. But that`s not all:

6170, June 17 at 1213, surprised to find RNZI on this frequency before 
normal *1259, and a VG S9+20 signal indicating it`s on the NNE antenna 
more USward. Furthermore, the other transmitter is also on! // 9700 is 
only S9, in song ``It Breaks My Heart``, outro as Regina Spector, 
12:14 TC by YL host, segment previews for rest of All Night Programme, 
then Vic Damone. 1240 in a comedy segmentte, including bits of ``Star 
Spangled Banner`` at 1245. 

Normally only one transmitter is in use, no DRM, 9700 on NNW antenna 
until 1258, then from 1259 on 6170 via NNE antenna, better for us, but 
soon losing out into the dayside. So I`m listening carefully to the 
QSY announcement at 1257 on 6170: ``closing this frequency, moving to 
6170`` --- duh, canned announcer doesn`t know he`s already on 6170. 
But it goes off at 1258*, so I retune to 9700 and it is also off now. 
At *1259, 6170 comes back on with Bell Bird IS, presumably having 
switched transmitters, seems about same strength as before, S9 at 1308 
with `Dateline Pacific`. At 1308 I find that // 9700 is also back on 
now! And it`s now VG at S9+20, so it too has made the switch to NNE 
antenna. I hope they keep this up as much better for North America. 
Possibly they would explain these anomalies as part of their third-
Wednesday-of-the-month maintenance day altho it`s Saturday already 
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1831, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

15720.011, accurate measured at 0110 UT on June 16. News report on 
RNZI program, about violence in PNG, O`Neil administration talks, 
student still action, away from classes... S=8-9 signal in Queensland 
Australia remote SDR unit. 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, Germany, 
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

15719.97, June 20 at 0123, RNZI at S7-S9 interviewing an ex-rugby 
coach for NZ but with an American(?) accent, about missing a Hong Kong 
game or something. I`m checking this for propagation since Australia 
is AWOL, must be off the air, and take the opportunity to measure 
RNZI, which I have noticed is always somewhat off-frequency.

6170, June 20 at 1300, RNZI is S9+10, presumably having just switched 
to this from 9700, unlike June 17 when both were running in AM before 
and after 1300 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1831, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST) From July 1, the old AM transmitter is retired, and will be on 
only ONE frequency at a time, DRM, or AM; details in next DXLD (gh)

** NIGERIA. 7254.944, June 16 at 0620, VON Hausa is S9+10 but 
undermodulated; at least on the air this time, as frequently AWOL. 

7254.950, June 18 at 0558, VON drumming IS, S9+10, 0600 sign-on in 
Hausa (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NIGERIA [non]. Reception of Radio Dandal Kura International [sic] 
via BaBcoCk, June 16:
1800-2100 12050 ASC 250 kW / 065 deg to WeAf Kanuri, distorted audio
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/06/reception-of-radio-dandal-kura-inter.html
73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, June 16, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NORTH AMERICA. UNIDENTIFIED. 3278.50-AM, June 20 at 0216, my 90m 
bandscan with NRD-545 uncovers something very strange: very poor S6 
signal is equal to or less than the storm noise level, and I can only 
copy a few words here and there. Sounds like a lecture about WW II, in 
matter-of-fact tone, rather than an archived news report. Reminds me 
of the historic ``Nixon`` pirate (first VP inauguration was in 1953, 
not 1952y), but not in a repeating loop. 0220 mentions Congress of 
United States, declaration of war with Japan. Maybe slightly more 
readable in LSB mode. Assume a pirate. (Nothing on 3250 from WBCQ 
presumably still pending repairs.) Still going at 0256 when I`m on the 
R75 with much different antenna, but about the same reception. Posted 
ASAP after 0300 to the DXLD yg, but no replies of anyone else hearing 
it. Nor any reports of it or anything on 3278 ever in HFUnderground or 
Freeradiocafé (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1831, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)  

** NORTH AMERICA. UNIDENTIFIED: 6908.50-USB, June 17 at 0040, after 
finding no pirates a semihour earlier, now here`s something very 
strange: Nixon`s first oath of office as Vice President in 1952 {oops, 
make that 1953y}, beside Eisenhower and Truman, apparently authentic 
historic recording but edited such that he repeats certain phrases of 
the oath, as if to mock Nixon that decades later he might violate 
them. Followed by heartfelt solo of ``America the Beautiful`` by old-
style operatic tenor with exaggerated enunciation, two verses; and 
prayer by a rabbi. Then the whole thing repeats circa 0049. I`ve had 
enough when another repeat starts. RTTY on 6910.0 is nicely notched 
out by the NRD-545. Nixon ranged S3-S6 above noise level of S3-S4. 
Then I check HF Underground and Freeradiocafé, but no one else has 
reported this. Searching HFU on the name Nixon gets lots of 
interesting hits, but not this, and seems no other pirates have ever 
been reported on exactly this frequency. Please QSL (Glenn Hauser, OK, 
WORLD OF RADIO 1831, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NORTH AMERICA. UNIDENTIFIED 6935.0-USB, June 18 at 0200, music and 
yelling at S9 which is about equal to the noise level. No pirates had 
been detected during the previous hour. This was also unID to others:
http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,28687.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 90.7, June 18 at 1600 UT, ``The Voice of Northern 
Oklahoma College, KAYE, Tonkawa, The Source``. Can`t get it in Enid, 
so whenever I pass by Tonkawa I check for it. It`s 1.2 kW at only 20 
meters HAAT. Never hear it airing anything but rock, presumably a 
student plaything, nothing like a real public radio station; and so 
anyway it is on during summer session. WTFDA DB agrees on The Source 
slogan (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 107.5, June 19 at 1844 UT, near Tonkawa OK, where KOSN 
Ketchum-Tulsa is still barely audible on caradio, I compare it to KOSU 
91.7 Stillwater direct on the PL-880, and find that KOSN is running 
about 5 seconds *ahead* of base station. That`s because KOSU analog is 
deliberately delayed to match its IBOC HD1 channel which no one 
listens to but which makes noisy blobs at each side. And per IDs, KOSN 
does not have any ``HD``. I`m also still getting the newish translator 
on 94.9 in Ponca City, 250-watt K235CG and find it exactly 
synchronized with 91.7, so is it taking an off-air analog feed? It is 
never mentioned in hourly canned IDs, but occasional promos about it. 

BTW, I see the WTFDA DB for KOSU 91.7 still does not mention it is 
``Crazy-Smart Radio`` with nighttime split personality as ``The Spy`` 
-- indie-Okie music, forget about that square NPR stuff still 
inhabiting the daytime, thankfully. They don`t even break for NPR or 
BBC news on the hour overnight (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OMAN [and non]. Radio Sultanate of Oman vs All India Radio on 15140 
kHz, June 15
1500-2200 15140 THU 100 kW / 315 deg WeEu Arabic R.Sultanate of Oman
1615-1715 15140 ALG 250 kW / 312 deg EaEu Russian All India Radio
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/06/radio-sultanate-of-oman-vs-all-india.html
73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, June 16, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OMAN vs CUBA. Radio Sultanate of Oman vs Radio Habana Cuba, June 20
1800-2030 15140 THU 100 kW / 315 deg WeEu English R. Sultanate of Oman
[above was really in English??? Or did you mean Arabic? {later reports 
agree, English way late, by error or change? --- gh}

1800-1830 15140 BAU 100 kW / 340 deg WNAm Arabic Radio Habana Cuba
1830-1900 15140 BAU 100 kW / 340 deg WNAm Creole Radio Habana Cuba
1900-2000 15140 BAU 100 kW / 340 deg WNAm English Radio Habana Cuba
2000-2030 15140 BAU 100 kW / 340 deg WNAm French Radio Habana Cuba
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/06/radio-sultanate-of-oman-vs-radio-habana.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long 
wire, June 19-20, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3260, June 16 at 1128, presumed R. Madang at S4 
with some music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU. 5980, June 17 at 0101, JBA carrier, as I stand by for the 
Chaski cut-off, which comes about when I calculated it should: 
0101:55.5*, which is 72 seconds later than last catch June 6 until 
0100:43.5*, or averaging 6.55 seconds later per noctem (Glenn Hauser, 
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** RUSSIA. 9996-CW, June 20 at 0142, second pips at S2, prolonged one 
at 0143:00, and during following minute some of them are doubled. Of 
course, it`s RWM Moskva (Taldom site). I always wonder about the 
details of its schedule which are not in WRTH, but maybe in the 
website linked: http://vniiftri.ru 

Fortunately they provide a speedier English version, 
http://vniiftri.ru/index.php/en/ 
but it`s all about the multiple funxions of the agency. Guess what, if 
you search that site on RWM you get zero hits! The Official RF Time 
link has no details either: http://vniiftri.ru/index.php/en/time 
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** RUSSIA. 7295, 1250-, NBC Sakha, Jun 16. Definitely them at fair 
level with adjacent splatter and // to 7345 under a Chinese station. 
Russian vocal. Quick announcement and into a fast paced modern Russian 
dance piece. 7345 seems stronger, and a better choice if not for the 
Chinese cochannel. Time pips at TOH, and off about 1301 without any 
announcements or ID. I just returned from a very brief visit to my DX 
cottage near Masset, BC on Haida Gwaii, off the north west coast of 
BC. I quickly hooked up my AOR 7030+ to my ALA 100 antenna, and 
briefly DX'd for just a single evening and morning (Walt Salmaniw, 
dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1831, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

7345, Radio Sakha, 1038-1101, June 21. Pop songs and ballads; in 
Russian; 1058 brief IS of Jew's harp (earlier than usual); no time 
pips at ToH; 1101 mostly blocked by strong CNR1 sign on; // 7295 with 
ham QRM and slightly weaker signal (Ron Howard, Pacific Grove, CA, 
Etón E1, antenna: Par Electronics EF-SWL, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 
1831, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** RUSSIA [non]. THAILAND, 17770 , 0405-, Radio Svoboda (Liberty), Jun 
16. Good reception in Russian to the Far East of Russia via Thailand.  
Counting down the days until they leave SW on June 26th. MUF is 
holding up well way up here in Masset, BC (I'm here for a quick 1 
night visit!). No SDR, and only a single ALA 100 antenna erected 
feeding my AOR 7030+. Reasonably strong hets [carriers] on 9635 from 
Lampertheim, and 7435 from Biblis as listed cochannel. Plenty of 
atmospheric noise, which I'm not used to (as I mostly am here during 
the winter, spring, and fall seasons, DXing). At 0500, was supposed to 
switch to Kuwait with same power and 035 deg to the Russian Far East. 
Udon left a few seconds after the TOH, but I hear nothing in its 
place. I just returned from a very brief visit to my DX cottage near 
Masset, BC on Haida Gwaii, off the north west coast of BC (Walt 
Salmaniw, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1831, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SAO TOME E PRINCIPE. Hello Glenn, 2016-06-21. Just a quick update 
on the chirping VOA Relay on 4940 from STP: When checking again this 
past Saturday 2016-06-18 between 2030 and 2100z, the chirping and 
distorted audio unfortunately continued. Even worse though, the 
variable frequency spur now varies around 2.4 kHz, which is still more 
annoying because frequencywise it's even closer to the main portion of 
the intentional voice or music modulation. The s/off past 2100z was 
only announced and then made without the prior Yankee Doodle Dandy 
tune. Since it's hard to believe anyone would bother listening to such 
an annoying audio signal, I wonder whether the VOA just don't care or 
maybe there's a technical issue they simply couldn't resolve for 
weeks? Sure hope they get it fixed very soon, since the 4940 frequency 
usually offers quite a strong and well audible signal, although it's 
in English only on the weekends, in parallel to BOT on 4930, which has 
perfect audio but a weaker signal up here in Central Europe. Thanks, 
Glenn, and good listening, (Tobias (T²), Germany, June 21, WORLD OF 
RADIO 1831, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SAUDI ARABIA. 11820.05, June 16 at 2035, S7 BSKSA in Arabic not 
Qur`an at the moment, perpetually off+frequency worsening the ACI from 
11825 WRMIBS, but mostly evitable by LSB tuning. Sometimes for my nap 
I can`t find anything better than this on SW for soporific music 
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SEYCHELLES [non]. Powerful signal of FEBA Radio/Radio Sama via 
BaBcoCk on June 13
0800-0830 on 15260 MOS 100 kW / 115 deg to N/ME Arabic Voice of 
Forgiveness
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/06/powerful-signal-of-feba-radioradio-sama.html
(DX RE MIX NEWS #953 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, June 20, 2016 
via DXLD)

Weekly broadcast of FEBA Radio in English via BaBcoCk, June 20:
1345-1400 on  9775*TRM 125 kW / 345 deg to SoAs English Mon
* co-ch CNR-2 9775 BEI 150 kW / 270 deg to EaAs Chinese Daily
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/06/weekly-broadcast-of-feba-radio-in.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long 
wire, June 19-20, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5020, June 16 at 1129, SIBC presumed at S8 with 
some talk and music, ACI de 5025 Cuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

5020, Wantok FM relay (presumed) via SIBC. Running well past their 
normal 1200* on June 21; noted 1225 till tentatively off at 1329*; 
seemed to be Wantok FM non-stop music; poor. My local sunrise was at 
1250 UT. Similar to my May 20 reception here. A monthly event? (Ron 
Howard, Pacific Grove, CA, Etón E1, antenna: Par Electronics EF-SWL, 
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
 
** SRI LANKA. Victor brought me to the Iranawila transmitter site on 
Mar 16, 1999, where we had an excellent briefing and show around! 
(Anker Petersen, Denmark, DSWCI DX Window June 22 via DXLD)

** SRI LANKA. 15430, AWR, 1305-1317, June 20. In English with strong 
anti-animal flesh eating talk; address: AWR, Post Box 17, Poona [aka 
Pune] 411 001, Maharashtra, India; fair (Ron Howard, Pacific Grove, 
CA, Etón E1, antenna: Par Electronics EF-SWL, dxldyg via DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

** SUDAN [non]. 11645, R. Dabanga (Santa Maria di Galeria) 0455-0515+ 
9 June. Ex-11650 (today only?) with in-studio chat/phone calls, ID/RD 
jingle at 0515. Well over VoG (//9420 much better). (Dan Sheedy)

11645, R. Dabanga (Santa Maria di Galeria) *0427-0435+ 13 June. Caught
the mid-jingle 0427 s/off of Tamazuj (Talata-Volonondry)-11650 with
11645 Dabanga opening with the end of the jingle, Sudanese fill music
(flutes/percussion--quite nice) & apparent Dabanga opening at BOH 
("usual" RD jingle/ID at 0434) but very difficult copy as the SMG 
signal was rather poor in comparison to Talata-Volonondry's. According 
to Ivo's info in DXLD16-23, Dabanga's switch to 11645 started on 7 
June (Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA, PL380/6m X wire [v2.0], via 
Robert Wilkner, NASWA yg via DXLD)

** SUDAN SOUTH [non]. QSL recibida de Radio Tamazuj en respuesta a un
informe de escucha con archivo de audio incorporado, escucha realizada 
el 5 de mayo de 2016 en 15550 kHz a las 1500 horas UT, recibida en 35 
dķas, informe enviado por E-mail a: radiotamazuj@yahoo.com (José 
Miguel Romero2, Spain, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) site: VATICAN 
(gh)

** SUDAN SOUTH [non]. FRANCE, Reception of Eye Radio via TDF June 14
1600-1700 on 17730 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Arabic/English*
*including other languages Dinka/Nuer/Shilluk/Bari/Zande/Lutoho
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/06/reception-of-eye-radio-via-tdf-on-june.html
(DX RE MIX NEWS #953 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, June 20, 2016 
via DXLD)

** SURINAME. 4990, Radio Apintie, Paramaribo 0830 to 0900 Dutch om 
fading in at times, marginal signal 16 June  (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano 
Beach, South Florida, 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, Sony 2010XA, 60 meter 
dipole, Amplified Ferrite MW Antennas, long wave pre amplifier, noise 
reducing antenna, NASWA yg via DXLD)

** SWAN ISLANDS. Signal from Swan Islands (ex-QTH Radio Swan for Cuba)
--- this time coming from amateur radio station HQ8S. 
http://www.qrz.com/db/HQ8S
spotted at 
http://www.dxsummit.fi/#/?dx_calls=HQ8S

"The islands gained attention in the early 1960s due to the activities 
of Radio Swan, that began broadcasting in May 1960 during preparation 
for, and during, the abortive Bay of Pigs Invasion of Cuba. The 
station was removed from the islands in the late 1960s and its main 
transmitter was transferred for use in the Vietnam War." 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swan_Islands,_Honduras
vy73 Harald DL1ABJ ("Harald Kuhl", June 16, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD)

** SWEDEN. REMINDER OF GRIMETON RADIO/SAQ TRANSMISSION
 
The annual transmission on "Alexanderson Day" with the Alexanderson 
alternator on VLF 17.2 kHz with the call SAQ will take place Sunday, 
July 3rd, 2016 at 0900 UT (tuning up from after 0830 UT) and will be 
repeated at 1200 UT (tuning up from after 1130 UT).

Amateur Radio Station with the call "SK6SAQ" will be QRV on the 
following frequencies:
-  7035 kHz CW or
- 14035 kHz CW or
- 21035 kHz CW or
-  3755 kHz SSB
Two stations will be on the air most of the time.
QSL-reports to SAQ and SK6SAQ are kindly received via:
- E-mail to: info@alexander.n.se
- or via: SM bureau
- or direct by mail to: Alexander - Grimeton Veteranradios Vaenner,
Radiostationen
Grimeton 72
SE-432 98 ROLFSTORP
S W E D E N
Also read our website: 
http://www.alexander.n.se
 
The station will be open to visitors. WELCOME! Yours, Lars Kalland, 
SM6NM. Posted by: (Mike Terry, June 21, dxldyg via DXLD)

** SWITZERLAND. 
oneofthetwobbobswhomusedtobeonswissradiointl.heardonthe7.o.mhz.4omtrha
mbandatO8.45.utc.in.ssb.on.7.187khz.callsign.hb9ahq.....joncollins.bir
mingham.uk.tecsun.pl-660

As received above, an example of the editing I have to employ:

One of The Two Bobs who used to be on Swiss Radio International heard 
on the 7 MHz 40 meter hamband at O845 UT in SSB on 7187 kHz, callsign 
HB9AHQ (Jon Collins, Birmingham UK, Tecsun PL-660, June 20, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

So which Bob is it? That call is Unfound at QRZ.com so I look for 
Thomann and find that Bob is really:
HB9GX	BOB THOMANN CH-3047 BREMGARTEN-BERNE

Zanotti search finds:
HB9ASQ Robert "Bob" Zanotti 3507 Biglen (Bern)
https://www.qrz.com/db/HB9ASQ
(Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TAIWAN [and non]. 11430, VoH [SoH] (Presumed) 1417 11 June. Poor 
with Chinese chat, occasional music and // 11470 (better), 11530 
(poor, but clear--unlike at 1334 9 June when CNR1 jammer was all over 
them). (Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA, PL380/6m X wire [v2.0], via 
Robert Wilkner, NASWA yg via DXLD)

11600.235, June 21 at 1308, JBA carrier, presumed Sound of Hope. Aoki 
list shows very few .xxx or even .xx decimal frequencies, but most or 
all of them are from SOH, in this case as 11600.225; close enough? So 
not getting jammed, or maybe that`s the trace of a carrier on 11600.00 
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TAIWAN. 9774, Fu Hsing BS (presumed), 1029, June 21. Open carrier 
on their usual off frequency; best in LSB; no signal on // 9410. Last 
month when monitoring I found 9410 had serious transmitter problems, 
being off the air much more than they were on, but today did not 
listen long to 9410 to see if they were in fact intermittently on the 
air. Today's reception corresponds to Hiroyuki Komatsubara's (Japan) 
reception who was also listening at 1029.

BTW - 9410 for a long time now has been free of CNR5 QRM, that in the 
past was always a serious problem to reception (Ron Howard, Pacific 
Grove, CA, Etón E1, antenna: Par Electronics EF-SWL, dxldyg via DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** TAIWAN. 7445, (ROC), RTI [English], 6/16, 1145. M and W in what 
sounded like language lesson. Fair at best. note: CNR 1 came on at 
1156 to prepare jamming of Chinese service of RTI after the hour (Rick 
Barton, Box 5503, Peoria AZ 85385, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

9465, 1553-, Radio Taiwan International, Jun 16. Excellent reception 
in English discussing the many cases of heat stroke in Taiwan. 
Parallel 11685 at fair/good level with a lot of adjacent splatter. I 
just returned from a very brief visit to my DX cottage near Masset, BC 
on Haida Gwaii, off the north west coast of BC. I quickly hooked up my 
AOR 7030+ to my ALA 100 antenna, and briefly DX'd for just a single 
evening and morning (Walt Salmaniw, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

EXTENSIVE RULES AND PRIZES FOR RTI`S 88TH ANNIVERSARY CONTEST:
http://events.rti.org.tw/big5/2016Activity/2016rti88/es.aspx
(via Juan Franco Crespo, Spain, WORLD OF RADIO 1831, DXLD) Is 88 
special to the Taiwanese? Keith Perron would think so. Presumably in 
English too (gh, ibid.) Yes:

Hello listeners! RTI has turned 88 and we are inviting you to send us  
creative birthday greeting! Sign up now to take part in our 
competition and win a cash prize. Submit your entry between now and 
July 10, 2016. Winners will be announced on August 15, 2016. Website:
http://events.rti.org.tw/big5/2016Activity/2016rti88/en.aspx
(RTI mailing list via gh, DXLD)

LOTS of rules and regulations; who will go thru all that to 
participate?? (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TAJIKISTAN. 19060, Tajik R, Home Service, Yangiyul, Dushanbe, 0400, 
Jun 10, Tajik ID “Indzha Dushanbe” and news, (better signal was on 
14295 and tiny sound on 9530 – all harmonics of fundamental 4765 which 
was not heard during the daytime here and someone may check for their 
4th, 5th harmonics?), 25542 (Rumen Pankov, Bulgaria, DSWCI DX Window 
June 22 via DXLD)

** TASMANIA [non]. USA, 11580, Hobart Radio International via WRMI, 
Okeechobee, *2030-2059, 18-06, English, identification, "This is The 
Voice of Tasmania, Hobart Radio International", very nice program of 
short wave stations interval signals, part 2, interval signals of 
Channel Africa, Radio Australia, HCJB, Voice of Turkey, Radio 
Nederland, Radio New Zealand, Radio Habana Cuba, Radio Korea, Swiss 
Radio and others. 14321 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Lugo, 
Tecsun PL-880, Sony ICF SW7600G, Cable antenna, 8 meters, dxldyg via 
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TIBET [non]. QSL recibida de Gaweylon Tibetan Radio en respuesta
a informe de escucha del 2 de junio de 2016 en 15215 kHz de 1200 a 
1230 en tibetano desde Dhabbaya en los Emiratos Įrabes. El informe fue 
enviado con un archivo de audio y tardó once dķas en llegar; el 
informe fué enviado por E-mail a gaweylon@gmail.com (José Miguel 
Romero2, Spain, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TURKEY. 9830.0, June 20 at 0148, nice music at S9, what`s this? 
Normally nothing here. O! It`s // weaker S5 9870, so once again La Voz 
de Turquķa dozing operator at Emirler has failed to change frequency 
on this transmitter from the 22-23 UT one for English to North 
America; now supposed to be on 9770 where there is nothing (Glenn 
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TURKMENISTAN. Ashgabat transmitter site --- delete. This site has 
now been removed. Imagery from GE shows removal of masts, water 
cooling tanks, transmitter building etc. This appears to have happened 
between July 2014 & April 2015. My records indicate that the last SW 
broadcast of this station occurred somewhere between February 2011 & 
February 2012. If anyone can provide more accurate information please 
drop us a line (Ian, June 17, shortwavesites yg via DXLD)

> But MW 576 kHz mast ? - real still at present in 2016 year ! at
37 51'22.47"N 58 22'26.54"E

Lying flat on the ground (note how it does not throw a shadow)

> Now still former USSR installation at 33.9 km distance northeasterly 
at 37 57'54.96"N 58 44'02.00"E

Ah-yes! Best seen at 
https://yandex.ru/maps/-/CVXQq4Jb and 
https://bit.ly/1Up6mF9

I think it's safe to assume that this eastern site is the origin of 
279 kHz, now and perhaps already for an unknown period before the 
closure of the southern site. With four masts, besides the 
Afghanistan-aiming Zarya, there are enough options.

> also old USSR Radio Moscow foreign sce 1974 til 1992 ???
TKM_RV-932 Ashgabat, Bolshaya Zarya directional antenna

It would be interesting when exactly the 1125 kHz relay ceased. At 
least the direct relays of programming from Moscow ceased altogether 
in 2001. Only censored recordings have been broadcast in Turkmenistan 
since (Kai Ludwig, via Mauno Ritola, mwmasts yg via DXLD)

Re: TURKMENISTAN: Ashgabat tx

Members, The contributions of Mauno, Wolfgang and Kai have been 
excellent. Thanks to all of you. I am happy to allocate the long Zarya 
for 1125 kHz. What most interests me is the pair of tall masts at the 
site. One is at 37 58 13N, 58 43 20E. That seems to be aimed at 
azimuths of 68 / 248 degrees. The other site is 37 57 43N, 58 44 40E. 
This has azimuths at approx 122 / 302 degrees. I note that the ITU 
registration for 576 kHz is for a 257M mast. Even assessing which of 
the pairs is the tallest is a challenge. I await comments. 73 and 88 
(Dan Goldfarb, June 19, mwmasts yg via DXLD)

Northern Ashgabat seems only Radio Moscow USSR foreign language 
service. Very few data items seen in WRTH's of the 80ties. Looks like 
267m, 1125 kHz Zarya item in Dari / Pashtu language to AFG appears 
VERY LATE as Zarya installation, first in 1986, but print-out in WRTH 
1987-1998 Dari / Pashtu. (ask Olle Alm ... )

From WRTH 1999 Radio Orbita Moscow 1125 kHz, not AFG anymore.
Before til 1985 only Dushanbe TJK 1143 kHz mentioned.

The southeastern mast pair seemingly reserve antenna unit at 110degr 
for the Zarya Foreign Service during maintenance 

the western two pair maybe older R Moscow Russian ME sce 576 kHz east 
west ? at 68 / 248 degrees 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.)

Members, I accept Wolfgang' s argument since Longwave frequencies are 
non-directional [??? gh]. I will split the 4 masts so that one pair is 
disused formerly on 576 kHz and the other as a reserve for the Zarya 
on 1125 kHz. Two questions still persist.

One is the current location of the monopole for Longwave.
The second is what is the current location for 576 kHz? Any ideas?
73 and 88 (Dan Goldfarb, ibid.)

There are very long threads about this in mwmasts and swsites I have 
yet to unravel (gh, DXLD)

** UGANDA [non]. 15240, Sunday June 19 at 1625, WWRB is already 
Ugandan. The weekends-only ``African`` service had been starting circa 
1600 UT but with other programming. Now it sounds just like Radio 
Munansi, which had been on at 17-19 UT, so expanded to three hours? On 
the road in OK, I check each hour, and find same-sounding Luganda? 
talk is still going at 1700, 1825, 1859, until usual canned sign-off 
by YL at 1900 until 1901* (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1831, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** UKRAINE. RADA ORDERED THE RADIO BROADCAST EVERY THIRD SONG IN 
UKRAINIAN

The Verkhovna Rada adopted the law, according to which 35 percent of 
the time the country's broadcasting stations should take the song in 
the Ukrainian language, says "Lens".

"Broadcasting organizations in the implementation of broadcasting 
should ensure that the share of the songs in the official language of 
not less than 35 per cent of the total volume of songs popular during 
the day, including at least 35 per cent of the total volume of songs 
distributed in each time interval from 7.00 to 14.00 and 15.00 to 
22.00 ", - stated in the bill.

For the document voted 268 deputies abstained three parliamentarians, 
votes against was not.

In February 2014 the Verkhovna Rada abolished the Law "On State 
Language Policy" allows the region to give the official status of 
Russian and other non-state languages. lenta.ru (OnAir.ru via RusDX 
June 19 via DXLD)

** U K. BBC WORLD SERVICE LANGUAGES BOSS AND DIVERSITY CHAMPION QUITS.
Hundreds of staff meet to discuss departure of Liliane Landor, who 
promoted the role of women at the corporation over 26 years. . .
http://gu.com/p/4yecz/sob
(Guardian via Horacio Nigro, Montevideo, Uruguay, Jun 17, DXLD)

** U S A [and non]. VOA Radiogram is a Voice of America program 
experimenting with digital text and images via shortwave broadcasting. 
It is produced and presented by Dr. Kim Andrew Elliott.

    VOA Radiogram, 18-19 June 2016: Bird brains and binary stars

A challenge last weekend was strong interference, perhaps an over-the-
horizon (OTH) radar, during the Saturday 0930-1000 UT transmission on 
5745 kHz. It was especially loud in Alaska, per this video made by 
Paul in Alaska. (I was not able to decode the MFSK32 from the video, 
but maybe you will have better luck.) The interference was also heard 
by Mike in Washington state. If the noise returns this weekend, we’ll 
be prepared: the show includes a story in the robust Olivia 64-2000 
mode.

Here is the lineup for VOA Radiogram, program 168, 18-19 June 2016, 
all in MFSK32 except where noted:

     1:33  Program preview
     2:38  Birds’ brains more complex than imagined*
     8:35  Large planet orbits binary stars*
    17:40  Olivia 64-2000: North Dakotans overturn farm law*
    24:19  MFSK32: Image and closing announcements*
    * with image
    Please send reception reports to radiogram@voanews.com 

VOA Radiogram transmission schedule  (all days and times UT):
    Sat 0930-1000  5745 kHz
    Sat 1600-1630 17580 kHz
    Sun 0230-0300  5745 kHz
    Sun 1930-2000 15670 kHz
All via the Edward R. Murrow transmitting station in North Carolina.

The Mighty KBC will have an extra transmission this weekend. There 
will be the usual North America transmission Sunday at 0000-0200 UT 
(Saturday 8-10 pm EDT) on 9925 kHz, with a minute of MFSK32 at about 
0130. And there will be a transmission to Europe Sunday at 0800-1000 
UT on 6095 kHz, with a minute of MFSK32 at about 0930. Both 6095 and 
9925 kHz are via Nauen, Germany. Reports for KBC reception and decodes 
to Eric: themightykbc (at) gmail.com 

DigiDX will provide DX and media news in MFSK32 and a mixture of other 
modes:
    Sunday 2130-2000 UT, 15770 kHz, via WRMI Florida
    Sunday 2330-2400 UT, 11580 kHz, via WRMI Florida
    Monday 2000-2130 UT,  6070 kHz, via Channel 292 Germany
Look for any additions or changes to the DigiDX schedule at
    http://www.digidx.uk/
    or
    https://www.facebook.com/digidx/

    IBC (Italian Broadcasting Corporation) has a broadcast to Europe 
on 6070 kHz, Wednesdays, 2000-2200 UT, with MFSK32 and Olivia 16-500 
at 2030-2100 UT. See
http://ibcradio.webs.com/
for the complete schedule and contact information. June 17, 2016 (4:09 
am) (via Kim Elliott, dxldyg via DXLD)

** U S A. 15730, June 21 at 2134, surprised to hear Bambara on wrong 
VOA frequency, but after a few seconds cuts off. Then I check correct 
// 13670, and sounds the same. Then to other correct // 15120, and at 
first open carrier, then cut on Bambara audio. So same Greenville 
transmitter was a bit late changing to proper frequency. 15730 should 
have gone off weekday at 2030* after French, so what was on it at 
2030-2130?? Or maybe turned back on having neglected to retune it 
first (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. Good News! Your podcast Glenn Hauser's World of Radio has 
been reviewed and approved for publication on Google Play Music.
Your podcast is scheduled to go live today. Thank you for being part 
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Or, you can use this bitly I created: 
http://bit.ly/worldofradio
K – (Keith Weston, June 21, WORLD OF RADIO 1831, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1830 monitoring: confirmed Thu June 
16 at 2100 on WRMI 13695, S9+30! Also confirmed Thu June 16 at 2330 on 
WBCQ 9330.050-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 
Sat 1430   HLR 7265-CUSB to SW 
Sat 1930v  WA0RCR 1860-AM ND 
Sat 2230   WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Sun 0310v  WA0RCR 1860-AM ND 
Sun 2330   WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Mon 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 1830 monitoring: ACB Radio Mainstream, Friday June 17 
at 1600, confirmed with 1830, having played 1828 instead of 1829 last 
week, on its 3-hourly repeat cycle starting at 0100 UT Fridays. WOR 
1830 also confirmed after 2130 UT Friday June 17 on WRMI 13695, very 
good, and 15770, weak (and presumably vice versa to the northeast of 
Okeechobee); also confirmed Fri 2330 on WBCQ 9330.03-CUSB, poor. Next:
Sat 0630   HLR 6190-CUSB to SW 
Sat 1430   HLR 7265-CUSB to SW 
Sat 1930v  WA0RCR 1860-AM ND 
Sat 2230   WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Sun 0310v  WA0RCR 1860-AM ND 
Sun 2330   WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Mon 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
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

6190, Hamburger Lokal Radio, Goehren, 0620-0659, 18-06, English, 
comments, at 0630 Glenn Hauser's program "World of Radio". Very weak, 
barely audible. 14321 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Lugo, 
Tecsun PL-880, Sony ICF SW7600G, Cable antenna, 8 meters, dxldyg via 
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

GERMANY, Fair signal of World of Radio via Hamburger Lokalradio Jun 18
0630-0700 6190 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg to CeEu English Sat, WOR # 1830
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/06/fair-signal-of-world-of-radio-via.html
73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. 
long wire, June 18, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

WORLD OF RADIO 1830 monitoring: confirmed Saturday June 18 at 2230 on 
WBCQ 9330-CUSB. Also confirmed UT Sunday June 19 at 0335 on WA0RCR, 
1860-AM, Wentzville MO, as I am talking about the Tajikistan harmonix, 
which means it started at about 0312. Reception is as to be expected 
easier in Bartlesville than Enid, no problem with PL-880 and built-in 
telescopic. Also confirmed Sunday June 19 at 2330 on WBCQ, 9329.970-
CUSB on the R-75. Also confirmed UT Monday June 20 after 0030 on WRMI 
7730, S9+30. Also confirmed UT Monday June 20 from 0302:33.5 on Area 
51 via WBCQ 5129.922, S7. Also confirmed UT Monday June 20 at 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 1830 monitoring: confirmed Monday June 20 at 2330 on 
WBCQ 9329.985-CUSB; also confirmed Tuesday June 21 at 2130 on WRMI 
15770, only S2 here off the side. Also confirmed Tuesday June 21 at 
2330 on WBCQ, 9329.015-CUSB, poor. Next: 
Wed 1315.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Wed 2100   WBCQ 7490v to WSW
Wed 2330   WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW

WORLD OF RADIO 1830 monitoring: confirmed Wednesday June 22 at 1315.5 
on WRMI 9955, S9+10 with no jamming. Also confirmed Wed June 22 at 
2108 check on WBCQ 7490.023, poor S7. Also confirmed Wed June 22 at 
2330 on WBCQ 9329.944-CUSB, fair.

WORLD OF RADIO 1831 ready for first airings June 23:
Thu 1130   WRMI 9955 to SSE
Thu 2100   WRMI 13695 to NW
Thu 2330   WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
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 
Sat 1430   HLR 7265-CUSB to SW 
Sat 1930v  WA0RCR 1860-AM ND 
Sat 2230   WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Sun 0310v  WA0RCR 1860-AM ND 
Sun 2330   WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Mon 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
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 7490, June 16 at 0000 on caradio I hear WBCQ with William 
Tell Overture, so it`s an `Allan Weiner Worldwide` unscheduled 
playback instead of the listed `Reverb Madness`. Is that gone for 
good? Unfortunately, I can`t keep listening, since last Friday night, 
John Carver tells me, 

``Near the end of the show, Allan was reading emails. Said he had one 
from the guy who helped him build the station. I got the idea the guy 
was traveling, vacationing or visiting in the SouthWest. Told Allan 
he'd just bought a SW station. If I recall correctly he said two 
transmitters and antennas. Allan congratulated him and said the 
station was the former KGES, at least that's what my ear heard. Any 
chance it was KJES? Might explain why it's not been heard``

I did not hear that part, and as of June 16, the huge AWWW audio 
archive still hasn`t extended beyond June 3:
http://radionewyorkinternational.com/archives/index.php?path=aww/

It sounds like this may have been from Scott Becker, and concerning 
KJES, Vado NM, which did voluntarily close down a couple years ago. I 
think the transmitter at The Lord`s Ranch was not in good working 
order, but will be interesting if it can be revived there, or moved 
somewhere else, to Kiowa or Monticello? Did anyone else hear this with 
more details? [not Becker, much more info below]

BTW, Broad Spectrum Radio, this Thursday June 16 at 23-24 on 7490, if 
it`s on the air this week, is a special; James Branum says:  

``Dear friends, Broad Spectrum Radio is airing a special episode for 
Pride 2016, in memory of those killed in Orlando and will be sending 
out a special full-color QSL card for confirmation of reception of 
this show. Our contact info can be found at 
http://www.broadspectrumradio.com

The program consists of a recording of the "Stand with Orlando vigil" 
held in OKC, recorded by Serena Blaiz of http://OklahomaActivist.com 
and followed by some hate-defying joyful music often played at Pride, 
because sometimes we need to dance in the face of hate and oppression.

The mp3 download of this show can be found at: 
https://archive.org/details/bsr-Pride2016

Excerpts of this program will also air this coming weekend on local AM 
radio station KTLR [890 OKC]``

And Manfred Reiff adds there will be another special airing on Channel 
292, Germany, 6070, Friday June 17 at 17 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD 
OF RADIO 1830, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 7489.93-AM, UT Sat June 18 at 0120 I start listening to 
WBCQ`s `Allan Weiner Worldwide` which is running way long this week 
having started at 0000. At 0130 he mentions some program info (which 
ought to be announced immediately on the website, but this is the 
best/only way to get it): new show confirmed, by Chris Hynek(?), he 
hopes he pronounces correctly but does not spell, taking over the 8 pm 
ET Wed slot on 7490 [UT Thu 0000], `Understanding Your Adversary`, 
maybe already from next week (that would replace an AWWW placeholder 
playback). Allan likes the title/concept but no further info about it. 

Then Allan says Tom Taylor`s European Music Radio will be on 7490, 
Saturday at 5 pm ET (which agrees with TT`s own latest publicity: 
``European Music Radio Relays: 18th June 2016: 17.00 to 18.00 (Eastern 
Time) on 7490 KHz - to Central & North America via WBCQ``. 
Unfortunately when mentioning this on WOR 1830 I quoted from June 
BDXC-UK Communication which said: ``Saturday 18 June 2016: 2300 to 
0000 (US Eastern Time) on 7490 kHz - Central & North America via 
WBCQ,`` which I dutifully converted correctly to Sunday June 19 at 
0300-0400 UT!). 

Furthermore the WRTH A-16 update, even in its v.2 had yet a different 
time! Which we quoted originally in DXLD: ``0400-0500 .....s. NAm,CAm 
7490bcq* 18th June``. All this no doubt caused by people refusing to 
express schedules in the first place, strictly in UT days and times 
from which there can be no confusion. So there you have three 
contradictory times for it, but most likely Saturday at 21-22 UT when 
reception on 7490v will be worthless out here, unlike either of the 
later times. 

Another new/special program, `Tom Cole? Theater`, with No Longer Amen? 
which is oldtime radio drama airing several times around the July 4 
weekend on all frequencies, starting on 7490, June 26 at 5 pm [ET = 
Sunday 21 UT --- bumping `Marion`s Attic` ???] 

Allan adds that tonight 3250 is not on the air, because the modulation 
oscillator crapped out, and he`s going to have to repair it. Is also 
on 5130, which I then check at 0136 and find 5129.9-AM combined with 
the noise level = S9+10, i.e. very poor (and it`s not synchronized, 
evidently running again thru Area 51). 0138 finally Allan`s 
benedixion, but it`s never at the very end as he goes on with wrap-up 
comments until 0144 ceding to Brother Scare. I think he said something 
else would follow on 5130, but `Open Your Eyes People` [sic] is not on 
that schedule until 0200-0300. Axually, various callers/writers/and 
even Allan himself keep referring to ``5110`` despite having been 
forced to move to 5130v a few months ago.

5129.9, UT Monday June 20 at 0212, JBA carrier if any, as WBCQ is 
apparently off. It was OK earlier but not logged as JL was doing one 
of his fake interviews with a gun nut(?) --- playing a statement by 
the victim and interjecting his own contrary comments, which are not 
replied to explicitly. Anyhow signal absence bodes ill for WORLD OF 
RADIO coming up in less than an hour. But at 0228 JL is back on at S7. 
At 0258 WBCQ is still OK on 5129.922 with Area 51, JL running a bit 
over until WOR starts at 0302:33.5. I hope it stayed on for at least 
29 minutes (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

5130 was down last night for approximately forty minutes starting at 
0145. Once it came back up, it was up till sign off. I heard WOR with 
my own ears and also the second part of the interval signal special on 
Hobart Radio. That brought back a lot of memories of the old days and 
tuning those big ass analog sets trying to find the station we wanted 
to hear. Keypad tuning and digital displays have spoiled me (John 
Carver, Mid-North Indiana, June 20, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Just read the latest DXLD. Sorry Glenn. Saw my message to you. SDFH 
stands for step daughter from hell (John Carver, June 21, ibid.)

** U S A. AMATEUR RADIO ROUNDATABLE  Subject:  Ham Radio from Space

Trying to go where no other ham radio program has gone before, 
W5KUB.COM will bring in Astronaut Douglas Wheelock, KF5BOC, from Star 
City, Russia to our live show Tuesday night June 21st. Star City is in 
Moscow Oblast, Russia, which has been home to the Yuri Gagarin 
Cosmonaut Training Center since the 1960s. Doug will discuss ham radio 
from the ISS and other interesting topics.

Doug is presently the Director of NASA in Russia and is on a 6 month 
assignment. He has been on our show many times and is always 
informative and interesting as he discusses his missions in space and 
ham radio. Doug was very popular on ham radio aboard the ISS and made 
thousands of contacts. He will be getting up at 4:00 AM local Russian 
time to be on the show live. Please help us spread the word and join 
us. From our chat room, please submit your questions and we will try 
to get as many answered as possible.

In an effort to get this amazing story out to as many hams as 
possible, Paul Braun, WD9GCO, field reporter and fill-in anchor at 
Amateur Radio Newsline, will join us during the show.

Coming up this weekend is Field Day! We will send an additional email 
with details but we would like to pre-notify you to a special Field 
Day webcast planned for Saturday, June 25. From 4:00 PM until 6:00 PM 
Eastern time, we will be live with the K1D youth Field Day in Florida.  
Watch the kids operate, tour the set-up that they personally built, 
and take a tour of their operations. From 6:00 PM until 8:00 or 9:00 
PM Eastern, we will be back in the Collierville, Tennessee studio for 
live reports, visits, and tours from remote Field Day operations 
across the nation. If your group would like to schedule 5-10 minutes 
on our Field Day show, please contact me ASAP. Remember, you get 100 
extra points for this media event.

Towards the end of each show, we provide a link and viewers who have a 
camera, microphone, and a Google+ account, can join the show. Your 
video and audio will be on the webcast. This part of the show is very 
informal and up to 10 people can join. We talk about anything the 
viewers want to discuss.

If you missed last week's Amateur Radio Roundtable you can click here 
to watch it. Forward this message to a Friend to share this message 
with your friends.

Amateur Radio Roundtable is a live weekly amateur radio webcast, held 
every Tuesday night at 8 PM CT (0100 UT Wednesday) at W5KUB.com (click 
on Watch Live Video and Chat). The Tuesday night show is also 
simulcast on international shortwave station WBCQ on 5130 kHz. Join us 
for fun and interesting discussions! (Tom Medlin, W5KUB, June 20, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. Re what WBCQ had to say about KJES, George Thurman in 
Houston tells me, ``someone named "JOHN" has informed Al Weiner that 
he has bought KJES and that it will be returning to the air. 2 XMTRS 
and 2 antennas`` --- so it wasn`t Scott Becker as I had guessed.

Then George sends a 36-second clip of this, and I copy exactly what 
Allan said: ```OK, John, one of our engineers that helped build the 
station, said, ``Hi Allan, wanted to announce that I was out in New 
Mexico about two weeks ago, I was touring KJES shortwave. I liked the 
station so much, I BOUGHT IT!!`` There you go. ``I got two 
transmitters, one an ELCOR SW-50, the other an ELCOR SW-25 with a 
solid state modulator, also got two rhombic antennas, all the spare 
parts and test equipment, so look for a new shortwave station soon`` -
-- well, good, good John! Good man, good, John, great, God bless. 
OK``` So will it stay on the Lord`s Ranch property near Vado? And 
John, WHO??? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1831, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

KJES PURCHASE --- Greetings. My company Shellsburg Community 
Broadcasting has purchased the assets of shortwave station KJES Vado,  
New Mexico. Plans are set to re-new the license and move the 
transmitters and antennas to a new site. A temporary transmitter site 
will be constructed to serve while the main site is re-constructed. Up 
grades are planned for the transmitters and antennas. For further 
details contact (Jon Gorski, KJES, June 20, WORLD OF RADIO 1831, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

Jon, Thanks so much for contacting me. I see your company once applied 
for an LP FM station in Shellsburg, Iowa, so does that have anything 
to do with the location for this SW operation, temporary or permanent? 
What kind of programming do you plan to do? I once visited KJES 
myself, and at least saw the LP antenna, but no one was around. 
Regards, (Glenn Hauser to Jon, via WORLD OF RADIO 1831, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

[FCC search had found this::

LOW POWER FM APPLICATIONS FOR ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION PERMIT GRANTED
------------------------------------------------------------------
IA  BNPL-20010614AHF NEW 135013 SHELLSBURG COMMUNITY BROADCASTING 
ASSOCIATION	Low Power FM CP New Stn. E 93.1 MHZ SHELLSBURG, IA	
Legal Amendment filed 01/12/2004
ftp://ftp.fcc.gov/pub/Bureaus/MB/Public_Notices/Brdcst_Actions/ac04022
4.txt

There is no AM or FM licensed to Shellsburg now, which is a small town 
of 983 population (2010y) NW of Cedar Rapids]

Glenn, The LP FM has nothing to do with the SW station. However I 
might construct a standby SW transmitter near Shellsburg, Iowa. The 
main station in New Mexico must be relocated to a new site. A standby 
station would be in order to allow broadcasting while the New Mexico 
is reconstructed. The standby station would be retained as a standby 
transmitter site Once the New Mexico site is on the air. I plan to 
wake the world up. At least on shortwave. There will be some programs 
from KJES-internet. After all, the folks at the Lord`s Ranch have been 
very good to me. As such I will return the favor. 

There will be some air time for those that want to be radio "stars". 
Of course I plan to carry World of Radio and Chuck Harder's "For the 
People". Free time will be used for music and some talk programs. I am 
open to suggestions; after all it is all about you, my audience. We 
look for reception reports. Reception reports from our listeners will 
be entered into a drawing to be held on a Saturday night where we will 
give away a BST-1 car shortwave radio to some lucky listener each 
Saturday night.

As far as technical facilities go, the LP antenna has been sold. It 
did not handle the power very well. There are two Rhombic antennas, 
two transmitters and I will add a rotatable multi-band Yagi antenna. I 
also have another 50 kW transmitter which might be added to the mix. 
Upgrades to the 50 kW transmitter include a solid state modulator. One 
transmitter on site already has a solid state modulator. Some new 
audio gear is also in order including a couple of new Opta-Mod audio 
processors. Studios will be both in New Mexico and Iowa. There will be 
an automation system with live assist capabilities (Jon Gorski, KJES, 
WORLD OF RADIO 1831, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Jon, Tnx for all the info, which I will be mentioning on World of 
Radio of course, and in DX Listening Digest. Glad to hear you will be 
including WOR on the schedule. Please keep us updated on further 
progress. When do you think you will be ready for first broadcasts or 
on-air tests? I wonder if you have been involved in other US SW BC 
stations? I think Allan Weiner said you helped with WBCQ (Glenn 
Hauser, ibid.)

Glenn, Thanks for including me in your program. I don't know when the 
first broadcast will take place. I must re-license the station. Then I 
must move the transmitter site. Most likely I will construct a 
temporary transmitter site, which will serve as a standby site once 
the main site is re-constructed. The temporary site will get me on the 
air sooner but may not offer the signal quality of the main site. It 
seems that the best plans of mice and man do not always work out as 
planned.

Yes, I have been involved in broadcasting for many years. I was at one 
time a partner in the old Radio Earth International. And have built 
many transmitters, AM, FM, shortwave and even some TV transmitters.

As far as your program, I will carry your program, it is an asset to 
the listening public. I would encourage you to think about developing 
some other programming as an addition to your current program. Maybe 
something more in depth about shortwave broadcasting. How about maybe 
something live, like a call in program where you as the program host; 
choose a guest and you take calls from the listening public. I know it 
takes a lot to do such a program. But maybe make it a once a month 
thing. I would be willing to donate the time to you. I think it would 
boost our listenership. I know you are busy with the present program. 
But give it some thought. I could think or many topics of interest to 
the listening public. As such we would be the exclusive station for 
this program. There are lots of possibilities we could discuss at your 
convenience. Thank you and have a great day (Jon Gorski, KJES, WORLD 
OF RADIO 1831, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WRMI website personnel info, I check since hearing that 
Terry Elders is no longer with station, replaced by Pat Travers:

Jeff White - General Manager
Terry Elders - Facility Manager and Antenna Specialist
Pat Travers  - Chief Fabricator
Don Frish - Transmitter Specialist
Thais White - Office Manager, Travel Department Manager
Javier Garcia - Studio Engineer and Transmitter Operator
Scott Marcy, Harry Robbins, Ron Woody - Transmitter Operators
Denny Williams - IT Specialist and Transmitter Operator
Dan Elyea - Engineering and Frequency Consultant (former Manager, 
WYFR) (Glenn Hauser, June 22, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9395, June 16 at 0607 as I bandscan, SonPower Network via 
WRMI is starting `TruNews`. I am aghast as Rick Wiles and guest 
discuss how the Orlando massacre was a ``false-flag operation``, 
claiming there is NO evidence all those people were really killed, but 
instead staged by ``that jihadist in the White House`` to further his 
agenda of Taking Our Guns Away, and imposing martial law before his 
term is over. WHAT ABSOLUTE CRAP!!! How can anyone justify putting it 
on the air? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5050, UT Monday June 20 at 0126, WWRB is on at S9+35 with 
gospel huxter in English; still at 0213 with gospel huxtress in 
English. This frequency is now active only on UT Sun & Mon. See also 
UGANDA [non] (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. 12160, June 16 at 1851, BST-1 caradio memory scan 
stops on Alex Jones just as WWCR transmitter dumps off the air for 
about a minute, back on a bit, and off again after 1853.

9980, June 16 at 2037, WWCR provides us with more dead air, carrier 
still on, at S9+10, not during a BS segment (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

11775, June 16 at 2029, open carrier/dead air instead of Dead Gene 
Scott, on Anguilla`s S9+10 signal; and same DA on WWCR 13845 S9 past 
2037+. Wake up, Melissa, in the LA uplink (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9475 & 5830, June 18 at 0129, both possible WTWW-1 
frequencies are off (and so are WTWW-2 as usual from 5085, 9930), but 
12105, WTWW-3 is unusually VG this late, S9+20 at 0141 with the extra 
SFAW/PPP hatehour in English, while 5830 & 9475 are still off.

12105, June 20 at 0129-0131+, WTWW-3 is open carrier, dead air, except 
for some kind of background noise, S9+32 signal wasted. Still so at 
0150; lite noise bursts at 0200 with no more modulation than that and 
off at 0200:55*; while WTWW-1 is OK on 9475 at 0150, and on 5830 after 
0200; and WTWW-2 off (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

WTWW transmitter site visit, 5 photo images. Visited a shortwave 
station yesterday. I visited WTWW's transmitter site last night and I 
was amazed by everything I saw! It runs three transmitters with the 
capacity to run something like 1.21 gigawatts [SIC!]. . .
<http://forums.qrz.com/index.php?threads/visited-a-shortwave-station-yesterday.527347/>
(via Mike Barraclough, UK, shortwavesites yg June 19 via BC-DX June 19 
via DXLD)

** U S A. Transmisión Especial de Frecuencia Al Dķa en WINB. El dķa 
miércoles 22 de Junio se efectuarį una transmisión de prueba en la 
emisora WINB por la frecuencia de 9265 kHz de 21:00 – 21:30 UTC.

WINB transmite desde la ciudad de Red Lion, Pennsylvania con un 
transmisor de 50 kW.

Invitamos a enviarnos sus reportes de recepción por la vķa de you tube 
solamente al correo dbloise@hotmail.com
Los informes serįn verificados con una eQSL especial para tal motivo.

Apreciamos la difusión de este mensaje. Saludos, (Dino Bloise, 
Frecuencia Al Dķa, Miami, EE.UU., June 21, dxldyg via DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

9265, Wed June 22 at 2110, checking out WINB for the test Dino Bloise 
said would be on for his DX program `Frecuencia al Dķa` --- Only S8-S9 
in daytime noise level, and I do hear some Spanish --- but it`s a 
gospel huxter alternating with English, not FAD. WINB program schedule 
updated June 19 indeed shows a mezcla of lingos:
``05:00P / Wed-2100 Templo Trinidad Presents Jesus Christo`` [sic] 
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Updated shortwave schedule of WINB Red Lion from June 19:
1130-1200 on  9265 INB 050 kW / 242 deg to CeAm English Sun
1200-2000 on  9265 INB 050 kW / 242 deg to CeAm English Sat/Sun#
1600-1900 on  9265 INB 050 kW / 242 deg to CeAm English Mon-Fri*
1900-1945 on  9265 INB 050 kW / 242 deg to CeAm English Mon-Fri
1945-2000 on  9265 INB 050 kW / 242 deg to CeAm Eng/Spa Mon-Thu
1945-2000 on  9265 INB 050 kW / 242 deg to CeAm English Fri
2000-2230 on  9265 INB 050 kW / 242 deg to CeAm English Daily
2230-2300 on  9265 INB 050 kW / 242 deg to CeAm Spanish Mon
2230-2300 on  9265 INB 050 kW / 242 deg to CeAm English Tue-Sun
2300-2400 on  9265 INB 050 kW / 242 deg to CeAm English Daily
0000-0230 on  9265 INB 050 kW / 242 deg to CeAm English Daily
0230-0300 on  9265 INB 050 kW / 242 deg to CeAm English Sat-Mon#
0300-0330 on  9265 INB 050 kW / 242 deg to CeAm English Sun/Mon
* Brother HySTAIRical; # changes
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/06/updated-shortwave-schedule-of-winb-red.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long 
wire, June 19-20, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 880, June 19 at 0436 UT, Spanish sermon backed by ranchera 
music, loops N/S on the PL-880, and fades from dominant to out; 0504 
UT apparent live YL DJ praiser, ID in passing as R. Aleluya on 88.1, 
but on 880 this is really KJOZ Conroe TX. So it`s non-commercial? 
WTFDA FM DB shows 88.1 would be KQUE-FM in Bay City TX (Houston 
market) only 3.6 kW at 437m HAAT, must be on some TV tower. But co-
channel on same frequency is its own KFTG in Pasadena with 700 watts, 
and two translators of that! Aleluya`s only full-power 100 kW signal 
is 89.7 KTYR Trinity TX; among a bunch of other FM and AM outlets. 
BTW, KQUE used to be call of a major English commercial FM in Houston 
(not AlbuQUErQUE). 

880 is one signal making it into my hotel room in Bartlesville OK (for 
one day of the OK Mozart Festival), where conditions are noticeably 
different than Enid, with KRVN NE normally dominant (or KHAC at right 
angle). KJOZ is 10/1 kW U4. NRC AM Pattern Book shows decimated night 
signal favors the west, and day pattern the north, so guess what? 
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** U S A. 880, KRVN, Lexington NE: 1:00-7:15 PM CDT [1800-2415 UT], 
12-Jun; C&W music Sunday to 7:07 PM Cow Boy Corner; "KRVN Rural Radio 
for NE & KS"; ToH Fox News; Many call IDs. Very brief QSB about 8 mi. 
east of the MO River on I-80. In the past, I've gotten complete 
dropouts for a few miles in this same area--skywave/groundwave 
transition? (Frodge-IA/NE)

+++ 8:30 AM-1:45 PM CDT [1330-1845 UT], 13-Jun; Bob Broggan & Dave 
Schroeder KRVN News, Dewey Nelson & Jessie Harding ag news, "The Hay & 
Forage Minute"; the average American eats 54 lb. beef per year; "If 
you want to wear the crown of success, you have to dance with 
adversity"; "Bernie wants to beat Hillary, Hillary wants to beat 
Trump, Trump wants to beat everybody, and you just want to beat the 
weeds"; not a single bull semen, dead stock removal or manure 
management ad heard (Harold Frodge, NE, MARE Tipsheet June 17 via 
DXLD)

** U S A. 1520, June 16 at 1150 UT, KYND Cypress TX colliding with 
talker KOKC OKC and making a slow SAH of 22/minute = 0.37 Hz, plugging 
its website http://kyndradio.com and then some music. Fading out by 
1153 UT. After playing nothing but music fill for months following the 
departure of the ChiCom, it appears KYND have developed a schedule 
mixing music, talk, sports. To see the schedule you have to watch 
alternating displays, including this one at the time I was listening: 
``Showbiz and Company, M-F 6-9 am``. Lema: ``Great conversations and 
exciting programming. Your KYND of Talk, Your KYND of Music we are 
YOUR KYND of Radio. The Powerful 1520``

The ``Reaching You`` link
http://kyndradio.com/on-air/
displays a coverage pattern map including a very minor lobe toward the 
NNW which we don`t believe (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. [Re below:] Tim, You're right on the Temecula TIS. I work in 
Temecula and have listened to the TIS and haven't heard an ID. They 
used to have one around :58 but not anymore. I'll try listening more 
to see if they ever ID (Martin Foltz, CA, ABDX yg via DXLD)

** U S A. CA/NV TIS update --- Noted on Monday [June 13] while driving 
from San Diego to Las Vegas:

1610, WQIQ379 - Temecula city TIS is getting out well, but does not 
seem to include a call ID. [see above]

1640, WQKG940 - Murrieta Hot Springs city TIS is getting out very 
poorly. Better to the north than to the south for whatever reason.

1690, WQUX684, Anaheim - New HAR for "The Toll Roads" in Orange County 
- CA-133/241/261. Gets out very well.

1630, WQMJ698, Chaffey College - This is the mystery college station I
logged on a previous drive up I-15. Chaffey College is a junior 
college west of San Bernardino, once known for producing great jazz 
bands. This is a very odd station. It is licensed as a TIS, but it is 
run as a broadcast station with live hosts, music, etc. Audible for 
maybe 20 miles along I-15. As you drive north, XEUT eventually becomes 
audible again.

1610, WQVK705 - City of San Bernardino - a new TIS seemingly run by 
the police department.

1000, (WPFM428) - Barstow - The signs are still up, but this station 
has been off for a few years and is unlikely to reappear, at least on 
this channel. Ever since KCEO Vista, CA upped their power, their 
daytime signal makes it all the way north into Barstow.

1610, KMC727 - Mojave Desert National Preserve stations are on.

1610, WPSG912, Mountain Pass - Cal Trans HAR is still on, but still
extremely weak. This one used to get out like crazy. The CalTrans 
folks in this district (basically all of San Bernardino County 
including the station in Needles) have a long history of getting the 
IDs mixed up for their various stations, but currently the Mountain 
Pass station is giving the correct call sign and location.

1700, WQPJ450 - Las Vegas [NV] area HAR stations are still testing. 
The first two as you enter Nevada on I-15 (at Primm and again about 10 
miles farther north) are using a short loop with a female voice. The 
station(s) along the southern I-15/I-215 area are using a male voice. 
The stations do not give a call ID, and the robotic voice 
mispronounces acronyms like HAR as if they were words, so you will 
occasionally hear phrases like "Test Har Test" in these messages.

920, KBAD [yes, Las Vegas NV, not Carlsbad CA --- gh] was running OC 
on Monday, but was back on the air Tuesday with NBC Sports Radio 
programming. No format or network changes were noted among the Las 
Vegas stations while we were in town.

530, Hoover Dam TIS is still on.

73 (Tim Hall, on the road, June 16, ABDX yg via DXLD)

** U S A. 87.75, KZFW-LP, Dallas, TEXAS, June/20/16, 1257 EDT [1657 
UT] SPANISH, VG. Franken-FM station. Lively Mexican music. IDs as "LA 
PANTERA". Spanish Vocals and Talk. NEW STATION [to him] 3 kW

RECEIVERS: ELAD FDM-S2 SDR and SANGEAN HDT-1X TUNER
ANTENNA: APS-14, 14 element beam at 50 feet on tower.
FM LOG TOTALS are now: 2,844 stations heard. 73 ROB VA3SW 
(Robert S. Ross, London, Ontario CANADA, ODXA yg via DXLD)

** U S A. MARE Larry Russell points out we missed an obit of note. 
Dick Estell, the long-time WKAR AM "Radio Reader" has died. I 'read' 
more than one book getting ready for work or driving into work with 
Dick over the years, and I miss that program! Seriously, who doesn't 
like being read to? They don't make radio programming like this any 
more, and we're all a little poorer because of that fact! More details 
at:
http://current.org/2016/05/radio-reader-host-dick-estell-dies-at-90/
http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/local/2016/05/06/former-radio-reader-wkar-dick-estell-dies/84018646/
http://radioreader.net/
(Kenneth Vito Zichi, MI, MARE Tipsheet June 17 via DXLD) 

It was widely broadcast across the nation on public radio (gh, DXLD)

** U S A. PUBLIC RADIO'S EXISTENTIAL CRISIS
   http://www.wsj.com/articles/radios-existential-crisis-1466111586

With both its stars and audience aging, NPR is struggling to adapt to 
the digital age: `The most innovative people are doing podcasts'

Garrison Keillor Photo: Ann Heisenfelt/Associated Press [caption]
   By Ellen Gamerman The Wall Street Journal
   June 16, 2016 5:13 p.m. ET 31 COMMENTS

Old hosts die hard in public radio.

When 73-year-old Garrison Keillor retires as host of "A Prairie Home
Companion" next month, he'll leave more than 3 million weekly 
listeners loyal to a show that began more than 40 years ago. Elsewhere 
on the dial, "Car Talk" ranks near the top of National Public Radio's 
ratings even though co-host Tom Magliozzi died at age 77 nearly two 
years ago -- his jovial cackle still echoing in "best of" versions of 
the show on more than 600 stations nationwide. Later this year, 
Washington talk-show doyenne Diane Rehm, 79, who boasts one of NPR's 
10 largest weekly audiences, will end more than three decades on the 
air.

"We've known that the so-called old guard would eventually have to
retire," said Mike Savage, general manager of public-radio station 
WBAA in West Lafayette, Ind., which has aired all three shows for 
decades. "There's concern because these programs are well-known and 
well-loved."

Public radio is facing an existential crisis. Some of the biggest 
radio stars of a generation are exiting the scene while public-radio
executives attempt to stem the loss of younger listeners on 
traditional radio. At the same time, the business model of NPR -- the 
institution at the center of the public-radio universe -- is under 
threat: It relies primarily on funding from hundreds of local radio 
stations, but it faces rising competition from small and nimble 
podcasting companies using aggressive commercial strategies to create 
Netflix-style on-demand content.

All this has amplified tensions between veteran radio executives who
continue to cling to popular broadcast shows like "Car Talk" and those
who believe podcasting, with its innovative storytelling and younger
audiences, is the future. At NPR itself, a top executive recently
issued guidelines to staff barring on-air promotion of its much-
praised new app NPR One. Encouraging listeners to tune in via the app 
could alienate the local public-radio stations that pay NPR for shows.

"It's a moment of anxiety systemwide," said Ben Calhoun, vice 
president of content and programming at Chicago public-radio station 
WBEZ and a former producer with "This American Life." "There's a 
tendency for that dynamic to manifest as sort of protectionist and 
defensive."

"A Prairie Home Companion" is an emblem of the outgoing era, not just
old-timey in its sound, but also in the appointment listening of its
audience. Every Saturday night at 6 p.m., tucked in their log-cabin
weekend home in southern Maryland, Connie and Sterling Mehring stream
the two-hour live program online, sip white Russians and listen to Mr.
Keillor sing, host musical guests and deliver the news from his
fictional town of Lake Wobegon. The show's current weekly audience is
3.2 million, down nearly a million from a decade ago but still the
third-largest audience among weekend programs on public radio.

The Mehrings, both in their 60s, are unsure about the show's incoming
host, 35-year-old musician Chris Thile. "We'll try it for a while," 
Ms. Mehring said. "Until they force us not to," her husband broke in, 
"if the guy's not very good."

From left, sound effects man Fred Newman, actors Tim Russell, Sue
Scott, Ed Helms and host Chris Thile performed in `A Prairie Home
Companion' on Jan. 30, 2016, at the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul,
Minn. Published Credit: Photo: Aaron Lavinsky/TNS/Zuma Press [caption]

Many younger people are mystified by Mr. Keillor's appeal. "It's like
an embarrassing uncle -- the jokes are so bad, this guy thinks he can
sing but he cannot sing, and I'm not interested in anything he has to
say," said Raphael Bob-Waksberg, the 31-year-old creator of the
animated Netflix sitcom "BoJack Horseman." Though he said he also 
feels real affection for Mr. Keillor, Mr. Bob-Waksberg's 966-word rant 
on his Tumblr about "A Prairie Home Companion" in 2014 briefly made 
him the most hated man in Lake Wobegon.

Mr. Keillor's last live show of "A Prairie Home Companion" is slated
for July 1 in Los Angeles; it will be aired the following night. Mr.
Thile, a mandolin player known for the groups Nickel Creek and Punch
Brothers, will start as the program's new host in October. The 
musician, whose honors include multiple Grammys and a MacArthur
Foundation "genius grant," doesn't plan to tinker with the radio 
show's variety format but hopes to broaden its range to include rock, 
rap and other contemporary genres. He also plans to expand the podcast 
and engage with listeners during the show via social media.

The transition at "A Prairie Home Companion" reflects a growing divide
in the audio world between older listeners who prefer programs on the
radio, often in their cars, and a younger audience more likely to
download podcasts of music and edgier shows onto their devices.

The Evolving Radio Host

Garrison Keillor: From 12 people at the host's first `A Prairie Home
Companion' broadcast, the weekly audience now tops 3 million [caption] 
Launched: 1974 Photo: David Joles/Minneapolis Star Tribune/Zuma Press

The `Car Talk' guys. Hosts Ray and the late Tom Magliozzi broadcast
roughly 1,200 episodes. Launched: 1977 Photo: NPR [caption]

Diane Rehm: The veteran talk-show host has a weekly on-air audience of
2.4 million listeners. Launched: 1979 Photo: Stephen Voss [caption]

Ira Glass: Each episode of `This American Life' averages 2.5 million
downloads--more than the radio show's 2.2 million weekly listeners.
Launched: 1999 Photo: Larry Busacca/Getty Images [caption]

2 Dope Queens. Comedians Phoebe Robinson and Jessica Williams hit #1 
on the iTunes podcast chart shortly after their debut. Launched: 2016
Photo: Mindy Tucker [caption]

By the end of the decade, NPR projects that younger listeners under 
age 44 will make up only around 30% of the overall audience for its 
member stations, compared with about 60% in 1985. Currently more than 
80% of podcast listeners are under age 55, according to recent data 
released by Edison Research and Triton Digital.

These shifts in listening habits promises to continue. Auto makers are
working to install voice technology in new cars that would allow
drivers to simply say the name of a show they'd like to hear, making 
it less crucial to stay tuned to a particular radio station. Within 
seven years, 57% of all cars will be sold with built-in internet,
controllable by smartphone, up from 32% in 2015, said Egil Juliussen,
principal analyst for car-market researcher IHS Automotive.

More private podcasters such as Gimlet Media, Panoply and Earwolf are
taking advantage of the move to on-demand listening. These companies,
populated by public-radio veterans, are busy. In the past year and a
half, Gimlet launched five podcasts and will debut five more by the 
end of the year, including a true-crime show with the team behind the 
HBO documentary "The Jinx." The Amazon-owned audio retailer Audible is
building its own short-form audio-content division as well.

Public radio is pushing hard on digital, too. WNYC Studios, the 
podcast-creation arm of New York's public radio station, this spring
launched the show "2 Dope Queens," a hit comedy podcast co-starring
Jessica Williams of "The Daily Show" and comedian-writer Phoebe
Robinson.

Meanwhile, NPR itself is already the nation's top podcast publisher
with a monthly audience of 7.2 million listeners, according to podcast
analytics firm Podtrac. In the past year, it has doubled the revenue 
it gets from corporate sponsorship for podcasts.

NPR executives say they're seizing this moment as an opportunity to
showcase fresh, young voices on many platforms--as guests on existing
radio shows, on their own shows or as podcasts. "Code Switch," for
example, is a new podcast that explores race, ethnicity and culture.
This week marks the return of NPR's "Invisibilia," a radio show about
the unseen forces that drive human behavior whose first-season 
episodes have been downloaded more than 50 million times.

"This is a great moment of expansion in terms of looking outwards,
evolving our sound, connecting with folks we might not have connected
with before," said Anya Grundmann, vice president of programming at
NPR.

Even so, NPR critics say it is not embracing podcasts wholeheartedly.
Its longtime business model, which depends on member stations
broadcasting its content, is in direct conflict with the podcast 
model. Member stations potentially lose listeners if people are 
getting their shows elsewhere. NPR itself has lost 1.2 million weekly 
broadcast listeners between 2010 and 2015, according to Nielsen data.

In March, Chris Turpin, NPR vice president for news programming and
operations, posted a memo to NPR's ethics handbook instructing hosts
not to actively promote even its own podcasts on the air or mention
npr.org, iTunes, Stitcher and other audio providers. An NPR 
spokeswoman said NPR already promotes podcasts on air by featuring 
segments or reporters from those shows in its news programs. Mr. 
Turpin doesn't want hosts to promote NPR One until all local stations 
are represented on the app, she added.

After the memo hit the internet, critics accused NPR of being tone 
deaf at best and, at worst, undermining its own future by slighting 
its digital presence. Adam Davidson, co-founder of NPR's "Planet 
Money" who now co-hosts the Gimlet show "Surprisingly Awesome," asked 
whether rising audio stars would stick with NPR going into the future. 
"Pretty soon, the question will be: Why did you stay at NPR so long?" 
he wrote on Facebook in a widely circulated rebuttal to the NPR rule. 
"Were you bad at seeing the signs? Do you value stability more than 
creativity?" Mr. Davidson declined to comment for this article.

Chris Thile will succeed Garrison Keillor as host of `A Prairie Home
Companion' Photo: Jim Gehrz/Minneapolis Star Tribune/Zuma Press 
[caption]

Despite the growth of digital, Americans ages 13 and over spend more
than half their total listening time on AM/FM radio and 2% of their
listening time on podcasts, according to Edison. NPR's weekly 
broadcast radio audience now averages 26 million.

It's not surprising, therefore, that many public-radio stations
continue to stick with so-called legacy radio shows with built-in
audiences that have been around for years. "Car Talk," for example,
still outperforms most other public radio shows. Based on average
number of listeners per 15-minute blocks, NPR ranks "Car Talk" as its
third most popular radio program (first is "Wait Wait...Don't Tell 
Me!" followed by weekday episodes of "All Things Considered").

NPR's shows feature several hosts in their 30s, but personalities past
retirement age still populate the dial. WNYC, for example, features on
its AM or FM weekend schedules several hosts who have been on the air
for decades: Jonathan Schwartz (music), Joe Frank (variety) and Lynne
Rossetto Kasper (food) are all in their 70s. "Folksong Festival," the
country's longest-running radio show with the same host, airs 
Saturdays with a short introduction by 96-year-old Oscar Brand.

Some older hosts still balk at the digital experience. "To me,
podcasting is like pretending you're on the radio," said Michael
Feldman, host of the comedy-quiz show "Whad'Ya Know?," who 
nevertheless plans to launch a podcast after his live two-hour show 
ends in late June. The 67-year-old Wisconsin native, whose more than 
30-year-old program recently was canceled by producer Wisconsin Public 
Radio, said podcasting doesn't encourage communal listening but is 
designed for "one individual who is doing an elliptical machine for 20 
minutes."

Critics say the reliance on old shows is stifling creativity among
producers and a new generation of storytellers.

Sarah Koenig, host of `Serial' Photo: Meredith Heuer [caption]

"The people who are inventing what could be the weekend shows are
tending to leave radio," said Ira Glass, creator of "This American
Life," the hugely successful and influential public-radio program that
spun off the hit podcast "Serial" in 2014. "The most innovative people
in audio are doing podcasts."

Others question the wisdom of sticking with old shows, even if they're
still popular. A few months ago, WBEZ Chicago dropped "Car Talk."
"People said, `Car Talk' works," said Mr. Calhoun, the WBEZ executive.
"I have a lot of respect for all the people who have been in the 
system a lot longer than I have, but I also thought, `Works for 
what?'" (via Mike Cooper, WORLD OF RADIO 1831, DXLD)

** VIETNAM. 7906-USB, 1305-, Ho Chi Minh Radio, Jun 16. Rapid tones at 
1305:15 for a few seconds, into rapid female speaker, mentioning Ho 
Chi Minh. Very good reception. // 8294-USB only a little weaker. Lots 
of mentions of 'kilomet'. Mentions of kilohertz just before 1313. At 
1313 same rapid tones to end the broadcast. No English heard this 
time. Rechecked at 1327 and 7906-U is back, but nothing on 8294. Not 
as strong as earlier, and with transmitter issues. I can hear 
cochannel a very echoey voice. Off at 1329:30. Checked numerous times. 
On very frequently. For instance, still being heard at fair level at 
1605 UT, but 8294 was not heard except for the first reception. I just 
returned from a very brief visit to my DX cottage near Masset, BC on 
Haida Gwaii, off the north west coast of BC. I quickly hooked up my 
AOR 7030+ to my ALA 100 antenna, and briefly DX'd for just a single 
evening and morning (Walt Salmaniw, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** YEMEN [non]. 11860, June 17 at 1248, Republic of Yemen Radio, 
presumably via SAUDI ARABIA, with Arabic YL, S2-S7, which means it`s 
better than it has been for a long time; some bits of music. 1307 now 
more music, S5-S9, then more talk past 1330; at 1338 Arabic is S7-S9 
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Greetings From Nevada! Conditions here have been fair to good this 
past week with the Solar Flux hovering in the mid 80s and the 
geomagnetic activity going from Unsettled to Very Quiet. Still not 
good enough to hear Rep. of Yemen Radio Sanaa on 11860 kHz (in the 
early mornings here ~1300z-1500z), and I haven't heard them since the 
last Geomagnetic Storm on the 14th. If the Geomagnetic field remains 
as quiet as it has been the last few days, there maybe another chance 
to hear it before the next active-to-storm period (which could arrive 
as soon as the 24th according to Boulder predictions). Here's to 
hoping for the best! (Rodney Johnson, Las Vegas NV, June 21, dxldyg 
via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

11860, Rep. of Yemen Radio - Saudi sponsored clandestine currently, 
0024 UT, coming in with good signals, S8 +, with lengthy recitations 
in Arabic. Actually recitations seem a bit lackluster or uninspired 
for what is normally heard during such presentations. However not 
being fluent in Arabic I am at a disadvantage to know exactly what is 
being said and can only go by what I have heard in the past in 
speculating that these are in fact recitations. Audio on the signal is 
clear and steady only some slight static (Stephen C Wood, Harwich, 
Mass., UT June 22, ibid.)

** ZANZIBAR. TANZANIA, Good signal of Zanzibar Broadcasting 
Corporation on June 18 [Saturday]
1800-1809 on 11735 DOL 050 kW / non-dir to CeAf English plus DRM noise
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/06/good-signal-of-zanzibar-broadcasting.html
73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. 
long wire, June 18, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Zanzibar Broadcasting Corporation actually (1800 UT) with English news
on 11735 kHz with S9+30. ZBC seems to broadcast English news more 
regularly than before. 73, Posted by: ("Manfred R. Reiff", Germany, 
Tuesday June 21, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Noise on 1500 kHz at night: Glenn: This weekend I'll be 
traveling down to Little Rock, Arkansas. I will stay in Poplar Bluff, 
Missouri for the night on the way down there. At both locations I will
attempt to get a bearing on that unID noisy station on 1500 kHz using 
portable radios. I am bringing along a compass to try and pinpoint the 
bearing. Never tried using a compass so hope it works out well. Sounds 
like no one else besides you and I show any interest it this station.
Will let you know what I have for bearings (Tom Jasinski, Joliet IL, 
June 22, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Tom, Great! Let me point out that you will need to make a correxion 
for magnetic declination. Here`s one place to figure that:
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/geomag-web/

Another way would be to make sure you are on a table (or whatever) 
aligned on true E/W N/S grid as many town streets are, of course, (or 
sight Polaris; good luck) and rotate the radio atop a protractor (the 
larger the better); you could make one on some cardboard. Maybe it`ll 
turn out to be KDFN anyway (Glenn to Tom, via DXLD) To be continued

UNIDENTIFIED. 1540.6, 0936 June 19, 2016. Fairly strong het against 
ZNS1, no audio making it. Presume something Latin American, being this 
far off-channel (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater FL, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

So apparently not KGBC Galveston TX which is consistently off+ but 
closer to 1540, I measured on 1540.056 April 8, and I still hear that 
het any night or SR/SS (Glenn Hauser, DXLD)

UNIDENTIFIED. 3210, June 16 at 1127, JBA carrier. I might have hoped 
it was Unique Radio, Australia, as ABC NT 2325 and 2485 are strong 
enough to produce some audio, except per the home page 
http://www.uniqueradio.info/ 

``Unique Radio is currently relocating to another transmission site 
and waiting for approval from ACMA. The existing transmission site at 
Halls Creek has been a challenge and the decision was made to cease 
transmission from there due to poor reception in much of the area and 
beyond. Until the new approval from ACMA we will continue online as 
usual. We are also developing a network of stations across Northern 
New South Wales and working on new ways to connect including streaming 
online. Please feel free to contact Aussie Tim today on our 'contact 
us' link, thankyou. Please Note : We are still online in crystal clear 
digital at the links below. Listen to us @ 
5685.cloudrad.io:8462 (24K AAC) or 
5628.cloudrad.io:8450 (64K MP3)
(Click links for audio and then press 'listen'``. Maybe my 3210 is a 
MW harmonic vestige, 3 x 1070? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 7259.956, String signal 'seen' in Alberta unit, 
seemingly R Vanuatu again on air in 41mb at 0524 UT June 17 (Wolfgang 
Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDentified. Station with Egyptian music on air June 20
1000-1013 on  9550 unknown transmitter site, poor to fair today
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/06/unidentified-station-with-egyptian.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long 
wire, June 19-20, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 11650, June 20 at 0139, talk at S5, seems Arabic, 
leading to Radio Sultanate of Oman which has been here in the past --- 
but not one of their frequencies registered at all for A-16. What is 
listed is: CRI in Chinese via Urumqi, but this is not Chinese. Gone at 
0158 recheck. I know I was getting RSO earlier, June 19 circa 1700 on 
15140, as BST-1 caradio memory stopped on its Arabic before RHC`s 
hours. Now 11650 suffers from the filthy 11670 RHC transmitter 
splattering; LSB tuning helps a little bit (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 12350, June 16 at 1214, JBA AM carrier. Maybe a mixing 
product from two adjacent 25mb transmitters, but doesn`t work out for 
RHC; or harmonic 2 x 6175? The WCY net should start at 1230 but on USB 
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Often heard since, blocking 
WCY; maybe local birdie (gh)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS
++++++++++++++++++++++++

No thanks for financial support this week since none has been received 
since last week, to: Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702, by 
check or MO in US funds on a US bank; or not necessarily in US funds, 
via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com (gh, WORLD OF RADIO 1831 via DXLD)

Also see USA: KJES: Jon Gorski`s comments

PUBLICATIONS
++++++++++++

EiBi English Extracts

The Eibi English extracts (DRM, Full and no UTE/MW) using the June 15, 
2016 Eibi schedules are available in the Schedules section of 
http://www.kg4lac.com
73, (Kraig Krist, VA, June 18, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES
+++++++++++++++++++++++++

ANNUAL NASB CONFERENCE

Jeff, I haven`t seen any reports on this which was in a listing of 
2016 meetings several months ago. Nor is there anything I can find on 
NASB website since 2015. Did the 2016 meeting happen? (Glenn to Jeff 
White, NASB, via DXLD)

Dates: Jun 2-3
Location: Nashville TN, USA
Description: Annual NASB Conference
Oganization: National Association of Shortwave Broadcasters
More info: http://www.shortwave.org

Glenn: Oh yes, it happened. Ray Robinson, Jerry Plummer and I did 
about 15 minutes about it on last week's Wavescan, and we have about 
18 minutes of the opening session on this weekend's Wavescan. We'll 
have further excerpts from the meeting on many upcoming Wavescan 
programs. I am also preparing a short written summary of the meeting 
which will appear on the NASB Facebook page within the next few days. 
And I know that the current edition of Ask WWCR is also totally about 
the NASB meeting in Nashville. World Christian Broadcasting did a 
series of interviews with people at the meeting which they are 
including in their daily magazine program in English, but I don't know 
the exact schedule of those reports. You might check with Paul Ladd at 
WCB to see when he is airing those items (Jeff White, June 16, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

Heard part of that on Wavescan June 24-25, last half with a guy from 
WCB about the MWV Madagascar project. NASB per its own website 
http://www.shortwave.org has only seven members now, two of which are 
not really in North America: KSDA, KVOH, WWCR, WEWN, KTWR, KNLS and 
WRMI; all but one totally religious. I know that some former members 
have dropped out because they don`t see how NASB serves any useful 
purpose (Glenn Hauser, DXLD)

DX-PEDITIONS
++++++++++++

SPRING DXPEDITIONS - MAINE AND VIRGINIA

A month ago I traveled to Lubec, Maine for a birding festival and 
DXpedition:
http://realmonitor.com/am_logs_qh7.php

and the following week spent a few days in Fleeton, Virginia, on the 
Chesapeake Bay:
http://realmonitor.com/am_logs_WE3.php

I’m still digging through wav files but so far highlights include 
Bolivia, Ecuador and over a dozen Brazilians from Maine and Uruguay, 
Argentina and Brazil from Fleeton [Waters Edge]. Rather than a written 
log I do the webpages above with sound samples in place of written 
details. That way you can hear what I heard … or at least parts of 
what I heard (Bill Whitacre, Alexandria, VA, June 22, NRC-AM via DXLD)

DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DRM See INDIA; NEW ZEALAND; ZANZIBAR; 
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ PUBLICATIONS

DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DTV See MEXICO
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- IBOC See MEXICO; OKLAHOMA
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM
+++++++++++++++++++++

FCC NOISE INQUIRY

The Technological Advisory Council is requesting input to help answer 
questions about the study of changes to the spectrum noise floor over 
the past 20 years. Noise in this context denotes unwanted radio 
frequency (RF) energy from man-made sources. Like many spectrum users, 
TAC members expect that the noise floor in the radio spectrum is 
rising as the number of devices in use that emit radio energy grows. 
However, in search for concrete evidence of increased noise floors, we 
have found limited available quantitative data to support this 
presumption. We are looking to find ways to add to the available data 
in order to answer important questions for the FCC regarding this 
topic.

PUBLIC NOTICE
Federal Communications Commission
445 12th St., S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20554
News Media Information 202 / 418-0500
Internet: https://www.fcc.gov
TTY: 1 - 888 - 835 - 5322
DA 16 - 676
Released: June 15, 2016

OFFICE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY ANNOUNCES TECHNOLOGICAL ADVISORY 
COUNCIL (TAC) NOISE FLOOR TECHNICAL INQUIRY 
ET Docket No. 16-191
Comment Deadline: August 11, 2016 . . .

http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2016/db0615/DA-16-676A1.pdf
(via WORLD OF RADIO 1831, DXLD)

FCC Advisors Tackle Noise Floor Issues --- About time, IMO.
http://www.radioworld.com/article/fcc-adviors-tackle-noise-floor-issues/279077
(Allan Dunn, K1UCY, June 21, NRC-AM via DXLD)

HOW TO IDENTIFY INTERFERENCE [local noise sources]

Read this PDF two page article, from the ARRL. It is written by a ham 
radio operator, who did exactly what you are trying to accomplish. 
Maybe there is something he did that will help you track down the 
culprit. Some of the things he did I already mentioned.
http://www.arrl.org/files/file/RFI/FOESTER.PDF 
(Jim Thomas, Springfield, MO, June 18, WTFDA forum via DXLD)

PROPAGATION
+++++++++++

:Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
:Issued: 2016 Jun 20 0550 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction 
Center
# Product description and SWPC contact on the Web
# http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/weekly.html
#
#                Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
#
Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 13 - 19 June 2016

Solar activity was at very low levels the majority of the period
with low levels observed on 13 and 19 June due to a C3 flare at
13/0552 UTC from Region 2552 (N15, L=359, class/area Dao/150 on 11
June) and a C1 flare at 19/1158 UTC from Region 2558 (N13, L=215,
class/area Cso/030 on 19 June). The majority of the B-class activity
was caused by Region 2555 (S09, L=274, class/area Cao/080 on 17
June). No Earth-directed coronal mass ejections were observed during
the period. 

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 and briefly reached
high levels on 19 June with a maximum flux of 1,030 pfu at 19/1640
UTC. 

The geomagnetic field ranged from quiet to G2-Moderate storm levels.
Solar wind conditions began the period under a waning positive
polarity coronal hole high speed stream (CH HSS). Solar wind speeds
decreased from approximately 620 km/s to around 420 km/s by midday
on 14 June. Total field decreased from 8 nT to 4 nT. By late on 14
June, total field increased to 15 nT with the Bz component mostly
southward near -14 nT while solar wind increased to a maximum of 772
km/s at 15/0410 UTC, indicative of a co-rotating interaction region
followed by another positive polarity CH HSS. The geomagnetic field
responded with quiet to active levels on 13 June, quiet to
G2-Moderate storm levels on 14 June and quiet to G1-Minor storm
levels on 15 June. By early on 16 June, total field decreased to
around 6 nT with solar wind speeds in the 500-600 km/s range. These
conditions continued until 19 June when solar wind speeds decreased
to nominal levels. Quiet conditions were observed on 16 and 19 June
with quiet to unsettled levels on 17-18 June. 

FORECAST OF SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY 20 JUNE - 16 JULY 2016

Solar activity is expected to be at very low to low levels for the
forecast period. 

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 high levels likely
on 20-22 June, 26 June-01 July, 04-07 July and again on 16 July due
to CH HSS activity. 

Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be at unsettled to active
levels from 23-27 June, 02-03 July, 07-12 July and 14-15 July.
G1-Minor storm levels are likely on 02-03 July and 11 July due to
recurrent CH HSS activity.

:Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt
:Issued: 2016 Jun 20 0550 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
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#      27-day Space Weather Outlook Table
#                Issued 2016-06-20
#
#   UTC      Radio Flux   Planetary   Largest
#  Date       10.7 cm      A Index    Kp Index
2016 Jun 20      85           5          2
2016 Jun 21      85           5          2
2016 Jun 22      80           5          2
2016 Jun 23      75           8          3
2016 Jun 24      75          12          4
2016 Jun 25      78           8          3
2016 Jun 26      78          12          3
2016 Jun 27      80          10          3
2016 Jun 28      85           5          2
2016 Jun 29      85           5          2
2016 Jun 30      85           5          2
2016 Jul 01      80           5          2
2016 Jul 02      80          25          5
2016 Jul 03      80          20          5
2016 Jul 04      80           8          3
2016 Jul 05      80           5          2
2016 Jul 06      85           5          2
2016 Jul 07      85           8          3
2016 Jul 08      88          10          3
2016 Jul 09      90          10          3
2016 Jul 10      90           8          3
2016 Jul 11      90          20          5
2016 Jul 12      88          15          3
2016 Jul 13      88           5          2
2016 Jul 14      88           8          3
2016 Jul 15      85           8          3
2016 Jul 16      85           5          2
(SWPC via WORLD OF RADIO 1831, DXLD)

GLENN`S PROPAGATION OUTLOOK FOR MEDIA NETWORK PLUS AS OF JUNE 23, 2016

Keith, From IPS in Australia, the global HF propagation forecast thru 
June 25, normal at low and middle latitude bands; normal to fair at 
high latitudes.

From Spaceweather South Africa thru June 25: magnetic conditions 
active to unsettled to quiet; shortwave fadeouts unlikely; MUF 
unstable. 

From Met Office UK thru June 26: Solar activity very low with a slight 
10% chance of C-Class flares. 

Geomagnetic activity is expected to be at Unsettled to Active levels 
with a 20% chance of G1 / Minor Storm intervals June 24th into 25th, 

From Petr Kolman of the Czech Propagation Interested Group, the 
geomagnetic field will be:

quiet to active on June 24, 26 - 27, July 8 - 9, 11 - 12
quiet to unsettled on June 25, 28, July 4, 7, 10, 13
mostly quiet on June 29 - 30, July 1, 5 - 6
active to disturbed on July 2 - 3

From SWPC in Boulder: Geomagnetic field expected to be at unsettled to 
active levels from June 23-27, July 07-12 and 14-15. G1-Minor storm 
levels are likely on July 2 and 3 with A and K indices peaking at 25 
and 5; and July 11 at 20 and 5. Lowest A`s and K`s of 5 and 2 on June 
28-July 1, and July 5-6.

Solar flux rising from 75 June 24 to a peak of 90 July 9-11.

William Hepburn`s VHF UHF DX maps show from June 24 to 28 an enlarging 
huge area of extreme tropospheric ducting off Baja California into the 
Pacific, but not quite reaching Hawaii. Also off the coast of 
Mauritania and Sahara. All week across the eastern Mediterranean, all 
around the Arabian peninsula, along the coast of Angola (via DXLD) ###