DX LISTENING DIGEST 16-44, November 3, 2016
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WORLD OF RADIO 1850 CONTENTS: *DX and station news about: 
Afghanistan, Algeria non, Antarctica, Bahrain, Canada, Egypt, Eritrea, 
Ethiopia and non, Germany, International Vacuum, Iran, Kashmir, Korea 
North non, Kurdistan non, México, Perú, Puntland, Romania, South 
Africa, Sudan South non, Turkey, USA, Vatican, Vietnam non, 
unidentified

SHORTWAVE AIRINGS of WORLD OF RADIO 1850, November 3-9, 2016
Thu 1130  WRMI    9955 [confirmed]
Thu 2130  WRMI   13695 [confirmed]
Thu 2330  WBCQ    9330v-CUSB [confirmed]
Fri 0830  Unique  3210 
Fri 2330  WBCQ    9330v-CUSB [confirmed]
Sat 0630  HLR     6190-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio 
Sat 0800  Unique  3210
Sat 1300  Unique  3210
Sat 1431  HLR     7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio [not confirmed]
Sat 1930v WA0RCR  1860-AM 
Sat 2230  WBCQ    9330v-CUSB
Sun 0310v WA0RCR  1860-AM [confirmed from 0322] 
Sun 0830  Unique  3210 

[North American un-DST shifts start here]

Mon 0030  WBCQ    9330v-CUSB [not confirmed]
Mon 0400v WBCQ    5130v-AM Area 51
Mon 0430  WRMI    9955
Tue 0030  WBCQ    9330v-CUSB 
Tue 0030  WRMI    7730
Tue 1200  WRMI    9955
Tue 2130  WRMI   15770 
Wed 0030  WBCQ    9330v-CUSB 
Wed 1415  WRMI    9955
Wed 2200  WBCQ    7490v
Thu 0030  WBCQ    9330v-CUSB 

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** AFGHANISTAN. [Re 16-43: Radio Afghanistan English observed on 6100 
kHz shortwave, online] --- David, thanks for that posting. Afghanistan 
is one of my favourite DX targets, and I look forward to trying for it 
from the west coast of North America. It has been heard here in past 
years, and I also remember picking them up on 41 meters from Maui. 73 
(Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, Oct 27, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Fair signal of Radio Afghanistan External Service from 1529 on 6100, 
videos later today -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, ibid.)

Reception of R. Afghanistan External Service, Oct 27
1529-1635 on  6100 tx Kabul to Asia English/Urdu, fair, off at 1642 UT
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/10/reception-of-radio-afghanistan-external.html
(Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1850, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

Hi all, now (1530 UT) I have a clear signal of Radio Afghanistan on 
6100 kHz with English news, Best 73 (Franck Baste, (France - BDXC 
1467), Oct 27, BDXC-UK yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1850, DXLD)

Fun listening to Afghanistan this morning and into afternoon, English 
program from about 1536 UT tune in, male and female announcer with 
seeming news or commentary program, music between, then abrupt 
switch to Urdu program with ID just past 1600 UT, with male in news,
then music through to carrier off at about 1640. Here's a brief 
mp3, all of this using Twente SDR, but heard more clearly using the 
Sweden Kiwi SDR. 1 of 1 File(s)
2016-Oct-27-11-59-46RadioAfghanistanEnglish to Urdu 1600 UTC.mp3
(Dan Robinson, VA, with attachment on the dxldyg, via WORLD OF RADIO 
1850, DXLD)

6100, nothing heard on 28 Oct via Perseus sites in Netherlands and E. 
Finland (the latter in darkness path) from 1500 tune except KCBS 
Pyongyang which covers this channel to 1800. Time pips at 1530 
followed by piano instrumental. Korean female vocal at 1541. 
Increasing signal level from S2 at 1500 to S4 by 1545 at E. Finland 
site. S2 at Zaanstad throughout (gray line still east of that site). 
Unlikely Afghanistan will break thru this transmission (Bruce 
Churchill, WORLD OF RADIO 1850, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Radio Afghanistan not heard on Oct 39 / 30, wb. Last heard in Nov 2011 
/ March 2012, on 6100 kHz, and later on 7200 kHz [WORLD OF RADIO 1850] 
History, from archive:

7199.998  [former 6100 / 6102 kHz] Radio Afghanistan in Pashto,
English, and Urdu, 1530-1630 UT.

YAK is Kabul "Yakatut" - a suburb at 34 32 23.59 N, 69 12 41.82 E

B-11 of Radio Afghanistan in English and Urdu from Nov 27:
1530-1630 NF7200 YAK 100 kW 125 deg to SoAS, ex6102 to avoid CRI & AWR
(R BULGARIA DXMN, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 14, 2011)

Authorities in Germany featured this direction finding screenshot 
today Dec 16, 2011, in order to help IARU INTRUDERALERT ng
<http://iaru-r1.org/mailman/listinfo/intruderalert_iaru-r1.org>

Distance Germany Direction Finding monitoring station to Kabul-AFG
is 5230 kilometers in 89 degrees azimuth, (fineness plus/minus 2 
degrees deviation !),

7200 kHz checked from DF monitoring station east of Cologne-Bonn 
Germany on Dec 16, shots at 1540 UT, and 2nd DF at 1602 UT. see 
attached screenshots.

Afghan Telecoms authority, the address is:
Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT)
c/o Chief of Staff (MCIT) Mr. Ghulam Jelani Waziri, Kabul
E-mail: <jelani.waziri -at- mcit.gov.af> (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX 
TopNews Dec 16, 2011) (BCDX 1 November via DXLD) Any heard since?

** ALASKA. GEORGIA MEN PLOTTED ATTACK ON ALASKA AURORA RESEARCH 
FACILITY TO 'RELEASE SOULS,' DETECTIVE SAYS
Author: Annie Zak Updated: 1 day ago Published 2 days ago 

http://www.adn.com/alaska-news/2016/11/01/2-men-arrested-in-georgia-planned-to-attack-alaska-aurora-research-facility-investigators-say/

Undated UAF handout photo of HAARP facility near Gakona in Interior 
Alaska. [caption]

Two men arrested last week in southern Georgia were planning to attack 
an aurora research facility owned by the University of Alaska 
Fairbanks around which conspiracy theories of mind control have long 
swirled, investigators said.

Television station WALB in Georgia first reported Monday that 
investigators with the Coffee County Sheriff's Office arrested Michael 
Mancil, 30, and James Dryden Jr., 22, on Thursday and said "the 
massive amount of arsenal seized looked like something out of a movie, 
one where a small army was headed to war."

[HAARP's new owner holds open house to prove facility "is not capable 
of mind control"]
https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/science/2016/08/24/haarps-new-owner-holds-open-house-to-prove-facility-is-not-capable-of-mind-control/

Michael Vickers, a detective with the sheriff's office, told Alaska 
Dispatch News that both men confessed "that God told them to go and 
blow this machine up that kept souls, so souls could be released."

Investigators in Douglas, Ga., said drug suspects Michael Mancil and 
James Dryden were plotting to attack the HAARP antenna farm in Alaska. 
(Coffee County, Ga., Sheriff’s Office via WALB)[caption]

"All I can tell you is they were planning on blowing up the machine," 
Vickers said. "Going to try to find a scientist, to steal his car and 
ID badge to gain access. Any scientist."

Vickers could not say what else the men might be charged with. "It is 
being investigated and there … could be more charges pending, but as 
of right now, there's nothing I can tell you," he said.

Once a U.S. Air Force facility, High Frequency Active Auroral Research 
Program ownership last year was transferred to UAF. For many years, 
conspiracy theories
https://www.adn.com/science/article/alaska-university-take-over-haarp/2015/07/15/
about HAARP's capabilities for mind and weather control have 
persisted, to the point where the center hosted an open house in 
August in an effort to dispel such theories.
https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/science/2016/08/24/haarps-new-owner-holds-open-house-to-prove-facility-is-not-capable-of-mind-control/

The program studies the properties and behavior
http://www.gi.alaska.edu/haarp-0
of the Earth's ionosphere, a part of the atmosphere that can affect 
communication and navigation systems.

Marmian Grimes, a spokeswoman at UAF, said that while HAARP has been 
the target of threats before, "in the recent past there hasn't been 
anything quite this extreme planned." She didn't have specific details 
about other threats.

"We're just very glad and thankful to the law enforcement agency in 
Georgia for following up on that and being able to apprehend those 
individuals," she said. "There's lots and lots of conspiracy theories 
and … it's important to remember that actually this is a scientific 
research facility."

Investigators in Douglas, Ga., seized firearms, thousands of rounds of 
ammunition and other items when they arrested two drug suspects who 
they said were plotting to attack the HAARP antenna farm in Alaska. 
(Coffee County, Ga., Sheriff’s Office via WALB)[caption]

Among the weapons seized were AR-15 rifles, Glock handguns, a 
Remington rifle and thousands of rounds of ammunition, WALB reported. 
Authorities discovered the plot to attack HAARP after initially 
investigating Mancil "for possible drug sales."

The two men were charged with selling methamphetamine, possession of 
marijuana, and possession of a weapon during the commission of a 
crime, WALB reported. Mancil was also charged "with use of a 
telecommunication device in committing or facilitating a felony." 

+124 comments, at least (via Joe L Burke, N0LSD, DXLD)

** ALBANIA. Reception of R Tirana, distorted & good audio, Oct 28/29:
0700-0900 7390 SHI 100 kW / 310 deg WeEu Albanian Oct 28, distorted
0700-0900 7390 SHI 100 kW / 310 deg WeEu Albanian Oct 29, good audio
0800-1000 7390 SHI 100 kW / 310 deg WeEu Albanian effective Oct 30
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/10/reception-of-radio-tirana-with.html
(Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

9855, Radio Tirana, Shijak shortwave broadcast center site, in 
Albanian service to Western Europe and North America (Canada and USA)
tonight at 2340 and 2353 UT on Oct 28-UT --- NOT  ON  AIR. wb df5sx 
(Wolfgang Büschel, Germany, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Hello Drita, I'm currently listening to the Italian language service 
at 1705 UT on 7465 kHz and I can report that reception is much better 
than for some time. It is now possible to hear the spoken word 
clearly, and, and to enjoy the music later. The broadcast should be 
easily understood by Italian speakers. However, the 'buzz' noise has 
not gone completely. It is much less loud and is far less intrusive 
now, and we hope that is how it will stay !!!  

Signal strength is good enough to be heard on most receivers, but is 
noticeably less strong than it used to. This is okay for night time in 
Europe but not for North America. Propagation conditions appear to be 
disturbed tonight resulting in more fading and distortion than I would 
expect. Hopefully this transmission is not via the omni-directional 
antenna and is being radiated by the directional one. I will continue 
to monitor other transmissions later this evening and send another 
report on what I hear. Greetings and Regards from (Noel Green, 
England, Oct 29, via DXLD) 

7464.976, Radio Tirana Shijak broadcast center site in French 
language service to neighbouring countries / Western Europe. As always 
still remaining AUDIO DISTURBED signal, for example listen to the 
included MP3 format recording.

Still visible 10 x 100 Hertz distance apart main power disturbtion 
signal peaks on either sideband, plus +/-50 and +/-150 Hertz peak 
strings too. Listened at tune-in at 1747 UT to sign-off at 1759:08 UT 
time slot.

Varying S=9+15dB shortwave signal strength, noted so far in southern 
Germany and Belgium remote Perseus SD Receiver units today. Shijak 
broadband signal was 8.4 kHz wide spread during music pieces.

In 1757 to 1759 UT time slot, some special Shijak technician procedure 
music and Radio Tirana interval signal audio pieces could be heard. TX 
OFF then at 1759:08 UT on Saturday Oct 29. 73 wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX 
TopNews (Wolfgang Büschel, Oct 29, ibid.)

[non] Compared international broadcaster signals in 41 meterband in 
same 1700 to 1800 time slot today, under real winter season condition:
7240, China CNR Xizang from Lhasa western Tibet S=9+10dB
7280, Vietnam VoVTN Hanoi Son Tay S=9+10dB
7315, China CRI Kashgar western Tibet S=9+30dB
7330, Thailand BBC Nakhon Sawan S=9+20dB
7485, Thailand VoA Udorn Thani Ban Dung S=9+20dB
7550, India AIR All India Radio in DRM digital mode, S=9+20Db
(Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

7475, SHI to N America, Radio Tirana 3 in Albanian heard very well in 
our Monitoring Center-Radio Tirana Headquarter. (ground wave 
reception) - reported our monitoring tech. Mustafa Turku, via SMS, 30 
Oct., at 01:03:32 winter time. Sent from my iPad (Drita Çiço, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

7474.97, Oct 30 at 0038, JBA carrier, presumed R. Tirana as now 
scheduled for B-16 in daily Albanian hour to North America. 
Propagation from Europe is much degraded tonight, on 9, 7 and even 6 
MHz bands. English should be at 0230 on same except UT Mondays, so we 
can`t check that until UT Tuesday. Drita Çiço says new 7475 had a very 
good signal at 0003 Oct 30, via groundwave into the R. Tirana 
monitoring center. Also, there have been some reports from listeners 
about earlier broadcasts Oct 29 and 30 that the modulation had greatly 
improved; let`s hope for good (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

!!!!! hope so too, but seemingly only half power at present? 
73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.)

Still 4 x 100 Hertz audio buzzy signal peaks visible either sideband,
and a lot of spurious signals on lower sideband down to 7326 kHz 
range. See screenshot of 7389.977 kHz of 0822 UT this Sunday morning.
wolfy (Wolfgang Büschel, Oct 30, ibid.)

Radio Tirana today morning Oct 30, 0800-1000 on 7390 again with awful 
modulation (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, ibid.)

7475, November 1 at 0022 check, just-barely-audible carrier on the PL-
880, presumably R. Tirana Albanian hour to North America, new time and 
frequency. 

7474.96, November 1 at 0224, JBA carrier on the NRD-545, presumably 
same prior to 0230 English, typically off-frequency-low. Both far too 
weak to evaluate modulation. We hope propagation improve, but 6 MHz 
band might be marginally better if a clear spot could be found. 
(Meanwhile 7410 Romania at 0220 manages S3-S7 in French) (Glenn 
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ALGERIA [non]. From HFCC B-16 here is the complete schedule of TDA 
via ISSoudun, without getting into language/network details:

04-07  5865
05-06  7295
18-19 11660
19-20  9635
19-21  9810
19-2059 11775 [but not starting until 12 Feb, replacing which?]
20-22  9710
21-22  6155
22-23  7335
As always additional registrations for imaginary sites within Algeria, 
BEC and ORG are disregarded (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST 16-
43 via WORLD OF RADIO 1850)

** ANTARCTICA. 15476, Oct 31 at 1953, no signal from LRA36, but ~4 kHz 
musical notes from the 15480 station sporadically. Looking for Radio 
Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel, since Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, 
tipped the DXLD yg at 1927 of mail from station notifying that they 
are back on! ---

``Just now, 1900 UT, I have received this e-mail from LRA 36 Radio 
Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel:

Saludos Cordiales: tenemos el agrado de saludarlo e le informarle 
[sic] que ya comenzamos a transmitir en onda corta en la frecuencia de 
15476 khz de lunes a viernes de 15 hs a 18 hs Argentina y 18 a 21 hs 
UT. Le agradecería un informe de recepción para saber como esta 
llegando mi señal. Desde ya muchas gracias.

Emisora radial "LRA 36 Arcángel San Gabriel". Desde el Continente 
Blanco "ANTARTIDA ARGENTINA" le damos un cordial saludo.

They say LRA 36 has begun transmitting, just now, Monday to Friday 
between 1800-2100 UT, and they appreciate reception reports. E-mail 
address: lra36@hotmail.com  Here in Lugo, at 2025 [sic: means 1925 
UT], nothing on 15476 but strong interference from station on 15480``

15480 is off by 2003, but still nothing audible here on 15476 then or 
at 2010; still USB + carrier? Not surprising, considering that its 
nearest 19m neighbor, RAE Buenos Aires on 15345.24 is nothing but a 
JBA carrier at 1955. 

15476, Nov 1 at 1845-1847, still no signal (and 15480, AWR Arabic via 
MADAGASCAR at 19-20) is not on yet.

Now if it were on 11 meters, better luck, as 10m was open for 
contesting hams in Argentina Oct 30 but not Oct 31-Nov 1! Henceforth, 
week-daily chex are required of 15476. OK area should have an 
advantage in that the path is mostly overwater, Pacific and Gulf of 
Mexico, the only land being Tierra del Fuego, Guatemala/Mexico and 
Texas. Those in eastern N America have to cope with a mostly overland 
path, the length of South America, even overAndes. Further west, it`s 
across the length of Mexico. In past, listeners and remotes in Europe, 
mostly over-Atlantic, had better luck with LRA36 than North Americans 
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1850, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

[Only report of it received so far:]

ANTARTIDA ARGENTINA --- 15475.95, 2057 UT, Radio Nacional Arcángel San 
Gabriel, Base Esperanza, señal baja. Música latina, 25422. Cierre 
pasado las 2104 (ce3BBC Hugo López C., Santiago de Chile, Oct 31, 
condiglista yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1850, DXLD)

** ARGENTINA. Cordoba Volmet --- Strong here now at 2335z sign on - YL 
in Spanish on 8952 kHz (Rich Ray, IL, Ten Tec RX 340 and Wellbrook 
330s, Oct 26, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Which Córdoba? The one in ARGENTINA, per
http://www.dxinfocentre.com/volmet.htm
`8952 H+25, 45 LVE ARG CORDOBA CORDOBA AERADIO SS -31 18 33 -64 13 34` 
And the only one on this frequency, but contradictory time (gh, DXLD)
	
Yes I agree the time is inconsistent - but was parked on 8952 when 
Córdoba per the dxinfocentre link you sent came up at 2335z. What can 
I say? (Rich Ray, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ARGENTINA. 28463-USB, Oct 30 at 2235, LU8EOT contest contacts with 
Japan; deep fading. ``LU8EOT Argentina, flag Argentina, Mariano 
Colacilli (Mark), Pasteur 303, Escobar 1625 BA, Argentina``. His 
antennas are huge bird roosts.

28425-USB, Oct 30 at 2238, LU7HN with contest contacts: ``LU7HN 
Argentina, flag Argentina, RENE ERNESTO GIORDA, AV. CERVANTES 3879, 
SAN FRANCISCO (2400) CORDOBA 2400, Argentina`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST) More 10m ham logs in this report: BRAZIL, COOK 
ISLANDS SOUTH, HAWAII, URUGUAY

** ARMENIA. 9345, TWR India program via Yerevan Gavar site, S=8 in 
Tokyo Japan, Santhai language service on Suns, 1300 UT on Oct 30 
(Wolfgang Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 30, dxldyg via DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** ARMENIA. 4810, Public R Company of Armenia, Noratus, Gavar. I heard 
their Arabic broadcast on Sep 03 at 1815-1845 and sent them an English 
report with an IRC. 46 days later I got the following kind letter and 
a beautiful postcard in return:

“Dear Anker Petersen, We have received your letter. We are really very 
glad that we have listeners from Copenhagen, Denmark and always give 
much importance to the observations made by our listeners both as for 
the quality of transmissions and the programs. We are very thankful 
for the provided detailed information. This will help us to go on 
working hard and always keep on improving the programs and technical 
issues. We can also follow our programs in different languages via 
website http://www.armadio.info Best regards, Edgar Amirkhanyan, 
Public Radio of Armenia, Head of international relations” (Anker 
Petersen, DSWCI DX Window Nov 2 via DXLD)

** AUSTRALIA. [Re 16-43, UNIDENTIFIED]. ``3210, after almost daily 
checking here, on Oct 25 had a definite station for a brief time at 
1426; announcer and faint music; not very usable and too weak to get 
any meaningful details, but seemed to be a positive sign of some 
activity here. My local sunrise at 1425 UT. Perhaps will have better 
results in the coming months? Of course hope this will turn out to be 
Unique Radio, the low powered Australian station (Ron Howard, Calif., 
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

That was a Tuesday. Unique Radio would normally be on the air 
weekends, but maybe testing? (gh, DXLD)``

Hi Glenn, no, that wasn't 'Unique Radio' as it doesn't transmit on 
Tuesdays. I wonder if either Ozzy radio from Sydney or Nick Hacko 
(VK2DX) is testing from Queensland. ACMA like to put all the smaller 
domestic shortwave stations on the same frequencies. I will keep an 
ear on the band from Halls Creek NSW and see if any activity is 
detected.

5045 kHz, Gunnedah NSW (Unique Radio) has been approved with 1 kW day 
and night but not likely to be on air this year at this stage. This 
frequency is also licensed for Sydney and Bundaberg Queensland. 73 
(Tim Gaynor, Unique Radio, Halls Creek NSW, Oct 31, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

A weak signal on 3210 could also be a third harmonic of something on 
1070, e.g. KNX. Check for //. Or a local MW A+B mixing product (Glenn 
Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Note slight changes in WOR times: U S A+

3210, Unique Radio, Halls Creek NSW. Woeful signal at 0950 barely 
rising above the noise with talk. Change of announcer at 1000, 
occasional music. 11/9 (Rob Wagner, VK3BVW, Mount Evelyn, VIC (Yaesu 
FTDX 3000, Kenwood TS2000, Yaesu FRG100, Sangean ATS909, Tecsun PL-
680, Double Bazooka antennas for 80, 40 and 20 metres, Par EF-SWL End 
Fed antenna, BHI NEIM1031 Digital Noise Eliminating Module, MFJ-1026 
Noise Cancelling Module, ATU), November Australian DX News via DXLD)

3210, Unique Radio, Halls Creek NSW. Woeful signal at 0950 barely 
rising above the noise with talk. Change of announcer at 1000, 
occasional music. 11/9 (Rob Wagner, VK3BVW, Mount Evelyn, VIC (Yaesu 
FTDX 3000, Kenwood TS2000, Yaesu FRG100, Sangean ATS909, Tecsun PL-
680, Double Bazooka antennas for 80, 40 and 20 metres, Par EF-SWL End 
Fed antenna, BHI NEIM1031 Digital Noise Eliminating Module, MFJ-1026 
Noise Cancelling Module, ATU), November Australian DX News via DXLD)

** AUSTRALIA. 4835, ABC Local R., Alice Springs. Already getting a 
signal visible at 1947 start. Fanfare at 2030, then M with news. Still
audible at 2118 (Dave Valko, Dunlo PA, 25 October 2016 Micro-
DXpedition: RX: Perseus SDR, ANT: 313’ Beverage (BOG) aimed at 60 . 
Solar Indices: Solar Flux = 78, A Index = 60!! K Index = 5, G3 level 
storms!! A7 X-Ray flux, HCDX via DXLD) long path

4835, ABC Alice Springs NT, 1143-1230, 1256-1337 & 1352-1353, Nov 2, 
found off the air; 1353 carrier on, shortly followed by start of ABC 
audio, blocking AIR Gangtok reception (Ron Howard, Calif., dxldyg via 
DX LISTENING DIGEST) see SIKKIM

** AUSTRALIA [and non]. Propagation Good This PM --- They seem to be 
quite good this afternoon. I’m hearing Radio Australia quite clearly 
on 9580 at 2015, and tuned in at about 1945. Seems to be strengthening 
and is at S3-4 peak but with virtually no noise floor and a het from 
Nador, Morocco 5 kHz. down. Pretty unusual in these parts at this time 
(John Figliozzi, Halfmoon, NY, Eton E1XM, A/D DX Sloper, Oct 31, 
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Long path?

** AZERBAIJAN. This autumn I haven't been able to hear Azerbaijan on 
either of their usual frequencies: 801 or 891 kHz. Both have been some 
tens of Hz above nominal and rather usual catches here in Finland. 
Also the very weak Voice of Azerbaijan transmitter on 1296 kHz has 
been missing these months. I'd be glad to be proven wrong, but looks 
like another country may be gone from medium wave. 73, (Mauno Ritola, 
Oct 29, mwdx yg via DXLD)

** BAHRAIN. 9745, R. Bahrain. Another change in broadcast programming, 
first confirmed from Dave Kenny from the British DX Club. After 
several moths/years with Shabab (=Youth) FM program in Arabic and in 
whole September 2016 with Radio Bahrain English service, 1/10 now is 
with their Main Program in Arabic (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria (Sony 
ICF2001D, Folded Marconi ant (own made), November Australian DX News 
via WORLD OF RADIO 1850, DXLD)

** BANGLADESH. 4750, Bangladesh Betar - HS, Oct 31, as it's Monday, 
was checking for the weekly SAARC (The South Asian Association for 
Regional Cooperation) news bulletin in English; yes, they still carry 
it 1235-1243; “Assalamu alaikum. This is Bangladesh Betar welcoming 
you”; headlines (Bangladesh and Sri Lanka sign coastal shipping 
agreement, etc.), then the details; poor, with usual CODAR and CNR1 
QRM, but able to make out bits and pieces of some of the items (Ron 
Howard, Calif., dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BANGLADESH. Bangladesh Betar external service now available on FM 
in the capital --- In the course of their 1230 UT English broadcast on 
15105 kHz [monitored 31 October 2016 with fair reception via a Global 
Tuners remote receiver in Philippines] Bangladesh Betar announced that 
their entire external service was now also available on 90.0 MHz FM at 
1230-2000 UT daily. Their website at http://betar.gov.bd lists this 
transmitter in Dhaka with a power of 5 kW (David Kernick, Interval 
Signals Online, Oct 31, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BIAFRA [non]. SECRETLAND, No signal of End Times Coming and R. 
Biafra via SPL Secretbrod
End Times Coming ETC Radio Ex-Catholics For Christ
1801-1831 on 11600 SCB 100 kW / 090 deg to WeAs English

Radio Biafra London
2000-2300 on 11600 SCB 100 kW / 195 deg to WeAf English
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/no-signal-of-end-times-coming-rbiafra.html
(Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, Nov 1?? dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BOUGAINVILLE [non-log]. 3325, NBC Bougainville, 1132 and subsequent 
checking, Oct 31; only RRI Palangkaraya here; NBC on the air 
erratically recently (Ron Howard, Calif., dxldyg via DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

** BRAZIL. 11925.216, Rádio Bandeirantes, weak S=5 in Germany at 0208 
UT orchestra music, singer + chorus. 

11854.893, Rádio Aparecida, BrasPort, male presenter talk S=4-5 tiny, 
0210 UT

11815.019, Rádio Brasil Central, BrasPort presenter tiny S=4 0213 UT.

11780.015, RNB Brasília, S=5-6 much fluttery 0215 UT. 11780. UAE RFA 
Tibetan, + CHN mainland jamming, + co-channel

11764.637, SRDA prayer, song, female BrasPort voice, S=7, 0228 UT
(Wolfgang Büschel, Germany, log 0200-0300 UT Oct 30, dxldyg via DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** BRAZIL. 5035, Oct 29 at 0107, very poor signal with Doppler 
flutter, presumably R. Aparecida, normally masked by splash from 5040 
RHC, which is off (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BRAZIL. 9818.87, Oct 29 at 0039, very poor S4-S5 carrier, no doubt 
R. Nove de Julho, always off-frequency below 9820, and sometimes even 
below 9819 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BRAZIL. 28355-USB, Oct 30 at 2226, PV2P making quick contest 
contacts in English, the SSOB at S9. Very pleased to find 10m open, 
and it takes a contest to prove that. A few minutes before, I found 
15m open, but nothing on 12m (presumably off-limits for the contest). 
QRZ.com shows merely: ``PV2P Brazil, flag Brazil, CONTEST CALLSIGN 
PY2DY, SAO PAULO Brazil`` --- so who is PY2DY? ``PY2DY Brazil, flag 
Brazil, TONY PY2DY, RUA VISC. DE INHOMERIM 1093 AP.162, SAO PAULO, SP 
03120001, Brazil`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BURUNDI [non]. UNIDENTIFIED, Probably new clandestine broadcast via 
TDF Issoudun, Oct 27
1700-1800 17870 Issoudun to Africa, unknown lang (Kirundi), poor 
signal:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/10/porbably-new-clandestine-broadcast-via.html
(Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BURUNDI [non]. MADAGASCAR, Radio Publique Africaine via Malagasy 
Global Business, Oct 30
1800-1831 11550 MDC 250 kW / 295 deg SoAf Kirundi, open carrier/dead 
air,
1831-1858 11550 MDC 250 kW / 295 deg SoAf French, open carrier/dead 
air + From time to time several words probably from RFI French, MDC 
wrong connection! Very weak and poor reception of Radio Publique 
Africaine on Oct 31 & no videos!
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/radio-publique-africaine-via-malagasy.html
(Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CANADA. Several boards and blogs are reporting that 940 Montreal 
has begun testing. The calls are CFNV. 50 kW's as before tho many 
suspect that they are not up to full power yet. The same company was 
also to bring 600 AM back to the air. Nothing heard yet on that 
frequency and the deadline to get this station on air is Nov. 9 (Nov. 
21 for 940) (Andy Reid, Ont., Oct 27, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1850, 
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Right now 940 kHz AM is on the air with a constant tone at 1530 UT
(Gilles Letourneau, Montréal, Quebec, Twitter: @shortwaveradios
OfficialSWLchannel Oct 27, ibid.)

** CANADA. 2598-USB, Oct 29 at 0054 UT, robot YL with weather in 
English, S6; 2749-USB, Oct 29 at 0055 UT, robot YL with weather in 
French, S5. Still in well on MF despite depressed northerly MUF on HF.

Rich Ray`s compilation for the DXLD yg from Canadian Coast Guard shows 
these are, with start times:
0040 UT 2749 VCO Sydney via Port Caledonia NS 46 11 14 -59 53 59
0048 UT 2598 VCP Placentia via St Lawrence NL 46 55 06 -55 22 45
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CANADA. Re World Series on Radio Martí: Thanks, Glen[n]: About a 
month ago yet, when that Miami Pitcher (from Cuba [?]) was killed in 
the boat accident, 6030 had some coverage, and games on. I believe 
that the 6030 R.M. transmitter is in Greenville, N. Carolina.

The contortions of the ionosphere being what they are, 6030 is now 
occupied for a couple more months by a 100 watt repeater station near 
Canmore, Alberta, high in the foothills of the Rockies.

This 100 watt station repeats Calgary's 1060 AM station, CKMX, a 24 
hour comedy station in regular AM, not SSB. 24 hours a day of Chris 
Rock, Lewis Black, and George Carlin!! Yooy!! 24/7 giggles for the 
cowboys on the Range!!

FUNNY Thing is [pun intended], that there are three 10,000 ft mountain 
ranges between IT & me, and I live at the very base, of a 6000 ft, 50 
degree vertical mountain, 50 feet from the cliff face (East Side) in 
B.C.

How this lil' 100 watt station makes it here so clear, for about 6 
hours every evening has me wondering. Last 4 winters, the station  
fades in late January, and returns in early October. THX RW, (Rick 
Wald, BC, Oct 27, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I.e. CFVP 6030 Calgary --- NVIS 
antenna, maybe? (Glenn Hauser, ibid.)

** CANADA. 7850-CUSB, Oct 30 at 0633, absolutely no signal from CHU, 
demonstrating how low the MUF has sunk, but still in well on 3330-CUSB 
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CANADA [non]. Ian McFarland on the Air --- Had lunch with Ian 
yesterday -- and we are in preliminary discussions on getting him the 
air for a "DX DIGEST" of sorts in 2017. Via WRMI likely. You might 
want to mention it - as we are gauging interest - which will be 
discuss on the DXer.ca forum. Outside of the DXer.ca site - this is 
the first it has been mentioned to anyone. Your scoop! - (Colin Newell 
- Editor and creator of Coffeecrew.com and DXer.ca - VA7WWV | Twitter 
@CoffeeCrew | Victoria - Canada, October 31, to gh, via DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

** CANADA. History: Nov 2, 1936 - CANADA’S PUBLIC BROADCASTER 
BIRTHDAY: 80 TODAY --- RCI 2 November, 2016 by Marc Montgomery

Canada’s public broadcaster, the CBC, is 80 years old today. Modelled 
somewhat on the BBC, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation came into 
being on November 2, 1936. Surprisingly many of the issues that led to 
the creation of the CBC, are still around today.

In 1936, there were 74 radio stations across the country; three were 
CBC stations and four more were leased.  All however were dwarfed by 
signals sweeping across the border into Canada from more powerful US 
stations. Concerns of US domination of Canadian airspace, is still a 
concern 80 years later. Full article here:
http://www.rcinet.ca/en/2016/11/02/canadas-public-broadcaster-birthday-80-today/
(via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD)

** CANADA. WORLD AT SIX AT 50: 6 DEFINING MOMENTS FROM OVER THE YEARS
'Some people find it too jazzy,' was one of the early complaints about 
the CBC Radio program --- By Julie Crysler, CBC News 
Posted: Oct 31, 2016 5:00 AM ET Last Updated: Oct 31, 2016 5:51 PM ET

Fifty years ago today, CBC Radio listeners heard a peculiar series of 
boops and beeps come over their airwaves. And then: 'Good evening, 
this is the World at Six, from CBC News Toronto.' It was the voice of 
Bruce Rogers, one of the program's first hosts (alongside John 
O'Leary).

Fifty years ago today, CBC Radio listeners heard a peculiar series of 
boops and beeps come over their airwaves. And then: 'Good evening, 
this is the World at Six, from CBC News Toronto.' It was the voice of 
Bruce Rogers, one of the program's first hosts (alongside John 
O'Leary). (CBC)

Fifty years ago today, CBC Radio listeners heard something completely 
new. It was Oct. 31, 1966. Halloween. As the clock hit 6 p.m. in the 
Maritimes, there was a crackle, the faint sound of satellite beeps and 
then a deep, resonant voice.

"Good evening, this is the World at Six, from CBC News Toronto …"

It was the first broadcast of CBC Radio's flagship evening news 
program, hosted by Bruce Rogers and John O'Leary. World at Six

First broadcast of World at Six - Air date: Oct. 31, 1966
00:00 29:45

Launching World at Six

World at Six was part of a revolution that happened at CBC Radio 
during the 1960s. Back then, the notion of combining news and analysis 
was novel — so much so that Rogers recalls that the program made some 
CBC managers nervous.

The World at Six-print ad.jpg
A print advertisement from 1966 for the World at Six. (CBC)

"CBC News had been a rewrite service and had been very limited, very 
constrained by policy and just by habit," he says. "It was desks with 
people at typewriters, and occasionally people making phone calls 
about stories, and then taking it to a reader down the hall in an 
announce booth who read the news."

World at Six also used fresh production techniques and pioneered the 
use of music in news programming. The program seems to have provoked a 
bit of controversy in the early days. . . [much more, with clips]
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/world-at-six-50-anniversary-cbc-radio-1.3822678
(via Gerald T Pollard, NC, DXLD)

** CANADA. APTN, A TV VOICE FOR LARGELY IGNORED INDIGENOUS CANADIANS
   By DAN LEVIN OCT. 29, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/30/world/americas/aptn-a-tv-voice-for-largely-ignored-indigenous-canadians.html?ref=todayspaper

Photo: The anchors Michael Hutchinson and Cheryl McKenzie deliver the 
nightly news at the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network, better 
known as APTN, in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Credit Aaron Vincent Elkaim for 
The New York Times

WINNIPEG, Manitoba -- The day's top news stories are beamed from a
round studio that evokes a tepee. Adventurous chefs teach viewers how
to hunt, skin and cook beaver in a stew. Cartoons about a powerful
superhero are broadcast in the Algonquin language.

These are just some of the many programs that appear on the Aboriginal
Peoples Television Network, Canada's indigenous broadcaster. Better
known as APTN, the network is mainly aimed at viewers in Canada whose
cultures existed long before the first Europeans arrived. But its 
reach is far larger, available to more than 11 million Canadian cable 
and satellite subscribers with news and entertainment programs 
designed to reflect the values, spiritual traditions and political 
priorities of indigenous people across Canada.

"You would never hear these stories without a network dedicated to our
voices," said Terry Teegee, the tribal chief of the Carrier Sekani
Tribal Council, which represents eight aboriginal First Nation
communities in British Columbia.

By focusing on people who have been largely ignored by the nation's
mainstream media, the network has become a powerful platform for
hundreds of aboriginal communities separated by distance and identity
but united in their demands for greater recognition in Canadian
society.

The network has received a lift from the Liberal government of Prime
Minister Justin Trudeau, who has promised to reset Canada's
relationship with its indigenous peoples. Aware of the network's
political influence among aboriginal communities, Mr. Trudeau in June
became the first prime minister to sit down for an interview with APTN
while serving.

The network began in 1999 with a mission to speak for and to the
roughly 1.8 million indigenous people in a country that is about 75
percent white. While ethnic minorities often appear on mainstream
Canadian networks, "the original people are not represented," said Sky
Bridges, 38, the chief operating officer of APTN, a nonprofit
organization that generates revenue through subscriber fees,
advertising sales and strategic partnerships.

The appetite for onscreen indigenous narratives is growing amid a wave
of aboriginal activism, renewed government openness and legal 
victories that is changing the way Canada deals politically with 
indigenous perspectives on the environment, human rights and social 
issues. This is happening after more than a century that was largely 
defined by governmental and cultural dismissal.

"We now live in a time when aboriginal culture is awakening," said Mr.
Bridges, who is of mixed indigenous and European ancestry, known as
Metis, one of the three officially recognized aboriginal groups in
Canada, along with the northern Inuit and First Nations. "It's
important for us to be able to celebrate our culture and make sure it
stays alive."

Sky Bridges, the chief operating officer of APTN, said, "It's 
important for us to be able to celebrate our culture and make sure it 
stays alive." Credit Aaron Vincent Elkaim for The New York Times 
[caption]

To further fulfill that mandate, Mr. Bridges said, APTN is planning to
expand into the United States in 2017 with a new cable channel, the 
All Nations Network, which will have 80 percent of its content 
produced by Native Americans. He declined to provide details because 
no deal has been signed.

Based in Winnipeg, the capital of Manitoba, the network has broadcast
in English, French and 20 languages spoken by many of Canada's 634
First Nations. Driven by the spotlight of a 24-hour channel and a
majority aboriginal work force, the network has used its firsthand
cultural understanding to broadcast and produce investigative
reporting, comedies, dramas, educational shows and other programming
with the authenticity its audience craves.

Viewers can watch shows like "Blackstone," a gritty drama about
politics and crime on a fictional aboriginal reserve; "Taken," a
documentary series focused on the unsolved cases of Canada's missing
and murdered indigenous women; and "Moosemeat & Marmalade," a globe-
trotting food series that pairs an aboriginal bush cook with a
classically trained British chef. The hosts have hunted moose, foraged
for wild greens and thanked the spirit of a buffalo they killed before
grilling the meat.

The show "gives people a glimpse into a world they rarely see," said
Art Napoleon, 55, one of the hosts, who grew up on a First Nation
reserve in British Columbia. "People often think of the past or in
stereotypes, but we're still here. We have our own worldview, and a 
lot of that is still in place."

One of the network's most popular series is "Mohawk Girls," a
comedy-drama that depicts the lives of four young indigenous women as
they navigate modern love, cultural expectations, career ambitions and
the effects of colonization on an aboriginal Mohawk reserve outside
Montreal.

"Growing up, we never saw ourselves on TV," said Tracey Deer, 38, the
director, a Mohawk who was raised on the reserve where the series is
set. The show's lighthearted approach aims to reflect the joys of
indigenous life, she said, while attempting to change stereotypes of
aboriginal poverty and suffering. "We're not just a tragedy."

Still, the show tackles real-life issues some indigenous people would
prefer be kept off screen, including recent expulsions of 
nonindigenous residents from the reserve along with their indigenous 
relatives, based on a 1981 rule designed to preserve Mohawk blood 
purity. The ban provides a backdrop for a character, the child of a 
Mohawk father and white mother, who moves to the reserve from New York 
City and faces hostility.

Some viewers are unhappy at seeing unpleasant aspects of their culture
publicly shown. "People call me traitor," Ms. Deer said.

Disputes over indigenous representation extend back centuries. Long 
the target of forced assimilation by white settlers, many aboriginal 
people in Canada remain stifled by colonial-era treaties and 
discriminatory laws used to strip them of land, political autonomy and 
legal rights. The legacy has led to disproportionately high rates of 
aboriginal violence, substance abuse and deprivation.

Photo: Melissa Ridgen said APTN investigative reporters like her 
helped native communities overcome their inherent mistrust of the news 
media. Credit Aaron Vincent Elkaim for The New York Times

But Canadian society learns little about such underlying factors from
the more established news media's reporting on indigenous life, said
Gitz Crazyboy, 32, an aboriginal activist, who described most of the
Canadian news media's coverage as "poverty porn."

"The news tends to perpetuate a lot of stereotypes and thinly veiled
racism," he said. "You'll mostly see stories about drunken Indians or
native people killing themselves, without realizing there's a deeper
context."

Working for an indigenous broadcaster helps native communities 
overcome their inherent mistrust of the news media, said Melissa 
Ridgen, an APTN investigative reporter. In recent years, she has 
exposed a rural doctor who was overprescribing opiates while also 
running a methadone clinic; another segment uncovered abuses of 
aboriginal day laborers in Winnipeg, home to Canada's largest urban 
indigenous population.

With its team of more than 20 reporters and 11 domestic bureaus, the
network's news programs seek to focus on indigenous communities and 
the Canadian government, which is responsible for much of their 
affairs. The network has exposed a raft of embarrassing government 
scandals, uncovered information that helped free a wrongfully 
imprisoned indigenous woman, and has drawn sustained national 
attention to long-neglected indigenous problems like police racism,
child-welfare-system abuses and the continuing lack of safe drinking
water on nearly 100 First Nations reserves.

"We go to those places a lot, but others don't," said Dennis Ward, 34,
a Metis reporter at APTN. "They just fly in for a day."

The network plays an important role in government accountability. Mr.
Trudeau has promised a "total renewal" of Canada's relationship with
its indigenous people, a marked turnaround from his immediate
predecessor, Stephen Harper, who was widely criticized for his
indifference to aboriginal issues. In an interview with the network
during his election campaign last year, Mr. Trudeau pledged that First
Nations would "absolutely" have veto power over natural resource
projects in their territories.

But since becoming prime minister, he has violated that pledge by
allowing such projects to move forward despite protests from 
indigenous communities.

Ana Collins, 36, a legislative assistant for an outspoken indigenous
member of the Canadian Parliament, Romeo Saganash, credits the network
with highlighting Mr. Trudeau's change of heart, resulting in mounting
public pressure that she and others hope will persuade him to
reconsider his position.

"APTN been very good about reminding viewers of that promise," she
said, "and how important that promise is."

A version of this article appears in print on October 30, 2016, on 
page A9 of the New York edition with the headline: A Voice for 
Indigenous Canadians, Finally Heard (via Mike Cooper, DXLD)

** CHINA. 7415, Firedragon (music jamming), on Oct 31, at 1544.
Strong signal, along with weaker CNR1 jamming of RFA (Ron Howard,
Calif., dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. 15940, CNR1 ?jammer?, parked outside meterband, 20 kHz 
wideband Chinese, 0122 UT, S=9+15dB, CNR1 \\ 15370 15380 17400 kHz.

17400, CNR1 ?jammer?, parked outside meterband, 20 kHz wideband 
Chinese, S=8, 0125 UT Nov 1 (Wolfgang Büschel, morning 0100-0140 UT 
Nov 1st log of remote SDR in Sri Lanka, thanks Victor 4S7VK in 
Piliyandala, Ceylon, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA [and non]. Hi Glenn, Thought this might be of interest to 
DXLD readers: I wonder how many have similar success?
- - - - -
CHINA / TAIWAN: One of the advantages of my job, which involves 
driving cars, is that I get to drive BMWs which have a small Shortwave 
band (5900-6250 kHz) on their radios. These radios tend to be very 
good for shortwave to the extent that I sometimes pick up stuff on 
them that I would never get at home on my Roberts R809.

On Monday 24th October I was driving a BMW and decided to see what I 
could get. On 6145 at around 1500-1515 UT I picked up a signal in 
Chinese. According to one website I was either hearing Radio Taiwan 
International (which was scheduled to use this frequency 0900-1600 for 
Chinese to East Asia) or PBS Qinghai which was scheduled to use this 
frequency 1400-1700. Nothing else, as far as I know, was scheduled in 
Chinese on 6145 at the time I was listening. So whether it was PBS 
Qinghai or RTI Taipei I think that isn't a bad catch. I have recorded 
samples but have no idea which was the dominant signal or whether I 
was hearing one station or both as I have had CNR / PBS from China on 
at least one previous occasion when using a BMW radio. Best regards 
and 73s (Dave Harries, Bristol, England, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Dave, China jams Taiwan, so you were probably hearing a CNR1 jammer, 
despite the fact that Qinghai may also be using the frequency. You 
could compare it with non-jammer CNR1 channels (Glenn to Dave, via 
DXLD)

** CHINA [and non]. 9570, Oct 27 at 0357, romantic song at S5, Chinese 
announcement, so it`s the tail of the CRI Albania relay. 0359 weakens 
but still something, presumably CNR2 via Geermu 916 site which has 
been co-channel all along (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA [and non]. CHINA vs CHINA, China Radio Int and China Radio 
Int on 11610 kHz on Oct 26:
1400-1457 11610 KUN 150 kW / 270 deg SoAs Bengali China Radio Int
1400-1457 11610 URU 500 kW / 270 deg N/ME Chinese China Radio Int
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/10/china-radio-int-and-china-radio-int-on.html

CHINA vs. INDIA, China Radio Int vs All India Radio on 11620, Oct 26:
0830-1140 11620 DEL 250 kW / 334 deg SoAs Urdu/English All India Radio
0900-1300 11620 XIA 500 kW / 073 deg EaAs English/Japanese China R Int
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/10/china-radio-int-vs-all-india-radio-on.html
(DX RE MIX NEWS #976 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, November 1, 
2016 via DXLD)

** CHINA [non]. TAIWAN (non), Reception of Stream of Praise Music 
Ministries on Oct 31:
2100-2130 7530 TAC 100 kW / 250 deg EaAs Cantonese/Chinese, good
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/reception-of-stream-of-praise-music.html
(Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** COOK ISLANDS SOUTH. 28465.9-USB, Oct 30 at 2232, E51JD, Jim on 
Rarotonga which he spells for the ignorant, with leisurely contact, so 
apparently not contesting during the contest. QRZ.com shows: ``E51JD 
South Cook Islands, flag South Cook Islands, JIM DITCHBURN, P O BOX 
491, RAROTONGA, COOK ISLANDS, SOUTH PACIFIC, VIA NEW ZEALAND, South 
Cook Islands, QSL: E51JD WITH 2 GREEN STAMP & SELFADDRESS, SELF SEAL 
ENVELOPE`` That`s lingo for 2 US$ return postage. And you`re out of 
luck if he has to lick the envelope --- good to be cautious, altho 
there are devices for tongueless moistening of stamps or envelopes as 
I used to employ for RIB. All foreign subscribers got a wide new 
selexion of commemoratives on every issue rather than permit postage 
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. NUMBERS STATION, Fair reception of Cuban Spy Numbers HM01, 
Oct 25:
0855-0950 11462 secret/hidden site (Bejucal) Spanish Tue/Thu/Sat
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/10/fair-reception-of-cuban-spy-numbers.html

Good signal of Cuban Spy Numbers HM01 in 9 MHz Oct 26
0655-0750  9330 secret/hidden site (Bejucal) Spanish Sun/Mon/Wed/Fri
0755-0850  9065 secret/hidden site (Bejucal) Spanish Sun/Mon/Wed/Fri
0855-0950  9240 secret/hidden site (Bejucal) Spanish Sun/Mon/Wed/Fri
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/10/good-signal-of-cuban-spy-numbers-hm01_26.html
(DX RE MIX NEWS #976 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, November 1, 
2016 via DXLD)

** CUBA. 6000, RHC English, on 6000 and 6060 kHz distorted audio 
signal, plus BUZZ of 230 Hertz on 6060 kHz due to co-channel odd 
Brazilian SRDA signal on 6059.770 kHz, 

6100, RHC and 5040 kHz too, both but better audio quality, and heard 
also on tiny reduced power on 6165 kHz channel too. All on Oct 28 till 
0600 UT [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang 
Büschel, Morning log 0445-0640 UT on Oct 28, Logged in US Detroit 
Michigan remote SDR unit wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, dxldyg via DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

5040, Oct 29 at 0107, RHC is OFF, allowing a JBA carrier here, maybe 
INDIA? 5025, Oct 29 at 0107, R. Rebelde is on at S9+35, but dead air! 
Way to go, RadioCuba! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

[and non]. 5025, Oct 30 at 0015, R. Rebelde is dead air again, S9+25, 
suffering splatter from 5050 WWRB (not 5040 RHC as I first suspected, 
which is nominal). By 0116 Rebelde seems off, and I have an S6 carrier 
about 5024.99, Quillabamba, Perú? By 0138 this is just barely 
modulated, so I compare it to 1180 Rebelde, and no match. However, 
there are really two slightly offset carriers around 5025, so RR may 
still be on at much reduced power. I might have blamed poor 
propagation, were 5040 RHC not still inbooming, unlike on higher bands 
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also PERU

5025.00, 0315-0335 2.11, R Rebelde, Bauta - back on the air after 6 
days break, Spanish talk, Cuban song, CWQRM in LSB, 23222 AP-DNK

5040.02, 0125-0130 1.11, INDIA, AIR Jeypore, Hindi talk and song, 
25232, // 4920 (35233) AP-DNK

5040.02, 0315-0330 2.11, R Habana Cuba, Quivicán - back on the air 
after 6 days break, Spanish announcement/er, Cuban songs 35233 (Anker 
Petersen, my latest loggings from Skovlunde, Denmark, on the AOR 
AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire, wbradio yg via DXLD)

5025 &/or 5040 were off a lot but not completely for six days as 
evidenced by my logs above (Glenn Hauser, DXLD)

** CUBA [and non]. 7365, Oct 29 at 0048, R. Martí, with béisbol game, 
mentions American League, Cleveland, player Tyler Naquin (sp?). 
Therefore I am confident that the only silly BB game that might be 
broadcasting now would be the North American Sequence. I figured RM 
would be carrying it (but nostation in English) since Rick Wald 
wondered if the ``World Series`` could be heard anywhere on SW. 
Jamming quite lite now on 7365, but heavy on // 6030. Wonder if the 
DentroCuban Jamming Command relented a bit for the occasion? Rick 
laments that at his location in BC, 6030 is blocked by Calgary comedy 
station CKMX via CFVP! 

7365, Oct 30 at 0107, R. Martí with WS béisbol, like last night better 
here and with much less jamming than on // 6030. If there are further 
games in the sequence, note that for B-16, 7365 is HFCC-registered at 
01-02 UT only, preceded and followed by new 7435 at 23-01 and 02-07! 
Also 12-14. And no more 7335. Not clear why, but there is no provision 
in these regs for one-hour DST shifts caused by the Week of Confusion.

Strangely, but not surprisingly, I find no promotion at 
http://www.martinoticias.com 
that they are broadcasting the so-called Serie Mundial! Keeping below 
the radar? I wonder if they really have two announcers at the games, 
or only working off Fox TV? Continuous crowd noise behind them could 
be just SFX. No full program schedule, but Martí does provide a 
display of current and immediately upcoming shows, which I did not 
check in time.

7435, Oct 30 at 1320, R. Martí, W&M conversation clear of jamming on 
new Greenville frequency, while jamming remains on ex-7405 and ex-
9805, but the second RM frequency is really now 11930 with some lite 
pulse jamming altho not yet wall-of-noise. Also WON jamming on 13605 
at 1331 check, which will soon be replaced, as every winter, by 13820, 
clear except for a JBA carrier, presumably Iran, Arabic at 0830-1430, 
and NOT ``Moskva`` in Russian as imaginatively registered at 0800-
1600. RM 13820 span is 14-20 UT, and might also clash with Egypt in 
Urdu at 16-18. The incompetent DentroCuban Jamming Command is always 
slow to catch up to non-secret seasonal changes. But then Arnie would 
have to admit to consulting HFCC.

7405, Oct 30 at 2243, Radio Martí is VG with no jamming yet. Strangely 
enough, this frequency is B-16 registered for one hour only, 22-23. 
Jammers do run on it at other hours now vacated.

7365, Oct 31 at 0159, I`m checking whether this Radio Martí is really 
on here for only one hour? Yes, cut off amid silly ballgame at 0200 
sharp, and 7435 comes up about 17 seconds later, off, and back on to 
stay, leaving the jamming behind on  7365.

7435, Oct 31 at 0606, R. Martí at S9+30, no jamming caught up with 
this yet either. 7435 hours are now 00-01, 02-07, 12-14 (Glenn Hauser, 
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also SOUTH AFRICA: 5980

** CUBA [and non]. 9955, Oct 29 at 0619, pulse jamming is running 
despite WRMI programming now nothing but BS; both weak at about equal 
levels (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA [and non]. Hi Glenn, Thanks for the station info and tuning
tips. I understand that this weekend is a popular pirate broadcast 
time. I just got Andrew Yoder's 2015-16 Pirate Radio Annual and have 
been enjoying it. Hoping I can find some!

Do you know of any numbers stations frequencies that i might be able 
to detect a broadcast on from California? Am fascinated by the history 
of them. Go Democrats! (-Rob Rothfarb, Oct 29, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Rob, This may be way more info than you wanted, but This is the 
primary source for number station info:
http://www.brogers.dsl.pipex.com/enigma2000/

Get their latest newsletter as linked from:
http://www.brogers.dsl.pipex.com/enigma2000/docs/ENIGMA%202000%20Active%20Station%20List.pdf

The Cubans are easy to hear, or rather not easy to avoid. They seem to 
operate on quite a strict but complex schedule depending on day of 
week. It`s obvious that they share the high-power broadcasts 
transmitters of Radio Habana, 100 or 250 kW. On occasion, feeds are 
mixed up and you hear one on the other`s frequencies (Glenn to Rob, 
via DXLD)

Also many schedules and clips here:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/search/label/spy-numbers
(Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA [non]. See OKLAHOMA [and non] Broad Spectrum Radio

** CUBA [non]. FROM THE ISLE OF MUSIC --- For the B16 season, our 
transmission on WBCQ moves to 0100-0200 UT Tuesdays (which means 8-9pm 
EST Mondays in the Americas). On Channel 292, we stay at 1900-2000 UT 
Tuesdays, which will now be 2000-2100 CET. Next week:

JoJazz is the most important competition for young Jazz musicians in 
Cuba. This week, we will dedicate our entire program to it. Our 
November 8 (November 7 in the Americas on WBCQ) program offers music 
from past JoJazz competitors and an interview with the Joaquin 
Betancourt, who directs and produces projects involving many of them.

NOTE OUR SCHEDULE FOR THE B-16 SEASON:
Two options for listening on shortwave:
WBCQ, 7490 KHz, Tuesdays 0100-0200 UT (8-9pm EST Mondays in Americas)
Channel 292, 6070 KHz, Tuesdays 1900-2000 UT (2000-2100 CET) (NOTE 
TIME CHANGE) See the NOTES section of our Facebook page for more 
information 
https://www.facebook.com/fromtheisleofmusic/
(Bill Tilford, Nov 2, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** EAST TURKISTAN. 5959.93, 2307-2315 27.10, CHINA, Xinjiang PBS, 
Urumqi, Chinese talk, 25232 // 7260 (15211) (Anker Petersen, Denmark, 
on my AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire in Skovlunde, wbradio 
yg via DXLD)

This correlates with the off-frequency 5960- carrier I often hear 
around sunrise here (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ECUADOR [non]. GERMANY, Reception of HCJB Voice of The Andes via 
MBR Nauen, Oct 29
1530-1600 13800 NAU 100 kW / 100 deg to CeAs Russian Sat till Oct 29
1530-1600 11900 NAU 100 kW / 100 deg to CeAs Russian Sat from Nov 05
1600-1630 13800 NAU 100 kW / 100 deg to CeAs Chechen Sat till Oct 29
1600-1630 11900 NAU 100 kW / 100 deg to CeAs Chechen Sat from Nov 05
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/10/reception-of-hcjb-voice-of-andes-via.html
(Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** EGYPT. Observation of Radio Cairo Oct 30-31 with kW / deg:
1500-1600  9515 ABS 250 / 315 EaEu Albanian last minute change ex 9620
1600-1800 11800 ABS 150 / 185 CSAf English, till 1700 co-ch RFA Uighur
1700-1900  9975vABS 250 / 005 N/ME Turkish, 9974.7 kHz, Oct 20 9420
1800-1900  9540vABS 200 / 325 WeEu Italian, 9540.3 kHz
1900-2000  9420*ABS 250 / 005 EaEu Russian, as scheduled
1900-2000  9570 ABS 200 / 325 WeEu German, last minute change, ex 9590
2000-2115  9900 ABS 200 / 325 WeEu French
2115-2245  9900 ABS 200 / 325 WeEu English
2300-0030  9965 ABS 250 / 325 ENAm English, cancelled acc. HFCC Oct 31
0030-0430  9965 ABS 250 / 325 ENAm Arabic, cancelled acc. HFCC Oct 31
* big problem with Voice of Greece on Oct 31, see GREECE
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/observation-of-radio-cairo-on-oct30-31.html
(Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

What`s become of Radio Cairo??? Nov 1 at 0124, no signal on 9965v; Nov 
1 at 0138, no signal on 9315, which in A-16 were both for North 
America, partly in English, but 9315 ruined by motorboating. 

http://www.hfcc.org/data/schedbybrc.php?seas=B16&broadc=ERU
HFCC B-16 shows no more broadcasts to North America at all! So they 
have given up on us. And only this remains for Latin America:

12005: 2215-0045 Portuguese & Arabic, 0045-0200 Spanish, 241 degrees, 
250 kW from Abis.

The only remaining English broadcasts, which need to be confirmed 
before believed, and the modulation evaluated, are:

1600-1800, 11800, 185 degrees, 150 kW from Abis [Ivo confirms here]
1600-1800, 15345, 196 degrees, 150 kW from Abis (surely not both)
1900-2030, 15290, 250 degrees, 100 kW from AbuZaabal
2115-2245,  9800, 325 degrees, 200 kW from Abis to Europe (and ~NAm)
2115-2245,  9900, identical parameters (surely only one or the other -
-- later: 9900 since Brother Scare is on 9800) (Glenn Hauser, OK, 
WORLD OF RADIO 1850, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 5005.001, RNE Bata weak S=4-5 signal during 
grayline path northwards to southern Germany, 0535-0543 UT on Oct 28.
As every day some co-channel ute RTTY signal on 5006.040 kHz, with two 
peaks signals on 5005.880 and 5006.080 kHz, +/-20 Hz [selected SDR 
options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, Morning log 
0445-0640 UT on Oct 28, Logged in southern Germany, wwdxc BC-DX 
TopNews, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ERITREA. Hi, at the moment Eritrea (Asmara) on 845 kHz (ex 837 kHz) 
with local music // 7185 kHz, weak signal. Good luck (Franck Baste 
(France), 1823 UT Oct 31, BDXC-UK yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1850, DXLD) 

Yes, WRTH 2016 had it on 837. But 845 is an off-channel, should be 
846, so variation, or what? Is it on exactly 845.00? (gh, WORLD OF 
RADIO 1850, DXLD)

Hi Glenn, yes it's 845.00 kHz. 73 (Franck Baste, F4LKC, dxldyg via 
WORLD OF RADIO 1850, DX LISTENING DIGEST) see UNIDENTIFIED 845

7146.56, V. of the Broad Masses of Eritrea. Unbelievably coming in at 
1745 with W speaking, 4 and half hours before local sunset. Had to 
tune USB to avoid the hams below. Fairly decent level at 1751 with HOA 
music. M announcer and more HoA music with better signal after 1811. 
W2ABQ tremendously strong calling CQ and causing severe QRM. 

7185, V. of the Broad Masses of Eritrea. 1748 talk by W but not 
parallel to 7146.45. Clear of hams at 1754 when went into HoA music 
starting with yelling. 1813 ham was blowing in his mic and asking if 
frequency was in use. 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, 26 October 2016 
Micro-DXpedition: RX: Perseus SDR, ANT: 313’ Beverage (BOG) aimed at 
60 . Solar Indices: Solar Flux = 78, A Index = 48, K Index = 5, G2 
level storms. A7 X-Ray flux, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via WORLD OF 
RADIO 1850, DXLD)

[and non]
Reception of Voice of Broad Masses of Eritrea VOBME 1/2 on Oct 27
1400&1500 7146.6 ASM 100 kW / non-dir EaAf Amharic VOBME 1, very weak
1400&1500 7185.0 ASM 100 kW / non-dir EaAf Amharic VOBME 2, weak/fair
From 1502 UT both frequencies jammed with strong white noise digital 
jamming
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/10/reception-of-voice-of-broad-masses-of_27.html
(Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

7146.556, VOBME, Asmara, at 1835 UT on Oct 27, S=8-9 signal strength, 
much Ham Radio QRM adjacent channels. No white noise JAMMING from 
Gedja Jawe site in Ethiopia at this time slot. wb df5sx
(Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

7147, Varied s/on, but mainly at *0257-….-1832*, another program on 
vary7185 usually *0300-….-1829*, both in vernacular, jammed from 
Ethiopia only for some of the languages used (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, 
Bulgaria (Sony ICF2001D, Folded Marconi ant (own made), November 
Australian DX News via DXLD) No datespan given (gh)

[same] Could distinguish talks 1507, but heavily jammed. A bit of a 
window before that though, just after 1500 before the jammer came on, 
28/10 (Craig Seager, VK2HBT, Bathurst NSW (Perseus SDR, Preamp, 
Wellbrook feeder isolator, Icom IC-746, Loop Skywire, Loop with LZ2AQ 
amplifier), Nov Australian DX News via DXLD)

ERITREA/ETHIOPIA, Both VOBME outlets from Asmara Eritrea were subject 
of digital white noise jamming at tuned-in 0448 to 0510 UT on Oct 28.

Heavy white noise JAMMING from Gedja Jawe site in Ethiopia at this 
time slot, 14 kHz visible on 7146.556 kHz, and 16 kHz 
visible/propagate towards Europe on 7184.989 kHz.

Both Asmara program outlets were different, more HoA music played on 
7146v kHz, more spoken and news heard on 7185v kHz.

7146.556 kHz S=9+10dB signal strength.
7184.989 kHz S=9+10dB signal strength,

and another signal of equal S=9+5dB level produced on adjacent 
7185.033 kHz in 04-05 UT slot, some 44 Hertz BUZZ tone interference - 
hit each other - till 0502 UT, then disappeared the latter program 
outlet. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang 
Büschel, Morning log 0445-0640 UT on Oct 28, Logged in southern 
Germany, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1850, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** ERITREA [non]. 7236.5, Voice of Peace & Democracy of Eritrea, Addis 
Ababa. Vernacular on 19/10 at 0400 w s/on followed by drifting of 
frequency and at 0437 (s/off) was on 7237.7. On 3/10 confirmed under 
Iran (7235) at *1800-1837* drifting from 7236.0 to 7237.4 respectively 
(Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria (Sony ICF2001D, Folded Marconi ant (own 
made), November Australian DX News via DXLD)

** ERITREA [non]. BULGARIA, 11964.997, Frequency change of Dimtse 
Radio Erena via SOF Sofia Kostinbrod.

1700-1730 NF 11965 SOF 50 kW 195 deg to EaAf Afar Oromo Dly, ex 11885
1730-1800 NF 11965 SOF 50 kW 195 deg to EaAf Arabic Mon-Sat, ex 11885
1730-1800 NF 11965 SOF 50 kW 195 deg to EaAf Afar Oromo Sun, ex 11885
(Ivo Ivanov-BUL, hcdx via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 25) (BCDX 1 November 
via DXLD)

SECRETLAND, B-16 BaBcoCk Dimtse Radio Erena via SPL Secretbrod Oct 30:
1700-1730 11965 SCB 050 kW / 195 deg EaAf Afar Oromo Dly ex 11845 B-15
1730-1800 11965 SCB 050 kW / 195 deg EaAf Arabic Mon-Sat ex 11845 B-15
1730-1800 11965 SCB 050 kW / 195 deg EaAf Afar Oromo Sun ex 11845 B-15
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/b-16-babcock-dimtse-radio-erena-via-spl.html
(Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

11964.997, QSL via NURTS Bulgaria or instead contact at Spaceline Ltd.
CEO Dimitar Todorov  <lz1ax -at- mail.bg>
who leases the transmitter facility from NURTS.
<Goran.Raynovski -at- nurts.bg>
Account Manager in the Sales Department at NURTS Bulgaria.

Dimtse Radio Erena jetzt auf 11965 kHz. Hoert sich aber nach 2(!)
Programmen gemixt an, d.h. das Sofia Kostinbrod Signal 'Dimtse Radio
Erena' wird aus Asmara Eritrea mit einem Eigenprogramm gestoert?

Dimtse Radio Erena ex11885 kHz, now real on 11965 kHz, rather measured
11964.997 kHz, 17-18 UT, undoubtedly HoA music played, at least 1730-
1800 UT slot. But underneath another program, I guess at 100%, a 2nd 
program direct from Asmara Eritrea, to jam the Sofia Kostinbrod 
opposite movement outlet. FMO brokered via Babcock WRN BAB, veiled 
entries.

...and also in B-16 season
11965 kHz 1700-1800 48,52NE,53NW  SOF  100kW 156deg 0 618
1234567 301016-260317  Tir  BUL VTC BAB

ex11885 kHz to avoid XJBS Urumqi Tibet, western China. Only remain on 
frequency 11885 kHz: Uighur from Urumchi, same \\ program noted strong 
on 6120, 7205 kHz at 1720 UT on Oct 28 (wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews 
Oct 28) (BCDX 1 November via DXLD)

** ERITREA [non]. GERMANY, Strong signal of Radio Adal via MBR 
Issoudun on Oct 29
1500-1530 on 15205 ISS 100 kW / 125 deg to EaAf Arabic Wed/Sat
1530-1600 on 15205*ISS 100 kW / 125 deg to EaAf Tigrinya Wed/Sat
*co-ch BSKSA 15205 RIY 500 kW / 320 deg to WeEu Holy Quran at 1550UT
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/10/germanynon-strong-signal-of-radio-adal.html
(Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ERITREA [non]. No signal of Radio Al-Mukhtar via MBR Issoudun Nov 1
1500-1530 on 17580 ISS 100 kW / 125 deg to EaAf Arabic Tue
1530-1558 on 17580 ISS 100 kW / 125 deg to EaAf Tigrinya Tue
And please also check Radio Adal via MBR Issoudun on Nov 2
1500-1531 on 17580 ISS 100 kW / 125 deg to EaAf Arabic Wed/Sat
1531-1558 on 17580 ISS 100 kW / 125 deg to EaAf Tigrinya Wed/Sat
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/no-signal-from-radio-al-mukhtar-via-mbr.html
(Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ETHIOPIA. 5950, V. of the Tigray Revolution. Fairly good signal 
with HoA music at 1951. The signal wasn’t varying but the audio was. 
1954 M in assumed Tigrinya followed by flute and M vocal to start the 
next song, then it really kicked it. KBS World (Issoudun) OC came on 
at 1958:51, then W announcer underneath until KBS World started their 
program at 2000:11 (Dave Valko, Dunlo PA, 25 October 2016 Micro-
DXpedition: RX: Perseus SDR, ANT: 313’ Beverage (BOG) aimed at 60 . 
Solar Indices: Solar Flux = 78, A Index = 60!! K Index = 5, G3 level 
storms!! A7 X-Ray flux, HCDX via WORLD OF RADIO 1850, DXLD)

5950, V. of the Tigray Revolution. A signal showing up here by 1757, 
along with 6110, but no 6090 or 6030. 1806 definite heavy drum beat. A 
little more audio at 1832 with talk by M. HoA music at 1847. Very 
slowly getting better, but big improvement after 1950. 1959 apparent 
closing announcement by M under KBS OC. Video of reception can be 
found at 
https://youtu.be/U-ur3vYm6Eg 
73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, 26 October 2016 Micro-DXpedition: RX: 
Perseus SDR, ANT: 313’ Beverage (BOG) aimed at 60 . Solar Indices: 
Solar Flux = 78, A Index = 48, K Index = 5, G2 level storms. A7 X-Ray 
flux, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via WORLD OF RADIO 1850, DXLD)

** ETHIOPIA. 6030, R. Oromiya. Incredible level. 1949 HoA music and
really nice smooth audio. Girl announcer in presumed Oromo at 1952 
recheck, and into more HoA music, and another song at 1957, stopped, 
and another song started and short voice-over closing announcement by 
M and then choral anthem and signal off at 2000:03. Video of the 
reception can be found at 
https://youtu.be/MJVYiBYDL80 
(Dave Valko, Dunlo PA, 25 October 2016 Micro-DXpedition: RX: Perseus 
SDR, ANT: 313’ Beverage (BOG) aimed at 60 . Solar Indices: Solar Flux 
= 78, A Index = 60!! K Index = 5, G3 level storms!! A7 X-Ray flux, 
HCDX via WORLD OF RADIO 1850, DXLD)

6030, R. Oromiya. Signal suddenly came on at 1934:15, and the audio 
came up with HoA music at 1935:45. Signal improved quite a bit in just 
25 minutes. 1958 M announcer in apparent Oromo but didn’t hear any 
mention of Oromiya. Usual anthem to 1959-2000, long deadair, and 
signal gone at 2004:54. 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, 26 October 
2016 Micro-DXpedition: RX: Perseus SDR, ANT: 313’ Beverage (BOG) aimed 
at 60 . Solar Indices: Solar Flux = 78, A Index = 48, K Index = 5, G2 
level storms. A7 X-Ray flux, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via WORLD OF 
RADIO 1850, DXLD)

** ETHIOPIA. 6090, Amhara R. Massive strength!! Having audio trouble. 
Was a bit distorted and it was going off and on 2019-2021. Nice HoA 
music already at 1947 tune-in. 1958 M and W alternating with great
flute music, then more HoA music over ToH. Studio M announcer in 
distorted audio at 2024-2027. More somber song at 2044 recheck. Music 
right to 2059 usual ID announcement bracketed by the ethereal 
vibraphone melody, choral anthem ending at 2100:58, and OC to at least 
2102. By far the best ever heard. Check out the video of the reception 
at 
https://youtu.be/4GeupJbBX_k
(Dave Valko, Dunlo PA, 25 October 2016 Micro-DXpedition: RX: Perseus 
SDR, ANT: 313’ Beverage (BOG) aimed at 60 . Solar Indices: Solar Flux 
= 78, A Index = 60!! K Index = 5, G3 level storms!! A7 X-Ray flux, 
HCDX via WORLD OF RADIO 1850, DXLD)

6090, Amhara R. Looked like the signal came on at 1934:45. Interesting 
that this and R. Oromiya came on at about the same time. Equal with 
CRI at this time. Started out about 3 or 4 Hz below CRI. M announcer 
when the audio came on at 1935:00. HoA music at 1937. Took phone 
caller at 1954. ID for CRI at 1956, then instrumental Chinese music on 
CRI and HoA music on Amhara. In the clear with HoA music when CRI went 
off at 1957. Another phone conversation at 2001. A minuscule signal 
compared to yesterday. Good at 2020 check with HoA music. Phone call 
again at 2050. 2058 live M announcer, very brief music, then usual ID 
announcement with vibraphone, choral anthem and off 2100. Wonder why 
the dramatic change in signal level from yesterday. 73 (Dave Valko, 
Dunlo, PA, USA, 26 October 2016 Micro-DXpedition: RX: Perseus SDR, 
ANT: 313’ Beverage (BOG) aimed at 60 . Solar Indices: Solar Flux = 78, 
A Index = 48, K Index = 5, G2 level storms. A7 X-Ray flux, Hard-Core-
DX mailing list via WORLD OF RADIO 1850, DXLD)

** ETHIOPIA [and non]. 7135-7155, Oct 27 at 0319, wideband DRM noise 
jamming against VOBME, but cannot detect its carrier anywhere around 
7145. Narrower DRM noise jamming 7180-7190, with JBA VOBME carrier 
detectable at 7185 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ETHIOPIA [non]. BELGIUM(non), Another new clandestine program via 
Alyx&Yeyi - Voice of Amhara Radio
1700-1800 15360 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg Amharic Mon/Wed/Sat, poor Oct 31:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/10/another-new-clandestine-program-via.html
(Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1850, 
DXLD)

** ETHIOPIA [non]. I am now hearing (from 1701 UT) on 17870 kHz unID 
station broadcasting in what is sounding like an African language (but 
I could be wrong). The signal here in Italy is quite strong. I suspect 
this could be a new clandestine station via TDF Issoudun. This 
frequency is in fact used on Mondays and Fridays, at 1600-1630, by 
Radio Xoriyo. Anyone has any idea on which station is that? (Antonello 
Napolitano, Oct 27 [Thu], dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

See on this case the xls database file of Aoki Nagoya Japan:

17870 kHz Radio Xoriyo Ogaden 1600-1630UT .2...6.Mon/Thur, Somali 
language, 500 kW, 130deg, TDF Issoudun France, OGM organization, FMO 
frequency management and brokery organization: BRB Broadcast Belgium 
by Ludo Maes <ludo.maes -at- broadcast.be> (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.)

** ETHIOPIA [non]. FRANCE, Reception of Radio Xoriyo Ogaden via TDF 
Issoudun Oct 31
1600-1630 on 17870 ISS 500 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Somali Mon/Fri
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/reception-of-radio-xoriyo-ogaden-via.html
(Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ETHIOPIA [non]. BELGIUM (non), New clandestine Radio Sagalee 
Qeerroo Bilisummaa, videos Oct 27:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/10/new-clandestine-broadcast-sagalee.html
(Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ETHIOPIA [non]. FRANCE, very good signal of Oromo Voice Radio via 
TDF Issoudun on Oct 29
1600-1630 17850 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg EAf Afar Oromo Wed/Sat no jamming
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/10/very-good-signal-of-oromo-voice-radio.html

FRANCE, Reception of Oromo Voice Radio via TDF Issoudun Oct 31
1600-1615 17850 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg EAf Afar Oromo Mon
1615-1630 17850 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg EAf English Mon
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/reception-of-oromo-voice-radio-via-tdf.html
(Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ETHIOPIA [non]. Winter B-16 schedule of Voice of Oromo Liberation 
via MBR Nauen will be
1700-1730 on 15170 NAU 100 kW / 139 deg to EaAf Afar Oromo Wed/Fri/Sun
1730-1800 on 15170 NAU 100 kW / 139 deg to EaAf Amharic Wed
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/10/poor-signal-of-voice-of-oromo_26.html
(DX RE MIX NEWS #976 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, November 1, 
2016 via DXLD)

GERMANY, Voice of Oromo Liberation via MBR Issoudun Oct 30
1700-1730 on 15170 NAU 100 kW / 139 deg to EaAf Afar Oromo Wed/Fri/Sun
1730-1800 on 15170 NAU 100 kW / 139 deg to EaAf Amharic Wed
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/voice-of-oromo-liberation-via-mbr.html
(Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ETHIOPIA [non]. FRANCE, Radio Front for Independence of Oromo via 
TDF Issoudun Oct 30
1730-1800 17765 ISS 150 kW / 125 deg EaAf Oromo Sun via RMI broker:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/radio-front-for-independence-of-oromo.html
(Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** EUROPE. 6205.08, Getting a signal here at 2114, no doubt Coast FM. 
Not strong enough for audio though. 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, 26 
October 2016 Micro-DXpedition: RX: Perseus SDR, ANT: 313’ Beverage 
(BOG) aimed at 60 . Solar Indices: Solar Flux = 78, A Index = 48, K 
Index = 5, G2 level storms. A7 X-Ray flux, Hard-Core-DX mailing list 
via DXLD)

** GERMANY [and non]. [Continued from SAUDI ARABIA [and non].

In fact nothing remains on 594 kHz in the whole of Europe now. For 
casual radios it was so far also at night just an empty channel that 
used to spring to life at 0300, when Duba switched back from 1521 kHz. 
Maybe they're now here throughout the night?

And on 1521 kHz besides the mentioned, and heard last evening, 5 kW of 
the SER chain in Spain only low power (below 100 watts) operations 
somewhere in the UK remain in Europe.

While we're mentioned 594 kHz --- 
here is the Hoher Meißner site featured on TV 30 years ago:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFua_-8JjzE

At 4:04 it shows photos from 1983 when one of the mediumwave 
transmitters there was destroyed by fire, an incident probably not 
noticed abroad back then. They say that only the firefighters could 
save the second transmitter, thus prevent a complete loss of the MW 
equipment. After the fire a new MW transmitter building, shown inside 
at 4:49, had been built. Looks like 100 kW Telefunken transmitters, 
and indeed they specify in this TV piece the output as 200 kW.

Earlier discussed in this is the circumstance that back then all UHF 
TV transmitters had to be operated by the postal office for legal 
reasons. This resulted at sites like Hoher Meißner, where the postal 
office had not built completely own facilities, in ridiculous, almost 
impossible to explain lease-and-lease-back constellations (Kai Ludwig, 
Oct 29, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GERMANY. AFN Bavaria closes mediumwave 1107 kHz from today 10 a.m. 
local time --- a bit more detailed: "AFN Bavaria discontinues the AM 
broadcast on 1107 kHz Friday, Oct. 28 at approximately 10 a.m. You can 
still listen to AFN Bavaria in Grafenwoehr and Vilseck at FM 
frequencies 98.5 or 107.7. Tune in to AFN 360 anywhere, anytime. Visit 
http://www.afneurope.net/AFN-360 " 
http://www.bavaria.army.mil/calendar/facilities.html vy 73 Harald

Gesendet: Freitag, 28. Oktober 2016 um 14:07 Uhr > Von: "'Harald Kuhl' 
hkdx@gmx.AFN Bavaria closes mediumwave 1107 kHz from today > > "AFN 
Bavaria discontinues the AM broadcast on 1107 KHz today. You can still 
listen to FM radio and AFN 360. 
http://www.bavaria.army.mil/calendar/facilities.html" > > source: 
http://www.bavaria.army.mil/ > > vy 73 > Harald >
Posted by: ("Harald Kuhl", Oct 28, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD)

Still heard at 1500 UT, 73 (Max van Arnhem, The Netherlands, Oct 28, 
MWCircle yg via DXLD)

It is still on, now at 8:30 p.m. local time (Oct 28, 1830 UT). (Karel 
Honzik, ibid.)

Re [BDXC-UK] AFN Bavaria closes mediumwave 1107 kHz from today 10 a.m. 
local time. Karel, ahoi, I guess this item by Harald Kuhl-D  DL1ABJ, 
BrDXC-UK ng Oct 28 IS WRONG - not closure. Maybe only an hour long 
maintenance break happened?

'discontinues' is different than 'closes' (for ever) ???

<http://www.calendarwiz.com/calendars/popup.php?op=view&id=105511613&crd=usagbavaria&PHPSESSID=10d2d8630dacce84c332ba88a5e49f5f>

<http://www.calendarwiz.com/calendars/calendar.php?crd=usagbavaria&cid[]=159302&PHPSESSID=10d2d8630dacce84c332ba88a5e49f5f&jsenabled=1&winh=996&winw=1676&inifr=true#>

Der Sender MW 1107 kHz auf dem Ami Camp in Ostbayern bleibt uns 
weiterhin erhalten ?

> It is still on, now at 8:30 p.m. local time. (Oct 8, 1830 UT).
(Karel Honzik-CZE, Oct 28, BCDX 1 November via DXLD)

Karel, Harald hatte diese Meldung im British DXC-UK gebracht, - er 
muss man den Text nur als Eintags-Fliege deuten?

AFN in Ostbayern  um 01.00 Ortszeit Oct 29 noch immer auf Sendung,
"Airforce Radio" News about aircraft tyres fire accident Chicago-Miami
flight.

Ich hoere AFN 1107 kHz via DARC Amberg remote Perseus unter 
82.135.26.213:8016

....Immerhin haben wir ja noch Saarlouis auf LW 183 kHz
als allerletzten AM BC Tx in DL ;-)

Weiterhin unregelmaessig sind die Aussendungen vom Funkerberg Museum 
in Koenigswusterhausen bei besonderen Anlaessen zu hoeren.
Welle_370, 810 kHz 9 watt.

<http://museum.funkerberg.de/>
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 29) (BCDX 1 November via DXLD)

** GERMANY. After some test transmissions R MiAmigo will have its own 
licence for 6085 and begin with regular transmissions October 30, 
0800-1700 UT. The transmitter was before used for 9560 via Kall/Eifel, 
same power and modulation as 6005. (we) (Walter Eibl, Oct WWDXC DX 
Magazine via WORLD OF RADIO 1850, DXLD) 1 kW or 20 kW?? (gh, DXLD)

** GERMANY [and non]. Hi All, Radio Mi Amigo will have a new frequency 
on 6 MHz starting tomorrow, which will be provided by the Shortwave 
Service in Germany, details are below. Alan.

``Europe's fastest growing AM Radio Station is now ---
YOUR ALL DAY MUSIC STATION!

From Sunday, October 30: every day on 6085 kHz: our new -all day- 
frequency! 6085 kHz - Every day! Great news: This Sunday, 9:00 hrs 
[CET] we will start using our own dedicated Shortwave frequency of 
6085 kHz and extend our daily broadcasts from 9 in the morning until 6 
o'clock in the evening.

Not only will listeners be able to enjoy our great selection of music 
from ‘the Golden Era of Offshore AM Free radio’ every day, on 
Shortwave in the 49-meter band, but: on Saturdays and Sundays our 
international DJ’s will present shows live - all day!

And don't forget, they have a special 100 kW broadcast from Armenia
this evening at 1800 to 2000 UT:

Special celebration broadcast this Saturday: COME CELEBRATE WITH US!
Saturday, October 29: Special 100 kW broadcast on 6120 kHz!

Coming Saturday night, October 29, from 20:00 - 22:00 hrs [CET], we 
present a special powerful shortwave broadcast originating from our 
100 kilowatt (!) relay station in Armenia, on 6120 kHz``

Posted by: (Alan Gale, Oct 29, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1850, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

Radio Mi Amigo via Kall-Krekel 6085 kHz. Radio Mi Amigo newsletter:

"Europe's fastest growing AM Radio Station… is now
YOUR ALL DAY MUSIC STATION!
- 6085 kHz: Our new -all day- frequency!
- Special celebration broadcast this Saturday
- ‘Your All Day Music Station’ on Shortwave!
- Extended weekend live shows from 9 - 18:00

Starting Sunday, October 30: every day on 6085 kHz!
Great news: This Sunday, 9:00 hrs [CET] we will start using our own 
dedicated Shortwave frequency
of 6085 kHz and extend our daily broadcasts from 9 in the morning 
until 6 o'clock in the evening.

Not only will listeners be able to enjoy our great non-stop music from 
‘the Golden Era of Offshore AM Free radio’
in the SW 49-meter band, but on Saturdays and Sundays our 
international DJ’s will present live shows - all day..!

Our daily live programme 'Hello Europe' can be heard weekdays: at 
14:00 hrs and will be repeated later at 19:00 hrs in the 75 m band on 
3985 kHz. (all times CET)*
The new dedicated shortwave transmitter on 6085 kHz is a big step 
forward, but our growth will not stop there.
We expect to bring you more exciting news about further AM expansion 
in the Northern European regions soon.

SHORTWAVE BROADCAST SCHEDULE - winter 2016

All times: Central European Time. (UK time = CET -1 hr.)*

Every day: 09:00 hrs -18:00 hrs: Shortwave 6085 kHz - 49m band:
All the great music made- and played during the 'Golden Era of 
Offshore AM -Free- Radio’ Including our daily live shows: 'Hello 
Europe’.

Weekdays at 14:00 hrs 6085 kHz. Repeated at 19:00 hrs: 3985 kHz
Hello Europe! - daily presented live programmes:
• Mondays: Bruno's Soulbox - Bruno Hantson (English)
• Tuesdays: Hello Europe! - Johnny Lewis (English)
• Wednesdays: Hello Europe! - Cpt. Kord (German)
• Thursdays: Hello Europe! - Lion Keezer (English)
• Fridays: The weekend starts here - Paul Graham (English)

SATURDAYS Live:
Shortwave 49m band 6085 kHz
[between 12:00 and 16:00 hrs: extra relay on 7310 kHz - 41m band]
09.00 - Good Morning Europe! - Cpt. Kord (German/English)
10.00 - Free Waves - Keith Lewis (English)
11.00 - Rockin' Ron's Time machine - Ron O'Quinn (English)
12.00 - Soundtrack of the 60's - Paul Graham (English)
13.00 - Johnny's Offshore Radio Diary - Johnny Lewis (English)
14.00 - Manneke Pop - Peter van Dam (Dutch/English)
15.00 - Hello to the World - Lion Keezer (Dutch)
16.00 - Lost and Found - Jeffrey Willems (Dutch)
17.00 - All Time Soul Top 500 - Bruno Hantson (English)
18.00 - Closedown Shortwave 6085 kHz

SUNDAYS - Live:
Shortwave 49m band 6085 kHz
[between 12:00 and 16:00 hrs: extra relay on 7310 kHz - 41m band]
09.00 - Free Waves - Keith Lewis (English)
10.00 - Hello to the World - Lion Keezer (Dutch)
11.00 - Lost and Found - Jeffrey Willems (Dutch)
12.00 - Manneke Pop - Peter van Dam (Dutch)
13.00 - Bruno's Soulbox - Bruno Hantson (English)
14.00 - Rockin' Ron's Time machine - Ron O'Quinn (English)
15.00 - Soundtrack of the 60's - Paul Graham (English)
16.00 - Johnny's Offshore Radio Diary - Johnny Lewis (English)
17.00 - All Time Soul Top 500 - Bruno Hantson (English)
18.00 - Closedown Shortwave 6085 kHz

*Central Europe Time Zone = Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic,
Denmark, France, Germany, Holland (The Netherlands), Hungary, Italy,
Luxembourg, Malta, Norway, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland. (UK = CET minus 1hr)

CELEBRATE WITH US!
Saturday: special 100 kW broadcast on 6120 kHz
Coming Saturday night, October 29, from 20:00 - 22:00 hrs [CET], we 
will have a special powerful shortwave broadcast originating from our 
100 kilowatt (!) relay station in Armenia, on 6120 kHz.

In this special live event show we will introduce and celebrate our 
new frequency of 6085 kHz and our new winter programme schedule.
Hosted by Lion Keezer in Amsterdam, he and 5 other Mi Amigo DJ's will 
contribute live from their studio's in the UK, Belgium, Holland and 
Spain to tell you all about their shows and our new programmes and 
frequencies that will officially start the next morning, Sunday 30 
October.

We expect this broadcast to be received not only in Europe but also in 
large parts of the world and we look forward to your reception 
reports. As always, we'll reward you with our new printed QSL card and 
Mi Amigo carstickers. More of these special 100 kilowatt SW broadcasts 
are planned for November 27 and December 25. Stay tuned..." (via 
Manuel Méndez, Spain, Oct 30, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1850, DXLD)

** GERMANY. Relevanz: KBC / Nauen / 6095 kHz

Notice/Notiz in DigiDX #33:
http://www.rhci-online.net/radiogram/VoA_Radiogram_2016-10-22.htm#Nauen

MightyKBC 6095kHz to Europe schedule

MightyKBC has announced 3 extra broadcasts to Europe on 6095 over the 
coming months. The schedule is:

October 30  6095 kHz 1200-1300 UT
November 27 6095 kHz 1200-1300 UT
December 25 6095 kHz 0900-1600 UT

=====> "+ MFSK32"
http://voaradiogram.net/
"....KBC will also transmit to Europe Sunday, 30 October, at 1200-1300
UTC, on 6095 kHz. A minute of MFSK32 will be at about 1230 UTC. 
Reports to Eric: themightykbc (at ) gmail.com..."
(roger, OCT 28, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GERMANY. 6190, Oct 29 at 0620, NO signal from Hamburger Lokalradio, 
or anything. Tho at 1 kW certainly intended only for Europe, I`ve long 
been desirous of picking up this longtime WORLD OF RADIO affiliate 
directly. WOR coming up at 0630 after Switzerland in Sound. Today was 
my best chance propagationally before the time shift next week to one 
hour later, WOR at 0730. In B-16, co-channel QRM will also resume from 
BBC via South Africa until 0800, which we hope will have faded out in 
Europe by 0730.

7265, Oct 29 at 1414, via UTwente SDR, NO signal from HLR other 
frequency either, so suspected not on, during Media Network Plus, nor 
at further chex before 1500 for WORLD OF RADIO at 1431 (which from 
next week will be at 1531, and once again colliding with CRI English 
via Kashgar, East Turkistan at 1400-1600, 174 degrees for S Asia, but 
in winter also a blocker for HLR in Europe.) Now there is ACI from 
7270 and also something on 7260 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST) But it was audible in UK: See USA [and non]

Reception of Hamburger Lokalradio on 6190 kHz CUSB Oct 29:
Switzerland In Sound
0600-0630 6190 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg to CeEu English Sat till Oct 29
World of Radio##1849
0630-0700 6190 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg to CeEu English Sat till Oct 29
Hamburger Lokalradio
0700-1000 6190 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg to CeEu German  Sat till Oct 29

Switzerland In Sound
0700-0730 6190 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg to CeEu English Sat from Nov 05
World of Radio##1850
0730-0800 6190 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg to CeEu English Sat from Nov 05
Hamburger Lokalradio
0800-1100 6190 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg to CeEu German  Sat from Nov 05
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/10/reception-of-hamburger-lokalradio-on.html
(Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GERMANY [non]. B-16 schedule of Deutsche Welle English:
1600-1700 on  9820 MEY 250 kW / 007 deg to EaAf English
1600-1700 on 15290 ISS 500 kW / 140 deg to EaAf English
1600-1700 on 15315 ISS 500 kW / 172 deg to WeAf English
1600-1700 on 17690 ISS 500 kW / 172 deg to WeAf English
1600-1700 on 17710 DHA 250 kW / 215 deg to EaAf English
Morning transmissions 0400-0500 & 0500-0600 are cancelled

Winter B16 schedule of Deutsche Welle Football Bundesliga:
1425-1630 on 15390 ISS 500 kW / 170 deg to WeAf Hausa Sat*
1425-1630 on 17570 ISS 500 kW / 165 deg to WeAf Hausa Sat*
*Nov 5, 2016; Nov 19-Dec 17, 2016 & Jan 21-March 18, 2017.
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/10/winter-b-16-schedule-of-deutsche-welle.html
(DX RE MIX NEWS #976 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, November 1, 
2016 via DXLD)

** GERMANY [non]. DW is down to one English language transmission a 
day by shortwave and satellite, transmitted 1600-1700 UT. On 
shortwave, it is using five frequencies:

9820 via Meyerton - barely audible here (can detect a voice but speech 
is not discernible)
15290 via Issoudun - signal reads mostly at S6, listenable
15315 via Issoudun - same as 15290
17690 via Issoudun - signal peaks at S7, but with some deep fades
17710 via Dhabayya - nothing heard

Apparently, there is now also only one transmission daily over the 
Internet, also at 1600. These are the direct MP3 links:
http://www.metafilegenerator.de/DWelle/dw-radio-english/mp3/webs.m3u
http://dw-radio-english-mp3.akacast.akamaistream.net/7/779/135362/v1/gnl.akacast.akamaistream.net/dw-radio-english-mp3.m3u

One can also access using the link typically titled “DW English” 
offered by various wifi-radio amalgamators such as Frontier, Pure 
Connect and TuneIn.

WRN has also carried DW English three times a day, but that was during 
the spring/summer schedule. It is currently not possible to 
immediately determine if that has changed because the wrn.org web site 
has been inoperable for several weeks now.

(John Figliozzi, Halfmoon, NY, Eton E1XM/Alpha Delta Sloper, Como Solo 
wifi radio, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1850, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

I see that WRN is now owned by Babcock. Wonder if that's why they have
taken their web presence down?  I went looking for it last week , as 
well (Richard Cuff, Allentown PA, INTERNETRADIO via DXLD)

I checked all five DW English frequencies on Sunday, October 30, and 
the best I could do was a faint flutter on 15290 and 17690. Nothing 
heard on the other three. Of course the transmission time is not 
convenient on weekdays for us in NA. Unless reception conditions 
dramatically improve, it looks like DW English will be a washout for 
me in B-16 (Stephen Luce, Houston, Texas, dxldyg via DXLD)

?? Not convenient? Only for those with antiquated 9-5 jobs (gh, DXLD)

** GIBRALTAR. Nova Scotia Logs 30 Oct 2016 --- Happy Hallowe'en, all - 
as sunset occurs earlier these days I am able to get some DX'ing done 
around dinnertime now. The band is really quiet at this time because 
there is much reduced splatter from the stateside stations that are 
not yet in darkness. Here's a couple of nice clean signals from last
night. SS in Halifax yesterday was 2104 UT and it seems to be about 5 
minutes later here; I'm a little farther west. 

R. Gibraltar, 1458 kHz, 30 Oct 2016 2128-2133 UT: Pop music, clear
ID at BOH. Fair-Good. One of those 'it's not strong but it's clear' 
signals. New country, 4 W.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/m5pjvlon5so94wp/Radio%20-%20R%20Gibraltar%201458%20kHz%2030%20Oct%202016%20212930%20UTC.mp3?dl=0

PS there was also a whack of lower powered (5/10 kW) Spaniards on the 
upper part of the band, but I don't report them because I have no real 
idea in most cases where they actually originate due to the synchro 
networks. I need to spend some time around 0620 and try and put a few 
of these in the log. Kind regards, (Michael Yule, west of Halifax NS, 
IRCA via DXLD)

** GOA. 11559.986, INDIA, AIR Goa Panaji, AIR Pashto sce, S=9+15dB, 
0220 UT Indian subcontinent like singer, political comment on 
Pakistan, ID at 0220 UT (Wolfgang Büschel, Germany, log 0200-0300 UT 
Oct 30, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GREECE [and non]. Voice of Greece on 9420 kHz and 9935 kHz, Oct 31:
from 1930 on  9420*AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek tx#3
from 1930 on  9935 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Greek tx#1
*1900-2000 on 9420 ABS 250 kW / 005 deg to EaEu Russian Radio Cairo
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/voice-of-greece-on-9420-khz-and-9935.html
(Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GUAM. 11840, KTWR Philippines, via Guam. Good reception of an 
English religious talk before an ID as “TWR Philippines via Guam”, 
then s/off at 1025, 1210 (Dennis Allen, Milperra NSW (Icom R75, 
Realistic DX160, Longwire), Nov Australian DX News via DXLD)

Philippines? Maybe some program has a studio there, but WRTH shows 
nothing about Philippines under GUAM KTWR Listing, referring us 
instead to HQ SINGAPORE for schedule of TWR Asia, via Guam (gh, DXLD)

** GUINEA [and non]. GUINEA vs. KOREA D.P.R. Radio Guinée Conakry vs. 
Voice of Korea on Nov.2
0730&0825 9650 CON 050 kW / non-dir to WeAf French R.Guinée Conakry
0730-1320 9650 KUJ 200 kW / 109 deg to EaAs Japanese Voice of Korea
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/radio-guinee-conakry-vsvoice-of-korea.html
(Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** HAWAII. 28492-USB, Oct 30 at 2230, KH7CW with contest contacts, 
from Zone 31, barely working W7EOV/mobile and trying to extract his 
true zone. Remember when Hawaii was only KH6? Did they run out of such 
calls? QRZ.com lookup shows: The Coconut Wireless Contest Club, 98-
1559 Akaaka St, Aiea, Oahu, HI 96701 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

** INDIA. AIR Mumbai SW transmitter problems --- The 100 kW SW 
transmitter of AIR Mumbai operating 7340 & 11935 is having some 
problems lately. They are operating with very low power it seems but 
not heard at my location. Yours sincerely, (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, 
National Institute of Amateur Radio, Hyderabad, India, 1237 UT Oct 26, 
dx_india yg via DXLD) 

AIR Mumbai heard today on 7340 after many days with Urdu Service at 
around 0135 UT very clearly. Shortly some abnormality observed and 
transmitter went off. Yours sincerely, (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, 0158 UT 
Oct 27, ibid.)

** INDIA. AIR Siliguri DRM --- The D[eput]y. Director General of AIR 
North East has inaugurated the DRM MW 200 kW transmitter on 711 kHz at 
1055 UT today (26th Oct). In his speech broadcast till 1115 UT today 
he said the power of analogue transmitter on 711 kHz is 194 kW while 
the DRM on 720 kHz is 6 kW. Reception here since then is very good on 
711 kHz. Their website announced: htpp://www.airsiliguri.in
(Alok Dasgupta, Kolkata, 1547 UT Oct 26, dx_india yg via DXLD)

** INDIA. Relay of AIR Lucknow noted on 6100 now at 4 pm IST, 1030 UT, 
probably via Delhi (30 Oct 16) Yours sincerely, (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, 
National Institute of Amateur Radio, dx_india yg via DXLD)

** INDIA. 9690, Oct 28 at 1327, AIR with S Asian music, but not their 
enchanting interval signal, S4-S6. Pause about a semi-minute and 
1330:10 signing on the GOS in English; clear, no QRM, but only S4-S6 
and also on // 13710 at S3-S5, 1331 into news. Still nothing on 
onetime third frequency 11620 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Changes to All India Radio for B-16 period starting from 30.10.2016 --
- Home Service: 
9865 (ex 9870) 0025-0440, 0900-1200, 1245-1740 Vividh Bharati  

External Service:

0215-0300 Pushtu     11670(B) (ex 11560 P)
0300-0345 Dari       11670(B) (ex 11560 P)
0315-0415 Hindi      17715(B) (ex D)
0415-0430 Gujarati   17715(B) (ex D)
0430-0530 Hindi      17715(B) (ex D)
0845-0945 Indonesian 17510(B) (ex D)
1615-1715 Russian    15120(B) (ex D)

B: Bengaluru D: Delhi P: Panaji [GOA]

Yours sincerely, (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur 
Radio, Hyderabad, India, Oct 28, dx_india yg via DXLD)

9865, Oct 30 at 0111, JBA carrier, presumed AIR VBS ex-9870 as 
registered for B-16 at 0010-0435, 0845-1200, 1230-1740, 500 kW, 35 
degrees from Bengaluru --- and finally after years and years, edging 
away from the collision with CHINA still on 9870. We hope for better 
propagation now and without CCCCI.

[and non]. 9865, Oct 30 at 1318, AIR VBS with Indian pop music, S2-S4 
but after many years, FINALLY clear of ChiCom CCI, which stays on 
9870, CRI English, 13-16, 500 kW, 200 degrees from Xi`an toward India. 
At last, AIR frequency management is doing its job (Glenn Hauser, OK, 
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Frequency changes of AIR Vividh Bharati Sce from Oct 30
0025-0435 NF  9865 BGL 500 kW / 035 deg to SoAs Hindi, ex 9870
0900-1200 NF  9865 BGL 500 kW / 035 deg to SoAs Hindi, ex 9870
1245-1740 NF  9865 BGL 500 kW / 035 deg to SoAs Hindi, ex 9870
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/frequency-changes-of-air-vividh-bharati.html
(Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

AIR B-16 schedules

Hello friends, The detailed  B-16 schedules of All India Radio is now 
available as follows valid from 1 Nov 2016: 
External Services: Time Wise: 
http://qsl.net/vu2jos/es/time.htm
External Services: Language Wise: 
http://qsl.net/vu2jos/es/Language.htm
Complete SW schedule: Frequency Wise: 
http://qsl.net/vu2jos/sw/freq.htm
SW Schedule : Station Wise: 
http://qsl.net/vu2jos/sw/loc.htm

AIR B-16 printed schedules available:

Dear Listeners, Warm Greetings from AIR! Those interested in latest 
frequency schedule i.e. B 16, may confirm their mailing address 
through email. We will surely send a copy of printed frequency 
schedule. With Warm Regards

Sunil Bhatia, Deputy Director General
Spectrum Management & Synergy Division
Email: spectrum-manager@air.org.in
Website: http://www.allindiaradio.gov.in

Yours sincerely, (via Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of 
Amateur Radio, Oct 31, dxld yg via DXLD)

** INDIA. I noticed AIR festival here in Germany, of easterly signals:

11670, AIR Pashto / Dari sce from Bangalore 500 kW powerhouse 0215-
0345 UT, (ex 11560 Goa Panaji sce), S=8-9 in Germany 0232 UT. See GOA

11620, AIR Urdu, schedule 0000-0430 UT from powerhouse Bangalore, 
shrill woman singer, string music in between, S=9+15dB, 0233 UT.

13695, AIR Bangalore in Kannada, powerhouse, only broadcast station in 
22mb at this time slot, later followed by Hindi sce, scheduled 0215-
0415 UT, S=9 at 0235 UT. \\ AIR Kannada and Hindi on ONLY broadcast 
station in 19 mb at this hour

15120, AIR Bangalore in Kannada, powerhouse, only broadcast station in 
19mb at this time slot, later Hindi / Gujarati / English service 
scheduled 0215-0530 UT, S=9 at 0245 UT Oct 30. And

[and non]. 7504.978 --- wandered, variable x.985 kHz USA WRNO New 
Orleans LA, noted around 0250 UT, S=8-9 here in southern Germany, but 
severe QRM here in Europe co-channel from easterly AIR New Delhi - 
according to Aoki Nagoya list - AIR Khampur site, Hindi sce, S=9 on 
even 7505 kHz (Wolfgang Büschel, Germany, log 0200-0300 UT Oct 30, 
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM & INTERNET. World Radio Network --- For the 
last couple of months, I have been unable to access the http://wrn.org 
web site. Today, I tried a bookmarked stream I've used for years and 
it is not working. Does anyone know what is happening with WRN? mc 
(Mike Cooper, Oct 29, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Mike, I am still getting WRN via my bookmark:
http://shoutcast.wrn.org:8000/

And WOR should be coming up at 1730. I have been unable to get any 
straight answer from them, except a rumor that they will continue into 
B-16. I suspect that under BaBcoCk ownership it has become an 
extremely low priority, and is more or less running on auto-pilot 
(Glenn to Mike via WORLD OF RADIO 1850, DXLD)

Glenn: Thanks for the prompt response. I had boomarked 
http://193.42.152.160/wrnengus 
which had worked for years until now.

I just checked and the feed is still on Galaxy 19 satellite (so am 
listening there for WOR in a few minutes). A little internet searching 
after I emailed you revealed you'd noted the web site problem on WOR 
last month. rgds mc (Mike Cooper, WORLD OF RADIO 1850, ibid.)

WORLD OF RADIO times on WRN to North America, expected to be shifted 
for standard season: Sat 1830, UT Sun 0230, to be confirmed (Glenn 
Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1850, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

I see that WRN is now owned by Babcock. Wonder if that's why they have 
taken their web presence down? I went looking for it last week, as 
well (Richard Cuff, Allentown PA, Nov 1, internetradio via DXLD)

Although the web site still is down (UT Thursday 11/3 at 0205), I`m 
still hearing WRN (Europe and North America feeds) via TuneIn. So the 
radio (audio) service still exists. For now, anyway (Jim Tedford, 
ibid.)

** IRAN. 15750.004, Arabic service 0530-1430 UT, IRIB via Zahedan 
broadcast center to Western Muslim world service, like Morocco, 
Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Israel,
Palestine, Jordan target. 28 kHz (!) wide signal, excellent shortwave 
audio modulated, S=9+30dB in Doha Qatar unit, heard at 0625-0630 UT on 
Oct 28. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang 
Büschel, Morning log 0445-0640 UT on Oct 28, Logged in Doha Qatar 
Middle East remote SDR unit, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, dxldyg via DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

IRIB Tehran broadcasts already heard on B-16 season schedule early 
from 17 UT tune-in today Sat Oct 29. Noted now 1945 UT:

6060 1730 2100 37-39 ZAH 500 289 0 145 Ara IRN IRB 2246 ARAB-West
Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon,
Israel, Palestine, Jordan target.

6040 1920 2020 27,28 SIR 500 313 0 218 Eng IRN IRB 2244 ENGLISH
15460 1920 2020 52,53,57 SIR 500 211 15 216 Eng IRN IRB 7295 ENGLISH

6135 1920 1950 28S SIR 500 300 30 218 Ita IRN IRB 14017 ITALIAN
7305 1920 1950 28S SIR 500 295 0 156 Ita IRN IRB 2262 ITALIAN

Coming soon tonight:
7360 2020 2120 27S,28S,37, SIR 500 298 -15 218 Spa IRN IRB 7377 
SPANISH

6060 2100 0030 37-39 ZAH 500 289 0 145 Ara IRN IRB 2247 ARAB-West

7420 2220 2320 49,54 SIR 500 120 30 218 Ind IRN IRB 7316 MALAY Ins
9490 2220 2320 49,54 SIR 500 115 0 218 Ind IRN IRB 2273 MALAY Ins

5915 2050 2150 45 SIR 500 60 0 218 Jpn IRN IRB 7266 JAPANESE
7425 2050 2150 45 SIR 500 53 -15 218 Jpn IRN IRB 7371 JAPANESE

6110 2320 0020 42-44 SIR 500 68 -15 218 Cmn IRN IRB 7270 CHINA
9490 2320 0020 42-44 SIR 500 65 -15 156 Cmn IRN IRB 7416 CHINA

6060 0030 0230 37-39 ZAH 500 289 0 145 Ara IRN IRB 15526 ARAB-West
7380 0230 0530 38,39 ZAH 500 289 0 145 Ara IRN IRB 7243 ARAB-West
Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon,
Israel, Palestine, Jordan target.

7370 0130 0530 39 SIR 500 198 0 146 Ara IRN IRB 7332 ARAB-Saud
South Arabian peninsula target

5860 0220 0320 40E,41W SIR 500 65 -15 156 Pus IRN IRB 15857 PUSHTO
5985 0220 0320 40E,41W SIR 500 65 -15 156 Pus IRN IRB 15858 PUSHTO
6075 0220 0320 40E,41W SIR 500 65 -15 156 Pus IRN IRB 2249 PUSHTO
7230 0220 0320 40E,41W AHW 500 84 0 145 Pus IRN IRB 15859 PUSHTO
7390 0220 0320 40E,41W AHW 500 84 0 145 Pus IRN IRB 15545 PUSHTO

7425 0320 0420 38E,39W SIR 500 282 0 146 Ara IRN IRB 2268
Saut Falestin - "Voice of Islamic Palestinian Revolution"

13820 0530 0730 38,39 ZAH 500 289 0 145 Ara IRN IRB 15015 ARAB-W
13780 0530 0830 39 SIR 500 198 0 146 Ara IRN IRB 365 ARAB-S
13820 0830 1430 38,39 ZAH 500 289 0 145 Ara IRN IRB 15016 ARAB-W
15130 0930 1130 39 SIR 500 216 0 216 Ara IRN IRB 7259 ARAB-S
15130 1130 1430 39 SIR 500 216 0 216 Ara IRN IRB 7260 ARAB-S

9755 0420 0450 38E,39W SIR 500 293 30 218 Heb IRN IRB 7370 Hebrew
11780 0420 0450 38E,39W SIR 500 295 0 211 Heb IRN IRB 7285 Hebrew
15240 1150 1220 38E,39W SIR 500 295 0 156 Heb IRN IRB 7291 Hebrew

7355 1320 1420 39 SIR 500 313 0 218 Kur IRN IRB 7300
KURDISH-Kirmanj dialect. {Sorani dialect not anymore on shortwave}
73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, Oct 29, dxldyg iva DX LISTENING DIGEST)

[HFCC registrations:]
6060 0030 0230 37-39 ZAH 500 289 0 145 Ara IRN IRB 15526 ARAB-West
7380 0230 0530 38,39 ZAH 500 289 0 145 Ara IRN IRB  7243 ARAB-West
Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon,
Israel, Palestine, Jordan target. \\ 6060 7370 kHz at 0200 UT. 

6060 S=9+10dB IRIB Tehran Arabic here in southern Germany, signal 
suffer a little QRM by interference heterodyne of Brazilian SRDA on 
6059.771 kHz, 230 Hertz buzzy / whistle (Wolfgang Büschel, Germany, 
log 0200-0300 UT Oct 30, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

6060 0030 0230 37-39 ZAH 500 289 0 145 Ara IRN IRB 15526 ARAB-West
7380 0230 0530 38,39 ZAH 500 289 0 145 Ara IRN IRB 7243 ARAB-West
Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon,
Israel, Palestine, Jordan target.

\\ 6060 7370 kHz at 0200 UT

6060 S=9+10dB IRIB Tehran Arabic here in southern Germany, signal 
suffer a little QRM by interference heterodyne of Brazilian SRDA on 
6059.771 kHz, 230 Hertz buzzy / whistle... wb df5sx (Büschel, Oct 30, 
dxldyg via DXLD)

They were NEVER GONE from shortwave, neither their web services. But 
no UTC night service of English towards US anymore on SW.
See new B-16 file: wb

 6060 0030 0230 37-39       ZAH 500 289   0 145 Ara 15526 ARBIC-W
 7370 0130 0530 39          SIR 500 198   0 146 Ara  7332 ARBIC-S
 7380 0230 0530 38,39       ZAH 500 289   0 145 Ara  7243 ARBIC-W
 7425 0320 0420 38E,39W     SIR 500 282   0 146 Ara  2268 SSS-FFF
13820 0530 0730 38,39       ZAH 500 289   0 145 Ara 15015 ARBIC-W
13780 0530 0830 39          SIR 500 198   0 146 Ara   365 ARBIC-S
13820 0830 1430 38,39       ZAH 500 289   0 145 Ara 15016 ARBIC-W
15130 0930 1130 39          SIR 500 216   0 216 Ara  7259 ARBIC-S
15130 1130 1430 39          SIR 500 216   0 216 Ara  7260 ARBIC-S
 7310 1430 1730 37,38,39    ZAH 500 289   0 145 Ara  7237 ARBIC-W
 9655 1430 1730 39          SIR 500 216   0 216 Ara 15508 ARBIC-S
 6060 1730 2100 37-39       ZAH 500 289   0 145 Ara  2246 ARBIC-W
 6060 2100 0030 37-39       ZAH 500 289   0 145 Ara  2247 ARBIC-W
 5945 1620 1720 29SE,39NE,4 SIR 500 320  25 156 Axm  2240 ARMENIA
 7290 1620 1720 29SE,39NE,4 SIR 500 320   0 146 Axm  2261 ARMENIA
 9470 1420 1520 41NE        SIR 250 98   15 218 Ben 14018 BENGALI
 9700 1420 1520 41NE        SIR 100 98   15 218 Ben 15860 BENGALI
 7375 1620 1650 41NE        SIR 500 90    0 218 Ben  2265 BENGALI
 6110 1720 1820 28S         SIR 500 300  30 218 Bos 15507 BOSNIAN
13630 1150 1250 42-44       SIR 500 46  -30 216 Cmn  7287 CHINAA-
15310 1150 1250 42-44       SIR 500 68  -15 218 Cmn  7292 CHINAA-
 6110 2320 0020 42-44       SIR 500 68  -15 218 Cmn  7270 CHINAA-
 9490 2320 0020 42-44       SIR 500 65  -15 156 Cmn  7416 CHINAA-
 6025 1720 1820 27,28       SIR 500 313   0 218 Deu  7269 GERMANY
 7425 1720 1820 27,28       SIR 500 320  25 156 Deu  2269 GERMANY
 
11985 1520 1620 41,49,54    SIR 500 102   0 146 Eng  7286 ENGLISH
 6040 1920 2020 27,28       SIR 500 313   0 218 Eng  2244 ENGLISH
15460 1920 2020 52,53,57    SIR 500 211  15 216 Eng  7295 ENGLISH
[WORLD OF RADIO 1850]

 6135 1820 1920 27,28       SIR 250 313   0 218 Fra  7372 FRENCH-
15360 0550 0650 46,47       SIR 500 263   0 218 Hau  7293 HAUSAA-
 9880 1820 1920 46,47       SIR 500 253 -30 218 Hau  7333 HAUSAA-
11700 1820 1920 46,47       SIR 500 253 -30 218 Hau 15862 HAUSAA-
 9755 0420 0450 38E,39W     SIR 500 293  30 218 Heb  7370 EBRIIII
11780 0420 0450 38E,39W     SIR 500 295   0 211 Heb  7285 EBRIIII
15240 1150 1220 38E,39W     SIR 500 295   0 156 Heb  7291 EBRIIII
 9900 1420 1520 41          SIR 500 90    0 145 Hin  7284 HINNDI-
11730 1420 1520 41          SIR 500 102   0 146 Hin  2282 HINNDI-
13840 1220 1320 49,54       SIR 100 115   0 218 Ind 15863 MELLAU-
17570 1220 1320 49,54       SIR 500 107   0 216 Ind 15510 MELLAU-
17715 1220 1320 49,54       SIR 500 115   0 218 Ind  2308 MELLAU-
 7420 2220 2320 49,54       SIR 500 120  30 218 Ind  7316 MELLAU-
 9490 2220 2320 49,54       SIR 500 115   0 218 Ind  2273 MELLAU-
 6135 1920 1950 28S         SIR 500 300  30 218 Ita 14017 ITALIAN
 7305 1920 1950 28S         SIR 500 295   0 156 Ita  2262 ITALIAN
13830 1050 1150 45          SIR 500 60  -30 218 Jpn 15509 JAPANES
 5915 2050 2150 45          SIR 500 60    0 218 Jpn  7266 JAPANES
 7425 2050 2150 45          SIR 500 53  -15 218 Jpn  7371 JAPANES
15235 0920 1020 30,31       SIR 500 18    0 146 Kaz  7302 KAZAKHI
17660 0920 1020 30,31       SIR 500 31   15 218 Kaz  2306 KAZAKHI
 7355 1320 1420 39          SIR 500 313   0 218 Kur  7300 KURD-SH
13740 0550 0820 30S,31S,40E SIR 500 46   16 218 Prs  7256 DARIIII
13740 0920 1150 30S,31S,40E SIR 500 46   16 216 Prs  7257 DARIIII
 5860 0220 0320 40E,41W     SIR 500 65  -15 156 Pus 15857 PUSHTOO
 5985 0220 0320 40E,41W     SIR 500 65  -15 156 Pus 15858 PUSHTOO
 6075 0220 0320 40E,41W     SIR 500 65  -15 156 Pus  2249 PUSHTOO
 7230 0220 0320 40E,41W     AHW 500 84    0 145 Pus 15859 PUSHTOO
 7390 0220 0320 40E,41W     AHW 500 84    0 145 Pus 15545 PUSHTOO
13750 1220 1320 30S,31S,40E AHW 250 84    0 145 Pus  7318 PUSHTOO
 5935 1620 1720 40E,41W     AHW 500 84    0 145 Pus 15544 PUSHTOO
11675 1320 1420 28E,29,30   SIR 500 336   0 146 Rus  7417 RUSSIAN
 7420 0020 0320 12-16       SIR 500 270 -25 156 Spa  7369 SPANISH
17540 0720 0820 27S,28S,37, SIR 500 298 -15 218 Spa  2304 SPANISH
17820 0720 0820 27S,28S,37, SIR 500 293  30 218 Spa  2309 SPANISH
 7360 2020 2120 27S,28S,37, SIR 500 298 -15 218 Spa  7377 SPANISH
 5925 1820 1920 28S         SIR 500 295   0 156 Sqi  2235 ALBANIA
 7305 1820 1920 28S         SIR 500 282   0 218 Sqi  7422 ALBANIA
13680 0450 0550 39S,47,48,5 SIR 500 216   0 216 Swa  7323 SWAHILI
15140 0450 0550 39S,47,48,5 SIR 500 223 -30 218 Swa  7324 SWAHILI
 5950 0050 0220 30SE,31SW,4 SIR 500 65  -15 156 Tgk  2241 TAJIKKI
 7360 0050 0220 30SE,31SW,4 SIR 500 46   30 218 Tgk  7376 TAJIKKI
11875 0420 0550 29S,39N     SIR 500 310   0 211 Tur  7329 TURK-ES
 5925 1550 1720 29S,39N     SIR 500 298 -15 218 Tur  7375 TURK-ES
 9500 1250 1420 40E,41N     SIR 500 90    0 145 Urd  2274 UURDUU-
 5940 1520 1620 40E,41N     SIR 500 90    0 145 Urd  2239 UURDUU-
 9810 1520 1620 40E,41N     SIR 500 90    0 145 Urd 15861 UURDUU-
 7445 1450 1550 30S,31S,40N SIR 500 18    0 146 Uzb  2271 UZBEKKI
11880 1450 1550 30S,31S,40N AHW 250 26    0 145 Uzb 14016 UZBEKKI

Time sorted
 7420 0020 0320 12-16       SIR 500 270 -25 156 Spa  7369 SPANISH
 6060 0030 0230 37-39       ZAH 500 289   0 145 Ara 15526 ARBIC-W
 5950 0050 0220 30SE,31SW,4 SIR 500 65  -15 156 Tgk  2241 TAJIKKI
 7360 0050 0220 30SE,31SW,4 SIR 500 46   30 218 Tgk  7376 TAJIKKI
 7370 0130 0530 39          SIR 500 198   0 146 Ara  7332 ARBIC-S
 5860 0220 0320 40E,41W     SIR 500 65  -15 156 Pus 15857 PUSHTOO
 5985 0220 0320 40E,41W     SIR 500 65  -15 156 Pus 15858 PUSHTOO
 6075 0220 0320 40E,41W     SIR 500 65  -15 156 Pus  2249 PUSHTOO
 7230 0220 0320 40E,41W     AHW 500 84    0 145 Pus 15859 PUSHTOO
 7390 0220 0320 40E,41W     AHW 500 84    0 145 Pus 15545 PUSHTOO
 7380 0230 0530 38,39       ZAH 500 289   0 145 Ara  7243 ARBIC-W
 7425 0320 0420 38E,39W     SIR 500 282   0 146 Ara  2268 SSS-FFF
 9755 0420 0450 38E,39W     SIR 500 293  30 218 Heb  7370 EBRIIII
11780 0420 0450 38E,39W     SIR 500 295   0 211 Heb  7285 EBRIIII
11875 0420 0550 29S,39N     SIR 500 310   0 211 Tur  7329 TURK-ES
13680 0450 0550 39S,47,48,5 SIR 500 216   0 216 Swa  7323 SWAHILI
15140 0450 0550 39S,47,48,5 SIR 500 223 -30 218 Swa  7324 SWAHILI
13820 0530 0730 38,39       ZAH 500 289   0 145 Ara 15015 ARBIC-W
13780 0530 0830 39          SIR 500 198   0 146 Ara   365 ARBIC-S
15360 0550 0650 46,47       SIR 500 263   0 218 Hau  7293 HAUSAA-
13740 0550 0820 30S,31S,40E SIR 500 46   16 218 Prs  7256 DARIIII
17540 0720 0820 27S,28S,37, SIR 500 298 -15 218 Spa  2304 SPANISH
17820 0720 0820 27S,28S,37, SIR 500 293  30 218 Spa  2309 SPANISH
13820 0830 1430 38,39       ZAH 500 289   0 145 Ara 15016 ARBIC-W
15235 0920 1020 30,31       SIR 500 18    0 146 Kaz  7302 KAZAKHI
17660 0920 1020 30,31       SIR 500 31   15 218 Kaz  2306 KAZAKHI
13740 0920 1150 30S,31S,40E SIR 500 46   16 216 Prs  7257 DARIIII
15130 0930 1130 39          SIR 500 216   0 216 Ara  7259 ARBIC-S
13830 1050 1150 45          SIR 500 60  -30 218 Jpn 15509 JAPANES
15130 1130 1430 39          SIR 500 216   0 216 Ara  7260 ARBIC-S
15240 1150 1220 38E,39W     SIR 500 295   0 156 Heb  7291 EBRIIII
13630 1150 1250 42-44       SIR 500 46  -30 216 Cmn  7287 CHINAA-
15310 1150 1250 42-44       SIR 500 68  -15 218 Cmn  7292 CHINAA-
13750 1220 1320 30S,31S,40E AHW 250 84    0 145 Pus  7318 PUSHTOO
13840 1220 1320 49,54       SIR 100 115   0 218 Ind 15863 MELLAU-
17570 1220 1320 49,54       SIR 500 107   0 216 Ind 15510 MELLAU-
17715 1220 1320 49,54       SIR 500 115   0 218 Ind  2308 MELLAU-
 9500 1250 1420 40E,41N     SIR 500 90    0 145 Urd  2274 UURDUU-
 7355 1320 1420 39          SIR 500 313   0 218 Kur  7300 KURD-SH
11675 1320 1420 28E,29,30   SIR 500 336   0 146 Rus  7417 RUSSIAN
 9470 1420 1520 41NE        SIR 250 98   15 218 Ben 14018 BENGALI
 9700 1420 1520 41NE        SIR 100 98   15 218 Ben 15860 BENGALI
 9900 1420 1520 41          SIR 500 90    0 145 Hin  7284 HINNDI-
11730 1420 1520 41          SIR 500 102   0 146 Hin  2282 HINNDI-
 7310 1430 1730 37,38,39    ZAH 500 289   0 145 Ara  7237 ARBIC-W
 9655 1430 1730 39          SIR 500 216   0 216 Ara 15508 ARBIC-S
 7445 1450 1550 30S,31S,40N SIR 500 18    0 146 Uzb  2271 UZBEKKI
11880 1450 1550 30S,31S,40N AHW 250 26    0 145 Uzb 14016 UZBEKKI
 5940 1520 1620 40E,41N     SIR 500 90    0 145 Urd  2239 UURDUU-
 9810 1520 1620 40E,41N     SIR 500 90    0 145 Urd 15861 UURDUU-
11985 1520 1620 41,49,54    SIR 500 102   0 146 Eng  7286 ENGLISH
 5925 1550 1720 29S,39N     SIR 500 298 -15 218 Tur  7375 TURK-ES
 7375 1620 1650 41NE        SIR 500 90    0 218 Ben  2265 BENGALI
 5935 1620 1720 40E,41W     AHW 500 84    0 145 Pus 15544 PUSHTOO
 5945 1620 1720 29SE,39NE,4 SIR 500 320  25 156 Axm  2240 ARMENIA
 7290 1620 1720 29SE,39NE,4 SIR 500 320   0 146 Axm  2261 ARMENIA
 6025 1720 1820 27,28       SIR 500 313   0 218 Deu  7269 GERMANY
 6110 1720 1820 28S         SIR 500 300  30 218 Bos 15507 BOSNIAN
 7425 1720 1820 27,28       SIR 500 320  25 156 Deu  2269 GERMANY
 6060 1730 2100 37-39       ZAH 500 289   0 145 Ara  2246 ARBIC-W
 5925 1820 1920 28S         SIR 500 295   0 156 Sqi  2235 ALBANIA
 6135 1820 1920 27,28       SIR 250 313   0 218 Fra  7372 FRENCH-
 7305 1820 1920 28S         SIR 500 282   0 218 Sqi  7422 ALBANIA
 9880 1820 1920 46,47       SIR 500 253 -30 218 Hau  7333 HAUSAA-
11700 1820 1920 46,47       SIR 500 253 -30 218 Hau 15862 HAUSAA-
 6135 1920 1950 28S         SIR 500 300  30 218 Ita 14017 ITALIAN
 7305 1920 1950 28S         SIR 500 295   0 156 Ita  2262 ITALIAN
 6040 1920 2020 27,28       SIR 500 313   0 218 Eng  2244 ENGLISH
15460 1920 2020 52,53,57    SIR 500 211  15 216 Eng  7295 ENGLISH
 7360 2020 2120 27S,28S,37, SIR 500 298 -15 218 Spa  7377 SPANISH
 5915 2050 2150 45          SIR 500 60    0 218 Jpn  7266 JAPANES
 7425 2050 2150 45          SIR 500 53  -15 218 Jpn  7371 JAPANES
 6060 2100 0030 37-39       ZAH 500 289   0 145 Ara  2247 ARBIC-W
 7420 2220 2320 49,54       SIR 500 120  30 218 Ind  7316 MELLAU-
 9490 2220 2320 49,54       SIR 500 115   0 218 Ind  2273 MELLAU-
 6110 2320 0020 42-44       SIR 500 68  -15 218 Cmn  7270 CHINAA-
 9490 2320 0020 42-44       SIR 500 65  -15 156 Cmn  7416 CHINAA-
(via Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DXLD)

6040 ein superstarker Träger S=9+30dB aus Sirjan Iran aber eine sehr 
niedrige GEPRESSTE Stimmen Modulation in English mit Mailbox um 2000 
UT auf
6040 1920-2020 27,28  SIR  500 313   218  English IRN IRB ENGLISH
(Wolfgang Büschel, WORLD OF RADIO 1850, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** IRAN [non]. No signal of Radio Ranginkaman via BaBcoCk Grigoriopol 
on Oct 31
1700-1730 7580 KCH 500 kW / 116 deg WeAs Farsi Mon/Fri Radio Rainbow:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/no-signal-of-radio-ranginkaman-via.html
(Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** IRELAND [non]. 5820, MADAGASCAR, RTE R. Easy 100% copy. 1951 lounge 
music with W vocal, couple people talking together mentioning “Tango”, 
and a Tango for about 30 seconds and then the people continue talking, 
then Glenn Miller’s “Moonlight Serenade” alternating with one of the 
ladies telling a story, but the audio dropped way down. Then “Who’s 
Taking You Home Tonight” by Vera Lynn was played mixed with the people 
talking again. 1956 M program host talk by Mona and Bernie, and Penny 
and their lives, cont. Very Lynn [sic]. 1958 fanfare, deadair, tone, 
and off. Good signal (Dave Valko, Dunlo PA, 25 October 2016 Micro-
DXpedition: RX: Perseus SDR, ANT: 313' Beverage (BOG) aimed at 60 . 
Solar Indices: Solar Flux = 78, A Index = 60!! K Index = 5, G3 level 
storms!! A7 X-Ray flux, HCDX via DXLD)

5820, MADAGASCAR, RTE R. Audio up at 1929:45 as M gave ID, and program 
in progress. Break for nice ID/contact info by W at 1945, and 
continuing program. After changing laptop batteries, checked this at 
1953 and had the same program about several elderly ladies who love to 
dance as heard yesterday at the same time. Tone again at 1958 and off 
with out ID. Video of the reception can be found at 
https://youtu.be/1Rohiu-WBII 
73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, 26 October 2016 Micro-DXpedition: RX: 
Perseus SDR, ANT: 313’ Beverage (BOG) aimed at 60 . Solar Indices: 
Solar Flux = 78, A Index = 48, K Index = 5, G2 level storms. A7 X-Ray 
flux, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD)

** ITALY. 7700-USB, ITALY, Marconi R. International. Barely getting 
some music at 2041:20 peak. Still getting some weak music at 2052. 
More instrumental music again at 2102 and more solid signal. 2105:50 M 
announcer in Italian with mention of onda corta. 2107-2109 nice IS of 
repeating organ melody mixed with multi-lingual IDs by M (peak at 
2107) including short English ID at 2108:55 as “?? free radio station, 
Marconi R. International”. 2110:35 mention of “pirate free radio” 
during IS. 2111:10 same English ID as at 2108:55, then immediately 
into longer Italian ID announcement. 2113 “Star Wars” theme music. 
Apparently went off at 2115. Weak but slowly getting stronger. There 
was a carrier on the frequency as well, but since this was in USB, it 
didn’t cause any QRM. You can see a video of the reception at 
https://youtu.be/90kizp-_kA8
(Dave Valko, Dunlo PA, 25 October 2016 Micro-DXpedition: RX: Perseus 
SDR, ANT: 313' Beverage (BOG) aimed at 60 . Solar Indices: Solar Flux 
= 78, A Index = 60!! K Index = 5, G3 level storms!! A7 X-Ray flux, 
HCDX via DXLD)

Greetings from Italy! Please be advised that our weekly Tuesday 
transmission will be replaced in the week from 31 October to 6 
November by a special Halloween broadcast. This means that Marconi 
Radio International will once again be on air tomorrow, Monday, 31 
October 2016, as follows: 1700-2200 UT on 7700 kHz (USB Mode) with 100 
watts.

To celebrate Halloween, we’ll air a special 45 minute show, with a 
number of rock songs, from punk to power metal, with the word 
"Halloween" in their title.

As always, this 5 hour broadcast will also include our weekly DX shows  
"Italian Shortwave Panorama" (in English), "Panorama Onde Corte" (in 
Italian), and "Borderline" (a music show in Italian of lesser known  
(or played on the radio) singers and bands. MRI encourages reception 
reports from listeners. . . (MRI via DXLD)

Marconi Radio International with special Halloween broadcast on Mon 
Oct 31
1700-2200 on  7700 unknown 100 watts tx to Eu English/Italian/Spanish 
in USB mode:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/10/marconi-radio-international-with.html
(Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Please be advised that today, 2 November 2016 Marconi Radio 
International will once again be on air, as follows: 1830-2230 UT on 
6390 kHz USB mode with an unscheduled test broadcast. 

Reception reports with audio clips (mp3-file) are welcome and 
confirmed by QSL verification. Last but not least, we need your help! 
If you are  a DX blogger, or use social networks, please post an 
announcement on your own blog and/or Facebook or send out a tweet. You 
can also forward this message to a friend. This should help increase 
our potential audience. We hope to hear from a lot of shortwave 
listeners about our transmissions. Best 73's (Marconi Radio 
International (MRI), DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

Unscheduled test broadcast of Marconi R International Nov 2:
1830-2230 on  6390 unknown 100 watts tx to WeEu 
English/Italian/Spanish USB
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/unscheduled-test-broadcast-of-marconi.html
(Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ITALY [non]. 7730, UT Sunday 0ct 30 at 0030 via WRMI, 17-note ID 
signal a few times on piano, IBC sign-on in Italian and English, 
IBC@Europe.com or see http://www.ibcradio.web.com 0032 starting 
weekly ham DX news report, `DX-Italia``, in Italian. 0053 recheck, now 
some SWBC logs, such as KTWR. Liners in English, but program mostly in 
Italian. 0055 into ``IBC Digital``, SSTV-sounding beeps. Is also on 
WRMI scheduled UT Sat 0130 on 11580 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

** JAPAN [non]. 5960, Oct 31 at 0324, J-pop song at S9, as for B-16, 
NHK Japanese via FRANCE to Central America has moved here from 5910, 
escaping the collision with COLOMBIA if and when active. HJDH still 
faces ROMANIA, q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KASHMIR. INDIA/KASHMIR, 4760, presumed AIR Leh on 31 Oct from 1543 
tune from Perseus site in E. Finland with nice S3-4 signal level with 
moderate adjacent channel QRM from Tajik Radio on 4765. Language and 
music type very unlike what is typically heard from Port Blair. End of 
Delhi English news by woman at 1543, commercials at 1545, into 
vernacular news by man with “Pakistan” mentioned often to 1600 when 
there was a woman followed by group singing with drums and 
accompaniment from what I think is a Kashmiri “sor-nai” wind folk 
instrument (I compared with a YouTube video of this instrument and the 
sound was identical). All this would seem to ID this as Leh. At 1628 
there was a woman announcer followed by carrier off at 1628:15.

INDIA/KASHMIR, 4950, AIR Srinagar on both 30 Oct and 31 Oct from 1456 
tune on 30 Oct and 1432 tune on 31 Oct from Perseus site in E. 
Finland. Poorly modulated signal on both days with strong carrier 
presence. Programming content was almost unreadable. On 30 Oct man 
from tune to about 1514. What sounded like a commercial at 1514 
followed by man and woman announcers. Carrier off at 1533. On 31 Oct 
music was distinguishable at 1504 with a female vocal. Carrier off at 
1529. Posted by: ("Bruce Churchill", CA, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 
1850, DX LISTENING DIGESET)

** KASHMIR [non]. 7265, Azad Kashmir Radio, Islamabad. OK signal but 
undermodulated, mixture of talks & subcontinental music, in the clear 
1216, 28/10 (Craig Seager, VK2HBT, Bathurst NSW (Perseus SDR, Preamp, 
Wellbrook feeder isolator, Icom IC-746, Loop Skywire, Loop with LZ2AQ 
amplifier), Nov Australian DX News via DXLD)

** KOREA NORTH. 6170, Oct 31 at 1309, typical Juche music, as VOK has 
reoccupied channel for B-16 now that RNZI is gone. Arnulf Piontek`s B-
16 schedule (same as A-16, he says) shows 1030-1330 at 28 degrees to 
Americas, final hour really KCBS in Korean. Still at 1330-2130 
switched to 325 degrees for Europe (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

** KOREA NORTH [non]. New frequencies for Shiokaze/Sea Breeze via 
Yamata (Japan). On Oct 30, at 1300, noted 5935 was no longer active, 
so spent the next hour looking for their new frequency, but unable to 
do so. Thanks to both Hiroshi and Hiroyuki Komatsubara, I now 
understand why I did not locate them; extremely poor frequency choice; 
1300-1400 now on 7410 (ex: 5935), which has a very strong CRI 
broadcasting there during that time period. Oct 31 tuned in at 1300 to 
7410 and indeed Shiokaze was there, but completely unusable reception, 
as CRI was just too strong. Reception so poor as to be unable to even 
guess what language they used; was very hard to even confirm that it 
was in fact Shiokaze.

7325 (ex: 5985), Shiokaze/Sea Breeze, on Oct 30, at *1405, in 
Japanese; clear frequency; carrying the "Furusato No Kaze" ("Wind of 
Hometown") program (per Hiroshi). This now closes the window of 
opportunity to check for Wantok Radio Light (PNG) reception.

6180, Shiokaze/Sea Breeze, on Oct 31 (Monday), at *1600, in stilted 
Chinese; heard immediately after the closing down of the echo jamming 
of CNR1 against RTI; almost fair (Ron Howard, Calif., dxldyg via WORLD 
OF RADIO 1850, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KOREA NORTH [non]. TAIWAN/PALAU, B-16 no Kazes
Nippon no Kaze
1300-1330 on  9465 TSH 300 kW / 002 deg to NEAs Korean
1300-1330 on  9950 TSH 100 kW / 002 deg to NEAs Korean
1500-1530 on  9800 TSH 300 kW / 002 deg to NEAs Korean
1500-1530 on  9975 HBN 100 kW / 345 deg to NEAs Korean
1530-1600 on  9465 TSH 300 kW / 002 deg to NEAs Korean
1530-1600 on  9965 HBN 100 kW / 345 deg to NEAs Korean
Furusato no Kaze
1330-1400 on  9705 TSH 300 kW / 002 deg to NEAs Japanese
1330-1400 on  9950 TSH 100 kW / 002 deg to NEAs Japanese
1430-1500 on  9560 TSH 300 kW / 002 deg to NEAs Japanese
1430-1500 on  9960 HBN 100 kW / 345 deg to NEAs Japanese
1600-1630 on  9690 TSH 300 kW / 002 deg to NEAs Japanese
1600-1630 on  9975 HBN 100 kW / 345 deg to NEAs Japanese
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/winter-b-16-of-nippon-no-kaze-and.html
(Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KOREA NORTH [non]. UZBEKISTAN/TAJIKISTAN, B-16 of clandestine 
broadcast via RED Telecom

Radio Free North Korea
1200-1300 NF  9355 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg Korean, ex 9470 in B-15
National Unity Radio
1200-1500 NF  7520 DB  100 kW / 071 deg Korean, ex 7515 in B-15
Voice of Wilderness
1330-1530 on  7615 TAC 100 kW / 070 deg Korean,  no change B-15
North Korea Reform Radio
1430-1530 on  7590 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg Korean,  no change B-15
2030-2130 NF  7500 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg Korean, ex 7510 in B-15
Voice of Martyrs
1530-1700 NF  7510 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg Korean, ex 7520 1630-18
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/winter-b-16-schedule-of-clandestine.html
(Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KOREA SOUTH. From Chris Kadlec -- 1053 Korean Jammer Info and Tower 
Photo --- the following information on the Korean 1053-Jammer was 
forwarded from a Facebook post from Chris Kadlec, who is currently 
visiting South Korea. The photo of the three towers is posted at 
https://app.box.com/s/10auv1n7zncxdj33fukz5ijnmst19vex

AM 1053 - Gimpo / Incheon, Korea - 250 kW

Here are three of the four towers of AM 1053, Gimpo, Korea (Seoul / 
Incheon metro area). The station's format is a jammer of the siren 
variety, on twice a day to block the 1,500 kW Pyongyang Broadcasting 
affiliate about 70 miles across the water in Haeju. It's only 
broadcasting at 250 kW, but does a good job nevertheless with its 
partner whirring jammer (of the beehive type sound) at the Goyang 
tower site just to the east and perhaps a third at the Taereung 
experimental site on the east side of Seoul (I'll confirm tomorrow as 
they had been off the air during past visits).

For those of you who are older, you could probably remember that this 
site was once upon a time the KBS Gimpo tower site some years back 
(one of two, as it would move from a former site), long off the air 
along with another dozen or so affiliates. I'll post more photos from 
this site as well as the 18 towers for the 13 local AM/SW stations at 
the National Intelligence Service's Goyang site in the coming week in 
the transmitter group. Because this site (pictured here) is an NIS 
site, it's technically a restricted area, but because the land 
surrounding it is all under new development, the biggest problem with 
photographing it was 10-foot construction walls, hence my darkened 
photo since I was unable to get a good view from the west with the sun 
shining on them (via Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA), Nov 2, IRCA 
via DXLD)

Fascinating attaching an actual photo or scene to something we hear so
often. It all seems like such a waste of energy - as if anyone in 
South Korea would listen to anything from the DPRK (Colin Newell, BC, 
ibid.)

** KOREA SOUTH. 4885, Echo of Hope - VOH, 1515, Nov 1. ID with 
frequencies and distinctive "V O H"; ID usually given 15 minutes after 
the hour, after the news in Korean; heard daily with fair-good 
reception.

This frequency started up back in late Dec 2015 and since then has 
been clear of any North Korea jamming, but occasionally is QRMed by 
OTH radar. This while all the other frequencies (// 3985 // 6003 and 
// 6348) are daily jammed with white noise. My clear audio at 
http://goo.gl/FtwxDA 
(Ron Howard, Calif., dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KOREA SOUTH. 6135, Voice of Freedom (clandestine) (presumed), 1251, 
Nov 2. Better than usual; doing fairly well until hit with the normal
heavy white noise jamming a minute later; YL in Korean with background
piano music. My audio at 
http://goo.gl/uBxav2 
(Ron Howard, Calif., dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KOREA SOUTH. Additional transmission of KBS World Radio from Oct 30
1400-1600 on  7215 KIM 250 kW / 264 deg to SoAs English, plus co-ch:
1500-1600 on  7215 KUN 500 kW / 283 deg to CeAs Nepali China Radio Int
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/10/additional-transmission-of-kbs-world.html
(DX RE MIX NEWS #976 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, November 1, 
2016 via DXLD) We can`t tell if you have heard this, or merely going 
by registrations, which in this case tend to be imaginary (gh, DXLD)

** KURDISTAN [non]. 9400, Oct 30 at 1314, Denge Kurdistane is back on 
its B-season frequency, ex-11600. Unexpectedly good for starters, and 
surprisingly, no CCI from FEBC Philippines like last winter --- maybe 
because FE propagation is so degraded today? That`s still registered 
at 10-14 in Chinese, 100 kW, 330 degrees from Iba. Some ACI from 9395-
WRMI. At 1337 still good and clear at S9+10; 1358 check music, 1403 ID 
and Kurdish talk. By 1440 recheck, declined to S5-S8 but still QRM-
free. Ivo Ivanov shows site change at 1400 from PRIDNESTROVYE to 
BULGARIA.

HFCC B-16 shows these sites for some BRB client on 9400: 04-08 & 12-20 
PRIDNESTROVYE. 08-12 ARMENIA. Also something ``New`` for SPC BULGARIA 
in ``English`` at 0200-2359! This is quite contradicted by Ivo 
Ivanov`s better-informed lineup:

``From Oct 30 11600 will be changed to new 9400 as follows
0400-0800 on 9400 KCH 300 kW / 130 deg WeAs Kurdish [PRIDNESTROVYE]
0800-1200 on 9400 ERV 300 kW / 192 deg WeAs Kurdish [ARMENIA]
1200-1400 on 9400 KCH 300 kW / 130 deg WeAs Kurdish [PRIDNESTROVYE]
1400-1700 on 9400 SOF 100 kW / 090 deg WeAs Kurdish [BULGARIA]
1700-2000 on 9400 ISS 250 kW / 090 deg WeAs Kurdish [FRANCE]
2000-2200 on 9400 KCH 300 kW / 116 deg WeAs Kurdish`` [PRIDNESTROVYE]
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Correction [i.e. switch at 1500 instead of 1400:]:
From Oct 30 11600 will be changed to new 9400 as follows
1200-1500 on 9400 KCH 300 kW / 130 deg WeAs Kurdish [PRIDNESTROVYE]
1500-1700 on 9400 SOF 100 kW / 090 deg WeAs Kurdish [BULGARIA]
(Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, Oct 30, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Reception of Denge Kurdistan on Oct 31
0400-0800 on  9400 KCH 300 kW / 130 deg to WeAs Kurdish
0800-1200 on  9400 ERV 300 kW / 192 deg to WeAs Kurdish
1200-1500 on  9400 KCH 300 kW / 130 deg to WeAs Kurdish
1500-1700 on  9400 SOF 100 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish
1700-2000 on  9400 ISS 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish
2000-2200 on  9400 KCH 300 kW / 116 deg to WeAs Kurdish
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/reception-of-denge-kurdistan-on-oct31.html
(Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

9400, Oct 31 around 1330, Denge Kurdistane remains well-heard with 
little if any QRM from FEBC. Ivo Ivanov corrects the site schedule I 
quoted previously, saying that the switch from PRIDNESTROVYE to 
Bulgaria is now at 1500 instead of 1400.

9400, Nov 1 at 1357, Chinese is atop Denge Kurdistane now, i.e. FEBC 
PHILIPPINES, conditions back to ``normal``; ripple SAH between them 
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1850, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KURDISTAN. Turkey --- Members, This comes from a combination of 
Mauno Ritola carrying out the monitoring and GRA in Buenos Aires 
bringing me the news. As part of the Government clampdown on 
opposition, two radio stations in the Kurdish area of South East 
Turkey have been closed. I have not yet found further detail on which 
stations they are.

The good news for us is that the 1062 kHz Diyarbakir station has 
survived this action. With so much activity around Mosul this 
frequency will be useful to the Turkish Government. 73 and 88 (Dan 
Goldfarb, UK, Oct 31, mwmasts yg via DXLD)

May you assume this is the real voice of 22 Million Kurds? and their 
11% parliament members? Only music heard, when I checked this early 
morning service lately (Wolfgang Büschel, Germany, ibid.)

** KUWAIT [non]. Don`t you believe another but fanciful HFCC 
registration on 5960, for R. Kuwait from Kabd site starting at 0200, 
since it`s been completely off SW for a few years --- so why do they 
keep registering schedules (plus 11 more), a remote chance of resuming 
or to save face? Or so a MOI rep can still attend HFCC conferences on 
government payroll junket as a perk? And why does HFCC put up with 
such woodenness? (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Prompted by 
ROMANIA on 5960

** MADAGASCAR. Signal on 5010.63 after 1930, probably Madagascar. 
Stronger and enough that audio should have been detected at 2019 but 
wasn’t. No sign of 5066.3 Candip. 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, 26 
October 2016 Micro-DXpedition: RX: Perseus SDR, ANT: 313’ Beverage 
(BOG) aimed at 60 . Solar Indices: Solar Flux = 78, A Index = 48, K 
Index = 5, G2 level storms. A7 X-Ray flux, Hard-Core-DX mailing list 
via DXLD)

5010.59, Oct 31 at 0247, S7 carrier vs splash from 5015 WRMIBS. 
Presumed the constantly varying R. Madagasikara, nominally from *0300 
per WRTH. (Dave Valko in PA had this? on 5010.63 as early as 1930 Oct 
26. Wolfgang Büschel had it on 5010.110-5010.180 at 1633 Oct 9 vs 
India. And Sept 23 on 5010.796; Sept 14 at 1800: ``5010.550 kHz 
variable, Malagasy Radio Madigasikara, narrowed 5010.538 ... x.568 kHz 
much variable, hopping 10-20 Hertz up and down``. Another possibility 
if it were stable and much closer to 5010.0 would be the Cuban 
leapfrog mixing product of 5040 over 5025 another 15 kHz down (Glenn 
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also IRELAND [non]

** MADAGASCAR. 9480, Oct 27 at 0401, still no-show from African 
Pathways Radio on Madagascar World Voice. In case it manage to 
broadcast in B-16, the English schedule per Ivo Ivanov changes to:

Winter [sic] B-16 of WCB KNLS Madagascar World Voice:
0100-0200 on  9600 MWV 100 kW / 040 deg to SoAs English tx#1
0300-0400 on 15670 MWV 100 kW / 040 deg to SoAs English tx#2
0400-0500 on 11825 MWV 100 kW / 295 deg to CeAf English tx#1
1800-1900 on 17640 MWV 100 kW / 310 deg to WeAf English tx#2
2000-2100 on 17640 MWV 100 kW / 295 deg to CeAf English tx#2
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1849, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Further NO-SHOW chex October 27: NOTHING heard on Oct 27 at 18-19 UT 
on 9570 and/or 17640 kHz channels of WCB / KNLS Madagascar programs. 
NOTHING heard on 11945 kHz Arabic in 19-20 UT time slot today Oct 27. 
No-show Arabic 13710 kHz at 20-21 UT either. No-show Chinese 11615 kHz 
at 21-22 UT either. No-show Chinese 9455 kHz, Arabic 11770 kHz at 22-
23 UT either. No-show Chinese 9535 kHz at 23-24 UT either (Wolfgang 
Büschel, Germany, Oct 28, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

17640, Oct 27 at 1840, MWV still AWOL. Wolfgang Büschel checked all 
the broadcasts this evening, and heard none of them, nor Russian on 
9570 after 1800.

17640, Oct 28 at 1829, 17640 still missing.

9600, Nov 1 at 0114, no signal from MWV as now scheduled with NLS 
English this hour instead of 9665 (and no more at 0000).

11825, Nov 1 at 0401, JBA carrier, maybe MWV as now scheduled for APR 
English, ex-9480 which used to propagate well on rare occasions it was 
active. Tho nothing else sked now on 11825, am not convinced it`s MWV 
as could be overload/mixing product on the PL-880. [like WWCR 5890 + 
5935 = 11825!]

17640, Nov 1 at 1844, no signal from MWV, which in B-16 allegedly 
maintains this English hour (and a new repeat at 20-21) (Glenn Hauser, 
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO [and non]. 650, Oct 28 at 1245, adstring in Spanish, finally 
1247 Grupo Chávez plug, which means XETNT Los Mochis, Sinaloa, 6:47 
timecheck [penultimate day of MDT for them], and then ``Altavoz 
Informa`` which is their morning news block; vs. KGAB Cheyenne WY on 
day power, mutually nullable (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 1650, XEARZ ZER Radio, México DF. 0956 October 29, 2016. 
Co-channel the mystery beacon SAC with Chuck Mangione's "Feels So 
Good" then quick female canned slogan ID into "The Happy Piper" by 
Henry Mancini. Female "Radio ZER, 16-50 AM" at 1015. EZL instrumental 
version of Berlin's "Take My Breath Away" and "The Good, The Bad and 
The Ugly" original theme by Ennio Morricone. This one always gives 
Radio Enciclopedia a run for the money with their cool retro 
instrumentals (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater FL, NRD-535, IC-R75, roof 
dipole, active loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. RAYMIE`S MEXICO BEAT this week --- [mainly DTV]

[Re 16-43] If only one station screwed up, I'm impressed. This is a 
HUGE job. It's not horribly difficult, but we're talking about a LOT 
of equipment to configure (Doug Smith W9WI, Pleasant View, TN EM66, 
Oct 27, WTFDA Forum via DXLD)

    SORTING OUT THE BROADCAST MOUNTAINS IN JUÁREZ

With no information to go on but coordinates, I found sorting out the 
location of Imagen TV in Juárez exceedingly difficult. It turns out 
this is because Juárez has three TV transmission sites, each of which 
warrants a look.

We're going from south to north, so the northern sites are lower but 
slightly closer in. There are some incredible Photo Spheres from Noe 
Rodríguez Jiménez that offer a few visuals in this set.

    Cerro Bola

Cerro Bola is a sight (and a site) worthy of a Scott Fybush tower 
cover, if it were ever possible. 
https://www.google.com/maps/place/31%C2%B040'14.2%22N+106%C2%B031'06.5%22W/@31.6702799,-106.5221506,3a,15y,71.8h,98.74t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1s-2XhYRTIBMnU%2FVgsDdWV-LYI%2FAAAAAAAAAe8%2FZzkJdJPHJNQT03lAX1mFu2cSvuN4aN53gCLIB!2e4!3e11!6s%2F%2Flh4.googleusercontent.com%2F-2XhYRTIBMnU%2FVgsDdWV-LYI%2FAAAAAAAAAe8%2FZzkJdJPHJNQT03lAX1mFu2cSvuN4aN53gCLIB%2Fw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya311.64008-ro-0-fo100%2F!7i8704!8i4352!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d31.6706111!4d-106.5184722

There are many towers here, but the largest TV occupant of Cerro Bola 
is Televisión Azteca.

For at least the last 25 years, XHCJE and XHCJH have come from Cerro 
Bola. The Azteca shack is visible on the "shaded" (not visible from 
city) side of Cerro Bola, which our Photo Sphere happens to capture. 
It's beautiful, but it can be deadly. An Azteca tower worker died here 
in March. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJpNA4tY2og
44-year-old Agustín López plunged 100 meters while working on the 
tower. You can see why the drop is especially steep: just look at the 
transmission lines from the Azteca shack!

XEJ also lives on Cerro Bola. Its big, beefy [ch A5] analog TV tower 
is also visible on the site, as are an array of others for 
telecommunications (and probably FM).

    Cerro del Indio

Cerro del Indio is the home of XHIJ and also, based on the coordinates 
in the FCC database, of XHCTCJ. I suspect that XHCTCJ is colocated 
with XHIJ, not just because the difference in coordinates is a mere 
1.5 seconds (or roughly 35 meters) in latitude, but because XHCTME 
Mexicali is at the XHILA site. There seem to be a couple other towers 
here, though it's not clear what they're for.

Indio doesn't have much going for it, though the XHIJ site does have 
two plaques
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxOmpOUE12E
(one placed in 1990 for the station's 10th anniversary and another in 
2015 coinciding with the analog shutoff).

    Cerro Juárez

In December, it snowed in the Borderplex. I say this because our 
friend Noe went up Cerro Juárez and gave us this Photo Sphere. 
https://www.google.com/maps/place/31%C2%B040'14.2%22N+106%C2%B031'06.5%22W/@31.7092363,-106.492281,3a,17.2y,336.21h,98.67t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1s-yFxP1Y3H4sg%2FVom_AemVQSI%2FAAAAAAAAAgo%2FFZNChOMsNscTJDmIR2p0qMP0-e8jevkXACLIB!2e4!3e11!6s%2F%2Flh3.googleusercontent.com%2F-yFxP1Y3H4sg%2FVom_AemVQSI%2FAAAAAAAAAgo%2FFZNChOMsNscTJDmIR2p0qMP0-e8jevkXACLIB%2Fw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya56.437466-ro-0-fo100%2F!7i8704!8i4352!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d31.6706111!4d-106.5184722

It shows the most modest of the stick sites in the city, Cerro Juárez, 
which is home to Televisa. If you use 3D on Google Maps, you'll see 
the old XHJUB "56" logo painted on one of the sides of the transmitter 
building (and now gone). 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vUaFLV2Zb4
(Raymie Humbert, Phœnix AZ, Oct 29, WTFDA Forum via DXLD)

Azteca's been piling up multiprogramming authorizations and is set to 
give a massive boost to Proyecto 40 come December 1 with its expansion 
into a bunch of new cities. 
https://twitter.com/proyecto40/status/792057777904611328
(Raymie, Oct 29, ibid.)

I'd like to give a hearty hand of applause to Mexico's newest radio 
station...  ...wait, what, it's been on the permit books since 2000?

That would be correct, because that station is XHZTA-FM Zihuatanejo, 
Guerrero,
https://twitter.com/RadTVGuerrero/status/792176034103775232
the second FM in the RTG state network.

If you don't believe me, here's the permit from 2000.
http://rpc.ift.org.mx/rpc/pdfs/0902526480037e8f.pdf
The station could have been on the books in the 90s, as the AMs on 
that list date to the 80s.

The AM network did not have any coverage in the Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo 
area.

Assuming it was built at the listed technical parameters, XHZTA signs 
on as the most powerful station in Guerrero outside of Acapulco with 
50 kW ERP (only two stations have 50 or more in Acapulco: XHAGE 102.3 
and RTG sister XHGRC 97.7). 

Last edited by Raymie; 10-30-2016 at 11:25 PM (Raymie, Oct 30, ibid.)

And the first university TV station in southeastern Mexico has turned 
on its transmitter.

Local reports suggest XHUJAT-TDT 35 is on air as of today with 
testing, if not its normal programming. This is the second of the 5 TV 
stations awarded in July 2015 to come to air (the Zacatecas social 
trio have been impressively quiet). The university has announced a 
formal launch date of Sunday, November 7.
https://www.facebook.com/voz.universitaria.7/posts/1278180698879995

Apparently the transmitter was turned on Saturday. 
https://twitter.com/MyloSaenz/status/792383325939781633
(Raymie, Oct 31, ibid.)

Local reports suggest XHUJAT-TDT 35 is on air as of today with 
testing, if not its normal programming. This is the second of the 5 TV 
stations awarded in July 2015 to come to air (the Zacatecas social 
trio have been impressively quiet). The university has announced a 
formal launch date of Sunday, November 7.

Apparently the transmitter was turned on Saturday. It's not the only 
new university station in digital this week. Get out your VHF antennas 
for XHUS-TDT, which reportedly began operations today and becomes the 
first Mexican DTV on channel 8 (and just the third overall on high-V: 
XHAMO/11 and XHMTA/12). Trying to find another report on this.

The Sistema Michoacano de Radio y Televisión now holds the dubious 
distinction of operating the last all-analog TV service in Mexico. 
(Raymie, Oct 31, ibid.)

One more thing tonight...

I've finally found a connection between all the new Veracruz social 
stations (XHRAF-XHCAY-XHSANR) and an existing trio of permit stations 
in the same state.

XHPAPA and XHALAM share a permitholder and legal representative - 
Daniel Uscanga Hernández, while a separate legal representative and 
permitholder own XHTLAC. The three have been known as "Radio Voces de 
Veracruz" (though their site is now down).

There was some sort of labor case involving Uscanga and others in the 
State of Mexico in 2012, which has some other names on it...

"IGNACIO SALINAS PEÑA VS. ALKAGEN S.A. DE C.V. Y OTROS.- SE NOTIFICA A 
ALKAGEN, S.A. DE .V. Y/O CONERAMA, S.A. DE C.V. Y/O GRUPO DEZGA S.A. 
DE C.V. Y/O DEZGA S.A. DE C.V. Y/O BRATO S.A. DE C.V. Y/O OSCAR JUAREZ 
CASTILLO Y/O GUILLERMO EDUARDO THOME ARROYO Y/O GREGORIO ANIMAS 
IXTLAMATE Y/O JOSEFINA VEGA BLANQUEL Y/O ALONSO BRAVO ZEPEDA Y/O 
DANIEL USCANGA HERNANDEZ Y/O QUIEN RESULTE RESPONSABLE O PROPIETARIO 
DE LA FUENTE DE TRABAJO, ACUERDO DE FECHA ONCE DE OCTUBRE DEL AÑO DOS 
MIL DOCE, EN EL QUE SE SEÑALAN LAS ONCE HORAS CON CUARENTA Y CINCO 
MINUTOS DEL DÍA VEINTISIETE DE NOVIEMBRE DEL AÑO DOS MIL DOCE, PARA 
QUE TENGA VERIFICATIVO UNA AUDIENCIA DE CONCILIACIÓN, DEMANDA Y 
EXCEPCIONES, OFRECIMIENTO Y ADMISIÓN DE PRUEBAS."

Óscar Juárez Castillo is tied to XHRAF. Thomé Arroyo is tied to 
XHSANR. José Antonio Gómez Suárez, who does not show up here, is the 
legal representative who signed for XHCAY. XHCAY does cite the same 
broadcast lawyer as the others (though there are only a handful and so 
that does not correlate to ownership, I do believe it to be related).

Also, while anecdotal, the new stations have similarly bland "we're 
really, really social" names. Joining "Learning Is For All" and 
"Community United by Culture" are "Culture Is Ours", "Community in 
Search of Culture" and "Community, Education and Values".

There is evidence that this network has attempted to get at least two 
more stations through its various permitholders, in San Andrés Tuxtla 
and Xalapa. There's even "Learning in the Community" Aprendiendo en la 
Comunidad, A.C., which wanted a station in Tantoyuca and another in 
Tlapacoyan. Cultura es lo Nuestro was particularly ambitious with a 
station proposal out of Veracruz, for Chalchicomula, Puebla (Cd. 
Serdán).

Those documents come from the old Federal Competition Commission (now 
known as COFECE - Federal Economic Competition Commission), which also 
ruled on additional potential permit stations in 2010 (all favorably), 
demonstrating the backlog the IFT faces...

    Universidad Autónoma del Carmen - Sabancuy, Camp.
    La Cultura en Manos Chiapanecas, A.C. - San Cristóbal de las 
Casas, Chis.
    Radio MDTEO, A.C. - Oaxaca, Oax. (note: related to Radio Plantón, 
a long-running pirate. MDTEO means Movimiento Democrático de 
Trabajadores de la Educación de Oaxaca)
    Radio Xcaret, A.C. - Playa del Carmen, Q. Roo
    Universidad Tecnológica de la Sierra Hidalguense - Zacualtipán de 
Ángeles, Hgo.
http://www.utsh.edu.mx/php/inicio.php
    Miriam Marely Hernández Corzo - Matías Romero, Oax.
    Elizabeth Ruiz Chávez - Cuautla, Mor.
    José Antonio Díaz Serrano - Durango, Dgo.
    Timoteo Méndez Sánchez - Villahermosa, Tab.
    Chiapas Creciendo A Favor de la Cultura, A.C. - Palenque, Chis.
    Manuel Ricardo Villasana Payan - Coacalco, Edomex (this one will 
never happen because it's in the Mexico City metro)
    Fundación Mundo C, A.C. - San Cristóbal, Chis.
    Reflexiones Radiofónicas, A.C. - Comalcalco, Tab.
    Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla - Teziutlán, Acatzingo, 
Atlixco, Pue. (they received two other extension permits they 
requested)
    Proyecto Alborada Sierra y Frontera Sur, A.C. - Comalapa, Chis.
    Radio Enlace del Soconusco, A.C. - Huixtla, Chis.
    Cajvaltic Tasmeltsan, A.C. - Amatan, Chis.
    Fundación Cultural de Zacatecas, A.C. - Zacatecas, Zac. (to go 
with the TV station)
    Adrián Alvarado Vite - Tecamac, Edomex
    Fomento Educativo y Cultural Francisco de Ibarra, A.C. - Los 
Mochis and Culiacán, Sin.; Cd. Juárez, Chih. (UAD nearly got its 
Culiacán station this year and already operates in Mazatlán)
    Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez - Cd. Juárez, Chih. (this 
and the UAD station are highly unlikely - see my section)

There was also a raft of Christian station proposals in Chiapas:

    Koinonia Radio, A.C. - San Cristóbal, Chis.
    Grupo Viva Nuevo Amanecer de la Fraylesca, A.C. - Villaflores, 
Chis. (operating as a pirate FM on 90.1 MHz)
http://radiokerigma.com.mx/Nuevo-Amanecer/
    Sembrador del Rey, A.C. - Palenque, Chis.
    Palabras de Esperanza Miel, A.C. - San Juan Chamula, Chis. (an 
operating pirate on 103.1 San Cristóbal has this name)
http://www.esperanzamiel.com.mx/
    Proclamando a Dios, A.C. - Zinacantán, Chis.
    Generadores de Esperanza para un Mundo Mejor, A.C. - Teopisca, 
Chis.
    Rhema en los Cinco Ministerios, A.C. - San Cristóbal, Chis.
    Laicos Pregoneros Esperando la Segunda Venida, A.C. - San 
Cristóbal, Chis.
    Torre Fuerte de Chiapas, A.C. - San Cristóbal, Chis.

    There's even a TV station proposal of interest:

    Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla - Puebla, Pue. (TV)

As to those Ciudad Juárez FMs, it would be tough. There's a 91.3 
allocation to El Porvenir (see XHEPR-FM), but El Paso has a 91.1 that 
rules that out. 96.9 C, 104.7 B and 105.5 B would be available from 
that same town, though, and Guadalupe de Bravos is allotted a feasible 
89.9 A, all feasible with the Borderplex's mix of stations. 

Last edited by Raymie; 11-01-2016 at 11:36 AM. (Raymie, Nov 1, ibid.)

Even more attempted stations from Cofece documents:

    2008

    Dabar Radio, A.C. - Guadalupe Calvo, Chih. (see: XHDAB Parral)
    Municipality of Tlatlaya, Edomex (radio and TV)
    State of Sinaloa - Culiacán, Sin. (TV) (Sinaloa lacks a state TV 
network)
    FCSM, A.C. - Aguascalientes, Ags.; Hermosillo, Son.; Orizaba, Ver.
    Universidad Tecnológica de Tulancingo - Tulancingo, Hgo.
    Patronato para el Fomento a la Educación, S.C. - Cuernavaca, Mor. 
(TV) (I have one reference to a Universidad del Sol tied to this 
group, and I do strongly suspect a private university)
    Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla, A.C. - Puebla, 
Pue.
    Grupo Radiofónico del Río, S.C. de R.L. de C.V. - Río Grande, Zac.
    Apoyamos tu Superación, A.C. - Sahuaripa, Son.; Tijuana, B.C.
    Gustavo Enrique Rafael Astiazarán Rosas - Tijuana, B.C. (Uniradio 
permit wolf!)
    Simón Valanci Buzali - Villahermosa, Tab. (the permit wolves are 
howling)
    [Redacted] - Santiago de la Peña, Tuxpan, Ver.
    Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana - Mexico City (TV)
    Tec de Monterrey - San Andrés Cholula, Pue.
    Municipality of Nacajuca, Tab.
    Tec de Monterrey - Monterrey, N.L. (TV)
    Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo - Tlahuelipan, Tepeji 
del Río, Tulancingo and Tizayuca, Hgo. (was along with the expansion 
stations they did get earlier this year)
    Arte Musical Clásico, A.C. - Reynosa, Tamps.
    Protelevisión de Matamoros Coahuila, A.C. - Matamoros, Coah. (TV)
    Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua - Delicias and Parral, Chih.
    Domi Bello de Tenorio, A.C. - Iguala, Gro. (TV) (legal 
representative has a similar name)

    2009

    Municipality of Aquila, Michoacán
    Universidad de Sonora - Nogales, Puerto Peñasco and Ciudad 
Obregón, Son.
    Sistema Chiapaneco de Radio, Televisión y Cinematografía - El 
Bosque-Simojovel-Tila-Ostuacan-Sabanilla; Nuevo Juan del Grijalva, 
Chis.
    Fomento Cultural de Cihuatlán, A.C. - Cihuatlán, Jal.
    Fundación Garza Limón, A.C. - Durango, Dgo. (TV permit wolf)
    Promotora de Radiodifusión Voz de la Esperanza, A.C. - Nuevo 
Ideal, Dgo.
    Nueva Generación con Vida, A.C. - Cd. del Carmen, Camp. (a 
Christian convention center operates by that name there)
    Instituto Tecnológico de Querétaro - Querétaro, Qro.
    Erick Román García - Tehuacán, Pue. (radio and TV)
    Maurino Arturo Piméntel López - Santiago Ixtlahuaca, Oax.
    Radio Naranjos, A.C. - Naranjos, Ver.
    Crecer Libre, A.C. - San Andrés de Azumiatla, Pue.
    Amadeo Coutiño Aguilar - Jiquipilas, Chis.
    Samuel Rodríguez Ramírez - Ejido Oriente, Motozintla, Chis.
    Erika María Ponce Díaz - Villacomaltitlán, Chis.
    Ruperto Durantes Escobar - Mapastepec, Chis.
    Uvaldino Natalio Paz Romero - Ejido Santo Domingo, Unión Juárez, 
Chis.
    Erasmo Ángel Ruiz - Cintalapa, Chis.
    Sarai Hernández Álvarez - Pijijiapan, Chis.
    Daniel Maza Mendoza - Berriozabal, Chis.
    Darinka Yugglamara Coello Hidalgo - Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chis.
    Ángel María López López - La Concordia, Chis.
    Verónica Mónica Moral - Ixtapa, Chis.
    José Adán Gerardo Solís López - Teopisca, Chis.
    Centro para los Adolescentes de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. - San 
Miguel de Allende, Gto.
    Calacoaya Centro Cultural - Jilotzingo, Edomex
    CG Tecnología y Cultura, A.C. - Querétaro, Qro.
    Universidad Tecnológica del Sur, A.C. - Cancún, Q. Roo
    Radio Iztapopo, A.C. - Tlalmanalco, Edomex

    That's a lot of station proposals floating around, with again, a 
heavy dose of Chiapas. Some of the stations that had documents from 
these years were permitted, such as XHVDR (Raymie, Nov 1, ibid.) 

Back to 2016, we have some news on Radio Bidding Process '17.
http://www.proceso.com.mx/460985/buscan-208-una-licitacion-frecuencia-radio-ift-concesionara-257
208 bidders completed their documentation, and so now the IFT will 
award participation certificates in late January.

There was even some activity on PABF '17, but there won't be many 
stations in it. Along with some AMs and FMs, there's a TDT station 
solicited by a public entity and some social TDTs. As usual, the PABF 
will get a publication date in the DOF and be open for public comment 
and then modified around the end of the year.

When it's published, we'll break down potential allotments (Raymie, 
Nov 1, ibid.)

The INE maps were changed earlier this year and I thought them a 
little less useful, until I discovered they were actually more 
updated. What's more, they also show shadows if they are on file with 
INE. Which is great.

For instance, this is XHPNG-TDT. 
https://storage.jumpshare.com/preview/MPBNboUAt3t6-_NHc8YeALegPmNcjk145-ImQ9yUv2wMHDlifqxFpJbHMN0YmHGRrRf5lBvaUC_fnKDc91-M690Iq-_ZMIwlJNqsu6s4bO0F1kR3dMUjedqC16uBUu85
The three blotches are the main station in Piedras Negras and its two 
shadows, Ciudad Acuña and Nava. We know of both of these shadows.

But sometimes, they expose shadows not on the books. For instance, in 
Champotón, Campeche, we have a shadow XHCAM on the books, but it turns 
out there's also a shadow XHGE there (that's identical).

There's also a very evident XHAE shadow, which is located at Parras de 
la Fuente...
http://jmp.sh/4gQiDkI
...a sloppy map revealing XHDY still maintains a shadow in Tuxtla 
Gutiérrez...

...and so on. For instance, look at all these XHLGG shadows.
http://jmp.sh/x7wQYw2
Even Azteca has unknown shadows, like XHOXX-XHDG Asunción Nochixtlán 
and XHOXX-XHDG Miahuatlán Oax.

Because the INE produces an *annual* catalog of radio and TV coverage, 
new Imagen stations and even some Televisa stations are missing for 
now. That also means newer shadows aren't inventoried.

The nice thing is that all these maps can be overlaid over Google Maps 
to provide a sense of station coverage areas (Raymie, Nov 2, ibid.) 

Quote Originally Posted by Raymie: ``For instance, this is XHPNG-TDT. 
The three blotches are the main station in Piedras Negras and its two 
shadows, Ciudad Acuña and Nava. We know of both of these shadows.``

That link doesn't work for me. Also, is there a link to the page where 
the maps are found? (Trip Ericson, Alexandria VA, Come visit 
RabbitEars for all your digital TV subchannel informational needs, Nov 
2, ibid.)

Ah. They're at 
http://cartografia.ife.org.mx (still correct URL)

Go to Cartografía - Coberturas Radio TV

Select a state and make sure to go to the bottom to select TDT 
stations. You must select the state where the station is licensed, 
even if the shadows spill over into other states.

The "Vialidades Google" option in the lower left puts the map onto a 
Google Maps overlay, which makes it more useful for determining where 
towns are and such. By default, you'll see all of the electoral 
districts (used to elect deputies).

They look a lot like a good Longley-Rice map, too. Lots of 
splattering. The IFT provides the coverage data to the INE for its 
uses in determining where stations reach, electoral pautas, etc. 
(Raymie, Nov 2, ibid.)

We've got Imagen in its largest missing city. Tijuana was turned on 
yesterday, with a virtual channel of 3 (as had been assigned by the 
IFT). The FCC approved XHCTTI on October 12. It came to air on 
November 1. An impressive task of station building by Grupo Imagen 
(Raymie, Nov 3, ibid.) 

Absolutely. This Imagen turnup has been a VERY impressive piece of 
work. I cannot imagine a nationwide network being built in a few 
months in the U.S. (Doug Smith W9WI, Pleasant View, TN EM66,     
http://www.w9wi.com Nov 3, ibid.)

The IFT has submitted for public comment a set of technical guidelines 
for digital TV stations.
http://www.ift.org.mx/industria/consultas-publicas/consulta-publica-sobre-el-anteproyecto-de-lineamientos-para-la-instalacion-y-operacion-de-estaciones
This is the first Disposición Técnica for digital television. Public 
comments run from October 28 to November 17 (Raymie, Nov 3, ibid.) 

** MONGOLIA. 17749.877, RFA Ulan Bataar Khonkhor relay site, Tibetan 
program, 0133 UT S=8, requested Mongolia relay at 01-03 UT daily 
(Wolfgang Büschel, morning 0100-0140 UT Nov 1st log of remote SDR in 
Sri Lanka, thanks Victor 4S7VK in Piliyandala, Ceylon, dxldyg via DX 
LISTENING DIGEST) Ex-17730v; could often hear that off-frequency 
carrier at least (gh, OK)

** MYANMAR. 5985, Myanmar Radio, 1246-1250, Nov 2 (Wednesday). In 
progress with Radio Australia's "Lesson 18, Negotiating" language
lesson; in both English and Burmese; fair. Broadcasts this program 
only on Monday and Wednesday. Full transcript of today's show at 
http://goo.gl/EdfJce 
(Ron Howard, Calif., dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

5914.990, MRMS Naypyidaw as S=8 signal heard on remote SDR in New
Delhi India, at 1315 UT on Nov 2nd. Co-channel CRI Russian service 
from Huhhot relay on even 5915 kHz.

5985 even frequency MRMS Myanmar Radio, from Yegu - Yangoon, much 
stronger S=9+15dB, Burmese songs, lady singer, pop music, at 1320 UT 
on Nov 2nd. wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

** NETHERLANDS [non]. 6145, UT Sunday Oct 30 at 0048, JBA carrier; can 
this be The Mighty KBC via GERMANY as scheduled? I first figured they 
were AWOL, perhaps leaving India uncovered, but European propagation 
is terrible tonight. (CRI Albania 6020 is only S4-S6 at 0106). Still 
little or nothing on 6145 at 0104. Sometimes this is one hour, 
sometimes two hours, and we are right at A/B-16 transition time so 
there could be time confusion or an unexpected new frequency? B-16 
HFCC shows MBR Nauen still registered Sundays only on 6145 at 00-01 
and 02-03 (but not 01-02!). 

In his publicity for Radiograms, Kim Elliott thought KBC would still 
be on this week: ``The Mighty KBC will transmit to North America 
Sunday 0000-0200 UTC (Saturday 8-10 pm EDT) on 6145 kHz, via Germany. 
A minute of MFSK32 will be at about 0130 UTC. KBC will also transmit 
to Europe Sunday, 30 October, at 1200-1300 UTC, on 6095 kHz. A minute 
of MFSK32 will be at about 1230 UTC. Reports to Eric: themightykbc 
(at) gmail.com`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

GERMANY, Mighty KBC Radio has announced 3 extra shortwave broadcasts 
to Western Europe on over the coming 2 months. The schedule is:
1200-1300 6095 NAU 100 kW / 240 deg to WeEu English Sunday on Oct 30
1200-1300 6095 NAU 100 kW / 240 deg to WeEu English Sunday on Nov 27
0900-1600 6095 NAU 100 kW / 240 deg to WeEu English Sunday on Dec 25
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/10/mighty-kbc-radio-has-announced-3-extra.html
(Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NETHERLANDS [non]. PCJ special: see USA: WRMI

** NEW ZEALAND. 6170, Oct 29 at 1358, RNZI is still on A-16 frequency, 
while its replacement from tomorrow, 9700 is vacant except for heavy 
splash from 9710 CUBA, which might then be a problem.

17675, Oct 30 at 0019, RNZI has reactivated here for B-16, ex-15720 
(which is still used shoulderly), only S2, while Australia 17840 is 
S4, neither really sufficient under circumstances.

11610, Oct 30 at 1119, very poor signal from algo, presumed RNZI on 
brand NF toward NNW rather than NNE. Per B-16 HFCC there is now a 2-
hour break in ChiCom usage of 11610, just right for RNZI at 11-13.

9700, Oct 30 at 1305, RNZI on reactivated summer channel, ex-6170; S5-
S8 airing Pacific news starting with human rights in Fiji; some 
splatter from 9710 CUBA, diminished by LSB tuning. Hope 9700 will 
improve once propagation disturbance be over.

9700, Oct 31 at 1309, RNZI is VG with news about Palau (Glenn Hauser, 
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also KOREA NORTH

** NIGERIA. 7254.94, V. of Nigeria. OK signal strength at 1811 (wasn’t
there at 1754) but W announcer barely audible. Fairly good at 1849 
with news by W in English. ID by W at 1958, and into pop song at 1859. 
Pop music at 1900, then W announcer introducing the news with M host. 
73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, 26 October 2016 Micro-DXpedition: RX: 
Perseus SDR, ANT: 313’ Beverage (BOG) aimed at 60 . Solar Indices: 
Solar Flux = 78, A Index = 48, K Index = 5, G2 level storms. A7 X-Ray 
flux, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD)

** NIGERIA [non]. U.K., Radio Dandal Kura International via BaBcoCk 
Woofferton on Nov 2
0700-0800 on 15480 WOF 250 kW / 165 deg to WeAf Kanuri, very strong:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/radio-dandal-kura-international-via.html
(Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NIGERIA [non]. FRANCE, Reception of Manara Radio via TDF Issoudun 
on Nov 2:
0730-0830 on 15440 ISS 150 kW / 170 deg to WeAf Hausa, good signal
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/reception-of-manara-radio-via-tdf.html
(Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6955.0-USB, Oct 30 at 0045, pirate at S7 with 
blues/soul music. 0055 now up to S9 with cowboy song; 0059 seems there 
is also a wobbly reduced carrier, or is it just music bed? No ID past 
0100, but at 0105, ``You are tuned to Back Country Radio`` with 
overlapping echoes, then another voice deliberately distorted so I 
can`t understand it giving a .com web address. 0132 check, now it`s 
off. No other pirates heard during this sesquihour; presumably there 
will be a lot more of them the next night or two for Hallowe`en. 

Then I check 
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,30780.0.html
and find everyone logging it there took it as Bat Country Radio, also 
CW ID as KBAT, so I must defer to that. (BTW, the area around Freedom 
OK, Alabaster Cavern is bat country) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6960-AM, Nov 1 at 0116, soul/rock music at S9+5; 
0122 live DJ ID as ``XFM, to the power of X``, acknowledging a call 
from Ken in Oklahoma, 22 after 1 UT timecheck, jazz. 0126 another ID, 
from ``somewhere under the stars``, acknowledging call from Minnesota, 
where it`s ``gangbusters in his backyard``. Liners ``The music sounds 
great on XFM``, ``Hallowe`en``, address xfmshortwave@gmail.com and 
phone via IP 408-800-6925, if it`s working. 0134 spooky tune with 
laughter. 0138 acknowledges posts on HF Underground, e-mail, including 
southern Alberta, Chicagoland, says he is doing this during a 
``college homework-filled night``. Also reports from William Hassig 
(one of few using his real name), Azimuth Coordinator, Zane, Jim in 
MN, Ken in OK, Larry in MN with S9+30, James in CO. Some of them with 
music requests he will try to fulfill as is his obligation. 

0148 mentions this is in C-QUAM stereo (I must get around to hooking 
up stereo speakers to the NRD-545.) I must say the modulation is very 
good, and so is the DJ. Sounds great on the PL-880 speaker, where 
reel-out clip-on antenna is sufficient. During this entire period I 
scan the NRD-545 for other pirates on the 43 mb, but none ever heard; 
the others must be awed by XFM and not wanting to compete. Many others 
were reported earlier around 2300 Hallowe`en before I started 
monitoring. At 0206, outro some Edgar Allan Poems set to music by 
Allan Parsons Project. Still going when I QRT at 0225, but gone when I 
resume at 0400 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKINAWA [and non]. I have never understood two things about US 
broadcasting in East Asia:

Why did the US never implement a high power transmitter on the
western coast of S. Korea, at, for example, the US military base south
of Suwon, with a salt water path almost the whole distance to Beijing?

Why did the US give up the megawatt in Okinawa when we kept military 
bases and other facilities there? What about the agreement with Japan 
prevented this?

Speaking of Okinawa, while it`s horrible that some US personnel have 
committed capital crimes against Okinawans, anti-American elements act 
as if Okinawans and Japanese are crime-free. Come on (Glenn Hauser, 
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1640, Oct 31 at 0305 UT, KZLS Enid-Hennessey-OKC with 
double audio, an ad for something and an Ad Council PSA at equal 
levels. 0306 UT both stop at same instant, for single audio on ``Free 
Talk Live, Hour 3``, host not apologizing for the error (Glenn Hauser, 
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA [and non]. This week's Cuba Special on Broad Spectrum 
Radio --- BroadSpectrumRadio.com is airing a Cuba special this week on 
several local and shortwave radio stations.

The program includes my observations from a recent trip to Cuba which 
included a visit to the Correspondence Department of Radio Havana Cuba 
as well as some recordings of local radio in Havana.

The program can be heard at:

Shortwave:
30 minute version - WBCQ, 2330 UT, Thurs, October 27 - 7490 khz.
39 minute version - WINB, day/time TBD - 9265 khz.
60 minute version - Channel 292, day/time TBD - 6070 khz.
60 minute version - Unique Radio 3210, day/time TBD - 3210 khz.

Local:
15 minute version - KTLR, 11:00 am CDT in Oklahoma, Friday, October 
28, 890 khz.

The show can also be downloaded at:

15 minute version - 
https://archive.org/download/bsr-cubashow-15mins-20161027/bsr-cubashow-15mins-20161027.mp3

30 minute version - 
https://archive.org/download/bsr-cubashow-30mins-20161027/bsr-cubashow-30mins-20161027.mp3

60 minute version - not finished yet

QSL reports are of course welcomed and once I get caught up on 
responses, I will be sending out a special Cuba card for this show by 
both email and postal mail (James Matthew Branum, OK, 2306 UT Oct 27, 
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

That wasn`t enough notice to catch it on WBCQ; good thing about the 
repeats and versions (Glenn Hauser, DXLD)

** OMAN. 9540, R Sultanate of Oman, Thumrait, 0300, Oct 19, English, 
gong ID, news, 35333 (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria, DSWCI DX Window 
Nov 2 via DXLD) Not often this English broadcast heard/confirmed (gh)

** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3275, NBC Southern Highlands Mendi PNG. 3275. 
weak signal 1020 many mentions of PNG in talk in Pidgin. 20/10. Not 
normally heard in Sydney due noise (John Wright, Peakhurst NSW (Icom 
R75, EWE), Nov Australian DX News via DXLD)

** PERU. 5024.93, R. Quillabamba - Found R. Rebelde`s audio off again
(just OC) at 0950 and waited/hoped for R. Quillabamba to s/on which it
did at 0957:13 with usual opening routine by alternating M and W in 
Spanish including QTH, ID, calls and frequencies, programing format, 
etc. 0959 fanfare and another ID announcement by M, barnyard SFX 
starting with rooster crowing, horse, dog, and even a wolf howling, 
then live studio AM W DJ with nice IDs and frequencies and website 
http://www.radioquillabamba.com over camposino [sic] music. Into campo 
music at 1002. Canned ID jingle between songs. Then the audio of R.
Rebelde came on at 1005:10; however R. Quillabamba was giving it a run
for its money. Had to tune in LSB to avoid the het from Rebelde. A bit
of noise too, possibly from 5015. Would say conditions were poor. Had
it been good, I can’t imagine what Quillabamba would’ve sounded like!!  
A video of the reception can be found at 
https://youtu.be/TPnks1hNxy4
(31 Oct.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR with Wellbrook 
ALA1530S loop antenna, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via WORLD OF RADIO 
1850, DXLD)

** PERU. 5980, Oct 29 at 0100, JBA carrier from R. Chaski, until 
autocutoff at 0103:04*, which is 24.5 seconds later than last check 4 
nights before, Oct 25 until 0102:39.5*, averaging 6.1 seconds later 
per (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

5980. R. CHASKI. Octubre 29. 2320-2333 UTC. Espacio musical con Himnos 
Protestantes, primero corales, luego instrumentales i.e.: “*Loores
dad a Cristo, el Rey”*. Hora local: “Son las 18 horas y 30 minutos en 
Red Radio Integridad”, aviso de varias conferencias de Soteriología*** 
en iglesias Bautistas de Lima, dictada por un teólogo norteamericano y 
de encuentros juveniles para el 1 de noviembre. A las 2333, comienza: 
“Jungla semántica”. SINPO: 45434 (Claudio Galaz Toledo, RX: PHILCO IC-
18R, ANT: Telescópica, QTH: Poblado de Barraza Bajo, Comuna de Ovalle, 
IV Región, Chile, Condiglista yg via DXLD)

***very detailed explanation of this:

SOTERIOLOGIA --- Doctrina de la Obra de Cristo. El término 
soteriología se deriva de la voz griega "soter" que quiere decir 
salvador. Es pues, la Soteriología aquella división de la Teología 
General que trata de la obra principal de Cristo o sea la redención 
obrada por Su sacrificio...
http://www.interbiblia.com/estudios/soteriologia.htm

Or in English but with ``multiple issues``:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soteriology
(Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

5980, Oct 30 at 0102, JBA carrier from R. Chaski, until autocutoff at 
0103:12*, which is 8 seconds later than last night, but my timing then 
may have been one second off; so compare to previous log, Oct 25 until 
0102:39.5*, five nights ago, and 32.5 seconds earlier for an average 
of 6.5 seconds each, more like it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

5980. R. CHASKI. Octubre 31. 0045-0102 UT. Programa `Los grandes
temas` con el Pastor Salvador Dellutri, acerca del juicio de Dios, 
sobre la relevancia del Cristianismo por sobre las posiciones 
políticas coyunturales. A las 0058, se dan datos de contacto de Radio 
Transmundial y de la productora del programa: ``Casilla 5051, 
Montevideo, Uruguay``. Luego hora local y avisos de actividades para 
el 1, 4 y 5 de Noviembre en diversas iglesias bautistas de Lima. A las 
0103 mientras se da el ID, se provoca la salida del aire. SINPO: 55434 
con leve sobre modulación (Claudio Galaz, RX: PHILCO IC-18R, ANT: 
Telescópica, QTH: Poblado de Barraza Bajo, Comuna de Ovalle, IV 
Región, Chile, Condidglista yg via DXLD)

** PHILIPPINES. 15559.002, FEBC Bocaue, Javanese, S=8, 0112 UT 
(Wolfgang Büschel, morning 0100-0140 UT Nov 1st log of remote SDR in 
Sri Lanka, thanks Victor 4S7VK in Piliyandala, Ceylon, dxldyg via DX 
LISTENING DIGEST) Listed 15560, so almost 1000 Hz off (gh, DXLD)

** PHILIPPINES. 15620 & 17840, Radyo Pilipinas 0223 UT to 0315. 
October 22, 2016. Their English service broadcast. 15620 at 0255 is 
just ending "It's more fun in the Philippines" segment when my 
recording starts. They give out contact information for the station
and then invite listeners to their website to get more information and
listen live online. After that website promotional announcement, a 
music program hosted by a lady comes on with music form Argentina and 
Uruguay. I would give 15620 a SINPO rating of 44444. Overall, good 
reception with a moderate amount of fading and a slight it of noise. 
Audio of 15620 is here: 
https://soundcloud.com/onairdjpaulwalker/15640-radyo-pilipinas-loop

My recording of 17840 starts at 0223 UT with what sounds like a
Filipino song. A male announcer comes on and mentions the name of the 
song then mentions taking listeners on a virtual tour of a Filipino 
province. I would give this a SINPO Rating of 45334. The signal was OK 
but there was a moderate amount of noise and fading, with the signal 
getting worse later on. Audio of 17840 here: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbxmhEqyV7w
15640 and 17820 were also heard here a day earlier on October 21, 2016 
between 0214 and 0330 UT. My recording of 15640 this day begins with a 
male announcer talking about the station, giving the name as DZRP, 
Radyo Pilipinas World Service, then news comes on from the PBS News 
Center and does a long segment on local, regional and national news 
with an anchor in studio introducing various reports, sound bites. I 
would give this a SINPO rating of 45334. The signal was fair to good, 
but a bit of fading and choppy propagation made it hard to listen to.  
Audio of 15640 on October 21st is here: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fs8ZTwY5aJo

I heard 17840 from 0323 to 0330 UT sign off. There was a song playing 
when I tuned in followed by a male announcer giving out the station 
contact information, frequency information, broadcast schedule 
information, then I think either a station jingle plays or a 
Philippine national song plays before the transmitter is turned off. 
The signal this time was a SINPO rating of 25223. The signal was 
strong but there was ALOT [sic] of fading and atmospheric noise. Audio 
of 17840 on October 21st is here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sr5PUid5x0 

I listen from Galena, Alaska, 300 miles west of Fairbanks and 300 
miles east of Nome using a Tecsun PL880, 225 foot long wires, EmTech 
ZM2 Antenna tuner, Wellbrook ALA1530LNP loop & DX Engineering HF 
PreAmp (Paul B Walker Jr, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD)

http://www.distancefromto.net shows air distance from Nome to Galena 
is 252 statute miles; Galena to Fairbanx 271 st mi; never mind driving 
it (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PRIDNESTROVYE. MOLDOVA B16 Trans World Radio Africa via Grigoriopol
0330-0345 on  7225 KCH 300 kW / 155 deg to EaAf Amharic Sun/Mon/Fri
0330-0345 on  7225 KCH 300 kW / 155 deg to EaAf Oromo Tue
0330-0345 on  7225 KCH 300 kW / 155 deg to EaAf Sidamo Wed/Thu
1630-1645 on 11635 KCH 300 kW / 160 deg to EaAf Somali Sun
1630-1700 on 11635 KCH 300 kW / 160 deg to EaAf Somali Mon-Sat
1800-1845 on  7245 KCH 300 kW / 157 deg to EaAf Tigrinya Mon-Thu
1815-1845 on  7245 KCH 300 kW / 157 deg to EaAf Tigrinya Fri
1800-1830 on  7245 KCH 300 kW / 157 deg to EaAf Tigre Sat
1800-1830 on  7245 KCH 300 kW / 157 deg to EaAf Kunama Sun
1830-1900 on  7245 KCH 300 kW / 157 deg to EaAf Tigrinya Sun
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/winter-b-16-of-trans-world-radio-africa.html
(Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PUNTLAND. SOMALIA, 13800, Puntland R, Garowe. Some days ago I 
caught signals from this station. There was a prompt answer by e-mail
from the station, only saying, "yes, your heard Puntland Radio". In 
numerous mails I explained the director, how a QSL should look like 
and after many attempts I got the E-QSL, I had created. But I think, 
he still does not know, why listeners ask for a QSL verification and 
what that means - hi. See my QSL in SWN/December (Andreas Schmid, 
Euerdorf, Germany, DSWCI DX Window 2 Nov via WORLD OF RADIO 1850, 
DXLD)

Puntland Radio One is back on air. In a series of emails from Mr. 
Jamal, Director General of Puntland TV/Radio Garowe Puntland Somalia, 
I received not only confirmation of their test transmission in April 
2015 but for 24 October 2016 as well. In the course of our 
correspondence he informed me that their transmitter had been "off and 
not working" due to "Technical problem" for much of 2015 up until July 
2016. He further requested I listen to their transmission on 13.800 
kHz. Mr. Jamal stated their transmission time is "from 6:30AM to 
9:00Am East Africa Time (03.30 till 06.00 UTC) and from 1:00PM to 
7:00PM East Africa Time (10.00 till 16.00 UTC)." --- Timm Breyel in 
Subang Jaya, Selangor-MALAYSIA via his blog South East Asia DXing 
which can be visited at: http://shortwavedxer.blogspot.it 
(DX FANZINE nr. 38, October, via WORLD OF RADIO 1850, DXLD)

Puntland Radio, 13800 kHz: N/D E-mail message from Mr. Jamal, Director 
General of Puntland TV and Radio Garowe Puntland Somalia 12 hours 
after my 5th F/UP. I sent a further F/UP after having seen the station 
replied to Stefano Mannelli in Italy and Timm Breyel in Malaysia. Here 
is the content of the message: "Daer Antonio Napolitano, thank you for 
sent and communicate on this email, and as puntland radio we welcome 
any suggestion from you, now radio hear is okey and we will continues. 
thank you Jamal". E-mail: puntlandradio1@gmail.com (Antonello 
Napolitano, Taranto-ITALY). Puntland Radio, 13800 kHz: F/D PDF letter 
(They pasted a verification text made by myself) and photos of studios 
and shortwave antenna, 2 hours after my report. V/S: Jamal, Director 
General of Puntland TV and Radio, Garowe Puntland Somalia. E-mail: 
puntlandradio1@gmail.com (Antonello Napolitano, Taranto-ITALY, ibid.)

SOMALIA, Puntland Radio, 13800 kHz: N/D E-mail message from Mr. Jamal, 
Director General of Puntland TV and Radio Garowe Puntland Somalia in 
545 days!!! Here is the content of the message: "Dear Stefano, thank 
you for your sent this information, please can u test again for 
hearing. thank you. Jamal Director General of Puntland TV and Radio 
Garowe Puntland Somalia". E-mail: puntlandradio1@gmail.com - (Stefano 
Mannelli, Falcade-BL-ITALY, ibid.)

** ROMANIA. ROMANIA PROPOSES ABOLISHING PUBLIC BROADCAST LICENCE FEE

EBU News October 21

The EBU is deeply concerned by the proposal to abolish the licence fee
in Romania. The proposal is part of a broader plan to reduce taxes
ahead of the upcoming elections. Full statement:
https://www.ebu.ch/news/2016/10/ebu-concerned-by-proposals-to-abolish-the-broadcasting-fee-in-romania

Several recent reports on this on the Radio Romania International 
website

Radio Romania does not support cancellation of radio&TV license fee:
http://www.rri.ro/en_gb/radio_romania_does_not_support_the_cancellation_of_radiotv_license_fee-2554424

The financing of the public radio and TV stations again in spotlight:
http://www.rri.ro/en_gb/the_financing_of_the_public_radio_and_tv_stations_again_in_the_spotlight-2554569

Radio & TV fee – Ovidiu Miculescu: challenge Liviu Dragnea accusations
http://www.rri.ro/en_gb/radio_and_tv_fee_ovidiu_miculescu_i_challenge_liviu_dragneas_accusations-2554650

Message by the management board of Radio Romania:
http://www.rri.ro/en_gb/message_by_the_management_board_of_radio_romania-2554665

State funding for public broadcasters?
http://www.rri.ro/en_gb/state_funding_for_public_broadcasters-2554690
Mike --- Posted by: Mike Barraclough, Oct 28, dxldyg via DXLD)

** ROMANIA. Radio România Internatsional / Listeners' Corner / 2016 
Listener's Day on RRI --- 2016-10-07 13:48:00 Vlad Palcu

You are invited to take part in our 2016 edition of Listener's Day on 
RRI, a show devoted entirely to you, our listeners.

2016-listeners-day-on-rri

Dear friends, On Sunday, November 6, we invite you to listen to the 
traditional Listener’s Day show on RRI. As always, this is a special 
show, in which you play an active part by sending in your opinions and 
answers on which the segment is based. This time around, our question 
for you is, “Where do the happiest people live?”

There are, obviously, annual lists ranking the happiest countries or 
the cities with the highest living standards, based on criteria such 
as generosity, social relations, freedom of decision, life expectancy, 
healthcare services, culture, education or infrastructure. But are 
these countries and cities truly home to the happiest people in the 
world? Or is happiness to such an extent shaped by individual factors, 
making the answer to this question purely subjective? We invite you to 
share with us your opinions on this matter. Where do you think the 
happiest people live? Where and how would you like to live? What are 
the elements that make you feel good in a particular place?

We look forward to receiving your contributions, whether in writing 
(by e-mail, on Facebook, through the form on the RRI website, or the 
classical means, fax or post) or in audio format (if you agree, we can 
call to record your contributions). Our contact details are, as usual: 
Radio Romania International, 60-64 General Berthelot, sector 1, 
Bucharest, PO Box 111, post code 010165, fax 00.40.21.319.05.62, e-
mail engl@rri.ro  Our web page is at http://www.rri.ro

Hope to hear from you soon! (via gh, WORLD OF RADIO 1850, DXLD)

Some of the ~hour broadcasts: 
2300 on 6015, 7220, 7325, 9620
0100 on 5960, 7325
0400 on 6020, 7340, 11790
(Glenn Hauser, ibid.)

** ROMANIA [and non]. 9610, Oct 30 at 1309, language lessons with 
phrases repeated, 1312 ID ``Saut Romani``, so RRI as now scheduled 
1300-1330 in Arabic, 300 kW, 142 degrees from Tsiganeshti. Wonder if 
it`s long-path, as Europe by short is not to be expected at this time. 
Also happen across another Arabic frequency just before 1327* with IS, 
11945, which is 300 kW, 140 degrees from Galbeni. Then at 1329, the B-
B-C- chimes are JBA, which is SINGAPORE about to open Myanmarianese 
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ROMANIA [and non]. 5960, Oct 30 at 0240, poor S8 signal in French, 
which is RRI as now scheduled to E North America // listed 7410 (5960 
also English at 01-02, // 7325 where also heard). [See KUWAIT]

5910, Oct 31 at 0242, RRI in Romanian // 7340, poor S5 mixing with 
music from COLOMBIA. RRI at 01-03 is now the nemesis of that, clear 
afterwards except for NHK Russian via Lithuania at 0430-0500 (Glenn 
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** RUSSIA. B-16 schedule of Adygeyan Radio, same as A-16 and B-15:
1800-1900 on  6000 ARM 100 kW / 188 deg to CeAs Ad/Ar/Tu Mon
1800-1900 on  6000 ARM 100 kW / 188 deg to CeAs Adygeyan Fri
1900-2000 on  6000 ARM 100 kW / 188 deg to CeAs Adygeyan Sun
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/winter-b-16-schedule-of-adygeyan-radio.html
(Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SAUDI ARABIA [and non]. Reportedly the Duba transmitter uses only 
the daytime frequency 594 kHz anymore. At least it's there right now, 
at 1645, considerably stronger than // 1440 and 1512.

At the same time only the small 5 kW in Spain is audible on 1521 kHz. 
So in all likelyhood the presumably renovated Hutubi facility is not 
on air right now (Kai Ludwig, Germany, Oct 28, dxldyg via DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

Thanks for this information, Kaj; indeed it is audible on 594 now at 
1700 UT at fair to good strength, and on top of all else that is 
operating on the frequency. However, there are two stations mixing 
with each other on 1521 at the same time. The dominant one is CRI in 
Russian // 7410. The other I cannot ID except to say that it's not // 
with 594 (Noel R. Green (NW England), dxldyg via DXLD) Reply under 
GERMANY [and non]

** SAUDI ARABIA. 9714.979, BSKSA Saudi Radio from Riyadh, morning non-
directional peninsula service in Arabic, HQ prayer at 0607 UT on Oct 
28. S=9+15dB. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] 
(Wolfgang Büschel, Morning log 0445-0640 UT on Oct 28, Logged in Doha 
Qatar Middle East remote SDR unit, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, dxldyg via DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** SCOTLAND [non]. Radio Six International November programme guide
Website last updated at 09:36 GMT on Thursday 27th October 2016. Radio 
News link updated; Programme details updated.

.....We encourage listeners to our AM & FM broadcast services - 
especially on those on shortwave - to send us Reception Reports, and 
we're always happy to acknowledge your broadcast Reception Reports 
with a QSL card; all reception reports have been acknowledged, and all 
outstanding QSL cards have been mailed. In return for your report, 
please send either a Euro, two US Dollars or an International Reply 
Coupon to cover return postage together with the report and your name 
and return address to : 21 Sherbrooke Avenue, Glasgow G41 4HF, 
Scotland.

-- 
*TONY CURRIE*
Director of Programmes,
*radio six international*
21 Sherbrooke Avenue, GLASGOW G41 4HF, Scotland
+44 141 427 0531

radiosix.com
https://facebook.com/radiosixinternational

On FM, AM, Shortwave and Digital radio on 55 affiliate
stations around the world and online at
http://radiosix.com:8000/radiosix.mp3

Per the station website:

During the latter part of the 2000s, we broadcast regularly on 
shortwave via transmitters around the globe. Since then, many 
international broadcasters have discontinued broadcasting on the HF 
bands, as we did in 2007. Is there a future for shortwave radio? We 
carried out a one-off two-hour shortwave broadcast on Saturday 25th 
April 2015 and Saturday March 19th, 2016 from Roerbach in Germany. 
We'd be grateful for your reception reports and will verify by e-QSL 
card or, if you mail us one Euro or two US Dollars, we'll mail you a 
proper QSL card! All reports received electronically to date have been 
verified with eQSLs and copies of Radio News.

Radio Six International now also produces regular programming for 
European Music Radio which is broadcast regularly on shortwave. The 
next transmissions are as follows:

Saturday 19th November 2016: 
2100 to 2200 UT on 7490 kHz - Central & North America via WBCQ 

Saturday 17th December 2016:
2100 to 2200 UT on 7490 kHz - Central & North America via WBCQ 

Sunday 18th December 2016:
0800 to 0900 UT on 9475 kHz - Southern Europe, Portugal, Spain via KBC
0800 to 0900 UT on 6045 kHz - Western Europe & UK via KBC
0900 to 1000 UT on 9485 kHz - Western Europe & UK via MV Baltic Radio
2000 to 2100 UT on 6070 kHz - Western Europe & UK via Channel 292 

Reception Reports:
 
We issue QSL cards for all our broadcasts and reception reports are 
always welcome. Please send your reception reports (using the SINPO 
code if possible) with an International Reply Coupon to: 

The Chief Engineer
Radio Six International
21 Sherbrooke Avenue
GLASGOW
G41 4HF
Scotland

We'll acknowledge all verifiable reports with a QSL Card and a free 
copy of our printed programme guide Radio News (via Mike Terry, Oct 
27, dxldyg via DXLD)

** SIKKIM. 4835, AIR Gangtok (presumed), 1143-1230, 1256-1337 & 1352-
1353, Nov 2. Tuned in to find ABC Alice Springs NT off the air; heard 
open carrier with faint traces of audio; by 1202 able to clearly 
determine when they played music and when announcer; 1215 
chanting/singing (indigenous); 1352 subcontinent music/singing; 1353 
ABC open carrier on, shortly followed by their audio. My audio of AIR 
& ABC at 
http://goo.gl/5OoVlj 

5020, SIBC, on Oct 30, Sunday, 1201-1252 & 1505*. Tuned in to the end 
of the National Anthem; one minute of dead air (open carrier); 1202 
start of the usual Sunday non-stop religious songs in English; later 
noted 1505*, suddenly going off the air in mid-song; never any IDs, so 
not a Wantok FM relay, but a longer than usual extended SIBC 
broadcast; mostly poor.

5020, Wantok FM relay, 1254, Oct 31. Another extended broadcast past 
1416; pop hit songs; frequent IDs ("This is Wantok FM 96.3. Good 
times, great music," etc.); poor. 

5020, Wantok FM relay (presumed), 1340, Nov 2. Pop songs; unusually 
poor and unable to make out any IDs (Ron Howard, Calif., dxldyg via DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** SOMALILAND. 7120, SOMALIA, R. Hargeisa. Already getting a signal, 
though no audio, at 1743 when I first turned on the receiver. Finally 
able to definitely hear M announcer at 1750. Could barely hear M 
announcer at 1851 recheck. Audio a tad higher but still very weak. Ham 
playing around right on top at 1857. W announcer at 1859 with apparent 
closing (almost readable), 1900-1901 HoA music (not an anthem), and 
signal off at 1902:00. 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, 26 October 2016 
Micro-DXpedition: RX: Perseus SDR, ANT: 313’ Beverage (BOG) aimed at 
60 . Solar Indices: Solar Flux = 78, A Index = 48, K Index = 5, G2 
level storms. A7 X-Ray flux, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD)

7119.9975, Radio Hargeysa, Somali at 1830 UT S=9+5dB in southern 
Germany. Oct 27 (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

7119.998, Radio Hargeysa Somali program noted at 0445 UT on Oct 28, 
S=7 signal in southern Germany unit. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 
kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, Morning log 0445-0640 UT on Oct 
28, Logged in southern Germany, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, dxldyg via DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** SOUTH AFRICA. 6155, Oct 31 at 0326, S8-S9 news from Kinshasa, as 
Channel Africa in English is now here at 03-04 M-F, 250 kW, 19 degrees 
from Meyerton, but sufficient way over here for news direct from 
Africa. Altho SABC management has been subject of huge scandals.

Replaces 5980 in the A-season, which suffers from the WWCR leapfrog of 
5890 over 5935 another 45 kHz higher, and also from intermittent Cuban 
jamming long before R. Martí would use it, 07-13. ChAf is still // on 
3345 plus another hour of English (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 
1850, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SOUTH AFRICA. Fair to good signal of South African Radio League, 
Oct 30
0800-0900 on 17760 MEY 250 kW / 019 deg to EaAf English/Africaans Sun
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/10/fair-to-good-signal-of-south-african.html
(Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SOUTH CAROLINA [non non and non]. 7315, Oct 30 at 0637, Brother 
Scare via WHRI running roughly a minute behind 7570 WRMI, talking 
about his sub-tabernacle in Henryetta OK (due S of Tulsa, due E of 
OKC). Believe this replace 7355 which is no longer registered at this 
hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

11825, WRMI, Radio Miami Int’l (presumed); 2012-2021+, 24-Oct; Bro. 
HyStairical waxing about evil & listing evils on Earth including 
“religion” & “apostate Christianity” (I guess not believing in B.S. is 
apostasy) & using two of his favorite words, “you people”. S20 peaks 
with 11820 splash; // 12075 from Bulgaria (presumed), not in 10/23 
Aoki (Frodge-MI)

13695, WRMI, Radio Miami Int’l (presumed); 1740, 25-Oct; Bro. 
HyStairical astutely pointed out that all religions claim they’re 
right and all the others are wrong. He then listed a bunch of isms but 
astutely didn’t include overcomerism. S10 (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, 
USA, Drake R8B + 185' & 60' RW + 125' bow-tie, ----- All logged by my 
ears, on my receiver, in real time! ----- DX LISTENING DIGEST)

11580, WRMI Radio Miami Int’l (presumed); Bro. HyStairical totally 
blowing a gasket, sobbing & gasping about how evil we all are, etc. 
SIO=3+53; // 11565 also via WRMI (presumed) SIO=454 & about 1 second 
behind 11580; // 11825 also via WRMI (presumed) SIO=454; // 9980 via 
WWCR (presumed). Different huxter on 9955 also talking about 
blasphemers. (Frodge-MI)

15770, WRMI Radio Miami Int’l (presumed); 1912…1919+, 30-Oct; Bro. 
HyStairical on a rant, “You people”, “You rebellious people”, etc. S9; 
// 15440 SIO=3+54 also via WRMI (p) with no offset; same program on 
15710 at S8 but about 2 minutes behind 15770 & 15440; Presume 15710 is 
via WHRI Cypress Creek SC, as listed on their websked for 1-8 PM. 
(Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, 5525 Whitehall St., Midland MI 48642-
3156, Drake R8B + 185' & 60' RW + 125' bow-tie, ----- All logged by my 
ears, on my receiver, in real time! -----, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

7315, Nov 1 at 0611, Brother Scare via WHRI has CCI from an 
understation. HFCC shows the PNW stations in B-16 on 7315 via VATICAN 
at 0330-0600, i.e. R. Tamazuj and R. Dabanga, while WHRI is registered 
to start at *0430 Tue-Fri, *0530 Sat & Sun {but really not on until 
0600, daily?}. But PNW should be over by 0600, extended? Only other 
HFCC item is day frequency 7315 of AIR Shillong, 50 kW at 76 degrees 
from 0415 to 1045, unlikely here and which WRTH showed not until *0656 
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Have you heard, Stair is now putting his voice thru electronic 
effects? Very entertaining! (Chuck Ermatinger, MO, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

Maybe that`s it; and/or very old recordings before his voice broke 
down after all that screaming (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LITENING DIGEST)

** SPAIN. Hi Glenn, Very poor signal of REE on 9690 kHz here in Mexico 
City (Julián Santiago, Enviado desde mi iPad 1744 UT Oct 30, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST) 

Hi Julian, Good to hear from you. Yes, they should stay on 17855 in 
winter, at least on our weekend mornings, maybe afternoons. Obvious to 
us but not their frequency management. How to get through to them?
73, (Glenn to Julián, ibid.)

Winter B-16 frequency change of Radio Exterior de España from Oct 30
1900-2300 11685 NOB 200 kW / 161 deg WCAf Spanish Daily, ex 11530 B-15
All other frequencies remain unchanged in B-16
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/10/winter-b-16-frequency-change-of-radio.html
(Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

9690, Oct 31 at 1959, REE is fair at S7-S9, much less than it would 
have accomplished if still on the A-season frequency 17855 to North 
America. At least by this time of day, 9690 is propagating, unlike 
weekends starting at 1500! Accurate timesignal at 2000 and into news 
in Castilian (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SPAIN. PUSH TO TWEAK TIME ZONE GAINS MOMENTUM IN SPAIN
   By RAPHAEL MINDEROCT. 29, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/30/world/europe/spain-time-zone.html?ref=todayspaper

MADRID -- The Rodgers and Hart song "I Didn't Know What Time It Was"
has nothing to do with time zones, but it may soon resonate for many
Spaniards.

On Thursday, the regional Parliament of Valencia voted unanimously to
put an end to the seasonal practice of moving back the clocks by one
hour, which Spain and other European countries on Central European 
Time will do on Sunday. It argued that there were clear benefits to 
the extra hours of afternoon sunlight.

A similar decision took place two days earlier in the Balearic 
Islands, which lie off the Spanish mainland's eastern coast. 
Separatist politicians in Catalonia have also been pushing for such a 
change in their region.

Nearly all of the Iberian Peninsula lies west of the Greenwich
meridian, established in the 19th century to divide the world into 
time zones. But because of a political decision made in 1940 by Gen.
Francisco Franco, Madrid not only shares the same time as Bratislava,
the Slovak capital, more than 1,500 miles east, but is an hour ahead 
of Lisbon, about 400 miles west. Franco ordered the clocks moved one 
hour ahead to align Spain with Nazi Germany, his ally, rather than 
Britain.

Various proposals have been put forth in different regions of Spain.
Some have argued that restoring Greenwich Mean Time, now known as
Coordinated Universal Time, would put more distance between modern
Spain and the long Franco dictatorship.

In their declaration, the Valencia lawmakers defended the social and
health benefits of using an extra hour of sunlight to promote outdoor
activities and "family life outside the home," once parents finish
work. Studies have also shown that Spain could save about $330 million
a year in electricity costs by making better use of sunlight.

And hoteliers and others in the tourism industry argue that 
abbreviated winter afternoons cut short business opportunities.

Yet any final decision, which must be made at the national level, will
not be taken lightly in a country whose unity has been challenged by
the secessionist movement in Catalonia, and whose central government 
is paralyzed by a fragmented Parliament.

Outside Catalonia, many people seem reluctant to further complicate
matters by possibly splitting mainland Spain into different time 
zones. (The Canary Islands, however, already operate on a one-hour 
time difference to reflect the Atlantic archipelago's distance from 
the mainland.)

In April, Mariano Rajoy, Spain's caretaker prime minister at the time,
said he would be ready "to change the hour usage," an idea that was
first proposed by nationalists in his own northwestern region of
Galicia, but that Mr. Rajoy's conservative party had long ridiculed.

Mr. Rajoy made that statement during an election campaign. It remains
to be seen whether now that he is forming a new government, he will be
ready to embrace the spirit, both literally and figuratively, of Bob
Dylan's "The Times They Are A-Changin'."

A version of this article appears in print on October 30, 2016, on 
page A12 of the New York edition with the headline: Push to Tweak Time 
Zone Gains Momentum in Spain (via Mike Cooper, DXLD)

** SRI LANKA. 17650.042, AWR Trincomalee, very odd frequency, trumpet 
AWR hymn, ID at 0130 UT, S=7 local Trinco Sri Lanka TX signal zone, 
fluttery sig (Wolfgang Büschel, morning 0100-0140 UT Nov 1st log of 
remote SDR in Sri Lanka, thanks Victor 4S7VK in Piliyandala, Ceylon, 
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SRI LANKA. Reception of Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation / City 
FM on Oct 31:
1630-1830 11750 TRM 125 kW / 345 deg N/ME Sinhala but 1710 no signal
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/reception-of-sri-lanka-broadcasting.html
(Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SUDAN. 7205even, Sudan Radio, Omdurman, proper carrier of S=9+20dB 
at 0452 UT, on Oct 28, b u t VERY LOW MODULATION though. [selected SDR 
options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, Morning log 
0445-0640 UT on Oct 28, Logged in southern Germany, wwdxc BC-DX 
TopNews, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SUDAN SOUTH [non]. BELGIUM(non), B-16 frequency change of Eye Radio 
(former Sudan Radio Service), Oct 30
0400-0500 NF  7250 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Arabic/English*, ex 
11730 in A-16
1600-1700 on 17730 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Arabic/English*, 
remain unchanged
*including other langs Dinka; Nuer; Shilluk; Bari; Zande; Lutoho. 
Videos tomorrow
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/10/b-16-frequency-change-of-eye.html
(Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1850, DXLD)

** SWAZILAND. 6130, TWR, 1950 usual musicbox IS between programs, then 
M with ID, then different M briefly another ID, and music. Video of 
the reception can be found at 
https://youtu.be/YjhSD-e2nCM 
(Dave Valko, Dunlo PA, 25 October 2016 Micro-DXpedition: RX: Perseus 
SDR, ANT: 313’ Beverage (BOG) aimed at 60 . Solar Indices: Solar Flux 
= 78, A Index = 60!! K Index = 5, G3 level storms!! A7 X-Ray flux, 
HCDX via DXLD)

Schedule for the winter season TRANS WORLD RADIO - MANZINI, SWAZILAND 
BROADCAST SCHEDULE, B-16  30th October 2016 - 25th March 2017

TIME/UTC  DAYS    LANGUAGE   MB FREQ  PWR ANT AZI Target

Morning Ndebele/English 3200 kHz block terminated:
0255-0325 12345.. Ndebele    90  3200  50 8     3 Zimbabwe
0255-0310 .....6. Ndebele    90  3200  50 8     3 Zimbabwe
0255-0325 ......7 English    90  3200  50 8     3 Zimbabwe

0255-0325 12345.. Shona      90  3240  50 6     3 Zimbabwe
0325-0340 1234567 Ndau       90  3240  50 6     3 Zimbabwe
0342-0357 .....6. Lomwe      60  4775  50 8     3 Mozambique

The morning German shortwave is terminated:
0400-0430 12345.. German     90  3200  50 9   233 South Africa
0400-0500 .....67 German     90  3200  50 9   233 South Africa
0400-0430 12345.. German     60  4775  50 4   233 South Africa
0400-0500 .....67 German     60  4775  50 4   233 South Africa

Instead:
0430-0500 12345.. English    90  3200  50 9   233 South Africa
0430-0700 12345.. English    60  4775  50 4   233 Southern Africa
0500-0700 .....67 English    60  4775  50 4   233 Southern Africa
0501-0700 1234567 English    49  6120  50 4   233 Southern Africa

1400-1415 1234567 Urdu       19 15360 100 103  43 Pakistan
1420-1435 1234567 Lomwe/Port 41  7315 100 11    5 NoMozambique
1420-1450 1234567 Makua(WoH) 41  7315 100 11    5 NoMozambique
1420-1455 1234567 English    49  6025  50       3 Zimbabwe
1455-1525 1234567 Shona      49  6025  50       3 Zimbabwe
1455-1525 12345.. Malagasy   31  9585 100 3    64 Madagascar
1440-1525 .....67 French     31  9585 100 3    64 Madagascar
1525-1555 12345.. Shona      49  6025  50       3 Zimbabwe
1557-1627 12345   KiRundi    19 15105 100 13  10B Burundi
1630-1645 .2..... Shangaan   60  4760  50 6     3 SoMozambique
1630-1645 .....6. Portuguese 60  4760  50 6     3 SoMozambique

1630-1645 1.....7 Amharic    25 11660 100 10B  13 Ethiopia
1630-1645 .2..... Oromo      25 11660 100 10B  13 Ethiopia
1630-1700 ..34... Oromo      25 11660 100 10B  13 Ethiopia
1630-1645 ....56. Kambaata   25 11660 100 10B  13 Ethiopia
1645-1700 123.... Oromo/Borana2511660 100 10B  13 Ethiopia
1645-1700 ....56. Hadiya     25 11660 100 10B  13 Ethiopia
1645-1700 ......7 Oromo      25 11660 100 10B  13 Ethiopia
1700-1730 12345.7 Amharic    25 11660 100 10B  13 Ethiopia
1700-1715 .....6. Amharic    25 11660 100 10B  13 Ethiopia
1715-1800 .....6. Oromo      25 11660 100 10B  13 Ethiopia
1730-1800 12345.. Oromo      25 11660 100 10B  13 Ethiopia
1730-1830 ......7 Amharic    25 11660 100 10B  13 Ethiopia

1700-1730 1234567 Yawo       41  7300 100 6     3 Malawi/NoMOZ
1745-1815 1234567 Swahili    31  9475 100 11    5 East Africa

1800-1830 1234567 Zulu       MW  1170  50 MW   ND Swaziland
1830-2155 1234567 English    MW  1170  50 MW   ND Southern Africa

1802-1832 12345.. English    31  9500 100 10B  13 East Africa
1802-1902 .....6. English    31  9500 100 10B  13 East Africa
1832-1847 12345.. Juba Arabic31  9500 100 10B  13 East Africa
1834-1850 ......7 Swahili    31  9500 100 10B  13 East Africa

1820-1850 12345.. Umbunbu    49  6130 100 1   312 Angola
1850-1905 12345.7 Umbunbu    49  6130 100 1   312 Angola
                                                  Yeva Ondaka
1850-1905 .....6. Chokwe     49  6130 100 1   312 Angola
1905-1920 1.....7 Portuguese 49  6130 100 1   312 Angola
1905-1920 ..3.... Luchazi    49  6130 100 1   312 Angola
1905-1920 ...4... Luvale     49  6130 100 1   312 Angola
1905-1920 ....5.. Fiote      49  6130 100 1   312 Angola
1905-1920 .....6. Umbundu    49  6130 100 1   312 Angola
                                                  Yeva Ondaka
1905-1920 ......7 KiKongo    49  6130 100 1   312 Angola
1920-1950 12345.. Portuguese 49  6130 100 1   312 Angola
1920-2005 .....6. Portuguese 49  6130 100 1   312 Angola
1920-1935 ......7 Kuanyama   49  6130 100 1   312 Angola
1950-2005 12345.. Kimbundu   49  6130 100 1   312 Angola

1905-1935 1234567 Lingala    31  9940 100 101 343 D R Congo
1935-1950 1234567 French     31  9940 100 101 343 D R Congo

Explanation:
DAY is the day of the broadcast 1 is Monday etc. & 7 is Sunday
FREQ is the frequency in kilohertz
MB  is the metreband
PWR is the power of the transmitter in kilowatts
AZI is the direction of the antenna

Local times are:
Kenya    UTC+3   Ethiopia UTC+3   Somalia    UTC+3
Tanzania UTC+3   Sudan    UTC+2   Mozambique UTC+2
Angola   UTC+1   Zimbabwe UTC+2   DRC        UTC+1

Notes:
Morning Ndebele language block terminated.
Changed the Evening Zimbabwe block to 6025 kHz.
The morning German language shortwave is terminated.
Morning English - frequency change at 05h00 UT from 3200 to 6120 kHz.
As from 7th August the Morning English signs off at 0700 UT.
The Southern Mozambique block changes to the 60mb. 4760 kHz
The evening Northern Mozambique now seven days a week again.
Evening Ethiopia block moves from 11700 to 11660 kHz.

[non]. Other TWR Africa SW Broadcasts via Grigoriopol-Maiac 
Pridnestrovye, and Al Dhabbaya-UAE relays.

BROADCAST Schedule for the winter season TRANS WORLD RADIO
B-16  30th October 2016 - 25th March 2017

TIME/UTC  DAYS    LANGUAGE   MB FREQ  PWR AZI   Target

0330-0345 ...45.. Sidamo     41  7225 300 155   Ethiopia        KCH
0330-0345 12...6. Amharic    41  7225 300 155   Ethiopia        KCH
0330-0345 ..3.... Oromo      41  7225 300 155   Ethiopia        KCH

1300-1315 1...567 Afar       16 17680 250 230   Ethiopia        DHA

1630-1700 .234567 Somali     25 11635 300 160   Kenya / Somalia KCH
1630-1645 1...... Somali     25 11635 300 160   Kenya / Somalia KCH

1800-1830 1...... Kunama     41 *7480 300 157   Eritrea         KCH
1830-1900 1...... Tigrinya   41 *7480 300 157   Eritrea         KCH
1800-1830 ......7 Tigre      41 *7480 300 157   Eritrea         KCH
1830-1815 .2345.. Tigrinya   41 *7480 300 157   Eritrea         KCH
1815-1845 .23456. Tigrinya   41 *7480 300 157   Eritrea         KCH

{* KCH  7480 kHz seems faulty given fq, latter is rather a Farsi Iran 
116deg target sce Radio Payem e-Doost (Bahai religion) via Grigoriopol 
Maiac-MDA bcast center. HFCC database list give TWR Africa 7245 kHz 
channel instead, wb.}

Local times are:
Kenya   UTC +3hr   Ethiopia UTC +3hr   Eritrea  UTC +3hr
Chad    UTC +1     Somalia  UTC +3     Tanzania UTC +3
Nigeria UTC +1     Sudan    UTC +2     Ghana    UTC +0
Liberia UTC +0     Cameroon UTC +1

Note: Morning Ethiopia blocks moves to 41mb.
The Somali  Block moved from 15105 kHz to the 41mb. {sic, 25mb}
The Eritrea Block moved from  9940 kHz to 7245 kHz.
Changed days to be Sunday 1 as per HFCC / ITU.
(TWR Africa; via Dmitry Puzanov-RUS, deneb-radio-dx; via MIDXB #1016, 
via Fedor Brajnikov  <rusmidxb -at- mtu-net.ru>  Nov 1 via BCDX 1 
November via DXLD)

** SWEDEN. Obituary --- One of Sweden`s most famous DX-ers passed away 
on October 20, 2016: Björn Fransson, who lived with his DX-shack in 
Visby on the island of Gotland. He began DX-ing in 1957 and has been a 
regular listener since then, concentrating on domestic stations, 
particularly African, and hobby-pirates on short- and mediumwaves. He 
became an active member in the DX-Alliance and wrote regular articles 
in Eter-Aktuelt, later DX-Aktuellt. He also joined the Shortwave 
Bulletin, Arctic Radio Club, DXLD and in 1982 the DSWCI as member no. 
2248. It is just one month ago, since Björn sent me a message, saying 
that he was dying by incurable cancer and cancelled further DX-
Windows. I thanked him for many years of good cooperation. We all 
remember his ending of articles - "73 from Björn Fransson, DXing
on the island of Gotland, Sweden“ - RIP (Anker Petersen, DSWCI DX 
Window Nov 2 via DXLD) 

** TAIWAN [non-log]. 9410, Fu Hsing BS. For a long time now it had
been possible for me to hear Taiwan (when they were broadcasting,
which was not daily) in the *1100-1300* time period. Unfortunately
on Oct 30, the new B16 schedule started, resulting in my hearing
CNR5 here (scheduled *1000-1705*), thence blocking any chance
of my hearing Taiwan. 9774 continues their long standing silence
(Ron Howard, Calif., dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TAIWAN. 9464.996, Korean language, Babcock brokered "Wind from 
Japan - il bon ue baram", acc Aoki Nagoya database via Paochung TWN 
site, 1300-1330 UT on Oct 30, observed on Tokyo Japan remote DR unit 
(Wolfgang Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 30, dxldyg via DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** TAIWAN.
15070.212 TWN SOH Chinese, S=4 0100 UT
15359.986 TWN SOH Chinese, S=5-6 0107 UT
15869.945 TWN SOH Chinese, S=5 0118 UT
(Wolfgang Büschel, morning 0100-0140 UT Nov 1st log of remote SDR in 
Sri Lanka, thanks Victor 4S7VK in Piliyandala, Ceylon, dxldyg via DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** TAJIKISTAN [and non]. Weak to fair signal of Voice of Tajik Oct 27
1300-1400 on  7245 DB  100 kW / non-dir to CeAs English, plus QRM
at same time  7240 LHA 100 kW / 290 deg to EaAs Chinese PBS Xizang
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/10/weak-to-fair-signal-of-voice-of-tajik.html
(Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** THAILAND. 15589.95, Oct 30 at 0020, very poor in English, so HSK9 
has not yet made B-16 switch to 13745 for so-called North American 
service. RHC is still on 13740 tonight, but barely with degraded 
propagation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Even under the worst conditions. I get a mushy noisy signal with at 
least some audio bubbling up above the noise. Absolutely nothing from 
Radio Thailand on 13745 kHz at 0000 UT on 11/3/16 (11/2/16, 4 pm local 
time)

On their 0000 UT broadcast for English on 13745 kHz, I had some side 
chatter from Cuba on 13740, but Thailand was most definately there on 
13745 (Paul Walker, Alaska, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD)

! There he is totally contradicting himself in adjacent paragraphs 
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Paul, conditions are miserable. There's a faint signal on 13745 now, 
but too weak to be sure it's from Thailand. 73, (Walt in Victoria, BC, 
Salmaniw, 0040 UT Nov 3, IRCA via DXLD)

** TINIAN. 15700, MRA, RFA Tinian, Burmese at 0115 UT, \\ 17510 kHz,
some wobbling like whistle tone, but I guess not jamming, rather IBB 
transmitter audio wobbling fault (Wolfgang Büschel, morning 0100-0140 
UT Nov 1st log of remote SDR in Sri Lanka, thanks Victor 4S7VK in 
Piliyandala, Ceylon, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TURKEY [and non]. 6080, Oct 30 at 0402, JBA carrier from presumed 
VOT on new B-16 frequency for English to N America --- but propagation 
is horrible tonight, so even moving two bands down from 9515 is not 
enough. At 0300, K index was 4, amid G-1 geomagnetic storms. 

Oh2, in A-16, VOA English via SAO TOME was on 6080 during this hour 
and audible here --- and it is STILL registered on 6080 for B-16, as 
well as the late change by Turkey! So 6080 was not such a great choice 
after all for TRT. A quick look at HFCC as of Oct 28 shows 6075 would 
be open that hour (tho CFRX 6070 might be bothered, and HFCC boycotter 
CUBA might be planning to go back on 6075; but Turkey could beat them 
to it; if still on 6080, Cuba 6075 would then be an ACI problem). 
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1850, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

!!!!! hope so too, but seemingly only half power at present ? wb

> propagation is horrible tonight,
> so even moving two bands down from 9515 is not enough.
> At 0300, K index was 4, amid G-1 geomagnetic storms.

Ham operators within nearby Europe/Germany couldn't work above 2.7 
MHz, i.e. no nearby propagation in 3600 -3900 kHz range. But I noticed 
AIR India festival here in Germany, of easterly signals, log 0200- 
0300 UT Oct 30. 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DXLD) INDIA

12035, Oct 30 at 1327, no signal yet from VOT on winter English 
frequency, ex-15450 at 1230; 1329, now S3 with VOT IS, 1330 accurate 
timesignal, but far too weak, despite alleged 500 kW, at 310 degrees 
toward UK and US. Yet ROMANIA has managed to put a good signal into 
here on 11945 with its IS until 1327*, and that`s 300 kW, 140 degrees 
in Arabic! Long path? (also 9610, see ROMANIA)

5960, Oct 30 at 2257 past 2300, no signal from VOT on reactivated B-16 
frequency for English to North America. Must be late coming up, not 
unusual for the slipshod operators at Emirler. Recheck at 2328, now 
it`s on at fair S9 level, really 5960.017, off-frequency plus also 
being typical.

9650, Oct 30 at 0232, very poor S3 signal is one of few barely 
propagating on band, enough to recognize the ``Pregunta del Mes`` 
theme music from VOT, Spanish now an hour later and on different B-16 
frequencies, the other being 9410 but not checked; should be weaker 
aimed further south, like ex-9870 compared to ex-9770, at ex-0100+. 

5960, Oct 31 at *2300.5, VOT cuts on late, joining in progress (JIP) 
modulation from about 2300.7 in English to North America, very poor 
with flutter. Depriving us of any interval signal prélude.

6080, Nov 1 at 0401, fast SAH from two weak stations, but VOT-like 
intonation slighly atop, no doubt new +frequency for other English to 
North America colliding with VOA São Tomé, which did not stop using it 
at the end of A-16, and thus should not have been selected by TRT for 
B-16 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1850, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** UGANDA [non]. 15240, Sat Oct 29 at 1608, since I have UTwente SDR 
up, check for R. Munansi via WWRB: yes, hilife music but very poor. 
Then checking 15240 on my own receiver at 1609: same music and merely 
poor. Presumably will get down to anti-Muséveni business by 1700 
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U A E. 15359.984, One of the odd frequency units at Al Dhabbaya ME,
US Mashaal Radio Pashto language sce, 04-07 UT, S=8 sidelobe signal in 
Doha Qatar. At 0622 UT on Oct 28.

15420.124, Another odd frequency unit at Al Dhabbaya ME, heard at 0625 
UT on Oct 28, S=8, BBC English service. [selected SDR options, span 
12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, Morning log 0445-0640 UT 
on Oct 28, Logged in Doha Qatar Middle East remote SDR unit, wwdxc BC-
DX TopNews, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U K. BBC MONITORING SHOULD BE PAID FOR BY GOVERNMENT - MPs
http://home.bt.com/news/uk-news/bbc-monitoring-should-be-paid-for-by-government-mps-11364108889810

The Government is being urged by MPs to take back responsibility for 
funding BBC Monitoring - which translates and analyses news and 
information from around the world - to stave off planned cutbacks.

   Press Association   Last updated: 29 October 2016, 01:20 BST

The Government is being urged by MPs to take back responsibility for
funding BBC Monitoring - which translates and analyses news and
information from around the world - to stave off planned cutbacks.

The Commons Foreign Affairs Committee said the service - originally
founded in 1939 to monitor Second World War propaganda - was one of 
the Foreign Office's "key sources of information" and should be paid 
for by the taxpayer.

Under the terms of agreement announced in then chancellor George
Osborne's 2010 spending review, responsibility for funding Monitoring
passed from the Government to the BBC in 2013.

However a -L-4 million shortfall in the finances means it is now 
facing the loss of 96 staff with the closure of 40% of its posts in 
the UK and 20% of those abroad.

The committee said the transfer of responsibility for funding the
service had been taken for "presentational" reasons and should be
reversed.

"The Foreign and Commonwealth Office needs to be the eyes and ears of
the UK abroad, picking up signals and undercurrents which help to
indicate where the tide is flowing, spotting where threats to the UK's
security and other interests may surface, and helping to form policy 
on how the UK should handle those threats.

"BBC Monitoring is one of its key sources of information," it said.

"The taxpayer is the main beneficiary of BBC Monitoring's work, not 
the licence fee payer; and logically the taxpayer should fund it.

"There is no good reason why the Government should expect to have the
benefit of a product which is key to policy-making without providing
funding for it."

The BBC said it welcomed the committee's support for the work of BBC
Monitoring and was "confident" it would continue to meet the
Government's needs after the service's restructuring.

"We will continue to honour the licence fee agreement from 2010.
However, if the UK Government decided there would benefits in offering
additional direct funding to BBC Monitoring, we would be happy to
consider this," a BBC spokeswoman said (via Mike Cooper, DXLD)

Jon Collins, Birmingham, says the Guardian also covered this, but no 
link provided (gh)

** U K [and non]. 5925, ASCENSION, BBC English to AF, S=8 or -81dBm in 
MI-US. Political comment report on Somali situation, 05-06 time slot, 
but stronger signal on BBC ASC 6005 kHz channel at S=9+10dB, and from 
06-07 UT on 7445 kHz same signal [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz 
RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, Morning log 0445-0640 UT on Oct 28, 
Logged in US Detroit Michigan remote SDR unit wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, 
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Winter B-16 frequency changes of BBC from Oct 30
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/10/winter-b-16-frequency-changes-of-bbc.html
(DX RE MIX NEWS #976 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, November 1, 
2016 via DXLD)

** U S A. 4710, WPII600, Glastonbury, CT, TIS (3 X 1570 harmonic) ID 
by M starting the loop announcement at 2106:45. Did catch phone number 
and website earlier. Very fady. First time heard since 6 Sept. and 
surprised it made it again. 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, 26 October 
2016 Micro-DXpedition: RX: Perseus SDR, ANT: 313’ Beverage (BOG) aimed 
at 60 . Solar Indices: Solar Flux = 78, A Index = 48, K Index = 5, G2 
level storms. A7 X-Ray flux, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via WORLD OF 
RADIO 1850, DXLD)

** U S A. 5058.5, Nov 1 at 0147 and 0205, WI2XJP, LOWFER beacon in 
WAYLAND MA, better than before with slow CW ID marker. Fortunately, 
5050 WWRB is not splashing this far, and also far enough from the 
5072/5085/5098 WTWW signals (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. Re: MARS COMMUNICATION EXERCISE BROADCAST SUNDAY

W2TFM refers to "30 OCT AT 2300 HOURS."  This is apparently EDT.
According to this ARRL news item ...

http://www.arrl.org/news/mars-amateur-radio-interoperability-exercise-to-test-very-bad-day-scenario

... the first transmission is October 31 UT at 0300 UT on 5330.5 kHz 
(Kim Elliott, Oct 30, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

5330 USB. Loud and clear at 0310 UT, AAM3 and AAM9 (Dino Bloise, 
Miami, FL, Oct 31, ibid.)

Received here in Spain also. Very weak at the beginning. AAM3 readable 
around 0320Z, AAM9 around 0340Z. 73! (Mauricio Molano, Salamanca, 
ESPAÑA - SPAIN, 
RX site:  Aldea del Cano, Cáceres. 
LAT:  39º17'09.70 N    LONG: 6º19'00 W
RX: PERSEUS.   ANT: WELLBROOK ALA1530S+
http://moladx.blogspot.com/ Oct 31, ibid.)

Weak but mostly clear signals received in Hanwell, NB, from both AAM3 
(bit stronger) and AAM9. Do we know they exact locations of these 
stations? (-- Richard Langley, Oct 31, ibid.)

** U S A. 5330.5-USB, UT Nov 1 at 0150, MARS station AFA6JB is 
coordinating contacts with hams on one of their ``60 meter`` channels. 
Only here, it seems, can MARS legally operate on exactly same ham 
frequency rather than ``crossband``. 

There was a big event promoting this yesterday, but they are doing it 
{rather, something related?} again tonight, and beyond? AFA6JB 
mentions Roosevelt something, maybe a clue to his location? Anyhow, 
somewhere in MARS Region 6. 

YL ham Mindy, W7ZAP, from Curry County, Oregon, is heard first. Each 
ham is asked about ``conditions`` where they are --- normal. Another 
YL, this time a MARSian, AAR6BB, apparently in TX joins in, and helps 
relay inaudible contacts to AFA6JB. All except `JB speak very pro-
forma rather than extemporaneously. They are thanked for 
``participating in the exercise``. When one contact is over, there is 
a pileup of more stations calling in on same frequency. It seems HQ 
wants only one contact from any county. `JB also specifies the time 
each one is logged in, and his clock is 4 minutes fast! Still going at 
0215.

Dan Srebnick originally tipped the DXLDyg about this on Friday Oct 28:

``[dxld] MARS Communication Exercise Broadcast Sunday --- There is a 
MARS communication exercise taking place this weekend. As part of the 
exercise, a MARS station on the east and west coasts will broadcast a 
bulletin which will be verified by a QSL. Please see the notice below:

A HIGH POWER 60 METER BROADCAST WILL BE MADE TO THE AMATEUR RADIO 
COMMUNITY THIS SUNDAY 30 OCT AT 2300 HOURS ON 5330.5 USB (60 M). IT 
WILL REPEATEDLY RUN A 5 MINUTE BROADCAST FOR AN HOUR ALTERNATING 
BETWEEN AN EAST COAST AND WEST COAST STATION. THE BROADCAST WILL 
INSTRUCT AMATEUR RADIO STATIONS TO MAKE CONTACT WITH A MARS STATIONS 
ON 60 METER CHANNELS (INCLUDING 5330.5 USB) AND REPORT LOCAL 
CONDITIONS. AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS WHO RECEIVE THE HIGH POWER 60 
METER BROADCAST WILL ALSO RECEIVE A QSL CARD BY ENTERING A RECEPTION 
REPORT ON THE WWW.USARMYMARS.ORG WEBSITE. Carver W2TFM MARS Region 2 
(NY & NJ) Director, AAA2RD`` 

How high power? Google search on call AFA6JB gets one hit to a blog:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/100wattsandawire/ 

``You can work 2 MARS stations right now on 5.330.50Mhz. Theres AFA6JB 
and AAR6BB. Go get em!`` but time not shown and the original is too 
far down the page to reach in this active forum. At the top:

``PINNED POST News Feed Christian Cudnik 4 hrs --- Episode 70 of the 
100 Watts and a Wire [Podcast] is posted. Please share it with others, 
and remind them to subscribe. You can also have the show delivered 
directly to your smart phone or device by using one of the many 
podcast applications. Enjoy. K0STH 100`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. Re: VOA Radiogram, 24-25 January 2015 <=== ("halo"= intermod 
2nd order with 360 Hz hum)

Am 23.01.2015 um 05:52 schrieb VOA Radiogram:

>Hello friends, Many of you have had problems with the Fldigi RxID. It 
correctly identifies the MFSK32 mode, but sets the audio frequency to 
somewhere between 1100 and 1200 Hz rather than the actual 1500 Hz 
center frequency. I've noticed this phenomenon for over a year, but it 
might be more prevalent in newer versions of Fldigi.

If you are receiving a strong signal from the North Carolina 
transmitter, there is often a "halo" above and below the 500-Hz-wide 
trace of the MFSK32 signal. You can see this in a screenshot sent by 
Jonathan in Ontario ...
http://voaradiogram.net/post/108921423812/voa-radiogram-24-25-january-2015-will-include-a

I think the Fldigi RxID latches on to the first thing it encounters 
that looks like an RSID, which would be the halo to the left (lower in 
frequency) of the actual MFSK32 signal. That halo is enough to 
activate the RxID, but not enough to receive actual text.

Roger: ====>

https://www.dropbox.com/s/v2b2njk7bzrxslo/2016-10-22_VOA%205745-120Hz-360Hz-intermod.png?dl=0

I think this collage explains the corresponding phenomenon well. The 
origin is a dirty voltage conditioning due to poor signal processing 
filtering (aging of defective filter capacitors).

The strongest humming signal of 360 Hz produces a second-order 
intermodulation of +/- 360 Hz regarding the corresponding audio 
frequency. This means that all digital signals less than 360 Hz 
bandwidth are decoded well, like the "ghost RSIDs". MFSK32 is however 
too wide; there are destructive overlaps. MFSK16 with 316 Hz BW would 
work, despite 18 dB under original signal.

Thanks to Georg, who gave me similar thoughts (roger, dxldyg via DXLD)

** U S A. 15220 // 11720, Friday Oct 28 at 2005, VOA Kriyòl is back! I 
don`t bandscan every day at this time, and assumed it was staying off 
since Kim Elliott told us its final day was Oct 14. Has it been back 
since then, or M-F only? Or ad-hoc, maybe on, maybe not? The two 
frequencies are synchronized from Greenville, presumably again at 
2000-2030 UT only.

15220 // 11720, Saturday Oct 29 at 1959, having heard VOA Kriyol 
yesterday, I`m checking again, and indeed Greenville is signing on, 
but 2000 news in English, 2005 VOA One ID and pop music in English, 
2009 DJ Larry London who acts as if he likes this stuff ---- and not a 
mot of kriyòl to 2030 cut-off tune in progress for YDD sign-off. 15220 
has been a solid S9+10 while 11720 faded between S9 and S7. BTW, these 
do NOT appear in HFCC A-16 or B-16 as of October 28. Perhaps there is 
no Creole programming produced on weekends, but they keep the 
transmitters running anyway? It would be more helpful to the Haitians 
to duplicate VOA in real French at the same hour on 15730 & 17530, but 
receptionwise, hardly necessary as those two from Greenville to Africa 
likely boom into Haiti as well. Then I find this note from a John: 

``Glenn, I'm in Central Florida and I've noted the VOA in Creole 
between 2000 and 2030 Monday-Friday for the last week and a half, with 
English broadcasts on Saturday and Sunday. Frequencies remain 11720 
and 15220 kHz. Signals are always very strong here, S9 +50 on 11720, 
S9 +10 on 15220 kHz. I don't know how long these transmissions will 
continue for. My regards, John``.

11720, Oct 31 at 2003, VOA Kriyòl is S5-S9 // 15220 at S6-S8, 
undermodulated at tune-in, then they turned it up to normal level 
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1850, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [non]. 12075, Oct 31 at 2007, pop music at S7, // 15730 GB, 
so it`s VOA French, 100 kW, 350 degrees from BOTSWANA at 1830-2030. 
HFCC B-16 shows 12075 is used only by IBB from many diverse sites and 
hours: also Kuwait, UK, Vatican, Thailand, São Tomé (Glenn Hauser, OK, 
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 7305, Nov 1 at 0134, open carrier already on from GB, during 
the one hour Radio Martí is on jammed 7365, but no leapfrog mixing 
product detectable on 7425. I suspect sometimes a different 
transmitter and/or antenna is involved which do not mix. 0145, starts 
VATICAN relay in Spanish, still extant on 7305, violating Separation 
of Church & State, and still no 7425. At 0200, RM switches now to 
7435, which would put the leapfrog on new 7565, but at 0222 check, no 
carrier detectable there, in splash of 7570 WRMIBS (Glenn Hauser, OK, 
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1849 monitoring: confirmed Thu Oct 27 at 2130 
on WRMI, 13695, very good; also confirmed Thu Oct 27 after 2330 on 
WBCQ 9330v-CUSB; also confirmed Fri Oct 28 at 2330 on WBCQ, 9329.986v-
CUSB, S9. Next:
Sat 0630   HLR  6190-CUSB to SW 
Sat 0800   Unique Radio NSW 3210 ND
Sat 1300   Unique Radio NSW 3210 ND
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 0830   Unique Radio NSW 3210 ND
Sun 2330   WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Mon 0300v  WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW
Mon 0330   WRMI 9955 to SSE  
Mon 2330   WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Tue 0030   WRMI 7730 to WNW [ex-Mon 0030]
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

We also welcome a new WORLD OF RADIO affiliate, a webcasting station 
from Poland, Radio DHT, with Dance, Hands-up and Trance music, but 
Patryk Faliszewski has invited WOR to be heard as well, Saturdays and 
Sundays at approx. 12:10 pm Polish time, which means Oct 29 at 1010 
UT, and from Oct 30 onwards, at 1110 UT. You may also enjoy the music 
even if you don`t speak Polish. ``We are a small, yet developing 
internet station broadcasting mainly 90's Eurodance, Eurobeat, and at 
late hours U.T, the Hands-up and trance music``. Patryk says most of 
the staff is totally or partially blind. Details (in Polish) and audio 
link at 
http://www.radiodht.com 
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

World of Radio via HLR on 6190 kHz, Oct.29
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/10/reception-of-hamburger-lokalradio-on.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 
m. long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

World of Radio##1849
0630-0700 6190 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg to CeEu English Sat till Oct 29
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvor6RX9Tbo

World of Radio##1850
0730-0800 6190 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg to CeEu English Sat from Nov 05

Sufficient if noisy reception on his recording. I see the receiver is 
tuned to 6190.2 for proper SSB demodulation --- is rx off or 
transmitter off-frequency? (gh, DXLD)

At 18:16 29/10/2016, you wrote:

>GERMANY. 6190, Oct 29 at 0620, NO signal from Hamburger Lokalradio, 
or anything. Tho at 1 kW certainly intended only for Europe, I`ve long 
been desirous of picking up this longtime WORLD OF RADIO affiliate 
directly. WOR coming up at 0630 after Switzerland in Sound. Today was 
my best chance propagationally before the time shift next week to one 
hour later, WOR at 0730. In B-16, co-channel QRM will also resume from 
BBC via South Africa until 0800, which we hope will have faded out in 
Europe by 0730.

7265, Oct 29 at 1414, via UTwente SDR, NO signal from HLR other 
frequency either, so suspected not on, during Media Network Plus, nor 
at further chex before 1500 for WORLD OF RADIO at 1431 (which from 
next week will be at 1531, and once again colliding with CRI English 
via Kashgar, East Turkistan at 1400-1600, 174 degrees for S Asia, but 
in winter also a blocker for HLR in Europe.) Now there is ACI from 
7270 and also something on 7260 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)<

Hi Glenn, HLR was audible here in the UK this afternoon, but not very 
strong, looks like it was skipping over the Twente site. The signal 
has been very poor here on 7265 for the past few weeks, though I have 
managed to catch World of Radio by using USB on a few occasions.

Channel 292 [6070] also had a very strong data signal blocking out its 
programmes for much of this afternoon, this sounded a bit like it was 
military judging by the strength, though could have been deliberate. 
It defied my attempts to decode it at any rate (Alan Gale, Oct 29, 
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

WORLD OF RADIO 1849 monitoring. Altho I could not hear it via UTwente, 
Alan Gale in UK confirms the Sat Oct 29 1431 UT broadcast was audible 
there on 7265-CUSB, apparently skipping over the SDR in Holland. Ivo 
Ivanov in Bulgaria also confirms the Sat Oct 29 at 0631 UT broadcast 
on 6190-CUSB. Confirmed here the Sat 2230 broadcast on WBCQ 9330.007v-
CUSB. Also confirmed UT Sunday October 30 at 0327 on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, 
MO, 6 minutes in, so started circa 0321; S9+20 and no LSB QRM, as a 
big contest congesting 40m apparently is off-limits to 160. Next:
Sun 0830   Unique Radio NSW 3210 ND
Sun 2330   WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Mon 0300v  WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW
Mon 0330   WRMI 9955 to SSE  
Mon 2330   WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Tue 0030   WRMI 7730 to WNW [ex-Mon 0030]
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 1849 monitoring: confirmed Sunday October 30 at 2330 on 
WBCQ, 9329.991v-CUSB, S9+10. Also confirmed UT Monday October 31 from 
0302:05 on Area 51 via WBCQ, 5130.05, but just barely audible, and 
down to only a JBA carrier at 0323. Also confirmed UT Monday October 
31 at 0330 on WRMI 9955, which is also JBA at S1. K-index 3 at 0300, 
solar flux only 76 for Oct 30. Next:
Mon 2330   WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Tue 0030   WRMI 7730 to WNW
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 1849 monitoring: confirmed Monday October 31 at 2330 on 
WBCQ, 9330.027v-CUSB, very poor. Next:
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)

WORLD OF RADIO non-DST times from November 6:

WRMI: 9955: Thu 1230, Mon 0430, Tue 1200, Wed 1415.5
WBCQ: 5130 Mon 0400, 7490 Wed 2200, 9330 daily except UT Sunday 0030, 
Saturday 2330
WA0RCR: Sat 2030v, UT Sun 0415v
HLR: Sat 0730 6190-CUSB, 1530 7265-CUSB 
(Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1850, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

See fully updated schedule of all WOR emissions, including webcasters, 
AM, FM, satellite:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html

** U S A. 21675, Oct 27 at 1428, `Unshackled` episode #3472 is 
wrapping up on Radio Africa Network via WRMI, ID with box address in 
Zimbabwe; good signal back here.

7780, Oct 30 at 0629, the PCJ Radio International special, `From the 
Archives of Radio Nederland` #4, supposed to be all about Eddie Startz 
this month, is NOT airing at scheduled time of 0600-0800 on WRMI 7780 
to Europe. Instead I am hearing some familiar `World Music` default 
fill, African percussion & chanting, 0632 on to another tune. Still 
music at 0701 final check. This is S9+10, but off side of beam as 
always much weaker here than BS on 7570 to NW at S9+50, and 7730 to 
WNW at S9+30. I suppose there will be another try to make good a week 
later {not}. Meanwhile, will the scheduled repeat to North America, UT 
Monday October 31 at 0100-0300 on 7570, transpire? (frequency which 
Keith mis-spoke on MN+ at ``7750``) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

Non stop instrumental music heard at tune in 0735 UT on 7780, fair 
signal though, SIO 343. No IDs as yet, though (Russ Cummings, 
AOR7030+, 18m long wire, North Ferriby, East Yorkshire, UK, BDXC-UK yg 
via DXLD)

There is no non-stop music. The details seem off (Keith Perron, 0514 
UT October 31, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

0752 UT Europe Hymn with English language pop sound text, S=9+15dB in 
Detroit Michigan. S=7-8 -81dBm in southern Germany. 0758 UT. At 0754 
UT French / English language Caribbean singer sound ... strange 
program mixture. At Glory has come, ... TOM at 0800:10 UT, BURNT IN 
THE FIRE, end of the World ... by detail (Wolfgang Büschel, Oct 30, 
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) That was just standard `World Music` 

My recording using the U. Twente receiver confirms the no-show of 
`From the Archives of Radio Nederland`#4'. Very poor reception 
initially anyway. Got somewhat better in the second hour. Let's hope 
they do better tonight. Will record using my own equipment.
(Richard Langley, NB, ibid.)

Yes, in addition to the no-show for 0600-0800 UT on 7780 kHz on 30 
October, there was only world music and some Brother Stair between 
0100 and 0300 UT on 7570 kHz on 31 October. What's going on? This is 
not the first time we've had a screw-up with PCJ programming on WRMI. 
We lament that SW is going down the tubes but not getting schedules 
right doesn't help (-- Richard Langley, ibid.)

11580, Sunday Oct 30 at 1441, preaching other than TOM on WRMI-1, 
since `Worship in your Home` is on sked grid as Sundays only 1300-
1500, but doesn`t show what occurs rest of week, which as we hear, is 
really World Music during the 14-15 hour.

[and non]. 9955, Sunday Oct 30 at 2245, I can barely make out Ray 
Robinson`s voice reading some radio-history script, so it must be 
`Wavescan` under wall-of-noise jamming, which WRMI has brought upon 
itself by scheduling Radio Libertad both before and after the 22-23 UT 
hour, at least on weekdays. Other English programming at 22-23 is also 
collaterally damaged. {Sundays at 2130-2230 is `Foro Revolucionario`, 
which surely Must Be Jammed --- make that *Contra*-Revolucionario}. 

7570, UT Mon Oct 31 at 0127 on WRMI, African percussion music, i.e. 
World Music default, instead of the scheduled special at 01-03 from 
PCJ Radio International, From the Archives of Radio Nederland, part 4! 
The previous airing at 06 to Europe on 7780 was also a no-show, and I 
believe with the same music when I checked circa 0629. Still music at 
0200, but at 0231 recheck back to BS already. 

7780, UT Mon Oct 31 at 0605 check, this WRMI is again playing World 
Music fill instead of Brother Scare, just like it was doing 24 hours 
earlier when it was supposed to be running the PCJ special. Such 
mixups have happened previous months, to be made good the following 
week.

11580, Monday Oct 31 before and after 1315, WRMI with World Music, and 
also at 1429 romantic song in Spanish, before #1 transmitter goes back 
to BS at 1500.

9955, Monday Oct 31 at 2257, wall-of-noise jamming vs a DX program in 
Spanish --- 2-month old {?} Brazilian loggings voiced by Manuel 
Méndez, so it`s Frecuencia al Día, which did nothing to deserve any 
jamming --- Dino Bloise isn`t even Cuban. 2300 jamming intensifies 
even more as Radio Libertad starts. Note that from Nov 6, all 9955 
programming shifts one UT hour later, unlike other WRMI frequencies. 

11580, Tuesday Nov 1 at 1359.5, UKRAINE relay narration is incomplete, 
cut off for WRMI ID, 1400 gospel rock/praise music, 1411 Xmasy tune 
``Do U C what I C?``, but later at 1455 it`s ME World Music toward end 
of the hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 7490, 5130 & 3250, UT Sat Oct 29 at 0010, WBCQ with `Allan 
Weiner Worldwide`, trimulcasting in disturbed auroral conditions, 
which weakens 7490 here, makes delayed // 5130.08 unusually better at 
S9+25. Says 3250 is also on air, but at first all I can perceive is a 
JBA carrier circa 3250.3. By 0028, 5130 is fading down too, S7. By 
0056, 3250 modulation is detectable // 7490. 0112 recheck, now some 
program info, but copy is getting difficult on any frequency. Charlie 
Prince show in German will be on a week from tomorrow, Sat 9 pm ET on 
9330 [UT Nov 6 when DST will still be in effect, so = 01 UT Sunday]. 
Carol Babaloo (?) will be a 3-hour extravaganza music show, episode 1, 
Sunday Nov 20 at 3-6 pm EST on 5130 (20-23 UT). Dead Frog Radio will 
be once a month, I think he said. 

In promoting his fund drive, Allan asserts that he would like to see 
some liberal / leftwing / progressive programming on WBCQ, but none 
such wants to appear. Maybe the fundraiser will allow something like 
that to be underwritten. At 0123, 7490 has recovered to S9+10 for his 
benedixion, piously calling upon God to intervene in the elexion and 
``bring us a good president`` which he says we have not really had in 
his lifetime. Allan, of course, is backing Trump, no matter what. Says 
his absentee ballot is on hand, waiting until just before he departs 
for winter in Florida, before elexion day.

5130.07, UT Sunday Oct 30 at 0017, Area 51 via WBCQ is starting to 
play the original ``War of the Worlds`` classic. Sufficient now, but 
fading weaker later in the hour. From the site which 
http://worldmicroscope.com forwards to now:

``On-air, Halloween weekend 2016 --- Area 51 is on WBCQ 5.130 MHz and 
http://www.splatterbox.us:5110

All times UT. We’re on an extra hour each night this weekend and have 
a full schedule for your listening entertainment.

Saturday, October 29, 2016: 2300 Radio Timtron Worldwide; [UT Sunday 
Oct 30:] 0100 The Lumpy Gravy Radio Show; 0200 Capital Rips; 0400 
Radio Free Euphoria.

Sunday, October 30, 2016: 2300 Grits Radio (live); [UT Monday Oct 31:] 
0000 Plastic Magic; 0200 Capital Rips; 0300 Glenn Hauser’s World of 
Radio; 0330 Hobart Radio International; 0400 Yukon Jack’s Halloween. 

You can help us cover our costs, which include streaming, archiving, 
and airtime. Please consider donating via Paypal to 
radiofreemountairy@gmail.com`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** U S A. 11870, Oct 28 at 0621, one WEWN transmitter is still 
missing. 13830, Oct 28 at 2007, now this one is AWOL.

5810, Oct 30 at 0051, no signal from WEWN, which is registered to 
start at 0000 both in A-16 and B-16; 11520 has a JBA carrier, and 
11870 also missing. But at 0109, now 5810 is on and inbooming at S9+20 
with Rosary in Spanish.

5810, Oct 30 at 1335, WEWN Spanish is still on and JBA carrier on 
15610 must be WEWN English; but neither 11550 nor 12050 is on with 
Spanish. WEWN has yet to put up a B-16 sked but A-16:
http://www.ewtn.com/radio/freq.htm
shows both 25m frequencies during this hour, and 5810 finishing at 
0500! HFCC B-16 shows 11550 totally abandoned by WEWN, 12050 starting 
at 1400; AND: 5810 greatly expanded to a 00-14 UT span. But only two 
of any three scheduled frequencies are funxioning until and unless the 
third transmitter be fixed.

11520, Oct 30 at 2213, WEWN English with caller mentioning that 
``Obama is a Muslim``, and talkhost does not correct her! Just another 
example of the political sewage spewed out by private US SW stations. 
Meanwhile, WEWN Spanish is on 12050. One would have expected English 
to be on 15610 at this hour, as it was in A-16. In fact, HFCC B-16 
shows 11520 for WEWN only at 00-13 UT! And 15610 at 13-24, so they are 
totally off-schedule.

11520, Oct 31 at 2004, WEWN is again VG here instead of scheduled 
daytime frequency for English, 15610 --- certainly better for us, but 
for the target? 12050 in Spanish is even better, S9+30, while 13830 
(if that`s where the third transmitter is supposed to be now), still 
AWOL (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1850, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9275, Thu Oct 28 at 1840, WMLK is on with DEJOM; but Fri Oct 
29 at 1829, no signal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9917.12 & 9942.90, Oct 28 at 2010 during presumed Dave 
Ramsey Show on 9930v WTWW-2, also approx. plus/minus 12.9 kHz spurs 
out of it just like it spews around 5085 at night. Maybe a trace of 
modulation on the upper one. 

9930, Sat Oct 29 at 1823, theatre organ music on WTWW-2. Must be that 
new show we had been hearing UT Sundays after 0100 on 5085. Yes, 
announcement says it`s Theatre Organ of the Ozarx, address in Pleasant 
Hill MO, but music this week is from an instrument in Belleville IL, 
300 miles away. First of all, Pleasant Hill is just south of Kansas 
City, not exactly in the Ozarx! Second of all, the distance between 
them is only 232 statute miles crowly, or 261 miles drively. Says a 
second time has been added, Sat 1 pm [CT] on 9930; but runs until 1835 
WTWW ID, so must have started late circa 1806 UT. Super-strong but a 
shame that the great organ music be marred by WTWW modulation rather 
distorted, plus some selective fading distortion (Glenn Hauser, OK, 
WORLD OF RADIO 1850, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

9475, WTWW Lebanon TN (presumed); Permanently deParted & dePosited 
Pastor Pete Peters in last days mode; said that our houses will burn, 
our gold & silver will rust, our eyes will rot in their sockets & our 
tongues will rot in our mouths (inspiring as always!); PdPdPPPP prayed 
& asked that the Lord filter it so he wouldn’t accidentally bless the 
evil. (I heard it anyway) S30  (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake 
R8B + 185' & 60' RW + 125' bow-tie, ----- All logged by my ears, on my 
receiver, in real time! ----- DX LISTENING DIGEST) Oops, no date or 
time, but what difference makes it? (gh)

12105, Oct 31 at 2008, WTWW-3 at S9+30, back on with Bibling Worldwide 
in Brazuguese. Had not been heard at misc. chex for more than a week. 
At 0119 Nov 1, 12105 still on at S9 but dead air, typical (Glenn 
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5025-5070 approx., Oct 30 at 0015, range of splatter out of 
5050 WWRB, bothering 5040 RHC and heard on 5025 against the Rebelde 
carrier. At 0135, I notice 5050 bears crosstalk from a different 
speaker, somewhat softer underneath, re something she did in 1992 and 
1993 --- I bet it`s about Hillary. 0144 still two audios mixing, the  
underone louder than before. The overone IDs as `Heart & Soul of 
America Broadcast`, Centreville VA, offers anti-Semitic DVD. Way to 
go, Dave! 

5050, UT Tuesday November 1 at 0200, WWRB with anti-Semitic gospel 
huxter saying ``brutes are running around and Judah-izing --- why this 
country is under a dark cloud``. Unpolished, speaks slowly, ``have a 
blessèd week`` until 0203.5* cut carrier immediately without any ID, 
as WWRB may be too embarrassed to associate with him? This offal will 
presumably resume UT Sunday circa 0100 for another 3-nite run (Glenn 
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 7505.09v, UT Thu Oct 27 at 0345, finally hear WRNO in 
Chinese, but sounds a bit stilted, and signal now is VP only S3 (Glenn 
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 15555, WJHR, Milton FL (presumed); 1602, 30-Oct; English 
huxter explaining the differences between armadillos & possums. (I 
have no doubt this was relevant…to something) S9 (Harold Frodge, 
Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 185' & 60' RW + 125' bow-tie, ----- All 
logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! -----, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

** U S A. WWCR Transmitter Problem? When setting up to record the 
DigiDX program via WRMI on 15770 kHz later, I noticed that WWCR on 
15825 kHz is splashing all the way down to 15770 kHz at about 2025 UT. 
Anyone else notice this? (Richard Langley, NB, Oct 30, dxldyg via DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9265, WINB Red Lion PA (presumed); 2044, 26-Oct; Huxter 
speaking in hick English trying to convince me that Hell exists. S9 (I 
think it exists on the 31 mb.) (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake 
R8B + 185' & 60' RW + 125' bow-tie, ----- All logged by my ears, on my 
receiver, in real time! ----- DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 570, Oct 27 at 0518 UT, ``American Pie``, 0520 UT ``104.5 FM 
and AM 570, Las Cruces`` non-ID with no calls, right back to another 
classic rock tune. Good signal mutually separable from KLIF. Hard to 
believe KWML Las Cruces NM is on night power of 155 watts instead of 
day 5000 watts, both non-direxional. 104.5 despite top billing is a 
mere translator, K283CG (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1850, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

Oct 30 at 0916 UT, Earth, Wind & Fire '70s tune heard in schmutz on 
570, under apparent WAAX' Coast-to-Coast via remote tuner near 
Birmingham, Alabama. Tune matched up with Internet audio stream & 
playlist scroll provided by KWML Las Cruces, NM. Not bad, even for 5 
kW in case of possible cheating; maybe KLAC could be conceivable here 
at some future time? (GREG HARDISON, CA, DXLD yg via WORLD OF RADIO 
1850, DXLD)

** U S A. 1190-, Oct 27 at 0546 UT, unfamiliar rock music, ``You are 
listening to Boulder and Denver`s premier independent radio station, 
98.9 and 1190 AM in Boulder``, no calls, but per NRC AM Log 2016 it`s 
student-operated KVCU, with an AOR/VAR format. 98.9 with top-billing 
is a mere translator, K255DA. Hard to believe 1190 is 110 watts night 
power instead of 6800 day power, both non-direxional. Is slightly off-
frequency to low side; fades a bit vs some Spanish CCI, more likely 
Mexican than United Statesian (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1480, Oct 28 at 1305 UT, KBXD Dallas with ad for that 
jeweler in Frisco and something in another Metroplex suburb, IDs in 
passing as Radio Salam, M&W hosts in Hinglish; 1307 UT traffic report 
of necessity mostly in English; with usual slow SAH vs KQAM Wichita 
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1580, Oct 31 at 0259 UT, ``God Save the Queen`` on organ, 
but fade-down for KFCS ID as expected from Colorado Springs CO, the 
usual dominatrix now, not unwilling to run 10 kW day power at night 
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. [Re 16-43, my WNRP 1620 FL log with TV weathercast:]
WNRP's site mentions they carry audio of select WEAR newscasts 
(including their 10 pm show), so... (Raymie Humbert, AZ, Oct 27, WTFDA 
Forum via DXLD)

WEAR-TV, analog 3, Pensacola FL, was one of my very first TVDX 
catches, seen several times in 1953-1954 from Santa Rosa NM. 
Transmitter site was in Alabama. O, how I miss the dynamism of good 
old sporadic E analog TV DX! (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** URUGUAY. 28435-USB, Oct 30 at 2236, CK2DK with contest contacts. 
QRZ.com shows: ``CX2DK Uruguay, flag Uruguay, MARCELO FERNANDO EGÜES 
MARTORELL, PO Box: 37, P.C: 11000, Montevideo - Uruguay`` (Glenn 
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** VATICAN. VATICAN RADIO ROLE TO DIMINISH IN HOLY SEE’S NEW 
COMMUNICATIONS STRATEGY?  Catholic World News     October 31, 2016
http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=29798

The role of Vatican Radio, traditionally operated by Jesuits, will be 
less prominent in a new overall Vatican communications strategy, 
predicts Vatican journalist Sandro Magister of L’Espresso.

Vatican Radio has been largely dedicated to short-wave radio 
broadcasts. But Msgr. Dario Vigano, the prefect of the Secretariat for 
Communications, plans to focus future efforts on new communications 
technologies, particularly the social media. As the new Secretariat 
gradually integrates the Vatican’s different media efforts—which in 
the past have operated independently—the shift in emphasis is likely 
to become more visible.

Vatican Radio, which employs a large staff to serve its many different 
language sections, is also one of the most expensive communications 
efforts of the Vatican. With no advertising, the broadcasts produce 
little revenue, and Vatican Radio runs at an annual deficit of €20- 30 
million ($22-$33 million) a year.

References: Goodbye, Jesuits. Vatican Media Get a New Face and New 
Boss (Vatican Radio)
http://chiesa.espresso.repubblica.it/articolo/1351400?eng=y
(via Mike Terry, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1850, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

The referenced Sandro Magister makes a clear, unconditional claim:
"Vatican Radio will stop broadcasting on shortwave."
http://chiesa.espresso.repubblica.it/articolo/1351400?eng=y
Posted by: (Kai Ludwig, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1850, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

Was going through the Vatican file in HFCC and found the following 
cuts: Only 1 frequency now at 0300-0330, 0500-0530 was 2 frequencies 
before. Only 2 frequencies now at 1730-1800, was 3 frequencies (Peter 
W Hansen, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1850, DXLD)

Hi Glenn, Nov 1, tuned 9650 kHz, 0434-0457*, and heard French. Seemed
to fit the Radio Vatican schedule, but was not on their scheduled
9660. An anomaly? (Ron Howard, California, dxldyg via DXLD)

See HFCC, Request#  file sorted. Vatican Radio 4-5 UT,  9660 / 9650 
via MDG changed very late. See RFI Swahili, Issoudun 9665 kHz till 
0500 UT. wb (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.)

Special transmission of Vatican Radio, Nov 1
1100-1130 on  9645 SMG 100 kW / 330 deg to WeEu
1100-1130 on 11740 SMG 250 kw / 004 deg to EaEu
1100-1130 on 11740 SMG 250 kW / 310 deg to SoEu
1100-1130 on 15595 SMG 100 kW / 319 deg to WeEu
1100-1130 on 21560 SMG 250 kW / 113 deg to N/ME
1100-1130 on 21560 SMG 250 kW / 185 deg to CeAf
1100-1130 on 21560 SMG 250 kW / 223 deg to WeAf
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/special-transmission-of-vatican-radio.html
(Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

What was special about them, All Saints Day? language(s)? (gh, DXLD)

** VENEZUELA. Emisoras AM captadas hoy en la mañana en Barcelona Edo 
Anzoátegui:
 550  YVKE Mundial 
 610  Radio Centro
 630  RNV Caracas
 660  Radio Anaco
 670  Radio Rumbos 
 680  Radio Cumaná 
 750  Radio Caracas [Radio]
 790  Radio Venezuela
 830  Radio Sensación 
 860  Radio Curom [Curaçao]
 910  Radio RQ 910
 920  Radio Nueva Esparta
 990  Radio Tropical 
1090  Unión Radio Deportes
1200  Radio Tiempo
1310  RNV Barcelona
1340  Radio Uno
1420  Radio Sintonía
1490  Radio Dinámica
1500  Radio 2000
1590  Radio Deporte
*Nota* Unión Radio 640 y Radio Barcelona 1080 fuera del aire al 
momento ("José Elías Díaz Gómez", Oct 31, condiglista yg via DXLD)

[Slightly different list a few hours later at 2037 UT:]

Emisoras AM captadas hoy en la mañana y tarde en Barcelona Edo 
Anzoátegui

 550  YVKE Mundial 
 610  Radio Centro
 630  RNV Caracas
 660  Radio Anaco
 670  Radio Rumbos 
 680  Radio Cumaná 
 710  Radio Capital
 750  Radio Caracas
 790  Radio Venezuela
 830  Radio Sensación 
 860  Radio Courom
 910  Radio RQ ??
 920  Radio Nueva Esparta
 990  Radio Tropical 
1040  La Voz de Carabobo
1090  Unión Radio Deportes
1130  Radio Ideal
1200  Radio Tiempo
1260  BBN Radio
1290  Radio Pto Cabello
1310  RNV Barcelona
1340  Radio Uno
1420  Radio Sintonía
1490  Radio Dinámica
1500  Radio 2000
1590  Radio Deporte
*Nota* Unión Radio 640, Radio Barcelona 1080 y Radio Continente 590 
fuera del aire al momento de la escucha. 4:30 pm. Más tarde nuestro 
monitoreo nocturno (JEDG, ibid.)

SO there you have a few which are not inactive, kaput (gh, DXLD)

** VIETNAM. 9635.809, Voice of Vietnam, in Vietnamese from Son Tay 
broadcast center, S=5 noted in Tokyo remote at 1307 UT, Oct 30  
(Wolfgang Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 30, dxldyg via DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

Weak signal of Voice of Vietnam Home Sce-1, Oct 31
from 0900 on  9635.9 SON 100 kW / 145 deg to SEAs Vietnamese
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/weak-signal-of-voice-of-vietnam-home.html
(Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** VIETNAM [non]. 7315, Oct 30 at 0041, V. of Vietnam is still here 
via WHRI, in stilted Spanish, with QRM --- or rather voice-under 
remaining during translation, a no-no on SW. Only S8. If still going 
Oct 31, we may start to assume VOV relay be prolonged into B-16, 
including English at 0000 and/or 0100.

7315, Nov 1 at 0126, Vietnamese song, so VOV is still relayed this 
semihour in English by WHRI, despite gap in registration. Stops at 
0128.5, for WHRI propaganda, Voice of the Martyrs ad, i.e. Christians 
persecuted; 0130:08 resumes VOV opening Spanish (Glenn Hauser, OK, 
WORLD OF RADIO 1850, DX LISTENING DIGEST) {Doesn`t Vietnam persecute 
Christians? Nudge, nudge.}

** YEMEN [non]. Reception of Republic of Yemen Radio, Oct 28
till 0900 on 11860 JED 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME Arabic
from 0900 on 11860 unknown tx / unknown to N/ME Arabic
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/10/reception-of-republic-of-yemen-radio_29.html
(Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

11860, Oct 28 at 1319, Republic of Yemen Radio, is good at S9 in 
Arabic, surely long-path as hi-latitude signals are quite poor by 
comparison, i.e. China, Japan (but further south Tinian & Saipan on 
12110 & 12140 are better). By 1433, 11860 is S9 plus 10 to 20. I keep 
listening in case there be a Qur`anic vesper break. No, but mostly 
music 1433 past 1500, including ``triumphal`` theme segments they play 
every day (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Greetings from Nevada! The conditions here have been poor with the 
Solar Flux in the mid-70s and the Geomagnetic activity ranging from 
severe storm to unsettled levels. This morning (local, ~1500z), I was 
able to detect a fluttery carrier from I presumed was Rep. Yemen Radio 
Sana`a on 11860 of which I haven't heard from for close to a week 
(Rodney Johnson, Las Vegas NV, Oct 29, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Greetings from Nevada! The conditions here have been fair with the 
Solar Flux in the mid-70s and the Geomagnetic activity more or less at 
unsettled levels since last week's storms. Rep. Yemen Radio Sana`a on 
11860 has been slowly coming back in the mornings here (~1300-1600z) 
and this morning, in particular, it was the strongest since. Heard 
over the last few days:

Rep.Yemen Radio Sanaa (Saudi Arabia Relay?)
11860Khz 1439 30 OCT - REP.YEMEN RADIO SANAA (YEMEN). SINPO = 25312. 
Arabic, music, male DJ. QSB=rapid-to-ff rate, modulation mostly just 
above the noise floor with occasional fades to mixing with it for 
short durations. (Re-check @1630z fluttery JBA carrier mixing with 
~880Hz tone). sf78.6, a26, k3, geomag: unsettled. 50kw?, Omni?, 
bearing 17 ?. Sangean ATS505 w/MFJ-1020C active antenna and MFJ-901B 
tuner used to preselect 75’ of 26-gauge wire loosely thrown over the 
roof above single story building. Received at Las Vegas, United 
States, 13039KM? from transmitter at Riyadh?. Local time: 0739.

Rep. Yemen Radio Sana`a (Saudi Arabia Relay?) 11860, 1415 1 NOV - 
SINPO = 35313. Arabic, music, male DJ. QSB=rapid-to-ff rate, 
modulation mostly just above the noise floor with occasional peaks 
well above it. sf77.5, a11, k3, geomag: unsettled. 50kw?, Omni?, 
bearing 17 ?. Sangean ATS505 w/MFJ-1020C active antenna and MFJ-901B 
tuner used to preselect 75’ of 26-gauge wire loosely thrown over the 
roof above single story building. Received at Las Vegas, United 
States, 13039KM? from transmitter at Riyadh?. Local time: 0715 (Rodney 
Johnson, NV, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ZAMBIA. Zambian power, FYI 
On Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 5:36 AM, Bill Bingham wrote:
Hi Ron, FYI, Zambian power cuts:
http://newsletters.iol.co.za/servlet/link/11978/104839/14280557/2501450
Regards, Bill (via Ron Howard, CA, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Hi Bill, Thanks so much for the news story. Yes, recently I have noted 
ZNBC/Radio One (5915) has been off the air much earlier than normal. 
On Oct 27, found test tone/open carrier at 0235; start of the African 
Fish Eagle IS at 0244, but when I checked later (sorry did not note 
the time) they were clearly off the air. Think they may have been on 
the air for maybe an hour and a half. Certainly a drastic reduction in 
their broadcasting time.

BTW - On Oct 27, also checked to see if there was any station 
underneath Cuba on 6165, but clearly there was nothing heard from 
about 0230 to 0430, except Cuba. So no return of Zambia there, at 
least not yet (Ron Howard, California, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** ZAMBIA [and non]. 13680, Saturday Oct 29 at 1356, stray Cuban pulse 
jammer at the rate of 80/minute, unlike the wall of noise against 
13605 Radio Martí (which tomorrow at 14-20 makes usual B-season switch 
to 13820, why? How long will it take the DCJC to catch up with it?). 

I`m seeking Voice of Hope - Africa as scheduled weekends only at 12-17 
UT, but which achieved a good signal here only once in early October, 
long-path? There is now a VP signal under the jamming, maybe this. 
Should be jazz or swing music show.

Since I have the UTwente SDR up to try to hear 7265 HLR with WOR 
(not), I then employ it on 13680. At 1415 Oct 29, yes, talk in English 
about missionaring in Africa. But at 1440 recheck strong signal in 
Farsi, which, as soon IDed, is NHK, listed as FRANCE relay at 1430-
1500. Zambia can barely be heard underneath it. At 1500, ``Amazing 
Grace`` is mixing with NHK timesignal and CRI theme, which continues 
but much weaker than NHK was, allowing Voice of Hope ID also to be 
copied. By 1508, CRI in Chinese via Kashgar is about equal level to 
VOH-A. Also considerable ACI from 13675 which is ChiCom jamming vs RFA 
Chinese via Tajikistan at 15-17. 13685 is also listed for CRI English 
via Mali. 

What`s going to happen from tomorrow with B-16 schedules? I thought 
someone from Voice of Hope was at HFCC Miami in August, yet currently 
there are NO HFCC registrations from VOH Lusaka/Zambia! Just KVOH 
17775 and imaginary 9975. If they do plan to keep on 13680, what will 
they encounter from stations which did register? Nothing on 13680 
except 0450-0550 Iran in Swahili. Nothing on 13675 during VOH-A hours. 
On 13685 will still be CRI Mali, and at 1330-1430 Turkey in Uighur. 
Looks like it`s safe to keep 13680. And how about 11680 if they stay 
there for the 05-08 UT broadcast on weekdays? Nothing else listed, and 
adjacently, only 11685, CNR in Tibetan from Beijing, should not be a 
problem. How about 9680, the other VOH-A frequency? Only competing 
Christian broadcaster KNLS Alaska has registered it at 07-08 and three 
later hours. Of course anything concerning Taiwan and the consequent 
radio war with China is banned from HFCC.

13680, Oct 30 at 1332, Voice of Hope - Africa with scheduled Swing 
music show as bait for evangelism, only S2. Is such music really 
attractive to an African audience? At least the show gets back on SW 
with KVOH 9975 still silent (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search, Oct 27 UT:
576-NW at 1236
612-WSW at 1246
702-WSW, 2 carriers beating at 1237; also 1245, maybe one more from W?
774-WSW at 1238
828-WSW at 1240
936-WSW at 1241

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search October 28, UT:
702-WSW at 1233, two carriers beating
774-WSW at 1233
1098-W at 1238

576-, at 1235, 1241, somewhat NW but hard to peak, and it`s a bit off-
frequency to lo side, so suspect this is really something local. 
However, not hearing it later during full daytime. (I am still hearing 
the 594+ spur of 1640-KZLS.) 

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search starts a bit late 
today Oct 31 as I wake up just before local sunrise at 1254 UT:
702-WSW at 1251
612-WSW at 1252
657-WSW at 1253
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED [and non]. 550.12, Central American *1044 October 30, 
2016. While sitting on the channel, a decent carrier popped up at 
1044. Someone beginning or about to begin their broadcast day, 
pointing SSW/NNE, though surely deep Central American because of fade-
out a bit after local sunrise. No audio, with Rebelde right on 550 as 
well as someone domestic with FOX News Radio at 1100, probably the 
same one with Dr. Pinkus brokered quackster prior. Rough measure on 
the NRD-535, but the het sounds almost the same tonal as 539.83 
Nicaragua. This on a local Sunday, so sign-on time might vary. 

550, MEXICO (presumed). 1103 October 30, 2016. Mexi-tune briefly in 
the jumble, and on-frequency, so not the 550.12 source (Terry L 
Krueger, Clearwater FL, NRD-535, IC-R75, roof dipole, active loop, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. UNID 845 kHz --- Yesterday At 1700 UT I heard a station 
on 845 kHz. Music sounded like Horn of Africa music and just after 
1700 a male voice which sounded to me like Bahasa Indonesia. So a 
strange frequency, strange music and a strange language. The station 
was heard in LSB while on 846 USB I had Indian music. 846 USB gave a 
strong heterodyne. I am anxious to know who else could hear this 
station and of course an ID would be very nice...
This is my recording:
<https://app.box.com/s/w3uenl6z1oiitkmq5d10nbqw38lfzgsh> 

Another ( better) recording at 1704 UT can be heard here:
<https://app.box.com/s/e7hmgn5beoe67fip65sv0h1ns3qao1rn> 
73 (Max van Arnhem, The Netherlands, Oct 29, MWCircle yg via DXLD)

845 or 846 kHz? Are you saying one transmitter had different audio on 
the two sidebands? Or two different stations? (gh, DXLD) Answer: see 
ERITREA

UNIDENTIFIED. 870, Oct 30 at 2250 UT, country gospel music, ID as 
``Top Ten Radio`` (I think), with WWL nulled but losing out to it by 
2252 UT. Prime suspect looks like 25 kW KPRM Park Rapids, MN. Do they 
use such a slogan, or program name? Or maybe KAAN in Bethany MO (Glenn 
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

UNIDENTIFIED [and non]. 1180, Oct 27 at 1256 UT, open carrier/dead air 
making SAH of 160/minute = 2 and 2/3 Hz with sports talk, but traffic 
report at 1259 UT, ID as ``1180 Zone 2 the Deuce``, i.e. KZOT Omaha 
NE. OC/DA loops SW/NE so I think it`s KLPF Midland TX, which I 
recently confirmed had completed its upgrade move from 1150, with 
Guadalupe Catholic network programming in English. About to sign-on? 
No, still OC but fading at 1302 UT. Both these are 25 kW day power, 
KLPF non-direxional, but KZOT is broadly direxional southwest, nothing 
unusual here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. An UNID from a couple of weeks ago. I was listening to 
1440 kHz just prior to 0400 UT and heard a YL in German. Weak, but 
just copyable. A tentative "Deutche-Welle" was heard before either 
sign-off or change of programme (music) after 0400. 73's (Nick, 
Buxton, UK, Rank, Roberts R9924 portable, long wire fence aerial, Oct 
29, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1590, Oct 29 at 0026 UT, I`m checking for the S Asian 
music John Reed in Shawnee OK had reported to NRC DX News a couple 
weeks ago which he concluded came from KLIV, way out in San José, 
California. Doubtful to me, so I researched that and concluded it was 
most likely WCGO Evanston IL. Here`s his report and what I wrote in 
reply:

``1590, KLIV, CA, San José – 10/14 2130 [EDT = 0130 UT Oct 15] – After 
listening to this station occasionally over a span of several years, 
but hearing no ID I finally IDed it. The broadcast is in Hindi 
language with a few English words and pop Hindi music. Snooping around 
on the internet turned up KLIV as broadcasting Hindi and Bollywood 
music. That’s it!`` (John Reed, Shawnee, OK, Brigantina (USSR-made in 
the 1990s); NRD-525; AOR AR-7030; Homebrew tuned ferrite loops, 
Clifton Labs active whip, phaser, Domestic DX Digest-West, NRC DX News 
Oct 31 via DXLD)

```! KLIV is 5/5 kW, and October FCC sunset is 0130 UT. NRC Pattern 
Book shows both night and day patterns are circle northwest into the 
Pacific. Should not be putting any signal toward us. But FCC AM Query 
says it`s NON-direxional daytime, so John may have got it just at 
switch time (November: 0100 UT). I`ll have to look for it! But his ID 
is apparently based on format, not ID --- could it be anything closer? 

WCGO Evanston IL, 10/2.5 kW U2 is partly ETHnic. Nothing else around 
here could fit unless another radical change, but he`s been getting 
this for years.

NRC AM Log 2016-2017 shows KLIV as C&W, 24-hour ``Country Gold 1590``, 
but could have flipped since August? Radio-locator.com still has KLIV 
as Country Gold with different patterns day and night, but not that 
different, with some signal still to the east. 

From Own website:
http://www.kliv.com/about-us/

``Welcome to 1590 KLIV – San Jose’s Country Gold. Your destination for 
country music from the 80’s, 90’s, and 2000’s. You might be looking 
for what was once Silicon Valley’s New[s] Station. On June 10, 2016 
KLIV sent out its last news broadcast. So why Country Gold, and why 
just this era? These were the best years for country radio, with the 
introduction of amazing artists like Garth Brooks, Reba, Alan Jackson, 
Vince Gill, Trisha Yearwood, Tim McGraw, and Martina McBride. We’d 
like to bring you these artists, and many more, right here on 1590 
KLIV Country Gold``

So there was a recent format flip, but certainly not to Bollywood. And 
it took no more than 5 seconds of listening to 
http://icy3.abacast.com:80/empirebroadcasting-klivamaac-64
at 0343 UT October 28 to tell that it`s country, not Bollywood.

So where on the internet did John find KLIV to be Hindi and Bollywood? 
Long outdated info, or from the future?

Now let`s check out WCGO Evanston IL
http://1590wcgo.com/schedule
It`s mostly talk, but some shows look like they are not in English. 
His log was Friday at 8:30 pm CDT, so on the sked M-F is:
7 pm - 11 pm Night Star Radio Joe Rasho. 
I bring up stream at 0355 UT Oct 28, just before the show is to end:
http://streamdb5web.securenetsystems.net/v5/WCGO
and yes, non-English announcement, and S Asian? music. 0359 UT closing 
announcement unseems Hindi, but more like Hebrew? They do have a 
number of Jewish programs. No, but close: searching on Joe Rasho WCGO 
reveals it`s one of their ASSYRIAN programs:
https://www.facebook.com/joe.rasho/videos/10211001422178214/?hc_ref=PAGES_TIMELINE
or just
https://www.facebook.com/joe.rasho 

I think John must have been getting WCGO instead. It`s N-D day, but 
night pattern is supposed to go NNE, no good for us. Likely another 
one running day pattern at night, at least when we could hear it. I`ll 
be trying to hear it; if he or I can, getting a DF fix on it should 
confirm whether it could be WCGO, and not KLIV.

I`m glad I was led to WCGO since I see they also have a Milt Rosenberg 
page, ex-WGN, which says 

``MILT IS CURRENTLY TAKING A BREAK FROM HIS LIVD [sic] RADIO PROGRAM. 
DOWNLOAD HIS SHOW PODCASTS TO KEEP YOUR BRAIN IN SHAPE! Podcast Feed: 
http://feedpress.me/milt-rosenberg ``
You may skip the anti-Obama ones```

Now at 0026 UT Oct 29 there is heavy CCI on 1590, but looping NE seems 
to be some ME or S Asian music and non-English talk in the mix. 
Unfortunately, logistically, I can`t DX and check webcasts 
simultaneously. Competition at first is ESE/WNW English call-in for 
Biblical advice, unsure whence, gone after 0030 UT, sunset? That was 
nullable, but still too much QRM to pull anything from WCGO(?). Will 
need to be on ND day pattern to have a chance here. At 0043 UT I`m 
getting something else in English, probably NNW, KVGB in KS. I keep 
nulling that and aiming toward Chicago, undivided attention to 1590 
from 0058 UT to 0102 UT, but nothing surfaces above the pileup. 
Conditions might have been auroral, but no, Chicago 1690, 780 and 670 
are in just fine at 0028 UT check.

WCGO would legally be on ND day pattern only until 2315 UT in October, 
2230 UT in November. That`s before the Assyrian program on weekdays, 
altho on Saturdays there are several of them all afternoon as late as 
7 pm CT. A.k.a. Neo-Aramaic:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assyrian_Neo-Aramaic
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

1590, Oct 31 at 0307 UT, sounds like Bollywood music, and peaking 
about 40 degrees, almost northeast as befitting WCGO Evanston IL. 
Still same at 0322 UT and have not heard any announcements. With very 
heavy QRM and multi-SAHs, since there are five dozen mostly low-power 
US stations at night on 1590, but this is slightly dominant. 0333 to a 
Hallowe`en tune in Bollywood style with banshee. 

It`s time to go back online instead of onradio, so I hasten to bring 
up the WCGO webstream, and hear more similar music, but now there is a 
lot of chatter between W&M, in Hinglish? Or Engjabi? with tune 
dedications. For the show at 10 pm to Midnite CT Sundays is: `Sohni 
Dharti Radio`. No info about it on WCGO`s own site, but searching 
separately finds this from a blog stalled since 2012:
http://sohnidhartiradio.blogspot.com/

``Let me introduce myself to you. My name is Sophia Sohail and I am a 
Radio Jocky doing shows every sunday night on wcgo 1590 am channel as 
well as a writer. I write articles in our community newspaper. When 
people of my community listen to my talk shows on the radio, they call 
me Oprah of our indopak community``. So Punjabi is more likely (Glenn 
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

[Later: John says it could have been KMIC Houston TX, now Bollywood]

UNIDENTIFIED. 1590, Oct 30 at 0307 UT as I am rotating the DX-398 to 
peak/null presumed WCGO IL, something appears briefly in the null, 
``Your shopping mall on the radio, KGAD``, or fuzzily similar calls. 
KDAV Lubbock TX would be closest, supposedly oldies, and maybe silent? 
Or KVGB Great Bend KS? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1650, "SAC" Morse Code oddity? 0341 UT and I'm hearing 
"SAC" repeated in Morse code on 1650 kHz. The code is weak and fades 
in and out but clearly visible on peaks on the Perseus SDR's waterfall 
and offset by 400 Hz on both sides of 1650. Unlikely this is some kind 
of image on my end. I'm hearing this on my South antenna while 
conditions are still heavily favoring the South. Anyone else hearing 
"SAC" or know anything about it? Could it be related to Southern 
Avionics Co. in Beaumont, TX? 73, (Tim Tromp, West Michigan, UT Oct 
28, ABDX via DXLD)

I'm hearing it also, on the south DKAZ, using the ELAD FDM-S2, as you
describe (Mark in Goshen, IN, Pettifor, 0401 UT Oct 28, IRCA via DXLD)

Thanks Mark, at least I'm not going crazy then :-) 73, (-Tim, ibid.)

Not hearing it in western NY (Jim Renfrew, Clarendon NY, 0418 UT, 
ibid.)

Easy copy here in Central Alabama, near Birmingham. Slow speed CW, 
about 5 WPM. Any ideas about who this station might be? 73, (Les 
Rayburn, N1LF, 121 Mayfair Park, Maylene, AL 0456 UT Oct 28, NRC-AM 
via DXLD)

When I see the letters "SAC," I think of "Strategic Air Command." 
Doubt there's any connection but just wanted to bring that up (Bob 
Galerstein, WB2VGD, Monroe, NY, NRC-AM via DXLD)

It is probably some sort of a harmonic of a beacon that has been 
reported on 320 and 325 kHz. The offset of this beacon has been 
reported at either 398 or 400 Hz above and below center frequency. It 
supposedly belongs to Southern Avionics and the location is Beaumont 
Texas (Keith McGinnis, Hingham MA, ibid.)

He must be referring to this info: (gh)
http://www.classaxe.com/dx/ndb/rna/signal_list

``KHz A-Z ID LSB USB Sec Fmt 'Name' and Location S/P ITU GSQ PWR  
Notes Heard In Logs Last Heard
260   SAC 387 400 5.9  Unknown XUN ENG IL MN OH TX    5 2013-04-17
300   SAC 400 401 5.68 Unknown XUN     CO IL TX       4 2011-03-19
314.5 SAC 400 400 5.4  UnKnown XUN     CA CO IL MO TX 6 2014-09-25

320   SAC 398 398 6.03 Beaumont TX  USA  EM20wb  
Southern Avionics Co. (SAC) testing NDB using thier standard freq and 
ID prior to delivery to user. AZ CA CO IL MA MN MO NS OH OR TN TX  25  
2015-03-11
325   SAC 400 400 5.4  Beaumont TX  USA  EM20wb 
Southern Avionics Co. (SAC) testing NDB  CA MO  3  2015-03-11``

To be an harmonic (x5), fundamental would have to be 330 kHz instead, 
possible if this is just for testing; or 275 x 6. So this is 
overcoming the 1650 broadcasters? Does anyone get a DF on it? 

If it`s on 330 putting out a fifth harmonic, also look for others, 
especially odd ones: 660, 990, 1320, 1980, 2310 --- and of course 330 
itself (Glenn Hauser, ibid.)

I used to be very active in long wave DXing, and chasing NDB’s. This 
didn’t sound like a harmonic to me at all — but rather the primary. It 
was competing very well indeed with the broadcast stations on 
frequency. For me it DF’ed to the South and Southeast, not all towards 
Texas. 73, Les N1LF (Les Rayburn, director, High Noon Media Services, 
130 1st Avenue West, Alabaster, AL 35007-8536, NRC-AM via DXLD)

I figured the easiest way to eliminate Southern Avionics Co. from the 
list of “suspects” would be to simply call them. Spoke with Derick 
Moore in their Technical Development department. He confirmed that SAC 
has been testing an NDB on 325 KHz for the past few days, but that 
beacon is transmitting MSK data—not CW. It’s running at an output 
power of 150 watts.

The third [sic] harmonic of that transmitter would be 1625 kHz, but 
the modulation is all wrong. Mr. Moore was very interested in our 
mystery, but couldn’t offer any solid suggestions on who or where the 
transmissions might be coming from.

As Scooby-Doo used to say, “rut row” I think we’ve got a mystery here, 
gang. 73, (Les Rayburn, N1LF, Oct 28, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Les, Thanks for following up with Southern Avionics. These guys were 
my first suspect late last night when I first heard this mystery 
beacon on 1650 but we can rule them out now. Now that more people are 
aware of it, it'll be interesting if it appears again tonight. I can't 
provide any good bearing from my location, only to confirm that it was 
best on my South D-KAZ. Based on your DF reading, maybe an oil rig 
platform out in the Gulf somewhere? I dunno but I like a good mystery 
too! 73, (Tim Tromp, ibid.)

2218 UT and I'm hearing SAC faintly again right now on 1650. I'm a bit
surprised that I'm hearing it already, but it's definitely there. No
broadcast stations being heard right now on 1650, as mentioned, it's 
still "early" here but I'm hearing our mystery beacon again tonight.
(Tim Tromp, West Michigan, Oct 28, ibid.)

I am hearing it again as well. Two other stations are there also, one
with Mark Levin and the other pretty weak, but heard Indian
(subcontinent) music, and non-English YL announcer (maybe Toronto?).
South DKAZ, without amplification. Was quite strong at my local sunset 
2245, but weak now at 2255. The LSB signal seems to be slightly 
stronger than the USB one, by about 5db or so. 2257 - now it's 
completely gone. Things change pretty rapidly around sunset, eh?

2300 - ID for the Mark Levin station: WHKT (Portsmouth VA). Signal 
still gone, 15 min. after local sunset (Mark in Goshen, IN Pettifor, 
IRCA via DXLD)

Re: 1650 "SAC" Morse Code oddity? Heard him on 10/23/16 at 0747z--
location here is central Texas -- loop and ICR75 - pretty weak, but Q5 
on peaks. Got him here also in central texas--vy weak but able to copy 
call //0156z// (Jerry Steck, UT Oct 29, ABDX via DXLD)

I gave it a quick check at 0734 and I hear it on 1650 in LSB only on 
my Eton E1-XM and 366 foot wire. It`s there. Wonder where it is? 
(Kevin Redding, Crump, TN, Oct 28, ABDX via DXLD)

Presumably he means 0734 CDT, always local times for him, even tho 
most other reports of this were cited in UT (gh, DXLD)

1650, Oct 29 at 0010 UT and several more chex the following hour+, no 
signal from beacon SAC, which was being reported last night, first by 
Tim Tromp in Michigan. Speculation was that SAC was another test from 
a beacon manufacturer in Beaumont TX, which was heard a few years ago 
on 320 and 325 kHz, but if this is a harmonic, the fundamental would 
have to be 330 instead. (Not heard here on 330 either.) 

Les Rayburn in AL was getting it from the southeast, called the 
company and they said it`s not them now, but:

I wonder if one of their units has been installed somewhere in the 
Gulf or Caribbean, still programmed to emit the temporary test ID of 
SAC. 

Oil rigs at sea may well use the X-band fundamentally. Anyhow, all I 
am hearing are the usual CO and IA 1650 broadcast stations (and 
precious little from OK`s own KFSW). On Oct 28, Tim Tromp was getting 
it again as early as 2218 UT, as was Mark Pettifor in Indiana at 2245 
UT. For them it was roughly southward. And this just in on the NRC-AM 
list (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

1650, SAC beacon. Per tips on NRC/IRCA lists reporting this one, I 
have it here (just W of Gainesville, FL) at 0150-0215+ UT with CW. 
Signal is fair to very good, equal to and at times over co-channel 
stations, though with some fades. Nulls N of due W, so given Les 
Rayburn's S-SE bearing from Montgomery [sic], this would seem to 
indicate a location in the northern Gulf (David Potter, Gainesville, 
FL, C Crane Skywave barefoot, 0254 UT Oct 29, NRC-AM via DXLD)

I was hearing it this morning at 1030z on a SW bearing from Charleston 
SC (Rob Keeney, Goose Creek SC, Oct 29, IRCA via DXLD)

Audible right now (0830 EDT) in North Georgia. SAC is audible on
either USB or LSB. Oct 29 (Robert LaFore, IRCA via DXLD)

I’m wondering if anyone on this list is also a member of the NDB E-
Mail List on Yahoo Groups? I used to subscribe, but had to cancel to 
cut down on the amount of e-mail I’m receiving. Someone in that group 
might have more information on this mysterious signal. 

It was audible last night from just before sunset, until just before 
sunrise this morning here in Central Alabama. Peak was right at 
sunset, where at times, this signal was the loudest one on the 
channel. 73, (Les Rayburn, N1LF, 121 Mayfair Park, Maylene, AL 
EM63nf, Oct 29, NRC-AM via DXLD)

Hello, According to Martin Francis - DX Radio Pages RNA:
http://www.classaxe.com/dx/ndb/rww/signal_list
an NDB listing this is being heard in France and Sweden as well. The 
list will include new and no longer in service (greyed out at bottom 
of the list) stations if you do a search (Shawn Axelrod, MB, NRC-AM 
via DXLD)

Les, I'm on the NDB listserver, as well. I saw your note that you had 
contacted Southern Avionics, but that they had said that it was not 
they with the mystery NDB on 1650. With Craig in Oviedo, Florida 
stating that he was getting it strongest on a SW bearing from his QTH, 
I'm wondering if this is emanating from some offshore drilling 
platform in the Gulf? 73, (Rick Dau, South Omaha, Nebraska EN21af,  
irca via DXLD)

Yes, I passed the SAC reception info on to ndblist yesterday. One guy 
in FL heard SAC; and one guy in France heard it and even included an 
audio clip. It seems to have 400 Hz sidebands. No one on ndblist has 
any additional info. It's a brand new signal at least for ndblist.
(Steve AA7U near Sahuarita, AZ, Ratzlaff, IRCA via DXLD)

Isn't SAC the test code used by that company in Texas that makes Morse 
beacons? I think I have seen something similar reported several times 
over the years on the ndblist. Just checked - this one is being 
reported on ndblist too. Or was that another code? (John ];') 
Kugellagers, ABDX via DXLD)

Hi John, Per another DXer who spoke directly with someone at Southern 
Avionics in Texas, they claim this is not them on 1650 but were 
curiously interested in the reports. "SAC" was heard again here this 
morning until fade-out at sunrise. The mystery continues. 73, (-Tim 
Tromp, ABDX via DXLD)

Those of us in the United States have been hearing a slow-speed CW 
beacon on 1650 kHz for the past three days. It identifies as “SAC” in 
Morse Code at about 5 WPM.

The initial suspect was a beacon testing for the Southern Avionics 
Corporation in Texas, a manufacturer of Non-Directional Beacons who 
frequently test bacons using that identified. But a telephone call was 
placed to their Technical Division, who reported that they were not 
currently testing any CW beacons. In fact, they were only testing an 
MSK beacon in the 300 kHz range. Curious if anyone in Europe is 
hearing the beacon—and if anyone has any idea on who it belongs to, or 
it’s location. It’s getting out quite well. 73, (Les Rayburn, N1LF, 
121 Mayfair Park, Maylene, AL, Oct 30, mwcircle yg via DXLD)

I received yesterday morning this beacon at 0530 UT. I use a Perseus 
SDR with a loop ALA 1530 antenna. Perhaps an oil platform in the Gulf 
of Mexico? Best 73 (Franck Baste, F4LKC, Saint Bonnet de Rochefort 
(France) ibid.)

Offset is +400 Hz - i.e. audible on 1650.400 kHz (but not here!)
(Paul Crankshaw, UK, ibid.)

1650, Oct 30 at 0112 UT, still can`t pull any sign of ``SAC`` beacon 
which DXers further east and south are getting, thought to be on an 
oil platform in the NE Gulf of Mexico. Even by narrow bandwidth, BFO 
in both sidebands of the 1650 broadcasters (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST) 

As far as I know the call "SAC" is used by the SOUTHERN AVIONICS 
COMPANY during tests of new NDB installations:
http://www.southernavionics.com
There are many "SAC" UNIDs in the REU/RWW database:
http://www.classaxe.com/dx/ndb/reu
73 (Hartmut Wolff, MWCircle yg via DXLD)

As I suggested early-on. So S.A.C. could tell us where the 1650 SAC 
unit is located, if they would (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Hi Tim and company: I have been trying to catch SAC 1650 but have not 
been successful. I am about 45 miles north of New York City in 
Katonah, NY. I have listened on car radios, my Superadio and my Yaesu 
ham transceiver - no luck so far. I've tried all hours of night and 
greyline around sunrise/sunset - SSS and SRS. *** Has anyone yet 
organized a collection of bearings to create a triangulation for SAC?
I would be glad to volunteer if it sounds useful. Is the beacon 
transmitting audio modulated CW or actual CW? Is it zero-beat with 
1650 or is it offset by 700 Hz or whatever? Thanks, (Karl Zuk N2KZ, 
Katonah, NY, Oct 31, ABDX via DXLD)

https://youtu.be/kK7R6lXzHtg
Anybody figure this one out? (Juan Gualda, Fort Pierce, FL, Sent from 
my MetroPCS 4G LTE Android device, ABDX via DXLD)

1650, Gulf of Mexico beacon SAC. 0956 October 29, 2016. Thanks David 
Potter for passing this along from the NRC/IRCA lists, good under and 
over XEARZ. Signal points best around 315-degrees for me. Threshold 
audible all day, noise floor permitting, so clearly Gulf of Mexico 
rim. Recall, I was hearing mystery beacon 9HPI also on 1650 kHz in 
September of 2014 and again May of this year, also pointing Gulf rim. 
Suspect an oil/gas rig source for both. PETROBRAS is known to operate 
beacons on rigs off the coast of Brazil in the X-band, so could this 
be a former PETROBRAS transmitter relocated? Weak I-275 Tampa FDOT 
present daytime. A map of rig sites: 
http://gcoos.org/products/maps/petroleum/ 
Coordinated bearings taken by myself, David Potter and Gerry Bishop -- 
all from separate locations between coastal central, NW and north 
central Florida -- would appear to put this north of Pt. St Joe to 
west of Panama City (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater FL, NRD-535, IC-R75, 
roof dipole, active loop, WORLD OF RADIO 1850, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Any further updates on this? It just faded in here (EN71) at 2145z on 
my South antenna. Came up pretty quickly. 2140z there was nothing. 
Sunset terminator crossing from Maine/Nova Scotia down across the 
Eastern Atlantic into the middle of northern South America. (Geez, 
that sounded confusing...)  Gulf of Mexico still pretty far away from 
sunset yet. I wonder if it's mobile? (Marine comms of some kind...)
(Mark in IN Pettifor, Nov 2, IRCA via DXLD)

I`ve been searching for answers too. As far as I can tell, no one 
should be authorized to operate an NDB on that frequency - even an 
off-shore rig. Updates from anyone else? It continues to come in well 
here in Central Alabama on a nightly basis. I check it when I`m 
walking the dogs (Les Rayburn, director, Alabaster, AL 35007-8536, Nov 
2, ibid.)

SAC, what would this abbreviate? SAntiago, Cuba? (Jim Renfrew, ibid.)

Back in the 50s and 60's it was the Strategic Air Command (Larry K8YYY 
R Fravel, "Common sense ain`t common" Will Rogers, ibid.)

UNIDENTIFIED. 4915.068, Oct 31 at 1305, JBA carrier notable for being 
considerably off-frequency unlike many such still on the 60m band 
shortly after sunrise, corresponding mostly to India/Tibet/China 
channels, but NO Asians are listed on 4915, just two Brazilians, 
impossible now. Possibly something local, but have not noticed it 
before. Or an All India Radio way off-frequency, which they are quite 
prone to do (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. EGYPT, UnID station with Egyptian music on Oct 28
0920-0925 on  9400 unknown tx / unknown, weak signal today
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/10/unidentified-station-with-egyptian_29.html

Unidentified station with Egyptian music on Oct 29:
0905-0920 on  9400 unknown tx / unknown, weak to fair today
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/10/unidentified-station-with-egyptian_92.html
(Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Unidentified station with Egyptian music vs Denge Kurdistan, Nov 2
from 0900 on  9400*unknown tx / unknown UNID strong signal today BUT
*strong co-ch 9400 ERV 300 kW / 192 deg WeAs Kurdish Denge Kurdistan
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/unidentified-station-with-egyptian.html
(Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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

ACKNOWLEDGED ON WORLD OF RADIO 1850: 

Thanks to Steve Zimmerman, West Allis WI, for a generous check to P O 
Box 1684, Enid OK 73702.

Hi Glenn, DXLD is staple reading for me. It not only keeps me well 
informed in the world of MF/HF, but I like to think that my SWL 
logging/reporting practices have developed in a positive way by 
reading DXLD. I am increasingly having problems with Yahoo, so I just 
copy and paste from a text editor to make sure there are not any 
problems.

Although I have been listening primarily on LF/MF recently, I am 
working on a small HF loop, and will try phased dipoles in order to 
bring the local HF noise to heel. Oddly enough, my biggest noise
problem is between roughly 2.2 and 10 MHz. The 150-1700 kHz range 
fares much better; it's actually not bad for an urban environment. 
Thanks for all of the time you devote to this hobby. Your dedication 
to this hobby is greatly appreciated (Steve Zimmerman, Milwaukee, WI)

TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED FUTURELY:

Chuck Ermatinger, St Louis MO, via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com

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

B-16 SCHEDULES

Links to most versions updated are on the WOR homepage:
http://www.worldofradio.com

Re: {A-DX} HFCC B16

Am 30.10.2016 um 12:55 schrieb Wolfgang Bueschel:
HFCC has already published the new data 14 days ago:
http://hfcc.org/data/b16/b16allx2.zip

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Auf Basis der HFCC-Daten hat man in DIGIDX #34  verglichen. ===>
http://www.rhci-online.net/radiogram//VoA_Radiogram_2016-10-29.htm#A16vsB16

".....HFCC A16 vs B16 comparison

As mentioned in the news section, the HFCC A16 schedules are now
available via http://www.hfcc.org/ and DigiDX has compared the A16 and
B16 broadcast hours for each language and transmitter site for several
major international broadcasts to see where hours boradcast in each
language has changed for the new season. .............."

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Für die bessere Lesbarkeit habe ich die Blöcke der 
Rundfunkveranstalter farblich markiert - das wurde so nicht 
übertragen. For the better readability I have marked the blocks of the 
radio broadcasters in color - this was not transmitted so.

Es wäre besser gewesen, die große Tabelle im  csv - Format zu codieren 
- nicht als Textblock. It would have been better to encode the large 
table in csv format - not as a text block.

Es wurden keine unnötigen Leerzeichen gesendet, die Strukturierung 
erfolgte mit Tabstopp-Zeichen. No unnecessary spaces were sent; the 
structuring was done with tab characters.

Aber diese Tabstopps befanden sich an der falschen Position in manchen 
Zeilen. But these tab characters are at the wrong position in some 
lines.

Vielleicht sollte in solchen Fällen das csvform-Format genutzt werden, 
so wie schon einmal getestet bei der VOA: Perhaps should be used in 
such cases the csvform, as already tested at the VOA.

http://www.rhci-online.net/radiogram/VoA_Radiogram_2014-04-05.htm#csvform
(Roger, dxldyg via DXLD)

StationList-M a great Android App

I tested on my smartphone a great App: StationList-M: 3 databases in 
your pocket for dxing everywhere if you have not a PC with you. I 
wrote a post about it on PlayDX blog. Maybe you can be interested in.
Ciao, Giampiero

Tutte le radio nello Smartphone. StationList-M, database per Android
	
Dalle onde lunghe alle FM, un programma che gestisce tre database in 
modo intelligente e veloce sul telefonino. Stiamo parlando di Station.
	
https://playdxblog.blogspot.it/2016/10/tutte-le-radio-nello-smartphone.html
(Giampiero Bernardini, Milan, Italy, Oct 31, dxldyg via DXLD)

SYMBOLS IN WRTH – DAGGERS & DOUBLE-DAGGERS

Hi Glenn, I saw your comment:

``WRTH considers this MOROCCO, 300 kW SNRT from Layoune, i.e. occupied 
Western Sahara, a.k.a. El-Aioun, frequency with an unexplained double-
dagger, whatever that mean (Glenn Hauser, DXLD)``

The double dagger means inactive. All symbols and abbreviations are 
listed in the Reference section on page 659. I know it is annoying
having to look things up but it does help keep the book to a
reasonable length. Best regards, (Nicholas Hardyman, WRTH Publisher, 
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Nicholas, Tnx, noted. Perhaps you could still include the dagger keys 
with some countries where applicable, if they do not take up another 
line. I could never remember which means inactive and which means 
irregular. Logically, the single dagger might mean ``dead`` as in a 
cross, at least temporarily. I see e.g. HONDURAS page 230 they do 
appear, so when they are missing elsewhere it`s a bit frustrating.
Best, (Glenn to Nicholas, via DXLD)

Glenn, We always had a key on the S & CAm countries and they have 
stayed with the unified symbols. Other countries sometimes have them 
but, as you suggest, if it makes another line for all countries in the 
book then that would add a few pages. Best, (Nicholas, ibid.)

WORLD OF HOROLOGY see also SPAIN
+++++++++++++++++

Received my new Radio-room clocks today

Today the two quartz analog clocks I ordered from Amazon arrived safe
and sound. It didn't take me long to put fresh batteries in them.  The
supplied batteries look like the typical cheap Chinese Zinc Carbon 
ones; I don't trust them not to leak.

Then I set them up to WWV (10 MHz), one on local time and one on Zulu
(GMT) time. That went quicker than finding two suitable wood screws,
locating the studs in the wall, measuring and mounting them side by
side. They look very nice hanging on the radio-room wall, above my 
head to the left. NOW, hopefully they'll keep good time!! If they 
don't, well Amazon has a 30 day hassle free (I hope) return policy, 
I'm keeping the boxes, etc. just in case.

One thing for sure, even "Mr Magoo" (anybody remember him) should be
able to see those nice large black numbers on the white 12" clock 
faces. I won't do anything to them until I'm absolutely certain 
they'll keep time, then I'll use my label maker and make labels that 
say "Local" and "GMT (England)" and put the labels right in the middle 
like we did in the military.

NOTE: I sure miss those military clocks we had in our Comm centers. 
They were a normal "analog" clock, but with a remote battery (large 
dry cell if I recall correctly) and a pushbutton.  You'd listen to 
WWV, and press the button exactly on the hour and it'd 'zero' the 
second and minute hands.  Never seen anything like them in the civvy 
world, and I don't fully trust the so called "Atomic" clocks any 
longer. 

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01GK53GGS/ref=od_aui_detailpages00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
-- 73 de (Phil, KO6BB, Atchley, Specializing in DXing NDBs (Longwave 
Beacons). Location:  "The Beaconeer's Lair". Merced, Central 
California, 37,18,37N  120,30,6W CM97rh, KO6BB/B beacon, ~20W to a 
Ringo Vertical 24/7 on 28.290 MHz. http://www.qsl.net/ko6bb/ 
SWL at qth.net via DXLD)

END OF DAYLIGHT SAVING [sic] TIME COULD INCREASE RISK OF DEPRESSION
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/end-daylight-saving-time-could-increase-risk-depression-132003824.html

A new Danish study has found that changing from daylight saving [sic] 
time to standard time increases the number of cases of serious 
depression.

Carried out by Associate Professor So/ren D. O/stergaard and his team
from Aarhus University Hospital in Risskov, Denmark, and in
collaboration with the universities of Copenhagen and Stanford, the
study analysed 185,419 depression diagnoses registered in the Danish
Central Psychiatric Research Register between 1995 and 2012.

The study found that the number of patients diagnosed with depression
at psychiatric hospitals rises immediately after moving from daylight
saving time to standard time, with the number of cases approximately
eight percent higher than expected based on the development in the
number of diagnoses leading up to the transition. O/stergaard also
commented that the team are confident the increase is due to the
transition and not other factors such as the change in the length of
the day or the decline in weather, which were taken into account in 
the study.

The team also believe that although the study was based on severe
depression in psychiatric hospitals, the transition might also
increase the chance of other, less serious forms of depression.

Although the study doesn't reveal why the transition may cause the
increase the rates of depression, the team suggest that it may be
because the change takes an hour of daylight from the afternoon and
adds it to the morning -- a time when many people may not benefit from
it as they are indoors at home preparing for work. When they are free
to get outside later in the day, it is already dark.

The findings can be found published online in the journal 
Epidemiology.

Previous studies have also pointed out the importance of getting 
enough daylight, especially in winter. Research has suggested that 
getting outdoors in the morning is most beneficial; those who struggle 
to get outside are advised to open the curtains at home and sit by 
windows in offices to try and maximize the amount of light.

Previous research also suggests that exercise, light therapy lamps and
cognitive behavioral therapy can help fight depression in the winter
months (via Mike Cooper, DXLD)

MUSEA
+++++

HALLOWE`EN FUN

Elections got you looking elsewhere for reality? Sorry, But here's a
window into an alternate radio reality that actually requires you to
exercise your imagination, as you listen to "Donovan's Brain" with 
Orson Welles ("Suspense" for 051844 and 052544). 45 minutes of a good 
time, appropriate for Halloween listening. Enjoy! Stream at   
http://www.durenberger.com/DonovansBrain0544.mp3
Download 20 mb MP3 at 
http://www.durenberger.com
Sure, Sure, Sure (Mark Durenberger, NRC-AM via DXLD

016 DX AUDIO FILES - CAPE COD, MA (PRELIMINARY WEBPAGE)

One thing I hear about DXing in the SDR age is that people store up 
voluminous capture files and seem to take forever to review them and 
report loggings to other hobbyists. It does take some effort to save 
pertinent audio clips, upload them somewhere, and create / update a 
suitable HTML links page. Quite a different paradigm from the old days 
of exclusively "live" one-frequency-at-a-time DX when reports to 
others tended to get out more quickly. Right now I have an under-
construction page of audio clip links of this year's reception 
highlights here. Many are within the last month or two (so likely 
still relevant). Not all details for each item have been populated 
into the webpage but I figured let's get it out there before the tips 
get too stale. Detailed reports, resolution of some unID's, and 
general page clean-up will come over the next week or so. November and 
December will likely see the addition of more items. See:
http://www.qsl.net/wa1ion/doc1/audio_2016.htm
(Mark Connelly, WA1ION, South Yarmouth, MA, USA, 1 November, IRCA via 
DXLD)

QSL News --- Your readers might be interested in the following:

After representations to the National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA) in 
Canberra, senior management of the NFSA has agreed, in principle, to 
accept collections of QSL cards and verification letters. This is a 
significant breakthrough as the NFSA is cautious about what it 
receives for archiving, given the huge amount of interesting material 
within its orbit of interest.

I am aware that many Australian DXers and, or, their families are keen 
to conserve their precious QSLs and letter veries after they have left 
the hobby or have passed away. With this in mind, the NFSA has agreed 
to accept collections (broadcast band, not radio amateur) which will 
be held and made available to researchers and other interested 
parties.

While there are still some legal and copyright hurdles to be sorted 
out, fellow DXers interested in donating their collections to be held 
in storage at the NFSA should contact Canberra-based DXer, Sam Dellit, 
who has very kindly agreed to co-ordinate matters with the NFSA. This 
entire process is voluntary and, of course, it is up to individuals to 
decide whether or not they might wish to avail themselves of the 
opportunity. Come what may, it is surely better to seek to conserve 
historically interesting radio paraphernalia, such as QSLs, than to 
see it all consigned to rubbish bins and the local tip which is, 
sadly, often its fate (Martin Hadlow, Nov Australian DX News via DXLD)

QSL ARCHIVE IN AUSTRIA too --- Request from Wolf Harranth:

Now that we have more or less finished basic "filling" of Broadcast 
QSLs Online 
http://www.bcqsl.org 
we really worry about old (and new) cards. Our archive mainly starts 
in the mid-60's and ends in the early 80's. Do you think your members 
could contribute? Not necessarily with the hard stuff itself (though 
we really need particularly old and rare cards), a screen would do. 
73, (Wolf Harranth, Documentary Archive Radio Communications, An den 
Steinfeldern 4A, 1230 Wien, Austria. Ph: +43 (0)1 87878 21071 / 
Mobile: +43 (0)676 401 2585, wolf.harranth@ORF.at / 
office@dokufunk.org http://www.dokufunk.org 
(Wolf Harranth, Austria, DSWCI DX Window Nov 2 via DXLD)

DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DRM See ALBANIA incidentally; ETHIOPIA; INDIA
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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

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

OVER THE HORIZON RADAR CHARACTERISTICS FROM DIFFERENT PROVIDERS

Nachrichten der DARC-Bandwacht:

Im Spaetsommer und Herbst 2016 haben wir auf unseren Baendern wieder
Hochsaison der Radare. Es handelt sich wie frueher auch um
Ueberhorizontradare - Englisch "Over the Horizon", kurz OTH - mit
Reichweiten von 3000 km und mehr. Wer keinen SDR zur Verfuegung hat, 
kann sie auch hoeren. Die Brummtoene erstrecken sich auf eine Breite 
von 10 bis 20 kHz, manche sogar auf 160 kHz Breite.

Die folgende Auswahl soll bei der Identifikation helfen:

3,5 bis 3,8 MHz: Chinesische Radare mit 50 kHz Breite oder mehr.
7,0 bis 7,2 MHz: Russisches Radar Contayner in Gorodezh mit 50 
Sweeps/sec und 13 kHz breit. Mit Nebenprodukten bis zu 60 kHz breit - 
oft mit S=9+50dB in Deutschland in den Abendstunden zu empfangen.

Weiterhin gibt es chinesische Breitbandradare mit 160 kHz Breite
und 10 Sweeps/sec.

10,1 bis 10,15 MHz:
Australisches OTH-Radar JORN mit Bursts, also kurze Bloecke, in den
Abendstunden in Deutschland hoerbar. Die Signalbreite betraegt 10 kHz 
und enthaelt Introtoene.

14,0 bis 14,35 MHz: Russisches Radar Contayner in Gorodez hier mit
Nebenprodukten bis zu 500 kHz, manchmal auch 1 MHz breit.

18,068 bis 18,168 MHz und 21,0 bis 21,45 MHz: Radare aus Zypern und 
der Tuerkei mit 20 kHz Bandbreite und 50 Sweeps/sec.

21,2 bis 21,45 MHz: Chinesische OTH-Radare mit 10 kHz Breite und 67 
Sweeps/sec, oft springend.

Auf 28,96 MHz arbeitet ein OTH-Radar aus dem Iran mit 50 kHz 
Bandbreite - in Verbindung mit Splattern wesentlich mehr - und 
wechselnden Sweepraten zwischen 307 und 870 pro Sekunde. Es ist seit 
Monaten permanent auf dieser Frequenz und zurzeit mittags hoerbar.

Der WAG-Contest am 15. Oktober wurde durch das vorgenannte russische 
Radar zwischen 7,16 und 7,2 MHz abends empfindlich gestoert.

Auf Beschwerden durch die Bundesnetzagentur reagieren die Betreiber 
nicht. Aktuelle Informationen ueber Intruder bekommen Sie im Internet

<http://www.iarums-r1.org/iarums/latest.pdf>
(Wolf Hadel_DK2OM, DARC Deutschland-Rundspruch 43/16, 43.KW, Oct 27 
via BCDX 1 November via DXLD)

Useful data, but extremely ham-centric, concerned only with OTH radar 
impact on strictly defined hambands! (gh, DXLD)

POSSIBLE SHORTWAVE RADIO SOLUTION TO WORLDWIDE INTERNET ACCESS
Business Inside Nordic 28 October 2016
http://nordic.businessinsider.com/this-finnish-startup-has-a-solution-to-internet-get-anywhere-and-just-raised-more-than-$10-million-in-series-a-funding-2016-10/

KNL Networks, based in Oulu, Finland, has been in stealth mode during 
the past four years while developing a revolutionizing system that 
enables internet connection anywhere in the world – even in the middle 
of the Pacific Ocean – without using expensive satellite systems.

Today, KNL announced the completion of its series A funding round. The 
funding amounted to more than $10 million making it one of the biggest 
Nordic series A rounds. Creandum is the biggest investor.

“KNL has been extremely fortunate to have attracted continued interest 
from our Seed-level investors as well as visionary VCs and angels who 
have seen the tremendous capabilities offered by our technology. Like 
Facebook and Google, we see “Internet Anywhere” as a means to an end, 
and we believe our technology is ideally suited to making that happen 
in a wide range of industries, applications and geographies 
worldwide,” said Toni Linden, CEO of KNL.

Facebook and Google have been exploring the possibility of bringing 
internet to remote locations by relaying data through a network of 
balloons. KNL's technology, on the other hand, proposes the opposite: 
incredibly long range signals, by sending internet protocol over the 
radio.

KNL’s technology is already being used to provide robust internet 
connections to ships on the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, but can be 
used anywhere on the globe for many different applications. Amongst 
others, the company sees a future in the development of the Internet 
of Things and autonomous vessels, as the internet anywhere technology 
will enable live-streaming of data from the most extreme locations.

Such capabilities are currently only possible with satellite networks, 
which are very expensive to operate. Instead, KNL’s technology relies 
on shortwave radio transmissions, which can transmit data for 
thousands of kilometers, for a fraction of the cost of a satellite 
system. Accomplishing this has required the innovation of long-
distance high frequency radio systems. In comparison with satellite 
internet, the radio technology offers the additional advantages of 
being easier to use, always on. 

This Finnish startup has a solution to provide internet anywhere - and 
just raised $10 million in series A funding

This Finnish startup has a solution to provide internet anywhere - and 
just... Today, KNL announced the completion of its series A funding 
round. The funding amounted to more than $10 million...

Posted by: (Mike Terry, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Please explain how SW signals could possibly accommodate the bandwidth 
necessary for millions, or even thousands, of simultaneous internet 
connexions; and two-way? (Glenn Hauser, DXLD)

There was a vague document spotted at YCombinator/Hacker News here 
that said a bit more: 
http://hfindustry.com/meetings_presentations/presentation_materials/2015_sept_hfia/presentations/8-KNL_HFIA-2015SEPT.pdf

See also: FINNISH STARTUP HAS A SOLUTION TO PROVIDE INTERNET ANYWHERE 
(businessinsider.com)
	
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12831393
 
This looks like a bit of a con. The slide deck says the unit would 
operate between 4 and 26 MHz. Unless these are ultrawideband signals 
that are stomping on pretty much everything while shredding 
international standards, there is no explanation as to how this is 
being pulled off. Until I see hard details about modulation and 
transmission methods, this simply sounds like an empty promise.
(Stephen Michael Kellat, KC8BFI, Ashtabula, Ohio, ibid.)

From the 18 page pdf presentation above:

KNL CNHF1 RADIOS
• AUTOMATIC OPERATION MODE (CE)
• POWER MAX. 50W
• FREQUENCIES 4 – 26MHZ
• 7M HIGH BROADBAND WHIP

3 STATIONS:
LOCATIONS: KIIMINKI, LOHJA, KARJALOHJA
GROUND WAVE OVER DRY GND: 17,8KM
IONOSPHERIC LINKS: 566KM & 571KM
(via Glenn Hauser, DXLD)

Presumably this would be something similar to 'sail-mail' and the
SITOR/PACTOR type systems that already operate on SW from sites owned 
by, for example, Global Communications and others.

My understanding is that SW can support speeds UP TO 5.5 kbps 
(emphasis on the 'up to' because you'll never reach 'top speed'
practically), which is fine for email or grabbing a weather chart or 
two, but certainly won't work with interactive websites and the like.

Is there some 'new' technology that increases the bandwidth
sufficiently to make this practical? -- (Kenneth V Zichi, Is it time 
to cook yet? Nov 2, ibid.)

Hi Glenn, I looked at the this a bit and it seems that the Internet 
via Shortwave system is not meant for the masses:
http://www.zdnet.com/google-amp/article/the-radio-system-taking-connectivity-to-the-toughest-environments-in-the-world/
(Daniel Rosenzweig, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Excerpt:

Simple usage --- At the core of the CNHF system is a physical radio, 
but what users actually operate are their own laptops and connected 
devices. The radio is only equipped with an on/off switch and can be 
connected to a router through an Ethernet cable or directly to a 
laptop giving access to online services such as email and instant 
messaging. The company says the maximum data rate is 153 kbps - not 
fast by home broadband standards but enough to enable critical 
communication.

"Our system is directly IP compatible, it supports both IPv4 and IPv6. 
In practice this means that our radio acts as an terminal exactly the 
same way as a satellite terminal," says Lindén. "We can transmit 
practically any IP data. In the next phase we are planning to enable 
VoiP calls and web browsing."

While KNL claims its radio system can be used anywhere in the world, 
including Arctic areas which are still a weak spot even for satellite 
communications, it's mainly targeted at demanding operational 
environments in security and defence, as well as industrial sectors. 
These are areas where satellite communications are commonly used, but 
KNL believes it can offer both cost advantages by using traditional 
radio waves and ensure greater reliability.

Interestingly, the origin of KNL is steeped in history. The name is an 
abbreviation of Kyynel ('tear' in English) which was the name of a 
portable HF radio developed by the Finnish intelligence services 
during the Winter War in 1939-1940 (via gh, DXLD)

DETERMINING GREAT CIRCLE PATHS

[Re: ANTARCTICA, which gh accomplished with his NGS Globe]

Glenn: Great insight about South America & Propagation Here !! Great 
for NOVICES & Old Timers as well. If anyone has trouble envisioning 
these Explainations, Go to:
http://www.greatcirclemapper.com 
and check out the "Flight Paths"

I did this a couple weeks ago when posts appeared about N. Korea's - 
Latin America B/C's and was awakened to the REAL PATH ON A SPHERE, 
compared to what my Mental Picture told me!!

EXAMPLE: Christchuch N.Z. is at about the same Azimuth as Hawaii, 
about south west [225 degrees], where as DARWIN Australia is 12 
degrees NORTH of STRAIGHT WEST [282 D.] from Calgary AB.

Even Old Dogs can learn New Tricks!! Thanks for the DETAILS, Glen[n].
Everything that we can learn from each-other WILL MAKE THE GROUP  
STRONGER !! THX RW (Rick Wald, BC, ptsw yg via DXLD)

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

PRESIDENT OBAMA ORDERS PREPARATIONS FOR EXTREME SPACE WEATHER EVENTS

Tomas Hood, NW7US the editor of the CQ Magazine Propagation column,
sent this late Thursday night:

"Space Weather is now the focus of a new executive order issued on
13 October 2016, as U.S. President Obama takes aim at preparing the
nation's infrastructure for 'extreme space weather events.'

"Space weather, which covers the Sun-Earth connection and includes
the conditions with which radio amateur shortwave communications
occur, is a hot area of research and development, and funding.
Space weather has the potential to not only affect radio
communications but also to affect and disrupt health and safety
across the world.

"Issuing an executive order is one way to ensure funding, but it
also serves as a reminder that we amateurs are positioned in several
ways to participate in the national readiness in the space weather
arena: firstly, we are emergency communicators, many of whom are
passionate about being prepared to offer their communities with
selfless radio communications service, but additionally, being
well-educated on space weather science and applications of space
weather and radio propagation knowledge. 

By the way, for those interested readers, I am still offering a 
comprehensive space weather and radio propagation course that includes 
material on forecasting; see 
http://sunspotwatch.com/swc 
and
http://bit.ly/2e5odRP

See you on the air - 73 de NW7US https://fb.me/spacewx.hfradio ."

(via QST de W1AW, Propagation Forecast Bulletin 44 ARLP044, From Tad 
Cook, K7RA, Seattle, WA October 28, 2016, To all radio amateurs, via 
DXLD)

GEOMAGNETIC INDICES – Compiled by: Phil Bytheway
E-mail: phil_tekno@yahoo.com
Geomagnetic Summary October 1 2016 through October 31 2016
Tabulated from email status daily (K @ 0000 UTC.)
Date Flux A  K  Space Wx
 1   81  19  3  no storms
 2   82  18  4  minor, G1
 3   88  14  3  no storms
 4   93  26  4  minor, G1
 5   99  13  3  no storms
 6  102   6  1  no storms
 7  104   6  1  no storms
 8  104   8  1  no storms
 9  105   5  1  no storms
10  102  11  1  no storms
11   99   4  1  no storms
12   98   6  3  no storms
13   95  43  5  moderate, G2
14   93  24  1  moderate, G2
15   85  11  3  no storms
16   81  18  4  minor, G1
17   76  20  4  no storms
18   77  11  3  no storms
19   77   7  1  no storms
20   75   3  1  no storms
21   78   2  0  no storms
22   78   6  2  no storms
23   77   8  3  no storms
24   75  16  3  no storms
25   78  60  6  strong, G3
26   78  46  5  moderate, G2
27   79  28  3  minor, G1
28   79  17  4  no storms
29   79  26  3  minor, G1
30   76  18  2  no storms
31   77  11  1  no storms
Gx – Geomagnetic Storm Level Rx – Radio Blackouts Level 
Sx – Solar Radiation Storm Level (IRCA DX Monitor Nov 5 via DXLD)

:Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
:Issued: 2016 Oct 31 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 24 - 30 October 2016

Solar activity was at very low levels during the period. The two
numbered regions on the visible disk were Region 2603 (N13, L=340,
class/area Dao/080 on 26 October) and 2604 (N07, L=261, class/area
Bxo/010 on 29 October). Other activity included a slow moving
coronal mass ejection (CME) directed mostly south of the ecliptic
beginning at 30/1012 UTC in SOHO/LASCO C2 imagery. The source of the
CME was unclear and may be associated with magnetic re-connection
near S30E15. Preliminary analysis indicated a possible weak glancing
blow arrival around midday on 04 November. Further analysis is
currently underway. 

No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit.

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit was at
moderate levels on 24-25 October and reached high levels from 26-30
October. The largest flux value of the period was 47,726 pfu
observed at 27/1530 UTC. 

Geomagnetic field activity ranged from quiet to G3 (Strong) storm
levels. The period started off under the waning influence of a weak
isolated positive polarity coronal hole high speed stream (CH HSS).
Solar wind speeds were mostly in the 380 km/s to 430 km/s range with
total field values between 5 nT and 10 nT and prolonged periods of
southward Bz. The geomagnetic field responded with quiet to active
levels on 24 October. Early on 25 October, total field began to rise
to a maximum of 21 nT at 25/1016 UTC while the Bz component
deflected southward to -17 nT indicating the onset of a co-rotating
interaction region. This was followed by a rise in solar wind speed
to around 750-830 km/s as a large, polar-connected, positive
polarity CH HSS moved into geoeffective position. Coronal hole
influence declined to the 530-680 km/s by midday on 27 October and
remained there until the end of the period. The geomagnetic field
responded with active to G3 (Strong) storm levels on 25 October,
active to G2 (Moderate) storm levels on 26 October, unsettled to G1
(Minor) storm levels on 27 and 29 October, unsettled to active
levels on 28 October, and quiet to active levels on 30 October. 

FORECAST OF SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY 31 OCTOBER-26 NOVEMBER 2016

Solar activity is expected to be at very low to low levels
throughout 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 moderate levels with high levels likely from 31
October-06 November, 12-19 November, and again from 22-26 November
due to CH HSS influence. 

Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be at unsettled to active
levels from 31 October-01 November, 11-15, and 19-26 November with
G1 (Minor) storm levels likely on 13, 21-23, and 25 November and G2
(Moderate) storm levels likely on 21-22 November due to recurrent CH
HSS activity.

:Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt
:Issued: 2016 Oct 31 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
#
#      27-day Space Weather Outlook Table
#                Issued 2016-10-31
#
#   UTC      Radio Flux   Planetary   Largest
#  Date       10.7 cm      A Index    Kp Index
2016 Oct 31      80          15          4
2016 Nov 01      80          12          4
2016 Nov 02      80           8          3
2016 Nov 03      78           8          3
2016 Nov 04      82           8          3
2016 Nov 05      82           5          2
2016 Nov 06      82           8          3
2016 Nov 07      80           5          2
2016 Nov 08      80           5          2
2016 Nov 09      78           5          2
2016 Nov 10      78           5          2
2016 Nov 11      80          10          3
2016 Nov 12      80          15          4
2016 Nov 13      78          18          5
2016 Nov 14      75          10          3
2016 Nov 15      73           8          3
2016 Nov 16      73           5          2
2016 Nov 17      78           5          2
2016 Nov 18      78           5          2
2016 Nov 19      77           8          3
2016 Nov 20      75          15          4
2016 Nov 21      78          54          6
2016 Nov 22      78          42          6
2016 Nov 23      80          24          5
2016 Nov 24      80          18          4
(SWPC via DXLD)

GLENN`S PROPAGATION OUTLOOK FOR MEDIA NETWORK PLUS AS OF NOV 3, 2016

Keith, from IPS in Australia, the global HF propagation forecast thru 
November 5: normal and low and middle latitude bands; normal to fair 
at high latitudes.

From Spaceweather South Africa thru November 5: magnetic conditions 
quiet to unsettled; shortwave fadeouts unlikely; MUF unstable.

From Met Office UK thru November 6: Solar activity at very low levels 
with only weak sunspot activity. Geomagnetic activity mostly Quiet to 
Unsettled, with a chance of Active periods November 3 and 4.

From F K Janda, OK1HH in Prague, the Geomagnetic field will be:
quiet to unsettled on November 4, 10 - 11, 14, 19
mostly quiet on November 5, 15, 18
quiet on November 6 - 7, 16 - 17
quiet to active on November 8, 12 - 13
active to disturbed on November 9, 20 - 21

From SWPC in Boulder: Geomagnetic field unsettled to active November 
11-15, and 19-26 with G1 (Minor) storm levels likely on November 13, A 
and K indices of 18 and 5; G2 (Moderate) storm levels likely on 
November 21-22 with A`s and K`s pecking at 54 and 6. Solar flux 
reaching only 82 on November 4 to 6. Down to 73 on November 15 and 16.

For meteor scatter enthusiasts, RSGB says we are approaching the peak 
of the Taurids shower. The meteor rate is low but it does have a 
reputation for some fireballs. Look for a peak overnight around the 
4th and 5th of November.

William Hepburn`s VHF-UHF-microwave DX maps show extreme tropospheric 
ducting off southern California November 7 and 8; between Oman and 
India November 5 to 7; off the west and northwest coast of Australia 
November 4 to 8 (via DXLD)

ICE AGE MIGHT GRIP EARTH, NASA IMAGES SHOW SUN GOING "BLANK" FOR 
FOURTH TIME IN 2016 --- By R. Siva Kumar

Shivers! Yesterday, NASA images showed that the sun has gone "blank" 
without any sunspots for the fourth time this year. The solar surface 
shows complete inaction. It could lead us to the Ice Age, say climate 
experts.

Usually, our sun doesn't have a pleasant face, but looks burning hot, 
pocked by sunspots. But now, it looks smooth, with sunspots at the 
lowest rate for 10,000 years. Solar activity too has slowed down.

However, the sun's pleasant face isn't too pleasant for the earth. 
Such blank faces, without sunspot activity could usher in a cold 
spell, just like the Maunder Minimum, which began in 1645 and went on 
till 1715. That was called the Little Ice Age and even became well-
known because of the winter frost fairs that became popular on the 
frozen surface of the Thames.

The warning was issued by meteorologist and renowned sun-watcher Paul 
Dorian in his report. It spread some tension: "The blank sun is a sign 
that the next solar minimum is approaching and there will be an 
increasing number of spotless days over the next few years," said 
Dorian. "At first, the blankness will stretch for just a few days at a 
time, then it'll continue for weeks at a time, and finally it should 
last for months at a time when the sunspot cycle reaches its nadir. 
The next solar minimum phase is expected to take place around 2019 or 
2020."

Sunspot activity is like a pendulum, swinging back and forth within a 
period of 11 or 12 years. However, solar activity is falling more 
rapidly than at any time in the last 10,000 years.

As SpaceWeather put it: "Right now the pendulum is swinging toward low 
sunspot numbers. Forecasters expect the cycle to hit rock bottom in 
2019-2020. Between now and then, there will be lots of spotless suns. 

At first, the blank stretches will be measured in days; later in weeks 
and months. The current blank spell is the 4th such interval of 2016, 
so far."

Hence predictions - and these are not from astrologers but weathermen 
- forecast that more blank suns are likely. "There will be lots of 
spotless suns," say the forecasters.

Last year, Professor Valentina Zharkov said that in the 2030s, the 
sun's activity could plunge by 60%, leading to the next mini Ice Age. 
It would lead to crop failures as well as other disasters on the 
planet.

He said: "I am absolutely confident in our research. It has a good 
mathematical background and reliable data, which has been handled 
correctly. In fact, our results can be repeated by any researchers 
with the similar data available in many solar observatories, so they 
can derive their own evidence of upcoming Maunder Minimum in solar 
magnetic field and activity" (Headlines & Global News via November 
Australian DX News via DXLD) ###