DX LISTENING DIGEST 16-47, November 23, 2016
Incorporating REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING
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SHORTWAVE AIRINGS of WORLD OF RADIO 1853, November 24-30, 2016
Thu 1230 WRMI 9955 [confirmed]
Thu 2130 WRMI 13695 [confirmed]
Fri 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB [not confirmed]
Sat 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB [confirmed]
Sat 0630 HLR 6190-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio
Sat 1531 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio [not confirmed]
Sat 2030v WA0RCR 1860-AM
Sat 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB [confirmed]
Sun 0410v WA0RCR 1860-AM [confirmed from 0417]
Mon 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB [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 2200 WBCQ 7490v
Thu 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB

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** ALBANIA. ALR was actually audible on 7390 this morning, and would
have been a fairly good copy if I understood Albanian. The signal was
stronger and not too much buzzzzz. Try it tonight, Glenn, and see if
it's any better there. My impression is that the power has been
reduced below 50 kW, or else they're not using a beamed antenna. The
European services have been very poorly heard this past week. 73 from
(Noel Green, Nov 18, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

7475-, Nov 19 at 0253, presumed R. Tirana is as always a JBA carrier =
just barely audible with BFO on 7474 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

Propagation condx are not very good, and I notice that John Babbis is
regularly giving a low strength signal report for Greece on 9 MHz too.
However, my guess re ALR is that they continue with 50 kW and that
they are using the omnidirectional antenna and not the beam. Even
during poor condx I have still heard S9+ signals when full power and a
beam were in use. But evening services to Europe are now well below S9
on most days, and it is no surprise that you - Glenn - are hardly
hearing anything at all. 73 from (Noel Green, NW England, ibid.)

7474.96, Nov 20 at 0224, at last, I can hear the R. Tirana IS at S5,
cutting thru some slowly pulsing hum without too much roar. But by
0230 speech modulation, not enough punch to copy English to North
America (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Radio Tirana morning service to Balkan neighbouring states heard:

1394.905 kHz measured exact frequency of Fllake Albania MW center,
weak signal peak seen, no audio in Riviera Italy remote SDR post, at
0954 UT on November 21.

7389.976, S=9+10dB or -63dBm signal, BUT BUZZY AUDIO SIGNAL as usual,
at 0948 UT on Nov 21. Listen to enclosed recording of this morning
November 21. Scratchy audio noise like visible on Perseus software
screen:

24 x 100 Hertz distance apart peaks visible of carrier, plus 50, 150,
250, 450 Hertz peaks too; either sideband.

Comparision:
7285 kHz CRI Cërrik Albania relay site program in Romanian language,
excellent audio noted. S=9+40dB powerhouse signal observed in remote
SDR Perseus post, near Genua Riviera coast in Italy. 73 wolfy
(Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

7475-, Nov 22 at 0229, R. Tirana IS is JBA at S5, but so is the noise
level when tuned to nothing else on 7470 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

RT English at 0230 UT to GB/IRL and North America checked. US/CAN
reception tonight = NIL. Nothing above threshold level heard on
Detroit MI, NY, NJ, and MA-US East Coast units!

But surprisingly nice Radio Tirana signal (like from Greece and Turkey
also tonight) noted in Belgium, England, Spain and Germany. S=9+25dB
or -45dBm signal strength on 7474.974 kHz.

Little audio scratch noted of 10 x 100 Hertz apart distance from
carrier, main power buzz peaks visible and and to be listen too.
Listen to enclosed MP3 format recording. 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang
Büschel, Nov 22, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Radio Tirana Home Sce 1 with bad audio, Nov 23
0800-1000 on 7390 SHI 100 kW / 310 deg to WeEu Albanian
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/albania-radio-tirana-home-sce-1-with.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ANGUILLA. 11775, Nov 20 at 1321, PMS modulation is quite distorted.

6090, Nov 22 at 0240, PMS modulation is suptorted as has been the case
for several days, also on day frequency 11775. Who cares?

11775, Nov 23 at 2046, DGS modulation is still distorted (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ANTARCTICA. 15475.97, R. Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel / LRA36
(tentative). Getting a carrier here at 2030 UT. Despite reception
being dead quiet, I never could confirm audio. Seemed pretty close
though. With good conditions, I think it'll make it. It went off at
2101:31 UT (Dave Valko-PA-USA, Nov 11, BC-DX 18 Nov via DXLD)

** ARGENTINA. 15345. November 21, 2016. 2320-2327, RAE Argentina al
Mundo, General Pacheco, in Portuguese. Open carrier and barely audible
or unlistenable transmission (DXer: José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX).
Location: Cabedelo-PB, Brazil, Degen DE1103 & Tecsun S-2000, Antenna:
Portable Telescopic, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD)

11710.740 kHz, RAE Buenos Aires unstable frequency, wanders 3-4 Hertz
up and down, S=7 or -86dBm, orchestra music at 0211 UT. French
presenter by female voice. 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, Nov 22,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ARMENIA. [Event 27-11] Radio Mi Amigo Special Transmission ---
Sunday evening November 27 from 20:00 to 22:00 CET [19 to 21 UT] we
will do another special event show, this time to promote our new daily
transmissions on 6085 kHz. The show will air on 6145 kHz with 100
Kilowatts (!) from the Armenia transmitter, just like we did in
October.

The two-hour show will be hosted by Cpt. Kord from Alicante and will
have have 4 segments presented live by 4 of our DJ's: Johnny Lewis,
Peter van Dam, Ron O'Quin and Keith Lewis from their studio's in The
UK, Holland and Equador.

We expect this broadcast to be received not only in Europe but also in
other parts of the world and again we look forward to your reception
reports. As always, we'll reward you with our new printed QSL card and
Mi Amigo car stickers (via Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, dxldyg via
WORLD OF RADIO 1853, DXLD) See also GERMANY [non]

** ARMENIA [and non]. Trans World Radio India, wrong frequency Nov 14
from 1345 on 9910*ERV 300 kW / 100 deg SoAs Maithili, instead of 9920
from 1349 on 9920 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg SoAs Maithili as scheduled B16
*strong co-ch 9910 TWR 100 kW / 320 deg EaAs Korean KTWR Asia
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/trans-world-radio-india-on-wrong.html
(DX RE MIX NEWS #979 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, November 22,
2016 via DXLD)

** ASIA [and non]. TIMETABLE OF RADIO FREE ASIA --- We encourage our
listeners to tell us when they receive our transmissions. Your
reception reports, or QSL cards, help us evaluate the quality of our
signal strength. Please find mailing instructions below the frequency
table. To view the complete broadcasting schedule of RFA's nine
language services, please click here
http://www.rfa.org/about/help/live.html

Effective 30 October 2016 through 25 March 2016
All times and dates are Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), same as
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). Updated on October 28, 2016

Burmese
0030-0130 12115 15700 17510
1230-1400 11795 12105 13735
1400-1430 11795 12105

Cantonese
1400-1500 *FNP
[= frequency not promoted! WRTH 2016 for B-15 showed this transmission
jumped around depending on day of week among 13645, 13695, 13665,
13655, like one other at 22-23 on 9 MHz band. Why is this more
sensitive than the jammed Mandarin, Tibetan, Uyghur services with
explicit schedules below? gh]

Khmer
1230-1330 11750
FM 93.5 Mohanokor, Phnom Penh
FM 90, Phnom Penh
2230-2330 11850
2300-2400 FM 105 Beehive, Phnom Penh
2400-0100 FM 102 WMC, Phnom Penh
FM 104.25 WMC, Kampong Thom
FM 92.25 WMC, Svay Rieng
FM 95.5 Angkor Ratha, Siem Reap
FM 90.25 Indra Devi, Siem Reap
FM 88.70 Khon Khmer, Kampot
FM 90.25 Klang Moeung, Battambang
0100-0200 FM 90.25 Kiri Dangrek, Odor Meanchey
0500-0600 FM 88.5 Stung Sen, Kampong Thom
1300-1400 FM 93.5 Mohanokor, Phnom Penh
1330-1430 FM 105 Beehive, Phnom Penh
FM 90, Phnom Penh
FM 90.25 Klang Moeung, Battambang
1400-1500 FM 90.25 Indra Devi, Siem Reap
FM 88.70 Khon Khmer, Kampot
1530-1630 FM 102 WMC, Phnom Penh
FM 104.25 WMC, Kampong Thom
FM 92.25 WMC, Svay Rieng
FM 95.5 Angkor Ratha, Siem Reap
FM 88.5 Stung Sen, Kampong Thom
FM 90.25 Kiri Dangrek, Odor Meanchey
Korean
1500-1700 1188 5885 7210 9985
1700-1900 1188 5885 9985
2100-2200 7460 9860 9985

Lao
0000-0100 13685
1100-1200 13685

Mandarin
0300-0500 11980 15340 17660
0500-0700 11980 15340 17660 21700
1500-1600 7415 9790 9850
1600-1700 6120 7415 9455
1700-1900 7415 9455 9860
1900-2000 1098 5965 7415 9455 9860
2000-2100 1098 5965 7415 7445 9455 9590
2100-2200 1098 7415 9410 9455
2300-2400 9825 9900 11775

Tibetan
0100-0200 9670 11695 13795 15270 17750
0200-0300 9455 9670 11695 17525 17750
0600-0700 17675 17815 21480 21680
1000-1100 9690 15665 17830
1100-1200 7470 9315 11550
1200-1300 7470 9315 11555 12055 15375
1300-1400 7470 9315 12050 13650 15375
1500-1600 5875 9315 11660 11805
2200-2300 7470 7480 9890
2300-2400 5905 7470 7540 9535

Uyghur
0100-0200 7480 9450 9700 9740 13705
1600-1700 7545 7565 11720 11800

Vietnamese
1400-1430 1503 11850 13735
1430-1500 11850 13735

* Frequency Not Promoted
Frequencies are in kiloHertz (kHz). 1 MegaHertz (MHz) is equal to 1000
kHz. Conversion to meter bands: Meters=300000/frequency in kHz. e.g.:
17705 kHz --> 16.9 meters
E-mail your reception report to qsl@rfa.org, or send it by regular
mail to:
Reception Reports
Radio Free Asia
2025 M Street N.W., Suite 300
Washington, DC 20036
USA

CORDIALES SALUDOS / GOOD LUCK / (via JUAN FRANCO CRESPO * STAMP
JOURNALIST (AIPET) SÀLVIA 8 (MAS CLARIANA) E-43800 VALLS-TARRAGONA
(ESPAÑA-SPAIN-ESPAGNE-SPANIEN), DXLD)

** AUSTRALIA. 4910, Nov 22 at 0822, Oz talk vs CODAR. It`s VL8T,
Tennant Creek NT, just before the 0830 QSY to 2485. Unfortunately I am
awake at this hour for a frequency I don`t hear elsewhen. Weaker than
VL8A 4835 Alice, which stays there 24 hours and is easy around sunrise
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** AUSTRALIA. 15415. November 21, 2016. 2138-2145, Radio Australia,
Shepparton, in English. Total silence on 15240, 15415 and 17840 kHz,
all off! (DXer: José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX). Location: Cabedelo-PB,
Brazil, Degen DE1103 & Tecsun S-2000, Antenna: Portable Telescopic,
Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD)

** AUSTRALIA. Bad frequency selection of Reach Beyond Australia Nov 17
1045-1115 11915 KNX 100 kW / 320 deg SEAs Rawang
1115-1130 11915*KNX 100 kW / 320 deg SEAs English Sun/Tue/Thu/Fri
1115-1130 11915*KNX 100 kW / 320 deg SEAs Burmese Mon/Tue/Thu
1115-1130 11915*KNX 100 kW / 320 deg SEAs Chinese Falam Wed/Sat
1130-1145 11915*KNX 100 kW / 320 deg SEAs English Sun
1130-1145 11915*KNX 100 kW / 320 deg SEAs Burmese Mon/Tue/Thu
1130-1145 11915*KNX 100 kW / 320 deg SEAs Chinese Falam Wed/Sat
1130-1145 11915*KNX 100 kW / 320 deg SEAs Chinese Hakka Fri
1300-1400 9645#KNX 100 kW / 305 deg SoAs English
*strong co-channel
11915 TSH 250 kW / 205 deg SEAs Chinese RTI+CNR-1 jammer
#strong co-channel
9645 KIM 100 kW / 319 deg CeAs Russian KBS World Radio
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/bad-frequency-selection-of-reach-beyond.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

11914.970, Reach Beyond Kununurra Australia, probably in Burmese on
Thursday only, modern religious chorus sung, noted at 1048 UT on Nov
17, at S=7-8 or -81dBm signal. No QRM at this time slot (Wolfgang
Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 17, dxldyg via DXLD)

Fair to good signal of Reach Beyond Australia, Nov 17
1100-1115 on 15575 KNX 100 kW / 310 deg to SEAs Tibetan Mon
1100-1115 on 15575 KNX 100 kW / 315 deg to SEAs Vietnamese Tue/Thu/Fri
1115-1130 on 15575 KNX 100 kW / 315 deg to SEAs Vietnamese Thu
1145-1230 on 11865 KNX 100 kW / 315 deg to SEAs Indonesian
1405-1435 on 11980 KNX 100 kW / 305 deg to SoAs English
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/fair-to-good-signal-of-reach-beyond.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

9645, Nov 23 at 1343, talking about Jesus, as `Our Daily Bread`, then
1345 `Wonderful Words of Life`, music at S9. 1349 sermon about
Thanxgiving in USA, whence this admittedly is recorded. 1359 Reach
Beyond, Australia ID with Bach in bachground, order to retune to
11980, and off 9645. *1400, 11980 comes up somewhat stronger, for more
English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** AUSTRIA. 5970, Nov 20 at 0235, S Asian song at S8. Would be nice to
get something from, rather than to there, but EiBi shows it`s yet
another AWR transmission, in Punjabi to Afghanistan, preceded by Urdu
to AFG; I should think Pakistan a more likely target for those
languages (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** AZERBAIJAN. Good signal of Ictimai Radio or Voice of Justice Nov 18
0850 & 0915 9676.9 unknown tx/unknown to CeAs, broadband FM modulation
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/good-signal-of-ictimai-radio-or-voice_19.html

Good signal of Ictimai Radio or Voice of Justice Nov 23
from 0830 9676.9 unknown tx/unknown to CeAs, broadband FM modulation
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/good-signal-of-ictimai-radio-or-voice_23.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BHUTAN. 6035, Bhutan BS Thimpu, poor and tiny S=5, 0344 UT, daytime
path. Thanks to presence of 4S7VK Victor's SDR installation in
Piliyandala, Sri Lanka, remote Perseus access net around 0330 to 0515
UT on November 23, wb df5sx [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW
15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, harmonics yg via DXLD)

** BIAFRA [non]. SECRETLAND, Radio Biafra via SPL Secretbrod, Nov 16
1800-2100 on 15325 SCB 100 kW / 195 deg to WeAf English
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/radio-biafra-via-spl-secretbrod-nov16.html
(DX RE MIX NEWS #979 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, November 22,
2016 via DXLD) You mean, they managed to broadcast the entire 3 hours?

SECRETLAND, Reception of Radio Biafra via SPL Secretbrod, Nov 23
1800-1843 on 15325 SCB 100 kW / 195 deg to WeAf English tx is off air,
from 1843 on 15325 SCB 100 kW / 195 deg to WeAf English, live program:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/reception-of-radio-biafra-via-spl_23.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BOLIVIA [and non]. 6134.8 & 6135.2, Nov 20 at 0232, Radio Santa
Cruz and Brazil`s Rádio Aparecida making their usual het but obscured
by some humroar hash. I tune back and forth but can`t decide which one
is producing it. However, likely the stronger one, RSC, and IIRC it
has gone haywire before.

6134.8, Nov 21 at 0210, now it`s pretty clear that the roar is
centered here from Radio Santa Cruz malfunxioning transmitter, rather
than the JBA carrier on 6135.2 from R. Aparecida (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST) Since recovered

** BRAZIL. 4885, Nov 17 at 0513, R. Clube do Pará with an ID
mentioning 1,550 kHz. WRTH lists one station in Pará on 1550, R.
Cabano in Maracanã, perhaps an affiliate. CODAR QRM can be avoided by
LSB tuning (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BRAZIL. Here in central Maryland, Radio Brazil Central is audible
tonight on 4985 kHz, right through the RTTY that consistently occupies
that frequency. Noted from 0155. Clearly parallel 11815 kHz. It helps
if your receiver has an auto notch that can follow the RTTY and reduce
the high-pitch tones to clicks. 0201 UT 11/22/16 (Art Delibert, North
Bethesda, MD, JRC NRD-545 receiver, Pennant antenna with DX
Engineering pre-amp, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1853, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** BRAZIL. Re: DXLD 16-46: Radio Senado on 11780? My apologies, Glenn,
I'm not sure how 11780 got into my log as a frequency for this one
(perhaps I fumbled a copy/paste on my phone), but you are correct, it
*was* 5990 where I heard this. I thought it was Spanish at first but
then I listened further and noticed it was definitely Portuguese.
According to the latest AOKI list, R. Senado is the only Portuguese
station on that channel at that time so I assumed that it must be it.
But I didn't hear, nor log, an ID (I usually denote the time I heard
an ID when I do I hear one). I have tried to listen for it again since
but the local noise levels here have been prohibitive (probably a
neighbor's plasma TV). In light of all of this and until I hear it
again and get a definite ID, I will correct this log to the following:

UnID (Ràdio Senado?) 5990, 0909 14 NOV - UNID [RÀDIO SENADO BRAZIL)?].
SINPO = 35433. Portuguese, news anchored by male announcer. “Donald
Trump” mentioned many times. QSB=slow-to-moderate rate, modulation on
noisy carrier mostly well above the noise floor with occasional fades
to mixing with or just above it. sf78.5, a21, k3, geomag: unsettled.
250kw, Omni, bearing 116 . 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, 9063KM(?) from transmitter at Brasilia(?),
Parque do Rodeador, DF. Local time: 0109 (Rodney Johnson, NV, dxldyg
via WORLD OF RADIO 1853, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BRAZIL. 9664.94, Nov 20 at 0221, Voz Missionária with S8 signal
better than usual, but dead air, still so at 0240 when I measure it
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BRAZIL. 11761-11799 approx., Nov 23 at 0603, RNA 11780 is splashing
music out plus/minus 19 kHz, impacting another Brazilian, 11764.637,
SRDA Curitiba. Most of the time, RNA has been behaving itself (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BRAZIL. 11895.08, Super R. Boa Vontade, at 0947 UT found here with
Portuguese talk by soft-spoken M. Mixing with some orchestral music
after 0955 UT. Into another talk by different very soft-spoken M mixed
with soft music, sounding almost like a short story. Then another
different M took over. Never did get an ID announcement but it was
definitely \\ to the webstream which was 25 seconds behind live audio
here. Looked like the signal drifted back and forth about 4 or 5 Hz.
Couldn't tell if it was \\ 9550.05 kHz as there wasn't enough audio on
that frequency. There was another signal on 11895 kHz which I presume
was CRI going off at 1000 UT leaving a slightly weaker signal which I
presume was BBC Thailand {ZYE856 R. Boa Vontade, Porto Alegre RS
<www.boavontade.com/radio> }

9550.03, Super R. Boa Vontade, at 0907 UT ZY pop-like music. 0909 UT W
announcer DJ in Portuguese. 0910 UT short ID/promo, then nice full ID
with frequencies and ending with ID at 0910:50 UT. Another canned
announcement by M at 0911 UT, possible TC, then live W DJ returned.
Found a signal on 11895.12 kHz at 0933 with China on 11895 kHz.
Couldn't get any audio {ZYE855 R. Boa Vontade, Porto Alegre RS
<www.boavontade.com/radio> } (Dave Valko-PA-USA, Nov 13, BC-DX 18 Nov
via DXLD)

** BRAZIL. "After local DTT tests earlier this year, Brazil has
switched off analogue TV for the 4.3 million people living in
Brasilia’s metropolitan area." ...

"According to the public schedule released earlier this year, most
regions and cities will complete the digital TV switch-over during
2018. By the end of this year, the entire country should be ready for
the final switch-off." More:
http://www.rapidtvnews.com/2016112345168/brazil-s-capital-switches-over-to-digital-tv.html
(Richard Langley, dxldyg via DXLD) DTV

** BULGARIA. Radio Bulgaria on mediumwave; new BNR regional station at
Kardzhali --- Radio Bulgaria closed their shortwave service in early
2012, switching most of their multilingual service to online
streaming. Their Turkish output however can still be heard through the
ether on 576 kHz from the country's high-powered and only remaining
mediumwave transmitter at Vidin, presumably intended mainly for
Bulgaria's sizable Turkish minority. These broadcasts are at 0600-
0700, 1300-1400 & 1830-1930 UT [presumably an hour earlier in summer]
and in contrast to the slick modern presentation of the exclusively
online Radio Bulgaria programming they open with the same interval
signal and signature tune Radio Sofia/Radio Bulgaria has used since
the 1960s, identifying as 'Bulgaristan Radyosu'.

These broadcasts can also be heard via Radio Kardzhali, which opened
on 9 May 2016 as the latest of nine regional stations of Bulgarian
National Radio (BNR). Kardzhali Province has an ethnic Turkish
majority and the station transmits on 90.0 MHz FM with its own
programmes in Bulgarian at 0900-1200 local time (currently 0700-1000
UT), the rest of the time relaying either Horizont [BNR 1st Programme]
or Radio Bulgaria broadcasts in Turkish at the times given above.
Radio Kardzhali and 18 other BNR radio services are available on live
web streams from the organisation's multilingual website at
http://www.bnr.bg

Recent clips of Radio Kardzhali and Radio Bulgaria Turkish Service -
the latter complete with old-style interval signal and signature tune
- can be heard on the Interval Signals Online website at
http://IntervalSignals.net
(David Kernick, Interval Signals Online, Nov 18, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** BURUNDI [non]. MADAGASCAR, Reception of Radio Publique Africaine
via MGB Madagascar, Nov 20
1800-1858 11550 MDC 250 kW / 295 deg SoAf Kirundi/French, poor & weak
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/reception-of-radio-publique-africaine_22.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CANADA. 540, Nov 21 at 1303 UT, CBC news, as CBK Watrous is in, not
too commonly, so where is La Ranchera de Paquimé? Canadian angle
obvious, but checked 990 for // stronger CBW Manitoba, yes. 1313 UT
recheck, now CBK is local, YL with Saskatchewan weather, -3 now in
Regina and Saskatoon. I used to put non-ITU callsigns like ``CBK`` and
``CBW`` in quotation marks since CB- calls really pertain to Chile
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CANADA. 940, QC, Montreal, CFNV. Was only on the air a few hours a
day, and only with Test Tones, up to now. They may not have been full
power some or all of that time, as well, but definitely are now on the
air with their final pattern and power for approval by Industry Canada
before being issued their official license, rather than just a CP.
Official Testing for Industry Canada approval is now underway
continuously, at full power with English and French music and frequent
breaks with ID and a request to report interference issues instead of
occasional Test Tones (CANADIAN RADIO NEWS – Dan Sys, Guest editor Jon
Pearkins, IRCA DX Monitor Nov 26 via DXLD)

** CANADA. 2749-USB, Nov 20 at 0245, robot YL with weather in English,
S8. Starting at 0240 was VCS Halifax via Sambro NS site (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CANADA. 6030, CFVP, Calgary at 2208 with ID “Calgary’s all new
Funny 10-60 AM” (when does it stop being “new”?, they’ve always used
this), comedian. - Poor Nov 18 (Harold Sellers, Vernon, British
Columbia, listening in my car, by the lake, with the CommRadio CR-1a
and Sony AN-1 active antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Harold, remember when CKVR Channel 3 in Barrie used to announce
themselves as “The New VR” for over fifteen years? (Mark Coady, ODXA
via DXLD) Used to be among my regular analog sporadic E DX (gh, DXLD)

** CHINA. 4940, Voice of Strait (Fuzhou) 1515-1530 19 Nov. "Focus on
China", VoS' Saturday English program from 1500-1530 heard fairly well
today with items on health insurance reforms, children's books, an
exhibition of house goods & ornaments from the Empress' palace in the
Ching Dynasty. Nice ID at 1516: "You're listening to 'Focus on China'
in Voice of Strait broadcasting station" and closing program with a
very pleasant guitar instrumental (Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA,
PL380/6m X wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. 4940, Voice of Strait, 1501, Nov 19. Saturday only English
program "Focus on China"; starting with pop song "Call Me Maybe";
interesting item about Nov 11, which is China's "11/11 Singles Day,"
the worlds largest online shopping day; good number of IDs; fair.

Amazing sales numbers for "11/11 Singles Day" in the following news
item. China has so many people, it is hard to imagine them all. Every
time I go to Shanghai, it seems there are more and more people there
(about 24M now).

http://www.fwd.news/alibaba-singles-day-posts-new-sales-record/

"In the first hour, there were 175,000 purchases per second according
to Daniel Zhang, Group Chief Executive of Alibaba. . . . .

According to the Shanghai Daily, shoppers spent US$1.5 billion during
the first seven minutes of the event launch."

7200, Firedragon (music jamming), 1257, Nov 20. Fair, along with the
usual CNR1 jamming of RTI.

9530, Firedragon, 1238, Nov 20, with jamming of VOA; fair; unable to
hear if CNR1 was also here (Ron Howard, Calif., dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA [and non]. 7410, Nov 17 at 1301, looking for Shiokaze, but
all I hear is Japanese from CRI, and very strange music underneath,
sure sounds like tune of ``Jesus Saves``, as used by FEBC Philippines
for IS! Exactly: FEBC has Cambodian on 7410 at 1200-1300, so running a
bit over. Ivo Ivanov also heard that until 1302 but doesn`t mention
CRI (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Hi Glenn - Back on Nov 6, at 1158, on 7410, heard the FEBC IS in the
clear, before the strong sign on at *1200 of CRI, which was too strong
to make out much from FEBC after 1200 (Ron Howard, Nov 17, dxldyg via
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

CRI Russian from powerhouse 500 kW Shijiazhuang heard starting at
12.00:05 UT exact, Nov 18. FEBC Bocaue interval signal was underneath,
when heard in Tokyo remote SDR unit this noon (Wolfgang Büschel,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. 7415, Firedragon (jammer) 11/21, 1515. Loud. No sign of
likely target (RFA via Tinian) heard (Rick Barton, Logs from Arizona,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA [and non]. 9280, Nov 23 at 0019, big S9+25 signal in Chinese
as I am tuning between 9330 and 9265. It`s a CNR1 jammer, but nothing
else heard; represented by the asterisk in this Aoki entry:
``9280*SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng 2212-1711 1234567 Chinese 0.1 ND ? TWN
2610N 11955E SOH b16``

Then I put 9280 on the PL-880 as I continue to bandscan on the NRD-545
to find how many more CNR1s are incoming in the next few minutes:
0026, 9670, an echo apart plus CCI
0026, 9675, synchronized
0028, 9845, very poor with echo
0028, 9880, with CCI, not synch
0033, 11530, echo and CCI from WRMI
0035, 11750, echo
0037, 11945, echo and CCI
0037, 11960, echo
0041, 7580
Recheck at 0103, 9280 is off (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. BANGLADESH (& a bit of INDIA) [non/non], 9690, CRI (Kunming)
1554-1558* 16 Nov. Closing CRI's Bengali service with many Bangladesh
mentions, contact info (Bengali -- @cri.com.cn & Beijing p-mail
address), sked and what sounded like Twitter/video access. Uses an
instrumental version of The Carpenters' hit "Close to You" as
background during the close-down, but the balance is off and the music
is much louder than the spoken word. Also heard 1542-1558* 18 Nov.
with Bengali romantic "lounge" tunes before close-down announcements
(Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA, PL380/6m X wire, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** CHINA. PHILIPPINES [non], 7325, CRI (Beijing) *1430-1437+ 18 Nov.
CRI theme, ID in Chinese & Pilipino ["Radio Internacional na China"],
opening announcements for the Friday broadcast into news (Shenzhou 11
space capsule returns to Earth, World Internet Conference, Pacific
Economic Cooperation Conference) followed by short informative piece
on the Yellow River (all 5464 km of it). (Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach,
CA, PL380/6m X wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA [and non]. 9410even, OMAN, BBC English, Al Seela, BUT COVERED
by China mainland broadband white noise 'metallic sound' jamming,
9405-9415 kHz. S=9 probably from Kashgar western Tibet/China center?

Thanks to presence of 4S7VK Victor's SDR installation in Piliyandala,
Sri Lanka, remote Perseus access net around 0330 to 0515 UT on
November 23, wb df5sx [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3
Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, harmonics yg via DXLD)

** CHINA. 9750, Nov 23 at 0027 soft song, fair signal with flutter.
Aoki shows the only thing is PBS Nei Menggu, 50 kW, 36 degrees from
Hohhot (favorable for us far beyond). Could well be, considering how
many CNR1s I am getting on 31m (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. 9940, CNR1 (jammer) 1508 19 Nov. Weak but covering unID.
Aoki has nothing on 9940 at 1500, but also heard unID Chinese speaker
on 9930 same time [not CNR1/2], which may be SoH, so perhaps the
jammer was not quite up to speed on the correct frequency (Dan Sheedy,
Moonlight Beach, CA, PL380/6m X wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** COSTA RICA. RFPI - 2nd SW TX Site (Maybe?) I'm wondering if I have
located the 2nd RFPI (Radio For Peace International) SW TX site here:

9.920837 -84.271140

Using historical GE imagery back to Jan 22, 2003 I can see masts that
aren't there in later imagery slides. Site is at University For Peace
(El Rodeo), which from memory was the 2nd or last SW site for RFPI.
Looks to be a log-periodic antenna amongst the towers/masts, which
might be right, but my memory is very hazy after so many years.

The first SW site for RFPI was located at: Ciudad Colón (apparently,
if my notes are correct). Site coordinates unknown. Comments welcome,
including start end dates for respective sites if anyone has info.

[NB Sam]

Found this website:
http://rfpi.org/

Plenty of stories on the last days of RFPI & images. Antenna was a
cubical quad. The image that looks like a LP antenna would be the
cubical quad. The studios were located at:
9.920721 -84.271881
(Ian, Nov 21, shortwavesites yg via DXLD)

** CUBA. 1020, Nov 22 at 0308, ``RR`` once a minute underneath KOKP
Perry OK semi-local sports talk. The RRs fire about a sesquisecond
after true minutetops of WWV. Also a het from about 1019.9, but can`t
tell if that`s Radio Reloj or elsewhence. WRTH 2016 shows no Cuban
clox on 1020, but three other stations, and this isn`t even an
overnight filler switch.

Terry Krueger`s Cubalist as of Aug 29, 2016, does not show a current
Reloj on 1020, but in 2003-2006, Reloj audio was used as a jammer
(against Turks & Caicos?) from Jorobo, Las Tunas. The current Radio
Artemisa here might explain it, as Greg Hardison recently heard Reloj
overnight on another Artemisa frequency, 770 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

I hear 1020 Reloj regularly overnight. Believe I've heard Artemisa
here overnight as well so inconclusive as to source. Daytime -- such
as right now at 1530 GMT -- Artemisa strong on 1020, parallel 770.
Never a Reloj daytime here but if it's a dedicated Reloj on the
eastern half of the island, I'd not hear it from this location. Had
the Artemisa overnight Reloj relay around 0840 GMT today on 770.
Artemisa at 1126 GMT recheck (Terry Krueger, FL, ibid.)

1020: Getting Radio Artemisa at GMT 1104+ today, parallel 770, with
Reloj in the mix, also WURN, Kendall FL ("Actualidad Radio" news
format in Spanish). So, confirms not Artemisa.

Radio Guamá and CMKS also still listed at 1020 per RadioCuba; can't
recall my last reception of either here though. Still suspect Reloj is
a dedicated transmitter on 1020 from central or eastern Cuba.

Archival logs found are below. Interestingly, no trace of Reloj 1020
during extensive Cuba monitoring from various points in the Florida
Keys, 2012:

1020 CUBA Radio Reloj, Jobabo, Las Tunas. 1010 May 27, 2015. This one
-- which has been here for a long time -- is certainly dedicated
solely to Reloj audio feed and not an overnight feed, as audible well
after 6:00 a.m. local time, and certainly from the eastern half of
Cuba, as not audible after 1030 GMT from this location. This site was
listed in the 2008 WRTVH.

1020 CUBA Radio Reloj, Jobabo, Las Tunas. 1135 December 12, 2010.
Mostly poor under Radio Guamá, sounders never can catch up with
reality: 4 seconds off, 7 for the "RR" sounder. This one is not in
your WRTVH-2010, though it was listed a couple of years back I
believe.

1020 CUBA Radio Reloj, Jobabo, Las Tunas. 1116 July 8, 2012. Weak and
about the last traces post-sunrise with Radio Artemisa dominating
daytime (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater FL, 1120 UT Nov 23, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** CUBA. 5025, Nov 20 at 0243, overmodulated and distorted music from
R. Rebelde, also splattering (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 9535, Nov 17 at 0441, RHC Spanish surprisingly with love song
in English ending, ``Love Letters Straight from Your Heart``, on to
announcement in Spanish, // 9710, 6060, as I had already checked to be
sure it wasn`t really the English service // 6000 & 6165 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

11880, Radio Havana Cuba at 2206 with ID and return to news. - Good
but over modulating Nov 18 (Harold Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia,
listening in my car, by the lake, with the CommRadio CR-1a and Sony
AN-1 active antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

[and non]. 11860, Nov 19 at 1308, shocked to hear poor signal from RHC
instead of Yemen [non], but maybe it`s just overload, from super
signal on 11840 fundamental, a frequency which in A-16 had been on air
only evenings at 21-05, for Chile. It is definitely accompanied by the
same pair of much weaker transmitted parasites on 11850 and 11830. A
few minutes later at 1313, Yemen starts to fade in and take over
11860.

So is RHC on 11840 in the morning by mistake? Entirely possible. At
1313 it`s S9+40 while 11830 & 11850 are merely S9. Also on: 11760,
9850 and 9820; at 1316, also 9710 and 9640. 9640 does not appear at
any hour on the A-16 schedule, still displayed at
http://www.radiohc.cu/interesantes/frecuencias
but it has really been in use in A-16 and now B-16: Aoki shows it at
11-15 (which would now nominally be 12-16).

BTW, the above sked claims English is at 19-20 on 15140, and 20-21 on
11670, both for Chicago --- while it`s really one or the other, not
both, depending on DST or not --- and currently it remains on 15140 at
20! Totally screwed up sked (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1853, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

9490, Nov 19 at 1321, pulse jamming, far beyond the Radio República
hours via France, 0000-0259 per HFCC, but maybe only two of those
three.

11840, Nov 20 at 0659, renegade RHC transmitter is still on in
Spanish, news headlines at S9+20, along with much weaker but //
parasites on 11830 & 11850. Quick check of other channels: none on 9
MHz, but 6000 has also switched to Spanish until 0700*, and going back
to 11840, now it`s off too. Only 6100 remains on with weekly Sunday
Esperanto, theme music at 0701.

11840, Nov 20 at 1317, RHC on again this morning contrary to schedule,
VG pulling its 11830 & 11850 parasites with it. 11840 is off at 1517
check while all these remain on: 9640, 9820, 11760, 15370, 17730,
11750.

11760, Nov 20 at 1603, RHC Esperanto confirmed still on here Sunday at
time-shifted hour. The third airing remains to be confirmed; has been
scheduled Sunday 2230 on 15370, normally not making a timeshift (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

17730, Nov 20 at 2245 check, this RHC frequency is emitting the Sunday
2230 Esperanto broadcast, not 15370 in Spanish (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WORLD OF RADIO 1853, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

6000, Nov 21 at 0206, RHC English week in review of negative news
about USA, S9+30 but suptorted modulation, so how about the only //,
6165? Even worse: S9+25 and just barely modulated, tsk2. Meanwhile,
6060 RHC Spanish is plenty loud, S9+35 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

6000 kHz covered by TRT Emirler 6000.004 co-ch in Turkish, latter
S=9+20dB. Cuba seems not exact fq tonight, rather lower side on
5999.9975 kHz. 0135 UT (Wolfgang Büschel, Nov 22, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

11830 & 11840 & 11850, Nov 21 at 1327, RHC is still on this formerly
evening-only frequency, very strong along with its much weaker
plus/minus 10 parasites.

11840, Nov 22 at 0221, is very poorly audible about like 11760 (and
11670 too?), // powerful 6060 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1853,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

[and non]. 9490, Nov 23 at 0024, lite pulse jamming and no Radio
República yet, so despite registry starting at 0000 via FRANCE,
evidently not currently starting until 0100.

11830 & 11850 at S7, Nov 23 at 0603, extended RHC Spanish on 11840 at
S9+20, audiblizing its attachments, plus/minus 10 kHz spurs. Usually
by this time of night the fundamental or anything else outside the
southern hemisphere on 25m is barely audible.

15700, Nov 23 at 1417, CRI English relay is just barely modulated with
hum, worse than usual but never up to par. Yet the 0300 broadcast on
9790 blasts away (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA [non]. USA, Winter B-16 shortwave schedule of OCB Radio Marti
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/winter-b-16-shortwave-schedule-of-ocb.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 5005, Radio Nacional Guinea Ecuatorial, Bata,
0507-0550, 20-11, African and Spanish songs, Spanish comments by male
and female, identification: "Radio Nacional Guinea Ecuatorial", more
African songs. 14321 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol,
Tecsun PL-880 and Sangean ATS 909X, Cable antenna, 8 meters and Degen
31MS active loop antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 5005, Radio Bata now on air, 0510, 20-11,
African songs. 14321 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Log in Friol,
Enviado desde TypeApp, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ERITREA. 7146.55, VOBME 1 (presumed), 1411, Nov 17. HOA
music/singing; not // new 7180; both almost fair.

New frequency of 7180.0, VOBME 2 (presumed), ex: 7175/7185; Nov 17, at
1411; mostly HOA music/singing; not // 7146.55; both almost fair
reception (Ron Howard, Calif., dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1853, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

7180, VoBME2 (Asmara) 1445-1500* 18 Nov. HoA songs with brief chat in
(Presumed) Amharic, but with severe QRhaM, so maybe it was Arabic.
Carrier off at 1500, although Aoki has this scheduled until 1800.
Thanks to Ron Howard's info for the ID. Also 1450-1502* 19 Nov. with
non-stop HoA music to TOH, quick announcement mentioning "Dimtsi..."
and more HoA music to close-down

7146.5a, VoBME1 (Asmara) 1450-1502* 19 Nov. Thanks to Ron's tip for
this one, as well. Mostly chat with HoA tunes just before close-down
(Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA, PL380/6m X wire, WORLD OF RADIO
1853, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Frequency change of VOBME 2 Dimtsi Hafash, Nov 18
1800-1833 NF 7180.0 ASM 100 kW / non-dir to EaAf Arabic, ex 7185
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/frequency-change-of-vobme-2-dimtsi_19.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1853,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

7146.55, VOBME 1 (presumed), 1437, Nov 19. Fair; not // 7180.
7180.0, VOBME 2 (presumed), 1437, Nov 19. Strong signal, slightly
better than 7146.55. Both were off the air earlier.

Nov 20, on 7146.55, heard at 1350 + 1405, with no 7175/7180/7185, but
later at 1430, Hiroyuki Komatsubara was hearing both 7146.55 and also
7180 (Ron Howard, Calif., dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1853, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

Asmara Eritrea and Somalia in 40 mb ham radio band, Nov 20
VOBME Asmara Eritrea outlets on
7146.556 and
7179.989 kHz
end with National Hymn? at 1832 til 1834:48z. S=7-8 signals on
European and Australian remote SDR posts. Asmara TXs off air at
1835:37z (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1853, DXLD)

** ERITREA. Reception of VOBME 1/2 Dimtsi Hafash on Nov 22:
1415 & 1501 on 7146.6 ASM 100 kW / non-dir to EaAf Tigrinya, QRM hams
1415 & 1501 on 7180.0 ASM 100 kW / non-dir to EaAf Amharic, QRM hams
From 1502 both freqs jammed with strong white noise digital jamming
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/reception-of-vobme-12-dimtsi-hafash-on.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1853,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ERITREA [and non]. ERI vv ETH: 7146.558, ERI Asmara up to S=6 on
daytime path, 0346 UT, and Ethiopian white noise jamming on 7140 -
7150 kHz wideband signal.

Two peaks visible close to 7180, lower power S=5 on 7179.990 kHz, and
S=7 signal on 7180.030 kHz. As well as Ethiopian white noise jamming
on 7174 to 7186 kHz range, not as strong as 7146v kHz jamming.

** ERITREA [non]. Again no signal of Radio Al-Mukhtar via MBR Nov 15:
1500-1530 17580 ISS 100 kW / 125 deg EaAf Arabic Tue nor on A-16 15205
1530-1558 17580 ISS 100 kW / 125 deg EaAf Tigrinya Tue nor A-16 15205
till 1502 17580 BAU 100 kW / 160 deg SoAm Spanish Radio Habana Cuba!
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/germanynon-again-no-signal-of-radio-al.html
(DX RE MIX NEWS #979 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, November 22,
2016 via DXLD)

GERMANY(non), Some MBR changes
Radio Al-Mukhtar will resume its shortwave broadcasts from Dec 6
1500-1530 on 17580 ISS 100 kW / 125 deg to EaAf Arabic Tue
1530-1600 on 17580 ISS 100 kW / 125 deg to EaAf Tigrinya Tue

Radio Adal will resume again its shortwave broadcasts from Dec 3
1500-1530 on 17580 ISS 100 kW / 125 deg to EaAf Arabic Wed/Sat
1530-1600 on 17580 ISS 100 kW / 125 deg to EaAf Tigrinya Wed/Sat
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ETHIOPIA. Voice of Demcratic Alliance and Radio Ethiopia, Nov.23
Voice of Democratic Alliance
1500-1300 on 7236.8 GDR 100 kW / non-dir to EaAf Arabic
1530-1600 on 7236.8 GDR 100 kW / non-dir to EaAf Kunama

Radio Ethiopia
1600-1700 on 7236.8 GDR 100 kW / non-dir to EaAf English
1700-1800 on 7236.8 GDR 100 kW / non-dir to EaAf French
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/voice-of-demcratic-alliance-and-radio.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ETHIOPIA [and non]. FRANCE, Radio Voice of Independent Oromiya via
TDF Issoudun, Nov 20
1600-1630 on 17850 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Oromo Sun plus jamming
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/radio-voice-of-independent-oromiya-via_22.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** FRANCE. 21650, Nov 18 at 1324, S2 signal in French, the new RFI
semihour for Haiti, until cut off abruptly at 1330*. Mike Cooper
discovered this on their B-16 schedule. It`s RFI`s only broadcast to
the Western Hemisphere, which they had abandoned five years ago. Kai
Ludwig says:

``It contains a programme called "Le rendez-vous des Amériques et
d’Haïti", with a short (two minutes) insertion in Haitian language on
workdays. Short apparently because, as they state, this is part of
their world service, thus does not end up on any other shortwave
frequency but presumably also on FM in Africa and Berlin.``

http://www.rfi.fr/com/20161013-rfi-mobilise-sinistres-haiti

On that page it gives the time for the Haiti segment as 1210 TU ---
evidently during SommerZeit in Europa; sinistrés means disaster
victims, nothing to do with being left-handed (or maybe derives from
being unlucky??)

Latest HFCC shows wrong time for this: 1330-1430, 500 kW, 271 degrees
from Issoudun --- so they still have an antenna which can aim west if
absolutely necessary (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

[and non] Additional B-16 transmissions of Radio France International
1300-1330 21650 ISS 500 kW / 271 deg to CARB French, in HFCC 1330-1430
1300-1400 9690 PAO 100 kW / 250 deg to SEAs Vietnamese Sun plus co-ch
from 1330 9690 BGL 500 kW / 090 deg to SEAs English All India Radio!!
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/additional-b-16-transmissions-of-radio.html
(DX RE MIX NEWS #979 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, November 22,
2016 via DXLD)

** GERMANY. Good signal of Hamburger Lokalradio on 6190 kHz Nov 19
Switzerland In Sound only, instead of World of Radio from 0730 UT
0700-0800 on 6190 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg to CeEu English Sat CUSB
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/good-signal-of-hamburger-lokalradio-on_19.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

9485, Hamburger LokalRadio, Goehren, *0959-1020, 20-11, German,
identification: "Hamburger LokalRadio", music, German, comments. 34433
(Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol, Tecsun PL-880 and Sangean
ATS 909X, Cable antenna, 8 meters and Degen 31MS active loop antenna,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GERMANY. Reception of R. MiAmigo via Shortwaveservice Kall, Nov 18:
0800-1700 on 6085 KLL 020 kW / non-dir to CeEu English Daily,
poor/weak
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/reception-of-radio-miamigo-via_19.html

Reception of R. MiAmigo via Shortwaveservice Kall, Nov 19
0700-1300 on 6005 KLL 001 kW / non-dir to CeEu English Sat/Sun, fair:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/reception-of-radio-miamigo-via_61.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GERMANY [non]. Radio Menschen & Geschichten - English to EU/NAM

From Christian Milling of Shortwave Service via Facebook:

Radio Menschen & Geschichten goes international. On Monday, 28th
November 2016 from 2000 to 2030 UT on 6005 kHz (to Scandinavia and UK)
and on Tuesday, 29th November 2016 from 0230 to 0300 UT on 7250 [sic]
kHz (to NAm) we will broadcast our first English edition. The topics:
we speak with Rimantas Pleikys about radio jamming in former times and
today. He wrote a book about it and made a very interesting film
documentary.

And: 4 years ago, on 28th November 2012, Radio Canada International
shut down the Sackville transmission site. 2 years later the facility
was scrapped. Amanda Dawn Christie made a film called Spectres of
Shortwave that is shown at diverse film festivals at the moment. She
tells the story behind the film. By the way: Spectres of Shortwave is
shown on 28th November in Sackville at 7PM local time. Perhaps you
want to join it.

All broadcasts are coming from Armenia with a power of 100 kW.
Reception reports and comments are highly appreciated to
info(at)shortwaveservice.com
(Alan Roe, Nov 23, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1853, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

See hop at attached plot image (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.)

VOA-CAP map shows 7250 [sic] getting well into Central and Eastern
North America (via wb, WORLD OF RADIO 1853, DXLD)

Thanks, Wolfy. Looks like the Tuesday, 29th November 2016 from 0230-
0300 UT broadcast, might put in a decent signal into NB. Will give it
a listen. By the way, I pointed Amanda Dawn Christie in the direcion
of several SW outlets for promoting her film and airing the
soundtrack, including WRMI and Shortwave Serivce. 73 (-- Richard
Langley, dxldyg via DX LISTTENING DIGEST)

/ARMENIA, Special broadcasts of Radio MiAmigo via Shortwaveservice,
NORATUS Yerevan-Gavar, Nov 27-29
1900-2100 on 6145 ERV 100 kW / 305 deg to WeEu English Sun Nov 27
2000-2030 on 6005 ERV 100 kW / 330 deg to NoEu English Mon Nov 28
0230-0300 on 7250 ERV 100 kW / 330 deg to ENAm English Tue Nov 29
[later: moved to 7360 outside of the hamband]
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/rmiamigo-on-nov27-radio-menschen.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GERMANY. Dear friends, Christmas is near, and our schedule shows,
that the holidays are really crowded. Due to the conditions during the
winter, some stations moved to daylight hours:
http://www.channel292.de/schedule-for-bookings/
and some new or well known programs can be heard (again), too: Hobart
Radio from Australia, from Sweden the Swedish DX Federation, from
Germany SM Radio Dessau, and Blueman Radio is one more. Surely these
stations would be happy to get your reports!

And we have a request, not only for the listeners in German speaking
areas: Starting in 2017, a new station from the northern part of
Germany wants to fill shortwave with life for some hours per day. They
are still looking for a good partner to bring their program on air
with a good and strong signal. To check this, they run a test program
the coming week on Wednesday, the 23rd, at 1400 CET = 1300 UTC on 6070
kHz.

We know that for a lot of listeners this will not be a good time to
tune in, but all the others, who are able to listen, should send
reception reports to the address mentioned in the program. Please let
them know how good and strong (as we hope) you receive our signal!
If this test for them shows a positive result, it would be a big step
forward for our station; maybe we even could run a second frequency in
the 49 meter band. We count on you!! (via Tom Taylor, DXLD and Manuel
Méndez, dxldyg via DXLD)

Please pick some other frequency than CFRX`s! (gh, DXLD)

** GERMANY [and non]. [ARMENIA/AUSTRIA/BULGARIA/FRANCE/MADAGASCAR/USA]
MEDIA BROADCAST GmbH (formerly T-SYSTEMS - DTK)

B-16 period 30 Oct 2016 - 25 March 2017 --- B-16 operational MBR
schedule of November 11th, 2016. Times are in UT.

FREQ STARTSTOP CIRAF TX/Ant# AZI TYPE DAYS LOC POW BRC
5975 0400-0430 28SE 340101 140 146 1234567 NAU 100 AWR
6045 0430-0500 37,38W 320100 220 216 1234567 NAU 100 AWR
7220 0600-0630 46S 235 200 216 1234567 ISS 250 AWR
7315 0300-0330 48 320100 140 216 1234567 NAU 250 AWR
9515 2000-2030 37,38W 320100 210 216 1234567 NAU 100 AWR
9535 1900-2000 37,38W 330100 215 216 1234567 NAU 100 AWR
9610 1000-1100 28W 340100 180 216 1 NAU 100 AWR
9830 1600-1630 28SE 330100 130 216 1234567 NAU 100 AWR
9850 1930-2000 37,38W 320100 210 216 1234567 NAU 100 AWR
11750 1930-2000 46SE RII02002 165 211 1234567 ISS 250 AWR
11750 1530-1600 41N 310100 80 216 12347 NAU 250 AWR
11750 1530-1600 41N 310100 80 216 56 NAU 250 AWR
11750 1900-1930 46W 310100 218 216 1234567 NAU 250 AWR
11880 0700-0730 46S 223 175 196 1234567 ISS 250 AWR
11985 1730-1800 37,38W 350300 210 216 1234567 NAU 100 AWR
15145 0830-0900 37,38W 320200 210 218 1234567 NAU 100 AWR
15150 1500-1530 41N 320200 90 218 1234567 NAU 250 AWR
15155 1730-1800 48 310200 145 218 1234567 NAU 250 AWR
15160 0800-0830 37,38W 340200 210 218 1234567 NAU 250 AWR
15230 0700-0800 37,38W 320200 210 218 1234567 NAU 100 AWR
15250 1530-1600 41N 340200 90 218 1234567 NAU 250 AWR
15480 1300-1330 42,43W 310200 70 218 17 NAU 250 AWR
15480 1300-1330 42,43W 310200 70 218 23456 NAU 250 AWR
15480 1330-1500 42,43W 310200 70 218 1234567 NAU 250 AWR
15490 1630-1700 48 320200 139 218 1234567 NAU 250 AWR
15700 0600-0630 46S 320200 200 218 1234567 NAU 250 AWR
17570 1630-1700 48 310200 140 218 1234567 NAU 250 AWR
17570 1700-1730 48 310200 141 218 1234567 NAU 250 AWR

5940 2000-2015 39N 340100 120 216 1234567 NAU 250 BVB
5980 0430-0445 39N 340100 120 216 7 NAU 125 BVB
5980 0430-0515 39N 340100 120 216 1 NAU 125 BVB
5980 0430-0450 39N 340100 120 216 23456 NAU 125 BVB
6030 1830-2000 28,29 350100 90 156 1 NAU 100 BVB
7220 0800-0830 27,28N 310101 260 146 17 NAU 100 BVB
7325 0300-0315 39S 1 126 211 1234567 MOS 300 BVB
7365 1800-1830 39,40 320100 105 216 67 NAU 100 BVB
7365 1800-1900 39,40 320100 105 216 5 NAU 100 BVB
7365 1830-1900 39,40 320100 105 216 13 NAU 100 BVB
9440 0600-0615 46N,47NW,38W,37 340101 180 146 1234567 NAU 125 BVB
9450 0500-0515 39,40 340100 120 216 6 NAU 250 BVB
9470 1915-1930 39,40 340100 125 216 1 NAU 250 BVB
9515 2030-2045 46N,47NW,38W,37 340101 180 146 1234567 NAU 250 BVB
9715 1800-2000 39 3 115 218 1 MOS 100 BVB
9715 1830-2000 39 3 115 218 7 MOS 100 BVB
9715 1800-1815 39 3 115 218 6 MOS 100 BVB
9715 1800-1830 39 3 115 218 5 MOS 100 BVB
9925 1930-2015 39 310101 129 146 1 NAU 100 BVB
11700 1700-1715 38E,39,40W 1100602 141 616 1234567 SOF 150 BVB
11700 1715-1800 38E,39,40W 1100602 141 616 246 SOF 100 BVB
11700 1715-1745 38E,39,40W 1100602 141 616 3 SOF 100 BVB

11790 1730-1800 38S,39S,47,48 350300 148 216 23 NAU 100 BVB
141116-151116 Mon-Tue

11790 0200-0300 41 TK1 50 156 1 MDC 125 BVB
11790 0200-0215 41 TK1 50 156 3 MDC 125 BVB
11790 0200-0230 41 TK1 50 156 57 MDC 125 BVB
11875 1630-1700 47,48 330100 145 216 1234567 NAU 100 BVB
11915 1700-1715 39,40 320100 125 216 7 NAU 250 BVB
13630 1530-1545 40,41 350300 95 216 1 NAU 100 BVB
15525 1600-1800 38S,39S,47,48 330200 148 218 12 NAU 100 BVB
15525 1600-1730 38S,39S,47,48 330200 148 218 3 NAU 100 BVB
15525 1630-1700 38S,39S,47,48 330200 148 218 67 NAU 100 BVB
15525 1630-1730 38S,39S,47,48 330200 148 218 45 NAU 100 BVB
15525 1730-1800 38S,39S,47,48 330200 148 218 7 NAU 250 BVB
17510 1400-1430 41 RI01002 83 216 7 ISS 250 BVB+
17510 1430-1500 41 RI01002 83 216 7 ISS 250 BVB
21480 1200-1230 43S,44S TM 45 157 7 MDC 125 BVB
21480 1230-1245 54 TM 85 157 1 MDC 125 BVB**

11700 1800-1900 46,47W RII01001 170 216 1234567 ISS 500 DWL
11800 0630-0700 46,47W 340100 182 216 1234567 NAU 500 DWL
15165 1600-1700 48 310200 145 218 1234567 NAU 500 DWL
15215 1330-1400 40E,41NW 330200 94 218 1234567 NAU 500 DWL
15215 1400-1430 40E,41NW 330200 94 218 1234567 NAU 500 DWL
15275 1700-1800 37,38,46,47,52 RII01008 170 217 1234567 ISS 500 DWL
15275 1600-1700 48 RI01002 128 216 1234567 ISS 500 DWL
15290 1600-1700 37SE,38,47E,48 RI0I1002 140 216 1234567 ISS 500 DWL
15315 1600-1700 46,47W RII01007 172 227 1234567 ISS 500 DWL

15355 1425-1630 46,47W RII01008 170 217 7 ISS 500 DWL
191116-171216 Sat

15355 1425-1630 46,47W RII01008 170 217 7 ISS 500 DWL
210117-180317 Sat

15390 1425-1630 46,47W RII01008 170 217 7 ISS 500 DWL
051116-051116 Sat

15560 1700-1800 37,38,46,47,52 221 185 196 1234567 ISS 500 DWL
17570 1425-1630 46,47W RII01009 165 207 7 ISS 500 DWL
051116-051116 Sat

17570 1425-1630 46,47W RII01009 165 207 7 ISS 500 DWL
191116-171216 Sat

17570 1425-1630 46,47W RII01009 165 207 7 ISS 500 DWL
210117-180317 Sat

17690 1600-1700 46,47W RII01008 172 217 1234567 ISS 500 DWL
17800 1300-1400 46,47W RII01008 170 217 1234567 ISS 500 DWL
17800 1600-1700 48 310200 141 218 1234567 NAU 500 DWL
21660 1600-1700 48 RII01009 127 207 1234567 ISS 500 DWL

6055 1130-1200 27,28 340101 222 146 17 NAU 125 EMG

13800 1429-1501 47,48W 330200 150 218 1234567 NAU 125 FPU

7215 0030-0130 40E,41NW 320100 100 216 1234567 NAU 250 GFA
9520 2330-0030 41NE,43S,49N 320100 85 216 1234567 NAU 250 GFA
15150 1530-1630 40E,41NW 320200 99 218 1234567 NAU 250 GFA
15235 1330-1530 41NE,43S,49N 340200 85 218 1234567 NAU 250 GFA
15285 1230-1500 41 320200 89 218 1234567 NAU 250 GFA

11900 1530-1630 29S 350300 100 216 7 NAU 100 HCJ

7330 1100-1200 27,28 6 283 805 1 MOS 100 JOY*

6045 0900-1000 27E,28 310101 240 146 1 NAU 125 KBC
131116-131116 Sun

6045 0900-1000 27E,28 310101 240 146 1 NAU 125 KBC$
141116-250317 Sun

6095 0900-1600 18SW,27,28W,37N 350100 240 156 1 NAU 100 KBC$
6095 1200-1300 18SW,27,28W,37N 350100 240 156 1 NAU 100 KBC
301016-301016 Sun

6145 0000-0100 2,3,4,6,7,8,9,10 310100 300 216 1 NAU 125 KBC
6145 0100-0200 2,3,4,6,7,8,9,10 310100 300 216 1 NAU 125 KBC
131116-131116 Sun

9475 0800-0900 27N,28S 310101 230 146 1 NAU 125 KBC$
9800 1830-1900 46S,47SE HR 4/4/0.5 170 216 1234567 ISS 500 LWF
6140 0900-1000 27,28E 6 270 805 1 MOS 100 MVB$
9465 1600-1630 29,30 310101 60 146 7 NAU 250 MWF
13710 1200-1230 19,20,21,22-26 310200 60 218 7 NAU 250 MWF

241216-241216 single day only, Sat:
5930 2100-2300 27,80,36,81,11 310100 250 216 7 NAU 125 NDR
6125 1900-2100 27,80,36,81,11 310100 250 216 7 NAU 125 NDR
6145 1900-2100 27,28,29 HR 4/8/1.0 305 238 7 ERV 100 NDR
6145 2100-2300 27,28,29 HR 4/8/1.0 305 238 7 ERV 100 NDR
9590 2100-2300 57,53,48,79 HR 4/4/0.8 156 217 7 ISS 250 NDR
9650 2100-2300 41,49,54,79,58 3 115 218 7 MOS 100 NDR
9740 1900-2100 48,53,41,79 320100 130 216 7 NAU 125 NDR
9765 2100-2300 48,53,41,79 320100 130 216 7 NAU 125 NDR
9790 1900-2100 41,49,54,79,58 3 115 218 7 MOS 100 NDR
9800 1900-2100 57,53,48,79 HR 4/4/0.8 156 217 7 ISS 250 NDR
9830 2100-2300 13,46,15,66,52,57 4/4/ 195 217 7 ISS 250 NDR
11650 1900-2100 13,46,15,66,52,57 4/4/ 195 217 7 ISS 250 NDR

5985 0400-0430 11,12 LPH 222 805 1234567 RMI 100 NHK
9620 0300-0500 38,39,40 310100 140 216 1234567 NAU 250 NHK
9765 1700-1900 38,39,40 340100 140 216 1234567 NAU 250 NHK

17630 1600-1630 47E,48 HR 4/4/0.8 130 217 37 ISS 500 OGM
5930 1930-2000 37,38 340101 155 146 1 NAU 250 PAB
15205 1400-1430 41 1101001 90 616 1 SOF 100 PAB
131116-041216

15205 1430-1445 41 1101001 90 616 1 SOF 250 PAB
17580 1500-1600 48NW HR 4/4/0.5 125 216 347 ISS 100 RAD
011216-250317

6045 0900-1000 27E,28 310101 233 146 1 NAU 100 RSH%
15170 1700-1800 38E,39S,48 320200 139 218 4 NAU 100 SBO
15170 1700-1730 38E,39S,48 320200 139 218 16 NAU 100 SBO
17870 1700-1800 48SW,52NE,53 HR 4/2/0.8 140 207 7 ISS 100 SJK#

Day 1 = Sunday ... Day 7 = Saturday
* = 1st Sunday of the month
**= 1st & 3rd Sunday of the month
+ = 1st Saturday of the month
% = last Sunday of the month
$ = only via order

List of Broadcasters which use MEDIA BROADCAST technical equipment

AWR Adventist World Radio
BVB High Adventure Gospel - Bible Voice Broadcasting
DWL Deutsche Welle Bonn / Berlin, Germany
EMG Evangelische Missionsgemeinden in Deutschland
FPU Press Now (HOL)
GFA Gospel for Asia
HCJ Reach Beyond (former Voice of the Andes)
Sats only, 1530 UT Russian, 1600 UT Chechen language.
JOY Radio Joystick, Germany, 1st Sun
KBC& Mighty KBC Radio
LWF Lutheran World Federation
MVB Mecklenburg?Vorpommern Baltic Radio
MWF Missionswerk Friedensstimme, Gummersbach - Germany
NDR Norddeutscher Rundfunk, Hamburg, Germany
NHK Nippon Hoso Kyokai, Radio Japan World, Tokyo, Japan.
OGM NGO [RHU Radio Huriyo Xoriyo Ogaden]
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-governmental_organization>
<http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organisation_non_gouvernementale>
PAB Pan Am Broadcasting
RAD MBR internal customer name
RSH Radio - Menschen & Geschichten (Shortwaveservice.com)
SBO Sagalee Bilisummaa Oromoo, Voice of Oromo Liberation.
SJK# New customer - please send report to
<QSL-Shortwave -at- media-broadcast.com>
probably RIY RPRK Radio Inyabutatu, in Kinyarwanda to
Ce/EaAfrica.
Veiled in MBR schedule.

&) For reception reports please mail to: <KBC531 -at- gmail.com>
or write to:
The Mighty KBC
Argonstraat 6
6718 WT Ede
The Netherlands, Europe
Website: <http://www.kbcradio.eu>

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(MBR Cologne Germany, Nov 11, 2016, .PDF format, extracted &
reformatted by Mike Bethge, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 13, 2016 via DXLD)

** GERMANY. NDR HAMBURG TRANSMISSION "GRUSS AN BORD", SATURDAY DEC 24
ONLY

Auch heuer fuehrt der Norddeutsche Rundfunk (NDR) wieder eine
Grusssendung zu Weihnachten fuer die auf hoher See befindlichen
Deutschen Schifffahrtskapitaene und Mitarbeiter durch. Die Sendungen
mit dem Namen "Gruss an Bord" werden vorher in Deutschland aufgenommen
und am 24.12. ueber Kurzwellen und UKW Hamburg ausgestrahlt.

"Gruss an Bord" war Weihnachten 1953 das erste Mal im Radio zu hoeren.
Es ist damit eine der aeltesten Radio-Sendungen der Welt. Seit nunmehr
63 Jahren koennen Seeleute Weihnachten Gruesse in die Heimat senden.
Und ihre Familien haben die Moeglichkeit, ihren Lieben auf See ein
frohes Fest und ein gutes neues Jahr 2017 zu wuenschen.

Hier der Sendeplan:
NDR 90.3 MHz FM Sender Hamburg 1905-2100 UT und 2205-2300 UT,
sowie ueber die Kurzwellen

Sat 24 Dec 2016 single day only, at 1900-2100 UT:
6125 1900-2100 27,80,36,81,11 310100 250 216 7 NAU 125 NDR
6145 1900-2100 27,28,29 HR 4/8/1.0 305 238 7 ERV 100 NDR
9740 1900-2100 48,53,41,79 320100 130 216 7 NAU 125 NDR
9790 1900-2100 41,49,54,79,58 3 115 218 7 MOS 100 NDR
9800 1900-2100 57,53,48,79 HR 4/4/0.8 156 217 7 ISS 250 NDR
11650 1900-2100 13,46,15,66,52,57 4/4/ 195 217 7 ISS 250 NDR

Sat 24 Dec 2016 single day only, at 2100-2300 UT:
5930 2100-2300 27,80,36,81,11 310100 250 216 7 NAU 125 NDR
6145 2100-2300 27,28,29 HR 4/8/1.0 305 238 7 ERV 100 NDR
9590 2100-2300 57,53,48,79 HR 4/4/0.8 156 217 7 ISS 250 NDR
9650 2100-2300 41,49,54,79,58 3 115 218 7 MOS 100 NDR
9765 2100-2300 48,53,41,79 320100 130 216 7 NAU 125 NDR
9830 2100-2300 13,46,15,66,52,57 4/4/ 195 217 7 ISS 250 NDR

ERV = CJSC Yerevan Kamo Gavar, Armenia.
ISS = TDF Issoudun, France.
MOS = ORS Moosbrunn, Austria.
NAU = MBR Nauen, Germany.
(MBR Cologne, via wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 11, BC-DX 18 Nov
via DXLD)

Frequencies: Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) on shortwave

Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) program "Gruss an Bord" on shortwave on
24 December 2016:

1900 till 2100 Uhr UT
6125 kHz Atlantic - North
11650 kHz Atlantic - South
9800 kHz Atlantic / Indian Ocean (South Africa)
9740 kHz Indian Ocean - West
9790 kHz Indian Ocean - East
6145 kHz Europe

2100 till 2300 Uhr UT
5930 kHz Atlantic - North
9830 kHz Atlantic - South
9590 kHz Atlantic / Indian Ocean (South Africa)
9765 kHz Indian Ocean - West
9650 kHz Indian Ocean - East
6145 kHz Europe

contact: gruss-an-bord@ndr.de
vy73 (Harald Kuhl, Nov 18, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD)

And here is today´s press release from NDR: Presse aktuell

Empfang auf Weltmeeren und in fernen Häfen: "Gruß an Bord" auch über
Kurzwelle

Sendungen: Sonnabend, 24. Dezember, 20.05 bis 22.00 Uhr, NDR Info und
NDR 90,3 / 23.05 bis 24.00 Uhr, NDR Info [MEZ!]

Seit Weihnachten 1953 bildet die NDR Radiosendung "Gruß an Bord" eine
Brücke zwischen den Seeleuten auf den Meeren und ihren Angehörigen in
Deutschland: Seeleute schicken Grüße in die Heimat, ihre Familien
haben die Möglichkeit, ihren Lieben auf hoher See ein frohes Fest und
ein gutes, neues Jahr zu wünschen. Damit die Besatzungen die
Traditionssendung auch in fernen Häfen auf den Weltmeeren empfangen
können, hat der NDR eigens für Heiligabend Kurzwellen-Frequenzen
angemietet.

In der Zeit von 1900 bis 2100 Uhr UT (20.00 bis 22.00 Uhr MEZ) sendet
die Kurzwelle am 24. Dezember über folgende Frequenzen (UTC ist die
Abkürzung für die koordinierte Weltzeit, die Universal Time
Coordinated):

FREQUENZ ZIELGEBIET
6125 kHz Atlantik - Nord
11650 kHz Atlantik - Süd
9800 kHz Atlantik/ Indischer Ozean (Südafrika)
9740 kHz Indischer Ozean - West
9790 kHz Indischer Ozean - Ost
6145 kHz Europa

In der Zeit von 2100 bis 2300 Uhr UT (22.00 bis 24.00 Uhr MEZ) am 24.
Dezember über folgende Frequenzen:

FREQUENZ ZIELGEBIET
5930 kHz Atlantik - Nord
9830 kHz Atlantik - Süd
9590 kHz Atlantik / Indischer Ozean (Südafrika)
9765 kHz Indischer Ozean - West
9650 kHz Indischer Ozean - Ost
6145 kHz Europa

NDR Info und NDR 90,3 senden "Gruß an Bord" von 20.05 Uhr bis 22.00
Uhr MEZ. Anschließend folgt auf NDR Info von 22.00 Uhr bis 23.00 Uhr
MEZ die Übertragung einer evangelischen Christmette aus der St.
Johanniskirche in Hamburg-Altona. Von 23.05 bis 24.00 Uhr wird "Gruß
an Bord" auf NDR Info, NDR Info Spezial, online und über Kurzwelle
fortgesetzt.

Die Grüße werden in der Hamburger Seemannsmission "Duckdalben" von den
NDR Info Moderatoren Regina König und Ocke Bandixen übermittelt.
Andrea-Christina Furrer und Andreas Kuhnt sind die Gastgeber im
Kulturspeicher in Leer. Die Moderatoren erwarten u. a. Vertreter der
Reedereien, Seemannspastoren und viele Familien. Außerdem werden sie
Schiffe der Marine und deutsche Forschungsschiffe, die auf den
Weltmeeren unterwegs sind, rufen. Für die musikalische Unterhaltung
sorgen in Hamburg der Gitarrist Roland Cabezas, die Lars-Luis Linek-
Band sowie die Sängerin Marion Welch, in Leer der Bingumer Shanty-Chor
und das irische Trio Dara Mc Namara, Stephen Kavanagh und Dylan
Vaughn.

Bis zum 17. Dezember nimmt die Redaktion Grußwünsche per E-Mail
entgegen, gruss-an-bord@ndr.de, oder per Post: Norddeutscher Rundfunk,
NDR Info, Redaktion "Gruß an Bord", Rothenbaumchaussee 132 - 134,
20149 Hamburg. Diese Grüße werden am 24. Dezember von 23.05 Uhr bis
Mitternacht auf NDR Info und über die extra angemietete
Kurzwellenfrequenzen verlesen.

NDR Info und NDR 90,3 sind über UKW, DAB+, DVB-S Radio und per
Livestreaming im Internet, z. B. über die NDR Radio-App, zu empfangen.

18. November 2016 / RP
Posted by: ("Harald Kuhl", BDXC-UK yg via DXLD)

NDR Hamburg "Greeting on board" via MBR, Dec 24
1900-2100 on 6125 NAU 125 kW / 250 deg to Northern Atlantic
1900-2100 on 6145 ERV 100 kW / 305 deg to West Europe, add.
1900-2100 on 9740 NAU 125 kW / 130 deg to Indian Ocean West
1900-2100 on 9790 MOS 100 kW / 115 deg to Indian Ocean East
1900-2100 on 9800 ISS 250 kW / 156 deg to Indian Ocean/SoAf
1900-2100 on 11650 ISS 250 kW / 195 deg to Southern Atlantic

2100-2300 on 5930 NAU 125 kW / 250 deg to Northern Atlantic
2100-2300 on 6145 ERV 100 kW / 305 deg to West Europe, add.
2100-2300 on 9590 ISS 250 kW / 156 deg to Indian Ocean/SoAf
2100-2300 on 9650 MOS 100 kW / 115 deg to Indian Ocean East
2100-2300 on 9765 NAU 125 kW / 130 deg to Indian Ocean West
2100-2300 on 9830 ISS 250 kW / 195 deg to Southern Atlantic
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/ndr-hamburg-greeting-on-board-via-mbr.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

NDR 24 Dec transmission --- The Christmas Eve seafarer transmission of
Norddeutscher Rundfunk will this year involve a sixth transmitter at a
new site, Gavar (Armenia). It will beam back to Europe itself, to
replace the closed mediumwave transmitters.

Actually this is a year late, since NDR had closed down mediumwave
already on 13 Jan 2015. But the start of the whole thing in 2012 was
already a year late as well, with German-language radio from Deutsche
Welle gone since 30 Oct 2011.

Details for this year are as follows. Transmission will run from 1900
to 2300, where two frequencies are given they are for 1900-2100 and
2100-2300, respectively.

Nauen:
6125 / 5930, 125 kW, 250 ; to western Europe, northern Atlantic and
Carribean
9740 / 9765, 125 kW, 130 ; to Indian Ocean

Moosbrunn:
9790 / 9650, 100 kW, 115 ; to southern/southeastern Asia and Australia

Issoudun:
9800 / 9590, 250 kW, 156 ; to eastern/southern Africa and Indian Ocean
11650 / 9830, 250 kW, 195 ; to western Africa, southern Atlantic and
South America

Gavar:
6145, 100 kW, 305 ; to the whole of Europe

All transmissions through dipole walls, all powers above 100 kW are
dictated by the equipment (500 kW transmitters at Nauen and Issoudun,
of which the Telefunken ones at Nauen can be run at 25 percent but the
Thomson-CSF ones at Issoudun not lower than at half power).

Network source should be NDR Info Spezial, if you want to refer to
http://www.ndr.de/radio/index.html

Perhaps I now shatter a romantic illusion, but this is not live, with
the exception of news at 1900 and 2100 and, maybe, the also included
church service. The greetings will be recorded in the presence of an
audience in two sessions on Dec 4 and 11, respectively.

By the way, anyone knowing a programme that until 1990 had been
broadcast, it seems, once a month? "Seeleute-Gruß- und Wunschsendung",
that was the title at least on paper. It run in the local wee hours of
Monday (local time), 2305-0100 UT (during DST one UT hour earlier) on
177 and 6115 kHz, originating from Rostock and indeed done live there.
I don't know if anyone abroad, even overseas, knew about these
broadcasts and wrote to Rostock, which very likely would have yielded
a QSL (Kai Ludwig, Germany, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GERMANY [and non]. Frequency changes of Deutsche Welle from Nov 16
1330-1400 NF 15215 NAU 500 kW / 094 deg to WeAs Dari, ex 17720
// frequency 15430 DHA 250 kW / 045 deg to WeAs Dari
1400-1430 NF 15215 NAU 500 kW / 094 deg to WeAs Pashto, ex 17720
// frequency 15430 DHA 250 kW / 045 deg to WeAs Pashto
1600-1700 on 15165 ISS 500 kW / 128 deg to EaAf Amharic, addit. freq.
1600-1700 NF 21660 ISS 500 kW / 127 deg to EaAf Amharic, ex 17800 NAU
// frequency 15275 ISS 500 kW / 128 deg to EaAf Amharic
// frequency 17800 NAU 500 kW / 141 deg to EaAf Amharic
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2016/11/frequency-changes-of-deutsche-welle.html
(DX RE MIX NEWS #979 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, November 22,
2016 via DXLD)

** GUAM [and non] KTWR Asia vs. USA, WRMI Brother HySTAIRical, Nov 14
1200-1215 on 11580*TWR 200 kW / 285 deg to EaAs Sichuan KTWR Asia
* co-ch same 11580 YFR 100 kW / 044 deg to WeEu English WRMI BS TOM
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/ktwr-asia-vswrmi-brother-hystairical.html

Reception of KTWR Trans World Radio Asia on Nov 16:
1032-1113 on 11965 TWR 100 kW / 263 deg to SEAs English Mon-Fri
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/reception-of-ktwr-trans-world-radio_17.html

Fair to good signal of KTWR Trans World Radio Asia, Nov 17
1215-1245 on 7400 TWR 100 kW / 320 deg to EaAs English Tue-Thu
1215-1245 on 7400 TWR 100 kW / 320 deg to EaAs Japanese Sun
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/fair-to-good-signal-of-ktwr-trans-world.html
(DX RE MIX NEWS #979 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, November 22,
2016 via DXLD)

** GUATEMALA. 4055, Nov 22 at 0208, R. Verdad with good S9+20 signal,
doing very well for 700 watts direct, hymn in Spanish about salvación.
I haven`t reported it in a long time, as always audible at night, but
fond of station I discovered and which soon became the last living
Central American SW station. Dr Madrid hasn`t said anything for months
about the mysterious worldwide relay network on same frequency without
using SW transmitters.

Speak of the angel! Just before despatching this report, I receive
from Dr Madrid cc of a reply to a reception report from Costa Rica, in
which he says there is no postal service (currently?) in Guatemala, so
only E-QSLs can be sent (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1853, DX
LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.:

Como usted sabe que ya no hay correo postal en Guatemala, la Tarjeta
QSL por sus reportes y nuestro calendario, etc., se los enviaré en
forma virtual para que usted los imprima. Prepararé dichos documentos
para enviárselos en otro correo. Que Dios le bendiga y muchas gracias
(Dr. Édgar Amílcar Madrid, Radio Verdad y Radio Verdad TV, cc of a
reply to Rodolfo Aguirre C, a Guatemala Citian who had heard RV on a
visit to Costa Rica, via DXLD)

** GUINEA. 9650, Rdif. Nationale at 2138 with African highlife music,
male announcer periodically in French, at 2200 he mentioned “musique
balafon” and played some, 2202 ID as “Radiodiffusion Nationale”. -
Good Nov 18 (Harold Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia, listening in my
car, by the lake, with the CommRadio CR-1a and Sony AN-1 active
antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDIA [and non]. 4870.34, Nov 17 at 1344, one of two carriers
hetting around here, which would be AIR Delhi (Kingsway), but which
Ron Howard measured on 4870.57, October 22 at 1332; as the other one,
RRI Wamena, INDONESIA was off. Now, Nov 17 at 1345, I measure the
lower one, Wamena on 4869.89, as did Ron on October 20 (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDIA. 5050, AIR Aizawl, 1220, Nov 17. Finally heard a clear intro
to this daily five minute segment in English - "Now will hear comments
from the press" (large harvest from farmers for winter crops, etc.);
1225 into Hindi; 1230 with the New Delhi audio feed of the news in
English; well above normal reception even with the normal QRM from
Beibu Bay Radio (CHINA) (Ron Howard, Calif., dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO
1853, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDIA. 4760, Nov 21 at 1323, JBA carrier, presumably ANDAMAN or
KASHMIR, culminating my downward scan of 60m encountering many other
frequencies matching AIR ones; the only one with some audio is 4920
with music and talk (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDIA. 7380.009, AIR Chennai, Tamil Nadu Southern Service, S=9+30dB
signal, accompanied by two DISTORTED AUDIO spurious signals either
side:
7354.386 and 7367.203, as well as
7392.806 and 7405.606 kHz at 0409 UT on Nov 23.
Thanks to presence of 4S7VK Victor's SDR installation in Piliyandala,
Sri Lanka, remote Perseus access net around 0330 to 0515 UT on
November 23, wb df5sx [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3
Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, harmonics yg via DXLD)

** INDIA. 7270, AIR Chennai, Tamil Nadu FM Gold Service: 0130-0430
Tamil, S=9+30dB or -42dBm powerful signal, broadband 7256-7281 kHz

7289.996, AIR Thiruvananthapuram, Muttathura, Kerala, acc TBS list:
Southern Sce: 0230-1000v(SS -1030) En/Hindi/Tamil/Malayalam. S=9+30dB
signal in Sri Lanka post. Subcontinental like mx at 0358 UT on Nov 23.

7340.026, AIR Mumbai, Maharashtra, ? Urdu service, S=9 at 0400 UT.

7420.005, AIR Hyderabad, Telingana, TBS list:
Southern Sce: E/Hindi/Telegu/Vn, En nx 0245 0630 0815 UT.
Hindi phone-in program at 0437 UT, S=9+5dB signal.

7430.002, AIR Mumbai Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, TBS list: Western Sce:
0225-0930 En/Hindi. S=6-7 at 0440 UT. Subcontinental like singer.

9380.003, AIR Aligarh, Vividh Bharati program scheduled til 0435 UT,
but heard later til 0440:50 UT crash TX sudden-off.

** INDIA. AIR GOS Delhi, "Faithfully Yours" mailbag on Mondays:
1030 1053 7270 13605 13695 15030 15410 17510 17895
1425 9690 11620 13710
1830 7550drm 9445 9950 11580 11670 11935 13695 17670
2120 7550drm 9445 9910 9950 11620 11670 11740
2330 9445 9690 9705 11645 11710
(Wolfgang Büschel`s DX program list for BDXC-UK and WWDXC via DXLD)

I`ve restored this to my DX/SWL/MEDIA PROGRAMS, but would like
confirmation of times and durations (gh, DXLD)

** INDONESIA. 3325 [non-log], RRI Palangkaraya, checking at 1248, on
Nov 20, found them off the air. Atsunori Ishida shows anomaly of 1035*
today, which is very early for them to go off. (Ron Howard, Calif.,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDONESIA. 9525.9, Nov 19 at 1321, no signal at all from VOI. As of
Nov 20, Atsunori Ishida http://rri.jpn.org shows it was consistently
active, altho variable hours and languages, Nov 1-15, not on Nov 16
and no entries since then.

9525.9, Nov 20 at 1336, again today no signal from VOI. Atsunori
Ishida still hasn`t updated to show anything since Nov 15 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1853, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

9525.9 [non-log], VOI, not heard at all Nov 20; Atsunori Ishida
confirms has been silent from Nov 16 through 20 (Ron Howard, Calif.,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

9525 [sic], November 21, 2016. 1939-1944, Voice of Indonesia, Jakarta,
in English. Off, total silence! Note: 2000-2100 and 2100-2200 off, too
(DXer: José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX). Location: Cabedelo-PB, Brazil, Degen
DE1103 & Tecsun S-2000, Antenna: Portable Telescopic, Hard-Core-DX
mailing list via DXLD)

9525. November 22, 2016. 1850-1935, Voice of Indonesia, Jakarta, in
German. Woman annnouncer talks in slow german; A song; Woman talks,
ID. Other song. Today, VOI returns on-air, with a fair signal and poor
modulation, 35332. At 1902, sign-off; 1903 Returns on-air with a short
song and start program in English: Woman annnouncer talks in english,
ID several times; Man annnouncer talks news. 1930 Woman annnouncer
presents a Indonesian Class. At 2000 UT, program in French, on-air.
DXer: (José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX). Location: Cabedelo-PB, Brazil (UTC-
3). RX (s): Degen DE1103 & Tecsun S-2000. Antenna: Portable
Telescopic, Hard-Core-DX mailing list WORLD OF RADIO 1853, DXLD)

Reception of Voice of Indonesia, Nov 22
1306-1406 on 9525.9#JAK 250 kW / 010 deg to EaAs English
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/reception-of-voice-of-indonesia-nov22.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1853,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

9525.9, Nov 23 at 1340, VOI is back on air but as usual too weak to
hear any English. Had been AWOL for about a week (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** INTERNATIONAL. Cool Music on East Asia MW Stations

Music on East Asian MW Stations (9 clips)

Unlike in other places (mainly the US), the AM dial in Asia is quite
littered with music. In China, western pop is rare on AM (it's the
opposite on FM) as they play more traditional Chinese opera. In Japan,
hard rock and metal is very popular on AM as well as typical Japanese
and western pop. In Korea, the national FM networks are all officially
fed by AM stations, so the typical western and Korean pop mostly from
the 60s onward is usual, anything from Hanson to Madonna and ABBA to
Justin Bieber. In Taiwan, it's mostly Taiwanese and western pop, while
in the DPRK, it's the one-sound-fits-all nationalist pop and symphonic
tunes with live performances now and then. Here are a few clips of
music on the East Asia AM dial, as heard from Seoul, Korea.

1278 RKB Mainichi Hoso JOFR-AM Fukuoka JAPAN, 50 kW (331 mi.)
playing "The NeverEnding Story" with Hebei News Radio (China) breaking
in.
http://beaglebass.com/dx/external/RKB_Neverending_Story.MP3

1332 Tokai Radio JOSF-AM Nagoya JAPAN, 50kw (576 mi.) breaking
into Black Sabbath "Sweet Leaf" with some interference from 600 kW
local CRI adjacent on 1323.
http://beaglebass.com/dx/external/Tokai_Radio_Nagoya_1332.MP3

1098 KBS 1 Radio HLCJ-AM Jinju KOREA, 20 kW (174 mi.) playing
Scorpions "Holiday" with Japan's OBS in back.
http://www.beaglebass.com/dx/external/KBS_1_Jinju_1098.MP3

819 KCBS Pyongyang DPRK, 500 kW (124 mi.) playing special live
performances (cultural, non-nationalist in this case) during the
daytime with the Seoul jammer with it, recorded away from that jammer
at Port of Incheon (old Green Beach site of Incheon Landing).
http://www.beaglebass.com/dx/external/KCBS_Pyongyang_819.MP3

1062 KBS 1 Radio HLKQ-AM Cheongju KOREA, 50 kW (63 mi.) playing
Foreigner "I Want To Know What Love Is" with local 250kw siren jammer
on 1053 heard behind the song from 17 miles away.
http://www.beaglebass.com/dx/external/KBS_1_Cheongju_1062.MP3

585 Jiangsu Finance Radio Nanjing CHINA, 50 kW (608 mi.) not
playing Chinese opera but just flat out opera music in the late night
hours. The signal is very poor compared to last year for some reason.
http://www.beaglebass.com/dx/external/Jiangsu_Finance_Nanjing_585.MP3

1557 Radio Taiwan Int'l I Love Music Kouhu Twp. TAIWAN, 300 kW
(1042 mi.) plays a variety of music from pop to rock to whatever else.
http://beaglebass.com/dx/external/I_Love_Music_1557.MP3

558 KBS 2 Radio Happy FM Daegu HLQH-AM Pohang KOREA, 250 kW (178
mi.) playing "All That Jazz" and into Robert Palmer "Bad Case of
Loving You".
http://www.beaglebass.com/dx/external/KBS_2_Radio_Daegu.MP3

1494 RSK Sanyo Broadcasting JOYR-AM Okayama JAPAN, 10 kW (436 mi.)
playing reggae tune ????? "???????".
http://www.beaglebass.com/dx/external/RSK_Sanyo_1494.MP3
(Chris Kadlec, Seoul, Korea, Nov 22, WTFDA Forum via DXLD)

** IRAN [non]. 13765, Nov 23 at 1422, SW Asian song, fair at S6. It`s
Radio Farda via Lampertheim, GERMANY at 0530-1500 (plus an earlier
sesquihour via Thailand) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** IRAN [non]. Very weak signal of Sedoye Bahar via BaBcoCk
Grigoriopol on Nov 18
1900-1930 7510 KCH 500 kW / 116 deg WeAs Farsi Thu/Fri Voice of Spring
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/very-weak-signal-of-sedoye-bahar-via.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** IRAQ. FM Radio in Mosul, Iraq --- According to the Washington Post,
FM radio is being used at the front line in the on going Battle for
Mosul in Iraq. Radio Alghad ( Radio Tomorrow ) the anti-ISIS station
has been broadcasting since March 2015 and currently operates 7
transmitters in the area one of which is FM 95.5. ISIS have their own
FM radio station in Mosul called Radio al-Bayan 92.5. Both sides are
jamming each other's broadcasts. The full Washington Post article:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/a-talk-radio-station-broadcasts-emotional-calls-from-iraqis-trapped-in-mosul/2016/11/17/c772c492-a522-11e6-ba46-53db57f0e351_story.html

Best wishes, (Martin Reynolds, Nantwich, Cheshire, Nov 18, BDXC-UK yg
via DXLD)

There was a report on Radio Alghad on the BBC Ten O'Clock news
bulletin November 1. Three other recent reports, mostly if not all
different footage.

France 24 (English)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vavnhB3ax6A

Al Jazeera
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Iuc-QJPUbo

Deutsche Welle (English)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfX0FaJdaSc

September 2016 Al Jazeera detailed article.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/09/radio-station-challenges-isil-mosul-160913130305206.html

Station website
http://alghad.fm/

(Mike Barraclough, ibid.)

** ITALY. Shortwave schedule of Marconi Radio International Tue Nov 15
1900-2200 on 3905 unknown 100 watts tx to WeEu
English/Italian/Spanish USB
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/shortwave-schedule-of-marconi-radio_14.html
(DX RE MIX NEWS #979 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, November 22,
2016 via DXLD)

Weak signal of pirate station Radio Latino on Nov 19:
1605-1645 on 7615 unknown tx / unknown to WeEu English/It/Sp
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/italy-weak-signal-of-pirate-station.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ITALY. Poor signal of pirate station Radio Latino on Nov 15:
1600-1630 on 7580*unknown tx / unknown to WeEu English/It/Sp
*co-ch VOA on 7580 PHT 250 kW / 275 deg to CeAs Tibetan+CNR-1
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/poor-signal-of-pirate-station-radio.html
(DX RE MIX NEWS #979 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, November 22,
2016 via DXLD)

** JAPAN. Frequency changes of Shiokaze Sea Breeze from Nov 17:
1300-1400 NF 6145 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Various, ex 7410
1405-1435 NF 5910 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Japanese, ex 7325
1600-1700 on 6180 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Various, no change
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/frequency-changes-of-shiokaze-sea.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KOREA NORTH [non]. 6145, Nov 17 at 1335, I finally find Sea Breeze
on new frequency; last channel was 7410, but there only heard CRI and
FEBC at 1300, so later bandscanning 49m band upwards. 6145 is good
with no QRM, S9 to S9+10, YL with very brief news headlines, each
introduced by date and ``Daily NK``, and outroduced by ``Daily NK``
again, same electronic sounder between them several times a minute.
1339 different music and on to another segment. 1340 ID by YL ``This
is Shiokaze - Sea Breeze from Tokyo, Japan``. 6145 is one of numerous
alternate frequencies registered with HFCC by JIC MIC at 13-14, 300
kW, 290 degrees from Yamata. English is only on Thursdays. Sea Breeze
is about abduxions of Japanese by North Korea.

Ron Howard also discovered 6145 today but for him in California there
was lite QRM from PBS Qinghai; and he found the *1405 Shiokaze in
Japanese on new 5910 ex-7325 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1853,
DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.:

New frequencies for Shiokaze/Sea Breeze via Yamata (Japan), on Nov 17
(Thursday).

New 6145. Finally moved away from ex: 7410, where they had very strong
QRM from CRI; now on 6145 they have light QRM from PBS Qinghai;
Shiokaze schedule 1300-1400; noted closing info at 1356, in English;
off at 1400*, at which time I heard RTI start up, along with CNR1
jamming, which completely blocked PBS Qinghai after 1400.

New 5910. Ex: 7325; at *1405, all in Japanese; Shiokaze intro; usual
segment of "Message from the Japanese Government"; assume into
"Furusato No Kaze" ("Wind of Hometown") program; fair, with no jamming
from North Korea yet (Ron Howard, Calif., dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO
1853, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KOREA NORTH [non]. 9690, Furusato no Kaze (Tamsui District, TAIWAN)
*1600-1605+ 18 Nov. After CRI leaves, FnK starts with instrumental
theme, Japanese opening announcements, nice choral tune, sounder and
into Japanese chat. Poor signal at best, but nice to hear even a bit
of their programming (Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA, PL380/6m X
wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) At first I suspected a typo, as Kazes used
to prefer the 9900+ range, but no, this is correct per Aoki (gh, DXLD)

** KOREA NORTH [non]. TAJIKISTAN, National Unity Radio via RED
Telecom, Nov 22
1200-1500 on 7520 DB 100 kW / 071 deg to NEAs Korean/English, co-ch
1130-1930 on 7520 DEL 250 kW / 065 deg to SoAs Urdu All India Radio
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/national-unity-radio-via-red-telecom.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KOREA SOUTH. 9640, KBS World (Kimjae) 11/18, 1550. Vocal music, W
presenter in Vietnamese. KBS theme music at TOH [1600] and M announcer
opening English segment and to news. Good on (mobile setup) RadioShack
SW-2000629, Wilson roofmount CB antenna (Rick Barton, Logs from
Arizona, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Upcoming frequency change of KBS World Radio Russian from Nov 27
1300-1400 9645 KIM 100 kW / 319 deg CAs Russian, due to strong co-ch
on same 9645 KNX 100 kW / 305 deg SAs English Reach Beyond Australia

Two new test frequencies are: 9730# on Nov. 23-24 and 9800* Nov 24-25
#BUT same 9730 BEI 500 kW / 193 deg SEAs English China Radio Int
*BUT same 9800 PHT 250 kW / 021 deg EaAs Korean Voice of America
1800-1900 7235 WOF 250 kW / 075 deg EaEu Russian via BaBcoCk unchanged
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/upcoming-frequency-change-of-kbs-world.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KURDISTAN [non]. CLANDESTINE, 9400. November 21, 2016. 2042-2058,
Denge Mesopotamia (Denge Kurdistan), Maiac [PRIDNESTROVYE], in
Kurdish. Woman and man announcers talks; ID and local song. Fair
signal and poor modulation, 35432 (DXer: José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX).
Location: Cabedelo-PB, Brazil, Degen DE1103 & Tecsun S-2000, Antenna:
Portable Telescopic, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD)

** LITHUANIA. RUSSIAN TV SUSPENDED AFTER HARSH ANTI-US COMMENTS

VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) -- Lithuania`s media watchdog says a Russian
state-run television station will be temporarily suspended after a
Russian politician made harsh anti-U.S. comments deemed as "incitement
to war, discord and hatred." . . .
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_LITHUANIA_RUSSIAN_TELEVISION?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2016-11-17-06-48-29
(via Mike Cooper, DXLD)

** MADAGASCAR. Reception of WCB Madagascar World Voice, Nov 16
1800-1900 on 9570 MWV 100 kW / 355 deg to EaEu Russian tx#1
1900-2000 on 9495 MWV 100 kW / 355 deg to EaEu Russian tx#2
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/reception-of-wcb-madagascar-world-voice.html
(DX RE MIX NEWS #979 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, November 22,
2016 via DXLD)

Why should they switch transmitters for adjacent airings of same
language on same antenna? (gh, DXLD)

11835, Nov 17 at 0435, VP S3 signal but conversation in English, and
not a WWCR overload mix of 5890 + 5935, so it really is MWV with
African Pathways Radio; no comparison to the bigsig it accomplished
(when active) in A-16 during this hour on 9480, but maybe 11835 works
better for Africa (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

9600, Nov 18 at 0120, MWV with New Life Station, song at S7, 0122
``veteran network newsman Doug Poling`` with a ``Christian
Perspective`` mini-sermon. Everything is blessedly mini on KNLS/MWV
for attention-span deficits, a respite from 24/7 gospel huxters.
Poling was with CBS Radio but now retired into evangelism, located
conveniently near WCB HQ in Franklin TN:
http://www.knls.org/reading-pleasure-main/doug-poling.html

31mb propagation is quite degraded with very poor if any signals from
WRMI and other N American stations, e.g. adjacent 9605 WHRI relaying
Korea is weaker than 9600. Also about S7 is 9570 CRI/Albania. Only
exceeded by jamming plus R. República from France adding up to S9 on
9490.

17640, Nov 18 at 1834, no signal from MWV. Could it be on but not
propagating? I don`t think so, based on K index of 2, SF 79 and no
storms per WWV. On 16m, 17775 KVOH is VG, and 17790 WRMIBS is VP,
which is about normal for closer signals.

11790, Nov 18 at 2202, R. Feda, = MWV Arabic, good signal with same
stinger frequently, separating news headlines? MWV not known for
journalism.

17640, Nov 19 at 1830, no signal from MWV; OSOB is VP 17790 WRMIBS,
but plenty of signals on 15 MHz band. On but not propagating, or off?
Anyhow, MWV is definitely on sometime after 2100 when the Chinese to
Europe is well-heard on 11610.

17640, Nov 20 at 1840 check, again no signal from MWV English APR
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1853, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

MWV Radio Feda --- 11790, 2255 19 NOV - MWV RADIO FEDA (MADAGASCAR).
SINPO = 55545. Arabic, music, female announcer gives ID at 2255z with
internet address. s/off at 2256z. QSB=slow rate, very slight, good
modulation, no noise noticeable. sf76.8, a8, k1, geomag: very quiet.
100kw, beamAz 325 , bearing 46 . 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. Transmitting
from Talata-Volonondry 3, Lat: 18 43’S Long: 047 37'E, Distance:
17442km. Received at Las Vegas, United States. Local time: 1455.

11790, 2157 20 NOV - MWV RADIO FEDA (MADAGASCAR). SINPO = 45444.
Arabic, carrier s/on 2157z, microtonal music at 2158z, male and female
announcers alternating starting @2200 with musical interludes.
(Recheck at 2245z SINPO55545 by far strongest signal on SW right now,
slight QSB only slightly effecting modulation, no noise. see video of
last 5 minutes before s/off:
https://youtu.be/89mlxiGh8qA
QSB=slow-to-moderate rate, strong modulation always well above the
noise floor with rare fades where noise was just audible for very
short durations.sf76.4, a5, k1, geomag: very quiet. 100kw, beamAz
325 , bearing 46 . 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. Transmitting from Talata-
Volonondry 3, Lat: 18 43’S Long: 047 37'E, Distance: 17442km. Received
at Las Vegas, United States. Local time: 1357.

Greetings from Nevada! The conditions here have still been pretty good
with the Solar Flux in the mid-70s and the Geomagnetic activity
ranging from very quiet to inactive for many days again! I really wish
I had more time for bandscanning, there's a lot of signals there that
aren't normally above the noise. I made a point to get a recording
(see log entry for URL) of MWV Radio Feda yesterday to let people know
what a barnburner signal I'm getting here with very good modulation
and audio (Rodney Johnson, Las Vegas NV, Nov 20, dxldyg via WORLD OF
RADIO 1853, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

9495. November 21, 2016. 1944-1955, MWV New Life Station, Mahajanga,
in Russian. Man announcer talks; A very short music; Preaching
continues, presumably. A song. Station with fair signal and poor
modulation, 35432.

13710. November 21, 2016. 2018-2031, MWV Radio Feda, Mahajanga, in
Arabic. Man annnouncer talks; A short music. Woman announcer talks.
Barely audible transmission, 25431 (sometimes, 25432).

11610. November 21, 2016. 2115-2120, MWV New Life Station, Mahajanga,
in Mandarin. Man announcer talks; A song. Fair transmission, 35433
(DXer: José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX). Location: Cabedelo-PB, Brazil, Degen
DE1103 & Tecsun S-2000, Antenna: Portable Telescopic, Hard-Core-DX
mailing list via DXLD)

17640, Nov 21 at 1841, again no signal from MWV English which ought to
be audible if on.

11790, Nov 21 at 2213, however is MWV on in Chinese, instead of
scheduled Arabic! Chinese this hour is supposed to be on 9535 from
other transmitter. I see that no 11790 MWV transmission is in Aoki of
Nov 14.

7390, Nov 22 at 0230, MWV La Voz Alegre in Spanish at S9+20, aside
7385 WHRI at S9+30, but mostly evitable with USB tuning and narrowed
bandwidth. YL is making a quick talk outroed as Segunda Juventud from
http://aarp.segundajuventud.org
and then another one with financial advice; 0233 into hymn song with
nice harmony,

Weblink above adds www. and claims it is registered with Network
Solutions, Coming Soon. Separate search of American Association of
Retired Persons website does have plenty Spanish but I can`t find that
name included (second childhood). Or is it name of their magazine?

7390 has another MWV Spanish broadcast scheduled the next hour, but
not even a carrier at 0321, altho 7385 is huger. This could be because
MWV is limping on only one transmitter, causing variations in its
schedule. Now in B-16 at 03-04, the other transmitter is supposed to
be in English on 15670, which I haven`t even checked, assuming no
reception, but has anyone heard it? The sole funxional transmitter
could be on 15670 instead of 7390, which after all would just be
repeating the previous Spanish hour. (But 15670 would then be
prepeating the 0400 English on 11825 --- unless it`s New Life instead
of African Pathways) (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1853, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** MALAYSIA. 6050, Asyik FM/Salam FM (via RTM Kajang) 1458-1603* 15
Nov. Very pleased to hear a full hour of Salam FM today after switch-
over from Asyik programming @ 1500 with usual Qu'ran recitation /
commentary, long discussion of the up-coming "International Tahfiz Al-
Qur`an Symposium" [22-24 November at Institut Latihan Islam Malaysia.
And many thanks to Ron Howard for the complete symposium info!]. Nice
non-jingle "Radio [Malaysia?] Salam FM, frequensi-megaHertz." ID at
1525 followed by a mention of an SW frequency which I didn't catch.
Rolling past 1600 with Malay pop & off mid-song at 1603 (Dan Sheedy,
Moonlight Beach, CA, PL380/6m X wire, WORLD OF RADIO 1853, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** MALAYSIA. 9835even, RTM K-L Kajang service, proper S=9 signal, 10
kHz wideband signal, at 0501 UT nice audio.

11665even, RTM K-L Kajang service, proper S=9 signal, 11.6 kHz
wideband signal, at 0510 UT nice audio, news in BM language. Present
LUFTHANSA pilot personell strike item heard.

** MEXICO. 650, Nov 22 at 0316, Spanish music over WSM without even
nulling it; 0318 Radio 65 singing ID, i.e. XETNT Los Mochis, Sinaloa
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 800, Nov 21 at 1306, ad mentions El Paso, Zaragoza, so
XEROK is in, but touchy to get it past KQCV OKC, nulled as much as
possible. Almost sufficient at sunrise, but no borderblaster (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 1190, Nov 23 at 0112, Spanish M&W Catholic talk dominant
from N/S, not // WEWN 5810, about trip to Ciudad de México, 0117 pause
for corte comercial, Mexican promos, on ``Contacto 11-90 de AM``, i.e.
XECT, 10000/100 watts, Monterrey NL, way after sundown (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. MEXICO READIES TO TURN OFF ANALOGUE SIGNAL
From Rapid TV News: 22 November 2016
http://www.rapidtvnews.com/2016112245149/mexico-readies-to-turn-off-analogue-signal.html

Mexico’s Intituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones (IFT) has set the
deadline for the final analogue TV stations to cease broadcasting.

Although most users have had DTT at home for almost a year, the
smallest local TV stations were given extra time to complete the
digital switchover.

According to the IFT, 460 stations are still working under the
analogue system. By 15 December, 303 stations will stop broadcasting,
while the rest will do so on 31 December.

The stations involved are required to tell affected viewers about the
analogue switch-off as some TVs and set-top boxes will need to be
adjusted in order to get local digital signals.

Through this move, the Mexico will become the first Latin American
country to have a 100% digital TV system.

However, this is the official figure. External reports have indicated
that a large portion of the population have been without DTT and,
therefore, free-to-air (FTA) TV, for almost a year. The less
optimistic reports show that over 22% Mexicans are not getting FTA TV
at home (via Richard Langley, NB, Nov 22, dxldyg via DXLD)

Good info. Here on the Texas border with Tamaulipas, all of the
Reynosa, Matamoros and presumably Monterrey Nuevo León TV stations
have been digital for over a year (Steven Wiseblood/AB5GP, Harlingen,
TEXAS, ibid.)

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

The IFT has announced the death date for analog shadows and hangers-
on.
http://www.ift.org.mx/comunicacion-y-medios/comunicados-ift/es/el-ift-anuncia-fechas-de-apagon-en-estaciones-y-equipos-complementarios-de-baja-potencia-comunicado

303 stations leave us on December 15; another 157 transmitters will go
off the air on December 31. I cannot find a list. I am particularly
curious about the following stations which I believe to be going for
good:

- XHHCG Chilpancingo (the RPC now gives an assignment of 33 for
XHACG which is operational; Chilpancingo has known to be off the air
for long stretches)
- The entire Michoacán state network (barring a miracle - they've
been very slow, though they could have a transmitter at the end of the
month)
http://www.ignaciomartinez.com.mx/noticias/smrtv_camino_a_la_digitalizacion_96082
- Rural transmitters, primarily in the Sonora, Oaxaca and Nuevo
León? nets

Interestingly, there has been a net loss of 37 transmitters from the
analog program compared to the lists the IFT published late last year.

Apagón or no, television reception is still a problem in some regions
of the country in the digital age. In the Mixteca region of Puebla,
for instance.
http://www.elpopular.mx/2016/11/17/municipios/siguen-sin-tv-en-la-mixteca-tras-apagon-analogico-153778
Residents of San Jerónimo Xayacatlán, Xayacatlán de Bravo,
Ahuehuetitla and Guadalupe Santa Ana are getting nothing, while
apparently the two signals receivable in Acatlán have the same
programming.

The area is kind of in a TV donut with Izúcar de Matamoros (Cuernavaca
shadows) to the northwest, Tehuacán to the northeast and Huajuapan to
the southeast, all 30 to 45 miles out. Last edited by Raymie; 11-18-
2016 at 03:56 PM. (Raymie Humbert, Phœnix AZ, Nov 18, WTFDA Forum via
DXLD)

SE BUSCA: XHPYM-FM --- Last seen: In 2014 on the Periférico de Mérida
(21 00'54", -89 33'41.4")

Details: While it's to be expected that the XEPY-AM tower is down, the
transmitter site appears to have been completely dismantled —
*including the FM tower added upon migration.

Clues: A new housing development named Floresta
https://www.residencialfloresta.mx/
is being erected with a grand entrance just south of the tower. (Its
entrance is visible from Street View.)

Found!

think XHPYM has moved to a new tower at a different site: 21 02'58.5"N
89 38'33.0"W

Google Maps does not appear to have very current aerial images of the
Mérida area. Instead, you must use Street View to see that a second
tower has been added to what I think is the XHMQM site. An existing
guyed stick with FM bays was joined by a new transmitter building and
self-supporting FM tower.

I can confirm that this is Cadena RASA property as well because of the
tablaje number (12947, which is painted on the wall by the entrance:
Calle 85 Tablaje 12947). Tablajes are used in Yucatán for land
surveys. You can go to the state government website and look up the
ownership and property value of a tablaje. The property is in the name
of 14 people. 12 have the last name Laris Rodríguez.

(Mérida also has a GIS system, and it does seem that the tablaje
12704, which corresponds to the old XEPY-XHPYM site, was split for
Floresta, but that they maintained ownership of the site. They
probably realized it was getting valuable and moved the station to a
less valuable property get it ready for sale.) Last edited by Raymie;
11-19-2016 at 03:10 PM. (Raymie, Nov 19, ibid.)

Imagen's going all-mux. All Imagen transmitters will be outfitted with
a multiplex:
x.1 Imagen TV
x.2 Imagen TV -1
x.3 Imagen TV -2
x.4 Excélsior TV (except Mexico City)

Interestingly, 36 transmitters plus Mexico City were given the green
light, and Imagen currently has 42 known stations. I wonder what's
missing. Reynosa *was* among those authorized.

There were also two other multiprogramming cases authorized:

-one Azteca transmitter allowed to dual-broadcast. This is XHPCE
Puerto Escondido. Azteca has two stations here but XHPCE is far more
powerful than XHJP (160 versus 8 kW).

-one radio station with multiprogramming. XHUIA has been given the
green light. It will carry an HD2 and HD3. (It is not the first
station to have HD subs - the GRC Mexico City stations and XHFMTU
Monterrey beat it to the punch, and XHUIA had already been carrying an
HD2 - but it is the first authorized under the current guidelines.)

Last edited by Raymie; 11-20-2016 at 07:04 PM (Raymie, Nov 20, ibid.)

Last year, Randy dumped a translation request on Gargadon and I to
find the transmitter facility of XHTXA Túxpan, Veracruz —*"Carretera
Federal México-Túxpan, Ejido La Lomita kilómetro 201 + 200 metros" —
*but with Google Street View missing quite a bit of the relatively new
federal highway, we were still lost.

I've gone back to that hunt and found what I think is the XHTXA
transmitter site, and there's a little twist thrown in.

I found that on Google Maps, the toll booth at kilometer 184 was
marked as "Caseta de Cobro Km 184", and using Street View of the 227
km marker, plus the distance measuring tool, I believe I have found
our XHTXA.

It's at 20 32'44.6"N 97 42'54.2"W or so (that looks like it might be a
transmitter building but it is DEFINITELY around that interchange).

The twist?

The XHTXA tower is not even in Veracruz. That site is in the
municipality of Venustiano Carranza, Puebla. The studios are 54
kilometers (36 miles) away. This is roughly where kilometer 201 is on
the highway.

However, 54 kilometers between studio/city and transmitter still loses
out to something I investigated tonight: XHPCE.

It turns out that XHPCE broadcasts from a site 62 kilometers from
Puerto Escondido, at Cerro Vic in San Mateo Río Hondo. No wonder they
sought an A7 auth here instead of P40 — XHJP (A7) is not receivable in
much of the XHPCE service area. XHJP and XHPCE, unlike most Azteca
transmitters licensed to the same city, are not twins. XHPCE is 160
kW, the most powerful TV station in Oaxaca. XHJP is an 8 kW station
(Raymie, Nov 20, ibid.)

Get ready for Licitación IFT-6!
http://www.ift.org.mx/comunicacion-y-medios/comunicados-ift/es/el-ift-aprueba-y-emite-la-convocatoria-y-bases-de-licitacion-para-el-concesionamiento-de-148-canales

The IFT's approval of the call for bids and guidelines starts the
clock on the most important opening in local and regional commercial
TV since the early 90s.

In 24 of the 123 coverage areas, there will be two stations —
including some VHFs!

Other notes:

- A potential bidder cannot have more than one other station in
the area. This opens up the potential for new full-power Televisa and
Azteca transmitters, which could very well be the case in some of the
rural areas like Guachochi and X'pujil that have never had TV service.

- There's also a New Participant Bonus for those who either have
no broadcast holdings, and in slightly reduced form for radio owners
without TV stations in that market, but not for anyone with 20% or
more national TV coverage.

Day One is November 28, when the IFT will begin taking
declarations of interest from potential bidders. The awards will come
down on October 2 and 3, 2017.

We should have the information soon — it must be published in the
DOF, and the IFT will also put it on its website this week (Raymie,
Nov 21, ibid.)

One last item: in September, Huetamo, Michoacán got its first new
radio station since 1969 when XHUET 103.5 "La Guacha" finally signed
on. Here's its Facebook, if you're curious.
https://www.facebook.com/LaGuachaFM/
(Raymie, Nov 22, ibid.)

Two stories with a common thread:

A Follow-Up to a Confusing Radio Situation

XHZHO-FM 98.5 Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, resurfaced two weeks ago with a
new name and what appears to be a new operator. When it went under, it
was Ke Buena, co-owned with XHUQ-FM 101.9. But then XHUQ stole Ke
Buena and XHZHO...disappeared.

It looks like it was spun off in the last month, as it's now "La Nueva
98.5" with an unknown format, new studio address and a newscast
carried by XHZIH. Remember, XHZIH has a countdown to something too.

Meanwhile... A Radio Zombie is Made

Among the stations that failed to transition to concessions from
permits, one was actually an unbuilt station: XHUTG 98.5, a university
station serving Iguala, Guerrero.

Guess what. It's on the air.
https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=radio+xhutg&opensearch=1
I didn't think it'd happen myself.

Of the stations that are in permit limbo, I believe only one has
actually shut down. That would be XHCRI-FM San Cristóbal de las Casas,
which has disappeared from the site of its sister station XHWM. The
utility of the second FM probably diminished upon the latter's
migration — it's amazing to think that XHCRI, which signed on in time
for Christmas 2000, was the first FM in San Cristóbal!

The others are XHMZL Mazatlán, XHITD Durango, XHIC Campeche, the
repeaters of the UAT (Tamps.) network outside of the flagship at
Ciudad Victoria, and XHHCC Hércules Coah. Each of these stations is
operating. Last edited by Raymie; 11-23-2016 at 12:01 AM (Raymie,
originally Nov 22, ibid.)

Time for some news — more accurately, this El Paso Herald-Post blurb
from Saturday, February 13, 1971...

"A phantom Juarez television station for the second straight year
has appeared in the February official federal register. According to
the register, television station XHBB, channel 20 is the third
authorized television station. To date, Juarez television viewers have
failed to receive any pictures on channel 20."

(See: DOF 11/25/70) (Raymie, Nov 23, ibid.)

The DOF today ran the AM-FM transition guidelines,
http://diariooficial.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5462362&fecha=24/11/2016
and as had been teased, new migrants must use HD Radio.

Also any new stations that come from this will be class A with a 3 kW
max ERP. The final count of new available frequencies for commercial
or public stations:

Salamanca, Gto.: 1 (either XEMAS, XEZH or XESAG)

Guadalajara metro: 8

Mexico City: 2

Toluca: 2

Puebla: 5

Mexicali: 1 (101.3)

Monterrey metro: 4 (88.1, 89.3, 96.1, 96.9, 100.5. Mty also has an
unused 88.5 C, plus a 100.1 B1 at Los Ramones.)

Nogales: 6 (note that Nogales has just 5 AM stations. The FCC has
unused allotments for Nogales: 89.1 A, 89.9 A, 90.3 A, 92.5 A, 94.1 A
and 95.7 A, plus an 89.5 C that probably isn't going to be used here.)

SLRC: 2 (91.1, 93.9, 97.9, 98.7 and a B 106.3 are available)

Ciudad Camargo Tamps.: 2 (only one AM here, XEZD. FCC says 92.7,
99.1 and 105.9 are open As here. There is also a 101.7 that was
formerly XHCAO-FM

Ciudad Miguel Alemán: 4 (two AMs operate here, XEWD and XEHI.
95.9, 96.3, 96.7 and 99.9, according to FCC.)

Matamoros: 1 (probably on 91.9 though there's one other A
allotment and a B1 going unused)

Nuevo Laredo: 6 (Nuevo Laredo has eight AMs total, of which two
are combos)

Reynosa: 2 (102.9, though a AA 103.3 is available, and also an A
106.7 that would be in the Article 90 reserved band)

Río Bravo: 1 (91.7)

And speaking of Mexico City, today began the 23rd General Assembly of
La Red México, at which the organization's president called on the IFT
to let Radio Educación migrate to FM.
https://twitter.com/laREDMX/status/801874018810753024

There's also finally a page on the IFT site about IFT-6,
http://www.ift.org.mx/industria/espectro-radioelectrico/radiodifusion/2016/licitacion-ift-6-television-radiodifundida-digital
though the only thing on it right now is a document I had not seen.

It does clarify that some areas will be getting one V and one U out of
IFT-6.
http://www.ift.org.mx/sites/default/files/industria/espectro-radioelectrico/radiodifusion/2016/6/esquema-licitacionift-6gralv.9.pdf

Aguascalientes, Mexico City, central Chiapas, Celaya-Querétaro,
Guadalajara, San Luis Potosí, Xalapa, San Andrés Tuxtla, and Zacatecas
will get one V and one U. The remaining areas of the 25 getting two
stations for bid will get two UHF outlets.

Last edited by Raymie; 11-24-2016 at 03:07 PM

Este programa es público, ajeno a cualquier partido político. Queda
prohibido el uso para fines distintos a los establecidos en el
programa. [taglines]

Read the Mexico Beat | VC-Day is October 27. Follow all the new
virtual channel assignments
http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?10958-Mexican-virtual-channel-assignments-after-VC-Day
(Raymie, Nov 24, ibid.)

** MONGOLIA. 7459.88, R. Free Asia (relay) at 2132 UT on Nov 11,
signal with M announcer at 2134 UT. 2136 music. A little more music at
2142. W announcer at 2152, M joined in at 2153, and instrumental music
at 2155. Apparently jammed so couldn't confirm the language was
Korean. VOA Philippines OC came on at 2155:27, totally blocking it and
creating a nasty het. RFA went off at 2159:40. Didn't hear any jamming
once RFA went off (Dave Valko-PA-USA, BC-DX 18 Nov via DXLD)

Mostly on xxx9.875 .... x.879 kHz (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.)

** MYANMAR. 9459.991, Thazin Radio, Pyin U Lwin, Burmese program at
0444 UT Nov 23, S=9+15dB heard in Sri Lanka remote post. 10 kHz wide
proper signal.

9589.989, rang phone-in program from Thazin radio, Pyin U Lwin,
S=9+15dB proper outlet heard in Sri Lanka post. Local pop singer
program at 0450 UT. 10.4 kHz wideband signal, nice audio of Made in
China BBEF Beijing TX unit.

9729.996, Myanmar Radio from Yegu - Yangoon, Burmese pop music
program, dull sounding melody though, S=9 at 0501 UT Nov 23. 9.5 kHz
wideband signal. Thanks to presence of 4S7VK Victor's SDR installation
in Piliyandala, Sri Lanka, remote Perseus access net around 0330 to
0515 UT on November 23, wb df5sx [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz
RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, harmonics yg via DXLD)

** NETHERLANDS [non]. Sunday, in the UK, the Mighty KBC, 0130 UT, 6145
kHz, excellent reception except slightly tinny audio on the music,
asking for donations. Slogan, ``This is the Mighty KBC, Rockin` the
World`` (Jon Collins, Birmingham UK, TECSUN PL-660, telescopic whip
antenna, Nov 20, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NETHERLANDS [non]. PCJ Radio International specials: see USA: WRMI

** NIGERIA. Probably just a one-off log: Voice of Nigeria, 15119.87 AM
Hi, just caught this morning, November 17th, 0833-0850* (sudden mid-
programme off), 15119.87 approx., Voice of Nigeria, regular English
programme from Abuja, strong, loud, but somewhat noisy modulation.
Should be on 7255, no hint if it was there also. 15120 DRM was missing
the past few evenings, as far as I observed.
73 (Thorsten Hallmann, Münster, Germany,
http://www.muenster.org/uwz/ms-alt/africalist/
dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1853, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

15120, Voice of Nigeria at 1908 on 11/17. DRM test in English. News
features interspersed with music. Signal fair so lots of digital
artifacts but somewhat listenable. DRM text says “You are listening to
a DRM test radio the Voice of Nigeria, Abuja” (Dan Srebnick, Aberdeen,
NJ, Perseus SDR, Alpha Delta DX-CC, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD)

15115-15120-15125, Nov 18 at 1842, DRM noise, so V. of Nigeria must be
active today (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1853, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** NORTH AMERICA. Hi Gents: Not doing too much in the way of pirate
listening lately, but did hear this one this past weekend.

PIRATE-NA. Channel Z, 6937.5 AM, 2032-2043, 11-13-16, SIO: 343.
Presumed Z testing with their usual IS, some music. Off and on several
times (Chris Lobdell, Tewksbury, MA USA, Receivers: Eton E1, JRC NRD-
535, Aerial: G5RV Dipole, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NORTH AMERICA, 7410.0-AM, Nov 17 at 0447, S9 signal but deep fades
and slightly suptorted with the immediately recognizable voice and
message of the YHWH guy, ``vs corporate banksters``, etc. 0455 he
seems to be wrapping up, ``wish you the best, shalom``, ``thank you so
much for listening in``. ``true Jews not interested in false deity
worship`` such as Jesus; ``waiting for Yahweh, God`s government to be
established``. I have to suspend for something else at 0458-0509, and
he is indeed off when I get back at 0509, and 7415 is now splashing.

Since 7410 is not a frequency in use by a legal US SWBC station, we
must conclude that Mr YHWH is back to piracy! --- despite having been
busted last time, and location revealed as near Ridgecrest CA.

He also recently made a legal $25 broadcast via WBCQ as we have
reported, and was going to do another one, but if and when that
transpired, I have not heard.

Station YHWH previous pirate behavior was to show up on a very wide
variety of frequencies in and out of many different bands, at many
different hours, so maybe we are in for another such treat, requiring
lots of bandscanning. So far I have seen no other reports of him on
7410, not even on HF Underground. One thing is likely: he will not
keep appearing again at the same time on the same frequency (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1853, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Hi Glenn - I confess to actually missing the extensive bandscanning we
once had to do to find "Josiah" and his anti-
Christian/Catholic/gay/Islam/Mormon/Buddhist and pro-Jewish/Yahweh
diatribe. Perhaps now emboldened by the recent election?

YHWH frequencies I have actually heard in the past: 3235, 3255, 5730,
5770, 5785, 5860, 5865, 7125, 7185, 7300, 7330, 7515, 9600, 9605, 9730
and 9835 (Ron Howard, Nov 17, WORLD OF RADIO 1853, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

Sometime after the previous burst of activity two years ago, we had a
comprehensive listing by Harold Frodge of many more frequencies he had
used, as high as 21 MHz, but I haven`t re-located it (Glenn Hauser,
WORLD OF RADIO 1853, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NORWAY. Northern Star Media Services AS: own Facebook page

Dear radio friend,
This is to inform you that the Northern Star Media Services AS email
service with irregular updates of our project will now be discontinued
and permanently replaced by our Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/radionorthernstar

After a trial period this seems to be running well.
We have also given our regular website with the radio station player a
new look:
http://www.northernstar.cc
An adjustment for iPhone/iPad is underway.
We recommend you «like» our Facebook page if you are interested in
further updates of our project.
(The Facebook page is also integrated in our new website.)

For your information, I have enclosed our draft for the 2017 World
Radio TV Handbook also listing information on our «cousin» station LKB
LLE Bergen Broadcasting.

Best wishes, (Svenn Martinsen, Chief Editor/Broadcasting Coordinator
Radio Northern Star/VFG Northern Lights,
AM 1611 AM 5895
Northern Star Media Services AS
Org.nr.: 912204278
http://www.northernstar.cc
Bergen Kringkaster
AM 1314 AM 5895 FM 103,8
Foreningen Bergen Kringkaster
Org.nr.: 993809055
http://www.bergenkringkaster.nu
http://www.bergenkringkaster.no
http://www.la1ask.no
Box 100
N5331 RONG
NORWAY
+4756324985
+4795067890
We also occasionally post updates on:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/bergenkringkaster/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/167535184574/
DX LISTENING DIGEST) From attached PDF:

LKB LLE BERGEN KRINGKASTER(Community)
OWNER: Foreningen Bergen Kringkaster(Bergen Broadcasting Association).
REG.NO: 993809055
BUSINESS NAME: BERGEN KRINGKASTER
ORG.: Association.
LEADING PERSONNEL(L.P.): Per Dagfinn Green LA1TNA(Chairman), Øystein
Ask LA7CFA, Reidar Mjøs LA7MLA, Einar Oldrup Jensen LB9UG, Svenn
Martinsen.
CHIEF ENGINEER: Øystein Ask LA7CFA.
CHIEF EDITOR: Svenn Martinsen
POSTAL ADDRESS: PO Box 100, N5331 RONG, Norway
SITE AND STUDIO: G.C.: 60 26 56,728 N 5 12 59,206 E
Bergen Kringkaster, Grensedalen 59, N5306 Erdal, Norway.
E-MAILADDRESS: styret@bergenkringkaster.no report@bergenkringkaster.no
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PHONE: +47 56324985
MOBILE: +47 95067890
D.PRGR (GMT):
5895 kHz 0000-0900 Tue,Thur,Sat; 0900-1300 Mon,Wed,Fri; 1300-1830 Tue,
1300-1600 Thur,Sat; 1600-1830 Mon,Wed,Fri. (1 Hour earlier during
summer season).

1611 kHz 0000-0900 Mon,Wed,Fri,Sat;1300-1830 Mon, Wed, Fri, 1600-1830
Thur, 1900-2300 Tue,Thur, Sat,Sun. (1 Hour earlier during summer
season).

1314 kHz Sun 0900-1300+irreg.( 1 Hour earlier during summer season).

103.8 MHz Sun-Sat 0700-0900; 1400-2200 (1 Hour earlier during summer
season).

ANN.: “You are listening to LKB LLE Bergen Broadcasting Station.” "Du
lytter til LKB LLE Bergen Kringkaster."
THEME TUNE: Øyvind Ask: “MacGyver in Space”.
FORMAT: Nostalgia, comedy, classical music. Relay of
bergenkringkaster.nu and local programming 24 hrs, 7 days a week.

TRANSMITTERS: SW LLE-3 5895 kHz 50 watts, MW LLE-2 1314 kHz 180 watts
LLE-4 1611 kHz 125 watts and FM LLE-FM 103,8 Mhz 100 watts.
V.by email, letter, or QSL-card. Rp.

HISTORY: Foreningen Bergen Kringkaster was incorporated in February
2009 as radio enthusiasts after many years secured a lease of the site
of former NRK Broadcasting stations LKB LLE at Frudalsmyrene in Askøy
Municipality northwest of Bergen, Norway. The two stations left the
air in 1978 and 1966 respectively but in November 2012 the site
returned to the air under a test and development license on 1314 kHz.
In 2013, 5895 kHz was added with 1611 kHz and FM 103,8 Mhz coming on
the air in 2014. The station also has a radio amateur station LA1ASK
operating on 3702 kHz. Every 6th week QST-LA of NRRL is transmitted
from the site on 3725 kHz. Station also has a LW beacon LA1ASK/B
presently inactive.

LKB LLE is using different types of wire and active antennas and has
recently succeeded in re-erecting part of one of the original
broadcasting masts. Transmitters are both ex-NRK, surplus and
converted amateur equipment. In August 2016 the station was awarded
regular AM broadcast licenses for the services on site.

RADIO NORTHERN STAR(Comm.)
OWNER: Northern Star Media Services AS.
REG.NO: 912 204 278
BUSINESS NAMES: RADIO NORTHERN STAR, THE NORTHERN STAR
ORG.: Shareholding company.
MAN.DIR./ LEADING PERSONNEL(L.P.): Svenn Martinsen
CHIEF EDITOR: Svenn Martinsen
BUSINESS ADDRESS: Rong Senter, 5337 RONG, Norway
POSTAL ADDRESS: PO Box 100, N5331 RONG, Norway
SALES OFFICE: PO Box 100, N5331 RONG, Norway
E-MAILADDRESS: 1000@northernstar.no
WEB: http://www.northernstar.cc
PHONE: +47 56324985
MOBILE: +47 95067890
STUDIO: Leased from P7 Kristen Riksradio(Norwegian Christian Radio),
Idrettsvegen 10, N5353 Straume, Norway.

D.PRGR in English and Spanish Relay of www.northernstar.cc : Adult
Contemporary Standards and Variety 24 hrs, 7 days a week. Ministry
pgms 17 hrs per week. Also announcements in Dutch, French and
Norwegian.

ANN.: “This is Radio Northern Star-Your Radio Heartland of Music.”
“You’re on Digital Radio for Europe and the World-The Northern Star”
"Somos Radio Estrella del Norte"

THEME TUNE: Ann Reed: “Northern Star”.

D.PRGR. ON SW LLE-3 5895 kHz 50 watts and MW LLE-4 1611 kHz 125 watts
over the facilities of LKB LLE Bergen Broadcasting Station.

F.PL: Transmissions over LLE-5 on another MW frequency 10 watts over
the facilities of LKB LLE Bergen Broadcasting Station and more
languages.
V.by email or letter. Rp.

HISTORY: Northern Star Media was incorporated and registered on
07.03.2001. On March 22nd, 2010 it took over the international
Northern Star(1999) project. Radio Northern Star was in trial
operation internally since the same day. Official trade test
transmissions started Monday, April 23rd, 2012. Official start of
regular broadcasting was May 4th, 2012 at 12 Noon. On August 13th,
2013 Northern Star Media Services AS formally took over the station.

Since 2012 the station has been test broadcasting from sites in Sweden
and Norway, and in August 2016 was awarded regular AM broadcast
licenses.

LKB LLE SHORT SITE HISTORY:

LKB Bergen Broadcasting Station closed down for the last time in
service for the NRK on 890 kHz November 1st, 1978 at 0015 hours. LLE
"Bergen Lokal" on 1115 kHz had then been closed for 12 years.

In the 1980s, Bergen Broadcasting Station was used as transmission
site for local radio (two regional radio networks in Bergen
municipality on 103.5 and 107.8 Mhz, from broadcasting mast, and in
the 1990s also Radio Askøy 106.4 Mhz from its own mast). Also in the
1990s, Kongsberg Navigation leased the site for utility transmissions
on long wave 437.6 kHz.

Bergen Broadcasting Station is preserved as a Norwegian heritage site
since 1999, but in 2001 the two transmitting masts were taken down.
The site is owned by Askøy Municipality since 2004. The municipality
restored in 2015 20 metres of one of the original antenna masts.

Bergen Broadcasting Association (FBK), which was founded on the 2nd of
February 2009 is leasing Bergen Broadcasting Station in Askøy
Municipality.

The Odda transmitter (callsign LLU) which closed down 1 / 11-78 now
stands at Bergen Broadcasting Station with the Geilo transmitter
(callsign LLT) that closed the same day.

Odda transmitter was re-started by FBK 9 / 11-12 on 1314 kHz with
callsign LLE-2. As antenna is used both a 15 meters Comrod, and
earlier a "double L".

Shortwave broadcasts started 2 / 9-13 by FBK on 5895 kHz, with
callsign LLE-3. As antenna is used an "inverted V".

A medium wave transmitter no.2 initiated by FBK 15/7 2014 1611 kHz,
with callsign LLE-4. As antenna is used another "inverted V".

FM broadcasts started 6 / 11-14 by FBK on 103.8 Mhz, with callsign
LLE-FM. As antenna is used an omnidirectional VHF antenna.

Transmissions (2 different program streams) has from the start been
licensed by NKOM (Post and Telecommunication Authority) and from 2016
also by the Media Authority.

Bergen Broadcasting Association is using the callsign LA1ASK for
amateur radio activity at Bergen Broadcasting Station with main
frequency 3702 kHz.

Svenn Martinsen
1000@northernstar.no
Chief Editor/Broadcasting Coordinator
Bergen Kringkaster
Foreningen Bergen Kringkaster
www.bergenkringkaster.nu
www.bergenkringkaster.no
www.la1ask.no
Radio Northern Star
Northern Star Media Services AS
www.northernstar.cc
Box 100
N5331 RONG
NORWAY
+4756324985
+4795067890
You may follow updates on
https://www.facebook.com/groups/bergenkringkaster
https://www.facebook.com/groups/167535184574
https://www.facebook.com/radionorthernstar
(via WORLD OF RADIO 1853, DXLD)

** OKLAHOMA. Applications for CP filed:
1210, KGYN, OK, Guymon – Applies for U7 50000/10000 (ch 3900), correct
coordinates to 36-40-34/101-22-57; to replace prior CP for the same
that has expired (AM Switch, NRC DX News Nov 28 via DXLD)

** OMAN. Reception of Radio Sultanate of Oman on Nov.17:
till 1510 on 15140 THU 100 kW / 315 deg to WeEu English
from 1510 on 15140 THU 100 kW / 315 deg to WeEu Arabic
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/reception-of-radio-sultanate-of-oman-on_17.html

Low modulation and distorted audio of Radio Sultanate of Oman, Nov 20
1400-1500 on 15140 THU 100 kW / 315 deg to WeEu English, good audio
Arabic at 1500
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/low-modulation-and-distorted-audio-of.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PALAU. Reception of WHRI T8WH Angel 4 on Nov 19
1430-1500 on 11675 HBN 100 kW / 270 deg to SEAs English Sat/Sun
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/reception-of-whri-t8wh-angel-4-on-nov19.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PALAU. 9930, Tue Nov 22 at 0801, news about new Fukushima quake
from USA network, right into men`s incontinence commercial with 800
number --- Does T8WH really know its audience beyond the 318 degree
beam in Asia? HFCC has HBN registered for 24 hours on 9930, but Aoki
shows it not starting until 0800 M-F with a semihour of news and music
(really from South Bend, no doubt). Aoki includes individual program
info for WHR frequencies, and some other stations. Fair S9 to S6
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PANAMA. A little about PANAMA'S Radio history - one early SW site
revealed ---
¿Cómo inició la radio en Panamá? "Radio Tembleque" “Mi afán y el de
mis compañeros no era el hacernos ricos con la radio comercial...
http://historiadelaradioenpanama.blogspot.com.au/p/panama.html
(via Ian, shortwavesites yg via DXLD

** PERU [and non]. 5980, Nov 18 at 0104, R. Chaski JBA carrier until
autocutoff at 0104:15.5*. This does not correlate with last check a
week ago, Nov 11 until 0104:31*, as it should have recessed approx. 45
seconds later by now. But their periodic resets are usually much more
significant, to 0100 or even 0059. Maybe I misread my watch and it was
really 0105:15.5 this time? Need another check ASAP.

5980, Nov 19 at 0103, JBA carrier from R. Chaski until autocutoff at
0104:21.5* and this time I am positive of that, so my report of
yesterday was correct, as this is six seconds later than that was,
until 0104:15.5*. So there had been a reset before then of about 1
minute earlier.

5980, Nov 23 at 0100, Cuba`s pointless pulse jamming does not totally
block a carrier from R. Chaski, until autocutoff at 0104:48* which is
26.5 seconds later than last timing four nights ago, November 19 until
0104:21.5*, or averaging 6.6 seconds later per (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** PHILIPPINES. Unscheduled broadcast of FEBC on 7410 kHz, Nov 17
1200-1300 on 7410 BOC 100 kW / 280 deg to SEAs Khmer as scheduled
1300-1302 on 7410 BOC 100 kW / 280 deg to SEAs Music ubscheduled:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/unscheduled-broadcast-of-febc-on-7410.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PHILIPPINES. Just out of curiosity, I am wondering how long the
Philippines will remain analog. I plan to return to the northern
Philippines sometime next summer on a semi-permanent basis and I can
get a cheap color analog TV there for about $20 at the flea market.
Last time I was there I saw plenty of low band Es between the northern
Philippines and the southern islands as well as FM Es to China and
South Korea (Steven Wiseblood/AB5GP, Harlingen, TEXAS, Nov 22, dxldyg
via DX LISTENING DIGEST) DTV

It`s only 596 miles from Davao to Manila, possible but a bit close for
intra-country Es; increasingly likely to further north on Luzon,
where, exactly? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PUNTLAND. 13800.03, 1445-1505 16.11, SOMALIA, R Puntland R1,
Garowe, Somali phone in conversation, mentioning Sudan twice, 1458
Horn of Africa song, 1500 news about Juba and Congo, 45333, AP-DNK
Best 73, (Anker Petersen from Skovlunde, Denmark, on the AOR
AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire on the Day of the 60 years
jubilee of the DSWCI, wbradio yg via DXLD)

Anker, We had a bit of a discussion recently in DXLD when someone else
thought he had Puntland on 13800 after 1430. If so, one needs to
explain why he was not hearing Radio Tamazuj (about Sudan), as
scheduled from 1430 via Nauen, 1500 switching to Talata. If in doubt
check the Tamazuj // on 15540. If on, one might really hear Puntland
before 1430. 73, (Glenn Hauser, ibid.)

Dear Glenn, Thank you for your message. Clandestines are not my
favorites and I was not aware, that R Tamazuj was broadcasting on
13800 together with R Puntland. I heard nothing there today at 1330,
but at 1458-1505 there was a strong African station talking about
Sudan in vernacular. I checked with 15540 and heard a very weak
station there, which might be in parallel. Thus your hint seems to be
correct. Best 73, (Anker Petersen, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ROMANIA. 5960 // weaker 7410, UT Sunday Nov 20 at 0236, Romanian
folk music during RRI`s French hour. Meanwhile, 5910, Nov 20 at 0238
with violin concerto on RRI`s Romanian service // unchecked 7340.

7345, Nov 20 at 0708, news in German with sounders, fair S9+10. One
thing for sure: it can`t be Deutsche Welle. It`s RRI as scheduled
following 0630 English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ROMANIA [and non]. FRANCE vs. ROMANIA, RFI vs. RRI, Nov 20:
0800-0900 17850 ISS 500 kW / 160 deg CeAf French Radio France Int`l
0800-0856 17850 GAL 300 kW / 110 deg WeAs Romanian Sun R Romania Int`l
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/radio-france-inter-vsradio-france-inter.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Estimado amigo, Le informamos que la noche del 23 al 24 de noviembre
del corriente, Radio Rumanía Internacional en español cambia la
frecuencia de las 00:00 horas UTC de 7315 kHz a 7325 kHz, a causa de
interferencias con la Radio de Colombia. Un cordial saludo, victoria
Sepciu, RRI Posted by: (Jose Bueno, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1853,
DXLD)

Colombia! It`s WHRI relaying Vietnam on 7315, a collision we have been
complaining about. Finally they fix it. Possibly confused by Columbia
being capital of the state transmitting 7315? (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF
RADIO 1853, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Re <victoria_sepciu@yahoo.es> mail on RRI frequencies in 41 mb.

This is the usual 'muddled up' procedure in Romanian Radio. The
information path between the technical department 'Radcom' and its
bureaucrats, the technical broadcasting centers Galbeni and
Tsiganeshti outside, as well as the FOREIGN broadcasting language
sections abroad, go their own way every season. To add, there are
happen too - some examples in the past seasons to report. I guess
Glenn Hauser reported in DXLD on present B-16 season the co-channel
conflict of RRI with WHRI on 7315 kHz channel in the Americas.

Requested was Spanish section on Galbeni 7335 kHz instead.
B-16 season requests of August HFCC conference
showed the around 0100 time slots, like

7325 0100 0200 8 GAL 300 310 0 286 Eng ROU RRO ROU 1275
7325 2300 2400 45 TIG 300 52 0 288 Eng ROU RRO ROU 7310
7335 0000 0100 12NE GAL 300 280 0 286 Spa ROU RRO ROU 1277
7340 0100 0300 8 TIG 300 307 0 288 Ron ROU RRO ROU 1279

ENGLISH 0100-0156 5960G 7325G
ROMANIAN 0100-0256 5910T 7340T
SPANISH 0000-0056 7335G 9610G 11800T 13730T
(Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1853, DXLD)

Frequency change of R. Romania International in Spanish from Nov 24:
0000-0056 NF 7325 GAL 300 kW / 280 deg to SoAm, ex 7315* (7335 in
HFCC Database)
* to avoid on 7315 HRI 250 kW / 173 deg to CeAm Eng/Spa Voice of
Vietnam via WHRI
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/frequency-change-of-radio-romania.html
(Ivo Ivanov, dxldyg via DXLD)

** RUSSIA. Reception of pirate station Comintern Radio on Nov 20:
1200-1500 on 6209.9 VOR 001 kW / non-dir to EaEu Russian, weak
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/reception-of-pirate-station-comintern.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** RUSSIA. Yakutia - Sakha.
---------------------
The National Broadcasting Company "Saha" (Yakutia) time:
Fri-Sat 00.00 - 03.00, Mon-Fri 03.00 - 05.00, Everyday. 09.00 - 12.00,
Sun-Thu 21.00 - 24.00
broadcast Language: Yakut and Russian. Frequencies:
7295 / 250 KW / Yakutsk / broadcast Direction - Far East / Azimuth 45
7345 / 100 KW / Yakutsk / broadcast Direction - Far East / Azimuth 310
Novosibirsk DX Site. http://www.novosibdx.info/schedules.html

13.11.2016, at 0905 a signal is received from Yakutia good on 7345
kHz. At the end of the newscast in the Yakut transmit the weather
report. At 0908 - advertising and weather forecast for the Russian.
Receiver - "Ike-8500» (Icom IC-R8500), the antenna - a wire length of
180 m (Vladimir Kovalenko, Tomsk, Russia / "open_dx")

13.112016. 1008, 7345 kHz, "Yakut Saha radio" news, weather forecast
in Russian, the signal quality on a scale SINPO: 44333. Radio: TECSUN
PL-600. Antenna: active antenna ADDWARDS A38-LMS (Paul Domnin,
Krasnoyarsk, Russia / http://dalniyradiopriom.ru/
RusDX 20 Nov, via DXLD)

Winter B-16 shortwave schedule of NVK/NBC Radio Sakha, Yakutsk:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/winter-b-16-shortwave-schedule-of.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.:

2100-2200 7295 IAK 250 kW / 050 deg FERu Russian/Yakutian Mon-Fri
2100-2200 7345 IAK 100 kW / 300 deg FERu Russian/Yakutian Mon-Fri
2200-0300 7295 IAK 250 kW / 050 deg FERu Russian/Yakutian Daily
2200-0300 7345 IAK 100 kW / 300 deg FERu Russian/Yakutian Daily
0300-0500 7295 IAK 250 kW / 050 deg FERu Russian/Yakutian Sat/Sun
0300-0500 7345 IAK 100 kW / 300 deg FERu Russian/Yakutian Sat/Sun
0900-1200 7295 IAK 250 kW / 050 deg FERu Russian/Yakutian Daily
0900-1200 7345 IAK 100 kW / 300 deg FERu Russian/Yakutian Daily
1200-1400 7295 IAK 250 kW / 050 deg FERu Russian/Yakutian Mon-Fri
1200-1400 7345 IAK 100 kW / 300 deg FERu Russian/Yakutian Mon-Fri
(Bulgarian DX Blog, 11:54 AM Nov 16 via DXLD 16-46 via WORLD OF RADIO
1853)

** RWANDA [non]. Radio Inyabutatu via MBR Issoudun, Nov 19
1700-1800 on 17870 ISS 100 kW / 140 deg to CeAf Kinyarwanda Sat, poor
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/radio-inyabutatu-voice-of-amhara-radio.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SAINT PETER & SAINT PAUL ROCKS. Video from Band TV. Hi Group, Band
TV broadcasted a 2 part mini documentary about St. Peter and St. Paul
Rocks. It's in Portuguese only, sorry, but the video is nice.

http://noticias.band.uol.com.br/jornaldaband/videos/ultimos-videos/16060801/conheca-as-ilhas-brasileiras-de-sao-pedro-e-sao-paulo.html
http://noticias.band.uol.com.br/jornaldaband/videos/ultimos-videos/16063304/ilhas-de-sao-pedro-e-sao-paulo-sao-como-o-centro-da-terra.html
73 de (Vince, VA3VF, Nov 19, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) A ham
DXpedition target, no broadcasters? Or beacons? (gh)

** SAIPAN. SILENT STATIONS: Formerly silent stations informing the FCC
that they are back on the air:
1080, KCNM, MP, Saipan – Silent Jan. 3; on the air with STA Sept. 8.
(AM Switch, NRC DX News Nov 28, 2016 via DXLD)

** SAUDI ARABIA. 9714.980, Saudi morning radio from Riyadh, via non-
directional peninsula antenna, S=8 at 0458 UT, comment in Arabic.
Thanks to presence of 4S7VK Victor's SDR installation in Piliyandala,
Sri Lanka, remote Perseus access net around 0330 to 0515 UT on
November 23, wb df5sx [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3
Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, harmonics yg via DXLD)

15225, Nov 21 at 1525, S9+10 with long-winded guy on phone in Arabic;
Starts at 1450, 500 kW, 295 degrees from Riyadh. Aoki says this is the
Call of Islam program, but not Qur`aning now (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

*** SINGAPORE. Can tell we are getting close to the Winter Solstice
because I was getting the BBC from Singapore on 3915 this afternoon at
2240 UT here in South Florida. Was armchair copy, a rare thing here
(Peter W Hansen, Nov 21, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5020, Nov 17 at 1342, very poor carrier still
here, so SIBC is running late again. I also checked 9545 around 0500
but it was not extended today (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Hi Glenn - Also noted open carrier on 5020 here in Calif., but today
unable to hear any audio (Ron Howard, Nov 17, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

5020, SIBC on Sunday, Nov 20, again with extended airing of non-stop
religious songs till off 1319*, but so weak was unable to tell if
Wantok FM relay or not.

5020, Wantok FM 96.3 relay, 1301-1454*, Nov 21. Extended long past the
sometimes heard 1200*; pop songs; frequent IDs, which I stopped
counting after I had a dozen; "This is Wantok FM 96.3. Good times,
great music" and "The hottest sounds . . . with the hottest DJs,
96.3"; my audio at
http://goo.gl/RIqmR5
(Ron Howard, Calif., dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

5020, Nov 21 at 0711, JBA carrier from presumed SIBC --- earliest I
have heard it on 60m, but quite possible since Honiara sunset is 0724,
and at latitude -10, varies little, less than an hour during the year.
Recheck at 1321, the 5020 carrier is still there. Ron Howard confirms
its Wantok FM relay ran until 1454* today (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** SOMALILAND. 7120, R. Hargeisa, 1321 on Nov 19, with better than
normal reception; theme music into segment clearly in English, but
mostly unreadable; some HOA music and a pop/rap song; 1341 closing
theme music; into vernacular; reception improving; by 1350 almost
fair; 1359 National Anthem (marching band) till off at 1400*. As Glenn
has also noted, some days they keep the transmitter on well past 1400,
with no audio, but not today (Ron Howard, Calif., dxldyg via WORLD OF
RADIO 1853, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 5950, Nov 18 at 0128, WRMIBS with a very old
clip I`ve run across before, about ``God giving Brother Jeff
direction`` in getting his multisignals out; something big will happen
when Billy Graham finally dies (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SRI LANKA. SLBC requests of Trincomalee site in B-16 season Nov 17:

7375 2200 2300 43S,49 125 60 -30 216 Vie AWR AWR

9335 1300 1430 41 250 45 -30 217 Eng SLB SLB
9720 0115 0430 41 125 345 0 208 Hin SLB SLB
9720 1100 1300 41NE 125 345 0 208 Hin SLB SLB
9770 0115 0430 41 125 345 0 208 Hin SLB SLB
9770 1015 1215 41 125 345 0 208 Hin SLB SLB
9775 1330 1430 41 125 345 0 208 Hin SLB SLB
9775 1500 1630 41 125 345 0 208 Hin SLB SLB
9810 0000 0030 49NW 125 45 -30 217 Mya AWR AWR
9810 0030 0100 49NW 125 45 -30 217 Kxf AWR AWR

11730 0000 0030 49E 125 75 -15 217 Tha AWR AWR
11750 1500 1900 39,40 125 300 -15 208 Sin SLB SLB
11770 1200 1258 49SW,51W,54 250 120 30 215 Ind SLB SLB
11800 0115 0430 39,40 125 345 0 208 Hin SLB SLB
11800 1015 1215 41 125 345 0 208 Hin SLB SLB
11905 0000 0300 41 125 345 0 208 Hin SLB SLB
11955 1530 1600 41 125 345 0 206 Hin AWR AWR
11955 1600 1630 41 125 345 0 146 Eng AWR AWR
11965 2300 2358 33S,43E,44 250 45 -30 217 Zho SLB SLB
12035 1530 1600 41 125 345 0 146 Mar AWR AWR
12085 1300 1400 41E 125 25 10 206 Zho SLB SLB

13780 0000 0058 33SE,43E,44,45W,49N,50N250 45 -30 217 Eng SLB SLB
13840 1330 1400 40E,41NW 250 335 -10 206 Prs SLB SLB

15105 1200 1258 49SW,51W,54 250 105 30 217 Ind SLB SLB
15150 1300 1330 49E 125 75 -15 217 Khm AWR AWR
15150 1300 1330 49E 125 75 -15 217 Khm AWR AWR
15155 1830 1900 48SW,52E,53NW 250 255 -15 217 Eng AWR AWR
15255 1300 1330 41NE 125 25 10 206 Ben AWR AWR
15255 1330 1400 41NE 125 25 10 206 Trp AWR AWR
15360 1600 1630 41N 125 355 10 206 Urd AWR AWR
15360 1630 1700 41NW 125 335 -10 206 Snd AWR AWR
15360 1630 1700 41N 125 335 -10 206 Eng AWR AWR
15400 0300 0358 47S,48SW,52N,52SE,53NW 250 255 -15 216 Swa SLB SLB
15400 1200 1230 41NE 125 45 -30 217 Mnw AWR AWR
15430 1230 1300 41NE 125 25 10 206 Mni AWR AWR
15430 1230 1300 41NE 125 25 10 206 Ben AWR AWR
15450 1330 1400 49E 125 75 -15 217 Tha AWR AWR
15500 0300 0330 48 125 270 0 216 Orm AWR AWR
15500 0330 0400 48 125 270 0 216 Amh AWR AWR
15610 1130 1200 49N 125 45 -30 217 Shn AWR AWR
15625 0100 0130 32S,33S,43N,44N 125 25 10 206 Nan AWR AWR
15625 0100 0130 32S,33S,43N,44N 125 25 10 206 Cmn AWR AWR
15625 0130 0200 32S,33S,43N,44N 125 25 10 206 Cmn AWR AWR
15625 0130 0200 32S,33S,43N,44N 125 25 10 206 Yue AWR AWR
15745 1500 1530 41N 125 15 0 206 Nep AWR AWR

17720 1330 1400 40E,41NW 250 335 -10 206 Prs DWL DWL
17720 1400 1430 40E,41NW 250 335 -10 206 Pus DWL DWL
17770 1300 1330 49E 125 75 -15 217 Tts AWR AWR
17770 1300 1330 49E 125 75 -15 217 Lao AWR AWR
17780 0500 0600 38E,39,47N,48N 250 300 30 216 Ara AWR AWR
17800 1500 1600 48SW,52E,53NW 250 255 -15 216 Swa DWL DWL

A lot of 'wooden' entries, like Laotian, Chinese ... (wb.)
(hfcc, Nov 17, via BC-DX 18 Nov via DXLD)

** SUDAN. 7205, Nov 22 at 0238, S5 open carrier, presumably Omdurman
rather than someham (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SUDAN SOUTH [non]. 15540, Nov 17 at 1445, R. Tamazuj, talk in Juba
Arabic, // 13800 which is 4 or 5 seconds ahead of 15540, both poor.
Sites: 15540 France, 13800 Germany, but both move at 1500, to Vatican
and Madagascar, respectively, for the second half (and for sibling
station R. Dabanga at 1530-1630) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST) See also PUNTLAND

** SUDAN SOUTH. SOUTH SUDAN LIFTS BAN ON EYE RADIO --- November 19,
2016 (JUBA) - South Sudan security service has permitted a return to
air of Eye Radio FM after closing it down, sparking protest from media
organizations, human advocacy groups and government critics.

The station, according to a statement by it management resumed its
broadcasting on Saturday morning after being shut down by National
Security Service officers last week.

“The management of Eye Radio is pleased to inform our listeners and
the general public that Eye Radio is back on air on Saturday, 19
November 2016, from 9:00 am,” a notice published by Eye Radio on its
website this evening, reads in part.

The notice informs the general public that “matters concerning the
recent shutdown of the station have been discussed and amicably
resolved with authorities,” It did not say what the authorities have
said.

The shutdown was due to a short news clip in which former First Vice-
President and leader of armed opposition (SPLM-IO) Riek Machar spoke
about lack of new political initiative about a month ago when Machar
when was leaving Khartoum for South Africa.

from: the Sudan Tribune,
http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article60886

Eye Radio's own story without the background info:
http://www.eyeradio.org/eye-radio-air-saturday/

(-- Richard Langley, Nov 22, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1853, DXLD)

SW relays via France being 16-17 on 17730, from 04 on 7250 (gh, ibid.)

** TAJIKISTAN. 4790, BBC Uzbek, 1324-1329*, Nov 20. Much better
reception than normal; played some indigenous music. At 1245 did hear
very faint CNR1, getting ready to jam upcoming BBC broadcast, but so
faint that was unable to hear it while BBC was on the air; usual CODAR
QRM (Ron Howard, Calif., dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TAJIKISTAN. 7480, Nov 21 at 0146, talk modulation is OK at about
S8, presumed RFA Uyghur via Dushanbe, back in whack, rather than
humroar the last two times checked (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** TIBET [non]. At 1130 UT Nov 22 noted endless talk in Asian language
(Tibetan ? Chinese dialect?) on even 9315 kHz. Strong S=9+40dB
powerful signal noted. SOH Taiwan? Outlet. Not \\ RFA Tibetan 1100-
1200 UT, 7470 9940 11550 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, HCDX via DXLD)
HCDX

This is Radio Free Asia in Tibetan
1100-1400 on new 9315 DB, ex 9940 DB
and
1500-1600 on new 9315 TIN, ex 9940 TIN
On 9940 now only CNR-1 jammer -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, ibid.)

9315 Station ID at 1200 RFA in Tibetan. seemingly:

RFA Tibetan
1000-1100 UTC 9690tin 15665lam 17830lam
1100-1200 UTC 7470u-b 9315tjk 11550kwt
1200-1300 UTC 7470u-b 9315tjk 11555kwt 12055tin 15375tjk
1300-1400 UTC 7470u-b 9315tjk 12050kwt 13650kwt 15375tjk
1500-1600 UTC 5875tjk 9315tin 11660tin 11805kwt

VoA Tibetan
1400-1500 daily EaAS 11910kwt, 15160kwt, 17585bib, 17830pht
1600-1700 daily EaAS 7580pht, 9760udo, 11670pht
(Büschel, ibid.)

Frequency change of Radio Free Asia in Tibetan
1100-1400 NF 9315 DB 200 kW / 125 deg to CeAs, ex 9940
1500-1600 NF 9315 TIN 250 kW / 288 deg to CeAs, ex 9940
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/frequency-change-of-radio-free-asia-in.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TURKEY. Shortly after mentioning on WOR 1852 that I`ve yet to get a
listenable signal from VOT`s 0400 broadcast to North America on 6080 -
-- I do: Nov 17 at 0430, it`s S9+25, much stronger than VOA São Tomé
which still makes a weak fast SAH with it; and there is some hum
evidently from Emirler. During a ``fairy tale`` about black clouds,
ending shortly, 0433 to theme and `Question of the Month`, details I
manage to copy so I can enter the contest; 0434 on to song and music
fill for rest of hour. Recheck at 0450, Turkish song is still in at
S9+25. 6075 is still vacant and would be better except it might QRM
6070 CFRX. NO signal at all on the VOT // to Asia, 7240.

12035.039, Nov 17 at 1353, TRT with YL in English at S7 to S4; 1359
`Question of the Month` again (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1853,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

11795.033, V of Turkey, Emirler, Persian, 1042 UT Nov 17 (Wolfgang
Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 17, dxldyg via DXLD) typical
plus offset on most of their frequencies (gh, DXLD)

12035, Nov 18 at 1332, VOT English service, but instead a monolog not
in English, and doesn`t sound like Turkish either. With the total
screwups Emirler accomplishes lately, it could be anything. Officially
also scheduled during this hour in B-15 were Urdu and Uyghur. Only S2
signal, listened past 1338 with no breaks for theme music or anything,
but at 1357 recheck now there is some music past 1404. NOT // much
stronger VOT Turkish service with its own nice music on 15350, S9+10
with flutter until 1355*. Both are 500 kW, 310 degrees from Emirler
for W Europe, but MUCH better on 19m, where they should also be
Englishing (if they can manage to get it back on any frequency)

12035, Nov 19 at 1328, no signal from VOT. The sloppyrator at Emirler
finally cuts it on in progress at *1332:40, S9-S5, and in proper
language English for a change! In yesterday`s report about this, I
said ``Officially also scheduled during this hour in A-16 were Urdu
and Uyghur.`` But I meant to say ``Officially also scheduled during
this hour in B-15 were Urdu and Uyghur``

12035.012, Nov 20 at *1326:37, VOT cuts on in time today, IS with
frequent YL English IDs interspersed. 1330 accurate timesignal, sign-
on for 12035; only S3-S5 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1853, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** TURKEY. Re 16-46: Re: [radioescutas] VOZ DA TURQUIA EM PORTUGUÊS

Escuto quase todos os dias a Voz da Turquia em espanhol, Alexandre.
Chega muito bem aqui em Porto alegre em 9410 kHz, mais em português,
ainda não escutéi, só escutéi em espanhol (Paulo Michelon, Rádio
escuta, Rádio amador pu3 ppm, Porto Alegre RS, Nov 18, radioescutas yg
via DXLD)

Veja o site da Voz da Turquia em Português.
http://www.trt.net.tr/portuguese/
73 (Francisco Jackson PY1PDF/PY1056SWL, Secretário Geral - LABRE-RJ,
Rio de Janeiro - Brasil, ibid.)

9410, Nov 22 at 0217, VOT is VP at S4, can`t tell at first whether
Spanish or Portuguese, then check // 9650 also reading S4 but good
enough to tell it`s Spanish as scheduled. Why would it be Portuguese?
Not even on the VOT SW schedule anywhen. Because, see this in DXLD 16-
46:

``RÁDIO VOZ DA TURQUIA - TRANSMISSÃO EM PORTUGUÊS
9410 - 15/11/2016 - 0203 UT
E-mail: portuguese@trt.net.tr
Transmitindo um boletim de notícias. SINPO: 45444
-- (Francisco Jackson PY1PDF/PY1056SWL, Secretário Geral - LABRE-RJ,
Rio de Janeiro - Brasil, radioescutas yg via DXLD)

!! It`s supposed to be in Spanish, and has been whenever I`ve heard
it. There was no Portuguese service anytime in WRTH 2016. So a recent
change? No doubt the PY1 can tell the difference (Glenn Hauser,
DXLD)``

Other Brazilian DXers also questioned this. TRT certainly has an
active website in Portuguese, but no SW frequencies are shown. There
are podcasts, four hours each!:
http://www.trt.net.tr/portuguese/podcasts/emissoes-de-radio
Perhaps they put one of those on the air by mistake instead of
Spanish, or as an experiment? They make LOTS of mistakes.

I listened to the opening of the 21.11 ``radio broadcast`` [sic], and
it mentions only website, nothing about SW frequencies (or satellite).
Then news in Luso, not Brazilian accent. After 7 minutes, to press
review in even heavier Luso accent. But they must say the English word
``Portuguese`` when referring to web!

Could it be that one frequency was in Spanish and the other in
Portuguese on Nov 15? Possibly, but soon tonight I manage to // them
both in Spanish (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1853, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

9650.026, TRT Emirler Spanish service, comment about Greece parliament
and EU matter, S=9+40dB or -38dBm powerful signal. Broadband signal,
peaks on lower sideband cover down to 9637 kHz. 26 kHz wide broadband
signal. 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, Nov 22, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST) No time, but between 0220 and 0234 judging from adjacent logs
(gh)

Voice of Turkey on unscheduled frequency, Nov 22
1500-1525 NF 5975 EMR 500 kW / 280 deg to SEEu Italian, ex 6185
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/voice-of-turkey-on-unscheduled.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

13685, Nov 23 at 1424-1426* VOT IS, poor at S6, tail of Uighur
broadcast; IS also playing on 12035 until almost 1427*, tail of
English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** UGANDA [non]. 15240, CLANDESTINE (Uganda), Radio Munansi –
Morrison, TN (WWRB), 1626-1720, Nov 19. Thanks to a tip from Dave
Valko this was noted with tribal vocals and drums before a man began a
long talk in the listed Luganda language. Fair at tune in but signal
quickly deteriorated. There was one brief burst of good signal around
1709 that lasted no more than a minute or two (Rich D'Angelo, 2216
Burkey Drive, Wyomissing, PA 19610, U.S.A. Equipment: Ten-Tec RX-340,
Drake R-8B, Eton E1, Eton E5, Alpha Delta DX Sloper, RF Systems Mini-
Windom, Datong FL3, JPS ANC-4, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD)

15240, Sat Nov 19 at 1656, poor signal with music, presumably WWRB
having started R. Munansi already, from 1600? 1809 and 1830 chex now
talk in presumed Luganda, very poor. Last week it was on past 1900, so
total span could be 1600-2000 now? At an awkward megameter distance
from here, sometimes it`s weak, sometimes it`s very strong.

15240, Sunday November 20 at 1612, no signal from WWRB with R.
Munansi, while 15825 WWCR is fairly audible. Still not at 1645
recheck. Maybe will come on circa 1700 after this report.

15240, Sunday November 20 at 1840, very poor signal in language talk,
presumably R. Munansi via WWRB (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U K. London Calling
The Times Leading article London November 17 2016
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/comment/london-calling-drpg22cs9

Investing in radio broadcasts to authoritarian regimes is a good use
of soft power.

During the Cold War in eastern Europe the jaunty tune of Lilliburlero
meant only one thing: your neighbour in the apartment block was tuning
into the BBC World Service and almost certainly breaking the law.
Broadcasting out of London into households behind the Iron Curtain,
the BBC foreign-language services helped to make a crooked world
straight. They were an antidote to the poison of propaganda.

The BBC is now continuing this proud tradition by adding 11 foreign
languages to its output and expanding its Russian, African and Arabic
services. The aim is to bring independent journalism to places where
media freedom is under threat. It is the World Service’s most
ambitious global move since the 1940s and is a model of how Britain
should be projecting its soft power.

Perhaps the most important target audience will be in the hermit
dictatorship of North Korea. State media there took a full week before
reporting Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential elections. The
news was buried in a long, rambling attack on South Korea. Radio and
television sets are supplied to citizens pre-set to North Korean
channels and must be checked and registered. Even so, defectors tell
of illicit radios, a source of alternative information and a chink in
the armour of Kim Jong Un. Radio at its most effective can help to
open up a society. When Poland was ruled by martial law in the 1980s
the government decided to hold relatively candid weekly press
conferences to counter the effect of reports by the BBC and Radio Free
Europe.

Once the new BBC services are launched next year audiences will
include Russians living outside Russia — the Ukrainian crisis showed
how easily they could be manipulated by a one-sided news flow from
Moscow — and troubled African states such as Ethiopia and Eritrea. The
BBC will add Afaan Oromo and Amharic to its language services to reach
Ethiopians, and Tigrinya to address Eritreans. In a tactic reminiscent
of the Cold War, the Ethiopian government jammed transmissions by the
Voice of America last August because it was nervous about its coverage
of anti-government protests.

The BBC, too, will have to reckon with attempts to jam its short-wave
transmissions even though many police states have abandoned 24-hour
blocks, preferring to devote their energies to censoring the internet.
The chief concern of the BBC World Service should be to make plain
that, despite its government grant of £289 million, it is not a crude
tool of British foreign policy. Rather its commitment should be to
western values, the rule of law and free enquiry. If this is not its
clear position then British journalists, and BBC reporters in
particular, could be regarded as government stooges.

In the so-called post-truth media environment, radio transmissions are
nonetheless worth the effort, cost and risk. The big state-run
networks of China’s CCTV and Russia’s RT cannot be allowed to dominate
the airwaves or be exclusive providers of news and views.

The radio may seem an irrelevance in the age of the internet but it is
the most intimate of the so-called mainstream media and as such poses
a challenge to authoritarian rule. Radios are cheap, ubiquitous and
can whisper truths under the bedcovers. There is nothing that
dictators hate more than direct access to the ears of their subjects.

Posted by: (Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD)

** U K. BBC TO GO GLOBAL WITH NEW RADIO SERVICE TO CREATE A 'NETFLIX
OF THE SPOKEN WORD'

Tony Hall The plans will be unveiled by Lord Hall
Credit: Leon Neal /AFP
* Hannah Furness, Arts Correspondent 23 November 2016 o 6:00am

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/11/23/bbc-go-global-new-radio-service-create-netflix-spoken-word/

The BBC is to launch a Netflix-style service to better showcase its
radio archives, Lord Hall will announce today, as he signals further
expansion of British programming around the world.

The corporation's director-general hopes to create a "Netflix of the
spoken word" in an attempt to replicate the success of the BBC's
iPlayer television.

While the BBC already has a version of iPlayer for radio, Lord Hall
believes it could do more to push its extensive archives to bigger
audiences.

"The BBC makes the best radio in the world. It is one of our crown
jewels, and we have an extraordinary wealth of audio riches at our
disposal" Lord Hall [caption]

He will not specify how the new model will work, but the introduction
of a subscription could require BBC radio listeners abroad to pay for
its output.

In a speech at the Voice of the Listener and Viewer autumn conference
on Wednesday, the director-general will argue that the corporation
already creates "the best radio in the world" and must do more to
showcase it.

Netflix credited the corporation with introducing on-demand television
to the mainstream and setting the ground-work for paid streaming
services. But it now provides BBC television with stiff competition,
along with Amazon Prime, as the online services have significantly
larger budgets, global reach and the luxury of refusing to allow
scrutiny of their viewing figures.

BBC iPlayer --- The BBC already has an iPlayer service for radio
Credit: Carl Court /Getty [caption]

Appearing in London, Lord Hall will say: "One of my goals in the years
ahead is to strengthen and expand those areas in which we really lead
the way globally. News, natural history and drama, yes. But also
education, science and the arts. And audio. In fact, one of the big
challenges I have set my teams is just that: to enhance our global
audio offer. The BBC makes the best radio in the world. It is one of
our crown jewels, and we have an extraordinary wealth of audio riches
at our disposal.``

The Archers Helen and Rob -- The service will showcase the best of BBC
radio, such as The Archers which made headlines this year with a
storyline involving Helen and Rob Titchener (pictured) Credit: Pete
Dadds/BBC [caption]

"But, with the level of excellence we have, are we doing enough to
push the fantastic drama, arts, comedy and entertainment that we
deliver on the world stage? "With our world-class content, we could
use our current output and the richness of our archive to create a
Netflix of the spoken word. It's one of the things that will help the
BBC carry the full weight of Britain's culture and values, knowledge
and know-how to the world in the years ahead. And say something really
important about modern Britain."

A BBC spokesman said it had not yet decided whether to charge for the
new service, as per the monthly payment demanded under the Netflix
model.

Exciting times! The iPlayer Radio app is now available in the US and
Ireland, rest of the world to follow soon!
-- BBC iPlayer Radio (@BBCiPlayerRadio) July 22, 2016 [caption]

The most significant changes will be noticed by listeners abroad, with
licence fee payers at home already having access to much of the BBC
archive. A source said much of the work would involve programmes being
better curated, so that listeners will know they exist without having
to search programmes out specifically.

Lord Hall's words follow an announcement about the BBC World Service
last week, in which he promised the "biggest expansion" of the network
since the 1940s.

Netflix --- The service is billed as the 'Netflix of the spoken word'
Credit: Elise Amendola /AP [caption]

The move is intended to bring BBC bulletins and analysis to areas
beset with propaganda, including the Korean peninsula. The new
language services mean the BBC World Service will be available
in 40 languages, including English.

Lord Hall has set a target for the BBC to reach 500 million people
worldwide by its centenary in 2022. The BBC said the new audio service
is in its earliest stages, with more details to be released in the
spring (via Mike Cooper, DXLD)

BBC RADIO TO BE OFFERED OUTSIDE UK IN `NETFLIX OF THE SPOKEN WORD'

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/nov/23/bbc-radio-outside-uk-tony-hall-netflix-spoken-word-the-archers

Director general to outline plans to deliver audio content such as The
Archers and Moral Maze around the world

BBC Broadcasting House. Tony Hall is to outline the plans at the Voice
of the Listener and Viewer conference in London. Photograph: Katie
Collins/PA [caption]

Jane Martinson, Tuesday 22 November 2016 19.01 EST

More people around the world will be able to listen to The Archers and
Moral Maze as part of BBC plans to launch "the Netflix of the spoken
word" with its radio content.

The corporation's director general, Tony Hall, is expected to outline
plans in a speech on Wednesday morning to offer all of the BBC's audio
content as well as World Service broadcast services to viewers and
listeners outside the UK. No decision has yet been taken on whether to
charge overseas users - who do not pay the licence fee - for the
service.

The proposals come as the BBC is facing increased competition from
streaming services such as Netflix, which launched The Crown - its
-L-100m biopic of the Queen - earlier this month.

Hall's plans also come a week after the World Service announced it
would launch regular news programmes for North Korea and Russia as
part of the biggest expansion of its journalism since the 1940s.

"The BBC makes the best radio in the world. It is one of our crown
jewels, and we have an extraordinary wealth of audio riches at our
disposal," Hall is to tell attendees of the Voice of the Listener and
Viewer conference in London on Wednesday. "But, with the level of
excellence we have, are we doing enough to push the fantastic drama,
arts, comedy and entertainment we deliver on the world stage? With our
world-class content, we could use our current output and the richness
of our archive to create a Netflix of the spoken word."

The BBC believes the expansion of its audio services, including access
to archive footage that typically disappears after 30 days on the BBC
iPlayer service, will allow listeners in China, for example, to hear
content that is currently difficult to find.

Nadiya Hussain and Attenborough part of BBC radio festive feast
[caption?]

Hall has earmarked enhancing the BBC's audio "offer" as "one of the
big challenges" facing his team. Audio sits alongside news, natural
history, drama, education, science and the arts as areas in which the
corporation believes it can lead the way globally.

The BBC's ability to broadcast around the world has formed part of the
last two licence fee settlements. The government agreed a -L-289m
funding boost for the world service in 2015, five years after forcing
the corporation to take on the -L-245m annual cost of the World
Service, which had previously been funded by the Foreign and
Commonwealth Office.

The about-turn came after the BBC published its Future of News report
in 2015, which told the government that cuts to the World Service
would reduce the UK's global "soft power" in the face of the growth of
rivals such as RT (formerly Russia Today) and al-Jazeera.

In his speech, Hall is expected to say: "It's one of the things that
will help the BBC carry the full weight of Britain's culture and
values, knowledge and knowhow to the world in the years ahead. And say
something really important about modern Britain."

Further details of the proposals, including how the audio service
would be funded, will be unveiled in the spring (via Mike Cooper,
DXLD)

** U K [non]. 5930, Nov 19 at 0113, W&M conversation in SW Asian
language. Fair at S9, splash from 5935 WWCR but that is fading down.
HFCC shows it`s a BBCWS sesquihour alternating Dari and Pashto and
Dari at 0030-0200, 300 kW, 95 degrees via Moosbrunn, AUSTRIA (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 2097.3, Nov 17 at 0523 check, LOWFER beacon A in Morse every
10 seconds from Quartzsite AZ. I hear it just about any time I check
at night, but in especially well this time (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 3272-USB, Nov 18 at 0150, AF MARS net mostly with abbr`d
calls, such as BG and 7DL, 7MB, 7PQ; some of them mentioned are
inaudible here and apparently to each other in poor noisy conditions,
so having to cancel traffic; finally a full call: AFA7MV. The main
one, NCS? was 7DL. AFA7MV gets several Google search hits such as:

USAF MARS Region VII Leadership
https://afmars-nc-mil.us/Region7/index.php/mars-leadership/division
``Jun 8, 2015 - Mike Vititoe, AFA7MV. Region Emergency Coordinator``
But where? Region VII consists of IA, MO, NE, KS. An APRS.link search
puts him near Des Moines IA. Then I search his name on ARRL lookup and
get:
``VITITOE, MICHAEL D, K0ISP
4013 Mary lynn dr
Urbandale, IA 50322
Previous call sign: K0MDV``

Another weak MARS net is running at 0153 on 3299.0-USB. 7/8 pm local
seems to be a favorite time for them.

3308-USB, Nov 22 at 0251, another Air Force MARS net judging from one
AFR5 callsign I copied, abutting 3310 local mixture of 1390 KCRC plus
960 X 2 KGWA, which also blox Bolivia (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** U S A. 13564, Nov 18 at 1843, GNK beacon, Madison WI, is detectable
on the PL-880 with reelout on the chilly porch (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. BBG audience figures

"Unprecedented international audience growth to 278 million", yells
https://www.bbg.gov/2016/11/15/unprecedented-international-audience-growth-278-million-u-s-international-media-sees-rise-demand-fact-based-global-reporting/

But it's worth a closer look: This growth comes from VOA, in spite of
all the attempts to beat it to death, mostly from English and French
in Africa and from rebroadcasting arrangements in Indonesia, Mexico,
Peru and Argentina.

And an even closer look reveals remarkable debacles, in Russia and
Iran.

For Russia see page 40 (41 of the file) at
https://www.bbg.gov/wp-content/media/2016/11/BBG-FY-2016-PAR-Final.pdf

Provide programming that audiences find trustworthy:
Russia 91.9% in December 2013, 67.2% in June 2016.

Quite a decline, but what's really remarkable is the asterisk on the
latter figure (and only the latter, so the related footnote reveals a
development of the last three years):

"VOA only; both RFE/RL and Current Times do not have a sufficiently
large regular audience sample for analysis."

Oh-oh.

For Iran see page 2 of
https://www.bbg.gov/wp-content/media/2016/11/2016-BBG-Global-Audience-Overview-Factsheet.docx

Top 10 Audiences:
Iran shown in 2013, 2014 and 2015, last with a weekly audience of 16.6
millions.

2016: No Iran shows up in the Top 10 anymore. Last shown place are 6.2
millions from Peru, so the figure for Iran must be lower than that
now. In other words, VOA PNN and Radio Farda lost more than half of
their audience in just one year. Oh-oh (Kai Ludwig, Germany, Nov 20,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WHAT'S A PRESIDENT-ELECT TO DO --- WITH THE BBG?
Nov 21, 2016 --- by Dan Robinson, USC Center on Public Diplomacy
http://uscpublicdiplomacy.org/blog/whats-president-elect-dowith-bbg

Donald Trump slashed his way to the White House with a campaign based
on criticism of federal government incompetence, directly targeting
President Obama and pledging to “drain the swamp” in D.C. One place
that is arguably part of that swamp—accruing one of the worst
reputations among federal agencies—is the Broadcasting Board of
Governors.

What does Trump do with BBG and Voice of America, a once-proud
institution brought low by mismanagement and cronyism, producing
perpetually low morale?

Recently described in a Washington Post story about federal employee
morale as a “regular bottom-feeder,” the BBG's $777 million budget
falls under State Department appropriations. Of that, $224 million
funds Voice of America (VOA). The rest goes to the Office of Cuba
Broadcasting, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, and the Middle East
Broadcasting Network (MBN).

In the final Obama years, bipartisan legislation on Capitol Hill
targeted the BBG for reorganization. But heavy lobbying by BBG
officials blocked Senate consideration of a House-passed measure.
Later, an amendment to a defense authorization bill proposed
eliminating the agency.

Earlier this year I wrote that VOA has been on “an accelerating slide
into irrelevancy, having long ago failed to gain enough traction in
the digital realm.” I still believe that today.

Right about now, at 330 Independence Avenue, a lot of scrambling is
going on at the BBG and VOA, where officials are falling all over
themselves to demonstrate why the agency shouldn't just be closed.

CEO John Lansing and VOA director Amanda Bennett are busy issuing
upbeat memos, including one containing this whopper: a claim that the
BBG weekly worldwide audience rose across all delivery platforms, from
226 million to 278 million—in one year.

As the saying goes, if you believe this then I have a used car, or a
bridge, to sell you. Or as one of my former VOA colleagues puts it:
“It's incredible, because it's not credible.”

Remember, this is an organization that for years has been failing in
the digital realm.

Though VOA has its own phone app, and desktop websites, global
audiences have thousands of other choices for news: CNN, MSNBC, FOX,
RT, Deutsche Welle, France 24, the BBC and others. Reuters, AP, AFP
(the “wire services”) have their own channels.

The BBC continues to be a gold standard for news, with programs such
as Newshour broadcast on FM stations in the United States, or its
superb World Have Your Say, far superior to those from VOA. Recently,
the BBC announced a $300 million expansion, adding 11 language
services, expanded daily TV and digital bulletins, new overseas
production centers. It's goal? To reach 500 million people by 2022.
It's difficult to envision Trump --- not insisting that countering
Russian and ISIS propaganda does not become the raison d'être of the
BBG.

Which does not mean, in my view, that Congress, and Trump, should
shovel more taxpayer dollars BBG's way. I and others believe the place
is irreparable.

Indeed, in 2014 Matt Salmon (R-AZ) proposed eliminating VOA, calling
it “another duplicative federal program” that had “veered from its
original mission.”

Trump transition officials arriving at the BBG/VOA headquarters
building will encounter the latest of numerous reorganizations of
VOA's news division—an ongoing joke inside the agency.

Bennett and her deputy (both have a history with The Washington Post,
a paper not friendly to Trump) want VOA to begin doing investigative
journalism.

Imagine that! Nearly 2017, and a place calling itself a “broadcasting
and media production company” is just now taking this step.

However, we're talking about a federal agency, a state broadcaster,
with no history as a recognized investigative entity of any throw-
weight, nor is this part of VOA's charter.

VOA staff hold civil service positions, with some correspondents
actually occupying foreign service jobs, similar to State Department
positions.

If you are a source, in or out of government, which would you choose—
getting your story out on CNN, MSNBC, NPR, BBC—or via VOA, which has
no 24-hour global TV presence and is technically banned by law from
directing its material to Americans? Game over.

Bennett brought in three non-government journalists as ‘short-term
consultants” whose role was to “thoroughly” examine every aspect of
VOA's reporting.

So far, no report from this group has surfaced. One member of the
panel has been hired as a full-time staffer, from all appearances, co-
opted by VOA's management.

BBG and VOA officials also continue to make a case that agency
programming can somehow help curb the growth of domestic ISIS or al-
Qaeda inspired terrorists in ethnic diaspora communities. There is no
quantitative proof of significant impact in this regard, despite a few
high-profile TV specials promoted by the BBG as a big deal.

So, what's Trump to do? Will he give a pass to a place that—to repeat
what one VOA official said to me some years ago—“long ago lost the
opportunity to become a destination of choice [for global audiences]”?

It's quite possible Trump will choose to give friends of his key jobs
at the BBG. Like Ronald Reagan, he might even choose to make a global
address to the 278 million weekly audience BBG alleges it has.

But can Trump abide a BBG where civil servant journalists at one point
told a Republican-controlled Congress to “back off” efforts to pass
overhaul legislation? Or a VOA whose reporting exhibited anti-Trump
bias?

Does Trump want VOA to become a taxpayer-funded New York Times,
complete with an investigative unit, with which Trump has, to put it
mildly, had his differences?

It's difficult to envision Trump, and the broadcasting governors he
appoints, not insisting that countering Russian and ISIS propaganda
does not become the raison d'être of the BBG.

Meanwhile, a hiring frenzy is underway. High level GS-15 jobs are
being posted, including a newly-created Director of a new Office of
Internet Freedom, and a Director of Global Communications and Public
Affairs. The well-known process of burrowing is well underway.

Likely in preparation for a Clinton win in November, President Obama
nominated Rick Stengel, the former TIME executive and Undersecretary
for Public Diplomacy, to replace Jeff Shell, the former chairman who
was famously and embarrassingly denied entry to Russia by Vladimir
Putin.

Stengel could help shield the smooth-talking BBG CEO Lansing and the
current VOA director Bennett. But it's hard to see why Trump would
want to keep any of them, since these are among about 30 positions in
the so-called plum book of top Washington jobs.

Will Trump and his team be able to ascertain the truth about the
broken BBG? Or will they be hoodwinked by the smoke screen of happy
talk emanating from the permanent BBG bureaucracy?

We will certainly know more in coming weeks and months (Dan Robinson,
CPD Blog Contributor, Former Senior White House Correspondent, Voice
of America, via WORLD OF RADIO 1853, DXLD)

** U S A. 15220 & 11720, Fri Nov 17 at 2130, the VOA Creole
frequencies make a rough transition from some music, to VOA One-style
rock music rather than signing off. 15220 stays on until 2132* and
11720 until 2133.5*.

15580, Fri Nov 17 before 2130 I had been listening to VOA `Music Time
in Africa`, but rechecking that at 2133 after the Creoles are off, so
is this! Flipped an extra switch? 15580 cuts back on at *2135.4, but
now it`s rap, so I prefer the more pleasant `Blues Radio
International` for the rest of the semihour on 13695 WRMI.

5745, UT Sunday Nov 20 at 0240, no signal from VOA Radiogram as
scheduled this semihour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Kim later found out that transmitter was needed as backup for
something else, experimental Radiograms a lower priority (gh, DXLD)

** U S A. Kim Andrew Elliot[t] in QST --- December QST Member
Spotlight page 13 is on Dr. Kim Andrew Elliot[t], KD9XB. Kim is a
former member and one time president of MDXC (Richard Larson, Nov 19,
Minnesota DX Club yg via DXLD)

That reminds me to check whether there is any new activity at
http://www.kimandrewelliott.com/
No, ultimate post was in April 2016 and penultimate in February (Glenn
Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [non]. New additional B-16 broadcast for Voice of America:
0830-0900 on 12030 SAO 100 kW / 100 deg to WcAf French Wed/Sat
0830-0900 on 13750 BOT 100 kW / 010 deg to WCAf French Wed/Sat
0830-0900 on 15715 BOT 100 kW / 350 deg to WCAf French Wed/Sat
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/new-additional-b-16-broadcast-for-voice.html

B-16 of Voice of America in Amharic/Oromo/Tigrigna:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/winter-b-16-of-voice-of-america-in.html

http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/dx-re-mix-news-979.html
(DX RE MIX NEWS #979 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, November 22,
2016 via DXLD)

15580, Nov 22 at 1958, VOA talking about opioid poisoning; probably a
USG editorial to conclude the hour, but she`s cut off incomplete at
1959*. At 2000, Vatican is supposed to take over from BOTSWANA, but if
so, not enough to break thru the squelch on the BST-1 caradio which
had no trouble stopping on Botswana.

15220 // 11720, Nov 23 at 2124, VOA with jazz music, 2130 cut to YDD
sign-off after presumed Kriyol service. Not // 15580 VOA One rock
music which continues. So Greenville is busy plus two OCB frequencies.

What became of the new VOA Bambara service, which had been on
Greenville at 2130-2200 M-F? Aoki shows that now moved overseas to
9485 São Tomé, 13670 Botswana, 15120 Ascension (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1852 monitoring: confirmed Thursday
Nov 17 at 2130 on WRMI 13695, very good. Next broadcast, UT Friday Nov
18 at 0030 on WBCQ 9330v-CUSB: not heard at first on R75 or PL880 but
on NRD545 at 0057 check, fairly audible; however, audio cut off before
propagation outlook finished, and not restored until Blalock the
Blaster underway after 0101. Approx. 9330.1 at 0124. Next:

Sat 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Sat 0730 HLR 6190-CUSB to SW
Sat 1530 HLR 7265-CUSB to SW
Sat 2030v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND
Sat 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Sun 0410v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND
Mon 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Mon 0400v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW
Mon 0430 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Tue 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW [off Nov 8 and 15 pending repair]
Tue 1200 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Tue 2130 WRMI 15770 to NE
Wed 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Wed 2200 WBCQ 7490v to WSW
Thu 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW

WORLD OF RADIO 1852 monitoring: NO signal on 9330v-CUSB, WBCQ, for the
UT Sat Nov 19 0030 broadcast, on any of my receivers; while 9265 WINB
is S5 on the NRD-545. Next:
Sat 0730 HLR 6190-CUSB to SW
Sat 1530 HLR 7265-CUSB to SW
Sat 2030v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND
Sat 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Sun 0410v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND
Mon 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Mon 0400v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW
Mon 0430 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Tue 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW [off Nov 8 and 15 pending repair]
Tue 1200 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Tue 2130 WRMI 15770 to NE
Wed 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Wed 2200 WBCQ 7490v to WSW
Thu 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

GERMANY = Good signal of Hamburger Lokalradio on 6190 kHz Nov 19
Switzerland In Sound only, instead of World of Radio from 0730 UT
0700-0800 on 6190 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg to CeEu English Sat CUSB
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/good-signal-of-hamburger-lokalradio-on_19.html
(Ivo Ivanov, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

WORLD OF RADIO 1852 monitoring: again, not confirmed on Hamburger
Lokalradio, 7265-CUSB, Saturday November 19 after 1531 via the UTwente
receiver --- just the collision between two South Asian songs, CRI
Hindi talk via Kashgar and Azad Kashmir Radio via Islamabad. Confirmed
Sat Nov 19 at 2343, the 2330 broadcast on WBCQ, 9330.030v-CUSB, gh
voice barely recognizable. Also confirmed UT Sunday Nov 20 at 0427 on
WA0RCR, 1860-AM, MO, about 13 minutes into show so started circa 0414.
Good but with QRhaM on low side. Next:
Mon 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Mon 0400v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW
Mon 0430 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Tue 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW [off Nov 8 and 15 pending repair]
Tue 1200 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Tue 2130 WRMI 15770 to NE
Wed 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Wed 2200 WBCQ 7490v to WSW
Thu 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW

WORLD OF RADIO 1852 monitoring: confirmed UT Monday Nov 21 after 0030
on WBCQ, 9330v-CUSB, just barely audible. The 9 MHz band cannot be
relied upon within North America after dark now. Next:
Mon 0400v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW
Mon 0430 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Tue 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW [off Nov 8 and 15 pending repair]
Tue 1200 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Tue 2130 WRMI 15770 to NE
Wed 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Wed 2200 WBCQ 7490v to WSW
Thu 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW

WORLD OF RADIO 1852 monitoring: confirmed UT Monday Nov 21 at 0401 on
Area 51 webcast, and audible via WBCQ 5130.033-AM, at 0411 check. Also
confirmed UT Monday Nov 21 after 0430 on WRMI 9955, fair. Also
confirmed UT Tuesday Nov 22 after 0030 on WBCQ, 9330+v-CUSB, poor-fair
slightly on hi side, and for quite a change, stronger than JBA 9265
WINB. Next:
Tue 1200 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Tue 2130 WRMI 15770 to NE
Wed 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Wed 2200 WBCQ 7490v to WSW
Thu 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW

WORLD OF RADIO 1852 monitoring: confirmed Tuesday November 22 at 2130
on WRMI 15770, fair. Also confirmed UT Wed Nov 23 at 0030 on WBCQ,
9329.93v-CUSB, good S9. (Before WBCQ came on, at 0019 I noticed some
very poor 2-way on about 9330.9-USB).

Next: Dave Kenny reports that as of Nov 22, WRMI resumed non-BS
programming during the 14-15 UT hour on 9955, so maybe that had been a
mistake, and WOR will be back Wed at 1415.5. Also:
Wed 2200 WBCQ 7490v to WSW
Thu 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1853, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

The scheduled 1400-1500 programming is being carried on 9955 today,
including Viva Miami at 1430-1445 and FG Radio at 1445-1500. So I
think Overcomer in the 1400-1500 slot was a mistake and the DX slots
can be reinstated. 73s (Dave Kenny, UK, WORLD OF RADIO 1853, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

WORLD OF RADIO 1852 monitoring: Reconfirmed Wednesday November 23 at
1415.5 on WRMI 9955, after missing a couple of weeks while the
Overcomer occupied this hour. Also confirmed Wed Nov 23 at 2200 on
WBCQ 7490+.

WORLD OF RADIO 1852 monitoring: confirmed UT Thursday November 24
after 0030 on WBCQ 9330- CUSB, fair.

WORLD OF RADIO 1853, ready for first airings Thursday November 24:
confirmed at 1230 on WRMI 9955, S9+10/20 but with lite pulse jamming:
tnx a lot, Arnie! Next:
Thu 2130 WRMI 13695 to NW
Fri 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Sat 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Sat 0730 HLR 6190-CUSB to SW
Sat 1530 HLR 7265-CUSB to SW
Sat 2030v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND
Sat 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Sun 0410v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND
Mon 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Mon 0400v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW
Mon 0430 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Tue 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW
Tue 1200 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Tue 2130 WRMI 15770 to NE
Wed 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Wed 2200 WBCQ 7490v to WSW
Thu 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 7490+, Nov 19 at 0100, WBCQ with William Tell Overture and
`Allan Weiner Worldwide`, remote from ``Deland of Fla, studio 9``.
Only fair signal with deep fades, so how is 5130? It`s S9 but no
modulation at first, then some non // different music, 0103 joining
7490 and // synch, but 0111 recheck now on a 16-second delay. Better
modulation and overall on 7490. Nothing on 3250 and later he
acknowledges it is not on, and work on converting and installing the
new transmitter will not get done until springtime. (But how about the
low-power tests, any more?).

Allan muses again about how he would like Trump to appoint him to the
FCC, where his priorities would be 1) Network neutrality; 2) Keeping
OTA AM, FM and TV broadcasting robust; 3) another broadcasting band
for local communities, extension of LPFM but more for individuals
(i.e., like pirates?). Later he changes his # 2) to improving
broadband and cell phone quality where the audio fidelity is now
horrific. And Allan says he would be willing to put WBCQ into a blind
trust if so appointed, and let Tom et al. run it. Recheck at 0231, now
in benedixion (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1853, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

7490, European Music Radio via WCBQ, Monticello, *2200-2220, 19-11,
identification: "This is WCBQ, Monticello, Maine, USA", "This is
European Music Radio to Europe...", "...now commencing transmission",
"Music around with Tom Taylor...". pop music. 34433. (Manuel Méndez,
Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol, Tecsun PL-880 and Sangean ATS 909X, Cable
antenna, 8 meters and Degen 31MS active loop antenna, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST) That was a one-off special, in the hour before WBCQ
normally signs on Saturdays (gh, DXLD)

7490.094, Nov 23 at 2054 a bit of unknown music, then WBCQ IS & ID
loop prior to 2100 Financial Survival (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** U S A. 5850 // 5950, Thu Nov 17 at 0707, WRMI with `Viva Miami`,
old show I have heard before, Jeff plowing thru the mailbag, with
quick acknowledgments for reports from all over on many frequencies. I
keep with it to hear what happen afterwards: 0715 into World Music.
5950 remains temporarily on 285 antenna on loan from 7730, making it
as powerful here as 5850. VM is not on WRMI sked at this hour on
either frequency, but it`s been added to my DX/SWL/Media Programs
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

New Time and Frequency for One of the DigiDX Broadcasts This Weekend -
-- From Stephen Cooper:

DigiDX has a new schedule from this week:
Sunday 2030 11580 (Targeted at Europe)
Sunday 2330 11580 (For North and South America)

The change is likely to do, in part, with the washout on 15770 kHz
last weekend. That frequency was way too high given the MUF (Richard
Langley, NB, Nov 18, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Both are WRMI, of course, and both should surely be on the 44 degree
antenna (gh, DXLD)

Too bad for us in WCNA. 15770 worked quite well, while 11580 was only
poorly heard. 73, (Walt Salmaniw, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

7730, Nov 19 at 0123 check, this WRMI transmitter is still down. Or
should I say frequency; original sked shows #13 on 7730 night, 15440
day, but I have been hearing 15440 during some daytime chex, so
transmitters may have been shifted around; as previously and still
noted, 5950 at night is on a 285 antenna which had been on 7730, a
frequency which is into its third week of absence (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

PCJ Radio International's From the Radio Netherlands Archives #4:
Another Attempt

From the PCJ Radio International website:
From the Radio Netherlands Archives Program 4

Due to a technical error program 4 of From The Radio Netherlands
Archives has been re-scheduled for November 20 and 21:
Europe: 0600 to 0800 UT - November 20, 2016 - 7780 kHz
North America: 0100 to 0300 UT - November 21, 2016 - 7570 kHz
(Richard Langley, Nov 18, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Early to rise and all set to listen to "From the Radio Netherlands
Archives #4" via WRMI on 7780 kHz, 20 November at 0600 UT --- once
again, there was only the Overcomer. Very disappointed (Alan Roe,
Teddington, UK, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Just after 0700 UT I was hearing Eddie Startz on 7570! But just barely
modulated. Another total mixup (Glenn Hauser, ibid.)

Mixup? Cock-up more like it (Richard Langley, ex-England, ibid.)

7570, Sunday November 20 at 0702, WRMI is S9+40 but barely modulated
with hum, and turning up the volume, it`s Eddie Startz! So the PCJ
Radio International special `From Radio Nederland Archives #4` is
playing here on North American beam in the nightmiddle. Was supposed
to be 06-08 UT on 7780 toward Europe. That signal is JBA here, but at
0707 I do manage to // it to 5765 with Brother Scare, as Alan Roe in
England also lamented 7780 with BS, no PCJ. This was a repeat try
after another failure a few weeks ago. And allegedly will be to NAm UT
Monday Nov 21 at 01-03 on 7570.

5950 still // 5850 WRMIs at almost equal strength, Sunday Nov 20 at
0704 with show from a Mainstreet Church of Christ. Probably `Worship
in Your Home` as originally on 5850 and suspended 7730.

15440, Nov 20 at 1517, no signal from sporadically active WRMIBS
frequency. Normally it`s #13 transmitter, changing from 7730 at 1400,
but 7730 has not been on at all, AFAIK for some three weeks (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

It's OK. You won't have to worry about it anymore. I'm canceling the
rest of the programs (Keith Perron, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Keith, Hold on --- the 7570 repeat is running after 0100. Signal is
weaker than usual, however. And modulation a bit low (Glenn Hauser,
ibid.)

Also here in SE Massachusetts with fair signal weak audio. Fair
listening. Audio about 70% understandable (Stephen Wood, Harwich,
Mass., 0131 UT, ibid.)

I'm rather disappointed over the number of mix-ups coming out of WRMI.
I know it is a labour of love for Jeff W, but it's also a business,
and I'm sure that customers both present and potential do take note of
such things. They simply should not be occurring with such frequency.
Having said that, yes, 7570 is making it through to the WCNA without
much difficulty with a very nice signal. 73, (Walt Salmaniw, NC, 0157
UT Nov 21, ibid.)

Later signal picked up to usual VG 7570 level and modulation. Really
enjoyed the Mediterranean cruise of the Good Ship Happy Station. 100%
copy. Please keep them coming (Glenn Hauser, ibid.)

Excellent signal into Elida, Ohio, where the "KiwiSDR" I was using to
listen to the program is located (my own shack being a disarray,
currently). Especially in the second hour it was often S9+40db with
minimal fading. The content of the program was likewise excellent. I
hope that a few technical problems will not prevent airing future
programs for North American listeners. WRMI has a much better and
consistent signal here in Michigan by far compared to its competitors.

I especially enjoyed the 1967 Happy Station show. Mr. Startz had
"retired" just before I started listening to shortwave, so all I knew
was the the Tom Meyer version (also a great program). I was always
curious about how his predecessor handled it. Now I know. I'm looking
forward to hearing the Meyer retrospective show next month.

Thanks to Keith and PCJ Radio International for making all of this
available again! 73, (Andy Robins, Kalamazoo, Michigan USA, 0314 UT,
ibid.)

7570, UT Monday Nov 21 at 0103, another PCJ Radio International
special via WRMI is scheduled for two hours, From the Archives of
Radio Nederland, this part featuring a complete Happy Station show
with Eddie Startz. At first I don`t hear much modulation and the
signal is unusually weak, YL introducing the show but reading S9+10.
Some deep fades but mostly sufficient, and improving up to S9+30 to
peaks at +45.

At 0132, we`re on an imaginary Mediterranean cruise aboard the good
ship Happy Station, at Mallorca. Eddie plays music from each
island/port of call, and gives tourist info which he later says all
comes from his personal travel experiences. Next refers to Napoleon
and ``the French island of Mallorca``, a slip preserved for the ages,
as must really mean Corsica. By 0212 we`ve reached Beirut, and then
it`s overland to Israel and Jordan, 0233 ending at Aqaba for a flight
back to Hilversum.

Then plays some more music from the studio, greets long-gone
listeners, and toward the end, Keith Perron explains how PCJ are
trying to get RN stuff removed from YouTube, since PCJ now have rights
to it. Despite some problems with previous airings, let`s hope PCJ and
WRMI successfully continue with more such nostalgic specials. 7780,
meanwhile, has been off the air from WRMI, as well as 7730.

9955, Nov 21 at 2137, WRMI with World Music at unexpected time,
contrary to skedgrid showing Overcomer daily 15-22. (Maybe the whole
block has been moved up an hour, since it`s taken over the 14-15 UT
hour?) 2156, jamming starts to ramp up, for the additional weekday
hour of `Overcomer`` 22-23 still on sked but which is really the
originally secret prepeat of Radio Libertad, adding to the overt time
of 00-01 UT, and risking continued jamming in between at 23-24 when
innocent programs radiate.

5950, Nov 21 at 2222, another surprise appearance of World Music, from
Mideast at the moment, and VG signal as still on the 285 antenna, but
only until 2230 when ``Christian New Age Radio on Shortwave`` starts.
Host says he never listens to himself, Rev. Frederick Moe. Brief
comments and plays soft new age music, quite a respite from all the
screaming gospel huxters. Based in New Hampshire.

Familiar name: See DXLD 3-055, of April 1, 2003 near the bottom under
JAPAN, the same Frederick Moe? for his comments about Radio Lavalamp,
remember that? Used to carry WORLD OF RADIO.
http://www.w4uvh.net/dxldtd3d.html

5950, Nov 22 at 0032, now 5950 is off, and still off at 0242. That
makes at least THREE WRMI frequencies off the air, along with 7730 and
7780, but maybe only two transmitters, as 5950 apparently temporarily
replaced 7730 but not with the same programming.

5850, Nov 22 at 0819, WRMI with another unexpected World Music hour,
song in French; 0827 African mbira music. While 5950 is running
Brother Scare.

11580, Tue Nov 22 at 2030, WRMI still with World Music, starting the
Council of Europe Ode to Joy rap song, and more old favorites until
2100 switch to Brother Scare.

9955, Tue Nov 22 at 2100 check, this WRMI is in World Music, Andean
quena tune, instead of Brother Scare who probably lasted until 2100.
(2200-2300 would be the Radio Libertad jammed prepeat, but not checked
today.) After 2300, sounds like Hobart Radio International? He`s
scheduled for 2330, while Tue at 2300 is Radio Northern Ireland. Some
jamming continues, but intensifies after 2400 against Radio Libertad.

7780 & 7730, Nov 23 at 0040, both these WRMIs are still off.

5950, UT Wed Nov 23 at 0052, WRMI with Adrian Sainsbury talking about
RNZI, presumably during a Wavescan, while 5850 is Slovakia in English.

9955, Nov 23 at 1321, WRMI with pop song by YL. It`s too early for R.
Prague to run its own filler, so must have lost the 1300 airing. 1329
Baskin sports promo, 1330 into Eslovakia in Espanish.

9955, at 1400 Nov 23, FG Radio is back with a bunch of Trump clips as
if we need any more of that, from Cyprus, of all places. So WRMI has
restored the variety of programming at 14-15 UT, which was obliterated
for a couple of weeks by the Overcomer extended an hour earlier, by
mistake?

11580, Nov 23 at 2037, World Music on WRMI, not // all the other
frequencies with Overcomer, who is playing country music at the
moment: 9955, 15440, 17790, 11825, 11565.

9955, Nov 23 after 2100, WRMI playing praise music instead of World
Music or Overcomer as scheduled (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

JAZZ RETURNS TO WRMI --- Raoul van Hall has told me that his program
"Jazz from the Left" is to return to WRMI beginning 6 and 7 December
2016. The proposed schedule is
2000-2100 UT Tuesday on 11580 kHz (beamed to East Coast and Europe).
0000-0100 UT Wednesday on 7730 kHz (beamed west from Okeechobee)
(Richard Langley, Nov 22, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1853, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** U S A. 9275, Nov 21 at 1841, no signal from WMLK, nor has there
been for some time. Are they totally off again? Yes, but back soon?
Here`s the scoop from their FB, where they keep us up to date on their
multi-problems, more than can be said for many other stations; plus
some earlier posts not yet quoted here:

WMLK Radio November 7 at 6:12am

We have developed a logic problem in the timed interlock system. The
logic controls will be repaired when the Engineer returns to the
station in about two weeks. He is currently on an overseas mission. As
he was working on the logic circuitry before he left I will not
intervene into his work. Therefore WMLK Radio will be off the air
awhile longer! Please be patient. The circuitry is still adjusting to
full load requirements! Thank You!

WMLK Radio added 2 new photos. October 20

Each day at WMLK Radio brings something interesting, to say the least!
We have been nursing along a major contactor switch. It has been
weakened from the years of use by the former owners, Swiss Com. It
began to trip the breaker beginning this year but we kept it going,
sometimes barely! A week ago from last Monday it really started to
give up. I repaired the system it is in and got it going again. But it
just can no longer handle the load and requirements of the circuitry.

Another contactor switch is on order and is supposed to arrive Monday
next. The original switch as seen in these pictures was put in service
in 1973, not bad for the number of years in service.

'You can see the flash arcing inside the contactor here. This is in
the modulation circuit and the high level of audio modulation we now
produce finished it!'

'Here is the contactor taken apart. I systematically cleaned each
part, reassembled the components and placed it back in the circuit. It
lasted under low level modulation for a brief time and then failed.
Our Engineer advised replacement and so we shall!'

WMLK Radio added 3 new photos. October 14

Antenna repairs were completed and WMLK Radio returned to the air
today at its broadcast time of 12:00 (noon DST east). We have high
winds that cause serious oscillations, and this causes excessive
pressure on the components high up in the air. We also cleaned the
antenna spacers of bird dung. Birds like to sit on the lines during
the day. Praise Almighty Yahweh for the ability to have in house
knowledge to perform these repairs!
'Where the failure occurred!'
'The finished repair!'
'The parts that failed!'

WMLK Radio added 2 new photos. October 10

It seems that Satan was working overtime at the headquarters of the
Assemblies of Yahweh and at WMLK Radio over the weekend! The AOY
server went down, WMLK 24/7 audio crashed, and the antenna feed line
separated. We have been having high winds in our area. Many tree limbs
broken off of the trees here and around our local area! Remember that
Satan is the prince of the power of the air...Eph 2:2.

'Horizontal feed-line severed. High winds evidently caused a weak
spot. This can be repaired on premise!'
'Feed-line from another angle!'

WMLK Radio September 30

WMLK Radio has been broadcasting for almost two weeks now. We have
received reception reports from Europe (several countries) New Zealand
(very good signal and audio), and assorted places in America.

There were 564 earthquakes from 09/16/2016-09/22/2016, and now from
9/23/2016 to 9/30/2016 574 more. That is over a thousand since WMLK
Radio went back on the air! Is this a sign from Almighty Yahweh?

Mark 13:8 --- For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom
against kingdom; there shall be earthquakes in divers places; there
shall be famines: these things are the beginning of travail. Thank you
for your kind words, patience and support for WMLK Radio! (via DXLD)

Please! Give the Oklahoma oil & gas industry due credit for most of
those quakes! Rather, Satanic (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1853,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 3195, Nov 20 at 0246, huge dirty S9+50 signal with big hum,
buzzy field of spurs at least between 3165 and 3210, with worst peaks
circa 3202 and 3188 (plus/minus 7 kHz), from WWRB with same rambling
gospel huxter who used to be weekends on 5050, now moved here for
winter. First time I`ve heard WWRB on 90m since last spring. Needs
some tuning up! See also UGANDA [non]

3215, Nov 21 at 0150, horrible buzz and splatter centered here with
gospel huxter, as WWRB is back to its old dual-frequency 90m
operation, rather than 3195 as heard last night. Once again, the worst
peaks are about plus and minus 7, circa 3208 and 3222, the full range
approx. 3185 to 3240, fortunately not quite reaching the MARS net on
3245.0. At 0158, Dave interrupts the g.h. with a retune announcement
``to 3215`` --- oops, he meant FROM 3215 TO 3195; and off;

*0159 Nov 21, 3195 comes up with the same mess around it shifted 20
kHz lower, roughly 3175-3210. Same g.h. has not finished so back to
him briefly, but by 0201 he has finished, when canned YL WWRB ID plays
with phone number, some jazz music, but within a few minutes another
preacher starts. WWRB had to evacuate 3215 before 0200 whether the
program in progress was over or not since:

3215, *0200 Nov 21, WWCR cuts on with steel drum IS, and 3215 sign-on
announcement. Fortunately the crap from WWRB now on 3195 does not
quite reach 3215. Once again, I inquire, why in the world doesn`t WWRB
just stay on 3195 and WWCR on 3215 without the switcheroos?

3195, UT Tue Nov 22 at 0254, WWRB with usual Sat-Sun-Mon night anti-
Semitic gospel huxter, taking a caller from The Bronx of like mind,
who reception-reports ``intermittent whirlwind static`` due to
apocalyptic high winds in NYC, e.g. ``David Frum, Canadian Jew, voted
for the Witch``. Yes, Frum has been quite a critic of Thump. Anyhow,
WWRB has now cleaned up its signal, S9+45 with annoying hum/buzz on
the channel but without the wideband splatterspurs of the last two
nights (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1853, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 7504.78, Nov 17 at 0444, WRNO is lower than usual and
varying audibly with BFO, S8 signal but sounds weaker, very poor due
to undermodulation during music. Others were surprised it is on this
late, but not really: during non-DST season the sked is 02-05 UT
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5110.8, Nov 17 at 0510, as I am tuning down the 60m band
starting at 5130, here is a spur carrier, so I expect this means 5085
WTWW-2 is on the air --- yes, when I get there in a moment, with
`Unshackled`. 5110.8 is a second-order spur, while the first-order on
the plus side, 5097.9 is blocked by that wide utehash. Matchers on the
low side are easily detected, 5072.1, and also barely on 5059.2 ---
these are all at 12.9 kHz intervals.

9930, Sat Nov 19, I finally tune in early enough for the organ show,
before 1900, with other music prélude, WTWW ID, and `Theatre Organ of
the Ozarx` starting promptly at 1900 --- but it still runs until 1934,
so it may not have been starting late, just is a 34-, not 29- or 30-
minute show! Heil says we should check the WTWW program schedule. For
starters, homepage wtww.us still shows the long-defunct `Midnight
[sic] in the Desert with Art Bell`! Sparse schedule page
http://wtww.us/pages/schedule.php
has nothing about the organ show or much of anything else except SFAW
and Bibling Worldwide. But there`s a handy ``search`` field --- no,
no results on organ or Heil.

This time 9930 stays on with some ham radio show at later chex past
2043. There is always another ham show on 9475 WTWW-1, but these are
not // and not synchronized, altho possibly same episode in different
playouts. At 2100, 9475 is back on SFAW, but hammy continues on 9930
until -????

12105, Nov 21 at 0135, very weak signal so can`t tell the language,
but WTWW-3 is apparently on now. 9475 WTWW-1 is still on at 0205, very
poor, no switch to 5830 yet. 5085 WTWW-2 is not on.

13695 [non], Nov 21 circa 2100 UT, I am trying to listen to WRMI with
Slovakia, on the portable G8 in a medical office where SW penetrates
better than FM KOSU! But the receiver is overloaded and I also hear a
WTWW ID in the background, and then Financial Survival??? If so, that
would be a new station for it besides WWCR and WBCQ, but which WTWW?
Supposedly Dave Ramsey runs until 2200 on 9930. Did not have a chance
to search it out further. Financial Survival is a show pushing gold
and silver as a smart investment before the imminent apocalypse ----
if so, Melody, why are you selling precious metals in exchange for
intangible ``money`` instead of hoarding it yourselves? For suckers.

9475, Nov 22 at 0225, WTWW-1 is still on with SFAW at S6. It would be
prudent to switch to 5830 by 0100 now, but seems they are waiting
until 0300, i.e. 9 pm CST, like it was 9 pm CDT = 0200 UT during DST.

5085, Nov 22 at 0820, WTWW-2 is on with music as Ted says it`s an
``ungodly hour``, disrespectfully keeps talking over a Diana Ross
song: it`s all about the DJ, not the music.

9930, Nov 23 at 2053, WTWW is OFF, and soon find ALL possible
frequencies are off: 12105, 9475, 5830, 5085 (Yes, the 5 MHz are also
possible in the daytime by mistake.) I was about to check whether any
of them were carrying Financial Survival at 2100 as heard on some
overload the other day (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9605, Nov 19 at 0059 open carrier at S9+10 from WHRI, then
sign-on with militaristic crusader theme, ``Onward Christian
Soldiers``, 0100 opening KBS World Radio relay in Spanish, but quite
undermodulated. At least tonight, unlike last night, the 9605 signal
is much stronger than the coreligionists on 9600 via Madagascar.
Elsewhere, 31m is almost dead, and so is 25m except for a weak 11780
Brasil at 0125.

9840, Nov 19 at 1316, S9+10 open carrier/dead air; surely WHRI which
is registered 12-23, but per Aoki using it this early only on
weekends; also a lite het, no doubt from perpetually off-frequency
VIETNAM.

21610, Nov 19 at 1832, non-BS gospel huxter from WHRI, poor signal
with an echo. Unlikely this could be long/short path, maybe instead
short path/backscatter.

9605, Nov 21 at 0142, WHRI relay of KBS Spanish is S7 but just barely
modulated as often the case. Why don`t they turn it up?

7315, Nov 22 at 0235, WHRI with non-Commie programming after the VOV
relays, news headlines helpfully informing us it`s ``Monday November
14``, and with week-old news such as the NZ earthquake (never mind
today`s Japan); refers to Bannon as a ``media executive``. Fair at S6
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9265, Nov 21 at 0144, no signal from WINB, which should be
still on later Sunday night, just no propagation? (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

9265 even fq, S=6 scratchy noise audio across the Atlantic path,
suffer poor signal, just above threshold. Prayer?, about Muslim
matter, Muslim mentioned many times. 0150 UT (Wolfgang Büschel, Nov
22, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WWCR-1 with awful modulation on 15795 kHz, Nov 14
till 1300 on 15795 WCR 100 kW / 046 deg to WeEu English
from 1300 on 15825 WCR 100 kW / 046 deg to WeEu English
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/wwcr-1-with-awful-modulation-on-15795.html
(DX RE MIX NEWS #979 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, November 22,
2016 via DXLD)

Last night I had heard a radio preacher calling his listeners to war.
I heard him again tonight although skip was poorer. 2 to 3 AM GMT
Friday 18 Nov., the hour before Alex Jones and InfoWars re-rolls*.

Telephone number, 904-880-3500 in Jacksonville, Florida, so, Preacher
Bob Martin. During the first half of the show only the two words,
"Riot Gear" rose above the skip. During the second half of the show,
the telephone number and "Jacksonville, Florida" were heard, also this
strange sentence, "We people will go to God`s People, who are armed."
Compared to Rev. Stair with his, "Prepare for the last days, we must
rejoice." and Alex Jones`s Berkie water filters, $200, this guy has
really gone west. This radio sausage is being ground for you on WWCR,
4840 kHz.

*(If you tune in hours earlier you might be able to telephone onto the
Alex Jones InfoWars Show, live, but in the case of Pastor Martin`s
show I`d guess that you can`t call in and ask for a cease fire in the
Revelations 22 battle.) (Fred Jodry, Nov 18, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Rev
22 is the final chapter of the final book in the NT. So there (gh)

5890, UT Wed Nov 23 at 0054, WWCR with hateful anti-Semitic talk, e.g.
referring to ``rat-faced Jew-boy Chuck Schumer``, ``Jewish mafia``.
Guy on phone with epithets for many politicians based on their Jewish
ethnicity. Sounds like same troll I heard the other night on WWRB.
Indeed, WWCR sked for WWCR-2 admits at 6-7 pm CST Tue it`s:
``Patriots Unite Now --- Ken from the Bronx``. Later with Brother
Scare on 5890 it`s a different WWCR-4 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** U S A. 11870, Nov 22 at 0220, no signal from WEWN Spanish, nor have
I heard it at all for several weeks. B16 schedule for it is 00-10 UT,
along with 13830 and 12050 at other hours on the Caribbean/S American
beam. I have heard 12050, but it`s also in use part of the day on the
Mexico/Central America beam. Haven`t been hearing 13830 either, so I
must conclude that one of the three transmitters remains completely
off the air. Propagation on 25m is not helpful at night, but 11520 in
English does manage to be detectable to a JBA carrier level at 0220
Nov 22. If anyone ever hear three WEWN frequencies at once, let us
know (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1853, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

New updated B-16 shortwave schedule of EWTN/WEWN:
WEWN-1 Global Catholic Radio
0000-0900 on 11520 EWN 250 kW / 085 deg to WeAf English
0900-1300 on 11520 EWN 250 kW / 355 deg to SEAs English
1300-1500 on 15610 EWN 250 kW / 355 deg to SEAs English
1500-1900 on 15610 EWN 250 kW / 040 deg to N/ME English
1900-2400 on 15610 EWN 250 kW / 085 deg to WeAf English

WEWN-3 Radio Católica Mundial
0000-1400 on 5810 EWN 250 kW / 160 deg to CeAm Spanish
1400-2400 on 12050 EWN 250 kW / 155 deg to CeAm Spanish

WEWN-2 Radio Católica Mundial will be off in winter B16
Wrong start/end times on
http://ewtn.com/radio/freq.htm
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/new-updated-b-16-shortwave-schedule-of.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1853,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. Border Inn DX - logged the 230-watt synch transmitter for
KKOB in Santa Fe === Albuquerque and Santa Fe were far enough out of
synch to be heard as two separate stations on the attached recording
from the [UT/NV] Border Inn (Sat morning Oct 1st 1100 UT). 73 (Tim
Hall, Nov 18, ABDX via DXLD)

What attachment? I wonder how far out of synch??? (gh, DXLD)

** U S A. Re ``870 UNID -- 10/30 1850 [EDT] – Country gospel music, ID
as “Top Ten Radio” (I think), with WWL nulled, but losing out to it by
1852. Prime suspect looks like KPRM-MN, or maybe KAAN-MO? (GH-OK)``

In NRC DX News, David Yocis says: ``WPWT-TN, “Top Gun Radio,” a sunset
regular here``. That`s a 10 kW daytimer in Colonial Heights, near its
address in Bristol, a long way from here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1030, TEXAS, KCTA, Corpus Christi. 1038 November 16, 2016.
Not DX, as always strong here on just post-sunrise, but today they
were clearly on their 50 kW non-directional well before their (D1?)
classification should allow, at 1038 GMT, local level and destroying
WONQ and probably WBZ if I could ever hear them here. What's baffling
is that their online program schedule shows programs conclude at 8:30
pm CT (makes sense) and begins at 3:30 a.m. (doesn't make sense). So I
asked Wayne Heinen if he knew anything different, and he responds:

"Here is a link to a copy of the License. They are L1 limited time. If
you look at Hours of Op in your log it shows LSR Boston - LSS."
http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?
import_letter_id=36851
(Terry L. Krueger, Times/dates GMT, Clearwater FL, NRD-535, IC-R75,
roof dipole, active loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. For those looking for a new one maybe --- KVCU 1190 kHz in
Boulder, Colorado, apparently is running daytime power and being heard
at times fairly well (0245-0310 UT). Music is a bit odd. Nothing
recognizable and the announcers sound young (maybe college aged). Many
IDs the last hour. 73 (Art Jackson, KA5DWI/7 near Prescott AZ, KW TS-
2000 and 80 Meter Inverted-L UT Nov 19, ABDX via DXLD)

Nice catch.
http://www.colorado.edu/today/2016/11/09/radio-1190-hits-fm-airwaves
and
http://www.radiosurvivor.com/2016/08/01/radio-station-visit-110-radio-1190-at-university-of-colorado-boulder/
(Blaine Thompson, ibid.) I also had such a nice catch (gh, DXLD)

I got them at the Border Inn for the first time last month too. I
also thought they seemed too strong for night power. 73 (Tim Hall,
Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone, ABDX via DXLD)

** U S A. 1200, Nov 17 at 0527 UT, ``AM 1200, Univisión América`` ID
mixing with WOAI, so WRTO Chicago is still running day facility at
night. Tsk2, no clear channel for San Antonio any more.

1200, Nov 18 at 0138 UT, ``Univisión América, 1,200 AM, una estación
Euforia``, atop WOAI even on E/W antenna, fast SAH, as WRTO Chicago is
still competing for this ``clear`` channel by illegal daytime
operation at night.

Euforia appears to be a subset of UA stations with various musical
genres sorted into further subsets at
http://www.univision.com/musica/radio#/tab-city
BUT the ``3`` stations under CHICAGO do not include 1200! Just FM 93.5
& 103.1, 105.1, 106.7.

1200, Nov 22 at 0204 UT, Spanish music from WRTO Chicago at about
equal level to silly BKB game in English from WOAI, i.e. situation has
become the norm (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. SILENT STATIONS: Formerly silent stations informing the FCC
that they are back on the air:
1200, WFCN, TN, Nashville – Silent (as WAMB) June 9; on the air Nov.
23 (AM Switch, NRC DX News Nov 28, 2016 via DXLD)

FORMAT, SLOGAN AND SILENT STATUS CHANGES
FREQ CALL CITY OF LICENSE NEW INFORMATION
1200, WFCN, Nashville, TN, was silent, now Moody Broadcasting Network
religious teaching, adds slogan: “WMBW Moody Radio Where You Turn For
Life” (IRCA DX Monitor Nov 26 via DXLD)

** U S A. 1380, Nov 18 at 0141 UT, ``Vida 13-80`` promo as I tune in,
dominating frequency, strongly implying that KRCM Shenandoah TX is
still running 22 kW day power instead of 50 watt night power, so
should still have a European service (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** U S A. 1400, WLLH, MA, Lowell – Currently licensed with U1
1000/1000 and a synchronous transmitter in Lawrence MA, also with U1
1000/1000; applies to change CoL to Lawrence MA, keeping the U1
1000/1000 at the Lawrence site and eliminating Lowell operations. The
synchronous operation has been in place since 1937 (AM Switch, NRC DX
News Nov 28, 2016 via DXLD)

** U S A. 1480, Nov 21 at 1318 UT, R. Salam Namaste ID in passing from
KBXD Dallas, W & M chattering in Hinglish, i.e. Hindi, with English
expressions liberally sprinkled in effortlessly, talking about
Bollywood; such as, she says, ``I like belly dancing``. Dominant now
with little KQAM (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1540, Nov 17 at 1314 UT, ESPN-Deportes promos ignoring
Central and Mountain timezones, heavy CCI and SAH, from what we now
know is KZMP University Park TX. Around 1300 UT I was only hearing
KXEL IA.

1540, Nov 19 at 1956 UT on caradio, Spanish ad for Estrella TV Canal
29, which I already matched with KZMP University Park TX. Altho I had
IDed this thru my own monitoring research, Wayne Heinen of the NRC AM
Log forwards further confirmation of the format flips:

``Glenn, I thought that I had sent this snippet from Radio Insight
earlier in the week but found the email stuck in a constipated Outlook
outbox: After Deportes Media lost its LMA of Liberman Broadcasting’s
1540 KZMP University Park/Dallas in September, Liberman did bring the
network back to the market in mid-October and like iHeart in San
Francisco is now operating the network directly. Original Report
11/10: Deportes Media has lost its LMAs of three of the four. Wayne``

Now I`m hearing KZMP less than a sesquihour after local mean noon
(always 1832 UT), so a neat reminder that the daytime skywave season
is upon us with lowest zenith angles for the next couple months. KZMP
is atop some other 1540s (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

1540 KZMP --- Definitely still carrying ESPN-D at least at certain
times despite those saying not. Someone -- suspect them -- with Mexi-
tunes prior to 1159 GMT today, then accented male canned "KZMP
University City" followed by "ESPN (English phonetics) Deportes" into
quick summary of "Monday Night Futebol" (Spanglish) then Spanish
sports banter by two man (Terry L Krueger, FL, Nov 21, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** U S A. 1540, Nov 20 at 0252 UT tuneby, ``Radio Jalapeño is giving
away Turkeys``, i.e. KEDA San Antonio, easily surpassing KZMP at night
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1650, Nov 22 at 0300 UT, TOH ID in Spanish for KBJD Denver,
and I thought they said ``Radio Senda`` i.e. path, but primary name
has been Radio Luz; maybe Senda is a sub-slogan or a program name,
altho not as such on their schedule.

I`m really checking here for the mysterious Gulf of Mexico beacon SAC,
which I only heard once, but not lately, nor have seen any other
reports of it. Is anyone still hearing it? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. DIANE REHM'S STATION TAPS JOSHUA JOHNSON, A LESSER-KNOWN
RADIO HOST, AS HER SUCCESSOR - The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/diane-rehms-station-taps-joshua-johnson-a-lesser-known-radio-host-as-her-successor/2016/11/16/0303753c-ab78-11e6-8b45-f8e493f06fcd_print.html
(via Mike Cooper, DXLD)

** U S A. FCC PLANS FINE IN WORCESTER PIRATE CASE
Radio World By Paul McLane November 16, 2016

The Federal Communications Commission plans a $15,000 fine against a
Massachusetts man it alleges continued to broadcast without a license
from atop a church building even after being warned about it.

In its notice of apparent liability, the Enforcement Bureau announced
the proposed penalty against Vasco Oburoni for operating on 102.3 MHz
in Worcester. The case dates to April of 2015 when the FCC Boston
office received a complaint of interference to WKLB, which broadcasts
at 102.5 MHz.

Agents used direction-finding on adjacent-channel 102.3 and found an
FM antenna on the roof of a Christian Praise International building in
Worcester. They posted a notice of unlicensed radio operation on the
door and later mailed a warning letter and notice of unlicensed
operation to Oburoni, according to the commission’s summary.

This led to a meeting at which the FCC says he acknowledged being the
operator and asked for information on how to obtain a license. But in
May of this year, the commission said, its agents again observed a
station operating at that location on 102.3 MHz in excess of Part 15
limits. He was given 30 days to pay or reply in appeal.
Posted by: (Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD)

Hey, they`re Christians == Above the Law (gh, DXLD)

** VATICAN [non]. 11875, Nov 19 at 1311, Vatican bells tolling, 1312
IS, and shortly off. It`s via US IBB Tinang, PHILIPPINES, violating
Separation of Church and State, Chinese at 1230-1300, extended
Saturdays only until 1315 per HFCC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** VATICAN [and non]. Special broadcast of Vatican Radio on
unscheduled frequency, Nov 20
from 0855 NF 17760*SMG 250 kW / 210 deg NWAf French, ex 21570 in HFCC!
* co-ch same 17760 MEY 250 kW / 019 deg EaAf Sun South African Radio
League

from 0855 21550 SMG 250 kW / 145 deg CeAf English, as scheduled B16
from 0850 21560 SMG 250 kW / 165 deg SoAf Portuguese, as scheduled B16
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** VATICAN [non?]. VoA Radio Ashna (Italy Relay) 12075 kHz, 1531 20
NOV - VOA RADIO ASHNA (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA). SINPO = 45233.
?Middle Eastern Language?, male and female announcers alternating, at
1532z male gives internet address containing ‘voa’. QSB=rapid-to-ff
rate, modulation mostly well above the noise floor with frequent fades
to mixing with it for short durations. Received at Las Vegas, United
States, 9837 KM from transmitter at Santa Maria di Galeria. Local
time: 0731. 73s (Rodney Johnson, NV, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

(Italy Relay) ??? Santa Maria di Galeria, rather Vatican State
broadcast center, never Italy ... in Dari / Pashto to AFG/PAK from IBB
BBG US Washington DC (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.)

Well, the note was more geographical than political, but if we must
get technical, the Santa Maria di Galeria transmitter tower site does
not reside in the physical location of the Vatican City State, but
rather 18 km north of Rome in Italy.

GeoHack - Vatican Radio image
Service Aspect Geocaching.com Near by locations, Map this location ...
View on tools.wmflabs.org
http://tinyurl.com/SMGsite
73s (--Rodney Johnson, ibid.)

The site, like a number of others outside the walls of Vatican City,
are considered extraterritorial property of the Holy See, something
akin to embassies in foreign lands, but they are part of Italian
territory. Also includes, for example, Castel Gandolfo. For the full
list, see:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Properties_of_the_Holy_See
(Richard Langley, NB, ibid.)

> physical location of the Vatican City State

that's wrong, see the difference of Vatican City, and whole Vatican
State (which real consist also the Vatican City). Vatican State has /
consists - at least of ( 17 ) territories in Rome downtown and around
Rome Italy up to Pope's residence in the mountains.

Vatican City (Citá / village) in Rome downtown is only one of 17
territories, which all together called common Vatican State,
extraterritorial from Italy.

> Because of space purposes, the Holy See acquired a 400-hectare area
> located 18 kilometres north of Rome at Santa Maria di Galeria (GC:
WikiMiniAtlas
42 2'39?N 12 19'22?E? / ?42.04417 N 12.32278 E? / 42.04417; 12.32278).

Area of Santa Maria di Galeria, where the antennae of Vatican Radio
are located. The area was ceded by Italy to the Holy See in an
agreement in 1951, Oct 8.

The Italian Republic granted the site extraterritorial status in 1952.

> il nuovo Centro radiotrasmittente di Santa Maria di Galeria, sorto
nei pressi di Cesano a 18 km. da Roma, in seguito all'accordo tra
Santa Sede e Italia dell' 8 ottobre 1951 wolfy df5sx wwdxc

PS: Guantánamo Bay concentration camp by Bush / Obama administration
is rather US Uncle Sam empire, but still Cuba - to be occupied since
the U.S. invasion of Cuba during the Spanish–American War in 1898.

Radio Monte Carlo / former TWR Monte Carlo transmissions on MW, LW and
SW since 50ties, came from exterritorial broadcast center some 4
kilometers north of Monaco-France border, really on France territory
soil (Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENNG DIGEST)

** WESTERN SAHARA [non]. ALGERIA, 1550, Radio Nacional República Árabe
Saharaui, Rabuni, 2125-2156, 19-11, Arabic, comments. Strong
interference from Capital One 1458. 21321 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain,
Logs in Friol, Tecsun PL-880 and Sangean ATS 909X, Cable antenna, 8
meters and Degen 31MS active loop antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** YEMEN [non]. Rep. Yemen Radio Sana`a (Saudi Arabia Relay?) 11860,
1446 17 NOV - REP. YEMEN RADIO SANAA (YEMEN). SINPO = 55324. Arabic,
music with microtonal vocals, male DJ. QSB=rapid-to-ff rate, fluttery
modulation mostly well above the noise floor with frequent short fades
to just above or mixing with it. sf79.8, a4, k0, geomag: inactive.
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: 0646 (Rodney Johnson, NV, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

11860, Nov 17 at 1438, Republic of Yemen Radio is S9+20 with music and
exhortations in Arabic --- continues to be in season with bigsig every
morning, presumed longpath, but site as yet not revealed. We are still
waiting for someone to visit the SAUDI site during the broadcast to
confirm whether it`s really from Riyadh (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

Hi Glenn - Wonder if they broadcast the call-to-prayer for the Islamic
Maghrib prayer, just after sunset? Sana, Yemen sunset today was at
1430 UT. I did check today, but the band was not open at all here in
Calif., so nothing heard on 11860, whereas yesterday I had a signal.
(Ron Howard, Nov 17, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

re 11860, S=9+15dB at 1208 UT in Doha Qatar remote unit. heavy QRM by
both adjacent channel transmissions, ARS and odd AUS 11864.988 kHz
Kununurra HCA Indonesian sce, S=9+15dB at 1212 UT. wb (Wolfgang
Büschel, Nov 18, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Are you saying that Saudi Arabia was on adjacent 11855?? No I guess he
means only 11860 and 11865v adjacent (gh, DXLD)

11860, 1431 18 NOV - REP.YEMEN RADIO SANAA (YEMEN). SINPO = 55434.
Arabic, music with microtonal vocals. male DJ. QSB=fast-to-ff rate,
fluttery modulation mostly well above the noise floor. sf78.1, a4, k0,
geomag: inactive. 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: 0631 (Rodney Johnson, NV, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

11860, Republic of Yemen Radio, 1412-1437, Nov 19. Checking to hear if
they broadcast the call-to-prayer for the Islamic Maghrib prayer, just
after sunset. No, not heard (Ron Howard, Calif., dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

11860, Nov 20 from 1425 to 1440, monitored Rep. of Yemen continuously
in case they break for Qur`anic vespers, but not, just usual music and
Arabic talk. Sana`a sunset today is 1430 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

11860, 1456 20 NOV - REP.YEMEN RADIO SANAA (YEMEN). SINPO = 55434.
Arabic, music, male DJ. QSB=rapid-to-ff rate, fluttery modulation well
above the noise floor. sf77.5, a3, k1, geomag: very quiet. 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: 0656.

11860,1406 23 NOV - REP.YEMEN RADIO SANAA (YEMEN). SINPO = 25212.
Arabic, male announcer. QSB=rapid-to-ff rate, fluttery modulation on
noisy carrier mostly mixing with the noise floor with occasional peaks
just above it. (Spot check at 1440z: SINPO45323 music with microtonal
vocals, 1441z theme music with male reading dramatically). sf77.0,
a12, k2, geomag: quiet. 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: 0606 (Rodney Johnson, NV, dxldyg
via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ZAMBIA [non]. Can anyone identify the CW station heard over Zambia
on 5915 kHz as noted here using the Twente SDR between 1800 and 1900
UT? It's constant code without any breaks noticed (Dan Robinson, Nov
23, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

I was listening to ZNBC1 on 5915 from about 1930 to 1940 (possibly too
late?) Reception of ZNBC 1 was perfect, strong signal with no QRM at
all, CW or otherwise, and no QRN. Will check again a little earlier
over the next few days (Bill Bingham, Johannesburg RSA. Drake R8E,
Sony ICF2001D. dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ZAMBIA. 11680, Monday Nov 21 at 0637, JBA carrier, so is Voice of
Hope back? I hadn`t really looked for it here or on weekend afternoon
channel 13680, since Ray Robinson informed us the direxional
transmitter was down since Oct 31. Nor have I seen any reports of
either frequency since then. Need to check starting at *0500 weekdays.
Which I do at 0511 Nov 22: more than JBA, sounds more like Jesus than
Juche. Only other occupant of 11680 is KCBS Pyongyang, 22 hours a day,
except 1830-2030! At 0525, away from local noise, fair signal and
immediately upon tune-in: ``This is the Voice of Hope`` --- asking for
reports to the LACA PO Box, so indeed it`s back (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WORLD OF RADIO 1853, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

11680, Nov 23 at 0558, tune-in to dead air, but soon a hymn at S4,
from Voice of Hope - Africa (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 774, Nov 17 at 1308-1311 UT, JBA TP carrier from NW, so
surely NHK. No others detected on likely frequencies. Sunrise here
today: 1311; will attain another semihour later by latest in early
January (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search November 19, UT:
At 1255: 774-NW, 693-NW, 747-NW?
At 1256: 792-WSW
At 1258: 1098-W
At 1259: 1566-NW
I go back to 774 in time for the 1300 NHK timesignal but no copy
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search Nov 20, UT:
At 1258, 702-WSW, 738-SW, 774-WSW
At 1259, 792-WSW (and 738 is soon gone, but vs huge 740 KRMG Tulsa)
Our Enid sunrise today: 1314 UT, currently latening by one minute per
diem (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search, Nov 21, UT:
At 1254, 774-NW, 747-NW, 694-NW
At 1256, 594-NW, 567-NW
At 1258, 1098-W
At 1259, 1566-NW
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search November 23, UT:
At 1317, 594-NW
At 1318, 774-NW
At 1319, 1566-NW
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1190.12 approx., het to 1190 stations at 0305 UT
November 22, soon fades; ideas? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 2960.0, Nov 17 at 0520, very poor AM carrier, to be
flagged as a possible broadcast harmonic from 1480 or 740. Waivers a
bit, which is suspicious, and also another one on 2959.4 via the NRD-
545, which does emit birdies here and there (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 3101.0-USB, Nov 17 at 0518, YL with alfanumeric fonetix,
``over``, very poor; answered by OM, ``This is Echo, roger, out``.
Listed as just an aeronautical mobile service frequency (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 3245.0-USB, Nov 19 at 0107, another AF MARS net in
primetime as I heard a weak ``AAF`` call go by. They won`t have to
worry about QRM de WBCQ 3250v; I wonder if 3250 was cleared as not
anybody`s MARS frequency? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. USCG DRM transmission --- Noted a DRM signal on 6850 at
0024 while tuning down to the Pirate SW band. Enough signal to decode
"USCG Binary" or something similar. And Journaline text message. Faded
by 0026 and no longer able to copy anything. Must be the same
transmitter as was on 6200 in the last week or so? 73 (Walt Salmaniw,
Victoria, BC, UT 20 Nov 2016, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

6200 DRM? Did not see that report (gh, DXLD)

UNIDENTIFIED. 7210-LSB, Nov 19 at 0135, hamjam music loop vs a station
in Spanish, probably N1NR vs dentro-Cubans (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 7480, Nov 18 at 0108, S6 just hum/whine once again,
while IBB Uighur via TAJIKISTAN is the only thing scheduled this hour
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 7480, Nov 23 at 0041, the humroar is back here, no
carrier amid detectable. 0030-0100 is the break between scheduled VOA
Burmese via Sri Lanka, and RFA Uighur via Tajikistan. Wolfgang Büschel
replied to my previous report:

7480 Totally covered by CNR1 [ \\ Xian 7230 kHz] jamming programs with
echo effect of multiple jamming bcast center? 0114 UT on Nov 22 here
in southern Germany. > S=9+35dB powerhouse. 7480 kHz humroar, plus 10
x 100 Hertz buzz peaks visible on either sideband too!`` (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 9192.0-LSB, Nov 23 at 0020, 2-way in Spanish, S6 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. EGYPT [sic] Station with Egyptian music on Nov 20
0900-0910 on 9550 unknown tx / unknown to UNID, poor/fair
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/unidentified-station-with-egyptian_22.html

EGYPT [sic] Unidentified station with Egyptian music on Nov 17:
1100-1110 on 9600 unknown tx / unknown to UNID, fair signal
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/unidentified-station-with-egyptian_17.html

Station with Egyptian music on Nov 23
0905-0915 on 9600 unknown tx / unknown to UNID, poor/fair
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/unidentified-station-with-egyptian_23.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 9820, Nov 19 at 0606, S9 open carrier/dead air. Nothing
in HFCC; EiBi shows Beibu Bay Radio, China on air at this hour, but
not Aoki, and it sounds much closer. Possibly Cuba which has resumed
using 9820 in the mornings (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 11570, Nov 23 at 0033, open carrier at S8, brief tone
test and off 0034*. Nothing remotely listed in Aoki or HFCC (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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

This NON-COMMERCIAL effort at broadcasting and online publishing is
supported by voluntary contributions from listeners, readers and
contributors: not necessarily in US funds via PayPal, to woradio at
yahoo.com --- or by check or MO in US funds on a US bank, to: Glenn
Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702.

THE TINY TRAP
+++++++++++++

In opening teaser on CBS Sunday Morning, Nov 27, the authoritative-
sounding Martha Teichner declares that Cuba is ``a tiny island``. She
must never have heard RHC remind us that it is ``The Greatest of the
Antilles``, which unlike much of what they say, is true. Look, it`s
799 driving miles (good luck) from Maria la Gorda to Baracoa, or 652
statute miles crow-wise. Need I say more? How many more Tiny Traps are
filled in the wake of Fideath? (Glenn Hauser) A related subject?? ---

MUSEA
+++++

THE SIXTH FLOOR MUSEUM ACQUIRES JFK ASSASSINATION COVERAGE COLLECTION
FROM CUMULUS MEDIA AND WBAP 820 AM Date: Nov 18, 2016

http://www.jfk.org/sixth-floor-museum-acquires-jfk-assassination-coverage-collection-cumulus-media-wbap-820/

DALLAS, TX – November 18, 2016 – The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey
Plaza and WBAP 820 AM, a Cumulus Media radio station, are pleased to
announce the donation of 21 original recordings of the events and
coverage on WBAP Radio leading up to, including and following the
assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963 to the
Museum’s collections.

These original “day-of” recordings are key materials documenting how
this historic news event was reported to local audiences in 1963.

“The Museum is committed to preserving not only artifacts and
documentation about the assassination itself, but also about the
cultural legacy of that pivotal event in history,” said Nicola
Longford, executive director of The Sixth Floor Museum. “We are
especially excited for this generous donation because it shows the
vivid local perspective of this tragic day.”

The WBAP 820 AM JFK Assassination Coverage Collection donation was
spearheaded by longtime WBAP Operations Manager Tyler Cox, in the
interest of preserving history. The recordings will be officially
transferred to the Museum on Monday, November 21 at 10:30 a.m.

“The preservation of these original recordings has long been a goal of
ours at WBAP,” Cox said. “The Sixth Floor Museum is the logical place
for this audio glimpse of life in Dallas/Fort Worth on this fateful
day to be preserved, and we’re pleased to make this donation to the
Museum.”

WBAP’s coverage on November 22, 1963, began with reporting from the
Hotel Texas in Fort Worth, including a full broadcast of the
president’s remarks from the hotel’s parking lot. It then followed
President Kennedy’s entire morning in Fort Worth, including his
remarks at the Chamber of Commerce breakfast, demonstrating the
excitement and fanfare of the president’s visit to Texas.

In Dallas, WBAP’s coverage began with the president’s arrival at Love
Field and led up to a breathless report from WBAP reporter Bob Welch,
who, as he raced behind the presidential caravan to Parkland Memorial
Hospital, provided the most immediate coverage following the
assassination that is known to exist.

“It’s not known for sure, but it’s believed that President Kennedy has
been shot,” he reported.

“These recordings are a remarkable encapsulation of one of the most
significant days in history: one that began with excitement and
‘electricity in the air’ and ended with tragedy and global mourning,”
said Longford. “With this incredible donation from our partners at
WBAP, we will be able to share them with audiences for many
generations to come.”

About The Sixth Floor Museum

The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza chronicles the assassination
and legacy of President John F. Kennedy; interprets the Dealey Plaza
National Historic Landmark District and the John F. Kennedy Memorial
Plaza; and presents contemporary culture within the context of
presidential history. The Museum serves as an impartial, multi-
generational destination and forum for exploring the memory and
effects of the events surrounding the assassination of President
Kennedy, through sharing his legacy and its impact on an ever-changing
global society. Located at 411 Elm Street in downtown Dallas, the
Museum is open Monday 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. and Tuesday – Sunday 10 a.m.
to 6 p.m. Audio guides for the permanent exhibit are included with
admission and available in English, Spanish, German, French, Brazilian
Portuguese, Japanese and Mandarin Chinese, as well as American Sign
Language. For more information, visit www.jfk.org or call
214.747.6660. Follow the Museum on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and
Twitter.

About WBAP 820 AM and Cumulus Media

WBAP News/Talk 820 AM, the News and Talk of Texas, is a leading AM
News/Talk radio station owned and operated by Cumulus Media and
serving the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex with outstanding News/Talk
programming and marketing solutions. A leader in the radio
broadcasting industry, Cumulus Media (NASDAQ:CMLS) combines high-
quality local programming with iconic, nationally syndicated media,
sports and entertainment brands to deliver premium content choices to
the 245 million people reached each week through its approximately 450
owned-and-operated stations broadcasting in 90 US media markets
(including eight of the top 10), more than 8,200 broadcast radio
stations affiliated with its Westwood One network and numerous digital
channels. Together, the Cumulus/Westwood One platforms make Cumulus
Media one of the few media companies that can provide advertisers with
national reach and local impact. Cumulus/Westwood One is the exclusive
radio broadcast partner to some of the largest brands in sports,
entertainment, news, and talk, including the NFL, the NCAA, the
Masters, the Olympics, the GRAMMYs, the Academy of Country Music
Awards, the American Music Awards, the Billboard Music Awards,
Westwood One News, and more. Additionally, it is the nation’s leading
provider of country music and lifestyle content through its NASH
brand, which serves country fans nationwide through radio programming,
exclusive digital content, and live events. For more information,
visit www.cumulus.com.

Contacts:
Amy Yen
Tyler Cox
Marketing Manager
Operations Manager
The Sixth Floor Museum
WBAP 820 AM/Cumulus Media
214.389.3046
214.520.4365
amyy@jfk.org
Tyler.Cox@cumulus.com
(via Dr Hansjoerg Biener, Germany, Nov 20, DXLD)

RADIO PHILATELY
+++++++++++++++

Lennart Weirell: DX-Philately – Stamps of Radio Stations by Continents
and Countries.

The 3rd edition of DX-Philately – Stamps of Radio Stations by
Continents and Countries is now available. It is a Word-file and
contains listing of about 400 DX and radio related stamps from 125
radio countries. For more information please contact me at:
lennart(at)weirell.se (SW Bulletin Nov 20 via DXLD)

DX-Philately --- Stamps of Radio Stations by Continents and Countries

Most countries have radio stations, state and/or privately own, and
many of these countries have also issued stamps with motives related
to radio stations.

In 2011 I made a Word file (.doc), DX-Philately – Stamps of Radio
Stations by Continents and Countries, listing stamps depicting DX
related motives e.g. radio stations and transmitting facilities. It is
originally based on the booklet DX-Philately with supplements issued
by Christer Brunström beginning of the 1980-ies. I have also searched
various web pages to gather information.

It starts with a listing of 125 stamp countries with corresponding ITU
code*) arranged by continents. By clicking on a country you will go to
the stamps of that country. The ITU codes are used as bookmarks for
each country.

*) Some ITU codes are created by the author as some old radio
countries do not have any.

The listing for each stamp contains the date, Michel No., denomination
and a description of the design of the stamp. You can mark the stamps
you have in your collection in the last two columns for each stamp
(some late Michel Nos. are still missing).

If you are interested of this list, now the 3rd edition, please
contact me at lennart@weirell.se (Lennart Weirell, DX LISTENING
DIGEST) I assume this is for sale, tho he is not saying (gh)

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

2016 'LISTENING WATERS' DXPEDITION
MURRAY HARBOUR NORTH, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

Dxpeditioners:
Bruce Conti WPC1CAT; WiNRADiO Excalibur, MWDX-5 phasing unit, ICE 112A
4-way active splitter
Nick Hall-Patch VE7DXR; RFSpace SDR-14 driving DX Fishbarrel, RFSpace
Net SDR
Walter Salmaniw; Perseus (2), Delta-4 antenna switch
Brent Taylor VY2HF/AC1BF; SDRplay with SDRuno, RFSpace SDR-IQ,
Wellbrook 4-way active splitter
Niel Wolfish; WiNRADiO Excalibur, Delta-2 antenna switch

Antennas:
D-Kaz, 140-ft base x 31-ft apex, at 60 (NOV 6), moved to 30 with
base lengthened to 147-ft (NOV 9 1600+ UTC)
Beverage at 80 : 1500-ft (NOV 6 0000+ UTC), extended to 2000-ft (NOV 7
1200+ UTC)
Reversed-direction BOG, 500-ft at 60 (NOV 7 1400+ UTC)
Variable termination Delta, 100-ft base x 31-ft apex, at 0 (NOV 8
1600+ UTC), moved to 15 (NOV 9 1600+ UTC)
Variable termination SuperLoop, 16 x 50-ft at 60 (NOV 10-11)

Prologue

Brent Taylor

As the only 'local' participant in the DX'pedition, I was beset with
work commitments that took me off site for much of the week. Still, I
had three nights at Listening Waters and was able to get my DX fix.
Nick's DKaz antenna was very impressive, as was Bruce's 2000-ft
Beverage and his new variable termination system that used a motorized
potentiometer. Despite the sun throwing some extra particles Earth's
way during the week, conditions were surprisingly non-auroral.
DXing is usually done solitary, but the fellowship and shared
resources available at a DX'pedition make the hobby so much more fun
and informative. Instead of cruising through pages of internet
information to try to identify a station, it's a real treat to just
lean sideways and say, "Niel, what is usually on 918 with English news
at 2130?" And his answer (Slovenia) is instantaneous. Each DX'er
brought distinct and needed skills to the table. Best of all, they are
great guys.

I'll close with an anecdote: George Dewar, VY2GF, dropped by to see
the setup and lend a hand with antennas. A few days after the
expedition wrapped up he called me on the phone and marveled at the
technical knowledge and antenna expertise he saw at Listening Waters.
He was also surprised that, with the exception of Nick VE7DXR, the
team was devoid of ham operators.

I'm looking forward to the next event, and will re-live it through the
winter as I listen to my SDR spectrum captures!

Niel Wolfish:

Bruce's planning webpage for this year's DX'pedition was entitled
Assignment Africa. From Bruce's list we managed to hear Djibouti,
Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan, Tanzania, Angola, Sao Tome, Benin, Nigeria,
Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Egypt, and of course, South
Africa. I'd say that we handled the assignment quite well. Too bad
that Liberia on 630 or Sierra Leone on 1206 (now a wide-open
frequency) couldn't have reactivated for us this year.

It was great to be back in PEI after a year off and great to spend a
week DX'ing and hanging out with Brent, Bruce, Nick and Walt. Too bad
that Brent couldn't spend the entire week with us. It was the first
time I had DX'ed in a world without all those French and German
stations being on the dial. Instead I have the Romanian national
anthem stuck in my head.

Thank you to Walt for his assistance with Slavic languages, European
pirates and the merits of the various seafood chowders to be had in
Montague PEI. Thank you to Nick for his antenna expertise, spotting
some great DX and keeping me amused every time he remarked how strong
the TA's were. Thank you to Bruce for his expertise too, as well as
his tips and for keeping the webpage up-to-date. And of course, thank
you to Brent for organizing the event, supplying the SuperLoop (and
leaving behind the jar of dry roasted peanuts). Looking forward to
2017, I hope!

Nick Hall-Patch:

My first DXpedition to PEI was four years ago, and I've been looking
forward to returning ever since, just to be able to sit in front of a
computer and SDR with a goofy grin on my face, marveling, as Niel puts
it, at how STRONG all the TA's were. And they were. In addition, this
time I could marvel at how WEAK most of the domestics were barring
those in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. Last time I listened on a
SuperLoop and ALA100 Delta, this time, a DKaz and 2000-ft (eventually)
Beverage were added. The domestics didn't stand a chance; I suspect it
was like DX'ing in Newfoundland. But really, once the SuperLoop was
beefed up with a FLG100 and Vactrol... well heck, we heard South
Africa... and we still don't know what was on 1206. The BOG that was
used heard a number of TA's also but was underpowered, though really
it was an experiment in having a feedline and BOG in the same
package... and it did succeed in that.

TP stations had not been reported from PEI since that expedition in
2012, but we did hear one for sure this time, the Korean jammer on
1053, no need to wait for an ID on the hour (see accompanying
illustration; we too need to get some uniformed helpers to keep our
loggings straight). The one that got away was 4QD-1548... the
frequency offset was correct, just not enough oomph for decent audio.
Next time; Australia would be a real catch from PEI. Whoever ordered
the static, perhaps dial it back a bit in future... and I don't
remember British and Spanish interference on the sunrise TP's from the
last time. That's a serious daylight path.

Thanks especially to Brent for putting this all together, and then
suffering through hearing the stories of what went on while he was at
work. At least we saved South Africa for him. It was great company, a
fine location, and a memorable time.

Walt Salmaniw:

I was thrilled to be invited again to PEI to experience MW DX'ing
(although, I snuck in some SW DX in addition!) from an east coast
perspective. It always astounds me how strong the signals can be,
compared to the west coast, and the hours are SO civilized. I really
enjoyed starting DX'ing around 2 or 3 p.m. in the afternoon! Compare
that to 4:00 a.m. in the morning during our summers on the west coast!

Thanks to excellent internet access, I was very impressed with the
ability to immediately look for internet feed parallels. Without that,
we would never have been able to log Magic 828 from South Africa, as
we could only ID them based on the (Canadian) songs being played in
succession! Wish I'd have the same capability in Masset! I was not let
down by bringing my two Perseus SDR's. When things were hot, I'd
launch Perseus #2 with Mestor, which is very easy on my high end (but
old) Dell laptop, collecting 1600 kHz of spectrum (the entire LW and
MW bands), while DX'ing live on my main Perseus. Worked like a charm,
and the captures were excellent!

I treasured the ability to immediately ask my extremely knowledgeable
fellow DXers: Niel, Bruce, Brent and Nick. Thank you, Gentlemen! I
look forward to future east coast DX'peditions, for sure! Finally, I'm
extremely impressed with Bruce's ability to immediately uploading our
DX results. I'm aware of no other DX'peditions that do this, and makes
it so relevant to others, who can virtually follow us live!

Bruce Conti:

Some random notes: Iran was more challenging to identify than in past
DX'peditions. Instead of being able to use the reliable 1503 kHz
parallel for quick ID, it seemed like more stations were broadcasting
programs independent of each other, although many still used the
familiar IRIB Radio Iran chimes at the top of the hour (our bottom of
the hour). What about that noise on 1062 kHz? A jammer or a defective
transmitter? Reception of Europe was amazing with signals received a
few hours before sunset until sunrise. 720 Greenland was huge, and 531
Faroe Islands a nice surprise. The 1521 Saudi Arabia blowtorch was off
the air for much of the DX'pedition. No sign of India on 1071 or 1566
kHz. Good signals from 917 Nigeria, 1359 Ethiopia, 1377 Tanzania, 1530
São Tome, 1566 Benin, and Eritrea was easy to spot on the old-plan
frequency of 845 kHz.

Tropical DX could be summarized in one word: Disappointing. Not much
beyond the Radio Progreso, Radio Rebelde, and Radio Reloj regulars.
Active antenna splitter problems: The ICE 4-way splitter died early in
the DX'pedition, and then the Wellbrook splitter dropped out. Perhaps
the abnormal-for-this-time-of-year intense lightning noise from an
ocean storm was too much signal for the buffer amplifiers to handle? I
worried that the lightning bursts would damage my receiver too, but it
survived.

Not much time for tourist activities. Other than quick visits to
Panmure Lighthouse and Buffaloland, it was immediately back to work
for this hardcore group after our daily lunch in-town. Many thanks to
all for a great DX'pedition; Brent the Tool Man, Walt the Slavic
language guy, Transpacific Nick, and RNE Niel, hi! Already formulating
plans for the next one. Targeting India and Africa with Beverages at
50 and 100 degrees, maybe. In the meantime, enjoy the following
DX'pedition logbook. Visit the website at www.bamlog.com/2016pedx.htm
for log updates and sample audio files as DX'peditioners review SDR RF
spectrum captures to warm the ears over the winter. [extensive LOGBOOK
followed] ---- (NRC International DX Digest Nov 18 via DXLD)

DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DTV See BRAZIL; MEXICO; PHILIPPINES
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DAB See GERMANY
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DRM See also INDIA; NIGERIA; UNID 6850/6200
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

22 NOV DRM ENTERPRISE AWARD 2016 WINNERS ANNOUNCED
Posted at 14:31h in News, Press Releases by glo34ry

The Digital Radio Mondiale Consortium is delighted to announce that
the recipients of the 2016 DRM Enterprise Award Asia Pacific Region
2016,, jointly sponsored with SAS, the leader in analytics, is awarded
to the team of Radio Republik Indonesia (RRI) engineers at Denpasar,
Indonesia for their support and hard work in running a DRM AM [1206
kHz, HjB] trial in 2016. The winners are: Mr Salwan, Manager of
Technology and New Media Director; Mr Ketut Suandi, Assistant Manager
Transmitter, and Mr Cok Dalem Javadi, Staff of Technology and New
Media unit.

The award aims to stimulate interest in the DRM standard in various
parts of the world that would benefit from the full introduction of
digital radio. The RRI engineers on the beautiful island of Bali were
selected to receive the award in recognition of their work in
preparing a medium wave transmitter to broadcast in DRM during the
Asia Broadcasting Union’s General Assembly in October.

On behalf of RRI, Mr R. Ginging, CTO, also proudly congratulated his
staff for having engaged and worked so well together with Consortium
representatives thus quickly learning about new digital opportunities
for radio broadcasting.

Ruxandra Obreja, DRM Consortium Chair, congratulated the local RRI
engineers as “their work shows how quickly DRM can become part of day-
to-day activity. This proved that the Indonesian public broadcaster
has the talent and capacity to test the latest digital technologies in
their effort to future proof public broadcasting.”

Details of the 2017 DRM Enterprise Award – Africa will be announced at
the beginning of 2017.
http://www.drm.org/drm-enterprise-award-2016-winners-announced/
(via Dr Hansjoerg Biener 23 November 2016, DXLD)

That`s nice, but how come Ruxandra has not been able to get a single
US SW station, government or private, even to test DRM broadcasting
for half an hour a week? (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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

SOFTWARE TO CLEAN UP VOICE READABILITY

http://spectrum.ieee.org/at-work/start-ups/cypher-the-deeplearning-software-that-will-help-siri-alexa-and-cortana-hear-you

Now, what would a DXer do with something like this? Rather than
attempt to eliminate uncorrelated noise, they claim to be able to
emphasize more correlated speech patterns then eliminate everything
else. best wishes, (Nick Hall-Patch, Victoria, BC, Canada, IRCA via
DXLD)

Little SDR DX Patrol Mk3 tested

I just tested my new RTL 2832 based DX Patrol Mk3, both with Android &
Windows. Here a report post:

SDR DX Patrol Mk3 provato su smartphone Android e pc --- Dopo avere
letto un post di Claudio Bianco IK1XPK sull'ultima versione del DX
Patrol, ovvero il DX Patrol Mk3 ho deciso di acquistarlo dire...
https://playdxblog.blogspot.it/2016/11/sdr-dx-patrol-mk3-provato-su-smartphone.html
Ciao (Giampiero Bernardini, Milan, Italy, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

MINIMUM POWER FOR US SWBC STATIONS?

When I last looked (decades ago), the FCC minimum for a shortwave
station transmitter was 50 kW, and the maximum 100 kW. Has that
changed? Don't know what other entities require (Allan Dunn, K1UCY,
Nov 19, NRC-AM via DXLD)

There's still a 50 kW minimum.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/47/73.751
There is no maximum. But that's a USA thing. **I think** the
reasoning dates back to the 1930s:

Domestic network affiliates feared CBS & NBC would build large
shortwave stations covering the entire United States -- and cancel
their affiliations with local stations.

So U.S. shortwave broadcasting was regulated as a strictly
international service. Indeed, the service is called "International
Broadcast Stations" and defined as a service "...the transmissions of
which are intended to be received directly by the general public in
foreign countries."

I think they figured 50 kW was far more power than would be required
to provide a domestic service (especially since an antenna gain of at
least 10dB is also required). Establishing a minimum power would make
it economically ineffective to use shortwave for a domestic service.

That's my theory, anyway. == (Doug Smith W9WI, Pleasant View, TN
EM66, NRC AM via DXLD)

Actually FCC seems to allow lower powers these days: WJHR 15555 kHz
has been operating with 1 kW only; not sure if anything else has been
used since the start in 2009. Best regards, (Mauno Ritola, Finland,
WRTH, NRC-AM via DXLD)

WRTH 2016 does say: ``1 x 0.25 kW (run at 1 kW PEP). F.pl: 1 x 50 kW``

Even if you have a 50 kW capable transmitter, you can get away with
running it at any reduced power you like, and many do. Or it seems, if
you merely *plan* to get a 50! FCC A16 at
https://transition.fcc.gov/ib/sand/neg/hf_web/A16FCC01.txt

(NO corresponding B16 sked is up yet!!) gives the power as 50 kW
officially on ``paper``. SSB or RC/SSB stations can warp the rules to
claim 50 kW as PEP, whatever the transmitter power may really be. I
used to refer to it as a ``glorified ham station``, but it isn`t even
that.

Station website as in WRTH,
http://calvaryscall.org/whbr-radio/
despite strange other call letters within, is titled WJHR Radio, makes
no claim about power, and gets its own frequency wrong:

``Listen to us today! Hours: 1400-2200 UTC (8-4 CST) on World wide
Reception 15.50 mHz`` (Glenn Hauser, DXLD)

AM IMPROVEMENT CAN START WITH THE NOISE FLOOR

The Broadcasters’ Desktop Resource
http://www.theBDR.net
edited by Barry Mishkind – the Eclectic Engineer Focus on Regulation

[November 2016] Whether you call it AM Revitalization or AM
Improvement, many folks feel the emphasis should be on AM. Although
the FCC actions so far have largely consisted of allowing FM
translators to move hundreds of miles and be paired with AM stations,
there is more going on.

Among other initiatives, the FCC Office of Engineering and Technology
has arranged for a Technological Advisory Council (TAC) to meet and
develop information and approaches for a Noise Floor Technical
Inquiry. An outgrowth of the TAC is Docket 16-191, which the FCC has
recently extended indefinitely. . .
http://www.thebdr.net/articles/fcc/rules/NoiseFloor.pdf
Sent from my iPhone (via Dennis Gibson, IRCA via DXLD)

KILL THE CLASS A SKYWAVE PROTEXIONS NOW, NABOB URGES

http://www.radioworld.com/article/kill-the-class-a-skywave-protections-now-nabob-urges/280058
Sent from my iPad (Via Dennis Gibson, IRCA via DXLD)

A long thread ensued on the IRCA list discussing whether this would be
better or worse for DXers (gh, DXLD)

Kill the Class A Skywave Protections Now, NABOB Urges -- Radio World

A group representing 76 black-owned AM radio stations in the United
States is pressing the Federal Communications Commission to get moving
and eliminate skywave protection for Class A stations on the band.

“Elimination of Class A skywave protection and allowing Class D
stations the opportunity to receive some amount of nighttime service,
and allowing Class B stations to improve their nighttime service, will
be an enormous benefit to the communities served by those stations,”
wrote James L. Winston, president of the National Association of
Black-Owned Broadcasters. - See more at:
http://www.radioworld.com/article/kill-the-class-a-skywave-protections-now-nabob-urges/280058
(via Allan Dunn, K1UCY, Nov 22, NRC-AM via DXLD)

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

SUNSPOT CYCLE PLUNGES TO LOWEST LEVEL IN 5 YEARS
Spaceweather.com November 17, 2016

The sun has looked remarkably blank lately, with few dark cores
interrupting the featureless solar disk. This is a sign that Solar
Minimum is coming. Indeed, sunspot counts have just reached their
lowest level since 2011.

Solar Minimum is widely misunderstood. Many people think it brings a
period of dull quiet. In fact, space weather changes in interesting
ways. For instance, as the extreme ultraviolet output of the sun
decreases, the upper atmosphere of Earth cools and collapses. This
allows space junk to accumulate around our planet. Also, the
heliosphere shrinks, bringing interstellar space closer to Earth;
galactic cosmic rays penetrate the inner solar system and our
atmosphere with relative ease. Meanwhile, geomagnetic storms and
auroras will continue--caused mainly by solar wind streams instead of
CMEs. Indeed, Solar Minimum is coming, but it won't be dull (via Mike
Terry, dxldyg via DXLD)

:Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
:Issued: 2016 Nov 21 0507 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 14 - 20 November 2016

Solar activity was very low through the period with only a few
low-level B-class flares observed from Regions 2610 (N16, L=018,
class/area Dao/050 on 17 November), and 2611 (N03, L=291, class/area
Cao/020 on 18 November). No Earth-directed coronal mass ejections
(CME) were observed in available satellite imagery during the
reporting period.

No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit.

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit was at
high levels throughout the period (14-20 November). The maximum flux
of 19,442 pfu was observed at 15/1530 UTC.

Geomagnetic field activity was at quiet to unsettled levels on 14-15
November in response to waning influence from a negative polarity
coronal hole high speed stream (CH HSS). Solar wind speed steadily
decreased from a peak of 681 km/s to period ending values below 400
km/s. Total field ranged between 1 and 7 nT while the Bz component
reached a maximum southward deviation of -6 nT. Quiet conditions
were observed on 16-20 November under an ambient solar wind
environment.

FORECAST OF SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY 21 NOV - 17 DEC 2016

Solar activity is expected to be at very low levels with a slight
chance for C-class flares over the forecast period.

No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit.

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is
expected to be at normal to moderate levels with high levels likely
on 22 November - 07 December, and 10-17 December due to recurrent CH
HSS influence.

Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be at unsettled to active
levels on 21-29 November and 07-11 December, with G1 (Minor)
geomagnetic storm levels likely on 22-24 November, due to recurrent
CH HSS effects.

:Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt
:Issued: 2016 Nov 21 0507 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 2016-11-21
#
# UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest
# Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index
2016 Nov 21 75 8 3
2016 Nov 22 78 20 5
2016 Nov 23 80 35 5
2016 Nov 24 80 30 5
2016 Nov 25 80 20 4
2016 Nov 26 82 12 4
2016 Nov 27 82 10 3
2016 Nov 28 82 8 3
2016 Nov 29 82 8 3
2016 Nov 30 82 5 2
2016 Dec 01 82 5 2
2016 Dec 02 84 5 2
2016 Dec 03 84 5 2
2016 Dec 04 84 5 2
2016 Dec 05 80 5 2
2016 Dec 06 80 5 2
2016 Dec 07 80 15 4
2016 Dec 08 78 12 4
2016 Dec 09 76 18 4
2016 Dec 10 76 20 4
2016 Dec 11 76 10 3
2016 Dec 12 76 5 2
2016 Dec 13 76 5 2
2016 Dec 14 76 5 2
2016 Dec 15 75 5 2
2016 Dec 16 75 5 2
2016 Dec 17 75 5 2
(SWPC via WORLD OF RADIO 1853, DXLD)

GLENN`S PROPAGATION OUTLOOK FOR MEDIA NETWORK PLUS AS OF NOV 24, 2016

Keith, From IPS in Australia, the global HF propagation forecast thru
November 16: normal to fair at low and middle latitude bands, fair at
high latitudes.

From Spaceweather South Africa thru November 26: magnetic conditions
active to unsettled, shortwave fadeouts unlikely, MUF unstable.

From Met Office UK thru November 27. Solar activity very low;
geomagnetic field unsettled to active with some isolated minor storms.

From Petr Kolman in Prague, the Geomagnetic field will be:
active to disturbed on November (25 - 26)
quiet to unsettled on November 27 - 30, December 5 - 6, 11
mostly quiet on December 1, 12
quiet on December 2 - 4, 13 - 14
quiet to active on December 7 - 10

From Spaceweather Canada, most quiet magnetic activity in the polar
and auroral zones December 1 to 6.

From SWPC in Boulder, Geomagnetic field unsettled to active November
21-29 and December 7-11. A and K indices declining from 20 and 4 on
November 25 to 5 and 2, November 30 to December 6, then rising to 20
and 4 on December 10. Solar flux peaking at 84 from December 2 to 4,
down to 75 by December 15.

William Hepburn`s VHF-UHF-microwave DX maps show extreme tropospheric
ducting off the coast of Ecuador November 25 to 27; off the coasts of
Angola and Namibia November 25 to 28; off the central west coast of
India and the northwest coast of Australia, all week to November 29
(via DXLD) ###