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Thanks, Glenn WORLD OF RADIO 1894 contents: Armenia, Australia, Bougainville, Brazil, Cambodia and non, Canada, China, Cuba, Ethiopia, Germany, Guam non, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Indonesia, International Waters and non, Italy, Korea South, Kurdistan non, Lithuania, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, México, Myanmar, Netherlands non, North America, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Sikkim, UAE, USA, Yemen non SHORTWAVE AIRINGS of WORLD OF RADIO 1894, September 5-12, 2017 Tue 2130 WRMI 9455 15770 [confirmed] Tue 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB [confirmed] Wed 1030 WRMI 5850 [confirmed] 9455 Wed 1315 WRMI 9955 Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v Wed 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB [confirmed] Thu 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB [confirmed] Fri 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB [confirmed] Sat 0630 HLR 6190-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Sat 1431 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Sat 1930v WA0RCR 1860-AM Sat 2230 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB Sat 2300 WRMI 11580 Sun 0200 WRMI 11580 Sun 0310v WA0RCR 1860-AM Sun 1030 HLR 9485-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Sun 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB Mon 0300v WBCQ 5130v-AM Area 51 Mon 0330 WRMI 9955 Mon 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 Latest edition of this schedule version, including AM, FM, satellite and webcasts with hotlinks to station sites and audio, is at: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html or http://schedule.worldofradio.org or http://sked.worldofradio.org For updates see our Anomaly Alert page: http://www.worldofradio.com/anomaly.html WORLD OF RADIO PODCASTS: Tnx to Dr Harald Gabler and the Rhein-Main Radio Club. http://www.rmrc.de/index.php/rmrc-audio-plattform/podcast/glenn-hauser-wor ALTERNATIVE PODCASTS, tnx Stephen Cooper: http://shortwave.am/wor.xml ANOTHER PODCAST ALTERNATIVE, tnx to Keith Weston: http://feeds.feedburner.com/GlennHausersWorldOfRadio NOW tnx to Keith Weston, also Podcasts via iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/glenn-hausers-world-of-radio/id1123369861 AND via Google Play Music: http://bit.ly/worldofradio OUR ONDEMAND AUDIO: http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html or http://wor.worldofradio.org DAY-BY-DAY ARCHIVE OF GLENN HAUSER`S LOG REPORTS: Unedited, uncondensed, unchanged from original version, many of them too complex, minutely researched, multi-frequency, opinionated, inconsequential, off-topic, or lengthy for some log editors to manage; and also ahead of their availability in these weekly issues: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/index.php?topic=Hauser NOTE: I have *resolved* to make DXLD leaner, more selective, as I seriously need to reduce my workload, much of which has been merely editing gobs of material into presentable form. This makes it even more important to be a member of the DXLD yg for additional material which may not make it into weekly issues (gh) DXLD YAHOOGROUP: Why wait for DXLD? A lot more info, not all of it appearing in DXLD later, is posted at our yg without delay. When applying, please identify yourself with your real name and location, and say something about why you want to join. Those who do not, unless I recognize them, will be prompted once to do so and no action will be taken otherwise. Here`s where to sign up: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dxld/ ** AFGHANISTAN. NEWS FROM BBC UZBEK TO LAUNCH ON AFGHANISTAN’S AREZO TV --- Last updated: 30.08.2017 at 16.34 Category: World Service http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2017/bbc-uzbek-arezo-tv BBC World Service is expanding in Afghanistan with the launch of a TV news programme for the country’s Uzbek-speaking audience. From Monday 4 September, the BBC Uzbek news bulletins will be broadcast on Arezo TV between 18.00 and 18.10 local time, Monday to Friday. The launch is part of the biggest expansion of the World Service since the 1940s. Broadcast from the BBC’s headquarters in London, the 10-minute programme is presented by the BBC Uzbek journalists, Firuz Rahimi and Luiza Iskandariy. The hard-hitting, dynamic programme will bring interviews, in-depth reporting and analysis of the day’s key international, regional and Afghan developments, delivered by the BBC Uzbek teams in London and Northern Afghanistan, in collaboration with the BBC Afghan service, BBC Persian - and supported by the rest of the BBC’s global newsgathering network. The Uzbek TV Editor, Diloram Ibrahimova, says: “This is an exciting time for us as we expand our presence in Afghanistan. Content from the BBC Uzbek newsgathering team in the country will add a regional dimension to our international news bulletin, to make it relevant to the country’s Uzbek-speakers. We are looking forward to making an impact on Afghanistan’s media scene by serving this very special audience with the BBC’s reporting on current affairs, business, sport and culture. We will do our best to attract young and female audiences.” The launch is part of the BBC World Service’s expansion - its biggest since the 1940s - that includes the enhancement of the BBC’s offer in various regions as well as the addition of 12 new language services in Europe, Asia and Africa. The BBC Uzbek TV bulletins are broadcast by partner channel, Arezo TV, based in Mazar-e Sharif. They add to the existing BBC Uzbek content for Uzbek-speakers in Afghanistan, which includes a special Facebook page - bbcuzbekafghan. In addition to Arezo TV, the bulletins will be streamed on Facebook and the BBC Uzbek Afghanistan YouTube channel. BBC Uzbek has a strong presence on social media, including Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, Google+, Twitter and Odnoklassniki as well as Telegram and WhatsApp. BBC Uzbek’s rich experience of independent reporting has been put into special use on BBC Academy’s journalism training site in Uzbek, also available via http://bbcuzbek.com (via Dr Hansjoerg Biener, DXLD) ** ALGERIA [non]. FRANCE, TDA Telediffusion d'Algerie via Issoudun on August 29: 1800-1858 on 13820 ISS 500 kW / 162 deg to CEAf Arabic Holy Quran px 1903-1913 on 13820 ISS 500 kW / 162 deg to CEAf French news bulletin http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/08/reception-of-tda-telediffusion-dalgerie.html TDA Telediffusion d'Algerie via Issoudun on August 30: 0600-0613 on 9535 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf French news bulletin 0613-0651 on 9535 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf Arabic Nat. Chaine 1 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/08/reception-of-tda-telediffusion-dalgerie_30.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News August 29-30, dxldyg via DXLD) ** ANTARCTICA. Tiny signal noted of R Nacional, Argentine Antarctica on 15475.976 kHz at 1835 UT. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, Sept 5, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) M-F only, nominal 18-21 UT ** ARGENTINA. NUEVAS EMISORAS AUTORIZADAS EN LA ONDA MEDIA ARGENTINA 03/09/2017 [including two more on X-band] Hay importantes novedades para los amantes de la amplitud modulada ya que en breve comenzarán a transmitir nuevas estaciones en la banda, recientemente autorizadas por el Ente Nacional de las Comunicaciones , el ENACOM. Resultado de imagen para enacom [capción] Así, se aprobó el concurso público número con el objeto de adjudicar UNA (1) licencia para la instalación, funcionamiento y explotación de una estación de radiodifusión sonora por modulación de amplitud, Categoría VII, en la frecuencia de 1660 kHz, para la localidad de JUNÍN, provincia de BUENOS AIRES. También, el Organismo aprobó los actos del concurso público convocado, con el objeto de adjudicar una licencia para la instalación, funcionamiento y explotación de una estación de radiodifusión sonora por modulación de amplitud, Categoría VII, frecuencia 1360 kHz, para la localidad de MARÍA GRANDE, provincia de ENTRE RÍOS. Asimismo, el ENACOM aprobó los actos del concurso público convocado oportunamente con el objeto de adjudicar una licencia para la instalación, funcionamiento y explotación de una estación de radiodifusión sonora por modulación de amplitud, Categoría VII, frecuencia 1620 kHz, para la ciudad de CAÑADA DE GÓMEZ, en la provincia de SANTA FE. Finalmente, el Ente Nacional de las Comunicaciones consideró aprobado el concurso público convocado con el objeto de adjudicar UNA (1) licencia para la instalación, funcionamiento y explotación de UN (1) servicio de comunicación audiovisual por modulación de amplitud, en la frecuencia 1540 kHz, Categoría V, en la ciudad de RÍO GALLEGOS, capital de la provincia de SANTA CRUZ (Source? via GRA blog via DXLD) ** ARGENTINA [non]. 9455 slightly stronger than // 9955, the latter also vs Cuban pulse jamming, Aug 30 at 1150, WRMI relaying RAE, YL in Brazuguese but with Argentine Spanish accent, quite a combination, talking about Mexican universities and arts, also serenaded by piano music bed (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ARMENIA. Armenian Public Radio was back again on air, August 29 1745 & 1815 on 9640 unknown tx / unknown to UNID Armenian, strong Off the air at 1905, back at 1925 and off the air at 1944 UT. http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/08/armenian-public-radio-was-back-again-on.html Random reception of Armenian Public Radio on August 30 0651-0700 on 9640 Yerevan tx / unknown to UNID open carrier/dead air 0700-0711 on 9640 Yerevan tx / unknown to UNID Armenian and off air 0729-0741 on 9640 Yerevan tx / unknown to UNID Armenian & off again http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/08/random-reception-of-armenian-public.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News August 29-30, dxldyg via DXLD) Re 17-35: UNIDentified on 9640 in Armenian --- Dear Ivo, I got a clear ID of this station in your recording: "Yerevan ne khosum". They also had news about the national folklore ensemble touring Sweden, the visit of a Lithuanian General etc., i.e. things that a public broadcaster would report about. So one can safely say this is a relay of Armenian Radio domestic service on SW, probably via Gavar. 73, (Cristian Mocanu, Deva, Romania, Aug 29, bclnews.it yg via DXLD) Voice of Armenia also broadcast via CJSC Yerevan Gavar Armenia relay in Assyrian, Greek, Kurdish, Yezidi, Turkish, Azeri, Persian, and Arabic languages too. Armenian Public Radio on new test frequency, August 31: from 0600 UT NF 9580 Yerevan tx / unknown to UNID Armenian, ex 9640 kHz (Ivo Ivanov-BUL, dxld via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 31 via DXLD) 9580even, Armenian Public Radio via CJSC Yerevan Gavar Armenia relay on Aug 31 at S=7-8 signal level here in southern Germany, better signals in remote SDR units in Belgium and U.K. westerly. But the 100 kW signal cut-off TX at Gavar exact 1040:12 UT today. No real signal heard in Moscow Russia, Zakynthos Greece, but poor signals in Genau, Ancona-Rimini, Hungary remote units (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 31 (BC-DX 31 Aug via DXLD) Armenian Public Radio on new test frequency, August 31: from 0600 NF 9580 Yerevan tx / unknown to UNID Armenian, ex 9640 -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, dxldyg via DXLD) Reception of Armenian Public Radio on new test frequency, August 31 0629&1058 NF 9580 tx Yerevan / unknown to ???? Armenian, very good, ex 9640. Transmitter off/on & off/on. On air xx58-xx11 & xx28-xx41, but NOT every hour This is the 10000th post on our blog for the last 6 years since October 2011. http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/08/reception-of-armenian-public-radio-on.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News August 30-31, dxldyg via DXLD) 9580 turns out to be additional for Denge; see KURDISTAN [non]! ** ARMENIA. Radio Mi Amigo International - important message RADIO MI AMIGO needs your assistance. Hello to all Radio Mi Amigo International friends, The next '100 kW high-power broadcast' will be on September, 24 from 19-21 hr CET (17-19 UT) on 11845 in the 25m SW- band. We need your help, you can take part on it and win a Mi Amigo Coffee-cup! This 2hr show will be a special 'Soul/Tamla Motown Show'. What we need? Please send us a e-mail where you mention two of your favourate Soul/Tamla Motown songs (released between 1964-1989). Please tell us also why you choose those songs, or what reminds you about that songs you choose. Please also include your name and complete postal address, as three of you will win a Mi Amigo Coffee-Cup! Please send that mail latest at September, 10 to: studio@radiomiamigointernational.com Our team will air those songs with the mention of your name on September, 24 between 19-21hr CET on 11845 kHz and online: http://radiomiamigointernational.com To all of you, have a great September and keep listening to the 'one and only' original Radio Mi Amigo International! kind regards Cpt. Kord and the whole team http://radiomiamigointernational.com (via Manuel Méndez, Spain, Sept 1, dxldyg via DXLD) ** ASCENSION. 6005, Aug 31 at 0622, BBCWS in English, poor signal but cannot hear any hum which used to accompany this transmitter. Maybe eliminated, as Chris Greenway has forwarded my reports about it to English Bay (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. OzyRadio 5045 kHz & Craig Allen's SW plans Some new news & previously revealed news regarding Craig Allen's SW activity, including some history from me. As I reported here last week OzyRadio (owned & operated by Craig) was due to return to the SW airwaves (5045) in the near future. On August 28th, 2017 OzyRadio returned to shortwave on new 5045 from Razorback near Camden, NSW. Believed first reported by Mauno Ritola & Bryan Clark (0552 UT). This transmitter site was last utilized by Craig for rebroadcast of Vintage FM, Penrith on 3210 back in early 2014. 5045 kHz is licenced for 1 kW, but currently operating with 500 W. Craig reports that the transmission antenna is an inverted V. Back in 2011, Craig utilised an inverted V for 3210, whilst 5050 kHz was using an NVIS antenna, a horizontal dipole with reflector on the ground (hence the NVIS designation). Craig reported late on 29/8/2017 that he had reduced compression of the signal. He's licenced for 6 kHz bandwidth(BW). I've noted a nice sounding 8+ kHz BW signal. Johno from the ARDXC mentioned on 28/8/2017 that Craig Allen had recently acquired two shortwave licences:- Quote (JW): "now has 4850 and 2350 in Alice Springs --- he needs a transmitter" Upon inspection of the ACMA database I see he's licenced for 2350 & 5050 kHz from the existing 8HA/8AL Alice Springs site with 5 kW. Don't expect this to happen for a while, without a transmitter. I 'believe` licence owners can initially list a site for transmission; it doesn't mean that this will be the actual site that is utilised when/if finally to air, but if he does get to air from Alice Springs, the correct site will appear within ACMA records. Currently JW [Johno Wright] is responding to OzyRadio reception reports for Craig with a quick GMail email text reply. If DXers/QSL hunters wanted a unique jpg eQSL, I believe this could be easily organised, but DXers would have to lean heavily on JW & Craig for this to happen. Next Aussie private SW station to hit the airwaves could be 5055 kHz, 4KZ (Ian, Aug 29, Shortwavesites YG via WORLD OF RADIO 1894, DXLD) 5044.98 - ???? 1015 UT 30 Aug 2017 - S3 steady carrier visible on Perseus screen but no audio. Some form of modulation possible, very tentative musical notes heard. Unfortunately no time for extended listening as I am out the door for work. Can't really say that this was Ozy Radio but there was a definite signal there this morning. Of course there are several possibilities that this could be, utility, Havana spur or some other unknown source. I had checked on Tuesday at approx. the same time and saw nothing (Stephen Wood, Harwich, Mass., dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1894, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [and non]. 5045.0, Aug 30 at 1121, JBA carrier from presumed Ozy Radio, much weaker than 5020 Solomons. I fear this is not going to get any better here in deep North America. 1156 recheck, now that other slightly stronger carrier on 5045.8 is on again and hetting. Still weaker than something on 5050, China or India. I was about to ask if anyone else has been hearing the 5045.8, but Ron Howard had already responded to my previous report: ``Hi Glenn, It was back on May 17, that I emailed a DXer in Australia about the fact I had started hearing a decent signal (open carrier) on about 5045.75. Subsequently I have occasionally heard it again, but never for long periods of time. Realized it was just too strong to be associated with any low powered Australian station(s) and must be a utility, which is what you also must have heard today. Never noted with any modulation. Not sure how much QRM, if any, this will generate for Ozy Radio? Ron, San Francisco`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5045, Ozy Radio (presumed). Aug 30 had much better overall propagation than my 28th reception, but with that BBR (China) on 5050 was heard with a decent signal; some of the BBR audio spilled over to 5045, so I had to listen in LSB. Just like Glenn, I also noted the assumed utility signal at 1205, on 5045.8, along with 5045 open carrier, but later utility was not heard. At my local sunrise (1337), thought I would start to catch some audio here, as I did on 28th, but not so; no audio checking through 1406; just an open carrier today, even with the better propagation. Completely different reception than on the 28th, when I had definite audio. Seems every day will have different reception here. Can only hope Craig will increase the power in the future (Ron Howard, San Francisco, at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5045 Ozy Radio reception notes --- Aug 31 Just starting to fade up with bits of audio at 0648, terminator just crossing New Zealand now. Best on the log periodic aimed west. West beverage in 2nd place. Waltzing Matilda at 0656, with Ozy Radio ID. Aug 30 had decent audio with ID and gmail address, Waltzing Matilda around 0730t. Was listening remotely (but to my Perseus) and the log periodic was the clear winner - by default, as I later found the west beverage had been inadvertently changed to another antenna selection. Altho I wasn't listening on the 28 and 29th, Bruce Churchill noted he heard them both nights on my remote Perseus (best on the West beverage). (Don Moman, Lamont, AB, 0701 UT Aug 31, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Logs from Dave Valko in Dunlo, Pennsylvania-USA: Went out to one of the local remote sites to listen earlier today. Here is the report: 31 August 2017: Saw that Ozy R. was on using the web receivers in Bay of Islands New Zealand and Freemans Reach NSW Australia at home before leaving. They were weak so I wasn’t too hopeful. As the road at this site is in line with SE Australia, I decided to try setting up there and running the BOG back along the road. I had no problem setting up and laying out the BOG. Used the MP- 10000 charger. (Wire, matching transformer, 10’ RG8X, choke, 40’ RG174, choke, 2’ RG8X, pre-amp, 2’ RG8X, Perseus). This setup worked quite well. I did take the old 12v gel cells and Velleman with me just in case. Conditions were very noisy. A lot of thunderstorm crashing static. Right off, I was getting a very weak signal from Ozy R. and bits of audio. Then, the signal level suddenly increased from 1037 to 1052, then it suddenly decreased again. Perhaps they went to full 1 kW then. Conditions in general were pretty good. Heard the Malaysians about the best ever. But the noise was just too high. RX: Perseus SDR; ANT: 315 at 270 [315 what? Feet? Meters? gh]. QTH: Lower straight stretch stripcut road along the creek. Duration: 1005-1205 UT Solar Indices: Solar Flux = 87 A Index = 5 K Index = 5 Space weather was minor. G1 geomagnetic storms. Wx: Mostly cloudy then foggy for a time, warm 60 . 5045, AUSTRALIA, Ozy Radio, 1007 M announcer, then W announcer at 1008. 1009 M and W alternating. Too weak to copy. M again at 1025 return. 1028 possible music briefly then M cont[inued?]. Just too weak. Definite music at 1030-1035 with W vocalist, almost recognizable. 1035:20 “Waltzing Matilda”!!! 1037:10 signal suddenly came way up and music plainly audible. Adjusting transmitter power?? Didn’t recognize the song. 1040 Rock but Greek-like song. 1042:50 M announcer with news intro "Coming up is the ?? news", then right into news until 1046 with stories including a house fire, jobs in renewable energy, harassment at university, and an elderly man driving his car into the water. Ending the news was a PSA for recycling mentioning "...in the right bin", computers, and plastics. Then, right back to music with novelty-like song 1046-1048, 1048-1052 another unrecognizable Pop song, 1052:35 Kookaburra and “Waltzing Matilda” briefly, then the signal dropped way back down, and M announcer but barely audible. Obviously adjusting the transmitter every time “Waltzing Matilda” was played. However, at 1100 when “Waltzing Matilda” was heard again weakly, the signal level didn’t increase. Still very weak at 1105 return, 1107 definite talk by W and M. Still there at 1157 but too weak to get audio then. Very happy and please to hear this one. Apparently running with 500 watts. Audio file can be heard using this link: https://app.box.com/s/ze1ehjd83ppyuy4lv849dkm3gqfaw07s (Dave Valko, remote site near Dunlo PA, 31 Aug, DX Fanzine via DXLD) 5045, Sept 2 at 1058, JBA carrier from presumed Ozy Radio, NSW. Ron Howard sends a clip of their frequently-played Waltzing Matilda --- sounds just like the version used by defunct Radio Australia (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5045, Ozy Radio, 1132-1156, Sept 2. Best reception so far! EZL pop songs; just a little bit too weak to be able to ID them; fortunately the most distinctive feature of the broadcast is the old Radio Australia's "Waltzing Matilda" and that came through loud and clear; my audio clip - http://goo.gl/jai54P which was heard at 1156, as well as at 1142, then followed by "Ozy Radio" ID and email address (only able to make out bits & pieces of announcement). After 1156, was unable to again hear any audio (none at all). So seemed to just be a brief spot with unusually good propagation? Very pleased to be able to catch so nice a reception of the Ozy Radio IS. Certainly makes it much easier for us listeners in North America to positively ID this low powered station (Ron Howard, San Francisco, at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1894, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I checked for them last night as well, starting to have audio as early as 0700, in very good at about 0740 and still excellent at another check near 1200. Not quite as good as SIBC 5020. 73 (Don Moman, Lamont, Alberta. 1524 UT Sept 2 ibid.) Hi Glenn, Sent a reception report, including the reference to my audio clip, to: John Wright . Thanks to Johno, for sending the following confirmation on Sept 3: "eQSL --- OZY MUSIC RADIO. Yes can confirm your report of 5045 khz 1142-1156 UTC. 500 watts from Razorback near Camden NSW 25 NM SW of Sydney. 2nd September 2017. Yes here in Eastern Australia there was some good propagation for a change! Regards Johno" (Ron Howard, San Francisco, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1894, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Johno is with the Australian Radio DX Club. It`s not clear what connexion he has to Ozy Radio, but we must assume he has been authorized to issue (or deny?) QSLs for them (gh, DXLD) 5045, Sept 3 at 0635, JBA carrier already detectable from presumed Ozy Radio. Fortunately altho still on, 5040 RHC is dead air. Nearby Sydney sunset not until 0739. 5045 still there but no improvement by 1031 recheck (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1894, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRIA. Radio Joystick, Prince Charlie Show will be on air today Sunday at 1000 UT: "Since 2013 we broadcast via Media Broadcast. The transmitters are located in the small town of Moosbrunn near Vienna, broadcasting our shows on every first Sunday of each month at 12:00 h German time with 100 kW at 7330 kHz on shortwave to Western Europe." http://radiojoystick.de/frequenzen/ (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, 0716 UT Sept 3, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7330, Radio Joystick, Charlie Prince Show, *1000-1020, 03-09, ID. German, ID, pop songs, German, comments. 35433 (Méndez, ibid.) ** BANGLADESH. 9455even, R BGD Betar, Dakha heard on remote Doha Qatar SDR unit at 1334 UT on Sept 1st, S=9+20dB signal, young pair singer and string instrument heard in between. Hit by adjacent CRI Kashgar western China, in Hindi powerhouse transmission on 9450 kHz lower side. 73 wb df5sx, (Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15505, Sept 5 at 1359, Bangladesh Betar carrier has been detectable earlier, now with a bit of IS, and one mis-timepip at 1359:32, opening theme for Urdu, S4 to S2 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BONAIRE. Special transmission MW Venezuela 800 kHz. Dear OM, I just received the mail below from Rocus de Joode about a special transmission on the mediumwave meant for Venezuela. (see text below) Please share this mail to whoever is interested in the targeted area. Greetings, Gérard Koopal English follows below: Estimado amigo de la radioescucha, He obtenido su dirección de E-mail a través de Jeff White, de WRMI en la Florida. Por medio de este mensaje me complace informarle acerca de una posible nueva iniciativa para transmisiones a través de la onda media para Venezuela en los 800 kHz. Iniciaremos nuestras emisiones de prueba a partir del miércoles 30 de agosto durante 7 días a partir de las 16:00 hora local (2000 UT). Como bien comprenderá nos gustaría recibir sus informes de recepción de estas emisiones de prueba para así verificar la calidad de la recepción. Las transmisiones tendrán una duración de 30 minutos y utilizaremos dos sistemas distintos de antena. Le pedimos su amable cooperación en monitorear lo más posible y enviarnos sus informes de recepción a la siguiente y especial dirección de E-mail: test800am@gmail.com Este es nuestro esquema de pruebas : • Fechas de transmisión: del 30 de agosto al 6 de septiembre de 2017 (7 días) • Frecuencia: 800 kHz • Hora de la trasmisión de prueba: 1600-1630 HL / 2000-2030 UT • Antena 1: 1600-1615 HL / 2000-2015 UT • Antena 2: 1615-1630 HL / 2015-2030 UT • Contenido del programa: Información de interés general y música Nos gustaría recibir sus informes de recepción en el siguiente orden: • Fecha de la recepción • Hora de la escucha • Su localidad o ciudad • Calidad de la recepción en los códigos SIO o SINPO tanto para la Antena 1 como la Antena 2. De ser posible, también la indicación del nivel relativo de la señal recibida – medidor S • Calidad del Audio • Tipo del receptor utilizado • Tipo de antena utilizada También apreciaríamos mucho si usted pudiera informar sobre estas transmisiones a otros Dxistas y entusiastas de la escucha de la onda media que usted conozca. También estamos muy interesados en saber sobre la calidad de la señal cuando se escucha a bordo de un automóvil en marcha. En nombre de los participantes en este proyecto quisiera agradecerles de antemano su amable cooperación! Muchos 73! Rocus de Joode Dear radio friends, I received your Email addresses from Jeff White, from WRMI in Florida. Via this message we would like to inform you about a possible new initiative for radio transmissions via mediumwave to Venezuela on 800 kHz. We will perform test transmissions starting on Wednesday August 30 for seven days long at 1600 hours local time (2000 UT). As you can understand we would like to receive test reports in order to verify the quality of reception. The transmissions will be 30 minutes long and we will use two different antenna systems. Therefore we ask you your kind cooperation to monitor as much as possible and report this back to us via this special Email address: test800am@gmail.com This is our test schedule: • Dates of transmission: 30 August – 06 September 2017 (7 days) • Frequency: 800 kHz • Time of test broadcast: 1600-1630 LT / 2000-2030 UT • Antenna 1: 1600-1615 LT / 2000-2015 UT • Antenna 2: 1615-1630 LT / 2015-2030 UT • Program content: General announcements and Music We would like to receive your reception reports in following order: • Dates of listening • Time of listening • Your location or city name • Reception quality in SIO or SINPO for both Antenna 1 and 2. • If possible also an S-meter reading • Audio quality • Type of radio used • Type of antenna used We would appreciate if you also could inform other DX colleagues and radio enthusiasts you know. We are also curious how the signal will perform while driving in a car. On behalf of the initiators of this project I thank you already in advance for your cooperation! 73 from Rocus de Joode (via Hansjoerg Biener, Aug 31, DXLD) This broadcast is certainly via RTM Bonaire, that has time available http://www.twrbonaire.com/files/380/2017-08-14_BonaireMW_Schedule_8.5x11.pdf but most certainly not religious in nature (Comment by Dr. Hansjoerg Biener, ibid.) Why should anyone help them out when they will not even identify who they are??? (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) From where? Bonaire? If so, isn't there just one AM tower and so what would "two different antenna systems" imply? (-- Richard Langley, NB, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Maybe the new 450 kW transmitter also comes with revived direxional capability (gh, DXLD) ** BOUGAINVILLE. 3325, NBC Bougainville, 1134-1138*, on Aug 30. Above average reception (almost fair); pop songs, with DJ in Pidgin. After suddenly going off, frequency was clear (RRI Palangkaraya was very late signing on today!). BTW - NBC Madang (3260), on Aug 30, cut off at 1149*. So both these NBC stations cut off earlier than normal. NBC on 3275 & 3365 still remain silent (Ron Howard, San Francisco, at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 3325, NBC Bougainville, 1153-1157*, Aug 31. Pop song (Faith Hill - "Piece Of My Heart") till suddenly cut off. RRI Palangkaraya off the air today, checking 1157-1352. BTW - NBC Madang, 3260, on Aug 31, cut off at 1204*, while playing Elton John's song Lady Diana - Candle in the wind (Goodbye England's rose) (Ron Howard, San Francisco, at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 3325, NBC Bougainville, 1159-1201*, Sept 1. Montage of songs with several "NBC Bougainville" IDs; 1200 another ID with frequencies; start of a promo in English for "NBC Radio", but cut off before it finished. After closing, RRI Palangkaraya in the clear with the Jakarta news relay, so back on the air again (Ron Howard, San Francisco, at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 3325, NBC Bougainville, 1101-1151*, Sept 3. Another Sunday with an entertaining program by DJ in Pidgin; mix of pop, C&W and religious (Christian) songs; Lionel Richie - "Jesus Is Love," Dolly Parton - "When You Think About Love," Don Williams - "Shot Full Of Love," etc.; many local time checks ("19 past 10"), which would set it apart from local times given by NBC Madang (PNG) on 3260, which happens to be one hour behind Bougainville; decent reception, as very light QRM from RRI Palangkaraya today. BTW - Voice of Indonesia remains silent for yet another day up on 9524.95 (Ron Howard, San Francisco, at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 3325, NBC Bougainville, 1156*, Sept 4. Cut off during Dolly Parton singing "When You Think About Love," which was the same song I heard here yesterday. Again with only light QRM from RRI Palangkaraya (Ron Howard, San Francisco, at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1894, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 3325, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, NBC Bougainville, 1016 Pop song, pause, and island song. 1057 return with live studio M DJ chatter including TC and upcoming program notes, then into another Pop song. 1101 M again, very short canned ToH promo, then same M with ”NBC Bougainville” ID and apparent news past 1104. Still going at 1141 with island music. Decent signal but some ute QRM on the low side for a time. (31 August) RX: Perseus SDR; ANT: 315 at 270 [315 what? Feet? Meters? gh]. QTH: Lower straight stretch stripcut road along the creek. Duration: 1005-1205 UT Solar Indices: Solar Flux = 87 A Index = 5 K Index = 5 Space weather was minor. G1 geomagnetic storms. Wx: Mostly cloudy then foggy for a time, warm 60 . (Dave Valko, remote site near Dunlo PA, DX Fanzine via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. [Re 17-35:] >>> 5990, R. Senado. Brasília (presumed). Just caught this for a few minutes with what sounded like a football match commentary <<< ... which should already rule this out. This used to be coverage from the Senado Federal (Federal Senate), the parliament upper house. It seems that it started after external service and relays of foreign customers had ceased, using the abandoned capacity. And it disappeared already some time ago, well before 6180/11780 kHz went away. Any updates on this? 980 kHz still on air with 230 kW, or maybe now always from separate daytime site and high power station closed altogether? (Kai Ludiwg, Germany, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 11815.024, R Brasil Central GO, 0030 UT Sept 2. 11854.997, R Aparecida, 0035 UT. 11764.650, SRDA Curitiba, 0040 UT. 9629.989, R Aparecida from SP, S=4-5 poor tiny, 0113 UT 9665.907, Voz Missionária Camboriú SC poor to fair S=5-6 at 0114 UT 5939.834, Threshold signal of Brazilian Voz Missionária, Camboriú, SC, tiny and poor S=4-5 0150 UT [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews)(Wolfgang Büschel, log in 0030-0158 UT Sept 2nd range, noted in remote SDR in central FL and at MI-US installation, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 9818.626, Aug 31 at 0323, JBA carrier, presumed latest variant of R. Nove de Julho, which for some weeks had held close to 9819, as on Aug 20 & 26 logged by Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal. Rumen Pankov, Bulgaria, reported it on 9820.1 August 7 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 10000. Sat, Sep 2 at 1856-1906, Observatório Nacional, Rio de Janeiro-RJ, in Portuguese. Woman announcer says right time, each ten seconds. Time Signal station with a very poor signal and modulation, 25432. ON returns signal to my location, after many weeks (Last log on April 13, 2017). (DXer: José Ronaldo Xavier, Location: Cabedelo-PB, Brazil (UTC-3), RX (s): Degen DE1103, Antenna: Longwire, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via WORLD OF RADIO 1894, DXLD) Was off? (gh) 10000, Time Signal Station Observatorio Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, 2103-2108, 02-09, time signals, female voice announcements: “Observatorio Nacional, 18 horas, 3 minutos, 40 segundos”. 24322. (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol, Tecsun PL-880, Sangean ATS-909X, cable antenna, 8 meters, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1894, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 11815.030, Sept 1 at 0530, pop songs at S8-S5, upbeat yet mentioning ``saudade``. Believe it or not, this Rádio Brasil Central is the strongest station on band, better than the only other ZY, Aparecida 11855, and little else propagating with K-index of 4-5 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also UNID ** BULGARIA. SECRETLAND, BVB Dardasha 7 via SPL Secretbrod, August 30 1645-1700 on 11700 SCB 050 kW / 195 deg to EaAf Arabic 1815-1830 on 5900 SCB 050 kW / 126 deg to N/ME Arabic http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/08/reception-of-bvb-dardasha-7-via-spl_30.html Bible Voice Broadcasting via SPL Secretbrod, August 30 1700-1800 on 9400 SCB 100 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Persian Daily 1710-1730 on 11695 SCB 050 kW / 126 deg to N/ME Arabic Mon/Wed http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/08/reception-of-bible-voice-broadcasting_30.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News August 30, dxldyg via DXLD) ** CAMBODIA [non]. [Cf 17-35, cracking down on FM stations relaying VOA, RFA] resulting in? Additional unregistered frequency of Voice of America Sept 2 1330-1430 on 9615 PHT 250 kW / 270 deg to SEAs Khmer, fair signal // frequency 11695 PHT 250 kW / 270 deg to SEAs Khmer as scheduled Very weak signal on both frequencies from 1400 UT, poor propagation http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/09/additional-unregistered-frequency-of.html (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1894, DXLD ** CANADA. Andrew O’Connor has been tapping into Toronto airwaves for three years, broadcasting music he says is undervalued on commercial radio: PIRATE RADIO ARTIST BROADCASTS ‘COMMUNITY ART PROJECT’ TO PARKDALE | Toronto Star Andrew O'Connor hosts a weekly radio show called Disco 3000 (Julien Gignac / Toronto Star) | Order this photo [caption] By Julien GignacStaff Reporter, Wed., Aug. 30, 2017 https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2017/08/30/pirate-radio-artist-broadcast-community-art-project-to-parkdale.html Dissatisfied with commercial radio, Andrew O’Connor decided to shake it up by tapping into Toronto airwaves to broadcast what is, in his opinion, righteous, underappreciated music. Every Thursday the 38-year-old radio guru does just that with Disco 3000, a homespun show that’s been in operation for three years — his tag line: “Good music on the radio.” “Nobody puts together a thoughtful program of music anymore, something that reflects a time in place, an emotion,” he said in his modest apartment. “There’s this notion that we have to coddle people’s ears and never challenge them.” Pirate radio is rare in Canada and is more commonly found in remote areas, like First Nations reserves, O’Connor said. He operates without a license, making his work illegal, technically, but because the range is so limited, he doesn’t see a problem. “I’m under the radar,” he said. “It’s small enough that nobody really notices. The main things that will cause trouble are interfering with somebody else’s signal or broadcasting hate speech, neither of which I come anywhere close to doing.” According to the Radiocommunication Act, interfering or obstructing radio signals is prohibited. “Unauthorized radio broadcasting, including pirate radio, can cause interference to public safety radio operations and aeronautical radio navigation and communications and jeopardize the safety of Canadians,” said a spokesperson in a written statement. O’Connor’s show, which can be found on frequency 87.5 FM between 9 and 11 p.m. every Thursday, was chock-full of genre-defying music. Sun Ra and Harry Partch were played — artists that fit within the experimental, avant-garde vein. Punctuated between sets was O’Connor’s crooning voice, guiding listeners through each song. Last Thursday, O’Connor played Sun Ra’s “Unknown Kohoutek,”a song about a comet that was spotted in our solar system in the 1970s. “If I had to describe it,” O’Connor said, “I’d call it polyrhythmic spiritual jazz, with Sun Ra’s classic organ wizardry.” The broadcast is exclusive to Toronto’s Parkdale neighbourhood. A Star reporter walked around the area with a hand-held radio that evening to determine how far O’Connor’s signal would reach — feedback choked it out along Roncesvalles Ave., Marion St., Jameson Ave. and south of King St. West. If you find yourself within these parameters, however, the transmission will most likely be clear. O’Connor said there are many variables that can affect the broadcast, like weather and quality of the receiver. He said that no night is average, adding that he plays Motown and contemporary hip-hop at times, too. Andrew O'Connor hosts a weekly radio show called Disco 3000. Andrew O'Connor hosts a weekly radio show called Disco 3000. (Julien Gignac) Martin Watson, 34, has been tuning into Disco 3000 since its inception — he listens to it whenever he has a chance, he said. “I get to hear all of these fantastic bands that I’ve never heard on (commercial) radio, outside a few college shows,” he said. “The other thing is the freedom of the format.” Watson added that he enjoys the pure “physicality” of the experience. “I’ve never felt the same sense of immediacy with anything online,” he said. “An analog radio show, you have to be ready at a specific time.” O’Connor prefers his analog rig over the internet because of its old- school way of reaching people. “The fact that I can sit in a room listening to records and this magic box can take it to the antenna, shoot it out into the air and people around me with a different magic box can pull it out of the air and listen with me is a beautiful thing,” he said. He’s been working in the radio arts industry for 20 years freelancing and working on commissioned art projects around the country, which could help explain why he considers his show to be a “community art project.” “I’m interested in someone who’s gonna come along for the ride,” he said (via Mike Terry, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1894, DXLD) ** CANADA. THE WORLD’S SMALLEST SHORTWAVE STATION The world’s smallest shortwave station, the smallest shortwave station of all time without question, had to be a little home made transmitter with a rated output at just 1½ watts. This transmitter was licensed originally under the Canadian callsign VE9CS, it was located at the top of the stairway in a church building in Vancouver British Colombia, it was inaugurated in the latter part of the year 1929, and it was on the air for just a few late night hours each week. The parent mediumwave station for the little shortwave station in Canada was a Christian station CKFC that had moved a few months earlier from the nearby First Congregational Church at 1155 Thurlow Street in downtown Vancouver to the Chalmers United Church at 2801 Hemlock Street on the corner of 12th Avenue. A makeshift production studio was installed in a downstairs Sunday School classroom and the transmitter and a record player were installed at the top of the two storey stairway. The shortwave transmitter was a home brew breadboard unit constructed by Cyril Trott who operated his own radio business under the trade name Radio Service Engineers at nearby 734 Davie Street. Engineer Trott operated the shortwave transmitter VE9CS on 6070 kHz as a service on behalf of the United Church of Canada. In 1931, two years after the little station was inaugurated, approval was granted for operation at 100 watts, though they planned to operate at just 50 watts. However, even this projected improvement was never implemented. Also in 1931, Engineer Trott announced his intention to broadcast a special program beamed to Australia. This information was printed in the Australian radio journal Wireless Weekly, but we would suggest that at just 1½ watts, the shortwave signal probably got lost on the way. However, as time progressed through the 1930s, there was an increase in on air programming, usually on a daily basis around midnight. This increase in programming was for the benefit of local listeners, of whom there were probably very few back at that time. In 1929, the studios and offices of the mediumwave parent station CKFC were moved into the new Stock Exchange Building at 475 Howe Street, though a new out of town location was chosen for the mediumwave transmitter. The evidence would suggest that the little VE9CS transmitter was also then installed at the new mediumwave transmitter location. Seven years later (1936), the parent mediumwave station CKFC was leased to the Standard Broadcasting Co, along with the little shortwave station VE9CS as well. However, during the following year (1937), Standard Broadcasting was taken over by Sun Publishing, and so the studios and offices of mediumwave CKFC were transferred into the Sun Tower at 128 West Pinder Street in Vancouver. When the 17 storey Sun Tower was constructed in 1912, it was the tallest building in the British Empire. The Sun newspaper has long since relocated, though the building has retained its well known name as the Sun Tower. According to the best available information, the callsign for shortwave VE9CS was regularized to CKFX in December 1938, though the old identification lingered on for another year or two. At that stage, shortwave VE9CS-CKFX was on the air at night, usually around 1 or 2 o’clock in the early morning hours. During the year 1940, the licensing authority in the Canadian government asked the parent mediumwave station CKFC to surrender its broadcast license, and in that way station CKFC was closed. However at that stage, another mediumwave station in Vancouver CKWX agreed to take over all of the religious programming from the mediumwave station that was closing, and they also agreed to take over the small shortwave station as well. Mediumwave CKWX was owned by Western Broadcasting and they were in the process of constructing a new transmitter station on Lulu Island Vancouver. The engineering staff built a new 10 watt shortwave transmitter which was co-sited with the new mediumwave facility on Lulu Island. At the same time, the operating frequency for the shortwave unit was changed from 6070 kHz to 6080 kHz. The shortwave antenna at the new location was described as a V beam, which was focused on the isolated coastal communities of British Columbia north of Vancouver. The communication transmitter/receivers in use in those areas back then could readily tune the 49 metre broadcast band, which included of course VE9CS-CKFX. Over the years, several different shortwave antennas were installed for CKFX on Lulu Island, including a half wave omni-directional antenna with 30 buried radials as a counterpoise. Then in March 1993 a new 10 watt transmitter was installed at shortwave CKFX. However, give three more years, and the transmitter malfunctioned. There was no real need for the 10 watt shortwave station, it was little more than a DX novelty, so the transmitter was never repaired nor replaced. That was the final and unceremonious end of the world’s smallest shortwave broadcast station. There were many occasions when the little 10 watt shortwave CKFX was heard way across the Pacific in New Zealand and Australia, and also over there in Europe. They were a very reliable verifier of listener reception reports and loads of international radio monitors in many lands around our world hold the now historic CKFX QSL card in their collection. QOTW165 QSL of the Week: World’s Smallest Shortwave Station Back on November 27, 1936, someone was fortunate enough to hear the world’s smallest shortwave station, with 1½ watts on 6070 kHz. The station was operated at that stage by the Standard Broadcasting System with studios and offices in the Stock Exchange Building at 475 Howe Street in Vancouver, British Columbia. The manila colored QSL card with plain text in black could be used to verify either the shortwave unit VE9CS, or the mediumwave unit CKFC with 50 watts on 1410 kHz (Adrian Peterson, IN, script for AWR Wavescan Sept 3 via DXLD) ** CANADA. 6069.984, CFRX Toronto, S=9+10dB nice signal into Michigan remote SDR. Phone-in program at 0143 UT, talk on drinks, beer, beverages, mineral water [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews)(Wolfgang Büschel, log in 0030- 0158 UT Sept 2nd range, noted in remote SDR in central FL and at MI-US installation, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Yes, noticeably low (gh) ** CANADA. 6754-USB, Sept 5 at 0235, Trenton Military with ``no report received`` from Thule, but does have terminal forecast for Shannon (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA [non]. BIBLE VOICE BROADCASTING. All our Shortwave Programs available for internet listening at (Select Listen and then Language and/or the Broadcaster Name). Programmers love to hear from you directly! Send your reports to or snail mail to: BVB, P. O. Box 95561, Newmarket, Ont. L3Y 8J8, Canada. Dunamis Uganda Shortwave 4750 kHz in 60mb 0600-1000 p.m. local Uganda time! 1500-1900 UT Broadcasting from Mukono, Uganda. [is this active? Not reported in quite a while --- gh] PROGRAMME SCHEDULES - A17 Summer - All times in UTC. ... (BC-DX 31 Aug via DXLD) ** CATALUNYA. 7157-LSB, Aug 30 at 0535, EA3BOX calling CQ DX in English, at least six times with no response. ``Blue Ocean Xray``. He`s Joan Solà Vilaseca, Rambla Vidal 39. 3º B, 17220 Sant Feliu de Guixols, Catalunya, Spain [sic]. This late at night we are more likely to hear Iberia than North America on 40 m. His QRZ.com page bears the colorful independence flag of red and yellow stripes, single white star in a blue triangle, labeled ``Next DXCC Entity: Catalonia``! preceding the Sept 13 referendum (which could result in another civil war?) plus lots of photos of his antennas, etc., and his bare chest. Yes, it`s about time we jumped the gun on this radio country, at least, altho without any SW broadcasters since Playa de Pals was destroyed. I suggest that those who ever logged and/or QSLed Radio Liberty from there should augment their totals retroactively. Does the ITU have a new callsign block QRX? Joan`s lema, still in Castilian: ``Discutir con un imbécil, es como montar en bici estática; Te esfuerzas, sudas, te cansas, te agotas y al final no te lleva a ningun lado......`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CAYMAN ISLANDS. Update --- Since we are vacationing in Grand Cayman at the moment, I checked the FM dial and found that both Radio Cayman 88.9 and Star 92.7 are both transmitting RDS now. There is a new station licensed to 97.7 but it is not on the air. While we were walking downtown we passed by the studios for Star 92.7 and I took two photos for a possible VUD cover. Most all the stations use RDS now. I think I may have made one or two minor edits to the C.I. database. Check http://db.wtfda.org if you have a chance. Thanks (Mike Bugaj, Enfield, CT, -72 30' W/41 59' N, FN31RX, Online since 1999 and still going at http://mikesdx.com Archives: The Original Mike's TV/FM Page with Tuner Mods and Lots of Old Stuff, Aug 31, WTFDA Forum via DXLD) Any chance for AM & FM bandscans, Mike? How's the OTA TV situation? TV scan too? Inquiring minds & all that.... cd (Chris Dunne, Pembroke Pines FL, Aug 31, ibid.) I did a video FM bandscan that topped out at almost 1 gb. Not sure what I can do with that one or if YouTube will take it. As far as AM, I sat outside with a Eton Traveler 3 and all I could hear during the daytime was Cuba. The band was full of them. I think I heard a Radio Martí ID on 1180. AM listening in the hotel room was impossible. Did not hear Cuba on FM this time either (Mike Bugaj, CT, ibid.) FM bandscan - Grand Cayman August 2017 https://youtu.be/lBtjrg7fUK4 I used an Airspy mini for this one. The noise floor way very high. I also brought a portable --- an Eton Traveler III. The RDS on the Eton worked better than the Airspy/HDSDR combination. Unfortunately there is no audio on this bandscan. You'll just have to read the RDS info. Next time I'll try the trusty SDRplay unit instead (Mike Bugaj, Enfield, CT, -72 30' W/41 59' N, FN31RX Online since 1999 and still going at http://mikesdx.com Sept 4, ibid.) ** CHINA. 6035, PBS Yunnan (Voice of Shangri-la), Aug 30, noted cut off at 1201*. They never give a closing ID, but instead usually give the last ID at about 1131; still with the nice English & Chinese ID - "S W liu(6) ling(0) san(3) wu(5). Yunnan Radio and Television International, the Voice Shangri-la". No BBS/Bhutan here today (Ron Howard, San Francisco, at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6035, Yunnan PBS, Chinese. Pop/Dance song at 1159 tune-in, suddenly off in mid-song at 1200:51. No Bhutan this morning unfortunately. Audio file can be heard at this link: https://app.box.com/s/xr3ple3xfjyydkrxxa1qfm5bzkw489z0 (31 August) RX: Perseus SDR; ANT: 315 at 270 [315 what? Feet? Meters? gh]. QTH: Lower straight stretch stripcut road along the creek. Duration: 1005-1205 UT Solar Indices: Solar Flux = 87 A Index = 5 K Index = 5 Space weather was minor. G1 geomagnetic storms. Wx: Mostly cloudy then foggy for a time, warm 60 . (Dave Valko, remote site near Dunlo PA, DX Fanzine via DXLD) ** CHINA. new schedule for Voice of Strait. Sept 1 heard 4900 & 4940 (different programs) at 1206, so tentatively: 6115 kHz. at 1200* (ex 1300*) switches to 4900 kHz. and 9505 kHz. at 1200* (ex 1300*) switches to 4940 kHz. Needs to be actually observed to confirm. 6035, PBS Yunnan (Voice of Shangri-la), 1123-1145, Sept 1. Pop song (Berlin - "Take My Breath Away"); 1133 with clear "Yunnan Radio and Television International, the Voice Shangri-la"; shortly after 1123 sounded like two stations here; other one assumed to be BBS/Bhutan, but unable to tell when it went off the air (Ron Howard, San Francisco, at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1894, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. Beibu Bay Radio, 9820 kHz, 1032–1100. I’ve been looking for this one for a while, but the ionization levels have just been too low and the MUF on the path between here and China wasn’t getting high enough in the hour after our local sunrise. But with yesterday’s big jump in solar flux, the station was quite audible this morning, with a mix of pop music and talk in Chinese. Quick ID heard at 1045. Despite the signal level, the audio quality was pretty ragged because of the upset to the magnetic field. At 1100, it was apparent that another Chinese station had come on the frequency, likely the listed CNR 2, Xianyang, which is scheduled to sign on at 1100. Also suffers from a het on the LSB from the Brazilian on 9819+ (9/5) (Art Delibert, Vineyard Haven, Mass., NRD-545, Pennant antenna with DX Engineering pre-amp, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** CHINA. 11845, Sept 3 at 0018, JBA carrier between RHC 11840 and RHC spur 11850; what could it be? Aoki shows only CNR2, Xiangyang 594 site, 150 kW at 290 degrees, 0000-0900 (except Wednesday = day 4 siesta starting at 0600. I thought it was Tuesdays?) HFCC says 0000- 1100 daily. Anyhow, Commies vs Commies! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) {ARMENIA has been using 11845 for various special booking relays, but not at this time.} ** CHINA [non]. 9570even, ALBANIA BUT MUCH STRONGER, CRI Cërrik powerhouse in English, S=9+35dB at 0107 UT, talk on world economic structure like in EU, China, Japan, Russia, India and Brazil these days. same CRI program also on 9580even, CUBA next door CRI English from Quivicán San Felipe on Cuban island relay site. Same strength in MI-US, but much lower modulation level though. 0108 UT [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews)(Wolfgang Büschel, log in 0030- 0158 UT Sept 2nd range, noted in remote SDR in central FL and at MI-US installation, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA [non]. 7600.16, CLANDESTINE, Sound of Hope. Very surprised to find a signal here at 1146 with music and what sounded like a W talking. Very weak but definitely there. (31 August) RX: Perseus SDR; ANT: 315 at 270 [315 what? Feet? Meters? gh]. QTH: Lower straight stretch stripcut road along the creek. Duration: 1005-1205 UT Solar Indices: Solar Flux = 87 A Index = 5 K Index = 5 Space weather was minor. G1 geomagnetic storms. Wx: Mostly cloudy then foggy for a time, warm 60 . (Dave Valko, remote site near Dunlo PA, DX Fanzine via DXLD) ** CHINA. 9965. Sat, Sep 2 at 1846-1856, China National Radio 1 (CNR1), in Mandarin. It´s a strong jammer-firedrake(*) broadcasting to blocking all RFA transmission this time. Very treble instrumental Chinese songs, mainly violins and drums, 45544. (*) Only music, called Firedragon (DXer: José Ronaldo Xavier, Location: Cabedelo-PB, Brazil, Degen DE1103, Longwire, HCDX via DXLD) ** CHINA. CHINESE TV TOLD TO 'SING THE PRAISES OF THE PARTY' 5 Sep 2017 https://www.afp.com/en/news/23/chinese-tv-told-sing-praises-party AFP/File / STR Chinese Communist Party bosses have told TV producers to make their programmes more patriotic, using 'core socialist values as their guide' instead of chasing ratings with entertaining fare Chinese television is about to get a whole lot more patriotic, after an official directive ordered producers to ramp up the praise of the ruling Communist Party. With just over a month to go until a gathering of party bigwigs that is expected to confirm President Xi Jinping as national leader for another five years, propaganda chiefs are pulling out all the stops to make sure the public feels the fervour. Primetime TV programmes should "sing the praises of the (Communist Party), the motherland, the people and our heroes", intoned a new 14-part policy issued this week. Dramas should "use core socialist values as their guide, with a focus on major revolutionary and historical themes". Ratings-chasing populist pabulum is banned; in its place should be "well thought-out, exquisitely artful and exceptionally well-made television dramas enriching the spiritual and cultural life of the masses". The edict is the latest effort by China's heavy-handed propagandists to control the message in an increasingly boisterous media. Previous attempts have included a clunky rap video protesting against a missile defence system in South Korea, as well as a series of saccharine "bedtime stories" in which an American man detailed China's multi-billion dollar infrastructure plans to his rapt young child. Censors last week berated major network Hunan TV for following a "ratings is king" philosophy and placing "entertainment" before "ideological understanding". Its programme "Where Are We Going, Dad?", which chronicled the travels of celebrity fathers and their children, was yanked from the air after being deemed not "conducive to young people's healthy growth." In June, China told online video makers to eliminate programmes that "damage national image" and "derogate revolutionary leaders". Authorities have also shut down streaming services and celebrity gossip blogs that they said were "catering to the public's vulgar taste". 5 Sep 2017 (via Mike Cooper, DXLD) ** COLOMBIA. 5910.307, Next to powerhouse WHRI 5920, heard S=6-7 not bad fair signal from Alcaraván, nice music program at 0155 UT [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews)(Wolfgang Büschel, log in 0030-0158 UT Sept 2nd range, noted in remote SDR in central FL and at MI-US installation, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. CMBE or CMBU? In the archives of DXLD, we see references to Radio Ciudad de La Habana on 820 kHz. In a 2012 posting, the call sign is given as CMBE. In a 2015 posting, it is given as CMBU. Which is correct? The Radio Cubana website http://www.radiocubana.cu/directorio-de-radio-emisoras-cubanas with a copyright date of 2016 lists CMBE (Richard Langley, Sept 1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Thanks to Wolfy for an off-list response. Nevertheless, the basic disagreements are between Radio Cubana's online listing of its stations (CMBE) and WRTH listings since 2014 (CMBU). In 2012 and 2013, WRTH had CMBE. But, interestingly, on air they are currently using CMCA! WRTH 1993 had it as CMCA when Radio Ciudad was using the Santa Catalina transmitting site. It now uses Arroyo Arenas. The U.S. FCC AM database seems not to have the correct call letters either. In the following recording made during my recent holiday in Florida, you can hear the station using CMCA at around the 08m48s mark in the recording: https://shortwavearchive.com/archive/radio-ciudad-de-la-habana-august-14-2017 It's also archived here: https://archive.org/details/RadioCiudadDeLaHabana0.820MHz14August20172100UTC (-- Richard Langley, NB, Sept 2, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. 1050, Radio Victoria, Las Tunas. 1012 September 1, 2017. "Those Were The Days" in Spanish by non-Mary Hopkin, female announcer, "El Baúl de los Recuerdos" by Karina (a Venezuelan), same female mentioning the program includes songs from Colombia, Ecuador and Chile, so apparently an all-South American music show. Very good signal (Terry Krueger, Clearwater FL, NRD-535, IC-R75, longwires, active loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST) More Cuba, in daytime: DX-PEDITIONS ** CUBA. 9790, CRI via Havana, September 1, 2017, 0442–0449 in Chinese. SIO 434. Music, talk and commentary. Listed language is Cantonese. Some QRM jamming audible, but ineffective. Pop music with talk / commentary, M & F commentators. Very listenable (Vince Henley, Anacortes, WA, Equipment currently in use: Tecsun PL-380, Ten-Tec RX- 340, Drake R8B, ICOM IC-R8600, Sony ICF-2010. Antennas are half-meter whip on PL-380, 1.2 meter whip on ICF-2010, and Alpha-Delta DX-Ultra installed broadside east-west, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) What kind of jamming? Never any noticed here, but other transmitter problems not unusual. One thing the Kubans have not accomplished, yet, is to cross-modulate constant noise jamming on their broadcasts like their Juche comrades (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. 12000, Sept 1 at 0130, RHC is S9 here in suptorted English // 6000, i.e. second harmonic of that this time, rather than a leapfrog within the 25m band, which we also logged recently as 11760 over 11880. 5040, Sept 3 at 0630, RHC open carrier/dead air still on at S9+20, after nominal 0600* 6145, Sunday Sept 3 at 0633, RHC is in undermodulated Esperanto! talk with continuous music bed. Tnx to sloppyrators, wrong frequency, wrong time. Then found // on 6100, 6060, 6000. These four are supposed to stay in English for final repeat until 0700, with Esp`o Sunday tacked on to only one of them. 11760, Sunday Sept 3 at 1501, RHC Esperanto starts properly on single frequency now as all the others have closed. Schedule announced as 1500 on 11760, 2230 on 17730 (I think; NOT: this one has shown up at various times on various frequencies); 0700 on 6000 (even tho the ``0700`` broadcast comes first) (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1894, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 13720, Sept 3 at 1338, pulse jamming of the Cuban kind atop a JBA carrier, presumably only thing scheduled, AIR GOS English to SE Asia from Bengaluru. The ChiCom might be jamming this since it`s from abroad in China`s second language, so maybe their Cuban comrades are helping out? Ha. Similar sound to the senseless Cuban jamming on 13820 against non-Radio Martí. But 13720 has a regular pulse rate of 4 per second, while 13820 is irregular, with more than one jammer in use. 5040, Sept 5 at 2337, Arnie Coro is in progress this Tuesday with `DXers Unlimited`, talking about ham preparations for Hurricane Irma, and unusually reels off RHC English frequencies in evening use without further details, starting with this one. Before he finishes I`m checking the others, in case English be on early, or there be any English on 11880 as scheduled to ``Africa`` this hour --- NO, that one is in wrong language, Spanish, music // 11840, 11760, 11670, 9535, 15230; and not // the alternate Spanish `Mesa Redonda` hour on 11950, Portuguese very poor on 15730; and 6060 is not on yet. Something`s always wrong at RHC. 12020, Sept 5 at 2341, S2 mix of the two Spanish programs as 11880 leaps over 11950 another 70 kHz higher. Reverse leapfrog also audible on 11810. And 12000 with the music, 11760 leaping over 11880 another 120 kHz higher, rather than 2 x 6000 which should be the only // to 11950. 11840 also drags with it the plus/minus 10 kHz parasites on 11830, 11850. 11850 might also be a leapfrog of 11670 over 11760 another 90 kHz higher, but I don`t think so, and also WRMI fortunately never has any RHC QRM on 11580 (now with Ukraine relay in English), a leap of 11760 over 11670 another 90 kHz lower. That could be because 11670 and 11760 are from different transmitter sites; or if from same site, the transmitters, feedlines, antennas are far enough apart not to intermodulate. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CYPRUS. For "Russian Radio of Cyprus" was a surprise information about problems with regulators. In social networks a letter appeared that said that the Ministry of Communications and the Radio Committee of Cyprus, in the fight against the illegal broadcast of broadcasts, began to eliminate the radio station. According to the director of "Russian Radio of Cyprus", Maxim Okulov, for him was a surprise information about the problems of the relationship "Russian Radio Cyprus" with the controlling bodies of the island. "I am in a personal business relationship with the Director of the Broadcasting Service, Mr. Neofitos Epaminondos. We did not receive any questions from him. Broadcasting is carried out on all points in the regular mode", commented the situation of Cyprus Butterfly [sic] Maxim Okulov. On the official website of the Cyprus Radio Television Authority, to which Mr. Okulov refers, "Russian Radio" is not on the list of radio stations broadcasting in Cyprus. The frequencies used by Russkoye Radio in their broadcasting are registered with other radio stations: Top FM Stereo in Nikosia (99.9 FM), Melody Radio in Limassol (103.1 FM), Gialousa 71 & Epilogi in Paphos (100.3 FM ), Radio Magic in Larnaca (102.1). Recall that last week in social networks a letter appeared to clients from the rivals of "Russian Radio of Cyprus", the radio station "Russian Wave" in which, in particular, it was said that "the Ministry of Communications and the Radio Committee of Cyprus, as part of the fight against the illegal broadcast of broadcasts, began liquidation of radio station "Russian radio", as it works illegally on the island and does not have the right to broadcast in Russian." Gleb Nekrasov, cyprusbutterfly.com.cy http://onair.ru/main/enews/view_msg/NMID__66608/ (via RusDX Sept 3 via DXLD) ** EAST TURKISTAN. CHINA/SUDAN, Two programs heard 1720 to 1800 UT Sept 5 on this channel: 7204.975, PBS Xinjiang in Uyghur via Urumqi odd frequency, \\ 6120 11885 kHz, same signal level as: 7205, even fq from Omdurman Radio in Sudan, latter also after 18 UT. S=9+20dB. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ECUADOR. 6050.002, Much tiny on threshold level S=4-5, HCJB Quito At 0148 UT [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews)(Wolfgang Büschel, log in 0030-0158 UT Sept 2nd range, noted in remote SDR in central FL and at MI-US installation, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 5005, Radio Nacional, Bata, now on air with weak, but clear signal, open at 0507, religious songs of Sunday, male, comments, ID “Una compañía segura, somos Radio Bata, en los 102 MHz.” Spanish. 15321 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Log in Friol, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ERITREA. 7181.553, Aug 31 at 0248, S9 open carrier, no doubt Voice of the Broad Masses of Eritrea-1 warming up. No DRM jamming but occasional QRhaM LSB. At 0254, het from another AM carrier about 7182.60 --- that could be a ham, or Ethiopian jammer tuning up to be switched to DRM shortly. But no QRDRM heard by 0317 tune-out. VOBME-1 started programming by 0301, talk in unID language, and the het is off. 0317 a bit of HOA music and more talk. 7140.021, Aug 31 at 0249, S6 open carrier, much weaker, from the other VOBME-2 warming up. Also programming by 0301, bits of music audible. No DRM jamming here either as long as I listen (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [and non]. 7140.021, ERI S=9+20dB, + ETH jamming 7126-7154 kHz, at 1538 UT. 7181.555, ERI, S=9+25dB, + ETH jamming in 7169-7191 kHz range block. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 3) (Wolfgang Büschel, log 1330-1555 on Sept 3 in remote unit at Doha, Qatar, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Very good signal of VOBME 1 Dimtsi Hafash Sept 4 1400-1830 on 7181.4 ASM 100 kW / non-dir to EaAf Tigrinya 1800-1830 on 7181.4 ASM 100 kW / non-dir to EaAf Arabic 1500-1700 strong white noise digital jamming from Ethiopia http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/09/very-good-signal-of-vobme-1-dimtsi.html Very weak signal of VOBME 2 Dimtsi Hafash, Sept 4: 1400-1830 NF 7140.0 ASM 100 kW / non-dir to EaAf Amharic 1500-1700 strong white noise digital jamming from Ethiopia http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/09/very-weak-signal-of-vobme-2-dimtsi.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News September 2-3, dxldyg via DXLD) ** ETHIOPIA [non]. 5940-, Aug 30 at 0530 checking for the new Somali regional station, but it`s really too late; there is a JBA carrier on the lo side, no doubt BRASIL. This frequency is tough with splash from WWCR 5935 unless it is occasionally prop-dropping out (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5940.00, *0358-0425 1.9, Ethiopian Somali Regional State R, Jigjiga, National hymn, Somali songs, 25232, Best 73, (Anker Petersen, Denmark, I heard some early stations on my AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres longwire, wbradio yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1894, DXLD) ** ETHIOPIA [non]. 7235.00, Aug 31 at 0307, talk by two M sounds Arabic, S9. Can`t be R. Ethiopia, since it`s not off-frequency! NDXC search shows it`s Afia Darfur via SAO TOME daily at 0300-0330 only. Ethiopia is also misleadingly listed on 7235.00 starting at 0400 some days with Eritrean clandestines. Too-precise defaults must be overridden! Just say 7235 or 7235v without the unwarranted decimals (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ETHIOPIA. 7235.050, variable in frequency, and hopping around +/-20 Hz, upwards to x.075 within two minutes, at 1533 UT Sept 3 from Gedja Ethiopia, S=9 strength in Doha Qatar. 5940even, "Ethiopian Somali Regional State Radio" from Jijiga SRS, poor S=3-4, tentatively only exciter on air at 1542 UT. Is the NEW RIZ Zagreb, Made in Croatia, 50 kW unit, see under RIZ OR 50 K-04/A 5950even, Radio Tigray Revolution from Gedja, in Tigrinya, S=9+10dB half Hertz lower side, at 1544 UT. 6030even, R Oromiya from Gedja, in Afar, S=9+15dB power, 1546 UT. 6089.999, R Amhara in Amharic, S=9+10dB at 1549 UT, HoA music. 6110even, R Fana in Amharic S=9+15dB, co-channel PBS Xizang Lhasa Baiding transmitter center #602 in Tibet CHINA. 1555 UT. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 3) (Wolfgang Büschel, log 1330-1555 on Sept 3 in remote unit at Doha, Qatar, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6110, Aug 31 at 0318, presumed R. Fana, S9 music, by far the best signal on 49m from this country, but unfortunately splashed by NHK via FRANCE which starts 6105 at 0300 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ETHIOPIA [and non]. GERMANY, Reception of Voice of Oromo Liberation via MBR Nauen, Sept. 1: 1700-1730 15420 NAU 100 kW / 139 deg EaAf Afan Oromo Wed/Fri/Sun, good Jammed by Ethiopia with very strong white noise digital jamming http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/09/reception-of-voice-of-oromo-liberation.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News September 1, dxldyg via DXLD) ** ETHIOPIA [and non]. Radio Xoriyo Ogaden via MBR Issoudun, Sept 2 1600-1630 on 17630 ISS 500 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Somali Tue/Sat Transmission is jammed by Ethiopia with white noise digital jamming http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/09/reception-of-radio-xoriyo-ogaden-via.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News September 2, dxldyg via DXLD) ** FIJI. ABU --- FBC-Fiji Upgrades AM signal --- Fiji Broadcasting Corporation (FBC), in association with the Japanese government and their Grant Aid Programme, has upgraded its AM signal. The new medium wave radio transmission took $15 million and over one and a half years to complete. Under the project, a 60 metre antenna system was successfully installed with two AM transmitters and related buildings. With this launch, listeners in every community in Fiji will now be able to tune into clear and dependable AM signals that will broadcast programmes on the country’s two main stations - Radio Fiji One and English language Gold station. The current medium wave radio broadcast is provided by FBC through a transmitter it acquired in 2000. However, the transmitter faced continuous breakdowns due to aging infrastructure leading to deterioration which resulted in broadcast interruption in 2013. The Exchange of Notes for the grant aid project was signed by Fijian Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama and the then Ambassador of Japan Takuji Hanatani in August, 2015. FBC has also made a documentary on the AM transmitter project: At the launch function, Prime Minister Bainimarama said that through this upgrade Fiji had now achieved a 100 per cent coverage for all outer islands. Ambassador of Japan Masahiro Omura, who was also present at the launch, said the threat of natural disasters has been and will be increasing due to climate change and in order to respond swiftly, appropriate transmission of relevant information is crucial. http://www.abu.org.my/Latest_News-@-FBC-_Fiji_Upgrades_AM_signal.aspx (Posted by: Mike Terry, Sept 1, dxldyg via DXLD) Hello, Is it 50 kW or 100 kW? (Barry Davies, MWCircle yg via DXLD) The 558 transmitter ("Radio Fiji One") is actually 10 kW, Barry. There is supposed to be another Fiji transmitter on 990 ("Radio Fiji Two") as part of the rejuvenation program, but to my knowledge none of us heard it during the Oregon cliff DXpedition last month. 73, (Gary DeBock, WA, ibid.) ** FRANCE. What happened to "Sound Kitchen"? It was missing in my recording of RFI's only English SW broadcast this morning (nominally 0600 to 0700 UT on 11905 kHz). They still managed to fill the hour (Richard Langley, probably Sat Sept 2, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Richard, I'm not sure, this per the website: "Welcome to The Sound Kitchen. You can catch the programme on-the-air every Saturday at 6:15, 7:15, 14:45 and 16:45 universal time. You’ll hear the winner’s names announced and the week’s quiz question, along with all the other ingredients you have grown accustomed to: your letters and essays, “On This Day”, quirky facts and news, interviews and great music … so be sure and tune in every Saturday. This week, you’ll hear a Sound Kitchen "flashback" show – a program which originally aired in February, 2011. Enjoy!" (Mike Terry, ibid.) Thanks, Mike. I generally record this transmission EVERY Saturday. First time I can recall it missing -- there was even a shortened version with a substitute host when was Susan Owensby was recuperating from knee surgery. I think I may have found the reason why. There is a podcast for today's edition but it is a repeat show from 2011: http://en.rfi.fr/culture/20170902-My-proudest-achievement So, perhaps management decided to run another feature on the radio instead. Looks like the same might happen next week with a new version coming on 16 September (Richard Langley, ibid.) ** FRANCE. Unscheduled broadcast of BVBroadcasting via MBR Sept 2 1400-1430 13680 ISS 500 kW / 090 deg WeAs English distorted modulation http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/09/unscheduled-broadcast-of-bvbroadcasting.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News September 2, dxldyg via DXLD) ** GERMANY. Empfangsberichte DWD-Sender Pinneberg --- Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren beim DWD, moin nach Hamburg und Pinneberg, mit den beigefuegten Dateien sende ich Empfangsberichte und MP3 Mitschnitte vom DWD-Sender Pinneberg (Siegbert Gerhard-D, Aug 28) re Empfangsberichte DWD-Sender Pinneberg ... vielen Dank fuer Ihre Empfangsberichte! Wilfried Behncke Nationaler NAVTEX-Koordinator Deutscher Wetterdienst Hamburg Seeschifffahrtsberatung Kundenbetreuung und Vertrieb Internet: Seewettervorhersagen, Newsletter Seewetter: Vorhersagegebiete: - Nordsee - Ostsee - Mittelmeer Telefonauskuenfte (keine zusaetzlichen Gebuehren): + 49 (0) 69 8062 5799 (auch aus dem Ausland abrufbar). Zahl nach Systemabfrage: 1 Wetterlage europaeischer Gewaesser Vorhersagen fuer: 2 Suedwestliche Nordsee, Deutsche Bucht und Fischer 3 Skagerrak, Kattegat sowie Belte und Sund 4 Westerliche und Suedliche Ostsee sowie Boddengewaesser Ost 5 Deutsche Nordseekueste 6 Deutsche Ostseekueste Update taeglich bis 07:00, 13:00 und 20:00 MESZ / CEST. Radio-Sprachsendung (AM, Kurzwelle) Seewettervorhersagen fuer Seegebiete der Nord- und Ostsee auf 6180 kHz taeglich: 06:00-06:30, 12:00-12:30, 20:00-20:15 UTC Mittelmeer: 16:00-16:30, 20:15-20:30 UTC RTTY und Fax, Empfang von Seewetterinformationen (Text als Funkfernschreiben und Karten) ueber Sender Pinneberg, Sendezeiten und Frequenzen: Informationsblatt: Sturmwarnungen und Seewetterberichte fuer die Sport- und Kuestenschifffahrt zum Download: Daten-Abo fuer das Online-System "SEEWIS" zur detaillierten Darstellung von Wettervorhersagedaten inklusive Routenplanung: Informationen: Anmeldung im DWD-webshop unter: (Sabine Broschat-D / Wilfried Behncke-D, via Siegbert Gerhard-D, Aug 28, via BC-DX 31 Aug via DXLD) DWD Deutscher Wetterdienst on new "old" frequency 5905 kHz, Sept 2: 2000-2025 5905 PIN 010 kW / non-dir CeEu German AM mode, weak ex 6180 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/09/dwd-deutscher-wetterdienst-on-new-old.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News September 2-3, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1894, DXLD) ** GERMANY. The station IDing as "Europe's new voice on shortwave" testing again this evening on 6160 kHz with good reception here at 1840 UT. Continuous pop plus canned IDs in English. I heard a strong carrier on 6160 yesterday evening, so guess this was the same transmitter. Announced schedule on 6160 Mon-Sat 1000-1200; 1400-1600 and 1800-2000 UTC and email 6160@shortwaveradio.de. Also mentioned 3975 but not audible here. 73 (Alan Pennington, AOR 7030plus, 30m longwire, BDXC-UK yg Sept 1 via DXLD) See also UAE ** GREECE. 9935.006, V of Greece only on SINGLE frequency this night. S=9+5dB at 0122 UT, Greek folk music played, not on 9420 [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews)(Wolfgang Büschel, log in 0030-0158 UT Sept 2nd range, noted in remote SDR in central FL and at MI-US installation, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Random reception of Voice of Greece on 9935 kHz, Sept 2 0545-0715 on 9935 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Greek tx#1 & off NO SIGNAL on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek tx#3 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/09/random-reception-of-voice-of-greece-on.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News September 1, dxldyg via DXLD) 9935, Sept 2 at 0610, JBA carrier with flutter, and nothing on 9420. VOG is the only station ever known to use 9935. There are NO AVL registrations in HFCC A-17, but EiBi shows an irregular schedule for VOG there (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Random reception of Voice of Greece on 9935 kHz, Sept 2 2020&2100 on 9935 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Greek tx#1, fair NO SIGNAL on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek tx#3 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/09/random-reception-of-voice-of-greece-on_3.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News September 2-3, dxldyg via DXLD) 9935, Sept 3 at 0011, Greek music at S9, but nothing on 9420, another anomaly (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUAM [non]. ARMENIA, Good signal of new broadcast of TWR India Yerevan, Sept 4 1300-1315 on 9410 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg to SoAs English Mon-Sat, then: 1315-1345 on 9410 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg to SoAs Hindi Mon-Fri 1315-1330 on 9410 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg to SoAs Mannipuri Sat 1315-1330 on 9410 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg to SoAs Telugu Sun 1330-1345 on 9410 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg to SoAs Nepali Sat 1330-1345 on 9410 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg to SoAs Hindi Sun 1345-1400 on 9410 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg to SoAs Dogri Mon-Fri 1345-1400 on 9410 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg to SoAs Kashmiri Sat/Sun 1400-1415 on 9410 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg to SoAs Garhwari Mon-Fri 1400-1430 on 9410 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg to SoAs Hindi Sat/Sun 1415-1435 on 9410 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg to SoAs Hindi Mon-Fri 1430-1445 on 9410 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg to SoAs English Sat 1435-1450 on 9410 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg to SoAs English Mon-Fri These transmissions replaced inactive programs of KTWR Asia via Agaña, Guam 1315-1330 on 11585 TWR 100 kW / 293 deg to SoAs Hindi Sun 1315-1330 on 11585 TWR 100 kW / 293 deg to SoAs Mannipuri Sat 1315-1345 on 11585 TWR 100 kW / 293 deg to SoAs Hindi Mon-Fri 1330-1345 on 11585 TWR 100 kW / 293 deg to SoAs Nepali Sat 1330-1345 on 11585 TWR 100 kW / 293 deg to SoAs Hindi Sun 1345-1400 on 11585 TWR 100 kW / 293 deg to SoAs Dogri Mon-Fri 1345-1400 on 11585 TWR 100 kW / 293 deg to SoAs Kashmiri Sat/Sun 1400-1415 on 11585 TWR 100 kW / 293 deg to SoAs Garhwali Mon-Fri 1400-1430 on 11585 TWR 100 kW / 293 deg to SoAs Hindi Sat/Sun 1415-1435 on 11585 TWR 100 kW / 293 deg to SoAs Hindi Mon-Fri 1430-1500 on 9975 TWR 200 kW / 285 deg to SoAs English Mon-Sat http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/09/good-signal-of-new-broadcast-of-twr.html (Ivo Ivanov, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1894, DXLD) ** GUATEMALA. 4055, Aug 30 at 1130, R. Verdad is S9+10, about normal strength, but just barely modulated, suppressed and distorted. Dr Madrid had sent out a call yesterday for help, since the transmitter was malfunxioning, after an electrical outage, probably caused by a power surge. He couldn`t get it to modulate at normal power level. He`s asking for reports from DXers. Now it also has some SSB QRM nearby, unusual. 4055, Sept 1 at 0144, TGAV, Radio Verdad is OFF, as transmitter won`t modulate properly; Dr Madrid no doubt waiting/hoping for some tech assistance. That leaves all of Central America without ANY SWBC station (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1894, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Sin señal de Radio Verdad aquí en España --- Estimado Edgard, Radio Verdad no se recibe aquí en España. Cuando mejor se sinonizaba era entre las 0400 y las 0608 UTC que cerraba, pero llevo varios días que no logro sintonizarla. Un cordial saludo (Manuel Méndez, Sept 2, via Édgar Madrid, Radio Verdad, DXLD) Gracias, Don Manuel Méndez, de Lugo, España, por su valioso reporte de Radio Verdad onda corta. Debo informarle que, el día de anteayer suspendimos nuestras transmisiones de Radio Verdad onda corta, porque, como consecuencia de un apagón de energía eléctrica, se dañaron la tarjeta de Audio y la tarjeta de control en nuestro transmisor. Ahora tenemos que financiar la llegada del Ingeniero desde Canadá para repararlas y revisar todo el transmisor. Estamos comenzando a reunir como Q.1,000.00 dólares para su llegada desde Canadá. Nuestro transmisor estará fuera del aire como por un mes. Le agradezco profundamente su reporte y, como en Guatemala ya no existe correo postal, le envío su Tarjeta QSL por su reporte, y otros obsequios, en forma virtual, para que usted mismo los imprima. Muchas gracias, y que Dios le bendiga. Dr. Édgar Amílcar Madrid, Director y Gerente, Radio Verdad (reply with QSL and other items attached, cc to us and many others, via WORLD OF RADIO 1894, DXLD) The card ``confirms`` that it was OFF (gh) ** HONG KONG. End of 24/7 BBC World Service on 675 MW in Hong Kong and digital radio switch off. Hi Glenn, I recorded the moments when Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) switched off their DAB+ digital radio service at 1600 UT on 03 Sep 2017: https://youtu.be/mllLPqiZfHk At the same time, they ended their 27-year 24/7 BBC World Service rebroadcasting on 675 kHz mediumwave: https://youtu.be/w6ZdJww4Pxs Hope your readers find those videos a little interesting. 73, (YC Mar, Sept 4, WORLD OF RADIO 1894, DX LISTENING DIGEST) HONG KONG REPLACES BBC WORLD RADIO WITH CHINESE BROADCASTER http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-41152231 Hong Kong's public broadcaster has dropped a 24-hour BBC's World Service radio channel, and replaced it with Chinese state radio. The Chinese station broadcasts mostly in Mandarin, not the city's main Cantonese dialect. The BBC service has been broadcast continually on Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) since 1978. Critics say the change is evidence of the gradual encroachment of mainland Chinese state media into Hong Kong. This, they say, is leading to increased censorship in the Chinese territory that was a British colony until 1997. The BBC said it was "always disappointed when a service our listeners are used to changes". But added that the World Service was "doing everything we can to ensure we continue to reach our audiences." It also confirmed the BBC radio station would still be available to listeners overnight on RTHK and available 24 hours via the internet and on the Telstar 18 DTH satellite platform for people in Hong Kong with a domestic satellite dish. An online petition signed by almost 1,000 people said the move would make the city "feel more parochial and inward-looking". But a spokesperson for RTHK told Reuters that the decision was not influenced by politics, and that the adoption of China National Radio would enhance cultural exchanges. It said the BBC channel would still be broadcast for eight hours overnight, and occasionally during weekends. The BBC statement added that RTHK had also "agreed to consider including some BBC World Service English programmes in their daytime schedules". Posted by: (Harold Sellers, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1894, DXLD) HONG KONG RADIO REPLACES BBC WITH CHINESE PROGRAMMING 5 Sep 2017 https://www.afp.com/en/news/206/hong-kong-radio-replaces-bbc-chinese-programming AFP/File / Daniel LEAL-OLIVAS The city's Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) has relayed the BBC World Service live since 1978 but early morning Monday, listeners woke up to the mandarin broadcast of the China National Radio Hong Kong Edition (CNR) Hong Kong's public radio station has replaced its 24-hour BBC World Service broadcast with Chinese state-run programming, in a move the British broadcaster called "disappointing" as concerns grow over Beijing's influence on the semi-autonomous city. Listeners woke up on Monday morning to the Mandarin-language broadcast of the China National Radio Hong Kong Edition (CNR), instead of the World Service, which had been relayed live by Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) since 1978. The BBC said it was "always disappointed when a service our listeners are used to changes" with listeners launching a petition to bring back the World Service. RTHK has a number of different channels offering some programmes in English. The World Service was broadcast on Channel 6, which is now playing CNR. The CNR broadcast includes news, culture and lifestyle programming mostly in Mandarin -- the language most commonly spoken in mainland China. Only some of its content is in Cantonese, which is the dominant language of Hong Kong, leading to criticism that this was another step towards the "mainlandisation" of Hong Kong. RTHK is still running a reduced version of the World Service on a different channel, but only late at night, from 11pm to 7am. China stands accused of tightening its grip on Hong Kong, with critics also blaming the pro-Beijing local government for acting as a puppet. The jailing of prominent young pro-democracy activists last month and the unveiling of a controversial rail link to the mainland that would see a portion of the city come under Chinese law have worsened fears the city's cherished freedoms are being eroded. An online petition against the change to the World Service programming had received over 1,000 signatures by Tuesday morning. "The removal of the BBC World Service from the airwaves makes the city feel more parochial and inward-looking," the petition said. Longtime resident Alex Hofford, who organised the petition, said he had nothing against the CNR broadcast but does not believe it should have come at the expense of the BBC. "This is a sad day for Hong Kong, I'll really miss the Beeb as I drive around Hong Kong during the day," Hofford said. RTHK's head of corporate communications Amen Ng told AFP Tuesday that it was a "difficult decision" due to "limited radio frequency". She described the CNR broadcast as "tailor-made" for Hong Kong. "This is a cultural exchange between mainland China and Hong Kong," Ng added. Hong Kong was handed back to China by colonial ruler Britain in 1997 under a "one country, two systems" agreement designed to protect its freedoms and way of life, but there are growing concerns those rights are now under threat. 5 Sep 2017 (via Mike Cooper, WORLD OF RADIO 1894, DXLD) BBC World Service in Hong Kong - how to tune in Last updated: 04.09.2017 at 19.30 Category: World Service Following the decision by RTHK to restructure their distribution portfolio in Hong Kong, from Monday 4 September 2017 BBC World Service English (WSE) will no longer be available continuously on 675kHz medium wave or on DAB across Hong Kong. The BBC World Service is still available 24 hours a day online for listeners in Hong Kong - and on RTHK FM Radio 4 overnight World Service English language radio is now available to listeners in Hong Kong on DTH broadcasts via Telstar 18 Listeners can also access BBC World Service 24 hours a day via the BBC iPlayer radio app and the RTHK Radio 4 website To help mitigate this change, the BBC has secured carriage for BBC WSE programming on the Telstar 18 DTH satellite platform, allowing those with a domestic satellite dish to receive BBC World Service continuously. RTHK has retained BBC WSE overnight (from 2300 to 0700 local time) on RTHK’s FM frequency Radio 4 (FM 97.6). RTHK has also agreed to consider including some BBC World Service English programmes in their daytime schedules. BBC WSE remains available 24 hours a day online at http://bbcworldservice.com via the BBC iPlayer radio app and on the RTHK Radio 4 website. BBC Press Office http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2017/bbc-world-service-hong-kong 4 September 2017 (via Dr Hansjoerg Biener, WORLD OF RADIO 1894, DXLD) ** INDIA. 4810 (AIR Bhopal) // 5010 (AIR Thiruvananthapuram) // 5040 (AIR Jeypore), at 1238, on Aug 31; special live coverage of the India vs Sri Lanka cricket match held at Colombo; many ads; coverage in English and Hindi; at 1345 not // any more. 4920 (AIR Chennai) was never // (Ron Howard, San Francisco, at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. 9380, Vividh Bharati. Apparent news by M in Hindi. Nice ID at 1135, and into subcontinental music, // 9865 which was excellent. This frequency fair. (31 August) RX: Perseus SDR; ANT: 315 at 270 [315 what? Feet? Meters? gh]. QTH: Lower straight stretch stripcut road along the creek. Duration: 1005-1205 UT Solar Indices: Solar Flux = 87 A Index = 5 K Index = 5 Space weather was minor. G1 geomagnetic storms. Wx: Mostly cloudy then foggy for a time, warm 60 . (Dave Valko, remote site near Dunlo PA, DX Fanzine via DXLD) ** INDIA. Reception of All India Radio in English, Sept 1 1000-1100 on 13695 BGL 500 kW / 120 deg to AUS English 1000-1100 on 15410 BGL 500 kW / 060 deg to EaAs English 1000-1100 on 15770 PAN 250 kW / 120 deg to AUS English 1000-1100 on 17895 BGL 500 kW / 120 deg to AUS English http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/09/reception-of-all-india-radio-in-english.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News September 1, dxldyg via DXLD) 7550, AIR at 2141 // 9445 and 11740 with a man and woman hosting “Faithfully Yours” mailbag program with listeners’ letters and gentle banter and the woman with an acapella subcontinental song at 2143 and the man congratulating her again – Poor Sep 3 Coady-ON 11740, INDIA-GOA AIR (via Panaji) at 2131 // 9445 with “Faithfully Yours” mailbag program with a man and woman with listeners’ letters and gentle banter then the women singing a subcontinental song acapella at 2135 and the man congratulating her – Poor Sep 3 (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Kenwood TS440S or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles, ODXA yg via DXLD) Wrong day of week, Sunday, wrong time: we had that program on Mondays: 2210-2220 India: FAITHFULLY YOURS 7550 9445 9910 9950 11620 11740 [2-weekly from September 4 & 18] Maybe just stuck in as an unscheduled filler? (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn, Unfortunately, I didn't check AIR on 3 September so I do not know if there were any other airings of Faithfully Yours that day. It was aired as scheduled on Monday 4th. By the way, I see from the daily AIR cue sheet at http://airworldservice.org/cuesheet/cuesheet.pdf that the 2330 UT airing on 4 September was actually aired at 0005 UT (Tuesday). It's not a time I normally listen, but I have on occasion seen it scheduled at this time in the past, and I think that it may be the normal regular time on the 1st Monday of the month in order to make way for the monthly half hour Welcome to Studio 1 which gets aired 1st Monday at 2330-2400 UT. Yet more monitoring required. 73 - (Alan Roe, Sept 5, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. AIR Bengaluru testing DRM 7550 kHz --- On Saturday 2 Sept 2017 AIR Bengaluru was noted testing on 7550 kHz in DRM at 0945-1030 UT (Currently there are no transmissions scheduled on SW in DRM by AIR). Yours sincerely, (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur Radio, Hyderabad, India Mobile: +91 94416 96043, http://www.qsl.net/vu2jos, dx_india yg via DXLD) ** INDIA [non]. ARMENIA, Good signal of new broadcast of TWR India Yerevan, Sept 4 1300-1315 9410 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg to SoAs English Mon-Sat and then 1315-1345 9410 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg to SoAs Hindi Mon-Fri 1315-1330 9410 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg to SoAs Mannipuri Sat 1315-1330 9410 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg to SoAs Telugu Sun 1330-1345 9410 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg to SoAs Nepali Sat 1330-1345 9410 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg to SoAs Hindi Sun 1345-1400 9410 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg to SoAs Dogri Mon-Fri 1345-1400 9410 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg to SoAs Kashmiri Sat/Sun 1400-1415 9410 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg to SoAs Garhwari Mon-Fri 1400-1430 9410 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg to SoAs Hindi Sat/Sun 1415-1435 9410 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg to SoAs Hindi Mon-Fri 1430-1445 9410 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg to SoAs English Sat 1435-1450 9410 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg to SoAs English Mon-Fri These transmissions replace inactive programs of KTWR Asia via Guam: 1315-1330 on 11585 TWR 100 kW / 293 deg to SoAs Hindi Sun 1315-1330 on 11585 TWR 100 kW / 293 deg to SoAs Mannipuri Sat 1315-1345 on 11585 TWR 100 kW / 293 deg to SoAs Hindi Mon-Fri 1330-1345 on 11585 TWR 100 kW / 293 deg to SoAs Nepali Sat 1330-1345 on 11585 TWR 100 kW / 293 deg to SoAs Hindi Sun 1345-1400 on 11585 TWR 100 kW / 293 deg to SoAs Dogri Mon-Fri 1345-1400 on 11585 TWR 100 kW / 293 deg to SoAs Kashmiri Sat/Sun 1400-1415 on 11585 TWR 100 kW / 293 deg to SoAs Garhwali Mon-Fri 1400-1430 on 11585 TWR 100 kW / 293 deg to SoAs Hindi Sat/Sun 1415-1435 on 11585 TWR 100 kW / 293 deg to SoAs Hindi Mon-Fri 1430-1500 on 9975 TWR 200 kW / 285 deg to SoAs English Mon-Sat http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/09/good-signal-of-new-broadcast-of-twr.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News September 2-3, dxldyg via DXLD) ** INDONESIA [and non]. 3325, Aug 30 at 1126 music at S6-S4, only hear one station but BFO suggests two. After my TP JBA MW carrier bandscan, check again at 1146, and nothing here! Both NBC Bougainville and RRI must have gone off early. There remain carriers on 3320 from Korea North at 1146, 3260 from PNG at 1147. Among others: see UNID 3240 Atsunori Ishida`s site is always very useful for Indonesian activity: http://rri.jpn.org He`s logged Palangkaraya every day in August, but no entry yet for Aug 30. Generally it relays Jakarta news at 1200, local news at 1400, off at 1700, all times variable by a few minutes. BTW, the last date he heard Ternate 3345 was July 8 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Aug 30, with a rare occurrence! For a period of time there were no Indonesian stations on SW. None at all. 3325, Pro 1 RRI Palangkaraya. After NBC Bougainville cut off at 1138*, no hint of RRI; subsequently still off the air, but by 1232 heard them with fair reception; so came on the air sometime between 1227-1232; at 1237 ended the Jakarta news relay, in Bahasa Indonesia, with patriotic/national song “Dirgahayu Indonesiaku” (should be played throughout the month of August); series of nice IDs for both "Pro Satu RRI Palangkaraya" and the full "Pro Satu Radio Republik Indonesia Palangkaraya"; many promos for "audio on demand . . . audio streaming . . download," for RRI stations; 1400 several RRI Palangkaraya jingles; into their local news; still with fair reception. 9524.95, VOI, off the air; checked 1215-1347. [non-log]. Aug 31, noted Pro 1 RRI Palangkaraya (3325) and Voice of Indonesia (9524.95) both off the air from 1157 to 1352. [and non-log]. Sept 1, with RRI Palangkaraya (3325) back on the air after being silent for the Jakarta news at 1201 for the past two days. While Voice of Indonesia (9524.95) continues silent at 1115+. 9524.95, Voice of Indonesia. After being silent for five days, back on the air Sept 4; better than normal reception; fairly readable; 1151 in Chinese; 1200 into Japanese; 1300 into English; today's program schedule; news and commentary; 1314 "Today in History" - this date in 1998 incorporation of Google (Ron Howard, San Francisco, at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1894, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9524.94, Sept 4 at 1257, VOI very poor S7-S5 signal, but can make out some music and 1258 Japanese closing; 1300 English opening, 1302 news. Atsunori Ishida says this had been missing August 31 to September 3. Current page http://rri.jpn.org includes a neat table of silent RRI stations with month of last reception back thru 2009y, and clips of IDs (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1894, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INTERNATIONAL INTERNET. THE STATE OF PODCASTING IN FIVE CHARTS September 1, 2017 by Max Willens When the IAB kicks off its third annual podcast upfront next week on Sept. 7, it should look and feel very different from previous years. Before last year’s event, attendees anticipated the debut of IAB guidelines for the format. This year, attendees have had months to think about market leader Apple’s launch of analytics for podcasts, sample from the bumper crop of branded podcasts that market leaders like Gimlet Media have produced and process the flurry of funding rounds podcasting companies have announced this summer: $7.5 million for Art19, $15 million for Gimlet and another $15 million for HowStuffWorks. Here is a look at the state of podcasting in five charts. . . https://digiday.com/media/state-podcasting-five-charts/amp/ (via Indiana Radio Watch via John Carver, DXLD) ** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM. SHF Geo-stationary Satellites: 113 W, Eutel 113, 3.900-H / 31350 Msps, Azteca 7 HD with SS commentary on 'the' fight as the fight progressed live (they had a really LONG pre-fight show before hand, but I tuned away to scan for other stuff. The McGregor/Mayweather 'big fight' was in progress as I tuned back in the middle of round 8, but I DID see the TKO in Round 10 live, without having to pay $100! Now ask if I really care. It WAS fun to see it without having to pay a stupid amount though, and I gather this was available throughout Mexico without fee. They are much smarter there than we are here, apparently! 0440-0510, 27/Aug, 8PSK/MPEG2 in 1080i HD. 65% quality and in perfectly (Kenneth Vito Zichi, Williamston MI, Manhattan DJ-1997 FTA receiver +96" movable dish, MARE Tipsheet via DXLD) ** INTERNATIONAL WATERS [and non]. FYI - VoIP Hurricane Net Activation Plans for Hurricane Irma - 9/4/17 Hello to all. VoIP Hurricane Net to activate no later than 6 PM EDT/2200 UT Tuesday Evening 9/5/17 for Hurricane Irma Impacts to the Northern Leeward Islands, the US and British Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. WX4NHC, the Amateur Radio Station at the National Hurricane Center, will activate at 600 PM EDT/2200 UTC Tuesday Evening 9/5/17 for Hurricane Irma Impacts to the Northern Leeward Islands, the US and British VIrgin Islands and Puerto Rico. Updated listen-only capability. Remainder is unchanged. Here are the VoIP Hurricane Net Activation Plans for Hurricane Irma as of 9/4/17 at 545 PM EDT/2145 UT: The VoIP Hurricane Net will activate for Hurricane Irma no later than 6 PM EDT/2200 UTC Tuesday Evening 9/5/17 and WX4NHC, the Amateur Radio Station at the National Hurricane Center, will activate at 600 PM EDT/2200 UTC Tuesday Evening 9/5/17. Hurricane Irma is a Category-IV hurricane and is expected to remain a major hurricane for the next several days as it moves across the area along and north of the Caribbean islands and into the Turks and Caicos Islands and Southeast Bahamas. For that reason, the VoIP Hurricane Net for Irma could be a very prolonged activation because of Irma's track affecting multiple land areas. Impacts to the US East Coast remain uncetrain but some impacts to Florida and the Florida keys look possible at this time and other portions of the US East Coast should monitor closely as we are in the peak of the Atlantic Hurricane Season. Any Amateur Radio Operators in the affected area of Irma or with relays into the affected area of Irma are asked to provide surface and damage reports into the VoIP Hurricane Net for relay into WX4NHC, the Amateur Radio station at the National Hurricane Center. Any SKYWARN Nets active in the local area as Irma moves into Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands that can pass reports to the VoIP Hurricane Net for relay into WX4NHC are welcome to send a net liaison or connect directly at their discretion to the *WX_TALK* Echolink conference node: 7203/IRLP 9219. Stations on All-Star can connect to the Echolink side of the system by dialing *033007203. We appreciate any and all support from Amateur Operators in the affected area or Amateur Operators with relays into the affected area. We are looking for reports based on the National Weather Service SKYWARN Reporting criteria. This can be seen on the VoIP Hurricane Net web site at the following link: http://www.voipwx.net/node/236 Advisories on Irma can be seen off of the Main Menu of the voipwxnet web site, via our Facebook and Twitter feeds, and off the National Hurricane Center web site via the following link: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov Stations outside the affected area who would like to listen into the VoIP Hurricane Net can use any of the following systems for listen-only purposes and can connect on either Echolink or IRLP: *NEW-ENG3* Echolink conference node: 9123/IRLP 9123 *Starlink* Echolink conference node: 357087/IRLP 9255 Stations outside the affected area who would like to listen into the VoIP Hurricane Net can use any of the following systems for listen-only purposes on Echolink: *KA1AAA* Echolink conference node: 269929 *WASH_DC* Echolink conference node: 6154 Stations outside the affected area who would like to listen into the VoIP Hurricane Net can use any of the following systems for listen-only purposes on All-Star by dialing *033270177 or *033009123. An audio livestream has been setup on Youtube through the efforts of W5YAG-Chad Yaggie. That link is listed below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlZWa-hmp0g The VoIP Hurricane Net Management team continues to closely watch Hurricane Irma. Thanks to all for their continued support of the VoIP Hurricane Net! 73, Rob-KD1CY. Director of Operations for the VoIP Hurricane Net Posted by: rmacedo@rcn.com (via STAMPS JR, WILLIAM F, WD8ARZ, South Bend, IN, Sept 4, SWL mailing list via DXLD) http://www.hwn.org/policies/activationplans.html With winds of 175+ knots, there should be a lot of traffic this week. (Chuck Albertson, Seattle, Sept 5, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.: Hurricane Watch Net Activation Plans To insure the latest information, click the "Refresh" button. (Update: Tuesday, September 05, 2017 @ 8:00 AM EDT (1200 UT) Yogi Berra once said, “It’s Déjà vu all over again!” Just as Harvey rapidly intensified overnight, Irma did the same. A few minutes ago, Hurricane Hunter Aircraft found Irma with maximum sustained winds of 175 mph (280 km/h) moving to the west at 14 mph (22 km/h). This is an Extremely Dangerous Situation! The Hurricane Watch Net will activate at 2:00 PM EDT – 1800 UT on our primary net frequency of 14325 kHz. Once activated, we will remain in continuous operation until further notice. Once activated, daytime operations on 14325 will begin at 7:00 AM EDT – 1100 UT each day continuing for as long as propagation allows. Operations on 7268 kHz will begin starting 6:00 PM EDT – 2200 UT and continue overnight. If propagation dictates, we will operate both frequencies at the same time. Note: Operations on 7268 will pause at 7:30 AM ET, and, if required, resume at approximately 8:30 AM ET. This will allow the Waterway Net to conducts their daily net. Should an emergency arise, there will be someone trained to handle the situation. Any change in Net Operation plans will be noted here, on our website, the networks of 14300.00 kHz, and many additional amateur radio networks and media. As with any net activation, HWN requests observed ground-truth data from those in the affected area (Wind Speed, Wind Gust, Wind Direction, Barometric Pressure – if available, Rainfall, Damage, and Storm Surge). Measured weather data is always appreciated but estimated data is accepted. As always, we are praying and hoping for the best yet preparing for the worst. Sincerely, Bobby Graves, KB5HAV, Net Manager, Hurricane Watch Net, (via WORLD OF RADIO 1894, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** IRAN [non]. 12005, Aug 31 at 1750, Fair S7 signal in ME language. Aoki shows it`s R. Farda, 13-18 via Woofferton UK (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ITALY. Marconi Radio International back on the air on 3 September 2017 on 11390 kHz (0730-1130 UT) Please be advised that after about two months of absence, MRI will be back on the air on, Sunday, 3 September 2017, with its original, very old and just refurbished transmitter as follows: 0730-1130 UT on 11390 kHz AM with only 20 watts. Reception reports with audio clips (mp3-file) are welcome and confirmed by QSL verification. Some lucky listeners will ALSO receive our printed QSL card, so don't forget to include your postal address. E-mail: marconiradiointernational (at) gmail.com As usual, we need your help! If you are a DX blogger, or use social networks, please post an announcement on your own blog and/or Facebook or send out a tweet. You can also forward this message to a friend. Last but not least: We kindly ask our listeners, who are still waiting for a QSL verification, to remain patient. All pending reception reports will be acknowledged by the end of September. We hope to hear from a lot of shortwave listeners about our transmissions. Best 73's Marconi Radio International (MRI) ****************************** ****************************** Dopo circa due mesi di assenza, Marconi Radio International (MRI) sarà di nuovo in onda, Domenica 3 Settembre 2017, dalle 07.30 alle 11.30 UTC su 11390 kHz AM. Per l'occasione useremo il nostro vecchio trasmettitore, di recente revisionato, che eroga una potenza di soli 20 watts. Per i vostri rapporti di ricezione scrivete a: marconiradiointernational (at) gmail.com La QSL elettronica è garantita a tutti, mentre la cartolina stampata solo ad alcuni fortunati ascoltatori. Non dimenticate quindi di includere anche il vostro indirizzo postale. Come al solito Vi preghiamo, qualora abbiate un vostro blog dedicato al radioascolto od un profilo su Facebook o altro social network, di pubblicare un annuncio sulle nostre trasmissioni. In alternativa potreste inoltrare il presente messaggio ad un amico. Infine, a tutti gli ascoltatori che sono ancora in attesa di una conferma QSL, chiediamo di avere un po' di pazienza. Tutti i rapporti di ricezione inevasi saranno verificati entro la fine di Settembre. Cordiali saluti (Marconi Radio International (MRI), Sept 1, WORLD OF RADIO 1894, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** JAPAN [non]. 3925 & 3945, Sat Sept 2 at 1113, both JOZs of Radio Nikkei are off already since it`s a weekend (and no Vanuatu or anything on 3945); while the Korean jammers are quite audible on 3910, 3930, 3985 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** JAPAN [non]. Radio Japan NHK World via BaBcoCk Al-Dhabayya [UAE], August 30 1515-1600 on 11775.1 DHA 250 kW / 060 deg to SoAs Urdu http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/08/radio-japan-nhk-world-via-babcock-al_30.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News August 30, dxldyg via DXLD) Maybe hetless now or even audible with Anguilla blown off (gh, DXLD) ** KOREA NORTH. 6070, V. of Korea, Dead air at 1026, IS with M and W ID in Japanese sequence at 1030 then. Fair and choppy signal. Audio file can be heard using this link: https://app.box.com/s/udg1lho9gugpbj596t0p3h4gkkc37rek All the Korean clandestine frequencies jammed, 5995, 6015, 6135, 6350, 6520, 6600, when about at their peak at 1126. Quite strong too. (31 August) RX: Perseus SDR; ANT: 315 at 270 [315 what? Feet? Meters? gh]. QTH: Lower straight stretch stripcut road along the creek. Duration: 1005-1205 UT Solar Indices: Solar Flux = 87 A Index = 5 K Index = 5 Space weather was minor. G1 geomagnetic storms. Wx: Mostly cloudy then foggy for a time, warm 60 . (Dave Valko, remote site near Dunlo PA, DX Fanzine via DXLD) ** KOREA NORTH. Voice of Korea - 4 September 2017 -- English to Europe on 13760 and 15245 kHz at 1330 UT about equal good strength (S9+10dB) as monitored using the U. Twente SDR receiver. Extended commentary on nuclear weapons but, as usual, the cross-over jamming sound in the background makes the program difficult and tiring to understand. Not all VoK broadcasts have the jamming noise. 11645 kHz in English at 1630 UT is coming in fairly well (S9+10dB) via the U. Twente receiver without the noise. Recording. Well, until 1700 at least. CRI in Esperanto signs on, on 11650 kHz, with a huge signal obliterating VoK on 11645. And CNR13 covers VoK on 9890. – (Richard Langley, Sept 4, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. 5965, JAPAN, Shiokaze clandestine broadcast, August 31, 2017 [Thursday] 1348–1402 in English. SIO 555. F announcer, with focus on N. Korea. Excellent, clear, and strong signal. F commentator reading items clearly and deliberately. ID at 1355, followed by message from the government of Japan to North Korea. ID again at 1356. F announcer telling of purpose for broadcast and asking for information about abducted Japanese citizens. Contact information given for online, telephone and surface mail. Sign-off with ID and “have a good day.” Interval music, followed by switch to Japanese language at 1400 (Vince Henley, Anacortes, WA, Equipment currently in use: Tecsun PL-380, Ten-Tec RX-340, Drake R8B, ICOM IC-R8600, Sony ICF-2010. Antennas are half-meter whip on PL-380, 1.2 meter whip on ICF-2010, and Alpha-Delta DX-Ultra installed broadside east-west, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) Not a break until 1405 for that? (gh) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. PALAU, T8WH Angel 5 relay Furusato no Kaze, August 30 1430-1500 on 9960 HBN 100 kW / 345 deg to NEAs Japanese 1600-1630 on 9960 HBN 100 kW / 345 deg to NEAs Japanese http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/08/whri-t8wh-angel-5-relay-furusato-no.html WHRI T8WH Angel 5 relay Nippon no Kaze, August 30 1500-1530 on 9975 HBN 100 kW / 345 deg to NEAs Korean 1530-1600 on 9965 HBN 100 kW / 345 deg to NEAs Korean http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/08/whri-t8wh-angel-5-relay-nippon-no-kaze.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News August 30, dxldyg via DXLD) ** KOREA SOUTH. 1566, HLAZ (Far Eastern Broadcasting Company, FEBC), 1245, Aug 30. Best reception in USB; poor, but clearly in Japanese (matches schedule); religious organ music; some days only have an open carrier here (Ron Howard, San Francisco, at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA SOUTH. KBS World Radio changes Sept 4 From the KBS World Radio website: A17 Frequency Change starting Sept. 4 2017-09-01 --- KBS World Radio English Service is carrying out a major frequency and time adjustment on shortwave as we expand our programming as of September 4. First of all, we will start a new two-and-a-half hour broadcast on 9770 at 0800h UT toward Southeast Asia. The one-hour broadcast on 9515 toward Europe will expand to two hours, and will start at 1500 UT. Our broadcast toward India will be on 9785 instead of the current 9880 and expand to three hours, starting at 1400 UT. Unfortunately, as we add more hours and programs to several frequencies, we will no longer be broadcasting on 9690, 6095 and 7275. For more information on the frequency adjustment and program schedule, please visit our website at http://world.kbs.co.kr (via Andy Sennitt on PCJ Media Facebook)(via Alan Pennington, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) The full revised KBS World Radio schedule from September 4th, including English, is now on their website at: http://world.kbs.co.kr/english/about/about_time.htm 73, (Alan Pennington, Sept 4, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) Viz.: KBS World Radio airs 65 hours and 39 minutes of programming a day on shortwave, mediumwave, and FM. In addition, English, Arabic and Russian programs reach listeners via satellites, with Russian, Indonesian and Spanish programming available on local FM and AM. Effective 4th September 2017 Europe Language Time (UTC) Frequencies (kHz) Korean 1 16:00 ~ 18:00 7275 17:00 ~ 19:00 9515 Korean 2 07:00 ~ 08:00 9860 Russian 13:00 ~ 14:00 9645 18:00 ~ 19:00 12065 English 3 15:00 ~ 17:00 9515 English 4 22:00 ~ 23:00 11810 English 5 22:00 ~ 22:30 WRN 08:30 ~ 09:00 WRN French 19:00 ~ 20:00 6145 German 20:00 ~ 21:00 3955 Spanish 18:00 ~ 19:00 9740 North America Korean 2 14:00 ~ 15:00 15575 English 4 13:00 ~ 14:00 15575 Spanish 02:00 ~ 03:00 15575 South America Korean 2 03:00 ~ 04:00 11810 English 4 02:00 ~ 03:00 9580 Spanish 01:00 ~ 02:00 11810 01:00 ~ 02:00 9605 11:00 ~ 12:00 11795 Southeast Asia Korean 1 08:00 ~ 11:00 9570 Chinese 11:30 ~ 12:30 9770 23:00 ~ 24:00 9805 English 1 08:00 ~ 10:30 9770 English 4 13:00 ~ 14:00 9570 16:00 ~ 17:00 9640 Indonesian 12:00 ~ 13:00 9570 14:00 ~ 15:00 9570 16:00 ~ 17:00 9805 22:00 ~ 23:00 9805 Vietnamese 23:00 ~ 24:00 7275 10:30 ~ 11:30 9770 15:00 ~ 16:00 9640 Middle East Africa Korean 1 16:00 ~ 18:00 9740 Korean 2 09:00 ~ 10:00 15160 Arabic 20:00 ~ 21:00 13585 17:00 ~ 18:00 WRN French 20:00 ~ 21:00 5950 (Issoudun) China Chinese 11:30 ~ 12:30 6095 23:00 ~ 24:00 7215 India English 2 14:00 ~ 17:00 9785 Japan Japanese 01:00 ~ 02:00 9580 02:00 ~ 03:00 11810 Moscow 738 (AM) [via WRN] Russian 17:30 ~ 18:00 20:00 ~ 20:30 00:30 ~ 01:00 04:00 ~ 04:30 06:30 ~ 07:00 10:30 ~ 11:00 13:30 ~ 14:00 15:30 ~ 16:00 Jakarta Indonesian 12:00 ~ 13:00 102.6 (FM) Buenos Aires Spanish 18:00 ~ 18:55 (Monday ~ Friday) 94.7 (FM) Non Direction Korean 1 09:00 ~ 11:00 7275 Korean 2 10:00 ~ 11:00 1170 (AM) 12:00 ~ 13:00 7275 Japanese 08:00 ~ 09:00 7275 08:00 ~ 09:00 6155 09:00 ~ 11:00 9805 11:00 ~ 13:00 1170 (AM) Chinese 13:00 ~ 14:00 1170 (AM) 7275 [English only:] quoted on (WORLD OF RADIO 1894, via DXLD) Frequency and time changes of KBS World Radio English from KIM Sept 4: 0800-1030 on 9770 100 kW / 225 deg SEAs English additional 1400-1700 NF 9785*250 kW / 264 deg SoAs English, ex 9880 1400-1600 1500-1700 on 9515 250 kW / 285 deg WeEu English, ex same 1600-1700 0200-0300 on 9690 100 kW / 225 deg SEAs English, cancelled/deleted 1230-1330 on 6095 250 kW / 290 deg EaAs English, cancelled/deleted 1800-1900 on 7275 250 kW / 305 deg EaEu English, cancelled/deleted *1330-1530 on 9785 KUN 150 kW / 191 deg SEAs Thai/Lao China Radio Int Full updated summer A-17 schedule of KBS World Radio can be found here http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/09/frequency-and-time-changes-of-kbs-world.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News September 2-3, dxldyg via DXLD) ** KOREA SOUTH. 6045, Voice of Freedom. Sept 4, what happened here? Seemed as if VOF had strong carrier, but no audio at all; also here was N. Korea jamming with pulsating noise for the very first time since VOF moved to this frequency; same type of jamming as formerly heard on 5920 when VOF was there. On former VOF frequencies: 6135, still being jammed with strong white noise; 5920 clear; 5940 clear; 6020 with weak Vietnam, but all without VOF (Ron Howard, San Francisco, at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KURDISTAN [non]. ARMENIA [q.v.] ========= Monitoring. September 1. 0745, I accept them at 9580 kHz. 2 women are talking. They mention Iran and Azerbaijan (Alexander Golovihin, Togliatti, Russia / "deneb- radio-dx" via RusDX via WORLD OF RADIO 1894, DXLD) September 1. In Ryazan, it's audible at 4. It looks like it's Kurdish. From 0800 UT to 9580 kHz there is no signal. 2 September. At this time 0750 at a frequency of 9580 kHz is audible Denge Kurdistane. SINPO: 45333. The transmitter disconnected at 0800 (Dmitry Kutuzov, Ryazan, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx", ibid.) ARMENIA, Denge Kurdistan, instead of Armenian Public Radio, Sept.1 0658&0715 on 9580 tx Yerevan / unknown to ???? Kurdish, very good // frequency 11600 KCH 300 kW / 130 deg to WeAs Kurdish, fair/good -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, dxldyg via DXLD) Denge Kurdistan, instead of Armenian Public Radio, Sept 1: 0658-0801 on 9580 tx Yerevan / unknown to ???? Kurdish, very strong // frequency 11600 KCH 300 kW / 130 deg to WeAs Kurdish, good signal http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/09/denge-kurdistan-instead-of-armenian.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News September 1, dxldyg via DXLD) Again Denge Kurdistan, instead of Armenian Public Radio on Sept 2 0658-0801 9580 tx Yerevan / unknown to ???? Kurdish very strong signal // freqy 11600 KCH 300 kW / 130 deg to WeAs Kurdish, good signal http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/09/again-denge-kurdistan-on-9580-instead.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News September 1, dxldyg via DXLD) ARMENIA, Denge Kurdistan on another new frequency 7320 kHz Sept 2 2000-2100 on 7320 tx Yerevan / unknown to ???? Kurdish, very good // frequency 11600 KCH 300 kW / 116 deg to WeAs Kurdish, very good http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/09/denge-kurdistan-on-another-new.html Denge Kurdistan on another new frequency 7520 kHz Sept 3 0700-0800 on 7520 tx Yerevan / unknown to ???? Kurdish, very weak // frequency 9580 tx Yerevan / unknown to ???? Kurdish, very good // frequency 11600 KCH 300 kW / 116 deg to WeAs Kurdish, very good http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/09/denge-kurdistan-on-another-new_3.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News September 2-3, dxldyg via DXLD) ARMENIA Denge Kurdistan on another new frequency 7320 kHz Sept 3 2000-2100 on 7320 tx Yerevan / unknown to ???? Kurdish // frequency 11600 KCH 300 kW / 116 deg to WeAs Kurdish Videos tomorrow -- 73! Ivo Ivanov More and more new frequencies of Denge Kurdistan, Sept 4: 1900-2100 on 7320 tx Yerevan / unknown Kurdish, additional 1900-2100 NF 7520 KCH 300 kW / 116 deg Kurdish, ex 1930-2100 on 11600 Updated schedule of Denge Kurdistan via Issoudun, Yerevan, Grigoriopol 0230-0500 7350 ISS 250 kW / 090 deg WeAs Kurdish as scheduled A-17 0300-0500 7520 tx Yerevan / unknown ???? Kurdish, additional freq. 0700-0800 7520 tx Yerevan / unknown ???? Kurdish, additional freq. 0700-0800 9580 tx Yerevan / unknown ???? Kurdish, additional freq. 0500-1400 11600 KCH 300 kW / 130 deg WeAs Kurdish as scheduled A-17 1400-1600 11600 KCH 300 kW / 116 deg WeAs Kurdish as scheduled A-17 1600-1900 11600 ISS 250 kW / 090 deg WeAs Kurdish ex 1600-1930 11600 1900-2100 7320 tx Yerevan / unknown ???? Kurdish, additional freq. 1900-2100 NF 7520 KCH 300 kW / 116 WeAs Kurdish, ex 1930-2100 11600 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/09/more-and-more-new-frequencies-of-denge.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News September 4, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1894, DXLD) ** KUWAIT. 13645-13650-13655, Aug 30 at 1948, DRM noise at S5-S8; also 15535-15540-15545, DRM noise at S5; R. Kuwait allegedly in Arabic and English respectively. Surely too weak to decode for those so equipped, but could have been readable if in outmoded AM mode, tsk2. Still waiting for them to try this on 17545-17550-17555 Arabic to western North America after 2000, not yet reactivated even in AM (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KYRGYZSTAN. KYRGYZ REPUBLIC, 4010.221, KTRK Kyrgyzstan, KGR1 Birinchi Radio, from Bishkek, Krasnaya Rechka, at 1330 UT and later at 1520 UT Sept 3, weak signal today though. Nothing on \\ 4820v nor 5130 kHz [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 3) (Wolfgang Büschel, log 1330-1555 on Sept 3 in remote unit at Doha, Qatar, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** LITHUANIA. Re: [dxld] Radio Liberty back into Russia via Lithuania Maybe it`s not ``back`` at all. WRTH 2017 shows the only RL broadcasts in Russian as on 1386sit, at 21-03 & 18-19 UT, at least in winter. So if this concern 1386 it`s an upgrade, presuming there has been no interruption; however, the story specifies a site not named Sitkunai. Hard to believe a new LW station (which also requires a big new antenna mast) would be established in this day and age. There is no LWBC any more in Russia, so might be QRM free, barring deliberate jamming, but also receivers becoming sparse or unavailable? Does anyone have any further info on this? (Glenn Hauser, Aug 30, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) They've just set new transmitter in new place in Viesintos https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vie%C5%A1intos and closed Sitkunai. TASS has translated 'long range medium wave transmitter' as 'long wave transmitter'. Don't ask why. http://www.urm.lt/default/lt/naujienos/uzsienio-reikalu-ministras-dalyvaus-jav-lietuvai-perduoto-radijo-siustuvo-inauguracijoje (Victor Rutkovsky, Russia, ibid.) [non]. Radio Liberty stopped broadcasting on mediumwave in Moscow in 2012, however it's still there on 68.3 MHz FM (David Kernick, Interval Signals Online, ibid.) 68.30 turned off 7 years ago (Victor Rutkovsky, ibid.) I stand corrected! The usually-reliable Moskva.FM website still indicates it as current (David Kernick, ibid.) Not updated for a long time? This one is: http://vcfm.ru/vc/Cities/moskva.htm (Kai Ludwig, ibid.) Re: > They've just set new tx in new place in Viesintos https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vie%C5%A1intos and closed Sitkunai. And the switch-over took place already some time ago ("bye-bye Sitkunai" etc.). The exact date should be available from the usual sorces. I think it had been mentioned here, too. Btw, that Nautel NX-200 is the ex-873 kHz one from Weißkirchen. Probably not run at full power (again: check the archives for details). (Kai Ludwig, Aug 31, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 21 April 2017; see: https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/dxld/conversations/messages/96431 (-- Richard Langley, NB, ibid.) ** LITHUANIA. Lithuania starts the "right" radio broadcasts to Russia and Belarus --- The authorities of America handed over to Lithuania a special medium-wave transmitter for the broadcasting of Radio Liberty in Russian and Belarusian languages VILNIUS, Aug. 26 - Sputnik. The solemn ceremony of including a long- range medium-range transmitter, which Lithuania handed over to the United States, will be held on August 29, the press service of the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry reported. The Nautel NX-200 radio transmitter will be equipped at the Veshintu station of the Lithuanian Broadcasting and Television Center in Anikšciai district. Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty programs will be broadcast through it in Russian and Belarusian languages, designed for audiences in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. This transmitter with a capacity of 200 kW will replace the old (75 kW), which has been working for more than 40 years in Sitkunai (Kaunas district). The official opening ceremony will be attended by Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius, the head of the Board of Governors on the US broadcasting issues Andre Mendes, the Minister of Transport and Communications Rokas Masiulis, members of the Seimas, representatives of government agencies, representatives of the US Embassy in Lithuania. The opening ceremony will be held at the Lithuanian Broadcasting and Television Center (13 January, 10) at 15:00. Earlier Sputnik reported that the Foreign Ministry of Germany announced its intention to establish cooperation with the Baltic countries to combat "Russian propaganda." The Office reported that Berlin intends to help Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia create alternative Russian-language media. "We want to help our partners in the Baltic countries to combat systematic disinformation, for this we help create a Russian-language radio station and television, and make these media attractive for those Russian-speakers who live in the three Baltic states," said German Foreign Ministry spokesman Martin Schäfer. He explained that the media, created in cooperation with the FRG, will broadcast in Russian, but to submit information in a different way than the Russian media does, allegedly supplying residents of the Baltic States with fake news. Berlin does not cite any specific cases of publication of unreliable information by the Russian media. The fight against the Russian media is not new Recently, the topic of information struggle with the Russian media has become quite common in European countries. In November, the European Parliament adopted a resolution, which refers to the need to counter the Russian media, while the main threats in the document are the agency Sputnik and the RT television channel. In the resolution adopted by the EP, a number of provisions that border on the proposal to censor Russian media, it is alleged that the Russian Federation allegedly provides financial support to opposition political parties and organizations in the EU member countries, uses the factor of bilateral interstate relations to separate the members of the community. The main information threats to the European Union and its partners in Eastern Europe in the resolution are the Sputnik agency, the RT television channel, the Russkiy Mir Foundation and the federal agency Rossotrudnichestvo subordinated to the Russian Foreign Ministry. Of the 691 deputies who participated in the vote, 304 people voted in favor of the document, against - 179, and abstained - 208. Thus, it is clear that less than half of the voters voted for the adoption of the document. President Vladimir Putin, commenting on the adoption of the resolution, congratulated reporters RT and Sputnik on effective work. He noted that the document testifies to the obvious degradation of the notion of democracy in Western society. According to Putin, he counts on the triumph of common sense and hopes that there will be no real restrictions for the Russian media. http://en.sputniknews.lt/politics/20170826/3758205/litva-nachinaet-translyaciyu-peredach-radio-svoboda-na-rf-i-belarus.html (via Vladimir Kazgunov, Lithuania / "deneb-radio-dx" & "open_dx" via RusDX Sept 3 via DXLD) Amendments to the news: 1) Long waves = a misprint of journalists from the "TASS", crookedly translated the Lithuanian site. In fact, we are talking about the average [medium!] waves of 1386 kHz. 2) The power was and will be 75 kilowatts. The transmitter itself is for 200. 3) "Begin" = mean "OFFICIALLY will begin". Since the actual broadcast (test) from this new transmitter has been going on since April 21, 2017, that is already 4 months. Before that, the old transmitter in Sitkunai had been broadcasting. And this is just a ceremony of official opening and "pressing the red button". Evgenij Tokar https://vk.com/radioby (via RusDX via WORLD OF RADIO 1894, DXLD) ** MALAYSIA. 9835, Sarawak FM. One of the best signals ever. 1132 W announcer in Malay, apparently the news. 1134 very brief announcement by M and into the daily Kor`an program. Came back at 1203 and heard more of the Kor`an recitation. Audio file can be heard using this link: https://app.box.com/s/64hmq5zxdvzq2h1tiszjtmehfl2zs8ol (31 August) 11665, Wai FM, 1202, Pleasant Asian Pop music with an Arabic flavor. Couldn’t stay with it as the laptop battery was about to die. Nice and best heard in a very long time. Audio file can be heard using this link: https://app.box.com/s/64hmq5zxdvzq2h1tiszjtmehfl2zs8ol (31 August) RX: Perseus SDR; ANT: 315 at 270 [315 what? Feet? Meters? gh]. QTH: Lower straight stretch stripcut road along the creek. Duration: 1005-1205 UT Solar Indices: Solar Flux = 87 A Index = 5 K Index = 5 Space weather was minor. G1 geomagnetic storms. Wx: Mostly cloudy then foggy for a time, warm 60 . (Dave Valko, remote site near Dunlo PA, DX Fanzine via DXLD) Hi Glenn, Dave's Malaysian logs had perfect timing, as they were made on Hari Merdeka (Malaysian for "Independence Day"). August 31, 1957 was the day that the Federation of Malaya gained its independence from British colonization; is a national holiday, with celebrations leading up to Sep 16 - "Malaysia Day," which commemorates the establishment of the Malaysian federation on the same date in 1963. It marked the joining together of Malaya, North Borneo, Sarawak, and Singapore to form Malaysia. In past years, RTM reactivated some of their silent SW stations (6050 [Asyik FM], etc.?) for Hari Merdeka and for Malaysia Day. Worth keeping an eye on them, just in case, but as of Sept 3, noted that 6050 remains silent (Ron Howard, San Francisco, Sept 3, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1894, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MARSHALL ISLANDS. New stations heard from West Michigan during the month of August, 2017. Receiver: Microtelecom Perseus SDR; Location: Western Lower Michigan. 1098, V7AB, (presumed) - 1106 UT 8/31/2017 - With weak audio and Bryan Adams song "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You" and then into Celine Dion's "I'm Your Lady", lasting for several minutes during sunrise enhancement, heard on the SW phased BOGs, 6499 miles. Reception video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Az6B1rrhWlE 73, (Tim Tromp, West Michigan, IRCA via DXLD) ** MARSHALL ISLANDS [and non]. Sept 3 DU chase from IL My new Double Corner Fed Flag antenna is up but needs some more and very careful dimensioning, I think. A huge willow tree isn't making this easy. It has more signal (EZNEC says 7 dB) than a DKAZ requiring the same space and height since the two loops are rectangles rather than triangles and therefore have more area underneath them. However, I am not getting as good F/B as I'd like or as I could get from the DKAZ, but it seems adequate for sunrise work to the west. LSR here was 1120 today so I started DXing just a few minutes prior to 1100 in hopes of Tonga but little trace and bad slop from NM. Over to 1098 and V7AB had audio and did so much of the time til about 1131:30 when it seemed it was cut. Music, mostly island music and annouoncer in island language at times. Bothered by slop from KKLL on early and even KEXS running day rig at night clobbering KAAY 1090. I had weak audio at times from 4QR 612 and 2NR 738 but 702 was more interesting usually with 2BL which is just a bit low of 702 sometimes audible but often mixed with NZ which is almost on 702 and had mx and a different annouoncer. NZ rose atop around 1125 for a bit. A third considerably weaker carrier is a bit above 702. My apologies for sending the again, but Gary hasn't learned to keep off the keyboard. http://www.universal-radio.com/catdir/cuscb333.html 73 KAZ Barrington IL Perseus and DCFF aimed west (Neil Kazaross, NRC- Am mailing list via WORLD OF RADIO 1894, DXLD) ! Seems there are over 300 pages of customers` cats on this site (gh) This morning I had my best audio ever from V7AB and at times it was steady and I felt like, while the music wasn't armchair copy, I was at a luau! I started DXing and recording at 1058 UT and noted a decent signal and audio getting past WTAM (not so strong) slop. Then male and then a female announcer. Later on mostly island type music. Quite nice about 1124 and faded down considerably by 1128. LSR was 1122 and many days this type of stuff lasts a [lot?] longer than it did today. No real audio from true DU's noted although 702 seemed close and the carriers from 2BL and NZ were present. I'll start a couple minutes earlier tomorrow in hopes of catching audio on 1017 I can pin down as Tonga's s/off. Something was there this morning, but I need to go back hopefully and listen to it a few times. 73 KAZ Barrington IL Perseus and Double Corner Fed Flag due West (Neil Kazaross, Sept 5, NRC Am mailing list via DXLD) ** MEXICO. 540, Sept 3 at 0606, multi-verse choral NA from WSW, suspected XETX, in the UT-6 zone, yes, full ID follows at 0609 for XETX, Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua. QRM nullable from Los Cuarenta music at much different angle, XEWA SLP (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 580, Aug 30 at 1136, XEMU with Spanish M&W discussing petrol price rises expected at HEB, Walmart, affecting Piedras Negras, due to TX refinery floodings (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 650, Sept 3 at 0605, multi-verse choral NA is playing, off about 0607* after I had tuned away to 540. Timing implies midnight in the UT-6 zone, probably usual dominant XETNT Los Mochis, Sinaloa (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 820, Aug 30 at 1200 UT, romantic Spanish song, 1203 segué to a norteña, never mind any TOH IDs; weak and makes slow SAH with equally weak & nullable WBAP. Suspect it is the usual XEABCA, Mexicali BCN (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. Friday night lights --- MW logs from Friday night. Times & dates Eastern. 73 and Good Listening, from Sun City/Peoria AZ ~ Rick 990, XECL, BN, Mexicali, 9/1, 2350E [0350 UT Sept 2] "12 seconds left in the 4th quarter, and the (Calexico ) Bulldogs" versus (Yuma) Criminals (I had them v. Parker AZ a week ago). Local spots. Fair/Good, steady, alone with SW-2000629, Terk loop. 1700, XEPE, BN, Tecate (Tijuana), 9/1 2330E [0330 UT Sept 2]. Live p- b-p. WHAT-! Turns out to be Navy Academy game ("The Midshipmen) and NOT HSFB. Armchair rx on SW-2000629 and Terk Loop (Rick Barton, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. I spent a few hours on the dials this morning [Sept 3]; signals were pretty good from the south --- 950, XEOJN, San Lucas Ojitlán, OAXACA on 09/03 at 1128 UT, I thought I would check this frequency since KPRC in Houston has been off the air since Hurricane Harvey; I was rewarded with a new logging. They were playing nice Spanish ballads sung in Spanish with orchestral backing. At 1130, a female came on with "…XEOJN La Voz de Chinantla" very clear, then a minute later with full ID by male and female. There was mention of a website. New logging here for me 930, XETLA, Tlaxiaco, OAXACA in with a fair signal at 1137 lively Spanish vocals by male and ID noted, mentions of “La Voz de la Mixteca” and call letters was noted. RELOG here. 1000, XEOY, Ciudad de México, 09/03 at 1115, noted with its usual big signal, “La Mejor” ID’s and also mentions of “Mil AM”. 1030, trying to take advantage with KCTA off the air at present, I usually hear “Radio Centro XEQR”, but all I heard was a jumble of Spanish speaking stations, no sign of XEQR, further listening to recordings is needed to see if there are ID’s. Regards, (James Niven, Austin, Texas, NRC-AM via WORLD OF RADIO 1894, DXLD) ** MEXICO. 1070, unidentified. 1100 September 2, 2017. Anthem from 1100, fade, back briefly with Spanish ballads and Mexi-tunes 1109-1120 fade-out and domestic co-channels. I'd have presumed XEIT Exa FM, Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche, heard here before, but not parallel the Streema stream (Terry Krueger, Clearwater FL, NRD-535, IC-R75, longwires, active loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 6184.998, XEPPM, Radio Educación, culture Latin American like flute music theme at 0135 UT on Sept 2nd. S=8-9 fair in MI-US SDR access [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews)(Wolfgang Büschel, log in 0030-0158 UT Sept 2nd range, noted in remote SDR in central FL and at MI-US installation, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. RADIO EDUCACIÓN, POR FIN EN FM Milenio.com CD. de México 24/08/2017 México Fernando Mejía B. Finalmente, tras muchos años de solicitarlo, Radio Educación, la histórica emisora, primero dependiente de la SEP y ahora adscrita a la Secretaría de Cultura, tendrá una frecuencia en la banda de FM. Operará en el canal 96.5 MHz en la CdMx, entre Radio UNAM (96.1 de FM) y W Radio (96.9). Órgano autónomo Tuvieron que ocurrir varias cosas para que esta emisora ingresara a la FM; destacan dos: la primera, que el otorgamiento de autorizaciones para operar radiodifusoras dejó de ser atribución del gobierno federal, concretamente de la Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes, y pasó a un órgano autónomo, el Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones (Ifetel); ningún gobierno, ni priista ni panista, le dio a Radio Educación oportunidad de crecer: tricolores y blanquiazules decidieron mantenerla exclusivamente en AM, donde la emisora fue perdiendo paulatinamente peso e influencia radiofónicas. La segunda, que por fin la autoridad en materia de radiodifusión aceptó la evidencia de que una estación puede operar con 400 KHz (.400 MHz) de separación con respecto a las emisoras contiguas sin causarles interferencia. Durante muchos años, tanto la autoridad como los radiodifusores comerciales consideraron que ese planteamiento era una locura y se opusieron a que se aplicara en México. HD y multiprogramación La importancia de la decisión tomada por el Ifetel de otorgar a Radio Educación una frecuencia en FM puede apreciarse al observar los resultados de la Encuesta Nacional de Consumo de Contenidos Audiovisuales 2016, publicada recientemente por ese órgano regulador: 71 por ciento de los radioescuchas mexicanos prefiere sintonizar FM y solo 15 por ciento AM. En ese contexto cabe pensar qué hubiera sido de Radio Educación en el futuro de habérsele negado el acceso a FM. Obviamente, el reto para la ahora emisora de la Secretaría de Cultura es enorme. Con la frecuencia en FM podrá transmitir en HD y multiprogramación, deberá colocarse en sintonía con la convergencia tecnológica y utilizar todas las plataformas posibles, tendrá que fortalecer su presencia en internet y seguir transmitiendo en Onda Corta. ¿Devolverá la AM? El otorgamiento de la frecuencia en FM para Radio Educación se hizo con base en el Acuerdo del 15 de septiembre de 2008, publicado por el gobierno de Felipe Calderón, en el cual se establecieron los requisitos para llevar a cabo el cambio de frecuencia de AM a FM y en los “Lineamientos…” para efectuar dicho cambio publicados el 24 de noviembre de 2016 por el Ifetel. Por cierto, si el Acuerdo de 2008 se cumpliera rigurosamente, Radio Educación tendría que devolver en el plazo de un año la frecuencia 1060 de AM, donde opera actualmente, y transmitir, en adelante, solo en FM. Así lo establece el artículo sexto de ese acuerdo: “Vencido dicho plazo, concluirá el derecho del concesionario o permisionario de usar, aprovechar y explotar la frecuencia de AM, y únicamente podrá prestar el servicio concesionado a través de la frecuencia de FM”. Pero existen versiones de que el Ifetel podría darle chance de conservarla. Regeneración radio Junto con la frecuencia otorgada a Radio Educación, el Ifetel está en proceso de asignar otros 40 cambios de AM a FM a diversas empresas de radiodifusión sonora comercial. De esas 32 ya fueron asignadas y ocho deberán someterse a “sorteo” debido a que fueron solicitadas por más de una empresa. Entre los grupos radiofónicos más beneficiados están Radiorama, con ocho frecuencias de FM en los estados de Sonora, Tamaulipas, Estado de México y Puebla; Radio Fórmula, con cuatro en las ciudades de Guadalajara, Guadalupe Nuevo León, Nogales y Nuevo Laredo; ACIR, con dos, una en San Pedro Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, y otra en Guadalupe, Nuevo León. A Televisa Radio solo le fue asignado un cambio de AM a FM, en Monterrey. Dato curioso. En la CdMx se le otorgó cambio de AM a FM a Eduardo Henkel, cuya emisora de AM, ubicada en los 1560 KHz, perteneció primero a Radio Centro y luego al Grupo Monitor, de José Gutiérrez Vivó, quien la vendió a Henkel. Lo curioso es que la frecuencia otorgada a Henkel en FM es 105.3 MHz, donde opera actualmente una estación que no cuenta con autorización para transmitir: “Regeneración radio”, que difunde desde el CCH Vallejo. ¿Dos pájaros de un tiro? Enviado por: "Carlos J. V." (via Juan Franco Crespo, Spain, WORLD OF RADIO 1894, DXLD) ** MEXICO. RADIO TZINAKA CONTINÚA CRECIENDO EN EL AIRE DE MÉXICO 01/09/2017 https://gruporadioescuchaargentino.wordpress.com/2017/09/01/radio-tzinaka-continua-creciendo-en-el-aire-de-mexico/ Radio Tzinaka lleva cinco años transmitiendo desde y para la comunidad de San Miguel Tzinacapan, en del municipio de Cuetzalan. El proyecto nació en 2012 después de una serie de talleres de radio con jóvenes, que terminó convirtiéndose en un sondeo entre los habitantes de San Miguel para saber si querían tener una radio comunitaria local. Resultado de imagen para Radio Tzinaka [capción] Después de un par de meses de prueba, a la comunidad le gustó y quiso mantener su propia radio. Tras media década de existir, Radio Tzinaka tiene ahora siete personas que la hacen funcionar y difundir la identidad maseual de la comunidad, la lengua náhuatl, sus tradiciones e historia. Y el equipo de la emisora comunitaria ha iniciado una campaña de fondeo en Donadora para juntar 30 mil pesos y pagarle a dos personas durante siete meses. “En total somos seis o siete colaboradores, y lo que estamos pretendiendo es que a dos de quienes colaboran se les retribuya el tiempo que están en la radio porque básicamente están más de ocho horas diarias”, explica Paty, una de las colaboradoras. “También sabemos -continúa- que todo lo que hacemos es servicio a la comunidad prácticamente, no recibimos salario por prestar nuestro servicio pero sí consideramos necesario retribuir a estas dos personas que están ahora sí que de base en la radio”. Paty y Nacho, ambos parte de la radio, contaron a LADO B que lanzaron la campaña a principios de agosto y que en las primeras dos semanas juntaron casi diez mil pesos. La respuesta ha sido buena. En esta primera experiencia de un fondeo por medio de redes, que termina a mediados de septiembre, Radio Tzinaka ha reforzado la certeza de que la gente sí quiere a la radio y cree en el proyecto. Las donaciones se pueden hacer a partir de los cien pesos en Donadora, con opciones de depositar para quienes no tienen tarjeta. Las recompensas van desde postales digitales hasta dulces y una lotería en náhuatl hechas por personas de San Miguel Tzinacapan. http://ladobe.com.mx/ (via GRA blog via DXLD) WTFK? Searching WTFDA FM Database on Tzinaka, no hits. Google finds it in Puebla state, and there is no such station under Puebla in the IRCA Mexican Log. Probably a pirate more likely on FM (gh, DXLD) ** MEXICO. RAYMIE`S MEXICO BEAT this week [no TV] --- Gabriel Contreras could be given a renewal of his presidency at the IFT with just a week to go in his term. Maricarmen Cortés for Excélsior says that the PRI in the Senate is attempting to find the two-thirds majority necessary to ratify Contreras. http://www.dineroenimagen.com/2017-09-04/90497 They may run into trouble when attempting to convince their PAN counterparts, however, who are still angry at the contested and close victory of Ernesto Cordero as Senate president. (Quick summary: http://www.excelsior.com.mx/nacional/2017/09/01/1185435 7 PAN senators broke with their party to elect this calderonista, which was a real bad look for the national presidency of the party. The head of the PAN caucus declared, "We've seen who the traitors are that have turned their backs on the people of Mexico.") Morena and PRD votes would be needed, and they may not be willing to want Contreras. If they can't get a new president, this can will simply be kicked down the road and addressed in February 2018, when Commissioner Labardini's term expires (she would automatically become the president if no action is taken), and a new commissioner would need to be named (Raymie Humbert, Phœnix AZ, Sept 4, WTFDA Forum via DXLD) Yet again Javier Tejado Dondé's column has a tasty morsel. And it's about another dispute that could cost Grupo Radio Centro money. http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/columna/javier-tejado-donde/cartera/se-volvera-caer-la-licitacion-de-tv They may have to shell out five million pesos to SACM, the Mexican performing rights organization (similar to ASCAP or BMI in the United States), for unpaid royalties for songs aired by Radio Centro's stations. SACM alleges that there are unpaid royalties for a period of several years (Raymie, Sept 6, ibid.) ** MYANMAR. 5985, Myanmar Radio, on Sept 4, tuned in at 1222 to hear the Monday edition of the English language lesson "Say It In English" already in progress; program must be produced in England, as they often refer to "Manchester." Today's dialogue: "Do you know if the train is on time?", "No, sorry I don't," "20 minutes late," "Did you have a good trip?", "My suitcase is on the train," "What time does the train to Manchester leave?", "What platform does the train to Manchester leave from?"; 1232 end of lesson (Ron Howard, San Francisco, at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1894, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MYANMAR. BBC BURMESE TV ENDS BROADCASTS ON MNTV Last updated: 01.09.2017 at 16.46 Category: World Service http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/statements/bbc-burmese-tv-mntv The BBC has ceased broadcasting Burmese language news bulletins via Yangon-based MNTV. The Director of World Service Group Francesca Unsworth says: “Any interference in our programmes by partner stations represents a serious breach of trust with our audiences, which the BBC cannot allow. We have experienced interference in our News bulletins since March and reminded MNTV that this breached their broadcasting agreement. "Since this interference continued, the BBC had no alternative but to end the partnership with immediate effect. We regret any disruption to our loyal audiences in Myanmar and we remind them that they can continue to access BBC Burmese on bbcburmese.com, on the BBC Burmese Facebook page, on the BBC Burmese YouTube channel and we are available on Shortwave." (41, 31 and 25 Evening (GMT 1330-1415) and Dawn (GMT 0000-0030). MNTV has carried BBC bulletins since April 2014 and reaches an audience of 3.7 million. 1 September 2017 (via Dr Hansjoerg Biener, WORLD OF RADIO 1894, DXLD) ** NETHERLANDS [non]. Ivo tells us that 6145 replaces 9925 for the North American service of the Mighty KBC. At 00:43 UTC on 3 Sept, there's nothing on 6145, and 9925 is barely propagating to North America (east), but at decent level via European remote SDRs. I assume the change will occur next week? Poor choice for any of us from the mid-west to the west coast of North America until the dead of winter. 73, (Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) I figure that must be an error of some sort. I had no KBC signal on 6145 kHz but a JBA carrier on 9925 kHz. Another issue besides propagation is the inevitable collision with Radio Havana Cuba on 6145 kHz. This will be a big problem for me, considering my location in Florida. Interested to see how this plays out (John Jurasek, ibid.) Not only in Florida (gh) 9925, UT Sunday Sept 3 at 0012, very poor JBA music at S4 vs storm crashes to S9, i.e. The Mighty KBC hardly propagating. See my previous logs comparing it to other Europeans, such as Romania on the same path as Nauen, GERMANY. Now 9730 in RRI English is S7 to S5, copiable with `Weekly Review`; 9570 CRI via Albania via a lower-latitude path is S9+30! No publicity received so far, but from this week or next week, Mighty traditionally goes back down to 7 or 6 MHz band. At the beginning of A17 they were on 6040, but that had het from off-frequency Brazilian. In late April tried 6145, only to clash with Cuba which had already QSYed there for 0100 English, but carrier on earlier, so KBC briefly moved up an hour to 23-01. Will they do that again from Sept 10, as some listings anticipated? If they insist on using 6145, that timing would have to last at least till early November or whenever Arnie decides to move, maybe back to 6165. HFCC has MBR NAUen registered for the entire A-17 season, specified NldEng obviously alluding to KBC: Sundays only, all 125 kW at 300 degrees: on both 6040 and 6145 at 0000-0300; 7270 at 00-01, 7325 at 01-02, 7425 at 02-03. Also for entire season 9925 at 00-03 AND 04-05. But they also keep registering long-defunct Croatian Radio! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1894, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NETHERLANDS [non]. SECRETLAND, Reception of Mighty KBC Radio via SPL Secretbrod, Sept 2 1500-1600 9400 SCB 100 kW / 306 deg to WeEu English Sat, fair signal: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/09/reception-of-mighty-kbc-radio-via-spl.html GERMANY, Frequency and time changes of Mighty KBC Radio, Sept 2-3 2300-0000 6145 NAU 125 kW / 300 deg to NoAm English Sat from Sept.2 0000-0100 6145 NAU 125 kW / 300 deg to NoAm English Sun from Sept.2 0000-0200 9925 NAU 125 kW / 300 deg to NoAm English Sun is deleted: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/09/frequency-and-time-changes-of-mighty.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News September 2, dxldyg via DXLD) NOT! This was merely a projexion of what they were doing in April before going up to 9925 in May, and having to avoid RHC from <0100 on 6145. In fact, they were still on JBA 9925 Sept 3 (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) This info is NOT valid. You've been duped. 73, (Kraig, KG4LAC, Sept 4, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Kraig, WHICH info is not valid, and who has been duped by whom? In cases like this it would be very helpful to show what you are replying to. The question is, what time and frequency will KBC be on from this week, or no change despite 9925 not propagating very well? (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) The Mighty KBC has not announced use of 6145 kHz. So, the information someone spread about KBC using 6145 is incorrect and apparently some listeners were duped into believing the Mighty KBC switched frequency. 9925 kHz will change. Analysis are being done and decisions are being made. As soon as I know the frequency and time I will post. 73, (Kraig, KG4LAC, Krist, ibid.) Then we were requested to recommend the best of half a dozen choices. I picked 6125 as the most clear worldwide, but Kraig picked 5960, which will be used from the following week, Sept 10 (gh, DXLD) ** NEWFOUNDLAND. 690 new transmitter in Newfoundland? I found this "NEW" entry for St. John's Newfoundland https://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?list=0&facid=98801 Is there really a new transmitter planned, or is the FCC data outdated? (Jurgen Bartels, Suellwarden, N. Germany, Sept 2, Mwdxyg via DXLD) ** NEWFOUNDLAND. CKZN-6160 --- I haven't heard any further statements from CBC lately. I miss this station as I used to like the programs they presented. It appears as if we have lost this station permanently. What made me think about it today was when I was scanning through my QSL cards I have pictures of. I received a QSL in March of this year. I guess I'll see no more from this station? (John Cooper, Lebanon PA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NEW ZEALAND. New stations heard from West Michigan during the month of August, 2017. Receiver: Microtelecom Perseus SDR; Location: Western Lower Michigan. South Pacific! 702, Magic, Auckland, New Zealand - 1103 UT 8/31/2017 - Very weak with mostly threshold audio while competing against co-channel 2BL from Sydney. Magic is over 2BL by 1102 with YL speaking, but still mostly unintelligible. At 1103 a distinct sound effect transitioning from news to weather; the sound effect jumps out of the noise and is clearly heard and quickly checked against Magic's live webstream for confirmation during reception. New medium wave country logged! Heard on the SW phased BOGs, 8,303 miles. 73, (Tim Tromp, West Michigan, IRCA via DXLD) ** NEW ZEALAND. 9700, Sat Sept 2 at 0609, RNZI has done it again, jumped back here from scheduled 9630, very good S9+10/20 and obliterating any trace of Romania. Yes, How to Listen page still shows 9630-AM at 0459-0658 daily, with 9700 currently on the sked only on Saturdays at 1859-1958, when it replaces the two DRM frequencies Sunday-Friday: 7285 switching to 9760 at 1950 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Radio New Zealand Pacific, wrong frequency 9700 Sept 2 0459-0658 9700 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg English Pacific, instead of 9630 (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News September 1, dxldyg via DXLD) 9630, Sept 3 at 0627 check, RNZI back on correct frequency tonight instead of 9700 last night; recheck at 1038 now on 7425, ending `Media Watch` from RNZ National at 1041. Had been interviewing Irene with a North American accent, visiting NZ about tech companies providing news: http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/201857106/mediawatch-for-3-september-2017 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. Where, oh where is YHWH --- Once again, does anyone know what has happened this time to "our favourite pirate station" from the deserts of California? He briefly came back for perhaps a night or two, but gone again, unless I'm missing something. Certainly 7585 has been empty every time I check. 73, (Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, Sept 1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Need to search FCC for news of another bust, under his real name, whatever it was, not YHWH which they may never mention (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) I did a brief search and didn't see anything on the FCC website. 73, (Walt, ibid.) See USA for other FCC vs pirate news (FM) (gh) 7585, UNKNOWN, UNIDENTIFIED UTILITY at 0215. Checking for a return of YHWH. Nothing heard during monitoring except OTHR bursts going on for a minute or so at this time, then off. August 31 (Rick Barton, AZ, ABDX via DXLD) ** NORTH AMERICA. Old time radio. Tuesday, August 29, 2017, 2351, 6770 am. Bits of old radio shows are coming up just above the noise here. Music at 2357. Too weak to identify any specific programming, until 0001, when Amos and Andy starts, and the signal has improved greatly. (Larry Will, 28723 Ridge Road, Mount Airy, MD 21771, radio@zappahead.net Icom IC-R75 with G5RV, Tecsun PL-600, PL-660, random wires, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Haven`t heard this one, not even a carrier, in a long time here (gh) ** NORTH AMERICA. Heavy pirate activity presumably due to Labor Day Weekend. Too many going at once with too few IDs to keep track, so I still rely on HF Underground posts for help. At the risk of redundancy here, I`m putting my credit after each one, for those editors who sort them by frequency among others` logs: 6940-USB, Sept 2 at 2302 first check, music here at good level. Off at next check Sept 3 0009. Cool AM Relay per many reports here: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,37069.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6965-USB, Sept 3 at 0008, rock music at S7. Still on at 0024. At 0029, nothing and thought off, but pause before a song about Revolution, heavy beat. 0049 still on with music. 0057, ``God willin`, the Creek Don`t Rise`` song; 0059, finally ID as Radio Free What-ever, was a new song by Tori Amos, and back announce some others; 0059 signing off with address dickweeddj@gmail.com, ``Have a great Labor Day Weekend`` with even more exaggerated Germanish accent, and off 0100*. More: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,37075.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6955-USB, Sept 3 at 0009, notes repeating like an IS, but then tune continues with other notes, S8. Off before 0024. More brief logs of unID on LSB, not the SSB I thought: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,37079.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6925-AM, Sept 3 at 0009, JBA carrier on AM, with Spanish SSB QRM from 6924.50-USB; still at 0026. These say it was a relay of RFW 6965: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,37078.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6945-USB, Sept 3 at 0025, music at S5 vs storm crashes to S9. It`s Moonlight Radio: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,37081.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6935-AM, Sept 3 at 0026, undermodulated music at S8. More unID logs until 0029*: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,37080.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6951.1-USB, Sept 3 at 0048, overmodulated and distorted music at S9, overcome several times by trilling sounds: QRM, jamming or not? Hard to pin the frequency without some carrier. 0051, frequent audience cheers vs guitar riffs. 0059 broadcasting heavy noise; 0101 switch to SSTV tones to 0103*. Pee Wee per https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,37082.0.html including images of the SSTV motto: ``Only a biker knows why a dog sticks his head out the car window`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6934.87-AM, Sept 3 at 0050, music at S8; different station than 6935 above? At 0105, music at S7 as 6934.9; 0108 measured to 6934.93 with bluegrass ``Jolene``. 6935 or so still on at quick recheck 0200. Radio Appalachia per logs for 6935: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,37085.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6925-AM, Sept 3 at 0051, music at poor level; still very poor at 0105. Relay of Radio Illuminati from 6965 per: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,37087.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6965-AM, Sept 3 at 0102, music on much weaker signal than RFW was until his 0100*. Radio Illuminati these say: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,37086.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6950.5-AM, Sept 3 at 0104, music at VP S4 level vs crashes. Captain Morgan Shortwave according to: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,37084.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6955.12-USB approx., Sept 3 at 0110, rough modulation, breaking up, music at S9, but hard to tune; seemed to be trace of carrier. 6955 or so still on at quick 0200 recheck. It was Pee Wee on 6955 per: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,37088.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1894, DX LISTENING DIGEST) A dozen in little more than one hour; all that was Saturday evening = UT Sunday; yet 24 hours later, NO pirate activity to be heard on the 43mb (gh, ibid.) ** NORWAY. NORWAY’S DIGITISATION OF RADIO --- Radio World An interesting article and some critical reader comments with replies. Norway’s digitisation of radio has enabled the sort of content that listeners have sought for many years. NRK and commercial radio can, for the first time, offer the same channels in remote places like Senja as they do in Oslo... NORWAY’S DSO MAKES HEADWAY . . . http://www.radioworld.com/news-and-business/0002/norways-dso-makes-headway/340312 (via Mike Terry, Aug 31, dxldyg via DXLD) Presumably means DAB not DRM ** OKLAHOMA. 1170 +IBOC noise, Aug 30 at 1207 UT, KFAQ Tulsa local talkhost trying to deny that this is a ``failing state`` despite budget crisis, teachers fleeing to Texas, highest female incarceration rate, worst opioid epidemic, etc., etc. (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 1520, Aug 30 at 0555 UT, KOKC OKC with Deborah telling fortunes to random callers; oh, make that ``psychic readings`` on `Beyond Reality Radio`. What nonsense they ply us with, M-F at 05-06 UT per sked, which requires expansions to see it all: http://kokcradio.com/program-schedule/ BRR is originally a 2-hour show from 04 UT, infesting a number of major stations: http://beyondrealityradio.com/how-to-listen/ (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA [non?]. RF channel 30, Sept 2 around 1450 UT, tropo is up from eastern Oklahoma with bad signals at least corresponding to Tulsa, Ada channels, but this bad one is curious: There are no 30 full-powers in OK, per W9WI.com. Might be the Alva translator of OETA to our NW, K30AE-D, 15 kW and seen several times before. Ardmore, Clinton and Lawton all have CPs only; LIC translators in Guymon and Sayre unlikely. KOTV-DT ``Tulsa`` has another clone on 30, with coordinates somewhere between Bartlesville and Coffeyville. Could be a bit from Arkansas, whence there is a 15 kW KEGW-LD in Fayetteville, or a megawatt from Little Rock, KLRT-TV (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) DTV ** OKLAHOMA [and non]. OKLAHOMA PRIEST'S BEATIFICATION TO BE BROADCAST GLOBALLY --- Sep 5, 2017 http://www.enidnews.com/region/oklahoma-priest-s-beatification-to-be-broadcast-globally/article_810a4d8a-a39d-5030-aecb-a525965878be.html OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Roman Catholic Church's beatification of an Oklahoma priest killed during a mission in Guatemala more than three decades ago will be broadcast live on the Global Catholic Network. The Rev. Stanley Rother is scheduled to be beatified during a Sept. 23 ceremony at the Cox Convention Center in Oklahoma City. A documentary on Rother's life and the ceremony will be broadcast on EWTN Global Catholic Network. Rother was killed in 1981 during Guatemala's civil war after spending 13 years on a mission in that country [including managing La Voz de Atitlán, 2390 kHz] The Archdiocese of Oklahoma City opened Rother's cause for beatification in 2007, at the request of his parishioners in Guatemala. Pope Francis put the American priest on the path to possible sainthood by declaring him a martyr in December (via Enid Eagle via DXLD) ** OMAN. Radio Sultanate of Oman again in English and Arabic August 30 1400-1500 on 15140 THU 100 kW / 315 deg to WeEu English as scheduled 1500-2200 on 15140*THU 100 kW / 315 deg to WeEu Arabic, as scheduled *1615-1715UT 15140 DEL 250 kW / 312 deg to EaEu Russian All India R http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/08/radio-sultanate-of-oman-again-in.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News August 30, dxldyg via DXLD) Strong signal of Radio Sultanate of Oman Arabic and English, Sept 1 1400-1500 15140 THU 100 kW / 315 deg WeEu Arabic, instead of English 1500-1600 15140*THU 100 kW / 315 deg WeEu English, instead of Arabic 1600-2200 15140 THU 100 kW / 315 deg WeEu Arabic as scheduled in A17 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/09/strong-signal-of-radio-sultanate-of.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News September 1, dxldyg via DXLD) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3260, NBC Madang, 1203, Sept 4. Series of non- stop phone conversations in Pidgin; running longer than normal; off sometime between 1233-1237 (Ron Howard, San Francisco, at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) see also BOUGAINVILLE [and non] ** PERU. 4955.00, Sept 2 at 1106, music at S5-S4, presumed OAX5S, Radio Cultural Amauta, Huanta, 5 kW, surely to fade out shortly. Already weakening by 1116. Huanta sunrise was 1100; at 13 degrees south, varies little over the year, but as early as 1021 in December. 4774.904, Sept 2 at 1109, JBA music and talk, presumed OCX4E, Radio Tarma, Tarma, 0.5 kW, before fadeout. Tarma sunrise 1105 today, and ours not until 1204 (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 5980, Sept 5 at 2331, JBA carrier in storm noise level from R. Chaski, until autocutoff at 2333:11, 48 seconds later than last catch 7 days ago, August 29 until 2332:23*, or averaging 6.86 seconds later per 24 hours, really probably closer to 6.7 within margin of error of my watch-watching and/or own machine slippage (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ROMANIA. Radio Romania Int., 27540 kHz now 1119 UT, AM, It's possible? [audio]movie on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyrkpLH9UCA 73 (Adam Grzenia, Poland, 31 aug, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1894, DX LISTENING DIGEST) First harmonic of 13770 kHz (Christian Milling, Germany, ibid.) We prefer the terminology: second harmonic, but first overtone (gh) ** RUSSIA [non]. Radio Liberty via LITHUANIA: q.v.; also cYPRUS ** SAUDI ARABIA. Transmitter usage: continued under YEMEN [non] ** SEYCHELLELS [non]. FEBA Radio, R Sama via BaBcoCk Woofferton Sept 2 1730-1800 on 15510 WOF 300 kW / 140 deg to CEAf Tigre Radio Sama 1800-1830 on 15510 WOF 300 kW / 140 deg to CEAf Fur Radio Sama 1830-1900 on 15510 WOF 300 kW / 140 deg to CEAf Arabic Radio Sama http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/09/feba-radio-radio-sama-via-babcock.html (DX RE MIX NEWS #1026 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, Sept 3, 2017 via DXLD) ** SIKKIM. 4835, AIR Gangtok, 1230, Sept 1. Into the AIR news in English; // 4810 (AIR Bhopal) // 5010 AIR Thiruvananthapuram // 5040 (AIR Jeypore); item about a high court ruling and sports news; 1235 no longer //; Gangtok nicely above threshold level audio (Ron Howard, San Francisco, at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1894, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4835, Sept 4 at 1248, JBA carrier, presumed AIR Gangtok, as there is nothing else on frequency anymore with the demise of ABC. (Altho Aoki maintains a long-gone 1 kW Peruvian, R. Marañón on ``4835.00``, which would not be propagating this late anyway, and surely not accurate to two decimal places either). Several other JBACs on 60m frequencies corresponding to other AIRs and/or China (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1894, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5020, SIBC, 1154, Aug 30. Start of the usual "Evening Devotional" Christian spot in English; ID in English, but cut off at 1159* before ID completed. 5020, SIBC, 1159*, Aug 31. Cut off as if on a timer, in the middle of the "Evening Devotional"; so today off without ID or NA (Ron Howard, San Francisco, at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5020, SIBC, 1036 fast-talking W in [unknown] language, 1039 PSAs, and island and Pop song. 1048 W DJ with song announcement and SIBC ID, upcoming program announcement, and back to Pop and island songs. 1058 same W DJ with mention of “music variety”, and mention of phone number. Nice ID at 1059 “The national radio SIBC broadcasting on 595 [sic] kHz in the mediumwave band, shortwave frequency 5020 in the 60 ?? meterband. This time now is 10 o’clock”. ToH calliope music, then W with ID “SIBC news…” and said news. M preaching and signal suddenly off prematurely at 1159:05. Was hoping to get the s/off recorded. Good signal but 5025 Rebelde slop QRM. 31 August RX: Perseus SDR; ANT: 315 at 270 [315 what? Feet? Meters? gh]. QTH: Lower straight stretch stripcut road along the creek. Duration: 1005-1205 UT Solar Indices: Solar Flux = 87 A Index = 5 K Index = 5 Space weather was minor. G1 geomagnetic storms. Wx: Mostly cloudy then foggy for a time, warm 60 . (Dave Valko, remote site near Dunlo PA, DX Fanzine via DXLD) 9545.00, Sept 1 at 0457, JBA carrier until 0459:10*, no doubt SIBC at usual QSY to 5020 time. There was also a het from another very weak signal about 9545.3, which continued but may have been from a local device, gone later (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5020, SIBC, Sept 1, with just a quick check to confirm another day with sudden 1159* cut off. Is now the consistent time for closing down. 5020, SIBC. Sept 3 anomaly; they kept the transmitter on for almost an hour after their normal 1159* cut off time, but was all dead air (no audio at all). A shame they did not relay Wantok FM while they were on the air anyway! (Ron Howard, San Francisco, at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5020, S.I.B.C. at 1135 with island pop music, woman in Pidgin, same during checks until 1156:45 ID “You have been listening to the Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation, Radio Happi Isles”, frequencies and meters, mentioning hours of next day’s broadcast, into national anthem and off suddenly at 1157:45. - Fair, Sept 4 (Harold Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia, listening in my car on a backcountry road, with a CommRadio CR-1a and Sony AN-1 active antenna. Editor of World English Survey and Target Listening, available at http://www.odxa.on.ca dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOMALILAND. 7119.996, S=9+15dB noted in Qatar at 1536 UT, seldom heard women voice talk [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 3) (Wolfgang Büschel, log 1330-1555 on Sept 3 in remote unit at Doha, Qatar, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOMALILAND [non]. Reception of Voice of the People of Somaliland, August 30 1900-1930 on 7325 MDC 250 kW / 340 deg to EaAf Somali, fair to good: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/08/reception-of-voice-of-people-of_30.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News August 30, dxldyg via DXLD) ** SPAIN. RNE: New REGIONAL/LOCAL schedule from 04SEP2017 Mo-Fr: UT Summer (+1 in winter) R1-R5 05'45-06'00 R R5 06'30-07'00 L/R(*) R5 10'25-10'30 R R1-R5 11'10-12'00 R R5 13'04-13'08 R R1-R5 17'10-17'30 R (*) Every region will decide what to do with this time. In Castilla y León will be local 06'30-06'50 and regional 06'50-0'700. In Extremadura all will be regional. Sa-Su: R5 07'05-07'15 R1-R5 11'30-12'00 73! (Mauricio Molano, Salamanca, ESPAÑA - SPAIN RX site: Aldea del Cano, Cáceres. LAT: 39º17'09.70 N LONG: 6º19'00 W RX: PERSEUS. ANT: WELLBROOK ALA1530S+ http://moladx.blogspot.com/ Sept 4, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) These breakaways from the network are targets for MW DXers to get local IDs on frequencies with multiple stations (gh, DXLD) ** SPAIN. 17715, Aug 30 at 1950, REE is good at S9+10, much better than usual on South American frequency; while North American frequency, 17855 remains off. 17715 is about equal to // 15520 for Mideast. I would not be surprised if 17715 has been switched to the N American antenna which would have been with 17855 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) REE, avería en 17855 --- Radio Exterior de España lleva fuera del aire por más de 15 días en su frecuencia para Norte América de 17855 kHz. Puesto en contacto con la emisora, me participan que tienen avería en ese transmisor y que están esperando que les lleguen unas piezas para proceder a su reparación cuanto antes. ESPAÑA, Radio Exterior de España, además de estar sin señal en 17855 por bastantes días, en este momento, 1825 UT, 05-09, también sin señal en 17715. Señal moderada en 15520 y débil, además de distorsionada en 15390. Cordiales saludos (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, España, noticiasdx yg via DXLD) Manuel y amigos, andaban muy bien los 17715 kHz por estos lados, y como bien comentas, han dejado de estar al aire. Los 15520 los escuché en forma baja pero aceptables para no ser para nuestra área esta tarde. Agradecido de tus aportes con respecto a REE. 73's (ce3BBC Hugo López C., Santiago de Chile, ibid.) ** SRI LANKA. 9720, SLBC, Weak, but in the clear with subcontinental music at 1133. 1138 M announcer mixed with soft instrumental music, and then sounded like a radio drama. The BOG wasn’t positioned for the Indian subcontinent. (31 August) RX: Perseus SDR; ANT: 315 at 270 [315 what? Feet? Meters? gh]. QTH: Lower straight stretch stripcut road along the creek. Duration: 1005-1205 UT Solar Indices: Solar Flux = 87 A Index = 5 K Index = 5 Space weather was minor. G1 geomagnetic storms. Wx: Mostly cloudy then foggy for a time, warm 60 . (Dave Valko, remote site near Dunlo PA, DX Fanzine via DXLD) ** SUDAN. Weak signal of Radio Omdurman Sudan, August 31 0456 & 0526 on 7205 ALF 100 kW / 210 deg to CeAf Arabic http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/08/weak-signal-of-radio-omdurman-sudan.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News August 30-31, dxldyg via DXLD) ** SYRIA. Radio Al-Nour 1071 kHz at 1901 UT on Aug 30. In Arabisch mit Nx und ID. O=2 signal (Patrick Robich, Austria, A-DX ng Aug 30 via BC- DX 31 Aug via DXLD) I'll check more Zakynthos Greece remote signals in coming autumn weeks, especially tentative Syria appearing MW outlets. Radio Al-Nour 1071 kHz 100 kW 34 50 34.26 N 35 54 19.52 E 22 kilometers from the Lebanon border, heard in southern Austria by Patrick Robich. The Syria and western Iraq countryside is slowly coming to rest, and the terrorist rebels are also no longer being fueled by money and arms from Muslim-Arab peninsula abroad countries and Sheikh families. Last week there was the reference to the MW Damascus Adra 567 kHz, which also goes back into the air, if for the time being irregular ?? (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 30) (BC-DX 31 Aug via DXLD) ** TAIWAN. [Re 17-35:] Hi Glenn, Have received my QSL from Taiwan Central Weather Bureau - http://goo.gl/tRM1Bw QSL indicates 200W, not 250W. Very pleased to have this one, as it's rarely reported (Ron Howard, Sept 5, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TAIWAN. Good signal of Radio Taiwan International, August 29 1600-1700 on 9405 PAO 300 kW / 225 deg to SoAs English http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/08/good-signal-of-radio-taiwan.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News August 29-30, dxldyg via DXLD) ** TIBET [non]. 15523, Sept 3 at 1342, JBA carrier and a stronger one on 15525, i.e. V. of Tibet via TAJIKISTAN on typical off-frequency but still not listed in NDXC/Aoki, and its CNR1 jammer. 11512, Sept 4 at 1305, VP carrier, presumed V. of Tibet via TAJIKISTAN on signature split frequency, despite absence from Aoki listing; no jam carriers audible on 11510 or 11515, so it may be news to the ChiCom too. 15517, Sept 5 at 1326, JBA carrier, presumed where Voice of Tibet is now via TAJIKISTAN (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TURKEY [and non]. 9770.020, Voice of Turkey, Spanish from Emirler, S=9+5dB at 0116 UT, also weaker on \\ 9870.004 kHz. but much stronger S=9+20dB from ROMANIA, RRI, 9730TIG 9730GAL, and S=9+30dB on 7335GAL 7375TIG at 0118 UT on Sept 2 [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews)(Wolfgang Büschel, log in 0030-0158 UT Sept 2nd range, noted in remote SDR in central FL and at MI-US installation, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) TRT Voice of Turkey on wrong frequency 11615, Sept 2: 0600-1155 on 11615 EMR 500 kW / 150 deg WeAs Turkish, instead of 11675 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/09/trt-voice-of-turkey-on-wrong-frequency.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News September 1, dxldyg via DXLD) ** TURKMENISTAN. WRTH - World Radio TV Handbook - Facebook.com -------------------------------- Dave Kernick, 31 ??????? ? 22:02 TDH, the state news agency of Turkmenistan, has a trilingual English/Russian/Turkmen website at http://tdh.gov.tm hosting a live stream of the state broadcaster's multilingual radio channel 'Owaz'. It also offers high-quality video streams of all seven of their TV channels, which are: Altyn Asyr [Golden Age] - main channel Yaslyk [Youth] Miras [Heritage] Asgabat Turkmen Owazy [Voice of Turkmen] - music channel Turkmen Sport Turkmenistan - international channel, broadcasting in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Persian, Russian, Turkmen. It was noted that many onscreen programme titles, captions and graphics are in English, regardless of the language being aired. The building on the right of the picture below is the TV tower, at 211 metres high the tallest structure in the country (via Rus-DX 3 Sept published 2 Sept via DXLD) ** U A E. GERMANY(non), Deutsche Welle via Dhabayya & Trincomalee, August 30 1330-1430 on 13725*DHA 250 kW / 045 deg to WeAs Dari/Pashto+big hum 1330-1430 on 15430 TRM 250 kW / 335 deg to WeAs Dari/Pashto, good * same demaged transmitter is used for transmission of TWR Africa 1300-1315 on 17680 DHA 250 kW / 230 deg to EaAf Afar Thu-Sun http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/08/deutsche-welle-via-dhabayya-trincomalee.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News August 30, dxldyg via DXLD) Trans World Radio Africa via BaBcoCk damaged tx Al-Dhabayya, August 31 1300-1315 on 17680*DHA 250 kW / 230 deg to EaAf Afar Thu-Sun, strong plus big hum. * same damaged transmitter is used for transmission of Deutsche Welle after 15 min: 1330-1430 on 13725 DHA 250 kW / 045 deg to WeAs Dari & Pashto, strong plus big hum http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/08/trans-world-radio-africa-via-babcock_31.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News August 30-31, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1894, DXLD) ** U K. Rampisham - Old B/W video From Lawrence Behr, FB posting. https://www.facebook.com/bbcspotlight/videos/1671365959595562/ 73's (Ian, Aug 30, shortwavesites yg via DXLD) 1961 Rampisham film --- Jonathan Marks on Facebook has just posted this 1961 video of the Rampisham tranmitter site which was broadcast August 18 on the BBC South West regional programme Spotlight. "All but one of the original communication towers on Rampisham Down in Dorset will be sent crashing to the ground today. We've gone into the BBC Spotlight archive for this fascinating 1961 film behind the scenes of the BBC World Service operation at Rampisham." Publicly available, can be viewed without needing a Facebook account [same FB link as above] Posted by: (Mike Barraclough, Aug 30, dxldyg via DXLD) ** U K. EIGHTEEN BBC LOCAL RADIO STATIONS AFFECTED BY TECHNIAL PROBLEMS YESTERDAY --- Radio Today 2 September 2017 https://radiotoday.co.uk/2017/09/eighteen-bbc-local-radio-stations-fall-silent/ Eighteen BBC Local Radio services went off-air on Friday morning due to major technical problems around the network. The stations affected all use the BBC ViLoR system – which connects local radio studios with servers in London rather than use local hard drives for music, audio and studio software. Listeners complained shortly before 8am about the silence on local stations. A total of 33 transmitters on FM, DAB and AM went quiet before stations started rebroadcasting 5 live. Shortly afterwards stations reconnected to their transmitters via ISDN but online streams remained on 5 live till at least 11am. The BBC announced at 9 am today – “Technical problems are continuing to affect output at a number of BBC Local Radio stations this morning, including at BBC Three Counties. Engineers are working to fix the problem but at the moment it’s not known how long it will be before normal service resumes.” BBC Essex tweeted: “We’ve been having a couple of technical issues today but our engineers are working hard behind the scenes to resume normal service as soon as possible.” BBC Three Counties updated listeners at midday saying they are back on-air locally but unable to play any jingles, songs or recorded voice reports. Phone lines were down across the network but the text-in number worked as normal. A source told RadioToday one or more BBC ViLoR radio services on all platforms suffered an outage, resulting from an equipment failure. The BBC said BT has confirmed that the issue was caused by an engineer carrying out pre-work activities in Oxford where a fibre tray was disturbed at the time of the incident. Stations affected, with a mixture of FM, MW and DAB, were 3CR, Berkshire, Cumbria, Derby, Devon, Essex, Gloucester, Humberside, Leicester, Lincolnshire, Newcastle, Northampton, Oxford, Solent (plus Dorset opt-out), Suffolk, Tees and Wiltshire. BBC engineers are attempting a full restoration of ViLoR services overnight whilst local stations broadcast 5 live. ViLoR – standing for Virtual Local Radio – was introduced in 2014 and is currently rolling out to all BBC Local Radio stations. At the time, Joe Pignatiello, ViLoR trainer and developer, said “ViLoR provides cutting edge kit to local radio stations, bringing them up to the level of network radio” and by design has back-up facilities included. RadioToday has contacted the BBC for additional information and will update this story in due course (via Mike Terry, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) ** U K. REPAIR WORK PUTS 5 LIVE OFF-AIR IN THE NORTH Radio Today 5 September 2017 https://radiotoday.co.uk/2017/09/repair-work-puts-5-live-off-air-in-the-north/ BBC Radio 5 live’s AM transmitter at Moorside Edge is going off-air during 10am to 4pm for at least the next two weeks. Essential engineering work needs to be carried out on the transmitter between the 4th and 15th September 2017 which will result in some shutdowns of 909KHz between 10-4pm until the work is completed. This work is to carry out essential stay greasing affecting Radio 5 Live only, and are weather dependent, so engineers cannot accurately say exactly when this will happen. The BBC has apologised for any disruption to service but informs listeners that the station will continue to be available on DAB and online (via Mike Terry, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) ** U K. BBC abroad: see AFGHANISTAN, HONG KONG, MYANMAR ** U S A. AMATEUR RADIO EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS IN TEXAS Southgate August 29, 2017 ARRL Public Information Officer Mike Urich KA5CVH described the situation in Harris County, Texas on news-talk radio station WGMD The ARRL says: In an August 29 interview with Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, news-talk radio station WGMD, ARRL South Texas Section Public Information Officer Mike Urich, KA5CVH, described the situation in Harris County, Texas, as the flood emergency continues there. Urich also took time to explain how the public service that Amateur Radio is able to provide during emergencies and disasters. Urich noted that Harris County and the Houston area are some distance from where Hurricane Harvey came ashore, but said the rain bands the storm generated extended over a considerable area. “The rain just kept coming and coming and coming,” he told WGMD host Mike Bradley. For his part, Urich spent more than 40 hours alternating shifts at the Harris County Emergency Operations Center (EOC). Urich said the area’s extensive system of repeaters makes it possible for local radio amateurs to serve as “another set of eyes and ears” in spotting and reporting problems that require official attention. He said he was concerned on Sunday when the emergency power supporting the county’s 800-MHz trunked radio system was in danger of being flooded out. He told WGMD that he was involved in planning for contingency communications via Amateur Radio. ARRL story http://www.arrl.org/news/interview-arrl-public-information-officer-describes-the-situation-in-harris-county-texas Listen to the interview on WGMD http://www.arrl.org/files/file/News/Audio%20News/Audio20Extra%20Edition/WGMD20with20Ulrich%20KA5CVH.mp3 (Southgate via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) HAM RADIO FOR DISASTER COMMUNICATIONS via Southgate September 2, 2017 Cumberland News (in the US) reports that in disasters the loss of cell phone service raises the importance of emergency radios Forty-eight hours into the state of emergency in Houston where a tropical storm caused massive flooding, a new trouble was emerging: people couldn’t charge their cell phones. It seems trivial in face of the rising waters, loss of life and need to evacuate the city that is home to 2.3 million people, but losing the ease and convenience of modern cell phone communication is a real anxiety for many trying to stay in contact with loved ones during an emergency, Cumberland County Emergency Measures Officer Mike Johnson explains. “One of the biggest concerns people have is the ability to recharge their emergency devices,” Johnson said. “One of the things about our society today is that we are so connected and when we sever that connection our normal world goes away.” “When you have the phones go down and Trunk Mobile Radios go down you don’t have a lot left,” Johnson said. Amateur radio, or ham radio, uses a non-commercial radio frequency and its roots go back to the 19th century. Today, operators can use the technology to communicate with across the globe and even the International Space Station and it is those licensed operators who go into action when a massive communication disruption service occurs. “We have an incredible group here. It’s the West Cumberland Amateur Radio Club. They respond by going out and manning the fire departments,” Johnson said. Oxford, Tidnish, Amherst. Pugwash and Springhill have ham radio equipment on site and someday Johnson expects to see the remaining departments equipped. Until then, operators can bring in equipment. With the volunteer operators available to man these radios, it frees up a trained fire fighter to respond to emergencies. A ham operator himself, Johnson says the radio community is happy to respond during an emergency. Read the full story at: http://www.cumberlandnewsnow.com/community/2017/8/30/disasters--loss-of-cell-service-raise-importance-of-emergency-ra.html (via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) ** U S A. BACKGROUND ON ROUTE 66 ON THE AIR SPECIAL EVENT This year marks the 18th year of this great radio event. Originally started by the Northern Arizona DX Association, it was a way to allow amateur radio operators a fun way to “Relive the Ride.” They also can relive their own memories of Route 66, and get to celebrate the highway’s rich history in making the U.S. what it is today. Citrus Belt Amateur Radio Club (CBARC) in San Bernardino, CA took over the event a couple years later and has grown into one of the best special amateur radio events each year. Amateur radio clubs using special 1×1 callsigns operate from cities on or near the route from coast to coast. Hundreds of operators worldwide aim to contact as many radio operators as possible who would like to take part in this annual event. Route 66 On The Air http://w6jbt.org/?page_id=15 Posted by: (Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) Hunt around on the website. Dates are not given explicitly but appear on a calendar including Sept 9 to 17. There is a frequency table for each band, but I haven`t found any 1 x 1 callsign roster (Glenn Hauser, ex-Route 66 thru Santa Rosa NM, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 2097.3-CW, Aug 30 at 1152 UT, beacon ``A`` in Morse code every dekasecond, quite clearly, from Quartzsite AZ. Nice to hear at least one of these QRP beacons, with nothing audible on the 4 or 13 MHz bands for months (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 13270-USB, Sept 2 at 1404, WSY70, New York Radio, declaring over and over that all these are ``Missing``: Indianapolis, Pittsburgh, Detroit, Cleveland, Cincinnati. What a waste. [and non]. 13270-USB, Sept 3 at 0019, New York Radio admitting that Atlanta and Nassau are still ``missing``, 0020 replaced by stronger Gander successfully quoting conditions and forecasts for Montreal, Toronto. Sounds like same guy as NYR; must be twins (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. REACHING FOR THE DPRK AUDIENCE From WashingtonTimes.com, Sept. 4: It is outreach to a very, very specific audience. The Broadcasting Board of Governors -- the independent federal agency that oversees U.S. government-supported, international civilian media -- is addressing the North Korean threat with some select media. There's a new creative collaboration between the Voice of America and Radio Free Asia, aimed entirely at North Korean audiences. The two broadcast networks have produced a video project "to counter North Korean government propaganda by showing North Koreans the reality of life outside the Democratic People's Republic of Korea," the agency says. The fare tells America's story by profiling Korean-Americans living in a community in New Jersey, and offering insight from North Korean defectors. Their project comes at a pivotal time; multiple news accounts now suggest the rogue nation is becoming increasingly westernized. Based in Seoul, Chosun Media reports that new "mega shopping malls" have opened in the North's capital, Pyongyang, and that high schools "now spend more time teaching English than Korean to students." (via Mike Cooper, Sep 5, DXLD) ** U S A. 15730, Sept 1 at 2003, VOA French seems to have a short/long path echo. Then I check palindromic // 17530 which also seems to, but switching back to 15730 some echo, and now 17530 not as the announcer starts speaking. Both these are scheduled as Greenville, 250 kW, 94 degrees to Africa. The initial echoing I heard may have been a produxion artifact, i.e. transmitted that way for effect just to confuse matters. Worldwide propagation has been so poor lately that truly audible long/short path echoes have become a rarity. If any, one would expect it more likely to happen on the lower frequency. ~38 megameters the long way around, only two the short way (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [non]. Second SW outlet of VoA Khmer noted since Sunday Aug 27. PHILIPPINES, 9615, On remote SDR Doha Qatar unit heard additional 2nd SW VoA Khmer language very strong of S=9+20dB level from Tinang- PHL, mentioned often VoA, so looked out in \\ 11675 kHz PHT-PHL too, S=9+30dB signal and also MW Bang Kok 1575 kHz scheduled daily 1330- 1430 UT. 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, Sept 2, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1894, DX LISTENING DIGEST) \\ 11695 kHz PHT-PHL, not 11675 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/09/additional-unregistered-frequency-of.html (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgriya, ibid.) Viz.: Additional unregistered frequency, V of America Sept 2 1330-1430 on 9615 PHT 250 kW / 270 deg to SEAs Khmer, fair signal // frequency 11695 PHT 250 kW / 270 deg to SEAs Khmer as scheduled Very weak signal on both frequencies from 1400 UT, poor propagation http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/09/additional-unregistered-frequency-of.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News September 2, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1894, DXLD) Why? See CAMBODIA. Another new one is 9700 via NMI (gh, DXLD) ** U S A. VOA AFRICA JOURNALISTS RECEIVE COWAN AWARD WASHINGTON, D.C. — Millions of Africans facing famine and starvation led Voice of America to report first-hand from the areas most affected, creating the wide-ranging multimedia project, "Hunger Across Africa". For their work on this project, VOA Director Amanda Bennett presented the 2017 Cowan Award for Humanitarian Reporting to VOA journalists Abdulaziz Osman, Nicolas Pinault, and Salem Solomon in an August 29 ceremony at VOA headquarters. . . https://www.insidevoa.com/a/voa-africa-journalists-receive-cowan-award/4005891.html (VOA PR via Dr Hansjoerg Biener, DXLD) ** U S A. Eric Loy of WDAN D-102 in Danville IL interviewed me by phone on July 31. Here`s the 17:42 audio file; tnx, Eric: http://cdn.stationcaster.com/stations/wdan/media/mpeg/Eric_Loy_Interviews-1504801775.mp3 (Glenn Hauser, September 7, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1893 monitoring: confirmed Wednesday August 30 after 1315 on WRMI, 9955, S9 and no jamming at 1322; but lite pulse jamming by 1333; tnx a lot, Arnie! Next: Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v-AM to WSW Wed 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Thu 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Fri 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Sat 0630 HLR 6190-CUSB to WSW Sat 1431 HLR 7265-CUSB to WSW Sat 1930v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND Sat 2230 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Sat 2300 WRMI 11580 to NE Sun 0200 WRMI 11580 to NE Sun 0315v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND Sun 1030 HLR 9485-CUSB to WSW Sun 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Mon 0300v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW Mon 0330 WRMI 9955 to SSE Mon 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW WORLD OF RADIO 1893 monitoring: confirmed Wednesday August 30 after 2330 on WBCQ 9329.982v-CUSB, fair. Next: Thu 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Fri 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Sat 0630 HLR 6190-CUSB to WSW Sat 1431 HLR 7265-CUSB to WSW Sat 1930v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND Sat 2230 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Sat 2300 WRMI 11580 to NE Sun 0200 WRMI 11580 to NE Sun 0315v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND Sun 1030 HLR 9485-CUSB to WSW Sun 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Mon 0300v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW Mon 0330 WRMI 9955 to SSE Mon 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW WORLD OF RADIO 1893 monitoring: confirmed Friday September 1 at 2330 on WBCQ, 9330.070v-CUSB, good S9+10. Also confirmed Sat Sept 2 at 0630-0700 on Hamburger Lokalradio 6190- CUSB, by Ivo Ivanov in Sofia, Bulgaria http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/09/reception-of-world-of-radio1893-on.html and Nino Marabello, Treviso, Italy, also sent a clip rated 15532 (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.: 6190, Hamburger LokalRadio, Goheren, 0615-0700, English, comments, at 0630 Glenn Hauser’s program “World of Radio”. Very weak. 15321. (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol, Tecsun PL-880, Sangean ATS-909X, cable antenna, 8 meters, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Audio report WOR 1893 via HLR 6190 kHz from Treviso, IT Dear Glenn, How are you? I hope very well in this hot summer. Here is my audio report of World Of Radio 1893 on SW for A17 period. Hamburgher Lokal Radio, Goehren 6190 kHz - September 2, 2017 0630-0635 UT in English, SINPO 15532. My listener details are: Nino Marabello, Treviso, Italy, e-mail yacht02003(at)yahoo.it Receiver: SONY ICF-SW7600G; Antenna: VHF outdoor horizontal 140 . I have heard some minutes of program World Of Radio 1893 by Glenn Hauser. I have attached an audio report of 296 kB in WMA format. 73 from Treviso, Italy (N. Marabello http://acquamarina.blogspot.com DX LISTENING DIGEST) GERMANY, Reception of World of Radio #1893 on 6190-CUSB, Sept 2 0630-0700 on 6190 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg to CeEu English Sat, fair http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/09/reception-of-world-of-radio1893-on.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News September 1, dxldyg via DXLD) NOT confirmed by me, Sat 1431 on HLR 7265-CUSB via UTwente: nothing but noise, also some lightning crashes. Nor for Media Network+ before 1430. Several chex until 1500, maybe a near-imaginary trace. Presumed CRI very poorly audible after 1500. Next: Sat 1930v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND Sat 2230 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Sat 2300 WRMI 11580 to NE Sun 0200 WRMI 11580 to NE Sun 0315v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND Sun 1030 HLR 9485-CUSB to WSW Sun 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Mon 0300v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW Mon 0330 WRMI 9955 to SSE Mon 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9485, Hamburger LokalRadio, Göhren, 1030-1100, 03-09, Glenn Hauser’s program “World of Radio”, 25322 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol, Tecsun PL-880, Sangean ATS-909X, cable antenna, 8 meters, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) GERMANY, Weak signal of HLR relays on 9485-CUSB, Sept 3 World of Radio #1893 1030-1100 9485 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg to CeEu English Sun http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/09/weak-signal-of-hlr-relays-on-9485cusb.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News September 2-3, dxldyg via DXLD) WORLD OF RADIO 1893 monitoring: confirmed Saturday September 2 at 2230 on WBCQ 9330.058-CUSB, fair. Recheck at 2246 it`s drifted to 9330.049- CUSB. Just listening for a few seconds with BFO one can hear it varying. Also confirmed Sat Sept 2 at 2300 on WRMI, 11580, very good. Also confirmed UT Sun Sept 3 at 0200 on WRMI, 11580, fair-good. Also confirmed on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, Wentzville MO, UT Sun Sept 3 at 0328 at 5 minutes in, so started circa 0323. Next: Sun 1030 HLR 9485-CUSB to WSW Sun 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Mon 0300v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW Mon 0330 WRMI 9955 to SSE Mon 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW WORLD OF RADIO 1893 monitoring: confirmed Sunday September 3 at 2330 on WBCQ, 9330.06v-CUSB, fair. Also confirmed UT Monday September 4 at 0259 on Area 51 webcast, and also at 0328 check on WBCQ 5130.3v-AM, poor. Also confirmed Sept 4 at 0330 on WRMI 9955, VG S9+20. Also confirmed Monday Sept 4 at 2330 on WBCQ 9330.00v-CUSB, good S9+10. Unchecked 0030 UT Tuesday on WRMI 7730. WOR 1894 should be ready for first airings September 5: Tue 2130 WRMI 9455 to WNW, 15770 to NE Tue 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Wed 1030 WRMI 5850 to NW, 9455 to WNW Wed 1315 WRMI 9955 to SSE Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v-AM to WSW Wed 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Thu 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Fri 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Sat 0630 HLR 6190-CUSB to WSW Sat 1431 HLR 7265-CUSB to WSW Sat 1930v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND Sat 2230 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Sat 2300 WRMI 11580 to NE Sun 0200 WRMI 11580 to NE Sun 0315v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND Sun 1030 HLR 9485-CUSB to WSW Sun 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Mon 0300v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW Mon 0330 WRMI 9955 to SSE Mon 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW WORLD OF RADIO 1894 contents: Armenia, Australia, Bougainville, Brazil, Cambodia and non, Canada, China, Cuba, Ethiopia, Germany, Guam non, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Indonesia, International Waters and non, Italy, Korea South, Kurdistan non, Lithuania, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, México, Myanmar, Netherlands non, North America, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Sikkim, UAE, USA, Yemen non WORLD OF RADIO 1894 ready for first airings less than one semihour after completion: confirmed Tuesday September 5 at 2130 on WRMI 15770 & 9455. This time, 15770 is strong and good, 9455 weaker and fair; but by 2200* after ID, 15770 has faded down to fair. Also confirmed Tue Sept 5 at 2330 on WBCQ, 9329.93v-CUSB, fair S7. Next: Wed 1030 WRMI 5850 to NW, 9455 to WNW Wed 1315 WRMI 9955 to SSE Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v-AM to WSW Wed 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Thu 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Fri 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Sat 0630 HLR 6190-CUSB to WSW Sat 1431 HLR 7265-CUSB to WSW Sat 1930v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND Sat 2230 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Sat 2300 WRMI 11580 to NE Sun 0200 WRMI 11580 to NE Sun 0315v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND Sun 1030 HLR 9485-CUSB to WSW Sun 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Mon 0300v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW Mon 0330 WRMI 9955 to SSE Mon 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW Full schedule on all outlets: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html Audio on demand and linx to podcasts: http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 9955, Aug 30 at 1345 right after WOR 1893, WRMI with Jeff introducing an aircheck of his 21525 Radio Africa transmitter, recorded on the balcony of some hotel room, South Africa? Sounds like for his own info, rather than a `Viva Miami` produxion as scheduled now; breakfast calls and I don`t have time to listen further. Unfinished `Wavescans` have occasionally made it on air too (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I have heard this at 0100 UT instead of Viva Miami on 11580 kHz on Mondays (UT) 21 August and 28 August. A repeating blooper or intentional? His listening gets interrupted by a phone call and we hear his side of the call. I think his wife can also be heard in the background. This air check was likely in Nigeria. See https://www.facebook.com/wrmiradio/photos/a.10150259038580387.542663.269268060386/10159082774985387/?type=3&theater And again at the same time and frequency on Monday (UT), 4 September (-- Richard Langley, NB, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9396.5 approx., Aug 31 at 0618, hi-speed RTTY QRMing WRMI 9395 Oldies, which is weak but OK if tuned in LSB. Normally no such interference, which WRMI cannot afford. 9955, Fri Sept 1 at 1353, WRMI with fill music during one of countless `Viva Miami` slots (26 per week at last count on the schedules, plus a few more caught by monitoring). I finally listen to the entire current show on the WRMI server: it`s only 4:39 long, dated July 8, no program intro, but Jeff doing an aircheck of his R. Africa transmitter, 21525, from room ``on the 10th floor of the Sheraton``, somewhere, probably Nigeria, with antenna out on the balcony. He has good R5 reception, but some deep fades. `Let the Bible Speak` ending, RAN ID and contact info including P O Box in Livingston, Zahmbia, next program. This is speaker-to-mike, as at 3:52 we hear the phone ringing, turn off the radio, brief conversation off-mike, Jeff says ``I`ll be right down``, and Thaïs in Spanish also audible in conversation with Jeff, ``¿está abierta?``, and finally cut off. So the server has been broadcasting this unintentional bit, having somehow been mis-labeled as Viva Miami, for over two weeks as upload timestamped August 15, then automatically switching to World Music filler for the rest of each quarter-hour. Good thing the couple didn`t say anything more private. This week`s `Wavescan` also has Jeff reporting from Nigeria with airchex of stations there; can`t be written by Adrian Peterson as claimed in the script. 9455 // 9395, WRMI, Sat Sept 2 at 0607, Bob Biermann on `Your Weekend Show` says it is also carried on VOH-Africa, Zambia, and that Ray Robinson has interviewed him; to be later this hour? Tonight the two Oldies frequencies are holding up much better than usual, despite a G1 minor geomagnetic storm and K-index of 5. 9455, Sept 3 at 0015, canned Bob Biermann doesn`t know or care which frequencies he is really on, since he claims 9395 only for WRMI, back to Oldies (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 5129.82-AM, UT Wed Aug 30 at 0115, WBCQ is JBA but back on lo side of 5130, so were they trying another transmitter last time? Presumably during `Amateur Radio Roundtable` which should have been on 9330 during the summer. 5130.339-AM, Aug 31 at 0237, WBCQ has again jumped to the hi side of 5130, different transmitter than used on lo side? Poor signal, but sounds like `Allan Weiner Worldwide` currently filling time on UT Thursdays only, when this frequency used to substitute for Brother Scare, bumped off 7490-AM, for the weekly Hal Turner show, still running there. 5130+ is off by 0305 check (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1894, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Tonight`s AWWW [Sept 1-2 0000 on WBCQ 7490] Opening theme started at 2359 this evening. Guest host was TimTron, Tim Smith. Tim is up at the station doing some transmitter work and Allan is ill this evening. When Tim hosts the show there's a lot more music played than usual and tonight was no exception. Tim leans as far left as Allan leans far right so the limited amount of political discussion was very different this evening. Dr. Becker popped in for a while as co-host. Tim did mention that it was supposed to get down to 39 degrees in Maine tonight. Show was off the air at 0100 and no emails were read this evening although people were encouraged to send get well messages to Allan. Dr. Becker hinted that after the station signs off this evening that something might be broadcast in the wee hours of the morning (John Carver, Mid-North Indiana, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Two broadcast outlets excited me this UT morning: 9330.099 ... moving up to x.103 kHz. Heard an unbelievable acting pastor preaching in 31 mb, but forgot the program name in 0055 UT time range, WBCQ2 'horrible clamorous yell loud, as from an loony bin', noted around 0055 UT. S=9 signal in MI-US remote. [Terry Blalock – gh] 7293even, believe me, it was in pure AM mode broadband in North American amateur radio band: Talk on single conversion receiver units in 1963 to 1965 year range, like Hallicrafters, Hammarlund etc. S=9+20dB powerful signal like the 100 kWs in 41mb, at 0130 UT Sept 2, 10 kHz wideband signal, maybe WBCQ 'amateur round table talk' by Allan Weiner or similar ? nothing heard on 5130 kHz though [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews)(Wolfgang Büschel, log in 0030-0158 UT Sept 2nd range, noted in remote SDR in central FL and at MI-US installation, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) That was a real ham in the hamband, nothing to do with WBCQ; hAM mode hangout is in 7290-7300 range (gh, DXLD) 5130.29-AM, UT Sun Sept 3 at 0116, soft jazz at S7, must be Larry Will`s `Lumpy Gravy` on Area 51 WBCQ, still on the plus side; lots of competition from all the real pirates below 7 MHz but Larry`s music is more pleasant (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [and non]. From the Isle of Music, September 3-9: This week, our special guest is Grupo Vocal Sampling, a unique a cappella group who is this year’s Cubadisco winner in the Vocal/Choral Music category. We visited them in Havana during a rehearsal in May. Among other things, they demonstrate how they make their wonderful music. Also, a musical tribute to the late Lourdes Torres, a wonderful Cuban singer/songwriter who passed away last month. Four opportunities to listen on shortwave: 1. For Eastern Europe but audible well beyond the target area in all directions with 100 kW, Sunday 1500-1600 UT on SpaceLine, 9400, from Kostinbrod, Bulgaria (1800-1900 MSK) 2. For the Americas and parts of Europe, Tuesday 0000-0100 UT on WBCQ, 7490 from Monticello, ME, USA (Monday 8-9 PM EDT in the US) 3 & 4. For Europe and sometimes beyond, Tuesday 1900-2000 and Saturday 1200-1300 UT on Channel 292, 6070 from Rohrbach, Germany. It’s a funky world --- Episode 27 of Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot tears the roof off of Planet Earth on Thursday, September 7 from 2300 to 2330 UT on WBCQ, 7490 on the short waves. We’ll have funky stuff from a few different countries plus yet another contest. Apologies to our listeners for last week's accidental rerun of the pierogi episode. Unless, of course, you really love pierogi (William "Bill" Tilford, Owner/Producer, Tilford Productions, LLC, UT Sept 1, DX LISTENING DIGEST) From Sept 17, moves to SUNDAYS at 2200 on 7490 (Tilford) 7490.04, Sept 5 at 2334, surprised to hear Brother Scare this hour on WBCQ, as he is scheduled only at 22-23 weekdays. But within a few seconds he is cut off for some music. `Alan Sane` is supposed to get the entire 23-24 hour on Tuesdays (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 5085, Aug 30 at 0114, WTWW-2 is S9+30 of dead air instead of some ham show to compete with WBCQ; 9475, WTWW-1 is also S9+30 of SFAW programming, usual hum and suptorted modulation; sounds like half their modulation modules are kaput. You`d think #1 frequencies would be higher priority for the single transmitter which still worx properly; but #2 is Ted`s own public service plaything of less offensive programming, when it`s modulated. 5085, UT Sun Sept 3 at 0056, WTWW-2 is on with prélude, and guess what: despite huge signal level of S9+50, the pirates currently on USB 6965 and 6951 axually sound louder. Soon hamads by Ted and `Theater Organ in the Ozarx` after 0100 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 3185, Aug 30 at 1149, WWRBS is off already, tho had been on at first scan circa 1125; 9370 has a JBA carrier (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 3215, 4840, 5890, 5935, all four WWCRs are OFF, Sept 1 at 0604. Site probably getting flooded as NWS Nashville at ``KBNA`` was recording heavy rain from Harvey remnant, at 0053 UT and every hour thereafter at :53 thru 0453, but by 0553 had desisted to light rain. Meanwhile the other Tennesseans, 3185 WWRB and 5830 WTWW remained on. I wonder how far above ``the banks of the Upper Cumberland River`` WTWW may be? Not checked again until 1309, when all four WWCRs are back ON: 7490, 9980, 13845, 15825. 4840, UT Sun Sept 3 at 0044, WWCR-3 gospel huxter about Harvey with horrible humwhine continuously. Sked shows ``Patriots Unite Now! with Ken from the Bronx`` at 7-8 pm CT Saturdays, misconverted to 01-02 UT Sundays. You pays your money and WWCR don`t care how bad your audio be (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 9265VV, Sept 4 at 0129, WINB carrier is really wobbling heavily, also earlier Sept 3 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENNG DIGEST) ** U S A. Strong signal of Brother HySTAIRical via WHRI Angel 1/2, August 30 2200-2300 9505 HRI 250 kW / 047 deg to WeEu English Mon-Fri Angel 1 2300-2400 9505 HRI 250 kW / 047 deg to WeEu English Mon-Fri Angel 2 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/08/strong-signal-of-brother-hystairical.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News August 30-31, dxldyg via DXLD) So why would they bother to switch transmitters, same antenna? (gh) 17815, Sept 4 at 1807, WHRI is still here with BS JBA, not 21610, which Ivo said would replace 17815 entirely from Sept 3 between 13 and 21. Maybe from Sept 5 after holidays? No trace on 21610, but 21525 trace from WRMI. Meanwhile, WHRI is blasting in on 15760, which implies not a good idea to go up to 13m under present propagation circumstances --- but aimed east to Africa so maybe it works over there. 17815, Sept 5 at 1653, JBA carrier, presumably still WHRI with Brother Scare, and still not moved for S-17 to 21610 as Ivo claimed, where there is not even that, altho 21525 WRMI is detectable (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 540, Sept 4 at 1910 UT, from a store parking lot on western edge of Enid which I have found to be RF quiet, at least on the lower end, I start a bandscan with KDFT. Gospel huxter is alternating Spanish and English rather than Spanish only. KWMT Iowa can be heard in background. KDFT is direxional NW with its single kilowatt which helps it this way to the NNW; why? Because Ferris is SSE of The Metroplex (Glenn Hauser, caradio in western Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 590, Sept 4 at 1912 UT, nothing but a SAH, likely KLBJ Austin TX vs KXSP Omaha NE, both 5 kW ND at the margins of their reaches; city-to-city km/miles: 565/351 to Omaha, 682/424 to Austin (Glenn Hauser, caradio in western Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 700, Sept 4 at 1913 UT, KHSE Wylie TX with song in English, partial ID caught at retune, for K281CS, 104.1, McKinney and a string of other alleged reachees including Dallas and Fort Worth; ``this station is for rent; please call John Howard, 972-904-5904``; 1915 UT Spanish song altho at first it sounded like South Asian. Is it still duplicated on KBXD 1480? Can`t hear that at midday. NRC AM Log says those three constitute the Radio Setecientos group (Glenn Hauser, caradio in western Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 730, Aug 30 at 1134 UT, 85 degree forecast, KLOE ID in passing, back to `America`s First News`. Not that far away at Goodland, NW corner of Kansas, but rarely heard here; now it`s dominant even over XEHB. Not a daytimer but 1000/20 watts U1, also 20 watts PSRA. Guess what: official FCC sunrise in August is 1200 UT; soon to be 1230 UT in September. Note that Goodland is on Mountain time, like most of the westernmost tier of Kansas counties, which might as well find themselves in Colorado (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 870, Sept 3 at 0615 UT, talk about LSU, but it`s *not* WWL, rather in its null, from ESPN Radio; 0617 UT local break as ``Regional Radio`` promo Summer Selfie Contest, upload to website, also listen to `Trading Post`, at northwest - something.com; job opening at station, contact doug.schmitz@alphamediausa.com or P O Box, in St Joe? Extended weather forecast before rejoining ESPN. It`s 930-watt *daytimer* KAAN Bethany MO, whose exact hours apparently depend on sunset in New Orleans, but hardly applicable in the nightmiddle. NRC AM Log says it has LPSA LSSA. The latter means limited sunset authority, i.e. limited to certain months of the year, but LPSA, another new abbr., is not explained. Radio-locator.com leads to website https://www.northwestmoinfo.com/ or specifically https://www.northwestmoinfo.com/2015/01/29/kaan-870-am-103-7-fm/ dated January 2015. Earlier at 0557 UT, my ear was caught by an audible het on the lo side of 870, which looped about 175/355 degrees. But gone during my KAAN log above. Possibly from a local device, but bearing also fits for KFJZ daytimer in Fort Worth, never noted off-frequency; or beyond that a couple of Mexicans, in Oaxaca, XEACC or Puebla, XENG (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1894, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Glenn, LPSA is a typo; should have been LSRA. [from AM Log intro:] We have added codes for LSRA “Limited Sun Rise Authority” and LSSA “Limited Sunset Authority”. These indicate were the station has an Authority but it is limited in the number of months out of the year that it has been authorized. This is done to protect other stations on the channel from interference during these periods. Those wishing to find the exact Authority can review the documents at the FCC’s CDBS site. Using the CDBS station search: http://licensing.fcc.gov/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/sta_sear.htm Go to Details on the station`s search form, then View Correspondence Folder. This link will show the PSRA and PSSA documents for the station if any exist (Wayne Heinen, NRC AM Log editor, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1090, Sept 3 at 0549 UT, RCC talk dominant, from NE/SW, so 8? kW daytimer KEXS Excelsior Springs MO with EWTN is *still* cheating. When nulled a bit, makes 264/minute = 4.4 Hz SAH with presumed KAAY (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1894, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1130, Sept 4 at 1918 UT, trace maybe of music, possibly KLEY Wellington KS. Its 250-watt direxional pattern favors the north side, not much our way to the SSW: https://transition.fcc.gov/Bureaus/MB/Databases/AM_DA_patterns/273718-860.pdf Maybe now it`s in whack, while for years we had a good groundwave daytime signal in Enid, possibly then really non-direxional. On my eclipse trip thru Wellington, I found it strong enough once I got into Kansas (Glenn Hauser, caradio in western Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. MORE AND MORE ACTIONS ON PIRATE RADIO – WHAT IS NEXT? Broadcast Law Blog By David Oxenford August 30, 2017 http://www.broadcastlawblog.com/2017/08/articles/more-and-more-actions-on-pirate-radio-what-is-next/ It seems like virtually every day, the FCC announces that it has sent numerous Notices to pirate radio operators warning them that their operations are illegal and that, if the operations do not cease, legal penalties may follow. Yesterday, the FCC released ten such Notices, including ones sent to operators of pirate radio stations themselves (see notices here and here) and to the owners of buildings in which pirate radio operations have been tracked (see notices here http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2017/db0829/DOC-346388A1.pdf and here). [both for 103.1 MHz in Brooklyn, addressed to different parties] http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2017/db0829/DOC-346386A1.pdf These Notices have been common over the past several months, seemingly signaling a new focus on pirate radio operations by the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau. In the past, some broadcasters had believed that the FCC had other priorities for their Enforcement Bureau, and was less willing to contact and confront pirate radio operators. That seems to have changed. As we have written before, http://www.broadcastlawblog.com/2016/04/articles/combatting-pirate-radio-what-can-the-fcc-do/ Commissioner O’Rielly in particular has worried that the FCC still does not have the enforcement tools to really crack down on pirate radio operations. In that article, we wrote about tools that could be useful to the FCC, including a Congressional clarification of its authority to go after building owners who house pirate radio operations and a more robust authorization to actually seize pirate radio equipment without involving other government agencies. Even imposing more penalties quicker would seem to send a message that pirate radio operations will not be tolerated (see the FCC’s most recent actions proposing $15000 fines on pirate radio operators here and here). We look forward to watching the next actions from the FCC in this seeming crackdown on pirate radio. Posted by: (Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) ** U S A. Sept 4 at 1450 UT, morning tropo check finds lots of bad DTV signals on RF channels 10, 12, 18, 19, 21, 22, 25, 26, 28, 31, 35, 36, 38 – and local 17 translator too is bad due to DX QRM, probably KDOR Bartlesville OK TBN. Despite hitting antenna on the side, aimed at OKC, only one decoding is RF 43 as 12-1 KODE-DT Joplin MO, plus 12-2 Grit and 12-3 Bounce. A few minutes later, another bandscan gets partial breakup decodes from RF 20, KQCW-HD 19-1; and RF 11, OETA-HD 11-1 Tulsa. Hepburn tropo maps show a small level 4 blob around Enid, surrounded by level 3 and level 2 out to Joplin. Losing KODE by 1500 UT as `The View` is starting (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** URUGUAY. [Re 17-35:] Another nice photo shot, ostensibly of a powerful regional signal -- this time, CX26 SODRE in Montevideo. <<< https://plus.google.com/photos/photo/117600246389231299606/5857449089203280962 Obviously oldest gear (hardly more than scrap metal now) to the left, newest one to the right. And perhaps not just 1050 kHz (Kai Ludwig, Germany, Sept 2, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) And I do take credit for first submitting the CX26 SODRE transmitter shot to DXLD. Though failing to grant me that credit, someone did seem to do a nice job of enlarging the photo, as seen above (-- GREG HARDISON, dxldyg via DXLD) Angel Fonseca`s name is on it (gh) ** VANUATU. 7259.94, R. Vanuatu. Some sort of editorial and like report by M announcer at 1022. 1023 music bridge, and M returned. Getting the low het from 7260 China coming up. Would have stayed with this normally but there were other things, mainly Ozy R., to listen to. China way on top by 1117. (31 August) RX: Perseus SDR; ANT: 315 at 270 [315 what? Feet? Meters? gh]. QTH: Lower straight stretch stripcut road along the creek. Duration: 1005-1205 UT Solar Indices: Solar Flux = 87 A Index = 5 K Index = 5 Space weather was minor. G1 geomagnetic storms. Wx: Mostly cloudy then foggy for a time, warm 60 . (Dave Valko, remote site near Dunlo PA, DX Fanzine via DXLD) ** VENEZUELA. Re 17-35, here`s another version to that written by Adán González, a Maduro supporter, who did not attribute the closures to regime censorship (gh) CIERRAN DOS EMISORAS MÁS EN VENEZUELA 29/08/2017 https://gruporadioescuchaargentino.wordpress.com/2017/08/29/9127/ El gobierno de Venezuela dispuso la no renovación de las licencias de dos emisoras de radio, decisión que legisladores opositores consideraron otra muestra de censura de parte de la administración de Nicolás Maduro. Las emisoras privadas 92.9 y Mágica 99.1 dejaron de emitir en las últimas horas y sus directivos denunciaron que se trata del cese definitivo de sus transmisiones por la no renovación de las concesiones. [logo illustrations] Resultado de imagen para 99,1 magica venezuela Resultado de imagen para 92,9 venezuela Aunque la información aún no fue confirmada por fuentes oficiales de la estatal Comisión Nacional de Telecomunicaciones (Conatel), la presidenta de la Cámara de Radio, Enza Carbone, hizo pública la decisión del gobierno en un mensaje a la prensa y convocó al sector a una reunión extraordinaria (Telam via GRA blog via DXLD) ** VIETNAM [non]. 7314.997, USA, Scheduled in Aoki userlist1 is VoV relay, but heard instead WHRI Cypress Creek station ID pause announcement, at S=9+35dB powerful channel, 9.2 kHz wideband at 0127 UT [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews)(Wolfgang Büschel, log in 0030-0158 UT Sept 2nd range, noted in remote SDR in central FL and at MI-US installation, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) WHRI always stix in own promotion during pauses between Vietnam and other relay broadcasts (gh, DXLD) ** YEMEN [non]. 11860, Aug 31 at 1751, an unusual time for me to be monitoring, so I concentrate on Republic of Yemen Radio, just before it makes a drastic site change. Now the signal is better than usual at other dayparts, S9 with flutter, chanting mixed with talking over it. Is this intentional or am I hearing two sites mixing already? I don`t think so. At 1757:38* cuts off, but BFO detects a JBA carrier remaining, past 1800, so apparently that`s still ROYR`s other much inferior site from our angle. BTW, the K index was 5 at 15, 4 at 18 UT amid G1 storms. Without any official info ever emerging, the continuing assumption is that one, probably both are from Sau`di Arabia, backing the ousted side in the terrible civil war. One Riyadh, the other Jeddah, but which is which? Ivo Ivanov posted as of August 26: ``Republic of Yemen Radio via two different transmitters 0300-0900 on 11860 JED 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME Arabic 0900-1800 on 11860 unknown tx / unknown to N/ME Arabic 1800-2300 on 11860 JED 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME Arabic 2300-0300 on 11860 unknown tx / unknown to N/ME Arabic http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/08/reception-of-republic-of-yemen-radio_26.html `` Aoki lists ``Radio Sanna`` [sic] as all 50 kW ND from Jeddah for 24 hours, but in 3 segments, starting at 00, 04 and 18. EiBi lists 0400-1758 ARS-j for Jeddah, and 1758-0400 merely ARS = defaulting to Riyadh. Ed Sylvester, USN, now based in Riyadh, reported July 29 at 1016-1020 that 11860 was 44434, ``transmitter in Jeddah``. We were hoping he would visit the Riyadh site to absolutely confirm it is coming from there at certain other hours. Wolfgang Büschel reported, as on WORLD OF RADIO 1890: ``I checked 11860 kHz channel between 1755 and 1800 UT today on Aug 4th. At remote web SDR in Doha Qatar the signal was straight S=9+10dB till SWITCH OVER at exact 1757:59 UT, when a very poor tiny signal left on that channel as tiny S=3-4 level in Qatar SDR remote post. So, - as assumed already, Jeddah site in distance close to Yemen is used at local daytime 0400-1757 UT, and Riyadh site at night time at 1800 to 0400 UT, with different antenna characteristic, latter in order to cover Yemen at Sana'a and on southern peninsula tip Aden too. 73 wb`` Riyadh has lots of transmitters of 250 and 500 kW, so even with direxional antennas, it`s a bit strange that all monitors abroad seem to be getting much stronger signals from 50 kW ND Jeddah if that is really the case. I tend to go with the opposite like Ivo, Riyadh until 1758, then Jeddah (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1894, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Re my previous comments about the sites for 11860, Republic of Yemen Radio, Wolfgang Büschel asks, ``Why do you always talk about 50 kW SW TX units at Jeddah? ARS_new Jeddah TCI antennas 135 / 315degr +/-30 degr slew. at location 21 14'42.58"N 39 09'55.96"E 21.245161 N 39.165544 E https://www.terraserver.com/view?utf8=%E2%9C%93&search_text=++&searchLat=21.245161&searchLng=39.165544 built / finished up in January 2012 year, and - new 250 kW - Continental transmitters too. 73 wb`` I reply to that: ``Because 50 kW ND are all that Ivo and Aoki ever mention about this from Jeddah. EiBi of course avoids the issue by never specifying powers or azimuths. Also, I didn`t read the WRTH 2017 entry closely which says that 4 x 250 kW are in Jeddah (along with the 1 x 50), and the 8 x 500 kW are in Riyadh (plus another 4 x 350 at Riyadh). (Is BSKSA ever on anywhere near 17 frequencies at once? Hardly) When this was first reported in November 2015 --- you may want to review http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld1547.txt --- one of the first observations was Jeddah registered with 50 kW ND on 11855, so this might be related. But that was only a guess, and in fact it is still registered for some hours in A-17, certainly not in use on that frequency. Both you via Qatar, and me via Enid note a drastic drop in signal strength at the 1758v QSY. Maybe before that, it is 250 kW from Jeddah aimed at Yemen, accounting for good signals here off the back (or maybe long path in some circumstances), but does not account for 350 or 500 kW from Riyadh after that being so much weaker even if the azimuth is not so favorable for us. Glenn`` This has led to a lot more discussion, but it`s all supposition since Saudi Arabia is not at all transparent about how many transmitters it really has in service, and where; least of all about this continuous clandestine service never acknowledged or registered anywhere. Kai Ludwig points out that a more important concern is who is really behind it? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1894, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ARS_new Jeddah TCI antennas 135 / 315degr +/-30 degr slew. at location 21 14'42.58"N 39 09'55.96"E 21.245161 N 39.165544 E https://www.terraserver.com/view?utf8=%E2%9C%93&search_text=++&searchLat=21.245161&searchLng=39.165544 Built / finished up in January 2012 year, and - new 250 kW - Continental transmitters too. 73 wb {glancing thru HFCC A-17 searching on JED, it strikes me that many of the 250 kW Jeddah listings are wooden; some also overlap or duplicate Riyadh, so they have a choice, but of course not both at once. -- gh} Jeddah: The "4 x 250 kW" refer to a new facility there, built by Continental which in its publicity had a photo from the transmitter room. It is possible that this facility is already in use for some of the regular SBC shortwave output. No way to find out from abroad I fear. The "50 kW" apparently comes from some initial speculation about these 11855 kHz transmissions, assuming it would be one of the old shortwave transmitters at Jeddah, no longer used for regular transmissions for years. Apparently this speculation has been misinterpreted as factual information, which it obviously not is, or can anyone quote a source that is not a unreferenced tertiary one? Riyadh: Lots of high power transmitters installed there, in 1973 starting with the 350 kW model made back then by Thomson-Houston, then 500 kW models. There have even been reports about recent replacements / refurbishments. All impossible to confirm from outside of course. But what I consider much more important than details about the transmitter use (as long as there are no indications for 11855 kHz transmissions originating outside Saudi-Arabia) is the question who runs the whole thing. Who produces the program, where, who pays for all this? All I saw so far was the pro-Saudi narrative, while it's quite possible that, when using the terms from the good old days, this must be called a Saudi black clandestine station. Obviously no one besides us cares at all, just indicating how irrelevant this distribution platform is now. But it's possible that 11855 kHz is not the whole story. Trouble is that most of the DTH satellite services in the Middle East can not be received in Europe, so there is no chance to find out about a possible TV side from here. (Kai Ludwig, Sept 2, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ARS_new Jeddah TCI antennas 135 / 315degr. +/-30 degr possible slew. at location 21 14 42.58 N 39 09 55.96 E 21.245161 N 39.165544 E Newly built in 2011/2012 / finnished up in January 2012 year, and - new 250 kW - Continental 419H transmitters too. See The old 50 kW SW location Jeddah dismantled in 2011year. These were Harris type of 1973 - 1987years or so? In the Ludo Maes list some recent 2015 Riyadh installations left out yet: 4 x 500 kW Typ TSW2500D transmitters of Thomcast Broadcast & Multimedia, now Ampegon Turgi, Made in Switzerland, erected in Riyadh as replace in November 2014 / Spring 2015. see (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 1, DXLD) Glenn, maybe the Marine forces guy Ed Sylvester could check the Riyadh bcast site at 24 49 28.54 N 46 52 13.17 E https://goo.gl/maps/Hv4kTwg2pc12 at ten minutes slot switch over time 1750 to 1810 UT, to listen in the car parking nearby to the local harmonic of 2 x 11860 = 23720 kHz using a little small TECSUN receiver or so. 73 wolfie > 2014 replacement in Riyadh of 4 x 500 kW Ampegon now > (of older 9 x Thomson of 1989 year obsolete units) This had been officially announced: http://ampegon.com/news/?id=27 It's possible that they now use these four units plus the new Jeddah facility for all transmissions, just do not bother to take account on this in their HFCC submissions and call anything "RIY" there, perhaps planning the detailed transmitter use ad hoc (Kai Ludwig, Sept 2, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.: 2.09.2014 === AMPEGON DELIVERS SHORTWAVE TRANSMITTERS AND ANTENNA SYSTEMS TO SAUDI BROADCAST CORPORATION Turgi, Switzerland, September 12, 2014. Saudi Broadcast Corporation (SBC), Saudi’s National Broadcaster, has contracted Ampegon through undisputed Saudi market leader First Gulf Company (FGC) for the renewal of their radio transmission site in Riyadh. Ampegon will deliver four 500 kW shortwave transmitters, four shortwave antennas HRS 4/4/0.5 and the BroadMaster broadcast control system. The new systems will replace existing analog transmitters with four tubes by modern analog/digital transmitters having single high power tube amplification and hence a much better overall efficiency. Saudi Broadcast Corporation has selected FGC proposal with Ampegon because of the capability of FGC to handle large projects along with Ampegon’s expertise and the reliability of their systems well known since decades. Ampegon had supplied several antenna and transmission systems in the past and feels honored to once again show presence in Saudi Arabia. The transmitters will be manufactured in Turgi, Switzerland. Factory tests together with SBC engineers are planned for autumn and shipments before end of 2014. Commissioning by an Ampegon engineer will start afterwards and the new systems are expected to be on air within summer 2015. Engineer Saleh A. Almeghaileeth, Vice-President for Engineering Affairs at SBC, is extremely pleased to work together with Ampegon: “Ampegon offers a complete solution approach including transmitters, antennas, broadcast control systems and DRM integration. We trust on Ampegon’s and FGC’s experience as they had delivered shortwave transmitters in the past that still work to our full satisfaction.” Tel. +41 58 710 44 00 info@ampegon.com Re: > Jeddah heard oddly in Sept 2010 last, I guess 11784.89v. April 2008 and Nov 2007 on 11854.9 kHz, carrier only, 6-17 UT sometimes low modulation. And it just dawned to me that the current clannie transmissions are on 11860 kHz instead. Right now booming into Europe with the muezzin singing. What obviously happened: An old, left over HFCC entry for 11855 as "Jeddah 50 kW" prompted a wild speculation that the new signal 5 kHz higher is related to this wooden entry. And this wild speculation went into a reference loop, with everyone quoting everyone, Ivo -> Aoki -> WRTH and so on. So we can put this "Jeddah 50 kW" into the basket. It's not factual information, merely a guess, and obviously not even an educated one. Presumably no such transmitter exists anymore. Be that as it may: If I'm not terribly wrong some monitoring already confirmed traces of 60 Hz mains power in the 11860 kHz signal at every time. This almost definitely indicates that it always comes from transmitters in Saudi Arabia, with no third party abroad being involved. So the really urgent question is now the origin and financing of the programming. The *real* backgrounds, as opposed to propaganda fairytales about helping Yemen (Kai Ludwig, Germany, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn, Further to your recent discussion of Republic of Yemen Radio (Sana'a), I'm just confirming that the observed transmitter changeover pattern is still much the same here in Jo'burg as it was when the mystery first started. Last night (September 4) the transition occured at about 1749ut. 5 minute (11MB mp3) recording posted at https://app.box.com/s/hoyo92l4exck7b7fizq3azyjyezuzzue It seems to me that a very rapid het can be heard starting at about 1 minute into the recording, rendering a poor signal almost unreadable. Then at about 3:38 into the recording the audio suddenly clears, presumably when the first transmitter is turned off at about 17:49ut. (Bill Bingham, Johannesburg RSA. Drake R8E, Sony ICF2001D. dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1894, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ZIMBABWE. THE ROLE OF MEDIA IN CHANGING ZIMBABWE FOR 2018 The Zimbabwean Sunday 3rd September 2017 Updated: 13:01 29.8.2017 13:56 by Pythias Makonese https://www.thezimbabwean.co/2017/08/role-media-changing-zimbabwe-2018/ The role of the press with respect to Zimbabwe's political; social and economic changes as we move towards 2018 should not be underestimated. The media is capable of highlighting on the past, the present and help the people establish how best to model their future. Media is as essential as our daily bread as it plays an outstanding role in creating and shaping of public opinion and strengthening of society. __________________________________________________________________ One of the reasons why ZANU-PF is still in power (37+ years now) is that it has been able to manipulate its state controlled media facilities for its benefits mainly spreading its propaganda. However they (ZANU-PF) should understand that media is the sword arm of democracy as it acts as a watchdog to protect interest against malpractice and create public awareness. In an authoritarian environment like Zimbabwe, where the state seeks control of information, the effect of the Internet, Facebook, Twitter and other Social media, smart phones, digital cameras as well as shortwave radio networks will undoubtedly have a liberalizing effect and will help spread the Zimbabwean story around the world and their overall effect are going to be noticedas we come to the results of 2018 elections.. The Internet as a new medium of communication will create more options for news consumption. Use of the new media technology have made it possible for the whole world to be a village. Zimbabwe is estimated to have 100 000 internet users and the advantage of online services by several Zimbabwean journalists in exile are all odds against state control. It is a known fact that the ZANU-PF regime controls all AM & FM broadcasts by jamming these broadcasts using equipment brought from China. However against this, news bulletins are still texted to thousands of cell phones in Zimbabwe and around the world. New media technology is seen to be very crucial especially for reaching Zimbabwe's rural areas where more than 60% of the population lives. This has increased the number of people who can be updated on any development be it the wrong government policies/activities such as corruption and these spread like wildfire to almost every part of Zimbabwe. The populace will always be fed with the right information which in the end willenablethem to decide on voting for the right future government to save their interests. Fighting against press freedom in Zimbabwe has been going on since ZANU-PF has been in power. When farms owned by the whites were seized by ZANU-PF, the President wanted to be viewed as the radical African leader who rid his country of white farmers yet on the other hand Mugabe did not want the press to report that he was using systematic state torture and violence against blacks opposed to his rule. Freelance journalists like Andrew Meldrum ( for The Guardian & The Economist) were labeled "terrorist" by Mugabe and state media after uncovering human rights abuses. He was jailed for 2 days and charged with "publishing falsehood". He ended up being abducted by state agents and was forced to flee out of the country in May 2003. Beatrice Mtetwa, a Zimbabwean lawyer who has beeninternationally recognised for her defense ofjournalists and press freedom, The New York Times described her in 2008 as"Zimbabwe's top human rights lawyer". She defended a number of journalists both foreign and Zimbabweans as well as opposition supporters to keep a shred of the free press alive in Zimbabwe. Pro-Mugabe propaganda by state newspapers, television and radio gives the ruling party monopoly over media. This needs to be overcome. Exiled journalist, Wilf Mbanga, founder, editor and publisher of The Zimbabwean, achieved a wide circulation of his newspaper in the country and later the government slapped a hefty import duty on the paper and its delivery truck was firebombed. With the creation of a coalition government in 2010 Mugabe was forced to relax his grip on the media. New daily newspapers were allowed to be published such as News Day and also foreign based news organisations like the BBC & CNN set up operations in Zimbabwe. Press freedom and the free flow of information is a requirement of a democratic society. An informed electorate is better off able to make good decisions on good governance and to hold elected leaders accountable Zimbabwe has travelled through the post colonial era and are nowin an authoritarian state which needs to be changed through a much informative free press with much support from free expression from various stakeholders. During the Ian Douglas Smith and Abel Muzorewa time, the media which saved and supported the ideology and interests of the white ruling elite in the then Rhodesia was made up of the Rhodesia Herald; The Chronicle and The Sunday Mail and in addition, The Sunday News as well as The Financial Gazette. Also during that same time was a church publication known asMoto (Fire), and Umbowo (Witness) which represented publications and reactions to the injustice, racism, and exploitation that prevailed at that time of colonialism. Father Michael Traber, once Moto Magazine Editor in Zimbabwe during the 1970s helped to shape and influence Zimbabwe's media landscape. His magazine strongly advocated for social justice and offered the country's two main liberation movements a platform to air their grievances. In his writings he said "Stories, though they may be funny, are a serious way of educating people, particularly the young. And storytelling has always been an intensely political activity. They are part of the political process, even though politicians and the media may ignore them at their own peril. Many governments in Africa and elsewhere have been toppled because they failed to listen to the stories of the people but relied, instead, on the press. It is dangerous for any state not to take the people's stories seriously." A lot can be learnt from Father Michael Traber's writings useful to both the current and future governments. With the coming of Zimbabwe independence as from 1980 up to date, the pre-colonial media switched its support to a new ruling elite which is the current ZANU-PF regime. They have a monopolyof all state media, radio, television and the print media. All white editors at Zimbabwe Newspapers were replaced. Farai Munyuki became the first black editor of The Herald; Tommy Sithole for The Chronicle and the late Willy Musarurwa for The Sunday Mail. In this new era all what was needed was to be highly partisan to the ruling party's ideology and policies. However Willy Musarurwa (ZAPU) was less partisan and was more professional. His aim was to save the government with both positive and negative reportage so as to enable the government to redirect their services as per society's needs. Subsequently he was removed from his position by orders of President Robert Mugabe for being "overly critical of the government". In a state controlled media we normally read state press news which gives a positive image of the country's leadership. Anything short of that is not welcome as it can be considered to be manufactured lies. What happened in the Sandura Commission of Inquiry? In most cases State controlled media does not cover interest for the majority of the country's population. On the other hand the independent press is put on the side of the oppressed masses. In reality a free press should be made up of journalistic community ready to disseminate information without fear or favour for the public's right to know, to be informed and to be educated. The public need to make critical decisions about their lives. Sometimes a lot is promised in state controlled media by government officials but nothing happens despite all assurances such as government will give more land, agricultural inputs, jobs, education and improved quality of life to all the citizens. Our Zimbabwe media should be depolarized and be totally removed from the ruling party politics. It must be defined not on the basis of its ownership but on the basis of of what it does professionally. Recognition of equality of all human beings with the understanding that there are no human beings that are more equal than others. We voted for a constitution which should be respected. We should all play our part for a better Zimbabwe - come 2018 (via Mike Cooper, DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search August 29 at 1124- 1128 UT, presunrise here of 1201: only found from WSW on 702 [not 701, typo in original report], 828; from west on 1098 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search August 30 at 1139- 1145: Looping WSW: 612, 657, 702 (yesterday typoed as 701), 738, 756, 1035. Looping both WSW and NW, or rather no nulls: 774, Australia and Japan Looping West: 1098 Looping NW only: 747, 828 738 is interesting, with Tahiti pest out of the way: there is a 50 kW in NSW. 1098 always assumed V7AB Marshalls; NW the bigsigs from NHK Japan. 1035 would like to be Solomons, more powerful than the single Aussie, but weaker than the Enzedder. Nothing detected above 1098, but the higher end, especially 1200-1500 has heavier QRM from all the domestix. I don`t spend a lot of time doing this with only the DX-398 internal antenna, as I know I need more gain to succeed. Maybe if I ever get some signs of TP audio I will be motivated to get out of bed and fire up the NRD-545 & Wellbrook (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 1035-Newstalk ZB is one of the most powerful New Zealand big guns, while 1035-SIBC is heard once in a blue moon. You can be fairly certain of dealing with the Kiwi. It has a call-in talk format, with a lot of commercial ads. This was its monster signal (S9+) at the Rockwork ocean cliff about a year ago https://app.box.com/s/8g5drz0kbarvdfopfrugkxl8rq4u2l0c (Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA), IRCA via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search, 1138 UT Sept 5: only 702 & 774 from WSW, probably Australia (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 3240, Aug 30 at 1154 UT, JBA carrier, maybe second harmonic of some 1620, if not a receiver mixing product. Today I make a complete scan of 2000-3400 hoping for some signs of MW harmonix, but no luck beyond locals such as 3280 KZLS. Come on stations, get with it! Among thousands of MW stations there must be at least a few capable of radiating a bit on multiples. Even 2850 North Korea fundamental is a JBA carrier, unless it`s a 3 x 950 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 4845, Sept 1 at 0605, open carrier at S9+10 to S8, in the absence of 4840 WWCR rained out. Only known broadcasters are the two Brazilians, but R. Cultura, Manaus is probably the only one active. 4885 also audible with music at S9+20 to S8 vs CODAR, as not too many ZYs are left on 60m, especially overnight (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. EGYPT [sic], station with Egyptian music, August 31: 1100-1111 on 9600 unknown tx / unknown to UNID, fair signal http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/08/unidentified-station-with-egyptian.html Unidentified station with Egyptian music on Sept 1: 1020-1036 on 9550 unknown tx / unknown to UNID, weak signal http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/09/unidentified-station-with-egyptian.html Unidentified station with Egyptian music on Sept 2: 0900-0921 on 9600 unknown tx / unknown to UNID, good signal http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/09/unidentified-station-with-egyptian_2.html (DX RE MIX NEWS #1026 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, Sept 3, 2017 via DXLD) Reception of unidentified station with Egyptian music, Sept 4: 1040-1050 on 9600 unknown tx / unknown to ????, fair, distorted audio http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/09/reception-of-unidentified-station-with.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News September 2-3, dxldyg via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 13717.40-USB, Sept 4 at 0122, INTRUDERS, 2-way in colloquial Spanish (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS ++++++++++++++++++++++++ No contributions received this week to support our non-commercial website and broadcast, which could have been sent via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, 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 PUBLICATIONS ++++++++++++ EiBi English Extracts The EiBi English Extracts as of August 28, 2017 are in the Schedules section of http://www.kg4lac.com 73, (Kraig, KG4LAC, Krist, VA, Sept 2, dxldyg via DXLD) CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES +++++++++++++++++++++++++ EDXC 2017 IN TAMPERE FINLAND - A SHORT REPORT by Christian Ghibaudo This year the annual conference of the EDXC was held (August 18-20) in Tampere, a nice city between two lakes in central Finland. This place was chosen because the local Tampere DX Club celebrated 50 years, and it was also the occasion to celebrate the 50 years of the EDXC and the 100 years of Finland! Tampere is also the birth place of the Finnish Radio Broadcasting (Tampere Radio) in 1923. The conference was held at the Varala Sports Institute just some minutes outside the city centre. I already joined Helsinki the day before, and on Friday morning, I took the train for Tampere. Around two hours later, I meet my friend Dario Monferini already in Tampere since the day before. Other old friends arrived, and at 16.00, there was the Opening of the meeting and the flag ceremony outside the entrance of Varala. At 16.15 Anker Petersen, a famous Danish DXer, explained to us how the EDXC was born, some 50 years ago. From 17.00 it was already lunch time and from 18.00 Risto Vähäkainu gave us a brief history of the EDXC. Both conferences were very interesting for the memory of past EDXC Conferences. From 19.00 Jim Solatie, talked about DX traveling around the world, with a very funny small competition about DX, radio history and geography! At 21.00 The Welcome Reception with Sauna (!), snacks and drinks were held on the shores of the lake. A very friendly and positive moment to chat with friends. After the breakfast on the second day (Saturday), from 09.30 Ismo Kauppi and Tapio Kalmi talk about AM listening, then Jon Hudson presented us the latest news about SDR receivers. Just before the lunch, Kirsti Kauristie of the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) discusses details of the ionosphere. From 13.00, we had a Sightseeing by bus, in this tour, we can see main places of Tampere and also the transmitter site with the antenna of Pispalan Radio a local (AM, FM) station in Tampere. From 16.00 conference sessions started again. Pasi Komsi Director of Pispalan Radio talked about the story of this unique station. Pispalan Radio is on MW on 729 kHz, but for the moment the power is under 5 watts. 16.30 to 18.30 a wonderful presentation about FM DXing, by Jukka Kotovirta, with two FM related quizzes, in particular, the one «Video Killed the Radio Star» hosted by Jopi Nyman and Jussi Suokas. 19.00-23.00 It was the EDXC Banquet, with before the Jubilee Dinner, a ceremony for the FDXA awards. At the end of the dinner, Jukka and Jarmo presented a funny DX Auction, where items donated were sold by auctions. Items such as electronic materials, old receivers, stickers, books and also Monaco euro coins! And it’s already the last day of the conference on Sunday. From 09.30 Kari Kivekäs and Jan-Mikael Nurmela talked about EDXC matters and the propositions for next year conference. At 10.30 Mika Mäkeläinen have a presentation about «How to go a QSL from a Chinese station», with a connexion with Miss Liu Hengyi live from China! After the lunch, from 12.30 Dan Goldfarb from the UK hold a presentation about MW masts and transmitters around the world. Now his huge project is on his website www.mwmasts.com Then Toshi Ohtake presented «Radio Listening in Japan, past, present and future. At 13.45-14.00 it was the Flag ceremony and the final words of the meeting. See you next year! (August DX Fanzine via DXLD) Thank you for attending the EDXC Conference in Tampere! Dear participants of the EDXC Conference! Thank you for your participation in the jubilee meeting organized by the European DX Council, the Finnish DX Association and the DX Club of Tampere, in Varala/Tampere, August 18-20, 2017. We hope you enjoyed your stay! Special thanks to our presenters and guest speakers, and to all the persons who took part in the arrangements and contributed to the success of the event in various ways. You can have a look at several of the presentations and photos at the event's home page http://sdxl.fi/edxc/ (red buttons). Additional photos are welcome, you can send them by email reply to the sender, or e.g. via your favored cloud service. Please, find attached a list of meeting participants, supplemented by many additional names even during the meeting. There were 118 identified attendants in total! Looking forward to see you next year at some of its numerous DX events! Yours, Kari Kivekäs, European DX Council Pasi Rintamäki, Finnish DX Association Jouni Keskinen, DX Club of Tampere Risto Vähäkainu, Organizing Committee [il messaggio originale non è incluso] (SDXL.FI via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) DX-PEDITIONS ++++++++++++ TERRY KRUEGER, FLORIDA All times/dates GMT. The below were made local +/- noon-ish from the middle North Beach parking lot, Fort DeSoto Park, southern Pinellas County with IC-R75 coupled to car power jack, active loop, draining car battery 540, ALABAMA, WASG, Daphne. 1516 August 31, 2017. Urban gospel vocals, fair under WFLF. Parallel 610 WVTJ, 840 KWDF, so WRN Wilkins Radio Network. 560, ALABAMA, WOOF, Dothan. 1520 August 31, 2017. Tentative. Someone weak with commercials, pointing that way but WIOD co-channel seriously messing with it. Weak het on low side from something unidentified, seemingly not spurious. 610, FLORIDA, WVTJ, Pensacola. 1526 August 31, 2017. Urban gospel, listed as Wilkins Radio Network affiliate and indeed parallel 540 WASG and 840 KWDF. 500 watts on the day power, first log for me I think. 730, GEORGIA, WSTT, Thomasville. 1530 August 31, 2017. Black male announcer ID, spots for local churches. Fair with Progeso nulled. 750, CUBA, Radio Progreso, Palmira, Cienfuegos. 1533 Ausust 31, 2017. Clear, weak and alone with spastic wobbling audio. 790, FLORIDA, WLBE, Leesburg-Eustis. 1535 August 31, 2017. "My Oldies 7-90, WLBE..." then quasi-spot begging for sales staff with phone number for potential suckers, promo for someone claiming to spin 45 rpm oldies every 9 pm Saturday, live jock, studio phone number, time check, local weather. Reloj co-channel. 800, LOUISIANA, WSHO, New Orleans. 1537 August 31, 2017. Male Jesus talk, clear and fair. 840, LOUISIANA, KWDF, Ball. 1543 August 31, 2017. Poor in CMHW co- channel with Wilkins Radio Network male Jesus talk, parallel 540 WASG and 610 WVTJ. 850, CUBA, Radio Reloj, Nueva Gerona, Isla de la Juventud. 1546 August 31, 2017. Fair in 860 WGUL co-channel [sic] splatter. Something else seemingly Spanish threshold, probably Radio Progreso, Trinidad, Sancti Spíritus. 880, FLORIDA, WZAB, Sweetwater. 1550 August 31, 2017. Brokered investment huckster constantly repeating 954 area code number. Poor under Progreso. 980, FLORIDA, WRNE, Gulf Breeze. 1554 August 31, 2017. Ambulance chaser attorney spot with 850 area code, COCO Cuba coco-channel. 1110, ALABAMA, WTOF, Bay Minette. 1613 August 31, 2017. Country-fied Christian vocals, alone and fair. No chance of paralleling to 1360 WMOB due to big WHNR signal. 1190, MISSISSIPPI, WMEJ, Bay Saint Louis. 1608 August 31, 2017. Alone and very good with old black gospel, "... on your hometown gospel station, WMEJ." 1500, FLORIDA, WKIZ, Key West. 1630 August 31, 2017. Slow Spanish Christian contemporary vocal, Spanish male with some sort of slogan but could not copy, partial phone number, mention of Miami. Slight WPSO (Greek programming) co-channel. 1600, FLORIDA, WKWF, Key West. 1641 August 31, 2017. Local level with ads, "Conch Talk Live... WKWF, Sports Radio 1600..." back into "This is the Jim Rome Show on CBS Sports Radio..." 1650, FLORIDA, (TIS), WQQJ297, FDoT, Tampa. 1645 August 31, 2017. Local level, compu-man generic loop with calls, presume one of the Tampa I-275 transmitters, unless the within eyesight northern Sunshine Skyway Bridge FDoT transmitter is using these calls now. Otherwise, where are they? 1650, FLORIDA, (TIS), unidentified. 1645 August 31, 2017. Pointing slightly more south, a human female loop threshold under WQQJ297, presumably one of the many I-75 transmitters in Manatee, Sarasota and counties beyond. Florida Low Power Radio Stations: https://sites.google.com/site/floridadxn/florida-low-power-radio-stations 1700, TEXAS, KVNS, Brownsville. 1647 August 31, 2017. Weak but mostly clear once WJCC was tightly nulled, with sports talk, 800 number, Fox Sports Radio promo (Terry Krueger, FL, DX LISTENING DIGEST) AUGUST 2017 ROCKWORK 4 DXPEDITION LOGGINGS & MP3'S (PART TWO) 738, 2NR Grafton, Australia, 50 kW Barely getting through oppressive KCBS splatter at 1328 on 8-9, but strong enough to confirm 702 parallel; a very noisy frequency all week https://app.box.com/s/ynmlgn3aj8vrb36yz4nb9dhpgs475o74 756, RNZ Auckland, NZ, 10 kW Sounding very clear (and // 675) at 1338 on 8-9 with a major assist from the solid rock cliff, which greatly limited splatter from 50 kW pest KXTG (75 miles and 6 kHz away) https://app.box.com/s/anomc4qcr64ezmoe8aykin4podyah1w7 *** 765, Radio Kahungunu Napier-Hastings, NZ, 2.5 kW Although generally an underperformer throughout the week, freakishly good Kiwi propagation at 1258 on 8-4 propelled this Maori net 2.5 kW wonder to an overwhelming level with R&B music and a Maori net ID at the 1300 TOH (at 1:36 into the MP3). This meltdown-level recording was the strongest ever heard during 15 DXpeditions over 6 years https://app.box.com/s/qvu2atw8b22qvi8xwkgp95riigd5mlca Another potent signal at 1258 on 8-5 features lots of Maori-accented Kiwi English https://app.box.com/s/nxbw4oexrw5svw83c3nd7jfcsy282zb *** 774, 3LO Melbourne, Australia, 50 kW This huge ABC signal with female speech at 1332 on 8-6 was recorded using a 3.5 inch (89mm) "Frequent Flyer" FSL antenna, which proves once again that when propagation is good you can have a lot of fun with a modest aerial. https://app.box.com/s/60dye0v5k46o9zr066px103mmh4fes8b 774, Radio Sport New Plymouth, NZ, 5 kW In a loud mix underneath 3LO with Yankee-accented Fox Sports News relay at 1305 on 8-7; it generally was losing out to the Australian big gun all week https://app.box.com/s/ab5kderbjwe5635e9lufy3d2hei5vvxi *** 792, 4RN Brisbane, Australia, 25 kW Like its 576 parallel this RN network powerhouse could really blast in when conditions favored it, such as at 1305 on 8-7 https://app.box.com/s/374oiz85qfveyyfep3shmyqtjvvld0it 792, Radio Sport Hamilton, NZ, 5 kW Losing out to 4RN all week, the best that the Fox Sports News relay could do was show up underneath the Oz big gun, such as at 1306 on 8-7 https://app.box.com/s/etciijdo5bq3xhkpwxyz9hibth5n6l4s 828, 3GI Sale, Australia, 10 kW Not much of a horse race on this frequency as Radio Trackside failed to show up. The Oz big gun was usually around but fighting splatter, such as at 1325 on 8-8 https://app.box.com/s/axqyrphgqnmzpvachg1wlk6hp3qxoipk 837, RNZ Whangarei/ Kaitaia, NZ, 2.5/ 2 kW One of the voices in this mix was matched to 756, which was the last RNZ parallel available as propagation was collapsing at 1345 on 8-9. The low power relays were apparently in a mix with Australia, but everything quickly faded before this could be confirmed https://app.box.com/s/612iqralz1ylq8rp5gvims19y00mjuhu 846, 2RN Canberra, Australia, 10 kW Not one of the stronger Oz stations but occasionally at decent strength, fighting the IBOC noise from KHHO as at 1242 on 8-9, // 576 https://app.box.com/s/edp0neatndiqyzgs5e0ng1my6wtqg6e0 855, 4QB/ 4QO Pialba/ Eidsvold, Australia, 10/ 10 kW Bad splatter at most times, such as at 1319 on 8-5 but still enough signal to confirm the 774 parallel https://app.box.com/s/xh0gr9lobe3uwd8l7nhw2k05piwvr75a 891, 5AN Adelaide, Australia, 50 kW (presumed) An 890 Spanish pest usually covered this, but a few seconds of audio would break through occasionally, such as at 1314 on 8-8 https://app.box.com/s/0pm1yk4tro2r8dyrz8wxh4ggs65zoig9 927, Newstalk ZB Palmerston North, NZ, 2 kW Low-powered Kiwi relay just strong enough to check parallel with 1035 at 1308 on 8-9 https://app.box.com/s/vdhttgri1d1r0uf69rt4jtgr6y7gyno7 936, Chinese Voice Auckland, NZ, 1 kW The very low powered Kiwi ethnic station managed its best signal ever with Chinese male speech at 1304 on 8-9. Oddly enough it was dominant on the frequency over the Australian stations for most of the week https://app.box.com/s/z8jbfnptywt446a66kmpqqwzyuq0upsu Chinese female speech at almost the same good level at 1320 on 8-7 https://app.box.com/s/k59fahu3g93b1cha02gyyas4co0endwq 936, UnID-Oz Marginal DU English speech at 1330 on 8-8 but too noisy to check for LR network parallel https://app.box.com/s/ztaeb3j6t2zoe4b1ql9rfgdab9iz8gg4 963, Star Christchurch, NZ, 10 kW Fairly good level Christian music // 657 at 1319 on 8-9; not a very good performer for most of the week https://app.box.com/s/329ztas72h18f3vgyha2l1i0d03t21za 963, UnID-Oz At least two Australian signals not // 657 in this mix at 1328 on 8-8, but way too wild to sort them out https://app.box.com/s/27zx7uqcv065jwvh2tdrc6mll7znpp7i 1008, Newstalk ZB Tauranga, NZ, 10 kW Badly splattered by a domestic pest for most of the week, but enough of a talk format signal to confirm the 1035 parallel at 1324 on 8-7 https://app.box.com/s/pwb45sqzphb3zmpz49p63utt5l8t5ba9 1017, A3Z Nuku'alofa, Tonga, 10 kW Another major target of the DXpedition, this island station cooperated with decent signals most of the time, but its sign off times were all over the map. This strong reception of the usual male announcer was at 1127 on 8-3, which is past the "usual" sign off time of 1103 https://app.box.com/s/zjc64srpsqz6xplxlr2v8o2i667qrvrc Island music at a fairly good level at 1036 on 8-1, during the "normal" broadcasting time https://app.box.com/s/ef3lyfav23rqu7k86eqbw79xvkuks8oa Island choral music (apparent National Anthem) during "normal" sign off routine at 1102 on 8-2 https://app.box.com/s/oijccc92lwz29gth8f7ba8dt7b5ipzxa The male announcer apparently then decides it's too early to sign off at that time, and sounds fairly potent at 1310 on the same date. There is no special sports event or other reason that I can determine for him to keep broadcasting after the "sign off" https://app.box.com/s/oakgf4fnerq40h1qv0568lphm4mcetnb 1017, Newstalk ZB Christchurch, NZ, 2.5 kW Marginal talk format signal barely strong enough to confirm 1035 parallel at 1319 on 8-8 https://app.box.com/s/wr6ojpagms9xxdd276of599jzj8uber0 1026, Newstalk ZB Kaitaia, NZ, 2 kW Despite low power, surprisingly good level female speech during call-in talk program at 1247 on 8-6, // 1035 https://app.box.com/s/u562952qyj0n4izhipoo4972062m0qlx 1026, UnID-Oz Weak music station under Newstalk ZB at 1250 on 8-5, but too wispy to check identity https://app.box.com/s/xreujg4l6mhh9avuly33ad74rpua5s7d *** 1035, Newstalk ZB Wellington, NZ, 20 kW Broadcasting call-in talk and occasional music, this would have been one of the best Kiwi signals except for a new west coast IBOC pest (which splattered over both it and its 1044 parallel). Despite the noise this station's awesome strength usually was sufficient to break through, such as at 1321 on 8-8 https://app.box.com/s/tmwvuo6ljm43dgceuifepj9egcxjb356 *** 1386, Radio Tarana Auckland, NZ, 10 kW Pretty strong on most days with its Hindu ethnic programming, this potent signal with female speech was received at 1253 on 8-1. According to Walt this is English (although I can't really understand it) https://app.box.com/s/rnz50cg9xv8duvz161jgymjr3xlp4q8h 1503, Radio Sport Wellington/ Christchurch, NZ 5/ 2.5 kW This was the best signal ever from the upper band sports relay at 1315 on 8-1 (and also the easiest Kiwi signal to understand, with a relay of Yankee- accented Fox Sports News) https://app.box.com/s/x2qfq4vcsdq2f8jvsusob1cbfjdj51x8 73 and Good DX, (Gary DeBock (DXing at the Rockwork 4 ocean cliff near Manzanita, OR, USA from 8-1 to 8-9), IRCA via DXLD) For those interested, the full article for the August 2017 Rockwork 4 DXpedition (8 pages, with 75 South Pacific MW-DX MP3 links) has been uploaded to http://www.mediafire.com/file/82wqp8k500354nd/August_2017_Rockwork_4_Ocean_Cliff_DXpedition.doc This was far and away the most successful Rockwork 4 trip ever, with multiple West Australia MW loggings, 5 DU stations received on 531 kHz alone, 558-Fiji completely rejuvenated and hitting S9 levels, etc. It was a permanent cure for any hobby boredom! 73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA), IRCA via DXLD) DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- IBOC See DX-PEDITIONS above; OKLAHOMA KFAQ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DAB See HONG KONG; NORWAY; UK ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DRM See ERITREA; INDIA; KUWAIT; NEW ZEALAND; ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ YEMEN non DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DTV See OKLALHOMA; USA ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM +++++++++++++++++++++ QATAR REMOTE WEBSDR Request for assistance: Could someone could give me the URL for the Qatar remote webSDR sometimes mentioned on here, or a portal through which I could access it? (David Kernick, Interval Signals Online, Sept 2, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) David, As far as I know this is on the Perseus receiver network and only accessible if you have a Perseus receiver. 73’s (Bruce W. Churchill, ibid.) Thanks for this Bruce, guess I'll just have to dream on and hope the Oman remote comes back online (David Kernick, Interval Signals Online, ibid.) PARADIGM SHIFT: WHY RADIO MUST ADAPT TO THE RISE OF DIGITAL By LARRY S. MILLER, Director, Steinhardt Music Business Program, New York University, August 30, 2017 I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1. A New Challenge: AM/FM radio has been a resilient medium in the Internet era, but that resilience is weakening. While it was able to survive and adapt to the introduction of television, new digital services are beginning to change the way people listen to music, endangering radio once again. 2. From Tastemaker to Validator: Record labels and key industry charts are flocking to digital in search of tastemakers and breaking music. Increasingly, digital plays are being integrated into radio-driving charts like the Billboard Hot 100 and touted in trade ads seeking spins for new songs, weakening radio’s traditional role as a minter of hits. 3. Dawn of the Digital Generation: Gen Z music fans, born in 1995 or later, are embracing digital formats at the expense of radio use. Having grown up as true digital natives, this generation is uninterested in AM/FM radio and prefers the increased interactivity and personalization of digital services like Spotify and Pandora. 4. Discovery Migration: Radio is declining as a source to discover new music. Younger music fans are increasingly turning to sites like YouTube to find new artists and songs,leaving radio in the lurch. 5. Revenue, or Lack Thereof: Broadcast stations pay no royalties to record labels for the use of master recordings. Digital services, by contrast, are a source of discovery and revenue. 6. Dashboard Invasion: Cars, once the bastion of AM/FM radio, have now introduced competition to the dashboard, decreasing radio listenership. As newer models with improved technology continue to proliferate, radio is being pushed further and further from the center of in-car entertainment systems as drivers demand choice and access to more customized, often commercial-free, digital services. 7. Talking Is Not the Cure: Smart speakers like the Amazon Echo have sparked a new opportunity for audio-only entertainment in the home and are shaping consumer practices and preferences. Unlike cars and traditional home audio receivers, smart speakers access wi-fi networks and don’t have an AM/FM antenna at all. Without a strong digital presence, and a focus on digital streaming services, traditional broadcasters are going to be left behind in this critical and growing part of the market. 8. Improper Measurement: Radio’s ratings system can be gamed and fails to deliver on the specifics that advertisers demand. Nielsen’s current system, reliant on Portable People Meters (PPMs) in top markets, fails to take into account the passion a listener feels toward specific stations, under-samples younger and ethnic demographic groups, and has led to the mass format changes by stations devoted to softer music genres that can’t mask the PPM signal in noisier music, and led to a race for technology-driven advantages that allows richer stations to buy bigger ratings. . . [much more, 32 pages with charts] http://musonomics.com/musonomics_report_paradigm_shift_why_radio_must_adapt_to_the_rise_of_digital_08.29.2017.pdf (via MARE Tipsheet via DXLD) PROPAGATION +++++++++++ :Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts :Issued: 2017 Sep 04 0551 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 28 Aug - 03 Sept 2017 Solar activity ranged from very low to low levels. Very low levels were observed on 31 Aug while low levels dominated the period from 28-30 Aug and again from 01-03 Sep. The period began as Regions 2673 (S10, L=117, class/area Dsc/130 on 03 Sep) and 2674 (N14, L=103, class/area Fhc/930 on 03 Sep) were rotating onto the east limb as simple alpha and beta magnetic configurations on 28-29 Sep, respectively. Region 2672 (N08, L=227, class/area Dao/270 on 22 Aug) was in decay as it approached the west limb on 01 Sep. By midday on 01 Sep, Region 2674 began a growth phase which increased its overall area to approximately 930 millionths and produced 12 C-class flares including a C5/Sf at 30/1845 UTC. Region 2673 began a slow growth phase on 02 Sep, however rapid spot development occurred on 03 Sep increasing its area to approximately 130 millionths with a Dsc/beta-gamma spot classification. The largest flare of the period was a C7 observed at 02/1541 UTC, with an associated Type II (976 km/s) radio burst and non-Earth directed coronal mass ejection (CME), from Region 2672. An earlier CME was observed off the west limb on SOHO/LASCO C3 imagery at approximately 28/1930 UTC. This CME was analyzed and it was determined there was a possibility of a glancing blow on 01 Sep, however no definitive signs were observed in solar wind data. No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit was at normal levels on 30-31 Aug, moderate levels on 28 Aug, and at high levels on 29 Aug and 01-03 Sep. The largest flux of the period was 12,319 pfu observed at 03/1705 UTC. Geomagnetic field activity ranged from quiet to G1 (Minor) storm levels during the period. Solar wind speed appeared to be in decline from approximately 500 km/s to around 350 km/s by 29 Aug with total field around 6-8 nT. Solar wind speed, temperature, and density was unreliable in DSCOVR solar wind data between 28/0600 UTC and 29/1655 UTC. A solar sector boundary crossing into a negative sector was observed at approximately 29/1925 UTC with a brief increase in total field to 13 nT. The Bz component deflected southward to -10 nT. The geomagnetic field responded with quiet levels on 28 and 30 Aug while quiet to active levels were observed on 29 Aug. At approximately 31/0100 UTC total field began to increase, phi angle switched into a positive sector, and solar wind speed and temperature began to rise as a positive polarity coronal hole high speed stream (CH HSS) moved into a geoeffective position. Total field reached a maximum of 30 nT at 31/0615 UTC. Solar wind speed was mostly between 530 km/s to 680 km/s through 03 Sep and then began to decline to approximately 480 km/s by the end of the period. The geomagnetic field responded with quiet to G1 (Minor) storm levels on 31 Aug and 02 Sep, quiet to active levels on 01 Sep, and quiet to unsettled levels on 03 Sep. FORECAST OF SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY 04 - 30 SEPTEMBER 2017 Solar activity is expected to be at low levels with a chance for M-class (R1-R2, Minor-Moderate) flares from 04-11 Sep and again from 14-30 Sep due to potential significant flare activity from Region 2673, 2674, and the return of old Region 2672. Very low levels are expected from 12-13 Sep. 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 on 07, 13, 21-27 Sep. High levels are expected on 04-06, 08-12, 14-20, and 28-30 Sep due to CH HSS influence. Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be at unsettled to active levels on 04, 07-09, 13-17, 27-30 Sep with G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storm levels likely on 13-16, 27-29 Sep and G2 (Moderate) storm levels likely on 14-15 Sep due to recurrent CH HSS activity. :Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt :Issued: 2017 Sep 04 0551 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 2017-09-04 # # UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest # Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index 2017 Sep 04 120 10 4 2017 Sep 05 118 8 3 2017 Sep 06 116 5 2 2017 Sep 07 116 15 4 2017 Sep 08 116 15 4 2017 Sep 09 105 8 3 2017 Sep 10 90 5 2 2017 Sep 11 85 5 2 2017 Sep 12 80 5 2 2017 Sep 13 80 25 5 2017 Sep 14 85 30 6 2017 Sep 15 85 30 6 2017 Sep 16 85 25 5 2017 Sep 17 85 12 4 2017 Sep 18 88 5 2 2017 Sep 19 92 5 2 2017 Sep 20 92 8 3 2017 Sep 21 92 5 2 2017 Sep 22 95 5 2 2017 Sep 23 98 8 3 2017 Sep 24 100 5 2 2017 Sep 25 105 8 3 2017 Sep 26 110 5 2 2017 Sep 27 110 20 5 2017 Sep 28 110 20 5 2017 Sep 29 110 20 5 2017 Sep 30 110 12 4 (SWPC via WORLD OF RADIO 1894, DXLD) TWO BIG SUNSPOT GROUPS ARE NOW FACING EARTH. Via Southgate 5 September 2017 Behemoth AR2674 has been growing for days, while newcomer AR2673 has suddenly quadrupled in size, with multiple dark cores breaching the surface of the sun in just the past 24 hours. The rapid development of these regions could herald Earth-directed flares in the days ahead. Visit Spaceweather.com for movies of sunspot genesis in action. http://spaceweather.com/ Spaceweather.com 5 September 2017 On Sept. 4th at approximately 2030 UT, active sunspot AR2673 hurled a CME toward Earth: movie. NOAA analysts are still modeling the cloud's trajectory. At first glance, the CME appears likely to reach our planet on Sept. 6th with the possibility of moderately strong (G2- class) geomagnetic storms when it arrives. Stay tuned for an updated forecast. (via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) GLENN`S PROPAGATION OUTLOOK FOR MEDIA NETWORK PLUS AS OF SEPT 7, 2017 Keith, we had a shortwave blackout around 12-13 UT September 5. From Space Weather Services, Australia, the global HF propagation forecast thru September 9: poor to normal to fair at low latitude bands; fair to normal at middle latitudes; and poor to fair at high latitudes. With depressed MUFs at high to mid latitudes. From Spaceweather South Africa, thru September 9, magnetic conditions active to unsettled, shortwave fadeouts unlikely, MUF unstable. From Met Office UK, thru September 10: solar activity moderate to high, with moderate-class flares and R1-R2 radio blackouts; also a chance of strong flares producing an R3 radio blackout. Geomagnetic activity: a 50% chance of G3 strong geomagnetic storms, and a slight 20% chance of G4 severe storms, but becoming less likely September 9 and 10. Of the Czech Propagation Interest Group, F K Janda is back from his holiday, saying the Geomagnetic field will be: quiet to unsettled September 8 - 9, 19, 22, 27 quiet on September 10 - 11, 20 - 21 quiet to active on September 12, 16 - 17, 24 active to disturbed September 13 - 15, 18, 25 mostly quiet on September 23, 26 From the Space Environment Predixion Center, China, Planetary A index peaking at 26 on September 15, and 22 on September 27. Solar flux declining from 122 September 8 to 80 by September 15, then back up to a peak of 90 on September 23. From SWPC in Boulder, Colorado, solar flux declining from 116 September 8, to 80 on the 12th and 13th, then steadily rising to 110 by September 26. Geomagnetic field expected to be at unsettled to active levels September 7-9, 13-17, 27-30, with G2 moderate storm levels likely on September 14-15 with A and K indices reaching 30 and 6; G1 minor storms September 27 to 29, 20 and 5. Lowest A`s and K`s of 5 and 2, or 8 and 3 September 9-12, and 18-26. William Hepburn`s VHF UHF DX maps at www.dxinfocentre.com show enhanced tropo around Hurricane Irma no more than marginal. Elsewhere, extreme tropospheric ducting along the central coasts of Alta and Baja California September 12; As almost always, off the northwest coast of Africa, across the north Atlantic islands; Across the central and eastern Mediterranean and also the Black Sea, starting September 10; Between South Africa, Mozambique and Madagascar, and all around the Arabian peninsula, all week at least thru Sept 12; Also west of Sumatra and Java Septmber 10-12; Across the East China Sea September 8; And along the northwest coast of Australia, starting September 8 (via DXLD) TIPS FOR RATIONAL LIVING ++++++++++++++++++++++++ LAST MINUTE UPDATE - NEW EPISODE OF BROAD SPECTRUM RADIO Hi Glenn, This is very last minute, but thought you might be interested in this program to air at 11 am CDT on KLTR 890 am in Oklahoma. The episode is a new Mennonite Radio program entitled "Let's be honest about the horrible parts of the sometimes not-so-holy Bible" http://broadspectrumradio.com/2017/09/01/mennonite-radio-lets-be-honest-about-the-horrible-parts-of-the-sometimes-not-so-holy-bible/ (James Matthew Branum, September 1, DX LISTENING DIGEST) James, Tnx, I didn`t get this before 11 so just listened to your file. Good, what needs to be said by countless others, but I hope you don`t get excommunicated, hi. Apparently your SW plans have been further delayed. So do keep us informed when anything is set up (Glenn to James, via DXLD) ###