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Thanks, Glenn WORLD OF RADIO 1900 contents: Alaska, Antarctica, Argentina, Australia, Chile, Cuba, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, France, Guatemala, Indonesia, Iran and non, Korea South and non, Madagascar, Myanmar, North America, Perú, Romania, Sa`udi Arabia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, South Carolina, Turkey, USA, Zanzibar; and the propagation outlook SHORTWAVE AIRINGS of WORLD OF RADIO 1900, October 17-24, 2017 [WRMI internet outage kept 1900 from starting until October 21; 1899 replayed except Thu 2230 which is expected to start October 26] Tue 2130 WRMI 9455; 15770 [off the air, post-Irma] Tue 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB [confirmed] Wed 1030 WRMI 5850 9455 Wed 1315 WRMI 9955 Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v [confirmed] Wed 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB [confirmed] Thu 2230 WRMI 5850 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 [confirmed] Sat 1930v WA0RCR 1860-AM Sat 2130 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 Tue 2030 WRMI 9455 11580 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. Reception of Radio Afghanistan External Service, Oct 9 from 1533 6100 YAK 100 kW / 125 deg to SoAs English from 1604 6100 YAK 100 kW / 125 deg to SoAs Urdu & no signal at 1616 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot. bg/2017/10/reception-of-radio-afghanistan-external.html (DX RE MIX NEWS #1033 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, Oct 13, 2017, dxldyg via DXLD) ** ALASKA [and non]. 9920, 1328-, KNLS, Oct 6. An interesting frequency, and perhaps not the best choice for KNLS in Mandarin. Usual very strong frequency, but cochannel FEBC, Iba Philippines in listed Koho until 1530 when it was almost equal strength to KNLS with the FEBC IS, then off. But also, there is variable tone jamming. Is this against Sound of Hope, which is also listed here? Interesting what the signal is like in the target area. 9655 is in parallel to 9920, but also not a good choice and is only at good strength, but with some fades. Suffering from major splatter from Taiwan 5 kHz up. I wonder whether it's on lower power. Also, not quite in sync with 9920 delayed a second or more. 9920, 1542-, KNLS, Oct 10. I'm quite certain than KNLS is operating on reduced power. During my present stay when checking the various transmissions, I've found them to be weaker than at any other visit to Masset. Normally, no matter the season, they blast into Masset. Not so this time. At times, they are overpowered by adjacent stations. At best, they've been at decent levels. For example, this transmission is reading S6 to S7 only. Mandarin transmission. Something's amiss! 11765, 1408-, KNLS, Oct 6. Looking for KNLS's English broadcast that's listed for this frequency, but absent today, and instead, there is strong CRI in English (Urumqi with 500 kW/212 deg listed to India/S Asia), and one other weak cochannel. KNLS's Mandarin program on 7355 appears to be there, but again not their usual super-strong signal (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, Haida Gwaii, BC, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1900, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ALBANIA. A new QSL card from Radio Tirana from Albania was received in response to the report for January 27, 2017. The card was sent on September 20 after a reminder. On the card is a photograph of the building of the history museum. Card here (Dmitry Elagin, Saratov Region / "deneb-radio-dx" via Rus-DX Oct 15 via DXLD) ** ALGERIA. 1422, close to huge with soft music, pips, and the well- known marching band "tubby anthem" at 7 p.m. EDT / 2300 UT close-down yesterday. https://app.box.com/s/yqztvgs2bwyqv1v8y4tryvg6k4t969pj You will probably hear something close to the same if you listen today at that time. So go get 'em! (Mark Connelly, WA1ION, South Yarmouth, MA, Oct 13, NRC-AM gg via DXLD) Actually it doesn't close down, but switches to Radio Coran after the anthem. At least as much as I have checked (Mauno Ritola, Finland, ibid.) ** ALGERIA. [Re 17-41, SW sites under construxion:] ``It`s OURGLA, not Quargla: 10-JUN-2010: add: ORG Ourgla, ALG 31N55 005E04 10-JUN-2010: add: BEC Bechar, ALG 31N34 002W21 (2017 HFCC site list updates via DXLD)`` Depends on which western colonial empire era the town/village name- call entry in UN / ITU files taken before: http://www.fallingrain.com/world/AG/50/Ouargla.html Ouargla, Algeria Page --- Other (Latin) names: Warqla, Quargla, Uargla, Wargla, Uargla, Wargla (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ANGOLA. Oct 12, rather strange to be listening to Rádio Nacional de Angola (4949.74), with nice pop African music/singing when it suddenly went off the air at 0345*. Checked later till 0423, but it didn't come back on the air again. Hope nothing serious (Ron Howard, California, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ANTARCTICA. 15476, LRA 36, Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel, Base Esperanza, 1825-2058, 11-10, at first, and for about two hours, extremely weak signal, only carrier and some audio detected on USB, but at about 2030 conditions improving spectacularly and the signal became clear, specially on USB mode, Andean songs, flute, Argentinian songs, male, ID: “Desde Base Esperanza, Antártida Argentina, transmite LRA 36, Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel, en la frecuencia de 15476 kHz, para todo el mundo”, more songs, at about 2040 signal more weak, at 2051 ID by female: “Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel...”, comments, close at 2058. 15321 but between 2030-2040 25322 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Lugo, Tecsun S-8800, Sony ICF SW-7600G, cable antenna, 8 meters, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1900, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hoy he tenido la radio puesta en la frecuencia de la Antártida y ni rastro de ella por Cartagena -Sureste de España. Un abrazo, Manuel. P.D. Llevo años sin poder escucharla via mi receptor habitual; por SDR de Twente, sí que la he escuchado alguna que otra vez (JOSE HERNANDEZ MADRID, EA5-0819AER, y si quieres estar al día en lo que Tropicales y Domésticas se refiere apúntate: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1335953356451398/?fref=ts Oct 11, ibid.) I have them weak on 15476 kHz already now at 1815 UT; give them a try. Usually the signal is getting a bit stronger later. vy73 (Harald DL1ABJ Kuhl, Oct 17, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) ** ANTIGUA [and non]. E-mail verie received from Caribbean Radio Lighthouse 1160 AM Antigua --- In my Border Inn recordings, whenever the Cubans and Venezuelans were in well, I was also getting a station on 1160 kHz fighting through KSL which I soon realized must be the Caribbean Radio Lighthouse (St. Johns, Antigua). I was pretty thin on details, but was able to extract some recordings of their sacred music program, and send it to the station. This station is run by 6 Baptist missionary couples, who assemble the programming themselves, so I figured there was a good chance they would recognize the music they played that night. Sure enough, I received a very nice verification e-mail this morning from the station, saying they checked their logs against my recording and immediately recognized the music they had selected to program that night. This is country #12 from the Border Inn beverage site (US 6/50 at the Nevada-Utah border). The station runs 10 kW. Antigua is located at the northeast "corner" of the Caribbean so quite a good distance from the Nevada-Utah border! Despite the hurricane almost completely destroying the nearby island of Barbuda, the island of Antigua sustained relatively minor damage, and the people of Barbuda who had evacuated to Antigua were spared. The radio station itself was only off the air for a few hours after the hurricane. After years of trial and error (frustrated by bad compass readings) I've finally found the perfect antenna angle. It cuts across northern and eastern Texas, then makes a nice diagonal crossing of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean. Lots of great stuff is within a few degrees of that beam. Now I'm listening to one of the few recordings I made on my SESE wire, and I'm finding it had a pipeline to Bogotá, Colómbia. On that wire, "Fuego AM" from Bogotá was putting a good dent in KSL. Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone. 73 (Tim Hall, Oct 16, ABDX via DXLD) ** ARGENTINA. Hi Glenn, FYI, Lupo Radio, a pirate from Argentina, has been heard here in NAm in the evenings on several nights on 6973 +/-. It's been SIO 222, pushing 333 at times here. Not bad for 25 watts AM. Good enough for a QSL :) https://i.imgur.com/k92pzAY.png Logs on the HFU, as always: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/board,3.0.html (Chris Smolinski, Black Cat Systems http://www.blackcatsystems.com 2042 UT Oct 15, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.: Lupo Radio 6973.08 AM 2249 UTC 15 Oct 2017 « on: October 15, 2017, 2249 UTC » 2249 Already hearing this South American pirate with an SIO 222 signal. 0106 Sign off. « Last Edit: October 16, 2017, 1144 UTC by ChrisSmolinski » Logged Chris Smolinski Westminster, MD Lupo Radio 6973.08 AM 2238 UTC 16 Oct 2017 « on: October 16, 2017, 2238 UTC » Weak carrier, no audio yet. Logged Chris Smolinski Westminster, MD previous logs: 2 Shortwave Pirate / Lupo Radio 6973.1 AM 2244 UTC 14 Oct 2017 « Message by ChrisSmolinski on October 14, 2017, 2245 UTC » 2244 Just fading in this evening, carrier and some traces of audio, but it is not quite dark yet. 2323 Now hearing more audio. 3 Shortwave Pirate / Lupo Radio South American Pirate 6973 AM 2245 UTC 4 Oct 2017 « Message by ChrisSmolinski on October 05, 2017, 1214 UTC » Carrier noted from about 2245, then started to hear bits of audio around 2305. QTH is Buenos Aires, Argentina, according to the QSL I received for the previous reception. Carrier off at 0150z. [WORLD OF RADIO 1900] 4 Shortwave Pirate / Lupo Radio 6973.1 AM 2334 UTC 13 Oct 2017 « Message by ChrisSmolinski on October 13, 2017, 2352 UTC » 2334 Fading in and out of the noise, but occasionally quite good, and some peaks to SIO 333. 0045 Still hearing music. Lupo Radio is from Argentina. 5 Shortwave Pirate / Lupo Radio ? 6973.1 AM 0015 UTC 13 Oct 2017 « Message by ChrisSmolinski on October 13, 2017, 0017 UTC » I am hearing music on 6973.106 kHz AM. Not sure if this is Lupo Radio (pirate from Argentina) again, or someone else? 6 Shortwave Pirate / Lupo Radio 6973.08 AM 2249 UTC 15 Oct 2017 « Message by ChrisSmolinski on October 15, 2017, 2249 UTC » 2249 Already hearing this South American pirate with an SIO 222 signal. 0106 Sign off. 7 Shortwave Pirate / Lupo Radio South American Pirate 6973 AM 2251 UTC 3 Oct 2017 « Message by ChrisSmolinski on October 03, 2017, 2251 UTC » 2251 6972.95 Carrier and perhaps traces of audio. As per the Radio Pirana operator, this is a Latin American pirate they call "Lupo". I think I'll be sitting on this frequency for a while ;D 2256 Now I am hearing music, 2321 Still hearing music. 8 Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID Latin American Pirate 6973 AM 2251 UTC 3 Oct 2017 « Message by Pigmeat on October 04, 2017, 0907 UTC » That's interesting, Chris. I've heard a weak station there on and off for years. I always put it down to a mixing problem due to a number of MW sticks in close proximity to my house? 2300 is roughly the time I've heard around the equinoxes (HFUnderground search via DXLD) ** ASCENSION. Buzz and hissing sound from these transmitters, these days ... 1 Files 157KB MP3 ASC_5875_6005_5925kHz_0512_0513_0517UT.mp3 Oct 11: Glenn, I checked the ASC TX unit / feed sounds this morning listen to the enclosed short recording 0512 and 0543 UT 5875 kHz, MUCH HISSING accompanied 0000 - 0025 second 0513 and 0540 UT 6005 kHz, 0025 to 0055 second 0517 UT 5925 kHz 0055 to 0120 seconds on recording Both 6005 and 5960 kHz relays at 0547 UT have strong annoying 100, 200, 400 Hertz peaks visible, - of strong BUZZ sound accompanied. But at 0539 UT noted ASC 6135 kHz with totally excellent audio, no buzz, no hissing. 73 (wolfie, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Wolfie, I heard 7345 via ASC at good strength today at around 0630 UT, and no 'hissing' noise audible. 7305 was audible but too weak to tell if a clean signal, and 7415 was inaudible. I didn't have time to check 9 MHz today, but I have been hearing both 9445 and 9915 with apparently clean signals at 0700 UT on previous days. 73 (Noel Green, NW England, ibid.) Hi Wolfie, Thanks for this. I have passed it on to Alan Hutchinson in the SFM Dept. Thanks for letting us know. 73 (Dave G4OYX Porter, ibid.) ** AUSTRALIA. 1539, 1447-, Radio Tab [Adelaide, 5 kW] Oct 6. Good reception with horse racing information. Well over cochannels, especially when using my SW DKAZ (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, Haida Gwaii, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 1638, 1500-, 2ME, Oct 6. I see at least 3 transmitters on my waterfall measuring: 1637.908, 1637.939 and 1637.992. At 1500 there are time pips, and into Arabic news. All cochannel, so the result is for a fair bit of distortion, but they are in parallel for sure. Good reception at times. 4 sites listed in Darwin, Hobart, Melbourne and Sydney, all with 400 watts. 1656, 1435-, unID, Oct 6. Sure sounding like Arabic music, so not Vision Network, or Voice of the Australian Chinese. Still most likely Radio Rhythm in Melbourne with Hindi programming, rather than 2ME Perth (Arabic). All listed with 400 watts. Fair to good, but with a lot of static crashes! (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, Haida Gwaii, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. Islamic Voice Radio 1701.03 Have been out of town the last few days, but had a good DU morning on Friday the 6th. Didn't have time to post any results that day before catching a plane, but the one station that stood out was Islamic Voice Radio on 1701.03 (which I confirmed as the station by finding a // on a Melbourne SDR). Most of the other DUs were the regulars, some at decent levels, but this was easily my best ever reception of Islamic Voice. Here's a link to a short sample. https://www.mediafire.com/file/pv4cx6c8jk9t6av/Australia_1701_Islamic%20Voice%20Radio_20171006_1336.mp3 (Nigel Pimblett, Dunmore, Alberta, IRCA via WORLD OF RADIO 1900, DXLD) Amazing reception, Nigel! Propagation must have been phenomenal to have such a long range DU signal into Alberta, considering the extremely low transmitter power. Thanks for posting the link. (Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA), ibid.) 1045 UT, 10/15/2017: Islamic Voice Radio is the dominant one on the Melbourne KiwiSDR http://kiwisdr.vk3tlw.net:8073/ and measures 1701.03 right now. Radio Brisvaani is the dominant one on the Newcastle KiwiSDR http://www.marcelpost.com:8073/ and seems to be best, by ear when listening in USB, at 1701.10 right now. I could not hear Voice of Charity on either of these two remotes. Kiwi SDRs are able to be GPS disciplined, so in theory, we should be able to achieve good frequency measurements (to two decimal places), but I don't know if all are locked down to a GPS by default, so let these serve only as a reference point for now. Don't forget that Chuck Hutton recently reported these offsets from two years ago, and mentioned they are drift around a bit but the order doesn't change: 1701.027 Islamic Voice 1701.068 Voice of Charity 1701.081 Brisvaani The first and last are close to what I'm seeing on these two KiwiSDRs. 73, (Tim Tromp, West Michigan, ibid.) Brisbane Perseus gives the offsets now at 1230 as: 1701.027 1701.067 1701.095 73, (Mauno Ritola, OCT 15, ibid. WORLD OF RADIO 1900, via DXLD) Sydney tuner is here. http://www.globaltuners.com/receiver/962-Sydney-HF-Raspberry-Pi-3 Often someone on it, but they do have Voice of Charity strong, There also seems to be no way to take a PFM, although I don't really know how to use that tuner very well. Those freqs posted my Mauno are very close to what I had here in IL (after calibrating Perseus to WWV 5000) Oct 9 just after 1200 UT when IVR was audible with Arabic talk into music with Kor`anic flavoring. This seemed to peak about 10 minutes after LSR which seems normal here when X-band Aussie are in. There's also a weak carrier on 1701.00. I have no idea what that is, but it also was noted on Melbourne SDR, and I think Nigel and maybe Tim have noted it. Fortunately, on Oct 9 KBGG Iowa was weakening by then so not so much slop. It is fun to be able to chase 400 watt stations more than 15,000 km away! 1611 is often a growly mess of many carriers competing to push audio past that mess. 73 KAZ (Neil Kazaross, Barrington IL, ibid.) ** AUSTRALIA. 9720, 1339-, Reach Beyond Australia, Oct 6. Excellent reception with inspirational programming in Australian accented English. Nice to have someone still audible from Australia. Nice sign- off announcement, and inviting listeners in India to tune in again tomorrow at 6:30 PM Indian Time. Transmitter cut a few seconds after 1430 (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, Haida Gwaii, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRIA. 5975, 0522-, NHK Radio Japan, Oct 8. Good reception with one of few remaining English broadcast, this one, relayed via Moosbrunn, and only 30 minutes. Light variety program. Not like the old days! Checked the following night, and reception was superb with S9+20 reception noted using my due North directed Beverage. Awesome! '2 PM Japan time', noted at 0500 UT (10 PM local) (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, Haida Gwaii, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRIA. 6155, 0525-, Oesterreichischer Rundfunk, Oct 8. Good reception with German language programming, and choral music. Very nice! Another old friend, when Austria broadcast in English (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, Haida Gwaii, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BANGLADESH. 4750, Bangladesh Betar - HS, 1235-1243, Oct 9. The Monday only SAARC (The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) news bulletin in English, starting with “Assalamu alaikum. This is Bangladesh Betar”; certainly in English, but not very readable due to usual CODAR and CNR1 QRM; items about the UN and also mention of Pakistan (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 13580. Fri, Oct 13 at 1915-1932, Bangladesh Betar, Dhaka, in Bangla. IS and Time pips; Man talks, ID; A short song; 1919 man announcer talks News, presumably; 1926 A short song and News continues; Broadcasting has a good signal and modulation, 45444 (sometimes fair, 45433). (DXer: José Ronaldo Xavier, Cabedelo-PB, Brazil, Tecsun S- 2000, Longwire, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** BELARUS. A few notes about LW / MW / SW broadcasting in Belarus For August-September demolished SW-masts in the village. Kolodischi. On the last day they transmitted a signal at the frequencies: 11730, 11930, 6080, 7255 kHz. As of 08.10.2017 the following masts were demolished in the radio center "Sosnovy": The mast height of 118 meters fell first last year. The Great Dawn - 1170 kHz. The radio signal "Belarus" was broadcasted. All supports were dismantled in the summer of 2017. APPT-1 and most likely APPT-2. One tower stood near the traction substation of the radio center and was closest to Bobruisk. I broadcast "Mayak" on the frequency of 549 kHz ... The second tower was far from the motorway and closer to the river Svisloch. The broadcasting of the 1st NCBD was at a frequency of 279 kHz. At the moment, there is still a tower AM-353 (353 m high), it emitted at a frequency of 171 kHz "Radio-1". Apparently, it will soon fall due to the stupidity of the Ministry of Communications of Belarus and, of course, Beltelecom. https://vk.com/radioby (via Rus-DX Oct 15 via DXLD) ** BHUTAN/CHINA. 6035, BBS & PBS Yunnan, on Oct 10: BBS: 1150-1155* cut off; a good day for BBS; DJ in English; pop song; Celine Dion with "My Heart Will Go On"; mixing with PBS. PBS Yunnan: 1150-1200* cut off; in Chinese; very poor underneath BBS; in the clear after 1155. 6035, BBS, 1203-1223*, Oct 17. PBS Yunnan already off the air; announcer; usual brief indigenous instrumental music at 1217 and 1220; weak. Recently observed BBS cutting off somewhat before 1200 (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOLIVIA. 3310, 0209-, Radio Mosoj Chaski, Oct 6. Just happened to come across this frequency in Spanish at fair level, when it suddenly cut. I'm suspecting this to be the Bolivian. Too bad there wasn't any kind of formal sign-off. Only someone (or something) cutting the power, and gone (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, Haida Gwaii, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOLIVIA [and non]. 5935.0, Oct 12 at 2344, JBA carrier, and still at 2356 before WWCR blasts on, and not on 5936 as some reports have it as announced(?), presumed R. Yura. Much weaker than Brasil on 5939.8 with enough signal to hear some Brazuguese. And nothing in between. This on the NRD-545, after first checking the R75 at 2334, when I was instead hearing a JBA carrier on 5936.306: but I must conclude this one was out of a local device, as this receiver is closer to them, such as VCRs, cable TV boxes, set-top boxes, computers, etc., whether they are turned ``on`` or not (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOLIVIA. 5952.42, Radio Pio Doce, 0227, on Oct 17. The start of their usual sign off format (whistling “Colonel Bogey March,” IDs and chimes), till 0230*. 6134.82, R. Santa Cruz, 0204-0207, Oct 17. Usual closing format with the "Santa Cruz" song; carrier still on 0210+ (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6134.807, 0114-, Radio Santa Cruz, Oct 8. Nice strong reception with local music. Slightly distorted (?overmodulated) audio. Nice 'Radio Santa Cruz' ID at 0117. S8 to S9 signal strength. Very enjoyable Latin American music (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, Haida Gwaii, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOLIVIA. 6024.961, 0123-, Radio Ilimani, Oct 8. Is it Radio Illimani, or is it Red Patria Nueva? Good reception, with best in LSB to avoid any Martí splatter from 5 kHz up. Inspirational music, with the first being more traditional Latin vocal, but with the next being a modern Spanish Christian song, with a much more rapid upbeat tempo. Seemed to deteriorate as it got closer to my LSS (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, Haida Gwaii, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOLIVIA [and non]. BOLIVIAN PRESIDENT HIGHLIGHTS IMPORTANCE OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=19562&SEO=bolivian-president-highlights-importance-of-telecommunications La Paz, Oct 14 (Prensa Latina) Bolivian President Evo Morales has highlighted the importance of strengthening communication systems in this South American nation so as to achieve information sovereignty and entrench the State's security and defense. In the official ceremony, Evo Morales assured that Bolivia will continue working to provide the nation with the best communications systems. Likewise, he remarked Bolivia's achievements in this sector, including the launch of the first Tupac Katari (TKSAT-1) satellite in December 2013, from the Xichang base in China, which entered into effective operation in April 2014. TKSAT-1, with a cost of USD$302millions, 85 percent financed by the China Development Bank and the rest by the Bolivian State, is currently located 36,000 kilometers above the Ecuadorian line, covering the entire territory national. Tupac Katari's services are currently benefiting three million users, mainly in the rural sector, Evo said. According to the Bolivian Space Agency, the satellite has 150,000 televisions connected to the free channels, and other 30,000 to the service of the National Telecommunications Company of Bolivia (ENTEL), offering 25 channels and an equal number of free national radio stations. Morales also referred to projects to launch a second satellite in 2020 or 2021, in order to strengthen the demand for telecommunications services. hr/pll/lma/cdg (PreLA [Cuba] via Mike Cooper, DXLD) ** BOTSWANA. 4930, 1555-, VOA, Oct 6. Quite good reception via LP with VOA English programming mentioning the Las Vegas mass shooting. Reception is better than via SP at night (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, Haida Gwaii, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 4865, Oct 11 at 1119, JBA carrier; nothing from Asia here, and the S American closest to the terminator is R. Verdes Florestas, Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre in the far west, where sunrise was 1030 UT per: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/brazil/cruzeiro-do-sul (gaisma.com excludes CdS from its long roster of Brazilian cities!) (and the other ZY nominal 4865, faraway totally insolated R. Alvorada de Londrina habitually varies around 4862) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. Two Brazilians on 4885 at 0600 Oct 15: Checked our 60 mb here in Germany, Liverpool England, in Alberta Canada, as well as some remote KiwiSDR's in Sao Paulo and Chile this 0545-0630 UT morning. In Europe and North America, station on 4885.0205 kHz was stronger, I guess heard more Andean music played at S=8 or -77dBm level, could be "ZYG362 R. Clube de Belém do Para, Belem PA" and another co-channel station on 4885.012 kHz, which was stronger in São Paulo South America remote units. Could be "ZYF201 R Dif. Acreana, Rio Branco, AC, A Voz das Selvas" ?? or rather "ZYF692 R Maria Anapolis GO" ? these days. Any help? 73 (wolfie df5sx, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) We`ve discussed this before and recently. From our vantage point, quite clearly the higher and stronger one, 4885.02 is Pará. So the other is Acreana. No third one, Anápolis known to be active on 4885 now (gh, DXLD) Wolfie - Stronger station would be R. Clube de Belém do Para and weaker one underneath would be Rdif. Acreana, per the following helpful info from Mauno. Ron - - - - DXLD 17-39: ``BRAZIL. Two Brazilian music stations heard on stronger 4885.021 S=5, and lower signal level 4885.008 kHz too. 0216 UT [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, some UT morning log 0115 to 0218 UT, Sept 25, on remote SDR at K2ZN Rochester NY-US east coast, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 25, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1897, DX LISTENING DIGEST) . . . . At 0900 I have been able to confirm the other signal to be // Rdif. Acreana web stream. 73, (Mauno Ritola, Finland, ibid.)`` (via Ron Howard, DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 9564.939, Oct 16 at 0558, some Brazuguese audible vs weak pulse jamming, which the stupid Cubans keep running here long beyond the Radio Martí hours which end at 2400. SRDA Curitiba is seldom heard this well under the circumstances, and remains weaker than the others on 31m, all off-frequency, approx. 9666-, 9675-, 9725+, 9819 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BULGARIA. Am 13.10.2017 um 16:48 schrieb Shortwave Radiogram: >This weekend we will try the Thor 25x4 mode. It’s 1800 Hz wide with a speed of 88 wpm and a 2-second interleave. Thor 25x4 might work well in difficult reception conditions. (I think we tried this mode on VOA Radiogram.) Here is the lineup for Shortwave Radiogram, program 17, 14-15 October 2017, all in MFSK32 except where noted: 1:34 Program preview 2:48 Trump renews threats against US media* 13:04 Russia considers restrictions against RFE/RL* 17:52 Signal Festival light show in Prague* 20:57 California wildfires* 23:09 Thor 25x4: Radio Caroline will get MW license 27:26 MFSK32: Image* and closing announcements Again a look at the colorful short wave. THOR 25x4, no, this is not a task to calculate. One of the slightly wider modes. Here you can count the sound tracks on the original audio, without further tricks. Two seconds of interleaving are good against short (wave) audio dropouts. But this time there were not such challenges via Kostinbrod. ;-) http://www.rhci-online.net/radiogram/SW_Radiogram_2017-10-14.htm#SWRG THOR25x4 via Radiogram - I had already under my magnifying glass: http://www.rhci-online.net/radiogram/VoA_Radiogram_2016-08-06.htm#THOR25x4 or in 2014: Battle of 100 wpm - modes: http://www.rhci-online.net/radiogram/VoA_Radiogram_2014-03-29.htm#THOR25x4 (roger, germany, Oct 24, dxldyg via DXLD) ** BULGARIA. 9400, 1516-, The Mighty KBC, Oct 7. Fair reception listening to 'Dust in the Wind' at 1517. The unmistakable voice of Uncle Eric preceded the song. Never any hope of hearing it in Victoria, but not too shabby reception here in Masset. Continues to improve during the hour. Good at 1531. Must have just missed the MSFK 32 portion, which is usually at 1530. LSS is approaching Bulgaria at this time. Wonder whether the frequency will hold up during the Radiogram show at 1600? Decoding only some of the MFSK 32 transmission, and no images, however. Suffering from splatter from RTI in English 5 kHz up. Rechecking at 1812, about the same poor to fair reception of the Overcomer Ministry from same transmitter site (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, Haida Gwaii, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CAMBODIA [and non]. From FM to short-wave Mom Sophon / Khmer Times / National October 12, 2017 http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5085765/fm-short-wave/ The broadcaster cited government pressure as its reason for shutting up shop. Supplied [caption] Almost every day since 1997, Chea Sam Oeun sat at a small table in front of his house in a quiet street in Phnom Penh and listened to the radio. But now, instead of tuning in to his usual FM station, he’s listening to the same station on a short-wave frequency. The 72-year-old’s favourite radio programme is Radio Free Asia’s Khmer-language local news show. Mr Sam Oeun said he had listened to RFA’s news programme since about 1997 and tuned in almost every day. RFA has now shut down its offices in Phnom Penh. The station’s employees in the provinces and Phnom Penh now have no jobs and mostly stay at home. For long-time listeners such as Mr Sam Oeun, other stations supposedly held little interest. RFA announced it was shutting its Phnom Penh headquarters 19 days before its 20th anniversary in Cambodia. Mr Sam Oeun said: “I keep listening to this radio station and I have never skipped even a day since listening to it via an antenna on the roof of the house. “Now I listen to the short-wave version as there are no more good FM radio broadcasts in Phnom Penh.” A roundtable discussion is held at RFA. Supplied [caption] He claimed that RFA provided news which no other local radio stations broadcast. “Even though now there is no office, no FM radio, I keep listening to the short-wave,” he said. “I bought a radio with short-wave channels to listen to RFA. RFA is a good source of information for people.” The station first opened a small office in Phnom Penh in late September, 1997, and had three Cambodian staff working there at the time. One of the first was Um Sarin, who is also known as Keo Nimol. He said that when they first opened, they had a converted kitchen on the second floor as their office and from there communicated with their headquarters in Washington, which was often hard because there were no mobile phones or internet then. Mr Nimol said that when the office opened, their reporters found it difficult to contact sources because senior or high-ranking officials did not know what RFA was and were hesitant to provide information. He said the reporters at that time chose major political news in the country and the writers also had experience working with foreign news agencies. “Radio Free Asia was the first radio in Cambodia which broadcast news with reporters’ voices, and added the voices of their sources in their report,” he said. “That made it uniquely different for the listeners. “We broadcast real information and were impartial, which made the government officials interested any time we broadcast.” He left radio three years ago, but said he regretted the loss of RFA in Cambodia after 20 years and added that people in the community now had few media channels that give them the opportunity to express their ideas. Over the years RFA gradually expanded its news programmes to FM stations in the capital and the provinces, making it very popular among the masses. Lem Piseth an RFA journalist was among some who allegedly were at risk. He and his family left Cambodia for Norway in early 2009 and sought refugee status. Some of the station’s staff were also accused by government officials of falsifying information, but the station continued to broadcast by organising special programmes during commune or national elections with public forums providing opportunities for political parties to speak about their policies and engage in debates. Due to the unbalanced broadcasts of certain stories, some government officials had also walked out of live talk shows when things became heated, including National Assembly spokesman Chheang Vun and Council of Ministers spokesman Phay Siphan. Council of Ministers spokesman Mr Siphan told Khmer Times that he held no grudge against RFA, but he regretted that the organisation did not respect professionalism and often disseminated fake information, incited citizens to hate the government and disobeyed the laws in Cambodia. “RFA had more political targets than just providing information to the people,” he said. “The closing of the office was a personal decision without discussion with the tax department. RFA decided to stay outside the law of Cambodia themselves.” Mr Siphan gave regular interviews and was often a guest speaker on RFA’s live roundtable programme as a representative of the government. However, he said that the opportunity to explain different issues often turned out to be not what he expected. “The arrangement of those roundtable programmes was just like preparing to bring government officials to lose their reputations,” he said. “During the one-hour talk show, the government officials tried to prepare documents to explain things to the people through RFA, but RFA always put two or three anti-government speakers on and gave them more time and the discussions were not a strategic dialogue, but favoured the opposition instead.” Mr Siphan said the closure of the office in Phnom Penh was regrettable because those who worked there lost their jobs. The radio station closed just shy of its 20-year anniversary in Cambodia. Supplied [caption] But he said RFA should have abided by the laws of Cambodia, like others who do business in the country. They should pay taxes rather than avoid the responsibility, he said. The closure of RFA’s office in Phnom Penh affected listeners throughout the country who used to tune into FM radio stations carrying RFA’s programmes. RFA’s 30 reporters alleged that they have also been informed that if they continue to broadcast from within the country, no government spokesmen will speak to them and they maybe arrested. RFA’s reporters in Cambodia have expressed regret at the closure. Some are reluctant to continue working for RFA. They all need to earn money to provide for their families, they said. One staff member who asked not to be named said: “I have yet to decide whether to find a new job or to wait for RFA to return because in my mind, I still regret the closure and loved working with this unit that offered new knowledge through professional journalism.” “The station provided some compensation that we can accept,” he added. However, things had not always run smoothly at RFA. In 2009, a number of staff were fired and staged a protest, burning car tyres in front of the station’s office and protesting in front of the US embassy. One of the sacked staff at that time, Thai Sothea, joined the demonstration. “We did not agree with the sackings, which happened without any specific reason, so we filed lawsuits seeking justice in accordance with the labour law,” he said. Mr Sothea did not want to comment on the recent closure of the office because he said it may relate to politics, but added that he regretted seeing his friends at RFA lose their job… [sic: that`s the way it ends, not something omitted, dammit] (via Artie Bigley, DXLD) ** CANADA. (600 kHz) - „CBC/Radio-Canada is seeking approval to amend the broadcasting licence for CBZF-FM Fredericton, New Brunswick, by adding a new Radio One FM rebroadcasting transmitter in McAdam, NB. The proposed new FM transmitter will replace the existing LPAM transmitter CBAX McAdam, NB [600 kHz, 40 W]. The new FM transmitter will operate [on 95.5 MHz] at 50W ERP . The new transmitter will be installed on the existing AM pole. The new proposed call sign is CBZF- FM-1.“ https://services.crtc.gc.ca/pub/DocWebBroker/OpenDocument.aspx?AppNo=201707705 (900 kHz) - „CBC/Radio-Canada is seeking approval to amend the broadcasting licence for CBTK-FM Kelowna, British Columbia, by adding a new Radio One FM rebroadcasting transmitter in Nakusp, BC. The proposed FM transmitter will replace the existing LPAM transmitter CBUM Nakusp, BC [900 kHz, 40 W]. The new FM transmitter will operate [on 91.3 MHz] at 50W ERP. The new transmitter will be installed on a new pole at a newly leased site. The new proposed call sign is CBUM- FM.“ https://services.crtc.gc.ca/pub/DocWebBroker/OpenDocument.aspx?AppNo=201707712 (960 kHz) - CKNT Mississauga (Ontario) has applied for the approval of a new transmitter site located at 6550 Danville Road Mississauga: „Since before CKNT was licensed by the Commission, extensive efforts have been made by the applicant to identify a suitable transmitter site for the station, including in conjunction with the City of Mississauga. Unfortunately, the first transmitter site proved to be unfeasible and after spending considerable time, effort and expense working with the City and Industry Canada (now Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada) on the second transmitter site, the applicant was unexpected advised by ISED that the second site was rejected.“ „The Danville Site is well clear of residential areas and it is also almost 5 km from the nearest non-directional AM station and more than 16 km from the nearest directional AM station, so intermodulation, cross-modulation and AM pattern distortion will not be problems.“ „Approval of this proposed transmitter site is required in order for the applicant to proceed with the launch of the station before the November 30, 2017 deadline established by the Commission.“ The station is to broadcast on 960 kHz (day 2 kW/night 280 W). https://services.crtc.gc.ca/pub/DocWebBroker/OpenDocument.aspx?AppNo=201707689 (all via Dr Hansjoerg Biener, DXLD) ** CANADA. 770, CHQR Calgary will be off the air tonight at Midnight Local Time (1200 PM MDST), 0600 hours UT. The reason: mandatory transmitter repairs and adjustment to the antennas. So opportunity to hear something else on 770. They have been running this announcement today (Mayor Edward Kusalik, AB, 2121 UT Oct 13, cumbredx yg via DXLD) ** CANADA. 1610, Oct 10 at 0634 UT, again at this hour YL in Luso Portuguese, mentions call CHHA in English pronunciation. Clearer with USB tuning, presumably due to relative ACI levels 1620 vis-à-vis 1600 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENNG DIGEST) ** CANADA. 6030, Calgary - CFVP relaying CKMX (AM 1060). Oct 10, at 1318, with clear mention of "Calgary Stampede," underneath a strong CNR1 (China) (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHILE. R. Triunfal Evangélica de Chile. 5825 kHz. Aviso vía página de Facebook: "A todos nuestros hermanos, Pastores y amigos, le comunicamos que nuestra RTE, estuvo hoy al aire, con la ayuda de Dios, se reanudan las transmisiones a contar del lunes 16 del presente mes, estamos contento, ya que tenemos más potencia. Que Dios les bendiga." Fuente: https://www.facebook.com/radiotriunfal/posts/496733844026319 (Claudio Galaz, Chile, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via WORLD OF RADIO 1900, DXLD) FB header image claims: ``RTE / 5825 KHZ ONDA CORTA 49 MTS / LUNES A SABADOS, EXCEPTO JUEVES / 19 A 21 CE - 22 A 00 UTC`` Remember, it`s a pirate, probably very low power; a bold one, tho; Chile lacking any legal SW stations, And indeed followed up on Oct 16: ``Radio Triunfal Evangélica 4 hrs Informamos a todos nuestros hermanos, Pastores, y amigos oyentes, que estamos al aire, si logra tomar la señal, por los 5.825 Khz Onda Corta Banda 49 metros, nos comunican, que Dios les bendiga, Gloria a Dios``. (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1900, DX LISTENING DIGEST) From Google Translate: "To all our brothers, pastors and friends, let us inform you that our RTE, was today on the air, with the help of God, resumed the Transmissions to count from Monday 16th of this month, we are happy, as That we have more power. May God bless you." (via Art Delibert, 1332 UT Oct 15, HCDX via DXLD) 5825. R. TRIUNFAL EVANGELICA. OCT 16. 2200-2359 UT. Espacio de músicas y de mensajes. A las 2344, se escucha cierta modulación con música. SINPO: 35343 con baja modulación. Desde las 2222 con SINPO: 45343, aunque desde las 2226 con SINPO: 25342 hasta 25242, percibiéndose desde las 2251 solamente la portadora con muy poco audio. Salida a las 2359. 5825. R. TRIUNFAL EVANGELICA. OCT 17. 2333-2344 UT. ¿Predicación? El ruido en la banda de 49 metros, no posibilita oír la emisora con mejor detalle, aparte de la baja modulación. SINPO: 25242 (Claudio Galaz; RX: TECSUN PL 660; ANT: Hilo de 40 metros de largo; QTH: Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** CHINA. 1566, 1352-, Yanbian RGD, Oct 6. Almost certainly them cochannel to the usual super powerful HLAZ, both in Mandarin. At times HLAZ fades down allowing the other Chinese speaker to be heard. Not often heard, as 1566 is usually owned by HLAZ. I see 3 transmitters on the waterfall: 1566.000 is strongest, followed by 1566.034 and 1565.996 (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, Haida Gwaii, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. 4940, Voice of Strait, 1500, Oct 14. The Saturday only "Focus on China" program in English; started with pop song; ID & singing "Voice of Strait, Focus on China" jingle; program consisted of the audio feed from the CCTV 9 documentary ("part 8") about Hangzhou's West Lake. Video at http://goo.gl/JzgN9m West Lake is my favorite place to visit in China. Have been there at least a half a dozen times, as it's so beautiful. Is an easy trip from Shanghai, especially via the high speed train (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) I visited West Lake on my one trip to China, and surely agree (gh) ** CHINA. 6075, CNR1 at 2232 in Mandarin jamming RTI in Mandarin with a man and woman with excited talk and into a number of promos at 2233 – Weak but audible Oct 13 (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Kenwood TS440S or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles, ODXA yg via DXLD) ** CHINA. 7470, Oct 13 at 1315, Firedragon musical jamming, poor S9 with flutter. Don`t hear a target. NDXC/Aoki shows the only 7470 victim is RFA Tibetan via Kuwait at 2200-2257 Tuesdays only, yet there is ``CNR1`` jamming on 7470 daily at 1100-1400 against nothing (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. 9420, Oct 13 at 1322, non-Greek music, heavy flutter. NDXC/Aoki shows two at same time: CNR-13 at 1058-1805, Uyghur, 100 kW, 298 degrees from Lingshi 725 site; AND CNR-6 at 1100-1605, Chinese, 100 kW, 163 degrees from Beijing 491 site (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA [and non]. 11640, CNR1 at 1236 in Mandarin jamming RTI in Mandarin with a man and woman with excited talk – Fair Oct 16 11785, CNR1 at 1241 // 11640 in Mandarin jamming the VOA in Mandarin via Thailand with a man and woman with excited talk – Fair with VOA Oct 16 11785, THAILAND, VOA at 1242 with a woman interviewing a man – Weak mixing with CNR1 jammer Oct 16 11825, CNR1 at 1246 // 11640 and 11785 in Mandarin jamming the VOA in Mandarin via the Philippines with a man and woman with excited talk – Poor and noisy Oct 16 (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Kenwood TS440S or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles, ODXA yg via DXLD) ** CHINA [and non]. EAST JAMMERSTAN: 9745, 2051-2100:05* 10/10; Bang & squeal music jammer. Just a hint of other audio; Radio Free of Asia in Chinese via Kuwait listed (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 185' RW, ----- All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! -- ---, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. Mystery Asian 15140 kHz Carrier --- I've been chasing this signal on the UTwente SDR for weeks, if not a month or more. It will pop up just after 1400 UT, with a dead carrier, audio will appear and just before 1402, the signal disappears. I recorded UTwente SDR this morning; the news intro theme sounds like it's CRI possibly and I think the language is Chinese? What's puzzling is CRI is scheduled for this frequency from 0100 to 0300 UT. No one but Oman is scheduled for 15140 at this hour (1400) and it would be English or Arabic. Here's the recording: https://goo.gl/kzp5kV Any idea who this is, what language this is and what they're saying? [later:] CNR1 In Chinese it is. Two people have translated what the female anchor said (Paul Walker, PA, 1408 UT Oct 17, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) re CNR 1st program jamming. The usual behaviour of China mainland security services jamming dept. against IBB outlets. The US RFA Tibetan service requested here 03-07 UT via IBB-BBG Kuwait and Udo(r)n Thani external relay site installations on this channel. So, the CNR1 jamming station could be even 24 hrs around the clock on air to counter the US Propaganda to the native Tibetan people target. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) Wolfie easily dismisses USG international broadcasting as ``propaganda`` but not so much that of China, Cuba or Russia (gh) It pops up for 60 seconds on 15140 at 1400 UT, then disappears. Several times a week (Walker, HCDX, via DXLD) ** CHINA [non]. Don`t understand Chinese, but been listening to the communist party leader speaking on CRI 0200 UT on 6020 [ALBANIA], excellent reception either in LSB or USB, but stronger in LSB, still speaking at 0300, very long communist party conference, but better [than] listening to Trump (hi hi) (Jon Collins, Birmingham UK, Tecsun PL-660, whip ant, 0313 UT October 18, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CONGO. 6115, Radio Congo, Brazaville, 1752-1831*, 10-10, French, comments, at 1800: “Chers auditeurs…”, “Le journal”, “Les nouvelles”, “Le Congo, les congolaises”. 24322 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Lugo, Tecsun S-8800, Sony ICF SW-7600G, cable antenna, 8 meters, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. Re: 530 kHz Radio Enciclopedia in Arizona --- Yes, and both were in well during last week's auroral conditions. Rebelde usually airs a 9-note piccolo theme within about a minute on either side of ToH. In the key of F it would be... CA-FCAFCA-F ...where A is the highest note and C the lowest. Rebelde usually airs the Cuban anthem (which begins with a very recognizable "Roman gladiator"-style trumpet fanfare) around 0402 UT. The piccolo theme and anthem fanfare can really poke through a crowded channel. DXers in Western states can hear a Rebelde // on 1180 where they operate about 20(!) transmitters. There is no strong // for Enciclopedia. Enciclopedia has a mellow guitar theme at ToH and a female announcer. I don't recall them running an anthem. Enciclopedia runs beautiful/easy listening music. Rebelde is mostly news and comment (and during hurricane season seems to air the most hurricane info of all the networks) but does air a wide variety of music which can even include US oldies and disco. Despite having a big sloppy local (Tijuana) pest on 540, both stations have been logged here on my SSE mini-bog which is not aimed anywhere near Cuba. 73 (Tim Hall, CA, Oct 10, Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone, ABDX via DXLD) ** CUBA. 6145, Oct 11 at 0100, RHC English is missing now at nominal start, so I guess it`s completely off as not heard for several nights after 0500 either. Ex-6165 not on either. Only other English, 6000 remains with OK signal; Spanish 6060 not very good & 5040 good. Absent 6145 also means there can be no leapfrog on 6230, shux (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1900, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA [and non]. U.S.A.: 9955, WRMI Radio Miami Int’l; 2050-2101+, 10/12; Bro. HyStairical prayin’ & preachin’; B.S. cutoff for WRMI spot at 2059:40; 2100 into Bible Answers pgm. SIO=4+43+ well over buzz- pulse jammer till 2057 when jammer upped the sig drastically; also, a separate frog croak jammer started at 2055 (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 185' RW, ----- All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! -----, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. 5025, Oct 14 at 0627, R. Rebelde is S9+30 of dead air. Will they ever get their act together? Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA [and non]. 11930, Oct 12 at 2349, gospel huxter in Spanish --- can it be R. Martí or something else new following on frequency? Way atop wall-of-noise jamming. Also heavy jamming on 6030, 7365, 7435, 9565 altho RM can be using only two frequencies at once! ``Sermon`` soon ends as it was apparently merely a poetic recitation on a religious theme from the Concurso Internacional de Poesía, in(?) Catalunya; R. Martí ID in passing; a live(?) special transmission from a venue at Universidad de Miami, hosts continue chatting as `Star Spangled Banner` starts playing in background, letra en inglés, by amateur choir, and off-key piano accompaniment. Occasion is `El Día de la Raza`, i.e. when Colón started massacring natives, and also the day Cubans, gusanos or not, celebrate patron saint ``Virgen de la Caridad``, but never mind if they`re not Roman Catholix. 2352 followed by Cuban NA, a very different version than heard on RHC, again amateur choir and off-key piano. Can`t tell, but I wonder if the pre- and post-revolutionary Cubans utter the same lyrix to it? Finally I can barely tell under jamming that the other RM frequency still running is 9565. Those taking over at 0000 are 7365 and 6030 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA [non]. 7365, Oct 14 at 0620, R. Martí is playing one of my favorite tunes, ``Patricia`` by Pérez Prado, which I haven`t heard in a LONG time. Unfortunately, DJs start talking over before it`s finished, more QRM than the jamming. It was #1 in 1958y and thus belongs to pre-revolutionary Cuba. Also something about 2018y being the 325th anniversary of Habana. Here`s the first version of ``Patricia`` I found, which is considerably different than the hit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0A6KCLO_54 And while we`re at it, another of his greatest hits, ``Mambo #5``: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKuvJ7zG9LI (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CZECHIA [non]. 5850, Oct 12 at 2354, R. Prague via WRMI, unusually with humbuzz on the audio, talking about Esperanto, but really about the ``dream of a pan-Slavic language``, so everyone from Czex to Russkies could understand each other better. Esperanto really doesn`t cut it, altho with some Slavic elements, too much Romance. Tsk2, Zamenhof the Pole (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENNG DIGEST) See EUROPE ** DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. See TURKS & CAICOS [and non] ** EAST TURKISTAN. 11650, Oct 11 at 0120, Chinese at S7-S4 with slight echo. NDXC/Aoki shows only thing is CRI in Chinese, 500 kW, 212 degrees from Urumqi, so not a jammer, and the echo should be about right for dual short/long path (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ECUADOR. 6050, 0224 11 OCT - HCJB VOICE OF ANDES (ECUADOR). SINPO = 25121. Unknown Language (Quechua?). Male announcer. Short musical interlude 0226z followed by announcer continues. 0229z announcer continues with indigenous music in BG with recorder type instrumentation. 0231z music continues by itself. S/off 0233z. QSB=moderate-to-slow rate, modulation on noisy carrier mostly mixing with the noise floor with occasional peaks to just above it. sf71.1, a4, k3, geomag: unsettled. 10 kW, beamAz 18 , bearing 159 . Sangean ATS505 with MFJ-1020C active antenna and MFJ-901B tuner used to preselect ~75 feet of rain gutter running north/south. Received in Plymouth, MN, United States, 5217 km from the transmitter at Pico Pichincha. Local time: 2124. 73s (--Rodney Johnson, http://swldx.tumblr.com/ dxldyg via DXLD) I first noted Spanish Christian programming on 6050 at 0526 UT today 15 October when checking for ELWA's sign on. Regular HCJB identifications and promos, including sung jingle ID and time checks on the hour. Improved to very good level - a beautiful signal for listed 10 kW - till tune out at 0800 UT (Bryan Clark, Mangawhai - New Zealand, Oct 15, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1900, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6050, HCJB, on air, 0604 and still audible now, 0728, Spanish, religious songs and comments, ID. ELWA out of air (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Oct 16, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1900, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Extended schedule of HCJB Voice of The Andes, Oct 16 from 0500 on 6050 QUI 010 kW / 018 deg to CeAm Spanish till 0800? from 0500 on 6050 QUI 010 kW / 172 deg to SoAm Spanish till 0800? http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/extended-schedule-of-hcjb-voice-of.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, October 16, dxldyg via DXLD) 6050.002, checked all these reports of HCJB / ELWA Liberia services on this channel recently. This morning at 0420 UT Oct 17 noted a more than fair signal here in southern Germany, as mixture of Spanish and EQA Quichua vernacular program at S=8 or -82dBm level. ELWA Monrovia LBR sign-on later around 0526 till 0530 UT. 73 wb Horst Rosiak, the "The Andean Voice" presenter sent this information in A-DX newsgroup: (automatic translator used) ----- Original Message ----- From: "The Andean Voice" Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2017 12:12 AM Subject: [A-DX] Transmitter Pichincha 6050 kHz Hello everybody, there were probably problems at the weekend with the VPN connections at Radio HCJB (We still use their infrastructure). Can be that thereby the Transmitter was not switched off and continued with HCJB-FM. Through the missing contact our local staff could not Uploading broadcasts for Monday. Let's see if I still get a message from Ecuador. horst # # # # # Thanks Horst. re 6050.002 kHz. HCJB now at 0545 UT already with more than fair S=8 Signal, Spanisch/Quichua? language mixture. ELWA Monrovia signal carrier on 6049.991 kHz today now at 0552 UT on air. And from 0556 UT heard their impressive ELWA Hymn. On 4760 kHz nothing heard of ELWA here in southern Germany. vy73 de Wolfgang df5sx PS: around 6047.035 kHz and a RTTY pair of 500 Hz apart on 6047.785 and 6048.285 kHz, some ute signal interference too (Wolfgang Büschel, Oct 17, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1900, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 5005, Radio Nacional, Bata, 0513-0520, 10-10, extremely weak, only carrier detected. Past days out of air (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Lugo, Tecsun S-8800, Sony ICF SW-7600G, cable antenna, 8 meters, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1900, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Manuel, Oct 12, heard RNGE - R. Bata, on 5005, with music and announcers; too weak to be positive of the language; has been a long time since I was able to catch this with above threshold level audio; 0510-0530 (Ron Howard, California, ibid.) Radio Bata, 5005 kHz, now on air, 0503, 15-10, songs. Very weak (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via WORLD OF RADIO 1900, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ERITREA [non]. Reception of Dimtse Radio Erena via BaBcoCk SPL Secretbrod, Oct 10 1700-1800 on 11965 SCB 050 kW / 195 deg to EaAf Tigrinya/Arabic Mon- Fri, good http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/reception-of-dimtse-radio-erena-via_11.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, October 10, dxldyg via DXLD) ** ETHIOPIA [and non]. Log this Oct 11 morning: 6090 kHz channel, empty channel at 0430 till 0502 UT. No signal from Kaduna Nigeria nor Anguilla - at all. 6089.9975, Amhara, appeared around 0502 ... 0503 UT, transmitter unit was as jamming in service before on 7131 to 7148 kHz range against Asmara Eritrea broadcast on 7140.021 kHz noted here from 'my tune-in' at 0430 UT. Parallel jamming from Ethiopia also in 7174 to 7185 kHz block at same 0430-0510 UT, but just only jamming, no ERI signal string on v7181 observed this morning though. Just 'pure jamming' from Ethiopia heard. Somalia was on 7119.998, S=7-8 and -78dBm much stronger than Eritrea and Ethiopian signals. 5940.001 Ethiopian Somali Regional State Radio Jijigwa, S=6 or -91dBm at 0436 and 0459 UT. 5950even ETH S=6 -89dBm at 0437 UT. 6030.002 very weak string ETH?, next to powerhouse 6030even from R Marti Greenville NC-US. 6110.002 ETH weak signal S=5 or -97dBm at 0440 UT. 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DXLD) [later] When checked again 7180v Asmara Eritrea broadcast, around 0601 UT this Oct 11: 7180.019 kHz weak ERI signal into southern Germany, S=3 or -106dBm tiny signal, no jamming block from Ethiopia at this time slot. 73 wb ETHIOPIA Today Oct 11 at 1955 UT: Ethiopian Somali Regional State Radio Jijigwa in Somali-ETH on 5939.998 kHz. Heard at S=9+10dB signal level in remote SDRs in Belgium and Germany. Jijigwa new RIZ Zagreb 50 kW tx switched OFF exact at 2003:20 UT. Compare at same 1945-2015 UT time slot on neighbouring channels: 5760 STANAG signal S=9+20dB 5860 Farda IBB-BBG Kuwait S=9+15dB sidelobe 5950 KBS French sce via TDF Issoudun S=9+40dB 5960 CRI English via Cerrik-ALB relay S=9+45dB 5970 VoA IBB-BBG Botswana in French S=9+20dB 73 (Wolfgang Büshcle, Oct 11, ibid.) Subject: Ethiopian Somali Regional State Radio back on 5940 Log this Oct 13 morning: 5940even, Ethiopian Somali Regional State Radio Jijigwa, S=5 or -96dBm at 0510 UT on Oct 13 {co-channel Brazil S=6-7 on odd 5939.810 kHz}. 6089.999, ETH Amhara on air at 0500 UT on Oct 13, S=6 -91dBm signal. No signal from Kaduna Nigeria nor Anguilla - at all. ETHiopian WHITE NOISE 7131 to 7149 kHz range, against Asmara Eritrea on 7140.020 kHz at 0452 UT. Parallel WHITE NOISE jamming from Ethiopia also in 7173 to 7188 kHz block at same 0445-0503 UT on Oct 13, and Asmara Eritrea signal string on very odd 7181.556 kHz observed. 5950even ETH S=6 -89dBm at 0437 UT. 6029.997 ETH Oromiya Afar progr S=5 or -95dBm at 0512 UT, in southern German, Italy, Greece and Doha Qatar remote posts, but in Liverpool and Belgium remote SDR the Cuban jamming scratching and R Marti powerhouse 6030even from R Marti Greenville NC-US is ahead. 6110.002 ETH Radio Fana weak signal S=6 or -92dBm at 0512 UT (Wolfgang Büschel, Oct 13, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1900, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Ethiopian Somali Regional State Radio was observed on 5940 kHz this evening (16 October 2017) from tune-in at 1845 UT till going abruptly off air mid-song at 1959 UT. There was a news bulletin in Somali at 1900-1922, introduced with an ID and mention of FM - remainder of the time was continuous Horn of Africa music. Reception varied from poor to fair via a web SDR in Asferg, Denmark. You can hear a clip of the start of the news here: http://intervalsignals.net/eth-ethiopian_somali_rsr_161017.mp3 (David Kernick, Interval Signals Online, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1900, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Yes, the FM 99.1 is mentioned and just before that also "5.94" is mentioned. 73, (Jari Savolainen, Finland, dxldyg via DXLD) ** ETHIOPIA. 6090, 0254-, Radio Amhara, Oct 6. Not sure whose IS comes on at 0254 UT right through to 0300. Weak but readable. Thanks to Ron Howard for pointing out the absence of Caribbean Beacon, and the appearance of this African station, be it Amhara, or Fana or Oromiya. I'll have to check Kernick's IS website for this one. After brief talk, music is heard at 0303. 6090, 0336-, Amhara State Radio, Oct 10. Wow, what a powerful signal, over the Pole to me via my true North Beverage. S7 signal, and good modulation. Too bad I missed the sign on an hour ago! Presumed Amharic (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, Haida Gwaii, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ETHIOPIA. 7236.35-.47v, R. Ethiopia (presumed), 1412-1450, Oct 14. Rather surprised to find this doing so well; via long path, with announcers, various HOA music and an interview; poor; best in USB. My audio at http://goo.gl/kXe7FN (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ETHIOPIA [non]. Voice of Oromo Liberation via MBR Nauen on Oct 11 1700-1730 on 15420*NAU 100 kW / 139 deg to EaAf Afan Oromo Wed 1730-1800 on 15420*NAU 100 kW / 139 deg to EaAf Amharic Wed * probably moving from MBR Nauen to MBR Issoudun with tipical tweet Transmission is jammed by Ethiopia with white noise digital jamming http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/voice-of-oromo-liberation-via-mbr-nauen.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, October 11, dxldyg via DXLD) ** EUROPE. The new transmission of KCR ------------------------------ Dear friends, next weekend KCR will be on air from Saturday 14 to Sunday 15 with so many beautiful music from all over the world and a special collaboration with Artem's World Music from Russia with a beautiful program in Spanish on Cuba's music and an overview of the radios that you can hear on the island. We look forward to numerous with your E-Mail reports and more. Happy listening! Cari amici, il prossimo weekend saremo ancora in onda dal sabato 14 alla domenica 15 con tanta bella musica da ogni parte del mondo e la speciale collaborazione con Artem's World Music dalla Russia con una bella trasmissione in lingua Spagnola sulla musica di Cuba ed una panoramica interessante sulle Radio che si possono ascoltare sull'isola. Vi apettiamo numerosi con le vostre sempre gradite E-Mail e i vostri rapporti di ascolto. Buon ascolto! Jasmine ;) - 6915 kHz (Alt. 6920 kHz), 14 October KCR Program: 1300-1500, 1700-2100, 2300-0000 UT Artem's World Music: 1500-1700, 2100-2300 UT 15 October KCR Night 0000-0700 UT KCR Program: 0700-0900, 1100-1300 UT Artem's World Music: 0900-1100 UT E-mail: keyradioam @ gmail.com (via Rus-DX Oct 15 via DXLD) a.k.a. Artyom Evidently a pirate, perhaps really in Czechia (gh) ** FRANCE. The English service of Radio France International has a weekly programme/podcast on "international media". e.g. http://en.rfi.fr/asia-pacific/20171008-jordan-muzzles-media-myanmar-media-targets-rohingya In our weekly media program, we travel to Jordan where the media watchdog is being muzzled. We also go to Myanmar, where cartoonists and journalists appear to have lost their objectivity and take aim at Rohingya muslims, adding insult to injury to people who the UN and human rights groups say are being persecuted and forcibly evicted from their home lands. Earlier programmes are available at: https://itunes.apple.com/fr/podcast/international-media/id433130622 (Dr Hansjoerg Biener, 11 October 2017, WORLD OF RADIO 1900, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Is this ever within the only English hour on SW, 06-07? Can`t find a program schedule (gh, DXLD) Reception of Radio France International, Oct 13 0600-0658 on 11905 ISS 500 kW / 170 deg to WCAf English http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/good-signal-of-radio-france.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, October 12-13, dxldyg via DXLD) ** FRANCE. 6105, 0457 5 OCT - NHK RADIO JAPAN (JAPAN). SINPO = 55435. Japanese, male announcer. ID at 0459z, s/off 0500z. QSB=slow rate, modulation (with 60 Hz hum) mostly with no noise with occasional fading to just starting to hear noise floor. sf86.4, a8, k1, geomag: very quiet. 500 kW, beamAz 290 , bearing 50 . Sangean ATS505 with MFJ- 1020C active antenna and MFJ-901B tuner used to preselect ~75 feet of rain gutter running north/south. Received in Plymouth, MN, United States, 6905 km from the transmitter at Issoudun. Local time: 2357 73s (--Rodney Johnson, http://swldx.tumblr.com/ dxldyg via DXLD) ** GERMANY [non]. 17840, Sat Oct 14 at 1342, VP carrier where normally there is nothing. HFCC reveals it`s DW, 500 kW, 65 degrees from ASCENSION at 1325-1530 Saturdays during these datespans only: Aug 18- 26, Sept 9-20, Oct 14-28. Must be some stupid ballgames the Germans think the Hausans will be keen to hear. Searching on odd time 1325 I find the other frequency: 15195 Issoudun (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUATEMALA. 4054.988, Oct 11 at 0041, TGAV Radio Verdad must be back! S9 open carrier vs storm noise level a little higher. There`s lots of lightning over S/E Mexico and Guatemala itself, but in US none closer than Illinois or the TN-AL-MS tri-state area. Straining, I think there is a trace of modulation, but it`s useless. Later delayed into my inbox, I find this stamped 2339 UT Oct 10 in enlarged font but not in blue: ``RADIO VERDAD EN EL AIRE --- LES INFORMAMOS A TODOS QUE HOY A LAS 4:30 PM, HORA DE GUATEMALA [2230 UT Oct 10], LOGRAMOS SALIR AL AIRE, AUNQUE SEA CON MENOS AUDIO. AGRADECEREMOS A TODOS, ESPECIALMENTE A LOS DIEXISTAS, INFORMARNOS CÓMO ESTÁ LLEGANDO LA SEÑAL EN LOS 4055 KHZ. DIEXISTAS, DIVULGUEN LA INFORMACIÓN POR FAVOR. QUE DIOS LES BENDIGA. DR. ÉDGAR AMÍLCAR MADRID, RADIO VERDAD`` To which I replied: ``Estimado Édgar, Sintonizo casi todas las noches a 4055 en espera de su renacer. Antes de recibir esta nota, estaba captando la señal en 4054.988 a las 0041 TU con nivel S9, contra ruido de tormentas cercanas un poco más fuertes, pero casi inaudible el nivel de audio. ¿Es el transmisor original, o de radioafición en su vez? ¿Con cuántos vatios? La potencia parece igual a la acostumbrada, pero no vale sin mucho más audio. Saludos, Glenn Hauser, Oclajoma`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1900, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUATEMALA. 4055, Radio Verdad, Chiquimula, 0550-0559, 11-10, English, religious comments. Extremely weak. 15321. 0530-0559, 12-10, only carrier detected today (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Lugo, Tecsun S-8800, Sony ICF SW-7600G, cable antenna, 8 meters, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Aren’t they using a ham transceiver? Sent from my iPhone (Edward Sylvester, Saudi Arabia, ibid.) 4055, Oct 11 at 1121, R. Verdad has S9 signal, and less noise, so that I can detect that an hymn is undermodulatedly playing. Just before my last log report went out, this reply came in dated 0444 UT Oct 11: ``Gracias, Glenn, por su reporte. Ciertamente, estoy transmitiendo con el transmisor original, con 850 watts de potencia, pero hay un problema en la tarjeta de audio que no permite mayor volumen. El día de mañana vendrá el Ingeniero Ralph Borthwick de Canadá a reparar los daños en la tarjeta de audio. Creo que en esta semana saldremos al aire en forma normal, Dios mediante. Otra vez, gracias por su reporte. Édgar Madrid Radio Verdad`` It`s fortunate that Ralph is available to fly in and help, but strange there is no one in Guatemala to do it. 4055, Oct 12 at 0554, R. Truth, S9 signal but JBM, enough to perceive that it`s an hymn in English as usual during the final hour. Listen for normal modulation level to be restored shortly by visiting engineer Ralph Borthwick, who has also assisted other missionary stations in Perú (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1900, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4055, R Verdad, at 1045. More evident today. First heard here yesterday, heard what I thought was an OC, but then, a man's voice with very muted audio. Today, a preacher clearly heard preaching, tho I still can't tell if Spanish or English. I'm calling it preaching due to the cadence of the speech. Choir music after 1100. Nice to hear them again, but I wonder more tweaking isn't needed. Fair, Oct 12 (Rick Barton, Peoria/Sun City AZ, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) RADIO VERDAD, CHIQUIMULA, 4055 kHz. Según mail acabado de recibir del director de Radio Verdad, D. Édgar Madrid, luego de participarlo lo débil que se está recibiendo su emisora, participa que: "el audio está bajo, pero ya llegó el Ingeniero Rafael Borthwick desde Canadá, y esperamos reparar el audio hoy, si Dios lo permite. Gracias por su reporte valioso. Dr. Édgar Madrid, Radio Verdad." Así que parece que Radio Verdad volverá a operar con su potencia habitual en cuestión de horas (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, España, 1631 UT October 12, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) I'd guess this Rafael is Ralph, VA7GF, who's been helping them in the past. 73, (Jari Savolainen, Finlandia, ibid.) 4055, Oct 14 at 0557, R. Truth is S9 to S9+10 and now modulating OK, English sign-off with address, to return at 5 am GT, 11 UT. Modulation may have been fixed already last night when I did not check (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1900, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** HONDURAS. 550, ABC Radio, Tegucigalpa. 1019 October 13, 2017. Excellent with ranchera vocals, male ID between songs. All times/dates GMT (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater FL, NRD-535, IC-R-75, longwires, active loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. off frequency 7555.77, AIR via Delhi-Kingsway. Oct 10, with nice exotic Tibetan music/chanting/singing; yes, is scheduled to be in Tibetan, but what I heard was non-stop music 1251+ (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. Reception of All India Radio on 9445, Oct 12 1745-1945 on 9445 DEL 250 kW / 282 deg to NEAf English as scheduled 1945-2010 on 9445#DEL 250 kW / 282 deg to NEAf French, unscheduled 2010-2045 on 9445#DEL 250 kW / 282 deg to NEAf Hindi, unscheduled 2045-2230 on 9445*BGL 500 kW / 325 deg to WeEu English as scheduled # registered in HFCC Database but is inactive in Summer A17 schedule * instead of 9455 BGL 500 kW / 325 deg to WeEu English on Oct.9-11: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/reception-of-all-india-radio-on-9445.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, October 12-13, dxldyg via DXLD) ** INDONESIA. 3325, 1342-, RRI Palangkaraya, Oct 9. Excellent reception continues from Indonesia on 90 meters. Almost on frequency, measuring just 2 Hz on the low side. Not much problem from adjacent North Korea on 3320. A nice S9 + 10 signal, and great modulation. Let's hope that this station continues for a while into the future! 3325, 1602-, RRI Palangkaraya, Oct 10. If there's such a thing as a perfect radio station for the DXer/SWL, it has to be this station. They have excellent modulation, very enjoyable programming (especially the music!), and they ID very frequently, and they get out very well! It's now after 9:00 AM local, and they've been coming in at great level for hours! I could have this station as background music anytime! Thank you, RRI Palangkaraya! (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, Haida Gwaii, BC, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1900, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 3325, RRI Palangkaraya. Usual patriotic song “Bagimu Negeri” For You Our Country - http://goo.gl/hFdDwv at 1229; to end the Jakarta news relay, on Oct 11 (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA. 9525.946, 1320-, Voice of Indonesia, Oct 6. Strong S9 signal this morning on their now, usual, frequency. English broadcast, but modulation is not very strong. Also local accented English which makes it a little difficult to follow. A shame. Program of local Indonesian economic news. ID including 'RRI World Service' at 1325. Into Arts and Culture program (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, Haida Gwaii, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) BTW - No Voice of Indonesia at all today (Oct 11) on 9525.95 (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Indonesia was on regularly each morning during my time in Masset between 6 and 10 October on 9525.9 (Walt Salmaniw, BC, ibid.) Correction - VOI actually was very briefly on today, before I tuned in. http://rri.jpn.org/ ``Oct 11 9526 kHz *0949-0951* EE`` (Ron Howard, ibid.) 9525.939, on Oct 13 at 2020 UT, Voice of Indonesia Cimanggis in French language, here in Germany S=8-9 or -68dBm strength. Clear listening only on upper side band switch flank, due of co-channel 9525.0 kHz similar strength signal from CRI Beijing in Russian language til 2057 UT. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) ** INTERNATIONAL. DX RE MIX NEWS # 1034 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov. Date Oct 15, 2017 Also visit: & UPDATED A-17 OF CLANDESTINE BROADCASTS AS OF OCT 15: [in time order] Voice of Freedom 0000-0200 on 5920 HWA 010 kW / non-dir to NEAs Korean, alt.5940/6020/6135 Republic of Yemen Radio 0000-0300 on 11860 unknown tx / unknown to N/ME Arabic Radio República 0100-0300 on 9490 ISS 150 kW / 285 deg to Cuba Spanish Radio Payem e-Doost 0230-0315 on 7460 KCH 500 kW / 116 deg to WeAs Farsi Voice of Kashmir 0230-0330 on 6030 DEL 100 kW / non-dir to SoAs Kashmiri Denge Kurdistan 0230-0500 on 6155 ERV 100 kW / 192 deg to WeAs Kurdish Radio República 0300-0400 on 9490 ISS 150 kW / 285 deg to Cuba Spanish Sun/Mon Voice of Freedom 0300-0800 on 5920 HWA 010 kW / non-dir to NEAs Korean, alt.5940/6020/6135 Republic of Yemen Radio 0300-0900 on 11860 JED 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME Arabic Radio Tamazuj 0330-0430 on 9600 SMG 250 kW / 146 deg to EaAf Juba Arabic 0330-0430 on 11650 MDC 250 kW / 340 deg to EaAf Juba Arabic Eye Radio 0400-0500 on 11730 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Arabic/English* *including other languages Dinka/Nuer/Shilluk/Bari/Zande/Lutoho Radio Dabanga 0430-0500 on 9600 SMG 250 kW / 146 deg to EaAf Juba Arabic 0430-0500 on 13800 MDC 250 kW / 340 deg to EaAf Juba Arabic Radio Dandal Kura International 0500-0600 on 5960 ASC 250 kW / 070 deg to WeAf Kanuri Denge Kurdistan 0500-1800 on 7320 ERV 300 kW / 192 deg to WeAs Kurdish 0500-1800 on 7520 ERV 100 kW / 192 deg to WeAs Kurdish Echo of Unification 0430-0630 on 3966vCNG 005 kW / non-dir to NEAs Korean 0430-0630 on 5905 PYO 100 kW / non-dir to NEAs Korean 0430-0630 on 6250 PYO 100 kW / non-dir to NEAs Korean Voice of The People 0530-2330 on 3480 K-S 050 kW / non-dir to NEAs Korean 0530-2330 on 3910 K-S 050 kW / non-dir to NEAs Korean, alt.3912 0530-2330 on 3930 K-S 050 kW / non-dir to NEAs Korean, alt.4557 0530-2330 on 4450 K-S 050 kW / non-dir to NEAs Korean 0530-2330 on 6520 K-S 050 kW / non-dir to NEAs Korean, alt.6518 0530-2330 on 6600 K-S 050 kW / non-dir to NEAs Korean Radio Dandal Kura International 0600-0700 on 7415 ASC 250 kW / 070 deg to WeAf Kanuri Echo of Hope 0600-2400 on 3985 HWA 100 kW / non-dir to NEAs Korean 0600-2400 on 4885 SEO 100 kW / non-dir to NEAs Korean 0600-2400 on 5995 HWA 100 kW / non-dir to NEAs Korean, alt.6003 0600-2400 on 6250 SEO 010 kW / 010 deg to NEAs Korean, alt.6248 0600-2400 on 6350 HWA 100 kW / non-dir to NEAs Korean 0600-2400 on 9100 SEO 010 kW / 010 deg to NEAs Korean Radio Dandal Kura International 0700-0800 on 13810 WOF 250 kW / 165 deg to WeAf Kanuri Voice of Kashmir 0730-0830 on 6100 DEL 250 kW / 134 deg to SoAs Kashmiri Voice of Freedom 0900-1500 on 5920 HWA 010 kW / non-dir to NEAs Korean, alt.5940/6020/6135 Republic of Yemen Radio 0900-1800 on 11860 unknown tx / unknown to N/ME Arabic Suab Xaa Moo Zoo, Voice of Hope 1130-1200 on 11560 TSH 100 kW / 250 deg to SEAs Hmong Voice of Khmer M'Chas Srok 1130-1200 on 17860 TAC 100 kW / 122 deg to SEAs Khmer Thu/Sun Voice of Tibet 1200-1210 on 11513 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese 1210-1230 on 11507 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese Radio Que Me 1200-1230 on 9930 HBN 100 kW / 318 deg to EaAs Vietnamese Fri Radio Free North Korea 1200-1300 on 15630 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Korean Radio ERGO 1200-1300 on 17845 DHA 250 kW / 225 deg to EaAf Somali National Unity Radio 1200-1500 on 11550 DB 100 kW / 071 deg to NEAs Korean Echo of Unification 1230-1430 on 3966vCNG 005 kW / non-dir to NEAs Korean 1230-1430 on 5905 PYO 100 kW / non-dir to NEAs Korean 1230-1430 on 6250 PYO 100 kW / non-dir to NEAs Korean Voice of Tibet 1230-1235 on 15533 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan 1235-1305 on 15527 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan Shiokaze Sea Breeze 1300-1330 on 6040 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Chinese Mon 1300-1330 on 6040 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Japanese Tue 1300-1330 on 6040 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Korean Wed 1300-1330 on 6040 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs English Thu 1300-1330 on 6040 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Korean Fri 1300-1330 on 6040 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Japanese Sat 1300-1330 on 6040 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Korean Sun Nippon no Kaze 1300-1330 on 9465 TSH 300 kW / 002 deg to NEAs Korean 1300-1330 on 9900 TSH 300 kW / 352 deg to NEAs Korean 1300-1330 on 9940 TSH 100 kW / 002 deg to NEAs Korean Voice of Tibet 1300-1310 on 11507 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese 1305-1315 on 15522 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan 1310-1330 on 11512 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese 1315-1335 on 15528 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan Shiokaze Sea Breeze 1330-1400 on 6040 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Korean Mon 1330-1400 on 6040 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Japanese Tue 1330-1400 on 6040 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Korean Wed 1330-1400 on 6040 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs English Thu 1330-1400 on 6040 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Korean Fri 1330-1400 on 6040 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Korean Sat 1330-1400 on 6040 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Japanese Sun Furusato no Kaze 1330-1400 on 9705 TSH 300 kW / 002 deg to NEAs Japanese 1330-1400 on 9900 TSH 300 kW / 352 deg to NEAs Japanese 1330-1400 on 9950 TSH 100 kW / 002 deg to NEAs Japanese Voice of Wilderness 1330-1530 on 7625 TAC 100 kW / 070 deg to NEAs Korean Voice of Tibet 1335-1345 on 15522 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan 1345-1400 on 15528 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan Voice of Tibet 1400-1405 on 15565 MDC 250 kW / 045 deg to CeAs Tibetan 1405-1410 on 15560 MDC 250 kW / 045 deg to CeAs Tibetan 1410-1430 on 15565 MDC 250 kW / 045 deg to CeAs Tibetan Furusato no Kaze (Shiokaze Sea Breeze) 1405-1435 on 6165 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Japanese Furusato no Kaze 1430-1500 on 9450 TSH 300 kW / 352 deg to NEAs Japanese 1430-1500 on 9560 TSH 300 kW / 002 deg to NEAs Japanese 1430-1500 on 9960 HBN 100 kW / 345 deg to NEAs Japanese Voice of Kashmir 1430-1530 on 6030 DEL 100 kW / non-dir to SoAs Kashmiri North Korea Reform Radio 1430-1530 on 11570 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Korean Radio Tamazuj 1430-1500 on 15150 ISS 250 kW / 138 deg to EaAf Juba Arabic 1430-1500 on 15550 SMG 250 kW / 150 deg to EaAf Juba Arabic 1500-1530 on 15150 MDC 250 kW / 340 deg to EaAf Juba Arabic 1500-1530 on 15550 SMG 250 kW / 150 deg to EaAf Juba Arabic Nippon no Kaze 1500-1530 on 7335 TSH 300 kW / 352 deg to NEAs Korean 1500-1530 on 9900 TSH 300 kW / 002 deg to NEAs Korean 1500-1530 on 9975 HBN 100 kW / 345 deg to NEAs Korean Radio Al-Mukhtar 1500-1558 on 15205 ISS 100 kW / 125 deg to EaAf Arabic Tue Radio Warra Wangeelaa-ti 1500-1530 on 15515 SCB 050 kW / 195 deg to EaAf Afan Oromo Sat Living Water Ministry Broadcasting 1500-1600 on 9650 PUG 250 kW / 000 deg to NEAs Korean Tue-Thu Nippon no Kaze 1530-1600 on 7335 TSH 300 kW / 352 deg to NEAs Korean 1530-1600 on 9685 TSH 300 kW / 002 deg to NEAs Korean 1530-1600 on 9965 HBN 100 kW / 345 deg to NEAs Korean Radio Dabanga 1530-1600 on 15150 MDC 250 kW / 340 deg to EaAf Juba Arabic 1530-1600 on 15550 SMG 250 kW / 150 deg to EaAf Juba Arabic Voice of Martyrs 1530-1700 on 7525 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Korean/English Shiokaze Sea Breeze 1600-1630 on 6090 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Chinese Mon 1600-1630 on 6090 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Japanese Tue 1600-1630 on 6090 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Korean Wed 1600-1630 on 6090 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs English Thu 1600-1630 on 6090 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Korean Fri 1600-1630 on 6090 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Japanese Sat 1600-1630 on 6090 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Korean Sun Furusato no Kaze 1600-1630 on 7335 TSH 300 kW / 352 deg to NEAs Japanese 1600-1630 on 9470 TSH 300 kW / 002 deg to NEAs Japanese 1600-1630 on 9960 HBN 100 kW / 345 deg to NEAs Japanese Radio Ranginkaman/Radio Rainbow 1600-1630 on 7575 KCH 500 kW / 116 deg to WeAs Farsi Mon/Fri Radio Xoriyo Ogaden 1600-1630 on 17630 ISS 500 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Somali Tue/Sat 1600-1630 on 17870 ISS 500 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Somali Mon/Fri Radio Voice of Independent Oromiya 1600-1630 on 17850 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Oromo Sun Radio Voice of Amara 1600-1658 on 15360 ISS 250 kW / 120 deg to EaAf Amharic Sun Eye Radio 1600-1900 on 17730 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Arabic/English* *including other languages Dinka/Nuer/Shilluk/Bari/Zande/Lutoho Voice of Freedom 1600-2000 on 5920 HWA 010 kW / non-dir to NEAs Korean, alt.5940/6020/6135 Shiokaze Sea Breeze 1630-1700 on 6090 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Korean Mon 1630-1700 on 6090 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Japanese Tue 1630-1700 on 6090 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Korean Wed 1630-1700 on 6090 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs English Thu 1630-1700 on 6090 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Korean Fri 1630-1700 on 6090 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Korean Sat 1630-1700 on 6090 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Japanese Sun Nippon no Kaze 1630-1700 on 7335 TSH 300 kW / 352 deg to NEAs Korean Radio Sagalee Qeerroo Bilisummaa 1630-1658 on 17840 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Oromo Tue/Thu/Fri Furusato no Kaze 1700-1730 on 6155 TSH 300 kW / 352 deg to NEAs Japanese Dimtse Radio Erena 1700-1730 on 11965 SCB 050 kW / 195 deg to EaAf Tigrinya Mon-Fri Voice of Oromo Liberation 1700-1730 on 15420 NAU 100 kW / 139 deg to EaAf Afan Oromo Wed/Fri/Sun Radio Voice of Amara 1700-1800 on 15360 ISS 250 kW / 120 deg to EaAf Amharic Mon/Wed/Sat Dimtse Radio Erena 1730-1800 on 11965 SCB 050 kW / 195 deg to EaAf Arabic Mon-Fri Voice of Oromo Liberation 1730-1800 on 15420 NAU 100 kW / 139 deg to EaAf Amharic Wed Dimtse Radio Erena 1700-1800 on 11965 SCB 050 kW / 195 deg to EaAf Tigrinya Sat 1700-1800 on 11965 SCB 050 kW / 195 deg to EaAf Arabic Sun Denge Kurdistan 1800-2100 on 6155 ERV 100 kW / 192 deg to WeAs Kurdish 1800-2100 on 7320 ERV 300 kW / 192 deg to WeAs Kurdish Radio Payem e-Doost 1800-1845 on 7480 KCH 500 kW / 116 deg to WeAs Farsi Radio Itahuka 1800-1900 on 15420 MDC 250 kW / 320 deg to SoAf Kirundi Sat Radio Dandal Kura International 1800-2100 on 12050 ASC 250 kW / 065 deg to WeAf Kanuri Republic of Yemen Radio 1800-2300 on 11860 JED 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME Arabic Lutheran World Federation/Voice of Gospel/Sawtu Linjilia 1830-1858 on 15315 ISS 500 kW / 180 deg to WCAf Fulfulde Voice of the People of Somaliland 1900-1930 on 7325 MDC 250 kW / 355 deg to EaAf Somali North Korea Reform Radio 2030-2130 on 7500 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Korean Voice of Freedom 2100-2400 on 5920 HWA 010 kW / non-dir to NEAs Korean, alt.5940/6020/6135 Echo of Unification 2230-0030 on 3966vCNG 005 kW / non-dir to NEAs Korean 2230-0030 on 5905 PYO 100 kW / non-dir to NEAs Korean 2230-0030 on 6250 PYO 100 kW / non-dir to NEAs Korean Suab Xaa Moo Zoo, Voice of Hope 2230-2300 on 7530 TSH 100 kW / 250 deg to SEAs Hmong Voice of Tibet 2300-2305 on 7492 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan 2305-2335 on 7493 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan 2335-2400 on 7487 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan Republic of Yemen Radio 2300-2400 on 11860 unknown tx / unknown to N/ME Arabic http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/dx-re-mix-news-1034.html (via dxldyg via DXLD) ** IRAN. English 1915 UT 9810, audio sounds sharp tinny; news at 1930 much improved reception, 44434. Tecsun PL-660, telescopic whip (Jon Collins, Birmingham UK, wx very high winds, Oct 16, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** IRAN. IRIB Tehran broadcasts in B-17 season from Oct 29, 2017, till 25 March, 2018. Time sorted. 6165 0020 0320 12-16 SIR 500 298 -15 218 Spa IRN IRB SPANISH 6180 0020 0320 12-16 SIR 500 298 -15 218 Spa IRN IRB SPANISH 5950 0050 0220 30-31,40-42 SIR 500 65 -15 156 Tgk IRN IRB TAJIKKI 7360 0050 0220 30-31,40-42 SIR 500 30 0 206 Tgk IRN IRB TAJIKKI 7370 0130 0600 39 SIR 500 198 0 146 Ara IRN IRB ARBIC-S 5985 0220 0320 40E,41W SIR 500 65 -15 156 Pus IRN IRB PUSHTO- 6075 0220 0320 40E,41W SIR 500 65 -15 156 Pus IRN IRB PUSHTO- 7230 0220 0320 40E,41W AHW 250 84 0 145 Pus IRN IRB PUSHTO- 7390 0220 0320 40E,41W AHW 250 84 0 145 Pus IRN IRB PUSHTO- 7380 0230 0530 38,39 ZAH 500 289 0 145 Ara IRN IRB ARBIC-W 7425 0320 0420 38E,39W SIR 500 282 0 146 Ara IRN IRB PALESTI 9755 0420 0450 38E,39W SIR 500 293 30 218 Heb IRN IRB HEBREW- 11780 0420 0450 38E,39W SIR 500 295 0 211 Heb IRN IRB HEBREW- 11875 0420 0550 29S,39N SIR 500 310 0 211 Tur IRN IRB TURKISH 13680 0450 0550 39,47,48,52 SIR 500 211 15 216 Swa IRN IRB SWAHILI 15140 0450 0550 39,47,48,52 SIR 500 216 0 216 Swa IRN IRB SWAHILI 13820 0530 0730 38,39 ZAH 500 289 0 145 Ara IRN IRB ARBIC-W 15360 0550 0650 46,47 SIR 500 263 0 218 Hau IRN IRB HAUSAA- 13740 0550 0820 30S,31S,40E AHW 250 84 0 145 Prs IRN IRB DARIIII 13780 0600 0830 39 SIR 500 216 0 216 Ara IRN IRB ARBIC-S 17540 0720 0820 27,28,37,38 SIR 500 298 -15 218 Spa IRN IRB SPANISH 17820 0720 0820 27,28,37,38 SIR 500 293 30 218 Spa IRN IRB SPANISH 13820 0830 1430 38,39 ZAH 500 289 0 145 Ara IRN IRB ARBIC-W 15235 0920 1020 30,31 SIR 500 18 0 146 Kaz IRN IRB KAZAKHI 17660 0920 1020 30,31 SIR 500 31 15 218 Kaz IRN IRB KAZAKHI 13740 0920 1150 30S,31S,40E AHW 250 84 0 145 Prs IRN IRB DARI--- 15130 0930 1130 39 SIR 500 216 0 216 Ara IRN IRB ARBIC-S 13830 1050 1150 45 SIR 500 60 -30 218 Jpn IRN IRB JAPANES 15130 1130 1430 39 SIR 500 216 0 216 Ara IRN IRB ARBIC-S 15240 1150 1220 38E,39W SIR 500 270 -25 156 Heb IRN IRB HEBREW- 13630 1150 1250 42-44 SIR 500 46 -30 216 Cmn IRN IRB CHINAA- 13830 1150 1250 42-44 SIR 500 68 -15 218 Cmn IRN IRB CHINAA- 13855 1150 1250 42-44 SIR 500 68 -15 218 Cmn IRN IRB CHINAA- 15180 1220 1320 49,54 SIR 500 115 0 218 Ind IRN IRB MALAY-- 15720 1220 1320 49,54 SIR 500 115 0 218 Ind IRN IRB MALAY-- 17570 1220 1320 49,54 SIR 500 107 0 216 Ind IRN IRB MALAY-- 17715 1220 1320 49,54 SIR 500 115 0 218 Ind IRN IRB MALAY-- 13750 1220 1320 30S,31S,40E AHW 250 84 0 145 Pus IRN IRB PUSHTO- 9500 1250 1420 40E,41N SIR 500 90 0 145 Urd IRN IRB UURDUU- 7355 1320 1420 39 SIR 500 310 0 211 Kur IRN IRB KURD-SH 11675 1320 1420 28E,29,30 SIR 500 322 0 211 Rus IRN IRB RUSSIAN 9470 1420 1520 41NE SIR 500 90 0 218 Ben IRN IRB BENGALI 9700 1420 1520 41NE SIR 500 90 0 218 Ben IRN IRB BENGALI 5920 1420 1520 41 SIR 500 90 -25 218 Hin IRN IRB HINNDI- 5935 1420 1520 41 SIR 500 90 -25 218 Hin IRN IRB HINNDI- 7375 1420 1520 41 SIR 500 95 15 156 Hin IRN IRB HINNDI- 9900 1420 1520 41 SIR 500 90 0 145 Hin IRN IRB HINNDI- 9655 1430 1730 39 SIR 500 216 0 216 Ara IRN IRB ARBIC-S 7310 1430 1730 37,38,39 ZAH 500 289 0 145 Ara IRN IRB ARBIC-W 7445 1450 1550 30,31,40 SIR 500 18 0 146 Uzb IRN IRB UZBEKKI 9810 1450 1550 30,31,40 AHW 250 84 0 145 Uzb IRN IRB UZBEKKI 9420 1520 1620 41,49,54 SIR 500 102 0 146 Eng IRN IRB ENGLISH 9585 1520 1620 41,49,54 SIR 500 102 0 146 Eng IRN IRB ENGLISH [English only: WORLD OF RADIO 1900] 5940 1520 1620 40E,41N SIR 500 90 0 145 Urd IRN IRB UURDUU- 5925 1550 1720 29S,39N SIR 500 298 -15 218 Tur IRN IRB TURKISH 7375 1620 1650 41NE SIR 500 90 0 218 Ben IRN IRB BENGALI 5945 1620 1720 29,39,40 SIR 500 320 25 156 Axm IRN IRB ARMENIA 7290 1620 1720 29SE,39-40 SIR 500 320 0 146 Axm IRN IRB ARMENIA 5935 1620 1720 40E,41W AHW 250 84 0 145 Pus IRN IRB PUSHTO- 6110 1720 1820 28S SIR 500 300 30 218 Bos IRN IRB BOSNIAN 6025 1720 1820 27,28 SIR 500 313 0 218 Deu IRN IRB GERMANY 7425 1720 1820 27,28 SIR 500 320 25 156 Deu IRN IRB GERMANY 6060 1730 0230 37-39 ZAH 500 289 0 145 Ara IRN IRB ARBIC-W 5925 1820 1920 28S SIR 500 295 0 156 Sqi IRN IRB ALBANIA 7305 1820 1920 28S SIR 500 320 0 146 Sqi IRN IRB ALBANIA 6135 1820 1920 27,28 SIR 250 313 0 218 Fra IRN IRB FRENCH- 9850 1820 1920 46,47 SIR 500 253 -30 218 Hau IRN IRB HAUSAA- 6135 1920 1950 28S SIR 500 300 30 218 Ita IRN IRB ITALIAN 7305 1920 1950 28S SIR 500 295 0 156 Ita IRN IRB ITALIAN 6040 1920 2020 27,28 SIR 500 313 0 218 Eng IRN IRB ENGLISH 11880 1920 2020 52,53,57 SIR 500 211 15 216 Eng IRN IRB ENGLISH [English only: WORLD OF RADIO 1900] 7360 2020 2120 27,28,37,38 SIR 500 298 -15 218 Spa IRN IRB SPANISH 5955 2050 2150 45 SIR 500 60 0 218 Jpn IRN IRB JAPANES 6145 2050 2150 45 SIR 500 60 0 218 Jpn IRN IRB JAPANES 7425 2050 2150 45 SIR 500 53 -15 218 Jpn IRN IRB JAPANES 5935 2220 2320 49,54 SIR 500 115 0 218 Ind IRN IRB MALAY-- 6010 2220 2320 49,54 SIR 500 115 0 218 Ind IRN IRB MALAY-- 7420 2220 2320 49,54 SIR 500 120 30 218 Ind IRN IRB MALAY-- 5990 2320 0020 42-44 SIR 500 68 -15 218 Cmn IRN IRB CHINAA- 6110 2320 0020 42-44 SIR 500 68 -15 218 Cmn IRN IRB CHINAA- 9490 2320 0020 42-44 SIR 500 65 -15 156 Cmn IRN IRB CHINAA- (HFCC B-17 IRIB registration entries, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 8 via BC-DX 10 Oct via DXLD) ** IRAN [non]. PRIDNESTROVIE, 7460, 0315-, Radio Payam e-Doost, Oct 8. Excellent reception with 1 kHz tone until 0315 s/off, and with it, the tone jammer. Presumed Farsi (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, Haida Gwaii, BC, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1900, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Radio Payem e-Doost via BaBcoCk Grigoriopol on Oct 10 1800-1845 on 7480 KCH 500 kW / 116 deg to WeAs Farsi, very weak: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/radio-payem-e-doost-via- (Ivo Ivanov, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1900, DXLD) That`s the Baha`i station, originating in the Washington DC area back to where it all started and is persecuted. WRTH does not consider it clandestine/target but a mere USA station (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) 7460, 0304 11 OCT - RADIO PAYAM E-DOOST (CLA). SINPO = 15311. Middle Eastern Language (?). Female announcer interviewing male over the phone. Musical interlude 0312z, followed by female announcer, then more middle Eastern music with microtonal vocals. S/off 0315z. QSB = moderate-to-rapid rate, barely discernible modulation on noisy carrier mostly below the noise floor with occasional peaks to just above, or mixing with it. sf71.1, a4, k3, geomag: unsettled. 500 kW, beamAz 116 , bearing 36 . Sangean ATS505 with MFJ-1020C active antenna and MFJ-901B tuner used to preselect ~75 feet of rain gutter running north/south. Received in Plymouth, MN, United States, 8365 km from the transmitter at Grigoriopol. Local time: 2204. 73s (--Rodney Johnson, http://swldx.tumblr.com/ dxldyg via DXLD) ** JAPAN. 603, 1505-, JOOG or JOKK, Oct 9. Normally HLSA totally dominates this frequency, but this morning, an excellent Asian opening easily reveals the NHK 1 network cochannel. Two 5 kW senders are listed, with the more likely being JOOG from Obihiro, Hokkaido (the other being from Okayama, JOKK, in southern Honshu). It's such a pleasure to listen to TPs at armchair level, frequency after frequency! 747, 1608-, JOIB, and an Unid, Oct 9. Signed off early this morning (I had expected 1600), but instead, the network signed off at 1500, leaving the frequency open for others. Same for the next day (10 Oct): off at 1500. 999, 1519-, JODP, Oct 9. Often a difficult channel, but this morning I can clearly hear NHK 1 with so many parallels. It's interesting that the NHK 1 stations list only 0.1 or 1 kW, so a real graveyard channel. 6 translators are listed as well as call sign for one, JODP in Onomichi, Hiroshima prefecture. There's a good Japanese opening for sure today! 1071, 1529-, JOFK, Oct 9. Super powerful NHK 1, even better than the // main JOAK with 300 kW out of Tokyo. Interesting, though, that within a minute, the other Japanese station faded up to dominate, and that's JOWM from Obihiro on Hokkaido with 5 kW (and // to 1440). Not many frequencies host two different Japanese networks on the same channel (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, Haida Gwaii, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 1098, 1540-, JOFN, Oct 9. Interesting frequency. It's rare to hear echoes from Japanese networks (not sure whether I've ever heard an echo, which are very common with Chinese stations). I'm assuming the overnight service is run on this Hokkaido station. There are 7 other low power stations listed on the same frequency at 0.1, 1 and 5 kW. The most recent PAL does not list a power for JOFN. 1287, 1200-, JOHR, Oct 6. Having fun listening to my overnight Perseus files, and I came across a US style jingle in English for HBC lasting about a minute, before returning to Japanese programming. An interesting double take! 'It's the 70s, 80s, 90's and more! Super hits, and favourites, now and forever. HBC Radio. Music delivery. The time now 8:00 PM'. 1602, 1520-, NHK 2, Oct 8. 2nd network of NHK confirmed signing off at 1520 on UT Sunday. Very good reception this morning. Stations and translators here number 26, with powers varying from 0.1 to 1 kW. For fun, I listened to each of the 23 MW frequencies, and I could hear the sign-off on each and every frequency! Once you've heard it once, you'll never forget the very long sign-off from NHK2! (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, Haida Gwaii, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KAZAKHSTAN. Kazakh radio is 95 years old. Its history dates back to 1921. Then From Orenburg - the capital of Kazakhstan at that time, republic. March 23, 1927 for the first time on the air was a Kazakh speech. Today, on the air radio programs are heard in the languages: Kazakh, Russian, German, Korean, Uighur, Azerbaijani, Turkish, Tatar and English. The percentage of Kazakh radio genres is as follows way: Information-analytical - 18% Social cognitive - 25% The program "Dostyk" - 3% Literary and musical - 17% Children and Youth - 5% Archive - 5% Music - 25% Advertisement - 2% Joint projects are being implemented with Radio Russia (Russia), Belarusian Radio (RB) and Radio Kyrgyzstan conduct interstate radio bridges dedicated to integration of countries. Within the framework of the EAEC, the most important socio-political and cultural events ... The official site of the Kazakh radio - http://kazradio.kz It works with 8 August 2006. Online broadcasts are held from July 18, 2011 Frequencies: http://kazradio.kaztrk.kz/en/radio/veshanie Contacts: Phone: 8 (717) 255-33-37 E-mail: kazradio@kaztrk.kz http://kazradio.kaztrk.kz/en/radio/contacts History: http://kazradio.kaztrk.kz/en/radio/history Kazakh radio is the country's largest broadcasting network. Programs of Kazakh, Russian, German, Korean, Uighur, Azerbaijani, Turkish, Tatar languages. Kazakh radio takes a leading place among electronic media (Dmitry Kutuzov, Ryazan / "deneb-radio-dx" via Rus-DX Oct 15 via DXLD) ** KOREA NORTH. 657, 1504-, Pyongyang Bangsong, Oct 7. Immediately obvious that this strong station was from North Korea with their usual fervent choir vocals. Cochannel audible as well includes KBS 1 from the south (HLKM from Chuncheon) with 50 kW. Sometimes it almost dominates the channel. Lots of splatter from KENI in Anchorage on 650. Rechecking at 1509, it's all Pyongyang at very good level, and almost enjoyable to listen to as background music! [and non] 810, 1434-, KCBS, Oct 7. Good reception mostly on this jumbled channel. Het present due to off channel jammer from the south. No sign of AFN at time of check, nor of domestics, but by 1440, hearing typical AFN music programming. Nominal channel is on frequency, which when checking at 1440 must be AFN. Jammer is present, and sounds like they're on low side at 809.857. Not so fast on the AFN. At 1442, Chinese speaker started to dominate, and then into a Chinese ballad. Other signals measured on 810.013 and 810.044. As I listen, the jammer is definitely on the low side, as it fades up and down, and is easy to see on the waterfall (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, Haida Gwaii, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH [and non]. TAIWAN, 9940, 1532-, BBC, Oct 6. Superb reception of the new BBC Korean service via transmitters in Taiwan. If there is any jamming, it's not obvious. Mentions of BBC Korea at 1534. Oops, I shouldn't have spoken too soon. At 1535, a jammer was heard (raspy tone), but this lasted for only 30 seconds before going off again. Technical issues with the North Korean jammers? Back again at 1536:20 perhaps to stay. Parallel 5810 via Tashkent also heard, but mostly covered by OTH radar spanning about 125 kHz between 5736 and 5862 kHz. When it drops, occasionally, the signal from Tashkent is quite strong, but jammed as well. Radar virtually never goes off, though. What a pest! UZBEKISTAN, 5810, 1522-, BBC, Oct 7. Tuned into 5810 to hear the transmitter come on at 1522, and much stronger today compared to yesterday, and should overcome the OTH radar noise. OC until 1525:30, when brief IDs in English began. Not hearing the same on 9940, just a giant OC. 'Details of all our services are at BBC World Service.com'. Korean came on at 1529:40. Overall, except for the unintentional interference, it would have been very decent reception, and still is, despite the OTH radar. UZBEKISTAN, 5810, 1529-, BBC Korean, Oct 8. The OTH radar has taken a day off from their interfering with BBC Korean relayed from Uzbekistan, but unfortunately the engineers at the site have as well. Nice strong OC, but no BBC until 1531:30. In addition a rapid pulse jammer is also present. Interesting that the Taipei frequency of 9940 should be blasting in, but it's about equal strength to Tashkent, and a louder buzzing jammer cochannel (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, Haida Gwaii, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. 6040, JAPAN, Shiokaze/Sea Breeze, at 1300. Verified that it was opening on schedule, on the hour, with usual talk over music and prisonbreak sound effect. Today, VG on SW-2000629 with 9' garden stake antenna. Oct 13 (Rick Barton, Peoria/Sun City AZ, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA SOUTH. 747, 1526-, HLKH, Oct 6. The Koreans are doing fairly well this morning. I can clearly hear KBS 1 (// to 711) with a western female vocal, cochannel to super powerful 500 kW JOIB Sapporo. 972, 1434-, HLCA, Oct 10. Incredibly strong with S9+40 on the meter (I snapped a screen capture for this one). Can it be any more armchair than this? Wow! 1062, 1526-, HLKQ, Oct 9. I was hoping for the Philippines, but no luck. Rousing vocal, 'I did it my way', but quickly found 711 in parallel, so this is the KBS 1 network. Very good level. I can hear one or two other stations cochannel, which is common in Masset when conditions are good. 1566, 1900-, HLAZ, Oct 6. One of the things I enjoy doing while in Masset is to record until I lose a signal, many hours after sunset, so I set the recorder to 1566 before going out to other activities. It's not often I hear a legal ID for HLAZ, but there it was at 1900 today at good level. 1900 equates to noon [PDT, not PST] in Masset. Not bad, as our LSR was about 1458 UT today. I'm blessed with an excellent water path to Asia from Masset! Language listed in PAL at this time is Korean. Listening further, they were pretty much gone by 1930 today (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, Haida Gwaii, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA SOUTH [and non]. 5920, Voice of Freedom. Good news! For a while they only had a carrier here (no audio at all), along with the usual North Korean jamming, but today (Oct 11) again heard with strong audio over the jamming (checking 1001 through 1322). 5920, Voice of Freedom. On Oct 12, with good signal strength to cut through the jamming by North Korea; 1500 distinctive station jingle ("jinsil-e soli, huimang-e soli, jayu-e soli bangsong" - Voice of Truth, Voice of Hope, Voice of Freedom Bangsong); jamming ended about 1503, so N. Korea clearly knows the VOF schedule; VOF ended their audio at 1506, after which there was just a carrier (dead air) till past 1510+. My audio at http://goo.gl/8Um8Mz (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1900, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn, Am extremely grateful to Amano-san (Japan) for providing the following comments and info about my recording made today. Ron - - - Amano-san wrote: Nice catch from California, Ron-san! Correctly this audio is VOF. This audio sounds South Korean VOF with Pip Jamming of North Korea. *** Korean reading - Female ending FREQ & SKD announcement: "jigeumkkaji cheongchwihae susin, bughan dongpoyeoleobun, gamsahabnida. oneul haludo sugo manh-eu syeossseubnida. jayu-e soli bangsong-eun FM radio, 101.7 (peak-il chong chil), 103.1 (peak-sam chong il), 107.3 (peak-chil chong sam) MHz eul tonghae bangsong-imyeo, yagan bangsong-eun maeil saebyeog 1(han) sibu teo 5 (daseos) sikka ji, ojeon bangsong-eun achim 6 (yeoseos) sibu teo 11 (yoruhana) sikka ji, ohu bangsong-eun naj 12 (yeoldul) sibu teo 5 (daseos) sikka ji, jeonyeog bangsong-eun jeonyeog 6 (yeoseos) sibu teo 12 (yeoldul) sikka ji bangsonghabnida." - VOF SJ [station jingle]: "jinsil-e soli~~~, huimang-e soli~~~, jayu-e soli bangsong~~~!" - Female ending NEXT START HOUR announcement: "da-eum bangsong-eun saebyeog 1(han) sie sijagdoebnida. yeogineun daehanmingug seoul-eseo bonae deulineun jayu-e soli bangsong-ibnida." - Ending music: "aleumdaun nala" (Beautiful Country) - http://youtube.com/watch?v=FkNajE6GVes *** English: - Female ending FREQ & SKD announcement: "People of North Korean compatriots who have listened and received so far. Thank you very much. Today too thanks for your hard work. Voice of Freedom is broadcast through FM radio, the frequencies are 101.7, 103.1, and 107.3 MHz. Nighttime broadcasting is from 1 o'clock to 5 o'clock in the morning (1600-2000 UT). Morning broadcasting is from 6 o'clock to 11 o'clock (2100-0200 UT). Afternoon broadcasting is from noon to 5 o'clock (0300-0800 UT). Evening broadcasting is from 6 o'clock to 12 o'clock in the evening (0900-1500 UT)." - VOF SJ [station jingle]: "Voice of truth~~~, Voice of hope~~~, Voice of Freedom Bangsong~~~!" - Female ending NEXT START HOUR announcement: "The next broadcast starts at 1 o'clock (1600 UT) in the early morning. This is a Voice of Freedom to send from Seoul, Republic of Korea." - Ending music: Beautiful Country - "aleumdaun nala" (via Ron Howard, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1900, DXLD) ** KURDISTAN. Radio Dengê Avrîn, la voz del Kurdistan turco 08/10/2017 [only on FM] https://gruporadioescuchaargentino.wordpress.com/2017/10/08/radio-denge-avrin-la-voz-del-kurdistan-turco/ Vamos a introducirnos a una región en conflicto como lo es la del Kurdistan, repartida entre Siria, Irak, Iran y Turquía y que por estos tiempos busca su independencia. Y nos vamos a adentrar en el Kurdistan turco Dengê Avrîn es una emisora ??de radio de FM que transmite desde el cantón de Efrîn. Dengê Avrîna está en el aire desde hace 4 años. La emisora ??comenzó a emitir en 2013 en la aldea de Hac Xelil en la región de Efrín y logró posicionarse como la emisora de mayor audiencia de la región de Efrîn. Resultado de imagen para kurdistan [map] En junio de 2016, la estación de radio se trasladó al centro de la ciudad de Efrîn. Actualmente, hay 5 mujeres y 3 hombres trabajando en la estación de radio. Radio Dengê Avrîn está transmitiendo 12 horas al día, comenzando a las 8 am con el programa de radio; ‘Roj bas’ (o “Buenos días”) y continúa después con boletines informativos sobre temas regionales y globales en árabe y kurdo. También se cubren los acontecimientos políticos locales y se irradian programas culturales, políticos, sociales, artísticos y otros especialmente destinados a las mujeres. La política de la radio se basa en la libertad de pensamiento y de expresión. Transmite sus programas de música, noticias y discusiones sociales, con ese criterio. El 28 de abril de 2017 el edificio de la estacion de radio fue bombardeado por el ejército turco. Después del ataque, se instaló una nueva estación base y la radio comenzó a emitir con una nueva frecuencia que fue la de 102.5 MHz. Aunque en la actualidad transmite en los 93 MHz. Radio Dengê Avrîn también está transmitiendo en vivo en Internet desde esta dirección: http://avrin.fm/radio/index.htm Con motivo del cuarto aniversario del establecimiento de la radio, un miembro de la dirección, llamado Istirvan Coco, habló con la agencia de noticias ANHA y dijo que el personal de la emisora construyó la radio con su propio esfuerzo y también aumentó la calidad de sus emisiones. Istirvan afirmó que los esfuerzos del Estado turco para silenciar la voz de los medios de comunicación libres está causando algunos problemas en su difusión y agregó que “En el cuarto aniversario declaramos que ningún ataque podrá romper nuestra voluntad y seguiremos siempre el camino de los mártires de la verdad “. Mîtan Zerdestî, un trabajador del área técnica de la emisora también declaró que no importa cuán graves serán los ataques del estado turco contra Dengê Avrîn porque ellos igual seguirán dando voz a la verdad (Via GRA blog via DXLD) ** KURDISTAN [non]. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 13) btw. 7320 kHz Denge Kurdistan program from Brussels broadcast, via CJSC Yerevan Gavar on Oct 13 at 0525 UT in Europe totally DISTURBED audio quality, OVERMODULATED signal (Wolfgang Büschel, Oct 13, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KYRGYZSTAN. 4010.221, Oct 11 at 1124, JBA carrier vs MARS on 4011- USB, surely Bishkek on characteristic off-frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** LIBERIA. 6050, 0524-, ELWA, Oct 10. I was hoping for a good African opening continuing, but all I could see was the transmitter coming on at 0524 UT. Too weak for any audio, however. Oh well, it's my final night in Masset before my return to Victoria. One day again! Hold on, just before 0528, there they were with an IS. Very, very weak, but there. Repeated over and over. No chance for any speech, though. I'm pleased nonetheless! (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, Haida Gwaii, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MADAGASCAR. Winter B-17 season of WCB KNLS from Mahajanga Madagascar World Voice, from Oct 29, 2017, till 25 March, 2018. 6190 0200 0300 12-13,14N,14SE,15W MWV 100 250 -15 218 Spa MDG MWV WCB 7330 0300 0400 12 MWV 100 265 0 218 Spa MDG MWV WCB 9490 2200 2300 43,44W,49NW MWV 100 55 30 218 Chn MDG MWV WCB 9570 1800 1900 19,20,29,30W MWV 100 355 30 218 Rus MDG MWV WCB 9600 0200 0300 41,42S MWV 100 40 -15 218 Eng MDG MWV WCB 9810 1900 2000 19,20,29,30W MWV 100 355 30 218 Rus MDG MWV WCB 11610 2100 2200 27S,28SW,37N MWV 100 325 0 218 Chn MDG MWV WCB 11790 2200 2300 38,46NE,47N MWV 100 325 0 218 Ara MDG MWV WCB 11825 0400 0500 36SE,37,38W,46,47W MWV 100 295 -30 218 Eng MDG MWV WCB 11945 1900 2000 38-40,48NW MWV 100 355 30 218 Ara MDG MWV WCB 11945 2000 2100 38-40,48NW MWV 100 355 15 218 Ara MDG MWV WCB 15560 0300 0400 41,42S MWV 100 40 -15 218 Eng MDG MWV WCB 17530 0400 0500 43,44W,49NW MWV 100 55 -15 218 Chn MDG MWV WCB 17640 1800 1900 36-38,46,47W MWV 100 310 -15 218 Eng MDG MWV WCB Time sorted: 6190 0200 0300 12-13,14N,14SE,15W MWV 100 250 -15 218 Spa MDG MWV WCB 9600 0200 0300 41,42S MWV 100 40 -15 218 Eng MDG MWV WCB 7330 0300 0400 12 MWV 100 265 0 218 Spa MDG MWV WCB 15560 0300 0400 41,42S MWV 100 40 -15 218 Eng MDG MWV WCB 11825 0400 0500 36SE,37,38W,46,47W MWV 100 295 -30 218 Eng MDG MWV WCB 17530 0400 0500 43,44W,49NW MWV 100 55 -15 218 Chn MDG MWV WCB 9570 1800 1900 19,20,29,30W MWV 100 355 30 218 Rus MDG MWV WCB 17640 1800 1900 36-38,46,47W MWV 100 310 -15 218 Eng MDG MWV WCB 9810 1900 2000 19,20,29,30W MWV 100 355 30 218 Rus MDG MWV WCB 11945 1900 2000 38-40,48NW MWV 100 355 30 218 Ara MDG MWV WCB 11945 2000 2100 38-40,48NW MWV 100 355 15 218 Ara MDG MWV WCB 11610 2100 2200 27S,28SW,37N MWV 100 325 0 218 Chn MDG MWV WCB 9490 2200 2300 43,44W,49NW MWV 100 55 30 218 Chn MDG MWV WCB 11790 2200 2300 38,46NE,47N MWV 100 325 0 218 Ara MDG MWV WCB 0200-0300 6190 MWV 100 kW 250 deg to SoAM Spanish tx#1 0200-0300 9600 MWV 100 kW 040 deg to SoAS English tx#2 0300-0400 7330 MWV 100 kW 265 deg to SoAM Spanish tx#1 0300-0400 15560 MWV 100 kW 040 deg to SoAS English tx#2 0400-0500 11825 MWV 100 kW 295 deg to CeAF English tx#1 0400-0500 17530 MWV 100 kW 055 deg to EaAS Chinese tx#2 1800-1900 9570 MWV 100 kW 355 deg to EaEUR Russian tx#1 1800-1900 17640 MWV 100 kW 310 deg to WeAF English tx#2 1900-2000 9810 MWV 100 kW 355 deg to EaEUR Russian tx#2 1900-2000 11945 MWV 100 kW 355 deg to NE/ME Arabic tx#1 2000-2100 11945 MWV 100 kW 355 deg to NE/ME Arabic tx#1 {2000-210017640 MWV 100 kW 295 deg to CeAF English} deleted, not B-17 2100-2200 11610 MWV 100 kW 325 deg to WeEUR Chinese tx#1 2200-2300 9490 MWV 100 kW 055 deg to EaAS Chinese tx#2 2200-2300 11790 MWV 100 kW 325 deg to NoAF Arabic tx#1 New Life Station in Mandarin, Radio Feda program in Arabic (HFCC B-17 WCB MWV registration entries, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 8 via BC-DX 10 Oct via WORLD OF RADIO 1900, DXLD) ** MEXICO. 630, XEFB, La F-B, Monterrey, Nuevo León. 1059 October 13, 2017. Unusual orchestral (not the common choral) Mexico anthem, which should make identifying this one easy when airing the anthem, excited male "XEFB, La F-B... Fútbol... XEFB... XEFB... más tarde..." into sports items by alternating male and female with goofy instrumental noise for about two seconds between items. 640, MEXICO, XENQ, La N-Q, Tulancingo, Hidalgo. 1046 October 14, 2017. Mexi-tune, male "... en la N-Q... la mañana... México, N-Q.. en N- Q..." into instrumental snippet of "Let It Be", then a famous old EZL movie score that escapes me. Audible in tight Radio Progreso null. 660, MEXICO, XEEY, La Kaliente, Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes. 1101 October 14, 2017. Anthem in progress and colliding with another Mexican with anthem. La Kaliente 102.9 slogan often, mention of Grupo Radiofónico. 660, MEXICO, unidentified. 1101 October 14, 2017. Weak under XEEY with anthem concluding at 1105, mention of Instituto something, lost to dominating XEEY. 1090, MEXICO, XEMCA, La Reyna de la Huastecas, Pánuco, Veracruz. 1013 October 12, 2017. End of fiddling song, ad string, slogan and mention of 104.3 FM, into female vocal with intense fiddling, male with slogan, female time check, church service plug, more fiddle-intensive songs, must be something of unique style or from the region. Holding up until 1140. Listed as La Grande de las Huastecas in the WRTVH-2017, but clearly identifying as "La Reyna". All times/dates GMT (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater FL, NRD-535, IC-R-75, longwires, active loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 760, Oct 11 at 1154, loops SSW, OEM promo, feature on progress in mamografía from UNAM called ``Radiósfera``. 1200 song, ID missed if any while checking other frequencies, 1201 M&W in morning show with national weather summary. Based on direxion and format, most likely XEABC, 70/10 kW in Los Reyes de la Paz, Estado de México. Here is the program blog, which stalled a decade ago! http://radiosfera.blogspot.com/ Basic info: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direcci%C3%B3n_General_de_Divulgaci%C3%B3n_de_la_Ciencia#Radi.C3.B3sfera XEABC website https://www.abcradio.com.mx/ shows 7 am program is `En La Noticia`, also mentions OEM. OEM is Organización Editorial Mexicana, which besides newspapers has 24 radio stations https://www.oem.com.mx/oem/ including link to ABC Radio https://www.abcradio.com.mx/ which leads back to 760 for Ciudad de México (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Radiósfera is not a program on a specific station. While we associate the RTC with short spots, part of the time requirement must be fulfilled by airing longer programs of 5 and 10 minutes duration (both for radio and TV). (Here's the RTC page with the most recent ones.) http://rtc.gob.mx/pautas/programas.php The current capsules (that's what they are usually called) are Difusión Cultural - Secretaría de Cultura Segments from La Hora Nacional - Secretaría de Gobernación Radiósfera - UNAM Decisiones de la Corte - SCJN (Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación) Mundo del Trabajo - STPS (Secretaría de Trabajo y Previsión Social) Revista del Consumidor Radio - Profeco (which also publishes a Revista del Consumidor — think Consumer Reports, but published by a government agency) Ya OISSSTE - ISSSTE (Instituto de Seguridad y Servicios Sociales de los Trabajadores del Estado) (this is a horrible, horrible pun, too. "¿Ya Oíste?" - Have You Heard?) In the 90s, the RTC even had its own identification that preceded these programs — which also served as a wonderful reminder of what exactly its initials stand for. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iz97E1m0Upk [tagline] Este programa es público, ajeno a cualquier partido político. Queda prohibido el uso para fines distintos a los establecidos en el programa (Raymie Humbert, AZ, Oct 13, WTFDA Forum via DXLD) ** MEXICO. RAYMIE`S MEXICO BEAT this week --- [including DTV] [Re: 17-41 NYT story:] Yeah, the circumstances around Curzio's firing are generating a very Carmen Aristegui-esque reaction. Government spending in broadcasting (both at the state and national levels) has had a real distorting effect on the industry, and there is no guarantee that it will be at a certain level. Thus, it serves as a carrot to control broadcasters. What's more, this president has spent at unprecedented levels on advertising and PR, and states like Colima have tripled their spend in recent years. http://www.proceso.com.mx/459574/revelan-sobreejercicio-del-gasto-en-publicidad-en-gobierno-anguiano México Evalúa places the 2016 spend on advertising at 9.585 billion pesos, or $507 million. It's only going to be larger this year and as we head into the next election. Especially in broadcasting, where stations are required by law to set aside time for the government, this should be illegal. It's a waste of public money and further serves to erode trust in government (Raymie Humbert, Phœnix AZ, Oct 13, WTFDA Forum via DXLD) It's October, and Día de los Muertos is right around the corner. So let's look at some --- dead radio stations! We've had ghosts before, but these are from a much older time. XEQZ - Chetumal, Q. Roo The first radio station in Quintana Roo, this provisional concession was awarded in February 1945 and, according to DOF records, voided in 1947 for failure to transmit since February 15, 1946. Ramón Zamora Manjarrez was listed as the concessionaire. Interestingly, an Informativo Turquesa (that Turquesa, of course) piece not only says XEQZ was the first radio station with calls in the then-territory, but that it was operated by Roque Salvatierra from 1948 until Hurricane Janet destroyed its facilities — and all but four buildings in Chetumal! — in 1955. (Janet was a category 5 and its name was promptly retired.) XEQZ's frequency is not available in any sources. XEGA - San Andrés Tuxtla, Ver. XEGA was to be owned and operated by Miguel Ángel Lara Manitas, and would have broadcast on 1300 kHz with 500 watts. In 1962, Lara Manitas attempted to move XEGA to Alvarado, from where it presumably would have entered the Veracruz Puerto radio market. Given the 11-year gap between responses in the case, and the apparently incomplete nature of some of the paperwork filed in 1973, the SCT proceeded to void the concession five years later. XERAA - Atoyac de Álvarez, Gro. Rubén Arizpe Alemán gave his initials to this station which would have operated on 1240 kHz with 500/250 watts (and was given the general green light in 1967), but he apparently lost interest, failed to respond to SCT correspondence and the concession was voided in 1978. These last two unbuilt stations continued to haunt the IRCA log, into the 21st century. There's also --- a dead television station! XHUF-TV 13 - Ciudad Delicias, Chih. The original channel 13 in Delicias was XHUF, owned by Televisora de Chihuahua, S.A. This company got the go-ahead in 1968 and merged with another company, Impulsora de Televisión, in 1970. In 1973, the SCT ordered the merger undone because it had been done without its approval. Longtime readers might recognize our applicant for channel 13 — and the party it merged with. These were the original concessionaires of XHCH and XHIT in Chihuahua Capital. XHIT went off the air for the first time in December 1972, as the affiliates of Tele-Cadena Mexicana found themselves slowly squeezed over the course of the 70s and eventually primarily nationalized. (If it were built and thus around today, XHUF would be a TV Azteca station, no doubt about it.) This proceeding opened in 1980, shortly after the SCT evidently wanted to clear its books in 1978. Channel 13 in Delicias was eventually awarded to Radiotelevisora de México Norte in the 62-station concession of 1994 and began broadcasting as XHCDE-TV (Raymie, Oct 15, ibid.) It's a combo no more in Coatzacoalcos. XEZS/XHZS said goodbye to the AM band after 57 years http://heraldodecoatzacoalcos.com.mx/estado/coatzacoalcos/52973-apaga-su-senal-radio-hit-en-am.html last night, with one final transmission of the Himno Nacional. You can watch the transmitter be turned off for the last time here. https://www.facebook.com/radiohitlaexplosiva/videos/1531195253567859/ XEZS-AM signed on March 18, 1960 and is one of the Combos of '94, not beginning FM transmissions until 1996. For its part, Radio Hit claims the move to shut off XEZS, which evidently could broadcast in AM stereo (!), https://liberal.com.mx/radiohit-cierra-un-ciclo-en-am/ was made for technical reasons and to focus on the digitalization of the station (HD Radio, perhaps?). What is interesting is that the article says it was the final AM station in Coatzacoalcos. Both XHZS going all-FM and this detail are highly unusual activity with regard to the Combos of '94. Coatzacoalcos also has XECSV/XHCSV broadcasting on 1000 kHz and 93.1 MHz, another combo of the same vintage, and in nearby Minatitlán (and not being considered for this piece, I'd imagine) is XHMTV 100.9/1260. What just happened may also be illegal. The reason is that the FMs were licensed as additional frequencies to the AM. Let's read this over. It's from the 2004 concession renewal: "Que la Secretaría, mediante resolución administrativa de fecha 4 de noviembre de 1994, autorizó a Emisoras Mexicanas de Veracruz, S.A., la modificación de la Concesión, para la operación comercial como parte del canal concesionado, de la frecuencia 92.3 MHz, en la banda de frecuencia modulada, con ubicación del equipo transmisor en Coatzacoalcos, Ver., distintivo de llamada XHZS-FM y demás características asentadas en la misma" (emphasis mine) For a selection of the Combos of '94, but not XHZS, we have the original authorization that was made. Here is the one for XHMEX. http://rpc.ift.org.mx/rpc/pdfs/090252648002c45e.pdf Aside from specifying that XHMEX-FM is licensed to repeat XEMEX-AM, the authorization also required: "La programación que se difunda en la frecuencia modulada deberá ser en todo momento la misma de la señal de la frecuencia de amplitud modulada." If the AM is silent, so too must the FM, unless the IFT has consented to the closure of XEZS-AM. I have reached out to the station for comment and will update if I hear back from them (Raymie, Oct 16, ibid.) ** MEXICO. Oct 14 at 1220 UT, a few minutes before sunrise here at 1238, low-band XEs from the north/west are in well on 550, 610, 640, 650, 660, 700, 710, 720, 730, 760, 770, 800, 870 – same stations I have logged many times before (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MYANMAR. 5985, Myanmar Radio. On Oct 9, Monday edition of "Say It In English"; 1218-1231; this weeks adventures (dialogue) of "Tom," has him driving along the "A3, near Guildford," when his car stops, so he calls "Sparky's Garage" and turns out "Tom" has no "petrol." Fairly readable. The Wednesday (Oct 11) edition of "Say It In English" started at 1245 and was a repeat of the Monday program I heard. The Wed. program always starts later than Monday's. I have gotten hooked to listening to his weekly antics! My audio at http://goo.gl/iE7Ehh 5985, Myanmar Radio. Oct 10, at 1226, with choral National Anthem; into coverage of the Myanmar vs Kyrgyzstan football/soccer match held at Thuwunna Stadium (Yangon); preempted the regular programs (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5985, Radio Myanmar at 1527 UT Oct 9 with local music to 1529 when lady in Burmese with presumed announcement of the end of the broadcast in Burmese. 1530 usual sign on music and announcements in English followed by news. Very Strong. 73 (Mick Delmage, Sherwood Park, Alberta, Rx: Perseus SDR, Ant: Wellbrook ALA 100 loop Oct 15, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5985, Myanmar Radio, 1530, Oct 12 (Thursday). In English; fairly readable; "Hello. Good evening dear listeners. Here is our final English transmission for today, radiating on 5985 kHz, 50.13 meters, 576 kHz, 520 meters and 594 kHz, 505 meters"; news (ceremony this morning attended by President U Htin Kyaw and wife Daw Su Su Lwin, etc.) and weather; 1545-1559 NHK's "Friends Around the World," hosted by Eriko Kojima and Marcellus Nealy; featured music and info about Gen Hoshino, a Japanese singer, songwriter, lyricist, actor, and voice actor; played his "Koi" and "Sun" song; *1559 sign on of strong CRI, which covered Myanmar reception. This NHK program will be repeated again tomorrow (Friday). My audio at http://goo.gl/WjApRw (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1900, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NETHERLANDS [non]. GERMANY, 5960, 0011-, The Mighty KBC, Oct 8. A manageable S5 to S6 signal in the clear from the Mighty KBC, despite another 2 hours until our local sunset (about 0209 tonight). As Glenn Hauser has said in the past, a North American transmitter site is pretty much a must for any chance of a comfortable reception to the western part of North America. Nonetheless, the signal should only improve over the next 1 3/4 hours. That's exactly what is happening with rechecking at 0104. Nice strong, clean signal (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, Haida Gwaii, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also BULGARIA 5960, Oct 15 at 0003, The Mighty KBC via GERMANY is mighty weak this week, very poor, less than the S8 nearby lightning crashes (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NIGERIA. 6090, Voice of Nigeria (tentative); 0357-0410+, 10/8; Afro music to brief announcement at 0400:48 to bumper to commentaries; heard mentions of “Africa” & “Nigeria” 0408:35 after bumper. Listed as Hausa. Poor at QRN level. Anguilla still off (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 185' RW, ----- All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! -----, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Not VON external service but FRCN Kaduna (gh) ** NORTH AMERICA. PIRATE, 6951, 0104-, unid Pirate Oct 8. Good reception until suddenly off at 0104. No ID heard. Wonder whether he switched frequencies, realizing he was on an odd channel. Lots of intruders on 6965, 6935 and 6925, but all in LSB. PIRATE, 6935, 0207-, unID, Oct 8. I could make out, 'small community radio station' at 0207, then into weak music. Not much above local noise floor. PIRATE, 6925, 0212-, UnID, Oct 8. A stronger pirate here, but using LSB which is unusual. SSTV at 0214, so I quickly opened my MixW program, showing an interesting logo: 'Brewed in the Valley. (something) Beaver Brewing. For a (something) good taste'. Immediately into another image: a dog covering his mouth with his paw, stifling a laugh. And a caption, 'Hee Hee, Hee' And yet another image: Nothing came through on that (very short duration). Then some CW. Caught, 'Have a good night'. Came back with mentions of Pee Wee, so perhaps Pee Wee Radio (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, Haida Gwaii, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. Radio Free Whatever, Saturday, October 7, 2017, 2211, 6950 usb. Drumbeat, dance/trance/industrial music. 2219, Wolfman Jack-like voice calling out to shortwave listeners and posters on the HFU. "The one and only Jamal" with another deejay at 2222. Radio Free Whatever ID at 2225. s9/15, very good signal. (Will-MD) Unid, Monday, October 9, 2017, 1923, 6880 am. Nonstop pop music, excellent signal and sound, s9. (Will-MD) Friday, October 13, 2017, 2242, 6880 am. Discussion about shortwave radio, appears to be the audio of a youtube video. "I'm hearin' myself on 6880 --- here in Montreal" at 2256. Powerful s15 signal. (Will-MD) Friday, October 13, 2017, 2243, 6930 usb. Flashback AM with 70s pop music by America, "Ventura Highway". Fair but steady signal, s5. Moonlight Radio relay according to JoeFlips (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) ** NORTH AMERICA. 7470, 0314 28 SEP - RADIO YHWH (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA [sic: how do you know that for sure?]). SINPO = 15222. English, religious. Sangean ATS505 with ~230 feet of chain link fence surrounding a rectangular backyard Received at Plymouth, MN United States. Local time: 2214. 73s (--Rodney Johnson, http://swldx.tumblr.com/ dxldyg via DXLD) ** NORTH AMERICA. PIRATE 7470, 0212-, YHWH, Oct 6. Excellent reception into Masset tonight. Lovely signal up to S9 + 10. With the absence of noise, a near armchair copy. Still obvious deep fades still occur. Went looking for 6090 at 0254, and when I returned at 0304, YHWH was gone. PIRATE, 7470, 0404-, YHWH, Oct 7. Back at it tonight again, with the same program as heard the other night, but not as strong at this latter hour. I also noted some digital noise on the high side of the frequency. Intermittent, but annoying. PIRATE 7470, 0152-, YHWH, Oct 10. Started tonight just before 0153. Usual excellent signal. Nothing to indicate a sign-on, just into his Yahweh stuff (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, Haida Gwaii, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) PIRATE, 15085, 2119-, YHWH, Oct 7. OK, a daytime frequency found on a bandscan. Not as strong as during the evening, but still at fair level (S4 to S5) in the clear with the usual shtick. Checked the next day (8 October) and he was there at 2235 UT at weak levels. He signed off right at the time of my check, so it looks like a regular frequency (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, Haida Gwaii, BC, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1900, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I discovered YHWH on 15085, July 27 at 2018, and until now have seen no other reports of it (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1900, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7470, UNITED STATES [sic], YHWH at 0157. Caught in progress at tune-in with VG signal. Usual Josiah lecture and suddenly went off at 0207. Shortly after, heard a cupla OTH-R pulses. This seems to be a regular with this station these days. The world's shortest irregular broadcasts on a frequency often haunted by strange utility type transmissions. VG while it lasted, Oct 10 (Rick Barton, Peoria/Sun City AZ, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7470, Oct 11 at 0154, very poor carrier, which in evenings must be Station YHWH: Yes, I can barely make out the voice of Josiah, and still at 0220 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1900, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7470, UNITED STATES [sic] (Pirate), YHWH at 0200. Had radio set to frequency before the hour, "Josiah" emerged out of nowhere about reading the "letter". VG signal and modulation. Everything fell apart at 0211. Came back on at 0214 and, surprise - !, stayed on. Creepy D.o.H.L. song at 0306. On well after 0300, but, I didn't catch actual sign off time. VG, S-9 with Grundig and outdoor Slinky extended to 30'. Oct 14 (Rick Barton, Peoria/Sun City AZ, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OMAN. 15140, Radio Oman at 1456 UT Oct 9 western pop music to 1500 UTC then man in Arabic softly speaking with birds chipping in the background followed by Qur`an. Excellent. 73 (Mick Delmage, Sherwood Park, Alberta, Rx: Perseus SDR, Ant: Wellbrook ALA 100 loop Oct 15, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. All this discussion re NDBs [RUSSIA] got me wondering about PNG beacons in the X-band. We used to regularly hear GA in Goroka on 1725 and KUT, especially, on 1737 from Kumul Platform, but it's been years since I've seen any reports for ANY PNG X-band beacons. Is it that we're no longer looking, or that they're gone (although all still listed in the website above [below]), or that they're no longer audible? Anyone hearing PNG anymore??? (Walt Salmaniw, BC, IRCA via DXLD) ** PERU. 5980. R. CHASKI. OCT. 6. 2308-2330 UT. Música, luego devocional “El camino de la Vida” basado en la visión de gobierno con fundamento en las cartas del apóstol Pablo. Desde las 2318 solamente portadora al aire ¿Problemas de enlace? Retorno del audio a las 2321, aunque con sobre-modulación. Luego el himno: “Es Cristo quien por mí murió”. A las 2325 Identificación de la emisora y espacio musical. A las 2330, hora local e identificación como: “Red Radio Integridad” y salida del aire. SINPO: 45343, aunque desde las 2321 con SINPO: 55444 (Claudio Galaz; RX: TECSUN PL 660; ANT: Hilo de 40 metros de largo; QTH: Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) [credits look same, but really from different locations:] 5980. R. CHASKI. OCT. 7. 2307-2330 UT. Espacio musical. A las 2309 aviso de la aplicación de celulares de Red Radio Integridad y de la venta de material en la oficina de la emisora en Lima. Luego continuación de los himnos protestantes. A las 2315 se emite un aviso en contra de la pornografía, después un espacio de coros intercalados con avisos. Identificación y hora local a las 2330, después avisos del programa: “Jungla Semántica” de Radio Transmundial. Salida del aire a las 2331:13. SINPO: 55555. [! Finally encouraged him to time cutoff --- compared to my next log below 5 nights later, 34 seconds later / 5 = 6.8 per, right on, -- gh] 5980, R. CHASKI. OCT. 8. 1133-1143 UT. Programa sobre el apóstol Pablo, luego avisos de RTM 360.ORG y Proyecto Ana. SINPO: 54454 con leve QRM de CNR-8 desde 5975 (Claudio Galaz; RX: TECSUN PL 660; ANT: Hilo de 40 metros de largo; QTH: Barraza Bajo, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1900, DXLD) 5980, Oct 12 at 2330, JBA carrier from R. Chaski, until autocutoff at 2331:47*, which is 48.5 seconds later than last catch a week ago, Oct 5 until 2330:58.5, slippage averaging 6.9 seconds later per (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1900, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5980. R.CHASKI. OCT. 17. 2311-2332 UT. Devocional, identificación y luego espacio musical hasta las 2329, luego avisos e identificación de la emisora. SINPO: 25343 (Claudio Galaz; RX: TECSUN PL 660; ANT: Hilo de 40 metros de largo; QTH: Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** PHILIPPINES. 999, 1453-, DYSS, Oct 6. Almost certainly them, often fading up to very good levels, with very rapid, presumed Filipino banter. A few English words thrown in. Confirmed at 1459 with call letters 'D Y double S', and Super Radyo, followed by a very fervent vocal rendition of the national anthem. [and non] 1314, 1403-, DWXI, Oct 6. Almost certainly the Filipino with typical Filipino style, briefly, but then within a minute was buried by the usual JOUF, Radio Osaka with, what I'd describe as silly programming by what sounds like pre-pubescent girls (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, Haida Gwaii, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PHILIPPINES [non]. 11630, Oct 11 at 1427, open carrier at S3-S6, 1430 trumpet IS and music, 1431 sign-on in S Asian language, mentioning several MHz and meter-bands, and a website ending in asia.org. HFCC shows it`s R. Veritas Asia, 250 kW, 98 degrees via VATICAN, 1430-1457 in Urdu. Apparently RVA relies on better signal into Pakistan/Gulf this way than direct from Palauig (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PUERTO RICO. BROADCAST GROUPS DONATE RADIO EQUIPMENT TO PUERTO RICO ASSOCIATIONS --- By Ernie Smith / Oct 13, 2017 [caption:] An example of the battery-powered radio being sent to Puerto Ricans. (via Amazon) [``Quantum FX Model R-9 FM TV/MW/SW 1-7 MULTI-BAND RECEIVER`` --- TV????? I bet it doesn`t get DTV, maybe only channel A6 analog audio if that still existed --- gh] https://associationsnow.com/2017/10/broadcast-groups-donate-radio-equipment-puerto-rico/ The National Association of Broadcasters, the National Alliance of State Broadcasters Associations, and a bevy of other groups are donating 10,000 battery-powered radios to Puerto Rico. Meanwhile, other groups are donating resources to broadcasters on the island that have been knocked off the air. With no end in sight for the recovery efforts in Puerto Rico, the radio industry is putting its best foot forward to help the folks on the ground. This week, the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), the National Alliance of State Broadcasters Associations, and a number of U.S. broadcasters announced they would fund the donation of 10,000 battery-operated radios to Puerto Rico, with the goal of providing information for those in need. The battery-operated radios could prove an important resource, as just 16 percent of the island currently has power weeks after Hurricane Maria caused dramatic damage. NAB President and CEO Gordon Smith emphasized that the situation underlines radio’s role “as a lifeline to communities desperate for information and support.” “Our fellow Americans in the Caribbean now face a once-in-a-generation humanitarian crisis, and radio is one of the only communications resources available,” Smith said in a news release. “We admire the resolve of our friends in Puerto Rico and are proud to undertake this effort with help from FEMA to keep citizens safe and informed.” The idea for the initiative came from Florida Association of Broadcasters President and CEO, Pat Roberts, who has helped coordinate the delivery of these radios to the island. Radio World reports that the devices being delivered to the island are QFX model R-9 radios, a model sold for $9.99 online that has the ability to pick up AM, FM, and shortwave signals. In comments to the news outlet, NAB Executive Vice President of Communications Dennis Wharton noted that the ability to get a large number of radios to the island quickly was an important factor behind the decision. “We don’t want to have to wait weeks or months to get these in the hands of Puerto Ricans,” Wharton added. Locally, the Puerto Rico Broadcasters Association welcomed the move, with the group’s board president, Raul Santiago Santos, adding in a statement, “Having local radio in the hands of our citizens will make a real and positive difference for our people.” The donation effort isn’t the only way that the broadcast industry is helping the island with its long recovery. Current reports that the Alaskan nonprofit CoastAlaska is donating equipment to the public radio station WIPR-FM to help it get back its signal after its main broadcasting tower was destroyed in the storm. Meanwhile, the National Association of Hispanic Journalists is working to get communications equipment to broadcasters in need (via Artie Bigley, Oct 14, DXLD) ** PUERTO RICO. WAPA RIDES THE STORM SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) --- News anchorman Luis Penchi has slept about three hours a night since Hurricane Maria turned his radio station into one of the few sources of public information on this battered island. Working more than 25 hours straight during the height of the devastating storm, the lay Franciscan friar and grandfather has emerged as a light in the darkness for Puerto Rican listeners trapped in a virtual telecommunications blackout. The powerful storm knocked out electricity, internet, television and cell service for the U.S. territory’s 3.4 million people. When other radio stations went dark, WAPA 680 kept plugging, delivering a 24- hour stream of news, advice, messages and pleas for assistance from listeners desperate to connect with loved ones. Barefoot and wearing shorts and a wooden crucifix at the San Juan station on Wednesday, the bright-eyed Penchi credited retro technology for helping WAPA power through the maelstrom, along with some divine intervention. “I believe it was an act of God. This is the chosen station,” the 62- year-old said with laugh. In the days and hours since the storm broke, the Spanish-language station has become a cornerstone of news, sending out bulletins across the devastated U.S. territory about relief efforts, road conditions and missing people. In the words of one of its owners, Carmen Blanco, WAPA turned into the unofficial “voice of the government” about the hurricane. With little working phone service, residents arrive in person at the station with messages to be read on the air. Visitors have included a cardiac surgeon who made an appeal to locate the mother of a newborn baby girl in urgent need of heart surgery so the infant could be evacuated on a special medical flight to the United States. It worked. Relief workers tracked down the grateful mom. WAPA got out the word that a nearby home for the elderly had run out of diesel for its generator. Listeners quickly responded with fuel, food and water. The station helped a kidney patient get a ride to a dialysis center, and it scored a coagulant medication for a woman within 45 minutes. The public has taken notice. “Those people are going to get some kind of award,” said Pablo Navarro, 74, a listener inspired by the coverage. “They held the whole place together. They were heroic.” Analogue Rules! Housed in a modest single-story beige block on the south side of the capital, the station sports an American flag on its logo. News anchorman Luis Penchi of the WAPA 680 radio September 27, 2017. REUTERS/Alvin Baez [captions] Inside are echoes of an earlier age that for now is the norm in Puerto Rico. With power limited to the station’s generator, there is no air conditioning. Electronic frills have been reduced to the minimum. At the reception area, a woman wrote messages for broadcast on a typewriter. Anchor Penchi credits such old-school resourcefulness for the station’s durability. He said WAPA stayed on the air because it had maintained its old analogue broadcasting capacity alongside its digital equipment. Payam Heydari, an expert in radio technology at the University of California, Irvine, said basic analogue equipment tends to provide robust transmission over long distances. In comparison, he said, digital technology is highly dependent on electricity to power the relays needed to carry a signal. “Therefore as soon as power goes down, so do the relays” on a digital signal, Heydari said. Penchi joined WAPA last year. A veteran journalist, he returned to his native Puerto Rico from a Franciscan brotherhood in the United States to found a separate one on the island. Not long after, he also accepted an offer to work for the family-run commercial station. The lay friar said a clergyman told him a time would come when Penchi “would be the only voice heard on the radio” in Puerto Rico. He said he laughed it off until Maria hit and he found himself one of the few voices left broadcasting on the island. Penchi said he is still haunted by cell phone calls from people contacting the station for help from their rooftops as floodwaters rose, before the storm cut off communication. I heard the cries of the people calling in live on air,” he said. Since then, Penchi and his coworkers have done all they can to provide relief to the suffering using the power of their radio signal. Local journalists have stepped in for free to ease the workload on weary WAPA anchors. Other professionals have pitched in too. The day after the storm, WAPA put out a call for psychologists to come speak with distressed listeners arriving at the station frantic to contact loved ones. Julio Herran, 44, volunteered. He said he has been there ever since, working as long as 15 hours a day lending an ear and doing his best to comfort the anguished. “I make them realize they are OK. They are fine,“ he said. ”Then we write a message to put on the radio.`` (Medium Wave News 63/05, October 2017 via DXLD) ** PUERTO RICO. Communication Services Post Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico Twenty-three days after major hurricane Maria passed over Puerto Rico, only one television station remains on-the-air. - WKAQ-DT (RF: UHF-28/Virtual:2) Telemundo in San Juan, P.R. [Transmitter tower located in the north-central 'Bosque Estatal de Cartie' mountain reserve, east of Cayey along road route PR-184] Puerto Rico has 17 districts that make up 78 counties, island wide only 24 percent of customers have their cell services restored. Wireline and cable service restoration is estimated to be near one percent. Later, two television stations were knocked out: 1. WIPR,-DT (RF: UHF-43/Virtual: 6), Independent Public Station, San Juan 2. WIPM-DT (RF: UHF-35/Virtual: 3), Independent Public Station, Mayagüez Ten AM/FM radio stations are out-of-service: 1. 630 WUNO-AM, San Juan 2. 870 WQBS-AM, San Juan 3. 910 WPRP-AM, Ponce 4. 1430 WNEL-AM, Caguas 5. 91.3 WIPR-FM, San Juan 6. 99.1 WPRM-FM, San Juan 7. 101.9 WZAR-FM, Ponce 8. 102.3 WMIO-FM, Cabo Rojo 9. 107.3 WCMN-FM, Arecibo 10. 107.7 WQBS-FM, Carolina Fourteen AM radio stations are operational: 1. 550 WPAB, Ponce 2. 580 WKAQ, San Juan 3. 610 WEXS, Patillas 4. 680 WAPA, San Juan 5. 840 WXEW, Yabucoa 6. 940 WIPR, San Juan 7. 1070 WMIA, Arecibo 8. 1240 WALO, Humacao 9. 1260 WISO, Ponce 10. 1300 WTIL, Mayagüez 11. 1320 WSKN, San Juan 12. 1470 WKUM, Orocovis 13. 1480 WMDD, Fajardo 14. 1490 WDEP, Ponce Eight FM radio stations are operational: 1. 91.3 WIPR, San Juan 2. 94.7 WODA, Bayamón 3. 95.7 WFID, Rio Piedras 4. 96.1 WAEL, Maricao 5. 97.7 WNVM, Cidra 6. 104.1 WERR, Vega Alta 7. 104.7 WKAQ, San Juan 8. 106.9 WMEG, Guayama (GACTVDX, Easton PA, Oct 13, WTFDA Forum via DXLD) He doesn`t specify his sources for all this info (gh, DXLD) I can affirm from September 30, 2017, that WCMN 1280 Arecibo (NotiUno // WUNO 630) is on the air. I heard it as DX from Key Largo, somewhat strong at times. Two common PR AM's there were not heard at all: 1120 WMSW and WGIT 1660. cd (Chris Dunne, Pembroke Pines FL, Oct 13, ibid.) 1660 WGIT, Hatillo antenna was damaged after the passing of the hurricane. The antenna field was flooded out as it sits north of the Loiza river. 1120 WMSW, Canovanas is an unknown category per their antenna structure. Streema has them listed, but there is no connection to their server (GACTVDX. PA, Oct 15, ibid.) Communication Services Post Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico - STREEMA The following AM-FM stations have been active on the 'Streema' online radio site. http://streema.com/ AM: 1. 630 WUNO, San Juan 2. 940 WIPR, San Juan 3. 1240 WALO, Humacao 4. 1320 WSKN, San Juan FM: 1. 91.3 WIPR, San Juan 2. 99.1 WPRM, San Juan 3. 104.7 WKAQ, San Juan (GACTVDX, PA, Oct 16, ibid.) Update 1: AM: 1. 870 WQBS-AM, San Juan FM: 1. 94.7 WODA, Bayamón 2. 104.7 WKAQ, San Juan - Server Loss (GACTVDX Oct 16, ibid.) Update 2: FM: 1. 89.7 WRTU San Juan 2. 94.7 WODA Bayamón 3. 97.3 WOYE Rio Grande 4. 99.1 WPRM San Juan 5. 100.7 WXYX Bayamón 6. 101.1 WRIO Ponce 7. 106.9 WMEG Guayama (GACTVDX Oct 18, ibid.) Communication Services Post Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico (FM Stations) Thirty-two FM radio stations are operational [sic, lower case] 1. 88.5 wluz Levittown 2. 88.9 wpuc Ponce 3. 89.7 wrtu San Juan 4. 90.5 wida Carolina 5. 94.7 woda Bayamón 6. 95.1 wegm San Germán 7. 96.1 wael Maricao 8. 92.9 wyqe Naguabo 9. 93.7 wznt San Juan 10. 93.7 wmaa Moca 11. 95.7 wfid Rio Piedras 12. 96.5 wrxd Fajardo 13. 97.3 woye Rio Grande 14. 97.7 wnvm Cidra 15. 98.3 wzol Las Piedras 16. 98.7 wukq Mayagüez 17. 98.7 wqml Culebra 18. 99.1 wprm San Juan 19. 99.5 widi Quebradillas 20. 99.9 wioa San Juan 21. 100.7 wxyx Bayamón 22. 101.1 wrio Ponce 23. 102.5 wtok San Juan 24. 103.3 wvjp Caguas 25. 103.7 wxlx Lajas 26. 104.1 werr Vega Alta 27. 104.7 wkaq San Juan 28. 106.1 wrrh Hormigueros 29. 106.1 wvis Vieques 30. 106.9 wmeg Guayama 31. 107.3 wcmn Arecibo 32. 107.9 wvdj Aguadilla (GACTVDX Oct 18, ibid.) Communication Services Post Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico (AM Stations) FEMA Heavy Generators with fuel distribution have reached forty-four AM radio station tanks after twenty-seven days since hurricane Maria's caused catastrophic damage across Puerto Rico. 1. 550 wpab Ponce 2. 580 wkaq San Juan 3. 610 wexs Patillas 4. 630 wuno San Juan 5. 680 WA2XPA Arecibo 6. 680 wapa San Juan 7. 710 wkjb Mayagüez 8. 740 wi2xac Ponce 9. 740 wiac San Juan 10. 810 wkvm San Juan 11. 840 wxew Yabucao 12. 910 wprp Ponce 13. 940 wipr San Juan 14. 990 wpra Mayagüez 15. 1080 wley Cayey 16. 1090 wsol San Germán 17. 1110 wvjp Caguas 18. 1130 woiz Guayanilla 19. 1140 wqii 10 kW San Juan 20. 1160 wbqn Barceloneta-Manatí 21. 1170 wleo Ponce 22. 1190 wbmj San Juan 23. 1200 wgdl Lares 24. 1230 wnik Arecibo 25. 1240 walo Humacao 26. 1250 wjit Sabana 27. 1260 wi2xso Mayagüez 28. 1260 wi3xso Aguadilla 29. 1260 wiso Ponce 30. 1280 wcmn Arecibo 31. 1300 wtil Mayagüez 32. 1320 wskn San Juan 33. 1330 wena Yauco 34. 1380 wola Barranquitas 35. 1400 wida Carolina 36. 1420 wukq Ponce 37. 1430 wnel Caguas 38. 1450 wcpr Coamo 39. 1470 wkum Orocovis 40. 1480 wmdd Fajardo 41. 1490 wdep Ponce 42. 1500 wmnt Manatí 43. 1550 wkfe Yauco 44. 1570 wppc Peñuelas (GACTVDX, Oct 18, ibid.) Communication Services Post Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico (Cell Service) --- The following twelve counties have no cell services. 1. Agus Buenas [sic] 2. Añasco 3. Florida 4. Jayuya 5. Lares 6. Las Piedras 7. Loiza 8. Naguabo 9. San Lorenzo 10. Utuado 11. Vieques 12. Yabucoa (GACTVDX, PA, Oct 15, ibid.) Update 1: https://www.digitaltrends.com/comput...ndent-company/ (GACTVDX, PA, Oct 17, ibid.) truncated Update 2: The following eight counties have no cell services. 1. Agus Buenas [sic] 2. Jayuya 3. Lares 4. Las Piedras 5. Maunabo 6. Naguabo 7. San Lorenzo 8. Yabucoa (GACTVDX, Oct 20, ibid.) Communication Services Post Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico (TV Stations) Five television stations are operational. 1. WKAQ(RF: UHF28/Virtual: 2), Telemundo, San Juan 2. WIPM(RF: UHF35/Virtual: 3), Independent, Mayagüez [public] 3. WTIN(RF: UHF15/Virtual: 4), Independent, Ponce 4. WNJX(RF: UHF23/Virtual: 4), Independent, Mayaguez 5. WIPR(RF: UHF43/Virtual: 6), Independent, San Juan [public] (GACTVDX, PA, Oct 18, ibid.) Update 1: WIPM(RF: UHF35/Virtual: 3), Independent, Mayagüez is suspected to be out-of-service. 54 TV stations have been issued a Special Temporary Authority to be offline (GACTVDX, PA, Oct 20, ibid.) ** ROMANIA. 7375, 0312-, Radio Romania International, Oct 6. Excellent reception of RRI to the Americas in English, announcing a new contest, ending November 30th. No travel prizes, though. Just collectibles. About Maramorosh area, with many wooden churches, and is a UNESCO world heritage site. Parallel heard is 9730, apparently for Western NAm, but just barely audible. Not a good choice. Too high a frequency it would appear. 11825 to India is also just barely audible (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, Haida Gwaii, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7330, 0510-, Radio Romania International Oct 10 Listed in French at this time, and pretty strong at 10 dB SNR, but not able to demodulate any audio. Only occasional 'Galbeni EM2' via my DReaM software (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, Haida Gwaii, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ROMANIA. RRI broadcast frequencies valid as of October 29 2017 to March 24 2018 --- rri-2017-2018-winter-broadcast-frequencies The Saftica-based SW transmitter centre http://www.rri.ro/newfiles/images/saftica-antenarotativanoua580.jpeg [exactly what kind of antenna is this? gh] Listen to English language programming live via the RRI website RECEPTION AREAS UT kHz WESTERN EUROPE 0630-0700 7345; 9770 (DRM) 1200-1300 15460; 17650 1800-1900 5935; 7350 (DRM) 2130-2200 6030(DRM); 7375 2300-0000 5980; 7220 SOUTH-EAST AFRICA 1200-1300 17765; 21490 NORTH AMERICA (East Coast) 2130-2200 6170; 7310 0100-0200 6130; 7325 NORTH AMERICA (West Coast) 0400-0500 6020; 7410 JAPAN 2300-0000 7325; 9620 INDIA + AUSTRALIA 0630-0700 15450; 17780 INDIA 0400-0500 9800 (DRM); 11790 You can also listen to RRI’s English language programming live over the internet using the same SW broadcast schedule given above. All you need to do is go to the “RRI Live!” section in the top-right of our website, choose channel “2” for English and then select your desired audio format (WMA, MP3 or ACC). Listen to English language programming on demand via the RRI website RRI broadcasts in English are also available for listening on demand via our website. The “On Demand” feature is located immediately below the “RRI Live!” section in the top-right of the RRI homepage. To listen again to a programme all you need to do is select the date of broadcast from the drop-down list and then click the desired programme. Our programmes become available for listening on demand two hours after the original broadcast (via Richard Lemke, AB, Oct 9, WORLD OF RADIO 1900, DXLD) ** RUSSIA. 531, 1451-, Avtoradio, Sakhalin, Oct 9. I can confirm that this Russian station is still on the air. Heard this morning cochannel to NHK 1 with pop music, including, 'Another one bites the dust'. The tell tale rapid tones after some songs is characteristic for this station. Not strong (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, Haida Gwaii, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA. 907, 1427-, UB, Oct 9. Well, I'll be darned! I've rarely, if ever snagged an aviation beacon from Russia before, but this morning I did. While band scanning, I noticed a weak carrier on 907. While trying to demodulate it (it seemed like an OC only, suddenly I began hearing CW, and sure enough, 'UB': dot dot dah, dah dot dot dot. Heard both in AM and when tuned LSB. This place is located on the Kamchatka Peninsula. I'm pleased! (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, Haida Gwaii, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) PAL error? I recently posted a logging for my, I believe, first ever Aerobeacon in the MW band from Russia heard in North America. It was for UB on 907 kHz. The problem is that I don't think that PAL lists the town site properly. Rather than Ust-Bolsherelsk, it may very well be Ust-Bolsheretsk. Checking Google Earth, I carefully looked at the entire Kamchatka Peninsula, and could not find the PAL listed town, but rather Ust-Bolsheretsk, on the south-west end of the peninsula, and sure enough, there is an airport there, but sure looks abandoned. Anyway, just a correction. Small, but I'm a stickler for details! 73 (Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, IRCA via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Walt, According to Worldaerodata.com it's Ust-Bolsheretsk. The correction has now been made to my working copy of the PAL :) The World Aero Data website gives the location as 52-49-00N 156-16-00E. I haven't found a radio facility or airport near those coordinates in Google Maps, but the location is on the outskirts of a town labeled Ust-Bolscherezk. Not sure if that's the place you found. I believe Bill Whitacre recently heard this beacon at Grayland (Bruce Portzer, ed., PAL, ibid.) Bruce, NDB are not always located right at the airport. I know in Canada, our CFS (Canadian Flight Supplement) lists every airport in the country, along with all of the navigational aids, and where they are located. VHF VORs, are usually located some miles from the airport. In the case of Ust-Bolsheretzk, the only airport I could find is at coordinates 52.909271, 156.882535 That has to be an airport, but sure looks abandoned to me, except that abandoned airports have X's across the runways. This one does not. It had to be a former military airport with what looks like a lot of dispersal areas to the south of the runway (a single runway, with a parallel taxiway). I'm assuming that the NDB is for this site. Google maps looks like there might be a tower at exactly 52.816696, 156.267171. You can see the red/white tower, and perhaps another tower slightly to the SE from it. Shows up better on Bing maps (with shadows). Good fun! Further to studying the excellent resource you mention, Bruce (worldaerodata.com), it's clear to me that the airport at Ust- Bolsheretsk is closed. The NDB is probably used for helicopter traffic now. 73 (Walt Salmaniw, IRCA via DXLD) ** RUSSIA. 7345, 0451-, NVK Radio Sakha, Oct 10. Tuned in with multiple ads, mostly in Russian, but not all. Some were in Yakut. Good to very good level, although strength was about S6 to S7. 1 kHz tone audible weakly, too. Into music at 0455. Still 3 1/2 hours until local sunset at transmitter site (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, Haida Gwaii, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA [and non]. HISTORY OF DX AND RADIO. The data is published as the material is received. 1990 ------- My first meeting with Pavel Mikhailov. -------------------------------------------------- ------------ This was in 1990. In Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) from all parts of the then USSR, DX listeners came to their first All-Union DX conference, which was the first and in the future, as it turned out, and the last, as no one took the organization to unite all listeners of broadcasting stations on a large scale and everything remained in place in the form of small associations and clubs DX. And I want to tell you about the first meeting with Pavel Mikhailov, then the editor of the program for DX-listeners of the Moscow Radio. Incredibly, but the fact I went to the conference together with Pavel in one train, in one car and in one compartment and my shelf was lower, and its upper one. In the evening we boarded the train and in the morning were already in Leningrad. Nobody spoke about the radio in the compartment, because we did not know each other and his voice did not impress me when he read the purity on the radio air. I even told him that I decided to exchange regiments with him, since I am younger than him, to which Paul agreed. In the morning, in conversation, I asked Paul if he did not know where the House of Cinema was, where I had to pick up the return tickets, to which Pavel said that I did not know the city. So we parted at the Moscow station in different directions and what a surprise, when in three hours we meet at the organizing committee of the DX conference! And then we learned, each other - were traveling in the same compartment and who did not say anything about the radio. Unbelievable but true. Much we do not know about those who are around, this is our life (Anatoly Klepov, Moscow) 1994 ------- QSL card from the past, received in 1994 from Radio Dniester International - broadcasting service of Moldavian Republic of Pridnetrovie. Transmitter site - Grigoriopol / Pridnestrovie. (Piotr Skorek, Poland) You can see the confirmation here - http://rusdx.blogspot.ru/2017/10/radio-dniester-international.html 2002 - 2004 ---------------- From the program Feedback 04.10.2017. Polish radio in Russian - -------------------------------------------------- ------------ Quotation of a letter from Viktor Warzin, Kommunar, Leningrad region. "And Victor Warzin, in turn, wrote just a huge letter, a fragment of which I will read: I do not have any special stories about radio KV or SV. So I do not pretend to a prize - I'll just write, for all of you, as my friends and I "got to know" the radio. In 2002, our class was combined with another, in which, with some guys, we found a common love for radio. One of the friends, being an insanely "sick" radio (he, by the way, has a Polish surname), managed to get the transmitter, another to install and broadcast in the FM range. In truth, I do not even remember how many watts the transmitter was - it's understandable that it's small (but, in the reviews wrote, about hearing in 25-30 km). We were just schoolchildren. In 2002-2004 there was a rather high peak for "pirated broadcasting", but, since pirate lighters had low-power transmitters - they "did not particularly hammer the air" and rarely interfered with others, unlike us. Then the guys chose an unsuccessful frequency. To some, the wave of our radio interfered with the reception of Channel 1. A car arriving at the car, which determined the interference, and by some miracle, determined the neighboring house 300 meters away. In general, high technologies in 2004 were fully involved and showed their downgrade. And after that, all the "pirates" began to broadcast more boldly: Kolpino and Pushkin and my friends. Basically, my friends, represented the musical direction, put any music (except for chanson, rap and pop - this was the main rule). And on the weekends they called "fictitious" numbers (calling the last 4 digits). We talked with listeners on different topics (many initially thought that it was a rally, and then they told us about their pressing problems (about husband's drunkenness, etc.), and simply about life, and we sometimes performed the function of a helpline, everything it was curious and it seemed very interesting, we then knew the world ... And maybe some people helped, who knows what would happen to them if they did not speak out then ... (After all, many people talked about their hard problems without seeking help, and just get out ... it's interesting that most of us, during the call, were already listening to us) was a direct dialogue with the people, put applications on sms or online, talked with listeners, let them speak out ... broadcasting a few days in a row, they acquired permanent listeners .... time, money was lost, new worries .... schoolchildren faced an obstacle transition to a new life ... Over time, and the transition to senior classes, universities, work, communications were lost - but, the fact that the antenna is still on that cult 5-storey floor gives hope that it will broadcast its radio program." (Rus-DX Oct 15 via DXLD) ** SAUDI ARABIA. Subject: Pretty Good TAs Tonight --- And what about Duba 1521? I heard it in the Spring a few times, I think and it used to cause a het even during the summer months, but now nothing (Mike Bugaj, Enfield, CT, Elad FDM-S2 with E-W flag (60 degrees). 15' verticals, 40 foot horizontals and bi-directional, Oct 12, NRC-AM via DXLD) Mike - Duba-1521 noted at good level here Oct 3 2220-2227 UT with Arabic teletalk parallel to 9555 and 9870 kHz. Mark Connelly says they are on reduced schedule now. I don't know what their schedule is but that surely explains their frequent absence (Marc DeLorenzo, South Dennis, MA, ibid.) Was originally all-night hours only 15-03 UT, 2000 kW, and often heard even here hetting 1520 before 0300. Also at same hours the mere 1000 kW on 1512 from Jeddah with Qur`an, per WRTH 2017 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1900, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Saudi 1521 goes off at 2230 UT per my observations. Super-loud, per usual, prior to that. Unsure of sign-on time (Mark Connelly, WA1ION, South Yarmouth, MA, Oct 14, NRC-AM via WORLD OF RADIO 1900, DXLD) It used to be 1500-0300, but for half a year irregular. For example it was on last Wednesday, but off after that (Mauno Ritola, Finland, Oct 14, ibid.) ** SAUDI ARABIA. 15345, 1658, R Neda, Arabic comm [commentary? communications? comments?], prayers, 444, 22/09 (Michael L Ford, Staffs., Oct BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) Radio Neda --- where did you get that? I can`t find that name in WRTH national or international sexions. However, google search on name leads to a station in Afghanistan in ``Persian`` on 90.9 and satellite https://www.facebook.com/Neda.90.9FM/ ``Listen Radio Neda 90.9 FM's friends and enthusiasts with beautiful programs with the Millennium Accents and Millennium Records. Frequency: 12015 Mhz Polarity: Horizontal Symbolrate: 27500 Fec: 3/4`` 15345 is also unlisted for BSKSA in HFCC, and in NDXC/Aoki which still shows the imaginary Argentina sked. Possibly typo for 15435? where BSKSA is scheduled at this time. This might also correlate with my UNID: 15344.076, Oct 2 at 1433, JBA carrier (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Neda means Call, so this could be a common word in a station ID in Arabic or Persian (Chris Greenway, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) The original log from Michael Ford (below) includes Saudi Arabia as the country, so probably the frequency is a typo for 15435 kHz: ``15345 1658 R. Neda, Saudi Arabia. AA comm, prayers, 1658 back to GoS 444 22/09 MLF`` "The Middle East & Caucasus on Mediumwave & Shortwave" file on the club website lists Radio Neda / Call of Islam scheduled 1500-1655 daily on 15225 and 15435. http://bdxc.org.uk/mideast.pdf (Alan Pennington, ibid.) ** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5020, Oct 11 at 1119, no signal from SIBC which normally runs until 1157* (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn, Oct 11: Hiroyuki-san, in Japan, heard SIBC, on 9545, at 0810. I noted their cut off there at 1152* (before they even got to the "Evening Devotional"). Nothing on 5020 today (1018 to 1300+). (Ron Howard, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1900, DX LISTENING DIGEST) SIBC 9545 ran till 0509:15 UT today - a very good signal with some form of parliamentary discussion on law and order, till abruptly off. I spoke too soon - at 0511:30 UT, SIBC returned to the air on 9545. Off again 0514:30 UT (Bryan Clark, Mangawhai - New Zealand, Oct 12, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Bryan, Also noted SIBC (9545), on Oct 12, with cut off at 0509*, but didn't stay around for their brief return. Certainly not the usual SIBC format that I'm use to; 0445-0509* with non-stop discussion; poor over here on the west coast. Distance from Honiara to Monterey is about 9,587 km. Distance from Honiara to Mangawhai is about 3,311 km. Running past their recently heard 0457* (Ron Howard, California, ibid.) When checked, 5020even kHz at 0630 UT Oct 13, on remote SDR unit in Brisbane Queensland Australia, noted fair tiny signal just above threshold level of S=6 or -92dBm. 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) 5020, SIBC, 1127-1202*, Oct 17. DJ in Pijin with long lists of dedications between playing pop Pacific Islands songs; 1157 evening devotional, ID and off after the NA. No longer on the timer that cut off at 1157* (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOUTH AFRICA. Sentech Meyerton broadcasts B-17 season from Oct 29, 2017, till 25 March, 2018. 3255 0500 0600 52SE,53SW,57N 100 0 1234567 Eng BBC BAB ENAFE_S 3255 1600 2000 52SE,53SW,57N 100 0 1234567 Eng BBC BAB ENAFE_S 3320 1800 0500 57NW 100 275 1234567 Afr SAB SNT 3345 0300 0500 52SE,53W,57N 100 5 23456 Eng CAF SNT 4895 1630 1730 57N,53SW 100 0 2 Eng SRL SNT 6155 0300 0400 48,53,52,47E 250 19 23456 Eng CAF SNT 6190 0500 0600 52SE,53SW,57N 100 15 1234567 Eng BBC BAB ENAFE_S 6190 0600 0800 52SE,53SW,57N 100 0 1234567 Eng BBC BAB ENAFE_S 6190 1600 2000 52SE,53SW,57N 100 15 1234567 Eng BBC BAB ENAFE_S 7205 0800 0900 57N,53SW 100 0 1 Eng SRL SNT 7230 0500 0900 52SE,53W,57N 100 5 23456 Eng CAF SNT 7285 0500 0700 57NW 100 275 1234567 Afr SAB SNT 7300 1800 1830 53S 250 76 1234567 Fra BBC BAB FRENA_S 7445 0600 0800 52SE,53SW,57N 100 15 1234567 Eng BBC BAB ENAFE_S 9410 1700 1800 48SW,53NW 100 19 1234567 Eng BBC BAB ENAFE_E 9590 1800 1830 48 250 32 1234567 Som BBC BAB SOMLA 9625 0900 1200 52SE,53W,57N 100 5 23456 Eng CAF SNT 9625 1200 1300 52SE,53W,57N 100 5 23456 Nya CAF SNT 9625 1300 1400 52SE,53W,57N 100 5 23456 Loz CAF SNT 9625 1400 1500 52SE,53W,57N 100 5 23456 Por CAF SNT 9625 1500 1600 52SE,53W,57N 100 5 23456 Eng CAF SNT 9650 0900 1800 57NW 100 275 1234567 Afr SAB SNT 11750 2030 2100 46SE 250 328 1234567 Yor AWR AWR x112 11800 1800 1830 46E,47W,52 250 328 1234567 Eng NHK BAB 11800 1800 1830 47,52 250 328 1234567 Eng NHK NHK 11800 2000 2030 46E,47W 250 328 1234567 Fra AWR AWR x105 11850 1630 1700 47,48 100 20 23456 Eng IBB IBB 11875 1800 1830 48 100 30 1234567 Som BBC BAB SOMLA 11900 1730 1800 48 100 20 23456 Orm IBB IBB 11900 1800 1900 48 100 20 1234567 Amh IBB IBB 11945 0500 0600 48SW,53NW 250 5 7 Kin BBC BAB KRWNA 11945 0529 0600 48SW,53NW 250 5 1 Kin BBC BAB KRWNA 11995 1700 1800 48 100 30 1234567 Mul BBC BAB SOMLA 12095 0500 0600 48SW,53NW 250 19 1234567 Eng BBC BAB ENAFE_E 12095 0600 0700 47SW,52 100 335 1234567 Eng BBC BAB ENAFW_C 12095 1600 1700 48SW,53NW 100 19 1234567 Eng BBC BAB ENAFE_E 15200 0630 0700 46,47W 250 330 1234567 Hau DWL DWL 15200 1800 1900 46,47W 250 330 1234567 Hau DWL DWL 15235 1600 1700 46,47,52,37 250 328 23456 Fra CAF SNT 15235 1700 1800 46,47,52,37 250 328 23456 Eng CAF SNT 15255 0600 0700 46,47,52,37 250 328 23456 Eng CAF SNT 15260 1630 1700 47S,48S,52,53 250 7 1234567 Swa IBB IBB 15400 0700 0800 47SW,52 100 335 1234567 Eng BBC BAB ENAFW_C 15420 1500 1600 48SW,53NW 100 19 1234567 Eng BBC BAB ENAFE_E 15490 0500 0600 48SW,53NW 250 5 7 Kin BBC BAB KRWNA 15490 0529 0600 48SW,53NW 250 5 1 Kin BBC BAB KRWNA 15490 0700 0729 47S,52N,52SE 250 342 1234567 Fra BBC BAB FRENA_C 15490 1700 1730 48SW,53NW 250 19 1234567 Swa AWR AWR x117 15490 1730 1800 48SW,53NW 250 19 1234567 Mas AWR AWR x117 17640 1400 1430 46SE 250 328 23456 Hau BBC BAB HAUSA 17710 1000 1100 48,52E,53NW 250 7 1234567 Swa DWL DWL 17745 1130 1400 48 250 32 7 Som BBC BAB SOMLA 17745 1400 1500 48 250 32 1234567 Som BBC BAB SOMLA 17745 1500 1700 48 250 32 7 Som BBC BAB SOMLA 17760 0800 0900 48,53W 250 19 1 Eng SRL SNT 17770 1500 1600 48,47,52E,53W 250 19 23456 Swa CAF SNT 17780 1200 1230 47S,52N,52SE 250 342 1234567 Fra BBC BAB FRENA_C 17800 1930 2000 46S 250 315 1234567 Ful AWR AWR x104 17870 1630 1700 48SW,53NW 250 7 23456 Kin BBC BAB KRWNA (HFCC B-17 Sentec registration entries, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 8 via BC-DX 10 Oct via DXLD) I realigned the columns again, especially the tedious days of week. ChAf English portion only on World of Radio 1900 (Glenn Hauser, DXLD0 ** SOUTH CAROLINA. THIS LOWCOUNTRY MINISTER PLEADED GUILTY FOR TOUCHING CHURCH MEMBERS. NOW THERE ARE NEW ACCUSERS. By Lisa Wilson lwilson@islandpacket.com October 12, 2017 9:58 AM http://www.islandpacket.com/news/state/south-carolina/article178429791.html A Walterboro minister is under investigation after video surfaced that shows him allegedly touching underage girls inappropriately during services, according to WCSC television station. The Colleton County Sheriff's Office and the State Law Enforcement Division began investigating the Rev. Ralph Stair, 84, on Oct. 2, WCSC reports. The video, which had been posted on YouTube, is narrated by a man who says he used to belong to the church, Overcomer Ministry. Walterborolive.com reported that another video posted on the same day focused on a young woman who alleged she was targeted by Stair. No charges have been filed against the minister. Stair pleaded guilty to assault and battery in 2004 after being charged with touching two young church members, according to Walterborolive.com. He was sentenced at that time to two 30-day jail terms. Lisa Wilson: 843-706-8103 AUTHORITIES INVESTIGATING COLLETON CO. PASTOR OVER VIDEO TAKEN IN CHURCH 2017-10-11T22:00:20Z2017-10-11T22:00:20Z By Harve Jacobs, Reporter harvejacobs@live5news.com http://www.live5news.com/story/36575210/authorities-investigating-colleton-co-pastor-over-video-taken-in-church CANADYS, SC (WCSC) - - A Lowcountry preacher is under investigation after a video surfaced that allegedly shows him touching an underage girl during a church service. The Colleton County Sheriff's Office and State Law Enforcement Division are investigating the Rev. Ralph Stair. The investigation into Stair began on Oct. 2 after the Colleton County Sheriff's Office received a call about a video that came from a woman with a relative who is reportedly a member of Stair's Overcomer Ministry in Canadys. A man who narrates the video says he used to belong to the church. "He is a master manipulator and although he calls it a church, as a former member let me assure you that it is a cult," the narrator says. The narrator says the video is a collection of clips from church services between July 1 and Oct. 1 of this year. The video appears to depict the 84-year old Stair telling a girl to get up and come to him. "I'm gonna touch your, uh, what do you call them?" he says. The girl whispers something into his ear. "I never heard them called that anymore. I call them breasts. Lady has a problem with breasts." In another part of the video, Stair calls up another girl. "How old are you hon?" he asks her. "Twelve, getting right close to it now." Then Stair tells her to come back up. "Come here, I'll show you, just look, look here," he says. Stair has the 12-year-old face the audience. In the video, Stair places his hand between her breasts. "Growing up," he says. The video shows Stair cupping the 12-year-old's right breast. Then she goes back to her seat. "I'm gonna touch those things till nobody else can touch 'em," he says. In 2002, Stair was arrested on charges of sexual assault for improperly touching two young female church members. Live 5 News reporter Harve Jacobs tried to ask him questions after his bond reduction hearing. "Rev. Stair, anything you want to say, sir?" Jacobs asks. "Bless you," Stair responds. "Are you running cult at that compound sir?" Jacobs asks. "God bless you, sir," Stair answers. Stair eventually agreed to plead guilty to reduced charges of assault and battery and was given two 30-day sentences with credit for time already spent in jail. Access to Stair's compound is blocked by a gate. When contacted for a comment on these latest accusations, an employee of Overcomer Ministry said Stair was not available. "You can leave your number," the employee said. "I'm not sure if he will call you back but you can leave your number." The sheriff's office has watched the video along with a second video in which a 16-year-old girl claims she was molested by Stair when she belonged to the church. Again, no charges have been filed against the minister. Copyright 2017 WCSC. All rights reserved (both via Mike Cooper, DXLD) ** SOUTH CAROLINA [and non]. 5850 // 5890 // 7570 // 7780, Oct 14 at 0623, Brother Scare via WRMI, WWCR, WRMI and WRMI, with standard ID and plea for reception reports; also on 5980 WWCR mixture with jamming. God forbid I should listen to him much, but can`t say I have ever heard what is referred to in this news via Mike Cooper: THIS LOWCOUNTRY MINISTER PLEADED GUILTY FOR TOUCHING CHURCH MEMBERS. NOW THERE ARE NEW ACCUSERS. By Lisa Wilson October 12, 2017 9:58 AM http://www.islandpacket.com/news/state/south-carolina/article178429791.html and AUTHORITIES INVESTIGATING COLLETON CO. PASTOR OVER VIDEO TAKEN IN CHURCH 2017-10-11 By Harve Jacobs, Reporter http://www.live5news.com/story/36575210/authorities-investigating-colleton-co-pastor-over-video-taken-in-church Which DXLD yg members have already read in full. Kai Ludwig replies: ``The video in question: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odpwJv0LGhM [9+ minutes; various females, only, from the congregation come forward to be embraced by BS; the very first one has her breast grabbed, and again at 8+ minutes. There is no sound except comments by the exposer --- gh] (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1900, DX LISTENING DIGEST) When randomly checking the radio broadcasts, I often heard recordings of these gatherings, apparently used rather extensively, besides the studio monologues. So it's in theory possible that Stair even brought audio of these disgusting appearances on air himself. See also http://www.christianpost.com/news/radio-evangelist-rg-stair-accused-of-sexual-assault-congregation-watched-as-he-touched-12-y-o-202859/ quoting and linking to another account of an incident in the very studio from which stations like WRMI, WWCR, WWRB and WBCQ get a very substantial amount of the programming they air. Kai`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SPAIN. 15520, 1814-, REE, Oct 7. Excellent reception aimed to the ME, but no matter. Blowing the front end off my Perseus! Lots of mentions of Catalonia. In Spanish, of course. Parallels checked: 17715 to South America, also very strong. 17855 to ECNA, also very strong. 21620 absent (to Africa) (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, Haida Gwaii, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Open carrier probably from Radio Exterior de España Oct 14: 0800&1300 15520 NOB 200 kW / 110 deg N/ME, dead air, unscheduled http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/open-carrier-probably-from-radio.html Radio Exterior de España/RNE/ three of four frequencies, Oct 14 1355-1400 Radio Exterior de España Interval Signal, frequency announcement 1400-1800 15520 NOB 200 kW / 110 deg N/ME Spanish Sat/Sun, very good 1400-1800 17715 NOB 200 kW / 230 deg SoAm Spanish Sat/Sun, weak/fair 1400-1800 17855 NOB 200 kW / 290 deg ENAm Spanish Sat/Sun, weak/fair 1400-1800 21620 NOB 200 kW / 161 deg WCAf Spanish Sat/Sun, no signal http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/radio-exterior-de-espanarne-on-three-of.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, October 14, dxldyg via DXLD) 15520, Sat Oct 14 at 1345, REE open carrier already, S9 to S6; by 1355 the IS is playing now // 17855 also VG, but NO signal this time on 17715, while 21620 bears a JBA carrier (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) At 1810 UT on Oct 14, live coverage of Spanish football league games via REE Noblejas on shortwave Doha Qatar Liverpool UK 17855 kHz S=9+15dB S=9+25dB 17715 kHz S=9+5dB S=9+20dB 15520 kHz S=9+15dB S=9+25dB and much better audio modulation on 15390 kHz channel tonight, S=7 or -86dBm in Doha Qatar, S=9+15dB in Liverpool UK. B u t 15390 kHz signal suffer by 4 spur peaks each sideband of 2483 Hertz whistle tone each sideband apart distance. 15380.071 15382.551 15385.034 15387.517 --------- 15392.483 15394.966 15397.449 15399.932 kHz 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15520 // 17855, Sunday Oct 15 at 1404, REE is good with SBG, 17715 poor, and 21620 detectable JBA carrier (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15390. Mon, Oct 16 at 1848-1910, Radio Exterior de España, Noblejas-E, in Spanish. Man and woman announcers talk. Poor signal and strong muffled modulation; Awful transmission, 25331. Transmitter problems continue! Parallel logs on: 15520 kHz, 35333; 17715 kHz, 45444; 17855 kHz, 35433 (DXer: Jose Ronaldo Xavier, Cabedelo-PB, Brazil, Degen DE1103 & Tecsun S-2000, Antenna: Longwire, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** SRI LANKA. 11750, 1825-, Sri Lanka B.C., Oct 7. Nice reception (good level), in the clear with Sinhalese programming and nice south Asian music. Beamed to the middle east, but bouncing on all the way to the NW coast of North America! Continued past listed sign off of 1830 to 1832:45 when the transmitter cut off (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, Haida Gwaii, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SUDAN. 7205, 0344-, Sudan Radio, Oct 10. Very good reception in Arabic. A good evening for over the Pole propagation (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, Haida Gwaii, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SWAZILAND [and non]. TRANS WORLD RADIO MANZINI, SWAZILAND Tentative BROADCAST SCHEDULE B2017 29th October 2017 to 24th March 2018 TIME/UTC DAY LANGUAGE MB FREQ PWR ANT AZI Target Zone SMTWTFS 0300 0330 1234567 Shona 90 3240 50 6 3 Zimbabwe 0330 0345 1234567 Ndau 90 3240 50 6 3 Zimbabwe 0430 0500 23456 English 90 3200 50 9 233 South Africa 0500 0600 1 7 English 90 3200 50 9 233 South Africa 0430 0700 23456 English 60 4775 50 4 233 Southern Africa 0500 0700 1 7 English 60 4775 50 4 233 Southern Africa 0501 0700 1234567 English 49 6120 50 4 233 Southern Africa 1400 1415 1234567 Urdu 19 15360 100 103 43 Pakistan 1420-1435 23456 Lomwe/Port 41 7315 100 11 5 N Mozambique 1420-1450 1 Makua (WoH) 41 7315 100 11 5 N Mozambique 1455-1525 23456 Malagasy 31 9585 100 3 64 Madagascar 1455 1525 1 7 French 31 9585 100 3 64 Madagascar 1420-1455 1234567 English 41 7300 50 6 3 Zimbabwe 1455 1525 1234567 Shona 41 7300 50 6 3 Zimbabwe 1525 1555 23456 Shona 41 7300 50 6 3 Zimbabwe 1557 1627 23456 KiRundi 19 15105 100 10B 13 Burundi 1630 1645 3 Shangaan 60 4760 50 6 3 S Mozambique 1630 1645 7 Portuguese 60 4760 50 6 3 S Mozambique 1630-1645 12 Amharic 25 11660 100 10B 13 Ethiopia 1630-1645 3 Oromo 25 11660 100 10B 13 Ethiopia 1630-1700 45 Oromo 25 11660 100 10B 13 Ethiopia 1630 1645 67 Kambaata 25 11660 100 10B 13 Ethiopia 1645-1700 234 Oromo/Borana 25 11660 100 10B 13 Ethiopia 1645 1700 67 Hadiya 25 11660 100 10B 13 Ethiopia 1645 1700 1 Oromo 25 11660 100 10B 13 Ethiopia 1700 1730 123456 Amharic 25 11660 100 10B 13 Ethiopia 1700 1715 7 Amharic 25 11660 100 10B 13 Ethiopia 1715 1800 7 Oromo 25 11660 100 10B 13 Ethiopia 1730-1800 23456 Oromo 25 11660 100 10B 13 Ethiopia 1730-1800 1 Amharic 25 11660 100 10B 13 Ethiopia 1800-2015 1234567 English MW 1170 100 MW ND Swaziland WoHope 2015-2115 1234567 Zulu MW 1170 100 MW ND Swaziland 2115-2200 1234567 Shona MW 1170 100 MW ND Swaziland In Touch 1802 1832 23456 English 31 9500 100 10B 13 East Africa 1832 1847 23456 Juba Arabic 31 9500 100 10B 13 East Africa 1834 1849 1 Swahili 31 9500 100 10B 13 East Africa 1802 1902 7 English 31 9500 100 10B 13 East Africa 1700 1730 1234567 Yawo 41 7300 100 11 3 Malawi/North Moz 1745 1815 23456 Swahili 31 9475 100 11 5 East Africa 1745 1800 7 Turkana 31 9475 100 11 5 East Africa 1800 1815 7 Swahili 31 9475 100 11 5 East Africa 1745 1800 1 Swahili 31 9475 100 11 5 East Africa 1820 1850 23456 Umbunbu 49 6130 100 1 312 Angola TTB Umbundu 1850 1905 123456 Umbundu 49 6130 100 1 312 Angola Yeva Ondaka 1850 1905 7 Chokwe 49 6130 100 1 312 Angola 1905 1920 23 Portuguese 49 6130 100 1 312 Angola 1905 1920 4 Luchazi 49 6130 100 1 312 Angola 1905 1920 5 Luvale 49 6130 100 1 312 Angola 1905 1920 6 Fiote 49 6130 100 1 312 Angola 1905 1920 7 Umbundu 49 6130 100 1 312 Angola Yeva Ondaka 1905 1920 1 KiKongo 49 6130 100 1 312 Angola 1920 1950 23456 Portuguese 49 6130 100 1 312 Angola TTB 1920 2005 7 Portuguese 49 6130 100 1 312 Angola 1920 1935 1 Kuanyama 49 6130 100 1 312 Angola 1950 2005 23456 Kimbundu 49 6130 100 1 312 Angola 1935 2005 1 Portuguese 49 6130 100 1 312 Angola 1905 1935 1234567 Lingala 31 9940 100 101 343 D R Congo 1935 1950 1234567 French 31 9940 100 101 343 D R Congo [this schedule isn`t exactly transparent as to transmitter sites. I think all the above are really SWAZILAND, altho they have also used SOUTH AFRICA in the past. However, For A-17, WRTH 2017 did not show any Meyertons, despite being filed under SOUTH AFRICA. The 1566 MW below is really from faraway BENIN! --- gh] Other TWR Africa SW [sic] Broadcasts Tentative BROADCAST SCHEDULE B2017 29th October 2017 to 29th March 2018 TIME/UTC DAY LANGUAGE MB FREQU AZI Reception Area TX Station SMTWTFS 0320-0330 23456 English MW 1556 Nigeria/Ghana W. Africa 0330-0430 23456 Hausa MW 1556 Nigeria/Ghana W. Africa 0345-0430 1 7 Hausa MW 1556 Nigeria/Ghana W. Africa 0430-0500 7 English MW 1556 Nigeria/Ghana W. Africa 0430-0500 23456 Igbo MW 1556 Nigeria/Ghana W. Africa 0500-0530 23456 Twi MW 1556 Nigeria/Ghana W. Africa 0500-0515 7 Twi MW 1556 Nigeria/Ghana W. Africa 0515-0530 7 Ewe MW 1556 Nigeria/Ghana W. Africa 0530-0545 23456 English MW 1556 Nigeria/Ghana W. Africa 1730-1745 1234567 Fongbe MW 1556 Benin/Nigeria W. Africa 1745-1821 1234567 English MW 1556 Nigeria/Ghana W. Africa 1821-1855 1234567 Yoruba MW 1556 Nigeria W. Africa 1855-1910 1234567 Hausa/Kanuri MW 1556 Nigeria/Ghana W. Africa 1910-1925 1234567 Fulfulde/Kanuri MW 1556 Nigeria/Ghana W. Africa 1925-1940 1234567 Various MW 1556 Nigeria/Ghana W. Africa 1940-2010 1234567 Fon/Fulfulde MW 1556 Nigeria/Ghana W. Africa 2010-2025 1234567 SIM/Various MW 1556 Benin/Nigeria W. Africa 2025-2215 1234567 French/Various MW 1556 Benin/Togo W. Africa 0330 0345 45 Sidamo 31 9655 225 Ethiopia DHA 0330 0345 12 6 Amharic 31 9655 225 Ethiopia DHA 0330 0345 3 Oromo 31 9655 225 Ethiopia DHA 1300 1315 1 567 Afar 16 17680 250 Ethiopia DHA 1630-1700 1234567 Somali 31 9940 160 Kenya/Somali KCH 1800 1830 1 Kunama 41 7245 157 Eritrea KCH 1800 1830 7 Tigre 41 7245 157 Eritrea KCH 1800 1815 2345 Tigrinya 41 7245 157 Eritrea KCH 1815 1845 23456 Tigrinya 41 7245 157 Eritrea KCH Lorraine Stavropoulos, TWR (via Jean-Michel Aubier, Twitter: @aubierjm dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SYRIA. Radio Damascus in Hebrew observed on 783 kHz --- Radio Damascus external service in Hebrew was observed in progress at 0330 UT today (13 October 2017) on 783 kHz mediumwave. Latest edition of WRTH with Radio Damascus details [2016] has the winter schedule for this as 0400-0630 UT - therefore 0300-0530 UT during current summer DST. Reception was good via a web SDR in Zoumperi, Greece (David Kernick, Interval Signals Online, 1345 UT Oct 13, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) A more Islamic country, Iran, went off DST earlier, Sept 22. But Syria and Jordan per timeanddate.com stay on until Oct 27. Palestine until Oct 28, Lebanon and Israel until Oct 29. That should be plenty confusing among those adjacent couontries (gh, DXLD) ** TAIWAN. 1161, 1600-, unID, Oct 9. Tentatively Taiwan, with a Christmas carol (God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen) before the TOH. Didn't sound Mandarin at all, so I wonder about Amoy, which could make it BCC Country Network in Taiwan, with 2 transmitters of 10 kW listed. Excellent reception (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, Haida Gwaii, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TAIWAN. Dear friends, from October 29 to March 25, in accordance with the new schedule of broadcasting, the transfer of the Russian MRI service will be broadcast on following frequencies: Short wave (SW): - 12030 from 1100 to 1200 UT (region - Far East) - 9590 from 1400 to 1500 UT (region - Siberia) - 7220 from 1700 to 1800 UT (region - Moscow and the European region) http://russian.rti.org.tw/whatsNew/?recordId=26277 (Victor Varzin, Leningradskaya oblast, Kommunar, Russia & Dmitry Kutuzov, Ryazan, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" via (Rus-DX Oct 15 via DXLD) ** TIBET [non]. 11518, Oct 15 at 1319, JBA carrier with flutter, presumed Voice of Tibet via TAJIKISTAN on signature split frequency. Today`s NDXC/Aoki agrees: 11518 is in use only at 1315-1330 in Chinese, 100 kW, 95 degrees from Dushanbe-Yangiyul (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TONGA. Troubles at Tonga 1017 Forwarded from Radio Heritage Foundation's David Ricquish: (via Theo Donnelly, IRCA via DXLD) Thanks Theo, This provides some background information on the apparent disarray in 1017-Tonga's broadcasting schedule last August (observed at Rockwork). On only one day out of four did the station sign off at 1103 UT (as was fairly typical in years past), with three earlier or later sign offs. On one day (August 2nd) the station "signed off" at 1103 with the full choral routine, only to have the usual male announcer come back again at 1310 with his usual "island time" monolog, with no apparent sports event or other reason (Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA), ibid.) 1017, 0858-, Tongan BC Commission, Oct 6. Checking my overnight recordings, Radio Tonga begins to appear about 0800 UT. An hour later, the audio is low, but present. Same for 1098 [Marshall Islands], but surprisingly, for me, at least, is the X-band which was present during my 0900 Perseus recording. 1701 is well heard, besides the 1700 splatter, with call of the Qur`an [Australia, q.v.]. Surprisingly strong at times! Other X-banders in as well (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, Haida Gwaii, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TURKEY. Voice of Turkey B-17, Language sorted 11955 1000 1100 37,38N,39N,40W 500 180 216 Arabic TUR TRT 7295 1500 1600 38E,39,40W 250 150 205 Arabic TUR TRT 17720 1500 1600 37,38W,46 500 262 211 Arabic TUR TRT 11710 0800 0900 29SE,39NE,40NW 250 72 211 Azeri TUR TRT 5965 1630 1730 29SE,39NE,40 500 90 205 Azeri TUR TRT 7245 1200 1230 28SE 250 300 205 Bulgarian TUR TRT 15420 1200 1300 42-44 500 72 217 Chinese TUR TRT 6125 0400 0500 3-9,17,18,27,28 500 310 215 English TUR TRT 7240 0400 0500 38E,39,40W 500 138 215 English TUR TRT 17530 0500 0600 49SW,54NW 500 105 219 English TUR TRT 12035 1330 1430 27,28W 500 305 205 English TUR TRT 11730 1730 1830 30S,40E,41N 500 105 215 English TUR TRT 6050 1930 2030 27,28W 250 310 205 English TUR TRT 9610 2130 2230 41,49,54,55,58 500 105 219 English TUR TRT 5960 2300 2400 5-11,17,18,27,28 500 310 215 English TUR TRT [English only: WORLD OF RADIO 1900] 9620 1830 1930 38,47,48 500 180 216 French TUR TRT 5970 2030 2130 27,28W 500 290 210 French TUR TRT 9625 2030 2130 37,38,46 500 245 205 French TUR TRT 9840 1100 1200 29S 250 72 205 Georgian TUR TRT 15270 1230 1330 27,28 500 310 205 German TUR TRT 5945 1830 1930 28 250 310 205 German TUR TRT 6185 1500 1530 28S 500 290 210 Italian TUR TRT 9785 1430 1500 29E,30,31,42NW 500 72 211 Kazakh TUR TRT 9595 1600 1730 30S,40N 250 72 211 PashtoPrs TUR TRT 11795 0930 1100 39N,40NW 500 120 205 Persian TUR TRT 6070 1600 1700 30S,40 500 105 205 Persian TUR TRT 9410 1400 1500 19,20,29,30N 500 30 205 Russian TUR TRT 9410 0200 0300 12-16,37 500 252 219 Spanish TUR TRT 9650 0200 0300 8-12,27S,37N 500 290 219 Spanish TUR TRT 9495 1730 1830 27S,28,37 250 290 210 Spanish TUR TRT 15360 1100 1130 29,30 500 32 215 Tatar TUR TRT 6000 0100 0300 30,40,42 500 72 205 Turkish TUR TRT 9700 0400 0700 18S,27,28 500 310 215 Turkish TUR TRT 11660 0500 0700 39 250 150 205 Turkish TUR TRT 15235 0600 0800 38,47,48 250 180 216 TurkishNew TUR TRT 11925 0700 1000 29SE,39NE,40NW 500 105 205 Turkish TUR TRT 15480 0700 1300 39,40W 500 150 205 Turkish TUR TRT 15350 0700 1400 27,28 500 310 215 Turkish TUR TRT 11965 1300 1330 30S,40N 250 72 211 Turkmen TUR TRT 11815 1400 1700 27,28 250 310 215 Turkish TUR TRT 5980 1700 2200 27,28 500 310 215 Turkish TUR TRT 6120 1700 2200 38E,39,40W 500 150 205 Turkish TUR TRT 9460 0300 0400 42 500 72 211 Uighur TUR TRT 13685 1330 1430 42,43 500 72 217 Uighur TUR TRT 15390 1300 1400 40,41N 500 105 215 Urdu TUR TRT 13655 1130 1200 30S 500 62 211 Uzbek TUR TRT Frequency sorted Freq StartStop CIRAF zones Power Beam Language UTC kW deg ant 5945 1830 1930 28 250 310 205 German TUR TRT 5960 2300 2400 5-11,17,18,27,28 500 310 215 English TUR TRT 5965 1630 1730 29SE,39NE,40 500 90 205 Azeri TUR TRT 5970 2030 2130 27,28W 500 290 210 French TUR TRT 5980 1700 2200 27,28 500 310 215 Turkish TUR TRT 6000 0100 0300 30,40,42 500 72 205 Turkish TUR TRT 6050 1930 2030 27,28W 250 310 205 English TUR TRT 6070 1600 1700 30S,40 500 105 205 Persian TUR TRT 6120 1700 2200 38E,39,40W 500 150 205 Turkish TUR TRT 6125 0400 0500 3-9,17,18,27,28 500 310 215 English TUR TRT 6185 1500 1530 28S 500 290 210 Italian TUR TRT 7240 0400 0500 38E,39,40W 500 138 215 English TUR TRT 7245 1200 1230 28SE 250 300 205 Bulgarian TUR TRT 7295 1500 1600 38E,39,40W 250 150 205 Arabic TUR TRT 9410 0200 0300 12-16,37 500 252 219 Spanish TUR TRT 9410 1400 1500 19,20,29,30N 500 30 205 Russian TUR TRT 9460 0300 0400 42 500 72 211 Uighur TUR TRT 9495 1730 1830 27S,28,37 250 290 210 Spanish TUR TRT 9595 1600 1730 30S,40N 250 72 211 PashtoPrs TUR TRT 9610 2130 2230 41,49,54,55,58 500 105 219 English TUR TRT 9620 1830 1930 38,47,48 500 180 216 French TUR TRT 9625 2030 2130 37,38,46 500 245 205 French TUR TRT 9650 0200 0300 8-12,27S,37N 500 290 219 Spanish TUR TRT 9700 0400 0700 18S,27,28 500 310 215 Turkish TUR TRT 9785 1430 1500 29E,30,31,42NW 500 72 211 Kazakh TUR TRT 9840 1100 1200 29S 250 72 205 Georgian TUR TRT 11660 0500 0700 39 250 150 205 Turkish TUR TRT 11710 0800 0900 29SE,39NE,40NW 250 72 211 Azeri TUR TRT 11730 1730 1830 30S,40E,41N 500 105 215 English TUR TRT 11795 0930 1100 39N,40NW 500 120 205 Persian TUR TRT 11815 1400 1700 27,28 250 310 215 Turkish TUR TRT 11925 0700 1000 29SE,39NE,40NW 500 105 205 Turkish TUR TRT 11955 1000 1100 37,38N,39N,40W 500 180 216 Arabic TUR TRT 11965 1300 1330 30S,40N 250 72 211 Turkmen TUR TRT 12035 1330 1430 27,28W 500 305 205 English TUR TRT 13655 1130 1200 30S 500 62 211 Uzbek TUR TRT 13685 1330 1430 42,43 500 72 217 Uighur TUR TRT 15235 0600 0800 38,47,48 250 180 216 TurkishNew TUR TRT 15270 1230 1330 27,28 500 310 205 German TUR TRT 15350 0700 1400 27,28 500 310 215 Turkish TUR TRT 15360 1100 1130 29,30 500 32 215 Tatar TUR TRT 15390 1300 1400 40,41N 500 105 215 Urdu TUR TRT 15420 1200 1300 42-44 500 72 217 Chinese TUR TRT 15480 0700 1300 39,40W 500 150 205 Turkish TUR TRT 17530 0500 0600 49SW,54NW 500 105 219 English TUR TRT 17720 1500 1600 37,38W,46 500 262 211 Arabic TUR TRT (TRT via HFCC database requests, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 3 via BC- DX 10 Oct; via DXLD) ** TURKEY. 9830, Voice of Turkey at 2159 with IS and time pips at 2200 and into German with a man with opening announcements and still in German with a woman with talk at 2219 re-check with Middle Eastern music bridges – Poor to Fair Oct 13– This one has been caught asleep at the switch before. German to Eastern North America is scheduled at 2300 NOT 2200 (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Kenwood TS440S or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles, ODXA yg via DXLD) German is NOT scheduled to NAm at any time. That in itself is a mistake when heard at the ``right`` time after 2300 on 9830 (gh, DXLD) ** TURKS & CAICOS [and non]. October Es - 89.7 Hope Radio Turks & Caicos --- A pleasant surprise today as I just happened to aim south with some 6 meter paths showing up and found E-skip in SS on 89.7. Between 12 PM and 2 PM 89.7 'CDN La Radio' from Santiago DR was in and out (once triggering RDS). I also heard 88.1 Primera from Santiago. I did not note any signals above 89.7 whatsoever. From 12:10-12:20 [presumably EDT = 1610-1620 UT] or so on my SDR recording, I had a station with some Gospel music in English. I caught a couple of liners and it appears this is a fairly new station called 'Hope Radio' from the Turks & Caicos. Here is a clip: https://youtu.be/QrAer3ePGZY I'm not entirely sure when they signed on. They have a decent looking website http://www.hoperadiotci.com/ Certainly one for other DXers to look out for who might have this channel open. Only the 2nd time I've noted Es in October into FM since 2005 (Nick Langan, Tabernacle NJ, Oct 17, WTFDA Forum via DXLD) Seems exotic but only 2074 km = 1288 miles from Grand Turk to him (gh) ** UGANDA. UBC WORKERS GO 2 MONTHS WITHOUT PAY Kampala — Workers at Uganda Broadcasting Corporation (UBC) have not been paid for two months over what the national broadcaster managers says is a "cash flow problem". Workers who spoke to Sunday Monitor on condition of anonymity for fear of ramifications from their bosses, said the mood at Nile Avenue and other UBC offices is sombre. "Well, we are having some cash flow issues but it is not true we have not paid them for June and July," UBC managing director Winston Agaba said in an interview. "We have tried to make some small payments but we are still getting additional payments. Next week, we shall be making extra payments," he said. On its website, UBC says it "carries out its activities for and on behalf of the government" and "therefore requires government funding in order to sustain its operation". Sunday Monitor understands that this is a conversation that has been going on, with workers recently asked to re-submit their CVs and other particulars to have their salaries and wages paid under the Ministry of Information and Communications Technology (ICT). Management to pay Citing examples of privately-owned media houses, which he said have failed to pay their employees for at least six months, Mr Agaba said UBC management was working round the clock to raise funds and pay the workers. "We are working on a strategy to get out of that enclave of competing with you [private media] because right now, we look like competitors, going for the same clients benching for money. As a national broadcaster, we are devising means where we can become self- sustaining without competing with you in the private sector." Among the interventions, he said, was restructuring of their programming to attract advertising from government. The entity owns four television stations and 11 radio stations, broadcasting in more than 20 languages, among other things. Last year, government set a committee to advise on reforms needed to revamp UBC. The committee was headed by Dr Peter Mwesige, a media expert. The committee, among others, recommended a restructure and change of management and called for an amendment of the UBC Act to give the corporation more independence and increase government funding. The committee advised it would be counterproductive to pump money into UBC before addressing systemic problems the corporation is grappling with. Recent reports have revealed the corporation is struggling to generate internal revenue to finance its capital and operational requirements. (Stephen Kafeero via allafrica.com via Steve Whitt, Medium Wave News 63/05, October 2017 via DXLD) ** UKRAINE. KYIV TO BLOCK BROADCASTING OF PRO-RUSSIAN CHANNELS IN THE DONBAS Systems to block the broadcasting of pro-Russian TV channels and radio stations are to be set up along the demarcation line in the Donbas, NSDC (National Security and Defense Council) Secretary Oleksandr Turchynov said in Pokrovsk in the Donetsk province, 06239.com.ua reports. “In Pokrovsk the first trial installation of the complex counter- information system has been created, which will make it possible to completely block the pro-Russian TV and radio channels and at the same time to receive all the Ukrainian ones very well. We have now tested its operation – it works very well. Within a few months it will be set up along the entire demarcation line,” Turchynov said. The press center of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported that on the city council premises those present were shown a “unique modern method of suppressing broadcasts from the territories of the Donetsk and Luhansk provinces not controlled by the Ukrainian authorities, developed by one of the leading Ukrainian companies”. The press center claims that this method will make it possible to effectively create a barrier to the broadcasting of up to 10 channels of enemy broadcasts simultaneously. In December 2016, Ukraine resumed the broadcasting of its TV channels in the Donbas, restoring the broadcasting tower on the Karachun Mountain close to Sloviansk. Later it became clear that the signal from the new tower did not reach the territories controlled by DPR (Donetsk People’s Republic) separatists. The tower’s most can reach only 20 KW with a radius of 67 km (Donbas, broadcasting, Ukraine via Steve Whitt, Oct Medium Wave News via DXLD) ** U K [and non]. 1215, 0309-, Absolute Radio, Oct 10. Signs of life tonight for TPs [trans-polars]. Last night was a total bust, but today, I'm seeing some signs of life during the last few minutes. Strong carrier, and mumbly audio so far. Carriers tonight so far: 819, 828, 855, 954, 999, 1026 (threshold audio), 1053 (threshold audio), 1071, 1089 (threshold), 1107, 1116, 1161, 1179 (strong carrier), 1251 (strong carrier), 1305, 1314, 1368, 1386, 1422, 1458 (strong carrier), 1485 (strong carrier), 1494, 1503, 1539, 1557, 1566 (threshold audio), 1575 (weak audio), 1584 (threshold audio), and 1593. All using my North mini-Beverage (about 450'), terminated into the ocean on the north end. Let's see if anything further develops, as the vast majority are simply carriers now. 1215, 0455-, Absolute Radio, Oct 8. Looks like a modest TA opening tonight. Fair to good reception using the NW directed ALA 100 tonight (my N directed mini-Beverage is off-line on this trip). Carriers noted as well on: 639, 684, 837, 855, 954, 963, 981, 999, 1008, 1026 (weak audio Spain), 1053 (weak audio: UK), 1089 (weak audio UK?), 1107 (weak audio Spain), 1116 (weak audio Spain), 1125, 1152, 1161, 1179, 1224, 1287, 1296, 1341, 1422, 1458, 1485 (near audio ? Spain), 1566, 1575 (close to audio), On LW, weak audio from Iceland on 189 (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, Haida Gwaii, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 1215 at "near beach quality" --- Absolute Radio UK 1215 "inbooming" here at 2300 UT / 7 p.m. EDT - 10 OCT 2017 https://app.box.com/s/9s9wz5neb8vvxgxan0ewdotqa59odihv (Mark Connelly, WA1ION, South Yarmouth, Cape Cod, MA, NRC-AM via DXLD) ** U K. FINAL BBC OPERATING LICENCE REVEALED BY OFCOM Radio Today 16 October 2017 https://radiotoday.co.uk/2017/10/final-bbc-operating-licence-revealed-by-ofcom/ The BBC’s new Operating Licence from Ofcom will see extra peak-time news on Radio 2 and more social action campaigns on Radio 1 when it comes into effect on 1 January 2018. Ofcom will be requiring Radio 1 to offer a minimum number of major social action campaigns each year. The regulator says raising awareness of social issues among younger people and providing a platform on which to engage is one of the key ways Radio 1 can set itself apart from other radio stations. BBC Radio 2 will be required, for the first time, to air at least three hours of news and current affairs in peak time per week, and Radio 1 to broadcast an extended news bulletin in peak time each weekday. There will also be new requirements on Radio 1 and Radio 2 to play a broader range of music than commercial stations, and more music from new and emerging UK artists. But the Final version of the Licence has failed to include radio quotas for genres such as drama and comedy to be made by independent radio producers. RIG and other organisations had earlier expressed concern that these quotas, put in place by the BBC Trust under the previous regulatory system, had been left out in the draft version of the new Licence. RIG Vice-Chair Caroline Raphael said: “We are disappointed that Ofcom hasn’t listened to us, or organisations representing the listeners and writers, in terms of recognising the importance of these safeguards. In the light of forthcoming BBC cuts, we are concerned that these crucial genres may now be reduced, leading to fewer opportunities for programme makers, writers and performers to make great radio and less choice for listeners.” The Radio Independents Group will now be pressing Ofcom to monitor and review the situation within a defined period of time, with the backstop being a reintroduction of quotas if production in key BBC Radio genres is significantly reduced (via Mike Terry, Oct 16, BDXC_UK yg via DXLD) ** U K. I was rather taken aback by Laura Trevelyan`s assertion on BBC World News America, 2100 UT Oct 12 airing via OETA OKLA, that the entire city of Santa Rosa, California, had burned down. Certainly it`s devastated, but *all* of it, really? Format of this show requires anchors to make a brief disposable comment after each correspondent story; to ease the transition? (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U K. UKRD LAUNCHES NETWORK OF 70S RADIO STATIONS Radio Today 16 October 2017 Most of the UKRD local radio stations in England are to launch spin- off 70s stations including Sun 70s, Spire 70s and 2BR 70s. . . https://radiotoday.co.uk/2017/10/ukrd-launches-network-of-70s-radio-stations/ (via Mike Terry, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) ** U S A. 4027-USB, Wed Oct 11 at 1123, MARS net discussing decodifying, abbr`d calls as AL, WX or 4WX, AQG. 4011-USB, Oct 11 at 1124, another MARS net. May we assume these are in the UT-4 zone, after 7 am local, or early risers in the UT-5 zone after 6 am? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 7457-USB, Oct 13 at 1315, AF MARS net, headed by AFS4NC, much stronger than any stations replying, as he called Florida, then Alabama. NC probably implies he`s in North Carolina. Searching on call only leads to top hit here of several logs of this also on 7457 and also around this hour, by someone in Maryland, but no info about name or location: https://forums.radioreference.com/maryland-radio-discussion-forum/345803-sticky-thread-mid-atlantic-milair-2017-a-9.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [and non]. THE C.I.A.'S FAKE NEWS CAMPAIGN Topos Graphics; Pool photo by Alexei Druzhinin By KENNETH OSGOOD October 13, 2017 https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/10/13/opinion/cia-fake-news-russia.html Russia's crafty campaign to hack the 2016 election may seem unprecedented, but in a way it's not. Sure, secret agents and front groups have hacked email systems, dumped documents on WikiLeaks, paid an army of internet trolls and spent thousands buying political ads on social media. It all seems new because the technologies are new. But it's not the first time a government tried to mess with our heads by manipulating our media. In fact, for more than two decades during the Cold War, the public was bombarded by an enormous publicity campaign to shape American views of Russia and its foreign policy. Advertisements appeared on every TV network, on radio stations across the country and in hundreds of newspapers. The campaign may have been the largest and most consistent source of political advertising in American history. And it was orchestrated by a big, powerful intelligence service: the Central Intelligence Agency. It all began as a cover story. As the Cold War was getting underway, the C.I.A. wanted to take the fight into Russia's backyard. So, in 1950, it created Radio Free Europe, a government-sponsored broadcasting station. Ostensibly, it provided unbiased news for Eastern Europeans, but in fact the agency used it to wage a subversive campaign to weaken Communist governments behind the Iron Curtain. But how to hide the agency's hand? How to account for the millions of C.I.A. dollars pouring into the broadcasting station? Simple: pretend that ordinary Americans are paying the bills. The C.I.A.'s freewheeling spymaster, Frank Wisner, created a well-heeled and well-connected front group, the National Committee for a Free Europe. Each year it ran an enormous fund-raising campaign called the Crusade for Freedom (later renamed the Radio Free Europe Fund) that implored Americans to donate "freedom dollars" to combat Kremlin lies, complete with annual appeals resembling a hybrid of World War II war bond campaigns and contemporary NPR pledge drives. Every president from Harry Truman to Richard Nixon endorsed the campaign. So did hundreds of governors, mayors, celebrities, editors and executives. Entertainers like Ronald Reagan, Rock Hudson, Jerry Lewis and the Kingston Trio pleaded for donations on radio and television. The Hollywood producers Darryl Zanuck and Cecil B. DeMille amplified those messages, as did powerful media figures like Bill Paley, the president of CBS; C. D. Jackson, the publisher of Fortune; and the media mogul Henry Luce. Even newspaper delivery boys played a part, soliciting donations from subscribers on their paper routes. Interactive Feature | Sign Up for the Opinion Today Newsletter Every weekday, get thought-provoking commentary from Op-Ed columnists, the Times editorial board and contributing writers from around the world. Then there was the Ad Council, the same industry organization that turned Smokey Bear into a cultural icon. The council sponsored the crusade as a public service, arranging for broadcasters to run ads without charge. The Ad Council's sponsorship translated into as much as $2 billion worth of free advertising over the campaign's history, in 2017 dollars. The message was simple: Russia was aggressive; Communism was awful. The enemy couldn't be trusted. Typical ads conveyed a brutalized vision of life behind the Iron Curtain: "a strip of Communist- controlled hell-on-earth," one read. Donating a few bucks would save Czechs, Poles, Hungarians and others from this tyranny. Many thousands of Americans took the bait. They dutifully wrote checks to Radio Free Europe, and their contributions were magnified by gifts from many of the country's biggest corporations, yielding, on average, about $1 million annually. It wasn't enough: The donations barely covered the cost of running the "fund-raising drives," to say nothing of Radio Free Europe's $30 million annual budgets. But that wasn't the point. Declassified documents reveal that almost from the start, the C.I.A. saw that it could exploit the fund-raising campaign as a conduit for domestic propaganda. It was a way to rally public support for the Cold War by dramatizing Communist repression and stoking fears of a worldwide menace. The plight of Eastern Europe brought moral clarity to the Cold War, and it cemented the region as a vital national interest in American domestic politics. A billboard in Denver, Colo., in 1954, encouraged contributions to Radio Free Europe. Floyd H. McCall / The Denver Post, via Getty Images Its impact outlived the campaign itself. Even though the pleas for donations ended in 1971, when the C.I.A. was exposed and stopped funding the station, they cemented anti-Communist hostility that animated conservative opposition to detente in the 1970s. It provided the leitmotif for Reagan's denunciations of the "evil empire" in the 1980s. One can even hear echoes in Donald Trump's recent speech to the United Nations: His long digression on the evils of socialism seems drawn from the heated rhetoric of ads gone by. So, too, does our post-truth media environment carry voices from this past. The crusade blasted all information from enemy sources as lies and deceit -- fake news, we could say. This counter-propaganda sought to inoculate the public from being receptive to anything said by the other side. It's a tactic we've seen play out in real time on the president's Twitter feed. And almost certainly, Radio Free Europe itself -- which continues to operate out of its headquarters in Prague -- has shaped Vladimir Putin's worldview. Russia has long tried to claim Eastern Europe as its sphere of influence. Moscow hated the station for its meddling. As a K.G.B. officer, Mr. Putin no doubt spent many hours fretting over its activities in the Soviet bloc. It was a major irritant. He may even see the 2016 election hack as a way to even the score. If so, it's payback indeed. Kenneth Osgood is a professor of history at the Colorado School of Mines. Follow The New York Times Opinion section on Facebook and Twitter (via Mike Cooper, DXLD) Radio Free Europe's Mission https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/20/opinion/radio-free-europe.html?ref=todayspaper OCT. 20, 2017 --- To the Editor: We object to Kenneth Osgood's suggestion ("The C.I.A.'s Fake News," Op-Ed, Oct. 14) of a relationship between the "fake news" aimed at the United States today and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's reporting in Eastern and Central Europe during the Cold War. Radio Free Europe's mission was to report the truth in societies subject to Soviet censorship. The assertion that "ostensibly" -- my italics -- "it provided unbiased news for Eastern Europeans" doesn't acknowledge the very real journalism that we produced and ignores the documented, state-sponsored persecution of those who contributed to or listened to our broadcasts. Our broadcast news and information used a radio signal that audiences went to great lengths, at great risk, to find. Our intentions were transparent, and our audiences were under no illusion about what was behind our programs: the United States, its people and its founding commitments to democracy and human rights. We have come a long way from our radio days, now also reporting on dozens of social networks and TV, and connecting with 26 million users weekly in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran, in addition to the countries of the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. But truth remains the truth. Our mission of providing accurate and independent journalism remains as important as ever. THOMAS KENT, PRAGUE The writer is president and chief executive of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. A version of this letter appears in print on October 21, 2017, on Page A20 of the New York edition with the headline: Radio Free Europe's Mission (via David Cole, Mike Cooper, DXLD) ** U S A [non]. 15580, BOTSWANA, VOA at 1736 with “Press Conference USA” with a man and a woman interviewing John Butler from the NIST who is an expert on DNA testing and the multitude of uses for test results – Good Oct 14 – A really interesting interview well worth downloading if you missed it (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Kenwood TS440S or Ten- Tec Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles, ODXA yg via DXLD) ** U S A [non]. THAILAND VoA Amharic service, 1800-1900 UT on Oct 14, 11720 kHz (ex12140) via IBB BBG Udorn Thani Thailand, + 20 kHz wideband noise scratching jamming from Gedja Ethiopia, similar 20 kHz wide scratching noise also on 12130 kHz. Ethiopians on 6030 and 6090 kHz are both OFF at this time span, only ETH 5940, 5950, and 6110 kHz on air in 1830-1900 UT [GERMANY/KUWAIT/THAILAND/U.K.] 11720 is ex 12140 kHz is 1800 UT daily Amharic via IBB-BBG Udorn Thani THAILAND, is 1900-1930 UT Mon-Fri Tigre via IBB-BBG Lampertheim. 11720 kHz UDO 1800-1900 UT daily in Amharic language. Others in \\ scheduled 12110 IBB-BBG Kuwait, 12130 IBB-BBG Udorn Thani THA, 15180 IBB-BBG Udorn Thani THA, 15630 Babcock Woofferton UK, 15700 IBB-BBG Lampertheim GER, 15785 Babcock Woofferton UK. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) I believe that city is 'Udon' Thani (Rodney Johnson, ibid.) That is its full Thai name; however, American usage, at least when I was there, pronounced and spelt it ``Udorn`` without the Thani. There is some ambiguity in Thai whether to insert the -r-, rather like some English dialects (Glenn hauser, OK DX LISTENING DIGEST) s not atopic - since my duty in SE Asia in 1972 year - I know - both are valid and in use, and 'soundly anyway' http://www.fallingrain.com/world/TH/76/Udon_Thani.html behaviorally disturbed? wb (Büschel, ibid.) ?? (gh) ** U S A [non]. Voice of America in Kirundi & English via Botswana, Oct 16 0430-0505 on 9815 BOT 100 kW / 010 deg to SoAf Kirundi Mon-Fri, fair 0505-0530 on 9815 BOT 100 kW / 010 deg to SoAf English Mon-Fri, fair http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/voice-of-america-in-kirundi-english-via.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, October 16, dxldyg via DXLD) ** U S A [non]. VATICAN, Winter B-17 changes of IBB & FPU via SM di Galeria from Oct 29 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/winter-b-17-changes-of-ibb-fpu-via-sm.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, October 14, dxldyg via DXLD) ** U S A [and non]. 5850, 1038 4 OCT [Wed] - WORLD OF RADIO (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA). SINPO = 45344. English, Glenn Hauser’s World of Radio. QSB=moderate-to-slow rate, modulation mostly well above the noise floor with occasional fades to just above it. sf86.4, a8, k1, geomag: very quiet. 100 kW, beamAz 315 , bearing 146 . Sangean ATS505 with MFJ-1020C active antenna and MFJ-901B tuner used to preselect ~75 feet of rain gutter running north/south. Received in Plymouth, MN, United States, 2280 km from the transmitter at Okeechobee, FL (WYFR). Local time: 0538 73s (--Rodney Johnson, http://swldx.tumblr.com/ dxldyg via DXLD) U S A, 1860, 0321-, World of Radio, Oct 8 [Sunday]. I can just make out Glenn Hauser's voice tonight, with World of Radio. To be honest, I rarely listen to it on SW anymore. A real shame, but with immediate download available on the internet, there's not much point, except when I'm off grid, as is the case in Masset. Radio becomes a real life-line! In the deep of winter, I can usually hear WA0RCR quite well into Masset. Not so in the Fall (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, Haida Gwaii, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) WORLD OF RADIO 1899 monitoring: confirmed Wednesday October 11 at 1050 the 1030 on WRMI 5850, S9+20/30 and 9455 S9+20, both VG --- contrary to some mornings when 9455 has been a JBA carrier well above the effective MUF. Also confirmed Wed Oct 11 at 1325 the 1315 on WRMI 9955, good S9+10, no jamming audible. Next: Wed 2030 WRMI 9955 to SSE [NEW] Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v to WSW Wed 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Thu 2230 WRMI 5850 to NW [NEW] 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 2130 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 affiliates: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html Download and podcasting linx: http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html WORLD OF RADIO 1899 monitoring: Not confirmed at the new time of Wed 2030 on WRMI 9955, instead back to BS on October 11. Apparently the hour carved out of BS 20-21 UT as I have been monitoring on 9955, but never published on skedgrid, has been deleted: no more R. Prague English at 2000, and no more variety including DX programs at 2030. This WOR broadcast was first monitored Sept 27 but may have started Sept 20. WOR 1899 confirmed Wed Oct 11 at 2100 on WBCQ, 7490, fair. Also confirmed Wed Oct 11 after 2330 on WBCQ 9330.00-CUSB, very poor. Next: Thu 2230 WRMI 5850 to NW [NEW] 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 2130 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 1899 monitoring: NOT confirmed Thursday Oct 12 at 2230 on WRMI 5850, as displayed on their program schedule: instead, ``Shalom`` and introducing the `Yeshua` show (must be one of those Messianic ``Christian Jew`` things) which is supposed to be on Friday at same time; a mistake? So will WOR appear on Fri at 2230, or Yeshua again? Only monitoring will tell. Perhaps the WOR file did not get uploaded to System H for this block. WOR 1899 is confirmed Thu Oct 12 at 2330 on WBCQ, 9330.043v-CUSB, poor-fair. Next: 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 2130 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 Tue 2030 WRMI 11580 to NE, 9455 to WNW [NEW] WORLD OF RADIO 1899 monitoring: since WOR did not appear at the new time still shown on WRMI skedgrid, Thursday 2230 on 5850, but instead the ``Friday`` program `Yeshua`, I check again Friday October 13 at the same time, in case they have been swapped? No, there is `Yeshua` again. No reply from Jeff White about what is really intended, so we can only hope that WOR will show up next Thursday. WOR 1899 confirmed Fri Oct 13 at 2330 on WBCQ, 9330.02v-CUSB, fair. Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria reports: ``GERMANY, Reception of World of Radio via HLR 6190-CUSB on Oct 14: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/reception-of-world-of-radio1899-via-hlr.html 0629-0658 6190 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg to CeEu English Sat, fair/good`` NOT confirmed Sat Oct 14 at 1440 the 1431 via UTwente on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB: only music, no doubt CRI Sinhala southward from East Turkistan, yet as usual dominating the channel even in western Europe. Next: Sat 1930v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND Sat 2130 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 Tue 2030 WRMI 11580 to NE, 9455 to WNW [NEW; or maybe #1900] WORLD OF RADIO 1899 monitoring: confirmed Saturday Oct 14 at 2130 on WBCQ 9330v-CUSB, fair. (Tuned in earlier so caught *2125:30 with The Planet ID and IS loop; tuned in later to measure: 9330.14v-CUSB at 0009 during Blalock the Blaster.) Also confirmed Sat Oct 14 at 2300 on WRMI 11580, poor. Next airing at 0200 UT Sunday Oct 15 on 11580: JBA carrier, too weak to confirm. Confirmed UT Sunday Oct 15 at 0337 on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, S9+30, about 26 minutes in so started circa 0311. Next: 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 Tue 2030 WRMI 11580 to NE, 9455 to WNW [NEW time; or maybe #1900] (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11580, WRMI at 2325 with Glenn Hauser’s “World of Radio” - Good Oct 14 [Sat] (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Kenwood TS440S or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles, ODXA yg via DXLD) WORLD OF RADIO 1899 monitoring: Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria reports: ``GERMANY Reception of World of Radio via HLR 9485-CUSB on Oct 15: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/reception-of-world-of-radio1899-via-hlr_15.html 1031-1100 9485 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg to CeEu English Sun, weak/fair`` WOR 1899 confirmed Sunday Oct 15 at 2344, the 2330 on WBCQ, 9330.079v- CUSB, S9 fair. Also confirmed UT Monday Oct 16 at 0320, the 0300 on Area 51 webcast, while WBCQ 5130.3v is a JBA carrier. Also confirmed UT Mon Oct 16 at 0345 the 0330 on WRMI webcast, JBA carrier on 9955. Also confirmed Mon Oct 16 at 2330 on WBCQ, 9330.231v-CUSB, S9+10 over noise level; also confirmed UT Tue Oct 17 at 0038, the 0030 on WRMI, 7730, S9+30 very good. Also confirmed Tue Oct 17 at 2042 the 2030 on WRMI, 11580 good, 9455 fair; also confirmed Tue Oct 17 at 2135 the 2130 on WRMI, 9455 fair (WOR 1900 was ready by then but internet down at WRMI). WOR on WRMI changes: Wed 2030 on 9955 dropped after a couple weeks; new Thu 2230 on 5850 maybe from this week (gh, WOR 1900 via DXLD) WORLD OF RADIO 1900 contents: Alaska, Antarctica, Argentina, Australia, Chile, Cuba, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, France, Guatemala, Indonesia, Iran and non, Korea South and non, Madagascar, Myanmar, North America, Perú, Romania, Sa`udi Arabia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, South Carolina, Turkey, USA, Zanzibar; and the propagation outlook WORLD OF RADIO 1900 monitoring. Confirmed first SW broadcast, Tuesday October 17 at 2330 on WBCQ 9330.25v-CUSB, good. Next [we hope internet uploads to WRMI will be restored in time for:]{they were not, and not yet Thu 2230 on 5850 either} Wed 1030 WRMI 5850 to NW, 9455 to WNW Wed 1315 WRMI 9955 to SSE Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v to WSW Wed 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Thu 2230 WRMI 5850 to NW [NEW] 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 2130 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 Tue 2030 WRMI 11580 to NE, 9455 to WNW [or maybe 1901 by then] Full schedule on all affiliates: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html Download and podcasting linx: http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. European Music Radio Relay: 21st October 2017: 2130 to 2200 UT on 7490 - to Central & North America via WBCQ (Tom Taylor, EMR, Oct 13, WORLD OF RADIO 1900, DX LISTENING DIGEST) This is once a month on Saturday, evidently third Saturday. Now simultaneous with WOR on 9330v-CUSB (gh, DXLD) ** U S A. (7490), Oct 14 from 0003, I listen to a bit on WBCQ webcast of `Allan Weiner Worldwide`. Says is also on 5130, but not yet 3265 (ex-3250), as Timtron has not ground a new crystal yet and is currently at home in Skowhegan. AW will have to meet him around Bangor to pick it up. John Carver`s fuller report on this episode will appear in due course in DXLD (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.: Tonight's AWWW --- Show started on time this evening broadcasting on 7490 and 5130. Angela was back in the studio as co-host. Topic this evening was propagation for the benefit of Angela. First phone call continued and expanded this discussion. They even got into HAARP a bit. Norm, the station's MW guru called and the discussion expanded again to cover MW and TV DX. 3265 was not on the air this evening as TimTron is doing the broadcasting at NearFest in New Hampshire this weekend and he didn't get the crystal ground for the new frequency. New slogan is Free Speech is Alive on 3265. Reading of emails started around 01:20 or so. This writer was stuck on the telephone with the oldest stepchild and one ear was listening to him whine while the other ear was trying to follow the radio. 5130 dropped off the air at 01:00 as has been the habit lately. Show was off the air at approximately 01:38 or so. Don't know for sure as the stellar 40 over signal degraded to a S7 and was covered over with noise about three or four minutes before going off the air. Hate to see that happen with 5130 being off the air at that time. This writer lobbied long and hard years ago to have AWWW simulcast on what was then 5110 as I was tired of not being able to listen to AWWW on 7415 from November to March every year because of the noise and lack of signal. It's just been the last year or so that the simulcast has been cut off at 01:00. It had something to do with Brother Scare when he was on 5130 and it's never been changed back. Granted that in the future there will possibly be 3265 to fall back on but it's not on yet (John Carver, Mid-North Indiana, UT Oct 14, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [and non]. From the Isle of Music, October 22-28 No interviews this week, rather, we will explore the Electronic & Electronic-Acoustic Music category of Cubadisco 2017 plus listen to some excellent Cuban Jazz from the early 2000s. Four opportunities to listen on shortwave: 1. For Eastern Europe but audible well beyond the target area in most of the Eastern Hemisphere (including parts of East Asia and Oceania) 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 UT and Saturday 1200-1300 UT on Channel 292, 6070 from Rohrbach, Germany. Soul Masala --- Episode 33 of Uncle Bill's Melting Pot will be mostly some excellent Indian/Soul/Jazz fusion with the usual surprise or two on the side. This will be different. Sunday, October 22 at 2200-2230 UT (6:00-6:30pm EDT US) on WBCQ 7490 for the Americas and parts of Europe. Thanks for all you do for radio (William "Bill" Tilford, Owner/Producer, Tilford Productions, LLC, Oct 17, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. SHORTWAVE STATION BENDS BUT DOESN’T BREAK October 13, 2017 "Among the many victims of Hurricane Irma in September was the transmitter/antenna farm of Radio Miami International, WRMI in Okeechobee, located on a cattle ranch 40 miles inland from Port St. Lucie on Florida’s Atlantic coast." A great article from today's Radio World here: Shortwave Station Bends But Doesn’t Break http://www.radioworld.com/news-and-business/0002/shortwave-station-bends-but-doesnt-break/340588 (via Mike Terry, dxldyg, and via Artie Bigley, DXLD) Viz.: Shortwave Station Bends But Doesn’t Break WRMI in Okeechobee scrambled back to service despite hurricane damage October 13, 2017 By James Careless Among the many victims of Hurricane Irma in September was the transmitter/antenna farm of Radio Miami International, WRMI in Okeechobee, located on a cattle ranch 40 miles inland from Port St. Lucie on Florida’s Atlantic coast. Folded tower. [caption] On Sunday Sept. 10, Irma’s roaring winds tore across the flat plains housing WRMI’s 23 antenna systems, comprising a total of 68 towers — the largest commercial shortwave radio transmission site in the United States. The hurricane-force winds snapped one of WRMI’s towers in half, leaving the torn metal lattice dangling suspended in the transmission lines. A second tower was bent in half like a paperclip. Many transmission lines radiating from WRMI’s central 16,000-square- foot transmitter building to the arrays also were knocked down along with the telephone poles that supported them. The post-Irma scene looked as if a drunken giant had wandered across the cattle ranch and tripped repeatedly, taking down whatever he had stumbled across. Add a main power outage that lasted from Sunday to Wednesday, and WRMI was definitely hammered by Hurricane Irma. Yet the station managed to stay on air throughout the chaos, thanks to the efforts of WRMI Facility Manager Pat Travers and five others who hunkered down in the reinforced concrete transmitter building during the storm. “We have a 25 kilowatt diesel generator on site, which powered a 100- watt shortwave transmitter feeding a dipole antenna,” WRMI General Manager Jeff White said. “This kept WRMI’s programming on air to the world 24/7 throughout Irma.” Granted, 100 watts has nothing on 100,000 watts, the power rating common to most of WRMI’s 14 SW transmitters. To cover the world successfully by bouncing radio signals off the ionosphere, serious transmitter power is required. “But as any amateur radio operator will tell you, you can cover a lot of ground with 100 watts,” White quipped. “We received reception reports from listeners as far away as southern Ontario and Sacramento, Calif., who had picked up our 100 watts Irma transmissions.” MEGA TRANSMISSION SITE Built originally by Christian broadcaster WYFR (Family Radio) to reach the world, the Okeechobee transmitter/farm was purchased by WRMI in 2013. Previously, the commercial shortwave station founded by White and his partner Kiko Espinosa (chief engineer, deceased in 2005) had broadcast from Miami via a 50,000-watt SW transmitter using either a corner reflector antenna beaming 160 degrees toward the Caribbean and Latin America, or a yagi-style log periodic antenna beaming 317 degrees toward North America. The two original antennas were used at different times of the day, depending on which part of the hemisphere was being served. With the acquisition of the Okeechobee antenna farm in 2013, WRMI’s transmission options became global; the station subsequently shut down its Miami transmitter site while retaining its studio and office in that city. STORM PATROL Spreading out from the transmitter building in a hub-and-spoke pattern of antenna arrays, antenna switchers and feeder lines, the station’s transmission infrastructure is an RF engineer’s fantasy of curtain array, log periodic and double rhombic antennas collectively aimed at 11 regions of the globe. Add 14 high-power SW transmitters, and WRMI has a near-perfect platform for transmitting its own English and Spanish programming worldwide and for leasing airtime to third-party broadcasters. The threat of hurricanes is nothing new to Jeff White. “I have operated stations through a few of them,” he said. “So I know what it takes to prepare for a hurricane, and to keep things going when it hits and during the recovery process afterwards.” Fortunately WRMI’s transmitter building is strong enough to survive a hurricane. The original roof had been damaged by a previous storm when Family Radio owned this site. But they replaced it with a super-strong roof that could resist high winds and did just that during Irma’s onslaught. Meanwhile, White always has lots of diesel fuel on hand to keep the station’s 25 kW generator running, “many five-gallon water jugs for us and our water-cooled transmitters,” and plenty of gasoline for the station’s trucks. “We have an old Florida Power truck with a cherry- picker for putting up telephone poles and attaching wires to them,” he said. “You need to have your own to maintain a site of this size.” With plenty of food supplies and bedding, the WRMI crew hunkered down at the antenna farm. “At 4:30 on Sunday afternoon, the winds starting whipping up,” White said. “Next the alarm bells started ringing, which tell us when transmission paths have been interrupted due to fallen lines. Then we lost electricity from outside, knocking our main transmitters offline. So we powered up the generator to keep the lights on, turned on the 100-watt backup transmitter and stayed on air via the dipole antenna as best we could.” The facility’s transmission line grid suffered damage in several places. FALLOUT AND RECOVERY The two towers wrecked by Irma are part of WRMI’s 44 degree double rhombic array aimed at Europe and the Middle East. Before the storm, the station transmitted on 15770 kHz on this array. It delivered a strong, reliable signal to this market on this channel. “With the loss of the 44 degree array, we have switched to other arrays to cover Europe and the Middle East on 7780 kHz and 11580 kHz,” said White. “I don’t know when we will be able to afford to replace the two towers Irma damaged, so this will have to do for now.” The fallen transmission lines and poles were not a big issue. “Right after the storm, our crew got out in our used Florida Power truck and started putting things right,” White said 12 days afterwards. “Today, almost everything is back in place — and 13 of our 14 transmitters are already back on air.” WRMI’s antenna farm had external power restored on Sept. 13. “Our internet was down for a while after that,” said White. “This left us trying to link up to the outside world using a microwave internet link, which was problematic.” Still, not long after Hurricane Irma did its worst to WRMI’s Okeechobee antenna farm, this commercial SW broadcaster was back in business. “We have yet to figure out how to repair the 44-degree double rhombic array and its two destroyed towers,” said White. “But other than that, Radio Miami International has bounced back from Irma quite quickly.” (via DXLD) ** U S A. THE POWER HOUR --- Read your report in today's logs. I haven't listened to the Power Hour since shortly after WRMI came back on the air. On that occasion they weren't aware that WRMI was back up until a caller told them he was listening on WRMI. I still get the daily newsletter from them and looked at yesterday's email. They no longer list the frequencies in the email but have a link to go to same. Link goes to Google Docs and even with three attempts to load doesn't load but gives one a list of problems they may have with their computer and suggestions to correct the problem. You have aroused my curiosity about this and will attempt to listen to them tomorrow and see if I can find anything. Granted, my internet access is less than stellar but I should be able to find something. There is no web address listed for the new PowerHourNation. Only a half dozen email addresses for contact (John Carver, Mid-North Indiana, Oct 12, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 9955, Thu Oct 12 at 1345, WRMI finally with a new edition of `Viva Miami`, and since it`s in Spanish should be called ``Long Live Miami``? Jeff and Thaïs are conversing about their visit to Cape Town, South Africa, for HFCC in August. 9395 // 9455, Oct 12 at 0544, WRMI just ending VOA news relay, back to Oldies; S9+20 and S9+10 respectively. 9455 // 9395 // 7780, Thu Oct 12 at 1427, surprised to find WRMI back to Oldies tunes instead of `The Power Hour`. WRMI skedgrid http://www.tinyurl.com/WRMIfqs altho ``updated Sept 28`` still shows `The Power Hour` at 13-15 UT on 7780, 9395, and 14-15 on 9455 (which were of course M-F only). Then I check WWCR: no signal audible on 13845 altho there is a very poor one on 15825, so suspect 13845 is off the air. Huge signal on 7490 now at 1434 Oct 12 sounds like Power Hour, pushing gold & silver, especially in view of what is happening with the Girl Scouts (??? Boy Scouts co-opting them?). But WWCR pdf sked now dated October 1: 7490, M-F 9-10 am still misconverted as 15-16 UT: ``Power Talks w/ Beth & Melody in the Morning`` Power Talk was mentioned at 1448. So it`s one of the Cedarstrom shows, not TPH. This means that TPH is not heard on any frequency at this hour. WWCR still shows `Power Hour`, Central time: 7490, M-F 7- 8 am, still misconverted as 13-14 UT; 13845, M-F 7-10 am, still misconverted as 13-16 UT [but no signal] What`s really happening earlier on WRMI as above remains to be checked. `Power Talks` and `Financial Survival` and any other show sponsored by gold & silver pushers to the gullible, Answer me this: if G&S are such an essential investment vs the imminent apocalypse, or at least government takeover of everything, why aren`t those who have such coins hoarding them, instead of trying to sell them in virtual transaxions, or at best, for worthless paper money? Or maybe sax & sax of cupro/nickel/zinc coins? 9955, Oct 12 at 2030, WRMI-4 reconfirmed today back to BS, no diverse programming here any more (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9955, WRMI Radio Miami Int’l; 2050-2101+, 10/12; Bro. HyStairical prayin’ & preachin’; B.S. cutoff for WRMI spot at 2059:40; 2100 into Bible Answers program. SIO=4+43+ well over buzz-pulse jammer till 2057 when jammer upped the sig drastically; also, a separate frog croak jammer started at 2055 (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 185' RW, ----- All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! -- ---, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7780 // 9395 // 9455, Oct 13 at 1307, WRMIs with survivalist ad, 1309 resume `The Power Hour`, and also on 13845 WWCR which is 23 seconds ahead. At 1400 re-opening TPH on all four, from GCN network, and still at 1428; so yesterday`s Oldies music on the three WRMIs was an anomaly, perhaps default due to lost feed. 9455 // 9395, Oct 17 at 2249-2254, VOA News relay at another odd time within the WRMI Oldies service (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 17775.115v, Oct 11 at 1407, KVOH in Spanish is way off- frequency today and VP S3, too weak to evaluate modulation quality or hear splatter. Frequency is wavering slightly. Remeasured at 1451 I get 17775.113v, within margins of error so make it 17775.114v. Standard remarx. 17775, Oct 12 at 1420, NO signal at all from KVOH, not even on 17775.115v where heard yesterday. Maybe off for repairs following my reports? Or just not propagating. Cuba is making it on 17730, and weak Saudis on 17895, 17705, 17615, but those are to the east. K-index 5 at 1500 after G1 storms. 17775.019, Oct 12 at 1607 recheck, now it`s on and blasting in at S9+20/30, only 19 Hz off-frequency, wobbling slightly, overmodulated distortion discussing marijuana en las escuelas. 17600-18200 approx., Oct 13 at 2005, strange noise field all across this range. Seems to peak at 17775 KVOH, the strongest signal on band by far. This should make a very interesting spectrum display on an SDR! The swishy noise is undulating, rising and falling at the rate of about 48 times per minute. It also peaks and falls as one scans the band, somewhat like CRT TVs used to do with horizontal scanning at 15.75 kHz intervals, but I can`t determine the separation now; too fuzzy. This is the Thu/Fri extended broadcast which on Fridays is in English after 1900: now talking about Columbine 1999. I can also hear the noise underneath the modulation on 17775 itself, and its huge signal of S9+40 peaks is also regularly fluxuating on the meter down to S9+20, which can hardly be attributed to propagation in this circumstance. I also hear the noise interfering with Spain on 17855, itself a very good signal. The 17775 carrier is also wobbling, as usually the case. Everything points to KVOH as the source of this, but I want to be absolutely fair to them; after all, John Tayloe once accused me of ``making things up``, a tremendous insult to this journalist. Possibly it`s some external source, even a local device which I always have to consider. Nominal sign-off is 2100, so just before that I`m back with two receivers: PL-880 on 17775, which hardly needs antenna extended to hear it; and NRD-545 on, pick a frequency, 17730, where the noise is clearly audible. At 2059:42* they both go off at exactly the same instant! So now I am 100% (make that 1000%) certain that KVOH is the source of all this crap, a menace to the entire 16m band, and beyond! It`s beyond me how and why they can keep this POS transmitter on the air. Note: I am not grinding an ax against KVOH in particular, despite their having canceled WORLD OF RADIO. But had they kept me on board and welcomed my input as an advisor, they might not have to read about their own problems first on a public forum. Like far too many other SW stations, they are self-destructive, and I am merely verifying and reporting the true situation. One mitigating factor for KVOH: they have resisted the advances of Brother Stair (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1900, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 17775, Monday October 16 at 1815, I`m checking KVOH whether it is still a menace to the entire 16mb and beyond as it was when last on the air Friday Oct 13, pushing out a noise field at least to 17600/18200 kHz --- no, fundamental itself is just too weak today, poor S8 on the R75, S4-S5 on the NRD-545; music modulation may sound OK now. It could still be putting out the noise field, but not exacerbated by pipeline propagation: OR, they`ve turned the output power way down to minimize it? Spain 17855 is now inbooming at S9+25 to S9. 17775, another try October 17 at 1632, S9 to S+10, somewhat distorted but no KVOH spurs audible (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 5830, Oct 12 at 1439, WTWW-1 is still on with PPPP instead of day frequency 9475 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 15555-USB, Oct 14 at 2118, WJHR is on and in with good signal, always the same gospel huxter preaching. Had not been able to hear it for some weeks, usually checking around alleged *1402, so has it been off or just not propagating? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. B-17 season WHRI registrations 5910 2200 2400 4,5,9,27-29 250 47 218 1234567 031217 030318 Eng 5920 0000 0100 4,5,9,27-29 250 47 218 1234567 291017 250318 Eng 5920 0100 0200 4,5,9,27-29 250 47 218 34567 291017 250318 Eng 5920 0200 0300 4,5,9,27-29 250 47 218 1234567 291017 250318 Eng 5920 0300 0430 4,5,9 100 25 146 234567 291017 250318 Eng 5920 0430 0600 4,5,9 250 25 146 23456 291017 250318 SpaEng 5920 0600 0700 4,5,9 250 25 146 1234567 291017 250318 SpaEng 5920 0700 0800 4,5,9 250 25 146 23456 291017 250318 SpaEng 5920 0800 0900 4,5,9 250 25 146 1234567 291017 250318 SpaEng 5920 0900 1000 4,5,9 100 25 146 1 7 291017 250318 SpaEng 5920 1000 1200 4,5,9 250 25 146 1234567 291017 250318 SpaEng 5920 2300 2400 4,5,9 100 25 146 23456 291017 250318 Eng 7315 0200 0400 12-15 250 152218 1234567 291017 250318 SpaEng 7315 0430 0600 12-15 250 152218 3456 291017 250318 SpaEng 7315 0600 0700 27,28 250 47 218 1234567 291017 250318 Eng 7315 0700 0800 12-15 250 152218 1 7 291017 250318 Eng 7315 0800 0900 12-15 250 152218 1234567 291017 250318 Eng 7315 0900 1030 10 250 245146 7 291017 250318 SpaEng 7315 1030 1200 12-15 250 152218 1234567 291017 250318 SpaEng 7315 1200 1300 11,12 250 173146 1234567 291017 250318 SpaEng 7315 2300 2400 11,12N 250 173146 1234567 291017 250318 SpaEng 7355 0700 0800 27,28 250 47 218 1234567 291017 250318 Eng 7385 0000 0100 2,3 100 315146 1234567 291017 250318 Eng 7385 0100 0200 2,3 100 315146 12 291017 250318 Eng 7385 0200 0300 2,3 100 315146 1234567 291017 250318 Eng 7385 0300 0430 2,3 100 315146 3456 291017 250318 Eng 7385 0430 0900 2,3 100 315146 1234567 291017 250318 Eng 7385 0900 1000 2,3 100 315146 23456 291017 250318 Eng 7385 1000 1400 2,3 100 315146 1234567 291017 250318 Eng 7385 2300 2400 2,3 100 315146 1 7 291017 250318 Eng 7520 0300 0400 4,5,9,27-29 250 47 218 7 291017 250318 RusEng 9505 2000 2130 4,5,9,27-29 250 47 218 1 291017 030218 Eng 9505 2200 2400 4,5,9,27-29 250 47 218 1234567 040318 250318 Eng 9505 2200 2400 4,5,9,27-29 250 47 218 1234567 291017 021217 Eng 9830 0430 0600 38-39 250 47 218 1234567 291017 250318 Eng 9840 1200 2200 4,5,9 250 25 146 1234567 291017 250318 Eng 9840 2200 2400 2,3 100 315146 1234567 291017 250318 Eng 11750 2000 2130 4,5,9,27-29 250 47 218 1 040218 250318 Eng 11825 0900 1030 51,55,56,59,60 250 245146 123456 291017 250318 Eng 15710 1400 2200 2,3 100 315146 1234567 291017 250318 Eng 21610 1300 2000 46,47,52 250 85 218 1234567 291017 250318 Eng 21610 2000 2130 46,47,52 250 85 218 234567 291017 250318 Eng (WHRI via HFCC database requests, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 3 via BC-DX 10 Oct via DXLD) ** U S A. 7505, 0355-, WRNO, Oct 7. Chinese programming, Pray For Today. End of broadcast day announcement starting at 0356. Very good reception. WRNOradio at mailup dot something. They were absent for a while a week or two ago, but nice to see when I checked last night and tonight. But rather than signing off (after the Chinese program), it went onto a piece between two women talking about gardening in Fresno, CA. Still going to 0402 when the transmitter cut mid-sentence (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, Haida Gwaii, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 640, WMFN Peotone IL; 1943-2005+, 9/28; Apparently testing from new COL, ex-Zeeland MI; running 70s-80s pop tunes, Elvis, Madonna, Dire Straits, Toto, Eagles, Queen, etc. with many repeats. 2004 ID, “You’re listening to AM 6-40 WMFN ? (Peotone?)-Chicago”. Sig strength up & down noticeably (as on purpose). Also heard 1949-2016, 9/27 & generally not before 1900. e-report sent to sima@birach.com IL #61 (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, 5525 Whitehall St., Midland MI 48642-3156, Drake R8B + 185' & 60' RW + 125' bow-tie, ----- All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! -----, DX LISTENING DIGEST) WMFN 640khz, Peotone, IL - new station 1 Files 902KB JPG WMFN 640, Peotone, IL., was noted testing on 9/28 by Harold Frodge in Michigan. They are now running an OC. Yesterday afternoon I drove out to the XMTR site. Their site is exactly where Radio Locator has it, SW of Peotone, west of I-57. Their nighttime pattern shows a null in my direction. We will see how well it knocks down their signal when they commence broadcasting. Within a mile of the site there is an odd "pulse-sweep" type noise noted in the sideband slop on 630 and 650 on car radio. It's roughly once per second. You don't hear any of this in the OC on 640. At first thought it might be radiating from the rural power lines but it is heard on stretches of the rural roads in this area that have no power lines. Any ideas? Who knows when they plan on commencing broadcasting? Attached is a photo of their four towers in middle of corn field (Tom Jasinski, Joliet, IL, Oct 16, NRC-AM gg via WORLD OF RADIO 1900, DXLD) Noticed their OC here in Wood Dale, IL as well the last few days. This will make DXing the 640 frequency tougher for us in the Chicago area (Christos Rigas, Wood Dale IL, IRCA via WORLD OF RADIO 1900, DXLD) ** U S A. Of other interesting developments in local broadcasting is the application by WBBM AM 780 to move their transmitter from the current location in Itasca, IL to the WSCR Bloomingdale, IL site: https://licensing.fcc.gov/cdbs/CDBS_Attachment/getattachment.jsp?appn=101768529&qnum=5120©num=1&exhcnum=1 (Christos Rigas, Wood Dale IL, IRCA via WORLD OF RADIO 1900, DXLD) Viz WBBM is lowering power BUT the WSCR antenna is taller a.k.a. more efficient then the current WBBM tower, so they have to lower power. Quite a few experts have already said elsewhere this won't change anything. Sell off the WBBM land, make a chunk of change, move your antenna and lose nothing signal wise in the process (Paul Walker, PA, ibid.) Maybe they will not use IBOC after the move. What a waste of technology, for AM anyway (Todd Skaine, MN, ibid.) CBS owned stations not using IBOC? We can hope but I doubt very seriously that they will shut it off. I had never heard AM IBOC til I bought my new car. After hearing it, I can state that I can't find it to be an audible improvement at all. 73 KAZ (Neil Kazaross, IL, ibid.) They won't be CBS-owned much longer. And Entercom has shown zero interest in AM HD (Scott Fybush, ibid.) That would clear up 770 significantly here at night. WABC is not a powerhouse signal here making this a great frequency to DX on (Todd Skaine, ibid.) But how about skywave, about which nobody cares anymore, despite ``clear-channel`` status. Will the slightly reduced power also mean slightly reduced signal beyond the groundwave? (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) Even if it does mean less sky wave, no big loss (Paul Walker, DXLD) At 42 kW night, as others have said, that`s a negligible loss. As long as the IBOC will go off once it`s sold to Entercom, I've been told that will happen (Todd Skaine, MN, IRCA via DXLD) It`ll be darn near the equivalent of 50 kW due to the taller Tower (Walker, ibid.) It's an efficiency thing. 35,000 day, 42,000 night. They likely will apply for the full 50 later. You won't make the difference (Powell E Way III, SC, NRC-AM gg via DXLD) But 42,000 night. It`s the efficiency rule catching them. They will re apply for full 50 later. You won't notice the difference (Powell E Way III, SC, DX LISTENING DIGEST) It will be interesting to compare the difference during the daytime here and in Iowa. They are the strongest Chicago station heard here in the Cities for whatever reason (Todd Skaine, MN, IRCA via DXLD) WBBM-780 to move --- I haven't seen this anywhere except Scott Fybush's Twitter feed and FCC-CDBS but --- WBBM-780 Chicago has filed to relocate their transmitter. They plan to share the tower of co-owned WSCR-670 a few miles to the southwest. To avoid interference with other stations they will need to reduce power slightly (and because the WSCR tower is "too tall" for 780 and will be more efficient) WBBM will remain a non-directional Class A clear channel. The area around the existing WBBM antenna is full of office parks and shopping centers. The land is extremely valuable. WGN-720 is nearby. This station was recently sold. One wonders if they may also be considering a move? (Doug Smith W9WI, Pleasant View, TN EM66, http://www.w9wi.com Oct 13, WTFDA Forum via DXLD) FCC REPORT 10/15: WBBM ON THE MOVE By Lance Venta on October 15, 2017 https://radioinsight.com/headlines/120409/fcc-report-1015-wbbm-move/ CBS Radio News 780 WBBM Chicago has applied to vacate its tower site of the last 75 years and co-locate at the site of sister Sports “670 The Score” WSCR and SBS’ “La Ley 107.9” WLEY-FM Aurora. From its new location WBBM will drop from 50 kW day/night to 35 kW day/42 kW night but with the taller tower should come close to duplicating its current coverage. With WBBM’s simulcast partner 105.9 WCFS Elmwood Park being the home to most of its in-market listening it is doubtful most WBBM listeners even notice the change. WBBM currently operates from a 55 acre site adjacent to the intersection of Interstate 290 and Illinois 390 in Itasca IL. Likely valued in the tens or hundreds of millions this is not the first time the station has sought a potential move. In 1988, the adjacent Roselle Village sought to annex 22 acres for WBBM to build a 680 foot tower so that Hamilton Partners could purchase the current property to build a mixed-use business park (via Artie Bigley, DXLD) ** U S A. 990, Oct 13 at 1251 UT, ad mentioning phones with ACs 785 and 846, loops ENE/WSW?, then ad for ``your hometown bank, Bank of Aurora``. Those clues should nail it, but there is no 846, and AC 785 is northern Kansas, where 990 is KRSL Russell, but no such bank there, and it`s to the north. Bearing and proximity lead to very likely KRMO Cassville MO, address in Monett, and also near Aurora in southwest MO; 2500/47 watts U1. Trouble is, I can`t find a bank by that exact name, e.g. consulting http://www.usbanklocations.com/aurora-banks-mo.htm (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. WKLF Clanton AL, a 1 kW daytimer, is listed in both AMQ and the NRC AM Log (through 85-2) as licensed on 980 kHz with a CP to move to 1000 kHz. While DXing this morning (10/17 0600 CDT [1100 UT]) I stumbled across them broadcasting on their new frequency with regular programming, a local DJ program "Sunrise Gospel." Also new: they are now broadcasting via a xltr on 95.5 FM; I looked that up and it is W257AA Clanton. They are ID'ing as being on both frequencies. Their website http://www.wklfradio.com confirms that they have moved and that they are on both AM and FM (Bill Dvorak, Madison WI, nrc-am gg via DXLD) The company that owns WKLF is a group of engineers. They are good at chess moves; every move or upgrade they make is part of a bigger picture. There’s something afoot here that involves more then WKLF; while Reynolds technical has it figured 6 moves out, we don’t. Look back at the rest of the company; they do stuff like this all the time. By the way, they’ve been on 95.5 W257AA for about 5 years. When a tornado took down the AM tower in January 2012, the translator remained on. Apparently the ORIGINAL 95.5 was moved to Birmingham, changed frequency and sold off. This 95.5 was moved in from GA and changed frequency to 95.5 (Paul Walker, ibid.) It's W238CS, if it's on 95.5. FCC has the old callsign (Mike Bugaj, Enfield, CT, ibid.) No. It’s not. W238CS is not in the database on fccinfo.com or radio locator. The database shows W257AA (Walker, ibid.) They haven't updated it yet. Channel 257 is 99.3. But, have it your way (Bugaj, ibid.) If the translator is on 95.5, wouldn't the call be W238**? WVCH's translator, W237EH, is on 95.3 (Dave Gardiner, ibid.) The translator call will officially change to W238xx once the license to cover is granted. The FCC mostly goes by facility ID # internally these days, so they don't seem to get too hung up on making these call changes speedily (Scott Fybush, ibid.) And the fact that it has been licensed can take weeks to appear in amq, which is what drives the NRC AM Radio Log database. 73 (Wayne Heinen, Editor AM Radio Log, ibid.) ** U S A. 1010, Oct 14 at 1235 UT, Catholic talk in Spanish, into mass in English with voice-overs, just like // 5810 WEWN, but not synch, i.e. KTNZ Amarillo TX as we now know in its born-again format (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. UNIDENTIFIED. 1030, Oct 11 at 0226 UT, good signal looping N/S or slightly clockwise from there, James Dobson program with 877 phone number, mentions `Family Talk` which is one of his numerous sub- shows. Suspect 50 kW ND daytimer KCTA Corpus Christi TX, long after sunset, and even longer after WBZ sunset. Is it on his roster? Yes, but at another illegal time, presumably Central, no obstacle for gospel huxters above the Laws of Man! Family Talk http://drjamesdobson.org/Broadcasts/Stations Corpus Christi KCTA-AM 1030 M-F 3:30 AM Only other religious station on that bearing is 50/4 kW U4 WCTS Maplewood MN, but NOT on his list. Hoped for an hourbottom ID, but all I hear is a KAB/Ad Council PSA for recycling, then another g.h. 1030, Oct 14 at 0605 UT, open carrier overcomes most of the CCI when aiming N/S. Again strongly suspect it`s 50 kW ND daytimer KCTA Corpus Christi. WWJD? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Re my report of open carrier on 1030 kHz in the middle of the night, from the south or north, believed to be 50 kW DAYTIMER, KCTA, Corpus Christi TX, I received this confirmation sent October 15: ``Good morning Mr. Hauser, I follow your DX Reports on the WTFDA Boards. You mentioned in your most recent post, KCTA in Corpus Christi, Texas operating at night. I, too, have received KCTA in Nashville, TN. I enjoy listening to WBZ from Boston, MA at night, but KCTA completely overpowers WBZ’s signal. I went to the KCTA Webpage http://www.kctaradio.com/ and found contact info at the station to e-mail my complaint to. (This is not the first time this station has operated at night. I e-mailed them a couple months ago about the same problem.) On my latest complaint to KCTA, the first response said there is no way I can be hearing them as they are a daytime only radio station, but they would look into the problem. I, then, heard from the engineer who said the recent hurricane damaged the communications lines between the transmitter and the studio and that KCTA has been unable to shut the transmitter off at night. (I think I would get into my car, drive to the transmitter and manually shut it down, but that is just me.) He said he was in hopes the phone company would repair the lines and the interference problem would cease at night. The first response to my e-mail confirmed what I am hearing at night is indeed KCTA. The e-mail said they continue to stream programming long after the transmitter (should) sign off. But, since it stays on, the programs also air on 1030 kHz to approximately 10:30 pm CDT [0330 UT]. After 10:30pm, there is dead air until the streaming picks back up early in the morning. Since the programs are meant to be streamed only at night, no station IDs are aired. They did appear to correct the problem, as a couple days this week KCTA was off at night. But, the last couple nights, KCTA has been back on interfering with WBZ. I can only imagine how bad the interference must be for stations authorized to operate at night on 1030 kHz, including one about an hour west of Nashville. It seems strange to me this station has no fear of the F.C.C. and admitted to me about their nighttime operation. Around the Nashville area, there have been several cases of local AM Stations, with low power night operating authority, to remain on daytime power for months at a time. You may have received them in Oklahoma. WMCG 810, WAKM 950 and WHIN 1010 to name a few, which have been guilty in the past of operating more than a month on their daytime power. The FCC wants to revitalize the AM Band; maybe they should start by enforcing the laws on the books governing low power operation at night. The engineer stated maybe this was God’s way of talking to me in Nashville. Keep up the good work, William ‘Buzz’ Rawls, III, Nashville, TN`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1900, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. New catch - KZMQ-1140 WY 10000 watts ND --- Stuck on day rig per Facebook tip: good time oldies; go get 'em (Tim Hall, CA, 0512 UT Oct 13, ABDX via DXLD) ** U S A. UNITED STATES (CALIFORNIA). Out of curiosity, tuned into 1350 to see if KSRO Santa Rosa was on the air, and it is, fading in 0320 10/14 with updates on the North Bay fires (Chuck Albertson, Seattle, Wash., DX LISTENING DIGEST) See separate story below ** U S A. Border Inn catch: WPSO-1500 New Port Richey FL! Holy cow: My magical EESE wire came through again. Listen to this ID for WPSO-1500 New Port Richey FL at 0359:45 UT on 9/29 (i.e., Thu. night 9/28 just before Midnight ELT). Listed as a 250w daytimer. Testing, cheating or ??? "WWW Period WPSO dot com" and Greek music. Logged at the Border Inn, US 6/50 at the NV/UT border. 73 (Tim Hall via Kaz, ABDX via DXLD) I spoke to their owner about 15 years ago, wondering why I could hear this daytimer on south antennas in good cx in IL at night and he told me that he kept full power on for several hours after sunset. 73 and awesome catch for 250 w that far away (kaz, ibid.) ** U S A. 1510, Oct 13 at 1259 UT, PSA for Puerto Rico aid, dead air hole instead of ID from 10 seconds just before 1300 UT, and into ESPN Radio with `Mike & Mike`; loops NE/SW, surely KCTE Independence MO, despite failure to legally ID (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1690, MARYLAND, WPTX, Lexington Park. 1032 October 14, 2017. Male "... 1690 AM, WPTX" at tune-in, into Tony Bennett/Lady Gaga "Anything Goes" then another liner ID, into England Dan & John Ford Coley's "Love Is the Answer." Apparently back on day power/pattern overnight, crushing metro Atlanta's WMLB. All times/dates GMT (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater FL, NRD-535, IC-R-75, longwires, active loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1710, LOUISIANA (PIRATE), Radio Retén lo que Tienes, Bâton Rouge. 1014 October 12, 2017. Screaming Spanish male preacher and audience response, parallel live stream. https://www.radioretenloquetienes.com Thanks D. Crawford for the tip. Decent signal. Also in well around the same time on October 14. How long will this one last? All times/dates GMT (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater FL, NRD-535, IC-R-75, longwires, active loop, WORLD OF RADIO 1900, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Name means ``hold onto what you`ve got``. Maybe the JBA carrier I sometimes get here (gh, OK, ibid.) Later I do hear it Oct 20 before sunrise (gh) ** U S A. Future of AM radio --- After reading what Kit in Colorado wrote here a few days ago, I thought I would weigh in with a few thoughts. For the longest time, I've been a staunch defender of AM radio, insisting that it wouldn't be dying anytime soon even though the trends have been pointing in that direction in recent years. When our speaker at last year's joint club convention in Kansas City got up and one of the first phrases out of his mouth was "AM is dying", I was instantly irritated. But my stance is now starting to come around as the result of a tour that I was a part of at Entercom Milwaukee's cluster (WSSP-1250 plus two FMs) back on August 19th. Our guide, CE Chris Tarr, talked about the fact that, with many stations these days, ground systems of AM tower sites are deteriorating and towers are falling apart and that nobody new was coming along to take over as many aging engineers are now retiring. I asked Chris what universities and broadcasting schools were doing to educate young students in radio about how these ground systems work. His response was, "Virtually nothing. I'm almost 50, and I'm one of the youngest people I know of still doing this. There's no one coming up behind us. If you were a college student checking out the job market and had the option of taking a desk job that pays 6 figures a year or making 5 figures being on call for a radio station 24/7, which would you take?" The answer seems rather obvious to college students in 2017, and it paints a rather glum outlook for AM as a result. Now, do I believe that AM will die off in the United States? Not entirely. What I think might very well happen in the future is that the 50,000 watt heritage stations -- the "cockroaches`` if you will -- will survive, and will do so as there will still be a demand by large populations in major metropolitan areas for them to remain on. WSM, WLW, WBBM, KOA, KDKA, KYW, and the like. BUT if they do go off AM, I honestly hope that they will be put on FM signals of at LEAST 25,000 watts that can adequately cover the square mileage of any given big city (like Chicago and suburbs thereof, for instance) and NOT onto FM subchannels (simulcasts of WWJ, WCBS, and KYW are currently resigned to such a fate) that a lot of people can't receive, for whatever reason. As for the rest of the AMs in the U.S., well, time will tell. But if current trends continue, they could be in big trouble 10 years from now, and will probably be gone in 20. The mass sprouting-up of translators on the FM band tells you all you need to know about that. 73, (Rick Dau, South Omaha, Nebraska, Oct 11, ABDX via DXLD) A few quick comments. I agree that the big AMs still have a place, and hopefully they will do even better if the FCC would just allow the graveyard stations and a lot of the regional stations to shut down so the band will be cleared up. It doesn't make any sense for the FCC trying to keep those marginal signals (and I mean marginal in terms of ratings) going when so few people are listening to them and the profit margin of them is so low. Around some of the larger metro areas, the land the xmtr site occupies is worth more than the station. There are some things that can't be changed, no matter how stupid they are. The one that I find the most irritating is the yuppies who just HAVE to listen to FM, and can't bring themselves to listen to AM. All right, I can understand that for music, but what difference does it make for news or talk? Even so, the owners of the big 1-As have been paying ridiculous prices for a lousy little 250 translator just to keep their yuppie audience happy. How stupid is it that a 1-A with a monster signal like KOA paid $950,000 for a 250 watt translator, just so they could be on the trendy FM band? All technical considerations aside, the sad fact is that a lot of younger people regard AM as a dinosaur from their grandparents' generation, so they will not listen to it, period. That image problem faced by every AM broadcaster overrides every economic or technical argument that can be made for AM. It shouldn't be like that, but it is. And there is this: "Our guide, CE Chris Tarr, talked about the fact that, with many stations these days, ground systems of AM tower sites are deteriorating and towers are falling apart and that nobody new was coming along to take over as many aging engineers are now retiring." While that is a very valid point, the much larger issue is management not wanting to spend the money to keep those AM facilities in proper repair when there is so little return on the investment. If it wasn't for having to meet FCC specs, they probably wouldn't spend a dime on them. Remember a few years ago when WARM was going to be shut down by the corporation that owned it because it wasn't profitable enough to warrant the operating costs? That is not a little Mom and Pop station. Cumulus owns it. If a company of that size and budget won't commit the funds to keep it going, what does that tell you? They did keep it on the air after a big public outcry, but they have since reduced power to keep costs down. Money has always been the bottom line in every business, and AM is not where the money is now unless you are a 1-A. Most of the regional stations are directional, and those multi-tower sites are very expensive to maintain. Without the higher ratings and profits of a big 1-A signal to support them, they are in a downward economic spiral. I don't mean to sound so negative, but this is the reality of where we are. I grew up on AM and I miss DXing from the time when everything was local and live with music. Unfortunately, it is gone and it isn't coming back. Most people are coming to accept it, however reluctantly, except for the FCC. We have a new AM signal in the Denver area that is only a couple of years old. It was paired with an FM translator for a short time until they both went up for sale. The 250 watt translator sold for nearly $1 million, but the full time AM sold for only $25,000. Draw your own conclusions. 73, (Kit w5kat, CO, ibid.) I read the whole post and sadly have to say that it`s pretty much spot on. AM began to die in the 60s when rock started its migration to FM. (Kevin, Crump, TN, Redding, ibid.) ** U S A. NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES DAMAGE TRANSMITTER SITE Several radio stations were knocked off the air for 24 hours October 11, 2017 By Emily M. Reigart http://www.radiomagonline.com/industry/0003/northern-california-wildfires-damage-transmitter-site/39296 SANTA ROSA, Calif. — As fires continued to spread in northern California, residents of Sonoma County experienced an information gap when several radio stations were knocked off the air Monday morning, according to the Press Democrat. The outages, originating at the Mount Barham transmitter site, lasted for about 24 hours. The radio silence complicated a communications infrastructure that was already challenged, with reports of cell site outages and spotty internet connectivity. The Washington Post reports that about 80 cell towers have been damaged by the fires as of Wednesday morning. Amaturo Sonoma Media Group had one of its five stations knocked off the air, but KRSO [sic] (AM/FM) was able to continue to share updates, which were simulcast on three other FM stations. The feed was also used for KBBF(FM) of Calistoga, Calif., which typically broadcasts Spanish-English programming and is owned by the Bilingual Broadcasting Foundation. Wine Country Radio’s KSXY(HD2) went silent due to the Mount Barham transmitter failure, but KRSH(FM), KXTS(FM) and KSXY(FM) stayed on the air. Also, public radio station KRCB(FM)’s main transmitter went off the air, but the station continued streaming from downtown Santa Rosa. Spanish language station KRSS(AM) was also affected by the transmitter loss on Mount Barham but was back on the air as of Tuesday. According to the Washington Post, the death toll was reported at 17 people, as of Wednesday morning (via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) WTFKs? ** U S A. WSBE ch 2 [RHODE ISLAND] --- Maybe I am reading this wrong, but today it seems the FCC has granted WSBE 50 kW when it moves to ch 2. If that's correct then it just might provide a watchable signal here at 60 miles, in spite of the fact that I'm in the valley and there's lots of hills between here and Providence. Also WSBE ought to be one potent Es target for somebody (Mike Bugaj, Enfield, CT, Oct 12, WTFDA gg via DXLD) WSBE was granted 10 kW a week and a half ago (- Trip Ericson, http://www.rabbitears.info ibid.) This is what was in the digest today: RI -0000029862 WSBE-TV 56092 RHODE ISLAND PBS FOUNDATION Modification of construction E CHAN-2 PROVIDENCE, RI permit file number 0000028213. How do I do a query to see what they are referring to. I searched for both 0000029862 and 0000028213 and no results come up for either. The only powers I see anywhere are 50 kW (Mike B, Enfield, CT, ibid.) 50 kW is WSBE's current UHF (21) power. WSBE was granted 430 watts on ch 2 over the summer, then recently got a CP for 10 kW. That's still plenty of power, easy Es target, comparable to KJWP (Chris Lucas - dtvdxer, Poughkeepsie, NY FN31bs, ibid. WORLD OF RADIO 1900) These fully-numeric file numbers are in the LMS database, not CDBS. (All TV is now in LMS. Most of the LMS information is being copied into CDBS but it doesn't seem to be possible to search on some fields for imported information.) Search here: https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicAppSearch.html (I fear that word-wrapped badly) You don't *have* to use the leading zeroes but if you don't you might get some unexpected hits. Though they'll probably be sufficiently different there won't be any confusion. (a search on 28213 pulls up both WSBE's channel 2 application and a Children's TV Programming Report filed by KNRR in North Dakota) Stations being repacked were required to first file for the power specified by the FCC. (the amount theoretically necessary to replicate their coverage on their old channel) They could then file a modification to specify more power if they could show it wouldn't interfere with anything. They will (we hope) be reimbursed for the cost of building the replication facility. Any additional costs for the power increase are the station's responsibility. BTW, stations being repacked were required to file a progress report last week. I was told at the Wisconsin Broadcasters' Clinic that 849 of 949 stations reported they were on-track (Doug Smith W9WI, Pleasant View, TN EM66, Oct 13, ibid.) DTV ** U S A. DONALD TRUMP RENEWS THREATS AGAINST PRESS, HINTS AT REVOKING TV LICENSES --- From Deutsche Welle: 11 October 2017 The US president has suggested the government consider revoking broadcast licenses for outlets running stories critical of his administration. Some warned that freedom of speech is under threat... http://www.dw.com/en/donald-trump-renews-threats-against-press-hints-at-revoking-tv-licenses/a-40914678 (js/sms (AFP, Reuters via SW Radiogram via Roger, dxldyg via DXLD) ** URUGUAY. Serendipity --- I was just sitting on 1400 kHz last night bemoaning the poor conditions and preparing to head off to bed when suddenly out of the mire came a bugle call(!) and there was CX140 Radio Zorilla de San Martín, Tacuarembó, Uruguay with an ID. It then duly disappeared. It recalled those pre-SDR days when you had to be there at the right place and at the right time to catch anything! CX140 - https://www.dropbox.com/s/2aelwypdli80a5y/cx140.mp3?dl=0 (Paul, Troon, Scotland, Crankshaw, Oct 12, MWCircle yg via DXLD) ** UZBEKISTAN. 12160, Oct 11 at 1455, very poor Asian language vs CODAR. It`s TWR India, 100 kW, 131 degrees from Tashkent, 1445-1545 M- F in Punjabi. Per NDXC/Aoki, transmission in various lesser languages starts at 1345 and ends at 1430 Sat & Sun (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also KOREA NORTH [non] ** VANUATU. 7259.96, R. Vanuatu. On Oct 16, with unusually good propagation here; with almost no China QRM; rather rare conditions; 1139-1200 variety of songs; ID "Radio Vanuatu, Voice of (B[l]ong Yumi?)"; 1200-1212 religious (Christian) preaching ("God knows everything," etc.); 1212-1230 non-stop religious songs in English; 1230 montage of songs along with "Radio Vanuatu, Voice of (B[l]ong Yumi?)" ID; 1231-1301 program of older EZL hit songs (Elton John with "Daniel," Carpenters with "Top of the World," etc.); 1301 seemed the news; started to get some China QRM. Checked for 3944.2 over the weekend, but no trace of a carrier, so seems their long standing silence there continues (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VATICAN CITY. 11740, 0610-, Vatican Radio, Oct 8. Nice to hear the Ukrainian liturgy after many, many years since I've last heard them. Good reception on the 25 meter outlet, whereas the similarly powered and directed 9850 is heard at fair level. Sign off announcements just before 0658. Transmitter cut at 0700 (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, Haida Gwaii, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VATICAN. Radio Vatican, the new address of the Russian service. The employee of Radio Vatican, Olga Sakun answered my question about the new "idle" address russo @ spv.va - does not work, because the address is incorrect. "Dear Victor, our new address is russo @ spc.va All the best and sorry for the typo!" (Victor Varzin, Leningradskaya oblast, Kommunar, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" via (Rus-DX Oct 15 via DXLD) The Technical Department also changed the address. "Thank you for the reports, I have sent you the QSL card. For future correspondence concerning the reception of our programs, please refer to the address "Ufficio Commerciale" . I take this opportunity to inform you that the address gestfreq@vatiradio.va is going to be discontinued and replaced with sergio.salvatori @ spc.va Best regards. Sergio Salvatori" (via Anatoly Klepov, Moscow, Russia, (Rus-DX Oct 15 via DXLD) ** VATICAN. 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38E,39NW 100 115 -15 616 234567 Fra VAT VAT 11935 0730 0745 38E,39NW 100 115 -15 616 234567 Eng VAT VAT 11935 1630 1700 38E,39NW 100 130 0 556 1234567 Ara VAT VAT 12075 1400 1430 40E,41NW 250 80 0 618 1234567 Persia IBB IBB 12075 1800 1830 47,48 250 145 0 618 1234567 Ara IBB IBB 13765 1600 1615 47-48,52-53 250 150 0 218 7 Swah VAT VAT 13765 1600 1630 47-48,52-53 250 150 0 218 123456 Swah VAT VAT 13765 1615 1630 48NE,48S 250 130 0 218 7 Som VAT VAT 13765 1630 1700 47-48,52-53 250 150 0 218 1234567 EngTir VAT VAT 13765 1700 1730 47-48,52-53 250 170 0 216 1234567 Fra VAT VAT 15180 1630 1700 47,48 250 145 0 618 23456 Eng IBB IBB 15550 1430 1530 39SW,47E,48W 250 150 0 216 Tamazuj ArSDN FPU FPU 15550 1530 1630 39SW,47E,48W 250 150 0 216 Dabanga ArSDN FPU FPU 15595 0930 1050 38-39S,47-48W 250 121 -9 616 1 Amh VAT VAT 15595 0930 1050 38E,39NW 250 121 -9 616 1 Ara VAT VAT 15595 0930 1050 29SE,39N 250 98 0 556 1 Armen VAT VAT 15595 0930 1050 19,29,30NW 250 41 0 216 1 RusLit VAT VAT 15595 1130 1200 38E,39NW 250 118 0 216 6 Eng VAT VAT 15730 1830 1930 46-48,52,53 250 193 0 618 1234567 Fra IBB IBB 15730 2030 2100 46,47,52,53 250 145 0 618 1 Fra IBB IBB 15730 2030 2100 46,47,52,53 250 145 0 618 7 Hau IBB IBB 17590 0930 1050 38-39S,47-48W 250 144 14 616 1 Amh VAT VAT 17590 0930 1050 38E,39NW 250 116 -14 616 1 Ara VAT VAT 17590 0930 1050 29SE,39N 250 84 -14 616 1 Armen VAT VAT 17590 0930 1050 19,29,30NW 250 72 14 616 1 RusLit VAT VAT 17590 1130 1200 38E,39NW 250 112 14 616 6 Eng VAT VAT 17895 1600 1800 46-48,52-53,57 250 144 0 618 1234567 Eng IBB IBB (via HFCC database requests, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 3, via BC-DX 10 Oct via DXLD) ** VIETNAM. 711, 1523-, Voice of Vietnam, 1st Program, Oct 6. Normally, KBS1 dominates this channel entirely, but at this moment, I was hearing a good signal with a female speaking Vietnamese, although within a minute or two, she faded down being replaced with Korea (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, Haida Gwaii, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VIETNAM. 7906-USB, Oct 13 at 1312, very poor YL in Vietnamese? Presumed Ho Chi Minh Radio Coast Station, as reported periodically by Ron Howard, last time being July 30 at *1305-1310*, so would it still be on at 1312, or turned over to a sibling station? His previous report was May 5 at *1305-1311*, and before that Jan 31 at *1305- 1310*, always starting and ending with tones, which I did not hear; could not remember the always // frequency but tuned the 8200-8300 range without finding it; 8294-USB per Ron, who also says, ``Ho Chi Minh Radio is the most powerful coastal station, so is usually well heard. Operated by VISHIPEL (Vietnam Maritime Communications and Electronics LLC``. IIRC this also used to be heard in English, maybe only for urgent safety news (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn, Happened to be listening at the same time as you today, but I was on // 8294-USB. Yes, your "1312" reception is correct. When they have unusual weather to report they do run longer than normal. Today the Vietnam coast stations would be providing up-to-date info on tropical storm Khanun (expected to turn into a typhoon), that is headed their way - http://goo.gl/cA4Dfz Earlier this week, they experienced tropical depression 23W, which caused extensive flooding - http://goo.gl/qJmp6e Today started at *1305 with series of tones; providing coastal weather conditions, with mentions of “kilo-mét” (Vietnamese for kilometers); went off at 1317* with another series of tones. My audio, ending with tones, at http://goo.gl/RWPy78 The VISHIPEL website, in English, at http://goo.gl/HykdZA Nice map of the Vietnam coast stations at http://goo.gl/6r7avW (Ron Howard, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VIRGIN ISLANDS US. Communication Services Post Hurricane Maria in U.S. Virgin Islands TV Stations: Eight TV stations have been issued a Special Temporary Authority to be offline. AM Stations: Two are operational 1340 WSTA Charlotte Amalie 1090 WUVI Charlotte Amalie Two are suspected to be out-of-service 1620 WDHP Frederiksted /// Streema: http://streema.com/radios/play/1837 /// Note: Moderate audio hum; AC generators 970 WSTX Christiansted FM Stations: Two are operational 107.3 WVIE Charlotte Amalie 104.3 WZIN Charlotte Amalie Two are suspected to be out-of-service 97.9 WGOD Charlotte Amalie 101.3 WEVI Frederiksted Cell Service: There are 121 cell sites, 67 [55.4%] of those are out-of-service. News: (18 Oct 2017) There are three barges with AC generators onboard heading to Charlotte Amalie East harbor port. Thirty-five technicians will install generators and maintain them. Last edited by GACTVDX; 10-20-2017 at 04:53 AM. (GACTVDX, Easton PA, Oct 20, WTFDA Forum via DXLD) See too PUERTO RICO ** YEMEN [non]. 11860, Oct 15 at 1322, Republic of Yemen Radio is S9=S5 with flutter, but better than most signals except Cuba on 25m, as numerous FE frequencies are really weak today. Drumming and chanting, 1326 militant talk and music; presumably from SAUDI ARABIA, and now arriving by relatively low-latitude longpath? Sunset in Sana`a is currently 1443 UT, in case they should pause for Qur`anic vespers any more (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) REP. YEMEN RADIO SANAA (YEMEN) - N. American mornings [2 Attachments] Greetings From Minnesota! ... Did we ever get confirmation on the sites and transmitter powers for this? I still can't imagine why a Saudi 50kW transmitter beamed towards Yemen would be such a mainstay signal here. 11860, 1450 14 OCT - REP. YEMEN RADIO SANA`A (YEMEN). SINPO = 15221. Arabic, music, female announcer. QSB=Moderate-to-ff rate, modulation on noisy carrier mostly just below the noise floor with occasional peaks to mixing with or just above it. sf68.6, a42, k5, geomag: minor storm. 50 kW?, Omni?, bearing 36 ?. Sangean ATS505 with MFJ-1020C active antenna and MFJ-901B tuner used to preselect ~75 feet of rain gutter running north/south. Received in Plymouth, MN, United States, 11234 km(?) from the transmitter at Riyadh(?). Local time: 0950. 73s (--Rodney Johnson, http://swldx.tumblr.com/ dxldyg via DXLD) Attachment(s) from raj3636@yahoo.com [dxld] | View attachments on the web 1 of 1 Photo(s) 1500z20171016GreyLine.JPG 1500z20171016GreyLine.JPG 1 of 1 File(s) AzimuthalMapRiyadh_big.pdf Posted by: raj3636@yahoo.com Check out the automatic photo album with 4 photo(s) from this topic. noaa_kp_3d.gif tumblr_nvush4G0sy1u6qq4jo1_250.gif 23064927716_da412b6721_k.jpg 1500z20171016GreyLine.JPG I'm sort of answering my own question here, I found an analysis by Glenn on Sept 1. I very much agree with him. If there are only 50 kW transmitters in Jeddah then there is no way it's coming from there in our (N. American) mornings. but a 500 kW transmitter from Riyadh would be much more likely. Greyline path? Polar (well, Greenland) path? I must admit, I've never understood the longpath surmising. The carrier always seemed too stable for such fragile path, but it would support the 500 kW transmitter conjecture even further. I was really hoping Ed Sylvester would have given us the final word on this. 73s (--Rodney Johnson, MN, Oct 16, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ZAMBIA. 4965, 1557-, Voice of Hope Africa, Oct 6. Very happy to hear this one via LP with IS, and frequent ID's as, 'Voice of Hope, Africa', and 'From Zambia to the world', etc. Fair reception. Weaker than VOA Botswana (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, Haida Gwaii, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ZANZIBAR. 11735, 1821-, Zanzibar Broadcasting Corporation, Oct 7. Very good reception in presumed Swahili. Marred by splatter from 11720 which is VOA in Amharic from Udon, Thailand. Something is amiss as the noise spreads across about 42 kHz of spectrum. Not nice! Most is white noise, so I wonder whether they're being jammed? In any case, nice to see them back after an absence. Transmitter cut in mid-sentence at 2100. 11735, 2059-, Zanzibar BC Corp, Oct 9. Excellent reception continues with cut off today at 2059 (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, Haida Gwaii, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11735, 1924 8 OCT - ZBC RADIO (TANZANIA). SINPO = 15312. African language, female announcer, Music with microtonal instrumentals. QSB=moderate-to-rapid rate, modulation on noisy carrier mostly just above the noise floor with frequent fades below it. sf80.0, a5, k1, geomag: very quiet. 50 kW, Omni, bearing 59 . Sangean ATS505 with MFJ- 1020C active antenna and MFJ-901B tuner used to preselect ~75 feet of rain gutter running north/south. Received at Plymouth, MN, United States, 13731 km from the transmitter at Zanzibar/Dole. Local time: 1424 73s (--Rodney Johnson, http://swldx.tumblr.com/ dxldyg via DXLD) Great to hear Zanzibar Broadcasting Corporation back on SW 11735 kHz after several weeks absence. Putting in a fair to good signal here for the past few days between 1500-2100 UT, mostly in Swahili but has news in English at 1800-1810. 73s (Dave Kenny, Oct 11, BDXC_UK yg via DXLD) It's true, Glenn. Here I can tune Radio Transmundial, 11735 kHz, only. Greetings, (José Ronaldo Xavier, Paraíba, Oct 11, HCDX via DXLD) 6015, ZBC Radio, on Oct 9 & 10, from 0300+, decent level carrier, but certainly no audio at all, which is confirmed by Bill Bingham (RSA). This frequency had been silent for several months, but clearly needs more work to get their modulation to work again (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11735, ZBC at 1808 UT Oct 9 in English with news headlines and station ID at 1810, then back in Swahili language. Excellent. 73 (Mick Delmage, Sherwood Park, Alberta, Rx: Perseus SDR, Ant: Wellbrook ALA 100 loop Oct 15, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6015, on Oct 12, was off the air 0319+, past 0330. So today without even a carrier (Ron Howard, California, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Zanzibar definitely back on 6015, but a shaky start this morning. 6015 Zanzibar, ZBC Radio, Dole. Oct 13, 2017 Friday. *0300-0305. On air at *0300, but for the first minute the carrier seemed (and audio definitely was) on and off. OK by 0301 when the daily Kor`an started. Jo'burg sunrise 0335 (Bill Bingham, Johannesburg RSA. Drake R8E, Sony ICF2001D. dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Zanzibar's ZBC Radio was observed on 6015 kHz at 0302 UT on 13 October 2017, just a couple of minutes after sign-on, Islamic devotions with fair reception via a web SDR. This was just a few seconds ahead of their parallel online feed at http://zbc.co.tz (David Kernick, Interval Signals Online, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1900, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search, Oct 11 at 1144-1149 UT: 774-WSW, 657-WSW, 612-WSW, 882-NW, 1098-W (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 630, 1024 October 13 2017. "Creation Moments" gospel program on a local Saturday morning thus presumably a dedicated religious format station, mention of creationmoments.com which shows loads of stations carrying, too many for my patience sifting through by state, but best candidates on 630 kc/s would be KSLR, San Antonio, TX; however not parallel their stream nor the program listed at this time, or KYFI, St. Louis, MO but not listed as carrying this hour. Faded and lost too soon for any chance of identifying. All times/dates GMT (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater FL, NRD-535, IC-R-75, longwires, active loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 1098, 1450-, unID, Oct 7. An interesting channel. In Victoria, this normally only yields a loud OC [Marshall Islands], but here in Masset it's most interesting with strong at times Oriental speaker. I'm not exactly sure who it is, but it's not Chinese, nor Japanese, and I don't think Korean, either. Who then? No time pips at 1500. Musical interludes sure sound Chinese. My guess is that this is CBS Taiwan (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, Haida Gwaii, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) This could have been CNR11, Golmud 1000 kW in Tibetan. 73, (Mauno Ritola, IRCA via DXLD) The Tibetan service on 1098 was heard quite well in Victoria about 4 years ago, so certainly should find its way to Haida Gwaii I would think. As for the echoing Japanese on 1098, I've heard them here down near Nagoya using a barefoot Ultralight. I suspect that they are SBC stations relaying JOSR in Nagano, as PAL and Asiawaves list only one Hokkaido station don't they? Pretty nice DX at any rate. best wishes, (Nick Hall-Patch, IRCA via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. Another interesting channel was 1512, Oct 9. From tuning in at 1456, I could hear an English, south Asian accented speaker. No ABC fanfare at the TOH, so I wonder who this might be. The monologue went on for at least the next 15 minutes or so. Wonder who they might be? (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, Haida Gwaii, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. [Re 16-41:] ``1620, Radio Villa --- I heard a soft spoken female speaking maybe Spanish and mention Radio Villa on 1620 Friday at 11 pm edst [0300 UT Oct 7] Does anyone know where that station is from? (Jim in Springfield MA, WA1EDN, Oct 9, ABDX via DXLD) Maybe another Cuban shuffle, something from Villa Clara province? But WRTH shows no AM or FM stations by that name. From the BDXC-UK X-band list, a couple of long-shot Argentines with that or similar names: ARG Radio Italia, Villa Martelli BA Spanish ARG Radio Vida, Monte Grande BA 2 Spanish`` Thanks, Glen[n]. My best guess is Radio Vida form ARG. 73 (Jim WA1EDN, ABDX via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 4050-USB, Oct 11 at 1122, 2-way in colloquial Spanish I can`t help but notice when checking 4055 GUATEMALA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 5055-USB, Oct 14 at 1241, 2-way in Spanish, voices raised as if they have a hard time hearing each other, mentioning ``Mazatlán`` and ``305`` repeatedly; drug deals? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 5055, 1416-, UnID, Oct 6. I'm seeing a carrier on this frequency, and was wondering who it may be. 4KZ was supposed to be testing on this channel, but I haven't seen or heard anything about this. Ozy Radio 5045 seems absent as well. Both channels are very difficult due to the super powerful Beibu Bay Radio on 5050 (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, Haida Gwaii, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 5065, 1332-, unID, Oct 10. Someone is on 5065 at this time. Poor level with talk, but who might this be? Not listed in my Aoki, EiBi, nor HFCC databases. Might this be one of the Australian LP stations on a different frequency??? Sounds like it might be English. Non-stop talk. Otherwise, besides the first morning on 5055, where I had something, I have not seen a peep from Australia on 60 meters. It is in English confirmed at 1359. Wonder now whether it's a mixing product in the Perseus! (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, Haida Gwaii, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 6130, Oct 11 at 0053, two very poor carriers making a low het with each other; 0100 I only hear one with talk too poor to copy. No Latin Americans known here, not even Cuban mixing products; NDXC/Aoki shows the only two 6130s at this hour are Tibet, 100 kW at 290 degrees from Lhasa, and Laos 50 KW ND. Certainly not a time I would expect to hear it; Vientiane sunrise today was 2302, almost two hours earlier, but conceivably a remnant, while Lhasa would still be good for grayline. As a matter of fact, Laos has been reported slightly off-frequency to low side, as Wolfgang logged these two but at an earlier hour, Laotian sunrise: ``LAOS / CHINA, 6129.964, LNR Vientiane, and co-channel equal signal level of S=9+5dB from 6130 kHz even from PBS Xizang Lhasa Tibet western China, at 2301 UT on Oct 2 [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, Stuttgart, Germany, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 2, bclnews yg via DXLD)`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 8484, 0559-, Oct 8 While scanning the bands, I came across this strong CW sender repeating VVV. Here's what my Mix W decoded: D HAEG H LG E EL G TF C DI S T E VV I V VEA VVV DE H DT E HL N HLG TF C LIST VV U VVV VV D E H LG HLG HLM TFC LIST VVV VV V VV V D E HLG H LG HL G T R C LI ST VV V VV V VVV D E S L G HLG HES G TFC L IST VVV VV H AV V D E H LG HLG H DG TFC LIS T V V V VV V V VV DE HAEM H E G EE G T F C L EST VVV V VV U V S DE RL G SL G HLG T FC LIST *V V VVV V VV DE HL G HL G H L G TFK L IST 4 VE T VVV ITVIT D E D LG ULG HG T F C LI IT VV V AE VV V V E T D E SL D HL G HLG T F F LI ST E VV V VVV VV Any idea who it may be? (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, Haida Gwaii, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Your unID CW on 8484 is coastal station HLG South Korea. A few times a day, some of the Coastal Station frequencies will broadcast a “Traffic List” which is a list in alpha-numeric order of each ship’s callsign that there is a telegram waiting for. For example at 1400Z on HLG 8484 and also at 0800Z. Perhaps these Traffic Lists are every 6 hours, I’m not sure. If so they will be at 0200Z, 0800Z, 1400Z and 2000Z. From https://www.trafficlist.net/2017/01/ (Don Moman, AB, ibid.) Thanks, Don for that. Surprising that there was no information in my Aoki, HFCC, EiBi resources that I used in Masset. 73 (Walt Salmaniw, ibid.) While only EiBi of the Big Three deals with non-phone/non-broadcast media, there is a LOT more utility usage of HF than he covers. Perhaps he can explain his selexion criteria (gh, DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 9494.0-USB, Oct 13 at 1325, INTRUDERS, 2-way in colloquial Spanish, laughter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 10036.60-USB, Oct 11 at 1141, 2-way in tonal Asian language; may we assume it`s aeronautical? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 15454.88, Oct 12 at 1422, JBA carrier, much weaker than Biblis 5 kHz lower, which I measured Sept 26 at 15449.884. I`m still hearing it too with stronger signal, and the strange thing is, the higher one is at exactly the same offset/pitch with BFO step tuning to 15454.00, as to 15449.00. EiBi, NDXC/Aoki and HFCC all list nothing at all at this time on ``15455``. BTW, HFCC A-17 has not been updated since Sept 27; presumably concentrating on B-17 planning instead (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) {however, something NEW from Tashkent is expected during this hour in B-17} UNIDENTIFIED. 15673.40-USB, Oct 11 at 1405, 2-way INTRUDERS in colloquial Spanish about pescados and puta-madres (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS ++++++++++++++++++++++++ ACKNOWLEDGED ON WORLD OF RADIO 1900: Thanks to Tom McLaughlin, Lubbock TX, for a generous annual check contribution in memory of Gigi Lytle, to P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702. Gigi Lytle, SWL and WOR fan, died 17 years ago on October 18. TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED FUTURELY: I would like to make a contribution in honor of your 1900th World of Radio, and also to the memory of Michael Ketter. Regards, Lw (Larry Will, MD, via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com) Glenn, A small donation long overdue. Thank you for many hours of good broadcasts. 73, (Joe Caberlin, Chester NS, VE1EJ ex-VE3ABG, with a contribution to P O Box 1684, Enid OK 72702) PUBLICATIONS ++++++++++++ HFCC B-17 schedules now online The B-17 HFCC frequency schedules are now available at http://www.hfcc.org/data/b17/ Haven't had much time to digest it all, but see my separate post about DW (Stephen Luce, Houston, Texas, UT Oct 18, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) i.e., only remaining DW English hour on SW deleted (gh) RADIO IS BACK AND THAT'S GOOD FOR FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION The retro medium of radio is back, as we explore in the autumn issue of Index on Censorship magazine 2017, which is excellent news for the delivery of well, news. “The new rise of radio allows more opportunities to discuss and debate than ever before, but we must also fight for radio stations to be unbound from state control and to be able to broadcast news freely,” Index on Censorship magazine Editor Rachael Jolley writes in the new issue. Listen to a radio show, and you might be provoked, informed or excited about a new subject. But in listening you are doing something that is a little out of fashion, contemplating what others are saying, not tweeting some angry instant response, or even just posting the first thought that comes into your head. After many predictions of its death, radio is on the rise again, its audience is growing across various age groups and various countries including the US and UK, and part of the reason might be because we are all a bit tired of transmitting constantly. Instead we appear to be happier to settle down and listen to radio and, particularly its news programmes, once again, argued Jolley. We report that in the summer of 2017, around 48.2 million people in Britain listened to the radio at least once a week, up 0.9% from 2016. And in 2017 across the Atlantic, the USA is seeing a surge in listeners for news and talk radio. Of particular interest is the steady growth in those who listen to the radio for news in the 18 - 35 age group. “Radio was thought to be going out of fashion as new technologies elbowed it out of the way, but instead it’s back and gathering new audiences. Part of the reason might be growing awareness that someone’s ramblings are not necessarily a reliable source of information.” Our special report on radio and its impact in 2017 includes a report from Laura Silvia Battaglia in Mosul on the radio station that is giving a voice to the residents of the city, while Claire Kopsky interviews people behind “radio boats”, which are broadcasting information on cholera in the Central African Republic in a bid to educate the population about the disease. We report on how Somali radio journalists receive threats from Al-Shabab for doing their jobs. “I check underneath my wheels, but normally they put bombs under the seat in your car,” says radio reporter Marwan Mayow Hussein. Then there are the stories of radio proving a perfect outlet for people to share their most private inner thoughts and experiences, as radio star Wana Udobang writes about from a Nigerian context and best- selling author Xinran remembers back in China. “Part of the increased popularity of radio is that it’s managed to evolve and we explore how podcasts are being made in some of the least likely – and most censored – places, such as China, and smuggled into North Korea.” The magazine also have a handy guide on making your own podcasts, for those with an idea. But radio’s ability to reach the masses also means that this powerful tool can get into the wrong hands. Then there’s Rwanda, which two decades ago saw the airwaves being monopolised by voices promoting genocide. The country has moved on a lot, but radio there is still far from free. Veteran reporter Graham Holliday who has covered the country reports on the latest challenges. And there’s interviews with BBC World Service English director Mary Hockaday, pirate radio DJ Allan Brando, Hong Kong broadcaster Hugh Chiverton and science presenter Robin Ince. Outside the special report on radio, the magazine publishes a special investigation into the dangers faced by journalists in Mexico, by our special correspondent Duncan Tucker, who looks at how many reporters have been murdered since 2000, as 2017 looks to record the most killings for a decade. For a single copy subscription to receive this issue https://www.indexoncensorship.org/subscribe/ (Medium Wave News 63/05, 6 October 2017 via DXLD) DX-PEDITIONS ++++++++++++ AIH72 DXPEDITION IN LAPLAND: ARGENTINIAN STATIONS HEARD DAILY DESPITE SOLAR STORMS Berry season in Lapland as well [caption] The unusually restless sun spew vast amounts of particles at us almost throughout September, which wreaked havoc on the AM band. However, there was still a daily opening towards Argentina before sunrise. From the eastern front, the AIH72 DXpedition in Finnish Lapland logged a handful of rare stations from the Philippines, but only few from Australia, which was our most coveted target this time of the year. To the AIH72 DXpedition report (October 3, 2017) http://www.dxing.info/dxpeditions/aih72rep.htm (via DXLD) WALT SALMANIW DX-PEDITION TO MASSET BC, 6–10 OCTOBER, 2017 Taking advantage of our Thanksgiving long weekend, I managed to bring my two Perseus SDR receivers, along with an AOR 7030+ receiver to Masset, to enjoy near-equinoxial reception. As always, I’m blown away by the exceptionally low noise floor, and the enhancement offered by my location on the ocean shore. This time, I initially erected my usual West directed BOG, of about 750’ in length, the permanent ALA 100 large diameter aimed NE/SW, and a SW directed DKAZ. After a several days, I added my permanent due north mini-Beverage (about 450’). Conditions were very nice to Asia, but unfortunately, I think I missed the DU action. The first morning wasn’t bad, but perhaps the tail-end of any action, and I think that disturbed conditions are on their way, so DU enhancement would likely to have occurred over the next few days! With the sun so quiet, TA activity was hoped for, but the one day that I should have had the North Beverage, it wasn’t up, and hoping for the next evening resulted in nothing! There was signs of life, for sure from Europe, but none of the “armchair copy” stuff. Receivers used were 2 Perseus SDRs, and an AOR 7030+. As always, I have lots of TOH and BOH (and some in-between) Perseus wav files available up to 16:00 UTC and beyond. Enjoy! (Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC. PS: As always, any errors are my own, so please send corrections to me! dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Almost all logs from his report, SW and MW, are dispersed thruout this issue (gh) DX-PEDITIONS [non] ++++++++++++++++++ Greetings From Minnesota! After a somewhat long hiatus (punctuated by the somewhat complicated birth of a son and a cross-country relocation) I'm finally getting my listening post back together. I haven't gotten around to putting up a proper antenna set up yet, but that hasn't kept me from attaching a wire to a rain gutter (or two), a chain link fence surrounding the backyard, and a 'magic wand' type of antenna attached to the deck. I run all those wire The conditions since the last big solar storm (peaked with a A=55 on 28 Sept!) have been pretty quiet for the most part with the Solar Flux returning to the bottom of the barrel. The last several days there has been very quiet geomagnetic activity and has given me a chance to hear what's QRN and what's QRM on the noise floor of the various antennas. So far the North/South running Raingutter along the back of the house facing the pond seems to be the best overall, although the chain link fence seems to work better for weak signals on 31m. I may still combine them and make a big loop surrounding my backyard and tune it with the MFJ-901B tuner using it's built-in BalUn, just as an experiment. I have been enjoying Thomas Giella's (W4HM) very detailed propagation reports and the usual folk's logs reports on the group here as I have been lurking from time to time over this past year. [later:] Greetings From Minnesota! The week's minor storms put a damper on things, but I still heard a few signals. Notably, it seems the yearly season for hearing Saudi Arabia's Radio Sanaa here in the states is once again upon us (11860, 1450z 14 OCT). Did we ever get confirmation on the sites and transmitter powers for this? I still can't imagine why a Saudi 50 kW transmitter beamed towards Yemen would be such a mainstay signal here. In another case of "why is it so strong here", MWV R. Feda, 11790, 2219 13 OCT. Recording: https://youtu.be/Zxm0GKkPGY8 is coming in strong and steady in spite of the storms and low (even below 70!) solar flux. It was stronger and more stable than N. American stations more or less beamed right over me. This is my first QTH that wasn't in the pacific time zone and I have already noticed that Europe, Africa (and maybe even S. America?) signals are a little stronger and Pacific signals are a little weaker (Rodney Johnson, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Welcome back; still catching up on the Yemen discussion (gh) DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DRM See ROMANIA ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- IBOC See USA: 780 WBBM +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DAB ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ DAB/DAB+ SALES APPROACH 60 MILLION WorldDAB’s latest market report reveals that, by the end of Q2 2017, almost 60 million consumer and automotive DAB/DAB+ receivers (58,432,000) will have been sold in Europe and Asia Pacific – up from 48 million one year earlier. Available to download as an infographic here, the WorldDAB report includes statistics on receiver sales, road and population coverage, household penetration and the number of national stations on DAB/DAB+ compared to FM. The report covers Australia, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland and the UK, along with DAB rollout status for emerging markets in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Article here: https://radiotoday.co.uk/2017/10/dab-digital-radio-sales-approach-60-million/ (via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DTV See also MEXICO; PUERTO RICO; USA: WSBE ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ TOWER DEATHS PUT REPACK SKED IN SPOTLIGHT http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/108065/tower-deaths-put-repack-sked-in-spotlight (via Indiana Radio Watch, via John Carver, DXLD) Viz.: Broadcasters have long been concerned that all stations may not be able to make the mandated switch to new channels following the spectrum auction on the FCC’s schedule, largely because broadcasters don’t believe there are enough qualified tower crews to get the work done — a concern shared by some tower companies. That fear was exacerbated by the deaths of three tower workers in Miami last month. By Doug Halonen, TVNewsCheck, October 12, 2017 10:41 AM EDT The tragic deaths of three workers on the tower of WSVN Miami late last month underscore why the FCC should cut broadcasters slack — not crack its whip harder — as they strive to meet agency deadlines to move to new channels in the incentive auction’s wake, broadcasters say. “Working on towers is extremely dangerous, and whenever you create artificial deadlines, you increase the danger, especially if you have to work through the winter or in bad weather,” said David Donovan, president and executive director of the New York State Broadcasters Association. “It certainly is an example of just how dangerous this work can be,” added Darren Alline, chief engineer of Miami’s WPLG, which co-owns the Miami tower with WSVN. “People need to dot their i’s and cross their t’s because there’s very little room for error.” The three who died in the Sept. 27 incident were employees of Tower King II, Cedar Hill, Texas. They have been identified as Benito Rodríguez, 35; Peter Marcus Goffena, 31; and Brachton Barber, 23. The latter was the son of Tower King II principal Kevin Barber. The three Tower King II workers were attempting to move some heavy objects at the top of the 950-foot tower when they fell to their deaths. WSVN hired Tower King II to help it move from ch. 7 to ch. 9, its new assignment under the FCC’s incentive auction channel-repacking plan. WPLG’s Alline said the three were apparently tethered to a “gin pole,” a steel device that attaches to the tower and turns it into a crane. In this case, the workers were moving a dummy pole on a candelabra when the gin pole somehow separated from the tower, Alline said. “It’s way too early in the process to know what happened,” Alline added. Brand Connections “It was a freak, tragic accident, kind of like when a plane goes down,” said Tower King II principal Barber. “We are saddened by this tragic event,” said Ed Ansin, WSVN owner and president, in a statement. “Our deepest sympathies go out to the families of the three men who died.” WSVN representatives declined further comment on the incident and on what their next steps will be, whether they believe they can still meet their April 12, 2019, FCC repack deadline, or what the tragedy says about the FCC’s entire station transition scheme. None of the three stations that have antennas on the tower — WSVN, WPLG and WLYF-FM — were knocked off the air due to the accident, Alline said. Representatives of Stainless, the tower’s manufacturer, were finally able to inspect the tower on Oct. 6, and their preliminary finding was that the tower is sound, Alline said. The incident is currently being investigated by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Michael D’Aquino, an OSHA spokesman, said the agency has six months to conclude its investigations and doesn’t issue “preliminary reports” on its findings. Tower accidents resulted in five fatalities in 2017, six in 2016 and three in 2015, D’Aquino said. Under the FCC’s repacking plan, 987 commercial and noncommercial TV stations are supposed to switch to new channels within a 39-month period that started April 13 this year. In most cases, the moves involve the replacement of transmitters and other RF gear, including heavy antennas on the towers. Stations that don’t complete their transitions within the time periods provided lose their rights to continue broadcasting on their old channels. To ease the transition process, the FCC has provided for broadcasters to make their channel changes in 10 phases. Stations in the first phase are supposed to complete their transitions by Nov. 30, 2018. Stations in the second phase are supposed to complete their transitions by April 12, 2019, while stations in the 10th phase are supposed to complete theirs by July 3, 2020. Even so, broadcasters have long been concerned that all stations may not be able to make the switch on the FCC’s schedule, largely because broadcasters don’t believe there are enough qualified tower crews to get the work done — a concern shared by some tower companies. In a Sept. 19 meeting at the FCC, American Tower Corp. representatives told agency officials that there are only 12 crews qualified to work on complex broadcast towers and another six crews qualified to perform less demanding services. “ATC projects a high probability that by the end of Phase 2 (April 12, 2019), lack of qualified tower crew availability will start delaying projects and will have a compounding impact on the following phases,” ATC said in a lobbying disclosure document filed at the FCC. In response, FCC spokesman Charles Meisch said the agency has announced that broadcasters who fail to meet their transition deadlines may be able to continue broadcasting temporarily by using lower power, broadcasting over other channels in their markets, or other similar means. "The post-auction transition scheduling plan and other guidance contemplate a case-by-case approach for evaluating changes to the transition deadlines to give broadcasters the flexibility to address unforeseen circumstances and promote a safe, smooth transition,” Meisch said. Still pending at the FCC is a 2014 petition from the Big Four TV network affiliate associations seeking reconsideration of the 39-month deadline. “If nothing else, the FCC must reconsider its decision to impose a hard, inflexible and unforgiving cap on the amount of time a station has to transition to its new channel,” the petition says. The NAB fully supports an FCC review of the 39-month deadline, according to NAB spokesman Dennis Wharton. “We’ve made it clear on many occasions, both at the FCC and in Congress, that the arbitrary 39-month deadline needs to be revisited,” he said. NAB also is promoting legislation on Capitol Hill that would bar the FCC from knocking off the air stations that aren’t able to meet their transition deadlines through no fault of their own, Wharton said. The legislation, which is pending in the Senate and the House, also seeks to ensure that broadcaster are fully compensated for their transition costs. Brand Connections [wow! What targeted advertising --- gh] Medical Facility Notifications --- We are your turnkey solution for making DTV Medical notifications easy and cost effective to fulfill. We focus on medical notifications while you focus on the important aspects of the repack. RF Notifications – EASY – FAST - DONE. “We’re not commenting [on the deaths of the tower workers at WSVN] because we don’t want to appear to be exploiting a tragedy for political purposes,” Wharton said. Comments (5) - RetiredInTexas Nickname posted 4 days ago I think there are more than twelve, though not many more. This can get ugly. Roger O. Thornhill Nickname posted 4 days ago The FCC under Tom Wheeler set an arbitrary time period without any regard for crew safety or feasibility. This needs to change ASAP. newsoldie Nickname posted 4 days ago The transition deadlines are ridiculous. They promote needless error that could cost more lives. The cellphone industry can wait. It waited 50 years; five more won't make any difference, but it might save lives RDDavison Nickname posted 3 days ago This whole repack was done without any consideration for reality by those in the beltway who have no clue how the broadcasters operate in the real world. Comment Removed --- Comment removed by moderator (via DXLD) TxID RF Watermark To all DTV engineers, I recently found several articles about a proposed RF watermark in a DTV signal that can be detected using signal cancellation. The purpose was to help RF engineers determine sources of cochannel interference without shitting off the DTV transmitter. Did this come about? Sounds like a great DXing tool! (Mike Glass, Lebanon, IN, Sent from my iPad, WTFDA gg via DXLD) INTRODUCTION A transmitter identification (TxID) system has been specified in the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) A/110 standard to allow individual identification of digital television (DTV) transmitters [1]. The system is based on an embedded pseudorandom sequence scheme using 16-bit Kasami sequences [2], [3] as radio-frequency (RF) watermark. It can identify up to 16 million DTV transmitters and is about 20 dB more robust than the ATSC DTV signal due to the autocorrelation gain of Kasami sequences [4] . . . https://docslide.net/documents/signal-cancellation-techniques-for-rf-watermark-detection-in-an-atsc-mobile.html (via William Hepburn, ibid.; original found by gh to link) After reading this, has anyone else wondered why they don't just insert a CW ID somewhere within the 6 MHz channel? lol (Hepburn, ibid.) Not intending to *sideline* this topic thread, but in a similar vein: Regarding the FCC assigning each station a TSID, why are translator stations NOT assigned a TSID number? A large majority of the LD's listed on Rabbitears says there is NO TSID ASSIGNED. Further, I am puzzled why certain classes of stations are not required to use EPG [Electronic Program Guide]. It seems like every broadcaster should play by the same rules (Jim Thomas, Springfield, Missouri, ibid.) Yes, Bill, I agree. If they encode it onto the pilot signal it [would] help a lot (Mike Glass, Oct 17, Sent from my iPhone, ibid.) RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM +++++++++++++++++++++ Sony ICF-P26 / ICF-P36 / ICF-306 AM/FM Portables https://radiojayallen.com/sony-icf-p26-icf-p36-icf-306-amfm-portables/ (via Dennis Gibson, Sent from my iPad, Oct 15, IRCA via DXLD) RADIO RECEPTION VIA CELLPHONES Comments on today's DXLD 17-41: Wonderful walk down memory lane. I well remember my brother, me and my mother listening every week day to Arthur Godfrey, Ruth somebody and the something club and four or five radio soaps, one of which was Ma Perkins. Haven't thought of Ma Perkins in years and years. I am confused about the piece on turning on radio reception in cellphones. Don't people actually own battery powered radios anymore? It would seem to me that a real radio would pick things up better than a damn dumbphone. And there's also the problem of keeping one charged. I would think people would want to save their charge for emergencies. I have several small solar battery chargers and tons of high capacity rechargeable batteries. Use rechargeable batteries for CD player, tape player, lights, clocks, radios, fans, driveway alarm, weather radio etc. I even used a battery powered TV during outages before the damn digital debacle. Granted the longest outage I have ever endured here was five and a half weeks and the average around here is three to five days but things continue to work flawlessly and now it's only the absence of TV and the computer that makes me notice the power is out. I still have my manual typewriter and a box of ribbons so I can continue to write without power. Haven't figured out how to put a battery pack on my Yaesu yet and if I could figure out how to put a battery pack on the damn digital TV decoder box I could use my little battery powered TV and life would be that much sweeter. I live in a dumbphone dead space so don't have one but wouldn't even it they worked here and I sure as hell wouldn't listen to radio on it (John H. Carver, Jr., Mid-North Indiana, Oct 16, DX LISTENING DIGEST) INTERFERENCE FROM NEIGHBOURS FLOURESCENT STRIP LIGHT - RFI QUESTION. Hi all, over the last while I have been getting a lot of interference at MF and HF but a few nights ago it's level went through the roof. I have located the problem as being in a neighbour' s home, the culprit being some fluorescent strip lights. There are two 48 inch strip bulbs in the installation and one seems to have been nearing the end of it's life and packed up the other day. Since then the interference has been awful. The neighbour has kindly agreed to work with me to resolve the problem, so my question is, are there any kind of strip lights which are unlikely to cause any interference to the radio spectrum?. The guy is happy enough to change the lighting. I'd be happiest if he got rid of the lights altogether but could live with him replacing the dead bulb and that solving the problem. Although at this point I have no idea if that will cure things. Not sure if it has been a problem with a bulb breaking down or something in the actual body of the fixture. If anyone can make any suggestions as to what we might install to stop the possibility of a repeat - or offer some explanation of what has gone on - that would be most helpful. Thanks in advance, (Paul Logan, Lisnaskea, N. Ireland, MWCircle yg via DXLD) The fluorescent fittings should not cause noise once steadily lit. Replacing the starter and the tube will almost certainly cure the problem. The starter is the source of the noise as it is repeatedly trying to switch the current for the lamp which won't light. The root cause is most probably the lamp but it could be the starter so I would replace both. This would be the cheapest option and very likely to solve the problem. Our house is full of 5'-0" strip lights (it's a feature of the architecture of the house). They were originally obsolete 50W (fat 1.5" diameter) T12s but I modified them all to F58W T8 (slimmer 1" diameter) tubes. In doing so I pulled out all the existing choke and starters and replaced them with Phillips high frequency ballasts. The one I used was a Philips HiPerformer HF-P 158 TLD III IDC. The result is that the tubes last longer, the unreliable starting capacitors are defunct, and the tubes light up quicker (instantly) and don't flicker. You can also buy tubes in a range of heats - from "daylight" (860) suitable for a kitchen to warm (827) suitable for other rooms. I have had absolutely no QRN problems with these ballasts, and we probably have twelve of them in the house. When I replaced them all, I bought a load of ballasts then removed each fitting from the ceiling. I stripped out all the old electronics, secured the new ballast to the inside of the fitting then re-wired the connections. The ballast was chosen so that it was able to fit inside the existing fitting. It's long and slim and designed for that purpose. The 4'-0" tubes are 36W so require a T8 36W ballast. They do ballasts for single and double tube fittings "136" for one tube and "236" for two. 73 (/Andrew Brade, ibid.) Switch out the fluorescent bulbs for LED same configuration with ballast or without (Mike Vitale, ibid.) Hi Paul, When you install LED look for a good quality product (brand). I installed a 20 W LED spotlight (Chinese brand) in the garden and when this light was on the QRM was so high that listening to MW and SW became impossible. 73 (Roger (Ninove, Belgium), ibid.) Hi Andrew, can't thank you enough for this very helpful reply. Armed with this info I will proceed and see how things go. From what you say and other stuff I have read, it sounds like even replacing the bulbs with certified replacements might solve the problem. Will let you know how I get on. cheers! (Paul Logan, Lisnaskea, N. Ireland, ibid.) Thanks for this suggestion, Mike; I have looked into LED bulbs and found the names of some which reportedly present low RFI problems. fingers crossed, thanks (Paul Logan, Lisnaskea, N. Ireland Homepage: http://band2dx.webs.com/ Video: http://www.youtube.com/user/yogi540 ibid.) KIDS SEE A RADIO FOR THE FIRST TIME This is the future of radio. If you don't have facebook, you can't see this because it`s not anywhere else. https://www.facebook.com/BBCRadio4/videos/10155711697138895/ (Kevin, Crump, TN, Redding, ABDX via DXLD) PROPAGATION +++++++++++ HOW A SOLAR STORM COULD BURN A TRILLION DOLLAR HOLE IN OUR ECONOMY The Fiscal Times By Jacqueline Leo October 17, 2017 https://www.thefiscaltimes.com/2017/10/17/How-Solar-Storm-Could-Burn-Trillion-Dollar-Hole-Our-Economy In 1859, a British astronomer named Richard C. Carrington observed a large solar flare. The next day, auroras were seen in the tropics and telegraph systems all over the world malfunctioned, shocking their operators and lighting telegraph paper on fire, according to a recent report published by the Federation of American Scientists. The author of the report, Robert Coker, a former aerospace engineer for NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, says solar flares are known to cause geomagnetic disturbances that have detrimental effects on satellite operations, GPS systems, high-frequency airplane communications and the electrical power grid. Coker calls sun flares and other electromagnetic disruptions space weather events. Minor events occur almost yearly, he says, resulting in GPS disruptions and rerouting of aircraft. More significant events occur once a decade, with extended local outages. But an event like the Carrington solar storm might occur once a century – and we're due for a hit. The 20th century did suffer major storms. The first was in May 1921, when the damage was limited to telegraph stations and underwater cables. The second, in 1989, had a more significant impact. Dr. Sten Odenwald, a NASA astronomer, reported, "Within minutes, tangled magnetic forces on the sun had released a billion-ton cloud of gas. It was like the energy of thousands of nuclear bombs exploding at the same time. The storm cloud rushed out from the sun, straight towards Earth, at a million miles an hour. The solar flare that accompanied the outburst immediately caused short-wave radio interference, including the jamming [sic] of radio signals from Radio Free Europe into Russia. It was thought that the signals had been jammed by the Kremlin, but it was only the sun acting up!" The event caused a blackout that affected 6 million people in the province of Quebec, lasting nine hours. Think back to 1989 – most of us still hadn’t even heard of the internet. Imagine what would happen to today if a solar event shut down the web, online trading, the power grid itself. If the solar disruption came close to the size of the Carrington event, it could cripple aviation and the electronics in the cars we drive every day. Even more worrying, this entire calamity could take place without warning, and the effects could last for months or even years, at a cost of more than $1 trillion, Coker says. By now, you're probably thinking this sounds like a bad script for another Bruce Willis disaster film. Before you reach for your Xanax, there is hope that a consortium of global scientists, academicians, and industry leaders have developed a National Space Weather Strategy and Space Weather Action Plan that can mitigate the effects of a major solar storm. Let’s just hope they don’t follow the sun. Jacqueline Leo --- Contributing Editor Jacqueline Leo is the Former Editor in Chief of The Fiscal Times, and former EIC of Reader’s Digest and Consumer Reports. She's also the former Editorial Director of ABC News’ Good Morning America and is an award-winning journalist and author (via Artie Bigley, DXLD) :Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts :Issued: 2017 Oct 16 0358 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 09 - 15 October 2017 Solar activity was at very low levels and spotless with the exception of the emergence of new Region 2684 (N11, L=312, class/area Bxo/010 on 15 Oct) late in the period. No Earth-directed coronal mass ejections were observed. No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit was at moderate levels on 09-11 Oct, high levels on 12-14 Oct, and very high levels on 15 Oct. The largest flux of the period was 59,298 pfu observed at 15/1645 UTC. Geomagnetic field activity ranged from quiet to G2 (Moderate) storm levels. The period began with solar wind speeds between 300-400 km/s and total field ranging from 1-5 nT on 09-10 Oct. The geomagnetic field was at quiet levels on 09 Oct and quiet to unsettled levels on 10 Oct. By late on 10 Oct, total field and solar wind speed began to increase as a polar connected, positive polarity, coronal hole high speed stream (CH HSS) became geoeffective. Total field increased to 12 nT at 11/1115 UTC and solar wind speed gradually increased to a maximum of 737 km/s at 14/0550 UTC. Solar wind speed slowly decreased thereafter to near 550 km/s by the end of the period. The geomagnetic field responded with unsettled to G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storm levels on 11-12 Oct and 14-15 Oct. Quiet to G2 (Moderate) storm levels were observed on 13 Oct. FORECAST OF SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY 16 OCTOBER-11 NOVEMBER 2017 Solar activity is expected to be at very low levels. A chance for C-flares is likely on 19 Oct-03 Nov with the return of old Regions 2682 (S10, L=126) and 2683 (N13, L=111). No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to be at high to very high levels on 16-18 Oct and again on 27 Oct and 11 Nov. High levels are expected on 19-21 Oct, 25-26 Oct, 28 Oct-01 Nov and on 08-10 Nov due to recurrent CH HSS influences. Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be at unsettled to active levels on 16-22 Oct, 24-29 Oct, 01-02 Nov, and 07-11 Nov. G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storm levels are likely on 24-25 Oct and 07-11 Nov and G2 (Moderate) levels are likely on 25 Oct and 10 Nov due to recurrent CH HSS effects. :Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt :Issued: 2017 Oct 16 0358 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 2017-10-16 # # UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest # Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index 2017 Oct 16 70 18 4 2017 Oct 17 70 10 3 2017 Oct 18 70 12 4 2017 Oct 19 72 12 4 2017 Oct 20 72 8 3 2017 Oct 21 72 8 3 2017 Oct 22 72 8 3 2017 Oct 23 72 5 2 2017 Oct 24 72 35 5 2017 Oct 25 72 45 6 2017 Oct 26 72 15 4 2017 Oct 27 72 15 4 2017 Oct 28 72 10 3 2017 Oct 29 72 8 3 2017 Oct 30 72 5 2 2017 Oct 31 72 5 2 2017 Nov 01 72 8 3 2017 Nov 02 72 10 3 2017 Nov 03 70 5 2 2017 Nov 04 70 5 2 2017 Nov 05 70 5 2 2017 Nov 06 70 5 2 2017 Nov 07 70 28 5 2017 Nov 08 70 30 5 2017 Nov 09 70 40 5 2017 Nov 10 70 28 6 2017 Nov 11 70 26 5 (SWPC via DXLD) CHANCE OF MAGNETIC STORMS THIS WEEK: NOAA forecasters say there is a 45% chance of polar geomagnetic storms on Oct. 18th and 19th when Earth enters a new stream of solar wind. The New Moon will provide a velvety-dark backdrop for auroras around the Arctic Circle. SPOTLESS SUN SPARKS BRIGHT AURORAS: The sun just did something ironic. For a whole week, Oct. 9th - 15th, the face of the sun was utterly blank. There were no sunspots and no solar flares; NOAA classified solar activity as "very low." At the same time, space weather was remarkably stormy. From Oct. 11th through 15th, not a single day went by without a geomagnetic storm. This is what the sky looked like outside Fairbanks, Alaska, on Oct. 12th. More here: SpaceWeather.com -- News and information about meteor showers, solar flares, auroras, and near-Earth asteroids http://www.spaceweather.com (via Mike Terry, Oct 17, dxldyg via DXLD) GLENN`S PROPAGATION OUTLOOK FOR MEDIA NETWORK PLUS AS OF OCT 19, 2017 Keith, From Space Weather Services Australia, the global HF propagation forecast thru October 21: normal at low and middle latitude bands, normal to fair at high latitudes. From Space Weather South Africa, thru October 21: magnetic conditions quiet to unsettled; shortwave fadeouts unlikely, MUF unstable From Met Office UK thru October 22: Solar activity to continue at very low levels with no current sunspot regions on the visible disc. Geomagnetic activity becoming largely quiet again October 21 with a possible increase on the 22nd. From F K Janda of the Czech Propagation Interest Group, the Geomagnetic field will be: quiet to unsettled October 20 - 22, 24, 28-31, November 1 - 2, 4 - 6 quiet to active on October 23, 26 - 27, November 3, 7 active to disturbed on October 25, November 8 otherwise quiet to mostly quiet. From the Space Environment Predixion Center, China, the planetary A index expected to peak at 27 on October 24, and an extended period of 30 to 23 from November 7 to 11. Solar flux rising from 73 October 20 to 100 on October 30, then down to 76 by November 11. Quite on the contrary, solar flux from the Space Weather Predixion Center in Colorado: 72 thru November 2, then dropping to 70 thru November 11. Geomagnetic field reaching G2 moderate storm levels October 25 with A and K indices peaking at 45 and 6; and again November 9 at 40 and 5, G1 minor storms precede and/or follow those dates. Lowest A`s and K`s of 8 and 3 or 5 and 2 these dates: October 20-23, 29 to November 1; and November 3rd to 6th (via DXLD) ###