DX LISTENING DIGEST 18-08, February 20, 2018 Incorporating REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING edited by Glenn Hauser, http://www.worldofradio.com Items from DXLD may be reproduced and re-reproduced only if full credit be maintained at all stages and we be provided exchange copies. DXLD may not be reposted in its entirety without permission. Materials taken from Arctic or originating from Olle Alm and not having a commercial copyright are exempt from all restrictions of noncommercial, noncopyrighted reusage except for full credits For restrixions and searchable 2018 contents archive see http://www.worldofradio.com/dxldmid.html [also linx to previous years] NOTE: If you are a regular reader of DXLD, and a source of DX news but have not been sending it directly to us, please consider yourself obligated to do so. Thanks, Glenn WORLD OF RADIO 1918 contents: Australia, Bougainville, Brasil, Canada, Cuba, Czechia and non, Ethiopia non, Europe, Germany, Guantánamo Bay, International Internet & Vacuum, Iran, Italy non, Korea South, New Zealand, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Romania, Russia, South Carolina non, Taiwan, Uganda non, USA and non; and the propagation outlook SHORTWAVE AIRINGS of WORLD OF RADIO 1918, February 20-27, 2018 Tue 2030 WRMI 9455 7780 [confirmed] Tue 2130 WRMI 9455 [confirmed] Wed 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB [1917 replayed] Wed 1030 WRMI 9455 Wed 2200 WBCQ 7490v [confirmed] Thu 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB [confirmed] Thu 2230 WRMI 5850 [confirmed] Fri 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB [confirmed] Sat 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB Sat 0730 HLR 6190-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Sat 1531 HLR 6190-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Sat 2030v WA0RCR 1860-AM Sat 2230 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB Sat 2300 WRMI 7780 Sun 0200 WRMI 7780 Sun 0410v WA0RCR 1860-AM Sun 1130 HLR 9485-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Mon 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB Mon 0400v WBCQ 5130v-AM Area 51 Mon 0430 WRMI 9955 9455 Tue 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 Tue 2030 WRMI 9455, 7780 [or #1919?] 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 IMPORTANT NOTICE!!!! WOR IO GROUP: Effective Feb 4, 2018, DXLD yg archive and members have been migrated to this group: https://groups.io/g/WOR [there was already an unrelated group at io named dxld!, so new name] From now on, the io group is primary, where all posts should go. One may apply for membership, subscribe via the above site. DXLD YAHOOGROUP: remains in existence, and members are free to COPY same info to it, as backup, but no posts should go to it only. They may want to change delivery settings to no e-mail, and/or no digest. The change was necessary due to increasing outages, long delays in posts appearing, and search failures at the yg. Why wait for DXLD issues? A lot more info, not all of it appearing in DXLD later, is posted at our io group without delay. ** ALASKA [and non]. 6110, KNLS at 1500 coming on with IS to 1501 sign-on in Mandarin. - Poor, co-channel QRM from presumed PBS Xizang, Tibet, Feb. 17 (Harold Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia. Listening in my car, parked on a quiet country road. CommRadio CR-1a and Sony AN-1 active whip antenna on car roof, WOR iog via DXLD) Another coup for WCB frequency management (gh, DXLD) ** ALBANIA. Radio Tirana Jubilaeumskontest zum 25-jaehrigen Bestehen des Hoererklubs und Rundbrief. So, der Kontest ist erledigt, zumindest beinahe. Die Post zu den Teilnehmern und den uebrigen Mitgliedern ist unterwegs, ebenso die Empfangsberichtskopien fuer den SWS. Ein Paeckchen ist auch noch nach Tirana abgegangen, u.a. mit den Kontestboegen 1 und 2. Jetzt muessen nur noch die Quizpreise verschickt werden. Anbei schicke ich Dir fuer die Homepage den aktuellen Rundbrief, das Diplom und die QSL-Karte "Albanerin in traditioneller Tracht" Postkarte aus 1918. Vielleicht kannst Du auch noch einen kurzen Text einstellen, etwa: Der Jubilaeumskontest zum 25-jaehrigen Bestehen des Hoererklubs wurde mit grossem Erfolg abgeschlossen, wir bedanken uns bei 72 Teilnehmern. Die sorgfaeltig ausgefuellten Kontestboegen werden sowohl der deutschen Redaktion von Radio Tirana als auch dem Shortwaveservice als Senderbetreiber von grosser Hilfe sein. Unsere aus diesem Anlass gedruckte Sonder-QSL-Karte und das Diplom koennen Sie auf unserer Seite ansehen. [aus dem Rundbrief] Der Hoererklub im Internet: Liebe Mitglieder und Freunde des Hoererklubs, ich freue mich, Ihnen mit diesem Rundbrief die Auswertung unseres Kontestes zum 25-jaehrigen Bestehen des Hoererklubs praesentieren zu koennen. Gleich vorweg, die Zahl der Teilnehmer hat unsere Erwartungen deutlich uebertroffen, sind wir doch davon ausgegangen, dass der Wegfall der Direktausstrahlungen aus Albanien das Interesse an unserem Wettbewerb deutlich gemindert haette. Dem war jedoch nicht so, 72 Hoererinnen und Hoerer haben mitgemacht und damit sogar die Beteiligung an den letzten Kontesten uebertroffen. Dafuer Ihnen allen herzlichen Dank im Namen des Hoererklubs, des Shortwaveservice in Euskirchen und natuerlich auch von Radio Tirana! Fuer alle Teilnehmer gibt es ein Diplom und eine Auswahl albanischer Briefmarken, fuer die Empfangsberichte zusaetzlich eine Sonder- QSLKarte. Diese liegen dem Rundbrief bei. Fuer die Teilnehmer am Quiz gibt es mit separater Post zusaetzlich noch einige Sachpreise. Besonders erfreulich war die Tatsache, dass sich auch 28 Hobbyfreunde am Kontest beteiligt haben, die nicht auf unserer Versandliste standen. Das zeigt, dass solche Wettbewerbe auch in der heutigen Zeit, in der der Rundfunkempfang ueber das Internet dominierend geworden ist, immer noch dazu anspornen koennen eine nicht immer ganz einfache Herausforderung anzunehmen und wie in frueheren Zeiten geduldig Empfangsberichte zu notieren. Passend zu meiner oberbayerischen Heimat vergleiche ich Kurzwellenhoerer immer mit Bergsteigern, die den oft muehsamen aber ungleich erlebnisreicheren Aufstieg zum Gipfel jeder noch so schnellen und komfortablen Seilbahn vorziehen. Schoen, dass es noch ein paar dieser Berge - sprich Kurzwellenstationen - gibt. (Werner Schubert, Germany, Radio Tirana Hoerklub; Mike Bethge-D, wwdxc Febr 12, BC-DX via DXLD) Unfortunately there is no such enthusiastic listener-club for English broadcasts of Radio Tirana (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ALBANIA. A18 CHN 09-Feb-2018; Total number of requirement: 41 for ITU NOTIFICATION; created by ITU HFBC -2018-02-09 09:02:48 All: 1234567 250318 281018 D CER ALB CRI RTC N 5960 2000 2100 27 150 310 0 146 Eng 5960 2100 2200 27 150 310 0 146 Eng 5970 1600 1800 28NW 150 330 0 146 Deu 5970 1800 2000 27SE 150 310 0 146 Fra 5985 0500 0700 37S,37NE 150 240 0 206 Ara 6020 0000 0100 8,9 300 305 0 217 Eng 6020 0100 0200 8,9 300 305 0 217 Eng 6020 0200 0300 8,9 300 305 0 217 Chn 6020 0300 0400 8,9 300 305 0 217 Chn 6055 1800 2000 37S,37NE 150 240 0 206 Fra 6175 2200 2300 37NW 150 280 0 206 Por 6175 2300 2400 37NW 150 280 0 206 Spa 6185 2000 2200 38 150 193 0 206 7700 Ara 7210 2200 2400 37NW 150 280 0 206 Spa 7215 2000 2200 38E 150 140 0 146 7700 Ara 7220 1100 1200 28SE 150 0 0 925 Bul 7285 0900 1000 28E 150 0 0 925 Ron 7285 2000 2100 27 150 310 0 146 Eng 7285 2100 2200 27 150 310 0 146 Eng 7345 1200 1300 28SE 150 0 0 925 Srp 7345 1500 1600 39NW 150 0 0 925 Tur 7380 1600 1800 28NW 150 330 0 146 Deu 9460 0900 1000 28E 150 0 0 925 Ron 9480 1800 2000 27SE 150 310 0 146 Fra 9555 1600 1800 38E 150 140 0 146 7700 Ara 9565 1500 1600 39NW 150 0 0 925 Tur 9570 0000 0100 8,9 300 305 0 217 Eng 9570 0100 0200 8,9 300 305 0 217 Eng 9570 0200 0300 8,9 300 305 0 217 Chn 9570 0300 0400 8,9 300 305 0 217 10430 Chn 9590 0500 0700 38E 150 140 0 146 9700 Ara 11695 1800 2000 37S,37NE 150 240 0 206 9700 Fra 11710 0500 0600 38E 150 140 0 146 Eng 11710 0600 0700 38E 150 140 0 146 Eng 11725 1600 1800 37S,37NE 150 240 0 206 Ara 11775 0500 0700 37S,37NE 150 240 0 206 9700 Ara 11855 0700 0900 27 150 310 0 146 Chn 11920 1400 1600 37S,37NE 150 240 0 206 9700 Fra 13665 1100 1300 27 150 310 0 146 Eng 13670 1400 1600 37S,37NE 150 240 0 206 Fra 13710 0700 0900 27 150 310 0 146 Eng (via Drita Çiço, R. Tirana, Feb 14, DXLD) ** ALGERIA. Unusually good conditions to N. Africa and Europe the last couple of nights. 252 kHz, 2/14/18, 0510 Tune-in. Qur`an chants followed by short reading. Arabic vocal pop music at entertainment- quality strength: 55344. French-language program. Slow SAH with RTE, but not quite LSR for Ireland yet [q.v.], so they may build up a bit in the next hour or so (Steve Zimmerman, Milwaukee, WI, ICF 2010 and inductively-coupled box loop, WOR iog via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ANGUILLA. 11775, University Network (presumed); 1810, 2/11; Robustly Bountiful Rev. Barbie Ragging aBout talk radio callers & corrupt churches (I’m sure there must be a connection.) SIO=353- & fady; noted at 4+54 at 1920 (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 185' RW, ----- All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time & without the aid of a computer! -----, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11775, Feb 14 at 2015, PMS/DGS/TUN/CB is gone again (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11775, Feb 18 at 1502, PMS is on again (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6090.0035, Caribbean Beacon, this Feb 19 morning at 0850 UT, noted on SDR server unit in central Florida, US state, tremendous S=9+50dB powerhouse, lady pastor sermon - likely 'Pastora Melissa Scott', but I don't know much about this ministry voice. 10.6 kHz wideband audio block visible. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Feb 19, WOR iog via DXLD) ** ARGENTINA. 6991-AM. R. MARCOPOLO. Feb. 19. 2250-2306 UT. Música ochentera e ID de la emisora. SINPO: 25322, al parecer el cierre de transmisiones es a las 23 UT o por problemas de propagación se perdió la señal? (Claudio Galaz, RX: TECSUN PL 660; ANT: Dipolo; QTH: Ovalle, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) pirata, sin duda (gh) ** ARGENTINA [non]. 9395, Feb 14 at 1903 check, RAE in German via WRMI; and at 2006, Italian, for the third day in a row. Seems like they may be here to stay; will note any future absences. 9395, Friday Feb 16 at 1900, RAE in German via WRMI, YL introducing the Donnerstag (Thursday) program, with German and WRMI frequencies, spelling out the website with ICAO fonetix in English. It`s 4 pm already in Bs. As., so you`d think they could have completed today`s broadcast, rather than running at least one day behind on WRMI (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) This broadcast goes out live at 2100, so there is indeed nothing available yet at 1900. And, frankly, I see no reason for them to change this only for some courtesy relay that is of little use in Europe anyway (Kai Ludwig, Germany, WOR iog via DXLD) When it was also at 2100 on 11580, was it really live same-day? I don`t think so (gh, DXLD) ** ARMENIA. 5845, Italian B.C. via Armenia Feb 14, *1859-1920, 35332- 35333, Italian, 1859 sign on with IS, ID, Opening announce, Opening music, Talk (Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN, RX, IC-R75, NRD-525, NRD-345, SATELLIT 750; ANT, 130m Sloper Wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Wed only ** ARMENIA [non]. It is interesting. ------------------ Radio Yerevan Political jokes were one of the favorite entertainments of Romanians in the years communist regime. However, by no means were they specifically Romanian. Political jokes were met in all former communist countries, many of them being common in the former socialist camp, with some local changes. The most delicious came from the Soviet Union and they were designed to reduce tensions in people's lives through laughter over everyday difficulties. Political anecdotes represented various comically ridiculous situations in which the characters were ordinary people, repressive organs of the state, political leaders of that time of the reference to actual events. The hero of Romanian political anecdotes until 1989 was Citizen Boule, who was introduced as an idiot who did not understand reality and interpreted it the way he did it saw. However, the character of political anecdotes is almost as popular as Boulle was Radio Yerevan, a radio station that responded with black humor to hypothetical malicious questions posed by its listeners. Anecdotes from Radio Yerevan was short and sharp and caused laughter. One of the most common jokes and in other former socialist countries was the following: We asked the historian Eduard Antonian became well-known in Romania radio station in the capital of Armenia. "Radio Yerevan was a form of dissidence, even in the former Soviet Union. Most of the anecdotes had a clear political background. It was kind of laughter over the black present. In the famous anecdote on Radio Yerevan it was said that the zebra is an ass, who told political jokes, and stripes on it is the prison uniform in which the donkey was dressed. I remember that in the 90's years, after Armenia gained independence, Bucharest arrived Director of Radio Yerevan and he did not know why in Romania is famous radio station, which he headed. When he landed at the airport, Romanian frontier guards asked him what he was doing, and he replied that is the director of Radio Yerevan. Everyone started to laugh and he did not understand, why they laughed at him. And the border guards asked him to tell a few anecdotes, since he is the director of Radio Yerevan. In the Soviet Union, just like in any other country, clichés functioned for each nation in particular, as well as in every country stereotypes about the regions. Edward Antonyan believes that Radio Yerevan was chosen as a character for political anecdotes because of the so-called the ability of Armenians to have a keen spirit. Radio Yerevan also created local versions of its stinging style. Romanian. An example is the anecdote that Nicolae Ceausescu spoke a lot and could not be interrupted. Edward Antonian said that there were also local versions, but also that the jokes became non-political. And he answers: Political anecdotes with the character of Radio Yerevan amused generations of eastern Europeans until 1989. Their relevance disappeared over time time, but their charm is preserved. http://www.rri.ro/en_ru/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BE_%D0%95%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0 % B0% D0% BD-2576253 (via Dmitry Kutuzov, Ryazan, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx", via Rus-DX 18 Feb via DXLD) ** ASCENSION. 15400, BBC; 1851-1900+, 2/15; English program about loneliness & how to combat it (there was no mention of DXing); ToH ID into news. SIO=3+53+ till 1854 QRM from REE IS on 15390 (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 185' RW, ----- All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time & without the aid of a computer! -- ---, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. 5045, Ozy Radio at 1402, man with news, followed by sports report, 1406 several IDs, website, phone number, Waltzing Matilda music. - Poor, Feb. 17 (Harold Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia. Listening in my car, parked on a quiet country road. CommRadio CR-1a and Sony AN-1 active whip antenna on car roof, WOR iog via DXLD) ** AUSTRALIA. 5055, Radio 4KZ, on Feb 17 (Saturday), at 1107 with Lulu - "To Sir With Love"; at 1112 with Cliff Richard - "We Don't Talk Anymore"; noted many breaks for ads and seemed like station promos; almost readable. The problem for me today was with improved signal from Australia, I also had stronger than usual QRM from China (BBR) on 5050, even in USB. A new weekend schedule? Checking today (Feb 17), at 1255+, found them off the air. Weekdays had recently noted 1405*, within a minute or two either way. Feb 18 (Sunday), found 5055 kHz. back to their usual schedule, with 1402* (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WORLD OF RADIO 1918, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BAHRAIN. Good signal of Radio Bahrain, Feb 19 from 0548 on 9745 ABH 010 kW / non-dir to N/ME Arabic CUSB http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/02/good-signal-of-radio-bahrain-feb19.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, February 19, WOR iog via DXLD) ** BANGLADESH. The internet web site of Bangladesh Betar offers two active webstreams. Because the direct links are complicated, enter the site at http://www.betar.gov.bd/ and select „Live Radio“. The „AM“-internet stream is more than 1'30 minutes behind the signal of 4750 kHz (as monitored in Europe on 20 February). The site also offers „Recorded News“ in Bengali, English, Hindi and Arabic (Dr Hansjoerg Biener, 20 February 2018, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BELARUS. The first bot-radio on the Internet, which from now on broadcasts in the test mode, appeared in Belarus, the creators of the radio station told Sputnik. "The radio has already started broadcasting at http://s13.ru/radio and on the first day of launch we saw the demand for such a format. For now, the average number of listeners online is 100 people, the main audience is still Grodno, because we mainly offer local news" - said Sergei Chabotko, administrator of "Grodno's Blog", on the basis of which the radio was launched. The creators of the bot-radio stressed that their product is not just a looped musical playlist with pre-recorded interruptions between tracks, but full-fledged automated broadcasting with news, weather forecast, currency rates, congestion in the streets of Grodno and even a music chart for the listeners' orders. The boat radio broadcasts completely automatically in the form of templates, which repeat the broadcasting of classical radio stations. In the near future, its functionality and content will become more diverse, new programs will be added. "To date, the news coverage is not perfect, the robot has problems with accents in some words, but we improve our vocabulary daily so that the speech of the" leading "is as easy as possible for perception," said the director of the development company Andrei Vaglai. sputnik.by http://onair.ru/main/enews/view_msg/NMID__68363/ (via Rus-DX 18 Feb via DXLD) ** BOLIVIA. R. MOSOJ CHASKI. Febrero 16. 0031-0041 UT. Música serrana. SINPO: 35343 (Claudio Galaz, RX: TECSUN PL 660; ANT: Dipolo; QTH: Ovalle, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** BONAIRE [non]. Re: On 2/10/2018 7:59 PM, Ben Dawson wrote: ``Glenn, It's also important to note that prior to the abrogation of the most recent US/Mexico bilateral agreement as a result of the Rio 1981 Agreement for all of ITU Region II, NO, that is not one, US station was allowed to operate nighttime on 800 kHz (Unlike 1050 and 1220, also "Mexico Class A" clear channels where there was one each US nighttime operation, in NYC and Cleveland respectively)…`` I should have remembered that KINY Juneau was on 800 as an exception to the agreement with Mexico. But that's Alaska, not the lower 48 (Ben Dawson, WA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOUGAINVILLE. 3325, NBC Bougainville, Feb 15; well above the norm; 1113 till cut off at 1155*. From 1113 till 1133, with an interesting speech in English about the different issues voters need to consider when they vote next year on the Bougainville independence referendum, for autonomy; comparing many different islands (Cook Islands, Solomon Islands, Puerto Rico, etc.); somewhat readable. My five minute audio of a portion of the speech posted at https://app.box.com/s/ggnqjzasp62jksczasoy0vd6xd0yiceu (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WORLD OF RADIO 1918, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 9725.370, ZYJ200 - ex-RB2 - Rádio Evangelizar, Curitiba PR, at 2348 UT Feb 16, Brazilian music program. 9818.892, ZYR96, R. Nove de Julho, São Paulo SP, at 2350 UT on Feb 16, frequency unstable 2-3 Hertz up and down, some hefty interference tone of 1108 Hertz against even 9820 kHz S=7 from China mainland. 11815.014, ZYE440, R. Brasil Central, Goiânia GO, at 2357 UT weak S=5 signal. Observation in remote Michigan site. 73 wb [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfang Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Feb 16 / 17, WOR iog via DXLD)) ** BRAZIL. 11780, Feb 15 from 2130 or so I have RNA running as I doze, until cut off abruptly at 2200* as if on a timer, amid closing announcement, ``A Voz do Brasil estará de volta ----``. No ACI from 11775 Anguilla AWOL today. DST ends Feb 18, so AVDB time will shift to 22-23 UT, as they should have been trying to explain --- does this mean RNA will also stay on one real hour later? 11780, Feb 19 at 2140, RNA is on with news about Amazônia rather than `A Voz do Brasil`; 2159 outro as `Reporte da Amazônia`, from the EBC studios in Brasília, 2200 opening `A Voz do Brasil` --- just as I expected, back to normal non-DST timing of 22-23 weekdays, while last week it was still a real hour earlier at 2100-2200 and then off abruptly. Presumably stays on another hour now until 2300*. This shift also applies to countless other Brazilian stations which must carry the government`s program (altho some of them are allowed to delay it further to a more convenient time in their schedules) (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1918, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BULGARIA. 9400, Mighty KBC R., via Bulgaria, Feb 17 *1500-1510, 34433, English, 1500 sign on with opening music and police car siren, Opening announce, Music, ID at 1504 and 1506 and 1509, Sat only. 9400, Isle of Music via Bulgaria, Feb 18 *1500-1511, 33333-32332, English, 1500 sign on with ID, IS, Opening music of Cuba, Opening announce, music and talk, Sun only (Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN, RX, IC- R75, NRD-525, NRD-345, SATELLIT 750; ANT, 130m Sloper Wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) SECRETLAND, Reception of From the Isle of Music via SPL Secretbrod, Feb 18 1500-1600 9400 SCB 100 kW / 030 deg EaEu English/Spanish Sun, weak http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/02/reception-of-from-isle-of-music-via-spl_18.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, February 16-19, WOR iog via DXLD) ** BULGARIA [and non]. Shortwave Radiogram this weekend is all MFKS32. [Feb 17-18] Sat 1600-1630 9400 [Bulgaria] Sun 2030-2100 7780 [WRMI] Sun 2330-2400 7780 [WRMI] Mon 0800-0830 7730 & 5850 [WRMI} Minutes into the show: 1:32 Program preview 2:38 New Twitter feed tracks FCC experimental licenses* 6:55 Search for an ionosphere for signs of planetary life* 16:58 Astronomers image 40-light-year-wide space donut* 23:12 Olympics image* 25:33 Closing announcements Details: http://swradiogram.net/post/170946115007/shortwave-radiogram-17-18-february-2018 (Kim Elliott, Feb 16, WOR iog via DXLD) ** CANADA [and non]. More NDBs at bedtime: 382 kHz, Feb 14 at 0708 UT, YPL and dash: Pickle Lake, Ontario; 1000 watts; add OK reception 366 kHz, Feb 14 at 0710 UT, YMW and dash: Maniwaki, Quebec: north of Ottawa on the way to Mont Laurier; 500 watts; add OK 362 kHz, Feb 14 at 0712 UT, SB and dash: Sudbury, Ontario; 400 watts, add OK; classaxe notes: ``125' vertical; According to Doug Klein (2005-01-25): 'Very nice area, once nearly denuded of vegetation due to air pollution from local mines and smelters, the area has made a nice recovery.'`` Underneath I am also hearing OWP 362 from Sand Springs OK - William Pogue 329 kHz, Feb 14 at 0715, YHN and dash: Hornepayne, Ontario: 500 watts, add OK. Between Kapuskasing & Thunder Bay, but south of Trans-Canada Highway. 223 kHz, Feb 15 at 0714 UT, YYW and dash, NDB from Armstrong, Ontario, north of Thunder Bay, making definite my log of Feb 11. MW beacons with info de dxinfocenter.com, classaxe.com: see also USA 341 kHz, Feb 16 at 0623, YYU and dash, vs local EI Enid: Kapuskasing, Ontario, 500 watts 346 kHz, Feb 16 at 0625, YXL and dash, Sioux Lookout, Ontario, 1000 W 413 kHz, Feb 18 at 0738 UT, beacon YHD and dash. It`s 250 watts at Dryden, Ontario. 382 kHz, Feb 19 at 0704 UT, beacon YPL and dash, 1000 watts from Pickle Lake, Ont. Spring is nigh, and some lightning crashes are starting, worse on lower frequencies, which may curtail such DXing before long 341 kHz, Feb 20 at 0732 UT, YYU and dash, 500-watt beacon from Kapuskasing, Ontario; vs local EI Enid. 362 kHz, Feb 20 at 0734 UT, SB and dash, 400-watt beacon from Sudbury, Ontario. CCI from OWP; see OKLAHOMA. 366 kHz, Feb 20 at 0735 UT, YMW and dash, 500-watt beacon from Maniwaki, Quebec (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. 6070, Feb 15 at 0607, no signal from CFRX, off? No signal either from 7850-CUSB CHU, but 3330-CUSB is very good. Abnormally low MUF? By 0710 I have a JBA carrier on 6070 --- maybe Germany, not Jayapura or Vatican. In HFCC you`d never know CFRX exists. 6070-, Feb 16 at 0221, CFRX is fairly audible, slightly on the low side as usual; so still exists, despite inaudibility last night (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. 1940S TRANSMITTER FINDS NEW HOME IN OLD JAIL --- The massive transmitter is being moved from the former RCI site to the former Dorchester jail --- By Tori Weldon, CBC News Posted: Feb 15, 2018 4:00 AM AT Last Updated: Feb 15, 2018 6:54 AM AT http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/transmitter-sold-former-jail-1.4535290 Bill Steele, who bought the 1940s shortwave transmitter from the Mi'kmaq groups that now own the Radio Canada International site, shakes hands with Mike Knockwood of Fort Folly First Nation. (Submitted) [caption] Bill Steele is a collector of odd things. A year ago, for example, he bought the site of the last double hanging in New Brunswick. His latest purchase is less morbid but also a rare find: a massive 1940 shortwave transmitter that once broadcast Canada's stories around the world. The transmitter was installed around the end of the Second World War and used until the 1970s. The Radio Canada International site outside Sackville continued to broadcast, but the 50 kW transmitter, five metres long and 2½ metres wide, was decommissioned and used as a showpiece. Dorchester jail --- Steele became the official owner of the old jail in Dorchester last June and has turned it into a guest house. There is also a gym inside. (Submitted/Bill Steele) [caption] The RCI property was bought in February 2017 by Mi'gmawe'l Tplu'taqnn Inc., which had no use for the non-functioning equipment and put it up for sale. Steele couldn't help himself. "I like weird and unusual stuff," he said. "That's why I'm putting it in my jail." He bought his jail — now a gym and bed and breakfast — last year as a retirement project. Guests bunk in a decommissioned jail cell. The jail built in the 19th century was where the Bannister brothers of Berry Mills were hanged for murder in 1936, the last double hanging in the province. Steele's enthusiasm for historical objects is infectious even when he talks about the paperwork that comes with his latest purchase. RCI RCA 50 KW transmitter component --- This tube, part of the RCA 50 KW transmitter on the former RCI radio tower site, is part of what sold Steele in the machine. (Tori Weldon/CBC) [caption] "It's got the manual, from the '30s that the Canadian government — like, I had it in my hand, I'm going, 'Look at this.'" And he describes the transmitter in glowing terms. "When I first saw it, it was the big, huge Frankenstein-looking bulbs that were in there," he said. "It was like, 'Oh my god, this is like something you see on TV.' I expected a Tesla spark to be flying over top of it." Bill Steele --- Despite what the sign says, Steele plans to install the non-functioning transmitter inside his jail, where guests sleep in old cells. (Tori Weldon/CBC) [caption] Steele plans to share the massive machine with anyone who wants to come by for a look. He already has a place picked out for it. "It's going to take up the whole room." Mike Knockwood is a member of Fort Folly First Nation, one of the seven Mi'kmaq groups that purchased the RCI property. He's glad the transmitter will be close by, more so because "it's not going to be taken apart and sold for scrap." Knockwood said some groups expressed interest in getting the transmitter for free, but Steele paid for it. He wouldn't say for how much. Dorchester jail cell front --- The 19th-century Dorchester jail closed about 20 years ago. These days, the cells are for rent to people drawn by the site's history. (Brett Ruskin/CBC) [caption] Steele is hoping anyone with stories about the transmitter will share them with him on his Dorchester jail Facebook page, because, as Steele is the first to admit, this isn't his area of expertise. "I've never touched a shortwave radio, but look it, I'm going to have the biggest one in Canada." (via Gerald T Pollard, NC; Artie Bigley, OH, WORLD OF RADIO 1918, DXLD) The Radio Canada International 1940's 50 kW shortwave transmitter has been sold to Bill Steele who has turned a former jail into B&B accommodation. He's now fundraising so it can be put on public display. https://www.gofundme.com/save-cbc-sackville-rci-radio (Mike Barraclough, Letchworth Garden City, UK, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1918, DXLD) ** CHILE. 5825. R. TRIUNFAL EVANGÉLICA. Feb. 14. 2320-2330 UT. Música y saludos de despedida. SINPO: 35333. 5825, R. TRIUNFAL EVANGELICA. Feb 19. 2213- UT. Espacio de música pentecostal. Desde las 2230, predicación. SINPO: 35343 (Claudio Galaz, RX: TECSUN PL 660; ANT: Dipolo; QTH: Ovalle, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** CHILE. 6925. RCW. Feb 13. 2255-2359 UT. Música del recuerdo. SINPO: 35333 (Claudio Galaz, RX: TECSUN PL 660; ANT: Dipolo; QTH: Ovalle, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) 6925. RCW. Febrero 15. 2100-2200 UT. Programa de conversación en vivo. SINPO: 45343 5900. RCW. Febrero 16. 0130-0146 UT. Especial de Radio Canadá Internacional acerca de la comida coreana. Desde las 0139, se emite: “Ventana de Holanda” de Radio Nederland acerca de los espacios diexistas de aquella emisora y mensajes de oyentes de aquella época. SINPO: 45444, desde las 0142 con SINPO: 35232 (Claudio Galaz, RX: TECSUN PL 660; ANT: Dipolo; QTH: Ovalle, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** CHINA. 4900 // 4940, Voice of Strait, 1302, Feb 16. Live annual coverage of the Chinese New Year's Eve (Spring Festival) Gala; CCTV audio feed, with comedy skits, musical selections, etc., from Beijing. The start of China's most important holiday. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeRi86DcfyA video of gala starts about 37:30. Checked almost all the Chinese SW stations for this gala coverage, but only found these two VOS frequencies carrying it. A disappointment to me, as in past years I enjoyed the gala on a wide variety of stations (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. 9775, CNR2 (Beijing), 1502+ 17 February. Checking for Fu Hsing (9774), just had CNR2 yakking away // 6065, 6155 (Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA PL380/6m X wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA [and non]. EAST JAMMERSTAN: 9455, Crash & Bang music jammer; 2046, 2/13 [Tuesday]; Over Glenn Hauser’s World of Radio via WRMI (presumed); RFA via Marianas also listed. (Frodge-MI) 9590, Crash & Bang music jammer, 2045, 2/13; No other audio evident. RFA via Marianas listed (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 185' RW, ----- All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time & without the aid of a computer! -----, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. China Radio International with old IS "The East is Red", Feb 20 0830-0927 15135 KUN 500 kW / 177 deg SEAs Indonesian, good signal http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/02/china-radio-international-with-old-is.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, February 20, WOR iog via DXLD) ** CHINA. China National Radio 1 Jammer vs Sound of Hope, Feb 20 0800-0900 on 11410 unknown tx / unknown to EaAs Chinese, good http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/02/china-national-radio-1-jammer-vs-sound.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, February 20, WOR iog via DXLD) ** CHINA [non?]. 11765, Feb 15 at 1525, Chinese talk and pop music, S9+10, stronger than neighbor 11760 RHC. RFA is scheduled this hour only, 250 kW, 70 degrees from KUWAIT, but it`s jammed and now I`m unsure whether it was CNR1. But more likely as only one station audible; 11745 & 11860 Saudi Arabia signals were much weaker (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [non] 9570, CUBA, CRI at 1223 in Cantonese with pop vocals then a man with talk at 1225 – Good signal but low level audio Feb 18 – Rather than rely on a relay with unpredictable quality wouldn’t CRI be further ahead by building their own station like they did in Albania? We do need to know (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Kenwood TS440S or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles, ODXA iog via DXLD) Didn`t China have some role in setting up at least some of the Cuban transmitters, if not operating them properly? (gh, DXLD) ** CUBA. 15439, 15300, Feb 14 at 1522, only spurblobs out of 15370-AM RHC, are here, and quite weak without any FM demodulation. Looks like they are making progress in diminishing them? Don`t count on it. Something`s always wrong at RHC. 15509, 15438, 15301, 15232, 15163, 15093, 15023, Feb 15 at 1516, very approx. spurblobs out of RHC 15370-AM. Even the closer ones are not demodulating clearly in FM tuning, and the further ones are quite weak. But the F# tone is a dead giveaway. Something`s always wrong at RHC. 15230, Feb 16 at 1459, vintage Radio Rebelde ID, ``en la banda de 20 metros desde la Sierra Maestra``, as plug for its upcoming 60th anniversary 24 de febrero. Axually this is still Radio Habana Cuba as I happen to be tuned here searching for spurs out of the incomparably stronger // 15370-AM --- but NONE heard! Something`s not wrong at RHC, today (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9535, RHC Bejucal in Spanish, S=9, underneath some tiny CRI CHINA signal, 2343 UT talk on Angola matter, \\ 9640 RHC Bejucal, S=7-8. \\ 11760 kHz non-directional from Bauta site. But on 11950 kHz, different Spanish program of Bauta CUBA, excellent audio quality here, [not \\ 11760 kHz) program of poeta, filósofo nacional, etc. 2358 UT at S=9 level. [Mesa Redonda TV soundtrack] 9720 kHz backlobe, RHC Bauta towards 130degree Brazil, in Portuguese language instead, S=9+10dB noted on remote Michigan unit, at 2347 UT on Feb 16. Observation in remote Michigan site. 73 wb [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfang Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Feb 16 / 17, WOR iog via DXLD) 9640, Feb 17 at 0351, S9 of dead air, no doubt RHC, much stronger than modulated 9535. 15370, Feb 17 at 1457 check, RHC again with no spurs all over the 19m band. What`s right? 15140, Feb 17 at 1918, no signal from RHC when supposed to be in Arabic. Something`s always wrong at RHC. Is on a sesquihour later during jazz show in English service. 5040, Feb 18 at 0117, RHC in Kreyol with crackle on the modulation. Something`s always wrong at RHC. 15514, 15438, 15297 approx., Feb 18 at 1434-1441, traces of spurblobs out of 15370-AM RHC, but not demodulating in FM mode, only dead giveaway F# tones. Almost, but not totally suppressed yet. 15370, Sunday Feb 18 at 1435, RHC starting `En Contacto` DX program. S9+30 but undermodulated with hum. Arnie Coro is back on air via phone after surgery, sounds like before with extremely rapid Spanish speech as if there`s no tomorrow. Topix include winter propagation, no sunspots, geomag storm, Bouvet DX-pedition aborted, 24 Feb a few days away will celebrate anniversary of the first broadcast by `Onda Corta Experimental Cubana`` in 1961y on historic 11760 frequency; 1444 a letter from Gabriel Gómez, CX2BI in Uruguay; 1446 wrapping up early, credit spiel including ``su locutora Marta Ríos``; fills with long version of theme music which includes Morse code, but next show, `En Cía del Dr`, still starts early at 1447 instead of 1450. I guess Arnie may also be back in English `DXers Unlimited` on Sun & Tue plus following UT days (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15230. RHC. Feb 18. 2300-2310 UTC. Servicio en portugués. Audio con cortes sucesivos y salida del aire desde las 2308. SINPO: 45444 (Claudio Galaz, RX: TECSUN PL 660; ANT: Dipolo; QTH: Ovalle, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) Siempre, algo equivocado en RHC (gh) 13740. RHC. Feb. 18. 2345-2355 UT. Programa “En Contacto” con información acerca del comportamiento de las bandas, especialmente del efecto de una corriente solar. Luego se habla acerca de la actividad solar durante el ciclo presente. A las 2349, se habla de una frecuencia de 25 metros. Luego se habla de la frecuencia de 6060 kHz y de la antena ocupada. Desde las 2353, se lee una carta proveniente del Radio Club Uruguayo a nombre de Gabriel Gómez. Después se emite un mensaje acerca de la Radio y despedida del programa. SINPO: 45343, desde las 2352 con SINPO: 45444 (Claudio Galaz, RX: TECSUN PL 660; ANT: Dipolo; QTH: Ovalle, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) Quien se habla es: Prof. Arnaldo Coro Antich, CO2KK (gh, DXLD) 6165, UT Mon Feb 19 at 0246, RHC is undermodulated --- and in Spanish instead of English! In fact it`s `En Contacto` wrapping up early from nominal 0235 start, just the same as I had it 12 hours earlier. Only 6000 is on now in English, the others Spanish: 5040, 9535, 9640; 11760 VP dead air or something else? Recheck at 0508, 6165 is still Spanish, not // 6000 music in English service. 6165 still Spanish, hum and undermodulated, at 0644. At 0646, 6060 is also Spanish with big hum, instead of English after 0600. Something`s always wrong at RHC. At least 6000 now has good modulation and lite hum during music in presumed solo English hours. 6000, UT Mon Feb 19 at 0512-0521, Arnie Coro confirmed reactivated `DXers Unlimited`, only 9 minutes long, mostly about propagation, citing WWV info without credit, and OK1HH, the propagation info from PIG I would quote on MN+. Except for canned open & close, he`s lo fi via phone as usual from home; deep fades impede 100% copy. Content is about the same as he uttered on Spanish DX program; convergence of the two to be expected with the same guy in charge (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [and non]. FRANCE, vs. CUBA, Radio Japan NHK World vs. Radio Habana Cuba on 6165 kHz, Feb 19 0600-0630 on 6165 ISS 500 kW / 140 deg to NoAf Arabic Radio Japan NHK World, strong till 0600 on 6165 BAU 100 kW / 340 deg to WNAm Spanish, NOT English Radio Habana Cuba from 0630 on 6165 BAU 100 kW / 340 deg to WNAm English Radio Habana Cuba as scheduled http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/02/radio-japan-nhk-world-vs-radio-habana.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, February 19, WOR iog via DXLD) 15370-AM, Feb 19 at 1425, no FM spurs detected today; something`s not wrong at RHC. Seems modulation has been decreased, maybe reducing the spewage (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1918, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6165, Feb 20 at 0717, RHC manages to get the right language, English on this frequency, unlike last night, but it`s just barely modulated at S7. 6100 is S9+20 also undermodulated with some hum and crackle; about same level is 6000. And 6060 also in correct language, also hum but less noticeable with more modulation. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CZECHIA [and non]. QSL RADIO PRAGUE --- By regular mail, a confirmation card from the Russian service of Radio Prague was received for listening to two broadcasts on January 9 and 10, 2018 using the iRadio mobile application. Reports were sent using a special form on the website http://www.radio.cz/en/raport On the card from the Czech Republic the image of the blattnerphone - the sound recording device, which was the predecessor of the tape recorder. (Igor Kolke, Moscow, Russia / https://kolkeradio.blogspot.ru/ via QSL World, Rus-DX 18 Feb via WORLD OF RADIO 1918, DXLD) Received a new QSL card from Radio Prague in response to a report on January 12, 2018. The theme of the card is Blattnerfon - the sound recording device (the predecessor of the tape recorder) from the QSL series 2018 - Radio engineering. The date the envelope was sent from Prague on January 30, 2018. They also sent a stand to the glass with the station's symbols. QSL here http://freerutube.info/2018/02/13/qsl-radio-prague-chehiya-radio-praga-yanvar-2018-goda/ (Dmitry Elagin, Saratov, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx", via QSL World, Rus-DX 18 Feb via WORLD OF RADIO 1918, DXLD) [non]. 7780, Feb 16 at 0229, WRMI Zanotti ID, 0230 opening R. Prague in English; poor. Too bad it`s on one of WRMI`s worst frequencies for North American coverage (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1918, DX LISTENING DIGEST) R. Prague English also currently sked on WRMI repeat at 0300 on 9395; and daily except Sunday 1300 on 9955 (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1918, DX LISTENING DIGEST) And:: 5850, USA, Radio Prague (via WRMI) at 2330 opening with Ian Willoughby with “Radio Prague News” - Fair to Good Feb 20 (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Kenwood TS440S or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles, ODXA iog via DXLD) ** DENMARK. Reception of World Music Radio Denmark on Feb 19 from 0730 on 5840 001 kW Randers/Denmark, weak/fair signal http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/02/reception-of-world-music-radio-denmark.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, February 19, WOR iog via DXLD) ** EGYPT. 9899.6, Radio Cairo – Abis (Presumed), 2108, 2/16/18, in French. Male with a few sentences, answered by a woman with the same phrase each time. Enough modulation. Fair (Mark Taylor, Madison, Wisconsin, Perseus, Airspy HF+, SDRPlay RSP1; ICOM R75, Tecsun PL 880, and various other portables; 42 meters dipole, 100’ long wire, W6LVP loop, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) ** ERITREA. S=9+10dB signal noted in remote Perseus unit in Doha Qatar at 0515 UT on Febr 15: 7181.555, exact measured as VoBM Asmara Eritrea, Horn of Africa music, no ETHiopian jamming on air, Similar transmission by VoBM Asmara Eritrea but little weaker S=8-9 signal also noted on 7140.021 kHz at same time slot, no ETHiopian jamming on air (Wolfgang Büschel, WOR iog via DXLD) Good signal of VOBME 2 Dimtsi Hafash on Feb 15: from 0705 on 7181.6 ASM 100 kW / non-dir to EaAf Amharic http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/02/good-signal-of-vobme-2-dimtsi-hafash-on_15.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, February 15, WOR iog via DXLD) That`s after 10 am local time. I often bandscan around 0700 UT and do not hear anything from it that late (gh, OK, DXLD) ** ETHIOPIA [and non]. 11575, Radio OMN (Oromia Media Network), on Feb 14. Was today a clever ploy to fool the folks jamming from Ethiopia? If so, it worked! At *1600, instead of Radio OMN programming, the jammers in Ethiopia instead heard Dr. Terry Alan Cooper, a forensic psychologist, being interviewed in English, about solitary confinement. So the jammers must have assumed Radio OMN was not on today and left, whereas later (by 1609), Radio OMN had in fact started up; in vernacular with many IDs; fair. No jamming heard at all, up till I tuned away at 1618. Audio of Dr. Terry Alan Cooper interview: https://app.box.com/s/xjyrclkunmndd9928flt2j3u06u7eaqe Audio of Radio OMN, with IDs: https://app.box.com/s/5jehxekf4e4diauoo2w4up6krzkkml7w [non-log] 11600, Radio OMN, continues to be off the air here Feb 14, from 1600+ and also no jamming here; 1618 tuned away and still a clear frequency (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1918, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ETHIOPIA [and non]. 7236.280, Feb 19 at 1410, substantial carrier no doubt from R. Ethiopia long-path; keeps drifting upward as I try to measure it, but nailed here at 1416. Also weaker JBA carriers from the Eritreans not remeasured precisely, 7181.55, 7140.0+ (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ETHIOPIA [non]. FRANCE, Reception of BRB Voice of Amara Radio via TDF Issoudun on Feb 17: 1700-1800 15360 ISS 250 kW / 120 deg EaAf Amharic Mon/Wed/Sat/Sun, strong http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/02/reception-of-brb-voice-of-amara-radio.html BRB Radio Voice of Independent Oromiya via TDF Issoudun, Feb 18 1600-1630 17850 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg EaAf Oromo Sun, poor & weak http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/02/brb-radio-voice-of-independent-oromiya_18.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, February 16-19, WOR iog via DXLD) ** EUROPE [non]. FROM THE USA ON WBCQ MONDAY 19TH FEB 7490 kHz: 09.00 – 10.00 EASTERN TIME [SIC! Means 21-22 EST Monday] WHICH IS… TUESDAY 20TH FEB IN EUROPE 7490 kHz: 0200–0300 UT - UK TIME “EMR – ONE LAST TIME FOR TOM TAYLOR” A TRIBUTE TO TOM TAYLOR / BARRY STEPHENS OF EUROPEAN MUSIC RADIO, WHO DIED RECENTLY (via Mike Barraclough, Feb 15, dxldyg via DXLD) ** EUROPE. 2nd memorial program on IRRS-Shortwave dedicated to Tom Taylor Dear Listeners and Friends, We were approached by colleagues who produced a special one-hour' tribute' program to Tom Taylor, and we decided to air it on our station in the coming days. A very great deal of effort has been taken to produce this program, and some of the most legendary broadcasters in the UK and European clandestine radio have stepped forward to pay warm tribute. Tom has been on the air "legally" via IRRS-Shortwave since 2002. Tom's funeral was on Monday, Feb. 12, 2018. I was told that his family were supported by some of Tom's friends in radio, and they were surprised and delighted that he is to be celebrated in this unique programme which will end the 40-year chapter of European Music Radio (EMR). The one-hour tribute program to Tom Taylor will be aired by NEXUS-IBA on IRRS-Shortwave at the following times/days: Sun Feb. 18, 2018 at 00:00 UT (streaming) Sun Feb. 18, 2018 at 02:00 UT (streaming) Sun Feb. 18, 2018 at 09:00 UT (streaming) Sun Feb. 18, 2018 at 22:00 UT (streaming and 846 kHz to S E) Fri Feb. 23, 2018 at 01:00 UT (streaming) Fri Feb. 23, 2018 at 03:29 UT (streaming) Fri Feb. 23, 2018 at 06:00 UT (streaming) Fri Feb. 23, 2018 at 09:00 UT (streaming) Fri Feb. 23, 2018 at 15:00 UT (streaming) Fri Feb. 23, 2018 at 19:00 UT (streaming and 7290 kHz @ 150 kW to EU) Fri Feb. 23, 2018 at 22:00 UT (streaming and 846 kHz to S EU) Sat Feb. 24, 2018 at 09:00 UT (streaming and 9510 kHz @ 150 kW to EU) Sat Feb. 24, 2018 at 21:30 UT (streaming and 846 kHz to S E) Sun Feb. 25, 2018 at 00:00 UT (streaming and 846 kHz to S E) Sun Feb. 25, 2018 at 02:00 UT (streaming) Sun Feb. 25, 2018 at 09:00 UT (streaming) Sun Feb. 25, 2018 at 12:00 UT (streaming and 9510 kHz @ 150 kW to EU) Sun Feb. 25, 2018 at 22:00 UT (streaming and 846 kHz to S E) (*) streaming on IRN at https://mp3.nexus.org or: direct URL: http://mp3.nexus.org:8000/irn.mp3 Additionally, it will be heard on various "alternative" frequencies in Europe (not operated by NEXUS-IBA or IRRS-Shortwave), as follows: SATURDAY 17th FEB on 3975 and 6160 kHz Alternating during the day. From mid-morning UK time. SUNDAY 18TH FEB on 6070 kHz Between 7.30 and 9 AM UK time and again in the afternoon. MONDAY 19TH FEB on 3975 and 6160 kHz Alternating during the day. From mid-morning UK time. Various repeats during the week. NEXUS-IBA and IRRS-Shortwave are licenced to operate in the countries where our transmitters are located. NEXUS-IBA is registered in Italy as a media (broadcaster) operator. We do not support and do not operate "alternative", pirate, clandestine or unlicenced broadcasting facilities. Information on any unlicensed broadcasts above is provided for informational purposes only. Many thanks to Steve Silby and friends for producing this unique program. Stay tuned! 73, (Alfredo E. Cotroneo, CEO, NEXUS-Int'l Broadcasting Association, Feb 16, WORLD OF RADIO 1918, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** FALKLAND ISLANDS [and non]. MI ENCUENTRO CON LAS ISLAS FALKLAND o MALVINAS --- Juan Franco Crespo, España Para muchos puede parecer un nombre poco corriente, pero para el que escribe estas líneas no dejan de ser un nombre realmente familiar gracias a la pasión por la radio y la filatelia que desde crío comencé a disfrutar en mi Alhama natal. También gracias a la fabulosa BBC que tenía un imbatible prestigio a nivel planetario y hoy, donde todo es relativo y gracias, precisamente, a la estolidez de unos políticos [basta mirar el marrón que se han montado ellos solitos con el BREXIT que podría ser el principio del fin de la UE] que, al margen de la mala educación, parece que poco más tienen que ofrecernos si juzgamos los escándalos a los que la prestigiosa institución se ha visto sometida desde que los políticos comenzaron a meter mano y los periodistas a mirar para otro lado: resultado hoy no es ni la sombra de lo que llegó a ser. La BBC fue un faro que guió al mundo hasta que las presiones y los mandamases le cortaron las alas. Recuerdo que en los setenta del siglo pasado, mientras era monitor de sus servicios técnicos, se hablaba de una audiencia global de unos 300 millones de personas [cuatro décadas después, casi desmontada la onda corta y la onda media, con infinidad de modernos artilugios o más comúnmente conocidas como nuevas tecnologías, apenas sobrepasan el cuarto de millón y, allí, como aquí, siguen empeñados en vendernos el chocolate del loro: todavía los siniestros directivos se sorprenden cuando algunas de las emisoras de FM que montaron en infinidad de capitales por todo el orbe quedan fuera del aire o simplemente se promociona, pero como la radio de mi pueblo, no aparecen en ningún punto del dial. Con la onda corta y los transmisores operados directamente no les pasaban estas cosas] pero volvamos a las Falkland – Malvinas [curiosamente, la BBC, nunca utilizó un nombre en detrimento del otro, siempre empleaba la definición dual para disgusto del cuerpo diplomático británico, como siempre había informado la celebre y celebrada emisora del Támesis]. En 1982 esa referencia ya fue mucho más brutal, el 2 de abril Argentina, creyéndose que era la India [recuperaron a mediados del pasado siglo varios puertos portugueses sin mover un solo dedo, por las bravas Goa, Damão y Díli se integraban en el país en el que geográficamente estaban ubicados dichos enclaves], invadió las islas, pensando que Londres no movería un dedo. Efímera ilusión, rápidamente la dama de hierro [hoy tiene un busto mirando a la Bahía de Stanley, justo delante del Hotel Malvina, y los lugareños realmente la veneran]. Margaret Thatcher no abandonó a sus súbditos, rápidamente se puso a trabajar y a montar el expeditivo grupo militar y dio la orden de partida para recuperar las históricas y desoladas islas que llevan casi dos siglos bajo su bandera [tiempo en que Argentina reclama, inútilmente, su soberanía]. Mientras se daba el golpe definitivo, el ejército británico [si mal no recuerdo] a través de su BFBS (Servicio de Radiodifusión de las Fuerzas Armadas) montaba, tras requisar uno de los transmisores de la BBC, en la isla de Ascensión [eufemismo para evitar implicar a la prestigiosa emisora] su Radio Atlántico del Sur en lengua española [con un acento peculiar, pero que cumplía su objetivo] destinado a las tropas argentinas y que yo escuchaba perfectamente con mi receptor SONY ICF 7600 de la época o el Grundig Satellit 2000 si estaba pasando el fin de semana en Valls con mis padres y hermanos. Sin embargo no logré captar nunca la emisora que montaron los argentinos con el mismo fin y destinada a transmitir hacia las tropas británicas, algo que si se hacía a través de la emisora local ubicada en Stanley [fue ocupada, pacíficamente y rebautizada como LRA RADIO NACIONAL ISLAS MALVINAS transmitiendo desde Puerto Argentino, infinidad de piezas postales y filatélicas se prepararon en la época para festejar aquellos acontecimientos que pronto –algo más de setenta días- desembocarían en un verdadero baño de sangre, incluso ahora están apareciendo QSL que en su día nadie vio…]. Al cumplirse los 35 años de aquellos sucesos sentí un cosquilleo cuando se me mostraba la FIRS (Falkland Islands Radio Service) en marzo del 2017 mientras realizaba una visita a las islas (hacía casi dos décadas que me interesaba por los viajes al archipiélago, pero los precios eran realmente astronómicos. Emocionante encontrarse en la sala que entonces fuera el estudio de LRA RADIO NACIONAL ISLAS MALVINAS que en su día gestionaron los administradores que decidieron invadir [rescatar dicen ellos] las islas y sembrar de dolor a unos centenares de familias que, aún hoy, realizan inmensos esfuerzos para poder ir a ellas, generalmente a través de terceros países pues no hay oficialmente ningún enlace Argentina-Islas Malvinas. El archipiélago está a unos 500 kilómetros de la Patagonia argentina, todo un anacronismo en el siglo XXI [sólo comprable con el caso de Gibraltar para entendernos]. Los primeros europeos que las habitaron fueron los españoles en el siglo XVI. Francia instaló una guarnición para prestar apoyo a su flota ballenera en 1764, pero no hubo cesión de soberanía por parte española. Los ingleses trataron de hacer lo mismo, pero España los expulsó nada más detectar su presencia y hasta 1800 fueron tierras directamente españolas; en 1820 el gobierno provisional del Río de La Plata enviaba un gobernador para tomar la posesión del territorio insular aprovechando la independencia de Argentina. El país reclamaba para sí la titularidad del ventoso archipiélago pero, curiosamente, durante mi estadía el viento no se presentó y la temperatura era realmente de eterna primavera a pesar de estar finalizando el verano austral [en aquella época histórica, al margen de los grandes problemas que había en la España peninsular, sólo bastaban aires ventosos inspirados en la revolución francesa y las gestas napoleónicas para que nos dejaran más pelaos que una raspa de bacalao: las entonces colonias aprovecharon el momento de debilidad y las repúblicas americanas, inspiradas en la lucha y el espíritu parisino de finales del siglo XVII, comenzaron a declararse independientes y, con ello, los enfrentamientos entre unos y otros: siempre acababa perdiendo el pueblo, pues tampoco la realidad significó un gran alivio para los que pensaban que se libraban de la servidumbre]. Quien quiera más datos sobre la conocida y famosa Guerra de Las Malvinas tiene infinidad de documentación en todos los medios. No deja de sorprender esa cantidad de material si atendemos al exiguo número de habitantes en el archipiélago austral. El impresentable general Galtieri [apareció borracho en la televisión argentina para explicar la recuperación de las islas el 2 de abril de 1982; el 14 de junio de 1982 [poco más de dos meses después] se conocería la otra cara de la moneda que magistralmente radió la famosa Radio Atlántico del Sur, sería sustituido por Reinaldo Bignone y las subsiguientes elecciones del 30 de octubre de 1983. Contra lo que uno pueda imaginar, resulta que el audiovisual que montó el Museo de la Casa Rosada en Buenos Aires narra, con bastante imparcialidad, la historia de la República Argentina, incluso esos dramáticos días]. Por supuesto, si uno maneja bibliografía británica, entonces, como tantas veces, la historia es la suya y nada que ver con la española, aunque muchas veces sea la correcta [La Leyenda Negra que iniciaron hace siglos aún perdura y los quijotes encima, les damos alas, vaya que pasa como los catalanes que a principios del XVIII fueron traicionados y ahora se echan en brazos de Londres para quitarse de encima a Madrid aprovechando el Brexit]. Pero, lo cierto, es que los españoles estuvieron por aquí en el XVII hay infinidad de material y documentación histórica que lo testimonia [los británicos dirán que el primer dato contrastable es el del 14 de agosto de 1592 con la llegada de John Davis a bordo del Desiré]. El nombre español Malvinas correspondería al que los intrépidos navegantes de Saint Malo [¡Qué bella ciudad francesa!] cuando las bautizan como Les Malouines que fácilmente se traspasó al español como Malvinas y que es el que llegó hasta nuestros días. En 1766 el capitán John MacBride realizó un asentamiento en Port Egmond, de allí fueron expulsados momentáneamente, por el gobernador español. Durante el XVIII fue para la corona española uno de los penales más seguros del mundo: prácticamente nadie se escapó. Están tan aisladas estas tierras que da la sensación de estar olvidadas y así seguirían si no hubiese eclosionado la megalomanía nacionalista argentina en 1982. El auge de la industria lanera es el que les dio una inusitada prosperidad en el XIX-XX y sigue hasta hoy, aunque ahora son las pesquerías y los recursos petrolíferos las que las hacen prácticamente autosuficientes y no cuestan ni un solo penique a la corona británica. El 1 de enero de 2009 se dotaron de una nueva Constitución que incidía en el autogobierno local. Cuatro años después realizarían un referéndum para determinar su futuro: 99.8% de las papeletas dijeron que querían seguir manteniendo su actual estatus político como Territorio Británico. Según el censo del 2012 que nos facilitaron en Stanley, había 2562 personas viviendo en el archipiélago: 54% nacidos allí, 27% de origen británico, 6% de origen chileno [recordemos que Chile, por razones históricas, nunca llevó bien las relaciones de vecindad con Argentina que en algunos momentos de la historia, tras la independencia, puso los hitos limítrofes por las bravas y aún hoy hay trazados no claros entre ambos países. Uno de los casos más sonados fue el enfrentamiento por los límites de las aguas territoriales en el famoso Canal de Beagle y donde medió la diplomacia del Vaticano] y otro 5% proceden de la isla de Santa Helena [en español sin h] y que se hizo famosa por el destierro de Napoleón. Como es habitual en estos casos, el personal militar y sus agencias quedan fuera de la estadística por estrictas razones de seguridad. La verdad es que si tienes los ojos abiertos y analizas bien, entonces ves que Gran Bretaña no se dejará sorprender de tal forma que incluso minúsculas islas deshabitadas han sido dotadas de pistas de aterrizaje y son visitadas regularmente para evitar hechos consumados. Me atrevería afirmar que es uno de los territorios más exiguos del orbe con mayor cantidad de aeropuertos, mayoritariamente para uso militar pero que también emplea, en muchos casos, el FIGAS y los servicios de emergencia. La prestigiosa RAF [Royal Air Force] desde el más que ultramoderno complejo del Aeropuerto Internacional de Mount Pleasant, apenas una treintena de kilómetros de Stanley [o Puerto Argentino como fue rebautizado en 1982] realiza vuelos regulares que, a través de Ascensión, conectan Londres con el archipiélago del Atlántico Sur en vuelos de poco más de quince horas. Lo mejor de las islas, aparte de los lugareños que muestran una envidiable salud y una actitud positiva ante la vida, de la treintena de personas con las que hablé, sólo una me resultó especialmente desagradable: el sacristán de la Iglesia Católica [Saint Mary’s Church], sin duda, con aquella cara sonrosada, estaba bien colocado y debió creer que era un argentino que no merecía ni siquiera el Good Morning. Por cierto, fue también el único templo donde no se podían hacer fotos ni a la puerta de la entrada. ¡No me extraña que no pasen de una veintena los asistentes a los oficios religiosos; personas como la descrita embrutecen la hiel de cualquier católico [imaginemos los que son de otra tendencia religiosa]. El resto de isleños [Kelpers sería el adjetivo a emplear] me parecieron fabulosas personas, especialmente la señora que me atendió en la Oficina Filatélica: ¡Qué manera de reírnos!, y las del coqueto museo, todo amabilidad y entusiasmo al poder atender a unos de los escasos españoles que aparecen por aquellas latitudes. Posiblemente, fuera de Stanley, uno de los lugares más visitados, por obvias razones, es la zona de Darwin y Goose Green [al margen de las pingüineras que son la principal atracción para los que llegan en cruceros]. Inicialmente, los comerciantes de Montevideo (XIX) allí lanzaron sus reses y montaron el saladero Samuel Lafone [acabó dando el topónimo a la península de Lafonia] y en 1926 se construyó el puente colgante más austral del orbe en aquella época. Con La Guerra de las Malvinas, varios centenares de personas perdieron aquí la vida. Un cementerio argentino [por lo visto fue saqueado poco antes de mi estancia: a los muertos, ni simbólicamente, se les deja en paz y siguen padeciendo la insensatez de los hombres] y un memorial dedicado al Coronel H Jones, podrían ser las cosas más dignas de destacar. Por supuesto, fruto de aquella refriega quedan zonas minadas que los lugareños han aprovechado para estampar en camisetas y recuerdos de todo tipo advirtiendo de su peligro, en la zona próxima a Stanley se localizan algunos de esos restos que lamentablemente no es cuestión de acercarse para evitar consecuencias peores. Otro lugar que merece la pena recorrer es el Historic Dockyard Museum, al lado del correo, del diario local, el ayuntamiento o la prisión y apenas a unos metros del obelisco erigido en memoria de los que perdieron la vida por parte británica en aquellos estériles enfrentamientos. Es toda una enciclopedia que parece recobrar vida, sobre todo si deambulamos por algunas de sus estancias, en mi caso, me devolvían a mi infancia [por ejemplo la ejemplar conservación de la fragua que estuvo activa hasta los sesenta si mal no recuerdo, me devolvía a la fragua de Montoya en el Callejón de mi niñez] y muestra cómo fue cambiando la vida de los bípedos en apenas dos centurias. No es normal que una comunidad tan exigua disponga de tantos recursos y los mimen, pero ahí está, precisamente, el mérito de los habitantes de estas lejanazas latitudes: te devolvían a un pasado prácticamente inmediato. Por motivos obvios me centré en la Imprenta o la historia marítima pero, sobre todo, en las comunicaciones con su perfectamente conservada estación radiotelegráfica y unos aparatos que te hacen soñar con aquellos que yo mismo contemplaba cada día en la Oficina de Telégrafos de Alhama [justo frente a la actual Oficina de Turismo y en donde pasé varios años con una entrañable e inolvidable persona: Ricardo Medina de la Torre. Años después la oficina pasaría a las instalaciones de Correos en la Casa de Arrebola en el Adarve de los Remedios y donde Miguel Ibáñez Sánchez pulió mi futuro al incitarme continuamente a preparar las oposiciones, fue el motivo de mi partida en el ya lejano 1973]. Infinidad de documentos radiotelegráficos, modelos de los diferentes formularios y un buen lote de tarjetas QSL y diplomas de radioescuchas y radioaficionados autóctonos que emocionan a cualquiera que tiene esa particular pasión por el mundo de las ondas. En fin, que todos esos documentos dan vida, aún hoy, a la R/T Station & Telephone Exchange [incluso mesas de teléfonos manuales con las líneas, igualitas que las que en su época conocí en la Telefónica jameña cuando funcionaba encima del Bar Andaluz, posteriormente se pasaron a la Calle Alta y trabajaban de Operadoras las hijas de Valladares que vivían frente a la tienda de Molina] válvulas, tubos, medidores, máquinas de escribir y un largo etcétera que nos hace ver el gran camino recorrido en poco más de cien años desde que la radio iniciara su andadura y, ahora, intentan hacernos creer que la panacea es Internet. Es evidente, los tiempos en que la radio nos permitía soñar, no volverán, pero la red no es el mundo idílico que nos quieren vender y, además, requiere un mayor desembolso y siempre estar conectado, algo que una radio a pilas no necesita y puedes estar en el lugar más aislado del mundo para seguir recibiendo señales sin que tengas que estar pendiente de la conexión satelital correspondiente. La flora y la fauna (escasa por la latitud, pero algunas especies de pináceas han colonizado algunos patios y jardines capitalinos que no sufren los rigores invernales con tanta crudeza) son un mundo aparte y que requiere una estancia mayor y un considerable presupuesto ya que no existe transporte público y las rutas son de pavimento natural, o sea: barro por doquier a poco que haya nevado o llovido; además se debe mantener una buena condición física para caminar por los senderos a los que el vehículo no tiene, evidentemente, acceso: los reyes del espectáculo son las pingüineras; si sus protagonistas cobraran derechos de imagen, entonces podrían vivir de por vida con el sustento asegurado. Recapitulamos y hacemos un somero recordatorio: las Falkland son un grupo de 778 islas ubicadas a unos 500 kilómetros de América del Sur (apenas 12.173 km²), una exigua población de la que tres cuartas partes se concentran en Stanley y el resto vive pacíficamente aislada en las granjas esparcidas por todo el archipiélago y a las que uno se puede dirigir para pernoctar a precios de Primer Mundo. La altura máxima es de 705 metros en Mount Usborne (relativamente cerca de Darwin-Goose Green). Los vehículos al uso suelen ser Land Rover (algunos se deshacen de puro uso) o 4x4. Curiosamente sus líneas aéreas FIGAS pueden ser una buena alternativa para recorrer el archipiélago, pero olvidémonos de las tarifas low cost, aquí la insularidad y la soledad se pagan con moneda fuerte [la libra esterlina y la libra de Falkland son admitidas en todos los comercios, después sigue el dólar que tampoco muestra problemas y el euro ya es menos apreciado, e imaginamos que con el Brexit algo le afectará a esta realidad existente en el 2017. Por ahora no hay vuelos regulares desde Argentina; la conexión aérea habitual es desde Londres vía Ascensión o bien desde la chilena Punta Arenas. En ambos casos el coste total es realmente alto para la mayoría de los mortales; otra opción es aprovechar los cruceros que visitan las islas, en este caso el presupuesto cae considerablemente. Se me olvidaba, Margaret Thatcher es un recuerdo imborrable para esta comunidad austral que trata de olvidar la terrible pesadilla de la invasión que duró 74 días y que provocó horrorosas escenas y el derrumbe definitivo de la dictadura militar argentina que acabó entregando el Gobierno a Raúl Alfonsín en 1983 tras las correspondientes elecciones. Por supuesto, en todos los sitios que pisé de Argentina [y estamos en 2017], Las Malvinas son un tema recurrente: encuentras museos, placas, consignas, etc., en el lugar más insospechado. Para los más curiosos señalemos, quizá por su lejanía, también han formado parte de la leyenda junto con otras islas subantárticas. Desde la época dorada de los balleneros hasta los grandes conflictos bélicos del siglo XX, allí se han citado los hombres y sus problemas. Algunas obras literarias te hacen vivir una película permanente; estando allí puedes llegar a entender que la lejanía y la soledad tienen un gran poder seductor. Stanley marcaba el punto de retorno, ese viaje –el más largo de los que emprendí- fue realmente un sueño y no se me va de la cabeza poder volver. ¡Quién sabe! Por cierto, la batería se agotó justo cuando estaba visitando su “famoso” parlamento… Recordemos que la población total apenas supera las 2.000 almas, pero alguien tiene que legislar… (JUAN FRANCO CRESPO, Spain, lacandon999@yahoo.es DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** FRANCE. Reception of Radio France International in English, Feb 20 0600-0700 on 9735 ISS 500 kW / 170 deg to WCAf English, very good http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/02/reception-of-radio-france-international.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, February 20, WOR iog via DXLD) ** GERMANY. DEUTSCHE WELLE, PERFORMANCE AND STRATEGY --- Deutsche Welle states that they took English and French off shortwave due to a "great decline in usage". For the remaining services the further development will be monitored and, if necessary, action be taken. Following figures of weekly reach have been revealed: Amharic 25 percent in 2007, 5 percent in 2014. They add that this is still more than VOA Amharic with 3 percent in 2014. Dari and Pashto: In 2013 9 and 8 percent, respectively, in 2016 1 and 2 percent. Here DW adds that other broadcasters saw "just" a reduction by 30 to 50 percent, not such a collapse, because they have more FM outlets in Afghanistan. DW states that its Arabic service is of great importance "due to the predominance of the Anglo-American perspective". Further plannings: More engagement in the USA "due to already existing and to be expected further conflicts in transatlantic relations". If they get sufficient funding: Launching a TV channel for Turkey (where they expect a possible need for circumvention tools in future) and language services in Yoruba, Igbo, Africa-Pidgin, Somali, Kurdish and Tamil. http://dip21.bundestag.de/dip21/btd/19/003/1900372.pdf http://dip21.bundestag.de/dip21/btd/19/003/1900373.pdf (Kai Ludwig, Feb 7, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1918, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GREECE. 9420, Feb 14 at 2020, VOG blues song in English, with harmonica and guitar; brief Greek announcement and another one. Then into more great music, but traditional Greek, also in minor keys, good S9+10 reception so this lulls my nap past 2040; stronger than the bookend WRMIs of only S9 at best on 9395, 9455 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUANTANAMO BAY. CUBA (GUANTANAMO): AFN-1340 is alive and well. It had a fair-poor daytime signal as we cruised past the northeast corner of Cuba, and local-like by the time we passed the eastern tip of the island on January 29. I never heard it after that. Mid-late morning programming was adult hits //FM sounding live and local, IDing as “102.1, the Eagle”. Afternoons were US talk shows with IDs as “The Voice”, switching to NPR at 5 pm LT. http://qsl.net/n/n7ecj//caribe/AFN-1340_2200-29jN%608.mp3 (Bruce Portzer, Caribbean cruise, IRCA DX Monitor via WORLD OF RADIO 1918, DXLD) See DX-PEDITIONS below ** HUNGARY. Telefon Hirmondo 125 yrs anniversary live reconstruction broadcast https://egyetemiradio.wordpress.com/2018/02/14/live-from-the-studio-of-telefon-hirmondo-the-125-years-old-radio-station/ LIVE FROM THE STUDIO OF TELEFON HIRMONDÓ, THE 125-YEARS-OLD RADIO STATION --- 2018-02-14 THE EDITOR HOZZÁSZÓLÁS SZERKESZTÉS EPER, Budapest — Telefon Hirmondó was the first radio station about 30 years before the first commercial broadcasts went on air in the USA. Telefon Hirmondó transmitted live programming though dedicated telephone wires in Budapest, Hungary. During its ca. 30 years of operation, before it merged with the new Radio Budapest, it broadcast the latest news from 9AM till 8PM each day. News included local, international, business, royal court, weather, sports (horse race) and feuilletons read from the latest daily newspapers. From 8PM it carried live performances from the Opera House or other theaters. Additionally, it broadcast the exact time three times a day, signalling the top of the hour with a special buzzing sound. th-enekles Except for a one-minute musical recording, no sound recording or program script is known to exist from its 32 years of operation. On this 125th anniversary, we have attempted to create a reconstruction on how Telefon Hirmondó may have sounded. We collected previously unknown program elements that includes actual news items and the full program of a “literary concert” from 1897 and peppered it with news from local newspapers. We will broadcast this reconstruction LIVE on February 15, 2018, 6.30PM to 9PM (Central European Time) from the original studio room of the Telefon Hirmondó, where it operated from 1894 till 1925. szerk The live broadcast will be transmitted through telephone wires to the studio of the University Radio EPER97, where it will be relayed online http://eper.elte.hu/eper.m3u and on 97 MHz FM in downtown Budapest. On February 16 we will add additional elements and broadcast a full- day reconstruction from 9AM to 11PM. Of course, the program will be in Hungarian. -- *** Sent from my desktop computer | (Henrik I Hargitai, PhD, Eötvös Loránd University Bp, HU | SETI Institute CA, USA. Work: (408) 641- 3463, Feb 14, via gh, earlier Feb 15, WOR iog via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. RADIO IS REINVENTING ITSELF IN THE DIGITAL PLATFORM, SAYS R. SREEDHER --- Akila Kannadasan February 12, 2018 18:58 IST Updated: February 12, 2018 19:04 IST http://www.thehindu.com/society/radio-is-reinventing-itself-in-the-digital-platform-says-r-sreedher/article22732833.ece On World Radio Day, community radio practitioner R Sreedher explains why audio continues to be a powerful medium in the world of visual storytelling For many of us, radio brings to mind film songs and singsong RJs. But for media expert and community radio practitioner R Sreedher, radio is a tool that holds a higher purpose. He has spent 47 years in the field, using audio to teach people science. His shows, including the popular Yaen (`Why' in Tamil) in which people could send in questions that were answered by experts, took science to the masses. Radio is reinventing itself in the digital platform, says R. Sreedher "Although I started in Tamil, my programmes ran in 18 languages across India," says Sreedher, whose biography in Tamil, titled Oodaga Theni by Rani Maindhan (meaning `Media honeybee') was released recently as part of Radio Day celebrations. The book talks about Sreedher's days in Tamil Nadu. Sreedher's life has revolved around the audio medium. During his initial days in the field, Sreedher was a reporter with the science unit of All India Radio. "My first radio programme was in 1970," he says, "It was on AIR, the only radio channel back then." Sreedher came up with innovative ways to use audio as an educational tool. "As part of my show, I once did a tele-conference with people on the move," he says. This was much before the days of mobile phones. Sreedher used quiz, drama, and music to make science interesting. In 2004, he developed India's first community radio at Anna University. The 71-year-old has seen radio evolve. "The valve radio had to be hit on the head in order to get it to work," he remembers. "Then there was the shortwave radio, followed by the transistor." During a recent survey, he found that 94% of the people he spoke to didn't know what a radio actually was. "To them, radio simply meant FM, an application that was available on their phones," he says. Very few had actually seen a physical radio. Radio is reinventing itself in the digital platform, says R. Sreedher In the 1970s and 80s, however, it was a precious thing to own and thousands of people tuned-in to shows that they waited all day for -- programmes, that were sometimes just 45 minutes-long, meant a big deal. Sreedher feels that radio, as a physical entity had come to an end. "That life is over. It is just an exhibition piece," he feels. He, however, doesn't get nostalgic about it. "Radio is reinventing itself in the digital platform. It now needn't be owned by anyone, and can be crowd-sourced," he says. "But audio will remain as long as humanity exists," he adds. This is one medium that has plenty of potential. Imagine listening to a speech delivered by a voice that stirs, with your eyes closed -- now compare that to video. The former will have a much deeper effect on the audience. He hopes that more people will explore the audio medium. Explains Sreedhar, "Audio will make people think, rather than force a visual into their minds." (via Mike Cooper, DXLD) See also RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM ** INDIA. GOLDEN JUBILEE OF ALL INDIA RADIO DIBRUGARH (567 kHz) IN (Assam): All India Radio Dibrugarh (567 kHz, 300 kW) celebrated its Golden Jubilee on 15 February 2018. Media reports obviously referring to the same press release can be found at these news sites: https://nenow.in/all-india-radio-dibrugarh-to-celebrate-yearlong-golden-jubilee.html http://www.khabribabu.com/air-dibrugarh-to-celebrate-golden-jubilee-celebration-from-february-15/ http://silchar.com/all-india-radio-dibrugarh-set-for-golden-jubilee-celebrations/ (Dr Hansjoerg Biener, 16 February 2018, dx_india yg via DXLD) ** INDIA [and non]. /ARMENIA, Bad transmission mixture of 'Radyoya Denge Kurdistane', now newly called 'Voice of Welat' station ID, via CJSC Yerevan Gavar, Armenia, and co-channel 7520.036 kHz from Delhi Khampur in Urdu, scheduled 0815-1930 UT. S=8-9 strength in remote SDR in Doha Qatar installation. \\ 6145, 7340, 9950, 11560 kHz: 6145.022, AIR Aligarh in Urdu at 0931 UT on Febr 19, S=7, scheduled 0830-1130 UT. 7340.005, AIR Mumbai Maharashtra in Urdu, S=7 at 0932 UT. Also \\ on 6145, 7520, 9950, 11560 kHz. Subcontinental female singer at 1002 UT. 9380.003, AIR Aligarh in Hindi 'Vividh Bharati' program S=6 at 0928 UT on Feb 19. 9865 kHz, scheduled Bangalore, nil / nothing at 0936 UT on Feb 19. 9950.073, AIR Delhi Kingsway, Urdu service, S=8 at 0938 UT. 11560.002, AIR Delhi Khampur, Urdu service \\ 6145, 7340, 7520, 9950 kHz. At 0943 UT on Febr 19. TERRIBLE BUZZY PERFORMANCE, a fence of 28 x noisy peak strings visible, each 100 Hertz apart distance either sideband. S=8 signal in remote SDR unit at Doha Qatar. 15769.956, AIR via Goa Panaji site, usual odd frequency, Indonesian service at 0845-0945 UT, noted on Feb 19, S=8 signal in Qatar remote SDR. \\ Bangalore in 16mb couldn't be traced today. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Feb 19, WOR iog via DXLD) ** INDIA. Good signal of All India Radio in English, Feb 15 2045-2230 on 7550 BGL 500 kW / 320 deg to WeEu English 2045-2230 on 9445 BGL 500 kW / 325 deg to WeEu English http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/02/good-signal-of-all-india-radio-in.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, February 15-16, WOR iog via DXLD) These can also trickle on to North America, east at least, probably the best we can do for AIR reception, as India has never thought it worth broadcasting intentionally to us (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. List of operational Community Radio Stations in India as on 29 Dec 2017 (214 Nos.) is available in the following link of Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Govt. of India http://mib.gov.in/sites/default/files/Operational%20CRS%20List.pdf Yours sincerely, (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur Radio, Hyderabad, India, Mobile: +91 94416 96043, http://www.qsl.net/vu2jos Feb 16, dx_india yg via DXLD) ** INDIA [non]. Has received QSL-card Athmik Radio. The report was sent via the station's website - http://www.ayradio.com/contact/ The answer came from the USA. You can see the card here - http://rusdx.blogspot.ru/2018/02/blog-post_16.html (Anatoly Klepov, Moscow, Russia, QSL World, Rus-DX 18 Feb via DXLD) ** INDIA [non]. ARMENIA, Reception of Trans World Radio India via Yerevan on Feb 15: 1435-1450 9745 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg to SoAs English Mon-Fri, very good Again wrong frequency announcement: A17 9410 kHz, instead of B17 9745! http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/02/reception-of-trans-world-radio-india_15.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, February 15, WOR iog via DXLD) ** INDONESIA. 3325, RRI Palangkaraya at 1418, Indonesia pop music, woman announcer, 1422 sound effects and ad. - Good, splatter from Pyongyang 3320, Feb. 17 (Harold Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia. Listening in my car, parked on a quiet country road. CommRadio CR-1a and Sony AN-1 active whip antenna on car roof, WOR iog via DXLD) ** INDONESIA. RRI "Voice of Indonesia" - received a second (probably erroneous) confirmation for the report from March 11, 2016 (QSL card, sticker, bookmark for books). Three reports for 2016 and 2017 remain unanswered (sent by email to english@voi.co.id, via the web form on the website of the radio station and on facebook). From Jakarta, the letter was sent on August 11, 2017, received on February 16, 2018. Blog: https://qsl-review.blogspot.ru/2018/02/rri-voice-of-indonesia.html (Konstantine Barsenkov, St. Petersburg, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx", via QSL World, Rus-DX 18 Feb via DXLD) ** INTERNATIONAL INTERNET. Absence of English Services on Internet Glenn, As an OT SWL/Ham, I was, natch, appalled to see the decline of SWBC, the raising of the urban noise floor, and such. But now, it looks like all the Scandinavian Countries (and some others) not only dropped their SWBC, they _have no Internet Radio Programs in English, either_. What gives? Turning inward culturally? I thought the Internet was supposed to be bringing people _together_...or have the penny-pinchers invaded those countries too, or does just no-one give a fig what we think of them any more? Yes, I've been away from it all for a while, and upon my return things look worse. 73 Lin/KJ6EF (ROBERTSON, LINTON G, KJ6EF, Fullerton, CA 92833, Feb 16, WORLD OF RADIO 1918, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Lin, Yes, it`s unfortunate. I don`t know where you have looked, but you might find something here, not necessarily from the national broadcasters: http://www.publicradiofan.com http://www.w4uvh.net/hitlist.htm (Glenn to Lin, via WORLD OF RADIO 1918, DXLD) ** INTERNATIONAL INTERNET & VACUUM. SpaceX TO LAUNCH DEMO SATELLITES FOR ITS HIGH-SPEED INTERNET PROJECT The future of radio .... worldwide internet delivery? Via Southgate February 19, 2018 Elon Musk's SpaceX wants to deliver high-speed internet to the world using thousands of small satellites -- and this week that plan is moving closer to reality. The company is slated to launch a rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 6:17 a.m. local time on Wednesday. On board will be two experimental satellites that will test out the technology SpaceX plans to use for its internet service, according to public filings. SpaceX has the blessing of the Federal Communications Commission to send up the test satellites. And last week, FCC chairman Ajit Pai gave SpaceX's internet ambitions a nudge by urging the FCC to approve SpaceX's broader internet proposal. SpaceX's plan is to "deliver broadband services directly to [people] anywhere in the United States or around the world" at speeds similar to some of the quickest ground-based internet connections. Billions of people around the globe still lack internet access, so companies have been racing to find a better way to beam internet down from the sky. They include OneWeb, a startup that's attracted backing from the likes of Richard Branson's Virgin Group, Coca-Cola and Qualcomm. And that startup already has approval from the FCC to send internet satellites into orbit. FCC chairman Pai, who was appointed by President Trump, said last week that if SpaceX gets approval for its satellite project, it'll be a first for an American-based company in the internet-in-space race. Some of SpaceX's internal financial documents obtained by the Wall Street Journal last year show the company has high expectations for this satellite network. "SpaceX projected the satellite-internet business would have over 40 million subscribers and bring in more than $30 billion in revenue by 2025," the Journal reported. Read the full NBC-2 story here: http://www.nbc-2.com/story/37534165/spacex-to-launch-demo-satellites-for-its-high-speed-internet-project (via Mike Terry, Feb 19, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1918, DXLD) ** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM. See also IRAN just below ** IRAN. Hi Glenn, heard IRIB on 6040 kHz this morning at 1845 UT In English. Commentary heard about the US military build up and how they are interfering with relations between South and North Korea. Heard a statistic about the so called 'suicide rates' in the US. Very anti US. Lots of music with ID voice-overs. Modulation very tinny and sounds almost like an out of phase audio link. Signal, however, was S 9+30db with bad out of phase sounding modulation. Off air around 2017 UT. Heard using a National Panasonic DR 49 (RF 4900 BA) receiver and Diamond BB7 vertical. Also noted bad propagation of frequencies from 9 MHz through to 21.450 MHz. Also heard snippets of reception of radio 292 Germany on 6070 (Very noisy frequency.) Best regards (Tim Gaynor, Gunnedah NSW, Australia, 2029 UT Feb 19, WOR iog via DXLD) English supposed to start at 1920, so maybe initial time reported 1845 should have been 1945? (gh, DXLD) IRIB tends to have terrible reception in the Americas lately. Their Spanish-language mailbag programme consists almost entirely of people complaining the station can barely be heard and that the news are hard to follow. By the way, what happened to 'Voice of Justice'? (Eduardo Peralta, Argentina, WOR iog via DXLD) IRAN on Febr 20th: Single txmitter ON AIR, started from Sirjan at 0019:30 UT on 6180.003 kHz IRIB in Spanish, male announcer, exact, but NOTHING observed on \\ 6165 kHz tonight. S=9+25dB in central Florida SDR, S=8-9 fluttery sidelobe into Detroit Michigan, S=9+35dB in western Europe, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland), S=9+40dB in Greece, southern Europe. 73 wb df5sx PS: also IRIB Zahedan Arabic on air 6060 kHz, tremendous S=9+50dB carrier into Europe, but low modulation noted in Arabic language. 6060 1730-0230 37-39 ZAH 500 289 0 145 Ara IRN IRB ARBIC-W IRIB Tehran broadcasts in B-17 season, 295 to 320degr azimuth: from Oct 29, 2017, til 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 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 6135 1820 1920 27,28 SIR 250 313 0 218 Fra IRN IRB FRENCH- 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 7360 2020 2120 27,28,37,38 SIR 500 298 -15 218 Spa IRN IRB SPANISH (hfcc B-17 IRIB entries, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 8) (Büschel, WOR iog via DXLD) So when did the Voice of Justice cease to North America? Or, perhaps it’s still available on-line? Still remember the very old frequency of 9022, many years ago! (Walt Salmaniw, BC, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1918, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Voice of Justice name applied only to the 0320-0420 broadcast, no longer on SW, but still on the B-17 schedule http://parstoday.com/en/radio/frequencies as available only on internet and satellite. One could listen that way and observe whether the VOJ name still be employed. There is also a listen live button at top of that page. I too remember 9022 (right next to 9009 Israel), long before Voice of Justice (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) The Listen Live [sic] button leads too a menu of undated program segments, maybe current, maybe not. Later: tried webcast in various ways but no connexion (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1918, DXLD) [non] Re the VIRI/V Justice which appears to be suffering from 'the dwindles' as so many stations do before they disappear, GH asks about the satellite transmissions from them. In North America they were on: *97 W Galaxy 19* 12.184-H / 22000 Msps The last couple times I've tried to find VoIRI / V Justice however, they have not been there. I don't know if they changed transponders, went off that bird completely, or if I have just been 'having issues' with it. (Their signal was always pretty close to falling off the digital cliff.) I will look again when I'm next at the house that has the dish, and if there is time, I may even re-scan that bird to see what else may have been added to it. It has been a LONG while since I've heard them there. 73 //Ken Zichi (Michigan) -- One can never be too rich, too thin or have too many radios. D<-- and I'm still not with stupid! --> R WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1918, DX LISTENING DIGEST) http://www.presstv.com/Default/Frequencies https://www.lyngsat.com/tvchannels/ir/Press-TV.html https://www.lyngsat.com/Eutelsat-Hot-Bird-13B.html Europe 12437 H tp87 https://www.lyngsat.com/radiochannels/ir/IRIB-World-Service-English-Radio.html https://www.lyngsat-logo.com/radiochannel/I.html http://www.presstv.com/Default/Section/103/ http://www.presstv.com/Default/Schedule https://www.lyngsat.com/radiochannels/ir/IRIB-World-Service-Radio-1.html http://www.lyngsat-stream.com/tvcountry/Iran.html (Wolfgang Büschel, WOR iog via DXLD) ** IRELAND. 252 kHz, 2/13/18 0704 tune-in. ToH news with item about Jacob Zuma and South Africa, followed by other items, and a weather forecast; high of 6C for today. "RTE Radio One" ID. Totally dominating channel over Algeria, making a < 1 Hz SAH. Best reception ever of Ireland on this frequency: 44354. Fading down a bit after 0713 after domestic news segment. NDB station MB 254 Manistee, MI audible on their LSB offset. Unusually good conditions to N. Africa and Europe the last couple of nights (Steve Zimmerman, Milwaukee, WI, ICF 2010 and inductively-coupled box loop, WOR iog via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ITALY. Ciao a tutti, approfitto della mail di Nino [Marabello, Treviso] per segnalare che in questo momento, dopo quasi due anni, sto ascoltando le prove tecniche di trasmissione di Radio Treviso che ora diffonde sui 1602 kHz (ex 1476): la stazione annunci anche un telefono ed una mail, rispettivamente: tel. 3337066699, e-mail: radiotreviso1602@libero.it Queste le altre stazioni ascoltate in mattinata: 1206 1036- Amica Radio Veneta, Vigonza (PD) 1368 1041- Radio One,? 1404 1043- Radio 106, Dinazzano di Casalgrande (RE) 1566 1058- Radio Kolbe, Schio (VI) 1584 1109- Free Radio AM, Trieste 819 1114- Power Radio AM, Trieste 1602 1116-1334 Radio Treviso, Treviso 1098 1120- Media Radio Castellana, Castel San Pietro Terme (BO) RX remoto a Piancada (UD): Perseus con beverage 240 da 450 metri (Alessandro Groppazzi, 18 Feb, playdx yg via DXLD ** ITALY [non]. Saverio Masetti just posted to the WRTH Facebook group: IBC - ITALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION website http://www.ibcradio.webs.com Today on 5845 kHz with 100 kW from Gavar (Armenia) we are as every Wednesday in Italian from 19 to 20 UTC and in English from 20 to 20.30 UT with "Italian Shortwave Panorama" and "425 DX News"; last 5 minutes are with "IBC DIGITAL" in MFSK32 (1500 Hz). The broadcast can be heard in Europe (main target), Middle East, Asia and Oceania. You can send your reports to ibc@europe.com. We wait also for your posts on FB and TW using#RADIOIBC Daily streaming on http://hr.77400.fm/ (user: IBC password: 123456) at 14-14.30 UT in English (13-14 UT in Italian) Good listening! (via Mike Terry, Feb 14, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1918, DXLD) Also via WRMI a few times; why no mention of that? (gh, ibid.) ** JAPAN [non]. 17540. NHK [via WHRI, USA]. Febrero 16. 2130- UT. Servicio en Portugués. Noticiero con informaciones sobre el banco de Japón, resultados en las Olimpiadas de Invierno, la ONU, inspecciones de aeronaves e informaciones económicas. Luego el programa “Japão Fantástico” con un reportaje sobre un barrio de la ciudad de Hida y las impresiones dadas por la periodista. Luego fin de la transmisión. SINPO: 45343, desde las 2140 con SINPO: 45444 (Claudio Galaz, RX: TECSUN PL 660; ANT: Dipolo; QTH: Ovalle, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** KIRITIMATI. Good signal tonight on 846 kHz Kiribati, 0545 UTC // N/NE FLAG and Omni 80-10 end fed. With YL talk. Drake R8 / NRD525 (Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA, UT Feb 19, IRCA via DXLD) Colin is quite right about the aurora-enhanced signal of 846-Kiribati tonight. The Puyallup valley is a notorious DU-dead zone, and the IBOC pest 850-KHHO is only 4 air miles away from my DXing spot. Despite this 846-Kiribati made it through with its best-ever audio here (fair) at 0720 UTC (26 minutes ago). Definitely not up to Kona or even Victoria quality, but I'll take it https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/mzs6bj9jpqbbwf189i26sr35mrbl3q20 (Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA), IRCA via DXLD) I listened to 846-Kiribati sign off at 0900. Nice signal and wonderful a cappella national anthem. Will have to listen to wav files for a more thorough report. ;-) About to go out and try a 1000? [foot?] driveway BOG by parking the vehicle down the road aways and walking home in the dark through a scary stretch of wetlands! Who says DXing ain`t exciting?! (Bill Whitacre, Grayland, WA, ibid.) If the Kiribati duo (846 and 1440) are now signing off at 0900 UT, then it would be the second time change in about two months. When I was in Kona (mid-December) they switched from a 0936 sign off to a 1006 sign off. 1440 was usually hammered by JOWF around its sign off time in Kona, but 846 was usually in the clear (with only occasional competition from a presumed Radio Veritas). (Gary DeBock, WA, Feb 20, ibid.) ** KOREA NORTH. 11735. VOK. Feb 14. 0330-0427. Aviso de comienzo del servicio, Himno Nacional y canciones de los generales Kim Il Sung y Kim Jong Il. A las 0338, se emiten noticias sobre los informes de las reuniones de la delegación norcoreana en Surcorea, Declaración sobre la reunificación pacífica de Corea, Informaciones acerca de las reacciones positivas de los surcoreanos. Luego se habla de los regalos entregados al dirigente Kim Jong Un, Actividades del Día de la Estrella Luz, Acto de juramento secreto en el Monte Paetku, celebraciones vinculadas a la flor Kimjongilia, junto a otras informaciones de actividades. Luego se habla de la Olimpiada invernal celebrada en la parte sur de Corea. Desde las 0357, espacio musical con presentaciones del título en castellano. A las 0422 se lee una declaración acerca de la reunificación de Corea, la mejora de las relaciones entre el Norte y el Sur, la posición contraria por parte de los grupos conservadores de Corea del Sur y a las 0426 se leen los horarios y frecuencias del servicio en español como finalización del mismo. SINPO: 45444 (Claudio Galaz, RX: TECSUN PL 660; ANT: Dipolo; QTH: Ovalle, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. Dear Mr. Glenn Hauser, As I write this letter I’m in South Korea, where earlier today, for the first time I stood in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) looking through the barbed wire into North Korea, a country closed to the preaching of the gospel. For years our church has been unable to cross that barbed wire and share the good news that Jesus is coming soon. But our radio towers from Guam — our “steel preachers” — have been faithfully transmitting the gospel through shortwave radio. In the last few months, I’ve shared with you our plans to expand the coverage beyond shortwave to also include AM radio programs aired from neighboring South Korea. This is a big step forward in reaching the people of North Korea as shortwave radios are forbidden in that country. Despite this, many people still secretly own them and listen to our programs, but they do so at their own peril. [. . .] Right now, AWR has more than 1,000 radio stations around the world— including a new AM station reaching North Korea. These stations are constantly transmitting God’s end-time message, penetrating the most forbidden places of the world. The Guam antennas alone reach 1/3 of the world in 100 languages! (The Message in North Korea – AWR Inspirations February 2018 From: Duane McKey, President, to gh, via DXLD) Excerpted from a much longer letter, which assumes that North Koreans would be better off if they become Adventists. NO DETAILS! So what is this new AM station? WTFK? Or are they really buying some time on an existing station, like FEBC? Maybe Wavescan knows. AWR not to be found in WRTH 2018 International sexion under Korea South; there are several Christian broadcasters in the National sexion, but cursorily don`t see anything about AWR (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH [and non]. KRE jamming on air on SW --- KOREA's still jamming against all VoP Goyang outlets, as well as some against KBS, heard at 0843 UT on remote server in Seoul south Korea: 3480 S=9?, 3910, 3930, 3985, 4450, 4557, 5830, 6003, 6015, 6136, ?6250? rather ute signal?, 6350, 6520, 6600, all jammed this UT morning. 73 wb Airshow Wonsan 2016 armada of airforce by KRE against Pres Trump ? (Wolfgang Büschel, Feb 14, WOR iog via DXLD) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. JAPAN, Reception of JSR Shiokaze Sea Breeze in English, Feb 15 1600-1700 on 6110 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs English, good & plus co-ch on same 6110 ADD 100 kW / non-dir to EaAf Oromo FBC Radio Fana http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/02/reception-of-jsr-shiokaze-sea-breeze-in_16.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, February 15-16, WOR iog via DXLD) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. 9975, OPPOSITION. Nippon no Kaze – Medorn, PALAU (Presumed), 1516, 2/16/18, in Korean. Man speaking slowly, lively music, woman who slowly spells out www address, apparent schedule, www address again, 1529 swelling music, abrupt change to series of announcements in Spanish including mention of “La Sea,” off 1530 (Mark Taylor, Madison, Wisconsin, Perseus, Airspy HF+, SDRPlay RSP1; ICOM R75, Tecsun PL 880, and various other portables; 42 meters dipole, 100’ long wire, W6LVP loop, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) Wow, must have been a feed mixup at South Bend. But I don`t think they have anything in Spanish at 1530 (gh, DXLD) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. North Korea Reform Radio via BaBcoCk Tashkent on Feb 17 2030-2130 on 7500 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Korean, good signal http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/02/reception-of-north-korea-reform-radio_18.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, February 16-19, WOR iog via DXLD) ** KOREA SOUTH. Meteorological Radio Station HLL2 of Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) sent me a printed QSL card for my reception report in English, enclosing 1,000 won note (=US$0.9), after 2 months. Their official frequency is 5857.5 kHz USB (call HLL2) for voice information. They broadcast meteorological information in voice – wind direction, wind velocity, weather, wave height of present, tomorrow, the day after tomorrow – in marine areas around Korean peninsula, at 00 – 40 minutes every hour in Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese for about 10 minutes each. The transmitter is Korean made HSS-5KSA (5 kW), using 18 meter cage antenna, located in Gimpo, west of Seoul. They also broadcast shortwave FAX on 3585, 7433.5, 9165, 13570 kHz (schedule not known). The mailing address is; Marine Meteorology Division, Korea Meteorological Administration, 61, Yeouidaebang-ro 16- gil, Dongjak-ku, Seoul 07062, Korea. Their URL is; http://www.kma.go.kr (in Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese), but there is no mention about this broadcast (Takahito Akabayashi, Tokyo, Japan, Feb 14, WORLD OF RADIO 1918, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA SOUTH [& non]. 6045, Voice of Freedom (Hwaseong) 1552-1600+ 13, 14, 15 Feb. Ex-5920 as of 13 February & clear of NK jammer on the 13th. Jammer well in the background on the 14th & 15th. Furusato no Kaze (Paochung) also opens on 6045 at 1600, but, again is mostly background noise. VoF has a neat singing jingle just before TOH, following ID & (Presumed) FM frequency (Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA, PL380/6m X wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KURDISTAN [non]. CLANDESTINE, 7520, V. of Welat, Feb 14 1353-1423, 35333 Kurdish, Talk and Kurdish music, // 4810 kHz (Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN, RX, IC-R75, NRD-525, NRD-345, SATELLIT 750; ANT, 130m Sloper Wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) INDIA/ARMENIA, Bad transmission mixture of 'Radyoya Denge Kurdistane', now newly called 'Voice of Welat' station ID, via CJSC Yerevan Gavar, Armenia, and co-channel, 7520.036 kHz from Delhi-Khampur in Urdu, scheduled 0815-1930 UT. S=8-9 strength in remote SDR in Doha Qatar installation. \\ 6145, 7340, 9950, 11560 kHz [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Feb 19, WOR iog via DXLD) No time but circa 0930 UT from adjacent log (gh) ** KUWAIT. Good signal of MOI of Radio Kuwait on Feb 14: 0800-1000 on 7249.8 KBD 250 kW / non-dir to WeAs Farsi http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/02/good-signal-of-moi-of-radio-kuwait-on.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, February 14, WOR iog via DXLD) ** KUWAIT. 7495, R. Ashna via Kuwait, Feb 15 0036-0047, 35333, Pashto, Talk, ID at 0039. 7530, Deewa R. via Kuwait, Feb 15 0106-0116, 35333, Pashto, Talk, ID at 0109, // 9765 12075, R. Azadi via Kuwait, Feb 18 *1230-1240, 45433, Dari, 1230 sign on with ID, Talk, // 12140 15515, R. Kuwait, Feb 17 0508-0518, 35333, Arabic, Talk, ID at 0512 and 0516 19010, R. Azadi via Kuwait, Feb 18 1224-1228*, 25332, Pashto, Talk, 1228 sign off, // 12140 (Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN, RX, IC-R75, NRD-525, NRD-345, SATELLIT 750; ANT, 130m Sloper Wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KUWAIT. Good signal of Radio Kuwait General Sce, Feb 20 from 0622 on 15515 KBD 250 kW / 059 deg to EaAs Arabic. http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/02/good-signal-of-radio-kuwait-general-sce_20.html Good signal of Radio Kuwait in English and Persian on Feb 20: 0755-0800 on 7249.8 KBD 250 kW / non-dir to WeAs English, unscheduled 0800-1000 on 7249.8 KBD 250 kW / non-dir to WeAs Persian as scheduled http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/02/good-signal-of-radio-kuwait-in-english.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, February 20, WOR iog via DXLD) ** KUWAIT. Hearing the giant Kabd 600 kW transmitter on 540 kHz would not be a memorable catch for those with big beverages. Last night between 2235 and 2245 I clearly heard Radio Kuwait thanks to its 24 hour signal. There (in Kuwait) it was the middle of the night. Principally the overnight closure of Solt in Hungary made this possible. My "equipment" is a Sony ICF2001D with no external antenna. I had nulled Morocco so I know that the signal in Arabic was from Kabd. The point to point is 4593 km (Dan Goldfarb, England, BDXC-UK iog via DXLD) ** KUWAIT. Estrema confusione in casa kuwaitiana dove la mano destra sembra non sapere quello che fa la mano sinistra come dimostra lo schedule della stazione che non accenna minimamente alle emissioni in DRM. Le annotazioni integrative sono opera mia. Ho ascoltato Radio Kuwait il 14 febbraio 2018 in DRM dalle 1040 alle 1100 su 15110 kHz. Lingua del programma inglese. Segnale estremamente potente e stabile. Condizioni di lavoro: Yaesu FRG-7000 e antenna dipolo. Convertitore DRM autocostruito. QTH: Messina. Buoni ascolti. 73 de (Giovanni Lorenzi, ITALIAN AMATEUR RADIO STATION I T 9 T Z Z, ESCLUSIVAMENTE [sic] IN TELEGRAFIA, Feb 14, bclnews.it yg via DXLD) Attaches view of printed B-17 R. Kuwait transmission schedule. Three broadcasts he has annotated as ``DRM``, and he says the 15110 at 1040- 1100 was really in English! Left hand doesn`t know what right hand is doing at RK: 1100-1600 9750 Main Arabic to N Africa (& out of target: SAf & CAm) 0945-1325 15110 Main Arabic to Europe (& out of target: C America) 1700-2000 13650 Main Arabic to N America (& out of target: N Europe) English: 1800-2100 15540 Europe (not DRM) (& out of target: Central America) 0500-0800 11970 S & SE Asia (not DRM) Also includes imaginary, which existed a few years ago: 2000-0000 17550 Main Arabic to NAm (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Good signal of Radio Kuwait General Service on Feb 15 from 0737 on 15515 KBD 250 kW / 059 deg to EaAs Arabic AM mode http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/02/good-signal-of-radio-kuwait-general.html (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, WOR iog via DXLD) ** MALAYSIA. 9835, RTM Sarawak FM(Presumed), Feb 16 0008-0021, 33333, Malay, Music and talk, SJ? at 0811 [singing jingle??] 11665, RTM, Wai FM(Presumed) Feb 15 2348-0008, 33333, Malay, Talk and music and news (Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN, RX, IC-R75, NRD-525, NRD-345, SATELLIT 750; ANT, 130m Sloper Wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. RAYMIE`S MEXICO BEAT this week --- [including DTV = TDT] We all know broadcasters love politics. So it shouldn't be too surprising to learn that one of Sonora's biggest radio broadcasters could be the Morena candidate for municipal president of Cajeme (Ciudad Obregón). http://www.las5.mx/funcion-de-hoy-el-yaqui-power-en-pie-de-guerra/ You might not know the name Luis Antonio Ramos Méndez, but you might recognize his nickname, Toño, or his initials in Grupo LARSA Comunicaciones. There are some worried that Morena party insiders and veterans —*at least as much as you can be a veteran in a four-year-old political party —*might chafe at not being nominated (Raymie Humbert, Phœnix AZ, Feb 14, WTFDA Forum via DXLD) The 2018 Annual Work Program is out from the IFT, and it includes a taste of what the agency will be doing in the upcoming year. http://www.ift.org.mx/sites/default/files/contenidogeneral/programa-anual-de-trabajo-e-informe-de-actividades-del-ift/pat2018.pdf In April, for instance, a new broadcast coverage viewing tool will come out, allowing us to view the coverage areas of radio and TV stations (and not through INE maps). Also in the second quarter will be due a study about the continuity of service on the AM band. With some new stations on air, and changes to other technical facilities, some of the 61 migrants that have had to continue running their AM facilities may be asked to shut them down. In the third quarter, a study will identify communities that have no broadcast services, with the goal of extending radio and TV to unserved populations. By the end of the year, we'll also have a list of the frequencies up for grabs in IFT-8, the second radio auction which will be bid out in 2019 (Raymie, Feb 15, ibid.) It looks like Multimedios has won the race to be first to air out of IFT-6. http://www.todotvnews.com/news/La-estrategia-de-Multimedios-para-la-cuarta-cadena-mexicana.html They plan on beginning high-power broadcasts from their six new TV stations the same day of their channel change to 6, February 24. This will increase their audience coverage from 13 million to 46 million people. Multimedios will open Mexico City studios this year and begin producing local news in Mexico City as well. MM's programming director says that MM will continue its focus on live shows: "We don't make novelas, we don't broadcast soccer, we don't make dramas, we don't do series. What we do is live television, entertainment and news, and that will be what MM is about." (Raymie, Feb 15, ibid.) Our fourth known A90 clear to make its move will do so on Monday. It's XHIR, one of two stations in Ciudad Valles clearing the reserved band: https://www.facebook.com/464438873601890/videos/1769776609734770/ (Raymie, Feb 16, ibid.) ** MEXICO. INSTITUTO DE TELECOMUNICACIONES DESTACA DESARROLLO DE LA RADIO EN MÉXICO --- 19/02/2018 El Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones (Ifetel) informó que en el país operan mil 659 estaciones de radio, de las cuales 371 lo hacen en Amplitud Modulada (AM) y mil 288 en Frecuencia Modulada (FM). Resultado de imagen para ifetel [capción = título, encabezamiento] Al conmemorarse este martes 13 de febrero el Día Mundial de la Radio, recordó en su cuenta de Twitter que este 2018 entrarán en operación en el país 141 frecuencias que fueron asignadas en la primera licitación. Al referir que la radio es un medio para llegar a comunidades alejadas y en situaciones de emergencia, destacó que ha otorgado 178 concesiones de uso social, comunitario y social indígena, 172 en FM y seis en AM. Precisó que por disposición se requiere a los fabricantes de dispositivos móviles a no bloquear el receptor de FM, para que los usuarios puedan recibir señales de radio en casos de emergencia y desastre. Fomentar el desarrollo eficiente de la radio es uno de nuestros mandatos constitucionales, reconoció el organismo regulador. Ver más en: https://www.20minutos.com.mx/noticia/332283/0/instituto-de-telecomunicaciones-destaca-desarrollo-de-la-radio-en-mexico/#xtor=AD-1&xts=513356) (GRA blog via DXLD) ** MEXICO. RADIODIFUSORA CULTURAL INDÍGENA, XEJAM, LA VOZ DE LA COSTA CHICA AL RESCATE DE CULTURA Y LENGUAS ORIGINARIAS A través del puente de comunicación construido desde hace 24 años por la Radiodifusora Cultural Indígena, XEJAM, la Voz de la Costa Chica con comunidades cercanas a Jamiltepec, se ha logrado el reencuentro de familias, el comercio entre comunidades y el descubrimiento de talentos que ayudan a la conservación de lenguas originales y cultura. Oaxaca ocupa uno de los seis primeros lugares en la tabla nacional entre las radios comunitarias que son pioneras de la comunicación entre los pueblos de las distintas regiones de la entidad y del país y Jamiltepec cuenta con una radiofusora que, a pesar de las limitantes y recortes presupuestales, sigue siendo el medio de comunicación masivo más importante de la región. El dolor más grande que puede vivir una familia es la ausencia de uno de sus integrantes; en esta región, son cientos los indígenas que se han visto partir tras el sueño americano e incluso atravesar la frontera en busca de mejores condiciones de vida y ha sido gracias a esta emisora como, después de muchos años, han logrado establecer comunicación con sus familias. “Aquí hemos vivido grandes emociones, anteriormente nos llamaban los paisanos radicados en otros estado u otros países y, lo más que podíamos hacer, era comentar sus mensajes, pero sus familias no podían corresponder a sus saludos. Hoy, con la redes sociales y la transmisión que logramos a través de ellas, hemos sido testigos de reencuentros muy emotivos”, relata el responsable de la XEJAM, Luis Santos Alderete. La emisora de Jamiltepec ocupa el segundo lugar en preferencia estatal- dentro del rango de este tipo- y, por el alto índice de migrantes, Tlaxiaco es la ciudad que aparece entre los más destacados del recuento nacional. La XEJAM, con una potencia de 1200 kilowatts [sic! WTFK?], logra que interactúen por lo menos 500 radioescuchas de la Costa, Sierra Sur e incluso Sierra Norte a lo largo de un día. Las estaciones radiofónicas culturales fueron fundadas por el Instituto Nacional Indigenista (INI) y, a pesar de la importancia que tienen al lograr la cobertura nacional para cerca de 22 millones de personas, el presupuesto año con año disminuye Estas radiodifusoras alcanzan comunidades que hablan 31 lenguas originarias; las tareas de innovación tecnológica se frenan al convertirse el INI en Comisión Nacional para el Desarrollo de los Pueblos Indígenas. Resultado de imagen para XEJAM, la Voz de la Costa Chica No obstante, en la XEJAM han buscado las alternativas para defender su posición y transmisión frente a la competencia de las llamadas radios comunitarias que, al amparo de la ilegalidad, intentan desplazarla. Rubinia y Estela son las dos únicas productoras radiofónicas bilingües y que colaboran con la emisora también como locutoras, luego del último recorte que se aplica para la operación de la estación; Rubinia habla el mixteco en una de sus variantes y Estela el chatino, en su variante de Santa Cruz Zenzontepec, que sirve de medio de comuicación en 32 comunidades de Juquila y Yautepec. “La radiodifusora cultural indigenista es un vínculo con los pueblos que no son vistos; a través de nuestros comentarios buscamos preservar las tradiciones, cultura y especialmente nuestras lenguas originarias, que lamentablemente se van perdiendo”, comenta Rubinia. Empero, la limitación de recursos impide que la cobertura y el afán de preservación del lenguaje nativo se alcance plenamente, pues el personal se ha reducido, lo que provoca que se deje de atender la transmisión de otras variantes de ambas lenguas. La productora indica que debe cuidarse escrupulosamente transmitir para la población indígena mensajes con intención educativa en distintos temas; para ello se debe contar con la idiosincracia de los pueblos, educar, culturizar y comunicar para los mixtecos, chatinos y amuzgos es una gran responsabilidad. “Hablar con nuestra gente implica conocer perfectamente desde sus costumbres hasta sus reacciones, su forma de pensar, actuar y discernir; hacer radio, además es una oportunidad enorme que tenemos para llevar esperanza hasta ellos, aunque sean los olvidados”, dijo Estela. Más de 6 mil documentos musicales existen en la fonotéca de la XEJAM, música variada en su mayoría regional así lo marca el lineamiento básico que rige a la radiodifusora, que sólo permite la transmisión del 20% de música de otro corte; además, la difusión debe realizarse 50% en español y 50% en lenguas originales. Aquí se han tocado la música de grandes talentos oriundos de la región, que han trascendido, como el del grupo Mar Azúl, Álvaro Carrillo, Los Conde, Chanta Vielma y Obatalá, un grupo musical formado por mujeres afromexicanas de Collantes. “La Radiodifusora Cultural Indígena hoy es un gran puente de comunicación que logra la unión entre nuestros hermanos asentados en las comunidades y los que viven fuera, un medio que da vida, alegría y esperanza a la gente de esta región y en especial, que brinda la oportunidad de comerciar productos de la zona que les permiten generar su sustento, la XEJAM, vive para esa gente”, puntualizó su responsable Luis Santos Alderete. http://www.nvinoticias.com (via GRA blog 15 Feb via DXLD) WTFK? Where is it? Oaxaca is mentioned *once* in this long story, also referring to the south coast. Find it in the 2015 IRCA Mexican Log (still waiting on a new edition!): on 1260 in, full name, Santiago Jamiltepec, as 10 kW! daytimer, La Voz de la Costa Chica, 1200-2400, net SRCI, Programing in Spanish, Mixteca, Arruzga & Chatina languages. WRTH 2018 agrees except spells them masculinely: Mixteco, Amuzgo and Chatino. That depends on which unexpressed/understood term for ``language`` they are connected to: lengua which is feminine, and idioma which is masculine (really, Greek root). Also, there is confusion in fonts between rr and m --- which is it? Address: Plaza de la Constitución y Negrete s/n, 71700 Santiago Jamiltepec, Oaxaca. s/n means sin número, no number in the address (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MYANMAR. COMMUNITY RADIO : KHAYAE FM (104,8 MHz) OFFICIALLY LAUNCHES IN HTAN TABIN TOWNSHIP - - - First citizen radio on the air: http://www.myanmarinternationaltv.com/news/community-radio-khayae-fm-officially-launches-htan-tabin-township 19 February 2018 (via Dr Hansjoerg Biener, DXLD) ** NEW ZEALAND. NZ/US: for lovers of music: The Retro Cocktail Hour http://www.retrococktail.org/ just coming in fine in Europe thanks to Radio New Zealand National and International: Sun, 18 February 2018, *1005 h UT, 9765 kHz via Radio New Zealand International. The Retro Cocktail Hour: An hour of music that's "shaken, not stirred" every week from the Underground Martini Bunker at Kansas Public Radio (KPR), Sundays 1104 pm NZ Time https://www.radionz.co.nz/international/schedules https://www.radionz.co.nz/national/schedules (Dr Hansjoerg Biener, 18 February 2018, WORLD OF RADIO 1918, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Another example of the excellent taste RNZ has in programming, far beyond US SW stations (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1918, DXLD) ** NIGERIA [non]. FRANCE, Radio Herwa International via TDF Issoudun on Feb 19 1930-2000 on 9580 ISS 100 kW / 170 deg to WeAf Hausa/Kanuri, weak http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/02/radio-herwa-international-via-tdf.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, February 19, WOR iog via DXLD) ** NORTH AMERICA. PROJECT: What’s the signal strength at your location for the Old Radio Program station on 6770? It’s barely audible here in east, central Michigan. I vaguely remember seeing a posting somewhere, that it originates from a Radio Museum. Anybody know? -- HF (Harold Frodge, ed., Free Radio Weekly via DXLD) Viz.: RADIO MUSEUM OLD PROGRAM STATION: 2/9, 0001-0025, 6770/AM; Faint EE voices with the sound of Old Time Radio. 15341 (Ron Hunsicker: 1238 Cleveland Avenue, Wyomissing PA 19610-2102, ibid.) 2/16, 2306, 6770/AM; An old radio variety show. Commercial for a laxative called Sal Hepatica at 2307. A musical selection from the orchestra at 2308. Fair to good signal, s5 (Larry Will, 28723 Ridge Road, Mount Airy MD 21771-4436, Icom IC-R75 with G5RV, FRW Feb 17 via DXLD) Seldom more than a JBA carrier here (gh, OK, DXLD) ** OKLAHOMA. 362 kHz, Feb 20 at 0734 UT, beacon OWP from Sand Springs -- William Pogue, power unknown, mixed with SB and dash from Sudbury, Ontario (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 1120, Feb 17 at 1926 UT, another station vying in the weekend dead-air sweepstakes, 10 kW wasted by KETU Catoosa OK (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 1210, Feb 16 at 1438 UT, KGYN is missing vs KOKK [q.v.] and other signals. Should be audible at 10 kW ND power, which they had also been running at night making it dominant even here toward Philadelphia. Maybe they`ve flipped again to radiate direxional-west all day and night? But by midday 1900 UT, JBA alone with KGYN ID on groundwave remnant only. Following the rules about night and day patterns are obviously beyond them. Yet this is the station which for years has kept a CP going for 50/10/19 kW. And had been reported?/rumored? to be planning an ultimate move into the OKC market if it could get rid of 1220 KTLV. But the CP is for the same far-out No-Mans-Land coördinates as now, site right next to US 412 just east of Guymon with a big KGYN sign on the shack, three towers aimed right at WPHT. 1210, Feb 17 at 1924 UT, weak presumed KGYN with silly basketball game Alabama vs Kentucky, has heavy SAH but no other audio audible, of 172/minute = 2.87 Hz. The other one must be some skywave at midday. Closest likely in the MW offsets reference, http://www.mwlist.org/mwoffset.php?khz=1210 not including KOKK or the RGV station is KHAT Laramie WY 11 years ago: 1210 1210.0001 USA KGYN (Guymon, OK) 2017-09-08 1210 1210.002 USA KHAT (Laramie, WY) 2007-03-03 i.e. would be 1.9 Hz apart, but hardly contemporary info (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 1640, Feb 17 at 1921 UT, KZLS Enid with dead air, or just barely modulated (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 92.1, Feb 16 at 1647 UT and everywhen, KAMG-LP Enid continues active as presumed satellator with praise music in Spanish, and distorted modulation, also splattering to first adjacents 91.9 and 92.3, but fortunately not to second-adjacents KOSU and KOMA (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA [and non]. RF channel A48, Feb 14 at 1529 UT, fog to the south of here visiblizes, weakly and snowily, the last standing NTSC transmitter, KOCY-LP, Estrella TV, OKC. Also several BAD DTV signals on 26, 19, 12, 11, 10; and 28 flashes 3-1 but no decode either, implying KFDX Wichita Falls TX (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OMAN. 15140, Radio Sultantate of Oman (presumed); 1451-1502+, 12/14; M&W in English at tune-in, closing with “You have been listening to ?” to spot for a transport survey; pop music from 1455+ continuing past 1500. Poor at QRN level. 1459:14-:21 sudden strong sig with DA -- somebody in Habana hit the wrong button? (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 185' RW, ----- All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time & without the aid of a computer! -----, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAKISTAN. Results of a monitoring project on Radio Pakistan (February 2018) 1. http://www.radio.gov.pk/live-streaming provides links to 10 audio streams, but these are only active when the respective stations are active. This may result in many hours of silence during the day on a particular channel. For former short wave listeners of Radio Pakistan, two streams are of special interest: "World Service" and "External Service". During the monitoring project the channel monitored was left running even when there was no programme feed. 2. The audio on the World Service and External Service channels is now very good. [!!] The worn out recordings of the interval signal and the national anthem are still used. 3. I was unable to establish full schedules. At least on the monitoring days, both international channels did not always match the former short wave schedule and the internet schedule I monitored in April 2017. The sign on/off-times trail by minutes behind UT. The remarkable time delay can also be heard when Home Service news are relayed by the World Service. Rewording a suggestion of April 2017 4. The "4 pm news in English" at 1100 h UT following the Urdu World Service programme were reconfirmed during the monitoring. The World Radio TV Handbook 2018 mentions Home Service news bulletins in English at 0300, 0800, 1100, 1300, 1600 and 1700 h UT. It is easy to see that for the benefit of international listeners some English news could easily be embedded in a musical interlude between the Urdu World Service programmes (Dr Hansjoerg Biener, 17 February 2018, WORLD OF RADIO 1918, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. NBC Madang (3260) cut off at 1211*, on Feb 15 3260, NBC Madang. Very interesting reception Feb 17, from 1127 till cut off about 1236; better than normal; running much longer than usual, which helped their reception; fairly clear ID at 1157 for "NBC Madang, Maus Blong Garamut" (hollowed log, slit-drum [garamut in Pidgin]); played some C&W songs; Anne Murray - "Snowbird," etc.; also appropriate selection of garamut music; my ID and music audio posted at http://app.box.com/s/uio8d2xqyw45jzn36r5ay7oa5lwn2suf (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1918, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. PNG GOVERNMENT TO EXTEND PUBLIC RADIO SERVICES 11:05 am on 15 February 2018 https://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/350460/png-govt-to-extend-public-radio-services Papua New Guinea's communications minister, Sam Basil, says he plans to grow radio services in PNG. PNG Communications Minister Sam Basil Photo: supplied [caption] He marked this week's World Radio Day by saying radio is a medium that reaches the widest audience, including vulnerable communities in remote parts of the country. Mr Basil has announced the medium and shortwave services of the state broadcaster, NBC, will be restored, and that the corporation will migrate from analog to digital technology. He said new stations will be opened in Jiwaka and Hela and that a new NBC headquarters will be built (via Artie Bigley, WORLD OF RADIO 1918, DXLD) You mean, they bother to reactivate SW and MW transmitters, and then make them DRM or IBOC, instead of analog?! What futility (gh, WORLD OF RADIO 1918, DXLD) ** PERU. 4955. R. CULTURAL AMAUTA. Feb 14. 2340-2350 UT. Informaciones deportivas en idioma quechua. SINPO: 45444 (Claudio Galaz, RX: TECSUN PL 660; ANT: Dipolo; QTH: Ovalle, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** PERU. 4775, R. TARMA. Febrero 15. 0021-0030 UT. Cumbias serranas. SINPO: 45444. 5025. R. QUILLABAMBA. Febrero 16. 0000-0010 UT. Música andina. Desde las 0003, se emite el programa: “Viviendo bonito” con comentarios acerca del amor y el día de San Valentín. SINPO: 55555 (Claudio Galaz, RX: TECSUN PL 660; ANT: Dipolo; QTH: Ovalle, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** ROMANIA. 5980/DRM, R Romania International with English broadcast popping in and out. Started with IS and then into English news read by YL. Items about an ice hotel in Romania, a storm in Malta, Romanian athletes in the Winter Olympics. Mention of "World Radio Day". There was a feature programme that was mostly cut out, and then a preview of the week's coming feature programmes. Then into "Focus on Romania" and "World of Culture" with talx re film festivals. Varying from 13 dB s/n and not decoding up to 16 dB s/n and decoding well — about 15 minutes of audio were produced from the half hour broadcast, so 'not really listenable' but easily IDable and there was a good 10 minutes that actually did decode well enough to follow. S9+10-+20 signals, 2300-2330 10/Feb, SDRplay +ANC-4 +SDRuno +DReaM +randomwire (Kenneth Vito Zichi, Williamston MI, MARE Tipsheet Feb 16 via WORLD OF RADIO 1918, DXLD) It`s a full-hour broadcast, blocking R. Chaski during the first half+! (gh, DXLD) 6130, R. Romania International, 2/11 [UT Sun], 0100-0145, in English. Listeners Letterbox combines musical features along with laudatory comments from listeners every Sunday; typically lasting 20-25 minutes. SIO 322 (+ [same, UT Mon]) 2/12, 0100-0140; The History Show talked about Romania's de-Stalinization and it's immediate aftermath. SIO 433 (+) 2/13 [UT Tue], 0100-0140; This weeks' Business Club segment discusses the changes in Romanian taxation; for example, the income tax went down from 16% to 10%, and pensions will be taxed in a more limited fashion. 44333 (+) 2/14 [UT Wed], 0100-0140; Society Today talks about the shortage of physicians and public healthcare: The recent Euro Health Consumer Index reveals severe problems with the management of the Romanian public sector; ranking LAST among 35 European states. 43323 (+) 2/16 [UT Fri], 0100-0135; in the segment "The Future Starts Today" -- Romania's economy reported a growth rate of 7% in 2017 as compared to the previous year, this being the most significant growth of the past 9 years. SIO 322 (+) 2/17 [UT Sat = Fri night over here; are all these dates right? gh], this Sat. [sic] night edition supplemented by AudioNow© -- World of Culture details the beginning of a performing arts program at the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Bucharest; first started last May. SIO 311 (Ronald Sives, South Plainfield, NJ, ETON field radio and 66 ft. random wire, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) ** RUSSIA. 5940, Radio Rossii Kamchatka, assume via the Yelizovo transmitter site on the Kamchatka peninsula; 0240-0300*, Feb 14. Very poor reception, with QRM from what sounded like IBRA Media, Radio Sadaye Zindagi, via Al Dhabayya; OM & YL chatting (in Russian?); 0259 music. Positive "Radio Rossii" IDs before and after 0300 time pips, so I presume this was "Radio Rossii Kamchatka," as it fits their former schedule. The 0300* cut off happened in mid-sentence. Have been monitoring this due to recent reports of Kamchatka testing here, made by Hiroyuki Komatsubara (Japan) and Dave Valko (USA). Thanks also for the assistance of Mauno Ritola (Finland). My poor quality audio - https://app.box.com/s/n580lz1wjuupa5sqj5xmn3uj6kv7ycgy [later:] Thanks very much to Hiroyuki-san, et al., for this additional info, confirming it was Radio Rossii Kamchatka that I heard. Ron http://radio.chobi.net/DX/bbs/?res:2898#3057 "Audio sounded like as: "Kamchatskaya radio prodolzhit' svoyu rabotu (maybe "time" ann.). A seychas slushayete Radio Rossii." mean: "Kamchatka radio to continue its work at (maybe "time"). And now you are listening to Radio of Russia." Thanks to Japanese DXer: K.INOUE and KONSU !! I referred to their advice. I think that it is the same except for the part of "time ann." . -- https://app.box.com/s/n580lz1wjuupa5sqj5xmn3uj6kv7ycgy -- http://radio.chobi.net/DX/bbs/img/2974.mp3 " (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WORLD OF RADIO 1918, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Ron, Indeed, at the very beginning the announcer says: Kamchatka Radio will continue at (12? 13? 19?) hours 10 minutes, and now please listen to Radio Rossii. Looks like the activity is related to the 18 March presidential elections, so it will be no more after that date. 73, (Dmitry Mezin, Russia, WORLD OF RADIO 1918, ibid.) and ID: Moscow Time 0600 hour (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, ibid.) 5940.0, Radio Rossii Kamchatka, heard again Feb 15 (Thursday). 0245- 0248 & 0256 till end of audio at 0259, with musical segments; 0300- 0303 with test tone going on and off till transmitter off at 0303. A different format than I heard Feb 13, as tonight there was no ID nor time pips; seemed to be in Russian; some QRM from Radio Sadaye Zindagi. Conforming to their schedule of being off the air on the weekend, observed no signal from Kamchatka, Saturday (Feb 17). Noted on 5940.0, from 0238 till cut off at 0259*, with assume IBRA Media, Radio Sadaye Zindagi, via Al Dhabayya; language and music sounded correct to be them; some QRM from Brazil on the low side (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WORLD OF RADIO 1918, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA. 7345, R. Sakha, Feb 15 1153-1235, 44444-33443, Yakut, Talk and music and news, // 7295 (Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN, RX, IC-R75, NRD- 525, NRD-345, SATELLIT 750; ANT, 130m Sloper Wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA. In 2017, the number of complaints and applications for interference to radio reception increased by more than one-third: interference was confirmed in half of the cases. Roskomnadzor together with the radio frequency service conducts systematic work with complaints and applications for interference with radio reception. According to the reporting data, in 2017 the total number of received requests for interference increased by 36% compared to the previous year (the total number of 5 105). The presence of an interference effect was confirmed in about half the cases. More than 80% of complaints are related to interference from cellular base stations, security alarm devices, low-power radio stations. The main cause of interference in more than 50% of cases is the violation of the rules for the use of radio frequencies. Also among the reasons - violation of operating conditions of RES, work of RES with deviation of radiation parameters from established norms and requirements. The main typical situations of interference are related to the violation of the rules of operation when using repeaters, cellular blockers, uncertified DECT telephones, broadband access tele- and radio equipment that do not require obtaining authorization documents. In all confirmed cases of interference, measures were taken to eliminate them. February 3, 2018 https://rkn.gov.ru/news/rsoc/news54606.htm (Rus-DX 18 Feb via DXLD) ** RWANDA [non]. 15420, Sat Feb 17 at 1855, African language talk, music until cut off at 1859*. It`s the weekly 1-hour broadcast of Radio Itahuka, based in Washington DC, transmitted via MADAGASCAR, surely in Kinyarwanda, not Kirundi as still listed by NDXC/Aoki. 320 degrees also easily serves Oklahoma beyond with 250 kW (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SAUDI ARABIA. 13710.012, BSKSA always slightly off-frequency, Feb 16 at 1531, S9+20 with heavy flutter, Qur`an with reverb added for effect, also sounds like wind blowing thru the mike, from atop a minaret? Eclipses weaker RCC competition on 13765, and the SSOB except for 13820 Martí. Much weaker 11860 Yemen service also sounds Qur`anic, but not 11745. Muezzin has a good voice, but I`m still waiting/wanting to hear a YL singing calls-to-prayer; how much longer now that females can even drive in the KSA? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5020, SIBC, Feb 15 0813-0836, 35343, Pidgin, News, ID at 0828 and 0831, Modulation is good (Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN, RX, IC-R75, NRD-525, NRD-345, SATELLIT 750; ANT, 130m Sloper Wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5020, Feb 20 at 0724, JBA carrier, presumed SIBC already, vs intermittent ute pulses, sweeps, and ACI from 5025 Cuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOMALIA. EJÉRCITO DE SOMALIA DESTRUYE RADIOEMISORA DE GRUPO ISLAMISTA --- 18/02/2018 El gobierno somalí anunció que sus tropas destruyeron en el sur del país una radioemisora de la organización islamista Al Shabab, considerada terrorista por la comunidad internacional. La desactivación de la planta Radio Andulus [sic] en la región de Lower Shabelle siguió a declaraciones del presidente del país, Mohamed Abdullahi, sobre el inicio de nuevas ofensivas aéreas y terrestres contra el grupo extremista aliado a Al Qaeda, según el comandante de la fuerza, el general Abdullahi Ali. El operativo del ejército contra el centro de transmisiones radiales coincidió también con el primer aniversario de la campaña electoral en la que el gobernante prometió derrotar a Al Shabab. La organización insurgente emplea ese tipo de medios de difusión para su proselitismo religioso, basado en las ideas más ortodoxas del Islam y en sanciones como la lapidación y la mutilización. Al Shabab, palabras que significan en árabe ‘los jóvenes’, surgió en 2006 como ala radical del desaparecido Consejo de Tribunales Islámicos para imponer un califato basado en la ley islámica o Sharía. Esa organización controla territorios del centro y sur de Somalia, desde donde realiza frecuentes ataques contra instalaciones civiles y gubernamentales. La Misión de la Unión Africana en el país apoya al gobierno contra esas milicias, mediante una fuerza de unos 22 mil soldados procedentes de diez Estados (source? GRA blog via DXLD) RADIO ANDALUS, Mogadishu; W: radioandalus24.com SW: 7700 kHz. FM: 88.8 MHz. D. Prgr: 0300-0600v, 1530-1930v (WRTH 2018 page 363 via DXLD) That`s the complete entry. Occasionally something has shown up on 7700 kHz, but hard to get any definite ID as such. The one destroyed was apparently not in Mogadishu (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** SOUTH AFRICA [and non]. 6155, Feb 19 at 0253, African music S9-S7, 0300 Channel Africa ID. I was not expecting to hear this before scheduled *0300, so a prélude? Or was it the otherstation scheduled 0200-0300, BBCWS in English via Oman? Did not notice any transmission transition (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 9980, WWCR Nashville TN; 1920-1931+, 2/9; Bro. HyStairical, the recently incarcerated Overfondler; “Why would any Christian vote for anyone to be elected? You are the elect.” B.S. kept breaking in to tell us that he is on 9330 & 5130 WBCQ 24 hours a day (not). SIO=3+53 +++ [same], 2251-2302+, 2/10; B.S. said, “I’m still not completely exonerated.” Brief ID inserted at 2301. SIO=453 +++ [same], 1749-1802+, 2/11; B.S. running supportive phone calls; “Would that you could be with me in my folly.” “Have I committed an offense, abasing myself?” (apparently not); WWCR insert at 1800. SIO=454 (I have yet to hear him mention anything specific about what he’s charged with.) +++ [same], 2030-2040+, 2/13; B.S. said he’s completed arrangements to be on the air another 12 hours/day, but didn’t say who he conned into spewing his bilge. B.S. seems to be getting back to his pre- incarceration bravado (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 185' RW, ----- All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time & without the aid of a computer! -----, DX LISTENING DIGEST) So where does he stand vs prosecution? There were a whole bunch of charges, and he`s only out on bail, maybe with credit for a month`s time served? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5129.85 ish, WBCQ with Brother Spare taking calls and saying he is ready for Jesus to return, and mentioning he thinks he's still on WWCR, and talking about the lies that were fabricated to put him in jail and how this too is part of God's plan, as God told him he'd be the most hated preacher ever, but he DID admit that 'I have sinned' and rambling about how he can't leave the Overcomer property except for 'proscribed visits' (I assume that is a reference to his bond conditions that require him to stay on the compound and not have contact with anyone under 18 except for when he is required to return to Court. "Drop in" Singing ID for WBCQ at ToH. Is it just me or are his rants even MORE disjointed since he’s got out of the pokey? In REALLY well, 4+54+4+4+, 0650-0705 11/Feb, SDRplay +ANC-4 +SDRuno +randomwire (Kenneth Vito Zichi, Williamston MI, MARE Tipsheet Feb 16 via DXLD) 9395, WRMI, Okeechobee FL with Brother Sparechange taking calls and rambling more or less incoherently -- even more than before his stay at the "County Hilton" last month. Is it just me or is he slipping even faster than before? I decided I needed to do SOMETHING to celebrate World Radio Day. What better than to listen to BS? Reception kind of rough -- mostly just weak. 33+4+32+, 1655-1705 13/Feb, SPR-4 +ANC-4 +randomwire (Kenneth Vito Zichi, Williamston MI, MARE Tipsheet Feb 16 via DXLD) 7490, WBCQ Monticello ME; 2245-2303+, 12/13 [sic presumably means 2/13, Tuesday?]; Allan Weiner Worldwide ragging on how dependent we are on computers & suggesting that we all should own an “AM shortwave radio”. AW closed with a prayer but interrupted it to take a call. 2259 ID spot abruptly into Bro. HyStairical, the recently incarcerated Overfondler, ragging about “people who won’t return” & if they do, they’ll have to repent; “I have sinned! Forgive me Lord.” (Shades of sinner Jimmy Swaggart [with sobbing portrait inline image]; is B.S. becoming contrite?!) S10+ with incoming call beeps & dog barking in background (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 185' RW, ----- All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time & without the aid of a computer! -----, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Unscheduled transmission of Brother Stair at 0815 UT Feb 14 on 7780 via WRMI tx#1, Good signal in Bulgaria, video will be added later today (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, WOR iog via DXLD) Good morning, yes, correct Brother Stair program heard now, 7780 kHz at 0824 UT, S=8 signals in Alberta Canada and Detroit Michigan, but much stronger in southern Germany now, S=9+10dB, powerful 11.2 kHz wideband signal visible on SDR screen. 9395 pop music on WRMI at same time S=7 here in southern Germany. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) It is a shame that some stations will prostitute themselves. Regards, (George, NJ3H, Stein, Redmond, Oregon USA, ibid.) 9395, Feb 14 at 1524, Brother Scare audible fairly here on WRMI as reactivated at 15-18 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also USA: WBCQ 9330.274v-CUSB, Feb 15 at 0009, Brother Scare`s moanin`-`n`-groanin` hour is running on WBCQ very poor, // much stronger 5124.83-AM. Fortunately, 9330 interrupted at 0029.5 for ID and WORLD OF RADIO. 9330.4-CUSB, Feb 15 at 1528, BS is very poor here from WBCQ; also on fair 9395 WRMI and bigsig 9980 WWCR. So the Overkiller is back in business, i.e. 9980 only would be sufficient; but the otherstations are certainly not going to tell him that (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Feb 15, at 0315, heard him on 5130 kHz, announcing that this frequency was now on 24 hours a day. If listeners heard him, he asked that they call him. Said one could listen to him on-line or hear him over the phone, in addition to 5130 (Ron Howard, California, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1918, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9330.30v-USB, 0219 UT Feb 16, Brother Scare is S5 here, and S8-S9 on 5129.83, but the third WBCQ, 7490 is still off after 0200. At this hour also on revived WRMI: 5850 & 7730, both S9+20/30! 5129.83, Feb 16 at 0231 one of his all-too-frequent interruptions of himself to utter phone numbers, claim to be on 5130 24 hpd (not), and I think he also mentioned 9330 earlier. Still on the latter at 0310, hitting S9+10, much better than it usually does at night; full power now? Not yet on WWCR 5890 which starts BS at 0400 (UT Sun/Mon 0500); 3215 had been TOM overnight, but not any more per Feb WWCR sked. Anyhow, this SOB (silly old broadcaster) is making quite a comeback tnx to the desires of WBCQ and WRMI, 4 overkill frequencies at once; and he was never off WWCR; but still nothing at all about these at http://overcomerministry.org/radio-schedule/ How long until WHRI and WWRB try to get back riding this sinful cash cow gravy train too, slightly mixing metaphors; never mind ethix? 9330.16v-CUSB, Feb 17 at 1910, TOM via WBCQ with ponderous Bible reading, but strange background noise or modulation breakup during pauses; 20 seconds ahead of // 9980 WWCR which has the same problem, so originates in Walterboro. 7490, Feb 18 at 1544, Brother Hysterical is on this WWCR // 9980. Now scheduled on 7490 at 15-16 on Sundays only. WWCR must have had an open hour to fill with *something* (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SPAIN. Reception of Radio Exterior de España on 2 of 4 frequencies, Feb 18 1500-1900 9690 NOB 200 kW / 290 deg ENAm Spanish Sat/Sun, co-ch CRI 1500-1900 15390 NOB 200 kW / 230 deg SoAm Spanish Sat/Sun not on air 1500-1900 15500 NOB 200 kW / 110 deg N/ME Spanish Sat/Sun, very good 1500-1900 17755 NOB 200 kW / 161 deg WCAf Spanish Sat/Sun not on air http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/02/reception-of-radio-exterior-de-espana_18.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, February 16-19, WOR iog via DXLD) ** SWITZERLAND. DAB+ MARKET SHARE IN SWITZERLAND GROWS TO 34 PERCENT Wednesday 14 February 2018 | 09:11 CET | News https://www.telecompaper.com/news/dab-market-share-in-switzerland-grows-to-34-percent--1231896 Listening to the radio in Switzerland has become increasingly a digital affair, especially thanks to the implementation of the DAB+ standard, reported CEToday referring to a study by Digimig. DAB+ has increased its market share by 10 percent during the past two years to 34 percent currently. The working group Digital Migration has published a six-month report on radio usage in Switzerland. According to the study, 61 of 100 radio minutes are consumed by digital means. In autumn 2015, the rate was only 49 percent. The usage of VHF has increased by 10 percent. According to Digimig, digital radio usage has been growing thanks to DAB+. DAB+ now has a 34 percent share of total radio usage, which represents an increase of 11 percent since autumn 2015. The other ways of digital radio reception, namely IP radio and digital TV, have not changed a lot, according to Digimig. In German-speaking Switzerland, around one third of radio minutes are heard via DAB+, whereas in Latin Switzerland, DAB+ is developing at a slower pace. VHF remains the most widely used technology, both in Western [French] and Italian Switzerland. In all age groups, the share of digital radio usage is over 50 percent. Especially with the young generation, DAB+ is ever more popular; only 25 percent of them listen to analogue radio. The Swiss under 55s mostly listen to IP radio, and the Swiss audience above 55 mainly uses DAB+ (via Mike Terry, Feb 15, WOR iog via DXLD) ** THAILAND. Walt. How is 13745 Radio Thailand coming in on the West Coast? 73 (Mick Delmage, Alberta, 0006 UT Feb 17, WOR iog via DXLD) Mick, reception is excellent into Victoria at 0031 UT on 13745. Even RHC 5 kHz below is not much of an issue, although could be with cheaper portables. Too bad, as there's not much on the band, so room for all! Thailand is stronger than RHC, by the way. Signal is about S8 to S9. 73 (Walt Salmaniw, Victoria BC, ibid.) In remote Michigan, nothing of 13745 Udorn Thani heard. wb (Wolfgang Büschel, 0028 UT, ibid.) Thanks, Walt; yeah, it would be much better here if we didn't have to deal with RH seize wideband. I can read it if the signal is really good and there's so much empty band around it but one of them has to move. I did a tour to Southeast Asia on the SDR and the signal is better here than anywhere else. Just got to get a rid of that wideband RHC. Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone (Mick, ibid.) As darkness descends into Victoria, RHC has picked up, unfortunately, and has started to splatter onto Thailand. I've switched to BS on 7730 for something different! 73 (Walt, 0110 UT, ibid.) 5875.00, R. Thailand, Feb 14 *1130-1144*, 55444, Japanese, 1130 sign on with IS, Opening announce, Opening music, News, Closing announce at 1143, 1144 IS and sign off. Feb 15 is Chinese program, Feb 16 is Japanese program, Feb 17 is Japanese program, Feb 18 is Japanese program 13744.96, R. Thailand, Feb 17 0008-0018, 45444, English, News, ID at 0014 17639.96, R. Thailand, Feb 17 0532-0544, 25332-35333, English, News, ID at 0532 and 0537 (Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN, RX, IC-R75, NRD-525, NRD- 345, SATELLIT 750; ANT, 130m Sloper Wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** UGANDA [non]. Dave Frantz of WWRB writes me Feb 18: ``Greetings!! We are pleased to alert the listeners of shortwave radio that Radio Munasi [sic] will return on WWRB weekends on 15240. power will be 100 kW. during the day time in the afternoon Eastern time, exact times to be determined`` --- so I suppose not already today, but check: 15240, Feb 18 at 1643, no signal yet. However, previously it was usually weak, too close at one megameter for solid prop, just like 15825 WWCR; a bit of HF sporadic E can make all the difference for us, but Uganda? How well did it ever make it over there by multi-hop F2? Our South African monitor, Bill Bingham, was not hearing much of it. WRTH 2017 listing said in the COTB sexion, page 517: ``Target: UGANDA (UGA) --- RADIO MUNANSI (Clan), 7035 Laurel Canyon Blvd # 15333, North Hollywood, CA 91615. Phone: 1 818 5348273 (Studio). W: radiomunansi.com. Webcast: L/P. kHz: 15240. Winter schedule 2016/2017 Luganda/English 1600-1900 Sat/Sun UGA 15240wrb Notes: Internet-based opposition radio station, on SW since May 2016`` I bet that address is a mail drop. It had been off the air for a year; my report from 2017: ``** U S A. 15240, Sunday February 26 at 1838, still *no* signal from WWRB, altho neighbor 15825 WWCR is detectable. Radio Munansi not heard since February 4, and assumed canceled. No further non-logs from here, until/unless it or something appear on 15240 from WWRB weekends`` IIRC the Munansi website never got around to mentioning the WWRB SW broadcasts, nor does it now; but a ``recent podcast`` is dated 15 Feb *2015*! Perhaps the latest political strife in Uganda has prompted them to resume. The aboutus page says: ``Radio Munansi is a community radio station that seek to stimulate, educate and entertain our audience, to reflect the diversity of the local and world community, and to provide a channel for individuals, groups, issues and music that have been overlooked, suppressed or under-represented by the current Ugandan government. Radio Munansi advocates for peace, social and environmental justice through independent media and programming neglected by the mainstream. We embrace diversity, tolerance of others` opinions and freedom of expression. Radio Munansi celebrates and promotes the creative, cultural and political vitality of the local community`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1918, DX LISTENING DIGEST) USA, Radio Munansi will return on WWRB weekends on 15240 kHz of power 100 kW, during the daytime in the afternoon Eastern time-exact times to be determined. Winter B16 shortwave schedule of Radio Munansi via WWRB Global 2 Morrison was http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/02/radio-munansi-will-return-on-wwrb-on.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, February 20, WOR iog via DXLD) And what was your source for that? (gh, Bulgarian DX blog via DXLD) ** U K. 198 kHz, 2/13/18, 0655 Tune-in. Spoken-word program in English, but in spite of good sigs, noise floor made copying audio difficult; phrases here and there. Approx. 3 Hz SAH with DIW 198 in Dixon, NC. Much better-than-usual copy of Radio 4. Believe BBC WS overnight ends on this station at 0500. Signals: 34242. Unusually good conditions to N. Africa and Europe the last couple of nights (Steve Zimmerman, Milwaukee, WI, ICF 2010 and inductively-coupled box loop, WOR iog via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U K. JAMIE ANGUS APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF BBC WORLD SERVICE GROUP http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2018/jamie-angus-world-service-group Jamie brings huge editorial and leadership expertise to the Director role. He has a clear and strategic vision for the future of the World Service Group - both editorially and for our commercial services. Francesca Unsworth, Director, BBC News and Current Affairs Date: 15.02.2018 Last updated: 15.02.2018 at 11.01 Category: BBC World News; World Service; Corporate Jamie Angus has been appointed as Director of the BBC World Service Group. Jamie is currently Deputy Director of the World Service Group and Editorial Director of BBC Global News Ltd (GNL). He has been Acting Director of the World Service Group since the beginning of this year. As Director, Jamie will lead the BBC’s global news services - BBC World Service, BBC World News and BBC.com - as well as BBC Monitoring. The BBC’s global news services have a weekly audience of 346m and the BBC World Service is currently undergoing its biggest expansion since the 1940s. Director of BBC News and Current Affairs Francesca Unsworth says: “The BBC’s international news services are more important than ever, and Jamie brings huge editorial and leadership expertise to the Director role. He has a clear and strategic vision for the future of the World Service Group - both editorially and for our commercial services. "The BBC World Service plays a unique role for the BBC, for Britain, and across the world, and I am confident it has an exciting future under Jamie’s direction.” Jamie Angus says: “It’s a great honour to be appointed as World Service Director. There’s never been a greater need globally for the BBC’s independent, creative and engaging news services. With the expansion to 41 language services, we are already reaching new audiences everywhere; our English services on TV radio and online remain the gold standard for international news. "With global concern growing about disinformation, ‘fake news’ and media literacy, the World Service Group has never been in a stronger position to show the way forward. We spot the stories, see the patterns and make sense of the world for our audiences. I’m very pleased to be able to lead that mission in the coming years.” Jamie was previously the editor of Radio 4’s Today Programme, covering high profile stories including the 2015 UK General Election, Scottish Independence referendum and the EU referendum. Under his leadership Today reached record audience figures of 7.4m and won an ARIA Radio Academy gold award for best National Speech Breakfast Programme. Jamie joined the BBC in 1999 and was previously acting editor of Newsnight, editor of World At One and The World This Weekend, and editor of Daily News Programmes on World Service radio. He worked for the World Service Group in 2010-12 where he commissioned and launched new language TV bulletins in Urdu, Hindi and Swahili and the daily Focus on Africa TV bulletin, and worked on attachment as head of the World News newsroom. His appointment follows a competitive recruitment process. Jamie replaces Francesca Unsworth, now Director of News and Current Affairs. By this summer, the BBC’s international news services will broadcast online, on TV, and on radio in more than 40 languages (via Dr Hansjoerg Biener, DXLD) Angus has been with the BBC since 1999, and he looks to be 40-ish at best. This likely means he biases in favor of new platforms and technologies, but I believe it's a plus he has a history with the BBC versus a commercial broadcaster. The "Today" program is considered the flagship program of the domestic Radio 4 service, airing weekday mornings from 6 am to 9 am local time (Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA USA, Swprograms mailing list via DXLD) BBC launches two new services for Nigeria in Igbo and Yoruba [FM and digital platforms] Last updated: 19.02.2018 at 00.01 Category: World Service http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2018/world-service-nigeria-igbo-yoruba BBC Igbo and Yoruba services launch today, two of the three new languages to be launched by the BBC for Nigeria and the West and Central Africa region. These services are part of the largest investment in the BBC World Service since the 1940s and are funded by the UK government. The Igbo service is mainly for audiences in eastern and south eastern Nigeria as well as the large Igbo speaking diaspora. The Yoruba service targets south west Nigeria, Benin and Togo, as well as other parts of the diaspora. These fully digital services will include exciting short format audio, video, graphics and illustrations. Twice daily, the teams will produce an episode of BBC Minute - keeping people in touch with the world in 60 seconds. The editorial agenda will reflect not only balanced impartial news, but also a rich mix of trending topics, sports, entertainment, business, health, education and women. There will be original content through our network of reporters on variety of stories and issues that matter to local people and resonate across the region. Digital content created daily for the website and social media platforms will cover a broad agenda, with a strong focus on audience interactivity. This is in keeping with the BBC News editorial strategy of not only being news providers, but also providing enriching analysis, explainers and features. Peter Okwoche, Editorial Lead on the project, says: “Both services will concentrate on original journalism from their target regions but will also feature stories from Africa and the main global stories. BBC Igbo and Yoruba will provide a platform for debate on the main issues of interest to audiences and give voices to a wide spectrum of people. There will also be a strong focus on women.” Oluwatoyosi Ogunseye, Head of West Africa, says: “Delivering content and engaging with the Igbo and Yoruba audiences in their mother tongues is authentic, exciting and refreshing. The BBC is passionate about original journalism that adds value and this is what we want to achieve with these services. These platforms will deliver independent, objective and original news to meet the needs of our audiences in Nigeria and West Africa.” Notes to Editors Websites http://www.bbc.com/yoruba http://www.bbc.com/igbo Facebook http://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsyoruba http://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsigbo Instagram http://www.instagram.com/bbcnewsyoruba http://www.instagram.com/bbcnewsigbo The BBC World Service group reaches a global audience of 346 million weekly, on radio, TV, and digital. BBC World Service received further funding of £291m until 2019/20 from the UK Government to launch 12 new language services: Afaan Oromo, Amharic, Gujarati, Igbo, Korean, Marathi, Pidgin, Punjabi, Serbian, Telugu, Tigrinya, and Yoruba. This additional funding is not part of the licence fee. The Igbo minute is taken by the following partner stations in Nigeria; Anambra Broadcasting Station, Blaze FM, Odenigbo FM, Imo Broadcasting Corporation-Orient FM, Solid FM and Telemagic group. The Yoruba Minute is taken by the following partner stations in Nigeria; Adaba FM, Lagelu FM, Kwara Radio and OSBC Radio. [...] (19 February 2018 via Dr Hansjoerg Biener, DXLD) ** U K [non]. Additional frequency of BBC WS via Tashkent 0000-0200 on 5845 TAC 100 kW / 131 deg to SoAs English http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/02/additional-frequency-of-bbc-ws-via.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, February 20, WOR iog via DXLD) ** U K [non]. Reader question --- Do you have e-mails from the BBC RELAY STATION. And do they confirm the reports. IBB confirms. (Victo, Russia, Rus-DX 18 Feb via DXLD) ANSWER – from WRTH 2018: BBC ATLANTIC RELAY STATION. ASCENSION ISLAND (ASC). E: jeff.francis@babcock.co.ac V: QSL-letter. (For direct report) BBC EAST MEDITERRANEAN RELAY STATION. V: QSL-letter. (For direct report) BBC EASTERN RELAY STATION OMAN (OMA). E: opsaseela@yahoo.com, rebers@omantel.net.com V: QSL-letter. (For direct report) BBC FAR EASTERN RELAY STATION. SINGAPORE (SNG). [no further info] V: QSL-letter. (For direct report) (QSL World, Rus-DX 18 Feb via DXLD) ** U K. [re 18-07] BFBS Gurkha Radio --- I spoke with BFBS Gurkha HQ today. They were already aware of the situation and repair engineers have already been called out. So, Andrew, you may have limited DX time on 1250 kHz if they return to 1251 kHz. Today heard very weak Gurkha Radio on 1134 kHz whilst driving near York. Made a detour to be sure it was NOT Imphal Barracks in York. Later heard 10 km east of York with positive ID at 1600. Very weak. Presumed Catterick is the source at distance of 69 km. 73 (Steve Whitt, Feb 16, MWCircle yg via DXLD) ** U K. Podcast about BBCLR: John Myers talks about the latest announcements from the Director-General on the future of the stations across England. https://radiotoday.co.uk/2017/11/podcast-john-myers-on-the-future-of-bbc-local-radio/ (Mike Terry, Feb 18, WOR iog via DXLD) ** U K. Death by a thousand transmitters Radio Info By James Cridland 19 February 2018 Interesting article here: Absolute Radio in the UK is one of the three “Independent National Radio” stations that were launched in the early 1990s. It’s a national radio station, as you’d guess from the name: but it’s national on AM. AM Radio in Europe is different from the US: not least, because stations are spaced 9kHz apart rather than the US’s 10kHz. This means that you can fit twelve more stations on the AM band; but also means the audio is worse quality. It’s a waveband that isn’t exactly brilliant for music with lots of guitar and cymbals. Read more at: https://radioinfo.com.au/news/death-thousand-transmitters © Radioinfo.com. au (Mike terry, Feb 20, mwdx yg via DXLD) Beginning of the end for Absolute Radio? Years ago, our go-to station was the NRK station on 1314 kHz from Norway, indicating TA openings to the west coast. In recent years, it's been Absolute Radio on 1215. Now they want to shutter some of the transmitters and for others, reduce the power: http://www.radioworld.com/news-and-business/0002/am-transmitters-to-close-in-uk/341219 (Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, Feb 20, IRCA via DXLD) Makes sense --- AM radio is so yesterday. :-) Truth be told: We will always find another barometric station for tipping us off to good TA conditions (Colin Newell, ibid.) ** U S A. MW beacons: 388 kHz, Feb 16 at 0629, GLY, Clinton/Golden Valley, Missouri 407 kHz, Feb 16 at 0630, HRU, Herington, Kansas, each 25 watts See also CANADA 417 kHz, Feb 17 at 0643, two beacons mixing, but one ID is IY, which is Charles City, Iowa, just east of Mason City in the north. 365 kHz, Feb 18 at 0752 UT, beacon ID as AA. Dxinfocentre says it`s at Fargo-Harwood ND, while classaxe adds ``Kenie, Fargo, axually just over the border in MN``. I was really tuned to 363. [The transmitter site is in MN but the beacon is an Outer Marker / Initial Approach fix for the Hector International Airport in Fargo, ND. You heard AA's lower sideband on 363.954. WEB - "The VE7SL Radio Notebook": http://qsl.net/ve7sl/ Steve, dxldyg] 347 kHz, Feb 19 at 0704 UT, beacon AFK, which is Nebraska City, NE. Classaxe says power unknown and notes the ID is fast (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1790-CW, Feb 15 at 0615, marker from that experimental station in Wayland, Massachusetts, VVV VVV DE WH2XDE/3. Quite readable at peaks, but deep fades make it hard to copy complete message. Ends with S K, not SK runtogether, and long pause before repeating. I was trying to time that but it had faded out in the meantime (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 4018-USB, Feb 16 at 0330, all calls fonetik: ID1 is the NCS, with called or heard: 0OR, 0RB, 0SN, ID3. Finally heard a full call starting with AAA, so it`s MARS, but strange alfanumeric formats for the abbr`d calls. Another presumed MARS net on 4011-USB (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 11396-USB, Feb 16 at 1540, very poor signal in English with decimal numbers. Many logs at UDXF iog refer to this as `New York Oceanic` ATC contacting aircraft (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also UNID 11494 ** U S A [and non]. Re 18-07: [WOR] BBG proposed FY2019 Budget The matter of VOA Spanish is quite remarkable: In last year the plan was to widely abandon Latin America as a target area. Now a complete turnaround: Extending activities to Venezuela. And El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua are now considered important target areas as well. Looks like a turnaround in particular in as far as it seems that now VOA, and not OCB anymore, is considered the primary provider of Spanish-language content. Makes me wonder if the background has something to do with matters attached to two persons: Maria González and Jeffrey Scott Shapiro. Last year they also planned to scale back Radio Farda. Now just weasel wording about "optimization". And of course nothing about closing Radio Mashaal anymore. And perhaps most remarkable: This paper describes the situation at Radio Free Asia as if its Mandarin broadcasts are already gone. There is a budget for reusing the office space of this closed service and so on. While in fact it is still on air. Or do I hear ghosts? Could "closing Poro" refer to the shortwave plant known as Tinang? Or do they indeed mean the Poro station and just present alternative facts when mentioning it as part of the withdrawal from shortwave distribution in their performance report? And that Middle East thing is nothing less than shutting down Radio Sawa, with broadcasts to Iraq being the only exception. This news seems to be widely considered a bombshell. (And for what purpose an antenna maintenance at Cyprus when they plan to shut it down anyway? Left hand not knowing what the right one is doing?) (Kai Ludwig, Germany, Feb 16, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1918, DXLD) ** U S A [and non]. An author who prefers to remain anonymous at this point asked me to post this. I will forward any significant replies, either on this group or privately: (gh) ``I'm writing a book about the decision the Christian Science Publishing Society made back in the 1980s to diversify from newspaper publishing (the Christian Science Monitor) into TV, cable, and (especially) shortwave broadcasting. The way the Christian Scientists got into shortwave was, to say the least, surprising. They bought state-of-the-art ABB 500,000 watt transmitters and set them up in Scotts Corner, Maine, and later Cypress Creek, South Carolina, giving them massive shortwave broadcasting capacity - equal to the BBC World Service or Radio Moscow - in the late 1980s/early '90s. [not equal: those had a lot more transmitters --- gh] Unfortunately, they soon discovered that there was no commercial cost- recovery mechanism available for shortwave radio, and that the money they put into constructing and operating their massive modern transmitters was money they would never see again. The Maine station, which cost $7.2 million to build in 1987, was sold seven years later at a $2.2 million loss; they lost even more when they sold the South Carolina station. This is all background to the bigger question I am trying to answer: It's the 21st century, almost no one is using shortwave for commercial purposes any more. Some governments are still broadcasting news and propaganda globally via shortwave (China is a good example), and then there are the numbers stations and other oddities you have been documenting so well and for so long now. In the US, though, there are still small religious groups owning and operating commercial shortwave stations to pump out their various messages, most of them on reasonably small transmitters (the people who bought the South Carolina facility from the Christian Scientists, the LeSEA religious organization, on the other hand, actually have three ABB 500 kW transmitters on site, although they only have two of them hooked up). I have looked into these groups and their financial arrangements, and frankly, for most of them, I have no idea how they even pay their electricity bills for broadcasting. Nor am I alone - in a 1992 book by James Wood called History of International Broadcasting, Volume 1, the author basically laughs at the idea that these small groups could afford to keep so much shortwave broadcasting infrastructure on-line. He more or less hints that the US government is behind these stations, either subsidizing them directly or somehow supporting their owners so that a network of shortwave transmitters can be maintained. Similarly, in conversations with veteran DXers around North America, I have encountered the same skepticism that small religious groups could manage to keep the lights on at their stations without serious financial help. So my question to you is this: Are you aware of any arrangement by which the US government (or the EU, or any other governmental body) is somehow supporting and/or subsidizing commercial shortwave broadcasters to help them stay in business, and to keep their (presumably) critical shortwave infrastructure on-line? Any thoughts you have on this, including names and contact details from anyone else you think might be able to answer my questions, would be greatly appreciated. Best regards,`` (via Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [non]. 9510, Feb 17 at 0350 as I tune in, ``VOA Somali`` ID in passing, averaging S8. HFCC shows it`s via VATICAN, 250 kW at 146 degrees, 0330-0400 (following Arabic on same at 0300-0330) --- violating Separation of Church & State, IBB`s unholy alliance with one particular religion, opening it up to demands from countless non- Catholic gospel huxters for access to its transmitters. Of course this is SMG, which does such a good job of broadcasting in the opposite direxion (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [non]. [Direct QSLs from IBB relay stations?] ANSWER – from WRTH 2018: IBB BOTSWANA TRANSMITTING STATION. BOTSWANA (BOT). V: QSL-card Email rpt to manager_botswana@bot.ibb.gov IBB DJIBOUTI TRANSMITTING STATION. DJIBOUTI (DJI). [WRTH says this is managed by IBB Germany: --- gh] IBB GERMANY TRANSMITTING STATION. GERMANY (D). E: hreis@bbg.gov W: biblis.ibbautomation-germany.de V: QSL-card IBB KUWAIT “GEORGE A. MOORE JR” TRANSMITTING STATION KUWAIT (KWT). V: QSL-card Email rpt to manager_kuwait@kuw.ibb.gov IBB “ROBERT E. KAMOSA” TRANSMITTING STATION. NORTHERN MARIANA ISL. (MRA). V: QSL-card Email rpt to manager_mariana@mar.ibb.gov IBB PHILIPPINES TRANSMITTING STATION. PHILIPPINES (PHL). V: QSL-card Email rpt to manager_philippines@bbg.gov IBB SAO TOME TRANSMITTING STATION. SAN TOME E PRINCIPE (STP). V: QSL-card Email rpt to Secretary of SM. Helena de Menezes hmenezes@bbg.gov IBB THAILAND TRANSMITTING STATION. THAILAND (THA). V: QSL-card Email to manager_thailand@tha.ibb.gov INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING BUREAU (IBB). (Tx OPERATOR). E: pubaff@ibb.gov V: QSL-card (QSL World, Rus-DX 18 Feb via DXLD) ** U S A [non]. KOREA [non], 5840, VOA (Tinian), 1430-1457* 16 Feb. first time I've heard VOA's Korean broadcast here -- poor at best with Korean chat, zippy music sounders/bridges, closing abruptly at 1457 with no YDD or generic VOA ID tag/jingle (Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA, PL380/6m X wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1916 monitoring: confirmed Wednesday February 14 at 2200 on WBCQ webcast; trouble is, 1917 was available 20 hours earlier and so notified the boardops. OTOH, last week, 1916 didn`t make it to 7490 instead of dead air, but this week 7490 indeed confirmed at 2222; OTOH, with only one airing per week on a frequency, one edition or another will be missed no matter what. Now SWLs will have to wait another day for likely good reception of 1917 on 5850. Next, but remember the 9330 airings are still very iffy: Thu 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Thu 2230.5 WRMI 5850 to NW Fri 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Sat 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Sat 0729 HLR 6190-CUSB to WSW Sat 1531 HLR 6190-CUSB to WSW Sat 2030v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND Sat 2230 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Sat 2300 WRMI 7780 to NE Sun 0200 WRMI 7780 to NE Sun 0410v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND Sun 1130 HLR 9485-CUSB to WSW Mon 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Mon 0400v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW Mon 0430 WRMI 9955 to SSE, 9455 to WNW Tue 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW Tue 2030 WRMI 7780 to NE, 9455 to WNW [or #1918?] Tue 2130 WRMI 9455 to WNW [or #1918?] WORLD OF RADIO 1917 monitoring: confirmed UT Thursday February 15 at 0030 on WBCQ 9330.274v-CUSB, poor S4-S6. Brother Scare was running right up until 0029.5 cut to WBCQ ID, cut to WBCQ promo, 0030.0 cut to WOR. So it appears, as of today, WBCQ still intends to carry WOR at this time on this frequency, while most of the rest of the day is devoted to TOM. Next: Thu 2230.5 WRMI 5850 to NW Fri 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Sat 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Sat 0729 HLR 6190-CUSB to WSW Sat 1531 HLR 6190-CUSB to WSW Sat 2030v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND Sat 2230 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Sat 2300 WRMI 7780 to NE Sun 0200 WRMI 7780 to NE Sun 0410v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND Sun 1130 HLR 9485-CUSB to WSW Mon 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Mon 0400v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW Mon 0430 WRMI 9955 to SSE, 9455 to WNW Tue 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW Tue 2030 WRMI 7780 to NE, 9455 to WNW [or #1918?] Tue 2130 WRMI 9455 to WNW [or #1918?] WORLD OF RADIO 1917 monitoring: I missed checking Thu Feb 15 at 2230.5 on WRMI 5850 --- did anyone hear it, and in its entirety? Confirmed UT Fri Feb 16 at 0030 on WBCQ, 9330.3v-CUSB, poor-fair (while 5130- kept BSing). Next: Sat 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Sat 0729 HLR 6190-CUSB to WSW Sat 1531 HLR 6190-CUSB to WSW Sat 2030v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND Sat 2230 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Sat 2300 WRMI 7780 to NE Sun 0200 WRMI 7780 to NE Sun 0410v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND Sun 1130 HLR 9485-CUSB to WSW Mon 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Mon 0400v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW Mon 0430 WRMI 9955 to SSE, 9455 to WNW Tue 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW Tue 2030 WRMI 7780 to NE, 9455 to WNW [or #1918?] Tue 2130 WRMI 9455 to WNW [or #1918?] WORLD OF RADIO 1917 monitoring: confirmed UT Saturday February 17 at 0030 on WBCQ, 9330.30v-CUSB, very poor faded down from S9 at 0010. Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, confirms: ``GERMANY, Reception of World of Radio via HLR on 6190 CUSB, Feb 17: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/02/reception-of-world-of-radio-via-hlr-on_17.html 0730-0800 6190 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg to CeEu English Sat, good signal`` Via UTwente SDR, 6190-CUSB, Saturday February 17, I start checking at 1509: just a jumble of languages, presumably Vietnamese and Mongolian from the ChiComs. 1511 fades up English with German? accent, long discussion of Islamic sects, Shia vs Sunni; 1528 Keith outro Media Network Plus as a documentary from the BBC Arabic service. 1530 Hamburger Lokalradio canned ID still claiming to be on 7265! 1531 opening WOR 1917, more or less atop the CCI, and still at 1557. Alan Gale, UK, also reports: ``Hi Glenn, No problem with reception on 6190 kHz at 1530 today, and even though the distant station was audible in the background, I can confirm that World of Radio was dominant and fully readable throughout. 73 for now, Alan``. (Alan also contributed a crude joke to The Farty KBC.) WOR 1917 also confirmed Sat Feb 17 at 2230 on WBCQ 9330v-CUSB, fair, still cutting away from expanded BS broadcasts; and Blalock the Blaster also still heard on 9330 at 2315 and UT Sun Feb 18 at 0110 chex. Meanwhile at 2315, BS on 5130 only and JP on 7490. (By 0200, WBCQ: 7490 signing off; 9330 poor with BS; no signal on 5130 instead of Area 51 as also noted by John Carver.) WOR 1917 also confirmed the Sat Feb 17 2300 on WRMI 7780, good at 2315 check. Also confirmed UT Sunday February 18 a 0200 on WRMI 7780, reading S9 to S9+10 but fading and not solid (while BS on 7730 is S9+30). Also confirmed UT Sun Feb 17 at 0426 on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, MO, at the JG2XA item about 10 minutes in, so started circa 0416. Next: Sun 1130 HLR 9485-CUSB to WSW Mon 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Mon 0400v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW Mon 0430 WRMI 9955 to SSE, 9455 to WNW Tue 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW Tue 2030 WRMI 7780 to NE, 9455 to WNW [or #1918?] Tue 2130 WRMI 9455 to WNW [or #1918?] Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria confirms: ``GERMANY, Reception of World of Radio via HLR on 9485 CUSB, Feb 18 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/02/reception-of-world-of-radio-via-hlr-on_18.html 1131-1200 9485 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg CeEu English Sun, weak/fair`` WORLD OF RADIO 1917 monitoring: confirmed by Alan Roe, Teddington UK: ``GERMANY: PCJ Media Network Plus followed by World of Radio heard with fair reception via Hamburger Lokal Radio on 9485 kHz from 1120 UT tune-in`` Sunday Feb 18. Next: Mon 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Mon 0400v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW Mon 0430 WRMI 9955 to SSE, 9455 to WNW Tue 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW Tue 2030 WRMI 7780 to NE, 9455 to WNW [or #1918?] Tue 2130 WRMI 9455 to WNW [or #1918?] I confirmed UT Monday February 19 at 0030 on WBCQ, 9330.30v-CUSB, fair. Also confirmed from 0400 UT Mon Feb 19 on Area 51 webcast, and via WBCQ, 5129.83, fair-good at 0414. Also confirmed UT Mon Feb 19 at 0436 the 0430 on WRMI 9455 S9+10/20 and weaker // 9955 (just a semihour earlier both were JBA). Next: Tue 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW Tue 2030 WRMI 7780 to NE, 9455 to WNW [or #1918?] Tue 2130 WRMI 9455 to WNW [or #1918?] WORLD OF RADIO 1917 monitoring: confirmed UT Tuesday February 20 at 0030 on WRMI, 7730, very good; also confirmed at same time on WBCQ 9330.25v-CUSB, only half as strong but still sufficient. And almost synchronized about 1 second apart. WORLD OF RADIO 1918 contents: Australia, Bougainville, Brasil, Canada, Cuba, Czechia and non, Ethiopia non, Europe, Germany, Guantánamo Bay, International Internet & Vacuum, Iran, Italy non, Korea South, New Zealand, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Romania, Russia, South Carolina non, Taiwan, Uganda non, USA and non; and the propagation outlook WOR 1918 ready just in time for first airing Tuesday February 20 at 2030 on WRMIs, and confirmed, JBA on 7780, fair on 9455; again at 2130 on 9455 only, fair. I was hustling to get it done ASAP, as we are into an ice storm: no power outage here yet but some flickers. Light icing so far on utility lines and antennas. A second wave is expected on Feb 21 with no melting before then. Altho 1918 was available 3 hours earlier, WOR 1917 still replayed on WBCQ 9330v-CUSB, JBA UT Wed Feb 21 at 0030. (With WRMI it`s my responsibility to upload new show ASAP to its servers; with WBCQ I have to depend on someone there taking notice and downloading it.) Next: Wed 1030 WRMI 9455 to WNW Wed 2200 WBCQ 7490v to WSW Thu 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Thu 2230.5 WRMI 5850 to NW Fri 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Sat 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Sat 0729 HLR 6190-CUSB to WSW Sat 1531 HLR 6190-CUSB to WSW Sat 2030v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND Sat 2230 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Sat 2300 WRMI 7780 to NE Sun 0200 WRMI 7780 to NE Sun 0410v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND Sun 1130 HLR 9485-CUSB to WSW Mon 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Mon 0400v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW Mon 0430 WRMI 9955 to SSE, 9455 to WNW Tue 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW Tue 2030 WRMI 7780 to NE, 9455 to WNW [or #1919?] Tue 2130 WRMI 9455 to WNW [or #1919?] Full WOR schedule via all media, podcast access: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. I notice this on WRMI FB, from Frecuencia al Día`s Dino: #EncuestaFAD --- A raíz del cierre de transmisiones por onda corta de Radio Taiwán Internacional en Español y en todos sus idiomas a partir de abril/18, y obviamente WRMI Radio Miami International casi se va quedando huérfano, ¿Qué emisora internacional ocupará el lugar de Taiwan en la emisora de Okeechobee, Florida? ¡PARTICIPA! Compartan ésta encuesta. ¿Quién ocupará el lugar de RTI en WRMI? Radio Exterior de España RRI Voz De Indonesia KBS World Radio (Corea Del Sur) Otra (Diga cuál) (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1918, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Brother HySTAIRical The Overcomer Ministries back via WRMI 0100-0400 on 7730 YFR 100 kW / 285 deg to MEXI English Daily tx#13 0200-0500 on 5850 YFR 100 kW / 315 deg to WNAm English Daily tx#12 1500-1800 on 9395 YFR 100 kW / 355 deg to ENAm English Daily tx#06 1700-2000 on 7780 YFR 100 kW / 044 deg to WeEu English Daily tx#01 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/02/brother-hystairical-overcomer.html Unscheduled transmission of Brother HySTAIRical via WRMI tx#01 Feb 14: from 0815 7780 YFR 100 kW / 044 deg WeEu English, probably 0300-1300 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/02/unscheduled-transmission-of-brother.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, February 14, WOR iog via DXLD) 7780 // 9395, Thu Feb 15 at 2120 check, WRMIs now with Oldies, intentionally having canceled `The Power Hour`. This page https://powerhournation.com/how-to-listen/ still claims to be on WRMI at 3-5 pm and repeat at 7-9 am Central on 7780 & 9395; what do they know? Also WWCR 7490 & 13845, replay at 7-9 am, which I have not checked. Fri Feb 16 at 1457, 7780 is indeed off and 9395 is back to Oldies (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [non]. NUMBERS STATION, Good signal of Cuban Spy Numbers HM01, Feb 14 0655-0750 9330 secret tx probably BEJ 50 kW Spanish Sun/Mon/Wed/Fri http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/02/good-signal-of-cuban-spy-numbers-hm01_14.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, February 14, WOR iog via DXLD) 9330.030v-CUSB, Feb 14 at 2008 check, Brother Scare is back on this WBCQ, but soon cuts off, then on and off, etc., mostly off as they are trying to get the transmitter to work. Finally carrier stays on long enough to measure its offset. At 2013 after dead air, BS audio cuts on just long enough for him to declare, ``resurrexion from the dead``. Carrier stays on for a while but modulation cuts off and on. If this be revived, presumably BS will stay on here long hours instead of 5130-? But at 2222 Feb 14, he`s on both! Which may or may not affect other 9330 programming, since last week, one night he took over World of Radio time at 0030, the next night we were back (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) WBCQ many breaks, to start transmission again 2329-2333 UT Feb 16 --- 9330.339 kHz TOM BS broadcasts at 2325 UT, but from 2329 UT onwards many tries to START trnasmission again, many many once again. Probably Brother Stair via WBCQ private religious relay. Used remote SDR facility in Detroit Michigan. Still OFF air at 2336 UT. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, 2337 UT Feb 16, WOR iog via DXLD) Nothing still on 9330, but 7490 already coming into the west coast NA with BS. Man I missed him (not)! 73 (Walt Salmaniw, BC, 2349 UT, ibid.) 9330.304, WBCQ once again ON AIR at 0000 UT on Feb 17, S=7-8, but different program on 7490.018 kHz too, discussion on earth existence, missing manual at life, broad 7 kHz wideband audio signal, S=9+25dB powerful at 0008 UT Feb 17. Wb (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) 9330.301v-CUSB, Feb 17 at 0010, WBCQ S9 with TOM moan & groan hour including glossolalia; 0030 faded down at switch to WORLD OF RADIO. TOM // 5129.83-AM. By 0349, BS again audible poorly still on 9330.3. 7490.003-AM, Feb 17 at 0012, WBCQ with discussion of climate change. Over to John H. Carver, Jr., for report on `Allan Weiner Worldwide` from 0100 UT Sat Feb 17; also on 7490: ``Show started about thirty seconds late after a patch of almost dead air. Could hear something there but couldn't tell what it was. Listening on 5130 this evening with a steady S9. Allan and Angela in the studio in FLA. Opening talk about the school shooting in Fla. Allan came out in favor of guns and the militia and stated that they were not the problem. Early phone call at 0113 from Dave in Indiana with more talk about the shooting and what the basic problem is. Allan is upset that nothing was done by the police to stop the shooter even though they had been warned in advance but they had no problem with raiding Brother Stair's compound with hundreds of troopers over some little thing that happened forty years ago. Allan went into a rant and sort of melted down this evening. Stated he wants to do away with the Democratic party. Then stated that he wanted to fire everyone in Congress and start over again. Touched on the sexual harassment thing again and the country's rush to paint everyone with the same brush. Said the biggest problem in this country was that people had turned away from God. Read an email from Ross on the Cape about Columbine with a statement by one of the parents who lost a child in that shooting. Phone call from Paul Lambert in Germany at 0136 about what Merkel was doing in Germany. Paul mentioned he had heard about the recent school shooting and asked if anyone knew if any of the shooters at shootings in the country were Democrats or members of the NRA. After the phone call, back to talk of this country turning away from God. Again stating that this was responsible for the shootings in this country. Says it's not guns as people who have turned away from God would be using spears and knives if there were no guns. He also cited Satanic influences might be part of the problem. Announced that Brother Stair was back almost full time on 9330 and 5130. Stated that the shows have been very interesting since Brother Stair's return. Reading of emails began at 0154 beginning with the Free Radio Report which took up the rest of the hour. Show was off the air at 0200. Brother Stair started immediately after and Brother Stair was singing! John, Mid-North Indiana`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [from 18-07 about previous AWWW Feb 10:::] Allan announced that Jeff White of WRMI had donated a fifty thousand watt transmitter to the station. It's sitting on a trailer at Allan's house in FLA and he will be taking it to the station in the spring. Says the transmitter will have to be completely rebuilt so it will still be a while before it is ready to go after he gets it to the station. [Would that be WRMI`s original Wilkinson inherited from Radio Clarín, Dominican Republic, the one moved to Okee from Hialeah? ---gh] (WORLD OF RADIO 1918) 7490, Sat Feb 17 at 2215, WBCQ is on early with rock music; I thought it might be European Music Radio tribute to the late Tom Taylor, now playing online, but not //. I keep listening to EMR which lasts until 2315, but another quick check of 7490 at 2233 has a long announcement for Radio New Music, referencing http://radionewmusic.com --- this is Randy`s première on WBCQ, and only on WBCQ apparently, but not clear if it`s to be every week. 22-23 Sat (along with 21-22 Sun) had been open hours for various special, or OTO bookings on WBCQ (including the final EMR last fall that Tom Taylor produced). From above website: ``RadioNewMusic: Real "Over-The-Airwaves" Radio Broadcast - A New Music Discovery Show Featuring Original Music Only - By The Original Artists - NO Covers! Indie Artists - Bands - Rock - Pop - Country - Folk - Alternative - Americana R&B - Soul - Blues - Gospel - Worldbeat - Acoustic and Electric! WBCQ Morse Code tower [illustration underlies] Inaugural Broadcast - Saturday Feb 17, 2018 5-6:00 PM Eastern US Time 2200-2300 GMT / UT WBCQ 50,000 Watts 7490 kHz Shortwave`` Absolutely no advance publicity reached us about this, but it is already on the WBCQ 7490 program schedule. Worth further checking with less competition; stream only when also on air. That makes three good music shows Fri/Sat/Sun 22-23 on 7490. Soon to fall into daytime absorption for DST one hour earlier, and constantly latening sunsets to boot (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1918, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Allan Weiner sent out a press release, which asserts: ``WBCQ has been voted many time the "best shortwave station in the world" by millions of its listeners worldwide. And the best is yet to come. Big things are afoot at the station that will change the course of radio for years to come`` (via WORLD OF RADIO 1918, DXLD) 5130, WBCQ: Tuned in a little early for Area 51 this evening and there was no Brother Stair on the air. Then there was no Area 51 on the air. As of 0130 the transmitter has still not come up (John Carver, Mid- North Indiana, UT Feb 18, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9330.241v-CUSB, Feb 19 at 1553, WBCQ BS is poor; had been rather stable around 9330.3 the last few days (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [and non]. From the Isle of Music, February 25-March 3, 2018 Part 1 of 2 parts --- This week and next, our special guest is saxophonist/composer/bandleader Alexey León, first Place winner in the Interpretation category at JoJazz 2017. He already has a very impressive musical resume, and in one of our rare interviews in English, we’ll talk about his career to date and listen to some of his new album Cuban Connection, which also features other distinguished jazzistas such as Ivan Melon Lewis and Carlos Sarduy. Our special guest for the week of February 25, Alexey León, was born in Cuba and lives in Spain now, but he graduated from the Gnesin Academy of Music and Gnesin College in Moscow, and his Jazz compositions remember that with selections such as Cuba Meets Russia and Guarachando en Moscu (having fun in Moscow). Our conversation with him will be mostly in English for our international audience, but he will greet our Russian listeners in Russian as well. Our Sunday broadcast from Bulgaria is highly recommended. 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 0100-0200 UT on WBCQ, 7490 from Monticello, ME, USA (Monday 8-9 PM EST in the US). This is running on a backup transmitter due to a recent fire. 3 & 4. For Europe and sometimes beyond, Tuesday 1900-2000 UT and Saturday 1200-1300 on Channel 292, 6070 from Rohrbach, Germany Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot, Sunday, February 25 Episode 51 of Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot sends us to the Balkans for some hot Roma brass from Serbia, Macedonia, Bulgaria and Romania along with our mystery song for the week. We will also do a “hang” at our Facebook page so that you can chat with us during the show if you like. Sunday, February 25, 2300-2330 UT (6:00-6:30 PM Eastern US) on WBCQ The Planet 7490 shortwave from the US to the Americas and parts of Europe ----- Thanks for all you do for radio! (William "Bill" Tilford, Owner/Producer, Tilford Productions, LLC, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 5830, Feb 15 at 0708, WTWW-1 is on but poor S3-S5, and seems JBM, almostly dead air. About the same signal level from neighbor 5890 WWCR but clearly modulated with BS. 9475, Feb 17 at 1909, WTWW-1 is S9+40 of just barely modulation during QSO show; 9930 & 12105 are off as almost always. 5085, Feb 18 at 0159, no show for WTWW-2, no `Theatre Organ in the Ozarx`. Not audible on 9930 either, while WTWW-1 is still on 9475, poor signal, not yet to 5830. 9475 & 5830, Feb 19 at 1552, WTWW-1 is missing from both day and night frequencies (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Greetings!! We are pleased to alert the listeners of shortwave radio that Radio Muna[n]si will return on WWRB weekends on 15.240 MHz, power will be 100 kW, during the daytime in the afternoon, Eastern time, exact times to be determined. WWRB has open airtime slots at 100,000 watts for $25.00 per hour with a signal that can be listened to at 3.215 and 3.185 MHz. WELL established frequencies!!!!!! Lease a whole transmitter on 9.370 MHz all day long if you like. WE are building a new programming line up on the weekends and will expand to Monday as necessary. We are inviting broadcasters that want to be listened to with a good FULL AM signal with compelling programming, NOT signals down in the mud with poor propagation --- taxing the listeners! PLUS your programming will be carried on the internet! We ARE NOT in interested in gold dealers, or save America, or PAY- triot programming. Just great music and interesting programming worth listening to of various topics. All religions welcomed to share your viewpoint! So people can understand each other; not what they are told on agenda-driven main-stream media [WORLD OF RADIO 1918] We broadcast to: Canada, the USA, Cuba, Bahamas, all of North and and South America. Our antennas are 200 foot high FULL SIZED Rhombic antennas. Not hung on telephone poles, but full sized steel towers. Visit WWRB at: http://www.wwrb.org for details. Send us an E mail via the WWRB web page for questions and comments!! (Dave Frantz, Feb 18, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. On Saturday, 17 February 2018, 3:29, WatchThatPage wrote: View your changes online at http://www.watchThatPage.com/watchChanges.jsp ***************************************************************** Differences in page http://www.angelfire.com/wi/dxing/notes.html ***************************************************************** February 14 --- In my morning commute on February 2 I caught a feature on DXing on WTMJ 620 Milwaukee, and today I obtained a URL. We hope you enjoy it. (via Barry Davies, Carlisle UK, Feb 17, MWCircle yg via DXLD) ** U S A. Members, There are many many YouTube videos about transmitter sites. Thanks to the California based Joe Davenport. He uploaded a copy onto I Take Pictures of Transmitter Sites Facebook page. The station is the La Mirada based 640 kHz KFI in Los Angeles. The tour can be found here. https://youtu.be/Qnvmf8mPUW8 Two engineers giving wonderful information. 73 and 88 (Dan Goldfarb, mwmasts iog via DXLD) ** U S A. 720, Feb 14 at 1930 UT during caradio bandscan, WGN ID right away in passing, less than one hour after local mean noon, and the sun is climbing pretty high almost two months after solstice, almost one month before equinox. If it`s skywave, wouldn`t I be getting higher Chicagoans, notably 1690 WVON? Nothing there. So more likely extended groundwave beyond one megameter tnx to a quiet spot I park. How about 670 with WSCR which should be just as good? No, only a JBA SAH, between it and KLTT CO (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 770, Feb 14 at 1412 UT, obviously K`KOB, Albuquerque on 50 kW ND pattern already, someguy talking about recent visit to Las Vegas, and seeing for himself the massacre scene. Obviously the *other* one in Nevada, not the original Las Vegas in New Mexico. (All NM media should default to LV NM, and have to specify Nevada if it`s the upstart; but an I-40 exit sign to LVNM had to be specified as NM, there in the middle of NM, as stupid enginists were taking it for Nevada). Fading at 1417 UT. Official FCC KKOB sunrise in Feb is indeed 1400 UT; March, 1315 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 830, Feb 16 at 1431 UT, loops E/W, promoting adoption, from Family Life Radio, myflr.org, i.e. KFLT Tucson AZ, legally on ND 50 kW day power from 1415 UT in Feb, to be 1330 UT in March. 770 KKOB also still in. Too bad AZ lacks any first-class 50/50 kW U1 clear channel station with rational programming (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 870, Feb 14 at 1410 UT, S Asian language probably Punjabi or Hindi, drops in English expression ``fighting old demons``, loops SSE/NNW, and presumed KFJZ Fort Worth TX, which NRC AM Log had with BIZ/TLK format (in English), but must have been updated since. I had similar language mixture at last log Nov 17, 2017 at 1311 UT. Radio- locator.com now merely says ``ethnic`` with no details and no website. Wikipedia still has it as a BizTalk affiliate. Sure is hard to find any current accurate info re (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 910, Feb 14 at 1421 UT, ad with 575 area code, mentions west Texas, but 575 means Roswell NM, KKBE; soon fade into CCI (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1040, Feb 16 at 1435 UT, in WHO null, mentions 98.5, i.e. KCBR Monument CO. Should be on 2 kW CH power at 1345-1545 in February before full 15 kW day power; March from 1315 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1130, Feb 14 at 1925 UT on caradio near downtown Enid, KLEY Wellington KS is all messed up. Continuous spark-pulses at steady rate of about 288/minute or 4.8 per second on this frequency only so not external QRN; mixed in are very irregular split-second flashes of carrier modulated mostly with music; sometimes once a second, other times with long 5+ second pauses. During one 60-second span, I counted 39 of them. I`ve previously noted anomalies with KLEY, 250 watts not audible here in daytime, while it used to be; and if really on daytime-direxional pattern, would be going north only, away from us. Who cares at KLEY? All that matters for this dog is the translator tail wagging it from 100.3. 1130, Feb 15 at 1534 UT, KLEY Wellington KS is still out of order: carrier cuts off and on, but continuous talk modulation can more or less be followed as the cuts are now so rapid; not that anyone would put up with it. 1130, Feb 15 at 2119 UT, KLEY Wellington KS still SNAFU, carrier cutting on and off irregularly with music bursts, 29 times in one 60- second period. Also separate rapid pulsing at regular rate. 1130, Feb 16 at 1437 UT, KLEY still pulsing and bits of modulation separately cutting on and off; also continuous background noise level transmitted on this frequency only. 1130, Feb 17 at 1854 UT check, KLEY Wellington KS still SNAFU, same as at least the past few days. 1130, Feb 18 at 1911 UT and 2048 UT chex, KLEY Wellington KS is still totally SNAFU as described before, since first discovered Feb 14, but may have been that way much earlier; now I intend to reconfirm at least once a day: likewise Feb 19 at 1515 UT. Incredible that anystation would let this go on and on and on (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1210, Feb 16 at 1439 UT, nothing from KGYN from the west, but N/S station mentions celebrity birthdays, 1440 UT Rainbow Flower Shop ad in Huron, so KOKK in SD. Day pattern goes SE, night pattern NW, both with deep nulls to NE/SW, but we are almost due S from it. At 1454 UT plug some SD event specifying time as Central. Roughly the western half of SD is on Mountain, more sensible than any other central-tier state, but if the MT/CT boundary followed the 97.5 W meridian where it should, like Enid west of that, even Huron would be in MT, leaving CT only for the easternmost strip of SD. Also CCI from C&W to the NW/SE (not KGYN, which is talk ex-C&W), likely KHAT Laramie WY, 10000/1000 U2 (altho WY has another 1210 C&W, per NRC AM Log, KRSV Afton, 5000/250 U1, near the ID border on US 89 S of Jackson) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1260, Feb 19 at 1521 UT, YL in Spanish is atop, presumably the one I have heard before, KDLF, Boone IA (Des Moines market = De Los Monjes). NRC AM Log shows the other SS 1260s are in: AR-silent, FL, ID, SC, TX, some of them religious. Now rather than Spanish from 1250 KS, 1270 TX which are more common (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1440, Feb 17 at 1922 UT, more skywave from The Metroplex besides 1630: good in Spanish IDs, ``Su emisora favorita, Radio Luz, 1630 AM y 102.5 FM``; switch to English: ``Radio Luz, where it`s at`` with same frequencies; and SS ID again, then quoting Pres. Calvin Coolidge! It`s KTNO, University Park, 50 kW day power, and the 102.5 is merely K273BJ per NRC AM Log (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1460, Feb 18 at 1425 UT, nice rendition of ``Clair de Lune`` on piano, quite a relief from all the stupid sports / political / religious chatter on most MW frequencies, whence? 1430 UT promos for EWTN Radio, all with times in Eastern; 1431 UT `EWTN Bookmark` author interview. Should be easy to look up EWTN affiliates in NRC AM Log: certainly is not WQOP Jacksonville FL, nor WOPG Albany NY, nor WHIC Rochester NY, which are really in EST zone. Must be KHOJ, Saint Charles MO, 12000/210 watts U4, ``Heart Of Jesus Radio`` despite being in CST zone. Why does EWTN, based in Alabama, also Central, insist on citing times in Eastern only? Perhaps God has annointed ET as supreme. Just another example of timezone imperialism which is even easier for east-coast-based networx (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1520, Feb 14 at 1404 UT, before it`s too late after sunrise, KYND Cypress TX reconfirmed *still after several months* running the loop barker seeking someone to rent this wonderful 25 kW station; under KOKC, but fades-up and pauses allow me to recognize the spiel previously heard several times. Slow SAH with KOKC of 36/minute = 0.6 Hz. Owner posted that he doesn`t sign on until 8 am CT, even tho the daytimer could start earlier (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1630, Feb 17 at 1921 UT, gospel music, as adjacent local 1640 KZLS is dead air or JBM --- obviously KKGM Fort Worth TX, skywave this early less than an hour after local mean noon. But why hear I nothing out of 1700 KKLF Richardson? ** U S A. 1660, Feb 16 at 1451 UT, ``Bison 1660`` slogan and back to ESPN with Dan Patrick (non). I was expecting KWOD Kansas City, but this is the mascotic slogan of KQWB West Fargo ND, listed by NRC AM Log with Fox SR instead of ESPN. Bisons apply both to football and basketball teams of NDSU, HQ in Fargo, admitting a certain partiality by this radio station (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Re: LPFM Cheating --- I lived within range of an LPFM that was located in a low area with a much higher area of ground between it and a big city. Not only could their signal be heard in the big city, it could be heard 30 miles south of there, which was 55 miles south of their transmitter site. They were using a 4 bay antenna that used to be used by the local Class A FM that was owned by former business partners. The station operated like that for years. One has to wonder if the FCC ever bothers to check LPFMs. 73, (Kit, W5KAT, Denver CO, ABDX yg via DXLD) I posted the other day about WOCS-LP's obviously cheating in Orangeburg, South Carolina, on 93.7 FM. It is supposed to have only four (4) watts. It is one thing to quietly cheat and let the signal fall where it might, but it sure does add insult to injury when you brag about it on your website. Here is a link. If you scroll to the bottom, you will see their claims. http://www.wocs937fm.com/about-93.7.html This station has already been inspected once before. The operators are obviously scofflaws (Bob Smoak, ibid.) And he copies this: Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of WOCS-LP Orangeburg, South Carolina ) File No.: EB-FIELDSCR-16-00022762 NOV No.: V201732480002 NOTICE OF VIOLATION Released: January 30, 2017 By the Regional Director, Region Two, Enforcement Bureau: 1. This is a Notice of Violation (Notice) issued pursuant to Section 1.89 of the Commission’s rules (Rules)[1] to WOCS-LP, alow-power FM operator in Orangeburg, South Carolina. Pursuant to Section 1.89(a) of the Rules, issuance of this Notice does not preclude the Enforcement Bureau from further action if warranted, including issuing a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture for the violation noted herein.[2] 2. On Thursday, December 8 , 2016, an agent of the Enforcement Bureau’s Atlanta Office investigated WOCS’s operations and verified the following violation: a. 47 C.F.R. § 73.845: “Each licensee is responsible for maintaining and operating its broadcast station in a manner which complies with the technical rules set forth elsewhere in this part and in accordance with the terms of the station authorization.” As of December 8, 2016, the WOCS-LP transmitter was located at N 33-31-56, W 80-49-18, which deviates from the location described in the station authorization. WOCS-LP has admitted to raising the height of its transmitter, which would subsequently change the parameters of its authorized emission of signals. 3. Pursuant to Section 308(b) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended,[3] and Section 1.89 of the Rules, we seek additional information concerning the violations and any remedial actions taken. Therefore, WOCS-LP must submit a written statement concerning this matter within twenty (20) days of release of this Notice. The response (i) must fully explain each violation, including all relevant surrounding facts and circumstances, (ii) must contain a statement of the specific action(s) taken to correct each violation and preclude recurrence, and (iii) must include a timeline for completion of any pending corrective action(s). The response must be complete in itself and must not be abbreviated by reference to other communications or answers to other notices.[4] 4. In accordance with Section 1.16 of the Rules, we direct WOCS-LP to support its response to this Notice with an affidavit or declaration under penalty of perjury, signed and dated by an authorized officer of WOCS-LP, with personal knowledge of the representations provided in WOCS-LP’s response, verifying the truth and accuracy of the information therein,[5] and confirming that all of the information requested by this Notice which is in WOCS-LP’s possession, custody, control, or knowledge has been produced. To knowingly and willfully make any false statement or conceal any material fact in reply to this Notice is punishable by fine or imprisonment under Title 18 of the U.S. Code.[6] 5. All replies and documentation sent in response to this Notice should be marked withthe File No. and NOV No. specified above, and mailed to the following address: Federal CommunicationsCommission Office of Region TwoDirector 3600 Hiram-LithiaSprings Rd. Powder Springs, GA, 30127 6. This Notice shall be sent to WOCS-LP at its address of record. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Ronald Ramage Director, Region Two Enforcement Bureau Federal Communications Commission [1] 47 C.F.R. § 1.89.[2] 47C.F.R. § 1.89(a). [3] 47 U..S.C. § 308(b).[4] 47 C.F.R. § 1.89(c).[5]Section 1.16 of the Rules provides that “[a]ny document to be filed with the Federal Communications Commission and which is required by any law, rule or other regulation of the United States to be supported, evidenced, established or proved by a written sworn declaration, verification, certificate, statement, oath or affidavit by the person making the same, may be supported, evidenced, established or proved by the unsworn declaration, certification, verification, or statement in writing of such person . . . . Such declaration shall be subscribed by the declarant as true under penalty of perjury, and dated, in substantially the following form . . . : ‘I declare (or certify, verify, or state) under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on (date). (Signature)’.” 47 C.F.R. § 1.16.[6] 18 U.S.C. § 1001 etseq. See also 47 C.F.R. § 1.17 (via DXLD) ** URUGUAY. DELICADA SITUACIÓN ATRAVIEZA CW1 RADIO COLONIA Este miércoles, a los 20 trabajadores de CW 1 Radio Colonia AM 550 se les informó del “inminente cierre de la empresa”, que “únicamente” podría revertirse en caso de que aparezca un interesado en adquirir esa frecuencia junto a FM Mágica. Resultado de imagen para radio colonia En los papeles, esas emisoras pertenecen a Yhuber Silva y Jacinto Omar Macri, pero los empleados entrevistados por la diaria dijeron que el dueño “real” es el empresario periodístico argentino Daniel Hadad. Durante la reunión que tuvo lugar esta semana en la capital coloniense, el gerente Carlos Leguízamo señaló la intención de “realizar un cierre ordenado de la firma”, de modo de “no salpicar los nombres de los dueños uruguayos”, que “quieren pagar todo y cerrar”, informaron los trabajadores. La crisis financiera de la potente radio coloniense se habría originado a partir de “cambios” introducidos en la programación de la emisora que redujeron la pauta publicitaria. Además, fueron “cortados” los recursos que aportaban “los pastores de la medianoche”. “La radio tenía toda su programación, que funcionaba y permitía el financiamiento económico, y cuando llegó Hadad puso programas nuevos”. “Los pastores ponen mucha guita, y los borró a todos. Cortaron los flashes informativos y pusieron noticieros gigantes que ya no escucha nadie”, informó un trabajador de la emisora. Sin embargo, “al final volvimos a lo de antes: a los pastores de la medianoche y a programas sobre el campo”. El “retorno” a la programación “tradicional” habría resultado tardío, y las arcas de la emisora sumaron balances con números en rojo. Durante los últimos meses, los funcionarios cobraron sus sueldos “gracias a los aportes” de los empresarios uruguayos, quienes se habrían “cansado de poner plata”. Esa fatiga, primero, le llegó a Hadad. La actividad de Radio Colonia siempre ha estado bajo la lupa. Se fundó en 1933 con el nombre de Radio Popular, y en 1940 se le otorgó la actual denominación. Desde mediados del siglo XX, la programación de la emisora ha sido focalizada en lo que acontece en la vecina Argentina. En los hechos, durante el peronismo fue la radio de “los gorilas” opositores que provocaron sus sucesivos derrocamientos. A principios de 2015 el periodista y empresario argentino Daniel Hadad adquirió, por cuatro millones de dólares, las acciones de Radio Colonia y FM Mágica a los sucesores de Gustavo Andy Deustch [sic], quien había fallecido en un accidente aéreo ocurrido el año anterior. Tras varias idas y vueltas, Hadad anunció, sobre finales de 2015, que había desistido de efectuar esa operación, ya que la legislación vigente en Uruguay impide adquirir una onda radial a un extranjero. Sin embargo, en Colonia nadie cree que Hadad se hubiese alejado realmente del control de esas empresas. “Quien compró la radio, y después vino en un helicóptero y organizó un asado en el fondo de la planta transmisora para anunciar su compra, fue Hadad”, recordaron los trabajadores. Vale señalar que sus actuales propietarios –Silva y Macri– también son ejecutivos de los supermercados Ta Ta, empresa que también fue controlada por el difunto Deutsch. “Hadad pagó cuatro millones de dólares, y ahora dicen que quieren vender las dos frecuencias, el edificio ubicado en el centro y la planta transmisora en dos millones de dólares, pero, ¿quién va a pagar esa plata?”, planteó uno de los funcionarios consultados (La Diaria via GRA blog Feb 16 via DXLD) CW1 with 25 kW on 550 kHz must put a bigsig into much of Argentina; there is only one 550 there, 5/0.5 kW in Neuquén (gh, DXLD) ** VATICAN. 13765, Fri Feb 16 at 1529, VN IS ``Christus Vincit``, 1530 ``Laudetur Iesus Christus`` in Latin, and right into Amharic ID and frequencies. Not bad S9-S7 signal, off the back? EiBi shows this at 1530-1600 // 11615 is in Amharic on Wed/Fri, TIG on days 2467. Therefore 3 & 5 in his system must equal Wed/Fri; starting on Mondays = Day 1 when there is apparently neither. Is TIG Tigrinya or Tigre? Per EiBi`s readme.txt language abbr. roster: ``TGR Tigre/Tigré: Eritrea (1m) [tig] TIG Tigrinya/Tigray: Ethiopia (4m), Eritrea (3m) [tir]`` So in the all-caps system, TIG is one, in the [] system, the other! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ZAMBIA. 5915, ZNBC/Radio One, 0418, Feb 15. Nice "GOtv, live it, love it" promo in English and vernacular. Always love hearing these ads in English! Brief audio attached (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ZANZIBAR. TANZANIA: 11735, Radio Tanzania-Zanzibar (presumed); 2046-2105:52*, 2/9; Loooooong Afro-vocal to 2058 followed by 53 seconds of dead air; M/LL [unknown language, Swahili?] announcement over head-banger music into, Arab music & off abruptly. SIO=3+53 (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 185' RW, ----- All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time & without the aid of a computer! -----, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 517 kHz, Feb 18 at 0735, mix of beacons, the best call I can pull out is HCW, but nonesuch or similar listed by classaxe or dxinfocentre. I`ve been trying to hear anything besides the two Okies on the 500 kHz band, PN Ponca City 515 which is quite strong here day and night, and HMY Lexington 512, south of OKC (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Feb 14 at 0308- 0317 UT, after lots are being reported across North America: 531, 549, 558, 567, 576, 558, 594, 603, 612, 621, 639, 666, 684, 693*, 702, 711, 729, 738, 765, 774(2), 783, 801, 828, 837, 855*, 864*, 882*, 891*, 909, 936, 954, 999, 1008, 1026, 1044(2), 1179, 1197, 1206, 1215(2), 1386?, 1413, 1422, 1458, 1503, 1512, 1566, 1575(+ jambuzz??). At 0339 I also have something off-channel on 595 which would be Morocco, unless it`s my KZLS-1640 spur. * means the stronger ones; (2) means two carriers, or maybe more. Wish I had a Q-multiplier like on my old HQ-160; just too much hash/ACI from all the North American stations. This time I have left Preamp 2 on the R75. Trans-Atlantic JBA LW carrier search, Feb 15 at 0540 UT: 153?, 162, 171, 180, 189?, 198, 216(2 including CLB beacon), 252. Preamps of the R75 off. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Feb 15 at 0542 UT: I`m starting at 1215, downward: 1215*, 1152, 1125, 1116, 1053, 1044*, 1026, 999, 972, 936, 909, 882, 873, 855, 846, 783, 774(2), 747, 738, 729, 711, 702, 693*, 666(2), 639(2), 621, 612*, 585, 576, 558(2), 549, 531(2). From 0546 upward: 1215*, 1242, 1296, 1305, 1332, 1341, 1413, 1422, 1512, 1521, 1575, 1584. At 0558 I switch to the NRD-545, and can hear many of these carriers, but certainly no better. Continuously reduceable bandwidth and passband tuning do not audiblize any modulation against the heavy North American ACI. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Feb 16 at 0313, starting midband: 1044(2), 1098, 1125, 1152, 1215, 1422; the rest: From 0316, upward: 531, 549, 558(2), 585, 602, 621, 639, 666(2), 693(2), 711, 729, 738, 774(2), 783, 837, 855(2), 873, 882, 936, 1026. JBA LW carrier search from 0320 Feb 16: 162, 252, the latter with QRM from nearby beacon SW, Stillwater OK. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Feb 19 at 0648: conditions not as good as have been, but detect: 531, 558, 567, 585, 603, 693, 747, 837, 855, 882, 999, 1089, 1098, 1125(2), 1215 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 1125-, Feb 18 at 0157, cursory TA MW carrier scan finds one considerably off-frequency-low here. MW Offsets list shows the only fit would be Libya, 1124.961 as of Aug 2015, but also varied up to 1126 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 1560, Feb 14 at 1933 UT, KEBC OKC, dominant daytime station with sportstalk, unusually has some CCI, and seems defective like spur breaking up? But no het. Nearest other 1560s are WMBH Joplin MO and KABI Abilene KS (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 1560, Feb 19 at 2100 UT, KEBC OKC sportstalk with an understation making a rippling fast SAH, and a 5+1 timesignal of the kind usually heard on foreign SW stations; then believe I heard ``Omaha`` mentioned, so that would be KLNG, 10 kW ND daytimer in Council Bluffs IA. MWOffsets has no entry for KLNG, but KEBC and two other major 1560s: http://www.mwlist.org/mwoffset.php?khz=1560 1560 1559.9302 USA KGOW (Bellaire (D), TX) 2010-08-29 1560 1559.9891 USA KEBC (Del City (D), OK) 2018-01-23 1560 1559.999 USA KKAA (Aberdeen, SD) 2007-03-03 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST UNIDENTIFIED. 1590v, Feb 19 at 2059 UT on caradio, a medium het QRMing KVGB Great Bend KS, ID with translator. In DXLD 16-15, KWBG Boone IA (near Des Moines) was suggested as the off-frequency one; listed now as 1000/500 watts U2, and would be on ND day pattern this early, but skywave already coming in topend. Night pattern goes NW, bad for us, when I also have a bad 1590 het, but maybe else from something local. Top ``1590`` entry at mwoffsets is in fact KWBG, i.e. the one furthest off to the low side, but it`s 8+ years old, i.e. a ~332 Hz het against KVGB if both still apply: http://www.mwlist.org/mwoffset.php?khz=1590 1590 1589.664 USA KWBG (Boone, IA) 2009-09-27 compared to my two closest: 1590 1589.9957 USA KVGB (Great Bend, KS) 2017-10-01 1590 1589.9961 USA KWEY (Weatherford, OK) 2018-01-23 [direxional away] (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 1710 kHz unID oldies pirate right now --- 2236 UT: 1710 has a pirate right now playing oldies: CCR, Freddy Cannon, Roy Orbison, etc. S4-S6 signal into West Michigan and best on the North DKAZ. No IDs or announcements between songs. 2341 UT and it seems to have went to open carrier. 20 kHz wide signal on peaks with nice audio, but gone now. Never any ID or announcement heard here. 73, (Tim Tromp, West Michigan, Perseus SDR, North D-KAZ, Feb 18, IRCA via DXLD) IIRC, Tim previously had a 1710 pirate, believed to be from his north, i.e. Ontario or northern Michigan. Trouble is, using only a fixed antenna, however good it may be, you can`t get a DF bearing on anything (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 5800, Feb 20 at 0722, JBA S2-S3 carrier, intriguing; nothing listed in Aoki, EiBi or HFCC. Does not compute as WWCR or RHC mixing product (latter does put a weakie on 6230 whenever 6100 & 6165 are both on). Maybe a ute (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Or Europirate? UNIDENTIFIED. PIRATE, Unidentified probably RUS/UKR pirate, Feb 20 0920&1050 on 5835.6v unknown tx Russian Songs, fair: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/02/unidentified-probably-russian-or.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, February 20, WOR iog via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 6755.50-USB, Feb 16 at 0220, 2-way in unknown language, ACI to CHR VOLMET 6754.0-USB (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 11494.0-USB, Feb 16 at 1538, 2-way in American accent, only a few words with decimal numbers, into digital burst, nothing further for 2 minutes. Many recent logs of this frequency in UDXF https://groups.io/g/UDXF/search?q=11494 include US Coast Guard Cutters and aircraft (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS ++++++++++++++++++++++++ ACKNOWLEDGED ON WORLD OF RADIO 1918: Hey Glenn: All the best for 2018 - really appreciate the great radio related information you provide throughout the year! 73, (Mike Beu KD5DSQ Austin, Texas, with a contribution via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com) TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED FUTURELY: For your hard work (John Spicer, with contribution via paypal to woradio at yahoo.com) One may also contribute by MO or check in US funds on a US bank to: Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 Glenn, thank you for over 4 decades of information! (Leonard Rooney, with a contribution via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com) Note from Gilles Letourneau: Thank you Glenn for all you do (also via PayPal) I enjoy listening on 7730 at 19:30 EST Monday Feb 12 from Winterhaven, CA (John Anderson, via PayPal) Thanks to Jeff Murri, contribution via PayPal (gh) I have been queuing up donors for one mention per week at mid-WOR, expecting future dry spells, but now there are 5 pending. Keep it up and I may have to double up! (gh, DXLD) PUBLICATIONS ++++++++++++ KIMANDREWELLIOTT.COM After a few years of inactivity, I am again relaying news about international broadcasting through the Twitter feed @kaedotcom If you don’t have a Twitter account, just visit https://twitter.com/kaedotcom Most of the Twitter items are eventually also posted to http://www.kimandrewelliott.com (SW Radiogram info Feb 16 via DXLD) SELECTION OF FILMS ABOUT THE RADIO ---------------------------------- Taiwan International Radio - Russian Service --- We at the MRI today, February 13, celebrate World Radio Day! On this occasion, we offer you a selection of films about radio from around the world https://vk.com/@radiotaiwan-9-filmov-pro-radio (https://vk.com/dxing via Rus-DX 18 Feb via DXLD) 2018 EDITIONS OF ENDBH / GNDBH / NANDBH HANDBOOKS AND CDs Hi all, In this year I'm proud to announce a new member of the family, the GNDBH 2018. The Global NDB Handbook contains a wealth of data listing more than 16500 NDBs worldwide. With the increasing availability of worldwide web SDRs, the GNDBH 2018 will give you all the information you need to check for NDBs, regardless where you're listening from. But also the classic products have been updated once again: The ENDBH 2018 now contains the data of more than 7300 NDBs, and the updated NANDBH 2018 shows the data of more than 5900 NDBs. Please find all relevant details at the following URL: http://ndblist.info/beacons/NDBpublications2018.pdf Once again I'd like to thank all NDB DXers worldwide for your continued support! Please keep it coming, it is really appreciated! -- vy 73 + gd DX, (Michael Oexner, NDB handbooks editor, http://ndbchangeblog.blogspot.com http://www.ndblist.info/beacons/NDBpublications2018.pdf MWCIRCLE yg Feb 14 via DXLD) Prices: 32 to 56 US$ (gh) CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES +++++++++++++++++++++++++ WINTER SWL FEST, NEAR PHILADELPHIA PA, 1-3 MARCH 2018 This is to notify that the 2018 Winter SWL Fest Program and Forums Schedule, to be held 1-3 March 2018, has been finalized (insofar as such things can be) and a prize list for the Saturday night raffle have been posted on the Fest’s official web site-- www.swlfest.com. (Richard Cuff, John Figliozzi, 2018 NASWA Winter SWL Fest Co-Chairs, Feb 20, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) SW AND RADIO MEETINGS 2018 Hello friends, here is the annual list of SW and DX meetings of 2018. Amendments and corrections are welcome and if necessary, I'll compile an updated list later. You are welcome to deliver the list further. 73's Risto Vähäkainu, The Finnish DX Association Date: February 13 Description: UNESCO World Radio Day Dates: Mar 1-3 Location: Plymouth Meeting (near Philadelphia), PA, USA Description: Winter SWL Fest More info: www dot swlfest dot com Expected attendance: 150 Dates: Mar 18-20 Location: Vienna, Austria Description: Radiodays Europe 2018-conference More info: www dot radiodays dot com Date: Apr 21 Organization: Reading International Radio Group Venue and time to be announced later Expected attendance: 20 More info: www dot bdxc dot org dot uk, chair at bdxc dot org dot uk Dates: May 4-6 Location: Jönköping, Sweden Description: DX-Parlamentet 2018, the annual meeting of the SDXF Organization: The Swedish DX-Federation (SDXF) More info: www dot sdxf dot se, dxp at sdxf.se Note: Partly joint meeting with Arctic Radio Club. Special guest: Mika Mäkeläinen Expected attendance: 50 Dates: May 17-18 Location: Elkhart, Indiana, USA Description: Annual NASB Conference Organization: National Association of Shortwave Broadcasters More info: www dot shortwave dot org Dates: May 18-20 Location: Dayton, Ohio, USA Organization: Dayton Hamvention Expected attendance: 20000 More info: www dot hamvention dot org Dates: Jun 1-3 Location: Friedrichshafen, Germany Description: Ham Radio, biggest annual hamfest in Europe Expected attendance: 20000 More info: www dot hamradio-friedrichshafen dot de Dates: Jul 14-28 Location: Döbriach, Austria Description: DX-Camp of ADXB-OE More info: www dot dxcamp dot org Date: Jul 21 (1430-1700 BST) Location: Reading International Solidarity Centre (RISC), 35-39 London Street, Reading RG1 4PS, England Organization: Reading International Radio Group Expected attendance: 20 More info: www dot bdxc dot org dot uk, barraclough.mike at gmail.com Dates: Aug 3-5 Location: Kuortane, Central Finland Description: the annual summer meeting of the Finnish DX Association Expected attendance: 100 More info: www dot sdxl dot fi, rv at sdxl.org Dates: Aug 25-26 Location: Tokyo, Japan Description: Big ham fair with a SW sector (Japan SW Club stand & lectures) Organization: Tokyo HAM Fair sponsored by JARL Expected attendance: 30000 More info: ohtaket at live.jp Dates: Aug 31-Sep 3 Location: Bratislava, Slovakia Description: European DX Conference organized by ADXB-OE Expected attendance: 50 Note: to be confirmed, please follow www dot edxc dot org for upcoming details Dates: Aug 31-Sep 5 Location: Berlin, Germany Name: IFA Internationale Funkausstellung Description: Consumer Electronics Fair - Including Radios More info: www dot b2b dot ifa-berlin dot com Dates: Sep 7-8 Location: St. Charles, MO, USA Description: IRCA Convention More info: www dot ircaonline dot org Dates: Sep 13-17 Location: Amsterdam, Holland Description: IBC 2018, conference and exhibition More info: www dot ibc org Dates: Dec 29-30 Location: Bengaluru, India Description: Ham Fest India 2018 More info: www dot hamfestindia2018 dot com (Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) DX-PEDITIONS ++++++++++++ MW-DXING IN HAWAII Thanks to Colin for posting a list of suggestions for hobbyists contemplating a DXing vacation to Hawaii on DXer.Ca. After a couple of trips last year to Kona on the Big Island's west coast, I can strongly recommend such a trip as a thrilling way to enjoy great transoceanic MW-DXing propagation during lean solar years http://www.dxer.ca/index.php/our-stuff/101-medium-wave-dxing-in-hawaii-part-1 [familiar, I believe already in DXLD] One additional tip for those contemplating such a trip would be to consider visiting Hawaii during the summer months, when the big motels offer huge discounts in order to fill up empty rooms. Our motel in Kona (the Royal Kona Resort) offers discounts up to 30% on room rates in July and August, in comparison to January rates. As anyone who has chased DU-DX on the North American west coast can confirm, South Pacific DX in July and August isn't bad at all. In late August a DXer could probably enjoy both enhanced DU and Asian TP-DX from a forward location like Hawaii. Thanks also to Colin for posting the results of my December TP-DXing trip to Kona at http://www.dxer.ca/index.php/our-stuff/102-mw-dxing-hawaii-part-2 In contrast to the relatively bland Asian propagation that west coast DXers are currently tolerating, the wild clash of Pacific Island DU and Asian TP signals every evening was unforgettable! 73 and Good DX, (Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA), Feb 18, IRCA via DXLD) BRUCE PORTZER CARIBBEAN DX In late January and early February, my wife Evelyn and I went on a cruise through the western Caribbean. Our travels took us from Fort Lauderdale to the Panamá Canal and back, with intermediate stops at Princess Cay, Bahamas, Cartagena, Colombia, Limón, Costa Rica, and Grand Cayman. I naturally brought along a radio and spent many happy hours DXing on our stateroom balcony. It was a welcome adventure and my first real attempt at hearing Latin Americans in many years. Cubans and Colombians dominated the dial at night, but stations from the US and other countries were also readily heard. NOTES AND DAYTIME OBSERVATIONS Here are a few random Observations made during the trip: BAHAMAS: ZNS1-1540 had a nice clear signal on all but one night of the trip. It was generally the strongest English-speaking signal wherever we went. ZNS3-810 had a fair daytime signal at Princess Cay but was not heard elsewhere. It had gospel programming with preachers, blocks of music, etc. COLOMBIA: The Cartagena stations HJVP-620 and HJPX-1470 were silent during our visit and are possibly inactive. HJUO-1360 Cartagena now IDs as Sistema Cardenal. HJCT-1190 in Barranquilla had a much weaker signal than other Barranquilla stations, and is almost certainly operating well below the listed 10 kW. Maybe 1kw or less, judging from how it sounded. HJMY-910, San Andres Island, can be heard during the day over a huge expanse of the western Caribbean ranging from Cartagena to Costa Rica to Grand Cayman. On the afternoon of February 3, I had daytime reception of many Cartagena and Barranquilla stations about 200 miles south of Grand Cayman. That was at a distance of about 600 miles. The stations included HJZD-680 HJAN-720 HJAJ-760 HJAH-1070 HJNW-1170 HJUO-1360 and possibly others. COSTA RICA: The daytime radio dial was nearly empty at Limón. The only listenable signal was HJMY-910 on San Andrés Island, about 150 miles away. The only WRTH-listed Limón station, TIQ-1220, was silent. There were fair-poor signals on 570 670 700 760 800 820 850 and 890 during a brief 8 am bandscan. They were probably from the San José area, but I never had time to listen further. CUBA: Cubans were plentiful. I tried my best to ignore them in favor of more interesting DX, but a few managed to work their way into my logs. Reloj-960 was audible during the day along the Colombian coast near Cartagena. Granted, clock ticks and Morse RR’s were about the only audio left at that point, but it was my most distant daytime Cuban log. CUBA (GUANTANAMO): AFN-1340 is alive and well. It had a fair-poor daytime signal as we cruised past the northeast corner of Cuba, and local-like by the time we passed the eastern tip of the island on January 29. I never heard it after that. Mid-late morning programming was adult hits //FM sounding live and local, IDing as “102.1, the Eagle”. Afternoons were US talk shows with IDs as “The Voice”, switching to NPR at 5 pm LT. http://qsl.net/n/n7ecj//caribe/AFN-1340_2200-29jN%608.mp3 [Gitmo is the only one I have pulled out into main sequence above –gh] PANAMA: Composite daytime bandscan from the canal locks at 1130 LT [UT -5] and San Cristóbal (near the canal entrance) at 1545-1635 LT. Definite IDs are as noted. 560 Radio Panamá strong, 610 weak, 630 weak, 650 Radio Mía fair, 670 weak, 690 Evangelio Vivo (Christian) fair, 710 weak, 720 weak, 740 fair at locks, not heard at San Cristóbal, 760 fair-weak Christian, 770 fair at locks not heard at San Cristóbal, 780 MQV Radio (Christian with rock-like music after 1600 LT) good, 840 weak, 890 weak, 910 talk probably HJMY San Andrés, 920 talk fair, 990 weak, 1020 weak, 1040 weak music, 1140 fair-good, 1270 fair, 1350 Christian fair, 1530 fair sounded Christian, 1540 ads 1634 LT, 1560 Radio Adventista (Christian, good, sounded like Children’s program at 1600 LT). USA: American stations were there most nights, but usually in small numbers. The Spanish language stations generally blended in with their Latin American counterparts, leaving the English and non-SS ethnic stations (Haitian, Vietnamese, etc) to stand out from the crowd. The most reliable non-Spanish US stations (heard with the best signals on the most nights) were judged to be: #1 – WIOD-610 Miami, #2 – KGOW- 1560 Bellaire TX (a big surprise), #3 – WFED-1500 Washington, #4 – KMOX-1120 St Louis (another big surprise), #5 – WINZ-940 Miami. I didn’t always note US stations, but going from memory and notes, here are at least some of what I heard: 560 WQAM?, 610 WIOD, 640 sportstalk, 680 WPTF, 700 WLW, 740 KTRH?, 750 WSB?, 780 WBBM, 790 WAXY, 850 talk, 880 WCBS, 920 EWTN, 940 WINZ, 990 ESPN Deportes, 1000 unid, 1030 WBZ, 1060 KYW, 1080 WHIM?, 1120 KMOX, 1130 WBBR, 1180 Marti, 1300 Unid, 1380 unid, 1460 WNPL Spanish, 1500 WFED, 1510 talk, 1530 WCKY, 1600 WPOM and UnID sportstalk. I kept forgetting to check the x-band.... NIGHTTIME LOGS Here are the highlights of the trip. All were heard with a barefoot Tecsun PL-380. Dates and times are UT. My approximate locations on the dates listed: 1/29-northeast of Cuba, 1/30-150 miles SE of Cuba, 1/31 150 miles north of Cartagena, 2/1 150 miles west of Cartagena, 2/2 100 miles NW of Colón, Panamá, 2/3 100 miles N of Limón Costa Rica, 2/4 150 miles S of Grand Caymán, 2/5 near SW corner of Cuba. Many thanks to Henrik Klemetz for his help with several of these logs. I've posted recordings of some of these stations at http://www.qsl.net/n7ecj/caribe 540, NICARAGUA, Managua. 2/3 0343, “Radio Corporación” ID’s, talk, music, fair but dominant. Very noticeable buzz from something off- frequency http://qsl.net/n/n7ecj//caribe/Corporacion-540_0343_3feb18.mp3 550, COLOMBIA, Tunja. 1/31 0139 Radio Nacional de Colombia lively music // 680. 550, HONDURAS, Tegucigalpa. 0242 2/4 “ABC Radio (something) la radio en Honduras” ID, then jingle ID and song, fair but dominant http://qsl.net/n/n7ecj//caribe/abcradio_550_0242_3feb18.mp3 570, COLOMBIA. 2/3 0326 “Radio Nacional de Colombia” ID good. 580, COLOMBIA Cali. 1/31 0128 several “Radio Nacional de Colombia” IDs, good. 580, PUERTO RICO WKAQ. 1/30 0203 “WKAQ 5-80” ID in Spanish, then talk mentioning Puerto Rico, dominant. 600, NICARAGUA, Managua. 2/3 0332-0338, long string of ads, “Nueva Radio Ya” IDs 0334 and 0337, boring-sounding talk (Cuba?) in background http://qsl.net/n/n7ecj//caribe/RadioYa-600_0327_3feb18.mp3 610, USA, WIOD, Miami. 2/1 0259 good “610, Florida’s home of (something) WIOD”, then traffic report. Stronger 0203 2/2 with news and ID. 680, USA, WPTF. 1/30 0119, good “Carolina News Coverage”, local PSA, call ID. 700, ECUADOR, Guayaquil, Radio Sucre. 2/2 0256, good with program called Ñuca Ecuador”, an Ecuadorian government-sponsored program about indigenous cultures. http://qsl.net/n/n7ecj//caribe/Sucre_0256_3feb18.mp3 730, CUBA. 2/5 0107, Radio Progreso, distorted audio // 890/900. 750, CUBA, Palmire, Radio Progreso. 2/2 0301, Cuban NA sung under unID US station (WSB?). Apparently Radio Progreso in Palmire, per WRTH 750, VENEZUELA, YVKS. 1/30 0259, dominant with many RCR mentions. 780, COLOMBIA, Pasto. 2/3 0533, fair, “Radio Viva Pasto” ID mixing with unid http://qsl.net/n/n7ecj//caribe/VivaPasto-780_0533_3feb18.mp3 780, VENEZUELA. 0258 2/4, “Radio Coro” ID. 790, CUBA. 1/29 0319, Reloj dominant over US station. 800, NETHERLAND ANTILLES, PJB, Bonaire. I made a point of checking 800 every night to see if PJB had fired up its new 440 kW transmitter. Local quality near the southeast corner of Cuba at 0210 1/30, giving contact info plus IDs as RTM and Radio Trans Mundial. The carrier dropped for 1-2 seconds a few times as though they were having technical issues (I didn’t notice this problem on other nights). Further south, the signal was not nearly as strong near the coasts of Colombia, Panamá and Costa Rica. Near Panamá, 800 had a battle between 3 stations at least once when I checked. PJB was local quality again near Grand Cayman and the SW corner of Cuba on 2/4 and 2/5 respectively, with traces of another station in the background. It more or less sounded like 450 kW with a directional pattern aimed at Cuba, as advertised. 840, CUBA. 1/29 0458, someone playing the Cuban NA, mixing with 2 other stations. 850, COLOMBIA, Bogotá. 1/31 0100 dominant with lively music, “La Popu, la Popular”. 880, USA New York. 1/29 0311, local weather with temperatures about 40-50 degrees colder than where I was. Mentioned “CBS News Center”, “WCBS News Time 10:12”, mixing with Spanish station. 880, COLOMBIA, HJGE, Bucaramanga. 0611 2/4, CARACOL program called “Colombia Universal” fair. 920, UnID, 1/30 0126, long discussion about history of Managua, Nicaraguan Coat of Arms, etc. Henrik says it’s probably Cuba judging from the program content (not the sort of stuff a commercial station would carry). Dominant at first, then faded under unID EWTN station. 930, COLOMBIA. 2/3 0614, “La Voz de Bogotá” ID http://qsl.net/n/n7ecj//caribe/VdeBogota-930_0614_3feb18.mp3 940, USA, WINZ, Miami. 2/1 0312 loud with NBC Sportsradio, “9-40 WINZ” ID 1030, USA WBZ, Boston, 0347 1/29 fair with promo, call ID, into talk show. 1050, CUBA. 2/5 0148, Radio Victoria ID and lively music dominant. 1060, USA, KYW, Philadelphia. 2/2 0410 fair with news stories, ID mixing with LA station. 1070, COLOMBIA, Barranquilla. 2/4 0128, loud with Emisora Atlántico ID, mentioned Música de carnaval, then tropical music. 1080, UnID, 1/29 0436 and 0450 woman in Haitian Creole. Checked for ID at 0500, but only had Cuban NA mixing with unID US station mentioning 97.7 FM (WHIM?). Possibly Radio Nationale but more likely a US station 1120, USA, KMOX, St Louis. 1/30 0135 local ad, “Voice of the St Louis Blues, KMOX” ID dominant. Also heard several other nights. 1130, COLOMBIA. 0227 2/4, “Este [sic] es Vida en Bogotá” ID. 1180, USA. 2/5 0216, Radio Martí ID during program of Chuck Berry tunes, good signal but much Rebelde QRM http://qsl.net/n/n7ecj//caribe/Marti-1180_0216-5feb18.mp3 1190, COLOMBIA. 2/1 0328 good with Radio Cordillera ID http://qsl.net/n/n7ecj//caribe/Cordillera-1190_0328_1feb18.mp3 1200, tentative, CUBA Radio Sancti Spíritus. 2/5 0120, program of classical music by Hector Berlioz, with woman announcer. No ID, but Henrik thought the program sounded Cuban. 1210, CUBA. 1/29 0221, Reloj ticker fair. 1220, MÉXICO. 1/30 0516, lively music, “Música de México” mentioned. 2/1 0226 México mentioned several times, “La Grande B” ID. 1230, CUBA. 1/29 0050, Radio Progreso nice ID very dominant. 1340, CUBA. 1/29 0100 good with classical music, then Radio Ciudad del Mar ID. 1360, COLOMBIA, Cartagena. 2/4 0208, good with lively music, energetic ID as “...Sistema Carrrrdenallllll 1360 AM...” http://qsl.net/n/n7ecj//caribe/Cardenal-1360_0205_4feb18.mp3 1400, COLOMBIA. 2/2 0236, Spanish talk, “Antena Dos” IDs fair but dominant http://qsl.net/n/n7ecj//caribe/Antena2-1400_0236_2feb18.mp3 1400, GRENADA. 0427 2/4, Christian program, “The Harbor Light in Carriacou” ID, then BBC news, fair but dominant http://qsl.net/n/n7ecj//caribe/1400-harborlight-0427-3feb18.mp3 1460, COLOMBIA, Bogotá. 0229 2/4 ending religious program, announcement with phone numbers, then two “Nueva Continente” IDs and jingle ID. Quite strong for listed 5kw http://qsl.net/n/n7ecj//caribe/NuevaContinente-1460_0229_4feb18.mp3 1480, PUERTO RICO, WMDD, Fajardo. 0322 2/4 fair promo mentioning Puerto Rico, “El 14-80” (WMDD’s slogan) and website http://www.el1480.net in rapid Spanish. 1500, USA, WFED, Washington, 1/29 0403, good with ABC news, various announcements, one mentioned WTOP website, “Federal Newsradio” slogan. Also heard other nights with Wizards Basketball. 1530, UnID, something was here almost every night with distorted FM’y audio (music and talk). I was never able to understand any of it, so I don’t know the source. I had the same stuff on 1510 one night as well, so the culprit might be on 1520. Or possibly from ZNS1, as reported recently by Pete Taylor. 1540, BAHAMAS. 1/31 0237, good signal, woman talking about computer use by children, mentioned Bahamas Radio Network, then call-in show with woman moderator, phone 325-5403 4 or 5. 1550, CUBA. 1/29 0138, Rebelde music // 600, mixing with UnID Spanish. 1560, USA, KGOW, Bellaire TX. 0257 2/1, good with legal ID by woman with Vietnamese accent, then back into Vietnamese program. This station got out amazingly well and was heard most nights. The Asian language made it easy to spot. http://qsl.net/n/n7ecj//caribe/KGOW-1560_0257_1feb18.mp3 1560, PANAMA, Panamá, 1/31 0159, Christian songs, TC with chimes, Radio Adventista AM/FM ID mixing with KGOW. Good with English preacher ending 0554, then several songs. Chime and recorded “1:02” TC in Spanish 0604, then another talk in English good over faint QRM. 1570, MÉXICO, XERF, Ciudad Acuña, Coah. 1/30 0159, ID by man and woman mentioning XERF, Acuña, Coahuila, “La Poderosa” etc. Dominant, also heard a couple of other nights. The westernmost catch for the trip. http://qsl.net/n/n7ecj//caribe/XERF-1570_0159_30jan18.mp3 1600, USA. 1/29 0423-0502, Haitian Creole/French talk mostly dominant, no ID but WPOM is the only thing that matches. No Haitians listed here (IRCA DX Monitor Feb 24, published Feb 20, via DXLD) WORLD OF HOROLOGY ++++++++++++++++++ WORLD RADIO DAY On the eve of World Radio Day, which was celebrated annually on UNESCO's idea on February 13, I asked the well-known leading Russian departments of "International Radio Korea", "International Radio of Taiwan" and "International Radio of Slovakia" to tell what type of activity the most suitable for the radio host and what is common between sports and radio ... Read more here: https://kolkeradio.blogspot.ru/2018/02/kbs-world-rti-rsi.html#more (https://kolkeradio.blogspot.ru/ via Rus-DX 18 Feb via DXLD) “Time” BEYOND BELIEF - BBC Radio 4 For the Christian world, January 1st is New Years' Day but for many religious communities it is not a particularly auspicious day because religious calendars differ and, consequently, different religions celebrate the beginning of their New Year on different dates. The difference in religious calendars is just one way in which religions disagree about the nature of time. Some, notably Christianity, Judaism and Islam think it is linear; that time began at the moment of creation and is leading us to the End. However, Hindus, Buddhists and Sikhs believe that time is cyclical; that it goes round in an unceasing circle of birth, death and re- incarnation. Does it matter? And does what we believe about time affect the way we live our lives? Joining Ernie Rea to discuss differing concepts of Time in religious traditions are Eleanor Nesbitt, Professor Emeritus in the Religions and Education Research Unit at the University of Warwick; Shayk Soheeb Saeed, an Academic and Quran scholar at the University of Edinburgh where he is also the Muslim Chaplain; and Dr Andrew Crome, Lecturer in Early Modern History at Manchester Metropolitan University. Ernie also talks to Richard D Lewis - the author of 'When Cultures Collide' - who talks about the novel approach to time keeping held by the people of Madagascar. (28”) http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09k1fm7 (John Figliozzi, Podding Along, dxldyg via DXLD) FLORIDA HOUSE APPROVES PUSH FOR YEAR-ROUND DAYLIGHT-SAVING [sic] TIME By News Service of Florida • Feb 15, 2018 Originally published on February 14, 2018 3:32 pm http://wlrn.org/post/florida-house-approves-push-year-round-daylight-saving-time The Florida House on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved a proposal aimed at observing daylight-saving time year-round in the state. House members voted 103-11 to support the measure (HB 1013), filed by Rep. Jeanette Nunez, R-Miami, and Rep. Heather Fitzenhagen, R-Fort Myers. Fitzenhagen said moving to daylight-saving time could help the tourism industry, as people would be able to stay out later in the sunlight. A similar bill (SB 858) also is moving through the Senate. If approved by the Legislature, the proposal to shift to year-round daylight- saving time would depend on congressional approval. Daylight-saving time will start March 11 this year and end Nov. 4. (via Terry Krueger, Clearwater, DXLD) OKLAHOMA LAWMAKERS DEBATING DAYLIGHT SAVING [sic] TIME Posted 2:01 pm, February 19, 2018, by KFOR-TV & K. Querry and Lili Zheng, Updated at 03:39PM, February 19, 2018 http://kfor.com/2018/02/19/oklahoma-lawmakers-debating-daylight-saving-time/ OKLAHOMA CITY – In addition to the ongoing budget battle at the Oklahoma State Capitol, lawmakers are also debating whether or not the Sooner State should stick with Daylight Saving Time. A Senate bill, which would adopt Daylight Saving Time as Oklahoma’s year-round standard time, has passed a Senate committee. On Monday, Senate Bill 1309 passed the Senate Committee on General Government with a vote of 5 to 4. Daylight Saving Time is the practice of setting clocks forward by one hour during the warmer part of the year, so that evenings have more daylight and mornings have less. Daylight Saving Time for most of the country starts on the second Sunday in March, and ends on the first Sunday in November. If passed, the measure would go into effect on Nov. 1 (via DXLD) OTOH, from TWO YEARS AGO: http://www.newson6.com/story/31204636/oklahoma-lawmakers-debating-bill-ending-daylight-saving-time https://www.inquisitr.com/2786687/daylight-saving-time-on-its-way-out-in-oklahoma/ (via gh, DXLD) Glenn: Your remark below was well-said. I am in complete agreement with you. ``If you want an hour more of daylight in the evening, get up an hour earlier in the morning and do everything during the day an hour earlier --- don`t try to fool yourself and force everyone else to mess with their clox (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)`` mc (Mike Cooper, GA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DTV See MEXICO; OKLAHOMA ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DRM See KUWAIT; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; ROMANIA ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DAB See SWTIZERLAND ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- IBOC See KIRITIMATI; PAPUA NEW GUINEA +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM +++++++++++++++++++++ QUESTIONS FOR WALT SALMANIW, ABOUT BEVERAGES-ON-GROUND Hi Walt, Glad you had a nice time in BC. Quite curious about your BOG, as I plan to use a similar antenna. My plan is to use one on rocky soil in mountainous terrain at my home QTH in Southern California. Mine will be facing East-West, for specific use on the MW band and will be about 700’. I plan to make it bidirectional and will get the DXE kit. Questions: 1) Did you terminate yours? 2) how directional was it compared to the AL-100? 3) did you use a preamp, and if so, which one? 4) did you feed it with 75 ohm coax? 5) have you tried other antennas like the Waller Flag or ASL30? 6) have you considered making your BOG bidirectional? 7) I have a 7030+ that I enjoy. I had mine modified by Big Sky Audio. He used audiophile caps to minimize popping and noise from the PS. But the Perseus is nice, too. Thanks and 73, (Ed NI6S /7Z1ES, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, WOR iog via DXLD) Edward, I'll reply to you via WOR, as others may be interested as well. My BOG(s) are sometimes terminated, but usually not. The exercise is usually futile to do so, as the far end is in the sand dunes, with an obviously terrible ground environment. Occasionally, I'll extend the termination onto the beach, between the high and low tide lines. Honestly, I haven't noted much difference. In my area, it's not usually an issue though, as by dawn, there's little on the back side that needs nulling. On my North mini-Beverage, I do try to terminate in the surf, as I really do want to null the back end, towards mainland USA/Canada, as well as the power lines which are about 50' from the start of the Beverage. Compared to the ALA, I think it's much more directive. The ALA is very forgiving, wide banded, and fully able to receive signals from wide directions. If you need a narrower beam, then a Beverage or BOG is the way to go. I do amplify the signal with a DXE RPA-1 Preamp located at the terminus of the BOG, between the antenna wire, the 9:1 Balun, and Coax. Works very well! I use milspec 50 ohm coax. Don't think that for our purposes, 75 ohm would have any noticeable differences. A lot cheaper, too. The only other antenna I've used in Masset in recent years is the DKAZ. A very impressive antenna when fed via a FLG 100 from Wellbrook communications. At times, nearly as good as the BOG. Earlier in the evenings, I essentially use the BOG as a bidirectional antenna, as the desired forward direction is still in daylight, and totally deaf. Off the backside, I'll look for Continental US and right across to southern Africa. I haven't used any fancy bidirectional switches on mine. A comment on grounding for you. Personally, I don't think you'll have any improvement, or luck, trying to terminate yours in the type of soil/rock you mention. I suspect that the ground would be extremely poor, so not worth the effort of trying. Years ago, we attempted to place some pretty deep grounds near the beach at Grayland, WA, including using kitty litter to hold the moisture and improve the ground. After all the effort, I don't think it made ANY difference. On subsequent DXpeditions, we tried to find them again, but with no luck, with the shifting sands! Hope that explains my setup. Bear in mind, I'm not a huge experimenter. When it works, I stick with it. My stays at Masset are often just a few days, so usually, it's what I can get up and running the fastest possible, in order to maximize the DXing! The major change I've made over the last few years is to switch out cheap 50 ohm RG58 for super expensive high quality milspec, really thick 50 ohm coax. A lot of work (which I did on the very short days in the middle of winter in Masset, a few years back). It really cured a lot of pops and intermittent signals caused by defective BNC attachments. PS: I have 3 7030+ receivers. I'll be selling one, as I don't need 3. 1 is in Masset, 1 in Victoria, and 1 surplus. Back up receivers to my 2 Perseus SDRs. 73, (Walt Salmaniw, ibid.) TESTING THE XHDATA D-808 MINI WORLD BAND RECEIVER Yesterday I received the XHDATA D-808 small size world band receiver I bought on Amazon. The radio seems to be very sensitive on short wave for its price and size and it is very good for travelling, because is much smaller than the Tecsun PL880, Sony ICF SW7600 G or the Sangean ATS 909X. It has FM with RDS, six filters on short wave and medium wave: 6, 4, 3, 2,5, 2, 1,8 and 1 kHz and other six on SSB, 4, 3, 2,2, 1,2, 1, and 0.5 kHz. Powered by a 18650 lithium battery, charge via a micro usb port like the Android smartphones and with a smartphone charger (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Feb 18, WOR iog via DXLD) Very impressive; thank you, Manuel. Reviews of this radio are excellent, and it`s amazing value, well below £100/$100 (Mike Terry, ibid.) That radio seems to be very interesting and good value for money but: I have just had a look at the product description and there is one line I find rather intriguing. It reads "Shortwave Single Side Band (SSB) minimum step is 1 kHz, Upper Side Band (USB) and Lower Side Band (LSB) reception independent". How can one possibly listen to SSB with a set that tunes in 1 kHz increments? Any comments? 73, (Rémy Friess, Germany, ibid.) Voilà: https://swling.com/blog/2018/01/short-videos-the-xhdata-d-808-portable-ssb-receiver-on-mw-and-sw/ "......What about single sideband? These four videos show reception in AM mode only, but rest assured the D-808 is very capable on the SSB modes of LSB and USB! A separate fine tuning rotary wheel on the right side of the radio’s case offers adjustment in 10 Hertz increments.." And here's a nice video about XHDATA / SSB: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCEdOFVPkUM (via roger, germany, ibid.) FADING ROMANCE WITH SHORTWAVE LISTENING India: "My romance with shortwave listening started at age five, when I discovered two bamboo poles and a naked copper wire hung tight between the two on the roof top of our house at Kapurthala. Curiously I asked my father about it. My father by nature was very patient with the kids. He told me that the only role of the two bamboo poles was to keep the copper wire erect and sufficiently above the roof of the house. He further explained that the naked copper wire was picking up the shortwave signals from far away lands and a lead wire from the middle of the naked wire was conveying the signals to the radio receiver, which was converting it into listenable sound. From that day my romance with the outdoor radio aerial started. From then on, where- ever we lived, I did not forget to install a roof-top aerial." (Harjap Singh Aujla 19 February 2018) more in: https://airddfamily.blogspot.de/2018/02/fading-romance-with-shortwave-listening.html (via Dr Hansjoerg Biener, DXLD) PROPAGATION +++++++++++ VALENTINE'S DAY LWBC GOODIES Exceptional conditions over the Longwave band these days. Unfortunately, Norway didn't show up on 153 this time. Here are a few samples: ICELAND, 207 kHz - RUV Rás 1 (100Kw). Music with Rás 1 jingle and // to 189. My best ever audio of this scarce logging: http://www.quebecdx.com/mp3/iceland_207_20180214_421.mp3 POLAND, 225 kHz - Polskie Radio, Jedynka (1000 kW). Good strength with Polskie Radio ID: http://www.quebecdx.com/mp3/poland_225_02142018_459.mp3 LUXEMBOURG, 234 kHz - RTL (1500 kW). Massive signal with French talk and RTL IDs: http://www.quebecdx.com/mp3/luxembourg_234_02142018_452.mp3 DENMARK, 243 kHz - DR Langb?lge (50Kw). Likely maritime weather in Danish: http://www.quebecdx.com/mp3/denmark_243_02142018_450.mp3 ALGERIA + IRELAND, 252 kHz - Chaîne 3 / RTÉ Radio 1 (1500/150 kW). Massive signal from ALG mixed with Ireland beneath: http://www.quebecdx.com/mp3/algeria_ireland_252_02142018_519.mp3 CZECH REPUBLIC, 270 kHz - CRo Radiozurnál (50 kW). Czech talk with a couple of "Radiozurnál" IDs: http://www.quebecdx.com/mp3/czechrepublic_270_20180114_429.mp3 (Sylvain Naud, Portneuf, QC, Perseus + 450m / 1450ft Beverage at 35 degrees, Feb 15, IRCA via DXLD) Nice to see confirmed that Denmark is on the air. I heard and verified it shortly before it went off the air with regular programming. I suspect that weather broadcasts are of limited duration (Jim Renfrew, Clarendon NY, ibid.) :Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts :Issued: 2018 Feb 19 0416 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 12 - 18 February 2018 Solar activity was at very low levels on 13-18 Feb and low levels on 12 Feb. The strongest flare of the period was a C1 from Region 2699 (S07, L=165, class/area Dai/240 on 10 Feb) at 12/0135 UTC. The event produced an associated asymmetric halo signature first observed in SOHO/LASCO C2 imagery at 12/0125 UTC. Analysis and modeling of the event suggested arrival of the CME at Earth on 15 Feb. No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit was at background levels 12-16 Feb. An increase to moderate levels on 17 Feb and to high levels on 18 Feb was observed in response influence from a negative polarity CH HSS. Geomagnetic field activity ranged from quiet to active levels. Quiet conditions were observed on 12-14 Feb. On 15 Feb, arrival of the 12 Feb CME produced only one isolated period of active during the day. Total magnetic field strength increased to a peak of 15 nT around 16/0530 UTC while Bz remained mostly positive. Solar wind speeds were relatively slow, between 300-400 km/s through the event. Active levels were reached again on 17 and 18 Feb in response to influence from a negative polarity CH HSS. Solar wind speeds continued to increase over the two days to a peak of about 600 km/s late on 18 Feb. FORECAST OF SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY 19 FEBRUARY - 17 MARCH 2018 Solar activity is expected to be very low through the outlook period. No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to range from normal to high levels. High levels from CH HSS influence are expected from 19-25 Feb. A transition back to normal levels is expected from 26 Feb to 17 Mar. Geomagnetic field activity is expected to range quiet to G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storm conditions. Influence from a negative polarity CH HSS is expected to produce isolated periods of G1 (Minor) storming on 19 Feb. A decrease to quiet to active levels by 20 Feb and quiet to unsettled levels over 21-23 Feb is expected as influence from the CH HSS slowly wanes. Quiet to unsettled levels are again expected on 04 Mar and 15 March, with quiet to active levels expected on 14 Mar and 16-17 Mar, as multiple, recurrent CH HSSs are anticipated to become geoeffective. The remainder of the outlook period is expected to observe quiet conditions. :Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt :Issued: 2018 Feb 19 0416 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 2018-02-19 # # UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest # Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index 2018 Feb 19 70 14 5 2018 Feb 20 70 12 4 2018 Feb 21 70 8 3 2018 Feb 22 70 8 3 2018 Feb 23 70 8 3 2018 Feb 24 70 5 2 2018 Feb 25 70 5 2 2018 Feb 26 70 5 2 2018 Feb 27 72 5 2 2018 Feb 28 74 5 2 2018 Mar 01 76 5 2 2018 Mar 02 76 5 2 2018 Mar 03 76 5 2 2018 Mar 04 76 8 3 2018 Mar 05 76 5 2 2018 Mar 06 76 5 2 2018 Mar 07 76 5 2 2018 Mar 08 76 5 2 2018 Mar 09 76 5 2 2018 Mar 10 76 5 2 2018 Mar 11 76 5 2 2018 Mar 12 76 5 2 2018 Mar 13 74 5 2 2018 Mar 14 74 10 4 2018 Mar 15 72 8 3 2018 Mar 16 70 12 4 2018 Mar 17 70 16 4 (SWPC via WORLD OF RADIO 1918, DXLD) ###