DX LISTENING DIGEST 18-21, May 22, 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 1931 contents: Alaska, Australia, Brasil, Bulgaria, Canada non, Chad non, China and non, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ethiopia, Iran non, Korea South, Kurdistan non, Libya, Madagascar, Nigeria non, North America, Oklahoma, Philippines and non, Romania, Sikkim, Solomon Islands, Turkey, USA, publications, propagation outlook, Tip for Rational Living. SHORTWAVE AIRINGS of WORLD OF RADIO 1931, May 22-29, 2018 Note: the WBCQ 9330v broadcast at 2330 UT almost daily was last confirmed May 11, presumed canceled without notice by WBCQ. But it`s gone missing before and eventually showed up again if not daily. Tue 2030 WRMI 5950 7780 [1930 reaired] Tue 2130 WRMI 5950 7780 [barely confirmed] Tue 2330 WBCQ 9330v [not aired] Wed 1030 WRMI 5950 Wed 2100 WRMI 9955 [confirmed] Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v [confirmed] Wed 2330 WBCQ 9330v [not aired] Sat 0630 HLR 6190-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Sat 1431 HLR 6190-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Sat 1930v WA0RCR 1860-AM Sat 2300 WRMI 7780 Sun 0200 WRMI 7780 Sun 0310v WA0RCR 1860-AM Sun 1030 HLR 9485-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Sun 1900 WRMI 9395 Mon 0130 WRMI 5850, 7780 Mon 0300v WBCQ 5130v-AM Area 51 Mon 0330 WRMI 9955 Mon 0400 WRMI webcast only Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 Tue 2030 WRMI 5950, 7780 [or #1932?] 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. Hiroshi indicated on May 17: 1200-1300 +UT, KNLS has moved to 11885 kHz (ex-6045 kHz) http://hiroshi.mediacat-blog.jp/e128718.html (Ron Howard, California, May 20, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1931, DXLD) See KOREA SOUTH But new registered frequency 1200 in English is 6075, not 11885, ex 6045 (Ivo Ivanov, May 20, WOR iog via DXLD) Maybe mistake as 11885 below is only for the 08 in Chinese (gh, ibid.) Frequency changes of World Christian Broadcast, KNLS The New Life Station. All frequencies are registered on May 17 in HFCC Database http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/05/frequency-changes-of-world-christian.html 0800-0900 NF 9610 NLS 100 kW / 270 deg to SEAs English tx#1, ex 9655 0900-1000 NF 9610 NLS 100 kW / 300 deg to NEAs Russian tx#1, ex 9655 1000-1100 NF 9710 NLS 100 kW / 285 deg to EaAs Chinese tx#2, ex 9655 1200-1300 NF 6075 NLS 100 kW / 270 deg to SEAs English tx#1, ex 6045 1300-1400 NF 9760 NLS 100 kW / 300 deg to NEAs Chinese tx#1, ex 6075 1400-1500 NF 6090 NLS 100 kW / 270 deg to SEAs English tx#1, ex 6075 1500-1600 NF 9730 NLS 100 kW / 300 deg to NEAs Chinese tx#2, ex 6075 1500-1600 NF 9760 NLS 100 kW / 300 deg to NEAs Russian tx#1, ex 9730 1600-1700 NF 9560 NLS 100 kW / 315 deg to NEAs Russian tx#1, ex 9730 1700-1800 NF 9560 NLS 100 kW / 315 deg to NEAs Russian tx#1, ex 9730 Full schedule of KNLS and other US private religious stations is here http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/04/us-private-religious-stations.html (Ivo Ivanóv, SWLDXBulgaria News, May 17, WOR iog via DXLD) Letter from KNLS - Message from Konstantin Chernushenko: Dmitry, the frequency is changed from May 21. We only found out yesterday. Change the following broadcasting frequencies from Alaska: TX1 (first antenna) 0800-0900 9655 changed to 9610 0900-1000 9655 changed to 9610 1200-1300 6045 changed to 6075 1300-1400 6075 changed to 9760 1400-1500 6075 changed to 6090 1600-1700 9730 changed to 9560 TX2 (second antenna) 1000-1100 9655 changed to 9710 1500 1600 6075 changed to 9760 So far, even the ads on the air have not changed. We can only in 2 weeks. But on the site I will change today. Konstantin (via Dmitry Kutuzov, Ryazan, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" via Rus-DX 20 May via DXLD) Updated A-18 schedule of KNLS The New Life Station according to HFCC Database & according to KNLS Russian page http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/05/updated-18-schedule-of-knls-new-life.html (Ivo Ivanóv, SWLDXBulgaria News, May 20, WOR iog via DXLD) Viz.: 0800-0900 9610 NLS 100 kW / 270 deg to SEAs English tx#1 0800-0900 11885 NLS 100 kW / 285 deg to EaAs Chinese tx#2 0900-1000 9610 NLS 100 kW / 300 deg to NEAs Russian tx#1 0900-1000 9730 NLS 100 kW / 285 deg to EaAs Chinese tx#2 1000-1100 7355 NLS 100 kW / 270 deg to SEAs English tx#1 1000-1100 9710 NLS 100 kW / 285 deg to EaAs Chinese tx#2 1100-1200 6185 NLS 100 kW / 300 deg to NEAs Russian tx#1 1100-1200 9655 NLS 100 kW / 285 deg to EaAs Chinese tx#2 1200-1300 6075 NLS 100 kW / 270 deg to SEAs English tx#1 1200-1300 7355 NLS 100 kW / 285 deg to EaAs English tx#2 1300-1400 7395 NLS 100 kW / 300 deg to NEAs Chinese tx#2 1300-1400 9760 NLS 100 kW / 300 deg to NEAs Chinese tx#1 1400-1500 6090 NLS 100 kW / 270 deg to SEAs English tx#1 1400-1500 7355 NLS 100 kW / 285 deg to EaAs Chinese tx#2 1500-1600 9730#NLS 100 kW / 300 deg to NEAs Chinese tx#2 >>>> 9760* 1500-1600 9760#NLS 100 kW / 300 deg to NEAs Russian tx#1 >>>> 9730* 1600-1700 9560 NLS 100 kW / 315 deg to NEAs Russian tx#1 1600-1700 9655 NLS 100 kW / 285 deg to EaAs Chinese tx#2 1700-1800 9560 NLS 100 kW / 315 deg to NEAs Russian tx#1 1700-1800 9655 NLS 100 kW / 285 deg to EaAs Chinese tx#2 #according to HFCC Database; *according to KNLS Russian page ?????? ?? Observer ? 4:06 PM [English] (via WORLD OF RADIO 1931, DXLD) 7355, KNLS at 1245 UT May 20 in English with religious talk and music to 1257 sign off and schedule. Very Good. Rx: Perseus SDR, Ant: Wellbrook loop and beverage. 73 (Mick Delmage, Sherwood Park, Alberta, WOR iog via DXLD) ** ANGOLA. 4949.75, Rádio Nacional de Angola, Mulenvos, 1903-1935, 17- 05, Portuguese, news, ID “Rádio Nacional de Angola”, comments. 25322 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Reinante, Tecsun S-8800, Cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DXLD) ** ANTARCTICA. 15476, LRA 36, Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel, Base Esperanza, 1720-1905*, 18-05, Carrier and for moments Latin American songs heard. Very weak, barely audible and only on USB. 15321 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Reinante, Tecsun S-8800, Cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DXLD) ** AUSTRALIA. Ozy Radio (4835) with eQSL and also a postal QSL card, received from John Wright (dxer1234 @ gmail.com). Thanks very much to Johno, who is the QSL manager for Ozy Radio. Johno, on March 28, sent a eQSL for my reception report (along with my audio file) of that date, which was Craig Allen's first day broadcasting on 4835 kHz (ex: 5045): "Hi Ron, Johno here mate. Okay I can eQSL your reception....OZY RADIO! 1401-1406 28th March 2018 on 4835 kHz. I picked out the voice of AIR News and the Waltzing Matilda. You`re a first day listener for this frequency of Ozy Radio! So well done! AIR = Australian Independent Radio News. 1000 watts into the inverted V antennae at Razorback near Camden 25 NM [nautical miles?] SW of Sydney. Yes Craig is testing this frequency! Thank you for the information about the interference. Will pass onto Craig." On May 16, received in the mail, a full data QSL card confirming my April 1 reception of Ozy Radio. Johno noted on the card - "The last ever Australia native bird card!" Copy of the QSL card at http://goo.gl/f7NqCo My first Australian native bird card QSL was back in Aug 2011 for my Radio Symban reception (500w). Sad they are no longer on SW. Copy at http://goo.gl/vEK7AZ (Ron Howard, CA, WOR iog via DXLD) ** AUSTRALIA. 5055, 4KZ, 1257-1355* 19 May. Finally enough audio to ID a couple of songs (Carpenters: "Hurting Each Other", Berlin: "Take My Breath Away"), apparently news/sports/quick ad & weather/ocean [tide?] report from 1300 to 1306, then pop music/ads & some DJ chat until 1355* abrupt close in mid-song. (Ron Howard was listening at the same time up at Asilomar Beach & his audio clip matches the ads I heard at 1326 + confirmed my song IDs, too; big props for the help, Ron!) (Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA PL380/6m X wire, WORLD OF RADIO 1931, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Mick - Glad to see we were hearing some of the same stations today. Very nice. Ron 5055.0, 4KZ, on May 19, with one of their better receptions from 1321+. For the first time heard a double sign off (1355* & 1409*); mostly pop songs (Robbie Dupree - "Steal Away," Berlin - "Take My Breath Away," sounded like Australian singer Brian Cadd with "A Little Ray Of Sunshine," etc.); commercial announcements; promo with advertising (sounded something like - Why are more businesses using the combination of 4KZ and 2?? as the best way to promote their business? - Why? - Because radio has affordable rates; at 1355* as usual the transmission ended, but tuned by again at 1403 to find them already back on the air till final cut off at 1409*. My local sunrise was at 1257 UT. Brief audio attached of promo. Best in USB, due to China QRM from 5050. Still is a challenge to hear through the QRN (static) and adjacent QRM, but was able to catch bits and pieces. My reception today not nearly as good as Mick Delmage's up in Sherwood Park, Alberta (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1931, DXLD) Yes, Ron. Did you notice Ozy Radio on at all this morning? I heard nothing from them. 73 (Mick, ibid.) I was so happy with the 4KZ reception today I didn't check Ozy (4835) at all. Sorry (Ron, ibid.) Just a few observations from this morning May 19th 2018: 4835 kHz NOT on the air at 1145 UT. 5055, 4KZ at 1150 UT May 19 with ads for local businesses in Innisfail. Pop music Very Good. Noted cut off at 1355.08 UT (Mick Delmage, Sherwood Park, Alberta, Perseus with west pointing beverage antenna, WOR iog via DXLD) 4835, Ozy Radio NOT on the air at May 19 or 20, 1130 UT check. 5055, 4KZ at 1127 thru to 1231 UT May 20 with tunes like "Loving You" by Minnie Riperton, "Sink The Bismark" by Johnny Horton, "The Happiest Girl In The Whole USA" by Donna Fargo, "Throwing It All Away" by Genesis and "Darlin'" by Frank Miller. Just an old fashion sing-a-long this morning. Promos and Ads for ARDXC, windscreen replacement and the Reading-Writing Hotline. Very Good. Rx: Perseus SDR, Ant: Wellbrook loop and beverage. 73 (Mick Delmage, Sherwood Park, Alberta, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1931, DXLD) ** AUSTRALIA [and non]. 6230-USB, May 20 at 1231, marine weather in English, i.e. VMW Wiluna WA. There is also some other USB CCI, seems Spanish; and a tone. This is also a Sound of Hope, Taiwan frequency, per EiBi, but no jammer shown there. Aoki/NDXC does have it *jammed, with SOH on 6229.941, while not covering a ute like VMW. Where is Wiluna, anyway? It`s far from the coast, 947 km NE of Perth: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiluna,_Western_Australia Presumably situated there to be at an optimum skip distance from the WA coasts (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRIA. 6155, May 13, 0500, ORF with news in German. The defective transmitter at Moosbrunn has now been repai-red and the ORF is now back on its regular daily schedule: 0500-0615. 4 (Christer Brunstrom, Sweden, SW Bulletin May 20 via DXLD) Had been *0530- (gh, DXLD) ** BANGLADESH. 13580. Maio 21, 2018. 1806-1830, Bangladesh Betar, Dhaka, em Inglês. Locutora fala, ID; 1808 Alcorão cantado e alguns versos recitados em locução feminina; 1813 Alcorão cantado por homem e mulher; Locutor e locutora falam sobre coisas de Bangladesh; Uma musica. Emissora com boa recepção, 45444 (José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo-Paraiba, Brasil, Receptor: Sony SW100, WOR iog via DXLD) ** BOLIVIA. BOLÍVIA. 5952*. Maio 17, 2018. 0224-0230, Radio Pio XII, Departamento de Potosí, em Espanhol. Casal de locutores fazem uma prece e dizem Amém; ID: Radio Pio XII, Dpto. de Potosí, Bolívia, website, frequência, endereço postal e telefone; 0030 Locutor faz a despedida desta edição e diz: Hasta mañana. Emissora chegando com pobre recepção em minha área, 35332. Nota: Minha primeira escuta de uma emissora boliviana, suponho! *Anunciam 5955 kHz (José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo-Paraiba, Brasil, Receptores: Sony SW100 & Tecsun S-2000, WOR iog via DX LISTENING DIGEST) frequency is really: 5952.47, May 12, 0148, R. Pio Doce. Nice clear strong steady signal with camposina [sic] music at 0148 tune/in. 0154 M DJ in Aymara with TC, mention of Christa, etc. 0155 brief pleasant flute music bridge, then M took phone call by lady with horrible phone connection. 0159- 0204 ad/promo block, one with mentions of Cochabamba and camposina, and Pio Doce, then M returned. More campo music at 0220 recheck. Nice “Pio Doce” shouted singing jingle at 0225, long closing prayer by M and W, full canned closing ID by M over “Colonel Bogey” march, Vibraphone IS 3 times, deadair, and off at 0230:32. Best heard in a while. A Youtube video of the reception can be viewed using this link: https://youtu.be/4OAJNHWNbI4 (Dave Valko, Dunlo PA, SW Bulletin May 20 via DXLD) ** BOLIVIA. 6135. R. SANTA CRUZ. Mayo 18. 1130-1140 UT. Noticias acerca de la construcción de bibliotecas y ronda de atenciones médicas. SINPO: 43343 (Claudio Galaz; Receptor: TECSUN PL 660; Antena: Dipolo; QTH: Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 8065 kHz, Rádio Rock - Lageado RS / Brasil --- Passando Comerciais do Sicredi (25 Watts a 1.647 KM), SINPO 34222, Dia 16 Maio 2018 as 2013 UT https://youtu.be/q_YErXr-ovY RX: Yaesu FRG 8800; Antena: Beverage simples (DXer: Daniel Wyllyans - Sítio Estrela do Araguaia - Nova Xavantina - Mato Grosso - Brasil, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. BRASIL, 11780. Maio 17, 2018. 1300-1440, Rádio Nacional da Amazônia, Brasília-DF. Call sign e ID; Carlos Moreira inicia seu programa "Ponto de Encontro" - inteiramente dedicado aos ouvintes, através de mensagens, solicitações, atendimentos ao telefone, músicas, notícias e serviços; Enviei uma mensagem via whatsapp, a qual foi lida pelo apresentador; 1400 Repórter Nacional - um breve noticiario; 1405 Retorna Carlos Moreira e seu programa ID: Música, informação e prestação de serviços! Radio Nacional chegando com bom sinal e modulação satisfatória nestes últimos dois dias, 45433 (José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo-Paraiba, Brasil, Receptores: Sony SW100 & Tecsun S-2000, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1931, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I often have their weak signal at this time; so it`s listener contact. Off the air mid-day, but back on by 2100 (gh, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1931, DXLD) ** BULGARIA. SECRETLAND, BVB Dardasha 7 via SPL Secretbrod on May 16: 1745-1800 on 9490 SCB 050 kW / 126 deg to N/ME Arabic, strong 1815-1830 on 5900 SCB 050 kW / 126 deg to N/ME Arabic, strong 1845-1900 on 9400 SCB 050 kW / 126 deg to NoAf Arabic, strong http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/05/reception-of-bvb-dardasha-7-via-spl.html (Ivo Ivanóv, SWLDXBulgaria News, May 16, WOR iog via DXLD) So they take 15-minute breaks between to to QSY? (gh, DXLD) ** BURUNDI [and non]. see USA: VOA! ** CANADA. (Ontario): On 17 May 2018, the CRTC renewed the broadcasting licence of Canadian Hellenic Toronto Radio Inc. for CHTO Toronto (Mississauga 1690 kHz). The Commission did not receive any interventions in connection with this application. The new licence for the commercial ethnic station runs from 1 September 2018 to 31 August 2025. --- Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2018-167 https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2018/2018-167.htm Dr Hansjoerg Biener 20 May 2018 (Quebec): On 18 May 2018, the CRTC renewed the broadcasting licence of CPAM Radio Union.com inc. for CJWI Montréal (1410 kHz). The new licence for the commercial ethnic station runs from 1 September 2018 to 31 August 2020. The station has a long history of non-compliance with CRTC rules. So: „This short-term licence renewal will allow for an earlier review of the licensee’s compliance with regulatory requirements.“ --- Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2018-168 and Broadcasting Orders CRTC 2018-169, 2018-170 and 2018-171 https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2018/2018-168.htm The station was Canada's first station in the extended medium wave band (2002: 1610 kHz) but has since moved to 1410 kHz, (via Dr Hansjoerg Biener 20 May 2018, DXLD) ** CANADA. CANADÁ, 7710-USB. Maio 19, 2018. 0212-0228, Iqaluit Meteo Fax, Iqaluit NU. Recepção satisfatória, 35553 (José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo-Paraiba, Brasil, Receptor: Sony SW100, WOR iog via DX LISTENING DIGEST) The SW100 receives fax??? He also logged several others. I assume referring to the EiBi schedules without axually seeing the fax. Or do these stations ID somehow in copiable USB? (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** CANADA. Spectres of Shortwave --- Amanda Dawn Christie's film [about RCI Sackville] currently being screened in Lethbridge Alberta can be heard on CHMA-FM live audio. 73 (Mick Delmage, AB, 0134 UT May 18, WOR iog via DXLD) ** CANADA [non]. ROMANIA, Reception of IRRS Radio City via RadioCom on May 19 0800-0802 on 9510 SAF 100 kW / 300 deg to WeEu open carrier/dead air& 0802-0900 on 9510 SAF 100 kW / 300 deg to WeEu German Sat, very good 0900-0902 on 9510 SAF 100 kW / 300 deg to WeEu NEXUS IRRS SW ID & IS http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/05/reception-of-irrs-radio-city-via-rou_19.html (Ivo Ivanóv, SWLDXBulgaria News, May 18-19, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1931, DXLD) ITALY/BULGARIA/ROMANIA, 7290, Radio City via IRRS Milano, *1800-1859*, 18-05, tuning music, ID “Italian Radio Relay Service short wave signing on”, “Radio City, the station of the cars, ... Radio Ciudad, la voz de los coches”. English, pop songs and comments. 24332 (Méndez) 9510, Radio City via IRRS Milano, 0850-0855, 19-05, pop songs in English. 34433 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Reinante, Tecsun S-8800, Cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1931, DXLD) I`m assuming this originate in Canada, with an address there, but not sure; note English, Spanish and German reported above (gh, ibid.) ** CHAD [non]. UK [non], 12050. Maio 17, 2018. 1800-1820, Radio Ndarason International, Ascensão-G, em Francês e Kanuri. IS; Locutora inícia um programa em língua francesa, lenta e com acentuado sotaque e, a seguir, "Le Jornal" - noticias; Uma canção nigeriana; 1815 Inícia-se o programa em Kanuri. Locutor e locutora falam bastante as palavras Nigéria e Boko Haram. Boa recepção, 45444 (José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo-Paraiba, Brasil, Receptores: Sony SW100 & Tecsun S-2000, WOR iog via DX LISTENING DIGEST) CLANDESTINA, 12050. Maio 21, 2018. 1840-1850, Radio Ndarason International, Ascensão-G, em Kanuri. Música; Locuções de homem e mulher; ID; Músicas cantadas com uso de recursos eletrônicos; Noticiário em locução masculina. Excelente recepção esta tarde em Cabedelo, 55555 (José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo-Paraiba, Brasil, Receptor: Sony SW100, WOR iog via DXLD) ** CHINA. 7300, CNR 1, May 18, 2018, 1518–1522 in Chinese. // 7305. SIO 434. Clearly, this broadcast is intended to jam RTI in Taiwan on the same frequency. OM and YL commentators, with mostly talk and some news or interview clips (Vince Henley, Anacortes, WA, WiNRADiO G39DDCe SDR, ICOM IC-R8600, Ten-Tec RX-340, Drake R8B, TECSUN PL-380, TECSUN PL-660, TECSUN PL-880. Antennas: whips on PL-380, PL-660, PL-880 and Alpha-Delta DX-Ultra installed broadside east west at 30 feet, NASWA Flashsheet May 20 via DXLD) ** CHINA. 9745. Maio 18, 2018. 1900-1913, China National Radio1. Jammer-Firedrake: música chinesa instrumental, tradicional, com seus tambores e violinos nervosos e sem intervalos, bloqueando, totalmente, as emissões da Radio Free Asia dàs 1900-2100 UT, 45554 (José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo-Paraiba, Brasil, Receptor: Sony SW100, WOR iog via DXLD) ** CHINA. 9900, CNR 1, May 20, 2018, 1452–1500 in Chinese. SIO 555. Very strong signal jamming VOA on same frequency. OM and YL announcers, listed language is Mandarin Chinese, pop music, ID and sign-off. Time pips at top of hour, then carrier gone at 1500 (Vince Henley, Anacortes, WA, WiNRADiO G39DDCe SDR, ICOM IC-R8600, Ten-Tec RX-340, Drake R8B, TECSUN PL-380, TECSUN PL-660, TECSUN PL-880. Antennas: whips on PL-380, PL-660, PL-880 and Alpha-Delta DX-Ultra installed broadside east west at 30 feet, NASWA Flashsheet May 20 via DXLD) ** CHINA. 11460, May 21 at 1341 JBA talk, matching CNR1 jammer on much stronger 11540, the latter vs RFA Tibetan via Kuwait, while Aoki/NDXC shows *jammed Sound of Hope, Taiwan, on 11459.844. 11500, May 16 at 1348, Chinese S5-S8 with flutter, CNR1 jammer, same talk as on 11785; 11500 is a Sound of Hope frequency any time from 2030 to 1700, and *jammed per NDXC/Aoki. 11640, May 20 at 1321, fine performance of Dvorak`s New World Symphony, but a faster tempo than we are accustomed to, no doubt a Chinese orchestra thing, during the CNR1 Sunday-night serious-music hour featuring Western classical pieces. Ends at 1335 and Chinese announcement. Is it usually longer than 35 minutes? It`s surprisingly difficult to search out performance/recording durations. Also same on 9680 and 9660. Unfortunately, this great piece is being used by the ChiCom as a JAMMER vs inaudible victims: all three Radio Taiwan International in Chinese (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1931, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. 13830, CNR1 at 1227 // 11640 and 11785 in Mandarin jamming RFA in Tibetan via Tajikistan with a man and woman with several promos and ads to 1+1 time pips at 1230 and a woman with possible ID and brief fanfare and into several promos – Fair May 19 (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Kenwood TS440S or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles, ODXA iog via DXLD) ** CHINA [and non]. /TAIWAN, 15340, CNR 1st program jamming of 11.4 kHz wide signal against SOH Taiwan Chinese veiled service, S=9+20dB signal noted at Seoul Rep. of South Korea SDR unit. 0730 UT May 20. Traced against \\ CNR1 13610 kHz outlet check [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 20, dxldyg via DXLD) ** CHINA. China R International in A18 as of May 5, 2018: 0000-0057 Cambodian 11990/Nnn, 9765/Nnn, 684/dof-hai Cantonese 17490/Be, 11820/Xi Chinese 13655/Xi, 13580/Be, 12035/Xi, 11975/Kun, 11900/Be, 11780/Jin, 9435/Kun English 15125/Be, 13750/Be, 11885/Xi, 11790/Xi, 9570/ALB, 7425/Kash, 7350/Kash, 6180/Kash, 6075/Kash, 6020/ALB Hakka 15100/Be, 9610/Kun, 9550/Kun, 9460/Kun Mongolian 11875/Be, 9470/Xi Portuguese 15600/Be, 9710/Kash Russian 9445/Ho, 7430/Ho, 1521/? Spanish 15120/Hab, 5990/Hab Vietnamese 13770/Xi, 11770/Be, 603/dof-hai 0100-0157 Amoy 17490/Be, 15425/Xi, 15100/Be, 11980/Kun, 11945/Kun, 9610/Kun, 9550/Kun, 9460/Kun Chinese 15140/Xi, 13580/Be, 11770/Nnn, 11650/Ur, 9655/Nnn, 9560/Kash English 15785/Xi, 15125/Be, 11770/Kash, 9675/Kash, 9580/Hab, 9570/ALB, 9535/Kash, 9470/Kash, 6180/Kash, 6020/ALB Russian 13600/Xi, 5905/Kash, 1521/? Urdu 9695/Kash, 7240/Kash 0100-0257 Chinese 15160/Jin, 13655/Xi Spanish 9710/Kash, 9590/Kash 0130-0227 Nepalese 13780/Kun, 11860/Kun 0200-0227 Pashto 15435/Xi, 11870/Kash, 9765/Kash 0200-0257 Amoy 17490/Be, 15425/Xi Bengali 11640/Kun, 9655/Kun Chinese 15140/Be, 9825/Kash, 9815/Kash, 9580/Hab, 9570/ALB, 6020/ALB English 13640/Kash, 11770/Kash Russian 17640/Xi, 5905/Kash Spanish 9710/Kash, 9595/Kash Tamil 15260/Kash, 13600/Kash Urdu 11650/Kash, 9450/Kash 0230-0327 Nepalese 13780/Kun, 11730/Kun 0300-0357 Chinese 17540/Be, 15230/Xi, 15160/Jin, 15130/Be, 9570/ALB, 9450/Kash, 6020/ALB English 15785/Xi, 15120/Be, 15110/Kash, 13590/Be, 12000/Kash, 9790/Hab Hindi 15350/Kash, 15210/Kash, 13720/Kash, 11640/Kash Russian 17710/Jin, 17640/Xi, 15435/Ur, 5905/Kash Tamil 13730/Kash, 13600/Kun 0400-0457 Cantonese 15230/Xi, 15160/Jin, 9790/Hab Chinese 15130/Be, 15110/Kash, 13640/Kash English 17855/Be, 17730/Xi, 15785/Xi, 15120/Be, 13590/Be Hakka 17710/Be, 17540/Kash, 17510/Xi, 15350/Kash Russian 17640/Xi, 15665/Ur, 15445/Kash, 5905/Kash Vietnamese 17740/Xi, 11650/Kun, 684/dof-hai, 603/dof-hai 0500-0557 Cantonese 15230/Xi, 15160/Jin Chinese 15785/Xi, 15130/Be, 15120/Be, 15110/Kash English 17855/Be, 17730/Xi, 17540/Kash, 17510/Kash, 15465/Kash, 15350/Kash, 11895/Kash, 11710/ALB Russian 15665/Ur, 15445/Kash Vietnamese 17740/Xi, 11650/Kun, 684/dof-hai, 603/dof-hai 0500-0657 Arabic 17485/Kash, 11775/ALB, 9590/ALB, 9515/ALB German 17615/Ur, 17720/Kash 0600-0657 Chinese 17740/Xi, 17650/Kash, 17615/Kun, 15785/Xi, 15230/Xi, 15160/Jin, 15120/Be, 11710/Nnn English 17710/Be, 17695/Be, 17540/Kash, 17510/Kash, 15465/Kash, 15350/Kash, 15145/Kash, 13645/Xi, 11895/Kash, 11870/Kash, 11710/ALB Italian 17520/Kash 0600-0757 French 17865/Kash Spanish 17680/Kash 0700-0757 Cantonese 17875/Kun, 15230/Xi, 11640/Jin Chaozhou 17750/Xi, 15145/Xi Chinese 17840/Xi, 17740/Xi, 17650/Kash, 17615/Kun, 17520/Kash, 11875/Nnn, 11710/Nnn English 17710/Be, 13660/Xi 0700-0857 Chinese 11855/ALB English 17670/Kash, 17540/Kash, 17490/Kash, 15465/Kash, 15350/Kash, 13710/ALB, 11895/Kash 0800-0857 Chinese 17650/Kash, 17560/Xi, 15560/Xi, 15230/Xi, 11640/Jin, 9880/Be English 11710/Xi Hausa 7295/Mali 0800-0957 Russian 15665/Ur, 15335/Kash 0830-0927 Indonesian 17735/Kun, 17705/Kun, 15135/Kun 0900-0957 Chinese 17560/Xi, 15560/Xi, 13765/Kun, 13730/Kun, 13570/Xi, 11895/Nnn, 9880/Be, 7430/Jin English 7750/Kash, 17650/Kash, 17570/Ur, 17490/Kash, 15350/Kash, 13800/Kun, 11905/Jin, 11710/Xi Romanian 9460/ALB, 7285/ALB 0900-1057 Chinese 17840/Kash, 17530/Xi, 15525/Ur, 15250/Kun, 13850/Be, 11980/Kun, 9460/Nnn 0930-1027 Malay 17680/Kun, 15135/Kun 1000-1057 Cantonese 12005/Kun, 11875/Kun Chinese 17650/Kash, 9890/Xi, 9880/Be, 9820/Be English 17750/Kash, 17490/Kash, 15350/Kash, 13720/Xi, 13590/Be, 13580/Kun, 13570/Xi, 11905/Jin, 11895/Xi, 11635/Be Hungarian 17570/Kash, 15220/Kash Russian 11935/Szg, 9725/Ho, 7390/Ho, 1323/Ur, 1116/[sic], 963/Ho 1000-1257 Japanese 11620/Xi, 7325/Jin, 1044fr/1100 Changzhou Henglin 1030-1127 Cambodian 15160/Nnn, 9490/Kun, 684/dof-hai Indonesian 17605/Kun, 15135/Kun 1100-1157 Bulgarian 7220/ALB Burmese 9880/Kun, 1188/ Cantonese 9645/Be, 9590/Kun, 9570/Kun, 9540/Be, 7370/Nnn, 603/dof-hai Chaozhou 11875/Kun, 9440/Kun Chinese 17650/Kash, 13755/Kash, 13610/Kash, 11750/Be, 9610/Kun, 7435/Be Czech 17570/Kash, 15225/Kash English 13720/Xi, 13590/Be, 11795/Kash, 1269/yun Esperanto 15110/Ur, 11635/Ur Mongolian 11985/Xi, 7390/Ho Russian 11935/Szgi, 9890/Be, 9725/Ho, 1521/Ur, 1323/lha, 1116/, 963/Ho Vietnamese 17530/Xi, 11720/Be, 9550/Be, 1296/yun 1100-1257 English 17490/Kash, 15660/Kash, 13665/ALB, 11660/Kash, 11650/Ur, 5955/Be Korean 13570/Xi, 1323/cah-jil, 1017/Changzhou Henglin 1130-1157 Filipino 12070/Xi, 11955/Kun, 7410/Jin, 5910/Be, 1341/gua 1130-1227 Thai 9785/Kun, 7360/Kun 1200-1227 Filipino 17510/Xi, 11955/Kun (V. of the South China Sea) 1200-1257 Amoy 11910/Be Cantonese 13590/Hab Cambodian 11680/Nnn, 9440/Kun Chinese 17650/Kash, 15110/Ur, 13755/Kash, 13610/Kash, 7435/Be English 15590/Ur, 15660/Kash, 11980/Kun, 11760/Kun, 11670/Xi, 9760/Kun, 9730/Kun, 9645/Be,9600/Kun, 9460/Kash, 1341/hua-jil, 1341/?, 1269/yun, 1188/?, 684/dof-hai Mongolian 5990/Ho, 5915/Ho Russian 17575/Szg, 13600/Xi, 13575/Ur, 11935/Szg, 7400/Kash, 6100/Be, 1521/Ur, 1323/lha, 963/Ho Serbian 7345/ALB Vietnamese 11720/Be, 11640/Xi, 9550/Be, 1296/yun 1200-1400 Chinese 13810/Kash, 11790/Kash - news radio Chinese 9855/Be, 9540/Kun, 7440/Nnn French 17560/Kash 1230-1327 Laotian 9785/Kun, 7360/Kun Malay 15600/Kun, 11955/Kun 1300-1357 Bengali 11610/Kun, 9600/Be, 9490/Kun Burmese 11780/Kun, 9880/Kun, 1188/ Chinese 13855/Kash, 13650/Ur, 7435/Be, 7215/Xi English 15590/Ur, 13755/Kash, 13670/Kash, 13590/Hab, 11980/Xi, 11910/Be, 11760/Kun, 11660/Kash, 9870/Xi, 9800/Kun, 9765/Be, 9730/Be, 5955/Be, 1341/Huadu Guangdong, 684/dof-hai Esperanto 11650/Be, 9440/Nnn French 17880/Mali, 17650/Kash, 13685/Mali Hindi 11675/Ur, 9450/Kash, 1422/Kash Japanese 7410/Jin, 7325/Xi, 1044 Korean 12025/Xi, 1323/cah-jil, 1017 Changzhou Henglin Mongolian 7285/Be, 6100/Be Russian 13600/Xi, 9675/Szg, 7400/Kash, 5990/Ho, 5915/Ho, 1521/Ur, 1323/lha, 963/Ho Vietnamese 9685/Xi, 9550/Be, 1296/yun, 603/dof-hai 1330-1427 Indonesian 11955/Kun, 9535/Kun Thai 9785/Kun, 7360/Kun, 1080 1400-1457 Amoy 11650/Kun, 9655/Kun Bengali 11610/Kun, 9490/Kun, 1269/yun Burmese 11780/Ur Cambodian 9880/Nnn, 6055/Kun, 684/dof-hai Chinese 15410/Kash, 12025/Ur, 11785/Kash, 9730/Kash, 7435/Be, 7410/Be, 7235/Kash, 6040/Xi English 17630/Mali, 15590/Ur, 13740/Hab, 13710/Kash, 13685/Mali, 11815/Ur, 11765/Ur, 11675/Ur, 9870/Xi, 9765/Xi, 5955/Be, 1422/Kash Japanese 7410/Jin, 7395/Xi, 1044/ Korean 5965/Xi, 1017/ Mongolian 5990/Ho, 5915/Ho Nepalese 7435/Kun, 7250/Xi, 1269/yun Russian 9675/Szgi, 7330/Xi, 5905/Kash, 1521/Ur, 1323/lha Sinhalese 9740/Jin, 7265/Kash, 1188/ Tamil 13600/Kash, 11685/Kash Urdu 11660/Kun, 9435/Kash, 1422/Kash Vietnamese 12010bji, 9550/Be, 684/dof-hai, 603/dof-hai 1400-1557 French 13670/ALB, 11920/ALB 1430-1457 Burmese 11780/Kun Filipino 11640/Be, 7325/Be, 1341/ 1430-1527 Laotian 9785/Kun, 7360/Kun, 1080/ 1500-1527 Pashto 11665/Kun, 9665/Kash Persian 9600/Kash, 9570/Ur 1500-1557 Bengali 9610/Kun, 9490/Kun Chinese 13755/Kash, 13680/Kash, 9560/Kash, 9455/Kun, 7435/Be, 7235/Kash, 5910/Be English 17630/Mali, 15245/Kash, 13740/Hab, 13685/Mali, 13640/Kash, 11610/Kash, 9880/Nnn, 9870/Xi, 9720/Ur, 9675/Jin, 7395/Ur, 7325/Be, 5955/Be, 1323/lha, 1188/ Hindi 7265/Kash, 7225/Ur Japanese 9585/Xi, 7410/Jin, 1044/ Nepalese 7435/Kun, 7250/Xi Russian 13860/Szgi, 11790/Ur, 9880/Xi, 5990/Ho, 5965/Be, 5915/Ho, 5905/Kash, 1521/Ur, 1323/cah-jil, 963/hua Tamil 11685/Kash, 9690/Kash Turkish 9565/ALB, 7345/ALB Urdu 9435/Kash, 7285/Kun, 1422/Kash Vietnamese 9550/Be, 684/dof-hai, 603/dof-hai 1530-1557 Pashto 11880/Kun, 9665/Kash, 9570/Ur 1600-1657 Arabic 17880/Mali, 15125/Mali English 15250/Kash, 13760/Kash, 11965/Kash, 11940/Kash, 11900/Jin, 9880/Nnn, 9570/Be, 7235/Kash, 6175/Nnn, 6060/Kun, 1323/lha, 1080/? Hakka 11880/Xi, 9770/Ur Hindi 7395/Ur, 7235/Kash, 5915/Kash, 1422/Kash, 1269/yun, 1188/ Russian 11875/Ur, 9730/Szg, 9605/Be, 5905/Kash, 1521/Ur Swahili 7245/Xi, 5985/Be Turkish 7325/Kun, 6165/Ur Vietnamese 9550/Be, 7315/Kun, 684/dof-hai, 603/dof-hai 1600-1757 Arabic 13790/Kash, 11725/ALB, 9555/ALB French 15680/Kash German 7380/ALB, 5970/ALB 1630-1727 Hausa 13870/Kash, 9685/Kun 1700-1757 Croatian 11825/Be, 9435/Kash Cantonese 9770/Xi, 9435/Ur English 13760/Kash, 13570/Xi, 12015/Be, 9880/Nnn, 9570/Be, 7420/Kash, 7410/Kash, 7330/Jin, 7265/Kun, 7235/Be, 6175/Nnn, 6165/Be, 6140/Kash, 6060/Kun, 1323/htb, 1080/xua-yun Esperanto 11650/Xi, 9750/Be Russian 11875/Ur, 9470bji, 7410/Szgi, 7265/Ur, 1521/Ur Swahili 15125/Mali, 13645/Mali, 11680/Xi, 5985/Be 1730-1827 Chinese 11660/Szgi, 9695/Kun, 9685/Ur, 7315/Kun, 7275/Ur Hausa 13645/Mali(1800-), 11640/Mali(1800-), 9685/Kun, 9450/Kash 1800-1827 Persian 9670/Be, 7415/Xi 1800-1857 Chaozhou 13700/Ur, 11895/Xi English 13760/Kash, 9600/Be Italian 7435/Jin, 7340/Kash Russian 9765/Szgi, 9560bji, 7210/Ur, 1521/Ur 1800-1957 French 11695/ALB, 9455/ALB, 6055/ALB, 5970/ALB German 11775/Kash, 11650/Ur, 7395/Kash 1830-1857 Bulgarian 9695/Kun, 9695/Jin, 7265/Ur, 6020/Szg Persian 9670/Be, 7415/Xi 1830-1927 Arabic 13685/Mali, 11640/Mali 1830-2027 French 9645/Kun, 7350/Ur 1900-1927 Czech 9515/Be, 7415/Ur Hungarian 9560/Ur, 7435/Xi Romanian 6090/Ur 1900-1957 Albanian 7385/Kash, 6020/Szg Cantonese 11895/Kash, 7215/Be English 9440/Kun, 7295/Kash Portuguese 13630/Mali/11640/Mali fr 1930, 11750/Jin, 9765/Be, 9730/Kash, 9535/Be, 7405/Xi, 5985/Be Russian 9525/Be, 7245/Be, 6110/Xi, 1521/? Turkish 9655/Kun, 7255/Kun 1930-1957 Czech 7415/Ur Romanian 7435/Xi, 6090/Ur 1930-2027 Esperanto 9745/Ur, 7265/Ur 2000-2027 Serbian 9585/Kash, 7390/Xi, 7325/Ur 2000-2057 Chinese 9865/Kun, 7440/Be, 7405/Xi, 7335/Szg, 7255/Kash English 13630/Mali, 11640/Mali, 9600/Kash, 9440/Kun, 7415/Kash, 7295/Kash, 7285/ALB, 5985/Be Polish 7305/Ur, 6020/Szg Russian 9525/Be, 7245/Be 2000-2157 Arabic 7235/ALB, 6185/ALB, 6100/Xi English 7285/ALB, 5960/ALB 2030-2057 Bulgarian 11940/Kun, 9720/Ur Hungarian 9585/Kash, 7390/Jin 2030-2127 Italian 7345/Kash, 7265/Ur 2030-2227 French 11660/Kash, 9430/Ur 2100-2127 English 13630/Mali, 11640/Mali Serbian 7445/Kun, 7325/Xi 2100-2157 Croatian 7225/Be, 6135/Be English 9600/Kash, 7415/Kash, 7325/Be, 7205/Xi Serbian 6135/Be 2100-2257 Korean 7290/Xi, 1323, 1017 Spanish 9640/Kash, 7335/Szg 2130-2157 Hungarian 7445/Ur 2130-2227 French 13630/Mali, 11975/Mali 2200-2257 Chinese 9675/Be, 7430/Jin, 7395/Ur, 7325/Kun, 7265/Kun, 7215/Kun, 6140/Kun, 6100/Kun, 5975/Be English 9590/Be Esperanto 9880/Kash, 7300/Kash Japanese 13640/Jin, 9535/Xi Portuguese 9685/Kash, 9410/Kash, 7260/Ur, 6175/ALB Spanish 15600/Be 2200-2400 Spanish 7250/Ur, 7210/ALB 2230-2257 Chinese 15505/Mali, 11975/Mali 2300-2357 Cambodian 11990/Nnn, 9765/Nnn, 684/dof-hai Cantonese 15100/Be, 11945/Kun, 9460/Kun, 7325/Kun, 6140/Kun Chinese 11975/Mali, 11900/Be, 9865/Ur, 7295/Mali English 11955/Kun, 11790/Xi, 11690/Be, 7350/Kash, 6180/Kash, 5990/Hab, 5915/Kash Japanese 13640/Jin, 11680/Xi Mongolian 12085/Xi, 9470/Xi Portuguese 15600/Be, 13650/Hab Russian 9445/Ho, 7430/Ho Spanish 6175/ALB Vietnamese 11620/Be, 7220/Xi, 603/dof-hai 2300-0100 Spanish 9800/Kash, 9590/Kash 2330-0030 Sinhalese 9490/Kun, 7260/Kash (BI-Newsletter + Tom Laobaixing) [NOTE: MALI relays believed all to be off; as discussed in DXLD -- gh] CRI MW relay stations: /cah-jil - Changchun, Jilin 1017 /dof-hai - Donfang Gancheng, Hainan Island 603 / 684 600kW /har-hei - Harbin Xin/Xingfang Chenggaozizhen, Heilongjiang /hdu-gua - Hua / Xin Guangzhou, Guangdong Sheng 1341 /hnl-jia - Changzhou Heng-lin-chen, Jiangsu Sheng 1044 1000 kW /htb-xin - Huadian: 1323 600kW /hua-jil - Huadian Yumuqiaozi, Jilin /kash-xin - Kashgar, Xiniang 1422 600 kW /kun-yun - Kunming, Xuanwei, Yunnan 1188 / 1269 600 kW /lha - Lhasa 1323 (during maintenance of other) /xua-yun - Xuanwei, Yunnan 1080 / 1296 (not all locations verified as to // use inside China) (DX MAGAZINE 5/2018 - WORLDWIDE DX CLUB via DXLD) ** CUBA. 11760, May 16 at 2053, surprised to find Portuguese on here from RHC. No, I`m not --- something`s always wrong at RHC. 11760 is not scheduled to start until 2100 in Spanish. But there is no Portuguese on any frequency at this time, the closest being 2000-2030 on 11860 to Europe. So far, 11760 is the Only Cuban On Band (OCOB) See also USA [and non] WRMI 9955 11860, May 18 at 2134, RHC in Spanish, post-Castro president what`s- his-name remarx on plane crash, // 11760, 11840, 12000. Aoki lacks any 11860 entries for RHC! EiBi shows Spanish at 21-23 to Europe, following 1930-2100 French/Portuguese/Arabic. This must really mess up the Saudi/Yemen service. Neither that nor RHC in HFCC so they`re on their own. 9530, May 19 at 0102, RHC is S9+20 // 11760, ex-9535! A mistake, or QSY? Now it blox any trace of the Progreso 2 x 4765 harmonic, and 4765 music is certainly not // this. That leaves 14295 third harmonic possible (not to be confused with another third harmonicizer, Tajikistan). In the morning, however, RHC still on 9535 at 1350 check May 19. 6270, May 19 at 0627, RHC English is JBA on this leapfrog mixing product of 6060 over 6165 another 105 kHz higher. Also a weaker JBA carrier on 6230, which is 6100 over 6165 another 65 kHz higher. Since they exist, altho Arnie will never admit it, I must add them to DX/SWL/MEDIA PROGRAMS schedule after 0500 for DXers Unlimited. 6000 is not involved with these, since it`s from a different site, Quivicán, than 6060/6100/6165, all Bauta, per EiBi. 13740, May 19 at 1353, S9+30 open carrier except for a swishing sound, instead of RHC Spanish which is supposed to run here until 1400. Rather, that transmitter is off, and the CRI relay transmitter is on early, as ``China Plus Radio`` with ``CRI news`` starts undermodulatedly at 1400, and this time with no overlap. Aoki/NDXC says 13740 CRI at 1400 is Quivicán site, but doesn`t know about RHC until 1400. EiBi says the latter is Bejucal site. Meanwhile, RHC is nominal on 13700 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 12000, unidentified station at 2210. Only open carrier heard at tune- in and subsequent rechecks. Suspected something always wrong at Radio Cuba. May 19 (Rick Barton, Logs from Central Arizona, English used unless otherwise stated. Grundig Satellit 205/5000 & 750; RS SW- 2000629, with various outdoor wires. 73 and Good Listening....! -rb, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11860, May 19 at 2230, RHC is off, while sometimes it`s on with Spanish at 21-23. Something`s always wrong at RHC. No Yemen [non] to be heard anyway. 9535, May 20 at 0112 check, RHC is back on original frequency, ex-9530 where it had jumped 24 hours earlier. 13700 & 13740, Sunday May 20 at 1335, RHC active on both with squeals, far-left-slanted, anti-imperio news headlines about Bolivia and Ecuador supporting Venezuelan ``elexions``; `En Contacto` starting late almost 1338, first item about a PEI lighthouse activated (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6100, RHC Bauta Sunday only program in Esperanto at 0700-0730 UT May 20, S=9+5dB signal on MI / NY / NJ remote SDR target. 11760 kHz, RHC Bauta in Esperanto language on May 20, S=9+20dB signal on Edmonton, Alberta, CAN remote SDR target, S=9+10dB signal on NY / NJ remote SDR target, at 1505 UT. Sundays 1500-1530 UT only [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 20, dxldyg via DXLD) 11880, May 20 at 2207, this is today`s missing RHC frequency, where something is always wrong: supposed to be in French from 2200. Plenty of others on band in Spanish: 11760, 11840, 11860, 12000; and 11700 Portuguese. 6060, May 21 at 0619, now this is the missing frequency, leaving off- frequency-minus carrier from Brasil, while RHC English maintains 6000, 6100, 6165. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 13901, 13835, 13767, 13633, 13567, 13499, 13437, 13363, 13300, very approx., May 21 at 1319-1335+, RHC spurblobs out of 13700 transmitter are back! Awful wobble with BFO, but closest ones somewhat clear when tuned in FM or even AM modes. Fundamental 13700 is S9+40, and 13767 is S9+25. All with signature F# above C-middle tone, and that is about all one can detect at the furthest ones out. Checking almost every morning, last date these appeared was April 16, exactly one pentaweek ago. I *knew* they would come back sometime. Something`s always (very!) wrong at RHC. During this hour separate RHC is also on 13740, and from 13700 produces a leapfrog on 13780 at 1320. 13820, May 22 at 1325, pulse jamming against nothing, the R. Martí frequency active only in the B-seasons; plenty jamming against now active 13605. But RHC fails to spew spurblobs all over the band from the 13700 transmitter, unlike yesterday (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1931, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Poor poor Cuba. You would think they would be aware of the various issues and at least make a plan of action to fix at least the cheapest of failures. Glenn, I really think you should consider officially trademarking the 'Something is always wrong at RHC!!' I love it! (Chris Campbell, ptsw iog via DXLD) ** CUBA [and non]. 9490, OPPOSITION, R. República, 5/19/18. Spanish language anti-Cuban government clandestine with excellent signal tonight via Issoudun with only light, ineffective Cuban jamming at 0245 with program about Cuban techno-rap modern music at tune in. At 0250 a nice ID, rooster crowing and beginning of short news review "Informativo". 0255 fanfare and YL announcements and ID. Then OM with full formal recorded ID and contact info including phone numbers and email address and postal address in Miami. Abrupt shutdown at -0300* (Ralph Perry, Wheaton IL, Drake R8B, Dentron Super – Tuner, Ameco & Palomar Preamps, Wellbrook Loop, 350’ LA BOG, Delta Skyloop, NASWA Flashsheet May 20 via DXLD) ** DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. SE APAGÓ LA VOZ DE TEO VERAS, PADRE DE LA RADIODIFUSIÓN MODERNA EN LA REPÚBLICA DOMINICANA --- 19/05/2018 El veterano director general de La 91 FM, productor de “El Matutino de Teo Veras” y uno de los principales innovadores de la radio, falleció en la mañana del jueves [17 de mayo], a los 67 años, a causa de un ataque cardíaco. Imagen relacionada [RETRATO] https://gruporadioescuchaargentino.wordpress.com/2018/05/19/se-apago-la-voz-de-teo-veras-padre-de-la-radiodifusion-moderna-en-la-republica-dominicana/ La triste noticia conmovió desde temprano a toda la sociedad, que se expresó de inmediato a través de las redes sociales, la radio y la televisión. El reconocido locutor y voz comercial Reynaldo Infante recordó que el pasado miércoles tuvo el privilegio de compartir con Don Teo por varias horas en su oficina-estudio, trabajando en un nuevo proyecto, intercambiando ideas y proyectando el futuro. “Me mostró sus primeros trabajos, grabaciones que estaba recuperando y una gran audioteca de comerciales y programas de radio. Hace apenas horas conecté físicamente con Don Teo, su vida, su visión y pasión por la radio y la locución comercial y en este momento conecto con el legado de un hombre que construyó, que vivió en el hacer, investigar, probar, emprender y sobre todo aprender”, recordó. “Gracias Don Teo, por el privilegio de su existencia, de su trabajo, de su legado y el privilegio de compartir apenas un instante de su existencia en este plano. Hoy somos testigos de la transformación de Don Teo y nos quedamos con su gran legado. Que su vida sea motivo de inspiración”, destacó Infante en el pie de una imagen de Teo Veras que colgó en su cuenta de Instagram. También los mensajes de la Asociación de Cronistas de Arte (Acroarte) destacaron el dolor que embarga a ese gremio fundado por profesionales de la locución en su mayoría. Emelyn Baldera, presidenta de Acroarte, sostuvo que la sociedad “perdió a un gran ser humano, un profesional inigualable y un pionero de la radio dominicana”. “Qué tristeza, es un día de pesar y nos unimos al gran dolor que embarga a sus familiares y a todo el país que vio crecer a este hombre frente a un micrófono, siendo un ejemplo y maestro para muchas generaciones de comunicadores”, agregó Baldera. De su lado, la presidenta de la Asociación Dominicana de Radiodifusoras, Rosa Olga Medrano, consideró que la muerte del reconocido locutor ha dejado un inmenso vacío en los medios de comunicación. “Estamos de luto porque un expresidente de nuestra institución ha fallecido”, indicó. En el sector de la locución, el presentador de noticias de CDN 37, Jean Suriel, lamentó profundamente la partida del “querido amigo y maestro Teo Veras”. Para el presentador de televisión Roberto Á. Salcedo, el fallecido maestro de la radio siempre será el mejor referente ético y profesional para las presentes y futuras generaciones. En el ámbito político, el impacto del deceso conmovió a figuras como el senador José Rafael Vargas, quien describió a Veras como “uno de los locutores más completos del país. Depurado, conocedor a fondo de la historia de la radiodifusión y una voz respetada”. Además, al ministro de Relaciones Exteriores, Miguel Vargas Maldonado, le entristeció “la partida del destacado locutor, empresario radiofónico y padre de la radiodifusión moderna”. De su lado, Luis Abinader, miembro del Partido Revolucionario Moderno (PRM), dijo que con el fallecimiento del productor y conductor se apaga una de las mejores voces de la radio dominicana. “Los misterios de la vida y de la muerte. Precisamente hoy, Día Mundial de las Telecomunicaciones y la Sociedad de la Información, nos deja un ícono de las telecomunicaciones, como si fuese una ofrenda a este día. ¡Un postrer adiós a Teo Veras!”, publicó en Twitter el expresidente de la Suprema Corte de Justicia, Jorge A. Subero Isa. Otras instituciones como la Embajado de Estados Unidos en el país, el Ministerio de Agricultura, la Alcaldía de Santo Domingo Este, Funglode y los Tigres del Licey también expresaron su pesar. Teo Veras nació el primero de agosto de 1950. En 1969 dio los primeros pasos en Radio Unión de Santo Domingo, como locutor y productor de programas. También realizó trabajos en Radio HIN (1969-1978), Radio Radio (1970-1974) y en Radio Clarín, donde crea y produce el programa “Clarín Internacional”. Además, fue el primer maestro de ceremonias del Teatro Nacional desde 1974, para la presentación de “Jóvenes Sobresalientes”. Acroarte le otorgó un reconocimiento en 1987, en el marco de la tercera entrega de los premios artísticos más importantes que se entregan en República Dominicana. http://www.elcaribe.com.do/ (via GRA blog via WORLD OF RADIO 1931, DXLD) ** ECUADOR. 6050, May 16 at 0603, Spanish preaching on VP signal vs heavy splash from 6060 Cuba. Must be HCJB, way past normal 0230+*. (I never have any luck with ELWA, but co-channel co-religionists running overtime certainly won`t help) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 5005, Radio Nacional, Bata, *0507-0520, 17-05, extremely weak, only carrier detected today (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Reinante, Tecsun S-8800, Cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DXLD) ** ERITREA. 7180.021, VoBME Asmara heard at 0436 UT on May 11, S=7 signal, also on 7140.021 kHz played song at 0448 UT on May 11. VoBME Asmara started both at 1745 UT (after break??), 7140.021 HoA music at S=9+15dB in Doha Qatar remote SDR. 7180.020, Asmara ERI transmission, tried few time to switch-on the transmitter on air, S=9+15dB at 1749 UT on May 13. Then followed phone-in program, on Kabul Afghanistan blown-up matter [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 11 / 13, BC-DX 19 May via DXLD) ** ETHIOPIA. 7235.361, Surprisingly excellent signal from Gedja into FL-US state, V of Democratic Tigre scheduled, S=8 at 0430 UT on May 11. But wandered 10-20 Hertz frequency distance up-wards continuously, each 5 minutes [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 11, BC-DX 19 May via WORLD OF RADIO 1931, DXLD) ** GERMANY [non]. Hi All, I just tuned into 5845 kHz expecting to find IBC running at 100 kW, but instead it sounds more like Radio Ohne Nahmen that is on there. It's still going at 2003 UT, but I haven't yet heard any definite IDs, I'm just assuming it's them because it's in German and the music format is old time German music. I didn't see any announcements about them being on there at this time (Alan Gale, UK, May 16, WOR iog via DXLD) ** GERMANY. 7410, R. Athmeeya Yatra, 2348, 5-14-18. Man in listed Lungeli-Magar language with what sounded like a homily, light instrumental music, choral singing, flute music and address given at 2358. Then into listed Bodo language. Fair signal but better sounding in SSB (Ed Cichorek, NJ, R75, MFJ956 tuner; SWL4-50 wire, NASWA Flashsheet May 20 via DXLD) ** GREECE. Good signal of Voice of Greece on 9420 kHz, May 16 0500&0657 on 9420 AVL 150 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek*tx#03 No signal on 9935 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg tx#1, or alt. 11645 Today with news bulletin only in Serbian from 0657UT & off! http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/05/good-signal-of-voice-of-greece-on-9420.html (Ivo Ivanóv, SWLDXBulgaria News, May 16, WOR iog via DXLD) ** IRAN [non]. Radio Ranginkaman/Radio Rainbow via BaBcoCk Tashkent, May 21 1600-1630 7580 TAC 100 kW / 236 deg to WeAs Farsi Mon/Fri, very weak http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/05/radio-ranginkamanradio-rainbow-via_21.html (Ivo Ivanóv, SWLDXBulgaria News, May 21-22, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1931, DXLD) ** ITALY. Onde medie tempestose, il caso di Free Radio AM RDE. Comunicato di AssAMGroup --- lunedì 21 maggio 2018 In Italia è in atto una "guerra delle onde medie". In particolare si combatte sulla frequenza dei 1584 kHz e ad essere danneggiata è Free Radio AM -RDE che trasmette da Trieste. I responsabili dell'emittente (Ass.AMGroup, che gestisce anche AM Classic su 819 kHz) lamentano anche trasmissioni fake che imitano l'originale emittendo però programmi fasulli e offensivi. Poiché la questione interessa anche chi ascolta la radio e da Free Radio AM - RDE arriva anche un appello ai radioascoltatori, riportiamo di seguito il comunicato dell'emittente (leggibile anche sul suo sito: CLICCA QUI) http://www.assamgroup.it/ Comunicato Free Radio AM – Radio Diffusione Europea è al centro di un attacco alla propria credibilità, da parte di operatori radiofonici illegali. Da diversi mesi e in più forme, la nostra emittente, in ore serali viene sovrapposta da segnali ben riconosciuti, con l’intento di creare disturbo e danno di immagine. Tali segnali vengono irradiati con potenze elevate e diversi identificativi. Fatto ancor più grave che nell’ultimo periodo tale disturbo assume la connotazione di clone vero e proprio della nostra emittente. Vengono registrati i nostri Jingle e le nostre voci, modificati e “conditi” anche da insulti, bestemmie ed improperi. I segnali disturbano oltre alla nostra emittente anche stazioni radiofoniche europee che possono individuare nella scrivente l’artefice di tale scempio. Che ci sia un progetto criminale atto a far desistere la nostra emittente dal proseguire nelle sue emissioni, è un dato di fatto. Di tale situazione è al corrente il Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico in tutte le sezioni competenti già dal mese di gennaio 2018. Nonostante numerosi contatti e rassicurazioni, nulla è stato fatto almeno apparentemente fino ad oggi. Che la situazione sia in peggioramento ne è conferma il fatto che da nostri rilevamenti i segnali clonati della nostra emittente si stiano moltiplicando. Prendiamo le distanze da qualsiasi identificativo che possa trasmettere jingle offensivi, blasfemi e quant’altro. Attendiamo inoltre una risposta seria, forte e definitiva su questa vergogna dagli organi competenti quanto prima. Invitiamo a segnalare alla nostra redazione qualsiasi nefandezza che possa essere ascoltata sulla sedicente Radio Diffusione Europea specificando anche l’orario e la zona di ricezione. Grazie per la comprensione e buon ascolto. Ass. AM Group Pubblicato da Giampiero Bernardini a maggio 21, 2018 https://playdxblog.blogspot.it/2018/05/onde-medie-tempestose-il-caso-di-free.html VIEW THIS PAGE IN ENGLISH: Medium wave stormy, the case of Free Radio AM RDE. Communiqué AssAMGroup In Italy it is undergoing a "medium-wave war". In particular, it fights on frequency of 1584 kHz and to be damaged is Free Radio AM - RDE that transmits from Trieste. The issuer responsible (Ass.AMGroup, which also operates AM Classic on 819 kHz) also complain of fake programs that imitate the original, however, and emitting false and offensive programs. As the issue also affects those who listen to the radio and Free Radio AM - RDE also comes an appeal to radio listeners, are below the issuer's statement also read on his website: CLICK HERE) Press Free Radio AM - European Radio Diffusion is the focus of an attack on its credibility, by illegal radio operators. For several months, and in many forms, our station in the evening is superimposed by well recognized signals, with the intention of creating disorder and reputational damage. These signals are irradiated with high power and different identifiers. Even more serious than the last time this disorder takes on the connotation of true clone of our own broadcaster. They recorded our Jingle and our voices, modified and "seasoned" also insults, curses and insults. The disturbing signals in addition to our station, even European radio stations that can be identified in writing the author of this mess. That there is a criminal scheme designed to prevent someone from our station continue its emissions, it is a fact. Of this situation it is familiar to the Ministry of Economic Development in all relevant sections since January 2018. Despite many contacts and reassurances, nothing was done apparently to date. That the situation is worsening this is confirmed by the fact that our mapping the cloned signals of our issuer are multiplying. We distance ourselves from any identifier that can transmit jingle offensive, blasphemous and more. We also expect a serious answer, loud and final of this shame by the competent bodies as soon as possible. We encourage you to report to our staff any wrong action that can be heard on the so-called European Radio Diffusion also specifying the time and the reception area. Thanks for your understanding and good listening. Ass. AM Group Posted by Giampiero Bernardini on May 21, 2018 (playdx blog via DXLD) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. 9685, TAIWAN, Nippon No Kaze program at 1527 UT May 19 // 7335 kHz and via PALAU 9975 kHz. All three were good in Korean. Rx: Perseus SDR, Ant: Wellbrook loop and beverage. 73 (Mick Delmage, Sherwood Park, Alberta, WOR iog via DXLD) 9560, TAIWAN (Tamsui District), Furusato no kaze (presumed the one) at 1440, W over soft music with monologue in Japanese. Some NHK-esque musical bridges. F/G May 22 (Rick Barton, Logs from Central Arizona. Hopefully useful information for someone can be picked out of here. Times/Dates in UT. English used unless otherwise stated. Grundig Satellit 205/5000 & 750; RS SW-2000629, HQ-200 & HQ-180A with various outdoor wires. Use of portables noted where relevant for perspective on signal strength comments. 73 and Good Listening....! -rb, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA SOUTH. [these items presented in reverse chrono order] 6045.0, Voice of Freedom, 1000, May 21. Returns here again after a short absence; "Haengboghan Daehanmingug" program ("Happy Republic of Korea"). My audio at http://goo.gl/DERHwH Very nice program schedule provided by Amano-san at http://radio.chobi.net/DX/bbs/?res:2480#3266 (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1931, DXLD) Hi Glenn, On May 20, still no sign of Voice of Freedom, while checking on former frequencies and scanning 49m band. Need to daily check on this, as they could return at any time. [see ALASKA re KNLS off 6045] Voice of Freedom - S. Korea May 19: Voice of Freedom still not being heard anywhere; 1136+; not on 5920, 5940, 6020, 6045, nor 6135, all former frequencies. Seems Alaska (KNLS) on 6045 has now dropped 1200-1300 from their schedule, as again not heard today, while their 7355 is not on the air every day, but was heard today. May 18: VOF - Unable to hear them anywhere! No carrier on 6045, as heard yesterday; today 1200-1300, still with no Alaska (KNLS) on 6045. Checked VOF former frequencies, but no results. 1040-1314. Are they still on SW? May 17: 6045, usual pips jamming from N. Korea, but today Voice of Freedom (presumed) noted with no modulation at all (no audio), but sounded like their open carrier. Checked VOF former frequencies, but no results. 1129-1250. May 16: 6045.0, Voice of Freedom, at 1500, in Korean; full ID for the various "FM Radio" frequencies; VOF station singing jingle ("jinsil-e soli, huimang-e soli, jayu-e soli bangsong" - "Voice of truth, Voice of hope, Voice of Freedom broadcasting"); ending with nice song "aleumdaun nala" ("Beautiful Country") https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBsPN8HXK5c audio ending 1506, with the transmitter staying on till audio starts again in about an hour; no N. Korean pips jamming. Was this their last day broadcasting on SW? (Ron Howard, California, May 19, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1931, DXLD) [by May 24 VOF moved back to 5920 -- Ron] ** KOREA SOUTH. 9100. Echo of Hope-VOH. Mayo 18. 1234-1250 UT. Música y luego mujer habla en coreano. Desde las 1242, pieza musical. A las 1246, cortina musical y avisos. SINPO: 45444. Audio: https://archive.org/details/9100.ECHOOFHOPE.MAY.181236 (Claudio Galaz; Receptor: TECSUN PL 660; Antena: Dipolo; QTH: Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** KOREA SOUTH. 9785, KBS World Radio, May 20, 2018, 1433–1440 in English. SIO 534. Various announcers, Pop music, Considerable QRM from several Asian stations on this same frequency (Vince Henley, Anacortes, WA, WiNRADiO G39DDCe SDR, ICOM IC-R8600, Ten-Tec RX-340, Drake R8B, TECSUN PL-380, TECSUN PL-660, TECSUN PL-880. Antennas: whips on PL-380, PL-660, PL-880 and Alpha-Delta DX-Ultra installed broadside east west at 30 feet, NASWA Flashsheet May 20 via DXLD) What Asian stations? Per Aoki/NDXC: CRI in Lao via Kunming, and CNR8 in Korean via Beijing site. Way to go, KBS frequency management! (gh) ** KURDISTAN [non]. Updated schedule of Dengê Welat via Issoudun / Grigoriopol, May 17 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/05/updated-schedule-of-denge-welat-via.html (Ivo Ivanóv, SWLDXBulgaria News, May 17, WOR iog via DXLD) Viz.: 0230-0500 9525 ISS 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish as scheduled A18 0500-0600 11530 ISS 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish, ex same via KCH 0600-1500 11530 KCH 300 kW / 130 deg to WeAs Kurdish, ex 0500-1400 UT 1500-1900 11530 ISS 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish, ex 1400-1900 UT 1900-2100 11530 ISS 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish, ex same via KCH https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TUuDFi_MQE&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zj9OCDH6Bws&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFWDc9mxwlI&feature=youtu.be ??????????? ?? Observer ? 4:27 PM (via WORLD OF RADIO 1931, DXLD) ** KUWAIT. 17550, May 18 at 2010, very weak Arabic, S0-S1, as R. Kuwait is scheduled at 20-24, and barely propagating (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** LIBYA. Libyan government radio goes live online --- The main channel of Tripoli-based government broadcaster Libya National Radio can now be heard on a live online stream from their website at http://www.ltv.ly/ The station broadcasts on 1053 kHz mediumwave and various FM frequencies throughout the country, including 96.6 MHz for the capital - the audio stream can be accessed by the button marked "96.6 FM" on the homepage (David Kernick, Interval Signals Online, May 20, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1931, DXLD) Thank you for the information. The link goes to this server: http://41.208.71.56:9302/index.html?sid=1 http://41.208.71.56:9302/ address: Libya Telecom and Technology, address: Abusetta, Alshut Road address: PoBox:91216 address: Tripoli, (roger thayer, germany, ibid.) ** MADAGASCAR. 6065 [corrected], AWR, 5/19/18 in Malagasy. Fair signal from *0300 via Talata. Some bleed-through splatter from Canada 6070. Closest thing to hearing a local station from Malagasy these days, tuning this local language program daily produced by AWR broadcast partners in Antananarivo studio and transmitted over xmtrs in Malagasy! YL announcer with lots of local music, including religious. This has the feel of an older-time island station, with nobody in a hurry. Pace is relaxed, low-key. Hear this one while you can -- most of the year, they are usually on a 90 meter frequency (Ralph Perry, Wheaton IL, Drake R8B, Dentron Super – Tuner, Ameco & Palomar Preamps, Wellbrook Loop, 350’ LA BOG, Delta Skyloop, NASWA Flashsheet May 20 via WORLD OF RADIO 1931, DXLD) ** MADAGASCAR. 11790, World Christian Broadcasting at 2240 with W in Arabic, piano music, then M in Arabic. Middle Eastern music toward the ToH. Very good, and refreshing reception after a day of very anemic band conditions. May 17 (Rick Barton, Logs from Central Arizona, English used unless otherwise stated. Equipment: Grundig Satellit 205/5000 & 750; RS SW-2000629, ATS-909X with Slinky and other outdoor wires. 73 to all, and Good Listening....! -rb, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MALAYSIA. 9835, Sarawak FM (via RTM-Kajang) 1312-1338 12 May. Thanks to Ron Howard's tip, I got to enjoy the final day of the Tilawah-al-Qur'an competition with the top 5 results in several categories given in English & Malay (competitors from Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Egypt, Algeria, Malaysia, & the Philippines). 11665, Wai FM/Wai FM-Limbang, 1305-1316+ 17 May. RTM net news // 9835 until 1310, then long Wai FM promo/jingle with nice local percussion for background; switching to Wai FM-Limbang programming at 1315 with echoey Wai FM-Limbang jingle & plinky/percussion local music backfill (Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA PL380/6m X wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MARSHALL ISLANDS. 1170-Eagle Christian Radio (Marshall Islands, 5 kW) --- File review from the Cook island DXpedition has uncovered a pretty obscure Pacific island station, which doesn't seem to be listed in any North American logs. 1170-Eagle Christian Radio is listed with a "?" in the May 2017 PAL, but it certainly seemed alive and well at 0707 UTC on 4-12, just after sunset on Aitutaki island in the Cook Group. With a female speaker using island-accented English (not DU English) giving a motivational speech mentioning "with your pastor" at the 25 second point, the 5 kW station in Kwajalein (Marshall Islands) is fortunate to broadcast on one of the very few MW frequencies which has no New Zealand stations. The only competition that the exotic Pacific island station had during this recording was from a pretty wacky source -- the Coast-to-Coast program on KFAQ in Tulsa, Oklahoma (at 5,642 miles/ 9080 km) https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/7pof6qol9hnub400ncq3ele32dlf4vy4 There is no actual website for the station, although it does have a Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/1st-BNJ-INTERNATIONAL-EAGLE-CHRISTIAN-RADIO-999FM-1170AM-814263745277773/ 73 and Good DX, (Gary DeBock (doing file review for the April Cook Island DXpedition on Aitutaki Island), May 19, IRCA HCDX via DXLD) It`s in WRTH 2018, page 278, with more info, including FB without all those numbers at the end (gh, DXLD) ** MEXICO. 1060, XERDO La Raza 1060, Reynosa, Tamaulipas. 1014 May 15, 2018. Male "La Raza 10-60" into Mexi-tune (Terry Krueger, All times/dates GMT, Clearwater, FL, IC-R75, NRD-535, longwires, active loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. RAYMIE`S MEXICO BEAT this week --- Four new community callsigns and frequencies, and it's more templated types: The Organización de Radios Comunitarias de Occidente —*ORC itself — will operate XHSCAT-FM 107.5 to serve Villa de Álvarez and the city of Colima. Cananea Alternativa, A.C., will put on XHSCAG-FM 107.3 in the city of the same name in Sonora. It's the fourth station there. Ciudad Altamirano, Guerrero, finally gets a licensed FM that didn't turn in its authorization to migrate: XHSCBP-FM 91.9, owned by Altamiradio Comunicaciones, A.C. Mentes que Piensan Manos que Trabajan, A.C., will go on the air to Santa Clara del Cobre, Michoacán, on XHSCAI-FM 107.3 (Raymie Humbert, Phœnix AZ, May 17, WTFDA Forum via DXLD) For years, drivers on Blvd. Antonio Rosales in Los Mochis have gone past the campus of the Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa and seen the base of a tower, unfinished, without any clear purpose and not even fully painted. https://goo.gl/maps/nh3Tq2Hg6f32 Today, that changes, as the tower's going up! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8COjahtvUfU XHMSA-FM 102.9 (Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa) was awarded in December when the IFT cleared the permit forest there. XHMSA will go on the air with 3,000 watts (permit forests typically result in Class A stations), but the station will have the capacity to go to 10 kW. The tower will be about 62 meters tall. http://alinstantenoticias.com/2018/05/inician-construccion-de-torre-de-transmision-para-la-nueva-frecuencia-de-radio-uas-en-los-mochis/ The formal beginning of construction on the tower took place on the university's 145th birthday. The other permit forest awards in Mochis were XHSIG-FM 88.5 (Sinaloa, Arte y Gloria, co-owned with XHGVE "La Interesante de Guasave" — *apparently this station will also be La Interesante) and XHHIS-FM 97.3, owned by the Universidad Autónoma de Durango. Also waiting in the wings in the area are two stations in El Fuerte, XHPFRT-FM 95.3 (owned by Luz Network and to be co-owned with XHMSL-FM "Stereo Uno") and XHMFS-FM 95.7 of the Universidad Autónoma Intercultural de Sinaloa. Elsewhere on the dial in Mochis, local reports suggest XHTNT-FM 106.5 is running promotions for its upcoming Article 90 clear to 100.5. ——— In Puerto Vallarta, Monday, May 21 will be the red-letter day for a red-letter radio station, as XHPVBB-FM "Radiante" 98.3 gets on the air. https://www.facebook.com/Radiante98.3FM/photos/a.2071824049727918.1073741829.1973814679528856/2071831266393863/?type=3 This is the first of what will be three FMs, all with the same name, and three TVs, all known as TV Mar, from CPS Media — the stations make FM-TV combos in Puerto Vallarta, La Paz and Los Cabos. Puerto Vallarta also has three additional stations in the wings. XHPTOJ-FM 91.1, owned by Televisa Radio, has yet to show any signs of appearing. In the last few months, social stations XHPECR-FM 88.7 (Rate Cultural y Educativa de México) and XHPVT-FM 97.5 (Frecuencias Sociales) also were awarded (Raymie, May 18, ibid.) Sometimes when there's nothing to do, I'll dig through old VUDs, and I found this set of unIDs from Steven Wiseblood in December 1993 (VUD 2/94), reproduced here: 2004 XH--- 91.5 Son. San Luis Rio Colorado - IDs as "R. Sonora," nx by woman, PSAs 2007 XH--- 91.5 Son. Hermosillo - "Aquí en Hermosillo..." 2045 XH--- 90.7 Son. Hermosillo - "La Caliente" [sic], Mex., Cumbia-norteña mx, ads Upon seeing this, the idea of a 91.5 in Hermosillo in 1994, well before migration, set off alarm bells and doubts. I then looked at the log above — SLRC doesn't have a 91.5, and its Radio Sonora xmtr is on 88.5. What gives? Well, my guess is that the first two loggings are the same station, which would be XHSOA-FM Caborca. XHSOA meets the location criteria (between SLRC and Hermosillo), is part of Radio Sonora, and well, state networks on radio and TV almost always originate in the state capital. (TV4 Guanajuato and RTG Guerrero are exceptions to the rule.) The third is obviously XHHLL-FM, which along with XHMOE (also logged without calls that day) was new in '93. (For a little over a year, there was actually just one XHHLL-FM, before the Combo of '94 was greenlit in Oaxaca.) Keith Pugh had a string of unIDs in close proximity on July 14, 1995: 1054 1107 unID 90.7 SS, Veracruz ref 1111 R. Belize 91.1 BZ Belize City, ID 1118 unID 89.9 SS, Lb, Chiapas ref 1120 Friends FM 88.9 BZ Belize City, ID 1304 XHEMZ 100.1 Tab Villahermosa, loc. ref [sic - Emiliano Zapata before their move to 99.9] 1459 unID 92.1 "XH-MIL FM Estéreo", SS Holy unIDs! The 92.1 is obviously XHMYL-FM Mérida, one of the Combos of '94. The 89.9 has to be the then-new XHRB Cozumel (there was no 89.9 in Chiapas in 1995), and the 90.7 is probably XHQOO-FM (no 90.7 in Veracruz prior to migration and XHQO-FM). (Both are/were Combos of '94.) More baffling was a 93.1 "National Radio" SS around that heading — probably a mix of Belize and the new XHYI in Cancún (Raymie, May 19, ibid.) I hope you're sitting in your chair: THE IFT DROPPED NEW TABLES! WITH ALL THE MIGRANTS! http://www.ift.org.mx/industria/infraestructura And a bunch of new public stations and a couple of community and social stations that had not previously been revealed with full calls. First, here are ALL the remaining migrants yet to appear excluding the ones authorized last month. Mexicali XHABCA-FM 101.3 Guadalajara XHEAAA-FM 92.7 XHABCJ-FM 95.9 XHKB-FM 99.9 XHWK-FM 101.5 Toluca XHQY-FM 103.7 Monterrey XHJM-FM 88.1 (already known but not on air) XHWAG-FM 88.5 XHOK-FM 90.9 Puebla XHEZAR-FM 96.1 Nogales XHCG-FM 89.5 XHHN-FM 89.9 XHXW-FM 90.3 San Luis Río Colorado XHEMW-FM 91.1 XHLBL-FM 93.9 Cd. Camargo XHZD-FM 92.7 Cd. Miguel Alemán XHWD-FM 95.9 XHHI-FM 96.3 Matamoros XHO-FM 93.5 Nuevo Laredo XHGNK-FM 96.7 Reynosa XHRI-FM 102.9 Río Bravo XHEOQ-FM 91.7 (XEGH lost out) There are also several new callsigns, one of which is for an existing station. Get Me Some EnERGy XHDD-FM Guadalupe-Ojo de Agua-somewhere between Monterrey and Montemorelos these days is now XHERG-FM, which was undoubtedly chosen to match XERG-AM 690. Talk about creating a migrant! Other New Stations XHSCAN-FM 107.9 - Corazón de las Californias, A.C., Los Cabos XHPEBX-FM 95.7 - Erasmo Ángel Ruiz, Cintalapa Chis. XHSPRC-FM 102.9 - SPR, Colima XHCOP-FM 95.9 - Fundación Educacional de Medios, Cópala Jal. XHATF-FM 95.7 - Fundación Educacional de Medios, Atlacomulco de Fabela Mex. XHIAM-FM 95.3 - Secretaría de Cultura, Morelia (Ramie, May 20, ibid.) Some news stories about community stations today... XHNEZ-FM, which formally got on the air last month, is covered in this Reporte Indigo piece, https://www.reporteindigo.com/piensa/neza-radio-rebeldes-necios-al-aire-comienzos-barra-programas-fututro/ which also mentions that they want out of Class D and want 1 to 3 kW ERP. They note other new community stations (XHCHAL would be one) are Class A. (Would a Class A be short-spaced to Amecameca, though?) Programs include "Mi mercado", which seeks to promote local businesses, as well as two programs for youth; a newscast is slated to begin broadcasts at the end of the month. The station notes it is attempting to shed its pirate image of being run by drug addicts and criminals! In Iguala, Guerrero, XHRCB-FM is on the air. https://guerrero.quadratin.com.mx/inaugura-gobierno-municipal-radiodifusora-comunitaria-en-iguala/ The community station on 95.3, covering Iguala, Buenavista de Cuéllar and Taxco, was inaugurated by the municipal president and state social development secretary on Thursday. RCBC Comunicación, A.C. formerly ran a 97.7 pirate in Buenavista de Cuéllar. It is the second new community station in Iguala in the last two years; the city also has XHDOM-FM 100.9. Este programa es público, ajeno a cualquier partido político. Queda prohibido el uso para fines distintos a los establecidos en el programa [Tagline] (Raymie, May 21, ibid.) ** NETHERLANDS. AMSTERDAM'S NEWEST CLUB, NOORDERSCHIP, IS ON AN OLD PIRATE RADIO BOAT --- Resident adviser By Marissa Cetin 1 May 2018 The venue, opening May 11th, has a dance floor below water level and will have a restaurant and daytime event space. All aboard noorderschip. Amsterdam's latest club has already been docked there for years. The 50-meter-long noorderschip is located off the NDSM wharf in Amsterdam North, and will have three levels (including a terrace) and a capacity of 300. The dance floor sits below sea level and the club is fitted with a Funktion-One soundsystem. norderschip was once home to a pirate radio station, called Radio Veronica, in the 1960s. In 1973, a damaging storm forced the radio crew to abandon ship. David Cornelissen, noorderschip's creative director, told Resident Advisor he hopes the venue will become a new cultural port in the local community, "focusing more on the local initiatives and collectives that still need a place in Amsterdam." Cornelissen wants to "[create] a space where somebody wants to spend a long time and is not just attracted by booked DJs or live acts. This way, we will challenge ourselves and the scene." This ethos will involve booking local talent, as well as international artists who may not get booked at Amsterdam's other clubs. "It is important there is a new venue for smaller initiatives that are looking for a place and don't have to worry about filling a big room," Cornelissen said. No events have been publicly announced. noorderschip's daytime event programme will include courses, lectures, art exhibitions and more. The restaurant will have a locally sourced vegetarian menu. Pictures here: https://www.residentadvisor.net/news.aspx?id=41656 (via Mike Terry, May 18, bdxc-news iog via DXLD) ** NEW ZEALAND. 702-Magic Song Medley ID on the Half Hour 702-Magic has a new song medley ID on the half hour, which certainly is one of the more creative ID's that I've ever heard (especially for someone who grew up DXing with these songs being played). https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/n0bnhm6yay3w0nwbfj7mez8foxuo7tvb Hopefully it will help a few more DXers track down this NZ big gun, which has recently enjoyed a popularity boost according to the latest Kiwi radio listener survey. (Recorded in the Cook islands last month) (Gary DeBock, May 20, IRCA HCDX via DXLD) Well, that would certainly stand out. I've had audio traces from them a couple times here in IL during fall DU conditions at sunrise when 2BL [Sydney, Australia, 50 kW] has faded somewhat. So this does really get out. Most mornings last season I could see both carriers with the Perseus. 73 KAZ (Neil Kazaross, IL/WI, ibid.) Thanks, Neil, 702-Magic is capable of packing quite a punch, even on the North American mainland (like with this rocking signal at Rockwork 4 in Oregon, in August of 2016) https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/1kmy738awm8pl70ht0vmsm6rrvswijb6 I'm sure that if you stick with the chase, it will crowd out 2BL sooner or later (as it almost always does, at the "Kiwi Cliff"). (Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA, ibid.) NZ stations no longer have callsigns listed. This is on page 301 of WRTH 2018 under MEDIAWORKS, 10 kW from Auckland. There is one other NZ on 702, with 1 kW (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NIGERIA [non]. Radio Dandal Kura Int via MBR Issoudun, May 22 0500-0600 on 7220 ISS 100 kW / 167 deg to CeAf Kanuri, fair 0600-0700 on 11910 ISS 100 kW / 167 deg to CeAf Kanuri, good http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/05/reception-of-radio-dandal-kura-int-via.html (Ivo Ivanóv, SWLDXBulgaria News, May 21-22, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1931, DXLD) ** NIGERIA [non]. CLANDESTINA, 15110. Maio 18, 2018. 1827-1842, Radio Na Gaskiya, Kostinbrod-BUL, em Hauçá. Uma música local; Locução masculina e, em seguida, um cidadão parece discursar, provávelmente; Fala muito em Nigéria. Clandestina chegando com sinal e modulação satisfatórios aquí em Cabedelo, 35433. Nota: Esta é minha primeira sintonia desta emissora via Bulgária (José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo-Paraiba, Brasil, Receptor: Sony SW100, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1931, DXLD) ** NORTH AMERICA. 7470, May 7, 0258, YHWH. Tnx Ron Howard’s tip, found here again at 0258 with Joshua’s old religious program, seemingly same one heard on 60mb back on 8 Dec. 2016 (4865), and 11 Feb. 2017 (7550). Heavy QSB but good signal on peaks, especially at 0302. Still going at 0318 tune/out (Dave Valko, Dunlo PA, SW Bulletin May 20 via DXLD) 7470, "YHWH" (unlicensed religious station) 0302+ 12 May. Good to hear "Days of Hard Life" once more but even with a live TC/ID & "7.47 MHz" thrown in, it's still Josiah reading that infernal letter & getting all 'religulous'. Signal much better than in the past, so perhaps his new location in the Sierras is worth the anoxia [2440m/8000']. (Dan Sheedy, Encinitas, CA PL380/6m X wire, WORLD OF RADIO 1931, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7470, May 16 at 0235, anti-Christ pirate Station YHWH is VP in storm noise level. Lots of lightning from SW KS thru the OK and TX Panhandles down into central TX; moving on into SW OK (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7470, USA (Religious Pirate), YHWH at 0300. My first chance to check the frequency, "Josiah" blasting Christians and "homos" (his word, not mine). Days of Hard Life started up at 0418Z (9:18 PM local - 918 being a Phoenix PD code for a mental case). After DoHL, Josiah heard talking and cut off in mid sentence at 0420. This is what I had suspected for some time now - the station was shutting down between 0400-0430 UT. Was hard to tell for sure with the lousy condx we had - up until tonight. Fair/Good signal. May 16 7470, YHWH at 0345. Checking the frequency at 0200 and listening to 0220, no joy. Recheck now with VG signal and usual monologue. Fully lighting up the little green tuning eye on my SW-2000629, VG signal. Rechecks at 0430 and 0445 has the station still on, but with somewhat diminished signal. 0515 recheck has lecture on "Christian Paganism" and signal way up, fully lighting the green tuning eye again. "Thank you for tuning in". Days of Hard Life creepsong at 0519. Closing announcements and off at 0522. After 0530, there was a jackhammering sound from an OTHR radar on the frequency, which often happens after YHWH closes. (I don't believe there is a connection, just interesting to note). May 17 (Rick Barton, Logs from Central Arizona, English used unless otherwise stated. Equipment: Grundig Satellit 205/5000 & 750; RS SW-2000629, ATS-909X with Slinky and other outdoor wires. 73 to all, and Good Listening....! -rb, WORLD OF RADIO 1931, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7470, May 18 at 0200, no signal yet from Station YHWH, anti-Jesus, pro-Yahweh pirate. Recheck at 0520, there he is, S9-S7 including the storm noise level. Rich Ray, IL, had reported May 17: ``The last 4 broadcasts have all started at 0158z and off at 0420z``. These logs the same day say he did not come up until *0302: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,42640.0.html including this comment from ``The Relay Station`` ``I can imagine this guy inside an RV motor home someplace at a campground, sitting down and talking into a desktop amateur radio microphone with a subtle light overhead because it sure sounds that way - almost similar to the scene in the movie "2012" 0506Z - talking about Jewish people and Christian people 0508Z - "perpetual war for perpetual peace" 0511Z - "hybrid man-God" 0515Z - "obey YaWeh, paradise will be restored" 0520Z - cant listen to this anymore, off to bed :D`` As for location, Ron Howard, Monterey CA, says in the WOR iog, ``After he received his citation from FCC, while in southern California, I heard he moved out of state, but on May 5, while listening to a live segment of YHWH, he said he was "8,000 feet up in the Sierras" http://goo.gl/usWXx6 Just a few nights ago he again said he was "in California" and gave the local "California" time here. Recently his reception has been so good (very readable) here on the coast, that I think it probably is true`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1931, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Glenn et al. - my logs for YHWH match the posts of Chris Smolinski on HFU for 5/15 5/16 and 5/17 sign ons at 0157z 0158z and 0158z respectively. Off about 0420z (Rich Ray, IL, WOR iog via DXLD) YHWH Suddenly on at 0326. Was thinking that he was gone again watching the empty frequency, 7470, but then, "bang", he came on with a crash start, seemingly mid-program. Usual decent signal, but weak modulation. Don Moman's remote SDR is stronger, but with a lot of summer static. 73, (Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, 0330 UT May 19, WOR iog via DXLD) May 19 - YHWH, on 7470-AM, running later than usual; 0539-0549*; ending after the "Days of Hard Life" song; fairly readable. Yes, heavy QRN (static). (Ron Howard, California, ibid.) 7470, May 20 at 0538, YHWH is on and audible (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7470, YHWH (Religious Pirate), YHWH at 0335. Frequent frequency checks yielded nothing all night until now, with Josiah and "Christianity the greatest hoax" segment. 0425 was "The Ten Commandments of Yahweh" segment. A 0445, the creepy Days of Hard Life song, more unflattering comments about Christianity, "Thank you for tuning in". 0513, talk of future of Israel, signal got very weak all at once and then went off. VG signals; I was able to monitor much of this on a Zenith Transoceanic portable using just the telescoping whip. May 20 7470, USA (Religious Pirate), YHWH at 0335 tune-in. Frequent checks before and after 0200 yielded nothing, but checking 0335 has the pirate on with usual (at tune-in) on segment about the Crusades, "sponsored by - the homosexual Catholic church...How 'bout that?". 0400 Daniel 3:39, Deuteronomy 10:12, on "burnt offerings" and sacrifices. Still in progress at this 0420 UT posting. Moderate static, S-5 to S-9 signal. May 21. 7470, USA (Pirate), YHWH at 0315. On in progress and confirmed by me after a number of frequency checks earlier in evening. At 0400, went to Days of Hard Life song and the Christianity hoax lecture. Dropped out suddenly at 0425. Very strong and clear on Satellit 5000(205) with whip. Frequency double-checked off SW-2000629. I DID hear it back very briefly a cupla minutes after it dropped out, then nothing more. Mostly VG, May 22 (Rick Barton, Logs from Central Arizona. Hopefully useful information for someone can be picked out of here. Times/Dates in UT. English used unless otherwise stated. Grundig Satellit 205/5000 & 750; RS SW-2000629, HQ-200 & HQ-180A with various outdoor wires. Use of portables noted where relevant for perspective on signal strength comments. 73 and Good Listening....! -rb, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6935.666-AM, May 21 at 0058, very off-frequency pirate music, S6-S8 vs storm noise as loud. These logs from *0051 to 0122* say ID at 0116 was Man Cave Radio; wrong frequency as subject, ``6535.8``: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,42749.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 338 kHz, May 20 at 1222 UT, ND beacon TU. I`ll bet it`s Tulsa --- yes, 30 watts per dxinfocentre. I don`t recall hearing this one before, yet a close one; is it always on? Post sunrise, after the storm noise has abated a bit, I am tuning for what I can pull through on LW. One other: 356 kHz, May 20 at 1225 UT, ND beacon PTT; let`s see, Pittsburg KS? NO, Pratt KS, 25 watts, heard before. I`m axually tuned to 354 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn, I read with interest your recent log of Radiobeacon TU on 338 kHz. I was puzzled that I couldn't find it on a SAC chart. Using the coordinates from AirNav, I did locate it in S.E. Tulsa, near a very busy intersection. In fact, it is in a big lot in between a bunch of businesses along E. 46th St. Its reference name is OILLR NDB. Offhand, I'd say it is a Location Outer Marker (LOM) for Runway 36 Right at Tulsa International. Lat/Long: 36-05-50.733N / 095-53-19.556W (36.0974258/-95.8887656) Elevation: 709.2 ft. Variation: 03E (2020) I've thrown in a cupla screen shots for you. The beacon antenna appears to be a common "Flat T" type. Regards from Arizona (Rick Barton, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 530, May 16 at 2004 UT, ``K530AM``, Vance AFB has again crashed to dead air. Still so May 17 at 1555 UT. 530 kHz, May 19 circa 1930 UT, I am driving along Rupe street near Vance AFB, so try to hear K530AM on caradio --- not a bit of it vs high storm noise level. Back home with a BFO I can tell the carrier is still on, 1229 UT check May 20 (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA [and non]. DXPEDITION CAPE PT, NEAR CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA --- Hi Glenn, Greetings again to you. Not sure how you would like to headline this. Vashek Korinek and I spent 3 nights at Cape Point, near Cape Town, South Africa in January. It’s taken this long to work through the recordings. We each used Excalibur Pros, so could exchange recordings for us both to go through. We both agree this ranks as one of our best DXperiences over several decades. We logged 87 USA stations and several more from Puerto Rico and Canada. We added another 200 plus stations, mainly from Latin America. There were quite a number of low- powered 1-5 kW transmitters. The distances from here to the USA range between 7500 and 10000 miles. From your neck of the woods we logged KOKC in Oklahoma City on 1520 AM and KRMG from Tulsa on 740 AM. I believe neither has been logged here before although we don’t have records so may be wrong. KRMG was particularly interesting, being near the low end of the band and its night-time array seemingly not directed our way. Both stations QSLd, helping to keep that receding aspect of the hobby alive. It helps to be able to send short recordings of the station cue. The personnel know the sound of their own stations! It’s a real pleasure to receive a response from a station expressing its surprise at being heard at such a distance. The game has changed in the past few years: from flicking through individual frequencies while listening live, to listening to the whole frequency spectrum at your leisure. Some ask: ‘Is this really DXing?’ For me, the signals are there, so if you can access them, why not? Best 73 (Graham Bell, Simon's Town, South Africa, May 19, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Graham, Great == in this case I would put it under OKLAHOMA [and non]. But I hope you will be posting somewhere a complete log list, and with audio clip linx if possible, like many of the other DXpeditioners. 73, (Glenn to Graham, via DXLD) Such as DX-pedition sexion of dxing.info ** OKLAHOMA. 7824.5-LSB, May 20 at 1237 UT, ham discussing 2m repeater frequencies, only one station audible, not his contacts. Must be another second harmonic from the 3.9 MHz band --- so check 3912.25 --- no, the same guy is really on 3912.50-LSB; why not an exact match? Evidently the NCS, but seldom mentions his own call. The other non- harmonicizing stations can be heard only on the fundamental. Someone else, K5MRK, Mark, calls him W5AS, and finally his own ID at 1245. Refers to a store in Edmond, an event June 2, QCWA chapter 63 (but it sure sounded like they were saying QCWH). All about it here: http://www.qcwa.org/qcwa063/index.html Sunday at 7:30 am CT is the ``W5AS Memorial Net``, 3912.5 +/- 2 kHz But I cannot find any individual name to go with call W5AS! ARRL/FCC: CENTRAL OKLA CHAPTER 63 QCWA, W5AS (Club) 3509 PATTERSON DRIVE EDMOND, OK 73013 ATTN: HOWARD O WISE JR Trustee: WISE JR, HOWARD O, WD5IDB Previous call sign: KC5QVX However, the ch 63 website says: ``Sadly, Howard O. Wise, WD5IDB, former Net Manager became a SK on July 14, 2017``. The QRZ.com page for W5AS is even more out of date from September, 2015. So no telling who is now operating the harmonic-producing club station (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WORLD OF RADIO 1931, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAKISTAN. 39 ANNIVERSARY OF PAKISTAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION (PBC) HELD RECENTLY http://www.abu.org.my/Latest_News-@-39_Anniversary_of_Pakistan_Broadcasting_Corporation_PBC_held_recently.aspx (via "Michael Bethge (WWDXC)", May 16, via Wolfgang Büschel, DXLD) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3260, Radio Madang at 1158 UT May 19 with ID and frequencies for FM and SW. Back into local music thru top of the hour. Fair (Mick Delmage, Sherwood Park, Alberta, Perseus with west pointing beverage antenna, WOR iog via DXLD) ** PERU. 4747. R.HUANTA 2000. Mayo 23. 1130- UT. Avisos comerciales de cooperativas de ahorro y centros de actualización de estudios. Luego. Desde las 1138, espacio noticioso. SINPO: 35333 (Claudio Galaz; Receptor: TECSUN PL 660; Antena: Dipolo; QTH: Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, HCDX via DXLD) ** PERU. 5025. R. QUILLABAMBA. Mayo 16. 2307-2327 UT. Espacio de música católica andina. A las 2319, avisos sobre la celebración de la festividad de Pentecostés. Desde las 2321, vuelta a un espacio musical. SINPO: 45444. 5025. R, QUILLABAMBA. Mayo 19. 2303-2315 UT. Identificación de la emisora como “Radio Quillabamba en 1210 AM, 91.1 FM y 5025 de Onda Corta”. Y desde las 2305, se emite el programa: “El Espíritu de Dios vive en su pueblo” con alusiones a la festividad de Pentecostés, lectura del evangelio del día Domingo y comentario al texto. Posteriormente, se habla de la Virgen de Lujan y de la historia de Pentecostés. SINPO: 55555. 5025. R, QUILLABAMBA. Mayo 22. 2215-2230 UT. Música de huaynos serranos y avisos locales de medicina herbolaria en español y quechua, entre otros. SINPO: 55444. 5025. R, QUILLABAMBA 2230-2259 UT. Música de huaynos serranos, luego avisos de empresas locales de Cusco. Desde las 2245, información de fechas de reuniones de asambleas ambientales y conversatorios de municipios, fecha de rondas médicas, entre otras. A las 2249, avisos comerciales de Cristal, luego retorno al espacio de informaciones locales y música de huaynos. SINPO: 55444 (Claudio Galaz; Receptor: TECSUN PL 660; Antena: Dipolo; QTH: Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, HCDX via DXLD) ** PERU. 5980. R. CHASKI - RED RADIO INTEGRIDAD. Mayo 17. 1200-1210. Aviso de la emisora, Identificación como: “Red Radio Integridad”, Devocional basado en el Salmo 27. A las 1205, programa “Alimento para el alma” acerca del desarrollo personal y espiritual. Identificación a las 1208: “Esta es Radio Integridad, la voz que glorifica a Dios” y luego el programa “El camino de la vida” acerca del testimonio de un niño que escribió una carta al Presidente de su país. SINPO: 55444. 5980. R. CHASKI - RED RADIO INTEGRIDAD. Mayo 19. 2216-2231 UT. Música cristiana infantil e instrumentales. A las 2230, identificación como: “Red Radio Integridad”. SINPO: 45433. 5980. R. CHASKI - RED RADIO INTEGRIDAD. Mayo 19. 2300-2310 UT. Identificación de la emisora, devocional, luego a las 2304: Programa: “Alimento para el Alma” hasta las 2307. Luego identificaciones varias de la emisora, luego espacio de música hasta las 2308 cuando comienza: “El camino de la vida”. SINPO: 45343 (Claudio Galaz; Receptor: TECSUN PL 660; Antena: Dipolo; QTH: Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, HCDX via DXLD) ** PHILIPPINES [and non]. [Re gh report April 1:] After several correspondence between 16th April and 27th April, Mr. Samuel E. Ponilas, Transmission Manager of FEBC in Manila informed that they're moving to 9275 effective 27th May 2018 at 1000-1600 in Chinese replacing 9380 as AIR is using this almost 24x7. FEBC moved to 9380 as 9430 is now reserved for IRDR project (Alok Dasgupta, Kolkata, India, May 19, dx_india yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1931, DXLD) Ah, so: HFCC shows IRDR the only [non]-station officially on 9430: usual SMG CVA as placeholder, but only at 01-12, 13-14, 16-24 for all 85 CIRAF zones with 100 kW at 0 degrees. If ever implemented, of course, other sites may use it (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1931, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9380, May 20 at 1251, hymn in clear at S9-S7, no QRM, 1253 English outro as ``Fly Like an Eagle`` and into Chinese talk. We are counting the days until FEBC get around to moving to 9275 on May 27 (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PHILIPPINES [and non]. Reception of Living Water Ministry Broadcasting on May 16: 1500-1600 7280*PUG 250 kW / 000 deg NEAs Korean Tue-Thu, weak to fair, * co-ch 7280 SON 100 kW / 320 deg WeEu German V of Vietnam, unsched http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/05/reception-of-living-water-ministry_16.html (Ivo Ivanóv, SWLDXBulgaria News, May 16, WOR iog via DXLD) ** PHILIPPINES. FILIPINAS, 9910. Maio 19, 2018. 1857-1906, Radyo Pilipinas, Tinang, em Tagalog. Locutora apresenta notícias; ID é The Voice of Philippines; 1900 ID e locutor e locutora falam; Uma canção filipina. Emissora tem boa recepção por aquí, 45544 (José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo-Paraiba, Brasil, Receptor: Sony SW100, WOR iog via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** POLAND. Today in History May 18 1974 – Completion of the Warsaw radio mast, the tallest construction ever built at the time. It collapsed on August 8, 1991. The Warsaw Radio Mast was operated for long-wave radio broadcasting on a frequency of AM-LW (long wave) 227 kHz and AM-LW (long wave). Designed by Jan Polak, its height of 2,120.7 feet was chosen in order to function as a half-wavelength antenna at its broadcasting frequency. Located in Gabin, Poland, it was the world’s tallest structure until August 8th 1991 when an error was made in exchanging the guy-wire on the highest part and that led to its collapse. Witnesses say it bent first then snapped at roughly half height. http://www.ebroadsheet.com (via Mike Terry, WOR iog via DXLD) ** PRIDNESTROVYE [and non]. UKRAINE/MOLDOVA/PRIDNESTROVIE Many questions & asks from Russian DXers about the eventual jamming on Pridnestrovye/Tiraspol's broadcasts in Ukrainian / Moldovan / Russian on MW 621 kHz at 0400-0800 UT - there are intermodulations of transmitters on MW Mykolaiev Luch 549 kHz - symmetrics +/- 61 kHz & heard on 488 kHz, 549 kHz (fundamental) & 610 kHz. By the way that 61 kHz is vary +/-0.6 kHz (Rumen Pankov-BUL, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 15, BC-DX 19 May via DXLD) In physics is like a puzzle. Would jamming on nearby 610 kHz neighbour channel - 11 kHz away of fundamental 621 kHz target, work as powerful JAMMING? Maybe on older tube MW radios only (Wolfgang Büschel, ed., ibid.) ** ROMANIA. 9730, R. Romania International, 5/13, 0005-0040, in English. "Romanian Without Tears" is the weekly language education program; each week, different situations are presented along with applicable phrases. SIO 433 (+) 5/14, 0010-0030; The History Show recalls the ambitious the eastern bloc states under the Lenin regime after 1945, but more specifically what took place in Romania. SIO 333 (+) 5/15, 0010-0035; Business Club discusses political tensions and their impact on the economy. 44343 (+) 5/16, 0005-0040; Society Today talks about the rise in civic activism during the past 3 or 4 years as more people get involved in local and national issues. 44333 (+) 5/17, 0005-0015, Traveler’s Guide explores wellness tourism in Romania; spas, mineral & thermal water, and even mud with therapeutic properties are just part of the benefits for good health that can be found. AudN needed this evening; SIO 211 (+) 5/18, 0015-0035; in the segment "The Future Starts Today" the Romanian line minister says his nation has what it takes to be an energy exporter, and that the National Energy System is sound and viable. 32232 (+) 5/19, 0015-0035; World of Culture covers the Shakespeare International Festival that took place Apr. 23 thru May 6 in two Romanian cities. Music feature "All That Jazz" followed. AudN required, SIO 222, high QRN (Ronald Sives, Easton, PA, Eton Field Radio; Princeton Sky Wire, NASWA Flashsheet May 20 via DXLD) IRRC, AudN means he has to bring up a webcast to hear it better (gh, DXLD) 9510, May 16 at 0227, poor Spanish and rock music at S5-S7; bet it`s RRI, one of few ISWBC stations left --- yes, // stronger 7375 as scheduled for this hour. See also CUBA 11700. 7395, May 18 at 0002, Romanian very poor here, but in the clear, RRI having moved out from under the Cuban radio war on 7335, for the two- hour broadcast to North America (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7375, R Romania Int'l via Tignasti [sic] with English feature "Romania 100" and sports news, and also Romanian folk music. DX Mailbag started at 0340 reading letters from people who haven't yet gotten the memo that radio is dead and they should be good drones and use the internet instead, from countries such as PA [?], Russia, Chech Republic, and other places. Then an interview with someone visiting RRI studios, and sked at 0355 to closedown. Then IS at 0356 to carrier off. 44+4+43+ -- best frequency of the available options, but 9730 was also in but not quite so well: 343. 9740 in DRM from Galbeni was there, but only s/n of 6-10 dB so no decode possible. It is pointed about 120 away from the Tignasti beam which is pretty much directed to us, so it is not surprising it wasn't as good, but I'd wager that if it were an analog signal we'd get it just fine! Heard 0320-0357* 16/May SDRplay +SDRuno +ANC-4 +randomwire (Kenneth Vito Zichi, Williamston MI, MARE Tipsheet May 18 via DXLD) ** RUSSIA. Nothing from Iakutsk could be traced on Seoul Korea remote unit, on May 15 (Wolfgang Büschel, BC-DX 19 May via DXLD) 7295, 7345 ** SIKKIM. 4835, AIR Gangtok, from 1240 to past 1305+, on May 20. Thanks very much to Mick Delmage (Alberta, Canada) for the alert yesterday (May 19), that he noted the absence of Ozy Radio here on 4835. Yes, I found the same absence today; clearly no Ozy Radio. Instead heard definite audio of announcer with long monologue 1240- 1257; sounded Hindi; at 1257 the start of a very strong hum, that was still going past 1305+. Fortunately there had been two independent earlier reports of the same phenomenon. So this certainly is a continuing problem with the AIR Gangtok transmitter. First, Jim Young (Calif.) reported to me (April 21): "Concerning 4835 of late..... Heard carrier (no audio) on 4835.00 at 1233 --- but at re-check at 1247, heard more of a buzzing carrier that I suspected was a TX problem. Buzz sound continued till 1253, when it went off the air. Normal sounding carrier (no buzz) returned at 1256, and continued to well past 1335. I had heard this buzzing sound here on previous days this week at about the same time, but thought it was something other than a broadcast station with problems. AIR Gangtok?" Appreciate Jim's observations that correspond exactly to the following report in WRTH Facebook page, from GK, located at Abhayapuri, Assam, India: Gautam Kumar Sharma ". . . . An interesting observation on AIR-Gangtok on 4835kHz..sometimes severe hum noise can be heard on that frequency.. with distorted audio...and then it goes off the air for sometime..and again back on air with no hum .but after a few days..again the hum can be heard...& ...again back with good strong signal ...." Thanks very much to Jim and GK, for their most helpful comments (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1931, DXLD) Yes Ron and the group. Once again this morning 4835 kHz Ozy Radio was not heard. 4KZ was coming in real well (audio attached) so it certainly was not propagation. As for India on 60 meters today with the sun rising earlier each day that path is not there for us in Central Alberta. At this time of year you can look northward all night and still see a blue horizon. In fact at 1130 UT this morning we had very strong CRI 1 on 4800 kHz that is usually occupied daily by India during fall and winter months here. 73 (Mick Delmage, Sherwood Park, Alberta, ibid.) ** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5020, SIBC with sign off announcements at 1201 UT May 19 followed by National Anthem, then another ID as "SIBC The Voice of the Nation" then relaying FM with no announcements between soft pop like ABBA. Fair. Carrier still noted past 1400 with slight audio. Rx: Perseus SDR, Ant: Wellbrook loop and beverage. 73 (Mick Delmage, Sherwood Park, Alberta, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1931, DXLD) 5020, SIBC, on May 19. Extended broadcast till past 1411+, with pop songs and as usual for me, with very low modulation. On May 18, also with extended broadcast till off at 1330*; the longer they are on the air, the better the level of modulation; mostly pop songs (Tina Turner - "What's Love Got To Do With It," etc.) (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1931, DXLD) ** SOMALIA. [RE 18-20:] Log: 7750 kHz, Somalia, 1855 UT on May 16. Warsan Radio aus der somalischen Stadt Baidoa (Baydhabo) sendet, zumindest unregelmaessig, nach wie vor auf der Kurzwelle 7750 kHz. Die erstmals 2016 aufgetauchten Ausstrahlungen in Einseitenbandmodulation konnten im Mai 2018 in Europa nach 21.00 Uhr MESZ gehoert werden (via Herbert Meixner-AUT, A-DX ng May 16) Auf dem Web-Empfaenger zu hoeren (O=2), aber auf den vertikalen Loops nach Suedost ausgerichtet doch deutlich besser. (O=3, S8-9) Eigentlich bin ich ziemlich erstaunt, wie gross die Richtwirkung der Vertikal- loops doch auch fuer Raumwellensignale sind. Allerdings wirkt sich das erst groesseren Wellenlaengen aus - also in der Frequenz tiefer als 10 MHz - also bei tieferen Frequenzen als 10 MHz wird die Richtwirkung auch fuer Raumwellensignale bei der Doppelmagnetloop in vertikaler Position signifikant. Hierdurch wuerde sich fuer die tiefen Frequenzen sogar ein Rotor lohnen... Im 80m Band (3.5 MHz) sehe ich ein Seitenminimum von immerhin gut 10db auch fuer die Raumwelle... (Ulli Grunow-BELGIUM, ON5KQ, A-DX ng May 16) Re: Somalia 7750 kHz. Hoechstwahrscheinlich. Ganz, ganz schwach ein USB Signal mit HoA music um 2009 UT on May 17, dank dem Tip von Jari in Finnland. 7750 kHz minus 15 Hertz, also approx. 7749.985 kHz in USB mode. Einen S-Wert mag ich nicht definieren - gerade so an der Grasnarbe. AGC ausschalten, und barfuss hoch-regeln. Auf 7725v kHz pirate Zeppelin Radio, Greece, not heard today [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 17, BC-DX 19 May via DXLD) ** SOUTH AFRICA. DIGITAL TV COSTING SENTECH R150M EACH YEAR. https://www.techcentral.co.za/digital-tv-delay-costing-sentech-r150m-year/81265/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+co%2FUqJF+%28TechCentral%29 State-owned broadcasting signal distributor Sentech is burning through R150m/year in cash as South Africa’s digital migration programme drags on, telecommunications & postal services minister Siyabonga Cwele said on Thursday. Speaking at a press conference ahead of his department’s budget vote speech in parliament, Cwele said the delays are placing a heavy financial burden on Sentech. South Africa is three years late in migrating from analogue to digital terrestrial television. Government had agreed with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), an agency of the United Nations, that it would complete the project by June 2015. “The delay in digital terrestrial television migration is costing Sentech about R150/annum in dual illumination,” Cwele said. Dual illumination refers to the need to broadcast both analogue and digital signals in parallel during the switch-over period. “We need to finalise the digital migration next year in order to release spectrum to telecommunications network providers as directed by the ITU.” At the same time, the minister said Sentech will soon conclude a business plan and funding model for a South African-owned communications satellite. “The aim will be to reduce our current leasing costs to government and build our technical skills,” he said. — © 2018 NewsCentral Media (via Bill Bingham, Jo'burg, RSA. WOR iog via DXLD) DTV ** TAIWAN. 12560, May 3, 1153, Sound of Hope, brief music at tune/in, then Chinese talk to 1159 soft Classical music. 10 seconds of deadair 1200, then short announcement over soft music, followed by nice IDs by M and W over instrumental music. // 12230, 12190, 12150, and 11500 with 12150 being best of all frequencies (Dave Valko, Dunlo PA, SW Bulletin May 20 via DXLD) ** TIBET [non]. TAJIKISTAN, Frequency change of Voice of Tibet May 18: 1305-1335 NF 9893 DB 100 kW / 131 deg CeAs Tibetan, ex 9892 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/05/frequency-change-of-voice-of-tibet-may.html Another new frequency of Voice of Tibet, May 18 1335-1400 NF 9887*DB 100 kW / 131 deg CeAs Tibetan, ex 9897 & plus QRM same time on 9885 DB 100 kW / 071 deg NEAs Korean National Unity Radio http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/05/another-new-frequency-of-voice-of-tibet.html (Ivo Ivanóv, SWLDXBulgaria News, May 17-18, WOR iog via DXLD) ** TURKEY. Again very odd frequency of TRT Voice of Turkey on May 21: 1000-1055 on 9655.7 EMR 500 kW / 072 deg to CeAs Georgian, ex 9655 Other transmissions of TRT Voice of Turkey via same transmitter are 0500-0555 on 13765.7 EMR 500 kW / 210 deg to CEAf Hausa on May 7 0600-0655 on 13765.7 EMR 500 kW / 210 deg to CEAf Swahili on May 7 1830-1925 on 9785.7 EMR 500 kW / 310 deg to WeEu English on May 11 1930-2025 on 9635.7 EMR 500 kW / 300 deg to WeEu French on May 11 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/05/again-very-odd-frequency-of-trt-voice.html (Ivo Ivanóv, SWLDXBulgaria News, May 20-21, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1931, DXLD) ** TURKEY. [A-DX] Log: 9785.6kHz, Voice of Turkey/English, TUR, 1834 UT, 55555, heute 600 Hz über der Nominalfrequenz, Viele Grüße (Reinhard Weiß, May 21, A-DX via Wolfgang Büschel, DXLD) Vor 10 Tagen war einer der 5 Schätzchen in Emirler aus dem Jahr 1992 (according to Ludo Liste) bei plus .696 Hertz vor einer Woche am 15.5. bei plus .687 Hertz, und soeben Franzoesisch 9635 kHz auf plus .655 Hertz, um 19.38 UT May 21. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Here’s a unique DX target available for next few days only on 1620 kHz. A TIS station specifically for the annual Hamvention in Dayton, Ohio. No idea how well this signal will get out, but as they say, “stranger things have happened.” Here’s from the ARRL Letter: Hamvention® to Use AM Information Radio Station to Communicate with Inbound Traffic To avoid the first-day traffic tangles of its 2017 debut in Xenia, Ohio, Hamvention® 2018 will utilize a low-power Information Radio Station on 1620 kHz AM to get out the word on traffic, parking, and event details to visitors as they approach the city. The town is bracing to host an influx of some 25,000 Amateur Radio operators, exhibitors, and the curious, nearly doubling Xenia's population while the event is under way, May 19 - 21. Hamvention sponsor, the Dayton Amateur Radio Association (DARA) is hoping things will go more smoothly this year. Due to the web of two-lane roads that serves the venue -- the Greene County Fairgrounds and Expo Center -- Hamvention established shuttle- bus operation to alleviate traffic congestion. The hope is that the information station will persuade visitors to park at the shuttle lots, and take a shuttle to the venue. According to the Michigan firm providing the Information Radio Station, its signal "will blanket Xenia and 3 - 5 miles into surrounding Greene County, directing approaching motorists to the five special parking facilities." The founder of Information Station Specialists, Bill Baker, hails from Xenia. His company also is broadcasting and exhibiting at Hamvention (Building 6, Booth 6503) to introduce visitors to Information Station technology, which is used nationwide. Hamvention 2017 reported the second-largest attendance in its 67-year history. -- Thanks to Information Station Specialists, Inc. 73, (via Les Rayburn, N1LF, AL, May 17, ABDX yg via DXLD) What`s the callsign; or is it not licensed?! (gh, DXLD) I attempted to talk organizers into adding a Modulated CW Morse Code Identification to the station`s loop. Thought this might help the flea powered signal to be picked up at a greater distance. So far, no joy. Did learn that the callsign for the station is: WRBP424. 73, (Les Rayburn, N1LF, 121 Mayfair Park, Maylene, AL 35114, May 19, IRCA HCDX via DXLD) ** U S A. 13565, May 19 at 1354, K6FRC beacon CW IDs repeating, JBA from Patterson, California. I tune the HIFER band at least once a day, but hearing any of them is a rarity. My last log was March 9 at 1524. LWCA list shows K6FRC on 13565.035 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. National Hurricane Center's WX4NHC will be On the Air for Annual Station Test --- ARRL Newington CT May 16, 2018 To all radio amateurs SB SPCL ARL ARLX008 WX4NHC - http://wx4nhc.org - the Amateur Radio station at the National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami, will be on the air for the annual station test on Saturday, May 26, from 1300 until 2100 UTC. This will be the station's 38th year of public service at the NHC. The purpose of the annual event is to test Amateur Radio station equipment, antennas, and computers in advance of the Atlantic Hurricane season that runs from June 1 through November 30. "This event is good practice for ham radio operators worldwide as well as for National Weather Service (NWS) staff to become familiar with the Amateur Radio communications available during times of severe weather," said WX4NHC Assistant Coordinator Julio Ripoll, WD4R. "We will be making brief contacts on many frequencies and modes, exchanging signal reports and basic weather data exchange (sunny, rain, etc.) with any station in any location." WX4NHC will be on the air on HF, VHF, UHF, 2- and 30-meter APRS and WinLink. The subject line must contain "//WL2K." The Hurricane Watch Net frequency of 14325 kHz will be primary for WX4NHC. Operation also will take place on the VoIP Hurricane Net from 2000 to 2100 UTC on IRLP node 9219 and EchoLink WX-TALK Conference node 7203. Florida Statewide SARNET and local VHF and UHF repeaters will be contacted. QSLs are available via WD4R, with an S.A.S.E. NNNN /EX Source: W1AW Bulletin via the ARRL. (via Mike Terry, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1931, DXLD) ** U S A. 13670, Friday May 18 at 2132, dead air at S9+20, and the SSOB! Too bad there`s no modulation from Greenville for the M-F 2130- 2200 VOA Bambara service. Listed GB // is 15120, unheard; 9490 Ascension, 11900 Vatican, unchecked. (RHC also uses 13670 but only at 11-12 per Aoki). (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [non]. Botswana: 5925, VoA via Botswana with lots of news and features including a VERY well done in-depth discussion of Ebola and stories about s Sudan and African reaction to USA`s move of Israeli embassy to Jerusalem; then into VoA International Edition with news including items on N Korea talks, can Pres Trump be indicted in the Russia probe, Ebola and a bit on Willie Nelson. Commentary re endangered species reflecting the views of the US Government (we think they should not be killed for sport, FYI). Into News at ToH and then into more Daybreak Africa, and International Edition. Abruptly off in mid-sentence during the commentary repeat about endangered animals. 4+4+4+44 with some splatter from 5935 Dead Dr Gene which LSB nixed. One of their better options in MI this season. 0308-0459* 18/May SDRplay +SDRuno +ANC-4 +randomwire (Kenneth Vito Zichi, Williamston MI, MARE Tipsheet May 18 via DXLD) ** U S A. I note that the hourly Voice of America newscasts are now including audio correspondent voice reports from the Associated Press radio network. Long gone are the days when VOA had domestic correspondents who would report on domestic news. I also note that I am also hearing voiced reports from Reuters journalists during the hourly VOA newscasts. I don't believe Reuters offers an audio-only service, so these must be the voice tracks from Reuters TV/video reports (Mike Cooper, GA, May 20, WORLD OF RADIO 1931, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Also see: http://bbgwatch.com/bbgwatch/voice-of-america-reporters-blame-bbg-voa-top-brass-for-digital-failures/ (via Dan Robinson, DXLD) ** U S A [and non]. UNITED STATES --- VOA to Africa Here is the text of testimony by Negussie Mengesha, director of the Africa Division of the Voice of America, at a hearing entitled "Protecting Civil Society, Faith-Based Actors, and Political Speech in Sub-Saharan Africa," held by a U.S. House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on May 9, 2018. The text, in PDF form, can be found at: http://docs.house.gov/meetings/FA/FA16/20180509/108285/HHRG-115-FA16-Wstate-MengeshaN-20180509.pdf "Chairman Smith, Ranking Member Bass, members of the subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today. I am the director of the Voice of America (VOA) Africa Division -- a division that reports in fifteen languages and reaches more than 68 million Africans each week on television, radio, and digital platforms. "The Voice of America is the largest of five media networks under the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), the U.S. agency responsible for providing news and information to overseas audiences who lack access to independent or uncensored international, regional, and local media. VOA is the only BBG network in sub-Saharan Africa. We connect the continent with the United States through professional journalism, in accordance with the VOA Charter, but we also serve an additional authorized purpose of providing Africans with an independent voice in media. "I am going to focus my remarks today on our work in Burundi and the closing space for free speech in that country. I do not come to you as a policy expert or diplomat; I am a journalist. And in this profession I seek to find and report on the truth. I started my journalism career in 1966 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and was forced to flee my country in 1980 during conflict. I have seen the value of a free press in times of political turmoil and conflict, and I'm grateful to have the opportunity to share the experience of VOA in Burundi. "Burundi is one of the poorest countries in the world. Since unrest erupted in 2015, more than 400,000 Burundians have fled the country -- many to the Nyarugusu, Nduta and Mtendeli refugee camps in Tanzania. Burundi's capacity to support a free press also has been significantly weakened by violence and political instability. Reporters Without Borders ranks the country 159th out of 180 countries on the World Press Freedom Index. Freedom House reports that at least 100 journalists have fled the country since 2015. Well-known journalists have been intimidated. Media outlets that have been allowed to stay open have had to toe a careful line, most often through self- censorship. "VOA's status as an international broadcaster has allowed it to remain independent, and the editorial firewall granted by Congress in our founding legislation has been critical to maintaining our credibility. While VOA also broadcasts in AM, shortwave, television and on digital platforms, FM radio is by far the most popular means of reaching people. BBG owns the radio transmitters, and through a country-to- country agreement, the government of Burundi provides access to their radio towers and permission (a license) to broadcast on certain FM radio frequencies in the country. "We currently have two local dedicated FM stations -- 95.2 FM in Manga Hill and 94.9 FM in Bujumbura. On Manga, the tower belongs to government and we share an antenna with Radio Scolaire (School), a local station. In Bujumbura, the tower and antenna belong to the government. "In December 2017, the President of Burundi, Pierre Nkuruziza, announced that he was calling for a referendum to amend the constitution increasing the presidential term from five to seven years, and allowing himself to stand for re-election. If the referendum succeeds, he will be eligible to sit as President beyond 2030. He has been President since 2005. "On Friday, May 4 -- one day after World Press Freedom Day -- VOA was informed at a press conference in Bujumbura that our broadcasts and BBC's would be suspended for six months, effective May 7. Radio France was given a warning. The Conseil Nationale de la Communication (CNC) - - the government's media regulatory body -- claimed that this suspension was in response to "biased reporting" and cases in which the radio services interviewed people with arrest warrants. "This suspension comes two weeks before the referendum on May 17, and it was a complete shock. For a number of years, the government has pushed VOA to agree to a set of conditions that would have prevented its reporters from saying anything critical about the government or ruling party or politicians, and thus preventing VOA from reporting independently or fairly on the state of politics in Burundi. This suspension -- coupled with the naming of BBC and Radio France -- has raised a new level of concern about the lengths to which the government will seek to censor VOA. "BBG and VOA sprang into action to address the prospect of losing our FM stations and more three million audience members. BBG's Office of Technology, Services and Innovation -- which supports all VOA transmissions -- arranged for extra shortwave broadcasts to accommodate new programming. Shortwave transmissions allow for cross- border reach, although currently they are not as popular as FM or AM radio. VOA began to run frequent promos on our FM stations to educate listeners about shortwave alternatives in the event we were taken off air. We replaced our regular pre-recorded Saturday and Sunday wrap-up news shows with live 30-minute newscasts. VOA Director Amanda Bennett issued a public statement expressing dismay by the CNC decision to deprive Burundi citizens of a trusted news source. "Our reporters also immediately jumped on this story, and it was covered widely through the Africa Division's language services. The Central Africa service launched two new digital products on its website as well as covering the story on Facebook and Twitter. On Friday, during our popular live call-in radio show Murisanga, we interviewed the legal advisor to the CNC, Gabriel Bihumugani, who stated that the decision to suspend VOA was not final and could be appealed in court. His comments suggested there may be a solution to the May 7 shutdown, and the BBG immediately engaged the State Department to seek diplomatic support. I would like to express my gratitude to the State Department, US Embassy Bujumbura, and Ambassador Anne Casper for their efforts to assist VOA. Previously, the Embassy has been engaged on behalf of BBG and VOA, and we remain grateful for its assistance. "On Sunday, the chairman of the CNC, Karenga Ramadhan, also appeared on VOA's call-in show. He claimed that VOA had violated its agreement with the government by using frequencies of a local station that had been suspended previously. The host of the show and others calling pushed back on this assertion, questioning how this could happen. "Unfortunately, the government followed through with its announcement. Our stringers throughout Burundi reported that VOA's FM frequencies were suspended Monday morning. Portions of northern Burundi and eastern Burundi are receiving some FM signals from other transmitters across the border. BBG's technical monitors report that the shortwave signals are being received, although shortwave will never be as clear as FM, particularly in urban areas. "We are committed to addressing the concerns of the government without sacrificing our editorial independence or journalistic standards. We are also watching this situation carefully for the safety of our journalists and their families. Previously, our journalists have been threatened in Burundi, and we have needed to evacuate five journalists over the past several years, with the most recent evacuation occurring during the end of 2017. We have contingency plans in place, if the need should arise. "The closure of our FM stations in Burundi will be a significant loss to the citizens of that country. VOA has a measured weekly audience of 57 percent of adults in Burundi -- the highest reach of any international broadcaster including the BBC.1 In the capital of Bujumbura, 85 percent of residents consume VOA content weekly. The primary language for our audience is Kirundi, but Burundians also consume VOA news in Swahili, French, and English -- who are all reporting on this story. "All of these languages would be affected by a suspension, but the greatest impact would come to VOA's Central Africa language service which reports in Kirundi and Kinyarwanda. This service targets the Great Lakes region of sub-Saharan Africa, reaching audiences in Burundi, Rwanda, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), southern Uganda, and eastern Tanzania. In Burundi, the Kirundi service reaches 55 percent weekly -- more than 3.2 million adults -- primarily on the two dedicated FM frequencies in Bujumbura. It also broadcasts on AM and shortwave, and has a smaller audience on TV and digital. "The service has led reporting on issues of children's rights, human trafficking, women's health, and governance. It has regularly hosted Burundi government officials, such as First Vice President Gaston Sindimwo, to provide their perspective as well as opposition leaders to provide balance. Through popular call-in shows, the Central Africa service provides a platform for citizens to engage these leaders directly. The service has also investigated sensitive issues in the country, such as the plight of thousands of Burundians living in camps within the country. Soon after VOA's series of reports in mid-January 2017, local government officials thanked and praised VOA "What is most impressive about this service is its level of trust among its audience in Burundi -- 91 percent trusts the news and information VOA provides. And eight in ten weekly users say that our coverage helps them form opinions on important issues. "For this reason, it is imperative that VOA continue to present accurate, balanced, and comprehensive news and information in Burundi. Our work is vital to providing a platform for civic engagement; maintaining space for free speech, including political speech; and supporting accountability -- all fundamental tenets of an independent press. "This case in Burundi is purely symptomatic of the increasing difficulty we face in sub-Saharan Africa to support freedom of information, democracy, and human rights. In the past year, VOA has covered contentious elections in Kenya and Liberia and the political transition in Zimbabwe. We have faced jamming in Ethiopia. Ali Nur Siad, a cameraman working for VOA in Mogadishu, was killed in an October bombing. The threats to our independence, censorship, and the security of those working for us are daily realities for VOA. "We are grateful for the support of Congress to the Voice of America, especially to VOA in Africa. Thank you again for the opportunity to speak." * * * Footnote: 1 BBG contracts with third party vendors to conduct nationally representative surveys in all of its media markets. In Burundi, the research was carried out by Gallup with a survey sample of 1,600 interviews representative of the total population, plus an additional 400 conducted with Bujumbura residents to ensure reliable analysis in the national capital region. All results are weighted by age, education, gender, region and strata. BBG surveys ask respondents to recall their use of BBG media (on any platform) within the past week. for the coverage. The Governor of the province along with other officials visited the sites, brought food assistance, and repaired and built new schools as well as sanitation facilities. (via Mike Cooper, GA, May 20, DX LISTENING DIGEST) WTFK? Consulting HFCC, there are 17 IBB entries in the Kin language, which includes Kinyarwanda, and all of them effective 25 March at the outset of the A-18 season. http://hfcc.org/data/schedbybrc.php?seas=A18&broadc=IBB Some broadcasters back-date any additions or changes to obscure when they really went into effect! Someone else can perhaps compare previous regs with current ones to figure out the additions. Or, the new ones might not even be in there yet (Glenn Hauser, UT May 21, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1930 monitoring: confirmed Wednesday May 16 at 2100 on WRMI 9955; it only cut on air about a semiminute earlier with tail of IS & ID loop, but just in time, S7-S4. WBCQ 7490.1 is already on, and also starts WOR 1930 at S6-S3, about 3 words behind WRMI. Not confirmed Wed May 16 at 2330 on WBCQ 9330v, as TOMBS continues --- and it sounds very familiar as if the same recording is being played during this hour from one day to next. It goes from moanin` `n` groanin` to comments by BS at 2331. Next WORs: Thu 2330 WBCQ 9330v to WSW [maybe] Fri 2330 WBCQ 9330v to WSW [maybe] Sat 0629 HLR 6190-CUSB to WSW Sat 1431 HLR 6190-CUSB to WSW Sat 1930v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND [off this week, back May 26] Sat 2130 WBCQ 9330v to WSW [maybe][or 2330?] Sat 2300 WRMI 7780 to NE Sun 0200 WRMI 7780 to NE [canceled?] Sun 0310v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND [off this week, back May 27] Sun 1030 HLR 9485-CUSB to WSW Sun 1900 WRMI 9395 to NNW Sun 2330 WBCQ 9330v to WSW [maybe] Mon 0130.5 WRMI 5850 to NW, 7780 to NE Mon 0300v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW Mon 0330 WRMI 9955 to SSE Mon 0400 WRMI webcast only Mon 2330 WBCQ 9330v to WSW [maybe] Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW Tue 2030 WRMI 7780 to NE, 5950 to WNW [or #1931?] Tue 2130 WRMI 7780 to NE, 5950 to WNW [or #1931?] WORLD OF RADIO 1930 monitoring: not confirmed Thursday May 17 at 2330 on WBCQ 9330v: TOMBS continues. Next: Fri 2330 WBCQ 9330v to WSW [maybe] Sat 0629 HLR 6190-CUSB to WSW Sat 1431 HLR 6190-CUSB to WSW Sat 1930v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND [off this week, back May 26] Sat 2130 WBCQ 9330v to WSW [maybe][or 2330?] Sat 2300 WRMI 7780 to NE Sun 0200 WRMI 7780 to NE [canceled?] Sun 0310v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND [off this week, back May 27] Sun 1030 HLR 9485-CUSB to WSW Sun 1900 WRMI 9395 to NNW Sun 2330 WBCQ 9330v to WSW [maybe] Mon 0130.5 WRMI 5850 to NW, 7780 to NE Mon 0300v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW Mon 0330 WRMI 9955 to SSE Mon 0400 WRMI webcast only Mon 2330 WBCQ 9330v to WSW [maybe] Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW Tue 2030 WRMI 7780 to NE, 5950 to WNW [or #1931?] Tue 2130 WRMI 7780 to NE, 5950 to WNW [or #1931?] WORLD OF RADIO 1930 monitoring: not confirmed Friday May 18 at 2330 on WBCQ, 9330v, as BS still playing at 2334. Since WBCQ won`t tell me what their intention is about this, how much longer need I keep checking for sporadic WOR playbax? Not confirmed, Saturday May 19 at 1457 on 6190 HLR via UTwente, nothing audible. But Alan Gale, England, reports: ``Hi Glenn, Mixed conditions again today on 6190, Radio Tropical was weak but audible, but the signal went down again during Media Network. World of Radio started to fade up around 1446 UT and by 1451 the signal was quite good and stayed audible right until the HLR sign off at 1500. There was also a noticeable carrier on the channel earlier, and checking this on USB it should a zero beat at 6191 kHz, so if it comes from a BC station, then it's off frequency. I was able to remove this with a notch filter, though it wasn't noticeable after WoR came up in strength.`` Next: Sat 1930v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND [off this week, back May 26] Sat 2130 WBCQ 9330v to WSW [maybe][or 2330?] Sat 2300 WRMI 7780 to NE Sun 0200 WRMI 7780 to NE [canceled?] Sun 0310v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND [off this week, back May 27] Sun 1030 HLR 9485-CUSB to WSW Sun 1900 WRMI 9395 to NNW Sun 2330 WBCQ 9330v to WSW [maybe] Mon 0130.5 WRMI 5850 to NW, 7780 to NE Mon 0300v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW Mon 0330 WRMI 9955 to SSE Mon 0400 WRMI webcast only Mon 2330 WBCQ 9330v to WSW [maybe] Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW Tue 2030 WRMI 7780 to NE, 5950 to WNW [or #1931?] Tue 2130 WRMI 7780 to NE, 5950 to WNW [or #1931?] WORLD OF RADIO 1930 monitoring: Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, confirms: ``GERMANY, Reception of World of Radio via HLR on 6190 CUSB, May 19: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/05/reception-of-world-of-radio-via-hlr-on_19.html 0630-0700 6190 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg to CeEu English Sat, poor signal`` Not confirmed on WBCQ 9330v, Sat May 19 at 2130 or 2330, as Brother HyStairical rages on. Confirmed Sat May 19 at 2300 on WRMI 7780, poor. Also confirmed UT Sun May 20 at 0200 on WRMI 7780, JBA --- so the revised program schedule is wrong for removing WOR from this airing. Also confirmed by Alan Gale, England: ``Hi Glenn, I can confirm that World of Radio 1930 is on 7780.0 kHz at 0200 UT on Sunday 20th of May; it's putting a very strong signal into the UK at the moment. 73 for now, Alan`` --- with a clip of exactly when I mention uncertainty about this emission. Glad to know it is doing well over there, even if in the middle of the night; get some sleep, Alan! WORLD OF RADIO 1931 Also confirmed by Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria: ``GERMANY, Reception of World of Radio via HLR on 9485 kHz CUSB on May 20 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/05/reception-of-world-of-radio-via-hlr-on_20.html 1031-1100 9485 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg CEu Sun, poor/weak signal`` Next: Sun 1900 WRMI 9395 to NNW Sun 2330 WBCQ 9330v to WSW [maybe] Mon 0130.5 WRMI 5850 to NW, 7780 to NE Mon 0300v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW Mon 0330 WRMI 9955 to SSE Mon 0400 WRMI webcast only Mon 2330 WBCQ 9330v to WSW [maybe] Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW Tue 2030 WRMI 7780 to NE, 5950 to WNW [or #1931?] Tue 2130 WRMI 7780 to NE, 5950 to WNW [or #1931?] WORLD OF RADIO 1930 monitoring: confirmed Sunday May 20 at 1923, the newish 1900 airing on WRMI 9395, poor-fair. Not confirmed, Sunday May 20 at 2330 on WBCQ 9330v, as BS continues (should I delete 9330 from my schedules? Not shown up for a while, but has returned before and WBCQ will not tell me what to expect). Confirmed UT Monday May 21 at 0130 on WRMI, 5850 VG, 7780 poor. Also confirmed UT Monday May 21 from 0303 on Area 51 webcast (after an 0302 false start of HRI, and a canned ``technical difficulties`` announcement); also poorly audible at 0318 check on WBCQ 5129.82. Also confirmed UT Monday May 21 at 0330 on WRMI, 9955, JBA. Next: Mon 2330 WBCQ 9330v to WSW [maybe] Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW Tue 2030 WRMI 7780 to NE, 5950 to WNW [or #1931?] Tue 2130 WRMI 7780 to NE, 5950 to WNW [or #1931?] (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7780 kHz 0130 UT 21st May ---- Hi Glenn, I'm on the Night Owl shift again tonight; I often listen on this frequency at this time as the signal is usually very good here from around 2300 to sign off at 0330 UT (one of the joys of being retired and not having to get up early anymore!) :-) The schedule shown on the WRMI site for 7780 kHz appears to be wrong, and World of Radio appears at 0130 after Rockphesy, and this is followed by Wavescan at 0200 UT. Another station could be heard in the background under WoR, very weak, but noticeable at times, this signed off at 0157 [?? gh]. I was surprised to see Radio Ukraine listed for Sunday as they're usually just a Monday to Saturday service I think. I was curious to see what the 'Rockphesy' programme was about, mostly rock music, but with some Christian messages and quite a few adverts, not the usual 'Bible Basher' type programme, and quite listenable for a change. The line up is: Monday (UT): 0000 - 0030 Radio Slovakia International (Slovak) 0030 - 0100 Radio Slovakia International (English) 0100 - 0130 Rockphesy 0130 - 0200 World of Radio 0200 - 0230 Wavescan 0230 - 0300 Radio Prague Now it really is sign off time. 73 for now, (Alan Gale, England, May 21, DX LISTENING DIGEST) WORLD OF RADIO 1930 monitoring: not confirmed Monday May 21 at 2330 on WBCQ 9330v, BS continues. I can assume these WOR airings have been canceled, but I have not been told so by WBCQ, and they have reappeared on occasion. Confirmed UT Tuesday May 22 at 0030 on WRMI 7730, very good. Barely confirmed Tue May 22 at 2030 on WRMI 7780, JBA; listed // 5950 inaudible. WORLD OF RADIO 1931 contents: Alaska, Australia, Brasil, Bulgaria, Canada non, Chad non, China and non, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ethiopia, Iran non, Korea South, Kurdistan non, Libya, Madagascar, Nigeria non, North America, Oklahoma, Philippines and non, Romania, Sikkim, Solomon Islands, Turkey, USA, publications, propagation outlook, Tip for Rational Living. WORLD OF RADIO 1931: Ready for first airing May 22 at 2130. Confirmed JBA on WRMI 7780, while 5950 is a JBA carrier. Not confirmed Tue May 22 at 2330 on WBCQ 9330.0, rather TOM // 7570 WRMI. Next: Wed 1030 WRMI 5950 to WNW [unchecked asleep; anyone hear it?] Wed 2100 WRMI 9955 to SSE Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v to WSW Wed 2330 WBCQ 9330v to WSW [maybe] Thu 2330 WBCQ 9330v to WSW [maybe] Fri 2330 WBCQ 9330v to WSW [maybe] Sat 0629 HLR 6190-CUSB to WSW Sat 1431 HLR 6190-CUSB to WSW Sat 1930v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND Sat 2130 WBCQ 9330v to WSW [maybe][or 2330?] Sat 2300 WRMI 7780 to NE Sun 0200 WRMI 7780 to NE Sun 0310v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND Sun 1030 HLR 9485-CUSB to WSW Sun 1900 WRMI 9395 to NNW Sun 2330 WBCQ 9330v to WSW [maybe] Mon 0130.5 WRMI 5850 to NW, 7780 to NE Mon 0300v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW Mon 0330 WRMI 9955 to SSE Mon 0400 WRMI webcast only Mon 2330 WBCQ 9330v to WSW [maybe] Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW Tue 2030 WRMI 7780 to NE, 5950 to WNW [or #1932?] Tue 2130 WRMI 7780 to NE, 5950 to WNW [or #1932?] Full schedule for WOR on all outlets, not just SW; podcast linx: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 7490, WBCQ with Uncle Bill's Melting Pot, the usual eclectic mix of goodies and weird stuff, including the 'mystery song' (The Lumberjack Song from Monty Python) and other obscure goodies. I often miss this just because it is at a time that is often inconvenient, but whenever I can remember to tune in it is always worth the effort! But there's nothing to listen to on SW (Kenneth Vito Zichi, Williamston MI, MARE Tipsheet May 18 via DXLD) That would be 22 UT Sunday (gh, DXLD) ** U S A. Just thinking --- I know, always dangerous. Since the new super station is bearing the name of WBCQ and Allan and his crew will be taking care of the station does that mean if the secret group backing the station goes belly up Allan gets stuck with paying for all of it? (John Carver, IN, DX LISTENING DIGEST) The mystery of who is financing WBCQ's multi-million $$$ expansion due on the air this fall may be solved. I am at the NASB conference in Elkhart IN and learned that an obscure religious group is behind the fancy new high-powered xmtr and super expensive rotatable antenna. On the web, go to: www.worldslastchance.com After you bring up their home page, click the "WLC Radio" in the upper right corner. You'll hear audio of an English accented lass ID as WBCQ and introduce the new WLC broadcasts. Their schedule on the website matches the one listed a week ago on WOR. I don't know much about this organization, but from their website they appear to be end-time believers and also believe in the so-called flat earth theory. This could be a hoax, but if it is, it's very elaborate (Don Hosmer, W8SWL, West Branch MI, May 17, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1931, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hopefully these flat earthers can explain how long path propagation works! (James Branum, KG5JST, WOR iog via DXLD) ``This could be a hoax, but if it is --- `` Then it is one spread by Allan Weiner himself, since he, according to https://swling.com/blog/2018/05/wbcq-reveals-organization-behind-their-new-500-kw-transmitter/ released this information in his radio show. What I like in particular are the beamer maps, centered on the North Pole, with inscriptions citing completely differing degree numbers as a matter of course. As one comment from Germany said: This is more ridiculous than one could ever think up. Concerning the question who they are: They have broken away from the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Anything else is, it seems, kept as a secret, including the main question: The source of all the money they burn up. My concern here is that such things could considerably accelerate the decline of shortwave broadcasting, because they make a complete mockery of the distribution platform (Kai Ludwig, Germany, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1931, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.: ``Welcome to WLC Radio! on the air (microphone and headphones) WLC Radio Schedule WLC is developing a series of pertinent End-Time messages that will be broadcast worldwide in 10 languages over shortwave radio! However, you do not need to wait until then. You can listen to the same messages as they are ready by downloading them, listening to them here, or even downloading the transcripts. These messages are classics and very inspiring. You are encouraged to use them in home churches and for sharing the truth with anyone. Enjoy them and spread them widely as leaves of autumn. There will be more than 100 episodes, so keep visiting this page to keep track of newly published WLC Radio episodes. It is our earnest prayer that these messages prepare you to stand faithful through the impending crisis of ages. In His Love - The WLC team`` This schedule https://www.worldslastchance.com/wlc-radio-broadcast-schedule.html is different from registered of WBCQ http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/05/from-sept8-wbcq-planet-will-have-new.html (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, WOR iog via DXLD) The SWLing Post --- Shortwave Radio, Ham Radio, Pirate Radio and all things radio: Your source for news, reviews and community. Skip to content WBCQ REVEALS ORGANIZATION BEHIND THEIR NEW 500 KW TRANSMITTER 25 Replies In March, we mentioned that WBCQ is building a new multi-million dollar 500 kW shortwave station on their transmitting site in Monitcello, Maine. WBCQ did not mention the name of the private investor behind the construction. Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Kim Elliott, who shares the following note: On “Allan Weiner Worldwide”[…]Allan mentioned that World’s Last Chance in the organization behind the new 500 kW transmitter. https://www.worldslastchance.com/ [WORLD OF RADIO 1931] I was not familiar with World’s Last Chance, so over the past few days, I’ve been reading through their website. Among many other things, they believe the Earth is flat. With a state-of-the-art transmitting station and Ampegon rotatable array antenna, I’m sure we’ll all hear WLC on the shortwaves. This entry was posted in News, Shortwave Radio and tagged Allan Weiner Worldwide, Kim Elliott, wbcq, WBCQ The Planet on May 15, 2018 by Thomas [Witherspoon]. 25 thoughts on “WBCQ reveals organization behind their new 500 kW transmitter” Keith Perron May 15, 2018 at 10:04 am Even before I read It I suspected a conspiracy group. DanH May 15, 2018 at 10:50 am I won’t expect much long path skip from this one. Sheldon Harvey May 15, 2018 at 10:52 am American based shortwave broadcasting has become a joke. Just wonder where these wing-nuts get this kind of money. I really wonder what impression the U.S. is putting out there to the rest of the world with the plethora of fire-breathing preachers, end of times groups, and other “way out there” organization. Joe May 15, 2018 at 11:01 am I agree, Sheldon; it’s sad and embarrassing. rdw May 15, 2018 at 10:52 am It looks like they’re a splinter group from the Seventh Day Adventists. Richard Cuff May 17, 2018 at 12:36 pm If you read back to the first half of various movements in the first half of the 19th Century you’ll see references to a movement called the Millerites — see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millerism for a decent rundown. Check out the term “eschatology” for more on the various belief systems involved. That time period also saw the birth of movements including Mormonism. Also check out this Wikipedia article on the “Burned-Over District” and concept of the “Second Great Awakening”. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burned-over_district Thankfully I believe most listeners are discriminating and, while they might associate broadcasts like these with “Americans”, they don’t specifically associate them with “America”. Tom Reitzel May 15, 2018 at 3:46 pm Interesting … I’m looking forward to hearing the conspiratorial talk in ROBUST, i.e. 16 QAM, DRM, though. Conspiracies are a result of lying officials who hide the truth. Conspiracies are, by definition, a fact of life and are quite common. Even before the announcement was made, I knew the folks behind WBCQ’s project were focused on end-times scripture, because Allan stated that they wanted proof of 500 kW capability. Only an end-time group would demand the ability to reach all corners of the globe. Isn’t it ironic that haters of anything even remotely religious are some of the most close-minded bigots on the face of the earth. LoL No one is twisting your arm to listen or swallow their programming lock, stock, and barrel. ?? I certainly won’t! ?? KenL May 15, 2018 at 4:15 pm “Only an end-time group would demand the ability to reach all corners of the globe.” ---- Shouldn’t it be all edges of the pie platter? RonF May 16, 2018 at 9:10 am You jest – but the (serious, not satirical) flat-earthers have that covered through a combination of biblical literalism and sheer bloody- mindedness: the earth is not only flat, but square. Any reports to the contrary are the result of space-time being a closed non-Euclidian topology, our brains not being capable of comprehending God’s mysteries, and captains/pilots/astronauts being non-believers in league with the devil. (The line of thought for the last one is this: if any of those people were True Believers they’d be taken away when The Rapture happens, their ships would sink/crash/fall from space, and round-earth believers would be killed. So the dominant Round Earth Order – which the flat-earthers, you won’t be surprised to learn, consider to be a satanic conspiracy controlled by … ahem, “the usual suspects” – conspires to ensure only non-believers to become ships captains, airline pilots, and astronauts.) I wish I were kidding… Keith Perron May 15, 2018 at 9:41 pm Because they are believing in fairy stories. John Figliozzi May 15, 2018 at 4:47 pm The worst aspect of the Information Age is that it allows the nutcases to find each other. At least before than they were safely ensconced under a rock where they belong. John May 15, 2018 at 10:11 pm What a disappointment. I knew it’d be a religious group but this is just saddening. It’s such a shame that something so ridiculously false as flat earth will be propagated with 500 kW (let alone that shortwave propagation is used to defy the flat earth conjecture). With content like this, people wonder why shortwave isn’t as popular as it once was yet the answer is right here. Larry W May 16, 2018 at 5:48 am I agree completely. I suppose it’s selfish of me since I don’t buy into the brand of religious broadcasts I typically hear on the shortwaves. There are some good ones out there…ones that propagate peace and mutual understanding. But more and more, it seems like these fringe “our way or the highway” types are just QRM that we have to navigate to get to the good nuggets. I’m not giving up on shortwave. I still enjoy it even if my favorites are the weak stations that play music programs, read the news from their countries and even pirates who have a little fun on Friday and Saturday nights. Mike Peraaho May 15, 2018 at 10:29 pm Here is what WBCQ will sound like. https://www.worldslastchance.com/wlc-radio Ralf May 15, 2018 at 11:58 pm If they really believe the earth is flat, how on earth (cough) can they sit through meetings where the propagation of the transmitter is discussed?! The transmitter and its coverage would seem to violate their own beliefs! (If, indeed, they are sincere and not cynical.) Still, good on Alan for getting a kick-butt xmiiter out of the deal! I’m off to have a beer with Elvis and JFK, see ya… Ian P May 16, 2018 at 12:02 am Allan H. Weiner will happily take money from any lunatic Dean Bianco May 19, 2018 at 2:38 am WBCQ uses the tagline “The Planet” in their ID. By definition, planets are spherical. World’s Last Chance does not believe in planets. Should Mr Weiner change the tagline to “The Plane?” ?? (excerpts from SWLing Post via DXLD) WBCQ: Oh goodie, Flat earth end timers on SW. This is NOT going to help the reputation of SW any! --kvz (Kenneth Vito Zichi, ed., MARE Tipsheet via DXLD) Re: [WOR] WBCQ 500 kW on 9330 S-18 schedule --- Agree with you, Glenn. SW propagation requires the use of multiple frequencies to reach the audience worldwide. 73, (Ed Insinger, NJ, May 19, WOR iog via DXLD) ** U S A. 7490, UT Friday May 18 at 0002, WBCQ with ``William Tell Overture``, so an `Allan Weiner Worldwide` playback is starting. Soon it`s obviously an oldie, Angela referred to merely as girlfriend on an antique Western Electric mic, and opening remarks about Parkland mass- shooting, which must have just happened. 7490.04 to 7490.03, UT Sat May 19 at 0001, WBCQ opening `Allan Weiner Worldwide` with ``William Tell Overture``, but soon apparent it`s another oldie playback, in fact the same one heard last night, despite AW claiming to be ``live`` --- should have edited that out; with girlfriend Angela and the WE mic; I thought that was from Feb, but at 0053 recheck he`s referring to Brother Scare having been arrested ``last month``, which was December. Unlike last week, this show is not duplicated on 9330 where BS continues. 5129.8 probably is // but a JBA carrier buried in the summer storm noise level (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [and non]. From the Isle of Music, May 27-June 2: This week we re-broadcast a conversation that we had with Arturo O'Farrill in the Iris Jazz Club in Santiago de Cuba in December 2015 and listen to some excellent Cuban Jazz and dance music. 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 KHz, from Kostinbrod, Bulgaria (1800-1900 MSK) 2. For the Americas and parts of Europe, Tuesday 0000-0100 UT on WBCQ, 7490 KHz from Monticello, ME, USA (Monday 8-9PM EDT in the US). This has been audible in parts of NW, Central and Southern Europe with an excellent skip to Italy recently. 3 & 4. For Europe and sometimes beyond, Tuesday 1900-2000 UTC and Saturday 1200-1300 UT on Channel 292, 6070 KHz from Rohrbach, Germany. Uncle Bill's Melting Pot, Sun, May 27 & Tues, May 29 Episode 64 presents the music of the delightful singer Irina Sarbu and the Ethnojazz Project, an award-winning ensemble that fuses Romanian music and Jazz. 1. Sundays 2200-2230 UT (6:00-6:30PM Eastern US) on WBCQ The Planet 7490 KHz from the US to the Americas and parts of Europe 2. Tuesdays 2000-2030 UT on Channel 292, 6070 KHz from Rohrbach, Germany for Europe. If current propagation conditions hold, the broadcast should reach from Iceland to Western Russia, Scandinavia down to North Africa and the Middle East, AND a long bounce to parts of New Zealand. Thanks for all you do for radio! (William "Bill" Tilford, Owner/Producer, Tilford Productions, LLC, May 22, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 5850, WRMI with crash start, directly into Broad Spectrum Radio in progress (some issue at Okeechobee obviously), a 'train' themed show with music and photos in digital format: [illustrated] And at 0800 into SW Radiogram #48 with the usual mix of digital text and photos, but today meant for the NASB meeting, with stories about: A story encoded partly in Olivia 64-2000 and partly in Olivia 32-2000 about the planet Mercury has thin but dense crust; then a bit in MFSK16 with text samples of Russian, Chinese, and Persian, then MFSK32 about new solar still purified water (the 'still' is shown in the photo below -- The new water purification technique involves draping a sheet of carbon-dipped paper in an upside-down “V"): and closing in MFSK64 with a story about South Georgia island declared rodent-free (that is a photo of the scenery on the Island above) and Greetings to the NASB meeting with a photo of a 'SonSet" receiver ... SonSet Solutions of Elkhart Indiana is host of this year's NASB meeting, and I can't say I've ever heard of them before! [HCJB`s new name: the Xians like to play on the word ``son`` --- get it? gh] At 0830 into Wavescan NWS#481. The recording didn't 'shut off' as expected again, but I was able to 'reconstruct' the audio, and today's show had items about: The highest powered MW station in the Southern Hemisphere, Final reports from the HFCC in Malaysia, Philipines DX report, and SWLing on Cruise Ships. 5554+4+ Again, THIS close to all 5s. *0702-0900* 7/May SDRplay +SDRuno +ANC-4 +FLDigi +randomwire - (Kenneth Vito Zichi, Williamston MI, MARE Tipsheet May 18 via DXLD) Monitored WRMI Wednesday Evening / Thursday Morning (UTC) 9395 kHz Schedule --- From my recording yesterday evening, 16-17 May UT: 2100 Shortwave Radiogram (special pre-NASB broadcast) 2130 VOA News, Oldies 2235 VOA News, Oldies 2300 Quick Study 2330 Oldies 0000 Walking in Power 0030 Oldies 0040 VOA News, Oldies 0100 RAE in English (-- Richard Langley, WOR iog via DXLD) [and non]. 9955, May 17 at 0249, WRMI in Spanish with heavy multiple- pulse jamming (but not full-bore wall of noise), why? 0230-0300 daily is R. Eslovaquia Internacional. Either total incompetence, or the Cuban Commies still have it in for those who have overthrown the yoke of dictatorship. Same jamming still going on 9955 vs nothing at 0610, since WRMI quits at 0400*. 9455, May 17 at 2322, that didn`t take long, WRMI reactivating this frequency, but very weak S4-S6 in storm noise level. At first I think it`s TOMBS // much stronger 7570, but soon not // with music, which I conclude is the Oldies stream. Different programming is on 9395 // 7780. 9455 had been replaced by 5950 as of May 14, moving everything 24 hours down two bands, despite summer propagation conditions. 5950 is still on, with different talk at first check 2322. By 2358, 9455 again sounds more like Brother Scare; maybe they are switching Systems around experimentally? Further chex: 9455, May 18 at 0118, now sounds like Oldies, with Beatles, etc., still past 0202 with no top-of-hour break. Still heard past 0300, but not at 0500. This is extremely weak, compared to 9395. Cannot any longer be at full power and/or on the 285 degree beam as previously; compared to 355 on 9395, and we are between them, closer to 285 than 355, with usually comparable signal levels. Further chex of 9455 are certainly called for. The current WRMI skedgrid does not show any broadcasts on 9455, but they have plenty of spare transmitters and antennas. Another remote possibility, some otherstation, or a pirate, decided to glom onto WRMI`s ex-frequency? So far unable to catch any definite ID, so buried in storm noise level from SW Oklahoma. (The frequent Maystorms keep missing Enid, little precip here which we need, but not tornado threats!) The only known users of 9455 per NDXC/Aoki are: 1315-1345 Bangladesh in Nepali; 1330-1357 Furusato no Kaze in Japanese via Taiwan; 1500- 1557 CRI in Chinese via Kunming. EiBi lacks Taiwan, but still shows all the WRMI ex-programming. HFCC lacks Bangladesh but adds Saudi in Arabic at 06-09, probably imaginary. 9455, May 18 at 2007, music at VP level, much weaker than S6 9395 WRMI relay of RAE in Italian. At 2135, 9455 is a JBA carrier, still much weaker than 9395 now with S4-S9 of Oldies. At 2325, JBA English talk, gospel huxter? Now I search for possible parallels --- not 9395, not 7780, not 7570=BS, not 9955, not 9475-WTWW, not 6115-WWCR. At 2340 there seem to be two audios on 9455, one of them Brother Scare; 2344, gospel music, no //s. 2348, another fadeup now sounds like Bob Biermann low-key preaching in `Your Weekend Show`, mixing with something else. 2359 no IDs audible. Two audios is a symptom of a mixing product, but I cannot figure out any mathematical explanation, by the usual formulas, such as 2B-A, 2A- B, A+B, or B-A, for any combination of WRMI frequencies. I also try my two local overloaders, 1390 and 960, with no fits. If it`s two different transmitter sites, that means the mixture is resulting locally here. But what are the chances of such occurring on a frequency WRMI has just stopped using? Or as I suggested before, remotely possible somepirate is doing this to confuse us. As of May 19, the WRMI skedgrid claims that not one of the 14 transmitters is on 9455 at any time. I continue to suspect for some reason WRMI is experimenting with an exciter running on 9455, and/or some antenna angle bad for us resulting in such a weak signal. Or it could be something unintentional. I`ve asked WRMI about it, but no reply yet. Should this go away, that may imply they got the message and fixed it. 9455, May 19 at 2218, secret WRMI transmission is still on here, with Oldies music at S7-S4, better than before, but still much weaker than 9395 at S9-S9+5, which also sounds like Oldies music but *not* // 9455. 9455 with definite WRMI IDs at 2220 & 2221 before and after Dish Network commercial (their only spot advertiser??). Listened to 9395 past 2231 with no announcements, until a Biermann ID at 2234. 9455 recheck May 20 at 1254, a JBA carrier, presumably still WRMI, as Bangladesh is not starting its Nepali until 1315. As of May 19, no recent posts on WRMI FB where sometimes there is station news not available anywhere else. As of May 20, still nothing on the WRMI skedgrids about 9455 really being on the air! Searching http://tinyurl.com/WRMIfqs for 9455 gets no hits in the transmission or program schedules. And still no reply to my inquiry. 9955, May 19 at 2225, rare bit in Portuguese on WRMI, predicating / preaching in Luso, not Brasilian accent. Sked shows ``Frank y [sic] Ernest (Port)`` at 2315-2330 Sats. Believe besides the RAE relay at 11-12 M-F on 9955 // 5950, this is the only other PP item on WRMI sked (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [and non]. /CUBA 5010 kHz 11-12 UT new RMI Okeechobee Florida 60 mb combined ?100 kW/antenna outlet, checked at Grayline on Alberta, OK, TX, WY, at 1140 UT till RMI sign-off TX switch-out at 1204 UT on May 20. WRMI only S=7 signal, pop music program, weak, much stronger are WWV Colorado and R Rebelde Bauta Cuba on 5025 kHz S=9+15dB at same time. R Rebelde program excellent Latin American Spanish canciones program. I guess 5010 kHz is only low power of 10 kW reserve unit at present? [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 20, dxldyg via DXLD) ** U S A. 9455, May 20 at 1923, 2201 chex, JBA carrier, presumed still secret QRP WRMI transmission as IDed previously. As of May 21, there is still no mention of 9455 anywhere on the WRMI transmission or program grids at http://www.tinyurl.com/WRMIfqs 9395 is always on with much stronger signal: Sun May 20 at 1923 with WOR; 2201 with Oldies at S9+10. 9955, Sunday May 20 at 2207, AWR Wavescan in progress, with pulse jamming; tnx a lot, Arnie! Skedgrid shows this hour is supposed to be // 5950, but VP signal there is not //. 9455, May 22 at 0553 check, JBA carrier, presumed still WRMI`s secret low-power transmission. Likewise maybe trace of music, from 1359 past 1400 past 1431 May 22. Again, the only other 9455 schedulees are at 1315-1345 Bangladesh, 1330-1357 Taiwan, 1500-1557 China. As of May 22 at 1645, the WRMI skedgrids still do not have any mention of 9455 9455, May 22 at 0553 check, JBA carrier, presumed still WRMI`s secret low-power transmission. Meanwhile, 9395 is S7-S4 with VOA news during Oldies. 9455 maybe trace of music, from 1359 past 1400 past 1431 May 22. Again, the only other 9455 schedulees are at 1315-1345 Bangladesh, 1330-1357 Taiwan, 1500-1557 China. As of May 22 at 1645, the WRMI skedgrids still do not have any mention of 9455 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1931, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 9930, May 16 at 2054 check, WTWW-2 is off again, after having made a surprise rare showup all(?)-day yesterday. Simultaneously, 9475 is on with WTWW-1 SFAW, and no +/- 12.9 kHz spurs, so this time it`s the original #1 transmitter instead of #2 sometimes employed on #1 frequency. 9930 still off at 1555 check May 17. 9930, May 18 at 2007, WTWW-2 is on again, gospel/C&W music at S9+50, flanked by the plus/minus 12.9 kHz spur carriers. Perhaps there will be a lot more unusual activity from WTWW during the Xenia Hamvention this weekend? But 2035 and 2130 rechex, 9930`s air is dead. 9930, Sat May 19 at 1830, WTWW-2 is active with Ted interviewing a YL who runs recnet and private FCC-info websites, fcc.today and fccdata.org --- thus she is an authority on FCC broadcast axions, not ham. Refers to Huntsville (AL, not TX!) hamfest, which was in August, maybe when/where this was recorded, rather than current Xenia hamfest. Never hear her name, as Ted doesn`t re-introduce guests in protracted chats, but must be Michelle Bradley per http://recnet.com/about --- Ends at 1906, and on to music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 7505v, May 16 at 0236, WRNO is AWOL again. What is it with these stations, just turn it on whenever they get around to it? [non]. 7505, May 17 at 0251, JBA carrier with WRNO off (or maybe exciter only?). Rather the only other 7505 station, per NDXC/Aoki: AIR Delhi, 0230-0300 in Hindi via Khampur site (also 0130-0230 Nepali via Kingsway). Recheck 0600, still nothing. 7505v, May 21 at 0616, WRNO is off again (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn, May 21, also at 1006, noted no WRNO, on 7505v. Recent erratic schedule (Ron Howard, California, WOR iog via DXLD) ** U S A. 5970, May 16 at 0254, no signal from WEWN Spanish. 5970, May 17 at 0604, WEWN Spanish is AWOL; but 11520 English at 0614 is on, VP vs S9+10 ute bursts every few seconds. 12050, May 17 at 1559, Spanish is on but very weak. 5970, May 18 at 0141, WEWN Spanish is back on air after missing last night; vs heavy storm noise level. 6014.5 approx., May 19 at 0629, extremely distorted music and talk in Spanish at S5-S3 – at first I suspect Conciencia, Colombia out of 6010v transmitter as it has done before, but then at 0637 I find a match on 5925.5 at S9, call-in show, stronger than the upper one, so both are squeezed out of the 5970 WEWN transmitter which itself is just barely modulated! 5925.5 demodulates much better, almost quiet, when tuned in FM mode! Way out of whack, plus and minus 44.5 kHz. But by 1345 recheck, 5970 is back in whack with normal amplitude modulation level and no spurs audible (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1931, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn, Thanks for your info! This explains what I was hearing mixing with Zanzibar on 6015, last night (May 19). Certainly a negative impact to Radio ZBC reception at 0345 (Ron Howard, California, WOR iog via DXLD) ** U S A. 5890, May 16 at 0600, WWCR is on again with S9+30 of dead air; why? A great way to waste expenses. 15825, May 18 at 1401, WWCR is S9+30 with HF sporadic E boost, and modulation somewhat distorted as usual on this frequency (but not noticed on lower WWCR-1 channels elsewhen). 6m Es map shows lots of activity across the US, but not much into VHF yet (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4840, May 12, 0939, WWCR Very strong signal with nasty 20 Hz buzzing transmitter. A Youtube vi-deo of the reception can be viewed using this link: https://youtu.be/VyV_acRXIUw (Dave Valko, Dunlo PA, SW Bulletin May 20 via DXLD) ** U S A. WINB Testing in DRM mode AMERICA'S OLDEST COMMERCIAL SHORTWAVE STATION TESTING IN DRM WINB, America's oldest commercial shortwave station, is testing in DRM via two transmitters. The test transmissions are directed to both parts of Europe and North America. A new ASI transmitter, a CE-50000WS, is on the following test schedule: Monday-Friday 1100-1700 UT on 15670 kHz. The transmitter is rated at 15 kW and is using a rhombic antenna at 62 degrees. At times when the ASI transmitter is not being tested, WINB will be testing in DRM via its existing Continental 417B transmitter on 9265 kHz via a rhombic antenna beamed 242 degrees. Programming is from WINB's Internet audio stream and is in English and Spanish. WINB is America's oldest commercial shortwave station, having come on the air in 1962. The station is located in Red Lion, Pennsylvania, USA (via Hans Johnson, WINB Sales Manager, winb.com winb40th@yahoo.com via Alokesh Gupta, May 18, cumbredx yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1931, DXLD) Hi Glenn, any ideas on what bitrate they will be using? A common problem with other DRM transmissions is they use a too high bitrate which makes DXing DRM difficult. Best regards (Tim Gaynor, NSW, WOR iog via DXLD) Tim, No, I just forwarded the info; ask Alokesh or Hans or someone else at WINB. But that frequency [15670] at that time with that power is unlikely to make it to Australia (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) 15670, May 19 at 1359, no sign of DRM noise, as WINB is supposed to be testing at 11-17 UT with 15 kW. Ooops, this is Saturday and it`s Monday-Friday only per above from Hans Johnson via Alokesh Gupta. Alokesh replied with a screenshot, which Alexander Busneag, Germany interprets: ``8.28 kbps --- seems good. But wait: It's MSC 64-QAM, and only 5 kHz wide - so it has the same robustness like a 10 kHz wide DRM transmission with 17.5 kbps! Visit page 21 of the "DRM Handbook 2018": http://www.drm.org/DRM_Handbook_2018.pdf for more information on DRM system bitrates``. 15670 is in fact registered those hours in HFCC, but as 50 kW in D = NOT DRM, rather regular analog. It will be interesting to observe how the wobbly old 9265 transmitter handle DRM! A third WINB on the books [unused] is 7325 at 07-09 M-F, 50 kW analog at 62 degrees. Stephen Luce, Houston TX, asks, ``What is an "ASI" transmitter? Nothing about that and the "CE-50000WS" on a quick Google search. What company is this?`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1931, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I'd guess Amplifier Systems Inc. http://www.ampsystems.com/ Mentioned at https://ecfsapi.fcc.gov/file/1041772237889/WINB%20310%204-16-18.pdf 73, (Jari Savolainen, Finland, May 22, WOR iog via DXLD) Jari, thanks for that info. Amplifier Systems Inc. would seem to fit. Website shows a lot of examples of transmitters used for non-broadcast purposes. Had never heard of this company! I guess any digital capable transmitter could be used for a variety of purposes, including SWBC (Stephen Luce, Houston, Texas, ibid.) ** U S A. 5050, UT Monday May 21 at 0104, finally catch WWRB on its rarely active summer frequency instead of 90m --- music and then overmodulated/distorted gospel huxter, horrible sounding, also cutting out, S9+20/30, giving contact info but so bad I can`t copy it accurately even tho partly spelt fonetikaly, P O Box 1471?, --- North Carolina 28456; email sounds like wdav – something @yahoo.com. Definite ZIP 28456 is Riegelwood NC, in the SE part of the state. I soon reconfirm it`s pointless to consult http://www.wwrb.org which at the top still claims to be on 3215/3185, and no program schedule (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) WWRB update [sic, unedited except for closing up some spaces --- gh] GREETINGS!!! We have 150 tower sections on the ground for sale at $ 50.00 per section cash and carry. We have been getting lot's of email wanting them for free nay nay they are cash and carry or off to the scrap yard and the wife and I enjoy a few nice meals I learned the hard way, years ago, after MANY MANY MANY times being taken advantage of by LIP SERVICE 'Christians' to give nothing away because when you do that.. ........when you need some help or assistance all you get is ......... were going to PRAY for you or some cheap lip service. I have noted that some say he's is 'abrasive, well after 20 years of this crap I can't imagine WHY?? spending 5 to 6 hours on the phone explaining shortwave to a perspective broadcaster, answering a thousand questions, placing their all important 30 minute programming on the air, only to have them last two 30 minute programs not having the common respect of calling us to cancel ...over and over again......... broadcaster after broadcaster after broadcaster, this has gone one for almost 20 years I no longer put up with this ..........broadcasters are told to go the distance NOT waste my time....... NOW we require a CONTRACT for 90 days paid in ADVANCE that motivates broadcasters to perform......... I got their $$$$$$ ....... this keeps them sending their programs on time !!!! stop playing, be serious about broadcasting and DON'T expect the JADED listeners on shortwave to open their check books donating to one or two broadcast just because you threw Jesus name around I' tell them FLAT OUT......... I guess this attitude is 'abrasive' In closing: We are looking for broadcasters that have a TRUE heart for Jesus not players getting discouraged because their one or two broadcast did not get any letters from the JADED shortwave listeners (David Frantz, WWRB, May 23, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 660, KTNN, Window Rock AZ; 8:06-10:22 AM MDT [1406-1622 UT], 5/12: "The Voice of the Navajo Nation AM 6-60 KTNN Window Rock- Tohachi"; "KTNN AM 6-60 & FM 101.5, your native enterprises broadcast station." Announcer JoJo with local greetings & announcements in Diné; also took pre-Mother's Day call-in greetings; one includes greetings to "all single males". Ads in English & Diné. Lengthy commentary in mixed English & Diné on the 23rd Navajo Nation Council, and native education. The Navajo reservation has 85,000 students in 260 schools. (That would include the Red Mesa AZ school which uses "Red Skins" for its sports teams. That term apparently does not bother them as much as some pale faces.) Between commentaries, all oldies except one C&W tune & no Diné chants. I finally asked a native about this. The word "Navajo" originated in Mexico. The natives prefer the term Diné to refer to their people, language & culture (Harold Frodge, NM/AZ/CO/UT, MARE Tipsheet May 18 via DXLD) ** U S A. 1130, May 17 at 1555 UT check, KLEY Wellington KS is back to SNAFU mode as described countless times before (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1370, May 18 at 1202 UT, adstring, and then station promos for ``Talk 13-70`` and talk1370.com, never any local references, but that leads to Austin TX, officially KJCE Rollingwood, 5/0.5 kW U4 rather than slogan merely as ``Talk Radio`` in NRC AM Log. The true call letters are nowhere to be seen on the homepage, but some hits by searching further, including this helpful: http://www.talk1370.com/improving-am-signal-reception which also tries to lead listeners to an HD2 FM simulcast Why am I hearing this instead of 5 kW ND KGNO 1370 in much closer Dodge City KS? Because it`s gone, or maybe QRP. KJCE pattern does push broadly northward, not southward. Then to `America`s First News` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1690, ILLINOIS, WVON, Berwyn. 1016 May 12, 2018. Ads for downtown Chicago businesses on 3rd Ave., another on 33rd St. Male "AM 16-90" into public affairs program regarding local elections. Parallel station stream. Must have been on day power. Some co-channel from soon-to-be-gone (sadly) WMLB with their eclectic music blend (Terry Krueger, All times/dates GMT, Clearwater, FL, IC-R75, NRD-535, longwires, active loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. A TEMPORARY FREEZE ON THE GRANTING OF NEW FM TRANSLATORS An interesting item I spotted today on The granting of new translators on the FM band across the country has ground to a screeching halt (for now) after LPFM advocates raised a red flag and filed an informal objection, essentially saying "Hey, what about US?", citing a provision in the LCRA of 2011 and claiming that most applicants for FM translators have failed to show that there would still be room for those LPFMs on the band. My two cents: It's a temporary victory for FM DXers, but to borrow the old cliche, it's akin to closing the barn door after the horse has gotten out. There's still enough translators and LPFMs in most metro areas to clog up the FM band within city limits. Nowadays, I essentially have to travel at least 40 miles outside of Omaha (or Des Moines, or Davenport) to enjoy a band that's not congested. 73, (Rick Dau, South Omaha, Nebraska, May 20, ABDX yg via DXLD) FCC PROPOSES RULES TO REFORM PROCEDURES ON FM TRANSLATOR STATION COMPLAINTS --- By Dan Kirkpatrick, CommLawBlog, May 21, 2018 The FCC at its May Open Meeting adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) proposing reforms to the Commission’s current procedures used to resolve complaints of interference caused by FM translator stations. As the NPRM recites, the FM translator service was instituted in 1970 as a way to improve reception of FM radio stations in areas where direct reception was hampered by terrain, distance, or other obstructions. . . https://tinyurl.com/y73dx2ph (via Neal McLain, Brazoria, Texas, May 22, wtfda gg via DXLD) New translators -- on hold... You've seen a pile of new FM translator applications, and grants. Processing of those applications is now on hold (there are approximately 1,000 unprocessed applications in the queue). LPFM proponents have filed an informal objection. They claim the Local Community Radio Act of 2011 requires translator applicants to show a frequency remains available for a LPFM when they apply for a translator. (I am having difficulty parsing the LCRA. It looks to me as if it requires the FCC to deny a translator application if it would preclude LPFM -- but also requires the FCC to grant the translator application as otherwise, translator licenses would be unavailable. I guess it makes sense to a Congressperson.)(Doug Smith, TN, ibid.) These LPFM advocates (and the FCC) don't seem to realize or care about the number of LPFM's currently on the air which are nothing more than 'vanity' stations, broadcasting the same music as is already on one (or usually more) commercial stations in the market. Similarly the FCC doesn't care how many translators running the same program are clearly audible on a car radio at any given place. Both scenarios are inconsistent with the intent of those services and both are clutter (Russ Edmunds, WB2BJH, Blue Bell, PA, Grid FN20id, ibid.) Neal, Thanks for posting the information about these proposed rule changes. If these changes are made, there will be a lot more areas of interference between existing full power stations and translators which will not be able to resolved. There have been 10-12 translators that have had to eliminate interference to a full power station in my area that were causing interference since 2008. Most of the interference was in areas where the full power station was between 45- 54 dB. Any fairly good stock car radio can get a good audio signal from an FM signal around 40 dB. The proposed use of 54 dB as the level which will be used to protect the full power station is much too high. The areas of signal overlap will greatly increase the "zones of interference" where the two signals will be fighting each other. It will be a very bad situation which will lead to large areas of interference between the signals (Bob Seaman, Hazleton, PA, ibid.) I apologize for the length of this post :) The 54dBu figure was not chosen at random. It's the signal level at which Class B stations are protected from interference from other full-license stations. In other words, if you were to file an application for a new FM station (including a LPFM or translator), you need to show your new station won't cause any interference in any area where a Class B station delivers at least 54dBu of signal. Conversely, if a Class B station *doesn't* deliver at least 54dBu of signal, you *don't* have to show you wouldn't interfere with it. This showing happens when you *apply* for the new FM station / translator/ LPFM. If the formulas in the FCC regulations show there will be no interference, there will be no interference. At least, not in a legal sense. As long as you build your new station according to its permit, you will get a license, and any interference complaints will not be honored. What's different with translators, is that interference objections can be raised in the *operational* phase. A translator has to provide the showing mentioned above. However, once it does, it isn't home free. If someone is listening to the Class B station in a place where it's predicted to deliver only 45dBu of signal -- they can complain, and the translator must shut down until it can remedy the interference. The 54dBu figure applies only to Class B stations. Class B1 stations are only protected in areas where they deliver at least 57dBu. For all other stations (including LPFMs and translators) the interference-protected service area is 60dBu. Consider these figures in the context of the creation of the framework of the FM rules, in 1964. FM receivers have improved dramatically in the last 54 years. A FM clock radio sitting on someone's dresser in 1964 probably *was* hard-pressed to deliver listenable audio from a 54dBu signal. There weren't any FM radios in cars. (OK, I suppose if you bought a top-end, fully-accessorized Cadillac, but even then I bet it had trouble at 54dBu) AM service was ubiquitous, so people were no longer installing outdoor antennas for their radios, and the Commission felt outdoor *FM* antennas were also a thing of the past. Of course, today FM receivers are MUCH better. But you can't stuff the genie back in the bottle. Rolling the protected contour back to, say, 40dBu would require revoking the licenses of hundreds (if not thousands) of existing FM stations. Or at least, refusing to license tomorrow a station that would have been perfectly acceptable yesterday. Can you say political firestorm? I can't say I particularly envy the FCC's position in setting protected contours (or protected Longley-Rice parameters). - Set the figure lower, to protect weaker signals. And face pressure from those who want new licenses and can't get them because no channels are available. And those who'd listen to those stations but can't, to protect a station 50 miles away they can't receive. - Set the figure higher. And face pressure from existing stations which receive interference from the new stations. And those who have enjoyed listening to the existing stations but no longer can due to interference. There is no obvious correct answer (Doug Smith, TN, ibid.) Of course we are in this spot because the FCC has over the past many years operated under a theory (pushed by industry lobbyists) that more stations is better. The more you pack in, the more potential and actual interference is created. The more recent problem has been the FCC's approval of 250 watt translators - more power than many stand-alone stations in the 88-92 portion. So I have no pity on the FCC; they've created this mess (Russ Edmunds, WB2BJH, Blue Bell, PA, Grid FN20id, ibid.) Doug, I know what you are trying to say is that the full power stations are only protected from other full power stations to the 54, 57 or 60 dB levels. However if you look at the engineering and coverage areas of most full power stations, very few of them have the protected contours coming close to each other. There are some, most of those have been licensed from the early days of FM. If they allow translators to use the same signal levels as full power stations in regard to interference, the areas where signals will overlap will be greatly increased. With all of these translators being added to the existing number of stations already operating, the locations where there will be two or more signals on the same channel fighting with each other will create many more areas of signal overlap. These "zones of interference" where two or more signals are on the same frequency will increase exponentially resulting in large areas where none of those signals are useable. The FCC is supposed to regulate the broadcasters so that interference is minimized. The special interest groups are interested in having more transmitters for their programming. Unfortunately most of them aren't concerned about the interference that is being created. There are two choices that the FCC can make. The can either provide a broadcast service framework that will minimize interference, or they can allow increased numbers of translators to carry programming on multiple frequencies where the coverage areas will be overlapping with other signals. In the northeastern states, the number of translators has been at or near saturation on the FM band for a number or years. Any new translator or LP FM has usually resulted in interference to some degree. The other problem is that translators intended to service one area are causing interference to full power stations many miles away. One in particular is about 45 miles away on 104.5 near Scranton, PA operating at 640 meters AMSL, 19 meters AGL with 72 watts horizontal and 246 watts vertical transmitter power. It is directional to the SSE. My location is to the SW from the translator. It is causing interference to a full power station that has a signal level of around 46-48 dB. The intended coverage area of the translator is the area to the south of Scranton, PA. The question is, should the full power station with 46-48 dB signal levels be protected from a translator signal not intended to serve the area where the interference is occurring? The translator is providing service for two AM stations that have the same programming. There also are the following translators being used to carry the programming of these AM stations in the area: 92.5, 95.3, 99.5, 99.9, 101.7,104.3 and 104.5. There may be other translator frequencies that I am not aware of that carry the same programming. How many translators and frequencies should be allowed to carry the same programming? How much interference should the translators be allowed to have to full power stations? In my area you can receive the same programming on 92.5 (250 watts), 95.3, 99.5, 104.3 and 104.5. Should 4 frequencies be enough with the same programming or do we need to have more to serve the same or similar areas? In your area the translator situation may be different from what exists here. There are more stations in this area that have multiple translators that carry the same programming. The translators coverage areas have a lot of overlapping signal coverage. Do they need to be "protected" similar to full power stations? Translators are a Secondary Service and they should have different interference level protections than full power stations. The pressure on the FCC is from groups that have multiple translators that carry the same programming and low power FM advocates. Unfortunately a good number of the LP stations broadcast programming that is either from the internet or a satellite feed from a distant location. Many of the "educational" programs have feeds from studios many miles if not states away from the translator. There are a number of translators in this part of the country that are receiving their programming from hundreds or thousands of miles away. The other problem is that with all of these additional translators, there are now 4,5 or more frequencies that are being used to carry the same programming. Many of these translators can be received in the same area because of coverage areas overlap. How many frequencies are needed to provide the same programming service to every location with a strong signal? As far as older cars not having FM radios, we had a 1966 Oldsmobile that my dad ordered with an AM/FM radio. If the antenna height (length) was set around 35 inches, the reception range was very good, well beyond the 54dB level on stations. I took that radio and put it in a newer GM car that only had an AM radio. It was used until the mid-1980's and the reception was very good. Most older cars didn't have the FM radios because they weren't ordered with them. The radios in newer cars do have better tuners. The reception level of most newer stock radios on FM is down in the 40 dB (if not the high 30's dB) levels (Bob Seaman, ibid.) We are already in that reality and have been, where there is the level of interference contemplated by the new rules, and there are many cases I could provide where I regularly hear translators from another market - Reading, Allentown, Camden etc., on my car radio, and in some of these there are multiples. These are clearly operating with a combination of antenna height and power which is greater than is needed to cover their service area. This is a result of the FCC's insufficient technical standards, expertise and scrutiny to allow them to be assigned. I believe that the new standards are reflective of that current reality, and many of these translators need to have reduced power. As you point out these are a secondary service which shouldn't be interfering with existing 'regular' stations, yet they are. Take a look at the coverage maps depicted here, and realize that several new transmitters are not yet shown. Overlap and saturation indeed. https://www.wordfm.org/ But I have doubts that the changes which would be indicated by these new rules will actually be made, since the same forces which created the situation will be brought to bear to keep it (Russ Edmunds, WB2BJH, Blue Bell, PA, Grid FN20id, ibid.) ** U S A. FCC For Immediate Release PIRATE RADIO EQUIPMENT SEIZED FROM ILLEGAL RADIO STATION IN MANHATTAN https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-announces-pirate-radio-equipment-seizure-manhattan -- WASHINGTON, May 15, 2018 — Taking action against a pirate radio operator, Federal Communications Commission agents, in coordination with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York and the U.S. Marshals Service, seized radio transmission equipment from an unauthorized radio station on April 10, which was operating illegally in Manhattan. The FCC’s Enforcement Bureau has been leading an effort to crack down on this illegal activity, resulting in unlawful broadcasts going off the air, seizure of equipment, fines against pirates, proposed fines against pirates and property owners actively aiding pirate radio operations, and numerous other enforcement actions. “Pirate radio stations are illegal, as they operate without an FCC license, and cause real harm. These stations can cause interference to legitimate, licensed broadcasters and can prevent those broadcasters from delivering critical public-safety information to listeners,” said Rosemary Harold, Chief of the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau. “We are pursuing multiple legal routes to stop pirate broadcasters and this seizure action in Manhattan is one of them. We thank our partners in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York and the U.S. Marshals Service, and we’re particularly thankful for the great work of FCC field agents in combatting this problem.” “Rumba FM,” which broadcast on 95.3 FM from a high-rise apartment building in Manhattan, was operating without an FCC license, as required by law. The FCC issued multiple warnings to the illegal operators but the radio station continued to broadcast. Pursuant to a federal court order, authorities seized equipment operated by the illegal radio station at that station’s antenna location on St. Nicholas Avenue in Manhattan. The Communications Act of 1934 prohibits the operation of radio broadcasting equipment above certain low-intensity thresholds without a license issued by the FCC. The Act authorizes the seizure and forfeiture of any electronic or radio frequency equipment used to broadcast without an FCC license. The number of available radio frequencies is limited, and unlicensed broadcasting can interfere with the broadcasting of legitimate licensed radio stations, potentially causing chaos in the radio spectrum. In an action to seize a pirate radio station’s equipment, the FCC performs the initial investigation. Once the FCC has built a case against the station, the matter is referred to the relevant U.S. Attorney’s Office, which is then responsible for filing the case and obtaining a warrant to seize the illegal radio equipment from the court. The U.S. Marshals Service is responsible for executing the warrant and seizing the pirate radio station equipment, with FCC personnel provide technical assistance during the seizure. ### Office of Media Relations: (202) 418-0500 ASL Videophone: (844) 432-2275 TTY: (888) 835-5322 (via Mike Terry, UK, WOR iog via DXLD) ** VATICAN. Strong signal of Vatican Radio in Armenian on May 20 0830-0950 on 15595 SMG 250 kW / 098 deg to CeAs Liturgy 3rd Sun 0830-0950 on 17590 SMG 250 kW / 084 deg to CeAs Liturgy 3rd Sun http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/05/strong-signal-of-vatican-radio-in.html (Ivo Ivanóv, SWLDXBulgaria News, May 20, WOR iog via DXLD) ** VATICAN. 9705, Vatican Radio, 2003, 5-16-18. Woman in English explaining the rite of baptism, man and woman with African news, ID indicating the African service of Vatican Radio with partial interval signal and abrupt end of transmission at 2027. Fair to good (Ed Cichorek, NJ, R75, MFJ956 tuner; SWL4-50 wire, NASWA Flashsheet May 20 via DXLD) ** ZANZIBAR. TANZANIA, 11735, Zanzibar Broadcasting Corporation, Dôle, 1755-1810, 17-05, Swahili, comments, at 1800 time signals and news in English: “This is Zanzibar Broadcasting Corporation, the news”, “The main point again”. 34433. Also 1800-1906, 18-05, today not news in English, Arabic songs. 34433 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Reinante, Tecsun S-8800, Cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DXLD) TANZANIA, Reception of Zanzibar Broadcasting Corporation ZBC May 20: from 1800 11735 DOL 050 kW / non-dir CeAf Swahili, not English, weak http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/05/reception-of-zanzibar-broadcasting_21.html (Ivo Ivanóv, SWLDXBulgaria News, May 20-21, WOR iog via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 1600.28, 1031 May 12, 2018. Big het pointing roughly N/S. Not present at 1008 check on May 15 (Terry Krueger, All times/dates GMT, Clearwater, FL, IC-R75, NRD-535, longwires, active loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 6925-6945 approx., May 18 at 0146, DRM-like noise centered about 6935, but twice the usual bandwidth. A piratical experiment? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 15449, May 18 at 1404, big S9+10 burbling carrier when tuned in AM mode, but silent in FM mode. During next hour drifts down to 15447/15446. I can`t trace it to any local device, and still hear it when walking around the block on the PL-880 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. Carrier on 15520 kHz S=8 in Europe, at 0530 UT on May 10. Maybe antenna test on CRI Urumqi China broadcast center site? Maintenance and refurbishing work by technicians on this site till first week in June. 15520.010, TRT Emirler in English at S=9+10dB level in Doha Qatar remote SDR site. Already on air at 1627 UT on May 11, scheduled 1630- 1726 UT (Wolfgang Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 10 / 11, BC- DX 19 May via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 21659.991 kHz probably technical test on IBB - BBG TINIAN Marianas or TINANG PHL center? Or was that a China mainland jamming overtime unit test? When checked the broadcast bands on remote SDR unit at Seoul, Rep. of south Korea. At 0710-0719 UT TX-off switch, heard - probably - English popular music test service unit? S=9+20dB signal. 10.4 kHz wideband block [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 20, dxldyg via DXLD) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS ++++++++++++++++++++++++ ACKNOWLEDGED ON WORLD OF RADIO 1931: Thanks to William Hassig, Mount Prospect IL, for a check to P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 (along with a `Black Collar Crime` report featuring The Overcomer, from http://ffrf.org ) TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED FUTURELY? We had a nice spate of contributions several weeks ago, and have been acknowledging them one week by week on WOR, but now we`re caught up. One may also contribute, not necessarily in US funds, via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com (gh) PUBLICATIONS ++++++++++++ WRTH A18 FREE 71-PAGE PDF UPDATER PUBLISHED A18 schedule file has been published We are pleased to announce that the Summer (A18) broadcasting schedules file is now ready for free download. This file is in PDF format (you will need a program that is capable of reading the PDF format, such as the free Adobe Acrobat Reader, etc.). Please visit http://www.wrth.com and follow the links for ‘updates’. The file is called: WRTH2018IntRadioSuppl2_A18Schedules.pdf The A18 schedules file contains the broadcasting schedules of over 200 International and Clandestine/target broadcasters; International LW/MW/SW transmitter sites table; International DRM broadcasts; Selected language broadcasts; a ‘by frequency’ table of every frequency used by each station in the main schedule section. We hope this file will be not only be a useful companion to the printed WRTH, but will also prove indispensable as a standalone source of information. Best wishes and happy listening/DXing WRTH (World Radio TV Handbook) Editorial team. E-mail: international@wrth.com Web: http://www.wrth.com Facebook (Group): https://www.facebook.com/groups/wrthgroup Facebook (Page): https://www.facebook.com/WRTH-World-Radio-TV-Handbook-208899345815073/ Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/@WRTHinfo ("Sean Gilbert - WRTH International Editor" , 1713 UT May 21, DX LISTENING DIGEST via gh, WOR iog 1722 UT May 21 via WORLD OF RADIO 1931,) Sean, Good job with all that! I`ve just gone thru it for the first time and note a few little things: Romania, 00-02 in Romanian has replaced 7335 with 7395 Ukraine, 0200 on WRMI 7780 is not daily, despite what the sked shows. WOR reconfirmed still airing Sunday (probably also Wavescan Monday). USA WBCQ 9330 is no longer USB, but AM WOR: Tue 2130 on WRMI 7780 was omitted Cland: Cuba Republica - registered 7350 is not being used, still on 9490. 73 (Glenn to Sean, via DXLD) Sean replies that he will enter this info into the database (gh) SHORT-WAVE.INFO Just follow this link: http://www.short-wave.info/index.php All the broadcasts on SW at the moment. With the presentation of the current frequencies on the map. On personal experience: it is very convenient and, as it was convinced: reliably. And the main thing: does not depend on Applicable platform: Windows whether, Mac OS (or simply OS), Android ..; ) (Igor Ashikhmin, Primorsky kray, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" via Rus-DX 20 May via DXLD) CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES +++++++++++++++++++++++++ 5 reasons Hamvention is one of the most unique [sic] events on Dayton’s calendar Dayton Daily News By Nick Blizzard, Staff Writer May 19, 2018 https://www.daytondailynews.com/news/reasons-hamvention-one-the-most-unique-events-dayton-calendar/e6qnNrO7amlwcNIVIaglJI/ An event that has become a Dayton tradition is in full force this weekend. Dayton Hamvention 2018 is happening at the Greene County Fairgrounds through Sunday. The event is in its seventh decade, draws thousands and provides an economic boost to the Dayton area. Here are five things to know that make Hamvention special and unique: • What it is? The three-day event is a convention of amateur radio operators that is generally considered the largest event of its kind on the planet. It draws people from the United States, Canada, Mexico and various parts of the world, including attendees from Australia, Japan and Russia. • History. What has grown into the world’s largest hamfest began on March 22, 1952 at the Biltmore Hotel in Dayton. Sponsored by the Dayton Amateur Radio Association, it called Hara Arena home from the mid-1960s until it moved to the Greene County Fairgrounds last year. • Growth and economic impact. What started as an event that drew more than 500 and had about a dozen exhibitors and forums has grown exponentially. Today, it has about 2,000 exhibit spaces, and the event that is expected this year to draw about 30,000. Shuttle buses and handicapped parking were added in the late 1960s. In early 1970s, it became a two-day event before expanding to its current format. It has an estimated $19 million impact to the local economy. • The importance of amateur radio operators. Ham radio operators have played a vital role during emergencies, severe weather and natural disasters, when traditional communications are not available. They have responded in recent hurricanes in Florida, Texas and Puerto Rico and wildfires in the west, organizers said. • FCC licensing for ham operators. Amateur radio operators are regulated by the Federal Communications Commission. Only those individuals with an FCC license are allowed to transmit in the amateur radio bands. The Radio Act of 1912 required amateur radio operators to be licensed and restricted them to use only a single short wavelength. Today, there are more than 700,000 amateur licenses in the U.S. and roughly 2 million worldwide (via Mike Terry, May 21, WOR iog via DXLD) DX-PEDITIONS ++++++++++++ Cook Island DXpedition -- NZ/ Australian Results & MP3's (Part One) New Zealand has a "free association" agreement with the Cook Islands, and the Maori-speaking islanders use Kiwi dollars, have the right of abode in New Zealand, and show the deepest reverence for NZ's famous rugby team -- the All Blacks. Most of the food in the grocery stores is Kiwi-sourced (although it costs tourists about twice as much as it does in NZ), and even the temporary internet service that tourists love to hate (the infamous Zenbu Networks Ltd.) is based in Auckland. As you might guess, DXers checking out the MW band in the Cook Islands are going to get a very heavy dose of (what else?) New Zealand. About an hour after local sunset on Aitutaki island the Kiwi MW stations start to pound in, plastering both Pacific island and Hawaiian signals alike. Regardless of their power, they seem to get a propagation boost to foul up all the exotic Pacific island stations on the band -- even 630-Cook Islands in Rarotonga. 990-TAB Trackside (1 kW) often makes it a good horse race with 10 kW Fiji Gold, and even 1440-Moana (200w) can give Kiribati serious competition. Australian MW stations generally take a back seat to the Kiwis until local midnight on Aitutaki, but they usually rule the roost around sunrise in the Cooks. A network of "Overnight Australia" pest stations is on exotic-station frequencies like 693 and 1566 kHz, while ABC mega-pests (such as 576-2RN and 594-3WV) are on others. Other talk-format ANZ pests on the remaining exotic frequencies (918, etc.) make sure that you will need to put forth some effort to earn your loggings of India, Bangladesh, Cambodia and Mongolia-- although the awesome sunrise propagation will definitely be on your side. The NZ and Australian loggings below were all made with a 7.5 inch loopstick C.Crane Skywave SSB Ultralight portable, which proved to be very competitive when boosted by the South Pacific ocean beach propagation. Recordings which maxed out the bar-graph S-meter are identified with a double asterisk (**). Thanks to Theo, Chuck, Bruce and all others who contributed to identification of these ANZ stations. 531 2PM Kempsey, Australia, 5 kW Dominant during most sunrise sessions, but pretty wimpy in the evening. Here it was with call-in talk on the SRN network (// 639) at 1627 on 4-10 https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/dt3qb3g23xzqjnn6crsztf7x5xajmiby 531 4KZ Innisfail, Australia, 10 kW Occasionally dominant around sunrise, but usually under 2PM. This recording at 1559 on 4-10 has mentions of Innisfail at 20 and 23 seconds, a 4KZ promo, and "4KZ National News" at 1:21 in the MP3 https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/bo65gzy106b6p3mf0gju4xhq14pgizig **531 More FM Alexandra, NZ, 2 kW Despite its rare reputation on the west coast the low-powered station had no trouble making itself heard each evening in the Cooks. Here it is with typical modern rock music at 0714 on 4-9, with a choppy, sandwiched "More FM" Yankee- accented female ID (also typical) at the 6 second point https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/dapiipgz0y3fcgkwqyg163zlr6l46h56 531 PI Auckland, NZ, 5 kW Usually in a snarl with Kiwi co-channel More FM each evening, this Samoan language broadcaster was sometimes dominant in the sunrise sessions, such as at 1633 on 4-10 (over 2PM's call-in talk) https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/v7vd48wj50wh850xzqwdde60nguomfmi 540 Rhema Taranaki/ Christchurch, NZ, 2/ 1 kW) Usually covered by Samoa's 2AP in the evening, it had a clear shot during the sunrise sessions before the Samoan sign on, such as at 1603 on 4-9 (with Rhema ID at 40 seconds) https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/niou2j8yrtih0ntgyu59a0bwdyyisnfo **549 TAB Trackside Radio Hawkes Bay, NZ, 1 kW For some reason this low powered horse racing station ruled the frequency each evening, although there were higher powered NZ and Oz co-channels. This recording at 0733 on 4-10 features an entire horse race at a strong level, along with a musical break https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/udp96gpbxvdu26wrvbgy2ri224pps64h 558 Radio Sport Invercargill, NZ, 5 kW Barely audible (under a thunderous Radio Fiji One) with Yankee-accented Fox Sports News relay at 1624 on 4-10, this station always had a very rough time with the Fiji co-channel https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/pue1kl4p7uvohelwt5hdr45jbjp0aau3 **567 RNZ National Wellington, NZ, 50 kW With a relatively wimpy west coast signal after its old tower was demolished, the station sounded far more energetic in the Cooks. Here was parliamentary news at 0717 on 4-10 https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/y4uy1yjnfvg5kboq7e1celolmrkysd33 **576 2RN Sydney, Australia, 50 kW A real blaster every morning around sunrise, it usually wiped out any chance of hearing something exotic on the frequency, such as at 1619 on 4-13 https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/bkwh5w1vg3xufbe63f3yefbaav7afvlg 576 Star Hamilton, NZ, 2.5 kW If 2RN didn't wipe out the frequency during the sunrise sessions then the "Dwarf Star" usually would. Here it was in a relatively equal mix with the Oz big gun at 1618 on 4-13 https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/x1od4xf71d9nxpgzpz21h7sqvevretiw 585 7RN Hobart, Australia, 10 kW Usually in a mix with a presumed 2WEB in the evening, the station was easy to ID with its 576 parallel, such as at 1607 on 4-9 with female and male speech in an RN network program https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/43n8cxjbesp75bk6t63tedovm3pkfo7h 585 Radio Ngati Porou Ruatoria, NZ, 2 kW A Kiwi Maori station with legendary weakness, on the west coast it has only been heard at Rockwork 4 (where it has now been MIA for 3 years). In the Cooks it was barely audible, such as at 1610 on 4-9 (with the 603-Waatea parallel playing "In the Misty Moonlight" for the first 3 seconds, followed by the same music way under 7RN from the rare station, and finally the 603-Waatea parallel again at the 35 second point). The parallel check was only successful on one out of four attempts, with the wimpy signal usually MIA https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/ayxdvibx0u0hpecasdx9xuqd4pu6bwod 585 UnID-Oz This station received at 0738 on 4-9 was not // 576, and was also not // 603, so most likely it was David Sharp's "Outback Radio," 2WEB in Bourke. It was usually in a running battle with 7RN each evening in the Cooks https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/8768a9n9y3wf1ibz51yi1lqj2pkhla04 **594 3WV Horsham, Australia, 50 kW This was another huge blaster during sunrise sessions, wiping out any chance at Southeast Asia. In tandem with the Star network, the Oz big gun plastered anything weak, such as at 1629 on 4-13 https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/89kmglgoez1eh25ljbvtf0u625t4lm93 594 Star Timaru/ Wanganui, NZ, 5/ 2 kW The Christian hymn network dominated in the evenings, but lost out to the Oz big gun at sunrise. This weather report was received at 1622 on 4-13 https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/z54n53zsf262e5d10jmcdegqz2yatzhr **603 Radio Waatea Auckland, NZ, 5 kW The strongest of the Maori language stations in the Cooks, it provided a convenient parallel signal to check for the wimpy 585 Maori station. This was its typical (S9) strength at 0737 on 4-9, with Maori language conversation https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/s2hrnllo4jy6khbwlcegqpeym0gbhq0e (TO BE CONTINUED) (Gary DeBock, WA, 17 May, IRCA at HCDX via DXLD)s WORLD OF HOROLOGY +++++++++++++++++ ATOMIC CLOCK RADIO I am considering a new clock radio. I am an Android guy, not Apple, and I want whatever I get to work on its own, without a smartphone connected. So far, I am strongly considering a Sangean RCR-22. I want it to have an old school AM/FM radio as well as the atomic clock functionality. What should I look at, besides the Sangean RCR-22? (Jim1348, May 21, WTFDA Forum via DXLD) Viz.: SANGEAN RCR-22 RBDS CLOCK TIME I am setting up a new Sangean RCR-22. It is getting RDS data because it displays data. Do all FM stations sending RBDS send CT (Clock Time) data? If not, what stations near me in ZIP code 55068 send out CT with their RDS? (Jim 1348, May 22, WTFDA Forum via DXLD) That's not something I've investigated in real life, but the RBDS standard says CT is optional. The WTFDA Database tracks PI and RT fields but not CT. If I had to guess, I'd say stations owned by larger groups (iHeart, Cumulus, Hubbard, MPR) are more likely to send more complete RDS. I would be careful about assuming *any* station is transmitting *accurate* CT! (Doug Smith W9WI, Pleasant View, TN EM66, http://www.w9wi.com ibid.) Over the years, I've noted that a surprisingly large number of stations running RDS either do not send the time or send a wildly inaccurate time (Russ Edmunds, 15 mi NW Philadelphia, PA, ibid.) Thank you for the replies. I tried some more things later last night. I was starting to think that the clock features weren't working because I couldn't get a lock on the WWVB signal, even though the LaCrosse Atomic Clock Weather Station 308-146 got it right away in the same location. And, as many people here know, it often works better at night when the propagation changes. The Sangean RCR-22 does have an icon in the display when it is receiving WWVB and, here it is, almost 9 AM central time in Minnesota and it still has a lock on that signal. As near as I can tell so far, the FM RDS CT feature does, indeed, work on my Sangean RCR-22, but I have only found that a few stations send CT, even though they are sending other RDS data. I ended up starting at 88.1 MHz and working my way up until a station with RDS was found. Then I waited a full minute to see if it received a CT signal. At one point 98.5 seemed to be sending it, but I wasn't able to replicate it. Finally, on 100.3 MHz, I was able to get the CT signal. It is only a few seconds off from atomic time! Needless to say, being able to receive a WWVB signal is preferable to FM RDS CT. The problem, of course, is being able to received the WWVB signal! I suspect that like all things RF, not all receivers are created equally. And, at the risk of pointing out the obvious, the antenna system is a huge component of the overall performance. https://www.lacrossetechnology.com/308-146-forecast-color-station-usb I also realized that the Sangean CL-100 weather radio that I have has the ability to use FM RDS CT. In fact, it has three separate memories just for this very purpose. It would behoove me to choose carefully the three frequencies that I store in there! According to the manual: "Select Station1, Station2 or Station3 to set up the radio frequency (FM) as the source station of the radio CT. The radio will synchronize the clock time according to your settings of these three stations every two hours." Last edited by Jim1348; 05-23-2018 at 09:56 AM (Jim1348, ibid.) DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DTV See SOUTH AFRICA ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DRM See also ROMANIA; USA WINB!; UNID 6925; ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ PUBLICATIONS WRTH AVION DRM DIGITAL RECEIVER UPGRADED Communications Systems Inc. in India, the manufacturer of the Avion DRM digital receiver AV-1401, have started their second production after undertaking several enhancements to the device. They have upgraded the model AV-DR-1401 with a new PCB design with enhanced sensitivity, and improved FM signal. The screen benefits from a change of the front lens into crystal die giving an improvement to the big LCD window. The manufacturer has also upgraded the software for the Emergency Warning Functionality, so that it can be used when the receiver is in standby as well. Moreover, the receiver is now able to pick up weaker signals delivering those in better digital audio quality. Improvements have been done also on the antenna by providing a complete new design. Desktop radios are also being produced in India http://www.avionelectronics.in and more models should be announced once the digital broadcast has officially been communicated and started. It is learnt that orders are being received even for xport of DRM radios. Currently the new receiver can be bought by contacting the manufacturer on info@avionelectronics.in Delivery is by Fedex/UPS. http://www.drm.org/avion-drm- digital-receiver-upgraded/ --- (via Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, dx_india yg via DXLD) CONUS-wide Gospell GR-216 review! http://drmnainfo.blogspot.com/2018/05/conus-wide-gospell-gr-216-review.html (via gh, DXLD) RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM +++++++++++++++++++++ CONUS-wide Gospell GR-216 review! See DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DRM D-808 vs PL-880 I'll send any more news I develop after tomorrow's meetings. Adrian Peterson from AWR was unable to attend, but Jeff White, Kim Andrew Elliot and other people you may be familiar with are here. I also tested my $75 XHDATA D-808 with the $160 Tecsun PL-880. We found them almost identical in field tests. Hopefully the XHData will have a North American distributor soon as getting them out of China is a bitch (Don Hosmer, MI, at NASB Elkhart, MARE Tipsheet May 18 via DXLD) Just came across an article in the May 19/20 WSJ "Off Duty" section titled "Road After Dark" in which the writer has discovered the wonders of AM clear channel radio, while travelling from LA to North Carolina. He found CBW-990 and KNX among others. He mentioned WSM and the "Grand Ole Opry" and others whose distance amazes him. Also WLW and how in the mid-1930's they temporarily used 500 KW on an experimental basis. (I too remember hearing WLW then at that power). So someone today has just discovered what we DXers have known for decades! He says the wonder of AM radio is like "reaching into the dark with a fishing pole and trying to catch a big one." Well, I guess it is! (Ben Dangerfield, Wallingford, PA, May 20, nrc-am gg via DXLD): WHY NIGHTTIME IS THE RIGHT TIME FOR THE GREAT AMERICAN ROAD TRIP After dark, you can see only as far as your headlights, but the journey takes on new dimensions when it’s all about looking for far- flung AM radio stations Photo: Getty Images By Dan Neil May 18, 2018 9:32 a.m. ET 66 COMMENTS https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-nighttime-is-the-right-time-for-the-great-american-road-trip-1526650349 THE GREAT American road trip is typically a daytime affair, and with good reason. It’s hard to see the sights when you can’t see. But there is another kind of road trip available to nocturnal travelers that has its own roadside attractions and most particularly its own sounds. Nighttime is the right time for the AM radio. Unlike FM radio and TV signals that require a line of sight to be received, AM radio waves travel farther because of what’s called groundwave and skywave propagation. AM’s long wavelength and low frequency signals (between 530-1700 kilohertz) ricochet off the ionosphere and around the curvature of the Earth, especially at night. Most AM stations have to power down or sign off at night to avoid overlapping with distant stations assigned the same frequency. But not all. Implemented in 1941, the North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement set aside dozens of frequencies known as clear channels for the exclusive use of big broadcasters (50,000 watts or more) serving large swathes of the country. These Class A stations didn’t have to reduce power at night and still don’t. As a result, their signals, rattling between Earth and sky, can travel thousands of miles, if the conditions are right. Like they were one night in March 2010 on Interstate 40 in Arizona. My family was moving back home to North Carolina from Los Angeles. The kids and wife had flown ahead while I drove the minivan cross-country. Having the car, and especially the car’s sound system, all to myself was a treat. I was getting pretty tired of “The Little Mermaid” soundtrack. Late that first night, somewhere east of Kingman, it must have been, the FM stations faded away. I starting sweeping through the AM dial. Out of the crackling ether came the announcers on CBW 990 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, complaining about snow drifts. They were in a studio about 1,700 [sic; really <1,327 -- gh] miles away. Most legacy clear channels are in major markets including New York, Chicago and Los Angeles (the venerable KNX). But they beam in from more exotic locations too. There is a clear-channel station in Nassau, Bahamas (ZNS-1). There are three in Newfoundland: in St. John’s, Grand Falls-Windsor and Corner Brook. Alaska has 16 clear-channel stations, including KOTZ in Kotzebue, a remote village of about 3,200 souls known as the “Gateway to the Arctic.” Broadcasting was once called the Kingdom of the Air but these days it’s more like a slum. In the 1970s FM broadcasting, with its higher quality signal, eclipsed big-time AM, the format that built rock ’n’ roll. Most clear-channel stations today have a talk radio/news format featuring the same syndicated shows of the same conservative talking heads. What’s left are the commercials, wall-to-wall, often back-to- back: Gold. Hospital beds. Funeral insurance. So, for me, it’s not about the programming but the scientific wonder of it—reaching out into the dark as if with a fishing pole, trying to catch a big one. Sometimes if I’m in car at night I’ll try to pick up WSM-AM 650 in Nashville. Famous as the radio home of the Grand Ole Opry, WSM popularized Appalachian and old-timey country music during the Great Depression, booming out 50,000 watts from its toothpick-shaped antenna mast, which is still in operation off Interstate 65. It’s fair to say WSM changed American music history. And it still plays old-timey, which is nice. Just to the right on your AM dial, at 700 kHz, lives the famous WLW in Cincinnati. Founded by radio pioneer Powel Crosley Jr., WLW stood for “World’s Largest Wireless,” and for a while it was. In 1934, WLW threw the switch on an experimental mega-transmitter, a 500,000-watt monster with a signal so intense it was reportedly heard in mattress springs. WLW’s supersize signal drowned out stations hundreds of miles away. Still, the most memorable radio I’ve found on the road was coming from small community AM stations, 5,000 watts or less, whose signals flicker to life for a few minutes before dying in static. Sometimes, if the farm report is really good, I’ll pull off to listen a while and maybe watch the tower lights flash. You can learn a lot about a place that way. I’m not doing anything, officer. Just sightseeing (via David Cole, OK, DXLD) Hedy Lamarr now showing on PBS American Masters Originally publicized in DXLD 17-51, film has now made it to TV starting UT May 19. I`m currently watching a repeat on OETA at 0330 UT May 21. More repeats here on OETA OKLA, May 21 at 0600, 1800 and 2300 UT; and on OETA-HD at 0803 UT May 21. Your PBS station should also be airing various other playbacks (Glenn Hauser, WOR iog via DXLD) Viz.: {Later, having watched it all, unfortunately only a few minutes deal with her frequency-hopping and other inventions, in no great detail} ACTRESS HEDY LAMARR LAID THE GROUNDWORK FOR SOME OF TODAY’S WIRELESS TECH --- ‘Bombshell’ tells the story of Lamarr’s double life as a Hollywood starlet and inventor By Maria Temming 8:00am, November 26, 2017 DOUBLE LIFE Actress Hedy Lamarr longed to be recognized for her inventions. adrian curry/ZEITGEIST films [portrait caption] Film --- History of Science, Technology, Science & Society Magazine issue: Vol. 192 No. 10, December 9, 2017, p. 28 https://www.sciencenews.org/article/bombshell-hedy-lamarr-actress-tech-inventor Once billed as “the most beautiful woman in the world,” actress Hedy Lamarr is often remembered for Golden Age Hollywood hits like Samson and Delilah. But Lamarr was gifted with more than just a face for film; she had a mind for science. A new documentary, Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story, spotlights Lamarr’s lesser-known legacy as an inventor. The film explores how the pretty veneer that Lamarr shrewdly used to advance her acting career ultimately trapped her in a life she found emotionally isolating and intellectually unfulfilling. Lamarr, born in Vienna in 1914, first earned notoriety for a nude scene in a 1933 Czech-Austrian film. Determined to rise above that cinematic scarlet letter, Lamarr fled her unhappy first marriage and sailed to New York in 1937. En route, she charmed film mogul Louis B. Mayer into signing her. Stateside, she became a Hollywood icon by day and an inventor by night. Bombshell Now playing Zeitgeist Films Find showtimes Lamarr’s interest in gadgetry began in childhood, though she never pursued an engineering education. Her most influential brainchild was a method of covert radio communication called frequency hopping, which involves sending a message over many different frequencies, jumping between channels in an order known only to the sender and receiver. So if an adversary tried to jam the signal on a certain channel, it would be intercepted for only a moment. During World War II, Lamarr partnered with composer George Antheil to design a frequency-hopping device for steering antisubmarine torpedoes. The pair got a patent, but the U.S. Navy didn’t take the invention seriously. “The Navy basically told her, ‘You know, you’d be helping the war a lot more, little lady, if you got out and sold war bonds rather than sat around trying to invent,’ ” biographer Richard Rhodes says in the film. Ultimately, the film suggests, Lamarr’s bombshell image and the sexism of the day stifled her inventing ambitions. Yet, frequency hopping paved the way for some of today’s wireless technologies. Throughout Bombshell, animated sketches illustrate Lamarr’s inventions, but the film doesn’t dig deep into the science. The primary focus is the tension between Lamarr’s love of invention and her Hollywood image. With commentary from family and historians, as well as old interviews with Lamarr, Bombshell paints a sympathetic portrait of a woman troubled by her superficial reputation and yearning for recognition of her scientific intellect (Science News Dec 9 via Will Martin, DXLD) a.k.a. spread spectrum (gh) Probably showing mainly at arthouses, such as Guild Cinema Albuquerque visit our website for more specific details on these and others upcoming at http://guildcinema.com/comingsoon/ MORE SPECIFICALLY WHAT'S GOING ON! BOMBSHELL: The Hedy Lamar Story - view a trailer at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKXAkITImGU Dec 15 to Dec 19 Friday to Tuesday 3:45, 8pm Dir. Alexandra Dean - 2017 - 90m Starlet. Screen Siren. The Most Beautiful Woman in the World. All phrases used to describe 1940’s Hollywood actress Hedy Lamarr. Alexandra Dean’s illuminating documentary adds Inventor to the list. Known for her matchless beauty and electric screen persona, Lamarr’s legion of fans never knew she possessed such a beautiful mind. An Austrian Jewish émigré who acted by day and drew mechanical and electronic inventions by night, Lamarr came up with a “secret communication system” to help the Allies to beat the Nazis. Weaving in Lamarr’s own voice from archival recordings, Dean reveals how Lamarr gave her patent to the Navy, received no credit for her contributions, and wound up impoverished in her latter years. Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story is a film for lovers of history, Hollywood and science. - Tribeca Film Festival “A thoroughly engaging, eye-opening showbiz doc.” - John DeFore, Hollywood Reporter “[An] engaging profile.” - Jason Bailey, Flavorwire “Bombshell becomes not just a stupendous tribute to Lamarr, but also a tribute to every brilliant woman ignored.” - Kristy Puchko, Nerdist (via gh, DXLD) FCC HOLD ON NEW FM TRANSLATORS ---- see end of U S A sexion above. It is a close call whether to place info like that under country or REF, but there it is, unlike the next item (gh) FCC ENFORCES REGULATIONS AGAINST LED SIGNS By Mitchell Lazarus, CommLawBlog,May 18, 2018 Those bright, colorful LED signs are up everywhere. They advertise gasoline prices, announce church services, and promote specials at the dry-cleaner. You can program them to say anything you want, with eye- catching animation. And sometimes they cause interference to radio communications. https://tinyurl.com/ycv6x5kp (Neal McLain, Brazoria, Texas, May 21, WTFDA gg via DXLD) Viz.: Those bright, colorful LED signs are up everywhere. They advertise gasoline prices, announce church services, and promote specials at the dry-cleaner. You can program them to say anything you want, with eye- catching animation. And sometimes they cause interference to radio communications. Wait — LED signs? CommLawBlog readers know all about radio interference from well pumps and fluorescent lights and (of course) bitcoin mining machines. But LED signs are a new one. Not, though, to the engineers for the wireless phone companies, who put a lot of effort into tracking down interference into their customers’ cell communications. Lately a lot of those searches have ended at a company’s LED sign. Now, the FCC has gotten involved trying to head off the problem at the source: with the companies that market the signs. Perhaps to the surprise of those companies, the FCC does have authority over the signs, because they incorporate digital devices and produce radio waves as an unwanted byproduct. The FCC regulates those emissions to minimize the risk of interference. Someone in the distribution chain – usually the manufacturer – is supposed to have the device tested for compliance with the FCC’s limits and, if the device passes, to apply certain labels and provide certain information in the manual. By our count, six sign companies recently settled with the FCC for failure to follow those rules. They paid substantial fines: Liantronics, LLC ($61,000), Optec Displays, Inc.($54,000), Boyce Industries, Inc. d/b/a VISIONTECH ($39,500), Media Resources, Inc.($19,500), Anthem Displays, LLC ($18,000), and Tradenet Enterprise Inc. d/b/a Vantage LED ($15,000). Nowadays pretty much anything with a battery or a wall plug contains digital circuitry, which means all of those devices come under FCC regulation (apart from a very small number of exceptions). In addition to paying fines, companies that ignore the rules risk expensive interruptions to production and sales, and possibly an accumulation of un-sellable inventory. In short, manufacturers and importers can save a lot of money and trouble by complying up front. If you don’t know how, we can help. 2 comments CommLaw Blog Carter_Burger67 • 3 days ago Can the FCC go after power companies with leaking power lines that intefere with AM radio next? Mitchell Lazarus • 3 days ago Yes, they can, and they have -- if the emissions exceed FCC limits (via DXLD) PROPAGATION +++++++++++ GEOMAGNETIC INDICES – Compiled by: Phil Bytheway E-mail: phil_tekno@yahoo.com Geomagnetic Summary April 1 2018 through April 30 2018 Tabulated from status daily (K @ 0000 UTC). Flux A K Space Wx 1 69 5 1 no storms 2 68 5 1 no storms 3 68 4 0 no storms 4 69 5 2 no storms 5 66 9 2 no storms 6 67 4 1 no storms 7 67 5 2 no storms 8 68 5 2 no storms 9 69 10 4 no storms 10 69 18 3 no storms 11 69 14 2 minor, G1 12 70 9 3 no storms 13 70 9 2 no storms 14 70 6 2 no storms 15 71 6 2 no storms 16 69 3 1 no storms 17 69 4 2 no storms 18 71 6 1 no storms 19 71 3 0 no storms 20 73 47 3 moderate, G2 21 77 12 1 no storms 22 76 5 2 no storms 23 74 6 2 no storms 24 73 5 2 no storms 25 71 4 1 no storms 26 69 4 2 no storms 27 69 6 2 no storms 28 70 4 1 no storms 29 71 4 1 no storms 30 70 6 1 no storms Gx – Geomagnetic Storm Level Rx – Radio Blackouts Level Sx – Solar Radiation Storm Level (IRCA DX Monitor May 19 via DXLD) BOB COLYARD, RIP Bob Colyard who created and maintained the dxworld.com website has passed away. The sad news was posted by his wife on his Facebook and Twitter pages (Mike Terry, May 22, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1931, DX LISTENING DIGEST) obit Which includes useful fora such as the TV/FM DX skip log, where lately the news has been discussed and what to do about it now: http://dxworld.com/tvfmlog.html (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1931, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [Selected latest posts in reverse chrono order:] May23 00:16 The E-layer is very, very quiet today in honor of Bob Colyard. No 6m at all today here, minus any leftover FT8. > Yakima CN96 (71.84.190.145) May23 00:16 I just went back and read all of the comments that have been posted about Bob and and I too would like to discuss when the time is right about the future dxworld.com - amfmtvdtvbrla EM40 (174.255.141.49) May23 00:14 [1052] I haven't heard from K4MM in years. No idea what he's been up to lately. I'm sure he'll be in NJ for the funeral. > Yakima CN96 (71.84.190.145) May23 00:13 Man oh man, Bob was way too young to leave us. His funeral is on June 1st in Lakewood, NJ. Heads up for people like Steve Walko (K3PHL), Nick Langan, Lee Molineux, Mike Bugaj, etc. who are in the PA/NY/CT area. > Yakima CN96 (71.84.190.145) May22 23:12 Bob Colyard Obituary - God blass him and his family de N8UUP Bill EN82 https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/app/obituary.aspx?n=robert-w-colyard&pid=189080126&fhid=10860 (76.112.212.76) May22 15:52 ....I have information for anyone SERIOUS and with qualifications, about maintaining Bob's DX webpages, contact me jethomas1955....at....gmail dot com > de JimT/MO EM37 (174.234.137.121) May22 13:28 Let's all be happy for what Bob did for dxing and contribute in continuing his legacy. Maybe we can get a big Es opening this week in Bob's honor :-) - de JimT/MO EM37 (174.234.137.121) May22 12:50 She did say she hopes everyone that uses this page is respectful to each other and to Bob's legacy and promotes the hobby in the way Bob did. My final comment on the matter - de JimT/MO EM37 (174.234.137.121) May22 12:48 I had one final message from Janet, Bob's wife this morning. She says it will be at least 3 weeks before she is ready to talk to anyone about the possibility of taking over this website. My conversation with her is over - de JimT/MO EM37 (174.234.137.121) May22 11:33 IF you would like to discuss the future of this website with Janet, please go to Bob's FB page. In Janet's post about Bob, her name is linked to HER FB page. You can go there to PM her - JimT/MO EM37 (174.234.137.121) May22 04:05 Biggest problems keeping site alive will be spammers, hackers, and security exploits. NOT HTML ... Mike (216.75.233.210) May22 03:28 I have been on DXWorld for 20 years. Had the honor of posting my 2M DX Record QSO in 2003. Good guy. Did his best for the benefits of our hobby. de Art KA5DWI/7 (24.116.62.5) May22 03:22 In my view, Bob was fair to everyone on this board, and tried to be responsive to user concerns. I first arrived here in 2010 or 11. This is a great forum, and Bob did a super job with it. An excellent contribution to the hobby. To say he'll be missed is an understatement. - Rick N6KCR Seattle (73.97.163.151) May22 01:12 Wow. Just read the news. I only knew Bob from this board but enjoyed reading his posts/loggings & saw a number of y’all were friends with him. Will be praying for his family in their time of loss. - Jim-F SATX EL09qn (72.177.237.141) May22 00:55 I think that would be a question for his brother Tom K4MM, if he has any input into it - JimT/MO EM37 (174.234.137.121) May22 00:54 IF you don't get on FB, Bob's passing was as much a shock to his wife as it is to all of us here - JimT/MO EM37 (174.234.137.121) May22 00:48 If you *do* Facebook, Bob's FB page is here. His wife Janet posted his final post for him 13 hours ago..... de JimT/MO EM37 https://www.facebook.com/colyard?fref=pb&hc_location=friends_tab (174.234.137.121) May21 22:34 People are leaving condolences on his Facebook page: http://bit.ly/FN20wb (73.147.226.145) May21 21:30 Es Sorry for using this feature. But It is with Sad news, Bob Colyard the owner of this page has passed. LM/FM29 I hope all can be respectful. (98.114.64.28) (via gh, DXLD) We have lost another dear DXer. :(( It is with great sorrow that I have to say that Bob Colyard, who was the founder and moderator of the real-time TVFMLOG and BCBLOG among others on http://www.dxworld.com suddenly passed away today. I left a PM for his brother Tom a.k.a. K4MM on the Forums, offering condolences. I don't have Facebook - but for those who do, it would be a good idea to leave a note of encouragement to the family, and offer prayers and thoughts for them. This was so sad to hear. Sincerely (Chris Dunne, Pembroke Pines FL, May 21, WTFDA Forum via DXLD) Thanks CD for posting about Bob. For those that do use Facebook, you can find his page here.... https://www.facebook.com/colyard?fref=pb&hc_location=friends_tab [``this page isn`t available`` it tells this non-FB user. Disgraced FB seems to have restricted formerly accessible accounts --- gh] His wife Janet left a final FB comment early this morning, in his behalf. Bob's passing came as much of a surprise to Janet as to those hearing about it on Bob's Dx website. It is so early in his passing, that we probably won't know if Janet or Tom K4MM will make some kind of decision about the future of Bob's Dx pages for some time. *** Here is a very brief update on the future of the TV/FM Skip Log, which was one of the pages in Bob's DX website. I have been in brief communication with Janet via Facebook PM. Janet said that Bob's brother Tom K4MM will not take over the DX pages. She said that after the second week in June, IF she has not been able to locate a SERIOUS and qualified dxer/ham to take over the pages or enter into negotiations with such a person, she will contact the internet company that hosts the pages and have them shut it down. Last edited by Jim Thomas; 05-23-2018 at 09:47 PM. Reason: Updated information (Jim Thomas, Springfield, MO, Ozark Mountain DTV dxing Daredevil, originally May 21, ibid.) :Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts :Issued: 2018 May 21 0042 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # Product description and SWPC contact on the Web # http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/weekly.html # # Weekly Highlights and Forecasts # Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 14 - 20 May 2018 Solar activity was very low throughout the period and no events were reported. No Earth-directed CMEs were observed. No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit reached high levels on 14-17 May with moderate levels observed on 18-20 May. Geomagnetic field activity was quiet to unsettled on 17 May due to the influence of a negative polarity coronal hole/high speed stream. Quiet conditions were observed throughout the remainder of the period. FORECAST OF SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY 21 MAY - 16 JUNE 2018 Solar activity is expected to be very low throughout the period. No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to reach very high levels on 05-07 Jun with high levels expected on 02-04 and 08-13 Jun. Moderate flux levels are expected for the remainder of the outlook period. Geomagnetic field activity is expected to reach G2 (Moderate) geomagnetic storm levels on 02 Jun and G1 (Minor) storm levels are expected on 01 Jun due to the influence of a recurrent, negative polarity coronal hole/high speed stream. Active conditions are expected on 23 May and 03-05 Jun. :Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt :Issued: 2018 May 21 0042 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 2018-05-21 # # UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest # Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index 2018 May 21 69 5 2 2018 May 22 69 5 2 2018 May 23 69 15 4 2018 May 24 69 10 3 2018 May 25 70 8 3 2018 May 26 70 5 2 2018 May 27 70 5 2 2018 May 28 70 5 2 2018 May 29 70 5 2 2018 May 30 70 5 2 2018 May 31 70 5 2 2018 Jun 01 70 18 5 2018 Jun 02 70 28 6 2018 Jun 03 70 16 4 2018 Jun 04 70 16 4 2018 Jun 05 70 14 4 2018 Jun 06 70 12 3 2018 Jun 07 68 8 3 2018 Jun 08 68 5 2 2018 Jun 09 68 5 2 2018 Jun 10 68 5 2 2018 Jun 11 68 5 2 2018 Jun 12 68 5 2 2018 Jun 13 68 8 3 2018 Jun 14 68 5 2 2018 Jun 15 68 5 2 2018 Jun 16 68 5 2 (SWPC via WORLD OF RADIO 1931, DXLD) TIPS FOR RATIONAL LIVING ++++++++++++++++++++++++ Americans who say they have no religion now outnumber evangelical white Protestants. The number of Americans with no religion has nearly doubled since 2003 --– rising to 21 percent --- while the number of white evangelicals has fallen from 21 percent to 13 percent. --- ABCNews.com (Noted, The Week, May 25, page 16 via WORLD OF RADIO 1931, DXLD) ###