DX LISTENING DIGEST 18-32, August 7, 2018
Incorporating REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING
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Indonesia, Japan and non, Moçambique, New Zealand, Nigeria, Romania,
Russia, Somalia, South Sudan non, Taiwan, USA, Zimbabwe non; and the
propagation outlook
SHORTWAVE AIRINGS of WORLD OF RADIO 1942, August 7-13, 2018
Tue 2030 WRMI 5950 7780 [1941 replayed?]
Tue 2130 WRMI 5950 [1941 replayed?]
Tue 2330 WBCQ 9330v [confirmed]
Wed 1030 WRMI 5950 [confirmed]
Wed 2100 WRMI 9955 [confirmed from 2100:30]
Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v [confirmed]
Wed 2330 WBCQ 9330v [not aired]
Thu 2330 WBCQ 9330v [not aired]
Fri 2330 WBCQ 9330v [maybe]
Sat 0630 HLR 6190-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio
Sat 1431 HLR 6190-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio
Sat 1930v WA0RCR 1860-AM
Sat 2130 WBCQ 9330v [maybe, or 2330?]
Sun 0310v WA0RCR 1860-AM
Sun 1030 HLR 9485-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio
Sun 2330 WBCQ 9330v [maybe]
Mon 0130 WRMI 5850, 7780 [really 0130:30]
Mon 0300v WBCQ 5130v-AM Area 51
Mon 0330 WRMI 9955
Mon 0400 WRMI webcast only
Mon 2330 WBCQ 9330v [maybe]
Tue 0030 WRMI 7730
Tue 2030 WRMI 5950, 7780 [or #1943?]
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NEWISH! DX LISTENING DIGEST IN PDF, HTML VERSIONS
Jacques Champagne in Ville-Marie, Québec, has developed programs to
convert DXLD .txt into PDF and HTML versions for his own use, and now
has made them available to the rest of us. Starting with 18-24, they
have been posted as attachments to the WOR iog. He says it takes about
an hour to do this, once each issue is published. Merci, Jacques! (gh)
** ALBANIA [non]. Radio Tirana's German and English broadcasts of Sat,
04-Aug-2018 are available on Radio360:
http://www.radio360.eu/podcasts/de/al/tirana/tirana.php
http://www.radio360.eu/podcasts/en/al/tirana/tirana.php
However, the streams of Radio Tirana are still down:
http://149.202.214.27:8888
Satellite recordings on Radio360? Or is there a new stream address?
Best regards, (Alexander Busneag, Germany, Aug 5, WOR iog via DXLD)
Presumably yes. Would just require to point some Ku-band dish to 16
degrees East in Europe. Of course not in Florida, also the slim
possibility of receiving any sidelobes can definitely be ruled out
because the satellite is already below the horizon there. But they
could download the file from radio360.eu and drag into their playout
instead of burning up electricity with emergency music fill...
And this is cute, too: "From now on, Radio Tirana listeners, you can
hear us only on internet..." --- then the constant whine on the output
and the bad hum on the mic that is cut in and out by a noise gate ...
(Kai Ludwig, Germany, ibid.)
** ALGERIA [non]. Mark Coady has posted a couple of logs to ODXA about
Calls to Prayer from Saudi Arabia on 25 m being // to relays of RTA
via FRANCE on same band. He thinx it`s a network feed from Islamic HQ.
I doubt this, as CTPs should depend on local and constantly shifting
times; so try to check with two receivers whether they are really //,
and synchronized:
11820+, August 2 at 1929, BSKSA Qur`an and there is also Qur`an on
very poor 12060, which is RTA via France, but they are *not* // --- or
rather they are definitely not synchronized, but Qur`aning is so
repetitive, that I can`t tell if they may match some seconds apart.
11985 is another weak frequency this hour of RTA via France, and 11915
is another frequency of BSKSA. As one would expect, 11820+ // 11915,
and 11985 // 12060, but not in cross-station combinations.
However, since this Qur`aning goes on for most of an hour, it`s not
specific Calls To Prayer, but extended recitations, so the two
stations could be connected. Further chex might elucidate.
It`s really counterproductive to broadcast local CTPs to a worldwide
SW audience as that could mislead the faithful into praying at the
wrong local times! Some stations may do it anyway since SW is merely
plugged into relay domestic services (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
Regarding previous reports of RTA via FRANCE and BSKSA direct on 25m
both Qur`aning in the 19 UT hour, I said,
``Until now we assumed each country/station did its own CTPs according
to local timings, not simulnetworked all over AfroAsia. Are you sure
Algeria was //, identical, even synchronized with the BSKSA CTP? To
the heathen, they all sound rather alike. Need to compare them on two
receivers if I can get them. Extended recitations, not just brief CTPs
at variable times. 73 Glenn Hauser`` Then found them not synchronized.
Mark Coady, Ontario, now agrees on the ODXA iog: ``12060 FRANCE Radio
Algerienne at 1936 in Arabic with Islamic Call to Prayer but with a
different cantor than Saudi Arabia on 11820 – Fair Aug 3 Coady-ON``
I`m not sure Moslems (muezzins?) would appreciate being called
cantors, but I`m all for reminding all those Abrahamists of their
similarities, common roots so they needn`t be at each others` throats.
Ron Howard, California, explains further in the WOR iog:
``Hi Glenn, Thanks for your interesting Qur'an comments. Yes, I also
believe some posters don't recognize the difference between reciting
from the Qur'an vs the Call-To-Prayer (CTP), which are two distinctly
different things. Based on my years of listening to both via SW, I can
venture a few basic observations.
CTPs, as heard on SW, are always 3 to 4 minutes long. Is fairly easy
to make out the CTP with the distinctive "Allahu akbar" -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrF4IriUwdk
Is simple to check on-line for the local CTP times for the SW station
heard. I have found the SW CTPs to be within a few minutes of the
locally scheduled times.
Over the years, the most common prayer that I have heard on SW is the
Maghrib prayer (just after sunset). Of course this is a very
productive time to catch a SW station, when it is going into darkness,
so reception often works out very well. Back in 2015, had a wonderful
visit to Istanbul (Turkey). It was the first city in which I heard the
adhan (Islamic call-to-prayer), via loudspeakers. Very unique!
On the other hand, reciting from the Qur'an normally goes on much
longer that 5+ minutes, and doesn't contain the same "Allahu akbar" as
with the CTP. Ron California`` (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Sa`udi Qur`an feed to Algeria --- Glenn, If you're trying to match up
the Saudi feed with Algiers, try the audio feed of Algeria's Radio
Quran for one end:
http://www.radioalgerie.dz/player/fr/live/radio-coran
I can't hear either of them at the moment. Regards, (Chuck Albertson,
Seattle WA, 0446 UT August 5, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Page also linx to audio from 48 local stations (gh, DXLD)
** ANGUILLA. 1610 kHz Caribbean Beacon --- Hi, I notice that 1610
Caribbean Beacon is now back on air with religion. Heard with good
signal, 03U, 4 August.,73's (John Williams, Hemel, Hempstead, UK, Elad
S2, Flag Antenna, MWCircle iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1942, DXLD)
But will it be more than 2 days a week like SW 6090/11775? (gh)
** ARGENTINA [non]. See last report, USA: WRMI about RAE in English.
On their website with outdated sked info, to read the playback timers,
I pretend to download ``today`s broadcast`` podcast in each language
(really today? Some are labeled May 2017!), whether languages other
than English have also been reduced to half an hour? It`s been
inconvenient to monitor them on SW, mostly poor signals or sleep-time.
No, only French is less than 30 minutes as always, and English now
confirmed totaling only 28:28, but the others are still a few minutes
under 60 (Glenn Hauser, OK, UT August 2, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** AUSTRALIA. 4835, Ozy Radio, 0920-1009, Aug 3. Since about July 4,
had been silent here; mostly pop songs, except 0928-0938 & 1002-1008
with the news; at 1008 heard clear, unmistakable Ozy Radio signature
theme music ("Waltzing Matilda"). AIR Gangtok reception no longer
possible here, but great to have Craig's station on the air again (Ron
Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire,
WOR iog via DXLD)
4835, Ozy Radio. Regarding my Aug 3 reception, I wrote to Craig Allen
(owner and operator of Ozy Radio), to congratulate him for getting his
station back on the air. His response: "Thanks Ron, Nice to know I
have one listener. Regards, Craig."
(non-log) Aug 5, found 4835 covered by OTH radar from 1040+. Mauno
Ritola noted in WRTH Facebook: "Here in Finland a buzzing carrier
blocking the frequency at 1430." To which I responded: "Back in May &
June, AIR Gangtok (4835) was clearly having transmitter problems,
producing a strong humming audio ("buzzing") on a daily basis. On
August 4, after 1230+ UTC, it seemed to me the same humming sound
had returned again, so perhaps Gangtok's problems returned?" and Mauno
clarified: "Hi Ron, yes, also AIR Gangtok has a similar buzz with
+/-50Hz side carriers, but it signed off at 1658 and this stronger
buzz still continues. I think it may be somewhere in Russia."
Interesting development.
August 4, "Waltzing Matilda" theme music of Ozy Radio, heard at 1206,
after the news.
4835, Ozy Radio, on Aug 7, at 1006. Another day that was able to
clearly catch the "Waltzing Matilda" theme music; was still
recognizable even with heavy QRN (static); in addition today with
CODAR QRM (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna:
100' long wire, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1942, DXLD)
** AUSTRALIA. 5055, 4KZ, 1148:52* cut off, on July 31 (Ron Howard,
Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog
via WORLD OF RADIO 1942, DXLD)
5055 kHz, Radio 4KZ North Queensland / Australia Locutor comentário
depois música, 1005 UT 01 Agosto 2018
https://youtu.be/3YR7rQfhBSk
RX: Yaesu FRG 8800, Antena: Beverage simples (Daniel Wyllyans, Sítio
Estrela do Araguaia, Nova Xavantina MT Brasil, Hard-Core-DX mailing
list via DXLD)
Station 4KZ, on 5055, from 0945+, Aug 5. Pop songs (Bobby McFerrin -
"Don't Worry Be Happy," also with seven minutes of Richard Harris -
"MacArthur Park," which I had not heard in a long time; nice!) (Ron
Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire,
WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1942, DXLD)
** AUSTRALIA. 'UNPRECEDENTED HOSTILITY': MURDOCH, THE GOVERNMENT, AND
AN ABC UNDER ATTACK | Amanda Meade
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/jul/25/unprecedented-hostility-murdoch-the-government-and-an-abc-under-attack?CMP=share_btn_link
The ABC in turmoil: 'Frankly, we are all spooked about everything in
here' (via John Figliozzi, NY, August 2, WOR iog via DXLD) Viz.:
In part two of our series, Amanda Meade asks if the broadcaster is
dumbing down just when it should be muscling up --- Tue 31 Jul 2018
21.32 EDT Last modified on Wed 1 Aug 2018 01.12 EDT
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ABC chairman Justin Milne (left) and managing director Michelle
Guthrie: ‘transforming the ABC culture.’ Photograph: Joel Carrett/AAP
The ABC is poised to launch a new service that is likely to surprise
its loyal audience and provoke its competitors and critics. It’s not a
hard-hitting new investigative series or radio feature, but a dive
into lifestyle journalism.
ABC Life will cover topics not traditionally covered online by the ABC
in a comprehensive way, including work and career, sex and
relationships, fashion and personal grooming, travel and adventure,
food and cooking, home and family, and pets. As well there will be new
digital treatment of health, wellbeing and fitness, personal finance,
consumer rights and gardening.
The new venture comes as those who excel at the ABC’s traditional news
and current affairs and specialist programming feel increasingly
“spooked” by constant political pressure, management instability and
cuts to programs and staff. At a time when the national broadcaster
should be muscling up, it is directing resources into what some say is
a dumbing down.
'Unprecedented hostility': Murdoch, the government, and an ABC under
attack
ABC Life also puts the ABC more sharply in direct competition with the
extensive lifestyle coverage in the commercial media across digital
outlets. The Sydney Morning Herald and the Age, soon to be swallowed
up by Nine in a major media merger, target a similar upscale
demographic to the ABC. News Corp wants the ABC’s online activities
curbed. . .
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/aug/01/the-abc-in-turmoil-frankly-we-are-all-spooked-about-everything-in-here?CMP=share_btn_link
(via WORLD OF RADIO 1942, DXLD) Very long, illustrated, embedded linx;
recommended (gh)
** AUSTRALIA. INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING: NOT SO SIMPLE AS ABC
Waiting for news outside the cave at Tham Luang Nang Non, Thailand
(Photo: Linh Pham/Getty) [caption]
By Bruce Dover Ian Macintosh 6 August 2018 15:00 AEDT
https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/international-broadcasting-not-so-simple-abc
Australia's international voice, once strong, influential and
broadcast across much of the Asia-Pacific, has become little more than
a croak into the ether.
Substantial cuts to funding, waning government commitment, changing
national priorities, and digital disruption have resulted in Australia
becoming something akin to a fringe broadcaster at a time when our
region faces sweeping geopolitical, social, economic, and
environmental challenges.
`Soft power' of this kind is also a useful counter to hostile
propaganda, inaccurate reporting, and extremist rhetoric capable of
harming not only the reputation of Australia and its people but also
their livelihoods.
Despite punishing financial and staffing "efficiencies", particularly
since 2014, the national broadcaster still manages to transmit a 24/7
digital multi-platform international service (radio, television, and
online) to the region. But the ABC's role, impact, and commitment to
international audiences has been diminishing for two decades now, and
markedly so in recent years.
The model that has sustained almost 80 years of Australian
international broadcasting is no longer up to the task, and its
effectiveness - as prescribed by the ABC Charter - must now be
seriously questioned. Our ability to project a vision of ourselves to
the Asia-Pacific region has undeniably diminished with the decline of
the ABC's international service.
The Australian Government is currently in the midst of a Review of
Australian Broadcasting Services in the Asia-Pacific which is
assessing the reach and effectiveness of Australia's media in the
region. Some submissions to this review will argue for additional
funds to be made available to the ABC as a means of rejuvenating and
enlarging its now-modest international broadcasting effort.
We submit that pumping additional new money into the ABC to lift its
game in this field is a "back to the future" strategy that fails to
recognise the opportunities offered by a new, more nimble approach
drawing on the very best that Australia and Australians have to offer.
It is now widely accepted and argued by foreign relations exponents,
as well as by experienced broadcast professionals, that, done well,
state-funded international broadcasting is an efficient and effective
way to shape long-term attitudes and preferences in the region through
positive attraction and persuasion.
We would add that "soft power" of this kind is also a useful counter
to hostile propaganda, inaccurate reporting, and extremist rhetoric
capable of harming not only the reputation of Australia and its people
but also their livelihoods.
However, rather than retain responsibility for Australia's
international voice within the ABC, we believe Australia's future
international public broadcasting activities should be placed in the
hands of an independent corporation or foundation that would better
reflect the plurality of views and opinions that shape Australia - not
only those captured by the ABC.
While we acknowledge the depth of international broadcasting expertise
developed by the ABC over many decades, we argue that the commercial
media and independent production sector are also well placed to
provide a range of dedicated, bespoke programming for Asia-Pacific
audiences, and that the bulk of any new public funding must be
contestable.
Under the current model, Australia has surrendered much of the hard-
won broadcasting territory and influence it once held across the
region. Other countries have moved in to occupy the space. We believe
that without a new model and a new approach, Australia will simply
fall further behind its rivals, and any voice we hope to project will
be less a roar than a whimper.
The new model we propose is based on the following criteria:
* An international broadcasting service operated by an independent,
statutory corporation or foundation with a long-term strategy and
vision (not focused on short-term expediency or "quick fixes").
* A service operating to a charter, based on bipartisan political
agreement and supported by business and other sectors, which
clearly states that the mission of future Australian international
broadcasting is to target and influence international audiences
(rather than Australian expatriates).
* A charter directing corporation or foundation to produce and
broadcast high-quality, independent, contextualised, and
trustworthy news, information, and entertainment programs for
Asia-Pacific audiences via multiple digital delivery platforms.
* Programming content that explains and reflects contemporary
Australia and its people, their multicultural way of life,
democratic values, and institutions, as well as everyday realities,
including culture, education, and sport.
* The corporation or foundation to be quarantined from day-to-day
partisan political and funding pressures that have thwarted efforts
to produce a consistent, compelling, and trusted narrative of
Australia for its Asia-Pacific neighbours.
* Guaranteed annual government funding in order to deliver on the
charter obligations.
* No dependence on revenue from advertising, sponsorship, or
promotions, but the ability, over time, to attract tax-exempt
endowments from public and private benefactors, including high-net
worth individuals, foundations, NGOs, and others with a proven
commitment to Australia's national interest and place in the world.
* The corporation or foundation chairperson to be an eminent and
suitably experienced individual.
* The board to comprise high-ranking nominees from the ABC, SBS, the
Australian Government, commercial media, independent producers,
business, educators, the tourism sector, and others with relevant
skills and experience.
* News and current affairs programming to be produced in close
association with the ABC and SBS, given their acknowledged
expertise in foreign reporting and languages, but also drawing on
commercial news sources where appropriate, and all while adhering
to the highest editorial principles, ethical standards, and
practices of independence, balance, and accuracy.
* A sufficient commissioning fund to enable the new corporation or
foundation to buy compelling, relevant, bespoke TV, radio and
online content in such genres as general entertainment, children's
education, health, social welfare, music, culture, English language
learning, and sports. This non-news programming to be sourced from
independent producers and commercial broadcasters, as well the ABC
and SBS.
* The new international service not to be beholden to any one form of
technology; instead retaining the flexibility to leverage changing
technology options for optimum outcomes. Different markets require
different technology solutions, so the new approach must involve a
market-by-market strategy, not a one-size-fits-all approach.
* The new corporation or foundation to have a strong commitment to
regular research, not only to record audience data, market
characteristics, and digital consumption trends but also to measure
the effectiveness (reach and relevance) of all its programming.
* The new corporation or foundation to adopt branding that best
represents what Australia's new regional voice is all about, and
the audiences it is addressing.
This independent model provides for a level of flexibility and
efficiency that would guarantee the service was well-placed to utilise
the wide variety of digital platforms accessible by current and future
audiences.
It also ensures that any significant injection of new public funding
into international broadcasting would not automatically go to the ABC,
but would be contestable by the public broadcasters, the commercial
media sector, and independent production houses.
And our proposed model allows Australia to choose how it can best
develop a commanding international voice capable of engaging and
informing Asia-Pacific audiences today and well into the future.
Australia should not be allowed to fall any further behind.
This article draws on a submission by the authors to the review of
Australian broadcasting services. Bruce Dover, Ian Macintosh (via Mike
Cooper, WORLD OF RADIO 1942, DXLD)
** AUSTRALIA [non]. Re: [WOR] Unique Radio Australia 1100 UT Saturday
August 4th 2018 --- No signal detected here in NB nor using the U.
Twente SDR receiver. Possibly didn't air as scheduled -- Richard
Langley, NB, 1334 UT Aug 4, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1942, DXLD)
i.e. via WINB 9265V, q.v.
Per Tim Gaynor, WINB did not air the program - nothing heard from
KiwiSDRs in NZ or UK; perhaps a xmtr issue? (Bruce Churchill, CA, 1450
UT, ibid.)
** AUSTRIA. 7360, August 2 at 0140, S5-S8 in unID language. HFCC shows
BBC via Moosbrunn in Prs, presumably meaning Dari (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** AUSTRIA. Radio Joystick today on air --- Radio Joystick, The
Charlie-Prince Show will be on air today Sunday at 1000 UT, like all
first Sunday of the month:
https://radiojoystick.de/
"Since 2013 we broadcast via Media Broadcast. The transmitters are
located in the small town of Moosbrunn near Vienna, broadcasting our
shows on every first Sunday of each month at 12:00 h German time with
100 kW at 7330 kHz on shortwave to Western Europe!
1st Sunday of each month on shortwave 7330 kHz in Europe! On the
Internet, the latest program is available at any time on demand for
your listening pleasure. Our programs are produced for syndication as
a free offer to stations that easily and efficiently may add their own
jingles and commercials!" (via Manuel Méndez, Spain, Aug 5, WOR iog
via DXLD)
** BAHRAIN. BAHREIN, 9745, Radio Bahrein, Abu Hayan, 1631-1650, 03-08,
Arabic songs. 14321 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol, Tecsun
S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BHUTAN [and non]. CHINA/BHUTAN 6030drm / 6035 kHz --- Katastrophe!
Dann kann man BBS Thimphu auf 6035 kHz komplett vergessen. Auf
<http://idxcidxpedition.blogspot.com/2013/11/face-to-face-with-bbs-transmission.html>
kommt Mr. Thinley Dorjidem von der Abteilung Sendertechnik bei BBS zu
Wort. Zwei Zitate:
- "Co-channel interference from Chinese and at times from AIR is a
problem. However, there is always a struggle with the antenna."
Gemeint ist die "Voice of Shangri-La" aus Kunming, Yunnan-CHN.
- "The Germany is the country from where most reception reports are
received. The listeners from Finland and Japan also send reception
reports." Viele Gruesse, (Uwe Volk-D, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 26,
BC-DX Aug 4 via DXLD)
** BOUGAINVILLE/INDONESIA. 3325, NBC Bougainville & Voice of
Indonesia, on Aug 1, with a major anomaly. VOI very late starting and
NBC running much longer than normal. Highlights:
1035-1120: NBC - Non-stop interviews and monologues in Pidgin (no
VOI).
1120-1130: NBC - Pop songs (no VOI)
*1208: VOI suddenly started; in Japanese; about one hour later than
their normal time to start; mixing with NBC till 1257.
1257*: NBC suddenly cut off; about one hour later than normal, leaving
VOI in the clear.
1259: VOI with closing contact info in Japanese; followed by the usual
segment in English (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1,
antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via DXLD)
** BOUGAINVILLE. RNZI Story About More Shortwave for Bougainville
I don't quite understand this story, as there currently is a shortwave
service on Bougainville [3325, duh --- gh]
https://www.radionz.co.nz/international/programmes/datelinepacific/audio/2018656230/bougainville-may-be-about-to-get-shortwave-radio-bac
(Barry Hartley, NZ, WORLD OF RADIO 1942, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.:
THERE ARE PLANS IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA TO RESTORE SHORT WAVE RADIO
SERVICES IN BOUGAINVILLE.
The service, run by the national broadcaster NBC, ended when
Bougainville became engulfed in a civil war nearly 30 years ago.
But the regional member for Bougainville in the PNG parliament, Joe
Lera, got a positive response when he suggested a beefed up service
was needed to improve the dissemination of information, especially
leading into the referendum on possible independence.
Mr Lera told Don Wiseman radio is vital in the rural areas because
these regions do not have ready access to newspapers or television,
and the current FM signal is inadequate.
Listen duration 3'?:20?
https://www.radionz.co.nz/international/programmes/datelinepacific/audio/2018656230/bougainville-may-be-about-to-get-shortwave-radio-back
Many remote communities in Pacific island countries rely on shortwave
radio. Photo: RNZI [caption]
Transcript
JOE LERA: At the moment on Bougainville only the three urban centres
receive the FM and the majority in the rural areas have no access to
the radio so they have been missing out on lots of information and
issues that affect their lives, but before the crisis [the civil war]
we had shortwave transmitters. And when shortwave was in operation
everyone, from all corners of Bougainville, were receiving Radio
Bougainville and they were kept informed daily. What I would like to
see is we should go back to before the crisis. The role that radio
played before the crisis, reaching out to all corners of Bougainville
so that people can be informed, especially now with the referendum
awareness. There are lots of awareness [exercises] going but only the
urban centre people receive that information while the 80% rural
population is kept in the dark about referendum issues.
DON WISEMAN: You are a member of the government. What is the
government saying about this? You have made this suggestion. What is
going to happen?
JL: Well after I raised the issue in parliament last week the Minister
[Sam Basil] is coming over with a team, two weeks' time, they are
coming over to Bougainville because the national government sees the
importance of people getting the information about the referendum and
the issues related. Access to information so they vote freely and make
decisions without outside influence. The Minister is taking the whole
NBC team over and his thinking is two options. One, national
government to immediately buy two shortwave transmitters and bring
Radio Bougainville back to where it was before the crisis, and two, we
want to keep FM. He is also talking national government paying for two
FM transmitters. So whichever option it should bring Radio
Bougainville to where we were before.
DW: When you talk about external forces influencing people, who are
you talking about?
JL: Well if people don't have access to information about the
referendum and the issues related to it people like the ex-combatants,
or people who hold one view, like independence, and can force most
people, who [otherwise] don't want it. Because of ignorance they will
submit to them (via Barry Hartley, NZ, Aug 2, DXLD)
PNG PLEDGES BOOST FOR BOUGAINVILLE LOCAL RADIO BEFORE REFERENDUM
By Pacific Media Watch - August 2, 2018
https://asiapacificreport.nz/2018/08/02/png-pledges-boost-for-bougainville-local-radio-before-referendum/
Bougainville's Radio New Dawn FM studio. Image: New Dawn [caption]
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Papua New Guinea is pledging to help Bougainville strengthen its local
radio services ahead of next year’s historic referendum on
independence, reports Bindi Bryce on the ABC’s Pacific Beat programme.
But Bougainvilleans and government leaders appear to be torn between a
return to shortwave or investing in greater FM coverage.
LISTEN: Bindi Bryce reporting on Pacific Beat
http://www.abc.net.au/radio-australia/programs/pacificbeat/bougainville-radio/10064648
The news comes amid an Australian government review into broadcasting
in the Asia-Pacific, triggered by the backlash over the ABC’s decision
to end its shortwave service in January last year.
https://www.communications.gov.au/have-your-say/review-australian-broadcasting-services-asia-pacific
The Pacific Media Centre’s public submission prepared by Dr Lee
Duffield and colleagues is here
http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/sites/default/files/file_bin/201808/ABC-Review-PMC-submission310718-FINAL.pdf
Radio New Dawn FM:
https://bougainvillenews.com/new-dawn-fm/
(via Artie Bigley, DXLD)
More on the Shortwave and FM radio debate in Bougainville
Glenn, Audio interview:
http://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/pm/short-wave-radio-saves-lives-and-foreign-aid-funds-dan-mcgarry/10071940
Audio interview:
PNG wants to help Bougainville improve local radio coverage ahead of
next year's independence vote, but leaders are torn between a return
to shortwave or improving FM coverage. . .
https://player.fm/series/pacific-beat-2309138/shortwave-vs-fm-radio-debate-in-bougainville-ahead-of-independence-vote
Short-wave radio saves both lives, foreign aid funds: Dan McGarry
Vanuatu has appealed to Australia to restore short-wave radio services
to the Pacific region, after they were switched off by the ABC in
2017, saying the service saves lives. Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk.
http://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/pm/short-wave-radio-saves-lives-and-foreign-aid-funds-dan-mcgarry/10071940
[WORLD OF RADIO 1942]
Radio Edit: Tools can help you listen in on shortwave radio
Kamloops This Week-20 hours ago
Shortwave radio is an efficient way to get radio signals from around
the world. It's relatively cheap and AM radio travels long distances
very well as a shortwave ...
https://www.kamloopsthisweek.com/entertainment/radio-edit-tools-can-help-you-listen-in-on-shortwave-radio-1.23389619
Unregulated population migration and other future drivers of
instability ...
4 days ago - For example, in Fiji and Vanuatu, shortwave radio was the
only form of communication functioning after cyclones. This form of
communication is inexpensive
https://www.lowyinstitute.org/publications/unregulated-population-migration-and-other-future-drivers-instability-pacific
(ALL via Artie Bigley, OH, Aug 4, DXLD)
** BOUVET ISLAND [and non]. BOUVET ISLAND DXPEDITION ATTEMPT
By Ralph Fedor, KØIR [3Y0Z]
http://www.tcdxa.org/Newsletters/June2018GrayLine.pdf
(via Arctic DX, August CIDX Messenger via DXLD)
EVERYTHING went wrong -- fascinating reading, illustrated (gh)
** BRAZIL. Rádios Globo e CBN em AM será descontinuada a do Rio de
Janeiro, São Paulo e Belo Horizonte. :-(
https://radioamantes.wordpress.com/2018/08/01/globo-e-cbn-deixarao-o-am/amp/?__twitter_impression=true
(via Daniel Wyllyans, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via WORLD OF RADIO
1942, DXLD) Viz.:
Globo e CBN deixarão o AM
4 dias ago Anúncios Por Rodney Brocanelli
A assessoria de imprensa das rádios Globo e CBN divulgou comunicado
informando que será descontinuada a transmissão das emissoras do Rio,
São Paulo e Belo Horizonte em Amplitude Modulada. Apesar do aviso, não
foi fixada uma data limite para essa saída do ar. Sabe-se apenas que
profissionais responsáveis pela manutenção do parque técnico foram
dispensados no dia de hoje. Veja abaixo a íntegra do comunicado (via
DXLD)
The communiqué is reproduced as uncopiable jpg, but touts how much
better the quality will be on FM only. See wordpress link. WTFK?? I`m
not about to hunt thru 11 pages of Brazilian MW frequency listings in
unsearchable paper WRTH 2018, but some or all of these are probably
major signals (gh, DXLD) Viz.:
Ou seja, fim do sinal nas frequências icônicas de 1220 e 1100 kHz,
entre outras. Lamentável! (Rozek, radioescutas yg via DXLD)
Lamentável, mas não vou chorar mais de alguns minutos. Não vejo a hora
de ter canais como 860, 1100, 1220 livres para boas escutas, e o nível
de RF muito mais baixo nas tres capitais (Rocco, RJ, Cotroneo, ibid.,
WORLD OF RADIO 1942)
Rocco, não esqueça dos 780 kHz aqui em SP. Acredito até que nessa
empreitada algumas outras afiliadas Globo também devem ir
gradativamente. Quanto ao prazo de desativação, eu não creio que será
nos próximos dias ou semanas. Então os que são fãs da Globo SP e RJ e
CBN, terão chance de continuar os ouvindo pela Internet. Não deve ser
simples extinção. Também quanto às frequências que vão livrar, 860 é
uma ótima frequência para se grudar nela porque pelo que me consta há
sòmente mais 2 estações no Brasil inteiro nesse canal. 1220, o mesmo.
Depois disso é esperar pra ver o que vai surgir o que hoje está
encoberto por estas estações. 73, (Rudolf Grimm, ibid.)
Olá amigos. De antemão já peço que perdoem os erros de digitação, ou
português. Vou procurar digitar rápido e sem muito cuidado. Estou no
trabalho, quase saindo de volta para casa.
Me chamo Marcelo Santos, sou de Niterói - RJ, não sou "radioamador",
como a maioria da lista. Já faz um tempo que estou no grupo, sempre
como "ouvinte". Se não me engano, entrei nele por conta de um trabalho
que fiz na Faculdade de Jornalismo sobre o Padre Landel de Moura e o
pioneirismo dos radioamadores de Pernambuco.
Não posso dizer que acompanho todas as colocações postas aqui. Mas,
vez por outra dou um pouco mais de atenção. Principalmente sobre as
escutas dos companheiros mundo a fora.
Mas, o assunto aqui é a onda de AM e a o anuncio da Rádio Globo de
fechar os 1220 do Rio e os 1100 de Sampa. É verdade. Acho que aqui
mesmo já li alguma coisa sobre o fim das Ondas Médias para o rádio
comercial. O que vou dizer não pode ser tido como oficial. Na Rádio
Globo eu sou operador de áudio e gravação de vinhetas. Alguns conhecem
como "Sonoplasta".
Então, vejo que toda essa "onda" é por conta de alguns pontos
específicos. Porém, todos ligados a forma comercial que o rádio adotou
desde os anos 1930. O veículo vive mais uma crise. Como foi a da TV.
Agora com a internet. Na primeira, dizia que a TV acabaria com o
rádio. Não acabou. Há um século o meio existe, e vinha sendo o mais
ouvido entre todos. Toda casa tinha um rádio, e pelas manhãs
motoristas em seus automóveis se ligam no transito através da
informação rápida do rádio.
A nova "crise", dizem é por conta da internet. Bom, quem é bom ouvinte
de rádio, sabe que há muito o rádio não tem mais a mesma essência que
tinha há alguns anos. E muitos profissionais de rádio, especialmente
os mais antigos se ressentem disso. Eu tenho saudades do meu início no
rádio, na Fluminense AM, 540 kHz de Niterói. Eu tinha 14 anos. Vi dois
anos mais tarde surgir a Fluminense FM, que mais adiante se tornou
conhecida por ser a Rádio Rock "MALDITA".
Hoje em dia, o que ainda se parece um pouco com o rádio da antigo são
as rádios do interior. Rádios de cidades pequenas e afastadas dos
grandes centros. Guardam ainda a cultura local, a prestação de
serviços e a relação com a comunidade.
Pulando rapidamente para a Rádio Globo, o que está acontecendo é uma
opção empresarial, guiada pela vontade de acionistas. Muitos deles que
não viam no rádio nada mais que um meio de ganhar dinheiro. Nesses
anos a publicidade em rádio tem caido muito. O anunciante sem
dinheiro, prefere investir um pouco mais e vê na TV a audiência
melhor.
Em vista disso, da dificuldade de financiar os custos de uma rádio,
emissoras não tão grandes como a Globo optam por alugar seus horários
para igrejas, pastores, etc. No caso da Globo, foi apresentado um
projeto que apontava para uma mudança de público alvo. Seguindo a
linha da CBN (também do grupo Globo), optou-se por tentar uma
programação que atraísse um público mais jovem, e de poder aquisitivo
maior que os habituais ouvintes que tinha. A audiência daquele tipo de
rádio, como comunicadores dos anos 60, 70, 80 e até 90 estava
envelhecendo, morrendo. Além do mais economicamente se tornava um
público cada vez mais de aposentados.
A avaliação é cruel, mas tem sua razão de ser. Aos olhos do mercado,
aposentados não investem, não compram e isso dificulta ainda mais a
venda de comerciais para rádio. O pensamento, do ponto de vista
empresarial parecial estudado, argumentado e seguia uma certa
coerência. O problema é que parece que, após um ano ainda não resultou
em nada de positivo. Os rádios continuam não conseguindo se sustentar.
Talvez a idéia de renovar a audiência seja correta. Mas a estratégia
foi errada. E discutir isso levaria ainda mais tempo.
Voltando à questão do fim dessas rádios no AM, tem razões técnicas (a
recepção devido a tantas frequencias espalhadas de celulares, Wifis, e
tudo mais), já não fazia do sinal de AM um modo tão vantajoso de
recepção. Locais onde a Globo Rio pegava muito bem na cidade, não se
estava pegando mais. O AM stéreo não avançou no Brasil. E igualmente o
AM Digital. Foucou-se nas FM e na melhora do seu sinal através da
tecnologia digital. A grosso modo, o que já aconteceu com as TV em
relação às suas transmissões, deve acontecer com o Rádio FM.
O AM, podemos dizer, foi abandonado por concessionários do serviço e
de certa forma incentivados pelo próprio governo. Este último, se não
me engano, pretende utilizar essa banda para outros fins. O certo é
que falando de Rádios, como rádio (aquele que você tem um aparelho
para sintonizar uma frequencia), o futuro são as transmissões de FM
Digital. O AM realmente acaba. E mesmo quem não optou por uma mudança
agora no estilo de programação, pensando na renovação da audiência,
deve pensar nisso na próxima década. A Globo, vai acabar sendo exemplo
do que não fazer quanto aos erros cometidos nessa transição. Mas no
fim, todas devem procurar meios de atingir uma audiência mais jovem, e
que de poder aquisitivo maior.
Nesse meio tempo, a Rádio Globo no Rio e em SP demitiu rios de
colegas. E ainda vem demitindo, trabalhando com o mínimo de pessoas.
Em BH, o grupo literalmente extinguiu sua rádio AM no início dessa
mudança há um ano. Demitiu toda a equipe e repassou o canal.
Portanto, olhando daqui de dentro, espero ter contribuído para que os
colegas compreendem um pouco melhor o que se passa. Quanto ao futuro
do rádio, ainda há que se notar que os olhos dos empresários já
começam a manifestar maior interesse também para os aplicativos de
usso nos celulares para se escurtar as rádios. Seria como se todas
virassem "webradios". Pois também o FM, pode ter suas décadas
contadas.
Uma rádio como a Globo AM, 1220, operando com um transmissor de 200
Kwats representa um custo enorme em energia. Extinguindo a transmissão
do AM, e fazendo-a só através do FM, ela teria uns gastos menores. E
como disse, se esse pensamento avançar, deligaram também os
transmissores de FM e passaram a transmitir apenas via internet.
Abraço! (Marcelo Santos, ibid.)
Uma vez ouvi dizer que a faixa de AM ficaria apenas as emissoras de
alta potência. Isto é verdade? E se acabar com o AM no Brasil, como
ficaria as emissões de outros países, inclusive os fronteiriços com o
Brasil? As emissões nesses paises irão ser extintas? Enviado do meu
smartphone Samsung Galaxy (merlinsp, ibid.)
From Daniel Wyllyans via Hard-Core-DX 2018 08 02: Globo and CBN AM
radios will be discontinued from Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Belo
Horizonte: R Globo: RJ – ZYJ458 1220; SP – ZYK694 1100; BH – ZYL283
1150. CBN: RJ – ZYJ459 860; SP – ZYK695 780 (via Tore Vik, South
American News Desk, ARC mv-eko 6 August via WORLD OF RADIO 1942, DXLD)
** BRAZIL. 4805 kHz Rádio Difusora do Amazonas FM via Ondas Tropicais
ON! 4805 kHz Rádio Difusora do Amazonas FM via Ondas Tropicais ON!
Relay FM 96.9 via 4805 OT ... Passou o número do whats app e algumas
notícias raramente transmitiu em 4805 em 2018 esperamos que firme a
transmissão para principalmente as comunidades ribeirinhas da
Amazônia.
https://youtu.be/UWP8e4G_x3w
2118 UT 01 Agosto 2018, RX: Yaesu FRG 8800, Antena: Beverage simples
(Daniel Wyllyans, Sítio Estrela do Araguaia, Nova Xavantina MT Brasil,
Hard-Core-DX mailing list via WORLD OF RADIO 1942, DXLD)
Continue ligando 4805 ondas tropicais --- lá quero informar aí ontem
escutei a programação em 4805 kHz ondas tropicais; por favor continue
ligando o transmissor todos os dias. Aqui nas florestas tem muitos
ouvintes que escutam e nos lugares longínquos do Brasil e Amazônia
https://youtu.be/UWP8e4G_x3w
(Daniel Wyllyans, Aug 3, to Rdif Amazonas; their reply:)
Não se preocupe que manteremos sempre que possível a rádio no ar.
Estivemos alguns dias fora por motivo de defeito em um de nossos
equipamentos auxiliares. Agradeço pela audiência. Eng. Genival.
genival.paula@yahoo.com.br
ESCREVA INFORMES PARA O ENGEIRO GENIVAL 4805 RÁDIO DIFUSORA DO
AMAZONAS
genival.paula@yahoo.com.br
https://dxbrazilsw.blogspot.com/2018/08/continue-ligando-4805-ondas-tropicais.html?m=1
(Wyllyans, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via WORLD OF RADIO 1942, DXLD)
** BRAZIL. 11735, Rádio Transmundial, Santa Maria, 1419-1433, 04-08,
“Bom dia RTM”, “Transmundial, para todo o mundo ouvir”. The program
“Bom dia RTM” is on air from Monday to Saturday between 0930 to 1455
UT. 25433 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol, Tecsun S-8800,
cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
[RTM turned off SW permanently Aug 9; already in WOR iog, next DXLD]
** BRAZIL. I'm pretty sure RNA on 11780 is running full power, because
their signal is about the only one strong enough to punch through the
RF cloud around my building. Regards, (Chuck Albertson, Seattle WA,
0446 UT August 5, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
11780, UT Monday August 6 at 0151, RNB/RNA is off, unlike most
evenings at this time: maybe a Sunday thing (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CAMBODIA [and non]. INDEPENDENT NEWS BLOCKED IN CAMBODIA AHEAD OF
ELECTIONS --- August 2, 2018
On July 27, two days before the general election, the Cambodian
government blocked the Khmer websites of Voice of America and Radio
Free Asia. This blatant disregard for human rights and democratic
values is not going unnoticed by the international community.
VOA and RFA provided unparalleled Khmer-language election reporting
and made it available on shortwave radio and social media. Our
journalists have been threatened, jailed and forced to leave the
country. However, we will not stop in our efforts to inform and engage
Cambodians through objective and uncensored news and information (BBG
PR via Hansjoerg Biener, WORLD OF RADIO 1942, DXLD)
** CHINA. 4900 // 4940, Voice of Strait, 1058+, July 30. In // for
about an hour; both fair.
6035, FM99 (Voice of Shangri-la) via Yunnan, 1220, July 30. Many pop
song (YL singer with the Beatles
song "Hey Jude," Idina Menzel - "Let It Go," etc.); usual FM format;
in Chinese; holding up well against the jamming here; best in USB, due
to 6030 DRM (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna:
100' long wire, WOR iog via DXLD)
** CHINA [and non]. 11640, CNR1 at 1153 in Mandarin jamming RTI in
Mandarin with a man and woman with excited talk then a number of
promos from 1157 to 5+1 time pips at 1200 and more promos – Fair at
best rising to good by 1156 Aug 3 Coady-ON
11785, CNR1 at 1206 // 11640 in Mandarin jamming the VOA in Mandarin
via Thailand with a man with deliberate talk over light instrumentals
– Fair Aug 3 (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Kenwood TS440S or Ten-Tec
Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles, ODXA iog via
DXLD) Mark doesn`t say whether the jamming targets were audible (gh)
13570, August 4 at 1643, S0-S2 VP in Chinese? RFA scheduled via Saipan
this hour only, so most likely the CNR1 jammer, especially since it`s
not off-frequency.
15250, August 4 at 1258, CNR1 jammer, timesignal and ID until 1300*.
Was // 15040 vs India. 15250 is vs VOA Chinese via Philippines at 11-
13, unheard (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
9660, CNR1 at 1210 // 11640 and 11785 in Mandarin jamming RTI in
Mandarin with a woman with deliberate talk – Weak but audible Aug 4
11825, CNR1 at 1238 // 11640 and 11785 in Mandarin jamming the VOA in
Mandarin via Thailand with a man and woman with excited talk – Weak
but audible Aug 4
11985, TAIWAN, RTI at 1235 in Mandarin with a man being interviewed by
a woman – Fair to Good over CNR1 jammer which was // 11785 Aug 4
13830, CNR1 at 1257 in Mandarin jamming RFA in Tibetan via Tajikistan
with a man with talk and Chinese opera vocals – Fair Aug 4 (Mark
Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Kenwood TS440S or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 40
and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles, ODXA iog via DXLD)
14500, 0930, CNR 1, China. Chinese talk // 17605, jamming for Sound of
Hope, 353, 14/07 (Franck Baste, St Bonnet de Rochefort, France,
Perseus + Loop ALA1530LNP, Aug BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD)
** CHINA. Unscheduled frequency of China National Radio-1, August 1:
till 0800 on 15740 unknown kW / unknown to EaAs Chinese, fair/good
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/08/unscheduled-frequency-15740-khz-of.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, August 1, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Unscheduled frequency of China National Radio-1, August 3:
till 0800 on 15740 unknown kW / unknown to EaAs Chinese, fair/good
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/08/unscheduled-frequency-of-china-national.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, August 3, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. I’ll continue this month with a short account of a few
programmes that I listened to via an overnight recording on my SDR
radio. On this occasion, I recorded the ten hours of programming from
2000 to 0600 UT, in a frequency span covering approximately 5000-10000
kHz on the night of 14-15 July. Many more stations than listed here
were logged, but here are just a few programmes that I heard.
China Radio International --- There was an interesting programme today
on Ink and Quill (2030 UT on 5960 kHz) with a review of a book “Songs
of the World” by Taiwanese author Chang Lee (apologies if I have the
spelling wrong), which has a series of essays on how to enjoy various
genres of music, taking an example of a classical piece of music
called “O Fortuna” [from Orff`s Carmina Burana, presumably --- gh]
that was found in a BBC survey a while back to be number one as the
most recognisable piece of classical music, even if the title was not
known. Whilst the review was generally favourable, it was concluded
that the book was rather self-indulgent concentrating more on the
poetical lyrics as against the music itself.
I usually enjoy this programme, and will therefore try and seek it out
most weeks. It covers a wide range of literature – not just Chinese
literature. Ink and Quill airs Friday and Saturday at 1630, with
repeats at 2030 and the following day at 1330 UT (Listening Post with
Alan Roe, Aug BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD)
** CHINA. 03 August 2018 - 09H20
FLASH - CHINA CRITIC SILENCED DURING LIVE TV INTERVIEW - France 24
http://www.france24.com/en/20180803-china-critic-silenced-during-live-tv-interview
(c) AFP/File | Vocal critic Sun Wenguang had written an open letter to
President Xi Jinping last month that criticised China's chequebook
diplomacy in Africa, just as Xi embarked on a trip to the continent
[caption]
BEIJING (AFP) - A vocal critic of China's government has disappeared
without a trace after security forces strong-armed their way into his
home in the middle of a phone interview with a US-funded television
network.
Retired academic Sun Wenguang, who is in his mid-80s, was speaking
live to a Chinese-language TV show for Voice of America (VOA) when the
authorities suddenly showed up.
"The police are here to interrupt again," Sun said from his home in
Jinan in the eastern province of Shandong, counting as many as eight
intruders as he spoke in an audio broadcast on Wednesday.
"It's illegal for you to come to my home. I have my freedom of
speech!" are the final words heard from Sun.
The dramatic recording highlights the increasing intensity of China's
efforts to silence critics of its policies as the ruling Communist
Party aggressively nurtures a cult of personality around President Xi
Jinping.
Sun had written an open letter to Xi last month that criticised
China's chequebook diplomacy in Africa, releasing it just as the
leader embarked on a trip to the continent, according to VOA and
online screenshots that could not be independently verified by AFP.
"Listen to what I say, is it wrong?" Sun asked the security detail in
the recording.
"People are poor. Let's not throw our money in Africa," he said,
telling the intruders that "throwing money like this is of no good to
our country and society" before the line went dead.
- 'Real tyranny' -
Sun, who is one of China's oldest activists, is kept under regular
surveillance.
He was a co-signer of the pro-democracy manifesto Charter 08 -- a
quickly censored document that landed co-author and Nobel Peace Prize
winner Liu Xiaobo in prison. Liu died last year, the first Nobel
winner to die in custody since Nazi Germany.
In 2009, Sun was viciously beaten by authorities when he snuck past
guards watching his building in an attempt to pay his respects to
ousted Communist leader Zhao Ziyang -- who opposed the use of force to
quell the 1989 Tiananmen Square democracy protests -- on the 10th
anniversary of the former premier's death.
Repeated calls by AFP to his mobile and home phone number went
unanswered Friday, as did messages sent via social messaging app
WeChat. Calls to the Jinan public security bureau and the publicity
department of Shandong University, his former employer, also yielded
no response.
"Every time you hear overblown rhetoric about how we are on the verge
of 'tyranny' or 'authoritarianism' in America remember what real
tyranny and authoritarianism looks like," said US Senator Marco Rubio
of the incident on Twitter.
VOA is "monitoring the situation closely and will provide an update to
program viewers once more information becomes available," its
spokeswoman Bridget Serchak said in a statement. (c) 2018 AFP (via
Mike Cooper, WORLD OF RADIO 1942, DXLD)
** CUBA. Radio Enciclopedia, 530 kHz, making the trip quite nicely
into western Arizona overnight. Weak at 1 AM local [0800 UT], but
gaining strength to a nice signal and ID at 0200 local. Received on a
24 inch tuned passive loop to the Sangean ATS-909X.
Unable to copy on the PL-600 or SRF-59. using the same loop. Signal
overload from 540 KHz swamps both receivers, even with the PL-600's
narrow filter. The DSP IF filter on the Sangean makes the difference
on this one (Bill, RADIO-TIMETRAVELLER, Quartzsite, AZ,
http://radio-timetraveller.blogspot.com
August 4, ABDX yg via DXLD)
** CUBA. 6100, August 1 at 0556, this RHC English is JBM; 6000 a bit
better; 6060 = 6165 best modulation levels. Something`s always wrong
at RHC. How these four relate to each other in strength and modulation
level is constantly changing.
13700, August 1 at 1316, RHC AWOL; 1317 carrier cuts on and off and
on; 1341 recheck now it`s modulating but failing to emit spurs.
Something`s always wrong at RHC.
15140, August 1 at 1909, RHC English is poor, much weaker than normal,
only S7; QRP? Something`s always wrong at RHC.
5025, August 2 at 0626, R. Rebelde is dead air except for some
whooshing sound. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
15230, Radio Cubana; 1243, 8/2; New moniker for Radio Habana? “Radio
Cubana” repeated twice into SS commentary, SIO=353+ (Harold Frodge,
Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 185' RW, ---- All logged by my ears, on
my receiver, in real time! ----, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
13740, August 2 at 1356, RHC is off, unknown whether just quit prior
to CRI relay or missed all or part of entire transmission. The
separate transmitter for China Plus = CRI English relay does not cut
on until *1359:20 and remains dead air until 1401:55 finally fades up
CRI modulation, JIP ``news``. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba.
7340, August 2 at 1414, RHC is still on but VP at S7/S9+10 vs daytime
noise level amid `Sonido Cubano` music show during this hour. Really
scheduled until 1500, outlasting Radio Martí on adjacent 7335. RHC is
obviously cozying up to RM, in the evenings adjacent the other side on
7330, but why? Casual tuners are liable to run into Cuban-sounding RM
by mistake, but maybe Arnie thinx that in addition to his co-channel
jammers, the RHC signals will help to QRM RM. Maybe it`s different in
the Antilles target, but here I`ve got to use LSB or USB for a chance
at RHC without ACI.
13740, August 3 at 1359, RHC Spanish with squeal is S9+10 and keeps
going past 1400 with nothing from China Plus relay in English. Other
transmitter for CRI comes on at *1401 mixing almost imperceptibly with
the first one. Keep hearing RHC Spanish until 1402:20 abrupt and
smooth cut to undermodulated CRI English with no overlap and no pause,
obviously coördinated this time, even tho way too late. Something`s
always wrong at RadioCuba.
15140, August 3 around 1710, RHC Spanish is again on here, // 11760.
Addition of 15140 at midday must be deliberate but am not sure when it
start, maybe earlier than 1700. I first heard this July 21, but still
not entered in Aoki dated August 4 --- but other RHC info there is
incomplete. Nor in EiBi, but that`s not updated since July 8 --- Eike
must be on holiday.
6060, August 4 at 0528, survey of The Cuban Five for RHC English: 6060
is the one AWOL tonight. 6000 is S9+10 and JBM; 6100 is S9 and BM,
i.e. slightly better than 6000; 6165 is S9+10/20 with sufficient mod;
5040 is S9+20 with plenty mod but a bit rough. Something`s always
wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
15140, August 4 at 1550, RHC Spanish is on, so when does it start? Not
as early as 1400; maybe 1500 we hope after Oman`s nominal English
hour. Something`s always wrong (i.e. unscheduled) at RHC (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1942, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
11880, August 4 at 2156, RHC is VG with jazz, not // 11760, 11840,
12000 Spanish, nor 11700 open carrier. I bet it`s the English service,
which has happened before. Yes, 2158 Elena Valverde closes the English
hour, 2200 IS and into French, which is when 11880 is supposed to
start. How much of a fragment of English went out after 2100, when it
is apparently on the feeder? Something`s always wrong at RHC.
5990, August 5 at 0101, CRI Plus English news is still on, relay
running late; while:
6000, August 5 at 0101, RHC English is still not on (tho I don`t think
it`s the same transmitter as 5990; they have overlapped before). By
0103, only // 6165 is on but dead air. Something`s always wrong at
RHC.
5025, August 6 at 0135, R. Rebelde is OFF, but detect a JBA carrier a
bit high like 5025.01: R. Quillabamba, Perú, or exciter only from
Cuba? Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba.
4765, August 6 at 0138, R. Progreso music is S9+20 but modulation
breaking up. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba. At least the third
60m Cuban, RHC on 5040 is OK.
6100, August 6 at 0555, this RHC English air is dead tonight, while
6165, 6060 and 5040 are very good; 6000 merely good modulation.
Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. 9490, August 6 at 0148, heavy jamming against R.
República via FRANCE audible underneath. The jam has a higher pitch
than usually heard from the DentroCuban Jamming Command (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. INICIA SUS TRANSMISIONES RADIO UNIÓN, LA EMISORA 98 DE CUBA
01/08/2018
https://gruporadioescuchaargentino.wordpress.com/2018/08/01/inicia-sus-transmisiones-radio-union-la-emisora-98-de-cuba/
Durante el acto por el aniversario 65 de la Gesta del Moncada, la
emisora número 98 del país, Radio Unión, inició sus transmisiones en
el municipio matancero de Unión de Reyes.
Resultado de imagen para Radio Unión, inició sus transmisiones en el
municipio matancero de Unión de Reyes. [shows frequency 96.3 FM]
A la ceremonia asistieron el ministro del Interior, vicealmirante
Julio César Gandarrilla Bermejo; el Buró Provincial del Partido
Comunista de Cuba (PCC), encabezado por su primera secretaria, Teresa
Rojas Monzón, y Onelio Castillo Corderí, director general de la Radio
Cubana.
En la celebración por el 26 de Julio en Unión de Reyes, se reconoció a
colectivos y trabajadores destacados en la producción y los servicios
en el territorio y un grupo de jóvenes recibió el carnet de militantes
del PCC.
En tiempo récord de 60 días, fuerzas constructivas de la Cooperativa
No Agropecuaria SANCOF ejecutaron las labores en esa planta y
merecieron el Sello Aniversario 95 de la Radio Cubana (GRA blog via
DXLD)
Glenn, I just checked my notes and the WTFDA FM db. Unión de Reyes
already had a station licensed on 96.3 since last summer, signing on
initially as a relay. It appears they are no longer a relay and are
now a regular radio station, originating their own programming. Thank
you for the information and the link (Jim Thomas, http://db.wtfda.org
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** DENMARK. 5840, 2035-2050 4.8, World Music R, Randers, Portuguese
and English ID's, global pop songs. 45434. Nice E-QSL received from
listening a month ago from hartvig@wmr.dk Best 73, (Anker Petersen,
Denmark, from Skovlunde on my AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of
longwire, wbradio yg via DXLD)
World Music Radio from Denmark confirmed the reception of eQSL.
Radio receiver - Digitech AR1780. A video of the reception was
attached to the report. This radio station can be called a long-liver.
The first confirmation of the WMR I received in 1997. They broadcast
from South Africa at a frequency of 6290 kHz (Pavel Ivanov, Belgorod,
Russia / "open_dx", QSL World, Rus-DX August 5 via DXLD)
** DENMARK. E-QSL from Danish pirate station - Radio OZNRH. The
program was transmitted on 29. 07. 2018 on 6310 kHz from Hillerod /
Denmark. You can see the confirmation here -
http://rusdx.blogspot.com/2018/07/p-irat-e-station-radio-oznrh.html
(Piotr Skorek, Poland, QSL World, Rus-DX August 5 via DXLD)
** DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. TVDX A2 Santo Domingo to Germany on Aug 3 Video
http://dx.3sdesign.de/temp/20180803-143741-A2-DOM.avi
-------------------------------------------------------
Jurgens posted on Skywaves: This afternoon Tele Antillas came in on
A2. This is a short video (35 MB), it's not streamable, so you need to
dl' it before playing. That way the quality remains unharmed.
Distance ~7600 km. VLC will open it and play it. There's not much
there to ID it in the video, but Santo Domingo is mentioned in the
audio by a YL announcer (Mike Bugaj, Enfield, CT, Aug 4, WTFDA gg via
DXLD)
** EAST TURKISTAN [and non]. 15445, August 4 at 0524, S5-S6 with
flutter in Russian, i.e. CRI via Kashgar; weaker signal sounds same on
15665, yes, CRI Russian via Urumqi.
Also have a JBA carrier on 15170, presumably Saudi Arabia, which in
previous more sunspotty summers would propagate well trans-midnite
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EGYPT. 9799.7, 2155, R Cairo, Talk on volcanoes, poor audio
quality, OM in English, 543, 06/07 DH
9879.7, 2140, R Cairo, Weather reports, poor audio, OM in English,
432, 22/07 (David Harris, Emsworth, Hants, UK, Realistic DX 394, 15m
long wire, Aug BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD)
Assuming no typos here, R. Cairo must have mis-tried to hit 9880
instead of 9800 on the second occasion, but both of them are minus 0.3
kHz (gh, DXLD)
** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 5005, Radio Nacional de Guinea Ecuatorial, Bata,
*0510-0533, 04-08, African songs. Weak, but clearly audible today.
15321. Also *0518-0527, 05-08, Extremely weak, only carrier detected
today (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol, Tecsun S-8800, cable
antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ETHIOPIA. 6090, 2050-2102* 4.8, Amhara State R, Geja Jewe, Amharic
(presumed) talk, Horn of Africa song, poetry with local music in
background, 2100 National Hymn. From *2055 QRM CNR 2. Best 73, (Anker
Petersen, Denmark, from Skovlunde on my AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres
of longwire, wbradio yg via DXLD)
** EUROPE. Reception of Russian Pirate Radio Europe on Shortwave,
August 4
from 0745 5836 unknown tx / unknown EaEu, non-stop Music, fair to good
from 0858 5836 unknown tx / unknown EaEu announcement Eng/Rus/Ger/Pol
Videos from May 1 on 5832v in English/Russian/German/Polish:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/08/russian-pirate-radio-europe-on.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, August 4, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** FINLAND. 11689.8, Scandinavian Weekend Radio, Virrat, 0540-0604,
04-08, pop songs, Finnish, comments, male, ID in English at 0600:
"Scandinavian Weekend Radio ...". 15321 and at moments 25322. Also
2017-2058*, 04-08, pop songs and comments in Finnish and English,
“Closing Ceremony”. 25322.
11719.9, Scandinavian Weekend Radio, Virrat, 0715-0725, 04-08, Finnish
comments, pop songs. 15321 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol,
Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
11689.88, 2020-2030 Sat 4.8, Scandinavian Weekend R, Virrat, Finnish
ann, English pop songs, 35343 // 5980.00 (25333). Best 73, (Anker
Petersen, Denmark, from Skovlunde on my AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres
of longwire, wbradio yg via DXLD)
The offset frequencies should be a big help in detecting it further
afield; other reports just say 11690 or 11720. Next: Sat Sept 1,
presumably starting 2100 UT Fri August 31 (gh, DXLD)
** FRANCE. 7220, August 1 at 0547, Dandal Kura via ISSoudun modulation
seems OK, unlike previously when it was nothing but humbuzz. However,
signal is weak in the noise tonight, so am not sure it be pristine.
9790, August 1 at 0547, RFI via ISSoudun is JBA carrier, so cannot
evaluate it; a different night than 7220, with much better
propagation, this transmitter was also humbuzzing (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WORLLD OF RADIO 1942, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
5950, 01 Ago, 2003, Portadora com forte zumbido com modulação
inaudível e distorcida. A modulação distorcida parece ser em francês
que é confirmada ao ouvir no SDR de Twente. Só pode ser KBS em francês
desde Issoudun (Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana Bahia, 12 14´S 38 58´W
- Brasil, Tecsun PL-310ET, Antenna dipole of 25 meters-direction
northeast-southwest, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1942, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
Issoudun faulty transmitter --- Issoudun appears to be alternating the
use of the faulty transmitter to different services almost on a daily
basis. I heard it using 13695 earlier this week for RFI French around
0645 UT with a strong signal during another sporadic E boost to its
signals. This time there was more of a background whistle rather than
a buzz (Noel R Green (NW England), Aug 2, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO
1942, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
NHK Radio Japan, instead of Dandal Kura Radio via TDF Issoudun, Aug 3
1800-2000 11830 ISS 100 kW / 167 deg CeAf Japanese NHK World R. Japan,
instead of
1800-2000 11830 ISS 100 kW / 167 deg CeAf Kanuri Dandal Kura Radio
International
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/08/radio-japan-instead-of-dandal-kura.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, August 3, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Today August 5 humbuzz from 0600 on 11910 Dandal Kura Radio
International (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, WORLD OF RADIO 1942, WOR iog)
Dandal Kura Radio Int via MBR Issoudun on August 4
But with buzzing audio of faulty transmitter in Issoudun August 5
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/08/dandal-kura-radio-int-via-mbr-issoudun.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, ibid.)
9790, August 6 at 0552, RFI in French, S4-S5 with big humbuzz from
defective TDF Issoudun transmitter; tonight another frequency from
there, 7220 with Dandal Kura is S9 and clear. Some other night, it
could be the bad one (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1942, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Radio Taiwan International via damaged tx Issoudun, August 5
1900-2000 13835 ISS 500 kW / 185 deg NWAf French Sun, buzzing audio:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/08/radio-taiwan-international-via-damaged.html
(Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, WORLD OF RADIO 1942, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GERMANY. Hello and welcome to the August edition of Listening Post.
I often ask myself if I have a favourite programme or station that I
listen to on shortwave. I always conclude that I do not, but rather
that I have a group of programmes that I try not to miss and will
attempt to listen to at least once a month. However, within that group
are a select few programmes that I try to listen to most weeks
(reception conditions permitting).
Three such programmes that I try to catch every week are from Radio
Ohne Namen’s Here We Go! and two programmes produced and presented by
Bill Tillford: From The Isle of Music (FTIOM) and Uncle Bill’s Melting
Pot (UBMP). Owing to a block-booking on Channel 292 by Overcomer
Ministry, Here We Go! was bumped from its Wednesday morning 0800 UT
slot on 25 July to a new time of 1800 UT on Tuesday 24th. However, I
thought that was a great change as it meant that there was a 2½ hour
continuous segment comprising all three of the above programs. Radio
Ohne Namen has since confirmed that 1800 UT on Tuesday has now become
a new permanent slot for the programme.
As I am finalising this edition of Listening Post on 24 July, I am
listening to 6070 kHz from 1800 to 2030 UT and have enjoyed some
1930’s German big-band music, followed by some great Cuban jazz music
on FTIOM with Cuban Jazz saxophone artist Michel Herrera. There are
some interviews in Spanish (which I don’t understand), but this
doesn’t matter as there was plenty of music also.
Finally, UBMP had its usual eclectic selection of music at 2000 – this
week I enjoyed some very entertaining Assyrian music from different
countries, suggested it seems by Alexandra the Romanian belly dancer.
You never know what you will hear in this slot – anything from
Vietnamese acid (which I heard a few weeks ago) to music dedicated to
vegetables, including music played on carrots and other edible
instruments (which I heard last week).
By the way, upcoming highlights during August of FTIOM will include:
rising Cuban Jazz trumpeter Yasek Manzano; Roxana Iglesias, the leader
of the Fusion group Frasis; and Ricardito Rivera, lead vocalist with
Los Latinos & Conjunto Rumbavana in the 70s and 80s and still active.
FTIOM is scheduled:
Sunday 1500-1600 on 9400 kHz via Bulgaria
Tuesday 0000-0100 on 7490 kHz via WBCQ;
Tuesday 1900-2000 and Saturday 1200-1300 on 6070 via Channel 292,
Germany
Meanwhile, upcoming highlights of UBMP during August will include an
episode of music from the DPRK, a Bluegrass episode, an episode of Ska
from Eastern Europe and a week of international potpourri.
UBMP is scheduled:
Sundays 2200-2230 on 7490 via WBCQ
Tuesdays 2000-2030 on 6070 via Channel 292, Germany
(Listening Post with Alan Roe, Aug BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD)
** GERMANY. Fair signal of New Shortwave Radio, August 3:
2000&2155 on 3975 WIS 001 kW / non-dir to NWEu English
2000&2155 on 6160 WIS 001 kW / non-dir to NWEu English
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/08/fair-signal-of-new-shortwave-radio-for.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, August 3, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
6160, Short Wave Radio de., 2033-2050, 03-08, pop songs and comments
in English, “This is a new sound on short wave to Europe”, “Test
transmission”. // 3975. 25333 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in
Friol, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** GERMANY. 19100. 0445 BVB, Nauen. Day of Decision Ministry in
English // 9550 [x2 harmonic] 353 08/07 (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria
Sony ICF2001D & VEF201, Ant Folded Marconi 16m, August BDXC-UK
Communication via WORLD OF RADIO 1942, DXLD)
** GREECE. 8424-CW, August 2 at 0102, dash and DE SVO, over and over,
i.e. Olympia Radio, Athens, one of the few CW stations left on SW.
2002 Klingenfuss Guide had it on 8423. Primarily a broadcast DXer, I
don`t always bandscan utilities, but now with WLO QRT, nary a dit of
CW markers are to be heard on the fixed or marine bands, so this one
is welcome. Among lots of open space, one still hears mostly modes
unreadable to the ear, fax, RTTY and more complex digitals (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1942, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also USA:
AAM 13508
** GREECE. I’ll continue this month with a short account of a few
programmes that I listened to via an overnight recording on my SDR
radio. On this occasion, I recorded the ten hours of programming from
2000 to 0600 UT, in a frequency span covering approximately 5000-10000
kHz on the night of 14-15 July. Many more stations than listed here
were logged, but here are just a few programmes that I heard.
The Voice of Greece was heard throughout the night from 2010 tune-in
with mostly typically Greek music on 9420kHz, although there were
several short breaks in transmission either side of 2300 UT. 9420
remains one of my “go-to” frequencies in the evenings for background
music, and I have dipped in-and-out of the ten hours that I recorded
many times. 0300 UT marks the start of the new day’s programming with
the Voice of Greece interval signal, several ID’s (including an ID in
English “This is Athens. You are listening to the
Voice of Greece.”), and the National Anthem (Listening Post with Alan
Roe, Aug BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD)
** GUINEA. 9650, Radio Guinée, Conakry, 0740-0805, 04-08, African
songs, French, comments, ID “Radio Guinée, 90.0 FM, Le Grande Maison”,
“La Matinale”, at 0800 news. 45444. Also *0635-0810, 05-08, African
songs, French, comments, ID “Radio Guinée, le marque de savoir-faire”,
“Radio Guinée, responsabilité”, “Radio Guinée, 90.0 FM”. “Radio Guinée
la grande maison”, at 0730 Catholic program “Le Jour du Seigneur”.
44444 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol, Tecsun S-8800, cable
antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ``90.0``
presumably pronounced: ``quatre-vingts-dix virgule zéro`` (gh, DXLD)
** HONDURAS. PUEBLO LENCA EN LA PAZ SURCA Y COSECHA SU PROPIA VOZ
“RADIO GUINAKIRINA” --- 03/08/2018
En medio de las concesiones del imperio de “la aurora” que cerca los
bienes comunes del pueblo lenca; Abajo desde el sueño de una
organización hasta uno y varios puntos del mundo, un grupo de jóvenes
aceptó el reto de surcar la comunicación comunitaria y cosechó una
radio, una Guinakirina.
Resultado de imagen para Radio Guinakirina [caption]
“Guinakirina”, que en español significa “La Voz del Pueblo Lenca”, es
la propuesta radial del Movimiento Independiente Indígena Lenca de La
Paz-Honduras (MILPAH) para escuchar sus posturas, denuncias o una que
otra complacencia musical que oriente al tema de los derechos humanos
indígenas, de la radio que se ubica en el municipio de Marcala, a unos
20 kilómetros de la cabecera del departamento de La Paz, en la zona
centro-occidente del país.
Felipe Benítez y Donatila Girón, quienes forman parte de MILPAH,
describieron esta nueva alternativa de comunicación que el pasado 28
de mayo inició sus primeras transmisiones.
Ambos le comentaron a Conexihon.hn, el surgimiento de esta siembra
radial, misma que fue posible gracias al apoyo de la organización
Amnistía Internacional (AI), que capacitó a 12 jóvenes que mantienen
el interés por producir, locutar y hacer eco donde el pueblo lenca
quiera hacerse escuchar.
“Le quisimos poner Guinakirina porque estamos en un proceso de
recuperación sobre nuestra lengua original materna, que tanto se
perdió y una de las formas que la radio tenga éxito es rescatar
nuestra identidad como pueblo lenca”, afirmó Girón, quien forma parte
del equipo humano de la radio.
Los 12 comunicadores sociales miembros de MILPAH fueron capacitados
por Amnistía Internacional y concluyeron la formación produciendo
material radiofónico para salir al aire a través de la dirección web
http://www.radioguinakirina.org
que desde el primer día logró audiencia.
Una radio en internet es la alternativa ya que, de acuerdo con el
mapeo del Sistema Integrado de Telecomunicaciones y Administración del
espectro (SINTAE), el espectro radioeléctrico mapeado para la zona
número dos, en los departamentos de Comayagua, Intibucá y La Paz se
dispersan 96 estaciones sólo en Frecuencia Modulada (FM), de las que
13 están dentro del territorio “paceño”, pero ninguna es comunitaria.
Y este es, según Felipe Benítez, coordinador general de MILPAH, el
principal propósito de la radio con voz del pueblo lenca, romper el
cerco mediático “donde sólo se escucha los medios serviles al sistema
capitalista”.
Contamos con gente animada en el proyecto de la radio y existe
conciencia para denunciar desde nuestros propios medios la situación
de violaciones a derechos humanos que sufrimos como pueblo lenca,
puntualizó Felipe Benítez.
La programación fue sonando desde el 15 de mayo de este año. Un día
antes, comenzó la capacitación de los y las jóvenes, al calor del
taller, recordar la fundación de MILPAH, sumada la situación de
violación a los territorios y los derechos humanos del pueblo lenca es
que iniciaron comunicando por medio de la “Guinakirina”, expresaron
Felipe y Donatila.
Un diplomado de creación y producción de radios por internet con
Amnistía Internacional, el 15, 16 y 17 de mayo reciente, fue el inicio
de una siembra de la que ya empiezan a ver sus frutos en tierra
liberada y defendida por el pueblo lenca de La Paz.
Girón, al regresar del espacio dónde se encuentra “resguardado” el
equipo de la radio, comentó que desde el 28 de mayo iniciaron pequeñas
transmisiones que llegaron a ciertas colonias del municipio.
“Nuestra visión es que la información que producimos llegue a diversas
partes del mundo desde nuestra radio web”, amplió la comunicadora
social.
Aunque el proceso de comunicación no sea continuo - reconoce la
lideresa lenca - debido a la carencia de un fondo - económico - que
permita que los y las jóvenes puedan trasladarse desde sus aldeas
hacia Marcala, donde opera la radio; Sin embargo, el entusiasmo y las
ganas no las pierden, se mantienen expectantes para iniciar la
siguiente transmisión.
Para Felipe, el tener como organización sus propios medios de
comunicación suma a las tres prioridades que tienen desde MILPAH;
junto al tema de juventudes y el papel de la mujer lenca, que ha sido
invisibilizada por el dominio patriarcal capitalista “aún cómo hombres
nosotros ponemos barreras que tenemos que romper”.
Dentro del proyecto de asistencia en la formación que dio Amnistía
Internacional, se solicitó capacitar a las y los jóvenes, ya que son
quienes pasan al tanto con la tecnología, puntualizó Donatila Girón.
“Se trata de cómo los jóvenes pueden utilizarlo - equipo - como algo
importante. Es nuestro interés que no usen el internet en cosas que no
son importantes y una mejor manera de utilizar esta herramienta es que
ellas y ellos mandaran información de la actualidad del pueblo lenca
al mundo”, agregó.
Otro de los objetivos de una radio vista, producida y hablada por
jóvenes es retirarlos de la idea que existe progreso especialmente
para los hombres dentro de un batallón policial o militar, al no tener
cómo sobrevivir.
Por ello, hacer comunicación para el pueblo lenca es buscar “otras
formas de vida” y que no vayan a ser parte de quienes reprimen al
pueblo. Desde el golpe de Estado del 2009 matan a las juventudes,
matan su pensamiento al uniformarlos de verde o azul, expuso Donatila.
A pesar de los logros, existen detalles que impiden una jornada diaria
de transmisiones de la Radio “Guinakirina”. Al ser una radio en línea,
necesitan una mayor señal de internet, pero actualmente se gestionan
la instalación de por lo menos un rauter más, que abastezca su señal y
este sea exclusivo para la “Voz del pueblo lenca”.
Pero Donatila Girón ve más a futuro, y trabajan para tener una radio
con frecuencia en el dial, ya que al pueblo lo protege el Convenio 169
de la Organización Internacional del Trabajo OIT, sobre los Pueblos
Indígenas y Tribales, y estos jóvenes ya formados son de gran
beneficio para este proyecto. Ellos hacen perfectamente la labor de
comunicación y su potencial es muy importante para este proyecto.
“Me preguntan ¿cuándo seguimos? ¿cómo hacemos? Por lo que estamos
tratando de darle seguimiento a ellos y a la radio”, afirmó sonriente
Donatila.
Pensar en una frecuencia de radio no es imposible, salvo por las
barreras impuestas por la estatal Comisión Nacional de
Telecomunicaciones (CONATEL) para democratizar el espectro
radioeléctrico con más oportunidades para el sector comunitario.
Sin embargo, sólo en el departamento de La Paz, específicamente en el
municipio de San José existe Radio Suyaguare, como medio comunitario,
producido por la Central Nacional de Trabajadores del Campo (CNTC).
Al respecto, el artículo 27 del convenio 169 de la OIT, insta a los
gobiernos a que reconozcan el derecho de los pueblos “a crear sus
propias instituciones y medios de educación, siempre que tales
instituciones satisfagan las normas mínimas establecidas por la
autoridad competente en consulta con esos pueblos. Deberán
facilitárseles recursos apropiados con tal fin”.
En su visita al país en 2012, el entonces Relator de Naciones Unidas
para la Libertad de Expresión, Frank La Rue, recomendó al gobierno de
Porfirio Lobo Sosa (2010-2014) garantizar “la revisión de la Ley Marco
del Sector Telecomuicaciones de conformidad con las normas
internacionales de los derechos humanos, la concesión equitativa del
usufructo y manejo de las frecuencias”.
El informe de la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH)
del año 2015 sobre Honduras, puntualizó observaciones hechas por
representantes de los pueblos garífuna e indígena, quiénes hacen
referencia que el marco regulatorio “no reconoce las costumbres
tradicionales y formas de organización social y uso del territorio
propia de sus pueblos y que impactan de manera desproporcionada el
ejercicio de sus derechos a la libertad de expresión, información y
cultura, en contravención del Convenio 169 de la OIT”.
“Los medios comunitarios deben beneficiarse de procedimientos
equitativos y sencillos para la obtención de licencias, no deben tener
que cumplir con requisitos tecnológicos o de otra índole que supongan
barreras desproporcionadas de acceso a las licencias, y en su
funcionamiento no deben ser objeto de tratamientos diferenciados”,
cita un fragmento de una Declaración Conjunta de los Relatores
Especiales de la ONU, OEA, OSCE (Organización para la Seguridad y
Cooperación en Europa) y la Comisión Africana en 2007.
En el mismo sentido, la existencia de pueblos indígenas en distintas
regiones de Honduras hace necesario legislar para facilitar mecanismos
de acceso a las frecuencias expeditos y con requisitos administrativos
mínimos, adecuados para sus formas organizativas.
No obstante, en los últimos años, excesivas multas, hostigamiento y
procesos penales contra radios comunitarias de los pueblos originarios
del país, son una constante y con ello continúa cerrado el acceso a
frecuencias para fines comunitarios de voces populares que su grito de
denuncia es sordo en un país cuyo control de las comunicaciones recae
en un organismo controlado por el propio presidente de la República
como es CONATEL.
Sin embargo, el pueblo lenca de La Paz sigue con la idea de instalar
su voz en la radiodifusión nacional no sólo con “la Guinakirina”, sino
con otros proyectos a nivel de municipios para contrarrestar la aurora
que oscurece los bienes comunes de la (tomada de
http://www.conexihon.hn/index.php/libertad-de-expresion/730-pueblo-lenca-en-la-paz-surca-y-cosecha-su-propia-voz-radio-guinakirina
via GRA blog via DXLD)
It`s a webcaster only, but want to get a radio frequency (gh)
** INDIA. 5040, AIR Jeypore, 1257, July 31. Indigenous music and
subcontinent music; unusually good signal for the summertime. My audio
http://goo.gl/k3phzt
(Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long
wire, WOR iog via DXLD)
** INDIA. 15040, 1250, All India R, Bangaluru, YL with Russian ID at
s/on, then talk, 343, 14/07 (Michael L Ford Newcastle-u-Lyme, Staffs
NRD515, NCM515, NRD545, 85' lw, Wellbrook 330ALA loop, BDXC-UK
Communication via DXLD)
??? 15040 at 1250 should be amid AIR Chinese, and jamming. AIR Russian
is only at 1615-1715 on 15140 et al. (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** INDIA. 6140, August 2 at 0045, JBA music and talk, no match for S8
storm noise peaks. Strixe me as a frequency usually unoccupied.
Aoki/NDXC shows nothing on 6140 between 2357 and 0830. But EiBi has:
``6140 0025-0430 IND All India Radio GOS UR PAK a`` = Aligarh site
HFCC:
``6140 0000 0430 41N ALG 250 282 0 146 1234567 250318 281018 D 6075
Urd IND AIR AIR 16043``
And VU2JOS, entry in red with a*terisk as a change from B-17:
``6140 * 250 Aligarh Uttar Pradesh N 0025-0430 Urdu (Pakistan) (Ex
6145/9620)`` N is for the zone in India of transmitter location =
north (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. All India Radio, Bangalore has re-commissioned its 500 KW
DRM SW transmitter with effect from 3rd August, 2018. DRM
transmissions were off air since 27th Feb 2017 as the main tube
failed. Tentative schedule in DRM mode :
European Beam at 320 deg
1820-2230 UT (2350-0400 IST) - 7550 kHz
Japanese beam at 90 deg
2245-0045 UT (0415-0615 IST) - 7550 kHz
Please monitor & post your reception reports to :
rajendiran45@yahoo.com and spectrum-manager@air.org.in
On air with 2 programs (GOS-IV & Vividh Bharati) during check at 1840
UT, 4th August, 2018 (Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, dx_india yg via WORLD
OF RADIO 1942, DXLD)
Recordings of AIR Bangalore DRM 7550 kHz today
Hello! Please find 3 recordings made this morning in the facebook
links given below: (No Audio due to weak signals, I am not in target
area).
You can see time in UT on Digital clock in the video
Recording 1:
7550 kHz at 0553 hrs IST of 6 Aug 2018 (0023 UTC)
https://www.facebook.com/vu2jos/videos/1993177920702044/
Recording 2:
7550 kHz at 0539 hrs IST of 6 Aug 2018 (0009 UTC)
https://www.facebook.com/vu2jos/videos/1993163740703462/
Recording 3:
7550 kHz at 0528 hrs IST of 6 Aug 2018 (2358 UTC 5 Aug 2018)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/permalink/1787423927990662dxindia/
Yours sincerely, (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur
Radio, Hyderabad, India, Aug 6, dx_india yg via DXLD)
All India Radio AIR 7550 kHz DRM since 03-Aug-2018:
1745-2230 UT to Europe
2245-0045 UT to Asia
Channel 1 = GOS-IV
Channel 2 = VIVIDH BHARATI
Find more details in the updated DRM Shortwave Schedule:
http://ab27.bplaced.net/drm.pdf
(-- Alexander Busneag, Germany, WOR iog via DXLD)
I can see what I presume as a DRM signal on 7550 kHz (6 August at 1830
UT) - but it is way too weak for me to be able to decode (Alan Roe,
Teddington, UK, ibid.)
Hi Alan, It's coming in well here in north west England at the moment,
probably just the skip zone is still a bit unfavourable to you at this
time. There is also another strong station on 7540 which may be having
some negative effects, that goes off at 1900 so it might improve a bit
after that (Alan Gale, 1855 UT, ibid.)
Thanks, Alan, The DRM signal is slightly stronger now (at 1905 UT),
but still far too weak to decode. I'll try again in an hour or so and
see if there is any improvement later (Alan Roe, ibid.)
Now receiving AIR DRM (6 August 2200 UT) on 7550 kHz with frequent
dropouts, although signal is improving. Channel 1 has extremely low
audio (to the point of being almost inaudible), but good audio on
Channel 2. BTW - Channel 2 is transmitting the Indian classical music
from the Ragaam Service, with announcements and ID in English and
Hindi (although the transmitted DRM info shows Vividh Bharati) (Alan
Roe, Teddington, UK, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1942, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** INDIA. I&B MINISTRY AND MEA AT ODDS OVER ALL INDIA RADIO EXTERNAL
SERVICE --- AIR is a broadcast arm of public broadcaster Prasar
Bharati and anchors the external services division (ESD).
INDIA Updated: Aug 06, 2018 07:31 IST
Smriti Kak Ramachandran Hindustan Times, New Delhi
https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/i-b-ministry-and-mea-at-odds-over-all-india-radio-external-service/story-k8CDvm9gmYSJ4gDzuYrHiK.html
The external services division of All India Radio (AIR) is caught in a
turf war between the ministry of information and broadcasting (MIB),
which runs it and the ministry of external affairs (MEA), which is
expected to fund it.
While the MIB wants the service to continue and even expand; MEA has
been suggesting shutting down the programmes, pointing out that the
service offered through short wave transmission has outlived its
utility and does not attract listeners abroad, said an MIB official
aware of the developments.
According to this MIB official, the service, which was started soon
after the outbreak of World War II has emerged as a bone of contention
between the two ministries, as the cost of running the shows is high
and the MEA has been unwilling to pick the tab.
AIR is a broadcast arm of public broadcaster Prasar Bharati and
anchors the external services division (ESD).
“As per the Prasar Bharati Act, which was passed in Parliament, the
external services division has to be completely funded by the MEA.
However, the ministry has not paid since the service started, despite
the fact that it plays a crucial role in diplomacy and outreach,” an
official of the Prasar Bharati said.
The official said the broadcaster has also raised the issue of
revamping the infrastructure with the MIB, pointing out how the
installations are outdated and need replacement. “The MIB too has not
released funds for replacement of equipment,” the official said.
On the need for the service, the official said feedback from
listeners’ abroad acts as “eyes and ears of the government” and allows
them a peek into perceptions abroad. “The short wave transmitters are
used to send content meant to popularise and propagate Indian point of
view on contentious issues,” the official said.
Another official of Prasar Bharati said feedback on issues raised by
Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his radio show Man Ki Baat; policy
decisions or bilateral issues are duly shared with the PMO, MEA and
the home ministry.
“The feedback that we received during the trial of Kulbhushan Jhadav
(Indian national accused of being a spy by Pakistan) gave us a
valuable insight into what people abroad, including in Pakistan felt
about the issue,” he said.
To keep the service alive, AIR has asked the MEA to pay Rs 97 crore
for the financial years 2017-18 and 2018-19 and the same amount going
forward year on year, but so far the MEA has so far not responded.
According to the information provided by AIR about the service, the
external broadcasts were started on October 1, 1939 “purely as a tool
for propaganda for the Allies during the World War II with a service
in Pushto language to counter the German Radio Blitzkrieg in the
region and supplement the efforts by the BBC in this part of the
world.”
Since then, the service offers news bulletins and other programmes
across 108 countries in 27 languages as a “vital link between India
and rest of the World, specially with those countries where the
interest of India are intertwined because of Indian population”, AIR
website says.
The foreign language services include Arabic, Baluchi, Burmese,
Chinese, Dari, French, Indonesian, Persian, and Baloch; plans are
under way to start services in German, Japanese and Bhutanese.
A former Prasar Bharati official who had concurred with MEA’s
suggestion to shut down the service told HT: “No one outside India
ever hears Akashvani external services — over short wave or medium
wave. It’s a waste of public funds. A few years ago as a test case we
had asked a few ambassadors to give us feedback on the popularity of
the shows; at least two wrote back saying that the frequencies of the
programmes in their respective countries could not be found.”
This official went on to add that maintaining short wave transmission
installation is a huge drain on the exchequer as they “guzzle power”
and the equipment is “expensive to maintain.”
While an official of the MEA, requesting anonymity said the issue of
shutting down the service is “under consideration”, director general
of AIR F Shehryar said the biggest problem being faced by the division
is that the infrastructure has not been upgraded.
Declining to comment on whether the service is being shut down, he
said: “We have not been able to replace about three-decade old short
wave transmitters which are directed to beam signal to the strategic
locations. Usually one transmitter has a life of 8-10 years and once
they cross this limit, the valves go off and the transmitters stop
catering to the service area.” Posted by: (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, Aug 7,
dx_india yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1942, DXLD)
** INDONESIA. On Sun, 29 Jul 2018 at 20:18, Alan Davies wrote:
``Here in Denpasar, Bali, about 140 km from the epicentre near the
north coast of Lombok, the quake was strong enough to shake buildings
and cause alarm to residents and domestic animals around 2248 UTC on
28 July (0648 local time on 29 July). From Lombok's main city on the
island's west coast, Radio Republik Indonesia Mataram Pro-1 continues
to operate as usual on its mediumwave frequency of 855 kHz.``
There were a couple more strong quakes centred in northern Lombok this
evening which were also felt strongly in Bali.
RRI Mataram 855 kHz is currently off the air, but it quite often goes
silent anyway on Saturdays and/or Sundays and I don't know if its
absence this time is earthquake-related or not. There are widespread
power outages reported tonight around the island of Lombok, which has
been hit very hard over the last couple of weeks (- Alan Davies, 1411
UT Aug 5, WOR iog via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
The death toll for the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that struck Indonesia
on Sunday has risen to 91. Thousands of homes have collapsed, and
tourists are being evacuated from nearby islands.
https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/breaking-second-straight-sunday-indonesia-dealt-blow-by-deadly-earthquake/70005689
(via Mike Terry, Aug 6, ibid.)
** INDONESIA. 3325, Voice of Indonesia, via RRI Palangkaraya, 1300,
July 30. Intro to the hour in English; still with "9-5-2-5 kilohertz"
frequency; news; 1319, promo for the VOI 2018 quiz for free trip to
Indonesia; "Commentary"; 1325-1328 "Today in History"; not very
readable (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100'
long wire, WOR iog via DXLD) See also BOUGAINVILLE
** INDONESIA. 3325, Voice of Indonesia, via RRI Palangkaraya, 1058,
Aug 4. Unusual propagation, with VOI many times stronger than very
weak NBC Bougainville; contact info in English; into Chinese; later at
1145 found both mixing together about equal strength. Have yet to hear
any "Exotic Indonesia" programs, as noted via VOI in past years (Ron
Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire,
WOR iog via DXLD)
** INDONESIA. Alert DX: RRI NABIRE? 7300 kHz
Alert DX: RRI NABIRE? 7300 kHz
https://youtu.be/rj62I1QIDlI
(via Daniel Wyllyans, Aug 1, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via WORLD OF
RADIO 1942, WOR iog via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Axually 7289.92 on the 26-minute clip which starts out nothing but
noise. About 12 minutes in, briefly switches to clear music, webfeed
check?? At 19 in, clear Qur`an which seems to match the SW audio. I do
not see any time of recording on this Perseus clip.
Nabire is not in current Aoki on any frequency. It`s still in WRTH
2018 as inactive on 7290v at 2200-2300 & 0500-0830v. Without any
times, inactive night frequency was 6125. MW is [coincidentally?] 729
kHz, reported in June 2018 from Australian DX News monitors.
Ron Howard reported it in *2016*, here via DSWCI DX Window: INDONESIA
7289.93, RRI Nabire, 0922-0957*, Jul 18, light music. Unusual
reception, due to actually hearing audio here. (Howard) Note the close
match in exact frequency to the new report.
Atsunori Ishida`s now dormant website showed it last (barely?) heard
July 31, 2016:
http://rri.jpn.org/dat/html/2016/2016-08.html
(Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1942, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Exelente informação. 73 (Daniel Wyllyans, HCDX via WORLD OF RADIO
1942, DXLD)
Very good news! Here is a clear ID (“Programa Satu, Radio Republik
Indonesia Nabire”) on my 2012 audio, at 0:12 -
http://goo.gl/N36LHM
(Ron Howard, California, WOR iog via DXLD)
7289.92, RRI Nabire, reactivated on SW. 0808-1026*, Aug 2. Decent
signal, but up against summertime QRN (static). Also heard at the same
time today by Dave Valko (PA - USA). My edited audio at
http://goo.gl/yu3ZNL
Highlights:
0808-0900: Mostly non-stop songs; very few announcements.
0900-0910: Reciting from the Qur'an.
0910-1013: Mostly non-stop songs, with ID at 0931 (able to only hear
"Radio Republik Indonesia").
1013-1026*: Indigenous music, into monologue, till suddenly cut off.
There are probably two good reasons why this has been reactivated now.
It will be recalled that August 17 is Independence Day (Hari Merdeka)
in Indonesia.
Also Aug 18 through Sept 2, Jakarta and Palembang will host the 18th
Asian Games
https://en.asiangames2018.id/
which will hold major sporting events. Worth checking for other re-
activations this month (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1,
antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1942, DXLD)
Nabire is on the north coast of Papua, ex-Irian Jaya, at the bottom of
the bay called Teluk Cenderawasih, unless that name has been changed
too since 1997. In the same province are several towns with
recognizable ex-SW stations: Serui, Manokwari, Sorong, Wamena, Merauke
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1942, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Thanks very much to "DFS" (Shimane, Japan), for today's (Aug 2)
audio/video of RRI Nabire -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5i0rSFxFIw
His audio is considerably better than mine. The ID I heard was
actually given at 0932:04 UT (on DFS's audio/video at 0:51). His audio
also contains another clear ID at 2:00 (1002:55 UT). Wonderful to have
this station back on the air again! (Ron Howard, Aug 2, WOR iog via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
7289.92, RRI Nabire, 0815-0910*, Aug 3. Again with fairly good signal
strength, but strong summertime QRN (static) reduced the quality of
reception. Highlights:
0815-0824: Chatting with people at some event; background sounds.
0824: Clear ID ("Radio Republik Indonesia Nabire") and patriotic song
“Bagimu Negeri” (For You Our Country), a song composed in 1942, by
Kusbini
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIep7XkDPL8
followed by music program.
0901-0910*: Reciting from the Qur'an. Certainly no regular cut off
time noted so far (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1,
antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1942, DXLD)
7289.92, Pro 1 RRI Nabire, 0742 till off around 0940 or thereabout,
Aug 6 (Monday). Seems weekdays they are on the air longer (one hour?)
than weekends. Audio -
http://goo.gl/rSSP6c
with one minute of singing and one minute of reciting from the Qur'an,
along with summertime QRN/static. Highlights:
0742-0800: Young children singing various songs; non-stop.
0800-0817: ID “Programa Satu, Radio Republik Indonesia Nabire” (seems
they never give the "R-R-I" abbreviation in their IDs, as Pro 1 RRI
Palangkaraya did before VOI took over 3325), followed by the news.
Ending news with patriotic song “Bagimu Negeri,” which I find somewhat
strange. In past years the RRI stations in August normally played
“Dirgahayu Indonesiaku” all month long, after the news, instead of
“Bagimu Negeri,” due to their Independence Day being this month. Are
they waiting till the 17th to play it?
0817-0900: Middle Eastern type music/singing.
0900-0910: Reciting from the Qur'an.
Thanks very much to Dave Valko for the alert about the abbreviated
weekend schedule for RRI Nabire. I tuned in Aug 4 (Sat.), at 0939+ and
found them off the air; Aug 5 (Sun.), checking 0848+, with the same
results. Dave indicates on Aug 5, he did heard RRI at 0824, but it was
gone when recheck at 0846, which is what I also noted a few minutes
later. Safe to say their cut off time varies a great deal.
[non-log] 7289.92, Pro 1 RRI Nabire, Aug 7, started checking 0813+,
but clearly off the air. So which was it - a very early sign off or
not on the air at all? (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1,
antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1942, DXLD)
** INTERNATIONAL INTERNET. STRANGE, COOL AND WACKY SEARCH ENGINES
If you’ve Googled your last Google, Binged your last Bong or Yahooed
your last Yippee, then PC Tech Bytes has a great list of search
engines you might not have heard of.
https://www.pctechbytes.com/internet/search-engines/
(via Sheldon Harvey, Greenfield Park, Quebec, Aug Radio HF Internet
Newsletter via DXLD)
10 UNIQUE SEARCH ENGINES THAT SERVE VERY UNIQUE PURPOSES
From Life Hack, your Google searches just return slash-fiction, you
find Bing far from beautiful, and Yahoo is, well, Yahoo. Where do you
turn to find all that mega-specific information you needed for that
witty blog post? Have no fear: we’re here to help. This is a list of
10 of the most obscure, specific, niche search engines available on
the internet
https://www.lifehack.org/articles/technology/10-unique-search-engines-for-unique-purposes.html
(via Sheldon Harvey, Greenfield Park, Quebec, Aug Radio HF Internet
Newsletter via DXLD)
** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM. Decodificando sinais de satélite em orbita da
lua! Favor vejam aqui:
http://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/dslwp.htm
73 de (Roland PY4ZBZ, aug 5, radioescutas yg via DXLD)
** INTERNATIONAL WATERS [non]. CAROLINE --- special event ham station
GB5RC --- gb5radiocaroline from the Ross Revenge heard at 2330 UT on
3785 SSB [LSB?] at 59+30. Mentioned that the QSL info is on the
radiocaroline website. 73, (Jon Collins, Birmingham, middle of the UK,
Tecsun PL-660 + active ant, August 2, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
GB5RC from the Ross Revenge August 2-6
Martello Tower Group? @g0pkt Jul 29 [with photo]
https://twitter.com/g0pkt
The HF aerials are installed on Ross Revenge ready for GB5RC next
weekend. #gb5rc #radiocaroline (Martello Tower Group on Twitter via
Alan Pennington, Aug 3, bdxc-news iog via DXLD)
CQ. CQ. CQ. GB5RC calling! If these letters make sense to you along
with QRM and QRT and 73's (means best regards) then you have some
insight in to amateur radio. Thus you will also know what a SINPO is
and that the best one of these comes in at 55555.
This weekend the Martello Tower Group will be on the Ross Revenge,
seeing how many contacts they can make with amateur radio enthusiasts
across the world. Historically they have thousands of contacts each
time they run this yearly event.
The group consists of a small number of friends who have covered the
various costs from their own pockets and have made a generous donation
to Radio Caroline and have been given the callsign GB5RC to use. No
doubt they will be saying "fine business old man, see you futher down
the log" to many enthusiasts around the planet.
Radio Caroline, the former offshore radio station, now sending
multiple music streams on the internet...
http://radiocaroline.co.uk/#home.html
(via Mike Terry, August 4, WOR iog via DXLD)
Hi Mike, Many thanks for the heads-up. Any chance of a likely schedule
of bands, freqs and modes? Got limited time this weekend but I’d like
to have a lurk if possible. Cheers (Tom Crosbie, G6PZZ, ibid.)
** IRAN. 7425, August 2 at 0142, almost OC, but JBM with algo. I`m
hoping this will turn out to be a Greenville-B mixing product like IBB
used to provide, of the pre-Vatican open carrier on 7305 leapfrogging
over an adjacent Radio Martí transmitter on 7365 another 60 kHz higher
--- but no, no Vatican IS or Spanish is audible by 0148. Instead, HFCC
reminds us it is VIRI in Arabic, 500 kW, 289 degrees from Zahedan, all
the way from 1730 to 0230. Now if only they can manage to modulate it
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** JAPAN/OKINAWA. 8785-USB, Itoman Marine Radio, 1000, Aug 5. Thanks
again to Glenn for pointing out this one back in 2014; still being
heard with a good signal; in Japanese, assume giving the haul
information of each Okinawan fishery ship. Well heard more or less on
a daily basis. Thanks also to Takahito Akabayashi (Tokyo, Japan) for
his original info about this station (callsign JFE) and their mailing
address: Fishery Radio Communications Center of Okinawa Prefecture,
Nishizaki 1-4-11, Itoman City, Okinawa, 901-0305 Japan. Website (in
Japanese) -
http://www.okinawa-jfe.jp/
My audio at
http://goo.gl/Vcxfkp
(Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long
wire, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1942, DXLD)
** JAPAN. 9595, R Nikkei 1 at 1430. J-pop, with a real dance club
beat. //s long gone by now, but on portable, 31 meters is VG, July 31
(Rick Barton, Logs from Central Arizona, Grundig Satellit 205(T5000) &
750; RS SW-2000629, HQ-180A, & ATS-909X with various outdoor wires. 73
and Good Listening....! - rb, WOR iog via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** JAPAN [non]. 11934.9, 1358, R Japan via Uzbekistan. Opening anns,
news in English, 232, 10/07 (Arthur Miller, Llandrindod Wells, Powys,
UK, JRC NRD 525, NRD 545, G5RV 40m long wire, Aug BDXC-UK
Communication via DXLD) Another site without frequency accuracy (gh)
** JAPAN [and non]. I’ll continue this month with a short account of a
few programmes that I listened to via an overnight recording on my SDR
radio. On this occasion, I recorded the ten hours of programming from
2000 to 0600 UT, in a frequency span covering approximately 5000-10000
kHz on the night of 14-15 July. Many more stations than listed here
were logged, but here are just a few programmes that I heard.
I often tune to NHK Radio Japan’s Japanese service between 1800-1900
where there is a relay of their overnight Japanese service called Late
Night Radio or Radio Deep Night Flight (depending on how Google
chooses to translates it) which runs from 11.15pm to 5am Japanese time
– i.e. 1415-2000 UT. The segment from about 1810 to 1858 usually
includes a music programme – which is usually themed in some way each
day, but the themes are very varied.
For example, on 16 July I tuned-in at 1830 on 11945 via Issoudun, and
enjoyed half an hour of what sounded like 1930’s music (or maybe
1950’s) music – it may have been from a featured artist, although I
can’t be sure. You never know what is going to be featured in this
slot – I have previously heard programmes dedicated to The Beatles,
and to David Bowie. Radio Deep Night Flight is daily 1800-1900 UT on
11945-iss, 13720-yam, and 15445-nau (Listening Post with Alan Roe, Aug
BDXC-UK Communication via WORLD OF RADIO 1942, DXLD)
** KOREA (NORTH). 15245, Voice of Korea; 1323-1332+, 8/1; Usual
assortment of stirring music with brief English announcements between.
SIO=252+; // 13760 SIO=343 with buzz burst QRM, best of the bunch;
// 9435 at QRN level & only QRN on listed 11710 (Harold Frodge,
Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 185' RW, ---- All logged by my ears, on
my receiver, in real time! ----, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I assume some of
this refer to self-inflicted Juche jammer bleed (gh, DXLD)
15180, August 4 at 0523, VP in Spanish, i.e. VOK, rather than totally
deadband in the nightmiddle (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
See also EAST TURKISTAN
** KOREA NORTH [non]. 6045, August 4 at 1240, K-pop at S9 but about
even with noise level. Aoki/NDXC shows Voice of Freedom with 4 x 5-
hour broadcasts between 1-hour breaks: 03-08, 09-14, 15-20, 21-02,
site Hwaseong. Matches WRTH 2018 but which adds alternate frequencies:
5920, 5940, 6020, 6135; ID: ``Yeogineun Jayu-eui Sori Bang-imnida``,
operated by Ministry of National Defense, presumed 10 kW. It`s one of
thirteen clandestine stations for DPRK, pp 514-517 (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
6045.0, Voice of Freedom, *0858, Aug 5. Started with music; "Frontier"
by Mr. Yang Bang-ean (Japanese name: Liang Kunihiko); YouTube of
"Frontier" at
https://youtu.be/vDd38LEu48Y
singing station ID; time pips. My audio at
http://goo.gl/6dVAsw
(Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long
wire, WOR iog via DXLD) Since moved back to 5920 per Ron Howard
** KOREA NORTH [non]. 9705, August 3 at 1346, poor S5-S8 in Japanese.
NDXC/Aoki shows it`s Furusato no Kaze at 1300-1357 daily via Tamsui
District, TAIWAN. This contra-abduxion service seems to be
proliferating with all these transmissions in Aoki:
1330-1400, 9705 Taiwan, 9455 Taiwan, 9950 Taiwan
1430-1500, 9960 Palau, 9450 Taiwan, 9560 Taiwan
1600-1630, 7335 Taiwan, 9470 Taiwan, 9960 Palau
1700-1730, 6155 Taiwan
Altho all this comes from victimized Japan, none of the broadcasts do;
except one more which qualifies, subordinate to the Shiokaze service:
1405-1435, 7325 Ibaragi, Japan
And the sibling broadcast in Korean, yet which has Nippon in its name:
Nippon no Kaze Ilbon-e Baram:
1300-1330, 9465 Taiwan, 9900 Taiwan, 9940 Taiwan
1500-1530, 9685 Taiwan, 9975 Palau, 7335 Taiwan
1530-1600, 9685 Taiwan, 9965 Palau, 7335 Taiwan
1630-1700, 7335 Taiwan
In all cases I`ve rounded off the end times from a minute or three
earlier (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH [non]. 7215, JAPAN. Shiokaze (opposition) at 1340. Huge
collision today - two stations, plus high pitched DPRK Jammer. I left
for 5 minutes returned to hearing only woman in Japanese over piano
music. The Chinese station (CRI via Xian) and Jammer not audible at
this time. Went off as scheduled at the top of the hour, leaving the
Jammer, which showed up after the Shiokaze carrier went off. - Fair
(ATS 909X and 9 foot vertical). August 1
7215, JAPAN, Shiokaze/Sea Breeze, 1300. Open carrier on the channel
before the hour. CRI (via Xian) opening with pips, familiar theme
music at the ToH. After just a second, familiar Shiokaze piano music
starts playing and W in (listed) Japanese begins speaking over music.
(I say listed as, tho I can recognize Japanese, the collision of the
two stations makes it hard to be sure today). - VG signal with major
CCI, August 4
7215, JAPAN, Shiokaze/Sea Breeze at 1330. I tuned in at the BoH just
to confirm they were there and, thankfully, they haven't changed the
piano music to some other tune. A man in Japanese was heard, then the
familiar (what I call) jailbreak alarm sound effect. They were on
today. Fair/Good. August 5 (Rick Barton, SW Logs from Central Arizona,
Grundig Satellit 205(T.5000) & 750; RS SW-2000629, & ATS-909X with
various outdoor wires. 73 and Good Listening....! - rb, WOR iog via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA SOUTH. 4885, Echo of Hope - VOH, 1221, Aug 5. Their usual
Sunday religious (Christian) songs, with soloists; is their normal
format. My 5 1/2 minute audio at
http://goo.gl/BGhsFW
Daily I hear this like a local station and is never jammed by N.
Korea! (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1,
antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via DXLD)
** KOREA SOUTH. 15575, KBS World Radio; 1338-1400+, 8/1; English chit-
chatty Korea features program; news, places to visit, things to do,
etc. 1357+ ID, sked, contact info & program notes. 1400 continued
in presume listed Korean. SIO=353; listed // 9570 covered by CRI in
English via Cuba (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 185' RW,
---- All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! ----, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
15575 - KBS World Radio, Kimjae, 1300 UT 05 Aug 2018 - Fair/good
signal from them this morning, local time, with weekend music program
playing Korean summer hits. OM DJ in English with multiple IDs and
contact info. This is one of the best signals I have heard for this
broadcast in quite awhile. Good S6/7 with slight QRM and moderate
flutter/fades (Stephen C Wood, Harwich, Mass., Perseus SDR, 20 x 40
terminated superloop antenna, hauula7@comcast.net WOR iog via DXLD)
** KUWAIT. 15530, 0500, R Kuwait. Anthem, English s/on, daily program
about Islam, 453 22/07
15530, 0600, R Kuwait. 9 o’clock news in English, weather: very hot
48 -0800*, 353, 16/07
15530, 0655, R Kuwait. Pop, English ‘Youth Impact’ programme,
announced fqs 93.3, 963, 11970; 353 17/07 (Alan Pennington Caversham,
Berkshire AOR7030+ LW, bev, ALA1530 / Sony 7600GR, BDXC-UK
Communication via DXLD)
15530 0500 R Kuwait. Historical feature, Western pop music, English,
333 17/07 (Alan Roe, Teddington, Middx, Winradio G31, Elad FDM-S2,
SDRPlay RSP/17m lw, ibid.)
17550.00, August 6 at 2133, JBA carrier from presumed R. Kuwait in
Arabic toward California, not way low as previously caught by me and
Ivo. Need to keep an ear on this for English at 20-21 as happened at
least once, per Ivo Ivanov:
``Strong signal of Radio Kuwait in English/Arabic on 17549.7, July 29
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/08/strong-signal-of-radio-kuwait-in.html
2000-2100 17549.7 KBD 250 kW / 350 deg ENAm English, instead of Arabic
2100-2400 17549.7 KBD 250 kW / 350 deg ENAm Arabic Gen Sce, as sched``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KYRGYZSTAN [and non]. See start of UNIDENTIFIED re TWR secret site
** LIBERIA. 6050, 01 Ago, 2012, LIBÉRIA, Radio ELWA em inglês. OM
fala. Às 2023 fala de OM bem exaltada com menções a Deus. Às 2034 OM
fala com ID e contatos. Na mesma frequência uma sequência de música
clássica que eu identifico como sendo a PBS Xizang, confirmada pela
audição da transmissão em paralelo em 7240. O sinal melhora a partir
das 2025. Sinal razoável com moderada QRM da PBS, moderado fading.
Gravação da escuta:
http://www.ipernity.com/doc/107414/47082058
73 (Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana Bahia, 12 14´S 38 58´W - Brasil,
Tecsun PL-310ET, Antenna dipole of 25 meters-direction northeast-
southwest, WOR iog via DX LISTENING DIGEST) The CCI from Tibet makes a
fast SAH (gh, DXLD)
** MADAGASCAR. 6190, 02 Ago, 0227, MADAGASCAR (Relay) KNLS em
espanhol. Música gospel às 0228. Às 0231 OM com ID e contatos. Hoje
conforme o esquema de transmissão das listas, em espanhol. Sinal
Razoável, moderado fading. 73 (Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana Bahia
12 14´S 38 58´W - Brasil, Tecsun PL-310ET, Antenna dipole of 25
meters-direction northeast-southwest, WOR iog via DXLD)
The other day they had put KNLS English during this hour. Anything in
Spanish from Madagascar World Voice is not really KNLS, which programs
from Alaska in English, Chinese and Russian only (gh, DXLD)
** MEXICO. New log - XEGEM-1600 --- Found on a Perseus recording from
last September:
1600, XEGEM, Metepec, MEX - 9/12/17, 0501 UT - Faded up over KAHZ and
KGST with high choral version of Mexican national anthem, as logged at
the Border Inn later that month. XEGEM has been the only Mexican
station on 1600 kHz for many years now. New, Estado de Mexico #3,
Mexico #307, station #1438 logged from the San Diego area. 73 (Tim
Hall, Chula Vista CA, Aug 3, 2018, ABDX yg via DXLD)
** MEXICO. RENACE RADIO MAYA INTERNACIONAL --- 04/08/2018
Comunicadores originarios de Quintana Roo relanzan Radio Maya
Internacional con el propósito de expandir el conocimiento de la
riqueza de una cultura que es regional, nacional y pretende impactar a
otras latitudes del mundo aunque aún no se sabe qué frecuencias
empleará y si utilizará la onda corta.
Resultado de imagen para pueblo Maya [capción]
Luego de casi 18 años de haber intentado por ocasión primera hacer un
ejercicio periodístico en las frecuencias cibernéticas con el mismo
nombre de marca Eduardo Aguilar, periodista de muchísimos años, a
pesar de su juventud, consiguió no sólo volver a aglutinar alrededor
de su iniciativa a los mejores y más connotados comunicadores de la
entidad, sino sumar voces desde el centro del país e incluso desde
planos internacionales muy diversos para conformar una programación
que habrá de expresarse durante 14 horas diarias a partir del próximo
13 de agosto.
La barra de programas será muy diversa desde los que hablan de estilo
de vida, ecosistema emprendedor, la esfera política, las vertientes
económicas, desde luego el turismo, la vida partidaria de la región,
las esferas nacionales e internacionales así como la cultura, la
música, el cine y el deporte pasando por el eje fundamental del
periodismo y la noticia.
Pero lo más importante: darán especial atención a la difusión de la
vida cultural para que la cultura maya ocupe el sitio que naturalmente
le corresponde en México y el mundo entero.
Radio Maya Internacional, nace como una iniciativa empresarial lanzada
desde la creatividad periodística con el compromiso incluso de
difundir, tanto por radio como por televisión por internet y Facebook
programas específicamente en lengua maya y durante las horas en las
que no tengan programación, entre las diez de la noche y las seis de
la mañana, serán retransmitidas emisiones pensadas específicamente
para radioescuchas europeos y asiáticos en idiomas que puedan ser
comprendidas por los receptores durante las mañanas o el día para el
viejo continente y algunos países asiáticos.
También tienen pensado incluso permitir que algunos programas puedan
expresarse en la lengua propia del gran caribe que es el Creole.
Eduardo Aguilar se ha asociado con Francisco Ramírez Castillo, un
joven funcionario público quien llegó a ser secretario ténico de la
Secretaría de la Contraloría y secretario del ayuntamiento Othon P.
Blanco. Francisco comprendió que es necesario luchar desde el terreno
de la comunicación para “vender” el mundo Maya al mundo y conseguir a
partir del entendimiento de las peculiaridades de la cultura milenaria
una forma de promover a la región y al país.
Esta iniciativa periodística, comprendida como una iniciativa
empresarial cuenta con el equipamiento necesario para poder transmitir
simultáneamente tanto radio como televisión por las frecuencias
cibernéticas y ofrecer su experiencia como producto a otras
radiodifusoras y televisoras de la península Yucateca.
No han iniciado formalmente y ya tienen en puerta un acuerdo con la
estación de Inglaterra en Belice la que establecerá un compromiso de
alimentar a RMI de información y tomar la que surja de esta
iniciativa. Otras alianzas con medios en la CDMX están en puerta.
Para iniciar cuenta ya con una sede propia y con equipamiento que
refleja una inversión superior a los 500 mil pesos para iniciar
independientemente de capital de trabajo para no tener problemas en lo
que resta del 2018 y el año entrante.
http://www.elfinanciero.com.mx
(via GRA blog via DXLD)
** MEXICO. RAYMIE`S MEXICO BEAT this week --- including DTV = TDT
A report in Proceso tonight
https://www.proceso.com.mx/545193/grupo-acir-e-imagen-interesados-en-adquirir-las-estaciones-de-radio-de-televisa
puts ACIR, Grupo Imagen and a consortium of private investors as the
leading groups to buy Televisa Radio.
Imagen would have fewer economic competition problems than ACIR,
stacked in primarily two cities: Guadalajara and Mexico City. In
Mexico City, Imagen would own eight radio and two TV stations; in
Guadalajara, it would have seven radio stations and its Imagen
transmitter.
Nothing is said of the identity of the private investors (Raymie
Humbert, Phœnix AZ, August 1, WTFDA Forum via DXLD)
Quote Originally Posted by Raymie
``It looks like a desire for potential buyers to control most of the
Televisa Radio stations might just get PRISA, the other half of
Televisa Radio, interested in selling its stake as well.
Finding that potential buyers in Televisa's stake would want more
control than just 50 percent, the Spanish media conglomerate is
exploring selling its own stake, according to Reuters (via El
Financiero), which cites two sources with knowledge of the matter.
PRISA had not been looking to sell, but they may cough up their
position in the radio company if they can get a good asking price.
PRISA declined comment to Reuters, while Televisa did not respond to
requests for comment from the news agency``
An interesting aspect of this is the very strong contract Prisa has
for the administration of the jointly owned properties; essentially
Televisa has no say in the operation for the duration of the
agreement. This was an easy commitment for Televisa to make, given the
many years of money-losing operations of the radio group under their
own ownership. Prisa can price its part of the company at a higher
price than the Televisa half as they have the operational control
(David Eduardo Gleason, La Quinta CA, ibid.)
That might explain why they were enticed to potentially sell given
buyers didn't feel they'd have enough control buying out Televisa's
stake.
———
From radio to television, it's time to check in with a process that's
moving faster than many of us might have thought it would. Repacking
is starting to take place in interior Mexico.
While for the last couple of years, a handful of stations mostly on
the border — and some early movers like the Edomex state network and
Televisa's Mexico City stations — had been given the green light for
new channel allotments, on April 25, the IFT approved the new
assignments for stations owned by Radiotelevisora de México Norte,
Televimex, and Televisión Azteca, combining to total 61 main stations
and 109 of their shadows. These documents have yet to be uploaded,
meaning repacking is starting to take place to allotments we do not
know of.
In Toluca, Televisa's change occurred last week, relocating XHTOL (39)
to 19, XHTOK (43) to 36, and shadow XEQ to 22 (matching Mexico City).
Querétaro's XHQCZ (40) is broadcasting advisories warning viewers a
rescan will be needed beginning Friday to continue watching it.
In March, the IFT approved new channels for about 55 main stations in
state networks, the SPR system, and independent operations, as well as
the shadows of XHGEM, dependent on a main station that had already
repacked, and XHTTG in Chiapas, which despite being a common-
concession state network will have frequency variance on its four
transmitters. We know all of these assignments. All of the stations
remained in the UHF band.
While 61 main and 109 shadows is a lot still, the load was lessened by
a forward-thinking engineering department at Televisa, which in 2014-
15 continually requested that the IFT switch out 600 MHz channels for
ones below 37. This decision motivated the construction of the
intermittent operation stations along/near the border, such as at
Monclova and Hermosillo, and allotment changes in other cities such as
Chetumal. The IFT had also begun preparing new allotments in interior
Mexico as early as the XHAUM shadows that were put into the RPC in
2016 with a clause specifying the repack channel for XHAUM.
Imagen Televisión was prepared for repacking by an IFT meeting item
approved on October 20, 2015, in response to a request from Imagen
about a month after receiving the network's concession. The network's
31 allotments in the 600 MHz band were replaced with other frequencies
on UHF, and 14 more stations that were below 600 MHz changed channel
assignments as well.
Televisión Azteca solicited all of its digital television
authorizations in 2011, though some were not built for three years or
more. It also has the most main stations with repacking approved in
April, with 27 of them (Raymie Humbert, August 1, ibid.)
Back to the Televisa Radio sale saga, we're taking a look this morning
at a couple of stories.
The first is noteworthy because of its subject and where it was
published. In a column that runs in its own newspaper Excélsior, Darío
Celis said that Grupo Imagen is not interested in Televisa Radio.
https://www.dineroenimagen.com/dario-celis/banorte-durmiendo-con-el-enemigo/102147
It looks like, according to this report, ACIR and Radiorama (the
question: which one?) are out in front, with Multimedios and Radio
Fórmula having bowed out. Also in the hunt is a bid from Miguel Alemán
Magnani. The whole company may fetch $140 million.
Another article is informative as to how this process will go once a
buyer is identified. In the United States, two separate regulatory
agencies must approve the deal: the Department of Justice (antitrust)
and the FCC (license transfers). In Mexico, both the economic
competition and concession transfer components are ruled upon in one
single proceeding by the IFT.
https://www.eleconomista.com.mx/empresas/Venta-de-Radiopolis-plantea-reto-tecnico-para-el-IFT-20180731-0156.html
The market analysis should take into account local, regional and
national broadcasting markets, as well as competition in different
radio formats, in addition to the sheer number of stations.
———
Meanwhile, in Puebla, XHPBA activity continues to fan the flames of a
potential exit from the format.
I mean, does this look like any Exa FM logo you've seen anywhere?
[illustration: 98.7 SIENTE EL POP]
The Facebook page is still named "EXA Puebla 98.7 FM", but that seems
to be one of the last remnants of the name on social media.
As if that enough, the ¡Aquí Nomás! slogan just disappeared from
XEZT's Facebook avatar and the La Mejor logo (but not the design) from
its cover photo. Last edited by Raymie; 08-02-2018 at 03:29 PM
(Raymie, ibid.)
Re Tim Hall: ``990, XEIU-OAX Station confirmed by FB message 7/18 that
the AM is still active.``
XECAQ and XEIU are Combos of '94. I'm not surprised (Raymie Humbert,
Phœnix AZ, Aug 3, WTFDA Forum via DXLD)
[and non] Yesterday, a bipartisan letter from the US House of
Representatives asked President Trump to add six individuals to the
list of those sanctioned under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights
Accountability Act of 2016.
https://democrats-foreignaffairs.house.gov/news/press-releases/bipartisan-group-congress-urges-trump-administration-utilize-global-magnitsky
One of the individuals is among Latin American broadcasting's most
important characters: Remigio Ángel González "El Fantasma", who owns
TV stations up and down Latin America. González, a Mexican national,
owns XHTVL, XHTOE, XHDY, XHGK, and (indirectly) XHCVP, not to mention
the twelve IFT-6 stations owned by Telsusa Televisión México. In other
countries, he owns broadcast stations, radio outlets, a handful of
newspapers and some movie theaters.
González appears here not for crimes committed in Mexico, but for
those in Guatemala. The letter contains more information about the
crimes, which center around the use of the companies associated with
his TGV-3 and Televisiete channels there to funnel money to the
Patriot Party, which assumed the presidency and handsomely rewarded
Albavisión with the lion's share (69%) of its government advertising
budget, totaling $26 million between 2012 and 2015. There's also an
international arrest warrant out for his wife, who is the namesake of
Albavisión. The report says González has lived in Miami since 1987.
González's appearance on this list is attracting international
attention in the countries where he holds broadcasting interests, but
it could acutely affect his Mexican businesses if the president
imposes sanctions. Most broadcast equipment used in Mexico is sourced
from American companies, even moreso for ATSC equipment not used in
other parts of the world. Potential sanctions could impair his ability
to make vital capital purchases for the twelve IFT-6 stations that he
owns, if such acquisitions have not already been made (Raymie, Aug 3,
ibid.)
The next Article 90 clear appears to be imminent, as XHADA-FM Ensenada
has changed its Facebook URL
https://www.facebook.com/exafm104.1ensenada/?ref=search
in preparation for its move from 106.9 to 104.1 MHz. There's also a
groovy cover video highlighting the change (Raymie, Aug 3, ibid.)
Today, local operation began in earnest for XHICCH in Chihuahua
Capital. That said, telling one Canal 44 from the other is gonna be
very hard.
On the XHIJ morning newscast Contacto Matutino, the hosts in Juárez
and the hosts in Chihuahua exchanged a bit of banter, showing two
rather identical sets.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6uutESYKjk
(Raymie, Aug 3, ibid.)
Stunting is not something that normally happens in the radio business
in Mexico, but in Hermosillo, XHVSS-FM is stunting at this moment.
They're playing the song Persiana Americana by the group Soda Stereo
on an unending loop (well, except PSAs). The romantic format is gone,
and the website for the station lists "Próximamente - 101.1 FM".
Este programa es público, ajeno a cualquier partido político. Queda
prohibido el uso para fines distintos a los establecidos en el
programa [tagline] (Raymie, Aug 6, ibid.)
** MONGOLIA. 7260, Mongolian Radio 3 (presumed), at 1303, Aug 1. Pop
songs; much stronger than QRM from China far underneath; today
definite carrier (no audio) on 4895, which was probably them; nothing
on 4830. The 7260 frequency is normally used daily, whereas 4895 is
fairly rare (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna:
100' long wire, WOR iog via DXLD)
** MONGOLIA. Voice of Mongolia --- Four long-awaited QSL cards were
received from the Chinese section of Voice of Mongolia for reports
from 2015 to 2018. Before that, I repeatedly sent requests to confirm
reports to all known email addresses. But apparently the message sent
through the facebook page of the station worked. A registered letter
from Ulan Bator was sent on July 4. QSL can be found here
http://freerutube.info/2018/08/01/qsl-voice-of-mongolia-mongoliya-2015-2018-godyi/
(Dmitry Elagin, Saratov, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx", QSL World, Rus-DX
August 5 via DXLD)
** MOZAMBIQUE. MOÇAMBIQUE. Hi Glenn, on a recent dxpedition to Cape
Pt, near Cape Town, I had a chance to review this country's AM output
and it's in pretty good shape. The following frequencies were active,
all with regional transmitters:
765 Nampula, 810 Xai-Xai, 873 Beira, 963 Tete, 1008 Maputo, 1026
Chimoio, 1179 Quelimane, 1206 Inhambane, 1260 Lichinga.
These stations are all excellent identifiers, around the top of the
hour, with Mbira (indigenous xylophone) and identification with the
provincial name, e.g. Emissora Provincial de Sofala. Language is a
mixture of ethnic and Portuguese. The WRTH lists these stations at 50
kW and it's quite possible this is still correct.
The one station I couldn't get is Pemba on 1224. This is blocked by a
big Iranian in the evenings here but even in the early mornings there
was no sign of it. For DXers looking for sub-Saharan African DX, these
stations offer a good opportunity to hear and identify, a lot of the
time with their own regional programming. Not much of this type of
radio in the sub-continent these days. I've attached a typical ID
recording: EP de Sofala, which was the strongest of the signals here.
Given the dire straits of the country's finances, it's a pleasant
surprise that the AM radio network remains pretty much intact. Best 73
(Graham Bell, Simon's Town, RSA, August 3, WORLD OF RADIO 1942, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Hi Graham, Tnx for the report. That motivated me to pull this
together. Seems he did get Pemba or something on 1224. 73, (Glenn to
Graham, via DXLD)
Roy Barstow, a top TV DXer on Cape Cod MA, is also a top MW DXer now.
Here`s his report with lots of Brazilians, other South Americans and
other Africans, but only Mozambique excerpted here. Which of course is
the second-most distant radioland from North America besides
Madagascar (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.:
Sent: Tue, Jul 17, 2018 11:44 am
Subject: [CapeDX] When it Rains it pours
Pulled into the parking lot of the local beach (Menauhant) on 7/14/18
and set up the mini-loop and other gear. Checked the compass heading
and that was at 120 Degrees and happened to be the sweet spot for the
night. Not much for Argies this session but Africa was producing.
0000 UT, Antenna 120 degrees:
1179, Mozambique - EP da Zambezia - Quelimane - Group singing. Weak to
fair. S 3-4 // 1206
1206, Mozambique - EP de Inhambane - Fair at S 3-5 - Man in Portuguese
then singing as above, with long song. S-6 end of file - // 1179
0030 120:
1026, Mozambique - Some Portuguese talk into music. S 5-6 2.600 filter
on 1026.300
1179, Mozambique and Spain mixing.
1206, Mozambique - Last part of file with music // 1179 and 1026
0045 120:
1206, Mozambique - Portuguese talk between 2 men. // 1224
1224, Mozambique - As above but weaker.
Take care, (Roy Barstow - Falmouth - OLD CAPE COD, Cape-DX via Mark
Connelly, nrc-am gg via WORLD OF RADIO 1942, DXLD)
Thanks. Wow, that's about 8000 mi! I'll have another go at confirming
whether Pemba is indeed active (Graham Bell, Simon's Town, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
1206, 1.8, 2200, R Mozambique, Inhambane även kvällen innan då de gick
en timme men här efter ett nyhetsinslag om Zimbabwe kom ett klockrent
“Radio Mozambique Inhambane”. Saknar ännu detta land i QSL-pärmen så
om någon har v/s-info tar jag tacksamt emot. Tyvärr ingen känning på
de andra frekvenserna. 1224 murrigt ljud till exempel – någon som
ligger snett där verkar det (Jan Oscarsson, Umeå, Sverige, som lyssnat
i sommarstugan i Petiknäs, ARC mv-eko 6 August via DXLD)
1206, 1.8, 2200, R Mozambique, Inhambane, even the night before they
went for an hour, but following a news release about Zimbabwe, a clock
called "Radio Mozambique Inhambane". Missing this country yet in the
QSL box so if I have v / s info, I would like to thank you.
Unfortunately, no sense of the other frequencies. 1224 moody sound for
example - someone who seems obnoxious there seems to be (Jan
Oscarsson, Umeå, Sweden, who listened to the summer house in Petiknäs,
ARC mw-echo August 6th via Google translate via DXLD)
** MYANMAR. 5985, Myanmar Radio, on Aug 1, from 1136 till past 1300+.
Special coverage (preempted regular programs); soccer/football game
between Myanmar vs South Korea, in the Alpine Cup (four-nation
soccer/football tournament played in Mandalay); TV audio feed;
background sound of crowd and loudspeaker; mostly fair; game not on
5915 (Myanmar Radio) nor 7345 (Thazin Radio) and unable to hear 6165
(Thazin Radio), due to QRM. My audio at
http://goo.gl/JGgWYd
Full coverage via YouTube at
https://goo.gl/AABti2
5985, Myanmar Radio, from 1152+, on Aug 5. Coverage of the Alpine Cup
soccer/football match; Myanmar vs Thailand; preempted regular
programs; TV audio feed; background sound of crowd and loudspeaker;
fair reception (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1,
antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via DXLD)
** NEWFOUNDLAND. 10051-USB, Gander Radio (VOLMET), 0927, Aug 6. Very
readable aviation weather. My audio at
http://goo.gl/CM5y1T
(Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long
wire, WOR iog via DXLD)
** NEW ZEALAND. UNIDENTIFIED. 13840, 06 Ago, 2140, O que deveria ser
RNZ em inglês eu ouvi um OM em francês. Sinal razoável que se
desvaneceu próximo das 2200 UT. O mesmo áudio no SDR de Pardinho e em
Twente.
13840, 06 Ago, 2140, What should be RNZ in English I heard an OM in
French. Reasonable signal that faded near 2200 UT. The same audio in
the SDR of Pardinho and in Twente
13840kHz-06Ago2018-2141UT-UNID RNZ
http://www.ipernity.com/doc/107414/47107118
(Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana, Bahia, 12 14´S 38 58´W - Brasil,
Tecsun PL-310ET, Antenna dipole of 25 meters-direction northeast-
southwest, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1942, DX LISTENNG DIGEST)
It's the weekly news bulletin in French (also aired on Sundays) from
RNZ of course! 2140-2147 every Monday (Jean-Michel Aubier, Twitter :
@aubierjm, ibid.)
** NIGERIA. 15120/DRM, V of Nigeria "Impressions" with woman from
Sierra Leone talking about the differences between there & Nigeria. At
end of show, there were addresses including email for comments, then a
YL s/off including invitation to tune again at “Come back tomorrow at
8 hours GMT for more programmes, just for you on the English service
of Voice of Nigeria", then drums & kazoo (at least it SOUNDED like
kazoo!) to carrier off.
12-15 dB s/n ratio & decoding perfectly despite a data rate of only
9.1 kbps 16-QAM mono, FAR less than e.g. RRI which tries to squeeze in
20.96 kbps in 64-QAM in the same 10 kHz, or the BBC which squeezes 64-
QAM w/16.92 kbps plus an additional .54 kbps of 'Journaline' data.
Bottom line, this bit-rate still sounds pretty darn good (see
attached) but it actually decodes & after all, isn't that the whole
idea? 1915-1930* 28/Jul DReaM software (Ken Zichi, Port Hope MI2, MARE
Tipsheet 3 August via WORLD OF RADIO 1942, DXLD)
** NIGERIA [non]. SECRETLAND, Radio Nigeria Hausa/Radio of Truth via
SPL Secretbrod, August 1
1800-1900 15110 SCB 050 kW / 195 deg WeAf Hausa Radio Na Gaskiya,
fair/good
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/08/radio-nigeria-hausaradio-of-truth-via.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, August 1-2, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NIGERIA [non]. Radio International via BaBcoCk Woofferton August 3
0700-0800 13810 WOF 250 kW / 165 deg WeAf Kanuri, very good, including
0716-0728 13810 WOF 250 kW / 165 deg WeAf news bulletin in French
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/08/reception-of-radio-international-via_4.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, August 3, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NIGERIA [non]. Dandal Kura Radio Int via MBR Issoudun on August 4
0500-0600 on 7220 ISS 100 kW / 167 deg to CeAf Kanuri, very good
0600-0700 on 11910 ISS 100 kW / 167 deg to CeAf Kanuri, very good
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/08/dandal-kura-radio-int-via-mbr-issoudun.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, August 4, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NORTH AMERICA. 7470, UNITED STATES (religious pirate), R. YHWH at
0315 in progress at tune-in. Usual monologue and voice. - Fair (but
vastly improved and VG after 0414). Seemed to go off at 0420, but a
weak carrier was there when I switched on BFO. Audio came back up at
0433, stayed a minute, then was gone. July 30
7470, R. YHWH at 0345 (in progress at tune-in). Familiar voice of
"Josiah" coming in over extreme t-storm static. First time I've had SW
on this evening, as we were hit by a major storm with 75 MPH wind and
a lot of lightning (most of the evening I have been glued to Phoenix
weather radio KEC-94 on 162.55 MHz). Coming only Fair, but on Satellit
portable and indoor wire. July 31 (Rick Barton, Logs from Central
Arizona, 73 and Good Listening....! - rb, WOR iog via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
7470, R. YHWH at 0245. Josiah is back again tonight! (not heard here a
cupla nights). I am not monitoring tonight as a T-storm is directly
overhead, but I listened long enough to recognize the voice. Recheck
had him still going in monologue at 0345. Poor/Fair thru QRN and using
indoor wire, Satellit receiver. - Poor/Fair August 3 (Rick Barton, SW
Logs from Central Arizona, Grundig Satellit 205(T.5000). 73 and Good
Listening....! - rb, WOR iog via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
7470, Radio YHWH at 0225 (in progress at tune-in), usual voice and
monologue. At 0319, a change of tone like he went "live" and said
something about being back in 1 hour, but then the tape rolled again.
Suddenly went off at 0416. VG August 5 (Rick Barton, AZ, WOR iog via
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NORTH AMERICA. 6870-AM, August 2 at 0047, only pirate is here, S9
vs almost as much storm noise level, steel drum music, segués of
mostly soft YL vocals, not recognized. Never heard any announcements
or IDs during continuous monitoring (with one ear, anyway), past 0111
during yelling, 0118 ME music. Recheck at 0138 it`s off. Several logs
here say it was Mix Radio International at 2309-0134*
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,44802.0.html
No one else reported an ID during my listening span, but three guys
got IDs at 2318 August 1.
6870-AM, August 6 at 0128, VP S9 pirate with jazz, still at 0153.
These say it was Mix Radio at *2352-0159*:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,44915.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NORTH AMERICA. 6975-USB, August 5 at 0056, VG S9+5 rock music about
``party``, apparently tonight`s theme from suspected Wolverine Radio,
the OSOB; yes 0102 such an ID; 0124 again with ``Radio`` echoing into
the distance. 0132 check is off. Many more logs *0030-0131* including
SSTV image of kids wearing party cones:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,44878.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NORWAY. R Northern Star, Sundays on 1314 kHz 1900-2100 UT
Radio Northern Star tests on Bergen Kringkaster 1314 kHz 228 metres MW
with 1 kW will continue each Sunday from 2100 to 2300 CET [19-21 UT].
This in // 1611, 5895, WiFi, apps, web etc. At the same time we are
happy to announce that our new station The Ferry has made its debut on
regular broadcasting, namely on the same transmitter, in the beginning
from 2310-0010 CET each day. Transmission times may increase. Reports
to 1000@northernstar.no (Northern Star Media Services on Facebook, 3
Aug)
More about the station at
http://www.northernstar.cc/ and
http://northernstar.cc/pdf/radio_northernstar_presentation.pdf
Sent from Mail for Windows 10 (Alan Pennington, Aug 3, bdxc-news iog
via DXLD)
** OKLAHOMA. 800, 31.3, 0158, KQCV, Oklahoma City OK. Other DX-ers
have heard this one and several other very nice stations on 800 this
last season, but I have not had much luck. So when I heard some Bott
Radio Network announcements behind ever-present CKLW-ON I got excited.
And two minutes before the top of the hour the prize came: "This is
Bott Radio Network, KQCV AM 800, Oklahoma City" (Odd-Jørgen Sagdahl,
Trondheim, remote Kongsfjord, Norway, ARC mv-eko 6 August via DXLD)
This was the only log or item concerning Oklahoma in the entire issue,
not even KOKC, as I searched on OK, passing over countless other words
in several languages with ok in them (gh, OK, DXLD)
** OKLAHOMA. 88.3, August 3 at 1710 UT check, K202BY Enid translator
of Family Radio is still on air but dead (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST) And still Aug 9
** OKLAHOMA. DTV RF channel 17, K17JN-D, a translator, is Enid`s only
local TV station, which countless people are unaware of since it does
not appear in local listings, nor is on cable, tho main 3ABN is
somewhere on an upper tier. Six ch 17 channels of 3ABN (Adventist
sect) programming have defaulted to dead sound and black screen,
causing the STB to claim ``NO SIGNAL`` even tho the signal meter for
each shows they are plenty Good. This is the case August 4 at 1630 UT
and still at 2330 UT recheck. Well, it is the Seventh Day, after all,
but that has not caused the station to vanish before. How long before
some human-in-charge notice and fix it? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST) Partially restored Aug 9
** OKLAHOMA. FCC DTV News:
Oklahoma City 18 KOPX-TV From 50, 104kw/480m; granted
Oklahoma City 23 KSBI Operating at (unspecified) reduced power from
June 13th pending antenna replacement
Oklahoma City 39 KWTV-DT Application for new auxiliary facility,
1000kw/331m; pre-repack antenna about 140m lower
than main
Tulsa 12 KGEB From 49, 21.5kw/182m; granted. STA to transition early,
by September 1st, instead of Phase 2 by April 12, 2019;
T-Mobile
Tulsa 14 KXAP-LD From 38, 15kw; granted
Tulsa 34 KMYT-TV STA to transition from 42 early, by September 1st,
instead of Phase 2 by April 12, 2019; T-Mobile; requests
amendment to September 4th (the 1st is Labor Day weekend
& techs may not be available to adjust cable equipment).
Woodward 35 KUOK OFF July 18th, transmitter failure
Several applications for Special Temporary Authority for post-repack
channels have been dismissed as unnecessary. They were filed presuming
stations would be forced off their pre-repack channels before the FCC
could act on their displacement applications. In a number of cases the
Commission has acted sooner than expected and the stations have been
able to move before being displaced (Doug Smith, August WTFDA VHF-UHF
Digest via DXLD)
** OMAN. Reception of Radio Sultanate of Oman in English/Arabic,
August 6
from 1400 15140 THU 100 kW / 315 deg to WeEu English-distorted audio
from 1500 15140 THU 100 kW / 315 deg to WeEu Arabic, very good audio
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/08/reception-of-radio-sultanate-of-oman-in_6.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, August 5-6, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3260, NBC Madang (Maus Blong Garamut), 1207* cut
off, on Aug 5, after the usual Sunday religious programs (Ron Howard,
Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog
via DXLD)
** PERU. Perú, På 880 hör man Radio Unión, fast inte stationens
vanliga program utan i stället La Voz de la Liberación
http://www.ipda.com.pe/radio
Av. Arica 248, Breña, Lima. I likhet med många andra stationer har
Radio Unión hyrt ut AM-frekvensen. FM-frekvensen når flera lyssnare i
storstadsområdet med bättre ljud och mindre störningar. FM-frekvensen
103.9 bör anges i WRTH med fetstil som LM13) i WRTH. För egen del
tycker jag att det räcker med att ange Lima som QTH. AM-frekvensen kan
gott skrivas som R. Unión/LV de la Liberación.
Jag skriver detta på förekommen anledning eftersom en DX-are funderat
över varför man inte hör Radio Unións vanliga program på 880. Det
skulle man ju kunna tro när man kollar i WRTH (Henrik Klemetz, Sweden,
ARC mv-eko 6 August via DXLD)
** PERU. 4920.903, August 3 at 0135, JBA carrier vs storm noise,
presumed La Voz del Pueblo still active on variable off-frequency. I
suppose only pre-sunrise, zzz, and post-summer storm season may I have
a chance of hearing it better. Tonight`s blitzortung.org map shows
closest lightning area is north-central New Mexico (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
PERU, 4920.9, Radio La Voz del Pueblo, Santiago de Chuco, 0425-0505,
07-08, here in Lugo extremley weak signal, barely audible, at moments
only carrier and at moments some music and comments can be heard.
Via remote SDR Kiwi Pardinho, near São Paulo, Brazil, 4920.89, clear
signal, Peruvian songs and political advertisements about the local
government and the mayor of Santiago de Chuco: "Democracia Directa,
Cesar Alcántara, nuestro alcalde", "Democracia Directa promueve el
turismo, alcalde provincial de Santiago de Chuco", "Democracia Directa
promueve la educación y la cultura, Cesar Alcántara es garantía,
Democracia Directa impulsa la salud", "Democracia Directa promueve la
artesanía, Cesar Alcántara, nuestro alcalde, cumple". SINPO via SDR
Kiwi Pardinho 35433. The past days out of air (Manuel Méndez, Lugo,
Spain, Log in Lugo, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog
via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PHILIPPINES. Reception of FEBC Radio Teos in Ukrainian on August 5
1530-1600 on 11650 BOC 100 kW / 323 deg to CeAs Ukrainian Sun, good
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/08/reception-of-febc-radio-teos-in.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, August 5, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PUERTO RICO. Puerto Rico Special --- WRTH 2018 listar sammanlagt 70
stationer i Puerto Rico (1030 WOSO saknas). Följande stationer är
aktiva efter orkanen Maria enligt information från flera olika källor:
550 WPAB, 580 WKAQ, 600 WYEL, 610 WEXS, 630 WUNO, 680 WAPA, 710 WKJB,
740 WIAC, 760 WORA, 810 WKVM , 840 WXEW, 850 WABA, 870 WQBS, 910 WPRP,
940 WIPR, 960 WDNO, 990 WPRA, 1020 WOQI, 1030 WOSO, 1040 WNVI, 1060
WCBG, 1070 WMIA, 1080 WLEY, 1090 WSOL, 1110 WVJP, 1120 WMSW, 1130
WOIZ, 1160 WBQN, 1170 WLEO, 1190 WBMJ, 1200 WGDL, 1210 WHOY, 1230
WNIK, 1240 WALO, 1260 WISO, 1280 WCMN,, 1300 WTIL, 1320 WSKN, 1330
WENA, 1350 WEGA, 1370 WIVV, 1420 WUKQ, 1430 WNEL, 1450 WCPR, 1460
WRRE, 1470 WKUM, 1480 WMDD, 1490 WDEP, 1500 WMNT, 1530 WUPR, 1550
WKFE, 1560 WBYM, 1570 WPPC, 1580 WVOZ, 1600 WCMA, 1660 WGIT.
Samtidigt har inga notiser kommit om att nedanstående stationer skulle
vara aktiva. Stationernas websidor ger ofta ingen hjälp. På sikt kan
vi nog förvänta oss att även dessa stationer kommer igång.
880 WYKO, 890 WFAB, 930 WYAC, 1140 WQII, 1250 WJIT, 1340 WWNA, 1380
WOLA, 1390 WISA, 1400 WIDA, 1410 WRSS, 1460 WLRP, 1510 WBSG, 1520
WRSJ, 1540 WIBS, 1590 WXRF (Tore Larsson, ARC mv-eko 6 August via
DXLD)
** PUERTO RICO. COMENZÓ A TRANSMITIR UNA NUEVA EMISORA EN PUERTO RICO
28/07/2018
La estación 96.5 FM, “Dándole ‘play’ a la variedad” estrenó con un
formato innovador para el gusto de los boricuas de todas las edades,
aseguró hoy Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc., (SBS).
“Play 96.5FM” comenzará con un cambio de formato, TOP 40 y nueva
programación desde hoy.
La emisora diversifica su línea de programación con la llegada de
nuevas personalidades radiales, las cuales serán parte de audiciones
masivas que se efectuarán en las próximas semanas.
“SBS Puerto Rico tiene un largo historial de innovación y excelencia
en la radio y nos complace anunciar estas mejoras a nuestro grupo de
radio en la Isla”, comentó el vicepresidente de Operaciones, Sixto
Pabón.
“Puerto Rico es el mercado de radio más influyente de los Estados
Unidos y creemos que nuestro formato, programación y cambios de
talentos nos permitirán conectarnos mejor con nuestro público y, a su
vez, nuestros anunciantes con sus clientes. Play 96.5FM cuenta con un
formato emocionante respaldado por una sólida lista de personalidades
en nuestra programación que impulsará el compromiso a través de
nuestras plataformas de radio y digitales”, añadió.
Por su parte, el director de Programación de Play 96.5FM indicó que
“SBS es una empresa en constante evolución que responde a las
tendencias de su mercado. Por esta razón, en recientes ejercicios con
grupos focales se reveló el deseo de escuchar música variada y de
actualidad en la Isla”.
El vicepresidente ejecutivo de Programación y Coordinador de
Multiplataforma de SBS a nivel nacional, Jesús Salas, expresó estar
muy contento de presentar el nuevo proyecto.
“Con esta renovación de la marca y cambios en el formato de la emisora
vamos a darle la oportunidad a nuevos talentos sin experiencia, sin
importar si eres un policía o un cocinero, si tienes talento podrás
convertirte en una estrella de la radio a través de esta estación”,
dijo.
“Play 96.5FM” en Puerto Rico se encuentra en búsqueda de nuevos
talentos, envíen sus demos y resumé vía electrónica:
play96@lamusica.com (tomada de http://www.primerahora.com via GRA blog
via DXLD)
** ROMANIA. I’ll continue this month with a short account of a few
programmes that I listened to via an overnight recording on my SDR
radio. On this occasion, I recorded the ten hours of programming from
2000 to 0600 UT, in a frequency span covering approximately 5000-10000
kHz on the night of 14-15 July. Many more stations than listed here
were logged, but here are just a few programmes that I heard.
Radio Romania International --- Another interesting series of
programmes from 0000 UT on 9730 kHz which included World of Culture
with a feature about a new book “The History of Lapses on Lost
Manuscripts” which looks at lost manuscripts. The idea for the book
came from a moment in 1989 during the Romanian Revolution when the
author “I saw the Central University Library on fire in the middle of
Bucharest and no-one could do anything about it. Lots of rumours
circulated. I did not know the cause of the fire, but I remember
thinking ‘so that’s how libraries burn; that’s how the Library of
Alexandria must have burnt’.”
The author goes on to consider how important literature is in today’s
world: whether certain types of books (fiction in particular) are now
dying out; and whether reading as a whole is dying out. The
conclusions were that neither was true, and considers the
possibilities for novels arising out of lost manuscripts – perhaps
other authors writing novels based on lost manuscripts. I found the
programme this week to be slightly confusing - jumping as it did
between Aristotle, lost manuscripts and modern novels - but never-the-
less it was a worthwhile 10 minutes listening.
World of Culture was followed by RRI Encyclopedia. This series is a
bit like opening an Encyclopedia at random each week. This week was a
very interesting feature about an anticommunist resistance and
repression memorial at Oradea. This week’s programme starts: “Shortly
after the end of World War II the majestic medieval citadel of Oradea
had sadly become one of the dreaded instruments of repression for
anti-communist revolt. In one of the wings of the princely castle,
lying at the centre of the citadel, a transit concentration camp for
political detainees had been set up running between 1947 and 1952. It
was from here that the convicts were loaded on a train and taken to
penitentiaries in Targu Jiu or Timishoara. Also, the concentration
camp was a “dispatch point” to USSR for ethnic Germans. Of the 96,000
ethnic Germans who were dislocated from Romania, loaded onto over-
crowded cattle or freight cars and carried all the way to the remotest
corners of the USSR, hundreds of people were taken from Oradea as
well. In the memory of those who fought against communism and were
imprisoned in Oradea, a memorial was set up in the old citadel [L]”.
“Cristina Puscas is one of the curators of the aforementioned museum.
‘[L] Sadly, very little has been done to keep the memory of those
people alive. That is why the memorial seeks to mark, on Romania’s
map, which is a bloodied map, one of the more than 250 anticommunist
repression centres across the country. Unfortunately, only a few of
those centres have been turned into memorials, save for the centres in
Sighet, Pitesti, Gherla and Oradea, as well as some other centres. But
there’s still a lot of work to be done’.”
The programme continues with some details of the imprisonment and
torture methods including a method used: “L to punish and crush the
revolutionary spirit [by] putting people in ‘the hole’, a special
cell which was recreated in the Oradea Citadel. [L] ‘The hole was a
punishment cell, it was some sort of prison within a prison, with no
light, no bucket, no bed, with water flowing on the floor’.”
I found this of particular interest as I have just returned from a
holiday to Romania, during which I visited the memorial in Sighet. A
fascinating memorial, but sad and also shocking to find out, once
again, what people have suffered and what people can do to each other.
The last half-hour from 0030 UT was All That Jazz, an enjoyable 10
minutes of jazz music, DX Mailbag, acknowledging listeners reception
reports, and finally Through the Looking Glass with a look at Marcu?a
Monastery. All-in-all, it was a fascinating hour of programming.
Staying with RRI, I switched to 9790 at 0100 UT for their Romanian
service and the weekly Radio Concert Season (the re-broadcast of the
first hour of the programme as originally broadcast on Radio Romania
Muzical). Not being that knowledgeable about classical music, it’s
difficult to detail exactly what I heard, but the programme seemed to
consist of works by Rachmaninov and Georgio Enescu. An enjoyable hour
until the transmitter was rudely cut midnote at 0157 (Listening Post
with Alan Roe, Aug BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD)
** ROMANIA. From July 28 1500 UT, RADIOCOM Tsiganeshti tx#1 300 kW is
temporarily off air due to technical issues. The following RRI
transmissions are affected
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/08/from-july-28-1500utc-tiganesti-tx1-300.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, August 4, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Concerning 9510 kHz: Should it be on air also tomorrow it can
definitely not come from Saftica because the transmitter will already
be on 15130 kHz.
I understand the situation to be such that Tsiganeshti got in the
refitting project in 2008 three new transmitters. Two of them are
routinely used for Radio Romania International programming, and it now
turns out that SRR has indeed access to these two transmitters only,
with Radiocom not being committed to provide the third one even as
substitute in cases of failure. Pretty crazy, but apparently the
contract has been made this way.
Thus it is apparently this third transmitter that transmits for what
is now Milano Ventures on 7290 and 9510 kHz. Perhaps at 50 percent
power, in which case it would indeed be the alleged 150 kW (Kai
Ludwig, Aug 4, WOR iog via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Radio Romania International's regular schedule:
http://ab27.bplaced.net/rri.pdf
Since 28-Jul-2018, 1500 UT, RADIOCOM ?igane?ti TX1 (300 kW) is
temporarily off-air due to technical issues.
The following RRO transmissions are affected:
0000-0100 UT: Eng 9730 kHz
0100-0200 UT: Fra 9730 kHz
0200-0300 UT: Spa 9730 kHz
0300-0400 UT: Eng 9730 kHz
0400-0430 UT: Zho 17780 kHz
0430-0500 UT: Rus 7390 kHz DRM
0500-0530 UT: Fra 11790 kHz
0530-0600 UT: Eng* 7330 kHz DRM
0600-0630 UT: Deu* 7330 kHz DRM
0630-0700 UT: Ara* 9740 kHz
0700-0800 UT: Ron 17750 kHz/Sun
0800-0900 UT: Ron 11990 kHz/Sun
0900-1000 UT: Ron 15130 kHz/Sun
1000-1100 UT: Fra*15130 kHz
1100-1200 UT: Eng*15130 kHz
1200-1230 UT: Ara 15130 kHz
1230-1300 UT: Zho 17755 kHz
1300-1400 UT: Rus 11940 kHz
1400-1500 UT: Deu 11910 kHz
1500-1530 UT: Rus 9580 kHz DRM
1530-1600 UT: Ara 11830 kHz
1600-1700 UT: Ron 9695 kHz
1700-1800 UT: Eng 9760 kHz DRM
1800-1900 UT: Deu 6090 kHz DRM
1900-2000 UT: Spa 15670 kHz
2000-2030 UT: -
2030-2100 UT: Eng 11850 kHz
2100-2200 UT: Spa 15670 kHz
2200-2300 UT: Eng 7325 kHz
2300-2400 UT: Spa 11700 kHz
In compensation, some of these transmissions are now aired via Saftica
(100 kW) since 01-Aug-2018:
0530-0600 UT: Eng* 7330 kHz DRM
0600-0630 UT: Deu* 7330 kHz DRM
0630-0700 UT: Ara* 9740 kHz
1000-1100 UT: Fra*15130 kHz
1100-1200 UT: Eng*15130 kHz
(Alexander Busneag, Germany, August 3, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO
1942, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
0800-0900 UT: Ron 11990 kHz/Sun,
also temporarily via Saftica!
(-- Alexander Busneag, Germany, August 5, ibid.)
Observations: After 0900 RRI Romanian on 13790 (remaining TIG
transmitter, forget to check the missing frequency) as well as 11650
and 15200 (GAL). 9510 came on with IRRS programming at 0930 as
scheduled.
After 1000: RRI French on 13790 (TIG) as well as 11650 and 15200
(GAL). 9510 continues with IRRS programming. No signal on 15130 where
SAF is supposed to provide cover for the failed TIG transmitter (Kai
Ludwig, Aug 5, WOR iog via DXLD)
1000-1100 UT: RRO Fra SAF* 15130 kHz/Mon-Sat!
1100-1200 UT: RRO Eng SAF* 15130 kHz/Mon-Sat!
* temporarily replacing TIG_TX1, but not on Sun!, because of:
0930-1200 UT: IRRS Eng SAF 9510 kHz/Sun
(Busneag, 1018 UT Aug 5, ibid.)
Am 05.08.2018 um 12:14 schrieb Kai Ludwig:
> Observations: After 0900 RRI Romanian on 13790 (remaining TIG
> transmitter, forget to check the missing frequency)
0800-0900 UT: RRO Ron*11990 kHz/Sun
* also via Saftica, temporarily replacing Tsiganehti TX1!
> 9510 came on with IRRS programming at 0930 as scheduled. [...]
> After 1000:
At 1000 UT: Short interruption of IRRS 9510 kHz/SAF, then resuming
with a few seconds of RRO French program before continuing with IRRS
(then, another interruption of over 1 minute follows, then IRRS
again).
http://ab27.bplaced.net/irrs/on5kq.ddns.net_2018-08-05T10_00_00Z_9510.00_am.mp3
New schedule of tx Saftica, due to Tsiganehti tx#1 is temporarily off
air
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/08/new-schedule-of-tx-saftica-due-to.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, August 5, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.:
0000-0530 SAF 100 kW / ??? deg transmitter Saftica is free of programs
0530-0556 7330 SAF 100 kW / ??? deg WeEu English DRM
0600-0626 7330 SAF 100 kW / ??? deg WeEu German DRM
0630-0656 9740 SAF 100 kW / ??? deg NoAf Arabic
0700-0756 17750 SAF 100 kW / ??? deg WeAs Rom. Sun Curierul romanesc
0800-0856 11990 SAF 100 kW / ??? deg N/ME Rom. Sun Curierul romanesc
0800-0900 9510 SAF 100 kW / 300 deg WeEu German Sat IRRS Radio City
0930-1156 9510 SAF 100 kW / 300 deg WeEu Eng. Sun IRRS EGR/UNRadio*
1000-1056 15130 SAF 100 kW / ??? deg NoAf French Mon-Sat
1100-1156 15130 SAF 100 kW / ??? deg WeEu English Mon-Sat
1200-1256 7375 SAF 100 kW / 300 deg WeEu Romanian
1300-1356 15130 GAL 300 kW / 285 deg WeEu Romanian
1400-1426 9520 SAF 100 kW / 270 deg SoEu Italian
1430-1456 5910 SAF 100 kW / 240 deg SEEu Macedo-Romanian
1500-1526 5910 SAF 100 kW / 030 deg EaEu Ukrainian
1530-1556 5910 SAF 100 kW / 270 deg SEEu Serbian
1600-1626 5910 SAF 100 kW / 270 deg SoEu Italian
1630-1656 5910 SAF 100 kW / 240 deg SEEu Macedo-Romanian
1700-1726 5910 SAF 100 kW / 030 deg EaEu Ukrainian
1730-1756 5910 SAF 100 kW / 270 deg SEEu Serbian
1800-1826 5910 SAF 050 kW / 270 deg SoEu Italian DRM
1830-1856 5910 SAF 100 kW / 240 deg SEEu Macedo-Romanian
1900-1926 5910 SAF 100 kW / 030 deg EaEu Ukrainian
1930-1956 5910 SAF 100 kW / 270 deg SEEu Serbian
2000-2400 SAF 100 kW / ??? deg transmitter Saftica is free of programs
* video on August 5:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lU_lzrUJlXI&feature=youtu.be
(Ivo Ivanov, Aug 5, WOR iog via DXLD)
Thank you for the current Saftica schedule! I have only two little
corrections:
(1):
0700-0756 on 17750 SAF 100 kW / ??? deg to WeAs Romanian Sun Curierul
romanesc
-> OFF-AIR/NOT VIA SAF, SAF IS FREE OF PROGRAMS!
And not to be confounded with:
0700-0757 on 17750 XIA 500 kW / 200 deg to SEAs Chaozhou
(2):
1300-1356 on 15130 GAL 300 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Romanian
-> this is correct (GAL), but SAF IS FREE OF PROGRAMS!
Now, the interesting question is: Does the following IRRS transmission
come again from Bulgaria (Kostinbrod)?
1800-1900 UT on 7290 kHz to WeEu IRRS English Fri/Sat/Sun
(Busneag, Aug 5, ibid.)
Rather not via Secretbrod, no free transmitter at that time
(Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, ibid.)
Re: ``At 1000 UT: Short interruption of IRRS 9510 kHz/SAF, then
resuming with a few seconds of RRO French program before continuing
with IRRS (then, another interruption of over 1 minute follows, then
IRRS again).
http://ab27.bplaced.net/irrs/on5kq.ddns.net_2018-08-05T10_00_00Z_9510.00_am.mp3
(Busneag)``
Cute! Perhaps it's worth it to explain what can be heard here:
0:31: Carrier comes on with RRI program feed.
0:46: Program input switches to IRRS. (By the way, from where do I
know this production music? Was it "ERF DX-Mix"?)
1:04: Carrier cuts off. (Would be no surprise if it shortly came up on
15130 kHz in the meantime...)
2:19: Carrier finally returns with correct IRRS program audio.
Apparently the cover transmission on 15130 kHz was programmed and the
operator had a bit of trouble to override it, changing frequency and
program input manually (Kai Ludwig, Germany, ibid.)
Re: ``Now, the interesting question is: Does the following IRRS
transmission come again from Bulgaria (Kostinbrod)?
1800-1900 UT on 7290 kHz to WeEu IRRS English Fri/Sat/Sun``
At least it is on air now. At the same time the single transmitter
that remains operational at Tsiganeshti is on 9775 kHz (RRI German),
the single transmitter at Saftica is on 5910 kHz (DRM racket) and the
two transmitters at Galbeni are on 9500 and 11975 kHz (RRI Romanian).
So it really seems that 7290 kHz must come from elsewhere (Kai Ludwig,
1810 UT, ibid.)
7290 is NOT via Secretbrod, 100 percent (Ivo Ivanov, 1846 UT, ibid.)
** RUSSIA. Novosibirskaya oblast. Aviation radio stations.
Novosibirsk-Meteo. Broadcasting time: from the 10th to the 14th and
from the 40th to the 44th minute of every hour inclusive.
Frequencies (kHz):
2869 USB - at night,
6693 AM - around the clock,
8888 USB - round the clock,
11318 USB - in the daytime
USB - broadcast in the mode of the upper sideband,
AM - broadcast in standard mode.
The station "Novosibirsk-Meteo" transmits information in Russian about
the actual weather at the airports of Siberia and Central Asia.
http://www.novosibdx.info/nskairstations.html
(via Rus-DX August 5 via WORLD OF RADIO 1942, DXLD)
Probably time-shared with other Russian or regional VOLMET stations
during specific other hourparts; so, keep tuned (gh, DXLD)
** RUSSIA. Broadcasting in Russia in 2017. Status, trends and
development prospects
http://fapmc.ru/rospechat/activities/reports/2018/teleradio/main/custom/0/00/file.pdf
Reports for all years
http://fapmc.ru/rospechat/activities/reports/2018/teleradio/main/custom/0/00/file.pdf
https://vk.com/vcfm2014
-
Excerpt from the publication:
"Broadcasting in the Russian Federation is carried out mainly in the
FM band. According to Roskomnadzor, almost 80% (79.6%) of the current
licenses for broadcasting constitute licenses for broadcasting in the
FM band, which is 2803 radio stations. 704 radio stations or 20% of
the total broadcast in the VHF band. More than half of the current
licenses are issued for frequencies in cities with a population of
less than 100 thousand people. For residents of small towns, radio is
the only source available" (Rus-DX August 5 via DXLD)
** RWANDA [and non]. R. Itahuka via MBR Talata Volonondry, August 4
1800-1900 on 15420 MDC 250 kW / 320 deg to SoAf Kirundi [sic] Sat
Transmissions are jammed with white noise digital jamming
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/08/reception-of-radio-itahuka-via-mbr.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, August 4=5, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SAUDI ARABIA. Re Calls to Prayer: I hear it five times a day and
everything closes during this time. Saudi is the only country that
does this. 73, (Ed 7Z1ES Sylvester, Saudi Arabia, WOR iog via DXLD)
see ALGERIA [non]
15119.874, Aug 7 at 1314, JBA carrier, from what? Nothing scheduled on
15120 at this hour per NDXC/Aoki, unless Saudi Arabia in Bengali
stayed on late after 0900-1157. Aha, EiBi, now updated to Aug 3, shows
not only that but Riad [sic] further in Urdu at 1200-1600 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SCOTLAND. See LANGUAGE LESSONS
** SIKKIM. 4835, AIR Gangtok. See AUSTRALIA.
** SINGAPORE. 11795, August 2 at 1403, S7-S5 in S Asian language. HFCC
shows it`s BBC in Hindi this semihour only (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOMALIA. What was thought to be Warsan Radio was heard on 7750 kHz
(best on USB) on Sunday 29 July at 1440 UT with a relay of BBC Somali
// scheduled 12095, 15420 and 17745 kHz. Continued with presumed own
programmes after 1500. Previous reports have mentioned BBC Somali also
being heard on 7750 kHz at 1800-1830 (Tony Rogers using WebSDR in
Qatar, Aug BDXC-UK Communication via WORLD OF RADIO 1942, DXLD)
** SOMALILAND. 7120 Hargeisa --- Seemingly back on, now at 1730z.
Strong signal in the middle of the 40m ham band. Some talks in local
language, good modulation. No ID heard. From 1730z local style music.
-- Diese Nachricht wurde von meinem Android Mobiltelefon mit GMX Mail
gesendet (Harald Kuhl, Germany, 1731 UT August 2, bdxc-news iog via
DXLD)
** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 9330, WBCQ Monticello ME (presumed); 2006,
7/27; Bro. HyStairical with repeat program waxing about false prophets
& his own prophethoodity. SIO=454- (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA,
Drake R8B + 185' RW, ---- All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in
real time! ----, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Brother HySTAIRical via Channel 292 from August 6 to August 12 - 66
hours per week:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/08/brother-hystairical-and-radio-waves.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, August 4, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SRI LANKA. 15629.871, August 3 at 0139, very poor fluttery signal
with talk. Aoki/NDXC shows 15630 is AWR via Trincomalee at 0100-0200
in Chinese languages. Any signal on 19m after sunset here has a good
chance of being the OSOB, and lacking a WTWW, indeed this one is,
despite its poverty.
15629.84, August 5 at 0114, JBA carrier, presumed AWR hour in
Chineses. Two nights ago on the other radio, I had it on 15629.871
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SUDAN SOUTH [non]. Re: [WOR] Time for new clandestine? to a Sudan
On Sat, Jun 30, 2018 at 09:05 PM, Glenn Hauser wrote:
``New clandestine via BaBcoCk Woofferton & Al-Dhabayya from July 1
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/new-clandestine-via-babcock-woofferton.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, June 12-13, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Viz.:
0400-0500 on 9665 WOF 250 kW / 137 deg to CeAf Multi from July 1
0500-0600 on 17775 DHA 250 kW / 245 deg to CeAf Multi from July 1
1500-1700 on 13810 DHA 250 kW / 240 deg to CeAf Multi from July 1``
I automatically recorded these frequencies/slots every day this month
using the U. Twente SDR receiver. Nothing showed up on any of the
frequencies at those times. Let's see if anything happens in August.
(-- Richard Langley, July 31, WOR iog via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SUDAN SOUTH [non]. Clandestine Eye Radio again on shortwave via MGB
Malagasy Global Business S.A. transmitters in Talata and Issoudun from
August 1:
Other UNID clandestine via Woofferton and Al-Dhabayya is still
inactive
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/08/eye-radio-again-on-shortwave-via-talata.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, August 1, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Noted at sign-on today at 1500 UT on 15410 kHz using the U. Twente SDR
receiver with only a fair signal (expected due to closeness of ISS
transmitter; but also U. Twente website is reporting receiver antenna
problems). (-- Richard Langley, NB, WOR iog via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Very good signal at 1500 in Juba Arabic and in English at 1511 (Ivo
Ivanov, ibid.)
FRANCE, Good signal of Eye Radio via MGB TDF Issoudun on August 1
1500-1600 15410 ISS 250 kW / 139 deg to EaAf Arabic/English* Mon-Fri
*including other languages Dinka; Nuer; Shilluk; Bari; Zande; Lutoho
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/08/good-signal-of-eye-radio-via-mgb-tdf.html
MADAGASCAR, Reception of Eye Radio via MGB Talata Volonondry, August 2
0400-0500 11620 MDC 250 kW / 335 deg EaAf Arabic/English* Mon-Fri fair
*including other languages Dinka; Nuer; Shilluk; Bari; Zande; Lutoho
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/08/reception-of-eye-radio-via-mgb-talata.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, August 1-2, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Eye Radio --- Short wave broadcasting for South Sudan was restarted
for the first time in 8 months from August 1 as already reported. This
station had previously performed short wave broadcasting as Sudan
Radio Service.
Eye Radio is continuing to broadcast under the support of the USAID
International Development Agency USAID as a project of the Educational
Development Center (EDC) which is a US-based NGO.
The South Sudanese government continues to block mobile phones and
WiFi specific sites, and there are places that FM can not cover, and
it seems that he [sic] has resumed short-wave broadcasting.
Starting around 15 minutes [to?] about 25 minutes English news etc.
are out. There are many local languages other than Arabic.
0400-0500 11620 MDC 250 kW Sudanese Arabic Mon-Fri
1500-1600 15410 ISS 250 kW Sudanese Arabic Mon-Fri
Source (Google translated):
http://hiroshi.mediacat-blog.jp/e129989.html
--- (Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, August 2, cumbredx yg via WORLD OF
RADIO 1942, DXLD)
I suspect that WOF/DHA registration was a contingency plan for this
one which has now eventuated via different facilities, but note the
similarity in time scheduling. However, I am hearing nothing on 15410
at 1516 August 2 {nor at 1532 via UTwente SDR}. I think I may have had
an unID carrier on it about an hour earlier. That would be CRI Chinese
via Kashgar (Glenn Hauser, WOR iog via DXLD)
Fair to good signal using the U. Twente SDR receiver both today (2
August) and yesterday between about 1500 and 1600 UT. Today, sign-on
was a couple of minutes late and English started at 1513 with two pips
and "Live from Juba" (perhaps recorded live but not transmitted on SW
live) announcement and ID followed by Eye Radio News, running until
1523. Subsequently, there was an interview program about South Sudan's
peace agreement with a lot of English. Transmitter off at about 1559.
SW programming likely excerpted from local FM and streaming services.
(-- Richard Langley, ibid.)
11620, August 3 at 0449, Eye Radio via MADAGASCAR, S7-S9 in African-
accented English, which along with continuous rumbling in background
makes it hard to copy --- perhaps wind blowing in mike at an OB;
ceases briefly at 0455 when someone in studio replies. Mentions Juba.
Also suspect they may be mixing in Juba Arabic or African languages.
0459 music and bird calls, undermodulated sign-off announcement, 0500
brief open carrier and off. Also earlier mentioned ``5-6 pm`` which is
the time of their other broadcast 15-16 UT on 15410, which I could not
detect August 2 via UTwente or own, nor own receivers August 3. That
one is via Issoudun. These were reactivated August 1.
Some new unnamed target broadcast for South Sudan was expected from
July 1 per HFCC registrations via UAE and Woofferton, different
frequencies but similar times, yet never showed up in the following
week, nor anytime in July per Richard Langley. That may or may not
have been a plan for Eye Radio (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADOI 1942,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Better signal today (3 August) using the U. Twente SDR receiver but
it's EXACTLY the same program as yesterday! Trouble getting fresh
programming to Issoudun? (-- Richard Langley, 1554 UT [therefore
referring to the 15410 broadcast], WOR iog via DXLD)
Hello Rich - I may be late to the party but has this station been
identified yet? Thx (Rich Ray, IL, ibid.)
It's Eye Radio from Juba, South Sudan. Not really a clandestine. Had
been on SW before and just reactivated. There was speculation when
three frequencies were registered with HFCC for a start on 1 July.
Still not clear who they were for although Glenn speculates as a
backup for Eye Radio in case it couldn't get back on its previous
relay transmitters (-- Richard Langley, ibid.)
On Fri, Aug 3, 2018 at 08:00 PM, Glenn Hauser wrote concerning Eye
Radio:
``Also earlier mentioned ``5-6 pm`` which is the time of their other
broadcast 15-16 UT on 15410, which I could not detect August 2 via
UTwente or own, nor own receivers August 3``
Puzzling report as I heard (and recorded) them using the U. Twente SDR
receiver on both 2 and 3 August. However, they were AWOL today,
Saturday, 4 August. But, no surprise. HFCC registration is only for
weekdays (Richard Langley, ibid.)
Also puzzling; possibly I did not listen long enough to UTwente, and
it was still sending the previously tuned frequency (gh, DXLD)
15410, August 6 at 1551, Eye Radio via FRANCE, YL in African accented
English about mp3s, ID at 1554; fair via UTwente SDR; is M-F only at
15-16 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1942, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Very good signal of Eye Radio via MGB TDF Issoudun, August 6
1500-1600 on 15410 ISS 250 kW / 139 deg EaAf Arabic and other* Mon-Fri
* including other languages:
English/Dinka/Nuer/Shilluk/Bari/Zande/Lutoho
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/08/very-good-signal-of-eye-radio-via-mgb.html
MADAGASCAR, Reception of Eye Radio via MGB Talata Volonondry, August 6
0400-0500 11620 MDC 250 kW / 335 deg EaAf Arabic* Mon-Fri, very good
* including other languages:
English/Dinka/Nuer/Shilluk/Bari/Zande/Lutoho
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/08/reception-of-eye-radio-in-english-via.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, August 5-6, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TAIWAN. 9410-USB+carrier, Fu Hsing BS, 1231, July 31. For the
second consecutive day heard here. July 30 noted 1245* cut off, which
was earlier than their normal 1300*; reception both days was much
better than usual. Taiwan's other frequency (9774) remains silent.
9410-USB+carrier, Fu Hsing BS, at 0940, on Aug 6 and at 1239, on Aug
5. Mostly fair reception and on the air more days than they normally
are. Also much better reception recently than in the past. Taiwan's
other frequency (9774) remains silent (Ron Howard, Asilomar State
Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via WORLD OF
RADIO 1942, DXLD)
** TAIWAN. 9725-AM, StarStar Broadcasting Station (XingXing BS), V13,
on Aug 1, at 1203. Numbers in Chinese. My audio at
http:goo.gl/BoNXfG
(Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long
wire, WOR iog via DXLD)
** TAIWAN. 9590, August 2 at 1408, poor S5-S8 in Russian; could be
CRI? No, not // 9675. Nothing in HFCC. But in Aoki/NDXC as Radio
Taiwan International (MPT) in Russian for this hour only from Tamsui
district. Of course, the ChiCom have managed to ban Taiwan from HFCC,
even tho the ChiCom don`t bother to register their entire schedule
including countless jammers against fellow HFCC participants, using
CNR programming or Firedragon (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGESET)
** TAIWAN. RTI-HKO Info 2018-10 Direktsendungen.
Liebe Mitglieder des RTI Hoererklubs Ottenau, heute gab es nun die
ersten Angaben zu den Taiwan Direktsendungen: Aktion "Direkt aus
Taiwan" 2018
Testsendungen am 09. August (Donnerstag)
ANALOG
Frequenz 11990 kHz (325deg): 1700-1705 UT
Frequenz 9700 kHz (315deg): 1800-1805 UT
DRM mode tests
Frequenz 11990 kHz: 1715-1720 UT
Frequenz 9700 kHz: 1815-1820 UT
Offizielle Sendetermine:
17-18 UT auf 11990 kHz; sowie 18-19 UT auf 9700 kHz:
24. August (Freitag) / analog
25. August (Samstag) / analog
26. August (Sonntag) / DRM mode
31. August (Freitag) / analog
01. September (Samstag) / analog
02. September (Sonntag) / analog
07. September (Freitag) / analog
08. September (Samstag) / analog
09. September (Sonntag) / DRM mode
27. September (Donnerst)/ analog (90 Jahre RTI)
28. September (Freitag) / analog (90 Jahre RTI)
29. September (Samstag) / analog
(Bernd Seiser-D, via Mike Bethge-D via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 4 via
DXLD)
Radio Taiwan International German-language special txns in #DRM mode
from Tamsui, Taiwan:
TEST - 9th of August (Thursday)
DRM
Frequency 11990 kHz: 1715-1720 UT
Frequency 9700 kHz: 1815-1820 UT
Special Transmissions:
August 26th (Sunday) / DRM
September 09 (Sunday) / DRM
Frequency 11990 kHz: 1700-1800 UT
Frequency 9700 kHz: 1800-1900 UT
---- (Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, Aug 7, dx_sasia yg via DXLD)
** TURKEY. TRT Voice of Turkey again on very odd frequency on August 1
[all Emirler 500 kW]
0500-0655 13765.7 / 210 deg to CEAf Hau/Swa, instead of 13765 July 31
0830-0955 11795.0 / 105 deg to WeAs Farsi, instead of 11795.7 July 31
1000-1055 9655.0 / 072 deg to CeAs Georg., instead of 9655.7 July 28
1000-1025 9855.0 / 032 deg to CeAs Tatar, instead of 9855.7 July 29
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/08/voice-of-turkey-agian-on-very-odd.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, August 1, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
TRT Voice of Turkey on very odd frequencies 11795.7/9855.7 August 3:
0830-0955 11795.7 / 105 deg to WeAs Farsi, instead of 11795.0 August 2
1000-1025 9855.7 / 032 deg to CeAs Tatar, instead of 9855.0 August 2
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/08/voice-of-turkey-on-very-odd-frequencies.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, August 3, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Very odd frequency 11675.7 & 11965.7 of TRT Voice of Turkey August 6
0600-1155 11675.7 / 150 deg WeAs Turkish, instead of nominal 11675.0
1300-1355 11965.7 / 020 deg EaEu Russian, instead of nominal 11965.0
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/08/very-odd-frequency-116757-119657-khz-of.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, August 5-6, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U A E [and non]. 9840.1 approx., August 6 at 0146 JBA talk, unknown
language. Wonder if it`s always off-frequency Vietnam? NO, that`s on
``9840`` only at 10-24 UT per NDXC/Aoki. At this hour 0100-0300, it is
VOA Deewa Radio in Pashto via Dhabbiya, an habitually off-frequency
site.
Indeed, presumed VOV JBA carrier measured on 9839.787, as usual on the
minus side, August 6 at 1313. Aoki has room for three decimal places,
but hit-and-miss, mostly missed except for Sounds of Hopes; and
another VOV as 9635.789 at 2145-1600. Hmmm, notice the almost-match in
offness, one plus, one minus. I claim no greater accuracy than
plus/minus 2 Hz (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U K. BBC MONITORING history: see CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES below
BBCWS: see SINGAPORE
** U S A. JOE PALKOVIC obit --- I recently learned of Joe's passing.
Some older DXers may recall Joe from his NASWA and DX South Florida
membership days. Joe participated in the famed CANAVDX (Canaveral
National Seashore) DXpeditions on one occasion.
Joe and his wife lived in Altamonte Springs while I was living in
nearby Casselberry, and we frequently visited each other, sharing
radio experiences and Anna's excellent Czech cooking and baking.
https://www.degusipefuneralhome.com/obituaries/Joseph-Palkovic/#!/Obituary
(Terry Krueger, Clearwater FL, Aug 4, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. JON COHEN --- We regret to pass along sad news this month.
To any of you who have been to any of the Winter SWL Festivals over
the last few decades, you will, no doubt, have crossed paths, and
perhaps sat down for many an interesting chat with Jon Cohen, WB2KKS,
one of the fixtures at the event since the early days. Sadly we were
informed by CIDX Ham Radio Report editor Skip Arey of Jon’s passing.
Here is the message, together with comments from a few others:
Skip Arey: "My old friend and colleague Jon Cohen WB2KKS passed away
peacefully last night after battling COPD (Chronic Obstructive
Pulmonary Disease), and cancer." At Jon's request there will be no
formal service. If you want to send his wife Jan a card I am sure
she'd appreciate that.115 Grandview Ave., Hopewell, NJ 08525
Richard Cuff: Jon was a fixture at the Fest, one of those who
supported it from its earliest years. I know I always looked forward
to seeing Jon; he always had something good to say, and was a proud
member of the Scanner Scum.
Bob Brown: Jon was a regular on the 7240 (ANARC?) SWL Net on Sunday
mornings. He came to the first Fest, as did many others who
participated / listened to the Net, when the Fest was born. It was
always good to chat with him.... he was a gentleman and loved radio.
73 Jon, RIP (Board of Directors Report, August CIDX Messenger via
DXLD) obit
** U S A. 2097.3-CW, August 5 at 0613, despite heavy storm noise level
of S9+10/20, I decide to check whether the A beacon from Quartzsite AZ
can be heard --- and it can! Enough to copy .- once every dekasecond.
1519 km = 944 miles, almost to CA border. BTW is missing from this:
http://www.lwca.org/sitepage/part15/index.htm
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 13508-CW, August 1 at 1913, slow CW in a long message, but
finally I can copy ``DE AAM`` and eventually ending with AR merged.
Also sent 4 dots and 2 dashes in a row a few times --- what symbol is
that??? Like HM or SW without a space between the letters.
CW is so rare on the bands these days that it really stands out in a
bandscan. It`s a good strong signal. I keep listening until 1922 but
nothing further. I later search the UDXF iog archive for the call and
frequency and find one latest thread of Feb 9, 2018:
``I occasionally scan the bands and look for odd signals as I guess
most people here do. It has been a habit of mine since my "tour of
duty" in The USN from 1979 - 1985. I was involved with elint/sigint.
Nothing more to say. I have been looking at the boards and other
resources for information on a message I intercepted 02/07/2018 at
11am Pacific/1900z. Frequency 13.508 MHz, CW, signal strength 579. The
message was "Calling all stations de AAM Beach Surf Castle Bravo
Sierra Sierra BT."
The signal repeated three times when I came across it and no joy since
I first heard it. I have been parked on it since then. I find no
reference to the frequency nor the call sign although it looks like a
tactical call sign. I wonder if it is an Army or Airforce mars net?
Any help identifying the sender or theories about the sender are
appreciated. Jim Kenny K7LD``
Replies:
``Jim, AAM is the US Army MARS station at Fort Huachuca, AZ. Its
tactical voice call is DESERT EAGLE. 13509.5 USB has been used by Army
MARS stations, including AAM. What sort of receiver are you using &
how does it set up for receiving CW transmissions? Jack L. Metcalfe -
Stanford, KY``
``Hi Jack and thanks very much for the reply. I am using a Perseus sdr
with an ALA-1530LNP antenna. The actual frequency was 13.508.1 MHz.
When I saw the signal I was in cw, 500 Hz bw. I usually scan the bands
of interest (to me) and at 11 AM PST, 11 and 13 MHz are starting to
come alive. The signal was fairly strong so I thought it may be in
CONUS. I can see data TX occasionally up a couple kc or so; maybe MT63
or M110A. I will look to see what freq next time I see it. I will
leave the Mhold on to capture it.
I am also curious as to why AAM started the message "calling all
stations" instead of "VVV". Is that normal on MARS CW nets? The
message references are very odd! JK``
Some other AAM logs previously reported in UDXF on 14579, 17445. I had
heard AAM3 during an interoperability test on 13483.5-USB, Nov 5, 2017
at 1600, as in DXLD 17-45, but that may not be at same location (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1942, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 13564-CW, August 3 at 1338, GNK ID over and over is JBA,
just above imagination-level. I check the 13550-13570 HIFER beacon
band almost every day, especially during this hour, and none heard
since last log of GNK, Madison, Wisconsin, a bimonth ago on June 4 at
1357 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. I think there was a comment in the latest DXLD
about hearing air traffic control traffic on HF, which led me to tune
in to a couple of HF frequencies where I heard pilots giving position
reports and getting SELCALs. There wasn't a lot of traffic and I heard
nothing interesting beyond the position reports, but it was good to
hear that there is still some HF use by international aircraft (Mike
Cooper, GA, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. VOA NEWS IS SECOND-HAND
Voice of America seems to have largely abdicated responsibility for
original reporting in its hourly newscasts, though there is now a new
nondescript news sounder. (Whoopee!) The lead story on the 1600
newscast today was verbatim news copy from Reuters, followed by audio
from a Reuters television correspondent. After this report, there were
three different Associated Press audio reports on different topics.
The amount of time devoted to these Reuters and AP audio reports far
outweighed the minimal amount of news copy read by the news anchor.
It's hard to see how heavy reliance on audio reports from third-party
news services (which have multiple worldwide news outlets as their
clients) satisfies the requirement in VOA's charter that "VOA will
serve as a consistently reliable and authoritative source of news." By
regurgitating news reports airing on many other TV and radio outlets,
VOA is no longer a "source of news." The last vestiges of original VOA
reporting can be found in the half-hour news programs to Africa and
Asia and in "International Edition," but even these programs contain
their share of useless fluff.
How can VOA justify itself as distinguishable from commercial outlets
if it is going to use the same material they air?
(Mike Cooper, Aug 6, GA, WORLD OF RADIO 1942, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Current host of “Music Time in Africa”, Heather Maxwell,
gave this tribute to Leo in the edition of the programme available
online here (5 minutes in):
https://www.voanews.com/a/4420949.html
Keep on sending me your tropical band logs! Until next month, 73s and
Good DX, (Alan Pennington, Aug BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1941 monitoring: 5850, WRMI with
GH's World of Radio with the usual [sic] radio news including mention
that NY Radio will not be returning to SW according to reports. I was
wondering as I'd heard they'd be back in July, but I have not heard
them yet! Ian McFarland ID at ToH, into Brother Spare pontificating
about the next coming of Jesus (as usual), 4+54+4+4 0145-0205 30/Jul
[UT Mon] (Ken Zichi, Williamston MI, Port Hope MI2, SPR-4 + ANC-4 &
SDRplay + SDRuno + randomwire, MARE Tipsheet 3 August via DXLD)
WORLD OF RADIO 1941 monitoring: 5950, UNITED STATES, WRMI at 1030 with
WoR, Hauser confirmed opening on the channel. Reception a bit sketchy
this morning with local QRN. Fair August 1 [Wed] (Rick Barton, Logs
from Central Arizona, Grundig Satellit 205(T5000) & 750; RS SW-
2000629, HQ-180A, & ATS-909X with various outdoor wires. 73 and Good
Listening....! - rb, WOR iog via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
WORLD OF RADIO 1941 monitoring: confirmed Wednesday August 1 at 2100
on WBCQ 7490, JBA to VP but recognizable; NOT simultaneously on WRMI
9955, with a much better signal, but now automation has been
reprogrammed to start at confirmed 2100.5 after another WRMI ID. Next:
Fri 2330 WBCQ 9330v to WSW [maybe]
Sat 0631 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?]
Sun 0310v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND
Sun 1030 HLR 9485-CUSB to WSW
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, non-direxional
Mon 2330 WBCQ 9330v to WSW [maybe]
Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW
Tue 2030 WRMI 7780 to NE, 5950 to WNW [or #1942?]
Tue 2130 WRMI 5950 to WNW [or #1942?]
WORLD OF RADIO 1941 monitoring: Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria reports:
``GERMANY, Reception of World of Radio via HLR on 6190 CUSB, August 4
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/08/reception-of-world-of-radio-via-hlr-on.html
0631-0700 6190 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg CeEu English Sat, weak to fair``
Noel Green, England, replies: ``It was also audible here from tune in
around 0635. Best reception was using my 525 coupled to a loop
antenna. My Icom R75 coupled to a random wire antenna only received a
weak signal and a lot of local noise. There was plenty of local noise
via the loop but I had a better signal - peaking to S7 at times, but
also with deep fades. I found it very difficult to follow the items
you read out, mainly because the signal wasn't at any time free of
noise - a great shame, but this is what we SWL's have to put up with
these days. We can hear signals but find it very difficult to copy
them. In days past, I would have had little difficulty in copying
this. I've heard and copied more distant signals of only 1 kW or so in
the past, but it seems those days are over. Anyway, it was good to
hear the programme on air via "Hambosh" as Lord Haw Haw called it at
the start of his "news" programme. He called the country "Jarmunny",
so it fits. 73 from Noel``
Next broadcast on HLR 6190-CUSB, Saturday August 4 at 1431 via UTwente
SDR: weak but clear as I hear it. Reported direct by Alan Gale, UK:
``Hi Glenn, No problem with reception of the 1430 UT World of Radio
1941 broadcast on 6190 kHz via HLR today, the signal was good
throughout the whole programme for a change. Alan``
Also confirmed UT Sunday August 5 at 0332 on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, MO,
fair, about 13 minutes in, so started circa 0319. Next:
Sun 0310v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND
Sun 1030 HLR 9485-CUSB to WSW
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, non-direxional
Mon 2330 WBCQ 9330v to WSW [maybe]
Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW
Tue 2030 WRMI 7780 to NE, 5950 to WNW [or #1942?]
Tue 2130 WRMI 5950 to WNW [or #1942?]
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
6190, Hamburger LokalRadio, Göhren, *0600-0700, 04-08, English, ID
“Hamburger LokalRadio”, program “Media Network Club [Plus]”, at 0630
Glenn Hauser’s program “Wolrd of Radio”. 25322. (Méndez)
9485, Hamburger Lokal Radio, Goehren, 1000-1110, 05-08, English, ID
“This is Hamburger LokalRadio”, program “Media Network Club”, at 1030
Glenn Hauser’s program “World of Radio”, at 1100 Spanish, “Radio
Tropical”, program “Discofonía”. 25322 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain,
Logs in Friol, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
GERMANY, Reception of World of Radio via HLR on 9485 CUSB, August 5
1030-1100 9485 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg to CeEu English Sun, fair to good
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/08/reception-of-world-of-radio-via-hlr-on_5.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, August 4=5, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
WORLD OF RADIO 1941 monitoring: confirmed UT Monday August 6 from
0130.5 on WRMI 7780, S9/S7 and 5850, S9+45/25. Also confirmed on Area
51 webcast UT Mon Aug 6 starting late at 0309, after ``The B-Movie Bob
Show at 6:30-7 pm Eastern``, presumably from an ancient archive,
overfilling during an off-week for JL. Also confirmed via WBCQ 5130-
at 0329 check, poor in noise level. Also confirmed from 0330 August 6
on WRMI 9955, good S9/S9+10; and also immediate playback at 0400 on
WRMI webcast only. Next:
Mon 2330 WBCQ 9330v to WSW [maybe]
Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW
Tue 2030 WRMI 7780 to NE, 5950 to WNW [or #1942?]
Tue 2130 WRMI 5950 to WNW [or #1942?]
WORLD OF RADIO 1941 monitoring: confirmed UT Tuesday August 7 at 0030
on WRMI 7730, VG. While producing 1942, remaining two airings via WRMI
not checked as normally JBA carriers or less, anyway: Tuesday 2030 on
5950, 7780; 2130 on 5950.
WORLD OF RADIO 1942 contents: Anguilla, Australia, Bougainville,
Brasil, Cambodia, China, Cuba, France, Germany, Greece, India,
Indonesia, Japan and non, Moçambique, New Zealand, Nigeria, Romania,
Russia, Somalia, South Sudan non, Taiwan, USA, Zimbabwe non; and the
propagation outlook
WORLD OF RADIO 1942 monitoring: confirmed first SW airing Tuesday Aug
7 at 2330 on WBCQ 9330v; this is the one reliable 9330 airing if
everything clix, and I had availablized it more than an hour earlier.
Also confirmed first WRMI airing, Wednesday August 8 at 1030 on 5950,
S9+10/20 on inside longwire during a storm. Next:
Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v to WSW
Wed 2100.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Wed 2330 WBCQ 9330v to WSW [maybe]
Thu 2330 WBCQ 9330v to WSW [maybe]
Fri 2330 WBCQ 9330v to WSW [maybe]
Sat 0631 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?]
Sun 0310v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND
Sun 1030 HLR 9485-CUSB to WSW
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, non-direxional
Mon 2330 WBCQ 9330v to WSW [maybe]
Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW
Tue 2030 WRMI 7780 to NE, 5950 to WNW [or #1943?]
Tue 2130 WRMI 5950 to WNW [or #1943?]
Full schedule for WOR on all outlets, not just SW; podcast linx:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ:
** U S A. 7490, August 4 from 0003, heard the first few minutes of
AWWW on WBCQ webcast before I went out and about, also heard a few
minutes circa 0030 on caradio on 9330 and 7490. Over to John Carver`s
fuller report:
``Trying 7490 this evening and so far so good. Show started on time
this evening. Opened with a slightly calmer Allan and a quieter
Angela. Broadcasting on 5130, 7490 and 9330 this evening.
Opening talk about progress on the super station and the new antenna.
Said it took a week to assemble the crane that will erect the new
antenna. Allan said he'd been tweeting pictures of this during the
week. Antenna will be three hundred and some feet tall when it's
finished. Discussion morphed into a gentle talk about FM, the death of
AM and Allan's prediction of a long life for SW.
Then into the noise floor, how it's increased and how it affects AM,
FM, SW and TV. Said he forgot to talk about this last week and was
taken to task by several listeners after the show ended last week.
Says a lot of the noise is created by power lines, the digital gizmos
we place in our homes, automobiles and stations using digital
equipment more and more. Says that the FCC and the government refuses
to do anything about it and won't enforce the noise laws already on
the books.
First phone call at 0030 continues the noise and interference talk.
Allan told the caller that a big, directional antenna placed in a
quiet area of one's yard would help as it would increase the signal to
noise ratio.
Next phone call at 0041 was from Ross at the Cape. Continuing the talk
of digital noise and interference Ross said his biggest problems were
cable boxes and LED lights.
Allan also suggested using loop antennas made for the shortwave bands.
Said it was fairly easy to null noise with them. He stressed shielding
and proper grounding.
Quick reading of a few emails at 0101. After a quick prayer program
was off the air at 0107. John, Mid-North Indiana`` (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST) WBCQ history: see CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES
** U S A [and non]. From the Isle of Music, August 12-18, 2018:
Part 2 of 2 parts. Our special guest this week and next is Yasek
Manzano, one of the young lions in both Jazz and Electronic Music in
Cuba today.
Four options to listen to the transmission:
1. For Eastern Europe but audible well beyond the target area in most
of the Eastern Hemisphere (including parts of East Asia and Oceania)
with 100 kW, Sunday 1500-1600 UT on SpaceLine, 9400, from Kostinbrod,
Bulgaria (1800-1900 MSK)
2. For the Americas and parts of Europe, Tuesday 0000-0100 UT on WBCQ,
7490 from Monticello, ME, USA (Monday 8-9 PM EDT in the US). 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 UT and
Saturday 1200-1300 on Channel 292, 6070 from Rohrbach, Germany.
Also recommended:
1. Jetzt Geht's Los! (Here We Go!), an excellent program of early
German Jazz produced by Radio Ohne Nahmen, comes on right before FTIOM
on Tuesdays from 1800 to 1900 UT on Channel 292.
Uncle Bill's Melting Pot, Sun, August 12 & Tuesday, August 14, 2018
Episode 75 features Ska from several different countries in Eastern
Europe. The broadcasts take place:
1. Sundays 2200-2230 UT (6:00-6:30 PM Eastern US) on WBCQ The Planet
7490 from the US to the Americas and parts of Europe
2. Tuesdays 2000-2030 UT on Channel 292, 6070 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.
Also recommended:
Marion's Attic, a unique program produced and hosted by Marion Webster
featuring early 20th Century records, Edison cylinders etc played on
the original equipment, comes on immediately before UBMP on Sundays
2100-2200 UT on WBCQ 7490 (William "Bill" Tilford, Owner/Producer,
Tilford Productions, LLC, August 7, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI:
** U S A. YouTube Video of the Month
Shortwave Station Tour – WRMI, Radio Miami International
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKlic5e47ek
In this video we are taken on a tour through the WRMI shortwave
station out at Okeechobee. Florida. The site houses transmitters with
a combined power of 1.4 megawatts. If you want to see some huge
antennas, tubes and transformers, check out this video.
(Sheldon Harvey, August CIDX Messenger via DXLD
9395, WRMI 0215-0235 Wavescan program in progress at unscheduled time
(normally R. Tirana relay broadcast here). Former AWR director was
explaining future plans. Jeff White came on at 0225 & wrapped up the
show with contact & QSL info. Ends with Caribbean music till Spanish
ID at 0229. Arabic chanting followed then Spanish music at 0234.
Really weird schedule tonight. Very good on 7/28 (Don Hosmer, West
Branch MI, ICOM IC-7200, CommRadio Cr-1a &/or XHData D-808 radios with
G5RV dipoles & W6LVP loop, MARE Tipsheet 3 August via DXLD)
5850, WRMI, FL, Okeechobee, re-run of last week's Broad Spectrum Radio
featuring info about the "Green Corn Rebellion".
Then SW Radiogram #58 with MFSK 32 & MFSK 64 as well as 8PSK125F text
& photos. The PSK 'experiment' was meant to see if USB/LSB helped
decode since the phase distortion of selective fading can wreck havoc
with PSK...'unfortunately' reception of this week's show was so GOOD
that even AM worked perfectly! The show had stories about a new
programme "Slow Scan Radio" produced by John Piek, PA0ETE & broadcast
from Germany & SSTV from the ISS, as well as stories about water found
on Mars, both from the VoA & DW, then an item about cooling devices &
global warming. One of the stories mentioned planting rooftop gardens
to help cool buildings in an 'eco-friendly' way:
The caption of this photo was: While you're building your rooftop
garden, you might also want to consider planting some chili. That's
because spicy food can keep you cool. It forces you to sweat, lowering
your body temperature. Then images, this week a Canadian postage stamp
showing a moon halo in Whistler BC & an Italian fire fighting plane
bouncing around Europe to help fight wild fires.
Then the business growth show at BoH. 5554+4+ THIS close to all 5s.
0658-0830, FLDigi for the digital bits (Ken Zichi, Williamston MI,
Port Hope MI2, SPR-4 + ANC-4 & SDRplay + SDRuno + randomwire, MARE
Tipsheet 3 August via DXLD) Date missing; must be UT Mon July 30 (gh)
9395, August 2 at 0150, WRMI with World Music filling the second
semihour abandoned by RAE English at 0100.
BTW, Don`t you believe the sked on RAE`s own website:
http://www.radionacional.com.ar/rae-ingles/
which still shows a full hour in English, and not // 5950; Japanese
and Chinese on the ex-frequency 9455; Portuguese at wrong time 12-13
instead of 11-12, and on 9955 only (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST) See also ARGENTINA [non]
9395, August 3 at 0133, WRMI is S9+10/20, filling with Oldies instead
of World Music, the semihour vacated by RAE condensing English to 30
minutes only. I had suggested to Jeff that this slot could be
programmed more productively than defaulting to WMX, e.g. inserting
WORLD OF RADIO to a much-needed UT Friday or Saturday time. But it`s
definitely Oldies now, with BB announcements, Beatles tune later, and
// much weaker 5950; as usual 9395 on to Wavescan at 0200, which is
now stripped seven days a week at 0200, while 5950 switches to Fámily
Radio. Perhaps Jeff could be persuaded to add WOR sometime on Thu, Fri
or Sat, if listeners request it rather than yours truly (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also ARGENTINA [non]
9955, August 4 at 1416, WRMI still on in Saturday-only prolongation
until 1630* per skedgrid, but content? That is not stated, maybe
flexible. Today I am first hearing Eslovakia en Espanish after a song
in presumed Slovak. At 1549 check, very poor signal in Blalock the
Blaster, so is it a Full Gospel hour or semihour like the 2300
broadcast? But wait, 9955 is still on at next check 1635 with praise
music in Spanish; 1659 WRMI IS and ID once, a bit more music until
1700*.
11580, August 4 at 2100, no signal from WRMI, nor after 2130 nor after
2200. It was on for a few Saturdays only, including Kim`s `SW
Radiogram` secretly the past two weeks at 2130. The real reason was
VORW at 22-23, who apparently wanted and paid for that frequency-hour,
but John announced this week that due to lack of funding, all the
weekend repeats of his original Thursday show would be canceled.
BUT, Saturday August 4 at 2203, there he is on WRMI 9395 >> // 7780!
The WRMI skedgrid is self-contradictory: by frequency/transmitter
atop, still shows VORW at 22-23 on Saturdays; for System G below, same
pair are shown with Oldies.
It`s beyond me why WRMI won`t run 11580 every summer day, propagating
so much better than 5 or 7 MHz frequencies into absorption. In fact,
13 or 15 MHz would be even better [WORLD OF RADIO 1942]
You have to keep looking thru the WRMI sked grid
http://www.tinyurl.com/WRMIfqs
to see if there have been any changes.
And the very last entry for System L in yellow, does show an update as
of August 1: 9455 at 20-21, 21-22, 21-22 [sic] and 22-23 EDT on 9455
is now ``currently off air``. Seems like it was still on as I tuned
around between 00 and 04 UT August 2, but anyhow, this must mean that
its raison d`être, `Hal Turner` at 01-03 UT Thursdays, has expired
with July. Maybe he continue at same time on WBCQ 7490v as before
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9455 still on UT Aug 9!
7780, August 5 at 1306, this WRMI is on morning as scheduled now on
Sundays only, gospel huxter; still a JBA carrier at 1412. 9395, at
1306 check Sunday August 5 with Brother Scare, no longer a secret
`Wavescan` time.
9955, August 6 at 0145, WRMI amid `Wavescan` about Shepparton, and
with Cuban pulse jamming: tnx a lot, Arnie! 0130 Monday is one of
dozens of WS times on WRMI (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
From my recording last Sunday evening, 5-6 August UTC:
2015, Viva Miami (acknowledging listeners' reports; repeat)
2030, Reserve Military Retirement
2100, Voice of the Report of the Week, VORW Radio International
(lamenting lack of financial contributions and announcing
cutting back of broadcast times and frequencies next week)
2200, Your Weekend Show (Bob Biermann discussing the charlatans of the
Christian faith and the "prosperity gospel")
2300, Full Gospel (Half-) Hour (preceded by a "back to the music"
announcement; unfortunately, music only lasted a few seconds)
2330, Shortwave Radiogram (#59) [correcting last week it was #58]
0000, Radio Slovakia International in Slovak
0030, Radio Slovakia International in English
0100, Wavescan (#493)
0130, World of Radio (#1941)
(-- Richard Langley, WOR iog via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHERSW:
** U S A. 7505v, WRNO, on Aug 1, heard again at 1133 (YL preaching in
English, with OM running translation into Chinese), after being silent
on July 31, checking 1043, 1114, 1135 & 1233 (Ron Howard, Asilomar
State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
7505, August 2 at 0120, WRNO hasn`t shown up at nominal *0100, but is
on with gospel huxter in English at 0149 check. 7505, August 3 at
0150, no WRNO (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9475, WTWW Lebanon TN (presumed); 2009-2020+, 7/27;
Perpetually Provocative Pastor Pete Peters Purveying Pontifical
Puffery & Ponderous Presumptions; re false prophets & Christian con
men. S20 peaks (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 185' RW, -
--- All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! ----, DX
LISTENING DIGEST) T1TK1 (gh, DXLD)
9475, August 4 at 1636, WTWW-1 is off, nor is it to be heard on any
other possible frequency, 15810-, 12105, 9930, 5830 or 5085. At 2154,
9475 is still off, nor on 5830.
Finally August 5 at 0039 check, all three transmitters are back on the
air, all with VG signals: 5085 // 15809.9 with ham stuff, and 5830
with SFAW. By 0059, 15809.9 has faded way down, as at 0100 it and 5085
are playing rock music. Keeps on and at 0107 canned ID, more music,
not `Theatre Organ in the Ozarx` whose nominal time has been 01 UT
Sundays. 0110 non-Ted DJ Jeff? Hartman? ``here on WTWW, Saturday
night, what`s left of it``, and Statler Bros. 0113 mentions requests
from Jamaica and California are coming up, as 15809.9 has faded back
up but only to S5. 0120 DJ name on ``The Big One``, sounds like Jack
Lawrence, and says he is on FB. 0123 next break he says Ted has given
him new hours to start earlier at 8 pm until midnight or as late as he
likes (CDT = 01-05+ UT Sundays).
So what has become of TOITO? Is Bob Heil gone for good? And what about
`Southern Talk in the Midnight` which has been starting at 05 UT
Sundays? Then Ted ad for employment at the Little Ali-inn, Rachel NV
across from Area 51. 0128 DJ says he is on 5085, but apparently does
not know about 15810, which yes, is still running, low. Says his name
again, and this time I am pretty sure it`s Jeff Lawrence (but no idea
how either really be spelt); at 0131 he thinx it`s ``coming up on 25
minutes past the hour``, huh?? Seems same voice we have been hearing
doing the super-hyped canned IDs.
Aha, the website has axually been updated to answer some questions:
http://wtww.us/pages/schedule.php
``LIVE THEATER ORGAN FROM THE OZARKS WITH BOB HEIL SATURDAY 6:30 PM
CENTRAL ON 5085 [2330 UT Saturday]
AMATEUR RADIO NEWSLINE SATURDAY 7 PM CENTRAL ON 5085 [00 UT Sunday]
THE RAIN REPORT WITH HAP HOLLY SATURDAY AT APROX 7:30 PM CENTRAL ON
5085 [0030 UT Sunday}
THE BOSS RADIO DREAM TEAM
THE GREATEST HITS OF ALL TIME - WITH TED RANDALL - MONDAY - WEDNESDAY
8 PM - 12 AM CENTRAL ON 5085 [01-05 UT Tue - Thu [including Wed??]
THE GREATEST HITS OF ALL TIME - WITH STEVE TAYLOR - THURSDAY 8 PM - 12
AM CENTRAL ON 5085 [01-05 UT Fri]
THE GREATEST HITS OF ALL TIME - WITH GRANT HUDSON - FRIDAY 8 PM - 12
AM CENTRAL ON 5085 [01-05 UT Sat]
THE GREATEST HITS OF ALL TIME - WITH JEFF LAURENCE - SATURDAY 8 PM -
12 AM CENTRAL ON 5085 [01-05 UT Sun]
THE GREATEST HITS OF ALL TIME - WITH BIG JIM EDWARDS - SUNDAY 8 PM -
12 AM CENTRAL ON 5085 [01-05 UT Mon]``
But no mention of `Southern Talk in the Midnight`. WTWW still listed:
http://www.tennhills-productions.com/
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1942, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
5085, UT Sunday August 5 at 0614, despite omission from WTWW homepage
and schedule, `Southern Talk in the Midnight` is still going, S9+20
but unsolid signal and combating storm noise level. If 15809.9 be //
this time, is totally unpropagating. Presumably still starting at 0500
after rock music show.
15809.9 is however audible at 1413 August 5 with SFAW much weaker than
// 9475. By 1920 recheck when should propagate better, is off; while
9475 is problematic, modulation cutting on & off & skipping (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9265V, August 4 at 1637, WINB with gospel huxter in English,
carrier still very wobbly, and also at 2202 recheck. Despite publicity
that Unique Radio, Australia, would broadcast via WINB today at 11-13
UT, not checked here, but per Richard Langley, and Tim Gaynor himself
via Bruce Churchill, it was a no-show. Next Saturday? Langley says:
``Nothing apparently wrong with the transmitter. They signed on just
before 1330 UT with ID and anthem and the "Apostolic Witness Radio
Broadcast" -- the usual Saturday start of broadcasting. I guess
someone forgot to modify the playout software or come in early to air
the program manually``
WINB said Unique Radio would also be tested every Friday in August at
1100-1200 on 15670 DRM; I have seen no reports of anyone hearing that
on August 3 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Perhaps the DRM transmitter is still off the air. On 30 July, WINB
tweeted: "Bad news, our DRM tx went down this morning and we had to
order a part. Sadly, we will have to reschedule the IBC test for Aug
1st and maybe some others. Will let you know when we are back up."
Haven't seen the follow-up tweet yet (Richard Langley, NB, Aug 5, WOR
iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1942, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 12160, Saturday August 4 at 1646, WWCR with `Martha Garvin`s
Musical Memories` as she belts hymns with own piano accompaniment. I
find her simplicity and sincerity not off-putting like so many gospel-
huxters, but wish she would broaden her songbook a bit into secular.
AND, at 1700 into `The Talking Machine Show` with ancient recordings
mostly musical. Glad it`s back, still on the sked, since it was pre-
empted by some gospel huxter last week. Unless it were purely a
mistake, here`s probably what happened. The g.h. needed a make-good,
since for some reason his paid-for broadcast did not come off. So
instead of a refund, WWCR blew away one of their expendable produxions
to give him a free semihour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5050, UT Monday August 6 at 0156, WWRB is S9+30 with
screaming gospel huxtress; is only on UT Sun & Mon, or also UT Tue?
Should always check for second harmonic 10100 as once logged, but not
heard since July 15 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 15555/USB, WJHR Milton FL (presumed); 2057-2105+, 8/2;
Religihuxter huxtering about Adam, Eve, Cain, Abel & being saved; to
be saved “blood must be shed”. When he’s on a roll, he sounds like the
drill sergeant in Full Metal Jacket. Said he sent off for (Patently
Pointless & Provocatively Predatory) Peter Popoff’s packet of Miracle
Spring Water and discovered after opening it that you have to send 35$
to have it “activated”. These dufuses rank right up there in
usefulness with the Pakistani computer tech dudes that are always
calling...and calling...and calling. SIO=354- (Harold Frodge, Midland
MI, USA, Drake R8B + 185' RW, ---- All logged by my ears, on my
receiver, in real time! ----, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW:
** U S A. 990, August 1 at 2037 UT on caradio about 18 miles N of Enid
on US 81/60/64, bandscan is not much different than inside Enid, but I
do hear an ID in passing from KRSL Russell KS, also as on 98.1 FM
which is a mere translator. 990 is 250 W ND day, at about the edge of
its Ogalalla groundwave, 267 km = 163 miles. KTOK 1000 splatter is a
little less of a problem here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1020, KCKN, Roswell NM – Radio Visión Cristiana Subsidiary's
request states that KCKN went silent on June 11, 2018, for technical
reasons. The transmitter caught fire and was severely damaged (FCC
18.6.2018 and 28.6.2018 via Bernt-Ivan Holmberg, ARC, mv-eko 6 August
via DXLD)
** U S A. Kommentar: Skulle kolla WTIC's hemsida men får upp följande:
"The owner of this website (wtic.radio.com) has banned the country or
region your IP address is in (SE) from accessing this website." Har
fått detta meddelande även på en del andra NA-stationer när jag sökt
info. Är det någon som vet varför vi utesluts? (Thomas Nilsson,
Sweden, 6.8.2018, ARC mv-eko 6 August via DXLD) 1080, Hartford CT
** U S A. 1360, FLORIDA, WHNR, Winter Haven. 1435 August 1, 2018.
Goofy format for one that's supposed to be Country, with redneck live
jock, Supertramp "Give A Little Bit" into Guy Mitchell "Singing the
Blues" then a Hank Williams Sr. song followed by the Bee Gees "Nights
On Broadway." Frequent spastic audio breaks lasting a couple seconds
each time. Logged on the ICF-7600GT at Philippe Park, Safety Harbor,
and again once home at 1824 with Thin Lizzy "The Boys Are Back In
Town" into a Country oldie, with the audio drops continuing, top of
hour ID as WHNR, Cypress Gardens (Terry L. Krueger, Clearwater, FL,
NRD-353, IC-R75, longwires, active loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WWNT-1380 / WWBG-1470 reported silent --- These two // SS-
formatted stations in North Carolina have notified the FCC that they
have gone silent as of August 1, for financial reasons. They are pests
here, especially WWBG, so I'll have to check and see what's up while
they are off the air (David Yocis - Mount Vernon, VA, Aug 4, nrc-am gg
via DXLD)
** U S A. 1510 kHz WMEX Boston --- Hi. They are back on air! Heard at
03U this morning with ID "50,000 watts, 15-10 WMEX Boston" G (John
Williams, Hemel, Hempstead, UK, Aug 4, Elad S2 and Flag, MWCircle iog
via DXLD)
Grim :-( Best wishes (Barry :-) Davies, Carlisle UK, ibid.)
Maybe not as bad as you might expect, Barry. Before they ceased
broadcasting from Boston on 30th June 2017, the nighttime
authorisation was directional with the primary lobe to the east. After
losing this transmitter site, WMEX is now forced to diplex with WBIX
1260 in Quincy MA. When resuming broadcasting to maintain its licence
in June, WMEX applied for 1 kW daytime only non-directional. It then
applied for a second STA permitting a night-time power of just 100 W,
non-directional, compared to their previously-authorised 50 kW when at
Boston. The STA was granted on 19th July and allows a daytime power of
2kW. It expires on 3rd December 2018.
In the longer term WMEX has an application for full service, remaining
100 W at night and just 10 kW daytime. I suppose they are still in
fact licensed for 50 kW from Boston, so their on-air claim is factual,
even though the facility is no longer available.
So although they are on the air, they might not be as dominant as they
were. In any case, at this QTH when they were off, all I seemed to
hear was WLAC, or occasionally KCKK or KGA. 73 (/Andrew Brade, UK, Aug
4, MWCircle yg via DXLD)
And WMEX should no longer be considered a pest into Europe (gh, DXLD)
Hello John, Checked this morning's files but no trace of WMEX. Best
wishes (Barry :-) Davies, Carlisle UK. Lat. 55.0119N Lon. -2.9668W,
Aug 4, MWCircle iog via DXLD)
** U S A. 1580, FLORIDA, WNTF, Bithlo. 0849 July 23, 2018. D3 daytimer
breaking the rules. Big signal with "I Like It" by DeBarge, male
"WNTF, the station that makes you feel good" atop the song, no ID top
of hour, into white man "Dr. James Dobson Family Talk" Christian talk
until 0925 conclusion, local ad, promo for Al Sharpton show. Local
sunrise today there was 6:41.
1590, FLORIDA, WRXB, St. Pete Beach. July 20, 2018. I was within 1.5
miles of the transmitter site, and no trace of even a carrier, as per
previous non-reception observations from the house. DXN 85-18 AM
Switch states "Silent July 6; financial problems."
1590.41, UNIDENTIFIED, 1040 GMT July 21, 2018 and subsequent days
checks, pretty strong het. Also heard by D. Crawford in Titusville --
opposite Florida coast me -- along with another slightly higher. Who?
1650, FLORIDA, 1650 (TIS), WQQJ297, Florida Dept. of Transportation,
I-275 Tampa. Still running wrong, expired calls within the generic
compu-man loop as WQVF594, defunct calls once assigned to the 1630 kHz
FDoT, I-75 near Exit 279, Wesley Chapel transmitter.
1670, GEORGIA, WMGE, Dry Branch. 1430 August 1, 2018. Fox Sports
babble, fair late morning from Philippe Park, Safety Harbor on the
ICF-7600GR. Only a short distance from my house but yet this one isn't
much if at all audible late mornings onward.
1690, MARYLAND, WPTX, Lexington Park. 0943 August 1, 2018. Simon &
Garfunkel "Bridge Over Troubled Water" and ID. All alone now that WMLB
[Georgia] is no more. ****************************************
Florida Low Power Radio Stations:
https://sites.google.com/site/floridadxn/florida-low-power-radio-stations
(Terry L. Krueger, Clearwater, FL, NRD-353, IC-R75, longwires, active
loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1610, TIS, Glacier Nat. Park, MT, 0959 02-Jul-18, Glacier
National Park TIS with man giving warning about animals, dual KOE731
and KOE732 ID at end of loop. Given the log below I’m guessing this is
actually KOE732.
1610.02, KOE731, Glacier Nat Park, MT, 1058 13-Jul-18. ID: "You're
listening to KOE731, 1610 AM", info on Glacier Park (Nigel Pimblett,
Dunmore, AB Perseus SDR, Wellbrook array, August CIDX Messenger via
DXLD)
** U S A. RADIO HOST ART BELL DIED OF ACCIDENTAL DRUG OVERDOSE
By Blake Apgar / Las Vegas Review-Journal
August 1, 2018 - 10:37 am Updated August 1, 2018 - 4:05 pm
https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-nevada/radio-host-art-bell-died-of-accidental-drug-overdose/
Longtime Pahrump radio personality Art Bell died of an accidental
overdose from a cocktail of prescription drugs, the Clark County
coroner’s office said Wednesday.
Bell died April 13 in a bedroom of his Pahrump home at age 72. The
coroner’s office determined he had four prescription medications in
his system: the opioids oxycodone and hydrocodone, diazepam (often
marketed as Valium) and the muscle relaxant carisoprodol. Chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease and hypertension also contributed to his
death, the coroner’s office said.
The drugs that killed Bell were lawfully prescribed to him, the Nye
County Sheriff’s Office said in a video posted to Facebook.
Bell was known as the late-night host, engineer and producer of the
show “Coast to Coast AM.” He specialized in talking about all things
weird, including UFOs, alien abductions and crop circles, on his
nationally syndicated show to as many as 15 million people nightly.
After retiring from hosting full time in 2003, he started his own
satellite radio show from his home.
His work captured the imaginations of long-haul truckers and
insomniacs alike during his late-night shows. He was inducted into the
Nevada Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame in 2006 and into the
National Radio Hall of Fame two years later.
Bell stepped away from radio for good in 2015, about five months after
launching “Midnight in the Desert.” (via Mark Sills, TX, DXLD) obit
** ZANZIBAR. TANZANIA: 11735, Radio Tanzania-Zanzibar (presumed);
2047-2100:04*, 7/31; M in Afro-language with call-in program to
2050:51 peppy instrumental which morphed into a vocal lasting till
2059:17; brief announcements in unknown language with brief Arabish
music & off abruptly. SIO=2+42+ with rat-a-tat burst QRM. Typically
goes off at 2100 +/- a few minutes (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA,
Drake R8B + 185' RW, ---- All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in
real time! ----, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
6015, Zanzibar Broadcasting Corporation, Dole, 0453-0507, 04-08,
Swahili comments. 15321. (Méndez)
11735, Zanzibar Broadcasting Corporation, Dole, 1800-1809, 03-08,
English, female, ID “it’s nine O’clock African time, this is Zanzibar
Broadcasting Corporation, the news”, news. 44444 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo,
Spain, Logs in Friol, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog
via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Zanzibar Broadcasting Corporation - ZBC in English on August 5
1800-1810 11735 DOL 050 kW / non-dir to CeAf English, very good signal
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/08/zanzibar-broadcasting-corporation-zbc.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, August 5, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ZIMBABWE [non]. VOA Studio 7 has a special transmission between
1200-1500 on 15295sao & 17820sao for a couple of days.
https://www.voazimbabwe.com/
(Mauno Ritola on WRTH -World Radio Tv Handbook Facebook, 1 Aug via
Alan Pennington, bdxc-news iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1942, DXLD)
If there is anything about this special, let alone regular Studio 7
schedule, it is well hidden on the voazimbabwe website. Who cares
about SW? The WRTH update in May had this:
BBG – VOA STUDIO 7 (Gov)
kHz: 909, 4930, 6040, 7270, 9885, 15460
Summer [sic] Schedule 2018
English/Ndebele/Shona Days Area kHz
0400-0500 mtwtf.. ZWE 909bot, 4930bot, 7270sao, 9885kwt
1700-1800 daily ZWE 909bot, 4930bot, 6040bot, 15460sao
1800-1900 mtwtf.. ZWE 909bot, 4930bot, 6040sao, 15460sao
And there was nothing further in the July 12 update.
In North America beyond the Greenville skip zone, one may listen to
the VOA Africa service, daily 1700-1830 full sesquihour in English on
17530. The only English remaining from VOA GB (Glenn Hauser, ibid.)
12-15 UT via IBB Sao Tome, also MW 909 kHz
2018-08-05 14:01:23 capture: AM 17820 (SAO) aVO ZIMB
2018-08-05 14:01:45 capture: AM 15295 (SAO) aVO ZIMB
2018-08-05 14:02:07 capture: AM 909 (BOT) aVO ZIMB
(IBB monitoring via Büschel, DXLD)
It's VOA Simbabwe, special transmissions for a few days 1200-1500 UTC
on 15295 und 17820 kHz. For those who understand German, here is an
article written by Kai Ludwig:
https://www.radioeins.de/programm/sendungen/medienmagazin/radio_news/beitraege/2017/simbabwe.html
(Alex Busneag, Germany, WOR iog via DXLD) Viz.:
NACH DER WAHL --- ERNEUTE SONDERSENDUNGEN DER VOA FÜR SIMBABWE
Die Voice of America strahlt momentan (angesetzt für die kommenden
Tage) erneut zusätzliche Sendungen für Simbabwe aus: Zwischen 14.00
und 17.00 Uhr MESZ über die Kurzwellensender in São Tomé auf 15295 und
17820 kHz.
VOA – Mugabe resigns Bildschirmfoto vom 21.11.2017 | © VOA [caption]
Diese drei Stunden pro Tag sind immer noch bescheiden, vergleicht man
sie mit dem, was die VOA auf ihrer Sendestation in Botswana zum
Rücktritt von Robert Mugabe einführte und bis Anfang Februar
praktizierte: Der Mittelwellensender (909 kHz, 600 kW) und die
Kurzwelle 4930 kHz blieben gleich rund um die Uhr eingeschaltet.
Zum größten Teil war das jedoch nur eine Sendebereitschaft. Meist lief
dabei lediglich der Musikkanal VOA 1, ein Restbetrieb des einstigen,
von 1985 bis 1994 auch aus Ismaning auf Mittelwelle gesendeten „VOA
Europe“.
Bemerkenswert war dabei das Timing einer anderen Entscheidung: Die
Deutsche Welle hatte in Afrika ihre englischen Kurzwellensendungen nur
Tage zuvor, am 28. Oktober 2017, abgeschaltet.
Planmäßig läuft das Simbabwe-Programm der VOA derzeit von 6.00 bis
7.00 und von 19.00 bis 21.00 Uhr MESZ. Eingesetzt werden neben 909 und
4930 kHz morgens die Frequenzen 7270 kHz (aus São Tomé) und 9885 kHz
(aus Kuwait), abends 6040 und 15460 kHz (6040 kHz in der ersten Stunde
aus Botswana, sonst wieder die Sendestation São Tomé).
Dabei wird nicht nur die englische Sprache verwendet: Teile des
Programms präsentieren sich in den in Simbabwe verbreiteten
Bantusprachen, Schona und Ndebele.
Autor: Kai Ludwig; Stand vom 02.08.2018 (via DXLD)
According to VOA Studio 7's Facebook page, Zimbabwe Special Election
Coverage yesterday was 3pm to 5pm Zimbabwe time i.e. 1300-1500 UT (not
1200-1500):
Zimbabwe Special Election Coverage: We will be bringing you the latest
news on the outcome of general elections in Zimbabwe between 3:00pm
and 5:00pm (Zimbabwe) on Saturday.
We will be broadcasting live on our three different Facebook pages
(VOA Shona, VOA Ndebele & VOA Studio 7). We will also be live on our
shortwave frequencies (909 Shortwave. 15295 and 17820 KHz).
#voazimvotes
(VOA Studio 7 Facebook page 4 August via Alan Pennington, Aug 5, bdxc-
news iog via DXLD)
During the weekend the first hour is VOA English, both 15295 and 17820
kHz on since 1200 (Mauno Ritola, bdxc-news iog via DXLD)
17820, 05 Ago, 1255, UNID Carrier with fading with very weak signal
with rare peaks of whispers. Transmission is not in any list. Research
shows that this frequency is used by Philippine Radio. Very weak
signal trace with no audio the Twente SDr. reasonable signal on SDR
San Gavino Monreale, Sardinia. In 1347 a YL is interviewing an OM in
English. At 1400 follows the programming that is not in English and
there was no ID.
17820kHz-05Ago2018-1347UT-UNID(R Pilipinas)
http://www.ipernity.com/doc/107414/47097172
(Jorge Freitas, Brasil, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1942, DXLD)
Good signal here at 1422 UT in English & other unknown lang, but I
have no idea what it is (Ivo Ivanov, ibid.)
African English about Harare/Zimbabwe. VOA special to Zim should be
the one. 73, (Jari Savolainen, Finland, 1619 UT Aug 5, WOR iog via
WORLD OF RADIO 1942, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
SAO TOME, Additional broadcast of VOA to Zimbabwe on August 5:
1200-1500 on 17820 SAO 100 kW / 138 deg to SoAf English, good signal
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/08/additional-broadcast-of-voa-to-zimbabwe.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, August 5, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
VOA Studio 7 special transmission to Zimbabwe via Pinheira, August 6:
1200-1500 15295 SAO 100 kW / 126 deg English/Shona/Ndebele, very good
1200-1500 17820 SAO 100 kW / 138 deg English/Shona/Ndebele, fair/good
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/08/voa-studio-7-special-transmission-to.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, August 5-6, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED [Re 18-31:]. Frequency secret and unknown but filed under
UNID ---- It seems that wb has concluded the TWR Silk Road Transmitter
is in Kyrgyzstan, the one on 1467 kHz, leading to this extensive
mostly historical discussion in BC-DX. Instead of trying to unravel it
into forward chronological order as preferred in DXLD, I am just
copying it as appeared in BC-DX (gh)
KYRGYZ REPUBLIC / Republique Kirghize / Republica Kirguisa.
TWR's new Silk Road Transmitter.
[TWR KGZ 1467 kHz; former 873 kHz 150 kW AFN Frankfurt Germany, wb.]
Lieber Wolfgang, lieber Kai, lieber Harald, vielen Dank, Wolfgang,
zunaechst fuer die Fragen und die historischen Informationen, die ich
spaeter in meine Dateien einarbeiten werde.
Als eine erste Antwort zitiere ich aus meiner Anschubdatei an Kai fuer
die aktuellen Kolumnen des naechsten Radio-Kurier:
Neuer TWR-Mittelwellensender fuer Zentralasien.
Trans World Radio hat aus den Standorten seiner Mittelwellensendungen
fuer Zentralasien immer ein grosses Geheimnis gemacht. Eingesetzt
werden Gavar (Armenien) 864 kHz (500 kW) und Bishkek (Kirgisien) 1467
kHz (75 kW). Nach Angaben der Fellowship of European Broadcasters hat
die protestantische Radiomission einen neuen Mittelwellensender fuer
Zentralasien in Betrieb. Er wird poetisch "Silk Road Transmitter"
(Seidenstrassen-Sender) genannt.
Nach Angaben der Projektbitte bei
<https:\\www.twr.org/project/silk-road-transmitter/>
musste man im Januar 2017 die Sendeplaene umstellen und kuerzen, da
ein 150-kW-Sender (wo? vgl. unten) Ende 2016 ausser Betrieb ging.
"Nun aber habe Gott TWR dahin gefuehrt, dass man den Seidenstrassen-
Sender mit 200 kW aufstellen koenne."
Man brauche dafuer USD 593.000.
Ob sich nicht auch die potentiellen Spender und Spenderinnen von Gott
entsprechend gefuehrt saehen?
Die PR-Informationen im Umfeld der Spendenkampagne erscheinen manchmal
etwas uninformiert. Im Juli gab es aber doch ein paar bemerkenswerte
Informationen:
So soll schon der am 30. Maerz 2003 fuer Zentralasien in Betrieb
genommene PANI-Sender (also Bishkek 1467 kHz, 75 kW) aus Deutschland
gekommen sein. Das ist so nicht richtig. Zum angegebenen Datum mietete
TWR Sendezeit bei einer seit 2005 nicht mehr bestehenden Station. TWR
sendete weiter abends auf der Frequenz und nahm im Maerz 2014 statt
des alten Senders den Sender des PANI-Projekts (Akronym "Pakistan,
Afganistan, Nord-Indien" vgl.
<https:\\www.twr.org/pani-broadcasts/>
in Betrieb. Deutsche staatliche Rundfunkgesellschaften haetten TWR
weitere Mittelwellensender angeboten. TWR habe drei MW Sender zu einem
guten Preis erworben.
Einer sei seit zwei Jahren bei TWR Manzini Swasiland in Betrieb.
Die beiden anderen 100-kW-Sender ersetzten jetzt den ausgefallenen
Sender in Bishkek KGZ und werden ueber einen Combiner zu 200 kW
verbunden. In dem hier zitierten "Interview" wird dann freilich
behauptet, dass der Seidenstrassen-Sender vom PANI-Sender die
Sendungen in zentralasiatischen Sprachen uebernehmen und der PANI-
Sender deshalb fuer die Erweiterung der Afghanistan-Sendungen frei
werde. Beide koennten dann jeweils zu den Haupthoerzeiten senden und
damit den "spiritual impact" erhoehen (Prof. Dr. Hansjoerg Biener-D,
via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 1, BC-DX via DXLD)
und nun das, was ich hoechstens "gelehrte Spekulation" nennen wuerde:
Welcher Standort? Mein erster Gedanke war: TWR ist im Dezember 2016
der Sender fuer 1467 kHz kaputt gegangen. Das waere fuer TWR
aergerlich, aber nicht ganz so verwunderlich, wenn es sich bei dem neu
installierten Sender 2014 um einen Alt-Sender (AFN Frankfurt
Weisskirchen Germany 873 kHz?) gehandelt haette. Allerdings gab es
auch in juengerer Zeit Empfangsmeldungen fuer Bishkek KGZ 1467 kHz.
Natuerlich haette es da sich um eine Reservesender (den Vorgaenger?)
handeln koennen...
Bevor ich hier noch eine Spekulationsrunde drehe, warte ich die
Empfangsmeldungen derer mit den ganz grossen Ausruestungen ab. Eine
tatsaechlich gemeldete zweite Frequenz wuerde meinen Ausgangsgedanken
ja widerlegen. Einen anderen Standort als Bishkek (S. Whitt:
Afghanistan) halte ich fuer voellig abwegig.
Geheimnistuerei? Ich denke, da vermischen sich mehrere Themen. Zum
einen duerfte es fuer evangelikale Missionare in der islamischen Welt
tatsaechlich geraten sein, nicht zu viel oeffentliche Aufmerksamkeit
zu erregen. Andererseits koennen sie ja nicht anders: Sie empfinden ja
einen Missionsauftrag fuer ihre Zielgruppe, die nicht unbemerkt
bleiben kann, Und sie brauchen eine Finanzierung, weshalb ihre PR-
Arbeit unter den Spendern im Westen nicht unbemerkt bleiben darf.
Und da kommt das zweite Thema ins Spiel:
PANI und Silk Road Transmitter sind ja nur aufmerksamkeitstraechtige
Projektnamen. Ich glaube, dass die PR-Leute bei vielen Radioarbeiten
die Details, die uns interessieren, entweder nicht kennen oder nicht
verstehen/korrekt einordnen koennen. Das war schon bei der Recherche
fuer meine Dissertation zu erleben, ist also ein altes Problem.
Andererseits bekommen auch die grossen Auslandsdienste ihre PR oder
Internetseiten nicht hin, und fuehren sich manche "Enthuellungen"
ueber den internationalen Rundfunk in anderen Medien fuer den Kundigen
selber vor.
Veraenderte Ausgangslagen.
Zum Berichterstattungsproblem tragen aber auch die DX-Experten bei.
Die Einordnung von Meldungen zu "HCJB" unter Ecuador oder zu "FEBA"
unter Seychellen zeigt, dass hier noch in Kategorien vor 2000 gedacht
wird. Diese beiden Missionssender gibt es nicht mehr. Wenn "ich" eine
eigene Station zu finanzieren habe, kann ich gar nicht anders, als
"meine" Sendungen zu bewerben und zu erzaehlen, wie viele neue
segensreiche Sendungen in neuen Sprachen auf meinem Sender sind oder
wenigstens noch ausgestrahlt werden sollen. Diese "Leuchttuerme des
Glaubens" als Teil einer Markenidentitaet sind aber weggebrochen.
Die internationalen Radiomissionen agieren schon seit Jahrzehnten
anders. Es geht um "content delivery" auf verschiedenen Plattformen,
wobei der klassische Hoerfunk, geschweige denn die Kurzwelle nur noch
eine untergeordnete Rolle spielen. Ueber Mediatheken lassen sich die
Programme dauerhaft zur Verfuegung stellen und man kann hoffen, dass
sie heruntergeladen und geteilt werden. Spaetestens im Projekt "die
Welt bis zum Jahr 2000" haben die klassischen grossen Werke die Wende
zu Sprachen-orientierter Kooperation geschafft.
Bei den DXern haben wir dann die Verwirrung, z. B. die arabischen
Sendungen von "R. Ibrahim" unter FEBA, IBRA oder HCJB einzuordnen.
Sadaye Zindagi
Ein weiteres Beispiel, dessen Geschichte und Details wir
Aussenstehenden nur verstehen wuerden, wenn wir die jeweiligen
Sprachen koennten, ist Sadaye Zindagi. Das gab es laut
<https:\\pamirmedia.org/radio>
als Einzelprogramm in Dari seit 1992, aber Dari-Sendungen unter dem
Namen gab es schon 1976 von FEBA-Pakistan ueber FEBA-Seychelles.
Die Widersprueche loesen sich auf, wenn man weiss, dass es aufgrund
von Produktionsproblemen teils jahrelang nur Wiederholungen, teils
auch neue Anlaeufe gegeben hat. Es duerfte ja nicht so leicht gewesen
sein, Dari-sprachige Christen zu finden, die auch noch Radio machen
koennen. In Sprach-, nicht Senderkategorien gedacht, ist es
sinnvoller, ein funktionierendes Team aufzubauen und am Leben zu
erhalten als an verschiedenen Orten "mein" kaum lebensfaehiges Team.
Und siehe da: Auf der angegebenen Website werden TWR, FEBA und IBRA
als Partner genannt. In deren Spenden-PR werden die immer von
"unseren" Partnern sprechen, aber diese Anbieter sind keine "Toechter"
mehr. Vielmehr bestehen die, aehnlich wie die NGO-Sendungen, durch
Formen der Grundfinanzierung und Projekte (ein neues Kinderprogramm,
ein Frauenprogramm, eine AIDS-Serie etc.). Wenn mehr Geld da ist, wird
man auch mal zusaetzliche Sendezeit kaufen (z. B. bei Bible Voice),
aber im wesentlichen schauen, dass man ueber die Runden kommt.
(Prof. Dr. Hansjoerg Biener-D, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 1)
Re: Silk Road Transmitter +
<https:\\www.twr.org/project/silk-road-transmitter/>
additional info from archive:
re AFN Weisskirchen Germany / TWR Bishkek Kyrghyz Rep MW unit
22 years in service at Weisskirchen Germany and Bishkek Kyrghystan
On latter KGZ site low power tests in Dec 2013,
and TWR Bishkek real service from March 2014.
4.5 years lasting service at Bishkek KGZ til January 2017 defunct
only???
22 Jahre Betrieb fuer einen nicht immer gut gewarteten AFN Sender in
Weisskirchen Germany ist doch ein guter Wert. Wobei 4.5 Jahre Einsatz
in Bishkek KGZ wirklich ein duerftiger Wert ist.
Hatte Bishkek nicht auch einst 30 kW TESLA CSSR Sender in Gebrauch ?
Wie die Mongolei auch... vy73 wolfgang df5sx, wwdxc
(wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 31)
and a lot of archive data more:
Re: TWR's new Silk Road Transmitter project, Fragen / Questions.
Ich habe Luecken, die ganze jetzige Diskussion ueber Replacement von
gebrauchten 100 kW MW Sendern aus dem BRD-Germany Bestand fuer TWR MW
Sender im Ausland zu verstehen.
TWR hat schon immer ARD Sender im gebrauchten Zustand zum Beispiel
erstmals in 1976 im Ausland installiert, aus der Saarwelle Heusweiler
400 kW 1421 kHz nach Sri Lanka gebracht.
Und der 1467 kHz Sender in Bishkek wurde fuer ganz Zentral Asien immer
angemietet vertraglich genutzt, zuerst {Tesla made?} 30 kW, spaeter
dann mit einer vom TWR/ERF bezahlt-errichteten eigenen {150 kW ex-AFN
?} Anlage im Dezember 2013 und neuer TWR/ERF bezahlt 4-Mast direct-
antenna.
Ist der von TWR damals bezahlte Silk Sender 1467 kHz 150kW in Bishkek
aus dem Dezember 2013 nunmehr defekt, - und muss ersetzt werden ?
Wohl nein.
Aus Deinem (Hansjoergs) jetzigen Text wird ja PANI nicht durch SILK tx
ersetzt.
Sowie TWR Richtung AFG anfaenglich ueber einen der 3 x 15 kW Sender
auf 4050, dann spaeter 5130v kHz. TWR nahe Sadaye Zindagi Radio via
Shortwave Relay Service, Krasnaya Rechka,
HJB - ? Wird jetzt ein weiterer MW Sender dort in Bishkek errichtet ?
Oder was ? Eher doch ein moderner 200 kW MW Sender fuer die TWR Gavar
Armenien Station? Die alten UdSSR Leningrad Sender in Gavar sind doch
bestimmt schrott-reif?
TWR westlich missionarisch religioes als Christenprogramm in den
einheimischen lokalen zentralasiatischen Sprachen wird bestimmt nur in
Bishkek KYRGYZ REPUBLIC und Gavar ARMENIA geduldet, aber nicht als
lokaler Standort in den TJK, UZB, KAZ, TKM Staaten.
(wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 1)
> GH Why is this treated as a big secret?
Da hat GH wohl fehlendes Detailwissen, ueber die Missionararbeit von
TWR uebers Radio in Zentralasien ?
GH probably has no detailed knowledge about the missionary work of
TWR via religious radio to muslims in Central Asia?
Anyway, there are right-wing tensions and pressure there for 20 years
that the TWR Public relations work. We also tried 15-20 years ago the
publication of the real detailed MW / SW Schedule via TWR Gavar and
Bishkek towards NE ME Central Asia from the detailed colored TWR
leaflet at that time, sure real complicated or forbidden to publish
data.
Jedenfalls gibt es dort seit 20 Jahren rechte Spannungen was die TWR
Oeffentlichkeitsarbeit angeht. Auch versuchte man uns vor 15-20 Jahren
schon die Veroeffentlichung der MW / SW Schedule ueber TWR Gavar
Richtung NE ME Zentralasien aus dem detaillierten farbigen Prospekt
damals zu erschweren oder zu verbieten.
In 2000-2006 years rather: MW 864 kHz steep angle, 6-Element Double
Cone Skirt Antenna System designed by Kintronic Laboratories Inc.,
USA, financed by TWR USA organization.
1350 kHz, in 2005 year also 1377 kHz, former R Moscow-USSR
installation SV4+4 sidefire antenna slewed towards Near East 232deg &
TUR 262deg, SW 5855 (later moved to 6145 kHz) and 6240 kHz.
Maerz 2000, TWR Gavar:
1625-1640 daily ENGLISH 5895 100 kW zones 30/31 78 degr
1640-1655 Fri-Sun TURKMEN 5895 100 kW zones 30/31 78 degr
1640-1655 Mon-Thu KIRGIS 5895 100 kW zones 30/31 78 degr
1655-1710 daily UZBEK 5895 100 kW zones 30/31 78 degr
1710-1740 Sun TAJIKI 5895 100 kW zones 30/31 78 degr
5895 - 1625-1740 - 100 - 078 TWR
6240 - 0030-0100 - 100 - 078 TWR
May 2000 A-00 season:
German DXers have got always 'negative' QSL cards from TWR Vienna-AUT
office, consist notation of "Central Asia" relay only. Central Asia is
the vailed description [of hyper carefully TWR Vienna bureau] for
Yerevan-ARM relay site at Gavar, to protect the CIS authorities
against political conflicts with neighbouring countries in that
region.
But another Dxer got a 'positive' QSL, RR sent direct to the technical
dept. office at Monte Carlo-MCO. QSL card noted 'Yerevan' relay site.
siehe auch das QSL Fenster Bishkek in 2003, weiter unten:
under address <timskar -at- pisem.net> Timur Karimov
Saison A-01
ARMENIA TWR txion schedule A-01 season Mar 25-Oct 27, 2001
TX Yerevan Kamo-Gavar
0030-0045 1234567 Kazak 6240 100 78 degr zones 30/31
0045-0100 1234567 Korean 6240 100 78 degr zones 30/31
1610-1625 1234567 Korean 5855 100 78 degr zones 30/31
1610-1625 1234567 Korean 7395 100 78 degr zones 30/31
1625-1640 1234567 English 5855 100 78 degr zones 30/31
1640-1655 567 Turkmen 5855 100 78 degr zones 30/31
1640-1655 1234 Kirgis 5855 100 78 degr zones 30/31
1655-1710 1234567 Uzbek 5855 100 78 degr zones 30/31
1710-1740 7 Tajiki 5855 100 78 degr zones 30/31
0030-0045 67 Russian 864 1000 000 degr zones 30,31
0030-0045 12345 Kazak 864 1000 000 degr zones 30,31
0300-0330 1234567 Armenian 864 1000 000 degr zone 29
1625-1640 1234567 English 864 1000 000 degr zones 30,31
1640-1655 7 Turkmen 864 1000 000 degr zones 30,31
1640-1655 56 Turkish 864 1000 000 degr zones 30,31
1640-1655 1234 Kirgis 864 1000 000 degr zones 30,31
1655-1710 1234567 Uzbek 864 1000 000 degr zone 30
1710-1740 7 Tajiki 864 1000 000 degr zones 30,31
1710-1740 123456 Farsi 864 1000 000 degr zones 39,40
1740-1810 1234567 Farsi 864 1000 000 degr zones 39,40
1810-1825 1234567 Kurdish/ 864 1000 000 degr zone 39 /Sorani
1830-1845 67 Kurdish/ 1350 1000 262 degr zone 39 /Kirmanji
1830-1900 12345 Turkish 1350 1000 262 degr zone 39
1845-1900 67 Turkish 1350 1000 262 degr zone 39
1901-1931 5 Russian 1350 1000 232 degr zone 39
1901-1931 1234 67 Hebrew 1350 1000 232 degr zone 39
1931-2001 1234 7 Hebrew 1350 1000 232 degr zone 39
Day 1 Mon .. 7 Sun (TWR Europe, March 5, 2001)
Im Herbst 2005 wurden dann die TWR Aussendungen aus Gavar ARM
im B05 Prospekt geloescht / verschleiert.
Re: TWR outlets of suspicious nature ... probably due of poor
relations with Muslim target governments and societies.
siehe Okt/Nov 2005 comments in TopNews und dxld:
auch der Komment aus Nov / Dec 2008 ueber dieses Veiled Verhalten.
Re "Is 1377 kHz, R. Free Africa, Mwanza, (...)
Gavar, Armenia with 600 kW is relaying TWR on 1377 kHz.
(Jari Savolainen-FIN, dxld Nov 20, 2005)
I was thinking there was something like that, but the WRTH 2004 freq
list shows no such tx, nor anything on 1377 under ARMENIA, so I guess
it be new. To find the TWR schedule, you have to look under, where
else, AUSTRIA (Glenn Hauser-FIN [sic], dxld, Oct 2005)
1377 kHz, The TWR relay referred to in my message below is in fact via
Gavar, Armenia, 600 kW, and prgr starts at 1925 UT, thence the old TWR
IS I heard. Even better reception today, 22 Nov, again via the same
Ewe antenna & no need for the Quantum Phaser albeit some QRM de F.
No trace of TZA today (Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX Nov 22, 2005)
For security reason of their CeAS local mission people, all Gavar data
entries which still covered in 2000y-2003y, have been deleted in
2004y-2005y operational schedules by TWR office Vienna Austria. Only
hidden in printed schedule leaflet, by frequ, target, time, lang,
but no tx site given (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 1)
aus dem Archive Februar 2003:
KYRGYZSTAN, R EXTOL, works on the freq 1467 kHz 1200-1800 UT. 75 kW tx
is used for broadcasting, with non directed aerial, located in
Bishkek. There are popular songs of Western and Russian singers on the
air and also the daily releases of TWR prepared in the Alma-Ata
studio. I Releases of TWR programs appear in blocks every half-hour in
1530-1600 UT and 1630-1700 UT. The address of the stn <AM1467 -at-
hotmail.com>
Technical management of the station is interested in reception reports
and asks to send them to the address <timskar -at- pisem.net> Timur
Karimov. The reports about the reception of the programs, broadcasting
on freqs 4940 kHz 1300-1600 UT and 4050 kHz 1600-1900 UT are also
possible to send to the same address. It is desirable to mention in
the letter that you would like to receive QSL -card as confirmation.
(Alexander Polyakov-UZB, via Klepov RUS-DX, March 9, 2003)
Comments regarding 4050 R Bishkek:
I was just reading thru SWB 1504 on the web and noted some interesting
about 4050 stn. There were 2 logs of 4050 R Bishkek. Well, this 4050
transmitter has been on for several months, but I haven't so far heard
any Kyrgyz R IDs, and haven't seen any positive loggings of that kind
of ID. The station is on the air v1600-1900 UT (also reported around
0300) and normally has non-stop pops (Central-Asian and English) with
occasional "Hit Shortwave" or "Hit mx on SW" ID's. At 1800 on weekdays
there is about 25 minute long Farsi lang Christian program (origin or
name of the program unknown so far). The "Hit Shortwave" has also been
reported on 4940, but rarely.
In the same SWB bulletin there was also reported an e-mail QSL from
Kyrgyz R on 4050 kHz. I wonder if that reflects the fact that these
transmissions really originate from Kyrgyz R or is the v/s just
unaware of the SW freqs used by Kyrgyz Radio?
The 4050 channel was used by Kyrgyz R in the past and the propagation
formula seems to back up the idea that the transmitter is situated in
that part of Central Asia. Hopefully we get some more information
about this "stn" in the near future from some source (Jari Savolainen-
FIN, SW Bulletin March 9 via dxld, 2003)
A stn which does not announce its name on the air operates on 4940 kHz
(1300-1600 Ut) and on 4050 kHz (1600-1900 UT). Broadcasts consist of
Western and Central Asian pop music, with only short annouoncements
such as "This is shortwave", or "This is music on SW" Transmitters'
location is Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Technical direction is very
interested in reception reports. Write to Timur Karimov at <timskar -
at- pisem.net>
It's recommended to explicitly ask for a QSL card in your report.
(Alexander Polyakov, Tashkent-UZB, DX_signal March 13, 2003)
Many DXers desire to have an idea who uses 4050 and 4940 kHz. Various
observation related to that mysterious stn have already been
published, with slightly different ID variants: "Hit SW", or "Hit mx
on shortwave". If one compares this news with Alexander's report on R
EXTOL, some questions arise:
Is that the same station? Or maybe they are two different radio
companies, but have a common QSL manager? I wrote emails both to Timur
Karimov and to R EXTOL, asking to clarify this. But no reply yet (Ed.
DXsignal, March 2003)
KYRGYZSTAN [c.f. BC-DX #617] Mr. Siemens (TWR - German Office)
provided some info regarding the collaboration between TWR and R EXTOL
(1467 kHz in Bishkek). Initially, TWR supplied R EXTOL with several
broadcast recordings, in order to make estimations of signal quality
and reception conditions. Contrary to usual practice of broadcasting
to Central Asia, those bcs were not prepared in Almaty studios. Then,
starting from the summer season, R EXTOL must start broadcasting of
TWR Russian/Kyrgyz/Kazakh/etc. services on a test basis, meanwhile
developing the regular sschedule. Planned time for Test broadcasts is
2130-2300 local (must be ... UTC in summer. - Ed.) (open_dx - Vasily
Gulyaev, Astrakhan-RUS, DXsignal March 23, 2003)
aus dem Archiv Nov / Dec 2008:
Re: TWR outlets of suspicious nature ... probably due of poor
relations with Muslim target governments and societies.
Vashek, that's not lack of information, but protection of their
intruder activities in the MUSLIM word in West Africa or the Middle
East countries.
That's common policy of few western Lutheran or Adventist sect
broadcaster, in order to protect their aggressive transmissions as
well as missionaries and mission organizations as intruder in the
MUSLIM world target.
Sorry, I don't know the exact target and the language of the 30 mins
transmission on 11985 kHz, but West Africa target could mean TWR are
aimed at a MUSLIM target in this region of the world too?
Similar happened during the last decade, when IBRA Radio,
<www.radioibrahim.com> Cyprus branch in Arabic [mostly 5925 kHz via
Armavir] veiled their activity widely.
Similar happened on AWR French outlets to North Africa [LBY, ALG, TUN
etc.], Sahara and Sahel region.
History. Similar happend for example in A06 season, when all TWR
outlets towards TKM, KGZ, KAZ, UZB, AZE and Tatarstan were of veiled
nature on TWR Europe's schedule, like this
NOT PRINT OUT, no official announcing.
ARMENIA, 1377 kHz. As from Febr 11, TWR via Gavar Yerevan extended
daily 1825-1925 UT sce in various NE/ME langs. Now on Sat only also
addit 1925-2025 UT in Tatar, Farsi, Farsi/En, Farsi, Kurdish-Sorani.
Other TWR sces on 864, 5855 kHz 1710-1810, -1840 Suns. 1910-1940 UT.
864 kHz 1810-1925. 1350 kHz 1930-2100, -2030 Thur. 0400-0430 UT.
All checked and noted (Rumen Pankov-BUL, wwdxc BC-DX Feb 14, 2006)
yes, TWR coming from Gavar, Yerevan, Armenia. 1377 VoRUS 1458-1800 UT,
TWR 1825-1925 in 1825 Mon Tabasaran, Tue Lezgi, Wed Lak, Thur Dargwa,
Fri Kumyk, Sat Tatar, Sun Chechen. 1840-1910 Farsi. 1910-1925 Kurdish-
Sorani. Saturday only: 1925 Tatar, 1940 Farsi, 1950-2000 Farsi/En,
2000-2010 Farsi, 2010-2025 Kurdish-Sorani (acc of time table by Rumen
Pankov-BUL, Feb 14, 2006)
or see B-05 TWR schedule:
Broadcasts via Gavar, Armenia NOT PRINT OUT on this B-05 TWR file.
5855 1710-1840 30,31 ERV 100 78 ENG/KAZ ARM TWR \\ 864 kHz MW
5855 1910-1940 30,31 ERV 100 100 PES ARM TWR
Also 864 and 1350 kHz used on various ME/NE languages on other times
of the day. (wb) Oct 11, 2005
Similar behaviour noticed in the past too: Radio Reveil Paroles de Vie
heard at 1830 s/on on 15 in French. Program is broadcast via Julich
and is apparently put on by some Swiss religious organization and is
directed to Africa. Program airs on Thursdays.
In B-08: 9760 1830-1845 52,53 160deg Tue/Thur 100kW RRP Radio Reveil
Paroles de Vie, Les Chapons 4, CH-2022 Bevaix, Switzerland
<www.paroles.ch> <contact -at- paroles.ch> (Dec 1, 2008)
aus dem Archive December 2013:
KYRGYZ REPUBLIC 1467 TWR Bishkek relay site 1630 UT Dec 17, 2013.
Moin, gerade hoerte ich das TWR Intervalsignal als ein akustisches
Durchschimmern durch (Radio) Maria hindurch. Laut Mauno Ritola und
Guenter Lorenz in "Yahoo-MWOffsets" handelt es sich wohl um TWR PANI
aus eventuell Bishkek. Da koennte noch was gehen (Olaf C. Haenssler-D,
A-DX Dec 17, 2013)
1467v TWR PANI heard first yesterday (Dec 16th) and also today
(Dec 17th) on 1466.995 kHz (Mauno Ritola-FIN, A-DX Dec 17, 2013)
Re: TWR Bishkek 1467 kHz, a lot of logs here in Austria and Germany
now. GE shows the sidefire antenna, picture taken in June 2013. And
now the transmitter has been taken into service now.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 18, 2013)
Und hier einige Findings im web.
Zuerst wurde die neue SIDEFIRE Antenne mit den vier Masten bei Google
Earth im September 2013 (Foto vom Juni 2013) entdeckt, dann wurde noch
geraetselt, wann dann der aus dem Westen gelieferte neue *500 kW
Sender installiert ist. {* rather 150 kW. wb.}
Zielsetzung war der Jahreswechsel 2012/2013, jetzt hat es doch noch
einige Monate bis zur Indienststellung gedauert.
Dann gab es diese Meldung vom 26.Sept. 2013. With the new transmitter,
TWR will also expand the time it can spend broadcasting the Good News
in the region's six key languages: Punjabi, Pashto, Sindhi, Urdu,
Farsi, and Dari.
<http://nrb.org/news_room/articles/twr-completes-construction-of-powerful-new-am-transmitter/>
und der gleiche Text noch mal hier
<http://www.twreurope.org/component/content/article?id=576:thirsty-souls>
und andere Meldungen sprachen von einem "refurbished" transmitter ...
was wohl auf einem Missverstaendnis beruht ?
Oder trifft beides zu, ein vorherig im Ausland schon mal benutzter
*500 kW Sender wurder repariert und fuer Bishkek hergerichtet und nach
KYRGYZSTAN verbracht ? {* rather 150 kW. wb}
<http://www.twreurope.org/images/stories/map.jpg>
TWR has a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to vastly increase our
ministry to this region by refurbishing a transmitter and building a
new antenna system that will broadcast the gospel via AM radio. The
coverage of this transmitter will be tremendous, an area as large as
two-thirds of the United States (see coverage map). Imagine reaching
most of America with just one transmitter!
History:
1467 TWR Pani - new KGZ Kyrgyzstan, ? probably 1467 kHz channel ?
KGZ "TWR PANI" 500{rather 150}kW MW,
n e w 210degrees mainlobe SIDEFIRE antenna erected,
4mast array Bishkek Krasnaya Rechka at
42 52 42.48 N 74 59 4532 E
<http://goo.gl/maps/nIk92>
- see new Google Earth image of 24 June 2013
TWR Pani program most probably via new 1467 kHz directional antenna
installation at KGZ Kirghizistan Bishkek new sidefire antenna, 4 mast
into direction of 210 degrees mainlobe, towards AFG / PAK-Beluchistan.
Propagation path Bishkek - Karakol - Kazarman - Dedemel - Dshalabad -
Osh - Faizabad - Kabul 1040 km, Quetta Beluchistan 1577km, Gwadar
Persian Gulf 2200 km (wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 24, 2013)
KYRGYZ REP [tentat] Trans World Radio New MW transmitter in Asia.
"As TWR tests the potential for digital ministry, it continues to
break ground in the radio medium that the organisation was built upon.
In May the unidentified Asian country that will be host to the PANI
transmitter was granted a broadcast licence for the powerful AM
project, which has the potential of reaching almost a quarter of a
billion people in Pakistan, Afghanistan and north India. Donations to
the major project have been exceedingly generous, but about 25% of the
cost still has to be raised.
'The target to complete the construction is the end of the year
[2012], but this is very much dependent on the weather conditions, on
the suppliers and the subcontractors' said Werner Kroemer, TWR vice-
president of global operations.
'Don't forget: We are installing the transmitting facilities in a part
of the world where even simple things can turn out to be very
difficult to do or to get'". (Listening World, TWR UK newsletter,
Winter 2013 issue, via Dave Kenny-UK, January BrDXC-UK "Communication"
magazine, Jan 2013)
<http://www.twr.org/judyblog/?paged=2>
im Maerz 2013 gab es diesen Text:
Several years ago, God opened a door in this region of the world for
TWR to increase its signal strength from shortwave to AM radio. More
than 200 million people live under the reach of the new *500,000-watt
AM PANI transmitter. {* rather older 150 kW former AFN Frankfurt
Germany unit ? wb.}
While TWR has shortwave programming in some of the languages of the
region - Panjabi, Pashto, Sindhi, Urdu, Farsi and Dari - the new AM
transmitter will allow more time each week for programs in these
languages.
PANI antenna mast image, nicht hier in A-DX, aber mit der URL selbst
im Browser aufzeigen:
<http://www.twr.org/judyblog/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/PANI-antenna-on-Ground-300x171.jpg>
Right now the four antennas have been installed and the transmitter is
ready to be shipped. The next step is to complete the construction of
the transmitter building. Lord willing, we'll be on the air by July
2013 to the "heart of the un_evangelized world," as the seventh
edition of Operation World describes the area.
We're at 95 percent of our total funding goal of $1,494,000, with a
remaining need of about $66,000. (discussion in A-DX ng, via wb, wwdxc
BC-DX TopNews Dec 18, 2012) (ALL via BC-DX 4 August 2018 via DXLD)
Re ``In January 2017, we were forced to reduce some of our program
airings into Central Asia due to a 150,000-watt AM transmitter being
taken out of service.``
That was Bishkek / Krasnaya Rechka 1287 kHz. Still shown in WRTH 2017,
gone from WRTH 2018.
Also still shown at
http://vcfm.ru/vc/Asia/bishkek.htm
which also does not yet reflect the upgrade of 1467 kHz: A new four
tower antenna (already visible in Google Maps, not yet visible in Bing
Maps, so it is clear which one it is) and a new transmitter, described
as 500 kW. There had been mentions of this being used equipment from
Germany. If so ex-Wachenbrunn (1323 kHz) or ex-Burg (1575 kHz) would
be possible.
Now they say that they got also three used 100 kW transmitters from
Germany of which one has already been installed at Swaziland and,
obviously, the other two ones are now to be installed at Krasnaya
Rechka: What would be possible here are the transmitters from the main
mediumwave sites of Südwestrundfunk (Mühlacker, Wolfsheim, Rohrdorf),
closed in early 2012. Three shiny new TRAM 100 units. So in fact the
German licence fee payers sponsor TWR here, considering their own
statement that they got these transmitters for a bargain price (Kai
Ludwig, August 5, 2018, WOR iog via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 6900-LSB, August 6 at 0143, peskie talx in Spanish,
mixing with music in background or CCI from another one (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 6925-6935-6945, August 4 at 2211, early check for
pirates instead finds DRMish noise across 20 kHz, but not a sharp
cutoff. Still there at 0057, 0132. Unthink it`s anything local, and
certainly unusual. Anyone else hearing it? No AM/SSB pirates fighting
in this range. Could some pirate be experimenting with broadband DRM?
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Your 6925 - 6935 - 6945 Unidentified from last night was also heard
here and in several other places according to people on the HF
Underground pirate chat. It sounded more like a utility than DRM here.
No one I am aware of tried to decode it as DRM. It was there all
evening, so you`re right that it wasn't local (Mark Taylor, WI, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
I heard this here and there were numerous mentions of it on the Pirate
chat. No attempts to decode it as DRM. It sounded more like a
broadband utility than DRM here (Mark Taylor, Madison WI, NASWA
Flashsheet August 5 via DXLD)
UNIDENTIFIED. EGYPTIAN MUSIC STATION
Greetings Glenn, I am qsr711 (also known as Quim S.), and I have read
your latest DX Listening Digest, corresponding to July 31st, 2018, and
it brought my attention the unidentified Egyptian station that some
DXers reported. I have some information from these broadcasts that
might be of great use.
I recovered this information by myself while monitoring a number
station from Egypt, and I also found it strange when I first saw these
broadcasts, so I decided to keep an eye on them as well. After some
years of monitoring, I came into the following conclusions:
-The unidentified Arabic music station has been around since at least
2014.
-The station uses the frequencies of 9400, 9550 and 9600 kHz.
-Transmissions take place every day in the morning, usually between
0900 and 1300 UT. Sometimes more than one is sent. However, I haven't
seen more than one frequency active at once.
-Transmissions last 15 minutes (excluding test tones).
-The aired content is only Arabic music, the same track played in a
loop throughout the broadcast. Some music tracks I identified are from
artists like Oum Kulthum, Omar Khairat, and other Egyptian singers.
Songs are often reused.
-Unlike Radio Cairo, these transmissions have very good modulation,
and they use low power (I use kiwiSDR remote receivers in Greece to
listen to it, and the signal is between S5 and S9). I have seen some
Radio Cairo transmitters randomly turning on in the 31m band in the
morning as well (carrier only, and using a random Radio Cairo assigned
frequency), and these are way stronger than this station.
I hope this helps in resolving the source of this station. I would
provide more information using the kiwiSDR TDoA extension to track the
origin of the signal, and even some recordings I have, but I am away
from the computer until late August and I can't make these on the
mobile phone I'm using. Best wishes, (qsr711 (aka Quim S.), August 4,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Perhaps a separate site in Cairo area of the army/military, known to
utility DXers? But again, we have no hard evidence it is even in Egypt
(Glenn Hauser, DXLD)
Transmissions take place NOT every day in the morning, usually between
0730 and 1230 UT (Ivo Ivanov, WOR iog via DXLD)
Mystery Egyptian Music Station on 9600 kHz, August 1
0925-0930 on 9600 unknown tx / unknown to ????, fair signal
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/08/mystery-egyptian-music-station-on-9600.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, August 1, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Mystery Egyptian Music Station on 9600 kHz, August 4
1100-1111 on 9600 unknown tx / unknown to ????, fair signal
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/08/reception-of-mystery-egyptian-music.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, August 4, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Mystery Egyptian Music Station on 9600 kHz, August 6
1215-1230 on 9600 unknown tx / unknown to ????, good signal
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/08/reception-of-mystery-egyptian-music_6.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, August 5-6, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS
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Mr Hauser, Great that your WOR is still being aired on SW. A former
member of NASWA, and contributor to PopComm/defunct ``Gerry Dexter``,
what a great publication! I would like to subscribe to the DXLD
printed. Enclosed is a check for latest issue. As I don`t have a
computer (except on occasion), the WOR and programs like Wavescan are
*really appreciated!* The days of the DXPL and Media Network are long
gone; however, you have filled the gap. 73 (John Miller, Ochlocknee
GA)
Must have got the wrong impression when I mention DXLD on WOR ---
sorry, not available in print unless you do it yourself e.g. from a
library computer.
No new contributions this week, by money order or check in US funds on
a US bank to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702; or not
necessarily in US funds via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com
(Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1942, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
PUBLICATIONS
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Säsongsstatistik av MV-Ekos logg
Då och då har frågan kommit upp varför det inte längre görs någon
sässongsstatistik. Tillbaka i tiden har jag för mig en sådan gjordes
av Distance-gänget. När jag för en tid sedan fick ta del av en
statistik som bl a Fredrik Dourén varit inblandad i för säsong 56, dvs
för 2015-2016, fick jag en idé att efter varje nummer av Ekot kopiera
över loggen från respektive nummer till en växande Excel-fil.
Loggen är sorterad efter den uppställning som Ekot har, dvs i
ordningen: område, frekvens, land, stat, station, Eko-nr. Ytterligare
några kolumner har lagts till som används för att kunna skapa ett
fullständigt datumformat. Eko-loggen saknar ju årtal. Dessutom finns
det även en kolumn för att separera svenska och icke svenska
bidragsgivare. Alla kolumner är indexerade för att man snabbt skall
kunna välja ut vad man vill kolla på.
Jag har försökt följa den ursprungliga uppställningen som Fredrik
Dourén använde. Materialet är stort, nånstans mellan 6000-7000 rader
och det är lätt att det blir fel nånstans. Hittar ni sådana fel är jag
tacksam om ni rättar och ger mig besked så korrigerar jag de
uppladdade filerna. Planen är att fortsätta på samma sätt med säsong
59. Görs arbetet efter varje nummer så blir det inte så betungande.
Här finns länkarna för nerladdning:
Säsong 56 http://www.thomasn.sverige.net/ARC/Master_season_56.xlsx
Säsong 57 http://www.thomasn.sverige.net/ARC/Master_season_57.xlsx
Säsong 58 http://www.thomasn.sverige.net/ARC/Master_season_58.xlsx
(Thomas Nilsson 6.8.2018) Hoppas denna statistik kommer till stor
användning för våra medlemmar. Jag vet vilket stort arbete Thomas har
lagt ner på detta –tl/ (Tore Larsson, ARC mv-eko 6 August via DXLD)
CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES
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CIDX ANNUAL VERNON IKEDA MEMORIAL SUMMER BARBEQUE
Saturday, August 18th 2018 - 1 pm Eastern (1700 UT)
LOCATION: 79 Kipps Street, Greenfield Park, QC
Google Map: http://goo.gl/maps/1UvxP
We are pleased to announce the 2018 CIDX Annual Vernon Ikeda Memorial
Summer Barbecue. Sausages & hamburgers will be served. Please bring
your own beverages. Any food contributions (snacks, desserts, etc.)
will also be appreciated. Please confirm your attendance by telephone,
450-462-1459, or by e-mail to Sheldon Harvey at ve2shw@yahoo.com
All CIDX members and radio friends are welcome to attend.
Once again this year, CIDXer and YouTuber Gilles Letourneau will have
a special live YouTube broadcast from the Barbecue. Check out the live
YouTube broadcast from the barbecue at 4 PM eastern; 2000 UT at
https://www.youtube.com/OfficialSWLchannel/
We’re also going to have Skype open for the day. Look for “Sheldon
Harvey” on Skype, make him a contact and call in to the barbecue
during the day to participate in the fun (August CIDX Messenger via
DXLD)
IRCA CONVENTION SCHEDULE [St. Charles MO]
Here's the latest:
Thursday, September 6 2018, CDT
Guests arrive by air, train, bus, and cars [river boat?]
6:00P Registration in meeting room. HOSTS: Ken Hawkins and Mike Lantz
Questions and Info: (636) 577-4295
Dinner on your own at near-by restaurants (see enclosed map)
Friday, September 7 2018
6:00-9:00A Breakfast in hotel lobby: free for hotel guests
8:00-9:00A Registration in front lobby, Ken (work pending) and Mike
Meeting room opens – convention begins
9:00A Assemble in hotel lobby of hotel for car pools of tour of
KHJY Joy radio
10:00A Tour of KHJY Joy FM studios – Mike Thomas is your guide
11:00A Lunch at restaurant at your choice either in Des Peres or
St. Charles
1:00P Assemble in hotel lobby for car pools of tour of
KWRE/KFAV radio
2:00P Tour of KWRE/KFAV studios – Steve Rotz is your guide
4:30P Gathering in meeting room for technical talks and
questions and answers
6:00P Pizza party in meeting room courtesy of Imo's-THE SQUARE
BEYOND COMPARE! (Paid for by IRCA)
8:00P “Tech Talks” (meeting room) Speakers TBD
12:00M Good night (meeting room closes)
Saturday, September 8 2018
6:00-9:00A Breakfast in hotel lobby: free for hotel guests
8:00A Meeting room opens
8:30A “Tech Talks” (meeting room) Speakers TBD
10:30A Discussion plus buy, sell, and trade Radio Music Surveys,
stickers, and other swag
12:00P Lunch on your own
1:00P A. Drive by radio transmitters TBD
B. Other activities on hotel site TBD
3:00P IRCA annual business meeting (meeting room) – Bruce
Portzer
5:00P Gather outside the front lobby for a group photo
5:15P Group photo(s)
6:00P Gathering banquet at Culpeppers (on your own funds)
Speaker of the banquet: Mike Lantz, motivational speaker
from Miami FL
8:30P Auction in the meeting room – auctioneers TBD
12:00M Good night (meeting room closes)
Sunday, September 9 2018
6:00-9:00A Breakfast in the hotel lobby: free for hotel guests
9:15A The gathering quiz. Door prizes. Winner prize.
12:00P 2018 gathering ends (meeting room closes). Have a safe
trip home. See you next year!
1:00P On your own, suggestions:
Gathering at Ken Hawkins' house for radio SCHTUFF
Old town St. Charles on Main Street
STL Arch
Ameristar Casino
Technical Talk highlights
Topics include 2017 solar eclipse highlights from western America,
KD9SV vs. Cat-5 Beverages for hearing trans-oceanic DX "over the
shoulder," tips and triumphs from MW phasing methodology, hands on
with the “Frequent-Flyer FSL,” another look at Cat-5 as a legitimate
antenna and some fascinating personal-experience stories from
Bruce Portzer and the Florissant Valley Dial Twister. Group
discussions include a look at trans-polar DX possibilities during the
upcoming solar minimum. Be there! Learn from and contribute to the
dialogue!
The “Tech-Talk” Staff
Eric Bueneman
Phil Bytheway
Mark Durenberger
Nick Hall-Patch
Neil Kazaross
Bruce Portzer
(Phil Bytheway, IRCA's "DX Monitor" Editor-in-Chief, Seattle WA,
Drake R-7 / KIWA Loop, Aug 6, nrc-am gg via DXLD)
READING MEETING REPORT, JULY
Reading International Solidarity Centre (RISC) was again the venue for
our meeting on a very warm Saturday afternoon, 21st July. Seventeen
radio enthusiasts made for a well-attended meeting and we were pleased
to have Mike [Barraclough] back at the helm after his absence at
February’s meeting.
In the first half of the meeting Mike told of the early days of the
BBC Monitoring Service when based at Wood Norton near Evesham, before
it moved to Caversham Park in 1943.
A fledgling monitoring service began at Broadcasting House (BH) in
London when the BBC’s first foreign language service, Arabic, was
started in January 1938. Members of this new service began listening
to Arabic broadcasts from Italy and Germany. When the BBC Spanish and
Portuguese services were launched in March 1938, this also prompted
monitoring in those languages and broadcasts were fed from the
Tatsfield receiving station in Surrey to their office in BH. David
Bowman [a regular attendee at Reading meetings when he was at
Caversham] recalls being involved in this early monitoring when he
joined the Latin American Service in 1938, initially simply
transcribing the relays from Tatsfield, then recording, using some
early Ediphone recorders with wax cylinders. These transcripts were
circulated to government departments.
Monitoring gradually developed at BH with David Bowman being appointed
as a full-time Monitoring Clerk in March 1939 – his recollections and
those of others involved in the early days of the service can be read
in “Assigned to Listen – The Evesham Experience 1939-43” by Olive
Renier and Vladimir Rubinstein published in 1986. Recollections
include those of Richard Marriott (Director) and Oliver Whitely (Chief
Monitoring Supervisor), instructed to set up and recruit staff for a
unit to listen to foreign broadcasts as war approached in 1939: “..as
a nucleus of the actual monitoring staff was the imperturbable David
Bowman, the BBC’s only monitor..”.
Early in 1939, a separate monitoring service had started under the
auspices of the Royal Institute of International Affairs in London,
and this would be combined with the BBC’s service in the event of war.
A national emergency was declared on August 26th 1939 and the decision
was taken to move the monitoring service from London to Wood Norton, a
mansion on a wooded estate near Evesham in Worcestershire. Fifty staff
were immediately moved there by bus and billeted in households around
Evesham. As many monitors were foreign refugees from Hitler, not
divulging the work they were doing at Wood Norton, this raised
suspicions of the locals at first. Many anecdotes of their life in
Evesham are recounted in “Assigned to Listen”.
On the highest hill above the Wood Norton mansion, aerials were
erected and two wooden huts on the hillside, staffed mainly by
engineers, housed radio receivers. Foreign language monitors were
initially based in Smith’s cottage on the estate, while two huts were
constructed where they were to record and transcribe broadcasts (a
long article on Wood Norton 1939-1941 by Les “LG” Smith
http://www.orbem.co.uk/misc/lg2.htm
includes a section on the Monitoring Service).
As well as reminiscences about Monitoring at Wood Norton in “Assigned
to Listen” (copies can be found through bookfinder.com), others are
told on the BBC WW2 Peoples War site:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/
Karl Lehmann is the last monitor still alive today who had worked at
Wood Norton (starting there in December 1942). He came to Reading from
Germany in 1936 and worked at Caversham until 1981. He recalled
monitoring German speeches, with relays of monitors listening to 3-
minutes each to speed up transcription. His “Memories of BBC
Monitoring” are included on the Imperial War Museum’s website:
https://www.iwm.org.uk/research/research-projects/bbc-monitoring-collection/blogs
German stations were monitored 24 hours a day, with a monitor
sometimes monitoring two stations at once! In W.J West’s “Truth
Betrayed”, the author tells of how the evidence of BBC monitors was
used to try and convict somebody charged with spreading rumours. If
the rumour spreader attributed the story to having been heard in one
of Lord Haw Haw’s broadcasts, but the monitors had no evidence of such
a story being broadcast, then they could be convicted of making up the
rumour. However, the Ministry of Information’s Anti-Lie Bureau had
assumed BBC Monitors kept records of every single broadcast from
Germany, an impossible task, and so convictions were quashed.
left: “The Monitor at Work” (Picture Post: “The BBC at War” March
15th, 1941) [caption in original]
French monitor, John Jarvis, blind from birth, had such intensely keen
hearing, he was put on the Specialist Listening Section, spotting when
new stations came on air or other stations disappeared. When asked how
he could perform this task without seeing the receiver dial or
frequencies, he likened tuning along the range of the dial to walking
along a street, knowing who lives there and who lives next door to
whom. When “somebody is missing or a new chap has moved in, I know the
address” (i.e. frequency). It was Jarvis who heard a faint signal from
the station at Bodø during the Norwegian campaign of 1940 that
established the vital information the port was still in Norwegian
hands.
below: John Jarvis, Specialist Listening Section
Mike also had some wartime newspaper reports about the Monitoring
service, written by journalists from abroad who had visited Wood
Norton in 1941 (but not divulging its location) e.g. “Inside the
Listening Post of the BBC” (Montreal Gazette) which said over 400
people monitored 40 countries in 30 languages. The BBC themselves used
items monitored at Wood Norton in their regular 5-minute “Listening
Post” programme on their North American Service to highlight
inconsistencies and distortions of facts in enemy broadcasts. A
Canadian Winnipeg newspaper headlined it more dramatically in their
report “BBC Snoopers thwart Nazi lies”. Whilst the Sydney Morning
Herald (13th September 1941) ran a report headlined: “Dissecting
Broadcasts in Thirty Languages: Adjusting Dr Goebbels’s
Misinformation”:
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/1105158
The Monitoring Service moved to Caversham Park (near Reading) in April
1943, a move both its Director, Richard Marriott and Chief Monitoring
Supervisor, Oliver Whitely, considered unwise, citing technically
inferior reception conditions there as one reason not to move (Chris
Greenway disputed this at the meeting, given Wood Norton’s proximity
to Droitwich). However, Director-General Ogilvie was adamant the move
would take place, and both Marriott and Whitley resigned and enlisted
in the forces.
Hansard (2 May 1945) records a speech by Lord Ailwyn on German
Nationals in Great Britain, saying that more than 50 German nationals
were employed in the reception units of the BBC Monitoring service
alone, and asking whether there were not British subjects available
for this work? He also mentions a BBC engineer writing to him, saying
how “astonished and dismayed” he was on being moved to Monitoring in
1943 to find German nationals in charge of this most important
service. He complained that reports sent to the government of German
propaganda broadcasts were intercepted, selected, translated and
edited by German nationals.
https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/lords/1945/may/02/german-nationals-in-great-britain#column_104
Chris Greenway bought along some photos of BBC Monitoring at
Caversham, taken in the 1950s, and he also updated us on BBCM’s move
to Broadcasting House in London at the end of May.
After a break for refreshments downstairs in the RISC café, the topic
of the second half of the meeting was unlicenced broadcasting in the
USA, focusing this time on Allan Weiner’s offshore station Radio New
York International. His book “Access to the Airwaves: My Fight for
Free Radio” published in 1997 (based on an interview with Weiner)
tells the story of this venture.
Al Weiner (now operator of shortwave station WBCQ), was a radio
engineer who had operated a licenced station in Presque Isle, but had
had his licence revoked in April 1985 for operating on unassigned
frequencies. He was attracted by the idea of starting an offshore
radio station, similar to Radio Caroline which had restarted aboard
the ‘Ross Revenge’ in 1983 in the North Sea. But his initial attempts
to raise venture capital for his US project failed. He visited Europe
to work for Radio Caroline in November 1985, reconstructing a
shortwave transmitter for the station (eventually to be used for World
Mission Radio on 6215 kHz in 1988). Whilst aboard the Ross, he met
fellow American John Hungerford who had started as a DJ there in
August 1985, under the on-air name John Ford, after failing to get a
job with Laser 558. Back in the USA in 1986, Weiner, Hungerford and
others began the search for ship to fit out for broadcasting from off
the New York coast.
Al Weiner acquired the Panamanian registered fishing vessel Lichfield
1, a ship previously seized by US customs when drugs had been found
aboard and sold to an associate of Weiner for just $100. In spring
1986 Weiner and Hungerford started fitting out the ship as a radio
station with a 110’ tower. The ship was registered in Honduras and
renamed “Sarah” (after Weiner’s wife).
The “Sarah” sailed from Boston on July 19th 1987 and began test
broadcasts five miles off New York’s Long Island on July 23rd, with
just two people aboard, announcing frequencies 103.1 FM, 1620 MW, 6240
SW and (strangely!) 190 kHz LW. It gave an address in La Guardia
Place, New York. Abbreviating the station name to “RNI” meant they
could use old “Radio Northsea International” RNI jingles. But on 27th
July, the ship was boarded by the US authorities and Weiner, another
crew member and a reporter from the “Village Voice” who happened to be
aboard were arrested and handcuffed. The “Sarah” was towed back to
Boston. But just before their court case in August, the charges
against them were dropped.
The Honduran registration of the “Sarah” was nullified as it wasn’t
operating as a fishing vessel. Instead, Weiner sold the ship to a UK
company arranged by Michael Bates, son of 1960s pirate operator Roy
Bates, who registered the ship in the Principality of Sealand (the
Roughs tower off Essex). RNI again started tests off Long Island on
14th October 1988 (without Al Weiner aboard) but stopped when a
temporary restraining order was issued on 17th October. The
restraining order was eventually made permanent and the ship did not
broadcast from the high seas again.
We heard a number of recordings from the Al Weiner’s historical
archives of Radio New York at:
http://radionewyorkinternational.com/archives/index.php?path=historic/
: RNYI’s first broadcast, Radio Sarah 1620 AM signing off, and a 1988
conversation between the Sarah and US coastguard. The full archive has
poor quality, heavily edited off air recording of the 1988 broadcast,
1987 TV coverage, Al Weiner interviewed on WABC as well as several
other files.
We also heard a studio quality edition of Media Network's interview
with Al Weiner made by Jonathan Marks at the ‘Communicate 88’
convention held in Blackpool in September 1988:
http://jonathanmarks.libsyn.com/mn-29-09-1988-blackpool-offshore-radio-
Thanks to everyone who came along to the meeting, and to Mike for
researching and presenting the talks. Dates of future 2018 meetings
are: October 6th and December 9th (Alan Pennington, August BDXC-UK
Communication via DXLD)
LANGUAGE LESSONS
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GAELIC --- CAN 27 MEGAPOUNDS A YEAR BRING A LANGUAGE BACK FROM NEAR
DEATH? By Lennox Morrison 1 August 2018
http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20180731-can-27m-a-year-bring-a-language-back-from-near-death
The feeling of walking barefoot across a beach in summer and the sun-
warmed sand chafing my toes takes me the length of this sentence to
describe. My great-great-grandfather, Angus Morrison, would have used
one word: driùchcainn.
That’s because, born and bred on the fringes of Western Europe, on
Lewis, in the archipelago of the Outer Hebrides, his mother tongue was
Scottish Gaelic.
It’s the ancient Celtic language heard by TV audiences tuning into the
Highlands time-travelling saga Outlander.
Scottish Gaelic is considered at risk of dying out. On Unesco’s list
of imperilled languages, it is classed as ‘definitely endangered’
In real life, working together crofting, fishing, weaving or cutting
peat for fires, my ancestors spoke in Gaelic. It was spoken at home,
sung at parties, used at church. But education in Angus’s day was
strictly in English. As late as the 1970s, children were sometimes
punished for speaking Gaelic at school.
Raised alongside Atlantic surf and storms, he became a sailor. Then,
in the mid-nineteenth century, moved to Glasgow, and settled there
working as a ship’s rigger. Among the principles he instilled in the
family was the importance of education. But he did not pass on his
cradle tongue.
Dr Marsaili MacLeod says there's a fear that we risk losing some of
our cultural diversity "through globalisation and English as a global
language” (Credit: Getty Images)
On the brink of extinction
My family story illustrates what linguistics experts call
intergenerational breakdown. In 2018, along with about half of the
world’s estimated 6,000 languages, Scottish Gaelic is considered at
risk of dying out. On Unesco’s list of imperilled languages, it is
classed as ‘definitely endangered’. Research suggests that one of the
biggest factors to blame for killing off minority languages is a
thriving economy. As economies develop, one language often comes to
dominate a nation’s political and educational spheres, meaning people
are forced to adopt the dominant language or risk being left out in
the cold.
One of the biggest factors to blame for killing off minority languages
is a thriving economy
Today, only my father has a little Gaelic. My own knowledge is limited
to words adopted into English, such as ‘ceilidh’ – meaning a social
gathering, usually with Scottish or Irish folk music.
That puts me in the same boat as most Scots. The 2011 census showed
only 1.7% of people in Scotland had some Scottish Gaelic skills. In a
population of five million-plus, this amounts to 87,100. Of these,
only 32,400 were able to understand, speak, read and write it. Which
is why the Scottish government is investing millions in trying to save
it – through broadcasting, cultural and education projects. This
ranges from Gaelic groups for pre-schoolers to ensuring the police and
ambulance services have Gaelic language policies in place.
The budget for this tax year is £27.4m ($36m). But is it even possible
to resuscitate a dying language – and does it really matter anyway?
In Scotland, news of £2.5m of further public funding for a new Gaelic
dictionary has stirred debate. Over the past four decades, successive
governments of different political stripes have all supported the
language. But critics say the policy is artificial and nostalgic and
the cash should go to teaching modern world languages such as Spanish.
“If Gaelic is dying does it deserve a financial kiss of life?” wrote
columnist Brian Beacom in The Herald.
The 2011 census showed only 1.7% of people in Scotland had some
Scottish Gaelic skills, In a population of five million-plus this
amounts to around 87,100 (Credit: Getty Images)
The controversy is mirrored across the globe in countries such as New
Zealand, where funding for Te Reo Maori (one of the country’s three
official languages) is hotly disputed. In Germany, 60,000 Sorbs are
fighting to retain government funding for the two separate languages
they want to keep alive.
“It’s very easy to use an economic argument that monolingualism would
be much more cost effective and that would reduce conflict and create
economic efficiencies,” says Dr Marsaili MacLeod, lecturer in Gaelic
at the University of Aberdeen, UK, and a champion of language rights.
“But we would lose something if we all became one international nation
with one language. People today really value cultural diversity and
there’s a fear that we’re losing that through globalisation and
English as a global language.”
The value of an ancient tongue
Spoken in Scotland for more than 1,500 years, in Medieval times it was
the primary language for swathes of Scotland. But over the centuries
usage shrank back to the Hebrides and the Highlands. In 1746, at the
Battle of Culloden, British government troops defeated Jacobite
forces. Afterwards, state suppression of clan culture and traditions
included banning Gaelic.
Generally, English was seen as the language of study, commerce and
material success
It was further weakened over the following century by the Highland
clearances, when landowners evicted crofters from land rented for
generations so that sheep farming could be introduced for higher
profits. The resulting mass migration means that today there are
Gaelic-speaking communities in Nova Scotia in Canada as well as in New
Zealand, Australia and the US.
“Historically, Gaelic and pretty much any minority language tended to
be excluded from formal usage, marginalised from economic life,” says
Wilson McLeod, professor of Gaelic at the University of Edinburgh, UK.
“The traditional formulation was that Gaelic had no commercial value.”
Then in the 1970s a pioneering business model emerged on the Isle of
Skye. Landowner Sir Iain Noble turned disused farm buildings into the
Gaelic college and cultural centre Sabhal Mor Ostaig and set up an
hotel and a whisky distillery. He insisted that Gaelic was to be the
normal working language of the estate. This was a new idea. “Nobody in
the 1950s and 1960s in Scotland was working in an office in the medium
of Gaelic,” says McLeod.
With 18 letters in its alphabet, no direct equivalent for ‘no’ or
‘yes’ and five syllables needed to say ‘please’, it is very different
from English
Thinking began to change. Politicians became interested in the idea of
Gaelic as a motor in economic development, particularly in peripheral
areas. “From the early 19th Century onwards, the economy of the
Highlands and islands had been in perpetual crisis with out-migration,
serious population decline, serious underdevelopment, and poverty,”
says McLeod.
The 1980s brought key language policies with increased public funding
for Gaelic arts, culture and education and especially for television.
In 2005 the Scottish parliament in Edinburgh passed a law to promote
and protect Gaelic as an official language of Scotland, with the aim
of it “commanding equal respect to the English language.” Since then,
Gaelic education has been growing. Even parents arriving in Scotland
from countries such as Germany and Turkey are sending their offspring
to Gaelic-medium nurseries and schools.
Today, latest research by Highlands and Islands Enterprise in 2014
puts the present yearly economic value of Gaelic at about £5.6m and
estimates its potential as high as £148.5m. In sales and marketing,
for instance, it can enhance perceptions of uniqueness, authenticity
and provenance, thus increasing appeal to target customers.
In 2005 a law was passed to protect Gaelic as an official language of
Scotland, with the aim of it “commanding equal respect to the English
language” (Credit: Getty Images)
Saying things you can’t say in English
But for lovers of Gaelic, the language is beyond price. With 18
letters in its alphabet, no direct equivalent for ‘no’ or ‘yes’ and
five syllables needed to say ‘please’, it is very different from
English. It gives access to a unique treasure trove of history,
literature, song and storytelling — and vocabulary to express ideas
not readily put into English.
“It’s all to do with identity,” says Marsaili MacLeod. “It’s the
language of my forebears, my grandfather’s and grandmother’s
generation, the language of place and of people. It gives me a sense
of who I am and where I come from.”
It provides an understanding of environment that’s been built up over
generations — from the workings of landscape and weather to the
healing properties of plants, she says. “Any indigenous language has
a lot to tell about that place.”
Rooted in close-knit rural communities, these original languages also
tend to place people. “When you meet someone in Gaelic the first thing
you ask is ‘Where are you from? Who out of are you? Who do you belong
to?’”, says MacLeod.
In the Maori language of New Zealand, she says, people introduce
themselves with ‘What boat did I arrive on? Which is my lake? Who are
my people?’.
To learn more about great-great-grandfather Angus, I need to head to
the windswept and wildly beautiful tip of the island of Lewis, the
most north-westerly point in Europe. It’s here that descendants of
migrant families find their way from north and South America, South
Africa, Australia and New Zealand to a trim white-painted former
schoolhouse – home to a museum and café run by the Ness Historical
Society.
Annie Macsween, chair of the society, helps visitors navigate family
archives from the 1800s, and earlier. A retired teacher of Gaelic, and
a native speaker, Macsween’s fascination for the past was sparked by a
summer job in a retirement home as a teenager.
“I would sit and talk to the old folks at night and hear about their
lives and history,” she recalls. “In school we learned all about kings
and queens and the geography of other places but not of our own
Highlands and islands and the history of it.”
The subject of her university thesis – the poetry and history of her
home village – was at the time considered not very academic. Today,
it’s what Unesco call “intangible cultural heritage”.
With husband John, a fisherman now retired, she brought up their four
sons as Gaelic speakers. “We made our kitchen an English-free zone,
encouraging them to speak Gaelic naturally.”
Living in the Gaelic heartland, where the highest concentration of
speakers is found, how does she feel about new learners with no link
to the language? “I spent my life teaching Gaelic to people from every
place under the sun but the day we lose the natural communities where
Gaelic is spoken I think Gaelic is going to become like Latin,” she
says. “It’ll be a dead language.”
She sees it as a priority for public funding to support the language
in the areas where it is still spoken – and where there are a wealth
of dialects with their own idioms and sayings.
“The language is part of me and I would feel I would be losing part of
my own being if I wasn’t able to use it,” she says.
Her family has farmed locally through the generations for nearly two
centuries. Today, eldest son Donald runs a nearby croft but rather
than fishing or weaving, his other job is presenting Farpaisean Chon-
Chaorach – a series about sheepdog trials on BBC Alba. Two of his
brothers are also in jobs where Gaelic is essential.
Latest research into the Gaelic language labour market identifies the
key sectors as public administration, creative industries, education
and tourism. Women are taking up more of these jobs than men. This is
probably because many new posts are in education, early learning and
childcare – sectors employing a higher proportion of females. The
study by Skills Development Scotland projected that 98,000 new jobs
would be created across the country between 2015 and 2027.
On UNESCO’s list of imperilled languages Scottish Gaelic is classed as
‘definitely endangered’ (Credit: Getty Images)
Celtic guanxi?
While Gaelic was written out of business for centuries, recent
research into Irish Gaelic – closely related to Scottish Gaelic –
reveals that this exclusion brings its own surprising advantages. This
is because Irish and Chinese culture differ to Anglo-American culture
in that business is developed on the basis of personal relationships,
rather than power and money, says Cathal Brugha, professor emeritus in
the School of Business at Ireland’s University College Dublin.
“Your typical American trying to do business in China will start by
handing out their business card or Visa card and say ‘I want to buy
this’ and the Chinese person will say ‘I don’t even know you, I will
not do business with someone I don’t know. We’re going to develop a
relationship and then we’re going to do things together’,” he says.
The Chinese word for this concept is guanxi – which exists in Irish as
caidreamh, he says.
Translated into English? “You would need almost a paragraph: personal
relationships that involve a certain amount of getting to know each
other and reciprocity and reliance on one another and favour-making
and leaning on the other person when you have a need and remembering
that they owe you something so that you’re going to ask them to do
something maybe in years to come,” says Brugha.
It's a concept understood the world over but certainly the Irish
Gaelic word is a neat distillation. So, this summer, when I wander
along a beach on the island of Islay in the Southern Hebrides, and
feel the white sand between my toes, I will think of my forebears and
their wealth of words yet unknown to me.
To comment on this story or anything else you have seen on BBC
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Twitter (via Gerald T Pollard, NC, DXLD)
DX-PEDITIONS
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OREGON CLIFF (ROCKWORK 5) ULTRALIGHT DU'S FOR 8-1
Once again the largest collection of ferrite this side of the Ukraine
crossed over the Columbia River bridge at the bizarre hour of 2:30 AM
this morning, kicking off the major Rockwork DXpedition on the ocean
cliff near Manzanita, Oregon. Unfortunately nobody seemed to have
informed the "sleeping squatters," who had jammed up Rockwork 4 with
three large RV's. An attempt to set up in between two of them didn't
quite go according to plan, as the owner of the closest RV attempted
to back up his turf claim with some loud, colorful language. As such,
Craig Barnes and I relocated to Rockwork 5, which featured only one
sleeping squatter (with a bicycle), who turned out to be quite tame.
Rockwork 5 is also a little too narrow for foul-mouthed RV owners, and
provided one of the most exciting DU-DXing sessions we had ever
experienced.
The main attraction was phenomenal signals from both 558-Fiji and
1017-Tonga, which both hit S9+ levels for extended periods. This was
the best performance these two Pacific island stations have ever had
at the Rockwork cliffs, and made it a special morning to remember.
Craig and I had a blast tracking these and the usual Kiwi blasters,
including the Maori parallels on 603 and 765, 531-PI and others. The
session had some decent Oz reception as well, but most of the
recordings have yet to be reviewed. A special watch was kept for the
Western Australians on 531 and 558, and some interesting signals did
show up (which need further attention). The obscure Kiwis on 576, 585
and 936 were missing in action, however. So the really exceptional
signals were from both 558 and 1017, seemingly the first time that has
ever happened at the cliffs. Craig and I plan to head back to Rockwork
5 tomorrow morning, which seems to have all the space that FSL users
need for setup (and none of the wacky turf claims).
558 Radio Fiji One Suva, Fiji Awesome signal with island music and
medley song ID on the half hour at 1230 (including "Radio Fiji One,
Na Domoiviti" at 1:36)
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/4d86k1snsvks1alioju565k2l4zhq0j0
765 Radio Kahungunu The usual S9 signal from this 2.5 kW
overachiever with distinctive Maori music at 1218
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/ejwv81klsuy5j2phywh9cssyan2rafmt
1017 A3Z Nuku'alofa, Tonga Monster signal with island music at the
start of the session at 1221
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/ime1qsdd32h6wh0pumkrsozhwy6xestn
Monster signal with island music near the close of the session at 1314
(in other words, all session long)
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/xgw85zga7d337r8905bnyu1qdgmvepn8
73 and Good DX, (Gary DeBock (DXing with Craig Barnes at the Rockwork
5 ocean cliff near Manzanita, Oregon), 7.5" loopstick CC Skywave SSB
and XHDATA D-808 portables + Very airport-unfriendly 15" and 17" FSL
antennas (guaranteed to cause a security alert)
Session photo (with Craig at the prime position) posted at
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/49owffx8wi0zre3jmbaeggfxfwxkzgsx
IRCA via DXLD)
ROCKWORKS 5 TP DX FOR 8-1-18
This represented a great start for my first TP DXing session at the
renowned Rockworks location just north of Manzanita, OR. Many thanks
to Gary for the loan of one his custom PVC FSL elevated platforms. I
also used superb DeBock Supercharged Tecsun PL-380 and 5 inch
"Frequent Flyer" FSL. This morning`s loggings:
558, Fiji BC at 1412z with very nice signal!
567, RNZ at 1406z decent signal
576, 2RN at 1410z and at 1417z fair signal
702, 2BL at 1359z with fair signal
774, 3LO at 1229z and 1424z weak
1017, A3Z at 1345z and 1400z the clear star of the morning, booming
signal numerous times. This is the best mainland DU TP DX session I
have enjoyed so far. I'm looking forward to what the following week
has in store! 73, (Craig Barnes, DXing from the Rockworks site in OR,
ibid.)
OREGON CLIFF (ROCKWORK 4) ULTRALIGHT DU'S FOR 8-2
The Kiwi regulars were pounding in with serious force after 1300 this
morning, along with a relatively obscure 1 kW NZ station which managed
to join the parade -- 936-Chinese Voice. Craig and I were both
astonished to receive the low powered ethnic station at an S9 level
for several minutes, during which it seemed like Australian signals
had fallen off of the cliff. Fiji and Tonga also made decent return
appearances, finishing off a session which at first seemed slow to get
in gear.
Craig and I were able to set up at the preferred Rockwork 4 site in
between two "sleeping squatters," who fortunately stayed asleep this
time. As we set up our FSL's and PVC bases in the predawn darkness
some light rain started to fall, but it didn't affect our operations.
Prior to 1300 it was tough to find any really strong DU's except for
1017-A3Z, but the floodgates to New Zealand kicked in after that. 531,
567, 603, 657, 675, 702, 765 and (gulp) 936 seemed to get a sudden
turbo boost, kicking their Australian competition completely off of
the cliff. "Frequent Flyer" Craig has been catching on very quickly
with FSL-based live DXing and propagation assessment, though, and when
I tried to alert him to 936's sudden romp around 1309 he calmly
answered, "Yes, Gary, I'm recording it right now."
A search for the ultra-rare 585 Maori station proved fruitless this
time, though, so 936-Chinese Voice definitely deserves the prize as
the Morning Star of this session. It joined both 558-Fiji and 1017-
Tonga as managing its best ever (S9+) signals during this just-started
DXpedition.
531 PI Auckland, NZ Samoan talk at S9 level at 1238- in a running
fight with the presumed More FM all session long
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/x3yesd182li5xac9bdotyocu4bqen4tr
531 More FM (presumed) The correct modern rock format at an S9 level
around 1255 (during dominance over PI in an all-Kiwi show) but no ID's
forthcoming
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/vwmjvqrkbko28j8fpg3b9iaym7z71t3w
657 Star Wellington/ Tauranga, NZ Monster level with New Zealand
economic news at 1302
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/nb0c0e6yurqellmb9okwdnzhdg00lglb
936 Chinese Voice Auckland, NZ How can this signal be 1 kW at 6,866
miles? I must still be halfway asleep after the overnight drive in
from Puyallup! But Craig Barnes heard it, too, so we can't both be
dreaming. Far and away its strongest performance ever at the Cliff
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/9atqt5g542p3j818snnm95mtoaofth92
1017 A3Z Nuku'alofa, Tonga Beautiful island music at S9 level at
1318; a little less overwhelming than yesterday, but still very potent
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/k4tnfovufud0ek4zjkaexcpwayug5v97
73 and Good DX, (Gary DeBock (DXing with Craig Barnes at the Rockwork
4 ocean cliff near Manzanita, OR, USA), 7.5" loopstick CC Skywave SSB
+ XHDATA D-808 portables (American innovation and Chinese imitation) +
15" and 17" Airport-closing FSL antennas, ibid.)
Rockwork 4 DXpedition -- Session Photo for 8-2
Thanks to Craig for taking the ocean cliff DXing session photo this
morning at the Rockwork 4 turnoff on Highway 101. Although the subject
matter could possibly use some improvement, the shot does accurately
depict the drizzly weather, and the "sleeping squatter" at my favorite
FSL antenna setup spot
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/o9c7o5f3k7ql0xal5au6jxbc7zgpw3bs
(Gary DeBock (in Nehalem, OR), ibid.)
OREGON CLIFF (ROCKWORK 6) ULTRALIGHT DU'S FOR 8-3 (PRELIMINARY)
The Kiwis were definitely on the warpath again this morning as
multiple obscure stations had their best session in quite a while (and
738-Magic had its best session ever). The 594-Star duo hit S9, as did
963-Star. Alexandra was especially well represented with a couple of 2
kW stations (531-More FM and 639-RNZ) pounding in at times. Even the
"dwarf Star" (576) managed to silence the 50 kW Oz big gun 2RN.
Unfortunately the "sleeping squatters" had once again jammed up
Rockwork 4, as well as Rockwork 5. Craig followed me to the relatively
large Rockwork 6 turnoff (the one with the highest elevation), and we
did our setup at the southern end, as far as possible from several
RV's. The transoceanic propagation at Rockwork 6 certainly didn't
disappoint, and we had another thrilling session tracking down
multiple low powered NZ stations. The notoriously tough 531-More FM
cooperated nicely with 3 ID's in 3 minutes at 1247 -- a male-voiced ID
at 14 seconds, a female-voiced ID at 15 seconds, and another female-
voiced ID at 3:26
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/p2et4xa8e602y0ocbzuongxziw7xafrc
Up until now 531-More FM had only been heard at Rockwork 4 on the west
coast, but now it has finally been heard in a new place -- Rockwork 6
:-) More details to follow... 73 and Good DX, (Gary DeBock (DXing at
Rockwork 6 with Craig Barnes)
Session photos from this morning posted at
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/exthrjjmdfmtphpsl8wvs8sogy3bdqu1
and
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/xigucktp07306guw0fh3e4ep49f4qepb
7.5" loopstick CC Skywave SSB and XHDATA D-808 portables + 15" and 17"
DXpedition FSL antennas, ibid.)
Nice audio and pictures. Gary, I`m amazed that the pvc stands don`t
succumb to wind blasts! Do the squatters add any QRN? Would you
consider pre-empting them with staying at the site parked in the
evening? Might deter a few from parking! 73, (Walt Salmaniw, ibid.)
Hi Walt, Actually the PVC bases are quite stable when there is a 16 kg
(35 pound) FSL antenna on top of them! If there is really nasty wind
we have some heavy-duty plastic tie wraps to secure the PVC bases to
local rocks, or trees.
Well, our FSL's actually take up very little space, so it's no problem
for us to quickly relocate to another cliff turnoff on Highway 101
(there are 9 of them) if necessary. The RV's haven't caused any RFI
that I'm aware of, although the owners do occasionally emit some audio
pollution. Rockwork 4 has the tradition of the 88-Kiwi DXpedition in
2014, but it certainly isn't unique in its awesome DU-enhanced
propagation, judging by this week's results. Rockwork 5 and 6 have
both provided all the DXing excitement we could have hoped for!
73, (Gary (in Nehalem, OR), ibid.)
OREGON CLIFF (ROCKWORK 6) ULTRALIGHT DU'S FOR 8-3 (CONCLUSION)
It was true Kiwi Magic for a second straight session after 1300 this
morning as New Zealand pounded in with some of its best propagation
ever. Numerous obscure Kiwi stations came out of the noise to join the
parade, which resulted in the best-ever signals for 594-Star and 738-
Magic, and the best recent signal from 756-RNZ. Its parallel on 567
also managed its best signal since the classic tower demolition a few
years back. 1017-Tonga rounded out the session with more beautiful
island music at an S9 level (which seems to have become a trend
recently).
Craig and I drove up to the Cliff in the predawn darkness around 1140
(0440 local time) only to find both the Rockwork 4 and 5 turnoffs
completely jammed up with RV's, trucks and cars. As such we headed for
Rockwork 6, which not only has the highest elevation but also plenty
of space. There were several RV's parked there, but we had no trouble
setting up our FSL's on the south end.
Like yesterday the session seemed a little slow to get untracked until
around 1250, when the rare 531-More FM got into an S9 snarl with PI,
finally pushing the Samoan signal down into the noise for a nice
recording (featuring three ID's). The Kiwi floodgates swung wide open
around 1300, with the obscure 639-RNZ and 738-Magic showing up with
some strength. 594 and 963-Star were also much stronger than usual,
and even 576-Star in Hamilton drowned out the Oz big gun 2RN. Craig's
5" Frequent Flyer FSL was doing a great job overall but seemed unable
to tune in 531, which was delivering a lot of Kiwi snarl drama this
morning. After replacement with the latest-model 3.5" ferrite rod FSL
(photo below) he got in on all the 531 action-- presumably including
More FM's potent rock music. Overall it was another great session, and
convincing proof that enhanced DU-DX propagation isn't limited to
Rockwork 4.
531 More FM Alexandra, NZ Notoriously rare 2 kW Kiwi station
dominant over PI at 1247 with short, choppy ID's at 14 seconds (male),
15 seconds (female) and 3:27 (female). On the west coast this modern
rock station has only been heard at the Rockwork Cliff complex
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/p2et4xa8e602y0ocbzuongxziw7xafrc
567 RNZ National Wellington, NZ Potent S9 signal (its best since
the old classic tower demolition) with Hindi-accented English
conversation at 1320
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/kbx6rp6asp7v89hb08yhknjfp5cklhre
594 Star Timaru/ Wanganui, NZ Best ever signal from these Christian
format synchros with vocal music // 657 at 1326
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/j80d4a3hbktpk5284v2tr26sq284faf2
603 R. Waatea Auckland, NZ Beautiful Maori music // 765 at 1317
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/lf63vi0b6gmoj73rwi772yorgjew4cg3
738 Magic Christchurch, NZ Best signal ever (through San Francisco
splatter) with "That Will Be the Day" // a weaker 702 at 1256
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/rwvk30s2izjadez7vrcxbuqdyubxvvf0
756 RNZ National Auckland, NZ Amazing signal only 70 miles (and 6
KHz) away from the 50 kW Portland pest KXTG-- solid rock attenuation
at its finest
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/vnlf4hoe57crowj83sm5n2kdnnegw7e8
963 Star Christchurch, NZ Best recent signal with vocal music
stronger than 657 parallel
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/bxu7xpnt8zze7oc9x3eg15f9790kf7hi
1017 A3Z Nuku'alofa, Tonga More beautiful island music at 1250 from
this new Rockwork cliff "Big Gun"
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/1l1xkyix03o7onoxsmr1wa2tsivqxr8s
73 and Good DX, (Gary DeBock (DXing with Craig Barnes at the Rockwork
6 ocean cliff near Manzanita, OR, USA), 7.5" loopstick CC Skywave SSB
+ XHDATA D-808 portables + 15" and 17" TSA-unfriendly FSL antennas,
This morning's session photos at Rockwork 6 are posted at
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/exthrjjmdfmtphpsl8wvs8sogy3bdqu1
(me) and (Craig):
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/xigucktp07306guw0fh3e4ep49f4qepb
ibid.)
OREGON CLIFF (ROCKWORK 6) ULTRALIGHT DU'S FOR 8-4
The exceptional Kiwi conditions of the past two days gave way to more
routine propagation this morning as several Australian big guns made
their first decent appearance of the DXpedition. Kiwi signals
generally took a dive, although on frequencies like 702 there were
still snarls as big guns from the separate areas fought it out.
This morning we were joined by Tom R., who had just enough space in
between the "squatters" at Rockwork 4 to set up his broadband loop.
Craig and I decided on the less crowded Rockwork 6, where the only
distraction was a nearby squatter who asked us about 5 times if we had
any cigarettes. With the exception of the new big gun 1017-Tonga the
session's DU propagation seemed fairly sedate until 1300, when the
Australian big guns on 594, 702 and 774 began building up strength. A
few Kiwis (on 503, 657 and 702) also started getting a modest boost at
that time, but nothing like the previous couple of days. 702-2BL was
one of the stronger Oz signals at 1305 but Auckland put up a good
fight until around 1315, when it ran out of Magic. Around this time
558-Fiji came out of nowhere with a church service that reached S7
level, only to collapse around 1320 back into the KPQ splatter. 1017-
A3Z was again the star of the session, with Tom very impressed by its
awesome new signals (as Craig and I have already been, for the entire
week).
558 Radio Fiji One Suva, Fiji Church service at brief good level
with female island speech and choral music around 1323 (before sudden
collapse a few minutes later)
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/r03du5hvkdhx4dfrxfy6yn8gk30zhd2x
1017 A3Z Nuku'alofa, Tonga Female choral music, "Amazing God"
during worship service at 1225
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/n7r7vven8f5g9y4rewlgwmyeyj72dynh
73 and Good DX, (Gary DeBock (DXing with Craig Barnes and Tom
Rothlisberger at the Rockwork ocean cliff near Manzanita, OR, USA),
7.5" loopstick CC Skywave SSB and XHDATA D-808 portables + 15" and 17"
FSL antennas, ibid.)
OREGON CLIFF (ROCKWORK 6) ULTRALIGHT DU'S FOR 8-5 -- YIKES!
Nick certainly brought the luck with him from Victoria as Tom, Craig
and I had one of the most thrilling sessions ever at the Rockwork
ocean cliff. The legendary weak station 585-Radio Ngati Porou (// 603)
was heard for the first time in 4 years, and Tom mentioned that he had
never heard 531-More FM so loud. 585-7RN in Tasmania had a booming
signal, while Craig had so much choice DU-DX on his new "Baby FSL"
that he seemed awestruck.
As we drove up in total darkness at 1140 the "sleeping squatters" were
once again out in force, so we needed to split up into two groups--
Craig and I at Rockwork 6, and Tom and Nick at Rockwork 4. When the
first FSL was set up on 531 kHz in total darkness at 1155 UTC there
was already an S9+ signal from 531-PI, which astonished all of us.
This was exactly the same situation as in July of 2014, during the NZ-
record (88 Kiwis) DXpedition with Chuck. This morning's session was
every bit as good as during the Kiwi Record trip-- if not better.
Every NZ station I tried for showed up, and the other three DXers
seemed swamped with choice DX all over the band. Even Craig was making
out like a DU-DXing bandit with his 3.5 inch Baby FSL, tracking down
531-More FM, 558-Fiji, 585-7RN, 936-Chinese Voice, etc. The session
was definitely a thriller, and will surely be remembered for the ages!
A photo of four DXers together after the awesome session is posted at
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/1vvrv5cyfl7di16ba5sv3u7mkx1fkeqf
Full details to follow (Gary DeBock (in Nehalem, OR), ibid.)
Thanks for posting that photo -- it's fun to be able to see who's
hearing stuff! Of course the trip accounts are always interesting to
read, especially about the "squatter encounters".?????? :) (Steve
Ratzlaff, ibid.)
What time (local time) do you depart from home, start DXing, end a
typical session? Just curious (Russ Johnson, ibid.)
Local sunrise here now is about 6 AM local, 1300 UT, and peak
conditions seem to occur about then, Russ. We try to be set up at
least an hour earlier than that, and shut down today was about 1330 as
the DX faded away. We're mostly just a few minutes drive away from the
site, so that part isn't too difficult. best wishes, (Nick Hall-Patch,
ibid.)
Thanks Nick. Your adventures are super interesting! (Russ, ibid.)
Thanks Steve, We would have enjoyed having you with us. When all four
DXers gathered together for that photo at Rockwork 6 two very friendly
"sleeping squatters" took the picture for us :-) (Gary, ibid.)
Are there any SDR files from this DXpedition? I know that most of the
action is live DX with tuned loops but I did see a mention of a
broadband loop being used (perhaps hooked to SDR?).
I'd like to get a couple of the best files, if they exist, to give me
a feel for the best of what the West Coast has to offer in summer DU /
Polynesia DX. Top-of-hours preferred and Perseus or Elad formats
preferred.
If these can be accessed via a cloud server, that would be the best
for all, even if the files take an hour or more to download.
Otherwise, I'd pay for USB thumbdrive stick round trip mailing costs
as I've done with beach DX material from some DXers on this side of
the US (Mark Connelly, WA1ION, South Yarmouth, MA, ibid.)
Mark - All of my files are Perseus. Ditto for Tom Rothlisberger. Nick
will have some SDR files from his 2 visits also. The FSL guy (Gary)
makes most of the noise but there is a huge amount of Perseus files in
the can (Chuck Hutton, ibid.)
I second that as well, I would be interested in hearing some as the
SDR file of TP Radio action. If these can be accessed via a cloud
server, that would be the best for all, even if the files take an hour
or more to download. Thanks (James Niven, Austin, Texas, ibid.)
ROCKWORK OCEAN CLIFF DXPEDITION -- RARE KIWI MW-DX BONANZA!
As reported previously the transoceanic propagation was awesome
yesterday at the Rockwork 6 Highway turnoff, resulting in multiple
rare Kiwi receptions, and also S9 signals from stations like 7RN in
Tasmania. The obscure NZ stations 531-More FM, 558-Radio Sport and
576-Star are usually a challenge to track down, but 585-Radio Ngati
Porou borders on the monumental (it hadn't been heard at the Rockwork
cliff for 4 years). All of them showed up during yesterday's
phenomenal session, though.
Once again the "sleeping squatters" made our antenna setup
interesting, and Craig and I were together at Rockwork 6 while Tom and
Nick set up at Rockwork 4. Nick also set up some monitoring gear at
our Rockwork 6 turnoff in the hope of comparing DU-DX signals at the
two locations (which Craig and I guarded with our lives against the
sleeping squatters).
When the first FSL antenna was set up to monitor 531 kHz in the total
darkness at 1155 UT it immediately tracked down an overwhelming S9+
signal from 531-PI in Auckland, which proved to be a harbinger of
things to come
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/819m794mvc4gdym5b06smy19aqhooofi
Before 1200 the rare Kiwis got into gear, along with S9 signals from
585-7RN, 702-2BL and 774-3LO. 531-More FM drowned out co-channel PI at
1247, while 558-Fiji showed up with potent strength at 1325. 1017-
Tonga was again in and out at S9, of course. By the way, Craig is
becoming a very skillful live DXer and FSL operator-- and certainly
demonstrated that ability this morning. Overall it was a very
thrilling session!
531 More FM Alexandra, NZ (2 kW) Potent modern rock music all
alone at 1247, with typical short, choppy ID's (male and female,
Yankee-accented) at 27 and 28 seconds
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/9z4bvsz7zd037grhwl5iwdrppm94m6rl
558 Radio Sport Invercargill, NZ One of the tougher Kiwis came
through with Yankee-accented Fox Sports News relay // 792 at 1307,
showing up for the first time in three years
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/dnkj6fqkviu8g57hw5mzcm00xae62ibr
576 Star Hamilton, NZ (2.5 kW) The "dwarf Star" manages music
under 2RN at 1253
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/xekx5gb4chsdr1njlc4kkd4mlxw630h3 which
is parallel to 657-Star at the time
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/ipl15obsn5w55qtdgdjzyit65h6918lb
585 7RN Hobart, Tasmania Powerful signal with female speech at
1249 (with the 576-2RN parallel confirmed at 31 seconds)
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/wpqm0pjh1f1cj8nlzzo93jclvrd46clg
585 Radio Ngati Porou Ruatoria, NZ (2 kW) One of the rarest
possible catches from NZ. During the 7RN recording some choral music
is audible under Tasmania, and after about a minute I decided to check
for a Maori net parallel on 603-Waatea (at 2:08 into the recording).
Much to my surprise 603 had the same choral music, nailing down
reception of this station with legendary weakness (for the first time
in 4 years)
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/wpqm0pjh1f1cj8nlzzo93jclvrd46clg
73 and Good DX, (Gary DeBock (DXing with Craig Barnes at the Rockwork
6 ocean cliff turnoff on Highway 101 near Manzanita, OR, USA), 7.5"
loopstick CC Skywave SSB & XHDATA D-808 portables +
15", 15" and 17" airport-closing FSL antennas;
Four DXer session photo is posted at
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/1vvrv5cyfl7di16ba5sv3u7mkx1fkeqf
ibid.)
DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DRM See BHUTAN; CHINA; INDIA; NIGERIA;
++++++++++++++++++++++++ ROMANIA; TAIWAN; USA WINB; UNID 6935
DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DTV See MEXICO; OKLAHOMA
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM
+++++++++++++++++++++
LISTENING TO THE WORLD WITH ONLINE RECEIVERS
One of the great radio-related sides to the Internet is the fact that
many people have put shortwave receivers online, many of them SDRs
Software defined radios but also regular receivers, all accessible to
the fans of radio around the world.
Why listen to shortwave via the Internet ?
Many reasons, maybe you don’t own a shortwave radio and still want to
tune around the bands. You can also tune in to signals that are in a
specific target area but the choice of time and frequency makes it
impossible to tune in at your home location. Your noise level is too
high, and you want to hear a signal that you think might be audible in
your general vicinity. With online receivers you can compare reception
of the same signal at different areas and maybe even help pin-point
the location of an unknown transmission?
Are there many online receivers available?
There are hundreds of online radios you can tune and the number is
growing almost daily. The radios are often made available by fellow
radio fans or amateur radio operators, or possibly a radio club, or
radio group that just wants to have you listen in from their location.
Where can I find these radios? Are they free to use?
For the most part all access to listen is free and open to anyone that
has an internet access. Here’s a selection of some of the best
locations of online receivers on the web.
1) http://www.sdr.hu
This is the best resource for anyone that is looking to tune into the
shortwave bands with a increasing number of receivers from almost
anywhere around the world. They use Kiwi SDR receivers that means they
allow up to 4 simultaneous connections at the same time, each tuning
different frequencies in all modes AM USB LSB FM, some are wideband
some limited to longware mediumwave and shortwave
2) http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/
This one is set up at the University of Twente in the Netherlands, it
is run by the ETDG Amateur radio club in collaboration with the
Faculty for electrical engineering, Mathematics and Computer science
Faculty. It can be tuned by hundreds of users at the same time, it is
very sensitive and has very low noise, it is always amazing to tune
around with this receiver
3) https://www.globaltuners.com/
This one is different. Most of the receivers are actual radios that
are controlled by computers and online. They operate on the principle
of 1 listener at a time and if someone is already tuning it you need
to ask permission in order to tune the radio. It requires a free
registration to use the online receivers.
4) http://www.websdr.org/
This is another great list of receivers, but most of them do not cover
shortwave, many cover only amateur radio bands, some only local VHF
UHF frequencies. Have fun tuning around the online radios!
(Gilles Letourneau, http://www.youtube.com/officialswlchannel/
Technical Topics, August CIDX Messenger via DXLD)
MYSTERY SIGNALS OF THE SHORT WAVE
Dedicated to the more unusual, strange, bizarre and apparently
meaningless signals on the short wave bands
http://www.mysterysignals.signalshed.com/
(via Thomas Sundstrom, Vincentown, New Jersey, Aug Radio HF Internet
Newsletter via DXLD)
FAST RADIO BURSTS (FRBS) CATALOG
An August 3rd article in Newsweek “Mystery Low-Frequency Space Signal
Spotted for First Time” drew my attention to this webpage on FRBs.
http://www.frbcat.org/
(via Dan Srebnick, Aberdeen Township, New Jersey, Aug Radio HF
Internet Newsletter via DXLD)
PROPAGATION
+++++++++++
2018 SEASON AND SEATTLE [VHF] DX POST MORTEM
First, my observation about Seattle as a place for FM DXing. I think
Seattle may very well be the worst area for DXing in the 48 contiguous
states. Skip from various locales usually dies before it gets here,
often not making it past the Cascades. And of course, we have no trop,
just enhancement during heat waves or extended periods of high
pressure, but nothing like the east coast gets.
Few frequencies are available, thanks to HD and the FCC's propensity
to overcrowd the dial. That situation isn't unique to Seattle, of
course, but it's worse here than St. Louis or Minneapolis, which I've
visited in recent years.
So how does this season rate compared to the other 11 seasons I've
experienced here? It's the worst, and it's not even close.
Considering that I was unavailable for 90 percent of the 2007 season,
and it was still better than 2018, that'll give you an idea of just
how bad this season was.
Only one decent opening occurred this entire season, and a schedule
conflict prevented me from enjoying it. The conflict wasn't Mother
Nature's fault, of course, but having your whole season hinge on 90
minutes is dismal.
I know I don't live in the east, which often produces decent openings
several days a week during the E season. And it seemed like most DXers
had their best season in a decade. Still, although I've got to believe
things would have been better here in a better sunspot cycle, in 2011
I averaged an opening about once every eight days during the active
part of the season.
In 2018, things started looking encouraging from June 19-22, but
little did I know that that would be the season's peak. Like most of
the country, we were in a lull in late June and early July, when skip
is usually active-and it just never picked up.
I hoped, maybe naïvely, that this summer would be different - in a
better way. I DXed from Bakersfield CA in the '70s and most of the
'80s, and had frequent Seattle FM openings. Brief, but often up to
108. Rarely did I experience a year without something major from
Seattle.
But being here in Seattle, I've only had one or two decent California
openings from 2007 to 2018. Only one like March 7, 1983, when
California was open to Oregon and much of Washington State. I hoped to
see more of this from the Northwest side of things, but it was not to
be.
Meanwhile, this year, there was plenty of DX from Idaho, near where
I'm moving to, to the Midwest, effective paths from eastern Washington
to Minneapolis and Arizona were plentiful, but we didn't get it here.
This is probably my last skip season in Seattle.
In a month or so, I'll be moving to southeast Washington, near the
Idaho border. That move south and east should improve things
considerably for me. No, it's not Texas or Florida, but it'll increase
my DX targets, and I've calculated that I'll be able to DX on 66 or 67
frequencies. When I visited there in March, I heard only one HD
transmitter, although two are listed. (The 90.5 just may have
interfered with a nearby 90.3. I didn't find a trace of its HD
sidebands.)
I hope I'll be able to get some of that skip that doesn't make it this
far north and west. Incidentally, if you're considering moving to
Seattle, bear this in mind.
Besides the June 22 opening, which I couldn't fully experience, this
year I had no other skip above 96 MHz. The MUF only exceeded 100 MHz
only one day in 2017, and I don't think it happened at all in 2016.
We've had some Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska and South Dakota skip in
the past 12 seasons, but nowhere near as much as I'd have expected.
(KUWR in Jackson WY appears to be my most frequent catch.)
We'll see what the new location brings. But I can't imagine it
bringing less than I've experienced in Seattle.
It takes a lot of patience to DX here, and every year I've seriously
thought about giving up. If this weren't my last year here, my Sonys
would have already been on eBay.
I still hold out hope for better things, but for DX, it won't be here.
It seldom was – (Rick Lucas, August 3, WTFDA gg via DXLD)
THE SUNSPOT CYCLE IS MORE INTRICATE THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT
By Katie Peek
The sun's dark spots cycle every 11 years — as well as every 88, 200,
and 2,400 years . . .
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-sunspot-cycle-is-more-intricate-than-previously-thought/
Interesting article here:
(via Mike Terry, WOR iog via DXLD)
:Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
:Issued: 2018 Aug 06 0236 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 30 July - 05 August 2018
Solar activity was very low throughout the period. Region 2717 (S08,
L=027, class/area=Axx/10 on 02 Aug) was briefly the sole active
region with sunspots, but was largely unproductive. No
Earth-directed CMEs were observed this period.
No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit.
The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit reached
high levels on 30 Jul, moderate levels on 31 Jul, and 01, 03-04 Aug.
Normal levels were observed throughout the rest of the period.
Geomagnetic field activity was quiet to unsettled on 31 Jul, and
01-03 Aug, with quiet conditions observed throughout the remainder
of the period, under a nominal solar wind environment.
FORECAST OF SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY 06 AUGUST-01 SEPTEMBER 2018
Solar activity is expected to be very low throughout the outlook
period.
No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit.
The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is
expected to reach high levels on 21-26 Aug. Moderate levels are
expected on 06-11, 18-20, 27-31 Aug and 01 Sep. Normal levels are
expected throughout the remainder of the outlook period.
Geomagnetic field activity is likely to reach G1 (Minor) geomagnetic
storm levels on 20 Aug due to the influence of a negative polarity,
coronal hole high-speed stream. Active conditions are expected on
07-08, 17, and 20-21 Aug due to multiple, recurrent coronal hole
high-speed streams. Quiet to unsettled conditions are expected
throughout the remainder of the outlook period.
:Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt
:Issued: 2018 Aug 06 0236 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 2018-08-06
#
# UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest
# Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index
2018 Aug 06 69 8 3
2018 Aug 07 69 12 4
2018 Aug 08 69 12 4
2018 Aug 09 69 8 3
2018 Aug 10 69 5 2
2018 Aug 11 69 5 2
2018 Aug 12 69 8 3
2018 Aug 13 69 8 3
2018 Aug 14 69 5 2
2018 Aug 15 69 5 2
2018 Aug 16 69 8 3
2018 Aug 17 69 12 4
2018 Aug 18 69 5 2
2018 Aug 19 69 5 2
2018 Aug 20 69 20 5
2018 Aug 21 69 12 4
2018 Aug 22 69 5 2
2018 Aug 23 70 5 2
2018 Aug 24 70 5 2
2018 Aug 25 70 5 2
2018 Aug 26 70 5 2
2018 Aug 27 70 5 2
2018 Aug 28 70 5 2
2018 Aug 29 70 5 2
2018 Aug 30 70 5 2
2018 Aug 31 70 5 2
2018 Sep 01 69 5 2
(SWPC via WORLD OF RADIO 1942, DXLD) ###