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Thanks, Glenn WORLD OF RADIO 1970 contents: Armenia, Brasil, Chad non, China, Cuba, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea non, Ethiopia non, Germany and non, Goa, Japan/Korea North non, Madagascar, Mali, Mexico, Myanmar, Netherlands non, New Zealand, Nigeria, Oman, Romania, South Africa, Turkey, UAE, USA, Vietnam non; and the propagation outlook. SHORTWAVE AIRINGS of WORLD OF RADIO 1970, February 19-25, 2019 Mon 2330 WRMI 9955 [1969 replayed] Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 [1969 replayed] Tue 2030 WRMI 7780 [confirmed] Wed 0930 Unique 5045-LSB NSW Australia low-power Wed 1030 WRMI 5950 Wed 2200 WRMI 9955 [confirmed] Wed 2200 WBCQ 7490v [confirmed] Thu 0000 WRMI 7730 [NEW] Thu 0100 WRMI 7780 [confirmed] Fri 0930 Unique 5045-LSB NSW Australia low-power Sat 0730 HLR 6190-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio [confirmed Bulgaria] Sat 1200 Unique 5045-LSB NSW Australia low-power [alt weeks, Mar 2-16-30] Sat 1230 WRMI 9955 [confirmed] Sat 1531 HLR 9485-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio [confirmed Italy] Sat 2030v WA0RCR 1860-AM Sat 2200 WRMI 9955 [confirmed] Sun 0030 WRMI 7730 [NEW! confirmed by Richard Lemke] Sun 0400v WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415][confirmed from 0427] Sun 0830 WRMI 5850 5950 7730 [confirmed] Sun 1130 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio [confirmed Bulgaria] Sun 2130 WRMI 7780 [confirmed] Mon 0230 WRMI 5950 9395 Mon 0400v WBCQ 5130v-AM Area 51 Mon 0430 WRMI 9955 Mon 0930 Unique 5045-LSB NSW Australia low-power Mon 2330 WRMI 9955 [or new 1971] Latest edition of this schedule version, including AM, FM, satellite and webcasts with hotlinks to station sites and audio, is at: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html or http://schedule.worldofradio.org or http://sked.worldofradio.org For updates see our Anomaly Alert page: http://www.worldofradio.com/anomaly.html WORLD OF RADIO PODCASTS: Tnx to Dr Harald Gabler and the Rhein-Main Radio Club. http://www.rmrc.de/index.php/rmrc-audio-plattform/podcast/glenn-hauser-wor MORE PODCAST ALTERNATIVES, tnx to Keith Weston: https://blog.keithweston.com/2018/11/22/world-of-radio-podcast/ feedburner: http://feeds.feedburner.com/GlennHausersWorldOfRadio NEW via tunein.com: http://bit.ly/tuneinwor itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/glenn-hausers-world-of-radio/id1123369861 AND via Google Play Music: http://bit.ly/worldofradio OUR ONDEMAND AUDIO: http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html or http://wor.worldofradio.org DAY-BY-DAY ARCHIVE OF GLENN HAUSER`S LOG REPORTS: Unedited, uncondensed, unchanged from original version, many of them too complex, minutely researched, multi-frequency, opinionated, inconsequential, off-topic, or lengthy for some log editors to manage; and also ahead of their availability in these weekly issues: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/index.php?topic=Hauser IMPORTANT NOTICE!!!! WOR IO GROUP: Effective Feb 4, 2018, DXLD yg archive and members have been migrated to this group: https://groups.io/g/WOR [there was already an unrelated group at io named dxld!, so new name] From now on, the io group is primary, where all posts should go. One may apply for membership, subscribe via the above site. DXLD yahoogroup: remains in existence, and members are free to COPY same info to it, as backup, but no posts should go to it only. They may want to change delivery settings to no e-mail, and/or no digest. The change was necessary due to increasing outages, long delays in posts appearing, and search failures at the yg. Why wait for DXLD issues? A lot more info, not all of it appearing in DXLD later, is posted at our io group without delay. ** ALASKA. See MADAGASCAR [and non] ** ANGOLA. 4949.741, R Nacional on poor level at fade-out time around 0424 UT. Febr 15 on log here in west Europe, England, Belgium, Holland, Switzerland and Hungary [remote receivers] [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz](Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Febr 15, dxldyg via DXLD) ** ANGUILLA. 11775, Feb 17 at 1426, 1528, no signal from CB despite it being prime Sunday-morning time --- or not so prime yet in LACA; by 1553, dead-air carrier is on, maybe about to start at 1600, but not tracked further. Its transmissions are extremely irregular (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) A very strong signal on 11775 kHz (with hum) into NB at about 2010 UT today (17 February) noticed when setting up to record WRMI on 7780 kHz (-- Richard Langley, WOR iog via DXLD) ** ARMENIA. CAUCASUS ========== During the period from December 27 to February 3, the Public Radio of Armenia at 4810 kHz during the time from 15 to 19 o'clock was not heard even once - apparently the transmissions were reduced. Only All-India Radio sounds here (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria, Rus-DX Feb 10 via WORLD OF RADIO 1970, DXLD) [non]. 4810, 1725-1730 16.2, INDIA, AIR, Bhopal Hindi ann, Indian music, talk, 1730 English news from Delhi, 35232 (Armenian Public R was OFF the Air!) (Anker Petersen, Denmark, what I heard recently in Skovlunde on my AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire, wbradio yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1970, DXLD) All transmissions of V. of Armenia on 4810 are cancelled https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/02/all-transmissions-of-voice-of-armenia.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News Feb.16, WORLD OF RADIO 1970, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ARMENIA. 9905 kHz --- "a bottomless impudence to produce such a terrible radio signal." AWR via Yerevan Gavar relay site in SoAsian Kannada language 1530-1600 UT, 100kW 125deg, 10.5 kHz broadband audio, 1546 UT. TERRIBLE OVERMODULATED AUDIO, of 'Radio Cairo Class' [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Febr 13, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1970, DXLD) ** ARMENIA. Reception of Trans World Radio India via CJSC Yerevan, Feb.16 1500-1560* 7550 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg SoAs Hindi/English Sat/Sun, good https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/02/reception-of-trans-world-radio-india_17.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News Feb.16 part 2, WORLD OF RADIO 1970, DX LISTENING DIGEST) *presumably = -1600 as scheduled (gh) ** ASCENSION ISLAND. 5925, BBC WS s/on with bells, ID and into Newshour news and features. in OK, but not as strong as //6005 also from ASC. Items included news of the serial killer in Toronto, and a brief bit about paintings allegedly by Hitler at auction in Germany. 44543+ 'weak' sounding despite the pretty decent signal. // 6005 much better despite some splatter from RHC 6000, 4+454+4 but a 'hum' in the modulation/audio processing that was distracting but didn't impact intelligibility. 0458-0530 9/Feb SDRplay +SDRuno +ANC-4 +randomwire (Kenneth Vito Zichi, Williamston MI, WOR iog via DXLD) ** AUSTRALIA. AM to FM conversions. Both 7BU Burnie (558 kHz) & 7AD Devonport (900 kHz) will convert to FM March 1st. 7BU will be on 100.9 & 7AD on 98.9. via mediaspy (Geoff Wolfe, Numeralla, Australia, Feb 15, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7- stations are in TASMANIA (gh) ** AUSTRALIA. 5045.00 LSB, Unique Radio, 0850-0915, [Monday] 18-02, music, at 0900, English, program "International Radio Report, from Montreal, Canada", news about radio. 25232 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Log via SDR Kiwi remote receivers in North New Zealand and Brisbane, Australia, WOR iog via DXLD) ** AUSTRALIA. 5055, Feb 13 at 1041, carrier with trace of modulation from 4KZ, less than S5 storm noise level. No signal at all on 5045-LSB or CLSB, Unique Radio, which is to be expected being even lower- powered and aiming for NSW area coverage only; WOR should have aired earlier at 0930 Wednesday. At 1201, still a trace of talk on 5055. 5055, Feb 16 at 1225, JBA carrier presumed 4KZ, but as usual nothing detectable on 5045-LSB, where WORLD OF RADIO should be running on Unique Radio this alternate Saturday; next: March 2 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5055, Radio 4KZ, on Feb 18, at 1208, was able to ID song ("How Much Is That Doggie In The Window," sung by Patti Page); 1300, "National News," which was tantalizingly close to being fairly readable; several items made out (about Univ. of New South Wales; intruder into a house in Sydney's south-west died during a struggle with home owner, intruder was 35 years old; etc.); weather and cut off at 1305*; certainly a good reception from my location. Feb 6, noted cut off at 1306*, after the weather (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via DXLD) See also unID 4835.6 ** AUSTRALIA [and non]. 9740, Feb 14 at 1458, RBA sign-off in English until tomorrow at 14 UT = 19:30 IST. HFCC-registered as 100 kW, 335 degrees in Hindi only. In fact, per Aoki/NDXC there is an extremely complex sked of 14 languages in 15-minute segments, with Hindi only once a week on Sundays at 1400-1415 --- and English only thrice a week, Mon/Tue/Wed at 1445 ---- but this is Thursday! The canned sign- off includes just a hint of Kookaburra, but is it Jacko? 9740-, meanwhile by 1459 a low-audible-heterodyne (LAH) is also audible, from the next station, AWR in Nepali via the always off- frequency Trincomalee, SRI LANKA, in the clear after 1500 but only a JBA carrier today, despite a 15-degree aim closer to USward and with 25 kW more power, but having to penetrate polar absorption. Also over a much shorter path to target, could start off at a higher takeoff angle, reducing further bounces; who knows? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. 11874.976, Reach Beyond Australia (HCA) in Oriya language, 1338 UT on Feb 15, S=6 poor signal level in South Korea remote SDR. 12025even, Reach Beyond Australia (HCA) in Marathi language, 1343 UT S=9+15dB strength in Seoul, Republic of {South} Korea [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, Seoul Korea SDR unit, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Feb 15, dxldyg via DXLD) ** BANGLADESH. 4750, Bangladesh Betar - HS, 1235-1243, Feb 11. Decent reception of the Monday only SAARC (The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) news bulletin in English; “Assalamu alaikum. This is Bangladesh Betar”; news items: India's Prime Minister has said his country is committed to good India-Bangladesh relations; in New Delhi, memo of understanding signed at the India-Bangladesh Joint Consultative Commission, by Minister for Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh; Bangladesh has asked for India's assistance with returning refugees to Myanmar; usual CNR1 QRM (// 6125), but not as heavy as usually heard; 1243 into Bangla (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via DXLD) 4750, Feb 12 at 1345, talk and song I would say is S Asian, so presumed Bangladesh Betar, rather than other possibility CNR1 Hailar --- should have ruled that out by // check to another CNR1 frequency. CODAR QRM swishing from both sides. And QRM from non-Spanish 2-way on 4751.8-USB. Anyhow 4750 is the best Asian signal on 60m along with many JBA carriers corresponding to Tibet, East Turkistan, China, India and peripheries, such as 4760 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BANGLADESH. Not a lot of loggings today but I was surprised with a real DX treat for me this morning in some really nice reception of Bangladesh Betar in listed Nepali on 9455 at 1314. Successful DXing often requires patience, a good operating location that is quiet (both electrically and free from other distractions), a good antenna and receiver, the ability to use your ears and your brain to filter out program details, and the need to be in the right place at the right time which often can be the most important factor as the old adage “You snooze, you lose!” can then reign supreme. 9455, Bangladesh Betar at 1314 in listed Nepali with an Asian instrumental anthem and a single time pip at 1315 and a man with a definite “Bangladesh Betar” ID, brief talk, then brief subcontinental instrumentals and a man with talk and subcontinental female vocals at 1330 and a man and woman with talk from 1334 – Weak but audible rising to Fair to Good by 1331 Feb 14 – It's been an awfully long time since I have heard them this good probably dating back to ODXA Radio Camps at the Ontario Student Leadership Centre on Lake Couchiching (an hour north of Toronto) in the mid to late 80s. Good things come to those who are patient and willing to DX under any and all conditions (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Drake SPR-4, Kenwood TS440S, or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles (OCFD), ODXA iog via DXLD) ** BOUGAINVILLE. 3325, NBC Bougainville (Maus Blong Sankamap), 1048, Feb 12. Political speeches; 1100-1111 NBC news in English; significant Voice of Indonesia QRM (in English till 1100, then into Chinese). Feb 11, on 3325, noted NBC, 1053+, with mostly political speeches; 1105-1115 news; 1145 pop songs (LeAnn Rimes - "How Do I Live?", etc.); cut off at 1157*, leaving VOI heard with weak carrier. Comment - Really is sad to have NBC and VOI both still here mixing together, when most of the 90m band is empty of any stations. 3325, NBC Bougainville, 1139-1159*, Feb 15. The usual DJ in Pidgin playing pop Western songs; 1157, with full ID; 1159*, suddenly cut off; today no Voice of Indonesia QRM and after 1159, noted VOI carrier, but no audio today (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 4885, Feb 16 at 0702, R. Clube do Pará is S9+10, as the best ZY signal on 60m is even better than usual; hyper DJ and music on ``Madrugada`` show, NOT for the dozing at 4+ am local. With BFO there always seems to be a second slightly offset undersignal, presumably the other ZY if not later Korea South. DST in Brasil ends Feb 17; not including Pará which is on UT-3 yearound. Here`s a useful map showing DST/non-DST areas. DST observed roughly in the southern (not eastern) half: https://www.timeanddate.com/time/change/brazil This means much programming shifting one UT hour later, notably A Voz do Brasil, national government show on almost all stations, at 22-23 instead of 21-22 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1970, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. RECEPTION IN SÃO BERNARDO SP, BRAZIL ******************************** February 12, 2019 (Time in UT) Rx: KiwiSDR (São Bernardo SP) + PA0RDT Mini Whip Antenna PIRATE STATION: 5800, BRAZIL: Unid, Portuguese, 12/02 2020. International pop songs, commercial announcement 'Presunto Sadia' like a Brazilian official station. 25442. I suppose this pirate station makes recordings of Brazilian commercial stations and inserts them into its programming. Nothing original! (Rudolf Grimm, São Bernardo SP, BRAZIL, http://dxways-br.blogspot.com YouTube Channel: GrimmSBC, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 5939.703, Feb 19 at 0740, Brazuguese aleluias barely audible aside weakened 5935 WWCR, i.e. Voz Missionária way off- frequency as usual, the same station much more easily heard around 9664.7v. But it`s not the only 5940-minus outlet; in NASWA Flashsheet, Mark Taylor also reports on 5939.6, presumed Sedaye Zindagi = IBRA Radio in Dari via UAE at 0249 Feb 11; scheduled 0230-0300 only from another perpetually off-frequency site (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1970, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL [and non]. 6090, Feb 12 at 0005, VP signal with M&W talk; I try to divine whether it`s Brazuguese, as Mark Coady, Ontario, has again assumed it`s Radio Bandeirantes. No, it sounds more like Chinese. I am never monitoring at the same time and date as Mark; his was Feb 8 at 0002 and he heard RB even underneath Anguilla, which is not on now. Recheck at 0027: now a stronger S7-S9 dead air or maybe JB modulated. Both these fit for Aoki listings: 2055-0300 CNR2 Golmud 916 site; close to grayline 0020-0320 Iran Sirjan site in Spanish But it also maintains R. Bandeirantes, São Paulo, as 24 hours --- like so many other long-gone LA stations in Aoki. But2, there could be at times a R. Bandeirantes on 6090. Rudolf Grimm in SP state reports it Jan 29 at 1742 UT in the local daytime with a program `Radio Livre`. He could not hear RB on MW 840 or the other former SW frequencies 9645, 11925, but the timechex were correct and the info current. It could have been a unauthorized pirate relay from FM or webcast, as ZY SW pirates are proliferating, so why not? He says RB had not been on the 49m frequency for three years. By 0150, Anguilla has come up on 6090, PMS S9+20 with hum and squeal. I`m certainly not going to hear anything else under her (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1970, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6090, Feb 13 at 0001, I`m trying again to hear the alleged R. Bandeirantes: one weak signal here on the Icom, can`t tell language; 0007 I`ve switched to the JRC and there are two signals mixing, the stronger one sounding more and more like Chinese by 0015, i.e. CNR2 from Golmud. (My closest streetlight ignites with a wideband RF noise burst at 0016; mostly clear sky but some orange clouds on the sunset horizon.) By 0032 the otherlang is atop, and I think it is Spanish rather than Portuguese. The 6090 situation is somewhat clarified: Wolfgang Bueschel reports Iran already on with IS at 2345 Feb 12. We`ve had contradictory info about when VIRI`s Spanish broadcast start --- 2320, 2350 or 0020, but it appears that 2350 is the winner. We`ve also wondered whether the Bandeirantes on 6090 heard in Brasil be a pirate and not a reactivation of the real station. And whether report of it as ``Rádio Livre`` which means ``Free Radio`` refer to it as a pirate, or the name of a real program on RB? Daniel Wyllyans has just answered that on HCDX: ``6090 Rádio Livre Bandeirantes --- Yes and no. Yes, the program is officially from Rádio Bandeirantes. No, TX is not the 10 KW Bandeirantes. Is another person with 30 watts in 6090 MG state. 73 Daniel Wyllyans`` So even if that be on air at this hour, we are certainly not going to hear it in NAm with China, Iran and sometimes even Anguilla also on 6090 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1970, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Não, definitivamente não é a Rádio Bandeirantes. Infelizmente o movimento de "rádios livres" do Brasil, como gostam de se autodenominar, está abusando com várias transmissões dentro da faixa de radiodifusão, radioamadores e como o cúmulo do absurdo uma delas do estado de Minas Gerais está transmitindo com 30 W na frequência de 6090 kHz e com programas gravados da Rádio Bandeirantes. Lamento profundamente essa atitude arbitrária, contra a lei e que tem constrangido a nós brasileiros diante a comunidade radioescuta. 73 (Jorge Freitas, My Blog: https://dxlogfreitas.blogspot.com/ Local time -3 UT, Feira de Santana Bahia, WOR iog via DXLD) [translation by gh:] ``No, it`s definitely not Radio Bandeirantes. Unfortunately the ``free radio`` movement in Brasil, as they like to call themselves, are abusing by several transmissions within the broadcast and ham bands, and as the height of absurdity, one of them in Minas Gerais state is transmitting with 30 watts on 6090 kHz recordings of Radio Bandeirantes programming. I deeply regret this arbitrary attitude, against the law and that has embarrassed us Brazilians before the radio-listening community. 73, (Jorge Freitas, Bahia``, WORLD OF RADIO 1970, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Re: Radio Bandeirantes 6090 kHz no ar! Interessante que nesse mesmo periodo também a Rádio Excelsior da Bahia que opera nessa frequencia 840 também estava fora, em virtude da queda da torre. E notei que nos 840 não havia ninguém. Até pensei ter sido a migração. Mas depois já voltou a Excelsior e a Bandeirantes (Ed Santos, announcer, 15 Feb, radioescutas yg via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 9600 kHz, Rádio GBA (SP Ondas curtas de 31 Metros) Música. 1714 UT 13 Fevereiro 2019. Nesse dia melhor em 9599.7 kHz (A partir de hoje 14 fevereiro em 9605 kHz) https://youtu.be/yJLN0pP38Aw RX: Yaesu FRG 8800 Antena: DS SWL DL 42 Metros Dipolo Assimétrica + Balun + 15 Metros Coaxial (Daniel Wyllyans, Nova Xavantina MT, Brasil, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) pirate ** BRAZIL. 10144 kHz, Radio Cachoeiras (RJ Ondas Curtas) Música rock 0055 UT 11 Fevereiro 2019, Pouquinho de QRM de 10140. https://youtu.be/mTQ2UBvpCIw RX: Yaesu FRG 8800 Antena: DS SWL DL Dipolo Assimétrica 42 Metros + Balun + 15 Metros Coaxial (Daniel Wyllyans Nova Xavantina MT Brasil, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) pirate ** BRAZIL. BRASIL, 11780. 13/2/2019, 0105-0135, Rádio Nacional de Brasília, Brasília-DF. José Nery apresenta o programa "Eu de cá, você de lá" [I`m over here, you`re over there --- gh]: programa com músicas sertanejas e atende solicitações dos ouvintes em mensagens de texto e áudio, além de atendê-los ao vivo, por telefone. 35433. 11855. 13/2/2019, 0050-0100, Radio Aparecida, Aparecida-SP. Pessoas rezam o terço; 0058 Hora da Consagração; ID. Recepção satisfatória, 35433, interrompida às 0100 UT com o poderoso sinal da CNR2 em chinês por 11850 kHz (JRX_José Ronaldo Xavier, SWARL Callsign PR7036SWL, Receptor (es): ICOM IC-R6, Cabedelo-PB, Brasil, WOR iog via DXLD) 11855.7, Radio Aparecida at 2238 in Portuguese with a man and a woman with talk and a definite mention of “Aparecida” at 2246 – Poor to Fair Feb 15 – My Ten-Tec Argonaut II is a far more sensitive receiver and is my “Go To” DXing and SWLing machine but my Kenwood TS440S is still quite helpful in zero beating stations that are not exactly on frequency like this one that Dan Ferguson's SW Skeds spreadsheet lists on 11855.6 but zero beating showed them 100 Hz higher (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Drake SPR-4, Kenwood TS440S, or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles (OCFD), odxa iog via DXLD) It varies a lot (gh) ** BRAZIL. BRASIL, 5035, R. Aparecida, Aparecida SP, 2219-2230, 13/2. Anúncios vários, incl. comerciais, todos em torno do chamado santuário da Aparecida; 25342. 6134.9, R. Aparecida, Aparecida SP, 2225-2235, 08/2. Artigo acerca das comunidades indígenas; 44332, QRM adjacente. // 9630.5 e 11855.7. [note this on {almost} same off-frequency now CG reports: BOLÍVIA, 6134.9, R. Santa Cruz, St.ª Cruz de la Sierra, 2220-2230, 11/2. Castelhano; noticiário; 34433] 9630.5, R. Aparecida, Aparecida SP, 1807-..., 09/2. Canções; 33442, QRM adjacente. 9630.5, idem, 1108-1306, 10/2. Música, ..., correio do ouvinte, cerca das 1200; 24441. 9630.5, idem, 2212-2223, 12/2. Artigo sobre política interna; 45444. Estações ausentes, nos 31 m: 9515 Marumby, 9550 Boa Vontade, 9565 e 9585 SRDA, 9725 Evangelizar. 11815, R. Brasil Central, Goiânia GO, 2134-2145,10/2. Prgr. musical; 35433, áudio (ou modulação?) fraca. // 4985 com sinal fraco. 11815 idem, 1244-1305, 13/2. Informações, música; 25442, inteligibilidade muito fraca mercê do baixo nível de áudio. 11855.7, R. Aparecida, Aparecida SP, 2136-2147, 10/2. Prgr. musical; 35433. 11855.7, idem, 1110-1255, 13/2. Missa, canções; 25442, em perda. 11895.1, R. Boa Vontade, Pt.º Alegre RS, 1116-1308, 11/2. Noticiário, propag. relig., música; 15341. 11895.1, idem, 1939-1949, 13/2. Propag. relig.; 24442, QRM adjacente ("Carlos L R de Assunção Gonçalves", from 8-13 Feb SW coast of Portugal HF obs, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 20955 kHz, Radio Cidadeoldies (PB Ondas curtas) Música. Sinal bom ali nos 20 MHz. 0056 UT (11 Fevereiro 2019 Brasil) https://youtu.be/CZYrDxwyECE RX: Yaesu FRG 8800 Antena: DS SWL DL Dipolo Assimétrica 42 Metros + Balun + 15 Metros Coaxial (Daniel Wyllyans Nova Xavantina MT Brasil, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) another pirate, of course (gh) ** BULGARIA [and non]. Shortwave Radiogram this weekend is in MFSK32 and MFSK64, and if reception is really bad, a brief segment in the robust but very slow Olivia 64-2000. (See/hear/decode an example of Olivia 64-2000 in awful conditions from last weekend. Most listeners experienced reception good enough that Olivia 64-2000 was not necessary.) http://swradiogram.net/post/182823811797/shortwave-radiogram-15-17-february-2019-digital Images received by radio_no_koe in Japan using an SDR in Indonesia, 9 February, 1400-1430 UTC, 9400 kHz from Bulgaria. Text decodes were good despite the conditions that caused the fuzzy (artistic) images (Kim Elliott, Feb 15, WOR iog via DX LISTENING DIGEST) As a reminder, a few stress tests of digital modes against pure noise or multipath. Depending on the proportion of both components, there are different winners. OL64-2K is great in terms of very high delay, but against pure noise other were scored better: http://www.rhci-online.net/radiogram/SW_Radiogram_2017-12-02.htm#7x-test However, the most robust (decoded with FLDIGI) mode was THOR Micro: http://www.rhci-online.net/radiogram/SW_Radiogram_2018-01-06.htm#THORmicroTEST (roger, germany, ibid.) ** BULGARIA [non]. Am 15.02.2019 um 16:35 schrieb kd9xb: > Shortwave Radiogram this weekend is in MFSK32 and MFSK64, and if reception is really bad, a brief segment in the robust but very slow Olivia 64- 2000 http://www.rhci-online.net/radiogram/SW_Radiogram_2019-02-16.htm#SWRG http://www.rhci-online.net/radiogram/SW_Radiogram_2019-02-16.htm#SSR_26 (The source of most pictures I found only with the help of ??????/YANDEX - image search) http://www.rhci-online.net/radiogram/SW_Radiogram_2019-02-16.htm#KBC (the effect of additional 20 milliseconds...) (roger, WOR iog via DXLD) ** CHAD [non]. Radio Ndarason International via Ascension & Woofferton, Feb.12 0500-0700 5960 ASC 250 kW / 065 deg to WeAf Kanuri, weak to fair 0700-0800 13810 WOF 250 kW / 165 deg to WeAf Kanuri, fair to good https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/02/radio-ndarason-international-via.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News Feb.11-12, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Radio Ndarason International via ENC-DMS Ascension, Feb.12 1800-2100 on 12050 ASC 250 kW / 065 deg to WeAf Kanuri, good signal https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/02/radio-ndarason-international-via-enc.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News Feb.12, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Ndarason Radio, 1936 UT, 12050 kHz in Kanuri language, African pop and folk music, 2050 Identification in French by man, good listen in Chile (Héctor Frías Jofré, CE3001SWL Feb 12, WOR iog via DXLD) WEWN off? (gh) Radio Ndarason International via ENC-DMS Woofferton, Feb.14 0700-0800 on 13810 WOF 250 kW / 165 deg to WeAf Kanuri, good signal https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/02/radio-ndarason-international-via-enc_14.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News Feb.13-14, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 12050. 15/2/2019, 1958-2010, Radio Ndarason International, Ascensão-G, em Kanuri. Música tribal; 2000 Música ligeira com uso do sampler; 2003 Locutor fala ID e segue música sampleada; 2004 Locução feminina em ID e notícias. Ótima recepção, 45554 (JRX_José Ronaldo Xavier, Receptor (es): ICOM IC-R6 & Tecsun S-2000, SWARL Callsign PR7036SWL, Cabedelo-PB, Brasil (UTC-3), WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1970, DXLD) 12050, Feb 16 at 2045, weak African music surely isn`t WEWN Spanish, rather that`s off again, opening up for R. Ndarason International via ASCENSION at 19-21 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1970, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Radio Ndarason International via ENC-DMS Ascension on Feb.18 0500-0700 on 5960 ASC 250 kW / 065 deg to WeAf Kanuri, weak/fair https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/02/radio-ndarason-international-via-enc_18.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News Feb.18, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHILE. 5825. R. TRIUNFAL EVANGÉLICA. Febrero 11. 2311- 2323 UT. Predicación y luego devocional. SINPO: 35242 (Claudio Galaz, Receptor: TECSUN PL 660; Antena: Hilo de 50 metros; Lugar de escucha: Barraza Bajo, 4° Región, Chile, HCDX via DXLD) Surely this is a pirate, which WRTH does not include, as opposed to clandestine and target broadcasts; or is it? In WRTH 2019 as one of two SW stations in Chile as if legit with this info: MS27) 5825 0.5 R. Triunfal Evangelica, Talagante: 2200-0000 exc. Thu. MS = Metropolitana de Santiago MS27) Barraza Baja, Talagante. Tel. 2 28154375 W: FB E: radiotriunfal@gmail.com And the other one often reported only by Claudio: MS28) 6925 0.45 RCW, R. Compañía Worldwide, San Francisco MS28) San Francisco [no further info and no callsigns for either] (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. 11500. 16/2/2019, 0045-0052, CNR1, x-CHN, em Chinês. Jammer; Locução masculina, contínua; 0049 Locução masculina sob fundo musical. Boa recepção da China National Radio 1, 45444. 11600. 16/2/2019, 0100-0109, CNR1, x-CHN, em Chinês. Jammer; Time pips e ID; Locuções masculina e feminina sob fundo musical. Boa recepção entre nós, 45544 (JRX_José Ronaldo Xavier, SWARL Callsign PR7036SWL, Cabedelo-PB, Brasil, WOR iog via DXLD) CNR-1 Jammer vs Sound of Hope Xi Wang Zhi Sheng in 19mb on Feb.14 till 1200 on 15800 unknown kW / non-dir to EaAs Chinese, very good https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/02/cnr-1-jammer-vs-sound-of-hope-xi-wang.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News Feb.13-14, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. 4940, Voice of Strait, on Feb 16 (Saturday), at 1441, tuned into the weekend "Focus on China" program in English, already in progress; an older program, as they were talking all about the "year of the monkey" (2019 - year of the pig); fairly readable; 1455, into Chinese (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via DXLD) ** CHINA. Beibu Bay Radio, 5050 kHz, is putting a very nice signal into central Maryland right now -- 2258 UT. If your antenna is directional, aim to the southeast (Art Delibert, North Bethesda, MD 2/17/19, Ten Tec RX-340, Sal-12 antenna, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** CHINA. 6035, PBS Yunnan, relay of FM99, on Feb 11, with *1139, suddenly on with music; recently observed consistent *1139 start up time. 6035, PBS Yunnan, relay of FM99. As I have recently been reporting, FM99 starts at *1139 and today (Feb 13), noted them still on the air at 1612; fair-good reception (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1970, DXLD) ** CHINA. 15710.003 Seldom heard b a d distorted audio transmission from China Mainland RTC broadcast center these days. CNR 6th national program in Amoy, disturbed by some wobble whistle (8 strings visible either sideband) sound at 0120 UT on Feb 12. Is this a jamming cover type by the Taiwanese ?? S=9+15dB in Tokyo Japan remote SDR. Sweet Chinese folk music singer heard (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Febr 12) [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz], Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** CONGO [Republic of]. 6115, Radio Congo (presumed), on Feb 17, at 0540, had an UNID station underneath a much stronger "RN2" (Japan); by 0550, was able to start to make out some French words, so believe was Congo; 0558, instrumental jazz till 0600; "RN2" not playing music, which helped with IDing French language (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via DXLD) 6115, Radio Congo, Brazzaville, 0555-0615, 17-02, French, comments. 14321. Also 1640-1656*, 1702, French, sport comments, live. Transmission cut off abruptly at 1656. 24322 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Log in Friol and Lugo, WOR iog via DXLD) ** CONGO DR. 6210.2, Radio Kahuzi, Bukavu, 1740-1755*, 10-02, vernacular comments, religious songs. Very weak, 15321 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Log in Friol and Lugo, WOR iog via DXLD) ** CUBA. Mauricio's MW list is from 2016. Radiocubana (broadcast license regulator) updated their broadcasters lists by province on January 25, 2019. IF you are a MW dxer and receive Cuba quite regularly, you might want to print out the pages on the following link- http://www.radiocubana.cu/faqs-preguntas-mas-frecuentes/70-servicios-web/24610-emisoras-y-sus-frecuencias-de-transmision-agrupadas-por-provincias-am Keep in mind the list of assignments shows only the station name and frequency (no city/town references or transmitter power). It seems the maps that Radiocubana had last year have been removed from their website now or are in a rather obscure location (Jim Thomas, Springfield, MO, Feb 19, WTFDA Forum via DXLD) ** CUBA. 11760. RHC. Febrero 10. 1601-1630 UT. Servicio en Esperanto. Presentación del servicio, luego cortina musical y datos de contacto de Radio Habana Cuba. Posteriormente se habla de varios edificios históricos de La Habana que fueron construidos en la época colonial. Desde las 1610 se comunican informaciones acerca de la Asociación de Esperanto de Cuba, entre ello su historia y la historia del Esperanto en la Isla, además de aludir a una Enciclopedia Esperantista. A las 1615 se emite un breve informativo y luego un espacio musical que dura hasta las 1620, cuando se retorna a hablar sobre La Habana y luego un bloque de las noticias semanales dentro de las que se incluyen la entrega de ayuda para los afectos del reciente tornado, Agenda del Presidente Díaz Canel y Feria del Libro de La Habana. A las 1629, se emite la despedida del servicio junto con el nombre de los responsables de la emisión. SINPO: 45343 // 15140 SINPO: 45444 (Claudio Galaz, Receptor: TECSUN PL 660; Antena: Hilo de 50 metros; Lugar de escucha: Barraza Bajo, 4° Región, Chile, HCDX via DXLD) It`s only fitting that this report also be rendered into Esperanto. How well does translate.google.com handle it? Very well! --- (gh) ** Kubo. 11760. RHC. Februaro 10. 1601-1630 UTC. Servo en Esperanto. Prezento de la servo, do muzika kurteno kaj kontaktinformojn por Radio Havano Kubo. Gi poste parolas al pluraj historiaj konstruajoj en Havano kiu estis konstruitaj dum la kolonia epoko. Ekde 1610 informoj pri la Esperanto-Asocio de Kubo, inter ci tiu historio kaj la historio de Esperanto en la insulo, kaj ankau aludas al Esperantista Enciklopedio komuniki. En 1615 informan mallonga kaj tiam muzikan spacon kiu malmola gis 1620, kiam denove paroli pri Havano kaj poste bloko de la semajnaj novajoj kadre de kiuj la livero de helpo inkludas por la simpatioj de la fresaj estas eldonita Tornado, Díaz Canel Prezidanto-Agendo kaj Havana Libera Foiro. En 1629, la adiauan servon kune kun la nomo de la respondecaj de la emisión estas eldonita. SINPO: // 45343 15140 SINPO: 45444 (Claudio Galaz, Ricevilo: TECSUN PL 660; Anteno: drato 50 metroj; auskultante Loko: Barraza Bajo, 4a Regiono, Cilio, HCDX pere DXLD) ** CUBA. 5910, Feb 12 at 0310, this CRI English relay is S9+30 but suptorted. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba. 12300, Feb 12 at 1350, RHC harmonic 2 x 6150 still here at S2-S5. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5910, CRI at 0259 with OC to 0301 and a man with “CRI News” joined in progress – Fair signal but low level audio Feb 13 – The beam for this one is to Central and Western US and Canada so reception shouldn't be too bad for us in Eastern North America. Too bad the Cubans can't duplicate the signal they gave me on 6180 tonight. CRI deserves better treatment than this! (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Drake SPR-4, Kenwood TS440S, or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles (OCFD), ODXA iog via DXLD) Do they really, while the ChiCom jam many other stations, even in English?? (gh, DXLD) 6060, UT Wed Feb 13 at 0628, RHC is just starting `DXers Unlimited`, our last chance to hear this edition, better here than // lower modulated 6165, 6000; 5040 somewhat distorted, and 6100 still AWOL. Something`s always wrong at RHC. Arnie starts with the ``dreamers radio band``, little-known new allocation in some countries around 9 kHz, sí amigos, you heard me right, axually 8.7-9.1 kHz ELF, so it`s RF not AF. A few hams are experimenting it with digicodes, especially in UK, Europe. I had never heard of it. Arnie`s English speech is getting more and more slurred, as we fear he is ailing, contrasting with his healthy canned openings and closings recorded long ago. Ends at 0635 already after only 7 minutes. Despite our ``policy differences``, I wish him well (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) see RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM Dreamers While at home this morning (13 February) waiting for the university to open (presently closed due to the snow storm), I checked out Radio Habana Cuba's multiple frequencies for its multi-hour Spanish broadcast beginning at 1200 UT. At 1220: 6150 -- good but with hum 9535 -- fair to good 9640 -- weak 11760 -- good (best frequency) 11950 -- very weak 13780 -- not heard 15140 -- not heard 15230 -- very weak Sometimes, perhaps in error, 6000 kHz is heard at 1200 but not this morning (-- Richard Langley, UNB, WOR iog via DXLD) 15140, RHC at 1359 in Spanish // 13780 with ID and IS and a woman with station and frequency info – Good signal muffled audio Feb 13 – If you can't broadcast with good audio, why not leave the frequency so we can hear Oman who know how to broadcast (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Drake SPR-4, Kenwood TS440S, or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles (OCFD), ODXA iog via DXLD) Theoretically, but Oman has a hard time adhering to schedule in English instead of Arabic, even when it`s operative (gh, DXLD) 15140, Feb 13 at 1412, RHC is S9+20/30 but suptorted; wiggle that patchcord, and no spurs audible today. 15700, CRI English relay is S9+20 and also distorted. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Whoopee! After quite a dry spell, RHC has resumed its FM service on 22m: Feb 14 at 1427-1431, up to 10-kHz-wide FM spurs circa: 13445, 13508, 13574, 13634, 13766, 13829, 13888, 13954, 14020, intervals of very roughly 65 kHz. The outermost are mere traces, progressively stronger up to the innermost S9+10 out of the fundamental 13700-AM at S9+30. All include the F# tone. Even the closest are not totally clear, but in SSB or AM mode are just blobs. Meanwhile, no spurs audible on 19m where 15140 is relatively weak to start with. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1970, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5990 CRI relay, 6000 RHC, Feb 15 at 0051 both are suptorted, so cannot make anything out of their leapfrog on 6010; likewise suptorted is 5025 Rebelde, while 5040 & 6060 RHC are OK, presumably reflecting contrary situations at two different sites. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba. 15700, Feb 15 at 1523, CRI Plus English relay is S9+20 and suptorted. This is hardly unusual, but qualifies for ``something`s always wrong at RadioCuba``. 5910, Feb 16 at 0357, Chinese/English les from CRI relay, S9+20 but suptorted. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba. 6100, Feb 16 at 0700, S9+10/20 of dead air, implying that this frequency missing for a couple of weeks may have been back for the 05-07 English bihour. Maybe 6100 will also succeed for Esperanto 24 hours later? 6000 carrier also still on with samehum, while 6165 & 6060 are already off. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6150, Radio Havana Cuba (presumed the one that should be here) at 1200 with strong open carrier just before the hour and on thru 1205. Recheck at 1215 had the audio cable finally plugged in and Spanish programming. "Something is always wrong...." - Very Good Feb 16 (Rick Barton, Arizona SW Logs, Grundig Satellit 205(T.5000) & 750; Hammarlund HQ-180A & HQ-200; RS SW-2000629 with various outdoor wires. 73 and Good Listening....! WOR iog via DXLD) 11760, Feb 16 at 1400, I copy the complete RHC frequency announcement: now closing 11950 and 6150 (but 11950 was already off as I tuned by it); continuing until 1600 on: 15140, 11760, 9535, 9640, 13700. In that disorder, and that`s all, NOT mentioning 13780 and 15230 where it is also still running past 1506! Nor mentioning the FM and non-FM spurs out of 13700 and 15140, but not much of them today, only traces circa 14969, 15168, 15311. Something`s always wrong at RHC. 6100 & 6000, Sunday February 17 at 0657, RHC English frequencies are distorted, while 6060, 6165 and 5040 are already off. But did not get back to 6100 after 0700 before outzonking to tell whether Esperanto resumed. Something`s always wrong at RHC. 13779.241, Feb 17 at 1428, this RHC has again knocked way off nominal 13780. Something`s always wrong at RHC. But no spurs found on the 13 or 15 MHz bands. 15700, Feb 17 at 1430 and 1538 chex, CRI English relay very strong as usual, but extremely suptorted, i.e. only modulation spikes audible, completely unreadable. Wiggle that patchcord! Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba. 12140, Feb 18 at 1237, JBA carrier as I check for possible leapfrog of both very strong 11760 over 11950 another 190 kHz beyond; 12140 is weaker than 12300 = 2 x 6150. Something`s always wrong at RHC. At this early hour, 15140 & 15230 are JBA carriers, while 13780.0 not way-off frequency today, has built up to good level, the OSOB, and no spurs on 13 or 15 MHz. 15700, Feb 18 at 1455, CRI Plus English relay is S9+40 but modulation spikes only audible, totally unusable. Wiggle that patchcord! Does no one care about this in Habana or Beijing? Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** DENMARK. Weak/fair signal of World Music Radio, Feb.15 from 0630 on 5840 0.1 kW Randers/Denmark to Eu English https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/02/weakfair-signal-of-world-music-radio.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News Feb.14-15, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15805, World Music Radio, Randers, 1710-1725, 16-02, pop songs, Latin American and Brazilian songs, ID "World Music Radio". Strong fading. 35422 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Log in Friol and Lugo, WOR iog via DXLD) ** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 5005, Radio Nacional, Bata, 0546-0601. Pop music. Talk in Spanish by a man at 0549, then more music at 0554. Faint, marginal audio noted on the previous two nights, but finally strong enough to report on content. Weak signal with minor fading, best 0550-0555, then decreasing until at noise level after 0601. Last heard here in 2016. 2/7/2019 (Jim Evans, Germantown, TN. Equipment: IC7300, IC-R75, Perseus, Random Wires, Wellbrook Loops, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) simultaneously: 5005, Radio Nacional, Bata, 0546-0610, 07-02, Spanish song, "Un beso y una flor", by Nino Bravo, Spanish, "Consejos para la familia, un tiempo de radio de la Radio Nacional de Guinea Ecuatorial", "Toda la actualidad en conexión con Radio Malabo, todos los días en Radio Bata, a las 7 horas y a las 16 con 15 minutos", at 0700 news. 15321. Also 0535-0606, 08-02, program "Panorama Nacional", letters and messages from listeners, greetings, 0558: "Nuestros programas de entretenimiento, entre las 0600 y las 0655, por Radio Malabo", at 0602 "Boletín Informativo". 15321 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Log in Friol and Lugo, WOR iog via DXLD) 5005, RNGE, R. Bata (presumed), on Feb 17, found them already on the air at 0501; non-stop, repetitive African pop music/singing; nicely above threshold level audio the whole time, till tuned out at 0535; unusual to have this nice level of audio. Enjoyable listening! (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1970, DXLD) ** ERITREA [non]. 9540, Sat Feb 16 at 0500, no signal in OK, from the new clandestine/target broadcast Radio Sinit for Eritrea, as first reported in WRTH Update, but I am getting it well via UTWente SDR, all talk so far at 0507; I remind WOR iog that it`s time for their only weekly broadcast, as first reported here: ``RADIO SINIT ERITREA (NEW ENTRY) E: info@radiosinit.net W: www.radiosinit.net; www.facebook.com/RadioSinit Winter Schedule 2018-2019 Arabic Days Area kHz 0530-0600 .....s. ERI 9540iss Tigrinya Days Area kHz 0500-0530 .....s. ERI 9540iss (WRTH Update Feb 4 via WORLD OF RADIO 1969, DXLD) Sinit --- first news of this one (gh) FRANCE, New clandestine via TDF Issoudun - Radio Sinit Eritrea https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/02/new-clandestine-broadcast-via-tdf.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News Feb.7, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.: 0500-0600 on 9540 ISS 250 kW / 139 deg to EaAf Tigrinya/Arabic Sat ??????????? ?? Observer ? 4:26 PM (via DXLD)`` But no one replies as having monitored it directly or indirectly, just me for the rest of the hour: 0508 OM speech; 0511 mention al-Qa`ida; 0515 HOA music and YL talk; 0517 vocal HOA music; 0525 OM talk; 0527 instrumental music; 0529 YL announcement, music, mention of Eritrea; 0530 switch to Arabic, ID, long speech; 0545 mix including several long YL IDs, 0547 song, 0551 ID and more speech; 0556 mentions Phoenix, Arizona, and many mentions of Amerikiya; 0558* cuts off air incomplete. I could not make out any ID during the Tigrinya half; more familiar Arabic, something like ``huna idhaat al watan eritrea`` which google approx. translates as ``Here are the sermons of the homeland of Eritrea``; and some longer YL IDs with more words in them. Meanwhile I try to find out more about it. Google translate does not extend to Tigrinya or even Oromo, so in case it`s similar I try Amharic for Sinit. It comes up with some words similar to sinit, but probably misleading: meaning drunkenness, seduxion, or stingy. No hits for Sinit in Arabic. Then to the website WRTH provided. It has some English, and audio going back to their first broadcast on Dec 1, 2018, but no leads as to who`s behind it or what their mission may be (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1970, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ERITREA [non]. 17545, Sat Feb 16 at 1509, JBA music, HOA? Except for JBA 17615+ Saudi Arabia, it`s the OSOB: station I discovered a few weeks ago and rendered thus in Feb 4 WRTH Update: ``SOWT AL-SOMOOD (VOICE OF STEADFASTNESS) (EX ALSMOOD) W: Audio files available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzTbHWHyuUo& (3rd party uploads.) Revised complete schedule Arabic Days Area kHz 1520-1600 .....s. ERI 17545iss Tigrinya Days Area kHz 1500-1520 .....s. ERI 17545iss`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1970, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ETHIOPIA [non]. FRANCE(non) From the several weeks no signal of Voice of Amara Radio via Issoudun: 1700-1800 on 15360 ISS 250 kW / 120 deg to EaAf Amharic Mon/Wed/Sat-probably deleted https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/02/from-several-weeks-no-signal-of-voice.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News Feb.16 part 2, WORLD OF RADIO 1970, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EUROPE. 6205 - PIRATE (UK?) - Presumed Laser Hot Hits heard faintly but direct at 2347 OM talking and rock music, although specific songs and words not decipherable. Speech cadence and bass response definitely indicates rock and DJ style. Deep nulls with a periodic rise enough to make Brit/Irish accent evident. Not audible via UTwente SDR. Still audible at 0335. SINPO - 15422 2/17/19 (John Figliozzi, Eton E1-XM, BoniWhip antenna, Sarasota, FL, WOR iog via DXLD) ** FRANCE. Unscheduled broadcast of NHK World Radio Japan via TDF Issoudun, Feb.16 1233-1303 on 15290 ISS 500 kW / 190 deg to WCAf Interval Signal in Japanese & English https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/02/unscheduled-broadcast-of-nhk-world.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News Feb.16, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY. Changes of Hamburger Lokalradio relays on 6190/9485 CUSB: https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/02/changes-of-hamburger-lokalradio-relays.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News Feb.16 part 2, DX LISTENING DIGEST) viz.: Changes of Hamburger Lokalradio relays on 6190/9485 kHz CUSB: all GOH 001 kW / 230 deg to CeEu: New Letters/Making Contact 1200-1300 on 6190* English Sat, instead of 9485 United Nation Radio 1300-1400 on 6190* English Sat, instead of 9485 Radio City 1300-1400 on 6190* German 4th Sat, instead 9485 Radio Tropicana 1400-1500 on 9485 Spanish Sat as scheduled B18 PCJ Media Network Plus 1500-1530 on 9485 English Sat as scheduled B18 World of Radio 1530-1600 on 9485 English Sat as scheduled B18 *1230-1400 on 6190 YAM 300 kW / 290 deg to EaAs Chi/Kor R.Japan strong co-ch (??????????? ?? Observer ? 2:28 PM via DXLD) Are you sure these are permanent changes? 6190 ex-9485 before 1400 is obviously not a good idea (gh, DXLD) ** GERMANY [and non]. GERMANY/CHINA/TURKEY, 7440 kHz ch292 Ingolstadt Germany ?, on air in 15-16 UT ? anyway - full covered by CRI Pashto 7435 kHz adjacent in broadband 13 kHz wide up to 7442.4 kHz. 6070 at 1553 UT, ch292 10 kHz wide hard rock noise, S=9+5 signal, but only free ch292 channel in Vlanders Belgium target, on other European targets like Switzerland, Sweden, Russia, Greece and Italy totally covered by TRT Emirler on odd fq 6070.016 kHz, which 1600-1656 UT Persian language sce 500 kW, warm-up already at 1552 UT. 73 wb df5sx [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Febr 13, WOR iog via DXLD) ** GERMANY [non]. Thursday 21 February: Annual SW broadcast of Radio Amrum (Radio Öömrang) from Amrum Island, German North Frisian Islands. Tentatively 1600-1659 UT on 15215 kHz via Issoudun in Frisian, German and English. QSLs via Media Broadcast qsl-shortwave@media-broadcast.com (Feb BDXC-UK Communication via WORLD OF RADIO 1970, DXLD) Aimed at expats in NYC; sked info as per last and previous years (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1970, DX LISTENING DIGEST) And also in current HFCC; monitoring reports of it in next DXLD; already WOR iog ** GOA. INDIA, All India Radio English on wrong frequency 11745 Feb.11 2045-2230 11745*PAN 250 kW / 120 deg SEAs English, instead of 11740 * co-ch 11745 JED or RIY / unknown to N/ME Arabic BSKSA Al-Azm Radio https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/02/all-india-radio-in-english-on-wrong.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News Feb.11-12, WORLD OF RADIO 1970, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GOA [and non]. INDIA, 11619.975, AIR Goa Panaji broadcast center in Tibetan, heard distorted whistle tone defunct since months now, S=9+20dB at 1217 UT on Febr 13. Something's always wrong at AIR Goa bcast center. Transmitters from Switzerland are now at least 27 years in usage? 9949.811, much odd fq, of AIR Delhi Kingsway in Burmese language at 1220 UT noted at S=5 level in Tokyo Japan remote unit [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Febr 13, BC-DX 14 Feb via WORLD OF RADIO 1970, DXLD) ** GREECE. 9420, Feb 18 at 2000, `I foni tis [H]Elladas` ID from Voice of Greece, talk for a couple minutes, news? and back to eclectic music, 2012 in English ``I Believe``, 2015 into ``country and western``! S9-S6. I think it was already on a few minutes before 2000 but WRTH 2019 shows 9420 starting at 2000 on a highly variable schedule; plus 9935 ditto from 2200, but the latter not heard at all for a year or more (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** HUNGARY [and non]. 91.7, Feb 13 at 2030 UT, during `The World` hour from WGBH/BBC/PRI via KOSU, I happen to hear part of a segment which I then find on the program website: Most Recent Episodes February 12, 2019 --- Viktor Orbán's not-so-free media, protesting for permanent residency [sic], Venezuela's aid standoff. And, the right-wing government in Hungary and the control it has over its media. . . https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/cdn.pri.org/sites/default/files/audio/cdn/2019/02/pris-world/episode-audio/2019_0212_full.mp3?siteplayer=true&dl=1 The whole 46+ minute episode, but after stories on El Chapo and Venezuela, Hungary portion starts at 22:53 if you advance the player and runs until 33:30 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. Reception of All India Radio AIR in 31mb on Feb.13 1135-1140 on 9620.0 ALG 250 kW / 282 deg to SoAs English, good 1135-1140 on 9949.8 DEL 100 kW / 342 deg to SoAs English, fair https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/02/reception-of-all-india-radio-air-in.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News Feb.13, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. 9949.810, much odd fq AIR Delhi Kingsway sce in Burmese language, 1250 UT Feb 15. S=8 strength [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, Seoul Korea SDR unit, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Feb 15, dxldyg via DXLD) ** INDONESIA. 3325, Voice of Indonesia, via RRI Palangkaraya, on Feb 16, at 1501, in stilted Chinese with intro and IDs; my local sunrise was at 1454 UT, which certainly helped reception. Unfortunate that the VOI English segment (1300-1400) is not nearly as good, except on rare days that it is readable (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via DXLD) ** IRAN. 6090, VoIRI Sirjan; 0120z instrumental flute/string music followed by man and woman in Spanish with announcements, more light instrumental music 0125z continued by more talk by man and woman in Spanish. Fair signal, telephone line quality audio. No sign of ANGUILLA with Pastor Scott (Steven Wiseblood, RGV TX, 2/17, WOR iog via DXLD) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. 6085, JAPAN, Shiokaze Kota-Yamata-Ibaragi; Looking for Shiokaze on 7345 but found it here with a nice signal this morning. 1325z Woman in Japanese with announcements, instrumental music filler and then M in JP. 1330z Piano music IS, ID's by W in JP, possible PSA and general announcements in JP 1332z (Steve Wiseblood, TX, 2/13, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1970, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6085, JAPAN, Shiokaze/Sea Breeze at 1330 with W in English, ID and stated purpose of the transmissions. Confirms earlier DXLD post by Steve Wiseblood (south Texas) that they have moved here from 7345 - Very Good Feb 14 (Rick Barton, Arizona SW Logs, Grundig Satellit 205(T.5000) & 750; Hammarlund HQ-180A & HQ-200; RS SW-2000629, & ATS-909X. with various outdoor wires. 73 and Good Listening! WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1970, DX LISTENING DIGEST) JAPAN, Frequency changes of JSR Shiokaze Sea Breeze from Feb.14 1300-1400 NF 6085 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg, ex 7345 as follows: 1300-1330 Chinese Mon; Japanese Tue/Sat; Korean Wed/Fri/Sun; English Thu 1330-1400 Korean Mon/Wed/Fri/Sat; Japanese Tue/Sun; English Thu 1405-1435 NF 6085 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg Japanese Daily, ex 7295 1600-1700 NF 7440 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg. ex 6095 as follows: 1600-1630 Chinese Mon; Japanese Tue/Sat; Korean Wed/Fri/Sun; English Thu 1630-1700 Korean Mon/Wed/Fri/Sat; Japanese Tue/Sun; English Thu https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/02/frequency-changes-of-jsr-shiokaze-sea.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News Feb.13-14, WORLD OF RADIO 1970, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. 9965even, JCI, T8WH Palau Medorn scheduled in Korean, Nippon no Kaze "il bon ue baram" S=9+10dB here in Europe, excellent propagation path this afternoon via Far East Asia, Central Siberia. On Febr 13 at 1542 UT. 73 wb df5sx [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Febr 13, WOR iog via DXLD) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. UZBEKISTAN, Reception of North Korea Reform Radio on Feb.12 1430-1530 on 7600 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Korean, very good https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/02/reception-of-north-korea-reform-radio_12.html Reception of Voice of Martyrs via Tashkent, Feb.12 1530-1600 on 7520 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Korean, weak to fair https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/02/reception-of-voice-of-martyrs-via.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News Feb.11-12, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA SOUTH. 5920, Voice of Freedom, 1130, Feb 12. Thanks very much to the alert from Hiroyuki Komatsubara (Japan), via his "Now On The Radio DX" site, was able to hear the "Aneun geos-i him-ida" ("Knowing is power") program in Korean without the usual N. Korea jamming. A rare situation! My audio at http://bit.ly/2UTqO5N (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via DXLD) ** KURDISTAN [non]. See PRIDNESTROVYE ** KUWAIT. And at 0553 UT on Febr 18 from Zakynthos Island Greece SDR unit remotedly: 5959.876, much odd fq outlet of Radio Kuwait Kabd site in Arabic language, S=9+25dB (Wolfgang Bueschel, dxldyg via DXLD) ** MADAGASCAR. 3286 to 3291 kHz, STANAG digital data block covers totally also Malagasy Radio channel 3288 kHz. But when compared the KiwiSDR signal of Johannesburg remote unit, the 3288 kHz was totally empty in South Africa at this time slot. Febr 15 on log here in west Europe, England, Belgium, Holland, Switzerland and Hungary [remote receivers] [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Febr 15, dxldyg via DXLD) Time? Circa 0300. MAD has been gone from 3288 for years (gh) ** MADAGASCAR. 11965, Feb 13 a 2045, S7-S9, MWV is in Arabic, not English! Later I see a report from Mark Coady that today`s other English hour at 18 UT on 13670 was also in Arabic instead. [and non]. WCBC stations KNLS and MWV had announced a curtailment of 4 transmitter-hours per day each, due to Diesel fuel costs, but supposedly no other changes and not including these hours. This would hardly be the first time that MWV has mixed up its own transmissions, wrong language on wrong frequency and/or wrong time! So what will happen with African Pathways Radio today Feb 14? Here`s the current schedule on website, which also shows why Ivo refers to xmtrs 2 and 3 at MWV, but never an (imaginary?) #1; with blank entries for the transmissions dropped: ``KNLS & MWV BROADCAST SCHEDULE: October 28, 2018 - March 30, 2019 (revised January 30, 2019) http://www.knls.org/broadcasting-front.html KNLS TX 1 UT Freq Azm Lang Target 0800 9710 270 ENG Pac. Rim 0900 7370 300 RUS E. Rus 1000 9710 270 ENG Pac. Rim 1100 7320 300 RUS E. Rus 1200 7320 270 ENG Pac. Rim 1300 11785 300 CHN N. China 1400 7320 270 ENG Pac. Rim 1500 7320 300 RUS E. Central Rus 1600 1700 KNLS TX 2 UT Freq Azm Lang Target 0800 9610 285 CHN E. China 0900 9610 285 CHN E. China 1000 9605 285 CHN E. China 1100 11610 285 CHN E. China 1200 7355 270 ENG Pac. Rim 1300 11890 300 CHN N. China 1400 11890 300 CHN N. China 1500 11890 300 CHN N. China 1600 1700 MWV TX2 UT Freq Azm Lang Target 0200 0300 6180 265 SPN S. America North 0400 11825 295 A.ENG Central Afr. 1800 11885 355 RUS Euro Rus 1900 9690 355 RUS Euro Rus 2000 13710 355 ARA Central Mid East. 2100 11610 325 CHN Europe 2200 MWV TX3 UT Freq Azm Lang Target 0200 0300 15510 40 ENG India 0400 17530 55 CHN S. China 1800 13670 310 A.ENG Central Africa (N) 1900 11965 340 ARA Central Mid East. 2000 11965 295 A.ENG Central Afr. 2100 11965 265 POR Brazil 2200`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6180, African Pathways Radio (Madagascar World Voice) at 0306 with an American preacher and an African-accented man with program highlights then a man and woman with “Guide to a Happy Marriage” at 0308 – Good Feb 13 – A mistake or a change in schedule as this is supposed to be the La Voz Alegre program in Spanish beamed to South America. 13670, Radio Feda (Madagascar World Voice) at 1850 in Arabic with a man with talk over Middle Eastern instrumentals then a woman with ID and closing announcements at 1856 then Middle Eastern instrumentals and off at 1857 – Very Good Feb 13 – Another mistake or a change in the schedule as this is listed as African Pathways Radio in English at this hour. 11610, The Light of Life (Madagascar World Voice) at 2119 in Mandarin with a male preacher – Very Good Feb 13 – This is one of the frequencies and times that were supposed to be dropped on February 1st according to the information given to Gayle Van Horn by World Christian Broadcasting (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Drake SPR-4, Kenwood TS440S, or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles (OCFD), ODXA iog via DXLD) 11610, World Christian Broadcasting at 2130. M in Chinese dialect, just talk. (Yesterday, they had music that sounded remarkably like Chinese Fire Dragon music - which threw me for a moment). Today heard on 9' tomato stake antenna and Sangean 909X - Good Feb 13 (Rick Barton, Arizona SW Logs, 73 and Good Listening....! WOR iog via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 13670, Feb 14 at 1812, MWV is back in English with `African Pathways Radio`; and also the next English hour from 2000 on 11965, rather than Arabic which occupied both hours yesterday, another of their too-frequent mixups. 2000 preview mentions opening music, and closing music, then proceeds to play the closing music now, something from their ``beloved Madagascar``. So they are mixed up even within the programs. Good signals as usual from the near-antipodes (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1970, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 13670, African Pathways Radio (Madagascar World Voice) at 1824 with a man ending “This Day in History” and an African-accented man with “Thank you for listening to African Pathways Radio” and an American man with schedule at 1825 then the two men with scripture talk – Very Good Feb 15 – I guess finding Radio Feda here on Wednesday was definitely a mistake on the part of those who provide the program feed to Madagascar (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Drake SPR-4, Kenwood TS440S, or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles (OCFD), odxa iog via DXLD) ** MALAYSIA. NOT on 9835 kHz on Febr 11. Nothing heard of RTM Kajang in past days and not in previous hours, when checked Delhi, Hanoi, Jakarta, Hiroshima nor on Seoul Korea Perseus/KiwiSDR sites on 9835 kHz. But RTM Wai FM program from Kajang site on 11665 kHz heard ON AIR also in 23-24 UT slot tonight Febr UT 11. As well as at 10-11 UT. Easily compare by livestream https://myklik.rtm.gov.my/radio/Wai_FM?r=regional8 latter which is 16 seconds behind/late on my PC against SW 11665even kHz Perseus unit in Hiroshima Japan access. Excellent audio quality. (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Febr 11, dxldyg via DXLD) ** MALI. Radio Mali, Bamako, was noted on 9635 kHz at 1110 UT on 3 February with Malian kora music using a remote SDR in the Canary Islands. The signal and audio modulation was surprisingly good, better than I have heard from Mali for many years. The audio was cut at 1120 and the transmitter went off the air shortly afterwards (Dave Kenny, Feb BDXC-UK Communication via WORLD OF RADIO 1970, DXLD) Both frequencies 5995 and 9635 had been missing for months (gh, ibid.) And still no trace of them here; had been JBM or dead air anyway (gh) ** MEXICO. 730, Feb 16 at 1342, amid Mexican music, ``La Mexicana, 107.1``. So this remnant 50 kW XEHB from Hidalgo del Parral, is not even worth mentioning; but AM is to stay per IFT in the IRCA Mexican Log. It`s the best/only lowband XE propagating this long after 1318 LSR (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) XEHB's continuity obligation is because the communities of Nonoava, Chihuahua, and El Oro, San Bernardo and Hidalgo, Durango, have no other radio service. These are all very small towns. The IFT was supposed to do a study in 2018 on radio continuity obligations but I can't find it anywhere (Raymie Humbert, AZ, WTFDA Forum via DXLD) ** MEXICO. XEXI 1400 QSL! A big surprise this afternoon while working on my Perseus recording made on Dec. 26th 2018 around sunrise: XEXI "Capital Máxima", Ixtapan de la Sal, México, 1400 kHz 1 kW. It seems to be a very rare station as I cannot find a single report or QSL of them on DX magazines or Googling. I sent my reception report to Lic. Cynthia Zarco Bernal, Gerente de Operaciones who replied in only 11 minutes! with a perfect verification. 73! (Mauricio Molano, Salamanca, ESPAÑA - SPAIN, RX site: Aldea del Cano, Cáceres. LAT: 39º17'09.70 N LONG: 6º19'00 W, RX: PERSEUS. ANT: WELLBROOK ALA1530S+ (http://moladx.blogspot.com/), Feb 15, MWC YG via DXLD) That`s in Estado de México, 2.5/1 kW, per WRTH 2019 (gh, DXLD) ** MEXICO. 6185.007, XEPPM R Educacion from Mexico D.F., poor tiny S=5 at 0116 UT on Febr 10 (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, Rochester NY SDR, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Febr 10, dxldyg via DXLD) 6184.992, Feb 16 at 0023, XEPPM is S8-S9 but as usual very undermodulated with music; 0029 Spanish announcement; 0040 PSAs including Secretaría de Salud, plug a concert at 5pm in the Palacio de Bellas Artes; then some jazz. I`m rechecking it following this news from Julián Santiago Díez de Bonilla in Mexico City, Feb 15: ``Hola Glenn, A partir de hoy, XEPPM Radio Educación onda corta 6185 kHz está haciendo pruebas con su antiguo transmisor Elcom Bauer con capacidad de 5 kW. Al parecer su transmisor de 10 kW está averiado. La escucho en estos momentos con un SINPO de 5. Saludos, Julián Santiago, Enviado desde mi iPad`` Says starting today it`s testing with old 5 kW transmitter. Apparently their 10 kW is out of order. But I find that it`s no better here than it had been before. I had not measured 6185 precisely lately, but a sesquimonth ago it was on the plus side per Wolfgang Bueschel: ``6185.011, upper side of the channel now, R Educacion Mexico D.F. fluttery S=8-9 signal at 0311 UT on Dec 29, logs from Cape Canaveral Florida state`` Unless one or both transmitters vary more than this difference of 19 Hz, that might be a way to differentiate them (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1970, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [and non]. 6185.002 kHz XEPPM at 0119 UT on Febr 18, poor signal as always. But suffered heavy adjacent signal 6180even, CRI Beijing English service from Latin America relay site, Cuban 250 kW relay at Quivican TITAN San Felipe S=9+45dB powerhouse, heard on remote SDR unit at NJ-US state. 73 wb (Wolfgang Bueschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) At 0539 UT Febr 18 from Cape Canaveral Florida state SDR unit: 6185.003 1/2 kHz, S=9+15dB excellent propagation there tonight, never heard such a strong signal from MEX as tonight (except on 9705 or 15385 kHz in 31/19 meterband in mid 70ties [XERMX]). ID by female announcer and played Symphonic music orchestra at 0539-0542 UT. Signal reminds me of good old days in Nov 1978 when travelled with good old Barlow Wadley receiver Made in RSA, to Belize and Guatemala [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Febr 18, dxldyg via DXLD) ** MEXICO. RAYMIE`S MEXICO BEAT this week --- Another day, another broadcaster attacked. This time, it was Bersaín Gálvez Ramírez "El Súper Nene", owner and announcer on pirate 93.7 "La Más Invasora" in Chicomuselo, Chiapas. https://www.animalpolitico.com/2019/02/atacan-balazos-bersain-galvez-chiapas/ He was found in his vehicle with a gunshot wound to the head and transported to a hospital in Comitán de Domínguez. There's also some more reporting on Grupo Radio Centro, namely the dispute among Francisco Aguirre Gómez's brothers, and it turns out that the challenge from Carlos de Jesús is fairly advanced. Apparently, Pancho failed to meet the terms of payment set forth when he bought those additional GRC shares. This would prompt his shares to be seized and put up for auction, https://heraldodemexico.com.mx/opinion/inicia-hoy-en-washington-negociacion-para-jitomate-plazo-hasta-el-8-de-mayo-y-esperan-renovar-acuerdo/ according to Alberto Aguilar's daily column in El Heraldo de México. (Raymie Humbert, Phœnix AZ, February 12, WTFDA Forum via DXLD) It's unfortunate, but the IFT will have seven out of seven men atop the agency when Ramiro Camacho Castillo replaces María Elena Estavillo Flores on March 1. Camacho Castillo, who earned the best score on the exam for aspiring IFT commissioners and was nominated by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, had his nomination pass out of committee unanimously yesterday. The same committees greenlit Jenaro Villamil's nomination to lead the SPR. https://www.proceso.com.mx/571518/comisiones-en-el-senado-aprueban-nombramiento-de-villamil-al-frente-del-spr Bpth will now go to a floor vote in the Senate; Villamil could assume the SPR position on Thursday (Raymie, Feb 13, ibid.) World Radio Day is also a day for wolves...well, sort of. XHZTZ-FM 95.5 formally began transmissions yesterday after coming to air from its final facility in October. https://www.facebook.com/marcela.villa.566/posts/2303794519653824 The milestone comes nearly 15 years after the UAD applied for the radio station. The other wolf is a newly rechristened station. XHBY-FM 96.7 Tuxpan Ver. dropped its Éxtasis Digital English classic hits format for grupera as Radio Lobo, curiously using Corporación Bajío Comunicaciones-esque imaging (read: XHY-FM). In explaining the format flip to a disappointed listener, the Éxtasis Digital account cited "the current national economic situation" as the impetus for the change. The Radiorama Tuxpan cluster also includes another station with a similar format, XHCRA-FM 93.1 "La Poderosa" (Raymie, Feb 14, ibid.) The fines were just too much. A clause in Article 298 of the LFTR established the ability to fine companies between 1 and 3 percent of annual revenues for a variety of reasons, such as restricting Internet service, failure to comply with concession obligations or other law violations. This led to comparatively large fines for small items, like not putting Once Niños on cable systems or broadcasting XHLLO-TDT with lower than its authorized ERP. In 2017, the Supreme Court said that the companies challenging the rule were in the right and granted 5 amparos of that clause, mostly in telecommunications with the exception of the XHLLO fine. Congress failed to act, however, to remove the clause from the LFTR. As such, for the first time since it gained this power in June 2011, the SCJN issued a General Declaration of Unconstitutionality, https://www.radioformula.com.mx/noticias/20190214/determinacion-historica-scjn-emite-por-primera-vez-declaratoria-general-de-inconstitucionalidad/ or DGI, to say that the relevant provision was unconstitutional and cannot be applied in the future (Raymie, Feb 14, ibid.) We have our first cluster to watch in 2019: Radiorama Los Mochis. The ex-OIR Mochis stations — XHECU, XHCW, XHORF and XHPNK — have disappeared from the Radiorama Sinaloa website. Radiorama replaced Grupo Radio México as the operator in May 2016, with new formats for all stations following. OIR Mochis is unusual in its concession structure. The concessionaire for three of the four stations is Radio y Televisión de Sinaloa, which also owns almost all the shares of XEORF, S.A. de C.V. The remainder of that concessionaire is owned by the Puente family. If the name sounds familiar, it's been theirs for decades, and they were the ones reported to have moved XEORF's studios from El Fuerte to Los Mochis in 1985. (The transmitter is still at El Fuerte.) Unfortunately, no shareholder information document is on file for Radio y Televisión de Sinaloa, though it appears to be an OIR holding similar to the San Luis Río Colorado stations (Raymie, Feb 14, ibid.) The Mexico City AM dial threw us another curveball this evening. As of tonight, Grupo Siete's Quiéreme, which had been on XEEST for most of the last few years, has moved from 1440 to Capital Media's XEITE 830 and all social media profiles reflect the change. It's the first time that this station has experienced some of the constant turbulence around a series of Mexico City radio stations. (Leave it to a romantic station to make news on Valentine's Day!) Quiéreme has primarily been on 1440, though it moved to XEINFO 1560 — the last time that frequency broadcast —*from May 15 to October 2, 2017, in order to move XEEST to Atlazolpa. Now, XEITE, which is also located there, picks up the slack. The move leaves Capital without an operating station in Mexico City. The Capital 830 Facebook page was active today, but the most recent post says that tomorrow, one of their airstaff, Carlos Zertuche, https://www.facebook.com/Carlos-Zertuche-Locutor-363946051088269/ will be making an "important announcement". The website has an audio feed up of static. One show host says that "for reasons out of our control", https://twitter.com/jpgarnor/status/1096208043535155201 the automotive program he hosted on the station has come to an end for now. Remember this important fact: Grupo Radio Centro let Grupo Siete operate its 1440 because GRC was paying to run Grupo Siete's 92.1. That agreement is reported to be coming to an early end, so 1440 was about to be reclaimed by GRC (Raymie, Feb 14, ibid.) Two down, one to go for Enza Telecom. About a week ago, XHPNOC-FM 96.5 "Hits 96.5" took to the air in Asunción Nochixtlán, leaving Enza with just one station left to build. That would be XHPCRU 94.5 Salina Cruz, which did not have registered parameters when the Coverage Viewer went up. Nochixtlán is a radio boomtown — it had no locally originating licensed radio service until the post-IFT-4 era. The first station to sign on was La GranDiosa de Nochixtlán, XHPIXT 98.9 FM, which came to air 10 months ago. XHPNOC joins them today. Late last year, the IFT greenlit social station XHASU-FM 98.1 to Abel Santiago Miguel. As of today, I am aware of 54 of 114 FM stations in operation, with a 55th on test (Raymie, Feb 15, ibid.) For the third time this week, a radio personality is killed. 42-year-old Reynaldo López had been with several Hermosillo radio stations. He was shot in his car yesterday on a road in that city. 42-year-old Carlos Cota, who had recently left Televisa Sonora's sports department to produce an automotive program for Telemax, was also shot 14 times and injured. State investigators say that the attack could be related to illegal activities being carried out by close friends of one of the victims. https://www.elimparcial.com/Policiaca/2019/02/17/1409608-Ataque-armado-contra-comunicadores-en-Hermosillo-podria-estar-relacionado-con-actividades-ilicitas-de-personas-cercanas-FGJE.html (Raymie, Feb 15, ibid.) This is not the funeral section, but another radio personality has died. This time, however, it was not a homicide. Yara "La Traviesa" Ramos, https://lasillarota.com/estados/muere-locutora-de-radio-en-accidente-automovilistico-en-tecate-tijuana-ensenada-tecate-caeli-antes/271775 who worked for XHENA-FM in Ensenada, Baja California, died this morning on the highway from El Sauzal to Tecate. While Ramos was traveling to a hiking event in Mexicali, the car rolled over several times and landed upside-down, ejecting her from the vehicle and onto the pavement. Authorities believe speeding was a contributor to the single-vehicle crash. Ramos was 36. [tagline:] Este programa es público, ajeno a cualquier partido político. Queda prohibido el uso para fines distintos a los establecidos en el programa (Raymie, Feb 17, ibid.) ** MONGOLIA [and non]. http://www.mnb.mn/live/radio1 \\ also heard in Tokyo Japan remotedly on 4895.000 even fq, Radio 1, Ulan Bataar at 1140-1200 UT on Febr 15. S=6 or -86dBm in Tokyo Japan remote SDR unit, time pips at 12.00 UT, but pips some 56 seconds too late, and adjacent 4900even Voice of Strait, Fuzhou CHINA, S=9+15dB, and 4885.003 EoH/VoH Hwasong KOREA Seoul, S=9 in Tokyo Japan. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Febr 15, dxldyg via DXLD) But 4895 kHz had closed by 1220. 4830 kHz has been off for many months. 7260 kHz is heard weak under CRI Japanese. 73, (Mauno Ritola, WOR iog via DXLD) Hi Mauno, On Feb 15, checking at 1046 & 1118, had definite carrier on 4895 kHz, but at 1210 check, was certainly off the air. So went off between 1200 (Wolfie's reception) and 1210. Was unable to hear any audio, as usual. In California, CRI completely blocks 7260 kHz. reception (Ron Howard, ibid.) Hi Ron, yes. CRI stops at 1300 and also Xinjiang is off, so Mongolian R. 3rd program in the clear, but distorted audio. There is another carrier 2 Hz lower, but maybe some other transmitter mixing product (Mauno Ritola, ibid.) ** MYANMAR [and non]. Checked also Myanmar sites Thazin Radio at 0940 - 1100 UT today Febr 12. In Colombo and Jakarta nothing from MMR on 6165 kHz heard, but suppose channel 7345 kHz was a mix-up by 3 bcasts. The livestream of https://onlineradiobox.com/mm/thazin/?cs=mm.thazin&played=1 i s n o t on \\ 7345 kHz. But in Hiroshima Japan heard both channels 6165 and 7345 kHz covered by China mainland transmission. 7345 kHz at 0940 and 1050 UT Febr 12, S=9+10dB of three co-channel 1 - CNR 1 Beijing, 2 - V26 Number Station USB-mode, Mandarin, female voice, stronger than Beijing 3 - probably MMR Thazin Radio from Pyin U Lwin in Burmese Vernacular Lahu language acc Aoki list, - in background underneath. The other MMR channel: 6165even CNR 6th program in Hakka(?) language, S=9+15dB in Hiroshima Japan. NOT FROM Pyin U Lwin. 73 wolfie df5sx (Wolfgang Bueschel, dxldyg via DXLD) 5985, Myanmar Radio, 1559-1604, Feb 13. The Wednesday only edition of "VOA Special English," with "Huge rocks from outer space, or asteroids, are falling from the sky more than they have in the past"; five minute show; good signal today, so able to still hear program after the CRI sign on at *1559; the former VOA time slot for this show (1540+) is now all music programs (today with songs from movies). Full transcript and audio streaming of today's show at http://bit.ly/2GEYZug (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1970, DXLD) Testing with various Kiwi SDR: 9835 RTM not! and today 13 [Feb] for Colombo, 9590, Thazin S9 with music and sort comment in between songs. Differs from what I heard online (rap song). It is bad that Thazin is a pop music station instead of supporting local folky or traditional music abroad. Happy Radio Day! (Zacharias Liangas, Greece, WOR iog via DXLD) ** NETHERLANDS [non]. Germany, Eastern: 5960, The Mighty KBC via Nauen with Dave Mason and Uncle Eric's Giant Juke Box oldies shows with English and Dutch ads, English continuity announcements (and fart jokes). MUCH better reception than last week which didn't make it at all. The 'digital minute' was cute, with an homage to the Lunar New Year [pig illustration]: The first few minutes had co-channel QRM from (presumed) Turkey, but that stopped within 4-5 minutes and reception was then fine: 4+4+544 with my local noise sneaking in during fades. *0000-0200* 10/Feb SDRplay +SDRuno +ANC-4 +FLDigi for digital bits +randomwire (Kenneth Vito Zichi, Williamston MI, WOR iog via DXLD) 5960, Feb 17 at 0002, The Mighty Farty KBC with hard rock VG S9+20, but with a SAH --- oh2, there is CCI and I bet it`s TURKEY again overrunning after English supposed to end before 2400 (when I did not tune in in time to check before Nauen came on). Only when music diminishes and DJ talks at 0003 can I hear the understation, and yes, it`s in German, i.e. a VOT SWBC which is not supposed to exist on anyfrequency. Don`t know how long it lasted again this week, but by 0100 S9+10/20 when KBC switches to `The Giant Jukebox` with super-hyped intro, there is no QRM. Uncle Eric had said the Germans were going to get with the Turx about this after last week`s debacle. Sometimes all you can do is get away from the incompetent interferers ASAP (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1970, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5960, EAST GERMANY, The Mighty KBC (Nauen) at 0000 with opening music and a man with ID of “Rocking over the ocean and all over Europe we are the Mighty KBC” then general silliness and DJ Dave Mason with oldies music and KBC Imports ads and still going strong with oldies music at 0120 re-check during “Uncle” Eric Van Willegen's “Giant Jukebox” hour – Very Good Feb 17 [UT Sunday] – Conditions seem to be improving for this frequency as the days grow longer but weren't they quite abysmal for a while this winter! (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Drake SPR-4, Kenwood TS440S, or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles (OCFD), ODXA iog via DXLD) ** NEW ZEALAND. 11725, Feb 13 at 0642, RNZI on new frequency, and it`s S9+10, a guy reviewing movies such as ``Black Klansman``. Ex-13730 before 0658, which often managed to be the OSOB. Now 11725 is VG S9+10 and almost the OSOB besides JBA carriers on 11680-VOK, and 11520-WEWN. 9765, by next check reawake at 1035, RNZI is here, VG S9+10 talking about PNG. Next check at 1211, should be on 9700 as at 1059-1258, but nothing there, so must have made another move during the bihour much weaker here, the only time RNZI puts all its kW into NNW rather than at least partly NNE azimuth. I scan elsewhere on 9 MHz band, also 6, but finally at 1220 find what sounds like RNZI on 7330, NZ accented YL in English, poor S9/S9+10 vs noise level, with flutter. By another check at 1403, something VP is on 7330 [CRI in Russian}, but RNZI is still on 6115 after 1259, now with weather around the coast of NZ, and plugging ``on Vodaphone [?] cable channel 421``. Later I check the sked at https://www.radionz.co.nz/international/listen which confirms my findings: 11725 at 0459-0658; 9765 at 0659-1058; 7330 at 1059-1258 since 12 Feb (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) but later changed again: 7330, RNZI 0900z World and national news by man in English to 0908z then local weather "more hot dry weather forecast for today", oldies pop music including Janis Joplin, David Bowie, Echo and the Bunnymen to 0925z (Steve Wiseblood, RGV TX, 2/16, WOR iog via DXLD) Changes of Radio New Zealand Pacific on 9765/7330 kHz AM mode: https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/02/changes-of-radio-new-zealand-pacific-on.html (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, WOR iog via DXLD) One notices, the winter also goes to the end of the shortwave {northern} condition in the next 2 to 3 weeks, the spread on the long path will be over Pacific and Latin America from NZL to Europe to be close early in our European morning. 7330.006 kHz exact, just at 0945 UT I heard trumpet solo from Rangitaiki, now is at us fade-out and under the sward/threshold of the string only to suspect. S=9+20dB in Cape Canaveral FL-US at 0950 UT on Feb 16. In the afternoon, RNZI also transmits at 7330 KHz between 17 and 19 UT, but is sandwiched by two 500 kW 'sweethearts from Beijing and Urumqi China powerhouses'. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Febr 16, dxldyg via DXLD) 9765, Feb 17 at 0710, RNZI VG as usual, but on this frequency for only one hour now; at 0759-1258 since Feb 12 per sked is on 7330 to Solomon Islands and PNG, rather than general ``Pacific`` for all other non-DRM transmissions, i.e. implying that the NNW-only antenna has been expanded from 2 to 5 hours a night, bad news for North America resulting in weakened 7330 signal thisaway (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1970, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Frequency changes of Radio New Zealand Pacific from Feb.12 2051-0358 NF 13840 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg All Pacific English, ex 15720 0359-0458 NF 13840 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg All Pacific English, ex 13730 0459-0658 NF 11725 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg All Pacific English, ex 13730 1059-1258 NF 7330*RAN 100 kW / 325 deg NWPacPNG/As English, ex 9700 * 11-12 co-ch 7330 MOS 100 kW / 283 deg CeEu German 1st Su R.Joystick https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/02/frequency-changes-of-radio-new-zealand.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News Feb.13, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Changes of Radio New Zealand Pacific on 9765/7330 AM: https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/02/changes-of-radio-new-zealand-pacific-on.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News Feb.16, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Recited latest partial sked of non-DRM (gh, WORLD OF RADIO 1970) ** NIGERIA. 7255, V Nigeria in Hausa (listed) with African traditional sounding music, mention of Hausa at :47 during OM tx. Mention of Abuja at 0655 and into Drum/Pipe IS at 0657-0700 when into YL French s/on and YL/OM French news. Set to record starting at 0759 when they were again doing the drum/pipe IS, and then into English but it had faded so much that I could only barely tell it was English. S/on with YL mentioning the frequency, and then at 0801 more drum beats, and into news. NOT really able to follow the content though. English earlier in the broadcast would be nice! More drums at 0909 and YL English talk, but even worse now, down to an O=1 pretty much. By ToH I could make out flutes but could only barely tell they were still there. Started out 44543+, 0645-0700, recorded 0759-0901 by which time it was down to 2+3441+ 9/Feb SDRplay +SDRuno +ANC-4 +randomwire (Kenneth Vito Zichi, Williamston MI, WOR iog via DXLD) Good/weak signal of Voice of Nigeria, Feb.12: 0600-0700 7254.9 AJA 250 kW / 248 deg to WCAf Hausa, B18 as scheduled 0700-0730 7254.9 AJA 250 kW / 248 deg to WCAf Fulfulde, not in French 0730-0800 7254.9 AJA 250 kW / 248 deg to WCAf Fulfulde, as scheduled: https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/02/goodweak-signal-of-voice-of-nigeria-in.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News Feb.11-12, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Voice of Nigeria DRM back --- Good evening (UT), tonight, Voice of Nigeria is on both 9689.9 AM and 15119.8 (center approx.) DRM with the English service (1724 - 1800+, audio with annoying whine (2.2 kHz-v). 73 (Thorsten Hallmann, Germany, 1809 UT Feb 12, WOR iog via DXLD) [and non]. 9689.919, Nothing on DRM mode in 20-21 UT in Hausa from Abuja Nigeria. But AM mode instead. Best reception in Florida and Italy remotes. Most of central EUR SDR's equal co-channel REE Noblejas football live transmission, on 9690.001 kHz. Nothing on 15120 kHz at 20 UT 73 wb (Wolfgang Bueschel, Feb 12, dxldyg via DXLD) I noted Voice of Nigeria yesterday at 1645 in English on 15120 with a "journalistic discussion" re forthcoming Presidential Elections, followed by News at 1700. s/n ratio was remarkably good at 23dB and decoding virtually 100%. (I blame the thermostat on my shed heater for any glitches). Pity their audio quality isn't better, as the bitstream is only 9.1 kb/s on the "Dream SDR" software, which I use with GQRX SDR software in Ubuntu Mate Linux 18.04 on an 8-year old Acer laptop. Airspy Mini dongle +SV1AFN up-converter+ RA0SMS MiniWhip (e-bay kit) 5m above shed. Regards -- (Ian Brooks, Verwood, Dorset, 10 miles north of Bournemouth, UK, Feb 14, bdxc-news iog via DXLD) New shortwave - Radio Nigeria Abuja on 15120v kHz, Feb.14 from 1415 on 15119.9 AJA 250 kW / 248 deg to WCAf Hausa, very good Videos will be added later today -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1970, DXLD) Good to hear Voice of Nigeria on 15120 kHz in AM mode with good signal and modulation but sadly with a rather loud, at times, hum in Hausa from tune in at 1425 UT today. 73s (John Hoad, JRC NRD-525 + Wellbrook ALA1530LNP (indoors) Feb 14, bdxc-news iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1970, DXLD) New on shortwave - R. Nigeria Abuja on 15120v, probably test, Feb.14: 1415&1500 on 15119.9 AJA 250 kW / 248 deg to WCAf Hausa, very good, off air at 1505 UT https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/02/test-of-radio-nigeria-abuja-on.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News Feb.13-14, WORLD OF RADIO 1970, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Reception of Voice of Nigeria in English on Feb.14: 1600-1630 on 9689.9*AJA 250 kW / 248 deg WCAf Arabic/Igbo 1630&1700 on 9689.9 AJA 250 kW / 248 deg WCAf English, good signal * blocked by 9690.0 TSH 300 kW / 002 deg NEAs Japanese Furusato no Kaze https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/02/reception-of-voice-of-nigeria-in.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News Feb.13-14, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Wonderful English language program audio from Abuja today Febr 14 at 1745 UT on 9689.920, S=8-9 or -77dBm signal here in southern Germany. And also at 1804 UT still on 2nd Abuja unit in DRM mode on 19 meterband: S=9+10dB data block of 10 kHz broadband, 'notch snick' central visible on 15119.861 kHz exact, and a separate 'string' visible on 15120.610 kHz exact. 73 wolfie df5sx (Wolfgang Bueschel, WORLD OF RADIO 1970, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9690-, Feb 14 at 1814, VON JBA with off-frequency carrier before Spain or Madagascar collide; and also DRM noise 15115-15120-15125, presumably both in English now, and are they //? By next check at 1950, no DRM audible. Wolfgang Bueschel reported on same date [as just above] (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Weak signal of Voice of Nigeria in English, Feb.15 from 0805 on 7254.9 AJA 250 kW / 248 deg to WCAf English Today no signal from Radio Nigeria Abuja on 15119.9kHz: 1415-1505 on 15119.9 AJA 250 kW / 248 deg to WCAf Hausa https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/02/weak-signal-of-voice-of-nigeria-in.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News Feb.14-15, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7254.95, Feb 16 at 0657, S9+20, VON IS of fluting and drumming, normally heard one hour earlier prior to Hausa at 0600. Unknown if they start an hour late, or is really interval before switching to Fulfulde or something at 0700 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7254.9, Voice of Nigeria, Ikorodu, 0659-0805, 16-02, tuning music, Hausa, comments, mentioned "Nigeria", at 0800 English, id. "Voice of Nigeria, the news, the headlines". 25422 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Log in Friol and Lugo, WOR iog via DXLD) 7255-, Feb 17 at 0605, VON is already on tonight in Hausa (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NIGERIA [non]. FRANCE, Radio Nigeria Kaduna via TDF Issoudun now only 3 hours per day 0500-0700 7335 ISS 150 kW / 170 deg WeAf Hausa 0700-0800 13840 ISS 150 kW / 170 deg WeAf Hausa 0800-0900 13840 ISS 150 kW / 170 deg WeAf Hausa, inactive at present 0900-1500 17690 ISS 150 kW / 170 deg WeAf Hausa, inactive at present 2000-2300 7235 ISS 150 kW / 170 deg WeAf Hausa, inactive at present https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/02/radio-nigeria-kaduna-via-tdf-issoudun_14.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News Feb.13-14, DX LISTENING DIGEST) FRANCE, Radio Nigeria Kaduna via TDF Issoudun in 31&22mb on Feb.12 0500-0700 7335 ISS 150 kW / 170 deg WeAf Hausa, very good signal: 0700-0800 13840 ISS 150 kW / 170 deg WeAf Hausa, good, ex 0700-0900 0900-1500 17690 ISS 150 kW / 170 deg WeAf Hausa, inactive at present 2000-2300 7235 ISS 150 kW / 170 deg WeAf Hausa, inactive at present https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/02/radio-nigeria-kaduna-via-tdf-issoudun.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News Feb.11-12, DX LISTENING DIGEST) FRANCE, Radio Nigeria Kaduna via TDF Issoudun on Feb.18 0500-0700 on 7335 ISS 150 kW / 170 deg to WeAf Hausa, very good https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/02/reception-of-radio-nigeria-kaduna-via_18.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News Feb.18, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NIGERIA [non]. Extended broadcast of Dandal Kura Radio Int via MBR Issoudun on Feb.12: 0700-0830 13590 ISS 100 kW / 167 deg CeAf Kanuri, VG, ex 0700-0800 https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/02/extended-broadcast-of-dandal-kura-radio.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News Feb.11-12, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Dandal Kura Radio International via MBR Issoudun, Feb.12: 1800-1900 9770 ISS 100 kW / 167 deg to CeAf Kanuri, very good signal https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/02/reception-of-dandal-kura-radio.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News Feb.12, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Extended program of Dandal Kura Radio Int via MBR Issoudun, Feb.14 0700-0830 13590 ISS 250 kW / 167 deg Kanuri, very good, ex 0700-0800 1800-1900 9770 ISS 100 kW / 167 deg Kanuri https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/02/extended-program-of-dandal-kura-radio.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News Feb.13-14, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NIGERIA [non]. Three stations to Nigeria in 22mb 07-08UT, Feb.18 Dandal Kura Radio International via MBR Issoudun, ex 0700-0830 UT 0700-0800 on 13590 ISS 250 kW / 167 deg to CeAf Kanuri, very good Radio Ndarason International via ENC-DMS Ascension [sic] 0700-0800 on 13810 WOF 250 kW / 165 deg to WeAf Kanuri, fair/good [as distinct from Dandal Kura, Ndarason is more for the Chad side] Radio Nigeria Kaduna via TDF Issoudun, ex 0700-0900 UT 0700-0800 on 13840 ISS 150 kW / 170 deg to WeAf Hausa, very good https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/02/reception-of-three-stations-to-nigeria.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News Feb.18, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NIGERIA [non]. FRANCE, Reception of Koode Radio International via TDF Issoudun on Feb.12 1900-1930 7265 ISS 100 kW / 175 deg to WCAf Nigerian Fulfulde, good https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/02/reception-of-koode-radio-international_13.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News Feb.12, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. Is anyone else hearing the broadcast in AM that is currently on 4095 kHz? Very good signal S9 +10 dB in south-central Kentucky. SIO = 555. Male announcer in English IDing as XFM Shortwave. Giving time frequently in UTC like a morning drive time DJ. Playing some heavy metal including Tear Away by Drowning Pool and Denial by Seven dust. 0220-0233Z as I post this email. Announcer is giving email address as xfmshortwave@gmail.com. Rcvr: Realistic DX-200 and 720 foot longwire (Mike Newland, Morgantown, KY, Feb 17, WOR iog via DXLD) XFM Shortwave Pirate Radio. Strong into central Ohio. - (Mike Bott, 0317 UT ibid.) And just barely audible on the west coast. Better from a UK remote receiver (Walt Salmaniw, Victoria BC, 0328 UT, ibid.) Pretty good here in central Alberta. 73 (Mick Delmage, 0343 UT, ibid.) 4095, XFM at 0341 UT February 17 with rock music and ID's. "Sink Hole" by Drive-By Truckers, Frank Zappa "Don't Eat The Yellow Snow", "No No Song" by Ringo Starr and others. E-mails read. Shut it down at 0511. Very nice rich sound. Very Good. 73 (Mick Delmage, Sherwood Park, Alberta, Rx: Perseus SDR, Ant: Wellbrook ALA 100 loop, ibid.) 4095-AM, Feb 17 at 0423 weak music S6-S8, 0449 still on with DJ live TC as ``11 before 5 o`clock`` and ID ``X-FM Shortwave``, offering QSL for e-reports. Off by next check 0556. Earlier in eve I had patrolled the three main pirate bands and found nothing: 3.4-3.5, 4.0-4.1 and 6.8-7.0 MHz. Tnx for tip on 4095 from Mike Newland in KY at 0235, then reported from across North America. Many more logs of this between 0127 and 0511*: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,51099.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4095, PIRATE, XFM at 0253 with pop vocals and a man at 0255 with TC and ID of “Five minutes before the hour on XFM” then more pop vocals and a man with TC and ID at 0259 of “Just before the hour of 0300 UTC on XFM” and gave e-mail address of xfmshortwave@gmail.com - Very Good Feb 17 – In a number of earlier loggings I have made reference to the fact that the 80 meter amateur radio band “goes long” at night which means local and regional communications become quite difficult but long range communications actually become easier. This is all part and parcel with the fact that we are in the midst of the current solar minimum. These rather interesting propagation conditions have not been lost on pirate radio operators as this seems to have become the new pirate radio band. I have heard a few pirates here recently. It's just above the 80 meter amateur radio band whereas the range for the traditional North American pirate radio band - 6900 to 7000 - is just below the 40 meter amateur radio band. During the present solar minimum the 80 meter band has often been out-performing the 40 meter band for regional, trans-continental, and even some European DX. Couple this with the fact that most North American pirates are using amateur radio transceivers that can operate slightly out of band then you can see why it's quite natural that some pirate radio operators have realized this and are taking full advantage of the enhanced propagation conditions (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Drake SPR-4, Kenwood TS440S, or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles (OCFD), ODXA iog via DXLD) ** NORWAY. It's a big file, but some useful information about Radio Northern Star 1611 from Bergen, Norway, heard by us at Cappahayden, Newfoundland, November 13, 2018. It also broadcasts on some other channels [including QSL illustrations] http://www.w4uvh.net/1611 LLE 4 QSL Jim Renfrew.pdf (Jim Renfrew, Clarendon NY, DX LISTENING DIGEST) and also: Hi Svenn, Jean Burnell suggested that I send a report of my reception of Radio Northern Star from our time in Cappahayden, Newfoundland, in November, 2018. An audio clip is attached. I hope you can play the attachment with no trouble. It's not the clearest reception, but that is the nature of DX! I was very happy to hear your station with two identification announcements, following the song "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing" (later used as a theme song by Pepsi[sic]-Cola). As you know, Norway is not as easy to hear as it once was on 1314 kHz! This reception occurred on November 13, 1959:45 UT, on 1611 kHz. Jean says that this transmission was via Bergen with 70 watts. A very nice surprise! These surprises often appear many months after the actual reception because it takes many months to review the Perseus files we recorded. In fact I still have files from 2010 to review! I have a connection with Bergen, of sorts. My grandmother lived in Bergen County, New Jersey many years ago. And for 16 years I served as the pastor of Stone Church Presbyterian Church in Bergen, New York. Curiously, Bergen, NY is pronounced by the locals as "Burr-Jenn", one of countless American mis-pronunciations of original words. Why did they name the town Bergen? I have no idea, though perhaps there may have been a Norwegian immigrant two hundred years ago? I now live close to a village named Holley, NY, and there is a historical marker along the Erie Canal where it passes through the village that tells the story of a boat load of Norwegians who sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to New York City in the 1800's, then traveled by slow canal boat to Holley to settle. The captain had to remain in New York City for a time to sell the boat, and then used his ice skates to travel all of the way to Holley on the Hudson River and then the canal to catch up with the other settlers. I always thought it was the Dutch who have mastered long-distance skating, but this story causes me to reconsider! While all four of us recorded Perseus files off the same "North" antenna wire, I will step forward and boldly claim the most distant reception of Radio Northern Star, because I was seated three feet to the west of Jean Burnell and Chuck Hutton, and I think only a few inches west of John Fisher. But not to appear greedy it's probably best to share the record with John! In Cappahayden we had four wires to work with: NORTH, EAST Flag, SOUTHEAST and SOUTHWEST flag. I can no longer describe our sophisticated receivers, since we all use Perseus and laptops. We receive so many exotic stations in Cappahayden that I have never bothered to compose reception reports, though I do so at home. But I will make an exception and seek a verification from Radio Northern Star! I am glad that Jean connected with you and encouraged me to do the same! Thank you and good wishes to you and your radio station! Jim Renfrew Holley, NY 14470-9733 USA Date: Sun, Feb 17, 2019 at 1:10 PM Subject: Re: Northern Star reception report To: James Renfrew Dear Jim, You heard us indeed. It is very moving that our tiny 70 watt AM signal with an inverted V can be heard almost 4000 km away! This is a new record for 1611. 5895 has been heard earlier in Canada at Listening Waters in PEI in 2013. We come from Bergen Kringkaster Erdal on both 1611 and 5895. This is the old NRK 890/1115 site which we lease from the present owner Askøy municipality. The antennas and logistics are master crafted by our CE LA7CFA Øystein Ask. Of course we know about Cappahayden and your startling results there through many years. On this side we have heard most Newfoundland AM stations with 1400, 590 and 930 the most common. I am myself a DXer since 1964. At the moment I am tuned to 1539 with a strong Chinese signal, two Spanish ones but hunting Aussie 5TAB Adelaide on Arctic SDR currently with a 50 degrees Beverage. I publish your reception on Facebook? Btw we have Crowdfunding action for a 1 kW. Your eQSL is enclosed. I also sent you a regular QSL card and a business card by mail. I succeeded hearing 4ZR 1476 last week on Arctic SDR. See my Facebook page. http://www.facebook.com/svennm At the moment I am trying for 1539 5TAB Adelaide. We are colleagues! I was Parish Priest in the CoN from 1978-2013. I am sure we would have much to talk about. Best regards Svenn Martinsen Northern Star Media Services AS (via Jim Renfrew, Feb 17, DXLD) ** OKLAHOMA. 960, Sat Feb 16 at 1323 UT, local KGWA Enid found to be in dead air as I am doing JBA TP MW carrier bandscan, so no splatter on 954 or 963, but nil heard there. I also null 960 as much as possible, hearing only a trace of another station. By 1340, KGWA remodulates. O, how I long for the good ole days when KGWA often provided for months a ``Fox-hole``, 5 minutes of dead air at local midnight allowing me to accumulate a number of other 960 logs from as far away as Calgary straight thru KGWA (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OMAN. Radio Sultanate of Oman again on 15140 after 2 weeks absence till 1403 15140 THU 100 kW / 315 deg WeEu open carrier / dead air and from 1403 15140 THU 100 kW / 315 deg WeEu Arabic, instead of English: Feb.14 no signal from Radio Sultanate of Oman, weak signal of RHC in Spanish https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/02/radio-sultanate-of-oman-is-again-on.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News Feb.13-14, DX LISTENING DIGEST) btw. just heard Holy Quran prayer on 15155 kHz in 16-17 UT time slot, no entry request for muslim radio in no-where fqy list. Could it be Oman on 15155 kHz instead of 15140 kHz? Need more investigation soon. 73 de wolfie df5sx (Wolfgang Bueschel, Feb 14, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Reception of R. Sultanate of Oman / Oman FM 90.4 MHz, Feb.15 1354-1409 15140 THU 100 kW / 315 deg to WeEu open carrier / dead air & from 1409 15140 THU 100 kW / 315 deg to WeEu English, very good signal https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/02/reception-of-radio-sultanate-of-oman.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News Feb.14-15, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Reception of Radio Sultanate of Oman / Oman FM 90.4 MHz on Feb.17: 1400-1508 15140 THU 100 kW / 315 deg to WeEu English, very good signal from 1508 15140 THU 100 kW / 315 deg to WeEu Arabic, very good signal: https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/02/reception-of-radio-sultanate-of-oman_17.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News Feb.17, WORLD OF RADIO 1970, DXLD) ** PALESTINE. Hamas uses TV coded messages for attacks, Israel alleges Date created : 13/02/2019 - 16:59 https://www.france24.com/en/20190213-hamas-uses-tv-coded-messages-attacks-israel-alleges A Palestinian stands amidst the rubble of the building housing the Hamas-run Al-Aqsa television station in Gaza City which was destroyed by an Israeli air strike on November 12, 2018 AFP/File [caption] Jerusalem (AFP) --- Hamas is using coded television messages to instruct recruits in the occupied West Bank to carry out anti-Israeli attacks, Israel's Shin Bet security agency alleged on Wednesday. A statement by the agency said this was the "key factor" behind a November 12, 2018 Israeli air strike which destroyed the Hamas-run Al-Aqsa television station in Gaza City. Shin Bet and the Israeli army "are aware that operatives of Hamas's military wing use Al-Aqsa TV for terrorist purposes" by broadcasting "secret messages" to the West Bank, it said. The security agency said "Al-Aqsa TV anchors and reporters pass on hidden messages on behalf of Hamas's military wing in the channel's broadcasts. "Their purpose is to convince recruited Judea and Samaria (the West Bank) residents that the activity to which they were enlisted is indeed guided by operatives of Hamas in Gaza Strip," it added. Shin Bet alleged these recruits had been told in advance when to watch the channel to see "when the anchor would put down his cup in the beginning of the programme". "By watching the programme, the recruit received a confirmation of the Gaza-based operative's claims," it said. According to Shin Bet, the Islamist Palestinian movement Hamas recently recruited four West Bank residents and an Israeli national from east Jerusalem. "The recruits were intended to carry out terrorist activity against Israel." Hamas, which seized control of Gaza from the West Bank-based government in a 2007 near civil war, has fought three wars with Israel since 2008 (c) 2019 AFP (via Mike Cooper, DXLD) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3260, NBC Madang (Maus Blong Garamut), 1202-1207*, Feb 15. Sounded like the news in English till 1206; then music, but cut off mid-song. Comment - So, as of Feb 15, no sign of any new activity (e.g. 3305 kHz. - NBC Western, etc.), after various reports indicating possible reactivation for PNG SW stations. Just wishful thinking on their part or is there real money available to fulfill these nice sounding projects? (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via DXLD) Anyway may take a while (gh) ** PHILIPPINES [and non]. 7410, Feb 13 at 1145, two stations mixing, one song the other talk in tonal language with flutter, adding up to S7-S9. Altho there are plenty of open spots on the band, Aoki/NDXC and EiBi agree this is the incredible collision of: CRI CHINA in Tagalog TO Philippines, and FEBC Manila FROM PHILIPPINES in Khmer. I thought both of them collude in HFCC? Yes, they do, in B-18 on adjacent lines, but alarm bells did not go off since their CIRAF target areas differ by one digit: 49 and 50 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9919.980, FEBC Manila from Iba site, Bahnar language according Aoki Nagoya database list, S=9+20dB at 1253 UT [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, Seoul Korea SDR unit, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Feb 15, dxldyg via DXLD) 15560even, FEBC Bocaue in Javanese towards Indonesia at 0123:50 UT, 'P.O.Box ...' given at ?Sunga? city ? 10.4 kHz wideband signal, nice sound of Gamelan the traditional ensemble music with drums of Java. S=9+10dB in Tokyo Japan post [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Febr 11 / 12), Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) 9795, FEBC Iba; 2320z man in Mon language with announcements. 2322z hymn sung by a cappella female group. 2329z man gave internet address. 2330z brief flute and bongos then chime IS. 2331z opening announcements by man in Lao. 2336z possible sermon or bible reading by man in Lao. 2343z nice Laotian vocal song (Steve Wiseblood, TX, 2/18, WOR iog via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PHILIPPINES. 15110even, Just warm-up by IBB BBG Tinang-PHL relay site at 0126 UT. Noted test tone alignment procedure by the technician of exact 1004 Hertz audio strings visible on either sideband. S=6 fair sidelobe into Tokyo remote SDR unit. Scheduled 0130-0230 UT in Burmese service, opened program by Yankee Doodle fanfare at 0128:35 UT on Febr 12 [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Febr 11 / 12), Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** PRIDNESTROVYE. 11530even, Kurdish Radio, Grigoriopol Maiac, Moldova, two symmetrically spur signals accompanied Febr 18 0621 UT 11530even, Kurdish Radio Voice of Welat (Radyo Denge Welat) via Broadcast centers in use are different during daytime, via TDF Issoudun or Radiotelecentr (PRTC) transmitter Grigoriopol Maiac MDA. 11530even kHz, 300 kW 130degrees towards Kurdish nationals nations Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Iran of 38 millions target, this Febr 18th at 0610-0630 UT, S=9+35 or -46dBm signal in remote Doha Qatar SDR unit site, and also two spurious signal bundles of S=8 strength again, 5-main x 100 Hertz apart distance spurs seen too, 'wobbled' unstable frequencies_strings, either side on approx. 11480 and 11580 kHz 11480.972 kHz and symmetrically on 11579.026 kHz. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Febr 18, dxldyg via DXLD) ** ROMANIA. 4900.000 even, UNID signal noted on four different west European SDR's this night Febr 15. But at final verified RRI Spanish signal to be heard as follows: Traced RRI Bucharest Spanish sce to Latin America, heard some talk and IDs in 0345 to 0357 UT time slot on this odd vagabunding signal. Final transmission RRI Spanish ID and Bucharest interval signal heard just before sign-off at 0356:16 UT. RRI Spanish in B-18 season is requested on 6155GAL 310, 7410GAL 310, 9740TIG 247, 11800TIG 247degr; is just a mathematic puzzle, to trace some 'intermodulation formula' on their bcast center site (Wolfgang Bueschel, HCDX via WORLD OF RADIO 1970, DXLD) That would be 7410 leaping over 6155 another 1255 kHz below (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1970, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Maybe 7410 minus 6155 is 1255; 6155 minus 1255 is 4900. 73, (Jari Savolainen, Finland, hcdx via WORLD OF RADIO 1970, DXLD) Thanks Jari, okay, should be also on air from Galbeni Bacau site on 8665 kHz too, symmetrically. 73 wb (Bueschel, ibid.) Frequency changes of Radio Romania International in English 0400-0456 NF 11790 TIG 090 kW / 097 deg to SoAs English DRM, ex 9820 0400-0456 NF 15400 GAL 300 kW / 100 deg to SoAs English AM, ex 11790 ??????????? ?? Observer ? 11:42 AM Feb 16 (via DXLD) ** RUSSIA. “Pirates in Radio”, “Radio Hooligans” - radio amateurs hooligans at 3 MHz (80 m). "Free radio amateurs"? They work with the same call sign as in the allowed CiBi range. Call signs "Topol", "Sawmill", "Labyrinth", "Gray-haired", "White nights" ... and many, many others in the range of 3,100-3,200 MHz [sic] working with amplitude modulation ... Reception at RTL-SDR - QTH -LO53ce - Samara (Windom antenna 41m - suspension height 6 meters - 2nd floor) 11.02.2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8pECYi7kME (Max Yakovlev, Samara, Russia / https://vk.com/radioreceiver Rus-DX Feb 17 via DXLD) ** RUSSIA [and non]. A Call to Putin, and Russian TV Changed Its Story Image: In a new book, Matteo Renzi, the former Italian prime minister, says he called President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia about false news reports attacking him on the international Russian television network RT. In two hours, the story was changed. Credit Alessandro Di Meo/EPA, via Shutterstock By Jason Horowitz Feb. 12, 2019 ROME -- When he was prime minister of Italy, Matteo Renzi, fighting desperately to win a referendum on which he had staked his job, thought that one particular rally had gone well. He was surprised, then, to discover that RT, the international Russian television network with close ties to the Kremlin that was formerly known as Russia Today, had mischaracterized the pro-Renzi event on Oct. 29, 2016, as "Protests against the Italian prime minister ahead of the referendum on the Constitution." Mr. Renzi's opponents quickly latched on to the report and shared it widely on social media, prompting the Italian leader to express his displeasure directly to Vladimir V. Putin, the Russian president. "Does it seem reasonable to you that Russia Today often uses headlines that are not true?" he asked Mr. Putin in a phone call. "Why do they have to have reports today on some protest against me, if that square is full of my people, defending our reform?" Mr. Putin paused and responded: "Matteo, you know that it is not up to me what journalists do. But I'll try and see if I can help you." Two hours later, the Russian network had corrected the headline... https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/12/world/europe/matteo-renzi-putin-russia.html (via Mike Cooper, DXLD) ** SAUDI ARABIA. 9694.993, SBA via MOCI Riyadh, Pashto language scheduled, b u t heard carrier and test tones only Feb 15. S=9+25dB noted in Moscow Russia and 4S7VK's Colombo Piliyandala Ceylon remote SDRs. Test tones of 1000 and 3000 Hertz appeared always in \\. Aoki Nagoya database list show 14-16 UT schedule. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Feb 15, dxldyg via DXLD) Apparently heard just after 1400? 17615.066, Feb 15 at 1410, JBA carrier from SRI, and also JBACs on not-way-off-frequencies 17705, 17895. This is notable only because these Saudisigs are almost the only signs of life on 16m after sunrise here, but even they have been inaudible lately. Always-skewed 17615.066 suffers a transmission break at 1414. By 1458 only the lowest is audible, still at 1520 when I measure it. But at 1525, much stronger SRIs on 15435, 13710. HFCC info for each: 17895 12-15 295 degrees, then to 13710v? 17705 12-15 310 17615 13-16 190 15435 15-18 320 13710 15-18 295 HFCC doesn`t care, but WRTH shows the two different programs: Qur`an on 17895, 17615 [sic], 13710; General Arabic on 17705, 15435 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOUTH AFRICA. Summary notes by gh of a conversation broadcast on Feb 10 edition of AWR Wavescan, heard Feb 13 after 2230 on WRMI 9955 webcast, recorded about 3 weeks ago at the A-19 HFCC meeting in Tunis, between Jeff White and some guy representing the Caribbean Beacon (a station which hardly needs to spend any $$$ on frequency management, let alone sending somebody to HFCC junkets all over the world twice a year, since CB is always registered for 10-22 on 11775, 22-10 on 6090. What PMS really needs is some kind of *transmission* management, to keep the Anguilla thing on the air according to a reliable schedule.) I haven`t tried to keep track of who said what in the interchange: BREAKING NEWS: SENTECH FMO SNT, HFCC member for long time, rumor that there may be a possible cessation of SWBC from Radio South Africa [sic]. HFCC was held there two years ago. Not to say this is happening, but potential for cessation. SENTECH transmitter still government-owned but separate from Radio RSA, now Channel Africa, selling time to other overseas broadcasters. Encompass, ex-Babcock, ex-BBC company biggest client. BBC reducing airtime, making it less viable proposition to continue operating the Meyerton site. Also: AWR, SARL, and other smaller ones. Board of SENTECH decided to cancel SWBC from Meyerton at end of B-18 = end of March; yet have registered next season frequencies. So not cast in stone. Larger clients encourage Sentech to keep going. Not enough, losing money, looking at bottom line. Looking at possibility of DRM, to promote it; SENTECH could easily modify equipment for DRM, but not too many DRM receivers in Africa! It sent three attendees to HFCC this time rather than one, including an accountant-type, and from management. Indicates decision has been made, but looking for new clients, or maybe will be transition period. If Meyerton goes off, some may move over to MGLOB in Madagascar, ex-RN relay. MAD could pick up broadcast time of Radio South Africa [sic]. If you want a QSL card, get it quickly. Things could change; we are only at mid-week, midpoint of HFCC conference. Another possibility, Sentech was talking about, some other organization like ENC might lease the whole facility, sell airtime. Like Okeechobee. Or Bulgaria- like, privatising takeover by Spaceline. My own further comments: Current HFCC B18 shows MEYerton used by all these broadcasters: BBC, SABC, Channel Africa, SARL, FPU, AWR, IBB, DWL --- and that`s not enough? (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1970, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Re: [WOR] SENTECH, RSA --- The SABC may decide Channel Africa is a luxury it can no longer afford, which then would send SENTECH into a spiral. Channel Africa is meanwhile down to 18 frequency hours on workdays only, even less than the 24/7 transmission of Radio Sonder Grense. Still it could be that a potential loss of these transmissions led to the warning about a possible closure. Current frequency hours of the other remaining customers: BBC ca. 25, AWR 3, DW 2.5, USAGM workdays/weekends 2.5/1.5, Radio Dabanga 1. So a closure would of course be primarily a problem of the BBC. Which perhaps now regrets to have abandoned Lesotho two decades ago, unless they will, if Meyerton really closes, simply have done with most of the affected transmissions of English. Have there ever been reports about upgrades at Meyerton? I don't remember any, which would mean that all transmitters have been installed before 1980. So, unless at least major modifications have been made, transmitters with high level plate modulation and presumably diminishing supply of tubes and other spare parts (Kai Ludwig, Feb 12, WOR iog via DXLD) Hi Kai, so if they are in a financial squeeze, why don't they advertise for more vendors to use the facilities? So how much is it per hour via Sentech? I've never seen them advertise for leasing of their facilities? Are they a good facility? Best regards (Tim Gaynor [of Unique Radio, NSW], ibid.) SENTECH cuts: also see U K [and non] ** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 9330, WBCQ Monticello ME (presumed); 2129, 2/13; Boldly Hoary, Bamboozling Haranguer Bro. HyStarical talking about the “seven thunders” & that four have already occurred. The 1st thunder was “Daddy Bush” & Gorbachev visiting the Pope. S9+ peaks 9395, WRMI, Radio Miami Int’l (presumed); 1708, 2/12; Bombastic Bull Shitter Bro. Stair talking about “Ven-zoo-eela”. S7-8 // 9330 WBCQ(presumed), SIO=333 with hiss QRM (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 185' RW, ---- All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time. ----, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7570 & 7730, Feb 15 at 0154, WRMI dead air during TOMBS, but soon resumes. Both frequencies much weaker than usual, only S9 max, propagation disturbance? 7730 is always somewhat weaker than 7570 here which is beaming right at us while 7730 is 30 degrees CCW. 4840, Feb 15 at 0710, S9+30 of dead air from WWCR when supposed to be TOMBS; may well last all-night but I`m going to sleep (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) GERMANY, Brother HySTAIRical via MBR Nauen vs. PBS Xinjiang, Feb.16 1400-1600 on 6015*NAU 100 kW / 270 deg WeEu English, fair/good * co-ch same 6015 URU 100 kW / non-dir EaAs Kazakh PBS Xinjiang, fair https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/02/reception-of-brother-hystairical-via_16.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News Feb.16, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SPAIN. 11940, REE English Service today featuring the music and interviews with American singer/songwriter Sophie Auster who is promoting her new album "Next Time" in Europe and North America. An interesting and GOOD artist I've never heard of before, but played her song "Mexico" which was inspired by a trip there and a 1950s Noir film "South of the Border" which they played a clip from. All the 25 metre channels had pretty much faded by 2315 but 31 metres hung in there longer (but was also fading by 2325 recheck) Too bad as it was nice stuff. The //s were: 9690 4+5 5 4+4 (down to 44533+ by 2325 recheck) 11685 3 3 5 4 2+ 11940 3+4+5 4 3+ 12030 3 4 5 3+3 2259-2315 8/Feb SDRplay +SDRuno +ANC-4 +randomwire (Kenneth Vito Zichi, Williamston MI, WOR iog via DXLD) Reception of R Exterior de España, Arabic & English, Feb.11 2230-2300 11685 NOB 200 kW / 161 deg to WCAf Arabic Monday, very good 2230-2300 12030 NOB 200 kW / 110 deg to N/ME Arabic Monday, very good at same time frequencies 9690 to ENAm & 11940 kHz to SoAm in Spanish 2300-2330 9690 NOB 200 kW / 290 deg to ENAm English Monday, poor/weak 2300-2330 11685 NOB 200 kW / 161 deg to WCAf English Monday, very good 2300-2330 11940 NOB 200 kW / 230 deg to SoAm English Monday, weak/fair 2300-2330 12030 NOB 200 kW / 110 deg to N/ME English Monday, fair/good https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/02/reception-of-radio-exterior-de-espana.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News Feb.11-12, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9690, Wed Feb 13 at 2325, REE English from 2300 has been honoring World Radio Day with Justin Coe playing some songs about radio, but I only catch the last few minutes as he remarx, ``Remains to be seen how much longer [REE] foreign language services will be on air`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) At about 2100 UT, all four REE frequencies are/were propagating into NB today (17 February) with a football game(s): 9690: Excellent 11685: Weak earlier; now in the noise 11940: Fair 12030: Fair (-- Richard Langley, WOR iog via DXLD) ** SRI LANKA. See AUSTRALIA [and non]. 9740 ** SUDAN. 9505, Voice of Africa, Al Aitahab, 1830-1900*, 06-02, Hausa comments, East African songs. Close at 1900*. 35433 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Log in Friol and Lugo, WOR iog via DXLD) Radio Omdurman on 9505 kHz, instead of Voice of Africa on Feb.12 1630-1830 9505 ALF 100 kW / 210 deg CeAf Arabic, good to fair signal https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/02/radio-omdurman-on-9505-khz-instead-of.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News Feb.12, WORLD OF RADIO 1970, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Fair signal of Voice of Africa Sudan Radio, Feb.17 1630-1715 on 9505 ALF 100 kW / 210 deg to CeAf French 1715-1800 on 9505 ALF 100 kW / 210 deg to CeAf English 1800-1900 on 9505 ALF 100 kW / 210 deg to CeAf Hausa https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/02/fair-signal-of-voice-of-africa-sudan.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News Feb.17, WORLD OF RADIO 1970, DXLD) ** SUDAN [non]. Dabanga: Covering Sudanese protests from the heart of Amsterdam https://www.dabangasudan.org/en/all-news/article/covering-sudanese-protests-from-the-heart-of-amsterdam February 13 - 2019 AMSTERDAM Protestors chant slogans in Khartoum against Al Bashir and his government the day before Independence Day, on 31 December 2018 (file photo) [caption] The recent crackdown on peaceful demonstrations in Sudan have rocked the country. While the Sudanese government censors all media reporting on the protests, Radio Dabanga, a radio station in exile, does everything in its power to fill the information gap. Hamid*, deputy editor-in-chief of Radio Dabanga shares how he and his colleagues work day and night to report on the horrific event which is history in the making. Radio Dabanga is the sole provider of independent news and information for people listening via shortwave radio, indicating its larger mission of providing everyone in Sudan with the right to access information across multiple channels which is free from censorship, gagging, and threats by the government. The editorial staff of Radio Dabanga has been working overtime since the beginning of the protests in December. "This has changed our work and it has changed our life, completely. We follow the protests in Sudan 24 hours a day," Hamid explains. Why exactly a Sudanese radio station in Amsterdam would be this busy covering the protests is simple according to Hamid: "Everyone calls us now because Radio Dabanga is the only neutral media in the country." He continues, "they know that we are the only one who can report the truth on the protests since the government cannot interfere with our broadcast". These broadcasts are produced with the help of civilians reporting news events to Radio Dabanga, giving a platform for those who are largely ignored by state media. "Everyone calls us now. They know we are the only one who can report the truth." Amongst the sources that report to Radio Dabanga directly, are organisers of the protests, trade unions, local journalists and ordinary citizens. For example "the Central Committee of Doctors reports to us in detail how many people got injured, how many people got killed and who is responsible," Hamid says. Not only the variety of sources but also the audience itself has increased since the start of the protests. According to Hamid, Radio Dabanga has gained a whole new audience, especially in the North-East part of Sudan, so that "now people from all over Sudan call us". This results in phones ringing from dusk till dawn. "Most days I work until two or three in the morning because the protests continue until late at night and we receive calls and reports afterwards from people reflecting on what happened and how many got injured or arrested." A good few hours of sleep is all Hamid gets as his phone can start ringing again as early as six in the morning. But the long hours and short night are no issue for him: "I am ready to work 24 hours if I have to," he says. "This is the moment to do something for my people. So how could I sleep when there is so much work to do?" On 19 December 2018, rising bread and fuel prices sparked protests in Atbara in North-Eastern Sudan. In less than a weeks time, the anti-government protests spread across the entire country and were answered with brutal violence by the Sudanese security forces. Multiple sources have confirmed that tear gas and live ammunition is being used against demonstrators. Human Rights Watch reported that Sudanese activists estimate atleast 50 people have been killed since the start of the protests. * The name of the interviewee 'Hamid' was changed for this interview. (Source: Free Press Unlimited) Interested to support Radio Dabanga's work? Visit this page to read more about us or contribute immediately to daily independent, unbiased news and information for Sudanese people! (via Mike Cooper, DXLD) ** SWEDEN [non]. Sveriges DX-Förbund --- Good signal into the U. Twente SDR receiver for the 1300 UT broadcast on 7440 kHz from Radio Channel 292 today (World Radio Day, 13 February). Just unintelligible Swedish chat at the moment. ;-) Perhaps there will be some English and/or music later (-- Richard Langley, WOR iog via DXLD) You have your wish, Richard. 7440 is playing some sort of music at 1420 tune in. But the signal here in NW England is only peaking to around S6+ 0n the meter and down to nothing, and this means it's mixed in with the local noise. No speech heard (Noel R. Green, ibid.) Thanks, Noel. While it was still audible, they were playing a number of interval signals. I'll record Saturday's repeat and hope for better conditions into Holland. Well, it started out o.k. but soon dropped into the noise. Perhaps Saturday morning's repeat will come in better (-- Richard Langley, ibid.) 7440 is heard with a fair signal at 1320 UTC tune-in with talks in Swedish. Happy World Radio Day! 73s (Dave Kenny, Caversham, AOR 7030+, 25m long wire, bdxc-news iog via DXLD) Here in north of Italy not one signal on the frequency of 7440 while in the other frequency of Channel 292 [6070] no stop music with good signal. I listen to with receiver Degen 1128 h and indoor telescopic antenna (Dario Gabrielli, North east of Italy, Inviato da Yahoo Mail su Android, 1328 UT, ibid.) GERMANY, Reception of Swedish DX Federation via Channel 292, Feb.13 0800&1300 6070 ROB 010 kW / non-dir to CeEu Swedish/English, fair/good https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/02/reception-of-swedish-dx-federation-via.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News Feb.13, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Sweden / Germany ------- Thank you for listening to our program this afternoon. Your reception report is perfect. I am happy to confirm that you have listened to a SDXF Special transmission February 13 1300 - 1400 UTC on 7440 kHz. This transmission comes from southern Germany. I will attach an E-QSL to this mail. All the best from Sweden Gert Nilsson, SDXF QSL Manager http://gertsqsl.blogspot.com/ You can see the confirmation here - https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2019/02/blog-post_13.html (Anatoly Klepov, Moscow, Russia, QSL World, Rus-DX Feb 17 via DXLD) ** TAIWAN [and non]. 6075, Feb 12 at 1352 open carrier at S7-S9, except for a brief noise burst; 1400 one tone and lively Chinese programming including song, i.e. RTI as scheduled starting Chinese at 1400 via Kouhu site; but now there is also a second station talking and making a SAH, i.e. CNR1 jamming. Or vice versa (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TAIWAN. 6280.1, Sound of Hope, 1200, Feb 12. The usual OM & YL with "Xiwang zhi sheng guoji guangbo diantai" (Sound of Hope international broadcast station) ID (thanks to Amano-san's assistance); // 6230; checked again at 1209 to find 6280.1 heavily jammed with CNR1 programming, while 6230 had no jamming at all (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via DXLD) ** TAJIKISTAN. 4765.059, Feb 12 at 1345, VP signal from something, presumed Tajik Radio, Dushanbe. Offset to 4765.06 has been reported recently by Gianni Serra, Roma; Wolfgang Bueschel on 4765.070; Anker Petersen, Denmark, had R. Progreso, Cuba on 4765.06! But that would never be on the air at this hour and when I do hear it in the 0130- 0500 span, it`s never off-frequency. Tajik is sometimes logged as merely ``4765`` apparently by those not paying attention to detail. From DXLD 18-11: ``Tajik Radio, which was reported by Kouji Hashimoto and Wolfgang Büschel, in the Feb 19-26 period variously as 4765.06, 4765.054, 4765.057, as in DXLD 18-09`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [and non]. Two different programs hit each other here in western Europa on 60mb 4765even R Progreso Bejucal? site, S=8 and 4765.068 kHz odd fq Tajik Radio in probably Russian slot at 0324 UT Febr 15 on log here in west Europe, England, Belgium, Holland, Switzerland and Hungary [remote receivers] [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz](Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Febr 15, dxldyg via DXLD) 4765.07, 1740-1745 16.2, Tajik R 1, Yangiyul, Tajik talk with local music in the background, ID, 45434 (Anker Petersen, Denmark, what I heard recently in Skovlunde on my AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire, wbradio yg via DXLD) ** THAILAND. Hello! Received (for 6 months) QSL card for receiving “Azatlyk Radiosu” (15255 kHz, via Udon-Thani). Report sent to: manager_thailand [at] bbg.gov (Ivan Zelenyi (Nizhnevartovsk, Russia) https://twitter.com/ivan_z_nv Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** TIBET [non]. TAJIKISTAN, V of Tibet via Dushanbe Yangi Yul 7499even at 2315 UT Febr 11, and from 2335 UT on 7504 kHz. S=9 in Hiroshima Japan remote installation at 2342 UT, Febr 11 (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Febr 11, dxldyg via DXLD) TAJIKISTAN, Frequency change of Voice of Tibet, Feb.14: 1335-1400 NF 9900 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, [ex-]9904 https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/02/frequency-change-of-voice-of-tibet-feb14.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News Feb.13-14, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9884even, TAJIKISTAN, Voice of Tibet Oslo via Dushanbe Yangi Yul relay, S=8-9 in Seoul, 1350 UT Tibetan, but heard no jamming of CNR1/echo jammer from China mainland nearby adjacent even channels today [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, Seoul Korea SDR unit, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Feb 15, dxldyg via DXLD) ** TURKEY. 5960, V Turkey English YL talx and into Turkish music. I never remember this until they are ending their English content for the 'hour' but they usually have selections of interesting Turkish music too, and apparently on Sunday they also have stuff after the BoH, because they had two features: "Did You Know" and "Weekly Roundup" with actual content starting at 2342! Sked and interval music at 2354 to carrier off. 4+4+4+4+4 a Het at about 950 Hz on the low side, but not obvious what it was from, and it was easily notched out. 2334-2356* 10/Feb SDRplay +SDRuno +ANC-4 +randomwire (Kenneth Vito Zichi, Williamston MI, WOR iog via DXLD) TRT Voice of Turkey in German on very odd frequency 5947.7 kHz, Feb.12 1830-1925 5945.7 EMR 250 kW / 310 deg German, instead of 5945 Feb.11 1930-1935 5945.7 EMR 250 kW / 310 deg English, instead of B-18 6050, from 1935 6050.0 EMR 250 kW / 310 deg English, as scheduled in B-18. https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/02/voice-of-turkey-in-german-on-very-odd.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News Feb.12, DX LISTENING DIGEST) TRT Voice of Turkey on very odd frequencies 11925.7 & 11955.7 kHz, Feb.13 0700-0755 11925.7 500 kW / 105 deg Turkish, instead of 11925 Feb.12 1000-1055 11955.7 500 kW / 180 deg Arabic, instead of 11955 Feb.12 https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/02/voice-of-turkey-on-very-odd-frequencies_13.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News Feb.13, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 12035.7, Feb 13 at 1407, VOT English off-frequency today, poor with stray lite Cuban pulse jamming; 11815.0+ Turkish is as usual stronger, and today almost on-frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) TRT Voice of Turkey in Persian on very odd frequency 11795.7 kHz, EMR 500 kW, Feb.14: 0923-0925 11795.7 / 105 deg to WeAs Bosnian, unscheduled on shortwave 0930-1055 11795.7 / 105 deg to WeAs Persian, instead of 11795 Feb.12 https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/02/voice-of-turkey-in-persian-on-very-odd_14.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News Feb.13-14, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6125.0, Feb 16 at 0400, VOT timesignal and manages to modulate today! But opens with canned intro of WRONG English schedule for A-season, which even then was not entirely correct, as I previously noted. Poor S8-S6 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) TRT Voice of Turkey on very odd frequencies 11965.7 & 13685.7, Feb.16 1300-1325 11965.7 EMR 250 kW / 072 deg Turkmen instead of 11965 Feb 15 1330-1425 13685.7 EMR 500 kW / 072 deg Uyghur, instead of 13685 Feb 15 https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/02/voice-of-turkey-on-very-odd-frequencies_16.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News Feb.16, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [and non]. 12035.0, Feb 16 at 1403, VOT is blasted away by rather heavy stray(?) Cuban pulse jamming during what may have been Letterbox; gaining a bit later when only filling with music. 11815.0 Turkish is also not +0.7 kHz off-frequency today. 13685.716, Feb 16 at 1423, instead the Emirler shifter is here today for the end of the VOT Uighur hour, JBA carrier vs no WINB QRDRM since it`s Saturday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) V of Turkey's English broadcast from 2130 UT is being heard on Saturday 16 Feb on 5970 (rather than scheduled 9610). This is the frequency that their French service would have used up to 2130. The operators clearly forgot to change frequency at 2130. The English programme includes a another new edition of Letterbox with lots of reports/greetings referencing World Radio Day, and still announcing that the programme is fortnightly, but I always seem to hear new editions each week (Alan Roe, Teddington, UK, WOR iog via DXLD) Yes, TRT is on wrong 5970 kHz 2130-2220, also wrong frequency announcement with A-18 summer frequencies (Ivo Ivanov, 2222 UT, ibid.) And from 2230 on 5970 unscheduled transmission in Italian, very good signal here (Ivo Ivanov, 2244 UT, ibid.) Furthermore, VOT has kept 5960 on past 0000 in German, here underneath Mighty Farty KBC. Collision must be worse further east (Glenn, OK, 0050 UT Feb 17, ibid.) TRT Voice of Turkey on wrong 5970 kHz in English on Feb.16 2130-2220 on 5970 EMR 500 kW / 290 deg to WeEu English, instead of 2130-2220 on 9610 EMR 500 kW / 105 deg to SEAs English as scheduled https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/02/trt-voice-of-turkey-on-wrong-5970-khz.html Unscheduled transmission of TRT Voice of Turkey on Feb.16 2230-2255 on 5970 EMR 500 kW / 290 deg to WeEu Italian, very good https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/02/unscheduled-transmission-of-trt-voice.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News Feb.16 part 2, WORLD OF RADIO 1970, DXLD) Good signal of Voice of Turkey in 25mb, Feb.17 1330-1425 on 12035*EMR 500 kW / 305 deg to WeEu English * co-ch same 12035 SDA 100 kW / 270 deg to SEAs Thai AWR https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/02/good-signal-of-voice-of-turkey-in-25mb.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News Feb.17, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U A E [and non]. 5939.6, Sedaye Zindagi (IBRA Radio) – Dhabbaya (Presumed), 0249, 2/11/19, in Dari. Man announcer, musical bridge of talking and beeping to second man. Fair (Taylor – WI) 5939.8, BRAZIL. Voz Missionaria – Camboriú, 0056, 2/13/19. Brasilian music with man announcer, call in by a woman. Fair. // 9664.7 which was barely audible (Mark Taylor, Madison, Wisconsin. Equipment: Perseus, Elad FDM-S2, Airspy HF+, ICOM R75, Tecsun PL 880, and various other portables; 42 meters dipole, 100’ long wire, W6LVP loop, NASWA Flashsheet via WORLD OF RADIO 1970, DXLD) So there are two stations off-frequency-minus from 5940; most of the time it`s Brazil, but at 0230-0300 UAE is sked (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) ** U K. HISTORY OF RUGBY RADIO STATION --- The book's author, Malcolm Hancock, has had a history of Rugby Radio Station on the internet for several years: http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/sites/r/rugby_radio/indexr67.shtml From Dave Porter's review, it sounds as if the book adds a considerable amount of personal recollections and anecdotes to the dense technical information provided in Hancock's internet history. Although not a broadcast transmitting station, Rugby played such a role during the Falklands War when it was used to provide the SSB feed (on 11420 USB) of Radio Atlántico del Sur to Ascension. I wonder if it was used for that purpose on any other occasion? (Chris Greenway, Feb 22, bdxc-news iog via DXLD) ** U K. Music on SW --- With the reduction in the number of SW broadcasters, there has been an attendant reduction in the amount of music to be heard on SW including classical, jazz, and blues although arguably SW is not the best medium for broadcasting music. But as Alan Roe's regularly updated guide shows, there is still lots to be heard. If I recall correctly, the BBC WS, for example, used to have a lot more music on their schedules. But it hasn't disappeared completely. There are still some music programs broadcast by the BBC WS including the monthly program "BBC Music on the World Service with Cerys Matthews." The hostess of this program is the same woman who has recently hosted the BBC WS BAS Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast. I managed to catch the first part of the most recent episode of BBC Music with guest Van Morrison via the BBC WS channel on SiriusXM (rather than SW but it is carried on some of the regional SW services too) on my drive into town last Saturday morning. The podcast version is here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cswhcv (-- Richard Langley, NB, Feb 12, WOR iog via DXLD) ** U K [and non]. Regarding the SENTECH news, I wonder what "BBC reducing airtime, making it less viable proposition to continue operating the Meyerton site" specifically means? Are they referring to the overall SW reductions BBCWS has implemented in the past few years, or is the BBC making further SW cuts for A-19? If the latter is true, that could be the trigger for a Meyerton closure, as well as the economic problems at the SABC/Channel Africa (Stephen Luce, Houston, Texas, Feb 16, WOR iog via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Already a year ago, there had been internal announcements of upcoming cuts to radio services for Africa, to be implemented at an undefined point after summer 2018. To be cut, as announced back then, are Hausa 1400-1430 and 1930-2000 as well as Somali 1400-1500 and 1800-1830 plus weekend editions 1100-1130. These announcements concerned only the production side, so it is quite possible that reductions of shortwave transmissions will go much beyond that. Glenn raised the question about other customers: In recent years TWR, RFI and NHK already went away. What remains are three hours of AWR and one hour here, two hours there from DW, VOA and Radio Dabanga. Nothing that would be enough to keep such a comparatively large facility busy. Frankly, I found the mention of customers "encouraging" Sentech to continue quite bemusing. What do they expect them: Raising tariffs for other services, essential to domestic customers, to cross-subsidize an uneconomic facility for first world broadcasters? Seriously?? (The other discussed points were just wishful thinking anyway. Btw, a scenario of SABC continuing from elsewhere would pretty likely not be limited to Talata Volonondry but also involve transmitters elsewhere, like in Europe.) This reminds me of something the then boss of BBC World Service, Peter Horrocks, said years ago: We'll cut shortwave transmissions but we'll be back if we are needed. As if he seriously assumed that providers would keep facilities that no longer see sufficient use (something the BBC itself does not do, just remember the closure of their Seychelles transmitters in 2014). And as if he seriously expected people to keep shortwave radios at hand that no longer yield programming of interest (the "of interest" is important here; I think further explanations are unnecessary). (Kai Ludwig, WOR iog via DXLD) ** U K [non]. 7355, Feb 15 at 1529, B-B-C- chimes at S9, 1530 opening Korean; 5845 shortly at 1533 find VP //. Both are 250 kW, 25 degrees via SINGAPORE until 1830. 1530-1830 scheduling originated when KOREA NORTH was temporarily on half-hour time-zone. But 7355 supposedly has been extended to start at 1500 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Unscheduled frequency of BBC via ENC-DMS Ascension on Feb.17: 0800-1500/1600/1700 17780 ASC 250 kW / 065 deg WeAf English WS, good (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, WOR iog via DXLD) Unscheduled frequency, BBC via ENC-DMS Ascension Feb 17 0800-1700 17780 ASC 250 kW / 065 deg to WeAf English WS, good signal: https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/02/unscheduled-frequency-of-bbc-via-enc.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News Feb.17, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Possibly a special BBC broadcast heard today, February 17th, at 2122 UT on 11660 (presumed Ascension) in English with interview concerning the state visit to Pakistan by Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Online references show Hausa normally aired at this time. Fair reception here in British Columbia. (Harold Sellers, WOR iog via DXLD) Unscheduled frequency of BBC via ENC-DMS Ascension on Feb.18: today from 0700 on 17780 ASC 250 kW / 065 deg to WeAf English WS, very good -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, WOR iog via DXLD) Maybe Nigeria election matter morning transmissions? They postponed the Nigeria election date by one week later. 73 wb (Wolfgang Bueschel, ibid.) ** U S A. MNDOT Aero Beacons (NDB) --- I was reading a recent MNDOT bulletin in a flying magazine. MNDOT has said they plan on shutting down all of the NDB in MN starting this year 2019. No time line was given. They did mention that announcements would be made on the web page as this happens. The article said there are 35 NDBs in MN at airports The following has been snipped from that article: ``MnDOT has 35 NDBs in our system. These are owned, operated and maintained by the Office of Aeronautics. Like all our navigation aids they need regular inspections and occasionally they fail and need repair. Some of the NDBs are an old design and we are having to scavenge parts to keep them running. While many of the NDBs are on airport property, 11 of ours are Locator Outer Markers on land that is off the airport and must be leased. One prominent NDB – HOPEY – is on leased land and the land owner has told us they do not intend to renew our lease. What you should understand is that NDBs cost money to keep them operating. In 2019 MnDOT will start the process of decommissioning our NDBs. The dollars we save on NDB operating and maintenance costs will help to maintain and improve the system in other ways. We are seeing increased costs for our weather stations and we want to continue to improve the other navigation aids at Minnesota airports. The decommissioning process will include notice through our website and social media, as well as written notice to the local communities and surrounding airports, and will allow for users to provide feedback.`` I have to believe that if MN is going to do this, other States will follow (Scott Blixt, Feb 14, Minnesota DX Club yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1970, DXLD) Scott, Thanks for the heads up. I've been wanting to buy a NDB transmitter for years so I can utilize my 600 meter experimental license. Wonder if they will have an auction process or how disposal of excess equipment works? (Paul W0AD Staupe, MDXC yg via DXLD) ** U S A. 4045-USB, Feb 13 at 1204, WCY Lakeland FL with individualized weather forecasts for sailing clients in the Caribbean, now for the Island Pearl around Eleuthera, winds and seas outlook for as far ahead as Saturday and Sunday (Feb 16-17). He asks how copy? and gets 2-way replies which I cannot copy. Also uses 12350-USB, maybe later rather than simul as nothing audible there now (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. WWV 100th Anniversary Special Event Operation in the Planning Stages --- 02/14/2019 http://www.arrl.org/news/wwv-100th-anniversary-special-event-operation-in-the-planning-stages It’s a celebratory year for the WWV stations. The fiscal year (FY) 2019 budget — once signed — will include full funding for the stations, which also mark their 100th year this fall. The WWV Centennial Committee has a tentative agreement with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to mount a special event station this fall adjacent to the WWV site in Colorado to mark the 100th anniversary of the time and frequency standard station, the world’s oldest continuously operating radio station. A memorandum of understanding is in the works. Dave Swartz, W0DAS, of the Northern Colorado Amateur Radio Club (NCARC) heads the committee, which is developing plans for an NCARC special event from September 28 through October 2, with a NIST centennial observance tentatively set for October 1. The NIST budget for WWV, WWVH, and WWVB will remain level for FY 2019. With the funding suspense over, Swartz told ARRL, “our committee is moving forward.” Swartz and committee members Darren Kalmbach, KC0ZIE, and Kevin Utter, N7GES, met on February 8 with WWV/WWVB/WWVH Station Manager John Lowe, WWV Electronics Technician Glenn Nelson, and WWV Chief Engineer Matt Deutch, N0RGT. “This was the first meeting for the committee and the first to include NIST upper management,” said Swartz, who called the meeting “very productive.” Swartz said NIST management is “on board” with the celebration, and Deutch plans to attend Hamvention May 17 – 19 to promote the centennial event. Although the US government cannot fund any Amateur Radio special event expenses, the club members will be allowed to use a 15-acre parcel on WWV property, Swartz explained on the WWV Centennial website. “The operating site lies outside the security fence and simplifies logistics,” he said. Swartz hopes that other clubs in Colorado will be able to pitch in to make the WWV Centennial a success. The WWV Centennial Committee will meet again on February 22 (ARRL via gh, WORLD OF RADIO 1970, DXLD) But what about the FY 2020 budget for NIST including WWVs? (gh, ibid.) ** U S A [non]. VOA Learning English via Tinang & Udorn Thani Feb.12 1130-1200 on 11620 PHT 250 kW / 283 deg to SEAs English, weak/fair 1130-1200 on 12125 UDO 250 kW / 304 deg to SEAs English, fair/good 1130-1200 on 15715 UDO 250 kW / 300 deg to SEAs English, very good https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/02/voa-learning-english-via-tinang-udorn.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News Feb.11-12, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11570, Feb 12 at 1455, Korean is S9-S7, VOA jingle. This 14-16 broadcast is the sole station anywhen on 11570, 21 degrees via Tinang, PHILIPPINES, carrying right on USward. 13590.056, Feb 16 a 1943, JBA carrier with talk catches my ear not only for being off-frequency, but the OSOB except for 13820 Cuban radio war. I hardly expected it to be VOA English via SAO TOME, as listed in Aoki. 13590 used by a number of IBB sites between 13 and 20 for various services: Thailand, Germany, Kuwait, the others presumably closer to nominal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1969 monitoring: confirmed Tuesday Feb 12 at 2055 the 2030 on WRMI 7780: JBA on DX-375 portable, but sounds like me. Next [BTW, is Unique Radio really Carrier + LSB, or pure LSB?]: 0930 UT Wednesday Unique 5045-LSB NSW ND 1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5950 to WNW 2200 UT Wednesday WRMI *9955 to SSE 2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ *7490v to WSW 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE 0930 UT Friday Unique 5045-LSB NSW ND 0729 UT Saturday HLR 6190-CUSB Germany to WSW 1200 UT Saturday Unique 5045-LSB NSW ND [alt weeks: Feb 16] 1230 UT Saturday WRMI *9955 to SSE 1531 UT Saturday HLR 9485-CUSB Germany to WSW 2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM MO non-direxional 2200 UT Saturday WRMI *9955 to SSE 0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415], ND 0830 UT Sunday WRMI 5850 to NW, 5950 to WNW, 7730 to WNW 1130 UT Sunday HLR 7265-CUSB Germany to WSW 2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to NE 0230 UT Monday WRMI 5950 to WNW, 9395 to NNW 0400vUT Monday WBCQ *5130v Area 51 to WSW 0430 UT Monday WRMI *9955 to SSE 0930 UT Monday Unique 5045-LSB NSW ND 2330 UT Monday WRMI *9955 to SSE * also webcast WORLD OF RADIO 1969 monitoring: confirmed Wednesday February 13 at 1040 the 1030 on WRMI 5950, S9/S9+10, so good enough signal but as always, modulation on this transmitter is softer than others like 7570, 9395. Next: 2200 UT Wednesday WRMI *9955 to SSE 2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ *7490v to WSW 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE 0930 UT Friday Unique 5045-LSB NSW ND 0729 UT Saturday HLR 6190-CUSB Germany to WSW 1200 UT Saturday Unique 5045-LSB NSW ND [alt weeks: Feb 16] 1230 UT Saturday WRMI *9955 to SSE 1531 UT Saturday HLR 9485-CUSB Germany to WSW 2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM MO non-direxional 2200 UT Saturday WRMI *9955 to SSE 0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415], ND 0830 UT Sunday WRMI 5850 to NW, 5950 to WNW, 7730 to WNW 1130 UT Sunday HLR 7265-CUSB Germany to WSW 2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to NE 0230 UT Monday WRMI 5950 to WNW, 9395 to NNW 0400vUT Monday WBCQ *5130v Area 51 to WSW 0430 UT Monday WRMI *9955 to SSE 0930 UT Monday Unique 5045-LSB NSW ND 2330 UT Monday WRMI *9955 to SSE * also webcast WORLD OF RADIO 1969 monitoring: confirmed Wednesday February 13 at 2200 on WBCQ 7490.17 starting only a couple seconds late; then tune to 9955 WRMI to find --- no signal, except jamming (while 9395 is nominal at S9). 9955 must be late coming up, but WOR in progress at next check 2208, and overcoming jamming. At 2226 I compare the two and find 7490.17 running about 13 seconds behind 9955, so WRMI playback at least on webcast must have started about 10 seconds early. Nevertheless, circa 2229 WRMI automation cuts off the last few words I utter after ``inviting you ----`` as too often happens, even tho I always make sure the totalshow lasts less than 29:00. At 2229 on 7490.17, a minute of music fill, then 2230 Goddess Irena 1 asking us to contact her, unaware at the time that she would now be deceased. 2230 WRMI goes on replay Wavescan, where I copy some Breaking News, see SOUTH AFRICA. WOR 1969 also confirmed UT Thu Feb 14 at 0100 on WRMI 7780, better than usual off the side to the NW of this NE beam, S9+10/20. Next: 0930 UT Friday Unique 5045-LSB NSW ND 0729 UT Saturday HLR 6190-CUSB Germany to WSW 1200 UT Saturday Unique 5045-LSB NSW ND [alt weeks: Feb 16] 1230 UT Saturday WRMI *9955 to SSE 1531 UT Saturday HLR 9485-CUSB Germany to WSW 2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM MO non-direxional 2200 UT Saturday WRMI *9955 to SSE 0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415], ND 0830 UT Sunday WRMI 5850 to NW, 5950 to WNW, 7730 to WNW 1130 UT Sunday HLR 7265-CUSB Germany to WSW 2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to NE 0230 UT Monday WRMI 5950 to WNW, 9395 to NNW 0400vUT Monday WBCQ *5130v Area 51 to WSW 0430 UT Monday WRMI *9955 to SSE 0930 UT Monday Unique 5045-LSB NSW ND 2330 UT Monday WRMI *9955 to SSE * also webcast WORLD OF RADIO 1969 monitoring: Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, reports: ``GERMANY, Reception of World of Radio via HLR on 6190 kHz CUSB on Feb.16 https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/02/reception-of-world-of-radio-via-hlr-on_16.html 0731-0800 6190 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg CeEu English Sat, fair/good`` WOR 1969 confirmed Saturday February 16 from about 1229:53 on WRMI 9955, thus overlapping World Music fill and no ID, VG S9+10/20 Not confirmed the Sat Feb 16 1531 on HLR 9485-CUSB: as usual inaudible here, nor at UTwente. Tried the Italy Kiwi SDR but it`s fully occupied by max 4 users at a time -- listening to me, I hope, hi. Next: 2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM MO non-direxional 2200 UT Saturday WRMI *9955 to SSE 0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415], ND 0830 UT Sunday WRMI 5850 to NW, 5950 to WNW, 7730 to WNW 1130 UT Sunday HLR 7265-CUSB Germany to WSW 2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to NE 0230 UT Monday WRMI 5950 to WNW, 9395 to NNW 0400vUT Monday WBCQ *5130v Area 51 to WSW 0430 UT Monday WRMI *9955 to SSE 0930 UT Monday Unique 5045-LSB NSW ND 2330 UT Monday WRMI *9955 to SSE * also webcast WORLD OF RADIO 1969 monitoring: Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, confirmed: ``World of Radio 1530-1600 on 9485 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg to CeEu English Sat as scheduled B18`` (but at 1200-1400 were on 6190 instead). Confirmed Saturday February 16 after 2200 on WRMI 9955, fair. Also confirmed UT Sun Feb 17 at 0449 on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, MO with some CW QRhaM, about 14 minutes into, so started circa 0435. Next: 2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to NE 0230 UT Monday WRMI 5950 to WNW, 9395 to NNW 0400vUT Monday WBCQ *5130v Area 51 to WSW 0430 UT Monday WRMI *9955 to SSE 0930 UT Monday Unique 5045-LSB NSW ND 2330 UT Monday WRMI *9955 to SSE * also webcast WORLD OF RADIO 1969 monitoring: Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, confirms: ``GERMANY, World of Radio edition 1969 via HLR on 7265 CUSB, Feb.17: https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/02/world-of-radio-edition-1969-via-hlr-on.html 1131-1200 7265 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg CeEu English Sun, weak signal`` 7780, WRMI at 2130 with Glenn Hauser's “World of Radio” - Poor to Fair with heavy fading Feb 17 [Sunday] (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Drake SPR-4, Kenwood TS440S, or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles (OCFD), ODXA iog via DXLD) Also confirmed here Sunday February 17 circa 2145 the 2130 on WRMI 7780, fair. Also confirmed UT Mon Feb 18 at 0230 on WRMI 5950, S9+10, but // 9395 a JBA carrier. Also confirmed UT Mon Feb 18 at 0401 on Area 51 webcast, following WRCT Pittsburgh ID and Falling Star Network; JBA via WBCQ 5130.48 at 0409. (WRCT is a real ``adult alternative`` station on 88.3, 1.75 kW, 22 meters HAAT.) Also confirmed UT Mon Feb 18 at 0430 on WRMI webcast but JBA on 9955; once again following ``Hallelujah`` song filler from 0425 and rudely cut off by my voice and theme at 0430. Also confirmed Mon Feb 18 at 2330 on WRMI 9955, fair, but by 2355 Cuban jamming is ramping up even tho unneeded until 2415. Also confirmed UT Tue Feb 19 at 0030 on WRMI 7730, very good but starting to fade down before 0100. WORLD OF RADIO 1970 contents: Armenia, Brasil, Chad non, China, Cuba, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea non, Ethiopia non, Germany and non, Goa, Japan/Korea North non, Madagascar, Mali, Mexico, Myanmar, Netherlands non, New Zealand, Nigeria, Oman, Romania, South Africa, Turkey, UAE, USA, Vietnam non; and the propagation outlook. Ready for first on SW: 2030 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE 0930 UT Wednesday Unique 5045-LSB NSW ND 1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5950 to WNW 2200 UT Wednesday WRMI *9955 to SSE 2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ *7490v to WSW 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE 0930 UT Friday Unique 5045-LSB NSW ND 0729 UT Saturday HLR 6190-CUSB Germany to WSW 1200 UT Saturday Unique 5045-LSB NSW ND [alt weeks: March 2] 1230 UT Saturday WRMI *9955 to SSE 1531 UT Saturday HLR 9485-CUSB Germany to WSW 2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM MO non-direxional 2200 UT Saturday WRMI *9955 to SSE 0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415], ND 0830 UT Sunday WRMI 5850 to NW, 5950 to WNW, 7730 to WNW 1130 UT Sunday HLR 7265-CUSB Germany to WSW 2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to NE 0230 UT Monday WRMI 5950 to WNW, 9395 to NNW 0400vUT Monday WBCQ *5130v Area 51 to WSW 0430 UT Monday WRMI *9955 to SSE 0930 UT Monday Unique 5045-LSB NSW ND 2330 UT Monday WRMI *9955 to SSE * also webcast; direct linx to these and many others at: Complete WOR sked, all affiliates, satellite, webcast, AM&FM, podcast: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI: ** U S A. 5850, WRMI with the end of the November digital Broad Spectrum Radio, and into SW Radiogram #86, a repeat of the show from 1830 yesterday but with much better quality photos, e.g.: [illustrated on the WOR iog] and this time the final image celebrating the Lunar New Year was in well: Ad for Tecsun Radio Australia and Ian McFarland ID, and into WOR #1968 at BoH with items about an Argentine Pirate heard in North America, AD149 Radio, and damage to the 1620 Rebelde transmitter on 28/Jan (but see my 30/Jan log!) by a tornado that hit Cuba, per a Spanish DXer. GH also went into great detail of the RHC 'issues' with defective transmitters etc. and quoted my reports of RT and i24 on satellites. (RT by the way does NOT require a large dish, and is available in Ku band which can use the smaller dishes popular these days.) Bob Zanotti ID at ToH which as usual was cut short by plug-pull. 4+4+4+4+4+ 0747-0900* 10/Feb SDRplay +SDRuno +ANC-4 +FLDigi for digital bits +randomwire (Kenneth Vito Zichi, Williamston MI, WOR iog via DXLD) 7780, IBC Radio (via WRMI) at 0100 with IS and opening music and a man with ID of “This is IBC – Italian Broadcasting Corporation” and Merry Christmas greetings and into “Italian Shortwave Panorama” DX program – Good with fading Feb 12 – Obviously a repeat broadcast. They must still be closed down and WRMI is recycling programs to fill the time slot (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Drake SPR-4, Kenwood TS440S, or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles (OCFD), ODXA iog via DXLD) 4980, Supreme Master TV (via WRMI) presumed the one at 0054 with a woman with talk to light instrumentals at 0058 with possible closing announcements and off at 0100 – Very Weak with a ute Feb 13 – This is a new frequency beamed to the Caribbean and South America (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Drake SPR-4, Kenwood TS440S, or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles (OCFD), ODXA iog via DXLD) Scheduled to close at 2400* (gh) 4980, Feb 13 at 1156, surprised to find S9+10 signal here playing music loop, the theme from R. Prague; got to be WRMI-3, which is still websked at 21-24 UT only, with Supreme Master TV. Must be a test, not // 9955 or 9395 now. 1159 Spanish ID strangely mixed with bubbling utenoise which seems to be in the audio rather than QRM; 1200 to othermusic but shortly cut off the air. 5010 is not on the air. Aha, must be mistake or change from that, as 5010 WRMI-14 is scheduled at 11-12 including R. Praga at 1130. 15770, Feb 14 at 1952, dead air from WRMI, supposed to be Supreme Master TV. I continue monitoring silence until 1959.5 WRMI ID autofires and cut off the air. 5950 is supposed to take over SMTV at 2000, and do have a JBA carrier already but can`t tell what if anything be modulating it. 7780, Feb 16 at 1446, this WRMI-1 is unusually on, poor with music. Transmission sked grid shows SMTV from 1400 only on Sundays but this is Saturday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7570, VORW Radio International (via WRMI) at 2200 with a man with ID of “This is VORW Radio International – the Voice of the Report of the Week - with the music hour with your music requests” then some small talk and giving an email address of vorwinfo@gmail.com and into Kim Carnes' “Betty Davis Eyes” at 2201 – Good Feb 17 [Sunday] (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Drake SPR-4, Kenwood TS440S, or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles (OCFD), ODXA iog via DXLD) 4980, Feb 19 at 0000, WRMI is off while 5010 continues. Checking since on Feb 13, Mark Coady, Ontario was hearing SMTV on 4980 until 0100*. I had also heard 4980 until 1200* contrary to schedule, but Feb 19 at 1159 it`s not on while 5010 IDs in Spanish. WRMI skedgrid continues to show 4980 only at 21-24 with SMTV; but 5950 SMTV at 00-01 as well as 20-21 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ: ** U S A. 3264.604 ... 608 kHz, WBCQ Monticello, wandered 4 Hertz upwards within an/per minute around, at 0022 UT on Febr 12. S=8-9 signal at remote N9JY at Cape Canaveral Cocoa Florida state in US. Heavy pop rock music played, guitar rock performance noise. Similar strength noted also in NJ, NY, and MI state SDR's. Heard also on threshold level noise S=5-6 on remotedly SDR units in Blackpool England, Belgium, The Netherlands and in Bretagne France too. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Febr 12, dxldyg via DXLD) I hear WBCQ on 3264.6 kHz quite loud (0030 UT) at my home near Pittsburgh PA. Although there is heavy noise and in and out fading on my ground mounted vertical antenna. SINPO 35344. 73 (Chuck W3ON Feb 12, ibid.) 3264.573, Feb 12 at 0001, JBA carrier vs storm noise from western OK, as WBCQ is finally testing this transmitter again, first tipped by Alan Pennington, UK to the WOR iog: ``WBCQ Monticello, Maine, USA testing 3265 kHz at present: "3265 kHz on now with test transmissions. Reception reports to wbcq at wbcq dot com please. Free Radio supreme here at WBCQ. Frozen north." (Allan Weiner, WBCQ on Twitter 2010 UT) --- Continuous pop, rock, oldies on 3264.6 from 2020 tune-in, many repeated IDs finally heard at 2055, good signal on SDRs in Rockport Maine (at 2020) and Newton, New Hampshire (2035). Then talk show from 2100 (Financial Survival? re 7490 schedule). But not audible across here in Caversham, UK. 73, Alan Pennington``. Wolfgang Bueschel was also hearing it via remotes near WBCQ, the frequency varying considerably. At 0149 I find it still on 3264.573 but also still a JBA carrier. After 0200 a trace of music; 0240 still JBA carrier. Wonder how much power this is axually running, and what type of antenna, gain? That could be asked of all WBCQ frequencies. Of course 90m would have been much more useful in the quiet winter of minimum storm noise, and minimum MUFs. 5130.49, UT Tue Feb 12 at 0156, WBCQ with `From the Isle of Music` about to end, poor but better than // 7490.18. At 0157, 5130.49 cuts to legal IDs by AW over and over, while FTIOM is still on 7490.18! 9330 is inaudible, off or propped out. At 0201-0202* sign-off classical music on 5130.49. 3264.87, Feb 13 at 0011, WBCQ testing here for the second night on slightly higher drift: VP S6-S9 but sounds like AW in conversation with others, so maybe an AWWW playback, altho most of the time that`s a monolog. Or it could be Pirate Joe on WHVW who sounds a bit like AW, similar accent. Not // 7490+ or 9330+ and 5130+ not on the air. This was apparently on late- or all-night as Wolfgang Bueschel was still hearing it via remote at 0835 Feb 13 on 3264.883. Reception much better closer to Maine of course, and the previous night, Feb 12, David Hodgson in Nashville TN reported: ``3265 WBCQ (presumed) 0945 Feb 12, Jazz and Blues music. ID around 1000 "Heart and soul of American music WHVW" No mention of WBCQ. WHVW ID again a few minutes later. Checked an hour later and heard right wing rant call in talk show. Call in number 207-538-9180. Odd time of day to be on the air``. That is WBCQ`s own public phone number, which I used to use to feed WOR to them. Why are all WBCQ transmitters never [hardly ever] on-frequency? I guess it`s because they rely on ground crystal-controlling, an inexact science; surely the Superstation will employ frequency synthesizer, altho if everything stay on 9330[.000?] as planned, rapid and accurate changes will be foregone, while azimuths will be rotated (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1970, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I hear WBCQ on 3264.6 kHz quite loud (0030 UT) at my home near Pittsburgh PA. Although there is heavy noise and in and out fading on my ground mounted vertical antenna. SINPO 35344. 73 (Chuck W3ON Gessner, Feb 12, WOR iog via DXLD) 3264.6, WBCQ – Montecello, ME, 0339, 2/12/19. Poor reception. Sounded like talk radio initially with a series of call in with talk then ads. Apparent start of Allan Weiner Worldwide with talk about radio receivers, AM radio mention that “WBCQ is AM radio” at one point, effectiveness of AM modulation, prayer and thank yous to various people, 0414 ID. Allan confirmed they were on in an e mail. Poor (Mark Taylor, Madison, Wisconsin. Equipment: Perseus, Elad FDM-S2, Airspy HF+, ICOM R75, Tecsun PL 880, and various other portables; 42 meters dipole, 100’ long wire, W6LVP loop, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) 3264.883 kHz WBCQ Monticello testing transmitter from Maine border next to New Brunswick Canada. And at 0845 UT Febr 13 noted best signal at K2DLS post in New Jersey east coast US. S=9+15dB 12.8 kHz wideband audio signal, played some US western guitar singer music program. S=9+5dB all level on remaining Cape Canaveral Cocoa Florida state in US, and MI and NY Rochester remote units too, signal level depending of their antenna construction in use (Wolfgang Bueschel, dxldyg via DXLD) 3264.87ish, WBCQ's 'new' channel, since the others are all too high in frequency to allow for North American reception in these days of Sunspot doldrums. Rather 'off channel' & not in so well, but better than 7490 would be in at this time. Included Deep Purple's "Woman From Tokyo" & Carole King I Feel the Earth Move, Boston's Let me Take You Home Tonight & other 'my era' tunes that you don't hear much any more. Too bad reception wasn't better! 3+44+3+3 with local noise being obnoxious. 0325-0345 14/Feb (Ken Zichi, Williamston MI, SDRplay + SDRuno + ANC-4 + random wire +, MARE Tipsheet via DXLD) 5130.5, VP UT Fri Feb 15 at 0059, this WBCQ is on, contrary to never-up-to-date websked showing nothing between 0330 Wed and 0100 Sat --- now ending some talk show with phone 323-2943; ID and 0100 into another show, all about guns, mentioning Wednesday, so delayed a day? 0200 abrupt cut to ID and some music; 0203 someone ``proclaiming the gospel`` from P O Box 23110(?), definitely in Bethlehem PA. Still VP signal. 7490.18, UT Fri Feb 15 at 0157, WBCQ with `Allan Weiner Worldwide` mentioning that `Dead Frog Radio` is coming back from next Friday for two hours following AWWW at 9 pm ET, produced by an inmate at a federal prison; how does he do it? Then e-mail from the guy who has arranged to be QSL manager for XEG-1050 Monterrey NL. I already heard this episode months ago, but random listeners to this filler might assume it`s current about DFR. Such are the drawbax of playing unedited old live episodes which do not refer to specific dates. 01-02 UT Fri on 7490 is indeed an ``available time slot``, to be followed at 02-03 by VORW --- NOT, as 7490 then goes off the air. 3264.9, Feb 15 at 0200, JBA carrier so presumably WBCQ still testing here; has it been on every might since Monday, all night? Sked still says ``There are no scheduled transmissions on 3265 KHz at this time`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) WBCQ: Hi Glenn, Feb 15, noted for the first time a new signal on 3264.9, during my local morning, at 1058 & 1120, with faint music, but extremely weak; by 1207, too weak for any audio (only carrier). (Ron Howard, California, WOR iog via DXLD) 7490, WBCQ at 2207 with a man hosting “Behaviour Night” really old (20s through 40s) music program – Very Good [Fri] Feb 15 – I wouldn't exactly call this program some competition for “Marion's Attic” (broadcast at the same time but on Sundays) as Marion Webster's program deals mainly with recordings on 78s and wax cylinders whereas this program's playlist is a little more contemporary in its selection of music but still a very worthwhile music program to listen to for those of us who love exploring what our parents and grandparents used to listened to and danced to (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Drake SPR-4, Kenwood TS440S, or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles (OCFD), odxa iog via DXLD) 3264.9, Feb 16 at 0020, JBA carrier from WBCQ-4? or -5? 5130.49, UT Sat Feb 16 at 0059, WBCQ concluding the ``Far Right Radio Show`` (or was it ``Alt-Right``?), no ID and 0100 into march theme of weapons show ``from bare hands to AR-15``, S9 and getting louder now, ``Weapons Wednesday`` is apparently the title regardless of current DOW, with Mark & Don. So `Allan Weiner Worldwide` will not be on here, despite being better received than weakening VP primary 7490.18, while 9330 is inaudible, off? and 3264.9 still JBA carrier. The latter is totally useless here even during primetime; must be very low-powered. AWWW starts barely audible on 7490.18v, enough to hear his first exclamation ``No more hamburgers!`` before fadeout. Usually the last ~10 minutes contain some station info, reading and replying to e-mail, some pirate info from FRW, so I bring up the webcast about 0150, and glean one tidbit of use: says ``3265`` is 24/7 like 9330. What could John H Carver hear? He mailed already at 0154: ``5130 is back to the militia. 7490 is too noisy to copy. No signal on 9330 but I find them on 3265. Noisy but able to copy; however that quickly changes. Allan and a very animated Angela in the studio discussing different forms of energy besides oil. Compares Elon Musk to Thomas Edison. Sounds like Tom Barna is in the studio with them but it's difficult to tell. Difficult to copy but they seem to be on the same topic. Allan announces that 3265 is running 24/7 for awhile. I'm receiving the signal at almost S3. At 0141 show becomes very difficult to copy and I lose the signal at 0146. John, Mid-North Indiana`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) WBCQ Monticello Maine, near New Brunswick Canada border line. 3264.912 --- x.917 unstable wandered upwards signal around 1058--1110 UT on Feb 16. Guitar pop music traced at NJ-US remote installation. S=9+20dB at peak reception much better closer to Maine/New Brunswick-CANADA [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Febr 16, dxldyg via DXLD) 3264.9, Feb 17 at 0013, WBCQ song not // 7490+, 5130+ or 9330+. 0058 enough signal to be sure it`s not // any of the others such as TimTron on 5. I wonder if the 24/7 ``burn-in`` initiation of 3265v is just plugged in to WHVW relay as others have noted at various times (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 3264.9, on Feb 17, at 0449, WBCQ with interesting yodeling song "Train Whistle Blues," sung by Jimmie Rodgers; followed by info given about the 1930's music they were playing; 0456 - "Also broadcasting on 3265"; not very readable (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via DXLD) OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHER: ** U S A. 7505, Feb 13 at 0637, WRNO is ending a program from BGEA, two IDs and contact info; sked must be skewed. Next show starts with some Morse code (faux?) I am not prepared to copy mixed with intro music. It`s the flagship of WRNO`s current owner, ``Good News with Robert Mawire`` (mah-WEE-ree), who starts by exclaiming over and over ``Give me the mountain``. Off-putting style of preaching but nowhere near that attained by Blalock the Blaster on otherstations. Again at 1145, I find 7505 is dead air, altho hints of bits of mod; in Chinese by now? Still dead at 1218; I`m unfortunately awake but WRNO is not (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7505.013, WRNO New Orleans LA, powerful S=9+25dB signal noted in NJ-US state remote unit, at 1055 UT, 10.6 kHz wideband audio block, even in peaks at tremendous broad 2 x 20 kHz each sideband [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Febr 16, dxldyg via DXLD) ** U S A. 4840, Feb 13 at 1044, WWCR dead air at S9+30, yet another station failing to fulfill overnight. Supposed to be TOMBS now; by 1154, BS is back. When this happen, 1) is any exact record available or kept on the extent of the failure? and 2) is it determined whether the programmer or the station is at fault (or middlething like a satellite company)?; and 3) is a financial adjustment made in billing? Or is the client not paying by the minute but rather some kind of flat rate subject to uncompensated outages? 7490, Feb 16 at 1440, huge S9+40/50 WWCR signal overloads my poor R75 unless I turn off preamps: 8880, I expect usual mixture with strongest local KCRC (7490+1390), but I also have weak // 7490 WWCR audio on 8210, which is 720 kHz above, and there is certainly no local signal there to mix. Possibly it`s a leapfrog over 7850-CHU, which is halfway between, 360 kHz above and below, but not very strong and cannot hear any timesignals on 8210 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 17774.989, Feb 13 at 1457, KVOH already on with dead air and some hum at S9+30, 1500 fading to S9/S6, and no audio yet. Usually at the outset it`s a JBA carrier at best. Must be getting some February sporadic-E boost, but when I get around to checking the DXmap at 1725, not a trace of any DX above 50 MHz; of course all we need for KVOH is an MUF of 18 MHz, which would be noticed only via a few US SWBC transmitters. But now on the 28 MHz map there are a few Es contacts across eastern USA, with an estimated MUF of 71 MHz. As usual, KVOH is slightly off-frequency-minus. 17775-, Feb 15 at 1522, still no signal from KVOH, off or not propagating? Still zilch at 1942 check. After my last report, Ray Robinson of KVOH replied, ``There are views of the KVOH antenna site, transmitter building and Harris SW100 transmitter in this month's Voice of Hope video update, here [9:36]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jG4YXoopZOM The Harris is finally fully refurbished and all hooked up, almost ready to turn on. The RCA transmitter's days are numbered! Ray.`` Amid all the platitudes, bits of info are gleanable: Tayloe says power will be ``doubled`` --- does that mean running both transmitters? The ``new`` Harris is axually an old one from KTWR Guam, which has been ``totally rebuilt`` with ``thousands of hours of work over three years``, ``we are within weeks of signing on``; and it will be ``good for 20 years unless the Lord comes first``. Programming will also be increased on all three stations, Israel and Zambia too. Ethan Best, KC9YDN, and I, wonder ``Will 9975 kHz be returning soon?`` No reply about that. During long inactivity, KVOH has kept imaginary registrations of it in HFCC as 00-08 UT, 100 kW and 100 degrees, like 17775. 17775-, Feb 16 at 1940, no signal from KVOH; surely would propagate at least a trace by this hour if on; Saturday-only English is scheduled 1600-2100. Maybe downtime due to work on `new` transmitter? [and non]. 17775, Mon Feb 18 at 1939, still no signal from KVOH; nor Tue Feb 19 at 1520 and 1602 (however, JBA carrier on 17780 from BBCWS Ascension extension for Nigerian elexions.) Following my notice of KVOH also AWOL on Saturday Feb 16, Ray Robinson explained to me, UT Mon Feb 18 at 0409: ``Hi, Glenn. 17775 kHz has been off the air since Friday due to the failure of a critical piece of our high voltage equipment. A replacement part was ordered, and we expect to be back on the air by mid-week. In the meantime, normal programming will still be carried on our webstream. Ray Robinson, Voice of Hope World Radio Network, Americas/Africa/Middle East, www.voiceofhope.com`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 5970, Feb 12 at 1355, RCM ID and start ``Salve Regina`` chant quickly cut off; by 1358, same is running on stronger 12050. So WEWN is successfully emanating both Spanish transmitters today. 5970, Feb 17 at 0655, WEWN dead air again at S9/S9+10 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 15555-USB, Feb 17 at 1547, gospel huxter is JBA, a notable event for WJHR to be on and propagating with its pretend-SWBC transmitter. WRTH 2019 still says it`s 250-watts run at 1 kW PEP. Last time I logged was Jan 20, altho Wolfgang Bueschel heard it Feb 1 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 9475, WTWW Lebanon TN; 1656-1706+, 2/12; Petunia Pumping Pastor Pete Peters sed he found some new nuggets of truth in 1st Peter. ToH ID by Ted Randall. S9+ peaks (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 185' RW, ---- All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time. ----, DX LISTENING DIGEST) He must be 3rd & 4th Peter 5072.166, Feb 15 at 0702, WTWW-2 is running late again, all-night? with rock music, so I pin down exact frequencies of the parasitic spurs always accompanying 5085, the opposite one measured on 5097.838, i.e. 12.838 plus and 12.834 minus. So the fundamental should be slightly askew too: but measured independently as 5085.000, so within 2 Hz margins of error. 15809.977, Feb 17 at 1548, S9+10 fading to S7, WTWW-3 is on after long silence, with gospel huxter // still much stronger 5085 WTWW-2 instead of rock or ham stuff, unusual, and so not // 9475- WTWW-1 SFAW. Tree of Life church, Woodland TN is finishing, 1550 odd time for WTWW ID and address break by Ted. Last time I heard it was Jan 6, on .983, and also reported by Ivo Ivanov. Today too he reports it from 1343, weak/fair (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1970, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Test transmission of WTWW-3 We Transmit World Wide on Feb.17 from 1343 on 15810 TWW 100 kW / 040 deg to ENAm English, weak/fair Videos will be added later today (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, WOR iog via DXLD) Test transmission of WTWW-3 We Transmit World Wide on Feb.17 1343 & 1440 on 15810 TWW 100 kW / 040 deg to ENAm English, weak/fair from 1700 on 15810 TWW 100 kW / 040 deg to ENAm NO SIGNAL, TX OFF https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/02/test-transmission-of-wtww-3-we-transmit.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News Feb.17, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 9265, WINB with end of religious broadcast, "bored YL" ID and into SW Radiogram #86 with the usual mix of digital text and photos. Pretty rough copy, but most of the photos came through, and text of MFSK-32 was about 90+% good, MFSK-64 was closer to 65-75% and the photos were a titch fuzzy. The Olivia-64-2000 segment was in 100% but MAN is that mode slow! Stories today were about: New rule in Switzerland allowing people who take a driving test with an automatic transmission to also drive manuals, which used to not be the case; Info about the SWL Fest in PA and the ISS SSTV transmissions this weekend; Mars CubeSATs have gone silent, and a series of images, including one for 'World Radio Day' (Feb 13): and a sunrise over the Anacostia River in DC (above) as well as fractals produced by lasers and a modern reproduction of a 1964 Airstream Bambi trailer: [illustrations] At ToH ID and into “Walking in Simplicity” with Brother Steven Millhorn ram’s horn intro as last week. In OK, but not so good as it was last week. 3+3+543+ 1830-1901 9/Feb SDRplay +SDRuno +ANC-4 +FLDigi for digital bits +randomwire (Kenneth Vito Zichi, Williamston MI, WOR iog via DXLD) 13685-13690-13695, Friday Feb 15 at 1408, no signal from WINB non-DRM carriers below 13690, nor DRM noise above 13690, supposed to run M-F at 11-17. This hugely asymmetrical transmission, unique to WINB on 13690 (& 7315 M-F at 07-09, neither registered as DRM), remains to be explained why it occur. What does it look like on dreamscreens? And was this on air in time for `SW Radiogram` at 1500 Fri? [later moved DRM abruptly to 13750-13755-13760 but not on every weekday --- gh] 9265V, Feb 16 at 1435, WINB carrier is *really* wobbling during gospel huxter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 7315 and much stronger 7385 are the active frequencies of WHRI at 0308 and 0348 Feb 12, not 5920 or 7520 as on UT Sundays with the Russian on the upper (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 750, Sat Feb 16 at 1343 UT, ``Accentuate the Positive`` tune playing, 1345 Bible fund-raiser talk, 1346 ``Footsteps from TWR`` with Lauren Libby, president; says they use 230 languages, and shortwave listening is increasing, getting back in style (?); Xmas special on KTWR got good response from China, etc.; also plugs several-country coverage of hi-power AM without detailing Bonaire or Central Asia. Looping N/S, this is obviously via KMMJ Grand Island, Nebraska, 10.5 kW-limited sked. While now, and never do I hear one of my most-wanted Okies, 220-watt daytimer 750 KSEO Durant! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) No sign today of 750 KBNN MO, which I was getting Feb 5 at 1404 (gh) ** U S A. Kit Sage of Arvada CO passes along the following re KCEG-780 and KJME-890 Colorado dated 1/28/19: I just saw on the FCC Daily Digest today that KCEG and KJME have an application to move to US 24 and S Circle Dr. KCEG will use 2 towers and KJME just one. Power will be decreased for KJME to be ND. Day power for KCEG will go up by 100 watts, but night will be less. I'm sure he will be a lot happier with a 2 tower array than the 6 tower he had. (Follow on Email-ye ed): I'm glad he was able to find another location so quickly and he will be able to drop down to two towers. Weather might hold him up on constructing the new site (via Bob Wien, IRCA DX Monitor Feb 16 via DXLD) ** U S A. KCRN 1120 Limon, CO --- It would appear the station has built out their construction permit. They had been 250 Watts Non Directional from a tower just NW of Limon but hadn`t reliably been on the air from in the later part of the last decade up until a few years ago. A commercial operator sold them to The Catholic Radio Network of Kansas City a few years ago and the station has limped along on 10 and 100 watt longwire STA's for a few years. I heard Catholic Radio programming from EWTN on 1120 kHz for the first time ever this morning in Laramie, Wyoming and KCRN is the only station on 1120 listed as an EWTN affiliate. About 7:05 am mountain time [1405 UT], I got an ID for "KLIM Limon" which was their call letters until December 2018. Checking the FCC database, and thanks to engineer Mark Humphrey, it looks like they've filed a form 302-AM which is a license to cover for their 50 kW/2 tower facility several miles west of Limon. They may have been granted program test authority but it isn`t showing up yet. They also filed a license to cover on their translator, K283AS 102.3 Black Forest, CO and is new location. The Catholic Radio Network staff has told me KCRN 1120 is currently running 12,500 watts and hope to go to full power of 50 kW on Monday (Paul Walker, 1436 UT Sat Feb 16, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via WORLD OF RADIO 1970, DXLD) Later I did catch KCRN // 1060 KRCN with EWTN; 1120 daytime hours in Feb are 1345-2430 UT (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1130, Feb 15 at 1535 UT, KLEY Wellington KS is still off the air; random daytime chex have not found it since last logged Dec 2, altho I wasn`t paying much attention until late January. Have they notified FCC that they are off or applied for STA? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1480, Feb 15 at 1537 UT, 50 kW KBXD Dallas is still in Vietnamese and still propagating 2+ hours after sunrise as QRM to much closer groundwave KQAM Wichita in English, and making a slow SAH of 45/minute = 0.75 Hz (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1540, Fri Feb 15 at 1540! UT, blues music with narration, loops NE/SW with some fades past 1549, suspected KXEL Waterloo IA still skywaving, best on the E-W longwire, while Spanish from Dallas dominates on the DX-398. Confirmed at: http://www.kxel.com/program-schedule/ Our American Stories with Lee Habeeb | 8-10am which does not link to show site, but I find it: http://www.ouramericannetwork.org/ ``There's no politics at Our American Network, just stories. Daily bringing the campfire scene to your ears with our first show Our American Stories.`` And a large archive of listenable episodes, probably this one: http://www.ouramericannetwork.org/story?title=The-Fred-Davis-Blues ``The Fred Davis Blues --- Howard Husock shares a story of music, friendship, and tremendous talent lost to violence.`` Seems like a worthwhile show and a much-needed respite from AM radio politix, like Redeye Radio and Rush also on the KXEL sked, which is yet somewhat diverse. Or find another station: http://www.ouramericannetwork.org/find_station {quite a large roster, but in random order! No help in ``finding`` but most with Listen-Live linx} (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Ye editor passes along the following from the San Jose Mercury News (San Jose CA) dated 1/28/19 on KLIV-1590 San Jose’s signing off after 73 years: San Jose’s KLIV going silent after 73 years – for now. Former all-news radio station switched to classic country format in 2016, By Sal Pizarro | spizarro@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group, PUBLISHED: January 26 2019 at 7:00 am | UPDATED: January 28 2019 at 4:03 am After nearly 73 years on the airwaves, San Jose [sic thruout, no accent] radio station KLIV will go silent after Sunday night’s broadcast ends at 11:59 pm [PST = 0759 UT Mon Jan 28]. But if owner Bob Kieve has his way, it won’t stay that way for long. He’d like to donate the station to the city of San Jose, with the hope that it could be used to spark more civic engagement. “What I’d love to see is the city use the station to stimulate more participation in government,” said Kieve, 97, who has owned KLIV since 1967. The location on Story Road that’s been home to the station since its start in 1946 is being sold and plans are in the works to demolish the 5,000-watt station’s four antenna towers – the two tallest are 288 feet high – that have been visual landmarks for the neighborhood now known as Little Saigon. KLIV received the Legendary Station award from the Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame in 2017. Kieve considered selling KLIV, but he found the single bid he received to be too low and came up with the idea of using the station for a more civic purpose. He said that Mayor Sam Liccardo has been receptive to the notion, though many details would still need to be worked out including how the station would be funded. In Kieve’s scenario, KLIV could be a vehicle for broadcasting city council meetings, as well as key committee meetings and other events with music playing the rest of the time. But you can bet the music wouldn’t be “Country Gold,” the most recent format for the station. The land beneath the studio on Story Road shared by radio stations KLIV and KRTY is being sold, and plans are in the works to demolish the four antenna towers on the site. KLIV’s history began in 1946 when it first broadcasted under the call letters KSJO from its studio on Story Road in 1946. Its FM sister station started a few months later; the two eventually split and KSJO, once known for its rock music, currently broadcasts Bollywood music at 92.3 FM. After a change of ownership, the AM call letters were changed to KLIV in 1960 and the station became San Jose’s destination for Top 40 music. Empire Broadcasting, of which Kieve is the remaining original owner, took over seven years later and things really took off with program director “Captain Mikey” Herrington and DJs including John McLeod, who had a 51-year career at the station and was still doing humor-laced traffic reports for the station on Friday. “We were Top 40 until the late 1970s and then we sort of morphed into disco and then album-oriented rock and then in the spring of 1981 we went Big Band until 1991,” McLeod recalled. “They were all fun. We got to see Neil Diamond, Jose Feliciano was in the lobby plugging ‘Feliz Navidad,’ and in the Big Band days I got to meet the people my parents listened to. I emceed a show with Benny Goodman.” In 1991, KLIV switched to an all-news format in 1991 [sic] that provided news and community service programs focused on the South Bay throughout a 25-year run. But news was never a financial hit, prompting a switch in 2016 to a classic country format. That wasn’t a ratings success, either, and the station kept losing money. “It’d be nice if we had more listeners, but it is what it is. We have a devoted core,” morning host Tony Michaels said Friday. “These guys gave us all the tools we needed to win, but we just couldn’t make it happen.” KRTY, KLIV’s sister station at 95.3 FM which shares the same building, won’t be affected much. The operation is expecting to move in mid-March to a new studio on Monterey Road and nearly all the company’s employees will be relocated there, with some in new roles. KRTY’s signal is broadcast from a tower in the Los Gatos hills, not the San Jose site, so its signal won’t be affected. KLIV/KRTY General General Manager Nate Deaton, who will have worked for Empire Broadcasting for 25 years in March, said moving from the old studios and offices will be like leaving home. “There will be more than one day I come here instead of going to the new building,” he said. Kieve has also been preparing for the move by cleaning up his museum-like office, which contains memorabilia going back to his days working on President Dwight Eisenhower’s speechwriting staff. The Federal Communications Commission can revoke the broadcast license of any station that goes silent for longer than 12 months, but Kieve’s not worried about the deadline. “Our FCC lawyer has been clear that as long as there is some idea of what to do, the FCC will look on it favorably,” he said. So if you like “Country Gold,” you’ve got until Sunday night to enjoy it. And if you don’t, just wait (via Bob Wien, IRCA DX Monitor Feb 16 via DXLD) ** U S A. Pirate on now on 1710 --- From Bob Carter. Licensed FM sstation WPEX Blackstone VA is running their pirate AM station on 1710 kHz tonight. Station is announcing its FM call sign and location over the AM --- brilliant! (Ed: Don't know if it`s actually WPEX or someone retransmitting) Go get ' em! (via Kevin Redding, Crump, TN, 0243 UT Feb 10, abdx yg via DXLD) ** U S A. Re onetime Radio Africa, Equatorial Guinea gospel huxter: `MINISTRY OF EVIL, the twisted cult of Tony Alamo`, documentary premieres Wed Feb 27 at 11e/10c on Sundance cable channel, 4-parter, 1 hour each. Repeats a few hours later at 3/2 am Thu, and following Saturday at 2/1 am. Or in UT: Thu 0400 & 0800, Sat 0700. Third and fourth episodes should be 1 UT hour earlier due to imposition of DST. Sundance may also have a delayed western feed, probably same PT as ET, i.e. 3 real hours later (Glenn Hauser, Feb 20, WOR iog via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VATICAN [non]. Film. Excursion to the transmitting center "Radio Vatican" in Santa Maria Di Galeria near Rome. IK6DAT Video Production. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05uJ5KwBWdk&feature=player_embedded (Andrey Molokov, Russia / https://vk.com/club171176221 Rus-DX Feb 17 via DXLD) ** VIETNAM. 9839.776, Much odd frequency signal measured at 1354 UT, and was S8 stronger at 57degr antenna from Hanoi Son Tay site, compared to Indonesian azimuth at 177degr at 1329 UT towards Indonesia in S=6 strength sidelobe signal [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, Seoul Korea SDR unit, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Feb 15, dxldyg via DXLD) ** VIETNAM [non]. At 0130 UT on remote SDR unit at New Jersey-US state on east coast: 7315even, USA, Opening procedure of Voice of Vietnam, viw WHRI relay site Furman South Carolina, English schedule 0130-0200 UT, S=9+20dB, news read by 17 army force battles in 1979 year, USSR helped Vietnam on northern border defence war. 0134 UT on Febr 18. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Febr 18, dxldyg via DXLD) NO, Spanish scheduled at 0130-0200, but they often get mixed up (gh) ** VIETNAM [non]. New station - Radio Dap Loi Song Nui / Vietnam Democracy Radio, on 9670 kHz. (ex: 1503 kHz.) Info on new station at "Now On The Radio DX": https://radio.chobi.net/DX/bbs/?res:3780#3780 https://radio.chobi.net/DX/bbs/?res:3630#3778 (Ron Howard, California, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1970, DXLD) "New"? See WRTH 2019 page 518 (Mauno Ritola, Finland, WRTH, ibid.) 1230-1300 daily on 9670 via TAIWAN; It`s based in San Jose CA (gh, ibid.) Info on new station at "Now On The Radio DX": [Unprocessed Google translation] http://radiodlsn.com/2017/09/19/thong-cao-bao-chi-ve-thay-doi-gio-phat-thanh-cua-dai-dap-loi-song-nui/ "...After several months of negotiation, the broadcasting agency agreed to change the broadcast time of the DL program 1 hour earlier, from 8:30 to 9 pm (Vietnam time), instead of from 9:30 to 10:00, every night. This change is effective from the broadcast on Sunday, October 1, 2017. The frequency of broadcasting is unchanged, still 1503 AM for a cycle (kHz). Radio programs on social networks (website, youtube, facebook, etc.) will also play an hour earlier. The relay program provided by overseas Vietnamese radio stations will be decided by these stations. This is one of the many efforts to improve the DLS that LLCQ has been working on to make Dai the only Vietnamese broadcasting agency to fight for democracy and human rights in his homeland. And also in return for trust and support for nurturing the Radio of the people everywhere for nearly 7 years. THE NORTHERN FORCE was established in February 2010 with the participation of Vietnam Restoration Organization, Dong Tam Group, National Movement to Pay Name of Saigon and some employees. In early 2011, LLCQ launched the Truth campaign and on May 15, 2011, established Radio NUI COMMUNICATION REPUBLIC to Vietnam every night continuously. To promote the campaign, in January 2015, LLCQ promoted the documentary "Red Catastrophe - The Real Communist Party of Vietnam"...." http://radiodlsn.com/2018/02/01/thong-bao-ve-viec-doi-lan-song-phat-thanh-cua-dai-dap-loi-song-nui/ ".....The Radio Broadcasting Station broadcast the first session on May 15, 2011, from 9 hours 30 to 10 pm, Vietnam time, on average AM1503 kHz. This is the lane BBC London radio waves are available for distribution of Vietnamese programs, but the broadcast has stopped since March 2011. And this is also a wave of Free Asian (RFA) and International stations France (RFI) hires Vietnamese programs at different times. In addition to broadcasting on the AM1503, radio stations of the Radio Taiwan are still available Play on social networks like Websites, Youtube, Facebook, and phones. In the middle of last year, to respond to the request of a large number of domestic listeners who wanted to listen live for radio broadcasts, the Radio and Television Station negotiated with the broadcasting agency to broadcast the program is an hour earlier, from 8:30 to 9 pm. This change has been applied from Sunday, October 1, 2017. In early December, the broadcasting agency announced that, for budget reasons, it would stop providing AM1503 frequency broadcasting service to Vietnam since March 1 2018. So, from this day, all radio programs broadcast on the lane AM1503 waves, such as DLN, RFI, RFA, must be terminated. Before this event, to meet the needs of rural, remote audiences, also As without internet access, LLCQ found it necessary to maintain the approach radio on radio wave. Because there are currently no agencies broadcasting the average wave AM towards Vietnam, LLCQ decided to hire service on shortwave SW. To make this decision, LLCQ contacted many service providers SW short wave radio toward Vietnam. After many test sessions on many frequency of these agencies, LLCQ chose to choose short wave SW 11850 kHz (25 meter) emitted with a capacity of 300KW of a nearby Vietnamese radio station. With this result, from Thursday, March 1, 2018, radio broadcasts of Radio Vietnam will play on wave SW 11850 kHz (25 meters), according to the following schedule: - From 8:30 to 9 pm (VN) on Mondays to Saturdays - From 5:30 to 6 pm (VN) on Sundays. Because the cost of renting a short wave is relatively lower than the average wave, LL will use the number Financial savings to improve radio programs and maximize public service promoting radio broadcasts on social networks. On this occasion, LLCQ would like to give thanks to the people everywhere who actively supported all aspects let the DLSN station operate for nearly 7 years. LL wishes to continue receiving support The households of the compatriots in the next few days let the station to complete the mission contributing to eliminating the dictatorship of the Communist Party of Vietnam on their homeland. NATIONAL FORCE was established in February 2010 with the participation of Vietnam Restoration Organization, Dong Tam Collection, National Movement for Repayment Name of Saigon and some of the staff. In early 2011, LLCQ launched the Truth campaign and to promote the campaign, in addition to the radio A Word of the Mountain River, January of the year 2015, LLCQ promoted the documentary film "Red Catastrophe - The Real Face of the Communist Party Vietnam". For more information about LLCQ, please contact Dentist Chu Van Cuong, Owner President of Vietnam Renaissance Organization, Vice President of Foreign Affairs cum Spokesman LLCQ, phone (281) 650-0658, email: vpll.llcq@gmail.com; and on Radio and Television Station, please contact Mr. Dang Giang, Manager, phone (408) 663-9860, email: lienlac.dlsn@gmail.com...." http://radiodlsn.com/2019/01/01/ngay-le-loi-chuc-tet-duong-lich-2019-cua-quan-nhiem/ "....Ladies and gentlemen, with all the efforts, over the last 7 years since May 15, 2011, we have done all 2788 radio broadcasts. For us, every radio broadcast is a gift to be sent to the children every night, in which the heart and our love, the expatriates, are always passionate about the future. The future of the country and the happiness of the whole people, the gifts of coming to Vietnam through this wave of electricity, are thanks to the valuable contribution of fellow countrymen from all over the world, who are few. So, Radio A Word Song Nui is the voice of the community. The Vietnamese Overseas people are always attached to their homeland and motherland. ...Because of difficult technical conditions, seemingly insurmountable, so in 2018, we had to change the wave and radio time to twice, but today on the short wave 31m ie 9670 kilo cycles, played at 7:30 pm, almost every Vietnamese relative can listen to by radio. This is truly a great joy for us, as well as many of you who listen to the radio. Besides, we also broadcast on website, facebook and youtube. Particularly for the audience in the United States, can still be heard by regular phone, when dialing (1) 425-585-1550 or (1) 605-781-9802...." (via roger, WOR iog via DXLD) Feb 18, on 9670, noted 1221 with open carrier (station's or jamming carrier?); at 1227 start of siren jamming, which today was very weak compared to yesterday; *1230 with brief music and into announcers in Vietnamese; today was much easier to tell the language, as yesterday it was a definite challenge to confirm in Vietnamese. BTW - In reference to my log of "new station" - " 'New'? See WRTH 2019 page 518. Mauno" - Must be a helpful reference, but I don't have a copy of WRTH 2019 :) (Ron Howard, California, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1970, DXLD) Oh. Is it so late again in the US? This was also reported in WRTH Facebook group last July, then on 11850 kHz for A18 season, in most lists as "RVA Vietnamese", but that is of course difficult to remember (Mauno, Finland, ibid.) ** YEMEN [non]. SAUDI ARABIA, New schedules of BSKSA [sic] Republic of Yemen Radio & BSKSA [sic] Al-Azm Radio 0000-2400 11860 JED or RIY / unknown to N/ME Arabic Rep.of Yemen Radio, ex 0855-0655 0855-0655 11745 JED or RIY / unknown to N/ME Arabic BSKSA [sic] Al-Azm Radio, ex 0000-2400 https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/02/new-schedules-of-republic-of-yemen.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News Feb.13, DX LISTENING DIGEST) So the 2-hour break has been moved from one to the other, of some significance? (gh, DXLD) CLANDESTINA, 11860. 13/2/2019, 0040-0050, Republic of Yemen Radio, Jeddah-ARS, em Árabe. Cântico do Alcorão durante todo o período da escuta. Radio Sana´a tem recepção com sinal satisfatório e interferência da Radio Aparecida por 11855kHz, 35432 (JRX_José Ronaldo Xavier, SWARL Callsign PR7036SWL, Receptor (es): ICOM IC-R6, Cabedelo-PB, Brasil, WOR iog via DXLD) ** ZAMBIA. 13680, Sat Feb 16 at 1401, VOH Africa weekend-only transmission, `Your Weekend Show` with Bob Biermann musing about radio technology. (See also his comments in next DXLD about how there is no new crop of engineers coming along to replace those who know SW and AM). 13680 is good and fully readable (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ZANZIBAR. TANZANIA, 6015, Zanzibar Broadcasting Corporation, Dole, 0530-0545, 07-02, Swahili, comments. Very weak. 13321.(Méndez) 11735, Zanzibar Broadcasting Corporation, Dole, 1750-1809, 10-02, Swahili, comments, at 1800 time signals, female, English, ID "It's nine o'clock African time, This is Zanzibar Broadcasting Corporation, the news", news in English. Weak. 15321 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Log in Friol and Lugo, WOR iog via DXLD) 6015, ZBC Radio, on Feb 17, tuned in at 0250, waiting for their sign on. A long wait! Suddenly come on at *0330; in Swahili; 0340 usual format of brief chant, followed by the usual clear mention of "Zanzibar"; 0401, African drums and time pips (a minute late); into the news (0401-0410); first 4 or 5 items were about "Zanzibar"; one of their better days (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search Feb 16 from 1318: 747-NW, 702-WSW, 693-?, 594-?, 882-?, 972-NW, 1098-W, 1188-?, 1503-?; 1566-NW at 1327, the strongest and FEBC S Korea of course. Could not get DX-398 DF on some of the others, too weak and/or both FE and DU. 1566 seemed to have a second carrier causing very slow beat, maybe also WSW, but a 5 kW from Victoria would be unlikely; how about 200 watts from Norfolk Island? Hi. Enid LSR today: 1318 UT, just when I started (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 4835.6, Feb 13 at 1045 while 4840 WWCR is dead air, a JJBBA carrier here; I don`t suppose OzyRadio or Sikkim would be on the air but this far off channel, would they? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 5035, Feb 13 at 1041 VP carrier, perhaps R. Educação Rural, Coari, Brasil, the only thing listed in EiBi and Aoki/NDXC (no more Aparecida on this frequency). EiBi has it at 09-02 on 5035.1, so I should be more exact; Aoki at 10-01 and doesn`t mess with decimals from anything, quite a drawback. WRTH 2019 has RER only, but double- daggered as inactive. Only other 5035 is in EiBi, Russian Spy Numbers S06, Tuesdays at 1100-1110, unknown site, unlikely to make it here unless it`s from the FE (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 5780.000 & 5840, Feb 17 at 0005, JBA carriers while KBC 5960 is inbooming from Germany, so I wonder if QRP Europeans are showing? 5780 could be Irish pirate Radio Harmony, and 5840 Danish non-pirate World Music Radio; nothing however on 5825, the other Dane (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 5970, Unknown, 1310, All male military chorus to near BoH, soprano vocalist. Sounded very much like something from DPRK (Pyongyang B S or KCBS), but they aren't listed here. Never did catch an ID here this session but will make a note to hear mañana. Heard on little World Traveler portable (frequency checked), and with telescoping antenna - Very Good Feb 17 (Rick Barton, Arizona SW Logs, little Longine's Symphonette "World Traveler" with stock whip. 73 and Good Listening....! WOR iog via DXLD) Hi Rick, 5970 kHz, has recently been the frequency for jamming by CNR1 against an unknown station from 1200+. Please check 5970 for // with other known CNR1 frequencies (6125, etc.). (Ron Howard, ibid.) 5970: Why unknown station? It is given as RTI in Chinese in WRTH February update. 73, (Mauno Ritola, Finland, WRTH, ibid.) Thanks, Mauno, for the update. Feb 18, re-confirming CNR1 jamming - yes, it started shortly before 1200; clearly // 6125 kHz (Ron Howard, California, ibid.) UNIDENTIFIED. Poor Brazilian ??? 6010.007 kHz UNID weak threshold signal checked various KiwiSDR net receivers in Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and Argentina, but couldn't trace any Latin American station so far, other Brazilians in 49 mb were on much stronger signal level, strings visible.(Wolfgang Bueschel, dxldyg via DXLD) Time? following another log at 0845 Feb 13 (gh) UNIDENTIFIED. UTILITY, Unidentified broadcast [sic], Feb.15 0900-0930 on 9656.5 in Turkish, fair: https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/02/unidentified-utility-broadcast-in-31mb.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News Feb.14-15, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Receiver isn't exactly on correct frequency but it sounds to me more like Italian or maybe even French. 73, (Jari Savolainen, Finland, WOR iog via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 9777.8-USB, Feb 16 at 1432, 2-way in Spanish, INTRUDERS (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. Heard from 1530 UT today --- 9990 kHz, OTH Radar S=8 at 1540 UT on Febr 13. 73 wb df5sx [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Febr 13, WOR iog via DXLD) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS ++++++++++++++++++++++++ ACKNOWLEDGED ON WORLD OF RADIO 1970: I began listening to your programme on RCI when I was a teenager, and I am now retired. Thank you so much for a lifetime of great service to the SWL community. 73s until your next broadcast (David Rosenfeld, Toronto, with a contribution via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com) One may also contribute by MO or check in US funds on a US bank to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED FUTURELY: Thanks to Chuck Ermatinger for a PayPal contribution Thanks to Jeff Murri for a PayPal contribution WORLD OF HOROLOGY +++++++++++++++++ WORLD RADIO DAY https://en.unesco.org/events/world-radio-day-2019 (via Mike Terry, Feb 13, WOR iog via DXLD) Re: [WOR] Happy World Radio Day! Let's tune across the US AM radio dial for examples of "dialogue, tolerance and peace." If both show host and caller are of the same political view, maybe some "dialogue." As for "tolerance and peace," not so much (Kim Elliott, KD9XB, Feb 13, WOR iog via DXLD) I might "DX" the AM radio band here (primarily Mexican DX preferentially!) but I do not actually LISTEN to AM anymore. The AM band is simply horrible compared to what I hear in my late-70s and early 80s DX (and music) archives - programming-wise, and also technically-wise. Just boycott all the crap. Also be happy that likely within 10 years the AM band will finally and likely empty-out from the channel-cram and the other nastiness. AM in NA is a largely a gutter-band today and most young folks I know don't even turn on AM whatsoever (it's those smart phones...). (I never thought I would ever say or think this way, back a bit ago, alas...) (Steve McGreevy, CA, N6NKS - www.auroralchorus.com -- all of my DXing is done real-time with traditional (non-SDR) receivers --, ibid.) DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DRM See NEW ZEALAND; NIGERIA; ROMANIA; SOUTH ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ AFRICA; TURKEY; USA DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DTV ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Free TV in 2019??? I think we've all seen this kind of TV antenna before.... https://goo.gl/2Lzptm Yes, it`s an advertisement page, NOT a news page. But I wonder --- what government ruling went into effect in 2019 dictating that cable TV companies had to deliver their signals to the public for free???? And with a flat antenna hanging in your window? Who wrote this stuff? And are there that many people that believe all of their bogus claims? One claim in the *advertorial* that cracks me up is this one - "Up until 2019, cable companies were allowed to "scramble" their channels so that the general public could not access them without paying for their service. However, that all changed starting in 2019, with the government ruling that TV signals are public property and ``belong to the people``. Ever since this rule went into effect, the big cable companies are panicing [sic] because many Americans will no longer need to pay for cable or satellite TV to get their favorite channels in HD. As long as you live in a publicly broadcasted area, it is now possible to watch all of your favorite channels for free with a TV antenna. However, not all TV antenna's [sic] will work. In an attempt to block the public from picking up their TV signals, the cable companies are broadcasting their signals at very low frequencies since most antenna's [sic] will not be able to pick them up. The trick is to get an antenna that can reliably pick up these low frequency signals, and up until now, there hasn't been an antenna advanced enough to pick these signals up reliably. (There are other antenna's [sic] out on the market, but they fail miserably in comparison to this one) Developed by a NASA engineer using military technology, the CeeVoo HDTV Antenna was just released this year so that it could specifically pick up these signals reliably and has been hailed as the only "super" HDTV antenna. It uses a discrete mud flap modern design which makes it the most reliable and technologically advanced antenna to hit the market today. It can pick up signals out to 60 miles with no problem (as well as the low frequency signals) to enable you to receive free crystal-clear HD channels." So HDTV flat antennas can pick up really low frequency signals that the cable TV companies use and you can pick them up for FREE??? In the words of Gomer Pyle, "Well Golllleee!" And other TV antennas can't do that? I've been dxing for 45 years and I didn't know that!! :-/ (Jim Thomas, Feb 12, WTFDA gg via DXLD) There's a sucker (or a few hundred) born every minute (Russ Edmunds, WB2BJH, Blue Bell, PA, Grid FN20id, ibid.) There is none, lol! > And with a flat antenna hanging in your window? I like the part where they say something like "We stuck it to the window but you can stick it wherever you want." If they ever ask me, I'll tell them where they can stick it. > Who wrote this stuff? Unemployed science fiction writer? > And are there that many people that believe all of their bogus claims? Yes and yes. To appreciate just how many, you need to visit the cordcutters forums. You have people living in apartments, people too elderly to do any type of manual labor, and just way too many ignorant people who don't even know what a screwdriver is. When they ask about antennas and you tell them about outdoor antennas, most don't want to know about them. I've given up. It's depressing (Mike Bugaj, Enfield, CT, ibid.) After I clicked on that link I received several spam emails from that company (Jim B, ibid.) I'm not surprised. It isn't about anything but scamming people who are uninformed and/or limited by physical impairment or landlord restrictions (Russ Edmunds, ibid.) As a former cable guy I find this grotesquely fascinating. > "Up until 2019, cable companies were allowed to "scramble" > their channels so that the general public could not access > them without paying for their service." Hogwash with a grain of truth. Back in the analog days we did "scramble" premium channels (HBO, Showtime, etc.). There were several marginally-effective ways to do it; i.e. sync suppression or an unmodulated carrier in the middle of the upper sideband. None worked particularly well, but, to quote the wellworn phrase, it "keeps honest people honest." > "the big cable companies are panicing (sic) because many Americans > will no longer need to pay for cable or satellite tv to get their > favorite channels in HD." Assuming that all of your "favorite channels" are broadcast signals. > "Server is busy, please enter your comment later." Well, of course the server is busy: it doesn't exist (Neal McLain, Retired Cable Guy, Brazoria, Texas, ibid.) RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM +++++++++++++++++++++ INVENTORS OF RADIO? Via Harold Frodge: Kentuckian Nathan Stubblefield, inventor of wireless transmission? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Stubblefield 220px-Nathan_b_stubblefield.jpg Lorraine Kulbacka retorts: Let's not forget, dentist Mahlon Loomis is in the running too. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahlon_Loomis (MARE Tipsheet via DXLD) Re: [WOR] Why do so many SW transmissions on the SWBC have such crappy and variable audio qualities? ``Third, much of the source material (the programming you hear) comes from third party vendors who buy the time. Often those programs are not well produced and they are technical garbage.`` In many cases you can strike the word "technical"... Be that as it may: Almost always the programming in question is nowadays also available online, opening a way for checking out its original quality. Which is often really appalling. Consider, in cases of muffled or distorted or garbled audio, always the possibility that already the source sounds this way. This was, as an example, the case for the Dave Frantz WWRB transmissions: The modulation itself was in fact not bad at all, as could be heard on comparatively rare occasions. Not to talk about Brother Scare... And even the big guys have their issues here. When RNW closed down I almost encountered a row over a remark about "the hummy Wertachtal transmitter": No, guys, this buzz was a ground loop on a mic in your own production studio, and I can hardly imagine that no one could hear it through the studio monitors. (Although really nothing could be heard on the monitors after I once remarked about a slight buzz on the Deutschlandfunk news. But after going into the booth it could immediately be heard and the culprit identified: The intercom speaker ["it's a Drake, they are not so great"]. Turning down its volume just a little bit solved the problem. And no one really considered it a problem from the onset that at times a 15.6 kHz spur appeared via the satellite feed, from an immediately obvious source. Hint: It were exactly 15625 Hz...) [horizontal video frequency in 625-line E-system; in A-system it was 15575? --- gh] ``Remember when the VOA relay stations at Tangier, Colombo and in the Philippines rebroadcast programs for local Government stations and were transmitted “out-of-tune”? The audio pitch was off so that the local programs, especially music, sounded horrible. I assume that all that had similar microwave multiplex links that someone needed to adjust but no one cared enough to do it. This went on for years in each case!`` Same story for certain Voice of Russia transmissions, in particular German, from the Tbilisskaya station. The problem arose during the late nineties, and it persisted until, apparently, the old landlines had been decommissioned, being replaced by DVB-S satellite distribution. In Morocco the SNRT transmissions via Briech suffered during the final years from more or less nonlinear distortion. Always nice were also the muezzin calls with bad copying-through of the tapes. Not from own experience, just from gossip a story from the Philippines in the nineties: PBS programming being fed to Tinang via dial-up, with them hurrying to hang up at the end, so transmissions used to end with a busy tone... And still less than twenty years ago CRI fed its programming to airtime exchange partners via phone-grade circuits. No matter if the transmission came from Switzerland, Spain, France or Russia: It was always the same crap, besides the variations from the different audio processing (Kai Ludwig, Germany, Feb 12, WOR iog via DXLD) >re being off-frequency ... ``... Thailand, Germany, Kuwait, the others presumably closer to nominal.`` re IBB Udorn Thani Thailand: Yes it was a surprise in this Dec / January 2019 when measured the IBB BBG Udorn Thani eastern Thailand relay fq channels, someone of the Thai technicians had started an action and UDO frequencies were aligned nearly to x.000 even accurate, after some odd fq difference of mostly minus 60-90 Hertz or more traced on this Udorn Thani site, in past decade or so. Now most used frequencies of these high power broadcast centers are accurate x.000, like Encompass Digital Media Services, replacing Babcock, at Woofferton England, Oman {BBC and R Oman}, Singapore, Ascension Island. IBB BBG Lampertheim, Kuwait al-Dschahra suburb, Udorn Thani Thailand, {but not Greenville, Botswana, nor STP ... } Radiotelecentr (PRTC) transmitter Grigoriopol Maiac. [PRIDNESTROVYE] MWV New Life Station, Mahajanga, MDG, Madagascar. Tajik Radio site Orzu TJK. RRTM RED Telecom Tashkent Uzbekistan bcast center CJSC Yerevan Gavar Vatican Radio Santa Maria di Galeria, Vatican State TDF Issoudun France, Japan Yamata site, Romania RadioCom RRI Galbeni, Taiganeshti, and Saftica too. Sudan Radio Omdurman. CRI Albania Cerrik Europe relay always excellent operation. Also some 95% of the China mainland transmitters are accurate even fq these days. 73 wb (Wolfgang Bueschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) But major ones often off-frequency include: CUBA, EGYPT, KUWAIT, SAUDI ARABIA, TURKEY ... (gh, DXLD) DREAMERS RADIO BAND Re: ``Arnie starts with the ``dreamers radio band``, little-known new allocation in some countries around 9 kHz, sí amigos, you heard me right, axually 8.7-9.1 kHz ELF, so it`s RF not AF. A few hams are experimenting it with digicodes, especially in UK, Europe. I had never heard of it`` Hi Glenn, Interesting! - I've never heard about the "Dreamer's Band" other at VLF either. I guess I'm going to have to "Google" that one. Actually, around 9 kHz, it is both AF and RF, like Omega and Alpha were - only at ELF and lower VLF does "RF" also act similar to "AF" (or v-v.) as I have found since getting into ELF-VLF "natural-radio" in 1989. Some folks still can't think of an audio-band "receiver" as a "real" radio receiver, but recordings of whistlers, dawn chorus, and other ELF-VLF "noises" might suggest otherwise. ;-) 73 - (Steve McGreevy -- N6NKS - http://www.auroralchorus.com -- all of my DXing is done real-time with traditional (non-SDR) receivers --, WOR iog via DXLD) RECEIVERS GOOD ESPECIALLY FOR LONGWAVE Beverage in progress --- Good evening all, today I spent most of my daylight hours installing a 720 foot Beverage antenna oriented northwest. I still have some work to do including terminating and grounding the far end. For now I have a 720 foot long wire to a 9:1 transformer and feeding the shack with coaxial cable. I will post over the next several days and report what I am hearing in the medium and low frequency short waves with my Icom 706. I might take a listen below 530 kHz just for giggles and grins 73, (Mike Newland, Morgantown KY, Feb 10, WOR iog via DXLD) Hi Mike, I’m really interested in hearing how you get on. I’ve heard many good things about the Bev but never had the chance, or space, to put one up. With a super low noise floor you should get some faint and distant stuff. Good luck with the project! (Will Grocott, Stratford Upon Avon, UK, WOR iog via DXLD) Hi Mike, Yeah I certainly know about seller's regret as I sold my long-time owned Kenwood TS-480 that was the finest receiver for general DXing I have ever used and now I regret that also! Actually, I also use the contact cleaner - I think the "CRC" (brand) "QD-cleaner" is marvelous on aging controls and makes them "quieter" for a long time between spray applications, and that particular type does not damage plastic (unlike auto-connector stuff!). Same for the DX-200's band-switch - that is the most problematic thing in the radio but the CRC cleaner has kept it working well overall. The MW images and "intermod" (IMD) on the LW band that AM stations create (when not using a preselector) is not so nearly as horrible as the notorious Yaesu FRG-7700 that a friend owned, and he took his Frog-7700 to Point Reyes along with me with my DX-200 way back in 1983, and the DX-200 was by far the better receiver and way less (internal circuit) noisy compared to the Frog and suffered WAY LESS longwave IMD. As such, I have never wanted to part with my first DX-200 ever. it sits in my radio-room with a Tecsun AN-200 loop atop it (but placed on a thick book to keep the loop away from the metal DX-200 enclosure) and this is my best and most quiet MWDX set-up and it even grabs the stronger TP signals fine... Good luck with your own one, Mike! 73 - (Steve McGreevy, CA, N6NKS - www.auroralchorus.com -- all of my DXing is done real-time with traditional (non-SDR) receivers, ibid.) LW beacons heard 2/17/2019 The following LW beacons were heard using a Realistic DX-200 and 720 foot long wire, February 17, 2019, 0615Z - 0635Z Call Frequency Location DIW 198 kHz Dixon NC BW 236 kHz Bowling Green, KY FRT 248 kHz Spartanburg, SC FWC 257 kHz Fairfield, IL BRA 379 kHz Asheville, NC EMR 385 kHz Augusta, GA Appreciate any comments. (Mike Newland, Morgantown, KY, ibid.) It would be interesting to know how your longwave conditions are at midday with your new antenna. How many beacons are you hearing and what's the noise floor like on empty portions of the band? (Bill Mead, ibid.) I’ll give a listen today and report out on your suggestion. It is interesting that I can hear the beacons on this old DX-200 but can’t hear any on the IC-706 (Mike Newland, ibid.) Good afternoon all, I have been taking a look at the long wave beacon band at 1925Z - 2000Z. I am very surprised at the number of beacons I am hearing in the middle of the afternoon. Some of the ones I reported last night are still audible at a much higher signal strength. Others that are more distant I am not hearing at all. Below is a summary, including signal strength: All heard with a Realistic DX-200 and 720 foot longwire. Call Frequency Location S-Meter (DX-200 receiver) IOB 210 kHz Mt. Sterling KY S-4 BH 224 kHz Birmingham, AL S-2 TNZ 227 kHz Walnut Ridge AR JBA BW 236 kHz Bowling Green, KY S-9 HU 245 kHz Terre Haute, IN S-4 FWC 257 kHz Fairfield, IL S-7 CVM 263 kHz Alton, IL S-5 OLY 272 kHz Olney, IL S-6 OW 341 kHz Owensboro, KY S-7 JD 385 kHz Belleville, IL S-4 CDX 388 kHz Somerset, KY S-5 So, many of the stations I am hearing during daylight are relatively close to my location, Bowling Green is about 35 miles southeast and Owensboro is about 50 miles northwest. Also I could hear the beacon in Belleville, IL on 385 kHz where I was hearing Asheville, NC on the same frequency last night (Mike Newland, Morgantown, KY, ibid.) That's a pretty good haul. I'm guessing your ham rig may be intentionally deaf on longwave (Bill Mead, ibid.) Bill, Thanks for the response and kind words. You are probably correct regarding my IC-706 being intentionally deaf on LW. I ought to be able to pick up the Bowling Green beacon but no dice. Regards, (Mike, ibid.) Hi Mike, Very cool you are using the venerable Realistic DX-200 for your NDB DX! I started out back in 1980 logging the "local" NDBs around the SF Bay Area back then, as well as serious trans-Pacific MW (and later, LW) DXing thanks to a big upgrade to that radio from less sophisticated units (such as a DX-40, a /Ford car radio, etc.). The ceramic filter in the DX-200 is fairly steep but yet wide-enough for decent sounding MW DX and great ability to separate the "splits" (9 kHz spaced TA/TP DX) from the 10 kHz-spaced domestics. I bought a second (used but perfect) DX-200 before embarking on a 12-day LW/MW DXpedition to Kauai, Hawaii in January 1986 where a friend and I rolled out end-fed wires (short Beverages) on various Kauai beaches of maybe up to 700 feet/~200m long. I still have my first unit bought in May 1981 for about USD380.00 at a San Rafael, CA Radio Shack, which seems expensive in today's dollars... (The second one was left on the airporter bus between SFO and San Rafael, CA returning home from this very Kauai DXpedition). I have slightly modded my original DX-200 with a DC-jack and record-out jack, otherwise little changes to it, but it has received a lot of TLC such as frequent band-switch and control-cleaning... So sounds like fine NDB DX! However, it needs a preselector for NDB DXing to avoid BCB IMD problems, like many radios like it require too, for a "clean" NDB band... If you want to hear a lot of DX-200 receptions of MW and some rare LW DX from back when my own DX-200 was new, please see: https://archive.org/details/TheBestOfHawaiiMediumwaveamBroadcast-bandDx-86To91 Good luck with yours. BTW, 198 DIW-NC was a former "Consol" radio-navigation beacon in the 60s (and up to when it was converted to a regular NDB, I don't now) hence its high power today. Also, to the very same DX website link above I've added several Atlantic Ocean region longwave radio-nav. Consol maps (JPG format), such as the many in Europe and the UK (and also one showing the parameters of 194 TUK-MA Consol) around the mid-1960s - these maps were my father's when he was in the USAF back then. I carefully took photos of all of them and adjusted them using my iMac's OS-X "preview" functions. They show the format of some of the Consol beacons in the map margins. At the site above also is a recording of a big Soviet/Russian Far eastern Consol (Sonne) station on 340 kHz ('CH' or also could be 'double M, M' and the dits/dashes/equisignal tone) as recorded on Kauai, near WWVH, 15 January 1986. -s- -- (Steve McGreevy, N6NKS - www.auroralchorus.com ibid.) Hi Steve, Thank you for the very interesting information, including the link to the audio files. I listened to one for a few minutes this morning. The DX-200 holds sentimental value for me as it was the first piece of equipment I owned when I got into the radio hobby in late 1981. This one is not my original (sold after I got my ham license and I had immediate sellers regret). I found this one on eBay several years ago and it is in very nice shape. I have noticed the same thing regarding the volume control and band selector that you mentioned . I have sprayed the volume control with electronic cleaner but there is probably a better way to keep it maintained in working condition. What did you do to clean yours? I also notice some very faint MW images while tuning in the LW band so a pre-selector would certainly be a good idea. Anyway it’s good to hear from other users of this classic piece of radio equipment. 73 (Mike Newland, KY, ibid.) SELF-STICK ANTENNA? A ham in a QRP list I follow found this self-adhesive copper tape and suggested it might be useful for antenna work amongst those ruled by over-zealous HOA boards. https://www.sciplus.com/conductive-copper-tape-63233-p (Dan Ferguson, Feb 17, NASWA iog via DXLD) PROPAGATION +++++++++++ :Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts :Issued: 2019 Feb 18 0458 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # Product description and SWPC contact on the Web # https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/content/subscription-services # # Weekly Highlights and Forecasts # Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 11 - 17 February 2019 Solar activity was at very low levels. There were no numbered spot regions. No Earth-directed CMEs were observed in coronagraph imagery. No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit reached high levels on 11 and 14 Feb, with a maximum flux of 1,890 pfu at 11/1445 UTC. 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